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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1905)
THE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. j'NEILL, NEBRASKA ... While looking for stragglers. Just a it Welsh regiment was about to sal from Cape Town for England, an offl- j cer found a private standing at atten- , tlon In a shed. “What are you doing ! here?" he was asked. "Please sir," was the reply, "1 am a lunatic and 1 am i waiting for the corporal's guard.” He i was right; he was a lunatic and his guard had forgotten him. Ether and Chloroform, so useful In sending men to sleep, have the very opposite effects on plants, which are stimulated to the very greatest activ ity by these drugs. In Denmark and Germany advantage has been taken of this fact to force flowers In rooms and glasshouses, and to make them bloom out of season. The results are said to be marvelous. An authority on cooking asserts that England Is a soupless country, meaning that English cooks can not make soup and that soup does not appear on the menu of an English everyday dinner. Which is a fact, though soup Is about the first form that English charity takes. An artillery volunteer won recently ; at a shooting match at Blackpool, Eng- j land, a prize consisting of a wedding ring, gratuitous marriage ceremony, a wedding equipage, u polished cradle ‘ and a bassinet. But ho must marry j xithln twelve months to get the prize, j Captain Leonard of the Indian medi cal stall', has Invented a useful instru ment for eases of snake bite, which are so common In India. It consists of a small lancet mounted In a hollow handle, which Is tilled with perman ganate of potash crystals. At last the prince of Montenegro has ordered that a railroad be built throughout the principality, to connect with the trunk line of the Servian state railways. The line will be one-meter gauge, and work will be commenced In ttie early spring. The largest peanut fields in the world are In Guiana, on the north coast of Africa. Peanuts are grown there by hundreds of tons, but the quality is In ferior to those grown In this country Most of the African peanuts ure shipped to France. The Argentine Republic will spend In the next live years $40,000,000 on new railways and branch lines. Up to the present time incest of the rolling stock In use on ttie Argentine railroads has been Imported from England, Germany und Belgium. The London lire department has been experimenting with the American "quick-hitch" system and Is delighted with It. One company boasts that It can now hitch up lu fifteen seconds.' From three to fugg ^ootids Is flew York time. . Fifty numbers of a newspaper 300 ytars old have been found In the state archives ut Stettin, Pomerania, con taining a quaint descriptions of the plague, shipping disasters, etc., the news of January being given only In August. Preserved In the cathedral at Bangor, Wales, Is a pair of old "dog tongs" which were used for ejecting quarrel some dogs from church during service. A similar pair 1h preserved at Llunynys, Wales, and bears numerous teeth marks. France Is searching diligently for con! beds along the borders of Lorraine, with a velw of making the neighboring French territories Independent of the Alsace-Lorraine supplies. Important discoveries are said to have been made. It Is calculated that In England, Ire land, Scotland and the United States $M),000,000 a year Is spent in golf. There are 8T9 golf clubs In England. 760 111 America, 682 In Scotland and 134 In Ire land, numbering altogether 600,000 play ers. The city of Berlin offers three prizes for the best plans for a monument to the late professor Virchow. It Is to be placed at the Intersection of Karl and Rulsen streets, a square which will henceforth be known as Virchow Platz. Before a Scotch judge may take his •eat on the bench he must conduct a probationary trial to the satisfaction of his brother Judges. laird Ardwall, ap pointed bill chamber Judge by the king, has Just undergone the ordeal. Heavy haulage work, such as that of •tores, munitions and even heavy guns. Is already done by motor In the Aus trian army. Now the Austrians are going to have armored motor cars, each currying a quick-firing gun. Queen WUhelmina, In appointing a Roman Catholic, the Jonkherr Van Green, as her private secretary, puts one of that faith In a responsible posi tion in the royal household for the first time since the reformation. When leaving Sydney for America, the Rondon Mall