THE O'NEILL FRONTIER O. H. CRONIN. Publisher. yNEILL, NEBRASKA ^i. .. .—■" According ho the latest assessments the most valued parcel of land In Bos ton Is the southwestern corner of Win ter and Washington streets, the assess ment being about $190 a square foot, which would bring the value of an acre of that sort of property up to $8,276,400. This is said to exceed the highest price for land ever bought In London, which was at the rate of $7,441,500 an acre, but as we remarked lately In comment ing on the London sale, the real estate record belongs to New York, for the Stillman corner, at Broadway and Wall streets, was sold a few months ago for $589.22 a square foot, which would mean $25,664,423.20 an acre.—Boston Transcript. In 1805 the world had not a single steamship on the ocean, a single mile •f railway on land, a single span of telegraph upon the continent or a sin gle foot of cable beneath the ocean. In 1905 It has 18,000 steam vessels, B00.000 miles of railway and more than 1,000,000 miles of land telegraph, while the very continents are bound together In Instantaneous communication by more than 200,000 miles of ocean ca bles, and the number of telephone mes sages sent aggregates 6.000,000,000 an nually, and one-half of them In the United States alone. Every one knows that Queen Alex andra is a cat lover, but it has come somewhat as a surprise to a number of English women that her daughter, Princess Victoria, is not only a lover of cats, but an energetic and enthusi astic breeder as well. The princess does not breed cats, It appears, merely to Increase the number of her feline pets. Her "catteries" are worked on a solid commercial basis and apparently with considerable profit to her private pocket. According to a report just Issued by the French minister of arts, the churches of France, and not the Lou vre, the Luxembourg, the Museum de Cluny and Carnavalet, contain the art treasures of the nation. It Is estimat ed that If brought under the hammer the pictures, tapestries, statues, carv ings and other works of art In the churches would realize the fabulous sum of six milliards of francs ($1,200, 000,000). A Swedish company has taken a lease of the old marble quarries of Iona, Scotland, and the famous white and serpentine marble Is to be placed on the market In large quantities. Opera tions are to begin early In the spring. Centuries ago the quarries wore worked Extensively. Marble from them adorns jEome of the ancient cathedrals of Eu rope. The English postal service Is the best In the world, and the cheapest for the people. The rural delivery and collec tion are managed us carefully as the city service. This department of the government makes a profit of about $18,000,000 a year, and gives better [malls at lower rates, charging only 2 cents per four ounces on letters. Judge Hamilton, of the Preston, Eng., county court, remarked the other day I from the bench that he thought Judges and counsel ought not to be expected to work more than eight hours a day. "I have disposed of 463 cases today,” he added, "and I do not feel Inclined to take up another that Is likely to con sume two hours." I rr” —..-■■■♦' ; A Welsh revivalist asked where some .grass that had been brought for his [horse had been procured. He was told .that It had come from the football 'grounds. "I would not insult my horse by giving It grass from such a sinful J 'place," he declared. * "The are of making Honlton lace." says the London Mall, "will soon be ns extinct as the feather work of the Aztecs." The reason Is that the local school board Insists that children shnll [attend school Instead of learning to make lace. The custom of lifting the hat dates back to the age when knighthood was In flower. Knights never appeared In public except In full nrmor, but In the company of friends they removed the helmet, signifying, "I am safe among friends.” Russia doubles her population every fifty years, Norway and Sweden In fif ty-two yenrs, Great Britain and Ger many In flfty-flve, Belgium In seventy ntne, Italy In eighty-four, Spain In 104, Austria-Hungary In 110 and Prance in 183. _ The acme of consclseness Is believed o have been attained by a London •estaurant, which displays this notice: ‘S. O. 2 S. 4.” That means that a pat ■on can have sausage and onions, with wo slices of bread, for four-pence. Italy's government censors all press elegrams to foreign countries. Recent y the correspondent of the London Jxpress handed In a dispatch relating o the severe heat In Rome, which the ensor declined to allow to pass. George Fletcher Is believed to be the ldest subject of King Edward. He as born on April 28, 1788, and lives In cottage In Ktley, near Pomeroy, In ounty Tyrone, Ireland, and has lived i it for more than 100 years. In Scandinavia Christmas Is cele -ated In Its literal sense of “peace on irth, good will toward men;” the iurts are closed, quarrels are adjusted id old feuds forgotten. It Is the home the famous Yule log. In the village of Verjux, near Chalon r-Saone. France, a couple, aged 100 d 90, respectively, have Just cele ated the seventy-fifth anniversary of elr wedding, which they called their latlnum" wedding. 