Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
PUBLISHED EVERY THRURSDAY BY
D. H. CRONIN.
O'NEILL. I - ~ NEBRASKA.
I BRITT TELEGRAMS.
The czar and czarina have left St.
Petersburg to attend the army manue
vers In the vicinity of the town of
Pskoff, 162 miles away.
A British expedition has been sent
to explore Hudson Bay for the pur
pose of determining whether a new
grain route Is practicable.
The meeting of Senator Hanna and
ex-PresIdent Cleveland on the same
platform will be the greatest event of
the year in the heavyweight class.
The secretary of the treasury has
awarded the contract for gas fixtures
for the public building at Cheyenne,
Wyo., to Cassidy & Son of New York
at $2,797.
i
W. L. Pettit, for many years assist
ant cashier of the First National bank
at Fort Wayne, Ind., shot and killed
himself. Ill health is believed to have
j been the cause.
The amended bill of the state of
Kansas against Colorado to restrain
j the latter state In the use of the
, Arkansas river for Irrigation purposes
, was filed In the United States supreme
, court.
, The order directing the Fourteenth
cavalry to sail for the Philippines,
, which was held up for a time, has been
, renewed and the regiment, which Is
I now in Arizona, will sail In about two
j weeks.
iuo nw uupni i uiHii HUB dropped
j from the roll Second Lieutenant Max
I Sulnon, who has been absent from the
Department of Texas without leave
for several months. He stands charged
I with desertion.
* Alfred H. Smith, now general man
j * ager of the New York Central & Hud
son River railroad, began his success
ful career twentv-flve years ago as a
railroad man in the office of the .Lake
Shore in Cleveland.
There is no truth In the report cir
culated in the United States by a news
agency, that the Russian vice consul
at Monastlr, Dr. Mandelstram, who
succeeded the murdere'd consul Rost
kovskl, had been shot near Monastir:
The Massachusetts statistical bu
reau finds that the men engaged in the
.liquor business average higher returns
than the employes of any other in
dustry in the state. It 1b generally
supposed that a saloon keeper is not
In the business for the purpose of
culture.
Mosses Pollock, said to be the old
est publisher and bookseller in the
United States, is dead at his home in
Philadelphia. He was born in 1817
and spent seventy-two years in the
book business. Most of the great
American libraries were indebted to
his collections.
Pat Rogers, one of the six men who
broke from the Butte jail, has written
a letter in which he says he will give
hinqself up if City Detective Murphy
will light him a duel. Murphy accept
ed the challenge, snying he will meet
the outlaw at any place and with any
weapons he may name.
The first International congress of
wireless telegraphy adjourned in Ber
lin after resolving to keep its,proceed
ings secret for the present, but it is
learned that the majority reached an
agreement regarding the principles of
the control of international communi
cation bv wireless telegraphy.
• A special from Albuquerque, N. M.,
says: The boiler of the engine pull
ing the eastbound limited on the
■Santa Fe exploded at the Maguire
mine, three miles from Kingman. En
gineer Fitch was blown 150 feet and
Instantly killed. Fireman J. H. Bland
was seriously injured, one leg being
crushed and his face scalded by
steam.
In the United States court at Port
land, Oregon, Judge Bellinger set
aside the breach of promise verdict
for $22,500 recently awarded Miss
Birdie N. McCarthy, a school teacher
of Wayne, Mich., against James Hey^
ford of Lake county, Oregon. Judge
Bellinger says the verdict is so exces
sive as to imply that the jury acted
under the Influence of passion or
prejudice.
Grasshoppers are so thick In this
section, says a Red Lodge (Montana)
dispatch, that they are plastered each
day on the locomotives of the trains
and the wheels are so slippery that
when the engines stop it is difficult to
•tfcrt them again.
A cloudburst at Cerro Prieto, Son
ora, on Sunday wreck-id the stamp mill
of the principal gold mine at tnat
place. The floods also carried away
10,000 tons of tailings, valued at 40.000
which were being worked for gold by
the cyanide process.
