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TIIE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 17. 1911. 3 Nebraska i'OHNSON GIVES UP WEAPONS Condemned Man Hands Over Knife . and Iron Pipe Had Secreted. GRUDGE AGAINST y EX-WARDEN DtfUfM He Had Beea Denied Privi leges la PrUon Accorded to Others .Xo Malice Now te Officers. PRESIDENT OF THE NEBRASKA WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. fFrom a Staff Correspondent ) LINCOLN. Neb.. May 18. i Special.) Thomas Johnson, the Omaha negro mur derer, created a atlr at the state peniten tiary when he voluntarily turned over to Warden DeJahunty a two-foot piece of gas pipe ana a sharp knife which he had se creted in hla cell noim time aao. With the knife. Johnaon told the warden aa he handed tham over, ha could have taken his own Ufa or with the Iron pipe he Informed him ha could have alaln he unarmed guard who itood watch over hla cell. Major Moore, Janitor of the atate house, waa one of the party of men and women who called on Johnaon Sunday at the pen itentiary.. Warden eDlahunty waa present. "Heer la a knife," said Johnson, '"with which I could have taken my own life any time, and here la a gas pipe that I could have used to kill the unarmed guard that haa been coming to my cell.", Johnaon pulled the, knife blade out of a crevice near the door sill of hla cell and reached under hla cott to get the gas pipe. The pipe waa filled with wood, apparently to make It more solid. Johnaon turned the Implements over to the warden and re marked that he no longer had any malice toward any one. He turned hla discharge from the Spanish-American war over to Major Moore and gave directions In regard to writing to hla Bister In Chicago, wh hls seven-year-old son Is living. The con demned man does not want hla old father to learn of hla fate. eH said he did not care what ols done with hla body after tha spirit haa left It. but If he had mont hs would have the body shipped back to hla birthplace In Georgia for burial. John son expresses no desire to consult a spirit ual adviser. Several years ago. after he had served a term In the Nebraska state penitentiary for burglary committed In a saloon In Omaha, he appeared at the home of Major Moore In Lincoln and represented that ha had arrived rfom Chicago. He boarded there four weeks and Joined the colored Baptist church. JUurlng his atay there he appeared to ba a quiet and even pious man. JofcaaomVi Complaint. Johnson complains bitterly of the treat ment ha received under tha administration of Warden Tom Smith and Deputy Wel ton. From remarks made by him In the presence of several colored men and women In his cell Sufidayhe had become desperate and may have had lit mind the murder of some of his attendants of offi cers of tha penitentiary. He is well pleased with tha treatment he haa received under the administration of Warden Delahunty. His principal complaint against tha former administration Is that attendants would taka other prisoners out for exercise In tha open air and refused, on account of lack of time to take him out of his cell. For three months Johnson says he sat In a hot cell without treatment due to a hu man being. Governor Aldrlcu la convinced that Johnson 1 4-ullty. J. U Jtaley, attorney for Johnson called agin on tha governor this forenoon and asked him to commute tha death sentence to Ufa Imprisonment or to Issue a reprieves and allow tha applica tion tor pardon to be considered by the advisory board of pardons when that body comes Into existence on July 7. Tha gover nor refused to Interfere with the death sentence. As tha advisory board cannot relieve tha governor of tha responsibility, ha does) not cars to postpone tha decision which ba would have to make after the advisory board hears tha case. Deatal BecJety Meets. Tha Nebraska IS tats Denial society, which Is composed of almost 400 of Jthe 00 dentists In tha state, convened In this j city today, with about one-third of the membership in attendance. Grand Island, which made a fight last year tor tha state Bleating, intends to repeat tha clash this , year and is said to be prepared to win the I 19U convention. Hastings, which has