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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , , , , . NORFOLK NEBRASKA FRIDAY JANUAUl' 10 1903. B- II HE WAS SHERIFF OF GREGORY COUNTY DURING RUSH. JOHNSON DETTMAN SHOT HIM WERE IN POOL HALL AND GAM BLING HOUSE PARTNERSHIP. QUARRELED OVER THE SPOILS Ex-Sheriff Johnson Dcttman of Osceo- la County , la. , Shot His Friend and Partner , Former Sheriff George Tay lor of Gregory. IloncBtcel , S. II. , Jan. 0. Special to The News : Ex-Sheriff Jolmsoti Dett- man of OHcooln county , Iowa , ycstcr- day shot niul killed ex-Sheriff George Taylor of Gregory , S. D. , at Fairfax. The men were partners In a pool hall and gambling house ami for several days had been quarreling over a divi sion of the spoils. For several years past they had been warm personal friends. Taylor died Instantly and Dettman is now In jail. Dcttman claims that he killed Tay lor in self defense. TAYLOR SHERIFF DURING RUSH It Was He Who Threatened to Ask for State Militia. George Taylor , the ex-sheriff of Gregory county who was shot and hilled at Fairfax , was sheriff of that county at the time of the Rosebud rush prior to the settlement of Greg ory county. It was he who , during the last days of the rush , threatened to appeal to the governor of South Dakota for elate troops to help preserve order at Done- steel. Taylor placed In jail at Fairfax Po liceman Ault who shot and killed "Kid" English during the early days of the rush. The dead man frequently passed through Norfolk. He was a heavy set wan. DETAILS OFJTHE TRAGEDY The Two Men Met to Settle Difficulties - ties Both Drew Guns. Fairfax , S. D. , .Tan. 9. Special to The News : No inquest will be held over the dead body of ex-Sheriff George Taylor , who was slain just before noon yes'srdny by his partner , Johnson Dettman. It was considered too evi dent how the death occurred , and as Dettmau confessed the killing the In quest was considered unnecessary. Met to Settle Quarrel. The two men had been quarreling for a week over a settlement of their money affairs. They met by agree ment yesterday a.the \ pool hall to set tle their difficulty. Words , Blows , Guns. One word brought on another until the two men were In a rage. Then they began fighting. Blow followed blow until they both whipped out their gxms. Dettman shot first. That's about the story. Bullet Entered Neck. The bullet from Dettman's revolver a 32-callbre entered Taylor's necK and severed an artery. Taylor died Instantly. The tragedy took place In the yard behind the pool hall. There were no witnesses to the affair. Dettman gave himself up and told of the shooting. He was at once placed in jail. It was a pool hall , lunch counter and card game that the two men were op erating. Both Men Have Families. Both ex-sheriffs have families. Taylor - lor leaves a widow and three children. Dettman's family lives at Slbley , Iowa a wife and seven or eight children. During the Rosebud rush Taylor , as sheriff , was called to Bonesteel to preserve servo order and he did It well. He was twice sheriff of Gregory county. Both Drinking Men. Neither of the men Involved bore the best of reputations. Both drank and gambled. The funeral will be held Sunday Taylor carried no life Insurance. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge here In good standing. It has not yet been determined when Dettman's preliminary hearing will be held. DETTMAN TAKEJHO BONESTEEL Man Who Killed Taylor Answers the Charge. Bonesteel , S. D. , Jan. 9. Special to The News : John Dettman , who shof and killed Geo. Taylor at Fairfax yes terday was brought to Bouesteel m noon today and arraigned before Jus tlco Biggins on the charge of murder Acting States Attorney Davis request ed that a continuance be taken untl" the re/uru / of States Attorney Done hue , whoh as been at Watertown , S D. , attending a meeting of the states attorneys of the state. By agreemen the qounsol for the defense and the proHCctitlon and the presiding judge , Dettman was placed under $5,000 to appear on Saturday , when the prelim inary hearing will bo held. The statement that Dettman was an cx-sherlff of OHccola county , Iowa , Is Incorrect , but Instead of being sheriff of that county he was a former sheriff of Crawford oounty , Iowa. Dettman claims he shot Taylor In self defense and that at the time the shooting oc curred Taylor had him down and was giving him a serious pounding , all of which Dettman's appearance Indicates. \V. B. Backus of this city will defend Dettman nt the preliminary hearing. HE W , CHANT-POSTMASTER . 