Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-04
BUSES LIFE TO Be SAVED
Division Of Supreme Court Reason for Com
mutine Death eehtenos.
COMMISSION REDUCES FREIGHT RATES
Iowa woman Attacks validity of Me-
braskR Divorce In suit to RE-
cover Equity In Valuable
Farm.
ffrrom a staff Correspondent.l


DIES MONIES, Jan. s.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-LouIs Busse probably will be given
a Communication of sentence tomorrow, from
hanging to life Imprisonment. At the hear
ing before the governor this morning J.
II. Scales OF Ackley. for the state, argued
| against Communication. =. A. Dawson for
| Busse, argued for Communication. There
were no new arguments Dawson relies on
! the even division OF the supreme court rails
/ ing a moral though not legal question OF
doubt. Five Judges OF the supreme court
| recommend to the governor a Communication
and on this showing Il is believed a COM
mutation will be issued tomorrow. Busse
lie under sentence to hang January IL. for
the murder of his wife In Butler county.
some Rates Reduced.
The railroad commissioners today issued
an order based on facts learned in a re-
cent hearing. reducing freight rates on Ave
| articles. Rates on fertilizers for the
benefit Of the Muscatlne watermelon grow
| ers are reduced 20 percent. and on burial
vaults, horse covers and sash weights the
1 same. Roofing material Is reduced 40 per-
cent. No action 10 taken on the concen-
trating rate on poultry or on fixing lower
hay rate. The rate on wagons and wooden
boxes is passed to the next meeting.
Nebraska Divorce Questioned.
In a suit to recover her dover rights to
$50 acres Of land in Madison county, Iowa,
Mrs. Melia Il. Johnson denies the legality
Of divorce secured by her husband In Me-
braska In 1883. The situation is considera-
bly, complicated by the fact that the hus-
band has been twice married since that
time. The suit will Involve the decision
OF the United States courts Of some months
ago on divorces secured in other states than
| that IN uybT Lob ha ~ ~.
divorce was secured by johnson in Ne
braska by publication of the notice and he
named his wife as Dell Johnson instead of
Della Johnson, so she asserts She claims
TO have been entirely ignorant of his Sc
| curing the divorce and that after the date
of the divorce decree In 1889 he continued
to write to her addressing her as his wife
In 1899 he bought a farm In Madison
county. Later he sold the land claiming
to be unmarried Mrs. johnson claims her
one-third interest. The husband is now
dead.
disappointed Lover shoots.
The, police Of this city are looking for
Frank Orr on charge of shooting Ira b.
gard. 1t is believed that the bullet was
intended for Miss Lulu Higgins. Orr is a
disappointed lover OF Miss, Higgins Two
years ago Jack Reed was charged with
4 ShOCNihe AfOS A1ABBHiey - DEOlhcE VI MISS
Higgins when the shot was intended for
the girl. Miss Higgins lives with her
mother on South Ninth street. Orr is a
helper at the Rock Island shops In VAL
Hey Junction. Orr came to the Higgins
home last night and told her that since he
i couldn't have her he intended to kill her
| and proceeded to carry out his threat. The
i girl screamed and Ira. Bogard, a farm hand,
came to her ASSISTANCE and the bullet in
! tended for Miss Higgins, struck him. In a
livery similar occurrencestpFo years ago Miss
Higgins's brother. Doc Higgins, was shot
T by Jack Reed Orr disappeared imms-
diateiy after the shooting and is supposed
to be in hiding In this city.
Cromord Case to BE Heard.
The supreme court will at the coming
term hear the case Of DR.. ]. w. Crofford
OF Clarke county, charged with the muir
der Of Maud Stone by Il criminal operation.
He was convicted Of the offense and sent
enced to twenty years in the penitentiary
but got a reversal and new trial which is
now to be heard again by the supreme
court.
Legislators want More Money.
New members of the legislature are ar
irving I'm the city arranging for rooms at
the hotels and boarding houses for the
session. As soon as they get terms they
begin to talk Of the necessity for raising
the salaries Of members of the legislature.
1t is now $3.50. They think they should
have at least loo.
Irving p. BOwdish Inspector.
Irving p. Bowdish of Waubeek. Ia, was
appointed by the STATE Board OF Control
today to be inspector Of county and private
institutions where insane are kept. Till the
present time there has. been no inspector
for this work and the work has been done
by the doctors from the various state hos
pitfalls. The law requires that an Inspection
shall be made by persons appointed by the
board OF control of all institutions In the
state where insane are kept, and also or
institutions where dellDquents are kept.