Nebraska Newspapers

    The Frontier.
VOLUME XXV.
O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1905.
NUMBER 34.
ENGINEEB FAINTS AWAY
Great Northern Train Has Night Ont
in the Snow.
COMES IN WITH THREE ENGINES
Crews of Two Trains Have All Night
Struggle With Snow and Ice
in Bitter Cold.
Last Saturday’s Great Northern
passenger train, due here at 9:50,
pulled in about that hour Sunday
morning with three snow-clad, ice
bound engines, aft,er a stormy and
eventful run from Sioux City.
As the train pulled into the yard
limit, just below the round-house>
Engineer Ed Pender, driving the
snowplow, pulled open his whistle for
the station and then fell from his seat
in the cab exhausted and unconscious
The fireman sprang to the throttle
and guided the engine to the station,
when the prostrate engineer was
carried into the waiting room of the
depot and placed upon a cot, where he
lay for five hours unconscious, while
different ones of the train crew along
with Dr. Trueblood kept a solicitious
watch over him all the while. All
night exposure to the bitterness of a
temperature 33 below had nearly
congealed his life-blood and a terrible
struggle to get his engine through
adamant snow drifts had completely
exhausted him.
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o’clock Saturday night and there be
came stalled in a snow drift five feet
deep and 500 feet in length.The freight
train was also at Savage unable to get
any further. The passenger and
freight crews undertook the task in
the bitter cold of shoveling their way
through, or rather digging the passen
ger engine out. To make mattters
worse a pipe on Pender’s engine broke
and caused a leakage from the boiler
In shutting off the leakage the
engineer became drenched to the skin
and soon his outer garments and under
clothing were a mass of ice In this
condition he found a pair of his engine
wheels off the track when the snow
had been cleared away. By the ti me
the engine had been adjusted to the
track it was morning. There were
two engines to the passenger train and
i a third, the freight engine standing at
Savage, was attached. At 7:25 thev
made another start, plunging into the
solidified snow drift with the force of
three powerful locomotives and plow
ing a path through.
Pender was on the verge of freezing
to death. Dr. Trueblood found his
temperature and heart action very
low with the blood just at the point
of being congealed. His hands and
feet were badly frozen, and he didn’t
feel as if he had just come from a
southern orange grove when he board
ed the train Monday morning to
return to Sioux City. Notwithstand
ing he wanted to ride his engine back
to Sioux City, but-was pursuaded to
go in a cushioned coach while his
engine was held in the round house
here until another man could be sent
out after it.
Under the new schedule on the
Great Northern a freight crew stops
a night and day in O’Neill. The crew
coming in with the evening freight
remains here until the following
evening.
School Entertainment.
The debate on socialism and the
musical program that are to make up
tlie entertainment at the opera house
tomorrow evening, the seventeenth,
seem destined to draw a large crowd.
The proceeds of this entertainment
’ are to be expended in the purchase oi
books for the high school library, and
this cause alone is a sufficient incen
tive to call for the support of our
citizens.
But the program itself promises to
be well worth listening to. Those whc
are to give the musical numbers need
no introduction to the citizens oi
O’Neill, and the debate is on a sub
ject that is now commanding world
wide attention.
The affirmative side will endeavor
to prove that socialism is irapractic
X, . able, unjust and destructive of moral
* ity, while the negative, in opposition
to them, will argue that it is practic
able, just and conducive to good
ljnorals. Hear them tomorrow night
at 8:30.
The following is the program:
1 "Martha”.Smith’s Orchestra
a Song—“Two Babes In the Woods”
.Children’s Choruf
3 Vocal Solo—Selected.Winona Younklr
4 Plano Solo—Selected.Ruth Evans
5 Vocal Solo—"Lullaby".... Mrs. chas Stoui
6 Debate—"Resolved That We Should En
deavor to Check the Spread of Socialism”—
Affirmative: Robert Magirl, Josie Howe
Mable Snyder. Negative: Vincent Golden
Luoile Meredith. Bessie Roberts. T. V'
Golden, Chairman.
