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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1907)
HE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. KNEILL, NEBRASKA M. FoPlerea, was, until recently, he aved to be the only president of the 'rench republic who had no double. Ut his counterpart has been found, 'lie mat. who most resembles him phy la lly is a respectable merchant of the tue Saint Honors, who plays his part Ith decorum and dignity. Ho wears racily the same kind of blue butterfly ecktto Mid white dots as the president, he ra.ne kind of hat and exactly »o; ddly cut a beard. And on his proinen des iie is always accompanied by a rler.d who could easily be taken for ne president's private secretary. Dig ifled ana with measured steps, the en table double walks through the Kau org Saint Honore and feels overjoyed t being saluted on ail sides. A sergeant major of an Infantry regl lont stationed In Bremen was recently entenced to a slight disciplinary pun ihment for having mortally wounded a van with a revolver In the course of a ght. He appealed against this, but iras Informed that his appeal had been ejected. He then ordered his men to uid tnelr rifles with blank cartridges, ut during their absence reloaded them rltU ball cartridges, iie then drew up its mer. in firing line and carefully bowed them how to aim their rifles tralght at his heart. With the utmost aim he then ordered "Fire," and fell fith three bullets through his heart. The announcement that the London )aily Wall is about to Issue a weekly dltlon for the blind, draws attention o the other British journals published a Braille type, which have had a long nd useful career, though they have eldom been seen by the general public, 'he first weekly newspaper for the ilind was published on June 1. 1892, ltd called the Weekly Summary. It fig always been issued below cost price nd Us promoters derive no benefit rom iti publication. Another was tarted only last year, called the Braille Veekly, and Issued from Edinburgh. Thousands of men work all their Ives at securing the hanks of the Teat Yellow river In China. Yet every low and then the tide sweeps away all ipposltlon and the loss In human life B greater than any war ever caused. Ilneteen years ago the river burst Its onds. Day after day the torrent lowed, twenty miles to the hour, hlrty miles wide and ten feet deep, 'he flood has been described us live Janubes pouring from a hlght for two nonths on end. For 2,000 years the Chinese have been embanking this Iver. Senator Culloni was about to step, nto his carriage at the Capitol the: ithier day when he stopped and looked! it the horses critically. "John," he aid to the coachman, "we have got to: lo something for these horses. Theyj ire too thin. They are out of condition.! Vhy, I was noticing Secretary Taft’s | koraea the other day and they are nice; ind big and glossy und fat—.Deed: loss,” broke In the coachman, looking, it the thin figure of Senator Cullorn, | ■we don’t need no such horses to haul 18 as Mr. Taft doeB, anyhow." Book restorers, as a rule, are most ugenlous artists, and they can produce in Imitation of a page of a rare book Which will deceive hundreds of col ectors. One particular restorer la mown to have "doctored" over a thou and old books during the last two 'ears, producing pages In facsimile and upplylng colophons or doctored capl als. There Is not a thing wanting to nake a book complete that this man annot skilfully "fake," and the mar tet is now being fairly flooded with his •roductlons. In an article entitled “Rubber Made rom Wheat." William T. Walsh, wrtt ng In reference to this matter In the Technical World Magazine, says : The Importance of the discovery can kardly be over estimated, coming at a lme when the world Is anxiously ask ng where Its future supplies of rub ier are to come. In half a decade, It s said, the annual consumption of the ilastlc material will be at least 80, 100 tons. Even 100,000 tons Is con Idered by many as a conservative istlmate. Speaking at the dinner held to cele irate the 180th anniversary of the 3rand Antiquity society, of Glasgow, in the 16th Inst., the lord provost i f he city remarked that the only great work that remained to be done for the •resent generation of citizens was one which would soon become a very press ng question—to provide a remedy for he- congestion of their street traffic. Vere Goldthwaite, one of the most nterostlng personalities of the Boston >ar, has had a romantic career. He s the son of a well known Boston phy ilclan and for a number of years trav iled with a wild west show. For a lme