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THIS IN NEBRASKA EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE \ OR LESS IMPORTANCE. State University’s Great Work in Cattle Breeding—Prizes That Its Entries Have Won. Nebraska Cattle Exhibit. All Nebraskans will be interested to know that the exhibit of fat came sent to Chicago from the State Uni versity farm was again successful in winning several of the highest prizes offered by this, the largest live stock •show in the world. Of the nine steers exhibited by oar university, six were prize winners, one of them a nine months calf, bred on the University farm, winning the Grade Angus Cham pionship over all ages exhibited by the various state universities and agricul tural colleges. Had Mr. Turner, who came from Herefordshire, England, to judge the grade steers and award the Grand Championship, judged the pure bred steers, the University would have won on ‘'Ruby”—a two-year-old An gus (pure bred)—the same honor that came to Challenger in 17903, viz., the Grand Championship plum. '‘Ruby’ under the English judge in the College Classes was placed ahead of the two steers that had defeated him under a Chicago judge and was pronounced by the English judge the best steer in the show. This, however, was after the Grand Championship had been award ed to a breeder from Illinois. "Ruby” was sold to "The Fair” department state at fifteen cents per pound live weight, the top price of the show for single individuals, bringing for beef S273. On the yearling steers entered in the carcass contest, the University uf Nebraska won both first and second ^ prizes, which is a strong testimonial for the system of feeding practiced at our State Farm. The exhibit this year, nine head, was the largest ever made by the University of Nebraska and a total of $450 in prizes was won. to say noth ing of the high prices recieved for the beef. One of the prize winners was selected from a carload of calves at the South Omaha stock yards nearly :wo years ago when a party of stu dents were being instructed by Prof. Smith on the selection of feeding 3teers. During the past few years the Uni versity has won $1,500 iu prizes at the Tntemationa! Stock Show on fifteen steers, one of the number. Challenger, winning $430 in 1903. The high prices received for the beef have more than paid the expenses for exhibiting and the prize money has therefore been net profit to the state. Charities and Corrections. OMAHA—The tenth Nebraska state conference of Charities and Correc tions met at Creighton institute for a two days’ session. Rev. Father Joseph Reusing, presi dent of the conference, delivered the annual address, in which he empha sized the need of awakening, intelli gent co-operation and the revision of certain state laws. He declared that there had existed in the organization a general apathy and that there were not two dozen genuine, active members He reviewed the objects of the or ganization, which embraced the best methods of disbursing charity among the needy. He said the State Conference of Charities and Corrections was a spe cies of clearing house for al! charitable aclivtties. He reviewed the different work which can be and ought to be done by the organization. Referring to t..e statute creating the State Board of Charities and Correc tions. he said: "Often we have been indignant and disgusted at the wording of the law creating that board. The law must be revised. The State Board of Pub lic Lands and Buildings is responsible for all state buildings. Why. then, should the plans for such buildings he referred to the State Board of Char ities and Corrections? They never are so referred and that part of the law is a dead letter. The four advisory secretaries have to pay their travel ing expenses out of their own pockets and then wait months before being re imbursed. This is due to a blunder made in enumerating the items for which the $4,000 state appropriation should be used. The secretaries should go about visiting the state in stitutions. investigating the manner in w'hich they are conducted. Had the secretaries been in a position to do this, the abuses at the Norfolk asy lum could never have occurred.” Levy for State Fair. The State Fair board decided to in troduce a bill in the legislature asking fer a levy of % of a mill for the benefit k of the state fair. No otnir appropria * tion will be asked for. Secretary ^Tel lor was authorized to send out a cir cular letter ever the state calling at tention to the needs of permanen: buildings on the fair grounds and to the work of other states along this line. Free Postage for the Blind. Senator Burkett of Nebraska intro duced a bill providing for carrying tree of postage in the mails reading matter for use of the blind. The bill provides that all reading matter in