THE FRONTIER
Published Every Tharsday by
THE FRONTIER FRIRTIMO COMPART.
O'NEILL, - - • NEBRASKA.
L BRIEF TELEGRAMS. |
Negroes and white children are to
bo separated in Oklahoma schools.
Great Britain and Russia are quar
reling over the Brussels sugar confer
ence.
It is said that Germany and Eng
land will unite to bring Venezuela to
time.
No redistricting bill will be passed
at the coming session of the Kansas
legislature.
The will of Herr Krupp bequeaths
the big gun factory at Essen to hl3
eldest daughter.
Nearly 100,000 inhabitants in the
northern districts of Sweden face
starvation on account of heavy rain
falls.
John L. Sullivan, former pugilist,
has filed a petition in bankruptcy in
New York to prevent his arrest for
debt in Bostop.
Congressman-elect Wm. R. Hearst
of New York and party are in the City
of Mexico. Mr. Hearst is the recipient
of many courtesies.
Rev. W. H. Mlllburn, the blind chap
lain of the senate who is now in Cal
ifornia, has forwarded his resignation
to President Pro Tern Frye.
It is stated in diplomatic circles that
Venezuela has yielded in part to the
demands of Germany and England for
claims put in by thq citizens of those
countries.
Secretary Moody, in hiB annual re
port, lays particular stress upon the
imperative need of more officers and
men to man the battleships now build
ing and authorized.
Tlj/e Rock Island management has
Authorized contracts for the construc
tion of an extension of that system
from Dallas to Galveston, Texas, a
distance of 270 miles.
The government case against the so
called “beef trust’’ has been set for
heraing In the United States circuit,
court on December 16, before Judge
Grosscup at Chicago.
To properly provide for the United
States government for the fiscal year
ending June 30, '1904, it Is estimated
by various drpartments that $589,189,
112.30 will be required.
The Southern Pacific has bought the
4 Shreveport & Red River Valley rail
* way, a valuable railroad between
Shreveport and Alexandria, with a
branch line to Manoura.
The Union Pacific Railroad company
has formally announced the Installa
tion of Its pension system, effective
January 1, by a notice posted on the
bulletin boards at headquarters in
Omaha.
Smarting under a rebuke adminis
tered by his employer, Albert Eth
ridge, a boy 18 years old, shot and in
stantly killed John Kesner, proprietor
of the Western hotel at Pocahontas,
Illinois.
William E. Curtis says the adminis
tration will make no further move to
purchase the West Indies from Den
mark, but will welcome any negotia
tions looking to the acquisition of St.
Thomas.
Of the $20,117 claimed by the state
of New York for expenses Incurred In
aiding the United .States to raise a
volunteer army In the war with Spain,
the comptroller of the treasury only
allowed $5,875.
William H. Murray, alias Howard,
was arrested at Dunlap, Tenn., Satur
day by an Illinois officer on a warrant
charging him with the murder of a
man named woodrone at Williams
burg, 111., twenty-eight years ago.
The anniversary of Clem Studebak
er's burial was made memorable at
South Bend, Ind., by his family pre
senting to the Epworth hospital direc
tors over $50,000 in addition to other
contributions to pay in full for a $75,
000 hospital building recently com
pleted.
J. Wets, one of the wealthiest cot
ton merchants of New Orleans, was
lined $25 for violating the Wilson
separate car law. He sat in the sec
tion reserved for negroes and declined,
under the conductors’ request, to get
up because there was no empty seats
in the white section.
Despite the negative action of the
Transcontinental Passenger associa
tion in St. Louis last month the Union
Pacific and Oregon Short Line and
Oregon Ratlrcad and Navigation com
pany have announced thew intention
of instituting the one way colonist
rate to points in the northwest.
The British mail steamer reports an
other eruption of Mont Pelee on the
island of Martinique.
Macedonian peasants, who were In
revolt last month, are subjected to
horrible cruelties by the Turkish au
thor! ties.
Dr. Joseph Parker, the noted pastor
of the London City Temple, is dead
after a protracted illness.
Western Union messengers struck
at Des Mo.ne3 for a guarantee of $20
a month. It was granted in thirty
minutes.
