The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, August 16, 1906, Image 2
THE O'NEILL FRONTON D. H. CRONIN, PuMUhr. yNEiLL, NE*fc*CKA -- _■■■BtB'JJigg The labor agitations In recent years In France ai** said to have had an im portant effect hi leading to a “concen tration of Industries.'* In 1890 there j were 2,c44,471 independent establish- ; mints in France; in 1901 the total number of such establishments was 2,245,356, a diminution in live years ot nearly 100,000 establishments. The number now is said to he very much smaller. The small establishments are reported to have been the ones which have largely gone out of business. Dur ing the period of 1896 to 1901 no less than 102.355 small firms disappeared, while establishments employing from twenty-one to 100 workmen Increased by 2,535, and the number of large firms, employing more than 100 workmen each, increased from 3,918 In 1896 to 4.623 In 1901. The present agitation, with a demand for shorter hours and increased wages, is said to have added greatly to this concentration of busi ness in certain lines to the largo firms. Less than two years ago a prospector lost his way on the desert near the California line, in Nye county, Nov., and died of thirst. On the spot where that man’s body was found is now the town of Hu 11 frog. A water works plant costing $50,000 supplies an abun dance of water. There are hotels with baths in many rooms and residences equipped with all tin* modern para phernalia that make for comfort. Elec tric lights illumine the streets where only the stars of heaven looked down on the death of the lonely miner, and within the radius of a very few miles there are now about 15,000 people. During the twelve months ending May 31, about 168,000 tons of coal ar rived at Colon. AH of this coal came from the United States, principally from Norfolk, Va.. and was shipped In foreign bottoms living the Norwegian flag, with the exception of the steam ers of the Panama Railroad Steamship line, plying between New York and Colon, not a single freight or passenger steamer Hying the American flag en tered Colon during the year named, not withstanding the fact that cargoes <d nil kinds are constantly arriving then for the isthmian canal and for the lo cal and transit trade. President Hadley, addressing a bus iness meeting of the Yale alumni the other day. spoke warmly of Professoi I/mnsbui-y's scholarship and of his humor, telling a little story to Illustrate the latter quality. While lecturing one P warm day, Pro lessor Lounsbury was greatly annoyed bv the restiveness ol some of the students. Frowns and * glances were of no avail, and Inatten 0 tlon spread, until finally, pausing In his >,. lecture, Professor Lounsbury adminis tered a characteristically whimsical re J • buke; “Bear with mo a little longer "* gentlemen." ho said. “I still have a few 11* more pearls to cast.” la -- ] There aro more than 30.000 eatab le llshments In the country for raising t early vegetable plants under glass. .1 Within a radius of fifteen miles of Boston there are nearly 2,000,000 square KJ feet of glass used In forcing vegetables. In Near Providence. R. 1., are fully ton 01 acres of glass for the same purpose, m) The nuburbs of New Y’ork. Chicago and _ other big cities use nearly 0,000,000 t square feet of glass for strictly vagot ’■ able and curly fruit culture, and the '111 glass alono used In thus forcing nature TU is worth millions. ■ pj Our fruit, vegetable and nut crop ol 'w !S05, required the service of over a hum I'M1. dred million crates. Laid end to end, J“> each touching Its neighbor, these crates Yll would encircle the earth at the equator iht three and one-half times; they would < Busily hold our national annual yield ol >le wheat; they would make a pile with n base the size of a big ofllce building, >or higher than the world’s most lofty . _ mountain. Texas alone uses enough £5* grates to reach noross the United Stales *7 8re times, and Georgia Is not far be Rl kind. if - -»■*-» 30C The local option clauses of the New ,n« 'fork liquor tax law apply to 932 towns. ,„r The law went Into effect on March 23. ’ XS96. At that time there were 283 “dry” m ' towns In the state. The number grud P<M ually declined until January 1, 1893, pH when It was 262. On January 1. 1900, it S was 276; and on May 1. 1902, 285; on th( May 1, 1903, 284, and on May 1. 1906, 3)a 283—exactly the same number as at pr| the time of the adoption of the present Sj0l liquor law. ero The population of France Is about 40. itnt 000,000 people; the wealth of Fram e Is me nearly $45,000,000,000. Robert 1’. 