THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
yNEILL, NEBRASKA
British excavation at Gnossos are
■worthily recalled by those carried on
by the Italian Archaeological Mission
at Haglica Triade and at Festo, in the
central zone or Island, and along the
side of the coast looking toward Africa.
Among other places laid bare is a
burial ground from which about 2r>0
skeletons have been removed. Exami
nations of these remain shows the race
to have men of Mediterranean origin,
and to date back from seventeen to
nineteen centuries before Christ. They
wore ignorant of cremation, and placed
their dead in sarcophagi of terra cotta.
Writing on tablets of terra cotta
shows that linear type of writing
which preceded that common at Gnos
sos. Paintings taken from hunting
Incidents and other ornamental works
have also been discovered.
The hOp crop of the world Ingrown In
much fewer localities than the wheat
crop, but It seems to be nearly as diffi
cult to work up a cornf on hops as It
Is on wheat. A Grant'H Pass grower
has Just closed out a large lot at 18
cents a pound, after refusing 30 cents
last fall, when they were ready for
market. There Is a limit In the price
at which any commodity will move In
normal quantities, and when that lim
it Is passed the consumption is re
stricted and substitutes are used.
Apparently 30 cents a pound was about
the dead line between a normal demand
and Its curtailment by high prices.
It was the great eclipse of August 21,
1560, that turned Tycho Brahe into an
astronomer. He was in his fourteenth
year at the time, a Danish boy of noble
origin, and had been destined first for
the army and then for the law. But
the accuracy with which the eclipse
was predicted Impressed him with the
belief that astronomy was a divine
thing, and thenceforward he devoted
his life to It. The debt of astronomy to
Tycho Brahe, not only for his own
work but ns the man who shaped the
genius of Kepler, can scarcely be over
estimated.
While be was yet a teacher In the
Jews' Free School, Spitalflelds, Isreal
Zangwlll, the now famous author and
playwright, composed some verses and
timidly sent them to the editor of an
American magazinp. They were prompt
ly returned. Some years later, when
fame had come his way the same
editor cabled for a poem. Mr. Zangwill
dispatched the rejected verses, which
were paid for at a high rate and
"boomed” as the work of a celebrated
author.
During a summer sojourn In the
mountains a physician who Is much in
terested In epilepsy in Its different
forms heard of a woman with that dis
ease who had lived to the age of seven
ty-nine years. Curious to know the
details of so unusual a case, he Inter- I
viewed the widower. Having Inquired ;
concerning different symptoms he pro- i
ceeded: "Did she grind her teeth much !
nt night?” The old man considered for
a minute and then replied: "Well, I
dunno as she wore ’em at night.”
Politeness does not always pay. M.
F. Wilson raised his hat to two women
at the corner of Sutter and Kearney
streets, San Francisco, and stepped
pack to give them plenty of room to
pass and fell over a garbage can. It
cost him two lacerated wounds of the
cheek, a bruised nose, a fractured skull,
a hack fare, two hours on the operating
table at the Receiving hospital ami
probably several weeks In bed else- ■
where.
Ezra Thomas, a prospector, ran
across a bear and two cubs In the
mountains near Redding, Cal., the oth
er day. The beur attacked him and
Thomas sent a rttle bullet, through her
that killed one of the cubs. But she
pursued him and climbed a tree after
him. She had got her two front paws
on the branch where he was, when he
cut oft the paws with a hatchet he
fortunately had In, his belt.
----
Archbishop John J. Glennon. head of
the Catholic arohdloceso of St. Louis,
who has been abroad for two months,
has returned bringing with him the
plans for the erection of a $1,000,000
cathedral. He visited architects In
Paris and Berlin for the purpose, and
states that the proposed St. I-ouls
cathedral will be one of tne most lm- '
posing In the country.
While dressing pigeons for the table
the cook of tin; Murray hotel, Omaha, i
found on them a metal band Inscribed I
"U. S. carrier pigeon,” and on one had I
been scratched "U. S. S. Bennington."
The birds were from the Bennington.
They had come with others from Sioux
City and evidently had been In cold
storage for some time.
The man who discovered the diamond
mines nt Pretoria has come to this
country looking for some more. His
first venture is to be among the mint
beds down in Kentucky, arid If he does
not find any diamonds there he Is going I
up In the South Carolina mountains for
a few.