Kmbest type whether in Braille. New York point or Moon type, shall be carried in the mails free of postage 10 or from any blind persn desiring to read the same. Such matter shall he forwarded and exchanged free with Canada and other countries where free postage for the blind is now or may he granted. Pay for Third Regiment. l.INCOLN — Govrnor Mickey has on hand $14,529.21, 'to be distributed among the members of the Third regi ment who served during the Spanish war. The department appropriated S5.644 more than this sum, but the law yer who worked the claim through gjr ihat amount for his trouble. The money is to pay the private soldiers, from K the time of their enlistment until the W mustering in of the regiment, dating from May 27 to July 15, 1898. This sum does not include the $9,000 due the commissioned officers. NEBRASKA BRIEFS. Mrs. Lillie is seeking a pardon from Gov. Mickey. In the revival at Fremont there were 550 conversions. Several new cases of diphtheria are reported at Clearwater. The district court of Cuming county will convene January 7th. Postmaster McNally of Edgar has resigned and will remove to Iowa. Work is to be started at once on the new Catholic parsonage in Beat rice. Sioux City, la., and Dakota City, Neb., are to be connected by inter urban. Bogus ten dollar bills were passed in Fremont and a half dozen or more mmerehants are losers on account ol them. John Close of Columbus charged bj Josie Sturek with being father of her child, has been bound over to the dis trict court. George Meyer of Platte county was injured in a runaway accident, and his leg has been amputated to prevent blood poisoning. Measures are being taken to or ganize an anti-tobacco league among the young men who are students in the normal at Peru. Nebraska has no outstanding bonds and has $2,022,S81 invested in the bonds of other states and $3,6L6,747 in bonds of Nebraska counties. The new state bank at Rosalie, a new town on the Great Northern ex tension, located a few miles from Ban croft, opened for business last week. A man was found a mile from Greenwood, lying in the road with his throat, cut. He was taken to a city hospital and it is thought he will re cover. Andrew Arnold of Red Cloud was so badly injured by the horse on which he was riding failing with him that very small hopes are entertained for his recovery. Columbus is jubilant oxer the expec tation .of a $45,000 appropriation for the new public building. Sealed offers have been put in by a number of people who have sites to sell. Thieves entered the Burlington tool house in Wymore and stole a wagon, load of valuable tools. Bloodhounds were put upon uie trail, wincn was lost before proceeding very far. E. J. King, sentenced to the peni tentiary for two years and six months for burglary from Douglas county, was discharged by the governor, who com muted his sentence to a term some thing over nine months. The Board of Supervisors of Butler county has employed John Streeter as superintendent of the county poor farm for another year at a salary ot $800. He has held that position for several years and has made a good superin tendent. Jay O'Hearn, a Omaha boy murderer under sentence of death sentenced for the killing of Nels Lausten. a saloon keeper. has filed a brief in support of his petition in error in the supreme court. Tile brief is filed by Attorney James P. English. The semi-annual school apportion ment which has been made by th^ state treasurer gives Antelope county $3,176.32. The amount will be an once; apportioned to the different school dis^ tricts by Superintendent Ward and the directors notified. The Nemaha county fair grounds.* located at Salem, were sold at sheriff’s sale in Falls City, to satisfy a mort; gage held by the Salem Interstate Chautauque association. The prop erty was purchased by the Richardson County Fair association. A counference is now on whereby eastern capital figures to install an electric lighr and power plant in Al liance. in case proper arrangements can be made. The town for some time has been considering the feasibility of establishing such a plant. A check tor $24,955.84 was received by County Treasurer Troupe of Buf falo county from the Union Pacific Railroad company in payment of a parr of the taxes of the company for the year 1906. The total amount of the tax is $37,112.25, leaving a bal ance of $12,156.54 unpaid. A campaign has been instituted to do away with the orthopedic hospital at I.incoln. and to distribute the crip pled children among the general hos pitals of the state, using them for clinical demonstrations and keeping them at the expense of the state. This movement meets with strong disap proval on the part of most physicians. Governor Mickey has informed Dr. F. M. Sisson of the Omaha child sav ing society that he will not commute