Nebraska Newspapers

    fHE O’NEILL FRONTIEf
O. M. CRONIN. Publisher._
rNtILL. NEBRASKA
Miss Gina Krog. of Christtnnla. has
been nominated by the radical party of
Norway for deputy in the parliament
ary elections -o\v pending. Miss Krog
visited the United States last spiing
on her way to the International Coun
cil of Women in Toronto. Site deliv
ered several lectures to suffrage socie
ties in New York and spoke to the Nor
wegian women in Brooklyn She is said
to have hud more to ilo with obtaining
the ballot for tie women of Norway
than any other individual, man or wom
an.
One of the characters well known on
the Berlin Bourse one morning wagered
that he would ask tin same question of
60 different persons and receive the
tame answer from each. He went to
first one and then another, until tie
had reached the number of 60. And this
is how lie won the bet: He whispered
half audibly to each. "I say. have you
heard that Meyer hml failed?" What
Meyer?" queried the whole 60, one after
another.
According to statistics of taxes, while
there wen? 94.123 billiard tables In
France in 1892, in 1906 there were only
99,230. whereas If the game was hold
ing its own the number should have in
creased ns the children grew to bil
liard playing age. The decadence of the
game, wnich has had famous votaries,
is ascribed to the success of outdoor
sports, and especially to the Intense
ami widespread Interest r.ow taken in
motoring.
No tantalum minerals are known to
have been produced in the United
States in 19oS, according to F. L. Hess,
whose report on various rare metals
forms an advance chapter of "Mineral
Resources of the United States, Calen
dar Year 1903," published by the geo
logical survey. The tantalum used iti
the manufacture of lamps in this coun
try Is made In Germany and imported
at a cost of $300 or more a pound.
Old (In cans which find their way *.o
the domestic rubbish heap have been
turned to good account by the Liver
pool corporation. Last year, from this
source, the health committee realized
$1,500. In future the revenue Is likely
to be increased, because the authorities
are engaged In putting down a new
plant, it Is estimated that at least
*6 ,000 a year might be derived from
this form of municipal trading.
Though the prescription seems to
have disappeared from the pharmaco
poeia of modern "beauty specialists,"
It was for centuries notorious that to
ftM?d on snake meat was the way to
win perpetual youth; to cure goiter,
again, or any other swelling, all that
was necessary was to munch a viper,
Irom the tail up, as It might be a stick
of celery; while yet another snake. If
eaten, conferred the |*>wer of under
standing all the tongues of birds.
Oueen Helena of Italy has signified
her Intention of becoming a member of
the International Congress of Mothers.
Bhe wishes to join in the work for the
welfare of the children of the world,
and will send a special envoy to the
next moi ting ol' the organization,
which is to be held In Denver next
jcur.
Sir Thomas Browne, uuthor of the
“Rellglo Medici," believed In witches.
He wrote: "For my part, 1 have ever
believed, und do now know, that there
arc witches. They that doubt of these
do not only deny them, but spirits und
are obliquely, and upon consequence a
sort, not of infidels, but atheists."
Among the clocks at Versailles Is one
of great Interest, historically, for it be
longed to Murie Antoinette, the hapless
consort of Louis XVI. It Is a musical
clock. For many years It has been out
of order, but on the Initiative of Comte
de Beauchamp It has been restored by
M. Leroy, a descendant of the con
structor of the timepiece.
A German inventor has brought out
a new process for lacquering brass tun
ing by revolving It In a lathe and ap
plying the lacquer while the tubing Is
heated electrically. Formerly the heat
ing had to be done in ovens with a
separate operation for every coat ol
lacquer.
Japan’s foreign trade for the first
half of 1900 amounted to $200,750,
000. a decrease of $13,000,000 from that
of the first half ol 1908. Kxports were
$93,500,000 (increase $7,000,000) and Im
ports $107,250,000 (decrease $20,000,000)
The balance of trade In favor of Japar
gained $27,000,000.
