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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1911)
I the O’Neill Frontiei O. H. CRONIN, Publisher, O’NEILL, NEBR^SK/i ..... ! | "Household Ice lias always beer looked upon as a necessity by oui American friends,” says a writer it IJ1e Kuche, "and it Is becoming mor* go every year with us. Us usefulnesl for keeping meats and vegetables li good condition Is always appreciated but of late the American Ice water li asserting Itself in Germany, and th< Amcrlenn who orders It with his dlnne: Is no longer looked at with large eyes but his example Is frequently followei by those who once wondered at tin fcustom.” The wliter then gives th< price of Ice as quoted by a Hamburi firm. For five pounds daily, 11.30; foi JO pounds daily, 12.40; for 15 pound; ISaily, 85.70, and for 100 poundH dally (8.25. _ According to statistics collected bj the geological survey and the bureai of the census, the output of coal In tin United States during 1909 was 459,209, 673 short tons, an Increase of about U per cent over the production of 1908 The figures of 1910 are not yet avail able. The Increase mentioned was en tirely In bituminous coal. Anthraclti Showed a decrease. The total amoun of bituminous coal produced In tin United States in 1909 was 378,551,02 Short tons. Pennsylvania leads in tin production of both kinds; West Vir ginia and Illinois run a close race, li the order named, for second pluce Ohio stands in the fourth place, am Indiana in the fifth. In a recent number of the Vlenn* Neue Freie Presse, Stefan Zwelg give; his Impression of New York, after t "sojourn of a few days." He com nients on the vastness of the city, iti tumult and hurry, amid which he ha. discovered the "irresistible storm creating rhythm of the American me tropolis." The night life under tin glare of the brilliant Illumination ha; its fascination us much as the da; scenes, but when It Is all over, and tin Streets have berome empty and onlj the roof signs remain to attract at tention, then New York is ugly.' "There Is nothing more ugly,” he adds "than New York asleep-—New Yorl without people.” George W. Ely, secretary of the Stocl Exchange, is designated generally li outer circles as the man who "owns' the big beard. That does not mean i' is his property to carry away, but any one who wants anything from the ex Change or who has anything to do wltt its ordinary business affairs must go to Ely. He has become a tradition there. His sway seems absolute, although tin Institution has a carefully devised a in’ Intricate scheme of government, opor ated through committees. Kly Is the buffer between the committees and tin rest of the world. Henry Crowwell, for more than sit years a rural mall carrier of this city hus Just replaced his old mail wagot with a new one. The old wagon prob ably holds the record in Kansas foi service. Mr, Crowwell makes 30 milet a day and has made 300 trips eact year, giving the old vehicle a recorf of more than 60,000 miles In the sit years and 10 months It was in ser vice. a distance more than twice arount the globe. The wheels and tires on tin wagon when It was thrown away wen the same as purchased with the wagot when it was new. "I have Investigated 150 allegec cases of ptomaine poisoning that wen said to have originated from cannef fruit," said Frank E. Gorrell, secre tary of the National Canr.ors' associa tion. at a meeting in Chicago, "anC in all I have not found one that really did originate In that way. The prin ciple of the ptomaine poison Is sue! that It Is Impossible for It to original f, from fruit. I have consulted with th« government Investigators along tin same lines, and their findings have been about the same as mine.” The city of Chicago has suffered a blow at the hands of the United State* geological survey. In a bulletin lasuef i py the service giving derivations ot local names In tile United States la thli entry: “Chicago—city and river I* Illinois; the OJtbwa Indian form, She Kag-Ong, signifies 'wild onion place; from a root form Implying 'bad smell. ; Several derivations were dug up, bu’ the definition of the word Chicago wa* generally admitted to bo the most un pleasantly outspoken of them all, ac cording to the Chicago Tribune. • There's nothing behind the time* about Kansns. In Brown county every achool house Is to