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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1909)
IHE O’NEILL PRONTO D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. KM E ILL, NEBLAGXA _ A poor foreign musician was <loggpa ly wrestling with his trombone outside B village inn. He knew that "The Lost Chord” was somewhere In that instru- [ ment, but the latter seemed loath to part with it. At length the landlord bppeared at the door. The poor musi cian bowed and. dolling his cap, said: "Musig hath Jarms,” and smiled. The (innkeeper smiled also and kindly. ‘"Well, not always.” he said. "But try that tune outside that red brick house bnd I’ll give you sixpence.” Three minutes later the trombonist was back lagain, mud bespattered and forlorn. "You vos right,” hi said, slowly and (Badly, “musig hath Jarms not always— , *10. A mad vellow out of dat house came, und me mit a brigg he knocked idown—yes. He not like that tune— , mo, no,” and he rubbed the back of (his head. "I thought he wouldn’t," (Bald the landlord. "He’s Just done a (month's hard labor for stealing a •clothesline from a back garden.” i "In my Bohemian days it was my fortune—or misfortune, as the caso may be—to meet often and to know well tho American bard, Walt Whit man,” writes William Winter. “It is (Bcarcely necessary to say that he did Biot impress me as anything other than •what he was, a commonplace, uncouth land sometimes obnoxiously coarse writ er, trying to be original by using a formless ntylq, and celebrating the pro letarians who muke tho world almost Uninhabitable by their vulgarity. With reference to me, Walt's views were ex- | pressed in a sentence that, doubtless, he Intended as the perfection of con temptuous indifference. ‘Willie,’ be Bald, ‘is a young Longfellow.’ ” An idea of what the Panama canal construction means to one industry In (tills country may be gleaned from tho fact that almost a million tons of ce ment will be used In the gigantic work. Shipments have already begun In steamers owned by the government which will carry about 8,00u tons at a itrlp. It Is estimated that it will take bbout four years to deliver tho 4,SOU COO barrels of cement contracted for at the present rate of shipment. The gov ernment will profit by using its own Vessels instead of chartered ships, as there will be no charges for demur- | tago in ease loading or unloading is delayed by storniH. This Is a story told by a commercial l traveler after a trip through southern ! Canada: "Being Impatient to get out of a sleepy little town I hurried to j the station. After a while an object ! elowly emerged from the distance and •lunk up alongside. I boarded the soli tary coach, and, after a tedious wait, the engine began to gasp feebly, tho old coach creaked a little, but the train did not move. I was abbut to get out to •ee what was the matter when tho forward door of tho coach was sud denly (lung open and a head popped In. 'Hey, you,’ said the engineer, leer ing at roe, ‘climb off till 1 get a start, will ye?’" There Is a wave of fear In some tarts of Scotland that the spread of the temperance movement will eausa a marked decrease In the consump tion of Scotch whisky, with corre sponding loss to all who aro Interested In Its production. "Dynamltards," as naphtha drinkers are called, have reap J(eared In Edinburg. This "naphtha" s a milky colored compound of great “staying power," and Is composed of alcohol mixed with 1-10 of Its bulk ot methyl alcohol and 3-8 of 1 per cent of petroleum, with as little water added as taste calls for. It kills quickly. Tho first successful towing of canal bouts by automobiles was accomplished 1 on Sunday on the Lehigh canal. Owing to the liability of the towline to snap | In the effort to start, George B. Plum- i mer, a Camden automobile expert, equipped a seven-ton motor truck of 46 horsepower with spiral springs. Six barges with 800 tons of cargo were taken from Allentown to Bethlehem In an hour. Present lock capacity and speed limitations considered, it is es timated that automobiles compared with mules will handle double the num ber of boats In half the time. It will bo a great satisfaction to those who are fighting for tho preserv ation of tho Adirondack forests to learn that tho flrst two of tho oil-burning locomotives to be used have proved ■ignal successes. The only complaint against them is based upon tho rapid ity with which