THE O'NEILL FRONTIER
O. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
PNEILL, NEBI1A8KA
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The London Globe recently published
»n article on "The World s Oldest
Tree,” which was reported In several
American papers. The writer said that
the granddaddy of all present trees was
to be found on the Isle of Cos, on the
coast of Asia Minor, was estimated to
be considerably more than 2,600 years
Old and .had a circumference of 32V4
feet. In a letter to the New York Trib
une Ivy L. Lee, head of the publicity
department of the Pennsylvania rail
road, disputes the Globe's statements.
“It Is evident," says Mr. Lee, that the
writer of this note was not familiar
with the big trees of California, a large
number of which are probably more
than 2,500 years old, and It Is certain
that the oldest and largest of them—
namely, the "Grizzly Giant," in the
Mariposa grove, near Yosemlte park
la upward of 8,000 years old. Calcula
tions to this effect have been made by
eminent scientists, and there Is prob
ably no doubt of their correctness. Not
only It this great tree and many of ils
companions of such great uge, but It
•hows no tendency toward decay. The
trunk of this tree is more than 100 feet
In circumference.
There are 200 Indians in the Thirty
•eventh. Being a rural corps the Hnldi
mauds are weak In strength and consid
erably more than half of them are red
men, second or third year men almost
without exception. At the time of the
Toronto Inspection, In 1901, the Thirty
seventh had but seven companies. Of
Ills own Initiative, Captain John.yn, an
Indian himself, came forward and or
ganized a company of red men from
the Six Nations. Today he Is captain
of as keen a body of recruits as there Is
In the whole camp. His son Is a lieu
tenant In the same company. Lieuten
ant Smith, who was one of the two na
tives of North America who went to
the coronation from the Thirty-seventh,
U an officer of the third company. He
!• a full-blooded Mohawk. All these
servants of the king are well set offi
cers of military bearing and clean-cut,
expressive features.
How many people know that the
clouds have definite forms, suys Ar
thur W. Clayden, of the Royal Al
bert Memorial college, Exeter, England,
In an article on "Clouds," In Har
per's Magazine. The short curling
wisps that lie In bunches or long par
allels, extremely beautiful, but del
icate, are called cirrus clouds. Alto
clouds uro denser, and dim the sun or
hide It, brilliant and solid clouds that
are never Iridescent, but are the most
splendid of all In the sky when sunset
colors fall upon them. Mackerel sky
Is u familiar kind of cloud, and actual
ly does presage unsettled weather. The
towering vaporous white pyramids,
those that we watch oftenest as they
cross the" sky, are known as cumulus.
Thunder clouds to the observant eye
look like anvils at the crest, and when
they sink down Into flat tops the storm
1s over.
Prague, In Bohemia, Is now holding
a great exposition, to last until No
vember, having put up 21 large expo
sition halls and 100 smaller edltlceS,
■housing 2,300 exhibitors. The Experi
ment and Educational Institute for
Brewing, of Berlin, Germany, Intends
to hold the international barley and
hop exposition at Berlin from October
10 to 16. Warsaw, Russia, Intends
soon to have a permanent exposition
»f all articles and goods manufactured
beyond the limits of Russia “for the
purpose of getting better acquainted
With foreign trade.” China Is prepar
ing to demonstrate to the world the
value and variety of Its productions by
an exposition at Nankin. The Mexi
can national exposition is to be held In
Puebla in the spring of 1910.
The following advertisement appeared
last week in a Berlin puper, Buys the
Manchester Guardian: "A lady under
takes to arrunge rich marriages. She
stands in relations with the directress
of a hydro In Switzerland o.pnduoted by
a famous doctor, with both native and
foreign clientele of both sexes and good
position. On receipt of Intimation as to
circumstances and claims Information
will bo given. When the person arrives
at the hydro he will be placed favor
ably at a table and In the rooms, and
In the arrangement of tours in the Im
mediate society of eligible parties. Ab
solute discretion Is guaranteed."
As an Instance of the Great East
ern railway's elaborate precautions for
the safety of travelers on Its system,
the Railway News says that at Brox
bourne. for the purpose of advising
the station signalman when a train
has passed his down or up advanced
starting signal, a rail contact is placed
shout 300 yards ahead of the respec
tive advanced starting signals, and
#n the engine reaching the rail contact
a bell is rung in the signal box, and
this bell continues ringing until the
signal Is replaced to danger.
