Nebraska Newspapers

    The O'Neill Frontier
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher,
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
By the addition of pulverized mica,
concrete is made to imitate granite.
There are now 15 Episcopal cathed
rals tn America and 12 Roman Catholic.
A producer gas propelled automobile
has proved successful in Scotland,
Where It was Invented.
In Germany, alcohol Is now prepared
from chicory root, which grows In va
rious parts of that country.
The British exchequer, between April
1 and December 31 last, received £18,
181.000 in estate or death duties.
January 28 was the 105th anniversary
of the use of gas for street lighting In
London for the flrst_ time In any city.
January 28 was the 105th anniversary
of the use of gas for street lighting in
London for the first time In any city.
The British exehecquer, between
April 1 and December 31, last, received
18.181.000 pounds In estate or death
duties.
The population of Russia on January
1, 1910, was 160,748,400, an Increase In
about 13 years of 33,190,000. And tills
"In spits of war, cholera and famine.”
A London magistrate has decided
that a shopkeeper who draws a crowd
by the attractiveness of his window
display Is guilty of causing an obstruc
tion.
It is understood that the French doc
tor, M. Broquet, will proceed almost
Immediately to Tien Tsln and Initiate
a permanent institution of medical
science.
The population of Russia on January
1, 1910, was 160,748,400, an increase In
about 13 years of 33,190,000. And tills
“In spite of war, cholera and famine."
The haggis, according to Iconoclastic
etymologists, Is Scotch only by adop
tion, having been a popular dish In
English cookery down to the begin
ning of tho 18th century.
With the completion of a new sub
marine cable between England and
France, successful transmission of tele
phone messages has been established
between England and Switzerland.
Two new flag officers are added to
the German navy by the program of
1912, bringing tho total to 40, which Is
made up one grand admiral, five admi
rals, 14 vice admirals and 20 rear ad
mirals.
The haggis, according to iconoclastic
etymologists, Is Scotch only by adop
tion, having been a popular dish In
English cookery+down to the beginning
of tho eighteenth century.
At the end of 1910 there were 669
registered trade unions In the United
Kingdom, with a membership of above
2,000,000. These totals compare with a
membership of 211.091 In 166 unions In
1880.
During the year 1910-1911 28,000 new
motor oars were registered In the
United Kingdom, of which 18,000 were
of British manufacture.
During 1911, 1,071,743 tons of new ship
ping were launched In tho United
Kingdom, of which the shipbuilding
works on tho Tyne contributed 436,466
tons.
New Zealand's postal revenue Is larg
er In proportion to population than that
of any other country. It exceeded J5,
000,000 last year, or $6 for every Inhabi
tant.
At the labor exchanges In Germany
3,708.000 men and women operatives of
fered their services for sale In 1909.
Employers made 2,208.000 applications
for employes
Italian soldiers In Tripoli have been
entertained by cinematograph views ot
their families and sweethearts at home,
provided by order of the commanding
general.
Covering a period of five years, 76,236
■'home savings banks'' have been
opened In Manchester, showing aver
age Individual deposits of £1.16 and a
total of £137.223.
Trip Rev. James Cameron Lees, at
the age of 79, last year, walked 1,654
miles, and while minister at St. Giles',
Edinburgh, walked u distance greatei
than the circumference of the globe.
King George Is one of the host shot!
In England. In one of the hunts organ.
Iked for him In India 24 tigers wer«
killed by the king. Tills Is considered s
remarkable record, even if the king!
usually make good bags In hunts tha'
are arranged for them.
The International Dry Farming con
gress to be held at Lethbridge. Alberta
next fall la to be attended by over 1,001
over-sea delegates, representing prac
tically all European countries. The
Duke and Duchess of Connaught are
expected to open the congress
A museum might seem tho last place
In the world to foster a spirit of adven
ture. Yet we read that members of tho
stafr of the American museum of nat
ural history have sailed for Japan to
hunt the gray California whale, a
specimen of which Is needed for tho
collection.
A journalist talked recently with n
struggling composer. He Inquired
whether the works of the great masters
did not Inspire the musician. The
musician granted that they did, but
that thoy do not Inspire confidence In
landlords when tho rent was due, an
occasion for which It was well to be
prepared even If you had to play cheap
melodies to do It.
Lloyd George In a public address:
"The national income Is £1,800,000,060.
Tliat Is the revealed Income, and how
ever much a man may boast, as I have
once before said In this place, he never
brags to the Income tax collector."
