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THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
i’NEILL, NEBRASKA
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Although it Is allegal to grow to
bacco in the British Isles, Colonel Ever
ard, with the permission of the chan
cellor of the exchequer, has been ex
perimenting at Randalstown, county
Ueath, and It is said that there is quite
good hope of a new industry being
found for Ireland In this branch of cul
ture. Professor J. N. Harper, of the
University of Kentucky, an expert on
the weed, declares that the crop is as
good as anything that Kentucky and
Virginia can grow. The moisture of the
Irish climate Is claimed to he admirable
for tobacco growing, and the Emerald
Isle also affords plenty of the right
kind of soli.
It is symtomatie of the age we live
In that a people unprovided, as the
Italians seem to be, with a national an
them, should seek to supply the need’
by way of the familiar newspaper com
petition. The contest is open to all
Italians, and manuscripts are to be
submitted not later than December 31,
next. It is stipulated that the “na
tional hymn” shall be "short, but full
of animation and thrill, popular in ex
pression, but artistic In spirit.” First
prize Is a gold medal, and to every com
petitor adjudged worthy of such a dis
tinction will be awarded a diploma of
honor.
Sir Horace Plunkett, presiding at a
conference of fruit growers lield at
Ballsbridge, Dublin, said that the
farmers of the north of Ireland, where
the soil was not the most suitable, had
built up a fruit industry which was an
object lesson to the rest of the coun
try. From the one station of Anna
more, county Armagh, the strawberries
dispatched by rail had risen from 100
tons to 700 tons in the course of a few
years.
A novel application of the Roentgen
rays to the testing of submarine ca
bles has recently been made In Europe,
and has been found useful In determin
ing defects and imperfections which
might cause a break down of the cable
arid involve considerable expense for
repairs. Foreign substances, air bub
oles or bad Joints in the rubber or
gutta-percha Insulation are readily de
tected, and may be remedied at the
works.
A young Irishman who had lived In
New York for seven years and had
been employed all that time as a clam i
opener In the cafe of a hotel near the
Battery at a small salary, sailed for
the Emerald Isle the other day with a
draft for $6,000, representing his sav
ings. He said he was going to buy a
farm in Ireland and stay there. “How \
did you get all that money?” he was
asked at the pier. "Tips,” was the re
sponse. t
"My resignation has been mostly 1
brought out by the gossip at after
noon teas," said the Rev H. de Trevelec,
preaching at Holy Trinity, Claygate,
England, from which living he lias re
cently resigned. The text of his fare
well sermon was this: "And withal
they learn to be Idle, wandering about
from house to house; and not only idle, j
but tattlers also and busybodies, speak
ing things which they ought not.”
D. and W. Henderson, Glasgow, have
launched the twin screw steamer Cale
donia for the Glasgow and New York
service of the Anchor line. The vessel
is the largest yet built for the Ciyde
trans-Atlantic route. Her tonnage la
16,000, she Is 616 feet long, 68 feet
broad, and her reciprocating engines
Will develop 30,000 horse power. She
will carry 800 steerage, 400 second und
800 first class passengers.
It Is estimated by experts thnt the
era of American coal fields, at present
open to mining, is more than five
times as gTeat as that of the coal
fields of England, Franoe, Germany
and Belgium; the great ooal producing
countries of Europe. While practically
all the available ooal areas of those
countries have been opened to mining,
ours have scarcely been estimated.
The persons who expect to be tipped
in a London hotel nowadays are; 1.
The head sitting room waiter. 2. The
head table d’hote waiter. 3. The eof
fee room waiter. 4. The smoking room
' waiter. 6. The head porter. 6. The
gvalter. 7. The chambermaid. 8. The
valet, 9, The cloak room attendant. 10.
»The night porter. 11. The house por
The liftman. 14. The page.
On the new North German-Lloyd
liner Print: Eitel Friedrich, which leaves
Southhampton for China and Japan, is
a gymnasium, twenty-five feet long,
twenty-one feet wide and fifteen feet
high. It oontains machines for rowing,
swimming and cycling, machines that
will exercise every muscle in t'lie body,
and two Swedish electrical health ma
chines.
witn reference to the growing Scot
tish demand for home rule for Scot
land, theX/ondon news remarks: "Hav
ing already acquired, by lapse -of time,
the prescriptive right to manage Eng
lish affairs for'Englishmen, It may that
Scots, young and otherwise, will find
their hands almost too full If they be
gin meddling with their own as well.”
