Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIEF
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D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
yNEILL, NEBRASKA
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James Stillman, the New York batik-,
er, has established a new record as'
patron of Opera, having obtained for]
the coming mo on two parterre boxes,
for a total of 101 performances, which,
at the rate of $100 a performance,!
makes a total output on the part of
the banker of $10,100 for the pleasure
ot witnessing grand opera from that
"diamond horseshoe.” The owners of
the celebrated ilrst row of boxes—those
upholstered in red plush and supplied,
■with good chairs—are, with a few ex-j
ceptions, kind enough to allow certain,
of their friends to occupy their pre-|
clous vantage points—for a consldera-|
tion—and that consideration Is $100 a,
performance.
In Paris some patient person has
been collecting statistics about women,
Journalists. There are 600 of these, hoi
declares, who live by journalism In
England, as against 2,193 in the United,
States and 1,200 in Germany. Of th^
latter 27 per cent, deal with literature,,
per cent, with political economy.,
10 per cent, with pedagogy, 4% per
cent- with housing problems and 3Mi!
per cent, with politics. The same stat^
lstician asserts that tho incomes ofl
these women vary from 1,000 francs)
($200) to 6,000 francs ($1,200). I
In the following quaintly formal let
ter the parents of Welsh brides some
times bid their friends attend the wed
ding and bid them ulso not come empty
handed: "Whatever donation you may
be pleased to bestow will be thankfully
received and cheerfully repaid when
ever called for on a similar occasion.
The parents of the bride and bride
groom-elect desire that all gifts due to
them will be returned to them on tho
above date and will bo thankful for alt
favors granted."
Oscar Hunt, one of the Carlisle foot
ball team. Is an Indian millionaire. Ib
is from Oklahoma and lias been at
Carlisle for some months. When the
government bought land fronj tho In-,
dians the Hunt family had a great deal1
to soil and Oscar found himself owner
of seven figures. His teammates call
him "Heap liig Money Chief, Hoad of
tin, Spondulix." He is studiously in
clined and off tho gridiron wears,
glasses.
I In advertising the Japanese are mak-'
Ing great strides. The agents of thoi
government tobacco monopoly, In ad
vertising their goods In Manchuria,
declare that their cigaret “administers
life," "supports the spirits;” “this cig
aret, of government manufacture, is
sweet and of good quality, famous,
once tried always to be lilted;” “will
cause the smoker to feel us If In a
dream like unto the Mountain Woo-t
Shan."
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All the mountains in Switzerland
have suddenly been reduced in height]
by about ten feet. In 1820 the tip of,
a certain rock in the lake of Geneva,
was calculated to be 376.80 metres
above ocean level, and on this basis all
the summits of the country were cal
culated. Recently the discovery was
made that an error had been made in
fixing the height of that rock, and that
It is 3.26 metres lower thun It was
marked.
The present labor government of
South Australia has an attorney gen
eral, A. H. Peake, who Is utterly in
nocent of law. In the Adelaide crimi
nal court recently a defending counsel
raised the objection that the informa
tion had been sworn by an attorney
general who was not legally qualified
to hold the position, but It was not sus
tained by the judge.
An old inhabitant of the village of
Maids Moreton, near Buckingham, In
England, has passed away. She was
Miss Mary Jones. She never possessed
a clock or a timepiece of any descrip
tion during the whole of her lifetime of
eighty years. She timed her move
ments accurately by instinct, as primi
tive peoples do.
The Rev. Tom Collins, well known In
the East End of London ns the coster
mongers' parson, Is enormously popular
with the people among whom he labors.
He talks with them on sporting mat
ters, preaches in his shirt sleeves while
they sit and smoke, and sometimes he
smokes with them.
Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable
lake In the world. Is to he tapped for
electric power to run the Peruvian rail
ways and to supply a surplus sufficient,,
ft is bellaved. to enable Peru to take a
prominent place among the manufac
turing countries.
A London coroner remarked recently;
that a law should he passed against
the use of old medical prescriptions.
Prescriptions useful at one time, he
said, may he deadly when used again
by people whose physical condition has
Wholly changed.
Methodists of this country have un
dertaken the task of raising $260,000 for
an India Jubilee fund. Bishop Tho
burn is chairman of the committee on
the fund, and will go to India to take
part In the celebration, which is to be
held at Bareilly.