The last general election In the Uni
ted Kingdom cost £978,312, the main
Item of expense being £335,159 for
printing and stationery. There were
1,193 candidates for 670 seats, and 5,
*36,333 votes were polled. The personal
expenses of candidates amounted to
£ 49.930.
Prof. William Gowtand. the new
president of the British Institute of
Metals, pointed out in his inaugural ad
dress that "tile camp fire was the iirst
metallurgical furnace, und from It. by
•uceesslve modul ation, the larger fur
naces of the present day hate beer,
gradually evolved.”
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Tibet, the land of the luma, now lim
an issue of postage stamps. Amo..
Other state* which for the first tun.
Issued postage stamps during the lus
year were the former Siamese states o,
Trengunu and Kelant.m und the Gilt. i
and Ellice island* protect orate.
BRAINS OF MUTINOUS
CONVICTS PRESERVED
FOR SCIENTIFIC USES
Dowd's Brain Shows Death Was
Caused By a Self In
flicted Wound.
Lincoln, Neb., Murch 30.—Swimming
in the pickling vats of the medical col
lege ut the Btate university are the
bodies of Charles Gray and John Dowd,
the two escaped convicts whose lives
were ended on the Gretna hills on
March 18, after they had written what
was perhaps the darkest chapter In
crime In the history of Nebraska.
On tho laboratory table, contained In
glass jars of hardening fluid, are the
brains of tho two bodies. The brains
will be preserved us part of a collec
tion of significant types. The bodies
will be used for dissecting purposes,
rendering at the end a service to so
ciety.
Examination of the brain and skull
cap of Dowd discloses unequivocal
proof of the fact that Dowd shot him
self. the Inner side of the bone skull
cap being streaked with powder marls)
and the brain envelop and tissue be
ing driven full of tho black substance.
This could only have happened In case
that the gun was pressed tightly to
tho temple.
An Explosive Bullet.
Many doubted that the convict com
mitted suicide by reason of tho fact
that no powder marks appeared on the
outside of the temple. Such powder
marks would not appear If the gun was
held closely enough. The theory
that Dowd • was shot by one of the
other convicts or by one of the pursu
ing posse is thus rendered untenable.
Tho case for suicide Is further
strengthened by the Immense amount
of Injury that tho bullet did Inside the
skull. Going from right lo left the
lend cut In two tho whole base of the
brain. Tho damage to the bone would
Indicate In fact that It was an ex
plosive bullet, two long cracks appear
ing In the skull at places far removed
from Its course ami un area of some
three or four square Inches of the bone
being entirely torn away at the place
of tho bullet's exit In the region of the
left temple.
The proof of Dowd's suicide sub
statlates In part the story told by the
surviving convict, Morley, of the whole
fight and In this way may have some
bearing on the Blunt Inquest and the
fixing of the responsibility of tho young
farmer’s death. Morley’s story was that
Blunt had been killed by a shot from
the posse, by an Individual whom he
described fairly accurately as Chief
Briggs of South Omaha.
Brains Interesting Study.
The brains of the two men form ari
Interesting study for those who attach
significance to head shapes and types.
The Skull of Gray Is well shaped and
tho brain Is well formed, of the type
generally denoting Intelligence. On
the other hand that of Dowd Is more
on the degenerate type, there being
very little frontal elevation and the
frontal lobes being almost lacking.
The skull, too, widens toward the rear
and Is excnptlonully broad. Also the
lobes In the reur protude peculiarly.
Gray’s skull Is much narrower, the
skull cap at Its base measuring only
5U Inches, while that of Dowd meas
ures 5% Inches.
From all evidence In the case, the
nature of the two men seems to cor
respond In a certain way to the anal
ysis of tho head shapes. Gray is gen
erally given credit for the manage
ment of the whole nffalr and for a
criminal was considered exceptionally
Intelligent.
When weighed, the brain of Dowd
was found considerably heavier than
that of Gray, Dowd having been u
much larger man. Dowd’s brain
weighed out-ut 1,535 grams, while that
of Gray balanced the scales at only 1,
470 grams. The weighing was not ac
curate, as It was made with the brains
Just out of the hardening solution and
with the envelopes still on.
Dr. C. W. M. I’oynter, who has
charge of the department of anatomy,
Intends to keep the brains of the two
convicts us a start for a collection of
brains of men of the criminal types.
The school already has a collection of
brains of some peculiar anatomic In
terest, but has had none that will com
pare In Interest with the present two.
