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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1907)
THE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. WEILL, NEBRASKA 1 ...... ■ "I*ve got tn« bent aiarm cIock in the business und Uncle Sam provides It; for me,” said a Brooklyn business man of Irregular hours. "Two or three days of each week 1 have to rise eaily. Our1 postman has a remarkably piercing whistle und also always rings the door bell when he leaves any mall. But al-i though he comes regularly as clock work at 7 a. m., he does not always leave mall for me and consequently his whistle does not always blow und the doorbell ring. So I Just buy a post card the afternoon before and mall It to myself. It has never failed to ar rive In the early mall, accompanied byi the whistle and bell.” The Swiss military musketry experts are conducting experiments to solve a, problem that has proved a difficulty for all armies. The object Is to find a cartridge which will be of equal effl-, ciency at short and long range. Now, in France and Germany this end Is notj jret attained. The German bullet (Mark S) Is light and Is good at short ranges, while not so precise at the long ones.] The French bullet (Mark D) has the opposite defect—It Is weak at ranges shorter than 400 yards. The Swiss army authorities believe they have a bullet which will solve the problem. --— j Congressman J. Aoam ueue, ui Duluth, one of the wits of the house, was a newspaper reporter In Washing ton for years. Mr. Bede was first a democrat, and. desiring appointment as marshal, made application to President Cleveland on a piece of birch bark, which he sent through the malls. Mr. Cleveland was so struck with the orig inality of the applicant that after In-, vestlgatlng his character appointed] him. Mr. Bede resigned the marshal-! •hip In 1896, when he left the demo-, cratlc party to support McKinley. Honeybees are generally credited] with Instinctive skill In making the] cells of the comb hexagonal In shape,) but It Is probable that this construction, Is merely the ordinary result of me-j '< chantcal laws. Solitary bees always, make circular cells, and the bees In a] hive no doubt make them circular also, but mechanical pressure forces them Into a hexagonal form. A well known naturalist, In speaking of the matter, says that all cylinders made of soft, pliable substances become hexagonal Under such circumstances. According to Professor Beekmanl felt was Invented before weaving. The] middle and northern regions of Asia! Are occupied by Tartars and other] populous nations, whose manners and] customs appear to have continued un-] changed fry.n the most remote antlq-! ulty, and to whose simple and un-j formed existence this urtlcle seems to! be as necessary as food. Felt Is the) principle substance both of their clothing and of their habitations. In six years with an Increase In the] population of about 2,400,000, or some thing more than 10 per cent., the south has Increased the value of Its farm pro-! ducts by $728,000,000, or 67 per cent.,1 1 end the value of Its manufactures $761,-1 000,000, or 62 per cent. It has addedi 8,493,000 spindles to Its cotton mill out fit. an Increase of 66 per cent. Its mlllrf] Used In 1906 about 2,376,000 bales of American cotton, or 48 per cent, more than In 1900. » A machine which automatically •huffies a pack of cp.rds In an Instant: with the cards concealed from the sight1 And which changes the position of nlnei out of every ten cards Is the latest, mechanical device for card players. lt| Hot only protects the cards from In jury, but gives an absolute square deal shuffle. The machine, says Popular Mechanics, weighs four pounds and at-l taches In a moment to any table. It la' About twelve Inches high. Norris Brown, the new United States! •enator from Nebraska, Is both a young' And a poor man. He succeeds Joseph H. Millard, who was the opposite, both •lderly and rich. Mr. Brown's father1 was a farmer and his boyhood was! largely devoted to the farm. For sev eral years he rode eight miles to school' on one of the farm horses. In 1879 he' •ntercd the state university of Iowa, And was graduated four years later. A "Carl Schurz memorial professor-' •hip” Is to be established at the Uni versity of Wisconsin as a result of the! movement recently started in Mllwau-, kee by a number of prominent German Atnerlcans. The plan is to raise un endowment of $50,000, the income of which will be used for the establish ment of an annual course of lectures to be given by prominent professors of Oerman universities. I I -me state medical board or California' : has forty-six mandamus suits against ! It. The allegations are that certain, physicians who control It are maintain ing a doctors’ trust and are keeping' physicians from other states from se curing