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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1911)
g='1. The O’Neill Frontier' D. H. CRONIN, Publisher, O’NEILL, NEBR,:SK.I i ——MM>MMM——MMMtoM—!■ • Child stones: A little boy was asked I turn he stood ,ln school. "In the cor ner,” he replied. * * * Once upon a time a little girl was asked to define a mountain range. Site said It was a ] large sized cook stove. * * * A school teacher asked her class who was the mother of the great Scottish leader, Robert Bruce. "Mrs. Bruce,” said one little boy. • • • A little girl went out on her back porch one morning and found that a chunk of lee left by the Iceman was nearly all melted. “The ice Is about all drowned,” she told her mother. * • • A teacher asked a little girl: "What is the office of tho gastric, lulcer’ "The stomach,” she •aid. _ __ Mary Coonle, a full-blooded Eskimo, reputed to be worth several million dollars, la the richest woman north of the arctic circle. She can neither read nor write, but employs a shrewd young Englishman, a graduate of Oxford, as her secretary. She Is a woman of much business ability. Her wealth comes from mining lands, she having a large holding. Among her possessions are 1,000 reindeer. She has little opportun ity to spend money, and her one ex travagance is dress. Despite her great wealth she has little desire to travel end see the world. William H. Murray, who, with C. N. Haskell, wrote the constitution for the State of Oklahoma, is a citizen of Tlshl Iningo. He moved to Indian territory Sears ago. He has taught and farmed nd lias lived among tho Indians nearly *11 his life. He is an Insatiable reader, B professional philosopher, and asserts that he has made a special study of aonatltutlons and political economy. He Is purely a theorist, though some of hi» Constituents contend that the document Sienttoned Is far beyond the constltu on of the United States, and will tm-, taortallxe the man who wrote It. The Seoul Press notes that by way of Commemorating one of the three na tional holidays of Japan to be observed for the first time In Korea, the director Of the agricultural department has notified all provincial governors that t.500,000 young trees raised In the gov ernmental nurseries will be distributed among the provinces to be planted on that particular day. In the grounds of public offices, schools and other public establishments throughout Korea. "Sir Edwin Arnold lold me that on />e occasion In America a reporter ex tracted a long interview from him, and at the end said: ‘Now, what Is your Opinion of the American woman?’ ‘An exhaustive subject,’ said Sir Edwin, T>ut I can dispose of It in one word, Afrln.' ’And what,’ said the reporter, Moos that mean?' 'It Is Turkish,’ said Sir Edwin, 'and means oh, Allah, make many more of them.’ ” In Iiurmah girls are privileged to do .he wooing and men must always wait tor them to take tho initiative. Court ship and marriage are very simple in Burmah. When a girl sees a man she thinks will make her a good husband she offers him a stick of sweetmeat. If he accepts her he eats the sweet and they are then and there considered man end wife. In Jamaica there Is a premium on the head of every mongoose. Like the English sparrow, the Indian mongoose was imported to Jamaica to drive out makes, but the agent became. In turn, • pest Itself, and tho mongoose, In ad litioi) to killing snakes, killed chickens gnd practically every small thing that tome within its reafch._ At a wooden house at which a mis- I odsonary called In Australia, far from , the beaten tracks, occupied by a man. his wife and little daughter, the little girl ran Into tho house excitedly crying but: 'Mother, hero’s another thing like Jaddy!” The child had never seen any 1nai) but her father _ D’Annunzio’s writing table Is an old thurch altar upon which rests a blble bound in pigskin. The chairs are Gothic In form and tho books in the Bases are all old. Tho ’’master’’ would hot have modern books in his study on Ihe ground that they destroyed his in spiration^_ _ Miss Maggie Harris, daughter of the late Are chief, A. J. Harris, of Tampa, JUa.. has the distinction of being the Best girl in the world to be called upon to organize a Are department. Miss Harris will organize a volunteer de tartuient for Fort Tampa City. An American has been engaged by stute of Victoria to push the manu ture of beet sugar. The same state given an American company g 5,000 contract for an electric plant It the