Motors of five horse power are being
Installed ut the lock gates of the Wel
land canal, Milwaukee, and It Is said
that when they are In operations the
passage of vessels from Port Oolborne
to Port Palhousle will be expedited to
the extent of three hours. This im
provement foreshadows similar savings
of time whenever canals exist In which
there is extensive locking to overcome
differences in levels. The big gates
along tlie Panama canal will, of course,
be operated by electricity.
In all probability the roulette wheel
as we moderns know It came from Ja
pan. Ages ago the Japanese attained
to a higher degree of mechanical piety
than Papist or Protestant ever dreamed
of; they had a praying wheel which
was marked off In sections, each sec
tion containing a printed prayer. When
a penitent spun the wheel a rachet
brought it to a gradual stop, and there
was a ready made prayer for him.
Every time he turned the wheel a good
mark was made for him In heaven.
Harvard’s astronomical observatory
has completed mounting on Its grounds
a five-foot reflecting telescope, the
largest astronomical instrument In the
world. The Harvard instrument is
20 Inches wider than the Yerkes tele
scope. The largest telescope ever con
■tructed was a six-foot reflector, made
by Lord Horse in 1813, and set up in
the park of his-castle In Ireland. But
for various reasons this telescope was
not long of any use, and It was aban
doned many years ago. It Is an Inter
esting relic, still to be seen with Its
mirror of metal and Its clumsy mount
ing at Parsontown, Ireland.
India's government has recently au
thorized the employment of women tel
egraph operators. The candidates must
be between IS and 30 years of age, anil
they must be unmarried, or widows.
They must undergo a training of 13
months in the telegraph training
classes, during which time They will
receive J6.65 a month, the same al
lowance that is drawn by male learn
ers.
A pair of robins have built a nest
and hatched a fatally In the pocket of
-an old waistcoat which had been left
Changing on the wall of an unoccupied
icottage at Lodswcrth, England.
BEEF PRICES ARE
’WAY UP TO STAY
The Passing of the Range Land
Means No More Cheap Meat,
Says Colonel Pryor.
Kansas City, Aug. 18.—"There
will be no more < heap beef. Cheap
range land Ib a thing of the past.
Cheap cattle and cheap beef must go
with the cheat) land." Colonel Ike T.
Pryor, president of the Cattle Kaisers'
association, of Texas, says the people
of America must face the foregoing sit
uation. The high price of beef Is not
a temporary thing. It Is the result of
the cutting up of the cattle ranges
Into farms. The consumer of meat
(must pay big prices for beef as a pen
alty for the breaking of the prairie
and the settling of the new country.
Colonel Pryor lives in San Antonio,
Tex., but controls a commission com
pany at the Kansas City stock yards
and spends some of his time here each
year.
He has been president of the Cattle
.Kaisers’ association three years. The
organization Is composed of U.500 cat
tlemen In Texas, Oklahoma and New
Mexico. The members control 5,000,
000 head of cattle.
"The number of cattle in Texas is
decreasing temporarily,” Colonel Pryor
said recently. "The big ranches are
cupt up into small ranches or farms.
After the farms have been Improved
the farmers will raise more cattle in
the same territory than the ranchmen
raised, but they will be more expen
sive to raise and must bring higher
prices than the range cattle.”
DOG SAVES MASTER
FROM VIOLENT DEATH
IJncoln. Neb.. Aug. 18.—Only the
reckless bravery of Ills cocker spaniel,
which attacked a maddened hull that
had him clown and was goring him,
saved Juines Myers, a contractor, fiom
death yesterday evening. Myers had
let his cow out of the pasture and
was about to follow after, when a mad
bull charged him from behind. Its
head struc k him In the middle of the
back and nearly broke his neck by the
swift Impact of the blow.
The furious little dog grabbed and
twisted with all Its liny strength at
one of the bull's hind legs, and was
successful In attracting Its attention
long enough for Myers to rise and
stagger through the gate. Through the
force of habit ho closed this after
him and staggered down the road after
the cow.
When he reached home hi$ mind was
a blank and he has had hut rare In
tervals of sanity since then, lie is
gradually improving, however, but has c
not the slightest recollection of what \
happened to him in the pasture or of
occurrences of the day. The only wit
ness to the attack was a little girl, who
told the story of the dog's loyalty. The
bull's horn is supposed to have struck
and paralyzed a nerve in the spinal
column. Myers was frightfully gored
In several places and the maddened
animal had trampled upon and crushed
a loot. The bull had previously at
tacked and injured two others, one
the owner.
