Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
I D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
VNEILL, NEBRASKA
The only rail ray station In Englano
that can h< ist of being really old is
Jhat at Bourne. Lincolnshire, which Is
nn ancient Elizabethan mansion, for
merly In tho possession of tin* £>lgby
family, some memhers of which were
Implicated In the gunpowder plot.
When the Great Northern and Midland
railways came through this district a
memorial was m-nt from the Inhabi
tants of Bourne asking that, instead of
| pulling the old landmark down, it
{night bo converted into a railway sta
tion, for which purpose it now serves.
Bai t of the house Is used as a residence
i ^>y the station master.
! After February 1 next the American
flunk Note company will manufacture
fnlled States postage stamps. Under a
j Contract Just made public the concern
i hiust deliver 27,000,000 stamps daily six
limes a week. The American Bank Nota
company made the first postage stamps
for the government and held the con
tract up to thirteen years ago. when
the government manufactured tho
folumbinn Issue, and down to this day
the bureau of printing and engraving
pus turned out all stamps. The change
Was made because a privato concern
can do the work cheaper.
Greece is threatened with an odd
Strike. At a public meeting the physi
cians and druggists of Athens declared
that their professions would soon he re
duced to starvation. Many physicians
lot tho city are actually In straits be
cause of tho ever-increasing clinics
Vvhere patients receive free treatment.
The disciples of Esenin plus Intend,
therefore, in strike, unless tin* govern
ment prevents the further establish
ment of clinics and permits them to
Increase their fees from two drachmas
to three drachmas (a drachma is about
10 cents).
Under the old English law a personal
chattel which had caused the death of
«i person was declared a "deodand,” or
forfeited to God. The crown took
fcharge of it and it was sold, the pro
ceeds to he distributed by the high
almoner In pious uses. Thus a cart
Which had run over and killed a man
was "deodand:” so was a horse which
kicked its master to death. All things,
animate and inanimate, which caused
;tho death of a human being were for
feited as "deodamis."
The Australian synod met last fall nt
Krromango, in the New Hebrides. At
this place tho Islanders, then cannibals,
murdered the missionaries, John Will
iams and James Harris, in 1836, tho
missionary Gordon and his wife in
1861. and Gordon's brother a few years
later. But at tills synod the native who
opened the meeting with prayer, a
\iseful and tried elder in the Presbyte
rian church of Erronmngo, was Vsuo,
son of the heathen murderer of Will
iams.
The extraordinary resuscitating pow
er of light recently received a curious
Illustration In the silver mines nt
Laurtum. A mine had been abandoned
2,00 years, when some poppy seed was
found beneath the slag. The slag be
ing removed, In a short time the entire
i space was covered with the most gor
geous show of popples. After their
I twenty centuries' rest they had
bloomed ns vigorously as If they had
■ been borne by flowers of yesterday.
Mrs Agnes Lewis, of England. Is said
; <o be the only woman who has received
j the degree of 1>. D.. which has been
i conferred upon her In recognition of
licr labors In deciphering some ancient
onmnuscrlps of the blble which were
discovered In a monastery on Mount
Sinai. She Is regarded as the most
famous woman blble scholar In the
•world.
In the London hospital ward was a
little giil whose brother had died re
cently enough to make his sister still
a subjept of relu cted Interest. It was
nil along of eatln' too much tee cream
•and ginger cookies," she said to the
doctor who was attending her. Then
she smiled heatIdeally and piously. "It
■was a beautiful death, doctor."
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Arabians when they meet a friend
shake hands six or eight times, once
,lt not enough. Should, however, they
he persons of distinction, they embrace
and kiss one another several times, and
also kiss their own hands. In Turkey
the greeting Is to place the hand upon
•the breast and how. which is both
(graceful and appropriate
A little hoy was on his knees recent
ly at night and auntie, staying at the
bouse, was present. “It Is a pleasure,”
she said to him afterward, "to hear you
saying your prayers so well. You speak
so earnestly and seriously and mean
•what you say and care about it " "Ah!"
|he answered, "ah. hut, auntie, you
•should hear me gargle!"
Since ISIS to the present time nearly
every year has seen a continued and
steady decline In the amount of raln
ifall In Ecuador. No exact statistics are
obtainable, but there Is said to he lit
tle reason to doubt that the decline
•within the period cited Is upward of 30
J>or cent.