township recently founded at the Mate coal mine. Exports of American typewriters In 1908 were *6,918,219; In 1909. *7,425,070, and In 1910, *8,848,464, with Great Brlt un and Germany as the best customers. S' he Servian government has ordered tOO machines for use In Its police of ■ces. _ Since carrying coals from Newcastle began, no load equal to that which left •n tlie Drachenfels on March l hud been recorded. It amounted to 10,688 tons, and was bound for the Philippine (•lands. According to a Swedish geologist the Jrorld's supply of iron will be ex hausted In 50 years. He snys that little more than one-tenth of the de posits are In the United States. Near Bristol, England, is a deposit of Brontlum, which has become the chief tource of the world's supply of that mineral so largely used to impart a red iolor to pyrotechnics. It is claimed that a newly invented eottan picker, operating on the vacuum system, will pick 700 pounds in 10 pours at a cost of less than *3.00. Nearly 40 per cent of the trees com prising the citrus groves In Cuba are grape fruit (pomelo) and u small per iennige lemon. London is to supply Sir Oliver Lodge's theory that fogs may be dis pelled by passing electric currents of high voltage through the atmosphere. Alter 10 years of unsuccessful test fr'rtng. >.’11 hu,s been found in immense gu.r.iitivs in the Island of Sakhalin l>y h K.t.dan mining engineer. It is estimated that 75.000.00ilft feet of gautrul gas goes to waste dully in Louisiana. This is one-twentieth > f the cqnsumptloa of the United States. India grants to Americans each year almost as many patents as to residents of all other countries combined, <!: • t Britain alone excepted. Ait American chamber of common for the Turkish empire has been est-ib fished at Constantinople by Crumb Genera) Rayndai. Women frequenters of the British imiwtrai refuse to >1: * Mbith are marked "for ladles only.” WOODROW WILSON ON RELATION OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS Jersey Governor Tells Inter, viewer He Has Nothing to Say About Presidency. Lincoln. Neb., May 29.—Gov. Wood row Wilson, of New Jersey, was the guest of Lincoln business and educa tional Interests Friday and put in a day from the time of his arrival early in the afternoon until ho left for the south late at night. He wag the chief speaker at the annual banquet of the Lincoln Commercial club. When asked to state the attitude toward the presi dency, with which ills name has been connected, Governor Wilson replied: "That is a matter which others mention to me now and then, but my own uttttude is that I do not discuss it at all." In his speech at the Commercial club banquet Governor Wilson discussed the relation of the state and its laws to the national government. He said in part: "Politics is not a matter of broadly outlined plans. It is a very intensive matter and nowhere will 'egislative regulation have to be more carefully and Judiciously planned than within the several states. Their welfare and development are in their own hands. It Is well for the stimulation of their people that It should be so. They can depend upon no one but themselves to effect their emancipation from condi tions which are onerous to them. Ne cessity Will force upon them an active role of reform and readjustment, and we may look foreward with confidence to a time of general stimulation when state will follow state In handsome emulation in the effort to serve the life of the people in its detail as ad vantageously and as promptly as pos sible. "It is probable that the partial oblit eration of party lines so commonly remarked upon today is In part due to this increased and increasing activ. ity of the states ” -**^ '■■■ WOODMEN WOMEN EVOLVE A STRENUOUS QUARREu Lincoln, Neb,, May 29.—A fierce row between the women engaged In the management of the Woodmen circle, the feminine auxiliary of the Woodmen of the.World, Iibh resulted In the filing of charges with the state auditor against Mrs. Kmma Manchester, head officer. Most of the charges cover specific instances of what the accusers assert is a misuse of funds of the order, her personal, expense account being espe cially attacked. Mrs. Manchester is a candidate for re-election at the na tional meeting, which occurs this sum mer, and she asserts that these charges are Hied by other officers whom she has not permitted to dominate in official councils, who have taken this action for the specific purpose of in juring her candidacy. Auditor Barton will ask the insur ance commissioners of Iowa and South Dakota to meet with him In Omaha Monday to take up the charges. FLOATING POSTAL ORDERS LIKELY MEAN FOUL PLAY London, May 29.