THE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. }’N E.ILL. NEBRASKA »- " ■ .. Attention has been drawn lately to the insufficient food on which many |i of the children of the poor have to sub sist, and to the Impossibility of the 111 g nourished brains assimilating a due amount of mental pabulum. The food may in other instances be sufficient, and the child may yet be unable to thrive upon It owing to defect in those much neglected organs, the teeth. An Inquiry Si carried on by K. Rice Morgan into the state of the teeth of children in the Swansea educational area showed that of 295 children of both sexes only eleven had mouths free from dental defects, while on an average each child had more than three decayed teeth. I Such figures need no comment. If we cannot, as Horace says, permanently expel nature with a pitchfork, we may yet perhaps repel physical degenera tion with a toothbrush. Experiments with a dietary of fruits and nuts at the University of Califor nia have shown that both furnish the body with energy, and that ttie nuts yield some building material also. The cost of a deit exclusively of fruits arid I nuts cost from IS to 46 cents a day for each person, which will compare fa vorably with tile cost of an ordinary mixed diet. One student gradually' | changed from a mixed diet to fruits and Huts with out aparent loss of strength or health. He was able for eight days of the experiment to carry on his usual college work, and for a part of the time he also performed heavy physical labor. The articles are quite thoroughly digested "and have u much higher nutritive value than Is popularly attributed to them." The xvholesomeness of a long continued diet »f fruits was not tested. At the Eutaw entrance to Druid Hill park stands one of the most remark able sundials in the world. The time In many parts of the world is shown whenever the sun Is shining. It la easily- possible almost at iirst glance I to read the time within two or three minutes, while closer acquaintance with ; the dial enables the correct time to be read to the minute. The base is of carved bronze. The instrument v as presented to the park by Peter Harnil l, ton. who designed and made it entirely of stone. Lord Grlmthorpe, who has been de voting his 89th year to designing a clock i for the tower of the parish church at West Melton. Yorkshire, Is surely the most remarkuble of living clockmakers. It is more (hun half a century since he | was busy superintending the design of the great clock of Westminster; the 1 original "Big Ben” was the child of his I Inventive brain, and Its successor bears in Gothic .letters the legend that It was cast "under the direction of Edmund Beckett Denison, Q. C.," as long ago as ■ 1858, _ _ _ Now that Kansas has appropriated money to mark the old Santa Fe trail, an enterprising citizen of New Mexico suggests that a hotel be built at Las Vegas to be called the Santa Fe Trail hotel. He would portray on the walls of its-big dining room the scenery of the trail. In other rooms would be hung paintings of old-time stnge coaches, cavalry squads, buffaloes, In dians and scouts. The sleeping rooms i to be named after the states in the | union. Vessels recently removed from the active list of the British navy number 122, and their original cost amounted to the total of $140,015,610, the list ln , eluding sixteen of which the cost is not on record. Among these vessels are eleven battleships, ten armored i cruisers, forty-three cruising vessels, | thirty-six gunboats and torpedo boats and twenty-two sloops and hulks. The qldest of the discarded vessels was built in 1871 and the newest was built In 1903. In the last nine years 51,000 motors have been registered in England. Of these 3,500 have been used for com mercial purposes. The motor-wagon users have formed an association and It has issued a circular in which It Is urged that commercial autoinobillsm. If general, would reduce the cost of keeping up the roads and streets, Ibs sen the blocking of the streets by con geBte dtralllc and make them less dan gerous to pedestrians. Ignace Paderewski is a great admirer of little Von Vecsey and thinks that In the future the boy's powers will make him a great performer. Paderewski j ■wanted to send the lad a present from New York the other day and consulted Daniel Frohman, suggesting a watch j as a suitable gift. Mr. Frohman was able to-recall seven watches that had been presented to Von Vecsey this sea- j son, so M. Paderewski selected a gold knife for him. With a view of drawing an audience, apparently, the London Chemical so ciety announced the other day In the papers that that evening at Its meeting W. H. Perkins, Jr., would read a paper on “The Action of Ethyl Dibromopro panetetracarboxylate on the Dlsodlum Compound of Ethyl Propanetelracar boxylate." It is said that the biggest