Now 5 ork City's fashionable popu
lation first took root in Bowling Green
moving thence to East Broadway, Bond
street. Bleeeker street. Astor Place
"Washington Square. Fifth avenue, and
now gives only four months each year
to city life, being in the country, at
estate, or in Europe, for tight months.
The pay of the Russian army officer
Js very small. A full general gets from
J1.500 to SJc'O a year, according to the
length of service, a lleetenant general
from 51.175 to 51.750; a major general
"from 57SO to 51.400. and a colonel com
manding a three-battalion regimen
i2,400 strong, gets $800
Cockney is rapidly becoming the cur
rent diction of tre best English society.
A well brought up young lady was r. -
cently heard to call across the table
at a shooting lunch to a man with
Welllngtonian nose and dome-like fore
head. "Now, then, blrd-faice, pass tho
rabbit food " Vanity Fair.
An English paper states that flftv
young unmarried women, belonging to
a Roman Catholic church in Bermond
sey. have vowed to be total abstainers
for life, as an act of self-denial and
reparation for the prevalence of the
drinking habit amongst their sex at
|he pdesent time.
Several sponge farms, all of which
are paying concerns, are to be found
la the Mediterranean. Cmll recently
sponges have been simply collected
from the sea floor, where thev have
flourished in a wild state, but of late
S'«are tiny haw like oysters, been cul
tivated.
Eighteen miles is said to be the long
est distance at which a. mac. s voice ha."
been hear i. This occurred in the Unir.i!
<cr nycu of CoioriJo. w tu'io ou<» m:i!i
the i:iroe “Ko’ c”.,' cr.<!
Vap p dl;,!y hoar! At «he Ov’.:,r i.
'ivliicti is eighteen xnL&s
' j TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS j
1 St. Louis. Mo.—Tho National An',1
3 Bnloon league has (fleeted, besides nu
^ tnerotis vice presidents, th< Ho oflicers:
, President lllshop Luther B. Wilson;
general secretary, liev. A. P. Baker,
l Columbus. (>.; recording secretary,
i Bov, K. S. Nicholson. Harrisburg, Pa.;
i corresponding secretary, James L
- Ewin, Washington; treasurer, Foster
I Copeland, Columbus, O.
Washington -Captain Carl Betrh
I mann, who asserted ho could not get
i on tho general staff because ho Is of
• German birth and tho other United
I Btatos oflicers aro prejudiced ngalnst
t him, will be called on by tho war de
partment to explain Ills charge.
1 New York—Louise do Massey, Rgcd
21, shot and probably mortally wound
ed her employer, Gustav Simmons, se
1 nlor partner of the Queen Waist c.om
1 pnny, because, as sho alleges, be re
• fused to pay her her wages ahead of
' time.
Minneapolis, Minn.—Tho American
1 Federation of Labor has given a dia
mond and a bunch of flowers to Miss
Agnes Wilson for stumping for her
father who was recently elected to
congress from Pennsylvania by tho la
bor men.
Kansas City—Secretary Root, at
i tending tho Truns-Mlsslsslppi congress,
repeats previously made statements
that President Roosevelt will not be a
candidate for re-election. Ho says ho
himself will not bo a candidate, either.
Asheville, N. C.—Tho posse which
killed Will Harris, tho negro slayer of
two policemen and two negroes, Is com
plimented by tho coroner’s Jury, which
Buys It Is entitled to tho thanks of the
whole community.
Boston—Tho American Fire Insur
ance company lias been temporarily en
joined from doing business in Massa
chusetts, pending a request by the at
torney general for tho appointment of
u receiver.
Seattle Tho coroner has signed a
stntoment that Mrs. Maude Creftleld,
widow of tho former prophet of the
Holy Rollers, who died In county jail,
came to her death by poison self a<l
I ministered.
Pittsburg—J. M. Nowak, a banker
and tlnanelnl controller of the Polish
National alliance, has received a Black
Hand letter demanding 21.000. The
federal authorities have taken the mut
ter up.
Topeka, Kan.—Suits have been filed
In the Mate supremo court to oust
Mayors Kirkwood, of Pittsburg, Kan.,
and O’Donnell, of Junction City, for al
leged failure to close the Joints In their
towns.
New York—Following the putting of
tho lid on betting at Washington track,
District Attorney Jerome announces he
will have an anti-betting bill before
the next legislature In this state.
Columbus, O.—Governor Harris an
nounces he will send tho legislature a
message favoring nn Income tax and
the re-enactment of tho inheritance
tax law.
