Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
yNEILL, NEBRASKA
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.