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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1905)
THE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. yNEILL, NEE)R^K/> The lifting power or a youth or seven teen years Is 2S0 pounds; in his twen tieth year this increases to 320 pounds; In tho thirtieth and thirty-lirst year It reaches Its height, 305 pounds. At the tend of the thirty-lirst year tho strength begins to decline, very slowly at first. By the fortieth year it has decreased eight pounds and this dimlnuitlon con tinues at a sllgthly increasing rate un til the fiftieth year is reached, when the figure is 330 pounds. After this period tho strength fails more and more rapid ly until the weakness of old age la reached. It Is not posslhlo to give statistics of the decline of strength aft er the fiftieth year, as it varies to a largo extent In different Individuals. In tho Boer war a British private made a gallant rescue. He dashed across an open space swept by bullets and, lifting a wounded comrade in his arms, carried him to shelter. The col onel who witnessed the deed praised the soldier and told him he would bo recommended for a Victoria cross. Later on the soldier was relating the Incident to his comrades: "He said something about the Victoria cross. I didn’t think anything about the Vic toria cross. What I know is that I wasn't going to leave Robinson lying out there with all the company's to bacco in his haversack.” As masts and yards, and hence sail drill, have slowly, but surely died out from a man-of-war, their bent ficlal ef fect on the agility and smartness of "Jack" has had to la1 substitued by other exerci: ■ a., and these have taken tiu‘ form of physical drills, such as bell bar drill, horizontal and parallel bars, dumb-bells, high jump and skip ping. The latter drill presents an ex ceptionally pleasing and interesting sight wiii n carried out by tlio “watch on deck." William Brookfield, the English churchman, used to tell this story: "The new bishop of New Zealand, In a farewell and pathetic interview with his mother for his appointment, was thus addressed by her In such sequence o.s sobs and tears would permit: "I suppose Urey will cat you, my dear—I try to think otherwise, but 1 suppose they will. Well! We will leave It in the hands of Providence. Rut. If they do—mind, my dear, and disagree with them." S. M. Cunlngham, a lawyer of Raw ton, <>k;a„ has a notable personality outside of his success as a professional man. A western editor refers to him as "Ran per Cunningham, ho of the flowing hair, the eagle eye, the smooth ly shaven face, the wide expanse of ruffled shirt front, tire dangling chain of gold and the undulating Prince Al bert, the whole surmounted with tho rakish btoad-brlrnmed lrat of black." There Is a great scarcity or common labor all over the west, and It threat ens to 11 come a serious problem next spring with so many big enterprises being projected. There is certain .to bo a very huge amount of railroad work. Govornre nt work will require thou sands, and private capital Is being In terested in so many schemes that the east must contribute heavily or many great works will .Ire held back. Aluminum paper Is now manufac tured in Germany and recommended as a substitute for tinfoil. It is not the so-cnlloc leaf aluminum, but real pa per coated with powdered aluminum, and Is considered to possess very fa vorable qualities lor preserving articles of food (or which It Is used as a cov ering. Aluminum paper Is much chcap > er than tinfoil and will become a strong competitor t hereof. It Is calculated that In London alone about 4,000 persi ns regularly make a living by begging; that the average in come for each amounts to $7.00 a week, or together, over $1,500,000 a year. Last year about 2,000 persons were arrested for begging in the streets of London and many of them were possessed of considerable sums of money and even of bank books showing handsome de posits. According to a recent report coal mining has been commenced on the west const of Spitsbergen. The discov ery of real Is one of. the results achieved by the Swedish expedition sent out to study the geology of tpitz bergen. About two hundred tons of coal were mined this summer, of which ninety tons were taken by a Spiiztterg en whalir.g company. A British explorer recently returned from Abjssinia says that he was for four months In a region hitherto un known to white men. Along the tribu taries of the Blue Nil- he found a min ing population engaged in washing gold. He reports that