—A tin biscuit box containing 30 American and interna tional money orders ranging In umounts from )5 to $150 was picked up In the Thames by the master of a barge which arrived at Rochester, near London, recently. Lincoln, Neb., May 29,—Relatives of August Rosene are worried concerning his safety and fear that he may have encountered foul play In London. Money orders sent him by his brother, J. H. Rosene, of Stromsburg, Neb., were yesterday found floating In the Thames. J, H. Rosene today declared that his brother had left South Africa for a visit to Nebraska. The money orders were sent him at Paulpleters burg. August Rosene, who is a mis sionary, has been expected at Stroms burg for some time. No word has been received from him. PROBABLY LONG FIGHT OVER TRANSFER TRACK Lincoln, Neb., May 2D.—Tiring of the conditions long existing In their town a number of citizens of St. Edwards, In Boone county, have filed with the state railwuy commissioners a demand that the Northwestern and Union Pacific railroad companies be required to con struct a transfer switch at Albion. St. Edwards Is located southeast of Albion on a branch of the Union Pacific running north from Genoa. The people doing business there have no connec tion at present with the Northwestern through Albion, and the result is that they are unable to transact business with many of their neighboring towns located on the Northwestern unless at an extra expense and considerable bother. The railroad companies. In the past, have been disinclined to grunt the power or right of the commission to muko these transfer switches, and It is believed the 8t. Edward's complain ants are In for a long fight. PUTTING PLAnV^ON BUSINESS BASIS WILL BE EXPENSIVE Fremont. Neb.. May 2!l.—Fremont Is likely to have to pay dearly for Its action in shifting the management of the municipal utilities over to the board of public works. The board has started out to put the water, light and sewer age business on a business basis und will demand that the city pay out of Its funds the sum of approximately $10,000 y year for electricity furnished street lights and public buildings. The board contends that Fremont lias over $200,000 invested In its water and light plants und In order to run them prop erly should niuke them pay dividends. They will never pay dividends while there are so many "leaks."' The divi dends. of course, will go to the city's light fund. THIEVES LOOT DENTAL OFFICES OF THIN GOLD Fremont. Neb.. May 23.—Tin- dentist shops of Dr. Guy Baird and l;r. Jane s StockfoW wore loop'd Ly thieves who. after forcing the doors open, secure.I $150 worth of gold. Alt. rnpts were made to break into the offices of Dr. E. A Littieehltd and Dr. Harty .Mur phy, but they were unsuccessful. AMERICAN REGATTA. Philadelphia. May 23.—The "Ameri can Henley" regatta, as it Is called, will lie rowed on the Schuylkill river lids afternoon with a large number of entries from loading colleges and beat clubs throughout the country. The meeting is officially knowu as the ninth annual regatta of the American Hewing association. CRUISER DAMAGED. London, May 23. -The British mils r Inflexible is reported to hate been bad ly damaged today in a collision with anothev warship off Portsmouth. Thert ’ were n j casualties. NEBRASKA OFFICIAL DEVOTES SERVICES BUT LACKS SALARY Discovery Made That Building Inspector Can Draw No Pay at Present, Lincoln, Neb., May 27.—Burd F. Mil ler, an Oraaka architect appointed by Governor Aldrich to work for the state as inspector and supervisor of con struction of state buildings, has been made the subject of a little joke. He was appointed to the newly cre ated office soon after the last legisla ture adjourned under the provisions of a bill passed by the Nebraska law makers. He has now worked about one arid a half months and has presented a salary claim to the state at the rate of $2,000 per year. Miller has Inspected three or four buildings and has been directed to draw plans for a hospital building at the sol diers’ home at Grand Island. It now transpires that there Is no such an office as the one he Is filling, and will not be until next July. The bill, under which he was ap pointed, started with an emergency clause, having been Introduced at the request of Governor Aldrich, but the emergency clause was taken oft during Its passage, and It Is not effective until July 7. State Auditor Barton has held up the salary claim on the ground that the position filled by Mr. Miller will not exist until the law becomes effective. INDUSTRIAL CENTER SHRINKS TO PROPORTIONS OF VILLAGE Ames, Neb., May 27.