Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONlfiEf
a H. CRONIN. Publisher.
WEILL, NEBRASKA
Galveston has not only displaced all
but one of her American com petit* ih
in the volume ami the value <»f tier for
eign commerce, thereby relegating Bos
ton to the fourth place in the column,
but was the only port in the l ull'd
[States to show a gain in her * xporta
mnd imports during 3908, all the others.
Including New York, suffering declines,
as compared with the business of 190..
The California club, the largest civic
club In San Francisco, has succeeded
In getting the birthday of Luther Bur
bank set aside as bird and arbor day
tor the state. While the day is not
to be a holiday, all public schools and
educational institutions are directed to
observe it by including in the school
work .such exercises as will teach tho
children the economic value of birdq
And trees and promote a spirit of pro
tection toward them.
Iceland is to have an art museum.
The sculptor, Cinar Jonsen. has lontf
desired that his native country should
possess an art collection, and wth tlia|
object in view has presented all hit
works—forty-nine in number— as a
nucleus. The only condition named by
film was that a suitable housing place
tie provided by the government, and
(this to be accessible to the people. The
Althing by a unanimous vote, agreed to
Accept the gift and to comply with the
terms.
Australia is perturbed by the discov
eries of Mr. Batchelor, the common
wealth minister for external affairs,
who has been inquiring into the illegal
Influx of Chinese. There is a wealthy
organization in China with agencies
In all the principal Australian ports
And with the connivance of ships’ offi
cers the systematic smuggling of Chi
pese into Australia has been carried
on for a long time.
The Farnham board of guardians
yesterday were asked by the barber
for extra payment upon the amount
of his contract for shaving and hair
putting at the workhouse during the
last quarter, owing to the increased
toumber of Inmates. He said the pay
tinder his contract worked out at Id
for from four to five shaves and Id for
three haircuts.
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The largest grape vine in me wui m
Is 120 years old. and Is at Sun Gabriel,
Cal., planted by Franciscan friars. Thu
fetalk is one and one-half feet In diame
ter, eight feet high, and the branches
and foliage cover an area of 0,000
aqua re feet. Its average crop of grapes
is two and one-half tons yearly. It
forms the summer dining place of the
Ban Gabriel hotel.
South America has not yet a trans
continental railroad, but soon will have
a line reaching from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. The promise has been
!fiven, and there Is small doubt as to
ts fulfilment, that the Transandlne
allroad, which Is to connect Buenos
e.lres on the east coast with Valparaiso
n the west will be open to traffic
from ocean to ocean In March, 1911.
1 A project Is on foot to found a social
■Club house for the girl students of Bos
ton. During the Inst school term there
■were said to have been 20,000 girls and
Women studying In that city. The per
sons at the head of the present move
ment believe It would be a greut safe
guard If a club house on the lines pro
posed could he established.
Four years only have elapsed since
the first’ Indefinite news of the design
of the Dreadnought became known,
end now 70 ships. representing In
varying degree the adoption of the nll
talg-gun principle, are either built,
building or about Immediately to bo
authorized for the world's navies.
An arrangement of a ship’s lights
in a definite triangle on a known plan
Is urged as a safeguard against collis
ion The lights would then show an
observer on another ship the vessel’s
course, her distance from the observer,
and her approximate speed.
Seaweed, dust, goat’s hair and Irish
|nnss, compounded by a secret chemi
cal prove.®. Is claimed to be, by Its
Inventor, John Campbell, a perfect
aubstltute for leather, vulcanite, wood
and marble. It makes serviceable soles
tor shoes.
Lady Aberdeen, who has been rarry
lng on an energetic propaganda to bet
ter the health of the Irish people, has
(undertaken the editorial work of a
monthly magazine, which will be Issued
(by the Women’s National Health asso
talatlon. i
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’ In some years the total or conee. ua
knd cocoa Imports Into this < ountry
Its considerably more than $100,000,000.
(Coffee imports alone have on certain
joccassions approximated $100,000,000 in
rvalue.
ear bread sent Coriolanus Into exile
and Louis XVI to the guillotine; also
Jdarie Antoinette, although she kindly
•uggested that the hungry people
Blight eat cake.
Tiie University of California is about
to try the experiment of raising grape
fruit from trees imported from Amoy.
