Nebraska Newspapers

    Ihe O’Neill Frontier ’
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher,
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
The oia-ume storoscope, the friend ot
our childhood days. Is promised a re
turn to popularity In a somewhat new
guise. The old-time device has been
hitched to the lab st phase of the pho
tographic art and It may he hut a short
time before the modernized stereoscope
will he seen In the parlors and sitting
rooms of every home as they were onco
before. Tho moving picture machine
has been made available for domestic
purposes. It Is no longer limited to the
auditorium and the ball, but a new
camera, small, compact, and easily
operated and not expensive, pla es tho
facility for making those plcturi s with
in the reach of the amateur. V, ith
the knowledge acquired with a little
practice ope may make jdcturcs which
- wl|l. w-aWh the merry twinkle of the
eye, the fleeting light of baby’s dimple
and the little Individualities which are
lost In tho fussiness of the studio pose.
Deep sea fishes, as a rule, have either
very large eyes or no eyes at all. Tho
large eves are fitted to make the most
of the iittlo light that is present at
great depths and this Is amplified by
the phosphorescence of certain deep
water denizens themselves. A bunch
of polyps on a flexible stem was
brought up from a depth of 2,1.7a
fathoms, between Madeira and the
Spanish coast. As It came to tho sur
face It gave out a brilliant phosphor
escence, as did many allied forms
dredged In deep water. No doubt these
creatures, like their congeners In shal
low waters, emit light In the deep sea,
and tho deep sen animals with eyes
probably congregate around them or
grope their way in tho gloom from one
collection to another as they lie scat
tered over tho bottom.
Science attributes tempests to a gen
eral Internal movement of detached
masses of aerial projectiles, which tra
verse the general mass of the atmos
phere like the discharge from a mitrail
leuse. Even In time of calm the move
ments of the air may be complex. Dur
ing periods of excessive heat puffs of
air hot as from a furnace strike the ex
posed portions of tho human body. Tho
air mass at a normal temperature holds
heat as tho organism holds the cell.
Such phenomena as tho projectiles of
heat are frequently produced several
times within the period of a few min
utes. The elastic condition of the air Is
not ut all like the surrounding atmos
pherical strata. Tho heated air Is sent
out In projectilelike pulsations. The
pulsations ure produced not In high
regions alone.
A useful adhesive, according to tho
Farberi-Zeltung, Is tnado by dissolving
two parts by weight of tho best blued
powdered sugar (pulverized white sug
ar) In six to eight parts by weight of
water glass and about a quarter of a
part of glycerine. The sugar dissolves
very readily In water glass, especially
If slightly warmed and the glycerine Is
simply added to the mixture and united
with It. In place of sugar, starch sugar
or sirup may bo used, but an adhesive
made with this must not be kept for
too long a time, because free acids
present cause decomposition of the
water glass, whereby tho adhesive val
ue Is Is reduced and some times com
pletely destroyed.
"It Is no wonder that we are divided
In opinion as to the Turklsh-Itallan
war," said a New York manufacturer'
to his companions of the Talk club
which meets dully at tho luncheon
table. "We have 11 Italians in our em
ploy, and as a matter of curiosity 1
sounded them on tho subject. Five
thought Ihe war ‘all right’ and hoped
the Turks would get whipped, five were
on the other side—not with Turkey, but
against the war -and one, the only man
In the lot, suld ho didn’t care and em
phasized his position by saying what
sounded like the name of Ihe first
man.”
It Is proposed to unite the city of
Venice with the Island of the Lido by
a railway tunnel passing under the la
goon. Tho tunnel Is to start near tho
great Piazza of St. Murk's, at a depth
of about 20 feet below sen level, and to
terminate at the four fountains on tho
Lido. The tunnel, which will be about
two miles and a quarter In length, will
pass under tlio Islands of tho Uludeceu
and Sun Georglo. The trains will bo
driven by electricity and the running
time from San Marco to the Lido will
be five minutes.
The Philippine bureau of science Is
making a determined effort to Intro
duce the growing of silk In the Philip
pines, not only for tho purpose of In
creasing tho productive possibilities of
the Islands generally, but also as u
means of furnishing silk for use In con
nection with Industries already estab
lished. Thus considerable silk Is used
In the weaving of various forms of the
well known "JuBt," or pineapple fiber
cloth, for which tho Philippines are
famous, and 95 per cent of this silk Is
now Imported from China.
