THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
>'NEILL, NEBRASKA
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Sleepy Tom, thirty-eight years old,
and believed to be the oldest race horse
in America, is still full of the fire of
colthood and is capable of limbering
up his creaking Joints for a speedy fur
long or two. Tom Is the property of
Peter Beeles, of Puyallup and made his
debut on the turf as early as 1872. Tom
Is a pacer, and Mr. Beeles declares the
old fellow can work out a mile at a
three-minute clip without any apparent
effort. An effort will be made some
time during the present racing season
to have Sleepy Tom at the Meadows to
show the youngsters what kind of stuff
the talent at one time backed.—Seattle
Poat-Intelllgencer.
Butchers at Putney, England, have a
hew device for killing cattle, which Is
like an ordinary single-barrel pistol of
large caliber, but Instead of discharg
ing a shot, It drive out with great force
a bolt, which has occupied the full
length of the pistol barrel, and this, en
tering the skull of an animal, produces
Instantaneous stupefaction, without
lodging a shot In the brainpan to lessen
the sale value of the head.
An old Roman vault has been un
covered at Chiswick, In Englund, by
workmen who were preparing for the
foundation of a modern flat building,
Now the vault, with its red tile floor
and other marks of Roman days, lies
open to the twentieth century skies,
The vault measures about fourteen or
fifteen feet each way and appears to
have been part of the villa of some old
Roman centurion.
Liberia’s forestry resources offer nn
Inviting field for a lucrative business
In hard woods. Tho virgin forests con
sist of woods of great commercial val
ue, and there are ample water facilities
for saw mills. There are two varieties of
mahogany—red und gray; four varie
ties of oak—red, streaked, white and
whistmore; cedar, rosewood, mangrove,
burrwood, white and black gum, etc.
The introduction of the simple life
In the commencement exercises at the
Kansas Manual Training normal school
Is heralded ns a ur^b.ue event. For tho
first time In the history of tho stato
Students graduated In work blouses
and Jumpers, and the graduates, In
stead of delivering flowery orations,
gave public demonstrations In cooking
and woodwork.
Tho great family of Sllay, a city of
14,600 Inhabitants In the Philippine Is
land of Negros, Is that of Ming Lee.
They are Chinese mestizos, patriarchal
and vastly rich, the great house shel
tering the sons and their families, more
than forty adults, with droves of chll
• dren. Tho eldest son has Just com
pleted his second term as governor of
the Island.
John Nevlsan, who died In Turin In
1640, stated the mediaeval notion of
- women In his ’’Sylva Nuptlalls,” when,
after remarking that the Author of
Goad had made woman entirely with
the exception of her head, he added
briefly: ’’Permlslt Deus lllud facere
daemjnlo” (’’God let the devil make
that.’’)
Seth Nation, father of James, the
assistant state auditor of Kansas, lias
no fear for the number thirteen. He
was born on April 13, enlisted in the
war on August 13, was nominated
treasurer of Neosho county on Septem
ber 13, and was inaugurated on Oeto
" ber 13, und has had 13 children.
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The Seven Stars, In Manchester, was
a licensed public house In the your of
Poictlers (1356), two-thirds of a cen
tury before the cathedral was founded,
end It boasts today a staircase clock
which began to tick over so long Indore
Doctor Johnson was born—nearly two
; centuries ego.
Mr. Holyoke, a British writer, re- |
| members a time when ‘‘only four men
i In Birmingham had the courage to
|. wear beards," and only military officers
\ were allowed to wear a mustache. In
j the good old days, one pump in a yard
| had to serve working-class families.
Chancellor von Buelow has had
; showered upon him princely rank by
the Kaiser and bequests from admirers
| snd other unexpected honors, among
| them the printing over his name of the
| pictures of Hans von Buelow, the piun
i 1st, In American newspapers.
.
The Ostrich Inn at Colnbrook, Mid
j dlesex, England, has had an untnter
: j rupted existence since the far-away
gg days of King John. It was doing a
: ] thriving business before Magna Charta
|t was signed, and had qualified us u vet
B eran before Crecy was fought.
[S Natives of Devonshire, England, In
■ past centuries, used to say that t.'or
■ nlshinen all had tails, asserting that It
■ was a sign of divine disapproval of
H their Infamy In cutting off the tall o£
if Thomas a Becket's horso.
