Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
PNEILL, NEBRASKA
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"Talk about the ’Making of an Amer
ican,' said a settlement worker who U>
occasionally called upon to run over to
bills Island, "a while ago I happened
Co take particular notice of a young
Polish girl who had just been released
from Kills Island with a lot of other
Immigrants. The girl was met by two
women, one of them apparently her sis
ter. The trio crossed liattery Park just
ahead of me and I soon saw that they
were hound for the same ferryhouse
as I. They reached the upper deck only
b moment before me, but by the time
1 got there the shawl that covered the
I young Immigrant's head and shoulders
jhad been pulled off, her hair fixed a bit
■and a brand new hat and wrap put on
iher by the other two women, who had
Ibrought along the finery to make the
■ inewcomer fit to be seen going home
hvlth them."
in JHSU me ouipui Ol me i w emy-i-cv
jen establishments engaged In the manu
facture of "wheels" was valued at $2,
%68,326. Soon after that came the pneu
,'matlc tire and the popular craze. The
(census of 1800 reported 312 manufac
turers, with a product valued at $31,
1815,908. In 1900 the Industry gave em
ployment to nearly 20,000 wage and
galary earners In the department of
» . production alone. It paid $10,000,000 In
.wages and salaries and bought nearly
[$17,000,000 worth of materials. Within
*;the next five years It fell off nearly 85
jper cent.
Dual efforts have been resumed for
the Improvement of the great seint
(wlldernesses which lies between New
ark and Jersey City. The chief of the
(bureau of Irrigation and drainage of
she department of agriculture has been
(looking the ground over with a view
(of reclaiming It for agricultural pur
poses. Also an engineer of the war
H (department has been considering the
question of constructing a ship canal
(from Newark to New York bay, which
would make Newark a deep water
port. Mach plan has Its udvocates.
; Discussing the bricklayers' strike
I [Just ended, and strikes In general, one
[member of the Union league asked an
other If he .knew when the tlrst strike
(took place In the United States. The
other confessed his Ignorance. "It may
(Interest you to know,” said the (Irst
.clubman, “that the earliest strike of
which there Is any record In this coun
try, occurred right here In Philadelphia
jin 1796, when 300 shoemakers struck
[for higher wac^s. it is also recorded
(that the strike was successful.
Of Imports' New York has long se
cured tho lion's share, and that share
)s not materially diminishing. In 1897
I Imports there'were valued at $481,000,
000. In 1907 they had reached a val
uation of $868,000,000. New York's
gain was 79 per cent.; the gain of the
[country at large was about 90 per
icent. The export and Import business
cf this customs district last year was
[31,474,000,000, nearly half of that of
(the entire country.
It Is costing Massachusetts $1,000,000
a year to fight the gypsy moth. This
Includes public appropriations, state
and local, and expenses Incurred by In
dividuals In the warfare. This estimate
does not -take Into account the loss
through -the destruction of trees In the
great wooded areas, which Is heavy
economically and not less serious aes
thetically.
The number of children's playgrounds
la Increasing rapidly In many cities. Re
cent statistics covering twenty-four
ettlesbet ween 25[000 and 300,000 popula- [
tlon show there has been In two years ,
an Increase of 94 per cent. In school
playgrounds, 48 per cent. In park and
municipal playgrounds, and a total In- .
crease.>of all kinds of playgrounds of
£4 per cent. In that period.
Della Spain, -16 years old. probably Is 1
the youngest long-distance mall carrier '
In the state. She drives from Miller. S.
,D.. 'to w^sslngton Springs, 62 miles, go- 1
tng one jflay and returning the next.
The road Is not well settled, and some- 1
times the bridges are out, but the [
S young woman makes the trip alone
without any mishaps.
The Philadelphia North American 1
has summarized the results of the three 4
months’ Inquiry of the committee which ’
has been .Investigating the construe- 1
tlon and .furnishing of the Pennsylvania !
state capltol. It has been shown that
of the 112,000,000 expended, at least 15,- 1
000,000 was wasted In graft.
