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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1907)
THE O’NEILL FRONTIER O. H. CRONIN. Publisher. PNEILU NEBRASKA The German emperor has 55.000 worth of clothing, end changes his costume an average of twelve times a d^y. He takes an enthusiastic Interest In every Ifunctlon he attends. To a foreigner .'who remarked upon this to one of the younger German princes, the latter re Iplled; "That 1h part of father's won derful character; for whenever he at tends a christening he thinks he Is !the baby; whenever he honors a wed ding with his presence he Imagines he ,U the bride, and whenever he attends a funeral 'somehow or other he In variably manages to get hold of the lldea that he Is the corpse.” A Paris paper says that on every 'Sunday Mrs. Mackey receives her Ifrlends In a secluded corner of the Iai tln quarter’s most famous park In (Parts. The refreshments at these enter tainments are supplied by passing ven dors. such as old women who sell tempting raisin cuke and other like 'dainties. The paper adds to this ac count. which, whether or not authen tic, Is pleasant to believe, that these inovel little affairs have been most suc cessful and are a great^j-ellef after 'more formal entertainments. Ergln, which has come Into quite ex pensive use In Germany, Is on oil hy dro-carbon obtained from coal tnr by «l secret process, and Is claimed to be •n Ideal fuel for Internal combustion engines of all sizes. Its heat value ta •lightly less than thnt of gasoline. It can be highly compressed without giv ing premature Ignition, can be used In Alcohol motors, and Ignition Is always effected with eertatnty. At Berlin where the price Is 1.8 cents per pound, the cost per horsepower per hour Is •bout one cent. Dr. Max Lederer, of Prague, who was sent to the United States by'the minister of Justice of Austria, to make a study of the American Juvenile courts, In an elaborate report on the subject gives high praise to the In stitution. which, he says, owes Its ex istence to the "efforts erf women who realized that nothing worse could hap pen to a child than to be thrown In direct contact with criminals of ma ture years." He advocated the estab lishment of similar courts In Aus tria. The champion "lady shaver" of tha world, as she was known In London, Is dead. Miss Nellie Wick was only 20 years old, but as she had been a bar ber since she was 4 years old, she had done almost a lifetime’s work. Her father was known as the "lightning barber," and taught his daughter tha art of shaving nlmost as soon as her fingers were long enough to twine around the handle of a razor. Her record performance was the shaving of twenty-one men In ns many minutes. Among the varied uses of peat, that for the production of gas Is perhaps the least known. It has been used for this purpose, however, for the last thirty years In the steel works of No tala, In Sweden. From IS,000 to 18,000 cubic yards of peat are thus used year ly. It costs rather more than coal gas, but has the advantage of containing scarcely any sulphur or phosphorua In several places In Europe peat gas la used for heating and In glass melt ling furnaces. Professor Paul Clemen, historian of art at the University of Bonn and .Prussian -Conservatory of Art for th« Rhine province*, has been assigned by 'the minister of instruction to lecture In the United States from Septem ber. 1907, to February, 1908, under the (System of exchanging German and American professors. Professor Clem en Is a student of Merovingian and Carlovmglan art and an authority on art of the Charlemagne period. Natural soap baths are not an un mlxed blessing. The curious soap spring that forms a wonder of a vil lage 1n Timor. East Indian Islands, consists of a small elevated mud cone, from which bubbles up water heavily charged with alkali and radium, the discharge giving the appearance of a miniature volcano. A disadvantage of such a washing place is that vegetation Is ruined for miles around. The preservation of wood with sul phur. applied In liquid form. Is gaining special favor In Germany. The material completely fills the cell spaces of the liber, and at moderate temperatures it Is little affected by water, acids and alkaline solutions, though It oxidizes readily at high temperatures. Poplar is best adapted for thin treatment, re sults with oak and pine being less sat* isfactory. Sir William Crookes, ns a result of his own researches and the experiments of Professors Krowolskl and Mosckikl. of Freiburg university, has discovered a process of extracting nitric ncld from the atmosphere. The process is avail able for commercial. Industrial and ag ricultural purposes, and Is expected to revolutionize the nitrate Industry