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VOLUME XXIV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1904. NUMBER 49.
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City Authorities Directed to Revoke
Salo6n Licenses.
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THREE OF THEM CLOSE DOORS
Mr. Dickson Will Get a Hearing on
the Remonstrances.—Trial Will
Begin Friday.
On Friday last Attorney R. R.
Dickson served writs of mandamus,
which were recently ordered by the
supreme court, upon the city council
in the saloon muddle which has
already been given much publicity
■ through the columns of The Frontier.
The council met the followingday and
revoked the licenses to sell malt,
4. spirituous and veuious liquors granted
over protest to M. M. Sullivan, Frank
Lahy and A. A. Stanton & Co. These
three saloons are now closed.
Prior to the issuance of the licenses
Mr. Dickson had filed protests with
the council against the saloons. A
protests was also on filed against is
suing Mr. Lahy a license signed by
Paul and Johanna Sullivan. At the
session of the council of May 2 the
matter of issuing licenses was taking
up and the following evening set as
the time of hearing the remonstrances.
At the session of May 3 the remons
trances were overruled and the
licenses issued. Mr. Dickson was out
of town at the time and upon hearing
of the action of the council on his re
turn at once commenced action in the
supreme court to have the licenses re
voked and a hearing of the remons
trances had by the council. The sup
reme court, on May 25, ordered the
writs issued directing the city council
of O’Neill to at once reconvene, revoke
the licenses and set a day for hearing
the remonstrances. This action was
taken by the council, as stated above,
on last Saturday. The date for hear
ing the remonstrances was set for
Friday morning, June 3, at 8:30 o’clock.
It is expected that it will take a
day or two to complete the hearing.
The remonstrators aver there has
been gross disregard for the law in
the matter of the hours of closing
and other irregularities that forfeits
their claims to licenses. Mr. Dickson
is also of the opinion that it should be
impressed upon the council that when
a citizen has a matter of importance
to bring before that body they are
entitled to a hearing.
Y antzi-W ettlaufer.
In the presence of a few invited
guests. Miss Maggie Wettlaufer and
Mr. David Yanzi both of Agee, were
united in holy wedlock. The ceremony
uniting these two hearts took place in
the study of the pastor of the M. E.
church on Wednesday afternoon. The
contracting parties are Sboth, well
known in the vicinity of Agee as in
teligent, industrious and respected
young people. They will be at home
to their many friends on the farm
near the old home of the bride’s.
Proclamation
On Saturday, June 4, 1904, the
Elkhorn Valley Editorial association
will hold their 8th annual meeting in
O’Neill. The citizens of this city
are respectfully requested to take
official notice of this event and to
unite in extending every cuortesy to
the visiting members and to assist
the local committees in making the
event a success in every particular
and to assure our guests a pleasant
time while in our city.
J. S. Harrington, Mayor.
A Change in Business
I have been compelled to discon
tinue selling goods on credit, and will
hereafter sell only for cash.
I am well equipped with harnesses,
fly nets and all kinds of leather goods
which I Jwill sell cheaper than ever
before known. I have made prices
that will beat anything you can get
at Montgomery Ward & Co., Sears
Roebuck & Co., or any other institu
tion. Call in and inspect the goods.
47-3pd John Mann.
Excursion to Sioux City
June 4 to 6 account school of in
struction and grand lodge meeting of
A. F. and A. M. the Great Northern
will sell round trip excursion tickets
on these dates—limit June 10—at $5.50
K from O’Neill and return.—W. E.
V West, agent. ___
Cleanup Sale
I will close out my stock of street
hats at a great discount. Will go at
cost as long as they last. Also a
quantity of confirmation veiling will
be included in the sale.—Mrs. M.
Fitzimmons . 49-lpd
Card of Thanks
We desire to extend our heartfelt
gratitude to the many friends who so
kindly assisted us in the hour of
bereavement.—Mrs. Clara Cole and
family.
Clearing Sale
^n0/ BEGINNING SATURDAY. MAY 28 'JAO/
£\3/o ENDING ON SATURDAY. JUNE 4 £U/0
We inaugurate a cleaning up sale on Saturday, May 28, and continue all next week. We are going to offer some
very attractive discounts on very attractive merchandise. It will be an opportunity that you should not miss.
Ladies and Misses Garmervts
Black and blue chlviot suits,
satin lined, nine gore skirt, $12.50, •< f\A
reduced to. XU.W
Navy blue etimine tailor suits, 1 Q K/"\
$^1, reduced to. it/.uv/
Black broad cloth suit, highly
tailored, lined with taffeta silk, Q K AA
$30, reduced to.(io/.vv
Oxford gray, satin lined jacket, -J Q KA
eleven gore skirt, $22.50, reduced to
Black etimine, talfeta lined
jacket, eleven gore skirt, $20,
reduced to. XU. « u
Scotch etimine, satin lined
jacket, nine gore skirt, $19, reduced 15.00 ]
Scotch etime, tan shade, silk
lined jacket, nine gore skirt, $16.50, Q ttrv
reduced to.
