VOLUME XXIX.
O’NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6.1908
NUMBER IS I
IS K1LIBM A TilAIN
Homestead Seeker Meets a Tragic
Death As Train Pulls Into Town.
FELL FROM PILOT OF THE ENGINE
Charles C. Redman of St. Edwards
Loses His Life on His Way to the
Registration.
Charles C. Redman, a barber living
at St. Edwards, Neb., was killed on
tbe tirst section of passenger No. 5 on
tbe Northwestern at 11:30 Wednesday
night near tbe stock yards. He had
ridden fromOakdale on the pilot of the
engine in company with James Mc
Kelvey, a harness maker of St. Ed
wards. Redman fell from the engine
pilot aud was ground beneath the car
wheels The head was severed from
the trunk, arms and legs torn to piece,
and only an unrecognizable mass of
I hi man flesh and bone and blood was
left to tell tbe tale.
A brakeman saw the cars pass over
him and flaged the engineer, who
stopped the train as soon as possible.
Policemen were called and the bits of
human flesh were gathered up and
taken to the Biglin undertaking
rooms, wheie the undertakers worked
the balance of the night and much of
the .next day getting the remains
ready for burial. The man’s parents,
who reside at or near St. Edwards,
were notifled and sent word back to
ship the remains to that place, which
was doue Friday
Coroner Wilson empaneled a jury
Thursday morning and held an inquest
which continued for about six hours.
McKeivey, who was with Redman
when he fell from the engine, was the
principal witness examined. The
jury found death to have been acci
dental.
Redman was thirty-two yjars old
and unmarried.
The Live Stock Market
Special market letter, from Nye
Schneider Fowler Go. South Omaha,
Nebra , Oct. 7,1908.
We quote:—
Cattle receipts were much more lib
eral tbau was generally expected at
the beginning of this week, there
being over 20,000 fresh cattle on sale
Monday and Tuesday. There were no
corn fed cattle but there was a large
percen age of good range beef so that
packers and other buyers were able to
till all of their orders for dressed beef.
The market is quoted from 10 to 25
cents lower on the greater proportion
of the receipts although a few select
ed loads of both killers and feeders
sold for nearly steady prices. It has
been a very unsatisfactory market
thus far owing to the continued rain
which hinders the cattle from taking
a fill, which fact together with the
reduced price is making quite a serious
loss for shippers. We think, however,
the effects of the rain will be to stim
ulate feeder buying later in the week.
The decline was about the same on all
classes of stock. Receipts at all other
markets were even heavier than ours
and their decline fully as great aqd
probably greater on account of their
heavier run.
We quote:—
Choice corn feed beef_$6.26(g>$7.25
Fair to good. 4 00(rt) 6.20
Range steers. 4.50(rf 5.65
Cows and heifers.3.50(a) 4.15
Good to choice grassers— 3.00@ 3.40
Canners and cutters. 1.75(a) 2.75
Veal calves. 4.00(<i 6.00
Bulls, stags, etc.1.75(a) 2.90
O. Stockers & feeders 4 25@ 4.00 to 4.65
Fair to good. 3.25(a>4.00
Stock heifers. 2.50@ 3.00
It begins to look as if there was not
such a great scarcity of hogs the way
they have been pouring into the
southern markets and are now in
creasing at Northern points. The
forepart of this week brings a slump
in prices of 15 to 25 cents. The pro
vision market is also declining accord
ingly.
There are light receipts of sheep
with a sensational advance in piices.
Lambs being 35 to 60 cents higher
than last Thursday. It is fully ex
pected. however, that heavy receipts
will arrive again within two weeks
and we look for as low prices as we
have had thus Tar. This is the best
information we can get from the
ranges with regard to shipments yet
to come.
Notice to the Public
I have opened a meat market In the
building two doors west of the Golden
Furniture and Hardware Co., with a
full line of choice meats of all kinds,
and Invite the public to come in, as
suring them of satisfactory service
and prompt attention.
15 F. Gladu.
If you need glasses or your glasses
repaired—bring them in. John W.
Hiber, Jeweler and Optican, Pixley
Hanley’s drug store.
LOCAL MATTERS
For bale ties go to Brennan’s.
A car load of bale ties at Brennan’s
Get your husking mitts at Brennan’!
15-tf.
Wire corn cribbing for sale at Bren
nan’s. 15-tf
Lots of bran $1.10, shorts $1.25.
