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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1905)
THE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. yNEILL, NEBRASKA - ---—-1 Says Professor G. H. Darwin: "Ra dium is a substance which is perhaps millions of times more powerful than dynamite. Thus it Is estimated that an lounce of radium would contain enough power to raise 10,000 tons a mile above the earth’s surface. Another way of •dating the same estimate is this: The energy needed to tow a ship of 12,000 tons a distance of 6.000 sea miles at fifteen knots Is contained In twenty wo ounces of radium.’’ , Berlin has recently lost one of her most ardent and methodical devotees of (the fragrant weed by the death of Herr iGrunn, whose dally allowance of to [bacco consisted of six pipes, six cigars land six clgarets. This amount he nev ier varied, save on his birthday, when lit was doubled, and on New Year's day, Which, on the principle of starting the |year temperately, was kept as a day Iof total abstinence. ^ Horses play an Important part In hrlmp fishing along the Belgian coast. l procession of weather-beaten fisher men starts from the shore, each man mounted on the back of a trained horse, dragging the triangular purse shaped net, which scoops in the shrimps I as It passes over the sands. These fishermen on . horseback frequently make hauls of several hundred weight In a single trip. At the recent meeting of the German {colonial congress in Berlin, Dr. Ma Irensky, formerly a missionary In South lAfrlca, said, in speaking of the negro propaganda of "Africa for the Afri joans,” there was no doubt whatever (that a great Ethiopian uprising would itake place sooner or later In South Africa, menacing alike British, German and Portuguese authority. Love of tobacco and wisdom often go together. Prince Bismarck was wont to boast that he had in something like fifty years consumed over 100,000 cigars, a number that works out an average of five a day—no great feat perhaps for one who was at one period a "chain” smoker, lighting each cigar from the glowing stump of the other Just en joyed. Referring to the discussion In New York over the sex of angels, the Lon don Standard remarks: "In old Eng lish paintings and stained gluss, in the works of Orcagna, and in the engrav ing by Albrecht Durer, the angels are depicted as robust masculine figures, magnificent In their sturdy strength, irresistible power and unspeakable solemnity.” The London News calls attention to the fact that when the building that is now Wellington barracks, Dublin, was a Jail it had the words, "t’ease to do Evil—Learn to Do Well,” chiseled over the gateway. When it became a bar racks the authorities, perhaps realizing the uselessness of such advice in some cases, lmd the words removed. I Or all the creatures to be seen at (zoological gardens, snakes are prob ably the most eusy to ship from t e icountry to another. Snakes take v\. y I little room, and throughout a long voy jage give not the least trouble. They !do not require to be fed, nor do they (require looking after In any other way. In a Berlin music hall the other night a conjurer was pretending to catch heavy Iron balls on his fuce. But his assistant forgot to change one of the Iron balls exhibited for a light globe, and after the conjurer had received the iball In his face he had to be taken to a hospital. When a battalion of Infantry was [leaving England the other day for South Africa, a baboon, the regimental mascot, showed an amount of Joy that was In striking contrast with the de meanor of most of his mtlltury friends. "He knows he's going back home," said a sergeant. At the recent athletic tournament In the Vatican the pope took special in terest In the bicycle contests and re marked that if the bicycle had existed when he was a boy it would have saved him great hardship, as he had every day to walk seven miles in all weathers to school. It appears that the new statue of Ca mille Desmoulins, ’•ecently unveiled In Paris, shows the orator dressed In gar ments that did not come Into fashion until after his head had dropped Into the basket. So it has been removed that alterations may be -made. Unheard for nearly 260 years, the old "Turn Again, Whittington" chimeB were rung once more, at noon, October 11, from the steeple at Bow church, Lon don. The old chime, destroyed In the great fire of 1666, has been recast by Sir Charles Vllliers Stanford. Thomas M. Henry, a noted British marine painter. 