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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1905)
THE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. tfu. . .. .. —- ■ - — - VNEILL, NEBRASKA Fortunate Is the fanner who lias plenty of onions. He can get a dollar a bushel for them, with a prospect of higher prices before long. The onion crop In Europe was a failure last year, and a great many are being sent over the water at the present time. Twenty thousand bushels were sent In one con signment from Sunderland, Mass., a, few days ago. It is estimated that there are now 90,000 huahels In the Connecticut vulley which can be bought by people who have "got the price.” They are said to be mostly owned by four men in the vicinity of Springfield. There is a very good profit in raising onions at a dollar u bushel—a good deal more than In producing tobacco at the present time. Indeed, it may be doubted whether there Is any other crop which pays so handsomely as the odlferous vegetab’e whir'i Is now com manding such a high price in this part of the country. The town of Warsaw’ may be called the milk producers' Eden, although the milk consumers' Eden it certainly is not. There is probably nowhere such a “milk town” us this. Restaurants are little frequented. On the other hand the public frequents the little dairies in great numbers in order to chat with friends or to read the newspapers, to the accompaniment of a Muck or w hite coffee or a glass of j cold or warm milk. To close a bar gain or to talk business, the milk saloon Is resorted to; chess and bil liards are likewise to be played fti these recognized places of public re- : sort. Rut in spite of the enormous con sumption of milk, the supply Is of tlie most wretched; in fact It is indes cribably bad. At one of the recent lectures by Pro fessor George Klrehwey. dean of Co lumbia Law college. New York, the students were uneasy. There was some- i thing wrong in the air. Books were dropped, chairs were pushed along the floor. There were various interruptions. The nerves of till were on edge. The members of the class kept their eyes on the clock and awaited the conclu sion of the hour of the lecture. The clock beat Professor Klrehwey by per haps a minute, but at the expiration of the schedule time the students started to their feet and prepared to leave. "Walt a minute," objected Professor Klrehwey, "don't go just yet. 1 have a few more pearls to cast." If - a— - It has been seriously asserted by many people that we are naturally lighter after a meal, and they have even gone the length of explaining this by the umount of gas that Is developed from the food. Average observations, however, show that we lose three pounds six ounces between night and morning; that we gain one pound twelve ounces by breakfast; that we I again lose about fourteen ounces be fore lunch; that lunch puts on an av erage of one pound; that we again lose during the afternoon an average of ten ounces, but that an ordlnury dinner to healthy persons adds two pounds two ounces to their weight. According to statements made by ex perts at the Midland institute of Min ing Engineers, our coal measures are at last beginning to show signs of com ing exhaustion. There would be. In deed, some scarcity were not deep min ing much more largely resorted to. Forty years ago there were only twelve pits exceeding 1,600 feet in depth, now the number is nine times as great, while in twenty instances the depth ex ceeds 2,000 feet. This tapping of the lower beds makes good t lie loss con sequent on the exhaustion and disuse of the shallower seams, and so, tempor arily, keeps down the price of coal to Its former level. Graham county Jail at Clifton. A. T.. Is the strongest Jail In the world. It j comprises four large apartments hewn ! , from the solid quartz rock of a hillside. The entrance Is through a box-Uke ves tibule built of heavy masonry, and equipped with three sets of steel gates. Home of the. most desperate criminals on the southwest border have been con fined in the Clifton Jail, and so solid and heavy are the barriers that no one detained there has ever escaped. For the first time since 1762 the an nual meeting of the Society of Friends, the Quakers, will be held, this year, outside of London. . The “allurements of London" have, It appears, proved too much for the degenerate delegates of the present day. "Why,” said a Quaker of high standing, "Friends, members of old Quaker families, have been known to drive up to the meet ing house In motor cars!” During 1904, exclusive of warships, 712 vessels of 