5tr Wyndham Spencer Portal, who ■d the ofher day, was the head of the nlly that since 1724 has had the priv ?e of making bank note paper for the nk of England. The Portals were a iguenot family. 'he head stage carpenter at the yal opera house, Vienna, has been charged because, during an exciting I Cm scene, he let a heavy thunder id fall on two actors, severely fil ing them. he North German Lloyd line has de ’d to name one of Its big ships, ch will be launched from the Stlenburg yards at Bremerhaven In |. the Washington, after the father pi* country. le last public gibbet used In Eng •4 Is stored In Leicester Jail. The fish museum has tried In vain to get esslon of the relic, and the author | even refuse to let It be photo j ?hfd' ft Ph Petersburg newspaper states the only reason the reconstruction jj.e Russian fleet has not been begun s that the government has not de nt whether to use turbine engines or * FARM WORK WAS SUCCESSFUL BRANCH Professor Gregory Starts an Innovation in the Schools at Crete. A REMARKABLE SUCCESS The Fall Exhibit Brought Out Results of the Planting Done by Boys and Girls and It Was Wonderful. Crete. Neb., Oct. 18.—'Those who view with approbation Uie farmward turn of the tide of young men and women which formerly set almost wholly to the large cities, will be especially in terested in the innovation established by Professor G. A. Gregory, superin tendent of the city schools. It has been remarked among agri culturists that the grammar grades and the high school, which educate practically all of our young people, and beyond which a large percentage never go, teach the boy and girl a large amount of classical and scientific work which educates them toward almost any profession save that of farming. Of recent years Home effort has been made to teach agriculture In a limited and theoretical way In the high schools. Very little If any outdoor work has been carried along with ibis Instruc tion. Seeing the need of practical farm work to supplement the “book learning." Professor Gregory devised and successfully carried out the first annual agricultural exhibition of the Crete schools. Early last March each pupil who de sired to enter for the exhibition re corded with his teacher a list of what he intended to plant In the way of cereals, vegetables and flowers, or to raise in the way of pets and domestic animals. The application blanks stated the name, age and grade and what the pupil planned to exhibit. The various teachers ul once began occasional talks as to the best methods of soil preparation and the kinds of soli adapted for raising the various varieties. From the time the seeds were planted in April, until the close of school early in June, these talks were continued along the line of soil cul ture. keeping the weeds down, and whatever would assist the best devel opment of the plants and vines. During the summer the pupils were encouraged to persevere in their ef forts, both verbally, as the teachers chanced to meet them, and through the town papers. The exhibit was set for '-September 22. The extent and variety of the exhibit was no less surprising than the quality. In the live stock department pigs, calves ducks, chickens, lambs, pigeons and geese were exhibited. Johnnie and Biddle, a plump-looking hen and rooster, both hatched from the same egz, occupied one cage. Among the do mestic pets raised by the children were I r.,m,u r’-dgian bares, dogs, cats and white mis. The agricultural exhibit comprised corn of very fine quality, pronounced by competent Judges to be as good as any exhibited at the state fair. Some of the stalks were sixteen feet in height Pumpkins, one of which weighed 102 pounds, were shown with a large assortment of Irish and sweet potatoes. There was an extensive col lection of fine squashes, melons, onions, immense beets, egg plants, and in fact practically every vegetable grown in this locality. Fifteen entries of pea nuts of fi\lv quality were exhibited by ns ...any duuront bays. The girls showed a fine display of fall blooming flowers, such