Nebraska Newspapers

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D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
yNEILL, NEBRASKA
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; Ki the Gentleman's magazine, an old
English publication, for 1760. appears
Ihe following: "On Wed. 29 (August) at
•even In the morning was decided at
Newmarket a remarkable wager for
1,000 guineas (*5.000) laid by Theobald
Taaf, esq., against the Karl of March
and Lord Kgllnton, who were to provide
(t 4 wheel carriage with a man In it to
be drawn by 4 horses 19 miles an hour;
ft was performed in 53 minutes and 27
peconds." Kach of the horses was rid
den by a Jockey, and only harnessed
to the carriage by loose straps. Be
tween the hind wheels sat another Jock
ey, who guided the carriage by moving
p handle like that of the modern bl
tycle. ^_
Ting Chlen Chen and Ying Hyslng
Wen are the names of two Chinese
■who have entered West Point. There
ore thirty-six military schools In China,
and from these particularly Intelligent
tatudents have been selected to study
(the art of war in the military schools
•of the principal nations of the world,
fl'hree thousand are studying in Japan.
In order to permit these Chinese study
ing at West Point congress had to pass
u law, which it did at the recommenda
tion of the president and the request of
Ihe Chinese government. Chen and
fWen studied in 1904 at the University
tot California, and are said to speak
(fluently seven languages.
Great sums are saved for the agricul
turists of this country by the efforts of
!the government bureau of entomology
toward the extermination of Insect
pests. The cotton worm, before It was
studied and the method of controlling It
by the use of arsenicals was made com
mon knowledge, levied In bad years a
tax of $30,000,000 on the cotton crop. The
prevention of loss from the Hessian fly,
due to the knowledge of proper seasons
for ^.anting wheat, and other direct
and cultural methods, results In the
saving of wheat to the farm value of
from $100,000,000 to $200,000,000 annually.
Dr. William Osier recently recited a
jqualnt cure for gout. "First pick a
(handkerchief from the pocket of a
spinster who never wished to wed;
'second, wash the handkerchief In an
(honest miller’s pond; third, dry It on
the hedge of a person who never was
covetous; fourth, send It to the shop of
a physician who never killed ft patient;
fifth, mark It with a lawyer’s Ink who
Tiever cheated a client, and, sixth, ap
ply It, hot, to the gout-tormented part.
A speedy cure must follow.”
Persons who live In the smaller cities
are used to seeing conductors of trolley
cars flag railroad crossings, but the
sight Is unusual In New York. There
are only regular flagmen. They arc
at Broadway and Seventh avenue on
Fifty-third street, through which a
car runs occasionally front Sixth to
Ninth avenue. At these points the
conductor runs ahead of his car in
Itruly rural style.
i Samples of the papaya, or Mexican
(pawpaw, have been sent to American
(paper makers to be tested for Its
■adaptability for the manufacture of
!high grades of paper. To Judge from
Its appearance, It seems probable that
no decortlcntlng machinery would be
required in Its treatment, as the fibrous
Paterial Is devoid of woody elements
all appearances,
! The Indian territory Is nearly ns big
•s Indiana. It has 20,000,000 acres of
arable land, 3,000,000 acres of good tim
ber, 2,000,000 acres under which there
Is oil and gas, and SOO.OOO acres of coal.
It has not much less than 1,000,000 peo
ple by this time, large and growing
towns, well tilled farms and a good
railroad system for hauling their pro
duce.
In the French army an officer whose
dutv It is to report on a junior Is ob
liged to Bhow him the orlglnul report
and obtain his signature to It, us si
proof that he has inside himself mas
ter of the contents. The gencrul officer |
1s not permitted to express ssny opinion
on the matter until he obtsiliss from
the one accused a written defense.
The Osaka Electric Light company of
Osaka, Japan, a city of 800,000 people, Is
equipped entirely with American elec
trical apparatus, Including six turbines,
also made in Schenectady. This com
pany has si p.dd-up oapltsil of $1,200,000,
and Is so progressive that It Is on a
par with some of the best American
electric lighting companies.
The cost of a battleship seems des
tined to increase. A few years ago it
rose in England from $5,000,000 to $fi.
