fHE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher,
rNEILL, NEBHA3.K/
Seismometers, or seismographs, a*
they are more generally termed, are
Instruments for detecting or measur
ing the earthquake shock or wave.
Some of the modern ones are ex
tremely delicate and sensitive, so sensi
tive, in fact, according to Milne, that
If the solid column of masonry commu
nicating with the rocky floor be pressed
with the hand, the seismograph which
rests on the masonry will be affected,
and the horizontal boom or pendulum
will be set in rapid vibration. If two
Milne seismographs provided with hor
izontal pendulums bo put on high
buildings opposite each other on one
of London's traffic streets when crowd
ed with heavy drays, they will show
that the tops of the buildings bend over
slightly toward each other.
Plans of far-reaching Importance are
on foot In Texas looking to the em
ployment of convicts. A largo cotton
mill Is to be established, to be run by
water power and operated by the prison
Inhabitants, and the Rusk penitentiary
pipe works and iron furnace are soon
to bo reopened on a large scale. The
new state railroad, from Rusk to
Palestine, a distance of 30 miles, Is
roaring completion and will be run
by convict lubor. If the cotton mill
venture is a success, other mills will
be established by tho Lone Star state,
and all its convicts will have some
thing to do which will make them self
supporting instead of a burden on the
taxpayers.
During tho South African war a
trooper on outpost duty one night felt
go desperately tired that ho thought
he would have a five minutes’ nap. Un
lacing his helmet on a dock ho lay
down, and was soon In a sound sleep.
Waking suddenly, ho mistook his hel
met for one of the enemy, drew his
pword and dealt It a severe blow. Then,
perceiving his mistake, the trooper
picked up his helmet, which he had
cut In two, and gave thanks to heaven
that he had taken It off before laying
down. "For," he soliloquized, "had my
head been Inside that, It’s 10 to one
a dead man X would have been seeing
myself at this moment."
G. F. Neldlinger, of Bettsvllle, Ohio,
Is the proud owner of a cat named
Roosevelt, which has killed (according
to careful calculations) 45,625 rats
during 28 years of a useful life. The
cat has outlived two masters, and Is
thought to be the oldest cat In the
world. Roosevelt has lived for more
than 26 years In Bettsvllle, and has
maintained a high dally death rate
among the rates and mice of that
pleasant town. By continual activity,
his teeth have been kept In unusually
One condition, and Mr. Neldlinger has
Bot spent a dollar on the cat's dentist
Ills In 10 years. Roosevelt works Beven
days in the week.
Current biographies of players fre
quently omit many ages. Mrs. Carter’s
first appearance was 19 years ago. Eu
fene Cowles Joined the Bostonians In
888. William H. Crane confesses 64
fears. Frank Daniels Is still frisky at
49. History is silent on the bounding
and bubbling Eva Davenport. Jeffer
son De Angells, Henry E. Dlxey and
Reginald De Koven were born In the
same year, half a century ago. Marie
Dressier was 16 when she played
Clgaret in "Under Two Flags.” She
oould play a perfecto or an invincible
Sow. Eleanor Duse Is 60. Maxine El
ott does not look a day over her 36.
By the means of a new piece of ap
paratus designed principally for the
plumber’s use a great deal of trench
digging may be avoided. It Is called
a pipe-forcing Jack, and by digging a
ditch long enough to take the Jack and
start the first length of pipe it Is pos
sible to lay almost any length of service
pipe. This means that the Jack will
save the user the expense Incurred In
digging the trench and refilling It when
laying service or pipelines. The Jack
ts capable of driving pipe up to four
inch diameter, and as great a length as
J80 feet of 2H-lnch pipe has been
forced through the ground by It.
Bishop Turner, of tho African M E.
church, In a recent address at Chicago,
said: "You men and women of the
colored race de not realize your numer
ical power and you are too lazy to fig
ure it out. A pbpular estimate of ne
groes In the United States Is 10,000,000.
That is far from correct. There are not
fewer than 18,000,000 today In this coun
try, and there are 4,600 colored babies
born every day. We are here and we
should be a great political factor or
nothing. At present we are nothing,
and as long as we submit we shall have
our liberties gradually limited.”
* ifty more colonels In Georgia, 50
more uniforms, 60 more notable citi
*ens march, 50 more follow the horns.
Fifty more colonels In Georgia-—that
makes 10,001; 50 more fellows to strut
and have fun, 60 more Georgia big
guns. They're thicker than "skeeters"
In Jersey, they’re thicker than crabs
In the bay, until the whole state ol
old Georgia is getting to bo one "Hoo
ray!" But Ge.orgla Is dry as a bone
yard—oh, list to the mournful sound!
