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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1903)
NO RACE SUICIDE IN THIS FAMILY. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Weber and Children. Oscar Weber of Atlantic City proves bis belief in the "Rooseveltan theory" by striving to pound out a living as a cabinetmaker for a family of thirteen children, ten of whom are boys. The oldest child has reached the advanced ag« of 26, and the youngest is half past three. Weber was born in Saxony and his wife Is a Bohemian. The accompanying photograph of the family is a chip shy, as one child was away from home when the camera was trained on the group. FEARFUL FLOODS LONG DEATH LIST RECORDED AT TOPEKA. BOATS USELESS FOR RESCUE Cheering Intelligence That the Water Is Receding—Twenty-seven People Reported Drowned at Kansas City, Missouri. TOPEKA, Kan.—There is ground for hope thal the worst Is passed. So treacherous lias the Kansas river proved itself in the rise of the water, so slowly as to be Imperceptible the five mile stream Is settling into Its lightul channel. Up anil down the offi cial gauge has fluttered all day. Last night, however. City Engineer McCabe issued a bulletin giving out the cheer ing intelligence that the waters had subsided to the extent of exactly 7Vi inches. It may be a few hours be fore another drop Is noticed. With 175 to 200 lives lost, millions in dol lars of property destroyed, hundreds of pistol shots as signals of distress, blended with the agonizing cries of unwilling inhabitants of tree tops, and roofs of houses amt the waters creeping upward Hnd then slowly sub siding and alternately changing hope to despair, the capital city has passed the. most memorable Sabbath day of its existence. To all this discomfort ing condition of affairs was added the presence of a cold, dismal rain. The ardor of the rescue work of the heroic rescuer^ was not abated in the least by the conditions which conrouted them for long dreary hours, knee deep in water and sometimes In water up to their necks, they worked with might and main. They can proudly |hMill iu ovu ui uiwir iPBuicu uuca vyuu olbewtse might have been swept away in the current. Briefly stated, the present condition of the flood Is this: Summary of conditions are: One hundred and seventy to two hundred people drowned. Eight thousand peo ple without homes. Four million dol lar loss of property destroyed. Iden tified dead, five; floating bodies seen, twenty; people missing. 200. Houses burned, result of fire in lumner, from slacking lime, probably 200. Banks collapsed, two. Wholesale grocery stores flooded, two. Big business blocks almost ready to crumble, fifty. Wholesale commission houses desert ed. six. Rock Island trains containing 150 passengers held here by high wa ter. City water works plant useless. Known drowned, Karl Rupp, Orville Hupp, two Rupp girls, G. H. Garrett's 5-yoar-old son. twenty unidentified. KANSAS CITY.—A message to the . Times rom Kansas City, Kan., by way of Leavenworth, at 2 o'clock Monday morning, says that twenty-seven men were on the Union Pacific bridge which spanned the Kansas river when it went down, and all of the men were drowned. It Is said that many per sons saw the men drown. RIOS IS SENTENCED TO DEATH. Filipino Leader and Hia Followers Convicted of Murder. MANILA—Ruperto Rios the fanati cal Filipino leader iu the province of Tayabas, who was captured about a month ago, has been couvicted of mur der and sentenced to death. Twenty seven of his followers were also con victed and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. A detachment of scouts has defeat ed and scattered the Oaniguf island in surgents, killing eighteen of them. This, it is believed, will end the op position to the government In that place. Make Less Money Than Before. BUFFALO. N. Y.—John Mitchell and the four vice presidents of the miners' union in the anthracite re gion held a conference Sunday rela tive to the various disputes between their miners and their employers growing out of the recent strike awards. President Mitchell says that the miners make less money than be fore the strike. A conference will be called in Wilkesbaree soon to consid er the situation further. IMMENSE IRRIGATION DAM. Geological Survey Completes Plans for the Same. WASHINGTON — The Geological survey has had prepared a model of the extensive dam to be constructed on Salt river, sixty-five miles above Phoenix, Ariz. This dam will be among the first and also among the largest irrigation enterprises to be undertaken by the government under the new law. The model shows the exact pro portions of the dam, which is to be 188 feet thick at the base, 820 feet long at the top, and 250 feet high, it will contain 11,600,000 cubic feet of masonry. The reservoir to be constructed will drain over 6,000 square miles of territory and add 800,000 acres to the tillable area in the vicinity of Phoenix. ORDER IN BEEF TRUST CASE. Restrained from Violating the Sher man Anti-Trust Law. CHICAGO, III.