Alfred Towns of Sllverton, Ore., re- |
turned the other day from a trip Into
the hills mid told his brother Robert
that he had shot two deer. Robert is a
game warden and at once arrested
Alfred for shooting without a license,
and Alfred served five days In Jail.
A firm of Baltimore architects has
drawn plans for n building without any
wood In its construction. It will be six
| atorles In height, the entire structure to
be reinforced concrete and steel. Kven
' the doors, window sashes and door
, Jambs will he of metal.
Walter Long, the Irish secretary, has
arranged with the treasury to provide
I «10 ,000.000 before the end of the year.
| and such an amount of stock In 1900 as
s will produce practically J50,000.000 to
| aecure expedition In the working of the
I “land purchase act."
Having reached the conclusion that
| houseflies are the distributors of
| typhoid fever germs, the Seattle board
H of health has resorted to very stringent
| methods for their exclusion from hos
* pltal wards and houses In which there
| are typhoid eases.
--
Real ’estltutlon is rarely seen In Ja
pan. ""hough some of Its inhabitants
are vp*w poor, yet all seem to be fairly
w^V. cea. clothed and housed and are
Invariably cheerful. Nearly all Japa
nese are of cleanly habits and rarely
untidy. _ _
i Renor Savasale’s most precious pos
session Is a Stradivarlus violin. When
be was 12 years old he played before
Queen Isabella II.. of Spain, and her
majesty was so pleased with his ex
quisite music that she presented him
with the Instrument.
John W. Powell of Montgomery
I county. Kansss. has sued his wife for
. divorce, claiming that during the last
§eight years his wife has made four
i trios ’way back to Illinois to see her
folks, which he regards as criminal ex
travagance.
! SOLDIERS’ MONUMENT
UNVEILED AT RANDOLPH
Large Crowd of Nebraskans
Witnessed Dedicatory
Exercises.
IS AN IMPOSING SHAFT
The Memorial Was Erected by Citizens
of Randolph, Who Assisted Finan- .
cially by Popular Sub
scription.
Randolph, Neb., Oct. 9.-—Yesterday u
large crowd of visitors and the people
form all the countryside assembled In
Randolph to witness the unveiling of
the soldiers' monument In the Randolph
cemetery afid to hear Governor Mick
ey's address, but the governor failed
to arrive and the crowd was greatly
disappointed. Adjutant General Cul
ver, of Lincoln, acted as the governor's
representative.
The pragram was as follows: Un
veiling by Commander O. K. Booth;
music, band; presentation of monu
ment, Mayor Hartman; reply, com
mander of the G. A. R.; dedication,
G. A. R.: raising of the Hag; address,
Adjutant General Culver; music, choir.
Adjutant General Culver's address was
delivered In the business section of the
city and was attentively listened to
by a large crowd.
The soldiers’ monument unveiled
stands 19 feet In height, and the first
base Is 9 by 10 feet. The total weight
is 36,000 pounds. Surmounting the
whole is the statue of a soldier stand
ing at parade rest. This figure is 6V4
feet high and Is beautifully carved in
Bedford stone. The monument occu
pies a prominent place in the center of
the public cemetery overlooking the
city.
LOST HIS SAVINGS.
Carl Reuter Earned $150 in South Da
kota and Was Robbed.
riattsmouth, Neb., Oct. 9—When Carl
Reuter lelt the fields of South Dakota
several weeks ago, and started tc
“bum” his way to his Kansas home, he
bad no Intimation of the bad luck which
awaited him in Nebraska.
He reached Plattsmouth, making the
trip from Oreapolls afoot. He wat
hungry and bad no money, but his 1m
mediate wants were supplied after he
had told the pathetic story of how he
came to part with hts summer’s earn
lugs. According to the man’s story, lie
left South Dakota with something like
$150 In money, and when he reached
Omaha he had $142 left. At that place
however, his troubles began.
There he fell In with three profes
sional hoboes, who had In their pos- '
session a quantity of whisky, of which
all Imbibed quite freely. The four men
boarded a southbound Missouri Pacific
freight train, but were compelled to
disembark upon reaching La Platte. He
says they built a fire near the river and
proceeded to camp for the night. Early
the next morning Reuter made the
startling discovery that his money was
gone. His companions were equally
surprised to learn that he had had
such a sum of money in hts possession,
but all denied having knowledge as to
the whereabouts of the missing money.
