Nebraska Newspapers

    Th« O’Neil Frontier
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
O'NEILL,NEBRASKA
Many Ingenious attempts have been
made to Increase the usefulness of the
walking stick. Sticks containing a
•word were common enough In less
peaceful times, and some were even
made to conceal firearms. Henry VIH.
for Instance, had a stick containing
three matchlock pistols, and a clumsy
•ffalr It must have been. More re
cently, sticks have been fitted with
•nuff boxes, scent bottles, watches,
compasses, spirit flasks, and even
telescopes. A decade ago there was a
•hort lived carze for a stick, the knob
of which unscrewed and formed a pipe.
A great project for the communal
bath of Vienna Is being elaborated. The
bath Is to be completely Inclosed and
to be arranged for use In winter also
by a supply of warm water from the
electricity works, which are some 8»0
meters distant. Tho present swimming
basin Is to serve exclusively for water
eupply of the electricity works, and
the new bath is te be constructed above
It. It will bo 250 meters (820 feet) long
and 60 meters (197 feet) wide.
After traveling by stage a distance
equal to that from the earth to the
moon and half way back again, George
F. Crandall, of Norwich, N. Y., who
aays he is the oldest mall stage driver In
the stato, has retired. Beginning at
tho age of 16, ho has driven 869,340
miles, and his salary In tills time has
amounted to $34,700.
On a branch of a St. Ixiuls trolley
line an accident pulled down the wires,
leaving a car stranded. The men pas
sengers, accordingly, pushed the car,
the women passengers remaining In
side, until the main line was reached,
where the wire was Intact
Gambia, the smallest of the British
West African colonies, the area being
only 3,619 square miles, lies an either
•lde the Gambia river, between Sene
gal and French Guinea. The latest
census (1901) shews a population of
•TI.116. _ _
The School of American Archolegy
has restored the historic palace of tho
governors of Santa Fe, N. M., which
was erected In 16t5 and was occupied
!*s the home of government officers
during the Spanish regime In the south
west
A farmer living near Brentwood,
England, went to a moving picture
■how In that town during a visit and
learned by a picture shown on the
screen that a fire had In his absence
destroyed the stables and sheds at his
farm.
A muling concern In St. Johnsbury,
Vt., has been In the possession of the
Ide family for an even 100 years. It
was started In 1813 by Timothy Ide,
and the granite grinding stones are still
preserved, but used only as doorsteps.
In North Devon, England, there Is a
village called Mlddleham, where for
three months In the year the sun Is
never seen. The village Is so sur
rounded by high hills that It Is night
from November until February.
An old deed, which was being trans
ferred In Piscataquis, Mo., mentioned a
custom qnce prevalent of digging a
handful of dirt and breaking two twig?
from a tree on tho estate from which
a mortgage was discharged.
When Gilbert Vennsse was accused
of slandering a councilor In pamphlets
which ho Issued In French, In Roches
ter, N. H., he was found not guilty be
cause Interpreters translated different
ly the questioned passages.
Statistics show that a workman Is
killed In tho United States every 15
{minutes of the day, and every 16 bcc-,
ends a mechanic is maimed, many;
times so severely that he Is no longer
able to pursue his trade.
The highest determined point In
Florida Is Mt. Pleusant. 301 feet above
, aea level, according to tho United
States geological survey. The approxi
mate average elevation of the state Is
j 100 feet above the sea.
No American baking powder Is on
■ale In Amsterdam. Nothing of that
nature Is found except what Americans
would consider very Inferior substi
tutes. An explanation Is that few fam
ilies do any baking.
Tho average pay of every man, wom
an and child In the United States who
Works for wages or a salary will this
year be close to $610. In 1900 the aver
age pay was only $479, and 30 years be
fore that but $370.
In some of the municipalities of Ger
many the sight of a building operation
1s regarded In the nature of an eye
sore, which is to be deplored and tho
strictest regulations are mado to meet
■uch contingencies.
A bill has been Introduced In the
legislature of Manitoba to prohibit the
employment of white women and girls
In any factory or place of business
owned or managed by Chinese or
Japanese.
There are no more cheap lands In tho
West. Land that was sold 13 years
ago for $1 an acre Is now selling at
from $10 to $100 In sections where
there are succeasful Irrigation sys
tems.
It costs Parts nearly 1100,000 a
year to care for the trees on Its streets
and boulevards and In its parks, more
than 1,000 new ones being planted an
nually.