Painting and sculpture are con
ducive to long life; yet music kills men
young. Schubert, with nil Ills wealth
of song died at 31; Mozart, who
danced and laughed Ills melodies into
being, died at 35, the same ago as
Bellini, Bizet, the composer of "Car
men," died, like Purcell, at 37; Men
delssohn survived to 38; Chopin, who
loved life so well, had done with it at
89, while Weber expired at tho age of
40 and Schumann at 46. But Verdi
lived and flourished as a nonagenarian.
An eminent English newspaper In an
unguarded moment used the word
••parijandra" as the plural of •'panjan
drum.” Its readers began to assail it,
pointing out with learning and a rea
sonably charitable spirit that "panjan
drum” was not a Latin word, and could
not form its plural as Latin words end
ing In “um" do. One man eloquently
declared, "Why, If 'a' were the plural
for all words ending In 'um' we should
say 'pla' Instead of plums."
The spirit of Carrie Nation Is march
ing on. A Myrtle. Mo., reformer bought
• distillery over the line In Arkansas
the other day for 1100; to get rid of it.
took It home and invited the wives and
daughters of the town to chop It to
pieces. They responded promptly with
their little hatchets, and an enjoyable
time was had.
Mrs. Sarah J. Andrews, who lately
matriculated at the Washington Col
lege of haw. took the course in order
to be able to form u partnership with
tier son.
A recent decision of a court at
Trieste occasioned much Indignation
among young Austrians, for by that de
cision lovers render themselves liable
to a summons for lese majeste if they
vafy the official position of a postage
•tamp, whether on a card or on a let
ter, to Indicate their sentiments.
In Italy a means has been discovered
to turn to account the hitherto worth
less pipe of the grapis used in wine
making. Oil Is now extracted from
them on a commercial scale by a pro
cess of tetrachloride of carbon. The
latter is obtained In abundance In Italy
In the prepai'.tlcn of electrolytic soda.
STATE ASSOCIATION
OF LAWYERS FAVORS
SWEEPING REFORMS
Would Restore District for
County Attorney and Revise
Criminal Laws.
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 1.—So that a
man arraigned on a criminal charge
may not have all the advantages he
now i miss esses, the Nebraska State
i; ;i no< iittion, in session in this city,
placid itself on record as favoring the
amendment of the criminal code of this
state.
Amopg the things recommended by
the judiciary, and adopted by tho as
sociation, was the revival of the office
of district attorney as a prosecuting
office. The reduction of the number
of peremptory challenges, so the state
may have an equal number with the
defense, was also favored.
Here are tlie resolutions that were
submitted and adopted:
"Your committee on judiciary, be
lieving that tlie efficiency of our courts
can be considerably Increased and the
necessary time and expense of litiga
tion substantially reduced thereby, sub
mits for your consideration the fol
lowing recommendations of proposed
changes In the matter of procedure:
"1. That the office of district at
torney be revived, in accordance with
suggestions and for reasons heretofore
presented to and approved by tills as
sociation.
"2. That 1 lie number of peremptory
challenges allowed in criminal actions
be reduced and that tlie state be al
lowed an equal number with the de
fendant; that for any crime punishable
by death, the number be 10, for any
crime punishable by imprisonment for
a term exceeding 18 months, five; and
in all other criminal trials, three.
"3. That there be enacted as a part
of our criminal procedure a provision
corresponding with section 146 of the
code of civil procedure and requiring
that the court In every stage of u
criminal action must disregard any
error or defect In the complaint, infor
mation, indictment, instructions of tho
court or proceedings which does not
affect the substantial rights of tho de
fendant; and no Judgment shall be re
versed or affected by reason of such
immaterial error or defect,
"4. That in nil counties of tlie state
having a population of more than 160,
000, there bo created the office of Jury
commissioner, which shall be filled by
appointment by a majority vote of the
Judges of tho district court for such
county, the Incumbent to hold office
during tlie pleasure of the judges. It
shall be the duty of the Jury commis
sioner to compile the Jury list for such
county, constantly to keep himself in
formed with respect to the qualifica
tions for jury service of the citizens
throughout the county, and to strike
from or add to such jury list, from
time to time, such names as shall be
necessary to maintain at all times a
list of a sufficient number of duly
qualified Jurors.
“6. That tiie code of civil procedure
he amended so as to provide for the
commencement of actions by service of
original notice after tlie manner pre
scribed by the code of civil practice of
tlie state of Iowa. (Iowa code, 1897,
section 3614, et seq.
“6. In civil cases, tHed to a Jury, It
shall not be necessary for all members
thereof to agreo upon the verdict; but
the agreement of 10 of the 12 jurors,
In the district court, and of five of the
six, in justice court, upon the verdict
returned shall he sufficient to consti
tute the snme as legal verdict.