says, Paderewski or dered 10,000 large panel photographs i of himself for sale during the Ameri can tour, the largest order of the kind I ever known in Sydney. As Illustrating a difference in charac- I terlstlcs tt ts officially noted that twice as many peole in Scotland as in Ire- I land chose to go to prison for minor of fenses rather than pay a fine. In Ire land they pay the flue. The scarcity of pearls In American markets Is due largely to the fact that the women of India nnd Arabia have lately taken to wearing them, and the fishers can get as good prices at home ! as by exporting them. The other night the police of Buda Pesth made a raid on the principal park nnd found more than fifty per- 1 sons soundly asleep In the branches of j a group of trees. Each was secured with a piece of rope. -- ♦ ■ Japan Is Importing Immense quanti ties of all kinds of railroad material, including locomotives nnd cars, from the United States and Europe. This Is chiefly being used In Manchuria and Korea. It Is reported that French capitalists Intend constructing a railroad from Tangier to Fez, Morocco. It is. how ever. doubted, whether they will ever get a concession from the sultan. The Ofoten railway, the most north ern railroad in the world, is now car rying Immense quantities of Iron ore from the great Norwegian mining dis tricts to the coart. Dr. William G. Anderson, Instructor of the gymnasium at Tale, will make an Inspection of the leading school and A ...vteoHe** gymnasiums of the north and WHOLE COUNTRY IS VIOLENTLY A-SHIVER East of the Rockies, Intense Cold Extends South Even to the Gulf. BUSINESS IS AFFECTED Suffering Is Everywhere Experienced i by the Poor—Railroad Traffic Is Largely Crippled—Reports of People Being Frozen. Chicago, Feb. 15.—Fast of the Rock ies humanity shivers In the cold est weather of the winter and In many portions the most severe in a decade. The frigid wave, according to the weather bureau will spread over the eastern country tonight with zero tem perature as far south as Virginia and freezing weather In the central portion of Florida. Zero temperatures are re ported from Oklahoma and New Mex ico today, while In the middle west and northwest the mercury registers from j 4 to 34 below zero, with but little pros pect of moderation before tomorrow, j Much suffering Is reported by the po- | lice, overseers of the poor and by char- i liable institutions, while frostbitten ! noses, ears and faces are common oc currences. High winds add to the dis comfort, and the suffering caused by ] the low temperatures. All railroad j trains are from one to twelve hours late, ; and In some Instances entirely annulled, being so far behind time as to lose their right**. Freight traffic on many roads Is entirely suspended. Five negroes and Indians have been frozen to death in Oklahoma and the loss of stock In west ern Kansas, Oklahoma and Indian Ter- j rltory is very heavy. Today's heavy snowfall Is entailing ; a severe loss of live stock. In Kansas City a negro woman was | found frozen to death in a hovel near the rive\r At Denver Ihe weather Is moderating I and the cold wave In that region seems broken. Some Low Temperatures. The following temperatures were re ported. all below zero: Detroit, 4: Saginaw, 8; Fort Smith, Ark., 8; Oklahoma City, 10; Chiengo, 1!»; Milwaukee, 18; Duluth, 28; La crosse, 28; St. Paul, 2(i; Wllliston, N. I)., 27; Janesville, Wis., 34; Sioux Falls, 30; Keokuk, 27; Burlington, 32; Peoria, 2<i; Bloomington, 2fi; St. Joseph, 17: Des Moines, 20; Omaha, 22; Lin coln, 20; Kansas City, 22; St. Louis, 18. New York’s Tale of Trouble. In Greater New York the lee and snow caused Injury to many persons try falls, more than twenty having been removed to hospitals severely hurt. Traffic is paralyzed by lire ley con dition of the streets, and hundreds of horses fell, a number being shot be cause of injuries. Six persons were severely hurt this morning in a street car collision, caused by slippery rails. Sixteen Italian families were driven out into the cold from a Harlem tene ment by a lire early today and 150 per sons were rendered homeless. One woman Is missing. The Italians became j panic stricken, the women hurling ' young children from the windows to the crowds on the ground. Policemen naught most of the youngsters and car ried them to places of safety and warmth. The sudden drop In Ihe temperature brought the Ohio river Ice to a stand again, postponing what the river men believe will he the worst final breakup of the river in many years. The dam age already done Is estimated at $200, )00. -~~ STEAMER MAY BE LOST The Silvia, of tho Red Cross Line, Is Five Days Overdue, Probably Caught in Storm. St. Johns. N. S., Feb. 15.