licenses in California. Among those barred. It Is alleged, is Dr. Charles i English, of Washington, D. C„ who was ”, the family physician of President lien | Jamln Harrison. Japan Is the largest copper produ j lng country of the far east, but as ! ; yet her output (1906) is only one-flf- ! j teenth of the total production of the ! World. The output rose from 23,899 ; tons In 1889 to 36.600 tons In 1906. i i Copper mining Is at present one of Japan’s weak points, the operations be ing conducted without method. Her ! home consumption Is about 7,000 o> I j »ear. _ _ j William P. Letchworth. whose gift of 1,000 acres at Portage Falls, on the > Genesee river, ’ for a public park has been accepted by the state of New Tork, Is an adopted member of the 1 Beneca tribe of Indians, and bears the I tribe name, Haiwa-te-is-tah, “the man \ who always does the right thing." | With the exception of nesting birds,, j X«w wild animals perish In a forest ( Ore. They have Instinctive knowledge $ of It long before It reaches them and' ! fly to swamps and large rivers They! I oan generally outrun the flumes. Hu-! : man lives have been saved by horses ■ Instinctively taking to water. A judgeship at Sacramento, Cal., was • vacant. There were three candidates. Two of them, who believed their : chances equal, agreed to shake dice as ! to which should withdraw, and did so. ! The governor heard of It and ap-i S pointed the third candidate to the place. The heir apparent of the Slrguja. I state, a boy of 11 years, has developed, a remarkable aptitude for shikar. He! began to use a gun when only 7 years' of age and up to the present time has Accounted for seven tigers, six panthers and two bears, not to mention other j large and small game. When the thirty-seventh session of the California legislature was opened the other day the chaplain prayed that' the Lord would deliver the legislature "from graft;” and. as soon as he had : eald “Amen," they proceeded to swell the roll of paid «<Uaches to the number of 101. Nebraska solons Proceedings of the Week in Brief in Both Houses of the Legislature. J* J* ! ....— ■ ".. THURSDAY’S PROCEEDINGS. Lincoln, Neb,, Neb. 14.—The influx ofl railroad lobbyists has apparently pro yoked the legislature to more drastic action. This morning the anti-pass bill, scheduled for passage, was torn up and a new one drawn which re stricts passes to employes, caretakers of live stock, men disabled In the serv ice and families of men killed on the' road. Lawyers and doctors must be In. receipt of at least $1,000 a year salury, from the companies In order to make themselves eligible to passes. The standing committees today re-1 ported for passage bills regulating the number and operation of trains on; brunch lines and providing fot the sale; of mileage books good for use by uny-l one at 2 cents a mile. Hills were Introduced today appro priating $12,000 for representation at, the Jamestown exposition and $10,0001 to pay bounty for discovery of coal. The senate ordered engrossed, for thel third reading the antl-tipping bill, a, bill prohibiting pooling by bridge con tractors, and the (Jlbson employers’ liability measure, against which the, Burlington has been making a deeper-' ate fight. The senate standing committees rec-t omrnended for passage a comprehensive' pure food bill and one permitting Oma-. ha to forcibly annex South Omaha. FRIDAY’S PROCEEDINGS. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 15.—In the house no further action will be taken on the’ 2-eent fare bill until a plan has been evolved by which the friends of the measure, now divided Into hostile camps over whether to exclude or In-i elude a provision giving the railroad commission power to raise the rate where a road can show It to be non compensatory, can get together. Representatives In congress sent re-' piles todaylto the two legislative mem-, herH asking them to vote against the’ ship subsidy and for an Income lux., Pollard and Kennedy are the only ones; who line up In favor of the subsidy. Oir the income tax. all promise careful, consideration and best attention. The house made the bill a special order for next Thursday afternoon. In the mean-, time an effort will he mude to secure a republican caucus. The bill permitting communities to suy whether they wish Sunday base ball was recommended for passage byi the standing committee, also a bill es tablishing seven junior normal* Iti north Nebraska. The senate this morning passed the Gibson employers’ liability bill, twen five voted for It, none against It. It provides that a railroad company can not make the holding of a policy In an Insurance department maintained by It bur to suing for damages for Injuries, but may deduct the amount from the judgment secured. Tne bill giving street railway companies the right to Invest In the stock of lnterurbans was passed from the standing committees. Favorable reports were made on the Clarke child labor law passed by the house and a bill barring from the state any life Insurance companies which pay an officer $50,000 a year. HAS NEBRASKA LUMBER DEALERS ON THE HIP Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16.