000,000; then the Secretary of the Ad
miralty stated that the King Edward
VIII. battleship would cost $7,500,000.
Thus it seems likely that before long
the value of a battleship will be little
under $10,000,000.
j Tennis was played In London In the
sixteenth century In covered courts
erected tor the purpose. Both Henry
VII. and Henry VIII. were fond of the
game, and the latter added to the pal
ace of Whitehall "tennise courts.” j
Charles II. was an accomplished tennis
player and had particular dresses for
playing in.
Especial Interest attached to the re
cent distribution of prizes oi board H.
M. S. Britannia, at Dartmouth, Eng
land, as It was the last function the
decks of the old cadet ship will witness.
The cadets, after the holidays, will bo
housed In the new Naval college,
erected at Dartmouth at a cost of near
ly £500,000. _
A number of English nutomoblllsts
have formed an organization under the
title of League of Considerate Motor
ists, for the encouragement of careful
driving and consideration of the gen
eral nubile. A number of M. P.’s and
others prominent In the professions
have enrolled their names.
A lineman at Reno, Nev.. came In
contact with a heavily-charged wire at
the top of a sixty-foot electric light pole
and fell to the ground. When he re
covered consciousness he wished to re
turn to work at once, but was per
suaded to call It a day.
Persia has asked Russia to send su
gar experts to examine the possibility
of the cultivation of beet root in Per
ela, and of the establishment of re
fineries there. A Russian commission
will accordingly leave for Persia at the
tend of August.
When the citizens of Palo Alta heard
khe other day that a Chinese had ap
plied for a restaurant license they op
posed the application so strongly that
khe town trustees refused it. But the
Chinese will take the case Into the
court*.
The Tokio Street Railway company
Jterves a population of 1.500,000. In Ja
pan It 1* known as the Tokio Shlgai
Tedsudo. It* eaoltal is 17,500,000. Aft
jer 1952 the city of Tokio lias the right
pa buy tbc property at its then value.
SHE GOES THE LIMIT
WITH LATEST CHARGES
Mae Wood of Omaha Says the
President’s Favorites Put
Poison in Her Soup
WAS A POLITICAL SCHEME
Were Using Her as a Tool with Which
to Force Senator Platt to Support
Roorevelt, According to Her
Claim.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 6.—Charges are
to be filed with the secretary of state
in Washington by Miss Mae Wood of
Omaha against ex-Postmaster General
Robert J. Wynne, now consul general
at London, and J. Martin Miller, con
sul at Aix La Chapelle In Rhenish,
Germany, alleging that they conspired
to assassinate her while she was stop
ping at the Victoria hotel In New York,
whither she had gone to look over the
proofs of a book entitled "The Love
Letters of a Boss."
This announcement was made this
afternoon by Miss Wood, who Is here
for the purpose of having her attorneys
draw up the charges. She will go to
Washington and present them to the
state department in person.
In the charges Miss Wood alleges
that she placed her water pitcher out
side her door for some cracked Ice
which she had ordered, when agents of
Wynne, Miller and Secretary Loeb
placed therein a powdered substance.
She says It would have caused almost
Instant death if she had drank It.
The charges further allege that she
was brought to New York at the In
stance of Miller, who was In the em
ploy of those arraigned against her,
for no other purpose than to have her
done away with.
Put Poison in Soup.
When she arrived in New York she
expected the proofs of her book to be
turned over to her, but when she made
a demand for either of them or the
manuscript, she says It was refused
by Miller, who claimed that she could
not have them unless she paid him
several thousand dollars for them.
She also allege* that secret service
men from the American Express com
pany, who were the hirelings of Senator
Platt, kept constant watch upon her
and that one of these agents, while
dining with her at the hotel, placed
poison in her soup, but she detected
him In the act and took none of it.
"Wynne, MllCr and Loeb knew that
It was necessary to get me out of the
way In order to further the political
scheme they were working on Senator
Platt,” declared Miss Wood, "but when
they found I was onto their game,
they then forced me Into signing that
paper renouncing all claims on Senator
Platt or the letters which had been
stolen from me.”
Miss Wood says these charges will be
In addition to a suit already filed by
her in the district court In Omaha!
against William Loeb, jr„ secretary to
the president; Robert J. Wynne and .1.