oil makes steam, but this Is hardly a serious difficulty. Lf this reform can reduce the number of fires by 30 per cent, as is expected. It will prove tho most effective means yet dovised to prevent the devastation of tho north woods by flames. A big British doctor finds that tho ' parts of tho body In which cancer starts, such ns the lower Up, liver, etc., are highly electric and radio-active. A piece of the lower lip, if laid on a photo ; film, darkens it tho same as does ra- ! «llum, but if a piece of tiie lung--—can cer seldom comes in the lung—is put on tho photo film, nothing happens. So tho doctor argues that highly electric flesh Is the main secret of cancer. ■ Woman’s flesh Is more electric than man’s; cancer is commoner in women. Browntail and gypsy moths are icausing great damage in various parts •of New England. People at last have (learned that if they would preserve •their shade and forest trees they must •fight tho moths, and official moth do- I latroyers aro coming to be regular of ficeholders. The little things have be come such a post that municipal and state machinery Is working with that i ’of the federal government in (he ef fort to stop their onward march. | A woman who recently applied to tho 1 {Lambeth guardians for relief suid that I (for tho last three months she and her | I*ve children had lived rent free by “spuatting" in the rooms of empty .houses in JLambeth there are many *uch houses which have reverted to the duchy of Cornwall, and people arc per mitted to occupy the places until the premises are demolished. That tiie war on tuberculosis pays immediate dividends In human life Is proved by a report of Dr. Bosley, health commissioner of Baltimore. " lt, the monthly health bulletin for July it Is Chown that the number of death’s from tuberculosis ooouring in the city was 82. as compared with 122 for the same ; month of last year. | There are hard times ahead for Chl cago s public school “frats" and sororl I ties. The president of the beard of education, despite the fact that he has I a son and a daughter who have be longed to them, dtdares that he has r.o use for them, and the new suporintvn derit of schools. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, { is strong in her opposition. Professor Korn, of Munich, has cstab I llslied stations of distance photography i at Berlin, Munich. Paris, Loudon fop. i «nhagen and Stockholm. II. believes It •will soon be possible to take pictures at i •distance, not only of Individuals but groups m a semes 1 STATE EXPENSES PAID BY FOLLMER, SUES TO RECOVER Defended and Won Case for Nebraska and Advanced At torney’s Retainers. Lincoln, Neb., Aug, 24.—Former Land Commissioner Follmer has brought suit against the state of Nebraska for $1,500, under an act of the last legislature authorizing him to take the long pending claim he has to the courts for adjudication. The suit will open up an old contro versy that agitated ISoyd county for a number of years and Involved the title of a number of settlers to some 1.G00 acres of land in that county. The state claimed the land belonged to it and that the title to It Hhould be confirmed in it. The squatters tried to get the general government to give them title, hut falling, applied to the state legis lature for the right to take the matter into the courts This was done, and the attorney general, believing that in equity the settlers ought to have the land, refused to defend the suits. Land Commissioner Follmer declined to fol low ibis course, and employed attor neys, who won the case for the state, lie had to pay these attorneys $1,500 out of hla own pock %. The claim for reimbursement lias been before six dif ferent legislatures. Once it was passed, but the governor vetoed it. The last legislature passed it up to the courts. Follmer claims that the state benefit led to the extent of $122,000 worth of land by hla action. —f FAWCETT WINS JUDGESHIP. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 24.—Complete re turns from 67 of the 01 counties of Nebraska Indicate that Jacob Fawcett, of Omaha, has won the third republi can Judgeship nomination over F. C. Hamer, of Kearney, In Tuesday’s pri maries. The figures on the 67 coun ties follow: Fawcett, 14,543; Hamer. 13,871. Fawcett’s lead, 672. Flfty plglit other scattered precincts bring Fawcett's lead to about 800. It is doubtful whether Hamer can overcome this. TWO CELESTIALS ARE JAILED FOR MURDER OF WOMAN New York, Aug. 24.