8k!n 0oi Her, United Staters consul at Marseilles, njj in some recent statistics, shows how f,,- evenly this wealth is distributed. The . number of estates administered in 1904 . ' was 394,787, and of these one-half w-’re ■* "or values ranging from loss than $10.C0( the to a little under $100,000. Only three Opr were over $10,000,000. ah* -* ■*• *-— Rt., The German emperor, who recentlv r I.lidded a Spanish uniform to his stock r p of clothes, has the biggest wardrobe ot e"8any sovereign In the world. A valet nlllgifted with special knowledge Is dep Sta'uted to look after the Hohenzollern cel satflection of uniforms, which Is a truly and*norroous one- atK' this man has so xvel sl,vj«tudled his master’s treasures that nr “MpHiatter in what guise the kaiser may ""“wish to appear he can at once produce Ion the uniform. to l-- —• • No’ The Cape to Cairo railway has just jiTeaehed a point In Africa 374 miles ATnorth of Victoria l’Mla and 2.016 miles un jfrom Capo Town. The 2S1 miles from SCaigohimo to Broken Hill were con Ugtructed In 346 days. On ninety-nine Juldays, however, no work was done, so tho'tbat the rails were actually laid at the ind$wte of over a mile u day. From 3.600 . n.to 6,000 natives are constantly em thir,oyod' and Hhout 330 wh,tes ' I in the only man in tne world wno (Scan sing a song standing on my head in - ... * bucket of water,” said James Collier, when charged with vagrancy in the po lice court of Grimsby, England, the oth ~^er day. He was discharged on his prom ■J^lse to leave town, but before leaving did gurgling solo for the benefit of and t( 190fthe admiration of the police. low Tho Bank of France, tl\e liriee®t of j*2oa*"<Ser of gold next to the United Jr, /9siate* treasury, has In ils vaults today SUPhoarly >600.000,000 of the rreciou-. n e‘al: PIQlwo years ago It had J4iin.000.000, and In Sind.900, when Paris began slowly to forge AujShead of London as the center of lnrg T itfsat money supply, the Institution lieii 15<j9>nly >375,000,000. _ rrh°uK*1 prohibited by law, cock SilKhtlng is still indulged In scretly I to J |hc English Black country and In s"*m ODjbarts of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Fir Jfjn Cape Colony, where the law does re Jofcouch the "pastime." It flourishes vvlt' QiSIomethlnK of the prosperity that sur S'lW°Un<le<1 11 1,1 Er,elan'5 a century ago. 4*# People make a great mistak" as t £tie prevalence of English on the err Btlnent. says the Bev. A. N. CVop<*r I rnaA'hambers’ Journal. "In my wrlk t *]Pteinie, a journey of ton:’ !)(*0 miles gnly once met a i • on the pel w’ iould s hi- ■* n<l he wa.i 1, niy n t me." i I m m m rnrnmmmfmmm ■ TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS | San Francisco—The New palace lin tel will cost $3,000,009, having 700 rooms. Romo—There Is no truth In the re port that the pope Is Indisposed. He Is enjoying his usual health Pittsburg, Pa.—A national bank that will do business every one of tho twen ty-four hours of the day and night Is a project announced in this city. Laurel, Miss.—Sergeant Dank-1 Man ning, of the United States army, In charge of a recruiting post here, com mitted suicide by cutting his left wrist with a razor. No cause for his act was learned. London—Thousands of applications are being made by teachers In all parts of the kingdom to take part In the ex cursions to the United States, which are being arranged for the coming fall and winter. Odessa—The Russian Shipping com pany has decided to Institute a direct steamship service with New York. The first sailing will be at the end of September. The voyage will require twenty-two days. Niagara Falls, N. Y.—The Photogra phers’ Association of America elecfted the following officers: President, Clarence J. Vandeventer, Decatur, 111.; secretary, W. F. Medlar, Spencer, la. The next convention will be held at Dayton, O. Chicago—While preparing for his wedding, Dr. Samuel U. Crawford, 33 years old, died suddenly at noon at the home of his bride, t3 Bryant place, where he had been rooming for years. Mrs. Rose Sykes was to be married to the physician. Wilkesbarre, Pa.—Seeing her hus band hanging by the neck and strang ling to death, Mrs. John Miller, ol Scranton, ran to a neighbor's house to give the alarm, insteading of holding lm up or cutting the rope. When aid arrived he was dead. New Haven, Conn.—When her daughter, MNh Agnes Newman, a school teacher, died of typhoid fever It so grievously affected Mrs. Marcello Newman that she experienced a shock from which she died twelve hours aft er her daughter’s death. Washington, D. C.—It has been definitely decided that President Roose velt will review the Atlantic fleet from the president's yacht, Mayflower. Thai vessel Is now at Santo Domingo, but will return to New York on August 20 and be put In readiness for the re view. Washington, D. C.