fHE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
KNEIUL, NEBKA8K*
In old Holland, when a couple ap»
plied for divorce, they were locked up
In a one roomed, trying out cabin, with
one djsh and one spoon. If, iff ter a
month, they had not come to limerick
they got the writ, which was seldom
asked fdr after this' bundling.
The population of Germany, apart
from Immigration and emigration, In
creased by 882,624 last year. In Eng
land, the births exceeded the deaths by
*93,821; In Italy, by 367,178; in Bel
fjium, by 71,715; In Holland, by 88,166;
n France, by 46,411.
White fish fry, hatched by the United
States hatchery at Kingston, N. Y.,
when liberated, almost mvarlably ex
patriate themselves immediately by
swimming to their natural feeding
grounds along the northern shores of
Bake Ontario.
In answer to the question, "What
passages in holy scripture bear upon
cruelty to animals?" one boy said:
"Cruel people often cut dogs’ tails and
ears, but the blble says, Those whom
God hath Joined together let no man
put asunder.’ ”
China Is likely to guard with the
greatest strictness the secrets of its
navy, soon to bo reorganized. Admiral
Sah advocates that the punishment
for divulging naval secrets, which Is
banishment, be changed to decapita
tion. _
Helen, aged 6, was telling Mary, aged
1, of her plans for the future. "I’m
going to be married," she announced,
"and have 18 children." “Oh.” gasped
Mary, her eyes wide with amazement,
“you mercenary wretch!”
Dr. James Crltchton Browne, who Is
the real authority behind most wise
acres and oracles on "feeding," says:
"The meat ration of the Japs in Man
churia was the largest ever served in
any army."
In raising the displacement of Its bat
tleships to 30.009 tons, the United States
government has produced a ship which
far. exceeds the largest centemporary
battleships built sr building of any for
eign navy.
A pulse counting watch has been In
vented for the use of physicians and
nurses In Londen. The watch indi
cates, without mental calculation, the
number af beats of tbe pulse In a
minute.
Lillian Russell is near 48 and Annie
Russell close to 45. Eleanor Robson,
who may soon be Mrs. August Belmont,
was graduated from St. Peter's acad
emy, Staten island, In 1897. Nazlmova
Is 39.
It is quite likely that the internation
al commission will recommend the con
struction of a dam across the Niagara
river at Buffalo to raise the level of
Lake Erie. The work will cost $6,000,
000. __
The largest tobacco manufacturing
center In the world Is St. Louts. Its
annual soloe aggregate $460,000,000,
which Is equal to 18 per cent of the to
tal tobacco output of the United
States.
Of the revenue accruing from the
national forests In Columbia 25 per
cent, or $69,009, Is yearly turned over
to the state by the federal authorities
for use on the public roads and schools.
For a number of years Washington
has been far and away the largest
lumber producing state In the Union,
and It Htai Is ahead; but last year
Louisiana nearly caught up with It.
Beat, clothes, service, wines, beer,
tobacco, all are cheaper in English
than In American towns, and prices
of meats, vegetables, bread, butter,
poultry, eggs, much the same.
German has only 8,276 millionaires
(in maitaet; that Is, owners of $24<U>00
or over. Of these “millionaires,” Prus
sia has 6,467, Bavaria 631, Wurtem
berg 248, Baden 151.
An electric motor Is used in San
Francisco to haul sand for grading
purposea With a drag and cablo the
sand Is scraped from the hills to fill
the hollows.
A contemporary says mushroom
poison Is destroyed by boiling. Dr.
Fort!, of Johns Hopkins, says mush
room poison ts not destroyed by boil
ing.
NelUvar balling wator nor cold 200
degre&l belaw zero kills the sprout in
eome seeds. Professor Becquerel found
three seeds *7 years old that sprouted.
Japan In 1902 made 260,000,009 pounds
of paper .and imported 48,090,000 pounds,
• consumption of 30S,000,000 pounds, or
t.3 pounds per capita of the population.
F. S. Wolahold, of Brookside, Pa.,
last season raised on 25 acres about 8.
000 buSbols «f ear corn. Many of the
ears were over 16 Inches In length.
The Importation of lobsters into the
United States in IMS amounted to 8.