—with 50 more colonels In Georgia
and not enough drinks to go round
The making of tin pinto originated
In Bohemia, according to u recenl
paper by Willlrm E. Gray, hammered
Iron plates having been coated with
tin In that country some time before
the year 1600. Tin plate making was
Introduced In England In 1665, the art
bring brought Wiere from Saxony. Ii
France the first tin plate factory was
established in 1714. The first commer
cial manufacture of tin plate in the
United States was at Pittsburg, In 1872
The Erie canal was begun in 181'
and completed In 1825 and cost $7,
200,000. Its construction was due chief
ly to De Wit Clinton, who was gover
nor of New York during nearly all the
period covered by its construction. Ai
the present time the canal Is 70 feel
•wide at the surface, 66 feet wide ai
the bottom and has a general deptl
of se ven feet. There are 57 double locks
15 single locks, no feet long and 11
teet wide. It is 363 miles in length.
A board of five women has been ap
pointed by the governor of Texas tt
examine trained nurses who apply foi
licenses to pursue their calling in thai
■tate. According to a law just passec
In Texas, all trained nurses must reg
ister and pass an examination befor<
the board of examiners.
A sum of $4,620 was paid at Christie’;
rooms, London, for a sot of 10 Chippen
dale mahogany chairs, the back
pierced with a shell and carved witl
foliage and conventional scrolls, whlcl
at one time were, It Is believed, in th
possession of Marie Antoinette.
Death from fright in the first stage;
of ether and chloroform before con
sclousness is lost is best avoided b'
letting the patient hold and inhale thi
Stuff himself.
Australian boomerangs and nolselesi
funs are both now seen in the sann
-Hew York shop window.
CORPORATIONS ARE
OPPOSED TO PAYING
TAX TOTHESTATE)
Secretary of State Marks Out
the Line and Notifies
Them to Toe It.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 31.—Corporations i
must not get sassy with Secretary
of State Junkin. or he will not accept!
their money. There is a new law that j
levies a tax upon state corporations. |
and most of the corporations are ob
jecting to paying It. A test ease Is now |
In the Lancaster district court, hut as 1
there Is a heavy penalty attached to •
non-payment of the tax before Septem
ber 1, by which time there will be no ,
decision, the money Is rolling Into the
secretary of state's office. j
Yesterday he got a letter from the
McKeon Motor Car company of Omaha!
an adjunct of the Union Pacific. The)
letter contained flOO, and the writeri
said that he was paying under protest!
and that repayment, with Interest,
would be demanded if the law was
found to he Invalid. McKeon instruct- ,
ed Mr. Junkin that he would hold him:
personally responsible and that he
hadn't better let it go out of his hands, i
Mr. Junkin immediately set the money |
back told the motor man that the law j
plainly said the money should be sent j
to the state treasurer, and advised him j
that he had better pay that function- i
ury or be hit for a penalty.
CHAUFFEUR’S VICTIM
DIES OF HER INJURIES
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 31.—Miss Sadie
Hopper, the young woman who was
run over by the automobile of Mrs.
W. B. Millard, driven by her chauffenr, i
George Gilmore, yesterday afternoon, j
died at the Omaha general hospital i
early today. The accident happened
at Sixteenth and Farnum streets, the i
busiest corner In Omaha, and a pro- ;
fessional chauffeur, who witnessed It, is
quoted as saylny that the car was i
running at a speed of fully 30 miles
an hour. Gilmore narrowly escaped
rough handling by the crowd which
quickly assembled by being hurried to
the city jail by a squad of policemen.
ADVERTISING MEN
GOING TO OMAHA
Louisville, Ky„ Aug. 31.—Virginia
I oratory re-established a reputation for
doing things when W. E. Dabney, of,
Richmond, Va., went Into tho conven
tion of the Associated Advertising!
Clubs of America yesterday afternoon
and by a real oration won a vote of I ,
107 In favor of his town for the next
convention. Omaha was finally se-!
lected, however, having pledged many |
cities. Other towns which wanted the
convention, were Memphis, Minneapo
lis, Rochester, Atlantic City and Cedar
Point.
S. C. Dobbins, of Nashville, was'
elected president after a spectacular
contest. James Rogers, of New York.il
and A. H. T. Wernlck, of Grand Rapids, |
withdrawing at the last moment In'
favor of the Atlanta man.
| The convention then adjourned.