CONVICT SLASHES
FELLOW PRISONER
Lincoln. Neb., March 30.—Convict
Charles Davis, a half breed Indian,
stabbed and almost instantly killed
Convict John Strong, a negro, at
the state penitentiary this morning
while the inmates of the prison were
leaving the breakfast table.
When the gong sounded to clear the
convicts from the table the prisoners
arose in their seats. Strong suddenly
leaped from his place onto the table
In front of him, ran down the aisle
and out of the door into the cell house,
his blood streaming from a gash in the
throat. Guard Charles Berry jumped
to the side of Davis, who was holding
a blood stained knife In his hand, and
placed him under arrest. The rest of
the men filed out of the dining room In
orderly fashion.
Davis is said to have been frequent
ly threatened by Strong and claims
that he killed the negro to safeguard
his own life. Strong, who with a
brother, was sent to the penitentiary
for second degree murder, serving a
life sentence, has a bad record, having
frequently secreted a knife from the
guards and used it on fellow convicts
with whom he had a grievance, never
occasioning any serious wounds, how
ever.
The half-breed was seated directly
behind the man he killed. Leaning over
the interposing table, he seized Strong
by the throat and plunged the knife
Into it just above the Adam's apple,
drawing the blade, which was of razor
keenness, back towards the right ear.
The wind pipe was severed and the
large arteries cut.
Strong lived about 15 minutes,
breathing through the cut In his wind
pipe, lie was unable to speak. DavUs
has refused to make any statement as
to the reasons for his aet except that
he had been threatened by the mur
dered man.
ORDINANCE IS SO LENGTHY
CONSIDERATION IS AVOIDED
Fremont, Neb.. March 30.—The city
council has come to the relief of the
electrolier lighting committee. When
the work of installing the 150 elec
troliers in Fremont was completed at
a cost of $10,000 it was found that the
subscriptions of business mm and the
Commercial club ran $950 shott. Last
evening tlie city council decided that,
since the improvement is »»r a public
nature, it would make un appropria
tion to meet the shortage.
NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES j
WASHINGTON—The house has passed \
the Borah bill reducing the required resi- j
dence on homesteads from five to threo I
years, changing only the period of ab
sence permitted each year. This is re
duced from six to five months each year.
The Senate will accept the change. The
act is retroactive and homesteaders who
under the old law have resided three
years upon their land may proceed to pat
ent as soon as the bill Is signed by the
president. The bill reflects primarily the
demands of the far west, but has had the
strong support of Nebraska homestead
ers.
CENTRA!, CITY—Plans are being laid
for the holding of the Nebraska Inter
collegiate Prohibition association conven
tion and state oratorical contest here next
w^ek. This association embraces the fol
lowing colleges: Grand Island Baptist
Wesleyan university, Cotner, Doane, Or
leans seminary; Union college, York col
lege, Nebraska Central, Bellevue and the
state university. Of these colleges Doane,
Union, York and Bellevluo will not have
representatives In the contest this year.
The contest will bo held in the opera
house Tuesday evening. April 2.
LOU IS'VILLE—Three bents were taken
out of the Rock Island bridge by the Ice
yesterday. The ice is gorging in many
places and when these break it is feared
that much damage will be done. The wa
ter is higher than at any time this year.
The bridge at this place has stood the test
so far and is not damaged. The Rock
Island has pile drivers at the bridge but
they cannot work, owing to the heavy ice.
NEBRASKA CITY—William “Ducky”
Holmes, former owner of the Lincoln and
Sioux City Western league ball clubs, has
been engaged to act as manager of the
local club next season. The city will have
a club in the new league to be organized
In southeastern Nebraska. The members
of this league will meet at Falls City some
time this week to draft a constitution and
elect officers.
WYMOHJBS—Fred Rainey, firemen on
train No. 14. wrecked near Bostwick, who
received serious injuries and was brought
here on a special train, died at his home.
Mr. Rainey had been married about two
years and leaves a wife and Infant child.
The remains of Engineer Paul Temple,
who was killed In the wreck, were brought
to Wymore on a special train for inter
ment.
BOSTWICK — Engineer Hall Temple,
who was killed when his train went into
a washout near this place, was about to
retire from the service, and railroad men
who were working on the wreckage here
say that this was planned to be his last
trip in the service. He never reached the
terminal alive. He was 65 years of age.
He was In the wreck recently near Endi
cott.
