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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
PATRICK'S APPEAL DENIED
United States Supreme Court Renders
Decision.

Washington, Nov 16.-The petition
of Albert t. Patrick, the New York
lawyer who is serving a life sentence
in the state prison at Sing Sing, N. Y,
on the charge of having murdered the
millionaire, William M. Rice, for a
writ of habeas corpus was decided by
the supreme court Of the United
States adversely to the petitioner.
Patrick charged that the case against
him was conspiracy and urged that
In committing the sentence of death
which the court imposed upon him to
one of life Imprisonment Governor
Higgins had resorted to more cruel
method of punishment. He asked to
be released from prison on the theory
that the whole proceeding had been
unconstitutional and invalid. The de-
cision of the court was announced by
Chief Justice Fuller.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
DENMARK.
Copenhagen.

The trial Of Alberti Is now In full
progress and it is needless to state
that the courtroom Is crowded with
eager listeners. Last week when AL
bertl was on the witness stand he was
warned by the judge 10 the effect that
IL he did not answer all questions
readily his punishment might be all
the more severe, Albert arose eniaged
from his chair and with countenance
pale and liyid exclaimed: 1.-THE APP
pie is not ripe yet" His dramatic ex-
clamation created an animated scene
in the courtroom. Alberti's wife has
left the country and no one knows
where she has gone.
The big metropolitan newspaper,
"Dannebrog," which was the mouth.
piece OF Albert, has now been COM
pletely cut loose from the Albert in
terests and will start new life as 1t
were. For many years this paper has
been the mouthpiece of tie govern
ment and shaped many a political pol
Icy. 1t has always been an Influential
factor in Danish politics and did much
to keep Albert favorably before the
people.
In accordance with an announce
ment made by King Frederick Oct. 8
a department of commerce will be
added to the present cabinet portfolio.
This is department which Ia well
needed and Danish papers predict that
1t will be productive of much good to
the country's interests.
The Peasants Savings bank, which
was wrecked by Albert, Is In worse
shape than was at first announced.
the deficit shows that Alberti's misap-
preparations amount to 100000
crowns instead OF 100000 cruwns "a
was at first believed
MARION g NORELUA
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
GRAND DUKE ALEXIS DEAD
Uncle Of Gear Expires in Paris of
Pneumonia.


Paris, Nov. 14.-Grand Duke Alexis
of Russia, an uncle of the emperor,
died in this city of pneumonia.
The grand duke has lived in Paris
almost continuously since his retire
ment from the position of supreme
direction of the navy, which he had
held for twenty-four years.
Grand Duke Alexis was born in
1850. He resigned the supreme con-
troll of the marine in June, 1905, fol-
lowing savage criticism of his admin
istration of the navy, especially in
the construction of ships. Charges of
mismanagement and inefficiency
against the marine department had
been current for years and after the
war with Japan they increased ten
fold Grand Duke Alexis himself did
not escape personal attacks and scan
dial was so busy with his name that
he was several times the subject of
public demonstrations, notably at the
French theater in st. Petersburg, the
latter part of 1904
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
HENEYISWOUNDED
Famous Prosecutor Shot In a
Frisco Courtroom.
REVENGE MOTIVE FOR ATTACK
Deed Committed by Ex.COnvicl
Exposed by Victim.

San Francisco, Nov. 14.-Francis j..
Heney. leading figure in the prose.
cution of municipal corruption in this
city, was shot and seriously wounded
by Morris Haas, a Jewish saloonkeep
er, who had been accepted as juror
in a previous trial and afterwards re
moved, it having been shown by the
prosecution that he was an ex-convict
a fact not brought out in his examina
tion as a venireman.
The shooting occurred In Superior
Judge Lawlor's courtroom during q
recess in the trial of Abraham Ruef.
on trial for the third time on the
charge of bribery.
The physicians in attendance on
Heney expressed the opinion that he
would live. 1t has been ascertained
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19

are at present In circulation and ex-
cept for the picture there would
scarcely be any difference at all.
Professor v. Wittrock has been
made an honorary member of the
Deuthsche Botanische Gesselschaft
and Professor Svante Arrhenius has
received the honorary title of Phi. ID.
from the Cambridge university in
England.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
Usual Dividend Declared.

