THE FRONTIER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY By _T— FBOifTran Paiartno Co. O'NEILL, -:- NEBRASKA. OVER THE STATE. The Clifton hotel at Silver Creek burned last week. Oa8k county will hold its fair Sep tember 15, 10, 17 and IS. Tuk schools at Farnam hare been closed on account of scarlet sever. Citizens of Valparaiso are talking of starting a co-operative creamery. , Nebraska republicans will hold their delegate convention at Lincoln April 15th. A xumiif.R of farmers got together at Hanson last week and organized an in stitute. Rev. J. Mki«i.ABD, of Uartington has quit the pulpit and will hereafter prac tice law. Poultry thieves have been doing a thriving business in the vicinity of Fairmont. Cass oounty farmers are hopeful and are losing no time in preparing for the spring work. Near Bellevue Thos. Dailey, a sec « (Ion foreman, was struck by a freight engine and instantly killed. An early morning blaze in Aurora de stroyed two business houses Goods were saved in a damaged condition. Nebraskans, who went to Oregon ' -and Washington as well as the south, are coming back to hereafter stand up for Nebraska. It hu been determined that the Ne braska City distillery must get in ope ration or sell to some one who will •tart it going. Prof. Johbs' friends in Hastings are highly pleased over his appointment as superintendent of the blind asylum at Nebraska City. Tna South Loup Irrigation company has been organised by farmers at Tri umph and the surrey for a ditch will be made at once. Tun bankers of Saline county have formed an organisation wbich is ex pected to aid them in doing a safer and more profitable business. Whius getting out iee near Milford John Smith drove his team too far from shore and horses and wagon went down.. One animal was rescued alive. Tmk .Table Rock Cloy company has bsen reorganized with a capital stock of 930,000 and will commence opera tions as soon as the weather will per mit Expert W. R. Still, who has been ex amining the hooka of ex-ofllciala of Howard ecnnty, reports that in aeveral instances all the fees hare not been ac . counted for. i:: Ukoror Davis of Butler county was chasing a wolf across the prairie when the horse be rode stepped into a badger hole and fell, breaking its neck. The boy wss unhurt. Miss Ehmihobr of Omnha last week got a judgment of $10,000 against the Street railway company of that city for injuries received in being run over some months ago. The barn of Lewis Nelson of Cedar ' county, with several tons of hay and a good deal of farm machinery is in ushes. A seven year old boy had free access to the match box. Poor hundred bushels of oats, fifty tons of hay, 500 bushels of corn and a large number of farming implements were lost in a fire by a Cass oounty farmer whose barn wss destroyed. Uovkbrob Hoi.comn has received a letter from Charles 8. Ham of Atchi sob, Kan., begging him to interpose .... h*s authority to prevent the execution of the sentence of death against Claude Hoover. t Tmk Anheuser-Busch Brewing com pany has been sued for 95.000 at Platts ihonth because a branch of its estab lishment sold liquor to Claus Spick, who Was accidentally killed while ..drunk. < < A form of la grippe Is somewhat ■ prevalent among the North Loup chil dren and the report that scarlet fevtr was also in the neighborhood has had •ft effect In reducing the attendance at d0kaalr.:-:^ v,. H > Uo». James Vaix has been engaged to proaaeote claims against the Oxnard company lor beets raised by Sherman county termers and refused on account of their not coming up to the required Standard. Tine SIC,000 stock of general mer Ohandlse of Fuebner, Duerig & compa ny, one of the leading firms of Wayne, was almost totally destroyed by fire, f caused by a lamp explosion. Loss about •9,000; Insurance 910,000. Own hundred and fifty-three seres of nod, situated about half a mile north of Fremont and belonging to C. W. ■ Sheldon, was sold at sheriff sale Satur day afternoon for 97,35a It was bid in by the attorney for the mortgagees Mm, Hilton, wife of the county sur veyor of Cass county, waa pronounced . fwaatia by the commissioners and will ha taken shortly to Lincoln. The cause of the misfortune is assigned to her haring become interested in spiritual ism hut a few weeka aga . Bkckiter K. K. Hayden of the de fence Herman National bank of Lincoln 'Ima aent notice# to etockholdere asking them to pay n 53 per cent assessment on the nmonnt ofutock held by them. As the capital stock waa $100,000 thia would amount, if paid, to 8S.