Martin Miller, in which she asked for
1535,000 damages, charges them with
making away with the love letters sent
her by Senator Platt.
Miss Wood declares she will not only
get service on Secretary Loeb, but will
force him to tell the truth about the
whole conspiracy.
"It was Secretary Loeb who tele
phoned Senator Platt that l intended;
suing him for breach of promise," con
tinued Miss Wood, "and I can prove
that the telephoning was done from the
White House.
"It was merely a political scheme and
they expected to hold this over Senator
Platt's head and make him support
Roosevelt, for he had already an
nounced that he would support some
other candidate for the presidency.” j
Miss Wood declared that she had not
withdrawn her suit against Secretary |
Loeb and did not intend doing so; that
|lf she could not get service In Nebraska
'she would get It In some other state,
perhaps In the city of Washington.
THOUSANDsTfT PARADE
Labor Day Observance Takes Form of
Marching in All Leading
Cities.
Chicago, Sept. 4.—The feature of the
celebration here of Labor day Was the
parade, numbering several thousand
marchers.
In New York there were 50,000
;marchers. Including 10,000 members of
the waitresses’ union.
At Boston 10,000 unionists paraded,
the same number at Philadelphia and
’15,000 at Pittsburg. 17,000 at St. Louis,
12,000 at Kansas City. At Milwaukee
i 10,000, Toledo 3,000, Denver 5,000, and
i at Cincinnati 15,000.
1 Detroit, St. Paul, Dos Moines, New
jOrlenns, Norfolk, Atlanta, Nashville,
Mobile, Memphis and other cities had
full turnouts of unionists.
CHOLERA SPREADS FAST
—
Germany Begins to Feel Serious Worry
Regarding the Increase of
Cases.
Berlin, 4Sept. 5.—It was officially bullo
' :t.ncd hero today that sixty-six cholera
cases and twenty-three deaths have oc
curred in Prussia. Of this number ten
new eases and three deaths were reported
up to noon today.
i While anxiety is not yet the word to.
[ describe tin* feeling in the imperial health*
office, concern over the cholera situation
does begin to exist.
Most, of the new eases do not break out
!among quarantined persons, but are sud
denly heard of in detached farm houses or
‘villages not contiguous to Vistula. Hence
the inference s that infected areas are
■widening slowly and that measures to
hold the disease strictly within existing
boundaries have not been fully successful.
NEW ASSISTANT TO ROOT
Mis Former Private Secretary Is Made
Assistant Secretary of State, Suc
ceeding Loomis.
Oyster Bay. Sept. 4.—Robert Bacon of
New York has been appointed assistant
secretary of state in successioj»^to'
Francis B. Loomis, resigned.
G. A. R. REUNION OPENS
Denver Expects to Entertain 50,000
Visitors During the Week—it
Opens Today.
j Denver, Colo., Sept. 6.—Receptions
and reunions marked the opening to
day of the tfdrly-nlnth annual encamp
ment of the (i. A. R. and conventions
of various auxiliary organizations. It
was a day of preparations for the many
Interesting features lo come during the
week.
HELD FOR MURDER.
Omaha Indian Kill* His Uncle in Quar.
rel Over Tribal
Affairs.
Pf ruler, Neb., Sept. 4.—Samuel Par
ker, an Omaha Indian, was arrested
here charged with the murder of An
drew Johnson, his uncle, an Omaha In
dian, one week ago. Johnson and Par
ker quarreled over some tribal affairs,
when Johnson became enraged. He
seized a neck yoke, with which he at
tempted an assault upon Parker, who,
being the younger, wrenched the weap
on from Johnson, striking him on the
head, crushing his skull. From this
wound he died early this morning. Dr.
Rudolph held an autopsy today, pre
serving the head, which will be offered
in evidence. It is claimed Parker had
no motive in killing, but acted in self
defense. He is held without bonds.
BRUTALASSAULT.
Jnknown Person Hurled a Brick in
Man’s Face in Saunders
County.
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 4.—Citizens o
Cedar Bluffs, across the river in Saun
ders county, are stirred up over a das
tardly attack on Perry Palmer, a young
man who lives there. Palmer and sev
eral of his companions were eating
watermelon near the waterworks sta
tion when from somewhere a brick was
hurled In his face, striking squarely be
tween his eyes. The right eye was
knocked out and the left badly injured.