New York, Nov. 16.-Directors of
the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey. which Is the parent or hold
ing company of the oil combine. has
declared a quarterly dividend of $40
per share. This was unchanged frem
the dividend paid In the correspond
ing quarter last year and makes q
tots, OF $40 in dividends to be paid
this year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
NORWAY.
Christiania.


Says an exchange: Norwegian pa
pers state that Bjornstjerne Bjornson
is suffering from a severe attack Of
rheumatism, brought on by the strain
he has endured while lecturing
against the peasant dialect movement.
His whole heart and soul Is in the
cause of the Dano- Norwegian Ian
ten, and he loses no opportunity to
use his powerful eloquence against the
peasant language, which a group Of en-
thusiastic scholars and authors Is en-
deavoring to fasten upon Norway as
the official and literary language of
the country. Bjornson's physician has
repeatedly warned the venerable poet
TO save his strength, but In vain. Ii
the poet is able to get out of bed he
sallies forth He has spoken when In
such a weak voice that he has had TO
sit on a table. being unable to stand
up. But. however earnest the efforts
OF the Bjornson movement lhey will
surely meet with failure. judg ne by
the steady advance OF the advocates
Of the peasant dialect-the "Maal-
straevers"-as they are called"
Ex-Premier Nicholson has purchased
the controlling interest in the Scr
Stoke and Kolsto mines near Hauge-
sund. They were formerly owned and
controlled by an English syndicate,
and they have not been operated what
soever during the past ten years, ow-
ing to lack OF capital. Mr.. Nicholson
will place the mines In operation at
once and has already set about to hire
a number Of men and make prepare
tions for shipping the ore.
Queen Maud is at present in Lon
don, where she will for the first time
since she became queen of Norway be
formally introduced to King Gustaf of
Sweden and Queen Victoria Of the
same country. Owing to the strained
relations between the two countries
these distinguished pcrsonages have
not met on Scandinavian ground and
their meeting in England Is looked for
ward to with much interest by both
Swedes and Norwegians.
Dr. Gundersen, a Norwegian physi-
clan, Of Lacrosse, Wis.,, has purchased
the "yaggelustorpet' in Grue for 1900
crowns. The doctor still resides in
Lacrosse. but may move to Norway
and locate permanently after the first
of the year.
Stayanger win I'm the near future
! build new concert Eall with stage
] 81.
1t win have a seating capacity Of 5000
and will, when completed, be one OF
the largest and finest concert halls OF
the country.
The Jevanord's Hotel, In Llileham-
mar, has been sold to Kellner Syyer
Simensen of Hamar for 65,000 crowns
The hostelry will be entirely rebuilt
and placed in the hands OF an up-to-
date hotel manager from Stockholm.
The Abel monument has been erect
ed at cost of $4,000 crowns and is
one Of the most imposing of its kind
in the country. 1t was unveiled on the
afternoon Of Oct. 16 In the midst OF
great festivities.
Road Amundsen will, under the
auspices of the Geographical society,
deliver a lecture at Chrlstiania next
month He may also deliver series
OF lectures In Germany and France
this winter.
liver Hotter has gone to Helsingfors.
where he will direct series Of con-
certs under the auspices OF the Phil
harmonic company. Only the works
of Norwegian composers will be
rendered.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
Decide to Continue Strike.

New York, Nov. 16.--According to
resolutions adopted by striking chauf-
feurs of the New York Taxicab com
pany they have decided to continue
the strike indefinitely. The strike has
been marked with mach disorder and
violence and the destruction of sew
eral taXicabs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
AUSTRIA REPEATS WARNING
Servia Must Cease Provocstions or
Suffer consequences.

