Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 18, 1909, Page 1

THE OMAHA BEE §oe8 to the homes—is read by th women-—sells goods for advertisers. VOL. XXXVIII—NO. 288. OPPOSITION TO INCOME TAX Senator Sutherland Makes an Ex- tended Speech Against Proposed Addition to Tariff Bill. SHOULD 'Bl LEFT 17 TES k Utah Man Says Proposed A ° 1 Cause Double Taxatios # = > % » ITS VALIDITY IS QUEST. ’gf- =z Benators Ask Questions Regare % This Feature of Speech. ) SPEECH BY SENATOR DEPEW New York Orator Makes an Extended Address In Favor of the Paws- age of the Aldrich- Payne BIlL WASHINGTON, May 17.—A comprehen- #ive discussion of the income tax by Sena- ter Butherland of Utah and an extended speech by Benator Depew In support of the pending turiff consumed most of the seesion of the senate today Mr. Suther- Jland svgued against the constitutionality of federn) jrcome tax law and declared that such a tax sheuld be left as a means of revenue for the states Before adjournment two hours were de- voted to a discussion of the cutlery sched- ule of the tariff bill and at 5:3% o'cleck the sena udjournad, Fifty-séven serators unswered to tholr names when the senate met at 10 o'clock today, rilleving doubt as to the ability of that body 4( obtain a quorum early in the day to consider the tariff bill. When the name of Senator Jones of Washington was called his colleague, Mr. Plles, announced that he "had gone to the White House and was not able to be present.’ “I am not a protectionist in spots.” sald Mr. Sutherland of Utah, in beginning an address In support of the tariff bill as re- ported by the flnance committee and in opposition to the adoption of an income tax provision. 1f, he sald, there was any question about the amount of duty to be iad cn n particular article, he preferred 1o solve it by having the duty a litth too Ligh, rather thih foo low. He could not advocate taxing the products of his own state and deny protection to the products of any other state. Breaking of the income tax Mr. Buther- land sald the framers of the constitution had coptemplated having the federal gov- ernment obtain its revenues by imposing taxes upon's class of subjects. which the states, either under the constitution, or by common consent,“did not or could not tax to (he fullest extent that would be possible. The federal government, under the con- stitution, he sald, was given power to im- imports. which power was tantially exclusive by common consent. The imposition of internal revenue taxes unon Wquors and tobacco has been given over to the federal government. “I think," sald Mr. Sutherland, *‘except in cases of necessity the taxes of the fed- eral government should be confined to those things which either under the con- stitution or under the operation of the common consent power of the general gov- ernment are exclusive,'” Any effort, he sald, to Impose taxes upon objfect’'s that states jax is hound to result in confusion or double taxation. Taking that view he regarded the income tax as neta proper means for raising revenue for the general government My, Sutheland discussed varlous ques- tlons relating to what he claims were the uncenstitutional féatures of the income tax | and was at times interrupted by Senators Palley, Borah, Cummins, Owen and Hey- burn. . Decorations for Heroic Queen King Manucl Recognizes Act of Amelie in Guarding Son from Assassins, LISBON, May 17.—~King Manuel has be- stowed upon Queen Amelle, widow of King Carlos, the decorations of three orders for the her leu dlsplayed by her majesty on the oec the ass: nations of her Busband 1 son In February of 1%8. e Gict recites that after k..ng Carlos wod Ciown Prince Loulse had been shot dead, the queén, with noble courage and r ternil instinet, flung herself in front of Lo 80 Manuel, and endeavored to thrust lor escape wi touck her corsage, was deflected and (iazed the forearm of the prince. The cadinet has given it unanimous approval 10 these decorations, never before con- ferréd upon & woman, His majesty has decorated also the po- liceman who shot Bul the man who killed the king, With the order of the Tower and the Sword. This decoration gives the reciplent thé rank of an officer and entitles him to a royal pension, P Charged With Father’s Murder Daughter of Wealthy St. Paul Butcher Under Arrest—Believed to Be Insane. ST. PAUL, Minn, May 17.—Louise Arbo- gast, the 19-year-old daughter of the late Louls Arbogast, the wealthy butcher who was Kkilled in his home early Thursday morning. is in the Ramsey county jall un- der commitment from the police court She is formally charged with murder. It 13 belleved the girl was insan STEEL MEASURE IS PASSED Hous¢ Asks Attorney Geueral as to Progress in Teancasee Mer. wer Case, WASHINGTON, May 17.