i The Frontier.
VOLUMF XXVII,
TAFT m M BUBUAI
Secretary of War Goes West to In
spect Forts.
MET BY NEBRASKA CONGRESSMEN
Kinkaid and Bojd Arrange to Accom
pany Him Over Portion of the
Route.—Return Tuesday.
Secretary of War Taft will go
through O’Neill on the Northwestern
at 10:20 Sunday evening, June 16, in
stead of coming to O’Neill on the
Great Northern the 15th as previously
announced. The secretary will go to
Norfolk from Sioux City over the
Omaha and thence over the North
western to Fort Mead, S. D. Return
' * ing, he will pass through O’Neill on
Tuesday morning at 10:40. The memb
ers of congress living in North Ne
braska are arranging to accompany
Mr. Taft on a portion of the trip
through Nebraska. Congressman
Kinkaid met Congressman Boyd of
the Third district yesterday at the
train to make partial arrangements
for the trip. Mr. Boyd was returning
from a fishing trip in the vicinity of
Long Pine and arranged to have the
• congressman here meet him at the
train.
They expect to meet Mr. Taft either
at Sioux City or Norfolk on Sunday.
Mr. Boyd will probably accompany
the party as far as his home town,
Neligh, and Mr. Kinkai d to O’Neill.
On Tuesday they will meet the secre
tary on the return trip probably at
Long Pine and come on east with
hi n.
Some arrangements may be made
for a short speech by the secretary at
the train as they pass through here
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Educational Notes.
Junior Normal begins at O’Neill
June 17: registration begins June 14.
We expect to give a printed list of
those in attendance next week.
All teachers in the county should
use this opportunity to raise their
certificates to “with honor” or “with
credit.” We have not more than
thirty such certificates in this county.
Where other qualifications are equal
I believe a teacher attending summer
school this year will be able to earn
$5 more a month next year than one
who does not and when asked to do so
sh ill recommend such teacher as in
my estimation is trying to improve
her qualification as an instructor.
The annual school meeting will be
held June 24th this year The tablets
of supplies for the year were sent out
from this office to all directors in the
county Monday, June 3. A revised
copy of the school laws will be sent to
each director in the county before the
annual meeting. There are seventeen
revisions and new laws in this edition
and are as follows:
S. F. 217. Free high school law.
II. R. 247. Normal training in high
schools.
II. R. 356. State aid to enable weak
districts to have at least seven months
of school.
S. F. 226. Repeal of the state school
tax.
S. F. 23i. Junior normal schools.
H. R. 72. School libraries. *
S. F. 267. Institutions authorized
to grant teachers’ certificates.
S. F. 259. State normal entrance
S. F. 270. School tax levy in joint
districts.
S. F 309. Vote in district to which
transferred.
S. F. 50. Compulsory education law
amended for city and metropolitan
city school districts.
H. It- 429. School district boundries
in districts having three sections or
less.
—iS. F. 178. School district bonds in
districts having 150 or more children
of school age.
II. It. 221. Condemnation of ground
for school house site, and right of
eminent domian for city districts.
S. F. 151. Time for holding county
institute.
S. F. 376. County high school.
II. It. 115. Dissolution of school
district.
Of the new laws the one which
effects all districts alike is H. It. 72,
which provides that all districts set
aside annually ten cents per pupil for
the purpose of purchasing library
books.
Perhaps the one next in universal
importance to this county is II. It.
346, which provides for aiding weak
districts. A district voting twenty
live mills and not being able to run a
seven months school will be aided by
the state to such an extent as will
enable it to hold seven months. Dis
tricts wishing to take advantage of
this law should vote the limit of taxa
tion and vote for seven months school
at the annual meeting.
Florence E. Zink,
_County superintendent.
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O’NEILL. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1907
[SPECIAL SALE!
I We are going to offer our complete line of
I Belts, Bags, Combs and Jewelry Specialties
AT ACTUAL COST
Which means a Discount of from 25 to 33s per Cent.
This is not a small line of odds and ends that we are going to
offer, but a well selected line of the latest novelties, such as Veil
Pins, Barrettes, Back Combs, Wash Belts, Leather Belts and Silver
I Belt Pins.
Don’t miss seeing the line of Hand Bags that we going to offer
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READY FOR THE JUNIOR.