there Is'tn enor mous quantity of gold In this region. In which thousands of natives work. -• w --J—-. Great efforts are being made In Capo Colony to Introduce co-operative meth ods in agriculture. A letter has recent ly been addressed by the government co-operative expert to the secretaries of agricultural societies In the colony, suggest ing the co-operative purchase of seeds, manures, implements and Im proved machinery. An Arkansas City man who had twice been divorced took his third wife to the theater recently. His two earlier wives have become good friends, and when the couple took their seats and the man looked around, to his conster nation saw lit; had three wives in a row beside him. During next term at the Washington 6tate university a special course in so cialism will be given. It will include anarchism, communism, socialism in Its three branches—-state, agrarian and jrtngle tax—and religious or altruistic, aa taught by Washington Gladden. Sarah Ann Woolf, of Utah, who has died at the age of 91, left ten chil dren, eighty-one grandchildren, 189 great grandchildren, in all 303 living de fendants. Fifty-four of her descend ants are dead. The original phonograph was Invent ed by Thomas Edison in 1877, The grooved drum was covered with tin foil, which received the impressions made by a needle fixed on a delicate vibrating plate of metal. Mrs. John F. Spencer, living in Ma rlon county Soutli Carolina, is a living daughter of a revolutionary soldier, Captain Stephen Godbold, one of Ma rion’s men, and was born on October 28, 1832. The Mikado of Japan is a good hunt er and fisherman and an excelent shot with a rifle. His devotion to lawn ten nis is marked and he is an excellent wlelder of a racquet. Alexander C. Botkin, who died re cently at the national capital, was chairman of the commission charged with the revision of the criminal law? M this country. ! LOSES HOME BECAUSE HUSBAND IS CONVICT Pitiful Case of Mrs. Nels Nel son, Whose Homestead Has Been Contested. SHE HAS TEN CHILDREr She Is Told by the Claim Jumper Thsf Sfie Has No Rights for She Is Not the Lawful Head of a Family. Newman Grove, Neb., Dec. 20.—“It is great enough misfortune to own a hus band in the first place, with all that (that ownership means in the way of 'infringement upon woman's righteous rights and with the manifold cares of bringing up a large family on a little income," says Mrs. Nels Nelson, a woman living between Tilden and New *nan Grove. Neb., in Antelope county, . '"without having your husband locked iup in the penitentiary for twenty years, and thus being deprived of any legal | [head of the family.” Because her husband la a convict, b\lrs. Nelson has lost her home, f Mrs. Nelson, a mother of ten little 'children, all of them under 15 years of jage, and poverty-stricken to a degree shat is tragic, wouldn't core so much .about the fact that her husband carries ia number and wears stripes in a cell at the Nebraska state prison in I.in I coin, if It weren't for the fact that by 'Ids imprisonment she is also deprived lof homestead rights that she would [(otherwise be entitled to. But to have lived for two long years, through the .hot summers and the cold winters, on a quarter section patch of sandhill land [in Holt county, Nebraska, upon which i-.he tiled for the sake of providing for [herself and her headless family a home,, ; .and aftef that long period, during | which she has suffered all of the agon ; jics of poverty and destitution known j to human beings, to be bodily ordered j off the land, out of her home, and to be (deported because in the eyes of the j [law she was "not the head of a fam ily and therefore had no rigid to file I 'upon a homestead," has made Mrs. Nel 1 (son hitter in her views of matrimony 1 as a general proposition, and almost 'Insane with despair us a result of her [past twenty-four months of sad exlst j jence. I . The homestead laws of the United (States provide that no woman, unless [she be unmarried or a widow, can file [on homestead lan l. . So pitiful Is the story of the woman’s experience that citizens of Tilden. ' Newman Grove and other towns nearby l 'have begun to contribute liberally for | (the support of the family. | 1 The Nelson family a few years ago | lived on a pretty good farm in the 'southern part of Nebraska. Their farm was paid for. and would have made for | ’them a happy home but for the fact (hat Nelson had a taste for liquor which made him ugly. One day In a quarrel (with a neighbor bullets rained, and .when the duel was done it was found (that Nelson's neighbor lay dead, with a ball of lead in his heart. Nelson was arrested and tried, and he went to prison for a score of years. Then lawyers foreclosed a mortgage, which had been given to raise funds for the defense, and (he woman and her family lost their home. GETS SAME MAN TWICE. Jobber Suspect Is Released and Chased and Rearrested. TvOup Oily, Neb.. Dee. 19.