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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1906)
!= HE O’NEILL FRONTIEF D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. /NEILL, NESRACK^ jfe .-. When Lord Rayleigh, the Hrltlsh ^dentist, was a student at Cambridge the examiners set among other prob lems one which they based on an artl | lie In a German mathematical period ical supposed unlikely to have pene trated to Cambridge. Only two men solved It, Mr. Strutt (Lord Rayleigh) I md another. The examiners asked the >ther man about this problem. "Oh,” >e said, ”1 take the - (mentioning I he name of the periodical) and I was | .'ery glad to find that, thanks to an irtlcle In the last number, that prob em came out quite easily.” When Mr. Strutt’s turn came they expected a ilmilar answer hut he astonished them By replying: ^ The fact Is, gentlemen, hat I sometimes contribute to -, ' md I could not help feeling greatly tattered that you should have thought py little problem worthy of a place n this examination.” He got the prize. - . — --- A snake story from India, told by f General Sir Thomas Edward Gordon: j 'When asleep at night an officer hap pened to cast his arm over the side of :he bed and was violently awakened by i sharp bite on one of his lingers. Call ng for a light, he and the servant who Brought it, on hasty examination, de rided that the punctured marks were those of a snake bite, and, after tightly Binding his arm in two places to stop Circulation, lie proceeded, with the jervant’s assistance, to cut off the bit ten finger. In tho meantime his dog cart was made ready and he was taken quickly to the regimental hospital, where medical treatment was prompt ly applied. Tho surgeon examined the severed portion of the finger and pro Qounced the bite to be that of a rat.” This Is the tale of a dog In tho steeple of St. Clement Dane’s. Judg ment was given at Westminster county court in the action brought by Mr. Alford, late verger at St. Clement Dane's church. Strand, to recover £15, a month’s wages, from the wardens, ! in lieu of notice. During, his evidence plaintiff had admitted that he kept a dog In the steeple and alleged that the $j rector kept three dogs in the church Judge Woodfnll, in giving judgment, said he adjourned the case generally j reserving ail questions of cost. He j hoped the parties would come to some arrangement. His honor added that he had received a letter from the rector = repudiating the suggestion of plaintiff i that he had kept (logs in the church | | Sir Edwin Arnold was once entertain- j Ing the duke of Connaught in Tokio. ■ Just before leaving, the nobleman re ; marked to his host: "You have proved ' a most untiring host, hut there is one ' thing you have not shown me which ithis country is noted for, and that is an earthquake.” Sir Edwin smiled grimly and was about to reply when a violent earthquake shock actually took place, part of the building being damaged. The duchess of Connaught came run ning In in a frantic state of alarm, and when the duke had quieted her fears, he turned to Sir Edwin and coolly re marked: "Oh, you wonderful magician, I thought I was not asking too much of you." In many of the Greek Islands, diving for sponges forms a considerable part | of the occupation of the Inhabitants, i The natives make It a trade to gather f these, and their Income from this source Is good. In one of the Islands a girl Is not permitted to marry until she has brought up a certain number of sponges and given proof of her skill by taking them from a certain depth. : But In some of the Islands the custom Is reversed. The father of a marriage able daughter bestows her on the be6t diver among her suitors. He who can I stay longest In the water and bring up | the biggest cargo of sponges marries | the maid. A new instrument for surveying deep bore holes contains a compass, plum 1 met, small cameras and electric light, 1 the whole connected with a small ad 1 Justable clock, so that the light may be | turned on for a given period after the i apparatus has been lowered into the I hole. It has been used In surveying a 1 number of holes In South Africa and I has proved very satisfactory. Both dtp ; and deviation are recorded by means of I photographs of the positions of both a I plumb-bob and a magnetic needle at any desired point in tlie bore hole. The photographs arc taken by means of two small electric lamps lighted by a time contact. Mrs. Charles A. Babcock, of Orwell, N. Y., has had a monument erected in the cemetery at Orwell over the grave of her late husband, who was always engaged