Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
3’NEILL. NEBRASKA
In a preliminary report of Cue om
Bilttee of fifty scientists formed in 1898
to study the liquor question, the in
fluence of alcohol on growth and de
velopment is considered by I). C. F.
Hodge of Clark university, and the re
port is based on experiments on the
trowth of yeast, the growth of kittens,
the growth, intelligence and activity
»nd offspring of dogs and upon the ac
tivity of rabbits. It is interesting to
pote the instinctive avcrtsion of animals
to alcohol. "Kittens refuse to drink
giilk with even the odor of alcohol
ibout it." The dogs, the most Intelli
gent of the animals experimented upon,
‘■shbwedNnany of the nervous symp
toms In evidence In human beingspvhen
ander the long continued Influence of
alcohol." Fear is immediately recog
nized as a characteristic feature In al
toholle insanity, and delirium tremens
IS the most terrible fear paychosts
knows. Under the Influence of alcohol
the dogs became timid. "Whistles In
the distance threw them Into a panic,
In which they howled, while normal
logs simply barked.” In respect to vig
or of offspring, the superiority of
normal to alcoholic pairs is most strik
ing. These experiments also prove the
'general conclusions of hygienists, that
ni feats of strength and endurance al
sohol should be avoided. The animals
plso showed a diminished resistance to
tertaln diseases.
A strange story of the discovery of
an unsuspected art treasure comes
from Canada. A Montreal art dealer
was playing golf and drove a ball
through a window of a cottage. It
struck a picture on the wall. The deal
»r paid handsome compensation and
also acquired the Injured picture. It
turned out, after cleaning and examin
ation, to be a Dutch Interior by Ten
iers, of the value of $2,600. Half of
this sum the dealer gave to the original
owner, to her great surprise.
The colonial treasurer of the Trans
vaal has sent to England for $60,000
worth of pennies with the view of aid
ing In the reduction of the cost of liv
ing in the Kami. Owing to the dearth
of pennies, matches are at present used
in a portion of the currency of the
Hand.
Torquato Tasso was famous through
out Italy before he was 9 years old as
».n accomplished Greek and Latin schol
ar, and the author of clever and polish
ed verses; and at 13 he was the Intel
lectual center of the brilliant court at
Urbino.
Municipal development of water, gas,
electricity, street railways, markets,
baths and cemeteries In Nottingham,
England, has shown an average annual
net profit of $158,000 for the last four
years. The money Is applied to the re
duction of taxes.
The Jew nose, with a hook, was
found in only G per cent, of 3,000 He
brew's observed by Dr. Flshberg, medi
cal examiner for the United Hebrew
societies. Straight noses- constituted
88 per cent., broad noses 12 per cent.,
and retrousse noses 14 per cent.
"I notice you begin your letter to
him 'Dr. Sir.’ That's very slovenly."
“Why ’so?" 'It's ridiculous to make
•Dr.’ an abbreviation for 'Dear..Who
laid anything about 'Dear?' I know
what I’m doing. He owes me £5."—
London Tidbits.
Siberian rallwuy tfalns, under new
schedule, cover the distance from Mos
cow to Port Arthur, 6,388 miles, In
thirteen days, the fare, including sleep
er, being $134. The globe trotter can
have a special train of three cars for
tl.03 a mile.
Professor George O. Curmee, of the
Northwestern university, says slang Is
the language of the people, and al
ways will be. He says: "The speech
of the street gamin Is more virile, di
rect and forceful than that of many ed
ucated people.”
St. Andrew’s Is the oldest Presbyter
tan church In South Africa, and It has
for nearly seventy-five years been the
garrison church for Presbyterian sol
diers In Cape Towrn. It Is proposed to
erect 'a building to seat about 1,200
people.
In order to prevent the extinction of
the chamois in the Swiss alps, a law
has been passed In Orisons, Switzer
land, prohibiting the shooting of
chamois on the mountains. A real
chamois skin Is now worth $50.
Recent statistics show that serpents
kill more persons In India than In any
other country. During 1901 the num
ber of victims was 22,810, and It Is esti
mated that almost, if not quite, as
many were killed In 1902.
The total number of motor electric
cars on the electric railways In Ger
many was 12,GOO at the end of 1902,
and that of trailer cars 8,225. This Is
an Increase of 60 per cent, over the
preceding year.