—Nothing has yet been received from the Red Cross line steamer Silviu, now five days overdue at this port from Hali fax. Grave fears are entertained for her safety. The Silvia sailed from New York with a cargo of merchan dise and several passengers and touched at Halifax. The voyage from that port should have been made in forty-eight hours. —♦— Caught in Floating Debris. San Francisco, Feb. 15.—The Pacific mail steamer, City of Panama, which sailed from this port January 21 for the Central American coast, had a strange experience, according to news which has Just been received here by mail from Acapulco. Through miles of sea, covered thickly with masses of vegeta tion, tree trunks and carcasses of dead animals, the steamer sailed, the debris ; at times being so thick that her prog- I less was Impeded. Some of the trees i were live and six feet in diameter, and ! tho dead animals were of all descrip- ; tions. The debris was encountered January 28 In latitude 16.58 north, ! longitude 100.2!* west. The stuff was j eight or nine feel thick. Officers of the vessel were unable to explain the strange condition. It is supposed the floating mass of debris was cast upon the waters by some gi gantic volcanic eruption on the Central American coast. MAY^ REORGANIZE. The Equitable Insurance Company Wil. Consider the Mutual Plan of Control. New York, Feb. 15.—Headed by Pres ident Alexander, fifty of the principal officers of the Equitable Life Assur ance society, died a petition to the board of directors urging them to take radical and progressive steps. The ac tion urged is to grant the policyholders the right to vote for directors, In other words, to transfer the control from the stockholders to the assured. This mat ter was the subject of an animated dis cussion at the last meeting of the di rectors, and there was considerable speaking in its favor. Consideration was postponed until the next meeting, which will be held on Wednesday. The petition has mean while been signed and presented. The equitable is controlled by the stockholders of a corporation which was founded by the late Henry B. Hyde. The capital stock of this cor poration amounts to only $100,000. Of tlie shares about $70,000, per value, are the properly of James H. Hyde, vice president of the company. Alexander j succeeded Hyde's father in the presi dency of the company, and has held that office ever since. James H. Hyde, as owner of almost three-quart, rs of the stock, controls the election of the directors, and of course FLOOD IS PRESAGED. Platte River Will Likely Cause Much Damage When Thawing Weather Prevails. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 15.—Nebraska is in the area of the greatest snow at the present time and during the winter its people have had thirty-one inches of the (laky beautiful to shovel. Prospects are for a large flow of wa ter from the spring thaw. At the cor responding date in 1!104 a large part of tlie central valleys and the southeast ern Rocky mountain slope, now covered to depths ranging from three to ten Inches, were entirely free from snow, but there was more snow In portions of the middle plateau regions and at some stations in the lake regions than there is at this time, indications are that the Platte river will be taxed to its ut most to carry the water which will nec essarily be turned into its shallow banks with the first thaw of spring. In the Missouri river Ice now ranges from twelve to twenty-nine Inches, which is a little thicker than usual. Territory surrounding the upper wa ters of the Missouri is covered with snow nine to fifteen Inches in depth, and the mountains are full of snow. All of the snow of the plateau coun try is taken out in the spring thaw, while the "June rise.” commonly called, is caused by the melting of the snow in ‘he mountains. NEBRASKA IS SUFFERING. Never Before in Many Years Havi Conditions Been So Adverse. Columbus, Neb., Feb. 14.