Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-27
KENT FINED FOR YELLING
Noise Which Disturbs Meeting Of Vet
Grams Proves Expensive.
oMAAH MAN DIES IN PRISON
'. y. Fee, who Attempted 10 Extort
Money from Luther Drake of Mer-
chants National Bank sue
cumbs to Heart Disease.
tFrom a staff Correspondents

(From a staff correspondent
LINCOLN. oct. a.-(Spccial.) John I.
Kent, Brysu's reception committee during
those trying days OF the Denver convention,
the man who piloted Chairman Theodore
Bell through the rain and floods to a hand
car which took him out Of town, was today
fined S25 and costs for disturbing the peace
Of a number of veterans of the civil war.
These veterans were in front of their hall
and while the drum corps was playing Kent,
so the evidence showed, insisted on drown
ing out the music by yelling for Bryan.
His action, caused his arrest by the police
and today he was fined. He appealed the
case.
Latky Case Dismissed.
The suit Of Levi Muson against Mrs.
Latky. former supreme officer OF the Ne
braska Degree Of Honor, Ancient Order Of
United Workmen, which was to have been
tried before Justice Stevens this afternoon,
was dismissed without prejudice on the mo-
ton of Claude S. Wilson, attorney for the
plaintiff. Attorney Wilson would say moth
ing concerning the dismissal more than
that the plaintiff had decided not to press
the case at this time. The suit was for
s57 on an alleged board bill Ehat had been
running since 1904.
Omaha "Dynamiter" Dead.
The body OF J. j. Fee. the man who
stirred financial circles in Omaha some
months ago, lies at the morgue and Coroner
Jack Mathews has yet to receive word from
any Of the mans relatives as to his dis
position. Fee is the man who, armed with
a bottle containing a c%olorless liquid, IN
sisted on Luther Drake of the Merchants
National bank of Omaha giving him S,On.
Drake succeeded in getting the man out or
the bank and then had him arrested. He
was sent to the penitentiary, where he died
Saturday morning Of heart disease.
ndsa Brings Words of Cheer.
H.. c, Lindsay, who visited republican ma
tional headquarters at Chicago sunday
came back this morning with the report
that the headquarters officials were salts
fled that Taft would be elected. Il nave
never seen people more confident solu
Mr.. Lindsay. They are sure OF the elec-
ton of Taft. Their optimism is based on
the reports they have received from the va
rious states
Teachers Coming to Meeting
Superintendent McBrien and deputy
| Bishop have returned from Holt and Boyo
counties. respectively, where they ATTENDED,
educational meetings last week Mr.. b'shop
reports the following Boards of Education
have given llelI AtdCllGAo "
| sence to attend the state meeting; Pohca'
Monowi, Spencer and several country
schools in Boyd county. While IN holt
county, MI. McBrien learned that the
boards at Ewing and NELL had given all
| their teachers "a leave OF absence, while Al
kinson grants their superintendent the
time to attend this meeting. All OF the
town and city schools In Dodge county
grant their teachers a leave OF absence
to attend the state meeting, and about a
fifth of the rural schools of Dodge county
have given their teachers the privilege oil
attending the state association without be-
| ing rcuuircd 10 make up the time.
Superintendent Penny Of Oakland writes
under date of October q: "All teachers
given Thursday and Friday to attend the
association. ] shall be on hand for the
Wednesday meeting
Superintendent Stockdale of Wisner
writes on October %: I'VE are coming,
Father Abraham, full force strong, At a
meeting of our board last night, vacation
for the association was declared"
superintendent r. V. Garrett of Dodge
writes: I'VE are to have Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday, November 4, . and
6, and all our teachers will be at the state
association"