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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1906)
THE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. yNEILL, NEBRASKA . .... -- While playing In the grounds of a Dutch church at Kroor.stad, South Af rica, two Boer children made an inter esting discovery. With small spades ■they were digging a hole, and just be low the surface several gold coins were (unearthed. They continued to dig, gradually adding to their precious store. The youngsters soon had a pile of English gold sovereigns. The sexton then Joined the search, and it was not long before treasure to the value of nearly <5,000 in gold and sliver coins ■was brought to light. During tho war the church was used as a hospital, and it is surmised that the treasure must have been buried by someone who is now dead. Guests In a well known hotel in Paris heard pitiful cries for help coming from the cellar at 1 o’clock in the morning, and the waiters and manager rushed downstairs. The door was locked, but they battered it down, and discovered a very fat burglar held fast in the ven tilator, through which he had tried to escape. The brickwork had to be knocked down before he could be ex tricated. He told the police he was a (Belgian, but "I cannot divulge my name," he said. "King Leopold would pe extremely angry with me if he knew (What I had been doing.” Rev. Wm. Davies, a Hereford, Eng., Vicar, died recently. For thirty-five years he tonic no more exercise than was Involved In walking from one room to another; he was a hearty eater, with a marked weakness for such appetizing things as hot buttered rolls (he always had them for breakfast—and roast Sork, and he could make away with a ottle of port wine after dinner. And yet he never had a day's illness dur ing all these years, was the picture of health, and full of spirits and energy, gnd he lived to enjoy a hearty meal on his 105th birthday. _ _ At Manltou, Colo., at the base of Pike's Peak range, there 1s an electric eower station which Is operated by a head" of 2,100 feet. The pressure Is greater than that at almost any other station In the world. It Is calculated to be 913 pounds to the square Inch where the water Is utilized to drive turbine wheels, and at the nozzle of the long pipe employed the stream gushes out at the velocity of 250 miles gn hour. Acting Mayor Whelton, of Boston, tells a story Illustrating the ready wit »f the late Mayor Colflns. As chairman sf^the board of aldermen Mr. Whelton frequently had to visit the mayor’s of fice, and one day he said: “General, I have been coming here to your office for a year and a half and have never yet received a yes.” "Of course, you won’t be disappointed now,” was the happy reply of the mayor. The syndicate which runs the saloons p.t Monte Carlo pay the prince £110,000 a year for the privilege and also has to bear the whole cost of maintaining the principality. In 1901, when the lease of the gambling rooms was renewed, It had to give the prince an additional gum of £400,000, and two years hence Will have to raise Its annual payment to £70,000. _ John W. Oliver, the veteran editor of the Yontyers Statesman, who Is nearly 81 years old, but Is still active and at his desk every day, played baseball long before there was any published record of the game. Ho says his rec ollection is very clear as to how the game was played In 1825. The Hanover Artisans’ Gazette wants an editor. He must be a man who is "competent to remove all difficulties and misunderstandings between every branch of industry and every descrip tion of craft, and to re-establish all un favorable trade conditions on a sound and satisfactory basts." ^ --- Indicative of the radical changes that are being made In the British navy Is this recent contract by the admiralty: “No more contracts for supply of salt beef have been entered Into, as It has been decided to abellsh this article of diet” Cold storage takes the place of the beef barrel. King Edward ha,s offered an appro priately bound and Inscribed Bible to the Protestant Episcopal church at Williamsburg, Va., the second oldest church In the United States, in com memoration of the 800th anniversary of the establishment of the Church of Virginia. For years the trimmings and culls of the Florida sponge trade were waste matter; now, at Miami, they are cleaned, assorted and made Into mat tresses and pillows. Sponge mattresses have sprung Into great demand and every one that can bo made Is prompt ly sold. Worcester, England, has refused to give the government a site for a cav alry barracks, though one of the city councllmen used a strong argument. He urged that the presence of 1,500 sol diers In town would end the prevailing scarcity there of female domestic serv ants. The Indian Witness uses Booker T. Washington's autobiography, “Up from Slavery,” as the text and Illustration of i& sermon to native Christians on the power of character and the Influence of ‘honest toll In creating it. “Inala may ,learn from the American negro," It (Bays. The Natal, launched In England on September SO, Is the most bowerful cruiser In the world. Her tonnage Is 13.