| THE FRONTIER. • PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY By Tan Fbowtibb Pbiktiho Oo. O’NEILL, ’ NEBRASKA. OYER THE STATE. 7i •' The Dodge county fair proved a great •access. Tub Norfolk sugar factory will be Started October S. Gage county has decided not to bold any fair this year. Hamilton county's fair this year was If: the most successful thus far given. Ax a recent sale of horses in Dor chester t33 was the top price paid. Work is to be commenced at once npon a new creamery at Humboldt, and it will be in operation within sixty days Frank Abel, one of the five prison ers who escaped from the Cass county jail in Plattsmouth, has been captured •t Seward. Gebing gets the western Nebraska reunion for next year, it having been located there at the meeting held at Harrisburg. Charles Van Pelt of Danbury is not ’ expected to live. Ahorse fell on him some time since and his injuries proved worse than anticipated. The city council of Norfolk voted to cancel its street lighting contract with the Electric Light company, owing to failure to secure a satisfactory price. The pumpkin pie is ripe. It is one of the luxuries, savs the Sutton Register, that is within the reach of every farm er who owns a cow, a hen and a pump kin patch. It required the work of a ten-horse power engine and fifteen days to make a big silo at the Plattsmouth cheese factory. Forty acres were cut up and nlantpH In tha elln Tins Nebraska City distillery i^ in debted to our Uncle Sam in the sum of 93.337. and he has served notice that he must have the stuff or the plant will be •old to satisfy the claim. Matters are shaping' themselves whereby it would seem that Dakota City will be connected with Sioux City by an electric street car line before the •now melts in the spring. Buy home-made goods and build up home industries, is a good policy: Far rell’s Fire Extinguisher, made by Far rell & Ca, Omaha; Morse-Coe boots&nd ■hoes for men, women and children. Paul Borglum, a Missouri Pacific ear inspector was struck by a Milwau kee engine at South Omaha and in stantly killed. He stepped in front of one engine while watching another fslloat. Four prisoners in the city jail at /Grand Island broke out, escaping through a hole. They had cut through ' the two-foot brick wall with a piece of iron they had broken off a patent water ■ tank and a steel nail Word was brought to Hcmingford that Mrs. Doken, living five miles east, 1 has become violently insane. Her hus " band is a prosperous farmer and the matter is much to be regretted, us they ’ - have several small children. Don’t insult a man because ho is poor in purse and raiment, says the Cook Courier, for beneath a ragged coat it may be that, a muscle lies con cealed that could put a head on the eldest man in the business. The steam threshing machine of i Charles Werdegren, while threshing on Mrx Chapman's farm south of Oakland, set fire to the straw and burned barns, ■tables, grain and in fuel, everything except the machine and the house. The Red Cloud roller mills caught Hire and were totally destroyed, to gether with the elevator, warehouse and the plant of the Red Cloud Power company, which was used for the pur pose of generating electric light for the city. A prairie fire, supposed to have gone ? out, caused a great loss to Bennett Chriswisser, a farmer living thirteen miles southwest of Plattsinouth. by creeping into a straw stack standing la close proximity to his corn crib and > wagon abed, which caused a total loss of several hundred dollars; with no in surance. The Oxnard beet sugar factory at Grand Island ia being placed in read! ■ ness to begin work on tbe season’s > crop about the first week in October, f The factory is offering premiums for boots bald until mid-winter in order ■ to avoid the rush from the largest crop ever grown. Many acres will average twenty-five tout and the warm aunny I days are increasing the sugar at a rapid f:: rate. V RussB. Williams, a farmer living . scar Aorm uoup, wno made a contract r with a foreign seed firm for melon seed, " reports that his plants have grown so |i. luxuriantly and borne so profitably g. that he can walk over large portions of gl his field by stepping on the melons and v without touching the ground. He is - sow busily engaged In harvesting tho j??:. seed, of which he will have an immense f. crop News haa reached pawnee Citv of a murder committed fifteen rcilea south west of that city. A widow, Mrs. Finity, aged 65, lived with her nephew. Hu was absent at Summer field, Kas., and upon his return found her in bed, dead, with her head bruised on the side fg naif it had been done with a club. . Nothing, in the house was disturbed aad no motive can be assigned for the g ghastly deed. The Seward county teachers' assoda : . Hon is making preparations for a large aad interesting meeting on Friday | evening, October 11, and Saturday, the ; ' Utk Among those who are to take g part in the exercises are Chancellor ■ MncLean of the state nnieersity. Prof. $, William E. Chancellor of the Polytech Bis institute. Mrs. M. E. Tucker of Lin coln, Miss Hay H Bennett and Prof, g Tsa Eaton of Seward, g A tkaveuxo evangelist preacher f\: living near Kesterson was fined *20 and f eoeta for beating his two daughters, ig--. am of them a married woman ■r E. JH. Tracy, capuin of the Moore ^ rifles, Norfolk, received notice of hie » appointment ae aid 7.oo 1*519 " reserved seats at 50c 159.50 ®Otsl....