An expedition to the Ndam N iam
country will be England’s next r’llttle
war.” The country is SO miles south
west of Khanoum and can muster a
fighting force of 25,000. The expedi
tionary force will consist of 2,000 Sou
danese troops under British officers.
The start Is to be made next month.
The ameer of Afghanistan, recently,
in public durbar in Cabul, related a
dream he had. In which the hadda mul
lah had appeared to him and given him
permission to act as his deputy. AH
present thereupon congratulated the
ameer on hia appointment as spiritual
as well as temporal head.
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The Austrian Meteorological society
has received from the emperor of Aus
tria the right to use the letter "K. K.,”
equivalent to royal imperial, before its
name, so that its official designation
now'becomes the "K. K. Oeaterreichia
che Gesellschaft fur Meteorologte.”
Johnny Barwic. a Canadian bov. who
has been attending school at Pomona,
Cal., refused, the other morning, to sa
„ lute the American Hag when it was
raised on the school building and was
expelled, dhe board of education subse
quently approving the expulsion.
The story was published in Washing
ton lately feat the Guatemala ant had
toiled as an exterminator of boUV wee
vil. Dr. B. T. Galloway, who haAjust
returned to Moustan from a visit, to
orchards In Victoria, says he is Well
satisfied with work of the ants
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Residents of Paonla, Colo., claim that
the largest apple in the world was i
raised, in that district this year. It is
of the Wolf river variety and weighs
thirty-one-’sod a quarter ounces. Fine
j large strawberries were picked In Pa
iewU* the third week in October.
CLERK CREMATED
IN BURNING STORE
People in the Street Hear His
Cries but Were Unable
to Assist.
WAS BURNED TO A CRISP
Inly ths Trunk of Hi* Body Remain?
—Hardware Store of M. A.
Madsen at Dannebrog
Destroyed.
Grand Island, Neb., Nov. 22.—The
hardware store of M. A. Madsen at
Dannebrog, was found to be afire and
hnd made such headway that nothin^
could be A>ne to check the flames. n
Nela CnrlHtlansen, a clerk, slept In
the store. People who gathered about
the burned building heard him within
but could give no aid on account of the
Intense heat. Christiansen evidently
had tried to make his way to a rear
window. It Is stated that he was In
toxicated before retiring, and the sup
position Is that he knocked a lamp
over.
He was burned to a crisp and only
the trunk of the body was recovered.
The loss Is $6,000 with $3,000 Insur
ance.
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LONG PINE MAN MISSING.
Belief Thai He May Have Committed
Suicide.
Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 22.—Long I’ine,
Neb., has been thrown Into a bit of
excitement over the mysterious disap
pearance suddenly of one of the prom
inent business men there. R. P. In
galls, a jeweler, has not been seen nor
heard of since midnight on Wednesday
and searching parties are working in
vain to locate him. It Is believed that
he has wandered away and committed
suicide. Just before he was last seen
he bought a razor. A week ago his
wife died. Once before he attempted
'■o kill himself, hut was prevented.
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FRACTURED SKULL.
Holt County Farmer Falls and Kill*
Himself.
Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 22.—Austin
Hynes, a prominent farmer of Holt
county met an extraordinary death.
Attempting to push open a swollen
door that stuck, he threw his whole
weight against It, swung the hinges
suddenly and fell through. Pitching
forward he struck on his head, frac
turing the skull and dying.
FIVE ARE INDICTED.
'Charged With Bootlegging on Winne
bago Reservation.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 22.—As the result
of the work of Jtev. Father Joseph
Schell on the Winnebago Indian reser
vation and those whom he was able to
call up to substantiate his charges be
fore the federal grand Jury, Indictments
charging bootlegging were returned
this morning by the federal grand jury
against the following:
Frank Orr, Alonzo Shaw. Joseph
Adams, Charles Mcany and Abner QU
strap, all of the Winnebago reserva
tion.
In default of bonds the five men
were put In the government cell of the
Douglas county Jail.
The United States district attorney’s
office has Issued a statement that a
vigorous investigation of conditions on
the Winnebago reservation will be
made. It Is stated that no dis
crimination will be made on acc
count of social, financial or political
standing. It is expected that many
more Indictments will follow and the
real promoters of the liquor traffic and
swindling on the reservation brought to
justice.
