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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1908)
fHE O’NEILL PRONTO O. H. CRONIN, Publithar. PM E ILL, NEBHAOKA Curious reasons for the depression in aie English pottery trade were given at Stoke recently In the course of the arbitration proceedings on the demand of the potters for an Increase of wages. Judge Ridgeway, a prominent manufac turer, declared that In many London hotels the head employes, who were often Germans, gave preference to Ger many when they ordered their ware. *'I also attribute the decline In the din nerware trade to the change In the habits of life In London." continued Mr. Ridgeway. "Large numbers of Lon doners now live In flats and dine In restaurants, and consequently they re quire no dinner services In their homes.” Two princesses, representatives of the only real American royalty, des cendants of that Massasolt whose word was law to 80 villages and 30,000 red men, are living in poverty on the •hores of Lake Assawampsett, Mass. They are Tewesleema and Wootone kanuske. An effort Is being made to secure for these last of the royal blood of the Wampanoags a material recog nition of their rights and of the serv ices which their ancestor, the mighty sachem Massasolt, performed for (he Slonesra of New England, for without [assasolt’s friendship and protection the struggling colonists would have been swept from the land. Lackawanna is the highest priced railroad stock In the world. The par value of Its shares Is *50 and the price ranges between 8500 and *000. A small transaction—a hundred or a few hun dred shares—causes a loss or gain of from 10 to 40j points. The road is owned by the Rockefellers, Stillmans and Astors (arid their associates), and Is operated with the same foresight that has always distinguished Standard Oil. Its mileage Is small; its dividends are snormous. Its capital stock Is only •or onn Ann I Every national campaign gives oc casion to men of original ideas to Invent some catchy device which, because of ■ the interest engendered by the nu I tlonal fight, will be sold by the thou [ sand. One of the most Ingenious things • put on the market this year is a small [ tablet, like a medicine pellet, which, | when dissolved, In a finger bowl, re i solves itself Into a picture of Taft or Bryan, as the case may be. Already thousands of these tablets have been [ sold to New York hotels and restaur* | ants. f August 27 has Just been declared ; clearing-up day for the rural schools of Nebraska. On that day parents, fiuplls, friends and teachers gather at heir school, mo.w the grass, repair the building and put things to rights generally before the opening of the I school in the fall. They bring their i dinners and spend the day. It is ex ’ pected that the occasion will be thor I oughly enjoyed and will tend to In I crease Iritevest In the educational af 1 fairs of the rural districts. ( Professor Schiaparelli, the head of I the Itallaacxpeditlon in Egypt, is mak \ Ing headway in his investigations of I the necropolis of A sin!. Some 200 | Egyptians are at work and a great I number of funeral objects are being i constantly brought to light, besides ; many Inscriptions which are of great I Interest in connection with the early i Egyptian history. In each burying ( place the explorers have-found an effigy | of the defunct* carved In wood. | The preliminary report of the census i bureau on cotton consumption in the I United States for the year ending Au l gust 81, 1908, recently issued, showed I; that during the period covered the | mills of the South consumed 2,256,813 bales, against 2,410,993 bales In 1906-07, .or a falling oil of only 154,380 bales (6.4 i per cent), whereas, in the same lnter I val. Northern establishments exhibited a decline of 866,118 bales (8.9 per cent.) Miss Selma Lagerlof, besides being the most popular writer In Sweden, bas Just received an honorary degree from the University of tlpsala. She 1s the first woman In Sweden to receive this distinction, and It is said to be only a matter of time when she will get the Nobeliprtse. Mrs. Emma Barry, of San Francisco, has Just returned} from a trip to the Arctic Circle,, during which. It Is assert ed, he went farther north than any other white woman. She accompanied her husband prospecting for gold, and after she Jays in certain supplies she will rejoin him in Alaska. China is buying, lumber from British Columbia It is largely needed for rail ; way construction. American lumber is ' shipped to Shanghai. On one day of j hie recent visit four full cargoes of Oregon pine arrived there, says the | Canadian trade commissioner at Yoko R buna. {Professor Jewett’s comments on the young men of Balllol, Oxford, often