THE O’NEILL FRONTIER1
O. H- CRONIN. Publi«h*r.
rNEILL, NEBKAf.K*
An English firm, whose shipment o»
goods was delayed In reaching Japan,
received the following communication
from their newly appointed Japanese
ggent: “With regard to the matter
of escaping the penalty of nondelivery
of this—there Is only one way to creep
round same-—by diplomat. We must
make a stir of strike occuring in our
factory. Of course big untrue. I place
my presence on enclosed form of let
ter and believe this will avoid the
trouble of penalty of same. As Mr.
-.- is most religious and compe
tent man, also heavily upright and
godly, it fear? me that useless to ap
ply for his signature. Please, there
fore, attach same at Yokohoma office,
making forge. But no cause for fear
of prison happenings, as this often
happens by merchants of high Integ
rity. But if this involves that your
honor look mean and excessive awk
ward for business purpose, I think
more better a little serpent-Uke wis
dom of polite manhood and thus
found good business edifice." The firm
know-s as much now about the delay
9lm it did before.
"The planting of trees In streets and
public space* la a sure means of In
creasing the he-althfulness of a town,
*9 well as adding to Its beauty. But,"
■ays a writer In Building World, “not
all trees are suitable for town plant
ing; and In order to Insure success,
a nursery In which to grow the selected
trees should be established In the
neighborhood. London appears to be
well provided in this respect. The Lon
don County Council maintains Its own
nurseries, and large tracts of ground
•t Avery Hill aro reserved for the rear
ing of young trees, whose ultimate des
tinations are the various parks and
public gardens of the metropolis.”
Esperanto has made more headway
than any of the other efforts to estab
lish a universal language. It was creat
ed by Dr. Zamendorf. a Russian phy
sician, who published Ills pamphlet,
“An International language, by Dr.
Esperanto,” Ini 1S87. It has now the In
dorsement of 'scores of the most con
spicuous scholar* in the world, and tho
French government has conferred upon
Dr. Zamendorf the Cross of the Legion
of Honor. Books for the study of Es
peranto am already published In 22
different languages, and some 25 mag
azines and newspapers are regularly
published In the language. There are
Esperanto clubs In every big city In
Europe and America.
The chemist who will extract the
bleaching principle from the common
Jlmson weed and place It within reach
of family and laundry use has n for
tune In store. It Is a well known fact
that there Is no better way of bleach
ing the family linen during washing
than by putting a few leaves of jlm
son Into the boiler, but there 1b an ob
jection to this practice, ns a very un
pleasant odor Is the result. This ran
be removed, however, by placing tho
Clothes In cold water and boiling them,
or by repeated rinsing, hut all this Is
troublesome, and therefore many who
know the value of the leaves do not
Use them.
All navigators will bo Interested In
the news' which comes from Uverpool
that -BJr Oliver Lodge recently suc
teeded in completely clearing away for
a radius of 60 feet a thick fog by means
of electrical discharges. The Marino
Journal sfatcB thut the Lodge system
consists of driving electricity into a
tog-laden atmosphere at a very high
voltage from a series .of disks at the
tops of poles. The current acts di
rectly upou the constituents of the fog,
the electric lntluence whirling these
hither and thither, causing them grad
ually to fall to the ground. A test Is
soon to be mude of the apparatus In
London.
St. Edmund's hall, Oxford, the lnde
Sendenoe of which seems threatened
y neighboring "Queen s college, is now
the sole survivor of the original "halls'
from which! university life arose at Ox
ford. It bears the name not of the
martyred Saxon monarch but of Arch
bishop Edmund Rich, who possibly
about 121»'delivered near this spot the
first Oxford lectures on Aristotle. Thii
legend once enabled the present prin
cipal to retort that If Dante really
visited Oxford he might conceivably
have studied at St. Edrnund'B hull, bul
not at Queen’s college, which did not
then exist._ _ _
Yakutsk, In eastern Siberia, Is said to
be the. coldest city in the world. It Is
the great comiperclal emporium ol
i eastern Siberia and the capital of the
{irovlnce of Yakutsk, which in most ol
ts area of l,&7*(i63 square miles Is a
bare desert, the-soil of wldch is frozen
to a great depth. Yakutsk consists ol
about too houses of European struc
ture, standing apart. The intervening
spaces are occupied by winter yoorts,
or huts of the northern nomads, with
earthen roofs. The doors are covered
•with hairv hides and the windows are
of Ice. j
An experiment from wmen mucn may
he learned is being tried In Hungary.
