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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1908)
THE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. rNEILU NEBRASKA f; ■■.„2L'LJ.-=vr—~rj=r ' The native trees of Australia are be Bng systematically replaced with those jof the United States and Europe. The ♦chief reason for this action Is that the (trees of that country are generally of very slow growing nature, which Is pot desirable for scientific forestry, al though It Is true that many of the Aus tralian trees grow to enormous size (when fully matured and produce ex cellent lumber. Notably among these jls the kauri pine, which requires about fioo years to reach full growth. As the (native trees are cut down to answer the demands for lumber, the Imported (trees are planted In their places so that (eventually the flora of the country will (be largely eliminated If not entirely so. . John Ruskln proposed old age pen sions more than 50 years ago. In his lectures at Manchester In 1857 on "The (Political Economy of Art" he pleaded for pensions to "soldiers of the plow Ishare as well as soldiers of the sword,” (and three years later he developed the jplea In his "Unto the Last." The essays (republished under that title originally (Appeared In the Comhlll Magazine, then •dlted by Thackery. The novelist was (a friend of Ruskln, and not a timorous (person, but so loud was the outcry at She appearance of such disreputable (heresies In so respectable a magazine | (that Thackeray was constrained to stop i jRuskin’s papers. i > Prank B. Raynor, a life saver at one (of the New York stations, can have any . (Office In the gift of President Roosevelt ‘ that he can fill, and without bothering his head with civil service, either. He 5 has a letter from President Roosevelt to that effect, which he would not ; change for the best Job In Washington. He values It almost as highly as the; i gold medal awarded to him by congress! | for bravery. Raynor won his medal | and the president’s admiration by hav s ing two lives from the schooner Crom i: ’Well, which was wrecked off Bellport , lit 1904. 5 -- j Secretary B. V. Swenson, of the I American Street and Interurban Rail I way association, gives some Interesting 1 figures In a pamphlet recently Issued I In the interests of the association. In | the year 1907, approximately 1,200 street | and Interurban railway companies, £ operating In the United States, curried I nearly 8,000,000,000 passengers. These si companies operate an aggregate of 90, £ 000 cars over an aggregate of 40,000 S miles of track. The total capital ln | vested In these electric railways amounts to approximately 84,000,000,000. A man from Atlanta was Bhowlng to some friends what looked like a big cigar wrapped in tinfoil. He took it out t! of a breast pocket, and It looked for all ! world like one of these expensive I smokes. "X got this down in Atlanta,” i he said. "It must have been a good ! cigar to bring It up all this way,” re i marked one of the group. “It isn’t a | cigar,” said the traveler. He peeled off i the tinfoil and displayed a clgar-shuped I bottle filled with whisky. "You know I (Georgia’s prohibition now," he said. More than half of our drugs are I compounded from coal tar; nearly : everything we wear In tfiff w’ay fff ! Areas goods Is dyed by coal tar; arti-J Bclal perfumes, saccharine, which Is times sweeter than sugar; |j<ptPlosives, medicines, food presefva i. lives and photographic developers are I ’f11 provided by coal tar. Chemists have evolved from coal tar no less than •even hitherto unknown adds, four teen alkaJlne substances and ten neu tral bodies,. " The coal resources of Alaska are to d® made the subject of a special in vestigation during the summer season the United States geological survey. .Dr. Wallace A. Atwood, of the Chicago yniversity, will spend the entire season In that country conducting the work. •The special fields of work will be in the neighborhood of Unga, Herendeen bay nxtd Chignik, on the Alaskan peninsula, and in the Matanuska valley, at the ^iead of the Cook inlet. club women of Massachusetts are ; nppMting against the movement to lower X®, m«k *‘andard in that state. This i light Is said to be winning more re mults to the cause of woman suffrage I Gian anything that has come up In the «Mt 40 years. Mothers have come to agree with Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gll man In asserting that politics which affects the purity of milk and water Is baby"Ut*lde the bome’ but inside the A hard substance on which mayor’s ■:2wkt^EnA,fre« Royer broke a sold 1 e a raw clam Intro I.