took the form of crushing sarcasms. I "The college4 ,Mr. X., thinks highly of 3 you,” he once said, “perhaps too hlgh • ly: but not half so highly, I am sure, v «s you think of yourself." I The French gardening methods bv {Which an -acre of ground Is made to ■ yield $2,433 to *2.920 per annum by ■ the forcing hot bed process has been 1 Introduced in England. Vegetables are produced all the year and are forced *>y a steady temperature of 90 degrees. For \ having “coeoanuts” made of |Iron, weighing 21 pounds each, on the | front rows of her stand at a fair, so | that they could not be knocked off. , Sarah Ha^'er was fined *15 and her ■on *2.60 at Nuneaton, England. |; I 9 ^ , A combination of a lump of soap of f the size of a hickory nut. a pint of boiling water and four tablespoonfuls of turpentine is the familiar solution used to transfer newspaper cuts to an other piece of paper or to cloth. | After other photographers had failed for 20 years, an Eastern man. T. O, Boisen, has perfected an apparatus • Which has taken some remarkable sub f marine photographs of Santa Catalln: Island, California, .. • • --- The tunnel through the backbone ol f,the Cordilleras that will connect Val Iparaiso with Buenos Ayres, is progress ling rapidly. Work Is pushed day am Plight. At the present rate it will b< ["opened In 1910. -— I The British built, but German owned i fiablp Columbia, dismantled by a hurri : goalie off tlape Flattery, has been pur fOlmsed by Americans and converter , -Into the first six-masted barken title it the world. i | ' "Along about this time.” observes th< Indianapolis News,” the well im-anlns s piousewife is likely io let the bread bun while site Is figuring vn th * lu st waj ito have her fur coal made over.” 11 --■—*— Some oft!.- French tapeatry Is menu ! ffactured so'6/owiy that an aitist cate | iffcot produce more than a quarter cf a Aqucre yard In u year. DAHLMAN WILL ENFORCE BLUE LAWS IN OMAHA If City Cannot Be Run Wide Open Cowboy Mayor Will Spike It Down. Omaha, Neb., Oet. 27.—Cigar stores 'drug stores, news stands, confection eries ar.d all other ordinary places o< .business In Omaha must remain closed ion Sunday from now on. Mayor Dahl man will enforce the Sunday closing laws until they are re pealed, and unless a rehearing Is ap plied for In the supreme court by th<| Omaha merchants convicted of Sunday violations, the blue Sundays will beglij next Sunday. . "The supreme court has decided that the blue laws are constitutional." an founced the mayor tills morning, "and am going to enforce them. The de fendants in these cases have an oppor tunity to apply for a rehearing, but as the court opinion Is so positive, ona may not be asked. "As soon as the supreme court de cision Is filed In Omaha, the laws will be enforced to the letter. Any viola tion of these laws will surely mean that the offender will get a ride in the wagon and be thrown in jail. There is to be no monkey work. "The laws are on the books and we iaro compelled by law to enforce them. While personally I do not favor such ■rigid regulation, the law is there and there Is nothing to be done but enforctl It. “From now on until the legislature gives us relief, the police are instructed to enforce every one of these laws, Then If the people don’t like them they may ask the legislature to either repeaj or modify them.” PROMINENT WOMAN, THROWN BY PONY, DIES OF INJURIES Pierce, Neb., Oft. 27.—8his commu nity was greatly shocked upon learning of the death of Mrs. Robert Schulz, who died suddenly at her home in thq •west end of town yesterday. She vis ited at the home of her parents, north of town, several days ago, when theyi ■were threshing, and rode a pony, and during the ride the pony threw her off and she was dragged quite a distance before the pony was stopped. It is thought she was injured Internally at that time. For several years prior to her mar riage she was the lady clerk in the store of F. J. Rastede. On Wednesday, Muy 13, 1908, she was united In mar riage to Robert Schulz, who is the Ju nior member of the firm of Huebner & Schulz, dealers In general mer« chandise in this city. BANK BOOKS STOLEN FROM THE SHERIFF Held Evidence for Prosecution of President of Defunct State Bank. ______ Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 27.—The books of the Chamberlain State bank, on which the prosecution chiefly depended for the conviction of Charles M. Chamberlain, president of the defunct bank, were stolen early last night from the sheriff's office at Tecumsen. The books were preserved in a big box and the thieves took the entire box weighing 260 pounds, driving away Jn wagons, the tracks of which were discovered near the court house. The authorities worked all night, but dis covered no clew and suspecf that the books have already been burned. Chamberlain was convicted of em bezzlement a year ago sentenced to the penitentiary for five years, but the ver dict was set aside by the state supreme court and a new trial ordered. Cham berlain is out on ball and his where abouts are unknown. MAN WHO FORGOT HIS WIFE’S LETTERS FAILED IN DRAWING Pierce, Neb.. Oct. 27.