—Sheriff Wil son received word by telephone to arrest I iand hold a man suposed to have robbed tin; ! 'postofllec, butcher shop and saloon at I ^leasantown. Starting south, he met his iman coming into town and made the hrrest and at once notified tin* authorities [it Pleasantown that he had the man sua 1 fpected. They wired to let him go as not j ^enough proof had been secured. The slier ! ’iff then turned the man loose. Within j half ail hour from the time the sheriff let • feo of his prisoner another message was •received to hold him as new ovFlonoe had [been discovered. At this Sb riff Williams , and Deputy Draper drove east, the direo 1 ;tion taken by the suspect, and came up I with him near Scluiupps, about six miles | east. Upon the appearance of the sheriff jind his deputy the fellow made a rush for the canons with the officers in hot pursuit. Within a few minutes he was raptured. —-*•— TWO ACCIDENTS AT FIRE. Woman Is Seriously Burned and Fire man Gets Fractured Leg. Fremont, Neb., Dee. 1;;. -A small fire vausved by an overturned lamb at the residence of P. A. Peterson was respon sible for two serious accidents. Mr. and .Mrs. Peterson ware away from home for flu evening, and a neighbor, Mrs. Buck ingham, was taking care of their children. jA 3-year-old boy accidentally overturned a lamp, which set fire to a curtain. In at tempting to extinguish the flames Mrs. ^Buckingham’s clothing caught tire and ♦she ran screaming into the street. Her (clothing above her waist was mostly [burned off, and her face, hands and arms •badly burned. While returning from the alarm Henry Kuehl, member of the hose (company, was run over by the hose ('art jand his right leg was fractured above the knee. —♦— RAILROAD LABORER KILLED. Train Passes Over Neck of James Egan at Bancroft. Bancroft, Neb., Dec. 19.—James Egan, a laborer in the employ of Barnes Bros., contractors on the Great Northern, met u sudden death here by being run over by train No. 5 on the Chicago, St. Paul, Min neapolis and Omaha. He boarded the rear car, the vestibule of •which was closed; he made no effort to get in and was not holding on as though She expected to remain on the train, when hear the end of the platform he fell and after dragging several feet went down ,head first between the platform and the track, ills head lying across the rail; the 1‘ilnd wheel of one coach and an official’s Car. which was attached, passing over his neck. PASTOR LOSES SERMONS. En Route to Nebraska, Minister s Trunk Is Destroyed by Fire. Norfolk. Neb.. Dec. IS.—Valuable papers •and manuscripts, including all of his lor dlier sermons and the results of many years >of study and research along various lines five re lost by Rev. A. Morris Abbott, now of Elgin. Neb., but formerly of Cincinnati Jin tli • lire that restroyed the city statioi Jl‘ th< Northwestern railroad Here. Mr 'Abbott was en route from Cincinnati u his new home at Elgin, and his trunk la> over night in the station when the bulldint cought lire. The loss is said to he incal culable to him, thought it is not known here at what figure he will present hit claim to the company. KEARNEY BOY HANGS " HIMSELF AT PLAY Brother, However, Appears on Scene In Time to Prevent Affair Being Fatal. UNCONSCIOUS FOR A TIME He Was Experimenting in the Barn an« His Foot Slipped While He Had Noose About His Neck— Death Narrowly Averted. Kearney, Neb., Ilec. 18.—Peter Wil Bon, aged 17, employed in a poultry establishment here, tried his hand at hanging just to see how long he could remain suspended. The test was made on a dare, two boys being the contest I ants. Young Wilson slipped a rope over •a beam, placed the hemp around liis neck and then jumped from a barrel. His friend, after hearing Wilson’s (gasps, became alarmed and ran from ithe building. ' Just at tills time Wilson’s brother (happened Into the building and was as founded to see his brother hanging with [ills feet nearly touching the floor. He [proceeded to cut the rops and sum hnoned aid. I The hanged boy was unconscious for (some time, but was finally resuscitated. Outside of a few blisters on young Wilson's neck no other harm was done. DOORYARD FISH PONDS. Strange River in Wheeler County, Promising to Enrich Elkhorn Valley. j Neligh, Neb., Dec. 16.