China, said to produce the best fruit of
the kind in the world.
During 1908 19,328 fort igners landed
at Yokohama and 15 other open
ports of Japan, 1.400 fewer than In
1907. Chinese led with 6,844, followed
by 3.122 British.
In the current number of Marz Al
bert Langen has an artlclt on ' The
{Barnum of German Music," in which
that title Is conferred on Richard
Strauss.
Within a circle of 60 miles in diam
eter, w ith its center in New York, there
are more telephones than in all Great
Britain.
The annual emigration from Europe
amounts to 960.000. A small percent
age of these persons return after a few
jreurs.
Angleworms may live fully 10 years,
as has been shown by experiments
Vnade In Marburg. Germany.
The hide of a cow weighs about 35
pounds, but that of a horse is about
naif that amount.
According to La Nature It has been
found that good paper can be mude out
■cf grapevines.
Great Britain's coal output in 1908
ghows a decrease of 2.35 per cent, or
I €.306,473 tons.
The Japanese government has placed
an order In England for an entire gun
factory.
About 10,000 tourists visited Cuba
during the last winter season U
March 1.
The coal bill of the United States
gravy during 1908 amounted to $5,545,000
The microphone makes the footsteps
pf a f'.y plainly audible.
LINCOLN FLOODED
FOUR FEET DEEP
BY NIGHT STORM
Heavy Wind Accompanies Rain
—Track Washed Out—
Tornado Hits Beatrice.
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Lincoln, Neb., May IS. Two Inches
of rainfall last evening between the !
hours of 6 and 7 o’clock gave Lincoln j
a little Hood and was a vivid reminder |
of that of last June, when several per- I
sons lost their live*. At Twelfth ind
O streets, in the heart of the business
aecticn, last evening there was four
feet of water, a fid some damage was
done iii the way of flooded basements.
In the residence district many cellars
were flooded on account of the storm,
*ew«rs being unable to carry off the
surplus. A 45-miles an hour wind ac
companied the rain. Some damage wan
done in the country districts near Lin
coln, but no lives were endangered. At
the town of Denton there was a cloud
burst. six Inches of rain falling In less
than an hour. Three hundred feet of
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rail
road track was washed out and other
damage done. Kurther south the storm
Is reported to have taken on the form
of a tornado.
Twister at Beatrice.
Beatrice. Neb.. May IS. A tornado
passed through a farming section south
and west of Beatrice last evening and
wrecked a number of buildings. Wires
are down and the extent of the storm
Is unknown.
Railroad reports show some damage
done to tracks In northern Missouri and
along the Missouri river. The rain was
very heavy in the southeast corner of
Nebraska.
An elevator- was blown over on the
railroad tracks at Hollis. Kan., on the
Concordia branch. Details of this
storm are lacking and telephone and
telegraph wires leading to that locality
are down. The Bell Telephone com
pany received word from Kansas City
that many telephone lines in the vicin
ity of Concordia were out of service
because of the storm.
DAKOTAN DEFENDANT
IN NEBRASKA SUIT
Lincoln, Neb.. May IN.—Fred Sehner
inger, a wealthy land owner of Brown
county. South Dakota, la the defendant
in a suit filed by his wife, who wants
a divorce and a liberal share of his
$50,000 worth of property. Mrs. Schner
Inger asserts that he has frequently
threatened her with violence, that he
has often violated his marriage vows
with other women, that he bus been
extremely cruel in his treatment of
her. and has refused to give her any
money whatever for her support.
She lists his 320 acre farm in South
Dakota at $30,000. and says he owns
real estate In Lincoln and York and
has a large amount of personalty.
JUDGE MUNGER RENDERS
IMPORTANT DECISION
Omaha. Neb., May IN. Judge Mini'
ger. in the federal court, yesterday
handed down an important decision,
sustaining the interstate commerce
commission In allowing elevator?
c harges to elevator concerns on the line
of the Union Pacific railroad. That road
allowed these (harges to the Omaha
Elevator company and the trans-Mis
sissippi Grain company, and the Up
dike Grain company, sought relief
through the interstate commerce com
mission. The commission decided that
the Updike company was entitled to
the same allowances given other grain
concerns and suit was brought by the
Updike company, with two other grain
companies as intervenors, to recover
about $10,000. which amount Is allowed
by yesterday's decision. The Union
Pacific resisted payment on the grounds
thHt the payment of elevator charges
was Illegal, but the court decided they
were legal at the time they were al
lowed to the Omaha Elevator company.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
LITTLE PASSES AWAY
Wayne. Neb.. May 18.—County Super
intendent Littell. who lias been sick for
some time, died here last night at 10
o'clock.
