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VOLUME XXIV. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 1904. NUMBER 31.
MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE
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Such is Charge on Which Edward
Slattery is Being Tried.
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SPECTATORS CROWD COURT-ROOM
Many Witnesses Are Examined and
1 , Much Interest is Manifest in
r tile Case.
(There is a scene of activity in and
around the court-house these cold
January days and men that have noth
ing else to do are holding down a seat
in the court-room, leaning over the
seat just in front and turning an at
tentive ear toward the official pre
cincts behind the railing.
| The second trial of Edward Slattery
" for killing Henry Shaw last March is
in progress and attracks much attei -
tion. The case is being tried on a
charge of murder in the first degree,
as was also the first case in which the
jury disagreed. There was a long
combat between the attorneys for the
defense and prosecution as whether
the defendant would be tried for mur
der or manslaughter. The case finally
caine to trial on a charge of murder in
the first degree.
The following is the jury:
George Horton of Inglis.
William Hewet of Dustin.
L. M. Rhodes of Stuart.
S. S. Wymore of Stuart.
W. L West of Atkinson.
Fred Wefso of Dustin.
John Hart of Dustin.
R. Oppenheimer of Stuart.
P. H. Crosner of Dustin.
S. R Murphy of Dustin.
L. Thurlow of Stuart.
Ernest Cracher of Ewing.
Along string of witnesses for both
defense and prosecution have been
called and the entire week has been
spent in taking testimony. At this
- writing, Wednesday afternoon, the
” defense is still calling witnesses.
Judge Jackson of Neligh is assisting
County Attorney Mullen and R R.
Dickson in the prosecution. M. F.
Harrington conducts the defense.
The defendant, a young man of
nineteen years, sits between his white
haired father, Michael Slattery, and
his attorney betraying no signs of
concern at t he out come of the t rial
and apparently oblivious to the gravi
ty of the crime with which he is charg
ed. His mother, two sisters and two
two brot hers have also been in attend
ance at the trial and have given in
testimony.
A hard fight is being made on both
sides and all the details of the tragic
and sad affair thoroughly sifted. It is
not denied that the shooting was done
but the defense are endeavoring to
show that Shaw had been a quarrel
some and obstreperous man and had
provoked the defendant to the use of
his gun.
Frontier readers are already con
versent with t lie history of this case
m and arehersal of the same is therefore
not necessary.
Father Nugent Injured.
Council Bluffs item in Omaha Bee:
Rev. J F. Nugent, pastor of the
Church of the Visitation in this city,
is lying at his home dangerously ill
from a fall he received on the ice. Fie
was making a sick call on a parishioner
and fell on the walk as he stepped
from the carriage. lie is one of the
best known priests of Iowa, has been
pastor here for many years and is also
known all over the country as a
lecturer of ability. ITis lecture work
has taken him into nearly every part
of the west and he is regarded as the
most eloquent man in the church In
Iowa
Father Nugent is an uncle of D. A.
Doyle of this city.
Important Notice.
Office of County Treasurer, O’Neill,
Nebraska, December 3o, 1903.—To
Whom It May Concern: All delin
quent personal taxes for 1903 and all
prior years must be collected by dis
tress after the 1st day of February,
1904. Under the provisions of the
new revenue law, I have no discre
tion. Distress warrants must issue
unless poverty affidavits are tiled.
Please look over your receipts and see
that all your personal taxes for 1903
and all prior years have been paid. If
in doubt write the office. Prompt
payment will save costs.
jr' 27-4 D. J. Cronin, County Treasurer.
The Frontier regrets to learn that
A. II. Farnsworth, druggist of Page,
has been compelled to make an assign
ment for the benefit of his creditors.
The assignment was made to the
sheriff, Tuesday, and it is believed
the assets will bring enough to pay all
creditors in full, the amount involved
being between seven and eiglit hun
dred dollars.
Frank Martin has been looking
after the water plant for some days
owing to the illness of his father, who
is now able to bu out again.
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be closed out at from 20 to 50 per cent off of the regular price, Buck as ladies’ l(vs|| s
cloaks and su;ts, odd skirts, shirt waists, shirt waist patterns, fur coats, overcoats, 1
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larettes, muffs, scarfs, children’s sets, night robes in all sizes. 1 have a large I
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gpB at bottom prices. I have received a large shipment of men’s fine shoes, some new gp 1
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WEATHER MU COLD
lie’, ry Shoots Down to Twenty
Degrees Below.
