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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1908)
fHE O'NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. BE-’. „11-- . PNEIIX, NEBRASKA When Charles Dickens was In Wash ington he met one morning on the steps of the capitol a young congressman from Tennessee, whom the great nov elist had offended by his bluntness. That morning Dickens was In great good humor. “I have," said he, "found an almost exact counterpart of Little Nell.” "Little Nell who?” queried the Tennesseean. Dickens looked him over from head to foot, and from foot to head before he answered. "My Little Nell.” “Oh," said the Tennesseean, “I didn’t know you had your daughter with you.” "I am speaking of the Lit tle Nell of my story, ‘The Old Curios ity Shop,’ sir, retorted Dickens, flush ing. "Oh,” said the imperturbable Ten nesseean, “you write novels, do you?” The cushion dance was originally an old country dance In triple time, which was lntroducted Into court at the time of Elizabeth. The dance was very sim ple. A performer took a cushion and after dancing for a few minutes stop ped and sang, “This dance It will no further go”; the musician then sang, "I pray you, good sir, why ax.’ you ao?” The dancer answered, "Because Joan Sanderson will not come, too,” and upon the musician’s rep ylng, "She must come, too, whether she will or no,” the dancer threw the cushion before one of the spectators. The one »o selected had to kneel on the cushion and allow tho dancer to kiss her. After which he repeated the dance. When Edwin A. Abbev R. A., who has Just left England for his home In Pennsylvania, first went to Great Britain, he had a commission for a great many drawings and sent to Stratford on Avon. There he engaged a nice room at the hotel, but did not ask what the terms were. When he asked for ills bill ho received a shock and was obliged to leave his trunk with the landlord and come on to Lon don. There Is not much of the artist In Mr. Abbey’s appearance. Were It not for his big, gold rimmed spectacles and his tousled hair, one would take him for a sportsman, for he likes very light suits and startling ties. The Tower building, the first steel Skeleton frame office building built In this country, Is to be torn down. The site It occupies, together with the premises, 44 to 48 Broadway and 43 to 47 New street, will be Improved with a 38 story office building, to be erected by the Broadway and New Street Realty company, at a cost of $3,476,000. The facade of the building will be of brick and terra cotta. There will bo IS passenger elevators and one freight elevator. Four elevators will run to the thirteenth floor, four to the twenty seventh floor, and five to the thirty seventh floor. Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, was 78 years old on August 13, but he is still an ardent hunter. Having set tled down at Ischl for his summer holi day, the emperor has lost no time In beginning his favorite spirt of deer shooting. In the first formal court •hoot the emperor and his party drove In carriages as far Into the mountains as possible and then took to horses. But after riding for a quarter of an hour his majesty was forced to walk the rest of the way up the Steinberg, E.OOO feet high. An hour's climb brought the party to the hunting ground, and the emperor shot four stags. Lablche, the French dramatist, was once asked to support a candi date for the academy a certain literary mendicant, but hesitated for a long time, and yielded only when he was told that If the ambitious author Should fall to be elected he would die of It. Failure, nevertheless, did come, and the following year, when a second vacancy occurred, Lablche’s vote was once more solicited In the man’s behalf. "No," “I will not vote for a man who does not keep his word. He did not die." \-* * ■ •'The Swamp Angel" was the name given by the federal soldiers to an eight-inch Parrott gun which was f mounted on a battery built on piles driven into a swamp outside of Charles ton, S. C., and used during the siege Of that city. It burst August 22, 1863. After the war It was bought with some condemned metal and sent to Trenton to be melted, but, having been Identi fied. was set up on a granite base on the corner of Perry and Clinton streets In that city. I Many excellent voices are ruined, ac • Cording to a