Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
O. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
WEILL, NEBRASKA
Frank Ruck, the keeper of the Buffalo
herd in the national forest of Oklaho
ma, is credited with this: "Once a
Kansas farmer met on the hot, dusty
road a homesteader pushing on excited
ly toward the Cherokee strip. 'Whar
ye bound?' said the farmer. 'Fer a
hundred and sixty acres o' free land In
the strip,’ was the reply. And the man
Eshed in the glitter of dust and sun
e. A month or two went by and on
same dusty road the Kansas farmer
the homesteader returning: ’Hello,’
aid, "what ye done with them hun
and sixty acres?' The home
der pointed his whip proudly
trd his mule team. 'See them
is,' said he. 'Wall, I traded eighty
acres of my claim fer 'em.' 'What ye
do with the other eighty?' 'Don't
gimme away,’ was the reply, 'but the
feller was a tenderfoot, an' I run In the
■other eighty acres on him without hls
jknowln' It.' "
A sentence, probably unique in this
ioountry, was recently pronounced by a
Elstrate In Everett, Mass. Two
lgsters of 12 years had been con
id of throwing stones, to the de
struction of property and the peril of
passers by. Just how to deal with such
youthful offenders was a puzzle for the
court for a while, but after due thought
the judge hit upon the happy Idea of
turning the youngsters' "fun" into a
penalty. He ordered a police sergeant
to take the boys back to the lot where
they had been captured and make them
•pend a half hour In throwing stones
■as fast as they could pick them up.
Stie sergeant obeyed orders to the let
ter, and the youngsters got enough of
•tone throwing to last them the rest of
their lives.
Tolstoy’s domestic life is singularly I
happy. In spite of the fact that his wife
does not share his views concerning re
ligion and sociology. The countess Is
1$ years younger than her husband,
and, although the mother of 18 chil
dren, is still beautiful and charming.
(She Is highly gifted, too—has herself
Written three novels. At one time she
had great difficulty In preventing tho
count from giving away all his prop
erty. “He wished to distribute all his
•Worldly goods to the poor," she says.
"It was I, I alone, who prevented It.
Heavens, what a struggle I had! But,
God be pleased, I triumphed. From that
day to this, I, and I alone, manage the
count’s affairs; everything Is done by
ms—la In my own hands."
Dr. Macnamara, a member of the
British parliament, tells of a school
teacher who was endeavoring to convey
the Idea of pity to the members of his
class. He Illustrated it by a little story.
"Now, supposing,” he said, "a man
working on the river bank suddenly fell
|n. He could not swim and would be
In danger of drowning. Picture tho
•cene, boys and glrlB. The man’s sud
den fall, the cry for help. His wife,
knowing his peril and hearing his
•creams, rushed Immediately to the
bank. Why does she rush to the bank?’’
After a pause a small voice piped forth:
"Please, sir, to draw his insurance
money.”
Professor William Frear, of the
Pennsylvania State college, discussed,
In Harrisburg the 83 kinds of breakfast
foods that he recently tested for the
government. "Most of them were very
good,” said Professor Frear. “The taste
test, In most cases, was pleasure rath
er than work. To make work out of It
Would be to act like a little boy I know
In Bellefonte. This little boy’s mother
went to a reception, leaving the baby In
Jimmy’s care. With an Injured look
Jimmy said on her return: ’Mamma, I
Wish you wouldn’t make me mind baby
•gain. He was so bad that I had to
Cat two mince plea and a half the fruit
Cake to amuse him.’ ”
At a dinner In New York Dr.
Charles F. Aked, of the Fifth Avenue
Church, Illustrated with a story the
harm of church controversies. "There
Was an Argyleslitre elder,” said Dr.
| Aked, horn I asked one day In Lon
don how his kir was getting along.
•Aweel,’ said he, ‘we had 400 members.
Phen we had a division and there were
Only 200 left. Then came a disruption
Mia only ten remained. Then we had
a heresy trial and now there’s only me
and mi brlther Dugald left, and I have
great doubts of Dugald’s orthodoxy."