I>ast year the forest aervtoe dis
tributed 116,000 basket willow cuttings
15,000 to the forestj schools, 20,000 to
agricultural experiment stations and
•1,000 to individuals.
The Baptist union of England Is
■eeking to raise a sustention fnud of
• 1 ,250,000 to guarantee a minimum
wage to every Baptist minister.
The largest steel Ingot ever oast was
recently produced In England. It
Weighed 150 tons, was 23 % feet long
and 80 Inches wide.
It has been unofficially estimated
that the Ice cream consumption of the
United States is about five quarts per
capita annually.
Am extensive dyeing works In Phila
delphia Is conducted by Miss Katherine
R. Alien, daughter of the founder of the
business.
Free dentistry for all railroad em
ployes la contemplated by the railway
ministry In Austria.
Cables Unking British and North
American ports convey about 30,000,
•V0 words a year.
More than 800 nurses are employed
tn the Moscow hospital, the largest In
feurope.
The average pay of school teachers In
bdoaeurl Is HI u month.
MANY POINTS RAISED I
IN COURT RULING ON
UNION LABOR CLAUSE
Justice Hamer Finds Provision
of South Omaha Char
ter Undemocratic.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16.—A provision
|n the South Omu’ha charter providing
that alt contracts made by the city for
public improvements shall contain a
clause requiring the employment of
union labor only and limiting the work
to eight hours each day was knocked
out by the supreme court. It held that
this was violative of the constitution,
and could not be enforced. The de
cision was rendered Ln a suit brought
by a taxpayer to enjoin a paving con
tract that contained these provisions.
Judge Hainer wrote the decision. lie
finds that “the union labor clause is
void because it is undemocratic In its
plan, in conflict with the constitution
of the state and contrary to the spirit
of our republican form of government,
[n effect the provision excludes the un
billed laborer from the work to which
ho is entitled and compels the tax
payer to sustain the burden of an
arbitrary rate not based upon the
actual value of labor and without re
ference to the going wages of the time,
place and kind of labor to be perform
ed.
"It takes the private property of the
taxpayer without due process of law,
In violation of section 3, article 1 of the
bill of rights. It undertakes to support
a privileged class at the expense of the
taxpayers and puts upon the latter a
burden not contemplated by the laws
of the state. It takes the property of
one person and gives it to another
without attempting Just compensa
tion.” It Is also held that the con
tracts are let under such terms as to
exclude competition and disregards
that section of the law which requires
that such contracts shall be awarded
to the lowest responsible bidder.
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RAILROAD COMPANY LOSES
SUIT AGAINST SIDETRACK
Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 16.—The Union
Pacific Railroad company lost, in
lupreme court, in its contention that
the law passed by the last legislature
to aid farmers' companies in getting
tracks to their elevators unwittingly
deprived the state railway commission
of Jurisdiction over all side tracks.
The railroad and its coadjutor, the
Loup Valley land company, sought to
tlx and determine Just how many
towns should be located along Its
Loup valley extension. They refused
to give the town of Iloagland, located
thereon by outsiders, any station or
side track. They appealed to the
railway commission, which made the
order asked for. The land company
went Into court to enjoin the rail
road from complying, claiming it
violated a contract entered into be
tween the two which limited the num
ber of towns.
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GOOD STORY ALL RIGHT
BUT LIKELY MERE “PIPE”
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16.—One im
portant thing is lacking to excite lo
cal Interest In a story wired from
Chicago that a former university of
Nebraska student has fallen heir to
$1,600,000, the fruits of a loan of $700
•Bade to a hard-up student In college
days. The missing link Is that neither
the testator nor the heir were ever
listed at the Nebraska university. The
alleged beneficiary is E. Q. Higley, a
doctor at Glenn Ellyn, 111., while tho
man with the grateful and interest
bearing memory Is Charles Froehllch.
The loan Is supposed to have been
made 22 years ago. After they left
college the men lost touch with one
another, but Froehllch is said to have
found liigley’s name in an alumni
catalogue, and looked him up. He was
not waxing rich at doctoring, and so
Froehllch, who had made millions
mining In Australia, made him his heir.
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LAWYER WANTS ROSEWATER
TO TRANSMIT HIS EVIDENCE
Omaha, Neb., Feb, 16.—Thomas W.