communication which Dr. Weiss has made to the French Acad emic du Medicine, by practicing In too •mall a room. A public singer must throw every Intonation of bis voice • distance of 30 or 40 yards, he says, but a student practicing in a small room Is only able to throw It a yard or two, and the consequence Is that the voice, Instead of expanding, becomes telescoped. "Thin people very seldom have doubles,” says a photographer. “In my business I meet many pairs of people who look alike. In every case the most extraordinary resemblances are between persons who are stout. Sci entifically I cannot explain the likeli hood of heavyweights possessing the lame chin, nose, eyes and expression. May be it Is because the flesh fills up all angles and hollows and des troys Individuality of outline.” Enpeck's will was being drawn up by the lawyer. ”1 hereby bequeath all my property to my wife,” dictated En peck. “Got that down?” "Yes,” an swered the attorney. “On condition,” continued Enpeck, “that she marries within a year.” “But why that condi tion?” asked the man of law. "Be cause,” answered the meek and lowly testator. ”1 want somebody to be sorry that I died." _ _ An electric railway Is being built on the Zugspitze, the highest peak In the Alps, on Bavarian territory. Its height la about 10,000 feet. The railway will run to the summit, while a hotel will be built at the 7,000-foot level. A Kansas carpenter has patented a device to be attached to a saw to blow •way the sawdust. A piston, struck by the wood being sawed, sends u cur rent of air through a curved tube. Five Is the sacred number of the Chinese, who have five planets, five cardinal points, five virtues, five tastes, JSve musical tones, five ranks of nobil ity and five colors. Seaweed may be planted In the dkthuylkill river In Pennsylvania as an experiment to attempt to filter the wa ter which Is used for drinking purposes in Philadelphia. The sale of land reclaimed by the fed eral reclamation service Is expected •nore than to repay the $60,000,000 ex pended to date by the government. 11 The estimated world's production of lead In 1907 was 901,910 metric tons, as compared with 963,174 tons In 1906. More than half of Fiance's tobacco imports come from the United States. PUZZLE PRESENTED FOR LEGAL ACTION FROM BOYD COUNTY _ Can a Candidate Withdraw from Ballot and Still Have His Name Appear? Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.—The clerk of JBoytl county has passed a prize pri mary puzzle up to the attorney general for settlement. The only rnan for whose nomination as county attorney a petition was filed, withdrew before the ballots were printed. On election day, liowcver, he concluded that he would like to run, as there was no op position. Seventeen of his friends wrote his name in on the primary ballots they cast, but 18 friends of another man did the same for their choice. Now the clerk wants to know which was nominated, or If either was. The attorney general Is Inclined to hold that nobody’ can be nominated by writing his name In, but he Is not sure whether the sovereign voter can't do that If he wants to. His theory Is that the law provides Just how a man can get his name on the ballot, and that this pro vision is intended to prevent any Jobs being put up on a confiding candidate who files in the regular way and goes on about his business thinking he has no opposition. There is a- case pend ing in the supreme court in which this point Is involved, and it will soon be decided. GAMBLING IN TRIPP COUNTY CONFINED TO THE SALOONS Norfolk, Neb., Sept. 22.—Northwest ern railroad officials have returned from Gregory and Dallas, S. D., regis tration points for the Tripp county land rush, where they conferred with town officials regarding the forthcom ing opening. Gregory and Dallas ore already re ported to be crowded with people awaiting the opening, many living In tents. All gambling will be restricted to the saloons, none being allowed on the streets. A Pinkerton detective will have charge of the local police. Extra train service will soon be necessary to handle the Inrush of people. MADAMES PUT 0. K. ON SHEATH GOWN Chicago, Sept. 22.