An Egyptian mining center— probably
worked as early as 2500 B. C.—was In
the eastern desert, between the Red sea
and the Nile. The lately-discovered re
gains described by C. J. Alford Include
■mall Irregular stone huts, arranged In
groups of two or three to towns large
enough for 1.000 men. The ancient
Workings are burled In sand. The only
jJOstlge of mining appliances are ellp
llcal rubbing stones for coarse crushing
laid quart* mills for reducing the rock
to line powder, ready for washing out
Scotland possesses several railway
omalles, of which probably the most
♦able is that of the stations of Mal
and Kyle, of Lochalsh, which,
hough only 20 miles apart In a straight
e, are separated by no less than S60
lies of rail bv the shortest route, vis.,
nlarlch, Balquhldder. Perth and In
rness. Yet another Scotch Incongru
' Is that the nearest railway station
the town of Port Ellen, on the Island
Islay, If we except the small local
e at^Campbelltown, Is Bally castle. In
Mexican lands In a virgin state, sult
ble for the growing of sugar cane, and
fuated In the tropical portions of the
untry—that la. In the states of Vera
as, Chiapas and Tabasco—range In
rice from $1 to $3 gold an acre. In the
tnplco section, stale of Tnmuliapas.
e finds such lands higher In price, the
flux of Americans thereinto having
d the effect of Increasing the value of
In Old Lyme, Connecticut. Is one of
£ celebrated franklin milestones,
itch In 1776 saw Washington pass Into
e on his way from Cambridge aft
tile British had evnensted Boston,
nklln measured the miles by a mn
enr o< composition,
■Next to the attar of roses the most
Itiable ceftswre is „« of jasmino.
WHITE CAPS BEAT
BRUTAL HUSBAND
Pierce, Neb., May 19.—Otto Huebner,
living near the village of Hadar, eight
miles south of here, is sore inwardly
and outwardly because of the treat
ment received from white caps who
called at his place last night and strip
ping him of his clothes, administered
a severe switching with willow
switches. Huebner is accused of giv
ing his wife a hard beating recently
and the masked men took this oppor
tunity of teaching him a lesson.
The day previous to the action of
1he whitecaps, Huebner was in Pierce
and consulted a local attorney con
cerning divorce proceedings. His ex
planation of his differences with his
wife is to the effect that he undertook
to punish an old gander that was
worrying his other fowls and struck It
with a stick, that his wife was incensed
and struck him with a stick, where
upon he retaliated and struck her in
return.
Some of the men who took part In the
white cap demonstration are known
and the 3hertff will soon make arrests,
ALLEGED MURDERER
TAYLOR SENDS CLUE
Minden, Neb., May 19—Deputy Sher
iff Wyatt yesterday received a letter
from Bert Taylor, the fugitive accused
of the ravishing of his sisterlnlaw,
Pearl Taylor, from the effects of which
she died. In the letter, which Is dated
April 9 and postmarked Enid, Okla.,
Taylor proclaims his Innocence and
names another man as the one who as
saulted the girl. He says he has been
searching for the murderer since the
crime wub committed. There Is no
douht of the genuineness of the letter
as Taylor’s handwriting Is known.
Deputy Wyatt left last night for Okla
homa. There is a reward of $2,000 for
Taylor’s capture.
OMAHA PACKING PLANT
BURNS; LOSS IS $500,000
Omaha, Neb., May 19.—The old plant
of the Omaha Packing company at
Thirty-third and Q streets. South Oma
ha. was destroyed by fire, together
with 8,000,000 pounds of meat, involv
ing a loss estimated at $600,000. The
big plant of the Cudahy company ad
joining was seriously threatened while
the fire was at Its height. The old
plant of the Omaha Packing company
was used principally for the storage
of meat, the killing and preparing of
the products for market being done
mostly at the new plant. There was
stored in the burned buildings 2,200.000
pounds of pork and 800,000 pounds of
beef, most of which belonged to the
Omaha company.
The ice plant was destroyed, which
is serious in view of the shortage of
ice which already exists here. The
fire started in the smoke house, al
though the origin of it has not yet
been determined. The Omaha fire de
partment was called upon and aided
in controlling the fire.
