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The sun., 1904-11-20
THIEF,S TRIAL BY TELEPHONE.
Court Proceedings and Commitment Are
All Done Over the Wire In Texas.
From me 81. Louis Republic.

From the ST. Louis Re spubHc.
A strange tale. having TO do with the tele-
phone q bad boy and the theft OF gum
vending machine by the aforesaid bad boy,
came to light at Temple. Tex. few days
since by the arrest OF the boy.
During a fire that occurred several weeks
ago a gum vending machine was stolen
from the front Of a local drug store. Lib
erality in treating is what led to the cul-
prit's downfall. for it was but short time
until the officers we're informed that Harry
Price, a noted bad boy OF the town, had more
gum than his pockets could hold and was
dispensing same with reckless prodigality
among his followers.
1t took but few minutes to run Harry
to earth and not much longer than that TO
get a full confession. In fact he got sorry
so fast for his misdeeds that he offered to
pay for all the gum, When the last ray OF
hone was gone young Price became sorry
still faster and announced his intention Of
pleading guilty by telephone. Bolton, the
county seat, where presides the Judge OF
the County Court, being eight miles away.
SO IL was arranged that in order 10 eXpe-
dite matters and accelerate his confinement
that a telephone plea would be accepted.
The Judge accordingly took up his re-
ceiyer at the Belton end OF the line and ac
cepted the plea Of guilty. then. by the same
medium OF communication he waited back
the penalty. thirty days in jail and t25 fine
Ringing OF on the Temple line he called MP
the sherin's office to notify him that the
commitment papers we're ready.
The latter official. in his turn rang up
the superintendent OF the County Farm and
instructed him to get ready to receive a new
boarder That Official wac at a distant point
on the farm when he got the message through
a local phone, which he used to ring M the
the farm and order his assistant to prepare
for the lodger. That worthy replied that
he would and so the word was sent back
by phone TO the superintendent. the sheriff
the county Judge, to the officers at Temple
and finally communicated to Price.
Thus the whole transaction. which in
volyed the prisoners liberty for thirty days,
was transacted by phone messages.
There he will have time. 10 reflect that
rum is dear at any price and liberty very
sweet. This Ia the fret case 90 far as known
where q prisoner has been virtually tele-
phoned into jail. And II was all done at
the prisoners q request.
The sun., 1904-11-20
DOINGS AT THIS FEEDING.
4 whistler Furnished the Music and Then
Guests Kidnapped the bridegroom.
From the CHICAGO Inter Ocean.


FROM he Ch'cdqo iRer oeedh'
Kidnapped on ms Weaoine night aho u .aNen
to the home OF ir1end' where ne was ,orGea ,es
TO play poker an night ana was serN VIZ VIZ
refreshments that mad oeen chareea 10 hls
account. was the experience OF d. "nh'alh
Cornwell. whose bride was MISS 9anet Long
land. daughter OF Mr.. and hrs' Lohsianu OF
1928 Stewart avenue. The weudlnR ana kIu-
mapping took place Saturday out the prae-
tical joke did not leak out until yesterday
Mir. Cornwen and his bride had planheo
to make hasty exit after the ceremony was
performed. but their friends were too shrewa
for them. The bride made her escape ana
vanished to some downtown hotel. where she
was to meet her husband as soon as lie could
get away
But two Of the ushers. the best man
and two Of Cornwells best" friends did not
let him get out OF their sight. When they
saw that he was about to slip away from the
The sun., 1904-11-20
4 KICK SPOILED THE STORY.
The Liar Was Getting Along Nobiy Untii
His Friend Made Him Trim.


There are people who maintain that Mr.
Dash. the architect. is grossly untruthfu
but ] do not hold With them. The gentle
man Is merely enthusiastic and imagina-
tive, and his geese. not content with be-
ing swans. insist on being roes. He went
out to supper one night not long ago with
his friend George and a capitalist whom
he hoped to have for a friend II was Georges
party. and George begged MIR Dash to con-
fine his talk to yea. yea. and nay, nay. and
so not prejudice the desirable capitalist
Now, when you begin TO exaggerate :"
said George. I'm going to kick you, and
when you feel the weight Of my foot for
Heavens sake whittle your story down"
Mr. Dash promised. All went well till
in the mellow time after the supper the
capitalist began TO talk OF his stock farm
This reminded Mr. Dash of his second cousin S
farm in Pennsylvania.
Joe has one OF the finest barns In the
county" he said. warming to his tale. In
deed. it's one Of the finest in the State or in
any State. It's 400 feet long"--here George
delivered well aimed kick-"nnd- and
feet wide"
Naturally, next day there we're mutual
rccrimnations and back talking.
You've killed yourself with that man
now for keeps, sneered George. -Four hun
dred feet long and Q feet wide!-
1T was your pigheaded tomfooishnes
In kicking me at the wrong time" insisted
MIR Dash. You spoiled II all II you'd kept
your feet TO yourself d have made a well
proportioned barn of it, anyway"
The sun., 1904-11-20
QUEER BANK CHECKS.
Piece OF Lath, Collars and Guns That
Have Been Indorsed and Cashed.