WINTER RESORT IS FROSTED
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Week of Pretty Stiff Weather, the
Kind that Makes the Ice and
Coal Man Smile.
Nebraska reputation as a winter
resort suffered a severe shock the
irst few days of this week, begining
with Saturday of last- From weather
;ondition that would permit the thrif
y husbandman to turn the mellow
'round with a plow there was a sud
len transition to conditions eternally
lovering about the frozen zone.
As early as last Friday there was a
leclension in temperature, with a
reinendous drop on Saturday night,
when mercury reach to 18 below. Nor
lid it reach uo very far any time
luring the 23d, the highest point
aeing 5 below. The 21lh brought a
dill lower range, mercury chasing
lown the tube to 20 below. The 25th
showed a change for the better. The
owest point on that date was twelve
legrees warmer than the day previous
tnd there has been a warming up
tendency since. About an inch of
show fell during the period and on
Tuesday the eves began to drip.
Wednesday more snow fell so that
loday a blanket of the “beautiful”
covers the earth. The temperature
also declined a little last night but by
(he middle of the forenoon today
mercury was at zero.
Georgs Foster Weds.
Married at the residence of the
groom’s sister, Mrs. (J. F. Ileywood.
Central City, Nebr., Mr. George L.
Foster, of Gresham and Miss Grace
Worden, of Douglas county, Nebraska,
Uev. C. F. Ileywood officiating. The
ceremony was performed at eleven
o’clock a. in., Tuesday, January 19.
A few friends and neighbors were
present as guests and alter luncheon
the happy pair took the 1:40 p. tn.
train on the JB. & M. for Waco, thence
by team to Gresham, their future
home. The bride is an old friend of
Mrs. Ileywood’s of long standing, a
perfect lady in every respect and will
be quite tin addition to Gresham
society. We bespeak for her a gener
ous welcome.
The foregoing is found in a copy of
Lhe Gresham Gazette sent The Fron
tier. The groom is an old Holt county
man and resided in O’Neill some
eight or ten years ago. The Front ier
is glad to see this case of bachlorhood
}f long standing broken, and extends
congratulations.
I have started a bakery and can
furnish you with bread,pies and cakes,
home made; call and see me, three
loots north of P. O.—G. C Hat
held. _ 28 tf
LOCAL MATTERS.
Dr. Perrigo is coming Saturday,
Feb. 6.
George Butler and J Race were up
from Ewing last evening.
The reliable Opt halm' Ologlst, Dr.
Perrigo, at Evans Hotel, Feb. 6.
Miss Julia Sullivan, who has been
attending school at Fremont, is home.
Walter and Will Laviollette go to
Stuart tomorrow to furnish music
for a dance.
I have a car of fresh buckwheat
flour that I am selling at cost.—S. F.
Me Nichols. 20-tf
Dr. Corbett will be in his dental
oltice and gallery from the 23d to 30th
of eacli month. 17-tf
For sale, at 50 each, large full blood
Plymouth Rock roosters.—Mrs. Mary
McAllister, Agee, Neb.
Cross eyes st raightened wit bout the
the use of the knife. See Dr. Perrigo
about it, Evans Hotel, Feb. 0.
Our call for a copy of The Frontier
of May 3, 1900, lias been responded to
by a reader at O’Neill and one at Pon
tiac, Mich., so we have two copies and
no need of any more. The Frontier
is very grateful for thes • papers.
Editor and Postmaster Cronin made
a flying trip to Lincoln Saturday,
accompaning his brother-in-law, Mr.
Lorge, who was enroute to Arizona.
Tuesday Mr. Cronin again went to
Lincoln to attend the state press
association meeting.
County Assessor Cooper is in town
shaping things in connection with his
otflee for the proper administration of
the same. There will bean assessor
for each township appointed by him
to be confirmed by the county hoard.
Tlie appointments have not yet been
made.
Mike Kirwin was over from Boyd
county Tuesday to attend the funeral
of Peter Grutscii. Mike says lie lias
a good farm near Gross that lie lias
recently been aide to clear from all
indebtedness and claim as his own.
He is looking well, which indicates
that rural life is agreeing with him.
A. II Backus was down from At
kinson Monday. Arthur has matured
to manhood since lie performed the
duties of devil on the Independent in
O’Neill three oi four years ago. He
published a paper at Lindsay for a
year previous to going to Atkinson in
November, and is now connected with
tiie Graphic.