as asters, dahlias, salvias and other varieties adapted to the- season. As a side issue to the agricultural ex hibit, pupils were also permitted to bring any article manufactured by their own effort. The girls brought a highly creditable display of canned fruits and vegetables, cakes, pies and bread. There was a large amount of plain and fancy sewing, from doll dresses to a fine bed quilt. A candy booth was also in charge of some of the girls, contain lnf various kinds of home-made can dles. The boys displayed a varied assort ment of sleds, boats, windmills, doll bedsteads, foot rests, useful and orna mental boxes; proof of excellent work manship. One boy exhibtle 1 a newly devised, self-opening gate, constructed after an original plan. PLENTY OF GAME. Over Nebraska Ducks, Geese and Other Birds Are Plentiful. Unccln. Nob., Get. 17.- Prairie chlckc i quail, dicks and greet* are mere flenami in the saito this year ih m ever before, de clare- 1 Chief Game Warden Car ’.or. Mr Carter has just rearmed from a trip in north we tern Nebraska. Near Hyunnis chickens and groure . re very abundant. The farmers and ranch men in that vicinity are assisting in ; strict enforcement of the game laws and market hunters have been warned ilia; their presence Is net desired, and that thty will not be permitted to slaughter luid >n large numbers. In the central arid eastern portions of the state Mr. Carter found many qua 1 The strict enforcement of the law against shooting quail for several years has re sulted in the birds becoming tame, ami when the sea:- n opens it will r •: be a. ..V. dif;.cult to kill the da.l.v limit. The wet summer injured a number of the young birds and destroyed a large number of hatches, but nevei theless the number of birds has increased marly 1(X) per cent over last year. Ducks and geese have been Hying for several vv» eks and are much more a bur ri ant than las. year, although somewhat wildtr. Near Shirk.ey, in Kilmore county, are several large and shallow lakes. These are tilled with birds in the early morning and evening and some excellent shooting has been had. Mallards, eanvasbacks and red Heads have been in for more than a week and when the morning night takes place the many flocks cloud the iky for more than an hour. In former years the Hhlekley lakes could be waded at any pace. The summer rains ibis year have increased the depth of the lakes several feet and now Dais must be used in hunting. A number of sportsmen are quartered at farm houses along the lakes for the duck shooting season. With the increase in wild row*!, the game department report.; a corresponding increase in the number of hunting licenses issued. Last year LOCO licenses wire taken out by Nebraska res.dents and this yea 6,OoO have already been issued. An addi tional 2.000 probably will be dispose ^. before the lirst of the via . ALLIANCE HAS A SNOWSTCE Alliance, Neb., Oct. 17.- Although snow Murries have appeared here twki before this .-*« ason the first snow storm urn ed early yes.erday morning and cind n. ur.tu noon, at which time it changed to drizzling ra.n. The prospects ate i,., or **.o*e tar mote «j;ow MANY WILD FOWL j F .THELAKES Nebraska Waters Covered With Countless Numbers of Ducks. — GEESE COMING SLOWLY 6portsmen Are Preparing for the Great Slaughter Which Is a Semi-An nual Affair in This State. Ponca, Neb., Oct. 17.—Reports brought In by hunters In this part of Nebraska state that large llocks of wild ducks are arriving in this and other parts of the county. The birds are alighting and seem contented to remain In this .section feeding. The lowlands are full of wild grass and ' weeds, which furnish plenty of seeds! for the birds. The annual migration I of the water fowl is always a welcome event on the part of the sportsmen here and many nonresident hunters are arriving to prepare to go farther into the interior of the state for a few days' hunt. Geese have not been com ing in any large numbers yet, but the first chilly north wind will send the honkers down from the northern breed ing lands by the thousand. SUIT IS REFUSED. Mae Wood Cannot Attach Platt Prop eriy in Omaha. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 17.—Miss Mae Wood, who sued Senator T. C. Platt for $25,000, alleged to be due for serv- | ices rendered him in his capacity as president of the United States Express company, will not be able to satisfy her claim by attaching the property of the company in this city. Miss Wood’s garnishee of the prop erty was Thursday dismissed by Judge Day, who held that the property did not belong to him merely because he is president of the concern. WOMAN GIVEN BEATING. Says Gamblers Abused Her When Sh Called for Husband. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 17.—Mrs. Anton Yeschensky Is lying at her home in a critical condition as the result of rough treatment at the hands of five men. Her throat is covered with linger marks which were dug into the flesh, and her arms, back, breast and hips are a mass of black and blue spots. Although the woman Is unable to speak English, she told of her ex perience through an interpreter. She says that she received word that her husband was engaged in a poker game and that he was being robbed of all the money by a gang of men there. When she called for him she was beat ?n, she says, MYSTERY IN A DEATH. Officers at Omaha Stop Services at ,. Funeral. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 17.—At the request of friends, County Attorney Slabaugh stopped the funeral of William Hanling, 1218 Pacific street, who died with Indi cations of carbolic acid poisoning. The family of Hanling, who was 60 years old. alleges that he took his own life. Preparations for the funeral were un der way when the county attorney in terfered and Coroner Bralley took charge of the body. An inquest will be held late today. Chief of Detectives Durm has de tailed two officers to the case and or-' lered a rigid investigation. —♦— “VAG” GETS A FORTUNE. Father Dies in Ohio anc! Young Mat Finally Located. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 17.—While serving a ten days’ sentence in the city jail on the charge of vagrancy, Charles Croft's guardian in Tippecanoe City, O., was searching for him to Inform him that his father had died and left him a farm worth $10,000. A few days ago M. H. Brown, man ager of the shoe department at Hay den's store, received a letter from Elils H. Kerr, who asked him to locate Croft, as a small fortune had been left the boy and Kerr had been appointed his guardian-. Croft ran away from home several years ago, came to Nebraska, and served two terms in the reformatory at Kearney. X TWO STREET CARS MEET. Three Passengers at Omaha Cut ant. Bruised by Collision. Omaha. Neb.. Oct. 17.—Two street t'tus collided at Sixteenth and Harney streets with the result that three peo ple received minor injuries and the cars were slightly damaged. Those in jured were: James A. Griffin, elbow badly cut and thigh bruised and cut. Oscar Larsen, scalp wound and arm cut. F. N. Martin, slightly cut and bruised. Hanscom park car, No. 117, was struck by an eastbound Harney street car. That more serious results did not follow is probably due to the fact that the motormnn of the Harney car, fore seeing the collision, had checked his speed and applied the brakes. Slip pery tracks are blamed for the colli sion. DESERT SAND A CURE. Farley, la., Oct. 17.—In the desert of southern Arizona with an Indian, two rattlesnakes, a centipede and a gila monster for companions. Professor W. J. McGee of this place, suffering front lost health, slept on the hot sands of the desert for four months and regained Ills health completely. He thinks that he has found a new cure. MONUMENT IN PLACE. Nebraska City, Neb., Oct. 17.—The J. Sterling Morton monument will be un veiled here October 28 and dedicated by ex-President Grover Cleveland. It Is expected that the surviving members of Cleveland's cabinet who served with Mr. Morton will be present. Special trains are being arranged for the occa sion. — HOSPITAL OVERCROWDED. Patients Compelled to Sleep on Floor —Fever Epidemic. Norfolk. Neb.. Oct. 17. ja According :o Ihe news dispatches this is the critical day in the typhoid fever epidemic at the Nebraska insane hospital at Lin coln. Dr. Green still believes Mint ihe spread of the disease was due to flies and not the polluted water. One nurse is already dead and an o'her at the point of death. The hospital is so overcrowded that ' patients are compelled to sloop on the floor BONACUM STILL AT IT. Begins a New Suit of Ouster Against Father Murphy, of Seward, and Would Retain Property. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 12.—Bishop Bon scum yesterday began a new suit ot: ouster against Father Murphy, of| Seward, in the district court of Seward county. In his petition the bishop! prays for an injunction against Father Murphy to restrain him from inter fering with any of the priests whom) the bishop may send to take charge of the parish property. He asserts that the title to the property rightfully rests in the bishop, and that the decree of excommunication against the priest has been reviewed by the higher au thorities of the church at Rome and by them approved. OMAHAN’S UoVEL PLEA ^rank Lambert Staves Off Extradition by Showing Oregon Has No Judge. Portland, Ore.. Oct. 12.