&50, she has a speed of twenty-two knots and she carries six 9.2-lneh and four 7; 5-Inch guns. All her guns are loaded and rotated by hydraulic power. Pierre Lorlllard Ronalds, “the father of coaching,” as he is often called, Is to bid farewell to four-in-hands and become a votary of automoblling. He is 78 years old, looks 60, and for half a century has been a whip who was famous on both continents. In a court of Saragossa, Spain, re cently, three peasants who had mur dered a family of five were sentenced to ten years in prison and loss of civil bights, and each was sentenced to Heath five times, once for every person murdered. Th» self-leveling bunk for the pre vention of seasickness, which has been experimented on for some time on one of the Dover-Calais boats, has been found so successful that it Is proposed to Install It on all the steamers of tho service. Piracy still flourishes on the coast of China. From a recently Issued volume trn'te reports dealing with the southern bplf of that country it appears that Chinese robbers continue to be as de fiant and successful ns ever. The British Wesleyan Methodists have already sold more than a million and a half copies of the “word edition” of their new hymn book, and more than 16h,90a of the “tune book.” FATHfcK AGGUafcu «JF STEALING DAUGHTER Thomas Oliver, Divorced, Said to Have Kidnapped I 7-Year-Old Girl. WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Oliver Came to Papillion and Lured thi Girl Away from Her Mother's House and Left—Another Land Op erator Under Arrest. Papillion, Neb., Feb. 7.— Seven toer.-year old Grace Oliver has been kidnaped and 'her mother, Mrs. Lela M. Smith, has filed la complaint against her former husband, [Thomas Oliver, charging iilm with the crime. ' Although the police of surrounding [towns and cities have been notified to ap prehend Oliver and recover the girl, no [word of their whereabouts has been se cured. It is alleged that Oliver came to Pa jpilllon and remained In hiding until he 'communicated with the girl. It is thought •that he then lured her away and, taking Ithe train at Richfield, made flight to Rln jcoln. Mrs. Smith secured a divorce from Oliver {a few years ago and was given tho custody |Of her two children.# OFFICERS HESITATE. Don’t Like to Give Up Their Passes, a>. Ordered by Mickey. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 6.—Iri spite of the (declaration of Governor Mickey that all state appointees and officials must return ■tlielr railroad passes. It is asserted on re liable authority that almost to a man pub lic officials have fulled Jo do so. It Is declared that of the 133 members of the last legislature only two have .90 far complied with the mandate of the gov ernor and the republican state convention. It Is also declared that the supreme [fudges have also been holding onto their passes, as have also the congressmen of the state, with tho exception of Congress man Kinkald, who is reported to have re turned Ills Union Pacific annual. It Is said that none of Governor Mickey's appointees have taken any steps toward ■ arrying out the order of their chief. STRA.NGE WOMAN IN HOME. Nebraska Man Startled by Finding an Insane Person in Kitchen. Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 6.—Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Simonson, of Madison, awoke parly in the morning, walked into tho kitchen to start the range fire and found, calmly sweeping the floor, a woman whom they had never Been before. She refused to give her name or to answer questions Concerning herself, but was willing to talk bn other topics. It developed later that [the woman was an Insane person, formerly Jan asylum Inmate, and that she had left home the night before. Her name was Imhoff. Her husband had been searching most of the night for her. How long she had been In the house was not known. — RANCHMAN IS ARRESTED. Charged with Securing illegal Home stead Filings. Alliance, Neb., Feb. 6.