THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
5’NEILL, NEBRASKA
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Pope Gregory XVI. died on June 1.
1846, nearly sixty years ago. and It
would seem impossible that a bishop
appointed by him could be still alive
and in harness. But tomorrow Dr.
Daniel Murphy, archbishop of Hobart,
Tasmania, the last prelate of Pope
Gregory’s creation, enters on his 91st
year. He was born In Cork while the
battle of Waterloo was being fought,
was consecrated an Indian bishop In
1846, and translated to Hobart In 1865.
He is the sole survivor of the council
of 1851 that proclaimed the dogma of
the Immaculate Conception, and he
was also a member of the Vatican coun
cil of 1870, which made papal Infalli
bility an article of faith.
The record of Japan's recent material
progress Is, It seems, as remarkable as
her progress In military achievement.
The Increase of postal savings during
the first eight months of the war, for
example, shows an Increase from $16,
880,000 to $18,612,000, Indicating an as
tonishing Increase of the sources from
which such savings are drawn—the In
comes provided by Industrial employ
ment. The savings bank deposits have
Increased 21 per cent, during the same
period. There has also been an In
crease of bank reserves amounting to
6.6 per cent., an Increase of 10.6 per
cent. In rice production, of 8.2 per cent,
in exports and of 6.2 per cent. In Im
ports.
Two stamps were once put Into an
offertory box by a lady In Georgetown,
•nys the Philadelphia Ledger. They
wrcre two-cent stamps, issued In Brit
ish, Guiana In 1860. The lady had come
across un envelope among her papers
bearing two of these stamps. The In
cumbent, Canon Josn, sold the envelope
with thj two stamps on It by auction
and It realized $1,000. The following
year the same two stamps changed
hands at $3,260. The new purchaser
•old them for $3,900 to a German deal
er, who sold them to a Russian noble
man for $6,000.
The ten needs of Chicago, according
to the Lake View Woman's dilb, are:
(1) more woman’s clubs, (2) real cul
ture, (3) less noise and dirt, (4) less
extravagance In dress and living, (5)
home missionaries for children, (6)
more conscientious appreciation of tha
obligation of citizenship, (7) more hos
pital beds for children, (8) more homes
for old people, (9) a social center for
colored people, and (10) a new charter.
Postal conditions In the Interior of
Turkey are still In a patriarchal Btage
of evolution. When a postman arrives
In a village, on muleback, he distributes
the letters In a public place, giving
each his own, and then putting the
undelivered ones In the hands of rela
tives or acquaintances of those to whom
they are uddressed. Yet It Is said that
#9 per cent, reach their destination.
The "ladles" belonging to the wealth
ier classes of Ehlngen, In Wurtemburg,
petitioned the municipality to reserve
the public markets for one hour dally
for them, In order that they might do
their marketing "undisturbed by wom
en of the poorer classes." The munici
pality declined to accede to this re
quest.
Missouri produces 80 per cent, of all
the zinc and 90 per cent, of nil the
nickel mined In the United States,
while, the percentage of lead taken from
Its mines Is nearly as great. The de
mand for all of these metals Is In
creasing rapidly, and new districts In
Missouri are being developed every
year.
> An ordinance for an appropriation of
*10 ,000 for a combined playground and
•chool garden at Watervlew park,
Philadelphia, has been Introduced In
•elect council. Besides the garden, a
playground with gymnasium apparatus,
•wings and games, there may be a
wading pool for the children.
The word “tip" originated In the old
coffee house of London. At the door
was a brass box with a slit In it. En
graved upon It usually were the let
ters “T. I. P.," an abbreviation for the
(words, “To Insure Promptness." Cus
tomers ns they departed dropped coins
n the box for the waiters.
The latest style of submarine boat
vlth which experiments are being made
its ft little English midget, thirty-four
• feet long, armed with two torpedo tubes
U end carrying a crew of three men. It
^can be transported on a railroad truck
^hoisted over the side of a battleship
Jhe greatest ease.