Seattle, Wash. -Manager John Oort,
In charge of Calve’s professional bus
iness, announces that sbo will not re
tire from public life utter her mar
riage.
Chilicothe, O.— A run was started on
the savings bank, due to a careless
remark dropped by some unknown per
son on the street. All demands were
paid.
Cincinnati, O.—B. G. Cavagna, re
ceiving teller of the First National
bank, has been arrested on charge of
being $31,600 short In hts accounts.
Cheyenne, Wyo.—It Is believed part
of the I'te band being escorted to Fort
Meade by United States troops has
slipped away and joined the Sioux.
Philadelphia The Rapid Transit
company has raised the wages of Us
7,600 motormon and conductors 6 per
cent., to take effect December 1.
Now York—It is rumored that United
States Senator Platt, following the
signing of tlie deed of separation from
his wife, is to resign his toga.
Louisville—Mrs. Amnnthls Jungbluth.
wife of the secretary of the Continental
Tobacco company, has filed suit for
divorce and $200,000 alimony.
Center, Tex.—Because the brother of
a man whom Dick Garret, a negro, had
killed, pleaded with a mob, the lynch
ing of Garret was averted.
Guthrie, Okla.—Robhcrs got $2,700
when they blew the safe of the Sank
of Lahoma. but overlooked a conveni
ent $10,000 that was there.
New Orleans -Several persons were
Injured In the panic which ensued in
the Lyric theater when a fool in the
audience yelled fire.
London—The latest man talked of as
British ambassador to America Is
James Bryce, author of ' The American
Commonwealth."
St. Paul. Minn.—Miss Gertrude Hill,
daughter of J. J. Hill, was married
Thursday night to Michael Gavin, of
New York.
Center, Tex.—Dick Garrett, the negro
charged with killing Dr. Paul, waived
all rights of trial, pleaded guilty and
was hanged.
Detroit. Mich.—A receiver has been
appointed for the Great Northern Ce
ment company, capitalized at $4,000.
I 000.
Chicago—Business men have formed
» society to give expositions of packers'
products to refute charges of impuri
ties.
New York—In his campaign expense
itatement, Hearst says he spent $266.
170 trying to be New Yoik's governor.
Chicago—The British Association of
Illinois lias been formed. Its principal
object is the annexation of Canada.
Seatt.e—The death total in the w reck
:f the steamer Dix off the Washington
toast has been swelled to fifty.
New York—Sir Tom Lipton an
aounccs he w ill again challenge for the
American trophy yacht cup.
New York—Grover Cleveland and
others addressed a meeting to promote
;he Carl Schurs memorial.
New York- Perry B at Indig
nantly refuses to resign from the state
democratic eommltt e.
Rome—Cardinal Va-zarv. j rit: a:» of
Hungary, is near death. Ue i- c.. r;eh
! NO BACCY, NO CUSSING j
Nebraska’s Secretary of State Hao ,
Force With Good Habits.
I Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 28.- In the words I
! of Mrs. Nation, “If God had intended j
man to be a chimney lie would have
' I turned his nose tin* other way," or
’ words to tint effect. The above, ver
j batiin or In substance, will be the motto
which will hang over the door of Secre
tary of State Junk in if he bangs up a ]
motto. Not a single appointee of the
new secretary nor the secretary him
self chews tobacco, smokes or swears,
; and this information Mr. Junkln
: vouches for himself. When he appoints
<1 Mr. Wait and Mr. Smith lie con
gratulated himself, because these two
men were free from these vices. Then I
he appointed Adair Galusha and anoth
er man free from these things was
I added lo the list. Of course, Mrs.
Fletcher does not smoke nor chew nor
swear, and if the incoming clerk yet
to be appointed has these accomplish-^
; meats he or she would do well to get
, rid of them instanter.
FATHER SEEKS ELOPERS.
Daughter of Matt Jones, of Carroll,
Neb., Runs Away.
1 I Pender, Neb., Nov. 28.—Matt Jones,
j of Carroll, Neb., was here in search of
| his young daughter, who left her home
j in Carroll last Saturday. She was met
in Emerson the same day by Mr. Hub
, ! bard, who recently was in the drug
| business at Carroll, wln-re he sold out
his store to Mr. Olds, of Winside. It is
believed Hubbard and Miss Jones are
in Denver, and the authorities there
have been notified. Hubbard has a
young wife and child who are tempo
’ rarity living here with a brother, wait
ing for her husband to look up another
business location.