*?. tbe Press club dinner at H * hlladelphia last Saturday night has 8 \° bJ a handsome brown pearl, h f*«ect (n form and coloring. Expert E bava offered to pay for the B*5?0raiiS)? *he 'tooth and give Mr. 11^.7 *“°® to boot for possession of the IVeltv N 1aRoVeT',<Lis that of the Rev. 2a1 Ni Retf' ot the Roman Catholic Iwlocese of Cleveland. Recently unon of Rlshop Horstmann. Father jBoff became for the sixth time admin ?.mherk;h?;,,uiri's a t^nis.pW limber. a£dafter 'woikin/ou?8 °a a’1' f»hing the spokes ready for thn”? h ° Ms&ssr & :x lettera^’f hfs ^I116 r'T,ently Publish., tetters of his. In one, dated April 1 xv fee says. • Catholicism has grown to b •a. vast, Protestantism. I haven't me twm Catholics who believe the sam thin?. This seems to me a strlKin Wp&S'g What lnay he expeci, li i A fully equipped daily newspape plant, with a special telegraph servic l"'halr/P.v,°f a, comPetent newspa per man, is the plan of the board r (1 curators of tht‘ Missouri State univrr !j| «ty At Columbia, Mo., for the new de |fj.partment of Journalism. The dallv in llifffr W*B he known us the Ciilversit m Missourian. H The deposit of kerosene shale, abo: tB 1*0 miles west of Sydney, la said to 1 . K the largest in the world. There is '■ stream called the AVolgan river, in th H| TSlley of which and adjoining «hie ■ Most of these deposits are found. The MB Are estimated to cover 41 square mile EH depth of seam from a few inches to si IH *eet. [9 A Parls Paper qompialns that no Jou • ■Wallst ha* yet bet'n hurled in the l*ai iBhMkion, and mentions as representative Hi«f the. craft who ought to be tlui ■iCtlRteauhrland, Benjamin Const an WfiTnul Louis Cotifrier, ArrraruJ Carre MRmili* de Olrarflln and T Veuillo ASSESSOR SAYS BRYAN IS A MAN OF MODEST MEANS Hecords Show Commoner Has Good Home, but Wealth Inside $100,000 Mark. Lincoln. Neb., June 30.—Mr. Bryan is •worth only *84.500, according to the esti imate of the county assessor. This Is made up of *12,800 personalty, *19,250 | tfor the Commoner and *52,450 as the Value of Falrvlew. The house Itself [is put down as worth *21,000, the Im provements at *2,325 and the 137 acres of land surrounding It at *29,126. Mrs. Bryan owns 50 acres of this tract, valued at *8,000. Mr. Bryan's person alty schedule, discloses but very mod est holdings. He has only *400 worth of Jewelry and *300 worth of diamonds. His 21 head of cattle are worth but *1.200 and his six vehicles *600, while his four horses are put down for but i|800. He has cash on hand of *2,100, 'His pictures and engravings are worth *1,000, but his agricultural tools foot up only *150, mainly because his farm er owns his own. Mr. Bryan 1b equipped with *160 worth of firearms and J40 worth of dogs. His residence Is assessed as of higher value than any other In the county, save that of his severest critic, C. O. Whedon, whose town house Is down tor *33,000. _ _ GIRL BURNED TO DEATH AT PENDER Pender, Neb., June 30.—Anna Schmidt, the 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schmidt, was burned to death on their farm three miles north of here on the reservation by the explosion of an oil can which Ignited her clothing last night. About supper time tne young girl went Into the house to start the kitchen fire, using oil from a kerosene can for that purpose. A short time later she remembered that she had left the can on the stove and returned to remove It. Just as she entered the room the can exploded and threw the burning oil over her clothes, setting them on fire. She ran from the house a mass of flame, when she was seen by her mother who attempted to rescue her and was severely burned In the attempt. But the mother Anally succeeded In placing, her daughter In a tank of water, where the flames were extinguished. Thie girl was burned so severely, however, that there was no hope for her recovery, al though physicians worked over her all night. She died at 1:10 this afternoon In terrible agony. The mother is badly burned, but will recover. The family came from Missouri Val ley, la., this spring and rented a farm on the reservation, where they were living at the time of the heart-rending fatality. —f •£4444444444444444444444444 it BRYAN ADVOCATES 4 4 DRESS REFORM. 