THE O’NEILL FRONTIER1
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
5’NEILL, NEBRASKA I
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About 150 newspapers and periodicals
are published In Berlin at the present
time. Among these are about fifty,
political dailies, thirty suburban pa
pers. thirty-two political and Social
political journals, over sixty comic pa
pers. and over forty women’s Journals
dealing with the “Feminist" movement.
There are about a dozen purely literary
organs, twenty-eight musical and liter
ary, appearing weekly, fortnightly, of
monthly. There are twenty-five art
magazines and twenty-five military or
gans. The Journals concerned with
trade. Industry and crafts are in their
hnrulreds. Each various trade has a
journal devoted to It alone. There are
religious, ethical and aesthetic Jour
nals. There are ninety different medi
cal journals, und even a greater num
ber of publications devoted to law,
statesmanship, administration and po
litical economy, and there are about
100 special papers for architecture and
engineering.
A Sheffield firm has placed a new
coal cutting machine on the market
that is creating much interest among
miners In England. It weighs 150
pounds. Is worked by compressed air,
and is said to be wonderfully success- ,
ful in lightening the labor of the coal
hewer and In making his work safer,
while at the same time waste Is re
duced to practically nil and the big
lumps are produced which are so much
in favor with both seller and purchaser.
The machine Is used In seams so steep
that the miner can not stand and so
thin that lie must crawl on hands and
knees. A piston carrying a pick flashes j
backward and forward at terrific speed j
perfectly governed by a clever valve j
movement. The pick never strikes
twice In the same place, being grad- j
ually moved across the coal by the
lever, making a continuous undercut.
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The proprietors of tlie Subway tav- j
ern, at Hleecker and Mulberry streets,
are sending out a report to clergymen
and temperance workers of their work.
The report tells principally of what
nan been done to the old-time saloons
In the neighborhood. Three of them,
all within a radius of a block or two
of the tavern, have closed up. The re
port says; "A recent report from the !
Subway tavern throws a significant |
light upon a work that has been amus
ingly and persistently misrepresented.
Two hundred workingmen are reported
as lunching at noon at the Subway'
dally, and, while adjacent saloons have
been closed, there Is no record of the
closing of saloons by denunciatory j
methods In the last quarter of a cen
tury."
A really curious question has been
raised by the Boston Herald. Why, It
asks, does a Maine man always speak
of hls part of the country as "the state
of Maine,” Instead of calling 1t simply
■'Maine,” as a New Yorker would say
“New York” or a Nebraskan “Nebras
ka?” As an adequate answer to the
Inquiry It says: "Maine was not one of
the original states, but up to 1820 was
a part of Massachusetts. It was then
known as the District of Maine. In
1820 Maine achieved her Independence
and became a separute state of the
union. In their consequent elation the
people of the new state began to speak
of the state of Maine, as distinguished
from the old District of Maine, and the
expression passed into current speech.
The Ohambre Syndicate de Auto
mobile, France, has Just made a report
to the council of state on the growth
of the automobile trade In France dur
ing the last few years which Is sur
prising. For lnstunce In 1898 French
innkeru delivered 1,850 automobiles; In
1904 they delivered 22,000, The total
value has grown from 80,000 francs
<$16,000,000) In 1898, to 170,000,000
francs ($35,200,000) in 1904. The value
of exportations In 1898 was 1,750,000
francs ($350,000); In 1904 It was 74,
000,0000 francs ($14,800,000). Salaries
now paid amount to 80.000,000 francs
($16,000,000). The Industry employs
65,000 workmen, 25,000 miscellaneous i
employes and 20,000 chauffeurs and j
machinists.
Death sentences are never carried out.
In Belgium because King Leopold
promised his mother as she was dying
that he would never sign his name to n
death warrant. Consequently, although
his stutue prescribes the extreme pen
alty, It Is only carried out construct
ively. The condemned person Is re
garded as dead in the eyes of the law.
In place of his personal appearance on
the scaffold, the executioner substi
tutes a broadsheet bearing his name
and sentence, posts this where It may
be read by the people, and so leaves it,
while the criminal is put in prison, lo
stay there for the term of his life.
It wasn't a monkey and a parrot time
that occurred recently in a Deerfield
back yard, but a rabbit and a cat con-'
test that attracted attention. The rab
bit was a brave one and stood its
ground for nearly an hour, against the
cat, which bit, scratched and howled
to the queen's taste, finally coming oft
victorious. At the end of the battle,
though, tlie cat was too tired to eat'
the food set before It by Its admiring
spectators.