—Well, It's settled, the sheath gown is all right. More than that, It's de rlguer if you're going to be bully chic. The Chicago Dress makers' club convention at the Palmer house has promulgated the edict. The model exhibited Is a peach—that Is the sheath gown—no—ah—well— both of them are. It—the gown—was on a brunette—a tall, willowy bru nette—and It fitted In a way that made the gray haired man who thought he was going to be bored change his mind. The gray haired man was there with his wife, so he could only murmur, "What a beautiful shade of gray." But If his wife hadn't been with him they wouldn’t have let him In anyway, so under the circumstances— Still, It didn't stop at all. Earlier in the season, you know, they stopped at the knee. Now they go right on. There Is an Important modification, however, In the styles, as they are shown at the theater. Beneath the skirt there Is a heavy lining, embroidered with dis tracting, fanciful figures, and the lining fills the slit from side to side. NURSE’S CARELESSNESS CAUSES THREE DEATHS San Diego, Cal., Sept. 22.—Three deaths have already resulted from the carelessness of Mary Arthur, a 19 year-old nurse at the county hospital, a fourth death Is expected and four others are seriously ill, though their illness is not expected to be fatal. The dead: J. YOUNG. CHARLES KEMP. HENRY C. SCHUETTE. A. Palsler is not expected to live and Captain A. Paulsen, B. Tisler, George King and Mr. Penny are ser iously 111. All were taken sick Thursday after noon, and evidence of poison was so great that an investigation was started, ending Anally in a confession by Miss Arthur that she had neglected to throw out some water in which there was a quantity of atrophine and that her patients had got hold of it for their medicine. She realized her mis take as soon as they became ill, but did not confess her error until the in vestigation had brought the death al most home to her. Young died about midnight; Kemp early this morning and Schuette later in the day. Miss Arthur is in a state of collapse, but is kee* under surveillance. The inquest has been postponed until the result in Palsler's case h known JOHN D. HAS A NEW DIVERSION New York Sept. 22.—Mrs. Clare:ice mer just ending reveals John D. Rocke feller in a new role. He has spent much of his vacation in seeking ad ventures in his automobile. The num ber of his "adventures” is indicated by the fact that nearly all the 16 extra auto tires he brought to Cleveland with him last spring are now used up. Many of these trips took him into unfrequented roads, sometimes 50 miles back in the country. He would stop at some place where a farmer was culti vating his corn and would engage the farmer in diverting conversation. Again he would stop at a farm house with the request for a glass of water. It was Mr. Rockefeller's pleasure not to reveal his identity until he was ready to go. Sometimes he would be recog nized at once, but more often would have the pleasure of revealing his iden tity to his chance acquaintance and noting the other’s surprise at the an nounce! lent. • Mr. Rockefeller's disguise on these occasions has been a straw hat and a fancy waistcoat. ♦ WAS HE TRYING TO ♦ STEAL THE PENNANT? ♦ 4 Wayne, Neb., Sept. 22—Leslie ^ ♦ Crockett had a peculiar exper- ♦ ♦ ienee at Sioux City last week -f ♦ while watching one of the Sioux + ♦ Clty-Omuha games. A high -f ♦ foul threatened to drop on his -f 1 -f head and while endeavoring to ♦ + dodge it. he lost sight of the 4 j ♦ sphere entirely. Later on he -f ♦ found the ball in his coat > ' ♦ pocket where it had dropped. + SUPREME COURT HOLDS ANTI-PASS LAW VALID ACT Physicians Must Give Up Passes and Editors Must Here after Pay Cash. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 21.—Under the decision of the supreme court holding the anti-pass law valid, the attorney general says he will now proceed to push the complaints filed in various counties against doctors and lawyers who hung onto their passes on the ground that they had long-time con tracts made before the law went into effect, and also against those news papers that have insisted they had a right to exchange their advertising space for transportation. Mr. Thomp son says that the newspaper men are barred from this because the court de cree says that such a contract calls for the collection of a different charge from that collected from other passen gers for a like service, thus bringing it within the constitutional ban of dis crimination. The suit passed upon was that against a doctor from Columbus, named Martin, who had a contract for a pass and $24 a month, but who did not pretend to devote the major portion of his time to the railroad service. The law interdicts only “free” passes, and in passing on Martin's contention that this was not a “free” pass, the court says: ' "If the defendant’s pass Is not a free pass within the meaning of the act, which Is the basis of this prosecution, then the statute itself is as useless as the vermiform appendix.” AUDITOR ENJOINED FROM BARRING FOREIGN COMPANIES FROM STATE Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 21.