the death sentence of Jay O’Hearn of Douglas county, to life imprisonment. Dr. Sisson visited the governor to in lfor (pl(, young prisoner. Mrs. O’Hearn visited her son at the prison and an affectionate interview followed. State Oil Inspector Erl. A. Church broke the monthly record for the year during the month of November by turning into the state treasury a bal ance of $1,434.67. as the surplus of re ceipts over expenditures. He received $2.530.40 and expended $1,095, includ ing salaries for himself and office' force and deputy inspectors and sup plies for the office. He is a candidate for commandant of the soldiers’ home. He is one of the oldest residents of the southeast ern part of the state and is a promi nent member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Steady improvement in efficiency of marksmanship in the Nebraska Na tional guard is shown in the annual report of Lieutenant E. H. Mu’lowney. inspector of small arms practice. The percentage ot the Frst regiment came up from 12.89 to 22.8 per cent; that of the Second regiment nom 7.32 to 19.87 per cent. Rev. C. M. Ritchie, pastor of the United Presbyterian church at North Bend, has tendered his resignation in order to accept a call to a pulpit at New concord,, O. Following is the mortgage record' for Johnson county for the month of November: Farm mrtgages S ed, six; amount. $15,500; released, six; amount $8,075. Town and city mortgages filed fivej amount. $7,300; released, twelve; amount. $7,035.5. Chattel mortgage! filed, thirty-four; amount. $10,546.95; released, twenty-seven; amount. $9» 258.85. THE PRESIDENT 8ENDS A FEW MESSAGES TO CONGRESS. [By McCutcheon, In Chicago Daily Tribune.] 6UILTY OF LAND FRAUD OFFICERS OF A NEBRASKA CAT TLE COMPANY CONVICTED. Richards, Comstock and Others Are Proved to Have Had Fraudulent Homestead Entries Made. Omaha, Neb.—The trial in the fed eral district court of Bartlett Rich ards, president; Will G. Comstock, vice president, and C. C. Jameson, secretary-treasurer and general man ager of the Nebraska Land and Feed ng company, controlling the 400, ,'00-acre "Spade” ranch, and Aqullla Triplett, their agent, ended Thursday vening in the conviction of the four lefendants on 36 counts of an indict ment which charged conspiracy to de raud the government of public lands md subornation of perjury. The ury took but two hours to consider he evidence. This trial began November 19 and me jury was completed two days la er. The entire time of the court since then was devoted to hearing testi mony for the government and the ar guments of the attorneys, no wit nesses being introduced for the de fense. The accusation against, the officers of the Nebraska Land and Feeding company was that they attempted to secure title to vast tracts of land within the “Spade” ranch enclosure in Cherry, Sheridan and Box Butte coun ties, Nebraska, by means of fraudu lent homestead entries under the I Kinkaid law, which permitted the homesteader to take up a section of land in the semi-arid districts. Scores ! of witnesses were introduced who swore that they filed on the lands at 1 the solicitation of agents of the prin , cipal defendants, with the under | standing that the would be paid all ! the way from $300 to $1,000 for their claims when title was secured, and that all necessary improvements would be made by the company. A year ago Richards and Comstock, who are counted in the millionaire class, were convicted in the federal court of illegally fencing government land, and fined $300 each and sen tenced to six hours’ Imprisonment each. The latter part of the sentence was served at the Omaha club in the nominal custody of their attorney, who had been deputized for that duty by United States Marshal T. L. Matthews. Morton Park Bank Closes. Chicago. — The Lincoln National bank at Morton Park, was closed Monday as the result of bank ruptcy proceedings begun in the Unit ed States district court. There are about 500 depositors. The petition in bankruptcy is directed against W. J. Atkinson, owner of the bank. The bank paid four per cent, on savings accounts, and carried about $90,000 deposits. Four Burn to Death in Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y. — Four persons were burned to death and one was fatally burned in a fire at the Zenobia apartment house at Prospect avenue and Huron street Wednesday night. Bandit Commits Murder. Leadville, Col.—A masked bandit here early Thursday morning after shooting and fatally wounding Joe Dale, ticket agent at the Denver & Rio Grande depot, robbed the cash drawer of its contents and escaped. Postal Deficit Reduced. Washington.—A reduction of more than J4.000.000 in the excess of ex penditures over receipts of the post office department is shown in the an- ; nual report of Edwin C. Madden, third assistant postmaster general. Great Grandson of Jeff Davis. Colorado Springs, Col.