■ The demand for gas works In small
■I towns down to 3,000 inhabitants is in
■ creasing In Germany. Bast year eigliiy
II new 8“s works were established lii
|g such towns at a cost of from $22,£.00 to
■ $30,000.
■ Dr. England of Moulton, South Bln
K colnshire. still wears a pair of shooting
Eg boots which were made more than thlr
■i ty years ago by the village bootmaker,
B| who Is now an octogenarian living In
■I retirement.
I* Since the beginning of the war the
|| Japanese government has encouraged
|| gold mining. The result has been over
gi $5,000,000 worth of gold In Japan und
nearly as much In E rmosa.
I Ambassador Hengelmuller, of Aus
| tria-Hungary, Is endeavoring to have
■I himself transferred from Washington
H| some European post, as he can not
H atand the rigorous winters.
H Professor Baiardi of Turin has suc
§f seeded In perfecting his invention of
If Photographing the eye and advocates
ftg «t» practical use for diagnosis of dis
gf| eases of that organ.
E In a Bondon theater, at which a mu
H «lcai play Is having a long run, the
wemliers of the orchestra play chess on
■ spt'.ntPture boards during the waits be
jaB tween acts.
^f, German soldiers are to have a new
■ tunic, cut like a blouse, with a low
■ ftandup collar. Visibility of bright
■ buttons on the tunics Is to be tested at
Sf| various distances.
ft The Jersey City authorities have
fH’ShW-l'y voted the Erie railroad the prlv
of using about a dozen streets for j
m be $8,000,090 terminal Improvements.
ft] F. T. F. Bovejoy, secretary of the
fft Sarregle Steel company, will build a
■ Warble palace at Colorado Springs,
■ Solo., to cost approximately 12,000,000.
ft Victoria, Australia, Is overrun with
■ wild dogs, the descendants of stray
Comes tic animals. Tl.ey are as bad as
wolves, and are ravaging the flocks.
HEAVY EXPORTS FOR
THE PAST YEAR
Nebraska Stands Well Up the
Line in Foreign
Business.
BULLETIN IS JUST ISSUED
Value of Products Sent Abroad During
1904 Aggregates Over $200,000,000
—Proves Trade Is Increasing
in Volume.
Lincoln, Neb,, Aug. 16.—The total i
amount of Nebraska exports for the |
last year exceeded $208,000,000.
The bureau of labor has just Issued a t
bulletin tabulating the exports of the
state. Nebraska has been forging to
the front as a potato growing state and
the tuber production has quadrupled
since 1901. The total export business of
the state is a third more than the ex
port trade of Japan and twice as great
ns the export trade of Mexico.
The summary by Labor < 'ominlssion
er Hush Is as follows:
The grand total of Nebraska's exporta
In 1904 amounted to $208,110,576.95.
Tills Is an Increase of $24,261.369.95over
the value of shipments of 1901, which
Indicates a growth of $11,420,456.83 an
nually In the state’s exports. These fig
ures can best be appreciated by a com
parison between this one state and some
of the principalities and governments
of the world. In 1903 the total exports
of Japan amounted to $144,751,000; Mex
ico's imports In 1901 totaled $79,003,412;
Sweden's In 1900, $104,869,313, and those
of the kingdom of Spain, once the dom
inant commercial power of (lie South
Atlantic, amounted In 1900 to $115,818,900,
being more than $92,000,000 less than
those of the state of Nebraska In 1904.
Our exports equaled three-fif i*\s that
of nil the ltussiss and amounted to
nearly eleven times the total exports of
Greece in 1900. The value of the total
exports of Nebraska In 1904 were equal
to one-seventh of the total value of the
merchandise exports of the United
^States In 1904.
The principal Items of merchandise
composing this great export value are;
Packing house products, $60,453,
795.94.
Cattle, $43,010,595.
Hogs, $31,543,453.50.
Corn, $22,960,918.69.
Wheat, $15,741,769.60.
The principal articles showing the
greatest Incrense, based on 1901 figures,
are as follows:
Packing house product.', $17,614,333.94.
Cattle, $10,196,088.
Corn, $7,895,913759.
Hogs, $3,869,553.60.
Wool, $1,845,344.10.
Flour, $1,613,730.73.
Potatoes. $279,42S.
