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ters of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal
of the Busy Man.
Foreign.
Much Iobr of life and tieverul dis
asters to Japanese sowing craft as a
result of a typhoon near Shlnomosekl
aro reported.
Germany has Indicated its desire to
resume negotiations for an agreement
on a general arbitration treaty with
tho United States.
It Is reported on an excellent nu
thorlty that a representative of the
Russian railroad administration In
Manchuria and tho Chinese foreign
board has received a modus vivendl in
tho matter of the administration of
tho municipality of Harbin.
An order has been isuued prohibit
ing the nale of liquor by news venders
'on trains of tho national lines In
iMcxIco. Heretofore beer, tcqullla and
mescal has been sold Indiscriminately
on trains by news agents. The sale of
'liquors on tho sleeping curs will not
be discontinued.
Two Porto Rlcan commissions are
now on their way to Washington to
submit to the United States govern
ment tho reason for the deadlock of
the Porto RIcnn legislature, the extra
ordinary session of which came to nn
end a day or two ago without passing
tho budget.
Reports that serious complications
threaten with Salvador or any other
Central American states arc without
foundation. There has been no dec
larutlon of war. Tho international
Hltuatlon docs not cause alarm.
Nicaragua Internally Is at peace.
Queen Helena is still Buffering
from tho effects of her accident nt
Messina during tho days Immediately
following tho earthquake. An uncx
1'lnincd rlso In her majesty's temper
ature led to careful investigation and
It wns found that ono of her left rlb3
was broken and she Is obliged to
carry her arm la u sling.
A violent sccno occurred In tho
chamber of deputies nt Lisbon Mon
day, when M. Cnolro attacked tho gov
ernment, particularly tlic minister of
iltmnce. M. Llcbert, In connection with
u $1,000,000 loan. Tho sitting wns
twice suspended and finally was ad
journed nmld an uproar.
The Krupps of Germany will at
once begin tho manufacture of gun
cotton In Mexico. Tho Mexican govern
ment has donated fourteen buildings
of steel formerly used by tho govern
ment for the manufacture of black
powder, for tho ubo of tho Krupps.
These buildings arc located on the
outskirts of Santa Fe, a suburb of
Mexico City.
Domestic.
Wllllnm McNab, of tho Grand Trunk
was elected president of the Ameri
can railway engineering and mnlutc
nance of way association.
Tho main building of the Easton
Foundry nnd Machlno company nt
West Kaston, Pa., was dostroyed by
fire, entailing n loss of $100,000. Near
ly 100 men aro thrown out of em
ployment. Four negroes, Henry Smith, James
Dordey, Richard Pines and Calvin
Johnson, were hold for tho nctlon of
the grand jury for tho murder of Wal
ter F. Schultz, tho Chicago nrtlst, near
Alexandria, Va.
Tho deep wutcrwnya project for Illi
nois, to result In tho creation of a
nhnnnnl fr,..., I nnlM,nrl 1Ttlnn .. -
part of tho final' development of tll0
waterways plans waB Introduced in
tho Illinois house.
More than thrco hundred delegates
have been nppolnted by the governor
rt trv unnlmin ntntnn : A Y iinniti 4n
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nttond tho child labor law conference
to bo held in New Orleans March 29,
30, 31 according to advices received
1, an
by Governor Sunders of Louisiana,
upon whoso invitation tho convention
will meet.
Tho supreme courf of appeals of
Virginia decided the ward law to be
constitutional, tho effect of which Is
that certain towns nud cities, a ma
jority of whoso cltlzons voted "dry"
must remain "dry," though tho "wot"
contended that ninny who voted "dry"
voted Illegally, because thoy had not
'paid their poll taxes.
The boy's domltory, dining room
nnd music hnll ut Ashbury college,
Kentucky, were destroyed by flro
whllo the two hundred students wero
tit brcnktasL Loss, $60,000
A bill following tho Oregon law of
selecting n United States senator was
Introduced In the Illinois houso.
Fourteen Pennsylvania railroad com
pany omploycs havo been subpoenaed
to nppoar at Buffalo, March 29, In tho
federnl court in connection with the
Standard Oil rebating cases.
Robbers broko Into tho bnnk at
Birds, 111., and took nbout a thousand
dollars in cash.