I waiting seven years for Charles
ns. the son of the late Solomon
to appear, the Methodist church
lester, N. Y., becomes the bene-,
to the extent of $28,933.47, under
1 of the elder Evans, who died
, 1898, _
Clarke, “the walking king,"
alklng nround the world for a
till November 4, On that day
arrested at Grimsby, England,
lling tu'o rings, and will not lie
i resume his walk for eight
i.
men employed by the Bombay
mills are agitating for longer
They ask for a return to the
rteen-hour day in place of the
: day of twelve hours, with extra
it for the additional hour.
if the British naval officers cap
►n the Morocco coast by Valiente.
ndit, wrote to some friends in
id recently: “El Valiente Is a
andsome man and quite a gen
British war office has announced
cannot give official recognition
y, and that the use of horses
are on public charge for this
is strictly forbidden.
iral Eord Charles Beresford
the distinction of being the first
san who was allowed, by invita
a gaze on the face of the Mikado
an. This wa«* in 1868.
of the youngest American mnvor?
I November 7 is Guy Patrick of
‘rville. O.. who is just turned 21
old. H. M. Wolfe, of German
O., is 24.
substitution of manufactured
at tobacco for the time-honored
ias not met with miversal ap
in the British navy
SEED CORN SPECIALS
TO TOUR NEBRASKA
First t© Leave Lincoln on De«
cember I 8 to Instruct
Farmers.
OTHERS WILL FOLLOW
All the Railroads in This State Will
Likely at Various Times During
Winter Run the Instruction
Trains.
Lincoln, N’eb., Dec. 12.—The value of
pure seed corn will be given its annual
demonstration by the seed com spe
cial train, which will start December
18 and run over the Burlington lines
In Nebraska for eleven days.
Professor Lyon, of the agricultural
department of the state university will
deliver lectures to the farmers along
the route, whllr other agricultural ex
perts from the universities of Illinois.
Missouri and Iowa will accompany and
assist him. Literature pertinent to the
subject will be distributed.
The seed corn special will carry an
audience coach, in which the lectures
will be given at certain stops provided
by schedule. The latter also provides
for lectures at points to which farm
ers will be carried on regular trains
without cost. They will also be re
turned home free of charge.
The farmers are also to hear much
about soil culture and improved meth
lods of raising corn.
The special's first day’s work will be
to cover the ground between Lincoln
and Wymore. Stops of fifteen to fifty
five minutes will be made at twenty
points.
SMOOTH TRICK OF JAP.
Bilked His Countryman Who Askco
Aid in Sending Money Home.
Kearney, Neb.. Dee.* 12.—Large num
bers of Japanese laborers are employed
'at railroad work and otherwise in this
vicinity and, as Is usual with such peo
ple, they are temperate and frugal.
As soon as they have saved a sum
of money they send it to the Yokohama
Specie bank, of San Francisco, for safe
keeping. The money Is sent by postal
money order and ns most of the men
■cannot write English, they are obliged
lo get outside assistance in making out
the applications for money orders.
The lirst Jap to come here was ‘‘Little
Sam.” He was a bright fellow, spoke
English well and worked as porter in
saloons and hotels. When the other
Japs began to arrive, he became their
counsellor and guide and was much
sought by them.
Last week Sam and another Jap
called at an office and asked the man in
charge to make out an application for
a money order, as DeMizuna, the com
panion. wished to send $175 to San
Francisco. The application was made
out and DeMizuna counted out the
money to Sum in the presence of the
Gentleman.
Tuesday DeMizuna called at the office
and showed a receipt front the bank for
‘$17.60. It was in Japanese as well as
'English and he could read it. Investi
gation at the postoffice showed that '
Sam had sent but $17.50 to the bank
and that he had destroyed the original
application and substituted another
.one. He left here several days ago,
dating that lie was going to Omaha.
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COOK STOVE EXPLODED.
Family at Pierce Narrowly Escape
Serious Injury.
Pierce. Neb.. Dec. 12.—The range in
the kttrhen of a A. Cross, living near
here, blew up and nearly wrecked the
house and contents, when the owner
attempted to heat the water in the
tank which supplies warm water to tile
Until and other rooms of the house.
Mrs. Cross, one girl and the baby
were severely injured, the former
jmrneij, while Celia, the girl, was hit
just over tlie eye by a flying piece of
iron.
• Mrs.. Cross had lust entered the room
and wits standing in the doorway, else
she Would have probably been killed.
Mr. Cross had left the house and
escaped injury.