OMAHA—Romping about the kitchen
floor while his mother was engaged with
the family washing, Howard, the 2-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Krause,
fell headlong into a tub of boiling water
and died without having regained con
sciousness. The child stumbled into the
tub before Mrs. Krause, who was within
a few feet of him, could prevent the acci
dent. Her own hands were badly scalded.
NEBRASKA CITY—The farmer and
cattle raisers hereabouts are becoming
alarmed over the shortage of hay. Many
of the stor k feeders will have to ship their
stock to market because it Is almost im
possible to get hay at almost any price
near their homes. One man who has 25
tons of timothy hay was offered $25 a
ton and refused to sell, saying he was go
ing to feed it to his own stock.
NICKERSON—While hunting birds 3*es
terday Allen Johnson. 16-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Johnson, shot away
a portion of his hand with a small rifle.
Young Johnson attempted to climb a tree
dragging the gun behind him. when It
was discharged. Amputation of his thumb
and a portion of the hand was necessary.
NE HIGH—Sheriff L. Bennett has ap
pointed Harry C. Frady, of this city, as
his deputy, and the bond was approved
last week by the county board of super
visors. The appointment is a worthy one
and the general sentiment sanction the
actions of Mr. Bennett
FREMONT—Allen Johnson, a well
knowrn Fremont attorney, had been ap
pointed by the government to assist in
prosecuting land fraud cases at Chey
enne, Wyo.. and is preparing to remove
to Cheyenne.
BROKEN BOW—Joseph Tehon, a farm
er 40 years old, was shot and killed near
the town of Ansel mo by Frank Bayers,
aged 20. a son of Mrs. Mary Bayers.
Young Bayers, who came here and gave
himself up, says Tehon attacked his moth
er and it was in defense of her that he
shot. Tehon formerly lived at the Bayers
home. The sheriff and coroner have gone
to Anselmo to investigate.
WOONSOCKET — Postmaster Richard
son has been instructed to add a postal
savings department to the local postofflee
on April 11.
SEWARD—Friends of S. H. Beaver, of
Seward, learned within the last few days
of his marriage in April last year to Mrs.
Emma Agle at Palm Beach, Fla. Mrs.
Beaver Is now conducting a hotel at Deer
field, Fla. Mr. Beaver was in the south
last spring but returned to Seward soon
after his marriage and resumed his duties
as mail carrier on route No. l from Se
ward. He is the proprietor of the Seward
green house and kept the secret of his
marriage until some of his fellow towns
men happened to be covering the ground
in the south that he had and learned of
his matrimonial venture.
YOUNG MEN SENTENCED
FOR ROBBING HOOSIER
Watertown. S. D.. March 30.- Judge
C. X. Seward yesterday morning sen
tenced Clarence Middleton, aged 24
years, to st rve a term of four years
and six months at hard labor in tha
penitentiary and Harry Canibern aged
22 years to a term of three years and
one day at hard labor, having been con
victed of assaulting and robbing E. D.
Wilson, of Noblesville, Ind., on tho
night of March 13 at the Northwestern
depot 111 this city.
Before sentencing the two young men
in the presence of a crowd of specta
tors that more tha» taxed the capacity
of the large court room, the judge de
livered a very impressive lecture to the
young men. and in a feeling way ex
pressed his regret at his unpleasant
duty in sentencing two young men who
had grown up in the same town with
him and had the advantage of making
useful and upright citizens of them
selves and failed to do so.
They were taken to the penitentiary
this morning to commence serving their
sentences.
WM. A. BROWN DEAD.
St. Joseph, Mo.. March 30.--William
A. Brown, secretary of the American
Association of Passenger and Baggage
Transfer Companies, died at his home
here today, aged 40 years.
WM. SHEPPARD DEAD.
Richmond, Yu., March 30.—William
Ludwell Sheppard, contecteiau* \ci.iuu
ami widely known us an illustrator
and designer of sculpture, is dead here.
His most notable works were the Sol
di* rs' and bailors* monument, the Geu.
A. P. Hill stntue and tho Howitzer me
morial, all In Richmond.
CHARGE THAT SHERIFF j
WAS DRUNK IS DENIED
BY OFFICER’S FRIENDS
Alleged Slayer of Convict’s
Hostage Not User of Liquor
or Tobacco.
Lincoln, Neb., March 29.—Sheriff
Gus Hyers, of this county, as well as
hundreds of his friends who reside here
and at Havelock, are up in arms over
statements emanating from Springfield
and elsewhere in Sarpy county to the
effect that the official was intoxicated,
or nearly so, upon the day of the con
vict chase and fight. Several score
of the citizens of both Lancaster coun
ty places have expressed themselves as
highly Indignant over the matter, par
ticularly because of the fact that in
some 17 years’ residence here Mr.