The young man was removed to Omaha
for treatment. A reward of $50 has
been offered for the capture of Palmer’s
assailant.
TUCKER REPORT READY
Findings in Nebraskan’s Case Not Yet
Made Public by the Department—
Some Charges Are Upheld.
Washington, Sept. 4.—The report of
F. IT. Lawrence, an attorney in tne de
partment of justice, on the charges
against .Judge Jiugeno Tucker of Hum
boldt, Neb., who Is an associate jus
tice of the territorial court of Arizona,
has been received at the department
of justice. Solicitor General Russell
of the law department of the govern
ment states that the report had been
sent to Attorney General Moody, who
Is at his summer homo in Massachu
setts. Mr. Russell refused to discuss
tjie nature of the report on the ground
that until it had been passed upon by
the attorney general it would be a
breach of confidence and would tend
to seriously cripple the orderly work
of the department if advance informa
tion should be given out. From per
sons wholly disconnected from the law
department is is learned that some of
the charges against Judge Tucker have
been verified in the report, but to what
extent and how serious the verifica
tions go does not appear. The most
serious charge against Judge Tucker
was that lie entered into collusion with
persons in Globe, Ariz., to provide him
with a house and office, in which event
he would establish his court in Globe,
although other towns In the territory
were much more accessible and better
adapted for holding of district court.
DOES NOT SEEK GOVERNORSHIP
~reasurer Mortensen Will Not Enter
Nebraska Race.
Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. 4.—In an inter
view State Treasurer Peter Mortensen
denied that he has aspirations toward
succeeding Governor John H. Mickey
when the term of that official shall ex
pire. The state treasurer has been
prominently mentioned by his friends
for the place, but the active candidacy
of Senator Fries and John Wall, both
hailing from his county, has discour
aged Mr. Mortensen and he retires early
In the game.
The strong anti-pass letter which was |
issued under the signature of ex-Sena- !
tor W. H. Harrison, of Grand Island, is
thought by politicians to be a bid for
the governorship. It has been known
for several years that Mr. Harrison had
a desire to become the gubernatorial
candidate, but hitherto he has stood ;
little chance of reaching the goal of ills
ambition.
SUICIDE IS TRAGIC.
—
Woman Telephones Husband and The.
Takes Chloroform.
Lincoln, Nob., Sept. 4.—Mrs. Qer- j
trude K. Bentley, wife of ex-('ity l)e- i
tective William A, Bentley, and niece j
of Governor Durbin, of Indiana, com- ;
mitted suicide yesterday afternoon by j
taking chloroform. Fear of becoming
a victim of consumption, from which
other members of the family had died,
caused the act.
Just before taking the poison Mrs.
Bentley called up her husband by tele
phone and told him where ho would
find the house keys and her money, i
Bentley at once rushed home, but the I
dose had taken effect before Ills arrival. |
Mrs. Bentley’s maiden name was Dur
bin. She was a niece, Mr. Bentley said ;
last evening, of ex-Governor Durbin, j
of Indiana.
BUYS TEKAMAH PAPER.
J. W. Tarr.plin, Formerly of Hull, la.
to Publish Journal,
Tekamah, Nob., Sept. 4.—Otto Bros.,
publishers of the Tekamah Journal,
cease publication of that paper on Sep
tember 1, turning over the ownership to:
J. W. Tampiin, formerly the publisher
of tlie Hull. Ia.. Index. The Journal is
one of the leading papers in Burt coun
ty, is strongly republican and has one
of the best equipped country print shops
in Nebraska. It is the county official
paper. The change in ownership will
result in no change in the politics of the
paper.
BLOWS HEAD OFF.
On Account of Poor Health Pioneer
of Oakdale Kills Himself.
. Oakdale, Neb., Sept. 4.—J. S. Dewey,
j a pioneer settler, committed suicide
i here yesterday afternoon by blowing
I out his brains with a revolver.
Mr. Dewey has been in poor health
j for a long time and was almost para
lyzed. Despondency is thought to have
been the cause of the deed. For many
years he has been engaged in the hard
ware business.