Hts companions, to establish their in
nocence, even turned their pockets In
side out.
— ♦
UNVEILING OCTOBER 28.
Date Definitely Fixed for Dedication of
Morton Monument.
Nebraska City, Neb., Oct. 9.—The pu
pils of the Institute for the Blind were
driven to Morton park to Inspect the
statue of the late J. Sterling Morton,
which will be unveiled this month. They
were allowed to feel the statue with
their hands and were greatly Interested
I" It and everything pertaining to the ,
n.onun ent.
It has now been definitely settled that ,
the unveiling will occur on Saturday,
October 28. President Cleveland says 1
he will he here on that date and de
liver an address.
GIRL IS FATALLY BURNED.
Exploding Lamp Brings Death to Alice
Buzzei! at Culbertson.
Culbertson, Neb., Oct. 9.—A kerosene
lamp exploded and threw the burning
oil over Miss Alice Buzzei!, setting her
clothing on fire. Before the fire could
he extinguished she was burned sc
badly that she died.
w •
POISONED MEAT PROVES FATAL
Miss Madge Work of Seward Victim
of Ptomaine Poison.
Seward, Neb., Oct. 9.—Miss Madge
Work, daughter of ex-County Clerk
Work, died from ptomaine poisoning
front eating canned meats. She was a
hospital nurse and a young woman
highly respected. >
PAYS THE REWARD.
Promptly Pays Butte Officers for Ar
rest of Crowe.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 9.—Chief <>f Police
John J. Donahue sent a cashier’s check
for $200 to Butte, Mont., to cover the re
ward offered by the chief personally
for the capture of Pat Crowe. The
check was sent to Captain Dunn, of the
Omaha detective force, to, be turned
over te the officers of Butte who placed
Crowe under arrest.
Chief Donahue expressed gratifica
tion at Crowe being in custody, and
said that extra precautions would be
taken to forestall any attempt Crowe
might make to escape. He will be
brought back handcuffed to two de
tectives.
-- — --
Topeka, Kas.-Rcd haired students of
Washburn college have organized an in
candescent club to exploit the achieve
ments of red haired people. They assert
that most of the big events in history
either were planed or executed by red
haired men or men with red haired ances
tors. it is expected to extend the club to
all the other colleges tn America. All the
notable things done by red haired people
are to be compiled In book form.
St lands. Mo.—The city council has an
ordinance before it to make ’’mashing"
punishable by a line of $230. The measure
Is tiie outgrowth of the numerous com
plaints from women in the shopping dis
trict who assert they have been annoyed
many times by men who tried to flirt with
them. Recently several arrests have been
| made.
South Rend, fnd.—Because the Winona
assembly committee blundered and failed
to meet the Wnbash train with automo
biles at New Paris, the watering sta
tion east of this place. Miss Helen Gould
and party of seven were required to sit for
three hours tn the Wabash shanty station.
AFFAIRS ARE QUIET i
AGAIN AT MULLEN
Protection to Land Fencing
Witness Ordered in Ne
braska Town.
- |
MILITIA MAY NOT BE SENT
I
-. i
The Attacks on the Ranch Owner Were
Not as Serious as Feared—Gov
ernor Takes Aggressive Move
to Aid Cattle Men.
Mullen, Neb., Oct. 7.—There are no
new developments In the threats made
upon O. F. Hamilton, the government
Jand fencing witness, whose office was
wrecked by a mob, the "league" resting
upon its oars.
The sheriff, who is alleged to he one
of the mob, is said to have received in
structions from the authorities to fur
1 nlsh protection to Hamilton.
It is said that the sheriff stated last
night that he "was going to bed and
did not care a d—n what was done.’
Hamilton has ample protection, as
the citizens of the surrounding coun
try are indignant at the action of the
"league,” as the organization is termed.
Hamilton says that the cattlemen or
their employes are not responsible op
to blame in any way for the work o?
the organized gang, which has been
threatening violence and murder in
Mullen for some time.