— Charles C. .Jame son of Ellsworth, confidential manager for W. G Comstock, Bartlett Richards and the Nebraska I,and and Feeding company, was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Sides on a charge of securing illegal homestead filings. Mr. Jameson gave bond In tho sum of $5,000 before Com missioner O’Keefe. Other warrants are paid to have been Issued In the case. DOCTOR WHO MAY | SAVE PATRICK <70HN ALLAN WYETH. HD. rWOM KtNGE NOTABLE NEW TM’AZM Dr. Wyeth, who is u professor in a medical school, swears In an affidavit that Rice, aged millionaire, could not have died from Chloroform. I Charles P. Jones, who served as valet and secretary to William Marsh Rice, j the Texas millionaire has, since the [conviction of Lawyer Albert T. Patrick 'for the murder of Rice, told a number ;of persons in Texas and elsewhere, ac cording' to their affidavits, that he lied when he swore at the Patrick trial that he killed his benefactor with chloro form. I He has also told these same persons ' that he lied when he swore that Pat rick induced him to commit the murder for whtch Patrick is now under sen tence of death. Jones has also declared, these men swear, that he was forced to make I these statements on the witness stand and that they threatened him with | death by electricity and life imprison ment unless he swore the way they told him to. All this and other startling informa tion is contained in a number of affi davits served upon Assistant District Attorney Francis Patrick Garvan at the district attorney’s office by William M. K. Oleott, of counsel for Patrick. These affidavits are attached to the •moving papers in an application for a new trial for Patrick. The motion is to be made in court on February 9. REFUSES To RESIGN. St. Louis. Feb. 6.—The resignation of Chief of Police Kiely was requested by the board of police commissioners, • but he refused to accede to the request, i Chief Kiely said that he hud written I the police board, refusing to resign and | demanding a trial. Pending the trial | the police board suspended Chief Kiely. I The reasons for the request of Chief IKiley’s resignation are not made pub lic. He has Veen connected with the police depaitri (nt for thirty years. I YOUNGEST EDITOR OF A WEEKLY PAPER Herschel Miller, Aged 14 Years Does All the Editorial Work on the Sheet. THE BOYD COUNTY NEWS Left Fatherless, and With But Littlf Experience, He Has Managed to Keep Up Paper and Assist Mother Financially. Lynch, Neb., Feb. 6.—Herschel Mil ler, the 14-year-old editor and publisher of the Boyd County News, probably tho | youngest editor of a regularly pub lished newspaper in the world, has two pirns to the accomplishment of which he is bending all his youthful energy. .One is to pay off the mortgage upon jhis mother's home, so that she and the other five children, all younger than himself, will be comfortably settled; tho other is to save enough money to go off to school for two or three years ' and fit himsplf for a more responsible i (place in the newspaper world. The story of young Herschel is one to put to shame many a youth who has started out in life with every advan tage. For three years he has been the mainstay of the large family, and for !the last year he has been its head, bearing the responsibility and burdens ion his younger shoulders with a cour age and devotion and cheerfulness that .never lagged. , Herschel began his newspaper career when he was 7 years old. His father Was the owner and editor of the Sun, and the boy would come to the office and help whenever he had the oppor tunity. He soon became a proficient typesetter, and gradually mastered the details of the work. Three years ago the family was de- j prived of the father’s help. The print ing plant as well as the home was heavily mortgaged. Young Herschel stuck bravely to his task, and while one after another acted as editor of the Sun he set most of the type and j looked after the details of the office. One year ago Herschel's uncle—also a newspaper publisher and editor— | came to Lynch to help the struggling j boy. The uncle remained for six months, giving the boy the benefit of his own experience. Last summer he left and young Herschel assumed full charge of the publication. He made good from the start. Al most immediately he changed the namo . from the Sun to the News. His mother helped all she could. The paper was enlarged and improved in many ways. Since that time it has never missed an edition, or been late. Evpry week the I News makes its appearance. | Young Herschel gathers the news items, sets some of the type, solicits the advertisements, attends to the busi ness details of the publication and vrites the editorials. —■*— SLEPT FOR NINE MONTHS. Russian in Omaha Is Puzzling Medica Science. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 5.—Lying in an al most continuous slumber since the middle af last April, Aaron Gorflnkel, an escaped Russian soldier, is in St. Joseph’s hospital, | i tils condition puzzling medical science. Gorflnkel, In Russia, was a well edu | :ated and influential citizen. He waa , drafted into the army, where he under went many hardships, often being stoned > Jiy mobs. After serving nearly a year he mada his escape and finally reached America and came to the Zager family, this city. His friends here bought him a horso and wagon and he began peddling vege tables on the streets. One day a crowd of boys hurled stones at him. One of the stones struck Gor llnkcl on the head, rendering him for the time being unconscious. When he regained consciousness he re marked to his friends that