George Wyndham, chief secretary
for Ireland, who now figures promin
ently in the public eye in connection
with the Irish land bill, is sometimes
spoken of as “the knight errant oi
English politics," because of his In
stinctive love for forlorn causes.
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. CHABT OF COURSE TOR .TOE AMERICAN CUP^^C^ '*
BLACK IS CHOSEN
8ELECTED AS COMMANDER-IN
CHIEF OF THE G. A. R.
NEBRASKA HAS A NOMINATION
The Arizona Candidate, However,
Wins Out on the Second Ballot.
Boston Selected as the Place of
Meeting for 1904.
Commander-In-Chief—General John C.
Black of Illinois.
Senior Vice Commander—Colonel C. Mn
*on Keene of California.
Junior Vice Commander—Colonel Harry
— Kessler of Montana.
Surgcon-ln-Chief—George A. Itarmon of
Dhlo.
Chaplain-Chief—Winfield Scott, Arizona.
SAN FRANCISCO.—The Grand
Army of the Republic Thursday se
lected Boston as the place in which
the encampment of 1904 will be held,
and elected officers.
The only contest was over chaplain,
for which two ballots were taken. On
the first ballot Bross of Nebraska re
ceived 288 votes, Scott of Arizona, 306,
and Bradford of Washington, 35.
Bradford withdrew and Scott was
sleeted on the second ballot.
Boston and Denver were the only
places named for the next place' of
meeting. Before the ballot had pro
ceeded far It became apparent that
Denver bad no chance and It was with
drawn. Boston was selected by accla
mation.
The remaining officers will be chosen
Friday and the committee on resolu
tions will report. It is expected that
the encampment will be adjourned at
noon Friday.
During the afternoon a reception
under the auspices of the Press club
was held at Mark Hopkins Institute
of Art. In the evening there was a re
union and dog watch by the naval re
serve which during the day had paid
a visit to the Mare Island navy yard.
The commander-in-chief was received
by the Ladles of the Grand Army in
Union Square hall and the Woman's
Relief Corps, department of Massa
chusetts, held a reunion In Golden
Gate hall. All the social functions
were well attended.
The trip across the continent proved
too much for one of the veterans, and
the convention heard the sad news
Thursday that Samuel Birch, a mem
ber of Boser Post, No. 379, Arcanum,
0., was dying at a local hospital.
The Medical department reports the
Health of the veterans as good as ever
ilnce their arrival only 'sixty-flve
cases being under treatment, all of a
trivial character.
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Crosses Arctic Circle in an Auto.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Postmaster
General Payne has received a cable
gram from Charles J. Gllddon, who Is
naklng an extensive automobile tour
>f Europe, skying that he had so far
covered 3,500 miles, and that he had
crossed the Arctic circle In his ma
chine. He also stated that he.had of
ficially deposited with the Swedish
government an American flag which
He had carried across the Arctic circle.
Death of John Ellsler.
NEW YORK.—John Ellsler, father
)f Kffle Ellsler, the actress, and him
telf a veteran actor and theatrical
nanager. died of heart disease at his
tome here, aged 82.
Detective Tarred and Feathered.
PORTLAND, Ore.—A special to the
Dregonian from Hillsboro, Ore., says:
). J. Tromley, who claims to be a pri
'ato detective from Michigan, was
arken from the city jail by a crowd
>f twenty-five young men and was
arred and feathered. Thromley, it is
illeged, has made himself obnoxious
o the women who reside in the vicin
ty of his boarding house. After he
tad been tarred, he was told to
cave.
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BARNES NAMED FOR LEADER.
Nominations by Nebraska Republicans
In State Convention.
For Supreme Judge.
....JOHN B. BARNES, Madison
For University Regents—
W. G. WHITMORE, Douglas.
C. S. Allen, Lancaster.
State Chairman ..