PRATTS ARE DENIED
LEGAL SEPARATION;
SENSATIONAL CASE
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 18. Judge Ken
nedy thin morning denied the petition
of Mrs. J. H. Pratt for a divorce from
her husband, who Is a millionaire cat
tle and land owner. He also denied the
cross petition of the husband for a de
cree.
She charged Colonel Pratt with be
ing physically Incompetent, an habitual
drunkard und that he annoyed her be
cause he paid neither his own nor her
bills.
The court declared that Mrs. Pratt
knew her husband was 78 when she
married him. therefore the first charge
fell flat; that daily drinking did not
make an habitual drunkard, and the
third charge did not constitute grounds
for a decree.
The court said the charge of adultery
made by the wife was not established.
The evidence being Insuflh lent to grant
the wife's prayer, court said, made
It Impossible also to grant Pratt's
cross petition for a divorce. He was
charged with the costs, including at
torneys' fees. The case has been a sen
rational one. because of the prominence
of the purttes and the lacy evidence
Introduced.
WINSTON CHURCHILL TO
WED A BEAUTIFUL GIRL
London, Aug. 18.—A press association
says It Is authorized to announce that
Winston rhurehill. president of the
board of trade, will marry Miss Clem
entine Hosier, daughter of the late Sir
Henry Hosier. K. (\ R., who died in
February in Panama. The wedding
will probably take place in the autumn.
The bride elect is well known for her
literary and artistic talent. She was
retired In an atmosphere of art and lit
erature. She is fall' haired, her feat
ures are classic, and she is slim and
graceful. She is widely read, an ac
complished musician and speaks half
u dozen languages fluently.
GRAND AERIE OF EAGLES
CHOOSES NEW OFFICERS
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 1$.--Tlu follow-*
lng officers were elected by the grand
aerie of Eagles: Grand worthy pres
ident, Bernard J. Monaghan, Philadel
phia: grand worthy vice president.
Frank E. Hering, South Bend. Ind.;
grand worthy chaplain, John A. Cline,
Cleveland, Ohio; grand worthy secre
tary, Conrad E. Mann, Milwaukee;
grand worthy treasurer, Finley McRae,
Helena. Mont.: grand worthy conduct
| or, Charles K. McDonald. Buffalo.:
! grand inside guard. Robert L. Arm
; strong. Fort Worth; grand trustees,
I Martin J. Gray, New Haven. William
; T. Garland. Boston, Henry L. Lea, Se
attle; W. C. McKinney, Saginaw.
2.000 SHEEP BURNED.
East Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 18.—Fire
' early today destroyed sheep sheds at
New York Central stock yards. About
2,000 sheep and calves were burned,
j Loss. $100,000.
SHOOTS CRUEL HUSBAND
I New York, Aug. 18.—Mrs. Rose Gra
• ziano, aged 10, walked into the police
I station in Brooklyn and presenting a
loaded revolver to a detective, an
nounced she had shot and killed her
husband. Dominick.
"I killed him because he wanted me
to become an immoral woman,” Mrs.
Graziano said to the detective. She
» said her husband had refused to work,
had spent $000 of her money, and then
requested her to get more. After
many quarrels she shot him to death
as he lay asleep in their home.
woman was arrested on a charge
of murder.
! DREW HIS SALARY
CONTRARY TO LAW
Hincoln, Neb., Aug. 17.—The county
board of commissioners is apparently
in for another law suit. A prying tax
payer has discovered that for the last
four years D. R. C. Miller, the present
county assessor, drew pay at the rate
of $3 for every working day as a deputy
for his father, who preceded him in the
office. This employment was author
ized by tfie county board in the face of
the fact that the statute plainly says
that no deputy shall be employed be
yound the time of adjournment of the
county board, which would leave a dep
uty's term of employment, about three
and one-hnlf months each year.
This means that about $2,400 has been
pain out to Miller, with apparent dis
regard of the law. The commissioners
say that thc-y have been allowing the
employment of a deputy under a gen
eral law' which permits them to name
a deputy for an officer who receives
no fees, upon request and a declaration
from the officer that he needs aid. It
Is probable that the county board will
face a suit to recover on their bonds
for the money thus paid out.