—Reports from the New river continue to conic in and that there is some grounds for llie story is now a positive fact. In Wheeler county there arc innumerable flowing wells and this is an easy manner in which to account for the wonderful freak of nature. Residents af that county have only to drive a pipe from 15 to 100 feet In depth and have at ; inco a flowing well. Many have fish ponds ! ind water supply in every needed place. In j fact, the conditions there can only he be ' loved by those who have actually seen them. The present condition of the New river, however, is only a lake which has sprung •ip north of Bartlett and its proportions tan only be imagined should it continue to rise. Goose lake, once nearly dry In 1.894, has filled up again and as far south and east as Neligh ponds which formerly ; Aero attractive shooting places for sports men arc rilling up. A few years later may ! jpe this whole Elkhorn valley the paradise* ■){ the earth, for if this Now river contin ues to advance, which it may reasonably l>c expected to do, this soil will produce some of the finest grains and vegetables in liny region. BLACKMAIL CHARGED. uincoln Police Are Much Agitated Over Recent Affairs. Lincoln, Neb., Dee. 16.—Justice Stevens iound ex-Chief of Police Routzahn and tx-Clty Detective Bentley over to the dis trict court to answer charges of blackmail |iid extortion. The bonds were fixed at too, and the defendants secured bonds non. The preliminary hearing lasted three lays. Six women of the lowlands testified lo paying tire defendants $50 monthly from fuigust, 1904, to April, 1905, for police pre lection.’ The defense denied the allega tions and In rebuttal the state undertook to prove the charges by corroborative tes timony. The alleged offenses took place taring the term of ex-Mayor Adams. REQUISITION DENIED. taverner Mickey Will Not Honor Re quest of Governor Cummins. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 16.—Governor Mickey tnnonuced that he could not honor the requisition of the governor of Iowa for the removal of Pat Crowe to that state, governor Mickey gives as a reason the lact that there is still a criminal charge lunging over Crowe in Douglas county, Sob., and until that is disposed of he :annot be removed. He says in conclusion (t hen justice is satisfied in this state he vill honor the Iowa requisition. | ATHLETE WINS LIFE. iValter Cavanaugh Pits His Strength ^ Against Machinery and Saves His Life. Kenosha, Wis., Dec. 18.—Walter Oav maugh, former center on tne Univer lity of Chicago football team, had a freat test for his strength yesterday ivhen he became caught on the main shaft in the great plant of the Simmons Manufacturing company and by bis .maided strength braced himself igalnst the ceiling and saved himself from being crushed. Every stitch of clothing on the man was torn from his body and the big belt cut into his tlesh, but. he managed! to hold himself from the shaft until the .-lothing was torn off, when he fell back to the floor. An investigation showed that no bones had been broken,, but the muscles were terribly strained by the awful ordeal. USESCANDALTOKEEP JOE Steel Trust President Preparing to Ex pose Gay Doings of Others. Pittsburg, Doc. 16.—W. Ellis Corev is not to give up his $100,000 job as president of the United States Steel Corporation without a tight, according to some of his Hose friends in this city, and if certain millionaires powerful in the company de sire to make his matrimonial troubles the basis for ousting him, it is declared, ho will tell some stories of the doings of Pitts burg milionaires, which will make his little dinner to Miss Gilman appear like a Sun day school affair by contrast. Mr. Corey is here gathering data which, it is said, will be useful in his defense. Through his father he induced J. B. Corey,; his uncle, to withdraw his offer to makq public a batch of letters written by An drew Carnegie and others, and two mys terious strangers from New York, said to be in his employ, have been busy gath ering information concerning certain in fluential men who were mixed up in Cassie Chadwick's llnancial affairs but avoided exposure. But Mr. Corey’s trump card is said to be a famous dinner at the Duquesne club some years ago. at which a number of tho I most intluential men of the city were [ present. Anna Held was engaged to sing | and dance, but lied in terror, it is declared, | because of the actions of some of the I guests. There were other entertainers less i timid, however, and Mr. Corey, if forced I to do so to save his job. is said to be pre pared to give the details of that night. I Evansville, Ind.