THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
PUBLISHED EVERY THRURSDAY BY
. D. H. CRONIN.
O’NEILL, - ~ - NEBRASKA.
Savings deposits In Chicago banks
have passed the $100,000,000 mark. In
the past year they have increased
more than $22.000,00J.
President Stryke of Hamilton col
lege, announces that among his r>
cent donations to the college was
$100,000 from Andrew Carnegie.
Upon the departure of America’s
European squadron from England,
about the middle of July, It will pro
ceed to Lisbon for a friendly call at
that port.
The watermelon crop of Kansas
will be exceedingly short this season.
Watermelons are mostly raised along
the rivers and the Hoods destroyed
the crop.
Former President Cleveland and his
family left Princeton for Gray Gables,
Buzzard’s Bay, where they will spend
ihe summer. They will return to
Princeton October 1.
M. W. Savage, owner of Dan Patch
and Directum, the two famous horses
recently purchased by him, refused
an offer of $92,000 for the two horses.
W. W. Gentry made the offer.
The Crown Princess of Denmark,
who Is now In Paris with her husband,
Is not celebrated for her good looks,
but she has the more permanent dis
tinction of being the richest royal
princess In Europe.
The annual convention of the Pro
testant Episcopal church of the dio
cese of Oregon adopted resolutions
favoring a change of names. The res
olutions favor some name incorporat
ing the word Catholic.
George Madisop Randolph, a lineal
descendant of Pocahontas and the
Randolphs, lives in St. Louis. He
claims to be seventh in descent, from
the famous Indian maiden by her mar
riage with John Rolfe.
St. Louis is to have a statue of
Pierre Laclede, its founded. He will
be represented not. as a typical fron
tiersman, but as a captain in the
French army, which rank he held In
the militia at New Orleans.
The crown prince of Sweden, pre
sumably under financial pressure,
wants to sell his ancestral palace at
Stockholm. He has applied to the
king to submit a bill to the riksdag
authorizing him to dispose of it.
President Diaz accepted an Invita
tion to attend the celebration of
Fourth of July to be given by the
American colony in Mexico City. A
feature of the day was a special
luncheon given to President Diaz.
On the morning of the Fourth of
July President Roosevelt sent from htB
Sagamore Hill home at Oyster Bay a
message formally opening the Pacific
cable to the Philippine islands. The
message was ono of greeting and
congratulation to Governor Taft. A
return message was sent by Governor
Taft.
Leslie Comb, United States minister
to Guatemala, has transmitted to the
state department, as likely to interest
the people of the localities named, a
letter of condolence from Juan Bar
rios, the Guatemala minister of for
eign affairs, upon the recent disasters
at Topeka and Gainesville.
Statistics show that Holland con
sumes more smoking tobacco than any
other country In the world. Her quota
per head approximates nine pounds.
The United States comes second,
with about four pounds. Belgium and
Germany are next, then Austria, with
about two pounds and a half.
Senator William A. Clark of Mon
tana is preparing to build the finest
house in Washington. He will not
break ground on the site of the old
“Stewart castle," facing Dupont circle,
until the Massachusetts avenue resi
dence of the Colorado millionaire,
Thomas F. Walsh, is finished.
Hazard's pavilion, with a seating ca
pacity of 5.000, has been leased by
the committee In charge of the pro*
liminary arrangements of the national
general conference of the Methodist
church, which will convene in Los An
geles in May, 1904. The entire build
ing will be devoted to the needs of
the conference meeting.
A new departure in the navy is
marked by the issue of a circular from
the navigation bureau calling for the
enlistment of electricians for the wire
less telegraph, who are expected to be
secured for $30 per month to begin,
although promotions are promised to
the grade of chief electrician at fGO.
Herr Felix Ottl, conductor of the
opera at Karlsruhe and Baireuth. has
been engaged by Manager Conreid to
lead the Wagner operas at the Metro
politan opera house. New York. The
grand duke of Baden has granted Herr
Ottl six months’ leave of absenca
A dispatch from Seoul, capital of
Corea, reports that a Corean military
officer has reached the Yalu river,
states that 150 Russian soldiers have
crossed the river, and are now sta^
tioned at two points on the Corean
aide.
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THE FOURTH 13 OVER.
And Ycu Bet He Had a Good Time.
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TREATIES SIGNEDl
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3UBA GIVEN SOVEREIGNTY OVER
ISLE OF PINE.
U. S. CETS COALING STATION!
Palma Believes Senate Will Ratify
All Outstanding Agreements Before
Adjourning and Cement the Two
Countries Solidly Together.