Ascholo 'teacher noticed that It nl- 1
■ways _rained* when the Inspector hap
ipened to*call on her. One day she men- 1
tloned d^t to the Inspector as a curious !
‘fact, and received the answer, "That’s
(because a play golf on fine days." j
The (Pilgrim Congregational church, 1
near London, founded In 1616. Is the
oldest of the denomination. In the cm- 1
iplre, and Jt was from it that the Lon- 1
don contingent,of the men of the Muy- 1
(flower was recruited.
There are'In London a round dozen
churches named after St. Mary, nearly 1
■all of them 'belonging to a single group
.closely packed together, showing that '
they all came from the one great par
jlsh of .Aldermary.
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The cloud formations kpown au
'“mare’s tails" and "mackerel sky," are '
Invariably three miles high. The
highest clouds arc ten miles high and
these nre composed of minute par
ticles of Ice.
A comical .foot race was r"cently '
witnessed in ^Parls. Nineteen men each
with a wooden leg, were the contest
ants. The winner ran a mile in twelve
minutes.
The Church of England Incorporated
Society for Providing Homes for Waifs
and Strays has taken up a new Hive of
■work .In 'finding places, with medical
appliances.1or crlrmled children.
An oil portrait of J. Plerpont Mor
agn Is among the unclaimed dutiable
(goods In the government stores at New
jYurk. It will be offered at public sale.
United States Engineer, Bacon, of
Georgia, has been rendered practically
penniless by the failure of the Ex
change bank at Macon.
Germany’s colonies are five times ns
big as herself, those of France eighteen
times, and Britain’s ninety-seven times
(bigger than herself.
The largest caravan of pilgrims for
Mecca starts from Constantinople, and
generally comprises about 40.000 per
■ons.
[ There Is an average of one child
(killed every three days In New York
[City by being run over by vehicles,
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Builders 1n New York City Invest
1500,000 each day In land and new
houses for apartment dwellers.
i Bakers of f’ompeii made their bread
(circular and flat, os appears from
j “—— rondQ in the rull:*.
SHERIFF “MIGHT"
ALLOW LYNCHERS
TO TAKE MURDERER
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Evidence Shows That Slayef ,
Outraged Nebraska Woman
Before Killing Her.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 10. If '•
Bhumway. the hired man on the Marlin
farm down In Cage county, murderer ot
.Mrs. Martin. Is caught there will be
another lynching.
Sheriff Trude, according t«* a memhei
of the pursuing posse, who wa*s in Lin
coln today, said, when asked if he
w'ould make a fight to save Shuinway
lip iimtrht him:
•It wouldn't be a very dinicun jou
to surround me and lake hint away.
The murder, It transpire*, occurred
on Tuesday afternoon while Joseph
Martin, Ihe husband, was away at the
primaries voting. Shumway apparent
ly attacked Mrs. Martin on the lower
floor. Then he dragged her head first
up the stairs by her clothing, and in
the bedroom outraged her. Afterwards
he beat her over the head and getting
a butcher knife from the kitchen table
drawer, sawed at her heat! until it
was almost completely severed.
The murder was not discovered until
after Martin’s return, lie found her
body, bloody and torn, crumpled up
under the family bed. A posse was
rjuickly formed, and the man pursued.
Once he was overtaken by one of his
pursuers, but he knocked the man down
and made him move away at the point
[>f a shotgun. Later he was surrounded
In a forty acre field of corn, but none
of the posse had nerve enough to go
in and attack him. armed as he was
with a shotgun.
He escaped from this trap in the
darkness
RAILROAD CLAIMS IT
PLAYS NO FAVORITES
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 10.—The Willmai
find Sioux Falls Railroad company an
nounce in a communication to th<
railroad commission that it would ton
sent to stand or fall on tin* testi
mony already taken before it on the
omplaint of the Omaha Grain ex
change that Sioux t’ity and Minneap
olis are being preferred over Omaha
is a grain market by the refusal of
:he railroad company to furnish ears
'or shipments to the Nebraska metrop
olis, while supplying them freely t<.
he other points.