STABBING AFFRAY
EXCITES MILFORD
Seward. Neb., Aug. 17.—Sheriff Gillen
was called yesterday to Milford, where
he arrested George Dorr, charged with
stabbing one Held, who lives at Beaver
Crossing. Sheriff Gillen brought his
prisoner back to Seward immediately
for fear of violence. Held had three
ribs broken besides sustaining a bad
slash In the back.
The trouble began when Dorr. It Is
said, amused himself at the merrygo
round by flicking the women patrons
with a whip as the machine went
round. Held, who was with a young
woman, resented these attentions. )
When their ride was over he proceeded
to tell Dorr what he thought of him.
Hot words led quickly to a battle and
as the men wrestled on the ground
Held, It is said, enthusiastically bit
Dorr on the leg. They were separated
and went their ways.
Hater Dorr found Held at a hotel.
He demanded satisfaction for the rent
In his trousers and the pain in his leg.
Held thought a little more of the same
somewhere else might distract Dorr’s
attention, and another mlxup occurred, j
When others in the lobby tried to sep- |
arate the men Held .was stabbed In the |
hack. Dorr Is accused of the deed and i
Is In jail, awaiting the outcome of 1
Held’s injuries.
GAME WARDEN ASKED
TO SHUT OFFICIAL EYES
ON SQUIRREL SHOOTING
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 17.—Farmers are |
strongly protesting to the state game
warden upon the law's inhibition 1
against squirrel hunting. They want
an open season, and propose demanding
relief from the next legislature.
Fronting by their immunity the
squirels have become both bold and .
numerous, stripping corn from the ,
stalks and gnawing holes in gruneries
where they have feasted on the stored
surplus. The game warden will recom
mend the granting of a three months'
open season, and meanwhile he may
be Induced to look the other way while
the farmers kill off a few of the more
voracious animals.
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4 Omaha, Neb.. Aug. 18.—Mrs. 4 I
4 Florence Muybriek, the Aineri- 4 j
4 can woman who spent the bet- 4 j
4 ter years of her life in an Eng- 4 i
4 lish prison on the charge of 4
4 poisoning her husband, was in 4
4 Omaha yesterday. 4
4 She left on a special train 4
4 over the Union Pacific in an en- 4
4 deavor to reach Fullerton, Neb., 4
4 in time to keep an engagement 4
4 to lecture there in the after- 4
4 noon. 4
4 "I do not like to talk about 4
4 my experiences In England," she 4
4 said In reply to a question, "al- 4
4 though I lecture about them on 4
4 the Chautauqua platform. 4
4 "I have never really recov- 4
4 ored from the effects of my long 4
4 imprisonment, but never a day 4
4 passes that I do not thank, in 4
4 my heart, the people who stayed 4
4 by me so nobly and finally se- 4
4 cured my release." 4
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SIX MONTHS OLD PIG
TRAVELS ON SIX LEGS
Butte, Neb., Aug. 18—William Green,
a Boyd county farmer. Is the proud
possessor of a six-legged pig. The an
imal is now six months old, of usual
size and form except that he has four
perfect front legs and feet.
HARRIMAN ROADS WILL
BUY 6,000 STEEL CARS
New York, Aug. 18.—The Harriman
roads are in the market for 6,000 steel
cars. No order has been placed, but
the car equipment companies have been
notified that tills amount represents the
total of an early purchase by the Har
riman lines, and for inure than half
of the cars there have been filed specifi
cations on which the equipment com
panies may base their bids. Competi
tion between the companies is said to
be k'en, for the order, if filed, will be
the largest since the panic.
For Just what tne cars are wanted
has not been made known. Three Har
riman lines—the Union Pacific. South
ern Pacific and Illinois Central—have
put themselves In funds by the sale of
securities and are In a position to make
extensive purchases. Some of the or
ders, it is thought, may be placed by
tlie Harriman Mexican line, which
closed a contract last week for 28,000
tone of steel rails. That order, like the
equipment order, is the largest of its
kind since the financial disturbance.
The estimated cost of 6,000 steel cars
ranges from $0,000,000 to $7,000,000. It
Is expected that the lower figure will
prove more nearly correct for the rea
son that competition between the
equipment companies may result in a
cut price.
FIRST FROST REPORT.
Mcdora. N. D.. Aug. IS.—A heavy
frost occurred here last night. Grain
is too far advanced to suffer damage.
