NICHOLAS FISH. PROMINENT NEW YORK BANKER..
KILLED IN DRUNKEN BRAWL IN NEW YORK
Nicholas Fish of the famous New
York family, banker, father of Hamil
ton Fish, the rough rider, hero of the
Spanish war, and a brother-in-law ot
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, the New York
society leader, was so brutally at
tacked in a public drinking place in
West Thirty-fourth street. New York,
Sept. 16, that he was picked up un
conscious on the sidewalk in front of
the place and taken to the Roosevelt
hospital. There he died.
The killing of the famous banker by
Thomas Shakey, private detective,
pool room hanger-on and Chinatown
guide, in a quarrel over a woman, v>*as
as evil an episode as New York has
known for years.
Mr. Fish was killed by a blow so
savage that it ruptured a blood ves
sel In his brain. His skull was not
fractured by his fall, as was at first
supposed.
Sharkey, the slayer, is a giant in
size and strength. He was drunk and
ugley when he entered Ehrhardt’a sa
loon and discovered the frail old bank
er drinking with Mrs. Libby Phillips
and Mrs. Nellie Casey.
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They had been drinking together a
long time—three hours, according to
the waiter who served them—when
Sharkey came in, and, probably at the
invitation of Mrs. Phillips, at whose
house he had spent the previous night,
sat at the table with them.
It was over Mrs. Phillips the quarrel
started and the death blow was struck.
Sharkey says he had been drunk for
a week, and that he does not remem
ber exactly what happened, except
that Mr. Fish objecfed to him and
finally jolted him with his elbow and
MURPHY IN CROKER’S SHOES.
Head Triumvir of Tammany to Suc
ceed to Leadership.
Charles F. Murphy, head of the Tam
many triumvirate, who has been se
lected by the present rulers to succeed
Richard Croker as leader of the or
ganization, was formerly dock com
missioner.
Politicians predict that in the event
of success at the primaries the Croker
faction in the wigwam will unite on
Murphy as the former boss’ succes
sor.
The Carroll men, however, sneer at
the Murphy boom.
William Deverr's success at the pri
w
Charles F. Murphy.
mark's, his friends cmim, makes b!ra
the logical leader of Tammany, and
he will fight for the honor.
Latest Oriental Fad.
Another oriental fad has bloomed
forth, largely, It is believed, os a re
sult of the reigning fondness for the
kimona dressing gown or wrapper.
The Chinese or Japanese gown re
quires shoes to match, and there is
quite a demand for the straw slippers
which Chinese wear. They are with
out heels or back and a novice needs
practice before being able to keep
them on the feet, especially In going
v,p or down stairs. The odd foot cov
ering harmonizes well with the
kimona.
that he responded with a blow. He
said:
“If Mr. Fish had not been drinking
and I had been sober there would not
have been any trouble, and Mr. Fish
would be alive and I out of the Tombs.
“I don't believe it was a hard blow,
and do not think he would have fallen
had he been sober.”
Though the police say Mr. Fish bad
no previous acquaintance with the
women, another story prevails in the
neighborhood of the tragedy. There
it is said he was frequently in Mrs.
VARIED TYPES OF WOMEN.
Interesting and Picturesque Are j
Those of Eastern Europe.
The moet interesting and pictur
esque girls In the world are the Rus
sians, declares a Parisian writer.
They are ready to die for an idea.
The Russian girl nihilist is not afraid
to be sent to Siberia or to be im
prisoned in a tower, or to be hanged
by the neck for her ideas. She is
always ready to translate her ideas
into acts, Roumanian girls are ex
quisite. They have all the attractions
without the vices, of their ancestors
of ancient Rome. The girls of the
other Danubian states do not yet
count for much, as they are not edu
cated. Bulgarian maids are, however,
making progress because of many
American teachers in Sofia and else
where throughout the principality.
Increase of Live Stock in Ireland.
Some very suggestive tables show
ing the changes which have taken
place In Irish farming during the past
half century are given in the statis
tics recently published by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. According to
these returns there was in Ireland
last year a population of 219 persons
to each 1,000 acres of land, as against
a population of 315 to every 1,000
acres in 1851. With this diminution
of 30.5 per cent In the population In
fifty years, there has been an increase
in the number of cattle in the coun
try from 143 to 230 per 1,000 acres,
while the number of sheep in the
j country has gone up from 102 to 215
i per 1,000 acres, in the same period.
