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DflfATTIff MAKER
Supremo Judg03 Decide Against
Northern Securities Cot
OPINION BY JUSTICE HARLAN
Who Deelnre tlio Only Olijrtt of Merger
Win to Frrirnt Competition In lie
Iriilnt of Itilurttnti! Coiuiiierre
The opinion of the supreme court of
the United States In the inse of tho
Northern Hecurltles rompany agaliitt
the United States, Involving the merger
of the Northern Pacific and the Orcat
Northern compnnlcH i tn favor of the
government. The opinion wns read by
Justice Harlan.
The opinion of the United States
circuit court for the dlutrlcl of Mlie
ncsota was affirmed. The effort Is to
fttistiiln the contention that the Sher
man anti-trust law applies to railroad
combinations of the character tn ques
tion. The case has attracted more atten
tion than any other milt befoie the
court since the first Insular ruses were
decided and has been regarded 'jy
bench and bar as equal In Importance
with those cases and with the Income
tax case. It was argued In December
last for two days and attracted the gen
eral attention of the public at that time
as It did previously when the decision
wus rendered by I he circuit court lot
the district of .Minnesota.
The action was brought In the cir
cuit court under the lu'w of February
1, 1903, which was for the purpose of
expediting the can; and was heard by
thp four circuit court Judges of the
circuit. They united in a decision
favorable to luc United States and
opposed to the contentions of the rnll
road companies.
The suit was instituted by the
United States against the Northern
Securities company and the two rail
road companies, the Northern Pacific
and the Orcat Northern and the lead
ing ttockholders tor the purpose of
dissolving the merger or the two rail
roads which the United Mates declared
had been created by the creation of n
holding company, the Northern Securi
ties company. This consolidation was
claimed to be In violation of the Sher
man anti-trust law. It was claimed ui
behalf of tho government that UiIh con
solidation was in effect a pool created
to promote tho interests, not of one
system at tho expense of the other,
but of both at the expense of the pub
lic. The rallioads claimed thot tho
transfer of tho stock of tho two com
panies to tho Securities company was
In the nature of a sale and perfectly
legitimate. Tho contentions of the
Securities company were reviewed nnd
Justice Harlan said they had received
full attention, lie quoted tho vuiloiit
opinions Involving tho trust question,
snylng that from them It Is to ho gath
ered that all contracts' In restraint of
trade, reasonable or unreasonable, are
prohibited by the Sherman law, ami
thnt congress has the power to es
tablish such regulations ns nre laid
down In the law. Congress had pownr
to enact the statute.
Justice Harlan declnred that the
onjy object of tho merger was to pre
vent competition, nnd he said that If
no one else knew this to be the ense
J. J'lerpont Morgan, one of tho de
fendants, knew that to hnve been tho
case. Extracts from Mr. .Morgan's tes
timony were quoted In support or this
statement.
Justice Harlan said thnt In this day
there should be no doubt of the com
plete power of congress to control In
terstate commerce. AJl appropriate
means might be resorted to for that
purpose. ' All the prior trust cases
were In support of that contention.
The defendants could not complain
of the finding of the circuit court anil
Justice Harlan in conclusion announced
tho confirmation of tho decision of that
court, saying:
"The judgment of this court Is that
the decree below of tho circuit court
be and heieby Is afllrmed with llbeity
to the circuit court to proceed in the
execution or tho decree as the circum
stances may require."
The decision was concurred in by
Justices Drown, Hrower, Mckenna and
Day, while the chler Justice and Jus
tices White, Peekhnm and Holmes dis
sented. To Froteet (luiiieut lliiiuo
The Tecumseh Oun nnd Hide club
nas been organized with a capital stock
of $150. Tho club will incorporate.
The object is to protect the gnmo of
Johnson county according to law.
C'lllllt'NK Kxclimlmi Act (III HI!
In the supreme court tho govern
ment of the United States, through
Attorney Goneral Knor, applied ror n
writ of mandamus to compel Judge
Francis J. Wing or the United States
district court of tho northern district
of Ohio to tako what the department
of Justice maintains Is legal action
with respect to certain Chlneho exclu
sion coses. This Is tho first time In
the hlntory of the supremo court that
the , government has sought a writ of
muudJ'jjus against a federal Judge.