VERDICT IS GIVEN
IN CRABTREE TRIAL
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 31.—When the
military court adjourned yesterday af
ternoon the sentence had been awarded
In the Crabtree case, but nothing will
be known of its nature until the re
viewing board has passed upon it, but
It Is likely that the prisoner was given
the death penalty because of the na
ture of his crime In the killing of
Captain John Raymond at Fort Des
Moines.
When Judge J. kl. Parsons began his
plea for the accused, he said that this
1 case was a new experience to him and
! that It was his first criminal case In
which he had not asked the court to
discharge the accused. He realized that
there could be only one of three out
comes to the case. That the court
would award the death penalty, would
imprison the accused, possibly for life,
or would sentence him to be confined
in an asylum for the criminal insane.
He said it was clear to his inind that
a man who would commit this crime
was morally Irresponsible and insane.
He did not feel that he could ask the
freedom of Crabtree and would not
free him If he cou'd. He ended by say
i lug that tho accused had had an ab
solutely fair and impartial trial.
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
BRANDED AS SLAVES
_
I
New York. Aug. 31.—“I'd rather help
dig ditches for your New York sub
ways than be a general In the Rus
sian army,” Colonel Rudolph Sasensky,
formerly of the Czar's Imperial guard,
said recently. “I’ve put Russia behind
me forever, and, while 1 have some
sentiment for my Fatherland, I know
the struggle Is hopeless there. Here I
can at least be a man. and. although
I may never achieve any success here,
I will have at least thrown off the
slavery of the Russian aristocracy."
Colonel Sasensky has seven medals
for distinguished service.
"I got out of the army,” he said,
"because 1 could no longer feel I was
a man and do the kind of things that
was expected of me. I was ashamed
to look into the eyes of men In my
command when I knew they were lit
tle more than slaves. Russia Is impos
sible because it will never get what the
emperor promised. Nicholas undoubt
edly means well and would live up to
bis promises if he dared. But he is a
weakling in the hands of an hereditary
aristocracy. The douma Is what you
cull a joke. Labor has only a few
representatives and they are easily
overruled."
PHILADELPHIA, PA.—During a fist
! fight in the northeastern section of this
city Frank Walsh, aged 16 years, fell
to the ground and when picked up was
dead. His opponent was Eug. no Rahlll,
16 years old.
The first airship annual, entitled "All
the World's Airships,'' is to be pub
i llshed in England In October.
1 CIGARETS KILLED HIM.
i PcttsviUe, Pa.. Aug. 31.—Believing
i that he muld with safety smoke a
i dozen packages of cigarets dally. Mich
; ael Sculler triid the experiment for
several days. Today he was found
j. dead in bed.
' DETROIT, MICII.—The American
Bar association, which has boon in con
i ventlon here since Tuesday, ended the
meeting last night with a banquet pre
j sided over b.v the newly elected offi
i c< rs.
Brazil is the coffee-growing countrj
of the world.
HENRY L. WILSON IS
GO1NGJ0 MEXICO
Ambassador Thompson, It Is
Said, Will Return and En
ter Nebraska Politics.
Washington, Aug. 30.—Henry Lam
Wilson, United Slates minister to Bel
gium, it is understood, will be appoint
ed to succeed David id. Thompson as
ambassador to Mexico.
Some time ago Ambassador Thomp
son notified the state department that
lie would like to be relieved, but he
was prevailed upon to remain in Mex
ico until the question of his successor
was settled.
Mr. Thompson, it is said, purposes
entering politics in Nebraska. No an
nouncement has been made relative to
Mr. Wilson's suc*.ssor at the Belgian
post.
During President Harrison's adminis
tration, Mr. Wilson declined the post ot
minister to Venezuela. He represented
tills country as minister to Chile from
1897 to 1905 and has been in Belgium
since March 6, 1905.
Before entering into law Mr. Wilson
was editor of the LaFayette, Ind.,
Journal. From 1885 and until his en
trance in the diplomatic corps he prac
ticed law at Spokane. Wash. He was
born at Crawfordsville, Ind., 52 years
ago. He is a brother of former United
Ktatea Senator John L. Wilson, of
Washington.