*55,720.50 , Postmaster’s Smooth Soheme. A stranger presented a money order at the postofflee in Nebraska City tor *100, payable toWilliara Young. The postmaster noticed that the letter ot advice and money or der were in the same handwriting and refused payment without identifi cation. Later Young was arrested and confessed that the order was bogus. He further stated that his name is Sim fconda and that he was postmaster at Bell*, fa He had made the order pay able to himself. He had collected mon ey from a number of similar orders Over WOO was found on him which he bad obtained through this scheme. Red Cloud Mill Burned. The Bed Cloud roller mill, elevator and warehouse were totally destroyed by fire. The plant was one of the largest in the state outside of Omaha, and the loss will probably amount to *40,000. It had been idle since the high water in June took part of the dam out. but hnd been recently leased to Gnthrie liras, of Superior, who were getting the plant in shnpe to run. The mill company was repairing the dam and in a few days the repairs would have been complete. Insurance on the building and machinery, *23,000 A TERRIBLE VENGEANCE A GEORGIA NEGRO BRUTE MAIMED. SHOT AM BOBBED. HE CONFESSED HIS GUILT. The Father «f the Outraged Girt Cal OIT HU Kan, aad Another One at the Blob Cat Off HU Fingers Joint by Joint—Then Kach One •I the Crowd Took s Shot at Him. Chattanooga, Term., Oct. 7.—Neal Smith, the negro convict who brutally assaulted Miss Henderson near Cole City, Ga., Wednesday, was taken from the stockade used for confining pris oners, by a mob of not less than 200 men, last night. The sheriff and jailer, with several men, were on guard, but the crowd refused to listen to reason and threatened to tear down the stockade and burn it. He was led to a point near where the assault was committed. He confessed his guilt. Then the father of the girl, William Henderson, cut off the nogroe’s ears, while one of the crowd pounded his fingers, joint by joint, one finger at a time, until the hund was a shapeless masa This was because, in the strug gle to subdue Miss Henderson, he had bitten off one of her fingers. Each man in the crowd then took a turn at shooting at the wretch until, when he died, he must have had four or five pounds of lead in him. Ho was literally shot to pieces. The body was< finally thrown into a hastily prepared pile of brushwood and burned until not a scrap of bone remained. AUSTRALIAN CATTLE. They Are Uncle Sum's Moat Formidable Competitor for the European Trade. Washington, Oct. 7.—The most formidable competitor to the United States for the control of the European cattle markets has arisen in Australia, according to a special report to the state department by United States Consul Bell at Sydney, which gives much valuable information of the present condition and future prospects of the industry of cattle raising in that country. He shows that New South Wales and Queensland, where the industry flourishes, have about ten times as much land fit lor cattle feed ing as the whole state of Iowa. While much of this land is so scantily supplied with natural water so as to greatly limit live stock operations, the government has coine to the lescue and its successful ex periments in artesian well boring has vastly extended the possibilities of the industry. One well alone supplies 5,000,uoO gallons of water daily. At present prices cattle can be raised in Queensland at a profit for their hides alone. In that colony there are 7,000,000 head of cattle and in New South Wales 2.500,000. The people liavo nearly twenty head of cattle per capita as against less than one head per capita in the United States. For several years there has been considerable export business in frozen and preserved meats, but cat tle raisers are reaching out for live stock trade and a number of ship ments have been made to Europe. Fat tened cattle at export points are worth $21 per head, freight is $40 and time of voyage to Europe from forty- fi vo to sixty days. Aver age weight is 1,800 pounds per head and the cattle gain in weight on -the voyage. The consul says that while the eattle raisers of the United States have the advantage of from 0,000 to 10,000 miles in dis tance, still with cheaper production at first cost, and lowering of freights, if the Australian trade beeame well es tablished, the saving in distance by the American shipper will hardly off set the Australian advantage, and the latter could place well fattened 1,600 pound cattle averaging better in qual ity than the best in the United States in the London market more cheaply than they could be brought from any other part of the globe. Of course, he says, as yet there is an “if in all these calculations. HONORS FOR M. PASTEUR. An Impressive Public Funeral Accorded to the Great Scientist In Farts. Dsn:.