—The house to- %ay passed the Burleson resolution calling W the attorney general to inform it what Steps If any had been taken 'by him or any official of his department to annul the contract whereby the Lnited States Bteel corporation acquired the interests of the Tennessee Coal and Iron compa #lon remarkable. The bullet % the weapon of Costa, leveled at him. | '‘Norwegians Celebrate Day Marking Tl}eir Independence [“Flying Wedge” of Policemen Catches Thief ernoon Keeps Thief from Making Touchdown. | Paul Drenko s accused of making the fatal mistake of robbing a man just at {4 o'clock In the afternodh. It Drenke did the job, it must be his first offense in Omaha, as any ordinary thief knows the police force for the. third yatch of the day marches to work just ) 4 o'clock. The result of Drenko's alleged ignorance sed 1,500 people to follow twenty police- into the alley between Dodge and Douglas streets, and Drenko was caught like a fox pursued by ten hunters and fifty hounds. Just as the force, which goes to work at 4 o'clock, was marching up Dodge street yesterday afternoon, Willlam Kamas, a Greek, ran up to an officer At Sixteenth and Dodge streets and sald he had been robbed of $7. The officer turried and the allegel thief running toward the alley between Dodge and Douglas. He shouted for the man to stop, pulled his gun and fired four shots into the air. The shots didn't stop the thief, but broke up the line of policemen, and they all started after the thief. Into the alley the twenty blue coats plunged, like a foot ball squad making the flying .wedge. They filled the alley with blue. It looked as though the thief was about to make a touchdown. The police went into the alley 50 fast that some of the end ‘men and a full back were knocked against the tele- phone poles and brick walls, rolling along the paved alley as though a quarterback had got tangled between their legs. Then the gathering in began. Every man who ran out of a saloon or restaurant to see what had happened, or “beat it too hard when the shots were fired, was brought to the patrdl box. One by one the police came up while walting for the wagon. Each had nailed his man. Some had traveling men with grips, others had people who quit work early “This man was running as hard as he " explained a patrolman at the You bet 1 was running,’ “prisoner.” ““There was some shooting golng on and this man was running.” sald another blue coat, “Who wouldn't run?” sald the man who had a roll of bread under his arm. Then the man who was wanted was led up. A policeman put his hand In Drenko's pockets. He pulled out a roll of money. It was $7. | All the men arrested for running on the streets when a policeman was shooting were told to move on, laughed the Wants Receiver for U. S. Express John L. Dudley, Stockholder of Con- cern, Asks that it Be Dia~ solved. NEW YORK, May 17.—The fact that John L. Dudley of this city has applied to the court for the appointment of a receiver and for the dissolution of the United States Express company became known toda: when an argument on the application was made in court. Counse] for Mr. Dudley, who asserts he is a stockholder, today applied to the su- preme court for a writ of mandamus to compel Edward T. Platt, the treasurer of the company, to permit an examination of its books. Declsion was reserved. | MISTAKING TWIN FOR GHOST MURDERER BECOMES MANIAC Babbles Out Story of Crime ola Mexicn and Clears Up a Mystery. —— Mexico, May 17.—Rendered appearance of the twin vietim, whom he believed was the ghost of the man he had mur- | dered, Antonio Agulllar fell to his knees pleading for mercy and babbled the story of his crime. Until that moment the mur- der of Eustacia Aguillar had been velled in mystery. Eustacla's twin brother, Juan, who had been absent from home for years, returned to the city yesterday and accl- dentally met his uncle Antonlo. The latter dld not know of the return of Juan and when he saw him on the street his re- semblance to the murdered brother was so striking that he thought the spirit of the nephew he had killed had returned to haunt aim. He was taken Into custody and is | belteved ta be hopelessly insane. | ZACATECAS, insane by the brother of his | Force Going to Work Yesterday Aft- | ! for OMAHA, TUESDAY CAPLAIN HAINS TO SING SING Slayer of William C. Annis Will Be Taken to New York Peniten- tiary Today. SENTENCE IS INDETERMINATE Maximum is Sixteen Years and Mi mum Eight Years. MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL DENIED Court Holds that No Errors of Law Were Made. APPEAL TO HIGHER COURT No Application Will Be Made for Cer- tificate of Reasonable Doubt Act as Stay of Exes cution. FLUSHING, N. Y., May 17—Unless some unlooked -for legal obstacle is interposed, Captain Peter C. Hains, jr., 1. 