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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1905)
THE O'NEILL FRONTIER j D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. yNEILL, . NEBRASKA „1 J Arthur Ralfour, the English premier, twas recently making a motor ear Jour jney. With him was a friend formerly I In the house of commons, and now re corder of an English city. Thechauffeur twas signaled by a constable to stop. ;jlr. Balfour was his own chauffeur. ■ The constable insisted that the speed was over the limit. The prime min ister was sure it was not. “Well,-look ,at your indicator." "Er—haw—well, I jhaven't an indicator," said the premier sweetly, “but," with emphasis, "I’ve got a 'recorder.' ” As the policeman did not know what that might be and feared to show his ignorance if a prose cution should follow, he withdrew his hand and Mr. Balfour and the recorder continued their drive. The constable heard them laugh and scratched his head, but It was too late to do any thing. _ ^ I “Every mind frets for relaxation," says a writer. “Some men find it a ieuffleient relief to take their pleasures ton their own little tennis courts or Icroquet lawn. Others like Richelieu, Idll call In the servants and have a >aping match in the hall; or like, Car lnal Mazarin, shut themselves up In room and fly over the chairs. Sir saac Holden used to get recreation out f compulsory walking. The more ac Ive the mind the greater the need for hysical recreation. Gladstone cut iuown trees, rode and walked, and when (none of these occupations were open to (him threw himself head over heels jdown a grass bank. This feat was Jtclipsed by the staid and orderly mem ber of the house of commons who would Solemnly throw a back somersault as (ho walked home through Hyde park.” While a large band of Dukhobors, from Russia, were in Eondon the other day, on their way to Canada, many persons bought of them, for curios, some of their brass utensils. The re fused to take more than what each utensil had actually cost them. They have all things In common. When a box of candy was given a little girl she at once distributed the contents. i Since the law of 1901 there has been jno limit of height for a French soldier; dwarf or giant, all must serve. Be jfore that time the limit was only five [feet one Inch. Yet the average height rwas not yet run down to that of Na poleon's "grande nrmee” in Its last (years and not long ago It was above jthat of the German army, measured as )a whole. Joseph Chamberlain, the celebrated Englishman, Is not a graduate of any university nor large public school. He was ji full-fledged business man at the age of sixteen, and when thirty-eight his fortune had assumed such propor tions that he was able to retire from commercial life and devote himself to the study and practice of politics. When Lord Mlnto, who Is to succeed Lord Curzon as Viceroy of India, took his degree at Cambridge, his student’s gown covered a jockey’s outfit. At the conclusion of the ceremony he mounted a horse, galloped ten miles, and reached his destination Just In time to Win the university steeplechase. | Some French anglers use a tiny mir ror attached to the line near the baited hook. The Idea Is that the fish, seeing Itself reflected, hastens to snatch the halt from Its supposed rival. Very suc cessful results have been obtained through the employment of this unique device. The vicar <)' nn English health resort has Issued the following notice; "To meet the convenience of visitors, ar rangements have been made with the vicar of this parish for the burial of guests at greatly reduced foes. The privilege may be withdrawn if It is abused." No fewer than 8,927 convictions were Obtained last year by the British Royal society for the prevention. of cruelty P* animals. The annual report calls j [attention to the employment of the lower animals In theaters and circuses, '"often with more or less cruelty.” The late Hermann Northnagle, the famous surgeon, wrote an essay sev eral years ago Inwh chlhe endeavored to prove that the moment of dying was 1n most cases absolutely painless. His own death evidently confirmed this doctrine. Prices up in Nome correspond with the latitude. The Semi-Weekly News •ells for 25 cents a copy, or $1 a month. It appears from advertisements that milk brings 25 cents a quart, and eggs a dollar a dozen. Iceland produces most of the world's supply of eiderdown, the annual sale amounting to something over 7.000 pounds. Most of this is shipped to Copenhagen, and commands from $2.41 tto $2.50 a pound. Statisticians find