MOB THREATENS TO
TAKE NEGRO’S LIFE
Springfield, 111., Aug. IS.—So men
acing was the crown around the court
house today when Mrs. Hallam. wife
of the street car conductor Identified
George Richardson, a negro, as the
man who last night dragged her from
a bed to the rear of the yard at her
home gnd then brutally assaulted her,
it became mcersuty to guard the negro
with scvtral deputy sheriffs heavily
armed to prevent summary vengeance
being 1'illjcttm. —
COMMISSIONERS
FORGE DRUGGISTS
TO LABEL GOODS
Dispensers Find No Shelter Be
hind Initial Date of
May 1, 1907.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 14. — After a
Short, brisk fight with the food com
missioner the druggists of Nebraska
have capitulated, and promise that
hereafter all preparations on their
shelves containing any of the drugs
required by the pure food law to ap
pear on the label as being contained
therein shall be branded, no matter
when they were purchased.
Two hundred complaints had been
drawn up by the food commissioner
against as many druggists, upon whom
his Inspectors had reported. These were
to be proceeded against for sell
ing headache remedies that contained
acetlnalid, but were not so marked.
Acetlnalid is a coal tar preparation
which relieves pain in the head by les
sening the heart action. If long con
tinued, according to the medical
sharks, the heart Is so weakened that
when disease comes and an unusual
Strain is put upon that argan, It is
unable to respond and death comes.
The theory of the law is that if buyers
knew the package contained such a
drug they would not buy it, and it
is to apprise them of it that brand
ing is required.
When the law was passed the drug
gists got a proviso tacked on that it
should be a defense if It was proved
that they had the goods on hand on
May 1, 1907, when the law became
operative. The commissioner held that
this meant the druggists would have
to prove it In court, and as he re
fused to take their word for it, the
dealers were up against it. To fight
meant to confess to their customers
that they were selling dangerous drugs
that were unmarked, and as the cost
would be big, they gave up. This was
decided at a meeting of Lincoln drug
gists, who had taken counsel with of
ficers of the state association. They
have agreed that the goods will ail
be branded at once, and the commis
sioner agrees to withhold prosecutions
and drop them if this is done.
TAX WRANGLE HAS
OLD TIME SOUND
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 14.—After vigor
ously shaking its fist at the Douglas
county merchants and jobbers who
make poor returns to the assessor, the
state board of equalization declined to
raise their assessments at all. The ob
jection, which is a yearly one, was
put in by Lincoln merchants, who de
clared that they were discriminated
against by this means, and to appease
them the board lowered those of Lan
caster 10 per cent.
Lincoln jobbers say that the Omaha
jobbers systematically return small
sums for assessment purposes, and are
permitted to do so by the assessor on
the plea that this gives them an ad
vantage over rival jobbers in Kansas
City, Sioux City and elsewhere that
doesn't hurt anybody in Omaha, but
rather helps because it brings more
money Into the city.
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INDIAN WANTS TESTAMENT
IN NATIVE LANGUAGE
■Winnebago, Neb., Aug. 14.—Olive”
Lamere. a Winnebago Indian and an
Influential member of the sect known as
"tlie mescal eaters,” has gone to New
York city for the purpose of securing
aid in having the new testament trans
lated Into the Indian tongue.
Lamere, who Is a graduate of Carlisle
and highly Intelligent, is attracting
much attention in the "heap big town.”
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TWO YOUNG LADIES
IN BAD RUNAWAY
Ponca. Net).. Aug. 14. — Miss Ethel
Rice and Miss Mae McCarthy, daugh
ter of J. J. McCarthy, were badly
bruised in a runaway yesterday. The
horse they were driving became fright
ened at a cow, overturned the buggy
and dashed through a wire fence.
CHINA AND JAPAN AT
OUTS AGAIN; CARGO
OF RIFLES IS SEIZED
London. Aug. 14.—Another cloud has
arisen between China and Japan, ac
cording to a dispatch from Hong Kong,
owing to the seizure at Chin Chou by
Chinese authorities of a steamer hav
ing on board 10,000 rifles and 2,000,000
cartridges. Japanese merchants have
protested, claiming the cargo belongs to
them. They threaten to make another
international question out of the inci
dent.
WEARS SHOES 30 YEARS;
HALF-SOLES ’EM ONCE
Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 14.—As llie posses
sor of a pair of “Sunday shoes,” which
he has worn regularly for 30 years, Isaiah
Zug. ol' Milton Grove, has established a
new record for economy in footwear. Mr.
Zug also has a pair of “everyday boots,”
which he wore for the same period of
time.