STONE BREAKS NOSE
OF A THIRD PARTY
Madison, Neb., May IN. A stone
thrown by one boy at another on the
Madison school grounds yesterday
struck a little daughter of Dr. Long
in the fa c. breaking her nose.
4 WOMEN KUKLUX i
«♦ FIGHT BIG HAT 4
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4 I .OS Angeles. Cal., May 18. 4
l 4 The police are looking for a 4
4 number of women in this city 4
4 said to have formed a secret 4
4 society for the purpose of the 4
4 annihilation of the big hat. The 4
-♦ receipt of a dozen or more com- 4
1 4 plaints from women regarding 4
4 assaults upon their headgear is 4
4 responsible for the activity of 4
4 the police. 4
4 Women who wear big hats 4
♦ arc the object of attack. The 4
4 finer the hat the. more vicious 4
♦ the assault upon it. The 4
♦ women who make the attacks 4
4 are well dressed and apparently 4
♦ rt fined and wealthy 4
4 They all wear small hats and 4
♦ s< cm to hold a violent hatred for 4
♦ t!a big straws and ultra Celts. 4
♦ (in*' woman was ejected from a 4
4 Hollywood car because of her 4
♦ attack upon women passengers 4
4 who wore big hats. 4
4 4
NORDICA SHUNS CONCERT
WHEN ALDA IS STAR
{ 1.end >n. May IS. Passengers who
arrived »n London from the steamship
; Kaiser Wilhelm II. tell of an operatic
wt i on a MYutll scale waged on the*
\ o\age Messrs. Gutti-Casazza and
. !’iippel and Mesdamos Nordica and
; Alda were aboard, and gossips had it
1 that neither impressarios nor singers
\\« i c on the best of ttrnis with one un
i other
The trouble reached its culmination
*'t ; concert when Mine. Alda sang
.‘• viral selections and Mme. Nordica
i remained conspicuously absent.
BOY'S VISION OF HIS
FATHER'S DEATH TRUE
I m monition of tin* 3-year-old son of
l ruoo Tong. a Delaware ami Hudson
railroad brukenn n, that his father
would la killed tana true.
At night ids mother hoard the ehild
j toning and moaning on its bed.
She asked why hi was not asleep
I s.nii was Startled with the answer,
; "Papa is dead; he is dead under the
j tars and his leas are out off."
I Two hours later the body of the
father was brought home.
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PHYSICAL VALUE i
OF RAILROADS TO
BE DETERMINED
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Chief Engineer Named and WilJ
Begin Task at Once—Will
Take Two Years.
l.iconln, Neb., May IT.—With the ap
pointment of E. C. Hurd, manager of
the Interurban railroad, as chief engi
neer, the first step towards the physi- '
cal valuation of the railroads of Ne
braska has been taken. Mr. Hurd is a
constructing civil engineer, having
built a portion of the Northern Pa
cific. The selection was made from a
large number of applicants.
As soon as Mr. Hurd selects his as
sistants, the commission will desig
nate which road to value first. Forty
thousand dollars was appropriated for ,
this work, and It is expected that it,
will require the greater part of two
years to finish. The work will be so,
apportioned as to expend the entire
appropriation before it can lapse, and:
if it is not then complete, to ask for
more money.