—When Bow Kum, the Chinese woman murdered in Pell street here Sunday last, married Chin Ling In San Francisco and (led with him to Chicago she signed her death warrant, according to Chin Ling’s story which the police say has been borne out by their investigations, leading them to arrest two Chinese, one of whom had been named by Chin Ling as having threatened his life and that of Ills bride. The Chinese arrested yesterday were Chu Wall, a laundryman, and Lou Tong, both living In Pell street. In making them prisoners the police based their action on Chin Ling’s story that Lou Tong was the girl’s admirer In San Francisco, but that he had practically abandoned her there and then Chin Ling had found her and married her, and that Lou Tong after wards demanded the girl of him, and to escape him the two fled to Chicago, and when Lou Tong followed them there continued their flight to New York, where the persistent Lou Tong? soon appeared and, according to Chin Ling, threatened that if Chin Ling did not give up his bride both Ling and the girl would be murdered. RIVER STEAMER ON FIRE AND TWO ARE BADLY HURT Peoria, 111., Aug. 24.—The steamer Fred Swain, Captain Verne Swain in .ommand, of tile Peoria and La Salle Packet company, leaving the port of Peoria for La Salle at 3 o’clock tills aft-' rnotm witli 25 passengers and a crew >f 15 aboard, caught lire off the Avery Manufacturing company plant in Averyville at 3:20 o'clock and was burned to the water’s edge after being piloted Into four feet of water amidst ii growth of small willow trees oppo site tlie Peoria Strawboard plant about [>00 yards above where the fire orig inated. No lives were lost, and but two peo ple were Injured, one seriously. The in jured: Joseph Casrlder, Paducah, Ky„ en gineer, seriously burned about the face mid body. Charles Reicliberger, Peoria, 111., right arm broken. The loss is estimated at $35,000, $30,000 ct which is on the vessel. Several of tlm passengers lost all of their personal belongings. WAITER IS CAUGHT IN BURGLARY ACT Pittsburg, Pa„ Aug. 34.—Discovered perched on the second story of a win dow ledge of the banking tiouse of Louis Moeser N Co., Smithfiold street, shortly after 11:30 last night, a man giving his name to the police as Charles Mell and his occupation as a waiter at the fashionable Union club, was shot down by Special Officer Moreno, and after a sensational chase through the downtown streets was brought to bay in an alley. According to the police Mell was caught in the act of forcing an ou tran,o to the banking house and laid already taken out several bars cover ing a rear window. The first shot tired by tile officer struck Moll in the forearm, and, loosening his hold upon the window ledge, Mell tumbled Into a court, but before the officer could scale the intervening fence the sup posed burglar had darted through an alley. Cor a mile Mell ran through down town streets, ihe officer following, tir ing his pistol at Intervals. When on UK' water front Mell suddenly turned into an alley, and after a sharp strag gle with his pursuer was captured. FAIRBANKS IN CHINA. Pelting. Aug. M.-Charles \V. Fair banks. lormer vice president of the Unit'd States, arrived hero today on bis way around the world. POLICE WANT MOTORS. Washington. Aug. 34. otor vehicles will r, place the horse drawn lire en gine trucks hospital ambulances and police i alril wagons in Washington, if th > iffort of local officials of the Dis tr’it of Columbia is successful before i eagres:’. SANTIAGO--A terrible railway dis aster occurred yesterday when two trains cum'.' together in a collision 30 milts north of Santiago. Many per sons were killed or injure i, [loth trains wi re completely'destroyed. The mone tary lota will teach 1130.000. YOUNG CUDAHY DENIES FRACTURE OF ENGAGEMENT Kidnaper Crowe’s Victim Still a Chum of Beautiful Cali fornia Heiress. Omaha, Neb , Aug. 23.