Iceland M. Pinks of Calhoun, Mo.,
claims to have the coat of arms of the
Washington family, Washington’s offi
cial pedigree and a sliver watch which
formerly belonged to the ’’Father of
His Country."
In Indian Territory there are 13,864
Indian scholars enrolled in the public
Schools. Of these 5,383 are In the Cher
okee nation, 2,754 In the Creek, 4,788
In the Choctaw and 939 In the Chicka
saw.
A recent census of China shows that
that country, crowded with "teeming
millions,” has 103 to the square mile,
Belgium has 220 to the square mile.
Great Britain has 130 and Germany
105.
The oldest ship In the world, the mall
schooner Vigilant, running Into St.
Croix, French West Indies, although
now under the French llag, was built
of Essex oak at Essex, Mass., In 1802.
The value of work done last year by
convicts throughout Japan Is esti
mated at 1,000,000 yen, while the state
had to pay 5,000,000 yen for support
ing the convicts.
Half of the ground known at the
time of the Chicago exhibition as the
Midway Plalsance is to be made the
site of the greatest medical school In
the world.
In Prussia a law Is being prepared
directing that physicians who desire to
establish themselves as specialists
must undergo additional severe exam
inations.
In 1900 the United States had 193,340
miles of railway lines, two-fifths of the
mileage of the world. In round num
t hers there are now 200,000 miles.
J, A. G. Carson, after a tour of the
world. In which he traversed 31,000
miles of land and sea, has Jtist returned
to 1 's home in Savannah. Gnu
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MUCH ATTENTION
GIVEN TO IRRIGATION
Much Land Has Been Made
Valuable in Western Part
of the State.
MANY EXCELLENT CANALS
Recently Applications Have Been Filed
for Nearly 100 Miles of Proposed
Canals—Improvements to Cost
About $8,000,000.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 1.—Irrigation
has received much attention at the
hands of the people of Nebraska during
the last year and the great good that
can be accomplished through it in in
creasing the value of the lands, espe
cially in the west portion of the state,
becomes known more and more, it is
expected that irrigation will be given
more attention In the future. During
the year, the records of the secretary
of the state board of irrigation show,
applications have been filed for about
100 miles of new canals covering about
40,000 acres and applications for per
mits to appropriate water for power
purposes have been filed for plants
which the applicants estimate will cost
about $8,000,000 and will develop about
100,000-horse power. Nebraska has now
about 2,000 miles of canals, covering
about 1,000,000 acres of land.
In addition to these new projects
many Improvements have been made
in canals already constructed and the
urea irrigated under these have been
materially Increased. Many appro
priators on the small streams have con
structed reservoirs to store the surplus
water and by this they add to the acre
age which it Is possible for them to
irrigate. The greatest development has
been along the North Platte river and
the smaller streams In northwest sec
tions of the state,, where they do not
depend upon the natural rainfall as
they do further east. The Loup rivers
carry a large amount of water and, ris
ing as they do in the sandhill country,
their flow is very uniform. Many per
mits to appropriate water from these
streams have been granted and some
excellent canals have been constructed.
HOLDUP AT LINCOLN.
Two Mon Aro Badly Beaten by Thugs
Who Demanded Money.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 1.—H. J. Deyo,
a Burlington engineer, was shot in the
neck and painfully Injured, and Ed
ward Curtis was badly beaten by foot
pads In two separate holdups. Deyo
was returning home when two men
stepped In front of him and demanded
his money. He grabbed at the nearest
one of the men and the latter then
flr£d, the ball passing through Deyo's
neck, making an ugly though not dan
gerous wound. The two men then
Jumped on the Injured man and took
the money from his pockets, and both
ran. Deyo managed to get home and
reported to the pollcet.
A few minutes later James Fair
weather, Frank Williams and Edward
Curtis were passing In the same neigh
borhood, with Curtis several yards in
the lead. Suddenly two men Jumped
from a shadow, and as they demanded
his money one of them struck Curtis
a blow on the head with his revolver.
Fnlrweather and Williams came to the
assistance of Curtis and a desperate
struggle ensued, In which the three
men were all injured. The robbers In
running left a 38-callbre revolver.