It Is embodied In the new land bill
■which is now coming Into operation.
The proposal to break up 24,000 acres
Into settlements, which settlements will
be subdivided Into plots of seven acres
each. But the interesting point Is that
In the center of each group of small
holdings there will be a larger holding
,of not more than 660 acres, which will
be in the hands of a capable and ex
perienced .farmer. who will set an ex
ample for the others to follow.
It Is reported that a syndicate pros
pecting 150 miles south of Suez, on the
i HOd sea coast, has struck oil the gush
er giving Increasing quantities dally,
land indicating large reserves. The well
has been properly capped pending stor
age arrangements. The possibility ol
a cheap supply of fuel Is a discovery
lof the greatest importance to Egypt,
i iand Its geographical position should
§ (render the discovery valuable to the
(British nuvy.
b1 The total electric light and power
enerating capacity in Japan at the
nd ol 1908 was 86.606 kilowatts, an in
Icrease of 12,000 kilowatts over 1907. Ol
this capacity 54,550.kilowatts was gen
erated by steam, 21,951 kilowatts by
water power and 105 kilowatts by gas
i engines. Bast year the Tokio Electric
Ught company began taking power
groin Katusra, 47 miles distunt, the
■voltage being 55.000.
The hen gathers, mixes and puts to
gether In organic form. 650 grains ol
water, 120 grins of fat. 106 grains of
Ulme. 80 grains of albumen, 26 grains
*of sugar arid 10 grains of ash. With
(her marvelous inside fixtures she puts
her humble grist together and shells
■out the most mlruculouo of animal
products—the egg.
Next year's International exhibition
In Brussels is io have a very uncoin
; «non feature. It is proposed to give an
ocular display of the misery and pov
erty in which the Belgian home work
ers exist, with a view of bringing theii
*»aM under public notice.
SUIT STRAP ENDS '
THE PRISON TERM
OF WIFE BEATER
When Wife Declines to Help
Him Get Out of Jail, Hus
band Hangs Himself.
I,yons. Neb.. July 27.—Andrew Meyer,
under arrest for wife bearing and In
jail at Tekamah, committed suicide
yesterday at 3 o’clock by hanging him
self with straps from his suit ease.
His wife had taken the suit case full
of clothes to him yesterday.
When he pleaded for aid from hiB
wife for his release she told him he
was safer In Jail, as sentiment was very
strong against him at home.
Meyer brutally beat his wife about
10 days ago for some trivial difference,
and she took refuge In a cornfield,
where she remained until the officers
arrested him. This was not the first of
fense of the kind on his part and the
neighbors became thoroughly incensed
over his nets. When they learned of
his last attack upon his wife they at
once took steps to place him where he
would not have a chalice to repeat the
Offense, and he was arrested and
brought here to answer to the charge
of wife beating.
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4 COMMISSIONER WILL 4
4 MEASURE BED SHEETS 4
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4 Lincoln, Neb., July 27.—Labor 4
4 Commissioner Maupin starts out ■ 4
4 next week on a tour of inspec- 4
4 lion of the hotels of the state. 4
4 The specific object of Ills quest ♦
4 Is to find out whether the hotel 4
4 men have in use 99-inch bed 4
4 sheets. A mistaken impression 4
4 has gone abroad that the law 4
4 requires nine-foot sheets, 4
4 whereas they must be but eight 4
4 feet three inches. 4
4 One objection lodged against 4
4 the law is that a sheet that may 4
4 be 99 Inches long when It is 4
4 first put on may shrink to 98 4
4 after the first washing. The 4
4 commissioner will not Insist 4
4 upon too stringent an enforce- 4
4 ment where there has been 4
4 nny shrinkage, but will take a 4
4 tape measure along to Insure a 4
4 proper standard. 4
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CHAUFFEUR RUNS AWAY
FROM WRECKED AUTO
Lincoln, Neb., July 27.—Jumes I
Brown, chauffeur for I. G. Chapin, a
wealthy lumberman, has disappeared. I
While the Chapin family was at the j
theater the other evening Brown took
a party of friends on a Joy ride. There j
was liquor lr the crowd, and Brown ]
got some of It. As a result he drove
the machine oft a bridge in the
suburbs. The machine turned turtle,
but injured only one of the occupants.