4 4 4 4 Lincoln, Neb.. June 30--W. J. 4 4 Bryan has come out as an advo- 4 4 cate of dress reform for maseu- 4 4 line humanity at the coming ban- 4 4 quet of the Traveling Men’s 4 4 Bryan's club on July 3, In Lin- 4 4 colli. 4 4 Bryan will present black al- 4 ! 4 paca coats to the speakers, which 4 4 Include Senator Gore and other 4 4 democratic notables. The spike- 4 4 tall garment Is much too warm 4 4 for July, says Bryan. The only 4 4 suggestion of a hitch In the pro- 4 4 gram Is Bryan’s Insistence that 4 4 the toastmaster, Richard L. Met- 4 4 calfe, associate editor of Bryan’s 4 4 newspaper, shall wear a full 4 4 dress suit. Metcalf demands a 4 4 “squnrc- deal’’ In the distribution 4 4 of the alpacas. 4 4 4 444444+4444444444444444444 —4— GARDNER ARRESTED FOR FORGING CHECK Valentine. Neb., June 30.—Fred Gard ner Is under arrest charged with forg ing the name of A. K. Wood, a Rosebud reservation storekeeper, to a $65 check. ■ Gardner was arrested by the sheriff (after he had attempted to pass the Icheck on two merchants here. His ar rest came when the signature was rec ognized as not that of Wood. —+— RULING AFFECTS PENSIONS OF SOLDIERS IN HOME Lincoln, Neb.. June 30.—The right of the board of public lands and buildings to make a rule requiring members of the state soldiers’ home to pay Into the cash fund of such homes a percent age of pensions over $13 a month was sustained today by the supreme court. The fiecision follows an appeal by the state from the ruling of the district court. DIXON PROVIDED WITH A NEWSPAPER Dixon, Neb., June 30.--Dixon wil! have a newspaper next week. H. L. Raiser, formerly of Bloomfield, will be the editor. -4~ A “BUGGY" STORY OF A BUSY BARBER , Wayne, Neb., June SO.—Park Mab bott, a barber, while shaving a cus tomer, struck at a bug that lit on his i face and hit the edge of the razor, al ii most severing three of his fingers. MEXICO ASKS HELP ; OF UNCLE SAMUEL Washington, June 30.—During a call t at the state department today Senor • Godoy, representing the Mexican gov ' ernmeiR. discussed with Acting Sec ’ .rotary Adee the situation growing out of tha revolutionary movements In Mexico. The Mi xh an government has r requested the I'nl'etl States to assist e In preventing violations of the licutral " tty laws. r tjenor Godoy’s advices front the scene of trouble are very brief. Important details are lucking. Wire communica tion is interrupted ami news from the f source of the trouble is slow. t TWO OLYMPIC l ATHLETES GO ACROSS l OCEAN AS STOKERS y New York. June 30.—When tne *• steamer Philadelphia sailed for l nm.pt * today it carried practically all the American team of athletes who are tc ■- i onipete In the Olympic games al Liuj i- Con. Two members of the team wen a so anxious to compete in London tha! e hey began their trip across tne Allan t, tic as stokers, one of them on tin 1, Philadelphia, the other on the Mlimc L. baba. SECRET MARRIAGE MADE KNOWN LONG TIME AFTERWARD Couple Threw No Sign to Make Friends Wise Until Ready for Announcement. Lincoln, Neb., June 2!),.—A genuine surprise was sprung last evening on ;the friends of Miss Jennie Beerup, a prominent young woman of Lincoln, and Edwin Cole, a mail clerk on the (Burlington, when they made the an nouncement that they were secretly jmarried in Omaha on October 12, 1907. ! Mr. Colo and Miss Beerup met sev eral years ago at a social function in this city, and it was a case of love at iirst sight, but obstacles were in the way of an immediate marriage. Finally, on October 12, 1907, Miss Beerup went to Omaha to visit friends. Mr. Cole followed the next day. It was then they determined to brave any possible danger of parental objection, and they were secretly married. Cole resumed his run on the Bur lington mail train, while Miss Beerup, after finishing her visit with Omaha friends, returned to her home in Lin coln. both carefully guarding their secret. Yesterday the couple went to Omaha and made the announcement of their marriage. The facts were communi cated to Miss Beerup's parents in this pity, and the couple was tendered a wedding dinner here last evening. POSTMASTERS ADVOCATE POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS Lincoln, Neb., June 29.