and the world's food problem. The Circassians, who live In the | northwestern part of the Caucasus, and who think It Is more honorable to live by plunder than by Industry, make It a custom to bring their daughters up to be sold as slaves to the Turks and Per sians. Circassian beauties, therefore. | shine not In their native kind, but in the harems of the orient. The aigrette tn a lady’s bonnet Is the crowning beauty of an egret mother. The collector seizes the bird while she is on her nest, with the young Just hatched, and tears off her plumes and wings, leavtng her to die beside her little ones, who deprived of her foster ing care, also die, victims of woman's vanity. i wo ui wit* most aurueuve places for Instruction In New York city are the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History, yet there are thousands of residents of New York who have never been In them, and more than half of their dally visitors are strangers In the city. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy Is, perhaps, the most literary monarch In Europe, He knows English, French and German equally well with his na tive language, and has a rending ac quaintance with Russian. He spends at least three hours a day In his study busy with current literature of every kind. j The season for bc»lness and pleasure In Simla and Use otner summer resorts i In the Hlmalajus Is from the middle of April to the end of September. During that period the government Is removed ; from Calcutta *o Simla. During the hot months there aro 4.000 white peo ple In Simla: the rest of the year only 400. __ The record power transmission Is I that of the Kern river plant In south ! era California, where 23.000 horsepowr r la sent 117 miles at a pressure of £3,000 « volts. Extensions of this plant are con ? templated which will Increase the korunower to 63.000. i NEBRASKAN IN HAZY LAND FOR RESEARCH, i TO RETURN SOON Harlin I. Smith Is Awaited in Omaha From Explorations in Wyoming Wilds. Omaha. Neb., Aug. 2K.—Harlin I. Smith, archeologist connected with the, American Museum of Nutural History. New York city, is expected in Omaha goon, after spending nearly three months In a hitherto almost unknown field for archeological research. In June Mr. Smith went Into Converse county, Wyoming. He was accompanied by Robert F. Glider, of this city, who last October startled the scientific world by his discovery of the “Nebraska man,” conceded to be the oldest human remains ever found on ihls continent. The two scientists traveled 200 miles in central Wyoming and carefully studied the vast prehistoric quarries known as the “Spanish Diggings,' bordering on the North Platte river. Mr. Smith also made extensive notes of the territory and secured hundreds of photographs, besides shipping to the American museum hundreds of roughed-out implements from the quar ries. He found quarries near sawmill canyon, upon which a scientist had never before looked. Resides making examinations of gunrries, the scientists carefully exam ined many stone cairns to be found all over that section of Wyoming and vis ited scores of shop and village sites. Mr. Gilder was compelled to return to Omuha, but Mr. Smith continued on across the entire slate and to Fort Hall, Idaho, the trip being made on horseback. The Record Rock. While In Wyoming Mr. Smith became greatly Interested In the famous 'Rec ord Rock.” un Immense rlRT of red sandstone upon which are carved hiero glyphics and picture writings of an un known race. The carvings are 200 feet up on the face of the cliff which Is 1.000 feet high. The picture writings extend for half a mile. Most of them are ap parently of great antiquity, there being but two that seem to be of modern times. It Is evident that these two are of rndian workmanship as they show the figure of a horse and probably re late to u visit of white men to that country. Among other figures are greut tortoises, lizards, rattlesnakes and the Aztec cross. The Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians say that ihe tradi tions of their tribe are to Ihe effect that these Inscriptions were on the cliff before the Indians entered the country. Mr. Smith considers his summer’s work the most Important he has done In years and archaeologists connected with till the big museums await his re port with groat Interest. —f~ PIERCE PREPARES FOR THREE DAYS’ CARNIVAL Pierce, Neb., Aug. 28.—The Pierce ! carnival and race meet takes place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week, and a big crowd Is antici pated. A base ball tournament will be a feature. Wednesday Pierce plays Stanton, Thursday Creighton plays Plalnvlew and on Friday Pierce plays Plain view. —f IOWA BANKER IN JAIL AT KANSAS CITY Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 28.