WELCOME CHANCELLOR
Ktinlciil lukn Tr in t'nt of Illicit unit
II mil Him to ltt-lili'iii e
Chancellor K Mcnjaniin Andicwa,
who was tulirn 111 nl Chit ago hjiiiu
lime ago while on hl. way to New
York, hits returned to I Imolu. He r,is
met by an enthusiast it miib of moie
than three bundled students nnd after
pet?iindlng him to take a s:tl !n a hack
the ga youngf-leiN iinhlulinl Ihu
boisf!'. attained a lope nnd escorted
the chant clloi to his hi.:e it I Four
teenth and Q streets.
The chancellor had left on a business
trip. When he reached Chicago he was
taken III with a severe cold nnd hu at
tack of In grippe and remulued In a
hospital for scvcial days.
When he stepped from the train he
was assisted by Ou Andrews, his son,
nnd the 'ouductoi. He was pale and
gave evidence of much suffering, nnd
the hand that lifted bis blaik silk hut
to the cheering students seemed un
steady nnd weak.
GENERAL KNOX PLEASED
Siiy Country I Pletmed Oier llio Mercer
CiKe llec Mnu
Attorney Orneriil Knov. being asked
(oucernlng the merger decision, said:
"My views or the decision cannot be
better txpiessed I ban In the language
or one of the beat known railroad
presidents In the United Htntes upon
the occasion of the decision In favor of
the government In the couit below.
"He said: 'The decision Is sound
Inw, good sense and for the nd vantage
or all legitimate inteiests and ror the
country's welfare and It voltes the
Judgment of probably nine-tenths of
tho most conservative business men of
the country.'
"The country is to be congratulated
that tli2 government's protest against
the first uppenrancp of tho holding
company as a device to com vol com
peting Interstate railroads has not
been In vain."
Ktlent of I. lite Slum Sturm
According to reports received by the
lliirllngton the snow of Saturday night
extended very generally over the east
ern half of tho stale to the depth of
from one to four inches. West of Mic
tion the precipitation was little more
thnn n trace. It was considerably
heavier In the northwestern part of
the state, however. The teport or the
weather bureau at Lincoln showed Unit
the actual amount or precipitation
was .3S or nn Inch. The snow re.',
quietly und ocnly nnd thawed slowly
so that the resulting moisture will be
dlsti United evenly and will soak into
the ground instead of running off Into
the smaller streams. Coming just as II
did the snow Is considered to lie of
great value to the wheat crop.
Com leted of SliootliiK H mir lllrilt
Another conviction for tho slaughter
of song birds Is reported by Chler Game
Wtfrden Carter. O. 12. Young, special
game deputy at Nehawka. ai rested O.
H. Marks Tor shooting song birds rrom
the public highway. He was fined $3
and costs, An organization or citizens
has been formed at Nehawka to en
force the slate game law which pro
tects song or insectivorous hints as
well ns gumo birds anil fish. Chief
Carter Is willing to help enforce the
Inw. He reports thnt a flue of $15 was
imposed upon n Not folk man for kill
ing song birds nnd another man nt
Ong was fined $5. An Omaha preacher
was arrested several months ago for
killing twenty mcadowlarks. It is said
that tho case or tho preacher has not
yet been disposed of In court.
Fight t lteliilu Hluveit
Acting Adjutant General Hall has
received the following cable fiom Ma
jor General Wade, at Mantln:
"Major General Leonard Wood re
poits an attack on n recounolterlng
force east or Cottabato by a strong
party or Moros made hostile by the
passage or the anti-slavery law. Tho
Moros' position wns shelled and tho
Moros flanked and tho outworks taken.
They were strong and well constructed.
Cannon captured twenty-one old Span
ish, thirty-three Lantnkas, ulso large
quantities ammunition and supplies
No casualties on our side."
Dutlil city t'liiintiiiKiiiii
The management or the David City
Chautauqua association lias arranged
to hold the Chautauqua assembly this
year In July, commencing on the 23d
and closing on the Hint. K. Williams
and G. W. Gates have the general
management In charge. He v. II. H.
Harmon or Columbus, Ind., will bu
platform manager and assist in ar
ranging the program.
A ci I ml Ktlu oil line Nej;rne
Governor Vnrdaman, of Mississippi,
sent to the house his veto of tho bill
appropriating $2,200 for the support of
tho Holly Springs normal school, a
colored Institution, Tho governor in
ills veto message takes ground against
negro education, stating that It Is not
the best thing ror the negroes. Ho
advanced this view during his cam
paign for governor. It Is said that a
strong light will bo made to pass tho
bill over his veto.