Agent Wilson, George Cain, P. J.
O’Connor and John Ashford, were
among those who were examined by
the grand Jury, besides Father Schell,
and from testimony given by them the
'ndiotments resulted.
DEFENDANTS ACQUITTED.
Alleged Murder* of Dave Monnett,, a
Tekamah, Neb., Not Guilty.
Onawa, la., Nov. 21.—In the case of the
state vs. Ella Brown, Felix Richey and
Matilda Fleming, charged with the murder
of Dave Monnett, September 3, near De
catur, Neb., the jury at Tekamah, Neb.,
brought In a verdict of acquittal. The
evttlence, which was about the same as
before the coroner's inquest, showed that
Monnett undertook to enter the wagon of
the defendants against their wishes and
was shot, which, under the circumstances,
was held Justifiable.
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A Hunting Accident.
Humboldt, Neb.. Nov. 22,—While out
hunting with a companion, Earl Uffner
received a charge of shot from the gun
of Robert Reid, both lads being en
gaged in an endeavor to shoot [he same
rabbit. The animal was running at an
angle and brought the Uffner boy Into
range of the other lad's gun, the latter
being quite a distance behind the victim
of the accident. Fortunately no serious
■damage was done, the bulk of the shot
striking hint In the forearm which was
quite badly torn and required the ser
vices <of a surgeon.
Horse Thieves Sentenced. »
Columbus, Neb., Nov. 22.—Frank Hart
and George Carter, each charged with
stealing horses, entered a plea of guilty
in the district court and Judge Reeder
sentenced them to two years and six
months at hard labor in the peniten
tiary.
Veteran Priest Is Dead.
Omaha, Neb,, Nov. 19,—Father Ddx
aeher, for thirty years at the head of the
German Catholics of Omaha, died at St.
Johep’s hospital, aged 86 years. For
twenty-four years ho was chaplain of St.
Joseph's hospital. He was recently forced
to retire from active work on account of
physical Infirmities.
Taft to Panama.
New Orleans, Nov. 19.—Secretary of
War Taft and party reached here to
day en route for Panama. They will
leave here on the Dolphin Sunday
evening.
Mayor Makes a Denial.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 19.—Ex
Mayor George R. Perry, on trial
charged with bribery in connection with
the Eake Michigan water deal, today
made a complete and sweeping denial
of complicity, while on the witness
stand In the superior court.
Parcels Post Agreement.
AVashlngton, Nov. 19.—Postmaster
General Wynne and Baron Moncheur,
the .Belgian minister, today sighed the
parcels post convention between the
United States and Belgium, to go ]n{0
effect; February 1.
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FEUD DEVELOPED:
Lilli* Murder Trial Involves Officials of
the Case in a Fistic
Encounter.
David City, Neb., Nov. 23.—The Lil
lie murder case, is again the principal
topic of conversation on the streets,
in the business houses and homes of
David City. Lena Margaret Lillie filed
| a complaint before Police Judge Sto
wed, charging Charles W. Derby with
committing perjury in the trial of the
case in the district court in February,
1903. The complaint further charges
that this testimony of Derby was false
and that Derby committed perjury in
his evidence In this respect.
Derby was arraigned and pleaded not
guilty. He also filed a motion and af
fidavit for a change of venue, owing to
the bias and prejudice of Judge Stowed.
This motion was at first over
ruled, but later In the evening it was
sustained in the case transferred to.
W. S. McCoy, justice of the peace. The
time of trial has not been set, but in
all probability it will be tried in a very
few days.
The county attorney, Tt. M. Harris,
also refused to take any part in the
prosecution of Derby. It is also re
ported that it Is the intention to file a
complaint against former Sheriff Ren,
charging him with the same offense,
but the complaint has not yet been
filed. After the granting of a change of
venue by Judge Stowed, Sheriff West
having returned home, he and Matt
Miller met in the ^postoffice and after
an exchange of a few words that would
not look well in print they came to
blows, resulting In Mr. Miller having
a pair of black eyes. It is claimed by
those who witnessed this fistic encount
er that had it not been for the interfer
ence of Postmaster Hall Miller would
have been badly used up.
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LEARN OF CITY LIFE.