launched a campaign to eeeura ail the conventions possible, la said to be in the race and intends te be as suooeaaful aa It has during that past two weeks. Omaha, vhlch has alternated tha convention wltu j this city for several years, has also en ; tared the fight, and Its representatives feel confident of winning out in tha three oornered fight Reavdy for Gemi-waty Tax. Becrslary Roys of the state banking board, is sending cut blank forms and In structions to tha banks of JJia state in re gard to tha filing of a statement of the average dally deposits for ths first six months of tha present year. Cm these statements the amount levied against the different banks for tha guaranty fund will ba denoted, and tha sum will be set aside accordingly by tha banks under tha pro visions of ths guaranty law. Ths transac tion will be nothing more than a book affair, and will mean only the transferring of the amount o fthe assessment from the net earnings to tha "depositors' guaranty fund." aa It will be known. This fund, of rouree, wtu ba payable to the state bank ing1 board en demand. Secretary Royae further says In his letter that where a bank does not have a sufficient amount of r. J 4 , - - : 1 I . . T A f ' - - ' ' - A - Photo by Klnehart. MRS. A. K. GAL'LT. net earnings to meet Its assessment the shareholders must stand an assessment In proportion to their stock holdings, and the bank should not stand a reduction In cap ital or surplus therefor. ' "Certlflcatea will be withheld," says Secretary Royse. "In all cases where the condition of the bank Is such as to imperil the Integrity of the bank guaranty act. Banks must be sol vent before iuestlon before they will be given a certificate," TTeat Governors' Meeting. Governor Aldrlch has received notice that the next annual meeting of governors will be held September 13 at Spring Lake, N. J. The scope of the meeting and the subjects to be discussed have not yet been announced. Jobbing Rates to Colombo. The Union Pacific Railroad company has asked for and obtained permission from the State Railway commission to grant Jobbing rates to Columbus. It Is said tha Burling ton road will be asked for permission to grant the same rates. Heretofore goods have been shipped out of Columbus on distance tariff rates which are much higher than Jobbing rates. The new rates were asked for by H, M. Abts company, a wholesale grocery firm, which filed an in formal complaint. The matter was taken up by the railway commission and ths Union Pacific road haa asked for and received leave to grant the rates asked for by wholesalers. The Burlington road has been authorised to reduce Its rates on aand and gravel from Hebron to Geneva from cents a hundred to 2' cents. The reduction was brought about by an Informal complaint filed with the railway commission by A, M. Freeman and others of Geneva. The Farmers Telephone company of Maynard has been allowed to Issue $770 of stock for the purposes of building new lines. The Missouri Pacific Railroad company has met tha rata of tha Burlington on vinegar from Falls City to Lincoln by reducing ita rate from 11 to U cents. Tha Burlington has reduced Its rates on corn and eats from Omaha to Henry from 21.36 cents to 30.i cents. Nebraska Nebraska Want Reservation Opened to Settlement Commercial Club of Volentine Would Have Military Tract Given to Homesteaders. VALEXTINK. Neh . Mav l Special. 1 The Commercial club of Valentine is cir culating petitions asking the Nebraska delegation in congress to secure letVlatlcn that will open the art nrw acres of Fort Nio brara military reservation to himeatead settlement. They are asking that all that part lying north of the Niobrara trer be opened up to settlement under the original homestead act of 1 acres, there being some land along the north aide of the Niobrara river of as fine an agricultural character as can be found anywhere; that on the south side, being more sandy, they are asking that the legislature open that under the Bio-acre Klnkaid act. The military vacated this land In lime, reserving the reservation, however, for maneuver purposes and possibly tor what is known as a remount station; that Is, colts were to be