shell ever made was turned out by the Krupp people at Essen, Germany. It was made for Russia and weighed 2,600 pounds. The gun which is large enough to use this shell is mounted on the fortifica tions at Cronstadt and has a range of twelve miles. Each time that it is fired I It costs the czar $1,500. -- __ i It is a curious fact that great writers ■peaking generally, have been no lov ers of the medical profession. This is doubtless the reason why doctors for the most part cut so sorry a figure in literature. Scribes of all sorts take a ■peclal pleasure in girding at them. A special detective force has been formed In Berlin and the entire duty of the officers is to protect women who ■re obliged to be on the streets alone In the last six months these detectives have arrested and convicted 158 men. “Uncle Billy” Sumpter, who lives near Madison, looks for big crops this year. He bases his expectations on the number 5. He says that big crops were raised In '56. '65. '85. '95 and now Its 1905 s turn—Kansas City Journal. In spite of the many Jokes that are made at the expense of the Georgia peach crop, that state produced more peaches than any of the eastern states. It is said that there are over 7.000 000 trees that bear peaches in the state. Air getting into a vein while he wa» undergoing an operation in St. Thomas' hospital, London, was the cause of the death*of Frederick Thomas Kennedv the other day. A verdict of "accidental death was returned. “Honesty is the best policy." re marked a plaintiff In the court of Judge Addison of London. "May be." replied the judge, “but I know some | e,,pie •who seem to have got along very »-«n Without it.” HERE’S WHERE TEDDY COULD GET BUSY _ Nebraska Wild Animal Bounty Law Will Go Into Effect July I. A LARGE APPROPRIATION The Rate Established by the Recenx Legislature Is $5 for Gray Wolf Scalps. $1.25 for Coyotes and $1 for Wild Cats. Lincoln, Neb., .\piil 2t>.—After July 1 it wholesale slaughter of coyote*, wild cats and wolves is likely to be carried on In Nebraska as a result of the new wild animal bounty law which was passed hy the last session of the legis lature. An appropriation of $10.00(1 was made hy (lie legislature to pay the state bounties on wolves, coyotes and wild cats. Western stockmen claim that wild animals have greatly Increased on the prairies since the repeal of the old law In 1903 and that the appropriation will probably be exhausted on gray wolves alone. They estimate that tit least $30,000 worth of county claims will he made ill the next two years. The bill was introduced by Repre sentative Douglas of. Rock county, at the request of the sheep and cattle men of western Nebraska. No emer gency clause was attached, and so the bill will riot go Into effect until July 1. The measure provides that any per son In the state who kills any wolves, wild cats or coyotes and who presents the scalps, with the two ears anil the face down to the nose, to the county clerk of the county In which the ani mals were killed, making oath thereto, shall receive bounties as follows. Five dollars for every large gray or buffalo wolf killed. $1.25 for every common prairie wolf or coyote and $1 for every wild cut. I tie county ciera must issue 10 me persons certificates or bounties, and when these certificates are filed with the auditor of public accounts the audi tor must draw his warrant on the state treasury against the general fund. The county clerk, after giving the person a certificate of the number and kind of scalps accepted by him for bounty, must deface the scalps by cutting them In two parts so us to separate the ears and lie must keep a record of the num ber and kind by him destroyed. If any person drives, halts, entices or brings any such animals into the state from outside for the purpose of procuring bounties on them he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and may he fined not less than *25 nor more "than *100 for each such offense. —♦— ROBBERS AT FRANKLIN. Postoffice and Two Business House*! Robbed by Men Who Escaped Franklin. Neb., April 26.—Franklin was visited by a gang ot professional robbers arid three business houses were entered and safes opened at ihe post office, J. ' W. ("hitt wood's hardware store and Chittwood Bros.' lumber of fice. Very little money was secured. There-was less than *100 in the post office safe, which they secured. No money was found at other places, but revolvers were taken from the hard ware store. All the places were entered through doors, which were found un locked this morning. It is thought the work was done in the early patt ■of the ni"ht. HANS MAY APPEAR. His Attorney Answers in Affirmative and Bondsmen Hope. Norfolk. Neb., April 26.