fHE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Rublise.r.
FNEILL, N G tilt AS.'< <
The effort of George Brandes to in
duce the Norwegian government to
purchase and to preserve the Griinstad
Apothecary shop la meeting with Hie
Indorsement of many literary organiza
tions all over Europe. The little
(crumbling building In the south of Nor
way was the scene of Ilenrik Ibsen's
earliest activity as a writer. He was
A helper and then an appr. ntke In tin j
Apothecary shop, and >-i ■ ■:•.}> i the j
lew Idle hours at his dis; ■ oi '>> 'vril- i
|ng “There," said Brandes. in ills ap
peal, “Ibsen discovered himself. The ,
place had at that time about XOO In
habitants and the apothecary shop was
(ts exchange, the congregating place of
the town’s business leaders, where they
discussed the events of the time. There
he wrote his poem, 'To Hungary’ and
•Catalina,’ and the place should be pre
perved for all time."
A west side man whose youngest child
Attempted to blow himself up on the
Fourth of July has Just settled a pe
culiar claim for damages. The child's
clothes caught fire In the street and ho
was saved from serious Injury by the
nimble wit of a man who soused him
into a convenient barrel of liquid. A
Week later the father got a bill for $20,
Which represented the cost of a barrel
of ruined lemonade Into which the
youngster had been plunged. The
father was willing to pay several times
|20 for the preservation of his son,
put to place that valuation on a barrel
of street lemonade struck him as a bit
of unconscious but delightful satire.
After lying at the bottom of the sea
undisturbed for n century and a half
pne of the guns of H. M. S. Hnmillles.
A’hlch was wrecked near Holt Tall, on
the south coast of Devon, has been re
Eavered. One side of the tyeapon has
een worn away with tho action of
rebbles and shingle washed over it by
he tide to such an extent, says tho
London Chronicle, that at the muzzle
the thickness of Iron Is very little, and
for its whole length the metal has tho
Appearance of being gradually filed
sway. Even tho trunnions which orig
inally took Its weight on the gun car
riage, have been worn to spikes.
The voices of the summer which make
pleep dlffcult for so maiv persons In
New York do not Interfere with the
fepose of one citizen, who Is happy In
the possession of an Invention which
deadens all sound. This Is a small
?uetal ball which fits Into the canal of
he ear and stops It up. It Is kept In
place by a narrow rod no thicker than
A pin which fits against the shell of
the ear. These deadeners of sound are
rare here, but popular enough In Eu
rope, whence this one came.
No fewer than 1,500 towns and vil
lages In Germany still own, and have
owned, down from the middle ages,
•o much common land that their Inhab
itants pay neither rates nor taxes. Five
hundred of these townships and vil
lages derive so great a rental from
their lands that they are able, In addi
tion, to pay every citizen, on New
Year's day, a bonus of from $25 to $100
as his share of the surplus revenues.
A New Jersey farmer has discovered
that music pays In the dairy business.
He employed a Swiss milkmaid who
yodeled, and the dally supply of milk
increased. The milkmaid left, the cows
moped and the milk supply decreased.
He bought a phonograph and Installed
it the stables and when he put In ths
kind of music the cows liked they gave
down freely. Some tunes made them
dry up. Here Is a hint for northern
New York dairymen.
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fha Jewish Advocate has this to
cay as to the recent turf victory of |
baron de Rothschild: "Bcvron Maurlcs
Be Rotnschlld, whose horse won th«
Grand Pri* at the french derby, In- |
cldentaliy gathered In the sum of $76,
000 as his share of the winnings. The
poor man no doubt needs the mohey—
a fact that explains his violation of ,
the ethical law against gambling.'' ‘ |
■'f Dean Stanley used {o tell this story
with relish: He sent a note to a shoe
£ taker about a pair of shoes that were
elng made for him, and the writing
was so bad that the shoemaker
couldn't make It out. So he returned
the note to the dean, with a note of
his own, saying he was “unaccustomed
to the chlrography of the higher
classes.”
That pear tree with which Count
JSeppelln's airship lately came Into col
lision has been sold to an ebonist at
Btuttgth-t. This artist proposes to
work the tree up and sell the articles
ws souvenirs of the event In the form
Df backs for books, pin trays and rulers
Counterfeits of the same nature ara
already on the market. I
Texas has taken pattern from New
York and now has In effect a law pro
hibiting gambling nt race tracks. The
hew statute makes betting on a horse
a misdemeanor, punishable by a line
of from $200 to $500 if a book Is made
or a pool Is sold, and punishable by a
line of $25 to $100 tf a bet is made or
« pool bought.