American make, and a black Fedora
hat. They secured $2 from Curtis and
a knife from each of the others. The
police have arrested two men, residents
of Lincoln, who answer the description
if the robbers.
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FEEBLE MINDED YOUTH.
Pleasing Program Given Thanksgiving
by Brightest of Inmates.
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 1.—A very
pleasing program was given Thanks
giving eve at the Nebraska Institute for
Feeble Minded Youth by the pupils of
that institution. The entertainments
given at this institution possess a pe
culiar Interest from the fact that It is
popularly presumed that the children
gathered here are not mentally con
stituted to give an entertainment of
special interest. But never was there
a greater popular error. The casual
visitor to these affairs can hardly rec
oncile himself to the belief that the
participants In the programs are not
among the brightest of school children,
possessed of all their mental faculties.
The singing and recitations were pleas
ure giving in the highest degree, as
were the caltsthenlc exercises and
drills, ami this same observation wifi
truly apply to them.
DIED OF GRIEF.
•-ittio Dog, Adopted at Fire Station
Died on Removal of a Fire Horse.
Hastings, Neb., Dec. 1.—When the
dog Pal died at the city hall last
| week It was another Instance among
' animals of death because of grief. Pal
was adopted by the boys of the lire
department about two years ago and
was a favorite among them.
Meanwhile a strong mutual friend
ship had sprung up between Pal and
one of the department horses, Dave.
So well did these two understand each
other that Pal would often crawl into
Dave's stall and remain there for an
hour or more visiting apparently with
as much enjoyment as human beings.
It was by Dave’s side that Pal raced
to the tires.
About a year ago Dave was deemed
unfit for service and sold and taken
away. From the day of his departure
his friend Pal began to moan. He
I would look longingly Into the stall of
his departed comrade and at night
I howled disconsolately. Gradually he
I ceased to take Interest in fires until at
last he did not leave the engine house.
His whines at times were pitiful and he
ate but little and was coming to be a
mere shadow of the old Pal. Early last
week he died of grief, and the firemen
ire mourning his death as that of a
rue friend.
Prevalence of Coyotes.
Hastings. Neb., Dec. 1.—For Bonn
time rumors have been heard, espe
cially from the region of the Little
Blue, of the prevalence of coyotes and
of the depredations done by them in
the farmyards, but the daring of the
little pests was not realized until two
of them were caught at daylight inside
the city prowling about the chicken
hous'-s Many chickens had been
missed, but the deeds were laid at the
door of sneak thlves. The two seen
were »buu- be premises of Mr. Muzzy,
who “hot 1 ue of them
TO HELP HARVEST LABOR
Plan to Establish a Bureau to Distrib
ute the Men.
Lincoln, Neb., IJec. 1.—The Nebras
ka labor bureau has sounded the labor
commissioners of Kansas, Missouri.
Iowa and South Dakota as to their wil
lingness to co-operate with Nebraska
In furnishing harvest hands next sea
son. The circular reviews the troubles
which have been experienced In the
past through lack of co-operation and
suggests that an Interstate association
be formed at Kansas City next Janu
ary or February.
The plun Is for the various bureaus
to Install correspondents in the grain
districts, who shall report any unusual
demand for labor, or m case more la
borers are at hand than are needed.
Last season Nebraska could have
used a few hundred men who were Idle
In Kansas and anxious for work, but
lack of communication between the two
states left both parties in Ignorance of
the fact that their troubles could have
been overcome.
The plan also contemplates an ar
rangement with all of the railroads,
whereby cheap "harvest hand” tickets
may be placed on sale In all of the
bureaus In order to save time.
Nebraska was offered several hun
dred hands In Manchester, Kan., last
summer, but by the time transportation
had been secured the men had tired of
valtlng and dispersed.
Firo at Kencsaw.
Kenesaw, Neb., Dec. 1.—The fine
blacksmith shop belonging to Stephen
Schultz was completely destroyed by
fire. The loss Is estimated at $3,000.
The shop was the finest In the state
and was fitted up with two gasoline
engines, trip hammers, etc. The Im
plement shop belonging to Mr. Schultz,
adjoining the building destroyed, was
saved with great difficulty. Had It
burned nothing could have saved the
entire business portion of the city.