1ms Juat finished a pic ture of the naval battle of Copenhagen, April 2, 1801, which covers an area of 90 square feet, and has on It fifty-six pounds of paint. The Industrious artist wore out fifty brushes on It. While a dispute was going on in London as to whether Admiral Togo, while a cadet at Gravesend, was bap tized a Catholic or Protestant, T»go was visiting the temple at Ise to thank the spirits of his ancestors for his suc cess In the war. The New South Wales house of As sembly, passed by 53 votes to 10, the second reading of the liquor act amend ment bill, which provides for the total < suppression of liquor licenses In a dis trict without compensation, on a two thirds majority. t Prizes amounting to $8,000, olTcred 2i by the king of Italy to exhibitors at the Milan exhibition next year, include one iof $2,000 for the best type of popular 2] dwelling house adapted to the climate ji of northern Italy, and one of $1,000 for | motor bouts. Speaking the other night at Manches ■ | ter, Winston Churchill, who Is 34 years 2) ;old, said: "In politics a man may- be S 'described as a young man of promise (until he Is past the age of 65. Youth (less mature Is often the object of hos 1 |tlle criticism." j Thinking at first that she was dream ling, an actress in Berlin watched some |thleves packing up her valuables, but (when convinced that what she saw "was real she screamed for help. The Ithleves escaped with two - diamond j necklaces. II Franconian winegrowers are getting (alarmed at the steady encroachment of iphyllozera. Already, In a single dis trict near Wurzburg, the government has had to pay $25,000 Indemnity for In jected vines destroyed by Its agents. What will be the largest carpet In the ]| iworld is being made in London. It will icover 63.000 square feet and will serve (as the "ground" for winter sports In if 'the Olympia. London. lts cost will be I j$25,000. 1 ■ ■■■ — THE SALE OF LIQUOR FOREVER FORBIDDEN A New Regulation Regarding Conveyance of Indian Heirship Lands. UNCLE SAM’S NEW RULE Violation of Prohibition Will Causa Title to Revert to Grantee or Heirs—Clause Inserted in Every Deed. Washington, Nov. 8.—The commis sioner of Indian affairs announced that the rules and regulations regarding the sale of Indian lands have been modi fied, requiring that all deeds of con veyance shall hereafter contain provis ions forever prohibiting the sale of in toxicating liquors on the premises conveyed, and pursuant to this modifi cation of the rules the following pro vision will hereafter be Inserted In each deed: "That no malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors shall be kept or disposed of on the premises conveyed; and any viola tion of this condition, either by the grantee or by any person claiming rights under said party of the second part, shall render the conveyance void and cause the premises to revert to the party of the first part, his heirs and assigns," Section 7 of the act of congress of May 27, 1902, authorizes the sale, sub ject to the approval of the secretary of the interior, by the legal heirs, of lands of deceased Indians, where trust pat ents have been issued covering such lands, but containing restrictions as to alienation. Under the provisions of this law there have V#en sold up to June 30, 1905, 212,437 acres of the value >f $3,450,596. ENJOINS NEIGHBORS’ ANIMALS. Injunction Against Dogs, Hens and Ducks Granted in Nebraska. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 8.—Former Attor ney General Smyth hus gone to the courts to get an Injunction against the “dogs, hens, chickens and ducks" of his next door neighbors, Mr! and Mrs. Pat rick O’Brien. In his petition for Injunction he Inti mated that when he would be enter taining a party at dinner the chickens of his neighbor would mount his front porch and peer into the house. Early in the morning he would be disturbed by a clarion-throated chanticleer on the sill of his bedroom window. During the night he would be awak ened with variations on Schubert's "Serenade," rendered by his neighbor’s quartet of dogs. When he left his home lie would be greeted by a symphony of cockles, clucks, quacks, barks and crows from half a hundred fowls and dogs, enjoying a view of the lawn from his front porch. He further says that almost daily they have come upon and remained for an Indefinite time upon the said lawn," and that he has "repeatedly requested the said O'Briens to prevent their ani mals from making his yard, lawn and front porch and steps a place for feed ing, gathering and resting,” but with out avail. Judge It.sup granted the injunction. —♦— WOMAN IS BEHEADED BY TRAIN Mrs. Wacha Is Killed at Dangerous Crossing at Schuyler. Schuyler, Neb., Nov. 8.