1,205,162 Ions gross (viz., 613 steumers of 1,171,375 tons and 99 sail ing vessels of 33.787 tons) have been launched in the United Kingdom. The warships launched at both government and private yards amount of 37. of 127, 175 tons displacement. The total output of the United Kingdom for the year has, therefore, been 749 vessels of 1, 332,337 tons. The important part which rivets play in the construction of modern steel steamships Is well illustrated by the fact that in the new Cunard liner Oar onla, the largest ship ever constructed In Great Britain, no fewer than 1.R90.000 rivets were used, the total weight rep resented being about 600 tons. The greater part of the riveting work was done by hydraulic power. At a dinner given by an English no bleman an old gentleman rose to pro pose a toast, and, though his opening sentence was enthusiastically ap plauded, it was evidently not quite what he had Intended it should be. “I feel," said he, "that for a very plain country squire like myself to address this learned company Is Indeed to cast pearls before swine." The merchants of the United States, despite the preference shown to this' country In the form of lower duties, are more than able to hold their own with British merchants In the Cana dian trade. They furnish Canada with about 60 per cent, of all the foreign goods she buys, while we only sell heri about 25 per cent. The thickness of armor on modern warships Is truly astonishing. The sldet .rmor of a first class battleship usually1 varies from sixteen and one-half Inches1 thick at the top of the belt to nine and one-half Inches at the bottom. The pin turrets are often protected by armor from fifteen Inches to seventeen inches thick. Londoners are demanding seats for tramway conductors and drivers. Two hundred doctors have certified as to the evils of constant standing and that •eats would not prevent these men from doing their work properly Is Indi cated - In Australian are allowed NEBRASKA FARMERS VISITED BY SPECIAL Seed Corn Train of the Omaha Road Through Northern Part of the State. MANY HEAR LECTURES Country Covered by the Lecturer* Re garded as the Most Fertile on the Western Hemisphere—Suc cessful Trip of Train. Omaha, March 1 -The run of the seed [corn special over the Chicago, St. Paul, ! Minneapolis and Omaha road through 'Northeastern Nebraska Increased In at tendance and enthusiasm at all point? (scheduled for lectures over the very suc cessful meetings of the previous day. The country covered by this lecture jcourse represents one of the best corn ’producing districts of country in the en itire corn belt of the United States. The lands are rich beyond comparison; th< heavy, black loam that characterizes Or soil throughout northeastern Nebraska of Itself the best guarantee of a highly producing agricultural district. The gent ly undulating surface adds beauty and grandeur to its otherwise naturally at tractive features and worth as a rich and profitable country for live stock and gen eral agricultural Industries. One of the striking and very impressive features noticeable throughout this trip 'was the superior character of farm im provements and the excellence in quality of its live stock. Not this alone, hut th€ intelligence of its citizenship, which serves to explain the rapid progress and permanency that Is being made in bring ing this section of the state so prominent ly before the world as a crop producing 'district far above the average. This section of Nebraska is known far and wide as the land that has never suf fered from a crop failure, even In the dark days following the terrible drouth of 1804, when tin* evidences of blight spread over such a large area of tin* Missouri valley estate, northeastern Nebraska had corn tc spare for the less fortunate districts. All along the route traversed by the seed corn train evidences of immense crop? were present, as wore noted by the great Hold of corn stalks, tens of thousands ol acres of which were standing as they were left by the buskers when the crops wore gathered last fall. Corncribs at the shipping points, bulging with their weight 'of grain, and the great ricks of cobs where the shellers had been at work all gave evi denco of the uncontrovcrtablc story ol great yields of this cereal. On the main line of the Omaha road jfrom Emerson down through Thurston, Burt and Washington counties the crowds in attendance increased, showing great in terest in the subject of corn improvement; so absorbed and intent on learning all there is to be known, many farmers in sisted on going with the train to the next lecture point. In order to get additional in formation that could not be given by each of the speakers owing to the briet time allotted to the lectures in telling their story of how ‘ to make two ears of corn grow where one grew before.” Some exceptionally largo crowds were in attendance, especially at Pender, Lyons, Oakland, Craig, Bloomfield and Tekamah, where in each instance the attendance of farmers oxceede.d 300. At Oakland thery were 584 present and at Tekamah 4iH>. FIRE IN CHURCH. Panic. Was Narrowly Averted by Cooi headed Priest. Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 28.- -Fire broke out in tiie Sacred Heart church during service and the 800 people comprising the congre gation were thrown into a frenzy, which, hut for the presence of mind of Rev Father Thomas Walsh, must have result ed seriously. While Father Walsh was in the midst oi his sermon a puff of smoke came through the tloor and was almost instantly fol lowed by huge flames in the center of th« church. The congregation arose as one person and made for tin* doors. Not a cry was heard, hut the throng of people, a ma jority being women and children, was ter ribly frightened. Several women fainted and children fell under foot. Father Walsh held out his hands im ploringly “Be calm," he commanded. “Go our. hut go out slowly. There’s no danger if order is preserved." His advlc* was heeded and none was seriously hurt. The lire started troir. the furnace in the basement and burst forth without a mo ment's warning. The Interior fixtures and a portion of the church were badly dam aged, but. the loeal tire department by prompt work saved the building. The sinoke was so dense that the llremen could not enter, but. were forced to fight the flames through the windows. llundreos quickly gathered at the scene of the fire, many being anxious for their children or other relatives, hut fortunately there were no casualties. LARGE BRIDGE GONE. Ice Gorges Play Havoc on the Platto River in Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 2S.—Ice began mov ing in the Platte river and with the water high, the result, it is feared, will bo serious. At Fremont a gorge fifteen feet high piled against the big wagon bridge connecting Dodge and Saunders counties, and 200 feet Was carried away. Back wa i'T has cut off the suburb of Englewood from Fremont and that place Is an island. The Northwestern railroad bridge west of Fremont is still Intact, out in danger. At Schuyler four spans of the Burling ton railroad bridge over the Platte wa* torn out and the Burlington bridge at Co lumbus Is in a shaky condition. Trouble is feared on the Platte as far east us Ash land, where the ice began to breuk up last evening. High water and ice gorges art causing trouble on other Nebraska steams At Crete the wagon bridge across the Blui river was carried away completely anc another gorge is forming lower down th« stream. The Manhattan branch of the Un ion Pacific is still tied up because of the loss of its bridge over Bear creek, neai Beatrice, and the Burlington and Rod Island have a force of 100 men with dyna mite to prote< t their bridges across tht same stream. Alarming reports reached the Burlingtor headquarters late last night about the con dition of the Platt* river at Ashland. Ai ice gorge formed just above the bridge covering twelve or thirteen spans. The ie< is very heavy and the river was roportec high and threatening to overflow back oi the gorge. Later in the night the ice be gan piling up and at 11 o'clock it had ex tended the length of a dozen spans. Th< vater was rising rapidly. Killed by a Train. Nebraska City. Neb., Feb. 28.---M. A McCartney of this city was struck by z train at Syracuse and instantly killed. H< tried to cross the truck ahead of the fasi moving train. His father and mother art both very ill ajid it Is feared his deati will kill Lieru. IMMnnW«MMMWinMIMMW« * NEBRASKA SOLQNS | Proc**dings of the Week io Brief in i Both Houses of the Legislature. Jf J* I »■■■■■.■■■<fc.ii.— TUESDAY’S PROCEEDINGS. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 21.—The senate this morning killed the bill requiring dealers to sell gasoline In red cans. It passed the bill fixing the speed of auto mobiles in the country at twenty miles per hour and ten miles in cities. Au tolstr must step their cars when sig nalled by the driver of frightened horses, and give the right of way on all roads to teams. The house passed a bill authorizing the regents of the university to con demn adjacent property for enlarging the campus. A bill was introduced In the senate by Bresee of Sheridan, forbidding the sale of patent medicines containing over 10 per cent, of alcohol in towns which prohibit licensed saloons. The senate passed the house bill sub jecting dentists lo state regulation and requiring certificates to practice, the same as doctors of medicines. WEDNESDAY’S PROCEEDINGS. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 22.—The cohorts of prohibition were routed in the Ne braska senate today. The county op tion bill, backed by the Anti-Saloon league, was indefinitely postponed by a j vote of 19 to 10. The bill was to provide lhat before I cities or towns could license saloons the question must be submitted to the vot ers in a general county election. A resolution was Introduced In the | house by Representative Hunker, dem ocrat, praising the Kansas legislature and Roosevelt for the light on Stand ard oil, and also expressing the oppo sition of the Nebraska legislature to the acceptance of Rockefeller's $116,000 gift toward the erection of a religious tem ple at the state university. The resolu tion goes over till tomorrow, but its adoption is reasonably certain. THURSDAY’S PROCEEDINGS. Lincoln, Neb,, Feb. 23.—The house of representatives this morning adopted the Hunter resolution introduced yes terday praising the Kansas legislature and Roosevelt for their tight on Standard Oil, and assuring moral sup port. The section of the . resolution condemning Rockefeller's $66,000 gift toward the erection of a religious tem ple at Nebraska university was reject ed by a vote of 63 to 12. The anti-trading stamp bill was rec ommended for passage in the house, which also Indefinitely postponed a bill prohibiting bucket shops. FRIDAY’S PROCEEDINGS. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 24.—Angered over their failure to secure any promise of assistance in getting through legislation .desired by l he farmers of the state, the members of the house who are inter ested in farming, stock raising and al lied interests have begun to organize dn lines once made effective by Tom Ma jors. There are sixty-five men in the house interested in some form of agri iculture and it is believed more than fifty of them can be induced to join the combination. Farmers constitute a minority in the senate, but an effective combination in the house could bring the senators to time by holding up senate bills as long as the members of the upper house ' prove recalcitrant. Two meausres de sired by the farmers are the binding t wine factory and a rate-reduction bill. The senate does not like Speaker Rouse's dictation. He has notified the senate that the house proposes to ad journ at the end of sixty days, whether the senate Is ready or not. The house Is two days ahead of the senate, and ad journed till Monday, so that the senate might catch up. The senate, instead, adjourned today after recommending the Omaha water bill for passage. Governor Mickey signed the bill pro viding for six supreme court commis sioners. but no appointments will be made until April L when the appropria lon becomes available. STATE CONTEST. Cotner University Orator a Winne. with Lawlessness.” of Lawlessness.” Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 21.—Hugh Lomax of Bethany, representing Cotner university in the state oratorical con test held here won first honors and will represent the Nebraska colleges at the interstate contest, to he held in Indiana, at which the colleges of eleven Missis sippi valley states will be represented. Mr. Lomax had for his subject "The Battle With Lawlessness,” in the devel opment of which, from a general state ment of lawlessness past and present, he went on to show that still there were honest men and brave defenders of the right, whenever the critical time of their need came. The judges gave him five first points out of a total of seven. Joseph Tuma, representing Nebraska | Wesleyan, was second; A. J. Dunlap of Hastings college, third; Elias F. Stan, Grand Grand island college, fourth; Chase K. Baskerville of Bellevue college, fifth; Fred L. Hall of Doane. sixth, and Joint Oavenaugh of Creighton, seventh. The judges were: On thought and composition. Mrs. W. G. Whitmore of Valley, Rev. Mr. Marsh of Lincoln and H. F. Rose of Lincoln; on delivery, Rev. M. M. Long, Professor A. V. Thomas of Kearney and Mr. Brown u| .'hicago. READY FOR EDITORS. Large Attendance Expected at Stata Press Association. Kearney, Neb., Fen. 21.