HAVANA.—The ireaty covering
the naval and coaling station bases
and the treaty placing the Isle o$
Pines wholly under Cuban sovereignty
were signed Thursday at noon.
The two treaties, which are the
last of the six between the United
States and Cuba, were subscribed in
duplicate at the secretary of state's
office. Minister Squires, Scnor Gar
cia Montes, secretary of the treasury
ami secretary of state In Senor
Zaldo'H absence, signing for their re
spective countries.
The Isle of Pines Treaty, while turn
ing over the Island to tne absolute
sovereignty of Cuba, safeguards the
rights and privileges of the American
residents in Ihe Island as though they
wore on American territory. Proper
ty, judicial and educational rights are
especially guaranteed. It is pointed
out that the American land holders
are better off In respect to taxation
than they would be under United
States sovereignty.
The occupation of the naval and
coaling stations will be perpetual, the
rental price being purely nominal and
based on the cost ot acquiring the sta
tions and sites by the Cuban govern
ment, the United States advancing
any money necessary for the purchase
of private lands at Guantanamo and
Bahia Honda.
The senate committee on foreign
relations is delaying the ratification by
postponing action on the treaty sign
et!, February lti, conceding the two
navul stations to the United States.
The reason the committee gives is
that It is desirable to await the re
port of the joint commission of United
States^ and Cuban engineers, which Is
now marking out the site for the larg
est station at Guantanamo.
President Palma and the leading ad
ministration Senators maintain that all
the treaties will be ratified before the
adjournment of congress.
WASHINGTON.—Secretary Moody
expressed great satisfaction on hear
ing that the coal stations treaty had
been signed. It is earnestly hoped the
Cuban senate, before its adjournment,
will ratify the treaty, as the navy
department is anxious to proceed at
once with work on the stations.
Preliminary surveys of the land al
ready have been made at Guantanamo
ami Olympia has been retained in Car
rlbean waters to be ready to land ma
terial and begin work as soon as au
thorization comes from Washington.
About $100,000 is immediately avail
able for beginning the work at Guan
tanamo and will be used probably in
the construction of a wharf and small
hospital.
They Are Asked to Explain.
WASHINGTON. D C.—The treas
ury department called upon the two
United States customs officials who
are said to be connected with the
Columbia Gold Mining company for
a statement of their relations with
the company and a statement of
their conduct in permitting their offi
cial positions to be used to further
the interests of the company. An
answer is expected withi t two or
three days.
GOV. CUMMINS RENOMINATED.
Only One Contest for Place in Iowa
Republican Convention.
Governor_A. B. CUMMINS of Polk
Lieutenant Governor .
.JOHN HERRIOTT of Adair
Railroad Commissioner.
_D. J. PALMER of Washington
Judge Supreme Court .
..CHARLES A. BISHOP of Polk
Supt. of Public Instruction .
.f. F. RIGGS of Sigourney
DES MOINES—The republican state
•convention nominated the foregoing
ticket and adopted the platform of
principles. All the candidates were
renominated by acclamation with the
exception of the state superintendent,
for which office Mr. Riggs was nomi
nated on the third ballot, his oppo
nents being the present superintend
ent, R. C. Barrett of Osage, and H. L.
Adams of West Union.
Harmony marked the proceedings of
thfi convention, all of its actions be
ing by unanimous vote, with the ex
ception of the nomination of state su
perintendent, but after the ticket had
been completed and the platform
adopted, speeches were made which in
dicated that the republican leaders of
the state are not entirely agreed as
to the details of the tariff policy. The
tariff plank adopted was one pre pared
by Senator Allison, after conferences
with representative republicans of the
| state. No objection was made to it in
: the committee of resolutions nor in
j its presentation to the convention.
Governor Cummins in his speech ac
j cepting renomination approved the
platform In its entirely, but announced
that he would continue to hold to all
the views expressed in his speeches
within the past two years.
DRAWS -APAN TOWARD RUSSIA.
Visit of Kropatkin to Japan Seems
to Pave Way to Peace.
ST. PETERSBURG—The visit of
the Russian war minister, General
Kropatkin, to Japan, has, according
to the Japanese newspapers, had a
i very satisfactory effect on the rela
tions between Russia and Japan‘and
has paved the way for a reapproach
! ment.
The newspapers of Japan, in ex
pressing satisfaction at this state of
affairs, allude to General Kropatkin
| as the Harbinger of peace and point
j out that he has been the mikado’s
! guest at the Shiba palace, where no
foreigner, except princes of the rayal
blood, had ever before resided
Government Sues for $2,000,000.