'XON , S. D. \ HORSE SI % % ? IS CHARGED % - M. D. Wllcox \ . . Convicted at Fair fax and Sentenced to a Term In the State Penitentiary The Case Has Been Reversed New Trial Due. Bonesteel , Neb. , Jan. 9. Special to The News : The supreme court of this state has just announced Us decision In the case of the state of South Da kota vs. M. D. Wllcox , a Dlxon mer chant and former postmaster nt that place. Wllcox was tried here a couple of years ago on the charge of horse rust ling and convicted in the circuit court nt Fairfax and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. The case was ap pealed to the supreme court and the decision of the lower court was re versed. Geo. A. Jeffers of Dallas was Wll- cox's attorney. The case will como up for another trial at the April term of the circuit court. ADMITS ENGINEERING LOANS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SHOULDERS BURDER FOR DEALS Ackowledges That System of Memor andum Notes Used In Bank Were Hla Own , but Denies Any Thought of Personal Gaipy Chicago , Jan. 9. John R. Walsh , in his first public explanation of the af fairs of tht Chicago National bank a its c. > 4lng by national bank ex aminers , took the witness stand in the United States district court to defend himself against charges of misapply- ng funds of the Institution . He admitted that he had personally engineered the loans of millions of dollars to the railroads and other on terprlses in which ho hold large blocks of stock. Ho also acknowledged' that .he system of memorandum notes used In the bank was his. He denied , however , that he under took these transactions with any thought of personal gain , claiming that the interests of the bank and Us allied Institutions , the Equitable Trust company and the Home Savings bank , were his chief concern. Mr. Walsh was on the stand four hours. Direct examination of the wit ness was still in progress wneu court adjourned. The expectation that Mr. Walsh would testify drew a largo crowd to the court room and every seat was filled soon after he took the stand. Although he had been one of Chi cage's leading citizens for years , ho has appeared' In public comparatively few times and has seldom , If ever , spoken In public. This was evident when the questioning began , for his replies were given In so low a tone that they were scarcely audible to the attorneys , and he was admonished to speak louder several times by his own counsel. With this exception the wit ness gave little Indication of cither his seventy years or the strain of the long trial. TEST OF THE PURE FOOD LAW This Time It Will Be to Decide What Constitutes an Imitation , ( Des Molnes , Jan. 9. William E Smith , deputy state food and dairy commissioner , made a purchase o : some "Boar's Head Compound , " man ufactured by the N. K. Fairbanks com pany. ThU purchase is the first step in a test suit Involving the pure fee < law. The stuff purchased Is composed of cottonseed oil and oleo stearlno ant Is Intended' to be used for the same purposes as lard Is used. The entire suit will hinge on wh th r or not it is an imitation of lard. H R. Wright , state food and dairy com mlssloner , insists that It is an imlta tloii of Jard. The Fairbanks peopli claim that U Is a product all by Until and not an Imitation of anything. Thi state law provides that If a food prod uct Is an imitation of anything it shal bear on the label tfje percentage of the ingredients. The manufacturers do not wish to put on the percentage o ingredients. I SENSATIONAL CHARGE BROUGHT AGAINST HER BY HER SON. GEO. GLOVER APPLIES TO COURT roceedlngs Are Filed In Lead , S. D. , Following Receipt of Letter In Which She Refuses to Have Any Dealings With Western Relatives. Lead , S. D. , Jan. 9. A sensation was caused by filing In the court hero of n Insanity charge against Mrs. Mary Jaker Eddy by her son , Geo. Glover. The suit followed the receipt of