that something like 2,000 vessels of all sorts disappear in the sea every year, never to be hi ai d from, taking 12.000 hiupan beings and Involving a money loss of $100,000,000. The largest picture ever painted has been completed by a French artist, aft er eight years' labor. The subject is the funeral of M. Carnot, and the can vas measures 150 square yards. A man will die for want of air in five minutes, for want of sleep in ten days, for want of water in a week, and for ■want of food at varying periods, de pending on other circumstances. John Grant Lawson, chairman of 'committees and deputy speaker of the house of commons, on his mother s side Js the grandson of the original one of XMcken's “Cherryble Brothers.” Two kinds of living creatures only, men and dogs, can stand an instantan eous change from Arctic cold to tropi cal heat without suffering deterioration or losing their health. --1 e -- On his recent attempt to swim the Kngtish channel, J. Wolfe, was accom panied by Scottish pipers, no doubt to induce him to get the swim over as quickly as possible. The Japanese prisoners In Russia nave been occupying their time in mak ing miniature warships, toys and paper flowers, at which work they are said to be very skillful. Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the sculp r. has completed his plans and is now working on the clay model of his statue of Mark Hanna, which is to be erected In Cleveland. The Hot Lakes district of New Zea land Includes seven lakes ranging in area from three to thirty-one square miles, besides many of smaller size. The German emperor spends much | of his evenings at heme in reading • loud to the empress. He favors the | french novelists, especially Ohnet. FLORENCE YAGER IS GIVEN CLEAR BILL Nebraska Woman in Los Ange* les Mystery is Discharged by the Court. FOR LACK OF EVIDENCt The Case Was of Interest Also to lowans as the Ordways Were Well Known in Monona county— Other Nebraska News. Lor Angeles, Cal., Sept. 26.—Mrs. Florence A. Yager of Hartlngton, Neb., (he woman who was charged with the theft of $400 in cash and the attempted destruction of $135,000 In government bonds and securities of Dr. Qrdway of this city, was given her liberty by the court. While the woman's actions on the night of the mysterious happenings at the Ordway home were of a suspicious nature, there was not sufficient evi dence «to convict. Circumstantial evidence was weighty, but the Judge, in face of the fact that there was no direct evidence, allowed the woman to go free. Whether or not Ordway’s attorneys will have the woman rearrested on an other charge has not been decided. If another charge is brought It will prob ably be made this afternoon. If tbe case Is ended by Mrs. Yager’s dismissal It is stated that she will leave the first of next week for Mapleton, la., where her relatives reside. • INNOCENTS ABROAD. Two Iowa Brothers Lose Their Val uables in Omaha. Omaha Neb., Sept. 26.—When Will iam and Earl Daly, brothers from Defi ance, la., reached Omaha there was so much to interest them, so they say, that they were not very particular whom the • icked up for a companion. Uptown they met a stranger who suggested the three share the same worn for the night and thus cut down expenses, explaining that three men sleeping in ttie same bed would pay less per man than two in the same bed at the same rate per bed. This math ematical philosophy appealed to the Iowans, who at once became uneasy lest the rooms at the hotel they were going to might be all engaged. The two Defiance brothers and the stranger registered at a Twelfth street lodging house. They insisted in occu pying the same bed, as all agreed that their valuables would be safer and, be sides. they wanted to talk over old times and to be together ,as much as possible. The stranger asked the clerk If he had any mail of telegrams await ing him, requisted that he not be dis turbed by reporters or others and left a call for 7 a. m.. saying lie had business the next morning. As the shades of night began to fall over the lodging house, the Daly broth ers fell into a deep sleep, while it is be lieved the stranger had insomnia; at least he stayed awake at the switch. When the clerk went to the room to call the stranger, as requested, the Daly brothers woke up as one man, but the stranger could not be found. The covers were turned down, a thor ough search made under the bed, some one looked out onto the front sidewalk to see whether the stranger might have fallen on the walk and been killed, but the man could not be located, dead or alive. Further investigation revealed the fact that William Daly's money was gone, while Brother Earl was minus his fine gold watch. The money amounted to about $50. while the watch was worth $25. The police believe the stranger took both money and watch, while the Daly brothers are beginning to share the opinion of the police. REPUBLICAN MANAGERS. Chairman William P. Warner Names the Executive Committee. Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 26.—Chairman William P. Walner, of the republican state committee, lias appointed his exe cutive committee for the coming cam paign, as follows: Fjrst District—Byron Clark. Flatts mouth. Second—Victor Rosewater, Omaha. Third—Charles II. Kelsey, Neltgh. Fourth—H. C. Reebee, Osceola. Fifth—J. F. Copps, Hastings. Sixth—Charles A. Robinson. Kearney. Clerk of Supreme Court Harry Lind say has been appointed to assist Treas urer Hennings in securing funds, and the deficit of the last campaign will he paid also. FINDS LOST KIN. Beatrice Woman Grew to Maturity Without Knowing Family Name. Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 23.—Mrs. Margaret Utter, recently discovered that she has grown to womanhood, been married and become the mother of a family, without knowing her real name or family. In 1873, when the hard times swept over Kan sas and Nebraska, Cable Piper lived near Independence. Kas., with his wife, one son aged 7. one girl aged 3 years, and a baby eleven months old. He had met with many reverses. He had been married be fore and whs well advanced In years, be sides suffering a paralytic stroke. Ills wife was much younger but unable to maintain the family, so that the three children were given homes, the youngest being adopted by Captain Carroll, who later removed to Beatrice where the child grew up, and was supposed to be his own daughter. She was educated In the high school of this city, and was married here, where she now resides, and is Mrs. Mar garet Utter. Only a short time ago .Mrs. Utter learned of the true history of her family, and the existence of the other children. The other girl having grown up and changed her name by marriage, it was a difficult thing to locate her. but she succeeded, and found her at Gahnctt, Kas., from which place she has just returned. The sisters will now try to locate the brother, whom they believe to be in Iowa. —♦— TO ASYLUM INSTEAD OF PRISON George Elsam Is Acquitted cf Murder and Then Adjudged Insane. Minden. Neb . Sept. 26.—The George W. Elsam murder trial, which has been In progress here for the past w'eek, went to the jury and a verdict of not guilty was returned. William P. Elsam, a brother of the Elsam Just acquitted, tiled an affidavit with the commissioners of insanity, alleging that he believed George \V. Elsam Insane. Elsam was brought be fore the commissioners and adjudged Insane. He will be taken to Limeip . and placed In the asylum. . REFORESTING THE SEMI-ARID BELT government’s Experimental Test Proves Successful on Nebraska Plains. SEEDLINGS FLOURISHING Ml the Tiny Pine Trees Planted Three Years Ago Give Promise of Grow ing Into Forests—Many Species of Trees. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.—The success ful growing of trees In the barren sand hills of Nebraska has been made an ac complished fact by the United States bureau of forestry. State Botanist Bes sey returned this week from a visit and careful inspection of the work in the Dismal River reserve, and he Insists that what has been done there closely approaches the marvelous. That section of the state has been a mere waste of land, covered with many shifting dunes of sand, from which all of the rainfall ran at once, causing small floods and leaving the ground as dry as a bone in a few hours. The reserve comprises some 86,000 acres of land lying between the Dismal and the Middle Loup rivers, immediately above their confluence. The purpose of this reserve was to re deem the region to agriculture by grow ing timber to check the wind and re tain the soil moisture. This reserve was the first step taken by the government for a systematic and orderly attempt at forestration for the purpose of util izing and developing the resources of the semi-arid region of the west. Begun Three Years Ago. It has been nearly three years since Ihe work began. It was first necessary to secure the best of seed, and experts were sent into the pine forests of Mich igan and Minnesota and to New Mex ico. A seed bed was first made. In this samples of the various pines and spruces were planted. The ground was iivided up into beds about seven feet wide by 136 feet long. By the