A majority of the county officials,
it Is said, are In sympathy with the
“league” because of the action Mr.
Hamilton has taken In assisting the
government In unearthing the land
frauds.
Judge Baxter has notified the county
attorney of Hooker county to com
mence criminal actions against all the
parties who are implicated in the at
tack on Hamilton.
Governor Mickey was notified of- the
situation at Mullen and may send a
company of militia there. He wired
Hooker county to give Hamilton every
possible protection and place under
arrest all persons Implicated in the
plot to run Hamilton out of the county.
Deputy Marshal J. O. Moore was at
the scena of trouble. He hits subpoenas
to serve on several witnesses in the
land fencing jtuits.
In a new suit filed by the govern
ment last week against cattlemen of
Hooker county, it Is charged that 100,001)
acres of government land are under
fence there. «,
Hooker county residents believe that
O. F. Hamilton, according to reports,
is the man who informed the govern
ment of the fraudulent entries and il
legal fences in Hooker county.
The case in which Hamilton is re
garded as such an important witness
is the one against Geoig? Ware, a rep
resentative of the U. B. I. Cattle and
Band company, one of the largest con
cerns in that part of the state.
They own a large ranch covering
many acres In Hooker county. The
land is said to have been fenced by this
cattle company and is said to embrace
about 100.000 acres. Other cattlemen
are charged with maintaining unlawful
inclosures inside the U. B. I. inclosure.
THREW WIFE FROM WINDOW.
South Omaha Man Said to Havt.
Treated His Spouse Brutally.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 6.—Because his wife
refused to give him what money she had
stored away, tt Is said that Mike Szgnot of
South Omaha picked his wife up by the
head and heels, shoved her through u -win
dow and dropped her a distance of twenty
feet to the sidewalk, breaking three ribs
and her collar bone. She was otherwise
Injured. Szgnot then took $<00 and left'
home. The police were notttled of the
trouble and at once took up the trail of
the criminal. He escaped the vigilance of
the officers and started on his way to
’’htoago.
NEBRASKA BANKERS “BITE"
Several of Them Donate $503 to Opei
Savings Banks.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 6.—An eastern con
cern has “duped" a number of Nebraska
bankers to the extent of $500 each, the
proposition being to furnish saving b:.nk
supplies, announcing that after the sup
plies, such as savings bank v ass books
and little savings banks had been pur
chased, the business of a savings bank
could then be conducted without reincor
porating.
Secretary Royce of the banking board
has been informed of the operations and
has issued the following warning:
"Under the Nebraska banking laws a
savings bank must have a capital of .it
least $12,000. It is required by tho law to
be entirely distinct from any other bank
ing corporation and must have officers, di
rectors and stockholders of its own. While
a-commercial bank might organize a sav
ings bank to be conducted in the same
budding with its own business, the sav
ings bank would have to be entirely sep
arate. Any violation of this law would
lay the commercial bank liable to the for
feiture of its charter if the banking de
partment or any other Individual cared to
be mean about the matter. However, it
appears that the banks caught by tho
scheme entered into it innocently and |
they will not be prosecuted."
REBATES FOR DAMAGES.
—
Official of Packers Shows How Rail j
roads Favor Them.
Chicago, Oct. 7.—At a hearing of the
interstate commerce commission, whicn !
is investigating the question of rail- .
road rebates, the chief witness today I
was 14. S. Cusey, traffic manager for i
the packing house firm of Schwnrz
echild & Sulzberger. He had previous
ly been directed by the courts to pre
pare certain data and today brought
it into court. His evidence showed that
the company received from the rait
loads during the last throe years some
thing over $34,000 for "losses and
damages” on shipments from Kansas
City to Chicago. One of these items
was $11,000, due to a wreck.
Mr. Cusey admitted that he had been
directed by the members of the firm
to favor certain roads in making ship
ments for thg reason that they "were
good friends of the firm.”