—Secretary Bona parte advised the sixteen young offi cers who are now being Instructed In the navy pay officers' school not to re gard themselves as noncombatants, but to be prepared for naval responsibili ty also, as the exigencies of war may at any time demand that they become active fighters. Indianapolis, Ind.—National Demo cratic Chairman Taggart said today when told that a story from the east stated that he might be usked to re sign: "Why should I resign?” He added that there was no occasion for such a course, and he would not talk about It. Asked whut he would do should Mr. Bryan request his resigna tion, he replied that he would not dis cuss such a proposition. Springfield, III.—Democrats of San gamore county in convention indorsed Bryan for president; Indorsed Bryan’s demand that Roger Sullivan resign as member of the national committee from Illinois and Instructed delegates to the state convention to use their efforts to dispose of Sullivan. St. Petersburg—The Novoe Vremya raises the cry of "the American peril,” and says that "the time Is not distant when the Slav, German and Latin races of Europe will be compelled to unite for self protection against the com bination of greater America, greater Britain and greater Japan." Cincinnati—Superintendent James M. Allison, of the House of Refuge, and his assistant, Peter Costello, ara to be permitted to resign, charges of cruelty to the Inmates having been preferred against them, the board of public serv ice suspended them and appointed a committee of investigation. London—The president of the divorce court today announced that the court had decided that liereufter newspaper artists shall not be allowed to make sketches in court, since the practice was embarrassing and prejudiced wit nesses and because It was not In the public Interest to plctorially draw at tention to divorce cases. Copenhagen—The delegates to the conference of the International League of Woman Suffragists are busy here. The newspapers are enthusiastic over the American delegates and especially dwelling on the oratorical powers of the Rev. Anna K. Shaw and Ida Husted Harper and the presidential ability ol Mrs. Carrie Chapmun Catt. Dover, Del.—The board of pardons recommended a full and absolute par don for John Boozer, a negro who Is under sentence of death for the murder of George Farra In Wilmington several years ago. Boozer was respited three times because of new evidence in his favor and the board of pardons, after careful consideration of the case, be came convinced of the negro's Inno cence. Atlanta, Ga.—The so-called Boykin anti-bucket shop bill adopted by the house of representatives several days ago passed the senate by the decisive Vote of 3S to 3 and needs only the governor’s signature to become a law. This bill makes no distinction between bucket shops and exchanges, but pro vides for the dosing of all places In Georgia where options on “futures" are bought and sold after January 1, 1907. Winnipeg, Man.—Mail advices from Dawson City tell of the biggest rob bery ever recorded In the Yukon's his tory, the amount Involved being $78, 000. Gold dust and bars to this value wore shipped on the steamer Ida May by the Washington Alaska bank to the Washington' Trust company at Seattle. The mystery Is a deen one, not the slightest clew to the thief having been obtained. Tokio—The Japanese government does not yet possess any details of the Aleutian islands incident and is there fore not in a position to express its views. The news is generally received with regret, and the hope is expressed that no unpleasant complication will develop. Stewartsville, Mo.—Governor Folk will ask the next general assembly to pass a law by which the' retail liquor Interests will be taxed for the benefit if the public highways. He plans to lave each dram snop pay a state •cense of $303 a year, th * fund creut i to be us< d to build gcod leads. | HARVESTER TRUST HIT IN NEBRASKA State’s Most Prominent Imple ment Man Opens Bold Legal Fight. HE HAS HAD EXPERIENCE Ex-United States Senator Allen to Prosecute—Meanwhile Many Debt ors Refuse to Pay Notes to Alleged Trust. Center, Neb., Aug. 14.—Two of the most Important and far reaching suits ever filed in this county were insti tuted here yesterday when County At torney Berryman, upon Information supplied by VV. H. Green, of Creighton, instituted quo warranto proceedings against the International Harvester Company of America, charging it with being a trust in restraint of trade un der the national and state statutes. The second case Is substantially the same as the llrst, but Is brought by Mr. Green personally for $2,000 damages. Ex-United States Senator William V Allen drew the petitions and has been retained by the prosecution. Attorney J. F. Green, brother of the plaintiff, will assist in the damage suit. Mr. Green has been one of the largest dealers in agricultural Implements and harvesting machinery in Nebraska for fourteen years. Last year he insti tuted a new systerrf of anti-trust ad vertising that gave him a national rep utation, and he says he secured three fourths of the business of the territory Ill Ul U1C nu.