—Ane Pierce man who registered for the Rosebud hind drawing would not have won u farm If there had been 114,000 quarter sections to distribute. This is a Pierce man who forgets to mall his wife's ■ litters. I This Pierce landseeker, who by the, way is a married business man living' on the east side of the tracks, went! clear to Dallas to play the land lot tery game. Other friends went along! und It was a Jolly crowd. But one Pierce business man never drew a farm. He searched the papers each day and wondered if they would send the farm by registered mall or under a government frank. Then his wife gave him a letter to mall. That evening she went through his pockets. Among the other things uhe unearthed was her husband’s fil ing affidavit In a letter addressed to Judge Witten. He had gone to Dallas, S. D., to mtike out his affidavit and had for gotten to file it. DYING, STEALS AND HIDESJ3REAT SUM Havana, Oct. 27.—Da Lueha says that Miguel de la Torre, who was yesterday ' accused of theft by Governor Magoon, stole 5135,000 from the treasury for i his daughter, having placed the money safely where the government cannot recover It. La Lueha adds that lie la Torre has an incurable cancer of the stomach anil does not care what the j result of his act may he, havng but a | short time to live. Lately he lost all his : capital and preferred to steal from the i | treasury rather than leave his family in | poverty. : ^ RAIN WILL CHECK ALL FOREST FIRES Detroit. Oct. 27.—Rain is falling t heavily all over Michigan today. It is . : expected all forist tires will be extin . guished. j GOVERNOR VETOES HUNTING. j Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 27.—In the hope of preventing inure forest tins in Vcr ; mom. Governor Prouty issued a proola , mat ion suspending the hunting season -i i ds t tatc until November s. ODD FELLOWS MAKE BIO GAIN IN STATE DURING PAST YEAR Institute Twelve New Lodges and Increase Membership Fourteen Hundred. Lincoln, .Ni b., Oct. 26.—Twelve new lodges have been chartered and 1.409 ■ new members have been added to the membership of the Odd Fellows of Ne braska during the past year. This makes a total of 396 lodges holding charters in the state. These facts were announced in the annual report of the grand secretary, at the opening of the contention yes terday. Funeral benefits In the surn of J3.784.80 have been paid out and the relief fund reached over 120,900; $3,658.35 went for special relief; for the relief of widows and orphans $442.25 was ex ,pe nded. The convention of the Independent |Order of Odd Fellows opened at 19 :o’clock yesterday morning, the dele gates being welcomed by Governor [Sheldon. At noon there was a parade. The following officers were elected: U. S. ltohrer, of Hastings, grand patriarch. J, H. Carson, of Lincoln, grand se <nlor warden. Captain J. Marks, of Omaha, grand ■high priest. E. H. Newhouse. of Red Cloud, grand junior warden. I. H. Gage, of Fremont, grand scribe. F. B. Bryant, of Omaha, grand treas urer. E. L. Dinsmore, of Laurel, grand rep resentative. — 4 — FARMER FALLS FROM HOUSE TOP; SERIOUSLY INJURED Winslde, Neb., Oct. 26.—Like tlie man who sawed off the limb of the iree on which lie was sitting, Carl Bronzynskl, one of Wayne county’s, wealthy farmers, living west of here, while on top of his house removed the support from under him and fell to the ground. He struck on his head, and for a time Ills life was despaired ,of, he being unconscious for several hours. . • MATINEE ROMANCE SURPRISES CHICAGO Young Heir to Millions Marries Miss Marjorie Harper, Whose Age Is 17. Chicago, 111., Oct. 26.—Few people who saw a smiling bov and a blushing girl as they stood in the lobby of a down town theater yesterday Imagined they were viewing an elopement in its in oipiency. They might have been con vinced, however, If they had heard the conversation which took place a few minutes later when another young woman, accompanied by a tall man, alighted from an automobile and Joined them. "Come on; let's get our tickets,” said the girl who arrived last. "Not Just yet—er—that is, I don’t believe we had better get any,” stam mered the young man. "You see, Mar jorie and I have decided to get mar ried and we want you to get into the machine and go with us.” "Why, Hamlin, you don't mean it," responded the young woman addressed. "Who Is going to marry you?” was the next practical question. "The nearest preacher,” was the re ply. And that was how L. Hamlin Pren tice, Jr., son of a retired capitalist and heir to a million, was married to Miss Marjorie B. Harper. He is 20 and she is 17 years old. IF YOU CAN’T MAKE $15 PER, DON’T MARRY AND LIVE IN BOSTON Boston, Mass., Oct. 26.