—The Ne braska Postmasters' association Is in favor of postal savings banks, and said so in a resolution adopted yester day, reaffirming the one passed by the third class Nasbys. The mail handlers, however, object to the bill now before congress, which proposes that these deposits shall be gathered up and sent to the national banks in the money centers. They want the bill as fa thered by Postmaster General Meyer, which provides that the postal deposits shall be redeposited in the banks of the town where they are made, thus keeping the money at home fcr circu lation. The fear Is expressed that the na tional bankers will exert every influ ence in congress to have the bill as passed compel deposits In their Insti tutions. Every speaker insisted that If this Is attempted, there will be a general uprising against the measure in that form. PASTOR OF SAME CHURCH 50 YEARS Vicar General Emanuel Hartig Leaves Life Work Because of Old Age. Nebraska City. Neb., June 29.—Vicar General Emanuel Hartig, who has been pastor of the St. Benedict Catholic church of this city for the past 66 years, has retired because of old age and has permitted the congregation to ask for a young priest, Father Alban Rodruff, to come and take charge of the affairs or the church. Father Emanuel will make this city his home until the end and will be looked after by the brotherhood to which he belongs and members of the church, The Rev. Father Emanuel Hartig was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 1, 1830, was ordained at Leavenworth, Kas., In September, 1860. and In 1861 came to this city and built the church In which he has preached all of these years. He built the first Catholic church in Lincoln, In 1868, and the same year another at Tecumseh, and in 1878 one at Palmya. He was appointed vicar general sev eral years ago by Bishop Botiacum. He has become physically unable to attend to his duties, and therefore de cided to retire and live a quiet life. HOSKINS HEADLIGHT HAS SEVENTH EDITOR Hoskins, Neb.. June 29.—Oscar Gar wood, of Wayne, has purchased the Hoskins Headlight. The Headlight has had seven different editors during its brief existence, but still shines on as bright as ever. DOGS GUARD SICK MAN IN SWAMP Taunton, Mass., Juno 29.-William May, 34 years of age, residing in Broc kton, came to this city on a visit and on Saturday ho started to return. He Intended to board an electric car, but on the road became ill and wandered blindly along until he got Into a wooded swamp, where he fell and lost consciousness. When he came to he raised his voice, but he was so weak that he could scarcely shout. Night came. He tried to call, but his voice was now no louder than a whisper. He was suddenly aroused by something cold thrust Into his hand. It was the muz zle of a dog. but he did not know it. Through the night he was conscious that at times he heard the barking of dogs -seemingly near at hand. With the coming of day something warm and soft passed over his face and ht looked into the brown eyes of a dog From time to time the dogs howleci and barked and looked eagerly in the di rection of the road. Ail day they stayec beside the half conscious man, now anc then licking his face. In the meantime James Sheehy was looking for his dogs. Walking along the road leading to Brockton he heard bark ing in the woods. He plunged into th* underbrush and hurried in the direct lor of the barking. At last he came upon th< swamp and there he saw a man lying ap parently lifeless with the dogs sitting be side him. Help was summoned and May, almos dead from lack of food and water, wu: removed to the Morton hospital. NORTHWESTERN WRECK KILLS TWO FREE RIDERS Chadron. Neb., June 23.