8. A., who was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree for killing Willlam B. Annis at the Bayside Yacht club last August, will be taken to Sing Sing tomorrow and at once will hegin serving the sentence imposed today by Justice Garretson in the supreme court. The sentence s ar Indeterminate one, undre which the minimum reriod of imprisonment will be eight years and the maximum sixten years. His time In prison must be spent at hard labor. Counsel for Hains late today practically agreed to thier client's tmmediate transfer to Sing Sing when they afinounced atter a consultation with General Halns, his father, and Major John P. Hains, a brother, that no application would be made for a certifi- cate of reasonable doubt to act as a stay of execution. An appeal, based on the general court record-in the case, will be taken In regular course, however. Upon learning the decision of counsel the sherift of Queens county sald that, acting vpon the suggestion of the ccurt, he would take his priscner to Sing Sing within twenty-four hours. _Given Indeterminate Semtence, Captain Peter C. Hains, jr, U. 8. A, who was convicted for manslaughter in the first degree for killing Willilam E. Annis at the Bayside Yacht club last August, was sentenced today by Justice Garretson in the supreme court to an indeterminate sen- tence of not less than elght years nor more than sixteen years, at hard labor in state's prison. John F. Mclntyre, counsel for the defend- ant, made the usual motlons for a new trial, which were denied. The court clerk then ifstructed Captain Halns to come to the bar and proceeded to ask him the questions ususily put to a man about to be sentenced. The prisoner seemed dazed 4nd seemed to have some difficufty in un- derstanding the questions. Lawyers Me- Intyre and Young of the defense stood on either side of Captaln Hains and assisted him in answering the questions of the court clerk. In passing sentence Justice Garret- 501 said the defendant had a fair trial and had been defended by experienced lawyers, A jury had found a verdict commefsurate with the requirements of the law. He said he was not aware that any errors of law had been committed during the trial. Al- though there had been a great deal of sympathy injected into the case, the llaw did not allow & man to punish another wrong he had suffered or to wreak vengeance upon the man who wronged him. After Justice Garretson had imposed the sentence, Captain Hains sat down and dropped his head on the table before him. He seemed overcome with emotion for a few moments, but soon recovered himseif and sat upright staring at the court. General Hains, the defendant's father, and Major John Hains, who were In court, lsplayed mich emotion when the captain was sentenced. Immediately after sentence the prisoner's lawyers asked for a stay of sentence for a few days in order to take an appeal. Justice Garretson said the case would take the usual course and gave the defense twenty-four hours in which to file an appeal. He then remanded Captain Hains to the custody of the sheriff. Father and Son Killed. RICHMOND, Ind., Mag 17.—Ech Meek and his son Raymond, a few miles west of here, were killed this merning by, Joseph Rallsback. Rallsback was wounded in,the leg. Raflsback used a shotgun. George Meredith Il NEW YORK, May 17.—George Meredith, the English novelist, is seriously ill. The octogenarian author was taken ill May 14, since when he has gradually grown worse. Monday was a big day in Norweglan communities in Minnesota and the Dakotas, but the day was pas: by In Omaha with little note, as there are few Norweglans or descendants of Norweglans In this city. The day was a bIg one to those with an- cestry dating back to the land of the mid- | night sun, for 1t was the anniversary ot | the date Norway secured its freedom from Denmark and became an independent state, for the first time since the days of the Vikings of old. On March 17, 1814, —ninety-five years go the treaty of peace was signed with Den- mark, & three years' war brought to its close and Norway was free. For upwards of 310 years th ry had been ruled by the Danes, and Norwegians chafed under the yoke