Blackburn, president of the Omaha Bar
association, was a witness before the
grand Jury, presumably at his own re
quest. He called tho attention of the
grand Jury to the fact that Victor
Rosewater had made frequent charges
through the columns of the Uee that a
housecleaning of lawyers was needed in
Omaha, but had failed to make public
the evidence ho possessed. Mr. Black
burn requested the grand Jurv to call
Rosewater in to produce his knowledge
of crookedness In the legal fraternity.
Mr. Blackburn also gave some sug
gestions as to lines of investigation that
may be advantageously followed con
cerning Jury bribing, the bribing of
witnesses and other matters of miscon
duct around the courts.
LArsiNUi UULK ALIMONY
BY ANOTHER MARRIAGE
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16.—Remarriages
after divorce will not relieve a hus
band of his financial and legal obliga
tion to pay his divorced wife alimony.
That's what the supreme court says in
tho case of Laura Winter vs. Leonard
Winter, from Douglas county. Winter
was ordered to pay $15 a month
alimony when Mrs. Laura secured a
divorce. After he married Jean Mc
Nurncy a year later, he quit paying
Wife No. 1 garnished his wages. He
defended on the ground that the wages
were exempt because he Is the head of
a household. The district court said
that tliis provision of the garnish
ment law applied In his case, but tho
supreme court holds that a man can
not evade his liability for alimony by
Interposing this plea.
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NEW SYSTEM IN OMAHA
EMBARRASSES SALOON MEN
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 16,—Two police
officers testified In police court that an
effort to bribe them tiad been made by
Samuel Jensen, a bartender, arrested 'n
a saloon at Thirtieth and Spalding
streets on a chargb of selling liquor
after hours. Jensen denied the charge
The officers. .1. S. Coffee and H A
Cunningham, testified that Jensen was
veiling liquor after $ o’clock in the eve
ning. ,“When we arrested him," said
Cunningham, “he asked us how much
we wanted to settle. We refused to
even talk about it with him."
Police Judge Foster released Jensen,
Baying there was insufficient evidence
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NORFOLK WOMAN WANTS
BALM FOR ALLEGED SLANDER
Madison. Neb., Feb. 14.—Catherine
Rosales of Norfolk, a keeper of a
boarding and rooming house, has com
menced action in the district court
against John Robinson to recover $6,000
damages to her business and good
name. She alleges In her petition that
defendant ha* wickedly and maliciously
slandered her, bringing her good name
into public si eiuIeI ar.t causing her to
be susi LtteU vs a woi .an of bad char
acter.
ALL SOUS AGAINST
TWO-GENT PAGE NOW
WIPED OFF DOCKETS
Railroads Made Tactical Error
in Law Proceedings That
Affected Outcome.
Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. 14.—The last
/estlge in the courts of the vain ef
forts of the six railroads of Nebraska
jo prevent the enforcement of the laws
passed In 1907 reducing passenger fares
(o 2 cents a mile and reducing freight
fates on certain commodities 25 per
tent was wiped out yesterday when
the federal court judge dismissed tho
remaining law suits, on motion of the
Rate.
Nebraska was one state where the
railroad attorneys were worsted in
tactics. The attorney general filed in
the state supreme court, before they'
;ould file In federal court a petition for
pn Injunction, a petition asking that
tho roads be restrained from attacking
tho constitutionality of the laws. The
railroads Immediately transferred the
cases to the federal court, and there
filed cross petitions asking what the at
torney general had temporarily en
joined them from doing. The effect of
the state's attorney’s move was to put
the laws Into effect and keep them
there while tho litigation was In pro
gress.
A mass of testimony was taken in
two of the cases, but activity was sus
pended pending tho decision In the
Minnesota rato case. When this was
rendered it knocked the pins out from
finder the railroads, and they did riot
Dpposo when Attorney General Martin
asked that the cases be dismissed.
PROTEST MADE AGAINST
SUPREME COURT JUDGE
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 14.—J. J. Thomas
representing appellees In the ancient
case of various depositors against the
directors of the old Capital National
hank, has filed in the supreme court a
protest against Justice W. 13. Rose
Bitting In tho appeal. He avers that
the justice is a brother of II. F. Rose,
chief counsel for D. E. Thompson, one
of the directors, and that he is
prejudiced In favor of the appellant as
against the appellees. It Is also
charged that since the order of Jan
uary 7, 1914 granting a rehearing there
in. the appellees have been informed
that Justice Rose assisted his brother
In tho preparation of briefs at prior
stages of this litigation, as well as oth
er cases In which his brother appeared
as counsel.