Once, some years ago, Mr. Zug had the
“everyday boots” half soled, the work
being done by Adam Ebersole, of Master
sonville.
One of the strict customs of the rural
districts of eastern Pennsylvania is this
wearing of “Sunday shoes” and “every
day shoes,” or “everyday boots,” as pre
ferred.
SAGANS LIKE VILLA IN
SIGHT OF VESUVIUS
Romo, Aug. 14.—According to reports
from Naples, the Prince and Princess
de Sagan, formerly Countess de Castel
lane (nee Gould) have expressed their
intention of spending part of the next
autumn at the beautiful villa of Gari
baldi. at Posillipo, one of the most
charming spots on the enchanting
Parthenopean gulf, with a superb view
of the sea and Vesuvius.
The princely couple saw the villa
when here, and on their arrival from
America in the spring, and then decid
ed to return at the earliest possible mo
ment.
DUKE’S FORMER WIFE
CONVICTED OF FRAUD
Chicago, Aug. 14.—Mrs. Alice L. Webb,
divorced wife erf Brodie L. Duke, mil
.lonatre tobacco manufacturer, today
was found guilty of defrauding the
Great Northern hotel by passing a
worthless check.
Sentence was deferred pending argu
ment for a new trial. The extreme pe;^
alty for the crime is a fine of 5*2.000
and imprisonment in the county jail
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$270,000,000 IS
ADDED TO STATE’S
REAL VALUATION
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Farm Lands Gain One-Third of
a Billion in Four Years—
Railroads Increased.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 13.—Farm lands
In Nebraska have Increased in value
over $270,000,000 In the last four years.
This Is the dictum of the state board
of equalization, which has just finished
tho work of going over the farm land
tax list.
Four years ago the board fixed the
value at $730,000,000. This year it is
$1,005,000,000—over a billion dollars.
These figures represent about 85 per
cent of the actual value, so that the
real increase Is over a third of a bil
lion dollars.
In the meantime the railroad assess
ment of the state has gone up from
$46,000,000 to $53,000,000, or actual val
ue increased from $230,000,000 to $265,
000,000. It is expected that this big
increase in farm lands as opposed to
the $35,000,000 In railroad property will
cause a great deal of comment, but as
a matter of fact that increase does not
fully represent the real bump the rail
roads have got in recent years. For a
long time they got off with a small
assessment. $27 000,000, but In 1903 this
was suddenly increased to $46,000,000
CARRIE NATION LOOKS
FOR SOMETHING MILDER
THAN A VILE CIGAR
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 13.—Mrs. Carrie
A. Nation tried to make the manager
of the Lincoln hotel feel sorry for him
self yesterday. Mrs. Nation stopped
short as she came down the stairway
and saw a pretty young woman be
hind the cigar case.
"Here, you," she shouted at the pass
ing manager. "Ain’t you ashamed of
yourself compelling that young woman
to stand there selling those dirty, stink
ing cigars. And you. men, standing
there smoking the vile things. Let me
out of here," as she threw up her
hands. “I don't want to smell men; I
want to smell something sweeter. I am
going out to look for a skunk.”
A little later one of the waiters in
the restaurant was amazed to have a
mild looking little woman rise up and
shout: “Here, take tills away. I won’t
eat in a place where they let beer ad
vertisements be printed on their menu
cards. I’ll-”
Just then some man lighted a cigar
at the cashier's desk a few feet away.
The woman started for him.
"Hey, Charlie, there comes Carrie Na
tion,” yelled the waiter.
The man wheeled, looked and incon
tinently ran. Then Mrs. Nation went
back and ordered something without
looking at the card.
HURT FORCED MAN
TO DISGORGE FUNDS
AND THEN DISROBE
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 13. — Keuben
Hurt, of Somersville. Ky„ was Im
pressed with the story a young man
told him on the train coming In from
Grand Island last night and Invited
him to spend the night with him. The
next morning the stranger was up first
and got away with most of Hurt's
clothes and $40 of his money. Hurt
borrowed some clothes from another
roomer and getting a policeman started
to hunt for the man who had betrayed
his confidence.
Hurt found hint down In the rail
road yards. He backed him up into a
corner, made him disgorge the cash
and take o“ everything he had save
his undershirt and a pair of trousers
and then told him to hike. He did this
so successfully that notwithstanding
his scanty attire no policeman has yet
seen him.
