THE O'NEILL FRONTON
D. H. CRONIN, PuMUhr.
yNEiLL, NE*fc*CKA
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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.”
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] 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.
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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 $10,000,000.
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Rt., The German emperor, who recentlv
r I.lidded a Spanish uniform to his stock
r p of clothes, has the biggest wardrobe ot
e"8any sovereign In the world. A valet
nlllgifted with special knowledge Is dep
Sta'uted to look after the Hohenzollern cel
satflection of uniforms, which Is a truly
and*norroous one- atK' this man has so xvel
sl,vj«tudled his master’s treasures that nr
“MpHiatter in what guise the kaiser may
""“wish to appear he can at once produce
Ion the uniform.
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No’ The Cape to Cairo railway has just
jiTeaehed a point In Africa 374 miles
ATnorth of Victoria l’Mla and 2.016 miles
un jfrom Capo Town. The 2S1 miles from
SCaigohimo to Broken Hill were con
Ugtructed In 346 days. On ninety-nine
Juldays, however, no work was done, so
tho'tbat the rails were actually laid at the
ind$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."
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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.
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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.
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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.