—Thos. Dix on Carver, professor of economics at Harvard university. In an article print ed today savs it is not in the in terest of society or the laboring class es that men who cannot earn $15 a week should try to marry and bring up a family in a place like Boston. When persons who cannot earn J16 a week bring children Into the world, the chances are that the children will be like them, he says. There will thus be a large supply of unskilled laborers to crowd the market and make condi tions worse for superior laborers. MAN DROPS DEAD ON THE HOUSE TOP Worthington, Minn., Oct. 26.—Chas. J. Smallwood, a wealthy citizen, pro prietor of the local telephone system, dropped dead this afternoon at 4:30 while on top of a building inspecting some repairs which had recently been made on the line. Death was due to hardening of the arteries. FOREST FIRES KILL TROUT. Malone, N. Y„ Oct. 26.—Sportsmen have just discovered that the forest fires iu the Adtrondaeks have wqrked havoc among the trout, with which many streams throughout the burned section are well stocked. Thousands of dead trout have been found In the bottoms and along the edges of the streams and it Is believed they have been killed by impurities in the water caused either by ashes or smoke. ALIMONY FOR MRS. ALLEGRETTI, $12 PER Chicago, 111., Oct. 26.—The "shadow kiss" wins. In a separate maintenance suit Judge Bull last night dissolved the injunction against Benedetto Allegret ti’s business and entered an order al lowing Mrs. Allegretti $12 a week ali mony. The court also allowed Mrs. Allegretti $50 for her solicitor’s ft'es. ANTHONY COMSTOCK IS STRICKEN AT GOTHAM » " 1 New York. Oct. 26.—Anthony Corn stock, president of the New York So ciety for the Suppression of Vice, is re j ported os very ill at his home here, I a;wl it is thought not unlikely that an I operation will to found necessary. A J consultation of physicians will bo held ! to decide whether an open'lion is nec i essary. Sir. Comstock is suffering from gall stones. WHO LOSES WHEN CLEVER FORGER WINS? Lincoln Clearing House Will Determine Who Holds Sack for Bogus Drafts, Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 24.—The Lincoln clearing house is going 10 law to find out who holds the sack when some clever forger passes his worthless pa per. Several gents with a high degree of Spencerian proficiency have been decreasing the visible supply cf coin .in Lincoln, and there have been quar rels between the victims as to who should stand the loss. A test ease is to be made up between the Farmers’ and Merchants’ and tho National Bank of Commerce. Some chap forged the name of R. E. Wright to checks aggregating $154, which were cashed by the Farmers’ and Merchants' for merchant patrons, and being drawn on the National Bank of Commercq ■were presented there for payment. The forger had done so good a Job that the latter bank did not detect the imi tation. and it was only when on thq first of the month the checks were put in Wright's envelope that the forgery was discovered by the latter. The Farmers’ and Merchants’ declines to make good, and so do the merchants who cashed them, the element of time 1 elapsed between the passing and dis covery being an Important element. ARE COUNTY JUDGES LIABLE FOR ALL FEES OF THEIR OFFICES? Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 24.—One case sub mitted to the supreme court yesterday afternoon is of a character to make all of the gentlemen who now hold the ' Job of county Judge in Nebraska, oi who have held that position within the last 10 years, do a little shivering. It is a test case brought to deter mine whether county judges are liable for all of the fees of their office, wheth er they collect them or not, and wheth er they are liable to the county for a $3 fee for every marriage they perform, | whether they get any fee or not. The I case is one of Douglas county against | former Judge Vinsonhaler and involves ! $16,000. The county submitted no proof on the proposition, holding to the the ory that it is the duty of the county judge to marry a couple whenever he is asked to do so, and to collect the ' legal fee therefor, just as in all other I cases where he performs duties by vir tue of his office. It also contends that as the law- says that all fees shall be collected in advance of the service to be performed, the county judge ex tends credit on his own risk. For years it has been the pfeasant custom for county officers to busy themselves in making collections suffi cient to pay their salaries and expenses and kindly forgiving that part where the public treasury might be assisted. As to marriage fees custom is pleaded. The lawyers say that for 30 years the law has been construed by these offi cers whose duty it is to construe it, and there having been no complaint or question that construction now has the force and effect of law. SHUMWAY GETS ANOTHER STAY OF DEATH SENTENCE Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 24.