—Three train men reported that two men stealing i ride were killed today when the North western doubleheader freight train east bound struck a washout caused by i cloudburst, 40 miles from Chadron. AGED 101 YEARS. TIRED OF LIFE, HE SUICIDE! Harrisburg. Ky., June 29.—Henr: I Miller, aged 104 years, grew tired of lif I and committed suicide today by tak 1 inc purls green. F NEBRASKA BANKERS PROPOSE STRINGENT PROTECTIVE MEANS Prosecution to Follow State ments of Suspicion Against Any Banking House. Lincoln, Neb., June 27.—To start a rumor that any state or national bank is in an unsound condition will be a misdemeanor punishable in Nebraska by a prison sentence, if the next legis lature passed the bill which has been prepared by the Nebraska Bankers’ as sociation. Secretary Hughes has sent out cir culars telling that such a bill has been prepared and asking all bankers to sup port the executive committee in an ef fort to secure its passage. The punishment mentioned in the bill is a fine of not more than $5,000 and imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not more than five years. At present a suit in an equity court Is the only action which can reach a man guilty of injuring the reputation of a bank. As most men who make statements derogatory to a bank's con dition are financially irresponsible, a suit will do no good. They must be reached by a prison sentence, say the bankers. Bills similar to the one of the Ne braska bankers have been prepared iq every other state at the suggestion of the American Bankers’ association. PENDER WILL BUILD $7,000 LIGHTING PLANT Pender, Neb., June 27.—Pender has voted $7,000 bonds for the erection of a municipal lighting plant. TELEPHONE COMPANIES WOULD RAISE RATES Lincoln, Neb., June 27.—If the people who use telephones . up in Antelope county furnished by the Antelope Mu tual Telephone company have any ob jections to rates being raised, they will be given the chance to enter their pro tests by July 10. The company says that it has got so much business that it finds it cannot profitably take care of it at the present rates, and asks permission to increase rates on farm line phones from $1 to $1.25 a month and business phones at Elgin to $2 from the present rate of $1. The Scotia Telephone company, up in Greeley county, another independent mutual, is having, the same trouble. It has asked to be allowed to increase business phones from $18 to $20 a year and farm phones from $13 to $15. “WETS” FINALLY WIN IN HASTINGS CONTEST i Hastings, Neb., June 27.—Hastings is no longer “dry.” That is, when the necessary time required by law for ad vertising and other arrangements elapses, the saloons will again be granted licenses by the city council. At last night’s council meeting, fol lowing the instructions of District Judge Ragan, E. L. Gauvreau took his seat as councilman from the Second ward, ousting C. I. Van Patten, who has occupied the position as council man since the recent election. This gives the "wets" a majority in the city council, so immediately after Mr. Gauvreau was seated two pool hall licenses were granted. No saloon licenses were granted as the applications are not in proper shape, but as soon as they can be put so practically all the saloon keepers will be granted permits to reopen their saloons, TAYLOR FOUND*WIFE, BUT HAD TO S*<IDDOO Lincoln, Neb., June 27.—Jerry Taylor, colored, is here from Fremont looking for his wife, who came down some days ago ostensibly to visit a brotherinlaw. Somebody wrote to Jerry that his wife met another man in Lincoln, and he hot footed it on a tour of investigation. When he located bts wife, he found the man she had been reported as having met here, and Jerry was told to fly the coop, skiddo, get out, while his spouse took refuge upstairs. Jerry asked the police to help him. He said that his wife had taken the family roll, consisting of 27 hard earn ed dollars, and if the police would please get that back for him, they need not bother about the woman. She could go 44 444444444444444444444444 4 BOY MUST MAKE WAY 4 4 WITHOUT EXPENSES 4 4 4 4 Central City, Neb., June 27.