TO INITIATE CLASS.
/Cnights of Columbus Will Gather at
Chadron December 16.
Chadron, Neb., Nov. 28.—Chadron
council, No. 1128, Knights of Columbus,
, will Initiate a second class in this city,
I Sunday, December 16. Visiting knights
are expected from the various councils
In the state, also from Sioux City and
Lead, S. D. Rev. Father Barry, pas
tor of rft. Patrick's church, of this
place, will welcome the knights and
give an address.
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FATHER HACKNEY DEAD.
Oldest Mason in Nebraska Dies at His
Home in Ashland.
Ashland, Neb., Nov. 28.—The earthly
career of the venerable Father C. P.
Hackney, the oldest living Mason in
; Nebraska and perhaps the oldest Meth- i
odist Episcopal minister in the United !
States, ended with his death at his
residence in Ashland early Sunday
morning. His death was due to old
Age. and the end came peacefully, witfc i
little warning of its approach.
Father Hackney was born near Har- ;
per’s Ferry. Md., in 1814, where he lived 1
until he was 16 years of age. In 1836
lie was married to Mary Large, with
whom he had lived for over seventy
years and who survives him. Fathei
Hackney and Mrs. Hackney were un
doubtedly the oldest living married
couple in Nebraska. In 1837 he united i
with the Methodist Episcopal church, I
j in is40 was licensed us an exhorter j
i and in 1S52, after removing to Wiscon
sin. became a local preacher. He served
fourteen charges in Wisconsin. In 1S7S
he was superannuated and came to
Nebraska, locating near Ashland, where
ho continued for many years to serve
various charges in supply work ir
Cass, Saunders and Lancaster counties
During his ministry he built four
churches and opened many new fields
of labor.
RAILROADS PAY TAXES.
Plnttsmouth, Neb.. Nov. 28.—The Bur i
lington owed Cass county tor taxes for I
1900 the sum of J1S.4T5.S1. U. M. Pol
lard. the tux agent, was In this city
and paid County Treasurer \V. D.
Wheeler the sum of $1,951.53.
Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 26.—The Rock
Island company paid Us taxes due
. Gage county for the year 1906, which
amounted to S9.479.92.
WHAT WOMEN TAKE OFF
PRIEST DECRIES, NOT |
WHAT THEY POT ON.
Father Vaughan Declares It Bad
Form Nowadays for Married
Folks to Love Each Other.
—
London, Nov. 2S.—Rt. Rev. Futher
Vr.ughn has renewed his attack on the
smart set. this time in a book which
he has published. Father Vaughn says:
"It is my deliberate belief, and I am
fully persuaded that my sermons un
d. ■ state what is going on today among
some members, not only of the upper
classes, but the middle classes, among
working people also.
"It is not what women put on. but
what they take off that matters. There
are not a few houses from which some
society ladies are permanently excluded
because of their want of decent cloth
ing. Did we know loss of the motives
for these outrageous breaches of deco
rum we might charitably suppose these
unwomanly women were recent impor
tations from the Fiji islands.
"Loveless, childless marriage Is sap
ping the nation. Is it not appalling to
think that the very last thing for newly
married people to want is mutual love
* Nay, they ridicule belief in any such
old world relic. It's ‘bad form' and that
Is the end of it."
FINGERS IN SAUSAGE.
Albert Wilson Has Hand Lacerated
While at Work Alone.
Munson. Ia.. Nov. L'v—Albert Wilson
Tost all of his lingers on his right hand
this afternoon in a sausage niachir.t.
He was alone in the shop when the
a evident happened, and as the machine
was run by power he had to throw the
belt off and baek the machine up be
fore he could release himself.
AUTOS CARRY OLD FOLKS
TO SPECIAL SERVICES
Columbia, Pa., Not. Automobiles
were brought into requisition to take
the old residents of the town to the
First Me: hod is: K pis copal church
'where special service in their honor
; was h 1 h More than 100 aged persons,
Sv-aio : then: from York county, werxi
g;eup v s Par.Li the oldest
i RACE IN DIVORCE v
| COURTS FOR DECREE
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Sensational Bassett Accusation
Comes to Trial in Wash
ington, D. G.
A MINISTER IS ACCUSED
_
Wife of Interior Department Man l»
in Omaha Trying to Get Di
vorce Before Husband
Does.
Washington, D. Nov. 27—Henry E.