—Because the state of California would not let Ne braska life insurance companies do business there unless they have $200,000 capital—which few of them have—Auditor Searle refused to per mit the Pacific Mutual Life and Fire men’s Fund Insurance companies or ganized under the California statutes, to continue to do business In this state. To prevent him from carrying out this decree, the California companies enjoined him In federal court. Judge Munger has just handed down his de cision, which is that the auditor can not exercise his own pleasure or dis cretion about barring companies. If any company desiring to do business in Nebraska complies with the re quirements of the Nebraska law, the auditor must issue it a permit to do business, and he cannot add other con ditions. The auditor said he had simply tried to make the Californians let the Nebraska companies In, but the court says the provisions of the laws of both states are plain, and that to get tho right to do business in either the com panies need but comply therewith. MMNT0SH IN CHARGE RUSTIN CASE Omaha, Neb., Sept. 21.—James H. McIntosh, of New York, city, brother inlaw of Dr. Frederick T. Rustin, who was murdered or committed suicide here two weeks ago, arrived in Omaha this morning and immediately began an investigation of Dr. Rustin’s death. McIntosh was in Europe W'hen the tragedy occurred, and hurried to Oma ha as fast as possible after a cable gram notifying him of the affair reached him. McIntosh said this morn ing: "I have not proceeded far enough in my investigation to give an opinion as to who shot Dr. Rustin. I have no the ory to advance. “As to the insurance, I have not yet had time to look over the policies, and am unprepared to say what steps will be taken toward collecting the amounts : of the policies.” "Will you represent Mrs. Rustin at the preliminary hearing of Charles , Davis?” was asked. ”1 cannot say. I must have time to think before I can say what I will do.” ! Mr. McIntosh will remain in Omaha until after the hearing of Davis, which takes place a week from today. Mr. McIntosh is general attorney for the New York Life Insurance com pany. YOUTHFUL MEMBER SETS HOUSE ON FIRE IVinslde, Neb., Sept. 21.—Yesterday I morning the 3-vear-old son of G. A. | Mittelstadt set fire to the bedding, curtains and everything else that | would burn in a bedroom and then I came downstairs and told his mother what he had done. Members of the family, with the assistance of neigh bors, put the fire out, but not until $50 damage has been done. FREIGHT CARS BURN IN RAILROAD YARDS Omaha. Neb., Sept. 21.—A freight wreck in the Union Pacific freight yards last night set fire to an oil tank and caused an immense conflagration. Being in the railroad yards there were no buildings close and the flames were confined to several cars of fruit and merchandise, which formed part of the wrecked train. The flames presented a spectacular sight and burned until late in the night. A crowd of possibly 2,000 persons gath ered to witness the lire. JUMPED ON ENEMY AND KILLED HIM Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 21.—Following the coroner’s inquest today on the death of Charles Byrne, killed last night in a fight at Eagle, a warrant was issued for Fred Ossenkop, who is held responsible for the killing. He was arrested and taken to tail Byrne’s body presented a terrible ‘ap pearance. He had been beaten and stamped upon, his neck broken and his breast crushed in. The two men had long been enemies. The French ministry is drafting a bill to make a standard karat for weighing precious stones, fixed at 200 milligrams, and prohibiting the word for any other weight. CLOSE DOOrToF “PLUNGING” BANK Lansing, Mich., Sept. 21.