Students Parade.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 30.—Last night the
university students paraded the streets
for hours, headed by their band, In cele
bration of the close of the Cornhuskers’
second successive season without having
lost a game. College yells, cheers for
Chancellor Andrews, the team, Its captain,
Manager Buckner, and everyone else who,
In any manner, contributed to the success,
resounded through all of the principal
streets. Bonfires on the campus served
to make the occasion not unlike the old
time political ratification.
Although the students had possession of
the business part of town for several
hours, the police were not called upon to
keep any of them within bounds, and
aside from the loss of a lot of lumber,
which was being used In the construction
of an Eleventh street building, no prop
erty damage was reported. The uni
versity band kindly assisted a street
meeting of the Salvation army, without
'nvltatlon.
Sues for Damages.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 30.—Joseph Jamison
had two lingers crushed while working on
a Burlington construction train near Al
liance, and has a Judgment against the
company for $1,220.85, which the supreme
court Is now asked to reverse. The Bur
lington's position is that Sullivan, the man
in charge of the work, was a fellow-serv
ant, and that the company is not respon^
Bible for what he did; also, that Jamison’
was aware of all the circumstances, was
an experienced man at the work and
‘heaved” at ills own risk.
Death Was Accidental.
Grand Island, Neb., Nov. 2S.—The
coroner’s jury Investigating the death
of Robert Cowan, Union Pacific line
man, killed at the west end of Ulo lo
cal yards, found that death wlis^fcdl
dental and that no blame was attach
able to any one. Engineer Paulson and
Fireman Rassmussen testified they had
whistled for two crossings west of the
place where they had overtaken Cowan
on his railroad velocipede an 1 they had
whistled short blasts when they saw
him ahead, had reversed the engine and
put on the air. Ira Muzzey and Mr.
Mahan, stock yards employt a, corrobo
rated the trainmen's testimony in the
main and said they saw the deceased
look back and then pedal faster as If
trying to Increase his speed. The en
gine overtook the rider In 100 yards
and he was thrown upon an adjacent
track and rolled along a distance of
forty feet. He was not badly cut, but
the rear portion of his skull was
crushed almost to a pulp, though the
scalp was not torn.
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Program at Tecumseh.
Tecumseh, Neb., Nov. 28.—The com
mittee having the arrangements In
charge at Table Rock announces the
following program for the unveiling of
the new soldiers' monument in that
city on Saturday, December 5:
1:30 p. in.—Music In the park by the
band.
The program at the cemetery:
Music by the band; song, "Oh, Let
Me Sleep Beneath the Flag;” Invoca
tion, Chaplain J. D. Longwell; recita
tion, “The American Flag,” Max Mar
ble; song, "One by One They Are Drop
ping;” presentation of monument to
Governor J. H. Mickey, by Comrade
Sutt'on; dedicatory address, Governor
Mickey; song, "God of Our Fathers;’’
address, Comrade 1’. C. Johnson; song,
“America," by audience, led by cor
lets.
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TROOPS NOT NEEDED.
General Bates Says Labor Troubles,ir>
Colorado Do Not Justify Using
Federal Force.
Washington, Pec. 1. — Acting Ad
jutant General Hill today received a
telegram from Major General Bates,
commanding the department of the
lakes, saying he had completed an In
vestigation of the labor troubles in Col
orado, and In his judgment there is
nothing in the situation to call for fed
eral troops.
Goes to Philippines.
Mason City, la.. Nov. 28.—Superin
tendent F. H. Slaga of Kossuth coun
ty, formerly principal of the Mason
City high school, passed the necessary
examination and leaves Christmas for
the Philippines to enter the employ of
the government at a salary of $100 per
month, In educational work.
Wyoming Bank Failure,
Casper, Wyo., Nov. 28.—W A. Den
ecke's private bank, capital $5,000, but
carrying large deposits, failed today.
Over speculation in poor stock loans is
the stated cause.
Roberts to Retire.
London, Nov. 2S.—Although no pub
lic announcement is made it Is under
stood Lord Roberts is ubout to resign
as commander-in-chief, owing to 111
health.
Arrest the Passengers.
London, Nov. 27.—The North London au
thorities have adopted a novel method for
suppressing the over crowding on street
cars. Finding the arrest and fining of
conductors insufficient, they are resort
ing to the arrest of passengers, including
women, whom the magistrates tine for
“aiding and abetting" conductors In con
travening the anti-crowding law.