When Brown found that It was a
wreck, panic seized him and he started
to run. At last accounts he was still 1
running, and the Chapin family does
not expect to see him ever ugaln. The
machine cost $4,500, and is In bad
shape.
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ALFONSO’S ROMANCE
SENSATION IN EUROPE
Paris, July 27.—The details surround
ing the romantic marriage ol’ Prince
Alfonso, of Bourbon Orleans, to Prin
cess Beatrice, of Saxe-Coburg, which
cost him his position in the roval house
of Spain and his curecr in the Spanish
army, huve come to light. They re
veal the fact that King Alfonso, in
stead of refusing Ills consent to the
marriage, as was reported by Madrid
dispatches, favored and actually ad- j
vised the prince to tnurry la r secret- I
ly, gave him leave of ubsence for that '
purpose and personally intervened by
telegraph with the Bamberg eccleslas- '
tienl authorities. In whose diocese the I
marriage took place, to procure a dis
pensation for it.
This story was obtained from the
prince's own lips by friends a few days
ago in Munich, where the couple are
spending their honeymoon, and when
It becomes known In Europe it is like
ly to create a greater sensation than
the wedding and the prince's dis
grace.
Prince Alfonso and Princess Beatrice
first met on the occasion of King Al
fonso's marriage to Princess Ena, of
Battenburg. in 1906. The prince was
then only 20 years old and fell des
perately in love with the princess and
proposed marriage. Beatrice refused
him In most decided fashion, even de
clining him permission to correspond
with her.
Both the queen and queen mother, ;
knowing of the prince's infatuation, j
espoused his cause and sought to in- !
duce Beatrice to relent. The princess,
however, said that she never would
change her religion, but finally when
she said she had no objection to rear -
ing her children as Catholics, the queen
mother replied:
"Then there Is not the slightest dif
ficulty to the union. I always'said that
If T had a second son he should have
married a Protestant."
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4 SPRINKLES SLEEPING 4
4 NEWSBOY WITH COIN 4
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4 Washington, July 27.—“Joe," 4
4 the best known and most popular 4
4 of the newsboys about congress, 4
4 woke up from Ids siesta on the 4
4 sun-baked steps of the cnpitol, 4
4 to find that while ho slept it had 4
4 rained pennies and nickels all 4
4 over his small person. +
4 He doesn't know yet that Sen- 4
4 ator Crane, of Massachusetts 4
4 happening to pass by while the 4
4 child slept, sprawled on his back 4
4 in the sun with outstretched 4
4 arms and legs, speckled him all 4
I 4 over with the small coins, and 4
! 4 then with others, stood at a bit 4
4 of distance to see what he would 4
4 do when ho awoke. a.
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DROPS DEAD ON LINER.
Antwerp, July 27.—Mrs. Marie Rook,
an American, aged 42. dropped' dead
on board the Red Star line steamer
ICroonland as the vessel was leaving
this port today for New Yoik.
NEBRASKA CONSUL TO
TAKE BRIDE WITH HIM
Washington, July 27.—The class of
newly appointed United States con
suls which have been receiving iti
I structions here preparatory to leaving
I for their posts all over the world, gave
! a banquet last night at which It was
i developed that four of the 23 young
] men will be wedded and take their
| brides away with them. Paul Emer
son Taylor, of Tekamah. Neb., who
1 goes to Port Louis Mauritius, is one of
there. His bride to be is Miss Emma
Loire Pelolt. of Nebraska.
WATCH FOR JEWELS
AND JACK KNIVES
IN FOOD PACKAGES
Pure Food Law Cannot Prevent
Gifts and Premiums to the
Purchaser.
Lincoln, Neb., July 24.—It is no of
fense against the law for the manu
facturer of a food product to include
In the package- containing his stuff a
prize, gift or premium, and that sec
tion of the pure food law which de
clares this to be misbranding is uncon
stitutional. So holds District Judge
Stewart In a test case brought by the
manufacturers of ice cream powder and
a mince meat, who gave slips that
could be redeemed In cash or In maga
zine or book subscription.
The attorney general holds that this
Is a device that is Intended to deceive
the purchaser of a food product into
believing that he is getting something
for nothing and that the cost of the
prize being included In the price
charged. It means deterioration in the
food product sold. The court snys that
there being no element of chance In it,
public morals are not lowered, and
that, therefore, the police power of the
stute cannot be Invoked. The manu
facturers complained that the law was
secured by manufacturers who didn’t
want to give premiums and tried to
make It Impossible for those who # did
to do so.