44444444444444444444444444
4 4
4 FAIRBANKS GIVEN 4
4 AUDIENCE IN THE 4
4 “FORBIDDEN CITY” 4
4 4
4 Peking, Aug. 30.—Charles W. 4
4 Fairbanks, former vice president 4
4 of the United States and Rear 4
4 Admiral G. B. Iiarber, U. S. N., 4
4 were received in separate aud- 4
4 ience by the prince regent In the 4
4 forbidden city this morning. 4
4 They were presented by Henry 4
4 P. Fletcher, the American 4
4 charge d'affaires. 4
4 4
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR
RAILWAY SERVICE
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 30.—General Man
ager A. L. Mohler and General Super
intednent W. L. Park, of the Union
Pacific, announced in a circular issued
yesterday the establishment on Sep
tember 1 of a railway college for its
employees. It is said to be a new
departure. It is to be called a bureau
of information. D. C. Buall, with a
corps of Instructors, will have charge
of the institution.
Employees In every department ol
the service will be given instruction
free by experts.
Three objects are aimed at in estab
lishing this school—assisting employes
to assume greater responsibility, in
creasing the knowledge and efflciencj
of employes, and preparing prospective
employees for the service.
“The new educational bureau will
give to men in the service of the Union
Pacific railroad company an oppor
tunity to qualify without any expense
to themselves for the higher duties in
the service," said President Mohler.
"The educational feature is from a
practical standpoint, the conditions of
modern operation are constantly chang
ing and in this respect the men will
get up to date practice from leading
authorities in each of the various de
partments.
MINISTERS IN QUARREL
WITH STATE FAIR BOARD
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 30.—The Lincoln
ministers are building a fire under the
board of state fair managers in an ef
fort to induce it to cancel a contract
it has made to give a Sunday afternoon
band concert at the opening of the fall*.
The ministers Insist that it is a viola
tion ol the spirit and the letter of the
Sunday law, and that the fair being a
state institution,, ought not to set an
example of law breaking. They urge
that if the board can give Sunday aft
ernoon concerts at which an admit
tance fee is charged, the theaters can
run also, and that this would mean the
breaking down of Sunday observance.
The fair board is not inclined to re
cede from its position. It retorts that
the city of Lincoln permits band con
certs at the park and at adjoining re
sorts and that the Epworth assembly
accepts tickets Sundays at its gates
that it sold admission tickets for ori
other days. The ministers are talking
about taking the matter into their pul
pits and appealing to the church mem
berships to make the enterprise un
profitable.
aAAAAAAAa a a A A A A A AA A A A A
4 4
4 APPLES CAUSE MAN 4
4 TO SHOOT HIMSELF 4
4 4
4 Crofton, Neb., Aug. 30.—Eu- 4
4 gene Brewer is recovering from 4
4 a peculiar accident. He was 4
4 carrying a shotgun upon his 4
4 shoulder and a sack of apples 4
4 in one hand. In attempting to 4
4 change the apples to the other 4
4 hand, thp gun fell off his shoul- 4
4 der and was discharged. The 4
4 full charge entered his heel and 4
4 the bottom of the foot. 4
4 4
44444444444444444444444444
TAKES A JOY Rlt>l;
MAY LOSE OFFICE
Lincoln, Neb,, Aug. 30.—Carl O.
Johnson is likely to lose the nomination
for county commissioner, all because
of his fondness for taking long over
land rides in his automobile. Johnson
won by 27 votes in the recent primary
over a field of 10 candidates. His
nearest competitor, Herbert Weakley,
has begun a contest, however, averring
that in Johnson’s home towm of Have,
lock, a lot of democrats turned out and
took part in the republican primaries
voting for Johnson. If these are elimi
nated, says Weakley, he is really ths
winner.
| When the sheriff went out to find
! Jchnson he discovered that he hac
i taken his family and started in an au
tomobile, heading for Cheyenne, Wyo
Johnson proposed to take his time, anc
left behind no schedule of his itinerary
As, under the law, he must make an
swer to the court by next Monday, anc
. as his friends have been unable to lo
i cate him. there is a chance that unless
the court takes cognizance of the pe
culiar circumstances, a default will bi
entered.
j PULLEY CATCHES ONE;
FLY KILLER THE OTHEF
Laurel, Neb., Aug. 30.—The IH-year
old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Moh
got hold of a bottle of tly killer am
drank some of the contents, and for i
| time its life was despaired of, bu
! prompt action saved it, and the littl
one has recovered.
While playing about a hay stackei
the 7-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs
Peter Nissen, south of town, caugh
hold of a rope and had her hand drawi
[ into a pulley, lacerating several fingers
necessitating a number of stitches am
the loss of the end of one finger.
CANDIDATES
; NOMINATED IN
NINE COUNTIES
Complete List of Primary Vic
tors Willing to Enlist for
Public Service.
] Norfolk, Nob., Aug. 2G.—The following
are the candidates for office In the nine
north Nebraska counties:
Cuming.
j Clerk, W. H. Harstick, democrat,
i treasurer, Paul Kase, democrat; Her
man Zeplin, republican. Sheriff, B. G.