For the Instruction of tourists about
to visit Egypt, Persia and India, a mu
seum Is to be established In Paris, In
which specimens of the counterfeit art
Works so largely sold to wealthy trav
elers In those countries are to be ex
hibited.
At the close of the fiscal year 1908
the railroad mileage of the United
States was 230,000, as compared with
136,883 in 1888 and 184.648 In 1898. The
het capitalization is $13,000,007,012, an
Increase of 39.8 per cent over the fig
ures of 1898.
The wealth of the United States In
1850 was $7,000,000,000, speaking In
round terms; In 1860, $16,000,000,000; In
1870, $30,000,000,000; In 1880, $43,500.
000,000: In 1890, $65,000,000,000; In
1900, $88,500,000,000, and In 1904, $107,
000,000.000.
Lucerne Is to be the sole airship
•tatlon for Switzerland, and a stution
house Is to be erected at a cost of
TOO,000 francs. It Is hoped soon to
establish regular communication be
tween this town and Frledrlchshufen.
Poison from eating vanilla sauces or
Ice cream thus flavored Is not unknown.
VanlUIne favors the growth of certain
poisonous germs. Vanilla sauces and
Ice cream should be eaten when first
cooked or frozen.
Doctor ants do Incredible cures—If
they were not vouched for by Huber,
foubbock and others. They bathe and
•un the sick, put them to bed and show
more humanity than most folk.
New Jersey gets $8,000,000 a year
from its oyster beds, but could get $40,
#00,000 from the same source If the
javallable tide land was properly seeded
»nd cultivated.
After a long Btudy of school children
In London, the Medical Record says,
for. Harman finds nothing to show
chat good schooling hurta children's
•yea
SWEEPING ORDER
AFFECTING FOODS
AND PREPARATIONS
Weight or Measure Must Bf
Plainly Printed on Outside
of Package.
Lincoln. Ni b.. Aug. 17.—Under a rul
ing Just made by Food Commissioner
Mains all packages of food products,
except meat, must hereafter be marked
with their contents and their net
weights or measure. The old law left
this Indefinite, but Food Commissioner
Johnson construed It to mean Just what
Is now required. The legislature luter
made the law more specific in this re
spect.
A package Is defined to be any filled
carton, bottle, bag or other container
The wholesaler as well as the retallef
must see that the package is stamped
with tho weight or measure of its con
tents, and this weight or measure must
be the minimum. The list of foods cov
ered by the order are contained In thf
bulletin Just issued by the department
rind cover practically everything that ii
offered for sale for food purposes. It
addition all extracts, liquids, liquors 01
other drinks must bear the net weigh!
or rncxrsure and also the percentum o
alcohol.
The new order, which Is a synopsis of
the new law, which recently went lntr
effect. Is sweeping In Its character.
REVENUE COLLECTOR
ASKS EXPLANATIONS
Randolph, Neb., Aug. 17.—A. L. Slat
er, a Unnted States internal revenue
collector, visited Randolph the first
of the week and called several citizens
"upon the c-arpet" and wanted to know
what they were doing with the liquor
they were receiving. He Informed them
that If they desired to receive more
than one case at one shipment, they
had better get a government license or
suffer the consequences.
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SEVEN ARE HURT IN
FREIGHT COLLISION
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 17.—In a head
on wreck between two Rock Island
freight trains one mile east of Rock
ford. Neb., 30 miles east of here, near
Beatrice, last night, seven persons were
injured. The Injured:
Fireman Gateley, collar bone broken
Mrs. Curen, St. Louis, arm broken,
side strained.
George Smith, Lewiston, Neb., leg
broken.
Mrs. R. Burns, Virginia, Neb., cut
and bruised on body.
Mrs. J. H. Hale, Lewiston, Neb., head
cut.
E. J. Cook, Lewiston, Neb., side cut,
Internal injuries,
Mrs. Mary Dobbs, Virginia, Neb.,
body bruised.