of bondage. Smaller wars were waged at odd times, but In 1811 began the final war with Demnark, which was ter- minated the same yeat that America de- teated the British for the second time. Norway enjoyed strict independence for oniy @ short time, however, #nd to pre- serve Its Indeperdence from other countries and for mutual pratection it jolned Sweden and Karl Johan, & Frenchman, was chosen king of the two countries, this dual gov- ernment continuing untll 1906. Four years ago Norway broke with Sweden and is agaln an independent state, ruled by Dane—King Hakon. “People in this country call May 17 the Norweglans' Fourth of July,”. said G. Wil, tinner at Twenty-seventh and Leavenworth streets, “and over in the old country they celebrate the day much the same as we Amerfcans celebrated July 4 here. 1 say ‘we Americans’ for I am just as much an American as anyone else, except 1 haven't been here as long as you or your an- cesters “I left Norway when I was 21 years of age, about 3 years ago, and at that time fire crackers and other kinds of fire works were not as common as now. The cele- brations then took the form of parades and speech making, with dancing in the evening. Of course all the villages were decorated with the national colors and everybody had & big time, as here. 1 would like to see Norweglan celebration in Omaha, but there are not enough of us, but five years from now if I am living and can afford it, I will go back to Nor- way and take part in the one hundredth anniversary of the independence pf my mother country."” Mr. Wilg sald it might seem strange that Norway chose & Dane for a king when it separated from Sweden four years ago, but the Norweglans have forgotten and for- given Denmark for its 30 ysars of oppres- ¢lon and as there were no Norwegian princes and a Swede would never do for a ruler, it was natural that his people should turn to another Scandinavian country for a king. 1f 1 had been there I would have voted for a republic, you bet,” said Mr, Wiig, “but I guess they are pretty well satisfied with King Hakon, even though he s a Dane * MORNING, MAY 18, “My! I'm Sorry Henry’s Spring Fever and My House Cleaning Comes at the Same Time.."”’ From the Cleveland Leader AMERICAN SHIP AT MESSINA Captain Marshall Will Protect Inter- ests of This Country. EPIDEMIC THREATENS REFUGEES Armenians Hesitate to Leave Camp for Fear of Further Vielence— Turkish Officers Hung Singing Hym) MBRSINA, Asiatic Turkey, Sunday, May 16—Captain Willlam A. 'Marshall, com- mandiig the American armored cruiser, North Carolina, now in this port, has been investigating conditions, He had a con- ference with the governor of Adana prov- ince yesterday. As a result full protection has been promisel American Interests ai Adana and guards are patroling the Amer- fcan property there and elsewhere. The conditions in the refugee camps are pltiable. Thousands ‘of unfortunates are huddled together and lack food, shelter and medical ald. The authorities are making efforts to improve the situation and send the refugees back to thelr farms. Many Armenlans are quarteréd-ut the American missions, and most cof them declina- to leave because of their lack of .confidence In the protection effered. ' The greatest danger Is from epldemic in the over- crowded camps and missions. Measles and typhold fever already exist. It s urgently necessary that the refugees be dispersed as soon as possible. Money contributions are greatly needed. Captain Marshall is serlling a medical rellet party up to Adana, The North Carolina will remain here for the present. © Montana ia Port, ALEXANDRETTA, Asfatic Turkey, May 17.—The American cruiser Montana ar- rived here today. Alexandretta is quiet. The Montana accompanied the North Carolina from Cuba and came to this port, while the North Carolina went to Mersina. Five Officers Are Hung. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 17.—Five more men were hanged at half past three o'clock this morning in front of the bulld- ings of Parlfament, opposite the Mosque of St. Sophia, in Stamboul. They had been found gullty by court martial of com- plicity in the murder of their officers in the revolutionary outbreak of April 13. Among them was one officer, the pthers were junior officers. The five men sang hymns while they were belng conveyed from the war office, where they had been confined, to the place of execution. They continued their songs while the final preparations for the hang- Ing were being completed and up to the very moment that the stools on which they were standing with the ropes around their necks were knocked out from under their feet. All through the condemned men were as calm as if saying their prayers in a mosque. Compress at Fort Smith Burns. FORT SMITH, Ark., May 17.