Hyers has not only not taken a drink
of intoxicating liquor, but in that time
he has never smoked a cigar or pipe
or taken a chew of tobacco.
Other things attributed to the sheriff
at the time of the famous chase across
country are also strenuously denied by
those who claim to be cognizant of the
facts. A. L. Empry, who was with
Sheriff Hyers at the time of the chase
and before the official was given a
horse by one of the farmers of the reg
ion, declared that not only was the
Lancaster county man not drunk, but
that he did not call the farmers of
Sarpy county “cowards,” or any of the
other names which stories have said
he did call them.
STEPHENS FAMILY FIGURES
IN THE PASSAGE OF BILL
Washington, March 29.—The family
of Stephens figured prominently irt con
sideration of a bill for the relief of the
Winnebago Indians of Nebraska and
Wisconsin.
When the bill came up for passage
Speaker Clark called Representative
Stephens, of Nebraska to the. chair.
Representative Stephens, of Mississippi
suggested that tho speaker was in er
ror, because the measure under con
sideration had been Introduced by the
Nebraskan.
“True," assented Mr. Clark, “the gen
tleman from Mississippi will preside.”
The bill then was called up by Rep
resentative Stephens of Texas, chair
man of the Indian affairs committee, by
permission of acting Speaker Stephens
of Mississippi. Representative Steph
ens of Nebraska urged the passage of
the bill and the House laughingly as
sented.
INQUEST OVER SPRINGFIELD
TRAGEDY WILL PROBE DEEP
Omaha, Neb., March 29.—Intense in
terest is being manifested in the in
quest to be held at Springfield tomor
row over the body of Roy Blunt, the
Innocent victim of a battle, March IS,
between three escaped convicts and of
ficers of the law. Young Blunt's rela
tives and friends have spent a week
collecting evidence with a view to plac
ing the responsibility for the killing of
the young man on the right person.
The dead man’s father, James W.
Blunt, has interviewed every eye wit
ness to the battle, including Convict
Morley, the only one of the three con
victs to escape death. He has given
out a statement in which he declares
no stone will be left unturned to learn
the facts of the killing of his son.
"We have no thought of damages,”
said the father, “but we want the
man. I want to make sure who mur
dered my boy. The governor has
pledged us the assistance of the state
authorities.”
That the inquest at Springfield will
bring out some significant develop
ments is the belief of friends of young
Blunt. Many threats have been heard
since the Bhooting and a large attend
ance of farmers living in the Blunt
neighborhood Is anticipated when the
inquest begins tomorrow.
LARGE ANNUAL PROFITS ARE
IN VIEW FROM FRANCHISE
Lincoln, Neb., March 29.—The fight
between Charles P. Ross and W. F.
Coad, of Omaha, over priority of rights
to take water from the Platte and Elk
horn rivers, now on before the state
board of irrigation, has developed the
interesting fact that the promoters fig
ure the right worth $400,000 a year,
that being the annual profits they esti
mate the enterprise would be worth.
Ross is representing the interests
that are back of the Babcock project,
which is to be financed by the Henry
L. Doherty syndicate of New York,
which controls millions. Coad repre
sents the Kountze Bros., who are
wealthy bankers of Omaha and New
York. •
The testimony so far taken relates
largely to the dispute as to whether
Ross, who at one time offered to sell
to the Kountzes for $25,000, acted in
bad faith. An odd bit of financiering
was developed when Ross swore that
ho bought the right from Charles Craig,
of Omaha, and in payment for Craig’s
entire right gave him a part interest
in it.
PLANS FOR RECEPTION OF
THE TEACHERS’ CONVENTION
Fremont, Neb., March 29.—The ad
vance guard of the E. C. N, T. A. is
arriving in Fremont this afternoon for
the big two-days' convention Friday
and Saturday. President J. M. Matzen,
of the association, who is county su
perintendent of Dodge county." has
opened headquarters in his office at
the court house. The official registry
place is the Terry hotel. In order to
handle the 1,200 delegates local com
mittees are assigning many of the ar
rivals to private homes. This evening
the E. C. N. Declamatory asscoclation
will hold forth at Larson’s theater, and
this will serve as the opening number
of the program of the convention.