The cause of the accident was ascer
tained soon after the episode had oc
curred. The stove lias an attachment
from the hot water tank which sup
plies warm water to other parts of the
'house by means of pipes. II is sup
posed the fire went out and the water
being low In the tank the pipes froze.
'When the lire was started the next
morning the steam accumulated and
not having Its usual escape by means
of the pipes caused the explosion. The
range was a complete wreck and the
walls apd ceiling of the room were
mdly damaged.
CHICKENS IN MAIL BOX.
Mail Carriers i:i Nebraska Are Appro
ciatod for Their Labors.
Pierce. Neb.. Dec. 12.—Mail Carrier
Joseph Forseth, who runs on route No.
ji from this place, was agreeably sur
i prised recently to find three dressed
ducks and four chickens in various
mall boxes where he stopped for the
letters and to deliver the day's mail.
The parties along the many lines of
free delivery in this part of the state
appreciate the service and honor the
| men who brave the weather to be
prompt in getting the mall to the doors
pf the farm houses in time. In many
Instances the mail carriers have found
sacks of corn and other gifts near the
boxes, with tlte donor’s name attached.
JURY SAYS NOT GUILTY.
Man Who Shot Brother-in - Law Over
Mother’s Corpse Goes Free.
Hastings, Neb.. Dec. 12.—The jury in
| he Budnek case brought in a verdict
nf not guilty. The defendant was
charged with having shot his brother
in-law, Peter Snteal. on Saturday even
lag, October 7, with intent to kill. The
(hooting took place in the death cham
ber of the defendant's mother and the
■ phots were fired over the corpse of Mrs,
I Budnek.
USED VERY POOR CHOICE.
Nebraska Farmer Tells of His Method
of Selecting Seed Corn.
1 Laurel. Neb.. Dec. 12.—W. H. O'Gara,
who owes n farm near this place, says
that he raised one of the best crops ol
! corn this year in the county and all
the method he used in selecting the
seed was to open his crib and scoop
up all the shelled corn off the floor,
sift out the mbs and silks and place
it in the planter. He adds, however,
, that he would not advise all farmers
1' to do this, for he was sore that his
corn was c7 the standard grade.
NEBRASKAN IS OUT.
President Removes T. R. Matthews of
Fremont for Acts of Mis
conduct.
Washington, Dec. 11.—The president
has summarily removed from office
United States Marshal T. R. Matthews,
of the District of Nebraska, for alleged
misconduct in connection with the case
of Richards and Comstock, who were
recently convicted in that state of Il
legally fencing the public domain.
The sentence of the court was that
the defendants should remain in the
custody of the United States marshal
for six hours. The president has infor
mation that Matthews immediately
turned them over to the custody of
their counsel.
Mr. Matthews' home is at Fremont
and he is one of the leading republic
ans of Nebraska.
The sentence referred to was pro
nounced by Judge Munger and was se
verely criticised at the time by Sec
retary Hitchcock, who characterized it
as wholly Inadequate.
Ofllclal anger was further aroused
when information reached here to the
effect that the marshal had turned the
defendants over to the custody of their
counsel Immediately after sentence.
The removal of Marshal Matthews yes
terday was the result.
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TO INVESTIGATE INSURANCE.
Nebraska Life Underwriters Make Re
quest of Governor Mickey.
i Omaha, Neb., Dec. fl.-The Life- Under
writers’ Association of Nebraska, through
its president, John Dale, and secretary,
Joseph B. Clark, both of Omaha, sent to
tiov'-rr.or Mickey a letter asking him that
in calling an extra session of the legisla
ture he consider resolutions recently
adopted by that, association demanding a
■full legislature Investigation of insurance
■companies doing business in Nebraska, if
jnot by a legislative committee, the asso
ciation asks that the investigation be given
over to expert actuaries, who have a stand.
Jng in the community.
CROOKS GET EIGHT YEARS.
Geo. Parker and Joe Lynch Aro Sen'
fenced at Ponca.
ponca, Neb., Dec. !>.—cGorge Parker and
Joe Lynch wore sentenced by Judge
Graves to eight years each in the state
penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb., tor burglary
committed upon the saloon of l*. 10- Matejka
ut Wakefield on the morning of November
1. The men will bo taken to Lincoln next
week by Sheriff Maskell to begin their
long term of imprisonment. '1 he maximum
penalty is ten years. Lynch was manifest
ly affected by tile sentence. He broke
down and took his chair before the judge
finished his ternaries. Parker appeared
balm.
BONDSMEN ARE FREE.
