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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1912)
<ami— anurias n i -i —— The O’Neill Frontier D. H. CRONIN. Publisher, O'NEILL, NEBRASKA A fool and his money are soon mar ried. __ Even an Idea hesitates to strike a man when he Is down._ The man who always tells the truth catches the smallest fish. The Christian population of India now numbers nearly 4,000,000. Less than 3 per cent of the area of Norway is under cultivation. The nearest to charity some people ever get Is to offer suggestions. Many a fellow wouldn’t know he was In love If the girl didn’t tell him. The best cure for the fellow who thinks he knows it all Is marriage. The average tnan Is willing to admit that he has more brains than money. There are two Imperial universities in Japan, but women are admitted to neither.__ _ Some girls are so modest that they would blush even at the mention of a garter snake. _ _ Simplicity in weddings is the tines Sected sign of sanity among the Eng sh aristocracy._ Lots of things look easy to manage, till you try them. Aeroplanes and wives, for Instance. _ Arkansas produces coal, silver, galena, slate, oil stones and clay o< •very description. _ The average life of an elephant Is on* century, while a rabbit lives seven years and a cow 15_. A wood substitute made of dried grass Is being experimented with abroad for match making. Arkansas has the largest spring In the world, Mammoth spring, a full size river at Its source. Spring river, Under the direction of an expert from the United States the Australian stat« Of Victoria has spent *33,500.000 for Ir rigation. So many ships have been lost in the ■trait between the Red sea and the Arabian gulf that the strait Is called the Gate of Tears. On an automobile wireless outfit built for the Austrian army the motor used to propel the car may also bo utilized to drive the electric generator. Electric smelting and refining pro cesses are said to produce steel that is denser and more homogeneous than open hearth steel of the same general composition. One western city has a highly ac complished mayor. Ho Is a lawyer by profession, the fastest shorthand writ er In the city and the best amateur trombone player. A series of experiments In France has demonstrated that the best sig nals to be displayed on the ground for aviators ara Arabic numerals In white on a black background. The American Medical association Is to make a study of methods of resus citation from electrical shock. Many eminent physicians and electric engi neers are to co-oporate In the Investi gation, which It is hoped will have im portant practical results. Radium emits three streams of mi nute particles. These all carry definite oharges of electricity, which made their discovery possible. No micro scope could detect them, but they be oame apparent under proper conditions because of the electrical charge. The scheme on which King George’s children are educated Includes careful Instruction In all the typical open air sports and games. Cricket, riding, fencing, boxing, shooting and the like the young prince of Wales has been carefully and scientifically taught by put masters. The British army without a brass band—such Is the doleful prophecy of the Pall Moll Gazette. It says that a definite proposal has been brought for ward that ull the brass bands of the army, except those of the guards regi ment, shall be abolished, and that the sole music provided for the future shall be that of the drums and fifes and bugles, with the pipers for the Scottish regiments. Up In Oregon Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunway, a leader In the equal suf frage movement, was run down by an express wagon In the street, and a crowd surrounded her. She was un hurt and as the dust was brushed oft her clotheH the express driver asked anxiously If she would make him trouble. "No," she answered, "there will be no trouble—if you men all promise to vote for woman suffrage." Old writers had no Idea that the ’ brain had anything to do with the mind. They associated the mind with the heart or with other organs of ths body, doubtless because theso organs are moved or affected by mental ac tion. Aristotle, the best informed of the Oreeks, said that the chief busi ness of the brain was to cool the blood for the heart. The birds of field and forest In Amer ica have been so thinned In numbers that countless Insects are now working havoc among the crops of grain and fruit. Henoe bird culture has been un dertaken on a largo scale In some states. A wealthy philanthropist of Michigan, near Detroit, has set apart *,800 acres of land for the exclusive use and protection of birds. Preparations are being made for sup plying the Congo railway and the vari ous steamboats on the Congo river and Its tributaries with petroleum for fuel. In spite