—Judge Grosscup in the federal court Tuesday enieret. the final order In the beef trust case, re straining the packers from combining to regulate the trade. The order cov ers all the points In the previous de cision and is received as a complete victory for the government. An appeal will be taken. The order covers all the large pack ing concerns doing business in this district and in substance permanently enjoins them from doing anything in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. The name of the late Gustavus F. Swift was eliminated from the list, though the firm of Swift & Co. is still covered by the decree. SHAW STARTS FOR THE WEST After Touring Iowa Will Attend Cor nell Commencement. WASHINGTON. — Secretary Shaw left Washington today for Chicago. On Juno 2 he will join the president at Council Bluffs, la., and accompany him to Denison, the secretary’s home town, and probably remain with the party during the trip through the state. On June 17 the secretary will attend the commencement exercises of the Cornell college at Mount Ver non, la., his alma mater. His daugh ter Enidia is a member of the grad uating class. Two days later the sec retary will deliver an address to the graduating class in the Armour In stitute of Technology at Chicago. THE DEADLY AUTOMOBILE. Six are Killed, Two Fatally and Ten Others Badly Injured. PARIS—It is now possible to as semble from the many reports along the route of the first stage of the Paris-Madrid automobile race a com plete list ot' casualties. This shows six persons killed, two so dangerously injured that they may die and ten seriously injured. During the day It was asserted here that seventeen persons had been killed and that seventeen were injured, but this was not warranted. Five Years for Hannigan. ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Five years in the penitentiary was the verdict returned by the jury in the bribery case of J. J. Hannigan. a former member in the house of delegates. Hannigan was found guilty of accepting a bribe In connection with the passage of the Suburban railway bill. When the ver dict was announced Hannigan made no sign of concern. He is the eighteenth man tried on charges resulting from the local boodle investigation. Approves Chamberlain’s Plans. LONDON—Among the latest to ex press full approval of Colonial Secre tary Chamberlain's xolverein plan is Premier Sedden of New Zealand, who declares that Germany's attitude to ward Canada is a blessing in dis guise. Sir Henry Campbell-Banner man, the liberal leader, has decided to drop his amendment on the subject, as the second reading stage of the finance bill will afford opportunity for discussion of the matter. THE EARTHQUAKE IT SWALLOWS TWO THOUSAND HUMANS. A TOWN TOTALLY DESTROYED A Settlement in the Valle/ of the Eu phrates Chosen for Destruction— Shock Lasts Thirty Seconds, but that is Sufficient for Devastation. CONSTANTINOPLE—Advices that reached here from Asiatic Turkey show that a terrible earthquake oc curred April 29 at Melaegherd, in the valley of Erzeroum, on tho Euphrates. The town was totally destroyed, with its entire population, numbering 2,000 souls, including 70h Armenians, as well as tho troops forming the garrison of Melazgherd. In addition, over 400 houses in the neighboring villages col lapsed. A somewhat severe earthquake shock was felt here, but no damage was done. The foreign office here received some details from the British consul at Erzeroum regarding the recent earthquake at Melazgherd, according to which a strong shock, lasting thirty seconds, was felt on the morning of April 29, throughout the entire district between Lake Van and the Russian frontier, and as far west as Kharput. The town of Melazgherd, consisting of 500 houses, was destroyed and much havoc was wrought in the sur rounding villages. Colonel Khalil Bey. commanding the garrison of Me lazgherd, with his whole family, three other officers and eighty soldiers per ished in the ruins. Lieutenant Colo uel Tayib Bey, whose family perished, became insane t he telegraph operator who sent the news of the catastrophe said he him self was badly injured and that his wife and sister had been killed. The foreign office has appealed for subscriptions for the relief of the des titute of the Melazgherd district. WASHINGTON—Vice Consul Ojal vo at Erzeroum, Turkey, reports to the state denartment that an earth quake in the canton of Melazgherd, district of Fitlis, on the 29tn ult., caus ed the death of BOO persons and left the city in ruins. The shock was strongly felt In Er zeroum, a journey of thirty hours, and threw the people into a panic. Many of them turned their stables, which are built level with the ground, into sleeping apartments for greater secur ity. OKLAHOMA IS IN BAD SHAPE. Crops in Many Localities Are Totally Destroyed. GUTHRIE, O. T.