—Banking Commissioner Zimmerman today an nounced he had ordered the closing of the Farmers and Merchants State bank of Parma, Mich., as a result of an ex amination showing the impairment of the bank's capital stock and the con fusion of its assets with private busi ness ventures. Cashier W. H. Burlet son's books show deposits of $93,000; assets, $113,000. MITCHELL SAYS HE IS SHADOWED Labor Leaders Testify in Hear ing of Buck Boycott Case in Washington. Washington, D. C., Sept. 16.—John Mitchell, formerly president of tho United Mine Workers of America, who with President Gompers and Secre tary Morrison, of the American Fed eration of Labor, is charged with con tempt of court in the Injunction case against the officials for boycotting the Buck Stove and Range company, tes tified In his own defense Saturday be fore Albert Harper, examiner. Mr. Mitchell, although subjected to a severe test by Daniel Davenport, of counsel for the complainants, was calm and collected throughout. Only once did his composure seem to leave him, and that was when his sugges tion that J. W. Van Cleave, of the stove company, has raised $1,500,000 to disrupt organized labor, invited a heated protest from Attorney Daven port. The latter asserted that the ides, that such a fund was raised originat ed in the heated imagination of labor enthusiasts. Mr. Mitchell was plainly annoyed by this rejoinder, but did not evince it in words. "For years I have been followed about the country by detectives,” Mr. Mitchell testified in commenting of Davenport’s knowledge of his move ments. "A greater familiarity about my movements than I have myself shows that it was acquired In this manner. I think Mr. Van Cleave Is responsible for It.” Samuel Gompers In his testimony characterized Mr. Van Cleave’s course against him as "an attempt to assas sinate my character.” He said he did not know that the publication of the stove company’s name In the Fcdera tionlst was in violation of an order which had not then become operative. Mr. Gompers said that in keeping the name of the company on the “unfair list” it was more the Intention to support the affiliated bodies than to injure the company. The hearing was adjourned until Thursday morning at 10 o’clock to permit Mr. Gompers to take a train for Columbus, Ohio. 4 SET TRAP FOR RATS. 4 4 CAUGHT BULL SNAKES 4 4 4 4 Cook, Neb., Sept. 16.—u,act 4 4 week Miss Bessie Robertson set 4 4 a steel trap near the chicken 4 4 house to catch some of the rats 4 4 which infested the place. When 4 4 she looked at the trap in the 4 4 morning imagine her surprise 4 4 when she found that instead of 4 4 having a rat a great big bull 4 4 snake w as fastened by the neck. 4 4 The trap was reset and a day or 4 4 so after another large snake of 4 4 the same variety was caught in 4 4 the trap. This is the first in- 4 4 stance we ever heard of where 4 4 steel traps were used to catch 4 4 snakes, but from the results they 4 4 seem to be all right. 4 4 4 ♦444444444444444+444444444 WHERE HORSES DISAPPEAR WITH FREQUENT RAPIDITY Norfolk, Neb., Sept. 16.—Horse steal ing goes on in northern Nebraska in spite of the fact that every county has an organized band of citizens to pre vent the same. Hardly a night passes but what someone loses a horse or a team. In the last month between 20 and 30 horses have been stolen within 100 miles of Norfolk. An effort Is now being made to con solidate the various Anti-Horse Thief associations into one body, which, if successful, would give it over 2,000 members. "PRACTICAL JOKE” TAKES SERIOUS TURN IN COURT Stanton. Nob. Sept. 16.—Fred Buss. Gus Martin, William Krause and Fred Rathenberg, all of Stanton, went out one night recently to "have some fun,” so they say, and picked on Rez Dirg ham, a Syrian farmer, who cannot talk English, as the victim with which to satisfy their ambition. Now It Isn’t so "funny,” for Dirgham has had them all arrested for robbery. He claims that the boys came to his place after dark, called hint out of the house, threw him down and shaved off his moustache, robbed him of $5(1 anti mutilated one of his fine thoroughbred hogs. They deny that they took any of his money, but admit going to his place and committing the depredations, but claim It was all a Joke and no harm was intended. The case will come up for trial Sep tember 29 and will be vigorously prose cuted and defended. GATES PAYS $6,000 FOR FIFTEEN FiNGER BOWLS FOR HIS GOLD SET New York, Sept. 16.