—A meeting of committees of the Kearney Business Men's association was held to compare final notes on arrangements for the meeting of the Nebraska State Press association in this city next Tuesday and Wednesday. The association is sparing neither money nor effort to make the meeting one of the most en joyable ever held in the state. The business sessions will he held in the as sembly room of the Midway hotel FOR MURDER OF HIS SON. Plea of Self Defense Set Up in Behalf of John B. Boeae in Diatrict Court. Nebraska City, Neli., Feb. 18.—In the dis trict court the trial of John B. Boese, charged with the murder of his son John B. Boese, jr., was begun. Boese is charged with murdering his son during a family quarrel at their home in this city last fall. The defense will try to prove that the father shot in self defense. Killed by a Passenger Train. Linwood, Neb., Feb. 21.—Frank Bar tunek, aged 40, was killed by one sec tion of the Hastings passenger, two miles west of here. He leaves a wife and five children at Rockville. Neb. A Premonition. Washington Star: 'Have you even done anything that will make future benerations proud of you?” "I don't know?" answered Mr. Dus tin Stax. "I suppose my grandchildren will wish they could enjoy my wealth without being reminded of how I made 1 It.” OBJECT TO PROPOSED RETENTION OF MONEY Large Party of Sioux Indians Enroute to Washington With Complaint. VANT THE FIRST PAYMENT Money Is Due on the Sale of the Greg ory County Lands in the Rosebud Reservation—Also Partici pate in Inaugural Parade. Valentine, Neb., Feb. 28.—Rev. Aaron B. Clark, missionary of the Episcopal church for the Rosebud reservation, arrived here last evening, accompanied by Chiefs Hollow Horn Bear, Peter Tail Maudlin, Paul Stranger Horse, James High Pipe and Interpreter Tom Flood, en route to Washington to inter view (tie secretary of the interior rela tive to the payment of the first install ment of the money due from the sale of Ihe Gregory county lands. There are close to 5,000 Indians of all ages, and. the money due from ttie forthcom ing payment will amount to close to $25 per head, aggregating $125,000. , However, the department is disposed to withhold that due to those under 18 years old, as a trust fund, to be paid each on arrival at that age. The minors number about 1,400, which would mean the retention of about $35,000 of this money. The Indians are protesting against this contemplated action, and hence this delegation. Should the de partment adhere to its determination the disbursement at this time will be close to $90,000. instead of $125,000. How ever, about $45,000 is due for interest on sales of lands under former treaties. Since the two payments will likely be made during March, and in silver, sev eral four-horse wagon loads of this specie will be seen making its way from Valentine to the Rosebud agency. Hollow Horn Bear will represent the •Irule Sioux in the inaugural arade. STABBED BY HIS SON. Vttempt to Stop Fight of Two Brother. Disastrous to Parent. North Loup. Neb., Feb. 28.—H. VV\ Trefren, 11 farmer living on Davis creek, about nine miles from here, is lying in a dangerous condition as the result of wounds inflicted by one of his boys with a pocketknife. Two of the'boys became engaged in an altercation about a calf. The quar rel was fast merging into a genuine light, and Mr. Trefren interposed to stop the trouble, when one of them turned on him with the knife and cut and stabbed him in three places. One of the wounds is in the muscles of the right arm, one nearly severed the muscles of the left thigh. But the most serious one is a slab in the lower abdo men, which penetrated the bowels. ROBBED CHILDREN. (Vtan at Lyons Also Forged Three Checks on Their Father. Lyons, Neb., Feb. 28.—It develops that the man calling himself O. T. Harris, who, the evening of January 19, broke open the savings bank belonging to the children of Peter Brix, securing about $4. had also forged Mr. Brix's name to three checks—one of $15 and two of $10 each—and cashed them at the Farmers bank here. The man was at that lime working for Mr. lirix, who lives about eight or nine miles north west of here. Mr. Brix and his wife went out for a visit to neighbors one evening and left the man with the chil dren. The children went to bed, while h** still sat by the light reading. He had gone when Mr. and Mrs. Brix re turned, but it was not discovered that the small bank had rifled of its con tents until later The total amount se ured by him was $39. ICE LEAVING RIVERS. Conditions on Loup River in Nebraska Are No Worse. Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 28.