—Official reports from Anadarko to territorial officials place the flood losses at three times that of any former year. There will be no trains over the ’Frisco, Choctaw, Enid & Anadarko and Rock Island rail road in I hat vicinity under ten or twenty days. From Hobart the estimate of losses is placed at $500,000. All telephone and telegraph lines are down and thir ty-two miles of the Rock Island tracks are out between Hobart and Anadarko. The Rock Island's loss at Hobart is $250,000 and the ’Frisco’s $30,000. The wheat and oats crops in that vicinity are total failures as a result of the terrific hail storms. SUES AN AMERICAN OFFICER. Gabrial Galza, a Filipino, Seeks to Re cover Damages. MANILA—Gabrial Galza, living in the island of Leyte, has sued Major Edward Oleen of the Fifth infantry for 15,000 pesos damages on the ground of alleged false imprisonment. Galza, who was an insurgent sympathizer, was suspected of aiding the Samar in surgents. In 1901 he was arrested by Major Glenn's orders. General Smith approving, and was confined in Sa mar. Ultimately Galza was released. Major Glenn has reported the filing of the suit to Major General Davis, who will probably refer the matter to Sec< retary Root. Chicago Faces Hunger. CHICAGO, 111.—The breach between the restaurant employes and the own ers' association opened wide Thurs day. The joint board of the eight un ions making demands have opened strike headquarters and appointed committees to arrange for the handling of pickets. The unions declare a gen eral walkout will occur Monday in all places where the union scale has not been signed. Against a Consolidation. LEXINGTON. Va.—The Southern Presbyterian general assembly decid ed against consolidating the offices of the general Bupensntendent of Sunday schools and young people’s societies. The report of the committee on the ological seminaries, which was adopt ed. showed that the character of the work of the student bodies of these institutions have been highly satisfac tory. This year there will be thirty nine graduates. ■Cl I * II II M HI H I I III» : I THE LIVE STOCK M4RKET. ; ; | Latest Quotations Prom South ) Omaha and Kansas City. • HfH-t I l-H-M M-l mill SOUTH OMAHA. CATTLE—There was another liberal run of cattle, and although trading was rather slow there was not much change* in the prices paid. The beef steer market was very slow in open ing and the market could best be de scribed by calling it steady to a shade lower. Buyers did not take bold with a great deal of life, and while they bought up the more desirable grades at just about steady prices they were Inclined to he bearish on the com moner kinds. The cow market was also a little slow with prices ranging steady to a little lower. There was considerable unevenness in the prices paid, but as a general thing the med ium kinds, suffered more than the choice grades, while canners sold without much trouble at just about steady prices. Bulls, veal calves and stags all sold in just about the same notches they did yesterday. The stocker and feeder market was not very well supplied, and in fact there were scarcely enough thin cattle to make a test of the situation. HOGS—There was another very heavy run of hogs, which makes the supply for the four days of tills week 51.851, against 27,SOT for the same days of last week and 37,938 for the same days of last year. Other mar kets have also had very liberal runs, so the rapid break in prices is not to be wondered at. At the start a few loads sold steady to a shade low er-, but they were not enough loads sold that way to make a market. After the first round packers were bidding 5 $>1 Oc lower and wanted to buy their droves at $5.70 and $5.72Vs SHEEP — Quotations for clipped stock: Choice western lambs, $6.25$) 6.75; fair to good lambs. $5.50$ 6.25; choice western wooled lambs. $6.75$ 7.00; fair to good wooled lambs. $6.00 $6.50; choice lightweight yearlings, $5.50$ 5.75; fair to good yearlings. $4.75$ 5.25; choice wethers, $5.00$. 4.65; choice ewes. $4.50$ 5.00; fair to good ewes, $3.50$ 4.25; feeder lambs, $3.50$) 4.00; feeder yearlings. $3.50$ 4.00; feeder wethers, $3.50$; 4.00; feeder ewes, $2.25$ 3.50. KANSAS C ITY. Light beeves steady; heavy, lowest of season; Texas steady; cows and heifers weak to lower; stockers and feeders steady to weak; bulls very quiet; choice export and dressed beef steers. $4.50#5.05; fair to good. $3.00(6’ 4.50; stockers and feeders, $3.00#4.60; western fed steers. $2.80#4.90; Texas and Indian steers, $3.00 #4.25; Texas cows. $2.35#3.25; native cows. $1.90# 4.25; native heifers, $2.65# 2.85; can ners. $1.70#2.25; calves, $2.00#6.50. HOGS—Market opened weak, closed strong to 5c higher; top, $6.10; bulk of sales, $5.75# 5.95; heavy, $5.85#6.10; mixed packers, $5.55#5.95; light, $5.55 #5.75; yorkers, $5.70# 5.75; pigs, $4.'<5 #5.50. SHEEP AND LAMBS — Market steady to 15c lower; grassers. 