—That Oregom Is without a United States district, Judge and that the signature of such officer is necessary to the extradition of' Frank Lambert, wanted in Omaha to1 answer a charge pf subornation per-i jury, was the plea made by Lambert’si attorney yesterday before Commis-i eioner Sladen. ’ As Lambert refuses to return to Ne-' brake voluntarily it will either be nec-( Ossary to bring a number of witnesses! from that state to Portland or Lambert.1 will be compelled to remain in Jail un-' til the president appoints a district s missed. Two minutes more and 2*rTTslow was carried over for Nebraska's seventh touchdown. Goal was missed again. Taylor made the next touchdown and Cotton missed goal. Final score: Ne braska, 42; South Dakota, 6. JUMP FROM BURNING BARN. People in a Barn at Fremont Jumpeu Twelve Feet to Save Lives. Fremont, Neb.. Oct. 12.—A large barn belonging to Mrs. Louise Echtencamp burned to the ground during the night, while a dance was in progress in the haymow. Many jumped twelve feet to escape, and all landed uninjured. The barn collapsed as the last dancer jumped from the burning mow to the ground. Seven horses were burned. The loss was $2,500. HE PAYS OWN PENALTY. A Farmer Who Feared Prosecution Takes Own Life. Marshalltown, la., Oct. 12.—Dan Bat ton, a prominent farmer of Powesheik county, committed suicidi by taking carbolic acid. While intoxicated he in sulted a neighbor's wife and feared prosecution, although the matter had been adjusted out of court. MISS ROOSEVELT TO SAIL. Tokio. Oct. 10.—Alice Roosevelt, passed through Tokio today on her way to Yokohama, whence she sails for San Francisco Friday. ADMIRAL SASO DIES. Tokio, Oct. 10.—-Admiral Saso, in spector general of naval construction, is dead. Abrogation of martial law has haa the effect of removing to a great extent the business depression in the city. SUICIDES WITHOUT CAUSE. Houston, Tex., Oct. 10.—F. B. Gray, cashier of the Commercial National bank, committed suicide today by shooting. There is no plausible reason for the act. The bank is one of tho strongest Institutions it> Texas, P’HONE LINEMAN KILLED BY A FALL young Man Has Head Grusheo at Beatrice and Helper !s Hurt. THE SCAFFOLDING BROKE The Two Men Were Suspended in Mio Air Near Top of Telephone Pole When Platform Was Pre cipitated to Ground. Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 14.—While work ing on a swinging platform, two line men, Lester Williams and Harry Wright, were precipitated to the ground, a distance of thirty feet, Wil liams dying a short time after the fall, while Wright was badly hurt. Williams, who was 17 years of age, turned a complete somersault in the descent and struck on his head, crush ing it in a terrible manner. He was attended to by physicians at once but never rallied from the shock. Williams was single and made his home in West Beatrice. Wright's home is in Norfolk. —f— ANOTHER STORY. Man Was Roughly Used for Using Profanity. Dakota City. Neb., Oct. 14.—A very different story comes from the respect able people of Homer, than that told by Wm. Threehouse, a cook in a Great Northern grading camp located near that place, who passed through this place Tuesday night for a Sioux City hospital, all pounded up, claiming he had been assaulted and robbed. The truth of the matter as reported from Homer is. that Threehouse had on his skates early in the evening at camp. Til Mansfield went to the camp to de liver some meat wfclch had been or dered. He was accompanied by' two women. Threehouse told Mansfield he didn’t order the meat, using profanity with his remark. Mansfield informed him that women were in the buggy and to guard his speech, which brought forth more indecent language. Mans field, being a cripple, had to pass the matter unnoticed, but later in the even ing when Threehouse came to Homer, after he had been discharged from the camp for his ungentlemaniy conduct, he received a good pummelling, which it seemed he justly deserved for his vile and indecent language before women. GIRL KILLS HERSELF. Commits Suicide at Lexington Aftc Terrible Experience in Wyoming. Lexington. Neb., Oct. 14.—About two weeks ago there arrived nere an Italian girl about 20 years old who gave her name as Lena Karr. She should not speak English, but could converse in the German language. Yesterday she was found in a closet belonging to the restaurant bleeding to death from gashes in her throat which she had inflicted with a sharp pointed knife. TUCKER REQUESTED TO RESIGN Humboldt Man to Step Out and Judge Paul Jesscn Slated. Washington. Oct. 14.