C. M. 8ocrost, genornl manager of
the Paclllc Fruit ExprcsB compnny,
testified before Special Examiner
Lyons that his company' finds it un
profitable to move fruit from tho
Ozark region of Arkansas and Mis
souri. Tho Ozark Fruit Growers' as
sociation alleges that tho rateB are
oxccsslvc.
Ab tho climax of a dlsputo botween
the two men, J. C. Drown of Lufkln,
Texas, an engineer, was shot nnd fat
ally wounded by J. I'. Nutter, n work
man. After receiving tho wounds,
which later caused his death, Brown
uttacked Nutter with a Iintfe, Inflict
ing Injuries which may cfiuso Nut
ter's death.
Milton U. Ochs nnd Thomas B. Pres
ton, tho latter a banker, havo pur
chased tho Nashville American. Mr.
Ochs will bo tho rubllshor and man
ager. Eugono Tompkins, prominent for
many years as n theater manngor and
owner, died nt his homo In Boston.
Tho forty-llfth Joint ballot of the
Illinois legislature for United States
senator resulted In no choice. A ma
jority of thoso voting was ninety
scvon, of which ex-Senator Hopkins
received Eeventy-scvon, tho other
votes being widely distributed.
Tho strlko In the American Steel
Foundry company's plant at Granlto
City, Illinois, which began Saturday,
virtually ended when Superintendent
A. Wnlscher and his assistant, Alex
ander Robinson, chased tho agitator
whom they blamed for tho trouble,
out of town after beating him with
their fists. Following this tho cntlro
day shift went back to work.
Announcement wns made that thlr-ty-Boven
Princeton university students
will act ns ushers nt tho Memorial
services In honor or Grover Clevo
lnnd, which aru to bo held in Now
York next Thursday.
Prof. H. K. Taylor, president of tho
Kentucky Wosleyan college, has re
signed. Leonard B. Close, an Indlnna man,
has been offered the position of corn
specialist of tho Russian government.
Three workmen were fatally Injured
nnd three other employes seriously
hurt by an explosion nt tho open
hearth furnace of tho American Steel
nnd Wire Company at Cleveland.
Mrs. Hazel B. Plrlo will bo granted
a separation and $200 a month from
Allan P. Plrie, son of John Pirle, tho
Chicago merchant.
Washington.
Reassuring ndvlceH reached the
state department from Bogota, tho
capital of Columbia, where rioting of
a serlouB churacter has been in pro
gress. Tiio city is snici to uu ngum
entirely quiet.
A bill to provldo subventions for
tho ocean mall servlco will bo Intro
duced in tho senate In tho near fu-
turo by Senator Galllnger.
Contrary to expectations, tho su
premo court did not render its
decision In tho enso Involving tho con
stitutionality of tho commodities
clause of tho Hepburn rate law of
190C.
For the first time In tho nnnals of
tho crlmlnnl court of tho District of
Columblu, nn Indian, Robert McCulIc,
was Tuesday sentenced by Justlco
Gould to twenty years In tho peniten
tiary on his plea of second degree mur
der. Tho supremo court of tho United
States took under consideration a
motion for tho advancement on tho
docket of tho enscs of Pcckhnm nnd
Haas, tho New Yorkers who nro
charged with the premature dlvulg
ancc of tho government cotton re
ports. Ambassador O'Brien at Toklo will
romnln nt thnt post. Former Secretary
of Commerce and Labor OBcar Straus
will bo appointed to some other em
bassy. Senators Smith and BurrowB of
Michigan requested tho retention of
Mr. O'Brien.
A direct agreement has been
reuched between Great Britain nnd
tho United States on tho personnol
of tho court nt Tho Haguo, which Is
to pass upon tho Issues In controversy
between the two countries regarding
tho Newfoundland fisheries. They hnvo
been selected from tho list of mem
bers of the permanent court and aro
as follows: Dr. Helnrlch Lnnimash
of Austria, umpire, who will act as
prosldont; Luis M. Urago of tho Ar-
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j Savorln Lohmnn of the Netherlands;
Judgo Georgo Gray of Delaware, and
Chief Justlco Charles Fltzpatrlck of
tho Canadian supreme court.
Tho order of tho secretary of tho
navy, given nt tho direction of Presl-
dent Roosovelt, abolishing tho navy
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1Jiun '" vudhiajiu, r iu., tiuu -cn
Orleans, La., was Monday revoked by
Secretary Mayor.