Cou Keys.
Neil Brennan has just receiveds
car load of bale ties. See him.
I will have a car of the Duggan coa
here in a few days; $6 at the car.—Cor
Keys.
When a few that I trusted wanl
more favors I won’t be home.—Cor
Keys.
Jake Kraft was down from Stuart
Tuesday sizing up the reglstratior
ctowds.
Wedding announcements and invi
tations properly printed at The Fron
tier office.
For Sale—Some Polland China Boat
Pigs. Come and see me at O’Neill.
B. H. Johring. 15-tf
For Sale—House of four large rooms
well, stable and shade trees. Enquire
of Charles Moore. 15-4
If you want your repaired bring into
John W. Hiber, Jeweler and Optician
Pixley & Hanley’s drug store.
Eyes tested free. Glasses fitted.
John W. Hiber, Jeweler and Optican,
Pixley & Hanley’s drug store.
Dr. Corbett, Dentist will be in
O’Neill every Monday, Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday of October.
Rose comb Rhode Island red cocker
als for sale $1 a piece. For further
particulars write G. P. Colman, In
man, Neb. 16-tf
If your watcli does not keep correct
time step in and let me regulate it.
John W. Hiber, Pixley & Hanley’s
drug store.
George Hilburg, cashier of the Bas
sett State bank, came down Tuesday
morning, registered and returned
home that evening.
Pat Morrison came up from Omaha
last Saturday to spend a few weeks
visiting relatives and, incidently, to
register for a Tripp county farm.
If you want to buy a watdh— Prices
right—Absolutely guaranteed, I have
It.' John W. Hiber, Jeweler & Opt lean,
Pixely & Hanley’s drug store.
Postmaster W. J. Cook of Blair was
among those from eastern Nebraska
who registered in this city Monday
night for the Tripp county drawing.
W. P. Mohr of Spencer, H. A. Oel
rich and John Davies of Butte, were
in the city Tuesday aiternoon, having
driven over in Wili Mohr’s “smoke”
wagon.
We have a few first class buggies on
hand bright and new that will pay
you to see before you buy elsewhere.
Our prices and goods are right.—Neil
Brennan. 14-tf
W. H. McNeal of Wayne, who has
been postmaster of that city the past
ten years, was a member of Wayne’s
registering delegation here Monday
night.
F. J. Brian of Lincoln, a son of
State Treasurer Brian, was among
the delegation from the state capitol
that registered in this city Monday
morning.
Wanted—Unimproved 320 or 640
acres of level prairie land in Holt Co.
Not neccessarily close to town, but
level, cheap, and easy terms. Alonzo
Jones. Peterson, la.
Rodell Root and little son stopped
in town over Thursday night and Fri
day on their way to their home at
Amelia from Omaha, where they had
been with a shipment of stock.
If your horses and hogs do not seem
to fatten up as fast as they should try
some International Stock Food and if
it does not help them we will give you
your money back Neil Brennan.
Ed Wood, formerly a resident of
Coleridge and well known as a ball
player in this section of the state,
was among the Lincolnites who regis
tered for Tripp county land in O’Neill
Monday morning.
S. G. Hammons, of Afton, la., was
In the city the past week, coming in
on one of the crowded specials Tues
day. Mr. Hammons has a large body
of land five miles east of town and was
here looking after the same.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Schlier of Ear.
ling, Iowa, arrived in the city Tues
day evening. Mr. Schlier registered
and returned home Wednesday morn
ing, while Mrs. Schlier will spend a
few days visiting her cousin, Mrs. D,
H. Cronin.
The football season opened here last
Saturday, when the high school team
vanquished the Neligh high schoo:
boys with a score of 6 to 0. The loca
boys have a strong team and chal
lenge any high school team in the
country to a football combat. Thej
will play a return game with Neligt
next month.
Miss Mary and Mira Lexie Lorge
came up from Randolph last Saturday
evening to spend a few days with rel
atives and incidently register for the
Tripp county drawing.
William Jilg, who is now engaged
in the general mercantile business in
Osmond, came up Monday night for a
short visit with bis family on the
farm northwest of this city.
Strayed, to my place three miles
south of Emmet, one white face bay
horse, weight about 1,000 pounds;
brand on right shoulder.—J. L. Craw
ford. "• j£vP
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gibson of Lodi
burg, K)., who spent a fortnight here,
the guests of Mrs. n. W. Shaw, have
returned to their home. They were
very favorably impressed with the
country and may return to make their
home here.