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THE WIFE’S LETTER
SAVED TWO SINNERS
Lincoln, Neb., July 24.—A letter writ
ten by his wife unit which fell into the
hands of the woman with whom he
was maintaining meretricious relations
In Lincoln, proved the salvation of
Fred J. Warren, formerly a preacher,
but now a railroad brakeman. War
ren lives at Endlcott. In a proceeding
brought In court today to take from
Mrs. Kosa B. Moore her three children
on the ground that she is an improper
person to have their custody, Warren
told the story.
He said that he met the woman at
a Salvation arm- gathering, and she
Invited him to come and see her. He did
so, and next took up his abode at her
home. A letter written him by Mrs.
Moore fell Into Mrs. Warren’s hands,
and ho said that her reply addressed
to both of them, so pricked their con
sciences that they severed their re
lations. Later Mrs. Moore sought to
collect room rent from him, and then
tried to have him arrested on a charge
of having threatened to kill her.
Mrs. Moore stopped the proceedings
In court by throwing a fit of hysterics
when her divorced husband, A. F.
Moore, a lawyer, swore that she had
been his housekeeper and paramour
before their marriage.
COUNTY OFFERS $500
REWARD FOR MURDERER
Bloomfield, Neb., July 24.—The Ellen
Boldenow’ murder or suicide case, still
remains a mystery. Ellen, the 16-year
old daughter of H. F. Boldenow, a
farmer living about seven miles from
here, was found dead the morning of
June 8, at about 8 o’clock, on the floor
of the parlor of the farm home, with
a bullet hole In her forehead, and
bruises about the throat and eyes.
It was reported to the authorities as
a case of suicide, but upon Investiga
tion by the coroner’s Jury, it was found
that all evidence pointed toward mur
der, and a verdict was rendered, that
the deceased came to her death by a
wound caused by a revolver, at the
hands of a person or persons unknown
to the Jury.
The authorities are still of the opin
ion that a murder has been committed,
but have no clew to the murderer.
The young victim’s father still insists
that a murder Is impossible and clings
to the suicide theory, but seems to be
unable to give any reason why the
daughter should have taken her own
life. In order to clear this mystery, the
county bourd of sunervistors at their
regular meeting Just ended, now offer
a reward of $500 to the party who se
cures the evidence and conviction of
the guilty party, and it is hoped that
this mystery will soon be solved.
4 GETS $100 FOR KISS; ♦
4 WISHES NOW SHE 4
4 HAD CHARGED $500. 4
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4 W Inst eel, Conn., July 23.—Theodore 4
4 Touusalnt, an aged widower whose 4
4 home is in East Canaan, paid $100 4
tfor a kiss. The woman who got the 4
kiss and his money. Mrs. John Kil- 4
4 mer, told a neighbor, it is said, that 4
4 *she wished she hrd demanded $600. 4
4 She declared that when the old man 4
4 paid her the $100 in settlement of 4
4 the stolen kiss ease he had a big 4
4 roll of greenbacks, and most of 4
4 them were of large denomination. 4
4 In consideration of the aforesaid 4
4 sum Mrs. Kilmer agreed not to 4
4 bring any action against Toussaint. 4
4 who is 73 years old. Mrs. Kilmer, is 4
4 about 40, of graceful form and 4
t pretty face. 4
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MRS. SAYLER WEEPS
IN THE COURTROOM;
CASE IS CONTINUED
Watsekn. 111., July 24.—Dr. Wm. Mil
ler, Mrs. J. B. Sayler arul John and Ira
Grunden, Indicted lor the murder of J.
B. Sayler, the Crescent City banker,
were brought into the circuit court
here today to make their pleas.
F. P. Morris, of defense's counsel,
moved to quash the indictments. He
was overruled by Judge Hoover, but
his motion to have the case continued
until tlie November term of court was
sustained.
Mrs. Sayler was accompanied by
the sheriff. As slit- was led to the side
of her attorneys site wept violently.
During the brief proceedings she made
no attempt to communicate with any
of the other defendants who sat near
her.
Dr. Miller was composed. John
Grunden appeared to be badly fright
ened.
On Saturday there will be a con
test between .Mrs. Sayler and her dead
husband’s family for control of his
estate. The appointment of an ad
ministrator comes up and under the
law Mrs. Sayler has the first choice,
but the Sayler brothers will oppose
her.
UNCLE SAM IS TOO POOR.