212,045 pounds, valued at 31,401,449. Most
of them oarne from Canada.
Recent discoveries in Norway o' hu
man bones mixed with hearth ashes
Indicate that the cave dwellers of the
North cape were cannibals.
A new microphone, the invention ot
two Swedish engineers, is reported to
have greatly increased tho range of
long-distance telephones.
Leading Japanese provision mer
chants have agreed to dispose of 7,500
bags of Brazilian coffee during the
•ext three years.
The number of women enrolled at
the universities of Germany this sum
mer Is 1.441, an increase of 333 per cer.t
over last summer.
Professor John Cleland has retired
from the chuir of astronomy of the
Glasgow university, after occupying it
for 32 years.
New York city consumes more but
ter than both Londorf and Paris. Tho
average dally consumption is 718,000
pounds.
Electric power is used on 3,286 miles
of street railways In Great Britain to
148 miles operated by other means.
An English chemist says that $500.
000 may be made by uny one who cre
ates a new perfume.
The walls of the lock of the Panama
canal at Gatun will be reinforced with
7,000 tons of rails.
The fur trade of the world makes
tise of more than one million catsklns
every year.
Tulane university rrnllzed an endow
ment fund of $1,000,000 last year.
Hydrogen gas for ballooning Is ob
tained bv an electric process.
SEEK TO DISSOLVE
MERGER OF LINCOLN
TRACTION COMPANY
Combination Declared Unlawfu;
and Corporation’s Bonds
Not Legal.
Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 5.—County Attor-4
nay Tyrrell has begun proceedings be
fore the railway commission to dissolve
the merger of the Lincoln Traction
company and the Citizens Street Kail
\vay corporation, which *jvas consum
mated last February. He asks for the
cancellation of all stocks and bonds is
sued subsequent to the merger; to com
pel the company to render better serv
ice and treat the public' and its em
ployes with more consideration and to
bar it from transacting any other busi
ness than that provided in its charter. ;
Two causes of complaint are set out.
The first details the facts In regard to
the merging of the two companies,
which act is declared unlawful and
greatly injurious to the people of the
county and the state.
The second recounts the terms of the
merger and the issuance of stocks and
[bonds to the amount of $5,000,000 against
property which is declared to bo worth
hut $1,403,230. It is declared that in or
der to pay dividends on these stocks
and bonds it will be necessary for the
company to render inadequate service,
and to overwork its employes.
It is charged that the corporation
owes thousands of dollars for back
taxes, has applied a copious amount of
water to its stock, is running antiqu
ated cars, gives unsatisfactory service
and underpays its employes.
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4 SWEETHEART PLEDGE 4
4 ENDURES 25 YEARS 4
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4 Carroll, Nob., Oct. 5.--As a 4
4 sequel nt u pledge given in 4
4 Wales 25 years ago. Robert 4
4 Pritchard, of Carroll, was mar- 4
4 ril'd in New York city this week 4
4 to the sweetheart of his youth. 4
4 When Pritchard left his birth- 4
4 place to east his lot hi America, 4
4 the girl vowed that as soon as 4
4 her duty (o a widowed and de- 4
4 pendent mother was fulfilled, 4
4 she would come to him. Re- 4
4 eently the mother died and she 4
4 sailed for New York city. 4
4 Pritchard was there to meet her 4
4 and the connubial knot was soon 4
4 tied. 4
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MURDERER MUST
SERVE FULL TERM
Lincoln. Neb.. Oct. 5.—Leonard
Lininger, of Pierce county, must go
back to the penitentiary to serve out
bis two years' sentence for felonious
assault on a man named Snyder. The
supreme court this morning approved
of the sentence. Lininger went to the
higher tribunal on the plea of newly
discovered evidence, which the trial
court refused to consider. The assault
was committed on December 14, while
the two men were on their way home
from McLean. Roth hud been drink
ing and having a high time In the local
saloon, and left In apparently friendly
relations. Snyder was severely beaten
in a tight which occurred by the road
side. The defendant claimed that the
complainant had told him that he had
a boy at home who could heat the
stuffing out of him and he had Invited
Snyder to get out of the buggy and
slug for points, which wus done.