—'This has been the worst day of the winter for handling trains. The branches out of here on the Union Pacific are practically abandoned, especially the Spalding-Albion line. Two freight trains were sent out, but only got about three miles from town and stalled and had to be pulled back by a switch engine. The snow plows got read to clear the branches, but were called into service on the main line, which is fast being blocked between here and Grand Island. The snow has been drifting all day and Is packing hard, and lines will probably be closed for several days. Two engines pulling three coaches stalled on the. main line here in less than 15 inches of hard packed snow. If it can be spared from'the main line, a rotary plow will take a shot at the* branch lines. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 14.-Zero tempera ture and a heavy fall of snow fqrrm a weather combination in Lincoln and southeast Nebraska probably the worst experienced this winter. At no time yes terday w'us the temperature above zero and at times the storm had the propor tions of a blizzard. Street car schedules are abandoned and cars run with diffi culty. Steam railroad trains are from one to seven hours late. On nearly all lines of the Burlington passenger trains are preceded by snow plows. Traffic on the Union Pacific branch from Valley to Lincoln is blocked by the wrecking of a freight train near Yu tan. The train struck a snow drift and seven cars and the caboose were thrown from the track. No one was injured. Division Superintendent Bigiell of the Burlington said that the past twenty-four hours had been the worst on his line since the winter of 1881. No freight trains what ever are mpvlng, and no passenger trains except on the main lino, and these are moving with difficulty, preceded in every insTance by snow plows. —♦— Blizzard Is Reported. Norfolk, Neb., Fob. 14.—Reports show that the northwest is in the grip of a worse blizzard than that of Thursday and trains are stuck. Lead, S. D., Feb. 13.--The coldest weath er of the year is prevalent in the Black Hills. The thermometer registered the fol lowing number of degrees below zero last night. Lead, 28; Sturgis, 23; Deadwood, 25; Speartlsh, 28; Belle Fourche, 25; Galena, 26; Terraville, 30; Terry, 32; Rapid City, 24; Portland, 27. Auburn, Neb., Feb. 13.—The weather continues to be very cold. A sweeping northwest wind prevailed all day yester day, drifting the snow badly and making the north and south roads almost im passible. Trains were greatly delayed as a result. DEATH OF JUDGE CRAWFORD. Well Known Northeastern Nebraska Pioneer Passe* Away. West Point, Neb., Feb. 13.—Hon. Jas. C. Crawford, an ex-judge of the district court of Nebraska, and one of the most prominent and striking figures In the history of Cuming county, Is dead of ailments Incident to old age. aged 76 years. The judge came to the present site of the city of West Point from I.ehlgh county, Pennsylvania, with Ills sister and other members of ills family In the year 1857 find established the first settlement of white people In the coun ty. He was the proprietor of the first saw and grist mills on the Elkhorn riv er, and esta' hed brick yards, and all through his long and eventful life was always foremost in all enterprises tending to build up the commonwealth. The present muterlal prosperity of the lower Elkhorn valley is largely due to his sagacity and foresight. He was a man of generous Impulses, a rugged pioneer, of Iron nerve and constitu tion and of strict probity in all bis -dealings. He was the first practicing lawyer In northeastern Nebraska, and enloyed the reputation an able coun sellor throughout the state. He was a member of tlie territorial legislature and up to a few years ago took an active part in politics, he being a dem ocrat of the old school. It was due to Ills able pleading and profound knowl edge of law that Governor Boyd, whose counsel he was, was enabled to retain the gubernatorial chair. His death Is a great shock to the community. He leaves an aged widow, one son. James l\, jr., a member Of the faculty of the state university, and two daughters to mourn his loss. His estate is large. —♦— Stabbing at Hartington. Hartlngton, Neb., Feb. 14.—Howard Os borne. famtUurly known as “Toots” Os borne, In a rage stabbed Jim Stanton in the upper back part of the leg near the hip joint with a jackknife, ipfiicting an ugly wound. The stabbing occurred in the bowling alley chop house, where Osborne was cook, and was tile result of a quar rel between the boys over tilt* payment of Stanton's supper. Osborne is 19 years old and lives with bis parents in this city. Stanton is a tritle older aiul Is a day laborer. Nemaha Opera House Burned Nemaha. Sceb., Feb. 15.