—Associate Jus tice Tucker of the territorial supreme court of Arizona, has been requested to resign. Several months ago charges" were preferred against Tucker involv ing his personal conduct as a member of the territorial judiciary. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 14.—News of the removal of Judge Tucker from the Ari zona territorial bench was received here and was no surprise. It is stated on apparently good authority that Judge Paul Jessen of Nebraska City is slated as Tucker's successor. —t— TO RECLAIM INDIAN LANDS. Senator Miilard Finds Way the Unitei. States Will Co-Operate. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 14.—Senator Mil lard is advised that the Indian office is willing to co-operate in a project to reclaim lands along the Great Nemaha river, in Richardson county. Nebraska, and Brown county, Kansas, insofar as the alloted Indian lands may be af fected. EARL SPENCER PARALYZED. London, Oct. 12.—Earl Spencer, lib eral leader of tlie house of lords, was stricken with paralysis today. He is unconscious. Hopkinsville, Ky.—As the result of too much handshaking during which his ring cut into his finger, G. L. Campbell, republi can nominee for county clerk, is suffering from blood poisoning, and his condition is serious. St. Paul* Minn.—Jokers painted the face and body of Anton Piaml red and white and his hair blue last night. Today he was taken to the city hospital and it was ne cessary to give him an anaesthetic while the physicians were removing the paint. Fargo, N. D.—Joseph Plante, under in dictment for selling Florida water con taining alcohol to Indians and thus caus ing the death of nine red men, surprised the United Slates court officials this morn ing by entering a plea of guilty. Cedar Falls, la.—A concert band com posed exclusively of ladies with Professor Frank A. Fitzgerald as director, has been organized at the Iowa State Normal school. There are thirty members in the organization at present and forty are now seeking admission. Cincinnati, O.—After falling into a Big Four gravel nit near Lawrenceburg, Ind., yesterday evening and breaking his neck, un Italian laborer, assisted by a friend, walked nearly a mile to his home holding his head in his hands the whole distance. Physicians found that the man’s neck had been fractured at the fifth vertebra and declared that the injuries would prove fatal. St. Louis, Mo.—George Morton, wno llg ured in the recent shooting affair with Mrs. Lillian Sprague, is no longer general passenger and ticket agent of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway. W. S. St. George of New York was appointed to the place today, when Mr. Morton’s resigna tion was demanded and handed in. Carmi, 111.—While attempting to rescue Mrs. Jack Brewer from an attack by her husband, George D. Endicott this morning was assailed by Brewer with a knife and severely wounded. Grabbing a poker, En dicott slew his assailant by braining him. A coroner's jury exonerated Endicott. PROGRAM ISSUED FOR CONFERENCE Vatertown Is Preparing to Entertain South Dakota* Methodists. THE BIG ANNUAL MEETING Intertainment Committee Is Notified That 250 Delegates Will Attend— Convention Opens Next Tuesday. Watertown, S. D., Oct. 16.—The twenty-first annual session of the Da kota conference of the Methodist Epis copal church will convene in Water town on Tuesday, October 17. Mem bers of the local church have complet ed preparations for the largest attend ance in the history of the conference, over 250 delegates having advised the committee on entertainment of their intention to be present. The completed conference program was issued today. On Monday after noon and Tuesday morning the con ference examinations will be held, (in Tuesday evening the Anniversary Con ference Historical society will meet. Rev. ('. E. Hager of Mitchell presid ing. The first sessions of the confer ence proper will open Wednesday. The feature of the day will Ire an address in the evening by Dr. E. M. Randall, .secretary of the Epworth league. Bus iness sessions and devotional services will be held the following day, and in the evening Bishop H. W. Warren, pre siding officer of the conference, and Rev. Dr. Nicholson, president of Da kota university, will deliver addresses. Friday will be temperance day. In the evening the address will be by Rev. M. C. B. Mason, D. D., the famous col ored minister. He is the national sec retary of the Freedmen's Aid society. The Daymen's association meets on Saturday. H. G. Tilton, Governor