—The big task of moving this town from the south side to the north side of the Union Pa cific railroad track has about been com pleted. All of the residences have been trans ferred either to the north side of tin track or to nearby towns. Johnson & Graham had one of the old store build ings moved over for conversion Into a postoffice. E. Tomasek has completed a brick store building and will occupy it June 1. Work on the new elevator will start June i. Johnson & Graham already arc occupying their new brick block. It was found after the sugar factory ceased operations that Ames could In located to much better advantage north of the railroad line. Half of the hquses grouped south of the depot grounds i were unoccupied, due to the reduced | population Incident to the removal of the big lndusty. Many of these houses were sold to residents elsewhere, and house movers have been moving them away. Ames will now become a coun try village. The big tracts formerly owned by the Sugar company and Standard Cattle company have been sold in small par cels of from 90 to 820 acres and are being settled upon by farmers. MAN WAS INSANE WHEN HE SHOT UP THE COURT Lincoln, Neb., May 27.—After delib erating for three hours yesterday after noon, the jury returned a verdict de claring that Grant Hursh was not guilty of shooting Tom Hawkins with Intent to kill. Hursh was not discharged by the judge, he being still under a charge of shooting Mrs. Hazel Rys. The second charge grows out of the same shooting affray In the district court room two weeks ago as that re sponsible for the trial just ended. Temporary Insanity, due to the fact that the defendant was listening to his sister tell her story of shame on the witness stand when the shooting oc curred, was the plea of the defense. Physicians testified that under such a condition Hursh was not able to tell right from wrong. When the Jury returned Its verdict. County Attorney Strode had these facts In mind. He suggested that Hursh be sent to an asylum for the lnsunc Judge Cornish ruled that this matter could be considered at a future hearing. In the meantime he did not discharge HUrsli. DEVELOPMENT OF AVIATION MEANS EXPEDITED MAILS Lincoln, Neb., May 27.—According to Hugh Robinson, one of the aviators who is giving exhibitions at the state fair grounds, the United States mails will be transported over the country in aeroplanes. "In a few years, not more than 10. the United States mails will be carried in the air," he said. "Uncle Sam de mands speed in the delivery of Ills mall. An aeroplane can be construct ed to travel 100 miles or more per hour. It can go a much longer dis tance than a train without stopping. The mail saokB can be dropped at the townB. passed. So. you see. where the steam railroads will be left.” BIG IRRIGATION DREDGE BURNS TO WATER’S EDGE Fremont. Neb., May 27.—The J. P. Arpln Dredging company’s dredge, which has been ’operating in the ‘‘dry lund” district 10 miles southeast of Fremont for the Elkhorn Valley drain age ditch, was totally destroyed by if lire which started from an exploding gasoline tank. The loss is J8.000. The dredge was built near Fremont last summer and was used first in the Elk horn river drainage district operations —♦— LAST JURY CASE. Fremont, Neb., May 27.—After de liberating seven hours the Jury in the case of the State vs. A. G. Johnson, charged with assault, found the defend ant not guilty. The case was the last one on the docket for the May term of court and the jury was discharged this morning. OLYMPIC GAMES TO BE HELD ABROAD IN 1910 N«w York. May 27.—San Francisco, will not get the Olympic' games for her exposition in 1915. Instead, the| meet will be held tile following year in Germany. Tills fact was made pub-! lie yesterday in a cablegram, received! by James E. Sullivan, secretary of the amateur athletic union and of the Olympic games committee, from Prof.' William M. Sloane, and Allison V. Ar mour, representatives of the Olympic committee which Is in session in Buda pest. __ STEEL PRICE CUT. New York. May 27.—Price cutting of steel products, following the lead of the Republi - Iron & Steel company continued today. The Illinois Steel company reduced its stock prices oil steel bars 1ft cents per 100 pounds. Tho m-w prices apply only to the Chicago district. CITY BUYS GAS PLANT Kauuiwn, May 27.