Silk monte carlo in black and *y
champaign colors, $8.50, reduced to *
Black silk monte carlo, $10.50, O Kfi
reduced to. C?. O V/
Black silk monte carlo, $18.50 H K
reduced to. 1U.VJU
Silk eaton, $12.50, reduced lo.5o
Silk eaton, $15.00, reduced 12.5o
to......
Louie silk coat, $15, reduced 12.5o
Misses tailor suits, navy blue,
satin lined jacket, age 14, $18, A A K/-*
reduced to. iT.UU
Scotch suiting,satin lined jacket, 1 £T r\A
age 16, $18.50, reduced to. * 3«vU
Black serge, eateen lined, age 16, Q
$12.50, reduced to.
Ladies’ and misses skirts, including one
dozen silk skirts, shirt waists and a large
ossortment of mackentoshes and cravenette
will be closed out at a discount of 20 per cent.
One hundered pair corsets, mostly Itoyal
worster, made bon ton at HALF PRICE; that
means $2.50 corset for $1.25.
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All Wool Dress Goods 20g off May 28 only 11
Men,s top coats, men’s
suits, boy’s suits, chiids
suits and men’s odd
pants on sale at
20 per cent off
50 pieces remnant silk
on sale Saturday, May
28, at IIALF PRICE.
Some pood waist pat
terns in this lot.
Fancy work baskets at
HALF PRICE
Hats and Caps
20 per cent off
All wash fabrics placed
on sale counter go at
20 per cent off
Ladies’ handkerchiefs,
15c and 20c quality, lace
edges or plain, will be
closed Saturday, 28th at
HALF PRICE
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160 pairs shoes, worth I
3.50, 3.00, 2.75 and 2.50 I
will be closed out Sat- I
urday, May 28 at 1%
$1.00 per pair I
LOCAL MATTERS.
Rooms to rent. Enquire at Bent
ley’s. 46-tf
Joe Mann had business at Spencer
the first of the week.
Fred Markle of Wausa had land
lusiness in town on Monday.
Messdames B. S. and L. G. Gilles
pie were Atkinson visitors Monday.
Hess & Clark stock food, 85 a hun
lred.—Golden & Hodgkin. 47-3.
John Pharland of Spokane, Wash.,
s visiting his brother Frank in this
lity.
For Sale—Good second hand lawn
mower. Price, 83.—Golden & Hodg
kin. 47-tf
Fred Barclay and Dick Johnson of
Stuart had business in the city Tues
lay.
D. W. Boag of Blake, Garfield
jounty, was in the city Monday on
and office business.
For Sale—A good jack, or will trade
:or cattle. Enquire of A. Merrill,
D’Neill, Neb. 46-3
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Grebe of New
port were visiting among old friends
lere Monday. \
Swifts’ Pride Soap lessens laundry
abors. It is the very best possible
aundry soap that can be made. Order
it for Monday’s wash.
Bennett Whitney, formerly jeweler
it Gilligan & Stout’s, was in town
fire first of the week. Mr. Whitney is
low in the jewelry business at Tilden.
Mrs. Albert Vandenberger of At
kinson, having been adjudged insane,
,vas taking to the asylum at Lincoln
jn Sunday by Sheriff and Mrs. Hall.
Lost—A light colored coat, with
letters in pocket bearing name of
James Willis, on road between O’Neill
md Chambers. Leave at Frontier
ifQce. 49-1
Judge Morgan has issued marriage
license the past week to Robert O.
Clifford and Maud Henderson, both of
Atkinson, Charley Blackman of
Platte, S. D., and Rose B. Gunter of
Ewing.
The trial of Rev. G. D. Hyden before
die Niobrara presbytery in session
lere last week resulted in his contin
ued connection with the denomination,
riie Frontier understands there was
i probationary period extended to the
minister to prove his worthiness.
Many contests are being entered at
the land office here within the last
few weeks. It is safe to assume that
ill of the land within this land office
iistrict which had been filed on under
the old law and final proof not made
thereon will have been snatched up
under contest by the time the new
law becomes operative. One firm of
land attorneys at O’Neill now has
eighty cases of this kind.
With bamboo reed in hand, many
nimrods tread the sandy bank of the
fast flowing Elkhorn in hopes of land
ing a few fish. Every holiday or holy
day the banks of the river are lined
with men and boys and some women,
too, but all the fish taken from this
impoverished stream by all the
fishers would not make a fry. Never
was such enthusiasm manifest where
there was nothing to catch, and by
autum there will not even be a bull
frog left.
