Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

ington, where already one son has estab-
lished himself He will spend the summer
here. at Sargent and in the state, and In
the fall will make another trip to Seattle.
where he has lumber interests. II is his
intention in the course Of time to remove
there. He denied that he was interested
In any Nebraska coal company.
Turn Down own Precepts.
The members Of the Nebraska state
Medical society decided this morning that
It was proper to follow what they taught
and not what they practiced. 1t all came
about by the introduction Of a motion that
hereafter the entertainment committee dis
pense with ali kinds of liquors at social
functions. Very quietly and without any
discussion the doctors voted down the
motion by a vote OF II to IL. The resolu-
tion had been previously urged by those
doctors who believed that inasmuch as
they all taught the bad effects OF alcohol
they should themselves refrain from its
exhiierating effects Omaha will be the
next meeting place. The following officers
we're elected
DR.. B. F. drummer Of Omaha, president;
DR.. G. w. shidler Of York and DR.. p. E.
Plum Of Gothenburg. vice presidents. Dr.
A. d. Wilkinson OF Lincoln was reelected
secretary again, and DR.. II. Winnett Orr
was reelected corresponding secretary.
DR.. J. l. Greene of the asylum was elected
treasurer. The councillors named we're:
First district, Dr. B. B. Davis OF Omaha:
second district, DR.. A. r. Mitchell OF Lin
coin; Third district, DR.. J. w. Bullard of
Pawnee City, and Fourth district, DR.. Tar
men OF Battle Creek. The following coun-
cillors will serve one year longer: Fifth.
DR.. Mcdonald OF Fremont; Sixth, DR.. Shaw
OF osceola; Seventh, DR.. Pritchett Of Fair
! bury; Eighth, DR.. Lewis OF Valentine. The
councillors who will serve two years longer
are; Ninth, DR.. Mullins OF Broken Bow;
Tenth, DR.. Shields Of Holdrege; Eleventh,
DR.. Andrews of Eustis, and Twelfth, Dr..
Moore OF Alliance.
The salary OF DR.. Wilkinson, secretary,
was raised $50 for the last year and $50 for
this year.
The dry" resolution that created the
discussion was introduced by DR.. ]. w.
Bullard Of Pawnee City and 1t was as fol-
lows:
Believing that the medical profession in
general and the medical profession in Ne
braska in particular should be foremost in
| the promotion of morality, sobriety and the
both practice snd Precept m de a IN its sHS powey
TO accomplish this end; therefore be it
RESOLVED by the house of delegates OF the
| Nebraska state Medical association. That
we recommend to the future entertainment
committee that henceforth wine cham
iaSors be excSaa nnH az lot other t SI mtoHicstns
| uons OF this association. ...
Several interesting papers we're read, after
which the society adjourned at 1870
o'clock Last night the doctors held a
smoker at the IAndell hotel.
Litigation over Estate.
case of much interest to be tried in
the supreme court at its next session is
that Of Frank H. Parker against Lewis G.
| Parker, Maud Lord Parker and three or
four trustees and administrators Of Gage
county. 1t is a case in which Frank H.
Parker will attempt to secure that portion
Of the estate of his father and mother
which he believes is rightfully his.
Frank H. Parker and Lewis @. Parker
are brothers and away back in the past
Frank moved to California, where he grew
to mans estate and secured considerable
Of 1t for himself About this same time
| Lewis G. remained at home, where he wal
supposed to be the comfort of his aged
father and mother, but where he incl
dentally secured q detailed acquaintance
with the business and the estates OF both
that. according. to Frank. served him well
/ in these later days. .s@+h"@N'n'
Anyhow. along In 1898 the father Of the
boys died and Frank was summoned home
to see him breathe his last. Frank was g
busy man. and having implicit faith ir
his brother, Lewis, returned to Californis
without investigating the estate, trusting
Lewis to settle everything satisfactorily
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Frank got home the letters began to come
from Lewis explaining that his father wal
heavily indebted. and that he himself. IL
order to keep from tieing the estate
had gone on many Of the notes for which
his father had stood sponsor. Frank very
much admired this spirit OF liberality II
Lewis and wrote him a very warm letter
Of appreciation and assured him that h
would assume half Of the obligations. and
that anything that Brother Lewis did wal
all right.
Soon the mother of the boys died and
again Frank was summoned home. Nov
this mother had agreed to divide her prop
erty equally between the two SO It wal
said. Frank again left the settlement o
the estate to Lewis.
The boys took the win of the mother
placed 1t in an envelope. sealed It and de.
| posted IL IN Jne punh at Beatrice, Wherl
, It was to remain except on a joint order
, from both. Now come Lewis and secure
from Frank a deed to his half OF the hom,
estate in order to settle up some Of tn,
, debts OF the estate. This made Franl
do a little investigating on his own accoun
, and he discovered that instead OF his nam,
being among the elect of his mothers will
, the name OF Lewis wife was at the ton
, This led to an Investigation and FranI
avows that his fathers debts were in Lewis
} eye and he wants his share OF both estates
The lower court decided against him ant
! he has asked the supreme court to he'll
him out.
They do say that the former trials o
the case have brought out many little in
cidents Of interest That frequent inter
course has been had with the spirit OF tn
father and the mother-all of the litigant
are spiritualists. But notwithstanding tn
spirit OF the father and the mother tol,