Tt Is further claimed that Justice
Rose had prior to the submission of the
case unconsciously entertained a fixed
und determined opinion upon the
merits thereof, and is biased and
prejudiced in favor of Thompson, and
therefore disqualified to appear there
in. It is further averred that in the
consideration of the cases Justice
Rose’s conduct has been that of a
zealous advocate and Intense partisan
rather than an impartial judge, and
that his interest in the success of his
brother in the case is as potent as
though he had a direct personal and
pecuniary interest in the outcome.
This is a new angle to the big row
that has been convulsing the supreme
court. Justice Reese did not sit in the
original hearing under the Impression,
Which he now says was wrong, that he
had, as a lawyer, been consulted by one
of the plaintiffs before the suit was
begun. The case was decided by a
majority of the court in favor of
Thompson. A motion for rehearsing
was made, and the vote being a tie
Justice Reese broke this by voting for
ii rehearing. For this Justice Rose, so
says Justice Reese’s friends, personally
vbused the chief Justice and Insisted
he was violating ills oath of office by
voting for a rehearing. Later
Thompson’s attorneys repeated this in
a motion to vacate the order for a re
hearing.
HAVE AGREED PLAN FOR
HANDLING AUDITORIUM
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 14.—The city com
mission has approved a plan for the
operation of the city Auditorium, pro
viding the voters favor the proposed
{250,000 bond issue for the purchase
ind repair of the building.
The plan provides for operation of
ihe project by a board of citizens ln
Itead of by the council.
The council pledged itself to a scheme
for a board of nine members, one each
jo be named by the following organiza
tions: The city commission, the Com
mercial club, the publicity bureau, the
rentral labor union, the Real Estate
Exchange, the Manufacturing associa
tion, the Retailers' association, the
jobbers’ association and the Federal
vnprovement clubs.
DUES DEAD MAN’S ESTATE
ON BREACH OF PROMISE CLAIM
Omaha, Nob., Feb. 14.—Suit against
the estate of the late Joseph Wa.1
Secker, who died last June, for alleged
breach of promise on the part of Mr.
VValdecker to marry Miss Rosa H.
Metzinger has been begun in district
:ourt. The plaintiff is asking $7,500
damages and also tiled a claim for that
amount in probate court.
Miss Metzinger alleges that as a re
sult of a promise to marry her, made
tn April, 1012, she secured a trousseau
in preparation for a ceremony to be
held July 20, 1912. On July 4. 1912. she
asserts, Mr. Waldecker left for Florida
and remained absent.
Both plaintiff and defendant made
their homes in Washington county.
ALLEGED SIOUX CITYANS
ON SHORTCHANGING TOUR
Spencer, Neb.. Feb. 14.—J. M. Carter
and H. 11. Johnson, believed to be from
Sioux City, and who are touring this
part of the state in an auto, were ar
rested at Naper on a charge of short
changing the postoffice clerk and mer
chants here out of about $35. They
were traced to Naper and arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Anderson and were
brought back by Deputy Sheriff
Heenan. They pleaded guilty to a
charge in Justice court and were fined
$10 and costs.
After paying their fine they return
ed to Naper where they had left their
car. The same men are said to have
secured $40 at Monowi by short change
methods and they are believed to be
working all the towns between Nor
folk and Naper.
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G. W. NIDIFFER, BRAKEMAN,
IS KILLED AT FREMONT
Fremont, Neb., Feb. 13.—G. W. N’id
iffer, a brukeman on the Northwestern
road, was killed under the wheels of
the car of the freight train on which
he was working near Bruno. Nidiffer
fell from the top of the car and was
ground to death beneath the wheels.
His legs and body were horribly mu
tilated and his head was crushed.
Nidiffer was about 25 years of age
and unmarried. His body was brought
to Fremont, where it will be held
pending the arrival of relatives.
cc
ID ON
State Board Says It Is Not a
Violation of the Con
stitution.
Line.,In, Neb.. Feb. 13. The state
board of -ontrol, ne mg upon the com
plaint of Charles Wooster, ex-editor
and ex - legislator, ’.vlio lives at Silver
Creek, has decided that the rule in
vogue at the state penite.r.tiary requir
ing convicts to attend chapel exercises
invojves no violation of the constitu
tion. Member Holcomb, who was for
merly supreme justice of the state,
wrote tne opinion.