Three engines were demolished. The
wreck Is said to have been caused by
u misunderstanding of orders.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED
IN COLORADO WRECK
Pueblo, Colo.. Aug. 17.—At least live
persons were killed outright and more
than 20 injured In a head-on collision
between two Denver & Rio Grande pas
senger trains near Husted, Colo., today
The locomotives and forward cars ol
both trains were badly damaged. It is
believed the wreck was the result ol
one of the crews overlooking their or
ders.
VETERANS ADJOURN
THEIR ENCAMPMENT
3alt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 17.—Tha '
forty-third national encampment of the j
Grand Army of the Republic ended
last nlgbt with a fireworks display on
Ensign peak.
In the contest for chaplain, Rev.
Daniel Ryan, of Columbus, Ind., won
the honor from Rev. Thomas Harwood,
of New Mexico, by a vote of 330 to
233.
After the final details of the conven
tion were disposed of, Commander In
Chief Van Sant and Ills fellow offi
cers, elective and appointive, were In
stalled.
The Woman's Relief corps elected
Mrs. Fannie W. D. Harden, of Denver,
senior vice president, and Mrs. Jennie
L. Jones, of Salt Luke, Junior vice pres
ident.
EUROPEAN CROPS
WON’T BE HEAVY
Washington, Aug. 17.—With mld
hfirvest reached In Europe, the depart
ment of agriculture today issued a re
port showing the conditions of the
crops in foreign countries. The condi
tions are the least promising in Cen
tral Europe.
While the European harvest as a
whole will undoubtedly be larger than
those of the last two years, when there
was a serious crop shortage, It Is un
likely to come up to that of 1906, or
even that of 1905.
Outside of Europe and the United
States, Canada is the only important
producer which harvests its crops at
this season, latest reports thence are
decidedly encouraging, indicating for
all grains, except winter wheat, a crop
much In excess of last year. «
It Is still too early to Judge of the
between-seasons crops to be t'urniched
by India, Australia and Argentina.
WOMAN CHALLENGES
MAN TO FIST FIGHT
Chicago, Aug. 17.—Mrs. Maude Lock
hart. 621 West Seventy-eighth st., be
lieves a woman has the right to chal
lenge a man to fistic combat when he
makes remarks which arouse her ire
She explained her attitude on fighting
when she went on the witness stand
In the Englewood Municipal court.
Mrs Lockhart • said she challenged
John Powell, 619 West Seventy-eighth
st., to fight when Powell, she asserted,
made an uncomplimentary remark
about Mrs. Blanche Gittings, who lives
in her home.
"And would you have whipped him?”
asked Judge Clarity.
"I would," replied Mrs. Lockhart.
Powell was charged $1 and costs on
a charge of talking too freely.
MISSOURI FARMER
GIVEN LIFE FOR
BRUTAL MURDER
Mexico. Mo., Aug. 17.—Luther Ander
son. a farmer, was today found qullty
of murdering his friend, August Wag
ner. at the latter's home near here, in
1908. Anderson was sentenced to life
imprisonment.
The murder of Wagner was revolt
ing. He was struck with a hatchet
while working In the cellar of his
home, and Ills head crushed. The mo
tive foe the murder was rijobery.
STRIKE BREAKERS IN
CAR COMPANY PLANT
Fog Aids Them in Getting in
Before Strikers Know of
Their Coming.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 16.—Taking ad
vantage of a heavy fog which en
shrouded the Ohio river early today,
the Pressed Steel Oar company landed
about 400 new men at McKees Rocks,
whom they succeeded In getting Into
the plant before the striker's pickets
were aware of the move.
The men arrived on two trains at
Rellevue and were ferried across the
river. As soon as the alarm was giv
en by the pickets, a hurried call was
sent for a mass meeting at Indian
Mound, but there was no trouble.
Sheriff Uumbert today resumed the
eviction of the strikers' families start
ed yesterday. He Is being aided by 25
negroes hired by the rental agency of
the company.