he was meeting with the same persecution in this country as he met with in Russia. This seemed to grieve him greatly. The boy who hurled the stone at him was arrested, hut he was released when the case was called In police court. Some time In April Gorflnkel went to sleep, and It was six weeks before he was partially aroused. First ho was taken to the county hospital and thence to the Wise Memorial hospital, where he rallied somewhat and was taken back to thu Zager home. In a few days he again went Into a sound slumber, from which he could not be aroused, and he was returned to the Wise hospital. Two months later he was again taken back to the homo of his friends, no improvement being shown in his condition. Physicians in Omaha have worked over the case, but could do nothing to revive Gorflnkel. Sunday last Gorflnlcel’s condition be came so grave that his life was despaired of and Thursday afternoon he was re ,moved to St. Poseph’s hospital, where an operation may be necessary i:t order to save his life. For nine months nothing hut liquid foot! has passed Gorflnkel'.s lips. I Physicians say the man's pulse, respir 1 atton and heart have remained practically normal, but ail efforts to resusclate him have proven futile. Victoria, Tex.—Colonel Lee S. Daniel has resigned as telegraph operator for the Southern Pacific railroad at this place. He has been an operator fifty-four years, twenty-two years of which he spent as operator nere at Victoria. He is said to have been the oldest telegraph operator In point of service in the United States at the time lie resigned. When un operator at Vicksburg Mass., he had the distinc tion of receiving and forwarding the tele gram to Jefferson Davis announcing his f lection to the presidency of the southern (confederacy. New York, N. Y.—Polly, a trained chimpanzee, of the New York Zoological park, is convalescent after a severe at tack of pneumonia, which she contracted jabout a week ago. Her cage has been en closed with heavy canvas to protect her from draughts, and she has been nursed day and night by the keepers. Dr. W. Reid Blair, veterinary for the New York Zoological society, las been attending Polly. Elgin, 111.—"I just wanted to show that a woman can keep a secret,” is the rea son given by Mrs. Thomas Larkin for not announcing until now her wedding, which took place in Chicago two years ago. She was formerly Miss May Cardiff Greenwich, Conn.—Stephen C. Feck is one who believes in ‘‘lighting like devils for conciliation.” Mr. Peck invoked the aid of the supreme court at Bridgeport to compel his fellows of the King Street Bap tist church society to dwell to gether in brothel hood "All the society does now i9 to meet annually and quarrel about what shall be done with the church funds,*• says Brother Peck BOY BURGLARS. They Have Committed Wholesale Ron beries in Vicinity of Blair—To Be Investigated Further. Blair, Neb., Feb. 2.—The arrest of Ed McManigal and his preliminary ex amination upon a charge of complicity in the wholesale robberies that have taken place recently in this city, to gether with the additional evidence of Harrison and King, who have been al* ready sentenced for their crimes, ha» created quite a sensation and much in) te.~e.st among Biair citizens. McMan. igal will put up a fight, although h« admits that he was in the burglary oj the Hall barber shop, and was bourn) over to the February term of the dis trict court in the sum of $500, beforl Justice DeTemple yesterday. The ad mission of these three cover the burg laries at the Arndt hardware store, Struve's saloon, Hall's barber shop, Richter's saloon, and Mayle’s store, 'where the jewelry and watches werq stolen. There are some three or four still at large who have been partners! in this gang in helping to dispose oi the stolen goods. Sheriff Muncke and the city officials have been untiring in their efforts to unearth this gang. - -»— FOUND TO BE ACCESSORY. Chadron Man Alleged to Have Assisted in a Criminal Operation. Chadron. Neb., Feb. 2.—Sunday night Mrs. William Kelly, upon returning home from church, died. Her husband was with her. Upon the arrival of Dr. | Elmore and after examination he felt 1 suspicious that she had Buffered from a) criminal operation. An autopsy by Dr., Elmore, Weir and Elms seemed to con ifirm the suspicions. A coroner’s jury found the husband an accessory to her operation on herself. He was bound j over by Justice Babcock under $1,000 bond, which he readily gave. WARNER UNDECIDED. Chairman of Republican State Com mittee at Sea Over Convention. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 1.—Chairman War ner of the republican state committee, who is attending the term of the federal court j ,in his new capacity as United States mar | shal, is not sure wnen he will call the re ' (publican state committee together to decide on the date of the republican state 'convention. Mr. Warner said: ! 