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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1900)
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Hay McClure came in from his ranch Thursday, going to Sioux City Friday to attend the carnival. Some bloated plutocrat could enrich his coffers by ereoting a few good ten ament houses in O’Neill. If you desire instruction in vocal or instrumental music see Miss Darss at Hotel Evans October 12. 14-2 The batl game Thusday between O’Neill and Knoxville was won by the former on a score of 7 to 1. Until May 1 Dr. Corbett will be in O’Neill from the 16th to 30th of each v month. Teeth or photographs. J W. A. Morgan, postmaster at Fuller ton, Neb., was a pleasant caller at this office Wednesday morning. The board of supervisors adjourned on Monday, since when a committee has been doing some speoial work. Mrs. G. L. Barney and little son of Ohambers were in the city Thursday on their way home from a visit at Sioux City. _ A,Ai D. Matbeny has sold his photho graph gallery to A. B. Ashton from near Emmet. Mr. M. has moved to Sonth Dakota, FOR RENT—160-acre farm, well im proved, 7 miles northwest of O’Neill; rent for three or five years. Call on or write J. G. Wendell. 14-tf Mrs. E. M. Whitfield and children went down to Sioux City Monday to spend the week visiting friends and viewing carnival sights. A large number of O’Neill people are availing themselves of the opportun ity to have a few days recreation by attending the carnival at Sioux City. j E. M. Whitfield went to Sioux City ^Vednesday to take in the carnival and -cbelp entertain his numerous customer who will be in the city during the week. One O’Neill hunter shipped five barrels of chickens Wednesday. At this rate it will only be a short time until < it will be as hard to find a chicken as a neddle in a haystack. C. C. Millard and Ed Grady returned Saturday from the Hills, where they spent the summer prospecting. They expect to go back again next spring, believing they have made a find. W. B. McNider, for several years general passenger agent of the Short Line, d&8 in a hospital in Chicago last Saturday. His death is greatly deplored by his many friends in this city. Berle Martin returned to O’Neill Friday last. Berle went to Alliance some months ago to help put in Min mck’s electric light plant, bat has been ' in Colorado for the past two months. Will Whitfield is expected home Saturday night. E. M. says his foot is getting along nicely he now being able toi wear a shoe. Will’s many O’Neill mends will be pleased to hear of his recovery. _ Sy While thousands of tons of hay have been cut from the sods of Holt county . this season, the product was a lighter growth than has been cut for many years. Baled is selling at $5.50 a ton and bulk from $2 to $3.50. The republicans of Orattan township nominated the following ticket at the vcaucus held last Saturday: E. H. ’■ Thompson, treasurer; Dan Finnigan, clerk; I. R. Smith, assessor; E. H. Ben edict, justice of the peace; J. C. Olsen, T. D. Harrington, constables; J. Crow ; ley, W. J. Gray, roadovcrseers. Sam Thompson came home from %. Omaha last Mouday evening. While at the metroplis he bought a new outfit of machinery for his pop factory, investing ft about $500. When he gets the machin ■ ey in place he will have one of the e«t equipped factories in the state. A party of three from Silver Creek, Neb., and a gentleman named A1 Shaver of Columbus, Ind., were looking for land in the Emmet oountry the past week. Try a pair of the latest novelty"in shoes—camel skin. They have been known to wear 18 months. You will have to hump to beat it. For sale at John J. Harrington’s. While at play with his school com panions last Frsday, little Johnnie Zimmerman got an arm broken. The frastured limb was set by Dr. True blood, and Johnnie is taking a vacation. WANTED—Two or three good stock ranohes of from one to three sections in Holt county, south of rail road. Fully describe in first letter. Only baragains wanted.