THE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. ►’NEILL, NEBRASKA ! ^ ^-- I The scarcity cf horses and men Is I the west Is one of th» most notlceabl* features In the progress of Industry,, Bays a St. Paul dispatch to tho Boston Transcript. Good draft horses, which eight years ago were worth only (4* aro now selling at (200 to (300 each; • good team Is worth (500. These horse* arc needed In the lumber woods and on railway construction, but not enough can be had. Men to work In th« woods aro being paid (70 a month and board. A man with a good team com mands wages of! (9 a day hauling lumber and logs. Never before have the wages been so high or the price* ol horses so great as now. Sister Joseflne, of the Order of SL Paul, died at I.emberg, Poland, two weeks ago. She was thirty-six year* •Id when she took the vows, and had completed her forty-second year oi work when she passed away. 'In th* world" sho was Eintlle Schiller, and was a kinswoman of Friedrich von Schiller. In speaking of her death • Polish paper Buys; "Sister Joseflna was known for her piety, goodnes* ol heart and devotion, und her readlnee* to bring sacrlllces and do good mods her generally beloved. Sho also loved the Polish people, and at the last up rising rendered great service* to tns Princess Hedwlg." Although the production of crude petroleum In America 1h making enor* mous strides every year, the bulk ol this comes from new territories whieh field heavy oils containing little or no uplrlt. In fact, the flelds which hav* In the past supplied tho worlid with petroleum spirit and high-class (Humi liating oils are, It Is said, falling, to much so that tho center of production Is no longer In tho liastern states but lies equally between tho Gulf state* anil California. Recent work In th* midcontlnent fields shows, however, that lucre is a prospect of the supply of high-grade oils being Increased.—En gineer. Lord Alverstone, tho Lord Chief Jus tice of England, who has a salary ot $40,000 a yinr, when at the bar used Invariably to get up between 5 and 6 In the morning, except when ho haid been late In Parliament. On ono oc casion he wanted to talk over a cer tain point in a brief with ono of his Juniors. Ho naked tho young man to call in the morning. "At wlmt time, Sir Richard?" naked the young bar rister. "At lmlf past G, at my house,” was the reply The young man ar rived on the stroke of the moment. In order to do It, however, he sat up all bight! Relies of the days when Boadleen conducted her campaign In tho neigh borhood of what Is now King’s Cross, or, perhaps, of even an earlier day, wers turned up recently by some workmen *.t Crayford, Kent, England. The men Were digging In sand pits on the Wan »unt estate, when they noticed sonu metal articles. On examination these proved to be nine gold armlets of uni form shape but varying sizes. Th* articles were taken to a i ollce station Where the police took possesion o! them ■on behalf of the crown as trea •ure-trove.—Boston Trnnivrlpt. One of the games of the Indian boys at Haskell School. Lawrence, Kus., ii twlinmlng under the water. On th< photo stands a little naked red man. In to his serious little mouth Is thrust s handful of grass, then—flung am1 fcway beneath the surface! As ht jwlms he blows lightly through th< crass, causing bubbles to rise upon th< Surface, and by these his companion! trace him, and he who goes tie long s flstance Is privileged to strike with s '*t cloth the boy who goes the shota fat —Western Christian Advocate. In a French country town a strong', and peculiar useless collection !s b< lng put up for sale, says the Londot ITelegraph. It had taken the owner an eceentrle count, just dead, years it get It together. Ho spent the greatei part of his lifetime buying spectnu ru of every known brand of cigar. Tht tollectlon, numbering thousands oi Samples, all of which have lung slnct •come unsmokable, Is said to be will high complete. The value of the col lection Is estimated at $2,000. Whatever may be the fate bf Rus sia's reigning family when the revolu tionists get through with thnt country one member of It will be beyond tha reach of want. She Is the Grand Duchess Olga, eldest of the Czar’s daughters. Although still a child, aha has a fortune estimated at $10,000,000 in her own right. Moreover, her mil lions tire invested abroad, where the terrorists can not ret them Few physicians realize that simple elixir used as a vehicle in prescriptions Intended for children contains a con siderable proportion of alcohol. This means that in a teaspoonful a child, often less than a year old, gets a quar ter of a teaspoonful of alcohol at a dose. To avoid this danger an aro matic watei or simple sirup should be Used.