RESTRAIN TRUSTS
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUPPORTS
PUBLICITY PROPOSAL
LITTLE FIELD'S BILL REPORTED
Measure Will Now Be Considered with
Others Affecting Combines—Infor
mation in Which Particulars Are
Required to Be Given.
WASHINGTON.—The subcommittee
of the house judiciary committee, to
which was referred anti-trust bills, on
Friday reported favorably to the full
committee on Mr. Littlefield’s bill pro
viding for giving publicity to the af
fairs of commercial combinations.
The acting chairman of the judiciary
committee appointed a subcommittee
consisting of Representatives Little
field (Me.), Overstreet (Ind.), Powers
(Mass.), Do Armond (Mo.), and Clay
ton (Ala.), to which all anti-trust bins,
including the publicity bill, have been
referi ed. A mtteing of the committee
is called for tomorrow.
The publicity bill, as amended, pro
vides that every corporation, Joint
stock company or similar organization
engaged in interstate or foreign com
merce, and every such corporation
which shall hereafter be organized,
shall file with the interstate commeN.e
commission on or before September
1, each year, a return stating its name,
date of organization, where and when
organized, the statutes under which
organized, and, if consolidated, the
name of the constituent companies
and the same information concerning
them.
Jr tne concerns nave Been reorgan
ized the original corporation is to be
stated, with information concerning It.
The following particulars must also
be given:
(1) Amount of authorized capital
stock, shares into which divided, their
par value, whether common or pre
ferred and distinction between each.
(2) Amount issued and outstanding,
amount paid in, how much, if any, in
property, and if paid in property a de
scription and cash value of the prop
erty at the time it was received.
(3) Indebtedness, its nature and
for what purpose incurred.
(4) A statement of the assets at
their present cash market value, giv
ing the) elements upon which the mar
ket value is based.
(5) The total earnings and income,
operating expenses, Interest, taxes,
permanent improvements, net earn
ings, dividends declared, with rate and
date, during the period preceding the
first preceding July, salaries of officials
and wages of employes.
It is further provided that the treas
urer or other officer of concerns af
fected shall answer on oath all inquir
ies that may be made in writing, under
the direction of the Interstate com
merce commission, relative to its
financial condition and its capital
stock. Such answer is no*, to be used
as evidence against the person making
it, except in prosecutions under the
proposed act.
A tax of 1 per cent per annum is im
posed on so much of the capital stock
outstanding which is not fully paid in
cash or property at its full cash mar
ket value, and provision is made for
collecting the tax.
Any concern failing to make the re
turn as required, and any concern fail
ing to pay the tax imposed, is to be
restrained, on the suit of the United
States, from engaging in interstate or
foreign commerce.
Finds Women Mail Carriers.
WASHINGTON—It has recently
ibeen brought to the attention of the
postmaster general that about twen
ty-five women are holding positions
as carriers in the rural free delivery
service and a call has been made for
information about them. An inves
tigation will be made to learn whether
they are performing their duties in a
satisfactory manner. It appears the
appointments were made without the
department knowing the sex of the
candidates.
Verdict Ic $100,000.
NEW YORK.—A verdict for $100,000
damage was brought in Tuesday by
the jury in the suit of Mrs. Jennie
M. Leys against the New York Central
& Hudson River Railroad company.
Mrs. Leys sued for $250,000 for the
death of her husband, who was killed
in a collision in tlu company's tun
nel in this city in January last. Mr.
Leys was manager cf a department
store and his earnings were said to
be $25,000 a year.
May Renounce Sugar Treaty.
LONDON—In the house of com
mons on Wednesday the under secre
tary of state for foreign affairs said
the opposition to countervailing du
ties and the refusal to allow the im
portation of bounties sugar were not
inconsistent with the most favored na
tion clause of the Anglo-Russian com
mercial treaty of 1889. Russia, he
added, had been informed of this view,
and an order was made to renounce
the treaty if Russia did not agree,
THE SICK CATTLE.
Unprincipled Dealers Said to Have
Sold Them.
BOSTON.—Dr. Salmon reacned Bos
ton from Washington Tuesday. His
first action was to hold a conference
with Dr. Samuel E. Bennett, the Bos
ton agent of the bureau, Dr. Austin
Peters, chief of the Massachusetts An
imal Bureau, and Dr. John R. Moh
lrn, chief of the pathological division
at Washington, James Law of Cornell
university and Dr. Leonard Pearson of
the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Salmon said:
"The situation is very disquieting,
principally because cattle dealers have
been selling diseased animals and
scattering the contagion and because
there has been no adequate conception
of the danger of carrying the disease
by persons who have visited diseased
herds.”