Tlie flag floated over Hotel Evans
for several days last week and this.
Lieutenant Mapes of Ft. Niobrara
was hereon a recruiting mission lot
three of the several days, and Wes
says ii was too eoid to make the neces
sary aei i ll assent to remove old glory
with the mercury monkeying around
the twenty mark. There were tic
army enlistments.
Attorney M J Abbott of Page was
in the city Tuesday on business, mat
ing The Frontier a business and fra
ternal call Besides being a lawyer,
Mr Abbott is an old time newspaper
man. He came to Page a few months
ago from the western part of the suiie '
on a visit to his daughter and decided
to hang up a legal shingle in that
thriving little village.
Dan Harrington, formerly in
Mann’s store but lately of South
Omaha, has been spending the week
with relatives and friends in the city.
Dan says he has been traveling in
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
until recently for an Omaha shoe
company. He will remain here until
the last of the week, when he goes to
Humphrey to work in a store.
Tlie recent order from North
western headquarters prohibiting en
gineers from exceeding the speed pro
vided by the schedule is having its
effect on the arrival of trains. Trains
from both directions have been un
usually late several times this week.
Under the new order a train that
starts late is allowed to make up no
time and lienee is late all along the
run.
The real estate belonging to the
estate of M. D. Long, deceased, was
disposed of at the court-house yester
day. John J. Kelly bought the south
east quarter of 8-24-11 for $1,600, M.
R. Sullivan the soutli half of south
west quarter of 3 and east half of
southwest quarter of 4 for $800. F'rank
Phillips a quarter section in the Star
country and a number of town lots
were disposed of to various buyers.
O’Neill maids that have reached the
limit of matrimonial prospects and
iind no relief since the advent of leap!
year should try it in Arizona. That j
unhappy state is literally crying aloud
for women. A gentleman who speaks j
for her says: “Thousands of cattle!
are standing knee-deep in alfalfa, the
land is rich, and the young men are
thrifty and prosperous. But they
can’t get wives. There are not women
enough to go round.”
Peter Grutsch died Sunday morning
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mc
Millin, at the age of forty-four years.
Catarrh of the stomach and rheuma
tism are given as tile cause of death
lie was a native of Ontario, Canada,
but had made his home in O’Neill and
vicinity for many years. Thefuner.il
occurred Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the
Presbyterian church, conducted by
the piistor, Rev. Bowen. The de
ceased leaves a mother, brother ami
three sisters, Mrs. McMillin and Mrs.
Catherine Smith of O’Neill, liis
brother John, mother and a sister
living in the county. Interment was
made in the Protestant cemetery
here.
Dr. Bilger, veterinary and dentist,
w ill be in O’Neill again on F'eb. 16.
RAILWAYS EVERYWHERE
North Nebraska to be Made a Verit
able Gridiron.
ELECTRIC LINE JUMPS NIOBRARA
Gasolene Locomotives Will Bound
Over Prairies, “Unless All
Plans Fail."
Yesterday’s Norfolk News contain
ed a heated air tale from O’Neill that
would give the reader the impression
that north Nebraska is to be tracked
to death with railroads, electric lines,
and railroads propelled by gasoline
engines the coming summer.
The story starts with another
reliable rumor of Great Northern ex
tent.ions and then goes on to say that
an electric line will be built from
Springview, the county seat of Keya
Paha county, to Carens in the same
county and thence across the Niobrara
river to Bassett. Flouring mills, fact
ories and many other enterprises are,
of course, going to spring up upon the
vacant prairies.
Another line is to be from O’Neill
to Chambers and Amelia. This is to
be run with gasoline engines. “Ow
ing to the topography of the country
between Chambers and O’Neill it will
not cost much to build this road.”
“Unless,” this story concludes,
“there is a serious hitch in the plans
articles of incorporation for both lines
will be filed within the next sixty
days and as soon thereafter as the
preliminary surveys can be made work
will begin. It is the hope of the
promoters to have botli lines ready to
handle passengers and freight by
fall.”
This great and good scheme is im
puted to M. F. Harrington of O’Neill
and C. E. Lear and A. C. Ripley of
Keya Paha county.
Sell Some of Ryan Estate.
Columbus Journal: F. T. Walker
bought at guardian’s sale, the proper
ty on Olive street where he now has
his office. The place belonged to Mrs.