—Fred M. Hans, former Northwestern railroad detective, who killed D. O. I,use at Aulnsworth several years ago is sched uled to appear in court again today at Ainsworth several years ago is sched murder. "Hans hns been in Sioux City for the greater portion of the last winter.” said Hans' attorney at Ainsworth. "He has been working, trying to earn money with which to meet a portion of the ex penses of his trial. I think he will he I on hand." Hans is under bond of *5,000, signed by prominent Brown county stockmen. ! "We hope Hans will appear for trial," said one of them, "though there is a strong sentiment here against ever try ing the case again, as it was the last time a tremendous burden on the coun ty’s funds." —♦ DOGS LOST THE SCENT. Rain Interfered in Pursuit for Horso Thieves. Hastings, Neb.. April 26.—A team and lumber wagon were stolen from the farm of Peter Johnson, one mile north of Hansen, and a vigorous search by the neighbors, assisted by the Beatrice bloodhounds, did not procure the re turn of ttie stolen property nor the ar rest of the horsethieves. The hounds had no difficulty in taking up the trail, which they followed in zigzag direc tions for eighteen miles, over the fields, across pastures and sometimes on tl»;' roads. Thirty loaded rigs were close on the w’ake of the hounds. An eighteen mile march brought the party within a 'mile of th^ village of Trumbull ansi here a sudden downpour of rain obliter ated the scent and the hunt was over, so far as the dogs were concerned. A reward of *100 is being offered for the arrest of the thieves. HYSTERICS IN COURT. Witness in the Scott Haddix Trial Causes Sensation. Broken Bow. Neb., April 24.—The pre liminary hearing of Scott Haddix, esharged with killing Melvin Butler on the evening of April 16, was commenced before County Judge Armour. Owing to the inadequate space in the county court room Judge Hostetler of tlie dis trict court, who is just closing up the term, offered the use of his sanctuary, which was soon tilled to overflowing with people of all classes and denomi nations, eager to hear the testimony. The case has awakened universal inter est throughout the county. Only three witnesses were examined; they appearing for the state. The first was Arthur Fuller, a boy of 18 years, working for Butler. Fuller was one of the eye witnesses to the killing. He stated that Haddix fired the first shot, but upon bein^ cross examined by Judge Sullivan, got considerably mixed in his testimony. Tne 14-year-old daughter of Butler was next called, and after substantiat ing some of the statements made by the preceding witness, fell into a vio lent state of hysterics and was obliged I to he taken from the court room. 1 - — IOWA MAN BUNCOED. J. C. Bugbee, of Hsmpton, Loses His Money in Attempt to Get Rich. Omaha, Neb., April 24.— Poorer and wiser than when he came to Omaha, J. O. Bugbee of Hampton, la., will leave here for Portland, Ore., as soon as he can get the money from home to pay Ids way. On arrival at the Union station here Bugbee became acquainted with a Mr. Greenwald. a stranger, but affable and therefore a pleasant companion. They started up town together for a lunch, and after walking a short distance met one of Mr. Greenwald’s friends, a Mr. McHenry. This man persuaded the oth er two Into a little game of matching pennies. Presently Greenwald declared that such amusement was too tame; he would not flip any more unless it was for dollars. And then lie took Bugbee aside and divulged a plan by which they could get all of McHenry’s money. "We'll match dollars,” said Greenwald, “and I'll always min heads and you always turn tails, and therefore either you or me has always got lo win. At the end of the game we ll divide.” That scheme seemed good lo Bugbee and they began lo play. Bugbee won about $20 from McHenry, and (lien Me Henry apparently grew reckless. H' drew a big roll of mils from ills pocki • and announced that he would stake th.i whole amount against the money cj Greenwald and Bugbee. The match wa I • made and Bugbee put up his wall i .arid chain in addition to his mone.i and the money he had won. This time, ihowever, Greenwald failed to tin”, :heads, and Bugbee lost all his money. , Detectives are now looking for (free vald and McHenry. —*— CUSTER COUNTY FLOODED. Live Stock Is Drowned in Swollen Creeks. , Mason, Neb., April 2t.—Heavy rail\ followed by a blinding snow, fell her i yesterday. The creeks in Ibis (Custer) 'county are the highest ever known' The Burlington track was washed awnj west of town and trains were delayed in.II day. The mill dam was greatly damage! and several road bridges were washc . out. One mover's wagon was washed away and the owner's family came ne t' being drowned. Many pigs, chickens, calves and some horses were drowned and floated away. A few houses wert ‘nundated and much damage done. TAKES MORPHINE. Love Affairs Causes Young Elcctricia. to Commit Suicide. Lincoln, Neb.. April 22.