Untutored Country Lad and His Sister
Visit Omaha.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 23.—Extraordi
nary circumstances surround the case
in which Ed and Maggie Muan are in
volved. They are brother and sister,
the boy being 19 and the girl 17 years
of age. The girl is thought by the
police to have been drugged by George
Handy and at the time of his arrest
he was in Maggie Muan's room. It
remains to be seen what sort of com
plaint will be filed against him in police
court this morning. The girl was not
sober enough to tell last evening how
far his advances had gone.
She and her brother had never been
to school. They live on a farm near
Menlo, la. The boy had never ridden
on a train nor been to any town until
he came to Omaha. When taken to
the police station, however, he boasted
that he had once been to Casey, a
village five miles from the farm.
The boy then told why he had come
to Omaha. He had four sisters, who
woilj in hotels of this city. One of
them is a chambermaid employed at
the Madison house, and It was for the
purpose of seeing their sisters that Ed
and Maggie Muan came here. The corn
picking was at an end and they de
cided to take an outing. Being unable,
to find their relatives, they concluded
to remain at a lodging house for the
night and seek their relatives in the
morning.
They had no money for breakfast
and the proprietor of the house ad
vanced 25 cents for the boy to purchase
something to eat for himself and sis
ter. Previous to this generosity George
Handy, the landlord of the lodging es
tablishment above the Diamond sa
loon, had a pail of beer brought up
stairs. He treated young Muan and
his sister. Then Handy got rid of the
brother by sending him out to .get
breakfast.
One of the other lodgers became sus
picious about Handy's attentions to
Ihe unsophisticated pair, and .when
Muan went downstni s, somewhat un
steadily from the be -r he had drunk,
Ihe lodger told the y ith not to be ab
sent very long from i ,e room. And the
lodger gave such ex' ieit reasons that
Ihe boy flew into a rage and went leap
ing back up the stairs. He says he
broke into the room at a time when
he girl was repulsing the overtures
of the landlord. The country youth
seized Handy by the collar and gave
him a severe shaking up. The girl
was maudlin from the beer Handy had
given her to drink and after she sank
Into a chair, even before the struggle
was at an end, she fell asleep. She
was so drowsy when taken to the po
lice station that her answers to the
.locations of the police were almost
unintelligible.
Owing to the row in the lodging
house the police were summoned and
Ihe boy soon afterward became deeply
alarmed. Handy took advantage of
the youth’s ignorance and informed the
lad that he was now to be arrested
and sent to prison. That is why the
yokel would not open the door when
the officers arrived. He wouldn't al
loy Handy to do so either, and the
police were finally obliged to break the
took.
THREE GOLDEN WEDDINGS.
One Nebraska Family Has an Unusu^.
Record.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 22.—Three golden
weddings in one family is an unusual rec
ord, but there are two brothers and one
Bister in Nemaha county, Neb., who can
boast of this. Mr. a 1 Mrs. T. P. Wil
liams were the last of the trio to celebrate
their golden wedding. The celebration
was held in Peru a few days ago, and the
two brothers of the bride of fifty years
and a sister of Mrs. Whitfield, who has
been married over forty years, were pres
ent.
T'illlam McKinney, the oldest of the
trio, was married to Hester N. Lockwood
on February 19, 1852, and their golden
wedding was celebrated February 19, 1902,
in Gip, Okla. The second of the trio,
Alexander McKinney, held his golden wed
ding feast September 22, 1903, at Custer
City, Okla. His wife died last March.
Mrs. Williams was formerly Miss Cather
ine McKinney, and was married, as were
her brothers and sister, in Bureau county,
111. These four were the youngest of a
family of twelve children. All have raised
large families, William McKinney having
twelve children, all of whom are living.
Alexander McKinney has reared a family
of eleven children, and six children haw
been born to the Williams family.
New B. & O. President.
Baltimore, Nov. 21.—At the annual
meeting of stockholders of the Balti
more and Ohio Geo. F. Randolph, first
vice president, was selected to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Presi
dent John K. Cowen.
LIVERY BARN BURNED.
Building and Contents Valued at $1,200
Destroyed.
Newcastle, Neb., Nov. 22.—A livery
stable here ow'r.ed by Matt Hoy and run
by E. J. Roddewig was burned to the
ground Sunday morning. A large amount
of grain and hay, also several carriages
and eight horses were consumed. The
buildings were worth about $1,200; insur
ance* $600.