MANY WILL NOW
DENY CHARGES
Protection From Those Men*
tioned in the Bristow
Report of Frauds.
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TALK OF A LIBEL SUI'i
Michael Louis, Former Superintendent
of Division of Postoffice Supplies,
Wants Bristow to Place Dec
laration Over Signature.
Washington, Dec. 2.—Michael W.
Louis, former superintendent of the
division of postoffice supplies, made
this statement concerning the refer
ences to himself in the Bristow report:
"Mr. Bristow has taken an unfair ad
vantage, relying on the immunity that
his position affords him. I, however,
challenge him to make the statement
contained in the report over his own
sigrwiture, and have the same pub
lished so that it will give me an op
portunity to enter suit against him
for libel, so that the case can be prop
erly heard and witnesses examined. I
will in return for this guarantee not
to accept any damages the court may
award me, but will be satisfied to sim
ply show the baselessness of his state
ments.”
Not in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Dec. 2.—Michael W.
Louis, mentioned in the Bristow report
as having been appointed cashier in the
Kansas City postoffice, was never in
Kansas City, according to Charles N.
Zeidlltz, formerly assistant postmaster.
"I have never seen Louis,” said Zeid
litz. "At the time mentioned we were
running short and should have been
glad of his assistance. The first we
heard of him was when a letter came
from the firet asistant postmaster gen
eral's office In Washington instructing
the postmaster to put the name of
Michael W. Louis on the pay roll as
cashier and send his salary to Wash
ington by registered mail. As I re
member it the pay was $2,500 a year.
We paid twice a month then, and
Louis’ salary was sent to Washington
in care of the first assistant postmas
ter general's office. He was on the pay
roll three months.
"We were considerably exercised
about Louis,” continued Mr. Zeidlitz,
“but of course we could do nothing.
The order eame from the head of the
department and we could only obey.”
Landvoight Also Indignant.
Washington, Dec. 2—W. H. Land
voight, who was superintendent of the
classification division of tlje postoffice
department when removed from office,
and who was superintendent of the
registry system when the manifold pa
per was introduced there, which mat
ter was a part of the Bristow report,
In a statement issued last night de
clared that Mr. Bristow offers no facts
in his report as a reason for his alle
, gations against him (Landvoight) and
that what he does say Is not true.
The paper, he says, was adopted
months before the employment of his
son by the General Manifold company.
Landvoight added: "It was not for
some time after my boy was actually
put to work in the manifold company’s
plant that I knew he was there.”
"I cannot Quite understand,”’ says
Landvoight, “the principle by which
he (Bristow) should force me to resign
because my son was employed at
Franklin, and yet he should remain
and draw a good salary when he knows
that his own son, during the school
vacation of 1902, drew $700 a year for
sitting in the room of the assistant
postmaster at Washington, D. C., read
\ ing detective stories.
IDLE MEN ARRESTED.
Gcv. Peabody Instructs Officials ti
Drive Out Trouble Breeders.
Telluride, Colo., Dec. 2.—Carrying out
the previous instructions of Governor
Peabody when he ordered that “agita
tors, idlers and trouble breeders be
driven from the county," Sheriff Rutan
arrested twenty-eight men, soldiers as
sisting the civil officers. Twenty' of the
prisoners were discharged later by Jus- .
tice of the Peace Robinson.
Others were fined from $15 to $35 !
each. The sen'.ences were suspended
until December 20, when the fines must
be paid or incarceration in jail will fol- |
low unless the men go to work.
About fifty miners are working on
the Tomboy property. No attempt will
be made to resume work at any other
of the idle mines until the Tomboy has
secured a full force of miners and mill ,
I nen.
TAKES A RAILROAD.
Grover Cleveland Will Foreclose Bonds
Against One, All of Which
He Owns.
Franklin, Pa., Dec. 2.—Former Pres
ident Grover Cleveland Is about to !
foreclose a mortgage upon the narrow 1
gauge Bradford, Bordell and Kinzue
railroad, of which he is the exclusive
bondholder. At one time the road paid
large dividends. It is only sixteen
miles long, and when it was built its
promoters induced Cleveland to take
the entire issue. Mr. Cleveland still has
the bonds and the owners owe him so
much lapsed interest he is going to sell
the equipment at Bradford December 1.