7 Song—"Blue Bell,” Merle Kline, baritone
John Sullivan, tenor.
8 “Mississippi Bubble”... Smith’s Orcbestn
9 Reading of the judges’ decision. Dr. B. T
Trueblood, Ool. Neil Brennan, Hon. O. F.
Blglin. Hon. S. J. Woekes, Judges' of
Debate.
DEFENDANT WINS SUIT
Mrs. McCarthy Granted Divorce, $1000
Alimony and $300 Attorney’s
Fees by the Court.
Zula McCarthy was granted a di
vorce on Saturday last from William
A. McCarthy and allowed $1,000
alimony and $300 attorney's lees.
This is the culmination of the suit
for divorce begun last November by
William A. McCarthy. The defendant,
Zula McCarthy, tiled an answer to her
husband’s petition in which she denied
the charges of “extreme cruelty” and
brought counter charges against the
plaintiff, on the strength of which the
court granted her the divorce, alimony
and attorney’s fees being arranged by
the attorneys and agreed upon by
plaintiff and defendant.
The couple were married in Septem
ber, 1883, at the home of Frank Emer.
son in the northwest part of the
county. Mr. McCarty is the owner Of
considerable property and is manager
of the McCarthy Bros, ranch in the
northwest part of the county, in
which Mike McCarthy of this city is
interested.
LOCAL MATTERS.
E. S. Eves has been up from Lincoln
this week.
J. C. Kimelson of Page had business
in O’Neill on Monday.
L. C. Wade is convalescing after a
protracted and sexere illness.
Walter Sheuner, a resident of the
Inez neighborhood, had business in
O’Neill Monday.
Mrs. A. E. West, Lansford, N.D., is
in the city visiting at the home of her
son, W. E. West.
Next Sunday evening the Rev. T.
W. Bowen will preach on “The Wis
dom of Winning Souls.”
Leek & Gatz begin today to put up
more ice. Fearing they might not
have enough they will lay in 150 tons
more.
Forty-four hogs were sold at the
Young Poland-China sale at Plain
view last Friday. They brought on
an average of $31.20 each.
R. M. Johnson of Stuart and H. A.
Allen of Atdinson run the gauntlet of
snow and cold and came down to the
hub Monday to transact business.
Joseph Nicolizack was on Tuesday
sentenced by Judge Harrington to
serve a term of six years in the pen
itentiary for criminal assault of the
person of Lena Kimch.
The cold weather has its effect on
the water works. Nearly everybody
expects to find their hydrant frozen
up in the mornings and a kettle of hot
water is provided before going to the
faucet.
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Presbyterian church on Monday per
formed the ceremony uniting in mar
riage Mr. Samuel Parker of Lawton,
Io., and Miss Amelia Tewksbury of
Atkinson.
Juvinile vandals took advantage of
a cracked window pane at the rear of
Bowen’s Racket Store one evening
recently to remeve the pane of glass,
reach through and purloin a few tools
lying on a bench.
J E. Kearns and son and Miss Fitz
patrick arrived in the city Monday
night to stop here for a short visit
with relatives and friends while on
their way home at Cody, Wy., from
a trip to Chicago.
Guy Lawrence, a young man Jiving
with his parents one and a half miles
south of Emmet, died last Friday of
tuberculosis, age 23 years. The funer
al was held on Sunday at the Method
ist church in this citv.
The family of George Lawrence
wish to express their sincere gratitude
to the many neighbors and friends
who so kindly assisted them during
their sad bereavement in the death
of their beloved son and brother.
J P. Hancock was up from Inman
yesterday. Mr. Hancock said he
could catch no train nor could he get
a team through by wagon road and so
resorted to the only means of naviga
tion at hand and hoofed it up the
railroad track.