—The gas plant) has been bought by the city from the stork company, which formerly owned tin same and has been thoroughly* < • erhavted this week, making it much more efficient in service. IJNEBRASKA NEWS NOTES j AINSWORTH—The Fourth of July •will be celebrated here. FREMONT—Half of the 140 electro liers for lighting Fremont's business streets have been installed and good progress is being made with tJ" work. IMPERIAL—-Chase county is to have A new $25,000 court house this season, fl'he contract will soon be made with pome responsible party for its con struction. ( WEBSTER—George Cruickshank, of AN coster, today filed for county sheriff pn the democratic ticket before the pri maries in August. His Is the first democratic filing to be made in Dodge county. NICKERSON-—Hobert Porter, while breaking a young horse, was thrown from Us back and fell on Ills head with such force that he was rendered un conscious. Physicians worked over him •half an hour before he showed signs Of life. BEATRICE-—Robert Nicholas, 78 (years or age, committed suicide yes terday by hanging himself at the home bf his son-in-law. William Barmy, at .Dewitt. Ill health is assigned as the cause. He was a pioneer resident of (Saline county. | NICKERSON — Sheldon Spangler, jvhile at work on the new W. O. W. $iall, lost his balance and fell 15 feet |to the ground in such a manner that Hie sustained Internal Injuries. He is Iconflned to his bed, but strong hopes are held out for his recovery, GLENCOE—The Glencoe Cemetery Association held Its annual meeting and elected the following officers: Moses iBtarmer, president; Thomas Butter field, vice president; Denver Burch, secretary: J. H. Montgomery, W. R. Burn and Denver Burch, trustees. FREMONT—The interurban promot ers have served notice on the Fremont council that they Intend to apply for a six-months' extension of the fran chise grant, which expires .January l, 1912. The council will probably grant the request. FKHJONT—The Fourth of July committee has decided to raise $2,000 for a celebration. It has decided not to have aeroplane flights as one fea ture of the day, owing to the large possibilities of failure on account of wind, but it has not definitely decided on a program. NICKERSON—Commencement ex ercises for the graduates of the Nick erson high school will be held Satur day evening at the Methodist church. Professor A. Welker, of Fremont, will make an address and the two grad pates, Miss Theresa Woods and Louis Bpangler. will deliver orations. BEATRICE—A stranger was arrested pt Wymore today as he stepped into the Farmers State bank and presented two badly torn and mangled $5 bills for change. He is suspected of being a bank robber and refused to give his name. Pinkerton detectives have been notified and will go to Wymore to in vestigate. NORFOLK—The Norfolk Commer cial ciub elected A. W. Hawkins, a prominent traveling salesman, as sec retary. The position henceforth will be a salaried one, the secretary devot ing his entire time to the upbuilding of Norfolk. Norfolk is believed to be the lonly city of Its size In the world em ploying this sort of an officer. i LYONS—The funeral of Isaac V. (Walter was held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank M. Wilkins. He [died two days ago at Norfolk and was' [brought here for burial. He is an old (pioneer of Nebraska having lived at one time In an early day at Omaha £nd Council Bluffs, and later in Burt icounty. He was 76 years old. i STELLA—Lawrence Curtis had a •very narrow escape from death this (morning. He hauled an iron pump out lof the well and fastened It up with a (chain until the valve could be repaired. [This morning he had Just began work (on It again when the chain broke, let iting it fall a distance of 20 feet.i putting a long gash in his scalp and (tearing the flesh loose in his cheek. ( NORFOLK—C. H. Kleeberger, of (Aurelia, la.; J. H. Kleeberger, of Mon jroe, Wis.; Herman Kleeberger, of Gate, ;Okla.: W. L. Kleeberger, of Kansas City. Mo., all brothers of Miss Mayme KleebergAr and Mrs ,W. Z. King, are .visiting in Norfolk at the home of [the latter. This is the first time Her Jmun Kleeberger and his sisters liaVe met in 3m years. GLENCOE—The graduating exer ciJes for the graduates of the Glencoe public schools were held at the Glencoe church and Professor Alfred Softiey. bf the Fremont normal school, gave the Address to the graduates. Tim grad uates