Power of Shells.
In 1870 an ordinary shell when It
burst broke into nineteen to thirty
pieces. To-day it bursts into 240.
Shrapnel fire in 1870 scattered only
thirty-seven death-dealing missiles,
i Now it scatters 340. A bomb weigh
ing about 70 lb. thirty years ago
i would have burst into forty-two frag
i ments. To-day, when it is charged
I with peroxllene, it breaks up into
| 1,200 pieces, each of which is hurled
l with much greater velocity than the
larger lumps which were scattered
1 by a gunpowder explosion.
Phillips’ company, and that he knew
Mrs. Casey well.
Thpre was a third woman in the
case whom the police speak of as Mrs.
Pickle and who is said to live in Har
lem. It is said that Mrs. Pickle is a
sister of Mrs. Casey and that the
meeting between Mr. Fish and Mrs.
Phillips was for the purpose of intro
ducing the banker to her.
Sharkey is now in jail in default of
$10,000 bonds charged with homicide.
The two women were relelased on
$500 bail each. They figure on the
police blotter only as witnesses.
Mrs. Fish is totally prostrated. She
has been under the care of a physician
ever since she was brought almost in
sensible from Roosevelt hospital.
After the gruesome formalities of
the coroner the dead man was taken
to his home in Irving place.
The funeral services were held from
St. Mark's church, the Rev. Dr. Batten
officiating.
PASSING OF “BOSS” SHEPHERD
Once Political Ruler of Capital City
He Had a Checkered Career.
Local politics of the capital of the
United States city once were ruled by
Alexander R. Shepherd, who died re
cently in Mexico. It was when the
District of Columbia had the terri.
torial form of government and he was
governor. He made many improve
ments in the city’s appearance, and
while charged writh corruption anc
refused confirmation by the senate
when President Grant appointed him
commissioner upon the change from
territorial to district government, he
later was hailed as the founder oi
Washington as it is to-day and praisec
for his work.
His admirers claim that to him it
Alexander R. Shepherd.
due the architectural beauty of the
capital city, as it stands to-day, and
the claim is not disputed.
A Lady Cabby.
In the New Zealand town of Nel
son woman has been asserting hei
rights in quite a new direction. A
local lady recently secured a cab
and horse and entered into compe
tition with the Jehus of the town
who at once took alarm and protest
ed that she had no license. This dif
Acuity was quickly overcome, and
the lady “cabby” entered the lists or
equal terms in that respect. Now
with her smart turn-out she is secur
lng all the fares she can find time
to drive.
HOLDS FOR RAILROADS.
Asses'-nent Made by State Board of
Equalization is to Stand.
LINCOLN. Neb., Sept 22.—In a
sixty-page opinion the supreme court
denies the application for a mandam
us asked by the Omaha Bee Building
company against the state hoard of
equalization. The, court holds that
as the board is legally constituted a
special tribunal for the purpose of
assessing railroad and telegraph pro]>
erty it is clothed with quasi judicial
powers, and when it has once acted
on sufficient information and express
ed an honest judgment as to valua
tion its judgment cannot be controlled
by the writ of mandamus, which is a
writ to compel action and not to cor
rect action.
The court holds that in the case at
bar under the evidence the inference
is not warrantable that the respond
ents acted with improper motives and
fraudulently in making the assess
ment complained of, -with the wrong
ful intention of discriminating in fa
vor of the railroad and telegraph com
panies whose property was assessed.
An assessment may be treated as
fraudulent when well known rules of
valuation are disregarded, where re
liable and pertinent information is
declined and an arbitrary assessment
at grossly inadequate figures made.
The court holds, however, that the
board of equalization must include
and assess the value of franchises
with the tangible property, but that
where it assesses the property of a
railroad as a unit and considers the
purposes for which it is used, the fact
-bat it is earning an income and
exercising the rights of such corpora
tion, such assessment would include
the intangible property also and bo
an assessment of its franchise.. In
thi3 case the franchises were assess
ed. It is held, too, that the market
value of a railroad’s stocks and bonds
are an important factor to determine
cash value of the property represent
ed bv those stocks and bonds, and
that the earnings is evidence of a
most important character in determin
ing the true value of the property,
is one of the chief elements that give
it value and should be considered in
making the final assessment.