—A switch engine on the i Illinois Central railroad left the track and I crashed into a four-story building occupied \ t>y the Indiana Stove company, killing the j engineer and fireman. BIG GRAY WOLVES ARE EATING SHEEP Feeders on Nebraska Farmj Band Together to Fight Marauders. ,rH EY RAID THE FLOCKS One Stockman Lost Eight Sheep it One Night Last Week and Others Suffer—Several Brutes Seen but None Was Killed. Kearney. Neb., Dec. 16.—For the first time in many years gray wolves have made their appearance in this vicinity and are playing havoc with the sheep which are being fed here. Saturday night C. M. Lancaster lost eight head and Sunday night Black Bros, had four head killed. The manner in which the sheep were killed went to prove that the slaughter was the work of the gray wolf. Four of these rapacious animals were seen up the Platte river a short distance from here about a week ago and one was seen.just west of town a couple of days ago. A visitation by wolves frightens the sheep so that they huddle together and will not eat for a couple of days. The sheep feeders of this vicinity have clubbed together and will pay a re ward of $100 for the body of everj gray wolf killed in this vicinity. SAW FIRST RAILWAY. Steven Livingston, Who Died at Fair mont Was 91 Years Old. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 16.—After an ,'ventful career, such as does not usual ly fall to one man, Stephen Livingston, aged 91 years, was buried Monday at Fairmont, Neb. Mr. Livingston was born in New York state June 14, 1814. During his early years he saw the first railroad that was operated in the United States. While visiting his son, C. L. Livingston ol Omaha last May, the veteran rode on the first street car he had ever seen. In 1S71 Mr. Livingston moved to Ne braska, taking up a homestead in York county. They afterward moved to Fairmont, Neb., where, with his family, Mr. Livingston lived for over twenty years. NO FARE FOR SHERIFF. Perquisites of Many Officials Will Ei Reduced by a Legal Opinion. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 16.—Nebraska sheriffs in the future will not be al-, lowed railroad fare for bringing per sons to state institutions when they ride on passes or other than actual "paid transportation.” Acting on an opinion of the attorney general, Audi tor Searie today issued an order doing away with the payment by the state; of railroad fare for sheriffs. The rul ing is one of the most drastic ever made' by the department and in a majority of. the counties of the state will reduce the. income of the officials more than 50 per cent. ERECT GLASS FACTORIES. Sand Hills of Nebraska to Be Opener to New Industry. Norfolk, Nob., Dec. 15.—With the cattle kings routed off the thousands of acres of sand hill land in the western part of, the state—land which have hitherto beep considered useless except for the feeding of stock—a new industry has sprung up for Nebraska. Glass will be made from the sand hills, and plans are now under way for the building of an immense glass factory, and perhaps a number of them. Tests of the sand in this territory have been made, and have shown the glass on these waste lands to contain more silica titan it was posible to imagine. Thera Is enough sand to keep several factories running day and night for several years. With the new possibilities in this direc tion, it is expected that there will be a great land rush for the now unoccupied 640-acre homesteads, thrown open to settle ment by the Kinkaid act. Nebraska, it is predicted, will rival some of the eastern glass producing states. A railroad will be built across the snnf bills for the purpose of carrying the sand. THE GROOM WAS MISSING. Fiancee at Nebraska City Then Asks Friends to Birthday Party. Nebraska City, Nob., Dec. 15.—Miss Marie Lindahl and llarry Tolliver were not mar ried here as per invitations sent out to many guests. Miss Lindahl waited in vain for her fiance to arrive from Falls City, but he failed to comp, The bride-to-be, however, did not deem this disappointment sufficient to cause gloom to pervade the gathering of guests, 50 she very gracefully told the guests that i \t was also her birthday as well as the day for the wedding, and invited her friends to enjoy the dinner in honor of the twenty first anniversary of her birth. The host apparently enjoyed the function with the others, wTho semod to have a very enjoyable time. Miss Lindahl says that the next time she prepares for her wedding she will take her time for the affair and be sure that her prospective husband will be on hand. —' ENGINEER IS SERIOUSLY INJURED R. E. Tucker Has^Skul! Fractured in Collision on Burlington. McCook, Neb., Dec. 15.