Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
rNEILU NEBRASKA
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' 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.
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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.
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it BRYAN ADVOCATES 4
4 DRESS REFORM. 4
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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4 BOY MUST MAKE WAY 4
4 WITHOUT EXPENSES 4
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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
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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.
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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.