— 4 4 If Charlie Meyer, a 16-year-old- 4 4 boy, who Is on his way from 4 4 Brooklyn, N. Y., across the con- 4 4 tinent, reaches San Bernardino, 4 4 Cal., by September 15, he will 4 4 find awaiting him a steady job 4 4 and $100 in cash. He is, how- 4 4 ever, traveling on a wager, 4 i 4 which does not allow him to 4 I 4 spend a cent for carfare or food. 4 4 That he has a good chance of 4 I 4 being successful is evident from 4 ! 4 the fact that he covered the dis- 4 ' 4 tance between New York and 4 4 Central City In 14 days. His case 4 | 4 is Interesting because the wager 4 ; 4 came about as a test of his 4 ' 4 qualities. He has a brother in 4 4 San Bernardino, who is a 4 ; 4 wealthy fruit grower and an 4 4 exceedingly practical man. He 4 4 notified the boy that he had a 4 4 good job for him. but wanted to 4 4 see him do something to earn 4 4 it, and so laid down the terms 4 | 4 on which the lad is making his 4 i 4 trip. 4 , -e 4 4-44444444444444444444444 MAN FOUND WIFE HANGING TO TREE; SHE WAS INSANE AVayne. Neb., June 27.—When Jasper Meyer got up yesterday morning his w ife was missing, and going out doors, accompanied by his two children, aged 5 and 7 years, they found the wife and mother hanging to a tree, dead. The woman had slipped out of the house during the night and committed suicide. Tlie Meyers live near Pender and were visiting at the home of Mrs. Meyer's father. Bars Spike, eight miles southwest of Wayne, where the tragedy | occurred. Mrs. Meyer was evidently insane, having been in an asylum for some time before she was married. FISH SELLS OUT 12,000 SHARES OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL New York, June 27.—Stuyvesant Fish, ox-president of the Illinois Cen j ttal railroad, It is said in banking ctr | clcs today, has sold in open market ; most of the 12,000 shares of stock in that road, which he owned when he retired front the presidency and board of directors. i Report was that he had disposed of . nil but about 2.000 shares, and that , liquidation of his holdings was at least . Ir. part responsible for the present de cline, which has taken rilaco in the stock since the middle of May. LIGHTNING ROD MONOPOLY SOUGH1 Secure Injunction to Protecl Him in Erecting Copper Pointed Shockers. Lincoln Neb., .Tune 26.—Dodd & Struthers mustn’t sell patent coppei cabie lightning rods in Nebraska, at least until after the district court ol Lancaster county has passed upon the matter. W. C. Shinn secured an in junction in district court restraining the Des Moines firms and two of its agents, one in Omaha and one in Lincoln, from disposing of any of its goods. Shinn says that several years ago he. bought the right to manufacture this special brand of goods in the state, and paid IS,000 for the privilege. He insists that under the contract of purchase the de fendants cannot do business here. Shinn has been In the business but a few years, but has made a mint of money out of It. He lias a number of men on the road, owns an auto and a fine house and all made out of lightning rods, which are still sold in large num bers. UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF RAIN OVER STATE; Lincoln, Neb., June 26.—Weekly weather bulletin for week ending Janq 22.—The first half of the week was cool, cloudy and showery, ivhi'e the last three days were warm and mostly clear. The daily mean temperature was be tween 68 and 74 degrees, while the average of the state wag 70 degrees, which is just about the normal for the third week in June. The temperature was generally below normal on the first three days, while the last two w rery w— i, with maximum tempt * tures mostly between 90 and 98 degrees. The rainfall was very generally above normal. It ranged from one inefi to a little more than two Inches In the east ern half of the state, and exceeded half an Inch In most of the western half. Rain fell In most central and eastern counties on each of the first four days of the week. The heaviest rainfall oc-, curred Wednesday afternoon or night, when, at many places, more than an inch fell. The showers on the cfher days were light. The total rainfall from April 1 to date is decidedlj above normal, except In the southw'est, where It is slightly below normal. LUMBER COMPANIES FINED $10 EACH; PEOPLE TO PAY IT Lincoln Neb., June 26.