Davis, counsel for Rev. Lawrence Hunt,
who is named as co-respondent in the
divorce case of Charles C". Bassett
against Fannie Bassett, now in progress
in equity court No. 2, said in the course
of his opening address that “the nam
ing of the child Lawrence in honor of
the co-respondent was not done at the
instance of either of the two defend
ants. Mrs. Bassett or Rev. Dr. Hunt.”
Mr. Davis insisted that the name "Law
rence" was suggested by Chester Bas
sett, son of Charles C. Bassett, because
"the boy Chester was very fond of Mr.
Hunt and he wanted the baby named
after him.”
Speaking further of the baby, "Law
rence," now about 15 months old, Mr.
Davis said the other side had tried to
show that Rev. E. Lawrence must have
been the father.
Explains Discrepancy.
"The very essence of the case of Mr.
Bassett." Mr. Davis said, “rests upon
the assumption that the baby, Law
rence. being born ten full calendar
months after Mr. Bassett had last seer,
his wife, could not have been his child,
when, as the court will be shown, hos
pital and medical records indicate that
such cases of prolonged gestation are of
'frequent occurrence.
Davis ridiculed the offering of testi
mony from negro nurse girls averaging
15 years of age, w hich, he said, afford
ed the only basis for many of the
charges against the defendants. When
the hearing was adjourned Justice
Gould set Monday next at 11 o’clock for
the reading of evidence, and it was
agreed that the case should be con
cluded at continuous sessions, though
it be necessary to carry it over into
-Tuesday.
In all the evidence of fifty-two wit
nesses is to be read, offered in the form
of deposition, forty-six of whom are for
(Mr. Bassett and six for the defense.
Mrs. Bassett has begun in the Doug
las county, Neb., courts suit for divorce
from her husband, who is a well known
^employe of the interior department.
The attorney for Bassett in his open
ing remarks yesterday spoke sarcastic
ally of Nebraska as being "a six
.months state," meaning that citizen
ship could be obtained in Nebraska aft
ier six months’ residence.
SON SEES FATHER KILLED.
John Hanson, Road Overseer, Thrown
Under Loaded Wagon.
Oakland, Neb., Nov. 27.—While haul
ing bridge lumber from Uehling for a
brilgo. John Hanson, road overseer of
District No. 4. of Burt county, was al
most instantly killed. His team be
came unmanageable while going down
a steep hill and Hanson was thrown i
so that the front wheels passed over !
his head, dying shortly afterward. His ,
son, driving behind him, saw the dread- j
ful accident.
ANTI-TREATING LAW WORKS.
Traveling Man in Nebraska Finds It
Out to Tune of $50.
Dorchester, Neb., Nov. 27.—A travel- j
Jng salesman for a Kansas City liquor :
firm was arrested under the anti-treat- !
;:ig law and fined 550 and costs in the
court of Justice Butin of this place. ;
The salesman, Mitchell, had been in 1
Dorchester soliciting orders for liquor
r.nd had treated a number of Dorchester
men to samples of the product he car
-ied.
PASTOR IN NEW TOWN.
Oakland. Neb.. Nov. 27.—Rev. K. 1
Farsman, pastor of the Mission church
at Moses’ Hill. Neb., has accepted a
call to the church here, to succeed Rev.
Anderson.
NEBRASKA WINTER CORN SHOW.
The fifth annual winter corn show i
conducted by the Nebraska Corn Im
provers’ association will be held at
Lincoln, January 14 to 18, 1907. All
corn growers in the state are urged to
take part. An exhibit will consist of j
twenty ears, ten of which will be
judged. After the show all prize corn I
will be sold at auction for the benefit
of the association. Last year the first
prize corn brought $40, or at the rate
of $100 per bushel, the highest price
on record ever paid for seed corn. As
usual, a number of valuable cash and
special prizes will be offered.
A special two days' program will also
be given, with lectures by experts and
practical corn growers. A big corn
show and good meetings are assured,
and every corn grower in the state
should help push it along. For further
particulars, program and instructions
for selecting and showing corn, address
the secretary. E. O. Montgomery. Sta
tion A, Lincoln, Neb.