Washington. July 24.—The United
States is not likt ly to make great prog
ress in aerial navigation during the
next fiscal year as a result of any en
couargement offered inventors by con
gress The spirit of ecor-omy in gov
ernmental affairs is now so pronounced
as to discourage even the asking for
funds I j the war department for the
purchase of any class of airships.
The t. ‘al number of immigrants eom
•v i: to ii>e [ 11 it eel 8t;Uis since 1820,
• war of e. i licet record, exceeds 26,
OUR NAVY ST/ ED
THE FOREST! ERVES
Movement for Saving the
Country’s Resources Was
Started Long Ago.
Washington. July 23.—That the for
est reserves of the. United States were
originally an adjunct to the navy, and
that they date back to the administra
tion of George Washington, is one of 1
curiosities of history, which some re- !
cent research has demonstrated.
It has been supposed that the for- -
estry policy was of very recent time. ‘
But it now develops that when Wash
ington was serving his first term. Josh
ua Humphreys, constructor in the navy, !
strongly recommended that the govern- |
inent buy up live oak islands along the
Georgia coast, in order to be assured
a supply of the timber for naval con
struction. Washington had it done,
despite that there wasn’t a single fight
ing ship in the navy, except on paper,
at that time. But six fine frigates had
been ordered, to fight the Barbary pi
rates.
Purchase of some Georgia islands
was followed by acquisition of large
areas in Louisiana and Florida, all for
the live oaks. At one time over 200,000
acres of this timber was held in Flor
ida alone, in forest reserves. On the
most important, the Santa Rosa re
serve, the government went systemat
ically into the business of planting and
developing oaks, training and cultivat
ing them.
That was the first movement to pre
serve the forests.
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4 CASE COSTS MONEY 4
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4 Beatrice, Neb., July 23.—The 4
4 divorce suit of Lucie Blakely, 4
4 of Long Branch, N. J.. a former 4
4 resident of Beatrice, against 4
4 Charles Blakely, was called in 4
4 the district court today, and aft- 4
4 er the evidence of Mrs. Blake- 4
4 ly had been introduced Judge 4
4 Raper granted her a divorce and 4
4 alimony amounting to $25,000, 4
4 on the grounds of cruelty. Mr. 4
4 Blakely's parents, pioneers of 4
4 this section, died some time ago, 4
4 leaving their son an estate val- 4
4 ued at $200,000. Since the tiling 4
4 of the suit a year ago. Mrs. 4
4 Blakely has been staying at 4
4 Long Branch, N. J.. and Mr. 4
4 Blakely at Omaha and on his 4
4 ranch at Wood Lake, Neb. Miss 4
4 Bertha Turner, a resident of 4
4 Pittsburg, Kan., figured con- 4
4 spieuously in the case. 4
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PULLMAN COMPANY
MUST REDUCE RATES
Lincoln, Neb., July 23.—The Pullman
car company must reduce its rates in
Nebraska or the railroad commission
will do it for it. That was the ulti
matum given representatives of the
company by members of the commis
sion. The company will probably ac
cept the suggestion, and make the rate
across Nebraska $2.60 Instead of $3. It
will also introduce a novelty in the
shape of a charge of 35 cents for cer
tain distances. Heretofore the charge
has been 25 cents to 50 cents for seats
for way passengers.
All this trouble came about because
a haughty minion of the company
failed to recognize Commissioner Cow
gill when he got on board and over
charged him. Thereupon Mr. Cowgill
instituted an investigation and cited
the company to appear.
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ONE OF MURDERER’S
VICTIMS WILL RECOVER
Omaha. Neb.. July 23.—Henry Jordan,
victim of yesterday's shooting in which
Jess Smith, who later in the day shot
and killed James Collins in a Tenth
street saloon, is held at the city jail,
is the son of Walter Jordan, of Hutch
inson, Kan.
Young Jordan's condition is not seri
ous, the injury being a flesh wound in
the cheek.
CLOUDBURST DOES
DAMAGE IN WISCONSIN
Ashland, Wls., July 23.—A cloudburst
late last night caused If500,COO loss to
property in northern Wisconsin. The
power plant at White river was washed
out. The plant furnished power and
light to the eity of Ashland.
The state fish hatchery at Bayfield
was wrecked and millions of fish carried
into the lake.
The Northwestern, Wisconsin Ce tral,
Northern Pacific and Omaha trains are
all held up and none of them can get
into Ashland from any direction.