—Medical Record, Baggage belonging to a Chinese coolie who had landed at Singapore from Sumatra was being examined the other day when something hard was felt in a pillow. Upon opening the pillow the official found a skull and all the bones of a human skeleton. The coolio de clared that the bones were those of his brother, and ho was taking them to China for burial. Pepvs’s Diary, 1659-1669, commenting on Shakespeare’s plays, says of ‘‘Mid summer Night's Dream”: "It Is the most insipid, ridiculous play I ever saw In my life”: and upon rending ”‘Othello, Moor of Venice,’ which I have hitherto esteemed a mighty good play; but hav ing lately read the 'Adventures of Ftvo Hours,’ it seems a mean thing." August Wilhelm], the famous violin ist. of London, discovered a little boy by the name of Leopold Lustlg playing the violin on the streets of the metro polis. Ho took him home and gave him some Instruction, and the boy will shortly appear on the London concert platform. Wild deer and chamois have been entering the villages in some parts of {Switzerland in a starving state In search of hay. The peasants have walk ed up to the famished deer and chamois, lifted them into sledges and taken them home. Statistics show that there are now in the United Kingdom 27,940,260 persons carrying life Insurance for a total amount of nearly £ 2,000,000,000. The total amount of premiums paid Is about £37,000,000. ■■. —1 • -- In a recent municipal election at Chard, England, two male candidates withdrew i;i order that two women might have an uncontented election. West Dtriy claims the only woman engineer In New Hampshire in Mrs. Rcrtha hi. Wilson, who is an expert with a stationary engine. NEBRASKA MINES AMONG THE RICHEST Surprising Report Made by One of the “Useless” Com mittees. BEATS COLORADO GOLD ’Alaska Digging, Michigan Copper, South Africa’s Diamond Fields and Pennsylvania Coal Dis tricts Are Surpassed. I Lincoln, Neb., May 8.—The great (number of useless committees In the 'legislatures of the various states has jlong been recognized, but no effort has ever been made to abolish them. In 'fact, their existence and continuance (has been looked upon as a Joke. [ Luring the present legislative sea 'son one of these committees "made good" much to the surprise of their fellow lawmakers. It Is the house com mittee on mines and mining in the Ne braska legislature. There are no mines in the state ex cept a few coal diggings in Lixon coun ty. The committee was appointed nev ertheless and gravely went about its appointed task of doing nothing. However, just before the close of the session, the chairman announced that his committee was ready to report, and here is what he handed it: As miners we have dug up the following, based on statistics of 1905, as near as pos. alble: r rum our wm ui iiiuim we dug up .$ 28,940,629 Colorado gold mines produced . 24,395,800 Balance In favor of Nebraska . $ 4,544,829 From our alfalfa mines we dug up .$ 11,715,840 Alaska gold mines pro duced . 9,160,600 Balance In favor of Nebraska . $ 2,555,340 Our liens scratched from the grass roots. .$ 4,650,736 The gold mines of Ari zona produced . 3,343,000 Balance in favor of Nebraska . $ 1,306,83? From the concentration of grasses and grains into beef and pork we dug up .$ 81,792,311 Michigan produced from Iron, copper and coal . 46,596,259 Balance in favor of Nebraska . $ 35,196,05f The total dug up from our grain mines .$149,376,549 Produced from Penn sylvania coal mines.. 103.564.1S2 Balance In favor of Nebraska . $ 35,815,361 Total dug up in Ne braska mines .$247,898,482 Total gold and silver produced in United States and Alaska... .$122,290,097 Balance in favor of Nebraska . $125,608,385 We have dug from our school books an education that places Nebraska the high est in rank of any state in the union. By carefully selecting from all states and nations, we have the nicest and pur est wives in the world, and the little jewels produced are more precious than the diamond mines of Africa. The thirtieth session of the Nebraska legislature has dug up and passed more good laws than were ever passed by any state at one session. As a committee we have enjoyed our selves and thank the speaker for digging us out and making it possible for us to work together. The report was accepted and the mem bers thanked for their laborious work. WIFE THINKsllERiVIAN ROCHE IS DROWNED Murderer of Frank Jarmer at Norfolk, Balks Two Sheriff's—Posses $300 Reward. Norfolk, Neb., May S.