have a cyclone cel lar. A tornado swept across the stat* ! a month ago, causing great damag* ; to property, including a number ol school houses and this suggested th* ! adoption of the cyclone cellars as a feature of alt new buildings, an ordei to that effect having been issued by the school board of the state. There are 32f> Mormon mlsslonarlet at work In England trying to gain con verts to the Mormon faith. In Scotland and the north of England there are said to be 100 meeting places. The Mor mons are charged with encouraging young women to emigrate to Utah and are held to be guilty of vlolutlng the United States Immigration luws by as sisting them with money to pay theh fares. A campaign has been started to stop the proselyting. Sanitary inspectors of Salonlki. la Turkey, have adopted a plan for In suring to the public a supply of un diluted milk. They have ordered a supply of esns fitted with valves Ir such a manner that a liquid opening permits the cans to he filled with milk The cans, when they arc full, are taken to Inspection depots, after which the second opening is closed und stamped with an official seal. All the dealers will be supplied with these cans und compelled to use them. With the wholly unparalleled record of having In one lifetime founded nt fewer than 156 newspapers, both dally and weekly, in the middle west. Johr Harper was guthered to bis fathers I recently in Bloomington. III. The Chilean government has granted concession for the construction of lit private railways In the country, vary ing from 25 years to perpetuity, ot which 24 have been constructed. with several now being built. A fountain marking brush, some ' What resembling a huge fountain pen has been patented by n Michigan man E. There are now 51 metals in use, while in the days of Columbus but sever > were known. Sp In 1543, the first cannon to be cast In one piece was made by an English Ironmaster. Thlrty-eirht prizes, valued at ovci $300,000 are being contested for by aviators. In moving the Astor library, tn New York, 20,000 volumes u <lav were ban ■died Prunes are selling at the highest jprlce 1st the history of Canudtan trade. |^El®32tsiV "r“ J FREMONT THE HUE OF THROUGH ROAD FLAN IN NEBRASKA Three Through Tracks of High, way Travel Will Converge There. Fremont, Neb., June 26.—The Fre mont Commercial club Is in receipt >f a communication from the low* division of the Transcontinental Na tional Highway association, which hai for Its object the building of a cross country road from New York to Sail Francisco. The association propose! to extend the Iowa RIver-to-Rivei road through Missouri Valley, Blaii and Arlington to Fremont, where It will connect with the Omaha Rlver-to Mountain road, which already has been laid out. Secretary R. E. Riley, of the Com mercial club, at Fair bury, consulted with members of the Fremont Com mercial club yesterday In regard to the proposed Oklahoma to-Mlnneapolls highway, which has already been marked as far north from Its starting point, the Nebraska line. Mr. Riley says the Fairbury club will co-operate In creating the line through Nebraska. It la proposed to extend the line through I.tnooln, FYemont and Sioux City. Fremont will be the Junction of the three Important long dlstanc* roads. NEW LAW TO GOVERN RIGHT8 OF THE ROAD Lincoln, Neb., June 26.—Auto owners ure Interested In the new Nebraska mo tor vehicle law, which goes Into effect July 7. The registration fee of $2 must be paid to the county treasurer of the county In which applicant tor registration resides, and shall be cred ited to the county road fund for the construction and maintenance of per manent roads. The treasurer shall Is sue a receipt In duplicate and one copy of such receipt shall be filed with the secretary of state. No motor vehicle shall be registered and no change of ownership shall be recorded unless the application for such shall be accom panied by such treasurer's receipt, showing that the proper fees have been paid. Penalty for not complying with act shall bo punishable by a tine not exceeding $50 for the first offense: for second offense, a fine of $100 or 60 days In Jail, or both. The speed limit Is 25 miles an hour in the country and 12 miles an hour In cities. No person un der 16 years old shall drive a car, and the regulations for passing frightened horses are strict. GUILELESS