32,000 MORE CUT.
Wages on Another Big Section of the
New England Textile Workers
Are Reduced.
Boston, Mass., Dec. 2.—Wages of
about 32,000 cotton textile operatives
were reduced today. Today's addition
brings the total number in New Eng
land who have had their pay cut' down
this £all to about 64,000. The cut down
in the majority of factories averages 10
per cent. Reports from the mill dis
trict indicate the new schedules are re
ceived without any serious protest by
the operatives.
WESTON FIXES IT.
Nebraska State Auditor, Arrested h
Bank Affair, Says Institution
Will Pay Out.
Douglas, Wyo., Dec. 2.—Charles
Weston, state auditor of Nebraska, who
was arrested here on charges connect
ed with the closing of the Denecke
bank, of Casper, says the affairs of the
bank will be adjusted to the entire sat
isfaction of the other stockholders. A
message from Casper says the stock
holders will settle in full with deposit
ors and will immediately reorganize in
to a national Institution.
SAYS HE HYPNOTIZED HER
Lyon County Business Man Indicted on
Evidence of a Woman.
Rock Rapids, la., Dec. 1.—A most
remarkable case involving hypnotism
and crime Is brought before the Lyon
county court by the indictment Of
James Donovan of Little Rock, this
county, for rape and also for seduction
of Violet Bowen, aged 23.
When the woman first charged that
she had been hypnotized little attention
was paid to it, though her previous
good character made some people give
it consideration.
Donovan was a jeweler and land man
at Little Rock. Miss Bowen was his
wife’s cousin. Thirteen months ago he
left on a land trip in Pouth Dakota.
Next day the Bowen gii; disappeared,
leaving a letter saying she would not
I return. Later a letter came from Don
ovan saying he and the girl had gone
away together.
The pair lived in Council Bluffs and
later, for about a year, in LeMars.
From LeMars Donovan wrote and in
duced his wife to Join them. The two
women lived with him some time. Then
he went with them to Adrian, Minn.,
and the Bowen girl became a mother.
Induced to Make Complaint.
At Adrian, friends succeeded In
breaking down the man’s influence and
convinced her that she should prosecute
him, before the grand jury in this
county, their old home, she told a
strange story. She said Donovan had
had her completely under hypnotic in
fluence, and by means of this power
had forced her to the crimes she had
committed.
This claim would have had little
weight had it not been fully corrobor
ated by a number of people who swore
that they knew of Donovan’s power
over the woman, and had seen him
exert it. This showing was so con
vincing that the indictments were re
turned.
Donovan is represented by Parsons
& Riniker, and the state by County At
torney Fisher. The defense claims that
experts in hypnotism agree it cannot
he employed to compel people, against
their will, to do criminal acts. Much
stress was laid on the discussion in the
grand jury room of the possibilities of
hypnotism. When the case comes to
trial it will turn largely on expert tes
timony on this subject, both sides be
ing determined to present the strongest
that is to be had.
Miss Bowen's parents are old settlers,
well-to-do farmers, and the case has
attracted the utmost interest. It will
probably go over to the next term of
court for trial, as neither side is ready
for it now. The woman claims that
from the time she ran away with
Donovan till six months ago, his con
trol of her was complete and un
broken.
NEARLY JAIL DELIVERY.
Desperate Act of Prisoner in County
Jail at Jefferson.
Jefferson, Dec. 1.—Charles Mitchell,
who’ is confined in the county jail
awaiting the action of the grand jury
on charge of burglarizing Braverman’s
store at Scranton, tried to make a get- j
away. Sheriff Anderson had allowed
him the freedom of the corridors during
the afternoon and evening, and when he i
went in to lock him in the cage for
the night, the other prisoners said he
was in bed. As a matter of face Mit
chell had put a dummy to bed, and was
himself hidden on the top of the cage.
As soon as the sheriff was gone, he got
down and began to bore through the
wall, next to a south window. He got
a hole partly through, but made so j
much noise that the sheriff heard him, |
and after satisfying himself what was j
going on, he went in and thrust a gun |
In Mitchell’s face and put him back into |
a cell. Mitchell is the man who Jumped
out of a window at Herndon with hand- :
cuffs on his wrists, and is altogether a
bad man. He will n „ have any further
opportunity to parade the corridors so
long as he stays here. Short and Glos
ser, his companion prisoners, did not
give him any aid except to keep still
"bout his plan to outwit the sheriff.