—"There is nt broken engagement and that is the straight of it," said Edward I. Cudahy, son of Michael Cudahy, the millionaire packer of Chicago. Young Cudahy, who lives in Omaha and lias a position in the packing house of his uncle, Edward A. Cudaliy, was to have married, on August 21, Miss Nora Brewer, a beauti ful San Francisco heiress. The de tails of the affair were all arranged, but the invitations were recalled and no new date has been set for the cere mony. "I have Just returned from San Francisco and am accompanied by my sister, Miss Mary,” said Cudahy. "X will remain in Omaha several days and then we will go on to Mackinac, where the folks ore spending the summer. “Talk Is All Bosh.” "There has been a good deal said about my engagement to Miss Brewer and a report has been widely circulated that it has been broken off. This talk is all bosh. Miss Brewer and myself are the very best kind of chums. There Is not a particle of friction between us or between our families. "I was sick in San Francisco. I had an attack of la grippe, brought on by the beastly climate, and right now I am Mr from being a well man. "The reports that appeared in the papers caused Miss Brewer and my self much annoyance. It was an af fair of our own and nothing that con cerned the public. You may say for me that there is not a word of truth in any of the stories. When I go to California again X shall ; ive due and ample notice, as it is apparent that the public has a deep Interest in my move ments.” Is “Indefinitely Postponed." A number of Omaha people had made all arrangements to attend the wedding and the postponement came as something of a shock, the only In formation being contained in a telej gram to an intimate friend of the Cud ahy family, simply saying: "Wedding indefinitely postponed. Notify friends.” Miss Brewer is described as a beau tiful girl and higtjly accomplished. She belongs to one of the first families on the coast and has close to a million in her own right. i i i i A . A i A i i A . ^ » T T T » > TTTTTT^TTYTYT-^V^ 4 MILITARY AUTO TO 4 4 CROSS CONTINENT 4 4 WITH DISPATCHES 4 4 4 4 New York, Aug. 23.—A mill- 4 4 tary automobile, with Malcom 4 4 E. Parrott, of the National 4 4 guard of New York, at the 4 4 wheel, left New York for San 4 4 Francisco today bearing dis- 4 4 patches for General Webster, 4 4 commanding the department of 4 4 the West. 4 4 The trip will cover 3,693 miles. 4 4 On Its success, it Is said, will 4 4 largely depend the .establish- 4 4 ment of a regular automobile 4 4 service for the army. 4 4 4 TWO LOSE LIVES ON NEW AUTO SPEEDWAY Indianapolis. Ind., Aug. 23,—Two lives were lost at the opening of the new Indianapolis motor speedway yes terday. William A. Bourque, driver of the Knox car in the 250-mile race, and Harry Holcomb, his mechanician, were killed by crashing into a fence. Two records were broken. Barney Oldfield, driving a high power Benz, covered a mile in 43 1-0 seconds, break ing Denial's mark of 51 seconds, and Louis Chevrolet, In a Buick, made 10 miles in 8:56 4-10, cutting Oldfield’s time of 9:12 3-5. Both of these are American track marks. Kobert Bur man won tho 250-mile race, the feature of the day. It was this contest that cost Bourque and Holcomb their lives. The winner's time was 4:38:57 4-10; slow because of the many accidents that marred the race. The Stoddard Dayton (Clements) was second in 4:46:01 S-10, and the National (Merse) finished third in 4:52:37 7-10. Another National was the only other car of 10 starters to finish. Changes Are Ordered. The death of the two men caused tho American Automobile association to issue an ultimatum to tho owners of the track that certain changes must bo made by tomorrow or sanction for the remaining events will bo with drawn. Tho American Automobile as sociation demands that the track bo freed from its many dangerous ruts and that every inch of it be thorough!c oiled and tarred. Today only a short portion in fi'ont of the grandstand was oiled, and tho dust on the other parts is blamed for tlie collapse of two driv ers in the I.mg race—Louis Chevrolet and Fred Kills—who were blinded oy tho dense white mist that covered the major portion of tho track. Tho first day of the races at tho big track had bid fair to bo an unqualified success, when a pall was cast nv< r tho crowd of 12.000 spectators by the sudden deatli of Bourque and Hol comb. The bodies of Bourque and Holcomb "ere taken cast todav. Bourque lived in Springfield, Mass., while Holcomb's home was in Grandville, Mass. JAPAN AND CHINA ARE AT PEACE NOW OVER MUKDEN ROAD '1 okio, Aug. 23.—The memorandum signed at Mukden, Manchuria, August ly, by representatives of the Japanese and Chinese governments practically closes tile Antung-.Mukden controversy. According to the terms of this un derstanding, China agrees to afford Japan every assistance in the recon struction of the Antung-Mukden rail read, and withdraws all her objections. An official communication issued to the powers this afternoon details the progress of the negotiations since August 6. FRANCE NAMES DELEGATE. Paris, Aug., 23.