INebraska Loses $646,318 Suit for Fundt
Lost in Embezzlement.
, Lincoln, Neb., Doc. 9.—The supreme
court rendered a final decision in what is
known as the Hartley bond ease, affirming
(he ruling of the district court of Douglas
rounty, dismissing the suit and releasing
from liability the bondsmen of former
Ktato Treasurer Joseph S. Hartley.
r By the decision the state of Nebraska
loses $016,318 that Bartley was ce..,acted of
embezzling.
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ABANDON DEEP HOLE.
Ashland, Neb., Dec. 9.—'The Burllngtm
Railway company has at least for the
present abandoned the sinking of its new
well at Ashland. For a month the well
gang has been at work and has sunk the
well to a depth of 206 feet. Almost im
mediately below the surface the drill
struck slate, followed by layers of ochre,
sandstone, coal and lead lime stone. The
[3rill has been in the latter foundation for
over 150 feet and the stone has become so
hard the last few days that but a few
Inches have been penetrated each day.
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FIVE YEARS FOR FORGERY.
Ponca, Neb,, Dec. 9.—Roy Furber, alias
Raymond Stone, has been sentenced by
judge Graves to serve five years in the
state penitentiary for uttering a forgery.
County Attorney Kingsbury recommended
leniency and Furber probably will be pa
roled at the expiration of one year's serv
ice In the state prison.
Furber is charged with having forged
in Woodbury county a deed to a half sec
tion of land in Logan township, Dixon
county, Neb. lie acknowledged.the deed
before Merle R. Bliss at the bank at
Leeds. The deed represented that the land
had been transferred to him by Jackson
Beach, lie then attempted to raise a loan
of $5,000 from loan agents at Ponca, but
got no money.
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PECULIAR ACCIDENT AT YORK.
York, Neb., Dec. 9.—While walking horn
William Anderson, druggist, recently from
Marquette, Neb., met with a painful in ■i-;
dent that may mean the amputation of Ida
hand. He shoved his ri&ht hand in bis
trousers pocket and instantly an explosion
occurred, and on withdrawing his hand bo
found it badly shattered. At first ho
thought tic had been shot. Then ho remem
bered that in his pocket was an insulated
percussion cap and in some manner this
cap exploded, supposed by a match in his
pocket.
ARCHBISHOP APPLAUDS
Vlessmer Warmly Champions Omaha
Bishop in Excommunication Mat
ter—Lesson Taught in Time.
Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 9.—Archbish t
Messmer is out as the champion of Bishop
Seannel of Omaha, whose recent edict re
sulted in the excommunication of Mins
Hamilton, for attending the marriage ol a
divorcee.
The archbishop defends Bishop Scanner-*
action in a letter which is likely to attract
a good deal of attention.
Archbishop Messmer’s letter is, in part,
as follows:
I am delighted with the stand taken hr
the bishop. While it has created an unde
sirable sensation in Catholic and non-Cath
ollc circles, it will do a great deal of good
bv calling emphatic attention to the super
iority of a principle over mere sentimental
ity and social forms. It is about time to
call a halt regarding the indiscriminate
attendance of Catholics at Protestant re
ligious services.
Not that 1 would Inaugurate an era ot
intolerance. Far from it. But 1 am of the
opinion that intolerance essentially inher
ent in religious truth and divine law,
natural or revealed, is fully compatible
with the widest and most cordial toleranc
in social intercourse, joined with since r-*
mutual respect and charity and will
friendship of the truest type. But it woui-1
seem that with the fuller freedom of social
intercourse, with the growtli and spread cy
civil comity and polite manners, and wbii,
the passing ot sectarian prejudice ; :n4
i animosity, many of our Catholic people • v*
losing that fine‘sense of religious disco: tv
nv.*nt, as sensitive as a mariner’s needle*
which knows so well how to dlstinguinr.
between religious principle and decorum
on the on»‘ hand and social comity and
friendly communion on the other.
AVENGE CHINESE ATROCITY.
Hong Kong, Dec*. S.—Mail advi*.\
from Lien Chau say the commission r*
pointed to inquire into the massacre of
American missionaries early in Novc ru
ber, has examined thirty wilm sy.os and
that twenty-five implicated persons, n
cluding a Buddhist monk, have been u -
rcited. It is anticipated three of U»o
ringleaders will be exteut
NEGRO SENDS BULLET ?i
INTO ANOTHER’S HEART
Two Colored Men at Omaha
Quarrel Over Money and
a Beath Results.