PUT SPIKES ON THE RAILS.
Apparent Attempt to Wreck a Burling
ton Train.
SEWARD, Neb., Sept 22.—An at
tempt was apparently made to wreck
passenger train No. 43 about one and
one-half miles east of Utica. Fifteen
or twenty spikes had been placed on
the rails, the pointed end of the spikes
being placed to the east and the pro
jecting head of the spike being placed
between the ends of the rails at the
joints and were scattered along the
track for a considerable distance. Af
ter running over two or three of these
3pikes the engineer applied the air
and stopped the train, and some of
the trainmen went ahead and gathered
up the spikes. The matter has been
kept as quiet as possible by the rail
road people with the hope, no doubt,
of discovering the guilty parties.
Irrigation Congress Delegates.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 22.—Gover
nor Savage has appointed the follow
ing partial list of delegates to attend
the national Irrigation congress,
which will meet at Colorado Springs
October 6: Edgar S. Bradley, Oma
ha; O. V. P. Stout, Adna Dobson, Lin
coln; B. E. Forbes, Beatrice; H. O.
Smith, Lexington; James Ferrier, Cul
bertson; R. H. Willis, Bridgeport; E.
F. Seeberger, North Platte; P. T.
Francis, Crawford; L. D. Cox, Min
tare; C. H. Meeker, McCook; H. W.
Fanning, Crawford; A. M. Allen,
Oothenburg; F. C. Hamer, Kearney;
A. G. Wolfenbarger, Lincoln; Samuel
C. Smith, Beatrice; Peter Jansen,
Jansen; Robert C. Kyd, Beatrice; J.
G. Preston, Oxford; Irving F. Mont
gomery, Bloomington; R. J. Kilpat
rick, Beatrice.
Stacks of Oats Burned.
DEWITT. Neb., Sept. 22.—Sparks
from a threshing machine engine set
lire to the straw where a company
of men were working and burned four
stacks of oats containing about 400
bushels belonging to John Kubovee,
five and one-half miles west of here,
and a new separator valued at $1,300
and owned by Halsey Cook. The sep
arator was Insured for $000.
Beet Sugar Making Begins.
FREMONT, Neb., Sept. 22.—The su
gar factory at Leavitt began opera
tions with a full force of workmen.
Farm Sells for $16,000.
SILVER CREEK, Neb., Sept. 22.—
The George Hutchings farm of 280
acres, east of town, was sold by Da
vis & Hill to Robert Murray of Saun
ders cou.Ttty for $57 ail acre,
Rural Routes in Saline County.
DEWITT, Neb., Sept. 22.—Three
routes from this place are being in
lieected by Captain Clark, special
agent, with a good prospect of being
established.
MANY STUDENTS ENROLLING.
All Indications Point to Larger. At
tendance at the State University.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 2m.—1The faU
semester at the State university be
gan encouragingly. The registration
rooms were crowded all day and the
force had all it could do to list the
students presenting themselves for
matriculation. For the first time in
the history of the law college its stu
dents were registered the opening
week. Usually the law college does
not begin until October, a month later
than the academic and other depart
ments, but this year all begin at the
same time.
The rush is expected to continue
for several days. No comparison with
last year can be made, because for
the first two days the number is only
bounded by the ability of the clerks
to register them. The good times and
the plentitude of money among the
farmers and tradesmen of the small
towns Is regarded as good grounds
for belief that the attendance will ex
ceed that of any previous year, al
though Mr. Crabtree of the business
staff says that the highest point In
attendance was reached at* a time
when the opportunity for employment
was smallest.
A NEW RULE ADOPTED.
Supreme Court Inaugurates Change on
Continuances.
LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. 20.—At a ses
sion of the supreme court a new rule
was promulgated by the clerk, acting
under instructions from the judges. It
reads:
""Hereafter no continuances will be
granted by this court after the case is
oneo on the call.”