\ooa Rmxkbart Fvssk. a farmer living •bout aereu miles south of Ord, while oHiagwia windmill caught his hand in . the gearing, and being unable to re leeae himself, called for help. His wife, bearing his criea for help, threw the windmill out of gear, and than climbed the tower of the mill and re* , leased her husband. His thumb end forefinger were amputated. Havelock is one of the few towns in Nebraska that are growing at the pres ent time. About twenty new rest* i deuces hare been erected this winter. Of the four hundred employes in the Burlington shops many are obliged to s" lieu fas Lincoln, as it ia impossible for them to rent houses in Havelock. ATOgmlallu Bert Clark and Warren Items were caught ia the net of killing » host belonging to John Brett by Sher iff Camp and Rd Richards and were hound over to district court. Clark is an old soldior. The county commis sioners offer tl00 reward for the arrest nnd conviction of any . person caught •testing or killing cattily. IH&m ■ ' ‘ • ‘ i-'X ■f'iP'7 iKnlimllon of i Re(«nt. Lincoln dispatch: The resignation cl Henry D. Estabrook as one of the six regents of the State university was received at the governor's office today. It is accompanied by the request that the resignation take effect on its ac ceptance by the governor. This will | be upon the appointment of Mr. Esta brook's successor. The latter's term * would not have expired until January, 1900. This morning the board of lie gents held a meeting at the univeristy j building. Except Regent Hadley of Custer county, who was detained at home by illness, all were present. Re gent-elect C. H. M.orrill of Lincoln and If. L Gould of Ogalalla were installed . to membership of the board. Regent : Kstabrook formally announced his in tention of removing to Chicago and con sequent resignation from the board. : The board then adopted resolutions highly commendatory of Regent Esta brook and Regent Morrill for their great zeal and interest manifested in the work of the university. In the Hands of His Friends. Washington dispatch: Ex-Senator ■ Manderson of Nebraska, in an inter view, admitted that he was in the hands of his friends as a candidate for the presidential nomination before the republican convention at 8k Louis. For months Mr. Manderson has been the recipient of letters from all parts of the country urging him to enter the contest The insistence, he said, seem ed to become more persistent with his expressions of disinclination and before leaving Nebraska he stated that he Would make no further opposition, but would remain passive General Manderson said tonight that the various marks of confidence and manifestations of endorsement which would be apparent by the presenta tion of his name at Sk Louis are most grateful and acceptable. He has been greatly influenced by the kindly ex pressions of the eastern press, particu larly Pennsylvania, where he was born, and Onto, where his early man hood was spenk Under the circum stances he can only stand and wait. The Mew Irrigation Law. As the time approaches when the new district irrigation law becomes ef fective by the organization of districts and the voting on this proposition a number of questions of general inter est to people contemplating such ac tion are being submitted to the state officers. One of these is in relation to who are eligible voters. 6ne such in quirer wants to know if one living on a homestead which he has filed upon,but on which he has not made final proof, is a voter. The language of the act itself on the subject of the eligibility of voters says: “No person 6hall be en titled to vote at uny election held un der the provisions of this act unless lie shall be a qualified elector and the owner of real estate in such district" There seems to have been the ques tion raised of whether the land can be taxed before the government has part ed with the title nnd the tax levied made a lien on the land. If the holder of this kind of an incorapleted right of ownership cannot be held for his part 1 of the expenses the farm owners who have deeat to their lands, say it would be an injustice to others to let them participate in the voting and govern ment of the district' Three Irrigation Decisions. Lincoln dispatch: The State board of Irrigation filed three opinions today. It found in favor of Andrew