—The Hoovet opera house, i two-story brick building belonging io Mrs. W. H. Hoover and the Hoover estate, was destroyed by fire. The blaze was not discovered un til the entir * top part of the building was in flames, so that nothing could be done except to prevent the fire from spreading. All the scenery, seats, etc., in the opera house were destroyed. The walls of the building are standing and If they can be utilized in rebuilding it is estimated the loss will be $2,500 to $3,000. Otherwise the total loss will be about double that amount. DEADWOQD TRAIN GOES INTO DITGE AM the Cars Leave Rails, Bu No One Is Seriously Hurt. STORMS OVER THE STATE Reports from the Western Part ant Over the Range Country State Worst Blizzard of Winter Is Raging. Chadron, Neh., Feb. 11.—A wreck or the Chicago and Northwestern railroad of the Deadwood passenger train caused by spreading rails, resulted it all the cars being thrown from tht track, the baggage and express car: being laid on their sides; the smoke: and chair car tipped about half way over. One end of the sleeper went down an embankment and Superin tendent F. A. Harmon's car was of the track. The Hot Springs trait 'came down and took the passenger: inorth, while the wreckers are nov working in a blinding storm to ciea: Ihe track. No one was hurt excep' Expressman Dick Jones, who was somewhat bruised. The wreck wai “within the yard limits, being abou. two miles west of Chadron. — ♦— NEBRASKA BLIZZARD. Wind Blowing a Gale and the Mercury Falling. Omaha, Neb.,Feb.10.—Special to news papers and reports to tae weather bu reau from northwest Nebraska tell oi tlie worst blizzard of the year, which Is said to be moving southwest. From Chadron it is stated that a gale pre vails, accompanied by an intense snow storm. Norfolk also reports a storm begin ning at midnight. From Long Pine it is stated that an intense blizzard is raging, with the mercury falling. Al ready a foot of snow covers the greatet : part of Nebraska, and it is probable that a bad blizzard on the ranges at this lime will result in great suffering and loss of cattle arid sheep. In Omaha there had been no percept ible change at midnight, although a cold wave is predicted for Thursday. - CLUBS MERGE. Commercial Men Form a Nebraska State Organization. Fremont, Net)., Feb. 11.—The Cotn ■ mereial club men in session in Fremont this afternoon formed a state organiza : lion to be known its the State Asso ! elation of Commercial clubs. Officers ! were elected as follows: President, M. A. Hostettor. Shelton, Neb.; vice presi ; dents, VV. A. Greenwaid. Kalis City; E. J. McVann, Omaha; J. F. Hanson, Fre mont; H. A. Graff, Seward; George E. Millbourn, Minden; G. B. Darr, Lex ington; secretary, W. G. I-I irons, Pierce; treasurer, O. O. Snyder. O'Neill. A legislative committee was named as follows: H. Gilkeson. Wahoo; H. K Simonson, Wakefield; Harry O'Keefe, West Point; R. R. Dickson, O’Neill; E. O. Garret, Fremont. The place of meeting next year was left to the executive committee. Miss Tennant Cleary of Omaha was voted Bn honorary member of the associa tion. STORM IN WEST NEBRASKA. Wind Blowing a Gale, but Tempera ture Is Not Low. Chadron, Neb., Feb. 11.—One of tlie most severe storms ever experienced \ in this country is now raging. For tunately the temperature is above zero, but the wind is blowing a gale. Stock men are anxious. BURGLAR NURSES VICTIM. After Caring for Him Two Hours Hi Takes Valuables and Escapes. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 11.—Knocked senseless by a burglar. N. W. Lee, of the Nebraska Clothing company, was resuscitated and nursed tenderly by the intruder this morning. A deep gash on Lee's head, inflicted with a heavy weapon in the hands of the burglar, was dressed skillfully by the man, who, when the victim came to his senses, took all the money and valuables in the room and fled. The attack and robbery took place in Lee's room in the Withnell block early in the morning. Lee was awak i ened by the entrance of the burglar through a window. He grappled with the intruder and received a blow on the head that made him unconscious. When he regained consciousness the burglar had put him back in bed and was dressing the wound. The burglar talked freely with Lee during the two hours he was with him. expressing regret at the blow, and then robbed him. HORSEMEN OF NEBRASKA. Meeting at Norfolk to Arrange a Trot ting Circuit. Norfolk. Neb., Feb. 11.