DIES BECAUSE OF TREATY
New York, Oct. 7.—A well dressed
and educated Japanese, wao registered
at the Delaware hotel. Third avenue
and Thirty-fourth street, as K. Naka
| mer, committed suicide by slashing his
| throat from car to ear and then jurap
I tng from the roof to an extension, a
distance of four stories. Both legs anil
several ribs were broken and he was
dead when found. He had been brood
ing over the Japanese-Hussian terms
of peace and had told the hotel propri
etor that hi.- country had been dis
graced
BROTHERS AWFUL CRIME'
Crazed by Liquor He Wounds Three
Members of His Family Over
His Mother's Deady Body.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 10.—Crazed with
grief and frenzied by liquor John
Bodenick, of Hastings, stood beside the
body*of his mother and fired a half
dozen shots from a revolver, fatally
wounding his brother-in-law, Peter
iKneall, and seriously wounding his sis
jter, Mrs. Sneail, and his brother Jacob
Bodenick.
When Bodenick entered the room'
where his mother’s body lay he had not
heard of her sudden death. Two un
dertakers had begun the task of pre
paring the body for burial. He called
ilo his mother and then grasped the
body.
' Mrs. Sneail interferred. He knocked
her senseless with Ids list. Drawing
a revolver he fired four times at Peter
Sneail, who attempted to protect his
hvife. The man fell to the floor with
four bullets in his body. Jacob Boden
Sck wrenched the revolver from him,
jbut the frenzied man shot him with
'another pistol which he drew from his
•pocket.
• John Bodenick was taken to jail.
There had been no trouble previous
'to the shooting
. —- ■ .. m -rw ■ ■ —— .
GETS SEVENTEEN YEARS
William Turley, Self Confessed Slayer,
Sentenced.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 10.—Seventeen
years in the penitentiary is the portion
of William Turley, the self confessed
.slayer of Norman T. Bliss, of Hall
county, in March, 1903. Convicted and
sentenced in the district court of his
own county, Turley appealed to the
supreme tribunal, which yesterday
handed in its verdict,, affirming the ac
tion of the lower court and finding new
flaws in evidence, or legal procedure.
Turley admits that he shot the de
ceased twice with a shotgun Harch,
1903, and that this caused the death
of Bliss. His defense was that the
.shooting was done in self defense. Pigs
in the care of Turley trespassed on
Bliss’ farm and the latter In chasing
the animals away killed two of them.
Turley loaded a shotgun and, accom
panied by his son. went out and met
Bliss. An altercation ensued and the
shooting occurred, resulting in the
death of Bliss. Two iphots were fired,
the deceased crying ''Don’t, shoot!”
After the first shot Turley immediately
shot again, the charge taking effect In
the breast and resulting in instanta
neous death.
FOG CAUSES COLLISION
Three Men Were Killed When Freight
and Passenger Came To
gether.
Millersburg, Pa., Oot. 10.—Throe met.
were killed, one man was Injured and a
carload ot race horses either killed or ,
so badly injured that they had to be I
shot, was the result of the collision [
at the junction of the Lykens Valley
branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, a
mile south of this city, yesterday.
The dead are:
THEODORE SCOTT. Northumber
land, fireman.
RAJ.PH HENDERSHOT, Northum
berland, freight brakeman.
CHAS. E. BERRY, Sunbury, freight
conductor.
The Injured man is Julius Lesh, of
Sunbury, engineer, whose leg was
crushed and body bruised. All the .
victims were married.
The collision was between the fast
No. 3 Erie mail train, westbound, and
a caboose and box car containing a
load of race horses. The mail train
was preceded out of Harrisburg by a
freight train, which, owing to a heavy
fog, lost some time. Tne caboose and
box car accidentally uncoupled at the
junction, and the mail train overtook
them.
Berry and Hendershot wrere in the
caboose when the crash came, and
were instantly killed.
The horses were bound for the
Bloomsberg, Pa., fair, and belonged to
several eastern horsemen.
SHE GAVE $200,000.
New School Will Be Center for Dis
seminating Literature to Promote
Social Democratic Party.
New York, Oct. 10.—It was an
nounced last night on behalf of the '
New York section of the social demo
cratic party that the late Mrs. E. D.
Rand, mother-in-law of Professor
George D. Herron, has bequeathed
$200,000 to found a school for social- |
ism. Mrs. Rand, who died recently in
Florence, Italy, ten years ago estab
lished the chair of Christian sociology
in Iowa college, Grinnell, la., which
was filled by Herron. About four years
ago Herron married ■ Mrs. Rand’s
daughter. His views were too radical
for the college, however, and he re
signed.