Exports of potatoes has quadrupled
In value since 1901: wool has made an
astonishing Increase, the same being
over 7,000,000 pounds, and our ship
ments of flour have nearly trebled.
The total products of the state In
1904 exceed $501,000,000 In value and
the statistics on shipments demonstrate
thut we are exporting 40 per cent, of
our products.
Nebraska’s financial condition Is
sound and excellent and her agricul
tural growth unquestioned when full
consideration Is given to the fact
that her total annual products amount
to $501,532,190.63, of which was shipped
$208,110,676.95. und there still exists
over $120,000,000 of deposits In the
banks of the state, making an average
per capita deposit of $116.1C for the en
tire state.
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DOG ATTACKS BOY.
Bruto Was Angered Because Youth
Accidentally Lashed Him with a
Whip—May Not Live.
Oakdale. Neb., Aug. 16.—Bitten to a
pulp by Ills shepherd dog, 10-year-old
Willie Leasncrs suffered blood poison
ing and one arm was amputated today.
He may die. He was driving cattle with j
a whip In Ills hand. He stumbled, ac
cidentally lashing the dog. Angered. ;
lie dog hit him over and over, till trav
elers pulled him off.
BIG RUSH FOR FREE LAND
North Platte Is the Scene of a Gather
ing to Attend the Dis
tribution.
North Platte, Neb., Aug. 15.—A b[g crowd
Is lined up before the land oflioe here ,
for the opening of nearly a quarter m I
Iton acres of land which was fenced In by
cattle men. The fences have been torn
dpwn by order of the government that the
land may be divided into homesteads. The
town Is filled with strangers and hundreds
had to sleep out of doors last nlglit, every I
available conveyance for getting to the I
lund being used.
TWO FATALITIES RECORDED.
One Man Drowns and Another Takes
Rough-on-Rats.
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 16.—Leroy Perry,
aged ill years, was drowned in the Blue
river at Holmesville. He was helping !
put In the new concrete dam at that
plnoe and went In to bathe during the
noon hour. He was seen to sink and an
effort was made to reach him. but too
late. The body was recovered shortly
afterward.
Ed Bateman, a hotel cook, committed
suicide by taking Itough-on-Kats
Shortly after breakfast he secured a
box of the poison and swallowed the
contents. When he was discovered
some time afterward he was in his last
agonies. He was married, about 30
years old. but for some time has not
lived with Ills wife.
HAIL ON T«'E NIOBRARA.
Path Five Mile* Long and One Mile
Wide Is Cut.
Spencer, Neb.. Aug. 15.--A hall storm
along the Niobrara river five miles long
and one mile wide Wednesday evening
destroyed everything, olx inches of hall
fell in llfteen minutes.
TOOK POISON BY MISTAKE.
Swallowed Preparation Given Him as
Antiseptic Against Dog Bite.
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 15.—Gus Hern
don, porter In the New York barber
shop, this morning swallowed a tablet
of corrosive sublimate and ammonium
chloride which had been given him as
Un antiseptic agninst the bite of a dog.
Me has a chance to live. The tablet !
ilas to have been dissolved and ap
3lied to the wound. Herndon mlsun
erstood it j
PLOT TO BLOW UP TRAIN!
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Erie Railroad Officials Heard of It and
Sent President’s Special Over
a Branch Route.
New York, Aug. 16.—That Erie rail
road officials were alarmed for the
safety of President Roosevelt on his
way from Chautauqua to Jersey City
on Saturday is shown by the fact made
known yesterday that the president's
ear did not come over the main line.
Instead the Chautauqua special was
broken in two at Suffern. N. Y., and the
presidential party was brought In by
a roundabout way over two small
branch roads.
President Roosevelt is said to have
objected to the unusual precautions
taken, but acquiesced when positive
orders from President Underwood ol
the Erie were shown him. These or
ders were issued us a result of a let
ter received by Paterson police which
said there was a plot to blow up thd
president’s train near Ridgewood, N. J
JAP ADVANCE IS ON.
Indications Point to Another Mammoth
Campaign Being Opened in Man
churia—Russians Falling Back.
Godysdanl, Aug. 16.—The Japanese
began an advance against the Russians
at Yangda pass and at Zoumoshou, in
Ouitsgou district, at 9:30 yesterday
morning. Their forces were not very
numerous, there being only two bat
talions in each column. The move
ment had every appearance of a dem
onstration. The Russian outposts fell
back in good order. The Chinese in
this vicinity are again significantly
leaving for the southward. The Japa
nese advance of yesterday, however,
proved to be only a demonstration.