brought here, grown out and broken for cavalry and artillery serv ice. However, after five years, during which time the land has been absolutely vacant and devoid of any kind of use. nothing haa been done and the people of this county think that the land is too1 val uable to lie absolutely Idle. Should It be opened, as prayed, a fine lot of agricultural land will be available to homesteaders directly tributary to Valentine. Two Days' Good Roads Picnic in Merrick Hundreds of Volunteen Will Surface Croas-Country Highway Next Monday and Tuesday. CENTRAL CITY, Neb.. May 18. (Spe cial.) There Is no longer any doubt about the success of Merrick county's "across the county In two days," good roads move ment. Farmers along the Una who have been called upon for tha donation of work have responded nobly, and already enough pledges have been made to insure tha suc cess of tha project. Tha townships through which tha roads pass have all thrown up tha grades, so that all the work that wUl be left for tha two days' labor of tha volunteers will ba the surfacing and finishing of the road. It is proposed to haul sand onto the muddy, sticky portions of the road, and to load clay onto tha sandy portions. The good roads movement on tha two days, Mon day and Tuesday, May 22 and St, will bs like a big picnic, for it la arranged that the wives and sweethearts of the workers shall prepare meals and come to tha picnic witn them at meal time Down at BUver Creek, tha business men will supply the meals to those working on that end of tha road. In Central City, f&OO has already been do nated toward tha good road, but not to be out done, a proclamation haa been Issued by the members of the Good Roads asso c.atlon here ordering every business man In the town, and all the others who will Join, to close their places of business on those two days and turn In and help on the road. The proposed route of the good road Is right through the main thorough tare of Central City, and those who have not teams to go Into the country to work, will ba supplied with spades and set to work on the road through the city. Seward Banker Found Dead in Corn Crib C. W. Barkley, Thirty Years Cashier of State Bank, Dies from Effect of Bullet Wound. SEWARD. Neb., May 18.-C. W. Barkley, for thirty years cashier of the State Bank of Seward, was today found dead In a corn crib near here with a bullet hole through his brain. He disappeared from his home about t o'clock a. m. and a search waa Immediately instituted. His sccoumts are said to be In good condition. Probable Wet Spots In Merrick. CENTRAL CITT. Neb., May IS. (Spe cial ) After a period of two years of com' plete dryness over the county, except for an occasional Illicit "oasis." which was generally quickly squelched by the officers, Merrick county is to sgaln have saloons, aa they are a practical certainty In one town. Silver Creek, and a bare possibility In another. Chapman. Three applicants have had their petitions filed with the re quisite number of freeholders, and filed their petitions with the clerk of the village board of trustees of Sliver Creek. The applicants are Charles M. Bokol, Edward Shank and Nicholas A. Shue. Their ap plications will be acted upon by tha vil lage board next week. In Chapman two candidates for saloon licenses have ap peared, but as a petition requires thirty signers, they have not yet been able to pass that mark, and it is doubtful if they will aucoeed. Po Yea Have tea Right Klad of Helot Foley Kidney Pills furnish you the right kind of help to neutralise and re move the poisons that cause backache, headache, nsrvousnass and other kidney and bladder ailments." For sale by all druggists. Detailed Census of Nebraska Counties The director of census today announced the population of Franklin eeuntv Ksbraska, according to its minor civil divisions; 91 "enn county. Minor Civil Division. U10 1S(A CLAT COUNTY 19,0 1sa Edtar"c1v,'P k'c"id'l" tl I" "ard V:::::::::::::::: u , ward 2 ;:..:::".::::.".:::: tu EHora township J -1 F,--.rJS-M"?.;',,ft lnclud,n Afield city :::i T7g ,s ilt tXst ward 1,3W West ward 5 " G1,?