—A son has been born to Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Webb. Mrs. Webb is a granddaughter of the late Jefferson Davis, and the newcomer i6 the only great grandson of the confederate president. Texas Siftings’ Founder Dead. New York.—John Armoy Knox, once widely known as the editor and proprietor of Texas Siftings, died suddenly in his home of heart disease. ; He was born in Ireland In 1850, son of a bank president of Belfast. QUITS FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Congress Adjourns to January 3—Sen ator Foraker Criticises President. Washington.—Senator Foraker oc cupied the attention of the senate in its last session before the holiday re cess Thursday in an extended criti cism of the basis of President Roosevelt’s action in discharging the negro troops of the Twenty-fifth in fantry on account of the Brownsville raid. He was replied to briefly by Senator Lodge, while Senator Scott sustained the demand of the Ohio sen ator for a full investigation of the matter by the senate military commit tee. A resolution directing such an investigation is before the senate for action at its next meeting. The senate adjourned until January 3, 1907. After being in session three-quar ters of an hour, the house also ad journed until January 3. Empty desks greeted the speaker when the house conv ned and even among the mem bers who remained the desire to get away for the holidays was superior to the inclination for business. Washington. — President Roose velt Wednesday in a message to the senate replied to the resolutions of Senators Penrose and Foraker call ing for information regarding the dis charge of negro soldiers at Browns ville, Tex. The president condemns “the murderous conduct” of the troops in question, declaring that “a blacker crime never stamea me annais or our army” and that the proper punishment for the Brownsville mutineers and murderers is death. He regrets that he cannot punish the ringleaders and their abettors. Washington.—President Roosevelt Tuesday sent to congress a message on the San Francisco Japanese trouble with a lengthy report on the whole situation by Secretary Metcalf, who investigated conditions on the spot. The president says that he authorized Secretary Metcalf to tell the San Francisco authorities that in case of their failure to protect the Japanese all the forces of the United States civil and military, which the president could lawfully employ to that end, would be so employed. VATICAN’S PROTEST GIVEN OUT Dignified Note Concerning the Expul sion of Mgr. Montagnini. Rome.—The Vatican has issued a note of protest against the course of the French government and forwarded it to all papal representatives abroad, including the apostolic delegates. The note is calm and dignified in tone and protests primarily that the rights of religion have been outraged by the French government preventing the head of the church from communi cating with the French hierarchy by the expulsion from France of Mgr. Montagnini. who was secretary of the papal nunciature at Paris. Fatal Fire in Butler, Pa. Butler, Pa.—Mrs. Frank Mills, 50 years old. was burned to death and 60 persons were made homeless by a fire Thursday, which caused a loss of $10, 000. The fire followed an explosion cf a can of oil. Prison for Bank Robber. Great Bend, Kan.—Joseph S. Kerns, captured here recently after holding up a local bank, was arraigned Wednesday, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of from ten to 21 years. Fatal Accident to Fast Train. Canton, O.—The Pennsylvania Lim ited, eastbound, crashed into a freight train in the Canton yards Sunday night and Engineer John Ray and Fireman George Nichols, of the freight, were fatally injured. Commission Concern Fails. Columbus, O.—The Interstate Com mission company, which has headquar ters in Columbus, closed its doors Tuesday. The company was organ ized about a year ago with a capital stock of $100,000. Sutton Defeats Willie Hoppe. New York.—George Sutton still holds the world’s championship at 18-2 balk line billiards, having Tues day night successfully defended the title against Willie Hoppe. The score was 500 to 258. TO END CAD FAMINE 8ENATOR . MANSBROUGH PRE PARES OUTLINES OF A BILL. NEW RATE LAW BLAMED Held Responsible for Conditions by Senator Kittredge — Towns Now Suffering for Food. Washington.