... .HARRY C. LINDSAY, Pawneo
LINCOLN—The republican state
convention here Tuesday nominated
this ticket with practical unanimity,
adopted a declaration of principles,
and by resolution launched the boom
of John L. Webster of Omaha for vice
presidential place on the presidential
ticket.
The convention was 'marked by a
spirit of harmony and absence of con
tentious struggles more pronounced
than in any state convention of recent
years. Considering the fact that there
were no issues to be fought out, or
conflicting candidacies to champion,
the attendance was better than was
expected. On the roll call 1,028 votes
were recorded out of a total of 1,051,
the eleven counties which were unrep
resented being those most sparsely
settled and remote while of the dele
gations present most of them were
fairly represented.
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PRESIDENT WILL NOT TALK.
Is Disappointed at the Action of Col
ombia. *
OYSTER BAY N. Y.—Upon the re
turn of the president to Sagamore Hill
Monday evening from reviewing the
fleet, he found awaiting him news of
the rejection of the Colombian canal
treaty. While he rfaturally was dis
appointed at the action of the con
gress. he does not desire at this time
to make any comment upon it.
When it was learned recently that
the Colombian congress intended to
amend the treaty, it was understood
that an intimation was conveyed to
the Colombian government that ^uch
amendments as were proposed would
be unsatisfactory to this government.
The rejection of the treaty followed.
It is quite certain that the action of
Colombia will induce some consulta
tions of importance in the near future
and possibly some action by congress
a,t the extraordinary session.
OYSTER BAY THEIR MECCA
.President Has Many Callers During
Dav at Summer Home.
OYSTER BAY, I* I.—Financial leg
islation and New York state politics
were the principal topics of discussion
Friday hetween the president and hi3
guests.
Early in the day Representative Hill
of Connecticut talked with the presi
dent of the prospect of enacting
remedial financial legislation at tho
approaching session of congress.
William I). Murphy of New York, a
long-time friend of the president, also
discussed financial legislation with Mr.
Roosevelt.
In the evening Secretary Cortelyou
of the department of commerce and
labor and Representative Babcock of
Wisconsin were dinner guests of the
president. Secretary Cortelyou spent
the night at Sagamore Hill.
Governor Odell of New York also
had a three hours’ conference with the
president.
A novel writer doesn’t necessarily
write something novel.
The Socialists Are Divded.
BERLIN.—The socialists are enti
tled to have appointed from their
party one of the three vice presidents
of the reichstag on account of their
increased representation, and the
other parties appear willing to con
cede this. The socialist leaders dffer
as to whether they ought to accept
the office, because it would limit their
| complete freedom of obstruction and
; opposition. Herr Bebel takes this
view.
| General Nebraska News. |
NEWSY STATE BRIEFS.
Shubert had a $40,000 fire loss.
Bicycle thieves have been operating
in Fremont.
Blair reports a great scarcity of
houses for rent.
Blair reports a great scarcity -of
houses for rent.
The Dodge county teachers’ Insti
tute started with an attendance of
130.
William Lenhart, an employe of the
Dempster plant In Beatrice, had his
left foot badly burned by molten
metal.
An eight-year-old son of Walter
Rowlett, living south of Norfolk was
severely injured by a kick from a
horse. His skull was fractured, it is
thought,
Constable J. W. Grimes of Beatrice
received the appointment of deputy
fish and game warden of Gage, Saline
and Jefferson counties from Governor
Mickey.
The Virginia Telephone company,
Gage county, filed articles of incorpor
ation; capital stock, $4,000; incorpor
ators, John A. Dobbs, W. H. Stam
baugh. Joel A. Dobbs, William Holm,
W. J. Kiser, Joseph Mangus and G. A.
Erickson,
At Fremont Lieutenant Rex Henry
was elected to succeed W. R, Brooks
as capain of the signal corps, the lat
ter having 'been transferred to the
First regiment as commissary and
acting adjutant. Secord Lieutenant
F. H. Richards was elected first lieu
tenant.