The tobacco grown in the United
{States is of two general types or class
es: (1) Cigar tobacco, and (2) chew
ing, smoking, snuff and export tobac
cos. In 1908 something more than 150,
000,000 pounds of ct-ar tobacco wai
grown In the United States and nearly
tour times the amount of the othei
types. _
A new explosive of British Invention
which is said to possess possibilities o:
revolutionising the blasting work it
connection with the construction of tin
Panama canal, has been tested on tin
Isthmus of Panama recently, and a:
a result tlie canal commission has or
dered 20 tons of it for trial.
Health Commissioner Ritchie, of Bos
ton, declares that pneumonia is now the
most fatal disease in his jurisdiction
According to the present figures of tIn
board of health, pneumonia comes first
heart disease second and tuberculosis
which was first in 1900, third.
Ha-hard Pybus of the Old Lodge
Derby, at the local agricultural show ii
19t*0. guessed the exact weight of a llv
bullock—S54 pounds. In 1907 his esti
mate was only one pound out, and thi
year he was within one and one-hat
pounds of the correct weight.
Coatsvlllo. l’a . is making prepara
e-ms for celebrating next year tli
100th anniversary of the rollin
of the first boiler plate in Aineric;
This was done in that place in 1810 !
a small mill operated by water powei
which was the beginning of a grea
plant.
Many natives of the province of On
tarlo. Canada, are moving into tli
Uni.ed St»t -s. principally into No
York state. The population of the eit
of Kings.on has increased only twent
In the last year. The emigrants ui
mostly young married couples.
Min era I oil. winch includes petr<
lenm. is one of the few articles of stap
pi eduction In the United States who;
sales abroad In the fiscal year r .
showed an Increase over those of tl
preceding year.
When r division Is taken it. chehcai*
of commons a two-minute sandglass
turned to allow members time to enti
the house. Then the doors are loeke
Columbia university boys have take
a step in the matter of reform that wl
meet with lommedation. They hai
barred mustaches
MURDERED MAN IS
FOUND IN CELLAR;
SUSPECT ARRESTED
Robbery the Motive—Man
Under Arrest Watched Over
Remains of Victim.
Norfolk, Neb., Dec. !4. Joseph Mc
Kay, aged ;>u, a physical giant of
Brunswick. Neb., yas yesterday jailed
for the murder of A. <J Brown, the
village harnessmaker, whose body was
found hidden in the cellar of Ids homf
Wednesday night, the skull crushed
and chopped to a pulp with an ax that
lay by his side.
Brown, a. bachelor of 50, lived alone
at the edge of town. He was missed
from his shop for three days, and Wed
nesday night citizens broke into bis
house, found a pool of blood in his
parlor and the body in the cellar. He
always carried his money with him,
but not a penny was found in his pock
ets. fils watch had not been touched.
McKay became nervous when the
coroner and sheriff were investigating.
His wife .said he had but $3 in his pos
session, but the sheriff found $20 hid
den under the bed in his house.
Until October IX McKay lived in a
house owned by Brown and adjoining
Brown’s house. . He sat up with the
body after the murder was discovered.
The murdered man’s body was taken
to Tripoli, la . a brother living there.
BIG SUMS PAID FOR
PRIZE EARS OF CORN
Omaha. Neb., Dec. 14. When the
prize grains were put on sale at the
National Corn exposition Friday, fann
ers, publishers of agriculture papers
and plant breeders paid higher prices
for the prize winners than have ever
been paid before for such samples of
grain.
E. E. Faville, editor of Successful
Farming, takes home to Des Moines
the prize 10 ears of corn, having paid
$335 for them. The corn was grown by
J. R. Overstreet, of Franklin, Ind.,
who won $1,000. They are known as
the “champion sweepstake ears." and
brought almost $100 more than the 10
ears last year.
Arthur Capper, of Topeka, paid $280
for the best bushel of corn in the
world, receiving 70 ears, and at the
rate Faville paid the bushel would
have cost him $2,345.