—Fire here early today destroyed the Fort Smith com- press and Its contents of 5,000 bales of cot- ton. The loss is estimated at $30,000 and is covered by Insurance. The fire is supposed to have been started by an incendlary Flames broke out simultaneously in & dozsn different places In the yard. Watch the pen- nies and the dollars will take care of themselves. The thrifty watch the want ads. Watoh the want ads, they make the pennies that grow to dollars. ‘When you keep things you dom't need they are worth less every year. There are a lot of people who know this who want to sell all sorts of things cheap. They sell them through Bee want ads. All you have to do is to keep reading the want ads. You will find you can save a lot of money by buying what is advertised there 1909—TEN ngn-commissioned | PAGES. N Gold Key for for Seattle Show Given to Taft Instrument Made from Klondike Nug- gets and Alukuzn Marble Will Open Exposition. WASHINGTON, May 17.—President Taft is to npen the Yukon-Alaskan exposition at Beattle, June 1, with the splendid gold telegraphic key presented to him today by Secretary Ballinger and the congressional delegation from Washington. The key Is mounted on Alaska marble and is orna- mented with - twenty-two handsome gold nuggets from Alaska. The key will be connected with the White House telegraph wires and the president will touch it on the day of opening, thereby setting in motion the machinery of the exposition. Secretary Ballinger, in his speech of pre- sentation, said: “I present this key to you on behalt of the donor, Mr. George W. Carmack, as well as on behalf of the management of the Aluskn, Yukon-Pacific exposition. I am Informed that Mr. Carmack was the oringinal discoverer of gold in the Kion- dike and that he had retained from his discovery clalm the nuggets which orna- ment the polished plece of Alaskan marble upon which this key fs mounted.” President Taft, in responding, said: “I accept with pleasure this unique tele- graphic instrument bearing upon it the substantial evidence of the wealth of the far northwest. I shall use it with great pleasure to discharge the honorable duty which you impose upon me of opening the exposition by telegraph on the first of June next, and shall preserve the instrument as a memento of the important step in the progress of the northwest, especially that part of the northwest which we acquired from Russla and which 1s even now bring- ing back to the American people many fold of its original cost and offering to us for the future sources of wealth that can hardly be overestimated HARPER ASSETS ARE SOLD Remains of Old Bank Fallure D posed of for Over Five Hundred Dollars. CINCINNATI, May 17.—W. H. Stanage paid $5% today for the assets of E. L. Harper that remain in court custody as a result of the failure of Harper's Fidelity National bank, Cincinnati, some twenty years ago. Chief among the assets ob- tained by Stanage 1s a court judgment by creditors against Harper for $,000,000. Har- per, who served a term in the penitehtiary on the charge of wrecking the bank, Is said to be at present the president of a $16,000,000 corporation in New York. TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER Trial of the Lieutenant Smith, Fast- est Vessel Built in F delphia, Beg PHILADELPHIA, May 17.—The fast vessel ever built on the Delaware river, the torpedo boat destroyer Lieutenant Smith, left Cramps' shipyard today for a three days' trial trip at sea. The bullders have no doubt the new vessel will develop twenty eight and a half knots an hour, the gov- ernment requirentent. place off the o sula between Henry. Cape Henlopen and Cape o | inite information s sent us from Washing- The trial Wl take | core i t of the Delaware penin- } people visit the grounds. There is much to THE OMAHA DALy BEE WEATHER FORECAST For Nebraska For lowa ~Bhowers and cooler \port aee page & SINGLE BALDWIN AIRSHIP IN OMAHA| Big Dirigible Balloon Arrives at Fort | Omaha and Will Sail. OFFICERS MAKE IT WELCOME Colonel Glasstord Says it is Just Like Receiving a Whole Regiment of Reinforcements to Get Such a Gas Bag. The United states dirigible balloon No. 1, otherwise known as the Baldwin air ship, arrived at Fort Omaha, Monday evening in a special car by express from Fort Myer, | The afr ship will at once be placed in the big balloon house and inflated for experi- mental purposes. The