Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
yNEILL, NEOT«KA
The late Senator Ingalls was unable
to restrain his propensity to indulge in
sarcasm. This habit eventually lost
him his place and his popularity. On
one occasion, an Intimate friend Wrote
to him, urging the appointment of an
other friend to a position under the
government. To this letter the sen
ator returned a very sarcastic answer,
and received the following reply: "My
Dear Senator: I think it would be
well for you to reserve your sarcasm
for the rapidly increasing number ol
your enemies, instead of offering it to
the decreasing number of your friends,
of whom I am one." It is said Mr.
Ingalls never forgot the rebuke, but It
Was too late.
James B. Reynolds, of Boston, has
been assistant secretary of the United
States treasury for fifteen months, and
in that time has signed his name some
where close to 100,000 times. His sig
nature is of a rather fanciful character,
»nd consequently he uses ink by the
gallon. As a rule he uses up three
pens in a day. During a hot spell of
weather at one time 12,000 Indian war
rants came in. They had to be signed.
The other assistant secretaries were
an their vacations, and "Jimmie"
•igned them, the whole 12,000. He lost
twenty-one pounds and soured his dis
position.
Dr. Dougins Hyde, the famous Celtic
icholar, in the course of a recent ad
Iress nt the University of California,
claimed, on the authority of eminent
Serman and Italian scholars, that “Ire
land taught Europe the art of rhym
ing.’ He said further: “Tho earliest
recorded rhymes in Europe are those
n Latin, written by Augustine. Ho
romposed them while surrounded by a
Deltlc speaking people in the south of
3aul. In the year 750 A. D. wo find
ihe Irish people making perfect and
•laborate rhymes. It was not done in
»ther countries for two centuries later.
The Empress Eugenie has Just given
lo the Swiss canton of Thurgau tho
rastlo of Arcnenberg, where Napoleon
31. passed several years of his youth.
Queen Hortcnse. on the fall of the first
implre, fled to Switzerland, and in 1817
purohasod tho castle, which is delight
fully situated on the shoro of Lako
fconstnnee. In the castle are the Era
>ress Josephine’s harp. Queen Hor
tense’s hnrpischord and a camp bed
itead of Napoleon III.
Insurance came from medieval Italy.
It is believed to date from the six
eenth century, and at that time it was
known in Florence. The Romans did
lot know insurance. The nearest they
same to it was the practice of a com
pany supplying the army to require a
fuarantee from the state against the
/oss of ships. But this was soon aban
loned because damages had been col
ected for sunken ships too worthless
io float. _
The royal family of England has al
ways been very keen on animals of
/very kind, and among Its various
members It probably owns the finest
collection of dogs and cats In England,
“rlneess Victoria of Schleswig-Hol
Iteln, the elder daughter of Prince
Christian, has recently had erected at
Cumberland Lodge, her home at Wind
er, a beautiful little house for her
•amous Persian cats.
It Is not generally known, says the
London Express, that a generous eoun
•ry supplies members of the house of
tommons with gratuitous snuff. "For
merly,'1 the Express says, "snuff was
lescribed In the estimate as such, but
lo ward off the objection aroused by
.Tnprovlng habits the charge of £200
l year was mixed up or covered In the
estimates as 'lamp oil.’ "
r .
Senator Spooner has stopped smoking.
He was mourning his sad fate when
Senator Dolllver, thinking to be sympa
thetic, said: “Well, I guess It Is pretty
well admitted that the use of tobacco
tends to shorten a man's days.”
“That's right,” Senator Spooner re
plied. "I find that my days without it
ire about sixty hours long."
Lord Leigh, writing to the London
Times, states that a large portion of
the lofty tower of the old priory of
Maxstoke In Warwickshire, England,
tell on April 18. Allowing for the dlf
• ference In time, this would coincide
with the first shock of the earthquake
it San Francisco.
. ..-.—
j A pulpit that has been consecrated
by the British bishop of Carlisle for use
In St. Cuthbuert’s, Carlisle, runs on
wheelB. It Is brought In and taken out
| of the church by means of a trolley and
endless rope. Made of mahogany and
over nine feet In height, the pulpit cost
I 11,000. _ B __
On an ashtray which has reached
England from Germany, Is the follow
, Ing: '‘Defilement of the room by ash
■ of cigars Is forbidden to the severest.
Anyone who. notwithstanding, makes
| guilty of such a one will be punished lr
| revocably by house arrest."