BUTTE, Mont.—The United States
governinent has instituted suit in the
federal court against the Anaconda
Copper company, the Bitter Root De
velopment company and the Marcus
Daly estate, William Scallon and oth
ers for $2,000,000, being the value of
timber alleged to have been unlaw
fully cut from the public domain in
western Montana. F. A. Mavnard,
special United States attorney, was
sent from Washington to bring this
suit and prosecute similar cases.
Russia Still Opposes Pact.
PEKIN—Prince Ching, president of
the foreign office, returned from the
summer palace in order to hold a con
ference with Minister Conger on the
commercial treaty between China and
the United States. It is understood
the Russian opposition, which the Chi
nese foreign office insists prevents Us
signature, is unchanged, though
' friends of the treaty profess the be
lief that th< otocol will remove op
j position.
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I General Nebraska News. I
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THE STATE IN BRIEF.
Judge B. S. Baker, formerly of Om
aha, has been elected president of the
Commercial club of Albuquerque, N.
M. This action was taken at the re
cent annual meeting of the club,
which is one of the strongest organi
zations in the southwest, with 200
members and a $100,000 club building.
Rex, the 4-year-old son of Ed Green,
was killed at Hartington by being run
over by a lumber wagon. The hired
man tad the team hitched to the wag
on standing by the house when Rex
'•limbed onto the wheel, the team
started and the wheel passed over
nim just above the heart. He gasped
twice and died.
The Lancaster county assessment
has just been finished and the assess
ment rolls closed for the year. The
total valuation of property listed is
$8,003,077.90, an increase of $306,
903.43. This sum was fattened by
$10,000 added to the Lincoln Gas com
pany’s valuation by the county board
of equalization.
Mrs. D. S. Guild and her son George
have returned to their home in Platts
mouth from West Point, N. Y., where
the latter graduated from the United
States military academy. George will
remain at home until the latter part
of September, when he will go to San
Francisco, Cay., and report for duty in
the Philippines.
Details of a tragedy which happen
ed near Lomax, Custer county, have
reached Broken Bow, wherein Della,
the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Brandt, was shot and
instantly killed by Jacob, the 11-year
old son of D. C. Reynolds. The shoot
ing was accidental, the children being
allowed to play with firearms.
John Hill, who for several years
has been in the employ of the F. E. &
M. V. railroad at Fremont, died in
the hospital at Omaha and was buried
at Clay Center by the Brotherhood oi
Railway Trainmen, a large delegation
of whom came in from Fremont. The
citizens of the town, his former home,
joined with the trainmen in the serv
ices, and turned out in large num
bers.
Chief Deputy Game and Fish Com
missioner George L. Carter assumed
the duties of his office July 1st. He
has finished the appointment of 200
special deputies throughout the state,
who will see to tne enforcement of the
game and fish laws. These men serve
without fixed compensation, save for
the fees for arrests made. Commis
sions are being sent to them by the
secretary of the commission.
! The B. & M. crop reports says there
i has been rains all along the lines and
in the eastern section, where the rains
i were heaviest, the soil Is In fine con
dition, while it is not quite so food
further west. There was plenty of rain
along the Alliance and Sheridan
branches and the range is in good
condition. Corn is doing well and the
farmers have not been deterred from
cultivating it because of the rains.
The June treasury statement just is
sued by Treasurer Mortensen shows
that the state has on hand in the vari
ous funds $294,882.99, of which $293,
*475.15 is on deposit in several banks
of .the state. A substantial increase
has been made in the general fund
since the last statement, which show
ed but a balance of $4.95. Nearly all
of the agricultural college endowment
fund, amounting to over $22,000, has
been invested during the past month in
state warrants.
The chief of police of Omaha has
decreed that street preaching will not
be allowed. This order does not in
terfere with Salvation army work.
Lemuel Goldsberry, Jr., was drown
ed in the Nemaha river at Auburn. He
and another lad by the name of Hays
were out for a swim. They had be
gan to slide into shallow water. The
bank was steep and slippery and just
beyond the shallow water the river
was twenty feet deep. Goldsberry
slid into the deep water, and not be
ing much of a swimmer, failed to
rise.
The work of tearing down and re
moving the false work under the new
massive steel Burlington railroad
bridge at Plattsmouth, which spans
the Missouri river, has been accom
plished. The false work alone, it U
said, represented 300 carloads of tim
ber. The work of removing the old
bridge and putting in its place a new
one strong enough to carry twice the
burden of the former one was accom
plished without the stopping of a sin
gle regular train on the road.
