The Frontier.
VOLUME XXV. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1905 NUMBER 42. I
ALLEGED THIEF CADGHT
Man Charged With Stealing From
His Employer Apprehended.
BUT HE DIDN’T HAVE THE MONEY
Nevertheless, Is Taken to Jail to
Await a Hearing.—An Incident
on the Niobrara.
Sheriff Hall was called to the Nio
brara river country Monday to investi
gate an alleged robbery at the home
of Maninleius Libe, who live s one
mile west of the Whiting bridge, in
this county. William Ball, a hired
man of Libe’s, is accused of stealing
four $20 gold pieces and some silver of
his employer. The sheriff got
Ball at Gross, Boyd county, and he is
now in jail here.
Libe lives alone and had Ball em
ployed about his place. Saturday they
both started for Boyd county, Libe for
Spencer and Ball for Gross. At Whit
ing’s bridge they separated, Ball re
ceiving his pay up to that time and
agreeing to return that night or Sun
day. When Libe returned home from
Spencer he discovered that a window
to his house had been brokened open
and a trunk containing the above
money rifled. Investigation aroused
his suspicion that Ball had returned
to the house and secured the money.
Accordingly the arrest followed.
Ball did not return to the Libe place
but made a trip to Bonesteel and then
back to Gross, where he was arrested.
When arrested a search revealed that
he did not have the money about his
person. Ball protests that he is in
nocent.
NINTH ANNUAL TOUR
Sanford Dodge Will Present the
Great Play, Macbeth
If you go to any plays at all, you
should go to good ones. Sanford
Hodge does not carry a brass band to
give a show in the streets, but he
gives a flrst class performance in the
opera house. He will present on the
occasion of the visit here Shakepeare’s
immortal tragedy of Macbeth. There
is not a dull moment in this piay from
first to last. Everything goes with a
clash which cannot fail to entertain
the most biased theater goer. This
grand performance will begin at 8:30
Thursday, April 20. Don’t forget the
seats are selling rapidly and you
should secure yours early in order to
get good ones.
Special Teachers Examination
For the benefit of those who are un
able to attend the regular examina
tions this month provision has been
made to hold special teachers’ exami
nation on April 27, 26 and 29, when
any who desire may take the examina
tion for teachers’ certificates.
R. E. Slaymaker,
41-2 County Superintendent.
LOCAL MATTERS.
For farm loans see Lyman Water
man, O’Neill. 38-8
Miss Ada Mills was at Neligh
Sunday.
Dr. Flynn is spending the week in
Omaha.
Col. Neil Brennan has been ill for
several days.
P. D. Mullen was in Omaha the fore
part of the week.
Lots for sale or exchange in all parts
of the city.—E. II. Benedict. 39-6
Lyman Waterman had business in
Omaha the latter part of last week.
John Stewart departed Sunday for
Wyoming, where he expects to remain.
Dr. Corbett now guarantees to ex
tract teeth without pain. April 23
to 30.
Ed F. Gallagher departed Tuesday
for Darlington, Wis., to be gone fora
week.
American steel hog fencing 20c per
rod at Golden & Hodgkin’s. Think
it over. 39-tf
A. C. Crossman and H. Y. Allen,
both of Atkinson, had business in
town Tuesday.
Girl wanted at once for general
house work. Apply or address Mrs.
L. Tl. Gillespie.
Charles McKenzie and John Smiley
of Ericson had business at the land
office here Monday.
For Sale—26 registered Hereford
bulls coming 2 years old.—Hay W.
McClure, Little, Neb. 40-4
Mrs. Silberhorn of Indian Territory,
formerly Mrs. S. Smith of this place,
is visiting in the city.
Hardware ard furniture stock and
buildings to trade for land. Come
quick.—T. V. Golden. 41-3
For Sale or Trade—A two-seated
canopy top surry, good as new. Call
at second house north of Methodist
church, O’Neill.—A. S. Younkin.
42-1 pd
I LIGHT UPON THE QUESTION OF CLOTHES I
""PHE art of good
clothes is not at
tained by all dealers.
You find most of the j
dealers nowt-a-days
approach the custom
ers with a great am
bition that he is go
ing to dress him up
in fine clothes for the
small sum of money,
when it is a false
idea. It takes skilled
mechanics to make
clothes that place
you before the public
appearing as an in
telligent artist in your
line of business.
The five designs
shown in our illustra
tion are now in my
stock in the latest
shades and will place
the wearer on the
top rail of the ladder
in any stage of life.
The investigation
of the five styles we
illustrate here will
be appreciated.
Respectfully yours,
P- J
McManus
■ Copyright 1905 by Hart Schaffner £s? Marx R
S. F. McNichols is improving his
residence property by the erection of
an addition to his house.
J. A. Cowperthwaite and son Arthur
departed Saturday last for Chicago
with three cars of fat cattle.
Guy Green is confined to his room
and bed with that uncomfortable feel
ing incident to a spell of sickness.
