Nebraska Newspapers

    I the O’Neill Frontiei
O. H. CRONIN, Publisher,
O’NEILL, NEBR^SK/i
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| "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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4 Lincoln, Neb., June 23.—The 4
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4 Judge Cornish today upheld 4
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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.
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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.
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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.