El rod and James Gray, of Minneapolis will address the association in the evening. The conference love feast will be held Sunday morning. It will be led by Rev. D. Rifonbark of Huron, and Bish op Warren will preach the Sunday morning sermon. The ordination of deacons will be held Sunday morning, and the ordination of elders and the consecration of deaconesses will take place in the afternoon. Rev. F. H. Sheets, national secretary of the mis sionary society, will preach in the evening. The conference will conclude Monday forenoon with the announce ment of appointments. During the first thre days there will be held daily an evangelistic institute, conducted by Rev. J. P. Brushingham, of Chicago. The Sunday school normal institute will be a daily feature of the conference, and will be in charge of Rev. A. P. George, of Chicago. The an nual banquet will be held on Friday evening at the Arcade hotel. ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR ERROR. Hotly Contested Libel Suit Finally Set tied tlut of Court. Armour, S. D., Oct. 16.—The libel suit of K. G. Foster vs. Johnson Bros., of this city, and which was instituted last spring and arose out of the fall elections of 1904, has been called off, the Johnson Bros, making a public acknowledgment of their error. The election was hotly contested and much bad blood was stirred up. Everything possible was done to defeat the aspir ing candidates. The cause of the suit was tihe fact that the defendants caused to be published a circular al leging that Mr. Foster misappropriated, money on a former business transac tion arising out of the demise of the Douglas County bank, which went to the wall in the early '90s. Aside from that, the circular stated by insinua tion and inuendo that the money was spent on a cattle enterprise that was being encouraged and developed near Pierre, S. D„ by a former resident of this city, who was at one time engaged in the banking business in this city. Now the defendants openly and pub licly acknowledge that they were in error and the suit has been dismissed. Thus ends one of the many fights that have attended political contests in this county since 18S2. — — STABS HIS OWN WIFE. Drunken Act of Vermillion Draymat May Prove Fatal. Vermillion, S. D., Oct. 16.—A stab bing affray took place at the home of A. K. Martin in this city at 2 o’clock this morning which may end In the death of Mrs Elmer Washburn, the victim of a husband's wrath. Washburn went home last night in an intoxicated state and started to abuse Ills wife. She resented the abuse and started to leave home, going to A. R. Martin’s residence, just north Of Main street. Washburn drew a knife and began stabbing the unfor tunate. woman. Six ugly wounds were inflicted, one directly over the heart, which may prove fatal. In his infuri ated state Washburn would certainly have killed ills wife but for the prompt appearance of Chief of Police Sulli van, who looks after the night work in the- city. He heard the wife’s screams and hastened to Martin's home. Wash burn was so mad that he turned on the officer and would have done him bodily harm had not the latter been too quick for him. Sullivan was Obliged to fell Washburn with a rap over the head with a billy, cutting a bad wound on his head. About mis time Sheriff J. A. Gunderson, who re sides a block away, also appeared on the scene and the officers had no trou ble in landing him in jail. Dr. Cruickshank was called to at tend to Mrs. Washburn’s wounds and he found her in a serious condition Four bad gashes were inflicted on the arm near the shoulder, one on the wrist, and the most dangerous one of the six lies directly over the heart This morning Mrs. Washburn com plains of her heart, though she is rest ing easy as could bo expected. Washburn used a knife whose blade is between three and four inches long. The wonder is that he did not reach a vital spot. Only the valiant struggle made by the wife for her life kept the drunken husband from literally slash ing her to pieces. When sober Washburn is ,i good fellow, but once under the influence of liquor he has a temper that is something terrible. VIOLATED GAME LAWS. Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 1(1—Judge Car land, of the United States court in this city, has imposed a tine of $50 in the case of Arthur J. Karlen, of Viia« Miner county, who appeared before him and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with having shipped a number of prairie chickens out of the state in violation of the terms of the national gume law. Karlen paid the fine and has now been discharged.