H. E. Krugger, of Beaver Dam. Wis.,
who won the sweepstakes on wheat,
producing the best peck the world has
ever seen, according to judges, paid
$104 for the peck that he might retain
it and take it back to Wisconsin for
seed •
NEBRASKA DEFEATED
IN ANNUAL DEBATE
Lincoln, Neb , Dec. 14.—Debaters of
tile University of Minnesota last night
defeated those of Nebraska university
in thejr annual contest. The decision
of the Judges was two to one in favor
of the visitors. Nebraska had the af
flrmatlve side'of the question:
“Resolved, That a graduated income
tax, with an exemption of incomes un
der 15.000 per annum, would be a de
sirable modification of our system of
federal taxation." Governor Shallen.
berger presided
MAGAZINE DEVOTED
TO PLANT BREEDING,
MAN AND ANIMALS
Omaha, Neb. Dec. j-i. WtUei M.
Hays, assistant secretary of agricul
ture, with his associates, will start a
magazine devoted to the scientific
breeding of plants and animals, while
a new department lias been organized
In the American Breeders' association
to study liereditj in man, and David
Starr Jordan will head the work and
conduct the department in the maga
zine.
This \\ as decided at the closing meet
ing of the American Breeders associa
tion today when 1,200 new members were
secured and tile organization voted to
ask manufacturing, commercial and
transportation interests concerned with
increased farm products, to provide the
association with sufficient funds to put
tile publication on a business basis at
orice.
VICTIMS WATCH
DEATH APPROACH
Pittsburg, Pa., l>«c. 14.—-Entrapped
in a lake of burning tar, four men were
held fast at the McClintoek & Irvine
company's roofing plant in this city
early today, and were compelled to
watch the gradually approaching
flames Three of them were burend to
death, but the fourth managed to ex
tricate himself, although he was seri
ously burned.
It is said tlu* men were not employed
at the works, but since winter s«-t in
had been sleeping there at night. In
some manner the valve of a tar vat
• opened and before the sleeping men
knew their danger they were engulfed.
, Unable to free themselves they
, the tar flow to a boiler b> which it was
, speedily ignited. Then as the fire
crawled towards them, Uiey frantically
cried for help. The nighr watchman
was attracted by the cries, but was
powerless to aid them.
EMBEZZLER THOUGHT
TO HAVE KEPT BIG
BUNCH OF PLUNDER
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 14. Edward C4.
] Cunlltfe, an \dams Express clerk, who
absconded with a package containing
’ $101,000 in October, 1905. was released
J from the penitentiary here today after
serving a little over four years.
Following a search in this country
and South America, CunlltTe was nr
a rested in Bridgeport. Conn., his former
T home
* Cunliffe refused to discuss •» report
j that he still retained a large portion of
the money.
TRANSPORT FLOATED.
Philadelphia, Pa.. Dec. 14. —'The
transport Prairie, which went aground
e in the Dclawure river or. the night of
v December 2, while proceeding down the
y river with 750 marines for Central
y America, was floated at 10:15 a. m. to
e day.
FIRE IN^DETROIT.
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 14. —Fire of un
e known origin early today destroyed the
e four-story building occupied by the
9 Cray Furniture Storage company, the
e Detlaaff Manufacturing company, and
the Michigan Cash Register company,
at 121-129 Champlain st. The loss ‘is
e estimated at $80,000.
■r SEATTLE. WASH.—Swift * Co.,
I through the manager of their real es
tate department, announced yesterday
that a packing plant to cost ‘$1,500,000.
1 and to employ, when fully developed
2,000 men. w ill he built near Seattle to
e handle Alaska's meat trade.
COMMONER DENIES
BRYAN WILL DECLARE
FOR PROHIBITION
Not to Be Pushed as National
Issue, but State Control to
Be Fostered.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 13.—A statement
In behalf of W. J. Bryan, which will be
published today in the Commoner, de
nies that ht* intends to make an effort
to push prohibition as a national issue.
The statement follows:
"Mr. Bryan does not expect to see
prohibition a paramount issue in na
tional politics. If that ever comes it is
not likely to be in Mr. Bryan’s day.