The dam breaking at Whit< river im
perils Odanah, and the peoplt there*
have been warned to leave their homes.
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LOSE 5,COO,000 FEET OF LOGS. I
Bayfield, Wls.. July 23.—One of the
worst storms in years occurred in this
vicinity late last night, causing wash
outs on tin* Omaha railroad here and at
Salmo. No trains are running in or out
of Bayfield. It is reported 5,000.000 feet
of logs were flooded out of tile booms at
tlie mouth of Bad river.
BLUEJACKETS ARE
GUESTS OF LONDON!
London, July 23.—The blue jackets of
the 150 warships now in the Thames,
who heretofore have filled the rede of
hosts, were guests of the citv • f Lon
don today. Twelve hundred of them
marched through the principal thor
oughfares and, as they swung along
the route with six guns rattling be
hind, the crowds that lined the streets
greeted them with enthusiasm.
The decorations along the line of
march were on a lavish scale, demon
; strating the widespread interest
j awakened in Londoners by the stay ol'
the fleet in the very heart of the city.
After the parade the officers and men
i were tendered a luncheon at the Guild
I hall, as guests of the lord mayor and
I the corporation council, and subse
quently enjoyed a vaudeville enter
tainment. tlie first ever permitted In
the Guild hall during the many cen
turies of its existence.
OPPOSED TO WAR,
SPANIARDS IN RIOT
Madrid, via Badajoz, on the Port
guese Frontier. July 23.—Gnat excite
ment prevails in the Spanish capital.
The population is clearly opposed to tlie
Spanish-Moroccan war in Africa. There
were several demonstrations in front
of the war ministry today and much
rioting in the streets, in which women
took a prominent part.
Melilla. Morocco. July s .—Moorisn
tribesmen today attacked a Spanish
force at the railroad station just out
side this town, but were repulsed by
' galling guns.
LINCOLN SOAKED
WITH WET GOODS
FROM SHOP TOWN
Kegs and Bottles Marked With
Owner’s Name Can Be De
livered in Dry City.
Lincoln, Neb., July 22.—C. \V. Spence,
Havelock saloon keeper, mustn’t sell
Lincoln’s thirsty ones liquor by taking
their orders, receiving their money and
then sending them cases unmarked
with their names. McLoughlin and Me
Googan, two other liquor dealers of
IJr,coin’s wet suburbs, guessed right
when they hired a liveryman to make
the deliveries and marked each ship
ment with the owner's name. That is
what Police Judge Risser holds, and
so Spence must stand trial and the
other two go free.
The two dealers in liooze at Havelock
have been making all kinds of money
since Lincoln went dry, making deliv
eries of liquor sold' to persons who
made payments therefore in Havelock,
asserting that thereby the sale took
place where the license was granted
and not in the city where delivery was
made. Spence's mistake arose from the
fact that he sent his own employe in
a dray, and delivery was made as per
his order bool; and not as the cases
were labeled. The other two employed
the device of making their delivery in
Havelock to a common carrier, and the
law rules that the place of delivery is
at the Havelock office of the common
carrier arid not in Lincoln.
This decision opens the way to mak
ing Lincoln a real wet town, unless the
excise board ; an enforce a new rule It
has just made that common carriers
must open an office in the city and can
make deliveries only at that office.
SALOON ROWDY
SHOOTS NEGRO
Injures Two Others at Omaha,
Is Captured and Landed in
Jail.
Omaha. Neb.. July 22.—A man giv
ing the name of Jess Smith, of Trini
dad, Colo., last night (ired live revol
ver shots into a crowd in a saloon at
Tenth and Douglas streets, killing
James Rollins, a colored piano player;
seriously injuring James F. McGinnit,
a bystander, and slightly wounding an
unknown man.
Smith had been ejected from the sa
loon for threatening the bartender and
returned with a gun to "clean out” the
place. He was captured and placed
in jail.