are: Marguerite Rammery, Celia Wagner. Annie Harris, Bertha Teg band, Boyd Burch. Mabel Forney, (Bruno I.epttan and Harry Cevaskee. OMAHA—Tired of waiting on the county board of commissioners, the (water board of Omaha set June 27 as (he date of submitting to the voters of lOnmlia the question as to ivhether the city shall vote bonds in the sum ot $8,250,000. The bonds are to be Issued In denominations of $1,000 each, paya-, ble In thirty years from date of Issue, and to bear interest at a “rate not to pxceed four and one-ha if per cent per annum.” iNUKU-oiJt—A charge that attempts had been made to bribe him to vote for ,an ordinance to Increase the number of saloons iu the city was made at the city .council meeting by Councilman E. B. Kauffman. He said two of his friends were sent to him and that they were told there was $50 and $100 respective ly available for his vote. The ordi nance passed the first reading. No of ficial action was taken regarding Mr. [Kauffman's declaration. ; CHADRON—Henry Maiden, a ranch tnafi on White river, about 56 years old, and a resident of Dawes county for the 'past 25 years, living on his farm 14 jniles northeast of Chadron, committed suicide in his barn by shooting himself ,iu the head with a revolver. He was found by his wife a little later. Malden had been brooding over his homestead, whieli has been contested by neighbors mid w hich he has held possession of for the past 25 years. He leaves a widow and grown son. In a Connecticut town, the main industry of which is the manufacture of watches, a bird's nest was found made entirely of the discarded ends of watch springs. Official tests of gas meters in New [York city and Dallas, Tex., show that defective meters give tile gas com panies an advantage. For every meter that runs slow there'are two that are ■fast. _ _ Within a north and soutli distance of 500 miles there are five nitrate fields [in Chile. Iodine Is an important by product of the deposits. Sixty-two out of every 100 recruits !ln Bosnia have flattened skulls, the I result of the very tight dressing of the ■babies" heads in the first months of {life. WILD WEST WAYS ARE RESORTED TO TO END CARNIVAL OF CRIME | Citizens of Omaha Organize a, I Vigilance Committee to Rid the City of Outlawry. Omaha, Neb.. May 26.—Smacking of the pioneer days of 40 years ago when the "bad” man and his gun held al most undisputed sway on the streets, citizens of Omaha have taken steps looking to the organization of a vigi lance committee for their own protec tion and for the protection of them selves and their homes against high waymen, thugs and robbers. This step has been made necessary by reason of the crime wave that has been sweep ing over the city and which the po lice have been unable to stay or roll back. During the past six months the in crease in crime has been unprecedented. Hobberies and holdups have been of almost nightly occurrence in all por tions of the city. Both men and wom en have been robbed at their very doorsteps and houses have been loot ed with a free hand. The result of the wholesale commis sion of crime has induced a general call to arms, P. A. Wells, a prominent attorney, taking the initiative. Prom inent business men are backing Mr. Wells in the movement, not only acting as silent partners, but volunteering their services to assist in doing police duty and in ridding the city of the members of the criminal element. The men who -make up the committee are to serve without pay and by the fire and police board will be appointed as special officers, authorized to carry guns and use them when the necessity presents itself. Mr .Wells, who heads tile movement and the vigilance committee is an old .ime cowboy, having ridden the range eight years, is a dead shot and is w'ell qualified to deal with outlaws of all •-■lasses. The Omaha vigilance committee, •emintscent of the frontier, does not gather its membership from one local ty, but instead, is scattered over the mtire city, being composed of 20 mem oers from each of the 12 wards. About 300 of the 240 own automobiles and all are well armed, as well as being men who generally are ready at any time for a tight or a frolic. As chief of the orce. Mr. Wells has the street address and telephone number of each member >f the committee, thus enabling him to oe put in communication with them apon short notice. In the event a robbery or a holdup is 'oimnitted in any portion of the city, the victim will at the earliest possible noment notify Mr. Wells, who