"Mr. Bryan may, however, be truth
fully credited with a desire bo assist in
securing for the several states absolute
and exclusive control over the liquor
traffic including control over all ship
ments of liquor as soon as the liquor
(‘liters the state. It will be interesting
to see how some democratic editors
will explain their opposition to the
good old democratic doctrine that the
state ought to be allowed to attend to
its own business.”
MISSING STENOGRAPHER
LOCATED IN HOSPITAL
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 13.—Miss Anna
Leu Owen, the » rete, Neb., young wom
an who was slugged at Kansas City
last July, because, as stenographer in
the “graft” investigation, It was alleged
she was in possession of facts which it
was desirable to hide, was located yes
terday in the Wesleyan hospital at
University place, near Lincoln, where
It was said she was seriously ill from a
nervous trouble.
Her mother said that the family did
not care to talk about the matter. Her
daughter was still seriously ill. in *a
very serious condition, but hope was
held out by the physicians that she
would recover. The stenographer’s
notes of Miss Owen, she said, were in a
Kansas City bank vault.
USE TELEPHONE SERVICE
TO OPERATE TRAINS
Chicago, Dec. 13.—The Chicago &
Northwestern Uailroad company has
recently purchased from the Western
Electric company apparatus for a com
plete telephone train dispatching cir
cuit extending from (’hadron. Neb., to
Long Pine, Neb., a distance of 19S
miles. The circuit will be very com
plete and the line itself has been con
structed entirely of new material.
The telephone method oi handling
trains is of special value in sections
such as that between (’hadron and
Long Pine, owing to the fact that
during certain seasons of the year a
great many of the stations consist
simply of sidings. These stations,
however, during a &rge portion of the
year, are important shipping points
for the ranchers in that vicinity. In
many places there are no telegraph
stations and at such points telephones
will be installed, rendering it possible
for any authorized person to obtain
stock cars or other freight accommo
dations much more rapidly than would
be possible if it were necessary to han
dle the business through the nearrest
telegraph office.
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HOTELS FINED FOR
VIOLATION OF LAW
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 13.—Proprietors
of three of the principal hotels In the
city were today before Judge Crawford
In the police court accused of having
sold liquor after S p. m., In violation of
the new daylight liquor law. The sen
tence carries with it the revocation of
the licenses of the persons convicted
and makes it mandatory for the board
of fire and police to revoke tliem forth
with. It also makes It Impossible for
the convicted persons to secure licenses
for next year. There is no appeal from
the decision of the police court.
ROCK ISLAND OFFICER
ACCORDED PROMOTION
Omaha. Neb.. Dec. 13.—Geo. E. Pen
t-cosi, division passenger agent of the
Chicago, Hock Island & Pacific rail
road. has been appointed assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the road with
headquarters at Kansas City. The ap
polntnnnt takes effect today.
STATE POLICE‘QUELL
BATTLE OVER A DOLL
Pittsburg. Pa., Dec. 13.—A doll and
the argument of two children for its
possession caused more trouble at
Meadow Lands, near here, than was
e\'er known in the history of that min
ing town.
Two little girls, after arguing for
the possession of a doll, faster.c-d their
fingers in each other’s locks and pulled
with all their might, while they
screamed with anger and pain. The
women and men of their families
rushed from their homes and in an in
stant the two families were fighting.
In less than ten minutes a hundred
men were battling lip and down the
main street of the town. Bricks were
thrown and clubs were used with free
dom. Several combatants were knocked
unconscious. A squad of state police,
who were hear Meadow Lands, gal
loped into the town, using their maces
on every fighting man near them.
Twelve of the combatants were hand
cuffed and taken before a justice of the
SUGAR THIEVES SAY OLD
SCALES WERE WORTHLESS
Ne w York. Dec. 10. —In his opening
Address for the defense in the sugar
trials today. General Cochrane declared
that the IT scales on the Brooklyn dock
i»n which the alleged underweighing
was done, were of an obsolete style and
iijrossly inaccurate of themselves, and
that many of the government weigh
ers were incompetent.