use of an ingenious drill that not only marks the spot but firms the soil at the same time, the work is made expeditious. When planting the seed the men work In pairs. The seed is carried in quart cups and sown by (he aid of a light weight trough. This Is laid closed In the drill and the seed thrown into it with a single motion of the hand. It is then opened by turning on its hinges »nd the seed falls through into the drill. The seeds are covered by raking the foil of the drill edges and the soil firmed by means of a long board upon which the operators step. ' Millions of Seedlings. A year later, in September, 1903, the seed beds showed half a million western yellow pine seedlings, almost as many lack pines and about 10,000 of other pines and spruces. Tne cost was about 15 cents a thousand trees. The western yellows and plnons were so hardy and ;rew so well that they were taken from the seed beds and planted at a year old in the hills. Most of the others had tg ie transplanted into nursery rows. The raiment the seedlings were drawn from their root bed they were at once im nersed in water, after which they were wrapped In bundles of 150 with wet -loths about their roots. The bundles were In turn packed In boxes of w»t lioss and carried to the sand hills on pack trees. This kept them safe for three days. The work of planting is performed In a very systematic, man ner. A squad of three Is detailed to ,me part of Ihe hills, In charge of an assistant from the state university, a student. One man In each squad was equipped with a bucket swung from his shoulder by a sling strap, In which he was required to carry sulticlci •' water to submerge the roots of the trees it held. Method of Planting. This man walked between the furrows md it was his duty to hand the trees to the planters as they called for. them. These planters used a special spade. With It, if the surface sand was dry, they scooped from the bottom of the furrow a spadeful and then turned It full length of the blade into the fresh sand. A sidewise movement made a • pace sufficiently large to admit the root. The spade was then withdrawn with the right hand and at the same instant a tree was put In position with the left. The spade was again thrust Into the sand about an inch and a half to one side of the original opening and the fresh sand pressed against the roots. One or two strokes with the boot heel firmed the soil and the operation was complete. In addition to this work, the bureau has succeeded in interesting many ranchmen in co-operative planting. The i gents have drawn plans in each case, and have supplied the trees and done the planting for about twenty places. In some instances as high as 2,000 trees have been planted on a ranch. ODELL GIVEN FREEDOM. Witness Makes a Statement on His Death Bed. Columbus, Neb., Sept. 25.—County Attorney Latham entered a nolle prosequi In the case of the state vs. William Odell, charged with man slaughter. As soon as the action was dismissed Sheriff Carrig discharged Odell from custody. The case is a peculiar one. Odell was charged with the death of a young woman at Humphrey three years ago, who died from the effects of a criminal operation. He left the country and Joined the United States army and was assigned to duty in the Twenty-third infantry and went to the Philippines. The matter was taken up with the fed eral officers and Odell with others was transferred to San Francisco last June. Sheriff Carigg. armed with a warrant and requisition papers, brought him here some two months ago, since which time he has been in Jail unable to fur nish bonds. Monday the state's most important witness. William Eyerie, died at Fre mont in a hospital, where he had been sick for some time. Shortly before his death he made a statement which was written down, and while this statement has not been given to the public, yet on the strength of It the case was dis missed. BOMB THROWER HURT. Young Jew Connected with Revolution ists at Warsaw, Fails in His Purpose. Warsaw, Sept. 25.—An attempt was made today to destroy the Sheresevsky bank. A man threw a bomb at an open window but missed his aim. and the missi exp.oJed in the court yard, dan gerou. y injuring the perpetrator of the crime. young Jew. The outrage win due to - tact that the bank official* had i eiuse 1 to COJJiribuie to funds t>f ret otuUonlats. ♦ NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS. * ♦ ♦ Omaha, Neb.—The Murray hotel, after a month's trial of Japanese bellboys, found them too slow and returned to Americans. Norfolk, Neb.