—Mrs. Vaclav Wacha was struck and Instantly killed at the mill crossing by the mall section of Union Pacific train No. 10. The body was thrown fully 125 feet, the head be ing knocked entirely off the trunk. The place where the accident occurred is a bad place, the mill being close by the track, and the noise of the machinery completely drowns the noise made by approaching trains. According to Joseph Buresh, an em ploye of the mill, and the only eye wit ness of the accident, Mrs. Wacha at tempted to cross the track and was nearly ucross with one foot on the oth er side when the train struck her. The train stopped and waited until the sheriff arrived. Considerable trouble was experienced In Identifying the re mains, as the clothing was the only means, the face and head being crushed teyond recognition. SCHELL FILES COMPLAINT. Asks That Judge King Be Ousted fron Office from Maladministration. Pender, Neb., Nov. • S.—Rev. Joseph Schell has tiled charges In the district court against John King, county Judge, as the result of a hearing in the ease of the heirs of an Indian, John John son, against D. A. Kelso, administrator, asking that Judge King be ousted from office. The petition alleges that at the date first set for hearing a report from the administrator the case was Indefin itely continued, but later he was re quired to tile a report In three hours; thut on September 15 the case was con tinued at the request of Kelso over the protest of the attorneys for the chil dren; that on September 21, when the case was again on for trial, the judge wus absent attending a political con vention In Lincoln. It Is further alleged that on Septem ber 22 a report was filed In the absence of Kelso and the amount due the estate ascertained, and on September 23 fur ther continuance was granted; but on the same day the case was again called and u different amount ascertained, the Judge saying thut he would enter the amount last ascertained as the amount due the children. The priest and the attorneys for the children, considering the matter settled, left the court, but. It Is further alleged, on September 25 the case was again opened by the Judge In the absence of the attorneys for the children and Kelso permitted to amend his report; and that on the next day, still In the absence of at torneys for the children, items rejected September 23 were allowed. The complaint alleges that the at torneys for the children were not per mitted to hear the evidence introduced or make objection to any claims pre sented at the last hearing. The complaint is made returnable No vember 13 and Judge King has until December 4 to answer. FIRE FATAL TO THREE. Entire Family Suffers Severely as Re sult of Using Kerosene on a Fire. Montlcello, Ky„ Nov. S.—Mrs. Arthur Massengil was burned to death, her husband and sister fatally and other ' members of the family seriously burned | In a tire which destroyed their home. Mrs. Massengil attempted to kindle a • fire In the stove with kerosene. BUILDING COLLAPSES. Floor Gives Way in a New Structur at Omaha, Killing Two Men Instantly. ' Omaha, Nov. 7.—Four fire proof floors 0, h new six-story building being constructed ■ at Sixteenth and Douglas streets, col lapsed today, killing Albert Lumpkin and James McNamara. HELD FOR PERJURY. Vice President Taylor of Failec Chamberlain Bank Gives Bond. Tecumseh, Neb., Nov. 8.—County At torney J. C. Moore, acting on the or ders of Judge B. F. Good, who preside* over the trial of C. M. Chamberlain a' Auburn two weeks ago, has broughi proceedings against Frank A. Taylo of this county In the Johnson count} court on the charge of perjury. Judg. Good believed the testimony given b} Taylor who was vice president of th« failed Chamberlain bank, In cases li this county pending on the bank failurt and in the case at bar In Auburn wai different. Mr. Taylor says he think; the judge, who was brought Into thii district to try this particular case aiu was not familiar with the proceeding! preceding, would not have made thi order could he have been enlightened on all of the circumstances. Judgi James Livingston of the county cour, .bound Mr. Taylor over for appearanet for a preliminary examination In hii court on Monday, November 13. Bond was fixed at $1,000 and was given. Mr Taylor Is a respectable and well knowi farmer. 1S AN AGED MAN. Man Who Stabbed Marshal Crippen, 1 About 70 Years Old. Plalnview, Neb., Nov. 8.