Morris Hillquist and Mrs. George D.
Herron, Mrs. Rand's daughter, have ,
been made trustees for the fund.
FIRE CAUSES TERROR.
New York Is Treated to a Tremendou
Lot of Excitement Over a
$100,000 Fire.
New York. Oct. 10.—Two city blocks
burned, over fifteen business es
uibltshments destroyed, hundreds of
tenement dwellers forced to floe for
safety from their llame-threatened
homes, one fireman injured, a watch
man burned, 250 fear-crazed horses
roaming through the streets for more
than an hour, and a desperate three
hour struggle with lliuncs, were the
results of a fire which threatened de
struction to a large portion of the up
per c:ast side water front shortly after
midnight. Loss $100,000.
GIRL OF I6~SAVES TRAIN
Milwaukee and St. Paul Officials Will
Reward Her for Bravery.
Janesville. Wis., Oct. 10.—Sixteen
year-old Hattie Lcnz saved a freight
train on the Milwaukee and St. Paul
road from running through a burned
bridge and possibly saved the lives of
ten members of the crew. Having
passed the bridge and noticing it was
on tire, the girl ran down the track and
signaled the engineer with a lantern.
The engineer saw the girl on the
track. He says he at first thought of
disregarding the signal, thinking that
“some youngster was trying to have
fun." However, he hesitated for only a
moment, and the train was stopped
within a few feet of the girl.
"The girl ran away after giving me
her name as Lenz." said the engineer.
The Milwaukee, railway officials are
making an effort to locate the girl and
will reward her.
WOULD RESTORE THE CANTEEN.
Indianapolis. Oct. 7.—T1 e convention
of the German-American National Alli
ance today adopted the report of the
comm .tee on personal liberty, which
protected against prohibitive legislation
against the liquor traffic. Re-estab
Ushmlent of the armv canteen was
urged.
BISHOP SCANNELL
IS ASKED TO AID!
Services Requested to Defend
Rights of Omaha and Win
nebago Indians.
ACTION WILL BE TAKEN
It Is Believed the Answer of Bishop
Scannell Will Promise All the Aid
He Can Possibly Give to
the Oppressed Indians.
Pender, Neb., Oct. 6.—On account of
the corrupt practices in vogue on both
the Omaha and Winnebago Indian
reservations, in which the red men are
given the “little end of all bargains,”
a petition has been sent to Bishop
Scannell, of Omaha, asking his as
sistance in defending the rights of the
Indians.
The petition has the signature of
many residents attached and asked the
bishop to lend his services with the
Rev. Father Schell, who has been
making a single handed fight for the
•rights of the Indians for the last three
years.
No reply has yet been received from
the bishop. It is believed here that he
will do all in his power to assist Mr.
Schell in the work.
FARMER SHOT.
Result of a Neighborhood Quarrel in
Cedar County.
Hartington, Neb., Oct. 0.—A serious
shooting affray occurred nine miles
southeast of Hartington, in which John
Schivers, a young farmer, was shot
in the hip, the ball from a 32-caliber
Smith & Wesson revolver passing, en
tirely through the right leg. The shoot
ling was done by a neighbor, Roy Rank
in, who came to Hartington and gave
himself up to Sheriff Rosenberger, and
told what he had done.
The trouble started some weeks ago,
wrhen Schivers took exception to some
remarks it is alleged Rankin mad6
about his wife.
Rankin went to the Schivers home
last night to get a neckyoke belonging
|to him, and the quarrel was renewed.
Rankin alleges he started home when
(Schivers threw a stick at him and in
;the darkness he thought Schivers was
looming toward him and at a distance
of fifty feet he drew his gun and fired.
Schivers was shot in the back of the
leg, which indicated he was not coming
toward Rankin.
The injured man is getting along
very well, and will recover unless com*
plications set in.
GRANTED EXTENSION.
Sioux City and Homer Interurban
Must Have Cars Running Nov. 1.