♦ AERONAUT MAKES ♦
♦ NEW RECORD FOR 4
4 CROSS COUNTRY 4
4 ♦
4 Mlneola, L. I., Aug. 16.—What 4
4 Is said to be a record for cross 4
4 country distance flight for an 4
4 aeroplane in this country was 4
4 made by C. Foster Willard In 4
4 the Golden Flyer todny when he 4
4 covered 12 miles In 19% minutes. 4
4 This exceeds the 10-mlle flight 4
4 made by the Wright brothers' 4
4 aeroplane made from Fort Myer 4
4 to Alexandria, Va„ several weeks 4
4 ago. Much longer flights within 4
4 a short circle, have, however, 4
4 been made by the Wrights ami ♦
4 longer cross country flights have 4
4 been made abroad. ♦
CRASHING GRANDSTAND
INJURES SEVERAL PEOPLE
Valentine, Neb., Aug. 16.—During the
progress of a ball game last evening
between Valentine and Norfolk, a tor
rifle wind storm carried off the roof of
the grandstand, near which players and
spectators had taken refuge. Nearly a
dozen suffered injuries. A Norfolk
player, name unknown, whose head
was badly bruised and scalp torn, and
a spectator named Cyphers are the
worst hurt. Three and a half Inches
of ruin followed the wind.
4 RAILROADS “COMMON 4
4 CAUSE” OK DISEASE 4
* 4
4 Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 16.—"The 4
4 rullroads of this country,” de- 4
4 clared Dr. J. H. Maekay, of 4
4 Norfolk, in an address yesterday 4
4 afternoon to the Nebraska 4
4 State Health association, "won’t 4
4 transport a horse with the glan- 4
4 ders or a single sheep having a 4
4 scab, but they cheerfully take 4
4 the money to carry a consump- 4
4 tive hurrying back home to die, 4
4 without a thought that In the 4
4 one ease they are exposing only 4
4 a few animals to contagion, 4
4 while In the other they are ex- 4
4 posing every person who Is us- 4
4 Ing the ear at the time nr who 4
4 will usek It for some time to 4
4 come, to one of the most malig- 4
4 riant of diseases. 4
4 "The railroad is a common 4
4 carrier, but it' Is also a very 4
4 common carrier of diseases. It 4
4 Is living up to its motto, ‘Look 4
4 out for the cars!’
4 "When we reach that point,” 4
4 said the doctor, "when the 4
4 health of a human being Is us 4
4 valuable In the eyes of capital 4
4 as that of a hog, we shall have 4
4 better conditions.” 4
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MORRIS’ PICKPOCKET
IS BOUND OVER
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 16.—Thomas Ma
her, of SI. Joseph, Mo., who yesterday
picked the pocket of C. F. Morris, a
Sioux City, Ia„ real estate man, secur
ing a pocket book containing $4,000 in
currency and checks, but who was aft
erward caught, was given a hearing in
police court yesterday and held to the
district court in bonds of $1,000. Be
ing unable to furnish bail, Maher was
sent up to the county jail to await trial,
which will be at the September term of
court.
Maher did not employ an attorney,
nor did he make any defense, stating
that he did not care to give his testi
mony at this time. However, he told
a cell mate while in the city jail that
he guessed he was ticketed for a trip
over the road.
It now. develops that Maher had a
pal, and that the two men worked to
gether. The police have a description
of the second man, but have been un
able to locate him, and It is believed
that he has left the city.
SPANISH NAVAL FORCE
TO PUT DOWN MOORS
Madrid. Aug. 16.—All the vessels of
the Spanish navy have received orders
to concentrate at Mellila, where a
Spanish force of 38,000 men under Gen
eral Marina, is threatened by a strong
gathering of Moors, who resent Spain’s
punitive expedition for the murder by
the Moors of eight Spanish laborers.
Destroying Moors’ Camps.
Melinna, Morocco, Aug. 16.—Friendly
natives bring in reports that, although
the Spanish artille-y fire is destroying
the camps of the Moors, It is not caus
ing great luss of life, as the Kilts
have built a series of subterranean
chambers and passages tinder their lo
cations in which they take refuge.
The Moors made an attempt last
night to cut the Spanish railroad.
Searchlights, however, revealed their
purpose and they were driven back.
There is as yet no evidence here of
the beginning of General Marina's
march into the interior.
Moors Keep Up Fire.
Penonde La Gomera, Morocco, Aug.
16.—The Moors who surrounded the
Spanish garrison here kept up an inces
sant attack all day Thursday.
One by one the telegraph wires con
necting Alhucemas and Ceuta with
Penonde La Gomera have been cut by
the Moorish bullets and it Is probable
the garrison here very soon will be
isolated.
The Moors have had many men killed
or wounded.
GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Buluwuyo, South Africa, Aug, 16.—
Glowing reports have been received
here of the discovery in the Abercorn
district of British Central Africa of
gold deposits similar to the Rand for
mation which arc said to extend over
an area of six miles.