—The sheriffs and officers of two counties have appar ently reached the end of their resources in hunting Herman Hoche, slayer of Frank Jarmer, and the man hunt was temporarily abandoned today. Sheriff Stucker returned to Stanton and Sher iff Clements to Madison, believing Boche to be either concealed at the home of some relative or to have left the country. The neighborhood of his farm for miles has been examined repeatedly, with no new clue. Mrs. Hoche believes her husband is drowned. She thinks he was wounded by Sheriff Clements Wednesday night and jumped into the bayou. A splash heard by her and the officers convinces her of the drowning. Officers do not share the view, be cause they found no tracks at the bay ou's edge. A truce between Sheriff Clements and Herman Hoche was declared late today to give Boche’s friends an opportunity to communicate with him. if lie is lli this section, and try to persuade him to give himself up. The truce will last until 6 o'clock this evening. Meanwhile a search over the state will go on. Governor Sheldon's offer of $200 state reward makes a reward of $300 alto gether. The complaint has been changed to first degree murder. CHARITY TO SHARE ESTATE ACCORDING TO SECOND WILL Columbus, Neb., May 8.—There may be a contest over the estate of Mrs, Caroline Spelce, who was found dead at the bottom of her collar stairs a few weeks ago. A few days after her death a will was filed In which it i said all her property was willed to G, Lt. Spelce and wife. The day set foi the proving of the will is May is Since then another paper has been found purporting to be the last will anil Is later than the one tiled. Thb will, af'er giving $2,000 to relatives ir Iowa, $1,000 to Wesleyan university ui Lincoln, $1,000 to the Methodist churcli and the remainder to Gus 11. Speiei and wife of this city tn equal shares. — ^ WANTS A NEW TRIAL. Grand Island, Neb., May 8.—Attorney W. it. Thompson, leading counsel foi John Hamlin, who was convicted ol murder in the first degree l'or Killing his sweetheart. Rose Kngle, with tilt penalty of death, has filed a motion foi a new trial, alleging irregularity’ in tin deliberations of the jurors, irregularity in the argument of the stab . errors il the trial and tne Instructions .by tin couft and the usual exceptions am bases for argument. Court will C0tr.cn again May 23 foi cite closing up of the work of the ses -ion and the- motion . ill then bo er «ued. PATHETIC GOOD-BYE TO HER BABE BEFORE LOSING HER MIND Nebraska Girl Wife Writes Let< ter and Sends Child Away. FATHER DIES SUDDENLY Said to Have Been Given Drugget/ Liquor and Bereavement Proves Too Much for Mrs. John Bell, Now Insane. Lincoln, Neb., May 7.—Miss Birdie IK-an. of Wauneta, < 'hase county, out on tno western edge of Nebraska, brought to the city today a golden ha, rid, blue-eyed babe whose beauty attracted instant attention, which she desin d to place in a good home. John Edward Bell Is the boy’s name and fourteen months his age. With hint the young woman brought his worldly h riiage, consisting of a lock of his limb.or's reddish brown hair, a picture i f 1.1 r and of his father and a small i mb, Along with the bundle was this pathetic letter: Oil- '■ County, April 30, 1907.—From Mrs, ,1. K i ,■ i to her little baby boy, John Ed ward fed. 1 .' 1 t c love, till-i Is to inform you that vc an- well and honorably born. Mama cod in l.uve you, darling, but I can’t saied to ice my babe called bad names mul idms'i'il. Mu me has a. lock of your 1 hoi:,.., but try to think kindly of , i.r Mho-able mother and don't believe what .toiic Lei s- ' tells you. to.i w.t boie February 11, 190fi. I, your mo.nee, c. i only IS years and t! months, 3 s.i ..II 1 <1.1 . y. Miss Dean was herself a waif, reared in a home in Lincoln, and she came here to see if someone would not adopt the child. The* police matron took the babe to the home for the friendless, but its unusual beauty is certain to secure for it adoption in some good family* -— OMAHA MUSICIAN IS PUT INTO GERMAN ARMY Omahs, Neb., May 7.—Joseph Gahm, one of the best known pianists of the middle west and a musician of high standing. Is shouldering a musket in the kaiser’s army. Iierr Gahm left Omaha a few months ago, intending to spend a year in Ger many studying music. When he landed and it was discovered he had not taken out citizenship papers in the United States, he was arrested for evading army service. In a letter to a brother musician in Omaha he says he is drill ing as a private, with a prospect of con tinuing in the kaiser’s service for two years. Gahrn’s failure to take out naturaliz ation papers here is explained by his friends as due to his artistic tempera ment. He was wholly wrapped up in hir; music and unsophisticated as to the ways of the world and of the German army in particular. —4— UHAKc.Lo UUt I IN FLAN hUH FEDERAL GRAND JURIES Omaha, Neb., May 7.