An Ohio man who wus recently elect
ed to congress went to Washington to
look around and see what his duties
were. He was hospitably received and
was wined and dined a great many
times by his colleagues. Before he
w>nt home he said to hts friends: "By
George, I have had a good time. I
have had dinners and breakfasts and
suppers galore given to me. In fact,
I haven't had my knife out of my
mouth since I struck the town.”
A speaker at a meeting in London the
other day of the Association for the
prevention of Premature Burial, said:
^'Though costly flowers are scattered
on tombs and large sums spent on
monuments, it rarely happens that a
penny is spent to make sure that the
subject of the ostentatious display is
really dead." He remarked that Dr.
Franz Hartmann, a German physician,
had personally Investigated 700 cases
of premature burial.
The owner of Narodny List, a Servi
an newspaper which is hostile to the
government, appeals for a responsible
editor. The eighth editor in three
weeks has Just been arrested, and the
editor’s wife, obliged to support her
*elf, tried in vain to get permission to
»ave an egg-stall In the market place.
The Southern Farm Magazine savs
that the aggregate production of corn
In the south for the last two years has
been 1,3001)00,000 bushels, against 908.
000,000 bushels for the two preceding
years, or a total increase in the last
two years of nearly 400,000,000 bushels.
Figures officially collected and pub
lished at Ottawa show that for the year
ending December 31, 1904, thz total
number of Immigrants arriving in Can
ada was 134,223. Our record for 1904 is
812,870, almost eight times as any as
entered Canada.
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NEBRASKA TOWN 1
HAS BIG BLAZE
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cire at Norfolk Completely
Destroys Big Cold
Storage Plant.
OWNED BY SIOUX CITYANS
Building Contained Vast Quantity of
Storage Material, and It le Esti
mated Lose of All It at
Least $12,000.
Norfolk, Neb.. March 14.—The colu
storage plant here owned by the Dav- '
enport Bros., of Sioux City, was com- l
pletely destroyed by fire. The loss is
*12,000. Insurance is carried to the ex
tent of *8,000.
The fire started in one of the rooms
on the second Moor, where there was
a stove. There was no one In the
building during the noon hour, at
which time the fire started. When It
was discovered a large part of the In
terior wus In flames and the streams
of water that could be brought to
bear upon It were entirely Inadequate
to cope with It. The brick veneered
walls kept the streams of water away
from the main part of the fire, and
the pressure was not strong enough
1 to reach the lop of the three-story
structure.
Five hours after the fire started the
I walls collapsed In a heap. The debris
I still smolders. A terrific wind fanned
! the flumes, scattered firebrands in the
j air, and so endanegered the Norfolk
foundry, owned by K. A. Bullock, that
another alarm was sent In. The foun
dry was saved. It was the most spec
tacular fire seen In Norfolk since the
Insnne hospital burned. The building
contained 10,000 egg cases, 600 tons of
Ice, and hundreds of barrels of apples,
all of which were burned.
The cold storage plant was erected
by a Massachusetts firm and was pur
chased by the Davenports about a
year ago.
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WAITED FOR LOVER.
Lucile Hicks, Who Ran Away fron
Sheldon, Keeps Watch at Onawa. ■
Omaha, Neb., March 14.—Rich In
youth and beauty and full of faith, Lu
cille B. Hicks of Sheldon, la.. Is pa
tiently waiting In the matron's depart
ment at the city Jail for the man she
loves. She ran away from her parents’
home, expecting to meet him at the
station at Omaha, but he was not there.
She was found by an officer wandering
on the street, and finally told her story.
"Something has happened so he could
not come. He will, though, I know he
will, and 1 will wait till he does," she
concluded. Miss Hicks' father is an old
soldier and a reputable citizen of Shel
don. He has been notified of his ilaugh.
ter's whereabouts.
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Pawnee City Band West.
Lincoln, Neb., March 14.—The Paw
nee City military band may play an
engagement at the Portland exposition.