-,f1Jif,o,r",n,'p' nciudin Giennu. village":::::::::::::: 7 "no "773 HH3J,iWl-IP ,nc,ulln Harvard city V.:": l.n in, il .l V m v ara J.... 472 Inland township .M ". Leicester township. " 5wl Am !2 Lewla township, including part of Clay Center"viilage"V.V. 7SJ ;i Va flay Center village (part of &0 Total for Clav i enter village In Lewis. Lone' Tree" Lynn end Marshall townships iu iqn ' Logan township. Including Ong village ,..."" Mrt 73 707 Lon r? township. Including part of Clay Center ' vUlege.''. lss Visa Vfrk Clay Center Milage (part of) "... IS iu? Lynn township. Including part of Clay Center village 7j Yi- Clay Center village (part of j- "JT ;.h1L,0n,h,n' Including part of Clay Center village." Ml 4 im Clay Center village (part of . 4. ? 9 Bchool Creek townahtp. Including part of Ward 1. Sutton .'.. 7 i,i "ii'i Sutton city (part of) 1 .7 Total for Sution city In School Creek and Sutton twpe. I.70J im 1 ui " ard 1 fLAA Ward t ... it! Sheridan township ... .:.. . ." 5 "i,k Spring Ranch lown.hlp . !. . ! . """I"" ""i "" " tl V, Button tonthip. Including Ward i and part of WardYof" (6-utton citv sutton ov Ir.rt of. :::::::::::"::: tSJ . 1:3. ?i Saline Sender School Convention. FRIEND, Neb., May 11 (Special.) The Saline Sunday school convention met here today and will continue tomorrow in tha Methodist church. State workers are pres ent Including, Rev. Charles Lewis, state secretary of Lincoln; Miss Margaret E. Brown, state elementary superintendent of Lincoln, and Mr. K. L. Klmberely, state adult superintendent of Lincoln. The speakers on ths program are Miss Mar garet Brown. W. H. Klmberley, President J. S. Dick, Rev. W. W. Hull, Vice Pres ident Rev. B. F. Ferrer, Secretary and Treasurer Russell Friedell, Rev. J, H. Schults and Charles Lewis. Nebraska Auditorium on Thursdav evening. Mav 1 The bscralnureaie sermon was preached ::i the Methodlt rhun h Sunday eenlng hv Rev. C. J. Johnson, pastor of the Baptist church. WiI.IRFi;K-The Modern Woodmen and Roval Neighbors cf the local csmps S indav evening attended Mothers' day services In the Baptist church. A large number of ap iroprlate songs and reading were given In addition to an excellent sermon by the pastor. Rev. W. M. Martin. FAIRFIELD The annual election of officers of Fairfield Lodge No S4. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, was held last evening. resulting: E. H. Rurnham. norshlpful master; Thomas Fowler, senior warden; F W. Hill. Junior warden and W. E. L'nderkofler, secietary. GREKLEY The graduation exercises will take place nt the opera house Frlriav even ing May 19. The class numbers seven, all girls, as follows: Myrtle C Curnvn. Anna A. Dewburst. Marie F. Slvlev. Alice M MeBeth. Ieone A. McPermott, Zella M. Scrlven and Claire F. Sullivan. HOLDRKCtE-E. D. Oustavsnn and Miss Laura May Stevens were married yesterday morning at B .w o clock at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stevens, surprising their friends who expected the event later In the year. Rev. E. C. New- land, pastor or the Methodist church, per formed the ceremony. , FAIRPt'RY The Fatrburv band, under the leadership of Prof. Chavarl left for Lincoln. Monday, and will accompany the ivneoin commercial club on a boostlns1 tour" for ten days, returning to this rltv on the Mth. The Falrbury hand will oc cupy a Pullman sleeper and wtll carry ban ners advertising Falrbury. OSCEOLA Osceola school district votes on the question of a I3.000 bond Issue on Wednesday. Mav 17. Some time ago there was voted J3R.ono In school bonds for the rurpose of erecting a new high school hnlMlnv K... (, I - nnm ikA..kt .. to increase the amount to HS.ono and the I election haa been set for May 17. ALMA Dr. R H. Palmer died at hla home In this city Sunday afternoon and was burled here Tuesday under the direction of the Masonic order. Mr. Palmer came to Alma nineteen years ago and engaged in the practice of medicine, but for the last few years has limited his practice to office work. He was born In Cleveland. O., In 1S37. OSCEOLA W. D. Shelmadlne of Osceola died on Sunday evening after an Illness of several weeks. The deceased was 77 years of age. He had resided In Polk county for thirty-two years and leaves many friends here to mourn his end. He was