4 NEGRO IS VICTIM; DOG 4
4 CHASED "YALLAR LAIGS.” 4
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4 Madison, Neb.. July 22.—The 4
4 alleged theft of several chickens 4
4 by Jack Kincaid, who, with his 4
4 wife, comprises Madison’s col- 4
4 ored population, has stirred up a 4
4 big row here, the people dividing 4
4 up about half and half for and 4
4 against Kincaid and four prom- 4
4 inent attorneys are interested in 4
4 the case. 4
4 Attorney Dowling is defend- 4
4 ing the negro, former United 4
4 States Senator Allen went his 4
4 bail, County Attorney Nicholls 4
4 is prosecuting and Hurt Mapes, 4
4 of Norfolk, It assisting Nicholls. 4
4 A royal battle is promised. 4
4 The chickens, which are val- 4
4 ued at $2. were found in Kin- 4
4 raid's possession, but he claims 4
4 that a dog drove them Into his 4
4 yard. 4
4
GAVE UP RESIDENCE
TO ESCAPE TAXATION
Lincoln. Neb.. July 22.—Lincoln lost
one of her few millionaires and her
richest man, ft. E. Moore, because sev
eral years ago the assessor took cog
nizance of some alleged facts presented
to him by a former bookkeeper of
Moore and added several hundred thou
sand dollars to the personalty schedule
Moore had turned In. Ever since that
the county has been lioping that Moore
would pay the taxes on this omitted
property, but he has refused. Now suit
has been started against him for $5,
021.72. over $1,000 of which is interest
and penalty.
Moore lived here practically all of his
life, but when the assessor tried to
show him up as dodging his taxes he
removed to Stamford, Conn., and has
been a traveler much of the time since.
His attorneys say that the tax cannot
he collected because the assessment was
added after the books were closed.
CORN EXPOSITION
NAMES MANAGERS
Omaha. Neb.. July 22.—The directors
of the National Corn exposition today
elected J. B. Clore, of Franklin, Ind.,
who last year won the grand sweep
stakes and the single ear prize, superin
tendent of judges for this year's show.
W. H. Young, of Athens, III., was
chosen superintendent of exhibits.
-4 4
4 CLIMBS TO SAVE FLAG 4
4 WHILE BUILDING BURNS 4
4 4
4 Washington, July 22.—An old 4
4 boatswain’s mate has won the ad- 4
4 miration and commendation of the 4
4 tiavv department officials by risking 4
4 tils life In saving an American flag 4
4 from a staff on a burning building. 4
4 George F. Bray, chief boatswain’s 4
4 mate. r. S. N.. retired, while stop- 4
4 ping at a hotel in Epplng, N. H., re- 4
4 reived pennision from the pro- 4
4 prietor to place on the hotel a flag- 4
4 pole and a United States flag. 4
4 on Julv 4 last the hotel caught 4
4 fire and Bray, notwithstanding the ♦
4 loss of most of his clothing, papers 4
4 and medals, climbed the pole and 4
4 saved the flag. Bray is 58 years old, 4
4 and has been In the navy since 18S4.
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TO REPORT ON PETROSINO.
Rome. July 22.—J. R. Crowley, A. B.
Simon and A. F. Vachris, three Ameri
can detectives left here today on theit
way back to the United States aftei
making a thorough investigation of the
murder of Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino,
the land of the Italian division of the
New Ynrk detective bureau, who was
assassinated at Palmero, Sicily, last
March. The American detectives were
assisted by the Italian police und it is
understood an important report on the
cuse will he made when they reach New
York
TWO DEMOCRATS,
EIGHT REPUBLICANS
AND TWO PROHEBS
Twelve Candidates Will Con
test Under Primary for
Three Judgeships.
Lincoln, Neb., July 21.—Eight repub
licans, two democrats ana two prohi
bitionists had filed certificates of nom
ination with the secretary of state Sat
urday night for the office of Judge of
the supreme court. Three judges are
to be elected this fall at a salary of
$4,500 a year to fill the places to be
made vacant by the expiration of the
elective term of Acting Chief Justice
J. B. Barnes and the appointive terms
of Jacob Eawcett and Judge James R.
Dean.
Certificates of nomination entitle the
candidate to have his name printed
on the primary ballot. The voters of
the state then do the nominating in.
earnest. The primary election Is car
ried on much after the manner of the
state wide primary election of last year
when Governor Sheldon and A. C.
Shallenberger were nominated as op
posing candidates, except that a voter
may vote any party ticket he pleases,
if he will confine himself to the names
of candidates to one party ticket, and
If challenged swear that he will sup
port at the general election the same
candidates or a majority of the candi
dates he supports at the primary elec
tion.
The republicans nominated are:
Judge J. B. Barnes, Judge Jacob Faw
cett, Judge S. H. Sedgwick, Judge K. R.
Duffle, Judge F. G. Hamer, E. C. Calk
ins, John O. Teiser and J. E. Cobb, y.
Democrats Are Active.