ACCUSED KILLS HERSELF.
Passaic, N. J., Aug. 16.—Mrs. Annie
Zurgosky, charged witli highway rob
bery, committeed suicide in the jail at
Garfield, N. J., by hanging. Friends
believe she was innocent of the charge
against her and that terror caused by
iiniirieonmeut drove her to suicide.
GIRL MURDERED AT
HER FATHER’S GRAVE
Anna Shumacher, of Rochester,
Found Dead in Family’s Plot
in Cemetery.
Rochester, N. y., Aug. 11—Leaving her
home early Saturday afternoon to place
flowers on the grave of her father,
Anna Schumacher, 17 years old, who
resided with her mother in this city, j
was attacked by one or more unknown
men, criminally assaulted and mur- i
dered.
Her body was then dragged outside
the cemetery to a depression in a lonely
spot and covered with earth and leaves I
where it was discovered today by the
police, who found marks of a struggle
in the Schumacher family plot I
in the cemetery, where the flowers'
placed on the fther's grave by the girl
were still fresh.
Criminally Assaulted.
A superficial examination by physi
cians of the body, led the police to an
nounce that a criminal assault had pre
ceded the murder. Particles of what
looked like skin were found under the
girl’s finger nails, indicating that she
had fought her assailants.
The spade with which the murderer
or murderers covered the body of the
victim was found nearby. It was flecked
with grain, showing that it had been
stolen from some nearby farm.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 11.—The woman
found dead in the woods near nere yes- [
terday, with evidences of assault and j
murder, was identified as Mrs. Martha !
Galahn, of this city. County Physician ;
Grimes, who made a post mortem ex- 1
amination, said he found evidences of j
linger marks on the woman's throat
and that he oelieved she was attacked i
and murdered. Despite his report,
Coroner Dennett and other officials be- j
lieve that Mrs. Galahn died from hem
morrhage of the lungs, and that the i
evidences of a struggle in the bushes '
may have been her own efforts to re- '
gain her feet after weakness had over
come her.
JAPAN WILL NOT
DEFER TO CHINA
—
Tokio, Aug. 11.—A request that Japan
suspend work on the Antung-Mukden
railway in Manchuria, is the substance
of China's reply to Japan's recent note
announcing the commencement of re
construction work on the road.
The reply, issued by the foreign of
fice today, states that China wishes to
continue tli£ negotiations. China adds
that she hopes for an amicable settle- j
ment of all outstanding difficulties.
Japan's reply to this request was po- !
lite, but firm. It was made plain that
the negotiations concerning the An- i
tung-Mukden road had been closed for- !
ever, except Insofar as they related to
that section of the road between Muk
den and Che-Slang-Tun, and that it
would not be necessary to suspend
work to reach an agreement upon that
one strip of territory.
Chinese Are Worried.
Peking, Aug. 11.—The Chinese foreign !
board and the grand council have been i
in conference with Prince Chuen, the ;
regent, on the Japanese situation, since
the Issuance of Japan’s note announc- j
ing her intention of proceeding lm- \
mediately with the reconstruction of j
Antung-Mukden railroad without Chi- 1
na’s co-operation. The regent showed
great anxiety at Japan’s attitude and |
urged that the foreign board acceler
ate a settlement of the question in or- |
der not to provoke Japanese violence.
BIG LAND DRAWING
OCCURS AT SPOKANE
4 Court d’Alene, Aug. 11.—Isa- 4 j
4 doro Selig, of Myrtle Creek, Ore., 4 ;
4 drew No. 1 in the great land 4 '
4 drawing, Couer d’Alene reserva- 4
4 tion, this morning. 4
4 No. 2, John Hedmark, Spo- 4
4 kane. 4
4 No. 3, Charles G. Cornwell, 4
4 Spokane. 4
4 No. 4, Herman Neubauer, 4
4 South Tacoma, Wash. 4
4 No. 5—Ella T. Maloney, Spo- 4 '
4 kane. 4
4 No. 6—William W. Atkinson, 4
4 Troy, Idaho. 4
4 No. 7.—Maude Sharp, Mar- 4
4 tinsville, III. 4
4 No. 8—Peter Weiderbach, 4
4 Butte, Mont. 4
4 No. 9—Paul Brising, St. Paul, 4
4 Minn. 4
4 Other winners aro as fol- 4
4 lows: No. 12, Lewis Kemper, 4
4 Washington, Mo.; No. 15 Jas. E. 4
4 Westcott, St. Paul, Minn.; No. 4
4 35, F. W. E. Parker, Oklahoma 4
4 City, Okla.; No. 38, Henry Sher- 4
4 lock, Sinclair, Minn.; No. 46, 4
4 Elizabeth H. Lindsley, Sterling, 4
4 Kan.; No. 48, John F. Goldberg, 4
4 Fargo, N. D.; No. 49, Ray Me- 4
4 Carthy, Emmetsburg, Iowa. 4
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 11.—Although
the crowds of land seekers were not
so large as they had been daily during
the past three weeks when tiling appli
cations for registration on the Coeur
d’Alene, Spokane and Flathead reser
vations, several thousand people eager
ly awaited this morning the hour of 10
o’clock, when the drawing for the Coeur
d’Alene land began.