—Jean Gaston DarbouX, permanent secretary of the academy of sciences and member of the insti tute. has been elected the official rep resentative of France at tlie Hudson r ulton celebration to bo held shortly at New York. He will sail with the r reach battleships, which probably will leave September 5. TOKIO—Mayor Ozaki. of Tokio. has 'ffi red 20.000 cherry trees as a gift to President Taft to plant in the new ,'ark on the tanks of the Potomac riv * r at Washingti ARMED STRIKERS FIRE ON TROOPS More That 500 Shots Dis charged by Steel Workers at Car Plant. 44444444444444444444444444 ♦ 4 4 WOMAN LEADS AN 4 4 ATTACK ON BOAT 4 4 4 4 Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 21.—Short- 4 4 ly after noon alleged strike sym- 4 4 pathlzers opened fire upon the 4 4 steamer P. M. Pfeil, which was 4 4 bringing 50 imported men across 4 4 the Ohio river to the mill. Sev- 4 4 eral thousand strikers were lined 4 4 along the river bank, and each 4 4 volley was discharged at the' 4 4 command of an unknown foreign 4 4 woman who carried a baby. 4 4 Over 100 shots were directed at 4 4 the steamer. No one was in- 4 4 jured, although many of the bul- 4 4 lets struck the boat. 4 4 When the steamer reached the 4 4 shore a squad of state, eonstab- 4 4 ulary rode into the crowd, scat- 4 4 tering men, women and children 4 4 in all directions, slightly injur- 4 4 ing a number of persons. 4 4 4 Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 21.—Mounted and using their hickory riot clubs, members of the Pennsylvania state constabulary were today keeping strikers on the move in the Pressed Steel Car company strike zone at McKees Rocks. It is estimated that 500 shots were fired last night and early today by strikers and sympathizers, who had gathered on the O’Donovan bridge near the works. During the firing the troop ers and other police remained inside the mill, orders having been issued to take no action unless the strikers at tempted an entrance to the plant. Troops Seize Bridge. The constabulary was out on the street this afternoon, however, com pelling the strikers to keep moving. Troopers took possession of the O’Don ovan bridge, and efforts of the strikers to penetrate at any point were pre vented. Strike leaders today explained the shooting and disorder by saying the workmen were being held in the mills against their wishes. The shooting, they say, was for the purpose of bring ing the constabulary from the plant to the bridge and give the new men an opportunity to escape. YOUNG OFFENDERS HELD FOR BURGLARY Dakota City, Nab., Aug. 21.—For burglarizing the store of Evans & Johnson at South Sioux City Sunday night and taking money, tools, pipes and lunch goods to the extent of about $12, Tracy McGill, of Aurora, 111., and Fred Moonan, of Chicago, two young chaps, only 17 years old, were held in Judge Stinson’s court yesterday for a heatring Saturday. They also burglar ized the Burlington depot at Homer Monday night. —4— WINS NOMINATION FOR HUSBAND’S PLACE Wayne, Neb., Aug. 21.—In the only contest in Wayne county over which there was any doubt at Tuesday’s primaries, Mrs. Elsie Littell won the republican ncmination for county su perintendent, defeating C. H. Bright. Charlotte M. White is the democratic nominee. 444-44444444 444 444 4444 44444 4 4 4 PADDLES HIS WIFE 4 4 ACROSS HIS KNEE 4 4 4 4 Winside, Neb., Aug. 21.—Be- 4 4 cause his wife aroused his dis- 4 4 pleasure, Ed Krause, a farmer, 4 4 living near here, took her across 4 4 his knee and gave her a good 4 4 paddling with a piece of fiat 4 4 board. He was not arrested. 4 4 4 444444444444-44444444444444 PENDER OFFICIAL GETS DRAYLOAD OF LIQUOR Pender, Neb., Aug. 21.—The business places of William C. Meyer and John W. Breneman were raided under search warrants yesterday afternoon and a drayload of liquors taken from each place. Drunken men have been nu merous on the streets lately, although the saloons were closed last spring, and suspicion pointed strongly to these parties. Last week two detectives came here and soon cleared the matter up, one of them even tending bar for Breneman one day. Both parties furnished bail for their appearance and were released. TUG BOAT MAY BE LOST IN WATERS OF PACIFIC OCEAN Washington, Aug. 21.