! This week will about finish the corn
husking. This part of Dixon county* has
beat th* record In Us yield of corn
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FOR A CONGRESS
Rural Delegates Press Their
Program of Grievances to
the Limit.
WANT AN ELECTIVE BODY
And They Specifically Demand
That It Make the Laws
for the Empire.
PRINCE GETS IN TROUBLE
Sviatopolk-Mirsky Has as Much Gris,
on Hands as Louis XIV Had When
Hr Called the State’s General
of France.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 23.—Interest in
the meetings of zemstvo representa
tives is intense. The war and all oth
er questions are temporarily forgotten.
Liberals from all parts of the empire
| ire flocking hither, including many
i from Poland and Finland. At the
j neeting of the delegates today section
3 of the memorial was strengthened
nto a practical recommendation for a
parliament, the language being
changed to a specific declaration in fa
vor of an elective body, not to partici
pate in legislation, but to make the
country’s laws. Sympathetic demon
J strations are reported in various parts
of Russia.
The zemstvo representatives today
adopted a declaration in favor of a
general amnesty for political prisoners
and exiles.
It is plain enough that Prince Svia
topolk-Mirsky, in calling together rep
resentatives of the zemstvos or pro
vincial communities, got himself into
a difficulty not entirely uniike that of
Louis XIV when he called a state's
general in France. The zemstvos were
called to consider mentis of interest
ing the rural populations in the Red
Cross work during the war. But now
they turn up with a demand for a con
stitution and a parliament. Refused
the privilege of discussing these mat
ters in official sessions, the delegates
held secret meetings to talk over the
country’s grievances. They are deter
mined to state their case to the gov
ernment and to the world, and the ad
ministration is embarrassed because if
it sends them home it will deeply of
fend the radical sentiment of the coun
try and encourage the radical ele
ments; if they are permitted to stay
and continue their discussions they
will force the government to reject
some specific proposals, and this may
lead to outbreaks.
TO ATTACK IN REAR.
Japanese Flanking Movement Against
Kuropatkin Has Been Begun.
Toklo, Nov. 23.—Reports have been
received here today both from Port
Arthur and Yentai, which tell of suc
cesses of the Japanese arms. The re
ports from the north are most import
ant, indicating that Marshal Oyama
has begun a flanking movement to the
east of Mukden, which will, it is be
lieved, force the speedy evacuation of
the Russian positions along the Shakhe
river and result in the capture of Muk
den. The reports say that not less than
50,000 additional troops have been sent
to strengthen the force of General Ku
roki, which increases his army to 150,
000 men.
Kuroki. it is said, has sent a portion
of the force in the direction of Ying
Fan on the Hun river, about thirty
miles northwest of Mukden, and his
outposts are reported to be close to
that place. There is a good road from
Ying Fan to Mukden and if Kuroki
succeeds in occupying that place he will
be in a position to deliver an attack
on General Kuropatkin’s rear, which
will make his present position un
tenable.
BLOCKADE RUNNER CAUGHT.
Japanese Gather in a German Vessel
Going Into Port Arthur.
Tokio. Nov. 23.—The navy depart
ment reports the capture, November
19, of the German steamer Batelan
while attempting to run the Port Ar
thur blockade. On board the vessel
was found a great quantity of winter
clothing, blankets, medicine and corned
meats. The captain said he was bound
from New Chwang. The Batelan was
brought to Sasebo.
London, Nov. 21.—A special dispatch
from Shanghai says that the steamer
Lienshing, from Chefoo, reports that
three other Russian torpedo boat de
stroyers left Port Arthur with the de
stroyer Rastoropny. The Japanese
stopped two of them and the fate of the
third is unknown.
DENY SHIP SALES TO RUSSIA.
Japanese Agents Continue to Watch
South American States, However.
London. Nov. 23.—The Japanese dip
lomatic representatives in Europe at
the request of Tokio have made in
quiries into the report that Russia is
acquiring a new fleet from Chile and
Argentina. The Tokio government was
recently informed that Chile and Ar
gentina between them had sold or op
tioned to Colombia six or seven war
vessels which Colombia intends to turn
over to Russia. Inquiries carried on
here and in South America by Japanese
agents have elicited an emphatic denial
from both Chile and Argentina. These
government are said to have stated
that they are anxious to sell certain
vessels, but not at the risk of /being
heavily mulcted for breach of neutral
ity. Despite the otflcial denials which
have been transmitted to Tokio more
than one Japanese diplomat in Europe
is apprehensive that in some way half
a dozen war vessels may shortly pass
under the control of Russia. Japanese
independent inquiries confirm the pub
lished statement that an American
house is concerned in negotiations look
ing to some such acquisition on the
part of Russia,
Quiet Along the Shakhe.