a let- er from Mrs. Eddy , declining a rccon- Illation and refusing to have any fur- her dealings with her western rcla- Ives. BUSINESS HOUSES DESTROYED Loss by Early Fire Estimated Between $75,000 and $100,000. Green Buy , WIs. , Jan. 9. Fire early oday destroyed several large build- ngs In the business district of the Ity. The loss Is estimated between 75.000 and $100,000. NEW WITNESS GALLED Edna Goodrich , the Actress , Subpoe naed for Defense. New York , Jan. 9. Edna Goodrich , lie actress who Evelyn Nesblt Thaw ays Introduced her to Stanford White , vas subpoenaed by the defense In the Thaw trial. The jury box Is again filled , with Ix subject to challenge. Now ork , Jan. 9. The work of so * curing n jury to try Harry K. Thaw a second time for killing Stanford White ivav : half completed when court met his morning. The original venire of 300 special service jurors has been exhausted and 200 additional talesmen have been ordered to report. The oath of service was administered to , hreo men , making six In all who hav& been finally accepted. Three pro visional jurors are also In the box , nit they are still subject to peremp- .ory challenges. Another series of these arbitrary removals reduced the innel when all twelve seats had been Hied and six chairs had been left va- cunt when it was finished. The de- 'enso ' has now exercised eleven of Us thirty challenges and' the prosecution eight. The sworn Jurors In their respective position are : Charles E. Gremmela , ship broker , foreman ; Arthur R. Naethlng , baker ; George W. Gary , dry goods ; George C. Rupprecht , sales- mnn ; John II. Holbert , mineral wat ers ; David E. Arrowsmith , manager. Death of Mrs. Jackson. Crelghton , Neb. , Jan. 9. Mrs. Elean- Jackson , aged 75 years , died at her ionic In this city at 10:30 : last night. Mrs. Jackson was born In Now York and the past twenty-five years of her Ife have been spent in Crelghton , vhero she was held In high esteem by icr neighbors. She leaves three laughters , one in Bellwood , one in Creighton and one In Los Angeles , Gal. , and one son , Mr. Rosebum , who s a mall clerk on the Dallas line of he Northwestern. Prominent Young People. * Alnsworth , Neb. , Jan. 9. Special to The News : Clyde McAndrew and Miss Hazel Davlson , two prominent young people of Alnsworth , were mar ried yesterday afternoon. U. P. Loses by an Hour. Omaha , Neb. , Jan. 9. The Union Pacific railroad , Monday paid Frank . Cattlln , a brakeman , $10,000 In set tlement of a personal injury suit jronght by Catlln on account of in- lurles received several months ago in jrought by Cattlin on account of in- The settlement was made as a com promise on a $50,000 claim and the railroad attorneys agreed to the set tlement an hour before the United States supreme court decided the em ployers' liability act invalid. Affinity Game Balked. Des Molnes , la. , Jan. 9. After trail ing her husband and pretty Ella Park- hurst , his affinity , to O'Neill , Neb. , and back to Des Molnes , Mrs. Peter Neal caused the arrest of the young woman and filed Information against her hus band , who has disappeared. Neal Is a liveryman at Mlngo. He accumulated $1,000 and paid $200 on a home at O'Neill , In which he had planned to Install Miss Parkhurst. The police had trouble In keeping the wife and "affinity" from having a fist fight In the police station. Judge Ames Resigns. Lincoln , Jan. 9. Judge John H Ames of Lincoln , one of the three state supreme court commissioners tendered his resignation , to take ef feet Immediately. His action Is due to his necessary absence from the state on account of the health of his wife. Chief Justice Sedgwlck of the court retired , after completing his six years' term. At the next sitting of the court his successor , Judge M. B Reese , will assume office. Achteramann Still Alive. Franklin , WIs. , Jan. 9. News that a man believed to have been William S Achteramatin , a student for the mln Istry In the Lutheran seminary here had committal suicide near Lincoln Neb. , was received with great sur prise at the mission house Inasmuch as Mr. Achteramann Is still alive. N A LETTER SHE HINTS SEPARA TION IS FINAL. MARRIED IN SPITE OF FATHER BUT SHE HASN'T BEEN LIVING WITH LEAVITT LATELY. WON'T