Committees Appointed to Look After
Teachers, Instructors, Etc.
At a meeting of the citizens of
the city of O’Neill, Tuesday
eveniDg, arrangements were made
for a committee to meet teachers and
otners coming here for the summer
school, at the depot and direct them
to the court house where their rooms
will be assigned. It was also arranged
to hire a man to deliver baggage and
trunks to the various lodging houses
without any expense to the teachers.
Another committee will look after
the lecturerers and entertainers. It
is planned to banquet Uuited States
Senators Burkett and Brown and
State Senator Patrick. Every effort
is being made on the part of O’Neill
citizens to make the normal a success.
Miss Zink has been tireless in her en
deavors to this end, and tells us the
outlook is encouraging for a large
attendance.
Mrs. Gatz and Daughter in Wreck.
O’Neill people are having their
share of experience in railroad wrecks.
Mrs. F. 0. Gatz and daughter, Mrs. F.
G. Clift, are two more ladies from
here to go through a railwaysmashup.
Returning from Columbus last Satur
day the fast train on the Union Pacific
on which they were riding was ditch
ed three miles west of Fremont. All
but two coaches went off the track,
but no one was seriously injured.
The coach in which Mr. Gatz and Mrs.
Clift were riding went front end down
ward into the ditch but did not turn
over. They escaped with a large
amount of friirht anrl no ininrioa
Eleven-Year Old Boy Murderer.
Special to the dallies from Basset
June 10: The supposed accidental
shooting of Mrs. Thomas McCoy, in
the northwest part of Hock county, by
her 11-year-old son, proved to have
been a case of deliberate murder, the
boy having confessed to County At
torney Douglas and later to several
other persons that he shot his mother
because she had punished him severely.
Tlie shooting ocurred Friday, Satur
day the officers went out to hold an
inquest, at which it was developed
that the shooting was intentional
and the coroner’s jury returned a ver
dict accordingly.
The boy had claimed that he shot
his mother accidentally while shoot
iug at a meadow lark, but he confessed
to.the county attorney, and later to
several persons, that he shot her in
tentionally, and gave as a reason the
fact that she had been in the habit of
punishing him severely. In his con
fession he stated that he got the gun
in the house while his mother’s back
was turned, placed loaded shells in
three empty chambers, put the weapon
in his inside coat pocket, followed
close behind her to the field where she
was going to plant some beans, and
while she was getting the seed ready
for planting he, at a distance of about
ten feet, drew the gun, and deliberate
ly aiming it at the back of her head,
fired and killed her instantly.
After she fell he shot her again in
the side and then dropped the gun
and ran to where a couple of his
brothers were working in the same
field.
The weapon used was a five-shot
Minor Mention.
Will Purdy of Inman was in town
over night Tuesday. He says the
prospects for a corn crop in the vicin
ity of Inman have gone glimmering
since the recent heavy downpours, as
the soi) is sp thoroughly water soaked
that the seed planted cannot germin
ate.
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Brennan of
South Omaha arrived in the ciiy last
Saturday and will spend a week visit
ing relatives and old-time friends.
M. P. has been in business for himself
itj the “magic city” the past four
years and seems to be enjoying his
share of the general prosperity.
The remains of the father and in
fant son drowned with two others at
Wonder’s lake last weeek were
brought to O’Neill last Thursday,
accompanied by the bereaved wife
and mother, and her father and
mother, who came up from Tecumseh.
They took the remains to Tecumseh
for burial Friday.
Sam Wolverton returned Sunday
evening from a three weeks visit with
his morther and brother at Ault, Colo.
He was on the second section of the
train that was wrecked near Fremont
Saturday, running about fifteen min
utes behind. On account of the wreck
he was unahie to make mnnnp.t.inns
SENATOR E. J. BURKETT
Senator Burkett will give an address
in O’Neill Tuesday evening next.
Partakes of Prosperity.
Peter Clawson of Emmet was a
caller Monday and extended his sub
scription to March 1, 1908. Mr. Claw
son is one of the old timers, having
moved to Holt county twenty-one
years ago and settled on a quarter
section of school land about eleven
miles northwest of O’Neill. When he
came here in 1886 everything was pros
perous and things were booming and
he was convinced that he had found
the poor man’s El Dorado. But in a
few years came the hard times, hot
winds and crop failures and many a
Holt county farmer pulled stakes and
went east to their wife’s folks. Mr.