As a matter of economy in fuel
Receiver Biglin has transferred his
headquarters as receiver of the Elk
horn Valley bank from the bank to
his place of business a few doors
further down the street. The bank
building is now closed.
The Frontier regrets to learn of the
death of Mrs. Bowden, wife of our old
friend R. E. Bowden, which occurred
on Friday last at their home near
Agee postollice. The funeral, we
understand, was held on Sunday, but
have learned none of the particulars.
Mr. F. E. Potter and wife of
Duluth, Minn., were in the city the
first of the week visiting Mr. Potter’s
father, A. T., and sister Mrs.. W.
T. Evans. Mr. Potter is chief train
dispatcher for the Northern Pacific
and left for his home at Duluth Wed
nesday morning.
Two women started out to win a
man, says an exchange. Each entered
tlie race with a different plan. One
put on line garments to dazzle his eye;
the other baked for him an old fash
ioned pie. The dresser did nothing
but giggle and talk; the baker said
nothing but won in a walk.
The Frontier has a sack of garden
seeds for free distribution. This does
not mean that children, boys and girls,
can flock in in swarms and get seeds.
In cases where fathers or mothers can
not come themselves and want to send
a boy or girl they may have a package
by sending a note. As long as the
seeds last they are free to the public.
J. J. McCafTerty is spending his
leisure hours these winter days taking
orders for a superb work recounting
the life and activities of President
Roosevelt. Like many others not
exactly in sympathy with the repub
lican party, J. J. is an admirer of
Teddy and thinks he’s an honest man
in the right place.
O’Neill merchants have certainly
been doing their part this winter to
keep trade at home. Nobody ever had
a better chance' to buy any kind of
merchandise anywhere than afforded
in O’Neill all winter. Sending to
catalogue houses is an unfruitful
habit that can be overcome by investi- :
gating and comparing the home mark
et witii the foreign.
The potato market is uncertain for
the future. A good many cellars
proved inadequate to keep out the
frost during the recent extreme
weather and the result is that there
are many frozen potatos. Some are
predicting that they will reach the
dollar mark on the local market
uerore a new crop is reauy iui con
sumption.
Mrs. McHugh and son Frank were
dumped out of tlieir bobsled yesterday
at the First National bank corner.
The team they were driving took an
extra spurt at the curve in the corner
and turned the bobs over and the
team became detached. Mrs. McHugh
was caught under the overturned box
while Frank landed on his feet and
started in pursuit of tile team.
Neither were hurt.
H. J. Jandt, a wholesale merchant
of Sioux City, was in O’Neill Friday
last, having business in county court.
Mr. Jandt’s house brought suit
against Gill Bros, of Stuart for a bill
of goods sold them, over the settle
ment of which there was a difference,
the Stuart firm claiming the goods
were not as represented. A jury was
empaneled to hear the case but
settlement was made without going
to trial.
At the regulary meeting of Holt
Camp No. 1710 Modern Woodmen of
America held at their hall last Tues
day evening, officers for the ensuing
year were installed and the following
members elected delegates to tire
county convention to be held in
O’Neill on April 12,1905: Neil Bren
nan, D. H. Cronin, Geo. A. Miles and
S. F. McNichols. O. F. Biglin, Henry
Zimmerman, 11. H. Mills and S. Burge
were elected as alternates.
At the regular monthly teachers
examintion for January County Su
perintendent Slaymaker issued teach
ers’ certificates to the following: Clara
Hopkins, Agee; Alina Dawson, Ewing;
Myrtle Thompson and Gertrude Crow
ley, Stuart; Agnes Ilagerty, O’Neill:
Pearl Bradley, Inman. Examinations
occur once a month, Friday and Sat
urday, the arrangement being so as to
bring the last day of examinations the
third Saturday in the month.