Tho forty-fourth Joint ballot for tho
election of a United Stutcs senator In
Illinois showed no quorum.
P. J. Klornn, former preBldont of
tho Fidelity Funding company of
Now York, whose flnnnclal operations
brought him Into wido repute recent
ly waB Indicted on a chargo of cm
bozzlement and larceny ob bailee, duo
to a noto ho Is alleged to havo mado
to Mother M. Vincent of the slstors
of tho Good Shepherd, Pittsburg.
Tho Washington police wero Mon
day called upon to inveBtlgnto tho
mysterious killing of Walter F.
Schultz, a Chicago artist whoso dead
body waB found In a Hold near Alex
andria, Vn. The pollco will first try
to locate whore ho stopped whllo In
Washington.
One of tho lest official nets of Prosl
dont Roosovelt wns tho signing ot
proclamations creating additions to
thirteen national forests in Novada,
California, Now Moxlco and Arizona,
! aggregating 4.9S0.73G acres, bringing
J tho total acreage up to 195.013.980
acres.
PUSSES THE SENATE
LEGISLATURE NOV THROUGH
WITH BANKING BILL.
DEFEATS EMERGENCY CLAUSE
Omaha Given Home Rule In Its Chart
er. Other Matters Considered In
the Legislature,
Banking Bill Passed.
Tho depositors guaranty banking
bill nud tho homo rule Omaha charter
were ratified by both tho branches of
tho leglslattiro on Friday. Tho bnnk
lug bill which orlglnntcd In tho house
was passed by tho sennto by n vote of
25 to C nnd tho Omaha charter bill
which originated In the senate was
passed In the houso by n vote of 78
to 13. Tho latter bill was passed with
tho emergency clause and tho people
of tho metropolis may vote this.
spring directly to elect their city en
gineer nnd tho mombcrs of their fire
nnd police board.
Tho banking bill was brought tip
for third rending as tho last business
of tho afternoon session. Bolng placed
on passago containing the emergency
clause, the republicans voted against
tho bill for tho purpose of striking
this out. The democrats did not care
to do this themselves, though several
of tholr number wore extremely
nnxloiiB tho bill should not bo put In
force on the day tho governor will
sign II. Ono or two of them beg?ed
republicans not to glvo tho measure
enough support to Include tho emer
gency portion. As this would have
linil tho result of overturning the pres
ent banking system nt once, tho bill
received only nlnoteen votes contain
ing tho clniiBO to twelve ngalnst.
Senators Banning nud Laverty wero
paired, Senator Banning being obliged
to he absent.
On tho vote to pass tho bill without
the emergency clauso the roll call was
as follows:
Yeas Bartos, Besso, Bodlnson,
Buck, Buhrman, Cain, Cox, DIers,
Donohoc, Fuller, Hnt field, Henry,
Howell, Ketchum, King, Klein, Mnjors,
Miller, Myers, Ollls, Ransom, Tanner,
Tlbbets, Volpp, Wlltso 25.
Nays Brown, Gammlll, Randall,
Rnymond, Thompson, Warren G.
New Military Code
Tho senate recommended for pas
sage tho nw mllltnry code bill by Law
rence Dodge, which Is merely an
amendment of tho present law, in nc
cord with tho amended Dick law. The
measure will permit an added appro
priation for armory rent In Omaha.
Campaign Contributions.
Publicity of campaign contributions
wns tho BUbject of H. R. 242, by Mc
Vlckers of Dodge, and It wns amended
to provldo that nil contributions to
funds abovo $25 must bo mndo public.
Tho measure was an umendment of
the law ulready existing.
Salary for Supreme Clerk.
Tho houso recommended for pas
sage H. R. 8G, by Leldlgh of Otoe, tho
bill provldlns a salary for tho clerk
of tho supremo court and providing
that all fees collected by tho clerk
Bhall be paid into tho treasury. Tho
unlaries fixed aro as follows: Clerk,
$1,000; deputy clerk, $2,500; reporter,
$1,800; assistant reporter, $1,200; rcc
ond nsBlsfant reporter, $1,000; assist
ant deputy, $1,000; deputy librarian,
$1,000; stenographer, $810.
The Irrigation Bill.
Q. L. Shumwuy of Scotts Bluff says,
regarding senate fllo No. 174:
"The executive committee of the
American Irrlsatlon Federation, of
which I am chairmnn, dcclnfed some
time ago for such a general provision
In our Irrigation statutes a law to
prevent anyone from Impounding und
holding (Water In oxcosb of IiIb needs.