E. Gibbs of Fanwood,
1 appointed professor of
Carnegie technical
He Is known
cities for his
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THE HOT WEATHER ]
| IS WORTH MILLIONS
! From All Over Nebraska Come
Encouraging Reports on
Corn Prospects.
WHEAT CROP A HUMMER
Large Yields of High Grade Are Re»
ported in Every Locality and
Damage by Hessian Fly Is
Not Noticeable.
Albion, Neb., July 19.—One week has
passed without rain and farmers have
been kept busy cultivating corn anil
harvesting wheat. Corn that Is well
j tended Is making rapid progress.
West Point, Neb., July 17.—The hot
weather of the last five days has been
of Immense benefit to the corn on high
land. Most of the fields are laid by
anil the prospect for a bountiful yield
is excellent. The corn on the bottom
lands Is recovering somewhat and with
favorable weather will make at least
half a crop. The crop of small grain is
rapidly maturing and prospects are for
a yield above the average.
Schuyler, Non., July 17.—The crop of
small grain in Coltax county is go
ing to tie extra good this year. The'
wneat crop will nearly all grade Nft. 3
and the .yield will ue from twenty-five
to forty bushels to the acre. A Put
ter county tanner says his wheat will
| weigh out sixty-two and sixty-three
pounds to the bushel. Corn is coming
to the front in great shape, the warm
weather this week being Just what It
needed.
Kxeler, Neb., July 17.—The excessive
heat of i he last three or four days has
been almost too much for man or
beast In the hay, harvest and corn
fields. Several farmers have lost
horses. The wheat Is about all In the
shock and a few are threshing. The best
reports so fur from the few who have
threshed Is around twenty-five bushels
per acre, testing sixty-two pounds per
bushel, although it is reported there
arc a number of pieces that will yield
thirty or more bushels.
Harvard, Neb., July 17.—Wheat
threshing began early last week and Is
turning out a good quality and gen
erally around twenty-five to thirty
bushels where favorable conditions
have prevailed for a crop.
Corn In the hailed district is also
coming out better than anticipated
and with favorable conditions will
make a good crop where stalk Is not
Injured by hull.
FATHER FINDS HIS DAUGHTER. * j
Miss Smith, Who Ran Away from
School, Is Traced to Illinois.
Central City, Neb., July 19.—A tele
gram has been received from Professor
A. «. Smith, superintendent of the city
schools, that he has found his daughter,
Mildred, at Kankakee, 111., and that
they will be home shortly. This is the
young woman who mysteriously dis
appeared from the Jennings seminary
about three weeks ago. No further
particulars are known here at this
time.
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OLD SOLDIER SCALDED IN BATH
Falls Into Hot Water and Cannot Get
Out.
(land Island, Neb., July 19.—Lewis
Blunter, ati Inmate of the soldiers'
home, aged 73, was the victim of a se
rious and painful accident. Immedi
ately after the dinner hour, without the
consent or knowledge of any attendant
or nurse of the hospital, In which lie
was housed, he went to the bath room,
turned on the hot water and accident
ally fell In before he had turned on the
cold water. He had been In the bath
tub with the hot water still running In
severul minutes before help could reach
him and when taken out his back and
hips were badly scalded. Fatal results
ure feared.
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SELL HOUSES AT AUCTION.
Buildings Have Been Acquired at Fre
mont with the Right-of-Way.
Fremont. Neb.. July 19.—Walter J.
Hill, sqn of the president of the Great
Northern Railroad company, is in the
city making arrangements for the dis
position of buildings the company has
acquired In buying Its right-of-way
through the city. It is probable that a
big auction sale will be held.
A dozen grading gangs are working
in this vicinity at the present time.
Buying of property has practically been
finished and condemnation proceedings
will now be resorted to.
People occupying houses on the line
through this place have received notifi
cation to move inside of a week.
FENCE CASE WITNESS ARRESTED
»n Who Testified Against Krauses
Charged with Stealing.