A brief was filed in the supreme
court wherein George W. Leidlgh, for
mer warden of the penitentiary, wants
the decision of he lower court re
versed. The case was one where an
employe of the ex-warden sued for
wages, alleging that he had been hired
for $1,000 a year to handle ice, and
that while he worked three years he
failed to get all that was coming to
him.
Anno ITnnG, knn Al/,/1 n rvo^Ulon In
the district court at Fremont for a
divorce from her husband on account
of cruelty. The family came to this
country from Germany a year ago.
When Mrs. Knuth went to Fremont
to consult a lawyer she left her 6
months-old baby with her mother, who
lives near her. While she was away
her husband went to the house and
stole the child.
Cyrus Chamberlain, a farmer living
two miles north of Herman, went to
town and loaded up with booze. He
started home and got as far as the
railroad crossing, where he stopped
his team Just in time to have both
mules killed, No. 5 passenger on the
St. Paul had the honor of clearing
the crossing. Mr. Chamberlain came
out safely, with the loss of his hat
and somewhat sobered up. Value of
the mules, $250.
A strange woman, who gave her
name as Lillie Thompson, and who
claimed that her home was at Belle
ville, Kas., occupied the attention of
the Beatrice police recently. The wo
man claimed that she was looking for
work. She went to the different res
taurants and hotels telling her tale of
woe and begging for something to
eat. She ate five meals in the space
of four hours and the general impres
sion is that she is of unsound mind.
Valentine Tomjask, 98 years of age,
a Polander who came from Bois, 111.,
to Nebraska alone in search of his
three sons, Thomas, Antone and Mike,
has succeeded in finding two of them.
The names of the towns Union and
Ewing, Cass county, sounding some
what similar caused the old man to
be sent to Union, in Cass county, in
stead of Ewing, in Holt county, where
two sons reside and own farms. He
was sent transportation and has gone
to them.
D. B. McMahon and W. E. Harvey
of Madison county and Lawyer P. E.
McKillip of Humphrey, Platte county,
have filed a brief in the suit which
they have brought to the supreme
court to escape payment of a fine of
$25 each administered in Boone coun
ty in an action brought against them
by Game Warden McConnell. On the
17th of February last they were con
victed In Boone county for having
five prairie chickens unlawfully in
their possession.
wuue ivoons, rz years old, lost his
life In an elevator by being smothered
by wheat.
The dwelling house of Mike Lieben
man who resides in the east part of
Beatrice, was struck by lightning dur
ing a thunder storm and badly dam
aged. The family were slightly shock
ed, but soon recovered. It seems a
miracle that none o„f them were in
jured.
The James Cole farm, northeast of
Beatrice, was sold for $65 per acre.
There is a large demand at present
for good farms and values are in
creasing steadily, as the demand far
exceeds the supply.
FEATURES OF THE STATE FAIR,
Cresceus Day Expected to be a Record
Breaker at the Show.
The coming of Cresceus to the state
fair this year will be the event in the
attraction line, and will make on the
day that he trots against his record
a day in attendance and interest and
enthusiasm equal to the J. I. C. day
at the fair some fifteen years ago.
Every big day at the Kir each year
since the time that J. I. C. trotted has
been compared with that date, but
nothing has ever equalled the attend
ance on the day when that wdely ad
vertised horse trotted. This year
the record of attendance of the J. I. C.
day will be broken, on the day that
Cresceus goes against his record. He
is the fastest trotter in the world,
holding the world’s record,'and to se
cure him for a day at the Nebraska
state fair this year was getting an at
traction that thousands and thousands
of people over the state will appre
ciate and approve by their attendance.