—R. Mead Shumway will not be hanged at the state penitentiary on October 30. The supreme court today suspended execu tion of his sentence until January 8, and meanwhile will hear arguments on a i motion for a rehearing. Shumway murdered the wife of his I employer, Jacob Martin, a Gage county farmer, September 3, 1907, and his con viction was affirmed by the supreme court. This is the third date that has been set for his execution. 4 4 4 CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR 4 4 RESCUING CHILD 4 4 4 4 Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 24.—Mar- 4 4 tin R. Lux, the recipient of the 4 4 Carnegie medal and $1,000 for 4 4 bravery, is a Lincoln railroad 4 4 man. 4 4 While firing an engine on the 4 4 Burlington, he noticed a little 4 4 babe on the tracks ahead. He 4 4 ran out on his engine, dropped 4 4 down to the pilot and with great 4 4 peril to himself, grabbed the 4 4 child and threw it from the 4 4 track, saving its life. Railroad 4 4 fellow workmen presented him 4 4 with p gold watch for his 4 4 bravery. 4 4 William A. Schneider, of Oel- 4 4 wein, la,, was honored in the 4 4 same manner. 4 4 _ _ 4 DAVI8 PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MURDER Omaha, Neb., Oct. 24.—Charles E. Davis, charged with the murder In the first degree of Dr. Frederick Rustin, entered a plea of not guilty yesterday in district court before Judge Sears. Only a handful of court attendants, with a number of talesmen were In the court room when County Attorney English read the complaint against Davis. Davis was accompanied by his at torney and by the attendant who has been In constant attendance since Davis was placed on bonds of $10,000. English said the trial would prob ably begin in November. RUSTIN INSURANCE MONEY IS PAID Omaha. Neb., Oct. 24.—Checks for Mrs. Frederick Rustln, widow of the late Dr. Rustin, amounting to about $22,100, have been received in Omaha from the Penn Mutual home office in Philadelphia, on the policy of her hus band. On the return of Luther Kountze to Omaha settlement will be made with the First National bank f6r the amount owed It by Dr. Rustin,_ COURT SUSTAINS SUNDAY BLUE LAWS Lincoln. Neb.. Oct. 24.—The supreme court today sustained the legality ol , the Nebraska blue laws forbidding ; almost all Sunday business transac tions. _ _ _ She Knew. Fred—Why is it a woman can't catch j a ball like a man? Grace—Oh! a man isn't so swift— therefore, easier to catch. “Some men are not satisfied to take advantage of their opportunities; they want to take advantage of other peo ple's also,” notes the Philadelphia Rec ord. The Indianapolis News rotes that “when he undertakes to wear a little different style it takes a man some time to get over the feeling that peo ple are laughing at his new hat.” A [DAMAGED BY ' ! LISTENING TO SKATING MUSIC Lincoln Man Gets $200 for Wear and Tear from Nerve Destroying Musical Yells. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 23.—Walter .T. Lamb, a prominent attorney of much (wealth, was adjudged entitled to re ceive $200 from the Lincoln Auditorium association as compensation for the suffering he endured because of the horrible character of the music ground out by the military band organ in the auditorium. In order to make a little money, the association decided to run a roller skating rink during the winter, and in order to enliven the skaters the manager bought one of those mechan ical contrivances known as a military band organ. It had a repertoire of 12 tunes. Mr. Lamb owns a big flat next door and he occupies the apartments im mediately adjacent to the auditorium. At first he was enchanted with the music, and often sat on his front ve randa drinking in tiie sounds of the organ. As time wore on the organ began to wear on Mr. Lamb’s nerves, j The sounds became torture to him, and he declares in court that all the tunes began to sound alike to him. He went into court, after vainly try ing to get the manager to turn off the tunes, and in addition to getting $200 for his sufferings, he secured an (injunction permanently restraining the use of the building as a rink. WIFE SOUGHT TO MURDER HUSBAND Mother of Year-Old Baby in Jail for Conspiring Against Husband’s Life. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 23.—Smil Ruser, whose wife a week ago with John Slag ler, as an accomplice, conspired to take his life, has filed suit for divorce against Mrs. Ruser on the grounds, that she conspired to kill him. Mrs. Ruser is now in jail. She has a year old baby and it was thought this fact would result in her exemption from prosecution. The husband, how ever, declares he will prosecute her. Slagle is also In jail. He' fired five shots at Rusev only one cj w'hich took effect. COL TAYLOR IN THRILLING ESCAPE Union City, Tenn., Oct. 23.—Colonel R. A. Taylor, the aged Trenton, N. J„ lawyer who was taken from the hotel at Walnut Log at the same time Cap tain Quinten Rankin was lynched night before last, has turned up near Tipton vllle, having escaped from the night riders an hour after Rankin was hanged. The masked men got into a dispute among themselves as to what to do with Taylor, some favoring killing him, while others wanted to hold him so as to force concession to the demands for free fishing on Reelfoot lake. While ■the riders disputed, Taylor Jumped be tween the guards and, despite his years, dashed to the edge of the bayou and plunged in. While swimming across, he was fired upon many times by night riders, but escaped in the darkness. Under the direction of Governor Patterson, militia is being distributed throughout the disturbed territory. OKLAHOMA BANK UPHELD BY JURY Coalgate, Okla., Oct. 23.—Exonerating the officers of the Bank of Coalgate and recommending the removal of Bank Examiner Smock, the grand Jury today submitted its report of its investiga tions of the closing of the Bank of Coal gate. a state institution operating un der the provisions of the state guar anty law. Smock closed the bank on the grounds that officers were violating the state hanking laws by loaning themselves funds of the bank. The officers con vinced the grand jury that the money they received from the bank, alleged to be loans, did not equal the amount the hank owed them in salary. Examiner Smock was charged with closing the bank for political purposes. Governor Haskell sent a special prose cutor here. The grand jury comprised nine democrats and three republicans, SEVEN LIVES LOST IN FIRES IN EAST New York. Oct. 23.—Three members of the family of Maurice Moscovitz were killed and four others badly in jured. and the lives of 100 more were imperiled by a fire in a six-story ten ement house in East Third street early today. Denver, Oct. 23.—Fire, evidently of incendiary origin, destroyed the ele vator of the Hungarian Mills company today. The loss is $450,000. Four hun dred thousand bushels of wheat w-ere :burned. Favette City, Pa., Oct. 23.—Fire early today threatened the business portion of the city, but was controlled after causing a loss of $15,000. Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. 23.—Four col- ! ored members of the crew perished in the burning of the Hudson river steam er New York at Marvel’s ship yard here early today. The steamer cost $500,000. ^ _ GALE FANS FIRES. Sault Ste Marie, Mich, Oct. 23.— There is no let-up to the gale from the southeast, which was stronger than ever at daybreak today, rousing forest fires to renewed fury. There is no sign of relief, the promised rain not having come. _ ’’KING OF THE LIZARDS.” Great Falls, Mont., Oct. 23.—The re mains of a pre-historic animal, 40 feet ' long and 22 feet in height, have been found in the Bad lUinds south of Glas gow. Mont., by Bavnum Brown, of New York, connected with the American Museum of Natural History. It took 10 teams to haul the fossil to the rail road, the skull alone weighing 4,000 pounds. Mr. Brown classifies the fossil ns a tyrnunos.arus rex, or “king of the lizards." The Chicago News points cut that "most people die before reaching the age of discretion." ' RAILROAD CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT IN FEDERAL COURT Railroad Employe Cannot Be Made a Principal in Suit for Damages. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 22.