Many had remained after mailing
their applications, and others who went
on to visit the exposition at Seattle
returned in the hope, that they might
hear their names announced among
the fortunate few to draw prizes.
Each of the 105,000 persons applying
for Coeur d’Alene lands has one chance
in 333; in almost 100,000 applications
for Spokane lands, one in 4000, and of
the 87,000 tor Flathead lands, one in 15.
Fifty-three cans of applications,
weighing, according to the statement of
Judge James W. Witten, 2,685 pounds,
were produced at the drawing. Of
these cans, 20 were for Coeur d’Alene
lands, 10 for Spokane lands, and 14 for
Flathead.
Saloons Are Closed.
Notwithstanding the large number of
strangers in Coeur d'Alene Sunday, the
day passed quietly. All saloons were
closed and the knots of people on the
streets passed the time talking over the
prospects.
The proceedings today began at 9:30
o’clock, with the transfer of 20 cans of
applications for Couer D' Alene lands,
from Judge Witten’s office on Second i
street, where they had been guarded
day and night by a United States dep- !
uty marshal, to the large platform re- j
cently constructed on the lake shore
in front of the Hotel Idaho, where they
were strewn, scattered and then mixed
on four pieces of canvas cut to cover
platform surface.
Three young girls, Helen Hamilton,
of Couer D’ Alene; Christina Donlan,
of Missoula, and Harriet Post, of Spo
kane, will draw the envelopes, which
will then be opened by Judge Witten,
and the names announced.
FIREMAN RESCUES
LITTLE BOY AND
WINS HIS MOTHER
Heroic Act Gained Fame for
Man, and the Urchin Now
Becomes His Son.
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 14—It Is an
nounced here that Frank Larson, a
Northwestern fireman, who saved the
life of little Earl Delaney, aged 3, at the
risk of his own, is soon to marry the
widowed mother of the little child. The
wedding is set for next Sunday and will
be solemnized in the St. Patrick's Cath
olic church in Fremont,
Near Exeter. Neb., about two years
ago Larson was firing on a train run
ning at the rate of 30 miles an hour,
when he noticed a child asleep on the
rails. Leaning far over the pilot he
brushed the little lad from the rails
with his foot and the babe escaped
without injury. The tot turned out to
be Earl Delany, the only child of a
young widow who was teaching school
at Exeter. Larson's heroic act gained
him considerable fame over the state at
the time, and newspapers spread the
story over the whole Middle West. He
was awarded a medal for his bravery.
After the incident related. Larson and
the young mother were often in each
other’s company, and when her only
brother died several months as*o, it was
to the rescuer of her child that the
mother turned in her grief. Larson
then went to the home at North Platte,
took charge of the funeral arrange
ments and accompanied the body to
Des Moines where it was buried.
Mrs. Delaney Is nearly 10 years older
than Larson, who is only 22 years of
age.
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BOY IS ACCIDENTALLY
SLAIN BY PLAYMATE
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 14—Walter Stray
er, a child of 9 years, was shot in the
forehead and killed by his playmate,
Phillip Whitt. A 38-caliber revolver
was used to inflict the wound. The
bullet entered thd chin and ranged to
the back of the neck, causing partial
paralysis. He was able to whisper that
the shooting had been intentional, but
when the Whitt child was found, after
several hours’ search, he declared the
gun had gone off accidentally. The lit
tle Strayer boy lingered several hours
after being shot. The Whitt boy is 11
years old. Members of both families
say they think the shooting was ac
cidental.