BUCKEYE VICTIM OF OLD GAG Smooth Stranger Scrapes Up Acquaintance and Makes a Touch for $50. Fremont, Neb., June 26. — Samuel Frledberger, a resident of Ohio, upon arriving In Fremont last evening made a fruitless search for one J. R. Mc Clean, and later came to the conclu sion that he had beer, made the vic tims of a swindle by which ho was out $60. Mr. Frledberger, at the Lincoln passenger station, where he made n stop, ran upon a man who Intsoduced himself hs an Intimate friend of rela tives of Mr. Frledberger near Fremont. That Is, he Introduced himself after as certaining that Mr. Frledberger was headed for Fremont and had relatives here. The two had Just established a friendly relationship when a third party appeared with a bill for $75 worth of merchandise which he said had been shipped to "McClean’s Fremont store.” McClean was able to produce no more than a check for $25. Mr. Frledber ger loaned him $60 to make up the dif ference, upon assurnnee that the money would be paid back upon his arrival In Fremont. SKIODOO HOODOO TOO MUCH FOR SALOONIST . I One of the Elect Refused to Dispense on Friday, June 23. Lincoln, Neb., June 26.—Because yes terday was Friday Hnd June 28. J. P., Jessen, a saloonkeeper refused to open" his saloon until this morning. And ho did this In spite of the fact that 24 oth er liquor dealers were dispensing "wet” goods at a merry clip. Mr. Jessen told several of his friends Thursday that If the remonstrator against him did not get out of the way before evening he would not open his place of business before Saturday morning. He said that, Inasmuch as the day was Friday and June 28. he did not care to play hide and seek with the hoodoo. The remonstrator did not withdraw his remonstrance until Fri day, so Jessen, In order not to take any chances with the hoodoo, had to postpone his opening until this morn ing. MRS. FREEMAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER Omaha. Neb., June 26.—Mrs. Llaxle Freeman, who has been on trial charged with killing her husband, Earl Freeman, was last night found guilty of manslaughter. Mrs. Freeman shot and killed her husband six weekB ago when she found him in company with another woman. During the trial, evidence was In troduced showing Mrs. Freeman to have been the victim of habitual abus* at the hands of her husband. Emo tional Insanity was part of the de fense. Sentence was deferred. , Loving letters from Freeman to a Sioux (Mty woman, to whom he rep resented himself as an unmarried inatv were read at the trial. —♦— CEDAR BLUFFS—lllss Martha Holst, of It Idea, who Is vlstlng here at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Anna Kru ker, fell out of a cherry tree, striking her back on a chair in such a manner that she was temporarily paralysed. It was feared at first that her spine hud been fractured, but her condition Is improving and It is believed today thut she will recover. CEDAR BLUFFS—Despite the ac tion of the Law and Order league In securing evidence against Cedar Bluffs baseball players In a game last Sun day. the local team will play again next Sunday. It Is to meet the crack nine from Hooper. SHEPHERD MURDERER GIVEN BIG SENTENCE Assassin of Mark M. Coad Given 35 Years on Plea of Guilty. Fremont, Neb., June 24.—According lo Frank Hanlon, who returned yester day from Cheyenne, Wyo., the Spanish sheep herder, Francisco Garrlda, who murdered Mark M. Coad, was sentenced to 35 years’ Imprisonment, upon plead ing guilty. Relatives of Coad are In dignant, believing that Garrlda should have received the extreme penalty. Mr. Coad, who was shot In a Cheyenne ho tel, had resided In Nebraska and Wyo ming for 50 yearB. Garrlda attacked him as a sequel to trouble on (load's Wyoming ranch which resulted In the sheep herder being dismissed. EXPERT RESERVATION FARMER TRANSFERRED TO OTHER WORK Winnebago, Neb., June 24.