"We submit these somewhat indefi
nite suggestions in the hope that they
may lie considered and discussed. There
will he another meeting of this associa
tion before tlie next session of the leg
islature so that n consideration of the
details necessary to carry these pro
posals Into effect may well be deferred
until It shall be determined whether the
general proposals themselves meet
your approval."
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LARGE CURRENCY SHIPMENT
DISAPPEARS IN THE MAILS
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 1.—A mall ship
ment of $6 000 from the First National
bank of Lincoln to the First National
bank of Yrork, Neb . has disappeared,
and although the distance between the
two towns is but 60 miles, and diligent
Investigation has been made, no trace
nf the money has been found, accord
ing to statements made by officers of
the Lincoln hank and the postoffice au
thorities.
The money, In currency, enclosed In
the usual bank envelope and registered,
left Imre on the morning Burlington
train last Tuesday. The notification
card was received by the bank at York,
and, according to the mall messenger
ut that town, the pouch supposed to
contain the money was delivered to tho
postmaster at York, but the package
was not in the pouch. Both banks and
the postal authorities have begun an
| Investigation, but thus far, they admit,
without success.
FREMONT HELD AS “HORRIBLE
EXAMPLE" OF LAVISH WASTE
Fremont, Neb.. Jan. 1.-—That the ex
periences of Fmnont with a municipal
water and light station should be held
up to Norfolk citizens in such u man
ner as to cause them to reject a prop
osition for municipal ownership in
Tuesday's election Is regarded as a
huge Joke by Fremont officials and
Fremont citizens generally. Whole page
advertisements were printed in the
Norfolk newspapers showing where the
Fremont plant is a loser and how
money was expended lavishly to run it.
The figures were misleading through
out. declare Fremont officials. For in
stance. the estimate for 1911, prepared
bv the board of public works, was
printed and cited as an example of
what Fremont paid for lighting its
streets. 'Hie actual amount Is only
about half of the estimate, which was
made large in order to allow leeway.
As a matter of fact. Fremont citizens
are delighted with the municipal own
ership experience and the plant, oper
ated by M. I >. Wright, formerly of
Sioux City, is paying out handsomely.
Fremont claims to be the best lighted
city in the west and to have the best
light plant in an> city of 10,000 inhabi
tants.
PAYMNPORT -The Civic Ft deration to
day sent a letter to County Attorney Fred
Yollmer ask ng him to enforce the Moon
law ia the 10 towns of the county which
m* eut fled to only one saloon each and
now Ictvt Z\. Buffalo and Walcott have
foc.r ea h, MM rids e three. I.eClaire, Bet
Mi - 'if and Pixon two each, and reducing
ea ii U wn to onr saloon each will put U
- t it cf lU'-i.i.n,
UbK AM 'OJA—Capt. J. II. Waircu, a
’rlired barker and ikneer resident, die-:
suddenly h«i> i -t t veiling lie \v..s seat
ed at the table with a group cf friends
I celebrating f is SOth unni\t i s.u \. when he
was overto ne s h heart failure.
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NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
WALT HILL—A roundup of bootlegger:
booze dispensers and gamblers was made
under the supervision of the commission
of law and order, Attorney H. L. Keefe.
Federal Officers E. S. McNeil and E. E.
Klnnett and private detectives. About 20
arrests were made and some booze confis
cated. The places raided Include one drug
store, four pool halls and some private
places. The charge against three of the
pool halls was gambling in connection
with grimes known as Kelly pool. It is al
leged that pool was played for as high as
$2i and $50 a game. About $600 in fines
were assessed and further prosecution
dropped, with the understanding that all
gambling and selling liquor would cease.
LINCOLN—An appeal has been filed In
supreme court in the case brought by
Samuel J. Stewart, of Adams county to
prevent the expenditure of state funds for
the erection of a laboratory building on
the Omaha medical college campus. In
the district court of Lancaster county an
injunction to prevent State Auditor-Bar
ton from issuing warrants for this pur
pose was denied. Barton subsequenly
caused a warrant to be issued to pay for
clearing off the site of the contemplated
building, and the regents of the state uni
versity have been planning to put up the
edifice. As no restraining order is in
force, the appeal proceeding will not in
terfere with the work, unless the supreme
court on final hearing should decide the
legislative appropriation was invalid.