The commissioners make it plain
that they intend to take the physical
valuation into consideration only ak
one factor in determining rates. The
railroads will offer no opposition, hut
will give whatever aid is reasonably
asked. They figure that if it proves
to he less than they are now taxee^
on. they will be able to have their taxeq
reduced, but the stale board has the;
right to value franchises in addition. |
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4- OBJECTS TO CORNFIELDS 4i
4- ABOUT HER HOUSE 4
4 ■f
4 Lincoln, Net),, May 17.—Mrs. 4
4 Klizabeth Paden, who confklen- 4
4 tially informs Ihe police that she 4
4 is the world's conitnandress ap- 4
4 poir.tfd by President McKinley, 4
4 is insisting upon the police re- 4
4 straining her neighbors from 4
4 planting coin around her. Mrs. 4
4 Pad m lives in north Lincoln, 4
4 where everybody owns five or 4;
4 10 acres of land, and she fears 4
4 that if she Is surrounded by 4
4 cornfields It will afford a lurk- 4
4 ing place for designing men who 4
4 will attack her and her daugh- 4
4 ter, who live alone. 4i
4 Mrs. Paden is the wife of a 4
4 wealthy pioneer citizen, but fig- 4
4 tired as plaintiff in a sensution- 4
4 al divorce suit a number of 4
4 years ago. She attires herself 4
4 in a uniform of gray, with nickel 4 j
4 buttons over her tunic and vest 4
4 and a cap to match. 4
4 4 i
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COW DRAGS BOY TO
DEATH BY ROPE
Omaha, Neb.. May 17.—Daniel, the
8-year-old son of P. J. O’Brien, rail
road yardmaster. was dragged to
death by a cow last evening. The boy
had gone to get tile cow. picketed on
a vacant lot. tv.o blocks away. He
tied the rope around his waist and
started to drive the cow home. Be
coming frightened, she ran, throwing
the boy down. He was dragged over
the stone pavement, bounding like a
ball. The cow ran into the yard just
as the mother come to the door. She
fainted and neighbors who came to
assist, found the boy Insensible, his
skull crushed and the flesh on his arms
and face terribly lacerated, tie was
taken to the hospital, but died during
the evening.
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EX-GOVERNOR CROUNSE
OF NEBRASKA DEAD
Omaha, Neb., May 1C.—Forver Gov
ernor Lorenzo Crounse died at his,
home In this city just before mid
night, after an extended illness, the
immediate cause of death being artel ial
troubles.
Governor Crounse was born In Scho
harie county. Nt w York. He served
during the civil war as a captain of
light artillery, being severely wounded
in action. Coming to Nebraska in 1864
he served successfully as a member of
the territory legislature, justice of tHe
supreme court, member of congress,
assistant secretary (if the treasury un
der President Harrison, and governor
of the state, being elected in 1893. He
was a republican in politics. Mr.
Crounse is survived by four children,
Mrs. G. M Hitchcock, wife of the pres
ent congressman from this district;
William G. Crounse. associated with
Mr. Hitchcock in the publication (if the
Omaha World-Herald: Mrs. Georgi
McIntyre and Miss Marie Crounse, both
of Omaha.
SAME OLD STORY
OF UNLOADED GJN
Winside, Ni le. May 16.—The same
old story. Herman Hoffman did not
think the gun was loaded, but it was,
and when it went off part of his hand
went also. Tl: accident occurred yes
terday.
INDIAN STATUE FOR
GOTHAM PROPOSED AT
BUFFALO BILL DINNER
New York. May 16.—The erection of
I a collossal statue representing the
j American Indian to be placed in New
| York harbor opposite the statue of lib
I erty was advocated by General Leo
i lutrd Wood and other speakers at a
I dinner given at Sherry’s last night by
Hodman Wana maker, son of John
Wanamaker, In honor of Colonel W. F,
Cody tBuffalo Bill).
Such a statue was originally suggest
ed. it was said, by Mr. Wanamaker,
who has devoted much time to the
study of the Indian. He hopes to raise
the required sum through a public
subscription. The speakers at the
dinner included General Horace Por
ter. General Nelson A. Miles. Colonel
Cody, Mr. Wanamaker and Homer
j Davenport, the cartoonist.
GOTHAM BANKERS DINE M’VEAGH
New York. Max 16.—Franklin Mac
Yeagh, secretary of the treasury, was
the guest of George S. Terry, assist
ant treasurer of the United States, at
New York, at a private dinner last
night at the Union League club. Mr.
MacVeugh was introduced to the prom
inent banking presidents of New York,
all of whom had been invited.
WOMAN MURDERED
WITH A BUTCHER KNIFE
Hartshorne, Okla.. May 16.—Mrs.
George Hooks, wife of a restaurant
keeper, was found dead In bed in her
home here today. She evidently had
been murdered with a butcher knife
which lay near the body. The body
I had been hacked and one arm broken,
as if in a struggle, was found by the
husband. There is no clue to the mur
derer, nor Is a motive known.