{'lance, July 19.—Theodore Os
|e, who, with his wife, was chief
>ss against the Krauses in the now
lus government land fencing case
|iaha a short time ago, was placed
arrest by the sheriff of Sheridan
|y on the charge of cattle stealing.
illeged that the hide of a neigh
Iheifer was dug up near his place
\eside it found a knife hearing
p’s name. While some believe
fy. others see in the arrest a I
^he fencing case.
GIRL DISAPPEARS
d Josephine Broder
ve Gone to Coast.
uly 19.—Josephine,
hter of Fred Brod
man citizen ol
i>sent sinoe
'•'he went to
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JSned
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HOTTEST IN YEARS.
For the First Time Since 1901 the
Mercury at Sioux City Reached
100 Sunday.
Sioux City, la., July 19.—For the
first time since the remarkable
heat of July, 1901, the official mer
cury In Sioux city Sunday registered
100 degrees in the shade and today the
mercury Is expected to rise to a still
higher stage. However, the heat today
will not be felt so much, as there Is
less humidity and a lively breeze.
The mercury reached Its highest yes
terday at 5 p. m., registering 100 degrees
In the thermometer In the hood on the
federal building. In July, 1901, the
highest temperature recorded was 106,
but there were ten days in the month i t
which the temperature was 100 degrees
or over.
The morning reports of weather
bureaus from different parts of the
country received by the local bureau
this morning show that Sioux City was
the warmest proposition in the civilized
portions of the United States. The
temperature here this morning at 7
o’clock was 77.4 degrees, 9 degrees
higher than normal and the highest on
the map. it is probable that there are
a few places in New Mexico which has
a higher temperature, but as that land
is so akin to hades, in temperature at
'.east, the government does not count
them and they are absent from the lo
:al weather map.
The thermometer this morning at 7
o'clock showed a temperature of 77 de
crees. It jumped 6 degrees higher by 9
o’clock, went 8 more by 11, but slowed
lown then and at 1 o’clock had succeed
[d in making only a three-bagger in
he two hours. The temperature at
that hour was 94 degrees, as compared
to 93 on Sunday.
HIT TWIN CITIES HARD
Nin» Meet Death by Drowning and
Three from Heat Inside of
Twenty-Four Hours.
St. f aul, Minn., July 19.—Nino
persons were drowned and three
deaths occurred from heat in St.
Paul and Minneapolis in twenty
four hours ending this mornincj.
Drownings wore the result of acci
dents while bathing and the bath
ing was induced by the extreme
heat.
No Let Up in Sight.
Washington, July 19.—The weather
bureau tonight announced that there
was no prospect for several days at
least of a letup of the extreme heat
which has extended over a current for
the last few days. The entire country
from the Missouri valley eastward to
southern New England and the Florida
coast Is in the midst of a well marked
midsummer hot spell. The maximum
temperatures today were as follows:
Philadelphia, 96; Chicago, 94; Cin
cinnati, 94; New York, 94; Detroit, 94;
Washington, 93; St. Louis, 92; Pitts
burg, 92; Boston, 90.
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New York Suffers Much.
New York, July 18.—The hot wave
which caused many deaths in New
York last week and which only ended
yesterday returned again today, bring
ing a higher temperature than ever
and renewal of the intense suffering.
By noon the weather bureau reported
all of last week’s records had been
passed and that the mercury registered
90. In the streets, about buildings and
on pavements the .mercury rose much
higher than this figure. . Today’s Ijeat
was accompanied by much less mois
ture than last week’s temperatures.
Two Die at Chicago.
Chicago, July 17.—With the mercury
at 93 In the shade at noon today, six
degrees higher than the corresponding
time yesterday, two deaths from heat
occurred during the morning. They
were William Dubinski and John Gog
gan, employes at the stock yards.
A PERILOUS FEAT.
Two Men Succeed in Swimming the j
Lower Niagara Rapids Without j
Apparent Injury.