IOWA MAN ROBBED.
j Omaha, Neb.. Sept. 4.—B. F. Bfleffer
‘ of Harlan, la., was the victim of a bru
tal assault and bold robbery before sun
down Wednesday evening, under the
Dougins street bridge. The Iowan's
head was bruised and $80 was taken
from him by a man who lias been ident
ilied as James Edwards, colored, now
being held at the city jail with a charge
of robb-.-y against him. Before a com
plaint is filed against Edwards the po
, lice want to make a further investiga
' tlon of the case and als? of the man's
J antecedents.
HAS A MANIA FOR
RIDING ON PILOTS
\
Tramp Strapped Himself to a
Locomotive and Has An
Epileptic Fit.
RESCUED BY TRAINMEN
After He Had Recovered from Attack
He Promptly Boarded Another
Passing Train and Continued
His Wild Antics.
Plainvlew, Neb., Sept. 1.—After thv
departure of the Great Northern pas
senger recently, Agent Akers found a
man lying in an unconscious condition
on the depot platform. He was dressed
like a fireman and, thinking he had
fallen off the engine, Akers telephoned
for a doctor and sent a dispatch to the
engineer at Brunswick. Dr. Nye found
the man was In an epileptic fit. Mr.
Akers gave him supper and kept him
all night. Teh next day It waB learned
that he was not a railroad man, but a
common tramp, whose clothes had been
soaked with grease by riding the bump
ers. While a freight train was standing
at the Great Northern depot he board
ed the pilot of the engine during a ter
rific thunderstorm and strapped him
self on with a surcingle. Near Bruns
wick he took another fit and when the
freight pulled into the station there he
was writhing on the pilot foaming at
the mouth and a truly horrible spec
tacle to look upon. After receiving med
ical attention he was taken to O'Neill.
When last heard of he had been found
on the pilot of a westbound freight at
Atkinson, having another fit. How he
escaped death is a mystery.
CORN HAS ADVANCED.
Condition of Nebraska’s Great Crop
Past Normal.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1.—The report of
the bureau of crops and weather for the
past week is summarized as follows:
The past week was warm with max
imum temperatures above 90 degrees
on several days, and but one cool day.
The daily mean temperature averaged
3 degrees above the normal.
Scattered showers occurred, with
rainfall exceeding one inch at a few
places and exceeding one-half inch in a
considerable portion of the southern
part of the state. In the northern coun
ties the showers were lighter and more
scattered.
Haying progressed rapidly and more
than half the crop is now secured in
good condition. The third crop of alf
alfa is a good one and is being cut. The
showers generally did not interfere with
or retard threshing. Fall plowing has I
progressed well and is now well ad
vanced, and some have finished. A lit
tle rye and some winter wheat have
been sown. Corn has advanced toward
maturity rapidly, and now has reached
normal condition for this season of the
year. Some early corn is dented. With
normal weather the bulk of the corn
will be safe from danger of damage by
frost by September 18, while as usual,
some late corn will need until October
to mature.
PUBLICLY HORSEWHIPPED.
Omaha Woman Resents Insulting Re
marks Made to Her.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 1.—Alleging that
an insulting epithet was applied to her
by Joseph Cohn, a clerk, Mrs. Laura
Payne secured a buggy whip from a1
vehicle standing in front of the store
and publicly horsewhipped him.
Mrs. Payne, whose husband con
ducts a barber shop, was summoned to
the telephone by Cohn. While convers
ing over the phone several hoys in tho
store began to make a noise.
Mrs. Payne told them to cense their
noise, whereupon, so she says, Cohn
joined in the racket. He kept bothering
her and site struck him.
Cohn then pulled her away from the
telephone and she started from the
store. s
As Mrs. Payne reached the door, she
says Cohn applied a vile name to her.
Hhe paid no attention to the remark
but walked out, secured the buggy
whip, re-entered the store and com
menced lashing young Cohn across the
shoulders and back with it, each blow
making a big welt.
In an effort to stop the woman’s
vicious blows, Colin threw up his arm,
only to receive a lash across the hand
which brought the blood.
While Mrs. Payne was applying the
lash he made frantic efforts to escape,
but so fast and furious were the blows
that he was unable to get out from
behind the counter.