of the fact that an almost un broken forest covers the hundreds of thousands of square miles of terri tory. A company Is laying a pipeline along the old Congo railway from Mat adl to Leopoldville and storage tanks have already been erected. The change of the locomotives to oil burners has begun. The oldest member of parliament in the world, the Hungarian deputy, M. Joseph Madarasz, who is now In his •9th year, issues a denial of the state ment that he Is about to retire Into pri vate life. M. Madarasz says that he means to retain his mandate till he has completed hts 100th year. If not long er. He carries a list of noted centena rians Ip the world constantly with him. and marks them off as they die. He Is • determined to outlive them all, and •one day to have the distinction of be ing the oldest man in the world. LINCOLN MUTINEERS VANISH FROM SIGHT AND LEAK NO SIGN 48 Hours’ Search By Officers and Citizens Fails to De velop Single Clew. Lincoln, Neb., March 18.—When Convicts Taylor, Morley and Dowd slipped into the blinding snowstorm Thursday afternoon and faded from sight, they seem to have slipped into a mysterious hiding place, which may never be discovered. Late Saturday morning, nearly 48 hours after the triple murder of Warden Delahunty, his deputy and an usher, not a trace has been found of the desperadoes who shot and dynamited their way out of the prison. Governor Aldrich arrived in the city on a night train and went to the pen itentiary early this morning. He is conducting an Investigation which it is hoped may disclose the means by which the friends of Taylor, Dowd and Mor ley were able to slip the guns and ex plosives Into their friends. Trusties are believed to have aided, while some suspicion points toward a orison guard. All ex-convicts in the city, whoso time of release was recent, have been arrested and put through the sweat box. The officers refuse to givo any statements as to what information they have disclosed. Two convicts, Burns and Riley, have been closely connected with the affair and are believed to have been Instrumental In smuggling the weapons into the prison, but both have disappeared. Burns accompanied a party of Lincoln "prison reformers” to the penitentiary about two weeks ago and smuggled some opium Into th« prison under the eyes of the party. GOVERNMENT SPECIALIST TREATS TROUBLE OF EYE9 Winnebago, ' Neb., March 18.—Dr. Harrison, eye specialist employed by the government, has been examining the Indians of this reservation for tracoma, or what is more commonly known as eranulateo eye lids. This dis ease is common among the Indiana all over the United States and many whites are affected as well. The gov ernment has employed three specialists to treat the diseaeo and while they are sent among the Indians they by no means confine their efforts to the red man alone. Dr. Harrison has examin ed many white people here and haa examined the children of all the schools in this vicinity. He Is assisted in his work of operations by Miss Moore, a trained nurse. A number of operations have taken place at the agency and the probability of others is strong. Dr. Harrison and Miss Moore will take up this work on the Omaha reservation In the near future. ENGINEERS INVESTIGATING CANAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS Fremont, Nob.. March 18.—Engineers representing the Kountze Brothers financial interests, which aro to back the Fremont power canal envelopment, have arrived and at present are en gaged In making measurements of the flow of water in the Loup and Platte rivers for comparative and other pur poses. The rivers are carrying a vast quantity of water at present. Similar measurements will be made next July, when the water reaches its lowest flow. Seven years ago, New York engineers and capitalists, who examined the Platte and Loup projects decided that the one by which water would be taken from the Platte river between Fremont and Schuyler offered the best prospects, and so reported. Fremonters who have closely followed the power canal situation believe that either the Doherty or Kountze Bros, in terests, possibly a combination of them, are behind the present activities. They believe that the othor proposi tions talked of at Columbus and Lin coln are nothing more than attempts to further interests of claimants, who aro speculating upon the rights filed upon the two rivers Involved. SMALL POX APPEARS ON WINNEBAGO RESERVATION Winnebago, Neb.. March 18.