The complaint was originullly di
rected to the Great Northern, which
)wns the Willinar and Sioux Falls.
3RAIN ELEVATOR AT !
BERESFORD IS ROBBED
Beresford, S. D., Sept. 10.—The grain
•levator of Senator J. T. Scroggs was
surglarized, the thief gaining admission
sy prying open a window. About $10
was secured. i
SAYS SHELDON IS
ONLY A “HIRED MAN’
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. >10.—There was
lothlng obsequious 111 the demeanor
>f John L. Kent, a plain, horny-handed
aimer from Adams county, while look- !
ng through the state capltol yesterday.
Kent, In company with his wife and
wo daughters, Louie and Minnie,
valked through all the corridors ln
ipecttng “our property." as he called
t. The family concluded their lour by
>uylng the governor's office a visit, and i
vhile there Kent told Governor Sheldon :
hat the latter was only a "hired man.” i
Phe governor readily acknowledged I
hat such was Ills relationship toward i
he people of Nebraska, and Kent de
mited feeling that he had shown the .
iroper degree of Independence befitting
l sovereign citizen of the United States I
ailing one of his servants to account.
Most of the people from the rurnl <
lections who go through the capltol <
nanlfest an air of humility, as though
n the presence of greatness. Kent i
vas apparently Imbued with a pur i
lose to show his wife and daughters,
is well as everyone else that a farm- I
■r doesn't have to kowtow before slate
iffleers. He kept his hat on when the
rroup entered the governor's main of
Ice. Governor Sheldon was engaged In ’
ils private room at the time, but he i
loon appeared, was introduced to the
dehors and shook hands all around. !
Pwo or three other callers were pres
ent at the same time, and one of the
*i«n rather diffidently suggested that
hey had come to make a prolonged
tay and had better be going.
“Oh. there’s no use hurrying," re- i
iponded Kent. “This building belongs ■
o us und we might as well lake our 1
lino ”
"Why, yes. th«» building belongs to
he people, and -'ou're welcome to stay i
is long us you like,” said the govt r
tor.
“That's what I say, governor," de
'ltired Kent, "it's our property and
ou are working for us. you're our
tired man. und I helped to hire you."
"t'ertulnly. certainly." was the ex
ecutive's reply to this proposition. ,
The Kents walked out at this iunc
ure. end the head of the family’ was
leard in th- hallway a little later ex
lounding his i-'ens about public otll
■ials. who, he thought, wore all right
n their way, hut no latter than othe- <
Oiks. lie made it distinctly under- i
'tood (hat ho was not a hero wor
ihipper. ,
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REESE CAPTURES
NEBRASKA JUDGESHIP
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 0.—Returns from
Tuesday's primaries confirm the early*
estimates of the results. M. B. Reese,'
of Lancaster county, is several thou
sand votes ahead of Chief Justice Sedg-i
wick for the nomination for supreme!
judge, and continues to increase his
lead.
George L. Loomis is the nominee of
the democrats for the same position.
For railway commissioner, Henry]
T. Clarke, jr., and P. A. Caldwell are
running neck and neck, with Clarke
apparently gaining slightly. In Doug
las county Clarke has a lead of 3,000
votes, while Caldwell carries Lancas
ter by a large margin.
Few returns are in yet on regent ofj
the university, but the indications are
that Copeland and Anderson are the*
republican nominees.
The success of “Bob” Smith for
clerk of the district court in Douglas
county’ 1h now conceded. This, to
gether with the tremendous vote ac
corded to Judge Sutton, is considered
a body blow for the Dennison-Connell
gang, which has dominated Omaha'
politics for years. Sutton’s vote, with
some small country precincts yet to
hear from, is fully 600 ahead of the
second man on the ticket.