There was a great eruption of Ve
suvius In 1779. One who saw It told of
a column of Are so high and so hot
that black clouds passing through It
reached the boiling point, and fell In
scalding drops upon Innocent game
keepers ten miles away.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who
has Just passed her 92d birthday, has
enjoyed the remarkable experience of
seeing her husband returned to par
liament for Westminster on the cen
tenary of her father's llrst election for
that constituency. _
A botanical clock grows on tho
Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Mexico. In
the morning the flower is white, at
noon red, and at night blue, alterna
tions of color being so regular that the
timo of day can bo told from the tint
of the flower.
In order that traffic may not be dl
iverted from the railways In Man
churia the Japanese, It Is said, have re
foullt the river bridges, destroyed dur
>tng the war, so that they are too low
for the Chinese freight boats to i>ass
{under them.
{ The Salvation army workers In In
! {dla are using regularly, as their rule
iand book of devotion, the manual of
{the third order of St. Francis, "and it
Is openly sold In the army out there
that some day they may all join Rome
In a body.”
! There will be no scarcity of rlilld
jhood'u favorite means to produce noise
i>n the Fourth of July this year. One
{ship vhich arrive! In the port of New
pork from China the other day carried
§809,000,000 firecrackers and 200,000 tcr
jpedocu.
• 1
I Opportunities for trade in iron h d
ftfeeada are report d by Austrian con
§>uls. An Important trade Is done l-i
fealonlki. Turkty. especially fur be V
,;i lylth tail posts for carrying mosquito
rich truss ornamentation is fa
irored.
a. I Ew y
I SHOWER OF EGGS FOR
RELIGIOUS EXHORTERS
Grand Island Youths Raid Band of En
thusiasts and Cut Ropes of Tent—
Police Officials Called.
Grand Island, Neb., June 27.—A
strange band of religious enthusiasts,
tarrying their devotions almost to the
limits of physical exhaustion, has been
treating considerable disturbance at
the corner of Fifth and Sycamore
streets, In this city, and something of
i climax was reached between the ex
porters and the youth of the vicinity
last night when there was a shower of
eggs and other articles, and finally a
tutting of the guy ropes of the tents
in which the band has Its meetings,
letting down the canvas on top of the
worshipers. And now the band Is said
to be raising Its supplication for a
storm that may come down and wipe
Grand Island off the map.
By those who have observed the ser
ices it Is stated that they do not pro
ceed far when some of the exhorters
appear to be In trances. The shouting
and singing, throwing themselves upon
the platform and the weird gesticula
tions have become obnoxious to the
neighborhood, and this appears to have
been seized upon by a younger and
more irresponsible element, which has
been taking the method referred to tc
Indicate the lack of welcome there ex
ists In the vicinity. Upon one occa
sion a woman exhorter, for Instance.
Is said to have gone so far as hyster
ically cry: "I’ve swallowed him! I've
swallowed him!" "Swallowed whom?’
asks another exhorter. "I’ve swallowef
Jesus!"
A citizen of the city whose wife be
came Imbued with the spirit of the ex
horters was Just going up to the plat
form last night to Induce her not tc
participate so actively, when an egf
struck the side of his face and explod
ed. The fusillade wan 'hen on, some
of the religious extremists being de
cidedly spattered. Finally some of the
young element cut the guy ropes, the
canvas fell and the services were over
The police department was called out
but no arrests were made.
SOUTH OMAHA THE WINNER,
Turners Carry Off Prize in Tri-Stat«
Contest in Kansas.
Leavenworth, Kan., June 27.—Fully
2,000 turners were here Saturday to at
tend (he annual turnfest of the Mis
souri, Kansas and Texas division
There was a parade with 1,000 active
turners in line, followed by a picnic
at which numerous athletic contests
where held. The athletic contests con
sisted of two exercises with the high
bar, two with double bar. two side
horse, two long horse, high Jump, put
ting the shot and a club swinging drill.
The contests were decided on percent
ages. The South Omaha team was
awarded first prize with 90.41 per cent.,
Kansns City second with 90.26, Topeka
third with 88.08, Leavenworth fourth
with 81.39, St. Joseph fifth with 77.25,
and Summerfleld sixth with 62.88.
Only two teams competed In the sing
ing contest, which was held later. St.
Joseph was first with 83 per cent., and
Leavenworth second with 76.
A
MORE RAIN FOR NEBRASKA.