PORTARTHURHCiHT
Latest Dispatches State Terrible
Damage to Russian Fort
RUSSIAN DESTROYERSSUNK
Forly .Men Killed nml tine Hundred ure
Wounded, it Funnier Mngiiilue Itlowu
l'i nml llli fliin llmnunt
Private Chinese reports received nt
Peking state that the whole or Man
churia Is In state of utter confusion
owing-to the Russians having seized all
food supplies and Other commissariat
necepsltles.
The natives are streaming fcouth
toward the ports nnd are suffering
great linrdthlps. The late military
governor ut Klrln has committed sui
cide owing lo his Inability to relievo
the )oople'H dint i ess or stop the Rus
slnu depredations.
Information fiom an official at Tien
'jVin who wns an eyewitness of the
last bombardment or Port Arthur, Is to
tho effect that the Russians had twenty-five
killed on the bnttleshlp Sevasto
pol, twenty on the ltrtvlzan ami twen
ty in the town.
in n dispatch from Clio Foo, n corre
spondent or the London Dally Mall de
scribes an inspection or Port Arthur
rrom n boat. The new city seemed to
be on lire; three columns or smoke
were ascending rrom It, The liread
hill fort appeared to have suffered ter
ribly; the defenses were shattered
nnd the earthworks torn up.
Accotdlng to the St. Petersburg- cor
respondent of tho London Dally Tele
graph, vague rumors are current that
later telegrams describe the bombard
ment of Port Arthur us much more
serious than has been ndmltted oili
dally. Special dispatches from Tokio
and Yin Kow also give reports or
heavy Russian casualties at Port Ar
thur, amounting to forty men killed
and one hundred wounded.
In a tllspntch rrom Tokio it corre
spondent or the London Dally Tele
graph says that In the latest attack
on Port Arthur two Russian torpedo
Ixuit destroyers were sunk and great
damage was done to the docks, forts
nnd nrsennls, Including the explosion
of n powtler magazine. Dalny Is re
ported to have been utmost entirely
destroyed. Several guns were dls
mounted, ami the row of four torpedo
boats In the Inside harbor are mild to
have deserted.
A Strictly Acrlrulliirnl I'ulr
The Burt County Fair association
noltl its regular meeting nt Tekamah.
Neb., and decided to hold the next
county fair on September 7, 8 nnd 9.
After n short discussion It was also
decided to make this strictly an agri
cultural fair. The large majority or
tho members holding that a sufficient
number or people would come to see
the various products or the farm and
the well-bird live Etock which can
easily bo brought together, without
having to resort to nny special outside
attractions to make the fair a decided
success.
However, tho final arrangements,
with all the minor details, were left to
ho settled at Its meeting which will bo
held June 1.
No DrttiRPr oT "Vrlloir Ferll"
Baron Knneko, a former Japanese
minister of ngrleulturc and commerce,
and member of the Japanese parlia
ment, who lins arrived at San Francis
co en route to Washington nnd tho St.
Louis exposition, says:
"I do not understand what you
Americans and Europeans mean when
you speak of the yellow peril. If you
believe that the Japanese Intend to
unite with the other members of the
yellow race and overrun Europe and
America you are very much mistaken.
Such a thought has never entered our
hends, and it is our ultimato Intention
to enter tho rank and file of Christen
dom." Nettle Craven Fair Injured
Mrs. Nettle Robertson Cravens Fair,
ho contested tho will of tho late Sen
ator J. L. Fair, the California million
aire, on tho grounds that she was his
legal wife, is lying in a critical condi
tion at tho Southorn hotel, St. IxjuIs,
as tho result of Injuries sho received
In n streot car collision. Mrs. Fair
was unconscious when taken to the
hotel and was unknown, her door key
nlono making known the fact that she
was stopping at tho Southern. When,
sho regained consciousness sho request
ed thnt tho closest secrecy bo main
tained and that her Identity he not re
vealed. Crnnlied Under n l'luno
Clarence, tho flfteon-ycnr-old son of
Riloy Jones, of Plattsmouth, Neb., was
Instantly killed by bolng crushed under
a pluno Tho Instrument was being
hauled from n furniture store to tho
opcrn house.
Jones was riding on tho rear of tho
wagon when one of tho wheels struck
a rock, causing tho piano to topplo
over nnd fall to tho ground, carrying
tho boy with it and pinioning him un
derneath. His body was 'ierrlbly
crushed.
MOOREG WILL PAY BACK
Ire lllrcrnlly Itetnlned While Clerk of
Dnticlii County Court '
Jtidg Baxter has derided the case of
Hauglns county against Frank E.