NO MORE BACTERIA
TO BE SENT BY MAIL
St. Louis, Nov. 27.—Dr. D. L. Harris,
city bacteriologist, has been notified by
Assistant Postmaster Stice that St,
Louis physicians will in future be for
bidden to send cultures of diphtheria,
typhoid and tuberculosis germs through
th^ mails
The order is made as a precaution
against the spread of these contagious
diseases
The physicians of the city have been
accustomed to prepare their cultures
from cases which they investigate and
mai! them in sealed glass test tubes to
the city bacteriologist for further anal
ysis in his laboratory. The government
authorities say that the risk of a eare
. ss mail carrier smashing such pack
ugvs is great.
FIGHTER'S MANAGERHELD
IN MOVING PICTURE ROW
Cincinnati, Nov. 27.—On a charge of
embezzlement Billy Nolan, manager of
•’Baulins” Nelson, was arrested here
today. The arrest came as a sensa
tional finish to the dispute over the
proceeds from the exhibition of pic
tures of the Gans-Neiscn fight.
It is alleg vi Nolan withheld about
57,004 from the California treasurer
I:;v films, pending a d< ision as to th
i roper division of the men»y.
'boys as corn experts?
! ^hey Are Awarded Prizes by Nebraska
I Board.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 28.—The corn
j contest authorized by the state board
• t>f agriculture has been completed and
| Secretary Mellor announced the win
j ,ners this morning. Roy R. Johnson, of
(Burchard, won the first prize, with
8,435 pounds of corn, and Henry W.
Oklerog came second with 8,290
pounds of corn from one acre of
ground. The prizes granted are $50,
$40, $30, $20 and $10. Ninety-seven
boys entered the contest and fourteen
made final reports. Many fell by the
wayside, the victims of wet weather
or drouth or other conditions. Many
secured but an average crop and made
no report on it to Secretary Mellor.
The records of the boys are given as
follows:
1 Pounds
Roy R. Johnson, Burchard, Neb.8,356
'Henry \\\ Olderog, Gretna, Neb.8,29<.
■P. C. Molgard. West Point.ti.fbr
Alva Fry, Uysses .8,530
Horace E. Baker, Stromsburg.6.5C5
G. R. Freiday. Swanton.6,24c
.Henry Knutson, Hampton.6,115
Ernest M. Bidder. Sterling.5,280
Wallace W.oklizer, Lushton.5.0>
Ernest Dreir. McCool Junction.4.9S5
.Clarence Dreir, McCool Junction.4,93 •
Verne L. Kauffman, Rokeby.4,L0
.Dwight L. Kauffman. Rokeby.4,s4
Fred M. Rigby, College View.4,131
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OMAHA’S RICHEST MAN.
Herman Kountze, Worth $30,000,000,
Dies of Neuritis.
i Omaha, Neb., Nov. 26.—Herman
Kountze, Omaha pioneer, millionaire
banker and one of the leading finan
ciers of the west, died at Watkins Glen.
IN. Y., after an illness extending ove,
'the past year.
Several months ago the Kountz
residence in Omaha was closed and
Mr. and Mrs. Kountze went to Wat
kins Glen in the hopes of benefiting
his health.
Mr. Kountze suffered from neuriti .
fi nervous affection.
He was 73 years old and until til
past year had enjoyed good health, be
ing actively engaged in his business
affairs.
Herman Kountze w?s easily the
calthiest man in Or ia.
No figures can be secured on the
value of his estate, owing to the many
enterprises in which Mr. Kountze war
concerned. A conservative estimate is
!$30,000,000.
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FEW OPPOSED IT.
Railway Commission Amendment Car
rics Overwhelmingly in Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 26.—Although one
voter in every four, roughly speaking.
Vailed to mark his ballot *at the Ian
I election either way on the constitution
al amendment for a state railroad com
mission, full official returns from al:
counties except Scotts Bluff shows that
It will have 46.650 votes to spare above
She legal number required by law t
tarry it. The total vote cast was 200,
114 and of that number 100.05S would
constitute a majority. The amendmen
^iot counting Scotts Bluff county, rt
ceived 146,708 affirmative votes. Thos
recorded against it come to the insig
nificant total of S.SSO.
WANT BOYD’S JUDGESHIP.
His Elevation to Congress Flus! '
Some Candidr+es
Pierce, Neb., Nov. 26.—Now that
Judge j. F. 150yd nho b. a u-.eu
congress, candidates for the vac;
judgeship are stirring. W. M. Roberi
son, of Norfolk, and A. A. Welch. <
Wayne, were in Pierce seeking indorsi
ments from attorneys for the positio
It is tip to Governor Sheldon to aj
point Judge Boyd s successor. W. V
Quivey, of this place, has been urge
by many attorneys over the district t
become a candidate. Mr. Quivey, hoc.
ever, is a close and intimate friend c , {
Mr. Robertson and hopes to see 1:1.