—Judge Sin clair, Qf the state’s counsel, In the lumber trust prosecution, has returned from St. Louis and Kansas City, where he went to hunt up evidence among the wholesalers of the unlawful char acter of the Nebraska association. He says he found plenty of proof that the association compels whole salers to refuse shipments to all "ir regular” lumber dealers and will pre sent It later In the shape of deposi tions. “SKIP” DUNDY LEAVES HIS ESTATE. TO MOTHER New York. Feh. 16.—Elmer R. Dun dy. who, with Frederic Thompson, di rected Luna Park and several other big theatrical enterprises, in his will, left the greater part of Ills estate to Ills mother, Mary H. Dundy, of 233 \Vost Eighty-third street. To Ills widow, Mary Dundy, a resi dent of the state of Ohio, who lias a temporary residence at Broadway and 102d street, is bequeathed $50,000 worth tif the bonds of Luna Park. The will says that It Is to be "in full of claims of every kind and nature, including dower and right of dower.” The moth er is made solo executrix. The will is dated February 4. the day before Dun dy’s death. I-MCLS SC.KIUUS5 UriAnGE. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16.—Miss ..cyrtle Furlong maintains that George Younger, under arrest, is the one who so brutally assaulted her recently. Friends of the negro have exerted themselves to establish an effective al ibi for him, hut have not been entirely successful. In fact (he effort lias failed after thorough investigation, and there Is a lapse in the time during which he has been able to establish his whereabouts on the night of the as sault, which would have afforded time for him to have done the deed of which the misused young woman accuses him. PANIC IN THEATER WHEN ENGINE FALLS Chicago, Feb. 20.—A stationary en gine weighing live tons crashed through thirteen floors of Cook county's new $5,000,000 building, carrying with It a large section of the easy wing and James Lynch, a laborer, at work on' the twelfth floor. The supports of the engine sank nlightly on one side. The engine shifted and the Increased weight on the weak ened floor caused it to give way. The' mass of iron, with Its contents of smothered fires, crashed downward, crushing Lynch beneath it and driving the mascerated human pulp under the gathering avalanche of terra cotta walls, concrete floors and Iron girders. As ttie weight tore through each story the loud explosions of breaking floors sounded like a succession of bombs and caused horses in tlie streets to run away. The audiences in the Grand, Chicago, Colonial and other the aters heard the reports and started in I he vague tear that an earthquake was endangering their lives. MERCHANT AND 6IRL DIE IN HIS STORE Washington, D. Feb. 14.—Leonard T. Brown. 36. a merchant, and Mar gnerete Strawb, 26, were found dead In ■ he r3ar of the former’s store today. Murder and suicide. Baltimore. Md., Ktu. 1C.—The workmen n the street railway power house Ivave one on str.ke, tying up all the lines, as i protect again.-1 the profanity of experts from New York who are putting up ma ll. nery. WARRANT WILL CHARGE MURDER; NOT SERVED Ponca, Neb., Feb. 19—Although a Hvarrant charging murder Is In the {hands of the sheriff, for service on 'Frank Brink, tor killing Miss Bessie Newton who Jilted him, the paper may not be served for some time. Brink Is still In the office of Dr. Young, where he was taken after he Jflred three bullets Into bis own body In a futile attempt to commit sui cide. He Is in bad condition, but It is thought he will recover. DRAGGED FROM ENGINE CAB AND CRUSHED Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 19.—Death came fto Barlie Nunn, a Burlington hostler, In an unusual manner, this morning. While running an engine slowly past fi coal shute his coat caught on a projecting spike and he was dragged .out of the cab window, suspended In' mid air and was crushed between the (engine and the shute and died sev eral hours later.. PARENTS RELIEVED BY NEWS FROM THEIR SON Gordon, Neb., Feb, 19.—Glen Mojtatt, the Gordon boy who disappeared'n-om his boarding house In Chicago so mysteriously on the 6th Inst, has been located In Louisiana, from which place he wrote to his parents explaining that his nervous system became shattered from over study and hard work and he realized that something had to be done at once or he would be In a state of collapse, so he decided suddenly to Join an excursion for the sunny south land and did not have time to write and ex plain fully until after he reached his destination. After recuperating In the balmy breezes of the south and taking out door exercise for a few months, he expects to return to Chicago and complete his musical course. ■ - ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦-» 4 BELIEVE BONES OF 4 ♦ PADILLA ARE FOUND- 4 4 4 4 Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. 