—W. A. Farren, alias M. D. W. Adams, former cashier of the Farmers’ hunk, of Clear field, la., was arrested here yesterday charged with embezzling the school funds of Taylor county, la., on de posit In the bank, which caused the bank to fall. INSANE WOMAN THROWS ACID ON GUARD, KILLS HIM Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 28.—J. tJallogly. of Chapman, Neb., died this morning as the result of the throwing of car bolic acid In his face and mouth last night by an Insane patient at a sub urban sanitarium. Gallogly was an at tendant and was asleep at the time. The arid was thrown by a young wom an. Miss Irene Pickle, of Alvo, Cass county, who was under his charge. TRAVELING MEN APPEAL FOR BETTER RAILROAD SERVICE -* Lincoln Neb., Aug. 28.—Representa tives of the traveling men's association called upon the state railway commis sion today *o request action to compel the Union Pacific to revoke its new or der not permitting any persons trav : ding between points In the state upon ! its fast trains. They also want an or : der requiring all freights to carry pas I eengers. TEDDY BEAR MAKES DOG FIGHT; BOY BITTEN Big Animal Tears Into Nature Faker and Injures Owner. Philadelphia, Aug. 28.—Growing pug nacious at the sight of a Teddy bear held tlghly lu the chubby clasp of Law rence Merrlngton, 3 years old. who was , sitting on the doorstep of his home, a big dog charged on that obvious piece of nature faking and badly injured the little fellow's right eye instead. When the dog came bounding fiercely at the bear the boy was so scared that lie lost his balance and fell, the dog's i tangs tearing Ills right eyelid so badly l that he was taken to Samaritan hos : puul. It is feared the sight may be de ' stroyed. ! BRITAIN HIRES WYOMING MAN FOR $ I 5,000 A YEAR | Laramie, Wyo„ Aug. 2s. Dr. El wood Meade, ex-state engineer of Wyoming and later professor of irrigation and engineering at the Colorado agricultu ; rui college, afterwards being chief if i tlie bureau of irrigation In tiie depart ment of agriculture, has accepted the position of chief of irrigation investi gations for Australia from the British government at a salary of $13,000 per year. lie will leave for Australia next month. ENGINEER KILLED; SEMAPHORE IS GONE Evidence to Convict Railroad cl Negligence Disappears After Nebraska Wreck. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 26.—Harry R. Smith, an engineer, was killed last night near Humpaon. Jefferson county, while piloting an eastbound passenger truir.. At the crossing of the Burlington there is a semaphore. This was set for a clear track, but Smith noticed the derailing switch had been left open. He reversed hie engine and jumped. Three cars were overturned and fall ing on him crushed him to death. The semaphore has disappeared. Smith re sides at Falrbury. HAMEPHILLIA KILLS YOUNG LINCOLN BOY Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 26.—Suffering fro fianiephilila, young Emil Seefert died yesterday at St. Elizabeth's hospital, after an illness of six weeks, caused by a slash In his leg made by a Jack knife. This knife, which opens with a spring, cut Into the knee of the lad ac cidentally. No physician wap called at first, the matter being deemed unim portant. The physician who was called early the next morning treated the cut, and In a short time the wound was al most completely healed. However, hemorrhages set in again, and the com bined skill of several doctors could not save him. The flesh began to slough from both legs. Weak arteries or de ficiency of fibrin in the blood are both offered as solutions for the queer di& ease that caused the boy's death. NEBRASKA WOMAN SPANKS SON IN COURT Ileutrlce, Neb., Aug. 26.—Police Judge filb Is giving a fair sample of the stren uous life. In police court yesterday piornlng. In the trial of three boys on u charge of disorderly conduct, he wafl frequently Interrupted In the trial by the mother of two of the boys, who proceeded In the purest of German to give her views of the case. The boys pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against them and were fined $5.80 cash. After paying the same another of the women proceeded to take the amount paid "out of her son's hide." The judge finally cleared the room by threatening to Impose additional fines upon the woman for contempt of court HARRIMAN ADVISES PEOPLE TO LAY IN SUPPLY OF COAL Omaha, Neb., Aug. 26.