ASHLAND ON A BOOM
By Spring Every Available House and
Room in the Town Will Be Occu
pied—Railroad Extension Is
Cause of the Business.
Omaha, Neb.. Dec. 8.—Lee Jarrott, a
mulatto about 33 years of age, em
ployed as porter at the union station,
was shot and instantly killed Tuesday
night about twenty feet from the front
door of his residence by his wife’s
brother, Leslie Allan, colored, whom
Jarrott had chased from the house with
a knife during an altercation over
money matters.
MANGLED BODY FOUND.
Victim of an Accident Was Badly
M utilated.
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 7.—The stranger
found mangled beside the raiiroad track
east of the union passenger station is be
lieved to have been James White of
Scotts Bluffs, Neb.
Letters found in the pockets indicate
this to be the case. If so, the dead man
had been working in a blacksmith shop.
The body was horribly mangled. One
leg was severed and carried a mile down
the track. The other had been run over.
The right arm was severed at the elbow
and the right leg was crushed into a
shapeless mass.
No vital part of the body, however, was
touched by the wheels, and unless White
died at once from the shock, he suffered
terribly from the cold until death relieved
him. The thermometer was registering
close to the zero point at the time of the ,
accident.
IS A STRANGE STORY.
Panther Causes Consternation at Littla
Town of Martinsburg.
Alien, Neb., Dee. 7.—A local newspaper
in Us last issue contained the following
story concerning the excitement at Mar
tinsburg: “Great excitement still pre
vails at Martinsburg and vicinity over the
doing of an escaped panther which is ter
rorizing the people. Harry Filley who was
over to the Burg this week reports greaV
commotion among the people. The pan
ther is one of two which escaped from a
traveling show while exhibiting at Elk
Point. The animals made their escape
during a stampede caused by the report of
the sudden eruption of the volcano at Mt.
Ionia. An attempt was made to capture
the animals when they were swimming
the Missouri river to the Nebraska side,
and one was lassped, but hung itself In
mid stream with the lariat, which had
the other one escaped and is roaming up j
and down South creek in the vicinity of
Martinsburg. It is said to bo a monster
in size, making a track 4x6 inches and its*
claw marks are 3V& inches deep.”
WHO !S CHAMPION HUSKER?
A Nebraska Man Declares He Car
Husk 175 Bushels in a Day.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 7.—The corn yield al]
over Nebraska seems to range from 30 tur
65 bushels per acre, and is considered a
bumper crop. Wagers add interest to tho*
work of some of the buskers. Near Fair
bury H. A. Day made a bet with Louis
Loubin that he could husk 65 busheds of
corn in ten hours. He won easily, as hfc
husked 75 bushels in the allotted time. Ben
Fisher, a young Bohemian farmer near
Barnes ton. Neb., wagered that he could
husk 150 bushels of corn in one day. His
opponent dropped out of the race at 3
o’clock in the afternoon, when Fisher had
completed 143 bushels. Fisher declares that
he could have husked 175 bushels had ho
worked until sunset. Harley Herald, ol?
Chester, claims to be the cnampion corn
busker of his county. He husked and
cribbed for David Duey 2,200 bushels in
twenty-one days. In one day he husked
136 bushels.
The best husking story of all, however,
comes from Surprise, Neb., where Ezra |
Ward anonuces that he is ready to meet j
any and all comers in a ten-hour contest j
for a substantial wager. His friends da- ■
clare that Ward can husk and scoop 230
bushels of corn in ton hours in fair weath- |
er.
BOOM AT ASHLAND.
The Sioux City Extension Makes Bush
ness for the Town.
Ashland, Neb., Dec, S.—Indications
are that the opening of spring -'ill
bring to Ashland a substantial boom.
The building of the Great Northern
here lias given an impetus to every
thing. Vacant houses in Ashland are
now an unknown quantity and the
plans for several new ones to be erected
in the spring have already been drawn.
SCHOOL FUND IS LARGE.
Treasurer of Nebraska Announces Sum
to Be Apportioned.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 7.—State Treasurer
Mortensen has made his report regarding
the apportionment to be made among the
various schools of the state, having cer
tified to the state superintendent this !
morning.
The books of the state treasurer last
night showed that the temporary school
fund was $263,000. The amount available
for the December apportionment was made
known to the superintendent today.
The apportionment is about $9,000 less
than in December last year, but this is duo
to the fact that the railroads have not yet
paid their taxes this year.