Water Is too vital nn element to bo
held In storage whon homcniakors'
crops nro burning up."
This conunlttoo consists of L. M.
Wilcox, editor of tho Field nnd Farm,
Deliver; Hera Snow, Oregon; J. Tur
ley, Now Moxlco; John McAlplne,
Minnesota, nnd C. 13. Brnluard, Idaho;
with Mr. Shuniwny ns chairman. Ho
continued:
"Thcro nro somo vnguo or Inexplicit
points in the bill thnt might bo recti
fied. Tho law should provldo that
notlco bo served upon tho prlmnry ap
plicant whenever anyone applies for -.
secondary permit.
"Then, again, when lands nro sup
plied by nn appropriation, which tho
owner thoreot deems nn Insufficient
supply, nnd ho wishes n supplemental
appropriation from tho rosorvolr of
another, tho owner of the reservoir
shall havo first right to mako tho ap
plication to furnish tho supplemental
supply. Tho government, having tho
best reservoir sites In Nebraska, It
will bo enabled to supply such other
canals as may bo Bhort of water, and
rcduco tho expense to tho wnter users
under Its own project.
No Telephone Bill.
In commttteo of tho whole the son
ato Indefinitely postponed tho bill by
Senator Miller of Lnncastor, placing
regulation of telephone companies en
tirely In tho control of tho railway
commission. Tho bill, Mr. Millor snld,
wob for tho purpose of conferring
power upon tho commission which It
wns exercising at present for tho modi
fication of rates nnd control of service
of tho telephone company, but which
thoro waB somo doubt whether tho
railway commission act conferred to
tho extent tho commission desired.
GTOCK YARDO HEARD.
Taylor's Bill Reducing Charges Con
sidered. A hearing on nopresontntlvo Tay
lor's bill reducing chnrgea of tho
South Omaha Slock Ynrds company
tfas given by tho cotnraltteo on mis
cellaneous subjects. Tho bill reduces
yardage charges 20 per cent on cat
tle, and on hogs G cents rt hend. It
provides feed shall bo Bold not over
35 per cent nbovo market prlco. Gen
eral Manager Buckingham, supported
by Sonntor Ransom, who questioned
him nt Intervals to bring out details,
presented statistics of the company.
Ho showed Its capital to bo $7,500,000,
of which $2,500,000 was given as a bo
nus to get the pncklng houses to lo
cate at South Omaha. Net earnings
for a series of yenrs hnvo been as fol
lows: In 1903, $508,801; 1004. $407,
700! 1905, $471,000; 190G, $504,000;
1907, $490,000; 1908, $490,000.
This, ho said, paid G per cent on
the stock, save n small annual deficit
rnnglng from $7,000 a year ngo to
$700 last year.
The committee decided to report
the bill for passage, amended to mako
a reduction on ynrdngc charges below
present rates averaging about 10 per
cent on cnttlo and hogs. Tuoy de
cided to leave the feeding charges as
they arc now.
The present yardage chsrgo of 25
cents n head on horses nnd mules aro
left unchanged. Tho maximum on car
lots of cattlo was cut from $8 to $7.
Tho charge for hogs was left at 8
cents a hend, on car lots tho maxi
mum was cut from $8 to $G. Yardage
on sheep wns cut from 5 to 4 cents
a head.
Suffrage In the-Senate.
Loud applause rang through the gal
leries of the Benato when H. R. No.
120, n constitutional amendment
granting suffrage to women," was
placed on tno general file by a vote
of 18 to 13. Tho applause camo from'
tho many women who had come early
and obtained scats in tho gallery for
the purpose of witnessing tho contest
that was expected to take place. Whlla
the bill was saved from Instant do-,
feat, tho vote cast showed that It still
lacks ono voto necessary to Its pas
sage. Twenty votes nro required In
tho sonato to submit a constitutional
amendment to a vote of the people.
As the senate Indefinitely postponed a
bill of this nature early In the ses
sion, It Is generally believed the nec
essary additional voto cannot be ob
tained. Physlclal Valuation Bill.
Tho Ollls physical valuation bill was
recommended for pussago after tho
$40,000 had been cut off it. This was
believed necessary because the bill
orlglnntcd In the senate. The appro
priation will bo added to the present
appropriation bill.