Carson, who appealed as contestant against the McCook Irrigating and Water company of Ked Willow county. The latter company, comprising a large number of people, intervened in the case be fore the board and claimed under riparian commonlaw procedure, bulthe board decided against it and dismissed the intervention as immaterial to the case. The claim of It. P. James of these county was dismissed. He had sought to make appropriation of water from Frenchman river for mill pur poses, but the board found his applica tion deficient in detail. The claim of the Republican River Irrigation com Kns against J. R. Phelan, K. F. land, A. P. Hen no and R. Williams was also dismissed on the ground that the contestant had not complied with the law of 1889. This was a case from Dundy countv and involved rights to water from the Republican river. Mow to (lot Sugar IMorlM. At the beet-raising and sugar-making has proven a success throughout the state of Nebraska, writes a correspond ent to the State Journal, and most everybody seems to feel that a lasting success will be made of It, especially since that new process came in by which they claim the cost of making sugar is greatly reduced, and if the plan is carried out to build factories in different parts of the state, allow me to propose a plan by which all those are made safe who might interest themselves In this Industry, and tills is as follows: Suppose it takes 923,000 to erect such a factory as they say, it will cover the cost ready to make sugar. Now then, it it take that amount, or whatever it may take, let twenty five men each investing 81,000, or whatever sum it may take, so that no man shall have a greater share than the other, which will bring every stock holder on an even footing with the other, and no one has more power than the other, or in other words, freeze the smaller stockholders out, which is gen erally the case where one or more have' the controlling power. It will also be seen by this that in this way. such es tablishments can- be run and ought to be run independently from any monop oly or trust As there is no danger of over-stocking the market with this pro duct, any man who has any money to spare is willing to invest in a safe busi ness running under such management where everyone is equal with the other. I would like to have some opinion qd this subject from others Nebraska Men PleaseS. Washington dispatch: The Nebraska men feel very well satisfied with the bill.in relation to suits to vacate pat ents upon public lands as it passed the house today. Under the provisions of the bill the bona fide purchasers of lands from railroads are fully protected, and the Uc; amendment, which was adopted, operates to prevent any trouble growing out of the exchange by the Burlington of lands in the .South Platte region, which it was fear ed might eauae disturbance. Under this amendment all questions of title to railroad lands in Nebraska are effectu ally qnleted. . . | M. D. HARTER A SUICIDE. THE PROMINENT OHIO EI-CON* GRESSMAN KILLS HIMSELF. AT THE HOME OF A FRIEND Shot lllmMitf Through the Temple, Pen etrating the Brain—Mo Cauee. la Known for the Deed, Further Than That He Had Been Buffering From Insom nia Lately. V? , jV:. . Fostohia, O., Feb. 24.— Ex-Congress mab Michael Li. Harter, committed suicide at the home of >S. Knapp, ib this city this morning-. When found life was extinct and he had been dead several hours. The fatal shot was fired from a revolver, the bullet en tering the right temple, penetrating the brain. He was lying on the bed with the revolver clutched in his left hand. No cause is known for the act, further than he has been suffering with insomnia for some time past. On the bureau in his room was a letter addressed to his wife in Phila delphia, and just outside the room was found a package of letters ad dressed to business associates. None of these have been opened as yet Mr. Harter is largely interested in a number of industries and represented the Fourteenth Ohio district in Con gress, but for the last two years has Michael D. Harter was born in Can ton, Ohio, in 1»46. He belonged to a wealthy and influential family. His father was a banker a nd was a man of very large means. Mr. Harter was reared a llepnblieun but departed from the political faith of his father on the issue of protect ion. His mother, who died only a few years ago, was a woman of much intel lectual force and sympathised wit,h