Niagara Falls, N. Y„ July 19.—Car
lisle I). Graham, of this city, and Wil
liam J. Glover, jr., of Baltimore, suc
cessfully swam the lower rapids of the
Niagara river from the American side
of the whirlpool to Lewiston.
The distance of four miles was cov
ered in twenty-six minutes by Glover.
The start was made from Flat Rock,
which is on the American side. The
swimmers did not venture in the upper
rapids, where Captain Webb lost his
life. Both men wore life belts and in
flated rubber rings around their necks.
From the start Glover took the lead.
He entered the rapids about a minute
ahead of Graham. Until the Devil’s
Hole was reached the swift and roar
ing current had the swimmers in its
grasp. At that point a swirling eddy
caught Glover and he was down nearly
two minutes. His life belts saved him.
Graham by this time had gained on
Glover, and when the two men reached
the end of the rapids, just above the
suspension bridge at Lewiston, there
was but little difference between them.
Swimming in the swift, smooth current
was hard for Graham, but evidently
easy for Glover. At 4:28 o'clock Glover
was pulled on the dock at Lewiston.
He was dressed and about fifteen min
utes later telling his story. Graham
was taken to a hotel in a wagon and did
not leave his bed until late in the after
noon. Neither of the men was Injured.
Graham swam the lower rapids twice
before, first on September 7, 1901, and
again on August 31. 1902. He Is about
55 years of age, while Glover is 35 years
of age.
THE INNOCENTS SUFFER
Reckless Driver of Automobile Escapes
When It Crashes Into a Street Car.
New York, July 19.—Two young
women were probably fatally hurt and
their male companions had a remark
able escape from injury today when
the automobile of Frederick E. Mar
shall of St. Louis, which had been bor
rowed by Marshall’s chauffeur, was
caught between an elevated railway
pillar and a street car. The automo
bile was reduced to scrap iron. The
machine attempted to race in front of
a surface car bound down hill, and as
it dodged between the elevated pillars
and whirled onto the track it was
pinched between the car and pillar.
Nearly all of the occupants of the
street car were thrown to the floor and
the conductor was severely injured.
ELEVATOR TAKES DROP.
, Philadelphia, July 17.—An elevator
, from the fifth floor of the Land j
.building today. John C. Bell, dis
^ittorney, had his leg broken.
_T. Kingston, assistant city
kwas seriously injured inter
|^a£ also the elevator opera
N OLD SCANDAL.
' —Emile Arton, one or
res In the old Panama
l® found dead in his
orning under cir
ng suicide.
OMAHA’S CHARTER
MAY BE INVALID
Court Holds if Any Portion is
Void, Entire Act Is
Such.
FOUND FULL OF ERRORS
The Trouble Which May Result in the
Charter Being Declared Null Was
Caused by Bungling Work
of Clerks.
Lincoln, Neb,, July 18.—Ov.'ingto the
incotnpetency of the enrolling and en
grossing clerks of the last legislature,
the new Omaha city charter probably
Is Invalid.
For several days Omaha attorneys
have been going over the printed ses
sion laws, found to be full of apparent
typographical errors, and comparing
them with the engrossed bills as passed
by the legislature und signed by the
governor.
It has been found that the errors are
in the original bill and few of them
are chargeable to the printer, who is
compelled by law to follow copy.
Two entire pages of the engrossed
bill are unpunctuated, not a single
punctuation mark being found on them.
This causes the bill to be hopelessly
jumbled and may result in several or
the sections being declared to con
flict.
The supreme court has held that
where any part of an act is. invalid
or unconstitutional, the entire act is
invalid.
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TRACTION ENGINE EXPLODES.
Four Men Injured, One Fatally, Near
Lincoln, Neb.
Lincoln, Neb., July 18.—Four men
were injured, one fatally, by the ex
plosion of a traction engine at West
Lincoln. The Injured are:
Will Allison, engineer, Mayville, Mo.,
legs broken, abdomen cut and whole
body scalded; fatal.