Anthony Murray, one of Grattan’s
most prosperous farmers, informed a
Frontier scribe last week that be is
the owner of thirty head of two and
three year-old steers that he will sell
to the party coming along offering him
the right pi ice.
A delegation of ten were in the city
Monday from Marysville, Mo., and
registered. Among this delegation
was one lawyer, two bankers, two
merchants and five farmers. This
gives ao idea of the character of those
interested in the great land drawing
for which registrations are now being
held in this city.
If you are interested in the west
send 25 cents in stamps for four late
issues of the Pacific Monthly, con
taining fully illustrated descriptive
articles about dairying, fruitgrowing,
poultry raising and general farming
conditions in Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.—Pacific Monthly, Port
land, Oregon.
W. W. Bethea, one of the republi
can nominees for representatives,
has for personal reasons been unable
to make the race and has resigned
The central committee met last week
and filled the vacancy by placing tbe
name of Willie Calkins on the ticket.
Mr. Calkins is one of the old settlers
of Conley township, an energetic and
substantial citizen and will make a
good representative.
Married, at the Methodist parson-1
age in O’Neill, on Wednesday, Sep
tember 30, 1908, William I. Roe and
Miss Pearl I. Bittiner, both of Inman,
Nebr., were united in marriage by
Rev. T. S. Watson, pastor of the M.
E. church. The contracting parties
were accompanied by two other young
couples from Inman and Miss Maggie
Shaw served as bride’s maid and Mr.
Harry Clauson as best man. Mr. and
Mrs. Roe will make their home in
Inman.
When you buy a wagon get a Stude
baker. In 1886 we sold Studebaker
wagons to men now living in Holt
County and some of them are still in
running order today. And there is
not another brand of wagon that was
ever sold for the money that has
done any better. There are Stude
baker wagons in Holt County that
have been running twelve and fifteen
years and never had a tire set. We
have every size tire and three sizes of
gears to chose from at very low prices
considering the quality. Call and see
them oeforc you buy. Neil Brennan.
r
The ball game between Burwell
and O’Neill Tuesday afternoon was a
very nice exhibition of ball playing.
The Burwell boys were very unfor
tunate in the fact that the battery
they had engaged for the occasion
missed connections and failed to
arrive. The Burwell boys, however,
were game and filled their nine with
local players and went up against
our boys with a vigor that would
have done credit to the National
Leaguers, and gave an exihlbition of
ball playing that showed plainly that
y they had their nine together that
our Invincibles would have fire-fight
of their life to have won. The Bur
well boys are a bunch of refined
young gentleman and the Democrat
annot speak too highly of them.
When your clock stops in the
middle of the forenoon and you want
to know what time it is you generally
call up “Central” and make your
request; when you want to know
what time a train is due you ask
“Central” when you are interested in
out of town e; cnts you ask her all
sorts of questions from the latest
war developments to what medicine
to give a baby for colic. She
usually answers cheerfully. After
you have these little courtesies from
her they are forgotten because they
are expected; but the next time you
ring up if she doesn’t answer imme
diately you begin to froth at the
mouth, stamp around, give the bell
a few hysterical jerks and call down
all kinds of blessings on the head of
the poor unfortunate. It is possible
some one else may have called at the
same time that you did. “Central”
is like most other people, she gives
the best service to those who appre
ciate her efforts and she lets the
kickers wait.—Ex.
The M. & O. line on its trains has
a warning against passengers engag
ing in money transactions with
strangers. What effect that warning
is having now is not known but it
cost a man on the main line of the
Northwestern $75 not to carry out
that simple policy Saturday. B. R.
Carcthen, bound for Newton, Iowa,
to place a little two-year-old daugh
ter in the hands of relatives rode
through Norfolk with nothing but
his railroad ticket. For $75 he had
purchased a worthless $1,200 draft
the other side of O’Neill. A grafer
seated himself by Mr. Carcthen and
made himself agreeable. Soon a man
who pertended to be a train agent
entered and demanded of the first
stranger why he hadn’t paid a cer
tain bill of freight. To which the
second crook replied that he had not
been able to get cash on a draft.