he was one of the best known lowboys of Colorado. He attracted ionslderable attention recently by pub ishlng a book on Ingersoll. The veterinary profession Is much nterested In a surgical operation which ias been accomplished by Professor Jdriski, one of the staff of the vetert lary school at Bucharest. Having arn Jutated a horse’s leg at the fetlock olnt, after several failures he sue :eeded In fitting a leather boot or ar tificial leg that enabled the animal to walk about and take exercise. The Rev. James Boulton, of North Wlch, aged 92. lost his sight five years igo. He recently consulted an eminent >ye speUtllst, and after submitting to in operation recovered his sight. He s the oldest Primitive Methodist min ster in England, and Is now superan nuated. He has been in the ministry tor sixty-five years. A life convict in the Andamans had lerved some long period when an order recently came for his release. All the time he had been In the band, and had evidently so far forgotten that he was e prisoner that on his release he put In a claim for a pension on account of his long and faithful service as a gov ernment servant. It is in the forests of Canada where the biggest motors In the world are seen. They have been specially de signed for hauling logs over snow and rough roads. One of these machines Is capable of dragging a train of 200 tons weight of logs at a speed of twelve miles an hour. Workingmen engaged in diverting a roadway at Welwyn. Herts, Wales, un earthed seven Roman urns in a good state of preservation, a Roman spur, two drinking bowls six inches high, one smaller cup, a bowl, some bronze plate, an Iron standard and a small urn six inches h1"h. "The elephant’s trunk," says Dr. Ray Lankerter. "originated through a short ening of the lower Jaw. Therefore, 1 am sorry to upset Mr. Rudyaid Kill ings explanation that the length of the trunk was aciounted for by its having [ “ —-"»d by the crocodile’’ WIFE AS SECURITY FOR LOAN OF MONEY Omaha Railroad Man Would “Put Her Up” and She Was Willing, BORROW FOR THREE DAYS Officers of Mortgage Company Startled When Woman Is Offered as Chattel to Protect Lenders Against Loss. Omaha, Neb., Dee. 29.—James Bean, a railroad man startled the officers of the Omaha Loan and Mortgage com pany by offering to leave his wife with the company for three days as security for a loan he was trying to negotiate. Mrs. Bean accompanied her hu'sband to the offices of the company and ex pressed her willingness to be turned over as security for the loan. SUFFRAGIST^ REVIVAL. They Ask the Teachers to Support the Cause in Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 29.—Woman suf frage advocates, stirred to action by the reports that their cause Is waning In Nebraska, will ask to have the state teachers' association go on record In favor of their pet Idea. A communica tion from Inez C. Phllbrlck of Lincoln, chairman of the state W. 8. A. resolu tions committee, has reached State Su perintendent McBrten requesting the privilege of presenting a resolution be fore the association Indorsing the prin ciple of equal rights to both sexes at the ballot box. In her letter Miss Phll brlck says: "We feel that this Is a most perti nent question to come before the asso ciation. The future voters of the coun try are being trnlned In the schools. If they are Imbued with a high sense of civic honor and responsibility, It Is essential that the teachers present the enlarged outlook which actual partici pation In the affairs of government alone can give.” It Is expected that the women will be given the opportunity they ask. but when the - uestlon comes to a vote, or Is thrown open to discussion, It will probably meet with considerable oppo sition. FORM G. O. LEAGUE. Meeting for the Purpose Called foi Omaha. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 29.—The mass meeting called sometime ago by Wm. Harrington and kldgar Howard, pro visional president and secretary, re spectfully, of the government owner ship league to organize permanently win be held at 8 o'clock tonight. Kvery elector In Nebraska, regard less of political affiliations, will be en titled to a voice and vote In the conven tion, which is called for the purpose of making permanent organization of the Nebraska Government Ownership league. The call says: "We are aware that the date selected comes at a time when most men are busy with the work of closing up the year's accounts but we are also aware of the fact thut If the nation is ever to be rescued from the grasp of corporate hands the task must be accomplished by men who are ready hrid willing to make some measure of sacrifice for the public weal. It is to such men that this call Is addressed. Do not wnlt for a personal invitation. Accept this call as personal to every man In Nebraska who favors govern ment ownership of railroads, rather .than railroad ownership of govern ment." FOUND DEAD CHRISTMAS. Oakland, Neb., Dec. 29.