—Indigestion caused John Davis, aged 67, a pioneer of Knox county for twenty-six years, to put a rifle ball through h's stomach. He was well-to-do, and came from Iowa. Evansville, Ind.—Theodore Pope, Elijah Scott and Adam Schields were arrested here on a charge that during a revival service at the Liberty Baptist church they sat on a back seat and shot craps. Indianapolis, Ind.—Homesick, and en raged at his countrymen who refused to contribute money to pay his fare back to 'Europe, Cantro Wassil, a Macedonian, shot and killed Tonese Risto and wounded two others. Walla Walla, Wash.—Fifty-nine cases of typhoid fever exist among the convicts in the state penitentiary and new cases are reported daily. The prison has 765 con victs and the officials fear a much greater epidemic. I.a Crosse, Wls.—Mrs. Mary Olson, Whitehall, Wls., aged 79 years, was found hanging in me woods today by a posse that had started out to find her. She had comrrjltted suicide by hanging with her apron strings. Milwaukee, Wis.—William F. Miller, con fessed bigamist, who married Miss Lotta Veicht here while he had two wives liv ing in Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to four and one-half years in the penitentiary. Elgin, 111.—While showing the high school football players how to carry back a kicked ball Professor C. G. Bebout, who was acting as coach, was thrown by a tackle this afternoon and had his right leg broken near the ankle. Nims, France.—Spectators of a bull fight here broke up the chairs, other seats and the boxes, and set fire to the barriers sur rounding the arena because the matadors refused to call a hot her bull In reply to an encore after they had dispatched five. Janesville, Wis.—George Childs of this city has set the pace ol' unique weddings. His daughter at her marriage wore a gown of sky blue silk made by her father. Thirty-six guests sat down to a fine wed ding breakfast prepared solely by his own hands. Stevens Point, Wis.—Mrs. William C. Krebs, in a fit of jealous rage, shot and probably fatally wounded Miss Clara Peter son, owner of a restaurant, in her kitchen at 6 o’clock yesterday morning. Mrs. Krebs’ suspicions are said to have been unfounded. Elgin, 111.—After Georgfc W. Ryan, of Chicago, had been driven from the rails of a street car line by a motorman he rushed to the river and plunged In. He was pulled ashore by several men after a hard fight, and is now at Sherman hos pital. Gravel Switch, Ky.—Jason Chumbley, a resident of this place, returned home to visit his wife and child. On his arrival he grasped his 6-year-old girl by the chin to kiss her. Lifting her head back she sank to the .ground dead. Physicians found her neck had been broken by her father. Topeka, Kan.—A world's fair in 1911, in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the admission of Kahsas to the union, was planned hero Saturday night by the Com mercial club of Topeka, assisted by several prominent men from different parts of the state. It is proposed to expend about $2,<jOO,OCO. Cleveland, Ohio.—Miss Julia Marlowe played her part in “The Merchant of Venice,” at the opera house Saturday aft ernoon with a limp. While returning to the Hollenden hotel Friday the heel of her French slipper caught in a crack in the sidewalk and she fell heavily to the ground, spraining her ankle slightly. Pittsburg, Pa.—General A. J. Warner of Marietta, O., has interested H. C. Frick and George Westinghouse, jr., in a plan to make Pittsburg smokeless. General .Warner’s plan is to erect a mammoth pow er plant about twenty-five miles from the city, near a coal mine, where the coal is to be converted into electricity and power which will be fed to Pittsburg by cables. Milwaukee, Wis.—“They will not get the corps until my bill is paid,” said Under taker F. W. Mueller this afternoon with much decision. The quarrel referred to is ovei the remains Of Samuel Hartzberg, who died at the county hospital some time ago. A fund was raised for the burial. Later a brother of the deceased tele graphed from Indianapolis that he would attend to the matter and the fund was returned to the donors. Now the brother has disappeared. Columbus, Ohio.—Mrs. Paul Albrecht, aged 77, killed herself yesterday by swal lowing carbolic acid. She was despondent over the death of her husband* who died just six weeks ago today and the thoughts of losing her home caused by a swindle perpetrated upon her husband by an un known man. The stranger got him to turn over his life insurance in payment for some mythical gold mine stock in the west and, Albrecht dying, the stranger drew the money on the life insurance and dis« appeared. FEVER IS PERSISTENT. New Orleans and Other Scourge Cen ters Are a Bit Discouraged by Way It Hangs On. New Orleans. La.. Sept. 27—New casec of yellow fever today, 20: deaths, 2. 