19.—The un- 4 4 earthing in western Nebraska of a 4 4 skeleton with a small metallic cru- 4 4 ciflx Incrusted by rust and resting 4 4 against the chest prompts the of- 4 4 fleers of the Nebraska Historical so- 4 4 eiety to believe that the bones are 4 4 those of the martyred Spanish friar, 4 4 Padilla. 4 4 Padilla wandered among the In- 4 4 dians as a missionary more than 4 4 two centuries ago, and was slain by 4 t those whom he sought to convert. 4 Historical research shows that he 4 4 converted to Christianity many of 4 4 the savages In the sixteenth cen- 4 4 tury. He was killed in 1545. The 4 4 Historical society has arranged to 4 f transport the skeleton to the mu- 4 4 seum of Nebraska. 4 TELEGRAPH COMPANIES FACE DISCRIMINATION CHARGE, WIRES IDLE Interstate Commission Asks Why Large Grain Men and Packers Have Advantage. Omaha, Neb.. Feb. 19.—The Interstate Commerce commission is to investigate the relationship between the Western Union and the Postal Telegraph com panies on one side and the packing houses, grain firms and other business houses throughout the country which have heretofore had special telegraph ! wires and special operators furnished ! them. This morning all the wires of this.' description were discontinued and only i “pony" wires, running from these of fices into the main telegraph offices w'ere left. The commission takes the position that the furnishing of these large cus tomers of telegraphs with facilities de nied smaller costumers is discrimina- j tion and an investigation is demanded. MACKEY COMPANIES MAKE GOOD SHOWING j Boston, Mass., Feb. 19.—The annual meeting of the shareholders of the j Mackey companies was held yesterday 1 and the number of trustees was in creased from five to seven. The pres- ' cut trustees, Clarence H, Mackey, Wil liam W. Cook, George C. W. G. Ward, I Dumont Clark and Edward C. Platt, were re-elected. The new trustees are : Pliny Fisk, head of the banking house i of Harvey Fisk & Sons, New York . City, and R. A. Smith, of the banking | house of Osier & Hammond, Toronto. The Maekey companies is the largest stockholder in the Bell Telephone com pany. Its holdings being more than four times those of any other stockholder. The trustees state that notwithstanding these days of money borrowing and mortgage giving they are again able to announce that the Mackey compan ies has no debts. After paying the dividend on Its ! Stock a large amount remaining was carried to reserve, in accordance with Its long established policy. The Com mercial Pacific Cable company in 1906, laid submarine cables to China and Japan and those cables are now In working order. The land line system, I the Postal Telegraph, Is being constant ly extended, and also shows substantial ; .Increased gross receipts and net profits | over the previous year. All free passes have been abolished ! °n the Postal Telegraph system and during the past year there has been in augurated and put Into successful oper ation a jilan whereby the employes of the organization are given an oppor tunity to purchase preferred shares in the Mackey companies, and to make payments therefor by installments. The balance sheet Is as follows: Investments In other compa ny's .$91,887.487. ?0 Cash . 220,469.32 Total .$92,107,947.22 ■Preferred shares issued.$30,000,000.(0 Common shares issued. 41,380,400.09 Surplus . 727,547.22 Total .$92,107,947.22 The books of the Mackey companies are audited by chartered public ac countants. PATRIOTS HURL PAPER WEIGHT AND INKSTAND Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 19.—The lie was passed between Delegates Baker and Haskell and a personal encounter be tween them enlivened the proceedings of the constitutional convention here this morning. Haskell hurled a heavy paper-weight at Baker, and the later retaliated with an inkstand. FLOOD GRIVES 200 FAMILIES FROM HOME Two Nebraskans Killed By An. gry Waters That Roil the Platte. BIG BRIDGES MENACED Ice Begins to Break and Fear of For. mation of Gorges Is Entertained —Railroads Are in T rouble. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16.