FINDS WIFE UNDER
BED WITH THROAT CUT
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 6.—Residents of
three counties, Lancaster, Johnson and
llage. are horrified over the brutal mur
der of Mrs. Jacob Martin, the aged wife'
if a wealthy stockman and cattle own
er, residing six miles north of Adams
In Gage county and Just over the line
n Lancaster county, between the hours
if 3 and 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Jacob Martin, the husband, went to
llie polls, three miles from his home,
lo vole in the primaries, leaving his
tvife, aged CO years, at home alone In
Ihe house, the hired man, C. H. Shum
tvuy, being the only one about the farm.
When the farmer returned home he
found his aged wife lying in a great
too! of blood under the bed in her room
ipstairs. her throat cut from ear to
a r.
The belief prevails that Shumway
nurdered t*he aged woman in an effort
;o secure a sum of money which he be
ieved Marlin had somewhere in ihe
louse.
I'he murder had been committed in
he lower room of the Martin home and
he murderer had then carried the body
o the upstairs room and hidden it un
ler a bed.
The whole neighborhood is aroused
iver the crime and several posses of
■itizeris are aiding the officers in their
search for the murderer. A lynching
s feared If the man is caught.
3URLINGT0NBUYS
BIG NEBRASKA RANCH
North Platte, Neb., Sept. 6.—Infor
nation has Just been received here to
he effect that James Payne has sold
lis large ranch about twelve miles
■ast of this city to the Burlington
'allroad for a consideration of J12G,
>00. This is taken to mean that the
Burlington will at least establish a
own site at this location. A large
tuantity of this land is located on
he valfey along the proposed right
>f-way, but most of it Is hill and table
ands located from one to several miles
louth of the proposed right-of-way.
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NDIANS WIND UP BIG
RELIGIOUS GATHERING
Valentine, Neb., Sept. 6.—The Chris
ian Indian convocation of the Niobrara
leanery of the Episcopal church in the
liocese of South Dakota has been
nought to a close, after a remarkable
Ive days' session.
Bishop Hare and Bishop Coadjutor
ohnson confirmed seventy-four Li
lians, and baptized eighteen at the con
irmatlon service.
There were about 2,500 Indians In
amp, many having driven five or six
lays from their homes.
Rev. Amos Ross, a native priest, was
lected dean of the convocation for the
esslon.
IANCHMAN IN BAD
HEALTH; KILLS HIMSELF
Clarks, Neb.. Sept. 6.—Bob Young, a
anchman and sportsman living just
louth of town, committed suicide
rhursday evening by shooting with a
■evolver. He had been failing mentally
or some time.
MEW NORFOLK CHRISTIAN
CHURCH IS DEDICATED
Norfolk, Neb., Sept. 6.—The new Park
ivenue Christian church building was
ledicated Sunday, the congregation oc
cupying their first church home in
Norfolk for the first time on Sunday
nornlng. Sufficient funds were raised
luring the morning to clear the new
•hurefi from debt. The new church
lutlding is a frame structure furnish
ng an auditorium with a seating ca
laclty of 250. The church has a mem.
icrshlp of sixty-three.
AMERICANS FORCED TO
LEAVE MORRS’ CAPITAL
Pails, Sept. 6.—Admiral Philibert,
■ubling, reports that another serious
•ngagement has occurred near Casa
31ariea, when a large force of Moors
if the Taddert and Mzab tribes were
llspersed by the French troops. The
French cruisers Gloire and Gueydon'
jarticipated in the action, firing sixty
ihells. The fanatics showed extreme!
•ecklessness, but eventually retired un-t
ler repeated sweeping charges of the1
French and the terrific bombardment!
if the artillery. I
Compelled to Leave.
Tangier, Sept. 6.—On learning of the
letermination of the American mission-'
tries, Clinton, Heed and Enyert, to re
lialn at Fez while all the other Chris
ions, some seventy in number, were1
eaving there for the coast, the populace!
if Fez were convinced that they must
Hit be genuine Americans, but French
ipies. In consequence of the fierce hos
liity of the Moors at Fez to every
thing French these brave pioneers of
Christianity in Morocco were eventually,
■ompellel to abandon their work in.
hut t ity and are now traveling across
he country, bound for Tangier. They
•eve not been heard of since they
darted. .