STRIKES AN ARTESIAN WELL.
Homer, Neb., Dec. 7.—A Winnebago dis- I
patch says that the Great Northern road
lias struck an artesian well a< a depth of
T)5 feet at that town.
PAT CROWE’S DEFENSE
’rosecution Suddenly Ends Case at
Omaha After Making a Strong
Showing.
Omaha. Neb.. Dec. S.—Following the
examination this morning of the state's
witnesses in the trial of Pat Crowe, the
prosecution rested its case before noon.
The sudden termination of the state's
evidence came as a complete surprise,
as about twenty-five witnesses had
been summoned, while only seven were
placed on the stand. The defense was
consequently entirely unprepared to
present its side and was granted a post
ponement until this afternoon to sum
mon Crowe's witnesses. Crowe was
positively identitled by Policeman A. H.
Jackson and Dan I.ahey. Harry Col
lins, of Wood Rock, Wyo., and Police
man Jacksontestified that Crowe fired
shots.
PAT CROWE ACQUITTED
The Notorious Nebraska Kidnaper Wil
Now Be Tried for Highway
Robbery.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 9.—Pat CrOwe, I
who has been on trial on a charge of
shooting with intent to kill Officer Al
bert Jackson on the night of September
C, was last night acquitted. He was re
manded to jail, where he will be held
until he can be tried on the charge of
highway robbery, in connection with
the kidnaping of Edward Cudahy, jr„
son of E. A. Cudahy, the millionaire
packer, which occurred five years ago.
The other trial will probably commence
within a few days.
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CONTEST FOR SPORTSMEN.
Marksmen from Four States Will Enter
the Big Shoot of Omaha Club.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 9.—Nebraska
sportsmen are preparing for a shooting
tournament to be held in Omaha, De
cember 12 and 13, under the auspices of
the Omaha Gun club. The tournament
will last two days. The first day and a
half will be devoted to a general pro
gram. On the afternoon of December
13 will be the big event, a shoot be
tween teams from Nebraska, Iowa,
Kansas and Missouri.
The first two states will be represent
ed by ten men each. The joint Kansas
and Missouri team will be composed of
five men from each state. The losing
team is to bear the expense of the*
match and will entertain the victors at
a banquet in the evening. The group
of Nebraska men is one of the strong
est to select for a championship team
anywhere outside of Illinois, according
to a number of prominent sportsmen
conversant with shooting matters.
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USED FLAG TO ADVERTISE.
Two Omaha Men Will Now Answer
Before Nebraska Court.
Dincoln, Neb., Dec. 9.—“Nick” Halter
land Harry Hayward, of Omaha, will ;
'appeal their case against the flag law,
passed by the last legislature, in which
suit the men were fined $100 each for
lasing the flag as a trade mark in ad
fvertising their beer. The case will go
ito the United States supreme court, the
imen having lost in the Nebraska courts. |
A BRUTAL ATTACK.
Coleridge Butcher Cruelly Beat His.
Wife, Breaking Four Ribs.
1 Coleridge, Neb., Dec. 8.—While partially
kinder the influence of liquor, Henry
illaaek, a butcher by trade, attacked his
’wife upon her refusal to give him $19 of
Sher own money, which she had earned
'washing clothes, and in the assault choked
her, pulled hair from tier head, bruised
her face, knocked her down with his fist,
find kicked her when down, breaking four
jibs. He went out into the country after
‘the trouble to make arrangements regard
ing some butchering. He was followed by
Constable West and Marshal Weidenfeld,
, but returned ahead of them to town, and
went to Ins home, where he armed himself
with a skinning knife. The officers short
ly after placed him under arrest, and he
was arraigned before Justice Hanham, but
during the preliminaries he slipped out of
the room and started down the street
flourishing the knife, which he had se
creted on his person. The officers and citi
zens gave chase, and in taking away tho
knife and compelling Haaek to surrender
tho marshal used his billy with telling ef
fect. The prisoner was again arraigned,
hut the justice continued the hearing
awaiting tho presence of the county at
torney.
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BOTH PLEADED GUILTY.
Men Who H.elped Blow Up Safe in
Wakefield Saloon on Trial.