—Con siderable apprehension is felt here over the appearance of what seems to be small pox. Dr. H. H. Johnson to day telephoned to the agency in con ference with Dr. Daureghty concerning the cases so far developed. The public school has been closed and precautions are being taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Three cases have developed in town and the son of Rev. G. W. Water mulder, at the Indian mission, east of here, was visited by Dr. Daureghty to day, but he lacked the symptoms. —♦— NEBRASKA NEWS BRIEFS. LINCOLN—Harry Reese, of Lincoln, has gone to Excelsior Springs, Mo., to see his father, Chief Justice Reese, who is suffer ing from a severe ailment of the sciatic nerves. According to reports Judge Reese is not improving and is suffering intense pain. Relatives here aro not will ing to concede that the chief justice Is dangerously ill, however, and hope to wit ness un ultimate recovery. FREMONT—A mammoth new bell that weighs 2.000 pounds will be installed in the belfry of St. Patrick’s Catholic church as a gift to the church from Mrs. Julia Archer, who bought It in accordance with a request made by the lato Henry Archer shortly before his death. The bell is as large and fine a bell us any in the cathe drals at Omaha and cost, exclusive of freight charges, $600. MADISON—Jacob Hahn, residing six miles west of Madison, was kicked by a horse and instantly killed about 9 o'clock yesterday morning. He was struck in the chest Just over the heart and with such force that his body was hurled against the barn door, breaking it from Us hinges. Dr. Smart, of this city, was called to the scene of disaster, but life had tied before the doctor was able to reach the Hahn place. The unfortunate man was 68 years of age and leaves a wife and three sons. WAYNE—Word has reached here that Miss Grace Hunter, who Is visiting in 1-os Angeles, was stricken with blindness while at the breakfast table one day last week. Doctors who were called in the case give some encouragement that the sight may be recovered. The cause Is a nervous disorder. WAYNE—Grant Mears. the sheriff of Wayne county for 10 years, who retired voluntarily last fall, has J\led for the re publican nomination for representative in the legislature. OMAHA—Dates have been fixed in fed* ©rcourt by Judge Monger for the ex amination and appraisal of the book val ues of the Omaha Gas company. This is a part of the proceedings in the case win rein the gas company Is seeking to permanently enjoin the city from et.iore ing the ‘ dollar gas" ordinance. The gag company is given until April 15 to com pile Its work, and then the city may be gin and take such V.nitt as proves neces sary. v I _ NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES NELIQH—Henry Bertram spent the night In Jail, charged with beating hla wife because she told him she might re quire a surgical operation. Mrs. Ber tram had been confined to her bed foe several days. Bate at night she ran through the streets for more than two blocks, clad only in night clothes and stockings, to the home of Chris Shraham, from which Chief of Police Nichols was summoned. Mrs. Bertram's face was bad ly cut and one eye was completely closed. She said her husband had beaten her in bed. AUBURN—William Bpradllng, a veteran of the civil war, was found dead yester day afternoon at his room, one block west of the Missouri Pacific depot, and It is be lieved he had been dead since the eve ning before. He was about 70 years of age and for several years has run a corn popper on the street. He lived alone, but leaves a wife from whom he was divorced and two sons and two daughters, two of whom reside In Auburn. An inqueet will be held. NORTH BEND—C. C. Frahm fell from hl» haymow Into a stall containing two young colts yesterday and was badly trampled before James Hill, a neighbor, was able to rescue him. Mr. Frahm was Injured In such a manner that he could not rise and the frightened colts pranced around In the Inclosure striking him with their hoofs. Ills thigh bone was sprained And sufisrcd intfirni! injuries. It is believed they will not prove fatal. FREMONT—It haB been definitely deter mined by the local Lewls-Clark chapter, D. A. R„ to place the mammoth boulder that will mark the old western trails through Fremont la the Union Pacific railroad park, at the foot of Main street. The chapter Is awaiting consent from Union Pacific officials before setting a time for the monument to be placed. O’NEILL—J. A. Donohoe, an attorney of this place, filed yesterday as a candi date on the democratic ticket at the pri maries for congressman from the Sixth congressional district. Donohoe has served one term os state senator. M. P. Klnkald will be Donohoe'* opponent on the republican ticket. He will be re nominated without opposition. HASTINGS—Camp 4001, Modern Wood men of America, will meet tonight to make arrangements for caring for the large crowds expected at the state Insur gent meeting to be held here on the 20th. From letters received It la believed that hotels and restaurants will be unable to care for the great numbers expected. HOOPER—Boys peering In at a window at the home of H. H. Wilson believed they saw a burglar at work In a sliver closet and