LINCOLN -Judge Jesse L. Boot, the
only member of the present state supreme,
court who will retire from office Janu
ary 1, will sit in his last term next Tues
day. Judge F. G. Hamer, of Kearney,
takes his place at that time. The latter
was the only new member elected at the
last slate election.
LINCOLN—The validity of the $350,000
bond Issue voted by the school district of
the city of Lincoln for the purpose of
erecting a new high school is being ar
gued in district court. The court is asked
to decide whether or not the law under
which the district acted in issuing the
bonds is constitutional.
LINCOLN—L. A. Varner, of Sterling,
one of the stand pat supporters of the re
cently organized Taft club In this state, is
to come out for lieutenant governor on
the republican ticket, according to word
given out here. The recent activity of C.
H. Gustafson a progressive, who resides
at Mead, is said to have caused the activ
ity on the part of the Johnson county
patriot.
LINCOLN—Tho annual winter course ii
scientific farming will be begun at the
university farm next Tuesday. The course
Is intended to give young farmers of the
state scientific training to be applied with
the practical training they get on their
own farms. An Increase in attendance
over former years Is expected. The course
will continue until February 16.
FREMONT—A lively fight will develop
at Kearney for the next annual conven
tion of the Nebraska State Firemen’s as
sociation, according to information reach
ing Fremont. Hastings, North Platte and
David City are all after the gathering.
Hastings has gone one further and wr:ll
agree to put up liberal purses for the an
nual summer tournament. Fremont will
send a strong delegation to the Kearne>
convention.
FREMONT—A design for an arch bis
ing the name of Fremont in electric let
ters six feet high was turned over to a
local foundry today. The arch will be
erected at the foot of Main street, where
it will serve to answer the question.
“What town is this?” asked by hundreds
of passengers who pass through on the
Union Pacific, Northwestern and Burling
ton passenger trains. The arch will stand
25 feet high and will cost in the neighbor
hood of $1,100.
PERU—The following students will com
plete the high course of tho Peru state
normal at the close of the first semester:
Wesley Doyle Fulton. Wymore; Elizabeth
Do Ette Powers, North Bend; Merle Lind
Swan, Fairmont; Darle May Taylor, Bel
vldere; Lalla Winifred Thomas, Utica;
Stella Etta Fairchild, Kennard; R. F.
Fosnol, Davenport; Goldie Applegate,
Peru. Practically all of these have po
sitions waiting for them and will begin
teaching at once.
BEATRICE—The directors of the Com
mercial club have decided to hold a big
banquet Thursday, January 11. This is
to be the biggest affair of the kind ever
planned by the organization and a line
program Is being arranged for the oc
casion Some of the out-of-town speakers
are W. B. Whitten, of Lincoln; Henry
Goring, of Omaha; Mayor Wolz, of Fre
mont, and W. G. Wilson, of Kansas City
LINCOLN—R. D. Sutherland, of Nelson,
a progressive democrat, wants the place
now occupied by Congressman George
Norris In the House of Representatives
The Nelson man has filed a personal re
quest with the secretary of state that his
name be placed on the primary ballot as
a democratic candidate. He intimated that
a petition to the same effect was being
prepared by the populists. Sutherland ha
served two terms in congress. At the last
election he was the opponent of Congress
man Norris, but was defeated.
LINCOLN—Earl Shock, of Arapahoe,
and Rachel Givens, of Weston, W. Ya .
were married here on the platform of a
Burlington train while hurrying crowds
brushed past them and a cold north wind
swept down the depot platform In a vain
attempt to chill the love which had been
theirs since they were playmates In the
sunny south. Judge Bruce Fullerton tied
the knot, while S. B. Dobbs, a local nows*
paper man, and Earl O. Eagers, graduate
manager of athletics, acted as witnesses.
BEATRICE—Karl Strasshelm. the
young man arrested some time ago for
working a confidence game on two Wy
tnore banks, was taken to Wymore before
Judge Crawford, where he pleaded guilty
to the charge of forgery. The court fixed
his bond at $1,000, which he could not fur
nish, and he went to Jail. Judge Pem
berton will sentence him sometime this
week.
FREMONT- Mike Fromm, of Harlan,
la., and Walter Chrisman, of Fremont,
who wrestled for two hours and 30 min
uates without a fall have been matched
for a finish go in Fremont a week from
tonight for the championship of Iowa and
Nebrasku at 150 pounds. Both are husky
farmers who have finished a season’s
training In the cornfields.
LINCOLN—Owners of stallions and !
jacks in the state are to meet in this city !