—A tug boat which the Rayano River company or dered for Seattle some time ago, to be used in towing shipments of native lumber, is thought to he lost, accord ing to the Isthmian Canal Record of August. 11, us the boat was then sev eral weeks overdue. The last heard from the vessel was shortly before it left San Franoisco to start south under* its own. steam. Inquiries at the office of the commis sioner in Washington throws no light on the whereabouts of the vessel, al though it is said that even had she arrived at the isthmus during the last , week notice would not necessarily have i been sent to Washington. WATERWAYS BOARD IS RECEIVED IN BERLIN _ Berlin. Aug. 21.—The members of the National Waterways commission, who arrived in Berlin from New York two 1 days ago. were given a reception at noon today by the American Assoeia . tion of Commerce, in the association’s I rooms. j. Consul General and Mrs. Thackar then entertained the commissioners at luncheon, after which the visitors em barked in a government launch and went the length of the Teltow cabal | and part of the Havel. ---- ; DAIRYMEN MAKE CITY LIVE WITHOUT MILK I Lorain. Ohio, Aug. 21—The milk men i of Lorain today put into effect their | threatened boycott of tlie city, as a ; result of the city council’s severe milk I regulations, and almost the entire pop ulation of 30.000 ate breakfast without . cream or milk. 1 The dairymen say they are unable to | comply with the terms of the city’s j ordinance compelling them to buy milk i only from farmers whose cows have | been put through the tuberculin test. The city is expected to take lecral ac tion. CONSUL HOWE IS LIKELY TO BECOME MEXICAN MINISTER Nebraska Diplomat Slated to Succeed D. E. Thompson at Mexican Capital. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 20.—"Within 25 years English will be spoxen quite as generally in Italy as it is in New York,” declares Church Howe, consul of the United States at Manchester, England, formerly at Palermo, Sicily. Mr. Howe is home now on a three months’ vaca tion. “Why? Because of the number of Italians who have come to America, made their little pile and gone back home to play the nabob. In Italy the most a laboring man can earn is about 20 cents a day. Here he gets $2 a day, and, living on the old basis of home comfort, it doesn’t take long to acquire enough money to be listed as well to do at home. Hundreds of Italians who have come to America return home \vith $2,000 or $3,000, get a 99-year lease on a five-acre piece of ground and stock it with fruit trees and goats. He can live happily ever after and pose the rest of his life as a lord of the manor. “When he goes back he can talk enough English to make himself un derstood and, of course, his children talk it much better. An American traveling in Italy will find thousands of these returned emigres, who greet him as a long lost brother from the United States. English is going to be the universal language some day. Everywhere on the continent business necessity has made its use quite gen eral.” Mr. Howe is very likely to be named ambassador to Mexico to succeed D. E. Thompson, of Lincoln. Mr. Howe has served the necessary apprentice ship in the consular service, and has been recommended for promotion by the Nebraska delegation in congress. 4 STRICKEN BLIND BY 4 4 EXCESSIVE HEAT 4 4 4 4 Madison, Neb., Aug. 20.—Wal- 4 4 ter Grossier, a young man, 4 4 while working in bis father's 4 4 field near here, wras stricken 4 4 blind from the effects of the ex- 4 4 cessive heat. He wandered 4 4 about In a cornfield all day try- 4 4 ing to find his way to the house 4 4 before being found. 4 4 4 44444444444444444444444444 CANDIDATES BEAR THE SAME NAME Tekamah, Neb., Aug. 20.—As the re sult of yesterday's primary election, two Burt county schoolma’ams of the same name are pitted against each other for superintendent. Miss Nettie C. Nelson is the republican candidate, and Miss Ada C. Nelson, present in cumbent, is the democratic nominee. BOY’S NlCK BROKEN; SISTER IS INJURED Norfolk, Neb., Aug. 20.—Glenn Tied gen, 5 years old, son of Rudolph Tied gen, a Madison county farmer, was killed yesterday in falling off a thresh ing water wagon, breaking his neck. His sister, Modine, aged 9, was badly bruised. The wagon went on a side hill, throwing the children off. COMMISSION GRANTS ROUND TRIP RATES Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 20.