her distinguished son on the tariff issue. Although Mr. Harter was an extensive manufacturer, he was an ardent free trader. He was also, a sound money man and was a con sistent opponent of the silver fallacy. He and ex-Oovernor McKinley wero closely associated as young men and were warm friends. Mr. Harter was an earnest and active member of the Lutheran church—the faith of his parents. He lived in Mansfield, Ohio, and was an intimate companion of Senator Sherman. To all outward seeming no man in the community in which he dwelt had more to live for or could look forward to a brighter future, ■_ WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL. Senator Frye Bead It in the Senate .r; . with Fine KtTect. . V,. Washington, Feb. 34.—The Senate met to-day to listen to the reading of Washington's farewell address by Senator Frye, the president pro tom of the Senate. This was in accordance with a resolution previously intro duced by Senator Hoar. The vice president occupied the seat of the pre siding officer uud Mr. Frye took his position behind the secretary’s desk, thus facing the entire Senate. He read from an old print volume in large type and without special effort filled the large chamber with his resonant voice so that the patriotic and well rounded sentences were heard by all present. The reading of the journal and of the address were preceded by a prayer by Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian church, who asked God to “bless Grover Cleveland, the President of the United States,” and referring to Wash ington with special thanks, “for him whose name is in all hearts to-day; for the inheritance of liis memory and for the inspiration of his life and ex amde.” On motion of Mr. Perkins of Cali* fornia, the prayer was ordered printed in the Record. There was a liberal attendance of senators and the only vacant seats in the galleries were in the diplomatic and senate sections. The former was entirely vacant, hut almost all the seals in the gallery for the families of senators were taken. The vice presi dent's was entirely filled and thepres ident's was also occupied. Many pre sented themselves for adinissi >n to the popular galleries long before the opening of the doors. Close attention was given to the reading by senators and others, rendering the ceremony thoroughly impressive and none the less so on account of the simplicity and the absence of ostentation by which it was marked. At the conclusion of the reading of the address. Mr. Cray of Delaware moved thut the thanks of the Senate be tendered to 'Mr. Frye for the ad mirable manner in wbiuh be had read the address. The motion carried unanimously and then, at 12:57 p. m., on motion of Mr. Boar, the Senate ad journed till Monday. Mr. Carter gave notice of the post ponement of his address heretofore announced foi Monday on his notice to recommit the tariff bill until Wednesday of next week. Refused to Pray for the State, ' ' Richmond, Va„ Feb. 24 — It ia the cuatoin of the clerk of the Virginia house of delegates to invite a minister to open the proceedings each day with prayer. The Rev. C. J. Oelschlaeger, a German Lutheran minister, was in vited to serve the house as chaplain next week. He responded thus: “I do not believe in opening n promiscu ous political body with prayer. Its character makes it an abuse of prayer, and an unnatural union of church and state. I, as a Christian, and any mem ber of the body as a Christian, can privately pray for the session, but the stmte which that body represents has nothing to do with prayer.” A Far Joe If He Would Quit Drinking. Topeka. Kan., Feb. 24 —Governor Morrill has granted a pardon to Louis Metcalf, a convict in the penitentiary, upon condition that lie abstain from the use of intoxicating liruor. “BILL” NYE IS DEAD. The Noted Humorist Expired at His South Carolioa Home. AsHF.vn.LE, N. C., Feb. 54.