—The contests Which have been In progress for months between claimants for dam ages and the Nebraska railroads as to which should select the forum for trial,, has apparently ended in a victory for the railroads. By incorporating in oth er slates, It Is necessary now to sue In the federal cousts when one feels agrleved against any of the roads that do business In this state. Attorneys for persons with damage claims then evolved the plan of mak ing some employe oi the company who could be made to stand In the legal position of a vice principal of the road, a party to the suit, and by this means the employe being a resident of the state, give the state courts Jur isdiction. The railroads declared that this was a legal trick and have protested that it was a device to deprive them of the foruin In which they were entitled to have their cases tried. They have won and nearly all of these have been landed In the federal courts. As a result, the docket of the fed eral court for the term beginning hero shortly, contains a list of nine cases against railroads, aggregating nearly $250,000 In damage claims. These range from $15,000 to $40,000. Railroad at torneys claim that recent legislation and the state of public feeling against roads has given rise to a large num ber of damage suits. AUTUMN TORNADO HITS NEBRASKA TOWNS Laurel and Lincoln Catch Force of Cyclone Which Does Considerable Damage. Lincsln, Neb., Oct. 22.—Lincoln for scarcely three minutes early last even ing experienced the novelty of an Oc tober tornado, which did considerable damage in an area of less than a dozen square blocks. The heaviest loss was. sustained by the Lincoln Electric Light company, when 15 of the largest poles, carrying the heavy feed wires, were snapped oft at the ground, stringing, the wires along the right of way of the Burlington railroad, blocking traffic in. the yards for an hour. The city was dark last night, so far as light from that source w'as concerned. A freight car on a bridge was picked up by the wind and blown into Salt creek. Oth er damage was done in the Burlington, yards. There were no casualties. Laurel Is Shaken. Laurel, Neb., Oct. 22.—A little cy clone struck northeast of Laurel yes terday afternoon, destroying several buildings on the J. R. Durrle farm. Thomas DeConnlck, who is working the farm, was badly hurt, having one leg broken In two places, an arm brok en, and the bridge of his nose broken. So far no other damage is reported. LEEDOM MUST STAND TRIAL FOR LIBEL Pierce, Neb., Oct. 22.—District court wras convened here yesterday, and one of Judge Welch’s first acts was to overrule the demurrer In the criminal libel case against Editor Leedom, of the Osmond Republican. The Osmond editor is charged with, criminal libel by County Commissioner Stelnkraus. The case will now come before the district court for trial, al though It will probably be continued! over this term. NEBRASKA RIVALS IOWA IN PRODUCTION OF POP CORN BALLS Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 22.—According to Labor Commissioner Ryder, Nebraska is becoming a formidable rival to Iowa in the matter of pop corn raising, and: he Is willing to pit the North Loup district of Nebraska against the Ode bolt district of Iowa, most any time. Ryder says that on most of the Pa cific and Atlantic passenger vessels Nebraska pop corn is now regarded as the best specific for sea sickness, and barrels of it are consumed on every voyage. Between North Loup and Ord there were about 15,000 acres of pop corn grown this year. The crop will average about 2.000 pounds to the acre, and the opening price is J1.25 a hundred. The market is usually about $2 a hun dred. The Odebolt crop is larger than that of Nebraska, but the latter pro duct is ready for the market in a short time after it is garnered, while in Iowa it must be seasoned a year or else kiln dried. KERMIT AS ORGANIST TICKLES THE SAILORS Boston, Oct. 22.—Hermit Roosevelt was the leading spirit in a Christian Endeavor society entertainment at Sailors' Haven at Charleston last even ing. He took hold of things at the beginning and for two hours he kept them humming. He wound up the evening by shaking hands with 10C sailors and telling them what a good time he had had. The entertainment was a yearly af-. fair given by the Melrose branch of the society. Hermit is not a member oS. it. but is a leader in the Harvard so ciety and consented to attend. Things were going badly and Hermit took the bull by the horns. He went over tq the organ, opened it and started play ing “Throw Out tho Life Line." Soon the sailors were roaring out in chorus Hermit played half a dozen hymns before the others got there. Then lie helped wind up the evening’s entertain ment by a little address. KING TO ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT OF DUKE Romo, Oct. 22.—Tho king will an nounce the engagement of too duke oi ■ Abruzzl to Miss Catherine Elkins b\ means of a letter to Prime Minister Giollitti, who will communicate the news to the press. The aunouncenfent will not be made before the arrival or the duke in America, which will prob ably be some time next month. A squadron of three It Mian battle ships will sail from SRzzia for tin United States about November 15 ->n, from this fact it is argued the mar riage will take place in December