—John W. Gates has bought $6,000 worth of gold Huger bowls at Tiffany’s. There are IS of them. Mr. Gates took the design for them to the goldsmith's and there drew a “G" which he wished embossed on them. He is mueh interested In tho progress of tho howls toward comple tion and goes to Tiffany's and watches them being chased. The finger bowls will complete tho gold dinner service on which Mr. Gatos' frugal meals will ho served in his humble apartment in the plaza hotel. He already possesses a gold soup tureen, gold vegetable dishes, a low dozen gold plates und butler dishes; even gold knives und forks. The color contrast between a gold knife and green peas Is particularly at tractive to the aesthete. There is a utilarlan side to it. too—or. a yellow ground each pea stands in hold relief', and !t Is much easier u> balance rest ive peas on a gold knife blade. 3,000 SEEK $4.50 JOB. Loudon, Sept. 16.—The number of un employed In this city was strikingly illustrated when 11.000 men surrounded and attempted to make their way into a hospital which had advertised for a porter at a wage of $4.00 a week and meals. An extra detail of police lmd lo be called out to keep order in tho crowd. Parliamentary. Miss Brown—Are you going to move this spring? Mr. White—Yes. and the landlord wtil second the motion. Judge Alum, of one of Havana's cor rectional courts, fined tho management of tho Albtsu theater $S0 a few days ngo for violating tho ordinance agafort the playing of the Murelia de Oad'.s (Cadiz march.) _ _ The duchess of Abereorn is conduct ing a model creamer;.-. She sells cream lo the London hotels and to seveiai of the ocean liners. WIZARD PREDICTS NEAR WONDERS IN AERIAL NAVIGATION But Wright Brothers’ Models Will Not Be Used, Says Thomas A. Edison. Salt Lake, City, Utah, Sept. 19.— ■‘Within five years airships will be carrying passengers across the ocean in 18 hours, or 200 miles an hour. Aerial flight will be commercialized in that time. “The north pole can and will be reached in a 4S-hour trip. "A perfected heliocopter will be able to encircle the globe in a week.” These statements were made today by Thomas A. Edison, inventor, in the course of a talk of aerial navigation. "Neither the aeroplanes now owned by the Wright Brothers nor any air ship built along that principle nor along the idea of the dirigible balloon will ever be of practical use or suc cess commercially,” he said. “The suc cessful machine must be automatic in operation. The human part of it must be reduced to mechanism as in the case of the automobile and the steam en gine. Otherwise the dream of skim ming the clouds must even remain a dream.” LINCOLN AND OMAHA QUARREL OVER RATES ON PINE KNOT HOLES Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 19.—On the plea that if Lincoln is permitted to retain the present rates on lumber, that in dustry, so far as wholesaling is con cerned, will be wiped out in Omaha, the Chicago Lumber company and oth er wholesalers of that city have pe titioned the state railway commission for redress. Lincoln and Omaha were on a parity for a number of years so far as whole saling lumber was concerned, Omaha having a cheaper in rate while Lincoln had a cheauer out rate. Lincoln Anally objected to this ar rangement. The wholesalers here in sisted that as they' were closer to the source of supply, the south, they were entitled to at least the same rate as : Omaha, it being inequitable to haul lumber through here to Omaha and charge more for stopping the cars here than for taking them through. The Interstate commerce commission saw the point, and mit the two on an eouality. But the railroads have re fused to give Omaha a lower rate out, and this gives Lincoln an advantage that the Omaha men say is putting them at a decided disadvantage. The Lincoln Commercial club has inter vened, and contends that whatever ad vantage Lincoln has in the matter of rates it is entitled to because of its better location and nearness to points It supplies. FOR WHOM DO WOMEN WEAR PRETTY CLOTHES? Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 19.