—Carl Lels ner, the aged German who stabbed Marshal Crippen Saturday afternoon lived about ten miles southwest ol Plalnview on his farm on Willow creek. He and his wife drove to towr Saturday morning to do some trading Lelsner had a spite against the German Lutheran minister living near town, and before leaving home took an old army saber that he had used In Ger many and put It In hts wagon with which to kill I he preacher. This weap on he had sharpened for that purpose Ttev. Mr. Merz, the preacher, did noi come lo town, and probably saved hit life. Just before the stabbing occurred the old man, who is a giant in strength went to his wagon, got the old sword and went into the Hansen meat mar ket, brandishing it over his head and talking in a threatening manner. Sheriff Jones was in town, but the village marshal was sent for. Crippen ap proached him in front, while the sherlfl went around to the rear. Before the men dould close in on him he ran at Crippen and swung the sword to cut his head. The blow was dodged, bul the old man, who was an expert with the weapon, quickly thrust It into the body of the marshal Just above the heart. The old man was overpowered and locked In the city jail and the wounded officer was taken to his home, Lelsner was taken to the county seat where he will be kept for the present. He is about 70 years old and a strong man. The tragedy occurred In the street In the presence of a crowd ol people. ACTIVITY IN FARM LANDS. Free Corn Lands Gone and Price Con tinually Raising. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 7.—Centra! Nebraska Is at present enjoying a period of unusual activity in farm lands. Not only are the number of sales reported monthly far In excess of the corresponding months of previous years, hut prices are advancing at a rate that Is almost startling. Th€ casual observer may be inclined to attrib ute this activity to the bounteous crops and good prices prevailing and the general prosperity of the last six or seven years, or to cheap money and the speculative ten dency always prevalent during times of such prosperity. These conditions, it Is true, may have had their influence In creating a demand for farm lands In this section, but the real underlying cause therefor Is that the pub lic is awakening to the fact that cheap farm lands within the corn belt as gauged by our present standard will soon be a thing of the past. People are beginning to realize that the great central farming section of the middle west, which produces practically the corn supply of the world, has almost reached Its limit; that the gov ernment has not another acre of land within the corn belt to offer to Its home steaders; that the railroads of the country hftve disposed of all their holdings within the corn-producing limits- that free corn lands are absolutely a thing of the past and that cheap corn land soon will be. When the prospective land owner stops to consider that our population Is In creasing at the rate of 1.500.000 per an num. that the uses for and the products which can be derived from corn are in creasing annually, that lands in Central Illinois are selling today at from $125 to $150 per acre, while Iowa lands find equally ready sale at from $100 to $125 per acre, and that these prices are based upon their ability to raise corn, he realizes that cen tral Nebraska lands which will produce acre for acre as much corn as the lands above referred to, and of becter average grade, cannot long remain at present prices. lie realizes that if lie would own a farm within the great corn belt of the middle west he must purchase same quick ly or pay a greatly enhanced price there for. SERVES NO NEGRESS. Waitress Seized When She Ignore Order of Colored Person. Chicago, Nov. 7.—Miss Emma Wagner, 40 Rush street, employed in Berry’s candy '.store, was arrested Saturday for refusing to serve a colored person. She was taken to Justice Richardson’s court and the case, which is the first of its kind in Chicago for some time, will be heard November 0. : Miss Wagner was arrested on a warrant .sworn out by Mrs. Florence Jones. It Is •said Mrs. Jones went into the restaurant ! at Berry’s, and after waiting three-quar ters of an hour, was informed that eol jored persons were not served at the place. iShe procured a warrant from Justice Jkichardson and Constable John Noonan iarrested Miss Wagner. | Sanger Berry, head of the firm, refused ito sign Miss Wagner’s bond, and for two (hours she was unable to find a bondsman, but at the last moment, when court was about to close, she was released upon bail of $400. DEATH IN COLLISION. One Person Killed and Six Injured at Troy, O. Troy, O., Nov. S.