—I. M. & D. Land Co., Sioux City, Io. 12-4p Miss Rosa Brown, a former Holt county teaoher but who has been in Iowa the past few years, departed yes terday for Kansas after a month’s stay in this county. Miss Brown will spend the winter in Kansas and Texas. I have two carloads of good flour and feed from Long Pine the finest in the country which I will offer cheap for cash or in exchange for corn and oats. I sell so cheap that I can’t sell on time. 12tf. ) Con Keys. Lish Graham departed Sunday for Omaha, where he will resume his old business of pounding a linotype on the big dailies. Lish has spent the summer on a farm here, but finds the clatter and hum of the composing room more con genial than farm life.' W. S. Grimes, republican candidate for supervisor in the the Seventh dis trict, was up from Chambers Tuesday and called, enrolling his name as a subscriber to this necessity of life. Mr. Grimes says republicans are going to sweep the South Fork country this fall. Will Mullen departed Monday for Chicago, where he and his brother George will take a course in denstry for the next three years. George met him at Fremont, having been down at David City for a few days. The boys have many friends in O’Neill who wish them all kinds of good luck. FOR SALE—The northwest of eigh teen, southwest of eight, west half of the southeast, northeast of the southeast of seven and northwest of the southeast of eight, twentynine, ten, 480 acres, 81,500 buys this if taken in the next thirty days. 12-4 M. Lyons, Emmett, Neb. O’Neill, Oct. 1.—Letter list: Jennie Lundberg, Ida Swan, Mrs. Ed Ashley, Henry Greider, Henrick Heegord, Guy Hundston, Duran van Driesen, Cyrus D. Buck, In calling for the above please say, "advertised;” if not called for in two weeks will be sent to the dead letter office.—D. H. Cronin, postmaster. Sam Wolfe got in a thoroughbred Jersey boar from Iowa Tuesday and yesterday a Poland-China. Besides raising the best watermelons in the | Elkhorn valley, Sam has some of the best bred porkers in the country and the two just bought makes a valuable addition to his herd. They oost him |65. Children attending the O’Neill schools this year who live out of the district are required by the Board of Education to pay a tuition fee of 82 per month and furnish their own books. Notwithstand ing this extra expense the schools are well patronized by non-residents and the seating capacity of the higher rooms is taxed to the limit. Michael Tierney was taken into cus tody by the city marshal Sunday for being "drunk and disorderly." He was held in limbo a few days. The same thing may well have been done before and eyes will remain dry it repeated until there is a cessation to the blue air that curls up in the vicinity of Mike on frequent occasions. Miss Bertha L. Dares of the Gates college oouservatory will ba at Hotel Evans, Friday, 'October 12, where she will be pleased to meet those desiring instruction in vocal or instrumental music. Miss Dares takes up the work in the conservatory of music,at Neligh following Peof, F. J. Lehmann, who leaves for a year’s work in Europe. Both being from Oberlin conservatory and receiving instruction under the same teachers, their methods will nec essarily be much the same; and those who have worked with Prof. Lehmann will be able to continue their work with Miss Darss without change of system. Township Caucus. The republican caucus for Emmet township, to nominated a township ticket, will be held at the Emmet school house, ou Thursday, October 4, at 2 o’clock p.m. J. B. Maring, Committeeman. ROOSEVELT DIM i BIO GIOVD They came from the north and the south, from the east and the west. They crowded depot platform and hung upon the cars. When the special train bear ing Governor Roosevelt and party pul ed into O’Neill a shout went up from thousands of voices, band music burst forth and the noise of exploding gun power resounded in the air. The gov ernor and party, upon alighting from the train, were at once esoorted to a speaker’s stand that had been erected near the depot. The vast throng of people moved as close as possible to the stand to hear the fameous rough rider. Judge M. F. Einkaid, in a characteristic .and btting manner, introduced the colonel, who spoke in part as follows: "My own countrymen: Before speak ing to you what I am to say, I want to call your attention to one fact. The other day at Lincoln I stated that Gov ernor PoyntQr had been reported as having spoken of the United States regular soldiers in the Philippines as ‘fifteen dollars a month hirelings.’ He has denied that he ever made suoh statement, attributing to me the use of the word ‘butcher,’ which I never used. Not only was he reported in the press as making such statement, but Messrs. Deitrich and Steuffer, now runjning on the republican ticket, heard him use those words; it was in the latter part of August at the old soldiers’ picnic at Dakota City, and in the latter part of September at Superior he made the same statement, and Messrs. Deitrich, Prout, Savage and Steuffer all heard him use those words. Now, I want to use tnat as a text. "A word»to yon here. This town is named O’Neill. The name will always have a very close association with me for two of my captains, two who were together with me at San Juan, and two ot the best men I had in the regiment, one of them was captain Bucky O’Neill, the other was Captain Allen Capron. O’Neill’s father waB born in Ireland, he fought in.brigade on that day when that brigade left its dead close to wall at Fredericksburg. (Voice, 'I was there, I was there.’) Good. Allen Capron comes from the old American stock. His forefathers had been a peo ple where for generations every one had had a father or son in the service of the United States and had fought in every war in which our country has been engaged—the great great grandfather in the revolution, the next generation, the great grandfather, in the Mexican war, the grandfather in the war of 1801, and the son in the Spanish war. Buck O’Neill’s father was born in Ireland. It made no difference what a man’s creed was or what his birthplace, if he was an American in thought and practice it was enough for us. It was enough for me to know that these ‘hirelings’ were on my Bide and none of ns paid much attention whether they were volunteer s or regulars. “The ‘hirelings’ left some 400 of their number killed and wounded to lie in graves in Cuban soil. The other day over in the Philippines 150 of our men were attacked by ten times their number, and being true sons, beat them back, and fifty of their men were killed and wounded; and then say ‘hirelings’ I Our | wounded ‘hirelings’ are dying on fever I cots over in the Philippines. You re member when you were called ‘Lincoln hirelings,’ and were jeered at. I ask the American people to stamp any party that will speak of the common soldier who.bears his breast to the bullets, who dies that men may hold up their heads— that we may hold up our heads higher for it—as hirelings, I ask your to stamp with disapproval these men as a proper reward. I have given names and dates of Governor Poynter’s statements; I don’t make any statement if 1 cannot stand up to it. i “In closing I appeal to your intelli gence, your common sense, from a ma terial standpoint. If you deal with a man in the store and he goes back on yon and fools you it is your fault if you get fooled again. I don’t wonder that when a man feels sick and don’t know what to do when he trys a quaok. Four years ago some of you went after strange ; gods. When a man feels sick I don't wonder that he should try quack medi cine, but if he tries it again I don’t pity him. I ask you to compare the prophe cies of Mr. Bryan four years ago; none fulfilled; we have gone up, not down; Old Man Well Enough is Old Man Good Enough, and leave him alone. \ “Now from a standpoint of what is lottiest m our own life. We have here a veteran, Captain Henry A. Walker, who helped to carry the dead body of Abraham Lincoln. (Here Captain Walk er raised to his feet and stood upon the platform before the people.); The pioneers and the eons of pioneers who hare held up this country, I appeal to you to keep the flag where yon have raised it. This nation is a great world nation, aud has to do its part of the world’a work. We own the Philippine islands; we will give them liberty under the flag and protection to life and prop erty, not only private but public and ecclesiastical. We ask you to stand with us; we will give them self-govern ment as far as we can and we will give them liberty, too. under the American flag. I want you to say in the face of Ktbe new century that where the Ameri can flag has been raised, it shall never be hauled down again.” Those with Governor Roosevelt were: Curtis Guild of Massachusetts, Senator Dolllver of Iowa, Charles H. Deitricb, republican candidate for governor, E. P. Savage, candidate for lieutenant governor, William Steufer, for treasur er, F. N. Prout, for attorney general, Charles Weston for auditor and G. D. Fullmer for commissioner. Judge Kin kaid also accompanied the party as far as O’Neill. The party left about 12 o’clock. Fully 