reported to Town Marshal Crawford. The whole neighborhood assembled and surrounded the place. Marshal Crawford entered and searched the premises, but found no one. FREMONT—President F. McGtverlng of the Nebraska Bankers’ association, left yesterday for Chicago to attend a meet ing of state association officers. The ob ject of the meeting Is to devise a means of combatting ’’an epidemic of crimes against banks and banking Institutions." YORK—The case of Miss Clara Oarsman against Edward Johnson for 110,000 for In juries received by being thrown from a carriage on account of the team being soared, as she alleges, by Johnson’s auto mobile, Is being tried In district court this week. LYONS—The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Boyde Carlson was found dead In' bed. The parents had been out to an entertainment and left the child with Its grandmother, and It Is thought that the child got smothered in some way In the bed. FREMONT—A Fremont branch of the Railroad Employee’ Protective and Invest ment company was organised at a meet ing with the following officers: R. H. Wagner, president; K. X. Hicks, vice president; Charles Miller, secretary. WYMORE—Wymore claims to have the champion egg sucker of the state, who Is sues a challenge to any sucker In the state. The contest Is to be held July 4 here. Champion Harry Campbell ate 24 raw eggs at on* sitting recently. FREMONT—A hundred members of the Knights of Pyhthlas lodge assembled at Kaatle hall last night for a banquet In celebration of the 48th anniversary of the founding of the order. NORTH BEND—Seven new members have been taken In by the Methodist church and 18 by the First Presbyterian church as a result of the revival meet ings recently held. NORTH BEND—The North Bend roller mills have been closed down temporarily for repairs. LINCOLN—Mrs. Villa Scott, a young woman who came here from Tarkio, Mo., to get a divorce from her huBband, killed herself late last night by swallowing car bolic acid. Her acquaintances said they could give no reason for her act other than that she had become despondent. SERIOUS RISK INVOLVED IN MAIL ORDER INSURANCE Lincoln, Neb., March 16.—State Audi tor Barton haw issued a warning to merchants and manufacturers in tho state that they should be careful about buying mail order lire insurance. Some of the big concerns of the state, in an effort to get their risks written at the lowest possible price, have been buy ing from companies not authorized to do business in Nebraska and having no agentB here. Mr. Barton says that tho Nebraska man who patronizes one of these com panies is taking a big risk for the rea son that if he has a loss he will have a time of It getting his money should tho company refuse to pay. All com panies duly admitted are required by law to appoint the state auditor as an agent upon whom service could be had. In the case of a dispute with one of the outlaw companies, as the auditor calls them, there is nothing left to do but to sue the company In the state or country of Its home office. The Lon don Lloyds Is one of the companies particularly mentioned by the auditor as being engaged in this business in Nebraska. NEW YORK.—Miss Margaret Cam eron. known as the ward of Edwin Hawley, and whose real name is Emma Sturges, has been deeded by the late financier’s heirs property estimated to be worth $1,000,000 and allowed a life Income of $26,000 a year, according to a statement made yesterday by John R. Stanchfleld. attorney for tne heirs. PASADENA, CAL.—J. Condory ac cused by Mrs. Jack Cudahy of entering her home to persecute and intimidate her, was held yesterday to answer be fore the superior court to a charge ol burglary. He went to Jail in default of $600 bail. Condory is accused ol entering the home of Mrs. Cudahy on thi evening of February »8 ami was identified by her. He denies lhat He was employed by anyone to harm Mrs Cudahy. As a result of the day's hear ing, Mrs. Cudahy will be unubie to fol low her children cast, where they ar« believed to luivo been taken hv their guardian. She must stay here to tes tify adieu tiie Condory case is tried. JURY APPROVES OF THE JUDGE’S ACTS; EDITORS INDICTED Suits Will Be Started By Cherry County Officials for Slan der in Connection With Finding. Valentine, Neb.. March 16.