Attracted by Cohn's loud cries for
help, a curious crowd collected about
the store and someone telephoned for
a policeman, but when the officer
arrived the excitement had subsided
Mid no arrests were made.
SENSATIONAL ACTION.
Old Soldier of Pierce County Is Suec
for Libel.
Pierce, Neb., Sept. 1.—A sensational
action for $5,000 for libel lias just been
filed in the district court of this coun
ty against Jarvis Dean, an old soldier
and one of the oldest settlers in Pierce
county, by VV. $V. Qulvey, ex-county
attorney, who is also an old soldier as
well as an old settler. The suit grows
out of numerous articles printed in the
two local papers months ago under
fictitious names. The writer of many
of the articles is not generally known
nor do the articles mention names, but
in the petition Just filed the plaintiff
alleges Dean as the writer and charges
the defendant with wrongfully accus
ing plaintiff of malfeasance in office,
etc., etc. Owing to the prominence of
tlie parties the outcome will be'
watched with great interest.
SMOTHERED IN ELEVATOR.
Bartley, Neb., Sept. 1.—Francis Sipc
was suffocated in the Duff elevator
l here. His father, James Sipe, is the
| manager of the elevator and was load
ing a car with wheat when the boy fell
in the bin and was smothered to death.
TOY ENGINE KILLS LITTLE GIRL.
Decatur, Neb., Aug. 31.—The 13-year
old granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Squires of near this city is dead and a
brother of the gin is seriously injured
as a* result of the explosion of a toy
engine.
The scalding steam literally cooked
the llesh of the girl from head to foot
[ and she died a short time after the ex
I plosion, while her brother, who is a
I few years older, was badly burned on
his legs below the knees. He will re
cover from his injuries, although ho is
suffering great pain
GRAIN RATES REDUCED
Great Western Forces a General Cut
on Missouri Valley Rates to Chi
cago from September 9 to 30.
St. Paul. Minn., Sept. f>.—The Chicago
find Great Western and other grain
carrying roads serving the Missouri
river valley have agreed to reduce rates
on wheat and coarse grain temporarily.
These rates will be effective September
9 and will expire September 30. The
reason for the reduction in grain rates
is due to combination of real and
through rates from Council Bluffs,
which was used by shippers to great
advantage from local points east of
river in consigning wheat and corn to
Chicago from Missouri river points lo
cally, Kansas City to Omaha, inclusive,
to Chicago.
The new rate will be. 15 cents on
wheat and 14 cents on coarse grain to
Minneapolis and St. Paul and Kansas
City and St. Joseph. The new rate will
he. 1 cent higher than the new Chi
cago rate. From Council Bluffs and
Omaha to Minneapolis and St. Paul the
rates will be the same as to Chicago.
MODIFY PRESENT RATES
Meeting of Royal Arcanum Becomes
More and More Tempered on the
Rate Question.
Put-in-Bay, O., Sept. 5.—The entire
morning's session of the supreme coun
cil of the Royal Arcanum was occupied
by a. discussion between A. B. Landis
of Nashville, an expert fraternal actu
ary, and delegate. Dr. Darin S. Wilson
of Boston, founder, of the order, stated
he came with a sad heart and feeling
that the days of the order were num
bered because of the rates adopted at
Atlantic City. He had studied the case
as presented by Landis and he was for
ever opposed to rescinding the rates
adopted in May. But something abso
lutely must be done to relieve the old
men now In the order. The spirit of
the meeting now seems to be a desire
for modification of the present rates.
The committee went into secret session.
MAIMS BEAUTIFUL GIRL
Jealous Wife Shockingly Cuts Face of
Young Italian Who Loved Her
H usband.
New York, Sept. 5.—Mary Fagilia, a
beautiful Italian girl of Brooklyn, was
shockingly mutilated today by a wom
an who had been made jealous by her
husband’s admiration for the girl's
pretty face. Miss Fagilia was in her
own home when the jealous woman at
tacked her with a razor and slashed
her face terribly.
She declared she did Tint know the
cause of the vicious assault, but a rel
ative who saw Mrs. Francesco Del
montio disappear over the fence when
she responded to the screams of the in
jured girl supplied the accepted mo
tive.