Mukden, Nov. 23.—The anticipated
general attack by the Japanese has not
developed as yet. The uncertainty of
the present situation gives rise to con
flicting rumors and speculation regard
ing future operations. Complete in
activity prevails. The nights are
growing colder and fuel is scarcer.
Tokio, Nov. 23.—Reliable sources re
port that the Japanese mined and oc
cupied the counter-scarp on Rihlung
mouipain November 19.
CASE STILL A MYSTERY
Police Are Looking for the Women
Who Were With Bate in His
Automobile.
Chicago, Nov. 23.—Search for the
murderer of John W. Bate, jr., the
young chauffeur who was found dead in
an automobile neat Lemont was con
tinued today. The detectives at work
on the case have abandoned the theory
that a double murder was committed,
and are proceeding on the assumption
that Bate’s only passenger on the fatal
trip was missing, “Mr. Dove.” Among
the letters found in the dead chauffeur’s
pocket is said to be one in a woman’s
handwriting, which contains the words
“When I love, I love, and when I hate,
I hate.” One letter was signed by Leila
J. Haile, and was mailed in Auburn,
N. Y. Miss Haile is believed to be a
Chicago girl who is visiting in the
east.
The circumstances surrounding the
death of Bate, were made more puzzling
by the report that a woman was in
the automobile a short time before
Bate is believed to have been killed.
John Seiler, a farmer, gave this infor
mation to the police late at night. He
said he was aroused about 11 o’clock
by loud knocking at the door of his
house. When he demanded to know
who was there, a man replied; “Will
you let me in if I go to the rear door?
I must get in as I am in danger.”
Seiler offered to open the door if the
man would give his name, but he re
fused to give it and Seiler, believeing
it was a trick to rob him, did not open
the door. The man returned to the
automobile where Seiler could hear
voices in a vehement dispute among
them that of a woman. The machine
went south from the house of Seiler
and about a half a mile further it
stopped at the house of Dennis Con
nors, where a man knocked at the door,
but as there was loud talking in the
road and because of the lateness of the
hour, Connors did not open the door
and the man who was knocking at the
door returned to the automobile, which
went north. Peter Freehauf, the farmer
near whose home Bate was killed, said
that he heard the rattle of the machine
and voices talking loudly and then a
shot. He paid no more attention to it,
as he believed the people in the auto
mobile were intoxicated.
CHICAGO WANTS ONE NOW
Company Is Organized to Build a Sub
way the Same as New
York's.
Trenton. N. J., Nov. 23.—The Chicago
Subway company, with an authorized
capital stock of $50,000,000, all common
stock, was incorporated here today. It
is understood that the purpose of the
company is to build subways in Chi
cago. The incorporators are clerks in
the office of the Corporation Trust com
pany of jersey City.
It is supposed that this action is pre
liminary to a proposal from the back
ers of the present city railroad systems,
that if their franchises are extended
they will build a subway system like
that of New York.
With incorporation of the Chicago
Subway company and the sale of 66 2-3
per cent, stock of the Illinois Tunnel
company, control of the great under
ground freight transportation project
passes into the hands of the men who
control 90 per cent, of the steam rail
roads having terminals in Chicago.
This means the underground railroad
system has become a part of the great
continental railroad system of the
country. The tunnel is to be useu to
aid the railroads to handle their freight
quickly to the city.
ARE GOOD SAYERS.
Americans Have Three Times as Much
Per Capita as Any Other Nation
in Savings Banks.
Washington, Nov. 23—The total depos
its in all the saving banks of the world,
according to latest official information re
ceived by the department of commerce
and :;bor through its bureau of statis
tics, amounted to over $10,500,000,000, con
tributed by 82,640,000 depdsitors. Of this
total the United States shows aggregate
deposits of $3,060,179,000, credited to 7,305,000
depositors. As the figures used in arriv
ing at the grand totals cover about one
half of the population of the world, viz.,
over 770,000,000, it appears that the United
States, with less than 9% per cent, of the
total population considered, contributes
over 29 per cent of the total savings de
posits recorded. Of the total number of
depositors, or rather deposit accounts, the
share of the United States is somewhat
less than 9 per cent., while the average
deposit per account is more than four
times and the average savings per inhabi-'
tant more than three and a half times the
corresponding averages for the rest of the
world.