-v. A Trust Trick. At the close of the reason he learned that one of the harvesters which he had been booming as an Independent product was owned all the time by the trust, and that they had baited him out on a limb and then cut the limb off. Nothing daunted Mr. Green at once purchased a newspaper, the Nebraska Liberal, and continued the campaign with such force that, though lie never had had any experience as an editor or a publisher, yet in seven months lie was elected president of the Nebraska Democratic Press association, succeed ing Mr. Bryan in that office. Mr. Green was in Chicago when the state of Arkansas ousted the harvester trust from that state, and while ex Benator Allen is to have charge of the prosecution, the attention Mr. Green has attracted by daring to cope with this *120,000,000 corporation will se cure for him the aid and counsel of some of the best anti-trust legal talent In the nation. Resisting Payment to Trust. In addition to the foregoing over a score of the debtors of the interna tional Harvester company are resisting payments of their notes and accounts, citing us their defense section 10 of the anti-trust law: “Any purchaser of any article, com modity. matter or thing purchased or contracted for within or without this state, from any person, firm corpora tion or association of persons, or of two or more of them transacting busi ness contrary to any provision of the preceding section of this act, shall not be liable for the price or payment of such article, commodity, matter or thing, and may plead this act as a de fense to any suit for such price or pay ment.” HOHL BOUND OVER. Brother Causes Incarceration of Broth er in Pierce Jail. Pierce, Neb., Aug. 14.—Fred Hohl, who was arrested some time ago for breaking window glass fronts in the village of Osmond and also for stealing fire arms and knives from the hard ware store of H. J. Billerbeck, had his' preliminary hearing before County Judge Kelley yesterday find was bound over to the district court in the sum of *500. His brother. Will Hohl, was the complaining witness, County Attorney Van Wagenen appeared for the state and Douglas Cones for the defense. —f— HAMLIN’S VICTIM CAN’T LIVE. Murderous tullet Severed Miss Engel’s Spinal Cord. Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 13.—With the US“ of an X-ray the bullet in Miss Engel, who was shot a week ago, was located In one of the vertebrae. Four of the phy slelatis of the city performed an opera tion Wednesday !jnd traced the course of the bullet. Splinters of bone were found and a little scale of the bullet. It was found that the bullet had cut through the spinal cord and stopped in the vertebrae and' to attempt to take it out would in all probability result in more serious Injury. The result of the operation is not very flattering for the girl. It is eertain that she will be paralyzed for life and it ie believed she cannot live long. Hamlin, the would-be muiuerer, is still confined in the cage at the county Jail and speaks very little. CRAZY MAN WITH A GUN. Lyons, Neb., Aug. 1 .—Great excite ment prevails es.st of here on. account of a crazy man’s appearance in the neighborhood. He is a large, heavy set man and carries a gun. He attempted to enter the home of George Newell find sutd he would ex terminate the family. The neighbors gave pursuit, but the crazy man got away from them and cannot be found. SKULL FRACTURED IN RUNAWAY Rulo, Neb.. Aug. 13.—Minnie Wilson, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Wilson, six miles southwest of here, suffered the fracture of her skull in a runaway Wednesday morning- The front al bone was cracked so that the upper part of the skull, settling back, went down in side the fracture. Two doctors worked two hours to replace the broken part, hav ing to cut a notch in the bone to permit the Insertion of »n instrument to raise the broken piece to its place. The girl was not rendered unconscious by the ac cident and bore the operation with unusual fortitude. Philadelphia, Pa.—Anthracite coal shipments in July were somewhat in excess of those of July last year. They were 4.981.448 tons, against 4,546,743 tons. For the year to date the ship ments aggregate 30,367,249 tons, con trasted with 35.263,740 tons in the cor responding period last year. Winnipeg—Several members of the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad survey at Sandgreen. Alberta, were taken vio lently sick after eating canned salmon. Major Herbert J. Smith is d°ad and several others are critically ill. Major Smith served with distinction in th« Boer war. FLEES WITH CASH. I Paroled Convict Skips With Money and Jewelry. Fremont. Neb., Aug. 13.