—Northern Ne braska horsemen met in Norfolk to day for the purpose of organizing a trotting eircuft which will so arrange the dates of the coming county fairs next fall that there will be no chance of conflict in the various dates. The towns represented at the meeting were Neligh. Creighton. Albion. Stanton. Hattie Creek and Madison. The horse men state that with a circuit, better and faster events can be scheduled than with the independent dates. The county fairs in Antelope, Knox. Stan ton. Madison, Boone and Wayne coun ties next season are to he, the nun agers declare. (%’.c best ever held in this section. —f Orgxnizing Baseball League. Norfolk. Neb., Feb. 11.—Baseball en I thusiasts from all over northeastern Nebraska got together in Norfolk and made plans for the organization of a I league in this territory for next sea son's playing. W. W. Roberts, of this | city, and A1 Pont, of Stanton, were made chairman and secretary of tile temporary organization and another ; meeting was set for two weeks later— February 21, in Norfolk, when perma , pent arrangements will be completed, i "There will be a league." said W. T. 1 Caley, of Creighton. "You may bank on that." —♦— High Price for Hogs. Lyons. Neb.. Keb. 11.—At the Maniey sale of Durov Jersey red hogs livid here the worlds record was again broken, ‘Mr. Gingrich of Shenandoah, la., pay ing $410 for one animal. One sow sold to A. P. Alsiu of Bcone, la., for $412, ,the highest price paid. Fifty-seven were Bold with an average of $72.95. LAWSON TO KANSAS. Boston Man Will Help the Westerr Petroleum Producers Beat the Standard Oil Crowd. Boston, Feb. 15.—It was confirmee, last nlglit that Thomas W. Lawson will get into the fight against the Standard Oil company’s interests in Kansas. He hag certain evidence which will be of great value to the legislature of that state, and when seen by a correspond ent said he was about ready to tackle the Standard Oil west of Chicago, but he did not care at this time to specify his weapon. A friend of Mr. Lawson said that within a few days every Important man in Kansas from the governor down would receive literature especially pre pared by the Boston copper man, show ing how the Standard Oil people and certain railroads worked together in Kansas and further west in California. Mr Lawson has finished his March in stallment of "Frenzied Finance” and says that this chapter of his magazine serial will not touch materially the Kansas situation. Resolutions adopted by a convention of Kansas oil producers Saturday in vited Mr. Lawson to come and help them win their great battle with the Standard Oil. The Standard has shut down on buying Kansas oil, and it is declared it has done so because of pro posed hostile legislation in Kansas. The shutdown, it if continues, will ruin the Kansas oil producers and do the state i immense damage. STANDARD MAY SURRENDER. Indications That It Will Not Press Its Boycott of Kansas. Chanute, Kan.. Feb. 15.—There are Indications that the Standard Oil will back down and return to the practice ! of buying oil in this district. There I is no official announcement of such in | tention, but some of the producers who ! have business with the office of the Standard say they have been told to be patient and not join the ranks of the howlers and so-called anarchists, : and that they probably will get their , oil run next week. There have been ) no promises of any sort. The Standard does not make any promises, but there have been some intimations of what may happen, and some of the producers think they see i the positive signs of back-down on the part of the trust. But whatever is the action of the Standard in the matter of buying and selling of oil, it will not , affect the position of the producers. ! They have made up their minds that the laws now before the legislature are the only things for their protection and are standing pat. Men Are Laid Off. As evidence that the Standard Oil company has shut down operations in . Kansas as far as possible the men en I gaged in the pumping and care of the Standard wells at Neodesha were laid off Thursday night. The only wells i owned absolutely by the Standard com pany in the state are at Thayer in this county and at Neodesha. The produc ing department laid the men off at botli places and the wells have not been pumped for two days. The force laid off by the Standard in ail departments I in the state is more than 900 men. Six ty-five of these were engaged in pro ducing oil at Neodesha and Thayer and the rest were employed as gaugers, tank builders and linemen. Some of the men at the pumping stations were laid off, but the force at Humboldt which supplies the Sugar creek refinery was retained. The daily quota for the Sugar creek refinery went ahead today as usual. There is just one plant in all this part of the field which will not be compelled to shut down indefinitely. The Kan sas and Texas company has erected a 20,000 barrel tank for storage and it can go ahead for a while. The shut down came just when it had delivered Ml and so the tankage is all available. HEARST REPLIES. Sensational Incident on the Floor of the National House of Repre sentatives. Washington, Feb. 15.