Herman, democrat; Milton Knight, re
publican. Judge, Louis Dewald, demo
crat; Val Flennilcon, republican. Super
| intendent, Emma R. Miller, republican.
■ Surveyor, G. A. Heller, democrat. Cor
' oner, Dr. H. L. Wells, democrat.
Thurston.
Clerk, William Vogt, democrat; N.
j E. Macklin, republican. Treasurer, J.
S. Tate, democrat; S. D. Love, repub
lican. Sheriff, Pat Dorsey, democrat;
S. M. Young, republican. Judge, Frank
Flynn, democrat; Hiram Chase, repub
lican. Superintendent, E. W. Tarrant,
democrat; M. A. Fennell, republican.
Commissioner, W. J. Paasch, democrat;
J. D. Claussen, republican.
Dakota.
Clerk.. J. C. Hogan, democrat; W. L.
Ross, republican. Treasurer, D. G.
Evans, democrat; W. J. Manning, re
publican. Sheriff, William Odell, demo
crat: J. P. Rockwell, republican. Judge,
Courtland Church, democrat; D. C.
Stinson, republican. Superintendent,
Mary V. Quinn, democrat; W. E. Voss,
republican. Commissioners, Second
district, Chris Smith, democrat; Thos.
B. Long, republican. Third district, E.
V. Maurice, democrat; Julius Bonder
son, republican. Surveyor, Herman
Renze, democrat. Coroner, Ed Munger,
democrat; B. F. Sawyer, republican.
Dixon.
Clerk, E. E. Rice, republican. Treas
urer, William Kay, democrat; Sam
Saberson, republican. Sheriff, Andy
Maskell, democrat; A. M. Hillis, repub
; lican. Judge, F. W. Bronn, republican;
C. A. Hendrickson by petition. Super
intendent, A. E. Borg, democrat; A. V.
j Teed, republican.
Wayne.
Clerk, Chas. W. Reynolds, democrat;
Alfred Bohlander, republican. Treas
urer, Henry Bartels, democrat; Chas.
S. Beebee, republican. Sheriff, Dan
Maher, democrat; Grant Mears, repub
lican. Judge, James Britton, democrat
republican. Superintendent, Charlotte
, M. White, democrat; Elsie Littell, re
1 publican. Commissioner, James Stan
ton, democrat; W. A. McEachen, repub
lican. Surveyor, Guy Strickland, re
i publican. Coroner, 'vde T. Ecker,
democrat; Dr. J. J. Williams, repub
. lican.
Cedar.
Clerk, George Champion, democrat;
I E. A. Miller, republican. Treasurer, E.
B. Hirchman, democrat; M. S. Whit
ney, republican. Sheriff, D. E. McFad
den, democrat; W. A. Bowker, repub
lican. Judge, M. H. Dodge, democrat;
Lewis Andrews, republican. Superin
tendent, W. E. Miller, democrat. Com
missioner, William Soost, democrat; C.
F. Furley, republican. Surveyor, H. J.
Smith, democrat. Coroner, F. Relfert,
democrat.
Knox.
Clerk, Phil B. Clark, democrat: Emil
Eliason, republican. Treasurer. H. W.
Crandall, democrat; W. W. Walton, re
publican. Sheriff, Vac Vlasnick, demo
crat; J. L. Burnd, republican. Judge,
D. C. Laird, democrat; A. C. Logan,
republican. Superintendent, E. A. Mur
phy, democrat; H. H. Hickman, repub
lican. Surveyor, fj. L. Seeley, demo
crat; C. A. Nippell, republican. Coroner,
Dr. J. H. Mettlen, democrat; Dr. J. R.
Kalar, republican.
Pierce.
Clerk, J. B. McDonald, democrat; J.
L. Dennis, republican. Treasurer, Her
man Hecht, republican. Sheriff, G. W.
Goff, democrat; Eugene Kinkaid, re
publican. Judge, J. C. Kelly, demo
crat :J. P. Leamy, republican. Super
intendent. Frank Pilger, democrat;
Jessie Holly, republican. Commission
er, Chas. Dedlow, democrat; Chris
Lerum, republican. Coroner, Dr. Oelke,
j democrat: Dr. Pheasant, republican.
Madison.
I Clerk, H. F. Haase, democrat; S. R.
McFarland, republican. Treasurer,
Frank A. Peterson, republican. Sher
iff, J. F. Flynn, democrat; C. S. Smith,
, republican. Judge, William Bates,
i democrat; Francis S. Dowling, repub
lican. Superintendent, N. A. Housel,
democrat; A. E. Ward, republican.