Wooster had interposed on behalf of
Convict SI Clair who has since apol
ogized and promised to he good, but
who had preferred punishment to be
ing compelled to obey the rule.
Wooster had based his complaint on
n section of the constitution that de
clares no person shall be compelled
to attend any place of worship nor
shall there bo any interference by law
with the freedom to worship or not
to worship. Judge Holcomb says that
the constitutional provision cited was
intended to forever separate church
and state, but ho does not believe this
means that religious services at a
state prison could bo abolished by an
objecting taxpayer or a recalcitrant
prisoner. He held that the state owes
a duty to those who are involuntarily
within prison walls to provide some
means whereby they may have the
privilege and benefit of such services
as are held. No constitutional rights
being invaded, the rule is held good.
UNION PACIFIC PROTESTS
AGAINST HEAVIER TAXES
Kearney. Neb., Feb. 13.—Suit has
been filed in the district court of Buf
falo county by the Union Pacific Rail
road company protesting against the
payment of more than $5,000 in in
creased taxation in the school districts
of this county. The company pro
poses to make the Kearney case a test
case, and will pay increases in school
levies in all other counties of the state
Under protest, final payment being de
ferred awaiting the outcome of the
Buffalo county contest.
A Union Pacific official visited the
city some time ago with the view of
ascertaining the school fund on hand
in the various districts of this county,
taking into consideration all the re
serve on hand. The board of equaliza
tion later increased the fund and an
adidtional levy was placed by the
county. It is the payment of this in
creased levy over the funds on hand
which the Union Pacific will contest
payment on. It was stated at the time
by the official that the case would
mean thousands of dollars in taxation
to the railroad throughout the entire
state, and that they had been abused
by a number of counties in the matter
of increased levies of the school dis
tricts and they proposed to fight the
increase.
WOMAN DEAD, CHILDREN
ILL; RESULT OF POISON
Omaha, Neb, Feb. 13.—-Mrs. Hen
rietta Billings is dead and her 2-year
old daughter and 20-year-old son,
Clarence Shuman, are in a critical con
dition from poison said to have been
administered by young Shuman, who
is now in the custody of the police.
The discovery of the tragedy was
made by F. C. Billings, the husband
and father, who returned home for
his midday meal. He is an employe of
the gas company.
Upon reaching his home Billings
found the door locked and all the cur
tains drawn. Becoming alarmed, he
broke open the door and found death
and havoc reigning.
His wife was sitting upright in a
chair in the kitchen and had been
dead for some time. Shuman, his
stepson, was lying unconscious on the
floor between the two front rooms,
and the baby girl, his own daughter,
was also unconscious, lying in front
of a gas stove in the kitchen.
The young man at first admitted
his guilt, but at St. Joseph’s hospital
an hour later he said he only admitted
the poisoning to make the doctors
’’quit pounding" his chest. He says
the family was poisoned by eating
beans.
M’KELVIE ELIGIBILITY
UP TO SUPREME COURT
Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. 13.—Not con
tent with the decision of the district
court that he is ineligible to run as
a candidate for governor. Lieutenant
Governor McKelvie has appealed to
the supreme court. Arrangements have
been made for a speedy hearing of the
matter, so that a decision may be
reached before the primary ballot is
made up. The point involved is
whether the constitutional inhibition
that a person holding an executive of
fice is Ineligible to any other state of
fice during the period for which he
was elected, bars McKelvie, whose
term expires with the inauguration of
a new governor.
LINCOLN WOMAN SHOT
BY JAPANESE PARAMOUR
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 13.—Mrs.’ Beryl
DeLong. a prepossessing young white
woman, 24 years old, is lying in a dan
gerous condition at a hospital as a re
sult of being shot by K. Chikrasi, a
Jap. The latter is under arrest. He
frankly admits the shooting. He said
that he had been living with the girl
for three months and they had rep
resented themselves as having been
married, although they were not. Mrs.
DeLong, he said, had refused to marry
him and had also announced her in
tention of leaving him and the city,
taking the revolver away from him
discharged the remaining chambers.
The Jap Is a waiter and met the wom
an while she was employed at the
same restaurant.
STUDENTS ARE LOYAL.