—“My darlin) Slit: It will evidently make you angrj to see tills, but when you read it through you will, 1 think, stop anil think.” Such was a note left in the room of Ot# car Hansen. Hansen was a young clet j trician. who formerly lived at Wahoo. bid recently roomed at the rooming house oj Mrs. A. F. Foreman, where he died, an i I it was later learned that the note he lei) was for Mrs. Foreman. It has been learned that Hansen had an unpleasant love affair at Wahoo bet fore coming to Lincoln, and it i) thought that tills was the cause of lilt taking his life. It is said that th'i young woman at Wahoo Is Miss Ann * Archer and a note or ’otter to her wa I found in Hansen's room. —♦— CHAMBERLAIN SEEKS BONDS. Alleged Bank Wrecker Hustling fc,. Bail of $25,500. Teeumseh, Neb.. April 22.—Charles M. Chamberlain is hustling with all energy to secure the amount of hail, $25,500, fixed by the court to hind him over to the dis trict court, in custody of an officer the ex-banker is canvassing among his for iner business associates. it was stated that Mr. Chamberlain had secured a large portion of tiie amount. Mr. Chamberlain has agreed to work on the hooks of the defunct institution and to enrave! some of the alleged complications. It Is freely hinted that a number of Te cumseh citizens arc worried lest the ex amination of the hooks will disclose some mysterious transactions, which might con nect them with the failure of tiie bank. —♦— TIBBLES TO LEAVE. Will Accept Presidency of Bank ii. New York. Lincoln, Neb., April 22.—T. II. Tibbies, late populist candidate for vice president, having sold his paper in Lincoln to George W. llergo, will leave soon for New York to accept the presidency of a hank there. He may incidentally assist Tom Watson in the publication of Watson’s magazine. MICKEY DEPARTS. Governor Starts on Trip Through th South. Lincoln, Neb., April 21—Governor Mickey and a small party of friends left Wednes day for a short sojourn In the south. They will spend several days at Galveston. Tex. The governor will also be a guest of the governor of Texas during a part of the stay in the Lone Star state. VICTIMS OF INDIAN FIGHT. Graves Near Ree Heights Tramplen Upon by Cattle. . Miller, S. D„ April 22.—In the battle Ifought about three miles south of Ree Heights between the United States sol diers and the Sioux Indians along aft er the Sioux massacre in Minnesota, some twenty-five of the former fell and (were burled on the prairie where they jmet death, according to W. S. Ensign, .who was In the battle, and who, some twenty-five years after, engaged in business at Ree Heights, where tie was for many years. Tiie graves of these twenty-five soldiers have been trampled upon by cattle und horses these many years, and now It would be almost im possible to locate them. About sixty Indians fell In the battle. They were left on the ground, but when the whites had moved on the red men went back and carried their dead away, refusing to bury near the victors’ graves. Not far from this soldiers’ graveyard is a cemetery used by the white settlers near Ree Heights In the early 80s. It, too, is unkept, cattle and horses graz ing over the graves until they have be come nearly obliterated. Many took up their dead in after years and relnterred the bodies In other graveyards. One pioneer burled two wives there and they have not been taken ufr, the hus band having moved away years ago. About two years ago a new settler built a house two miles west of Ree Heights and began to improve tiie farm. To his horror he discovered two graves near the road on his land. No once can account for these. It is be lieved that parties moving west lost two loved ones by disease and buried them there. After making this dis covery on ills land tiie man bought a new location, his house now being va tant and his land untilled. He Didn’t Meet It. The Tenderfoot—How did Alkali Ike meet his death? The Westerner—He didn't meet it. The sheriff overtook him. JURORS SECURED FOR KOCH TRIAL ! Last Man Has Been Obtained to Complete the Panel in Mankato Case. _ MUCH SENSATIONAL TALK All Sorts of Evidence Is Said to Be Developing, Most of It Probably Being the Purest Fiction of Imagination. Mankato, 'inn., April 26.