The passenger department of the
Great Northern railway has issued a
booklet entitled “Business Openings”
which is the most complete and com
prehensive thing of the kind we know
of. Every city, town and hamlet in
the vast territory traversed by this
railway system is listed and much
valuable information concerning each
place is gi ven,together with opportuni
ties offered for establishment of busi
ness and investment of capital. It is
a valuable guide for homeseekers or
investors.
The Frontier learns that Charley
Meals has just graduated with high
honors from the West Point military
academy and is now a full-fleged mili'
tary man with the rank of lieutenant.
We also learn he expects to visit
O’Neill after a visit to the St. Louis
fair, where the class goes sometime
the latter part of the present month.
Charley’s many friends here are glad
to learn of the successful termination
of a successful career at West Point
and bespeak for him a still brighter
career as a military man.
The democratic county convention
was held in O’Neill Saturday last,
when a few faithful Bourbons assem
bled to select a delegation to the state
convention, re-aflirm their faith in
the oft defeated but still undaunted
party of free silver, free trade and
antiexpansion and pay their respects
to the peerless Mr. Bryan. G. W.
Smith presided and L. M. Weaver
acted as scribe. Prominent among
the delegates was the spectacular E.
S. Eves, late of Arizon and heretofore
politically known in Holt county as a
pop. Mr. Eves was made chairman of
the committee on resolutions with
the following associates: Levi van
Vaikenburg, J. M. Morgan, Frank
Campbell and John A. Harmon. The
resolutions declare for government
ownership of railroads and other
“natural monopolies,” instruct the
state delegation to support J. S. Har
rington for district committeeman,
indorse the Kansas City platform
and favor W. J. Bryan and W. II.
Thompson as delegates at large to
the national convention. John Har
mon presented a minority report
which left out the Kansas City plat
form. The majority report was adopt
ed. / Will Purdy was delegated to
visit the pop convention in session at
the court-house and ascertain the
date of their county convention for
[r. inating a county ticket, which
will he August 6. Tiie chair was then
instructed to call the democratic con
vention for the same date. The dele
gation to the state convention was
composed of: J. A. Cowperthwaite,
John Carr, J. L. Shanner, J. A. Har
mon, G. W. Smith, E. S. Eves, J. P.
McNichols, J. F. O’Donnell, L. M.
Weaver, Frank Rehberg, A. Murry,
P. H. McNichols, William Froelich,
J. S. Harrington, James Brennan,
William Gill and Martin Saunders.
The delegates were also instructed to
use their iniluence for the selection of
William Fallon as national commit
teeman.
Memorial day was fittingly observed
by the patriotic people of O’Neill.
As a little deviation from the usual
order the cemeteries were first visited
and garlands strewn upon the graves
of the dead. The memorial program
was then rendered at the operahouse,
a large concourse of people assembling
there. J. A. Donohoe was speaker.
With fluency and power Mr. Donohoe
paid a Ibeautiful tribute not only to
the memory of the dead but also to
the living heroes of Americanl war
fares. His subject was elucidated
with a number of touching incidents
which brought out the pathos of bat
tle and the sinister aspect of carnal
warfare. Orchestra music, singing,
reading and reciting, and prayer,offer
ed by Rev. Fetzor, were also part of
the program.
Attention is called to the sale of
registered Short horn cattle that is
to be held at Wayne, Neb. Tuesday
the 7, of June 1904. ‘Owens Bros, of
Homestead, la., and W. O. Merz of
Monticello, Minn., are joining to
gether to make this sale and are de
termined to send out some of their
best cattle in order to get acquainted
with the farmers and breeders of Ne
braska and establish a permanent
trade with them. Messrs. Owens says
that they are sending out some young
bulls that are good enough and well
enough bred to head any herd in Ne
braska, and their female offering is
equally attractive. Some pure Scotch
cattle will be sold. Mr. Merz says
that all he is asking is that the
farmers and breeders come to the sale
and he Is sure they will buy his cattle
for they are the kind that will please
all lovers of good stock. Certified
copies of the pedigrees of all animals
sold will be given to buyers. Mr. R.
W. Barclay the auctioneer in charge
of the sale will be at Wayne one week
before the sale to mail out catalogs
and give any other information that
is necssary to all inquiring, either by
mail or in person. Come to the sale.
Tiu^jifan be had on bankable paper.
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Closing memorial day with the gaie
ty of the dance hall seems to be an un
called for desecration of time wisely
set apart in sacred memory of the
dead. The young people who promul
gated the ball here Monday evening
doubtless had no thought of disre
spect -for the day nor the hallowed
memories which it brings. The
thought of the young is life andactivity
and happiness. The cares and bur
dens and somber destinies of life do
not weigh upon them as upon those
of mature years, and hence even the
things where cluster the most solemn
venerations are seldom considered
seriously. If they had given the mat
ter a little thought they would have
easily seen the propriety of defering
the event for another occasion. The
Frontier has no desire to criticize or
censure, but merely to call our young
friends’ attention to a few things
perhaps they had not thought of.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Evans and
daughter Ruth departed Tuesday for
David City, Neb., where on Wednes
day they attended the wedding of
Ralph Evans and Miss Minnie Speltz.