- ! \ ..s k, mi_r__ a . conveying' the body of the late Pro fessor Louis Pasteur to Norte Dame catredral, left the Fcsteur institute at 10:30 o’clock. Ueneral Sanssier, the military governor of Paris headed the escort of troops. An almost innumerable number of wreaths were borne before the eotjin, which was followed by the family of the de ceased, the ministers, senators, depu ties und numerous delegations from different scientific and other bodies from all parts of France and from many foreign countries. An immense concourse of people lined the streets through which the procession passed, although the sky was heavily overcast and r downpour of rain was threaten ed. TO 8E MARRIED MONDAY. Kx-Priest Dmtielrk Wagner Will Make Hand Steldel HU Wita ' St. Joseph, Mo., Oct 7.—Arrange ments have about been completed for the marriage of ex-Priest Dominiek Wagner and Maud Steidel next Mon day after the return of Bishop Bnrko from Borne. The transfer of certain property that can only be made by the bishop is the cause of the delay-. Wagner has turned over to Alexan der Podvant notes and mortgages for $5,000 and $530 in cash, to be held iu trust for the glrL The marriage will not bn by a Cath olic priest, as it is said that Wagner will be degraded and excommunicated by the church. An efTort will be made to excommunicate all other Catholics who may assist with the marriage. Members of the church are bitter in their denunciation of the fallen priest and declare that he ought to be pun _•*! 'V • EPISCOPALIANS AT WORK. A Great Mlmlonmry Rally—The Revised Prayer Book—Deputies Busy. Minneapolis, Mina., Oct. 7.—The attraction of the 'great all-day mis sionary rally at the Lyceum theater to-day was too much for the house of bishops of the Episcopal convention, and after transacting a little routine business it adjourned until Monday morning. The house of deputies, however, sat-, isfied with the attention it had given to missions yesterday, continued its work. The committee on canons rec ommended that a number of proposed articles referred to them be not adopt ed, and the report was approved. The Rev. E. H Ward of Kentucky pre sented the invitation of Louisville for the convention of 1898. It was referred to a special committee. The joint committees on the stand ard prayer book reported the final re vision and printing of the book of common prayer on line paper and the distribution of copies among the dio ceses and prominent institutions. The handsome vellum volume bound in leather and silver and inclosed in a carved oaken box was delivered for mally to the custodian of the standard book of common prayer. This volume was held aloft in Secretary Hutchins's hand while the house rose to its- feet. In committee of the whole the con stitutional revision report was taken up, E. F. Wilder of Minnesota offered an amendment to the amendment of James S. Biddle of Pennsylvania, re quiring the house of bishops to re port to the house of deputies within three days their disapprobation of any measure, and the reason for it. Mr. Wilder wanted to add the words “As long as the house of bishops shall sit with closed doors.” This was aimed at the exclusive session and nn iKPfl a Wlirm Kut in^nnieiwo I The principal social function of the day is the reception tendered by Mrs. Doretius Morrison this afternoon fol lowed this evening1 by a dinner to twenty-one of the leading church dig nitaries. Three Vessels Lost St. Johns, Oct. 7.—^Three vessels,one French and two English have been lost on the south coast of the island and five men drowned. More seizures of smug gled goods were made yesterday, and the customs authorities aspect to reap a harvest from the vessels returning from the wreck of the Mariposa with the.goods saved from her. The short age in revenues is exciting much ap prehension and further financial trouble is expected. Water Famine In the East. Philadelphia, Oct. '^.“Reports re ceived from different parts of Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey indi cate that the country is suffering a drouth of large proportions. In some places there is almost a famine on ac count of lack of water. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Italy and France have combined to press their claims against Brazil. The British parliament lias been further prorogued until December 23. Bcttina Ordway-Gerard-Wolfo is su ing for divorce from her latest hus band. J. Ewing and George Bebout were arrested at Bedford, la., for assault ing little girls. Father Gentile of Shreveport, I.a., has received two threatening letters from the Mafia. The Kirkman court-martial at Fort Leavenworth is to be dissolved and another ordered. Populists are trying to select a pres idential candidate by means of the newspaper ballot. Civil service examinations of appli cants for places in the railway uiail service have begun. It is said that Baron von Hammer stein, fugitive Berlin editor, is in Washington, I). C. The Kansas Democratic state com mittee decided to put no one in the field for chief justice. Ambassadors of European powers protested to the Porte against the riots in Constantinople. A terrific gas explosion occurred at Nevada, Mo. Three firemen were in jured going to the scene. Five persons were injured in a wreck on the International and Great North ern near Galveston, Texas. According to the present state line Kansas is said to have territory prop erly belonging to Missouri. The United States has made a de mand on the Siamese government for payment of the Cheek claim. Mrs R Plllllitvs nf Ruvnlra fall into a Are while suffering from epilep sy and was burped to death. Ilinshaw's attorneys say that they have proof that the jury that con victed him was tampered with. Engineer William C. Henry, who murdered his wife at Springfield, 111., while drunk, committed suicide. William R. Hearst is negotiating for the New York Jouruul as an Eastern adjunct to the San Francisco Ex aminer. A member of the commission that investigated the Sassoun fights says that not more than 400 Armenians were killed. A trustee was appointed to take charge of Father Wagner’s property before his marriage to Miss Steidel tabes place. The mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, has refused a permit for the sparring con test between John L. Sullivan and Faddy Ryan. No reply has been received by the United States lo the notice to lireat Britain of their position on the Vene zuelan qnestlon. The foreign trade of Mexico during the last fiscal year amounted to 3152. 000.000 in silver. Impoits from the United States were 9110,000,000. Sturat says no location has yet been secured for the Corbett-Fitzsimmons tight, but Vendig says one has been. Present indications seem to point to the Chicksaw Nation. A company of Kansas City capitalists have organized for the purpose of con structing a line of electric road forty miles in length from Kansas City, ’ Kan., to Leavenworth. WAS BY ACCLAMATKM T. L NORVAL NAMED FOR 8U. PREME JUDGE. Proceedings of the Republican State Con ventlon Held at Lincoln—The Mattel of Selecting a Ticket Speedily and Har monioueljr Accomplished — What thi Platform Sets Forth—An A. P. A. Bel Intlon Given Its Qaletns. Nebraska Republicans. For Justice of the Supreme Court— _ _ . T. L. NORVAL, Seward For Begents of the State University— U. H. MORRILL, Lincoln H. L. GOULD, Ogalalla. Lincoln, Neb., Oct 3.—The repub lican state convention met in this citj yesterday. Chairman Morriil called the convention to order at 3:45 p. m. Rev. K P. Chapin offered divine invo' cation. Secretary Sedgwick read the call foi the convention, stating in substance the object, which was to nominate one candidate for supreme judge and two regents of the State university, and to transact such other business as might come before it C. A. Atkinson of Lincoln moved, and was sustained, that the convention pro ceed to the nomination of candidates under the call without nominating speeches. Delegate Collins of Pawnee moved that the rules be suspended and Judge Norval be nominated by acclamation, it was carried amid wild applause, and the chief justice was escorted to the platform. Delegate Atkinson also moved, upon the same terms, the unanimous renom ination of C. H. Morrill of Lincoln for the regency. In accepting’Mr. Morrill pledged his best efforts to the interests of the State university, which now ■3MWU lui lii iu usb ui uuwerr ities. Senator Thurston then addressed the convention, after which came THE TLATFOBM. Chirman Frick of the committee on platform, then presented and read the platform. We, the republicans of Nebraska, in convention assembled, declare our ad herence to the statement of principles and policies adopted by the national re publican convention of 1892. Governed in accordance with these principles, the industries of the nation have pros pered, the revenues were always suffi cient for the ordinary expenses of the government, the veterans of the war for-the union, disabled in the service, and the widows and orphans of the dead were liberally provided for, and a greater part of the national debt in curred in the