For several days the promoters of the
exposition have been in communication
with the band to secure its services. It
Is very probable an agreement will be
reached, because United States Senator
Fulton of Oregon, a former Pawnee
hoy, is very much Interested in the
movement, and Ills brother, K. L. Ful
ton, has been for many years director
of the band. Congressman Cushman of
Washington, who is an active worker In
the exposition affairs, is also a former
Nebraskan, and Is said to be anxious
that the big musical organization be
secured for a part of the period at
least.
The Pawnee band Is a most unusual
organization. It was organized in 1879.
and some of the organizers are still ac
tive members. From 1884 to the present
time It has maintained the position as
the largest in the west, and in a musi
cal way it has made a wide reputation
In Its handling of tHe best standard
compositions.
RUSTLERS ON TRIAL
One Turns State’s Evidence Against. !
Another During the Progress of 1
the Hearing—Difficult Case.
North Platte, Neb., March 10—The dis
trict court lias been in session for a
week trying the famous cuttle rustling
cases.
The first case to come up was that
of Del Tltterington, who was jointly
charged with Lee Case of stealing cat
tle belonging to one Jones. These de
fendants were engaged in the butcher
business together at Sutherland, and
the manner of the arrests and the var
ious escapes of Lee Case have been told
some time ago. The trial of Del Titter
lngton occupied nearly all of the week, |
and its chief sensation was Lee Case
pleading guilty to eatle stealing and
then turning state's evidence against j
Tltterington. Case testified as to how
they had together stolen the cattle and
butchered them. This was a hard blow
to the defense, which was conducted
by Judge Gray a prominent attorney of
Missouri, and the firm of Beeler &
Muldoon of this city. Evidence, more
or less conflicting, was given to the .
jury, the defendant himself taking the
| stand und denying that he was ill the
; neighborhood when the crime was com
: nutted. After being out but one night
and one day. the Jury was discharged;
because it could not agree. From the
minute the jurors went out until ttiey
returned they stood six fqr conviction
and six for acquittal.
The case of the sate against Markee,
also charged with stealing cattle, was
taken up while the Jury w as out In the
Tltterington ease, und after the sub
mission of evidence and llie arguments
by counsel the ease was given to the
Jury, who likewise had a tussle, and it
is rumored that at Hines the voting
would run as high as eleven for con
viction and one for acquittal, and then
eleven for acquittal und one for con
viction.
The case of the state against Del Tlt
terington. on information of George
Bentley, charging conversion of cattle
by bailee, has been begun. Tills is an
other one of the several stealing cases
brought against Tltterington. If this
case does not win, the former will be
tried again. ^
1 BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
| Beatrice, Nob., March 10.—One of the
most distressing accidents recorded re
’ cent. . occurred a few miles northeast of
Beatrice. A number of boys were out
hunting, and were about to return home,
when one of them, Roy Mlnkler, accident
ally shot himself in the thigh, from the ef
fect of which he died. Young Mlnkler was
going to ride on the hack end of the
buggy, driven by one of the boys, there
not being room for all. lie placed his
shotgun in the hack of the buggy, and
' was proceeding to get in when the piece
! was in some manner discharged, the shot
Striking him a few Inches above the left
knee, and tearing away the thigh.
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S1L0NS 1
Proceeding! of the Week in Brief in 1
Both Hou ei of the Legidature. jt J> 1
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THURSDAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
Lincoln, March !).—Iri the senate a de
termined effort was made to force the
railroad committee to report at once
the Wflsey bill, requiring freight trains
to be moved at least ten miles an hour.
The object is to compel quicker deliv
ery of goods and to prevent the holding |
at distributive points of shipments tin- :
til a carload is secured.
Some very pointed arguments were
made, hut the railroads won and the |
bill will stay In committee.
In the house the fight came on the I
proposition to require the railroads to
pay municipal taxes on terminals, the ,
value of which is now distributed all I
over the system, four-fifths thereof es- j
raping municipal taxation because out- ;
.side of city and town limits.
The railroad - on here by appealing
to the prejudices of the farmers, claim- |
ing the bill was a scheme to take tax '■
money from the country for the benefit
of the towns, and the bill was killed, 65
to 24.
South Omaha Snubbed.
A delegation of South Omaha citi
zens, numbering 250, headed by a band,
arrived in a special train and headed :
for ihe state house. It was a veritable !
petition in boots and shoes, and when
the flare of horns and the tread of I
marching feet reached the house, there
was evident alarm. The procession
was stopped at the door by the ser
geant-at-arms, and under orders of the
house the doors were barred against
the delegation. It came here to pro
test against the passage of a bill fath
ered by Omaha politicians und de
signed to afford an easy way for the
metropolis to forcibly annex South
Omaha.
FRIDAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Lincoln, Neb., March 10.—The Kyo j
bill to prohibit pooling among grain ;
men and lumber dealers, and all other i
com Dinations, over which a big fight !
has been quietly made, was restrained j
from the committee tor passage in the j
house today. The general appropriation
bill was the special order In the house, j
and a big debate was precipitated over !
the budget of the state university. Me- |
Leod of Stanton led the fight against a
$50,000 item for a museum, and wanted
more money for farmers’ institutes. He
said the university appropriations had
increased in eight years from $278,000
to $800,000.
The senate passed a half dozen bills
this morning. The most important
were: S. F. 52. by Cady, giving the
surviving life partner an absolute right
to a third of the property of the in
testate; S. F. 107, correcting the north
ern boundary of Dakota county to con
form to the lines established by the
Nebraska-South Dakota boundary com
mission; S. F. 176, providing that in
school districts having less than twen
ty pupils the term of school shall be
five months instead of three.
The house passed a bill providing for a
biennial elections law. Perry, of Furnas,
is the author of the measure, and ho
claims the change can be made without a
constitutional amendment. The election
next fall will not be held and thfi officers
whose terms expire will hold over. This
will leave the justice of the supreme court
and regents of the university, Edson Rich
and J. L. Teeters, in office for a year after
their terms expire. Jt is probable that the
senate will pass the bill.
The general salary bill, appropriating
almost $2,<XK),000, was passed Tonight.
The claim of P. Kennard of Lincoln for
$10,000 was killed In the senate this even
ing. Kennard claimed this sum from the
sale of Indian skins in 1877.
Both houses adjourned until Monday. |
MONDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Lincoln, Neb., March 13.—Once more the
lobby has been the cause of confusion in
the Nebraska legislature. Representative
Karast has publicly charged the railroads
w.th carrying on a camp&'gn of debauch
ery. pass distribution and “night orgies
with women,” in order to defeat legisla
tion the people wanted.
J. H. Ayer, the political representative
of the Burlington railroad, has replied in
an open letter, demanding an investiga
tion. He declares the members have an
nuals and have been supplied liberally
with trip passes for friends, but he as
serts that Mr. Earnst has been liberally
supplied along with the rest.
An investigation probably will be or
dered.
Senator Sheldon succeeded tonight in
having his mortgage taxation bill recom
mended for passage. This bill taxes for
eign mortgages held by non-residents, and
i deducts such indebtedness from the tax
ible value of the property.
IT IS STILL A MYSTERY.
Officers Fail to Locate Parties Whi
Shot at Passenger Coaches.
Humboldt. Neb., Mach 11.—Roadmaster
Johnson of the Burlington, who has been
up from Falls City several days con
ducting a quiet search for the parties
guilty of tuking shots at the trains pass
ing this station, gave up the search. The
I ttrst offense of this character was last
fall when u stone was thrown through
the glass vestibule of the seed corn special
as it was entering the yards from the oust.
An immediate search was instituted but
without success in locating the culprit.
More recently complaints have been sent
: in that windows of the Portland-St. I.ouis
j fast train have been broken by shots
| which came from close by an elevator
at this station on at least two occasions.
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Remains Were Exhumed.
I Omaha, Neb.. March 13.—The body ot
I Iver Johnson, wno was drowned last
i October in a lake in Holt county while
hunting in a boat with Scotty Balfour,
has been exhumed from its resting
place in Forest Lawn eeipetery and
| taken to a local undertaking establish
i ment. This was done in order that
the widow might disabuse her mind of
the idea that her husband met with vio
lence at the lake. Instead of being
drowned as reported. The remains
have been placed back in the grave
and Mrs. Johnson now says the upshot
of the whole matter was the result of
an influence wielded over her by a
clairvoyant named Carrie Smith.
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Knocked Jailer Down.
Alliance, Neb., March 13—Sheriff Reed
of this courfty, placed three colored
men in the county jail, all charged with
i house breaking. Monday night as the
jailer was closing up. one of them asked
| for a drink of water and when the
1 jailer opeend the cell door to comply
with the request, the criminal knocked
him down and made his escape, being
careful to lock the cell door behind him
'ocklng the Jailer in.
