The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, May 23, 1901, Image 2
THE FRONTIER l-ublUlipd Kvery Thursday *»fB,AVV THK FRONTIER I’RINTINO COMPANY. O’NeTlU - - ^NEBRASKA BRIEF TELEGRAMS. | a -x-i* •:*•!■ 'X"l* vvv X-v*!* v*H* *1* 'hW At Fort Wayne, Ind., one hundred and twenty-five machinists and ap prentices in the Wabash railway shops struck. Count ven Buelow, the chancellor, has sent a letter to the relchstag ask ing that body to adjourn until No vember 26. Mrs. Gage, wife of Secretary of the Treasury Gage, who has been 111 for some time, Is reported to be in a seri oue condition. Tucket Woodson Taylor, aged 46, was found dead In his rooms at Gieencastle, Wyo. It Is believed to be a caso of suicide. A young woman at Wallingford, Conn., has been awarded damages of $700 against a man who nearly scared her to death for a joke. According to the return of this year’s census the total population of England and Wales Is 32,626,716, an incresso of 3,623, 191 over 1891. Vico President Roosevelt has accept ed an Invitation to make an address at Minneapolis during the state fair. The address will be made September 20th. The supreme court of Massachusetts has rendered a decision upholding the constitutionality of the law which prescribes execution by electricity in capital cases. Mrs. Mattie Berger, the school teach er who disappeared from Peublo, Col., on April 26, and who, it was feared, had been murdered, has been located at San Jose, Cal. A general strike involving directly 160,000 machinists and indirectly 600, 000 men in the metal working trades, is expected to take place May 20, unless some arrangement is effected in the meantime. The secretary of the treasury has purchased $90,000 short 4s bonds at $113.6392. The secretary of the treas ury has also purchased $412,060 short 4s at $113.64. Mrs. Mary Leonard, better known as F”rench Mary,” a vlvandlere of the civil war and one of the most pictur esque figures produced during the re bellion, committed suicide at Plttsb'ug Pa., by takin/.r poison. Chaplain Daley, late of the First regi ment, South Dakota volunteers, who accompanied the regiment on its Phil ippine campaign, has consented to de liver the Memorial day address at Carthage. South Dakota. Already enough men have been en listed at Ft. Meade. S. D., for one troop of the Thirteenth United States cavalry and consequently troop A is being organized. Captain R. C. Wil liams, recently promoted from first lieutenant of the First cavalry, is in command. Chief Justice Fuller, of the United States supreme court, announced the affirmative of the decision of the United States circuit court for the dis trict of Washington In the case of Nordstrom, under sentence of death for murder, refusing to grant a writ of habeas corpus. Quartermaster General Luddlngton has arranged for the removal of the remains of the confederate dead in the Soldiers’ Horae cemetery and in the Arlington cemetery to another section of the last named cemetery, which has been set aside by the secretary of war for their reinterment. Reports reaching the Interior de partment show that smallpox Is wide spread among the Indians of the west ern reservations. A report from the Cheyenne reservation and the Sioux agency in South Dakota says small pox is prevalent throughout, and thal many deaths have occurred. The war secretary, Mr. Broderick, ir the house of commons, moved his armj scheme, providing for six corps, wltl 60,000 militia as a reserve, and in creasing the yeomanry from 12,000 t( £5,000 men. A civil service examination will b< held on June 18th, at Des Moines, fo position of meat inspector in the bn reau of animal industry; salary fron ?1,200 to $1,400 per annum. On Jura lid an examination will be held for tli position of editorial clerk in the sam department, paying a salary of $1,40C Howard L. Burket, one of the vet eran business men of Omaha, dropper ■dead in the yard of his residence. All the wholesale liquor men i: Omaha have organized under the nam of the Wholesale Liquor Dealers' as sociation. Alexander Martz, an old Iowa edu cator, died a few days ago. At Zaneta, Iowa, May 14, Postmaste J. Marsh was run down by a passen gcr train on the Iowa, Minnesota i Northwestern railroad and fatally in Jured. The secretary of the treasury ha purchased $4,500 more of Bhort tern bonds at $113.66. King Edward, according to the pa pers, will arrive in Hamburg toward the end of May and will remain ther for a few weeks to take the waters. CUBANS MAK^REPORTS | Committee on Relations Before Constitu tional Convention Divided. MAJORITY’S ACTION SURPRISING Make* Addition* to Various Clause* Thought Acceptable — it Varies From the Flatt Conception of the Interven tion Clause. HAVANA, May 20.