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► CARTRIDGE DANGER ♦,
► SIGNAL IS TESTED.
► New York, Sept, L—A new signal ♦
sys.e.n, said to be the Invention of a -f
► Pittsburg man, is being tested on ♦
► the Long Island railroad. By this +
h system, it is said, a cartridge will -f
explode If an engineer should run 4
►- past a danger signal, thus calling ♦
the situation to the attention of men .f
K in the cab. 'the explosion of the ♦
► cartridge will also rcoord on u in- V
dieator the fact that an eng ..ear +
r has neglected to observe a danger -*■
► signal, and explanations will be in +
K order from the man at fault. +
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'bandits hold up
NEBRASKA TRAIN;
PASSENGERS ROBBED
Sleeping Passengers Awakened
by Masked Men and Forced
to Give Up Valuables.
Omaha. Neb., Sept. 9—A daring hold-1
Up of Rock Island train No. 8. occurred
early this morning near Murdock, Nebi
Three masked men went through the
day coach and relieved more than haifl
of the passengers of their money andl
valuables.
Just before the train reached Mur-*
dock the men appeared in the coach
and began waking up the sleeping pas-,
sengers. One man held a revolver to
the passenger's head while a second
went through his pockets. The third
guarded the entire car against an out
break.
The men progressed well and secured
a good haul, continuing their work un
til surprised by the train crew. One
robber then entered the toilet room,
pulled the air brake cord and jumped
from the window. The other two cor
nered the conductor on the platform
with knives and held him in the vesti
bule until the train slackened sufficient
ly for them to make their escape.
The robbery occurred with little ex
citement and was over before the pas
sengers realized what had occurred.
Amount secured is unknown, but be
lieved to be about $500.
Conductor Bishop at once telegraphed
the authorities at Omaha, but no trace
of the robbers has been secured.
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS
PLAN ANNUAL FETE
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 9.—Arrange
ments have been completed by the
democratic state central committee for
the annual banquet to the members of,
the party in Lincoln, September 24.
Invitations have been sent to a large
number of democrats of national repu
tation. among them Governor Camp
bell. of Texas, and John W. Keeln, of
Indianapolis.
Mr. Bryan will deliver the principal
address.
STREETCARMEN
WANT NEGRO HANGED
Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. 9.—Two hundred
and ten street railway employes of
Omaha have petitioned Governor Shel
don not to interfere with the death
sentence of Harrison Clarke, the negro
bandit, who murdered Edward Flury,
the street car conductor.
HANG INFORMER OF
MURDER IN EFFIGY
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 9.—News has
reached Governor Sheldon of the hang
ing in effigy of A. L. Steirs. of Chap
man, who Informed him lust week of
the alleged murder of James McGlrr
and the covering up of the murder by
county officials. In a letter to the
governor, 121 citizens of Chapman de
manded an Investigation of the con
duct of the county officials.
The letter asserted that McGlrr was
delivered over to Greek laborers of the
Untpn Pacific, and was taken out of
towns 6n a handcar. Shots were fired,
and the body of the man, fearfully mu
tilated, was discovered on the track the
next morning. The county attorney,
sherifT and coroner viewed the remains,
but refused an inquest, the latter de
clared. The governor will order the
body exhumed and an Inquest held.
GIRL NOTE FORGER’S
SENTENCE COMMUTED
fhe President Reduces to Two
Years a Baltimore Wom
an’s Term.
Washington, Sept. 9.—The president
lias granted a commutation of sentence
to two years, with allowance for good
conduct, in the case of Bessie L. Bond,
who pleaded guilty in the United States
district court for Maryland, June 3,
1907. to falsely altering and passing a
national bank note and who was on the
same day sentenced to imprisonment!
for five years In the Balitmore cityi
Jail
Miss Bond was treasurer of the mis
sionary fund of the Central Methodist
Episcopal church. To help her sick
mother she appropriated some of thej
mission's funds, and to cover the de-1
ficieney raised a $10 bill to $lco by)
pasting on the note a "0" taken froms
another banknote.