1 This shows almost as many additions to the list up to noon as were reported for all of yesterday. Several new cases 'were unearthed Sunday as "suspicious" and their Investigation was not com pleted until today. Outside of New Orleans the fever shows an annoying 'persistency to hold on, with no serious increase. The fever is spreading at [Pensacola, two new cases and two deaths being reported today. There are !now thirty-two cases under treatment n Pensacola. KOMURA ABLE TO TRAVEL. New York, Sept. 25.—Baron Komura. Japanese peace envoy, has so far re covered from his illness that he wjll start on his journey to Japan Wednes day.' SNOW ON MT. WASHINGTON. Mount Washington, N. Y., Sept. 25.— Snow to the depth of six inches today covered the summit of Mount Washing ton and lay on the ground to a lesser depth as far down as the half-way house. The thermometer registered 26. IDENTIFIED BY A KEY. Iowa City, la., Sept. 25.—The frag mentary remains found near Oxford , w#re'. those of John Eckles, a laborer ■ In the\Amana society, who disappeared .In MayNThey were identified by means ,Ot a key' , DEMOCRATS AND POPULISTS MEET State Officers Nominated by Both Conventions Practi cally the Same. W. J. BRYAN PRESENT Said He Looked Forv/arci to the Nexf Presidential Campaign with More Hope for Democratic Victory Than Ever Eefore. ' Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.—Fusion be tween the democrats and populists of ‘Nebraska was effected yesterday by [the nomination by both state conven tions of an identical ticket. There was no formal declaration for ‘fusion by either convention, but an un jderstandlng existed among the leaders ■ in both. Of the nominees, Messrs. Hastings and Lightner are democrats {arid Mr. Cole a populist. The feature of the democratic gath jering was the speech of W. J. Bryan, in which he bade ills party associates in the state farewell for a year at Least on the eve of his departure for an ex tended tour of the old world. Mr. ;J3ryan spoke in an optimistic vein on it he chances of democratic success. He •said he looked forward to the next .presidential campaign with more hope [of democratic victory than he had ever (before entertained. Internal dissen sions were already evident in republican , [ranks, he said, and they would widen. Mr. Bryan commended President Roosevelt for what he declared to be 'his advanced stand and the principles long advocated by the democrats. On [these principles he hoped every demo crat would uphold the president. ! A resolution which caused a stir in jthe convention, but was ’■•romptly •adopted, denounced the Rockefeller .gift to the University of Nebraska, [Criticised the regents for accepting it and demanded the return of the gift ito the donor. ; The platform is largely devoted to ‘state issues, defining the position of jthe party especially on regulation of [railroads. ‘ It expresses gratification at the con clusion of peace in the far east; de clares for the election of United States .senators by direct vote; . favors strict [enforcement of the criminal c-ause .of .the Sherman ami-trust law. and on the iquestion of railroad regulation says: We favor a law giving to the inter state commerce commission the power [to fix railroad rates. The right of ap peal should not, of course, be denied, !but when the commission has fixed the ■ rate it should go into force imme .diately and remain in force until re jected by a court of competent jurisdic tion. • The anti-pass plank is declared the •strongest ever adopted by a Nebraska ;state convention. The populist platform declares for the enactment of the initiative and ref erendum and the national ownership and operation of railroads. It calls for the enactrhent of a maxi mum freight law and the total aboli tion of railroad passes, /making the violation of such a law a crime punish able by fine and imprisonment. —+— CAN’T TALK TO PARENTS. Strange Chapter in History of Kid naped Child. Norfolk, Neb., Sept. 22.