Norfolk. Neb., June 27.—The farmers
and ranchmen throughout this district,
and especially that to the north and
west of here, have been praying for
ruin, and they have got it. The rain of
a week ago had put crops and grass
Into pretty good shape, but the rain
yesterday was timely and plentiful.
Farmers can get along without any
more until after harvest. Grain has
headed out rather short, and there is
some rust even at this early date. Corn,
especially on the heavy soil of the bot
tom lands. Is quite backward. The
first cutting of alfalfa has all been put
In the stack several days, and never
was put up In better shape. The pres
ent cool weather Is all right for small
grain and grass, but It is not making
corn very fast.
JOHNSON ToTrESIDE.
Mayor of Cleveland to Officiate at the
Bryan Reception—Henry Watter
son Will Speak.
New York, June 25.—Mayor Tom I..
Johnson of Cleveland has accepted an
Invitation to preside at the reception to
William J. Bryan In Madison Square
garden on Bryan's return to this coun
try.
Henry Watterson will deliver an ad
dress on behalf of the south and Alex
ander Troup of New Haven, Conn., will
speak In the name of the east. The
name of the speaker for the west hau
not been announced.
FORTY MEN IN PERIL.
Powder House Blows Up, but Dyna
n»te Fails to Explode.
Helena, Mont., June 25.—Thirty 01
forty men hail a miraculous escape
from being blown to atoms when flic
powder house of the Harris lime quarry
ten miles from here was exploited by
some unknown-person. The men were
asleep In a brick house near there and
logs from the powder house were blovvi
over the brick bouse. Against the dooi
of the brick bouse was found a sack
containing thirty-five sticks of dyna
mite, to which a fuse was attached
This Is said to be the second mysterious
explosion at the quarry within the past
few weeks. Many believe that the
crazy man who is reported to be roam
ing about the country in the neighbor
hood, and who several months! ngo shot
and wounded two telegraph operators
Is the perpetrator of the outrage.
SEE AMERICA FIRST.
Mooting of the League to Promote
Home Sightseeing.
Spokane. Wash., June 25.—L. G. Mon
roe, secretary of the Spokane chambet
of commerce, left Thursday for Chi
cago, where lie will attend the meeting
of the executive committee of the "Sec
I America” league, which meets totnor
! row with the Western Passenger asso
j elation at the Auditorium annex. The
| entire toast and mountain states are
j alive with keen Interest In this move
I merit to show the scenic marvels and
great possibilities of the western part
: of the United States to the people of
the- east. The movement, however, is
1 not confined to the west, hut Is national
- in Its scope. The purpose of the
! league Is concisely expressed In the
i slogan "See Europe if you will, but
see America first."
ST. LOUIS GETS~THE BRIDGE.
Washington, I). C., June 25.—Presi
dent Roosevelt today signed the bill au
thorizing the city of St. Louis to build,
operate and maintain a railroad,
i wagon, foot and passenger bridge
across the Mississippi river at that
point.
! Ithaca, N. Y.—Three hours after recetv
f tng her degree as teel'f-'r- r« i,„
lc’a Telle Rosbrc- k, Cornell, \e, was mar
red to Alfred C. Weed, Cornell, "m. Miss
Itosbrock was .ho e-niy woman to re.n.o
a degre? frora th-',ia,v celled a. j ,iu.
the very few co-eds who have over tul.ea
law a: Cornell.
LAD CONFESSES TO
MURDER OF FATHER
Jess Headley Tells Sheriff Ho
Shot Parent to Qet His
Money.
HE WILL PLEAD GUILTY
Preliminary Hearing of Tekamah Youtl
Now Being Held, but Lad Will
Plead Guilty Before
Circuit Court.
Tekamah, Neb., June 23.—The prelim
inary hearing in the Headley murdei
case was held yesterday before County
Judge Ilasler. H. Wade Gillis appeared
as counsel for the sons who are charged
with the killing of their father. At the
beginning of the hearing the county at
torney dismissed the case against Noah,
the youngest boy. The testimony was
then taken similar to what was brought
out at the inquest to prove when, where
and by whom the body was first discov
ered, Dr. Clark, of Craig, and Under
taker Whitney testified as to the cause
of death and the decomposed condi
tion of the body when given to them In
charge by the coroner and the Identifi
cation of the garments worn by the de
ceased, by his wife and children. H
Plummer's son, aged 14 years, went or
the stand and testified that It was
along their line fence the body was
found and that he saw Jess Headley
with a two-wheeled cart in the pasture
west of there one forenoon about the
time that Headley was killed.