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BONDING COMPANY
WOULD ENJOIN RATES
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 5.—The Ameri
can Bonding company thinks that the
state board hits no power to fix rates
of bonding Insurance declaring that It
is class legislation and a transgression
of the constitution. It asks Judge T. C.
Hunger, of the United States court,
this morning for a restraining order
against Governor Shallenberger, Attor
ney General Thompson and Auditor
Barton, ns members of this board to
prevent it from acting. It was argued
by the corporation that the law could
not bo villi because It singled out sure
ty concerns from all other insurance
companies. This was held to be spe
cial legislation prohibited by the fed
eral constitution. The state on behalf
of the board defends on the ground
that tile bonding corporation don't
show that it is likely to be injured or
that the rates fixed are unreasonable.
HAD APPOINTMENT IN
GRAVEYARD AT MIDNIGHT
New York. Or t. 5. Policeman Tiler-.
, kat/. spied a man at midnight climbing
the high Iron fence to get into Green
wood cemetery, Brooklyn.
''IB! What arc you doing?” shouted
the policeman.
"Sli!” answered the man from the
top of the fence. "Don't say anything
and don't interrupt me. I have an ap
pointment In the graveyard and I'm
going to bring 20 persons to life before
midnight."
"Then the man dropped over tlio
fence into the cemetery. The policeman
climbed after him. For an hour and a
half the man led Therkatz a chase
through the place, over the graves and
dodging around tombstones. Finally
tin police.nnn cornered him and then
there was a tight.
Thcrgatz got the better of it. At the
police station the man said he was
Thomas Walker. 44. of 2k,5 Bowery.
He was apparently Insane and an am
bulance was summoned. He was taken
to the Kings County hospital in y
strait jacket.
Cavalry Marching Home.
Omaha. Neb.. Oct. 5.-The second
cavalry regiment and squadrons of the
Fourth, Seventh and Fifteenth regi
ments. 2,500 men ln all, marching over
land lrum Des Moines, under command
Of Colonel West, arrived in Omaha to
tin' and pitched camp at Fort Omaha,
"here the Thirteenth infantry is al
i > ud\ encamped. They are here to par
ticipate along with the Sixteenth in
Iuntry from Fort Crook, In the mili
laip parade of tilt* Ak-Sur-Ben carnival
Thursday. October 7.
FIRE AT NIAGARA FALLS.
Niagara. Falls, N. Y.. Oct. 5.—For a
time early today the business section
c; Falls street was threatened by u
f.n which entailed a loss of $85,00C.
The lire spread so rapidly that egress
from n hotel was cut off. Two aged
piople and two servants were carried
out by the firemen.
BIG STRIkTTn" FRANCE.
Havre, Oct. f..- Fifteen hundred dock
laborers here have again declared a
general strike Air higher wages. The
loading of the steamers La Savoie and
La Gascogne will be completed today
under police protection.
NEBRASKA STATE
BANKS’ DEPOSITS
BREAK RECORDS
Over 660 Private and Savings
Institutions Are Now in
Operation.
Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 4.—There Is now
$75,000,000 in the state banks of Ne
braska, which breaks all previous rec
ords. Last February was considered
the high wates mark, but It has been
now distanced by $2,000,000.
Six hundred and sixty-one private
and savings banks are at present do
ing business under state charters, and
the deposits average about $112,000 to
each institution. Under the date ot
August 81 there were 219,220 depositors
in all of the state banks. Since the
report of last May there has been an
increase of 14 banks and an increase
of $1,236,904.70 in loans and discounts,
and an increase of $2,275,434.62 in de
posits. This Is a big gain in deposits
in three months, when it Is considered
that several banks have nationalized
or consolidated with nationals.
Compared with the report of last
year, It is found that the number ot
banks have increased 36, loans and dis
counts are $7,416,718.83 larger, and an
Increase of $9,077,414.56 is shown in de
posits. The report shows a very satis
factory condition of the banks under
state supervision. The average reservo
in available funds is unusually large,
while the bills payable and rediscounts
have been materially reduced.