—The modest assessment of $10 each has been levied on the members of the Nebraska Lum ber Dealers' association to pay the costs assessed against that organization lr» the case brought by the attorney gen eral on the charge that It Is a trust. In addition to the $4,000 costs, about $8,0C0 was expended for attorney fees, and these have already been paid byi the association. "In the end," says Secretary Critch fleld, “the dear people will pay the expense. The lumber dealer will have to get It hack out of his customers, as one of the expenses of running hls business. That Is but natural and to be expected. It may have the effect of hereafter discouraging suits brought for political effect.” JOHN D. TO WRITE STORY OF HIS LIFE yields to Wishes of Family— To Discuss Oil, Golf and Philanthropy. New York, June 26.—Announcement Is made by the World's Work magazine that John D. Rockefeller will write for publication the story of his life under the title of "Some Random Reminis cences of Men and Events." In explanation of the series of arti cles which will begin next October, Mr. Rockefeller says: "I have come to see that if my fam ily and friends want some record of things which may shed light on mat ters which have been somewhat dis cussed, It Is right that I should yield to their advice and in this informal way go over again some events which have made life interesting to me.” While Mr. Rockefeller will tell much about the Standard Oil business, he also will discuss great financial insti tutions, road building, country life gen erally, golf and philanthropy. INVENT FIREWORKS TO REALLY SHOUT PATRIOTIC WORDS Paris Ju. 26.—Fireworks, which not only please the eye but are capable of reproducing patriotic cries, was the subject of a special communication read today before the French Academy of Sciences. Inventors of local fireworks are George and Giuetave Laudet, who have been working on the system three years. By arrangement of different ex plosives. they are now able to produce both vowels and consonants in the rail road cartridge. Their design is able to make a set piece for the 14th of July which will shout: • Vive La Republtque!” MEXICANS WOULD SHUT AMERICANS OUT OF GOOD JOBS City of Mexico. June 26.—The Mex ican Herald publishes a story to the effect that railroad employes through out the republic of Mexico are plan ning the organization of a union which will have for Us sole aim the exclus ion of Americans from connection in any capacity with the various roads. According to the Herald. 90 per cent of the railroad men of the republic are Mexicans, the other 10 per cent of the positions being held principal ly by Americans, these latter filling the positions of the greatest respon sibility. __ CLOTHES ON BANK, SEARCH IN RIVER ottsvUle, Pa.. June 26.—Three Minersvtlle hoys left their clothes or the edge of Long dam and caused near ly the whole population of that town to help drag the waters for their bod ies, as it was supposed they had beer drowned. When all efforts proved futile the boys, who were playing baseball in a state of nudeness in a nearby field put in an appearance. BOY CLASPS LEGS OF JUDGE, ENTERS PLEA FOR MOTHER Had Been Dressed in Girl’s. Clothes and Kidnaped From School by Her. Lincoln, Neb., June 25.—With both, arms sturdily clasping Judge Frost’s, legs, little 6-year-old Edward Conklin begged him to please let him go back with his mamma, from whom an offleer of the juvenile home had forcibly taken, him. A minute before the judge had said that the woman had not shown sufficient signs of reformation to con vince him that she was a proper person, to have the custody of the lad and that he would have to separate them. Im mediately the little chap detached him self from his mother’s arms and marching up to the judge, made his plea. It did not avail, however, but the promise was held out that if thd mother continues her present good conduct the lad will be restored to her. Some of the court’s wrath was due to the fact that the mother had recently kidnaped her bov. The court had placed him with her brother. She came down from Grand Island, went to the school he was attending and took him away. In order to get him out of town she dressed him in girl’s clothes and suc cessfully evaded the officers. He was. located a few days ago, and brought back. WARDEN PROVIDES WORK FOR NEWSPAPER MAIM Lincoln, Neb., June 25.