—The scarcity of labor In the west has r< allied an acute stage. It has resulted lit curtailing so much coal mine work that the Harriman lines, which have an abundance of fuel In their own mines, have been compelled to prder coul from Australia. They have also < made contracts for 2,000 tons a week from Illinois, paying $1 a ton and $7 a ton freight (o Garfield, Utah. Japanese In some Union Pacific mines are drawing as high us $170 a month and wages may go still higher. The Union Pacific Is urging coal dealers and private consumers to lay In as large supplies for the winter as they can se cure In order to offset u famine. The rail road Itself has stored up 200,000 tons more than ordinarily necessary for Its own use. tt is likewise exerting special efforts to secure common labor from the east, but Is meeting limited success only. Labor agencies are swamped with orders lot men. RAILROADS YIELD TO SMALL SHIPPERS Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. 26.—In just thirty minutes after Secretary Whitten, of the Commercial club, had tiled a protest with the state railway commission against an advance of from 25 cents to JO cents in the minimum charge of small shipments on the Burlington rail road. he was informed by Secretary Perkins, of the commission, that the rates had been put back. The advance was made effective August 19, but news of It reached the club today. The commission immediately demunded a reason for the advance, and local agents of the road wore Informed from Omaha that the old rate should be put back again. EMERSON FARMER KILLED BY A TRAIN Emerson. Neb.. Aug. 26.—Richard Rastede, a well known Thurston county farmer, was found dead on the railroad track about two miles west of Emerson at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. His head was crushed and hts bodv mangled. Mr. Rastede left for home about 11 o'clock Wednesday night and It Is supposed that a freight train going west about midnight must have struck him. INTERFERED IN DISPUTE; CODY MAN IS SHOT TWICE Valentine, Neb,. Aug. 26.—In a shoot ing affray at Cody. J. Sanderson was shot twice by C. Butcher, the shots penetrating the tleshy part of the side and arm. The shooting was the result of Butcher's Interfering In a dipute between Sanderson and a halfbreed Sioux Indian. Butcher has been arrested and was brought to Valentine to await his hear !r_. -4— * CUMMINS AND SHELDON TO ACCOMPANY PRESIDENT Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 26.—Governor Shi 1 ion is going to accompany Presi dent Roosevelt to St. Louis on October 1. Cpoll the invitation of Governor Cummins, of Iowa, he will go to Keo kuk to meet the president and accom pany the patty to Missouri front that point. GOVERNOR OF NEBRASKA SUSPICIOUS OF MEETING Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 26.—Governor George L. Sheldon has declined the re quest of the West End Business Men's association of St. Lo"ls to appoint dele gates to a national convention to rec ommend state and national * constitu tional amendments in the hope of har monizing state and federal jurisdiction and authority. The call cites the North Carolina conflicts as evidence that the danger line Is being approached. Gov ernor Sheldon believes the convention is being called in the interest of eor jcrtUons" bROWD THREATENED TO MOB CREW OF CAR WHICH KILLED GIRL Omaha, Neb.. Aug. 24.—Mollie Kieser, the 7-yeac-old daughter of Oscar Kieser. was Instantly killed by a street car on feouth Tenth street this morning. The car, which was running at ex cessive speed down a steep grade, ran thirty feet after running over the child before It could be stopped. A great crowd gathered and cries were made to mob the train crew, .which took refuge in the car and wer» [guarded by the poUce. GLANDERS EPIDEMIC STRIKES NEBRASKA Fremont, Neb., Aug. 24.—Something! of a sensation among farmers of this section was caused when It became known yesterday that an epidemic of glanders threatened horses and stock. William Hayes, a farmer living three [miles south of Fremont in Saunders county, filed suit In district court ask ling Judgment for $1,500 against Arthur Rasmussen and Henning Nelson, both of Saunders county. The complaint alleges that In Febru ary Hayes bought two horses from the> defendants and both had glanders, that Nelson and Rasmussen knew it. but Jrepresented the animals to be sound In (every way. , Innocent of the ailment Hayes used the team for driving through the coun ty, and many horses In both Saunders land %>dge were laid liable to infection of the fatal malady. About a month ago one of the horses died. Dr. P. Sim mons, a local veterinarian, was called ,ln to attend the other horse. He pro nounced the disease glanders, and sent for the state veterinary. The second horse was shot. Last week Hayes found five horses sick. Dr. Simmons was called. ''Gland ers,” he aald. This time the state sur geon shot all live horses. For the loss of the seven horses Hayes, who Is highly Incensed, because Ills wife and children may nave caught the dread disease, wants $1,500. •TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTt^t 4 4 4 LIGHTED PIPE SETS 4 4 FIRE TO BUGGY ON 4 4 WAY TO CHURCH. 