January 10 for the purpose of going over
provisions of the registration law enacted
by the last session of the legislature. Ac
cording to Secretary Nelson, of the regis
tration board, an effort will he made to
organize an association at that time.
LINCOLN—James Bryce, British am
bassador to this country, will not be able
to serve as commencement orator at the
University of Nebraska, according to
word given out here today. His reply to
that effect was received by the university
authorities.
GREELEY L'epp Bros, of tills * ity last
week carried off 25 ribbons and < #sh
premiums at the Loup Valley Poultry as
sociation show, held at Ord. Black and
White Orpingtons and Single Comb Rhode
Island Reds were the winners, out of
500 birds exhibited, llepp Bros, were
aw a ded a s.lui « up for the highest scor
ing bird.
HEATH OF WOMAN
CAUSES MYSTERY
Mrs. Ida 3. Nelson, of Lincoln,
Dies in Milwaukee and Her
Paramour Is Held.
Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 30.—John F.
Rowell, giving Denver as his address,
is held at the county Jail pending In
vestigation into the death of a woman
whom he admitted was Mrs. Ida B.
Nelson, Lincoln, Neb., according to the
coroner. The woman, who was 38
years old, died in a rooming house
Wednesday afternoon where she and
Rowell had lived.
Rowell, according to the coroner, said
he was married to her in Salt Lake
City, Utah, on March 15 last. The cor
oner says he wired to the registrar of
vital statistics there and received an
answer that no such couple were
wedded.
Admits No Marriage.
“When I showed Rowell this tele
gram,” Coroner Napln said, "he told
me he met the woman, who was Mrs.
Ida B. Nelson, of Lincoln. -Neb., about
tight months ago and he had been liv
ing with her since, regardless of the
tact that he had a wife and three
children in Denver.”
The coroner’s verdict, following the
postmortem examination is one of “nat
ural causes.” Rowell came to Milwau
kee on December 8.
Roweil Known in Denver.
Denver, Dec. 30.—John F. Rowell,
who was detained by the Milwaukee
police in connection with the death
of Mrs. Ida B. Nelson, formerly was
ft well known stock and bond sales
man of this city. His wife and three
children reside at 1274 Steele street.
They had expected him home for
Christmas, but received a telegram
from Milwaukee stating that he had
flipped on the ice and injured his back.
PAR ASSOCIATION
IN SESSION AT LINCOLN
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 30.—The open ses
sion of tile State Bar association is be
ing held at the Lincoln hotel in this
* tty. Only an average amount of mem
bers were on hand for the first day,
but a larger attendance is on hand to
day, when the entire day is featured
with an attractive program numbers
jfor the legal lights.
Tlie opening address was delivered
by President B. F. Good, of Wahoo.
According to this official, there is lit
tle probability that the fight of a year
ago ns to the admission of John O.
Yeiser, of Omaha, as a member will
be repeated. “But you never can tell,”
declared the Wahoo man, “what »
bunch of lawyers will do.”
NEBRASKA AIR FATAL
TO THISJjIRL'S VOICE
University Student Loses Power
of Speech Whenever She
Visits the State.
Boulder, Colo., Deo. 30.—The case or
•Miss Elina Clark, a student in the state
university here, who has lost her voice
on ttiree consecutive occasions when
she visited he home at Dillon, Jefferson
county, Neb., is said by physicians to
be one of the most peculiar cases of its
kind on record.
Miss Clark left Boulder last Satur
day for Nebraska, arriving there the
next afternoon. She had been home
but a short time when she lost con
trol of her vocal organs almost entirely
and could not speak above a whisper.
She returned here today. She said, she
believed she would regain entire con
trol of her voice within two weeks.
When she returned home on the two
previous occasions she had practically
the same experience as the one which
the present visit to Nebraska pro
duced.
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FORMER LINCOLN RESIDENT
IS ACCUSED OF PERJURY
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 30.—John F. Row
ell who is accused of perjury in con
nection with his testimony at the coro
ner's inquest held in Milwaukee, Wls.,
to investigate the death of Mrs. Ida
B. Nelson, of tills city, is well known
here. He lived here for over six years,
being engaged in the sale of mining
•took. He removed to Milwaukee about
two months ago. Mrs. Nelson has lived
in Lincoln about a year and a half.
She has been divorced from her hus
band for some time, Mr. Nelson living
in Springfield, 111. The couple had one
son, Arthur Nelson, who lived with the
mother. Recently Mrs. Nelson left the
city, telling the son that she intended
to visit Mr. Rowell in Milwaukee, and
then go to California to spend the win
ter with a sister. Arthur Nelson states
that Rowell's wife never visited him
during the year that the stock sales
man lived at Ills mother's lodging
house.