—The committee or. relations of the constitutional con vention will submit majority and mi nority reports to the convention to morrow. The majority report in an introduction quotes article 1 of the treaty of Paris, the join*, resolution of the United States congress and the Platt amendment and then proceeds as follows: "Inasmuch as Secretary Root, be ing authorized by President McKin ley, says that the Platt law has for its object the guaranteeing of the in dependence of Cuba and does not mean interference with its govern ment or tlie exercise of a protectorate or of sovereignty and also that Inter vention will only take place when in dependence is endangered by outside powers or grave interi m disturb ances, creuting anarchy; and, inas much as Secretary Root has said that the naval stations will not lie used for vantage points of intervention, but only to protect Cuba against for eign powers, we report as follows: "That in virtue of the fact that the I iatt law, in its preamble, says it is a fullfiilment of the joint resolution and has been adopted by congress with the principal object of establish ing Independence we do propose to the convention to accept the follow ing as an appendix to tiie constitu tion." The first, second, third, fourth and fifth clauses aro quoted !n their en tirety. The third clause has the fol lowing addition: It being understood that the Uni ted States hnve the right to intervene to prevent the action of a foreign power or disturbances causing a state of anarchy and that the intervention shall always be the act of the United States and not of isolated agents. The intervention shall suppose neither sovereignty nor a protectorate and shall only last sufficiently long to es tablish normal conditions. Said in tervention, it is also understood, shall not have the right to interfere in the government, but only the right to pre serve Independence." An addition fo the sixth clause says that the ownership of the Isle of Pines shall bo settled by a future treaty. An addition to the seventh clause says: “It shall be understood that the na val stations do not give the United States the right to interfere with the Interior government, but are estab lished for the sole purpose of protect ing American waters from foreign in vasion directed against Cuba or the United States. Cuba will sell or lease the necessary lands at points to be agreed upon later.” An auuiuon 10 me eignin clause says that the government of Cuba suggests at the same time a treaty of commerce based upon reciprocity. The minority report says: "The explanations given to the commission in Washington show that the Platt law does not express the wishes of the United States. It was intended to protect the independence of Cuba, but tho wording gives other Interpretations. "The United States are inconsis tent in asking naval stations when the amendments provide that no con cessions shall be given to foreign pow ers. Such a demand raised the ques tion whether the United States do not consider Cuba a part of their posses sions." The report of the minority virtually 1 accepts the ltrst and second clauses. For the third clause tho following is 1 substituted: "That the government of Cuba sub scribes to the Monroe doctrine and will help the United States to enforce it against other nations trying to violate, it.” For the tourth clause the following is substituted: “Cuba does not recognize nets of in 1 terventlon which are not in conform ity with the Foraker resolution and 1 the laws of the United Slates.” 9 The seventh clause reads: “Cuba will maintain naval stations, handing them over to the United ■ States in time of war.” Turkey Proposes an Apology. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 20.—Ah : med Tewfik Pasha, Ottoman ministei ' of foreign affairs, called upon the am bassadors and notified them of Tur 3 key's desire to re-establish the statu: 1 quo ante in the postal question, am of Its intention to send a high func ■ tionary, probably the foreign mintste 3 himself, to apologize for the viola 3 tions of the foreign mall bags. Tin ambassadors met to determine in re gard to the matter. GEN. GRANT SURPRISED. Marvels at Results Already Obtained In the Philippines, SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.