Stockholm, Feb. 13 —Three thousand
students from the leading Swedish
universities, accompanied by bands
playing i atrlotic airs, marched yester
day through the streets to the royal
palace, where speeches were delivered
assuring King Gustave of the students'
loyalty and devotion to, and their con
fidence in his majesty during the pres
ent constitutional crisis, which has re
sulted from the demand of the land
owners and farmers for increased arm
aments.
TWO QUAKE SHOCKS
FELT IN BAY STATE
i Pittsfield. Mass., Feb. 12.—Two dis
tinct shocks, apparently earthquakes,
were felt in this city at 4 and 4:45
o’clock this morning.
POOR CHINA!
! Pekin. China. Feb. 12.—The Stand
ard Oil company made a loan to the
I Chinese government in return for oil
concession which are described as very
imuoiuuiL
GRAND ISLAND—A tall, lank stranger,
as to whose Identity or v< jation nothing
can be learned, he having fold the police
that they should “go to and find out.”
broke into jail. He called at the Kau
mann saloon and asked fc* work enough
to get something tot eat The owners
had no work for him and Suggested that
he go to the horse sale s ables. He had
been there, he said, and t was poor ad
vice. The man left the apdoon and im
mediately, upon reaching the outside, hit
the painted eagle on the r|ate glass front
a blow that took out melt of the main
tall feathers and caused a Carrienation
scare.
MADISON—Prof. Ed M, jfehort, Beav
er City, Neb., has been fleeted superin
tendent of the Madison Ichools for the
coming year at a salary 11,400. This
action was taken at a sp«#al board meet
ing Monday evening am §Mr. Short was
selected from a list of 40 Applicants. The
new superintendent has Jen at the head
of the Beaver City schfflU for the past
three years. The preserflfeuperlntendent,
Dell D. Gibson, has be ll elected to the
superintendency of the i&klredge schools
for next year.
SUPERIOR—Mrs.' R. Af* McMains, sr.,
living near Burr Oak, 'Jan., died Mon
day of injuries she rectfved in a runa
way accident last Thur Jay. A neighbor
woman, Mrs. N. S. Hu»n, had been to
her house to borrow so«$p dishes and she
was accompanying her .'fii»me in the bug
gy. The horse became lightened at the
rattling of the dishes all ran away, and
as it approached the Mjtton home both
women were thrown adtlnst a gate and
each sustained a broke# arm and leg be
sides the fatal injuries A Mrs. McMains.
MADISON—The dea fc of William L.
Wills at his residence jtn South Madison
marks the passing of a person familiar to
Madison county people for upwards of 40
years. Wills was,born |.t Hubbarton, Vt.,
August 5, 1846. He settled on a homestead
JO miles southwest of Ifijldison in Kalama
zoo precinct in 1869, wttrere he resided for
10 years, since which ime he has made
his iiome at MadisorJg January 26, 1873,
he was married to fcjah J. Harris, at
Madison. He is surviiAi by his wife aJid
three daughters.
LINCOLN—Arthur Jj Feldt told a pa
thetic story in Justfccf Stevens’ court
when arraigned on a Sharge of threaten
ing to kill his fatherttilaw. He said that
his wife way dying ai Bis home from con
sumption, and that hejjyas physically in a
bad way from constair# attendance at her
bedside. He denied fta|ing threatened the
life of her father, bJj| said the old man
had been hanging arJftnd making himself
disagreeable and caHt||ig him names and
he wanted the court |© get rid of him in
some way.
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UKA itut t; Aiieg ng tnat owing to me
fault of a defective Machine he was op
erating he lost a pa?ffi of the index finger
of his left hand, wjBter E. Phelan, the
;i7-year-old son of Brron S. Phelan of this
city, has brought asflon for $10,000 dam
ages against the Dea$fc>ster Mill Manufac
turing company. 1 he accident occurred
on (September 1, la:;fc when the boy was
operating a leather iftamping machine in
the factory. B
FHEMONT-JamcAjoogan, a wealthy
farmer of the Nor h Bend neighborhood,
arrived home from ||eland, bringing with
him a girlish lookii g. bride of 20 summers.
Coogan is 72. He 1 as been a bachelor all
his life up to foui weeks ago, when he
was ready to star Sack from Dublin to
America. < ’oogarW and the girl he
brought from Ireland decided to make the
trip together and were married the day
the boat sailed.
WAUSA — Despite the unfavorable
weather, the secon V annual Wausa Farm
ers* institute hen Bras a great success.