LITIGATION OVER LINCOLN
CLUB IS TO BE SETTLED
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 30.—Upon the
Statement that the receivership suit
against the Lincoln Dali club might bo
Fettled before tomorrow without fur
ther legal procedure, the hearing on the
appointment of a receiver was con
tinued one day by Judge Stewart of the
district court this morning. It is
thought that President Despain had
arranged for the sale of all or a part
of his Interest In the club.
JURY FINDS GOREY WAS
SHOT TO DEATH BY PRUYN
North Bend. Neb., Dec. 30 — Following
the death of Michael Gorey, the saloon
keeper, who was shot in a brawl at his
place of business on Christmas day, an
inquest was held last night. After
hearing extended evidence, the jury re
turned the verdict that Gorey came to
his death from gunshot wounds re
ceived at tlie hands of A1 Pruyn. An
important witness for the defense was
the father of Pruyn. who witnessed the
brawl. The elder Pruyn testified that
his son fired In self-defense after ha
had been shot twice. He asserted that
his son took refuge behind a stove at
the first shot and only returned the
fire In self-defense.
EXPERT ACCOUNTANT
ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
St. Louis. Mo.. Dec. 30.—Edward
^Stanley, who killed himself In Denver
today, was formerly comptroller of the
Waters-Pierce Oil company. He was
considered an expert accountant and at
the office of the oil companj it was
paid he was the first man to audit the
accounts of the United States steel
lorporatton, and that he introduced the
System of bookkieping now used by the
corporation.
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NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
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CREIGHTON COLORED STUDENT
MURDERS FIANCEE’S FRIEND
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 29.—George W.
Parker, colored, said to be a medical
student at Creighton university, Omaha
Is being held at the county jail li re,
following the death of Mrs. Andrew
Jackson, also colored.
Parker, It is said, had been lalking
with Mrs. Jackson when he suddenly
attacked her. The woman’s screams
attracted Margaret Detuit, whom it is
said Parker came here from Omaha to
marry. She called a neighbor and
Parker was overpowered. His friends
declare that over study, coupled with
the fact that after he arrived here
Miss Detuit sought to delay the wed
ding unbalanced his mind temporarily.
Dr. C. R. Teisncr, i ounty physician,
yesterday declared him sane.
It is said Parker accused Mrs. Jack
son of influencing Miss Detnit to delay
the wedding.
He would have been graduated from
Creighton university next spring.
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PACKING HOUSE FOREMEN
DIE BY ELECTROCUTION
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 29.—Thomas
Kelley, foreman of the pork killing and
cutting department, and Antone Duda,
aged 49, foreman of the millwright de
partment of the Cudahy Packing com
pany, South Omaha, met their deaths
shortly after 3 o’clock Wednesday aft
ernoon by grasping an elevator cable
used to raise and lower the lift in the
glue house of the plant, which had
come in contact with a live light wire.
Foreman Kelley found Duda dead in
the lift, and after carrying hint to an
other part of tlie building went back,
probably to make the elevator safe,
and must have taken hold of the death
dealing cable, for he was found a
corpse by fellow employes a few min
utes after. •
Kelley leaves a wife and five chil
dren. Duda leaves a wife and three
children.
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VALUABLE VEIN OF LIGNITE
DISCOVERED NEAR HOOPER
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 29.—According
to G. TI. Barbour, state geologist, who
has just returned from an inspection
of the vein of lignite on the farm of
Eph Johnson near Hooper, the find is
really a find worth while. Mr. Bar
bour decdares the coal is of fine quality.
He did not have time, owing to the
disagreeable weather, to make an ex
tensive examination that would deter
mine how large the vein is and will
return for that purpose in the near
future. Mr. Johnson has been using
the coal in his stove at home for some
time. He has laid claim before the
governor for the reward for the dis
covery of the first coal worth mining
in Nebraska.
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NORFOLK—A proposed $75,000 bond is
sue for a municipal light plant was de
feated here by 145 majority.
LINCOLN—Fire Warden Randall has
written a letter to the commercial clubs
of the state asking for co-operation in
the prevention of fires.
LINCOLN—The supreme court today
suspended the sentence of Fred F. Kanert,
of Hall county. The court admitted him
to bail. Kanert was convicted of a statu
tory offense.
LYONS, NEB.—Charles Musselman
died last night of typhoid fever at tho
home of his mother in Lyons. He is
the youngest son of the late D. C.