Sheriff Phipps testified that Jest
Headley had confessed to him and the
county attorney that It was he tha;
killed his father; that he shot him whet
he was not looking; that It occurred
near the house, and that he put him ir
the swill cart and wheeled the body
nearly a mile to where he dumped li
into Bell creek, a little distance abovi
where it Wits found; that he took whai
money he had, throwing the pocketbool
Into a clump of willows; that he was
sorry now that he killed his father, bui
he did it to get his money and get con
trol of his father’s property.
This ended the trial. No arguments
were necessary. The court ordered
that he be held to the district court
which Is now in adjourned session. II
will only be a few days before he will ;
be sentenced If the plea of guilty will !
be entered In the district court.
WILL MAKE DOGS HAPPY.
Omaha's New Poundmaster Takes
Possession of Office.
Omaha, Neb., Jt'.ne 23.—Friend of
dumb beasts, bank cashier and society
leader. Alfred Millard Wednesday night
formally took possession of his new
office as city poundmaster, to which
be was appointed by the city council
Tuesday night. In company with Hu
mane Officer Ellison. Mr. Millard went
down to the dug pound on the river
bank a short distance north of the
smelting works.
"Our plan,” said Mr. Millard, "is to
make the dogs just as happy as possi
ble during their stay here, and we in
tend to do everything that we can to
render the methods of catching and
killing the dumb animals the easiest
and quickest for the dogs themselves.”
At the present time charcoal gas is
used to kill the animals, but Pound
master Millard is in favor of illuminat
ing gas as the best manner In which
to send the doggies to animal heaven
without pain or agony. A Denver man
has written Mr. Millard concerning the
use of illuminating gas and the new
poundmaster is convinced that he will
“ventually bo able to secure it in the
dog pound. At present there is no gas
main within several hundred feet.
STATE LOSES CASE.
Supreme Court Refuses Rehearing in
Famous Bond Case.
Lincoln, Neb., June 23.—The supreme
court has finally refused a rehearing to
the state In the famous Bartley bond
suit Involving about $700,000, in prin
cipal and interest, belonging to the peo
ple of the state which was lost through
peculations of tire former treasurer
whose bondsmen are now' finally re
lieved from liability on a technicality.
The bondsmen since 1S97, the date of
the discovery of the defalcation have
been waging nn active political cam
paign to secure their release from
liability. At several different sessions
of the state legislature efforts have
been made to secure the passage of
resolutions calling for the release of
the bondsmen on the payment of the
accumulated costs.
The bondsmen are all prominent in
republican politics and were closely as
sociated with the railway machine.
The release from their obligations to
the state has been a big factor in more
than one convention. Much of the state
money was lent to many of the big
republican politicians and the banks
in which they were interested, and
some of tlie members of the railway
political machine carried on speculative
enterprises with the money.
The state's case has been tried sev
eral times in Douglas county, but the
jury always rendered a verdict against
the state although the facts were plain.
The suit has been remanded for re
trial several times and has been pend
ing on law points which were believed
to be sufficient to give the state judg
ment. The record of the trial went to
the supreme court in three volumes,
each of the trials having been on the
same evidence and the same records
having gone to the supreme court each
of the five titr.es it has passed on the
ease. The court now holds that record
must be quashed because two of the
three volumes did not hear proper
marks of identification to show that
they were parts of the same record.
Former Attorney General Prout is
charged with the omission to have the
record properly authenticated, but he
contends that the objection Is immater
ial sir.ee the court accepted the very
same record without question on pre
vious hearings.
WHITE GIRL WEDS INDIAN.
Girl’s Mother Giver. Consent for Mar
riage with Full Blood Indian.
West Point, Neb., June 21.—Jesse H.
Cox, aged 20 years, a full blooded In
dian, was married yesterday at c-nawa,
Ja., to a area cl. Scott, aged 10 years, a
white girl, who had her mother's con
fer. t to the marriage. The groom was
dressed in broadcloth and was a fine
I v'k'ag specimen of his race, while the*
bride was pretty good looking herself
t-al seamed deeply enamored of her
Indian husband. Both of the parties
me in tl.u fCa.nit.gj county.
A BIG CONVENTION.
fivo Hundred Delegates at State Sun
day School Meeting.