DEATH OF FIRST WHITE
WOMAN IN CUMING COUNTY
West Point, Neb., March 29— In the
death of Mrs. Catherine B. Neligh,
West Point has lost Its oldest resi
dent. Mrs. Neligh was the first white
woman to make her residence in what
is known as Cuming county. She came
here with her husband, the late John
D. Neligh, the father and founder of
the city of West Point, in the year
1856. She was 76 years of age at her
death. Mrs. Neligh had the distinc
tion of being the mother of the first
white child born within the confines of
Cuming county. Mrs. Alice Sims, now
residing here. She is also survived by
three sons. William T. S. Neligh, U. S.
Grant Neligh. and John P. S. Neligh.
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MAYOR OF ALLIANCE IS
CAUTIONED TO RESIGN
Lincoln. Neb., March 29.—Governor
Aldrich has advised Mayor F. W.
Harris, of Alliance, that he will do well
to resign rather than face Investigation
of his official record under the Sackett
law. Recently the city marshal and
a night watchman of the police force
were indicted for accepting money
from keepers of houses of ill repute.
Members of the grand jury which In
dicted them signed a petition request
ing the governor to take action against
tht mayor.
i NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES j
LINCOLN—Victor Rosewater, who es
sayed to keep Congressman Charles Lo
beck off the populist ticket in the Second
district, has been officially notified by
Secretary Wait that he was too late to
do any good, and that the protest, would
be ruled out. Determination to follow that
course was announced here yesterday aft
er the secretary of state had conferred
with Attorney General Martin. The law
prescribes that protests must be filed
within three days after the original peti
tions are sent in to the secretary of state.
Rosewater let the matter go a day too
long, having sent in his petition the fourth
day after the filing of the Lobeck populist
petition.
LINCOLN—The big drop in the ther
mometer has put a temporary quietus on
flood troubles in this vicinity, but it was
more than made up today when the addi
tional snow, with the balance which has
fallen for the past two weeks, began to
melt under the rays of the sun. A contin
uance of warm weather is looked to bring
on a myriad of troubles both among the
residents of the low places and the rail
roads. Salt and Antelope creeks have
been over their banks within the past
three days and the further melting is ex
pected to make up for the temporary alle
viation of the trouble.
HASTINGS—Woodman "insurgents” ad
journed their mass meeting by adopting a
lengthy set of resolutions covering many
phases of the matter of the raise in rates
at the Chicago meeting. The "Chicago
plan" was denounced in no uncertain
language. A plan of campaign was out
lined and it was unanimously decided to
work in harmony with the meeting held
Monday at Coluihbus. One of the points
in demand is to hold back the operation
of the raise in rates until it has been de
cided upon by a referendum vote.
KEARNEY—In a last desperate attempt
to gain their freedom Harry Wycoff and
Eugene Palmer, two escaped and captured
industrial school boys guilty of burglary
at Elm Creek, made an unsuccessful at
tempt at jail breaking. The Palmer boy
has made several successful "getaways”
from the industrial school, and has only
been recaptured after each by the com
mission of a new crime. He was sentenced
to the penitentiary for a term of from one
to 10 years and the Wycoff boy was re
turned to the school.
BEAVER CITY—Philip W. Harlan, sr.,
who is under arrest at Cairo, 111., charged
with killing S. F. George, a hotel pro
prietor there, has lived in Furnas county
since 1881. He homesteaded in Weaver
precinct and now owns a large farm. His
only son, Phillip W. Harlan, jr., resides
near the old homestead and is a promi
nent and influential citizen. Harlan left
here a month ago to visit with relatives
at McClure, 111. Mrs. Harlan died about
three years ago and Harlan has wandered
about since her death, coming home at
intervals.
M’COOK—A brief session of federal dis
trict court was held in McCook, presided
over by Judge T. C. Munger, assisted by
Clerk R. C. Hoyt and United States Mar
shal W. P. Warner. The informal session
was featured by the fining of L. H. Law
ton, of Palisade, for contempt of court.
Lawton regarded some questions as strict
ly personal and questioned the right of
the court to such an extent that a fine of
$25 was imposed. Lawton paid after some
hesitation.
FREMONT — Congressman Dan V.
Stephens has mailed out letters to his con
stituency in the Third congressional dis
trict asking support for Champ Clark.
Mr. Stephens’ Fremont friends are rather
surprised that he should take such a
strong stand for Clark, though they knew
that, in view of Mr. Clark’s coming to
the district in Mr. Stephens’ behalf last
fall, it would be more than likely the
Third district congressman would support
him.