BAD FOR INSURANCE.
Very Unfavorable Reports for the Clos,
mg Year in This State.
Des Moines, la., Nov. 30.—The Iowa fire
insurance companies £re making arrange
ments for compiling their annual reports
to be forwarded to the auditor of state.
The majority of the companies complain j
of last year’s business. They state the !
losses have been very large, owing to the :
severe electrical storms during the sum
mer and the heavy windstorms during
May and June, while the amount of busi
ness written has not been what was an
ticipated.
A feature which Is becoming greater
each year is the loss sustained on live
stock. The Iowa fire and lightning in
surance companies hold practically all
the insurance on live stock in the state.
In the majority of instances, a large num
ber of animals are killed by one stroke.
This is because they crowd into the fence
corners and the wire fences carry the
electrical current, killing all animals
near it. As a safeguard against these
large losses the companies are endeavor
ing to have the farmers ground the cur
rents by running wires into the ground
every few rods. It is comparatively easy
and of little expense to fasten a wire to
all the fence and run it a few feet into
the ground, grounding the electrical cur
rent which would otherwise be carried
many rods and work destruction to the i
mimals near the fence.
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WAS FROM IOWA.
Tom O’Day in Trouble in Wyoming for
Stealing From the State.
Dunlap, la., Dec. 1.—Tom O’Day,
who has been arrested in Wyoming on
the charge of horse stealing, is a na
tive of Galland’s Grove, four miles east
of here. He is said to be not more
than 40 years of age. Twenty years
ago he quitted these parts, but re
turned five years later and remained
for about a year. A® a young man he
was of a wild, harum-scarum temper
ament, fond of a fight and hard to
whip, but he developed no criminal
tendencies while here, nor is it related
ihat he ever broke into jail as the re
sult of his drinking bouts or pugilistic
encounters. His arrest is regarded
with considerable interest by those who
can still remember how they nursed
sore bruises and decorated optics as the
result of collisions with the “Broni
Bones” of Galland’s Grove.
Tom O’Day’s mother and two broth
ers still live at Galland’s Grove, and are
held in high esteem by their neighbors.
Two married sisters live in Omaha.
J. L. SAWYER APPOINTED,
Centerville Doctor Will Be Legal Rep
resentative of Drake Heirs.
Centerville, la., Dec. 1.—A move was
made in regard to the Drake estate
that places official confirmation upon
the statement that there was no will
left by ex-Governor F. M. Drake, w’hose
death took place last week. J. L.
Sawyer was appointed the legal repre
sentative of the heirs this morning and
was given a power of attorney to act
for ail of the heirs. In consequence of
this there will be no administrator ap
pointed.
STUDENTS DIE IN i
A DORMITORY FIRE
Two Lose Lives in Early Morn
ing Blaze at Jewell Luth.
eran College.
thirty in the building
None Was Seriously Injured Among
Those Who Escaped—Building a
T%tal Loss—Insurance $12,COO,
While Loss cf $25,000.
Jewell, la., Dec. 2.—Two students
Were burned to death and twenty more
were fortunate in escaping with their
lives from the men's dormitory of the
Jewell Lutheran college, which burned
this morning. The dead:
BERTEN MELANG, son of Ole
Melang of Rose Grove, this county.
-PETERSON, of Red Wing, Minn.
The body of young Melang was found
in the ruins. That of Peterson has not
been found, but tnere is no doubt that
he was lost in the fire.
The flames are supposed to have V.
started in the basement, though their ^
origin and the earlier incidents are f
mysteries. The building was used
chiefly for dormitory purposes, and
about thirty young men were occupy
ing rooms there. There was a separate
dormitory for the young women.
Fire Discovered at 5:15 a. m.
The fire was discovered at 6:15 this
morning, and in a few minutes the en
tire building was in flames. They
spread very fast, as practically nothing
could be done to stop them, the build
ings being so far out of town that the
water service wras of no use.
The first students who were awak
ened by the flames and smoke rushed
through the halls shouting and pound
ing on the door to arouse the others.