—Briga dier General Frederick D. Grant, who returned from Manila on the Sheri dan, speaking of the condition in the Philippines, said: “Everything is settling down and we are getting at the real work of gov erning and teaching the people. Their peculiar national character makes them hard subjects for the present. You must remember that they were originally pirates, that their civiliza tion is of the fourteenth, if not of the fifteenth century, and the tendency to brigandage is so decided among them that It amounts to a disease. In many districts the paying of tribute to rob bers is considered the regular thing, no more out of the way than taxes. “Our task now is to give them good government in their municipalities, to protect them against themselves until they learn a taste for order, and then withdraw gradually from active inter feKnce, leaving the towns one at a time as we see that they can be trust ed, but having our troops within striking distance for some time after we leave any district, so as to insure against a relapse. We must expect much robbery and brigandage and pillage and even murder for a long time. “It is surprising to see the results that we have obtained in getting law and order into these people in the few months of comparative peace. My district Included the provinces of Bu iucan, Pampango and Bataan, with a population of fiOO.OCO, all Tagalo prov inces, and considered the moBt law less in the islands. Now there is not a robber band in the whole district.” IS ABLE TO SIT UP AWHILE. Mrs. McKinley's Condition Shown to Be Much Improved. SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.—Mrs. McKinley’s condition was so far im proved last evening that she was able to sit up for a while. This welcome news was given out shortly after 5 o'clock. General Shatter called on President McKinley and while they were talk ing word came downstairs that Mrs. McKinley was sitting up. The presi dent at once asked to be excused and hurried to the sick room. The anx iety caused by last night’s bulletin, stating that Mrs. McKinley's temper ature was higher, was dispelled at 10 o’clock this morning, when Secretary Cortelyou announced that she had passed a comfortable night and that the slight fever noted last night had been subsided. The president' did not attend church, but remained at home nearly all day, only going out for a short walk just before noon. There were many callers at the Scott resi dence today. There was a general feeling that the crisis had been passed and that Mrs. McKinley would con tinue to gain strength. No definite date has yet been decided upon as to when the president will start for the national capital, but It Is hoped that Mrs. McKinley will ba able to go within a few days. flacret'nry I.ong left for Colorado Springs to visit his daughter, who is ill. At 9:10 p. m. Secretary Cortelyou gave out the following bulletin: “Mrs. McKinley’s physicians report that she has had a very good day and progress mnde since morning is sat isfactory." BRITISH REFUSE TO GO ALONG (Jerman Expedition to Southern Cltl'Ll Meets Discouragement. LONDON. May 20.—Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Times from Pekin yes terday, says: “The British plan of a bond Issue for the payment of the indemnity in cludes a proposal, in order to lighten the burden for China, that it should issue bonds at par for 300,000 taels now and the remainder Bio years hence. “Great Britain and the United States alone oppose the joint guar anty project. "The British authorities emphatic ally decline to co-operate with the German expedition to southern Chi Li, and it is now announced that the expedition is abandoned.” Turkey Exclude. '1; ew crs. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 20.—The customs authorities have prohibited the entry of typewriters into Turkey, and 200 machines now in the custom house have been ordered returned to the consignor. ISurllngton I>eal Complete, NEW YORK, May 20—J. P. Mor gan & Co. announced that two-third« ol' the stock of the Chicago, Burling ton & Quincy Railroad company has i been deposited at the Colonial Trust I company of Boston and the Metro ■ politan Trust company of New York • City, thus making the consummation of the deal by which the Great North ) ern and the Northern Pacific compa nies acquire the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. WEATHER C01D AND DRY. Wheat and Grass Crops, However, Have Grown Well. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, Neb.