Vork, Neb., June 2G.—The Sunday
ichool convention continues to grow in
merest. This is certuinly the best in
:be history of the association. There
ire 525 delegates enrolled. All are en
husia.-tic and Attentive.
The association assembled Wednes
lay morning promptly at 8 o’clock for
prayer service. Tne bible study, con
lucted by Rev. Daniel E. Jenkins,
I Jmaha, was uplifting to those present.
Jeorge G. Wallace, chairman of execu
ive committee, Omaha, conducted con
'erence with workers of the state.
W. E. Nlchol, recording secretary,
rave report of the year’s work, which
vas highly gratifying, P. S. Dietrick,
led Cloud, statistical secretary, gave
i full report of the schools of the
itate. H. M. Stiedley gave a report of
vork done out in the field which has
jeen continuously and faithfully per
lormed. i
Paul S. Dietrick. of Red Cloud, who
mnducted the county work in Tork
:ounty so successfully and raised it
o a business standing, presided over
he session of county organization. M.j
Berg, of Ponca, presented it from
he standpoint of the aim of county^
issociations. "How Shall the Apport
ionment Be Raised?” and "How Can!
he County Association Help Its Con
itituency Do Better Work?” were pre
lented by Robert W. Adams, Teka-;
nah, and D. D. Coryell, Auburn. These
»ubjects were discussed by those pres-!
jnt. ,
Mr. E. C. Knapp, director of bible
study, Broadway tabernacle, New
fork, addressed the convention on the
subject of "Building Up a Sunday
School,” which was followed by a con-.
,’erencc tvhen questions were asked
vhich he answered in a scholarly, bust
lesslilte way, each answer containing
.he help asked for in concise form.
For the evening session the Meth
sdisi Episcopal church was crowded to
ts fullest capacity. Fifteen hundred
jeople were present. The song service,
ipened the evening’s exercises and
vas followed by an address by L. D.
shchorn on the subject. "Improving the
dusic.” He introduced songs for Sun
jay school taken from music of Bee-.
hoven. Mendelssohn and others of the
jest composers and showed how music
:f this grade might be used and would
>e of great value to students. Ho
:hinks the catchy, jingly songs used
■o much now of little value and writ
en by musicians to meet the demand,
lot because it is the best they can do.
Sunday will he the last day of the
fonvention.
SMALL BOY DROWNS.
Undertow from Mill Dam Draws Lad
Into Stream.
Neligh, Neb., June 26.—Late yester
lay afternoon, while little Sterling Kay,'
ton of John Kay, was dipping with a
let for minnows south of the flume of
lie mill, the undertow from the mill
Irew him In, and before any help could1
;ome to him he was drowned.
There was no one near but some Iit*>
,'le boys, and it was some time befora
;hey realized that he was drowning.
The alarm was given, and after he was
m the water for more than an hour his,
oody was caught by a long liandled
take and brought to the surface.
Every effort was made to restore the
ittle fellow to life, but in vain. He
was a very bright boy, and would have
Keen 7 years old next Sunday.
GUILTY OF BRIBERY.
Federal Jury Finds Crow Guilty of
Trying to Influence Grand Jurv.
Omaha, Neb., June 2S.—The jury In the
federal court yesterday found Joseph
2row, of Omaha, guilty of attempting to
impede Justice while foreman of the fed
iral grand Jury.
Crow, who is a former postmaster of
Dmaha, and a former member of the Ne
>raska legislature, was charged with at
.emptlng, while foreman of the federal
;rand jury, to prevent the indictment of
itev. George G. Ware, of Lead, S. ID., who
was some months ago convicted of con
ipiracy to defraud the government
through illegal land entries. It was al
■eged that Crow tried to influence his fel
ew members of the grand jury by gifts
>C railroad passes. Thore were nine, counts
u the original indictment, but- conviction
was only secured on three cf them.
CORONER’S JURY SAYS SUICIDE.
Fremont, Neb., June 23.—Coroner Over
raard held an inquest over the body of
Bert Stiles yesterday forenoon at Bader
Bros.’ undertaking rooms and a jury of
Mx after hearing the testimony of eight
witnesses, returned a verdict that death,
was caused by a revolver used with sul
:ldal intent.
mil OUST PRESENT
MUTUAL MANAGEMENT
This Action cn Part of the Stockhold
ers Is Predicted by Samuel
U ntermyer.
Baltimore, June 23.—“There Is no
foubt that the policy holders of the
New York and Mutual Life Insurance
companies will be able to oust the pres
ent management of both companies in'
'he fall,” said Samuel Untermyer, the
New Y'ork corporation lawyer in Balti
more.