—Ed S. Van Camp, alias Ed Taylor, an ex-convict paroled In Dodge county, secured ?500 In money and jewelry from Ferment people and fled. Taylor was sentenced for eighteen months for horse stealing and was re leased on parole nine months ago. He worked for Sheriff Bauman till last week, when his time was up. He se- : cured 1160 from one Fremont man to ' buy a team of horses for the farmer. From others he got smaller amounts by showing a 1250 check with which he canvassed the town and finally left at the Commercial National bank for collection. The check was drawn on a Cincinnati bank and was bogus. Among the missing jewelry Is a HOC diamond stud belonging to Sheriff Bauman. DEGARMO A MUCH WANTED MAN Illinois and Dakota Officials Have Claims on Beaver City Prisoner. Beaver City, Neb., Aug. 13.—The newspaper stories recounting the var ied career of Walter Degarmo, now In the county jail awaiting trial on the charge of bigamy, brought several tel egrams from different parts of the country where Degarmo Is wanted. A message from the state's attorney at Carthage, 111., confirms the confes sion of begarmo that his wife, Maude Degarmo. is alive and has not been divorced. The sheriff at Huron, S. D., wires that Degarmo is wanted for horse stealing, and on being confronted witli the charge he confessed and stated that the horse, harness and buggy were sold by him in this county. The Illinois authorities want him also on a charge of horse stealing, and to this he also acknowledges, giving the name of the town in Iowa where the stolen animal was sold. From Red Cloud comes another in quiry, and it Is probable that he will have another charge to face. Miss Luella Thompson, of Wilson vllle, has been notified of all the facts regarding the scoundrel who imposed himself upon ~er and succeeded in ob taining sums of money. It was her hope that his wife in Illinois had se cured a divorce so that the marriage here would have been legal. A strange characteristic of Degarmo is that he freely confesses his sins and has made but little attempt to shield himself. PRIEST ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Rev. Fr. Walsh, of Wyoming, Cuts His Throat in Fremont Hotel. Fremont, Neb.. Aug. 13.—Rev. Father J. Walsh, a Catholic priest of Chey enne, Wyo., yesterday afternoon sum moned Landlord Beardsley to his room in the New York hotel and disclosing a four-inch gash in his throat, said that he had attempted suicide and had lain sinfce 1 o’clock in the morning waiting for death to come. The bed was covered with blood and a razor lay, on the floor. Walsh had registered as F. Walsh and had been here since August 1. He did not dis close his identity till tonight, when a priest was called for him and he ad mitted it to him. While here Father Wals.i has been drinking heavily. It is believed this was the cause of his act. To the hotel clerk he remarked yesterday that he was wretched because he could not quit drinking. Physicians say that the fact that Walsh’s neck Is fat saved him. He will recover. CEMETERY, NOT ACADEMY. Experiments of Young Nebraskan May Lead Him in Wrong Direction. Washington, D. C., Aug. 12.—Secretary Bonaparte wrote a letter yesterday to an embryo Nebraska inventor which was de signed to interrupt some interesting ex periments in throwing explosives. John Sweeney, a 17-year-old boy of Erickson, Neb., wrote to the secretary asking for a full statement of the re quirements for admission to the navai academy and outlining some experiments he is conducting in throwing dynamite preparatory to becoming a useful officer of the navy. At present the young inventor says he is able to throw 0.064 of an ounce of dyna mite 150 yards with a Winchester rifle of 44 caliber, range 300 yards. With a large siege gun he says he believes he could throw 400 pounds of dynamite six miles and asks if Ids achievements will not as sist him in gaining admission to the An napolis academy. Secretary Bonaparte replied to the young man that his experiments were better adapted to taking him to the cemetery than to the naval academy and suggested that he abandon them and adopt some other means of preparing himself for a naval officer. —#— END OF THE WORLD IS NEAR. San Francisco Earthquake But a Sign, Says Preacher. Fremont, Neb., Aug. 12.