Fred Howard, West Lincoln, badly
scalded and bruised.
Frank Klrkman, Alva, la., scalded.
Phil Thompson, Lincoln, scalded.
The water ran low in the boiler and
the explosion followed. All four of the
men were removed to Elizabeth hos
pital.
CHILD PROVES SUICIDE.
Little Girl’s Testimony Exonerates Man
from Suspicion o? Murder.
Chicago, July 18.—The testimony of
an 8-year-old girl was all that saved
James Winthrop, suspected of the
murder of Trumpeter Frank Rock,
Company E, Twenty-seventh infantry,
from being held on that charge by the
coroner'c jury yesterday.
Rock found Winthrop calling on his
wife awaiting his return home. When
he reached the house Rock wanted his
wife to kiss him and she declined be
cause he was drunk. He then took his
own life.
Ethel Flaherty, the daughter of a
rieighb >r, was the only eye witness ol
the shooting, and her statement that
Rock himself fired the shot which
caused his death brought about the re
lease of Winthrop^ The child said she
saw Mrs. Rock and Winthrop try to
prevent the carrying out of Rock’s,
threat to kill himself. Winthrop, she*
said, fled from the room in fear, and
Mrs. Rock, thinking she had her hus
band’s revolver, ran from the room
with his cartridge belt and holster.
The coroner’s jury brought in a ver
dict of “suicide for causes unknown."
NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS.
St. Louis, Mo.—Raymond V. Stough, a
bricklayer, who came to St. Louis from
Concord, N. II., a few months ago, was
shot and instantly killed during a quarrel
over eigaret smoking in a rooming house
T. John F roaster, a painter, who, witness
es declare fired the shot, escaped after a
long flight through the streets, pursued
by a roommate of Stough.
Caseyville, 111.—After firing three loads
from a repeating shotgun into his father’s
head and body, instantly killing him, Al
bert Wild, 20 years old, surrendered to the
authorities. He claims that his father
threatened to kill his mother and that it
was in her defense that he acted.
Lima, O.—Albert Urfer, aged 14, and
Charles Fee, II, sons of prominent farm
ers two miles east of Lima, were arrested
by Pennsylvania railroad detectives,
charged with an attempt to wreck a west
bound passenger train. Irons were placed
on the tiack and when the obstruction
was hit a brace rod on the engine and two
under the coaches were broken, but the
train kept the rails. “We wanted to see
a wreck,” is the only explanation given.
St. Louis, Mo.—Mrs. Frank Neihaus, the
wife of a prominent business man and
the leader in the younger social circles,
died from the effects of a dose of cyanide
of potassium. According to a statement
made by her husband they had quarreled
and he had prepared the poison in her
presence for the purpose of committing
suicide. Before he could divine her in
tention he says, she grasped the draught
and drank it, dying almost instantly.
Colorado Springs, Colo.—Misses Joseph
ine and Edna Filter of Maquokcta, la.,
probably are lost on the slopes of Pike’s
Peak. They were members of a burro par
ty that left Manitou Tuesday morning to
ride to the summit, but they have not re
turned, and their friends are greatly
alarmed. Sheriff Grimes was appealed to,
and a searching party was sent out to
night. The sisters have had no experi
ence with mountain climbing, and were
insufficiently clothed for exposure to the
night air. It is feared they may have
met with an accident.
Sheibyville, Ind.—A remarkable opera
tion was performed in this city by Dr. Will
H. Kennedy. The skins taken from the
under part of forty-one frogs were grafted
hpon the arms and shoulders of Mrs. Wil
liam Hardy, aged 37, the wife of a farmer.
On April 6, Mrs. Hardy tripped with a
boiler of hot water she was carrying and
was frightfully scalded. The skin refused
to grow back upon so large an injured
area and a month ago she was taken to a
hospital here and prepared for the oper
ation, which was performed today.
BONACUM CASE TO POPE
Decision of Nebraska Supreme Court
Is Submitted to Heed of Church.