Notice has just been received in the
office of the board of irrigation that
the government has withdrawn a large
tract of land in the extreme western
part of the state tinder the provisions
made by the reclamation act of the
last congress.
Chief Deputy Oil Inspector Church
has received a telegram from the
Standard Oil company, announcing the
shipment to Omaha of four cars of
oil from the refineries of the com
pany at Noedesha. Kan. This is the
first Kansas oil shipped into Nebraska.
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FORFEITING SCHOOL LEASES.
Interest Delinquent on About One
Hundred Thousand Acres.
LINCOLN—Two thonsand notices
of forfeiture of school land leases
have been sent out by Land Commis
sioner Follmer. Nearly 100,000 acres
of land will be affected and the de
faulted interest will run up into the
thousands. The exact amount is not
attainable now, and will not be known
until the balancing of the books takes
place. It is estimated that it will not
fall below $25,000. This represents
six months default, and under the law
the lessees have ninety days in which
to pay up. If they do not do so they
can only get the lease renewed by
paying up and in addition a lease fee
of 50 cents for each forty acres.
The usual practice heretofore has
been to wait until actual delinquency
occurs before starting in on the prep
aration of the notices. Deputy Eaton
has changed this and had the notices
prepared in advance so that the state
will lose no interest. Mr. Follmer has
been pushing collections vigorously.
In the old days delinquents were giv
en all the time they desired, and in
the end a good many fo them duped
the state. In one case, when Mr. Foll
mer took hold, the delinquency cov
ered a period of thirteen years. His
practice has been to forfeit all leases
just as soon as the law will permit,
where the holders do not comply with
the terms of their agreement.
NORFOLK MAN KILLS HIMSELF.
Goes to Room in Hotel at Wayne and
Suicides.
WAYNE—A man registered at the
Boyd hotel by the name of George
E. Weiseman, Norfolk, Neb. He ask
ed for a room and was at once shown
to one. Shortly afterward a report
was heard, but nothing was thought
of it, as the reports of firecrackers
are heard frequently. At 6:15 the
clerk went to his room and called
Weiseman, but received no response.
On pushing the door open he discover
ed the man lying on the bed with a
revolver in his hand. Coroner Wil
liams was summoned and it was found
that the man had been dead some
tiinp and that death must have been
instantaneous, as there was no evi
dence of a struggle and his hand
grasped the revolver by his side as he
lay on the bed.
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York Wants a New Depot.
YORK—York business men are agi
tating the building of the Burlington
depot. From time to time they
thought they received some encour
agement from the Burlington officials.
If there is any city in Nebraska need
ing a depot it is York. The present
frame structure is one of the oldest
depots in the state and is not large
enough to accommodate the business
and the public.
Affirms the Sentence.
The supreme court at its recent sit
ting affirmed the conviction of Fred
Reno, found guilty in Sheridan coun
ty on a charge of having sent threaten
ing letters through the mails. Reno
had left the country, and the action
of the court was kept secret until he
could be located. The man was found
in Montana and the documents were
therefore given to the public.
Members of Embalming Board.
The state board of health met and
appointed as member of the embalm
ing board, to serve three years, E.
Ratenour of Weeping Water. The
other members of the board are Wil
liam Hill of Hebron and Brewer of
South Omaha. The appointment is
made every years from a list of three
names recommended by the State Em
balmers’ association.
Names a New Member.
E. Ratnour of Weeping Water has
been named as a member of the board
or secretaries of the state board of
health, which has charge of the issu
ance of certificates to embalmers of
the dead. The appointment was made
from three names suggested by the
state association.
Considers Oil Prospect Good.
LOUISVILLE—John Joseph of Wa
hoo. Neb., was in town, and after
looking over the prospects states thal
indications for oil are excellent.
Big Land Sale Near Sidney.
SIDNEY—One of the largest land
sales that has taken place in some
time occurred here. Zadock H. Clark
and Henry F. Han Eton of South Oma
ha sold to Henry Armstrong of GHd
den, la.. 4.640 acres of land twelve
miles north of the city. This land
will be highly improved and stocked
with the finest grades of cattle an*
horses obtainable in Iowa. Several
other lar&e sales are now on tap and j
many farmers are buying.
Iowa Farmi *4 Per Acre Caah,
balance !a crop till paid. UI'I.HAI.I. Sioux City, I#
Crown Prince Comes of Age.