The pretended agent wouldn’t cash
the draft. Would the Iowa man lend
the first crook $100 on the draft until
he could get to Norfolk? No. The
Iowa man didn’t have $100 but he
gave the crook all he had—$75, t aking
the draft, which was on an Omaha
bank, in exchange. The train was
just pulling into O’Neill and the two
strangers left the car in a hurry. J.
II. Conley of Norfolk was coming
down from Hay Springs as a result of
his experience as an officer soon was
interested in the steal. A hot box
on the train gave him time enough
to get word to Sheriff Ilall at O’Neill.
That officer acted quickly. He took
an automobile himself and sent an
other party out on a handcar. They
arrested two men thought to answer
the dtscrtptlon and also got two
others. Care then would not stop off
here to help prosecute the men but
turned the draft over to Mr. Conley,
who has forwarded it to sheriff Hall
at O’Neill.
Two Lectures Sunday.
Miss Belle Kearney of Mississippi,
a lecturer of rare ability has been se
cured to give two of her noted lectures
in O’Neill Sunday afternoon and even
ing at the court house. Miss Kear
ney comes to us highly recommended
by chatauqua managers, having been
honored by a place on programs of
prominent chatauqua assemblies. Her
lectures are well worth the attention,
consideration and bearing ef our best
citizens and we trust the business men
of O’Neill will give Miss Kearney an
audience. Time, 3 o’clock in the after
noon and 8:30 In the evening. Admis
sion free. _
Evening Times, Hamilton, Canada:
The mass meetings on Sunday even
ings continue to attract crowded
houses. Last night tbe place was
filled to the limit allowed by law. Tbe
main floor was fringed with people
glad to obtain standing room, and
many were turned from the doors
unable to gain entrance. The speaker
of tbe evening was Miss Belle Kearney
of Mississippi. The address, on the
whole, was one of the most effective
ever heard on any Gan&dan platform,
and was not only instructive and im
pressive but rarely eloquent. (
I have pleasure in attesting to the
high character and intellectual endow
ments of Miss Belle Kearney. Her
descent and social position are the
very best in Mississippi, and she has
thoroughly cultivated her unusual
natural talent, which she has devoted
to tbe furtherance of all movements
along moral and charitable lines.—S.
S. Calhoun, judge of thesupremeoourt
of Mississippi.
I consider Miss Belle Kearney of
Mississippi cne of the most eloquent,
forceful, logical and convincing speak
ers on tbe American platform. Her
lectures can not fall to be helpful to
the cause which she advocates.—Anna
H. Shaw, president National Woman
Suffrage association, Philadelphia.
Methodist Church Items.
Sunday morning, as usual, the ser
vices will begin with a class meeting,
led by Mrs. O. O. Snyder. This is
always a helpful service and should be
largely attended.
At 10:30 there will be a sermon by
the pastor, who will take for his sub
ject, “The Word Made Flesh.” Im
mediately following the morning ser
vice we have our Sunday school, a very
interesting and helpful srrvice to
which we are glad to have all who
will remain. Junior League service
at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon, to
which we cordially invite all boys and
girls.
Our first quarterly meeting will be
held on Sunday evening, at which
time the Rev. E. T. George, our new
district superintendent, will preach
after which the sacrament of the
Lord’s supper will be administered.
Owing to the temprance meeting to
be held in the court house later in the
evening we will dispense with the
Epworth League service for this even
ing and begin our quarterly meeting
service at 7 o’clock. By so doing it
will give all a chance to hear Miss
Bell Kearney, one of the ablest temp
rance workers in the field at the pres
ent time. Remember then the change
in the hour and come early, for every
body is most cordially invited to this
and to all services of our church. We
especially invite all strangers who
may be in our city to enjoy these ser
vices with us.
T. S. Watson, Pastor.
Club Meeting.
The Tuesday Club will hold its next
regular meeting at the home of Mrs.
P. D. Mullen on October 13, with the
following program:
Tennyson.
Leader..Miss Ruth Evans
The Holy Grail.Mrs. Flynn
Review...Mrs. A. Mullen
Arthurian Ron. ances.Miss Gorby
Characterization of Sir Galahad
Mrs. Gallagher
Questions.
Roll call; Quotations from the Idylls
of the King.
Our readers must be lenient with
us this week. Our. job rooms have
been kept busy night and day during
the past week and even as we go to
press there is many anxiously wait
ing with rush orders for cards, signs
and other forms of job work, thus
we have been obliged to neglect our
paper work.