The poiioe searched for Mrs. Del
montio hut could not find her. Miss
Fagilia was not fatally hurt but was
disfigured for life. She declared she
would settle her account with the as- j
satlant without the aid of the police.
HARD LINES FOR SULTAN
- |
French Government Sends Ultimatum
to Moroccan Ftuler Which Is
Most Humiliating.
Paris. Sept. 5.—The government has l
addressed to the sultan of Morocco an
ultimatum which says release of the
imprisoned Algerian citizens is not suf
ficient and demands, in addition, pay- I
inent of an indemnity, punishment of
the raid who made the arrest and a :
public apology.
If all demands are not granted with- !
in a brief time the French minister will
be ordered to leave Fez preparatory to
adoption of coercive measures.
ELECTS FORM OF DEATH
Chicagoan Is Forced to Chose Electro
cution to White Hot Metal.
Chicago. Sept. 5.—Nels Anderson, mo
tor inspector for the Illinois Steel com
pany, chose death by electrocution in
preference to a more horrible fate in
one of the company’s seething metal
pits today at South Chicago.
Anderson was doing repair work on
the arm of a crane directly above the '
hot metal pit. A slight movement of
his arm caused him to lose his balance.
The only support within reach was an
uninsulated live wire which connected
the crane with the power.
The doomed man gave one glance at
the white hot metal below and caught
the wire as he fell. He was almost in
stantly killed. His body hung over
the wire until the current could be
shut off.
TO KILL A ^GOVERNOR.
Tells Jeff Davis He Must Not Attack
His Private Character.
Higginson, Ark.. Sept. 5.—Attorney
general Rogers today tnreatened to kill
Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas. Bit
ter relations exist between the two of
ficials. They met at the railrofft sta
tion. Rogers stepped up to Governor
Davis and exclaimed:
“If in your speech today you attack
my private character in any way, as
you have done in the past, I will kill
you instantly.”
Hot words followed, but friends pre
vented trouble. Hard feelings have ex
isted between Rogers and Davis since
Rogers held up the militia appointment
hills and slapped the governor’s private
secretary in the face when the secre
tary on an executive mission went to
Rogers' office.
THE SULTAN REFUSED.
Embassies of Six Powers Will There
fore Try to Make Him Pay Maced
Onia's Claims.
Constantinople, Sept. 5.—The porte
has replied to the note of six embassies
declining to accept the scheme pro
posed by them for financial control of
Macedonia. The powers will insist on
acceptance of the scheme.
Special to The Tribune.
NEARS SPORADIC STAGE
Yellow Fever Situation Gradually Im
proves Except for the General
Spread.
New Orleans, Sept. 2.—New eases of
yellow fever today, 10; deaths, S. Total
cases to date, 1.96S; deaths, 2S4.
With the disappearance of the old
foot and diverse new foci, according- to
the present reckoning, yellow fever will
reach the sporadic stage by next week.
New cases continue to be reported from
outlying districts, but many of them
are of doubtful character.
It Invades Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2.—The city
health department announces one case
of yellow fever in Atlanta. The pa
tient came from Pensacola, Fla., Thurs
day.
HANGED TO A TREE
BY A NEBRASKA MOB
J. A. Dowding, a Jeweler at
Seward, Is Rescued by
the Sheriff.
WAS GUILTY OF ASSAULT
He Is Seen in Store with a Neighbor'*
10-Year-Old Daughter—Is 55
Years Old and Has a
Family.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 31.—J. A. Dowd
ing, a jeweler at Seward, was ordered
to leave that town last night and to
never come back. He left at once.
Sunday a man flattened his face
against the jeweler's window to look
at the clock. He was startled to find
Dowding In a compromising position
with the 10-year-old daughter of a
neighbor. He called others to witness
and an hour later a hastily organized
mob took Dowding out and hung him
to a tree for a few seconds. He was
rescued by the sheriff. He Insisted that
the girl had asked him to examine her
clothing for a cricket. Later he was
arrested and pleaded guilty to assault,
and on the advice of his counsel left
town. Dowding is 55 years old and a.
man of family.
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DOUBTS WOMAN TRAMP.
She Says She Is “Hoboing" as Cuiv
for Consumption.
