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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1907)
< 1 RQNTIER. VOLUMF YXV111. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1907 NUMBER 5 -- 1 Bargains! | LOOK AT THESE BARGAINS! Look them over carefully. Everyone will find some article on sale which will interest them. Below we quote you a few of the many bargains we have to offer you during the sale. 15 doz ladies’ wrappers, each 79c 5 doz ladies’ belts, each 24c 5 doz corset covers, each.29c Entire line Kabo corsets, each 69c 3 doz ladies’ muslin skirts, each 69c 3 doz ladies’ collars, each.19c 3 doz men’s oxfords, pair.$1.98 36 pairs white canvass shoes 74c Entire line misses’ oxfords, pair 99c Entire line children’s oxfords 69c 32 ladies’ waists, 98c, 1.49, 1.69 White parasols 75c, 88c, 1.19, 1.49 5 doz men’s linen hats, each 39c 8 doz men's work shirts, each 19c 5 doz men’s belts, each.24c 5 doz men's negligee shirts 39c 10 doz men's dress shirts, each 39c 5 doz men’s caps, each.24c | 20 per cent discount on entire line of ladies’ oxfords A.£t?»b,sco™“^ Saturday’ I 1 From 88J to 50 per cent on all summer dress goods -—--- I | 20 per cent discount on ladies’ laces and fancy hosiery +Y* J - I TRY THE HABcAS CORPUS Question of Whether Miles Will lie Taken Away Or Tried Here. ALLEN SCORES SCANDALMONGERS Makes Specific Reference to Principal in Case in Court.—Judge Takes Time to Decide. The hearing on the habeas corpus case against Sheriff Clements of Madi son county, a part of the judicial pre liminaries in the libel suit of Judge J. 15. Barnes of Norfolk against George A. Miles of this city, was taken up in district court Tuesday before Judge Harrington. The Madison county sheriff was in attendance and the case was in charge of former United States Senator W. Y. Allen of Madison and Attorney Burt Mapes of Norfolk in behalf of the sheriff and Judge Barnes. A. F. ' Mullen represented Miles in the effort to hold him on the Stephen McGinnis warrant. Mr. Miles was in court but Mr. McGinnis was not. The first move on the part of the attorneys for Judge Barnes was an attempt to have the justice court pro ceedings in O’Neill on the McGinnis complaint the night of July 15 set aside. The county attorney here took the position that the proceedings were h.isty and illegal and made a showing to that effect in the justice court on the lGth, which gave the Madison county attorneys encourage ment to proceed along that line. Judge Harrington did not sustain their contention. Mr. Mullen demur red to tne justice court proceedings at Norfolk, alleging that the petition did not state a cause of action. The court overruled the demurer, when the main point at issue on the writ of habeas corpus was gotten down to. The entire day was spent by the at torneys in citing authorities and pre senting their arguments. Mr. Mullen asserted that the Independent pub lisher should be tried in the county in which he resides. Mr. Allen, who presented the Barnes side of the case to the court, main tained that a newspaper publisher could be prosecuted for criminal libel in any county in the state in which his paper circulates, and made numer ous references to the authorities. In the course of Mr. Allen’s remarks to the court, he took occasion to pay his compliments to scandal mongers in general and slanderous newspapers in particular, with specibc reference to the case in court, saying that if it had been himself instead of Judge Barnes who had been thus assailed there would have been something doing besides a libel suit, or words to that eil'ect. He said the article in the In dependent was an Odense against the federal laws and rendered the paper unmailable, and that this was to be brought to the attention of the fed eral grand jury. “They can not make that defence when they are brought before the fed eral court,” said Mr. Allen with refer ence to Mr. Mullen’s contention that the county of his residence was the only place to prosecute the Independ ent publisher on the criminal libel charge. The question involved is whether y> Mr. Miles can be taken to Norfolk or the warrant issued by the justice court there on the morning of July 15 to stand preliminary hearing or held here for trial in the district court to which lie was bound over by Justice Golden on the night of July 15. Judge Harrington took the matter under advisement and has not yet announced his decision. Captain Walker Weds. Cr.pt. H. A. Walker surprised his friends by taking out a license yes terday for his marriage to Mrs. Mel vina Simmons, step-motlier of Sheri dan Simmons of this city. The