Lovers of the races should remem
ber also that the state fair manage
ment this year has increased the
purses for running, trotting and pac
ing to double the amount of a. year
ago. In other words this year $8,000
is devoted to the speed ring, besides
the additional thousand dollars it
takes to bring Cresceus here. This
large amount of money hung up in
purses will bring the largest number
of good horses to the fair that ever
have been gathered at one time in
the history of the exposition. It means
that every one of the five days com
mencing with Monday and ending
with Friday will have three strong
races and occasionally an extra race
thrown in for good measure. There
will not be a day of the fair when the
speed ring will not be especially at
tractive and interesting.
It was demonstrated a year ago by
the attendance at the races that the'
people appreciated good horses and
that they were ready to patronize that
feature of the fair. This year the
board of managers propose to give the
public who enjoy this feature the best
entertainment every day ever given in
the state, and there need be no doubt
but that the attendance at the fair
this year will be the greatest in its
history.
PASTOR DIES AT ASSEMBLY
Sudden Death of Rev. E. J. "Davies of
Tecumseh.
TECUMSEH—News of the very sud
den death of Rev. E. J. Davies, for
four years pastor of the Tecumseh
Presbyterian church, was received in
Tecumseh.
Rev. Davies was spending his vaca
tion in Indiana, his family having re
mained at home. The message, which
came from Winona Lake, where he
was attending an assembly, contained
no particulars, merely stating that
Rev. Davies had died very suddenly.
He leaves a wife, son and three daugh
ters.
Orleans’ Big Fair?
ORLEANS, Neb.—Bills are on for'
what promises to be a big event in
southern Nebraska. A combination of
the regular county fair, Old Settlers’
annual reunion and street fair is to bo
held at Orleans August 26 to 28.
Hedge Bound Over.
SEWARD—Jesse W. Hedge, the
young man recently brought back
from Scandia. Kan., charged with get
ting a forged check for $45 cashed at
the Jones’ National bank had his pre
liminary hearing and was bound over
to the district court in bonds of $500.
He failed to give bonds and was re
turned to jail. A farmer named Whlte
nack went to the bank to identify
Hedge and the bank people asked
Whitenack to endorse the checks,
which he did.
Bridge Lumber Scarce.
PLATTSMOUTH—Since the heavy
rain last week, which washed out
many bridges in this county, the com
niissioners have been confronted with
the problem of how to secure the ne
cessary material to make the repairs.
Oak lumber, which is used for floor
ing and stringers, cannot be procured.
Some which was ordered from three
to- five months ago has not arrived.
Trapped a Burglar.
AUDUBON.—Mrs. Sherlock, who re
sides in the eastern part of town,
was awakened by someone trying to
remove the screen to one of the win
dows of the house. Her husband, who
is a railroad brakeman, was away
from home on a trip, and there being
no man at the house she slipped to
the ’phone, muffled the bell, and tele
phoned for help, the intruder being
arrested.
Iowa Farms S4 Par Acre casn,
balanc e ^ crop till paid. WtTLH ALL. Sioux City, Ift*
Chauncey’s Uncle Made ’Em.
Anything to rivet the attention of
the passerby seems to be the New
York merchants' motto. In a shoe
store window in upper Broadway is
a pair of very old, much worn shoes,
above which is a placard reading:
“This pair of snoes was sold in 1860
in Peekskill by Senator Chauncey
Depew’s uncle.”
All Up to Date Housekeepers
nse Defiance Cold W**sr Starch, because It
Is better, and 4 oz. more of it for aams
money.
There Is a fortune in store for the
man who will invent a powder that
will not become dough under perspira,
tion.
I am sure Ftso'i Cure fcr Consumption saved
my life three years ago.—Mrs. Taos. Robbixs.
Maple Street, Norwloh. N. Y.. Feb. IT, 1900.
The man who has a fine summer
home usually has the dyspepsia so
badly that he can’t enjoy himself any
how.
IF YOU USE BALL BLUE,
Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue.
Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents.
If a lamb wanders too far from home*
it may return shorn of its fleece.
Insist on Getting it.