STRIKERS WANTED
TO WORK IN FIELDS
4 NEILL MUTE AS X
4 TO THE STRIKE. 4
4 New York. Sept. 9.—United States 4}
4 Labor Commissioner Neill is here 4
4 to meet the immigration eommis- 4|
4 slon. He declines to discuss the 4l
4 telegraph strike except to say his 4
4 visit has nothing to do witlt it. 4 |
Chicago. Sept. 9.—A delegation of
union farmers in Chicago is seeking to
hite 2,000 striking telegraphers as farm
hands in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota,
North Dakota and Kansas,
Allurements of fresh "union" eggs
rial butter, which the farmers held out
to the strikers, together with an offer
of $35 a month and board, have resulted
in many of the operators accepting.
At union headquarters it is said be
tween 100 and 200 strikers probably will
leave for the farms in a few days.
This will leave less than 1.000 idle.
operators in the city.
W. C. Crawley, state organizer of the
farmers' union, is the “good angel" of<
the strikers. Mr. Crawley called om
Secretary Russell of the telegraphers''
union first and received an indorsement
of his scheme from that official.
CHICAGO CHOSEN AS THE
FARMERS’ HEADGUARTER&
Chicago, Sept. 9.—This city is to be,
the home of the International Union
Farmers' orgaf.zations. It is proposed
to make the constitution so broad that,
ail farmers' associatiens catt affiliate1
with the central body. These associa
tions now have over S.OOO.OOO members,
with headquarters in a number of
cities.
WASHINGTON MOB
DRIVES HINDUS OUT;
MILLS ARE CLOSED
Bellingham, Wash., Sept. 7.—Six
badly beaten Hindus are in the hos
pital, 400 frightened and half naked
Sikhs are in jail and in the corridors
of the city hall, .guarded by police
men, and somewhere between Bell
ingham and the British Columbia line
750 natives of India, beaten, hungry
and half clothed, are making their
way along the Great Northern rail
way bound for the Canadian terri
tory and the protection of the Brit
ish flag.
The long expected cry, "Drive out
th» Hindus,” was heard throughout
the city and along the water front
last night. The police were helpless.
Authority was paralyzed, and for
five hours a mob of half a thousand
white men raided the mills .where
the blacks were working, battered
down the doors of lodging houses,
and dragging the invaders frbm their
beds, escorted them to the city limits
with orders to keep on going.
The trouble started at C and Holly
streets, a district with Indian lodging
Rouses. The houses were cleaned out
and the denizens started on trek for
the Canadian line.
I The mob then swept down to the w&/•
ter front, and mill after mill was vis
ited, the white employes joining the
^nob, and every black man was hustled
outside.
Here the police suggested that the
undesirable be taken to jail. This wa(
hailed with delight, and the blacks were
hustled along. From this time on very
few were beaten, the bloodthirstiness
of the mob seemingly having been sat
isfied during the attack on the lodging
houses.
The mob kept up Its work along the
water front until Larson's mill at
Whatcom lake was visited and 100
blacks brought in from there.
Four women were found among the
crowd in the city building.
The Hindus are all British subjects,
and their case is being placed before
the British authorities.
©pcciai ameers ©worn in.
At a special meeting of the city coun
cil Mayor Black took charge of the
situation, fifty armed specials were
sworn In and the mayor declares as
many more as necessary will be called
to give the blacks full protection. Jobs
have been offered the Hindus and pro
tection is guaranteed, but they are so
thoroughly frightened that they are
drawing their pay and getting under
police protection and leaving for Van
couver.
The mob spirit is still rampant, and
it is felt further attacks will be made
if any of the foreigners remain in the
city.
Larson's mill at Lake Wafton, five
miles distant, one of the largest in the
country, will be closed down owing to
the trouble.
CASTS OFF WIFE, IS
NEARLY LYNCHED
New York. Sept. 7.—An attempt was
made to lynch Ferdinand Penney Earle,
the artist who sent his wife to France,
her old home, to secure a divorce in
order that he might marry another
woman, and who received a sorry wel
come when he returned to his home tn
Monroe, N. Y„ last night after bidding
his wife farewell at the steamer.
