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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1903)
THE O’NEILL FRONTIER PUBLISHED EVERY THRURSDAY BY D. H. CRONIN. O'NEILL., - - • NEBRASKA. | BRIEf TELEGRAMS. The Cuban congress ha* authorized an issue of 7,700,000,000 postage stamps in commemoration of the installation cf the Cuban republic. The proposed trip of the United States monitor Arkansas to Quincy, 111., has been abandoned on account ol the falling stage of the river. Germany's pig iron production for March was 843,224 tons, an Increase j over February of 108,875 tons, and over March, 1902, of 161,875 tons. W. P. Williams, vice president of the Kbcnvin-Wlillams company, and one ot Cleveland's best known business men, died at his home in Glenville, Ohio. A civil service examination will be held at Topeka, Kan., Juno 1 for the position of fireman and watchman in the custodian service at that place. The remains of Hon. Alexander F. ! Shepherd, one time governor of the District of Columbia, arrived in Wash- J lngton from Mexico, where the funeral was held. Governor Davis of Arkansas signed i an act of the legislature making it unlawful for non-resldenuts of the state to hunt or fish at any season of the year in Arkansas. The act goes Into effect at once. The presidency of the Manila Normal school has been declined by Dr. Fred erick E. Bolton, who occupies the chair of pedagogy at Iowa State university. The salary offered was $4,000, but he dislikes the Philippines. Corn exports aggregate 1,490,900 bushels, against 1,677,621 last week, 376,186 a year ago, and 1,344,350 In 1901, For the fiscal year exports are 63169,795 bushels, against 25,399,821 last season, and 154,266,545 in 1901. Theodore Stenger, n mining pro moter, pleaded guilty In the federal court at Kansas City to the charge of using the mails to defraud in promot ing the Pittsburg Copper Mining and Reduction company, which, it is al leged, he did not own. Sentence was withheld. General Nelson A. Miles Is to become a resident of Long Island and it is said he Is contemplating the purchase of a home on the Island in which to reside after his retirement. The gen eral has leased for the summer a cot tage near East Hampton. A syndicate of the American and Ca nadian capitalists, headed by Henry Melvin Whitney of Boston, has pur chased 2,000,000 acres of timber land In New Foundland and intends to un dertake development on a lnrge scale. The syndicate paid over $1,000,000 for its properties. The famous Gobbler mine and fee of ICO acres of land at Wentworth was sold under foreclosure at Neostio, Mo., j for $22,250 to F. E. Rogers of New Ycrk city. The Gobler has been for years one of the largest producers In the Joplin district. It was sold three i years ago to Frank Rockefeller for $200,000. Nineteen eases of typhoid fever de veloped at Palo Alto, Cat., matting a total of 132. There are thirty-live cases \ at Stanford university. Of those dan gerously ill the physicians say that R. Barrett, of Hermann, Minn., cannot recover. All of the new patients had bsen using milk from a dairy recently ordered closed. An Investigation of the report that negotiations are on foot for a combina tion of the London flour mills, with a capital of $12,500,000, with' the object of driving American flour out of the English market, shows the London corn exchange does not look upon it seriously and believes the combination is improbable of accomplishment A street railway franchise covering slightly over two miles in Los Ange les, Cal., was sold to G. C. Johnson in the city council for $110,000, after some lively bidding for the privilege be tween Johnson and the Los Angeles Railway company and the traction company. Johnson is supposed to be acting for the Clark-Harriman syndi cate. A warrant has been issued foY the arrest of Edward S. Bingham of Mont gomery, Ind., charging an attempt to blackmail George B. Brown and the citizens of Montgomery, in writing them threatening letters saying that unless the citizens and Brown placed $2,500 in a given place, the author , would destrvy thu town with tire and \ dynamite. The war department has decided to tissue service medals to all the officers tied men of the regular army who par ticipated in the Spanish war, the Phil ipph^e insurrection of the Chinese cam paign^ About 25,000 medals will be re-, quired. Final permission reached the Italian and Gertkan embassies for the allies representath es to sign with Mr. Bow en, Venezuela's plenipotentiary, the protocol submitting the question of preferential treatmert to the Hague tribunal for arbltratio' UNITED STATES CABLE SHIP BURNSIDE. The United Stf.tes cable ship Bum side, launched last week at the Heath shipyards, Tacoma4 Wash Is by all odds the largest stcastt-TiIp ever eon sirueted at ary of the Tacoma ship yards, and r><-rulers of the Chamber of Cyamu-'v and the business ele ment ttf the clt| were present In large mini tiers to Miin-.