defense of the flag had been paid out of the surplus. The na tional debt had been established, the currency of the country (amply secured by a treasury reserve never impaired) was beyond question, and a degree of prosperity attained unexampled in the history of the nations. But the fallacies of so-called pop ulism having temporarily demoralized the rank of republicanism in its strong holds, the last national election re stored the democratic party to .power in the executive and legislative depart ments of the government, and the re sults of the “change” immediately ap peared. The industries of the nation were paralyzed, financial panic follow ed, unprecedented for its duration and widespread disaster to our commercial and manufacturing interests, its im pairment of values of all property and product, and its reduction to a pauper level of the wages of labor. The fears of the people were finally justified by the passage of the Wilson tariff bill, a measure so obnoxious and indefensible that a democratic president, pledged to free trade measures, denounced it as an act of perfidy and dishonor, but suffered it to become a law without his signa ture. This law, based upon no recog nized principle, fathered by no party platform, that neither protects Ameri can industries nor raises a sufficient revenue to supply the ordinary necessi ties of the government, that lias forced the borrowing of immense sums of money on the bonds of the government in a time of profound peace, and the farming out of the functions of the treasury department to a syndicate, controlled by foreign capitalists, has once more proven the utter incapacity of the democratic party for administer ing the affairs of tho government. The election of a congress last No vember with an unparalleled repub lican majority immediately strength ened the national credit, restored, in a great measure, the confidence and umr age of the people, and revived our lan guishing industries, and has signally vindicated the republican policy of pro tection to home industries and a sound currency. We, therefore, call upon all patriotic people, irrespective of foriner political affiliations, to join in assisting to bring back prosperity to the state and nation by re-enacting protection to American industries on the basis of that splendid law known as the “McKinley act,” thereby securing an adequate revenuo while guarding the American market for American products and furnishing steady and permanent employment of American labor at American wages, and returning to the beneficial system of commercial reciprocity with our sis ter American republics. • ALT, KINDS OF MONEY EQUAL. Favoring the use of both gold and silver standard money, we oppose all monetary legislation that would result in either gold or silver monometallism, and demand the maintenance of a na tional currency, every dollar of which, whether in gold, silver or paper, shall be of equal debt paying or purchasing power. * We denounce the democratic national administration for its supine neglect of American interests in its foreign policy, and its cowardly abandonment of the doctrine of the fathers of the republic, that guarantees the friendly offices of the government in favor of the inde pendent states of the American conti nents threatened with spoliation or conquest by anv European power. We most heartily sympathize with the peo ple of Cuba in their desire to obtain in dependence and self government, and deman in case of Spain’s attempt to make good its threat to wage a war of extermination against them the prompt recognition of the belligerent rights of the Cuban republic by the United States The republican party, always fore most in the march of progress, recog f nizes tbe importance of irrigation to the people of the western part of the state, and we pledge the party to the same friendly spirit in the considera tion of future legislation as it exhibit ed toward these interests in the enact ments of the first general irrigation ■ law in 1889, and again in 1895, upon its , return to power in both houses of the legislature, when it greatly extended the features of the law of 1889 and in ’ eluded provisions for the organization • of irrigation districts. And we hereby ask the congress of the United States to enact such laws as will determine the rights between citizens of several states in the use of water for irrigation purposes from streams flowing through two or more states. T'o further aid in the development of irrigation, we would respectfully re quest our congressional delegation to urge the passage of a law granting the state for this purpose the remaining public lands undisposed of within our borders. We congaatulate the people upon the restoration of the sugar bounty and the wonderful impetus given this industry on account thereof, but we demand that*the books of those that receive the benefits of the bounty of state and na tion should at all times be open to the inspection of lawful authority and that sworn statements of costs of produc tion should be furnished in order that justice may be done to the people, as well as to the recipient. Another Great Cruiser.' " Pmr.ADEi.rniA, Oct. 3.