Rome, July 18.—The official copy of
the decisions of the supreme court of
the state ■>£ Nebraska in the case of
Rev. William Murphy against Bishop
Bonacum of Lincoln, Neb., upholding
the right of Murphy to retain posses
sion of church property at Seward,
Neb., was delivered today to the pope,
who promised to examine the question
in the hope of finding some way of
ending the litigation between the
bishop and Father Murphy
MOB MARCHES ON JAIL
Determined Stand of Militia and Sher.
iff at Gadsden Averts
Bloodshed.
Montgomery, Ala., July 19.—At 10
o'clock last night Governor Jelllcks re
ceived the following telegram from
Gadsden, Ala.:
‘‘My jail and prisoners confined there
in are threatened by a mob. Prisoners
In jail charged with rape and murder
of white woman. Need military assist
ance. Answer.”
The governor Immediately wired Cap
tain L. Braney, commanding the Gads->
den company of state troops, to place
his command at the disposal of the
sheriff and to keep the executive office
advised of further developments.
The negroes in the Gadsden jail are
Vance Gardner, William Johnson, E. D.
Johnson, Bud Richardson. Jefferson Al
ford and Fannie Mayo. Their alleged
victim was Mrs. S. J. Smith, a white
widow.
The crime was committed Saturday
night. Early Sunday Vance Gardner
reported discovering the woman’s dead
body. The police found her nude body
lying partially concealed In some
bushes by the roadside three-quarters!
of a mile from Gadsden. Mrs. Smith
had been attacked on the roadside, an(^
after having been repeatedly assaulted
was dragged by her hair down an em
bankment over rocks and stumps Into*
the clump of bushes, where she was
left after efforts had been made to con
ceal her body. The details of her con
dition were shocking. Her neck wras
broken. A pair of scissors and a'
caseknife found close to her body evl-t
dently aided her in the struggle.
A mob of 300 people gathered on"
Broad street In Gadsden at dark and*
late last night marched on the jaff, de
manding that the doors be opened. One
young man had the rope ready to swing*
Vance Gardner, one of the negroes im
plicated in the killing.
Sheriff Chandler and Judge J. H.
Disque w'ere prepared to meet them.
Company C, with Lieutenant A. R.
Brindley in charge, was called out and
had pickets out. Representative Bur
nett and Judge Disque made talks and
the mob dispersed, there being less
than 100 men now' present. The mob
lacked a leader. This alone prevented
bloodshed, as Lieutenant Brindley,
with his men; Sheriff Cniur.Aler and
Judge Disque are determined to pro
tect the negroes.
The coroner's jury has been in ses
sion all day and has adjourned until 3
o'clock this afternoon.
No further trouble is looked for.
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TRAINS UNDER CAPITOL
Pennsylvania Is Tunneling Under Cap
itol Grounds, but Not Under Cap
itol Building.
Washington, D. Q, July 18.—The city
of Washington is to have, in about two
years, one of the most remarkable rail
road terminals in the world. The great
Pennsylvania company secured from con
gress the right to construct a great tun
nel under the national capitol grounds,
between the congressional library and
the capitol building, as a means to bring
lng its trains into the heart ot the city,
and to build a great new depot a few
hundred yards from the capitol. The
railroad company originally demanded the
privilege of building its tunnel squarely
under the capitol, and It was only by the
hardest work that opponents of this plan
were able to defeat it. The plan of put
ting the tunnel under the grounds, half
way between library and capitol, was
substituted.
The great engineering work required to
carry out these plans is in progress, and
it develops that congress acted wisely
when ti declined to have the capitol un
dermined. For already the surfaces of
the streets above the tunnel are sinking,
the slots between the street car rails are
closing up, and much difficulty is caused.
Without much doubt, the operation of
trains through a double track tunnel un
der the capitol could in time have
wrought grave injury to the structure
It is pointed out that the London “tube"
is wrecking St. Paul's cathedral, and it
is hardly possible that less trouble could
have been expected as a result of a like
experiment with the capitol.
NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS.
Winona, Ind.—When the assembly
awoke it was astonished at the change
over night in the appearance of a statue
of Venus de Milo, the gift of H. J. Heinz, |
the Pittsburg millionaire. The statue, af
ter prolonged debase, had been taken from
the freight house, where it had been kept
for a week after its arrival, by directors
of the assembly while they were deciding
whether its absence of drapery would give
offense at a religious gathering. It was
finally, Thursday, installed behind discreet
bushes. Yesterday morning Venus was
found arrayed in a corset and low-necked
gown. Whether the decoration was done
by jokers or some horrified members of
che assembly is not known.
Ashland, Neb.—George Reddick, a blind
man, had quite an experience a few days
ago while fishing in Wahoo creek. He had
lus hook baited with minnows, and re
ceived a vigorous bite, soon followed by
another, and upon raising his supposed
prize from the water he was informed by
a friend who was with him that he had
made a double catch. A large w’ater snake
had swallowed the bait and a turtle had
decided to lunch on the snake.
Paris—A local jeweler has just received
the diamonds of the Countess Lonyay, the
former crown princess of Austria, with in
structions to sell them for not less than
$300,000. It is said that the financial diffi
culties of her sister, Princess Louise of
Coburg, have decided the countess to sac
rifice her personal jewels in order to come
to the princess’ assistance. The latter’s
elopement has been followed by a period
of penury.
Paris—The Jardin Des Plantes has just
been enriched by Captain Picard with a
monkey which is entirely white and w’as •
captured In the Soudan. It is said that
this Is the only specimen of the kind In
existence, the one that had been presented
to the London Zoo gardens some time ago
having proved a froud, as it lost all of Its
snowiness in a few days. It had been sim
ply whitewashed.
Buda Pesth—Prince Luca Esterhazy,
who has enormous possessions in Transyl
vania, is about to erect a church on his
estates which will be a model of King
Solomon’s temple. Count Esterhazy is a
mystic, almost a recluse, and has for years
been engaged in the study of ancient ori
ental architecture.
Paris—One of the features of the Fourth
of July entertainment and dinner, given
several days after the Fourth, but in hon
or of the day, by the Count and Countess
Boni de Castellane, where the company
Included, besides prominent members of
the American colony, many of the old
French nobility, was the little Castellane
boys. These lads cried “Hurrah for George
Washington 1“ and recited patriotic Ameri
can poems taught them by their mother.
Mutineers Kill an Officer.
Lodz. July 17 —Part of the Ekaterin
burg regiment, stationed here, mu
tinied today and killed an officer. The
mutineers were arrested.
AGRARIAN ARABS
AT HARVEST'S HEELS
Army of Shiftless Men in the
Western States for the
Summer.
FROM TEXAS TO CANADA
The Harvest Begins in Texas Early
and Ends Late in Canada and
These Men Follow in Its
Wake.
Lincoln, Neb., July 15.—The season of
the "harvest vag” i3 on in full blast
and from now on until winter the police
expect to entertain nightly men whose
object in life is the wheat fields.
' Just now most of these men are com
ing from Iowa and the east and say
they intend to catch onto the harvest
in Nebraska and follow it up through
the spring wheat country into the Da
kotas and later into Canada. For the
next two months stray members of the
army will be drifting into Lincoln on
their way from’ one point to another,
but in another two weeks the main
rush will be over.' Wheat Is now mostly
harvested in Kansas and while there
are still-some crops like oats and bar
ley to be taken care of, most of the men
will try to keep up with the crest of the
harvest wave, which goes with the
wheat cutting.
Some of them start in Texas fields
late in May and early in June and work
for the remainder of the summer as
sisting in the well paid task of garner
ing the country’s wheat yield. They
will follow the winter wheat states
through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and
Nebraska, where the havesting will not
be all finished before the latter part of
July. Then there will be a limited pe
riod of vacation for them before the
spring' wheat harvest begins, in which
they may either take a short rest or
assist the farmers in threshing and oth
er work, before the harvesting in the
spring wheat states is on.