After an exchange of rifle fire between
the outposts the Japanese column re
tired.
Mutineers Are Punished.
Sabastapol, Aug. 16.—As a result of
the trial of fifty-three mutineers of the
training ship Pruth. fifteen have been
acquitted, four condemned to be shot,
Lhree sentenced to penal servitude for
life, and the remainder to various
shorter terms. The court recommended
that two of the death sentences be
commuted to penal servitude for life,
and the two others to ten years' im
prisonment.
Russians Are Falling Back.
Tokio, Aug. 16.—It is reported that the
Russians are retiring across the Tumen
river and that they will avoid a battle
n northern Korea. Confirmation of the
rumor is not obtainable.
Linevitch in Tight Place.
London, Aug. 14.—The Daily Tele
graph's Japanese correspondent at Moji,
Japan, cables that General Linevith is
•onstantly changing his dispositions in
tfder to deceive Field Marshal Oyama.
“Prisoners say," the correspondent
idds, "that General Linevitch is con
dantly telegraphing for additional
troops, as he is unable without rein
'orcements to hold the line to Vladivo
stok. Considerable forces have been
withdrawn from his right and sent to
lls left wing.
"New arrivals are disinclined to fight
ind say they will surrender at the first
>pportunity.
The Japanese who recently occupied
Kamtchatka are now constantly pa
rolling that coast and the Sea of
Okhotsk. • v
"It Is believed at Tokio that as soon
is the Japanese flag is seen flying at
my corner of Siberia it will affect M.
Witte’s attitude at the peace confer
ence."
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Borrows $100,000,000.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 14.—A new in
ertial loan of $100,000,000 will be is
sued August 17.
Internal Strife Goes On.
Kleff, Russia, Aug. 14.—Serious dis
turbances have broken out in the
d reels of Ittomir.
ROOSEVELT GIRLS HURT
Dousins of the President in a Runaway
Resulting in Probable Death
of One.
Sayville, Tv. T,, Aug. 15.—Gladys and
Kugenle Roosevelt, cousins of President
Roosevelt, were injured in a runaway acci
lent here. Gladys was probably fatally
lurt.
The girls are daughters of John E.
Roosevelt, uncle of the president. Gladys
s 16 years old. Engenle 18.
Both are accustomed to handling splr
ted horses, but during their dully drive
cday their horse, drawing a high cart,
an away and dashed the vehicle against
i tree. Gladys, who drove the horse, was
brown against the tree head-first, and
vas picked up unconscious.
Physicians who worked over her for an
tour were unable to revive her. It is be
ieved nor skull was fractured.
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CURE FOR LEPROSY FOUND|
i\.-nerican Surgeons in Manila Claim to
Have Solved Problem.
Manila. Aug. 16.—American surgeons
connected witl. the board of health of
Manila declare that they have discov
ered a positive cure for leprosy. Ol
twenty-five cases treated, all have Im
proved, six cases being absolutely
cured. Several patients, portions of
whose bodies were gone, have recov
ered. All of the cases have been under
rbservation for at least six months,
tnd it Is absolutely Impossible to dis
cover a trace of the' germs of the dis
ease in tlie blood of the patients. The
method used is a system of X-rays. The
surgeons do not desire their names to
be mentioned at present. They will not
isk for the rewards which have been
offered by various governments for a
cure for leprosy.
CONFESSES wiFE MURDER
Kentucky Man Under Arrest at Ogden
Says He Shot Woman.
Nashville, Aug. 16.—Percy J. Luster,
charged with killing his wife at Guth
rie, Ky., about two weeks ago, today
confessed at Ogden, Utah, where he Is
under arrest. He said:
"Yes, I killed her. I bought a powder
at the drug store to make her sleep,
but she would not. Then when she was
not looking X put the gun to her head
and fired."
Luster will go to Kentucky without
requisition papers.
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PASSION PLAY IN FRANCE
Paris. Aug. 16.—Roman Catholics in
France are flocking to Nancy, where
a passion play, modeled on the lines ol
that at Oberammergau, but an entirely
original work by the Abbe Petit, an
honorary canon, is being performed.