—The last weather and crop bulletin says: The past week has been cold and dry, with less than the normal amount of sunshine. The daily mean temperatu-e has aver aged 5 degrees below the normal in the eastern counties, and slightly above normal in the western. The minimum temperatures for the week were generally 33 degrees and 40 de grees, and light frosts occurred on several days. The rainfall of the week was every where below normal, and was with but few exceptions less than .20 of an inch. Wheat and grass have grown well, and in the eastern and most central counties have had all the moisture needed, but in the western counties more rain would be beneficial. Oats have grown fairly well, but there is some complaint of a poor stand, and the prospect is not quite a3 promising as it was a week ago. Corn planting has been delayed in eastern counties by low temperature and wet land; nevertheless, fair progress has been made, and corn planting is nearing completion in several southern coun ties. The early planted corn is com ing. up some, but. the weather has been unfavorable for germination. SCHOOL LAND IN DEMAND. All Desirable Acres Hare Been Placed Under Contract. L1NCOL.., Neb., May 20.—Aside from a few hundred acres of undesir able land in the northwestern cor ner of the state, all of the Nebraska school land has been placed under lease and it is not likely that any of it will be released by the holders un til the latter part of the year. Land Commissioner Follmer is planning to hold auctions in September or Octo ber if there is any land available at that time, but the present outlook, he considers, is not encouraging. The holders of leases are paying their rentals promptly and no disposition is being shown to forfeit any of the land. There is a heavy demand from all parts of the state for school lands and especially in the cattle country, where land seems to be more valu able than at any time in the last ten years. The only school land not un der lease is situated in the “bad lands,” a section of the state unfav orable to farming or cal tie raising. If any land is forfeited during the summer or voluntarily released by the holders it will be leased at auction by Commissioner Follmer dqring the fall of the year. Omaha Man on the Hoard. OMAHA, Neb., May 20.—Governor Savage has appointed Clinton Orcutt ol Omaha to succeed B. F. Allen of Wabash as a member of the board of trustees for the institute for the blind at Nebraska City and the insti tue for deaf and dumb at Omaha. Mr. Allen was appointed to the position three years ago by Silas A. Holcomb and his commission has expired. Al though it carries no salary, the posi tion is an important one and much sought after by persons interested in the work of homes for the blind and deaf and dumb. Congressman Neville. OMAHA, Neb., May 20,—Congress man William Neville, who was griev ously stricken at Washington in the winter, will be in Omaha in a few days on his way home. After he had sufficiently recovered at Washington Mr. Neville went to a health resort in Georgia, where he spent several months. He then went to Hot Springs. Ark., where he has been for three weeks. He improved much in Georgia and has still further improv ed at Hot Springs and will presently leave for his home in North Platte. Woman In Burned to Death. AURORA, Neb., May 20.—Mrs. Bauhn, six miles northwest of town, died from the effects of severe burns. She was burning some trash in the yard and was standing with her back to the fire when her clothing caught fire. She ran into the house, but be fore the fire could be extinguished was severely burned. Mrs. Bauhn was quite old, but not feeble. Forty Day. Without Food. BEATRICE, Neb., May 18.—Henry Cordes, who started on Good Friday to fast forty days, finished his time on the 16th. Only upon one occasion has Mr. Cordes broken his fast, and then he ate so much that the food didn’t stay upon his stomach. Admission to Nt-brunka Bar. LINCOLN, Neb., May 20.—Nearly 100 applicants for admission to the Nebraska bar will be examined by the supreme court commission in this city June 11. About half of this number are members of the gradu ating class of the University of Ne braska and if they sucecessfully pass the examinations of that institution only their moral qualifications will be considered by the examining commis sion. TRESPASSERS EATAL SHOT. John Kavanangh Woonds Neighbor Wht Orders Him Aw »y. TECUMSEH, Neb., May 18.