—■“Bill" Nye, the noted humorist, died this afternoon. lie suffered a stroke of apoplexy two weeks ago and since then his con dition has gradually grown worse. All hope was given up by the physi cians Thursday night. He was un conscious hours before he died ilis family was with him. DOES HE PRESUME? Minister I>e Lome Wires Madrid That Uncle Sam Will Not Recognize Cuba. Madbid. Feb. 24. — The Spanish consul at Washington, Senor Du Puy de Lome, replying to an inquiry on the subject, has telegraphed that he regards it as impossible that the United Slates should recognise the Cuban insurgents as belligerents. MOTHER AND SON DEAD. Mrs. Wulte, Widow of the Chief Jus tice, Passes Away lu Washington. Washington, Feb. 24—Following close upon the death of Christopher Champlain Waite at Columbus yester day, is the announcement of the de mise here at 11:30 o'clock of his aged mother, the widow of the late Chief Justice Waite. College Pres* Association Officers. Topeka, Kan., Peb. 24. —The Kansas College Press association has elected new officers, as follows:. President, W. O. _ Anderson, ltaker Orange, Ba ker university.; vice president, C. R. Troxel, University Review, Lawrence; secretary-treasurer, H. G. Crocker, Washburn Mid-Continent; State Mid Continent. The “College Life.” re porter, P. A. Lovewell of the Wash burn college of Emporia, was made theofficial paper. Millions for Fortifications. Washington, Feb. 24. — Senator Squire next week will report from the committee on coast defenses his bill for fortifications. It appropriates (S7„ 000,000, the whole or any part to be immediately available on the order of the president. This is an emergency clause to authorize the speedy com pletion of fortifications in case of war. Harry Ketfns Given Twenty-One Years Haves Citt, Kan., Peb. 24.—Harry Kerfus, who was convicted in the dis trict court last Week for assault with intent to kill upon Arthur Williams on New Year’s night, was sentenced this afternoon to 21 years in the peni tentiary. Motion for a new trial was overruled. Two Democratic Conventions In Iowa. I)ks Moines, Iowa, Peb. 24.—The Democratic State Central committee will call two State conventions, the first for selecting delegates to the national convention. May 20 at Du buque, the-second a regular conven tion for nominating a State ticket, August 14, at Ottumwa. Harris Held For Bank Kobbery. Savannah, Mo., Feb. 24.—Frank Harris, the St. Joseph saloon-keeper charged with robbing the State bank here on the night of February 7,' was given a preliminary hearing before Justice Mercer yesterday and held to the grand jury in $?,000 bonds. Har ris expects to furnish bail and be re leased. Curtail the Fee System. Washington, Feb. 24.—The House committtee on judiciary has agreed to report favorably a bill to abolish the fee system as applicable to United States district attorneys, United States marshals and their assistants and deputies, and to substitute sala ries. Noted Desperado Shot. Gitkri.kv, Ala., Feb. 24.—Dick Chil dress. a noted desperado, was shot and killed by Policeman Dick Erwin here last night. While in a drunken con dition he was brandishing his pistol, frightening people. The officer was called. Childress started to shoot, but Erwin was too quick for him. Carnival Floats and 10O Cars Burnet St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 24. — Lost night fire destroyed the old frame street barns on University avenue be tween Mackuby and Kent streets. There were nearly 100 cars in the building, together with a large quan tity of supplies. It is believed the loss will reach #75.000, partly insured. England's Evidence Almost Ready. London, Feb. 24.—Attorney General Sir Richard Webster has revised the statement of the British case on the Venezuela dispute prepared by Sir Frederick Pollock of Oxford Univers ity, and it will be issued early next week with maps and documents. The German Tailors’ Strike. Bbhi.in, Feb. 24.—The tailors and seamstresses are still out on a strike. 1? ifteen thousand attended stormy meetings in different parts of the city yesterday. They repudiated the agree ment made Thursday in their behalf. Train Robbers Are Convicted. St. Louis, Mo,, Feb. 24 —F. M. Fiercer, and William Cattiell were convicted at Belleville, 111., of hold ing upend attempting to rob a Mobile & Ohio passenger train near Fort Lawn in March, 1894. Earl Grey Succeeds to Jameson's Job, London, Feb. 24. — Earl Grey has been appointed co-administrator with Cecil Rhodes of the territory of the British South Africa company in suc cession to Dr. Jameson. Sir John Mil I las chosen. London, Feb. 24 —Sir John E. Mil lies, baronet, was elected president of the Royal academy yesterday, in suc cession to the late Lord l^eighton. Richmond, Va., lias one of the smallest areas of any city of its im portance in this conutry. having only five and a half square miles of area on which live 100,000 people. WALLING'S FIANCEE. Jackson Wrote that He Disposed of Pearl . » Brran. Cincinnati, Feb. 20.