—Immediately after the house convened today Sulli van of Massachusetts addressed the house in reply to certain statements re garding himself, alleged to have been printed in the New York American. Sullivan's remarks were the outcome of last week's debate on the railroad ques tion, in the course of which he inquired why W. R. Hearst of New York was not present to explain his own bill. The article in question, Mr. Sullivan said, touched his representative ca pacity, "and is a deliberate insult to one member by another.” Sullivan re ferred to Hearst as an unknown man or a political novice, whose only recom mendation is his inherited wealth. As soon as Mr. Sullivan had conclud ed, Mr. Hearst rose to reply. He denied that he either inspired or suggested the publication referred to, but said he as ' sumed all responsibility for it. Causes a Sensation. He then sprang a sensation which threw the house in an uproar. He charged that John A. Sullivan was one of two brothers who had kept a saloon in Boston where a murder was com mitted, and that the two Sullivans were indicted for manslaughter. "I would like to ask the gentleman from Massachusetts," calmly inquired Mr. Hearst, "what he knows about that incident ?” Mr. Sullivan arose, and facing Mr. Hearst, said: “If the gentleman is asking that question of me, I trill be very glad to answer it.” Mr. Hearst ignored the remark, how ever. Butler of Pennsylvania appealed to the speaker to know if there were any pow er to prevent the continuance of the discussion. The speaker ruled that Mr. Ilea vs t was proceeding by unanimous consent. Mr. Hearst cut short his re marks with the statement that he was proud of the hostility of such as Sulli van. and that he would continue "to incur the hostility of that class of in dividuals" so long as he was in journal | ism or in congress. i The house proceeded to the consider, i ation of bills relating to the Distrief j >f Columbia. HOCH HOLMES’ PUPIL? Bluebeard Is Positively Identified as Janitor of the Famous Chi cago “Castle.” Chicago, Feb. 13.—Geo., ftlyter, a car penter, declared positively today that Hoch was janitor of the so-called "Castle" of H. H. Holmes, who com mitted many murders In this city. Hoch denies Slyter’s statements. Po 1 lice Inspector Shippy expresses the opinion that Hoch had nothing to do with Holmes. German Coal Strike Ended. Essen, Feb. 13.—The coal strike has entirely ended. Full shifts went into the mines todav. Hanover’s Progressive Fire Department Collier's Weekly: The automobile[ type of engine has been applied to fire-j fighting apparatus In Hanover, Ger many, with great success. All ' steam ers'' are of automobile type.. One set of engines drives the wheels and another the pumps. The supply of water and coal In the tender attached are good for a run of fifteen miles. In one wagon is ; carried a full “diver’s suit." with air : and telephone connection, in which/ a fireman may enter a smoke filled house, while water pumped through a third pipe falls from the crown of his hel met in a protective shower bath. Women Need Pockets. Ohio State Journal: Woman’s need o« n pocket is never more clearly evident; than the last week before Christmas. Ap this Joyous season her purse Is well filled and her arms are so occupied with parcels that she does not always maintain a firm! grip on her shopping bag. To use their! own phrase, it is an easy matter for crooks to relieve Santa Claus' feminine; agents of their quick assets. Our news; columns of the last few days show It. ! But It will be many years, we fear, be fore the dressmakers consent to allow women to have pockets. The fit of the gown must not be jeopardized at any cost. The only possible excuse for mentioning the pocket heresy at all is that our brief remarks upon the subject serve as an in troduction to the real point. Ladies, twist the handles of your misnamed pocketbooks * around your wrists and hang on tight. IT'S THE TERROR OF ALL WOMEN Backache Quickly Cured by Podd'a Kidney Pills — Mrs. W. II. Ambrose Telia How Her Pains Vanished Never to Return When She Used the Great. American Kidney Remedy. Dover, Ky., Feb. 13th.