—Former Attorney General Childs, counsel for the state in the case against Dr. George R. Koch for the murder of Dr. Geb hardt. In his opening address to the jury this afternoon divulged four en tirely new points of evidence, which, he says, the state will introduce, prov ing, ns he declares, beyond any ques tion that the young dentist is guilty. First, there is to he the testimony of a young man who has lived in Koch's home for six winters. He will positive ly Identify the hammer found by the murdered dentist's side as a hammer that had been in the Koch home for many years. It is a hammer of peculiar appearance, and could have no duplicate. He will say this hammer disappeared from the home a few weeks before the murder. Then Mrs. Kaas, a scrub wom an, will tell of having seen and used the hammer while elea.ining Koch's of fice just before the murder. The. ham mer, she says, hung near an oil stove, the smoke from which made its outline on the wall. This smoke had been ■ rubbed off when she next cleaned the office just after the murder. while going home he remembered that j the light in his office was still on, and he returned to extinguish it. Now the ! state says Lena YViedeman, housekeep- 1 er for the Crone family, living about i forty feet to one side of Koch's office, f will testify that while standing on tlie rear porch on the night of the murder J she saw Koch enter his office, which was dark, turn on an electric light, take a hammer from the nail on which it hung, place it in his pocket, extinguish the light and leave the building. Further, General Childs said. Mrs. Dahan, who lives near Koch’s and at the turn of the road where persons go ing to the Koch home pass through a gate, and across a lot. would testify that on the evening of the murder a young man ran swiftly past her house, rushed through the gate and on toward Koch’s, while her dogs pursued him, barking fiercely. Next morning, she will declare, she found blood on the gate post which the man must have grasped in passing through. This new evidence with the strength ening of several points made by the state previously, the state says, will i surely convict the young defendant. Koch heard the whole address, with all the implications against him with- I out a sign of remorse. The brother and sister of the murdered man, w ho ! were in court, cried throughout. The last juror was secured yesterday afternoon. He is the exact age of the defendant, 24, and the youngest man on the jury. He is a farmer. The Inking of testimony will begin today. A sensation was created today when it was announced that County Attorney Wilson has been directed by a farmer to a man who, he says, saw the mur- | derer of Gebhardt drop from the win- j dow of his office after the homicide was done. Wilson is looking for him. No Proof as to Woman. Regarding the report that a woman may acquit hr. Koch, a lawyer asso-1 cited with the defense said this morn ing: "We are morally certain that there Is a woman in the case, hut we will not bring her into it because we lack proof. If proof were obtainable we certainly would present it, for such proof would doubtless acquit. •'This story of a woman in the case is an old, old one. It was born before the last trial, springing probably from an application of the old saw that there is ‘a woman at the bottom of every thing.' Had we had the matter in pre sentable form, it would have been brought out at the last trial. Rut we did not, and have not now, so it is merely conjectural." An Important Exhibit. Tlie suit of clothes which George R. Koch wore on the night of the murder of Dr. Gebhard will be one of the most important exhibits of the defense. This is in the custody of Clerk Thorn of the court, together with the hammer and the box which contained the poison and all other exhibits which were present ed at the first trial. The defense’s contention is that the j murderer must necessarily have been i spattered with blood and his clothes almost saturated. It will endeavor to show that Dr. Koch wore the same suit down town early on the morning following the murder and that this suit was the same one which he had on the evening before. The defense believes that its testi mony on this point cannot he refuted, and that no juror can believe that Dr. Koch could have committed a crime where so much blood was spilled with out there being some evidence of it In the soiling of his clothes. Sahl Case Not to Figure. The alleged murder by one Sahl, who, according to a dispatch from New Ulm a fortnight ago, was an uncle of Dr. George R. Koch, will in no wise figure in the present trial, it having been proved that Sahl was not related to the defendant^ It is doubtful if the matter would have been exploited had a progenitor of Dr. Koch ever been con victed of such a crime. Senator Som erville, leading counsel for the defense, said today: "It has been proved that this man Sahl was a Scandinavian. Senator Samuel Lord, now of Dodge county, was prosecuting attorney in Todd comi ty when Sahl was convicted of man slaughter. He told me that he remem bered the ease very distinctly and that the defendant was a Scandinavian, who spoke little English. This, of course, is positive proof that the man was not an uncle or any other blood relative of Dr. Koch." General Childs, when asked about the ease, said: “Oh. of course, that will not be mentioned in this trial. It is too remote. I know nothing of the merits of the report." Will Koch Be imprisoned? AVith the time for the beginning of the