LATTA’S PROMOTION
PLEASES CONSTITUENTS
Pender, Neb., Aug. 14.—Both Whites
and Indians are very much pleased
that Congressman Latta secured a
place on the Indian Affairs committee
of the House. It is surmised that he
will be able now to secure such legis
lation as is needed and desired for the
Indians on the reservations here.
GRADUATE TOGETHER
AND THEN MARRY
Sholes, Neb.. Aug. 14.—To graduate
together today at the Fremont normal
college, and be married tomorrow is the
romantic plan of Professor B. F. Rob
inson. of the Sholes schools, and Mias
Minnie May. of Fremont.
STATE BANKS ARE TO BE
PROBED BY EXAMINERS
Washington, Aug. 14.—Comptroller of
the Curency Murray has directed the
national bank examiners to forward at
once to his office a list of national
banks in their districts which have af
filiated with state institutions and oc
cupy the same building, or which are
in . lose proximity in their business af
fairs.
In some of the most conspicuous
bank failures in the past the fact has
been disclosed that the insolvency of
the component members of the allied
institutions were long concealed by
shifting the assets between the insti
tutions to meet the exigencies of an ex
amination of each and the insolvent
condition was not discovered until a
Joint examination by national and stat^
examiners was made.
GOVERNOR OF BAY
STATE INCURS THE
ENMITY OF LABOR
Boston, Aug. 14.—Referring to the
governor of Massachusetts merely as'
“Eben S. Draper," a committee ap
pointed at a special convention of the,
Massachusetts state branch, American
Federation of Labor, has recommend
ed that every effort be made to defeat
in campaign for public oiilve Governor
Draper and all other political enemies
of the trades union movements.
The convention was called to con-,
sider Governor Draper's veto of the
eight-hour labor bill passed by the
last legislature and the general de
feat of other labor measures by the)
legislature, and to decide on reccomen-j
dations as to what action organized]
labor should take in the primaries and
election next fall.
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4 MAN WHO SHOOTS 4
4 ROOSTER IS KING 4|
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4 Wynot, Neb., Aug. 14.—The 4|
4 Bow Valley Scnutzenfest, which 4}
4 holds an annual celebration near 4
4 here, has a novel way of choos- 4
4 lng a leader each year. A 4
4 rooster is erected on the top of 4
4 a long pole and the members 4
4 shoot at it with rifles. The one 4
4 who brings down the rooster Is 4
4 crowned king for the ensuing 4
4 year. This year’s event takes 4
4 place on August 31 and Septem- 4
4 ber 1. 4
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WASHINGTON—The names of more
than 300 supervisors of the 13th census
to be appointed by President Taft will
be made public next Saturday or Mon
day by the president, it was unofflclal
Iv learned here today. Throughout
most of the country there will be a
supervisor for each congressional dis
trict. but in large cities one super
visor will be appointed regardless of
the number of congressional districts.
TARIFF REVISION
COSTS PEOPLE HALF
MILLION DOLLARS
Washington, Aug. 14.—The extraor
dinary session of congress which
completed one week ago its revision
of the tariff law cost the American
people, it has been estimated by some
of the statisticians around the capi
tol. about $500,000. Many different items
entered into this grand total, the chief
of which was mileage. The House's
expense on this account aggregates
$154,000 and that of the Senate, $47,0Q0.
'SEC FARY JUNKIN
CRITICISES OMAHA’S
MEAGER TAX RATE
Board Refuses to Make a Raisa
Where the Lure of Busi
ness Lowered It.
I.lncoln, Neb., Aug. 13.—Omaha busi
ness men were denounced as outlawry
when it comes to taxation matters by
Secretary of State Junkin. member of
the state board of equalization. He de
clared that they made it a business of
making low returns upon their property
for purposes of taxation, and did it so
that the other property of the city
might pay and sustain their just share
of cost of government.
Even this did not result, however,
in any increase being ordered by the
board. The other members are nearly
all serving their first terms, and they
realize that Omaha business men dab
ble in politics considerable. On the
ground that there were no facts, only
observation, to justify such action, the
board refused to adopt Junkin's motion,
to increase property assessments, al
though the business men admitted that ^
the lure held out to business to locate
in Omaha was low taxes.
The Douglas county banks, however,
caught a 10 per cent increase because
they had deducted items that the law
does not permit.