—Elder S. Mor tensen, of Chicago, in an address before the Seventh Day Adventists in the pa vilion on their camp meeting grounds, last night, prophesied that the end of the world is near. Using scriptural texts for a basis for his claims, Elder Mortensen pointed to worldly conditions and recent natural disturbances as signs of the second com ing of Christ. The San Francisco earth quake was cited as one. Statistics show ing there had been a big increase ip the number of earthquakes within the past few years were used by Elder Mortensen to strengthen his argument. He declared he believed there would be an early de struction of the world. PIONEER PASSES AWAY. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 13.—Lyman Rich ardson, one of the founders of the Omaha Herald, and its business man ager from 1868 until he and his part ner, Dr. George L. Miller, sold it in 1887, died Wednesday at his home in Savannah. Ga. POLLARD NOMINATED. Auburn, Neb.. Aug. 13.—Ernest M. Pollard was nominated by acclamation In the congressional convention last night. Judge Sullivan, of Plattsmouth. placed the name of Pollard before the eonvention and was greeted with ap plause. Loud calls for Pollard brought that gentleman to the stage, and he made a speech for an hour. In this he simply eulogized the work done by the republican party and the great work, especially, of the Fifty-ninth congress. In closing his speech Pollard thanked the convention for what he termed his vindication. BULK ELEy" SAYS NO. Connecticut Senator Would Not Ac cept Election of Commander in Chief of the G. A. R. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 13.—United Stutes Senator Bulkeiey. who had been mentioned as a candidate for the post af commander-tn-chief of the Grand Army of the Kepublte, has announced that he could not possibly consider the nomination. His public and private du ties, he says, '.aa\e him no time for lui ther wori SIX MEET DEATH IN OMAHA FIRE Five-Gallon Gasoline Can Ex plodes and -Nearly Exterm inates Family. MOTHER AND 5 CHILDREN Home Burns in Sight of Husband and Father, Who Was Powerless to Rescue Family from Fu neral Pyre. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 11—Before the ho. ror stricken eyes of Thomas O’Danlelt a farmer living on the Dr. Miller plact at Seymour park, four miles west ol South Omaha, his home was burned to the ground and his entire family almost wiped out of existence last evening Five children, the oldest 16, and tht youngest but 2 years old. perished ir the ilames, and the mother was so bad. ly burned that she died this morning. The dead: LILLIE O'DANIELS, aged 16. ERNEST O'DANIELS, aged 9. BERTHA O’DANIELS, aged 6. EARL O'DANIELS, aged 4. FLORENCE O’DANIELS, aged 2. MRS. THOMAS O’DANIELS. The injured: .L ULMllcVa KJ IlclllU »3“* Verely burned. But one member of the family, Ethel, the eldest daughter, survived. She was with her father in the cow shed finish ing the milking when the terrible catastrophe occurred. With such light ning swiftness were the ilames driven through the entire building that they were powerless to lift a finger to suc cor the doomed victims of the fire. It was only through the bravery of the father that Mrs. O'Daniels was dragged from the house and saved from at once meeting the fate of the children. The fire, which broke out about 9 o'clock, was caused by the explosion of either a can of gasoline or kerosene. One of the lamps needed filling, and the wife had gone into a small closet where the oil can was kept, looking for it with a lighted match. Without warn ing there was a terrific explosion. Mrs. O’Daniels was ablaze from head to foot, and great flames were leaping through every portion of the house. O’Daniels and his daughter, but a few feet from the house, were startled by the explosion, followed by the ter rified screams of the burning woman. The house was already turned into a huge pyre, and it was at the risk of his own life that O’Daniel dragged his wife from the kitchen and rolled her in a manure pile to extinguish the flumes. Lillie, the stepdaughter of O'Daniels, was sick abed in an upper room, and the other children, all small ones, were sleeping. So rapid did the flaming fiend do its work that none of the children had apparently time to even leave their beds, though they must have been awakened by the noise. TEACHING FORCE CRIPPLED. Falls City. Neb., Aug. 11.