Ponca, Nob., Dee. 8.--George Parker and ,
Joe I.ynch, alias "Yorky,” charged in the j
district court with burglary at the saloon
of F. K. Matejka on the morning of No
vember 7, pleaded guilty. Judge Graves
will pass sentence this week. The penalty
is from one to ten years. Robert Ray, al
leged to be a third member cf the gang,
who was brought here from Sioux City
last week, will Monday put up a strong
tight. '
The evidence against Parker and Lynch
was strong. At (he time of their arrest
the men had a phial of nitroglycerin and
the $-10 which had been "taken from, the
safe. There were caught by a posse of
citizens headed by Marshal Smith while
fleeing from Wakefield shortly after they
had blown the safe. The explosion of ni
troglycerine had hurled the safe door
through a plate glass window, wrecked'
the saloon and aroused nearly the whole
town.
The men are desperate crooks and have
long police records. Parker is known un
der the aliases of Frank Alexander, George,
lit. Kc.rby, Tony Lewis, George Jones and
George O’Brien. He has served four years
tin tho Nebraska state penitentiary for
(burglary and another term of one year in
the Lincoln penitentiary. Lynch is a ‘‘key
,man,” safe blower, burglar and thief. He
lias served terms in penitentiaries in the
least.
FIRE AT CREIGHTON.
Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 8.—Fire gutted a bus.
(incss block at Creighton, Neb., doing dam
age to the extent of $10,000 and destroying
if our business houses. Those burned outj
I were: Hanford's harness shop, loss $2,000^
lialvig shoe shop, loss $1,000; O. & A. Jac
obs, grovery, $0,000; Green, barber, $1,000.
|The losses wore all pretty well insured.
(Nurenburg's saloon was saved with dif
ficulty. The fire started In a stove in tho
fllanford harness shop, it is thought.
FIREBUGS FINED.
Norfolk, Neb., Dee. 8.—Earl Fairbanks
and Bert Luke, the two youths arrested
’here last summer after a number of mys
terious fires had alarmed Norfolk, and
who were charge.! with arson at the time,
were fined $25 each and costs yesterday in
(district court at Madison, the charge hav
ing been changed to “attempting to bum a
barn or stable,” to which they pleaded
(guilty.
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JAPS IN CAR WHICH BURNS.
Kearney, Neb., Dee. 4.—About thirty
Japanese railroad laborers narrowly es
caped cremation at Amherst at any early
hour this morning. All escaped without
serious injury, however, except three, one
of whom was badly burned, and taken to
the hospital at Grand Island. The fire is
supposed to have started from the heating
stove in the car.
Chicago.—Unable to find a doctor for her
baby, which she knew to be dying in her
(arms, Mrs. Nellie Piffingcr, ^93 West Lake
■street, spent her time in praying that the
eighteen-hour train which was bringing
her to Chicago from New York would ar
rive in time to save her hoy's life. When
the train reached the Thirty-first street
station passengers who had feared to
break tile news ;o her earlier told hi r that
her little hoy. Joseph, had been dead for |
almost an hour.
Anthony, Ivan.—While Mrs. P. (,3. Wal
ton, wife of the president of the First Na
tional bank, sat reading in her home, a
thief raised the window of an adjoining
room, entered and escaped, taking with
him a jewel box containing a gold watch,
four diamond rings and sc- ra! diamond 1
^pins valued a! $S,0(X). [
"OVERLAND LIMITED”
WRECKED AND NINE DIE
Rock Springs, Wyo., Is Seem
of a Terrible Disaster
Early Today.
TRAIN HANDS ARE KILLEC
Two Mail Clerks, Three Cooks, Twt
Electricians, Engineer and Brake
mar. Are Dead as Result
of a Collision.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 9.—Nine persons
were killed and eleven train employes
and seven passengers injured in a
wreck of the “Overland Limited” pas
senger train on the Union Pacific, fivej
miles west of Rock Springs, Wyo.,
early today. The limited was run lntoi
head-on by a freight train and bothj
engines demolished, and the dynamo;
car, mail car and dining car on ther
limited burned up. Several bodies of
the dead were incinerated.
The dead:
JAMICS BUSBEE, Omaha, a cook. 1
ED ROSEBHAUM, Oakland, Cal., a
cook.
JOHN LAWS, Omaha, a cook.
TWO MAI'. CLERKS. i
ELECTRICIAN STIGERS AND AS
SISTANT.
ENGINEER BRINK. Rawlins.
BRAKEMAN SMITH, Rawlins.
Passengers injured: One man (would
not give name); J. C. Hooper, Salt
Lake; M. C. McCoy, Kansas City; Mrs.1
A. C. Biclcness, Oakland, Cal.; Miss
Edna Lissaci:, San Francisco; Mrs:
Maud Riley, San Francisco; Mrs. G.