—Flood condi tions in the Platte valley around Fre mont and Columbus are little changed today, but it is hoped the crest has been reached. The only fear now is, more gorges may form. Between Ashland and Plattsmouth the ice has begun to break, and resi dents are taking all precautions ugainsl great damage. The flood has reached a height exceeded only in 1882, and has caught many along the river un prepared. Two persons have been drowned in Fremont, where over 200 families were compelled to leave home. None of the railroad bridges across the Platte are considered safe. The Union Pacific's main line west of Valley Is out of commission, the Bur lington has lost parts of two big bridges and several small ones, and the Rock Island had trouble today at South Bend, where conditions are serious. Three miles of the Burlington line north of Bellwood are covered with ice. MISSING WILL OF COUNT CREIGHTON IS PUZZLING Omaha. Neb., Feb. 16.—The last will of the late Count John A. Creighton has disappeared, and all efforts of the executors to find it have been unavail ing. A will made three years ago has been found, but it is believed there is a later one. Judge Woolworth, Count Crelghion’s lawyer, died one year ago. It is believed Woolworth drew the will, but no record of it is among his papers. Since the will which was found was drawn. Count Creighton has disposed of much property, having sold one mine for $5,000,000. None of this is ac counted for in the will which has been found, and the executors are sure there is another will in existence. Matters pertaining to the property are at a standstill until the missing will can be found. SUES SELF THEN SAYS INSUFFICIENT CAUSE Lincoln, N^b., Feb. 16.—Senator-elect Norris Brown and Senator Jesse L. Root, as attorneys for Governor Shel don, filed in the supreme court a de murrer to the petition of the state in the suit instituted a few’ days ago to collect $100 for rent of the executive mansion for the month of January. The demurrer asks for the dismissal of the suit on the ground that the peti tion does not on its face recite suffi cient facts to constitute a cause of ac tion. Senator Root stated that briefs had not yet been prepared, but prob ably will be In a few days. He inti mated that his contention would be that the providing and maintaining of an executive mansion is a legitimate state expense, just as much as the building and maintaining of the state house or any state institution. WOULD GREATLY INCREASE PUNISHMENT OF RAPISTS Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16.—Exceedingly drastic, measures for the punishment of rapists in Nebraska are proposed by Senator Patrick, of Sarpy county. He is one of the leaders and his apparently sincere position in the matter is bound to have large influence. The matter is given impetus by the case now unded investigation here rela tive to the most brutal assault on Miss Myrtle Furlong, aged 15 years, by negro recently. Already the Nebraska law is severe on this class of offenders, the maxi mum penalty being twenty years in the penitentiary. Senator Patrick has in troduced a bill which provides that if the jury trying the case so recommends the convicted man may be emasculated, the prison surgeon to perform the oper ation. This is known in Nebraska as the "Falls City method,” a mob there some years ago having administered this sort of punishment to an alleged rapist. LEON BROWN NOT TO BE PRIVATE SECRETARY Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16.—Senator-elect Norris Brown, denies he will ap point as his privute secretary, Leon Brown, of Des Moines, his brother. The senator says: "The appointment of Leon Brown has never been contemplated either by him or myself. He is so situated that he could not accept it, and I have not had any thought of choosing him. I ex pect to appoint a Nebraska man. At the present time I am practically de cided in my own mind who it will be, but I am not ready to make the an nouncement. Miss Anna Howland will act as private secretary until Decem ber 1." 4 NETTLETON GETS 4 4 THANKS FOR KINDNESS 4 4 DONE 43 YEARS AGO. 4 4 Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16.—His ele- 4 4 vatlon to speakership ot the Ne- 4 4 braska house of representatives has 4 •4 resulted in “Uncle Dan” Nettleton 4 4 receiving warm thanks for a kindly 4 4 Bervice he performed for a prisoner 4 4 during the war of the rebellion. 4 4 A. J. Booty of Fort Worth, Tex., 4 4 reading in a newspaper of Speaker 4 4 Nettleton having belonged to the 4 4 Fourth Illinois Cavalry, the mem- 4 4 ory of his capture by union troops 4 4 at Alexandria, La., in August, 1S64 4 4 was revived. He was guarded over 4 4 night and courteously treated by an 4 4 lS-year-old boy who was in fact 4 4 Dan Nettleton. The two may ar- 4 4 range a meeting. 4 4 4 44444444444444444444444444 BILL FOR EIGHT JUDICIAL DIVISIONS IN NEBRASKA Washington. D. C., Feb. 16.—The house committee on judiciary yesterday favorably reported the bill introduced by Representative Norris, dividing Ne braka into eight judicial divisions. The committee adopted an amenrment rais ing the salary of United States marshal for Nebraska, from $2,500 to $4,000 per annum. Judge Norris will call the bill up next Monday, when he expects to get consideration on it under the suspe" sion -f the rules. TWO CENT FARE WAR SWEEPS THE COUNTRY Chicago, Feb. 18.