in turn will call up the members who reside aearest to the place of the commission >f the crime. Thus, should a crime be ommitted in even one of the outlying listrlcts, within 10 to 15 minutes there after, six to 30 well armed men will be jpeeding their automobiles to the place indicated, ready to take up the trail and •un tlie criminal down. City officials, members of the Com nercial club and other civic organiza .ions feel that the 240 determined and ahave men all working for one end,, hey will be able to accomplish within , short time what so far the police have ieen unable to do—drive highwaymen ,nd robbers from the community, and .t the same time send a goodly number 't them to the cemetery. OOLLINS IS UNDER BAN OTTHE BOARD 'rominent Athlete Found to Be Professional by Missouri Valley Association. Lincoln, Nob., May 26.—.Sydney M. Jclllns, a prominent athlete at Ne-; 11-aska university, has been barred by ,he board of athletic control from the .llssourl Valley conference track neet to be held next Saturday at Des <folnes. He was accused of accepting noney from outBlde sources for play ng football In 1907 and 1908, and ad nitted the charge at a special rneet ng of the eligibility Committee. The athletic authorities will send let .ers of apology to all colleges against v'hose athletes Collins has competed urlng his three years at Nebraska. UPREME COURT QUOTES SHYLOCK IN FEE CASE Lincoln, Neb., May 26.—William 'Shakespeare has had new honors given lim. The supreme court of Nebraska quotes from the trial scene in “Thei ACerchant of Venice" to prove that its lecree in the case of Tyler vs. Winder, rom Madison county, is correct. In that scene, Shylock, protesting jgainst thfe arguments of Portia, de dares; "You take my life if you do .ake the means whereby X live." The :ourt, in refusing to deny to Tyler udgment on a contract of employment vith Mrs. Winder, quoted this as Justi Xcatlon. Tyler is an attorney and had epresented the woman in a divorce .ase. She declined to pay him what ihe agreed to because the supreme ourt had held that a contract with a nurried woman can be enforced only igainst the separate estate she pos ,cased at the date of the contract. As he didn’t have any separate estate hen. but afterwards acquired some by liherltanee. she pleaded this as a bar. Two of the judges did not accept .Shakespeare as authority. They held hat the lawyers who make divorce justness an Industry would use this de islon to heavily mulct women clients who didn't know any better. NEBRASKA ROTTEN EGG LAW TO BE STRICTLY ENFORCED Lincoln, Neb., May 26.—Nebraska} leulers vv ho sell bad eggs will be pros ecuted. q’hls is the warning that has been ounded by Deputy Food Commissioner, V K. Jackson, w ho has issued a bulle in to this effect. He says that dealers ,vho desire to avoid the penalty must andle all eggs purchased. The penalty is a line of from J50 to coo. —♦— 'ELEPHONE LINE PHANTOM FOR PURPOSES OF TAXATION Fremont, Neb.. May 26.—County As .essor Oberman and his 16 depu ies belli a meeting at the court house oduy for the purpose of ascertaining J possible who the phantom owners ire of a telephone line that crosses lodge county, on Us way from Sioux llty to Lincoln. The line has existed, or many years and has been annually; seessed". but no tax upon it has ever: i cn collected for the reason that it has lever been found out who the tax thou id te retidcid again** I CONVICT BANKERS TO SERVE PRISON TERM President Denies Clemency to Morse and Walsh on Wickersham’s Advice. Washington, May 26.—President Tat* last night denied the applications foi pardons of Charles W. Morse, of New York, and John R. Walsh, of Chicago the two most prominent bankers eve* convicted and sent to federal prisons under the national banking laws. Not only did the president refuse to pardon them, but he also declined to exercise any other executive clemency in these cases or to shorten the sen tences imposed by the courts. In denying the pardons the president took a firm stand that the nation's laws or any other laws must be upheld when they affect the rich men, even more than when they affect the poor. The record in the Walsh case, the president said, "shows moral turpitude of that insidious and dangerous kind to punish which the national banking laws were especially enacted.” In considering the case of Morse the president said that "from a considera tion of the facts in each case, I have no doubt that Morse should have re ceived a heavier sentence than