—Merchants’ rates of one and one-half fare for round trips w’ere yesterday applied for to the state railway commission by the Northwestern and approved. This Is the entering wedge for rates on all lines which Uncoiit wholesalers have been demanding for some time, in order to be on an equal footing with Omaha, Kansas City, St. Joseph and Chicago. WILL HELP MAKE RAILROAD VALUATION Idncoln, Neb., Aug. 20.—The state railroad commission has announced two appointments of assistants to aid in making a physical valuation of the railroads of Nebraska, a work which is expected to be begun in person with in a few weeks. XJp to the present time the chief engineer and his as sistants have been making out blanks and getting other paraphernalia in shape. The two new aj>pointees are J. L. Biddlecom, of Havelock, and Eugene E. Reed, of Holdrege. Mr. Biddlecom is to be statistician in the mechanical department, while Mr. Reed will act as right of way agent in the work, ap praising that portion of the road’s property. The salaries paid are $150 a month and expenses. Both appoint ments are subject to approval by Gov ernor Shallenberger. RETURNS OF PRIMARY COME IN SLOWLY I Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 20.—Incomplete re turns which are coming in slowly because of the size of the new primary ballot, indicate the nomination by the Nebraska republicans yesterday of S. H. Sedgwock, of York, and J. B. Barnes, of Norfolk, for two of the three supreme court judges. Barnes is already on the bench. The third place lies between Jacob Faw cett, of Omaha, an incumbent, and F. G. Hamer, of Kearney, Neb. This result will not be known until much more complete returns are received. The third place on the supreme bench for which candidates were nominated is now held by J. R. Dean, of Broken Bow. He was one of the three democrats nomi nated yesterday without opposition, the other two being J. J. Sullivan, of Omaha, and B. F. Good, of Wahoo. POISONED FISH KILL. Menominee, Mich., Aug. 20—Mary Ellen Lenery, o years old, is dead of ptomaine poisoning. The child, while playing about the yard of her home, found an open can containing some spoiled sardines that hat} been thrown away, and ate a couple ol the fish. LISBON—A strong earth shock was felt here yesterday. There has been nc casualties and no damages have been reported. BOOTLEGGER FORFEITS BAIL AND EVADES TRIAL Pierce. Neb., Aug. 20.—Bert Miller who was arrested here last week foi bootlegging, has jumped his bail and left town in his automobile. His bond of $100, furnished by his mother, was declared forfeited. —+— CONGRESSMAN LATTA WILL SPEAK AT MARTINSBURG Ponca, Neb., Apg. 20.—The Dixor county old settlers’ picnic will be held at Martinsburg on August 31. Con gressman Latta will deliver the ad dress. MORGAN SYNDICATE S PURCHASER^OF ROAD It Bids in Great Western at St. Paul for $12,000,000 and Will Operate It. St. Paul., Minn.. Aug. 24.—The Chi cago-Great Western railroad was sold today by Special Master Albert R. Moore, representing the United States court, and the receiver, to a syndicate formed by J, Pierpont Morgan, for $12,000,000. Mr. Morgan was the only bidder. His certified cheek for $500,000, as re quired by the court, was the only one deposited yesterday. Allis S. W. Stevens and G. H. Gardner, of New York, represented Mr. Morgan. The proceedings were a perfunctory transfer of the road by the receiver to the new company, headed by Sam uel M. Felton as president. INCUBATOR BABY IS STOLEN FROM MOTHER Topeka, Kan., Aug. 24.—Marion Bleakley, the St. Louis World’s Fair incubator baby, who was the cause of litigation extended over several years, * - - was kidnaped in a sensational manner from the home of her mother at 1027 Garfield ave. at 10 o’clock this morn ing. The little girl, who is five years old, [ has been carefully guarded in Topeka, and has been constantly attended. This morning a woman appeared in the neighborhood, ostensibly selling soap. She visited Mrs. Bieakeiey’s house. A half hour later, a buggy in which two men and the same woman, appeared in front of tne house and the kidnap ing followed. Mrs. Charlotte Bleakley, who was awarded the child by the federal courts two years ago, lived with her mother. She worked as a stenographer. Kidnaper Fires Shot. Today the child was left with a young man of the neighborhood. A buggy, in which there were two men and a woman, drove