C. says the only reason he remained
through the dreary days of '93, ’94 and
’95 was because he did not have the
money to take him and his family
away. But the dark days have passed
and he is now on easy street finan
cially. He owns 640 acres of good Holt
county soil worth $30 an acre; has 120
head of cattle, 20 head of horses and
125 head of hogs, nearly all of which
has been accumulated during the past
with the Northwestern at Fremont
and had to remain there until Sunday
afternoon.
Indianola, Iowa, Record: Senator
Burkett of Nebraska gave the class
address of Simpson College. His ad
dress was a good one, and contained a
lot of good sense as well as well as a
lot of good practical advice. He was
funny, serious ane oratorical, and had
his audience with him from start to
finish, ne is the youngest member of
the United States Sneate, and has a
bright future before him.
Miss Violet E. Payne is home from
a year’s study at the Peru normal.
Her sister, Miss Colista R. Payne, who
graduated from the O’NeJill school in
1902, was a member of the graduating
class at the normal and ranked up
among the first in a class of 150. In
addition to her diploma she was given
a certificate entitling her to teach in
the public schools of the state for
life. Miss Payne says her sister is the
first teacher from this county to
graduate at the normal.
“The Girl and the Stampede which
will appear here June 22, is looked
forward to by the patrons of the
theatre with a great deal of pleasure
as it will undoubtedly be one of the
cleverest shows of the season. Miss
Grace Lambert, the well known come
dienne, has surrounded herself with a
strong company and in the part of
Bess Crabtree, the star role in the
“Girl and the Stampede,” she has
found a part that suits her admirably.
Miss Lambert has a fine figure, a pleas
ing voice and personalty that is win
ning for her favorable comment where
ever she appears.
Skidmore Gets Out.
The arrival of yesterday afternoon’s
mail brought the necessary documents
from the supreme court at Lincoln for
the release on $1500 bonds of Joseph
Skidmore, convicted of complicity in
the Atkinson hog stealing deal and
sentenced by Judge Westover to a five
year term in the penitentiary. Skid
more was at once released from the
county jail.
Skidmore is released from jail pend
ing a review of his case on an applica
tion for a new trial.
Advertised Letters.
The following letters remain uncall
ed for in the O’Neill postoffice for the
week ending June 8, 1907:
James M. Coutts 2, Henry Fielding,
Lizzie Grady, W. W. Hobbs 2, J. D.
Norton, Geo. M. Mather, Joseph B.
Marfild, Frank Nama 3, Ed. Thurlow,
Geo. D. Wilch, Rev. Brown, Clem
Wright, Wm. H. Travel1, C. J. Barn
hann, Martin Walsh.
In caliing for the above please say
“advertised.” If not called for in two
weeks will be sent to dead letter office
R. J. Marsh, Postmaster.
Dr. Corbett, Dentist, in O’Neill
2nd, 3rd and 4th Mondays, 4 days each
week.
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volver.
Mrs. McCoy was a widow and was
living on a Kinkaid homestead. She
leaves live young children. The boy
is under arrest.
Party at Meek.
A very pleasant surprise was had at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Rouse
on Friday last, the occasion being the
seventy-third birthday anniversary of
Mrs. Rouse. All of the children and
grandchildren were present. At
noon a bountiful repast was served to
which all did justice. All join in
wishing her many more as enjoyable
anniversies.
I will offer for sale for a limited
time all my household goods, including
piano, one mhaogany bed room suite
with brass bed, one birdseye maple
bed room suite with iron bed, one
sectional book case, etc. This is all
high grade furniture and is in first
class condition. Parties desiring
bargains in furniture and rugs will
do well to call at once.—S. J.
Weekes. ^_ 48-tf
For Sale—A mule 15 hands high, 4
years old, sound. Want to buy or sell
to match. For further particulars
inquire of W. F. Conrad, Inman, Neb
ten }eui» ui lcpuuncau piugiessauu
prosperity.
Sturdevant Recommended.
B. E. Sturdevant of Atkinson has
been recommended for the appoint
ment as register of the O’Neill land
office, to take the place of S. J.