Dakota City, Neb., Oct. 5.—The board of
county commissioners today granted the
Sioux City, Homer and Southern Railway
company an extension of their franchise
on the public highway for thirty days, and
if at the expiration of that time electric
or gasoline propcdled cars are not run
ning between this place and South Sioux
City, the track, which has been done for
more than a year past, is to be taken out
of the highway. Capt. R. A. Talbot,
chief promotor of the road, appeared be
fore the board and stated that the sale of
the bonds had been negotiated and thirty
days would be sufficient for him to es
tablish traffic bctw'een South Sioux City
and this pl'ace, and that later on thf, road
would be completed to Homer, as first
planned. For two years and a half past
our people have heard these promises re
peated time and again by Capt. Talbot
until they have arrived at the point that
“seeing is believing.”
The democratic party of this county is
commencing early in the game to play in
hard luck, as already two of the nom
inees selected at the convention held last
Saturday have declined the nomination.
Both Oliver W. Fisher, candidate for coun
ty clerk, and John Kreuger, candidate for
county commissioner from the First dis
trict, have anounced that they will de
cline the nominations tendered them. The
citizens-republican party has such a
strong hold on Dakota county politics and
the officers elected are proving so pains
taking and economical that it is hard for
the democratic party to secure candidates
*0 go down to certain defeat.
“■f—
COUNCILMEN ENJOINED.
Omaha Executive Body Is Restrained j
from Entering Contract.
Omaha, Neb., Out. 6.—Judge Sutton, !
in the district court, granted a tern- j
porary injunction against the Omaha j
city council, restraining it from enter
ing into a contract with the Omaha
Gas company for street lighting. The
order was made on the petition of cer
tain citizens who allege that the con
tract, besides being exorbitant, is in
violation of law.
FRENZIED FINANCE.
I/V. A. Nash Roasts the Clearing House
Statement.
New York, Oct. 6.—'Charges that
the statement of the condition of the
New York banks as issued weekly has
become a farce and that the action of
the trust companies in extending large
credits without maintaining adequate
cash reserves constitutes a great dan
ger were made before the Clearing
House association today by the pres
ident of the Corn Exchange bank, Wil
liam A. Nash.
The Corn Exchange bank is one of
the most important financial institu
tions in the city, having deposits of
about $40,000,000.
Mr. Nash denounced the existing
state of affairs by which trust com
panies, operating outside of the clear
ing house and not subject to its rules,
are not obliged to maintain the cash
reserve of one-fourth of the sum of de
posits, which reserve is required of na
tional banks by federal law and of
other clearing house banks by the rules
of that institution.
Mr. Nash urged that measures be
taken to bring the trust companies un
der the regulations of the clearing
house.
Cheyenne, Wjo.-In an attempt to have
fun and scare the horse of Jack Bultne, a
cowboy yesterday, four autoinobilists from
Denver had a serious time of it, when the
cowboy "jerked his gun” and began hav
ing fun of his own by seeing how close he
could come to the people in the automobile
without hitting any of them,
Cincinnati. O.—In the suit of Mrs. Ed
ward Anthony against the Cincinnati
Traction company, Judge Swing today
held that a $•> bill is not legal tender for
street car fare, because excessive. Mrs.
Anthony was put off a car because the
conductor was unable to change the
bill and she had no other money.
NEBRASKAN SUES
ROYAL ARCANUM
Action Is Begun at Columbui
Against the Increased
Assessment.
A LAWYER THE PLAINTIFF
laims Any Change in Rate After 5b
Years of Age Is Illegal—Liti
gation Will Be Watched
with Interest.
Columbus, Nob., Oct. 5.—A case has b< cn
tiled in the district court acre the outcome
of which will be of more or loss interest
to the state at large, and also to all parts
of the United States. W. A. McAllister, a
prominent attorney here, is the plaintiff
in the action, and he names the Royal
Arcanum as the defendant. He recites in
his petition that the defendant is a cor
poration organized under and by virtue
of the lawse of the state of Massachusetts,
and doing business in Nebraska. He
alleges that In 1880 he joined Mystic coun
cil No. 130 of the order in this city; that he
was at that time between 32 and 33 years
of age; that the defendant issued a bent -
ticiary policy on his life in the sum of
$3,000; that it was agreed that the monthly
assessment on the same would be $1.50;
that several years later his assessment
was increased and that on the first day of
last May (1900), a second increase in the
assessment was levied, making his month
ly payment $10.77. This last payment is on
the basis of 58 years of age, and under the
by-laws and constitution, which is made
a part of the petition, the Royal Arcanum
can accept no applicant or issue any policy
aft?r 55 years of age. The plaintiff en
joined and restrained from making the
plaintiff’s assessment any higher than it
would be at 55 years, which is the limit.