TO KEEP COOL ON
STEAMER, TURN DIAL
New York, Aug. 13.—The United Fruit
company has put In commission on
the route between New Orleans, Colon
and Honduras what is said to be the
finest passenger carrier ever seen in
ths Caribbean sea. It was built at Bel
fast. All the state rooms are so
equipped that passengers may have any
tempe-ature they desire all the way
down to freezing. Pipes connected with
the refrigerating plant of the liner run
to the state rooms. A dial in each
room when turned to tlie desired tem
perature will let In Just enough re
frigeration to produce the required re
sult. A thermometer tells the passen
ger whether the dial lias done its work
properly. Mosquitoes and disease pro
ducing insects,, it Is said, give the re.
frigerated rooms a wide berth.
BOY MURDERS FATHER
BECAUSE HE REFUSED
TO GIVE HIM HORSE
California. Mo.. Aug. 13.—Robert
Kennedy, ID years old. lias confessed
that be murdered ills father. Coleman
B. Kennedy, near Lupus July 20, ac
cording to the prosecuting attorney.
The officer says the boy made this
statement to him:
“I quarreled with my father, over a
rr.are and a colt. He refused to give
me the mare and ordered me to leave
the house and never come back again.
I went upstairs to my room, where I
kept my trunk. I saw my rilie on the
rack. I took it and went down stairs,
where 1 found my father sitting in a
chair. One side of bis face was turned
toward me. 1 raised my rifle and fired.
When I went to him lie was dead. Ho
never spoke after I fired.”
CANADIAN PACIFIC GETS
ENGLISH MECHANICS
Montreal, Aug. 13.—While no official
statement has come from the Canadian
Pacific railway in regard to it, an
nouncement is made today that the
company is preparing to bring sev
eral hundred mechanics from England
to take the places of men who went on
strike last week.
FARM IS TRADED FOR
TELEPHONE SY3TEM
Coleridge. Neb.. Aug. 13.—The O. H.
West telephone system lias been sold
to Chns. Fleemer. a well to do farmer
living a few miles east of town. The j
system has about 180 patrons and the I
consideration was something over $6,000. I
Mr. Fleemer's farm was taken in the ■
transaction by Mr. West, who has in
turn sold tin* land to E. D. Ingham and I
taken in exchange Mr. Ingham’s Cole
ridge residence property. Mr. Ingham
will move to his new home at Tobias,
Neb., where tie owns the majority of
stock ill one of the banks.
FIGHT RE IVED
ONLUM R RATES
OF RIVAL CITIES
Omaha Charges Discriminations.
Favoring Lincoln on Knot
Holes in Car Lots.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12.—Reprerenta-r
lives of practically the entire Omaha,
wholesale lumber trade have filed a
formal complaint with the state railway
commission against four roads, charg
ing discrimination in rates in favor of
Lincoln. The complaint threatens to
upset the entire lumber rate fabric ir}
the state and will probably require an
unlimited amount of discussion and. •
statistical labor for Its settlement .
The Burlington, Northwestern, Rock
Island and Union Pacific roads are
made defendants.
The specific complaint is first that
rates to points within the Hlate are
higher from Omaha than from Lincoln.
This is followed by the allegation that
95 per cent of the traffic from sa.tv mills
and primary supply points is given,
the same rate to both Omaha and Lin
coln und Omaha to Colorado, Wyoming,
South Dakota and Kansas are the
same.
This complaint arises primarily it
appears from the promulgation of new
interstate rates by the railroads fol
lowing a decision of the interstate com
mission that the rates on lumber from
the south to Omaha and Lincoln should
be the same. This contention was ar
gued vigorously by the Commercial
club, Secretary W'hitten and his attor
neys making a trip to Washington in
defense of their ideas. They secured
an equality of rates but the compliance
of the railroad was a victory for them
ratfter than for the cities. Lincoln se
cured an equal rate, under the decision,,
but the railroads equalized the rales
by boosting them io both Omaha and
Lincoln. One rate of 28 cents to Omaha
and 24 cents to Lincoln was equalized
by making It 25 cenis to both places.
This rate was a serious blow to Omaha
lumber interests.
LEGISLATIVE MATERIAL
IN NEBRASKA DISTRICTS
Norfolk, Nelu., Aug. 12.—The follow
ing is the complete list of the northeast
Nebraska legislative candidates to be
voted on at the primaries September 1.
Those marked with a * aro candidates
for re-election:
Senate—Seventh district—Oscar R
Thompson, republican, Wisner; J. H,
Gaer, democrat, West Point.