—S. M. Foxworthy, who has been employed by the government as expert farmer, un der the Winnebago Indian agency, and stationed at Thurston, Neb., has been promoted and transferred to the civil service examining department at Washington, D. C. Mr. Foxworthy left, yesterday for a short vacation and will report for duty In Washington at the expiration of Ids P ave of absence. The duties of the expert farmer are more pleasant than those of almost any other position In the Indian branch of the civil service. The department has but recently created this division of work and put expert fanners In the field to Instruct Indians In agriculture, and la making every effort to co-oper ate with those men who have been ap pointed to such positions. Mr. Fox worthy had at his disposal a good team, also a motorcycle, furnished by the government. With this equipment the most distant farms in his district could be visited with comparative ease. This particular Instance Is a case of the office seeking the man. Mr. Fox worthy so proved his efficiency here that he was offered this position in the office In Washington. His successor has been appointed. CORONATION OF GAMBRINU3 CELEBRATED WITH DECORUM Lincoln, Neb., June 24.—When the saloons opened here yesterday, after a drought of more than two years, after a was a grand rush for the bright places. Men stood In line awaiting the decision of Judge Cornish, which was generally expected to be favorable to the saloon men. As soon as the news was flashed from the court house that the judge hud decided to overrule the remonstrance of M. H. Poulson, super intendent of the Anti-saloon league, and others, the doors of the bright places were thrown open and the bar tenders began to hand out the wet goods. It was a good natured crowd that flocked to the saloons. There was little disorder. Men called for their beer and went their way. There was little de mand for whisky and other beverages. Many humorous remarks were heard. One man said: "Talk about the coronation over in Ikindon If you want to, but I think this Is a real crowning day for Lincoln.” The saloons closed promptly at 8 o'clock, and the wets, as well as many of the drys, appeared to be perfectly satisfied. INVESTITURE OF REV. MR. TIHEN AND PRESENTATION OF AUTO Lincoln, Neb., June 24.—The priests of tile Lincoln diocese are planning to present to Bishop-elect Tihen, who Is to be consecrated bishop in Wichita, Kan., July 6, a new automobile tho moment lie steps from the train on his arrival In this city July 19. The new bishop will ride ill the new machine during a public procession following his arrival. Among those who are expected to attend the Installation services here Is Bishop Ganigan. of Sioux City, la. WOMAN WILLING TO PROVIDE 40 BRIDES Chicago Youths Quick to Respond and Joke May Cause Weddings. Chicago, June 24—At a meeting of the St. Patrick's School Alumni asso ciation. Miss Oda Scully. In a burst of gratitude because of money and other assistance contributed for a philanthropic cause by the young men, proposed in behalf of two score of at tractive young women to marry that number of the men. “We want you for husbands and sweethearts,” she said. She was joking, but the young men, after serious consideration, accepted on behalf of 12 members. They have written Miss Scully and each ha? picked out a girl and demanded hei hand In marriage. Miss Scully Is consulting with the girls and with Miss Josephine Ryan president of the association. Indications are that the 12 will get wives. St. Patrick’s school is one of the largest parochial institutions in the west. HARVEY DIXON WINNER OF AMERICAN HANDICAP Colombus, June 24,—Standing at 21 yards, Harvey Dixon, of Oronogo, Mo. an amateur, won the Grand American handicap shoot yesterday. His score was slit out of a possible 100. His sin gle miss occurred in the fourth squac between the 00th and 80th birds. H D. Kilgore, of Washington Courthouse, Ohio, who about the time the ftftl squad began was picked as likely to tie tin- event, went to pieces and tlnishec with u score of 07. The greatest distance at w hlch shoot - ers stood was 22 yards. Dixon wins 81,000 cash and the interstate trophy. FEDERAL COURTS ARE SCORED IN CONVENTION Salt Lake City Utah. June 24.—A resolution demanding a law repudia ting the jurisdiction of the federal dis trict courts to suspend the laws of states was adopted by the convention of the National Association of Attor at ys General yesterday. U. £r. Webb, of California, was elected president and George Cosson of Iowa, secretary-treasurer V----y j NEBRASKA NEWS MOTES SNYDER.—Snyder will have a big picnic anil celebration on the Fourth of July. CEDAR BLUFFS, NEB.