Tet the plum.
WANTS CUMMINS TO TALK.
jNebraska State Board of Agriculture i ,
Make Request of Governor. <
Dincoln, Neb., Nov. 26.—Secretary j 1
W. R. Mellor. oi the state board ot
•riculture, will go to Des Moines n. :
Week to call upon Governor A. B. Cun
mins and extend him a personal inv‘ 1
tation to come here for the annu. <
•meeting in January and address tl . i
iorganized agricultural bodies of N <
braska. Mr. Mellor has already wri; i
ten to Governor Cummins, but the 1
ply which came was that as the low 1 l
legislature will be in session at th J
time he is not certain if he can be her 1
It is hoped to get his positive assn: i
ante of the date. An invitation ad j
dressed to Secretary James Wilson, <
the agricultural department, for h
presence during the meeting, has h ;
declined because of official business-. \
DEFEATED DECISIVELY.
Blair Votes Against Initiative and Rc:
erendum on City Affairs.
Blair, Neb., Nov. 26.—Blair citizens <
every ward of the city voted at th <
special election just held, against t - . ]
initiative and referendum on acts » t
the city council. The total majorit;. s
against the proposition was 87. I
The election was the outgrowth of th •
saloon tight. Iciest spring the tow <
went “dry" to the surprise of mar.. t
who 1 «ter prevailed on the city cour.i i
♦o issue several licenses. t
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WANTS NORFOLK BONUS.
Promoters of New Yankton and South- '
ern Work in Nebraska.
Norfolk. Neb.. Nov. 26.—Fremont Hill. I
of New York, is here seeking a bonu
from the citizens in the interest of th *
newly projected Yankton and Souther,
railroad. Hill has already got a sui '
stantial promise from citizens of Yard-;
Von, S. D., from which place the lii 1
•is to sr.irt. This is the company 1
which United States Senator Gam. i t i
of South Dakota, is one of the incorp *
'a tors. ^
BOY DRAGGED TO DEATH.
Hav Springs, Neb.. Nov. ys.—The lit- t
tie 12-year-old son of A. Heesacke:. ■“
living near here, was found dead o- 1
the prairie at 1 a. m.. his skull being
• rushed and the shoe and oversho
from one foot missing. The lad had
been riding a horse, and it is believe.: <
he was thrown off and that his foe- )■
field fast in the stirrup and he w;s ,
dragged to a horribb- death. ;
ARROW PUTS OUT EYE.
^ erdel. Neb.. No\. 2t>.—Joe, the six
year-old sor: of Albert Nounovsky 1 a ;
the sight of one eye destroy,,] by be- ,r
ing hit with an arrow. There is an '
i ideir.n of pri mis nous nreherv. t-\
ei-y boy in town having a bow and ar
row. ,1
TO DEATH THROUGH ICE.
. Danneborg. Neb.. Nov. 26.—George I v
Neil Brii kson, one of the mist promt*- n
young men of Howard county, war.
drown I in Oak creek, in the city lin.- d
* ^ o ' ' '' i Skating. His body was n
CORNHUSKERS ASPIRE
TO THE "BIG MINE’1
Nebraska University’s Football
Team Would Take Michi
gan’s Place.
BIG GAME ON SATURDAY
Quarterback Cooke in Ranks Again—*
Five Men Will Participate in the
Runs of the Western Collegi
r.-ro Association.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 23.—At the meet
ing of the athletic board Of the Univer
sity of Nebraska, Manager E. O. Eager
was chosen to represent Nebraska at
the annual post-session meeting of the
conference at Chicago. It is thought
that if the University of Michigan car
ries out her threat to withdraw from
the conference that tlie Nebraska foot
ball team may gain a place on the "Big
Nine.”
Quarterback Cooke is recovering from
his injury in the game with Kansas last
Saturday. He was on the side lines
at the practice yesterday afternoon, but
will join tlie squad in today's practice,
and will take part in the game at Chi
cago Saturday.
A team of five men, with Physical di
rector Clapp, will be sent to Chicago to
take part in the annual runs of tlio
Western Intercollegiate association, ac
cording to arrangements made at 1 lie
meeting. The team will leave for Chi
cago Thursday night, together with the
Cornhusker football squad.