—Wholly exonerating Judge W. H. Westover and the officials of Cherry county from the charge of corruption and miscon duct of office, approving in every re spect trie manner in which the cases of the four men charged with the murder of Charles Sellers were disposed of and Indicting for libelous statements and false accusations, three prominent edi tors of Cherry county, the grand Jury which for the past 16 days has been in session here, made its report today. After a lengthy examination of over 70 witnesses in the case, all stories and rumors to the effect that others were implicated In the foul crime were found to be baseless and false. Under the di rection of A. W. Scattergood. of Ains worth, personal representative of the at torney general of Nebraska, the entire matter was thoroughly Investigated from every point of view and even the faintest rumor of corruption was traced to its source with the same result in every case—absolute exoneration of all officials concerned. True Bills Found. For printing malicious and slander ous statements concerning the disposal of the cases at the October term of court, Ray W. Hitchcock, editor of the Cody Cow Boy, and Mrs. Lottie Cram ner, editor of the Valentine Searchlight, were indicted for writing and causing to be printed and distributed a circular containing unwarranted charges of corruption and slanderous statements against Judge Westover and the county officials of Cherry county. F. Kemp Heath, former editor of a Cody news paper and at present a lawyer of Cody, was Indicted. While it was not within the province of the jury to indict any one for making slanderous statements by word of mouth against Judge West over, County Attorney John M. Tucker. Sheriff C. A. Rossiter, County Clerk F. A. Cumbow and J. T. Keeley, clerk of the district court, there is a possibility that civil suits for damages for defama tion of character may result at the next term of court. Not only was the court entirely freed from every suspicion of graft or cor ruption, but all matters for which he had been criticised by disgruntled citi zens were explained to the grand Jury, who placed their indorsement on every official act of Judge Westover in re gard to his disposal of the cases. It might be well to state that the origin of most of the stories circulated as to corruption and bribery were the result largely of ignorance of the law and its proceedings on the part of those orig inating the false statements. Criticism of Court. The point on which Judge Westover had been most severely criticised was that he accepted a plea of guilty of ■murder in the second degree, whereas many people of the county thought the murderers should have been held to trial for murder in the first degree. The following extract from the report of the grand jury gives the reasons for his baction ns set forth by Judge Westover: "It has frequently been asked what were Judge Westover's reasons for di recting the acceptance of a plea of guilty of murder in the second degree from the four men accused of the mur der of Sellers. It appears from the evi dence and from what the grand jury is able to gather, that the only object in putting these men upon trial after they offered to enter such plea was to secure n conviction of murder in the first degree with the death penalty. If this had been undertaken it would have required the empanelling of four juries In Cherry county, of men who had no conscientious scruples against the death penalty in murder cases, and who had never formed or expressed an opin ion with reference to the guilt or inno cence of either one of the accused. The first requirement would have disquali fied at least one-third of the jurymen called, as demonstrated by experience in the trials of similar cases in this district; this, then, would have left two-thirds of the voting population of the county from which these juries must be empanelled. Judge Westover claimed that he had made a careful in quiry in the southern and western part of the county, and was unable to find or hear of any Juror who would be qualified under the requirements of the laws of this state, and entertained a grave doubt as to whether or not even WATER POWER SITES MOST BE CONSERVED Herbert K. Smith Makes Report in Which He Warns Taft Against Corporations. Washington, March 16.—Concentra tion of control over water powers by large Interests In Important localities Is increasing so rapidly that Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corpora tions, has reported to President Taft that the government should preserve title to the remaining power sites and develop them to prevent a possible mo nopolization of public utility compa nies. A full report of the commission er's investigation of water power devel opment was presented to the president today. Commissioner Smith dlrocts particu lar attention to the Increasing affilia tion of water power concerns and pub lic service agencies, such as street rail way and lighting corporations, and oftentimes banks as well. The connec tion between such concerns he regards of serious public significance. The rapidly Increasing concentration of water power control about which the commissioner sounds a warning may become, he says, the nucleus for a mo nopoly of both water and steam power. If the water power cannot meet the entire demand of a given locality, he ROBBERS IDENTIFIED. San Antonio, Tex., March 16.