—One person was killed and six Injured by n head-on col lision between two passenger trains on the Cincinnati, Hamilton und Dayton railway In the western part of Troy, I The cab of the northbound train was smashed to pieces, and Frank Taub i jiins, of Lima, the engineer, was killed. Morris Frawley, of Toledo, fireman on ]the southbound train, had his legs pmashed, and the left leg was ampu tated. ■ The collision occurred on a curve and >t Is said to have been the result of a misunderstanding of orders. CORNER IN BROOM CORN IN NEBRASKA Community About Alvo, Pro duces Large Share of World’s Supply. FORTUNES MADE IN CROP 'his Year Has Been Unusually Profit, able, but Recent Seasons Are Recalled When Farmers Met Severe Reverses. Alvo, Neb., Nov. 7—Broom corn grow i ers of the greatest of the three sec-f I lions where the brush is produced in1 . the United States have won this year.1 ! The brush is now worth $100 per toil) land it is thought it will go to $135 to $150 before spring. This means win nings amounting to over $1,200,000 to> the farmers in the broom corn region of Nebraska. | Broom corn earnings are winnings, because the raising of broom corn is the greatest gambling game played by the farmers of the west. The New York Stock exchange, the faro banks and other games where the last dollar is laid on the turn of a card or fluctua tion of the market, are not the cause of greater anxiety and excitement than is the growing of broom corn in Ne braska. The other two section where corn is grown are in Illinois and Kan sas. But the largest section is In the richest farming district of Nebraska, where land is worth from $60 to $So per acre. Growers Take Chances. I Growers take not only the chance of market changes, which are affected by the other productions and by specula tive buying, but the greatest chance is taken in the weather during the last two weeks before the crop is har vested. Corn here grows as high as sixteen feet. The stocks are frail and easily broken. The brush must ripen in the September sun just long enough to thresh well and to enable the growers to cure it properly. While the thousands of acres of broom corn are standing the last few days the farmers are watching it close ly and literally holding their breath. Many of them are made or ruined in a few hours, as though they had placed their fortunes on the green and it had come black. A strong September wind, accompanied by a little rain, quickly destroys the crop. Fields worth $6,000 to $10,000 in the evening may be laid low while the farmer sieens the last night before harvest begins. But this year the farmers have won, both in the market and against the destroying elements. f-'ortune in Broom Corn. I E. L. Rouse, a large farmer near this place, has won $3,200 at broom corn this year, and he only planted eighty acres. This produced thirty-two tons of brush, and it is worth $100 per ton. C. H. Wood, who lives three miles north of Alvo, is one of the largest winners at broom corn. He planted 400 acres of corn at a cost of nearly $2,300, including the rent for the ground. But he won about six for one. His 400 acres produced 130 tons of brush, tyhich is just as good as $13,000 in the bank. If this is held it may be worth more than $100 per ton. Mr. Wood has made three big winnings in live years. The first year he played broom corn he agreed to pay $4,000 for eighty acres of land. He put the whole of the eighty acres in corn and won. Brush was worth $135 that year and he had thirty one tons to sell. Many Lost One Year. But there have been years of loss. Wind and rain laid the fields of Cass county low three years ago. The corn stood up straight the evening of Sep tember 16 and waved back and forth In the gentle breezes. Hundreds of harvesters who had worked in the fields of Kansas were on the scene to harvest the corn. Many growers had borrowed money with which to pay and feed their men. But wind and rain came. Nature beat the growers at the game, and an army of men were thrown out of work; land owners lost the price of the seed, rent from their lands and pay for their season's work; rent ers were ruined, and banks lost heav ily. Three bank failures, seven sui cides and no less than a dozen disap pearances of growers, mark the record of that fatal year of playing, when nature had the percentage in her grasp. Other years have been disastrous when brokers kept the price down and all three sections produced large crops. Growers then received but $25 to $30 per ton. As it takes nearly three acres of ground to produce a ton of brush, no farmer can afford to raise and har vest the corn for $30 per ton. Method of Harvest. The harvest time is an exciting per iod. It requires nearly twenty men to harvest forty acres of broom corn. Most of them, are experienced workers and must be paid and fed well by the farmers or they will form associations and strike. 'They receive from $1.25 to $2.50 per day, owing to their skill. And it takes skill to harvest broom corn. The stocks are bent over to form a table by a ' breaker.” The heads lay conveniently over the edge of the table and the cutters pull the brush off at the first joint, cutting the stalk with a I sharp knife. The brush is piled upon this table, and afterward gathered by a tvugon and taken to the threshing machine, a simple cylinder of spikes. In this way the brush from which the brooms are made for sweeping the dirty country is produced and fortunes made | and lost in a season. I OFFERED 80-CENT GAS. j - New Proposition in Franchise Fight in Hands of Council. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 7.—The an nouncement that a proposition to sup 1 ply Omaha with 80-cent gas was in the hands of one of the councilmen I renewed interest in the gas fight. The I council probably will be asked to al low the people to vote on the question of granting a franchise to a new cor poration. It is beginning to appear doubtful whether the gas company will be able to count a majority of the council on its side. Facts About Cotton. From Harper’s Weekly. The world’s cotton production foi 1904, entering commercial channels, was ! IS.Oil,859 bales, with a total consump-' tion of 15,474.9S0 bales. This indicates a surplus in the world’s factory supply! of cotton amounting to 2,566,879 bales, i The total production and consumption! of cotton, however, does not represent! the full statistics for the world. Large] quantities of cotton are grown and con-j sumed in China. Japan, Asiatic Russia; and other eastern countries, and in. South ami Central America, which do not enter into commercial channels, and • cannot be estimated with any certainty. NEBRASKA SMALL GRAIN' 3t?reaii Intimates Wheat Yield at Forty One Million Bushels.' Lincoln. N» b., Sov. 7.—The state bureau of labor ✓nd statistics lias issued its report on the yield and value cf wheat and oats for 1105. A perusal of the tables shows that the total production of winter wheat this year is 35,630,319 bushels at a value of $25,641,223.30, and th< production, of spring wheat is 4,713.438 bushels with a value of $3,299,406.60, making a total wheat yield of 41,343.757 bushels as compared fith 31,825,850 1/ishols in 1904. The total value of the wheat crop this year is $28,940,629.90 as compared with $26, 415,455.47 in 1904. The total acreage of wheat in the state as shown by the report is 2,091.871 acres as compared with 2,024.667 acres in 1904. The report shows that the average yield per acre of winter wheat was 21.03 bushels and of spring wheat 13.46 bushels. Clay county leads in production of winter wheat, its total being 1,796,790 bushels, with Hamilton county a close second, producing 1,762,849 bushels. In the production of spring wheat Knox county leads with 398,088 bushels, having had an acreage of 34,318 and an average yield of 11.C bushels per acre. Sheridan county ranks second in the production of spring wheat with 378.339 busnels to its credit. The county’s acreage was 24,409 with an average yield of 15.5 bushels per acre and the value of the crop wras $264, •37.30. The average yield for the state is considerably larger than in 1904, when it w'as 15.7 bushels per acre on the total wheat crop. The total oats crop of Nebraska this year Is 78,551,878 bushels with a value of $19, 638.219.50. The acreage for 1905 was 2.420,624 with an average yield for the state of 32.45 bushels per acre. This yield is an increase of 11, 742,813 bushels over the crop of 1904, the total yield that year being 66,810.065 bushels at a value of $16,702,516.25. The acreage in 1904 was 2,146.324, which shows an increase of 274,000 acres over last year. The leading county in the production of oats is Knox with a total yield of 3,372,633 bushels and an average yield of 36.3 bush els per acre. Cedar county ranks second with a pro duction of 2,791,388 bushels. The increase • in the average yield per acre in the state Is •L33 bushels, YIELD OF RYE AND BARLEY. Nebraska Makes a Gain in These Cer eals Over Last Year. , Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 6.—The total yield, fvalue and average yield of the rye end barley crops of Nebraska for the year 1905 is show'n in a report Issued by the state 'bureau of labor and statistics. The report shows the total yield of bar ;iey as 5,926,331 bushels at a value of $2,192, 742.47, having had an average yield of 31.46 bushels per acre, with an acreage of 18S, ‘360. In 1904 the production of this crop was 5.502,725 bushels with a value of $1,815, 1899.25 and an average yield of 27.9 bushels ;ier acre. The acreage in that year was ,196,844. This comparison shows that, in spite of 'a decrease in the acreage of barley this year, the total yield Is larger, as the increase in average per acre yield is 3.5 !bushels, which results In an increase of '423,606 bushels in total yield, and $376,843.22 in value to the producers. The 1905 rye crop in Nebraska is larger khan that of 1904 by 438,710 bushels and its value to the farmers is greater by $263,226. ' The total yield this year is 2,474,512 bush els, as compared with 2,035,802 bushels in 1904. The value of the crop is given by the bu reau as $1,484,707.20, as compared with $1,221,481.20 for the crop of 1904. The average yield per acre for the state litis year was 17.53 bushels. In 1904 it W’as 16.6 bushels. The leading counties in production of rye are Custer, Dawson, Frontier, Holt. How ard, Red Willow and Sheridan. . CLOCK 1S4 YEARS OLD. Has Ticked Regularly Since Birth 01 Washington. Omaha. Neb., Nov. 0.