big hydrogen gas tank is being filled for the purpose, and experimental flights will be made within a few days. It will require from thirty-six to fifty hours to Inflate the balloon. The gas bag i# spindle shaped, ninety-six feet in length, with a diameter of nineteen feet and six inches, and has a capacity of 20,000 cubic feet for gas. Inside the big #ne bag 6 a wmaller balloon for air, with 8200 cublc feet capacity as a preventative agdinst undue expansion gas from in the big balloon. The material of which the balloon is composed consiets of two layers of Japan- ese silk, with a layer of vulcanized rubber | between, / | The car is built of spruce and is sixty- six feet long by two and one-half feet wide and two and one-half feet high. The motor is a H-horse power water cooled Curtis engine. The propeller is at | the front of the car and is connected to | the engine by a steel shaft. The screw | has a dlameter of ten feet and eight inches, | with revolutions per minute, A vertical plane is provided at the rear end of the car for gulding and to prevent | pltching. A double horizontal plane is pro- | vided at the front end of the car to con- trol the vertical motion and prevent pitch- ing. Airship Lifts Half Ton. The balloon has a lifting-power of 1,30 pounds and Is capable of a speed of nine- teen and six-tenths of a mile per hour, and | can run for two hours at this speed. The airship has already made several suc- cessful flights at Fort Myer and is under tull control of the operator. It can easily carry two men. | A detall of Mxteen officers of the Signal | corps 18 under orders to proceed to Fort Omaha from Fort Leavenworth for instruc- tion in ballooning. The detail will go under comand of Major Bdgar Russell, who s | at present In charge of the signal school | at Fort Leavenworth. The detall Is ex- pected to arrive in Omaha during the latter | part of this or early next week. | “We are extremely glad that the Qirigible balloon 1s here,” sald Colonel Glassford, | “and we shall proceed with the experi- | ments as soon as things can be made | ready. The experiments will continue all during the summer. We do not know yet what other balloon equipment will be | sent us, as we have to depend largely upon | the papers for our Information, until def- ton." Fort Om. & Park, Fort Omaha is now jt its prettiest and its park-like appearance makes It u pleas- ant resort. The grounds are spaclous and | are cared for constantly, surpassing in real beauty any of the Omaha parks. The offi- at all times be pleased to have (Continued on Second Page.) Tax Laws in New England States ChoEgi‘l_ed by Smith WASHINGTON, May 1.—A unique and interesting report dealing with state tax- ation of manufacturing, mercantile, trans- portation and transmission corporations was made public today by Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations. That part of the report transmitted to President Taft concerns particularly the six New England states. It is expected that addi- tional parts dealing with other groups of states will be published later. A careful Investigation intc the tax laws of each state was made by Commissioner Smith and the results of the inquiry are presented in concise form. The report pre- sents in a popular way a digest of the tax ws and the methods pf their administra- tion. While s & B sal pu! cation, it was prepared rather for the general public than for lawyers. It con- tains much of information particularly in- teresting and important to legislators and all other students of taxation. i Commjesioner 8mith points out that while | the taxation of individuals throughout New Engluiia 18 on substantially the same basls, | there is a wide diversity among the several states n both the theory and practice of the taxation of eogporation: He notes as particularly interesting the Massachusetts plan of taxation of “‘corporate excess,” on the market value of stock less Pproperty otherwise taxed. It Is pointed out, weo, that Massachusetts alone succeeds appre- clably In efforts to tax speclally the man- ufacturing and mercantile corporations. | Ratlroads, it is noted, are among the | largest tax payers. Public service corpor- ations are most often brought under new tems of taxation. A review of the wix systeine Of imastivn luiicaics w Commis- sloner Smith that the entire subject matter is still in an unfinished condition and will need yet further careful thought and con- sideration COPY TWO CENTS. RICH FIND IN OLD SUIT CASE True Tale from Denver that Reads " Like the Most Romantio Fiction, RULO, NEB, BOY IS BENEFICIARY Quarreled with Father When Sixteen and Left His Home, FATHER HAD DISOWNED HIM Later Married Des Moines Girl, De- spite All Obstacles. FATHER-IN-LAW SENT PACKET Mr. and Mrs. Horace Crow Hasford Are Now on Way to the Ne Town ®0 Claim W Thousand Inherit DENVER, Colo,, May 17.