'WHY BANKERS j
WILL ATTACK THE
DEPOSIT LAW!
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President Nebraska National
Says It Does Not Guarantee
and Is Vicious.
Omaha. Neb., May 16.—"Nebraska j
banki rs are going to test the guarantee
of deposit law in Nebraska, not because
they do not want such a law, but be- •
cause the one passed does not guaran- j
tee, Is unconstitutional and vicious to
the extent of being almost rriininai,"
was the declaration of Henry W. Yates,
president of the Nebraska National
bank, of this city, in outlining the plan
of attack which bankers are to make
on the guarantee of deposit law iri
Nebraska. Mr. Yates made the state
ment In a public address in Omaha yes
terday afternoon when he said he be
lieved the law was made a law which
could be called illegal by the courts.
"But the points on w hich we intend
to attack the law are these:
“It Is unconstitutional, because it
provides for the levying of a tax of 1 i
per cent of the $60,000,000 of deposits in
Nebraska banks. No tax can be levied !
In any such way. We are going to con
tend as the law prescribes that a tax
must be levied on property or certain
occupations. This law proposes to levy
a tax in an unheard of manner and
not by assessing it against the capital
stock of the banks, but against the
deposits—actually against the debts of,
the banks. They will not pay propro
tionately, because the bank with $100.
000 capital, which has $200,000 in de
posits will pay on the $200,000. while the
bank with $100,000 capital, which has j
$600,000 deposits, will pay on the $600,000 I
and not on I he capital stock.
“There are technicalities in the title 1
of the law; in the fact that it con- J
tains so many provisions that it is not I
one law, but a new chapter to the
banking laws, but laying, all these
things aside, the state could never col- !
lect the tax in our judgment, and it is
just as well to test it on the start as
to wait until there is a panic and then I
have the people lose their money be- 1
cause of the failure of banks started by !
irresponsible people who could not start
a bank if It was not for this law. 'Then i
the legitimate bankers will refuse to
pay. The state will say they will close- 1
up a bank which does not pav. What.
If every member of the Nebraska Bank-'
ers' association says he will not pav. I
Will the state of Nebraska put all these
banks out of business? Not yet. i
"The Nebraska law is framed differ-’ !
ent from any law ever framed in the
world before. It is dangerous to de
positors instead of being a safeguard
misleading them in the belief that the
state has a fund collected and in the
treasury to pay depositors immediately
if a bank shuts its doors. As a matter
of fact when the total of 1 per cent
«f deposits is all assessed it will amount
to $600,000 to protect depositors for $60 -
000,000 In Nebraska banks, but not a.
| cent of it will be collected. It will only
mean the banks must credit the amount
on their books to a fund which they
: must set aside to help pav the losses
] of some other fellow if he fails.
1 "For this reason the bankers of Ne- !
| braska are going to fight this law as
| well as test It because it is represented
to be something It is not—a guarantee
as safe and certain as the government
itself, which will make the people’s
money as safe in the hands of a crooked
banker us in the hands of one who has
a reputation for honesty covering a life
I time.
LIGHT SIX MILES AWAY
BY WIRELESS SYSTEM
Omaha, Neb., May 15.—The. lighting !
1 of the big auditorium by electric im- I
pulse from the wireless tower at Fort
Omaha, six miles away, was a novelty j
to which visitors at the show of the ’
Omaha Electrical exposition were
treated last evening. The method used
was developed by Dr. F. H. Millener,
experimental engineer for the Union
, Pacific, and is the same used by him
some months in operating a motor at
a distance. Dr. Millener had the co
operation of the United States army
signal corps under command of Lieu
tenant Colonel W. A. Glassford. to 1
whom wireless experiments are par
ticularly interesting. The corps has
had wireless telegraph connection be- I
tween the auditorium and the fort
since the show opened. From now on
the show will be lighted by wireless
each night.
ALLEGED BANK ROBBER
PLACED UNDER ARREST
Minden, Neb,, May 15.—By the ar
rest at Alma of Regner Aabel, jr., of
1 Minden, it is believed the mystery of
the Keene and Heartwell bank robber
ies last fall and winter and of a large,
number of minor crimes has been
solved.