—3. S. Peters is the owner of a clock which Is 19-1 year old and still running. It is a calendar clock and a good time keeper. It has come down in direct line cf decent from the- original pur chaser through the oldest male member of the Peters’ family, for two generations of time. The clock was built by Felix Owen in the famous town of York. England, in 1711, and was purchased by Newton Peters. Seventy years Afterwards Peters came to America settling at Jamestown, Va. A few years later he with William Byrd founded the town of Petersburg, Ya. Oil the death of Newton Peters, in 1723, the clock became the property of his son Absalom and on his death In 1760, Ab salom’s son, Zaeharlah, came Into posses sion, Later his son Tunis acquired owner ship of the then aged clock. Tunis Peters with others moved to Ohio and settled and on his death In 1S02 his son. also Tunis, be came the possessor of the valued clock. The next successor to the ownership was Jonathan L. Peters who died in 1883. The clock then became the property of S. S. Peters who Is employed on a newspaper in Omaha. It will thus he seen that the clock has counted the hours of seven long lived gen erations of the Peters' family. It was keeping time when the battle of Concord and Lexington was being fought. The body of the clock is of hand carved cherry. The works are of brass. So well did Felix Owen do his work of the mech anism that the only repairs that have ever been made to the clock are in the nature of occasionally renewing the cords by which the weights are suspended. It is an eight day clock and must be wound once every week. The face of the clock shows the phases of the moon and planets. The face of the clock upon which the figures are in Arabic is of enamel and is badly cracked, the cracks the grim symbols of a long life of usefulness. The clock is eight feet high and eighteen inches wide. The pen dulum is four feet long. INSANE MAN STABS MARSHAL. , Plalnvlew, Neb., Nov. 4.—While at* tempting to take away a sword from ;Oarl Leisner, Marshall F. H. Crippen of . this place was wounded Just below the Iheart and is not expected to live, j ■ Leisner is an old German farmer who has resided in the vicinity of Plalnvlew for some lime. This afternoon he came to town armed with a sword. Atten- | ttion was soon attracted to him by his j .waving the sword about his head and ; yelling loudly. Marshal, Crippen was , aiotitied and went up to the man to take the sword away. ' "You'll not get me,” said Leisner, and ■the next moment he had pierced the .'marshal below the heart. I As the officer fell to the ground, a inumber of onlookers rushed forward and captured Leisner. The latter, it is said, was not drunk and the act is sup posed to have been done while he was temporarily Insane. RUSH TO PAY TAXES. O'Neill. Neb., Nov. 4.—During ths. past few days and at the present time the county treasurer of this county is ; overburdened with people wanting an ; opportunity to pay their taxes. The j sale under the scavenger tax law was ; started yesterday and as soon as two i sales were made the sale was ad- I Mourned until the office force would ! have time to work up the mail. Several j parties are sai.l to he here with large : | sums of money to invest in tax sale: ; I certificates, but the rush is so great i I that but few have any opportunity to I let loose of their money. | LIGHT FOR SON WHO NEVER GAME Aged Woman at Omaha Diev Awaiting Return of Loved Boy. LEFT LAMP IN WINDOW For Eight Years It Burned Every NighR from Dusk Until Dawn in Hopes Son Would See Its Beacon Light. Omaha, Neb.’, Nov. 3.—Waiting and watching to the end for a missing son who never came, Mrs. Naomi Welles passed away at her home here. Her death was caused by old age. For years Mrs. Welles had nightly sat in her little cottage on the hill with a lamp burning brightly in the window in the hope that her son, who left her roof eight years ago. returning would see the glow in the darkness and come back to comfort his old mother. The son, Frank, left home to make his fortune. Nothing was ever heard from him. When Frank left home he floated down the river on a flat boat in company with two other young men. Some time afterward Mrs. Welles re ceived word that her boy had been murdered in St. Joseph. She left with the intention of bring ing the body home, but after viewing the remains of the man who had been killed, declared that it was not her son. From that day until the day she died she had received never a trace or sign from the son she loved so dearly. Pov erty stricken and supported only by the contributions of kind-hearted neigh bors, Mrs. Welles had a hard time of it. Rut no matter how often she was com pelled to go without food she would in variably light the lamp each evening and sit in the window until sleep over came her. Attempts were made by neighbors to Induce Mrs. Welles to go to the Old People's home, but she refused. AN ERRING DIVINE. Wahoo Minister to Be Taken Back tc. Kansas. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 3. — Governor • ;Mickey has honored the requisition of (Governor Hoch, of Kansas, for the re turn of Rev. Audley J. Heather, pas ftor of the Congregational church at Wahoo. Neb. He is wanted at Oswego, ,Kan., on the charge of having secured irnoney under false pretenses. Attor ;neys for Rev. Mr. Heather insist he is (innocent of any criminal intent. The (accused is a distinguished looking man, [a graduate of Yale, and is popular with his congregation. —Y— DAMAGES FOR CATTLE. Dakota City, Neb., Nov. 3.—The petit jury in attendance at the regular fall term of the district court for this coun ty, Judge Guy T. Graves presiding, was Today excused from further attendance, •as all the Jury cases were disposed of which were ready for trial. ( The last case to be tried to a jury was that of Chris Stading, a farmer, resid ‘ing near Hubbard, vs. the Chicago, St ,Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway,. • wherein Stading sued for the value s of thirteen head of cattle killed by a Train. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $303.39. The criminal docket was cleared last iweek, and of three prisoners only one was required to pay a penalty. The case of arson against W. E. Fox was •nolle prossed; the jury returned a ver 'dict of acquittal in the case of William • H. O'Keefe, charged with burglarizing !the Great Northern depot at Goodwin; John ICindig, charged with robbing the residence of Rev. E. E. Shaffer, of this place, pleaded guilty, and was sen tenced to ten days in the county jail. I_, + T RAILROAD MEMBERS QUIT Railroad Men Withdraw from Lincoln Commercial Club Because of Roosevelt's Indorsement. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 2.—Six members of !t.he Lincoln Commercial club, all promi Inent men of this city, have bolted the i organization, all on account of the action I of the club in resolving to stand by Presi dent Roosevelt in his attitude for freight; irate supervision, \ The members who withdrew’ from the; I club are J. H. Ager, a w’ell known lobbyist! jfor the Burlington railroad; C. O. Whedon,! personal attorney for President Harris of: •the Burlington; Charles S. Allen, attorney! for the Lincoln Traction company and a| imember of the board of university regents;! ;C. H. Morrill, member of the republican-' •national committee from Nebraska; Bert Minor and W. Turner, connected with the Burlington Townslte company. PUT TO ROUT BY INSECTS Salt Lake Professor Did Not Keep His Word Given to Class. Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 3.—Dr.; 'Charles W. Ballard, professor of sci lence in the high school, has fled from; .the state, but has left behind him im ihls apartment a collection of insectsi 'that will keep professional extermina tors busy for a week, i The insects were forced on Dr. Bul jlard. In a recent biology recitation he offered his pupils a penny for each and every bug they brought him. He [wanted a collection of Insects for ex iperiments. All the pupils in the school !set to work gathering bugs. It would 'have taken the professor’s salary for a 'year to pay the pennies claimed. Fifty 'youngsters between them cornered the 'bug crop of a large section of the state. I Dr. Ballard tried to settle for $3. This 'angered the boys. They ripped open I boxes and bags. The Inundation of bugs left no room for Ballard in his !apartments. He has gone to visit his ;former home In Logansport, Ind., until’ the exterminators report the last death. GRAND JURY TO PROBE. Wreck on Rock Island Is to Be Giveh an investigation in Guthrie County. I Des Moines, la., Nov. 1.—The Guthrie icounty grand Jury, now in session at' [Guthrie Center, will make , investiga tion of the Rock Island wreck night 'before last in which seven men lost [their lives. The investigation will be 'with a view to ascertaining who Is re Isponsible for the deaths and causing ithe arrest of the persons whose neg ligence resulted In the disaster. It is [reported today that eight were killed,, 'but no information can be given as to' fwho the eighth man is. The eighth man [Is said to be a tramp.