Dr. Salmon will take offices so as
to be in the closest touch with the
cattle bureau.
Dr. Peters on Tuesday issued a no
tice calling attention to the statutes
which direct local board of health to
report all cases of contagion among
cattle as soon as their presence is
known.
WASHINGTON.—Official notice of
the action of the British government
prohibiting the landing of stock from
New England was received Tuesday.
Mr. Moore on Tuesday ordered about
twenty veterinary surgeons in various
western cities to proceed to New Eng
land to augment the force of experts
already fighting the epidemic. This
force also will be added to by the in
spectors relieved from duty owing to
the cessation of exportation to Great
Britain.
PORTLAND, Me.—The steamship
officials have stopped loading cattle
at this port until word is received
from England that cattle shipped from
Canada via Maine will be allowed to
land.
CUBAN TREATY IS READY.
President Palma Will Sign Document
at Havana Next Wednesday.
HAVANA—After a conference with
Secretaries Zaldo and Montes Friday
night President Palma said:
“My commissioners. Senores Zaldo
and Montes, will sign the reciprocity
agreement with General Bliss Tues
day or Wednesday next. It will be
then sent to Washington, where the
treaty will be signed by Secretary
Hay and Minister Quesada.
“After confirmation by the United
States senate I will send the treaty
to the Cuban senate for approval. I
shall not send it to the house of rep
resentatives because that house has,
with the approval of the senate, the
right, according to the constitution,
to Biake a treaty which does not affect
the tariff.
“This agreement provides for cer
tain reductions in the duties on im
ports from the United States, but the
tariff on those articles is not changed.
After the approval of the treaty I in
tend to send a message to the senatei
and the house asking for a revision
of the tariff in order to keep up the
revenues which will be necessarily
lessened by the treaty.”
A senator who represents the ad.
ministration gives his opinion that the
reciprocity agreement must be ap
proved by the house of representa
tives. The matter of issuing a loan
for $35,000,000 is again being taken
up in the senate.
MEET AND TALK ON TREATY.
General Bliss Says Things Are Moving
A Innn
HAVANA.—General Tasker H. Bliss,
who is here to arrange a basis Mr
a reciprocity treaty between the Unit
ed States and Cuba had another con
ference Tuesday with Secretary of
State Zaldo and Secretary of Finances
Manos. General Bliss afterward said:
“We expect to conclude the conference
by next Saturday. Everything is pro
gressing satisfactorily.”
It is generally understood that the
Cuban commissions have accepted all
propositions which General Bliss has
advanced thus far on behalf of the
United States.
Choctaw Indians Moving.
ARDMORE, I. T.—Tne emigration
of hundreds of Choctaw Indians resid
ing in Mississippi to Indian Territory
has commenced. Many families
reached this city Friday to appear be
fore the Dawes commission for en
rollment. Under the law these In
dians must reside in the Indian coun
try for a certain period and prove
they are Choctaw Indians before they
are entitled to allotment. It is ex
pected that several thousand will
reach the territory before February 1,
the date of the beginning of the allot
ments.
Want Into the British Market.
BUENOS AYRES.—The senate has
reported sanitary laws relative to the
admission of foreign cattle, which
were presented by the Argentine gov
ernment in order to facilitate the open
ing of Bri.ish ports to Argentine
cattle.
STATEHOOD BILL
IT WILL BE TAKEN UP IN THE
SENATE WEDNESDAY.
THE QUESTION OF ADMISSION
Committee Report Will Be Adverse to
New Mexico and Arizona—Senate
Will Probably Adjourn Thursday for
Several Days.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In accord
ance with the unanimous agreement
of the last session, the senate will
take up the statehood bill Wednes
day, and it is expected to remain the
unfinished business for some time. The
bill undoubtedly will provoke consid
erable debate and it is generally be
lieved that it will continue to receive
attention until the adjournment for
the Christmas holidays at least.