—Two morning ' papers publish a statement made to them by Miss May Smith of Louisville who is acquainted with the accused, murderers, Walling and Jackson. She says she was in Cincinnati January 14 and took supper with Jackson at Hei der’s restaurant Jackson told her that Will Wood at Greencastle, Ind., had got a girl in trouble, and that Wood was going to send the girl here and he (Jackson) would put her out of the way. Miss Smith says she cau tioned Jackson of the danger of dis covery in such an enterprise. He said he was too smart to be discovered. After the murder February 1, Jackson wrote her saying that he had disposed of the girl—meaning Pearl Bryan —by •*—” Jackson, she says, intended that she should fill in the dash from her mem ory of the conversation at the res taurant. Miss Smith says she left the letter in Louisville securely hidden. She told the officer its hiding place. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 20. — May Smith came here early in January and was employed by Lister and wife, who opened a dress cutting establish ment here on January 4. Mr. Lister said this morning that on reading the first account of the affair the girl ap peared horrified, as she had been hi correspondence with both Jackson and Walling, and had told Mrs. Lister that she was engaged to Walling. When the account came out in the newspapers that May Smith also had been operated on by Walling and Jackson, the girl'stoutly denied it. Mr. Lister said, however, that about a week before Christmas, I while in the employment of Mrs. Fuson, the girl was absent from the ; office a week, and if the operation was performed it was performed at that time. Mr. Lister also declared that when the girl came back to work she appeared altogether changed and ap- I peared thinner and looked sickly. | May Smith is between 18 and 20 years of age and has dark eyes and i black hair and is quite pretty. Mr. Lister says he is positive that she . knew of the operation performed on i Pearl Bryan by Willing. i The Combination Against McKinley, l Washington, Feb. 20—**1 have' thought, and have said so until now, that McKinley would be nominated,** ex-Congressman Forman of East St. Louis said last night, “but I am of the opinion from what I have learned since I came here that he will be beat en at 8t. Louis. Tho combination against him is very strong. The lead ers of the party in the East do not mean to permit McKinley's nomina tion. They are organizing very thor oroughly. That is what the bringing out of new candidates means.’’ j 'OWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT, j Des Moines, February 10.—Seven I United States patents were issued to Iowa inventors last week, as follows: To E. F. Greene, of Fort Dodge, for a music case or portfolio; to G. D. Henry, of West Grove, for a screen; to B. H. Long, of Palo, for a shock-compressor, ' to William Peterson, of Clinton, for a i clothes-lifter; to G. C. Poling, of j Harlan, for a fastener for overshoes; ' to A. F. Reiste, of Panther, for a fence-stay; to Rachel W. Spring mire, of Tiffin, for a dish-cleaner. I Valuable information about obtaining, valuing and selling patents sent free to any address. Printed copies of the drawings and specifications of any one United States patent sent upon receipt . of 25 cents. , Thomas G. and J. Ralph Obwig, Solicitors Of Patents. Campbell Benewa Bis War on Joints. Wiqhita, Kan., Feb. 20.—“Tiger j Bill’’ Campell to-day renewed his 1 fight on the joints. He captured Mahan brother’s beer wagon and raid ed several joints, but got nothing. LIVE STOCK AND PKODlIvE MARKETS Quotations From New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere. dm 4 H A Cutter—Creamery separator.. Butter—Fair to good country. Eggs—Fresh. Chickens-Dressed, per lb. Ducks—Per lb. Turkeys—Per lb. Cleese Per lb... Lemons—Choice Messlnas.3 oranges—Per box .2 Honey—Fancy white, per lb... Apples—Per bbl.2 Sweet potatoes -Good, per bbl 2 Potatoes—Per bu . Beans—Navy, hand-pIcKcd.hu 1 Cranberries—t ape Cod, pr.bbl 3 Hay—Upland, per ton. It Onions—Per bu . Broom Corn—Green, per t>. Hoirs— Mixed packing. 3 bogs—Heavy Weights.3 Beeves—Stockers and feeders. 2 l-'eef—Steers. 3 Bulls. 2 Milkers. 2 Stags.3 Calves.. 2 Oxen.2 Heifers.’.. 2 Westerns. 2 'Sheep—Lambs. 3 CHICAGO. Wheat—No. 2, spring. Corn—Per bu. Oats—Per bu. Pork. D Lard. 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