The Frontier. Published by D. H. CBONIN $1 50 the Year. 75 Cents Six Months Official paper of O'Neill anfl Holt county. ADVERTISING RATES; Display advertlsmeuts on pages 4, 5 and 8 are charged for on a basis of 50 cents an Inch (one column width) per month; on page 1 the charge Is ft an Inch per month. Local ad vertisements. 5 cents per line eaoli Insertion. Address the office or the publisher. Was Mike’s letter on railroad as sessments a grandstand play with a desire to be made governor himself lurking beneath? Drenching rains have quickly changed the tunc of the Nebraska press from drouth and alarm to “bumper crops” and well-fed cattle. Croker says he wants nothing moreto do with Tammany politics. Delias settled down on English soil to spend his remaining years in ease and luxury. -- While Nebraska zephyrs have been unusually boisterous, still we have not been swept away in Hoods, buried in molten lava, blown to the skies nor yet swallowed up by an earthquake. Stand up for Nebraska! Neville immerges from the stillness and announces himself a candidate for another term in congress. There is very little activity in the pop con gressional camp in this district this year. Hitherto aspiring statesmen have taken note which way the wind blows. One of our esteemed and worthy populist district judges, W. H. West over, is suffering from itcing palms, and he can mighty easily get them scratched by getting the nomination for congress. Republicans would want nothing better than a Westover leading the “reform” gang. Two months after tire organization the Civic Federation, which faithfully promised to arbitrate all labor troub les and banish strikes from the land, word comes from the anthracite coal regions of the beginning of the “most serious labor struggle in the history of the country, if not of the world.’’ The striking coal miners in Penn sylvania are going about the'task of getting more pay in a sensible way. There is an utter absence of destructive violence which so often characterizes the strikes and t lie manner in which the miners are con ducting themselves is highly commen dable. This will go a long way toward enlisting the moral and material sup port of the public in behalf of live miners. Promoters of tax reform in Omaha have scored a signal victory for high er taxation of corporat ion property. A total increase in t he assessments of five corporations doing business in ■Jfftat city amounts to over a million and ‘a half dollars. There is a pop ulat movement all over the country in favor of a reformation in taxation, and’it looks like the time had come when corporations are to be taxed ac cording to the value of their posses sions. On May 20 the flag was officially ‘‘hauled down” and the government of Cuba handed over to the people of the island, with Thomas Estrada Talma president of the republic. It was a day of gladness to the dusky skinned natives, who entertain the deepest gratitude to the American people as the instrumentality in ex pelling a merciless foe and establish ing a republic upon a sure foundation. Under the supervision of General Wood the financial affairs of the is land have been placed in safe condi tion, with $567,169 in cash and $137, 560 in bonds to turn over to the new government. There is a lesson for the Filipinos in the Cuban history since Spanish arms were vanquished. Cuba threw herself upon the United States and trusted our national honesty to deal with her fairly, and she now is a free country. The Filipinos greeted the United States with bullet and bayonet, and they have been in tur moil ever since. Had the Filipinos shown a different spirit toward Amer icans they might now lie enjoying similar blessings to those accorded Cuba. The contest for the republican con gressional nomination in the Sixth, while involvingthe ambitions of some half dozen good men, seems to lay be tween Judge Kinkaid of O’Neill and Judge Grimes of North Platte. The odds are a little in favor of our own judge, as there is no more capable man in the district and he has twice made some considerable personal sacrifice to bold up the republican banner when other men were afraid to go to the battle front. It appears to The Front ier that 1 lie majority of the delegates to the Crawford conven tion will be of the opinion that as a matter of justice Kinkaid should have the nomination: further, that as a business proposition for the people of the biggest congressional district in America they should have Kinkaid as their representat ive in congress. COUNTY CONVENTION. The republicans of Ilolt county are hereby called to meet in convention at the court-house in O’Neill on .Tune 7, at 10o’clock a. in., for the follow ing purpose: 1 To select a chairman of t ile Holt county central committee. 2 To select a secretary for the Holt county central committee. 3 To select a county central com mittee. 4 To select fifteen delegates to at tend the state convention. 