Moores lir-fnrorof the county render
ing Judgment ror the county in the
sum or ubont $1,7500, nbotil 5200 of
which represents Inteicst. Suit was
brought ror about $3,200. This Is the
lirst or several suits, nnd represented
the county's claim on account of un
claimed witness fees nnd lower court
co3ts collected during Moores' first
term of office as clerk or the district
court.
These suits nre bused on the supreme
court's reversal or the opinion in which
It first held that Moores could not be
requited to pay over the unclaimed
witness fees to the county, on the
ground that they belonged to witnesses
nnd not to the county. A later deci
sion hcltl thnt Moores had no title to
them, holding them mutely by virtue
or his office, and that when he went
out or office he should have paid them
over to tho county.
Former County Attorney Shields wns
retained by tho county commissioners
to prosecute suits to recover the
money.
PORTO RICAN LAWS
Coudeniied IteTletr of l.atrn FaMfd b
I'orto IUciui I.eRUlnture
Tho following cnblegram has been
received at Washington from Governor
Hunt, dated San Juan, P. R March 12:
"Secrttary of State. Washington:
Legislature adjourned. Many import
ant laws passed, among such. Amer
ican code civil procedure, thus com
pleting entire American code systems;
referred American Judicial system law,
vesting original power In Justices su
preme court to determine all property
questions between government and
Catholic church; establishing blind
asylum at Ponce: providing for com
mission to ncgotinte Insular bonded
loan for permanent public works, three
to five million; providing for new
penitentiary; for slight Increase rum
tax; for Increasing resources on mu
nicipalities; authorizing ail priests,
preachers and magistrates celebrate
murilaEcs. without parents first ob
taining licenses; providing special
duty nnd cure parasitic anaemia; es
tablishing educational qualifications
for olectois: extending public school
education; passed budget next fiscal
year: ulso by unanimous vote, intro
duced by Delegate Aponte. delegates
rising, psssed itrict law to prevent
desperation American flag."
I)pcrlitlon of New Comet
Horrclly's comet, which- was discov
ered at .Marseilles on June 21. 1003. has
been the objoct of special observations
at the Lick observatory. California, by
Sebastian Albrecht. lletwcen June 22
and August IS. 1003, a total of thirty
six protographs wcro secured with tho
Ciocker telescope and with the Plerson
and Floyd cameras. Throughout the
entire series of photographs two dl3
tlnet types of tails persist. The prin
cipal tall Is long and straight In its
general direction mil can bo traced to
the edge or the plate, a distance oT
ten degrees. It was always directed
almost exactly away rrom the sun.
After leaving the head It widens out,
and. In most of the plates, divides Into
two distinct branches. Tho other tall
is short and very much curved, and
presents practically the same appear
ance on all tho negatives.
lleatrlce Wnninn'ft club Work
A movement having for its object
elenner streets, sidewalks and alleys,
has been started by the woman's club
of Ileatrlce, and the committee on
civics and forestry has been Instruct
ed to devise ways and means of secur
ing the desired ends. The work taken
up by the club will be far reaching
and effective. A communication from
tho club was addressed to the city
council relating to the work under
taken, which was received with ap
proval and the clerk was Instructed
to notify tho committee that they
would receive the support and co-operation
of tho council.
OitrUli Win the Derby
The closing honors of the Crescent
Lay Jockey club's meeting nt New Or
leans fell to tho eastern contingent,
whon Ostrich landed tho prize of tho
season, tho $0,000 Crescent City derby.
Tho eastern colt's only rlvnl in tho
hotting was Captain Brown's Auditor,
0 to 5, being laid agninst the former
and 8 to 5 against the latter. Theso
were practically tho opening and 'clos
ing figures. Auditor and Ostrich weto
last away.
Plenty of ,upitueo War FnuiU
Tho Japanese minister at Washing
ton has received from his government
a cablegram stating that the subscrip
tions to tho loan of 100,000,000 yen ox
chequer bonds amounts now to 43(1,000,
000 yen. Tho dispatch further states
that it Is expected that when all tho
returns havo been received tho sub
scriptions will exceed 500,000,000 yen.
Tho small subscriptions, nveraglng bo
tvvecn 9S nnd 200 yon, will, tho cable
gram BtntCB, nlono amount to 75,000,000
ven.