—The last United States grand jury to be called under the old one district arrange ment in Nebraska will convene May 7. It will take up offenses committed prior to February 27, at which time an additional federal court district was created in Nebraska. These include svveral fencing cases and several post in'e offenses. No grand jury will be « .died for the May term to begin May 12 at Lincoln. The first regular ses sion of that body for the South Platte district will be called for next Septem ber. and in the future all cases origin atin'; in that part of the state will be heard bv a grand Jury called from the southern part of the state, which will hold its sessions in Lincoln. SHEEP RAISERS UNABLE TO MAKE SHIPMENTS Lincoln, Neb.. May 7.—The North w»: tor-.i railroad is up against a queer proposition in its dealings with the sheepmen of north Nebraska. It has bee n off*, red a number of shipments between points in the state, but there is no inspector to pass upon the physi cal condition of the animals, and if it ships them without having been in spected it makes itself liable for in fraction of the law. Heretofore the federal inspectors have been passing upon all shipments, but now they will inspect only those from one state to another. The administration of the state law rests with the county authorities, and until the railroad people and these officers can get together on some sys tem the movement of sheep in that section will be at a standstill. BURLINGTON I RAIN IS DITCHED: NONE MUCH HURT Fremont. Neb., May 7.—At 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon the Burlington northbound train was wrecked a mile east of Leshara. it was thrown from the rails by a broken flange. The train ran for 100 yards on the ties, cutting them up, and finally the tender rolled into the ditch, and the baggage car careened over. All of the cars left the track. The passengers were brought to Fremont on the southbound train which ran to the point of wreck and returned. The i line is tied up temporarily. No one was seriously hurt. iCANAL LOCKS WILL REST ON STABLE ROCK i Washington, D. ('., May 4.—Secretary ! Taft today laid before the president I the report of Alfred Noble, Frederick : j P. Stearns, John K. Freeman, who went ; Ho Panama to examine site; proposed for the looks of the canal. The < n;;in • jeers say they found that all the locks | of the dimensions pieposed will rest upon rock that will famish stable 'Jot1*'.!--1 ior.. BIG LOTTERY WITH LANG AS PRIZES Uncle Sam to Open 30,000 Acres With Water Available for Irrigation. Omaha, Neb., May 6.—The govern ment has definitely decided to proceed with the Huntley project of opening thirty thousand acres of • government land for settlement near Billings, Mont., by lottery or the drawing sys tem. The exact date has not been fixed, but it will be about June 3U. This will be the first government land ever ithrown open for settlement where wa ter for irrigation is immediately avail able. L. W. Wakeley general passenger agent of the Burlington railroad, says: “The land will all be within fifteen miles of a $1,000,000 beet sugar factory at Billings. Township sites will be es tablished and land within two miles ol towns will be alloted in forty acre tracts, and more than two miles, will be allotted in 80 acre tracts. The ex pense to the man draw ing will be about $31 an acre. “Should a man draw a tract he mnsi pay one-tenth down, or $3 for his pro rata to the government for expense oi irrigation, $1 for the Indians, and 60 cents for expense of maintenance, which makes $4.60 for the first year for each acre.” 8,000 PACKING HOUSE MEN GET BIG RAISE Advance of 5 to I 5 Per Cent Two Hundred Strikers Resume Work. South Omaha, Neb., May 6.—The en tire working force of all the packing houses of South Omaha, about 8,00C men, were today granted an advance in wages of from 5 to 15 per cent, effec tive immediately. Two hundred men who were out on a strike at the Armour and Cudahy plants returned to work. OLD SOLDIER IS ROBBED IN NEBRASKA Norfolk, Neb., May 6.