This spectacle is said to surpass I
anything previously attempted in the
dimensions of the stage, number of I
performers, perfection of scenery and j
costumes and the devotional feeling of !
the actors. The play will be given ev- I
ery Sunday from August 30 to Orto- ,
ber 1.
TRAIN RUNS WILD
RAGE WITH DEATH
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C. S. Wood of Table Rock !
Hurried to Bedside of
Dying Wife.
GRIM REAPER IS VICTOR
When the Special Arrived Carrying
Man Who Had Raced with Time
for Miles, He Found Wife
Had Died.
Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 12.—Spurred by
the news that his wife was dying, C. S.
Wood of Table Rock, last night made
the race of his life to reach her bed
side before the end came. For twelve
days the woman has hovered between
life and death, and the husband was
absent, with whereabouts unknown to
the relatives at home. After many
fruitless attempts he was finally lo
cated at Pierre, S. D., and the start
began. When word was received that
he was coming, the physicians made
use of the strongest stim \ • to keep
Mrs. Wood alive until In. ^ 1 reach
her.
The most sensational part of \e trip
from Pierre was from Lincoln tb Ta
ble Rock. Mr. Wood arrived in Lincoln
on Burlington train No. 13 from Oma
ha at 12:52. In just three minutes he
was speeding in a cpeciai train to the
south, with orders for a clear track
and unlimited speed. The distance
from Lincoln to Table Rock is sixty
three and one-half miles, and this
stretch was covered in exactly sixty
five minutes, including a delay of five
minutes to wait for the train from
Kansas City. A rate of better than a
mile a minute was maintained for the
entire distance.
The efforts of Mr. Wood and the
trainmen were in vain. An hour before
the husband arrived, Mrs. Wood died
WEDDED RUNAWAY LOVER.
Consented to Marriage to Save Man j
from Arrest.
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 12.—Miss Orra
Frances James, sister of Misses Edna,
Nellie and Essie James of this city, a
girl who was raised here, pluckily fol
lowed Harvey Cristman, her lover, to
Denver, had him arrested on the charge
of larceny as bailee, and then induced
him to marry her in order to evade fac
ing the charge.
Miss James went from here recently
to Sioux City, and from Sioux City to
Oklahoma City, Okla., where she met
Cristman. It had not been learned
what property of hers he succeeded in
getting. The relatives here have only
meager details contained in a telegram
received yesterday. They know, how
sver, that Miss James and Cristman
were married following his arrest on
the charge given.
Miss James is a niece of a former
governor of Colorado.
ALLEGED FORGER CAUGHT.
Farm Hand Wanted at Plattsmouth
Arrested at Cheyenne, Wyo.
Plattsmouth, Neb., Aug. 12.—News
paper reports are to the effect that
lack Crawford, wanted at Plattsmouth.
Neb., on a charge of forgery, had been
irrested Monday at Cheyenne, Wyo.
The charge on which Crawford will
pe held is that of forging the signature
if R. W Long, a former employer, to
i note on which he secured about $22
worth of goods at Wescott & Sons'
store.
RUSSIANS WHIP CRETONS
rown on Coast Destroyed by a Slav
Gunboat.
Canea, Crete, Aug. 12.—The Russian
gunboat Khrabry has bombarded and
lestroyed Cnstelli (on the north coast
if the island of Crete, about eighteen
miles east of Retimo) because the in
surgents there opposed the landing of
v Russian force. The insurgents re
lumed the fire with small arms,
wounding two Russians. The bom
Pardment continued until the village
hoisted the white flag. There have
peen disturbances in Crete for a con
siderable length of time, the Cretans
being in revolt to obtain a greater de- j
gree of Independence than they now
possess.
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St. Joseph. Mo.—A revolver left at the
pedstde of a woman patient in State Hos
pital No. 2, who Is the victim of a suicidal
nania, brought down the wrath of Super
ntendant Woodson on a wealthy citizen
>[ the southern part of the state this
lfternoon. The man said he had no inten
ion of leaving the revolver where his wife '
;ould get it.
Owensboro, Ky.—Thomas Hawkins, 45
rears of age, was stung to death by bum
plebees on a farm a few miles from the
pity- today. A son of Hawkins was cutting
:he lawn with a mowing machnie drawn
ay two mules when he ran Into the bum
ale bees' nest. In an Instant the bees
were stinging the boy a: d mules. Haw
tins ran to the rescue only to meet death.