Ever since the court has shown
signs of speedily catching up with the
docket there has been a steady in
crease in the number of requests for
continuances. The court has been
much annoyed to find, after laying
out plans for a good term's work,
half of the cases set go by the board
because some attorney is not ready.
This will not be permitted in the fu
ture. The attorneys don't like the
new* rule very well, as they insist it
is impossible sometimes to tell so far
in advance as the making out of a
call whether their business will al
ways permit them to be here. Some
other case of greater importance may
call them elsewhere and they think
the court will find it difficult to en
force the new rule arbitrarily and yet
do the right thing.
Day Takes No Chances.
LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. 20.—G. A.
Day of Omaha, who has been offered
the judgeship of the Fourth district,
held a conference with the governor.
It is stated that Mr. Day will not make
any decision concerning his accept
ance of the Judgeship until after the
judicial convention. If he secures the
nomination he will accept the position
novf offered. If he does not secure the
nomination he will retain his present
office as supreme court commissioner.
Didn't Know It Was Loaded.
WILBER, Neb., Sept. 20.—While
Adolph and Steve Javorslcy, the young
sons of Frank Javorsky, liveing a few
miles southwest of here, were playing
in the granary where there was a
loaded gun, the weapon was accident
ally discharged in some manner while
in the b*nds of the younger boy. The
load lodged in the groin of his broth
er Adolph, causing almost instant
heath. The dead boy was 12 and his
brother is 9 years of age.
Suit Against Saloon Keepers.
WILBER, Neb., Sept 20.—Mrs. Do
ra Hopkins, Mrs. Joseph Stuiter and
Mrs. Tabltha Rouse, all of DeWitt,
have commenced 6ults in district court
against Nicolaus Aebig, Fred Kiburz
and James Veverka, saloon keepers
at DeWitt, and the American Bonding
and Trust company of Baltimore, as
surety, each for $5,000 damages for
having supplied their husbands with
liquor.
Farm Brings Good Price.
SILVER CREEK, Neb., Sept. 20.—
Davis & Hill sold the George Hutch
ings farm of 280 acres, near* here, for
$16,000, to Robert Murray of Saunders
county. This was about $57 an acre,
and shows that Merrick county: land
Is in demand at good prices.
Boy Run Over by Thresher.
NEWMAN GROVE, Neb., Sept. 20.—
The 5-year-old son of J. Hess was run
over by a steam threshing rig during
recess of school and so severely in
jured internally that his life is de
spaired of.
Beatrice Inventor.
BEATRICE, Neb., Sept. 20.—Emeril
Lester has p$te^|tcd and built a ma
chine for sealing a*d stamping letters.
The device dai^fx nst the flap of the
envelope, turns over and seals it
and puts on th£ stamp by the single
turning of the crank. With this ma
chine letters can be sealed and stamp
ed at lightning speed, and the inven
tion is regarded as a very important
one. It will be manufactured and put
upon the market
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THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
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Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City. r *
m CATTLE—There ware not <l»ll!e *#’ ^
tfilanv cattle ns vestenhiv. hut r> s ,IWr ^9
"wre !!hernj. Tile way things u •«
this will U a record-breaking w ttt- *
record so far Is held l>v th* week end
Ing October 31. 13 1. when 59.599 head or
rattle arrived A fall- list of the mar
ket for corn foil storrs tmi not mole nq
there was nothin? good In the yards
The cow market starts ! In quite lively
and Just about steady with yesterday
When buyers realized though, that tin ro
were a good many cows in sight they
cooled off n little and were bidding n
little tower. Stockers and feeders were
In big supply, and although there were
close to 17T> ears shipped to the countr'
yard traders had a good mnnv on hand;
The good cattle, though, sold at about
steady prices, while the commoner grades
were extremely dulj and it little lower.
The general sltuath n was expressed by*
one speculator when he said that lit was
not buying any-#common cattle, ns be
already had GOO .on hand and had not htuj
a bid on them. Western beef steers worn
no more than steady, and if anythin*'
the common grades were a little lower.
Range cows were about steady at the
opening, but a little lower on the clone
The best feeders held alK>ut steady, but
the commoner graded were doll and a
quarter lower than a week art).