Vienna, Nov. 1.-THE possibility of
trouble between Austria Hungary and
Servia has not yet been eliminated.
A semi-ohicial statement issued here
says that the Hungarian gov
eminent will be compelled to take de-
cisive steps IL the Servian pfovoca-
lions do not cease. The dignity II
the dual monarchy forbids 1t longer
to tolerate Servia's actions. A final
decision as to the course of the gov
ernment will be reached in few
DAYS
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
Bullet successfully Removed.

San Francisco, Nov. 16.-The bullet
fired by Morris Haas at Francis j.
Heney was removed from the muscles
of the lower left maxillary, where it
was located by means of the X-ray
Mr.. Heney bore the operation vel
and is reported to be resting quietly
and showing no iii effects.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
Dividend for Chadwick CREDITOR.

Cleveland, Nov. 17.-There was an
echo of Cassie Chadwick's dealings
when a dividend of 21s per cent was
declared before Bankruptcy Referee
Remington for the benefit Of the credi-
tors of Cassie L. Chadwick. This is
tho first and may be the last dividend
that tho Chadwick creditors viii re-
cotvo.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
HAAS ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
WouId-Be Slayer of Heney Suicides
In Jail.

San Francisco, Nov. 14.-Morris
Haas, who attempted TO assassinate
Francis j. Heney, the graft prosecu-
tor, committed suicide tonight in his
cell in the county jail by shooting
himself through the head with a small
derringer pistol.
Haas ended his life while four
guards. detailed to prevent just such
a move, stood within three feet of
him.
The weapon with which the would
be assassin shot himself he had Sc
creted in the top of his gaiter shoes.
He fired the shot while lying on his
cot and covered with the blankets.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
9 ritii d.. Snbien.

Muf ben 8i5egoirpernerr BON Ben.
saIen, Sir 9lnoreiu &en6erion 0eitb
sSroier, Der felt ieiner Grnenniing i'm
Sabre 1903 bereits oreimaI attenta.
ten ausseiest NOR, lit elm erneliter
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-19
6 a n q b a.

- O m 4 0 n Snf., b. ytop.
SIM Sauie Der 5rau 9. @amele,
go. $50 Hebecca.StraBe, bat iib cine
entieslide Trasooie abgeipielt, Seren
Spfer Gbeiter u. Sobnion uno Holie
Olimet iinb. Sobnion lit lot, imo
6as iiinge Ndoden Iiegt nit flint
ShiiIien i'm 9eibe rettrngslos barnie.
Der. Sobnion beging Die Got. OR
betparb iid sesen ben @illen ibrer
gltern unb Hoiie S1iimet. Sn einem
Briefe. Den er binterlaiien, iagt er:
~@enn mir niht fir chamber Ieben
fonnen. 10 fonnen mir bod nit ein-
amber iterben. BieIleidt mirb man
iett bereuen, DUB mon nns setrennt
bat
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-10

ceding the examination had passed, and,
with the unfeiened ease OF a man. the
woman tilted back her Fedora hat well
over her black short-cropped hair. thrust
her hands deep in the side pockets OF her
trousers. and said slowly and forcefully;
Il was left alone in the world when l was
a girl Of 20. 1 tried to get employment as
a woman, but everywhere / went my low
pitched voice and my mustache were
against me, and 1 could not get on. For
fifteen years ] struggled along in the field
Of female employment, but Il was Of no
avail.
II have been an honest woman all my
life and have never violated any law. 1 am
sorry that It is a violation Of the law for
me to dress as a man, but I did not know It.
l have become so accustomed 10 acting as
a man that It will be difficult for me to
live now as n woman. To go back to wom-
ans apparel and try to earn my living
would be extremely hard for q woman Of
my years"
Miss Johnston said that after leaving
Canada she went TO California, where she
remained for fifteen years. As Frank
Woodruff she sought employment in the
country and worked on several big ranches.
She lived with the ranch hands, associated
with them, but the identity of her sex was
never discovered.-New York Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-10
TIRED OF AN OLD BARGAIN
Strange Contract Entered into by n
New England Town and a
Citizen.

