Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-11
ksn Instrumental in Oonvio,ing Hin Sign
the Position.
EQUITABLE PROXIES ARE IN DEMAND
Accident 60 President of Tabor Bank
CompIicntes the ReOpening OF that
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Take
n Hand.
(From a STAN Correspondents

10 chicago. Greenland mad the recon-
mendation for parole of those who were
chiefly instrumental in his prosecution.
One man contributed $500 towards his
prosecution, and signed the petition for his
parole. The attorney who drew the in
dictment and was chiefly instrumental in
his conviction, also signed it as did others.
Greenland is a man of large physique He
was a leader In a family of boys who
owned a large amount of land In Decatur
county. Stock was frequently stolen and
there were a number of fires in buildings
where the Insurance was heavy and sus-
picion attached to Greenland because he
was surrounded by a lot of tough farm
hands. One condition that lead to his
parole was the fact that Greenland was
perhaps the first criminal in the state who
ever paid for the costs of his prosecution.
Greenland paid s,6S2. the costs assessed
against him by the state.
After Iowa Proxies.
Many Iowa policyholders of the Equitable
of New York today received through the
malls a circular letter from Grover Cleve-
land and the other two trustees of the
Ryan stock in the Equitable, asking that
they indicate whom they wish as directors
of the Equitable. and In case the policy
holder has no choice he is asked to give
number have slgnihed their intention to
send in the proxies. Still others have sent
back the return slips Indicating their choice
to be Thomas Lawson, and quite a number,
their attention being called to the matter
by the circular letter, have sent the proxies
direct to Lawson.
Doctors to Fight Patent Medicine.
The Seventh District Medical society in
session here has determined to conduct
fight on patent medicines. The society au-
thorized the president to appoint commit
tee to appear before the Legislature and
ask that patent medicines containing a
large amount of alcohol be put IN the same
category with alcoholic and splrituous liz
uors used for beverages.
swindIers Reap Harvest.
Detectives are on the search for persons
who have been swindling the public from
this Rity by sending c, O. D. express pack
ages to persons who are dead. The method
| is to scan the newspapers and when a
death Of a wealthy person in some other
city is recorded an express package con-
tanning nothing, or else some cheap ar
ticle, is sent c. o. d. for $ or $40 The
relatives pay the money and unsuspectingly
take the package. The express company
returns the money to the parties who sent
| the package.
Complication in Tabor Bank.
! A complication has arisen in the affairs
of the Tabor State Savings bank. The
relatives of Vice President Dye deposited
securities to cover any possible defalcation
and the president of the bank had arranged
to secure additional cash 20 supply funds
for any run on the bank and under the
charge of the state auditors department
the bank was TO be reopened When the
president had about arranged for the
money he met with an accident and sur
| feTed a broken leg. He is now unable TO
! look after the affairs of the bank and the
, examiner in charge sent for Auditor of
I State b. F, Carroll. 1t is believed that the
opening of the bank will be merely de-
layed and that with the securities deposited
by the relatives of Dye the bank will be
able to stand any run and will reopen soon
for business.
To Transfer Inebrlate Patients.
Hon. John Cownie, chairman of the state
board of control, said today that the pa
tents now in the inebriate wards of the
insane hospitals will be moved to the Knox
vile hospital about January /. The board
is now busy buying the furniture for the
institution. which will shortly be installed
The buildings are all practically completed
and there only remains getting IN the fur
niture and provisions and setting things
in order.
To Prepare Geography.
Prof. w. r. Patterson of the State uni.
versity has been commissioned by the
Carnegie institute to prepare an agricul
tural geography of the United States, with
maps showing the watersheds, the deposits
of soil and nature OF the SOIL with Other
information of strictly agricultural ma
ture concerning the country. Prof Patter
son will begin work on the geography a;
soon as he has completed the work on the
census volume which will appear from this
state binder ready for distribution Deem
Der /.
state Librarians Fund.
State Librarian Johnson Brigham has dis
covered In a secondhand list a larg,
amount Of valuable periodical publications
of ante-bellum days, such as the Jeffer
sonian, the Panoplist and the Present
Some are in complete sets and others ar,
in numbers sufficient to complete partia
sets that are now in the possession of tn,
state library. The volumes have been pur
chased and will he placed on the shelves
of the state library soon.
For Malicious Prosecution.
A suit from Carson. Pottawattami
county, has been appealed to the suprem
court from the district court at Avoca
The case will settle a question as Il
whether OF not a person can be sued 70
malicious prosecution for causing the arres
of person under a city ordinance that 4
null and void. DR.. w. F. Pierce was ar
rested on the complaint of E. Doolittle 10
not notifying the mayor OF a case Of scarle
fever within twenJy-four hours after dis
covering IL. II was shown that the cit,
ordinance was null and void and Pierre
then sued Doolittle for damages
POIieyhOIders suing.
c. H. Johnston. an attorney in the low
Loan and Trust company building in thi
city representing 100 policy holders Of Ne
braska, is preparing 10 institute suit as al
interVenOr for the appointment of a re
ceiver for the Northwestern Life Insur
ance company or Minneapolis Recently I
suit was started for a receiver by persist
ent policy holders. Mr.. Johnston represent
; large number who, as they aIlege, b,
fraudulent representations were induced b
, the Northwestern TO change their polIcie
J from the Northwestern Life and Saving
, 70 the Northwestern Life Insurance com
pany. or LOO policies thus changed. rem
resenting a value OF about $500 Their
was given in return policies representa-
about $4,000. The suit started by the Ne
braska DOlicv holders will h IN . aa,,,o.-