—(Special.)— So long has Backache been the terror ol’ the women ot America that the nu ' merous reports of ttie complete and ] permanent cures of this ailment now ! being made by Dodd’s Kidney Pills are causing wide satisfaction and not the least remarkable of these cures is that of Mrs. W. II. Ambrose of this place. Mrs. Ambrose says: "I bad such pains in my back at times I could hardly move and other symptoms showed that my kidneys were affected. One box of Dodd’s Kid ney Pills drove away all the pains and 1 have never been troubled since.” I i Backache is the kidneys’ first notice that they are out of order and need5 help, if they get that help in the form of Dodd’s Kidney Pills all will be well. ! If they are neglected the disease may j develop into Diabetes, Bright’s Dis [ ease or Rheumatism. Fortune for Elephant Trainer. Paris correspondence of the Eondot Globe: Yesterday a well known Walk street lawyer, W. H. Norledge, walked! into Bostoek's hippodrome in the Bou-j levard de Clichy, and asked the great! lion trainer if he had in his employi an Englishman named Caldwell. “Yes,”; said Mr. Bostook, and he sent for the( man, an alert, well-set-up, well edu-: eated Britisher, who, before taking to> elephant training had served as a cav-j airy officer with Kitchener in thet Soudan and was with “Bobs’’ in the Transvaal. After he had assured him-' self of the Englishman's Identity the lawyer said: "I have to inform you that your grandmother is dead.” J "Poor old soul," said Mr. Caldwell., M “I’m sorry, I would lather it had been. 11 my grandfather. He's had a lot ofj money for years that I ought to have had." “But he's dead, too,” said Mr. Nor ledge. "Then I’m glad to hear it," was the prompt response. "And you are the only heir,” contin ued »he lawyer. “I'm glad to hear that, too," said Mr. Caldwell, "and you can fulfill all the necessary formalities as soon as you care to.” The amount of the fortune to which. Mr. Caldwell has just succeeded to is about £50.000. But it seems to have made no difference to him. He has been training Mr. Bostoek’s leph&nts for the last three years, and he says he has no intention of changing his mode of life. He likes his profession, risky though it is, too well to leave it. and. although he has more than once been badly mauled by a vicious tem pered brute, he delights in maintaining his mastery over the animals, which have fascinated him ever since he went Iger shooting in India. READS THE BOOK. “The Hood to Wellville” Pointed tha Way. Down at Hot Springs, Ark., the vis itors have all sorts of complaints, but it is a subject of remark that the great majority of them have some trouble with stomach and bowels. This may be partly attributed to the heavy med icines. Naturally, under the conditions, the question of food is very prominent. A young man states that he had suf fered for nine years from stomach and bowel trouble, had two operations which did not cure, and was at lust threatened with appendicitis. lie went to Hot Springs for rheuma tism and his stomach trouble got worse. One day at breakfast the wait er, knowing his condition, suggested he try Grape-Nuts and cream, which he did. and found the food agreed with him perfectly. After the second day he began to sleep peacefully at night, different than he had for years. The perfect digestion of the food quieted his ner vous system and made sleep possible. He says: "The next morning I was astonished to find my condition of con stipation had disappeared. I could not believe it true after suffering for so many years; then I took more interest in the food, read the little book “The Road to Wellville,” and started follow ing the simple directions. “I have met with such results that in the last five weeks I have gained eight pounds in spite of hot baths which take away the tiesh from any one. , “A friend of mine has been entirely cured of a bad case of indigestion and stomach trouble by using Grape-Nuts j Food and cream alone for breakfast. “There is one thing in particular—I have noticed a great change in my mental condition. Formerly 1 could ] hardly remember anything, and now | the mind seems unusually acute and 1 retentive. 1 can memorize practically anything I desire.” Name given by ! Postuin Co., Battle Creek, Mich.