Ray Kendall of Burwell and Minnie
Graves of Ballagh were married at the
county judge’s office here Tuesday.
Horses and cattle pastured by month
or season, close to O’Neill, inquire at
this office or address N. F. Barker,
O’Neill. 42-3pd
“The Heavenly Father’s Home” is
the topic for the Presbyterian pulpit
next Sunday evening. A sequal to
last Sunday night’s sermon.
Deputy County Clerk Harnish has
been out on his claim this week mak
ing some improvements preparatory
to moving his family thereon.
Mrs. William Carson of Dorsey has
been in the city since Sunday under
the care of Dr. Gilligan, who perform
ed an operation for her Monday.
The Atkinson Graphic says that
Mose Campbell a former O’Neill
citizen, who was running for council
man on the citizens ticket recived 134
votes out of the 168 cast at the elec
tion.
The local markets yesterday were:
Stock steers, $4.00; fat steers, $5.00;
Hog $4.60; corn — shelled, 31c,
ear, 30c; oats, 21c; wheat, 89c; rye,
62c; potatoes, 25c(&30c; eggs, 124c; but
ter, 18c.
Editor Smith of the Chambers Bugle
was in the city yesterday, coming up
from Sioux City Monday night. He
had drove to Sioux City last week with
his brother who has moved to Iowa
from the Chambers country.
Coming soon, Sanford Dodge, in
Shakespeare’s great tragedy Mac
beth. Not a dull moment from start
to finish. One climax follows
another and Macbeth is killed
in one of the most exciting sword
combats known to the stage. You
cannot afford to miss this great drama
tic festival, opera-house April 20.
Steve McNichols was chosen as a
delegate at a recent meeting of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen
to represent the O’Neill lodge at the
state meeting to he held next month.
Neil Brennan was chosen as alternate.
Taken up—On the Pete Toohill
place oc or about March 20, two bar
row pigs, one black and one red and
speckled. Left ear cropped. Owner
can have the same by proving pro
perty and paying expenses.—C. F.
Bowen. 41-2
George Blinco, a former O’Neill
boy, went through on the Northwest
ern passenger Tuesday morning, being
enrcmte to Chicago, where he goes to
to take the examination to become an
engineer. He is now a fireman on the
Northwestern and lives with his
mother at Chadron.
Yesterday S. F. McNichols loaded
the car that made the sixth car load
of oats he has shipped to Manila,
Phillippine Island. The grain is
hauled over the Great Northern to
Seattle and there consigned bylsteam
ship to Albers Bros., Manila. It is a
slow process loading the grain into
cars as it all has to be weighed on the
city scales and the weights certified
to.
District court convened Monday
with Judge Harrington presiding and
Reporter Scott by the witness stand.
M. M. Sullivan and James Pinkerman
are on duty as bailiffs. There is a
large docket and the court is not yet
well under way. The jury was em
paneled yesterday and the O'Neill
Day case was called and was in pro
gress all day yesterday. This isa suit
between Arthur P. Day and
Hugh O’Neill involving title to land.
Sanford Dodge will visit us again in
| the most elaborate production that
| he has yet attempted. He will put
| on this season Shakespeare’s immor
tal tragedy of Macbeth. No words of
explanation or commendation are
necessary regarding this great drama
tic master-piece. The fact that San
ford Dodge presents it is a sufficient
guarantee of its success. Mr. Dodge
is surrounded this season with a bet
ter supporting company than ever be
fore. Tile date of the performance
here will be Thursday, April 20. You
cannot afford to miss this great drama
tic engagement.
The school boys have been shown
that it is not their provience along to
play the game of “hookey.” The
fair young maidens in one of the
rooms of our public schools the other
5-i £• |
day demonstrated that they could do
as neat a job of it as the boys. How
ever, they think the boys are to blame
by setting a bad example. It transpired
on a certain afternoon that there
was but one boy in the school room,
all the others having made it up
among themselves to “stay out.” The
girls thought within themselves and
discussed the subject that if the boys
didn’t have to go to school neither
did the girls. The following afternoon
they absented themselves in a body
from the classic shades of the school
room and the commanding presence
of the learned preceptress, spending
a pleasant afternoon in Brennan’s
park. Their suspension followed,
and the girls were in a flurry. The
thing has been smoothed over some
way, and they are all back at school.
Now all you can get out of any of
them is that “teacher didn’t doany
thing.” ______
Very Low Excursion Rates to
San Francisco and Los Angeles
Via the North-Western Line, will
be in effect from all stations April 10
14, inclusive, with favorable return
limits, on account of meeting Wood
men of the World. Two fast trains to
California daily. “The Overland
Limited” (electric lighted through
out), less than three days en route.
Another fast train is “The California
Express” with drawing room and
tourist sleeping cars. For rates,
tickets, etc., apply to agents Chicago
& North-Western R’y.