—John Kavanagh, a young and respected farmer near Smartville, this county, shot and fatally wounded Dennis Mc Laughlin, a bachelor neighbor and likewise a respectable citizen. On McLaughlin’s farm is a beautiful little lake which until recently had been the Mecca of the local Waltons. Lately, however, McLaughlin had is sued no-trespassing orders. Although a neighbor, it is said bad blood had existed between the two men for some time. On this occasion Kavanagh took his gun and fishing rod and proceed ed over to the lake for a half day’s sport. As soon as McLaughlin spied Kavanagh fishing on his premises he took his gun and went to order him off. Reaching his trespassing neigh bor he ordered him to leave in con vincing language, whereupon Kavan agh responded by saying he would go as soon as he could collect his hunt ing and fishing equipment. Emphasizing his orders to leave, McLaughlin leveled his gun upon Kavanagh and told him to be hasty or suffer the consequences and he be came much excited. Gazing down the barrels of the old man’s gun, Kavan agh grabbed his own weapon from the bank of the lake and before the old man could act had shot him in the bead and shoulders. McLaughlin fell to the ground mor tally wounded. Several of the shot penetrated his temple. As soon as he realized what he had done Kavanagh arranged to have a surgeon hastily dispatched to the scene and then went home. He claims he did the shooting in self-defense. MRS. LAUE IS DISCHARGED. Was Promised Immunity for Testifying Against Dinsmore. KEARNEY, Neb., May 16.—District court has been in session here this week, with Judge Adams of Minden presiding. The docket was very light. Before adjourning Judge Adams stated he had received word from Judge Sullivan asking him to enter an order discharging Mrs. Laue from the custody of the sheriff, which he did. It will be remembered that Mrs. Laue w'as the principal witness in the Dinsmoro case, and she has been in the custody of the sheriff ever since his case was tried over a year ago. In his letter to Judge Adams, Judge Sul livan stated that at the time Dlns more was tried the county attorney and his assistants told him they were unable to convict Dinsmore without her testimony, and her attorney re fused to allow her to testify unless immunity was promised. The promise of immunity was thereupon given and she was permitted to go on the stand and testify. Hence her discharge was simply a fulfillment of that promise. Occupation Tax Ruling. LINCOLN, May 18.—State Superin tendent of Schools Fowler, acting on a case submitted to him from Tobias, has taken the position that the school district is entitled to the whole of oc cupation taxes as well as license fees, and that the former cannot legally be diverted to the use of the village or municipality. In the case in question a license fee of $500 is levied on sa loon keepers and in addition an oc cupation tax of $500. the latter being turned into the city and the former into the school treasury. Mr. Fowler holds that the school district is en titled to the entire $1,000, and bases his position on section 5, article 8, of the state constitution and on three decisions of the supreme court of the state. Appointments Hy the Governor. LINCOLN, May 18.—The governor has appointed Mrs. A. H. Weir and Mrs. H. S. Freeman to positions on the advisory board of the Home of the Friendless. The board members ap pointed by Governor Dietrich never received their commissions, owing to the fact that the terms of the mem bers appointed during the administra tion of Governor Poynter had not ex pired. Only two vacancies occurred and were filled by Governor Savage. Dairymen to *¥oin the Fl^ht. LINCOLN, May 18.—Following the example of the butter and egg dealers, the officers of the State Dairymen’s association met here and passed reso lutions pledging their support to Food Commissioner Hibbard in his effort to enforce the law against the sale of imitation butter and other dairy prod ucts. Resolutions were also adopted requesting every dairy in the state to assist in the work of enforcing the law. Uellwood Elevators Burn. BELL WOOD, Neb., May 18.— Spelts & Co.’s elevator at this place, together with 2,000 bushels of corn in the elevator and 2,000 bushels of earn corn in the crib, was burned. From the Spelts elevator the flames leaped to the Central Granaries com pany's elevator, which together with an engine and 2,000 bushels of grain was consumed. A Burlington freight car was also destroyed. The fire was the largest ever iu B^llwood. Tlie Spartan Jap*. Th Japanese are a Spartan race. Many things besides their resistance to cold prove it. The most of them live in simplicity. They can go a long time without food. The coolies per form marvelous feats of strength and endurance; they draw a “jinrikislia all day or carry travelers over the steepest mountains. Every summer a colony of foreigners go to Mount Hei Eizan. near Kioto. Their camp is sev eral miles up the steep mountain side, but early each morning the Japanese bring up the mail, fresh vegetables and milk, and women often carry trunks to the summit on their heads. A Schubrec Manuscript Found. An interesting original manuscript work by Franz Schubert was discov ered recently in Vienna among the jj property of a rich and eccentric man named Wyssiak, an official of the court , of