in the lumber business. It is a sawmill made of marble and granite, and is an exact reproduction of their s fled field mill, made on a scale of one l Inch to the foot. It is complete in every } detail, having saws, carriages, rollers to carry off the sawed lumber, skids ; with three logs on ready to roll on the i carriage, car loaded with lumber, the whole being cut out of marble. It has the appearasMu.' of a mill Just shut down. A wonderful fruit has been found in the neighborhood of the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, in Africa, it has the power, says a report, to “change the flavor of tiie most acid substance into u delicious sweetness." An official has found it effective after a dose of qui nine, and adds that “if a lemon bo sucked within two or three hours ot eating one of the fruits its acid flavor Is entirely counteracted.” The fruit resembles a small plum, with the seed Invested in a thin, soft pulp, wherein lies the peculiar sweetening property It Is said that the Prince of Wales hates toadyism. A few years ago he ■was taking part in a shoot. Early in the day a man came up to him and said: “I've been picking up your royal bignesses' birds..l'hat's all right," answered the prince; "how many have you?” “Thirteen, sir,” answered the man. ‘‘That's funny." was the reply, "considering that I've shot only eight.” The sacred tires of India have not nil been extinguished. The most ancient which still exists was consecrated twelve centuries ago, in commemora tion of the voyage made by the Parti es when they emigrated from Persia to India. The lire is lei live times every twenty-four hours with sandal wood . and other fragrant material, combined with very dry fuel. Pneumatic foundations ' and tunnels can be carried out at a depth of 210 feet below the water surface, according to Messrs. Leonard Hill and M. Green wood. They experimented on the ef fect of air pressures up to ninety-two pounds by means of a large cylinder. In which they stayed under different pressures for various times. Among the relics of famous men in the possession of Pr. John T'<x veil. o' St. Louis, is Dr. Oliver V. e dell n Inns' shoe horn. It Is an ordinary ste-d shoe horn affixed to a cane handle about four feet long. Armed with this the doctor could i ut on Ills shoes without •looping or was*1*'" energy. f I , ! I novelties of the newp a library to his caddie. Holyoke law office, mascerea jurisprud ence outside of working hours. I wilkesbarre, Pa—Ida May Hall, a. 14 ! year-old girl of Durvea, has married here Thomas Notl, an Italian twice her age. Notl went to the Halls' home to be in ! structed In the Egllsh language by the ulrl's father and there fell In love with the ;hlld. The romance has lasted three years. Paris—The French Inventor who devised motor boats has conceived an adaptation of the petrol motor for supplying the hu man body with mechanical power for pro i pulsion in water. Every man thus may ' become his own motor boat and the fu I tore may see thousands of persons cross ; lug the English channel and other water ; ways. j Chicago, 111.—Mrs. Helen M. Tyler, who came to Chicago In 1834, died in the Illi nois Central railroad station a few min utes after her return from Covington, Ky. Her last wish that she might once more see Lake Michigan was gratified. Mrs. Tyler came here with her father and her uncle, Fruman P. Mandy, from liuffulo, N. y., where she was born. Johnstown, Pa.—Believed to have be come hysterically distressed by his fail ure to acquit himself well at an algebra recitation, and being rebuked by H. H. Ford, the teacher, 14-year-old Winter Snowden stabbed himself In the breast with a penknife. The dull blade caused uu ugly looking gash, but one which will not necessarily prove fatal. New York, N. Y.—'Thomas Urell, who dropped off the middle span of the Brook lyn bridge Just to satisfy himself he could dive 136 feet Into the East river and live, says lie could not put his mind on what would happen. "The Instant I dived,” said he, "It Hashed across my mind that I owed my last week's laundry bill and that worried be all the way down." Cumberland, Md.-“Miss Janes Sehrall, a nurse in the hospital here, responded to a call to assist in an operation In the emer gency ward, and as she entered the room was horrified to see her brother of Pitts burg lying upon the operating table with both legs crushed ofr just below the hip. She assisted through the operation. When the work was completed she fainted. Berkeley, Cal.