Mr. TTntermyer is counsel for the in
ternational policy holders’ committee of
the New York and the Mutual Life In
surance companies.
"The international policy holders’
committee is composed of the best'
known men In this country and Eu
rope,” he continued, “and it is probable
that the names of the members will
be made public early next week. It in
[ dudes some of our cabinet officers and
will be really a surprise when all the
i names are announced. We mean busi
I ness, and I’ve no doubt of ohr sue
i cess.
"Just at this time there Is a little
1 difficulty about getting the names of
j the policy holders, but we will secure
our lists.
I "The Insurance laws passed In the
, last session the New York legislature
| make It necessary for the lists of policy
! holders to be made up by July 18, and
; as the management of the Mutual has
1 no desire for the names to become pub
lic. we are having some trouble. It
paid one concern $15 a thousand to
opy the names on guarantee that the
lists would not be made public, whereas
it could have had the work done just
} as well for $3. However, wo are not
worrying over this matter, for we will
get the names in time despite ail the
efforts to keep them from us.”
M0RE BOUQUETS.
Longwcrtho Get Cheers and Flowers
Upon Their Arrival
at Kiel.
Kiel, Cornu ny, June 23.—Several
hundred people assembled at the ra.il
i road station today to cheer Congress
naan and Mrs. Longwcrth on their ar
! rival here from London.
| As. they started for the hotel a loud
j voice called out in English “Welcome
i to Kiel," and a won-mi threw a bouquet
! which Mrs. Long-worth smilingly
’ caught while Longv.ort'i lifted hi* hat
In acknowledgement of the gift.
FROM BLACK HILLS TO
PAST THE MISSOURI
Rain Falls on an Average Depth
of Over 2 Inches Over
Large Area.
BUMPER CROPS ASSURED
Most General and Most Welcome Rain
of the Season, as Farmers Had
Become Alarmed.
The rain that visited Nebraska, Kan
sas, Iowa and South Dakota Sunday
night was the heaviest, most general
and most welcome of the season. In all
of the territory mentioned rain was
badly needed and while crops had not
suffered to any great extent, farmers
were becoming alarmed. Now, how
ever, they feel better and believe that
with seasonable showers, fully an av->
erage crop of small grain and a bumper
crop of corn will be harvested.
In Omaha the fail of rain commenced
about 8 o’clock Sunday night and con
tinued during the night and a greater
portion of Monday. At 8 o’clock in the
morning the precipitation aggregated
2 2-100 inches.
To give an idea of what the precipita
tion amounted to in other places, a few
points are here mentioned: Sioux City,
la., 2 4-100 inches; Ashland. 2 65-100
inches; Hartington, 1 65-100 inches; Te
kamah, 1 36-100 inches. At Dodge City,
Kan., the precipitation was 2 58-100
inches.
Railroads Feel Good,
At the railroad offices reports of
weather conditions are received every
morning at 8 o’clock from all the sta
tions on the line. At that hour Monday
morning, the Union Pacific had adviced
that it was raining over the greater
portion of the system east of the mounj
tains. On the main line the rain ex
tended from Cheyenne to the Missouri
river and on the Kansas line from Den
ver to Kansas City and on the Calla
way branch from Grand Island to Cal
laway', the fail being from 50-100 to 3
inches.
On the Burlington it was raining on
the Brush-Alliance branch from the
Black Hills to Denver and on the two
lines running through Nebraska from
Oxford Junction, Neb., to the Missouri
river.
On the Northwestern heavy rain was
reported all the way from the Black
Hills to the Missouri river and on the
Omaha line, from Omaha to Worthing
ton, Minn.
The Rock Island reported rain from
Omaha to Kansas and over all of the
branches in the southern part of the
state. There was two inches at Fair
bury, Neb., and almost as much at
Phillipsburg, Kan., with a heavy fall
at all the intermediate points.
At the Missouri Pacific offices heavy
rains were reported through all of
the rich territory in the southeastern
portion of the state, extending over in
to Kansas as far as Atchison.
Up Into South Dakota.
Up along the Bonesteel branch of
the Northwestern the rainfall was over
an inch in many places, while along
the new line of the Milwaukee being
constructed in South Dakota there was
a fall in some places reaching two and
three inches.