—Mrs. A. H. Smith, of this city, was found dead t hrlstmas day, having passed away during the night. Mrs. Smith was about ,5 years old. Her husband, who died about six months ago, was editor of the Oakland Republican for a num ber of years. —4-— HEARING IN JANUARY. Dakota City, Neb., Dec. 29.—Judge Graves will on January 3 hear the motion for a new trial for Logan Lam bert, convicted of assault with li tent to commit great bodily injury on Rev. kuther Schell. SWALLOWS HIS WIFE’S PHOTO IN LOCKET McEver. N. Y.. Dec. 29.—Gus Hill, of this village, has the distinction of wearing his wife's picture nearer his heart than any other man. The fact causes him some physical suffering, but this is not thought strange when it is known that the picture is itt Hill's stomach. Hill bought the locket, which is a gold-lllled affair about as big as a 25 vent piece, from a peddler and put his own and his wife's picture in it. He Intended to give it to his life partner for a Christmas present, but fate willed otherwise. He maintained great secrecy regard ing tire locket until a few davs ago when he thought he would show it to •an old friend. Tills was his undoing for on the way to the friend's house he tried to open the clasp. It stuck; one finger nail broke, and he used his teeth. The locket was slipperv and so was the sidewalk, and as Hill s feet went up the locket went down. Hill kept the matter literally to him self until he began to have pains m his stomach, when he told his wife and went to a doctor. The locket is still in its hiding place. RUSSIA CONNSUL COMMITS SUICIDE Liverpool. Dec. 29.—The Russian consul hero, Colonel Do Helmunn, was found dead in bed this morning having committed suicide. The colonel had been depressed for some time owing io | private affairs. .TWENTY MEN LOST FOR FIVE DAYS, MINUS FOOD ; Chippewa Falls, Wls., Dec. 29.—A i letter received from a lumber camp in northern Minnesota gives a brief ac I count of the experience of twenty Chip I pewa men who got lost while en route I to the camp where they were to begin I work, and wondered about in the woods i for five days before they finally reached | the ir destination. ' They wandered about with nothing to eat but a few dried crusts which , they found in a deserted camp. PEOPLE’S LOBBY AT NEBRASKA CAPITAL Railroads and Insurance Hench men Not to Have Corner on Information. IGNORANCE INEXCUSABLE' 'Legislators Will Have at Hand Easy Reference to Past Bills and to Contemporary Political Platforms. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 27.—A people’s! Jobby In a limited sense will be In evi-) idence at the coming session of the INebraska legislature. There will be inobody present at all sessions to guide |the legislative Intellect aright, but pro jvlslons have been made for the estab-^ (lishment in a convenient room of ai [man who will be equipped with mater-^ ilal ready at hand for the use and in-1 (formation of the legislature upon every; [topic that is likely to come up for dls-, jcusslon and adjudication. v The man is A. E. Sheldon, who atl (other times has charge of the fleldl (work for the state historical society. (At Its meeting last May the society au-| thorlzed the organization of a leglsla-, kive reference library, placed H. W.| (Caldwell, professor of history, and Mr^ ‘.Sheldon in charge, and gave them Imoney with which to start the work. Mr. Sheldon made It his business to (first visit the legislative reference li brary at Madison, Wis. Three weeks were spent there studying the methods, in use In the Badger state. A visit was also made to St. Paul, Minn., for a similar purpose. Assumed They Stand for Something.^ Since then Mr. Sheldon has been the busiest man in the state. He assumed that, the platforms of the political par ties expressed in a large degree thq current of public opinion, and he has proceeded to gather from various sources material upon these subject!) that are likely to receive consideration at the hands of the legislature which ■meets here next month. Special effort [has been macje to secure all possible’ Imaterial on ail sides of such topics as [direct primaries, railroad regulation, [revenue systems, local option, munici pal government, employers’ liability iand the like. Other subjects have not ,been neglected, as It is recognized that [among the several hundred bills in troduced at every session will be found! 