The opera house vAk packed to the doors
at every session. > The exhibits in the
various departme Us^were much larg^r
and of better qu^fqHHB^thope cf last
year. Fred Duhr had 100 ears
of corn, the same selling for $9.60 at the
close of the Institute.
LINCOL.N—Lincoln men are anxious to
get a state bank into the field at Superior,
following the closing of tlie doors of the
First National bank of that city. Those
who have just filed an application with
the state banking board are W. G. Auld,
L. J. Dunn, H. B. Grainger and W\ C.
Harvey. The banking board has not acted
on the application, but will do so within a
few days.
*» a x ej— x ins* iuw ii la a guuu mitral in
terested in the fact that messages are
now being received by wireless at the
state normal school. For the past six
weeks Professor Britell, of the department
of physics, has been experimenting with
a view to receiving and sending messages
and has been getting responses for some
<lays from the wireless station at Arling
ton, Va.
FREMONT—Harold Ziesche, the 15-year
old boy, for whose murder Louis Bundy,
the 18-year-old lad of Los Angeles, was
sentenced to hang, was born and raised at
Hooper. His parents formerly resided at
Hooper, where they were well known resi
dents. They later removed to Norfolk,
where they resided before going to Los
Angeles to make their home.
WAITSA—The Masonic lodge here has
decided to build a hall. The hall will be
located on the lots directly west of the
First National bank and will be 50x60 feet.
The entire upper floor will be devoted to
lodge purposes and will include, besides
the lodge hall proper, a banquet hall,
kitchen and reception rooms. The lower
floor will be fitted up as a store room.
WEEPING WATER — The Weeping
Water Stone company Is a new business,
firm organized at this place. The, ftffn
with Frank Anderson at the head h5** pur
chased of Henry W. Yates, yff 'Omaha,
the entire holdings of the Commercial
Land company, which lias be< A operating
a quarry just east of town fen a number
of years.
MADISON—Leopold Kunjfreyeit. resid
ing north of Battle Creek, w fco was ar
rested on a charge of stealing battle from
his brother Herman, the warrant being
sworn out by County AttonMy Koenig
stein, waived preliminary helping before
County Judge McDuffee and Was bound
over to the district court with bail fixed at
$2,000. which his father furnished.
MULLEN—Fred Muhlbaoh. i prosperous
farmer here, is scouring the Country for
a lost son. The young loan asked hi*
father for an excuse for tardiness at
school and was refused. Af*e • the refusal
he started on horseback to* school as
usual, but did not stop and no trace of
him has been discovered.
WAYNE—William Flege. recently con
victed of the murder of his s ster, Louise
Flege. three years ago, and sentenced to
an indeterminate sentence of from one to
j0 years for manslaughter! has been re
leased on bond granted by 'he supreme
court pending a review of the case by that
tribunal.
NORTH PLATTE—Mrs. R C. Inmar
was found dead In bed at her home in thia
..jty. When she retired she was feeling
well and nothing was known of her death
until the family arose and found the body.
■ihe‘ had been a resident of this city for
more than five years.
GUARDIAN STMS AN
AOTION FOR RECOVERY
OF BIG SUMOF MONEY
Claims Confidence Was Gained
ind Boy Fleeced Out of $4,
682.80, in a Land Deal.
Beatrice. Neb., Feb. 12.—Alleging
that after gaining the confidence of
Lafayette P. Brown, he fleeced him
out of $4,682.80 on a land deal, J. A.
Barnard, guardian over Mr. Brown,
has brought action in the district
court against James H. Freeman, ask
ing judgment for the foregoing amount,
with interest and costs of suit. Mr.
Brown was recently adjudged incom
petent to manage his affairs and Bar
nard was appointed guardian. Tho
petition states that in November, 1912,
Brown paid Freeman $4,682.80 which
the defendant claimed was due him as
agent’s fees for selling land in Oregon
county, Missouri. Barnard charges
that Freeman knew that this was a
fraudulent act and that he schemed so
as to secure the confidence of the old
man and then secured the money. He
charges that the money was not due
Freeman.