Cook, San Francisco; S. M. Hulett.
San Francisco.
Taken to State Hospital.
The Wyoming State hospital, located
near Rock Springs, was convenient to
the point where the wreck occurred,and
to this institution the injured were re
moved and made comfortable without
great delay. The e'xtent of the injuries
of those caught in the forward cars
has not been definitely learned, but it'
is believed none of them will prove fa
tal, although several were seriously
hurt. ..
A temporary track was built around
the wreck and traffic is not seriously
delayed.
Ignored the Orders.
Several trains had been badly delayed at
Granger, with the result that four passen.
ger trains were running close to each oth-,
er. The freight had received positive or-:
ders to meet ali four of these trains at
Ahsay and officials say the orders were
cither misunderstood or misread. Relief
trains, wrecking cars and large numbers of
physicians were immediately dispatched
from Rock Springs and Granger and are
now at the scene of the wreck.
RESCUE “OLD IRONSIDES”
Secretary Bonaparte Finds Storm
Gathering About Him Over
His Report.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 9.—Two grand
daughters of Commodore Chas. Stew
art, who commanded the Constitution,
sent a telegram to the secretary of the
navy protesting against using the old
frigate for a target. Miss Margaret
Parnell Stewart and Miss Frances Rod
ney Stewart, the senders of the tele
gram, are visiting friends in this city.
They added the signature of their sis
ter. Miss Elizabeth Tudor Stewart, of
New York, where the three reside with
their mother. They are first cousins of
the late Chas. Stewart Parnell, leader of
the Irish home rule party in the British
parliament.
The telegram follows:
"Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte, Secre
tary of the Navy, Washington, D. C.:|
As the granddaughters of Commodore
Charles Stewart, who commanded the
Constitution, we wish respectfully to
enter our earnest and heartfelt protest
against the proposition to use as a tar
get that beloved relic of the war of
1812, identified with some of the glorious
achievements of the American navy.
We believe with ex-Secretary Long,
that so long as a plank remains "Old
Ironsides" should be held in reverence
and preserved. Margaret P. Stewart. ‘
"Frances R. Stewart I
“Elizabeth T. Stewart.”
IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.
’atrick Talks Fifteen Minutes Befor*
Sentence to Die in Electric
Chair Is Given.
New York, Dee. 9.—After making a
final personal plea to the court in his
own behalt, Albert T. Patrick, the law
yer, convicted of the murder of Wil
liam Marsh Rice, last night was sen
tenced to die in the electric chair, In
the week beginning January 22 next
Sentence was pronounced by Justlcq
Rogers in the criminal 'branch of thq
state supreme court. Notice at onca
was given that an appeal to the su
preme court of the United States on a
writ of error will be taken. The ap
plication for the writ, it is said, will
be as a stay of execution. Patrick was
taken back to Sing Sing tonight.
After being brought to this city from
Sing Sing Patrick listened twice to a
rehearsal of all the details of his case
by the district attorney and it was long
past nightfall when, apparently feeling
the court was about to decide against
him, he arose to speak in his own be
half. Once during the proceedings Pat
rick had been asked by Justice Rogers
If he had anything to say before sen
tence should be passed upon him, and
had remained silent by direction of his
lawyers. As the ease neared a closa
Patrick grew restless while listening to
the arguments both for and against
him, and arose unexpectedly in his
place and pleaded to be heard.
His action caused a stir in the crowd
ed court room, and the lawyers held
a hurried consultation. Patrick stood
pale and anxious, awaiting the court’s
permission to proceed. This permission
was finally granted and Patrick spoke
for nearly fifteen minutes. His voice
at first a bit husky, grew clearer as he
jiroceeded and the judge, attorneys, and
all in the court listened attentively, ap
parently impressed by the unusual'
situation.
Patrick urged that there was no di
rect evidence that Rice had been killed,
and reiterated his claim that he had
been convicted on manufactured evi
dence.
Justice Rogers then ordered Patrick
to stand up and sentence was passed.
Vincennes, Ind.—Lizzie Nolting, mother
of Joseph Nolting, who is in jail hero
awaiting trial for the murder of' Her
man Pelpmuir at Freelandville two
months ago, died last night from grief.
Five years ago Jonas Nolting, another son.
was charged with killing Professor Len
French, but was acquitted. Yesterday
Gus Nolting. another son, stabbed a minei
at tbe Hu*- uuddy coal mines.