Earle was met by a crowd of vil
lagers as he stepped from the train,
who first hooted him and finally
dragged him from his carriage and
through the muddy streets.
Whip in Defense,
Earle courageously faced his tor
mentors and exhorted the crowd in a
vain attempt to vindicate himself, and
then seized his carriage whip and
slashed at the crowd.
A man snatched the whip from the
artist’s hands and struck him stinging
blows.
Further trouble was prevented by the
arrival of officers who forced Earle
to drive home, though he persisted in
trying to explain his views.
Cry “Get a Rope.”
As he walked across the street when
he first arrived and entered a drug
store to wait for the carriage which
had been summoned, newspaper men
and part of the crowd followed him in.
While talking to the reporters the
crowd began to make jeering remarks,
one crying, "get a rope” and "another
tar and feather him.”
As the people assumed a threatening
attitude Earle went out to his buggy
which had arrived, jumped in and
Ftarted the horse at a gallon. Several
persons were thrown down by the sud
den start and this doubly angered the
crowd, which made after the buggy,
and catching it, turned it on one side.
Earle was thrown into the muddy road,
but picked himself up, but made no
further move. He stood bareheaded
facing the people which were forming
an extended circle about him. Three
men went down before the artist's
blows.
SON HAS WOMAN
KILLED TO PREVENT
FATHER ELOPING
Unwritten Law Is Applied to
Louisiana Widow—Slain by
a Hired Negro.
Millerton, La., Sept. 7.—The mystery
surrounding the murder of Mrs. Lennie
Bond, a comely young widow, and her
5-year-old son. by a load of buckshot,
fired through a window into the bed
In which they slept, has been uncov
ered.
It is declared that Benjamin Baucum,
20, son of Dr. James Baucum, CO, a
prominent physician, employed Green
Cooper, a negro, to kill the woman,
who was 35, upon being unable to per
suade his father not to elope with her.
The assassination is a new applica
tion ot Ihe unwritten law. as young
Baucum planned the deed in order ru
save his aged mother from disgrace.
PROHI LAW BARS
SACRAMENTAL WINE
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 7.—Ministers. oe*~
cons and other church members who
hand out sacramental wine will be
liable to Ini' lctment under the new pro
hibition law that goes Into effect Jan
uary 1, 1905. As the grand Juries In
terpret the law, these indictments will
number us many as there are members
In the congregation. A petition has
been made to the juries to modify this.
UNCLE SAM IMPORTS
POLITE, STINGLESS BEE
Busy Worker Is From Asia and
Prefers Arbitration to
Battle.
Washington, Sept. 6.—Stingless bees
are the latest introductions or' the de
partment of agriculture. That visitors
to the capitol city may be served with
honey from the White House gardens
[and public flower beds Is a prospect
'held cut by the local hotels, which are
considering the Installation of apiaries
on their roofs.
it is not beyond the possibilities that
hives of the busy workers may be kept
soon on the front porches of many'
:habitu of life which rank this honey
households, urban or rural, throughout
ithe country, supplying sweets and
-pointing the rising generations to home
industry.
, The new Introduction, which comes
(from Asia Minor, is known as the Cau
casian bee. The name Is derived front
■Its native locality, and is emphasized by
maker distinctly as the white man's
bee. It is civilized, dignified and ldgh
[toned. it lushes with reluctance Into
anything that smacks of warfare, hav
ing, in place of the belligerent instincts
of others of its class, a predisposition
to arbitration.
! It must not be inferred, however, that
the Caucasian has no sting at all, as
lias been erroneously stated. Physic
ally It is constituted much as are other
bees, and has an equal capacity for in
flicting a wound; but its weapon is
Sheathed in peace and used only in
cases of extreme emergency.
It has been domesticated for many
centuries and cut off from the common
er breeds that naturally make honey,
brigand-like. In some mountain cave or
■tree. Through these centuries of isola
tion its sweet and affable disposition
has been developed, until it now goes
forth into the world to take the place
which it has been fitted.