Colonist Rates West.
Via the Great Northern, daily,
March 1st to May 15th, 1905, to all
points in Montana, Idaho, Washing
ton, Oregon and California.
Two through trains to the Cost
daily. Apply to any Agent, Great
Northern Line for rates, maps, des
criptive matter eto., or to Fred
Rogers, G. P. A., Sioux City, Io. 34-3m
Farm for Rent
The Carlon farm of 240 acres adjoin
ing O'Neill. Address Thomas Carlon,
iifth floor, Jacobson building, Denver,
Col._39-2
Capt. and Mrs. W. T. Shively, hav
ing sold their home here, have moved
to Council Bluffs.
M. DOWLING. President JAS. F. O'DONNELL. Csshier
SURPLUS. $ 5 >000.00 I
O’NEILL NAT L BANK
5 Per Cent Paid
on Time Certificates of Deposit
This Bank carries no indebtedness of Officers or Stockholders
NEGLIGENCE IS CHARGED
Mrs. Corrigan Brings Suit Against l
Bank Examiner.
CLAIM DAMAGES FOR $1,831.06 ;
Program of Attorneys Was to Have
Many Suits Filed and Make Can
vass for That Purpose. i
The manipulators in the prosecution li
and defense of the wreckers of the
Elkhorn Valley bank have taken a I
new turn in the endless entanglement
of that defunct institution.
What appears to many of the depos
itors and others as a device to prolong
litigation and enrich attorneys has
been sprung. After a canvass of many
of the depositors by the lieutenants
without securing very much encour
agement a suit was begun in district
court against Bank Examiner Fred
Whittemore and his bondsmen.
It was rumored about that a great
many of the depositors would begin
simultaneous dfction against the bank
examiner, but the depositors seemed
to look with suspicion on the under
taking and but one depoitor’s petition
is on file.
One of the depositors of the failed
bank informs The Frontier that in a
conversation with the vice president
of the bank she expressed herself as
being very anxious for Mr. Hagerty to
return to O’Neill and settle personally
with the depositors. He told her that
was the best thing to do, saying that
the depositors undoubtedly would be
satisfied if the /ormer cashier would t
return, take the affair away from the
lawyers and show his intention to do
the very best he could by the deposit^
ors. This plan, however, seemed to
have not met with the approval of the
attorney for the Hagertys and Mc
Greevys as further litigation has been
commenced.
county Atiorney a. f. Mullen ana >
M. F. Harrington, on behalf of Mrs.
P. 0. Corrigan, one of the depositors
of the bank, on Tuesday filed a peti
tion in the office of the clerk of the ;
district court against Fred Whitte- j
more and the Fidelity and Guarantee S
company of Maryland. I
The petition is a voluminous affair ?
--eleven typewritten pages—and re
cites various reasons why the court
should allow Mrs. Corrigan $1,831.06 i
damages and interest at 7 per cent
from November 21, 1904.
The allegations are to the effect
that the bank examiner was careless
and negligent in checking up the
bank in December, 1903, nearly a year
previous to the failure.
The petition recites that the Elk
horn Valley bank was organized in
1892 and was closed November 21,1904;
that Whittemore was appointed bank
examiner in January, 1903, to serve
to January, 1905; that he gave a bond
signed by the Maryland company for
$25,000; that on December 10, 1103, he
checked up the Elkhorn Valley bank
and on the 12th reported it solvent. j
The following allegations of appar
ent conditions on the date of the ex
amination are made as causes of action
in the suit for damages against the
examiner:
The purported capital was $15,000
but in fact the bank bad no capital;
that the assets did not exceed 40 per
cent of the liabilities; that 320 acres
of land was reported as an asset that
did not belong to the bank; that an
over draft of the cashier’s of $775, an
accommodation note of the president’s
for $3,000 and seventy-five forged and
ficticious notes aggregating $30,000
were reported among the assets when
they were all worthless; that the
furniture and fixtures were reported
at $1,500 when they were worth not to
exceed $500; that it was a matter of
common knowledge that there was a
judgment of record against the
cashier.
At the time of the failure Mrs. Cor
rigan had on deposit in the bank $3,
051.78. Her petition says ;
“That if said Fred Whittemore had
made a reasonable inquiry as to i(s
condition and had reported its condi
tion to the state banking board it
would have been promptly closed after
such examination.and that the
deposit of said money in said bank by
tiie plaintiff was caused and brought
about by the aforesaid careless, negli
gent and wrongful acts of said Fred
Whittemore.”
It is early yet to make any sort of a
prediction as to what will become of
the case. It is presumed Whittemore
and the bond company will file an
answer, when their side of the alleged
falsified report will be obtainable. It
is said Whittemore’s report recom
mended to the banking board that
certain of the bank’s assets be in
vestigated and that were it not for
the previous good standing of the
bankers their bank should be closed.
The Frontier has not seen the report
and is not able to confirm these state
ments.