—Conditions on the Loup river, on which gorges have formed at Ravenna and Pleasanton, are no worse tonight. The Ice is running freely, but it is feared a big gorge will form further down the stream, and railroads are taking precautions. Two spans of the Union Pacific bridge over Bear creek, near Beatrice, were taken out by the ice, completely tying up this branch of the Kansas division. The Manhattan passenger is stalled for the night. All the small streams in southeastern Nebraska are high. lee on the Platte has not begun to move and the critical time will ■oiiit when it does. SAD STORY OF ABUSE. Deserted by Her Husband, Then III treated by Her Brother-In-Law. Omaha Neb. Feb. 28.—Mrs. Madge Landmesser. deserted by her husband two months ago at Atlantic, la., told the police a pitiful story of the brutal ity of her brother-in-law. Art Land messer, who, however, escaped with a fine of $1 and costs on a charge of drunkenness, to which he pleaded guilty. When tlie husband deserted her, said Mrs. Landmesser, the brother-in-law became extremely sympathetic. He roundly denounced his brother and de clared that he would provide for the woman and her little boy until her hus band could be sent back to her. On this plea he urged her to come to Oma ha. This was seven weeks ago. Dur ing this period. Mrs. Landmesser claims. Art has refused to work and has lived off the earnings of the wom an, whom he persuaded to accept em ployment in a second rate restaurant. Yesterday she gave him $2.50 to go to an employment agency and find work, as he promised to do. Instead he bought liquor for himself and for his sister-in-law's 2-year-old boy. Last night the baby was seriously ill from the effects of copious draughts of beer. Mrs. Landmesser secured hts arrest on a charge of being drunk and abus ing his family, which was in fact the family of his brother. This morning, however, the woman was not inclined *o prosecute. KILLE D BY OFFICER'S BLOW. Had Beet Drinking and Was Struct After Attacking Marshal. i Fairbury, Neb.. Feb. 2S.—City Mar shal Charles Franz struck and instant ly killed John Sullivan, a laborer, aged 45. The fatal blow was delivered with the bare fist or the back of the hand, as one report has it. It is said that Sullivan vas drunk and became abus ive when the marshal ordered him to go home, finally striking the officer. The latttr Then retaliated, with the result str ted. Sullivan leaves a wif# and children. » jtaEO. S. BOUTWELL DEAD --—• Grand Old Man of Massachusetts a Victim of Pneumonia—Left Party Late in Life. Groton, Mass., March 1.—George Sev.aH Boutwell, former governor of Massachusetts and former secretary of the treasury, died at his home here today, aged 87 years. He was stricken with pneumonia last Friday night. For more than sixty years Geo. S. Boutwell has been In public life. At 24 he was elected to the Massachusetts legislature and at 33 he was chosen governor of (he state. Although elect ed to these offices as a democrat, Boutwell became active in the organ ization of the republican party. He was the personal friend of President Lincoln. Service in Congress, Boutwell was an outspoken aboli tionist. He served in the national house of representatives from 1802 to 1868, inclusive, and was a member of the committee which reported the four teenth amendment and conducted the debate in the house. He was sec retary of the treasury in Grant's first cabinet. In 1878 Boutwell was elected to the United States senate where he served for six years. He was among the most earnest op ponents of the Spanish war: In fact, so strong was his conviction that after the war was declared he left the re-: publican party, and with the forma-' tion of the anti-imperialist league be came its president, which office he held at the time of his death. Bout well was the author of books on pol itics and finance. MURDERED AN HEIRESS Chicago “Plain Clothes” Man, a Promi nent and Efficient Member of Police Force, Commits Tragedy. Chicago, March 1—Miss Mary Cather ine Mulveil, an heiress, was murdered by Daniel Herman, a policeman, whose love she had refused. The crime was committed in the most fashionable part of Michigan boulevard, at a time when the avenue was filled with pedestrians and carriages. Herman, after killing the young woman, made his escape* and committed suicide In a lodging' house at 3165 Archer avenue by shoot ing himself through the brain. The young woman was returning from the St. James parochial school, where she frequently acred as sub teacher. when she met Herman, who had evidently been waiting for her. What passed between them is un known, but suddenly Herman seized the girl, drew her close to him and fired three times. One bullet passed through her