METHODIST APPOINTMENTS
FOR NORFOLK DISTRICT
Norfolk. Neb., Oct. 4.—The following
ministerial appointments have been
made for the Norfolk district of the
north Nebraska M. E. conference:
D. K. Tindall, district superintend
ent; Allen, F. M. Durliner; Bancroft
circuit, William Gornall; Beemer, C. E,
Carroll; Belden and Sholes (supply), I
J. G. Galloway; Bloomfield, H. H. St.
Louis; Carroll, R. F. Shacklock; Cen
tral City, J. J. Kemper (supply); Cole
ridge, E. T. Antrim; Creston and Hum
phrey, C. H. Moore; Dakota City, W.
R. Warren; Decatur, J. H. Smith; Dix
on. G. M. Pendell (supply); Harting
ton and Crofton, G. E. von Hagen;
Homer circuit, H. A. Chappell; Lau
rel, H. G. Langley; Lyons, J. M. Leidy;
Madison, J. E. Houlgate; Newcastle
circuit, S. A. Drias (supply); Norfolk,
C. W'. Ray, Norfolk circuit, C. M. Tay
lor (supply); Pender and Thurston,
(supply); Pilger, G. L. Goodell; Ponca
and Watc-rbury, A. W. Ahrendts;
Randolph, J. P. Yost; South Sioux
City, J. L. Phillips; Stanton, John F.
Poucher; Wakefield, C. E. Connell;
Wausa, A. E. Fowler: Wayne, J. W.
Kirkpatrick; Winside, Amos Fetzer;
Wynot and Spring Valley. J. Q. Helm
(supply); Wisner, L. V. Slocum; Em
erson and Hubbard (supply), W. O.
Romick.
LINCOLN POLITICIAN LOST;
FEARS FOR HIS SAFETY
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 4.—Fears are en
tertained for the safety of Leonard C.
Foss, late republican candidate for the
legislature, and adjutant of Camp
Stetsfenburg, No. 1, Army of the Philip
pines, who left the city three weeks
ago, ostensibly to spend a vacation in
Chicago and other eastern points.
Foss left his family without money
and his wife and child and aged mother
are at loss to know what to think of
his actions Nothing has been heard ,
from him since he left. R is known
that he drew all the money that was '
coming to him from the railroad com
pany that employed him, and besides
borrowed a considerable sum from his
aged mother.
Foss has always been a model hus
band and a steady worker. As far as
is known his home life was happy.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR IS
DIXON COUNTY PRODUCT j
Ponca, Neb., Oct. 4.—Governor \
Eberhart, of Minnesota, is a Dixon |
county product, having lived until he
became of age near Lime Grove. After
moving to Minnesota he changed his ;
name from Olson to Eberhart. the lat- :
ter being his wife’s name before her j
marriage. A good part of Governor
Ebcrhardt’s education was obtained in
the little school house at Lime Grove, ;
a former country pestofflee near New* i
castle.
DEATH AT LYONS.
Lyons, Neb., Oct. 4.—Roy, a small 1
son of Guy Smith, died last night at I
the home of his grandmother, Mrs. L. j
B. Smith, who was the only daughter i
of Waldo H. Lyon, for whom our town ,
was named.
CHILD ACCIDENTALLY HANGED
Sutton. Neb., Oct. 4.—The year and a j
half old son of John Moser, living north
of Sutton, while at play in a carriage, !
fell and caught by the neck of his
dress and when found he was dead.
MAYOR OF CINCINNATI
STARTS "KICKING DAY”
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Sets Aside Thursday for Citi.
sens to Register Com
plaints With Him.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct, 4.—Mayor
John M. Galvin, carrying out his
Idea of uniformity in all things pos
sible, has established a “kicking day”
for the citizens of Cincinnati.
On that day they can go to city hall
and see either him or his secretary, and
register their complaints. Thursday is
the day, and Mayor Galvin is now sing
ing that favorite little ditty, "Thursday
always is my Jonah day."
However, there are not so many com
plaints coming in as he thought there
would be. Approximately, 500 have al
ready eome, but hardly any of them
are of any moment. They arc about
almost everything imaginable, from
grade crossings to flypaper on the
street.
VETERAN PERFORMER DIES.
New York. Oct. 4.—Dan McAvoy, the
comedian, died at his home here today.