PIERCE OVERTAKEN
BY REFORM SPIRIT
Pierce, Neb., May 19.—This city has
also caught the spirit of reform in city
government. Last week to the surprise
of all the deputy county attorney, with
out the request of any person, served
notice on all the saloonkeepers to re
move all the screens from the doors
and windows in compliance with the
state laws, so the people passing can
see In the windows. The city attorney,
not to be outdone by the county attor
ney. has served notices on the saloon
keepers that on Saturday night when
the saloons closed at 11 o'clock they
must be closed and stay closed and the
proprietors and bartenders must not
enter their places of business until
Monday morning.
PLAINVIEW ARRANGES
FOR GOOD READING
Plalnview, Neb., May 19.—Plainvlew
lias insltuted a public library and
reading room and levied a tax to sup
port and maintain it.
WOMAN GETS NOTHING
FOR HEART FRAZZLE
Lincoln, Neb., May 19.—Miss Kate
Hinckley gets no monetary solace for
her lacerated heart and for the prepar
ation of a wedding trousseau that was
never used. Charles Jewett, the
wealthy farmer, aged 70, whom she,
sued for $10,000 damages for breach
of promise of marriage. Insisted
that while he had paid her some at
tentions, they had been rather thrust
upon htm through the efforts of a friend
of the woman and of the woman her
self. The woman is 48 years of age,
and was cashier in the restaurant at
which Jewett boarded for a time. Some
very entertaining letters passed be
tween the two. but none of them point
ed to any marriage contract.
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4 Bancroft, Neb., May 19.—Cltl- 4
4 zens of Bancroft are objecting to 4
4 the notoriety the town is recetv- 4
4 tng through the Rale of post cord 4
4 pictures of the Higgins lynching 4
4 by railroad news agents. It is 4
4 alleged that when passenger 4
4 train's reach Bancroft, the news 4
4 agents, In order to sell their pic- 4
4 tures, say that "here is where 4
4 Higgins was lynched" or "here's 4
4 where the mob lives that lynched 4
4 Higgins," and points out to pros- 4
4 pective customers certain "land- 4
4 marks" of the wanted to be for- 4
4 gotten affair. The ratlroad will 4
4 be asked to "suppress" the news 4
4 agents. a.
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FAKERS FAIL TO
DELIVER THE GOODS
Pierce, Neb.. May 19.—For the past
two weeks a couple of fellows have
been doing a big business In Pierce
county by selling groceries "cheap for
rash" and then forgetting to send the
goods.
WATER GAUGING
STATIONS ESTABLISHED
Niobrara. Neb.. May 19—Assistant
Stale Engineer Rates is here to estab
' hah a water gauging station in the Nio
brarft river, the sixth in the state. The
government pays half the expense of
such stations.
ARTIST DESTROYS
HIS OWN PAINTINGS
Paris. May it).—Pictures with a mar
ket value of $100,000, representing: three
ycais of constant labor, were destroyed
last nignt by Claude Monet, the KTeneh
impressionist master, because he had
come to tne conviction they were un
satisfactory. The pictures destroyed
had already been seen by friends of the
artist and by leading cri ics. who pro
nounced them to be among the best
work.? M. Mcnt ever acccmplishod.
UNKNOWN SPRINTER
POCKETS PURSES
I Creighton, Neb., May 18.—Earl Wat
kins. a locad footracer, haa been "going
some.” It Is claimed for him that he
can go 100 yards In 10 seconds flat. He's
been winning everything In sight.
The other day a mysterious stranger
dropped into town. He claimed his
name was Fife and that he lives at
Norfolk. But it doesn't matter much
where he lives.
He offered to bet $100 that he could
beat Watkins. The money was forth
coming. A big crowd came up from
Plalnvlew to see the sport. "Fife” took
all the bets he could find. Then the two
sprinters lined up.
The referee was a stranger, too. But
not so mysterious. He set the local
racer back twice, three feet each time,
for starting before the gun cracked.
Owned the Referee.
So Watkins got away under a handi
cap. And when the mysterious "Fife”
had gone 20 feet ahead, and was look
ing back over his shoulder, Watkins
abandoned the race. "Fife" took the
money.
The friends of Watkins were not sat
isfied that he had a fair deal In the
race, and the next morning they were
out early for another try. The stranger
was accommodating and was willing to
put up $25 that he could beat the local
and give him 12 feet start on a 60-yard
dash. This looked all right to the lo
cals and the gun popped. The stranger
only beat Watkins two feet, but it was
enough to take the money.