Musselman, and is about 21 years of
age.
LYONS—The recent snows make the
roads in tho best shape for sleighing they
have bten k#own* in several ♦.years. If
cold weather remains to keep the snow
from melting there will be a big demand
for new sleds and sleighs of any descrip
tion, as the local supply is short.
LINCOLN—Friends of William Patter
son, whose body w'as found near Plain
field, N. J., with his throat cut, refuse
to believe that it was a case of suicide.
They claim that he was of an optimistic
disposition and that he would not harbor
even the thought of suicide.
FREMONT—Mr. and Mrs. J. Franklin
Kelly, the Fremont missionaries, will sail
this week for Hainan, off the coast of
China, to resume their missionary work.
Notwithstanding the Chinese rebellion,
Dr. and Mrs. Kelly have concluded that
they can accomplish something by Christ
ian effort at their old post.
OMAHA—That it would be a good plan
from a financial standpoint for Douglas
county to have a special attorney at a
fixed salary for defending criminals un
able to provide their own council is the
belief of the Douglas county commission
er^. They say bills presented by attorneys
during the year w’ould more than foot the
bill of a special defender.
HOOPER, NEB.—Herman Havekost,
aged 79 years, president of the Logan
Creek Farmers’ association for a period
of 25 years, dropped dead from pa
raysis. Mr. Havekost came to America
from Germany in 18(>6, located first in
Iowa and then came to Dodge county
and settled on a homestead near Hoop
er. There he has resided ever since.
FREMONT—The report of the death of
Michael Gorey, North Bend, who was shot
by Albeit Pruyn, was premature. A coun
ty official gave advice as to death Tues
day evening, but says his information was
unreliable. Gorey is still living, but his
physician says it is only a matter of hours
when he will pass away. Pruyn will, be
charged by County Attorney Cook with
murder in the first degree, but opinion
prevails that conviction will be difficult
to obtain.
LINCOLN—The Nebraska Legislative
association, which was organized during
the last state fair and which is composed
of present and former members of the
state legislature, will hold a monster ban
quet in this city or Omaha during the lat
ter part of January if tentative plans of
President John Kuhl, of Randolph, and
Secretary Henry Richmond, of Omaha,
are followed out. There are about 2,750
old lawmakers in the tate eligible to
membership.
LINCOLN—Mis. Jennie Geiger, who
was sentenced from Cheyenne county for
murder and who is now serving a life
term in the penitentiary, will be trans
ferred to the asylum for the insane. Gov
ernor Aldrich issued an order to this ef
fect today. This is the second time she
has been taken to an asylum for the in
sane. Several years ago she escaped from
the Lincoln asylum, but was captured and
returned to the penitentiary. She is under
the delusion that she is her own twin
sister.
HOWE-One of the largest rabbit hunts
ever known in this part of the county
took place Tuesday. ' Boyd Armstrong
and John Teare were tile eaptains with
about 30 men on each side. The winners
are to be given an oy ster supper, the ex
pense being paid by the losing side. John
Teare's side won by about 200 points.
The number of rabbits slain will run into
tie hundreds and besides furnishing
amusement for the large number of partt
• harts, a very troublesome pest will he
thinned out to a great extent.
.Marconi's wireless station at Col
ic: it. Italy, sends messages to this
■' .".try. 1 • r a distance of 4.000 miles.
WARDS OF NEBRASKA
NUMEROUS AND COSTS
• ARE WIDELY VARIANT
Over 4,000 Nebraskans Are
Held in 14 Institu
tions.
Lincoln, Neb,, Dec. 2S.—There are
4,188 inmates at the 14 state institu
tions at the present time, according to
figures compiled from monthly reports
just made to Governor Aldrich from
the heads of the various institutions.
The Hastings asylum contains the larg
est number, there being 1,048 inmates
at Ingleside. There are 616 inmates at.
the Lincoln hospital for the insane, and
330 at tlie Norfolk hospital, a total of
1,994 inmates at the three institutions
for the care of the insane ot«the state
There are 468 prisoners at the state
penitentiary, and 187 boys in the indus
trial school at Kearney. At the girls’
industrial school at Geneva there are
67 inmates. The gain at the institute^
for tlie feeble minded at Beatrice had
been most marked of any of the stato
institutions for the past few years, the
present enrollment being 423. At the
school for the deaf at Omaha there
are 170 enrolled.