On May 6 the Crown Prince of
Prussia and future German emperor
became of age. The second son of
the German emperor. Prince Eitel
Frederick. will celebrate his 21st
birthday on July 7, ls04, and the third
son. Prince Adelbert, on July 14, 1905,
The fourtii son. Prince Auguste Wil
liam, wia be 16 years old next Janu
ary. Oscar is a year younger, while
me sixth son will be 13 next Decern
her. The kaiser’s only daughter is
the youngest child, being 11 years
-lid.
Stops the Cough anil
Works Off the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price -5c,
Calvert Estate Changes Hands.
Mount Airy, the famous Calvert es
tate near Washington, founded by the
first Lord Baltimore and held By the
family for more than 200 years, has
just passed into alien hands. The
estate of 800 acres has been purchas
ed by Mrs. Frances Gibson of Ohio
for $11,000. Among the bidders for
:he property was Secretary Hay.
Piso’s Cure cannot oe too hlgbly spolren of as
a cough cure.—J. W. O'Brien. 323 Third Ave.,
N., Minneapolis. Minn., Jan. 6. 1900b
A Gargantuan Feast.
A monster banquet has just been
?iven by a wealthy land owner at
3uiinperle, in Normandy, to celebrate
he simultaneous wedding of his four
ihildren, two sons and two daughters.
Vo fewer than 1,600 guests sat down
io the feast, which took place in the
jpen air. The bill of fare included
live cattle and sixteen Iambs. So
lavish was the scale of ordering that,
though the 1,600 guests are reported
to have had magnificent appetites,
there was more than enough for all.
Nor was their thirst neglected, for
the guests emptied ten large barrels
nf wine and fifteen of cider, besides
Imposing of much else of a liquid
character.
To the housewife who has not yet
become 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 brand,
but because each 10c package con
tains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds
contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say
that the lady who once uses Defiance
Str-rch will use no other. Quality
aud quantity must win.
A Dreadful Change.
The New York Rialto is laughing
over a story told on Will Carelton,
the poet, who is also a publisher. The
other day he appeared at his office
in a new coat, which he hung up. It
fell to the dusty floor. The office boy
picked the garment up without brush
ing it and helped Mr. Carleton put it
on. Catching a glimpse of his own
disreputable appearance in a mirror
the poet thundered: "Boy! What do
you mean by this? I come in here
looking like a publisher and you send
me out looking like an author!”
Seventeen-Cent Rations.
It is pointed out that the cost of
feeding the militia which went to St.
Louis was 60 cents per man per day.
The cost of feeding the regulars was
17 cents. Here is a typical program
for one day: Breakfast—Oatmeal and
milk, pork sausage, potatoes, bread
and coffee. Dinner—Bread and coffee,
baked beans, pork, catsup. Supper—
Bean soup, cold corned beef, potatoes,
bread and coffee. This was varied
from day to day in the way of bacon,
ham, fresh beef, canned beef, peas,
onions and other vegetables. The
regulars were better fed at 17 cents
per day than the militia at 60 cents.
The Oldest Public Building.
- We seek the oldest civic building
in the United States we shall find our
selves in the quaint old adobe palace
of the governors in Santa Fe, N. M.
This long, low structure in the sec
ond oldest city of the United States
has been the seat of government un
der the Spanish, Mexican and Ameri
can regimes for nearly 300 years. It
now contains the museum of the New
Mexico Historical society, of which
L. Bradford Prince, a native New
lorker and former governor of New
Mexico, is president. Governor Prince
considers this “the most historic
building in the United States.”
If a man has a poor memory it is
up to him to stick to the truth.
For Aged People.
Bellflower, Mo., July 6th.—Mr. G. V.
Bohrer of this piace has written an
open letter to the old men and wom
en of the country, advising them to
use Dodd’s Kidney Pills as a remedy
for those forms of Kidney Trouble so
common among the aged. Mr. Bohr
er says:
“I suffered myself for years with
my Kidneys and urinary organs. I
was obliged to get up as many as
seven or eight times during the
night.
“I tried many things with no suc
cess, till I saw one of Dodd’s Alma
nacs, and read of what Dodo's Kid
ney Pills were doing for old people.
“I bought two boxes from our drug
gist. and began to use them at once.
In a very short time I was well. This ^
is over a year ago, and my trouble
has not returned, so that I know my '
cure was a good, genuine, permanent
one.
"I believe Dodd's Kidney Pills are
a splendid medicine for old people or
anyone suffering with Kidney and uri
nary troubles, for although I am 84
year,-, of age, they have made me
well.”
There is somethin,, sad about a
pipe dream when the pipe goes out.
' It takes a woman to show a man
how silly he can make himself.