5 To elect fifteen delegates to at tend the congressional convention. <> To elect fifteen delegates to at tend the senatorial convention. 7 To transact such other business as may properly come before it. The basis of representation of the several townships shall he one dele gate for every ten votes or major fract ion thereof cast for Hon. Samuel Scdgwlch at the general election lield November 5, 11)01, which will be: Atkinson. l(i I’leasantview.. 2 Chambers. (> Rock falls. 3 Cleveland.. .. 2 Sand Creek_ 2 Conley. 3 Saratoga. 1 I)eloit. 3 Scott. 3 Dustin. 3 Shamrock. 1 Emmet. 3 Sheridan. 3 Ewing. ti Shields. 3 Fair view. 2 Steel Creek... 5 Francis. 3 Stuart. 15 Grattan . 4 Swan. 1 Greenvalley... 2 Verdigris. <> Inman. ti Willowdale_ 1 Iowa. 3 Wyoming. 2 Lake. 2 O’Neill—1st w 4 McClure. 2 O’Neill—2d w. 3 I’addock _ ti O’Neill—3d w. ti Total. 133 It is recommended that no proxies be allowed but that the delegates present be authorized to cast a full vote of the township represented by them. It is further recommended that all township primaries be held on May 31. It. R. Dickson, Chairman. C. L. Bright, Secretary. —— •—. ITEMS OF NEBRASKA LIFE During a storm lightning struck the wagon bridge at Schyler, demolish ing a pier and letting the end of a span into the river and st art big a tire that burned three spans. Three people perished in a fire at Laurel last Thursday which destroyed the implement house of John Jacob son. Jacobson, his wife and child, living over the implement store, per ished in the Haines. Last Friday morning William Gray and Herman Sandman of Lynch quar ried over a dog. Sandman attacked Gray with a pitchfork. Gray defend ed himself with a club, striking Sand man over the head, which resulted in his death. Gray give himself up. Both men are quiet, respected famers and the trouble has created great ex citement. lit'v. nainuei i\ nenurooK, pastor 01 the Christian church at Wymore, en gaged in arCaltercation with I)r. W. II. Johnson, an olTicerof his congre gation, and sliot at him five times, none of which took effect. Rev. Ben brook was arrested and confined in the city jail to await the arrival of the county attorney to conduct the preliminary beaming. There was at first considerable excitement on the streets and some vague threats at lynching, but better counsel prevailed and the law will take its course. A special dispatch to the World Ilerald from Springview, lveya Paha county, tells this Indian tale: A case is now being tried at Springview which stirs the whole Sioux nation to its utmost depths and result of which is awaited with a frenzied interest by the surviving warriors who partiepat ed in the Custer massacre. The de fendant, Joseph Boucher,is the grand son of a French explorer and his mother was the daughter of the Sioux chief, Spotted Tail, the triumphant hero of many Indian wars. Boucher’s father was the man who was com missioned by the govenment to visit the hostile bands on Powder river after the Custer massacre to arrange for the _ terms of peace. He possessed the unbound ed confidence of both t lie military authorities and the war-painted braves. The defendant is charged with tlie murder of John Belleisle and is making a battle for his life which proves him a worthy desendant of Spotted Tail. The immediate cause of the killing was a feud between the two men over a beautiful maiden possessing a st rain of Creek blood. Belleisle had raised the girl and was enamored of her charms to the verge of insanity, but when she met Boucher it was a case of love at first sight and neither the frown of the foster parent, the use of Winchester rifles nor the fastening with picket ropes was sullicient to keep the lovers apart. In the dark of the night Boucher hoisted his sweetheart upon his t rusty Indian cayuse and golloped across the wilds and got married by an Indian preacher. Belleisle became desperate and vowed vengence upon his dusky rival. They met near the reservation line and in the presence of the girl began tlie fatal fray. Both men were armed to the teeth, both reached for their guns, but the speed of action which characterized Spotted Tail was developed in the grandson and Belleisle fell, mortally wounded, with his hands upon his breast,violen tly clasping a pocket in which lie always carried a picture painted by himself of t he Creek beauty. The jury was selected after the regular panel and a large special venire had been exhusted. The counsel in the case are W. C. Brown, county at torney, assisted by L. T. Gerung of Glenwood, la., for the state, and C. E. Lear of Springfield, M. I<\ Harrington of O’Neill and A. W. Scattergood of Ainsworth for the defendant. Great crowds are in attendance at each ses sion of the court and the excitement is intence. It is rumored that in case Boucher is convicted the Indians may attempt to rescue him. MATTERS OF NEWS. A plot to kill King Alfonso of Spain has