'some touching upon life at unusual' points. A card catalogue of all bills! (introduced in past sessions, arranged | [under subject headings will make lit possible to quickly find and examine [every bill relating to a given topic. TWO PARDONS ISSUED FOR THE SAME MAN Governor Mickey Extends Clemency/ to Young Man for Third Time. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 2".—Governor .Mickey today Issued two pardons to! 'William Campion, charged in Seward [ ■county with bastardy and child deser- j ,tion. This is the third time the governor j [has given Campion executive clemency. Campion comes from a wealthy family, j but declared his innocence and said he: ;would rot in jal! before he would pay | the girl the money adjudged by the; ■court. 1 • Judge Good after the first pardon held that the proceeding was a civil one1 jin which the governor could not act. Now the governor remits the penalty! land declares a man cannot be impris-, loned for debt. He believes the youth •innocent. j If the court refuses to recognize to-' ■day’s pardon habeas corpus proceed ings will be begun in supreme court. In the desertion case Gampion has not Ibeen sentenced. CALLED GOVERNOR A “CUR,” IS THROWN OUT Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 27.—Because she j called Governor John H. Mickey a j ’dlrty cur,” Miss Nora Garber, a clerk Jin the employ of the state commissioner .of public lands, was forcibly ejected (from the office of the governor. Miss Garber had called to castigate' Ithe Nebraska executive. Finding him ■absent she unburdened her mind to the lemployes, one of whom was Evan S. Mickey, son of the governor and his •chief clerk. When she denounced the executive as a "dirty cur" the son or dered her out and when she refused to go he grabbed her and physically en forced his demands. GIRL IS DISCHARGED. She Shot Former Sweetheart But Court Lets Her Go. North Platte, Neb., Dec. 27.—The pre-l llminary hearing of .Miss Mirth Clark, charged with murder in the first) degree of John Leonard on December! 5. was concluded Saturday evening about 10 o’clock before County Judge Klder. resulting in her discharge. The. [taking of testimony lasted all after jnoon and part of the night. The evi-| dence showed that the shooting oc-' I ,curred without witnesses other than [the actors in the tragedy. Leonard! j was shot in the back, i i The testimony showed that Leonard j jhad threatened to kill both himself and, | the defendant if she would not marry! II him and he said that he had J200! 'which would be enough to bury both of| ; ithem. He had followed the girl here; [from Vancouver to press his suit fori [marriage, she repelling till of his ad-' i vances. The county judge discharged Miss | IClark, not deeming the evidence of the state sufficient to justify him in hold i ling her for trial. It is not likely that. she will again be arrested on the , ‘charge. BONDS FOR NEW ROAD. Shelby, Neb., Dec. 27.—At the special; election held here Saturday on the I proposition to vote bonds in aid of the [ proposed Omaha and Nebraska Cen tral railway, the bonds carried by twen ty-two votes more than the necessary two-thirds. NEW YORK MONEY. New York. Dec. 27.—Money steady at 4®S per cent. Prune mercantile pa !per 6®6Vi per cent. Sterling exchange 1 ^eak at $4.82.85®4.82.90 on demand, [14.77.70S4.77.75 for sixty days. i FRENCH PAPER SAYS ROOSEVELT IS CHRISTIAN Paris. Dec. 29.—The Liberte prints ad editorial entitled "Roosevelt's Chris tianity,” in which it describes the pres ident as no superman, but a man of average faculties, who is nevertheless clothed in American eyes with a species of sacerdotal character, which assures him considerable prestige. He Is an apostle of Christianity, repre senting admirably that human religi ousness which is gradually being evolved from the various religious co existing in the United States. He is as sententious as a parson. His discourses are constructed like sermons. The bible continually shows him how to Impress the multitude. The writer quotes Mr. Roosevelt as saying that Christianity Is the sole basis for a na tion's lasting greatness. The correspondent says that the pres ident does not by this mean any special (Creed, but he wishes religious life propagated under the most diverse (forms. This state of mind is not, prop erly speaking, piety, but liberalism, embracing every form of religion. It is the gift of comprehension granted sometimes to children and refused to celebrated scholars. The Jansenists call It grace. The Americans call It in spiration. The Americans believe that all their 'national heroes possessed it, Lincoln, Emerson, McKinley, and now Roose velt. It sums up the nation’s spiritual ity. The writer's objective in these re marks is given in the final paragraph, which says: "It is due to this tolerant, liberal Christianity that Latin anti clericalism has not yet penetrated lAmerica. While men like Roosevelt are at the head of the government we shall have striking proof that the wretched (passions agitating us are as yet unborn among his citizens.” WAR DEFEAT PROBE ON GRAND DUCHIES St. Petersburg, Dec. 29.