“These defective scales, owned and
operated by the government,” con
tinued General Cochrane, “weighed
more than 900.000 tons of sugar every
year and no man in human reason
could hope to supervise them."
The line of defense indicated by the
statement was that it would be claimed
the shortages in weights were due to
the scales and the government employes
and not to nay manipulation by the
sugar company’s employes, as the gov
ern ment charges.
WOMAN LOSeSTlIFE
IN BURNING HOME
Ottumwa, ta.. Dec. 13. Mrs Minerva
Wakefield was burned to death when
her home caught tire this morning.
CORON EFTsTlURY SPLIT.
Pittsburg. Kan., Dec. 13.—No verdict
was rendered today by th. coroner’s
tury that has been Investigating the
death of Goldie Engberg one week ago
today. The Jury is divided as to wheth
er the girl committed suicide or was
murdered. Additional testimony wil
be taken tonight or tomorrow.
AFTER 28 YEARS
HUSBAND AND WIFE
RATIFY MARRIAGE
Raise Daughter to Womanhood
and Then Learn That Mar
riage Is Invalid.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 11.—After 28 years
)f married life and becoming the par
ents of a daughter now 23 years old,
Millard F. Hascall and his wife, of
Lincoln, discovered that the woman
had never been lawfully divorced from
her first husband. They called on
County Judge Cosgrave yesterday and
had the ceremony performed. This
time it was a valid one, as less than
a month ago the woman’s first hus
band, Stephen V. Gerard, died. Details
that were made public at the time of
his death revealed to the Hascalls for
the first time the fact that their union
was invalid in the eyes of the law.
Hascall is a contractor, and lived
in Lincoln for a quarter of a century.
She was a young girl, about 20, when
she married Gerard. Differences arose
and she returned home to her father.
While there Gerard and his attorney
visited he»- and induced her to begin
action for divorce in a county in which
neither was a resident. The decree was
granted, and ignorant that it was in
valid. she later married Hascall. Four
lawyers were called into the case and
they advised a remarriage. The couple
will take no honeymoon journey.
BLEW OUT THE GAS
WITH USUAL RESULTS
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 11.—Mrs. H. O.
Cook, of Oakland, la., and her sonin
law, D. B. Kansey, of Walnut, la.,
narrowly escaped death here Monday
night through their Ignorance of how
to work gas jets. The couple, the
woman 75 years old. and the man
nearly 60, occupied separate beds in
one room in a lodging house. Kansey
got up during the night to see what
time it was and it is.presumed blew
out the^ gas. When the landlord found
them in the morning Kansey was
nearly dead, while tne woman was
barelv conscious.
NEBRASKA IN GRIP
OF COLD WEATHER
Storm and Temperature Com
bine to Prevent Movement
in Produce and Supplies.
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4 Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 11.—The 4
4 government thermometer regia- 4
4 tered IS below zero here this 4
4 morinlng, the coldest ever known 4
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Omaha, Neb., Dec. 11.—At 6 o'clock
this morning the official thermometer
at the local weather bureau registered
8 degrees below zero, which again
breaks the low record for the season.
After that hour a slow rise was record
ed and the prediction indicates that the
worst of the present cold spell has been
passed.
Trade Effected.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 11.—Twelve de
grees below zero was the temperature
recorded at the weather bureau at 6 a.
m. today. At 7 o'clock the mercury
stood at 11 degrees below.
Hay cannot be purchased at any
price and the roads are so bad that
none can be delivered. Coal dealers
and merchants find it almost impossi
ble to make deliveries.
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HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
IS UNDER CHARGES
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 11.—Right after
Christmas, on December 27, the board
of public lands and buildings will take
testimony on the charges filed with
it by Felix Newton that immorality
and cruelty to patients are practiced
at the Lincoln asylum for the insane.
At the same time Newton’s charge that
the superintendent. Dr. Woodard, of
Aurora, is guilty of embezzlement, will
be ventilated.
Newton Is an educated young Ger
man-Russian. who drew the appoint
ment of bookkeeper at the asylum as a
reward for political services last year.