Judge B. p’. Good, democrat, of Wa
lioo, entered the race Saturday. He is
nominated both as a democrat and
populist by voters of Holt county and
electors living in Aurora. Judge J. J.
Harrington, of Holt county, Is one of
the democratic petitioners.
Judge James It. Dean, of Broker*
Bow', now a judge of the supreme
court, has been nominated by 26 popu
lists of Custer county, the home of pop
ulism.
Judge John J. Sullivan, of Omaha,
will today he nominated by democrats
and populists. W. D. Oldham, of Kear
ney, one of the war horses of the dem
ocratic party, has not been heard from
since he presided at the Buffalo county
democratic banquet in Kearney. Judge
Sullivan is another who took his seat
for a year term and held the positior*
one day.
The state ticket would not look right
unless the name of A. G. Wolt'enbar
ger was printed upon it. His prohi
tion friends in Lincoln, Bethany.
University Place, Stromsburg and
Osceola have filed a petition asking
that his name he placed on the ballot
as a prohibition candidate for Judge of
the supreme court. The same Viters
have petitioned that the name of Roy
L. Staple, of Ord, be placed on the
primary ticket as a candidate for
judge of the supreme court.
INDIAN TRIBES DISCUSS
LONGER TRUST PERIOD
Walthill, Neb., July 21.—A discussion
by the Omaha tribe of the recent ex
tension for 10 years of the trust period,
over which the Indian land is held,
with a view to protesting against the
same, was the object of a council of
the Omaha tribe of Indians at this
place Saturday.
It was stated that the restrictions
as now held over Omaha Indian mon
ey and land was illegal and unjust.
Not more than 25 Omaha Indians
were present at the meeting. They
listened attentively to every word that
was said during the council.
The matters under consideration
were discussed by Messrs. Chase,
Thomas McCauley and Dr. Susan La -
Flesehe Picotte, of this place. Some
other matters were considered, but it
was decided to adjourn the meeting of
the council without action until Friday,
July 23.
Mr. Chase came from Pender in com
pany with Thomas L. Sloan and ex
Deputy United States Marshal Janies
Allen, the two latter parties not taking
any active part in the discussion.
4 4
4 BROKE HIS ARM WHILE 4
4 STRIKING A MULE 4
♦ 4
4 Carroll, Neb., July 21.—While 4
4 hitching up a team of mules, 4
4 Ed. Griffith struck one of them 4
4 with a tug, with the request 4
4 that tlie animal "stand over.” 4
4 In so doing, he twisted his arm 4
4 in such a manner that a bone 4
4 was broken. 4
JUDGE GRAVES’ FATHER
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS
Render, Neb. July 21.—F. H. Graves,
the venerable father of Judge Guy T..
Graves, is in the Tekamah hospital, a
very sick man. He is S3 years of age,
and went to Tekamah to attend tho
races when he was stricken by a slight
stroke of paralysis. It is feared he
will not recover.
PENBER FINDS WAY TO
AVOID PROHIBITION
Pender. July 21.—Pender voted no
license last spring, and was a pretty
dry town until recently, when a num
ber of business men and farmers or
ganized aiid opened the Pender Liberty
club in the Palace hotel, with a mem
\ bership of 150. Now a second club is
I being organized in the old Paul El
singer building. The village board
has under consideration an ordinance
fixing an occupation tax of $500 on
clubs where liquor is sold.
SUIT TO DETERMINE TITLE
TO INDIAN LANDS
Pender, July 21.—James 1. Keefer,
| of Sioux City, has commenced suit in
; the dstrict court to quiet the tide to
I so acres of land to which Joseph Con
l way claims ownership, and is now in.
j possession of. This is a piece of In
dian land both parties purchased. John
Severson, of Sioux City, is Keefer's
agent. __ _
PEKIN—Charles R. Crane, of Chi
ago, whose selection as minister to
China by President Taft was an
nounced recently, is persona grata to
the Chinese government.
CREMATE MRS. HAYES’ BODY.
Colorado Springs, Colo., July 21.-The
body of Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, of Colo
rado Springs, daughter of the late Jeffer
son Davis, was cremated at the Riverside
crematory, Denver, this afternoon. The
cremation was private and an effort was
made to keep it a secret.
MEXICO CITY—United States Am
bassador David E. Thompson admitted
tonight that lie had lost $13,009 through
the alleged dishonesty of his secretary.
The accused man is in the United;
States and the ambassador is endeav
• oring to recover some of his lost money