McAvoy and his wife were among the
flrst American variety performers.
MRS. CHAUNCEY DEPEW
INJURED IN COLLISION
Paris, Oct. 4.—It has just been learned
that Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew met with
a painful accident while riding In an auto
mobile on the Champs Elysees.
A public taxicab collided with her auto
mobile and Mrs. Depew was cut about the
forehead by broken glass.
It was at first feared she might lose the
sight of an eye, but this danger Is now
past and, with the senator, she will sail
for New York on Saturday.
AMERICANS PLAN
TO_FEED LONDON
London. Oct. 2.—An American syn
dicate, it Is reported, has been formed
to carry out a very ambitious schema
[with regard to the provisioning of Lon
idon. The pldn is to establish a larg^>
jcentral market in South London, and
‘by means of a system of light railways
linked to tr.-.mways bring the market
produce direct to the consumer. The
scheme involves the establishment of a
network of light railways leading to
the chief market centers of the home
counties.
But fhe scheme, while admired for its
boldness, is not considered very feas
ible. In the first place, parliamentary
sanction must be obtained for the con
struction of the light railways, and It
Is not at all certain that parliament
would consent to have lines running
through a great number of roads in
the country. If the proposal is ever
carried emt its promoters would, no
doubt, acquire and extend the market
which already exists in South London,
ANGRY PATRONS
CONFISCATE GAR
Crippled Service Affects Festi.
val—Conference Brings No
Results.
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4 COMMERCE COMMISSION 4
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4 Omaha, Neb., Oct. 2.—C. O. 4
4 Pratt, international vice presi- 4
4 dent of the Street Railway Men’s 4
4 union, announced today that 4
4 the Iowa state board of arbi- 4
4 tration will be asked to inter- 4
4 vene in the strike of the em- 4
4 ployes of the Omaha & Council 4
4 Bluffs Street Railway company. 4
4 Mr. Pratt also said a petition is 4
4 being prepared asking the Inter- 4
4 state Commerce commission to 4
4 take action, on’ the ground that 4
4 the company which operates in 4
4 two states is not observing its 4
4 franchise requirements. 4
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‘ Omaha, Neb., Oct. 2.—A11 efforts to
ibring about a settlement of the street
|car employes’ strike by arbitration
lhave so far been ineffective. Last
evening 50 business men of the city
called upon President Wattles, of the
ptreet railway company and urged him
ito agree to some plan of arbitration,
representing to him that the present
situation is injuring business. Nothing
resulted from the conference.
A statement made by the manage
ment of the Ak-Sar-Ben festival which
opened yesterday, shows that the at
tendance was 45 per cent less than on
the opening day a year ago. This is
regarded as wholly due to the street
car strike.
Last night a riot call came from the
Ames avenue car barn and a sheriff's
posse was sent in answer. It was found
jtliat the crew of a Florence avenue car
;had refused to carry a load of resi
dents of that suburb home after col
lecting their fares. The passengers
drove the crew off and ran the car
home themselves. The car men walked
[back to the car barn and sent in the
riot call.
GIRLS GLAD GOOD DANCER
TUNNELLED OUT OF JAIL
Benton Harbor, Mich., Oct. 2.—The
hunt for Frank Wilson, who ie wanted
in Chicago for burglary, wlU have to
be renewed. He had been arrested at
the village of Buchanan, southeast of
here, but escaped from the village lock
up by tunneling his way out early in
the morning, and two-thirds of the fem
inine population of Buchanan celebrat
ed the prisoner's escape with open re
joicing.
Toung, handsome and a "dandy dan
cer,” was the way the village lassies
described him. Wilson’s arrest cast
most of the feminine portion of the
town into deep gloom. During his wait
for the arrival of the Chicago officers
tempting viands found their way to the
lockup, accompanied usually by little
notes of sympathy.
Just 15 minutes after Wilson escaped
from Jail the Chicago officers stepped
off the train. A search revealed the
prisoner’s flight. During the night
somebody, supposed to have been a
feminine admirer, passed him a grub
hoe and pike pole. With these he tore
up the Jail floor and then tunneled
through the dirt to liberty. Wilson
wrote a letter to his sister in Chicago.