Saturday Holiday Lost.
H. R. 255. by Humphrey of Lancas
ter, was Indefinitely postponed by tho
house In tho committee of the whole
with little coremony. It wns a case
of "No Sunday baBeball; no Saturday
afternoon holidays," as Schcclo of
Seward expressed It.
Pushing Irrigation Bill.
Senator Raymond of Scott's Bluff
Is still urging S. F. 174, providing for
condemnation of reservoir altos for
benefit of water users. -Agitation
against tho bill hns not censod In his
homo county, but ho Insists it is be
cause the fear of tho trl-stato canal,
which ho declares 1b without founda
tion in this Instance.
Anti-Jap Bill for Pascage
Tho houso recommended for passage
tho Howard anti-Japanese bill. Later
Nettleton of Clay moved for n recon
sideration of the action, but he failed
to receive tho necessary fifty-ono
votes and tho bill Is now up for third
reading.
Two Bills Favored.
Tho house recommended for passage
two liquor bills, II. R. 284, by Henry
of Holt preventing tho sale of liquor
to IndlniiB nnd II. R. 260, by Barrett,
providing that the bartender ns well
as tho saloonkeeper is responsible for
tho sale of liquor to minors.
New Building for Omaha Institute.
Tho houso recommonded for pas
sago tho bill providing for an appro
priation for n now building nt the In
stitute for tho Deaf at Omaha. Tho
bill originally carried an appropria
tion of $50,000, but It was cut down
to $30,000.
Taxation Bill Is Killed.
Tho houso Indefinitely postponed
tho bill permitting ussosBors to exam
lno tho records of banks in order to
uncover property subject to taxation.
Killed Ransom's Bill.
Unwilling to expend tho Bum of $27,
000 for tho rovlslon of tho Nebraska
statues, the sennto refused to pass
Sonntor Ransom's bill, tho voto being
7 to 25. The bill provides thnt tho
governor should appoint three com
missioners with qualifications of su
premo judges, to go over tho statues,
rovlso and codify thorn, eliminating
obsoleto portions nnd bringing them
up to dato. Each commissioner was
to rocelvo $3,500 rer year and havo n
$1,000 stenographer.
No Inquisition on Banks.
After a hard fight on tho floor of
tho houso tho bill by Fries of Howard
to provldo that assessors may have
tho right to enter a bank and check
"up its books In order to mako an as
seBsmont on tho deposits was killed.
Governor Signs Paint Bill.
Gov. Shnllenberger attached his
nnmo to tho pure paint bill, H. R. 140,
Introduced by Klllon of Gugo county,
against which tho paint men or tho
western territory wero arrayed at n
I public hearing.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.-
ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Prohibitionists of Falrbury havo do
elded to nomlnnto a full ticket.
Benkclmnn nlrendy has on n great
building boom for 1909.
A "No Snloon party" hns boon or
ganized nt Syracuse
Congressman Pollard has returned
to his farm In Cass county.
The wlfo of John Shriner, of Hast
ings, has left his bed and board, tak
ing a man with her.
Llttlo Jimmy Payne nt Ponca had
his skull crushed by the kick of a
colt. There Is a possible chanco of
recovory.
Harry Hamlin, a South Omaha boy,
who escaped from the Kearney Indus
trial Institute, gnvo himself up and
asked to be returned.
Upon tho recommendation of Con
gressman Hcnshaw, Dr. J. M. Wood
ard has been nppolnted pension exam
ining stir jeon nt Aurora, vice Dr. D. S.
Woodard, resigned.
Michael Kueckel, nn ajed resident
of West Point, was instantly killed
nt tho railroad crossing on Grove
street. He waB 75 years old and quite
feeble.
A middle-aged man, William Dillon,
who lived three miles south of Oxford,
was found murdered in" his cabin. Dil
lon, who wns supposed to have con
siderable money about him, lived
nlone.
It 1b believed at Hnstlngs that work
will be Btarted early in the summer
on tho building or tho short line of
railroad from Hastings to Kenrney or
"to some point on the Union Pacific a
short distance east of that place.
C. A. Fowler of DeWItt has filed
with tho State Railway commission a
complaint against the Chicago, Bur
lington & Qulncy railroad because of
Its work in diminishing tho size of the
outlets for tho flood waters or Tur
key creek in Lancaster county.