—Funeral services for Mrs. Phillip Scott, a pioneer of Saunders county, were held at !) o’clock this morning at the Sand Creek church. TECUMSEH—Tile wheat harvest la on In this county and the prospects were never better. Several fields, espe cially In the bottom lands, are expected to yield from 40 to 50 bushels per acre. SNYDER.—John Woslager sold his 142 acre farm near this place to An ton and John Suva, of Dodge, for $23, 000. The price of 1185 an acre takes a place among the top notch figures paid tor northern Dodge county land. AMES.—The big grove of cottonwood and maple trees on the N. J. Johnson farm, adjoining Ames, has been con I’crted Into lumber by a sawmill outfit which has been working here for sev eral months. The Job has been finished and the sawmill will be moved. LINCOLN—State Treasurer Walter A- George today appointed O. A. Dan ielson, of Knox county, deputy state treasurer. The appointment Is to take effect July 1. It is made to fill a va cancy caused by the resignation of E. S. Mickey, of Osceola. FREMONT.—Martin Sorenson was painfully Injured and remained uncon Bcfous for several hours as a result of a fall from a cherry tree. Neighbors Who saw him fall carried him Into the house. His physician says he will re cover. ARLINGTON.—John Dexter, a con ductor on the Northwestern, had his right limb paralyred by a stiff blow on the shin from the handle of a ’’Jack” which was being used to right a box car. The bone was not fractured. In a helpless condition, Dexter was tak en to a hospital in Fremont. "'IrREMONT.—Chief of Police Peter son, by photographs, has identified Charles Jackson, who ts under arrest at Chadron for horse stealing, as Charles Etherton, a former Fremont resident. Etherton served a term in the Iowa penitentiary. He was con victed for shooting an officer at Coun cil Bluffs. NELSON—George Tappen, a farm hand, was Instantly killed yesterday evening' when the wheels of a heavy wagon, out of which he had fallen, passed over his head end crushed his Bkull. He and another farm hand, with whom he was riding, are said to have been drinking before they started on their way home. LINCOLN—Arthur Erwin, a carpen ter, who was arested at Havelock, a suburb of Lincoln, on tho charge of grand larceny, preferred by the au thorities of Linn county, Iowa, was re turned to the latter place. The details pf the charge are not known. Erwin was employed as a foreman In the Burlington shops at Havelock. FREMONT.—The Fremont Commer cial club expended $2,777 during the past year, according to the anual re-’ port of Secretary George Wolz. The Hub elected E. R. Gurney president, to Bucceed Frank Hammond; George WoJz, secretary, and Fred Richards, treasurer. The club made Its largest effort and expended the most money for road work. FREMONT—Conductor A. E. Pounds, of the Northwestern, who was shot by 4, tramp at Blair, Is still at the Fre mont hospital. Physicians will use an x-ray machine tomorrow In an effort it) locate the ball, lodged In the thigh. Pounds’ assailant has not been cap tured by the authorities of Washing ton county. OMAHA—After a lively chase the police caught a negro giving the name of Don Riley, at Sixteenth and Dodge streets after he had robbed the Jacobs |ewe,\ly store of $500 worth of valu ables. Riley was caught by Dan Harks as he left the store, but broke away and In the chase that followed several oundred persons took part. The Jew ilry was recovered. HOOP1RR—John Molt has started ac tion In district court against Adolph flagerbaumer in an effort to compel the j defendant to reopen a road across his ■ farm. Moll claims the road has been »pen for 40 years and during most of that period he has been using it. Hag urbaumer says it is a private driveway »nd he has a right to close it when ever he chooses. Moll has been using the road because It affords him a short cut to his farm. LINCOLN.—It now looks as if the sa loon men of this city would not be Able to obtain their licenses for several lays. Although the excise board has overruled the objections of the remon •trators, the latter have appealed to the district court They claim that the Applicants for saloon licenses began to Advertise before the wet policy was legally in effect and other technical points have been raised. FREMONT, NR3.