Walsh. Indeed, the methods taken by Morse tend to show that more keenly than Walsh did he realize the evil he was doing.” j The president's denial of the pardon [applications docs not mean that the imen must stay in prison until the end lot their terms. Walsh began a sen tence of five years in the Leavenworth penitentiary in January, 1910, and un lder the federal law is eligible to parole (next September, the presidents action [having no bearing whatever upon fu ture action for parole. Morse also began his federal term in the Atlanta penitentiary in January, ,1910. In denying his application the president granted leave to renew it after January 1, 1913. Under the pa role law Morse would be eligible to re lease in 1915. Both Morse and Walsh made strong efforts to have the president exercise Clemency. He was besieged by friends land attorneys of both. Mrs. Morse got up a monster petition which was signed 'by scores of members of congress and other leading persons. Both applications were c-oseiy scan ned at the department of Justice by At torney General Wickersham and his as sistants and were read with care bj the president. His action was in accord with recommendations of Mr. Wicker sham. HARLAN IN CRITICISM OF MAJORITY’S VIEWS Dissenting Opinion in Standard Oil Case Is Placed on Tile in the Supreme Court. Washington, May 26.—Associate Jus itice John Marshall Harlan today tiled in the supreme court his formal dis senting opinion In the Standard Oil case. Not satisfied with his oral dis jsent from the court's decision as hand ed down, by Chief Justice White. Justice HarJand entirely rewrote the stenographic report of hrs remarks from the bench. Oral dissent formed merely a framework for the final docu ment, containing about 8,000 words, put on record today. ' Justice Harlan brands as mischie vous the modification made by the couit in the decree of the lower court permitting subsidiary corporations of the Standard Oii, after dissolution of the combination, to make "normal and lawful agreement” among themselves. Chief Justice White had characterized this modification as a "minor matter.” The further declaration is made by Justice Harlan that he is convinced lthe court’s opinion "will throw the business of the country into confusion' and invite widely extended and harras sing litigatlo.i, the injurious effects of which will be felt for many years to come.” In connection with what he terms a J “mischievous modification,” Justice Jr Harlan quotes the chief justice as say- -M Ing that "it does not necessarily fol- f low that because an illegal restraint of trade or an attempt to monopolize or a monopolization resulted from the combination and the transfer of the stocks of the subsidiary corporations to the New Jersey corporation, that a like restraint of trade, or attempt to mo* nopollze or monopolization will neces sarily arise from agreements between one or more of the subsidiary corpora tions after the transfer of the stock [by the New' Jersey corporation." "Taking this language in connection 'with the other parts of the opinion,” says Justice Harlan, "the subsidiary companies are thus, in effect informed —unwisely, I think—that although the New Jersey corporation, being an Il legal combination, must go out of ex istence, they may join in an agreement to restrain commerce among the states if such restraint be not ‘undue.’” USES SOFT DRINK TO COLOR HIS STOCKING Indianapolis Chemist Finds Coal-Tar Dye in Straw- ^ berry Liquid. Indianapolis. Ind , May 26.—The food 'ami drug department of the state board ot health has prepared an exhibit for the display that it uses for instructing the people of the state in the proper selection and use of foodstuffs. The exhibit consists of a dark pink stock ing, dyed so as to resist the ordinary methods of laundering. The dye used was from u bottle of summer soft drink such as may be encountered at almost any of the thousand-and-one soft-drink establishments that come and go with the hot season. STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER ADMITS HE WAS PAID f.ineoln. Neb.. May 26.‘—At a meet- 1 ing last night of the University of Ne braska athletic board, charges of pro fessionalism against Sidney Collins, the star center of the football team, were taken up and following testimony of witnesses and tin introduction of af fidavits to show that Collins had re ceived money during the seasons of j-907 and 1B0,S, the accused athleto made admission thut he had received 1200 for playing un the team.