22,557 FISST SIX DAYS
Many Coming Daily for South Dako
ta Land Drawing.
BUSH BEGAN ON SUNDAY NIGHT
Train Service Makes It Convenient
tor Land Seekers.—Stop in Town
Lung Enough to Register.
The rush for registration for the
Tripp county land drawing began
last Sunday night, when some 3,000
people arrived in town on the regular
and special trains. Fully twice as
many people are coming here to regia- '
ter as was expected. Registration
began after midnight Monday morn
ing and up to 6 o’clock in tha evening
of the first day 3187 had registered
here. Tuesday recorded the highest
number in the first four days, there
being 4471 that day. The total num
ber to register here up to 6 o'clock
Saturday evening was 22,567.
The crowds do not tarry long in
town. Tlie train service is such that
they can come Ijere and register and
get away within an hour or two after
arrvilng. Many prefer to stay longer,
however, and a good sized crowd is in
evidence most of the time.
A well organized police force are
keeping close watch and no disorder
or holdups are allowed. An attempt
to carry on gambling was headed off
and the gamblers have left.
Fifty-one notari.s, beside their
clerks, are recorded to report to the
land office officials.
There is plenty of good eating and
sleeping acoomodatfons for all. The
land seekers will eat but not sleep.
The opera-house and skating rink, be
sides numerous other places, were
equipped with clean and comfortable
beds and some of the best homes In
the city offer to accomodate lodgers,
but most of them who stay In town
over night prefer to remain on the
streets.
The report that hundredsjof letters
are being mailed here without stamps
in the land drawing rush la branded
es a pure fabrication by the postmast
er. Not a single letter addressed to
the superintendent of the opening has
been heW up. Eleven tot Cue barer
been dropped into the poet office un
stamped and these have been stamped
by the postmaster and seat on to
Dallas. Great care is exercised at
the post office that all land opening
mail reaches its destination.
The registration continues another
week.
Death of Lizzie Meals.
The Lompoc (Gkl.) Journal: Death
has not been content with laying a
quieting band on the old and the
middle aged in out community recent
ly, but has also sought among the ro
bust young for treasurers for bit
garner. This time it is Miss Lizzie
Meals who is called to swell the grow
ing list of God’s chosen ones. After
undergoing a successful operation for
an abcess in her side and showing in
dications of recovery she suffered a
relapse from the probable formation
of another aboesa which in her weak
ened condition resulted in her death
at the California hospital in Los
Angeles Tuesday night at 10 o’clock.
Lizzie was a good, sweet, pure Chris
tian girl, whose excellencies might
well be imitated by other young
people.
Elizabeth Meals was born February
20, 1891, in O’Neill, Nebr., and was
the fifth child and youngest daughter
of G. W. and Maria Meals. When
about six years old she came with her
parents to Lompoc and bad grown to
a promising young womanhood In this
community. Her first school exper
ience was with Miss Oarrlo Ball, now
Mrs. N. G. Beindoliar, who has also
been her Sunday school superintend
ent through all of the years of her
development. She united with the
Presbyterian church durtngthe pas
torate of Rev. S. A. Teague. Lizzie
was a member of the senior class of
this year of the high school but was
able to attend only a few days session
on account of the illness that resulted
in her death. She was ambitious
and was considered by her teachers
one of the brightest pnpiis in the high
school.
Three brothers, two sisters, anther
and mother and a host of friends are
left to mourn.
It is needless to say that the whole
community unite in sympathy for the
bereaved family.
Lost—J. A. D. E. necklace with
four pearls. Finder return to this
office or to Mrs. S. J. Weekes and get
reward. 16-tf
If you are figuring on buyings heat*
ing stove remember the name RE
TORT OAK. Do not confuse the
name because there are thousands of
Oak stoves. All are trying to imitate
the Retort. -Neil Brennan. 14tf.
Studeb&-ker
For 50 Years
the Standard of
Perfection in '
Farm Wagons
The quality of the Studdbaker Wagon is so well known that it
needs no introduction to users of farm wagons anywhere. For 50
years it has stood as the climax of perfection in wagon building,
and of the tens of thousands of farmers using the Studebaker in
this and foreign countries there is not a dissatisfied one among
them. Brennan has a large stock of these wagons and would be
glad of the priviledge to show them to you, explain their superior
points and give you prices.
COME AND SEE THEM
NEIL BRENNAN