The answer came to another Wilson in
the village, who gave the officers th«
tip leading to the arrest.
KENTUCKIAN KILLS
LIFE LONG FRIEND
Insanity Is Ascribed as Cause
of Deed Committed in
Cold Blood.
Glasgow, Ky., Oct. 2.—Morris Wll
roxsen, ivho late yesterday shot and
killed William Montgomery, republican
candidate for the legislature, and ono
of the most prominent men of this sec
tion, maintains silence in the jail here,
where he was lodged last night. The
families of both men attribute the
tragedy to insanity, the men being life
long neighbors.
Montgomery had gone to Wilcoxsen’s
home on business, and while there he
induced Wilcoxsen to pool his tobacco.
After the papers were signed, Mont
gomery, Wilcoxsen and another neigh
bor were seated in a room conversing,
when Wilcoxsen arose and went up
stairs.
After a few moments' absence he re
turned with a shotgun, and when with
in a few feet of his victim, leveled the
gun and fired.
THIRD VICTIM OF
TRIPLE TRAGEDY
DIES OP WOUNDS
South Woodstock, Conn., Oct. 2.—
Dr. A. E. Brunn, who was shot last
night by his brother, Constantine,
died today of his wounds. Constantine
Brunn, who was a retired business man
of Now York, after shooting his broth
er, killed his sister, Miss Frieda, and
himself. No motive for the triple trag
j edv is known
BISHOP BONACUM
APPEALS CASE TO
> SUPREME COURT
Takes Another Step to Dis*
lodge Father Murphy From
Work at Utica.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 1 —Bishop Bon
tcum filed an appeal lu supreme court
yesterday from the decision of the dis
trict court of Seward county, which
refused to recognize a parish board
elected by the bishop’s supporters at
Utica, and which did recognize a board
selected by adherents of Father Mur
phy. Father Murphy was ousted from
Seward by the supreme court. Bishop
Bonacum also asked an injunction re
straining him from the use of the
property at Utica. An application for
the dismissal of this suit, filed by
Murphy’s adherents, was upheld. The
bishop now appeals. The questions in
volved are similar to those recently
passed upon by the court.
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DIXON COUNTY PHYSICIANS
HOLD "SHOP" SESSION
Emerson, Neb., Oct. 1.—The Dixon
County Medical society held its meet
ing here Monday evening, and was rep
resented on the program of 10-minute
papers by Drs. C. C. Sacket, Laurel;
T. P. Dorcey, Hartington; A. E. Cook,
Randolph; F. J. Murphy, Sioux City;
J. M. O'Connell, Ponca; J. B. Leahy,
Jackson; A. D. Dunn, Omaha; R. C.
McDonald, Fremont; J. H. Robbins,
Sioux City; C. W. Maxwell, Dakota
City; M. Grote, Ponca; E. W. Mels,
Sioux City; C. T. Ingham, Coleridge;
W. H. Elliott, Newcastle; Morris Niel
son, Sioux City; A. D. Dunn, Omaha,
SALOON SPOTTE*RS
ARE UNDER ARREST
Marshalltown, la., Oct. 1.—When
W. H. Holt, a Sioux City Indian, and
a commissioned agent of the govern
ment. went into a saloon of this city
to attempt to purchase liquor for the
purpose of incriminating the saloonist,
he landed in Jail, together with three
other government agents, E. E. van
Wert, and Rev. R. G. Smith and W. A.
Talbert, the latter two of Tama.
Holt was refused the liquor, and the
proprietor of the saloon and crowd of
hangers on began to lay hands on him.
This brought the help of Holt’s com
panions, who were watching the pro
ceedings from across the street, and
Van Wert pulled two guns. The police
came in a hurry and arrested all the
men. Mayor Ingledue refused to per
mit them to bonds signed by Tama
friends, and not until after a local
banker was secured on the bonds were
the men released, pending a hearing
on October 2 on several charges, in
cluding carrying concealed weapons
and conspiracy.