According to the report received
here. Aabol has confessed to the sher
| iff of Harlan county and has impli
i cated as his accomplices two men
named Galloway and Crow, who have,
been living here for several months
j Following the receipt of the news of
the confession here Galiowav and
Ci ,>w hired an automobile and speeded
to Kearney, where they took the train
and have not been apprehended yet.
FINALLY DIVORCED
FROM MOTHER LODGE
I Lincoln, Neb.. May 15.—The Ne
braska grand lodge of the A. O. I",
W. has summarily and finally divorce^
itself frdm the supreme lodge of the
United States. This action was taken
in spite of the fact that the supreme
lodge sent two missionaries here to
patch up a peace. All that the Ne
braska lodge is willing to do is to be
on fraternal relations, but it will no
longer pay any part of the losses in
curred by the national order in doing
business in other jurisdictions.
The whole trouble came up over the
j fact that the Nebraska order lias a
I much lower death rate than tin na
[ tional order, and as it had the right to
constitute Itself into a separate juris
diction, levying such assessments only
as are necessary to pay death losses
within the state, it concluded . that it
was economy to keep on doing so. If
has paid a considerable sum into the
national coffers, but a supreme court,
decision lias been secured to the effect
j that it does not have to do so, and iv
has been decided not to do it.
' MAJOR T. ROOSEVELT, JR.,
DECLINES TO SERVE
Hartford, Conn., May 15.—Major
Theodore Hoosevett, Jr., son of ex
President Roosevelt, who was a mili
tary aide on the staff of the late Gov
■ ernor Lilley, will not serve in a like ca
■ j pacity in Governor Weeks' staff. The
, ! latter today reappointed Governor
i ^ Lilley's staff as his own, but Major
■ ! Roosevelt's name did not appear, he
having declined to serve.
SMOKE MINGLES
FROM TWO LARGE
PACKING CITIES
Sight Which Greeted Aeronauts
From Army Fort When
Nearly Mile in Sky.
Omaha. Neb.. May 14.--"There is a
point about 3,200 feet above tne earth,
and north of Tekamah, where the
smoke of both Sioux City and Omaha
can be seen. It's hard to tell which
makes the most," said Captain Charles
DeF. Chandler, of the United States
Army signal service, when he returned
here last evtning, after his flight with
IJeutenant James K. Ware, from Fort
Omaha to Jackson, just west of Sioux
City.
Both officers declare the trip was suc
cessful. and the next time they decided
to go up the Missouri river and drop in
on some town for the night, they will
go to Sioux City, though Jackson peo
ple gave them all the entertainment
they could stand for after the explosion
which wrecked their balloon and slight
ly injured both men.
It was the first trip ever made by
a United States army balloon from the
signal service school at Fort Omaha.
The explosion is explained by Captain
Chandler by the fact that while in the
high altitude, 4,400 feet, the balloon be
came charged with static electricity,
and when near the ground an arc was
formed, producing an electric spark.
Another balloon is kept at the fort
and a second one has been ordered,
that the experiments may be continued.
The explosion at Jackson is said by
army officers to be the only one which
ever occurred in this country, but a
war balloon blew up in Italy a short
time ago, presumably from the same
cause.
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MORE WAR BALLOONS
AND AERONAUTS FOR
FORT OMAHA TESTS
Washington, May 14.—Owing to the
failure of congress to provide funds for
the construction of a gas plant and
balloon house at the Fort Mver aero
drome, General James Allen, chief offi
cer of the signal corps, has been forced
to change bis plans for the aeronaut
trials and tests at Fort Meyer this
summer.
The army rrotor balloon No. 1, pur
chased last full, will be shipped imme
diately to Fort Omaha, where a modern
hydrogen gas plant and a hangar, or
balloon house, has been erected. With
in 10 days the balloon detachment and
Lieutenants Lahm. Foule, Winter,
Bamberger and Dickenson, of the aero
nautic division, will go to Fort Omaha.
In the meantime flights will be made in
the signal corps spherical balloon No.
11. w hich has a capacity of 35,000 cubiu
feet of gas and can carry three men.
Lieutenants Lahm and Foule will re
turn to Washington for the aeroplane
trips after instructing the other officers
in the handling of the dirigible.