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PASSING THE PLUMS.
Appointees Being Named by Nebraska
State Officers.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 23.—The new sec
retary of state, Mr. Junkin, has reap
pointed Mrs. Harriet Fletcher to a
position in his office, but it has not yet,
been decided whether she will continue
her work as stenographer or take that
of Miss Monica Mauser, corporation
clerk. Adair Galusha was also reap
pHinted. _ The appointment of Addison
Wait, as deputy, and T. W. Smith
was previously announced. Mr. Junkin
rays that lie means to purchase a home!
in Lincoln.
State Treasurer-elect Lawson G.
Brian has leased the home of Peter
Mortensen at 1728 G street. Mr. Brian
has announced his office force as fol
lows: Henry F. Lehr, deputy: Mr.
Fodrea, bookkeeper, and Miss Bess
Marks, stenographer. Miss Marks who
lias been stenographer in the office of
State Superintendent McBrlen, will
succeed Miss Laura Taylor, who has
beer, stenographer in the state treasur
er's office for the last five years.
A. J. Croft, of Davenport, will suc
ceed Frank Fittle as chief clerk in
the office of the state land commis
sioner,
T
COAL TRUST TO FIGHT.
The Combine Won’t Submit Mildly in
Omaha.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 23.—The indica
tions are the coal trust will make an
attack on the validity of the grand
jury indictment recently returned
against Omaha coal dealers. The at
torneys for the defense have objected
to tiie arraignment of their clients, on
the grounds they want to file a demur
rer to the indictment. Judge Sutton
has allowed them until Thursday morn
ing to fde the demurrer. As soon as
this is disposed of County Attorney
Slabaugh will renew his demand for a
speedy trial of the ease.
M’o.^LLEN FOR SPEAKER.
Gage County Man Wants to Rule the
House.
Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 23. -Adam Mc
Mullen. of Gage county, representative
elect, was in Lincoln and announced
it to be his intention to make a fight
for speaker of the house. Mr. McMul
len made a fight in the last legislature
for the direct primary hill and because
of this light it is said he has the un
divided opposition of the Burlington
railroad. Inasmuch as the Lancaster
delegation cannot agree upon one of its
members for speaker and neither can
the Douglas delegation, Mr. McMullen
feels he has a good chance to be the
next speaker. A number of members,
h» said, have already written to him
assuring him of their support
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GIVES HIM THE OMAHA-HA.
Sheriff Tells Mayor Dahlman He Is
Net the Governor.
Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 23.—"Jim” J)ahl
n.nn's, Omaha’s "cowboy mayor." ex
cessive zeal in pardoning prisoners, Inca
made him the subject or much ridicule
through his attempt to release from the
nunty jail a state prisoner. The may
or. under law, has the right to pardon
L!^°AerJ; held under ,u>' ordinances,
and Dahlman, since he came into office
months ago. has been exercising his
I t trogative with unusual freedom 'But
w lien he ordered the release of a pri»
[•Iier from the county jail the sheriff
; orde>- "’ith the sarcastia
Ir.uutry Do you think you are gov
ernor of Nebraska?" b
THIRTY RIDES FOR $1.
Dmaha Ordinance to Benefit the School
Children.
Omaha. Neb., Nov. 23,-Thirtv street
lar rides for a dollar promises soon to
hnZiVn1"5; far as the school
..lldrcn of Omaha are concerned. The
ef .ro in ca,?yins that Provision was
hewh J \tlUi co2nt'11 committee of
he Whole Monday afternoon, and it was
recommended for passage
1 P ile, al Manager Smith and Secro
er ,,t the street railway
>mpun> v ere present to take note of
sal(i and -tone, but did not
..rtnipate openly m the discussion.
■ ■ ^pressed their views to some of
he . lunc.hr.en. out did not make
■trenunus objection to the passage of
no ordinance.
WOMAN MAY BE SUICIDE.
Fremont. Neb.. Nov. 2.:.—Mrs F.'ank
ire. nleaf, who has been missing jVeo
lay afternoon, is though. tC have
nm.'tu-d sincid- by drowning h rsclf
.. lav Platte river.
’PHONES IN CARROLL.
*11'..’ -s • - A >. phnp.f>
ystetn will be est; Tdied itore at once
•or t'"s purpose a new company has
n organized bj hn H eren ' John
■hunnon. R. D Merrill i \y. j,
■ c
oinjiany v :th J: .■< .
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