justice, who died recently. Jt is the , long-sought-for composition in D flat ( for two violins, viola and violincello. This work is dated in March, 1844, and was recognized as genuine some years ago by Schubert’s step-brother. Today the same verdict is given by several specialists well acquainted with Schu bert's music. The discovery has -jiJ caused a great sensation in Viennese musical circles. An “M. D’s” Open Fetter. Benton, III., May 20—R. H. Dunaway, M. D., of this place, in an open letter, makes the following startling state ment: “I had Diabetes with all its worst symptoms. I applied every remedy known to the profession, as well as every prescription suggested in our books. In spite of all, I was dying, 4 and I knew it. "As a last resort, and with scarce ly any faith whatever, I commenced taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. In one week I saw a great improvement. After l I had taken five boxes, I was sound j and well. This is ten months ago, and I have not taken any medicine of any kind since, and am convinced that my cure is a permanent one. “As a practicing physician with years of experience, I most positively assert that Dodd’s Kidney Pills are the best medicine in the world today, for Diabetes or any other Kidney Disease. Since using them myself, I have used them in many cases in my practice, and they have never failed. “I am making this statement as a professibnal man, after having made a most thorough test of Dodd’s Kidney Pills, and because I feel it my duty to the public and to my professional brethren. The truth can never hurt anyone, and what I have said is the absolute truth.” R. H. DUNAWAY, M. D. It is no wonder that the public are enthusiastic over this new medicine, ■ when our leading physicians them selves, are being won over to its use. City Fumls Kept in a Chimney. The city of South Norwalk, Conn., keeps a part of its record in a chimney. This unique “safe” is found at the mu nicipal electric lighting plant. The space usually utilized as a soot pit in the base of the 500 foot brick smoke stack has been utilized for keeping the records and books of the plants. A FAMOUS OLD HOUSE. The house of Walter Baker & Co., ■whose manufactures of cocoa and chocolate have become familiar in the mouth as household words, was estab lished one hundred and twenty-one years ago (1780) on the Neponset river In the old town of Dorchester, a suburb of Boston. From the little wooden mill, “by the rude bridge that arched the flood,” where the enterprise was first started, there has grown up the largest industrial establishment of the kind in the world. It might be said j that, while other manufacturers come and go, Walter Baker & Co., go on for ever. What Is the secret of th< ir great suc cess? It is a very simple one. They, have won and held the confidence of the great and constantly increasing body of consumers by always main taining the highest standard in the quality of their cocoa and chocolate preparations, and selling them at the lowest price for which unadulterated articles of good quality can be put upon the market. They welcome hon est competition; hut they feel justified In denouncing in the strongest terms the fraudulent methods by which in- 1 ferior preparations are palmed ofT on customers who ask for and suppose they are getting the genuine articles. Thq best grocers refuse to handle such goods, not alone for the reason that, in the long run, it doesn’t pay to do it, but because their sense of fair dealing will not permit them to aid in the sale* of goods that defraud their customers and injure honest manufacturers. Every package of the goods made by the Walter Baker Company bears the t well-known trade mark “La Belle A Chocolatlere,” and their place of manu facture “Dorchester, Mass.” House keepers are advised to examine their purchases, and make sure that other goods have not been substituted. An attractive little book of “Choice Recipes” will he mailed free to any housekeeper who sends her name and address to Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., 158 State Street, Boston. Mas3. When a soldier becomes insane there is something wrong at headquarters. It isn't at all pleasant to pay the laundryman stiff prices for slimsy work. What Do the Children Drink? Don't give them ten or coffee. Hnve yon tried the new food drink called GUAIN-O? It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the filace of coffee. The more Grnin-O you give he children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about yi as much. All grocers sell It. 16c and 35c. Many a man has married a piece of real estate, with a woman in the title I deed.