A suit against the Graphic Pulisli
ing company of Atkinson, brought by
the American Type Founders company
of Kansas City for material sold the
Graphic while A. M. Church was its
manager and used in the publication
of a German paper, was set for hear
ing Tuesday before Justice J. A. Gol
den of O’Neill. Ey agreement of the
attorneys, E. H. Whelan for plintifl's
and R. It. Dickson for defendants, the
case was continued until March 24.
D. C. Konkel of Chadron, deputy
revenue collector for the Seventh Ne
braska district, visited at The Fron
tier sanctum Tuesday. Mr. Konkel
dropped in for a visit and to look over
the newspapers while he was waiting
for a train to get through on tlie
Northwestern. He says there has
been a very great amount of suffering
among tlie herds of live stock in the
western counties and almost inesti
mable losses to the owners by reason
of the very severe winter.
An unique piece of advertising
hangs in the sheriff’s office at the
court-house. It is something Sheriff
Hall picked up during his trip to
Phoenix, Ariz. It is the get up of a
Phoenix restaurant and consists of a
card about 7x9 inches, across the top
of which is printed “Hot meals at all
hours.” Directly under these words
is a half tone engraving reproduced
from a photo of an Indian squaw hold
ing a papoose that is taking its nurse
from the bared breast of its mother.
The first death The Frontier lias
learned of in this section this winter
from freezing is reported from Keya
Paha.-county. James Melrose, age 83
years, living three miles nortlf of
Simpson, froze to death Saturday
night. Melrose left the house about
l o’clock on February 11 to go to the
barn, as the family supposed. When
be failed to return a search was made
for him, without result. Then neigh
bors were notified and searching par
ties were organized. They scoured
the prairie in all directions, his frozen
body being found fast in a barbed wire
fence about a mile from the house.
Yesterday was like tlie dawn of a
summer morning after a midwinter
blizzard, like the fragrance of tlie
rose afte r tlie chill of the snow ball.
People were able to get out of doors
into the sunshine, and they got out.
All the afternoon everything on run
ners around town was gliding over tlie
melting snow to tlie merry jingle of
the sleighbells. It looks like the
worst is over and that spring will
again come. Last Sunday morning
Jack Frost hit us a little bit tlie hard
est yet. Early Sunday morning mer
cury got down to 38 below—or two
degrees colder than the previous cold
est day.
me commercial ciuo men 01 ise
beraska formed a state association at
a meeting held at Fremont last week.
The organization will be known as the
State Association of Commercial clubs.
O’Neill was recognized by the associa
tion by naming O. O. Snyner for
treasurer. In the make up of the
committees O’Neill was aiso recog
nized, R. It. Dickson being chosen as a
member of the legislative committee
and Mr. Snyder a member of the com
mittee on parcels post. M. A. Ilostet
lor of Sheldon is president of the
organization and vice-presidents were
chosen from each congressional
district.
A mysterious but free and easy
stranger by the name of Thompson
went the rounds of the grog shops
Saturday night at a rapid pace and
wound up with a tale of woe and lost
wealth which lie poured into
the ears of the authorities,
lie claimed to have had a roll of one
hundred and lifty when he struck
town and his pile began to fade until
only lifty was left. He first said $.">0
had been stolen from him. Then he
thought it was only $10, then got the
amount down to $20. The authorities
were not sure that any amount had
been stolen but one suspect was
arrested and subsequently released on
tlie promise that the money would be
refunded.
Very Low Rates to Inauration of Pres
Roosevelt, Washington, D. C.
Via the North-Western Line. Ex
cursion tickets will be sold on Feb. 2S
and March 1 and 2, limited by exten
sion to return until March 18, inclu
sive. Apply to agents Chicago &
North-Western R’y. 34-3
M’GEEVY SHORT $4,381
According to Secretary Smith’s Re
port tire Former School Treasurer
Ows Diltrict $1,500 More.