brain, one tore off a finger of her right hand, and the third missed her. The crime was witnessed by a score, of people. A large number of officers were at once detailed to search for Herman, but nothing was found or heard of him until it was learned that he had killed himself in a room in a lodging house on Archer avenue. Herman became infatuated with the girl through hearing her play at the St. James Catholic church, where she acted as organist, and had for a long time annoyed her with his attentions, constantly urging her to marry him. Herman had been a member of the Chicago police force for several years, acting as a “plain clothes man.” For about one year be has been on a fur lough. THE CORPSE OBJECTED “Let Me Down Easy, Boys,” It Begged, but a Ventriloquist Was Found to Be Responsible. Denton. Md., March i.—Sam Johnson. ,a negro ventriloquist of Queenstown, is illkeiy to find that talk of certain kinds Is not cheap. Sam used his talent to break up a funeral; some negroes were frightened, the interment delayed, and Sant is in jaii facing a fine. Resplendent in a stovepipe hat and Prince Albert coat, Sam joined the mourners on the way to the cemetery. ;The imposing raiment led to the belief among the other negroes that Johnson! .was a visiting parson, and great re spect was shown him . I As the pallbearers were about to low-, ier the coffin into the grave a voice, ap iparently coming from the coffin, said; ‘ "Let me down easy boys.” The pallbearers prepared to decamp. “Lower me gently, you charcoal chumps,” the voice continued. "If I've got to be buried I want to lie comfort ably.” That "finished” the pallbearers and everybody else but Sam. Sam staid be 'cause he couldn't run for laughing. The joke was too good to keep; Sam told it and the sheriff got hint. CAN FOR STANDARD. ! Kansas Attorney General Thinks He Sees a Way to Drive Monopoly Entirely from State. I Topeka, Kan., March 1.—Attorney General Coleman will commence quo warranto proceedings in the supreme court to oust the Standard Oil com-' pany from Kansas. He lias been in conference with Governor Hoch for sev I eral days. The ouster writ will bei asked for on the ground that the Standard Oil company is a trust oper-' ating in Kansas in violation of the; state anti-trust laws. The recent ac tion of the United States court in the Smiley case, upholding the Kansas anti-trust law, gives the officials con-; fldence enough to make the move' against the Standard. FOUND WRONG BODY Casket Dug Up in France Proved Not to Contain the Remain* of John Paul Jones. Paris, March 1.—The preliminary ex amination which Ambassador Porter is making for the body of John Paul Jones, the naval hero of the revolution | ary war, recently disclosed a lead cof I 'An. The name plate on the coffin was I much corroded, but the inscription has [ finally been deciphered, showing that | !lt was the coffin of an Englishman buried May 5, 1790, two years before the ,death of Jones. Consequently the coffin will not be opened. The search continues. The finding of this lead coffin has the ad vantage of establishing that those buried in the Protestant cemetery about the time of Jones death lie in the vicinity of the present excavations. NEW STATEHOOD MOVE One State Rider Added to the Indian Appropriation Bill to Help Oklahoma. Washington. March 1.—Senator Bailey today introduced an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill, t reating one state of Oklahoma and Indian Terri tory. JUDGE SWAYNE IS NOT GUILTY Senate by Practically a Party | Vote Vindicates the Flor dia Jurist. ACQUITS ON ALL COUNTS With Two-Thirds Necessary to Ccn. vict, a Strong Majority of Votes Was Regularly Cast in Favor of His Acquittal. ♦4444444 4444 ♦♦♦4 444444444 ♦ 4 4 Judge Swayne was today ae- 4 4 quitted by the senate of ail the 4 4 charges brought against him. 4 4 by practically a party vote. The 4 4 democrats voted to find him 4 4 guilty, the republicans to ac- 4 4 quit. The analysis of the vote 4 4 shows a remarkable adherence 4 4 10 party lines, suggesting strong- 4 4 }y that the case was not decided 4 4 on Us merits, but on prejudice. 4 4 The vote on the first count of 4 4 the indictment was guilty. 33: 4 4 not guilty, 49, and was cast as 4 4 follows: 4t 4 4* 4 Democrats voting guilty.39 4 4 Republicans voting guilty . . 4 4 4 Democrats voting not guilty. 2 4 4 Republicans voting not guilty .47 4 4 *44.444..11. .4 A 1. A. A Washington, March 1.