A man In Creighton claims that he
has the mysterious stranger figured out
and that his name Is Bell, who has a
record of 9% seconds on 100 yards.
UNFORTUNATE RELEASED
FROM STATE HOSPITAL
Norfolk. Neb., May 18—Joseph Hoid
obler has been allowed to leave the
Norfolk Insane asylum on parole
through the efforts of the German Vet
eran’s society, which have taken upon
themselves the responsibility of his be
havior. Hoidobler has gone to Omaha
where he has secured work. He seems
to be all right. Mrs. Hoidobler is still
In the asylum, there being little chance
that she will ever recover.
NEGRESS WANTS $25,000
FROM A PROFESSOR
Boston, Mass., May 18.—A $25,000
breach of promise suit by Anna Man
ley, a negress, against Phillip B. Mar
cou, formerly assistant professor in
Harvard university, was begun today
in East Cambridge.
The woman testified she first met
Professor Marcou in Boston about six
years ago while she was on her way to
the theater with a girl friend. He
stopped her, she claimed, and asked her
to break her engagement. She did so
and took him to her home in Holyoke
street. She said he gave her $2,200 to
buy a new home.
Miss Manley said that six years ago
Professor Marcou promised to marry
her and that they were to have been
married in September, 1906.
BANDITS FLEE WITH
$35,000 OF LOOT
El Paso, Tex., May 18.—Pursued by
men and bloodhounds, three bandits
with $35,000 of loot in their possession
are fleeing through the rugged moun
tain passes north of French, a little
station 80 miles from East Las Vegas,
New Mexico, on the Santa Fe railroad,
in an effort to escape the clutches of
the law.
At French they broke down the doors
of the depot, bound and gagged the
station agent and special guard, blew
open the safe, took ti e money and rode
away, leaving their eictims helpless.
A tramp wandered into the station
half an hour later, released the almost
unconscious men and gave the alarm.
The news of the daring robbery was
wired to every town in the neighbor
hood of French and a special train
bearing 30 deputies and 50 horses left
Las Vegas in half an hour, hot on the
trail of the fleeing bandits. A special
itentlary at Santa Fe for bloodhounds,
which were brought through as fast as
a special engine and car could
carry them. The stolen money was
sent from Albuquerque on Santa Fe
train No. 10 to pay miners at Dawson,
N. M.
Only a branch road leads to the
mines. A special transfer of the money
was necessary at French. A guard,
heavily armed, accompanied the treas
ure and, upon leaving the train at
French, he went inside the station,
placed the money in the safe and locked
the doors to the station.
Suddenly the noise of a breaking
window drew attention of the guard
and the station agent and they looked
around to face the muzzles of two rifles.
A third bandit broke the door and en
tered. He then held the two men cov
ered with a revolver while the other
bandits entered the building. After
tying the guard and the agent the rob
bers shot the safe with dynamite, took
the money and fled.
ENGLISH RESENT
MOVE OF ARMOUR
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Chicago, May 18.—Arthur Meeker. +
4 a director of Armour & Co., when 4
4 shown today the dispatch from 4
4 London, denied unequivocally the 4
t report that the Armours were to 4
enter the retail meat business In 4
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London, May 18.—Charles W. Bow
erman, who represents the meat mar
ket district In the house of commons,
has notified Winston Churchill, presi
dent of the board of trade, of his in
Intention lo question him In the house
regarding what steps he proposes to
take to prevent the Armours, of Chi
cago, from establishing In this coun
try retail stores for the purpose of
supplying meat direct to consumers.
This query oased on the statement
that Armours are calling for $5,000,000
of new capital for Ihe purpose of dot
ting London and the provinces with
their own retail stores. Bowermun
claims the putting Into effect of this
Scheme will destroy the business of
English butchers and meat salesmen.
RANCHMAN ARRESTED
HIS DESERTING BRIDE
Lincoln, Neb., May 18.—Mrs. Adam
Legler. who deserted her husband
Tuesday at Grand Island, after they
had been married but a day and dis
appeared with $500 of his money, was
arrested today at Fremont. Legler,
who Is a wealthy ranchman living in
western Nebraska arrived soon after
ward and spent three hours at the coun
ty jail vainly endeavoring to Induce
his bride to go with him.