—Miss Leonora fierce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Fierce, and Joseph T. Smith, a prominent and weulthy Fremont young man, were quietly carried last eve ning at the home of the bride’s par ents. Mr. Smith is a son of the late J. Towner Smith, whose was one of Fremont's wealthiest citizens, being pwner of the Eno hotel and other large properties. The young couple will go to housekeeping on North Park Avenue, where the groom has com pleted a handsome bungalow' at a cost pf *10,000. YORK. NEB.—N. V. Harlan died at the home of his daughter in York, after a long illness. Mr. Harlan had been a resident of York for many pears and was a prominent attorney •lere. He had held office as a repub lican and was district attorney for the territory of Alaska, resigning the postion about three years ago on ac count of friction between him and some of his superiors. Mr. Harlan was an ex-member of thv Nebraska legislature and served as speaker of the house. LYONS—Lyons was regaled by «n unsual parade of 11 automobiles filled with people of local distinction and carrying flags and banners announcing a grand celebration to be held ut Pen tier on the coming Fourth of July, it drove into Main street at 11 o’clock with horns tooting and a shouting that brought everybody to the front doors. After pasting our town with invitations to celebrate at Pender, the procession drove on to Oakland and thence to West Point. FREMONT—Fremont is going to have the biggest track events it lias ever had, next week, June 27. 2S. 29. 30 and July 1, uhqj| the annual meet :>f the Nebraska Speed association Is held here. Arrangements have been completed by Secretary N. J Ronin lor automobile races to follow the horse •aces and a number of prominent driv ers of tlie country are to be present. An Omaha man is promoting the auto nobile end of tho meet and something <ood is promised. Over 100 entries were made in the horse raoe? up to last ‘veiling, when the books were closed. — . "- *v^#r - '" LAWYER PLEADS GUILT AND ACCEPTS A FINE IN LAND FRAUD CASES le Never Made a Cent, but Lost Money on the Transaction. Lincoln. Neb.. June 23.—Guilty of a .'rime which yielded him not a dollar’s gain, but instead brought him unde strcfl notoriety and necessitated large expenditures for his defense in the fed eral courts, is the hard fate W. P. Miles, a prominent attorney of Sidney, has had to face. In the federal court here he entered a plea of guilty to an Indictment charging him with fraud in connection with land entries in western Nebraska. Judge T. C. Munger, at the suggestion of Special Assistant Attor ney General Rush, fixed Miles’ punish ment at a tine of $200, which was paid. The land conspiracy which Miles is alleged to have hatched, in company with a traveling man named Townsend, and a ranchman named Fox, was never carried to a completion. The men en gaged in the deal not only failed to obtain expected gains, but even lost their original Investment, which is said to have amounted to a large sum. The tiiree men were arraigned in fed eral court at Omaha last fall. They were charged with having secured .lummy entries for government land After a trial of one week, Townsend was found guilty and fined $300. The )ury disagreed as to the charges against the other two, but Miles wanted -he ease dismissed because of worry and publicity and he agreed to enter a plea of guilty. — HOAD TRIES TO EASE THROUGH CONCESSION Fremont, Neb.. June 23.—The North western Railroad company has ap pealed to the city council for the right -o run a new siding on Second street Trom Park avenue to D street. Vigor jus opposition is anticipated. An ef ’ort was made by the railroad company :o get the matter before the council juletly in order to head off protests oefore it could be Investigated bv the ’buneilmanio committee, but it failed. I'he new siding would run across Main street, which is Fremont’s principal business thoroughfare. It is the inten tion of the company, It is said, to ireate a new wholesale district for Fre mont. UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND’S SIOUX CITY AFFINITY Woman Drops in Faint After Reciting Sad Story of Man’s Inhumanity. Omaha, Neb., June 23.