—At Sonborn sid ing about seventy miles west of here, En gineer R. E. Tucker, driving a light engine, ran into the rear of a work train on the siding, and was probably fatally injured, his skull being fractured. The way car was demolished and a few cars derailed. The engine was running at a rapid speed, and followed the work train so closely that the switch was not closed. All on the work train escaped injury. Engineer Tucker re cently was transferred from the Wymore division. HEAD CRUSHED UNDER WHEELS Tecumseh, Neb., Dec. 15.—Floyd, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bray, of Burr, just across the county, line, in Otoe county, was killed by being run over by a wagon loaded with corn. The wagon passed over the boy's head. YATES FOR CONGRESS Former Governor of Illinois Says He Will Make the Race for Cullom's Seat. Springfield, 111., Dee. 14.—Former Gov ernor Yates, after a conference with about fifty of his leading adherents at the Deland hotel, today announced him self us a candidate for United States senator. He will make a speaking campaign throughout the state, begin ning the latter part of this month. NEBRASKA MAN MET DEATH IN A CAVE-IN ■lacob Meyer of LouisvilJ? Caught Under Tons of Frozen Earth. COMPANION IS INJURED Other Workmen Narrowly Escaped Be. irg Struck and Buried in the Avalanche of Dirt and Clay— Brakeman Before Court. — Louisville, Neb., Dec. 15.—Jacob Meyer was killed and Con Stribling buffered a broken leg in an accident (Which occurred near here. The clay bank under which the men were work ing caved in on them. A number of men were loading clay ,and several were at work when Meyer 'was killed. Warm weather thawed the bank and a large section of it suddenly <was dislodged. Meyer was buried. Stribling, who was nearer the edge ol the slide, was covered to his shoulders .V ponderous clod rolled down, striking jit the side of his hcaa as he lay pin ioned. ■ Fellow workmen dug with all the (Speed in their power to uncover Meyer, lirnt he was dead when brought out jilis neck was broken, as were seven 'ribs and his legs. He was badly crushed. His widow, a son and a laughter survive him. STUDENTS TO COMPETE. Nebraskans Will Attend Big Stool Show in Chicago. Lincoln, Neb., Dee. 14.—The University ,of Nebraska expects to send many stu dents to the International stock show at (Chicago next week and among them will probably be a team of seven who will enter the contest for the $1,500 cup which is offered as the first prize in the corn judg ing contest which takes place at the same Lime. The men for this team are: C. W. Bohrer, William Rine, L. L. Zook, B. L. Barr, C. W. Pugsley, Posey and French, professor Smith has made arrangements, for every Nebraska student to place an estimate on the animals as they are led out and endeavor to pick the winners. Eight steers have been shipped to Chi cago accompanied by their feeder, Charles Jlhumate. These steers have been fed at j he university farm and are choice ani (nals. Professor Smith says there is no Challenger among the aggregation though at least five are likely to be in the winning rcmcwhorc. These steers were all judged iit the class in stock judging before being loaded and their good and bad qualities ‘.vere pointed out by the instructor. TROUBLE OVER A STRAW PILE. Dne Man Uses Revolver on Anothe. at Bristow. Norfolk. Neb., Dec. 14.—In a dispute over { few tons of straw, M. S. Stevenson drew f revolver at Bristow and fired a bullet { '.to W. E. Plight. The bullet grazed ’ light’s coat and made no wound. Before I'tevenson could fire again Plight caught the revolver hand and stayed the shot. I'tevenson then jumped into his wagon and i rove to his home in the country. When > ffleers visited the home to make an ar rest, they found that he had hurriedly Soft, and ho has not been found. Might owns the farm which Stevenson Vents. Stevenson, it is said, agreed to di vide the straw with his landlord, fin ac Jnur.t delay in the delivery, Might fin rlly sent a man after the straw and the dispute followed this action. CliaG IN SCHOOL BASEMENT. Girl. Arcf.1 1G, Found at York Undei Mysterious Circumstances. V Neb.. Do-. 14.