All of the morning trains coming in
from Chicago passed through heavy'
rainstorms. The Northwestern struck
the rain at Cedar Rapids, the Illinois
Central at Fort Dodge, the Milwaukee
at Pickering, the Rock Island at Grin
nell, and the Burlington at Ottumwa,
la. Between these points and Omaha
the downpour was heavy and steady.
That the rain will be of vast benefit
to the western country' is conceded.
What They Say.
General Freight Agent Spens of tho
Burlington said: “This rain means
millions of dollars to the farmers of
Nebraska and adjoining states. It as
sures a big crop throughout the entire
Missouri valley.”
Assistant General Freight Agent
Lane of the Union Pacific says: “It
Is the best thing that we have had
this year. Crops in some localities
were much in need of rain, but this
dispels all fears. It will put the ground
in fine condition; will mature the small
grain and assure a great corn crop.”
Assistant General Freight Agent Mil
ler of the Northwestern remarked:
"There is no danger now about the
crop. It will bo a bumper. Every
portion of our territory has been vis
ited and the prospects for the farm
ers being on Easy street yvere never
So good."
PLANS HUGE CELEBRATION.
Lincoln Is Preparing to Give W. J.
Bryan a Great Reception.
Lincoln, Neb., June 21.—The home
coming of yv-'.iam Jennings Bryan will
be celebrated by one of the largest
] nonpartisan celebrations in the history
l of the state.
For the first time partisan strife has
been laid aside in the case of Mr. Bry
an. Living in a town overwhelmingly
republican, he has been the target for
considerable petty abuse. The Commer
cial club has unanimously decided to
outline plans for a monster reception
and ask the railroads for special rates.
Mayor Brown has been authorized to
•pare no trouble or expense in making
the reception the biggest and most en
thusiastic ever offered a Nebraskan.
A mass meeting will be held next
Monday noon to select committees.
Friends of Mr. Bryan and the president
of the Commercial club have wired Mr.
Bryan not to accept any invitations
for a reception until Lincoln's claims
are considered.
ONE EOLT KILLS MANY.
Twenty-seven Cattle Killed by Stroke
of Lightning.
Plainview, Neb., June 21.—M. H.
Christiansen, a farmer living south of
:his city, lost twenty-seven head of
cattle from one lightning stroke in the
rainstorm of last night.
The drouth, which had lasted for
tbout five weeks, was broken last night
oy a heavy rain.
Small grain has been damaged and
will be short.
Corn will suffer but little damage.
CRUSHED HER LEG.
Load of Hogs Overturns on Norfolk
Woman.
Norfolk, Neb., June 19.—As Mr. and
Mrs. Theo. Pafahl were about to drive
0 town with a lead of hogs the team
oecame frightened and ran. Mrs.
Pafahl sprang at tho horses and caught
1 line, which caused the team to run
In a circle, overturning the heavy load
on the plucky woman and crushing one
of her lower limbs. It was three days
later before it was discovered the limb
was broken.
MOB AFTER FARMER.
6on Ran Away and Neighbors Feared
Foul Play.
Norfolk, Neb.. June 22.—An excited
crowd of his neighbors were reported
to be forming to attack Patrick O'Gor
(nan. a farmer living six miles west of
Norfolk, because of various ugly ru
mors that had been set afloat regard
ing the disappearance of his 14-year
»ld son, James. County Attorney
Koenigstein and Sheriff Clements
went to the home and investigated. It
is their opinion that the boy was not
injured, but ran away from home. The
crowd quieted down. Jimmie disap
peared eight weeks ago. His father
pays he struck him twice that day and
ha3 not seen him since.
JUST A PRESS AGENT’S STORY.
General Colby Did Not Como Near
Losing His Scalp Last Week.
Beatrice, Neb., June 22.—Gen. L. W.
Colby, about whom a sensational report
was published recently, has returned
from his wedding trip through the west.
The story as told in the papers was to
the effect that a band of Indians who
were in the city with a circus were
hunting for the general to recover an
Indian child which the general had
picked up years ago on the battlefield
|>f Wounded Knee. It was further al
leged that the father of the child was
the leader of the pack of angry braves
tvho were demanding the restoration of
Lost Bird, and that the general had fled
from the city to escape a scalping. The
whole story, so far as the visit of the
Indians is concerned, is the product of
the fertile brain of a circus press agent.'
It was widely published throughout the1
country.
TWO NEGROES BREAK JAIL
/Wen Held at Nebraska City for Burg-;
fary Saw Way to Liberty.