—The 2-cent rail road fare crusade is sweeping through the United States. In nearly a score of state legislatures bills fixing the maximum rate for the carrying of pas sengers on railroads at 2 cents a mile are pending and in most of these states they seem certain of passage. Ohio led the way a year ago by pass ing a 2-cent fare law and already this year the legislatures of West Virginia and Arkansas have sent 2-cent fare bills to the governors for signature. In Iowa, Indiana, Missouri and Penn sylvania, a 2-cent bill has passed one or the other of the two houses of the legislatures and bills are pending in Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina and Oklahoma, i In only one state so far, South Da kota, has the 2-cent fare bill been def initely defeated. THAW CASE AROUSES WASHINGTON SOLONS Spokane, Wash., Feb. 18.—Following closely upon the dramatic recital by I Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in the New York court, where her husband is on trial (for the murder of Stanford White, the [house in Olympia has passed a bill for [the protection of young girls. [ A canvass shows the senate will take similar action and the measure will be submitted to Governor Mead who will make it a law. While the prevention of runaway marriages by girls under the legal age appears the main object of the bill, it Is wider in scope than any similar law yet enacted in the northwest. The principal clauses follow: "It shall be unlawful for any person to take any female person under the age of 18 from her home for any pur pose whatsoever, without first obtain ing the consent of her parents, guard ian or person having the right to her custody. Press Gives It Support. "It shall be unlawful for any person having knowledge of the whereabouts of any girl under the age of 18, who has absented herself from home, to withhold such information from her parents, guardian or other person en titled to the legal custody of such girl.” BILL TO PREVENT THE PRINTING OF HORRORS Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 18.—Two dras tic bills to restrict the freedom of the press have been Introduced in the legis lature. One bill by Senator Booms is practically the Pennypacker bill with the penal penalty omitted. The other bill Is by Senator Graves. It prohibits the publication of suggestive stories and prohibits any account or reference to an execution, burning, lynching or hanging of a criminal, or the details of the commission of any crime or ol any criminal trial, reports of police court proceedings, and prohibits publi cation of advertisements of medicines to cure certain diseases. TEXAS PAPERS TOLD NOT TO PRINT TESTIMONY Dallas, Texas, Feb. 18.—W. H. Atwell United States district attorney for the northern district of Texas, today issued a. letter of warning to the newspapers of his district with reference to the publication of the Thaw trial proceed ings. Mr. Atwell calls attention to that section of the federal statutes which prohibits the d/poslting of obscene mat ter in tjie mails and delivery in the United States. — ♦— EVEN OLD ROME CALLS BAN MOVEMENT PRUDISH Rome, Feb. IS.—"Usual American prudishness,” is the way the Roman Messagero refers to the attempt of the Washington authorities to suppress details of the Thaw case. Newspapers throughout Italy are taking great in terest in the great trial, and the threat to exclude United States papers from the mails for publishing testimony in full is calling forth many sarcastia lomments. EX-LOVER WRITES HE WILL END HIS LIFE; BRIDE KILLS SELF Kansas City’s “Little Italy' Stirred by Suicide That Is Prompted By Mail. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 18.—Because she received a letter from her lover, Antonio Legardi, in Italy, telling her ’.hat, since she had married, he was going to commit suicide, Mrs. Maria Cuozzo, a young Italian bride of a few weeks, shot and killed herself in “Lit tle Italy,” this city. When Maria came to Kansas City she was not happy and her relatives insisted that she marry a man of their selection. She protested, but was finally won over and married to Michaelo Cuozzo. In "Little Italy” they have not yet heard whether Antonio really killed himself. GILTED LOVER SUES TO GET BACK GIFTS •T want that bland new cook stove. 1 want that chair; I want that looking glass And the comb to comb my hair. • ****• You may jab, and stab me, but 1 want those presents back.” Wilksbarre. Pa., Feb. 18.