—A peculiar sequel to the restoration of Mrs. Heiv man Wippern of St. Louis to her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Scheinost, at Gross, Neb., after she had been kid naped and lost for eighteen years, has come about in the inability of Mrs. Wip pern and her newly found parents to talk to each other in the same lan guage. As a result of the queer pre dicament, Mrs. Wippern is trying to learn the Bohemian language and her father and mother are attempting to master the English tongue, odd signs and difficult work serving meanwhile to bring an understanding between them. The reason for this is the fact that Mrs. Wippern, when she was myste riously kidnaped almost twenty years ago, was a wee little tot of 2, just big enough to toddle about the house and unable to understand a word in any language. Her father and mother talked nothing but Bohemian and have never acquired English. Mrs. Wippern, the stolen child, was thrown with cir cus people all over me United States and learned well the American words, but of course never had occasion to ac quaint herself with the language of her parents. Consequently the meeting be tween aprents and daughter, when the kidnaped child was finally located the other day, was a rather singular affair, though a happy one. MANUFACTURES IN NEBRASKA. Large Percentage of Increase in the State’s Output. Washington, I). C., Sept. 22.—Accord ing to a bulletin issued today by the census bureau there were at the be ginning of the present year 1,819 manu facturing establishments in the state of Nebraska, as against 717 in 1900, and the capital employed amounted to $80,235,810, as against $06,002,313. There were 3,192 officials employed and they received salaries amounting in the ag gregate to $3,074,911. The wage earners numbered 20,241, and they were paid $11,022,147 annually. The products for the present year are valued at $154,918,220, a gain of 19 per cent, since 1900. Of the principal cities, Lincoln show ed the greatest gain, amounting to 89 percent. The gain in Omaha was 42 per cent, and South Omaha 3 per cent. Slaugh tering and meat packing continues to be the principal industry, with a pro duction for the last year of $69,234,468, a decrease of almost $2,000,000 when compared with 1900. Flour and grist milling holds second place with a total of $12,190,303, against $7,794,130 for 1900. ROBBED CHURCH VESTRY. Concord, Neb., Sept. 21.—It was dis covered yesterday morning tnat thieves had entered the Swedish Lutheran church here some time the past week and stolen about $30 from the contribu tion box on the altar. —4— THEY WED ANYWAY. Lincoln Couple Goes to Council Bluffs and Marries Despite Protests. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.—Despite the jfact that the marriage of Miss Winifred Yule and James McGuire was bitterly -fought by relatives of the contracting parties, it did not prove a sufficient barrier to prevent the knot being tied, ,’the couple fleeing to Council Bluffs, where they were made one. The pa rents of the girl sent her to Omaha a month ago, hoping to give her an op portunity to change her mind. EASY TO EVADE GIGARET LAW Smokers Revel in Surreptitiouf Joy on Papers Mailed in by Manufacturers. ! PLENTY FOR EVERYBODY Companies Send Packages by Mail to Addresses of Nearly All Men and Boys and with Each a Paper Telling How to Get More. ^ Lincoln. Nob.. Sept. 21.—The cignret, “fiend" throughout Nebraska still rolls and smokes his “coffin nails” in un-j stinted and untrammeled joy, in open defiance of the new anti-cigaret law. There is a weak spot in the law and, the “fiends" and the manufacturers have found it. Though the papers and cigarets are not sold openly by the tobacconists, the, smokers find no trouble in procuring papers, and only one arrest has been made in enforcement of the statute.; Under the interstate comerce law the: state law cannot prohibit the shipment of papers and cigarets into Nebraska by companies outside, and this is being done at a wholesale rate these days. One outside firm has begun sending sample packages of papers to almost, every man and boy in the state, regard less of whether the recipient has use for them. A card enclosed in the paek-: age also explains how the law may be, evaded and the papers secured prac tically free, by sending to one of the large tobacco firms of the east. The cigarette is seen on the street almost; as frequently now as before the law went into effect. Most of them are} the hand made article. *i SAYS HE EMBEZZLED $900. John Riley of Omaha Postoffice Force. Is Arrested in Council Bluffs. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 21.