After he got in the institution, he es
sayed to assist in the management
without the consent or upon the re
quest of the superintendent, who final
ly tired Felix, after he found that a
hint or a command was equally inef
fective. Newton responded by bom
barding the governor with charges and
writing letters to the newspapers. After
he had made his charge to the repub
lican board, the governor and the su
perintendent declared they wanted an
end put to the matter by an investi
gation, and Newton will now be called
upon to make good.
BOARD CLOSES DEAL
FOR WAYNE NORMAL
Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 11.—The trustees
of tin Wayne Normal school have
notified the State Normal board that
they would accept the proposition
made to them by the board for the
purchase of the school by the board.
The board's price is $70,000.
While the legislature appropriated
$00,000 or so much of it as might be
necessary for the purchase of the
school, it made no provision for the
expense of maintaining it after it was
purchased. The board notified Mrs.
Pile, who is now conducting the school,
to continue in charge as If she owned
it until some other provision can be
made. She probably will have charge
of it until another legislature makes an
appropriation for running the institu
tion.
COLD WEATHER BOOSTS
THE PRICE OF CORN
Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 11.—Rain and
snow that have made the country
roads impassable and corn husking un
unpopular pastime have sent the price
of that cereal to an unusual height.
Sixty cents a bushel is offered freely
in this section for corn for feeding
purposes. This is 5 cents above the
Chicago price, whereas usually corn in
Nebraska can do no better than 6 to
8 cents under that quotation.
WOMAN’S DAY AT
OMAHA CORN SHOW
Omaha, Dec. 9.—At woman’s day
at the National Corn exposition. The
program was arranged by the presi
dents of the state federations of Illi
nois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Min
nesota.
The session was presided over by
Mrs. F. H. Cole, president of the Ne
braska Federation of Woman’s Clubs.
The following addresses were deliv
ered:
“The States’ Aid: Woman’s Clubs,”
Mrs. Frances D. Esterett, president of
the Illinois Federation of Woman's
Clubs.
"Good Citizenship as Influenced by
Home Training," Mrs. Julian M. Rich
ards, president of the Iowa Federation
of Woman's Clubs.
"Play and Playgrounds," Mrs. C. C.
Goddard, president of the Kansas Fed
eration of Woman’s Clubs.
"Value of Organization,” Mrs. C. G.
Higbee, president of the Minnesota
Federation of Woman’s Clubs.
PHYSICIAN IS CHARGED
WITH YOUNG GIRL’S DEATH
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 9.—Dr. W. H:
Johnson, one of the leading physicians
of Lincoln, was arrested last night,
charged with being responsible for tho
death of Amanda Mueller, a 16-year
old girl who died four days ago at a lo
cal hospital. The arrest followed a
coroner's inquest on the body of the
girl, and a verdict that her death was
due to a criminal operation. An anony
mous letter received Saturdav by Coun
ty Attorney Tyrell suggesting an in
vestigation of the case resulted in the
Inquest and last night’s arrest. Miss
Mueller was the daughter of a well
known Lincoln traveling man.
NEBRASKA CONSUMERS
ARE SHORT ON COAL
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 9.—The big snow
storms of the last few days have
brought many Lincoln people to the
point of freezing. With the natural de
sire not to buy any coal until it was
needed, the sudden cold snap caught
many with only a few days’ supply on
hand. Coal dealers are all rushed to
death with orders that they cannot fill,
because of the slowness with which de
liveries can be made. In the unpaved
district there is several feet of mud
under the snow, and the streets are
Impassable in many places.
Several big establishments about
town have hard work keeping up their
fires. The desire to wait until neces
sity forces a contribution to the coal
men deterred the owners from putting
in their orders, and now they have to
take their turns with the other im
providents.