25# 35c lower; native lambs. $4.40#:7.30; west ern lambs, $4.00#7.15; fed ewes. $3.50 #5.30; native wethers, $3.70 #5.45; Texas clipped sheep. $3.50#5.20; stock ers and feeders, $3.25#4.05. LIKE IN THE UNITED STATES. Sensation in the Legislature of Brit ish Columbia. VICTORIA, B. C— Sensational scenes in the house following the dis missal of C. F. Wells, chief commis sioner of lands and works, and Attor ney General Roberts Thursday cul minated in the defeat of the govern ment and the announcement that the legislature would be dissolved. A mo tion by Premier Prior was defeated by a vote of 16 to 13. Finance Minister Prentice made a sensational speech in which he re ferred to Eberts as a blackguard and said the premier had for colleagues “men untrue and unfaithful cowards and liars." Later W. W. B. Mclnis, provincial secretary, tendered his resignation. Although the government was defeat ed, it was enabled with the support of Joseph Martin and his followers, who hold the balance of power, to secure an adjournment, during which ar rangements will be made for the pass age and non-contentious legislation be fore the legislature is dissolved, and an appeal made to the country. Pacific Ocean Rates Are Cut. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.—The steam er Athol, the first of the fleet of the China Commercial company to reach this port, sailed for Hong Kong and ports in Japan Thursday. She took away about 1,500 tons of freight and there were about 100 Chinese passen gers in her steerage. The agents of the company made a cut in freight rates to equal the reduction made by the Pacific Mail Steampship company in freight tariffs. Some people get credit for broken hearts when they have simply lost their nerve. The poor ye have always with you —often so close that they touch you. Sullivan Hit Too Low. ST. LOUIS. Mo.—Tommy Felts of Savannah received the decision over Tommy Sullivan of Brooklyn in the eleventh round before the West End club here Thursday. Sullivan struck Felts very low three times during the tight. Felts was given the decision in the fourth round, which was the second time that he had been hit low. but declined it, and the fight went on to the eleventh, when Sullivan again repeated the foul. I MURDERAVENGED SLAYER OF MR. AND MRS. CHURCH PAYS PENALTY. HANGED TO A HIGH BRIDGE A Drop of Forty Feet Severs the Head From the Body—Mounted Ranch men Make Short Work of Their Victim. NEW CASTLE, Wyo.—W. C. Clif ton, murderer of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Church, formerly of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was lynched by a mob from Gillette Tuesday night. The mob battered down the jail door, holding up the sheriff and dep uty while they hung Clifton to a bridge west of town. Clifton's head was cut off by the fall of forty feet. The mob, which was composed of fifty mounted ranchmen, was perfect ly organized and proceeded with methodical deliberation. The sheriff and his deputies were bound and confined. Clifton's cries were stifled with a gag. He was bound hand and foot and was roughly dragged to the scene of execution. The commands of the mob leader were given quietly and none of the townspeople were aroused by the lynchers. When the body of Clifton was re moved from under the bridge the fol lowing message was found pinned to his clothing: we mime tne law too Blow in hang ing this most cold blooded murderer, who took the lives of our dear friends and neighbors, and we take it upon ourselves to revenge in behalf of the parents. Hoping that the action on our part will meet the approval of the community at large, we remain, (Signed) THE MOB. DENVER.—John W. Church and his wife, who lived on a homestead claim seventy-five miles southwest of Newcastle, were never seen alive after March 14 last. Clifton, whose ranch adjoined Church’s, was arrested April of sale covering personal property to secure payment of $600 advanced him Mrs. Church. Their bodies were found at the place indicated by him. Clifton claimed that he had killed the couple in self defense. He had given Church a bill of sale covering prsonal proprty to scure payment of $600 advanced him by Church. He said he had repaid this sum and obtained the bill of sale and that Mrs. Church had then threatened him with a six-shooter, demanding the return of the papers. He shot her, he ad mitted, and, being attacked by her husband, killed him also. This story was discredited, as Mrs. Church was a slender little woman of 22 years of age. Church was formerly a stenographer in the Union Pacific offices in Omaha. His family and Clifton resided in Council Bluffs, About a year ago Church and Clifton made an agree ment to go into the cattle business in Wyoming together and Church then took up a homestead adjoining Clif ton's. Clifton was 31 years of age. LOVING CUP FOR DE YOUNG. Way in Which He Handled Roosevelt Functions Recognized. SAN FRANCISCO.—A pleasing sequel to President Roosevelt's visit to San Francisco was a banquet to M. H. DeYoung Thursday night. He was the honored guest of the executive committee of the recent Roosevelt reception. During the even ing eclat was given the occasion by the presentation to him of a large silver loving cup. The motive of the presentation was told by the inscrip tion, as follows: “A souvenir from the citizens’ com mittee to the Hon. M. D. De Young, in acknowledgment of his executive ability and the masterly and success ful manner in which he handled the functions given in honor of the visit of President Roosevelt to San Fran cisco, May, 1903.” Estate of $60,000,000. PITTSBURG, Pa.