—S. M. Walton* an oid soldier of Linn county, Ja., whc had started out from his home en route to O'Neill, Neb., with $24 in hia pocket and who said that he had been robbed at some town between his start ing point and Norfolk of all his money spent the night in the city and will start west this evening for O’Neill with the kindly assistance of brother vet erans of Mathewson post, G. A. R. The feeble old man, who had once offered his life for his country, arrived in Norfolk on the evening train with just 25 cents to his name and no ac quaintances to whom he could go for aid. —+— STUDENTS BREAK OUT OF PESTHOUSE AND FLEE Lincoln. Neb., May 6.—J. B. Harvey and W. T. Young, students at Nebraska university, and confined at the city pesthouse while suffering from small pox, escaped last night and cannot be located. Health Officer Rohde is the only member of the police force willing to take part in the search. If appre* hended both will be heavily fined. AMERICANS ARREST NICARAGUAN POLICL Puerto Cortez, May 6, via Mo bile, Ala., May 4.—The chief of po lice and several policemen of this place are in irons, aboard the Ameri can gunboat Paducah, charged with murderous assault, and face trial by courtmartial and possible hanging from the yardarm of the Paducah. They were arrested on orders issued by Commander Fullam of the Marietta, for attacking a Louisiana negro named General Davis, here, and perhaps fa tally injuring him. A number of Nica raguan officers and men were also ar rested in connection with the affray. These were delivered to the custody of General Estrada, who advised Com mander Fullam that he would be held responsible for their safe keeping. Davis, who is an inspector for the Thacker Bros. Steamship line, was talking with some negro companions when he was threatened with a machete by a drunken soldier. Davis wrested the weapon away from the man and went into a house nearby. Soon a squad of police and soldiers arrived and arrested him. While being dragged to the quartel Davis was beat en into insensibility. Thinking Davis was dying they took him back to the place of his arrest and threw him on the ground, refusing to allow his com panions to remove him into the shade. Physicians arrived and found him per haps fatally hurt. Within ten minutes the bluejackets of the Marietta, under Ensign Rorsach, were on the spot. Commander Fu Ham's orders were sharp and decisive. “Arrest the chief of police, he said, “and tne policemen engaged in the as sault. put them in irons and send them aboardship. Arrest the Nicaraguan of ficers and men engaged In the assault and hold them for orders.” Commander Fullam says if Davis dies the perpetrators will be tried for murder, presumably by courtmartial, and tiie guilty ones hung at the yard arm in front of the port. The Pa ducah was ready to *aii for Ceiba and Truxlllo, but will remain here for the present. Captain Fullam has placed Captain Winterhalter in command of the land | force, and he is conducting a vigorous . investigation of all the details of the Davis affair. TURKEY YIELDS TO THE UNITED STATES Constantinople. May 6.—As the result I of energetic representations by the state department through Ambassador l.ei.htmui, an Imperial irame was is sued today in regard to American ! schools and other questions long pend ing between the Cnite.l states and Tur key authorizing the ministers to take action. This is expected to lead to a satisfactory settlement. TO PREVENT 3-CENT CHARGE IN STATES HAVING 2-CENT RATE Nebraska Railway Commission Means to Enforce Law Beyond Letter. MUST OBEY SPIRIT OF IT Demanding Fares in Excess of the To tai of the Local Tariffs in Ad joining States Is Unreason able, It Is Claimed. Lincoln, Neb., May 4.—Following the iecision of the federal supreme court that the states have complete power of regulation of the railroads within their borders, the Nebraska commission, is preparing to take steps to force the railroads to obey in spirit as well as otherwise the 2-cent fare law. The roads have been pursuing their old policy of resistance as far a3 pos sible, and when any person applies to' purchase a ticket between points in the state over the two roads, the Union Pacific and Burlington, which dip into Colorado from Nebraska and back again, he is charged the full 3-cent tare, notwithstanding the new law, on the ground that it is interstate bus iness. This must stop, says the com mission. The railroads are also charging 3 cents a mile in the state on all inter state business. Tickets to Denver, Sioux City, Chicago and Kansas City and other points are sold at the old rates, and the only way to beat this is to pay 2 cents a mile to the last station in Nebraska and buy another ticket from that point to the