—Cupid has stolen one of the best human food testers the nutrition department of the University of California has had In many years. E. M. Tidd mar ried the other day. Now his wife has re belled against her husband existing on food offered for the university experiments. "My food Is plenty good enough for him. Why should he go on eating messes which Professor Jaffa fixes for him?” she de clares. Cleveland, O.—Tne department of physi cal education of the Cleveland public schools will pay special atentlon to the personal habits of the students the com ing year. Besides adjusting the seats so that trousers and skirts won’t be worn out too quickly, the department will en deuvor to induco students to keep their teeth In good repair and to cultivate other personal habits, which will lead to a spot less condition generally. New York, N. Y.—In fear for their lives, four patients and a half dozen attendants' at a mud hath Institute, fled from tha building, when Are was discovered on tha top floor. As some of the patients wore only a thin coating of mud their position was embajrnssLng. One man was In the hath covered with Italian mud and the at tendants carred man, tub and mud Into the street, whore he hud to be dug out. The crowd watched the proceeding with a great deal of interest. j TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS j Berkeley, Cal.—In the observatory campus is now Installed a seismograph, designed by Professor Omorl, of Ja pan, to record the preliminary mo tions and after shocks Incident to an earthquake. The Instrument recorded almost the exact distance from the university of the shock at Valparaiso. Professor Omorl believes that eventu ally the machine will aid In solving the problem of predicting the coming nf an earthquake. The instrument be longs to the imperial earthquake com mission of Japan. Paris—Professor IJduc, of a medical school at Nantes, claims to have created vegetable life. He has been experi menting for ten years and he eventual ly discovered that with what he de scribed as “osmotic pressure,” which animates Inorganic matter when dis solved to a liquid. It Is possible to pro duce a substance identical with living tissues. He gradually created artifi cial cells, which lived and reproduced. From these he claims he produced growing plants three and four Inches long. Indianapolis, Ind.—Sheriff Sourbier has received a letter from Oscar A. Baker, who attempted to bribe legisla~ tors to vote against the anti-clgaret law, which confirms tile Information that Baker had left Canada for Eu rope. The letter was dated and mailed at Londonderry, Ireland. Sheriff Sour bier, while refusing to go Into details regarding the contents of the letter, admitted that It contained a proposi tion for a compromise that would en able Baker to return to Indiana. Washington, D. C.—Public Printer Stillings sustained the action of Act ing Foreman Ashton, who last month suspended A. J. Tanner, a bookbinder, on the charge of insubordination. The charge was based on a refusal by Tan ner to do a larger day's work, and the bookbinders’ union appealed the case to the public printer, who fixed the sus pension period at thirty days. Kingussie, Scotland—Mrs. William j Rhinelander Stewart and James H. i Smith, of Now York, were married at Newtonmore, the residence of Anthony J. Drexel, the bride’s brother-in-law. Among the few friends present were the duke of Manchester, Brimsely Fitz gerald. Lady George Cooper. Jack Pur dy, and Mr. and Mrs. Drexel. Oyster Eay. N. Y.—As a result of i Secretary Taft's visit to Oyster Bay, I President Roosevelt approved a change | in the plans for the construction of t to Panama canal which will save $1.10, 000 in the expense, besides preserving ; the railroad terminal facilities on the Atlantic side of the canal. The change : will be in the dam which is to hold j the waters of Lake Sasa. 1 New York—Two men were drowned in tlte motor boat races on the Hud son river. They were Harry Ferry and ,T. Oberon, who were on the motor boat Vesuvius. Oberon was drowned in an attempt to save Ferry. FOUND DEAD IN HOVEL Nettie Mosty, Whose Husband Is Be lieved to Live in Sioux City, the Victim of Drugs in Omaha. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 18.—The body of Mettle Mosty, whose husband resides in .Sioux City, was found on a filthy floor of a hovel at 913 Davenport street this morning. The plaintive whining of a dog attracted attention and the door was broken open. Seventeen years ago when Mosty learned of his wife's slavery to dfugs he gave her a home and $6,000 and left tier. The woman surrendered the small fortune and became a social out cast. NEBRASKA TO HEAR ORATORS. Many G. O. P. Speakers of Prominence Will Visit the State. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 18.—Republican speakers to be furnished for the Ne braska campaign by the national com mittee will be piicked from a list com prising Speaker Cannon, of Illinois; Senator Dolllver, of Iowa; Senator Beveridge, of Indiana; Secretary Taft, of the war department, and possibly some others. At the request of the re publican state committee, one or moro of the men above named will come to Nebraska and make speeches. It is thought that Senator Dolllver will cer tainly give this state some of Ids time. He will be assigned as many dates as lie can conviently fill. WHISKY BARREL EXPLODES. Johnson County Young Man Injured in a Novel Manner. Tecumseh, Neb., Sept. 18.—Walter Hill, of Sterling, this county, took a load of apples to a cider mill and also an empty whisky barrel to put the ci der in. The barrel had been left stand ing out in the hot sun, and when the bung was knocked out gas escaped. Mr. Hill lighted a match and held it over the bunghole, when a terrific ex plosion occurred, knocking out the end of the barrel. Flames from the bung hole burned his face seriously. His hair was badly scorched, and his eyes were burned so as to inllame them, but his sight was not injured. CAPTURE HORSE THIEF. Tekamah, Neb., Sept. 18.—Ed Schrad er, who is supposed to be implicated in the theft of the G. A. Crannell horse about three weeks ago, was arrested near Lyons by Sheriff Phipps yester day. The horse was found a few days after the stealing in a pasture near Hooper. After being arrested Schrader tried several times to get away, but when the sheriff put the cuffs on him he quieted down and behaved himself. LEAVES BABY TO CHECK TRUNK. Omaha. Neb., Sept. 18.—Fred Sonnen schein, for many years mayor of West Point, Neb., boarded a train today with a baby which had been placed in his arms by a woman, who begged him to hold the child while she got her bag gage checked. She pleaded so earnest ly Sonnenschein could not refuse. "I will be right back,” the woman had said. When his train came in Son nenschein sought the woman. She had been gone long enough already to check baggage several times. When the train was ready to pull out Sonnenschein Jumped on board. The next instant the mother appeared. Station officials came to the rescue, the train was stop ped, and the child restored to its mother. RE-ENTERS MINISTRY. Tekamah, Neb., Sept. 18.—The Rev. F: P. Flaki-more, of Weeping Water, who was discharged from the ministry while presiding at the M. E. church here two years ago for alleged mis conduct, will re-enter the ministry, working in Michigan under the direc tion of the American Baptist associa tion. —♦— WATSON DISBARRED FOR YEAR. Nebraska City, Neb., Sept. 18.-—The proceedings in the disbarment caso against Attorney John C. Watson came to a close yesterday. The court re tired for consultation, and within an hour reported a finding in which the three judges. Good, Kellegar and Frost, concurred. The complaint consisted of three counts, the first and third not be ing sustained. The second, which re lated to the Graham affidavit, was sus tained and the court announced the finding to be the disbarment of At torney Watson for one year. A motion for a new trial was overruled. NAME A TICKET. Wyoming Democrats Put Up Kaister for Governor. Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. IS.—The demo cratic state convention adopted resolu tions indorsing W. J. Bryan, the ■'triumphant candidate in 1908.” The platform demands national and state eight hour laws and their enforcement; favors a law making it a felony for a state officer to accept a pass or other free transportation from a railroad; de mands a primary election law and a return to the Australian ballot system, and favors free trade in various com modities, particularly wheat. The following ticket was nominated oy the convention: Governor—S. A. D. Kaister. Fremont county. Secretary of State—Daniel W. Gill. Laramie county. State Auditor—Thomas A. Dunn, Big Horn county. State Treasurer—James I,. Loban, Sheridan county. State Superintendent of Public In struction—Miss May Hamilton, Natrona county. Congress—John C. Hamm, Uintah county. GEN. WINT FOR CANTEEN Demoralizing Influences Surrounding Army Posts Due to Prohibition. Washington, D. C„ Sept. IS.