BREWERS SEEK
TO ANNUL THE
LICENSE LAWS
Would Manufacture a Beer
With 2 Per Cent Alcohol
and Avoid License Fee.
Lincoln. Neb., May 16.—What ap
pears to be a concerted attempt on
the part of the brewers and wholesale
liquor dealers in Nebraska to nullify
the efforts of the anti-saloon voters
who in the last election imposed either
prohibition or strict regulation on a
majority of the towns in the state, is
revealed in a number of letters that
have come to the pure food commis
sion. Should the brewers succeed in
their attempt to establish a precedent,
backed by high authority, for the unli
censed sale of semi-intoxicating
liquors, It is not improbable that the
fruits of temperance and saloon re
form throughout the state would be
swept away while the devotees of so
briety would have to content them
selves with the dry husk of the law,
its literal intent.
The brewers want to know, first,
what an intoxicating liquor is. They
asked the pure food commission to deal
with this matter, but since the question
came to Commissioner Johnson he
tackled it.
Three Per Cent Alcohol.
Beer contains 3 per cent of alcohol
usually. The brewers would like to
have somebody in authority say that
a liquor containing, say 2 per cent, or
less of alcohol is not to be regarded
as an intoxicating liquor. If such a
statement were made from an authori
tative source the liquor business In
Nebraska would assume a roseate i:ue.
The law requires a license' for the
sale of "intoxicating” liquors only. If
the 2 per cent beer that the brewers
would like to brew were legally not
"intoxicating," it could be sold as free
ly as water without let or hindrance
until some legislative action should re
quire a license for the sale of any
liquor containing any alcohol what
ever.
BEAUTIFUL WIFE
TRIES TO SUICIDE
Lincoln, Neb., May 16.—Mrs. Joseph
Indovina's life happiness came crash
ing about her ears yesterday when the
man whom she had married five weeks
ago, after an acquaintance of two
weeks, was cruel to her. She walked
Into the rear room of his dyeing estab
lishment and, grabbing a handful of
tablets of corrosive sublimate used in
setting dyes, attempted to swallow
them. A sister, who had followed her,
struck her arm Just as she was about
to toss them into her mouth, but she
succeeded only in spilling a tew of
them. The others were swallowed and
the woman is given up to die by the
doctors.
A year ago the girl's father com
mitted suicide by hanging himself out
In the neighborhood of Holdredge or
Mlnden, and two of his five daughters
have been under great nervous strain
ever since. Seven weeks ago, just after
Indovina, who is a dashing looking
Italian, had got a divorce from his sec
ond wife, Miss Coon entered his em
ployment. He immediately began pay
ing her court and in a fortnight he had
succeeded, on his promise to make life
happy for her, in inducing her to go to
Council Bluffs and be married.
NORTHWESTERN IS
SUMMONED BY
RAILROAD COMMISSION
Lincoln, Neb., May 16.—The North
western Railroad company has been
cited to appear before the railroad com
mission and explain why it took off
Saturday and Sunday trains from Fre
mont to Oakdale. The complainant is
Senator Randall, of Newman Grove, a
station on the line, and he Insists that
there was no just reason why it should
have been abandoned.
The Northwestern takes the ground
that it has the right to use its own
Judgment about whether to run or take
off trains, without the consent of the
commission. This is the second com
plaint filed because of this arbitrary
action of the road in lessening train
service in northeastern Nebraska, and
if the road loses other towns w'll get
after the management.
INDICTMENTS HANDED
TO THREE OFFENDERS
Lincoln, Neb., May 16.—The federal
grand jury yesterday returned an in
dictment against George R. Smith for
infringement of the United States oleo
margarine laws; Thomas O’Brien for
passing counterfeit money; Joseph
Jones, two Indictments, for breaking
open and robbing a mail pouch.
DR. HARMAN DIES
SUDDENLY AT WAKEFIELD
Wakefield, Neb., May 16.—Dr. B. T.
Harmon, of this place, Is dead as the
result of heart failure, superinduced by
excitement.