Wm. Ryan of O’Neill, and brought at
the sale $1050 There was consider
able interest in the bidding, parties
owning the lots nortli of this lot being
anxious to procure it. The lot bought
by Mr. Walker is eighty feet long
with a twenty two foot to the east,
lie expects to build a two story brick
office building as soon as arrange
ments for the work can be completed.
Mrs. Ryan was down from O’Neill and
her son Eugene of Omaha were both
here at the sale.
Headaches, nervousness, dyspepsia,
insomnia, dizziness, styes, etc., cured
by Hr. Perrigoat Evans Hotel. Feb. «.
NO-OPS _ABE HELD DP
lamblers Undertake to Bun the Dew
ey House but Encounter Snag.
iANDLOED PULLS A SIXSHOOTEB
’hey Then Beg Him Not to Shoot and
Make Departure.—Clerk Gets Blow
Which Floors Him.
Between eleven and twelve o’clock
n Wednesday night of last week a
air of professional gamblers walked
nto the Dewey hotel with the osten
ible purpose of putting Landlord
<apham and his clerk out of business
nd taking possession of the hotel,
’hey greatly over estimated their
bllity for such a job and formed an
rroneous opinion of the man with
diom they had to deal.
Walt Palmer was alone in the
Bice at the time. Stepping in from
lie coid night air the men closed the
oor and turned the spring lock, in
arming Walt that they had come to
ake possession and wanted a room,
’hey started to go up stairs to make
heir own selection for a nights re
•ose when the clerk interposed and
eceived a blow on the jaw that land
d him prone upon the floor. Land
ord Lapliam was in the dining room
bout ready to repair for bed and
learing an undue commotion in the
iflice he grabbed a slxshooter which
ay near at hand and rushed into the
•Bice. Walt lay on his back on the
loor with his feet pointing to the
deling and the two gambling gentle
nen were making themselves at
lome. “What’s the matter, here?”
houted Ira as he stepped upon the
cene.
“We’re running this place for
iwliile,” responded one of the chaps.
“The h—1 you are,” said Ira as he
lashed a gun at them. “I’ll give you
o understand that I am running this
ilace."
“For God’s sake, don’t shoot!" ap
pealed tlie frightened holdups. Ira
lidn’t shoot, but he undid the door
ind they got out just as fast as their
trembling limbs could convey them,
but not, however, until Walt regained
Dis feet and landed straight from the
shoulder on the solar plexus of the
chap who had floored him.
One of the chaps had been around
O’Neill for some time; the other
belongs to one of the towns west of
us, but neither of them has been seen
around here since, and Ira thinks
they will not call at the Dewey again.
Warrants have been Issued for their
arrest, which may be served any time
within a year.
Obituary.
Died, at her home in this city on
Friday, at 5:30 a. m., January 26,1904,
Charity Hicks, wife of E. P. Hicks.
Mrs. Hicks was txrnat Aterly, Devon
shire, England, on January 8, 1846.
Moved with her parents, Mr.and Mrs.
James Weekes, from England to On
tario, Canada, in 1847.
she was united in marriage to
Ezeikel P. Hickson May 1, 1863, at
Waterloo, Iowa, from which happy
union there were born three children,
two of which still survive her—Step
hen Hicks of this county and Mrs.
Mary DeYarman of Springfield, Mo.
Besides her husband and two children
there survive her two sistersand three
brothers, Mrs. Maryan Berry of Spring
field, Ohio, Mrs. Murium Spadding of
Ontario, Canada, James Weeks of
California and Stephen and John
Weekes of North Dakota.
She resided with her husband in
this county since 1879; united with
the Presbyterian church in 1888, with
which denomination she has since
affiliated. Mrs Hicks had been
afflicted with a cancer for the past
five or six years, from which her death
resulted. Every assistance that medi
cal aid could give was rendered her,
but to no avail. The life of the de
ceased can be expressed in one sen
tence—“a good woman, the noblest
work of God.” A devoted wife and
loving mother. Kindness, sympathy, .
patience and cheerfulness were the
precious jewels in the crown of her
superb character Her long months
of intense pain and suffering she bore
with fortitude and courage, uncom
plainingly.
To the bereaved husband and strick
en children goes out the unfeigned
sympathy of the people of the com*
munity.
Funeral will be held from the Pres
byterian church on Friday at 2 p. m.
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For Sale
We have a standard bred Hamble
tonian Stallion, record of 2:26, for sale
or trade for stock. Call at office and
see pedigree,
30-tf Cowperthwaite & Son
Money to loan on improved farms.
16tf F. J. Dislwer.