"a torn linen collar, piece Of lath, cuff.
and half a dozen other odd objects hung
above certain bank clerks desk in this
city.
MY collection OF queer checks. the young
man said. Each OF those things is a check.
Each was duly honored. Each has a story
i have been collecting queer checks for
three years. That piece OF lath started me-
A bank honored the lath for $3.50. II WAS
made into a check by the owner OF a saw
mill. who was out at the plant with his son,
thirty miles from any house. and totally with
out paper. let alone check book. The money
was needed TO pay Of the hands. The saw
miller wrote on the lath Just what a check
correctly drawn has on IL. and he sent his son
into the bank TO get the money and TO ex-
plain, The lath check was honored after
some discussion among the bank g Officers
The cuff check was drawn by an actor
who had become slightly intoxicated, got
into fight and been arrested. He was
treated cavalierly. In his cell they woudn't
give him any paper, and he hribed a boy 10
take the check to a bank. The boy got the
money, and with it the actor paid his fine
otherwise he'd have been Jailed for ten days
Thus a cuff check may be said TO have saved
A man from prison.
won bet OF s5. A man bet . woman that a
check made on n collar woulc - cashed. and
OF co 'rse. he won his bet
Your bank. II you carr % II account
will honor the most freak 'hctks yor car
draw up. In such uonkr, t.,InrSs thoaEh
| won't encourage you"
The sun., 1904-11-20
134-YEtR-OLD WOMAN SMOKES.
Mrs. Mary Macdonald, Although Very
Feeble, stri Enjoys Her Pipe.

Shrivelled and emac lated by the weight
Of years, nearly double the allotted three
score and ten OF the Scriptures, Mrs. Mary
Macdonald. witness OF the growth Of the
nation from Its birth in the Revolut ion to Its
present great development. passed her istth
birthday in her room at the Home for
Aged and lnfirm Colored Persons. Forty
fourth street and Girard avenue. yesterday.
With her little. withered body propped
up In bed. she enjoyed the pipe which has
furnished solace TO her in the century Of her
old age. Between her pufs OF smoke she
when the Revolution was being fought around
records. Mrs. Macdonald has lived in three
centuries and has seen every war through
which her country has passed.
Mrs. Macdonald has so wasted away dur
ing these many years that she il only mere
shadow OF her former erect figure, She now
Is hardly three feet tall and weighs about
seventy pounds Her face is furrowed with
many deep lines. Two years ago she lost
her eyesisht. Her remarkable memory OF
the long ago however. Ia still strong. While
she cannot recall events OF comparatively
recent years. she remembers we'll the trying
periods Of the Revolution She was born in
Frogtown, near Valley Forge. and ca relate
Incidents Of the terrible winter Of i777-H
when Washngton's army was camped near
her home.
Mrs Macdonald is necessarily feeble on
account Of her great age. but she ia still In
good spirits. and the attendants at the home
say they will not be surprised II she lives 10
see several more birthdays,
The sun., 1904-11-20
Freight Car That Disappeared.

From the boston GioOf.
In the recent railroad accident on the Wor-
cester, Nashua h Portland division OF the
Boston 4 Maine at East Darlington. N H.,
when as extra freight train from Nashua
crashed headon into an extra freight from
Portland that was waiting there to meet It..
a Boston 4 Maine car on the train standing
still disappeared and for hours the efforts
OF the railroad men to hnd It were unavsiling.
The accident occurreda little after mid
night. From that time until daylight the
railroad telegraph operators along the line
from the scene OF the wreck to Portland made
thH wires hot In their eirorts to trace the miss.
ing car. as II was thought that II might have
got uncoupled and jumped from the train.
or had been left at some station.
The mystery OF the lost car was solved
at dawn, when the car was found driven
completely into a car Of the PenhsylvAnia
railroad The cars had been telescoped
IN such a way that by lantern light they look ed
like one whole car, and had thus escaped
notice
The telescoping Of these cam was regarded
as remarkable inasmuch as they were in
the train standing still So tremefIdous
was the shock that the engine Of the stationary
,-air was forced hect aralnst the Boston
4 Maine car powerfully enough TO send Il
through the Pennsylvania car.
The sun., 1904-11-20
INITIATION STUNTS IN PUBLIC.
Antics OF College Boys Amuse Passengers
In Boston Trolley Car
From me Boston Globt