The following table shows the number
of depositors and the total deposits in
those countries of the world publishing
savings bank reports. The report from
Russia includes Russia in Asia, and the
deposits credited to the "British Colonies"
Is exclusive of those mentioned elsewhere
In the list.
No. of Total Average
Countries. Depositors. Deposits. Deposits.
Australia .... 1,086,018 $164,161,981 $151.15
Austria . 4,946,307 876,941,933 177.29
Belgium . 2,088,448 141,851,419 67.92
Canada . 213,638 60,771,128 289.14
Denmark .... 1,203,120 236,170,057 196.29
France .11,298,474 847,224,910 75.01
Germany ....15,432,211 2,273,406,226 147.38
'Prussia . 9,377,503 1,485,793,500 158.44
Holland . 1,330,275 72,738,817 54.83
Hungary - 1,717.515 432,810,515 251.91
India, British 866,693 34,656,371 39.98
Italy . 6,740,138 482,263,472 71.55
lapan . 7,467,452 40,887,186 5.48
New Zealand. 261,948 38,332.823 146.34
Norway . 718,826 89,633,481 124.69
Roumania ... 145.507 7,426,031 51!04
Russia . 4,950,607 445,014,951 89.90
Finland . 226,894 1,144,278 93.19
Sweden . 1,892,586 151,480,442 80.54
Switzerland . 1.300,000 193,000,000 148.46
[i Kingdom.11,093,469 966,854,253 87.15
Brit, colonies 354,275 32,936,217 92.97
Total.75,334,398 $7,609,706,491 $101.01
United States 7,305,433 3,060,178,611 418.89
Grand tot..lS2,639,841$10,669,S85,103
♦Not included In the total.
30,000 DESTITUTE.
Awful Devastation Is Caused by a
Hurricane in the Dutch East
Indies.
Amsterdam, Nov. 23.—The Talautse
Islands In the Malay archipelago have
been visited by a disastrous hurricane
which left 30,000 persons destitute of
their homes, and boats and plantations
destroyed.
FATHER KILLS SON.
Iowa Tragedy Is Alleged to Have Been
Committed in Self De
fense.
Shenandoah. Ia., Nov. 23. — John
Bloom, a wealthy land owner residing
near here, shot and instantly killed his
oldest son, Frank, today. The shooting
grew out of a family quarrel. The
father claim* be acted in self defense.
ONE WOMAN AGAINST
ANOTHER OF HER SEX
Mrs. “Caesar” Young Will Go
on Stand in Patterson
Case.
GIRL HAD MADE THREATS
Letters Will Be Shown Expressing,
Young’s Fear of Actress, Who Will
Also Produce Epistles Which
Threatened Suicide.
New York, Nov. 23.—Mrs. Caesar*
Young, wife of the bookmaker, who is
alleged to have been murdered by the
pretty Florodora girl. "Nan” Patterson,
will give sensational testimony in the
murder trial that was reopend this
morning before Justice Davis in the
criminal branch of the supreme court.
She will testify to conversations with
her husband, in which he told her oj
threats against his life which, it 1»
alleged, Mrs. Patterson made from
time to time when he told her of his
wife’s efforts to compel him to break
off his attentions to the actress. Let
ters will be produced purporting to ba
from Mrs. Patterson, in which the story
of these threats is corroborated. These
letters, it is alleged, were found among
the dead man’s effects.
Young’s Partner Will Testify.
In further substantiation of them,
the dead bookmaker’s partner will
swear that Caesar Young told him that
his life had been threatened by the
actress, and that if ever anything hap
pened to lum it would be the result of
Mrs. Patterson’s jealousy of his wife,
and the good influence that she was
gradually obtaining over him. The
feature of the case against Mrs. Pat
terson will prove most sensational. It
j will he the state’s trump card, this
playing a woman against a woman.