—Because Bhe refused to return a wedding dress he bought for her and money he had given her to purchase other wedding finery after she jilted him, Felix Rash efski had Miss Celia Petnofski, of Nan tlcoke. arrested and taken before Jus tice of the Peace Burnett. She admitted the jilting. The Justice held her under $100 bail, and advised them to try to reach an agreement. OREGON LEGISLATURE DEMANDS PASSES Salem, Ore., Feb. 18.—The legislature has passed a compulsory pass bill which makes it obligatory on the part of the railroads to furnish free trans portation to state and district officers, county judges and sheriffs. The bill has gone to the governor for signature. His action is problematical. RICH WOMEN CAUSE RUIN OF STORE GIRLS Bishop Williams in Drastic Lcrw ten Sermon Scores Femi nine Members of Society. RAPS THE BARGAIN LUST When Country Maids Try to Live of $4 a Week, the “Something Else” Suggestion Is Sure to Come. Detroit, Mich, Feb. 19.—Bishop Wil liams at a noon Lenten service today, (attended largely by society women, de clared they are to blame for the down fall of girls employed in the big depart ment stores. "The poor girl goes to the city," Bishop Williams said, "and begins to work in a department store managed by representative Christian men. The wages are about $4 a week. She can not support herself on that. "Then there comes the suggestion and I have heard it backed up by the actual words of the so-called Christian em ploye that there are other things she can do. "Who is responsible? You my sister. "In your unholy lust for bargains you have made conditions such that your less fortunate sister is crushed to the mud of the pavements.” ! LEARN TO WINK AND WINK WELL, SAYS PROFESSOR Starling Tells London Institute Eyelid Practice Fits Girls to Be Wives. London, Feb. 19.—Professor Stalling caused a sensation by glorifying "the art of winking" in a lecture on "Eyes,” in London institute. “It requires,” he said “a real educa^ tion to wink, although blinking is very simple. The effectiveness of fine eye* can beimmeasurably enhanced by an artistic and impressive wink. “Half the beauty of Spanish women's eyes lies in their peculiar gift in this connection. If the present day women devoted some of the time to the man agement of their eyeiids that they waste on pianos they would be far bet ter fitted for matrimony." SNOW IN A BALLROOM !!!!! RUINS::;:! $50,000 OF GOWNS Lights Go Out at Swell Danca of Philadelphia Bachelors and Cold Balls Pelt Revelers. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 19.—The bach elors’ ball, the most exclusive and friskiest function of Philadelphia so ciety, was held and at its close tha "feature of the evening" ruined $50,000 worth of gowns. It was a miniature snowstorm, com. ing with absolute darkness, that wreaked havoc. It was a surprise, but not exactly the kind of a one that t'ne buds and younger matrons of Phil adelphia society appreciated. It must first be stated in explanation that the bachelors' ball is even more exclusive than the famous assembly of Philadelphia. It is always accompanied by surprises. Last year it consisted of a wonderful windstorm. The climax of the affair this year, however, was more remarkable. The lights in the ballroom "ere suddenly extinguished, and the dancers found themselves in the heart of a fierce snowstorm—but the dance went merrily on. It became darker and then suddenly the paper snow turned to real, cold, actual snowballs, around which could be found no romance. For five minutes the dancers were pelted with these, and then suddenly the lights went up and the surprise was over. It was estimated $50,000 worth of cos tumes were ruined. WINDOW JUMPING MANIA PUTS GIRL IN A HOSPITAL Viola Helms, of St. Louis, AU ways Thinks She Is on the Ground Floor. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 19.— With both legs broken by a fall of fifty feet, Miss Viola Helms, IS, a patient in the city hospital, is expecetd to recover. Th* girl, who has been in the observation ward. Jumped from a third story win dow of the hospital Tuesday night. The girl is the daughter of Mrs. So phia Allen, 3423 Laclede avenue. She had been employed as a stenographer by a Kansas City firm till about three months ago. when her mind gave way. On one occasion she tried to poison herself, and several times she at tempted to leap out of window’s. Just before she was taken to the hospital she Jumped from a window in her home and sprained her ankle. When asked why she Jumped, she declared that she was in the habit of doing that, and also that she thought she was on the ground floor. MAKES “LUCY,” ‘LU CILE” MAN ASK DIVORCE St. Louis. Mo., Feb. 19.—The elabora tion of her baptismal name ‘ Lucy" into "Lucile” Is but one Instance, declares Frederick G. Hammel, of the general sophistication developed by his wife be fore and after she forsook, In 1902, the rustic simplicity of Plattin, Mo.,’ for the urban refinements of St. Louis. The couple is reciprocally suing for divorce.