After that they will jump in for the
trip through the Dakotas and up into
Canada. Some of them will return af
ter this is finished, while others will
stay for the threshing, which lasts far
into the winter.
By that time most of them will have
money, some of them sporting a likely
roll, but they will be bumming their
way back to the sunny southland just
the same to spend their money during
the winter. Then next spring they will
again be broke and ready to take up
their scanty belongings and follow the
long trail that leads through the har
vest fields across the United States
from south to north.
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WINTER WHEAT GOOD.
Nebraska Farmers Are Busy Harvest
ing the Biggest Crop in History
of State.
Lincoln, Neb., July 15.—The farmers
of Nebraska, aided by weather condi
tions that are practically perfect, are
busy this week thrashing the best
yield of winter wheat ever grown in»
the state. Reports to elevator head
quarters in Lincoln from every sec
tion of the wheat belt agree that the
quality of the crop is excellent arid
that most of it will grade No. 2. Many
reports have been received of wheat
weighing out 62 pounds to the bushel,
three pounds in excess of the weight
required to attain that grade. Esti
mates of the crops vary from 40,000,000
to 50,000,000 bushels. This is for win
ter wheat alone. Oats and spring
wheat will yield a heavy crop, while
corn prospects are also highly prom
ising. _
ENGINE EXPLODED.
Three Men Injured and Straw Stacks
Burned as Result of Accident.
Tecumseh, Neb., July 14.—Two men were
seriously injured, one slightly injured and
straw stacks burned, as the result of the
explosion of a threshing machine engine
on a farm near Johnson, twelve miles east
of here. The injured are:
Charles Pinch of Johnson, internal in
juries; serious.
Samuel Wirick of Johnson, aiyn broken
and internal injuries; serious.
George Thomas of Johnson, injured In
the foot; slight.
The threshing outfit belonged to Peter
Brauer of Graf and was at work on the
farm of Fred Kreikner when the accident
occurred. Two straw stacks were burned
and it was with great difficulty that the
machine was saved.
NEW WHEAT ON MARKET.
It Tested 62 Pounds to the Bushel and
Brought 83 Cents.
Beatrice. Neb., July 14.—The first wheat
to come to this market, was sold yester
day, C. A. Spellman being the buyer. The
wheat was raised by Charles and John Es
sam on the Smith farm, and tested 62
pounds to the bushel, and they received
for it 83 cents.
The entire field averaged a fraction over
31 bushels to the acre. George Mangus
also marketed his newly threshed wheat,
receiving 84Ms cents a bushel. It tested 62
pounds, and was very fine.
The wheat harvest is over and threshing
has begun. The oats is about ready to
cut. the corn, though not so large as usual
at this season of the year, looks fine.
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FOUND A GIANT CRACKER.
Engagement Followed Immediately and
One Was Injured.
Beatrice, Neb., July 14.—Three boys, two
eons of Mr. and Mrs. Markle and a son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Canfield, found a can
non firecracker in the alley at the rear of
the Markle hotel. The boys secured a
match and succeeded in exploding the
cracker and also narrowly missed sustain
ing serious injury. The Canfield boy was
injured in two places on the leg and In
one place on the arm and ali three lads
were frightened nearly to death, but not
more so than were their parents when
they learned of wliat had happened.
LOST A BIG ROLL.
Jacob Rupprecht Appeals to ■Police to
Assist in Finding $300.
Beatrice, Neb., July 14.—Jacob Rup
precht, a farmer living in Lincoln town
ship, has appealed to the police to assist
him in locating a check for $55 and $215 in
currency which he says was either stolen
from him or was lost.
Rupprecht does not appear to know
much about how he lost the money and
talks at random about a boy whom he
accuses of having picked up the purs# a fr
ier he had dropped it in the barn.