—Briga- ! dier General Theodore J. Wint, com manding the department of Missouri, has reported to the war department i that in his opinion the canteen should j be restored to the army posts. Ho says: "The demoralizing influence of re I sorts surrounding the posts cannot be ; too strongly emphasized, giving rise, j as it does, to a large proportion of the ! most serious offenses, and in par i ticular all of those with peniten | tiary confinements the condition is I chargeable in great measure, in * my opinion, to the prohibition placed upon post exchange.” MAY MIX AGAIN. San Francisco. Cal., Sept. 18.—"Tex” Rickard, of Goldfield, has made an of fer which will supply followers of box ing with material for discussion for some lime to come. He offered another i $30,000 purse to (Jans and Nelson for | a light to take place in Goldfield in January. The great arena will be covered and made into a comfortable pavilion. Riekar<> offered to make two bets. He expressed his willingness to wager $10. 000 that Gans cannot defeat Nelson in twenty rounds, and another of $10,00) that Nelson can defeat any white man now in the ring. DENIED SCHOOL MONEY SONS SHOOT FATHER Quarrel Ends in Tragedy at Auburn-—Sons Are Ar rested. PLEA IS SELF DEFENSE Lads Accuse Parent of Threatening Them With a Pitchfork, and Both Fired in Self Defense. Auburn, Neb., Sept. 17.—As the result of a uarrel, Isaac Williams, a prom inent farmer residing eight miles east of this city, lies dead at his home and his two sons, Clarence and Charles, are locked up In the county Jail here charged with murder. The cause that led to the tragedy as near as can be learned was the re quest of one of the boys for money with which to defray his expenses at school. The father was a man of vio lent temper and had the reputation ot having been very abusive to members of his family. He refused the request of the son and the controversy that resulted began shortly after the dinner hour and grew in acrimony as the af ternoon progressed. Finally about 3 o’clock the father in a fit of rage drove the boys out of the house. It is al leged that they then armed themselves with weapons, one with a shotgun and the other with a. revolver. The father came out to the barnyard where they were and it is alleged threatened them with a pitchfork. One of the boys emptied two loads from the shotgun and the other fired four bul lets from the revolver into their pa rent's body. It is alleged that the son who was armed with the shotgun then clubbed the father’s prostrate form with the butt end of the weapon. After the killing, Clarence, one of the sons implicated in the crime, telephoned to Sheriff Rhors concerning the tragedy. She sheriff Informed the cor oner and both officials went to the scene. The two boys confessed their crime to the officers and both were taken into custody. They are now prisoners in the county jail. Isaac Williams, the victim of the tragedy, was a well-to-do farmer and a pioneer settler. He has been in con stant trouble with the members of the family. The sons, Clarence and Charles, aged 23 and 21 years respect ively, are boys of good habits and have heretofore stood high in the estimation of all who knew them. They plead self defense. STORM IS FATAL Wind and Lightning Kill Four Per sons in Johnson County, Neb., and Fatally Injures Two. Tecumseh, Neb., Sept. 17.—Two vio lent and seemingly distinct storms vis ited Johnson county Friday after noon, resulting in the death of four persons, the fatal injury of two and the painful injury of five others. The dead: O. A. GIEL, aged 40; leaves wife and five children. AUGUST SEEMAN, aged 45; leaves wife and three thildren. ROY CARMINE, boy of 17. GEORGE KOEHLER, school boy of 14. The first three were killed by light ning near the town of Elk Creek. A party of thrashers were at work on tho farm of Henry Walthers when a rain and electric storm came up. Four of the men crawled under the thrashing machine, which was shattered by a lightning bolt and three instantly killed. Henry Walthers. jr„ was badly shocked and burned, but will probably recover. The second storm, a tornado in vio lence, swept over a country district ten miles west of Tecumseh, demolishing a school house, killing the Koehler boy fatally injuring two other school chil dren, names unknown, and Inflicting severe injuries on four others in the school house. Many barns and wind mills were blown down, but there have been no further reports of deaths ot injuries. Nelson, N>eb., Sept. 17.—The fag end of a tornado struck Nelson, killing some stock and doing considerable property damage, but injuring no one so far as known. The Rock Island roundhouse was torn to pieces and ■heavy' timbers from the wreckage blown . against the home of Henry Follmer. demolishing one side of the house. The dwelling houses of .1. B. Rodgers, Jas Campbell and George Lyon were partly wrecked. The windows on the south side of the high school building were, blown in, causing a panic among the school children. Barns, outhouses and windmills were leveled all over town. It is feared the storm was worse north of here. ROSEWATER INSURANCE $291,449. Omaha Editor Carried Largest Protec tion Known in Paper Circles. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 17.—The life in surance carried by Edward Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee, amounted to $291,449. It Is said that no newspaper editor in the west has so much Insurance. The following are the policies and the com panies in which he was insured: Connecticut Mutual, Hartford, three policies, $10,000. $15,000, $20,000. Equitable Life, Iowa, one policy, $5,000. Equitable Life, New York, four pol icies, $10,000, $20,000, $10,000, $10,000. Fidelity Mutual, Philadelphia, Pa., one policy, $10,000, Illinois Life, Chicago, one policy, $5,000. Manhattan Life, New York, three policies. $5,449. $10,000. $10,000. Massachusetts Mutual, Springfield, two policies, $20,000, $10,000. Mutual Life. New York, three pol icies, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000. National Life, Montpelier, Vt„ one policy, $20,000. Northwestern Mutual Life, Milwau kee, three policies, $2,000, $2,000, $10,000. Pacific Mutual, San Francisco, two policies, $5,000, $5,000. State Mutual, Worcester, Mass., three policies, $10,000, $10,000, $5,000. Washington Life, New York, one pol icy, $10,000. Total, $231,449. CONFESSION BEFORE PARDON. Minister Wants Euch to Repent Before Being Paroled. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 17.—Believing that by confession alone can the guilty hope to attain heaven, the Rev. B. F. Eberhart, pastor of the Methodist churi* at Orleans, formerly county at torney of Dundy county, has made a written request of Governor Mickey that he seem-' a confession of crime from Ernest Bush Ik fort he pardons him or commutes his life sentence at the penlti n .iary. HOTELS BURGLARIZED. Merchants and Brookings Hostelries Entered and Guests Robbed. Tekamah. Neb., Sept. 15.—The Mer chants and Brookings hotels ot this place were entered by burglars at an early hour this morning. About 12:30 j a. m. Mr. Brookings was awakened by a man in his room and when he turned over the man lied with Mr. Brookings close to his heels all the way down stairs and out the front door. When he returned to his room he found that his watch and $10 were gone. A little before 3 o'clock some one went through the Merchants hotel and secured a two and one-half carat diamond stud and $5 from C. L. Smith, a traveling man from Chicago, and a watch and $5 from John Lewis, of Decatur. Mr. Smith and Mr. Lewis were the only two guests in the house who had left their doors unlocked. A bicycle was left at Show’s livery barn, across the street from the hotels, some time between 12 and 1 o’elok and it is supposed to belong to the person , who went through the hotels as up to : a late hour this morning the owner had not been found. —♦— DRY WEATHER HURTS CROPS. Corn and Other Products Held Back by the Scarcity of Water. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 15.—The Bur lington report of crop and weather conditions for Nebraska for the week ending September 8 indicates that the week on the whole, has been dry. There have been some slight showers here and there and, although the table shows none, there have been a few showers on the McCook division. More or less damage to corn is re ported over all divisions. The only ex ception to this is in a belt running j from DeWitt to Holdrege, where slight rains and moist soil have kept the late corn from injury. The reasonably early corn is all in uniformly good condition and a good crop is expected. The damage of the last week or two Is confined to the late crop. In farm ers' parlance, much of this is fired, but the corn that was planted earlier is all i'filling" or maturing. The week has been very hot. If the present hot weather continues without rain there will be much of the late corn on this division that will yield only a half crop. The only corn that has suffered is the late, green corn. There has been more rain on the Lincoln division and corn crop conditions are better. The dam age of the last week or two has been estimated from 1 to 25 per cent., but it is extremely hard to make a correct estimate of the damage, inasmuch as a great portion of the crop which is among that damaged would not at best have yielded more than half a crop. It is hard to predict anything In regard to the crop, but, at the worst, a very good yield is expected. TWO KILLED; THREE INJURED. Train Strikes Street Car With Awful Results. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 15.—Bringing death in its wake a Union Pacific freight train collided with a north bound Benson car on Thirteenth, be tween Leavenworth and Jones streets, shortly before midnight Monday. Motorman Walle, of the street car, and a young woman believed to be Miss Annie Glesen were thrown from the car directly under the wheels of an approaching southbound motor. They were instantly killed. Conductor Ridge way and Nicholas Farzaly, a passen ger, were tossed from the car, both j sustaining serious injuries. The mo tor car was splintered into kindling wood and carried twenty feet up the j track by the train. WOUNDED BYSTANDER SUFFERS. ; Norfolk, Neb., Sept. 15.—Erhardt ! Claus, the bystander who was shot in the hip during the Monday night fight, 1 has escaped an attack of blood poison ing thus far and every effort Is being j made to keep out of danger, though he has been advised by his physician that he must be exceedingly careful or he will have a serious time. The bullet j plowed its way into his hip for a dis- ( tance of six inches, making a bad wound, and he is suffering a great deal i from the pain. —♦— BULLET PROVES FATAL. Norfolk, Neb., Sept. 15.—-Charles Du- I gan, who shot and killed Lee Bailey in • the saloon brawl Monday night, died this morning at 9 o’clock from the wounds inflicted by his assailant in the fatal duel which brought to a tragic close a long feud that had existed for ten cr fifteen years between the two men. Physicians in attendance held out practically no hope for Dugan’s re covery from the first, and his death was practically momentarily expected. Dugan’s remains will be taken to Wlsner, Neb., the home of his aged mother, for burial tomorrow. The fu neral will be held this afternoon from the resort kept by his wife in the out skirts of the city, and interment will be in the' Norfolk cemetery. The coroner’s jury yesterday re turned a verdict that Bailey came to his death by the unjustifiable firing of a revolver held in the hands of Dugan with murderous intent, and the latter was held responsible for the death of the saloonkeeper. There is much feeling in Norfolk over I the shooting, no affair of recent years ! having aroused the people as did the 1 tragedy of night before last. The po- ; lice are severely censured, as it is claimed that a member of the force | was in the Cameron saloon, where the shooting occurred, but a short time be- j fore the firing of the fatal shots, and that he knew of the feud between the two men and the probable tragedy that would ensue. Many say that the de- | partment could have prevented the double murder, and feelings runs high, j GOVERNOR PAROLES INDIAN. I Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. 15.—Governor Mickey has decided to parole Joseph Boucher, a half-breed Indian, convicted I •>f manslaughter in Keya Paha county. 1 He was sentenced to serve eight years. ; His victim was a French-Canadian rancher named Belle Isle. Boucher has been in the penitentiary since Jan uary, 1503. Indian Agent Kelly of the Rosebud agency stands sponsor for the prisoner under the terms of the pa role. —♦— 24 ARE NATURALIZED. Trkamah, Neb.. Sept. 15.—Clerk of the District Court George Ireland is sued twenty-four final naturalization papers to foreigners in this county yes terday. all but five of them being na tive;' of Sweden. MEXICANS’ THREAT. Say They Will Drivo Out Americans, and Railroad Camp Is Under Guard. Kl Paso, Tex.. Sept. 15.—The Times publishes a report that an American railroad colony at Aguas, Calaiennas, is under military guard in consequence of threats of Mexican workmen to drive >ut the Americans. Many shots were tired promiscuously Sunday and Mon day. ; FROM DIVORCE MILL | TO HYMEN'S ALTAR I — Quick Trip for Mrs. Stewart Who Will Wed “Richest Bachelor. ” — GOT SIOUX FALLS DECREE I That Was But Three Weeks Ago—“Si lent” Smith Considered the Catch of Several Seasons. New York, Sept. 14.