—The great United States armored cruiser Brook lyn was launched into the waters of the Delaware at Cramp's shipyard to day, and Miss Ida May Schieren, daughter of the mayor of the city from which the mammoth vessel takes its name, broke a bottle of American champagne, on the cruiser’s bow, and said: “I christen thee Brooklyn.” An immense crowd witnessed the launch lug ui ims laiesi auaiuon to the na tion’s fleet. On the christening stand was a distinguished party. After the ceremonies, luncheon was served in the mold loft, and a number of speeches were made, among the speak ers being Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn. Assistant Secretary McAdoo, Mayor Warwick and the Messrs. Cramp. The Brooklyn is regarded bv naval experts as a marvel in the art of ma rine arcitecture. She is classed as a steel armored cruiser, having four eight inch barbette turrets. Ilercost, exclusive of armament, is $'1,980,000. The principa' dimensions are: Length' on the load water line, 400.5 feet; beam, extreme, 04. C8 feet; draught, mean, normal, 24 foot; displace ment, normal, 9,271 tons, indi cated horse power, 16,000; speed in knots per hour, 24; total coal capacity, 1,753 tons, coal carried, normal displacement, 900 tons. The same dimensions of the New York are respectively. 380.65 feet; 64.1 feet; 23.35 feet; 8,200 tons; 9,000 tons; 1,290 tons; 750 tons; speed, 21 knots. The Brooklyn will have twin sere ws. There will be four engines, of the versical triple expansion type, two on each shaft, located in four separate com partments. There are seven boilers, placed in three compartments. The hull is of steel, not sheathed with a double bottom and a close water tight subdivision, running to about twelve feet above the water line. The ship’s battery will consist of eignti eight-inch breech loading rifles of thirty-live caliber, twelve five-inch breech loading rifles of the rapid lire type, twelve six-pounder rapid fire guns, four one-pounder rapid fire guns and four machine guns. The eight inch guns will be mounted in four bar bette turrets, placed one forward and one aft on the center line and one on cither side of the vessel amidships. The guns in the turrets on the center line are to have a train of Slu degrees. Those in the side turrets can fire from right ahead to right astern, or train through an are of 180 degrees each. .Jhe center of the side turrets will be distant from the center line of the vessel about twenty-three feet. The armor forming the barbette which will protect the carriages, plat form and turret machinery, will be eight inches in thickness for a portion equivalent to the train of guns of the respective turrets. The remaining portions may be reduced to four inches in thickness. Under the turrets will be placed three inch armor supporting tubes which will protect the ammuni tion hoists. The armor of the turrets will be five and one-half inches in thickness. The guns will be so mounted that they can be supplied with ammunition and loaded at anv position. _ , THE MOB WAS DISSUADED. Two Attempts to Bang William Dyer Overcome by Kindly Interposition. SedaliA. Mo., Oct. 3 —A mob of 1.10 young men assembled near George town Sunday night to lynch William Dyer, who murdered 'Thomas Walker here Saturday nigh*. The mother of Walker ssnt a messenger to the mob, who implored the men in her behalf to allow the law to take its course, and the vigilantes dis banded. Last night citizens of Dres den, Hughesville and Heath's Creek assembled near Thoraleigh and pro posed to hang Dyer a his mistress, when another relative of the murdered man interposed and begged that there be no lynching. Deputy Sheriff Ram sey was informed of the movements of the mobs and he took Dyer to the Clinton jail for safe keeping. In con sequence of the excitement, the pre liminary examination was postponed for ten days. JUDGE CROZ1ER DEAD. Another One of the Kansas Pioneers Gone to Hit Eternal Kest. Leavenworth, Kan., Oct. 3.—Judge Robert Crozier, a pioneer of Leaven worth county, died at his home at 12:20 o'clock this morning. He was stricken down with paralysis last Sat urday night. Judge Crozier was for sixteen years the judge of the district court of Leavenworth county, and in 1808 was appointed United State-, sen ator by the governor. Judge Crozier was ,0 years of age, and leaves a wife and two children, one of whom is Cap tam Wilhara Crozier, a distinguished United «Lthe or‘l“unce department, United States army, and the other the rennSylvanianSreSim“n Ee^iurn