LINCOLN—For disposing of a mort
gaged cook stove without asking the con
sent of the man who sold it to him, H. C,
Decious of Custer county will be brought
back to this state from Oregon, where he
Is at present being held. The expense of
the trip to be taken there and back by
an agent of the state will exceed several
times the value of the stove, but no other
alternative than to bring the man back Is
offered the officials.
OMAHA—At the closing session of the
Nebraska Laundrymen's association, Fre
mont was selected, as the place for hold
ing the October meeting and officers were
elected as follows: President, C. C. Quig
gle, Lincoln; vice president, J. A. Rich
ardson, Nebraska City; secretary-treas
urer, H. A. Jacobberger, Omaha; execu
tive committee, Dan McLean, South Oma
ha; L. B. Hoagland, Hastings, and J. A.
Westling.
CRAWFORD-W. B. Davis, president of
the Ranchers’ Commercial club, of Moor
croft, Wyo., is in Crawford purchasing
several carloads of seed for his section.
Mr. Davis has already purchased seven
carloads, consisting of alfalfa seed, flax
seed, spring wheat, oats, barley, rye and
spelts, and has contracted for three cars
of seed potatoes.
FREMONT—People through this section
and In Saunders county are wrought up
over the slaying of Roy Blunt, the young
farmer, by the officers who were pur
suing the convicts. Words of condemna
tion are being heaped upon the officers
who shot at the convicts while Blunt was
in the wagon.
NORTH BEND—At a meeting of the
school board Miss Martha Coylson, of
Centerville, la., was elected teacher of
the third and fourth grade rooms. Super
intendent F. L. McNoun was re-elected to
his position.
FREMONT—The snow melt of the past
few days has raised all rivers and has
done some damage to the railroads. The
Northwestern has suffered delays oik ac
count of a washout between Octavla and
Eldorado. The passenger train from Lin
wood yesterday afternoon was tied up for
10 hours owing to the condition of the
roadbed.
WASHINGTON—Representative Da
vid J. Foster, of Vermont, died here
last night after an illness of three
weeks. Mr. Foster was first stricken
with grip, which today developed Into
pneumonia and terminated fatally in
a few hours. He was 54 years old.
NEW YORK—Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Favifth, of Birmingham, Ala., will get
$1,500 damages each for the humilia
tion incident to being ejected from the
Hotel Astor here last year. This com
promise verdict was agreed upon by
counsel yesterday afternoon after an
indiscreet Juror had caused a mistrial
by asking a witness for the defendant:
"What would happen if I held up the
case?”
COLUMBUS, OHIO—Counsel for
State Senator Isaac E. Huffman, on
trial charged with having accepted a
$200 bribe for his senatorial vote, yes
terday offered an alibi" to offset the
telephonic device evidence given by
witnesses for the state and upon which
the state rested its case.
BOSTON—Efforts to save Clarence
V. T. Rtcheson, the confessed murderer «
of Avis Linnell, from death in the elec- i
trie chair began yesterday when his
counsel, William A. Morse, conferred
with Governor Foss.
STATE BOARD REFUSES
TO DISCRIMINATE FOR
SOOTH OMAHA DEALERS
Plea for Better Train Service
From Sioux City Territory
Is Dismissed.
Lincoln, Neb., March 28.—A proemp
torv refusal was made by the state
railway commission to the request of
the South Omaha Live Stock exchange
and Charles Ruden and others to help
out the stock market at that point at
the expense of the Sioux City yards.
The application was for an order re
quiring the M. & O. to give better train,
service to South Omaha on the Orofton
and Bloomfield branches of that sys
tem. In denying the request thfe com
mission intimated that it may reduce
the live stock train service on those
branches during the times of the year
when shipments are light.
The formal order holds that the serv
ice given is entirely adequate for han
dling live stock consigned to the South
Omaha market, but it reserves the right
to permit the railroad company to
discontinue a part of the service if the
present requirements prove burdensome
•during the periods of light shipments.
The order requires the continuance of
the Sunday stock train until further
orders, although the testimony showed
that often but one car of stock is at
tached.
The commission looked upon the
matter as entirely a fight between the
Sioux City and the South Omaha yards.
What was asked for by the South Oma
ha people was an order that would
make more difficult the shipment of
stock from this territory to the Sioux
City market, although they insisted it
was merely placing them on an equal
ity.
In the course of the opinion, which
was written by Chairman Winnett, it
is stated that the Sioux City mar
ket men might with as much propriety
ask the commission to compel railroads
to run trains from near South Omaha
to carry live stock to the Iowa yards.