Kansas City, Mo.—Before he can Inherit
his father's estate of $75,000, John T.
3'Conner, stage electrician at the Or
pheum theater, must give up the theatrtc
il business and attend mass every Sunday
morning. If he does not comply with the
aonditlons he will be cut off without a
pent. Such are the terms contained In the
will of Patrick O’Conner, father of John
T. O'Conner, filed today in the probate
pourt.
Washington, Ind.—One of his two mules
having been killed by lightning, Perry
Campbell, who is traveling from New Al
bany to Vincennes, too poor to buy an
ptber beast, took the place of the dead ani
mal and, harnessed beside the surviving
mule, dragged the wagon containing his
wife and household goods for several days.
He was completely exhausted on reaching
here today. Residents of the town sub
scribed money enough to enablo him to
purchase another mule.
South Huron, Mich.—Summer girls from
Chicago and elsewhere received a jolt at
the 9 o'clock mass at St. Basil's Catholic 1
church here when Rev. John O'Rafferty
from the pulpit warned them not to at
tend divine services with their sleeves
■oiled up to display coats of tan. “If a
iress is made with short sleeves it's all ,
Ight," said Father O'Rafferty, “but 1 wish
b caution young ladies not to come here ■
sith the long sleeves of the dresses rolled
| gh up on tnetr arms. Roll them down.
Rolled up sleeves do not betoken appro
prlute respect for the house of God " .
PARDON FOR CLARK.
Many Signing Petition for Young Man
Now in Penitentiary for Stat
utory Crime.
Norfolk. Neb., Aug. 10—A petition,Is
being circulated in Norfolk and Madi
son county for the pardon of John
Clark, and it is hoped by many people
here that the petition will be granted.
Clark was a young man working at
the Rome Miller eating house at South
Norfolk . He was arrested on a stat
utory charge of which he declared he
was innocent and of which many be
lieve him Innocent. With no friends
and no money, he was tried and con
victed. The jurymen who found him
■'guilty,” however, are the ones who
now believe they made a mistake and
are signing the petition. Clark Is a
young man from the east. His parents
have never learned of his misfortune
here. In Sioux City, when he came
west, he fell in with a number of bad
associates, and during a period of
drinking one night was married to a
Woman whom he had never seen. When
he came out of his condition he fled
to Omaha and worked In the Iler Grand
hotel. Later he came to Norfolk. It
Is believed enough evidence has been
accumulated to show that he was not
the guilty party. He lias been in the
penitentiary for over a year and it Js
feared he is now suffering from e&f
aumption.
A BOOTLEGGER FINED.
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 9.—Ben Miller was
fined $25 and cost In the county court up
on the charge of bootlegging. His place
was raided by the police one Sunday dur
ing Chautauqua and a quantity of liquor
found. Miller plead guilty to the charge
of keeping liquor for sale without a li
cense and paid his tine.
SMALLPOX NEAR FAIRBURY.
Falrbury, Neb., Aug. 9.—Three eases of
smallpox are reported in the family of
Luther Davis, six miles south of Fair
bury. The patients are Mrs. Davis and
three children. They have all been quite
111, hut their condition is not considered
dangerous.
INJURED BY BITE OF DOG.
Humphrey, Neb., Aug. 9.—The 3-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Keller was bitten
In the face by a. dog and in a very few
hours the child’s face and head was swol
len to almost double its usual size. The
;hild suffers terrible pain, but It seems
will recover.
NEW LAWS MUCH NEEDED
Oommitte on Insurance of American
Bar Association to Ask Con
gress to Act.
Omaha, Aug, 9.—Ralph W. Breckenrldge
)f Omaha, chairman of the committee on
insurance of the American Bar associa
tion, has completed the report of that
committee, which will be presented at the
mnual convention at Narragansett Pier,
August 23-25.
The report makes specific recommenda
tions as follows:
Legislation by congress providing for
supervision of insurance.
Repeal of all valued policy laws.
A uniform Are policy, the term of which
shall be specifically defined.
Repeal of retaliatory tex laws.
Stricter incorporation laws In the sev
eral stales as they effect the creation of
nsuranee companies.
BULLET STOPS DRIVER.
Fruit Vender Killed After Horse Hite
Pedestrian—Bystander Fires,
Then Disappears.