While driving to the reservation
Tuesday afternoon his team became
frightened and ran away. He finally
succeeded in stopping them and got
out to fix some breakage in the harness.
While standing by the side of the team
he dropped dead. Dr. Harmon had
lived here 20 years and was a promi
nent Mason and Odd Fellow.
big bank goes under.
Cleveland. Ohio, May 16. — The Re
serve Trust company made an assign
ment today to the Superior Savings and
Trust company. The liabilities of the
concern are about $2,700,000. Inability
to realize on outstanding loans is said
to have precipitated the failure. Offi
cers of the bank say depositors will be
paid in full.
Hie capital and surplus of the bank
is $300,000. Adam Graham is president
und William N. Ferris secretary-treas
urer. The latter was formerly director
of the Ohio Trust company, Norwalk,
Ohio, which closed its doors in January
last.
Cleveland. Ohio, May 14.—The Amer
ican Savings bank, a small concern,
closed its doors this afternoon, follow
I lng a run of withdrawals. Deposits
amount to $300,000.
POCKETS FATAL TO FORM.
Boston. Mass.. May 16. — Dr. J. E.
Goldthivait today declared deep trous
er pockets to be more dangerous than
French heels and more injurious than
corsets. A man accustomed to deep
pockets is in a worse condition than a
woman given to tight lacing, he said.
Dr. Goldthwait, who is one of the
most prominent Massachusetts physi
cians. was making an address before
the Massachusetts Medical Gymnasium
association today. "Deep trouser pock
ets,” he said "are responsible for pose
of body that we know in Cambridge as
the Harvard stoop."
'SECTION FOREMAN
MAOE PRINCIPAL
IN DAMAGE CASE
Woman Makes Him Defendant
to Hold Her Case for Trial
in the State Courts.
Lincoln, Neb., May 15.—Mrs. Mary
Jackson has a $25,000 uamage suit
against the Rock Island railroad. She
wants to have it tried in the state
courts. Tha railroad wants It heard in
the federal court. She first filed it in
her chosen forum, and the railroads at
once had an order issued from the fed
eral court transferring it there because
of the diverse citizenship of the par
ties. Mrs. Jackson dismissed the suit
when trial was reached, and reflled it in
the state courts, this time making the
section foreman in charge of the gang
of which her husband was a member,
a party to the action. Now the Rock
Island has asked the federal court to
again assume jurisdiction, alleging that
the making of the foreman a party to
the suit was a fraudulent move, not
made in good faith, but merely to give
the state courts apparent jurisdiction.
The foreman is alleged to be a vice
principal of the railroad company. In
the sate courts the doctrine of vice
principal is recognized, but the federal
statutes don't. Which accounts for the
anxiety of each to have the case tried
In its chosen forum.
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4 Omaha, Neb., May m.—l,_.s.
4 Lola G. Rustin Doane, wife of 4
4 Captain William G. Doane, 4
4 to whom she was married re- 4
4 cently, has been sued by Jessie 4
4 Fox, a modiste, for $1,120.50, rep- 4
4 resenting the unpaid balance on 4
4 Mrs. Doane’s wedding trousseau. 4
4 It is charged that Mrs. Doane 4
4 received $1,172.50 worth of 4
4 clothes and lingerie for her wed- 4
4 ding to Captain Doane, on 4
4 which only $50 has been paid. 4
4 The bill was submitted April 4
4 15, and Captain and Mrs. Doane 4
4 were married April 22 at River- y
4 side, Cal. 4
4 Included in the clothing list 4
4 given in the complaint are many 4
4 fine dresses, evening dresses and 4
4 cloaks. 4
4 Captain and Mrs. Doane left 4
4 recently to make their home in 4
4 Alaska, where Captain Doane 4
4 is stationed. 4
4 Before her marriage, Mrs. 4
4 Doane was Mrs. Henry- Rustin. 4
4 Her tirst husband died several 4
4 years ago. 4
4 Sne is a very beautiful 4
4 woman. 4
SHERIFF GIVES CHASE
TO BRACE OF THIEVES
Pender, Neb., May 15.—Sheriff Pat
Dorcey has had a busy time of it
chasing horse thieves. A horse and
buggy were stolen off the streets of
Walthill and while the sheriff was on
the trail, he received word from Omaha
to catch another one headed his way.