Because of one of the strangest contracts
ever entered into by the town fathers of a
New England community and ono of It's
citizens, Mrs. Lyman Jennings and her
daughter, Mrs. Herbert l.. Stratton, both
of Orange, Mass, will receive an annuity
from the town OF Athol as long as they
live Each year when this pension IL set
aside by the selectmen of Athol the latter
have occasion to lament the bargain ar
ranged between the town and Lyman Jen-
nings thirty-one years ago.
1.-The Jennings annuity" as the gift is
now known. has become the source of
much interest and discussion among the
financial experts of the state.
Thirty-one years g Lyman Jennings,
then 50 years old, went to the selectmen Of
Athol. where he then resided, and pro
posed to give 5000 outright to the town
on the condition that Athol pay him 8 per
cent interest as long as he lived, and con-
tinue after his death to pay his widow $50
a year, and each Of his three children $40
a year, In amount equal to that which
Jennings would receive yearly during his
lifetime.
TIL town fathers agreed to the bargain,
their decision being based upon the figures
Of an insurance table as to the average
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-10
EVEN SCIENCE GIVES IT UP
Power Of Love REEVES Brain which
was Dead for sixty
Hours.

Mrs. Harry COINS brain had been dead
for. sixty hours.
It came to life again and the woman
who had been lying in a ~death-like coma
sat up and smiled into her husbands eyes
and spoke his name.
Mrs. Cohn was thrown from her horse
IN Denver. She fell against the street curb
and struck her head a frightful blow.
They carried her home unconscious and
for sixty hours she lay white and still,
without a sign OF life or returning con-
sciousness. Her mother and father and
william Hahn, her brother. watched be-
side her every minute Of the sixty awful
hours that they have passed since the
accident.
my daughters husband. DIT. Cohn, was
in Trinidad when the accident occurred"
said Mrs. Hahn. 1--WE thought every hour
would SEQ a change for the better, and so
we didn't telegraph until last night. He
caught the first train out of Trinidad. We
knew no was coming. but we dreaded to
hear him come up the steps. My daughter
hadn't spoken or moved, and we were
afraid she would never speak or move
again.
1.-THE instant the husband came into the
room my daughter rembled a little, sighed,
opened her eyes ana SPOKE nef nuSDanu :
name. Wasn't It strange? How do you sup
pose she knew who It was that came into
the room. She hedn't known any Of us
since she was hurt
The physician in charge Of the case said
that there is evefy chance that Mrs. Cohn
will soon recover. There seems to be no
actual fracture Of the skull, he declares,
and her unconscious condition was TN
doubtedly due to nervous shock, but the
physician. sklllful though he is, does not
answer when the sick woman's mother asks
him where her daughters mind was for
sixty hours and what explanation his
science can give of the fact that the mere
| presence Of her husband could call her
back from the strange land Of silence,
when all the medical skill in Denver could
not move her to the culver Of an eyelash
Is love stronger than death?
And will the human heart speak when
the brain is dumb7
The doctor says he does not know
Denver Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-10

'~firsts,'' seconds and thirds" These
terms are used to designate the degrees OF
perfection in the blooms that are hardly
apparent to anyone not an expert. Each
has a different price from the specials"
which are most perfect in every detail,
down to the cheapest, the thirds" which
have the most defects. This is the way
they are bought by the dealers. When
they are bought by the general public the
grading is not used. AS a general thing
the biggest dealers buy only specials" the
magnificent long-stemmed varieties. The
others go to the grades down the line.
N attempts have been made contln-
ued Mr.. Pierson, ''to change the color OF
the American Beauty. II can be made a
little brighter by keeping the temperature
OF the greenhouse a little lower than is
customary, but this hardly pays on ac-
count of the risk. If the temperature gets
a shade too low It starts all sorts Of
things."-New York Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-10
PRIZE FOR 83-YEAR FUTURIrY
Close Of n Remarkable TOntine Prop
erty scheme I'm Thrifty
Connecticut