LUCAS FOUND GUILTY.
Jury Convicts and Fixes Punishment
at Imprisonment for Life.
I Holdrege, Neb., March 13.—The jury
in the Lucas murder case came in
with a verdict of guilty in the first de
gree with imprisonment for life as pun
ishment. The jury did not have any
difficulty in arriving at a verdict, as it
was unanimous on the first ballot In re
gard to his guilt. The verdict gives
general satisfaction to those who heard
the case.
TO ORGANIZE CLUB OF
NEBRASKA FARMERS
An Effort Is Being Made in
Many Counties to Form
Local Unions.
PRICES TO DE INCREASED
Proposed to Inaugurate a Plan Where
by All Products of the Farm Will
Be Held Until Urgent Demand
Causes Advance.
Brand Island, Neb., March 13.— A
number of farmers in the southern
part of Hall and the northeastern part
of Adams counties have organized a
local union of the American Society ot
Kquity, an organization of farmers, the
object of which is mutual protection
to all classes of producers. O. B
Shafer, a resident of this county, but
whose address is Hastings, was elect
ed president: Burt Mott, Hastings
secretaiy, and A. A. Stone, Hansen
treasurer. This union has a member
ship of twenty-five farmers. In ex
plaining the objects of tne association,
President Shafer said: “We do not
demand the world with all there is
therein. We do ask cost of production
w ith a ri asonable profit. We are the
only class that does not set a price
upon Its laboi. We buy at the other
fellow’s price and sell at what the oth
“r fellow chooses to offer. We propose
to hold our prouuee on the farm, in
granaries and in cribs until the demand
Is such as will gradually absorb out
produce at a price which will bring
the farmer the cost of production. Un
der the present conditions the large
sievator companies and boards of trade
manipulate prices in such a manner
as to cause both the producers and
“onsumero to suffer and make millions
3t dollars which should rightfully be
long to consumer and producer, equal
ly divided.' We do not propose to an
tagonize other great interests such as
the Standard Oil trust, the National ]
Harvester trust, the packing trust and
the railroad combine. The prices they j
make tire added to our cost.’’
Mr. Shafer is trying to organize oth- l
pr unions in other parts of Hall and |
Adams counties, and the plan of the |
Iowa farmers' organization is followed i
to a large extent.
TRIALS OF GOVERNOR.
Fake Newspaper Stories Increase
Mickey’s Mail as Well as
Responsibility.
Lincoln, Neb., March 13.—After hav
ing advertised the governor of the
state of Nebraska as the greatest bron
cho buster of tile west, dubbed him
the Huwkshaw of the Missouri valley
because of alleged detective work done
during the South Omaha strike, adver
tised him as driving an engine down a
country track so fast that cornstalks
were Jerked up by the roots, fake news
paper correspondents are still not sat
isiied that the name of Mickey will not
go down In history as the most ver
satile man ever produced In Nebraska
and throughout the length and breadth
of the continent. The "Mickey Matri
monial bureau" is being hearlded to
such an extent that the governor's mail
three times a day contains applications
for husband or wife. This letter Is a
sample, published to show what the
governor is up against and at the same
time it might strike a responsive chord
In the heart of some needy westerner.
The letter follows:
Cape May City, N. J., March 6. 1905.—
Governor of Nebraska: Dear Sir—1 saw by
the North American that you keep a ma
trimonial bureau and thought I would
write to see it you could get us each a
good husband.
No. 1.—I am 18 years of age, 5 feet 9
Inches in height, weigh 150 pounds, dark
hair, a blonde. Would like to have a good
western man. I can do all kinds ot house
work and will make a good wife. Am
called handsome. Lydia Sehelenger.
Scheienger Landing, Cape May City,
N. J.
No. 2.—1 am 18 years of age 5 feet 7
Inches In height, weigh 130 pounds, blonde,
dark hair, and the boys here call me beau
tiful. Am looking for a neat young man
between 18 and 22 years who would like to
get married. Alice Bennett.
Madison Avenue, Cape May City, N. J.
p. s.—Please do what you can for us. We
are in despair, for the Cape May boys are
too slow. They are afraid to get married.
\Ve are respectable girls and looking for
respectable young men. A. B.
L. S.
FITZGERALD GUILTY.
Alleged Cattle “Rustler” Convicted of
Larceny at North Platte.