—The will of Ben jamin F. Jones, the well known steel manufacturer, was filed for probate. No estimate is made of the value of the estate, but it is said to be not less than $60,000,000. The widow is to get the bulk of the estate, the bal ance to go to four children. On Mrs. Jones' death the balance is to be divided each year among the four children. On the death of the four children the principal is to be divided equally among all the testa tor's grandchildren. _* • I Government Accepts Bids. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Colonel Pat ton. acting quartermaster general of the army, decided to accept two bids for carrying freight from the Pacific coast to the Philippines. The bids were the same on miscellaneous freight and passengers. The contract will be made with the Pacific Mail Steamship company for San Fran cisco freight and with the Bos ton Steamship company for freight from Seattle. | Iowa Farms *4 Per Aore Caah, J bslan'« ^ crop till paid. HULRAI,!.. Sloni City. la. '' Some people are planning already to move for a change of administration when they get to heaven. Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blues Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents, i Some wise men are not wise enough to see that they can t answer all the fool questions asked. CHANGE OF LIFE. W ! 1 1 V ' • Some sensible advice to women passing through this trying period. The painful and annoying symp toms experienced by most women at this period of life are easily over come by I.ydia E. Pinkliam’s Vegetable Compound. It is espe cially designed to meet the needs of woman’s system at the trying time of change of life. It is no exaggeration to state that Mrs. Pinkham lias over 5000 letters like the following proving the great value of her medicine at such times. “ I wish to thank Mr3. Pinkham for what her medicine has done for me. My trouble was change of life. Four years ago my health began to fail, my nead began to grow dizzy, my eyes pained me, and at times it seemed as if my back would fail me, had terrible pains across the kidneys. Hot flashes were very frequent and trying. A friend advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound. I have taken six bottles of it and am to-day free from those troubles. I cannot speak in high enough terms of the medicine. I recommend it to all and wish every suffering woman would give it a trial.” — Bella Ross, 88 Mont- 4 clair Ave., Roslindale, Mass...$6000 for* ’ felt If original of above 1otter proving aonulnenoep pMnnot bo produced. A new order of things «is easily: brought about—provided you have’ telephone connection with your grocer. GREATLY REDUCED RATES via WABASH RAILROAD. Below is a partial list of the many. ■* half rates offered via the Wabash Raii-i road. Atlanta. Ga., and return.$32.10 Sold July 5th, 6th and 7tli. Indianapolis. Ind.. and return... $19.40 Sold June 7th. 8tli, 9th, 13th and 14th.; St. Louis, Mo., and return.$13.50 Sold June 16th and 17th. Boston. Mass., and return.$31.75. Sold June 24th, 25th and 26th. Boston. Mass., and return.$33.75;lP Sold June 30th to July 4th. . 4 Saratoga. N. Y.. and return.$32.20' Sold July 4th and 5th. Detroit. Mich., and return.$21.00* Sold July 14th and 15th. Baltimore, Md., and return.$32.25! Sold July 17th and 18th. Baltimore, Md.. and return.$32,251 Sold Sept. 17th, 18th and lOth. All tickets reading over the Wabash* are good on steamers in either direc tion between Detroit and Buffaloj without extra charge, except meals and berths. Long limits and stop-j overs allowed. Remember this is "The1 World s Fair Line.” Go this route and k view the grounds. For folders and all information, ad- 1 dress HARRY E. MOORES. G. A. P. D.. Omaha, Neb. A magazine recently contained a poem written by “A Man Who Thinks.” It is believed to be the first To Cure a Cold In One day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. Edison's Only Speech. Edison has made but one speech in his life; it was not a brilliant one. He had agreed to lecture on electric ity before a girls’ seminary, and had engaged a friend named Adams to work the apparatus while he talked. But when the inventor arose to ad dress his audience, he felt so dazed that he simply said: “Ladies. Mr. Adams will nod ad dress you on electricity, and I will demonstrate what he has to say with the apparatus.” Do Your Feet Acne and Burn7 Shake into your shoes. Allen’s Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. The man who is always sure that he Is sound in the faith is almost sure to be sound asleep during the sermon, poem of the kind ever published. To the housewife who has not yet bwanM acquainted with the new things of everyday use In the market and who Is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it Is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other br!|(fa, but because each 10c package coil tains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch win use no other. Quality and quantity must win. When a woman nudges you with her elbow it is equivalent to saying “I told you so.” Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price, 75c. You ask for a loaf and God gives you a seed.