4 4 Lindsay, Neb., Aug. 24.—A pe- 4 4 cullar accident which might have 4 4 resulted very seriously happened 4 4 during the heavy wind here. 4 4 Theodore Polzin and his little 4 4 daughter were driving to church 4 4 when the blanket caught Are 4 4 from Mr. Podzin's lighted pipe. 4 4 This blaze ignited the little girl's 4 4 gown and she was quite severely 4 4 burned about the shoulders and 4 4 netk. While Mr. Polzin was ex- 4 4 tinguishing the flames, having 4 4 taken the girl out of the buggy, 4< 4 the horse ran away with the 4 4 burning buggy. 4 4 The runaway horse, with the 4 4 flaming buggy behind, dashed 4 4 into the yard of Joe Polzin and 4 4 nearly set fire to the premises. 4 GERMAN LUTHERANS TO LOCATE NATIONAL SCHOOL Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 24.—Representa tives of five states met in Lincoln yes terday as a committee of the German Lutheran church, to locate the national theological seminary which will be founded by the church. Lincoln is the preference of the members of the com mittee and the Lincoln Commercial club is exerting itself to locate the in stitution so as to satisfy the committee. This committee was appointed at the last general conference of the church, which was held in Sunbury. Pa., in June. It was there determined that the. committee be instructed to view the proposed sites for the seminary, which will be largely endowed, but preference was expressed for Lincoln because of the strength of the denomination in Nebraska. One of the members of the committee Is a returned missionary from India. Others come from Kansas, lowa, Ohio, Illinois and Nebraska. They expressed themselves today as favorable to Lin coln. —4— FIVE YEARS IN PEN FOR SHOOTING BROTHER Butte, Neb., Aug. 24.—Charles Nis sen, the 16-year-old boy who shot and tried to kill his older brother near Bristow on the first day of this month, has been taken to the state peniten tiary at Lincoln to serve a five-year' term for his crime. He was sentenced at a special term of district court by Judge J. J. Harrington. Young Nissen claimed that his older brother had abused him until he could endure it no longer. It will be recalled that Nissen stole up Into a cornfield and shot his brother in the back. The victim recovered. NO CLEW FOUND IN OMAHA MAIL POUCH ROBBERY Postal Clerks, Questioned by ! Secret Service Men; Amount May Reach Half Million. Omaha, Xeb., Aug. 24,—Postoffiee In spectors today began an extended In quisition into the quarter million regis tered mail robbery of last week. All registry employes under whose observance or through whom the stolen pouches might pass, are being ques tioned. Clerk Cole, who receipted for the pouches at Denver, and who was the last man known to have seen them, was under Are today. He spent two hours with the inspectors this morn ins- While nothing is made public it understood the examination devel oped nothing of importance. It is now stated the amount In the pouches may reach half a million. Gov ernment authorities are securing affi davits from banks, and the exact amount stolen will not be known until they are ill! In. DISEASE RUNS RIOT IN CITY OF RIDGEWAY Harrisburg. Pa.. Aug. 24.—Dr. Moul tcn. assistant chief medical Inspector of the state health department, has re ported to Commissioner Dixon that Ridgeway. Pa., has ninety cases of typhoid fever, twelve cases of epidemic cerebro-splnal meningitis and sixteen cases of Infantile paralysis. The local Health authorities are doing everything possible to relieve the dis- I tress. I NEBRASKA CALLS FOR YOUNG WOMEN TO TEACH SCHOOL State Superintendent Alarmec Over Shortage in Western Part of State. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 23.—State Super-, mtendent McBrlen Is sending out a general alarm for school teachers. Last year a number of schools could not run full time because of the scar city of Instructors and the same con dition is likely to confront districts this year. Farmers have become so prosperous in recent years that their sons and daughters can be sent to colleges and universities without being compelled to work their way by teaching, and this fact has seriously curtailed the supply of teachers. Eastern Nebraska is well supplied with them, but many positions In west ern Nebraska, paying $50 and $60 a month are calling for some one to come and hold them down. GIRL GONE; GOT CASH FROM HIRED MAN Randolph Neb., Aug. 23.