The Walthill horse and buggy were
found near the old mission where the
thief had abandoned them and the
Omaha fellow was trailed to Homer
where he dropped out of sight.
Garry Myers, of Walthill, is vowing
vengence upon citizens of that place.
He alleges that he was arrested for de
fending himself against an assault and
was carried to the village jail by four
men who threw him headlong into a
cell which dislocated his shoulder and
he was left unattended all night suf
fering all kinds of pain.
SHIPPERS KICK
ON RATE RAISE
Railroads Organize Employes
So as to Sustain Move—
All Politics.
Washington, May 15—Shippers of the
country are organizing to oppose the
railroad rate advance which the rail
roads, both east and west have deter
mined to put into effect. On the other
hand the railroads ate organizing lateir
employes and their close friends to
sustain them.
The question in its final analysis is
looked upon here as a political one.
Each side talks about the number of
votes it can control—or rather, each
side allows its friends to place the dis
cussion on that basis. There are said
to be 1,500,000 employes, or dependents,
of railroads, who can be organized into
a solid phalanx to oppose reduction of
either wages or dividends.
From a number of. western states
comes notification to members of con
gress that the process of organizing the
railroad employes is already afoot. It
is not yet possible to discover whether
the movement is distinctly voluntary on
the part of the employes, or whether
they are actuated and inspired by some
power from higher up.
The shipping interests are swamping
the Interstate commission, the presi
dent, and public men, with protests
agalnBt any increase of rates. It is de
clared that this would amount to tax
ing the rest of the country, at a time
when it is in no condition to pay.
HUNTS FLOWERS FOR
MOTHER; BOY KILLED
Philadelphia, May 15.—Hunting for
flowers to give his mother in honor of
"Mothers’ Day,” Charles Carroll, 7
years old, was killed by a Pennsylvania
railroad express train while crossing
the tracks. The boy was accompanied
by several playmates, and, while the
others crossed safely, he was picked
un by the pilot of the locomotive and
hurled against the abutments of the
bridge spanning the railroad at Erie
avenue.
The mother reached the scene of the
accident just as the patrol wagon was
leaving with the body. Still under the
impression that her boy was alive, Mrs.
Carroll followed the patrol wagon to
her home. When she saw' that the boy
was dead she fainted.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
GETS A TIN PANNING
Belfast, May 15.—Edward Kimball, of
Boston, a Christian Scientist, lectured
last night in Exhibition hall. A howling
mob was present, largely composed of
Queen's college students, who rushed
the doors. By the use of drums, tin
pans and trumpets they did their ut
most to prevent his lecture.
On being expelled from the building
they indulged in the throwing of stones.
Windows were smashed and the plat
form was littered with missiles. Event
ually quiet was restored and the lec
ture delivered.
THE “DAYLIGHT”
SCHEDULE RULES
LINCOLN NOW
Excise Board Enforces Innova
tion and Cuts Out 18
Thirst Quenchers.
Lincoln, Neb., May 14.—Lincoln sa
loons closed last night to open today*
under the all day light schedule. The
new regulations provide that drinking
places must not open before 7 a. m. and
they must close at 7 p. m. The mini
mum license fee is 51,500 and the num
ber of saloons is limited to 26. Forty
three applications have been made for
license and when 18 applications are
“turned down’ today, stirring times
are expected in the rooms of the excise
board.
Veteran topers last night courageous
ly formed in battalions before the bars
of Lincoln’s 40 saloons and drank again
and again. Never was business so
brisk for the knights of the white
apron. After supper.tipplers came from
far and near promptly at 11:25 as If by
preconceived plan. A “tiger on the
house" was the cry. Glasses filled to
the brim appeared. These were tossed
oft, the roisterers filed out and the sa
loons closed, not to open by gaslight,
again.
THEBE IS NO “OASIS”
IN DAKOTA CITY
Dakota City, Neb.. May 14.—This
town will go completely dry if Dr. G
E. Von Hagen, pastor of the Chris
tian church, and his friends succeed!
in their fight against Alfred Chaillie
a saloon keeper. Chaillie, who con
ducted the only oasis in Dakota City,,
is temporarilly out of business, while>
he is fighting the antis who are rep
resented by Attorney H. F. Guile, of
Lincoln.