Senator Beveridge, as chairman of
the committee on territories, will call
the bill up Wednesday, and probably
will make a speech in support of the
report in favor of the substitute bill
presented by the committee. Other
members of the comittee who agree
with him will follow. All of them
will give careful attention to the testi
mony taken by the sub-committee
which recently visited the territories.
The committee's written report has
not yet been submitted to the sen
ate and this, too, will probably be
put in on Wednesday. The report
will analyze the testimony, dealing
with the questions of soil, mines,
agricultural possibilities, educational
facilities and general fitness of the
population of the various territories
for statehood. It is generally under
stood that a strong position will be
taken in opposition to the claims of
New Mexico and Arizona, considera
ble stress being laid on the fact that
a large percentage of the people of
these territories do not use the Eng
lish language and that interpreters
are necessary in the conduct of the
business of the many courts. Atten
tion will be given to the previous
question of statehood of those terri
tories, many of which are seriously
criticised by the present committee,
on the ground that they fail entirely
to represent the real conditions. The
report giving the views of the com
mittee will be accompanied by a
transcript of the testimony taken by
the committee, which will be printed
for the information of the senate and
the country.
It is expected that the immigration
bill will continue to receive desultory
attention on Monday and Tuesday,
but the proceedings with reference to
this bill will consist largely in the
reading of the bill and the consider
ation of amendments.
There will be more or less of exec
utive business during the week, and
in all probability another adjourn
ment from Thursday until the follow
ing Monday.
CATTLE EXPORTS HALTED.
New England Shippers Stay Idle Till
Disease is Stamped Out.
BOSTON—No reply has been re
ceived as yet to the cable sent to the
British government by the acting con
sul expressing the desire of steam
ship men and cattle shippers that its
quarantine against the shipment of
cattle from New England be modi
fied so as to permit shipments from
Portland of western and aCnadian ani
mals.
Meanwhile the New England export
cattle trade Is at a standstill, though
some information from Washington
says that the British authorities have
requested a statement with regard to
the foot and mouth disease, and a re
port as to the wisdom of allowing
cattle to be loaded at Portland.
Dr. Salmon said today that it had
been his intention to have the work
of slaughtering the affected cattle be
gun by Tuesday, but the heavy snow
about the state might cause a delay.
Fix Next Year’s Fair Dates.
CHICAGO.—The National Associa
tion of Fairs and Exhibitions met
on Tuesday and decided dates for
state fairs in 1903 as follows:
Missouri, August 17 to 22; Iowa,
August 24 to 29; New York, August
24 to 29; Minnesota, August 31 to
September 5; Ohio, August 31 to Sep
tember 5; Wisconsin, September 7 to
September 12; Nebraska, September 7
to 12; Indiana, September 14 to 19;
Kansas, September 14 to 19; Ken
tucky, September 21 to 26; Illinois
September 28 to October 3; St. Louis,
October 5 to 10.
Shuts Out Wild West Show.
LONDON—Mr. Hanbury, president
of the board of agriculture, has de
cided that owing to the existence of
the foot and mouth disease in some
of the New England states he will be
unable to permit the landing in Eng
land of a herd of buffaloes belonging
to the Wild West show, which opens
in London on December 26.
REED PASSES AWAY.
Former Speaker Succumbs at Arling
ton Hotel, Washington.
WASHINGTON—Thomas Brackett
Reed former speaker of the house of
representatives, died here at 12:10
Saturday night in his apartments in
the Arlington hotel. The immediate
cause of death was uraemia.
A change for the worse was noted
in Mr. Reed’s condition early in the
morning. At 9:30 he was was given
a subcutaneous saline transfusion in
order to stimulate his kidneys, which
were failing to perform their proper
function.
At 5 in the afternoon saline solu
tion was again administered, about
three-quarters of a pint of fluid being
used.
The heart became weaker and weak
er, but the patient retained conscious
ness until 11 o'clock at night, when
a complete coma supervened.
At the bedside were Mrs. Reed and
Miss Catherine Reed, Drs. Gardner,
MacDonald, Bishop and Goodnow, and
the nurses.
Dr. Goodnow, who had been in con
sultation with the local physicians on
Thursday, was again summoned from
Philadelphia.
It is stated that Mr. Reed had been
suffering from Bright’s disease for
some time, which reached the acute
stage Saturday, and this furnished an
additional cause for alarm. Mr. Reed
passed away peacefully and without
pain.