Borne grocers say they don't keep De
fiance Starch. This is because they have »
stock on hand of other brands containing
only 12 oz. in a package, which they won’s
be able to sell first, because Defiance con
tains 16 oz. for the same money.
Do you want 10 oz. Instead of 12 oz. for
same money t Then buy Defiance Starch.
Requires no cooking.
No matter how musical a man may
be, there was never a mosquito yet
that could hum him to sleep.
GREATLY REDUCED RATES
Via
WABASH RAILROAD.
Home Visitors’ Excursion to points
in Indiana, Ohio and' Kentucky, sold*
Sept. 1st, 8th, 15th and Oct. 6th, at
very low rate, long limit returning.
HALF FARE
Baltimore, Md., an<J return sold Sept
17th, 18th and 19th.
Little Rock, Ark., and return sold
Oct. 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
* Detroit, Mich., and return sold Oct
14th, 15th, 16th and 17th.
Homeseekers’ Excursion to many
points South and Southeast, one way
and round trip tickets sold the first
and third Tuesdays of each month.
Tl^e Wabash is the only line pass
ing the World’s Fair Grounds, giving
all a view of the buildings and
grounds. Through connections. No*
bus transfer this route. Elegant
equipment consisting of sleepers.
FREE reclining chair cars and high,
back coaches, on all trains.
Ask your agent to route you via
the Wabash. For rates, holders and
ail information, call at Wabash City
office, 1601 Farnam street or address
HARRY E. MOORES,
.Genl. Agt.- Pass. Dept.,
Omaha, Neb.
All things comes to him who waits,
A Complete Automobile.
Dr. W. N. McVicar, bishop coadju
tor of Rhode Island, tells a fnnny ex
perience at a recent visit to Boston.
He say some boys trotting down Tre
mont street and keeping close togeth
er. One of them kept saying “Chug!
Chug! Chug!” and another occasion
ally said “Toot!” The bishop asked
what they were doing, and was in
formed they were playing “automo
bile.” The one saying “chug” was
the engine, the one saying “toot” the
chauffeur, and the one saying nothing
was a friend taking a ride. The auto
moved on, and the bishop noticed a
fourth boy running along.about fifty
feet behind the others, and asked him
what he represented. “Oh, I'm the
smell," was the perfectly serious an
swer.
Loubet and Cambridge.
President Loubet, in calling on the
Duke of Cambridge, held converse
with a prince who remembers the
days of Louis XVIII and Charles X,
knew Louis Philippe and Napoleon
III, and has twice seen a republic as
the ruling factor in France. More
over, the Duke of Cambridge fought
alongside the French troops in the
Crimea and is the only survivor of
that campaign who held a brigade
command. Napoleon Bonaparte died
when the Duke of Cambridge was 2
years old, and the transference of the
body of the emperor from St. Helena
to the Invalides was undertaken when
the duke had completed his majority.
Four revolutions in France have oc
curred during the duke’s lifetime.
GOT TO
Have Sharp Brains Nowadays or Drop
Back.
The man of to-day no matter what
his calling, needs a sharp brain and
to get this he needs food that not only
gives muscle and strength but brain
and nerve power as well.
A carpenter and builder of Mar
quette, Mich., who is energetic and
wants to advance in his business,
read an article about food in a re
ligious paper and in speaking of his
experience he said: "Up to three
year ago I had not been able to study
or use my thinking powers to any ex
tent. There was something lacking
and I know now that it was due to
the fact that my food was not rebuild
ing my brain.
"About this time I began the use
of the condensed food Grape-Nuts and
the result has been I can think and/,
plan with some success. It has n^t*V
only rebuilt my brain until it is
stronger and surer and more ac
tive, but my muscles are also harder
and more firm where they used to
be loose and soft and my stomach
is now in perfect condition. I can
endure more than twice the amount
of fatigue and my nights’ rest always
■ completely restores me. In olher
words I am enjoying life, and I at
tribute it to the fact that I have found
a perfect fo'd.” Name given by Fos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.