—According to cable dispatches from Scotland, the banns for the marriage of James Hen ry Smith and Mrs. Rhinelander Stew art were read on Sunday in the parish church at Alvie, Invernesshire. It Is expected the wedding will take place soon. The groom to be is known as “Silent Smith.” The announcement was not altogeth er a surprise. Mrs. Stewart obtained a divorce from her husband In South Dakota August 24 last. Long before that her marriage to Smith after her divorce had been mentioned as a prob ability. Smith has been spoken of as the rich est bachelor in this country. In 1899 he inherited from his uncle, George Smith —known as “Chicago -Smith"—a for tune- estimated at $50,000,000, which since has largely increased. Smith wag an inconspicuous Wall street banker when his uncle died in London. The elder Smith had made his for tune in Chicago but had resided in England for some time before his death. He was one of the pioneer bankers of the northwest. He came from Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His es tate paid $4,500,000 in taxes to the Brit ish government. Becomes Active in Society. James Henry Smith, from being a re tiring bachelor, became active in soci ety. Two years ago he bought the William C. Whitney house in Fifth avenue. He also has a place at Tux edo and residences in London and Scotland, where he has done a great deal of entertaining. In 1892 Smith purchased Rubens’ “The Holy Family” for $50,000 and presented it to the Metropolitan museum. Last Feb ruary he gave $50,000 to St. Luke’s hospital in Chicago for an annex in memory of his uncle. He long has boon a patron of tine arts and in his bachelor days a great lover of books. He is a man of middle age. Mrs. Stewart was Miss Annie Armstrong daughter of John A. Armstrong of Balti more. She is an elder sister of Mrs. An thony J. Drexel of Philadelphia. She and William Rhinelander Stewart were married in 1S79. Stewart was the head of one of the oldest New York fam ilies. a lawyer, and once president of th« state board of charities. bocia! Whirl Parts Them. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were prominent in society, but it is said Mrs. Stewart cared more for social amusements than did her former husband. A little more than a year ago the Stewarts separated. Mrs. Stew art went to Sioux Falls to establish a resi dence. It then became known she was pie paring to sue her husband for divorce. Mrs. Stewart purchased a cottage at Sioux Falls. In due time the divorce followed. By the terms of the decree Mrs. Stewart has the guardianship of her daughter, Anita Stewart, until the latter has at tained her majority. Stewart was given the guardianship of his son, William Rhinelander Stewart, jr., the only other child. United States Senator Kittredge represented Mrs. Stewart. Immediately after the divorce Mrs. Stew art, with her daughter, loft Sioux Falls for Philadelphia, whence she sailed for Europe. MME STRAIGHT TICKET New York Independence League Named W. R. Hearst for Head of Its Ticket for Governor. New York, Sept. 14.—In a harmonl-1 mis and enthusiastic final session in Carnegie hall the state convention of the Independence league put into tho field o. straight ticket of state officers, to be voted for at the coming elec tion. The delegates cheered for thir ty-three minutes when Mr. Hearst ap peared on the platform to make a brief speech of acceptance. His address aroused much enthusiasm. The con vention drafted a reply to William J. Connors and other democrats who had written suggesting possible fusion with the democrats and suggesting that no nominations be made by the independ ents at this time. The reply expressed thanks for the interest of the demo crats and sympathy for the rank and file in “their honest endeavor to wrest the Buffalo convention from the con trol of the bosses,” but said the Inde pendence league could not postpone the business it had assembled to carry out. The ticket for state candidates rec . mmended by their committee was an .lounced as follows: Governor—William Randolph Hearst, of New York. Lieutenant Governor—Lewis Stuyve eant Chandler, of Duchess. Secretary of State—John S. Whalen, of Monroe. State Treasurer—George A. Fuller, of Jefferson. Comptroller—Dr. C. H. W. Auel, ot Erie. State Engineer and Surveyor—Frank L. Gettniun, of Tompkins. Attorney General—John Ford, of New York. IOWANS AT ANNAPOLIS Five draciuate. Two With Honors, ir> Class of Eicihtv-Si>: at the Academy. Washington, I). Sept. 14.—A c’ass )t oigiuy-si.v graduhted at Annapolis academy last night, thirteen qualifying is "stars," golfing marks above 85 p»( tent. Number 2 in this list Is Phillip q Lauman, of Dos Moines, and No. s is Richard Hill, of Fort Dodge. Other [owans graduated are: Chester H. j. 'Ceppler. Iowa City; Bryson Bruce harden v ilio, and Raymond F. Freiison.’ Waterloo. ' JOHN D. SENDS WORD. The Oi! King Says That Ho Is Not Guilty cf Breaking the Law. Findlay. O., Sept. 14.—A plea of "not tfuilty” was entered today in probate curt by John L>. Rock?fc!ier on tho tharge of violating the anti-trust law • hrough the Standard Oil company Rockefeller was not fcrsnnn'.iy j\> tourt.