oilicial document gives the bride’s place of residence at Inman. She is the wid ow of the late Dr. Simmons of that place. The marriage ceremony was per formed last evening at the Ogden hotel, which is conducted by the bride’s stepson. Friends of the con tracting parties extend their congrat ulations, in which The Frontier heart ily joins. Gapt. Walker had been ex pecting to go to Hot Springs, S. D., previous to this event but may decide otherwise now. The Captain is seventy-one years of age and his bride fifty-nine. Scofield Put Under Bonds. The expected did not take place just as partially agreed upon by the defend ant and prosecuting attorney in the Scofield wife desertion case. It had been understood by the county attor ney that the defendant would plead guilty when arraigned in court, when a bond would be fixed obligating him to provide for the maintenance of his wife. The defendant decided other wise after employing counsel and en tered a plea of not gudty when taken before Judge Harrington last Satur day. The court held him for trial at the next regular term on $500 bonds, after a severe lecture as to the family obligations of husbands. R. F. D. No. 1. A destructive hail and wind storm swept this portion of the county clean of all kinds of crops, doing great dam age to buildings, live stock and fowl. Farmers who liad their twine bought and expected from 50 to 70 bushels of oats, are today looking over a wreck which they cant’ even mow for hay. Fruit trees are trimmed and barked so that many of them will die, several windmills are smashed, corn cribs are blowed down and small buildings are oil their foundations. It was the worst storm ever known in this part of the country on account of the high wind which carried the hail like bullets. _ Are You Going to Build? Let me tigure on your lumber bill and >save you some money. Write me and 1 will call on you. 5-2 I). L. Pond, Inman, Nebr. Frank Daley arrived in O’Neill last week fr m Park City, Utah, to spend a few weeks with relatives and friends iiere. He will return in a ample of weeks and will be accompanied by his wife and daughter, who have been visiting here the past six weeks. Dr. E. T. Wilson departed Tuesday on a visit to his former Michigan home. His family have been there for some weeks past. He expects to be away a fortnight. _ A son is reported at the home of George and Bessie Gaughenbaugh, born Monday. Hail, Rain and Wind Devastates Large Strip of Country. DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO LARGE SUM On the Eve of Harvest of Great Crop Storm Beats Down Grain.—Wind Wrecks Barns, Trees, Etc. The worst storm in point of destuc tion to crops and general devastation that has visited this section in many years swept practically the whole of the northeast portion of the county Tuesday afternoon between 4 and 6 o’clock. It left a beaten path of de vastation, desolation and ruin on every farm in that rich agricultural belt, and farmers that were preparing to reap a rich harvest of grain are left without a kernel. The work of the destroying ele ments is felt peculiarly severe because the prospects for an exceptionally large crop were the best in many years. iin uumeasureu uepui ui ram, uan stones battering like the shot and shell of armies in battle aud a wind sweeping with unrestrained furry ac ross a stretch of country twenty-five miles wide and treble the length tells the story of desolation in a region that was abloom with vergure and rich in the products of the soil before it was storm swept. It is out of the question to publish the names of all who suffered by the storm or present in accurate detail the items of loss. It may be said that practically every farm in the track of the tempest suffered loss to the value of from $500 to $2,000 and some possib ly more. From the best information we have obtained the storm spanned from the Niobrara on the north to the Elkhorn valley on the south; from a point west about to the Phonix postoffice ori east into the adjoining counties. A short space to the north east of O’Neill the storm divided, the heaviest hail element moving east ward and the western branch south westward. This branch struck O’Neill and riddle gardens more or less, broke off many limbs from the trees, torij up the grandstand at the fair grounds and other lesser structures there. The damage here in town, however, was slight compared with that in the country, where barns, sheds, chicken houses and the like were wrecked, trees rooted out, small grain beatten down, nothing left in the cornfield but stumps of the stalks, chickens, pigs, cows, and