Semi-weekly herald., 1908-05-11
Another case that is now under con. /

$4,000 a year from a defunct con
a pany, the stockholders of which ar
3 likely to receive about 10 cents o
b the dollar. The frequent recurrence {
4 affairs of this sort has led to stron
4 demand for placing state banks an
3 trust companies on the same basi
I as national banks in this respect an
) strictly limiting the compensation a
; lowed to receivers.
+ New York, May S.--1he Oak Islam,
life saving station reports this morn
: ing that crew and wreckers on boar,
| the ship Peter Rickmer has been safe
| ly landed by life saving crews from
nearby life saving stations The sterr
of the ship was knocked off by heav,
seas.
i PORTLAND. England. May s.-Th,
British steamer Matiana. from Lon
don for Calcutta. has been In collision
with a Hamburg liner. the
name OF which has not yet been as
certalned The Mariana has returned
here with stern broken and other
damages. tug has gone In search OF
the German steamer Before the yes.
sells parted the Hamburg liner said
1t intended to come into Portland, but
has not yet arrived.
| NEW YORK, May S.-By the an
pointment OF Charlesc F.. Naething. a
| wealthy restauranter. administrator of
the estate of his brother, John Philip
Naething, who disappeared from his
New York home In 1879, official rec
! ognition was taken of the death of n
wanderer whose whereabouts have
not been known for thirty.five years.
John p. Naething filed with a spirit
of adventure went west to carve out
a fortune. After year his letters
stopped. Since then brothers and ais
ters In New York continued their eff
forts to find his alive or obtain evi.
dence of his death. but since the day
In 1873 when he posted a letter to
his mother from little town in the
south no trace of John Philip Naething
has been discovered. The estate con
sists of personal property amounting
to some thousands left by John Nae
things father. as part of the patarnal
fortune
John Naethiug. in 1861. before he
was of age, enlisted in the Zouaye regi-
ment known as the Lost Children. :"
but his father obtained his discharge
on the ground that he was a minor.
year later he enlisted In the navy
and served throughout the war. John
Naething had no funds when he left
home in 1872. His brother speaks of
him in his petition as of reckless
and rowing disposition, fearless. un.
afraid Of hazardous occupation and
risk. He was at all times, petitioner
says. on loving and familiar terms
with the family and whenever he ask
ed for financial assistance always re
ceived 1t.
CHAMPAIGN. H.. May s.--Professor
Sherman Cass, the Tolono, Ill, high
school principal. imprisoned in the
county jail here for seven months,
has capitulated, paid $500 to Mr.. and
Mrs. w. F. Burke. and released.
Cass was committed to the debtors
cell October 8, 1907, when he refused
to pay a judgment OF 1900 secured by |
the Burkes for assisting in the punish. |
ment of their son. a pupil, who is de- |
clared to have received permanent In
juries at the hands of the teachers.
Miss Annie Kelly. a young teacher.
performed the major part OF the pun
lshment, but she escaped deputy
sheriff with a warrant and fled west.
only returning to seek exemption from
the judgment by trying to prove bank
ruptcy In the federal court. She is out
on bond, therefore, until this ques-
ton is settled, and is teaching In To |
lono again.
To leave the cell OF 10 by feet dI-
mensions. where be has remained all
winter and spring, despite the kindly |
offer to give him the liberty OF the
corridors, Cass was Obliged to guar
antee to pay the rest of the Judgment
If Miss Kelly would not. He may be
recommitted II the money is not paid.
He was incareerated under the
debtor law in quasLcriminal cases. and
had sufficient funds to pay the judg.
ment, but refused. insisting he had
done no wrong Weekly his foes have
paid s315 for his board. Today he
was obliged to pay all this back again.
Both Miss Kelly and Professor Cass
viii be tried for assault and battery at
the circuit court this month. old In
dictments pending against them.
I'm go to Jail before pay" Miss
Kelly has reiterated. and she may still
refuse. 1t was the young woman who
belabored the pupil with stick, while
Cass held him.
Tolono has been excited over the af-
fair and has threatened to "whitecap"
the Burkes It is claimed the Burke
boy was permanently injured by the
punishment. He was admittedly bad
boy and is said to have called Miss
Kelly vicious names.
GREELEY, Colo. May 8.-Harry
Jacobs, aged 40 years, a building con.