When placed on a busy street. It
plies its trade in peace and interferes
with no passerby, man or beast.
Apiaries on the tops of high office build
ings have become not unusual of late
years in many of the great cities, 'l'here
;ire such colonies in New York and
.Washington. Such apiaries may be
given a stimulus by the introduction
of the non-stinging Caucasian.
COUNTESS ELOPES
WITH A PEASANT
Vienna, Sept. 6.—The Countess H«o
riettn Kongracz, daughter of Couni
Edward has scandalized the Hungarian
nobility by eloping with Johann An
drnsclk, a peasant living on the Count’*
estate near Trentschin.
In 1901 the peasant rescued the
countess in a carriage accident. They
afterward met further and fell in love.
Two years ago the count discovered
the countess’ infatuation and sent
her away to school.
Andrassik was compelled to enter the
army, but when his service was ended
he renewed his acquaintance with the
countess. The couple planned an
elopement. The countess’ family eik
deavored to compel her to return, but
failed, and then her father disowned
her.
HUSBAND KISSES WIFE
WHO GIVES HIM UP
New York. Sept. 6.—Mrs. Ferdinand
P. Earle, wife of the Monroe, N. Y.,
artist, who agreed to leave her place
in her husband's household and seek
divorce In French courts in order that
her husband may marry another wom
an, came here from Monroe yesterday,
where she spent the night in her hus
band's home.
Earle and the woman he will wed
drove Mrs. Earl to the depot, where he
lightly kissed her goodby and her suc
cessor-to-be waved her handkerchief.
Mrs. Earle left for France ou the
steamer Ryndam, where she will seek a
divorce.
Earle belongs to a family well known
in this city, his father having been a
wealthy hotel owner.
TUBERCULOSIS IS
PREVALENT IN THE
DAIRY DISTRICTS
Des Moines, la.. Sept. 6.—Fifty thou
sand Iowa people have been told dur
ing the last summer how to avoid
tuberculosis by the lecturer of the Iowa
Society for the Study and Prevention
of Tuberculosis. A trifle over one year
has elapsed since this society started
A. E. Kepford as a lecturer to tour the
state and by public lectures to spread
the information of means and methods
of fighting tuberculosis. Some of the
territory traversed a year ago has been
reached now a second time, and per
sons afflicted are reporting excellent
progress in lighting the disease by fol
lowing the directions as to the open air
treatment.
One of the most interesting and im
portant facts disclosed by the labors
of Mr. Kepford is that tuberculosis in
Iowa prevails most in the northern
part of the state in the dairy district,
disclosing the fact beyond dispute, that
the disease is largely contracted from
the bovine tuberculosis in nfilk. The
society, while attempting to spread the
information as to the proper treatment
of the disease by the open air method, g
has been endeavoring to acquire for
itself all the information possible on
the subject. The northern part of the
state is way ahead of the southern
part in dairy industry. It is also way
ahead of the southern part of the sfiite
in number of cases of tuberculosis.
The disclosing of this fact will re
sult in the society going before the
next legislature and asking it to enact
the most stringent laws possible for the
purpose of stamping out tuberculosis in
cattle. It will be necessary to conduct
tests on the most extensive scale and
to quarantine and kill the cattle in
fected with tuberculosis.
The most hopeful discovery made by
the society is that those persons who
are following closely the open air treat
ment, and who began such treatment
on the advice given by the society’s
agent in his public: lectures, are for the
most part recovering.
EASTERN STAR TO
REVISE CONSTITUTION
Milwaukee, Sept. 6.—The twelfth tri
ennial convention of the general grand
chapter of the Order of the Eastern
Star opened a three days' meeting In
•Masonic Temple today. Over 300 del
egates are in attendance, representing
every state in the union with the ex
ception of Delaware, and there are algo
delegates from Canada, flawail and
the Philippines. Revision of the con
stitution will he one of the Important
mat tsr» up,
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