horses killed. The total loss cannot even be measured by tiie destruction wrought as farmers will have to dispose of their stock and several seasons must elapse before they get stocked up again. Hence the damage will run to immense figures. Mrs. May Scheef and Mrs. Lou Kin neal, sisters of Mrs. Sam Berge, are here from Colorado Springs on a visit. Mrs. Kinneal’s husband may come later and they make their home here. Mrs. Kinneal was formerly Miss Lou Walmerard was a former resident of O’Neill. _ Sam Jones’ missing mare came back Tuesday. Word reached her that Sam had just bought a Monitor Drill of O. F. Biglin. LOCAL MATTERS. VV. W. Bethea was up from Ewing Tuesday. I)r. Wilson will be out of town until about Aug. Glli. Joe Mann had business at Spencer Wednesday and Thursday. J. M. Morgan of Atkinson was an O’Neill visitor Wednesday. Jake Hershiser of Norfolk Junction had business in town the first of the week. Dr. Corbett, Dentist, in O’Neill 2nd, 3rd and 4th Mondays, 4 days each week. W. H. Lockard and family are visit ing in Philadelphia and other Pennsy lvania places. Attorney W. E. Scott of Atkinson was looking alter business matters here Tuesday. Wanted: A girl for general house work at once. Best wages paid.—Mrs. H. P. Dowling. 5-tf A hundred envelopes with your name and address printed on them for 50c at The Frontier. The Methodist minister of Ewing will preach in the M. E. church next Sunday, both morning and evening. John T. Walker of Page was a caller Wednesday and had his name enrolled upon The Frontier subscription list. You can buy Hour, patent $1.15, straight $1.05, if it isn’t as good ever used you can get your money back.— Con Keys. For Sale—The southeast quarter of section 34, township 31, range 11. Ad dress O 126 south 4th street, Norfolk, Nebraska. 40-tf Lost—A gold cross watch charm with the initials M. D. M. engraved upon it. Finder please leave at this oilice and receive $1 reward. Taken up, on or about June 20, 1907, a black mare with white star in fore head, badly swayed in back; at my place three miles southeast of O’Neill. —Patrick Barrett. 3 Dr. G. M. Berry was called to Chica go last Friday by a telegram announc ing the death of his brother in that city. lie left on the Great Northern freight that evening. Wanted: To exchange, at Wann, Neb., only store of $2000 stock of gen eral merchandise for land, must not be sandy, close to O’Neill perferred.— Write L. Larson, Ashland, Neb. The Atkinson kids came down this morning determined to defeat the O’Neill kid nine but they went down to defeat at the hands of the local juveniles, the score standing, O’Neill 11; Atkinson 7. R. J. Dvvyer of Hutte, Mont.,arrived in the city Tuesday evening and spent Wednesday visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dwyer, and other re latives and friends in this city. He left for the west this morning. Don’t forget that we are agents for the Singer and Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines, Also have needles and supplies forall makes of machines. 3-4 Alberts Harness Shop, O’Neill, Nebr. P. J. O’Malley was in from Cham bers the first of the week and moved out to his ranch near that place Tues day where they will remain until fal when they will again move back tc this city in order to give the childrer: the benefits of the O’Neill schools. Miss Anna Harrington returned this morning to Humphrey, Neb., after a visit witli her parents here. “Are you interested in South Dakota? If so write to the A. C. Brink Land Company, of Pierre, S. D., concerning tire 25,000 acres of farm lands they own in Hughes and Sully counties. They will answer you gladly.” 2-4 Hay Farm for Sale—In Brown coun ty near Ainsworth, 320 acres, cheap, sandy loam, cuts about 300 tons, 6 acres timber, has water, no rock. Price $20 per acre, easy terms, quest ions promptly answered, write to owner.—J. A. Douglas, Bassett, Neb. Anna, the 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Conrad, died Satur day last of typhoid fever. The funer al was held at St. Patrick’s Catholic church Sunday forenoon. The syra patny or tne community goes out to the bereaved parents in the loss of their daughter, who was just coming to the years of womanhood. Mrs. Conrad is now down with the feaver. Prof. O. R. Bowen, who has been one of the instructors in the Junior Normal here the past six week, leaves for Springview the later part of the week lor work in the KeyaPaha coun ty institute next week. The week after next lie will be at Bassett to assist in the Rock county institute, lie is on the program for one evening lecture at each institute. For