COMBINED EFFORT WILL
BE MADE ON APPLE RATE
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 12.—The rail
way commissions of Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri will combine
forces to secure a better rate for ap
ples shipped east. A meeting of rep
resentatives was held yesterday in
Kansas City, and the Nebraska com
missioner delegated to draw up an
application to the Interstate Com
merce commission. The apple growing
business in the states named has in
creased greatly in recent years, and a
larger market than that afforded at
home is necessary to make it remuner
ative. Under the present interstate
commerce rates it is impossible to ship
Nebraska apples east of Chicago in
competition with eastern grown fruit,
whereas the eastern growers have such
low rates that thousands of barrels are
consumed in the local markets of the
four states named.
Commissioner Clarke, who repre
sented Nebraska, said that figures
were. produced which showed that the
present production of 30,000 carloads
in the apple orchards of the northwest
would be trebled within a few years
through the coming in of new oi -
chards and that these would wipe out
the Nebraska growers unless they
could secure better treatment from the
railroads.
COMPANY APPEALS FROM
PERSONAL INJURY VERDICT
Lincoln, Neb., Feb, 12.—The Burling
ton Railroad company has appealed
to the supreme court from a judg
ment of a Douglas county district
court Jury which awarded Howard
Thompson $50,000, the largest per
sonal Injury ever rendered in a Ne
braska county. Thompson was pass
ing by an engine when the cylinder
head blew out. A piece of his skull
was torn away, exposing his brain
and causing him to lose all muscular
control and be subject to aberrations
of mind. Thompson was not an em
ploye of the road and the question of
law is whether the use by the public
of the path through the railroad yards
imposed upon the railroad a responsi
bility for those who walked it, that
renders it liable in damages for any
injuries they might sustain.
OMAHA ATTORNEY INVOLVED
IN SUTTON BANK AFFAIRS -
Lincoln, Neb., Feb, lit—HlfcwwSS
Matters, a. pj-t-ouent attorney of •
Oqjfttve, was twice indicted today by
Ine federal grand jury for alleged
fraud in connection with the First Na
tional bank of Sutton. Matters was
formerly a resident of Harvard.
One indictment contains 19 counts.
Fifteen of these charge him with
having aided and abetted in the
issuance of false certificates deposit
totalling $80,000 for which na funds
were deposited. The other four counts
charge misapplication of funds and
credits. The second indictment charges
him with having as attorney counselor,
devised various schemes to loot the
bank. Matters appeared in person be
fore the grand Jury to deny the charges
made.
CONVICT ALLOWED TO GO
TO HIS MOTHER’S FUNERAL
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 12.—True to his
promise to the warden, Jim Birdsall,
released from the penitentiary to go
to the bedside of his dying mother in
Bloomfield, Knox county, is back at.
the state prison. A week ago last Sun
day Birdsall got a letter telling him
that his mother was close to death’s
door. Birdsall laid the letter before
the warden. Mr. Fenton told him that
he might be taking a long chance on
him, but he would let him go home
and go alone. If he violated the con
fidence placed in him the warden
promised he would give him a long
and unending chase.
Birdsall gave his promise. He ar
rived in time to see his mother before
she died. After the funeral he came
back.
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HIS LAW IS VINDICATED * .
Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 12.—Senator
Smith, of Seward, author of the law
which he asserted would put the bridge
combine out of business, is ready to
submit some proof in support of his
"flaim. At his home county seat the
other day the four companies in the
combine submitted bids. So did J. H.
Sheeley, of Fort Collins, Cal., an otil- /
sider. Sheeley’s bids totaled about half /
that of his competitors. When they «
discovered an outsider was in the com- / |
petition they asked leave to withdraw f
their bids and submit new ones, but f
they were not permitted to do so. Mr.* / t
Smith says that the reason why Shoe- <
ley was able to bid was because of!
ills new law requiring uniform bridge '
plans furnished by the state for e»ciy
county.
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FILES SUIT TO BREAK
RAILROAD MONOPOLY
Salt Lake City, Utah, tfeb. H.—At
torney General McRej^oJdi filed a
Sherman law suit here /day to break
the Southern Pacific’s •/ntrol over the
Central Pacific railway and its suV
i pldiary Pacific coast.gtate lines.
HUNDREDS APE DRIVEN
INTO STREET BY/IRE
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New York, /eb. 11—Six mundred
men, women i/*1 children—If/ families
_were drive/10 the street i* the snow
by a fire which wrecked t live-story * \
factory bu/ding in Ea3t Ti'irtj-fourth
street tod»l'- The building is in the
heart of Corcoran's “Itoost.” and kui -
rounded by lener.ients, all of which , '
were i/nptied. The loss is about 1 if
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