1 “1 have been so busy getting acquainted! j with my new duties that I have had little; time to devote to the committee meeting. However, I shall goon write to members ,of the committee and to others to see what ! ithey think about a meeting and w’hen they think will be a proper time to cair the committee together. As far as I am con cerned, I have thought little about the matter, and whatever date the committee decides upon will, of course, suit me. Some of the people, I understand, want an early convention, and then there are others who do not seem to care. I have not heard j any expression from the state officers or <rom any of the candidates." WON OUT AS TREASURER. Judge Says Saline County Man Ma^ Keep His Office. Wilber, Neb.. Feb. 1.—In county court of Saline county Judge Wild rendered his decision in the contest case of County Treasurer Bowlby in favor of respondent, allowing him to hold over for this term. An appeal was taken to the district court. This w’as a contest under the section of, the statute which says that the county; treasurers shall be ineligible to hold for, more than two consecutive terms. Bowlby served ten months by appointment, was j elected the following and served a full | term and last fall was elected to another . Till term. IOWA ELOPERS WED. Cupid Wins and Sees Two Young Peo pie Wed at Lincoln. Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 1 Slipping away from home, Bart E. Anderson met Harriett Ellis in Lincoln and they were married.1 They left today for Denver on a wedding trip. Both belong to wealthy Iowa fam ilies, living north of Council Bluffs. PARDON FOR MANY. iJew King of Denmark Signalizes His Ascension to Throne by De cree of Amnesty. Copenhagen, Feb. 2.—After a me morial service today in the death cham ber the body of King Christian was placed in the coffin. King Frederick has issued a decree of amnesty releasing many offenders. LEFT SMALL FORTUNE. Copenhagen, Feb. 1.—The body of King Christian was placed in a plain casket lined with swan’s down and cov ered with black silk. It lies in the apartment of the Amallienborg palace, known as the "garden room," to which it was removed after a memorial ser vice. Only the court physicians were, present when the body was removed from the bed to the casket, following the service at which most of the royal family were present. Great banks of flowers and wreaths lined the hall, which is guarded by king’s adjutants.. No official announcement regarding the date of the funeral has been given out. It is stated that King Christian left| only a small fortune, amounting prob ably to less than $250,000. MINERS IN RIOT. Hungarians Drive Poles Away witi. Stones and Clubs. Cadiz, O., Feb. 2.—A serious riot oc i urred at the Robyville mines, in Har rison county, today because 200 Polish miners refused to strike with the Hun garian workmen. When the Poles refused to stay out pf the mines they were attacked by 150 men using stones and clubs. The battle lasted half an hour, and the Poles were beaten off. SQUARESTHEAUGER HOLE Connecticut Girl Invents a Tool to Make a Rectangular Bore. Winsted, Conn., Feb. 2.—Miss Clara. Smith, who lives with her brother, Wil liam Smith, on the Northfield road in Thomaston, has invented an auger that will bore a square hole. She is of an ingenious mind, but the auger is her best production, and car penters say there is a fortune in it for ler. HAPPY ONES HOME. Ml’. Longworth and Miss Roosevelt Leave. New York, Jan. 31.—Miss Alice Roose velt, accompanied by Congressman Nicholas Longworth, and the latter's sister, left for Washington today. EARTHQUAKE CAUSES PANIC. Guayaquil, Ecuador. Jan. 31.—Fol I lowing the earthshock felt here Sunday | evening two heavy, long shocks were i experienced this morning, causing great i Danin. ! OMAHA TO HAVE BIG ! AUTOMOBILE SHOW "■■he Event Will Likely Be Held Week of March 19 in Auditorium. POINTERS FROM CHICAGO There Are Over 500 Automobiles in Nebraska, and It Is Hoped to Have Majority in Attendance at Show. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 5.—Omaha Is to have an automobile show. The show will be held in the Audi torium during the week of March 19. The program will be arranged for six evenings. Manufacturers who have representatives in Omaha, and many jothers in the United States and prob ably foreign countries, will have exhib its at the show. 1 At the meeting Wednesday a commit- j tee was appointed to go to Chicago next week to attend the automobile show and get pointers. It will also meet the eastern manufacturers and make arrangements with them for exhibits in this city. Local automobilists have been work ing on the event for some time past, but nothing definite was arranged un jtil yesterday. There are 136 owners of (automobiles in Omaha with over 500 in the state. 