—Miss Vesta Wiley, rgvd I'• year3, died suddenly in th* base men: of .h«‘ high school bunding. She had | evn compl lining recently of ill health and U is said the death was due to heart fail ure, though on account of other circum stance.! in connection with the case the coroner is making a thorough investiga ticn. | No evidence ol’ the use of poison could be found. Ac the close of school last June a girl I j tudent of the school committed suicide I because of disappointment over her studies and this second death in the school | kas created a sensation in the city. ON TRIAL FOR MURDER. Accused of Throwing Man from Trai; i and Causing Death. Fremont. Neb.. Dec. 14.—The trial of John J. Krlss/ the Union Pacific biake jnan who is charged with causing the | fleath of William McMahon by throwing | him off a train in this city in July last, began in the district court yesterday morning and the entire day was consumed In getting a jury. Railroad trainmen are taking much interest: in the cpsg on ac count of the large number of tramps and pthers who beat their way on the trains |md the case will he hotly fought on both pides. Ed McMahon, the father of the vonug man who was killed, has employed t>. L. Loomis and I?. W. Button of this city to assist the prosecution. W. P. Gurley, Attorney Rich of the Union Pacific legal department and Frank Dolezal of this city are looking after the defense. A largo number of witnesses have been subpoe naed by both sides and the case will prob ably lake up the balance of the week. —♦— LAW IS A DEAD LETTER. Lincoln Police Will Not Prosecute Anti Cigaret Violators. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 13.—Lovers of the Reductive cigaret may indulge their passion to their heart’s desire without interference from the Lincoln police. Spch an edict has pone forth from Chief of Police Cooper, who this morning ordered the release of Bamuel G. Koontz, the Omaha man ar rested Saturday for making one of the for bidden cylinders near the postoffice. The anti-cigaret law' is practically a dead letter in Omaha. It is now the same in Lincoln, unless the interpretation of the prosecuting officers suffers a reversal. While in Denver recently Police Judge Cosgrove was highly complimented for his stand in fining young “Pat” Raymond. The Denver chief of police and police judge in formed him that his treatment of the law was highly proper and should be con* tinued. INDIAN KILLS ANOTHER. John Walker Found Dead on Winne bago Reservation. Pender, Neb., Dec. 15.—Coroner Vogt returned last evening from* the Omaha agency, where he held an inquest over the remains of Nathan Lyon, who was | found dead by the road side, his body | nnd head being badly bruised. The jury ' returned .a verdict that Lyon “prob ably” came to his death at the hands pf John Walker, who has since de- , camped. Both parties are Indians, Lyons being a leader of the tribe. The sheriff is looking up a cl*-** as to Walker’s whereabouts. \ TOWN WILL BE MOVED THREE MILES Oncoming Railroad Finds Bar» riers That Cannot Be Surmounted. The people are willing The Little City of Arnold, Though Al* ready Established, Will Be Cheer- ’ fully Made to Conform to Demands of Railroad. Kearney, Neb., Dee. 14.—There is tt» be a new town of Arnold and already the inhabitants of that thriving inland town, located in Custer county, are pre paring to move their habitations and places of business to the new location When the party of surveyors who are engaged in laying out the route for thei extension of the Black Hills branch of the road from Callaway, struck out from the latter place, they went up the Loup valley in the direction of Ar nold and Gandy. It was found, however, that to build! to the former place would require a! great deal of extra grading and would swing the road out of its natural course.! A nc site for the town was accord ingly selected, three miles south of thej present location and on a sightly flat area with just enough slope for goodi drainage. Land values in this vicinity; have advanced materially, but Arnold! people are perfectly willing to move and pay a good price for their ground, if! the- can get a railroad, which now! teems a certainty. —4— A NARROW ESCAPE. August Fescher, Aged 78, Leaps from, a Second Story Window. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 14.