The remains of Thomas Brackett
Reed left here Sunday afternoon for
Portland, Me., where the interment
will take place on Tuesday afternoon.
The casket was placed on a special
train, leaving Washington at 4:50 and
running as the second section of the
Federal express, scheduled to arrive
at Portland Monday.
Accompanying the body were Mrs.
Reed, Miss Catherine Reed, Amos 1».
Allen, Mr. Reed's successor in the
house; Asher C. Hinds, Mr. Reed’s
parliamentary clerk while speaker,
and Augustus G. Payne of New York,
a lifelong friend. At Mrs. Reed’s re
quest there were no ceremonies of any
kind and at Portland they will be of
the simplest character.
Reed Chronology.
1839—October 18, Thomas Brackett
Reed, born in Portland, Me.
1860—Graduated from Bowdoin col
lege.
1864—Joined the United States navy
as acting assistant paymaster.
1868-69—Member of the Maine leg
islature, lower house.
1870—Member of the Maine senate.
1870-72—Attorney general state of
Maine.
1874-77—Solicitor city of Portland.
1877-99—Representative in con
gress.
1889-91—Speaker of the house.
1895- 99—Again speaker of the house.
1896— Prominently mentioned for
president.
1899—Retires from congress.
Says Swift Buys Railways.
[ KANSAS CITY.—George H. Ross of
I Chicago, for several years traffic man
! ager of the Indiana, Illinois & Iowa
railway, has succeeded Theodore C.
Bates of Boston as president of the
Union Depot, Bridge & Terminal Rail
way company. Mr. Bates says he re
signed so that the company’s interests
might be in the hands of a practical
railroad man. A dispatch from Bos
ton however, positively asserts that
Mr. Bates sold his interests, and the
Winner bridge piers in the Missouri
river, and the valuable river land and
terminals owned by it, have been pur
chased by Swift & Company, who con
template building an independent
stock yards and a new plant.
Another rumor is to the effect that
the Rock Island system has purchased
but no reply had been received.
I
Republicans Applaud the Message.
WASHINGTON.—The house was in
| session an hour and forty minutes
Tuesday. One hour of the time was
[ consumed in reading the president’s
j message. The reading was listened to
with attention by members without
regard to party, but without demon
stration except at the concluclon of
the reading, when the republicans ap
plauded vigorously.
Honduras Faces Resolution.
PANAMA—A revolutionary move
ment is threatened in Honduras. Gen
eral Sierra has been induced to refuse
to turn over the presidential power
to Senor Monilla, who was elected
president in October. It is believed
that the Honduras congress will try to
declare the last elections Illegal, and
Senor Bonilla’s numerous partisans
threaten to protect their leader's
rights by force. Juan Angelarias, the
defeated candidate, has been appoint
ed minister of state.
Senate Confirms Holmes.
WASHINGTON — Oliver Wendell
Holmes was on Thursday confirmed
by the senate to succeed the late Jus
tice Gray as a member of the bench
of the United States supreme court
There was no opposition.
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"THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING
LIES IN THE EATING."
The doctors are dumbfounded, the
druggists astonished, and the people
excited and joyful over the wonderful
cures and tremendous sales of the
great Remedy, St. Jacobs Oil. Every
case of Rheumatism—some of many
years’ standing—has given way to
this powerful remedy. Thousands of
certificates like the following can be
furnished as to its value:—
George Scleyer, Publisher of the
Chilton, Wis., “Volksbote,” used St.
Jacobs Oil for “almost unbearable
pains in the back, which had com
pletely prostrated him." A few appli
cations cured him entirely.
Mrs. Fred Eberle, Bellaira, O., was
for a long time severely troubled with
Rheumatism. St. Jacobs Oil instantly
relieved and entirely cured her.
Rev. Dr. B. Pick of Rochester, N. Y.,
suffered so intensely from Rheumatic
pains that he was unable to preach.
Several applications from a bottle of
St. Jacobs Oil “relieved him.”
F. Radder, Cleveland, Ohio, says:
“Two applications of St. Jacobs Oil
cured me of great and long-continued
pain in my foot”
Messrs. C. L. Brundage and Son.