THE FLOUR OUTPUT
Kansas Has Grinding Capacity of
IO,COO,0 jO Bu. Annually
DAILY RUN 33,555 BARRELS
A Mm gill lire nt ICecnrd for n Stiite Kcsne-
lng In Milling. KniplnyltiK Modern
Methods Only of t.ute
One hundred nnd twenty-four mills
in Kansas, Including fifty-three mills
with n dally capacity of 200 barrels or
more, report that they havo ground 23,
235,000 bushels- of wheat in the eight
months beginning July 1 (estimating
the amount for the last two weeks of
February.) There arc ten mills each of
over 200 barrels capacity and ahout 100
smnll mills of 60 to 100 barrels ca
pacity each which have not reported.
Making n small, moderate allowance
ror theso mills, It appears quite cer
taln that the Kansas mills have used,
In the aggregate, not less than 30 mil
lion bushels of wheat in tho first eight
months of the crop year. The mills
which havo reported, estimate that
they will grind 8.GSS.00O bushels of
wheat In tho four months from March
1 to July 1. If the mills not report
ing use 2 million bushels, the total
requirements of Kansas mills in the
next four months will bo 10 million
bushels, malting an nggrcgnte of 40
million bushels of what ns the year's
proportion of the crop ground by Kan
sas mills.
The dally capacity of tho 120 mills
that have reported Is 31,553 barrels.
The actual daily (Including Sunday)
output or these mills amounts to 22,000
barrels, or a little over two-thirds their
extreme capacity. If tho mills were all
closed Sundays and holidays their aver
age dally output for actual working
days was 20,000 barrels. Including a
conservative estimate for the mills that
did not report, tho actual dally flour
production in Kansas for eight months
has been about 33,000 barrels. The Kan
sas people consume about 0,000 barrels
of Hour daily. Tho :emalnder has gone
to other states, and n moderate propor
tion lias been exported;
BODY FOUND IN RIVER
Farmer' Hotly Fount! After Helm; In
Idler Nlneo December
The body af Charles H. Willcs, tho
dorrls county farmer, who disappeared
after leaving Junction City, Kansas,
on the night of December 7, wns found
n mile south of that city In tho Smoky
Hill river. The body had been in tho
water thieo months, and was Etill In a
good state of preservation. It was
easily identified. There were marks on
the body that indicate that tho man
hud been nssaultcd and his liody
thrown into tho river.
The night Willcs disappeared he left
Junction City late in the evening, and
early the next morning his horse re
turned home. Ono of Willcs' 30ns came
to Junction City In search of his father,
and when ho nrrived nt the bridge,
just south of town, he found his fath
er's cap, glove and broken cane strewn
about tho bridge. There were signs of
a struggle. Willcs carried over $5,000
fraternal life insurnnce, and his family
was uhable to collect any of It. They
were confident that ho had been killed,
and they offered $300 reward ror the
finding or the body. The county also
offered n reward of $23.
Held for MiliMliitiRbter
Tho preliminary examination or Geo.
II. Calloway, or Furnas county, Ne
braska, charged with tho murder or
James W. Shcwmako, or Norton, Kas
was held berore L. A. Smith, a Justice
of the peace at Norton. Calloway wns
bound over to the district court for
manslaughter In the fourth degree and
his bond was fixed nt $S00.
Calloway went to Shewmake's farm
In company with Will Hlllman. Janu
ary 13, to settle a claim for damages,
Calloway's cattlo having strayed Into
Shewmake's cornfield a week before.
A fight took place In which Callowav
struck Showmake in the race and on
the left temple. Fifteen minutes after
tho encounter Showmake, who was a
small man, and 5G years old, was taken
sick, and shortly nfter became uncon
scious. He died tho next da v.
Smnll Fox Stniupetl tint
Officials or Sherman township, Kan
sas, report to the county board of
health that there was only ono case
of smallpox In the Llnwood neighbor
hood, which Is adJaJent to Lcnven
worth, Kas. This Is tho last or ono
hundred cases which were in tho town
ship since November. Tho public
schooh were closed part or tho winter,
l'lrit llnln In Four Montlm
The first substnntlal rain since last
October fell at Wlchltu, Kan. It will
aid the growing wheat and put tho
ground In'good shape for plowing for
corn nnd oats. Tho storm extended
throughout east Oklahoma.
Wntertrork nt lliiyco Clly
At an election hold nt Hayes City,
Kan., $25,000 bonds were voted for
tho erection of a water works system.
KANSAS CATTLE HEALTHY
Tliofcjiltury Uonrtt Mnkr nn Intercut
jii
Iiib Iteport
I
M. C. Campboll, chairman of th
Kansas state JIvo stock sanitary board,
is making nn Investigation into report
ed cases of tuberculosis In cattle. The
board is making an effort to stamp
out tho disease.