The cost of keeping the inmates of
the various institutions varies greatly,
being greater, naturally, at the chari
table institutions than at the penal or
reformatory institutions, where the in
mates can work and make a part of
their way and require less care and at
tention. The six months’ per capita
cost of caring for the children at the
Orthopedic hospital amounts to $257.57.
At the school tor the blind the cost is
$137.41, and at the soldiers and sailors’
home at Grand Island it is $121.50. The
boys’ industrial school mounts higher
than either of these institutions, being
$150.61. At the school for the deaf it
is $87.46.
SALOON MEN TO ORGANIZE
THEIR OWN BONDING SCHEME
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 28.—A plan
whereby the saloon keepers of the state
will organize a bonding company of
their own is now under way. The pur
pose of the organization is to cut down
the expenses of the retail liquor deal
ers, who claim that they are being
overcharged by bonding companies at
present.
Following the recent bonding com
pany disclosures, which were made to
State Auditor Barton by Judge Yin
sonhaler, of Omaha, the move has as
sumed definite form. Several saloon
keepers of northeast Nebraska held a
meeting at Norfolk a few days and
discussed the project. It was planned
to organize a $250,000 corporation, and
$30,000 was subscribed by the 70 saloon
keepers present.
At this meeting several of the suds
dispensers declared that bonding com
pauies now doing business in this state
had reaped as high as 33 per cent divi
dends from their operations among the
saloon men.
In the disclosures made by Judgo
Vinsonhaler to Auditor Barton it was
alleged that, with the exception of a
few favored saloon men, liquor dealers
were forced to pay from $100 to $200
annually for their bonds. They also
had to indemnify the bonding compa
nies against loss.
It is hoped by the saloon men that
they will be able to organize a bonding
company all their own, and pay good
dividends and obtain cheaper bonds.
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GOVERNOR GETS LETTER
FROM GERMAN DOCTOR
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 28.—Governor Al
drich today received a letter from Dr.
Leonhard Rosensehr, a noted German
authority on the treatment of crippled
children, in which the latter uses an
American typewriter to ask the Ne
braska executive for information as to
the laws of this state on that subject.
The effort appears as follows, the
writer using the capital ‘‘J” throughout
the missive instead of the Capital ‘‘I.”:
"J herewith beg to give an informa
tion which J can only got from yours
Excellency. J am occupied for means
intended of public regulation of the
care of cripples in our country, to col
lege the laws and bills given in all
states for the care, education and main
toning of cripples. J have taken exper
ience that in the state of Nebraska ex
ists such laws.”
Dr. Rosensehr Is the president of the A
German association for the care of crip- T
pies and secretary of the German
union for the education of cripples.
RETURNS WITH GUN AND
SHOOTS, SEQUEL TO ROW
Plattsmouth, Neb., Dec. 28.—William
Sayles, who was shot by a neighboring
farmer, Henry Burrows, Sunday, died
last night In an Omaha hospital. When
Burrows was told of the death, he
stated to the authorities that he and
Sayles had quarreled in the morning at
the Burrows home and that Sayles had
knocked him off a chair. Burrows said
he went to Sayles' home in the after
noon and shot the latter with a shot
gun.
POSSIBLE MURDERER ENJOYS
FAMILY CHRISTMAS DINNER
North Bend, Nob., Dec. 28.—Michael
Gorey, the saloon keeper, shot by AI
Pruyn on Christmas day, is still alive,
but his chances are said by physicians
to he slight. No complaint has been
filed against Pruyn as yet He was
struck with a cuspidor In the head and
wounded. After the fight Pruyn went
to his home, where the sheriff found
him. That officer permitted him to re
main at home for the family Christinas
dinner.
CREW IS DROWNED WHEN
VESSEL GOES TO BOTTOM
Gibraltar, Dec. 2S.—Still anether ves
sel, the German steamer Chios, found
ered with nearly all hands during the
recent storm in the bay of Biscay. The
Chios belonging to the German Levante
line was proceeding from Hamburg to
Alexandria on last Thursday when she
was caught in the hurricane and sank
with all but two of her crew. The
chief officer and one sailer were res
cued by a passing vessel.
The Chios was built in Hamburg in
1S91 and registered 2,059 tons net.
FAST UNION PACIFIC
TRAIN IN THE DITCH
Darimie, Wyo., Dec. 28.— Union Pa
cific westbound train. No. 7, running:
40 miles an hour, was wrecked 14 miles
west of here today. The engine left
the track on account of a broken
rail and was followed by the first
three cars.
The dining car chef was seriously in
jurtd and a number of the passengers
were plight 1\ hurt. A relief train with
Burgeons and the wrecker were sent
from here.
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