-ss her '■hrlstPniiiR. The vessel Is due at Sitka early In ,/une to commence work on the Alas kan cable. PORTE’S APOLOCY REGRET AT SEARCH OF BULGA RIAN LEGATION. MANY WARSHIPS AT SALONICA Opinion is General that Nothing but j War with Bulgaria Will Clear the1 Situation and Lead to Permanent Peace. CONSTANTINOPLE—It Is denied here that the powers have lodged claims for damages resulting from the Halonica outrages. The Turkish gov ernment has apologized to the Bulgar ian diplomatic agent here for tile dom iciliary visits made by the police of Constantinople last week when about sixty Bulgarians were arrested and when the papers of the secretary of the Bulgarian diplomatic agency were seized ut his residence. The agent threatens to leave Constantinople un less satisfaction for this action is given. The statement that. the porte has re quested Austria and Italy to withdraw their warships from Salonica has been continued. WASHINGTON. May 10—The Turk ish minister here lias received the fol lowing cablegram from his govern ment: "On May fi the Bulgarian revolution ists attempted to commit at Monastic an outrage analgous to those perpe trated at Salonica. Thanks to the ef ficacious measures taken by the im periol authorities, however, they have been unable to put their designs Into execution. Stoutshef one of the ring leaders of the Bulgarian revolutionary ; committee, perished with live of his accomplices in the village of Fralshna (Fiorina.)” LONDON—The Salonica correspon- i dent of the Times says there are ten ■ nicn-of-war In the harbor of Salonica.; A state of sedge has been declared and i Turkish troops arc guarding every; square yard of the (own. The schemes i of tlip revolutionist leaders may hang! ttret blit it is not likely that they will ! be abandoned. There have been found documents which convince the author- j Ities that the recent explosions were carried out by officials of tile Bulgarian royal engineers. The general opinion prevails, the correspondent says in conclusion, that the only way to clear the atmosphere Is by a war with Bulgaria. CONSTANTINOPLE—Consular dis patches leeched here from Monustir, European Turkey, says the Mussulman and Turkish troops are murdering Christians in the suburbs of the Chris tian quarter of the town. Houses are deserted and shops are closed. The stutment that General Deltcheff. one of the principal Macedonian lead ers, has been killed in a fight with Turks at Fiorina has been officially confirmed. Colonel Sartoris Arrives. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.-Among the passengers who arrived from the orient on the Japanese steamer Nip pon Marti today were Lieutenant Al gernon Sartoris, grandson of the late General U. S. Grant; San Kee Alfred Sze. a Chinese commissioner of edu cation, who is on his way to Washing ton with eight young Chinese boys who are to he educated in the United States. Colonel Sartoris recently re tired from his regiment in the Philip pines, his resignation having been ac cepted by the War department. Strike Becomes International. MONTREAL—The officers of the striking longshoremen announce that the Liverpool longshoremen have ca bled that they will refuse to handle any goods loaded here by non-union men. The Liverpool longshoremen, the strikers here claim, are affiliated with the British labor congress. The Canadian Pacific: will continue to load and unload its vessels at Three Rivers. AMERICA MUST BUILD CANAL. Colombian Senator Says Otherwise it Will Not Be Constructed. PANAMA—Gerard Puleclo, a prom inent member of the conservative party, discusses the canal question lu a recent Issue of the Correo Nacional, published at Bogota. He says the re newal of the canal concession grant ed by President San Clemente is le gal, the government having constitu tional powers to take this step. No company or European government is willing to risk any money in the ca nal venture after the De Lesseps fail ure, says Senor Puleclo, therefore the United States only can undertake the construction of the canal with chances of success. Colombia never enjoyed effective sovereignty on the isthmus because the United States landed troops there whenever it wanted to and even de nied Colombians the "innocent righc to kill each other," still in the canal treaty Colombian sovereignty on the Isthmus should he distinctly recog nized, argues Senor Puleclo, not on'y to calm the nerves of the apprehen sive patriots, but because Colombia may within 100 or 200 years develop Into a strong nation and he able to recover sovereignty on the isthmus. THE OMAHA LABOR TROUBLES. Governor Mickey Asked to Appoint Arbitrators. OMAHA—Governor Mickey, after visiting Omaha and looking over the labor situation, issued the following: To the Citizens of Omaha: Having been Invited by the mayor of your city and the sheriff of your county yesterday (o come to your city for the purpose of conferring with them and others to aid in arriving at an amicable settlement of the labor trou bles in which your city is now involv ed, 1 met with the Business Men’s as sociation last evening and heard their discussion relating to the matter and was enabled to get some information as to their attitude and complaint, and this afternoon at the Millard hotel, i met a delegation representing the labor unions as previously arranged, and on invitation to myself and may or, and discussed with them their complaints and attitudes in relation to the situation. After this brief and fair consider ation on my part, with both sides. 