place of destination. Roads Place Hindrances. This cannot be worked, however, as the roads are making it a point to halt trains at those points so short a time that it is impossible to get tickets and have one’s baggage rechecked. The Pullman company is helping along by refusing to sell berths to any point beyond that named in the ticket pre sented by the would-be purchaser. These tactics have prevented any ad vantage being taken of the 2-cent fare on tickets of this character. The state commission will present the matter to the Interstate Commerce commission, and expects that body will order the railways to sell at the sum Df the two locals, as it has indicated it will do in the case of tickets sold from Ohio and Indiana points to places out Ride their limits, on the theory that a through rate cannot exceed the sum of two local rates. 75 PER CENT. TO BE PAID FIRTH BANK DEPOSITORS Lincoln, Neb., May 4.—Receiver Whit temore of the failed Citizens’ bank of Firth, announces that a dividend of 70 per cent, to depositors is available. There is cash on hand to the amount of $74,074. The receiver believes an addi tional 5 per cent, dividend will be pos sible when he is able to realize on the property of W. J. Crandall, the cashier, whose disappearance caused the closing of the bank. CHANGES MADE IN EIELDEN AND LAUREL STATE BANKS Laurel. Neb., May 4.—Directors of the Belden State bank have accepted the resignation of Cashier Charles A. Knapp, and Charles G. Jordan, assist ant cashier of the Laurel State bank has been elected to succeed him. C. D. Young of the Laurel State bank has been advanced to assistant cashier. Mr. Knapp will move with his family to Pierre. S. D., and go into the real estate business. SHOOTS FOUR TIES BIT MISSES FUGITIVE Herman Boche, Who Killed F. Jarmer at Norfolk, Pur sued by Sheriff. Norfolk, Neb., May 4.—Sheriff Cle- ' merits fired four shots at Herman Boche at an early hour this morning i us the latter emerged from his barn. A splash In Elkhorn creek Immediately ] afterward Indicated that Boche had Hung himself Into the water. Whether ■ or not he was wounded is not known. I He at least escaped. Boche Is wanted for killing Frank . Jarmar, a Norfolk saloonkeeper, early yesterday morning in an Immoral re- ] sort here. The men had gone there to gether and were friends. They quar relled while both were drunk and ( Boche killed his companion. Boche has i been pursued since then, and had he been caught yesterday or last night he would likely have received harsh treat ment. The feeling Is some calmer to day. Jarmer is the second man Boche < has killed. Eighteen years ago last I week, Boche had a quarrel with George 1 Ives, of TUden, and slew him with an < ax He was acquitted on the plea of t self defense. t Sheriff Clements went to Boche’s • farm, four miles southeast of here, s and asked Mrs. Boche if her husband had returned and was answered in the I negative. But the officer waited near f and about 2 o'clock this morning saw : Boche coming from his barn. Cle- 1 ments opened fire on him and the fugi tive tied, it is thought jumping into the ’ Elkhorn creek to cover up his tracks, f Besides his wife, Boche has six chil- 1 dren. He is a prosperous farmer. f CHURCH DYNAMITING i LAID TO SALGONIST Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 4.—All evi dence in the case of Joseph Chunowsky, charged with dynamiting the Welsh 1 Congregational church in Edwards- \ vllle, two years ago, was given to the jury today. Stephen Savage confessed he and Chunowsky would have been paid $125 • if they blew up the church, the money ' to be paid by a certain saloonkeeper who had been refused a license. t STOCK YARDS CO. SAYS IT WON'T BE GOOD Omaha Concern Refuses to File Schedule of Rates With Commission. DENIES LATTER’S POWER But Will Send Counsel to Arguo tht Point—Commision Will Proceed Slowly, but Firmly in the Matter. Lincoln, Neb., May 3.—The Union Stock Yards company, of South Omaha, has notified the railroad commission that it does not recognize its right or* power to supervise the charges made by that corporation, and that it will, therefore, not report its schedule of rates, but promises to send its attor ney down next week and discuss the legal phases of the matter. The commission has information that, the company owns considerable rail road mileage, collects switching and " other charges, and is just such a cor poration that comes within its jurisdic tion. It is not, however. Just now look ing for trouble, and will await the at torney's visit. One point raised by the latter is that the legislature killed bills intended to regulate charges by the stock yards, and that this is a good indication that that body did not con fer or intend to confer any regulatory power upon the commission. RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL BELOW NORMAL Lincoln, Neb., May 3.