—Taking the stand in her own defense Mrs. Lizzie Freeman, charged with the murder ot ler husband, told the story of her wrongs, and, fainting, fell to the floor, fust as she stepped from the stand. Attorneys for the defense brought out that Mrs. Freeman’s husband had de serted her just after their first child was born, departing in the company ol mother woman. Letters were Introduced showing that Freeman had carried on a correspond ?nce with Miss Lavera Dilleby at Sioux i’lty, la., and other points, leading her to think that he was single. In these letters Freeman addressed her as "Deal Kid,” and "Baby Doll.” “Sweetheart,” md other endearing terms were used. Mrs. Freeman testified that she had broken up this affair by writing to Miss Dilleby and explaining that Freeman was her husband. The correspondence had been carried .m by Freeman by having letters ad dressed to him left at the home of a relative, but one sent by him was re turned unclaimed and landed in the bands of Mrs. Freeman. DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE TO CALL STATE CONVENTION Columbus, Neb.. June 23.—The demo cratic state central committee will meet here June 30 to select the place for holding the state convention and fixing a do-legate apportionment. Jir.aha, Grand Island. Hastings, Fre mont and this city are in the race to land the state convention. The drafting and the adoption of a state platform anol the selection of a -lew central committee will be the chief business of the state convention. 44444444444444444444444444 ► 4 4 DROUGHT RAISED AT 4 4 NEBRASKA CAPITAL 4 4 4 4 Lincoln, Neb., June 23.—The 4 1- saloons opened in this city this 4 ♦ afternoon. 4 4 Judge Cornish today upheld 4 4 the excise board. 4 ► The blanket remonstrance 4 4 filed by M. S. Poulson. superin- 4 4 tondent of the Anti-Saloon 4 4 league was overruled. 4 PRESIDENT LAUDS THE SUPREME COURT ACTION New Haven, Conn., June 23.-—Presl lerit Taft declared yesterday that the incisions of the United States supreme •ourt in the Standard Oil and Ameri •an Tobacco cases have pointed a clear •oad over which the honest business nan can travel in safety. It was the irst public reference the president has nade to these decisions. "I believe these decisions," said the president, "have done and will continue o do great good to all the business of he country and that they have laid lown a line of distinction that it is rot difficult for honest business men o follow." The president took reflected credit, ie said, from thi five appointments he had made to the supreme court. His .ory, he added, not only would show he wisdom of his selections, but the Iectslons in the two big cases, he de lated, proved conclusively that he had :ho»en well. SADDLE MEN MEET. Chicago, June 23.—The National Sad dlery Manufacturers' association today elected Henry Diegel, of Atchison, Kan., president. John A. Rossi. St. Jose ph. Mo., wus c hosen a member of tile executive committee. I ' “ WASHINGTON—Postmaster Gener al Hitchcock yesterday named 50 sav ing depositories, making the number to 3ate 800. Among the newly designated affices, which will receive deposits July 22. are Iowa Falls, Storm Lake. Ia.: Fort Scott. Marysville. Kan.; Liberty, Mo.; York. Neb., Webster, S. 1). I BACCHUS IS BALKED BY FOES OF LIQUOR AND LEGAL DEVICES Many Technical Questions Bob Up to Delay the Grand Opening. Lincoln, Neb., June 22.—For the sec ond time tlie efforts to reopen saloons in Lincoln has been balked. The excise board lias pieeked out 25 men to whom it lias ordered licenses to issue, but ap peals from tlie ruling of the board lias been taken in each case, and favorable action in the district court will be ne cessary before any of the bars can -open. The question now turns upon whether or not. In their haste to get licenses, the saloon men did not have petitions signed and publications made before they were legally entitled to do so. The initiative and referendum is in force in Lincoln, and under it the peo ple may pass whatever ordinances they desire. The general charter of the city provides that only emergency or dinances go into effect before 30 days have elapsed. The people voted for saloons on May 2. and the applicants for license filed on May 6. The supreme court has twice said that until an ordinance providing for saloon licenses has gone into effect no steps toward getting licenses can be taken. The remonstrants insist, also, that the ordinance wasn’t really passed until the excise board adopted as a rule that licenses should be issued. Tills was on May 16. Tlie wets are feeling very sore over the situation, the first applications hav ing been turned down because the law relating to the number of publications was not followed. The drys retort by advising the wets to hire a lawyer. -4-— REIGN OF TERROR IS CAUSED BY GHOSTS, OR MAYBE TRAMPS Lincoln, Neb., June 22.