"There is no cause for alarm," said
Mr. Campbell, "except so far as tho
local effect Is concerned. Tuberculosis
Is not a fast spreading disease. In
Kansas it Is confined to a few of tho
larger cities, and doubtless will be re
moved soon. There are a few cases In
Shawnco county nnd Sedgwick county
and tho disease is reported to bo In
Lea ven wot th. Tho disease is confined
generally to Jersey cattle. Few town
peoplo take proper care of their cows.
In tho country tuberculosis Is rarely
heard of becauso the cattle havo plenty
of nir nnd exercise nnd their sheds aru
kept clean.
"Tho live stock sanitary commission
took vigorous steps to keep tuberculous
cattle out of Kansas a few years ngo,
but tho breeders inndo so much fuss
about It that vc rescinded the order.
SInco then little has been done, except
to investigate reports of tuberculosis
and to havo Infected cattle disposed of
It is safe to say that tho cattle of the
ctate arc in no danger from tho few
cases which lately have attracted at
tention, although the commission ex
pects to make a thorough Investigation
of the Topeka situation."
OATS FOR ARID NEBRASKA
Kiperlmeiit Station Find Well Adapted
Variety
Tests of a now variety of oats are re
ported in bulletin No. 82 of tho Ne
btaska experiment station. Theso oatj
were Imported by the station from Rus
sia in 1897, nnd nre called Kherson
oats. Tho variety orginatcd In tho
Khcrcon' government In southern Rus
sia. The climatic conditions of that
region are not such as arc favorab'o
to the production of oats. The averaga
yearly rainfall Is only sixteen Inches,
nnd tho summers are extremely hot.
The Kherson oat is n vigorous but
not a rank grower. The stiavv is vers
short: the leaves are broad and expose
a large surface. The berries nre light
yellow In color, small but numerous,
ami have a very thin hull. The usual
ly weigh well per bushel. They mature
very early.
This variety is peculiarly suited tc
central and western Nebraska on ac
count of Its habits of growth.'
In the spring of 1001 seed of Kher
son oats was sent out to n number ol
persons In various parts of the statt
to test. Two bushels of oats were sent
to ench experimenter and ho was asked
to thresh the crop separately and to
report the icsults. This was repeated
in 1902 and 1903 ns more seed becainu
available. Tho results of the three
years' tcEts are given in tho bulletin.
These show It to be peculiarly suited
to central and western Nebraska;
there are other varieties that In the
river counties, at least, compare fav
orably with It. West of that, tests
that have been made of it during thq
three years, Indlcato that it is earlier,
yields better and weighs heavier than
any other variety, with tho possible)
exception of tho Texas Red. It has
steadily out yielded the Texas Red on
the stntlon farm. T. L. LYON,
Nebraska Experiment Station.
Itiitfliina Inrreimei In Coitt
An Importer of rndlum in New York
gl,ycs out the startling news that tho
price of this latest product of tho sci
entists has increased $4,200,000 a pound
in two days. Tho commercial rato ten
days ago was $8,400,400. now It is $12,
COO.000. So great lias been tho demand
for a few grains that tho supply on
the ninrket probably will havo disap
peared entirely by the end or the pre
ent mouth.
Hrcnk Up ii Deiiperuilo ORiiff
City detectives at Pittsburg, Kan.,
practically broko up a gang of burglars
and thieves In thnt city when they ar
rested Almeta Morrow, Annlo Beck
ham and Gordon Holt, nil negroes,
nurglniics havo been almost of nightly
occurrence for tho past two months,
and the pollro force nnd secret service
officials hnve been unable to locate the
thieves until now. About' $300 worth
of plunder, consisting of women's and
men's wearing apparel, and Jewelry,
wns found In tho house occupied by
tho trio.
I uron claims to hnve the champion
crank of Kansas. When ills wire wants
to go anywhoro ho is always 111 and
when she is sick ho is wild to ninUo
calls.
Mr, Hfjiin (iiiltm n Faint J
Uy a decision handed down by Judge
Gager or tho superior court at New
Haven, Conn., based on a demurrer to
answers to nn appeal by William J.
lirynn rrom tho decision of tho probato
court which ruled against him !n,.Jo
h'.lo S. Ileiinett v,,ll ense, Mr. Bryfu
hiiH tho right to contest for the $50,000
bequest to himself by proving that tho
"Healed letter" Is n prt or tho will.
Judge Gagcr'B decision is largely in
Mr. llryan's favor on Questions raised
by tho demurrer.
4.
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