1 asked that the labor unions appoint a committee of seven and the Busi ness Men’s association a committee of like number to meet me on Monday evening, May 11, at S p. m., at the Millard hotel for the purpose of mu tually considering the matters in con troversy and arriving at an amicable settlement to all interested. JOHN H. MICKEY, Omaha, May 8. Governor. Railroad Wins Land Suit. WASHINGTON, D. C.—The su preme court of the United States de cided the cuse of the Oregon & Cali fornia Railroad company against the United States In a case involving cer tain lands in Oregon, which were claimed by the railroad company un der patents issued iu 1871 under the Oregon donation aet. The decision was favorable to the company. The contention in behalf of the United States was that the patent had been issued by mistake, as the land in dis pute had been located as early as 1853, but the court held that as the land had not been reclaimed, as re quired by law, the settlement of 1.853 was not valid. Claim an American is Impl cated. PARIS—The mysterious murder ot .Mnu>, Do Brienne, who was found strangled in her room, has aroused widespread interest. The police offi cials followed a due indicating that it was an act of an Englishman, but they now claim that an American is implicated. Police do not know the name of the suspect, lint are follow ; mg vague descriptive dues. The vic tim, a well known figure, came from J America. 'Tnt 6ui”»SiOE > rv\ t 11 i General Nebraska News. I % i •LC‘*H*%**J**X.v*XmI**X**H***'*«*v******vvv%**/ • THE STATE AT LARGE. A severe rain and hail storm visit ed Gibbon and vicinity. Charles Meed, a young man, is in jail at Seward charged with horse stealing. Dakota City has doubled the license fee for saloons, the amount now being $1,200 yearly. At Fremont three little girls on their way home from school discovered a lot of stolen goods hidden under a sidewalk. Robbers entered tbe stores of H. L. Bustinell and H. R. Green at Heming ford and took merchandise In each. They also broke into the school house. W. J. Robinson ot Ewing was bound over to district court in the sum of $500 for having in his possession, it is charged, 1G9 prairie chickens March 22, 1903. The Nebraska Liqjior Dealers’ convention will be held at Falls City June2 to 4. Officers will be elected and considerable business is up for consideration. N. V. Harlan and family of York left last week for Valdez, Alaska, where Mr. Harlan goes to resume his official duties as prosecuting attorney for the Third district. Chief Engineer Ensign of the Bur lington, with a force of engineers, is said to be setting grade stakes be tween Oakland and Lyons for the Ashland branch of the Burlington. At a meeting of citizens and old soldiers at Cambridge, the date for holding tbe next southwest Nebraska district G. A. R. reunion was set at the week commencing August 3t, 1903, at Cambridge. Instructions have been mailed to the various superintendents of state insti tutions to guide them in making out their semi-annual statements. The structions are sent that a uniform re port will be made. At Campbell Rolia Ross, a stone mason, was shot, but not seriously wounded, by a section man named Haines. Ross was shot in the left shoulder. The shooting is claimed to have been in seif defense. Eddyviile has a new bank, doing business under the name of the Ed dyviile State bank, with these in con trol: Diah Woodruff. L. E. Branson and Maggie J. Branson. The capital stock is $5,000 and the articles of in corporation were filed with the Bank ing board. The four cars of oil at Central City, Hastings, Blue Hills and Ord, which were rejected by Former Oil Inspec tor Hays, because they did not come up to the standard set by the new law raising the test from 100 to 112 de grees, have been finally passed by In spector Church. A young man seventeen years old, named John Reed, has just been taken to the asylum at Lincoln, he having been adjudged insane by Polk county's , board of insanity. His people have the hope that with the treatment he can receive there that he will soon regain his mind. The secretaries to the board of health met in Lincoln and were kept busy granting licenses to newly grad- 1 uated doctors. There were seventy- 1 eight applications from regular phy- ! sicians and five osteopaths. Fourteen 1 of this number are graduates of the 1 medical school at Lincoln, twenty-one 1 from the two schools at Omaha and 1 the rest from outside the state. t The meeting ot the Nebraska Art < association was held in Lincoln and the following trustees’ terms have ex pired. Miss Sara Hayden, Dr. George O. W. Farnham, Charles Mayer and Samuel Hall. The trustees organized and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: f. M. Hall, presi dent; T. M. Hodgman, vice president; Sarah Hayden, secretary, and A. G. Greenlee, treasurer. The association voted to increase its membership from 100 to 200 stockholders during the ( coming year. Mrs. Elizabeth Stoker arrived in Lincoln from Ohio. Some time ago j she inserted an advertisement in a , matrimonial paper and a prompt re- . sponse was made her by Charles Sid- . ders of that place, who has been a widower since last August. Mrs. Stokers arrived in town and immedi ately proceeded to the. office of the reg- 1 ister of deeds., where she inquired into i her respective husband's real estate '< record. She was satisfied that he was ! the owner of a farm valued at $10,000. t He is 72 years old, and the lady is 1 about half