HOGS—There were a few moro cars of
hogs on sale than arrived yesterday,
but still the run was light. The market
opened steady to strong on tho choice
light and butcher weights and also on
the better grades of heavy bogs, but
little or nothing was done on the pack
ing grades . The good hogs sold largely
from $7.40 to $7.50 and as high as $7.00
was paid. After the first round or so
the general market was no more than
steady and the feeling kept getting worse
as the morning advanced and the closo
was very slow and weak.
SHEEP—Quotations; Good to choice
yearlings. $3.M4'S.73; fair to good, $3.40®
3.60; good to choice wethers, $3.2503.50:
fair to good wethers. $3.00@225; choice
ewes, $3.0003.15: fair to "nod ewes, $2.50®
2.90; good to choice lambs, $4.73@3.60; fair
to good lambs, $4.50®1.73; feeder wethers.
$3,004(3.40: feeder yearlings, $3.4003.65:
feeder lambs. $3,507*1.25; cull lambs, $2.00
@3.06; feeder owes, $1,757*2.50: stock ewes.
$2.5003.25. Representative sales:
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE-Western cows steady to 10c
lower; bulls dull and lower; choice ex
port and dressed beef ste'crs, $7.10@1I.00;
fair to good, $.3.2507.33; stockers and feed
ers. $3.10@5.50; western-fed steers, $2 95®
4.65; Texas and Indian steers, $2W4(3.75;
Texas cows. $2,255*2.73; native cows, $1.50
04.00; native heifers, $2,754(4 00; earners.
*1.0-5(2.23; bulls. $2.49@ 3 39; calves,
5.65.
HOGS—Market 5@10c lower; top $7.55:
bulk of sale-s, $7,404(7.60; heavy, $7.40®
7 55: mixed packers, $7,354*7.45; light. $7.25
@7.66; yorkers, $7.50®7.55; pigs, $6.60417.no.
SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market steo*ly
to strorv; native lambs, $22try4.10; wes
tern lambs, $2604*4.00; native wethers.
$2.95@4.00; western wethers. $2,004*295; fed
ewes. $2.90@3.S7>; Texns clipped yearlings.
$2.75.0 2 70; Texas clipped yearlings, $275
@27o; Texas clipped sheep. $2,73!03.OO;
stockers and feeders. $2.000295.
GENERAL BOOTH COMES SOON.
London Salvationists Send Him on His
Journey with Greetings.
LONDON, Sept. 22.—General Booth
conducted three farewell services at
the Clapton Congerss hall tonight.
Three thousand Salvationists hade tho
general Godspeed at the evening serv
ice, when he expressed a decision to
convey messages of affectionate regard
from them to Canada and the United
States. The general asked those pres
ent to send a message that their Amer
lean brethren, with the people of
Great Britain might stand up before
the world as friends of the human
family, and that these great nations
should work shoulder to shoulder for
the peace and happiness of the world.
A mighty shout of "Amen” and a for
est of waving hands greeted General
Booth’s words.
MAY CONTEST STRATTON WILL.
Son Not Satisfied with the Amount
Left to Him by Father.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept.
22.—Nothing could be ascertained to
day relative to tho probability or pos
sibility of a contest between the heirs
over the Stratton will, which gives
$10,000,000 or more for a home for
the sick. It is understood from a
close friend of Mr. Stratton’s that the
win, I. H. Stratton, declared some time
before his father's death that if the
will did not give him a specified sum
be would contest it, and that the sum
■eft him is much less than the sum
be named. He has not announced
any intention of contesting, however,
nor has he authorized the statement
that he is likely to.
Over Mount Blanc. ’’ -i '*!
GENEVA, Sept. 22.—Two French
tourists, two guides and three porters,
who were making an ascent of Mount
Blanc, have fallen over a precipice
and it is feared that they were all
killed.
General Knox Returns.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22—Attorney
General Knox returned to Washington
today after his trip to Paris, where
he conferred with officials regarding
the sale of the Panama canal proi>erty
to the United States. Mr. Knox dev
voted his time to questions affecting
I the titIe of tho company and its right
to dispose of the same, and has con
3iderahle data on the subject Front
this he will prepare an opinion.