Nebraska City, Neb., June 22.—George
Crockett and Robert Fleming, ne
groes held in the county jail on the
charge of burglary, made their escape
Sunday night by sawing the hinges off:
their cell doors.
The saw had been smuggled into the;
jail by friends of the prisoners and
given to Crockett, who sawed his way!
into the corridor and then liberated
Fleming by sawing his door open. Thei
prisoners had easy access to freedom
land their escape was not discovered!
‘until this morning.
' The men were charged with robbing'
Goldberg’s clothing store. They had!
j been captured several weeks ago at'
Pacific Junction, la., and were wearing
I part of the stolen goods at that time.
YOUNG MAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
Seventeen-Year-Old Boy Shoots Him
self in the Abdomen.
Tobias, Neb., June 22.—Lewis Svece,
aged 17, working for John Tesr, seven
miles north of town, committed suicide
by shooting himself through the abdo
I .men with a shotgun. He was operated
j on for intestinal wounds, but died in
twenty-four hours.
“CATTLE QUEEN” BOUND OVER.
Wealthy Nebraska Woman Is Charged
With Stealing Cattle.
Sidney, Neb., June 22.—Mrs. Mary
Ingraham and her two sons, Dan and
Tad, were bound over to the district
court, charged with stealing three 2
year-old steers, valued at $S5, the prop
erty of Henry Heard. Mrs. Ingraham
furnished the requisite $1,500 bail, but
the boys were unable to get bonds, and
Sheriff McDaniel incarcarated them in
the county jail. Mrs. Ingraham’s ranch
is near Bayard, fifty miles northwest
of here, and she is known as the "cat
tle queen” of western Nebraska.
■MICKEY SPEAKS AT RANDOLPH.
Randolph, Neb., June 20.—Governor
Mickey spoke in the opera at this place
last night upon the subject of "Charac
ter Building.” The house was packed] ,
and many people were turned away, un
able to get close enough to hear or see.
After the address a reception was
tendered the governor, which was at
tended by a host of his admirers.
The address throughout was a plea
for tempqrance and for upright living.
There was but little politics. However,
ais closing remarks would have been
most fitting in a Cummins speech. He
said the railroads owned too many men
tnd such men are not safe for the peo
ple to trust their business with, enlarg
ng upon the subject considerably. The
governor say3 he will not be a candi
date for re-election.
TEST CASES AT 'FRISCO
Insurance Company Worsted in Two
Cases Brought to Recover In
surance Since Quake.
San Francisco, Cal., June 20.—Two
test cases have been brought by two
women who are refugees from San
Francisco, against the Paltaine Insur
ance company, London, England, to re
cover $600 insurance money. The cases
were tried in Justice of the Peace
Quinn’s court in Oakland yesterday,
and decided in favor of the plaintiffs.
Notice of appeal was given in each case
and the matter will eventually be
thrashed out in the supreme courts.
The defendant company, through its
counsel, announced its intent to rest its
defense on the legality of the “earth
quake clause” in the policies issued to
the plaintiffs. In rendering his decision
the judge said that no evidence had
been produced showing that the loss
was caused by the earthquake.
MOODY TO QUIT SOON.
His Retirement Anticipated, and Sec
retary of the Navy Bonaparte
May Succeed Him.
Washington, D. C., June 20.—Announce
ment of his forthcoming retirement from
the cabinet will be made shortly by Attor
ney General Moody. He is not, however,
to surrender his portfolio for several
months. According to the understanding
here, Moody will be succeeded as attorney
general,by Charles J. Bonaparte of Mary
land, at present secretary of the navy..
Gossip in connection with these expected
changes has It that the naval portfolio will
go to George V. L. Meyer of Massachu-j
setts. United States ambassador to Berlin,
and that Truman H. Newberry of Mich
igan, now assistant secretary of the navj,,
will sueccced him abroad.
RANK LESE MAJESTE.
| Gil Bias Ridicules the Royal John D.
Rockefeller.
Paris, June 20.—The current issue of
Gil Bias, discussing John D. Rocke
feller's presence in Caropiegne, sarcas
tically says he should, by right of his
royal position, have been housed in the :
Royal Chateau and keen given the bed
of Napoleon. It advised him in pass
ing the statue of Joan of Arc to learn
the iesson of her self-sacrifice and pa
triotism, for it teaches much. Gil Bias
also ridicules his lack of appreciation.,
of the historic memories of works of! ,
art hereabouts. I