—With the trials of Admirals Rojestvensky and Nebogatoff out of the way. a strong effort is being made with influential official backing, to compel the authori ties to make inquiry into the naval scandals of the grand ducal regime, to which the defeat of the Russians in the Sea of Japan is largely attributed. WOMEN STALK NAKED IN CHINESE FAMINE Empire Decides to Appeal to America and Europe for $ I 250,000 for Sufferers. __ Pekin, Dec. 29.—China has decided la appeal to Europe and America for a $1,250,000 for the relief of the famine sufferers. The people maddened by hunger, are reported pillaging the yamens of of ficials. The women are naked except for a few rags around their loins. RESCUER PERISHES BEFORE WIFE’S EYES Morristown. N. J., Dec. 29.—Before the eyes of his young wife, George Da vis, aged 25, lost his life in an unsuc cessful atterhpt to rescue John Arke, an 8-year-old boy, from drowning. Lying down Davis reached out and seized |Arke and shouted to his wife to haul in on a rope. She drew her husband back from the ice hole until the boy was out of the water. As she started to pull again the ropo broke and the man and the boy slid back into the water and were drowned, COLD TAKESLIFE IN SCOTTISH HILLS London, Dec. 29.—A blizzard which commenced Christmas night continued throughout Great Britain. The country districts in the most northern parts of the country are snowbound, trains are blocked, the roads are impassable and rural villages are temporarily cut off from communication with each other and a number of deaths are reported in the bleak Scottish hills. HIS HAIR UNCUT IN TWENTY-THREE YEARS Hunters, Wash., Dec. 29.—Hans Koh len, the most eccentric character in Stevens county, has sold his fine ranch., four miles west of Fruitland, and will re-enter civilization, after being al most a recluse for twenty-three years. All this time he has been a .bachelor, and almost a hermit. He cleared his farm, built a house, and fenced the land without assistance. BETROTHED TO KAISER'S SON. Berlin, Dec .29.—Princess Alexandra Victoria, the second daughter of Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Son derburg-Glucksburg, has been be trothed to Prince Augustus William, the fourth son of Emperor William. ROOSEVELT TO VIRGINIA. Washington, D. C., Dec. 29.—Presi dent Roosevelt and family left at 11:25 this forenoon for Pine Knot, Va., where they will remain until Monday after noon. DURAND SAYS GOODBY. Washington, D. C., Deo. 2!).—Sir Mortimer Durand, the British ambas sador, today called on Secretaries Root and Tnft and bade them farewell. The ambassador will leave Washington to morrow for New York and will sail Saturday on the Umbria. X GIRL ATHLETE ♦ 4 BREAKS MOTHER'S 4 4 RIB, HUGGING. 4 4 Atlantic City, Dec. 29.—Miss 4 4 Daisy English, who lias played 4 4 basketball and is fond of athletics, > 4 squeezed her mother so hard when 4 4 she gave her a Christmas greeting 4 4 at her home in Northfteld that she 4 4 broke one of Mrs. English's ribs. 4 4 Miss English has canceled her holi- 4 4 day engagements to play nurse. 4 NEW YORK MONEY. New York, Dec. 29.—Money firm at 4011 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, per cent. Sterling exchange weak at $4.82.700' 4.S2.75 for demand, and $4.77.6504.77.1c for sixty days, _ CASHIER GETS FOUR YEARS. Kansas City. Mo., Dec. 29.—William C. Anderson, ex-assistant paying teller of the First National bank, pleaded guilty today to the embezzlement of $9,000 and was sentenced to four year* In the penitentiary. MAY LAND IN AN EXCLUSIVE SET Elliott’s Reward for Novel Way of Collecting Debt From Society. __ TOOK $17,000 DIAMONDS Declares That Ho Had Been Kept the Under Dog So Long That He Had That Much Coming So H» Appropriated It. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 25—Is society to blame for the crime of stealing $17,000 worth of diamonds, committed by Ed ward Elliott, the loser being Joseph Bonnenberg, of this city? This Is the claim of the defendant. "Society owes me some recompense for keeping me the under dog so long," declared Elliott to County Attorney Slabaugh, who has Insisted on an Im mediate trial of the diamond thief. "If I had made my getaway I should not have been troubled by conscience. So ciety cannot blame me for taking what seemed to me the easiest way out of my hard luck.” The probabilities are that Elliott will get all society owes him and will find himself an Industrious member of a most exclusive set. 444444444444444444444444-*-4 -4 4 4 GITTIN’ KINDA FIXED 4 4 IN HIS HABITS, EH? 4 4 4 4 Omaha, Neb., Dec. 25.—Julius 4 4 Meyer, who has kept bachelor 4 4 quarters In Sam Adler’s building 4 4 for forty years, Insists upon 4 4 staying. 4 4 Sam Adler, who -wants to im- 4 4- prove the property and do away 4- with the stairways, is deter- 4 4 mined that Meyer moves next 4 4 January, when his lease expires. 4 4 “Why, I lived here eight years 4 4 before you were born," said 4 4 Meyer to Adler. 4 4 “Yes, I know, but is that to 4 4 prevent me from Improving my 4 4 property?" answered Adler. 4 4 "I can’t get him to go,” said > 4 Adler, "and I guess I’ll have to 4 4 bring proceedings against him 4 4 to get him out.” 4 mmmmmmuiummimii $50,000 FIRE AT NORFOLK. Edwards & Bradford Lumber Com pany Is a Heavy Loser. Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 25.—Fire was dis covered in one of the west sheds of the Edwards & Bradford Lumber com pany at 7 o'clock last evening and,; fanned by a northwest wind, the en tire yards were soon a mass of flames. Thi loss ie about $50,000. The origin of the Are is a mystery. The insurance Is estimated at about $10,000. The Oxnard hotel adjoining the yards on the north was not damaged, and the fire was confined to the ECwards & Bradford lots. —f— BROME IS CAPTAIN. “Chuck” Will Lead the Creighton Yearn Next Year. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 25. — Charles Brome, known to all his friends as "Chuck,” will lead the Creighton foot ball eleven to battle next season. He was unanimously elected as cap tain of next year’s team by the mem bers of the Creighton squad at the an nual football banquet held at the uni versity Thursday night. CHILDREN OF MRS. BRADLEY NOT BROWN’S, HE SAYS IN WILL Her Lawyers, However, Expecf to Prove Parentage and Se cure Monetary Consid -" eration for Them. « Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 25.—Ha the late ex-Senator Arthur Brown fore seen his death at the hands of Mrs. Bradley he could have devised no more ingenious retaliation than the post mortem revenge contained in his will. The document, written August 24, 1906, four months before Mr. Brown was shot down In the Raleigh hotel, Washington, says: ♦444 4 4 4 4 444444444444444444 4 4 4 “I do not devise, or give, or 4 4 bequeath anything to any of the 4 4 children of Mrs. Anna M. Brad- 4 4 ley. I do not think either or any 4 4 child born to Mrs. Anna M. 4 4 Bradley is or are mine, but 4 4 whether such child is or is not 4 4 I expressly provide that neither 4 4 or any of them shall receive 4 4 anything of my estate. 4 4 "I have never married Anna 4 4 M. Bradley, and never Intend to. 4 4 If she should pretend that any 4 4 such relation ever existed be- 4 4 tween us to justify such infer- 4 4 ence, I direct my executors to 4 4 contest any claims of any kind 4 4 she may present, and I direct 4 4 that she recelv-s nothing from 4 4 my estate.” 4 4 4 T'TT ▼ T TTTTTTT » TtTTTTTTTtTT t The testator bequeaths all his prop erty, valued at about $75,000, to his two children by his first and second wives. The children so specifically disinher ited are Arthur, aged 7, and Mark, aged 3 years. The attorneys engaged by Mrs. Brad ley's relatives in Salt Bake City de cline to discuss the will at this time, but there is scarcely a question that a contest will be instituted, as much for the purpose of establishing their par entage as to secure a monetary con sideration. IOWA EMIGRANT BURNED TO DEATH St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 25.—J. S. Gilli land and an unknown man burned to death in a car in the Rock Island yards today. Gilliland was moving from North boro Iowa to Indian territory. The oil stove in the car tipped over and set the. rousehold goods on fire, roast ing the rr.ea -dive. SOCIETY BELLE HELD WITH BAD WOMEN ON MAN’S FAKE CHARGE New York Doctor’s Wife Vindi-, cated in Court and Her Accuser Arrested. HE SAYS SHE HUGGED HIM Mrs. Jeanne Trautman, Awaiting Rob-i bery Trial, Kept From Commu ication With Friends Some Time. New York, Dec. 29.