In a flro at Omnha twenty fine
horses, belonging to tho Sunderlnnd
"Coal company, wero burned to death.
The conflagration was 6et by a man
whom, the day before, had been dis
charged from the company's service.
A memorandum bcok Indicates tho
nnme of the mnn found cut to pieces
In Antelope county, wns Tobias Jasek
of Pierce county, Wisconsin. Tho coro
ner's Jury plncoB blame on tho rail
road for his death.
General L. W. Colby and wlfo nre
mnklng plnns to erect nn nrmory in
Beatrice for the excluslvo use of Com
pany C, provided the present session
or tho state legislature falls to pass
an appropriation bill for tho building
of headquarters in the larger cities of
the state.
At Holdrego E. O. Reed and E. J.
McEvoy were nrrested by Sheriff Gus
tus on a charge of dipsomania. Their
hearings wero hold before tho In
sanity commission. Both wero found
guilty nnd sentenced to two years at
the hospital for dipsomaniacs at Lin
coln, or to remain there until bucIi
time ns they wero cured to tho extent
of being responsible for their actions.
The houso, in tho committee of tho
whole, cut out of the deficiency clnlms
bill an Item for $500 for tho State
Board of Education,' which had been
spent for printing required by law
and for other purposes, Including $75
for traveling expenses of members of
tho board.
Several tennifatera of Omaha havo
Joined the tempcranco workers nnd
proceed In a novel way to Inform tho
public what a hazardous thing it is to
lndulgo In golden wnsscr. Stroud &
Co. mako a llttlo red wagon which cir
culates quite freely nmong workmen,
ns It Is used by contractors for exca
vation. Working on ono of tho exca
vations in tho business sections of
Omnha, ono of these wagons, painted
bright red, has this injunction painted
on the back in largo whlto letters:
"CUT OUT THE BOOZE."
R. E. Shelley, for many years a res
ident of Gage county, died at ids home
In University Plnco after a short Ill
ness of paralysis. He was born near
Plover, Wis., Jan. G, 18G0, nnd camo to
Beatrice with his parents In tho early
GOs. Ho worked on his father's farm
and Inter ontered tho service of the
Union Pnclflc as tolegraph oporator.
He also engaged In business, nnd for
several years was postmaster of
Holmesvlllo.
Doano Colleg won over Bollovuo Col
lego in the triangular debate in which
Cotner, Bollevue nnd Donno en?aged.
Tho question debated was, "Shall the
United States Government Pass a Na
tional Income Tax Law?" Tho local
team argued in its favor. Tho debate
was held boforo a largq audienco by
Hamar J. Adcock, L. R. Carey and
James D. Phelps, while Doan's colors
wero upheld by Earl A. Talhelm, Ar
thur Hill and Porry C. Swift.
Mnyor Colton of York has beon re
nominated by tho republicans for an
other term.
An epidemic of Blckncss hns struck
Bellevue collego and many of tho
pupils nro confined to tholr rooms.
Tho Standard Brldgo company has
tho contract for six now structures In
Dodge county.
Tho religious revival In Cook Is of
such intensity that business has large
ly been suspended und nttendnnca
upon (he meetings thereby promoted.
R. K. Hoffman's farm houso, two
miles from Dickens, wns entirely des
troyed by fire.
MRS. LILLIE WINS HER 8UIT.
Jury Awards Her the Full Amount
Sued for.
"Wo tho Jury, find her tho plnlntlfl
plnlntlft j
l,283.7f.."y
Jury Ijm
t Lllifs
and nsBC3B her damages at $i
This waa tho verdict of the
the suit of Lena Margaret
against the Modern Woodmen of
America to recover a $3,000 policy on
tho life of her husband, Harvey M.
Lilllc.
The members of tho jury who havo
sat bo long In tho case were happy
to bo released from their enforced
confinement and be able to return to
tholr vocations. Much of tho twenty
ono dnys long sessions of the court
waB held and many times It was fi
o'clock In the nfternoon or after thlu
hour berore they wero freed from
duty.
By agreement cloven men were al
lowed to decldo the case. Tho mem
bers or the panel wore S. A. Allen,
George A. Gable, Lewis P. Rocke,
John Dee, E. J. Bnldebuck, R. E.
Richardson, If. Fulton, F. B. Ryons,
II. H. Hoge, Percy R. Clark and J. E.
Kirk. Andy Bayless, tho only colored
Juror on the panel, was excused
Thursday by Judge Frost on account
of his bibulous condition.