Druggists, Muskegon, Mich., write: —
“St. Jacobs Oil has a wonderful sale.
We sold eight bottles at retail yester
day. This will give you some idea
of how well it is liked in this sec
tion.”
Mr. Louis Hinkel, of East Poesten,
Kill, N. Y., says:—“I call St. Jacobs
Oil the best liniment I ever used. It
cured me of Rheumatism and pain in
the back.”
Herman Rittner, Manchester, N.
H.:—“I have tried St. Jacobs Oil, and
found it excellent. All those who have
purchased it speak of it as ‘simply in
comparable.’ ”
Geo. G. Erffle, Palestine, 111.:—“I
was In bed suffering from a swollen
leg, I used St. Jacobs Oil, it3 effect
was wonderful. The following day I
attended to my business again.”
Dr. Otto Fuls, Reading, O., writes:
—“The sale of St. Jacobs Oil is con
stantly increasing; it is praised by
everybody, and never fails to give en
tire satisfaction.”
Half Rates.
Plus 12.00, one way tr round trlp.via
Wabash Railroad. Tickets on sale first
and third Tuesdays of each month to
many points south and southeast. Aside
from this tickets are on sale to all the
winter resorts of the south at greatly i
reduced rates. The Wabash Is the
shortest, quickest and best line for St.
Louis and all points south and south
east. Ask your nearest ticket agent to
route you via the Wabash.
For rates, folders and all information
call at Wabash corner, 1601 Farnam St.,
Omaha, or address, 1
HARRY E. MOORES, /
Gen. Pass. Agt. Dept., Omaha, Neb.
Never look like a bargain counter
after the pick of the remnants is gone.
Ready to Die.
Not long ago Senator William P.
Frye of Maine was summoned to pre
pare a will for a man who was very
ill. It was necessary, of course, to se
cure two witnesses, and they had to
be sent for. While awaiting their ar
rival the invalid seemed to get worse,
and Senator Frye thought it his duty,
no minister being present, to talk se
riously to him. He told him that he
was very ill, and that it was likely he
would soon depart this life. " And are
you ready to meet the great change?”
Frye asked him. “I will be,” was the
reply, "as soon as those d—d witness
es get here.”
Premier Balfour’s Musical Tastes.
Arthur James Balfour is said to be
the first musical premier England has
bad. He is an enthusiast for the art
and is catholic enough in taste to like
Wagner, although his idols are Han
del and Bach. He is a friend of Mme.
Wagner and has been Baireuth more
than once. He used to make long
Journeys to hear the lesser known
works of Handel and in January, 1887,
the Edinburgh Review printed an arti
cle by him on that composer. He has
been a subscriber of the Richter con
certs from their commencement
The Hansons Are Happy.
Ashley, N. D., Dec. 8th.—Cured of
that most dangerous of all Diseases,
Rheumatism of the Heart, J. H. Han
son of this place loses no opportunity
of singing the praises of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills.
“I am able to work again,” says \
Mr. Hanson. “And am feeling better
than I have for five years. Broken
down and fairly used up and suffering
from Rheumatism of the Heart and
Dropsy I was in very bad shape.
“Then I started taking Dodd’s Kid
ney Pills and—well, you can see how
1 look and I feel as well as I look.
My Rheumatism is gone and the
Dropsy with it. ^
“I don’t think they'll ever bother
me again, but if they do I’ll just get
some more of Dodd’s Kidney Pills. I
know that will fix them.”
Mrs: Hanson, too, whose health was
tar from good, took the same remedy
and she joins with her husband in
recommending Dodd’s Kidney Pills.
Old age would be bereft of a gener
ous share of its comforts if it could
not boast of when “I was young.”
A mule or a woman could never be
happy unless they could kick about
something or other.
Lava Continues HoL
The lava streams from the eruption
of Vesuvius in 1858 were so hot twelve
years later that steam issued from
their cracks and crevices. Those that
flowed from Etna in 1787 were found
to be steaming hot just below the crust
as late as 1840. The volcano Jorulla,
in Mexico, poured forth in 1759 lava
that 87 years later gave off columns
of steaming vapor. In 1780 it was .
found that a stick thrust into the J
crevices instantly ignited, although no
discomfort was experienced in walking ?
on the hardened crust.