—(Speclal Telo- gram.)—Made wealthy over night as the result of finding an old will in a discarded sultcase, which had been given the couple four years ago as a wedding present and which had been forgotten by them. Mr. and Mrs. Horade Crow Hosford are jour- neying to Rulo, Neb, to clalm an estate of §100,00. The life story of the Hosfords reads like an Arablan Nights romance. Horace Hosford was of a nomadio dispo- sition. When barely 16 he left home after a stormy meeting with his father, who de- clared he would never give his son a penny of his estate. The elder Hosford was a wealthy farmer at Rulo, Young Hosford drifted from city to city and about four years ago landed In Des Moines, 1n. There he met Helen Younger- man, daughter of a wealthy tobacco manu facturer. They wanted to marry, but her parents refused, and In despalr he left the city, Hosford later found the mother and daughter in Los Angeles and forced the mother's consent' to the marriage. Tha the senfor Hosford learned of the marriag and sent the bride a packet which he tol. her she must not open until after his death, And the document was lald away and for- gotten by the yocng people. Later they came to Denver to live. Hos- ford's father died about A year ago and when the will was opened it was discov- ered that he was cut off without & cent. Recently the Hosfords decided to locate in California, and Mrs. Hosford ran across the old sultcase. In it she found the pack- age left by her father-in-law, and on opening it discovered It contained & later will, than the one probated in Nebraska. and giving her husband the bulk of hig tather's $100,000 fortune, Instead of going to Califorhia they have gone to Nebraska to claim their Inheritance. Lynching Party Looking for Negro Colored Fiend Shoots Man and Drags Wife Two Blocks—Is Fright- ened Away, CHEROKEE, Kan,, May 17.—T. H. Hunter and wife, well known young people of this city, were attacked by a negro on the main street here at midnight last night; both receiving severe Injuries. The negro stood behind a tree and deliberately shot Hunter, breaking his collarbone. The negro then grabbed Mrs. Hunter and dragged her two blocks, when he became frightened and ran away. Mrs, Hunter was unconscious when her assailant ran, but recovered in a few minutes. The town is aroused and if the negro is caught ho probably will be lynched. Hunter {s em- ployed by the St. Louis & San Francisco rallroad. Omaha Laborer is Badly Hurt F. G. Sping May Lose Leg as Result of Accident on Marshall- town Bridge. MARSHALLTOWN, clal Telegram.)—While Northwestern out F. G. Spang, la, May 17.—(8pe- working on the bridge which was washed a railroad laborer of |Omaha, was frightfully injured yesterday. Spang wus caught between the deck of the piledriver and an iron beam.' He was pinned down for five minutes befors he was released. His left leg was broken and he sustalned a compound comminuted fr ture of the right leg. His left leg prob- ifty Specimens from Roosevelt Zoologist of Expedition Takes Big Collection to Nairobi to Be Prepared. NAIROBI, British East AfricA, May 17.— Jmund Heller, one of the zoologists of the Roosevelt expedition, came into Nalrobi this morning with some fifty specimend of animal and bird life that are to he eured and preserved here. They Include one rhinoceros, six lions, two giraffes, twénty emaller kinds of game and a variety of birds. CITY WINS FRANCHISE CASE Supreme Court Dismisses Sult Brought by Des Molnes Street Raile way Company. DES MOINES. May 1T.—Word Was received that the supreme court of the United States today dismissed the action brought by the Des Molnes City Rallway company against City of Des Molnes to restrain the latter from tearing up its tracks und apprehension that the time limit of the franchise granted had ex- pired. The street rallway franchise has been in the courts for the last six years in one form or another, and there is now pending in the State courts quo warranto proceedings. To block the progress of this action a suit was brought in the federal court and it was in this case that the su- preme court has just rendered its opinfon, The dismissal of this action paves the way to further progress in determining the validity of the perpueual franchise elaimed by the street car company, the