been discovered and the plotters arrested. An explosion in the Fmterville and Thistle coal mines at Coal Creek, Tenn., killed 150 miners. A cyclone in the region of San Antonio, Tex., killed many people and destroyed much property. Bishop William Taylor, the noted missionary bishop of the Methodist church, is dead at Palo Alto, Cal., after a long illness, at the age of 81 years. Fully 5,000 miners, foreigners, have left Lackawanna county, New York, within the last week for Europe for a holiday during the strike. It is es timated that at least 30,000 strikers will take advantage of the tie-up for a trip to their old homes in Europe. Details of the plan for consolidation of the kodak enterprises have been published. Tire aggregate cash value of all these enterprises is estimated at $20,000,000, and capital stock of tlie consolidation is $35,000, 000. The new company, which is incorporated in New .Jersey, will ac quire properties all over the world. The hilt providing for the cession of 410,000 acres of land in Gregory county, S. D., by the Rosebud Indians for the sum of $1,040,000, has passed the senate, and is now before the house committee on Indian affairs. There is no disposition on t lie part of the committee to rush the matter through and with the most speedy legislative work, t lie reservation could not lie opened before next fall. The first official estimate of the re sult of the explosion of Mount Pelee lias been announced. This gives 28, 000 as the number buried in the ruins of St. Pierre. Six thousand persons were rescued by steamships or tied to places of safety. Threelthousand pro bably were drowned. This is the most careful estimate made so far. Subscriptions to a fund for the relief of the survivers are being made all over Europe and in America, the United States government making a large appropriat ion and indivualstates raising popular subscriptions. Esther Dowie, daughter of Dr. Al exander Dowie, propietor of “Zion,” died Thursday night of burns, suffer ed for hours without medical atten dance, while “Elijah 11.” prayed over her. Miss Dowie was 23 years old and a studentatthe University of Chicago. Yesterday morning her hair caught tire from a gas jet and her head and face were horrible burned. Nurses placed salve on her wounds, as the Dowie doctrine allows of tire use of medicine externally. Meanwhile the “divine healer” was hurrying to the bedside from his new city of Zion, at Waukegan. Upon his arrival the at tendants were excluded from the room and Dowie sank to his knees in prayer. II is supplications lasted all day. lie refused to cease even to take the nourishment which his followers would have pressed upon him. The patient was unconscious much of the time, but even this did not move the father to break from his doctrine and send for medical assistance. The patient died at 9 o’clock in great agony, having returned to conscious ness a short time before. 75c gets The Frontier ti mo. Summer tourists in Europe will doubtless find the Marconlgram a great convenience. Canada has filed a claim to the north pole. She wants all of that sort of climate she can get. The New York banker who prays for the rich evidently believes that charity begins at home. Forty pounds of limburger cheese stolen at Buffalo cannot be traced. Then it isn’t genuine limburger. A gentle hint of summer may be de tected in the announcement of a re duction in anthracite coal prices. King Alfonso proposes to establish a free library at Madrid. No matter where he got the idea, it is a good onj. Mr. Carnegie has been requested to extend his beneficent library jurisdic tion so as to take in the island of Cuba. Buffalo Bill expects to become a mil lionaire and may yet succeed in hav ing his name piateS upon Mrs. As tor’s list. Ice cream freezers want to form a union. Young men who buy ice cream will be forming a union next for self protection. The rumor that rich cream sold by milkmen is generally mixed with starch probably started at the pump of some envious dairyman. People who have been on the roof of a high building will wonder how Santos-Dumont can sail over Mount Blanc without getting dizzy. Dr. Hyde thinks women should be allowed to propose marriage. But the old method of suggesting it would seem to answer every purpose. Canada is going to build a $10,000 barbed wire fence along the Montana border. But who In Montana wants to tread on the tail of Canada’s rag Jan? Mr. Rockefeller’s Cleveland pastor says there are anarchists among the rich, but he wisely leaves the shoe to be put on by those who think it may fit them. Since the Countess of Castellane has taken out a $1,000,000 life insur ance policy for the benefit of her cred itors her lightest sneeze has a poten tial value. h Secretary Shaw is learning how much more difficult it is to settle a dispute over the repacking of a wom an’s trunk than to settle great finan cial problems. John