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4 Washington, Dec. 9.—Repre- 4
4 sentative Hitchcock, of Nebras- 4
4 ka, introduced in the House to- 4
4 day a joint resolution for an in- 4
4 vestigation of the properties of 4
4 the American Telephone and 4
4 Telegraph, Postal and Western 4
4 Union Telegraph companies, and 4
4 directing the department of 4
4 comerce and laber to make a 4
4 physical valuation of these prop- 4
4 erties and report at the next 4
4 session of congress, 4
4 Mr. Hitchcock explained that 4
4 he did this because of the re- 4
4 ports that the companies were 4
4 to be consolidated and their cap- 4
4 italization laroely increased. He 4
4 believed a valuation should be 4
4 made and that capitalization 4
4 should not be permitted of such 4
4 volume as would be unjust to 4
4 the public interests. 4
4 The resolution will be urged 4
4 by the insurgents and democrats 4
4 in the House, and they hope to 4
4 make an effective fight for it. 4
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ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE
SUMMONED BY DENEEN
Springfield. 111., Dec. 9.—Governor De
neen last night Issued a proclamation
calling the legislature in extra session
Decc: .ber 14. Twenty subjects are in
cluded in the call. The most important
are
To enact a primary election law.
To enact a corrupt nraetice act.
Governing caucuses and primaries
held by political parties and elections.
To enact legislation concerning the
construction of a deep waterway and
the development of water power be
tween Lockport and Utica and to issue
bonds in payment therefor.
To consider and act upon a proposed
amendment to the constitution of the
United States in reference to a federal
income tax.
To enact legislation authorizing cities,
villages and incorporated towns of this
state to adopt the “commission form of
government.”
To enact laws providing for suitable
fire fighting equipment to be installed
at or in all coal mines.
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4 COUNT BONI STARTS 4
4 NEW LAWSUIT OVER 4
4 CHILDREN’S CUSTODY 4
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4 Paris, Dec. 9.—Count Boni De 4
4 Castellane instituted a new court 4
4 action today in connection with 4
4 the education of his children. 4
4 He asked the court to order his ♦
4 former wife, the present Prin- 4
4 cess De Sagan, to appoint a tu- 4
4 tor for the youngest of their 4
4 three sons. Jay, with the stipu- 4
4 lation that the tutor shall make 4
4 periodical reports of the boy’s 4
4 progress. 4
4 The plaintiff asks also a de- 4
4 termination of the rights of the 4
4 parents in the matter of escort- 4
4 ing the two eldest sons to and 4
■ 4 from school, and prays that the 4
4 defendant be condemned to pay 4
4 the cost of the present action. 4
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OIL TRUST DECISION TO
BLOCK COPPER MERGER
New York, Dec. 9.—The recent Stand
ard Oil decision in the federal courts
is said today to have changed the plans
of the proposed copper merger and
there may be some delay in effecting
the copper combination.
BERI-IN—Direct telegraphic com
munication between Germany and Eng
land and France was entirely cut off
throughout the day yesterduy by a
storm that swept the British isles and
France, and it was necessary to send
all messages to those countries by way
of the United States. The trouble lasted
until midnight, when the direct cable
again was opened. The storm itself was
scarcely felt here.
CINCINNATI, OHIO—The natlona.
association of ice cream manufacturers
and the first cold snap arrived simul
taneously here yesterday.
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PORTUGAL’S KING
IN LOVE WITH AN
ENGLISH ACTRESS
Would Make Lily Elsie His,
Queen If He Had the
Power.
London, Dec. 10.—King Manuel of Port—
igal proved a very coy matrimonial sub
ect during his visit here, and the elab
>rate plans that were made to induce
aim to select a British princess as a bride
lad a decidedly nebulous outcome.
All the eligible English princesses were
aaraded for his inspection, but, despite all
‘fforts to induce him to concentrate his af
’ections on Princess Alexandra, Manuel
seemed to fancy Princess Louise of Bat
:enberg, a cousin of Queen Victoria Ena
)f Spain; yet even this attachment is very!
ndeflnite. as Manuel, with rare youthful
?aution. paid marked attention to King
Edward's unmarried daughter, Princess
Victoria. At the Drury Lane she and
Manuel astonished the management by
smoking cigarets and indulging in high
jinks between the acts. While it is true
:hat King Manuel does not seem to havo^^
oeen captivated by any of the royal prin-*t***
messes, he did fall a victim to the charms
Df Lily Elsie, the actress who introduced
the “Merry Widow" to London theater-"
?oers. The young king visited Daly’s the
ater during his stay in London and pro
nounced Miss Elsie the most beautiful and
fascinating woman he had ever seen, and
declared that if it was within his power
lie would make her queen of Portugal,
rhus the beauty and fascinating charms
nf the actress threaten to upset the matri
monial projects which King Edward had
planned for the youthful monarch of Por
lugcti.