Eighth district—‘George W. Wiltse.
republican, Randolph; George 1,. Wood,
republican, Ponca; A. J. Williams, dem
ocrat, Magnet; Nick Fritz, democrat,
Pender; J. R. Millard, democrat, Har
tlngton.
Ninth district—S. D. Thornton, re
publican, Neligh; M. C. Brassier re
publican, Clearwater; J. D. Hatfield,
democrat, Neligh.
Eleventh district—‘C. A. Randall, re
publican, Newman Grove; Robert Y,
Appleby, republican, Stanton; David
Reece, democrat, Norfolk.
Thirteenth district—*F. W. Phillips,
republican, Star; James A. Donohue,
democrat, O'Neill.
Representatives — Thurston- Dakota
Cuming—John W. Hazlegrovo, repub
lican, Dakota City; *D. C. Heffernan,
democrat, Hubbard.
Dixon — Sam Saberson, republican,
Allen; B. J. McDonald, democrat. Em
erson.
Cedar-Pierce—S. W. Schwerin, re
publican, Belden; ‘John Kulil, demo
crat, Randolph.
Wayne-Stanton—John R. Morris, re
publican, Carroll; Stephen R Anker,
republican, Wayne; ‘Adam Pilger,
democrat, Pilger.
Burt—*B. F. Griffin, republican, Te
kamah; S. S. Skinner, republican, Te
kamah; W. Harrington, democrat, Te
kamah.
Madison—George N. Beels, repub
lican, Norfolk; D. J. Young, democrat.
Battle Creek.
Antelope—George W. Fannon, repub
lican; F. E. Sala, republican; W. J.
Armstrong, democrat; Dorsey L.
Sehenfelt, democrat; Joseph MeCaig
democrat.
Knox-Boyd—T. M. Galbrelth, repub
lican, Butte; G. W. Whitehorn, repub
lican, Spencer; Fred J. Sedlaoek, dem
ocrat, Spencer; J. M. Talcott, democrat.
Crofton.
Holt (2)—H. A. Allen, republican,
Atkinson; W. W. Bethea, republican.
Ewing; *H. R. Henry, democrat, Dis
ney; T. J. Wilbern, democrat, Atkinson,.
SPRING BANK
IS GRADUALLY
DISAPPEARING
Allen, Neb., Aug. 12.—This week wit
nessed the removal of another of Dixon
counties oldest landmarks, when the
building, for many years known as the
Spring Bank store and postoffice, was
moved to Allen, where it will be used
as a real estate office by the firm of
'Wade & Stewart.
Twenty-five years ago, before the
Short Dine railroad was built and Allen
had never been dreamed of, the little
hamlet of Spring Bank was the hub of
the universe for central Dixon county.
A church, a store, postoffloe, black
smith shop, school and a few dwellings
made it a center of Interest for many
miles around. With the coming of tlie
railroad and new towns close by. Spring
Bank's glory in a measure departed.
One by one, the store, postoffice and
blacksmith shop were discontinued. The
old store building has for several years
been occupied by tiie farm seed busi
ness carried on by ('has. Stewart. The
Friends church and public school are
all that now remain of the well re
membered pioneer hamlet now in its
40th year.
TWO EOYS DROWN
IN BIG MUDDY
Nebraska City, Neb., Aug 12.--Twa
sons of David Jones, of Mlnorsville,
were drowned in the Missouri rivet
near here yesterday afternoon. Mr.
Jones, his wife and three sons, went
to the river for a picnic yesterday
morning and last evening the boys went
in the big muddy for a swim.
Elmer, aged 18 years, got Into water
beyond his depth, when his brother
Charles, 20 years old, went to his as
sistance. In the effort to rescue his
brother, Charles was drawn under and
both drowned. The elder Jones and
son Byron attempted to rescue them
and barely escaped with their own
lives.
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NEBRASKAN SUCCEEDS DOVER
AS REPUBLICAN SECRETARY
New York, Aug. 12.—Elmer E. Dover,
of Ohio, has resigned his position as sec
retary of the republican national commit
tee and will become the secretary of an
advisory committee which is to work with
George K. Sheldon, treasurer of the na
tional committee. William Hayward, of
Nebraska City, Neb., who has been re
publican chairman in his state for a num
ber of years, has been appointed secretary
of the national committee and will be giv
en ■ vtfkrge Cf westeriys-lioadqiTarters at
Chicago in the absence of Mr. Hitchcock.