Commissioner, Herman Buettow, demo
crat; Burr Taft, republican. Sur
veyor, A. J. Thatch, republican.
Coroner, Dr. J. M. Mackay, democrat;
Dr. M. D. Baker, republican.
-—
AMATEUR AERUNAUT
| FALLS 200 FEET TO DEATH
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 26.—Fred Scott's
ambition to emulate the Wright boys,
led to his undoing. Yesterday he died
of injuries received while attempting
to make a flight with a balloon under
taken to get money to push the' con
I struction of an aeroplane. Scott has
I been a daredevil sort of young man,
and has made some 15 balloon ascen
sions in his time.
For the past two months he has put
in all of his time and money in work
ing on an aeroplane, modeled after tine
Wrights, but with several differences
that he Insisted would make it possible
to make longer flights at great speed.
He ran out of money, and some of his
neighbors, who were interested in his
project, made up a purse to give him.
He Insisted that in return he would
make a balloon ascension for their en
tertainment.
Thursday the ascension was made.
. When he cut loose with his parachute,
200 feet up. the chute failed to open
and he landed with terrific force on a
street car track, breaking his leg and
suffering internal injuries that led to
his bleeding to death.
I KREMENTCHIIG, RUSSIA—A thou
sand families in this district have been
rendered homeless by a fire which
started yesterday in a local lumber mill
and raged throughout the night. A
large section of dwellings was de
stroyed.
ADMIRAL SPERRY TO RETIRE.
Washington, Aug. 26.—Rear Admiral
C. S. Sperry, who took the Atlantic bat
tleship fleet on its cruise from Sap
Francisco to the Philippines, and
through the Suez canal to Hampton
roads, will be placed on the retired list
on September 3, having reached the
age of 62 years.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.—While bathing
I yesterday afternoon in the Menominee
! river, Milwaukee. Joseph Brltz, 462
Clark st., and Harry Welder, 498 Clark
I st.. aged 15 and 13 years, respectively,
were drowned.
FAVORITE HOME
OF SIOUX IS TO
BE RELINQUISHED,
Kind of Lands Included in Chey
enne and Standing Rock
Reservations.
Pierre, S. D., Aug. 31.—A half dozen
JDakota towns will see the next grand
rush for registration for Indian reser
vation land to be opened to settlement. 1
Five of these will be in South Dakota, '
and one in North Dakota, the towns be- i
ing Pierre on the Chicago & North- !
western road, LeBeau on the Minneap- ■
oils & St. Louis, and Aberdeen. Mo
bridge and Lemmon on the Chicago, 1
Milwaukee & St. Paul road. Bismarck,
on the Northern Pacific, is the only
North Dakota point designated for
registration.
The registration dates will be from j
October 4 to 23, during which anyone
who desires can register at any of the
points named above. The drawing will
commence at Aberdeen on October 25. |
While most of the land lies within
the present boundaries of the Pierre
land district, a strong effort is being
made to secure a new disrtict covering
the territory before the filings begin. .
Home of the Sioux.
The country to be opened has been '
held by the Sioux Indians as their
choice next to the Black Hills country,
which was their first choice in the Da
kota country, but from which they were
forced by the gold discoveries. From
that section they went to the beautiful
valleys of the Cheyenne, Moreau, Grand
and Cannon Ball rivers, where they
have been alkrwed to remain until the
closing in of the white man. While the
older Indians give up the land with re
luctance, the younger and more pro
gressive ones are perfectly willing that
the surplus lands, after they have
taken their allotments, be sold to the .
whites.
The allotments have all been taken,
and while a portion of reservations
have been retained to please the older
Indians, it will be only a question of
time when all will be a white man's
country. The portions they retain are
along the Cheyenne river, and in the
northern part of tills state and south- <
etn North Dakota, along the Missouri, j
The portion of the reservation to be I
opened comprises practically 2,000,000
acres after the Indian allotments have
been taken, and will make homes for
more than 12,000 white families.
Three Lines Extending.
There is but one railway in active
operation across any portion of the
tract—the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul running through the northern end j
—but by the time the settlers are lo- I
cated they will find good facilities for
shipping in and out. Besides the line
it has in operation, the Milwaukee has
made surveys both along the southern
line of the territory and another
through the center, reaching out for
the Thunder Butte country. Grading is
In progress, and the work is being
pushed as fast as possible.
