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    The Frontier.
Published by D. H. CBONIN
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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
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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
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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
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but want part of your patronage at least and will spare no effort to g
get it. »
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