—Mrs. Jeanne Trautman, wife of a prominent phy sician and surgeon of this city, was' vindicated In police court today of the charge of larceny preferred by Peter J. Hogan, who caused her arrestl Christmas eve in front of a Fifth ave nue store. • Hogan was arrested on a charge of! assault preferred by Mrs. Trautman., The case attracted attention because' of the social prominence of Mrs. Traut man and as showing the indignities to1 which an innocent woman may be sub-i Jected on the accusation of persons/ who may or may not be responsible. Hogan, who is a clerk, seized Mrs. Trautman roughly by the arm while! she was looking in a show window and asked if she knew him, threatened) her with physical violence and ended by calling a policeman to arrest her. His story is that Saturday evening he was met on the street by two wom en, one of whom led him into a dark.! hallway and put her arms around hisl neck. When he managed to free himself] from the woman, whom he declared to' be Mrs. Trautman, Hogan says h,e‘ found $13 had been taken from his, pocketbook, which later was returned., Mrs. Trautman was taken to the po lice station after being questioned as to her name, residence, etc., and com mitted to a cell in which were several dissolute women. Considerable time elapsed before she was permitted to< communicate with friends, who se-i cured her release on bail. "Double” Close at Hand. When Mrs. Trautman appeared be fore Magistrate Flinn he dismissed the complaint without even the formality of bringing the most important witness into the court room. This witness, who was unwilling, is known at Kitty Wilson and is almost a perfect "dou ble’’ of Mrs. Trautman. Kitty is known to the police and the fact of her remarkable resemblance to Mrs. Trautman was recalled soon after the investigation of the charge by Ho gan was begun. As a result of the search by the po lice the missing “double” was taken into custody and during the arraign ment was in a small room adjoining the court room. WOMAN THROWN OFF SIDEWALK BY NEGRO Wore the Uniform of Twenty-Fifth In fantry and Said Walk Be longed to Him. El Reno, Okla., Dec. 29.—Race feel ing is at white heat and threats ofj lynching are heard on every hand as a result of an assault committed on Mrs. T. S. Clifford, wife of a promi nent physician, yesterday afternoon by a negro of the Twenty-fifth infantry. Mrs. Clifford and her sister, Mrs. S. H. Clarke, were attempting to passi the soldier when he viciously grabbed Mrs. Clifford around the waist and, threw her into the street, exclaiming that the sidewalk belonged to him. Mrs. Clifford screamed for assist-' . ance, but the assailant escaped beforel help arrived. News of the attack spread rapidly and the entire police department, re inforced by several hundred men and boys, searched the town and sur rounding country, but the negro escaped. The negro was in uniform and must return to the post or become a deserter. Word was sent to Fort Reno and all absentees noted. Both Mrs. Clif ford and her sister are positive they can identify the man and will go to Fort Reno and attempt to pick him from the soldiers who were out of the post when the assault occurred. BRIDE 0PENSD00R, SHOT AT WEDDING Rutland, Vt., Dec. 29.—Mary Parker Gilmore, daughter of John Parker, a Vermont farmer, was shot and serious ly wounded shortly after her marriage to Charles Gilmore in her father’s home. Her sister-in-law. Mrs. Henry Gilmore, who had followed her to the door was also shot. The house was filled with guests who had witnessed the ceremony and were waiting to join in the reception when shots were heard outside. The bride, thinking that more of her friendsi had come to extend their good wishes,i opened the door and stood on the door step to receive them. They saw several men approach and shouted greetings, but the others did not reply. Suddenly a shot rang out and the bride fell. Another shot was fired and the bullet struck Mrs. Gil more in the shoulder. A physician extracted both bullets. They were found to be home made plugs, such as could be fired from a rifle. TWELVE MASSACRED BY YAQUI INDIANS Nogales, Mexico. Dec. 29—Details are arriving here of tile butchery of a party of Mexicans by Yaqui Indians near Valencia, sixty miles below Guy ainas. Eleven Mexicans and one American were killed. There were 100 Indians in the at tacking party. Employes on the South ern Pacific railroad in that section arc frightened. DOG SEEMEDWELL BUT RABIES KILLS WOMAN New York, Dec. 29.—Mrs. Charles Weeks, aged 60. of New Rochelle, died in her home from hydrophobia. She was bitten three weeks ago by a small fox terrier her husband found in the street. The dog exhibited no signs of rabies and none of the family thought anything of the Incident. i