PLAN INDEPENDENT
JURISDICTION FOR
UNITED WORKMEN
Lincoln, Neb., May 14.—In connec
tion with the meet ng of the A. O. IT.
W grand lodge, which began here yes
terday. a movement was set 'n motion
that may lead to the formation of an
independent western jurisdiction.
Delegates from the jurisdiction of
Arizona and New Mexico are here
seeking on behalf of the territories
they represent to become part of the
independent jurisdiction, which at
present belongs to Nebraska alone by
reason of its defection from the su
preme lodge of the United States. It
is declared that Colorado and South
Dakota are favorably disposed to the
plan.
WHAT WILL LINCOLN
DO WITH THE CLUBS?
Lincoln, Neb.. May 14.—In order tc
prevent any legal action to overturn
the vote for prohibition, the excise
board, which is vested by law with the
power to refuse all licenses, has adopted
a rule that no saloons will be per
mitted. but it is likely that a dispensarj
■under the control of city officials will
be operated to supply the legitimate de
mands for medicinal, mechanical am
sacramental purposes.
The board has decreed that the Elks
Eagles and all other clubs in the city
where liquor is sold to members musi
stop the practice, and the chief of po
lice will serve notice to that effect to
day. The supreme court has held tha
where liquor selling is only incidental t(
the main purpose of the club it is not £
violation of the Slocum law, but thi
city attorney holds that as another lav
vests the excisemen with the exelusivi
control of liquor selling in the city, i
can forbid the social clubs from sellinj
. to members.
Sentiment among the Elks favors ;
test of the power of the board. At i
recent meeting the Elks voted down b;
a 111 to 1 vote a proposition to dispens
with the bar. and they don’t rellsl
1 what they think is beyond the power o
I the board to order done.
The board, however, thinks that 1
can't take away the poor man’s clut
the saloon, and leave the rich man out
his club. A peculiar thing ubout it i
that this rule will not apply to th
Countrv club, which has its club hous
across the street from the city line.
! CHICAGO GIRL DANCES
HERSELF TO DEATI
I Chicago, May 14.—Marie Fron.
' years old. danced herself to death in
1 jmblli dance hall last night, accordin
to th* verdict of a coroner's jury. Th
girl possessed a frail constitution, bt
waltzing was her mania. She wa
warned bv her parents not to exert hei
self, but when the music started sh
forgot the warning and danced cor
i tlriuously until the last dance of th
evening. Then she was carried out t
the hall and died at a hospital.
FAMILY EXPENSE
FORCES COUPLE
TO BANKRUPTCY
"The Butcher and Baker and
Candlestick Maker” Make
Showing in Court.
Lincoln. Neb., May 13.—Cheater O.
Rouse, who Is now a traveling sales
man. b”t who recently came from
Mount 'usant, la., holds the record
among bankrupt applicants for a.
variegated line of credit. Rouse and
his wife have Just filed applications
with the federal court to be adjudged
unable to pay their debts and made
free to accumulate new ones.
Rouse's total amounts up to $1,434,
£.nd the claims he admits as due num
ber 67, divided among almost as many
different classes of business One
claim is for $60 for funeral expenses
of a relative, owing to H. T. Btrd. a
jMount Pleasant undertaker. Babb &
'Babb, a firm of Iowa attorneys, are
jiisted for $16, and the debts he sched
ules Include bills for drugs, newspa
pers, advertising, magazines, coal,
clothing, drayage on household goods
when he moved, (there are six or
seven of these), rental for telephone
for removing garbage from home, serv
ice by gas company, doctor bills, gro
ceries, a $3 hat, milk, liquor, livery,
butcher—in fact he seems not to have
missed anybody. Both telephone com
panies in Lincoln were impartially
treated. He mentions no bill as hav
ing been paid. His wife filed a list
of $1,200, being duplicates of the other.
Among the items owing is a gas bill
in Kansas City, and $3 for the Literary
Digest.
BARGAIN DAY PRICES
IN LINCOLN WET GOODS
Lincoln. Neb.. May 13— Last, night
brought the close of the municipal year
in Lincoln, and with it the banishment
for a year of every saloon in the city
for the first time in its history. It
was "bargain day" in the 25 drinking
places, the owners of the saloons mak
ing an effort by materially reducing
prices to dispose of the goods on hand,
and it is claimed with a good deal oj
success.