At the school meeting last Saturday
afternoon it developed that Bernard
McGrcevy’s shortage as treasurer of
the O’Neill school district amounted
to $4,381.75 instead of $2,711, as claimed
by McGreevy and for which latter
amount he had executed a mortgage
to the school district. Secretary
Smith of the school board read a re
port which showed McGreevy had
taken credit twice for the same war
rants in a number of instances. The
meeting adopted a resolution not to
accept the mortgage offered by Mc
Greevy in settlement of the shortage.
It also adopted a resolution instruct
ing the board to collect the amount
found due in the best way they could.
Minor Mention
We hereby desire to thank all our
friends and neighbors who so kindly
assisted us during the sickness, death
and burial of our beloved wife and
mother. R. E. Bowden,
Ernest Bowden,
IftJUlgU JJUnUCIl,
Freman Bowden.
Lincoln Star: Without the least
opposition the doctors of the state
have succeeded in getting a bill
through the legislature for the rigid
registration of vital statistics. Doc
tors and undertakers, according to
the provisions of the bill, must report
all births and deatlis. The local health
officers in metropolitan cities, cities
of the lirst class and cities of the
second class,must report the statistics.
In smaller towns and in the rural
districts local registrars must be ap
pointed. These are under the super
vision of the state registrar, who is
selected by the state medical board.
The bill passed the senate yesterday
afternoon.
Jerry Sullivan plead guilty to a
charge of forgery when taken into
district court last Friday and was
sentenced to one year and ton days
penal servitude. Some weeks ago
Sullivan forged a check for $0 on the
account of F. C. Gatz and got the
money at the O’Neill National bank.
then drew up another check for
$9.80 and signed Mr. Gatz’name. It
was on this check Sullivan was caught
when attempting to cash It. He en
deavored to effect a settlement with
Mr. Gatz and offered to refund the $t>,
but Fred declined to interpose or in
terfer with the process of the law and
told Sullivan he would have to “take
his medicine.”
AU or tne iorce mar, can oe spareu
for the work at J. P. Mann’s store
have been engaged the past few
weeks in taking an invoice of the
stock preparatory to the transfer of a
half interest in the business to Joe
and Miss Mann. J. P. Mann is ex
pected to arrive from Chicago the last
of the week and the transfer will take
place next week. Mann’s has been
recognized as one of the leading stores
of this section of the state for many
years and is an important factor in
the business affairs of the town. The
store was started some twenty-one
years ago by Mann & Hecker. Mr.
Ilecker sold out his interest to Mr.
Mann some eighteen or nineteen years
ago. Tlie store has since been known
by tile name J. P. Mann. Joe Mann
says it has not yet been decided what
name the new firm will adopt.
Star Twinkles
Will Olds has been very sick with
pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer are also sick
with lung troubles.
Albert Theirolf is kept busy these
days hauling hay for their cattle.
This is hard weather on our school,
it being impossible for those living
fartherst away to attend.
Arthur Parkhearst is able to be up
and walk around some. We under
stand they will take him away for
medical treatment.
J. B. Anderson’s family are afflicted
with an attack of small pox, which
they contracted at Lynch where some
of their children are attending school.
James Biby returned to his old
home in Missouri, he goes expecting
to learn the blacksmith trade of his
father,but thinks he will return again
to Holt county.
“Bill had a billboard, Bill also had a
board bill, so Bill sold the billboard to
pay his board bill. After Bill sold the
billboard to pay his board bill the
board bill no longer bored Bill.”
What has become of the “Agee
Breezes” ? Have they blown far away
or froze up this winter weather? Let
ASSESSORS AND JURORS
Board Draws Jury and Confirms Ap
pointments of Assessor Cooper.
“TOOTS” BOEHME’S TRAGIC DEATH
Assaults a Man With Whom He Had
Played Cards and is Instantly
Shot Down.
The board of supervisors on Monday
approved the list of township asses
sors recommended by Assessor W. B
Cooper and also drew the jurors.
The list of assessors is as follows:
Donat Seger, Atkinson; J. B. Den.
nis, Cleveland; J. D. Grimes, Cham
bers; John Fundas, Dustin; Mike
Ratherham, Deloit; L. P. Pucket,
Emmet; A. B. Donaldson, Ewing;
Isaac Millspaugh, Francis; M. L.