—The robbers who attempted to hold up the Southern Pacific train near Sanderson and were killed have been identified as Ed Welch, an escaped criminal, and a man named Kilpatrick. Little is known of Kilpatrick. 3TRI1<E BREAKERS RETURN. Chicago, March 15.—With the assist ance of the Legal Aid society. 20 lath ers imported here from St. Louts to work as strike breakers yesterday, won their tight to force the employment agent who brought them here to pay their return fare to that city. • one qualified Jury could have been em panelled from the voting population of the county. Difficult!#* of Trial. Should thia have been undertaken and the voting population of the county bad been exhausted wthout securing a qualified Jury In either one or all of theae cases, than the defendants would have been entitled to their liberty with out trial. Thia w&a the condition which was to be avoided If possible. Another reason assigned by him for directing the acceptance of the plea Is that In all the states of this union It Is cus tomary with trial courts upon pleas of guilty being entered, to Impose a less sentence than would be Imposed upon conviction at the end of a trial. A third reason assigned Is that had the cases been tried It would In all prob ability cost the taxpayer* ># Cherry county from $28,000 to ssO.OOO to pay the expenses, and should the trials have resulted In conviction of murder la the second degree, or first degree with Imprisonment for life, or man slaughter. and the accused escape the death penalty, then the expenditure of this immense amount of money would have been inexcusable. Under the pleas made by the accused the court sen tenced each and every one of them to Imprisonment at hard labor during their natural life. This seemed to be, In the Judgment of the court, adequate punishment under all the circum stances. And If the legislative and executive branches of the government will see to It that this sentence Is car ried out, and that the accused remain in the penitentiary, then no person can reasonably complain that the punish ment Imposed Is inadequate. "After a careful and thorough exam ination of ail the testimony adduced with special reference to finding out whether or not any corrupt Influence waB brought to bear upon the court to secure the acceptance by the state of a plea of guilty of murder In the second degree from these four men, it only remains for us to say that we can find no reason whatever for the acceptance of this plea other than those given herein above, and especially we find no reason whatever to believe that the ac ceptance of thia plea of guilty of mur der is the second degree was secured by any corrupt or Improper Influence whatever. After a careful Investiga tion of the whale subject we are In clined to approve of the acceptance of this plea as being to the best Interests of the county of Cherry and its citi zens." Dismissal of Eunice Murphy. The cltisen* of Cody and vicinity were much wrought up that Eunice Murphy, the girl in the case should be dismissed without trial. As to this, Judge Westover made the following statement which appears In the report: "That when she was arrested and brought back to Valentina she had a preliminary examination before the county Judge at which time all of the evidence against her which could be found by the state was submitted. This evidence was taken by Mr. Scott the official court reporter, and shortly thereafter transcribed by him. After a thorough examination of this evidence I became satisfied under the law that the evidence was not sufficient to war rant or sustain a conviction, and on the first day of the term X took the mattel up with the attorneys for the state, and asked them if they had any more evidence or different evidence against her than that produced at the preli minary examination. They said they had not, and that the evidence at th< trial would not be as strong against her as it appeared at the preliminary for the reason that at least two cir cumstances which tended to Indicate , guilt at the preliminary examination, had afterwards been explained in her favor. There was no disa-reement be tween the court and the attorneys foi the state as to the sufficiency of the evidence, or insufficiency of the evi dence to warrant or sustain a convic tion, and the attorneys for the state were requested to dismiss the cast rather than to spend the time and th« public funds In what we knew In ad vance would be a useless prosecution, The attorneys hesitated to do this on account of public feeling, but finally filed a motion to dismiss the case upon the grounds that a plea of guilty of murder in the second degree having been accepted by the court for the fout principal defendants, that she could then not be succeasfully prosecuted as an accessory. While the grounds stated in the motion were not tenable, yet, the court