Chicago, Aug. 10.—An Italian fruit i
vender who attempted to escape after !
iriving over a pedestrian yesterday
morning at Madison and Desplalnes j
streets who shot and killed by a by- j
stander who, it is said, was a deputy j
sheriff.
Pietro Giovanna, 20 South Green
street, was driving west In Madison
street when a man who stepped from a
•able car was knocked down by his
torse. The Italian was frightened and
ittempted to escape by fast driving.
Passengers on the car and spectators
shouted, a man standing on the corner
tailing on the fruit dealer to stop.
Jiovanna urged his horse the more,
ind the man fired one shot from his re
volver, the bullet lodging In the Ital
an’s left lung. He died almost in
stantly.
W. L. Dingman, 693 West Madison
street, jumped from a street car and
sought to detain the man who had
ired. The latter Showed a star, sup
posed to be that of a deputy sheriff, and |
tsked Dlngntan to accompany him to a
patrol box to call the police. After
sending in the call the man said:
“You wait Here to direct the police,
while I run back to see how the fellow
s getting on.”
The unknown person then disap
peared. Detectives lost his trail after
following it several blocks.
KING TO VISIT HER.
Mrs. Palmer Rents House and Will
Have King as Guest.
London, Aug. 10.—Mrs. Potter Palmer
>f Chicago expects to entertain King j
Krlward at Egypt House, Cowes, which' j
she has taken for the season. This is
me of the most desirable residences for
entertaining purposes in England's fa- j
nous beauty spot, the Isle of Wight. '
rhere it is confidently anticipated that
:he new tenant will pursue her career
is one of the most magnificent
lostesses who ever delighted London.
Egypt was rented for several succes
sive seasons by Consuelo, duchess of
Manchester, who will be one of Mrs.
Potter Palmer's house party during the ;
•egatta festivities. The duchess is one !
if her social sponsors on this side of
he Atlantic. Meanwhile the king has
promised to dine one night, If possible,
it Egypt during August. Mrs. Potter
Palmer will not have the honor just
ret of entertaining Queen Alexandra,
is her majesty visits only the houses
if friends of years standing.
ro SHOOT MEN LIKE DOGS
rhey Must Not Approach Person of
Homel’s Chief of Police.
Homel, Russia, Aug. 9.—The chief of po
Ice of Homel has issued a manifesto that
is his life has been twice attempted ’by
rews of the lowest classes, hereafter any
tuch men approaching within fifty paces
>f his carriage will be shot. He also has
nstructed the Cossacks to fi'f3 on houses
rom which abusive remarks are made.
COWES REGATTA OPENS.
Cowes, Aug. 8.—The regatta of the royal
racht squadron opened today. The chief
vent was the race for King Edward’s cup.
Trenton, X. J.—A large wooden box on
he grave of George Price, placed there by j i
lls widow, and containing the personal I
iffects of the deceased, has been mysterl- ,
>usly destroyed by fire. She box long had ,
>een known as the "curiosity box," and i
ts contents were kept secret until Mrs.
Price, stirred by comment, said she had 1
t built to contain Mr. Price’s belongings j ’
>ecause their presence In the house sad- «
leued her. I J
NEBRASKA STATE
MILITIA IN CAMP
Nearly All Tcoops Were on the
Grounds Ready for Duty
on Time.
CULVER IS IN COMMAND
The Encampment Is Officia/y Desig*
nated as Camp Amasa Cobb in the
First General Order Issued
by Commander in Chief.
Kearney, Neb., Aug. 11.—General
Amasa C. Cobb camp was properly
opened here under general orders of
Governor Mickey. General J. H. Culver
was placed in command of the brigade
and the camp. Company A of Kearney,
of the Second regiment, Went into camp
August 4 as camp guard and to assist
in the initiatory work of formulating
the camp, which is located just south
of the state industrial school on 100
acres of the Watson ranch. Those com
ing in August 4 were General Culver,
commander of the brigade and the
camp; Colonel Jenkins, commissary
general; Captain Davis, acting quarter
master; Captain Hull, quartermaster
First regiment; Captain Culver, quar
termaster Second regiment; Sergeant
Kilsor, quartermaster sergeant of the
brigade. On Sunday, Colonel Evans,
surgeon general; Captain Storch and
Captain Elliton Clapp arrived in camp.