In Mount Auburn car which left Bowdon
SQUARE about II As last evening young mnn
evidently college freshman, tried to kiss
the conductor who resented the familiarity.
But that was only the beginning, for there
were three OF her freshmen OF equally strange
rig with this first one and there were four
other rather sedate freshmen In the company
of this quartet, seated quietly neal the centre
Of tbecar The first four freshmen were being
initiated into some college secret society,
and the last four we're attending to the duties
OF initiation.
When the boys entered the car at Bowdoin
souare II WAS noticed that they were MUNICH
irs, hot does.- They wore red ribbons
lied lust below the knees Of their trousers.
which we're turned up raining In London"
s,yle 40 as to show some rather loud hosiery
and ancient footw ear. There was neglise
air about the rest OF their costumes. and
when they entered the car they looked as II
the exercises" had been going on for some
time, either in a theatre or In the hotel dis
trict.
ro,e torcibly reminded that something was
nm" when the four young men walked around
o6erine TO each a bite from his frankfurt
ssndwich or hot dos as they called them.
Mo.t Of the passengers smilingly refused the
une1pected hospitality. but there were few
Mount Auburnites who did not let the op-
portunity pass. They oN.
Then one young man went around the car
irving 20 sell a one-cent paper for nickel.
Nobody wanted the bargain. Then all four
walked around the car and read aloud the
Advertisements.
One young man was then ordered to walk
nm bis hands and knees the length OF the
car and make q noise like nut. so as to
attract the squirrels. The noise he made
did not satisfy the inauisitors. so the young
man was ordered to try IL over and make
A noise like a dog" The gro~s were salts
factory.
one OF the students was then ordered to
kneel on the seat and look out OF the window.
which he did in a very docie manner. An
other one Of the quartet was told to put taps
ON the shoes Of the kneeline student. With
little piece OF wood he initiated the work OF
a sboemaker on the soles Of the young mans
shoes, driving imaginary nails with great
seriousness.
Al Brookline street the eight students left
the car and got transfer checks.
At Harvard square the students left the
second Ger and headed for the rooms of the
society.
The sun., 1904-11-20
A SLAVE TO HABIT.
A Clerk VINO Can't work without His Ow n
Chair, Typewriter and Pencil.
From the Nep Orleans Times Democrat

From the Ner Orleans Times Democrat
IF II Ia just the same to you. please let
me have that chair you are sitting on" said
q clerk In an once the other day. His re-
quest was granted without any objections.
but several men N the ONCE wanted TO know
why he wanted the particular chair. well, +"
said the clerk. Il have simply got in the habit
OF using II, as well as a certain penholder,
pencil. desk. typewriter and 80 forth. This
thing they call habit il worth some thought
and study. even for busy clerks. Now for
Instance. ! suppose you aae used TO smok-
ing a certain brand OF cigar. Your dealer
might try to convince you that another
cigar IL as good or even better. but you
would cling to the old friend Getting In the
habit Of doing things is responsible for this
Again. you may be used to wearing Ger
tain style OF shoe, which pleases you very
much and looks well also. You want TO buy
The sun., 1904-11-20
WILEs or A PULLMAN PORTER.
How He Made Money by Losing the Shoe OF
Mississippi Man.
From the Chicago Daily NeUs.