that age. t At the special election held in Nance county to vote $75,000 bonds of the county for the purpose of erecting over the Loup river steel bridges at i Genoa, Fullerton and Palmer, the ’ bonds were voted by a vote of 1,038 I for to 339 against. The state printing beard met for < the purpose of considering the bid of J Tim Sedgwick of York for printing ' the session laws. The bid, which is < for 5,000 copies of the laws at $2.75 a ; page, was accepted, and Sedgwick 1 received the contract. x*-x-x--x--xx-x--x-x--x-x--xx-:t INCREASED CROP ACREAGE. .abor Bureau Issues Bulletin on Con dition of Grain and Fruits. The labor bureau has issued a state ment showing the condition of crops md fruit. With the report is a table shewing the in.reare and decrease in Ihe per cent of acreage put in wheat, pats, rye, alfalfa and corn. The reports said that if March and April had been ■hanged a normal season would have cevlted, but as it was the warm weath >r of March caused an early planting f crops and the cold weather in April njured them to some extent The i port follows: The average total precipitation for Waiih for Nebraska was 0.72 inch and 'Or April 1.63 inch. Wheat—prior to the cold weather of \pril the appearance of wheat present 'd a PC per cent condition. This ap plied to other crops of small grain., rhe prcspect3 were for the largest per ent yitld in the history of the state, rhe wet weather of last fall caused a lecrease in the acreage that wrould lave been sown had it net been for his wet weather. Corn—For corn there will be an in crease of 10.86 per cent in the state, rhe prospects are excellent over the ■ntire state and the only fear expressed s that the cold, wet condition of the ground may continue, which might prevent germination. Oats—For the oat crop there is re ported a 6.76 per cent increase and a 1.28 per cent decrease, giving a net ncrease in the state of 6.48 per cent, rhis increase will occur mostly in the south central counties. Rye—There will be an increase in the icreage of rye of 3.28 per cent. The prospect is good and the condition of he state crop is about 90. In the astern part it is better than this. Alfalfa—Alfalfa is gaining friends ■apidly. It has been thoroughly dem pnstrated in the west that alfalfa can pe grown without irrigation and the esult is a very great increase in aere ige each year. This year it ranks first n increase of acreage, the increase be ng 19.79 per cent. Creamery Peoole Confer. KEARNEY—The first annual meet ng of the operators and agents of the Beatrice Creamery company for the Kearney district convened at the city lall in this city. The gathering was pn invitation of the managers of the ■ompany for interchange of opinions md discussion of creamery topics. An address of welcome was made py Mayor Roe, which was responded o by Art Gentzler, superintendent for he section north of the Platte river. \. M. Priest gave a talk on “Our Mu :ual Interests.” The regular topics or the afternoon were as follows: 'Regular Shippings Days,” Art Gentz er; “What Is Good Condition?” A. M. Tiest, the company’s manager at Lin oln; “Change in Test and Causes,” \. P. Salgren; question box, George .efieur, and a discussion led by A. E. >VilUlnson. Damage Less than Feared. J. P. Hess, one of the large fruit Towers, stated that the damage from he recent freeze and snow storm was [inch less than was feared. Apples, le says, have been damaged very ittle and he anticipates that they will nake nearly a full crop. Cherries iso, much to the surprise of fruit Towers, appear to have been hut little amaged except in certain localities. Y. M. C. A. Bids All High. YORK.—Bids for the erection of the :ew Young Men’s Christian associa tion building were opened by the gen ial committee and the lowest bid res $5,000 more than the association xpected to pay. This is due to the dvanre in the price of material and he fact that York contractors have lore work contracted ahead than they an take care of. Valuable Farm Changes Hand. CENTRAL CITY—Last week T. B. lord bought the Anthony farm three ailes west of town at $55 per acre, 'here are 480 acres, all seeded to ilfalfa. Identifies York Suspect. YORK, Neb.—Detective Malone of .incoln reached here and identified ne of the men arrested as suspects ,s James Leo. Leo was held in the .incoln jail for three months, accus id of the recent Burlington train rob >ery. During his incarceration coun ry store robberies ceased. Inspecting National Guard. In a short time, probably ten days, he members of the National Guard vill be inspected by an officer de ailed from the war department. To he end that the soldier boys will ■ome up to the highest standard, Ad utant General Culver is preparing to lo a little inspecting himself during he next few days and will call upon is many companies as he can be ween now and the time of the com ng of the department officer. TIRED BACKS. M v.umc tii i who over tax the kid neys. Don’t neg 1e c t the a c h 1 n g back. Many dan gerous kid n e y trou bles follow In its wake. Mrs. C. B. Pare of Co lumbia avenue, Glasgow, Kentucky, wife of C. B. Pare, a prominent brick manufacturer of that city, says: When Doan’s Kidney Pills were first brought to my attention I was suffering from a complication of kidney troubles. 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