Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O'NEILL FRONTIER j
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
yNEILL, . NEBRASKA
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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.
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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.
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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. *
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.