—Death fromi burning came near being the fate of! August A. Fescher when the old build-? ing lie occupies caught fire. The fire broke out in one of the upper) rooms of the building, the lower part} of which is occupied by negroes, and] when the department arrived the entirei house was in llames. A crowd gathered around the burning! buildin" and were horrified when they*: saw an old man fall backwards, appar ently into the flames, after a futile ef-i fort to raise the second-story window.) He appeared again, however, broke! ou; the sash with a chair and leaped to, the ground. Officer Frank Davis, who was keeping the crowd back, jumped! under the old man. thereby breaking} the force of the fall. FARM LAND ADVANCES. An Increase of 25 Per Cent. ir. Nev braska Soil in Five Years. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 13.—Secretary of Ag-i riculture Wilson didn’t have r.is eye levo eled at Nebraska when lie ,d, in his am> nual report the other day that the value of farms land in this ‘-•i-ction increased Hi per cent, in the last five year- . Because if he had In would hav stated that lands in Nebraska ha e ibled in value in the eastern s lion u-.d trebled and quadrupled in the we:;ter;: portion. One reason*why the farmers uut this way are esteemed so prepp-.; our, is ; not only have they ly en g?‘:i . : r price* than ever for bigger crop:;. .. < w . , hut. the value of their origirul inv - tit is increasing so tremend. .> y. . :-r as though he had planted a wo;- f . r bills five years ago and < an now : ■ < a and reai) three dollar ones. In the latter nineties tlierv \v« r • thou sands of farms all over the v.. had pased into the. hands of < a savings banks, insurance ccm panics a. I v. id own and orphans becaus tie* w ? who borrowed the money upon th< h security couldn’t pay up. Out aio; • tin IP -sblican river there were* hundred:-, of ! . ’ . that were a drug upon the mail;? ..l U 0 «• quarter section. Today ti best f their, are worth $3,500 and the poorest o« then: bring $1,5C0. In the eastern ] ■ ; of th.e> state farm lands hav-- gory fi\ • ,; .cal $35 an aero to $G0 and $1*0. In lie-.- years more, it is freely pn dieted, there won’t be an acre in the sure crop *?< etion that can. be bought under $75, and $100 land is al ready in sight. TRAMPS LEFT BOOTY. Stole Case of Mineral Water Thinking It Was Beer. Tekamah, Neb,, Dec. 13.—As tin mail, and express wagon was going from the Northwestern depot to the p.-rtoffice a; case of mineral water was stolen from the; back part of the wagon. Upon reaching the postcffice the driver found the case was! missing, so a search was begun. The case was about the size of a beer ease, and some tramps or toughs, thinking1 the case contained “booze,” had slyly slipped it from the back of the wagon and caried it to their favorite place in the corn cribs near the Northwestern yards, in tending to have a good time. Hut upon discovering what was in the case and what a mistake they had made, loft it there and vanished. The case was found after some1 ■search and returned to the owner. GIANT TRAPPER RETURNS. Fred Boche, Seven Feet Tall, Pitches His Winter Tent on the Elkhorn. Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 13.—Out In the woods and back to nature, Fred Boche, Madison county’s giant, has again taken up his winter abode in camping quarters on the Elkhorn river, to spend the months of snow and ice in a canvas tent out of doors*, and to make the life remunerative as well as invigorating by ensnaring the fur-cov ered creatures of the thickets in modern day traps of steel. Mr. Boche has for a number of years past dwelled, during the season of short days and long nights, out in the open air, on the banks of north Ne braska’s stream, where he might inhale from sunrise until dusk and from darkness till dawn, the stimulating, refreshing whiffs of atmosphere that come floating off the ice topped river. For a living, in the commercial sense of the term, Mr. Boche has begun to battle with the otter of the forest, the mink, the muskrat and other forms of being that inhabit the wooded parts of the world. He measures seven feet in height and is big and broad proportionally. He is a model In the way of good health and vigorous hardihood, and is in love heartily with hia winter's dwelling place. MEDICAL MEN TO MEET. Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 12.—The midwinter meeting of the Elkhorn Valley Medical so ciety is called to meet in Norfolk Janu ary 9. This society numbers among its members about 100 physicians, mostly from north Nebraska NEBRASKA GIRL’S PRIZE. Norfolk, Neb.. Dec. 12.—Little Mildred Smith, aged 15, has wone a prize of $15 ia Rock county for writing the best essay on “The Horse.” The reward was offered by Col. Terry, a wealthy ranchman, both for the sake of encouraging literary effort and to excite sympathetic interest ia his hob^ by, the horse.