Talking about the race problem, said
the retired Pullman conductor. though no.
body had been talking about 1t. i had
colored porter on my run down through
the South one year who was wonder.
Il think | must have met him. said the
cigar salesman. -on my last trip South
the porter took half dollar from me to buy
a box OF cigarettes at a way station. brought
back is cents change and eyed me until
gave II to him. He charged 30 cents a pint
for bottled beer and wanted dime every
time he walked across the buffet car with
fresh bottle"
NO. that was not the same porter said
the retired Pullman conductor. although
Tom, my porter. had his own peculiar abili-
ties In that line, too. We were sailing along
through lower Mississippi after midnight
one night and Tom WAS sitting in the wash
room shining the shoes OF the passengers.
He had bad feet and had taken of his own
shoes.
All OF sudden the train stopped ut an
unaccustomed place and told Tom to jump
out and see what was the matter II had
been raining heavily and he looked out dubi-
ously at the muddy ground and then looked
down at his stockinged feet.
1t done look pretty bad out yondah.
boss. Tom says, but III go out ef you wants
me to-
With that he picked up big pair OF shoes
belonging to passenger. slipped them on
and jumped into the darkness. In few
minutes the train started up and l forgot
all about Tom"
i suppose you pitched IN and shined the
rest OF the shoes Tor him, suggested the
cigar salesman.
NO. but in few minutes after we started
ne came cIulnping in to where was. looking
worried.
say boss. I'm in an awful box he says.
an doan' know what to do bout it
WHAT'S the matter. TomT asked.
wen. sab. he says. when jumped of
oeiohsih 70 lower 8, an when she started
oone STUCK IN the mud.
lie held out the remaining shoe and looked
at u rueIully.
Mhat DO you s'pose better do?' he asked.
why. theres only one thing to do.
sa'u, Shine up the other shoe in good shape.
put IL uhder the berth and bluh 1t out in the
morning ieii MIN you oon I know anything
"oonn s,a, us shoe'
NAV sounus gooo. says lom' III
W ~
me next morning there was fearful
row when lower got up. He was big.
oroao shouiaered Mlssissippian and he got
m's hhser on the push button IN hurry.
ION pretended not to hear the bell. but pretty
soon the o'g Fellow came stamping out.
heyl ne says IN voice that nearly turned
ION White. ala you SHINE the shoes In lower
o last niehtE
N.y-yessah! Yessah!' Tom says. i done
shlned all the shoes in the cab. i must have
shined EN-.
We'll. one OF ems gone, the big fellow
says. and want you to find IL.
The sun., 1904-11-20
81. Bouifsce's Soth Anniversary.

The congregation Of st. Bonifaoe's Ger.
man Roman Catholic Church, at Duffield
and willoughby streets, Brooklyn, OF which
the Rev. Martin Lang Is pastor, will begin
TO celebrate its fftieth anniy ersary this
morning. ST. Boniface's parish was er-
ca nized in 1854 by snail number OF Ger
man Catholics and the N rnerstcne OF the
rressnt church was laid in 1871 bv tho late
Pishep Lughlin. II is the largest German
Catholic church in Brooklyn.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-18
Gov. Pointer.

Regarding the candidatcy of Mr..
Berge, former Governor Poynter says:
st seems to me that in Mr. Berge
we have an ideal candidate and one
about whom every populist would be
glad to rally. He is thorough, we'll
informed, uncompromising populist
He understands the principles OF pop
ulism and honestly believes in them
He Is man of ability and so recog-
nized in this city where he has lived
SO many years. He is a man of I'M
questioned integrity and one OF whose
honesty no one has doubt.
with all he Is a cultivated and cul-
tured gentleman OF very pleasing per-
sonality with whom IL is a pleasure to
be acquainted. We surely have n can
didate of whom We have tight 10 be
proud. and who will make governor
who will uphold the dignity and repu-
tation OF our great state. When he
Is the governor of Nebraska he will
perform the duties of the office In a
Saskatchewan way without fear or
favor. always doing the right as he
sees the right"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-18
Watson's Napoleon.

Among MIR. Watson's writings one
of the most interesting is his history
of Napoleon 1t is a splendid study of
great genius.
There does not live man who will
not be enlarged in his thinking proc
esses, there does not live boy who
will not be made more ambitious by
honest study of Watson's Napoleon.
IL you want the best obtainable.
most readable. most intelligent, most
genuinely American study of this
great character. read Watson's his
tory OF Napoleon.
The book retais at s2.25. AT that
figure The Independent is prepared
to supply its readers. Address all or
ders to The Independent, Lincoln.
Neb.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-18