3,000 listened to the governor’s speech here. In the afternoon ez-Oovernor Crounse spoke to a multitude of people from a platform at the corner of Fourth and Douglas streets. For two hours and twenty minutes Governor Crounse pour ed out his soul In the quee&’s English that mad# pops squirm and scratch their heads. He took up each issue of the campaign separately and treated them as only a master of political topics can. It was a great day for republicans and it may safely be said that it was the most largely attended political meeting ever held in O’Neill. Onr gentle, refined and perhaps ex cited friends, the enemy, have made a specialty of proclaiming from the house top that this and that republican has “come out for Bryan.” Long sen tences have been written telling the story and more than once investigation has proved them false. Men have been claimed for the Bryan cause who are stedfastly for McKinley; anybody that is on the fence is herald abroad by the laniher-lunged pops as a “Bryan sup porter," while others who were never anything but democrats are pronounced “converted.” The Frontier has not said much about the changes going on from the Bryan following to that of the Mc Kinley, not beoause there are no changes —for we can count many in this county —but for the special edification of those who spread the rumors for the pops we take occasion to mention two of the most prominent incidents that have been brought to our attention. Dr. Black burn of Atkinson, who has long stood high in the counoils of the fusion party in Holt county and who not more than two months ago spoke at a Bryan rally in O’Neill, is now openly supporting McKinley. We are moreover informed from a trustworthy sourse that Beth Woods, one of the Bryan party fathers at Atkinson, has also decided to support McKinley. These are but two of the many olir attention has been directed to the past few days. For every republi can that has gone to Bryan we can name one that has forsaken him. McCaffrey Items. George Lamberson was at O’Neill Saturday....James McCaffrey attended the show at O’Neill last Wednesday.... Quite a number of McCaffrey people attended the fair at Chambers last week. .... Warren Gilman and John Davidson, two of onr leading stockmen, sold a fine bunch of cattle last week....Mr. Junge of Osmond visited a while in this vicinity on his way to Newport....Mr. Morrow of Iowa passed through this vioinity Saturday on his way to the Kennedy Bros, ranch....Walter Roy and Will Morgan, two of our most pop ular young men, carried off first prize at the Chambers fair, Mr. Morgan being adjudged best waltzer and Mr. Roy best jig dancer....Ed Gallagher is spending a few days with friends north of O’Neill. Excursion. On account of the Sioux City carnival and inter-state fair October 1 to 0 the Great Northern railroad will sell excur sion tickets to Sioux City for one fare for the round trip, dates of sale Septem ber 80 to October 0 inclusive, good re* turning October 8. Special train service will be put on Wednesday, October 8, to Saturday, October 6, leaving O'Neill at 6 a.m., arriving at Sioux City at 10:25 a.m. Returning, this special train will leave Sioux City at 10 p.m., except Sat urday, on which date it will leave about midnight.—G. W. Smith, Agent. 18-2 Photographs. I am prepared to take all kinds of photographs at popular prices. Stamp photos twenty-four for 25e. Matheny’s old stand. Oive me a call. A. B. Ashton, O’Neill. 14-tf TEN THOUSAND PROSPERITY VOICES The Frontier takes the following from a letter from Clyde King, who recently went to Moline, 111.* to assume charge of the advertising department of the Moline Plow company. Clyde says: “It is a most pleasant sensation to liye again in a republican community. A circle of three miles in diameter, with the Molina postoffloe for a center, would include 100,000 people. You might say they all depend upon the factories for a livelihood,and it is a ten-to-one shot that Sheriff Stewart, with all his dilegence as a distress tax collector, even had he as much speed as Dr. Berry, could not find a democrat in an hour with a search warrant. Pops are an unknown quanti ty and the states where they live are referred to by the people here as the 'bad lands.’ “Tonight a richly uniformed demo cratic club oame over from Rock Island and Davenport with a band and banners with the intention of parading the town and/ holding a pow wow at democratic headquartora. When they reached Third avenue, from ten thousand well dressed, well-paid, well-fed, prosperous, contented and happy laboring men went up such a lond and long ’hurrah tor McKinley t* that the democrats faoed about and returned to the place whence they came without having reached dem ocratic headquarters. Iliave met but one democratic and all the boys use him as a joke that they never tire langhing at. “8hould any of my friends happen to inquire, tell them I send kind regards; that I am favorably impressed with Moline and in love with its people irre spective of gender; that I am advertis ing manager for the largest exclusive plow manufactory in the world—which makes ’the fameouB Flying Dutohman line, the beat plow on earth for the money.’ ” Erom Bryan to McKinley. (Omaha Bee, Oct. 1.) Deloit Township, Holt County, Neb., Sept. 24, 1900.—To the editor of The Bee: I want to say to my friends through the Bee that 1 am for the straight republican ticket this year. McKinley times are good enough for me and I want to have more good times. I was populist committeeman of Deloit township long enough to find out that the populist party is not a party of reform, and I can’t see how any think ing man can support Bryan again after seeing the prosperous condition of the country and seeing how Bryan's pre dictions have turned out. A large number of my neighbors who supported Bryan four years ago are, like myself, disgusted with the talk about imperialism, .trusts, etc., and will this time cast their votes with the party that always gives us good government and good prioes for our products. I am for the straight republican ticket. For Sale—A Bar train* NB 26. NW 23 and E*8W and Wi SE 24-35*14 480 with running waier, #1,800 for 80 days only. M. Lyons, Emmett, Neb. Averting mn KngUah Grab. The corporation of Olaagow pro* poses to issue half a million sterling of pound notes, and the banking Insti tutions of Scotland point out that If the undertaking which has existed among Scotch banka since 1844 Is once f broken down the wait will be an in rush of English bank« Into Glasgow, Edinburgh and otlxr large cities. Scotch banks have gone into London and done business there, and English banks would be only to willing to re taliate by opening branches In Scot land. Besides, It is pointed out that tA the proposal of the corporation of Glasgow is not sound banking finance, as the corporation binds ltsslf to hold a gold reserve of only one-quarter of a million, exactly one-half the issue of notes. In times of dear money and financial distrust the notes might not be readily negotiable, for then the public instinctively prefers gold.— Robert MacIntyre, In Chicago Record. Vours for progress, C. G. Seder. CECIL of Illinois will speak at— STUART °^th Atkinson EWING wt.rh AN IMMENSE STOCK That is what we have this fall, bigger and better than ever before. We want your trade and offer you a selection of goods at prices you can not equal outside of the large cities. When you see our $5.75, $6.75 and $7.75 suits you will admit you can’t beat ’em anywhere; and if our $10 clay worsted wont match the average suit at $12 it is because we don’t know any thing about values. We bought a big line of clothing at reduced prices from C. P. Kellogg & Co., who are going out of business, and we are going to give you the benefit of the deal to'get your trade. Our line of carpets, rugs, certains, portiers, etc., is in better shape than ever before and if you need this class of goods come and see our stock. Yon will like them. UNDERWEAR—If you want to see a big stock see ours. If you want a first-class heavy fleeced shirt or drawers for men at 50o We have them, and with doable back and fronts at 62Jo; ladies’ jersey rib fleeced at 30c, extra good for the price. DRESS SKIRTS—A big line of new styles, $2.50 to $10. Handsome, new, Btylish underskirts in mercer ized satine, better than cheap silk, $2 to $450. Oar $2 one is a wond er at the price. CLOAKS— We will have the big* gest, best and cheapest line within a hundred miles of O’Neill, bought from the best houses in Chicago and New York they will show values you cannot get elsewhere. FUR COLLARETTES—The latest shapes and best makes, $1.75 to $22.50. Don’t overlook our Overcoat stock when you want to buy. Our line is very large, our styles the very best and our prices are right.