up before the house. One of the men gpt out and entered the house where the child was playing. As he ran toward her the boy interfered, and the kidnaper shot at him, hut missed. He then knocked the boy down with his revolver, car ried the child to the buggy and drove off. The police were immediately noti fied and a large posse is now in persult. Child's Stormy Life. Marion Bleakeley, the kidnaped child, | has had a stormy career. She was born in a hospital in St. Louis, and was placed in one of the incubators shown at the exposition. While there she was formally adopted by Mrs. James C. Barclay, of Moline, Ills. Mrs. Bleak ley signed a release, but she afterward sued to recover the child, and was successful, in the Illinois courts. She brought the little girl to Kansas, and she was kidnaped from the mother in Montgomery county, but later was re covered. The fight for the possession of the baby was fought through the state courts, and the supreme co> t flnally atvarded the cuslody to Mrs. Bleakley. Mrs. Barclay then instituted a suit in the federal court for the possession of the child, but was again defeated. Boy Gives Chase. The young man who was in charge of the child today was Clarence Belk nap, of Jackson, Tenn, a cousin of Mrs. Bleakley and who is visiting at her home. After he had been struck down he recovered sufficiently to follow the buggy, and caught on the rear of the vehicle, but was beaten off. The kid | napers lashed their horses to a gallop, and drove west on Tenth ave, and it is supposed headed for some small sta tion west of Topeka, where they ex pect to board a westbound train. The buggy in which the kidnapers escaped was found at 1 o’clock to day in the street at Fifth and Fillmore streets, two miles from where the child was stolen. It had been abandoned. It was hired from a local livery. MRS. THAW SAYS HARRY IS ABUSED Matteav.an, N. Y., Aug. 24.—Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, today made public a state ment criticising the treatment accorded to her son in the Matteawan state hos pital for the criminal insane, since his return to that institution by order of Justice Mills. Mrs. Thaw said not only that the com forts accorded to her son when he was first sent to the asylum, wore not re stored after his return, but that he had been denied privileges he enjoyed for IS months, while in the asylum. Dr. Lamb the superintendent of the hos pital, Mrs. Thaw said, when asked the reason for the discontinuance of privil eges to Thaw, answered that, what had been done for him was not appreciated. Deprived of Medicine. Mrs. Thaw says: "Even the privilege is denied me of giving my son the whites of eggs and orange juice prescribed for him by his own and my physician, and which, heretofore, I have given each afternoon when I made my visit. “For the first time in these 18 months they have denied him the privilege of playing the piano. "He is still locked up in the bare cell, which I described in court, at 8 o’clock, although other patients, some of whom do not work, are allowed to re main up till i> o’clock. Starved All Day. “Yesterday my son had nothing what ever to eat from this a. m. to 5:45 p. m., because a lawyer came to see him at the noon dinner hour. Even the keepers wished to get him something to eat, but Dr. Baker gave special or ders that they should give him nothing during this 1l’i hours of starvation. “We inquired of Dr. Lamb the rea son of the privations. He answered that what had been done was not ap preciated much when we went to court." WILL HIRE AMERICANS. Rt. Petersburg, Aug. 24.—As a re sult of the submarine competitions held here in July, the admiralty has decided to order a submarine of the Holland model. The boat will be built 1 at the Nevsky works under American supervision. BIG APPLE CROP. Spokane, Wash.. Aug. 24.—Thirty five million barrel:, or 12,000,000 bar rels more than i;. 1908, is the esti mated apple crop of the t'nited States and Canada this season, according to Ren H. Rice, secretary-manager of the second national apple show in Spo kane, November 15 to 20. who added, in giving out the foregoing: "While the quality of th" product east of the Mississippi river is not ns good as last year, the crop will be much larger and probably n: >r ■ profit able. The yield in the states wi st of the Mississippi is lighter tha t in l.TS,. but the fruit is of <i bett -r grade.” i . * ' 'r 1 ‘ ‘