—Voting on tin* Impeachment case of Judge Swayne be gan at 10:10 today on the first article, which charged Swayne with certifying a false claim for expenses. The vote was: Guilty, 30; not guilty, 49. The de tailed vote follows: Guilty—Bacon, Bailey, Bard, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Carmack. Clark of Montana, Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Daniel. Foster of Louisiana, Gorman, Kittredge, Latimer, McCreary, McCum ber. McEnery, McLaurin, Mallory, Mar tin. Money, Morgan, Nelson. Newlands, Overman, Patterson, Pettus, Simmons, Stone, Teliaferro, Teller—33. Not Guilty—Alger, Allee, Allison, An keny. Ball, Beveridge, Burnham, Bur rows, Clapp. Clark of Wyoming, Crane, Cullom. Depew, Dick. Dietrich, Dilling ham. Dolliver. Dryden, Dubois, Elkins. Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster of Wash ington. Frye, Fulton, Gallinger, Gam ble, Gibson. Hale, Hansbrough. Hey burn, Hopkins, Kean, Kearns, Lodge, Long, McCornas, Millard, Penrose, Per kins, Platt of Connecticut, Platt of New York, Proctor, Quarles, Scott, Smoot, Spooner, Stewart, Warren—49. Votes on Other Charges. The vote on the second and third articles, being similar charges, result ed in each case, 32 guilty, 50 not guilty. Clark of Montana voted not guilty on the second and third articles. The fourth and fifth articles related to Swayne's use of a private car of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railroad company. The vote was: guilty, 13: not guilty, 69. The senators who voted guilty were: Bailey, Berry, Blackburn. Carmack, Cockrell, Culber son. Daniel. McLaurin, Martin, Money, Morgan. Newlands and Pettus. The sixth article charged Swayne with non-residence in the district. The vote was: Guilty, 31; not guilty, 51. The seventh article was similar to the sixth. The vote was: Guilty, 19; not guilty, 63. Article* 9. 9. 10 and 11 related to the contempt cases of Davis and Belden. The vote: Guilty, 31; not guilty, 51. The twelfth and last article was the contempt case of Oneal. The vote was: Guilty, 35: not guilty, 47. This acquitted Swayne of all the charges. Decree of Acquittal. At the conclusion of the voting the presiding officer, Platt, directed the sec retary to enter an acquittal upon the records, and the court adjourned with out day. Judge Swayne was not in the senate during the roll calls, hut was in the president's room, just back of the' chamber. The result of each ballot w as sent to him and his attorneys. The senate agreed to the conference report on the army appropriation hill without debate. The bill carried a pro vision relating to retired army officers, affecting the pay of General Miles. The naval bill was then considered. The house today agreed to the con ference report on the army appropria tion bill. This passes the bill. The sun dry civil bill was then taken up. LAW IS UPHELD. Federal Supreme Court Sustains the Texas Anti-Trust Law—Bars Them from State. Washington, March 1.—The supreme i court ot' the United States today de cided the case of the National Cotton Oil company vs. the State of Texas, in volving the Texas anti-trust law. The decision sustains the lower court, which found the company guilty under that law. and held that it had forfeited its light to do business in the state. Detailed reports of this decision will probably prove that it is one of the most important, if not absolutely ihe most Important, in recent years, in giv ing states the power to deal with com-, binations in restraint of trade. Texas has enacted an extremely rigorous and highly intelligent code of anti-trust laws, which, among other things, aim at denying all privilege to do business in side the state to corporations which do not comply with the state’s laws. The trusts held that this law was worthless, and would be set aside by the courts. If. as appears, the federal court has broadly sustained it, it means that Kan- > sas can legislate the Standard Oil en tlrely out of Kansas, Minnesota can; legislate the Northern Securities out of Minnesota, and any other trust can, by; proper steps, be driven out of any state vith whose laws it does not comply. > WANTED-A PREACHER _ Peoria Church Wants One of 35, a. Mixer, Evangelist, Crank, Lodge Man, Etc. Peoria. 111., March 1—.The trustees of I the Christian church, a large and in i fluentiul congregation, have decided ! the prstor they will call to fill the ! vacancy in their pulpit must have the following seven qualifications: Not I over 3’i years old: must be married; an | evangelist: a lodge man; a mixer; a. crank, and willing to assume the bur dens of his flock. The man whom this paragon Is to succeed, if the trustees find him, is Rev. G. B. Van Arsen, a who recently re signed after a fir t years pastorate.