being clearly of the opinion that the evidence was insufficient the grounds alleged In the motion were dis regarded, the motion sustained, and tha action dismissed. I have since reviewed the matter with great care and un hesitatingly state that the conclusion reached and upon which I acted at tha time this ease was dismissed, was cor rect in every particular, and that 1 could not have excused myself had 1 taken any other action whatever, oi permitted the expenditure of public funds In the prosecution of a case which I knew must fall, before it was started." points out that the owners can acquire auxiliary fuel plants and handle water and fuel power over the same distrib uting lines, and thus a complete com mercial power monopoly might grad ually be built up—in fact already ex ists—in a number of communities. Ten Big Groups. Ten great groups of interests, with the General Electric company as the most powerful, are declared by Com missioner Smith to control or strongly Influence about 60 per cent of the de veloped commercial water power of the United States. These 10 groups them selves are more or less Inter-related, with resultant growing community ol interests. Mr. Smith, urging immediate formu lation of a definite policy of developing the remaining water power sites on th« public domain, recommends, generally speaking, that the government retain the ultimate control of these sites. The problem of development, the commissioner continues, cannot be solved by fixing by law the selling price of water power by Itself, whieh. In any event, will be controlled, by the cost ol fuel power. operate the sites, selling the energy at market rates, or the public may lease the sites at a rental fairly representing Its natural value." The commissioner favors the rental system. The bureau of corporations, in its In vestigations, found concentration of water powers, according to the report, In three distinct phases. First, there was a centralisation of control in each Important locality; secondly, large In terests Influenced a number of these local concerns, and finally, there was found a growing relationship among the big interests. SOME BETTER AT DENVER. Denver, Colo.. March 16.—Railroad traffic conditions into Denver, showed a slight Improvement today with the ar rival of one Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train from the cast and the an nouncement by Burlington officials that trains w ere able to get through from ; Chicago on delayed schedules, but not l from St. Louis. Union Pacific and j Rock Island trains were annulled again ! today. The Missouri Pacific is still ■ blocked In eastern Colorado and west ern Kansas. 1 1 NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES I l -1 i HASTINGS—A statement from tha] board of trustees of Hastings college say®l that the work of the college will be con-< tlnued. The vacancies on the board from! resignations were filled with representa-* tive men of Hastings and the state, and a committee was elected to secure a presl-, dent at an early date, and the field sec-] | retary, W. W. Smith, was directed toi prosecute the work of completing tha; raising of the $100,000 endowment, upon.; which task he has been engaged. It is not; announced whether an effort will be1 made to secure the return of Dr. Turner' as president. It is stated that the charw ter of the college vests the management with the trustees rather than with tha synod. UTICA—A stranger who says his nama is John Wertman and his home in Okla homa was found eight miles north of hera‘ at night almost frozen to death. Ha) camped by the road side near a stream,; though he carried $700 in money. During] the storm of the night he wandered away from his wagon and fell into the stream.] In the morning he was found wandering! up and down a wire fence in a demented! condition. His feet are badly frozen and; he has been unconscious most of the time since he was brought to town. He will! probably survive. LINCOLN—Governor Aldrich has start ed out to collect Information from a num-, ber of other states in regard to the smug-; gling cf “dope” inside prison walls, im moral practices among convicts, and gen-, eral evils of penitentiary confinement. Her will write to wardens of Institutions In Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, New, York and a few other states, asking them for data gleaned from their own ex perience or In other ways. With the facts thus secured, the governor expects to be In a position to deal more effectively with, the situation at the state penitentiary here. The inquiry may extend to whether or not women are allowed to teach Sun day school classes In prisons elsewhere. SPENCER—At a special bond election held In Spenoer to vote $5,000 worth o-i£ bonds for Improvements made on tha school building, the proposition carried by 86 to 9, a light