—Senator Hansbrough, of North Dakota, who has taken an ac tive interest in steps to remedy the situation caused by the car shortage, particularly in the northwest, has pre pared the outlines of legislation which, he believes, if enacted into law, will tend to prevent a recurrence of the present condition of affairs. These have been shown to the president, at whose suggestion the senator’s ideas were put into shape, and to Chairman Knapp, of the interstate commerce commission. They contemplate legis lation along the following lines: Giving the interstate commerce commisison power to inquire into the* equipment capacity, under stress of extradordinary requirements, of all in terstate railways. Giving the commission authority to require shippers holding cars in de murrage to unload and reload such cars within 24 hours after the cars have been placed in a position to be unloaded. Making it a misdemeanor for com mon carriers to compel trainmen to attempt to move trains containing tonnage in excess of the registered tonnage capacity of the engines haul ing such trains. Authorizing the commission to re quire the temporary use of idle equip ment of one railroad line to supple ment the overtaxed equipment of an other. Senator Kittredge, of South Dakota, expressed the opinion Wednesday that the coal famine in the northwest is the result of the requirement of the amended interstate commerce law un der which the railroads have to give 30 days’ notice before changing a rate, and also the result of the action of the retailers in putting off shipment of coal until they could have the ad vantage of the new rate. Towns Short of Food. Minneapolis, Minn.—Coupled with reports of fuel famine in the north west come reports of still another cause of suffering—a shortage of food supplies. Inadequate service has been interrupted by the cold and bliz zards on the western prairies, and now there are towns which are not only suffering from want of fuel, but even for food. A telegram from a citizens’ commit tee of Ambrose, N. D., is as follows: “Ambrose is without coal and pro visions. Twenty cars of fuel and food in the hands of the railway company must be brought here by special train at once in order to relieve the situa tion or great suffering will result. Have wired the general manager of the Soo line, but no assurance of re lieving present needs has been se cured.” RIVER PACKET BLOWS UP. Fourteen Persons Killed in Disaster on Mississippi River. Vicksburg, Miss. — According to the latest news obtainable by long distance 'phone from places near Gold Dust landing, where the steamer W. L. Scovell blew up Wednesday, the list of dead and missing totals 14, and the injured include four white men and several negroes. The white dead are: Captain John A. Quackenboss. mas ter, Vicksburg; L. Wade Quackenboss, Vicksburg; Clerk Joseph Smith. Ya zoo City; Leval Yerger, Jackson. The other ten dead and missing in clude some deck passengers and roustabouts. The accident occurred at Gold Dust landing, about 17 miles south of this city. The boat was at the landing taking on freight when an explosion came and the boat was blown to pieces. Many of the timbers were thrown hundreds of yards and the boat began to sink immediately. It is said the accident was caused by a defective boiler plate. The cap tain was one of the oldest and best known residents of this city and was well known to every man on the river. The steamer Scovel was only recently purchased by him and others for the Vicksburg-Davis Bend trade. The' boat was insured for $6,000. Wade Quackenboss was the son of Capt. Quackenboss. Might Blow Up Mikado's Ships. Honolulu. — The Japanese con sul here says that the visiting squadron, which will arrive in Hono lulu in February, will not proceed to San Francisco, as originally intended, because a repetition of the Maine dis aster is feared, owing to the alleged overwrought condition of American feeling. Sheriff of Wabash County, Hi., Killed. Mount Carmel, 111.—Sheriff Alex Compton, of Wabash county, was shot and killed at Keensburg Thursday afternoon while about to take a child from its father, David Kellum, and turn it over to the mother. “Had a Right to Kill His Wife." Butler, Pa.—Max Kaftle, a Russian, killed his wife Thursday night by striking her on the head with an iron, and also injured a young daughter and a boarder. He told the police he had a right to slay his wife. Serious Fire In Goshen, Ind. Goshen, Ind.—The most disastrous conflagration that has ever visited this city occurred Tuesday evening, when the new Jefferson block was totally destroyed. The loss will approximate $150,000. Indicted for Rebating. Toledo, O.