ROSS OF LEXINGTON FILES
AND ANNOUNCES PLATFORM
Lincoln, Neb., March 28.—Robert G.
Ross, of Lexington, Neb., a candidate
for the republican selection for presi
dent of the United States at the pri
maries has given out a platform In
which he declares that he can abso
lutely prevent bank panics by enforc
ing a national guarantee law. He adds:
"I also favor the laws permitting wom
en equal rights at the ballot box with
man and am a complete favorer of re
call and am also In favor of 1 cent a
mile passenger fare, and the direct re
call of presidents of the United States,
for any non-fullfllments of their plat
form or duties of a president and that
fruits of laboring man shall benefit him
and not to make the rich richer and the
poor poorer. I also believe that tariff
for revenue or of such kind to run na
tion should be raised on value of na
tion and not to just certain things that
the ordinary class uses and other
things will mention later. (Signed),
Robert G. Ross."
EAST CENTRAL TEACHERS’
CONVENTION AT FREMONT
Fremont, Neb., March 28.—The East
Central Nebraska Teachers association
will meet in Fremont Friday morning
for a session of two days. It is the
biggest convention that Fremont en
tertains, coming annually with an at
tendance averaging over 1,000. To
morrow night as a preliminary to the
convention the E. C. N. T. A. oratorical
contest will be held. The following
entries have been made in the contest:
Guy Alexander, Fremont; Floyd John
son, Wahoo; Howard Spangler,
Scribner; Alice Rathsack, Schuyler;
Queen Tainter, Fullerton: Dorothy
Hewitt, David City; Jeanette Welch,
Central City; Edna Ogden, Genoa;
Agnes Newcomer, Genoa; Mary Lewis,
Ulysses; Blanche Meinsen, Ashland;
Mildred DeWolff. Weeping Water;
Clara Covort, Columbus.
CENSUS LAND VALUES
BASIS OF TAXATION
Fremont, Neb., March 28.—That tho
assessed actual value of Dodge county
land is $40 an acre less than the actual
value given it by the census enumer
ators last year has been brought to the
attention of County Assessor Henry
Obermann by H. Seymour, secretary of
the state board of equalization. The
secretary suggests that it would be well
for the county assessor to see that hia
corps of deputies put a price on the
land equal to its market value. The
average value of Dodge countv farm
land in the county as returned by the
government census enumerators is $103,
The assessment In 1910 placed a value
of only $65 an acre on the same prop
erty. Real estate values will be as
sessed again this year.
NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT.
Lincoln. Neb.. March 28.—The su
preme court this morning upheld the
legality of the $100,000 appropriation
lor a medical building on the Univer
sity of Omaha campus. The following
decisions were also filed:
State, ex rel, Krittembrink, vs. Eith
nell; reversed and remanded.
Tilton-Phelps Furniture company vs.
Wiant; affirmed.
Slltler vs. board of supervisors Cus
ter county; reversed and remanded.
Chase vs. Burlington Railroad com
pany; affirmed.
Parsons vs. Bamum; affirmed.
Paisley vs. Paisley; reversed and re
manded.
Redmen vs. Fidelity Accident Insur
ance company; affirmed.
Weller vs. Sloan: affirmed.
Pine-Ule Medicine company vs. Yo
der and Eply; affirmed.
Quick vs. Modern Woodmen; reversed
and remanded.
Minor Lumber company vs. Thomp
son; affirmed, with directions to mod
ify Judgment.
Adams vs. village board of Curtis;
appeal dismissed.
In re, estate of Knight; affirmed.
Pitts vs. Burdick; affirmed.
County of Platte vs. Countv of But
ler; reversed and dismissed.
Stewart vs. Barton: affirmed.
Rehearings were denied in Mont
gomery vs. Dresher. Allen vs. Meet*
and Iman vs. Inknster.
NEBRASKA NEWS BRIEFS.
OMAHA—The Nebraska Press associa
tion will hold its annual meeting this year
at Lincoln. The session will continue
three days, beginning June 5.
LYONS—Rev. James G. Clark, the Pres
byterian minister at tills place, attended
the funeral of his father, the Rev. Wal
ter H. Clark, at Parkville, Mo., this week.
He was a pioneer minister at Ponca. Neb.'
where he lived many years There are
three sons and one daughter living. His
eldest son is a missionary in India and
sailed for home about the time of his 1
father's death, of which he will not learn '
until lie reaches America.