Lieutenant Hensley of Columbus, of the
Thirteenth United States cavalry,
whose regiment is at Fort Meyer, Yu.,
is spending his leave of absence here
and has been appointed an aide on the
stair of the general.
General Culver has assigned the regi
ments their camp ground and will hold
eacli commanding officer responsible
for its appearance and the sanitary con
dition of their respective camps. The
camp is well located for water and sani
tary conditions, and a very interesting
and instructive time is anticipated. The
camp will be lighted by electricity. The
Wisner band of the First regiment and
the Silver Creek band will be present to
blow the martial strains.
The signal corps of Fremont, Captain
Rex Henry, and the ambulance com
pany, under command of Major Birk
ner, arrived in camp last evening. By
order of the secretary of war, Major
Cecil of Fort Crook will be in camp as
inspector for the United States. There
will he several other regular army of
ficers on duty during the camp. Ail here
will continue in camp until the break*
ing of it on August 16.
RECOVERED LOST MONEY.
Supposed He Had Been Robbed, but
Money Was in Drawer.
Oakland, Neb., Aug. 11.—About two
years ago it will be remembered by
priany that Matt Johnson in some ac
countable manner lost a sum of money
(laid to be $400 or more. Johnson reck
oned it out as the most plausible theory
mat he had been robbed, but how and
where, he could not tell. No clue or
{race of the money was ever discov
ered and he long ago became recon
ciled to the fact that he had parted
with it forever.
The other day as Banker A. E. Wells
was overhauling the contents of an old
drawer sorting out papers for the waste
basket, a little roil of yellow paper at
tracted his attention. It Jay ,'tt random
with other papers. Examining it more
closely he found that it was a $10"
gold certificate and six $50 bills folded
together. Wells remembered the in
cident of Johnson’s peculiar loss and
was sure he had discovered the lost
treasure. Johnson used to sleep in the
bank years age as a precaution against
burglars.
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LUMBER MEN UNEASY.
Nebraska Dealers Fear injunction
Brought in Grain Situation.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 10.—From reports
oorrxug in from different parts of the
state it seems that the coal and lum
ber interests are uneasy, fearing that
the injunction case against the alleged
grain trust is to be followed with like
action in the coal and lumber enter
prises as it is said that a sort of com
bination exists on those lines.
The grain case before the supreme
court promises to be interesting and
It Is stated at the state house that
some dealers in the state are willing
to appear and turn state’s evidence,
confessing misdemeanors under the
criminal code and secure immunity
from criminal prosecution.
The attorney general has sufficient
evidence, it is said, to criminally prose
cute many grain dealers and the
chances are that some of these will
livulge their dealings in order to- es
cape with as iight punishment as pos
sible.
TO TIE UP BRIDGE WORK
American Bridge Company’s Men to
Go Out.
Cleveland. O.. Aug. 11.—The Plain
lealer says:
"Orders were issued Monday after
noon from the headquarters of the
International Association of Bridge and
Sti-rffctural Iron Workers by Secretary
J. J. McNamara for a general strike
igainst the American Bridge company
From Maine to California.
"It is estimated that between 15,000
and 20/100 bridge and structural iron
workers will quit work. Bridge works
ivill be tied up in many parts of the
■ountry and a number of big building
projects will be delayed. The strike of
,be iron workers when it comes will
■ffect thousands in the building in
Vustry."
The general strike, according to Sec
retary McNamara, was the outcome of
rouble between tht^unlon and the
\meriean Bridge company over the
subletting of a contract to a Boston
■oncern which the union claims is “un
’air."
MOTHER SUES HER SON.
Secret Wedding in Lapcrte. Ind.r
Estranges Family Members.
LaPorte, Ind., Aug. 11.—Piqued be
'ause her son secretly married a year
igo, Jessie Campbell, a popular Mich
gan City society girl, Mrs. Amedia
_,eeds of Chicago today brought suit
igainst her son, Oflley W. Leeds, for
in accounting of the estate of her late
lusband, Walter O. Leeds. The estate
vas valued at $130,000 in 1S96. Offley
.eeds is the administrator. According
o the complaint the estate In 1900 was
■alued at $35,253. The mother and her
laughter allege that Leedti refuses to
nake an accounting of the property or
o turn over to the mother and sister
heir shares of the estate, which is said
o have increased to more than $150,000.
fhe court is asked to apportion the real
■state and give judgment grains t offley
.teds for $100,000.