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 31.—la Mrs. P
Gilmore, formerly of Cleveland, O.,
traveling across the country disguised
ms a tramp because she believes life in
the open air will save her from the
death of a consumptive? Sheriff Bau
man would like to know. He has the
woman locked up in the county jail
pending developments.
Mrs. Gilmore and a man who claims
to be her husband were arrested in Fre
mont. The woman wore man’s cloth
ing and was "hoboing" it over the lines
of the Northwestern. She and the man
visited several saloons together. The
appearance of the woman caused sus
picion to fall upon her. A saloon round
er told*a policeman that he believed
"that little fellow” was a woman. The,
officer Anally arrested her. Mrs. Gil
more at Arst denied her sex. She was
vigorously cross-examined and Anally
broke down. She wept and said she
was the wife of the man who was with
her.. “We were married in Cleveland
seven years ago,” she said, “and then
I took sick. A doctor pronounced my
trouble consumption and we decided to
begin tramping for my health."
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PATIENTLY AWAITS BRIDE.
Signals of Nebraska Farmer for Hit
Affianced Are Still Unheeded.
1 Omaha, Neb.. Aug. 31.—The culmina
tion of a newspaper advertisement for
a wife is being enacted at the Union
depot in Omaha.
August Reimers, a well-to-do farmer
living near Clearwater, Neb., adver
tised in a daily paper for a good look
ing girl to take as a life partner.
There were no qualifications except
that she was willing to live or. the farm
and be able to cook well.
The “ad” ran for several days when
an answer was received from Miss
Mary Matthlers of Omaha.
A. correspondence resulted and ail ar
rangements were made for the meet
ing of the couple at the Union depot in
Omaha.
The groom-to-be arrived in the even
ing train ■ d started out to took for
his ..ride. I.y prearrangement each was
to hold his right hand over his head,
so that each could identify the other.
For several hours a man was seen
walking around the platform in and
out of the big waiting room occasional
ly raising his hand over his head, but
he received no response from his sig
nal.
Not discouraged with this he con
tinued his parade this morning and aft
er hunting for several hours Anally
asked the policeman to help him locate
his Aancee.
Reimers is about 50 years of age. He
owns four farms in Antelope county.
Miss Matthlers is said to be about 20
veurs of age and very pretty.
FOUND RUNAWAY DAUGHTER.
Iowa Girl of 17 Eloped with a Man
More Than 50 Years Old.
Plattsmouth, Neb., Aug. 30.—Friday
evening, while the crowds on the
streets were enjoying the carnival, Mrs.
S. L. Downing of Mills county, la., who
has for some time been in search of
her 17-year-old daughter, who recently
eloped with an old man named Hiram
Smith, finally ran onto the couple near
the minstrel show tent, at the foot of
Main street, and a little scene followed.
The mother of the girl has from tin
first been opposed to the girl marrying
Smith, who is over 50 years old, and
when stie met him Friday there was
an endless flow of angry words and ;i
stern command for Smith to make him
self scarce or she would call the police,
to the scene. The young lady and her
lover tried to explain and argued with
the woman for some time, but this onlv
increased the mother’s anger. She
wanted her daughter to return home,
and this the girl finally consented to
do after securing her mother's promise
that no effort would be made to prose
cute Smith.
The couple, claimed that they had not
eloped, but had merely joined a show
troupe. Mrs. Downing and daugMei
eft for home Saturday.
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FARMER COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Gustav Schrader Ended His Own Lift
After Trying to Kill Wife.
Norfolk. Neb., Aug. 31.—After shoot
ing two murderous shotgun charges at
his former wife, which she dodged, and
believing her dead, Gustav Schrader,
aged 52, a farmer of Holt county, com
mitted suicide. She was divorced. He
had frequently threatened her. Drink
was the cause.
SHE SLASHED BUGGIES.
Fremont. Neb., Aug. 3k—Some one
entered the barn of R. R. Schneider
last night and slashed six carriages and
buggies. A clue indicates that the per-'
petra tor was a woman.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Pender. Neb., Aug. 31.—Henry Neb
huhr. night watch of Pender, is laid up
at his home from the effects of a re
volver shot. He left his revolver oa
the table while changing clothes Sun
day evening and in putting on his coat
the weapon was knocked off the ta
ble to the floor. It discharged, the bul
let entering his leg tear the knee.