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4 WALTER WELLMAN RAN 4
4 COUNTRY NEWSPAPER 4
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4 Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 13.—An at- 4
4 torney from Clay county looking 4
4 through the tiles at the court 4
4 house here yesterday, diseov- 4
4 ered two affidavits by Walter 4
4 E. Wellman, who in 1876 was 4
4 foreman on the Sutton Times, 4
4 owned by his brother, Frank 4
4 Wellman. 4
4 It was on that paper that the 4
4 great newspaper correspondent 4
4 began his journalistic career. 4
4 The summers in Nebraska were 4
4 dry and hot at that time and it 4
4 may have been here that he 4
4 first convolved the idea of a po- 4
4 lar expedition, though he could 4
4 not have harbored the thought 4
4 of going in an airship. 4
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THIEF GRABS PURSE;
VICTIM NABS THIEF
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 13.—C. F. Morris,
a real estate dealer of Sioux City, was.
robbed of $4,000 shortly after noon to
day. He pursued the robber, recovered!
the money and landed the man in Jail.
Morris was getting on a street car.
In the crowd he was Jostled by two.
men, one in front and the other in the
rear. Instinctively he placed his handi
on his hip pocket, where he carried his.
pocket book. It was gone. At the
same time he noticed the man who hadi
Jostled him from the rear and he was
running across the street. Morris pur
sued, following him through the streets
and alleys, a crowd gathering behind,
and running along, crying “Stop, thief!’”
For two blocks the race was nip andi
tuck.
Finally Morris overtook his man and!
with a blow of his fist felled him tc
the ground, holding him until the po
lice arrived. Later the pocket book
containing $400 in currency and $3,600
in checks on Sioux City banks, was
found behind a telephone pole where
the robber had dropped it in his flight.
GIRL BREAKS UP
MILLMEN’S STRIKE
Newcastle, Pa., Aug. 13.—Certainly
Miss Mollle Braden is the first woman,
strikebreaker in labor s history, at
least in a strike of men. Miss Braden J
has done, and is doing, most to break
the strike in the mills of the Ameri
can Sheet & Tin Plate company here.
Miss Mollle actually has taken the
position of “formean” in the mills' as
sorting room. She is the daughter of
Dan Braden, once a superintendent in
the mills. When her father had not so
much money Miss Mollle worked in
the mills. She has a thorough knowl
edge of tin making, which stands Let
in good stead now. |
Every day Miss Mollle is driven to
and from the mills in her own auto
mobile. As the car whizzes Along she
sits alert, watchful. From her wrist
is suspended a large handbag and in
the bag is a revolver fully loaded and
ready for instant action. Her chauffeur
and the three detectives who ride in
the car are armed, too, for the older
strikers are intensely bitter against
the girl.
DISCHARGED LEPER
CHANGES HIS NAME
New York, Aug. 13.—John Early, the
man who for a year was confined by
the government and health authorities
of Washington, who charged that he
was a leper and who later was dis
charged from custody, has found a
refuge in New York city. With his
mother, wife apd their two small chil
dren, Early is living In the suburbs ,
of Brooklyn.
Under his middle name, having
dropped the Early, he is occupying a
cottage some distance from the station
of one of the lines that run to the
beach. Although it has now been defi
nitely determined that Early is not »
leper and never was, the man and his
family feel keenly the position in which
he has been placed. They fear that
when his identity becomes known he
will he pointed out upon the street,
that the family will be ostracised and
that the little home will be broken up.
VERNON. B. C.—Ten lives were lost
here yesterday in a fire that destroyed
the Okanagan hotel. The flames were
discovered about 2 o’clock a. m., and so
suddenly did they sweep through the
building that when the firemen arrived,
the stairways were burning and scarce
ly had a stram of water been turned
on the blaze before the entire building
was aflame. Most of the CO guests es
caped. but some were unable to get
out of their rooms. The dead were all
western people.
AUGUSTA. GA.—Immediately follow
ing the forfeiture of the game to Macon
yesterday afternoon in the beginning
of the fourth Inning Umpire Gifford
rvas surrounded by a crowd of several
hundred angry spectators and was
struck In the face, hit on the head with
a pop bottle and choked. Police came
to his rescue.
NEWARK, N. J.—Rev. Theodore
Merrill Shipard, pastor of the Bellevue
Avenue Congregational church, of this
city, has accepted a call to the First
Congregational church, of Lincoln,
Neb. He will leave Newark on Sep
tember 1.