—Warden Beemer, of the state penitentiary, is. about ready to start a newspaper which’ will be edited and composed by in mates of the prison. One of the latest acquisitions to the penitentiary is a. newspaper man from Boone county, and he will be relieved from the occupa tion of broom making and put in charge of the newspaper enterprise. 4 RIVAL FARMS HAVE 4 4 12 CHILDREN EACH 4 4 4 4 Norfolk, Neb., June 25.—On 4 4 adjoining farms in Boyd county 4 4 live John Storm and Lawrence 4 4 Bowers, brothersinlaw. Each has 4 4 12 living children. Now it is 4 4 proposed that the two families 4 4 be photographed in a bunch and 4 4 a picture be sent to President 4 4 Roosevelt as a Nebraska boost 4 4 in the anti-race suicide crusade. 4 4 _ i . . . . . . t t , , 4 LEAGUE OFFICERS WANT A DECISION Removal of Wayne Officers, Bone of Contention Engag ing Governor’s Attention. Lincoln, Neb., June 25.—Officers of the state Anti-Saloon league are beginning to caustically criticise Governor Shel don because he hasn't given a prom ised decision on the complaint brought to remove the mayor and councilmen of Wayne from office on a charge that they had been derelict in duty in not cancelling a license to Peter Thompson after his conviction for selling liquor to minors. The testimony was taken away back in February, and a decision was promised within two weeks. Since then the license year has expired, and Thompson’s license has been renewed. In the view of the league this new grant is more reason why the mayor and council should be removed, but the governor has given no word. At the governor’s office it was stated that there is a legal question involved which it is expected the supreme court will pass upon shortly. That is, wheth er the mayor and council had the right to revoke the permit to Thompson un der the circumstances. The governor does not want to order proceedings to remove the men unless he is sure that they had legal power to do what they are accused of refraining from doing. ROAD LOSES BUSINESS BY THE WITHDRAWAL OF TELEGRAPH OPERATORS Lincoln, Neb., June 25.—Rather than please its patrons the Missouri Paclfle has deliberately withdrawn telegraph operators from various stations ini southeastern Nebraska, notwithstand ing the fact that thereby it is losing a large amount of business. These matters were brought out in a hearing before the state railway com mission of a complaint made by grain and live stock dealers at Wabash, who want the board to order the telegraph station reinstated, on the ground that they have been cut off from all mar ket communication and are unable to secure cars with which to promptly dispatch shipments. The agent of the company testified' that the company formerly did a busi ness of $30,000 a year, which, on a com mission basis, netted him $75 a month. Now that there was no telegraph sta tion, he was unable to earn over $30 a month on the same basis, due to the shrinkage in business, most of which has gone to points on the Rock Island some five or ten miles distant. The commission will issue the order asked on next Monday. 4444444-4444-444444444444444 4 4 4 DE VOE HAS WEATHER 4 4 PROPHECY TO SELL. 4 4 4 4 Lincoln, Neb., June 25.—Gov. 4 4 ernor Sheldon has received an 4 4 offer from J. A. DeVoe, of Hack- 4 4 ensack, offering to sell a prop- 4 4 liecy of the weather in Nebras- 4 4 ka for the next two years for 4 4 $1,000 and guarantees 80 per 4 4 cent of his statements to hold 4 4 water. While admitting that 4 4 DeVoe has the rainmakers 4 4 faded in the wash, the governor 4 4 was at last accounts looking for 4 4 a political weather prophet who 4 4 makes a specialty of Burkett 4 4 predictions^ 4 POTTER PALMER’S NEPHEW DIES OF PROSTRATION; 109 DEGREES ON STREET Chicago, June 25.—The excessive heat continued today to add to its roll of victims, and before the day had far advanced had claimed six By noon the temperature on the stref ; was 109. Nu merous prostrations were reported. Edwin Palmer, a nephew of the late Potter Palmer, died today as a result of having been overcome by heat sev eral days ago.