Li. Sullivan declares that he would not trade appetites with John D. Rockefeller. The latter must be afflicted with an uncommonly bad form of dyspepsia. A New York woman has named her little daughter Ping Pong. Evidently the one who wants to have her name copyrighted isn’t the only New York ^oman with a queer streak. Boer sympathizers in Holland say the war in South Africa will last four years longer. Some of the other Boer sympathizers arr unwilling to believe England can hold out that long. King Alfonso is reported be jealous of King Edward. Yet the lat ter would doubtless be glad to give half of his years and half of his weight to Alf if it were possible. In calling for bids for the construe tion of 150 locomotives the Belgian government offers to give preference to those of American manufacture. It ,is cheapest every time to get the best. So far as the homes of the country aro concerned our foreign relations are not one-half as important or troublesome as our domestic servants. —Philadelphia Saturday Evening I*ost. It Is announced that the new presi dent of the National Congress of Mothers has children of her own. It is safe to say, therefore, that she has neighbors who don't believe she knows the least thing about the busi ness. There are about 8,000 self-supporting Pueblo Indians, in twenty-six villages, twenty of which have day schools, cost ing the United States not less than $20,000 annually, besides a much larger sum expended upon the boarding schools. It is claimed that only about half the people of Paris are native Pari sians, and the latter are said to be diminishing in numbers every year. Still, it has not come to pass that the native Parisian has no chance to get on the Paris police force. Old settlers are able to recall with a distinctness that is all too vivid many a spring when the road3 were blocked with snow in this section as late as the middle of May. It is a noticeable face that the older the set tler is the more discouraging are the stories that he can tell about late springs. After all, there may have been a little affectation in Dr. English’s “strenuous objection to being called the author of ‘Ben Bolt.’ ” The poet Gray professed to think lightly of his immortal “Elegy;” but Gen. Wolfe said, just before he fell on the Plains of Abraham, “I would rather have written that poem than taken Quebec.” 1 I CAMPBELL’S I FARM MACHINERY I 7-1 CARRY A LARGE STOCK OF THE LATEST- 1 improved farm implements, and buy them direct by car loads from the manufacturer, so there are no robbers, profits to add to the fe g cost price of the goods. This enables me to sell at the lowest pos- ■ P s'bl® price to the user. I keep different makes and styles of walk- I j| ing cultivators. I sell the famous Ohio riding cultivators. This cultivator excels all other in appearance and the work it will do. I ij keep for sale other styles. Also disc riding cultivators. My g leader for listed corn is theerway, 2 and 3 row. It has no runners, Ej but carrys on wheels thus making the draft very light. One man fj In with 3 horses can work 30 acres of corn in a day. 1 also have other 9 §1 kinds of listed corn cultivators. My stcck of buggies is large, and 9 you can find in my stock a variety of styles to seleet from. I can Eg i sell you a buggy at the right price as I buy them in large lots and § K car freight. I have 3 wheel riding listers, also 2-wheel riding i listers, sulky and gang plows. My siock of pumps, -wind mills, I stock tanks and pipe fittings is complets. I want you remember i the new improves wood pitman standard mower. This is the best Eg made, finest finished and strongest cutting mower ever put on the ij market. I will have a new hay stackers in season that will take I lead my stock of rakes and sweeps will be large. Dont forget the 9 case threshing machine. I sell it for a lower price than you can 9 \ buy any other machine and it is the best. When you want a sewing H v machine look at the White-1 sell it when looking for a machine of 0 any kind look my stock over I dont expect to sell all the machinery If ^ but want part of your patronage at least and will spare no effort to g get it. » fraNK Campbell! O'NEILL, J 8 Chicago Lumber Yard 1 Headquarters f ' r . e . f|§ |Lui*lBER AND| | <• COAL 4* L f| O. O. SNYDER & c °. I | O’NEILL (§) ALLEN MIT- _! Qflv TUr orCT IT IS THE OU I 1 ITU 1)110 1 CHEAP ST If you want to buy the BEST Farm Wagon, Spring, Wagon, Road Wagon, the BEST Cart, Fuggy, Carriage, Surry or Phaeton. BEST Wind mill, Corn sheller of any size or kind, Plow, Disc Cultivator, Hay Sweep. The BEST Stacker, Rake, Mower, Binder, BEST Steam or Horse Power Thresher, BEST Machinery of any sort. The BEST Place is at warehouses of IT/VI T I Q MTYkHICL Proprietor of the Elkhorn Valley SLniLj aPilbbb Blacksmith and Wagon Shop. The best of Repair Work in Wood or Iron. Horse Shoeing a Specialty and Satisfaction Guaranteed. ^ The Frontier! Li