—There were tears in pretty Kittle Hohler’s eyes when, with her right arm firmly grasped in the left hand of Miss Olive Bloom, she was escorted into the police station and faced the frowning magis trate. “This girl.” said the flaming and angered Miss Bloom, "Is a former chum of mine. She has frequently been to my rooms, and we were friends. Last night I had an invite to a fra ternity hall dance. When I came home my best party dress, an evening gown, was gone. I sat down and cried, but made the best of it by donning my second best. One of the first persons I met when I got inside was this girl, and she had on my fine dress. So I Just brought her over.” Kittle cried some more when she was asked to tell her story. She said that her parents were thrifty Germans who could not understand either the longings or the necessity of a girl hav ing nice clothes, and as she had been invited to the dance by a nice young man (blushes) she Just thought she would borrow from her friend. But, "colses on it,” she happened to have an Invitation to the same dance. Miss Bloom was unforgiving, her evening had been spoiled by that second best dress and her gentleman friend looked askance at her appearance in it. So Kittle and the police matron and the Kohler family are trying to decide whether to send her to an Omaha in stitution or let her be punished here. FARMER IS KILLED IN DRUNKEN ROW Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 19.—A report from the town of Egle, 18 miles east of Lincoln, says that at a picnic in which a number of celebrators became Intoxi cated, Charles Burns, a farmer, was assaulted and so badly beaten that he died late last night. HIb assailants were not arrested and it is claimed they are unknown. —¥ SHOOTS SWEETHEART AND THEN HIMSELF Falrbury, Neb., Sept. 19.—James Greenwell, a well to do young business man of the village of Helvey, in this county, last night shot and killed Hilda Simonson, daughter of a farmer. The young woman was employed in the village. Greenwall after killing the girl, shot himself, dying soon after ward. The two had been regarded as sweethtiarts, but recently, it is said, the girl refused to have anything further to do with him. —— AGED WOMAN DISAPPEARS ORGANIZED SEARCH PLANNED Omaha, Neb., Sept. 19.—Mrs. Mary Ann McGuire, aged 70 yearB, left the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Hurst, on Sunday, August 30, and con stant search since that time has failed to reveal her whereabouts. She was last seen by a farmer a mile southwest of Benson, a suburb of Omaha. It Is thought that she left here with the in tention of walking to Bawlins, Wyo., where another daughter lives, and per ished from exposure in some out of the way place. Mr. Hurst is a member of the Modern Woodmen and it is announced today that 100 members of that order have ar ranged for a general search of the ter ritory In which she is supposed to have wandered, in an effort to find her body. The search will be made next Sunday. EAGLE WOUNDS FIVE OF ITS TORMENTORS New York, Sept. 19.—More than 1,000 people were excited spectators yester day of a battle royal at Elm park. Staten island, between a wounded eagle and persons who were trying to kill it. The desperate king of birds badly wounded live Of those who attacked it. The light lasted half an hour. A drug gist finally dispatched the eagle with chlcroforin. It measured seven feet from'dp to Up and was said to have lit{-o the first eagle killed on. Stateu Island la a quarter of a century. RAILROAD HEADS AND EMPLOYES IN LEAGUE: First Step Toward Formation of Great Organization Are Made in Chicago. Chicago, Sept. 17.—The first step toward the formation of a great; "closed” railroad organization, designed to embrace investors in railroad prop erties, heads of various systems a nd an, * army of railroad employes, was taken last night In Chicago. The new body is known as “The American Railroad Employes’ and Investors’ association. The move, which is not without po litical significance, although the or ganization primarily is to be non political, is admittedly a mutual effort of the heads of the systems and the. leaders of the most powerful railroad employes’ and labor organizations tc. form an offensive and defensive al liance to further favorable railroad leg islation and to wield such influence po litically as shall further the prosperity of the roads and men who work for them. EXPRESS COMPANIES PAY BIG TRIBUTE TO COMMON CARRIERS Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 17—Referee Sulli van. who is hearing the case in which, the Adams Express company Is en deavoring to show why It should not; submit to the Sibley law reducing