The Chicago & Northwestern is
reaching for the same territory with
surveys from Philip and Belle Fourche.
Work is already under way on the Belle
Fourche extension. The Minneapolis
& St. Louis with its present terminal
LeBeau on the Missouri has its survey
practically completed across the south
ern part of the territory, competing
with the Milwaukee for the rich Fox
Ridge country. AH of these lines will
be ready to handle land seekers early
next year.
Description of Land.
The territory to be opened which is
approximately 100 miles long in the two
Gates and 40 miles wide, is bordered
on the south by the Cheyenne river and
on the north by the Cannon Ball, and is
divided into three sections by the
Grand and Moreau rivers. The southern
Bection contains the noted Fox Ridge
country, which is a heavy loam in the
' east and changes to a sandy character
further west.
j North of this is the Moreau river
with its deep valley well supplied with
limber. The valley is narrow and the
Bluffs are high and steep, it being nec
essary at places to go miles to find a
practical roadway down into the valley.
North of the Moreau is a broad
platueau, which grows the native
“wheat grass,” which is almost equal
! to oats for feed and shows what can
; be done with the land when it is culti
vated to grain. North of this plateau
Is the valley of the Grand river, with
its gently undulating hills far back
from the river on either side, and a
somewhat sandy soil all along the val
ley.
| North of the Grand is another pla
teau between that and the Cannon Ball,
which is equal in fertility to the noted
Morton county lands in North Dakota,
which in the past few years has been
converted into thousands of homes for
settlers.
The South Dakota land lies in por
tions of the counties of Armstrong,
Schnasse, Dewey and Corson, and the
North Dakota land in the county of
I Morton. The only organized county in
the South Dakota part of the reserve is
■ Corson, which lies along the northern
: boundary of the state, but the new set
! tiers will not be long in securing or
ganization for the other counties after
I they get well located.
KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
LEAVES HEARST MEMORIAL
Lead. S. D., Aug. 31.—After five years
of building the school up to its pres
ent high standard, Miss Marie E Gor
ham, superintendent of the Hearst Me
morial kindergarten in this city, has
resigned and will make her home in
Chicago again. Miss Gorham will be
succeeded by Miss Frances Clark of
LaCrosse, Wis., who takes charge of
the institution next week for the fall
term.
The Hearst kindergarten is one of the
principal benefactions in Lead of Mrs.
Phoebe A. Hearst and is recognized as
the largest and best equipped school of
its kind in the country. It stands
unique in kindergarten circles for the
reason that it includes among its
scholars from 15 to 20 different nation
alities at all times and has a regular
daily attendance of over 160 children
between 4 and 6 years of age. The
kindergarten has a staff of four teach
ers besides the superintendent and
twice annually graduates into the pub
lic schools a class of about 50 children.
The trade name of a certain Aus
tralian brandy is the "Boomerang.”
IN JAIL FOR ABDUCTION
OR SOMETHING WORSE
Huron, S. E>., Aug. 31.—Two men are
in Jail here, charged with abduction.
One gives his name as J. R. Shaw, of
Mason City, la., and the other as L. B.
Brandt, of Lakefleld. Minn. The for
mer is, however, believed to be a
clothing salesman of Sioux Falls and
the latter a barber at Wolsey. The
men are charged with having abducted
two girls, aged 15 and 17, from their
homes in Watertown. The quartet
have been here two or three days. The
father of one of che girls arrived from
Watertown and will take both back
to that cits’.
OPERATOR GIVES LIFE ^
FOR THE PASSENGERS
George Eccles Stays by Hs Post
While Steamship Ohio
Is Going Down.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 31.—One man, a
wireless operator, gave his life that
more than 200 might be saved yester
day, when George E. Eccles, of Seattle.
. went down on the Alaska Steamship
company’s steamer Ohio while sound
ing the “C. Q. D.” His calls for help
as his vessel was sinking brought the
steamers Kingfisher, Humboldt and
Rupert City to the rock off Steep
point, in Hishkisli narrows, British Co
lumbia, and all but himself and four
others were saved. Only one passen
ger lost his life. The Ohio went down
within 13 minutes after it struck. The
drowned:
PURSER FREDERICK J. STEPH
ENS, Seattle.
: WIRELESS OPERATOR GEORGE
IE. ECCLES, Seattle.
THE QUARTERMASTER. A SOL
DIER AND A STEERAGE PASSEN
;GER, names unknown.
: Pilot Snow was on the bridge when
: the ship struck. The boats were low
ered at once and the women and chil- _
dren taken off first. The soldier and
the steerage passenger were killed by
the upsetting of the boat during the
; rescue of the passengers.