—Lillian Ryland, daughter of Phillip Ryland, a wealthy farmer living near here, has disappeared from her home. She has not been seen or heard from since last Sunday afternoon. The young lady was last seen In Randolph on the afternoon of the day on which she disappeared. Her par ents had been visiting with neighbors, and oh their return home they found a note from the missing daughter tell ing them that she was going to leave and that It would be useless to look for her. It is reported that the hired man on her father’s farm gave her some money on the day she left home. There is no known reason for the action of Miss Ryland, her home life being pleasant. -4 WILL DIVERT THE X 4 PLATTE RIVER TO 4 4 PREVENT OVERFLOW. 4 ♦ 4 4 Fremont, Neb., Aug. 23.—The 4 4 dyking board has just completed 4 4 the plans for the first big project 4 4 for drainage purposes to be un- 4 4 dertaken in Nebraska under the 4 4 new drainage act. It has adopt- 4 4 ed plans for the Fremont, Farm- 4 4 land and Railroad diking dls- 4 4 trlct. By the scheme It is pro- 4 4 posed to drain a section of the 4 4 Platte valley and to throw the 4 4 water of the Platte river Into the 4 4 south channel in such a manner 4 4 that It will not overflow the 4 4 south part of Fremont when the 4 4 spring floods come. 4 4 The directors estimate that the 4 4 undertaking will cost $25,000. A 4 4 big levee 7,000 feet long and 10 4 4 feet high will be built diagonally 4 4 across the Platte river, com- 4 4 mencing at a point west of Fre- 4 4 mont. 4 tl I | 1 M t M ♦ > M I M I M I I M it FATHER SUED FOR PRICE OF DAUGHTER’S HONOR Omaha, Neb., Aug. 23.—John Hen drick, of Dodge county, has been cited to appear In the county court of Doug las county Friday afternoon to show cause why he should not turn over $500 to the guardian of his daughter, Dr. James Borglum. The daughter Is Emma Hendrick, 17 years old, Who was debauched some time ago by Hans Voss, of Webster City, la. He confessed and paid the father $500. The father's right to that money is now to be contested. The con tention of the guardian is that the money should be used for the mainte nance and care of the girl. RANDOLPH CITIZENS AID STRANDED COUPLE Randolph, Neb.. Aug. 23.—Mr. and Mrs. Hammond, of Turtle Lake, Wis., aged 77 years and 67 years, respec tively, were stranded here yesterday while on their way to visit Mrs. Ham mond's sister at Bloomfield. When they left home they bad $43, but the money gave out at Wayne. The cou ple then started to walk, but when they reached here, a distance of twen ty-five miles, the man fell to the ground exhausted. The couple went on. however, but the good people of Randolph, In the meantime, were ar ranging to help them. Two carriages were sent after them and they were found two miles from town, the old man asleep by the roadside. Bringing them back to Randolph the couple were taken to a restaurant and before they were sent on their way were given a purse of money. But a short time ago Mr. and Mrs. Ham mond were happy at Turtle Lake, and In their cottage had $250 in (‘ash laid by. One day, while away from home, the house was destroyed by tire and the money gone. With the $43 which the husband had in his pockets the two started on their long journey to Nebraska. _ A. THREE MAIL SACKS STOLEN FROM TRAIN Omaha, Neb., Aug. 23.—Three mail sacks containing registered letters, dis appeared from a Burlington train Sun day night, between Denver and Oxford. Neb. The postofflce officials have just, made the theft public. The train left Denver with seven sacks and but four remained when it reached Oxford. De tectives and postofflce officiate are at work on the case. LAUREL STATE BANK TO HAVE NEW HOME Laurel, Neb.. Aug. 23.—The Laurel State bank will have a new home be fore winter, having moved into tem porary quarters while a new structure is being erected on the present site. The new home will be a great deal larger than the old. 30 by 60 feet, and used exclusively for banking purposes. It will be one story in height, and be lighted from all sides. The work of tearing down the old building will be gin at once. GOVERNOR REFUSES REPRIEVE Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 23.—Governor Sheldon yesterday refused to grant the reprieve asked by the negroes of Omaha for Harrison Clarke. The case is in supreme court, and he will not take any action until the court acts. PREPARES FOR CARNIVAL. Randolph. Neb.. Aug. 23.—Randolph will hold a three days’ baseball tourna ment and carnival on September 2. 3 and 4. Walthill, Crofton. Plainvietv and Pierce teams will be the contestants for 3350. There will be numerous free street attractions and ilium , .ited pa rades each evening. COST OF TRAMPS $25,000,000 A YEAR, SAYS PENN. IOAD Railroad Asks Magistrate* td Give all Offenders Limit Sentences. Pittsburg, Aug. 28.