WIFE 'PHONES OFTEN;
HE SEEKS A DIVORCE
Boston, Dec. 10.—George L. Holton,
who four years ago, when he was su
perintendent of a desk company in
Somerville, applied to the superior
court for an injunction to restrain his
wife from annoying him by frequent
calls for him on the telephone, has be
gun proceedings for divorce in St.
Louis.
What he alleges as his wife's insist
ent habit of "calling him on the tele
phone at all hours of the day and
night" is made the basis of this suit.
Mr. Holton told how, when he had a
position in Somerville, his employers
told him that they would discharge
him if his wife did not stop calling him
up every few minutes on the phone.
"I asked her to cure herself of the
habit," said Mr Holton, "and the only
way I got a little respite was by ap
plying for an injunction to restrain
her. '
On the issue of the injunction in the
equity session of the superior court the
application was denied, the court hold
ing that the husband's employers must
bring the action in such cases.
COURT RAILROADS A
NEGROJOGALLOWS '
Mob Swarms Around Trial and
Forces Quick Sentencing
of Accused.
Louisville, Ky„ Dec. 10.—Whether the
extraordinary circumstances of the trial
and sentence to death at Williamstown,
Ky.. yesterday of the negro, Earl
Thompson, will make the proceedings
illegal, was a subject of discussion in
Kentucky today.
A mob which had met Thompson at
the train when he was brought back
from Lexington to answer a charge of a
criminal assault virtually exacted a
promise from Circuit Judge Cammack
that he would sentence Thompson to
hanging within 30 days and keep him
meanwhile in the Williamstown jail.
Cammack delivered the pledge from the
jail steps.
Within the court house previously
Thompson had been tried and found
guilty, while a mob overran the court
chamber and a member of it lunged at
the negro with a knife.
Thompson had entered a strong plea,
of not guilty. Judge Cammack iixed:
the hanging for January 7 next.
wagesIraised on
MICHIGAN CENTRAL
TO AVERT STRIKE
Detroit. Mich., Dec. 10.—In regard to a.
report emanating from Lansing. Mich.,
that the Michigan Central railroad had
increased the wages of its trainmen and
telegraph operators, General Suerintend
ent W. Brown, of the Michigan Central,
said:
“The conductors and brakemen were
given an increase of approximately 15 per
cent several weeks ago. The negotiations
with the men extended till nearly the last
of October, but the increase was made
effective October 1.
“The operators w’ere also offered an in
crease that affected 50 offices on our
lines, but they declined our offer and are
trying to arrange an interview with the
general manager.” ***(
WISCONSIN BANKER
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Inother Mineral f'oint f inan
cier Indicted by the Federal
Grand Jury.
Jamesville, Wis., Dec 10.—Calvert
Spensley, president of the defunct First
National bank of Mineral Point, who
was indicted by the La Crosse grand
jury, was arrected and taken today to
Madison, where it was expected he
would give bond.
Thomas Tompkin, a retired farmer
living in Mineral Point, accompanied
Mr. Spensley and the marshal and
stated he was prepared to give bond
up to $100,000 for Spensley.
BUSINESS MAN HELD UP.
Burlington, la., Dec. 10.—Robert Bur
rus. a prominent business man of this
city, was held up in the fashionable
residence district of North hill by two
footpads. A large amount of money
and his gold watch were taken.
COLD WEATHER IN INDIANA.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 10.—Today the
temperature early all over the state
made a long drop to zero. Telegraph \
and telephone wires snapped, and high
winds threw down poles in many
directions. Interurban railroads were
impeded by heavy drifts of snow in.
the northern part of the state.