Tile Humboldt took 20 survivors to
'Ketchikan, Alaska. The others will
[arrive at Vancouver today on the Ru
: pert City. Operator Eccles assisted
valiantly in rescue work and is re
: ported to have been drowned while so
'.engaged. Purser Stephens is also said
to have given his life that the passen
gers and other members of the crew
might be saved.
The Ohio left Seattle August 24 for
Fort Graham and Valdez, Alaska, and,
including crew and passengers, had
210 persons on board.
STATES GET SHARE
OF MILITARY FUND
Washington, Aug. 31.—Four million
dollars appropriated by congress for
the military have been allotted among
the several states and territories by
Lieutenant Colonel E. M. Weaver, of
the general staff corps of the army,
who is chief of the division of militia.
The enlisted strength of the militia
as shown by tables prepared by “Colonel
Weaver is 109,761, and the allotments
under various heads include $1,472,250
for arms, equipment and camp pur
poses; $490,750 for promotion of rifle
practice; $62S,561 for ammunition, and
$970,656 for supplies.
The allotments for the states and ter
ritories in round numbers include the
following:
Iowa, $86,000.
Nebraska, $45,000. /v
Kansas, $59,000. ] s.
South Dakota, $25,000.
Wyoming, $16,000.
TAFT CANT FORGIVE
HA2ERS OF SUTTON
Washington, Aug. 31—“It is perfect
ly useless for any of the young cadets
who were dismissed by President Taft
last week from the West Point military
academy for hazing Cadet Orlando
Sutton to make any effort toward re
instatement,” said a well known army
officer today.
"The law is mandatory on the sub
ject of the dismissal of a cadet found
guilty of hazing,” he added, "and
neither the president nor the secretary
of war has any power to reinstate any
of them. The law against hazing pro
vides for dismissal of cadets found
guilty of participating, encouraging or
countenancing such practices, and they
are not eligible to again enter West
Point or for admission to the army
through civilian examination until two
years after the class in which they
were members has graduated.”
The young men have been uniformly j
told that any efforts for reinstatement r
at West Point through any authority
other than special act of congress
would be absolutely fruitless.
DISH-WIPING TENOR TO
SING IN GRAND OPERA
New York, Aug. 31.—From dish-dip
Ing to the stage of the Manhattan
opera house is the quick jump of the
newest discovery of Oscar Hammer
stein, who will introduce to the New
York public Antonio Richard as addi
tional tenor this winter.
The discovery was made by patrons
of the Chateau des Beaux Arts, at
Huntington, L. I., when the American
Institute of Architects, who were din
ing there, heard exquisite renditions
from tenor parts in "Martha” and
“Tosea” emanating from the pantry.
They clamored for the man, who,
clad in his pantryman’s costume, was
brought into the dining-room to sing.
His rendition of operatic selections
made a tremendous hit. John G. Petit,
designer of Dreamland, at Coney Is
land, was so impressed he declared he
would Introduce the singer to Mr. Har
mersteln.
Before coming to this country, Rich
ard, a fine looking Italian, sang tenor
parts in grand opera at Havana. On
his arrival here necessity made him
forsake his musical vocation for the
lowlier calling of wiping dishes for a
living. -
TUBERCULOSIS IN
NEW YORK SCHOOLS
New York, Aug. 31.—That 28 school
children in every 100 from the poor
tenement districts of the city are in
fected with tuberculosis, is indicated
by the observations made this sum
mer at the Sea Breeze Home, main
tained at West Coney Island by the
Association for Improving the Condi
tion of the Poor. Ail children admitted
to the home were supposed to be well.
The association says in a statement:
“Up to the middle of August, 728
children have received thorough physi
cal examination and had been tested
for tuberculosis at Sea Breeze. Of
this number 381 were boys and 347
girls. Of the total number subjected
to the test 205, or 28.1 per cent, showed
, positive reaction. The per cent or re- •
action among the girls tested was 35.1
per cent as against 21.7 per cent among
the boys."
DROWNS IN WATERS
OF LAKE MICHIGAN
Chicago, Aug. 31.—The body of Miss
Emily Scharringhausen, 28 years old,
was found floating in Lake Michigan
oft Lincoln park today by a fisherman.
Last Tuesday the young woman disap
peared from the government pier
where she had gone with her fiance to
fish.
Fear that she had been murdered for
her valuables was expressed, but when
the body was recovered her jewelry and
purse were found intact. While her
betrothed was* busy with his lines the
young woman strolled away and hb»
search for her was fruitless.