EVEN SEE HIM IN EUROPE n a Letter to Miss Edith Locke , a Former Norfolk Girl and Classmate of Ruth Bryan , Ruth Hints She's Done With Leavltt , Artist. Omaha , Neb. , Jan. 9. Special to Die News : In u letter to Miss Edith , n former classmate , Ruth Bry- in Leavltt says that she will not see ler husband while in Europe and Indi cates that her separation from her hna- innd Is fluul. Miss Locke Is now society reporter m the Bee. Ruth Bryan Leuvltt , eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Jennings Bry- ui of Lincoln , has been away from ier husband for many months and the Inal separation , definitely suggested n the letter to Miss Locke , is no sur- irlse to those who are Intimately ac quainted with Ruth Bryan Leavitt. For some time Mrs. Leavltt has jeen "visiting" at the home of her llstlngultjhed father nt Lincoln. She vas there all fall and now she and icr mother have gone to Europe. Leavltt la an artist. He came to .ilncoln a few years ago to paint a lortralt of Bryan. Ho won the heart ) f Ruth. The eminent parent objected o the match. But Ruth Is a girl af- er her father's build headstrong and letermined. She Insisted that she should marry eavltt and she waited until a day fter her eighteenth birthday in order o have the legal right to do It. For a line they lived in New Orleans and lion they moved to Denver. But Mrs. eavltt has spent most of her time In , lncoln , for all that. There are two children. Beautiful children they are , too , Miss Locke , to whom the significant otter was written , is a former Nor- 'olk girl. She is the daughter of Mrs. "rank Locke , Frank Locke having for merly been landlord of the Pacific heel - el here. Since his suicidal death last vinter she has been society reporter on the Bee. In the university at Lincoln Ruth 3ryan was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority and Miss Locke a Kappa Gamma. VANDALS WRECK LEAVITT HOME Furniture- Ruined While Owner i& on Tour of Europe- . Denver , Colo. , Jan. 9. The howling of a dog today attracted neighbors to he pretty house of Ruth Bryan Leav- tt , daughter of W. J. Bryan. The louse had been vacant for weeks. A rear door was found unlocked and the nterior was a mass of wreckage. Ev- ry drawer in the house had been emp tied on the floor , which was strewn torn draperies , broken dishes and fragments of every electric bulb in the louse. The dog had chewed at win- ; low frames and doors In its efforts to escape , and the vandals or the dog md overturned most of the furniture. Mrs. Leavitt and her husband are In Europe , and their tenants moved away some weeks ago. There is no clue to the vandals who did the work. GOVERNOR FLAYS OUTLAWRY New Chief Executive of Kentucky Con demns Reign of Terror. Frankfort. Ky. , Jan. 9. The first message of Governor A E. Willson to the geneial assembly was read In both houses. In addition to recommenda tions covering the reforms to which he pledged himself during the cam paign , a large portion ot the document Is devoted to a stirring recital of the lawlessness which has developed In the tobacco war , accompanied by vlg orous denunciation of the malefactors and two specific recommendations hav Ing for their object the breaking ui of the trouble. Governor Willson has ordered ten militiamen from Louisville to go to Lebanon to guard the American To > bacco company's warehouse and also directed ten soldiers of the Cynthlana company to report to the mayor of that town to protect tobacco property. A Galling gun was also ordered sent to Lexington. Indications seem to show that the white hurley district Is on the eve of a series of night riding outrages equal to the lawlessness In wostetn Kentucky. Little Doing In House. Washington , Jan. 9. Little business was transacted by the house. A rule giving the bill to revise , codify and amend the laws the right of way along with other preferred measures , was adopted. The bill was Immediately taken up , and upon the conclusion of Us reading was laid ( aside to permit Galnes ( Tenn. ) to adjlress the house in favor of an appropriation for "The Hermitage , " the hotye of Andrew Jackson , near Nashville Tenn. ft C , H. F. SMITH AND A. B. STICK NEY PLACED IN CONTROL. UNABLE TO MEET OBLIGATIONS Locs