—The Pennsyl vania railroad, from its Pittsburg of fice, sent out an official communica tion calling on county justices of the peace, borough burgesses and all of ficers of the law to assist in putting down the tramp evil by punishing those caught stealing rides on trains. Some startling figures are shown, among them that vagrancy is costing the railroads of the country not lesa than $25,000,000 yearly. The recent accident at Ridgway, Pa* where five trainmen were frightfully mangled by a tramp burglar who de fended himself with a bottle of nitro glycerin, has set the Pennsylvania rail road hard at work on tramp extermin ation, and the appeal asks that mag istrates give all tramps the law's limit. It is asserted by the Pennsylvania Railroad company that the railroads of the United States have killed 23.494 and injured 24.236 trespassers in five years. j SOUTHERN BALKS AT DELAY OF CASE Washington, Aug. 28.—Overtures tentive Lively made by Gov. Glenn, of North Car* Jlina for the suspension of the present nearing in the North Carolina rate case intil after the question of jurisdiction ol United States circuit court Judge J. C< Pritchard has been determined by the su preme court of the United States, were re jected by counsel for the Southern rail way. The plan of the governor fis outlined by ipecial counsel for the state, was to sus pend the present inquiry because of the expense attached to it, but the Southern 'allway argued that in order to expedite he adjustment of the controversy, neces sary facts in relations to the cost of doing justness in North Carolina should be gath *red pending the settlement of the juris fiction of the courts. Had the Southern railway consented to he plan the present hearing before Judge Walter A. Montgomery, who was appoint, ‘d master to take evidence and report tc fudge Pritchard, would have been post joned today and indefinitely. As it is the tearing was ordered to proceed and indi cations are that it will continue for a veek or more. JAG SECURED FROM THE FESTIVE ONION Texans Find More “Snakes” In New Highball Than in Whisky. New Orleans, Aug. 28.—A new form of intemperance, the onion jag, has broken out in Texas. “As a matter of fact,” says Percy W. Morrow, traveling passenger agent of the ■ Louisville and Nashville In Houston, “half of the saloons in my part of Texas are making more money out of onions than they are on red eye, and the onion high ball has supplanted the original article.” . As described by Mr. Morrow and others, the effects of the Texas onion are pleas ant and far reaching. First comes a period of peace with all the world, this being followed by a sojourn in the land of unalloyed bliss, and the climax coming when the onion eater attains to the full realization that he is king of creation and that all men do him nomage. To attain the full joy of an onion jag, one must indulge in the Texas article, which is the size of a well developed can ! teloupe. and of 10,0C0 times 10.000 am peres voltage. The fruit Is white and juicy, but the wires are said to be liable to do short circuit at any moment. Instead of calling for whisky straight or complicated concoctions, in these days of agricultural progress, the up-to-date Texan demands an onion highball, and the man behind the mahogany is busy devis ing all kinds of strange mixtures. Whisky Is in a fair way to become a drug on the market. As the most defenseless creature from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle, the Mexican gypsy is blamed for introduction of the onion jag. Onions are cheap, and two jags may now be acquired for the pi;ice of one of the antiquated variety. Fifty-seven new varieties of reptiles are said to have been discovered since the outbreak of the new dissipation. KILLS PET HORSE THEN SHOOTS SELF Wealthy Bachelor of Atlantic, la., Didn’t Want Horse to Live After His Own Death. Atlantic, la., Aug. 28.—White tempor arily demented. 13. A. Long, of this city, killed his favorite horse with one bar rel of a double barreled shotgun. "Now that he is dead there is noth ing more for me to live for," shrieked the man us he turned the other barrel upon himself, kicked the trigger and blew off hi's own iiead. Long was a wealthy bachelor. He leaves two brothers. WELL KNOWN IDWAN DIES AT DUBUQUE Dubuque, I.. Aug. 28.—George Jenk ings. traveling passenger agent for the Pennsylvania railroad, once a demo cratic candidate for state railroad com mlssioner, is dead of blood pulson. MRS. YERKES GIVEN FINAL DIVORCE DECREE New York. Aug. 28.—Justice Guv of the supreme court, has signed a 'tinal decree of divorce in the suit brought by Mrs. Mary Adelaide Yerkes Mis ner for an absolute divorce from her husband. Wilson Mlsner. By the de cree Mrs. Mlsner is permitted to re sume the name of Yerkes and she mev marry again. Mlsner is forbidden to marry during the lifetime of his ex