vote turning out. The school board met on the same evening and elected the following teachers for the next school year: C. E. Claar, superintendent; Emma Outhouse, principal; Stasia Walsh, grammar; Mina Tnilock, intermediate; Julia Dennis, intermediate; Emma Pu celik, second primary; Elizabeth DerryJ first primary. BROKEN BOW—Claude Boyles, 16 ori 17 years old, was fined in Judge Fodge’sj court for assault and battery on Miss Jea-( sie Lovett, teacher of a school about 18( miles north of here. The boy went to the* school house door, and when Miss Lovett) appeared, made an insulting remark, ati the same time grasping her by the arroj and attempting to drag her outside. Thai teacher wrenched herself away and rani back to the school room where some pu pils yet remained. LINCOLN—The Nebraska supreme court; reversed its ruling of a year ago, when it! held that insurance is not trade and com merce and therefore not subject to that anti-trust laws of the state. The court* in an opinion by Justice Lettor., declared! surety companies subject to prosecution for violation of what is known as tha! Junkin anti-trust law. The case is that* of an eastern bonding company alleged to be in a combine with other bonding com panies. LINCOLN—Acceptance by Congressman Henry, of Texas, chairman of the rules committee in the House, of an invitation to respond to a toast at the Bryan birth-, day banquet here March 19, added another prominent democrat to the speaking list for the spread. Other acceptances are from Senators Gore, Owen and James* ex-Senator Pettigrew, Governor Shafroth, of Colorado; George Fred Williams, ofj Massachusetts, and Frederick Townsend' Martin, of New York. LINCOLN—The pure food department* has just completed the testing of another, batch of seed corn submitted to it. Oner, lot. which came from Decatur in Burt! county, showed the highest per cent ofi germinating power of any yet tested, it; developing 90 per cent. On the other hand, one lot of SO kernels sent in from Saline county showed only 12 which germinated, and two lots from Burchard showed 20 and 27.7 per cent, respectively. WINNEBAGO—W. W. Small and wife returned from Madison, S. D., last week., Mr. Small has held the position of clerk in charge of the Omaha reservation with headquarters at Macy, Neb., for the past two years. Mr. Small was forced to leave his duties last month and undergo an op eration for appendicitis at St. Joseph hos pital in Sioux City. Upon his recovery he paid a visit to his parents. LINCOLN—In the case of Mrs. Neff, against Emil Brandeis, of Omaha, the su preme court yesterday reversed the de cision of the lower court, holding that at the time of the accident in which Mrs., Neff was run down by tiie Brandeis auto mobile the relation of master and servant did not exist between the defendant and' the chauffeur. FREMONT—Morris Christensen, who* made an attempt to murder his wife and infant with a red hot poker on Sunday morning, was found a fit subject for state as.vlum treatment by the commission yes terday afternoon, and this morning was taken to the Norfolk state institution by Sheriff Condit. » PAWNEE CITY—Superintendent I. G., Wilson of the city school has tendered his resignation to 1 lie board of education, to take effect, at the close of the present, school year. Mr. Wilson has been elected to the department of elementary English and debating in the Peru state normal school. OGALALLA—The Ke.th County Fair as sociation met at Ogalalla Saturday and set September 24. 25 and 26 as the dates of the fall fair. Keith county farmers and Ogalalla business men have contributed sufficient funds to erect a large pavilion and booths for the grounds. SURPRISE—Eighty-six conversions in three weeks is the result so far of the Methodist revivals in progress here. Rev. Albert Jacobs and Mrs. Jacobs, of Lin coln, have charge of the services. FREMONT—Under the weight of the heavy snow the roof of the pavilion used as a skating rink on South Main street collapsed Monday night. None was in the structure at the time. SCRIBNER—Henry Stockhorst, aged 40, a resident of Scribner for many years, died yesterday after a long illness. Mr. Stockhorst is survived by a wife. WEST POINT—The West Point Wom an's club is leading for the reform of cer tain of the ordinances of the city, espec ially those relating to health and sanitary conditions, the enforcement of which has been in the past rather lax. The club proposes to inaugurate a house cleaning campaign in which it will be assisted by the citizens at large. WEST POINT—The managers of the West Point Speed association are actively engaged in making. preparations for the forthcoming race meet, July 30, 31 and August 1. Negotiations are pending with several aviators and flying machines will be a feature of the meet. An elaborate plan of boosters’ trip is being arranged.