North Platte, Neb., March 13.—The
jury in the case of the State against
Titterington returned a verdict of
guilty as charged. The jury had been
out for about twenty-four hours when
the verdict was returned. Delmar Tit
terington, the defendant, was charged
with unlawfully converting to his own
use cattle given into his possession by
George Bentlv. The evidence was very
conflicting, the strongest being the
testimony of Lee Case, who had been
jointly charged with Titterington in
another offense. Case pleaded guilty
after having been in jail for some
weeks Titterington and Case had been
partners in ihe butcher business in the
town of Sutherland, and Titterington
had a trial last week. i:i which the jury
disagreed and were discharged.
It is stated that tile present case will
be carried to the supreme court for re
versal, the evidence showing that there
was a dispute ot accounts between the
complaining witness and the defend
ant. and that the defendant claimed
that the plaintiff was indebted to him
lor $125 more than the complaining
witness admits, and the defendant says
he took the cattle in payment of the
debt.
Tile second trial of the State against
Del Titterington for cattle stealing is
now being tried.
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Cash Drawer Is Robbed.
Greeley, Neb., March 13.—The build
ing occupied by the Scotia Mercantile
company at Scotia, Neb., was robbed
of $200 in cash while the proprietor was
at church. Considerable mystery is
connected with ihe robbery, as only
about half the money was taken from
the drawer. The Greeley bloodhounds
were sent, over and placed on the trail
within four hours, but the parties are
still at large
Remains Were Exhumed.
Omaha, Neb., March 13.—The body of
lver Johnson, who was drowned last
October in a lake In lfoit county while
bunting in a boat with Scotty Balfour,
lias been exhumed from Us resting
place in Forest Law i cemetery and
taken to a local undertaking establish
ment. This was done in order that
the widow might disabuse her mind of
the Idea that her husband met with vio
lence at the lake, Instead of being
drowned as reported. The remains
have been placed lack in the grave
and Mrs. Johnson now says the upshot
of the whole matter was the result of
an influence wielded over her by a
clairvoyant named Carrie Smith.
WILL FIGHT BEEF TRUST
Independents Raise a Big Fund to
Carry on the War in
Chicago.
Chicago, March 15.—The Daily News,
says war to the knife between the
"Big Five" of the beef combine and
twenty-six firms and corporations
classed as independent packers will. It
is asserted, begin in Chicago March 20,
when the special federal grand jury be
gins its investigations of the affairs of
the alleged beef combine and set the
claims of the independents squarely be
fore the public.
The largest of the so-called independ
ent concerns, Schwartzchild & Sulzber
ger, is concerned in the movement. The
principal plants of the company are in
Kansas City, but a large plant is op
erated by the same company in Chicago
and a branch in New York.
The independent packers are said to
have held meetings in Kansas City to
devise a plan of offensive and defen
sive action.
SHIELDS H£R LOVER.
tillage Blacksmith’s Daughter Mum it.
the Cordova Case in New
Jersey.
New Brunswick, N. J., March 15.
The trial of J. F. Cordova, the un
frocked minister, and formerly pastor
of the Conklin Methodist Episcopal
church, of South River, who is charged
by his wife with assault and battery
and abandonment as a result of two
sensational elopements with the daugh
ter of the village blacksmith, was be
gun here today.
Miss Julia Bowne, the young woman
with whom Cordova twice fled, has
persistently declined to foresake him,
and was brought into court today as
an extremely unwilling witness. She
has been kept in jail as a witness
aw’alting the trial, steadfastly refus
ing to accept bail offered for her re
lease.
The first elopement of the pair oc
curred last May. but they returned to
South River soon afterwards. A few
w'eeks ago they again eloped, going to
Washington, where they were appre
hended and brought here under ar
rest. Miss Bowne still proclaims her
fidelity to Cordova, and he has repeat
edly declared his willingness to ac
cept punishment if Miss Bowne is un
harmed.
Mrs. Cordova, wife of the former pas
tor. was the first witness against her
husband. She testified about her hus
band's elopement, but was not permit
ted to give the name of the young
woman with whom he went away, the
court ruling Mias Bowne’s name out
on the objection of counsel for Cor
dova.
Mrs. Cordova said that when her hus- ,
band left her he declared that she
would never see him again, that he
gave her some money and subsequently ,
sent her more. She identified letters
written by her husband asking her to j
secure a divorce from him. Cipher let- .
ters alleged to have been sent to Miss .