as Result of Boilermakers' Strike Is Given as Partial Cause for Flnan olal Straits of Road Kellogg Istuei Statement. Omaha , Jan. 9. Petitions for a re ceiver for the property of the Chicago Great Western railroad In Nebraska was filed In the United States court In Dmalia this morning , but no action has been taken by the court as yet. St. Paul , Jan. 9. Judge Walter II. Sanborn of the United States circuit court < appointed A. B. Stlcknoy and Charles ( H. I < \ Smith , both residents ol St. Paul , receivers for the Chicago Great ' Western railroad. A. B. Stlck noy i Is now the piusldent of the road. The firm of Kellogg & Soveiance of St. Paul was appointed attoine > s foi the iccolvers. The appointment of receivers fol lowed ] the Inability of the company to meet , obligations falling duo In 1908 , and the failure to stcure an extension of the obligations. Loss as a result of the bollermakors' strike of last fall Is given as a partial cause for the financial straits of the road. It was also pointed out that during the last ten years the road has spent $19,000- 000 In reconstruction. The petition for a receivership was filed on behalf of the stockholders and the finance committee by John A. Humborg of Minnesota , George P. Meyer of New York and Word Cum- mlngs and Alax Wallace of Great Brit ain. As soon as the petition for the complainants had been filed an answer was filed on behalf of the board of di rectors , who voted to become party to the receivership proceedings. Attorney Kellogg'a Statement. In asking for the appointment of re ceivers , Mr. Kellogg said : "The cap ital of the Chicago Great Western consists of four classes of stocks , but two of which need bo considered In the receivership proceedings. These are the preferred 'A' and the deben ture stock , each of which represented 50 per cent of the original first mort gage bonds. The preference of these two classes of stock are secured by a trust deed to the Manhattan Trust company of Now York. There will bo a default In the payment of these obli gations Jan. 15 , " said Mr. Kellogg. Further outlining the condition oi the road , Mr. Kellogg said that the G-reat Western owes $1(1,6531,4.13.71 ( . , now duo or falling due within the next four years , of which notes to the amount of $545,000 have gone to pro test. test."Tho "Tho- sum , exceeding $10,000,000 , " continued Mr. Kellogg , "Is part of the $19,000,000 spent by the Great West ern in the last ten years In rebuilding the road. There was duo last month notes to the amount of 50.000 and there will be due during the rest of January notes aggregating 283,000 , with a total amount of obligations due during 1908 of $3,342,545.45. " Mr. Kellogg further said that the Great Western , which is an Illinois corporation ( , owns in fee without mort gage f lines of railroad in Illinois , Iowa , Minnesota , Kansas and Missouri. It also . owns a terminal lease of a line from St. Paul to Minneapolis. In ad dltlon , the Great Western owns all the stock of and operates the Mason City and Fort Dodge railroad , a line about four hundred miles long. This line Is mortgaged for $12,000,000 , 62 per cent of its cost. Mr. Kellogg said that under the laws of the states in which the Great Western operates creditors might se cure an attachment on Its property , thus wrecking the road and preventing it from fulfilling its obligations to the public. Primarily , on this ground , the possi bility that It might be prevented from performing Its functions as a common carrier , Judge Sanborn Issued the order for the appointment of the receivers. Ho also gave as an addi tional ground the fact that a judgment of ( $70,000 had already been secured against the road. STRANGE EPIDEMIC AT LANSING Thousands Suddenly Stricken With Nausea and Intestinal Trouble. Lansing , Mich. , Jan. 9. Whether from the flight of bacilli over the city from deleterious matter in the city water , or from some other unknown cause , Lansing was seized by a strange malady some time during the night , thousands being suddenly stricken with extreme nausea , accom . panled by acute Intestinal trouble. From midnight until morning and all during the forenoon , calls for physicians were incessant. Many dragged themselves to