an active worker in the Ancient Free And Accepted Masons and the Independent Order Odd Fellows orders for fifty years. Funeral services were held from the Osceola Methodist church on Tuesday at 2 p. m. ' LORTON Funeral services over the bodv of Miss Hannah, the second daughter of Mayor and Mrs. H. C. H. Damme, were conducted by Rev. C. Eller, pastor of the German Evangelical church. Monday after noon. Miss Hannah attended school Mon day and was In her usual good health and was greeted by her friends on the street Tuesday, but passed away Saturday morn ing with spinal meningitis. The public schools and all business houses were closed Monday. HOLDREGE Forty-one voung people will graduate from the Holdrege High school this year, constituting the largest class that has ever graduated here. Com mencement proper will occur the evening of Friday. May 26. and Honorable Richard L. Metcalfe of Lincoln will be the speaker. Thursday evening. May 2. the ninth grade oeclamatory contest will be held and next Sunday morning the baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Rev. Gaylord O. Ben nett of St. Elizabeth's Episcopal church. BEATRICE Edward Bede. 20 vears of age. narrowly escaped being killed out right at the Dempster factory yesterday. In putting a belt on a pulley his clothing caught on a set screw and he was wound around the shafting. He quickly realized his predicament and placed his feet against a cross beam over head with the result that hs checked the machinery enough to throw off the belt and save himself. His clothes were torn from his body and he re- reived a number of ugly contusions about j the head and chest, otherwise he escaped uninjured. PORCH ESTER The Board of Education met last night and finished hiring their If.i'Vnr. f .-i Y- tha f.imln. m a f 1 J Q UnViln. son of Palmer was elected principal. Miss i. urine Mintoro or Kimwood, grammar room; Miss .Maude Hurka of Kearney (re elected) Intermediate; Mlas Bessie Barbee cf Ashland, second prlmarv and Miss Claire Ellis of Crete (re-elected), first primary. Foley Kidney Pihs tsxs hold of your system end help you '.o rid yourself of your dragging backache, du1! headache nervousness. 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Palatial A rl twin-screw, express steamers leave New York every Thursday 10 A M. . ivvery comtort known to modern clvlllration provided roof cafes. rurj mm m T3HV-.A I7.con"orL"own in clvlllration provided roof cafes. I V;VX-li)i,y5nonY orchestra concerts, dally paper, elevators, tempting cuisine J "? "It"- Men are under naval discipline. Naval oftWs. Wire! ka u luDmajuo wu service anora maximum salety. Every SDpola ' ansnt Deflected. Niagara. Mav 27. I.a Savole. May 25. Chicago. May 27. Additions Rmssell Wtll Held Valid. BROKEN BOW. Neb.. May 14. (Special.) The suit of Ira Russell of Berwyn to set aside will of his father, the lata Ellas Russell of Berwyn, was decided against him by Judge Holoomb In county , court yesterday. Ellas Russell willed his son, James, the eighty acres of land and Ira waa not mentioned. He contended that his father was of unsound mind at the time ths will was madsC Ths defense offered testimony showing that Ira had already been given an eighty. The case will prob ably will not be appealed. Ths land la worth $3,000. Nebraska News Notes. ALMA Mrs. Joslah Craig died at her home In this city Monday morning after a long Illness. BEATRICE E. E. Abbot went to Grand Island yesterday and will make an effort to land the state convention or commercial travelers In this city next year. GREELEY A very heavy rain fell here SatllrHa.v ft.rnnnn mrtA j . " i iii term ers are rejoicing that ths threatened drouth . urrU uiv.cii. uvi an incn or water fell. BEATRICE The little sone of FVank Heaton of Holmesvllle, died yesterday at a local hospital. Death was caused from a peanut lodging In hla throat and then passing Into one of his lungs. BEATRICE U C. Mullenhoff of Ptanton. Ia., and Miss Mabelle Purdy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Purdy. were married at the bride's home In this city yesterday. They will make their home at Stanton. 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