To meet it the defense will have
^testimony of a similar kind—letters that
I Young wrote to the woman who infatu
! ated him, in which he clearly Indicated,:
I his melancholy state of mind, it Is al
j leged, over his forthcoming break with
Mrs. Patterson, and in which he de
! dared that he felt sooner or later he
would take his own life. Thus will be
pitted against each other two women,
j both professing love for the one mar,
letters from him to show his terrible
j mental anguish, his seeming love for
j both, his fear of the one and his de
! sire for death as a release.
"Nan” Patterson Prostrated.
| The day promises many develop
ments. Last night "Nan" Patterson was
prostrated by the news that her mother
was on the verge of death, due to heart
failure over her daughter's approaching
ordeal. In such a state of collapse was
she that her counsel called to see her.
"I want this thing over with,” she
told Abraham Levy. "I must got out Y
of here at the earliest moment. I fear *
it will kill mother if it lasts long,”
she added, sobbing. Counsel for the
defendant are very much wrought up
over the young woman's condition.
Elwood Hendrick, the foreman of the
jury, will in all probability be permit
ted to leave the box unles^f lie reports
tomorrow morning that his mother-in
law is in better health. If he reports
to the contrary, and presses his request
for dismissal, Mr. Levy will join the:
prosecutor in the consent to withdraw
him. The examination of talesman will
then proceed. There are left eleven men
from whom to select a man for the
vacancy.
Hyman Stern, the pawnbroker who
will testify for the state to the purchase
of a pistol by J. Morgan Smith, is an
other of those connected with case who «
is ill. His illness means the loss of the
one positive proof of evidence that the
state has to lay against the accused.
Last night he was reported resting
quietly. If he develops appendicitis, as
Is feared, it may necessitate an oper
ation endangering his life and defeat
ing the state’s case as now planned.
With these contingencies removed the
ease will move with rapidity.
Case of the Prosecution.
When the trial of Nan Patterson was
resumed today, Justice Davis declined
to excuse Foreman Hendricks, on ac
count of the severe illness of a member
of his family and Assistant District
Attorney Rand at once began to outline
the cuse of the prosecution.
Mr. Rand said the prosecution was
prepared to show not only that Miss
Patterson fired the fata) shot, but that
the act was one of deliberation and pre
meditation. They would show the
crime was planned for at leas, thirteen
hours; that it was conceived the day
before the tragedy, when the pistol was
bought. All this would be proved by
circumstantial evidence and the chain
of circumstances, as presented by the
prosecution would be so strong that!
even if the defense should put a thou
sand men on the stand and each one
of the thousand should say he saw the
man fire the shot the jury would not
believe one of them. Continuing Mr.
Rand said:
"In this case we will take you to the
scene and Introduce you to the persons
who visit the race tracks and,the all
night tenderloin cafes, and who patron
ize roving cabmen. Caesar Young came
to this country fourteen years ago from
England, and from that time he was
always on the go from race (rack to
race track, and always making money.
He possessed traits that a man ought
not to be proud of, but lie had other
traits that will recommend him to you.
He was a fair gambler and gave honest
odds, and never welched. H» was a
man of prepossessing appearance with
a frank face and a pleasing eye.”
Evidence Against Nan.
Mr. Rand declared that on June 3
J. Morgan Smith, tile prisoner’s broth
er-in-law, accompanied by the woman,
purchased a revolver at Hiram Stearns’
pawnshop. "The same night," lie said.
"Nan” and Young went to Flannery's
saloon where they remained until
3 o'clock the next morning. During the
night there were a series of scenes be
tween Young and his mistress. When
he told her he was going a us-, she re
plied that he could not, thaiTie could
not hide himself on any o -.in liner.
Next morning Young met ' Nan" and
they drove down together in the han
som cab in which the tragedy occurred.
After the shooting, the revolver bought , .
on the previous evening at the pawn- «'
shop, was found in the dead man's
right hand coat pocket. I am g.dng to
call every one that knows anything
about the case. I am not going to pro
duce J. Morgan Smith because he has
left the state. After the purchase of
the revolver he was seen quarreling
with "Nan” Patterson near a Sixth
avenue pawnshop. Smith slapped
"Nan’s" face and pushed her into a cab
and sent her home."
Taft’s Panama Trip.
New Orleans, Nov. 21.—Secretary
Taft and party sailed tod*y on the
cruiser Dolphin lor Pensacola, where
the secretary will transfer to in- . uis
er Columbia, both vessels going in,on®
to Panama.