you oU W on per CcHL dHuudIiy.
Rented, will pay you from 20 to 80
per cent annually.
A sure crop every year, and the
highest prospect OF doubling your in
vestment in two years or less. These
farms are located in the Box Elder
and South Platte Valleys of Colorado.
There are six millions dollars in
vested in sugar beet factories in this
valley. Farms are paying enormously.
as they have sure crop and a big
one every year, ample water supply,
10 reservoirs, and more than enough.
We are selling farms in this valley
at $50 and $65 per acre, several have
been rented during the past year at
$40 per acre, cash rent paying 20 per
cent on the investment. Four miles
down the valley from where these
farms are located farms are selling
at $50 to 5000 per acre. Twenty
miles further south In the valley,
farms are selling at 5000 to $3.50 per
acre, paying on this valuation annual
ly 20 per cent. Rented land that we
are offering is equally as valuable
when fully developed and improved as
the farms that are selling at $3.50 per
acre.
We have yet about 10000 acres Of
this land to sell with perpetual water
rights and are of the opinion that
anyone purchasing farm in this val
ley will double his money within one,
year.
Wheat, oats, barley, potatoes. sugar
beets, alfalfa, fruit, all vie with each
other in quantity and quality. The
result is, farming by irrigation is ideal
and peace aud plenty abound.
We have sold this week two farms
in the Box Elder, Larimer county,
Colorado, to a prominent gentleman
of Lincoln After purchasing them he
leased them for three years at an an
nual rental of Is per cent on his in
vestment to good and responsible par
ties.
We have sold several parties DUR
ing the past year who have rented
their farms at equally as high percent
age.
AS an investment 1t is Of the high
est character, combining remarkable
possibilities of large pro1ts with an
exceptional degree of safety, relia-
bility and permanency.
| Which is, the better investment-buy
eastern land at $50 an acre and rent
at at SO an acre or buy Colorado land
at $50 and rent it for $1O-the eastern
farmer gets 6 per cent and the Colora-
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John Ranch Of Camden. N. j.. asks
II we have the populist national plat
form translated into German, and. IL
not, he SAYS. IF you want trans
lation made, let me know: I'll do II
without compensation"
That IN the spirit Of popullsm, The
national committee accepts Mr.
Ranch's kind offer and on behalf OF
popullsts everywhere. whether Ger
man readers or otherwise. extenis 10
MIR. Ranch It's heartfelt thanka.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-18
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT


ZACH, Got in Himmel, dey ruined away
mit-out me-" So in 1896 Mr.. Bryan
started out with the democratic team,
and he drove we'll, but the team SHE'D
at defeat or two, bouncing the driver
from his seat He is in hot pursuit,
| ut time alone can tell whether the
team ran away with him or "mitout"
him.
Walter Wellman has been out at
Cripple Creek for some time writing
voluminous articles on the military
despotism which the whole world con-
dennis. But Walter has come to the
conclusion that the acts of the mill
tary were justified That settles it.
The great jurists of the world who
have unanimously condemned the
whole business unreservedly, will now
alter their conclusions and take it
ali back. The Record-Herald has given
vide circulation to this justification
CT the military.
About the silliest thing that ever
entered a mans Uranium hobs up at
about this stage of the proceedings
during every campaign. 1t is the cry:
Don't throw away your vote" Ac-
cording to the theory of these men,
every vote cast for candidate who
is not elected is thrown away. But
the truth is the votes that effect leg
islation' the most are often cast by
the minority. Put three million votes
in the ballot boxes for Tom Watson,
and they will have more effect than
all the votes cast for the winning can
didate. Such vote would call halt
on the trusts and stop the advance OF
plutocracy
Long ago The Independent said that
the republicans would get sick of this
Philippine business, from which the
United States gets nothing and has
to expend many millions every year.
Secretary Taft in a speech at the st.
Louis fair the other day limited that
the government might sell the Phil
lppines to some other power.
SSS$SS$S&
| The populists of the state return
their thanks to Mr.. August HagenoW
for the spirited manner in which he
conducted the music at the populist
state convention. Mr. Hagenow is one
of the great musical conductors of the
west and he donated his personal serv-
/ ices. He is an enthusiastic supporter
OF Tom Watson.
| >&>%>&>$&
| The country is going to try the ex-
pertinent of running two republican
parties and will endeavor to keep them
both alive and kicking We will have
to wait while to find out whether 1t
can be done or not.
Any man who expects Parker demo-
Gratis to vote for populists certainly
has soft spot in his noodle
SSSS$SSS
What is the difference between the
positions of Judge Parker and Presi-
dent Roosevelt on the question oil
Philippine independence? Judge Par
ker assures us that the self-govern-
ment OF the Filipinos will come "as
soon as they are reasonably prepared
for it." Why, President Roosevelt
long ago assured us of that So there
can be no issue between them OH thai
Question. But Mr.. Bryan claims tha
Judge Parker's election will check i'm
perialism. Why? How? When ant
where? oh, it is only another phas.
of the sham battle between the two oil
frauds. Will those democratic demo
Gratis who have Loyalty been true t,
Mr.. Bryan follow his lead now and b.
misled by the antiquities of Judg
Parker's slippery tongue? Will the
: be so miSled?
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-08-18

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