1 The Auditorium will be arranged to represent a Roman amphitheater. The decorations will be very costly. The floor space of the big arena will be di vided off into booths where the exhib 'tors will show their machines. —f— STRIKE COAL VEIN. Prospectors Expect Soon to Sink Shaft, to the Mineral. Falls City, Neb., Feb. 5.—The Prairie Mining company passed through a five foot vein of coal on their leases east of Falls City, and after sinking one more prospect hole will start the de velopment of the leases. Leases were filed this week with the register of deeds covering about 800 acres and -work will start on them at once. The people leasing here now are not out siders but business men of Falls City, who will develop the property as fast is possible. —♦— SEEKS HER FATHER. New Jersey Woman Wants to Locate Edmund Estes. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 5.—New Jersey relatives are seeking to learn of the whereabouts of Edmund Estes, who was last heard of about five years age as the proprietor of a horse ranch Ip Webster county, somewhere near the town of Guide Rock. The search has been going on for several years. Gov ernor Mickey received a letter from the daughter of the missing man, asking for assistance in locating him. PHENOMENAL FAT BOY. Don Stanford, Twelve Years Olo, Weighing 240 Pounds, Dead. Broken Bow, Neb., Feb. 3.—Don Stan ford, the phenomenal fat boy, who has been the wonder of this part of the state for some time past, died at his home in Merna of pneumonia. Undertaker Cole started for their with a special sized coffin. The boy was only 12 years old and weighed 240 pounds. He was well formed and no taller than the average youth of that age. —4—— STOCKMAN ROBBED. Ivearney, Neb., Feb. 3.—Robert D. Man:,, a stockman residing in the northern part of the city has reported to the police that he was robbed of $170. He retired at the usual hour, leaving his pocaetbook in his trousers, which hung at the head of the bed. When ho arose in the morning the $170 in bills had been taken, with several silver dollars and other things of value. NORFOLK GIRL MISSING. Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 3.—Dessie McComb, aged 14, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. McComb, has disappeared, and p.11 efforts to locate her are unavailing, tnough it is known that she Is In Norfolk Since leaving him Tuesday morning she has not been seen by her father and moth er. Having had some little trouble al school it is believed she chose to run away lather than to face her father after be ing rebuked'. FIRE AT STATE FARM. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 3.—The boiler house at the state farm, near Lincoln, caught lire and was totally destroyed. The dam age is estimated at $10,000. The lire de partment could not x'each the farm in time to save the property. The building be longed to the state. There was no insur i ance and the incident proved that thf j arm is without fire protection. MRS. DOWIE SPEAKS. She Favors the Reforms Which Have Been Made. Chicago, Feb. 5.—Followers of John Alexander Dowie have discovered that the overseer’s wife has a mind of heit own. In an address at the Tabernacle in Zion City, the first public utterance from any member of the ’’apostolic” family since the founding of the “tri umvirate,” Overseer Jane Dowie said she long had been in favor of the reor ganization. This reorganization was ushered in yesterday, every department standing on its own feet. "I cannot tell you.” Mrs. Dowie said, ! earnestly.” how happy I am to witness this change. I have desired it for O, so long. I have personally the utmost confidence In Deacon Granger and the ■triumvirate.’ The report that he have quarreled’ is absurd.” TO HER FATHER’S BIER. dueen Alexandra of England Goes to Copenhagen. London. Feb. 2.—Queen Alexandra and suite left London this morning for Copenhagen to attend the funeral of he late King Christian. IS IT A TRUST? Unusual Proceeding Is Begun to Eno the Corporate Life of Duluth Board of Trade. I St. Paul, Feb. 2.—The state legal de 1 partment today began a suit to end tne corporate career of the Duluth board of trade. It is alleged the board 1b in restraint of trade, and consequently in conflict with the anti-trust laws. i MAN ACCIDENTALLY . KILLED HIS WIFE Dundy County Resident Drop» Revolver, Which Discharged With Fatal Result. ©HOT STRUCK THE HEAR! Death Resulted Almost Instantly—Ed. ward Kennedy, the Husband, Is Nearly Crazed Over the Ter rible Tragedy. i Benkleman, Neb., Feb. 3.—Mrs. Edward Kennedy, of Max, a small town near here, was killed In a tragic manner. Her hus-j bHnd was talking to her when a revolver, which he carried in his hip pocket fell to the floor being discharged, killing her alt piost instantly. The gun pointed upward when it struck the floor, sending the ball through tha Woman's heart She fell and was dead in a few moments. v Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy were well known |n this section and the husband’s testlJ ptony was sufficient to convince the coron er’s jury that the death was caused as stated. Kenendy Is nearly prostrated over the 'errible tragedy. DROPS INTO MILLION. Thomas Pullen, Former Albion Man. Gets Big Fortune. Albion, Neb., Feb. 3.