More of the bar-rooms were disman
tled early in the evening. Accumu
lated stocks will be shipped hack to
wholesalers. The saloonkeepers whc
remain in Lincoln say they will unite
with officials in striving for the en
forcement of the prohibition law to tht
letter.
4 4
4 TORNADO WARNINGS 4
4 GIVEN BY PHONE 4
4 4
4 Lincoln. Neb., May 13.—The 4
4 farmers in the vicinity of Frank- 4
4 lin. Neb., have organized a Tor- 4
4 nado league, its object being to 4
4 devise some method by which a 4
4 general warning can be given in 4
4 time for farmers and their fam- 4
4 llies to reach places of safety. 4
4 "Twisters” have been frequent 4
4 in that locality and in the tor- 4
4 nado of last June several were 4
4 injured and one man was killed. 4
4 At that time people watched the 4
4 storm coming and followed its 4
4 track for a period of at least 30 4
4 minutes, and constantly copi- 4
4 municate by 'phone with friends, 4
4 warning them and getting assur- 4
4 ance of their safety. From this 4
4 experience it Is thought that 4
4 there will often be time to send 4
4 out at least one general warning. 4
4 4
GASOLINE SETS FIRE
TO BILLIARD HALL
Wayne. Neb., May 11.—An explosion
of gasoline carried in pipes used for
lighting in the D. A. Jones billiard and
pool hall here last night destroyed the
contents of the building, valued at 13,
000, and completely gutted the struc
ture.
Before the firemen could check the
flames, although they did splendid
work, they spread to the building ad
joining, occupied by the Democrat,
owned by W. S. Goldie, and consider
able damage to types and presses was
done. Mr. Goldie's loss will reach in
the neighborhood of J1.500. Only great
work on the part of the fire boys pre
vented greater destruction of prop
erty.
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4 ALLEGED WITCH IS 4
4 SENT TO JAIL 4
1 4 4
1 4 "Butler. Pa.. May 13.—All ged 4
4 by her accuser to be a wlt'h. 4
4 Mrs. Laupaule Orber was tried 4
4 on a charge of disorderly con- 4
4 duct, was convicted and sen- 4
4 tenced to pay a fine of and 4
4 serve 10 days in jail. 4
4 The charge was preferred by 4
4 Mrs. Julia Kroner, who alleged 4
I 4 that Mrs. Orber went into Mrs. 4
4 Kroner's barn and by the use of 4
4 witchcraft cast a spell over a 4
4 cow which has prevented it 4
4 from giving milk. 4
4 4
LITTLE NURSE GAVE
THE BABY ALCOHOL
New York, May IS.—Becaus the
; sick baby she was nursing cried and
, she could not quit it, Maggie James
, a negro girl 17 years old, who was
brought here from Shreveport, La„ by
, Mrs. Sol Loeb as a nurse for her 4
, months-old son, Charles Hill Loeb, at
, tempted to kill the child by pouring
; wood alcohol down its throat. The fact
that the child’s stomach was weakened
by illness so that it Immediately re
• jected the alcohol, saved Its life.
' j In a statement to M. M. Bogle, an
k assistant prosecuting attorney, the girl
L said she was homesick and that the
r continual crying of the child made her
. desperate. She said she believed If she
j did something to it, Mrs. Loeb would
f discharge her and send her back home.
b1 EL PASO. TEX.—The town of Tobin
„ 10 miles northeast of here, was practl
’ cally destroyed by. fire. Two build
j lngsu in which were housed the
v equipment of the interurban to El Paso
i and the work shops were among the
buildings destroyed.
EL PASO, TEX.—Harold Sanborn,
the young Chicagoan, now in a MexP
Iran prison, as the result of a riot on
the Sanborn plantation near Vera
j Cruz, In which six Mexicans were .
0 killed, is exonerated of any blame in
i a detailed story of the riots received
g, . here,
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tl CINCINNATI, OHIO.—Nine veteran*
s of the civil war, two of them offle'al
- represent:^.ves of the state of Ohio
e left last night for Selma, Ala. to re
- turn with proper ceremony the’confed
e erate flags captured by the Fourth Ohio
f cavalry on the battlefield near that
town.