rates 25 per cent in the state, lias indicated to the attorneys of that corporation that it must prove to his satisfaction that it has any right to earn profits on the use of a franchise given by the sov ereign state free of charge to the rail road companies. The evidence discloses that the com panies pay 57*4 per cent of their re ceipts to tile railroad companies for hauling the express cars, and Mr. Sul livan indicated that he did not believe the express companies could include that charge in their operating expenses, when tile right to carry freight or ex press, originally given the railroads, has been farmed out by the latter. In other words, the duty to carry this ex press was one of the obligations im posed by the charter to the railroad company, and it could not make money out of it by the device of requiring ex press companies to pay more than half of their receipts of money collected from patrons for that service. LENGER’S BAND WINS SECOND CASH PRIZE Niobrara, Neb., Sept. 17.—Lenger s-. Niobrara band won the second prize of $100 in the band contest at the Bloomfield festival last week. They received the most points in mu sic and had they been more uniform in size they wouid have been accord ed the first prize. The band has been, organized but a shojt time. 444-444444-44-44^44- 4444-44-44444 4 4 ■4 NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES. 4f 44444-44-4-444444444-44444444+ Holt county will have to pay out. $1,417 on account of the primary elec tion. The Pender Republic calls upon the. liars about “the biggest corn in Ne braska" to get busy. The Boyd County Register, regarding the primary law as a failure, wants to try a modification of the convention system. The government makes so many changes in the rural routes in Cedar county that the newspapers at Wynot cannot keep pace In recording them. At Norfolk three farmers who played, a practical joke on an acquaintance by pretending to be robbers are now called upon to explain themselves before a jury of their peers. The Daily Express is disposed to grow chesty over the claim that there are fewer than 500 dogs in Beatrice. The. dogs may have an opinion about it, but they are mum. In the race between King Corn and Jack Frost, the Wakefield Republican is putting its money on the king. SHEATH EFFECTS IN MEN’S CLOTHES, TOO Chicago, Sept. 17.—Sheath effects, have invaded the male wardrobe. Nar row, clinging coats, guaranteed to ad here closely to the form of a man and Impart the same appearance affected by the other sex, will be “the thing" this fall. These facts were shown last night at the opening of the American Style and Fashion show. Numerous exam ples of sheath style in men s apparel w-ere displayed. They were sent from all parts of the country for exhibit. One of the noticeable “sheaths” was on exhibit in Pittsburg. It was a busi ness coat, cut narrow about the hips and fastened by two cute cloth buttons,. it slopes upward in a detail curve, fit ting snugly at the shoulders and cut low in front. “Invisible braid" running along the edge of lapels and cuffs was declared “very proper.” Overcoats seem to follow the same lines. A noticeable departure from the usual is the style of having overcoat* creased in the back instead of on the sides. Extra flares In the skirt of the overcoat are also new. Vests will be "screamers” this sea son, according to the tailors. GAR OF DYNAMITE BLOWS UP; 3 KILLED “Katy” Depot at Windsor, Mo.,. Demolished by Force of the Explosion. Windsor. Mo., Sept. 17.—A car of dynamite standing on the track in front of the “Katy" railroad depot here ex ploded here this morning with terrific force. The car and the depot platform, were demolished. The dead: FREOFDICK TAKE, railroad agent.. D. HILL, UNKNOWN TRAMP. It is believed severul others of the. Injured will die. All the victims live in this vicinity. SPIDER DELAYS TRAIN. London, Sept. 17.—A train on the Great Northern railway, Ireland, -was; detained for an hour und 40 minutes in consequence of the* failure of tho electric train staff instrument, says. Colonel Plows, In the Railway Maga zine. It was found that the failure was caused by a spider getting between the contact points and the key lever in the instrument. A Staffordshire (England) watering place lias been advertised in the news papers: "Ideal place of picnics, strict ly temperance, Sunday excepted.”