Bowne by Cordova were identified as
having been written by her husband.
Cordova, she said, w’as paid $700 a
year.
Miss Bowne's father was prevented
from testifying by objections from I
counsel for the defense, which w'ere i
sustained by the court. 1
When Miss Bowne was called she ]
evaded all questions that would impli- 1
cate Cordova until the prosecutor in l
desperation asked her: "Have you 1
banished from your mind all memory I
of this man, as you have banished i
what we want to know?” i
The answer was a defiant and em- '
phatic negative.
Cordova, the first witness called for
the defense, testified that he left home
on May 17 because, he said, he could j
not longer live with his wife. He de
clined to answer questions as to who
accompanied him to Mexico and other
places. The prosecutor asked the court
to compel an answer, and Judge Strong
said he would consider the matter, and
adjourned court until today.
KITING OIL MONEY. !
Another Standard Bank in New York
Mixes Up in Some Bad ij
Finance. I 1
New York, March 15.—A case sirnila. 1 1
to the Munroe & Munroe scandal was 1
brought to light on Friday, and again
a Rockefeller bank figures in the mat
ter. In lhe Munroe case Vice Presi
dent Loomis was forced to resign from
the National City bank. The consoii- i
dated stock exchange firm of Jacob
Berry & Co., which failed on November
26, with liabilities of $750,000 and assetts
of $50,000, for some time before the fail
ure had a standing daily loan of $100,
000 from the Hanover National bank,
one of fifteen Standard Oil institutions
here.
Jacob Berry, head of the firm, ad
mitted these facts at a hearing before
Referee S. W. Dexter. Berry said his
firm, by an agreement made by Harold
M. Bennett, his young partner, secured
a daily loan that was usually for $100,
000, although at limes as low as $25,000.
He continued.
"A note was given every morning and j
that note was discounted and the I
amount placed to our credit. We paid 1
off this note every afternoon by a check j
at 3 o'clock."
Berry also stated that so far as he '
knew no security was given to the
bank beyond the firm's deposit. There
might be ordinary collateral loans
which the firm happened to have in the
hank.
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LAY IT TO D0LLIVER.
Now It’s Said the Junior Senator Tote
Roosevelt Mahin Could Be
Let Out.
Washington, March 14.—Senator J. P.
Dolllver is 'he man who ts now given
credit for the Dobson-Mahin trouble. He |
is the man who told President Roosevelt (
that there would be no objection if Muhin t
of Clinton should be let out, having al- (
ready had eight years in the consular serv- j
ice. f
There is a conflict of views on the Dob- i
son-Mahin fight in the Iowa delegation. <
Senator Allison is the most angry over j
the affair. He didn't hear about Dolllver's i
action until after the Dobson nomination ]
to Muhin's place had been made. Now ho :
has secured a promise from the president (
that Mahin would not he disturbed and *
the president is hunting for another post
for Dobson instead.
BUriN TO OEAlH.
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Woman and Child Lose Their Lives,
and Another Child Is Fatally
Burned.
Baltimore, March 15.—As a result of
a fire in a grocery store and dwelling
today, Mrs. Bennetta McCordis was
burned to death, as was her 4-year-old
child. Another child was fatally burned. J
IOWA GIRL ROBBED
OF HER WEALTH
Had Gone to Omaha to Seek
Work and Escape Un
happy Home.
WAS SADLY DISAPPOINTED
To Make Matters Worse She Unwisely ^B
Accepted Acquaintance with Young w
Man in Whom She Intrusted
Her Last Cent.
Omaha, Neb.. March 15.—Of the mul
titude of young girls who have come
to Omaha from the little towns in Iowa,
filled with the desire to see the sights
of a great city, none was ever more
cruelly treated than 17-year-old Eliza
beth Christenson who left her parents’
home at Audobon, spent two nights in
the comfortless union station and was
then robbed of her little all by a
Stranger who knew her father.
The father in question is a hard work
ing blacksmith who loves his children.