A futurity race in New Haven, Conn,
which lasted eighty-three years, with at
least $350.OO for the prize was settled Sep
TENDER 80, when the death Of. Deacon Lu-
cius Wooster OF Westville was announced.
Now the seven final heirs to the Tontine
hotel property are left and the estate will
be decided. In 1920, 300 persons subscribed
500 each, maxim a pool Of $50, 1000, with which
the Tontine hotel, one of the best known
in New England, was constructed. 1t was
finished in 1875 when the race began.
According to the terms of the original
agreement, every shareholder had a right
to nominate any person for the futurlty.
The property was to be kept intact until
only seven survived.
The nominees were in most cases babies
in the cradle. care being taken to make
nominations of persons who were Of FAM
lilies with a record of longevity.
The Connecticut legislature granted a
charter for the company and the hotel be-
gan doing business as the chief hostelry
OF New Haven AS time passed on its
site on the New Haven green became OK
ceedingly valuable and the land 1t owned
near the hotel became the site for other
valuabl business blocks.
The hotel continued to prosper under the
tontine association. and some financial
experts place the value of the property and
the surplus at $250,00o.
The charter granted by the legislature
permitted complete secrecy in the financial
operations, and no report has ever been
made of the funds held, or the payments
made by the officers Of the company. In.
deed, the nominees and the shareholders
have never been announced,
Deacon Fitch, one of the most prominent
49,
versity. was the eighth nominee surviving.
This was learned a few months ago, and
the care taken to prolong the lives Of the
survivors in the hope that each would ex-
list until after one more of the number
died has rivaled that described in Robert
Louis Stevenson's book "The Wrong Box"
in which a similar tontine race is described.
The contest for the futurity for several
weeks has been a battle OF traine forces
and doctors, and the elderly people who
nave been left in the race have practically
led lives in glass cases.
The annual meeting OF the tontine asso-
citation will be held in about two weeks.
At that time steps will be taken to wind
up the affairs OF the tontine company. The
corporation would be criminal now under
the laws OF Connecticut, but It has been
thought best not to disturb the associa-
ton. but instead to allow It to continue
until IT wound up its affairs In a natural
way.
1t is know that three OF the surviving
nominees are Mrs, Bessie Ives. Mrs. II.
W.. 8. Whaples Of New Haven, and Mrs.
Sarah Coan OF Chicago.
Deacon Fitch was IS years old. He was
for many years assistant treasurer OF Yale
and was for two years its treasurer.-New
York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-10

By using the various departments OF The
Bee Want Ad Pages you get the best re-
suits at tho least expense.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-10
ongevlty Of the Ave benefIelaries.

longevity of the five beneficiaries.
But much to the surprise of the shrewd
according to the table of statistics, Jen-
nings continued to draw the annuity o.
$40 until last year, when he had exceeded
the average insurance longevity by six
teen years.
The town had returned to the old maj
during his lifetime for the 5000 loaned the
sum Of &c. 200. and this year the sum o.
$500 a to be set aside for the widow an
his one remaining child, now 50 years o.
age and in the best OF health.
Still bound by the contract, Athol will h.
hereafter compelled to continue to pay $9W
per year In addition to the $1,000 already
paid, as long as Mrs. Jennings and Mrs.
Stratton live.
Herbert Stratton, son-in-law of the late
Jennings, believes that Athol cannot pos
sibly lose, and that at the current rates OF
interest since the money was given. the
town is several thousand dollars to the
good.
Judge Charles Field, now living in Athol,
drew the contract.
1t has been figured out that had Jennings
put his money in a savings bank he would
have had a smaller return in interest, bu,
would still nave the principal. On the other
hand, many OF the Athol experts declare
that the town gains, since IT has paid 8 pei
cent interest for thirty years on a princi-
pal that never will have to be paid, and a
smaller interest on that unreturnable prin.
cipal for a longer time.
While the peculiar bargain with AthoI
made the name OF the late pailmaker IA
nous for his shrewdness, otherwise the old
man until his death possessed the reputa-
ton only of being the hardest worker IN
the county. To make up for his slownes
in turning pals he often worked fifteen 70
eighteen hours in the factories at Driving
and W~inchendon.
Last year, just before his death. occurred
the date of his sixty-fourth wedding an
niversary, his widow being now So years
old.-Boston Journal.