—The weather and crop bulletin for the week ending April 29, is summarized as follows: The past week was very cold and snow occurred in most of the state. The mean daily temperature averaged about 9 degrees below the normal. Severe frosts occurred several nights. The mini mum temperatures generally occurred Fri day morning and they were mostly be tween 20 and 28 degrees. The precipitation of the week was near ly all snow and occurred quite generally In the central and southern counties Wednesday night or Thursday. Snow oc curred Saturday in the northwestern coun ties, and rain fell Sunday in the south eastern. The precipitation for the week exceded one-half an inch at only a few places in the southwestern part of the state. It was less than one-half of the normal amount in most of the state. The total precipitation from April 1 to date ranges from less than a quarter to about two-thirds of the normal amount. FORMER NEBRASKA EDUCATOR GOES TO CORNELL UNIVERSITY Ithaca, N. Y., May 3.—The executive committee of the Cornell board of trus tees has ratified the election of Albert Ross Hill as dean of the college of arts and sciences, to take the place of Wal ter F. Wilcox, w’hose resignation takes effect in June. Professor Hill is the new professor of philosophy of educa tion elected last Saturday. Dean Hill taught for a time in the University of Nebraska and the University of Mis souri, at which latter place he was lean of the teachers’ college. t DREAM REVEALS DEAD 4 ► HUSBAND’S TREASURE. 4 f 4 ► Omaha, Neb., May 3.—The widow 4 ► of Thompson Lewis, a Nebraska 4 f- farmer, has, through a dream, dis- 4 f- covered a sum of money amounting 4 h to several hundred dollars which her 4 ► husband had buried. A long search 4 had failed to reveal the money, but 4 it was found at once after the 4 ► dream. ► I DENIED SICK BENEFITS BECAUSE HE WED WITH BROKEN BACK Lincoln, Neb., May 3.—Because Oott ieb Wenninger got married while lie 'laimed his back was dislocated, Wal talla lodge, No. 72, A. O. U. W.. has •efused to pay Gottlieb $72 sick benefits, tnd he has brought suit in Justice Kis ier's court to enforce the claim. The suit was partially heard yester lay afternoon. Wenninger is an ama eur detective, and when he is not de eding he engages in the humble oc cupation of teaming. While driving his earn across the street car track some nonths ago a car hit the wagon and arred Gottlieb up some. While he was ying upon his bed of pain somebody tave him a matrimonial paper. There n he found an advertisement of some voman who lived down in Missouri and Vho was longing for the double state. I'he advertisement appealed to Gottlieb, md after some correspondence she :ame to Lincoln. One day's love milli ng settled it for both parties, and they vere married. His wife attended him intil lie got well, but when he appealed 0 tlie secretary of his lodge for sick lenefits the secretary said: ‘‘A man who got married when lie vas in bed with a broken back ought to ie ashamed to ask for benefits." The lodge thought so, too, and in ourt it is trying to prove that Gottlieb vas not injured as he says, and its irincipal proof is that he got married 'hen he says he was too ill to work. SOAKS fMTCH HEADS, DRINKS, DANCES, DYING South Bethlehem, Pa., May 3.—Be ause the man she was to be married to ound her in company with another ieau, and there declared the wedding ff. Mary Mackus, 38, cut off the heads f 10 cents’ worth of matches, soaked hem in a glass of water and swallowed : he contents with a view to self-de- , j truction. After taking the dose she went to a all and danced until midnight, when ! he became ill and suffered terrible gony. A physician was summoned, ut the woman, it is believed, will die. A loaded revolver was found in her oom. She attempted to use it when he and her sweetheart had a quarrel, cut it was rusty and did not work. j •he is the mother of three children. JNITED STATES BREAKS SUGAR EATING RECORD Washington, D. C., May 3.—Sugar onsumptlon in the United States in he fiscal year which ends with 1 . .tiae l that of any earlier year in ho history of the country. The quantity of sugar brought into :e country in the nine months of the V..1 year and the quantity produced 1 L.o 1 i.itO'l States in LOS is large aa:i innt lC any eariier yeaf