—According to the statement of County Superin tendent Oliver, this (Richardson) coun ty is short fifty teachers as a result of the enactment by the last legisla ture of a new law. There is an abund ance of teachers in this county, such as they are, but they have not been able to qualify under this law and the school boards of many districts are embarrassed by failing to find teach ers, and the few available are demand ing higher wages. The law as it stands has but few friends among school offi cers and all the disappointed teachers are against it. The matter was brought Into local politics by the introduction by C. F. Reavis of the following reso lution in the republican convention: “Whereas, The last session of the legislature amended one section of the school laws so as to make it difficult for teachers to meet the requirements for qualifications to teach, also in plac ing the certification of the teachers out of the power of the county super intendent and placing the same in a board to be appointed by the state su perintendent, located at Lincoln; there fore, be it "Resolved, That our nominees to the legislature be and they are hereby in structed to use all reasonable means to repeal and amend said laws." This resolution was voted down aft er a brief discussion, only a few of the delegates understanding the true sit uation. The local democrats declare that they will make their campaign on this Issue and the failure of the republicans to take a decided stand against send ing passholders to the conventions. The law referred to rak*js the stand ards of qualification required of teach ers and provides for stringent exami nations for all teachers under the su pervision of the state superintendent. Complaints of a shortage of teachers caused by the operation of the act are reported from many counties. The effect Is to raise salaries of those who can comply with the statute, and on that account its opponents charged that it was a part of a scheme to form a teachers’ trust. State Superintendent McBrien fathered the bill. WARM AND SULTRY IN NEB. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 11—The past week was warm and sultry, with little wind and with heavy showers In most coun ties. The daily mean temperature averaged almost exactly normal and the dally changes In temperature were small. The maximum temperatures for the week were near 90 degrees. The daily maximum for the first five days was quite generally above 85 degrees. The last two days were slightly cooler. The minimum temperatures were generally between 60 degrees and 60 degrees. The rainfall was above the normal very generally Showers occurred with in the borders of the state every day qf the week, but they were the heaviest and most general Thursday and Satur day. The weekly amount exceeded t we Inches In a considerable part of the counties along the Platte river east of Lincoln county, while It exceeded one Inch In most of the southern, eastern and In many northern counties. The total rainfall from April 1 to date Is below normal In the northeastern coun ties and rightly above normal In the central counties. WOMAN FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY Ainsworth, Neb., Aug. 13.—Througl nn error in transmission Miss E. Mae Davison, of Long Pine, was reporte.fi as democratic candidate for county super intendent of schools, when, In fact, she was named for county attorney. She Is probably tbe first woman to be named for this office in Nebraska if not In the United States. NEW YORK EXCHANGE. Chicago. Aug. 9.—New York ex change 25@'35c discount. ONLY GOOD BOYS MAY PLAY FOOTBALL Chancellor Andrews Says Morals Will Count in Makeup of Uni versity Eleven. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 11.—“Football al ;he University of Nebraska this year tnd in the future will be conducted on L higher moral plane,” said Dr. E. Ben iamin Andrews, chancellor of the uni versity in an interview. Dr. Andrews :akes an active interest in football and is faculty member of the athletic aoard has always taken a part in the management of the Nebraska team. He often watches practice, is a good 'rooter” and never fails to witness all games played on the Nebraska field. “Conditions were bad—very bad—be fore the session ended last year," said Dr. Andrews. “I don't mean that the management was bad, but we learned that some Ynembers of the team not only ceased studying, but were spend ing their evenings playing poker and drinking. "Such a state of affairs demanded im mediate action. As a result we have a new coach and in the future a closer watch will be kept on all members of the team. In addition to their college record prospective football players must bear a moral record. No more carous ing among Nebraska football players.” BRYAN HOMECOMING SEPT. 3. Lincoln People Will Do Honor to Fa vorite Son on That Day. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 11.