Mrs. Llllle said that she would leave
Tor Los Angcle3 soon to visit hcjs-
daughter, her parents and other rofiF
tlves. She said sho did -not expect
to mako her homo on the coast, but
had not decided where she would lo
cate. TIiIb question would bo settled
after she had reached California.
She Bald that tho long trial had
been a great strain on her and pho
was worn out, but the Joy ot having
her innocence established by a Jury
not Bwnyed by public sentiment wns
sufficient to mnko her forget her phy
sical condition.
She stnted that at David City much
evidence of a falso character had
been permitted nt tho murder trlnl
nnd some of It had been introduced
here.
Lena Margaret LIIllo was convicted
of the murder of her husband, Hurvcy
M. Llllle, in the spring of 1903, by a
Butler county Jury at David City and
bho was sentenced to life imprison
ment. For about a year she was kept
In the county Jnll after her convic
tion. The supreme court which was
appealed to sustained the sentence of
the lower tribunal. Mrs. Llllle was
taken to tho penitentiary January 10,
1905, and served a term of less than
two years, being pardoned by Gover
nor Mickey. The governor said after
listening to a long nnd exhaustive
presentation of the case that there
wa3 grave and serious doubts ns
the guilt of Mrs. Llllle nnd dcolnr;
ho would extend a pardon to her,
The Coopers are Found Guilty,
Guilty of murder In the second de
gree with twenty years Imprisonment
as the penalty was tho verdict tho
Jury Saturday morning In the enso
against Colonel Duncon B. Cooper nnd
hl8 son Robin Cooper, charged with
tho murder of former United States
Senator E. W. Carmack.
The jury Friday acquitted John
B. Sharp a co-defendant. Immediately
the defense moved to set aside the
verdict because of the vordlct of dia
agreement of Frldny and asked tl
court to declare It a mistrial. Judge
Hart said ho would listen to nrgu
monts on this motion later. He then
fixed tho defendant's bonds at $23,
000 each, which amount was accept
able to both sides. The verdict, com
ing ns It did upon the heels of Fore
man Burke's declaration "that waaro
hopelessly tied up as to the Coopers"
was a decided surprise.
Tho defendants took it cooly al
most without emotion. Mrs. Burch nnd
Mrs. Wilson, the ycung daughters of
Colonel Cooper, wero bravo nnd aside
from tonrrul eyes, restrained their
emotion gamely. Mrs. Burch snt with
her arm around her brother Robin's
shoulder nnd Mrs. Wilson was nt her
father's right. The susponfio for the
two young women had been heart
rending, nnd nny vordlct, however, un
favorable was a rcllof
Unable to Manage Affairs.
That Stanley McCormlck, son of
tho "harvester king," Is Incompetent
to manage his affairs was tho allega
tion mndo by his wife In tho superior
court at Santa Barbara, Calif., in n
potltlon to have him declared
competent nnd a guardian appointed
to look nfter his person nnd estate.
McCormlck came to Santa Barbara
for his health and for a time seemed
to Improve. However, It later be
enmo nppnrcnt thnt his mind was fall
ing. Recently It became evident to
his wife that some nctlon should bo
taken nnd tho petition was nccordlngly
drawn nnd placed boforo tho superior
court. It will como up for hearing In
nbout two weeks.
Modjeska Dangerously III.
. PhyslclnnB attending Mmo. Mojeska
reported lato Saturday that the condi
tion of tho famous actress is un
changed and Intimated that she Is
very close to death. Llttlo hope la
held out, It Is said, that sho will ulti
mately recover from the present at
tack of heart trouble and Brlght's
dlsenso. In spite of this, optimistic
bulletins nro given out at her homo
In Bay Island, forty miles south of
Los Angeles, Calif,
Are Opposed to Hangings.
The present criminal Jury at Indian-'
apolls Is to be dismissed because tho
county prosecutor is informed that
several mombors or It nro prejudiced
nguinsi cnpitai punishment, nnd a
now venire has been ordered In prep
aration for tho murder calondur
which Is to bo opened next week.
There nro fifteen prisoners now In
"murderer's row" In the jail, 'heir
trials aro lo bo rushed and tho city
nnd county officials hope that in sev
eral case3 tho denth Bentenco will bo
quickly pronounced nnd executed
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