doctors' afliccs for treatment. Whole families were stricken. Two boys were found ivlnsr TH COHDITIONOFTHE WEATrltR _ Temperature for Twenty-four Hours Forecast for Nebraska. Conditions of the weather as record ed for the twenty-four hours ending at 8 a. m. today. Maximum 4 Minimum l ! Average 3 Barometer 29.5 Chicago , Jan. 9. The bulletin is sued by the Chicago station of the United States weather , bureau glva the forecast for Nebraska as follows Fair tonight and Friday. Cooler Fr ! day. I IE ll Il | V/i n tlio struct , too 111 to maku further The dlHease , which most physicians attribute to atmospherical conditions , folded readily to treatment. Fifteen city teachers and hundreds of pupils were absent from school. All stores were short of help. Among several old and feeble or very young persons serious conditions have de veloped , but no fatalities have so far resulted In consequence of the strange cpldnmlc. CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD GOVERNMENT. CLEMENCY OF THE COURT ASKED crry A. Yeast , a Prominent Cattle Man , Found Guilty In the United States Court In Omaha , and the Jury Ask Easy Treatment. Omaha , Jan. 9. Special to The Jews : Perry A. Yeast , a prominent attic man on trial In the United States ourt for conspiracy to defraud the lovcrnment In land entries , was today omul guilty and recommended to the leniency of the court by the jury sit ing In the case. THE COTTON CROP. Mumber Bales Ginned Less Than Last Year. Washington , Jan. 9. The census bit- can today Issued a report showing lie number of bales of cotton ginned rom the growth of 1907 up to January , was 9,955,427 as compared with 11- 11,009 last year and 9,725,120 for 900. GOULD TAKES OVER CONTROL OF MERCANTILE NATIONAL. HINTS AT OTHER INQUIRIES Reported That More Financiers May Be Indicted , but Prosecuting Attor ney Will Divulge No Names Helnze Pleads Not Guilty to Charge. New York , Jan. 9. Being unable to meet payments due on his stock in the nstltuuon , F. Augustus Helnze lost control of the Mercantile National jank , the conduct of which as its president had brought about his ar- algnment in the United States cir cuit court earlier In the clay on charges of over-certification. One year ago Heluze bought a con trolling Interest from the Goulds , with whom he pledged his holdings as se curity for his promise to pay for them in full within one year. This loan of f 1,200,000 was duo yesterday to Ed win Gould and to William Nelson Cromwell , who was a member of the Gould parly in the bank before the Mercantile was added to the Helnze- Morse-Thomas chain of financial liouses. Up to the last moment al lowed him , Hoinze struggled to meat Ills obligations In order to retain his banking Interests. His failure was chronicled In the following statement , issued by Mr. Cromwell after a confer ence of the parties concerned : "The Helnze stock in the Mercantile National bank has been acquired by Mr. Gould In a satisfactory airnnge- ment. Mr. Helnze was given every possible chance to pay for the stock , but because of his inability to do so In the time agreed upon we have been forced to take It over. " Mr. Cromwell added that the Gould Interests would assume their proper place in the bank board at the meet ing on Jan. H. This implies , of t course , that the so-called Utilize dl rectors will then retire. Helnze , now under ball , consequent upon nn Indictment by the federal grand jury on a charge of over-certify Ing checks of his brother's brokerage firm , Involving $ -400,000 , was arraigned before ' Judge Chatfleld. A plea of not guilty was entered and permission was had to alter or withdraw It , or to make any other desired motions later. An adjournment of the case was or dered until Jan. 20 , when the final plea will be made. The ball of $50 , < 000 was continued. ' It Is reported that other men equal ly as prominent as Helnzo In Wall street operations are to be called be fore the fedeial authorities to plead to similar indictments. Who they are or when their arrests , are to be ex pected. could not be learned. It Is known that the grand jury Is not ye through with Its Inquiry Into certain banking conditions exposed by the recent financial Hurry. Fleet Passes Pernambuco. Pe-rnanibui'O , Brazil. Jan. 9. The American battleship lljet , under com mand of Hear Admiral Evans , was sighted passing this port at noon on Its way to Hlo Janeiro. ONE ' OF THE DE8T KNOWN MEN IN NORTH NEBRASKA. DIED SUDDENLY IN STORE HEART FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE OF SUDDEN DEMISE. HE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF LAND Traveling Over the Prairies of North Nebraska and Southern Souht On- kota , He Had Attained Wlda Knowl edge of the Whole Region. Butte , Neb. , Jan. 9. Special to The News : Dr. A. S. Warner , one of the bust known men In northern Nebras ka , dropped dead In his drug store hero at 8 o'clock this morning. Dr. Warner had gone into the atoro to build a fire. Shortly after 8 howua found dead on the floor , a result of. heart failure. He had not OVCM > taken off his overcoat. Buttc has been thrown Into a state of densest gloom over this sudden death of one of the foremost cltlzona. Prairie Pioneer 26 Years. Dr. Warner has been u pioneer on these vast prairies of northern Ne braska and southern South Dakota for a quarter century. Ho was hero long before there was a town of Buttc. Ho was a pioneer In Koya Pnha and Rock counties , Nebraska , years beto.o the establishment of a Butte eighteen years ago. Ho has driven over hun dreds and thousands and tens of thou sands of miles of these prairies and he knew every square foot of land In all this limitless domain of the plains. It ' Is safe to say that no living man knows as Intimately the country of north Nebraska and southern South Dakota as did Dr. Warner. Had Grown Wealthy. In his years of pioneering , Dr. War ner had grown wealthy. Ho was one of the richest men In Boyd county. He lias invested In lands all these years , and 1ms lived to sec them rise greatly in value ) His drug store here , In which ho dropped dead today , is one of the handsomest in northern Ne braska. Dr. Warner was secretary of the losebud Land company , a gigantic yndlcate dealing in Rosebud reserva- ion lands. In this capacity he has luring the past two years been en gaged in continual travel over the ountles of Gregory , Trlpp and Meyer. Dr. Warner knew almost all of the Rosebud Sioux Indians. He could talk o them and they were willing to talk o him ns to no other man. Ho rcn- lered Invaluable services In a medical vay all during his quarter century of Ife on these plains. Forty-Seven Years Old. Dr. Warner was forty-seven years of age. He is survived by a widow and wo children. His son , Carl , left yes- erday morning to attend school nt Cearnoy and his daughter , Gladys , left esterday to attend the Nebraska unl- erslty at Lincoln. He was n Mason , an Odd Fellow , a Woodman and a Highlander and car- led heavy insurance. Funeral ar rangements will await word from rel- itlvcs. Ho has a brother In Cleveland , wo sisters In Rockford and a brother 'n Arizona. WELL KNOWN IN NORFOLK. Dr. Warner Has Been Here- Many Times During the Year. Dr. Warner was very well known la Norfolk. During the past year ho boil many times been in Norfolk on busi ness and he had dealt with many people ple here. News of his death will prove a gen- ilnp shock to his many friends in this city , PASSES FOR COMMISSIONERS Missouri Pacific Tenders Them lr Violation of the State Law. Lincoln , Jan. 9. Members of the state railway commission and Clark Perkins , the secretary , received an nual passes over the Missouri Pacific railroad , good In Nebraska. The passes were sent in letters from B. I' , Waggener , general attorney for the railroad at Atchlson , Kan. As U is aguliibt the law for a road to offer or give passes in this state , the commis sioners enclosed the pasteboards In n letter addressed to Attorney General Thompson and' ' directed him to bring proceedings against the responsible of ficials for the violation of the law. The penalty Is a fine of from $100 to $1,000. In the letter to the attorney gen eral the commissioners say they do not know whether the attlon of Mr. Waggener Is due to Irrepresslblu humor , Ignoiance of the law or Imper tinence , but they declare It is up to him to bring action. FRANK BARKER MUST HANG Nebraska Supreme Court Again Affirms - firms Death Sentence. Lincoln. Jan. 8. For the fourth