The case will very probably be heard ir
•he federal courts.
FEUD ON IN NEBRASKA.
Ranch Houses of Government Wit
nesses Against Illegal Fencing
Are All Burned.
i Omaha. Neb., Oet. 5.—United States
'District Attoorney Baxter today re
ceived a telegram from O. F. Hamilton,
of Mulin, Neb., stating that his ranch
house and buildings had been demol
ished, supposedly by men connected
with ranches where the government has
ordered fences torn down. Hamilton
has been one of the chief witnesses in
cases in the federal court wherein con
victions and sentences have been se
cured for illegal fencing of government
land. Hamilton has asked the federal
authorities for protection.
NEBRASKA WOMEN MEET
National President of Federation cf
Women’s Clubs Is Chief Guest of
the Society.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 5.—The Nebraska
State Federation ol' Women’s c lubs met
here today for a session lasting three
days. Mrs. Sarah Platt, of Decker,
Colo., president of the national federa
tion, is the principal guest and will de
iver an address tomorrow.
WOMAN ROBBER CAUGHT.
Was Dressed in Trousers and Dis
guised as a Man.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 4.—Dressed in trous
ers and disguised as a man Mrs. James
Gifford was captured at Hallan while at
tempting to rob a store. Her husband was
with her in the role of assistant. They
.were brought to Lincoln. The woman is
pretty and delicate looking.
Mrs. Gifford said she formerly lived in
Cedar Falls, la., and was married in
Anoka, Minn.
—4—
BASEBALL ASPIRATIONS.
Confident of Having a Place in the
Western League Next Year.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 4.—A franchise in the
Western Baseball league will be offered
Lincoln at the coming meeting of Octo
ber 18, to be held probably in this city.
W. A. Rourke, owner of the Omaha club,
is in the city working up basehaH inter
ests.. Mr. Rourke says the plan is to en
large the league from six to eight clubs,
addipg Lincoln, Topeka, Kan., and Witeh
ita, Kan., the latter if St. Joseph drops
out. Local enthusiasts say Lincoln is
ripe for professional baseball, and there
will be no doubt whatever of her ntry
to the league if assurance is given that
Sunday games will be permitted.
FIRE AT THURSTON.
Does Damage to the Amount of $12,00i
Sunday.
Pender, Neb., Oct. 4.—A $12,000 fire Sun
day threatened to clean out the business
section o fthe little town of Thurston,
about five miles north of here.
The blaze started in the rear of Jeep
Bros.’ general merchandise store and the
wind was favorable for its sweep over the
town.
Three buildings were a total loss, two
of which, valued at $4,000, were owned by
Jeep Bros.’, the other being a vacant
building, owned by George Lemon. Jeep
Bros.’ $5,000 stock was almost a total
loss, as was that of Schafer, the druggist,
amounting to about $3,000.
PROMINENT EDUCATOR DEAD.
Prof. DeWitt D. Brace, of University
of Nebraska Expires at Lincoln.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 4.—Prof. DeWitt D.
Brace, head of tile physics department of
! the University of Nebraska, died as a re
; suit of blood poisoning following an oper
ation on a carbuncle. Dr. Brace was a
I native of New York, 46 y ears of age, and
■ occupied a chair in the University of Ne
■ braslta eighteen years. He is survived by
a wife and two children.
KOMURA SAILS FOR JAPAN.
Vancouver. B. C., Oct. 3.—Baron Ko
mura sailed last night by the steam
ship India for Yokohama.
DAVENPORT HAS A BIG FIRE.
Davenport, la., Oct. 3.—The .American
Can ctwpany factory burned to the
ground last night. Loss *150,000; par
tially covered by insurance. Three hun
dred men are thrown out of employ
ment. The origin of the fire is un
known.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS MEET.
New York, Oct. 3.—The thirty-first
annual convention of tile National
Wholesale Druggists’ association
opened by President M. Cary Peter last
night with a reception at Hotel Astor.
, Between 300 and 300 members wer*
, present.