Two remonstrances have been filed
against Chaillie, and it Is set forth.
,that he has been conducting his place
of business for the last six months,
•without a license. The fight is creatr
Jng a great deal of interest in Da
kota City.
rf EVANS JOURNEYING
* TOWARD HOME 4i
4 4
4 Omaha, Neb., May 14.—Rear 4
4 Admiral Robley D. Evans will 4*
•4 arrive In Omaha tonight at 5:60 4
4 and will leave immediately for 4
4 Washington. 4
4 He is accompanied by mem- 4
4- bers of his family and officers of 4
4 his staff. 4
4- Owing to the condition of his 4
4 health, Evans was not apprised 4
4 of the death of his little grand- 4
4- son at the time the fleet was 4
4 making its triumphal entry -4
4- through the Golden Gate, and it 4
4- is not thought that he has yet 4
4 been advised of the bereave- 4
4 ment. 4*
•4 4*
178,180 POPULATION
IN COMBINED OMAHAS
Omaha, Neb., May 14.—The popula
tion of Omaha, according to an esti
mate made from the number of names
in the new directory compiled by the
Omaha Directory company, is 146,477
and that of South Omaha is 31,701, in
both cities substantial gains having
been made over the previous year. This
makes the combined population of the
two cities 178,180.
KIDNAPED CHILD
NOW MARRIED WOMAN
St. Charles, 111., May 14.—Following a.
search which has extended over 17’
years. Mrs. Alice Stafford, of Tecum
seh. Neb., has been restored to her
daughter, kidnaped when a child of 6.
The reunion took place yesterday at
this place, where the young woman la
now the wife of Oliver Johnson.
When Mrs. Johnson was 6 her par
ents separated. Shortly after that the
child disappeared, the mother supposing
she was kidnaped by some friend of the
father. The girl wag later adopted by
Rev. F. F. Lewis, being taken from the
orphan asylum in Omaha.
Rev. Mr. Lewis Is now pastor of a
church here. The mother was located!
at Wymore, Neb., recently.
ANOTHER TWISTER
VISITS NEBRASKA
Hastings. Neb., May- 14.—A tornado”
in the northern part of Adams county
last night destroyed fences, trees and
other vegetation, but did not damage
any buildings. This is very remark
able as the country is quite thickly set
tled. The storm started five miles nortln
of here, near Hansen. Its roaring was;
terrific, being plainly heard in this city..
It traveled to the northward about five
miles, taking a serpentine course and’
narrowly missing several farm houses.
GOWNS TOO DARING
EVEN FOR GAY PAREE
Paris, May 14.—Disturbances which,
threatened to become a riot arose at
the Longchamps race course yesterday
from the appearance among the mem
bers of the inclosure of four young
women attired in ultra fashioned'
gowns.
The dressmakers in Rue de la Pali
frequently boom their latest creations;
at Longchamps, but this experiment
was too daring even for Parisians. The
gowns were so classic, so tight fitting
and so transparent that some of the
onlookers rubbed their eyes in amaze
ment. Others blushed, others turned;
indignantly away, while some of the
men laughed and jeered.
The girls had been sent by their em
ployers to advertise the so-called sheath
gowns. The most sensational of therm
have a divided skirt, showing the out
lines of the lower limbs.
The excitement became so great that
the police were obliged to remove the
young women. A blushing policeman
wrapped his cloak around the divided'
skirt and conducted its owner to a
cab.
Director Tounrey, of the municipal
police, said: "It seems these dresses'
are the latest fashion. I think them,
daring, but if it is the prevailing fash
ion there is nothing more to be said.’f
THE KIND OF GOSSIP
AMERICAN WOMEN LOVE
London, May 14.—A weekly periodical:
called the Onlooker, which boasts that it
is recognized on both sides of the At
lantic as the standard purveyor of soda]
news, says in its "American Notes and'
Notions:"
"If there is one thmg an American wom
an loves more than another, even more
than candies, it is any sort of gossip that
deals with marriage or the giving in mar
riage, more espec.ally when the proposed!
union of hearts causes heartburings else
where."