Some of them who were sleeping, sup
posing that they being awakened by
rioting students for amusement, paid
no attention at first, and many narrow
escapes resulted. The flames spread
very fast, and the wonder is that there
were no more fatalities.
A considerable number of students
got outside in their night clothes, not
daring, when they first awoke, to wait
for anything, for the building was filled
with dense smoke and they could not
tell how much of it was burned. Reach
ing the outside, they were deceived by
appearances, and several, thinking the
fire was not yet dangerous, re-entered
to save their clothes, etc.
Had Narrow Escapes.
Among these a dozen had narrow
escapes, the flames reaching out so
fast that their means of egress were
nearly cut off. All, however, got out
side except Peterson and Melang, who **
are believed to have perished in their *
rooms without ever getting outside at
all. Nobody recollects seeing them
leave and then re-enter the building.
As soon as it was certain the build
ing was doomed the scantily clad stu
dents were eared for in nearby houses.
There were some startling scenes on
the campus, for the young women ap
peared early from their dormitory, only
to be frightened back to quarters by
the spectacle of a half score or more of
young men dancing about the burning
structure in very scanty apparel.
Nothing Saved From Building.
Nothing was saved from the build
ing. It was some time before a census
could be taken to discover whether
anybody was missing. Then it was
first supposed that Melang alone was
lost. Later his body was found. Then
it developed that Peterson also was not
to be found, and that he was unques
llonably dead.
The college was established in 1S92
by the Norwegian Lutherans and has
about 100 students. The loss on the
building is $22,000, and on furniture,
etc., $3,000. Insurance, $12,000.
Jewell is in the southwest corner of
Hamilton county, about twenty miles,
from Webster City, and is at the junc
tion of the Sioux City-Tama and Des
Moines-Mlnneapolis lines of the North
western road. ^
EVEN NEWSPAPER fflEN J
Grand Rapids Waterworks Scandal
Was So Bad as to Take in the
Journalists Generally.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 2.—Lant
K. Salsbury, former city attorney, to
day testified in the examination of
State Senator Burns, charged with
complicity in the notorious, wa
ter deal scandal. Salsbury im
plicated not only Burns, but
R. A. Cameron and H. A.
Taylor of New York, Charles S. Burch
of the Grand Tinpids Evening Press, J.
Clark Stroat, manager of the Grand
Rapids Evening Democrat, ex-Mayor
Perry, Dudley E. Waters, Eugene D.
Conger, manager of the Grand Rapids
Herald, J. R. Thomson, a reporter on
the Evening Press, Corey P. Blssell,
member of the board of public works,
and- Aldermen Ellen, Depagtor, Kin
ney, Sehriver, Mol, Stonehouse, Mac
Lachlan, McCool. Muir, Donovan
Ghysals, Lozier, Slocum and City Clerk
Lamoreaux.
Salsbury claimed to have paid va
rious sums of money to each of the
above named in connection with the
waterworks scheme.
Salsbury also implicated Samuel N.
Lemon, collector of internal revenue,
and William H. Anderson, president of
the Fourth National bank, who, so he
■>ays, wanted $1,000 each.
LEFT $28,301,765. 4
How the Estate of the Late Multi-Mil
lionaire, C. P. Huntington,
Was Divided.
New York, Dec. 2.—The uppraisa.
of the estate of Collis P. Huntington,
who died August J.3, 1900, shows that he
left a net real and personal estate
valued at $28,301,705. The gross per
sonality amounted to $35,594,586, from
which are deducted the debts due by
the estate, the expenses of the admin
istration and the executors' commis-k.
sions. This appraisal was directed bjA'
the surrogate court. The executors ap*f.
pointed by Mr. Huntington’s will are/
his widow, Mrs. Arabella D. Hunting
ton, Isaac E. Gated and Charles H.
Tweed. The chief beneficiaries under
the will are .,Irs. Huntington, whose
share amounts to $15,025,000; Henry E.
Huntington, a nephew of Mr. Hunting
ton, who received $9,239,734; the Prin
cess Clara E. Hatzfeld, his adopted
daughter, for whom $1,000,000 was left
in trust, and Archer M. Huntington, an
adopted son, who receives a bequest of
$250,000, besides a contingent interest
in a portion r.f the estate. The report /
of the appraiser was filed many months. 1
ag<>, but was kept secret until discov
ered today. 1