YVeekes, resigned. *
Mr. YVeekes’ resignation takes effect
July 1, when the new register will be
installed. Mr. Sturdevent is one of
the old andjesteemed citizens of At
kinson. He is thoroughly competent
for the place and will make a good
official. The selection of a man for
the place was left to the congressman
of tins district by Senators Burkett
and Brown.
For Sale—The southeast quarter of
section 34, township 31, range 11. Ad
dress O 126 south 4th street, Norfolk,
Nebraska. 46-tf
NUMBER 51.
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Supreme Court Directs Action Against
O'Neill Attorney.
SAID TO HAVE ALTERED RECOfiDS
Want W. R. Butler to Explainylnter
lineations In Transcript In Knox
County Land Case.
State Journal: Attorney William
R. Butler, of O’Neill, must purge
himself of the charge of contempt of
the supreme court of the state of Ne
braska or take what ever punishment
that court desires to impose. The
court yesterday ordered an informa
tion filed against Mr. Butler and in
tlie course of time he will have an op
portunity to present his defense to
that court and abide by the Judgment
rendered. He is charged with con
tempt of court for filing a false and
mutilated record in the court.
The order of the supreme court for
an information to be filed against Mr.
Butler was issued only after a pre
liminary investigation made by Coun
ty Attorney J. II. Berryman, of Knox
county, where the suit originated in
which Attorney Buttler was inter
ested.
falsifying records filed in a court is
a charge that if substantiated may
result in almost any punishment
that the court of jurisdiction
may desire to Impose. Mr. Butler
was called before the supreme court to
explain May 2, when a motion was be
fore the court to strike the transcript
in the case of Rothwell vs. Fry, a suit
involving a land deal, an appeal from
Knox county. It was charged that
several Interlineations had been made
in the record and as a result the mo
tion to strike from the record the
transcript. Mr. Butler appeared be
fore the supreme court at that time
and explained that he did not know
how the interlineations had occurred.
The motion to strike was taken under
advisement and in the meantime the
court asked County Attorney Berry
man, of Knox county, to investigate.
He did so and reported that according
to the evidence the changes were
made by Mr. Butler, that the hand
writing appeared to be his and the
changes had been made after the clerk
of the district court had certified to
the correctness of the record. The in
vestigation brought forth a letter
from Mr. Butler in whicli he appeared
to make contradictory statements.
He said in the first instance that he
had at first assumed that he had Inad
vertantly made the changes, later
that he believed someone had tried to
imitate bis handwriting, and that the
interlineations were not material and
that he had not tried to deceive the
court and that he could not have
gained anything by making the
changes and last that he did not
make the changes and had no inten
tion of deceiving the court and he did
not know how the changes had been
made.
The supreme court later confirmed
the motion to strike the transcript
from the record and also affirmed the
decisson of the lower court in the ap
peal case. Then the order for an
information against William R.
Butler was issued.
in reierence co ine aoove, mr, rsuu
ler says be has explained to the court
all he knows concerning the matter,
and that while he realizes that it places
him in a somewhat unfavorable light
before that tribunal, the alleged alter
ations were of no benefit to him or in
jury to anyone.
A Fence Swindle.
Sh elton Clipper: It keeps the farm
er pretty busy keeping posted on the
various schemes that are gotten up to
swindle him, but if be reads the
papers and keeps in mind the Injunct •
tion “beware of strangers,” be can
usually hold his own. The latest
swindle that is being operated in the
rural districts is the fence swindle.
The sharper calls upon the farmer and
oilers to put up an eight wire fence
with iron posts for eight cents a foot.
No cash is required, but before the
fence is set up he gets a promissory
note from the farmer agreeing to pay
eight cents a foot ks soon as the fence
is up. Later it transpires that that
means eight cents a foot for each wire,
making sixty-four cents a running
foot for the fence, and the note turns
up in the local bank after the fellow
has gone. __
Indianola, Iowa, Herald: The Sen
ator seemed to be perfectly at home
among college people, being a college
graduate himself. He spoke as he
would before any audience of common
people, saying gaod things in an easy
off-hand way without the help of notes
or manuscript. He does not lack for
words, as they seem to be ever present
with him. We enjoyed that speech
from start to finish, mainly because of
the way it was put, and its lack of
that dusty, dried material, so often
used over and over in such orations.