—The United States grand jury Tuesday returned indictments against the Ana Arbor railway and the Toledo Ice And Coal company for giv ing and accepting rebates on ice ship ments. BISHOP If GIBE IS DEAD NOTED METHODIST CLERQYMAN PASSES AWAY. Apoplectic Stroke Results Fatally— His Carser as a War Chaplain and Missionary Society Secretary. New York. — Bishop Charles 01 McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal church, died In the New York hospital at 5:20 a. m. Wednesday. Death was due to apoplexy, with which the bishop was stricken several days ago while passing through this city on his way to his home in Philadelphia. Mrs. McCabe and the bishop's niece, who have been with him almost constantly since he was stricken, were at the bed side when the noted clergyman passed away. Bishop McCabe w as born at Athena, O., Oct. 11, 1836. He entered the Ohio conference of the Methodist church la Bishop C. C. McCabe. I860 and two years later became chaplain of the one hundred and twen ty-second Ohio infantry. He was cap tured in the battle of Winchester and passed four months in Libby prison. His experiences as a prisoner of war were later recounted on the lecture platform. For more than 30 years he was popularly known as "Chaplain Mc Cabe,” and the title clung to him even after the general conference of the Methodist church In 1896 made him a bishop. Following the war he became pastor of a church at Portsmouth. O., and later was associated as assistant sec retary with the board of church ex tension. His success as a money-raiser was remarkable and later, as secretary ol the Methodist Missionary society, to , which post he was elected in 1884, ha j added half a million dollars to the an | nual income of the society. He was a singer and his songs were a feature ol his pleas for funds. He was chosen chancellor of the American university at Washington, Dec. 10, 1902. NEED NOT PAY BONI’S DEBTS. Mme. Gould Wins Suits Brought by Castellane’s Creditors. Paris. — Madame Gould, the form er Countess Boni de Castellano has been victorious in the suits brought by creditors and money lend ers against her with the object of making her jointly responsible with the count. Thirteen of the 15 cases were dismissed Wednesday by ths court, with costs against the plaintiffs. Only in the cases of two art dealen did the court express the opinion that Madame Gould should be held respon sible, as the objects purchased lo these instances for the most part were still in her possession. There are still three cases to be passed upon, and they will be decided December 26. In dismissing the 13 suits the court held that the plaintiffs had failed tc proved that the debts were contracted for the common benefit of the count and countess. The latter, the court declared, had more than fulfilled the obligations under her marriage con tract. During her wedded life she had retained nothing for herself, her en tire revenue being collected by het husband, and employed, according tc his own admission, either for the household expenses or for the pay ment of his personal debts. Date Set for Thaw Trial. New York. — Harry Kendall Thaw will be placed on trial on Mon day, January 21, in the criminal branch of the New York state su preme court, charged with the murder of Stanford White. This date was set Tuesday by Justice Newburger when a motion made by* Thaw’s coun sel for the dismissal of the indict ment against him or for the fixing of a date for the trial was to have been argued. Arkansas Bank Robbed. Texarkana, Ark. — The bank of Horatio, Ark., a small town about 50 miles north of this place, was looted by two robbers Wednes day afternoon. They covered, the cashier with pistols and took about $4,000. Government Crop Bulletin. Washington.—A bulletin issued by the agricultural department Thurs day shows the total production In bushels in 1906 of corn to be 2,927, 416,091; winter wheat, 492,888,004; bushels; spring wheat, 242,372,966 bushels. Begins War on Ice Trust. Albany, N. Y.—Attorney General Julius Mayer Thursday began an ac tion against the American Ice com pany in the supreme court of New York county for the dissolution of the so-called “Ice trust.” Patrick Saved from Death. Albany. N. Y.—Gov. Higgins Thurs day commuted to imprisonment for life the sentence of death under which Albert T. Patrick has remained five years for the murder of William Marsh Rice. Pickpocket Gets $6,000. Philadelphia.—Mrs. Ella V. Kober was robbed of $6,000 by a pickpocket in the holiday crowds in the shopping district here Wednesday. Mrs. Kober had the money in a secret pocket in an underskirt. Hotel Man Accused of Arson. Middleton, O.—C. N. Powers, pro prietor of the Rommel house, which was destroyed by fire Tuesday, was arrested on a charge of arson Wednes day afternoon at his other hotel in Franklin. MR BROWN’S WILL ^ PARENTAGE OF THE BRADLEY! CHILDREN IS DENIED. ALL OF THEM ABE CUT OFF Does Not Acknowledge That Any °F the Children Born to Mrs. Bradley Are His—Names of Thoee Disin herited. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Had the late ex-Senator Arthur Brown fore seen his death at the hands of Mrs. Bradley, he could have devised no more ingenious retaliation than the postmortem revenge contained in hi» will. The document, which was writ/ ten August 24, 1906, four months be fore Mr. Brown was shot down at the Raleigh in Washington, was filed Fri day for probate. ‘‘I do not devise, or give or bequeath anything to any of the children of Mrs. Anna M. Bradley,” is the language of the will. ‘‘I do not think either or any child born to Mrs. Anna M. Bradley is or are mine, but whether such child is or is not I expressly provide that neither or any of them shall receive anything of m.y estate. “I have never married Anna M. Bradley and never intend it. If she should pretend that any such relation ever existed between us to justify such inference I direct my executor to contest any claims of any kind she may present, and I direct that she re ceive notning from my estate. The testator bequeaths all his prop erty, valued at about $75,000, to his two children by his first and second wives. Alice Brown and Max Brown. , The children so specifically disin herited are Arthur, aged 7. and Mark, aged 3 years, fhe attorneys engaged by Mrs.' Bradley’s relatives in Salt Lake decline to discuss the w’ill at this time, but there is scarcely a question that a contest will be instituted, as much for tne purpose of establishing their percentage as to secure a mone tary consideration. This is the more likely as Mrs. Bradley is, or was, a few months ago, in possession of let ters signed with Brown’s name in which the relationship with one or both of the cm. ren is acknowledged. In one of these letters, writtten after the birth of the first child, occurs the quotation: "lour blood with mine comingled yet shall mount the throne of kings.” MORE LAND TRIALS. r Government Has Only Made a Begin ning on the Cases on the Docket. OMAHA—With the conclusion of the Richards and Comstock trial, the trial of cattlemen and land speculators has only begun in the United States district court. Whether oil of these cases can be tried during the present term of the federal court remains yet to be determined. A large number of indictments yet remains upon the criminal docket. Among them are two against F. M. Walcott, who was ac quitted in he case just closed. These indictments are for conspiracy to de fraud and for the subornation of per jury in certain land transactions. A. R. Modisett, A. M. Modisett, H. C. Dale and William Smoot are in dicted for conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to suborn perjury, involv ing the enclosure of 40.000 acres of land. The first three defendants are officers and stockholders in the Stock ville bank and Smoot was formerly government farmer at the Pine Ridge Indian agency. This will be the first case tried and is set for January 4. ARRESTED rOR OMAHA MURDER. Man’s Wife and Sister Furnish the In formation. PORTLAND. Ore.—On the charge of hilling a woman in Omaha several years ago. Walter D. Bitters, aged 60 years, was arrested on Information furnished by Mrs. Annie Hillagas of Portland, his sister, end Mrs. Sarah Bitters, his wife. Bitters, they say, escaped punishment because the Omaha woman, with dying breath, swore the killing was accidental, lov ing him well enough to shield him. Bitters himself admits killing a woman, whose name is unascertain able here, but says it was in Keokuk, la., and that it was accidental. Honors for An Omaha Boy. CAMBRIDGE — Two scholarship awards in the long list granted by the Harvard faculty are one each to an Omaha and a Burlington. Ia., student. Robert Ransom Bradford. ’07 of Oma ha. is awarded a Harvard college scholarship, so called, and Kennedy Boehner a.awkins, '08 of Burlington, is also awarded a Harvard college schol arship. These are both awarded for high academic distinction and are among he most important of the year. President's Holidays. WASHINGTON — Unless present plans are disarranged. President Roosevelt will spend a portion of the Christmas holidays at Pine Knot, Va., the country home purchased by Mrs. Roosevelt. Rockefeller Ready to Appear. NEW YORK—Replying to the in quiry whether he would be prepared to go to court should his presence be desired in connection with the govern ment's suit against the Standard Oil company, Mr. Rockefeller said: “It will be a sorry day for the country and all of us when our courts are not respected or we cannot respect them and our laws are not upheld. We must have law and order and we roust have courts to enforce them. What else can I do but go to court when summoned?” Smooth Swindler Captured. KEOKUK, la.—Samuel James, who has procured an unknown, but large, amount of money in the middle west during the last year by swindling un suspecting farmers and widows, was arrested in Washington Friday in an attempt to relieve a woman of $4 in cash, and is now in jail here. He ap pears very modest and unused to the world's ways. Offering almost any sum for a piece of property, he jrould produce a forged endorsement from ai lawyer, which move usually worked.