the week commencing August lilth he will be at home for wont in the Pierce conuty institute. From the amount of work he has mapped out for him self he does not intend to take much of a vacation this summer. Mrs. W. D. Mathews was a pleasant caller at these headquarters Wednes day afternoon. Twenty-eight years ago her husband established The Frontier, whicii he ably and success fully conducted forabout fifteen years. In 1884 he erected the building which is the present home of The Frontier and Mrs. Mathews said it felt quite natural to come into the old ollice, even after thirteen years absence. They are now located at Nashville, Tenn., where Mr. Mathews is state agent for one of the old line insurance companies, which is a very lucrative position. The family have all enjoyed excellent health since their removal to the south and are well satisfied witli that section of the union. Mrs. Mathews expects to leave for home next week. Lucky Jay. No more fashionably bred trotting sallion living. Standard and Regis tered under rule one. lie is half brother to Allerton sire of 174 in the list and he is sired by the great Jay Bird (Sire of 108 in the list); by George Wilkes; 1st Dam by Onward Sire of 195 in the list (the greatest Si re the world has ever known); he by George Wilkes by Hambeltonian 10; 2d Dam by the sensational Sire Adminis trator,etc. You can’t beat this breed ing in the world. Copy of his tabula ted pedigree (showing the breeding in full) furnished on application. lie is a model horse; weighs 1150 lbs; has a grand disposition; is a perfect in dividual, and will make the season of 1907 at the fair grounds at O’Neill. Fee *15 to insure. Book your mares early as he will be allowed to serve only a limited num ber. George McCloud, 48-tf 0’Neil\, Nebr. All ALLEGED KIDNAPPING Child Said to Have Been Unlawfully Taken From Its Mother. OFFENCE CHARGED TO FATHER Earl McGrew Sued by Ills Former Wife, Who Says He Took Unlawful Possession of Child. A writ of habeas corpus was issued by County Judge Malone Tuesday for 0-year-old Coral Belle McGrew tore lease her from the alleged unlawful de tention by her father, Earl McGrew of Stuart, pending the further de cision of the court as to whether the father or mother Is to have possession of the child. <ippiiua.biuu iur a wnii ui naue&s corpus was brought by the county at torney at the instance of Mrs. Birdie Curtis, mother of the child and former wife of Earl McGrew. Mrs. Curtis, whose maiden name was Hart, was married to McGrew in December,1900, and they were later divorced, one child being born to them which had remained in the custody of the moth er. Each of them have since re-mar ried, McGrew’s former wife now living with her husband in South Dakota, where she has kept the child up until June 20, when the plaintiff alleges McGrew kidnapped the child. The petition filed by Mrs. Curtis states “that subsequent to the mar riage of the petitioner and the defend ant the defendant sent the petitioner away to her relatives and during her absence applied for a divorce against your petitioner on the ground of de sertion, and that ever afterwards the defendant failed and refused to asso ciate with your petitioner. That thereafter on the 23rd day of October, 1901, said Cora Belle McGrew was born and thereafter on or about the 27th day of January, 1902, said defend ant obtained a decree of divorce from* this petitioner.” The petition further alleges that the father has never laid any claim to the child and that the little one has been with its mother continuously until June 26,1907, when the defend ant “forcibly and unlawfully and without the consent of petitioner took the child into his control.” McGrew resides at Stuart. The sheriff took possession of the child there and brought her to O’Neill Wednesday under a writ of habeas corpus issued by the county court. A hearing of the case was set for yester day but has been continued until Sat urday. rne marriage record in tne county judge’s office shows that a license to wed was issued December 15, 1900, to Earl McGrew, age 17, and Birdie Hart, age 14, both of Stuart, this county. The Agricultural Society have up the posters for the race meeting on August 14, 15 and 16. Preparations are being made for some great racing events this year. All the fast horses in the circuit are being booked for entry in the races and some fine ex hibitions of speed are looked for. The vicinity of Page escaped the hail and wind portion of Tuesday’s storm. A heavy rain fell there but no damage was done. Mr. and Mrs. Ed McBride are the parents of a boy baby, born Tuesday.