taking of testimony close at hand, the question arises as to what Judge Cray's attitude will be toward continu ing Dr. Koch on bail. The state has not said whether or riot it will request that bail be withdrawn and the pris oner taken into custody by the sheriff— or the coroner since Sheriff A\rilliams has been disqualified from serving In the Koch case. One of the lawyers as soclated with the prosecution said to day: "We shall not ask for the Imprison ment of Dr. Koch until the taking of I evidence begins, if we do then.” j Judge Cray was asked about the law j with reference to this point. The judge | said that the Minnesota statutes made | no provision whatever covering it. and ! that it was a matter entirely within J the discretion of the court. He cited I section 7 of article t of tile state con stitution. This section is “relating to rights of accused,” and reads ns fol lows: Question for the Jury. “All persons shall before conviction be bailable by sufficient sureties, ex cept for capital offenses, when proof is evident or the presumption great.” This. Judge Cray said, plainly left It to the judge to decide upon the ques tion suggested by the phrases "when proof is evident or the presumption great.” The law and precedents on this matter were thoroughly threshed over, when the original petition to admit to bail was made to Gratifying to the Country. Tokio, April 25.—The announcement that in response to Japan’s representations France has promised the expulsion of the Russian second Pacific squadron from Kamranh bay and affirmed her determina tion to maintain neutrality is received here with pleasure and has relieved the tension of popular feeling, although it is believed that if Rojestvensky entered Kamranh hay for the purpose of finally preparing for a da»h north the purpose was accomplished before he was ordered to leave. There is also a suspicion that Rojestvensky may simply make a techni cal removal from French territorial wa ters by going outside the three-mile limit, hence the incident will remain unclosed until the Russians depart from Indo Chinese waters. The foreign office, in a statement is sued today, says: Foreign Office Statement. “The French government, upon receipt of the report that the Baltic squadron had arrived at Kamranh bay, instructed the governor general of Indo-China to strict ly enforce the rules of French neutrality. Subsequently the Japanese government lodged a protest with France and the French government issued new special in structions to the governor general for transmittal to the Russians, ordering them to leave French territorial waters as soon as possible. The governor general replied that he had taken the necessary measures to obey instructions. The French gov ernment subsequently addressed the. Rus sian government, asking that the admiral be instructed to leave French territorial waters. The Russian government replied that it had sent such instructions. The French government gave assurances that it had taken and would take in future necessary measures to see that neutrality •s rigorously enforced.” HARD BLOW FOR RUSSIA. Rojestvensky’s Unready Ships Will Bt Easy Victims for Togo. Paris, April 25.—Some of tlm newspap ers of Paris, commenting on the expulsion of the Russian second Pacific squadron from French territorial waters in Indo China, hold that France, in seeking to % render exact justice to Japan, lias been unjust to Russia. The Echo s. The Temps criticises the Saigon report that Russian merchant vessels have been forbidden to take on the necessary coal to enable them to reach the nearest port. The paper maintains the ships have a right to take on sufficient coal to last them to Vladivostok, which Is the near est Russian port. The Temps adds: "Insular powers having many' coaling stations have an interest in making neu trality rules extremely strict in order to prevent their adversaries from procuring1 coal through neutrals while they enjoy full supplies from their own coaling sta tions. On the contrary, continental pow ers, namely, France, Russia and Germany, having comparatively few coaling sta tions, would be easily throttled In a con flict with an insular power having many coaling stations in case this rigid rule of neutrality becomes accepted by prece dence.” A NEW P^aCE RUMOR. Again the United States Is Named as the Prospective Intermediary. St. Petersburg, April 26.—Mysterious rumors that another nttempi at peace negotiations is impending are circulat ing in high quarters, and the United States is directly mentioned as the in termediary. The Associated Press has not been able to obtain any confirma tion of the reports. No intimation of such a move has reached the American embassy, but at the foreign office this afternoon an official inquired, perhaps significantly, when President Roosevelt would return to Washington.