—F. J. Mack, a local attorney, found In a New York paper a notice addressed to Thomas JPullen, formerly of Albion, informing him that he had fallen heir to an es tate In England amounting to a largq fortune. Mr. Mack immediately departed for) southern Texas, where he located Pul len from whom Mack secured the pow er of attorney. The estate will amount! to 200,000 pounds, or an even million tollars. -^ * CHILD BREAKS HIS NECK. Running Away From Dogs ThaV Frightened Him. Hastings, Neb., Feb. 3.—Delmer, the* little son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Illian,< Was killed at their home in fleeing from; a couple of dogs which ran into thei house. The dogs came into the room) and the child sprang to his feet, hur rying into an adjoining room. In run ning he fell and broke his neck. HANGING IN HIS SHOP. Omaha Blacksmith in Melancholy Fit Killed Himself. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 3.—Hanging from aj Fafter in his blacksmith shop the dead] body of John Christiansen was found by 1 Charles Dinness. I Christiansen, who was G2 years old, hadi conducted the blacksmith shop in the east' j bottoms for a number of years. He ap-j peared to be fairly well to do and his rela-* lives are at a loss to understand why hej phould take his own life. j For several days, however, the old manj had been melancholy and this may have been the cause of his rash act. Christiansen had evidently stood up in. bis chair, adjusted the noose and then kicked the chair from under him, as am upturned chair was lying near by on the' *ioor. COMBINE TO FIGHT. Alebraska and Iowa Millers Form As sociation to Oppose a Concern. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 2.—Millers of a dozen states of the middle west are vitally in terested in a series of suits which are to come before the federal court during [February arising out of the controversy now existing between the Alsop Process company, manufacturing flour bleaching1 machines. Involved in this controversy1] are not only the makers of flour bleachers,; but all the millers of the Missouri and Mississippi valleys. On the charge of in-, fringement the company has brought suit against a number of concerns that manu facture bleachers. It is claimed that the Alsop people have gone to all the millers1 in Nebraska, who are using bleachers that were not purchased from them, and] threatened to bring suit for infringing the' patent, unless the millers would agree to pay a royalty of $700-for the privilege of using the other machines. This the mill ers refused to do and subsequently there was formed the Nebraska Millers’ Protec tion association and a fund of over $10,000 has already been raised with which to tight the claims of the Alsop company. Bimilar organizations have also been ; effected by the millers of the states of j Kansas, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. DEAD AT AGE OF 99. Thomas McFarland, Oldest Man i». Dodge County, Succumbs. Fremont, Neb., Feb. 2.—Thomas McFar land, the oldest man in Douge county, died here at the age of 99 years. He had lived in the county poor farm for thirty-four years. DIVORCE FOR BIROS. Experts Tell of the Gentle Dove3 Quar reling and Smashing Up the Furniture. Chicago, Feb. 3.—Bird fanciers at-, tending the international poultry and pet stock show at the Seventh regiment armory seriously discussed the question of granting divorces to pigeons who do not get along well to gether, owing to incompatibiliy of tem per. Experts in pigeon growing said mis mating is one of the worst things they have to contend with and that the eggs are smashed during family rows. It was agreed that when the pigeon hus band and wife have a disagreement (there is no hope of having them live (happily together, and they should at ionce be separated and allowed new) mates without having to wait a year (or acquire a residence in South Dakota. Experts who paid close attention to the domestic life of pigeons say they act very much like human beings, being (jealous, cross and fault finding, and when matters reach the point, of a fam-, ily quarrel both husband wife proceed at once to break up housekeeping, be ginning by destroying all the eggs. REPORTER IS STOWAWAY, Robert Murphy Beats His Way Across Ocean. Boston, Mass., Feb. 1.—Kobcrt Mur phy, of Bloomington, III., a newspaper man, soldier and globe trotter, was a; stowaway on the steamship Winifred jan, which arrived from Diverpool. He had seen service in the Philippines and had visited China and Japan and oi» reaching England became stranded. After a sharp inspection he was per 1 mitted to land and he started out to beat his way to Chicago.