Mrs. and Miss Evans went to Omaha
after the wedding and from there go
to Seattle and then sail for Alaska,
where they will spend the summer.
Mr Evans returned home last evening
accompanied by Ralph and his bride
who will spend a fortnight here. The
Frontier did not know the genial
Ralph was contemplating matrimony
but it extends its hearty congratula
tions just the same. Ralph is in the
elevator business at David City, where
he lias been for the past year. His
bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Spelts of David City, Mr.
Spelts, with whom Ralph is employed,
having extensive elevator interests in
that part of the state. Ralph is a
fine young man and has a large circle
of friends in O’Neill who extend their
warmest congratulations. The bride
has some acquaintance here, having
been the guest of the groom’s sister
in O'Neill on several occasions.
Special Excursion Rates to Colorado,
Utah and the Black Hills,
Via the North-Western Line. Be
ginning June 1st excursion tickets
will be sold to Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo, Salt Lake City Hot
Springs, Deadwood, Lead and Custer,
S. D., etc , good to return until Octo
ber 31. A splendid opportunity is
offered for an enjoyable vacation trip.
Several fine trains via the North
Western Line daily. Apply to agents
Chicago & North-Wesern R’y. 49-3m
For Sale Cheap
Cook stove with reservoir; in fair
condition. Enquire at Weingartner’s
restaurant. _ 48-1
Money to loan on improved farms,
15tf F. J. Dishner.
fflADDIE STORTS DEAD
Victim of the Lust of Del Sweet Pas
ses Away In Hospital.
SHERIFF TAKES PRECAUTION
Fearing Vengeance of Mob Might Fall
Takes His Prisoner Out of Town
Under Cover of Darkness.
Little Maud Storts died on Monday
at a hospital in Norfolk, the victim
of the most revolting thing that ever
happened in this community. A mere
babe, she fell a victim to the most
loathsome of diseases through the
vileness of a human brute. No more
in the innocence of childhood will her
prattle be heard about the home and
no more will she scamper over the
prairies at the ranch nor pluck the
nodding golden rod in childish glee.
A few weeks ago she was a happy,
promising child in the bloom of health
and life, and now a little mound in
the cemetery is witness to her sad
fate.
The funeral took place Tuesday
from the Hershiser home west of
town to the Presbyterian church in
this city, interment being made in
the Protestant cemetery. The little
girl was the 5-year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Storts, who reside
on one of.the Prentiss ranches twenty
seven miles southwest of O’Neill, Mr.
Storts being foreman of the ranch.
The trouble of their little girl first
became known two weeks ago when
the author and perpetrator of the sad
arid awful affair, who gives his name
as Del Sweet, was arrested and placed
In the county jail here. The Storts
family are among the respectable, in
dustrious and esteemed citizens of the
county, Mrs. Storts being a daughter
of the elder Mr. and Mrs. Hershiser.
They have the deep sympathy of
everyone in their affliction.
As to Sweet, language fails to ex
press the feeling of condemnation that
is universally felt. Sheriff Hall, fear
ing an enraged and indignant public
might lead his prisoner to the gallows,
put the handcuffs on his man at an
early hour Tuesday morning and con
veyed him out of town on the 3:35
Northwestern train east and his place
of keeping has not been made known.
He is being held for trial to the next
sitting of the district court. The
sheriff expects to return his prisoner
to the jail here as soon as he deems it
safe to do so. Rape is the charge now
lodged against Sweet but there may
be additional charges filed. However,
the limit for manslaughter is ten
years in the penitentiary and that for
rape fifteen years, both of which would
seem little enough In this instance.
Sweet maintains the sullen silence
manifest from the first and whatever
feelings he may have over the hideous
deed or its tragic fruits remain locked
within his bosom.
Tax on Babies.
Extreme hot weather is a great tax
upon the digestive power of babies;
when puny and feeble they should be
given a few doses of White’s Cream
Vermifuge, the childrens’ tonic. Ik
will stimulate and facilitate the diges
tion of their food, so that they soon
become strong, healthy and active.
25c, at P. C. Corrigan.
One black heifer with white face
about 2 years old taken upl mile
north, 2 miles west of Dorsey. Owner
can have same by proving property
and paying for notice.—A. W. Bur
bank, Redbrid, Neb. 49-1
Best castor machine oil at Golden
& Hodgkin’s. 47-6
For Sale—Registered Galloway Bull.
Also full-blooded Duroc-Jersey hogs,
eligible to registration. Z. Warner,
42-8pd Atkinson, Neb.
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