—W. J. Bryan will arrive In Lincoln, Monday, Septem ber 3, the first day of the state fair. The local committee recently announced the outline of the program, comprising speeches at the north entrance of the state house in the afternoon and a re ception in the state house during the evening. T. S. Allen, chairman of the demo cratic state central committee has been authorized by the committee in New York having in charge the reception tc be tendered to Mr. Bryan on his re turn to this country from his tour iround the world to appoint twenty del egates at large from trie state of Ne braska to attend the reception to be tendered him at Madison Square Gar len on August 30. Mr. Allen has ap pointed the following delegates: Joseph Hayden, Omaha; W. H. Thompson, Grand Island: P. E. McKil ip, Humphrey; C. J. Smythe, Omaha; V. C. Shalienbarger. Alma; Edgar How ird, Fremont; G. W. Phillips, Colum bus; W. H. Cowgill, Holdrege; Harry 3. Dungan, Hastings; C. J. Bowlby,. frete: Dan T. Stephens, Fremont; J.. M. Leyda, Plattsmouth; W. H. Kelli gar, Auburn; Tom E. Parmele, Piatts niouth; George C. Gillan, Lexington; W. B. Eastham, Broken Bow; W. H. Taylor, Exeter; W. H. Green, Creigh :on; Stephen L. Geisthurt, Lincoln; Matt Miller, David City. Mayor Brown's list of names of Ne braskans who will go to New Y’ork to neet Mr. Bryan has now reached thir ‘.y-flve, and Mayor Dahiman, of Omaha, ,s said to have enough on his list to III the train arranged for. The new tames added to Mayor Brown's list are those of Willard S. Harding, of Nebras ka City; Mayor John Friday, of Nor folk; Edgar Howard, of Columbus: Dan Stephens, of Fremont; Patrick E. Me Killip, of Humphrey; Walter Phillips, bf Columbus; Judge Harry S. Dungan and Dr. Babcock, of Hastings; W. H. Cowgill. of Holdrege; C. J. Bowlby, of Crete; J. M. Leidigh and Tom Parma lee, of Plattsmouth; Judge Kelllgar, of Auburn; G. C. Gillen, of Lexington; W. G. Easthan. of Broken Bow; Ed Woods, of York; T. J. Doyle and Mr. Beck, a Lincoln traveling man. It is probable that SI. D. Welch, Dr. A. R. Mitchell and W. C. Wilson, of this city, will be members of the party. WHO IS DEAD GIRL? Deep Mystery Surrounds an Apparent M urder. Santa Monica, Cal., Aug. 11.—The un identified body of a young woman, well dressed, with blonde hair, was found in the underbrush in Santa Slonica can yon, a mile above Port Los Angeles, yesterday. The girl had been dead a month or more and the likelihood is ‘.hat she was murdered, as there is a oullet, hole through her head. No weapon was found anywhere near the oody. The woman wore a red and black thecked silk skirt and white shirt waist; expensive shoes and undercloth ng of better than ordinary grade. She Aas about 25 years of age. The Santa Monica officers, while ut ■erly at a loss for a clew, Incline to the heory that the yout|t woman was en •oute home from the east to Los An gles or one of its suburban points and vas lured to the canyon by a man in t carriage or automobile, as the walk from Santa Monica to the canyon is leveral miles. No woman upproaehing he description of the presumably mur lered girl has been reported missing. JOCKEYINcf THE JAPS. Russia Getting Fruits of the Islanders' Victory. London, Aug. 11.—In a dispatch from fokto the correspondent of the Daily Tele traph says it is stated with authority that ‘apan will only consent to the establtsh nent of a Chinese customs house at Port Dalny to levy duties on goods proceeding nland beyond the Kwan Tung peninsula in condition that a similar system be in tugurated at the Russian frontier rail •oad stations in northern Manchuria. It s asserted, the correspondent continues, hat at present merchandise is pouring nto Manchuria over the Siberian railroad loth from European Russia and Vladlvo itok without the payment of duty. It can therefore be sold very cheaply. The Rus han policy, the correspondent concludes, Jbviously is to isolate Port Dalny and di vert all the trade to Vladivostok in order to rob Japan of all the fruits of victory. ’FRISCO LOSERS ACT. Policyholders Attach $565,0C0 Depcsi, of German Company. San Francisco, Aug. 11,—The ?56S,000 de posited in New York by the Trans-Atlan tic Fire Insurance company, of Hamburg, which has disavowed liability for Its losses here, has been attached by policyholders to prevent the ^German corporation from withdrawing from the United States. The attachment was m.tde today by agents of Walter H. Unforth, an attor ney, acting for a few policyholders here, whose claims total about JtiO.COO. One entire deposit, however, is a trust fund for the benefit of all the policyhold ers in this country, and in case the courts declare the claims just this money will be distributed proportionately among all. Phe body of policyholders hero met yes terda> and decided to form an organiza tion to fight as a unit. It is intended 10 win the battle In the German courts. Manitowoc, Wls.-Ti.o Uiiurc ot hit at tempts to win the love and the hand of a 20-year-old girl plunged Alois TurUinskv, the oldest resident of the villa-.;- of Ktnd's. tllle, m th- minty. Into a star- of dc rnond h he took ids .-.vn . curst old.