—Northeast Lincoln has a haunted house. At least that is what the neighbors say. The house in question was blown up about a year^ago by its owner, Roy Wilscam. He was terribly burned, but recovered and is serving a term in prison for arson. He implicated Theo dore Stanisics, a local money lender, who held a big mortgage on the property, saying that Stanisics hired him to do the job. Stanisics was convicted, but is now out on bait pending an appeal. The explosion ripped open a cornet of tlie house, blew out all the- win dows and knocked out several doors. Strange noises and lights at unusual hours are reported by the neighbors, who are divided In the opinion as to whether spooks or tramps inhabit the place. Several have moved away and a reign of terror prevails. SHERIFF EVADES QUIZ CONCERNING RICHARDS Hastings, Neb., June 22.—Report re ceived here today from Rochester. Minn., that Bartlett Richards, convict ed land grabber, was in that city awaiting a surgical operation, was this first intimation that Richards had been released from tlie county jail where he was serving a year’s sentence with W. G. Comstock, Aquilla Triplett and J. C. Jameson. At first Sheriff McCleery declared that Richards was still In Jail, but later It was learned that Richards had left the jail on May 20, with the United States marshall, who had orders from the department of Justice for the trans fer of Richards to Rochester. Triplett and Jameson, sentenced to eight months, earned 40 days’ good time each and were released yesterday. Com stock is still In jail. SUPREME COURT ASKED TO SETTLE BAD JUMBLE Lincoln, Neb., Juno 22.—Officials of Boone county have appealed to the su preme court from a Judgment of the district court requiring the return to the cities and towns within its bor ders of half the road tax collected on city property. The question is purely a technical one. The state road laws have been bo frequently amended that they are In a bad jumble. One part requires the county board to make all expend itures from the road fund, or to do whatever they desired to do with it, while another portion apparently pro vides for the expenditure within the cities and towns by the authorities thereof, of half the road tax paid there in. Ten thousand dollars is involved in the present litigation. DEATH OF LAI)-:R0M CUT OF BARBED WIRE Lyone, Neb., June 22.—Little Georgie Geisler died this morning at 3:15. He la the 12-year-old son of George Geis ler, of the German settlement. He and his smaller brother were In the pasture on Monday riding their pony without any bridle. The pony got to running with them and ran into the wire fence with such force as to sever the foot entirely just about an inch above the toes and threw the boys so hard as to cause concussion of the brain and pro ducing insensibility in little George from which he never recovered con sciousness. His little brother also re ceived a very severe silt along the in step but may recover if tetanus does not set in. The pony ran with such force as to cut herself so badly that she died of the wounds In about an hour. CONDUCTOR SHOT BY TRAMP WILL RECOVER Fremont, Neb., June 22.—Conductor A. E. Pounds, who was shot by a tramp in the yards at Blair, Monday night lies at the Fremont hospital. He will re cover The bullet was removed from his groin and the physicians look for no dangerous symptoms Conductor Pounds says that he was shot by the tramp after he had pushed another tramp off a way car. The men were trying to steal a ride. The man who did the shooting, believed to bo Sher man Richardson, escaped while his conipanion, John Richardson, believed to be Sherman Richardson's father, was caught. Sherman Richardson is said to hall from Sioux City, la SENATOR CLAPP COMES OUT FOR LA FOLLETE Washington, June 22.—Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, is out in a strong Interview commending La Follette, saying he believes La Follette will run for president, and pledging him his most earnest support, it Is the fore runner of like pledges by various other progressives. Representative W. R. Green, the new member from the Ninth Iowa district, was sworn In today as a member of the House.