Elizabeth, however, explained to the po
lice matron that her home life had be
come intolerable to her because her
father was too exacting. Therefore she
took her accumulated savings, amount
ing to $6.50 and bought a ticket tc
Omaha. Here she was disappointed in
her efforts to secure work and being
afraid to go to a hotel which she
thought might quickly use up all her
funds, she passed two sleepless nights
at the railway station. She held her
precious $5 bill tightly clutched in her
hand. The third morning she was
crunching the few dry crusts which re
mained of the lunch which she had
brought from home and thinking that
her father had bread and to spare,
when she was accustomed by the re
mark, are you hungry?
The speaker was a pale young man
with thin cheeks who sat on the bench
with her. He had watched her munch
ing the dry crusts and longed for a
breakfast himself. For twenty cents
he told her he could secure a nice
fresh ham sandwich for each of them.
SJte learned from him, too, that he lived
in a town not far from hers, and that
he knew her father well. The man
seemed a friend to the poor girl, who
had found the world so cruel that she
was willing to talk to anyone.
Ponging for the sandwiches and oven
joyed at having found a friend in her
time of need. Miss Christenson entrust
ed the young man with her $5 bill and
he went off for the ham and bread.
An hour later she was found by an
officer weeping. This morning a ticket
from Omaha to Audubon was received
from John Christensen, the young wom
an's father, and she departed, feeling
after all her father was kinder to her
‘han the cruel world.
Burglary at Table Rock.
Table Rock, Neb., March la.—The
grocery store of F. Hagenmaster was
robbed, access being gained by the cel
lar door at the rear of the store. Mr.
Hagenmaster was awakened by the
falling of a chair. Rousing himself
from his bed, in the rear of the store,
he listened and heard the clicking of jl
the money drawer. The intruder hastily
made his exit before the alarm was 1
given. Some $10 or $12 was all that
was secured.
Hunters Report Ducks Plentiful.
Plattsmouth. Neb., March 15.—The
boom of the hunter's gun can be heard
to echo along the Missouri and Platte
rivers. The ducks are moving north.
The web-footed birds are in full flight
on their annual pilgrimage to their
summer home. Some are flying high
and out of the reach of the hunter's
gunshot, but many will remain for
weeks to come. The hunters report
them to be more plentiful this season
*han in years past.
Snow at Lyons.
T.yons Neb.. March 15.—It has snowed
here very lightly for a period of twenty
four hours. Much of the snow has
melted after falling, but it still covers
the ground to a depth of three inches.
TO HELP CONTROL HIM.
Philter Alleged to Have Been Givei
Colonel Cody by Wife.
Denver, Colo., March 15—The allega
tion that Mrs. Cody threatened to give
her husband. Colonel Wm. F. Cody
(Buffalo Bill) a drug to bring him un
der her control has been reported in a
deposition made in this city by Mrs.
Helen Cody Wetmore, a sister of the
colonel, to be filed in his divorce suit in
the Wyoming court.
Mrs. Cody told me," said Mrs. Wet
more, "that she had obtained a drug
of some character from a clairvoyant
and she intended to give it to Colonel
Cody In order to get control over him;
lhat she thought herself a better man
ager for the property than the colonel,
and she wished to get control of the
property at all hazards.”
This Is the statement upon which
Colonel Cody bases his charge that
Mrs. Cody attempted to poison him.
The trial is practically finished, with
the exception of taking one or two depo
sitions in Nebraska before the matter is
laid before the court at Sheridan on
'larch 20.
PUSH DRUG CASE.
'hiladelphia Attorney to Take the Evi
dence at Once of Indianapolis
Witnesses.
Indianapolis, Tnd., March 14 — In an at
tempt to establish the existence of a gi
gantic drug trust, which, he asserts, con
trols $400,000,000,000 forth of business yearly
and costs the consumers of the. country
(40,000,000 annually, W. W. Garble, a Phil
adelphia attorney, tomorrow, in the United
3tates court, will take evidence from the
officers of the National Wholesale Drug
gists' association. Mr. Garble is acting
(or C. Cl. A. Coder, a retail druggist of
Philadelphia, who is suing for $100,000
lamages under the Sherman anti-trust
act. Evidence In the case already has
>een taken in Chicago.
MAKE BIG HAUL
Robbers Get Away with Large Amount
of Cash and Paper cf Genoa,
Ohio Bank.
Genoa, O , March 15.—The vault of
the Genoa Banking company was
blown last night by three unknown
men, who escaped in a stolen buggy. A
posse is in pursuit today. The thieves
are reported to have secured $2^,000 to
$30,000 in cash.