—John Riley, for seventeen years a trusted employe of the money order department of the Omaha postoffice, was placed under ar-j rest, charged with the embezzlement of| $900 of postoffice funds. He was arrested at the Grand hotel; in Council Bluffs, by Postoffice Inspect or Moore and Detective Richardson of the Council Bluffs police force. Rilev is 35 years old. He has been married but a year. The shortage in his department was discovered when Riley failed to return from his lunch Saturday afternoon. Hej left at 12 o’clock and when he failed to) return by 4 o’clock, Assistant Postmas-' ter Woodard began an investigation^, into his accounts. Postoffice Inspectors Moore and Sin clair were placed on the case and soon discovered that $900, all the money or der receipts for the day, was iniss-i ing. Officers were sent to Riley’s home,, i but his wife stated that she had not ]seen him since early morning. A thor ough search was made of places in j Omaha where it was thought he might [be found, but without avail. ' Sunday evening Riley telephoned to: Assistant Postmaster Woodard from. Council Bluffs, stating that he would give himself up. and made an appoint ment with Mr. Woodard. The Council Bluffs police were notified of Riley’s presence In the Iowa town and arrested him after a short search. —f— NEBRASKA CONFERENCE. Albion, Neb., Sept. 20.—The twenty fourth annual session of the North Ne braska conference of the Methodist Epis copal church closed here with the reading by Presiding Bishop J. W. Hamilton of the conference appointments for 1905-6. They are as follows: Norfolk District—D. K. Tindall, presid ing elder; Allen, W. A. Romingtr; Ban croft, J. H. Smith; Beemer and Wisner. C. P. W. Wimberly; Bloomfield, E. E. Car ter; Carroll and Sholes, C. H. Moore: Cole ridge and Belden, H. H. St. Lou'.s; Creston and Humphrey, W. R. Warren; Dakota City, E. E. Shafer; Decatur, W. G. Fow ler; Emerson, R. W. Wilcox; Hartington, F. M. Drulinger; Homer, C. E. Carroll; Laurel, S. A. Drais; Lee, D. A. Kean; Ly-j ons, A. L. Mickel; Madison, J. M. Both well; Norfolk, J. F. Poucher; Norfolk eir-; cult. W. R. Peters; Pender and Thurston, C. S. Hughes; Pilger, Albert S. Hisev; Ponca and Waterbury, H. G. Langley; Randolph, F. A. High; St. James andj. Central, C. H. Sterner: Stanton, C. N. Dawson; Scribner, C. F. Kruse; South Sioux City, J. H. Hard; Wakefield and Pleasant Valley, Amos Fetzer; Wausa, E. T. Antrim; Wayne, T. J. Wright; Winside, R. J. Cocking. L. M. Bussy and Rex Moe without appointment to attend! school. Neligh District—Thomas Bithel, presid ing elder, Norfolk: Albion. E. T. George; Battle Creek, R. J. Callow; Battle Creek circuit, to be supplied; Boone, O. Eggle ston; Brunswick, W. D. Smith; Chambers, J. E. Griffith; Clearwater, H. W. Rummel; Cre'.ghton, E. C. Thorpe; Deloit and Goose Lake, Frank E. Sala; Elgin, to be supplie J; Emerick, H. P. Williams; Ewing. T. E. Smith; Inman, B. H. Murton; Lindsay, to be supplied; Loretto, E. B. Koontz; Lynch and Highlands, H. A. Hornady; Meadow Grove. A. L. Kellogg; Mononi, Alfred and Verdell, to be supplied; Neligh, Charles O. Trump; Newman Grove, L. A. Cook; Ni obraa, A. W. Ahrendts; Oakdale. R. J. Mc Kenzie; O’Neill and Eden Valley, G. F. Mead; Osmond, R. F. Shacklock; Paddock, Michael Miller; Page and Maxfleld, W. C. Kelly; Pierce, E. J. T. Connelly; Plain ;view, J. B. Yost; Plainview circuit, J. G. iGalloway; Royal, O. B. D. Woods; Spen feer, Bristow and Gross, Madison Combs; Tilden, J. N. Gortner. Ralph E. Mitchell without appointment to attend school. PINE TREES A SUCCESS. O'Neill, Net*, Sent. 21.—Judge Kin 'knid of this place, accompanied by J. Davis, visited the Brunner ranch to Inspect the grove of pine trees set out as an experiment in the sand hills, un der the direction of the agricultural de partment. The visit was of an official nature, to report to the department the result of the experiment, which, the judge informs us, has been a great suc cuss. The grove, comprising between three and four acres, was planted on an elevated point of pure white sand some fourteen years ago and has grown into a forest of tall, straight pines. The judge is of the opinion that inasmuch as the experiment has proved such a flattering success it will be a great thing for the sandy sections. The grove in question was the pioneer work of the agricultural department in this line and our county has the distinction of scoring the first success. BRYAN DONATES A PARK. Gives a Desirable Tract of Ten Acres to the Capital City. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 21.—William J. Bryan has notified tile mayor of Lin coln that check for the purchase of ten acres of land for a park for the city is at the disposal of the executive. Some time ago when the city acquired forty acres near the Mockett pumping station for park purposes, Mr. Bryan made the announcement that he would give an adltional ten acres if the city would make arrangements to give a: like amount.