Wintermote, Shamrock; Anton Prusa,
Green Valley; John Linden, Conley;
Martin Stanton, Grattan: Horace
Bradley, Inman; George Lambert,
Lake; Wm Lell, McClure; W. D.
Bradstreet, Paddock: John Alfs,
Pleasantvlew; W. II. Snell, Iowa; S.
M. Aldridge, Sand Creek; J. J. Nacht
man, Saratoga; J. E. Wiley, Steel
Creek; It. J. Jennings, Shields; John
O’Connell, Sheridap;.W. A. Hiscox,
Stuart; P. Kennedy, Swan; U. Hoyer,
Scott; J. C. Knudson, Verdigre; Harry
Stanton, Willowdale; H. S. White,
Wyoming; E T. Porter, Chambers;
J. J. McCafferty, O’Neill.
The jury: W. A. Murphy, C: T.
Thompson, W. C. Pickery,Wm Fallon,
E. E. Perrin, Chas French, E. R.
Adams, L. C. Coburn, Andrew Clark,
Jno Cook, W. Fullerton,1T. V. Atkinson
F. Leonard, Henry Transue, Fred
Mliner, C. L. Morse, John O’Malley,
Geo. E. Shiveley, E. Harmon, Mark
M irphy, Thos Connley, H. Hubbard,
John Moler, W. W. Robinson.
The board adjourned Tuesday after
noon until April 17.
Atkinson Man Killed.
Jeston Boehme of Atkinson, famili
ary known as “Toots,” was shot and
instantly killed early Saturday morn
ing at the Burlington depot at Whit
man, Grant county, this state. A
telegram from Whitman dated the
11th gives the following account of
the shooting:
At about 6 o’clock this morning
Jeston Boehme was shot and killed by
George Phillips in the Burlington
depot at this place. Yesterday after
noon they had some trouble over a
card game, which ended in Boehme’s
assulting Phillips. After the assault
everything seemed to be settled, but
this morning Boehme attempted to
renew it, when Phillips shot him
twice, once in the breast and once in
the head, killing him instantly. Both
parties were gamblers. Phillips came
recently from Casper, Wyo. Phillips
after the shooting, notified Sheriff
Moran of Hyannis of his deed. The
sheriff has taken him in charge to
await the result of the coroner’s in
quest, which will be held this after
noon.
Boehme was a character of more or
less notoriety in this community and
had been involved in various scrapes
at various times.
us have some more from Agee. The
country items are all interesting.
Matilda wrote a long list of items
last week, but she mailed them when
she went to trade at the store across
the Knox county line, at the little
town of “Tail-holt” and for some un
known reason they failed to appear in
the county paper.
Homeseekers Excursion.
Via Great Northern Line on first
and third Tuesdays each month to
points north and west.
Bate, one first class fare plus $2
return limit 21 days, stopovers allowed
at intermediate points.
Full particular may be had from
any Agent Great Northern Line or
Fred Rogers, G. P. A., Sioux City,
Iowa. 34-4m
Colonist Rates West.
Via the Great Northern, daily,
March 1st to May 15th, 1905, to all
points in Montana, Idaho, Washing
ton, Oregon and California.
Two through trains to the Cost .
daily. Apply to any Agent, Great
Northern Line for rates, maps, des
criptive matter etc., or to Fred
Rogers, G. P. A., Sioux City, Io. 34-3m
Nearly Forfeits His Life.
A runaway almost ending fatally,
started a horrible ulcer on the leg of J.
B. Orner, Franklin Grove, 111. For
four years it defied all doctors and all
remedies. But Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
had no trouble to cure him. Equally
good for Burns, Bruises, Skin Erup
tions and Piles. 25c, at P. C. Corrigan
drug store. __
The Frontier $L50.