MURDERER IS SICK,
TRIAL POSTPONED
Marshalltown, la., Oct. 1.—Because
he is a victim of pulmonary tubercu
losis, and is too weak to stand trial,
the case of Harry LaShelle, in which
manslaughter is charged, was con
tinued in the district court here yes
terday. LaShelle shot and killed "Doc"
Seibert, a gambler, last spring, when
Seibert attacked him in a billiard hall
while drunk.
CASTANA TIMES SOLD.
Castana, la., Oct. I.—The Castana
Times has been sold by W. C. Newton
to J. M. Hathaway and will come under
the management of J. E. McNamara,
of the Soldier Tribune, and will be in
dependent in political matters.
Mother Strangled
Her Little Baby
MRS. NELLIE TAYLOR,
Ottumwa, la.
. De:> Moines, la., Oct. 1.—Arrested
(or murdering her baby after she had
been deserted by the man who had
promised to marry her. Mrs. Nellie j
Taylor, of Ottumwa, is in jail here !
awaiting a hearing, and the women o£
Des Moines have taken up her ease ,
and are trying to secure her release !
on the ground that she is insane.
MRS. CLEVELAND TO
LIVE IN EUROPE
New York. Oct. 1.—Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, widow of the former presi
dent, and her daughters, Esther and
Marion, and her son. Francis Grover,
and Richard Folsom, sailed on the
steamship Berlin for Gibralter. Algiers,
Naples and Genoa.
The Cleveland children will enter a
i school at Lausanne, Switzerland, and j
j Mrs. Cleveland will live near Lausanne j
for an indefinite period.
STATESMEN INCORPORATE
$10,000,000 COMPANY
Dover, Del., Sept. 30.—Incorporation pa
pers were tiled here today tor the Missis
sippi Valley Transportation company, of
St. 'Yiouls, to which Is attached as Incor
porators the names of 114 men prominent
ln-the south, west, centra] west, the north
west and the east, with the exception In
respect to the last named section that
none Is of New York. The corporation Is
capitalized at 310,000,000, and its objects are
. to conduct railways and vessel lines, and,
' In a manner not explained, to revolution
ize transportation facilities west of the
Mississippi.
Among the Missourians are Richard
Partholdt, of St. Louis, republican'repre
sentative in congress; Murray Carleton,
also of St. Louis, a leader in big under
takings; United States Senator Wm. I.
Btone (dem.), and Congressman Champ
Clark (dem.). Congressman J. D. Griggs
,(dem.), of Georgia, is also an Incorporator,
CARRIE SMELLS
LIQUOR; FINOS
IT ON CHAIRMAN
Had Only Few Minutes to Stay,,
but Acute Smeller Detects
Enemy’s Presence.
Hastings, Neb., Sept. 30.—The annual
meeting of the old settlers of Hastings
and Adams county was held in the dis
trict court room of the court house.
jA sumptuous dinner was served to the
300 present. The afternoon was passed
;in reminiscences of early days in this
section of the state.
A feature of the afternoon was tha
sudden appearance of Carrie Nation,
who had but a few moments to stay,
as It was necessary to catch an out
going train. "Carrie” vented her fury
on Mayor Miles and the saloons of
Hastings and closed her address by
gating that she could detect an odor
of liquor in the room. She made a
search of the person of Chairman Olm
stead and produced a flask.
OMAHA STRIKE IS
STILL UNSETTLED
4 Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 30.—Gov- 4
4 ernor Shallenberger, who is also 4
4 state labor commissioner, will in- 4
4 vestlgate the street car strike at 4
[4 Omaha, and if he considers it 4
4 necessary he will do this in per- 4
4 son. Deputy Commissioner Mau- 4
4 pin has spent considerable time 4
4 in Omaha familiarizing himself 4
4 with the situation. The deputy 4
4 will make an exhaustive report, 4
4 and If the governor decides that 4
4 an official investigation is best 4
4 he, as the head of the bureau of 4
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 30.—With the ad
ditions made yesterday to its working
force by the return to their places of a
number of striking carmen, the Omaha
& Council Bluffs Street Railway com
pany was able to more nearly resume
its normal service In Omaha and its
suburbs this morning than at any pre
vious time since the strike bagan.
The cars were generally more liberal
ly patronized, although the streets are
still lined with men and women walk
ing to their places of business. The
failure of the attemnt to arrange a
.compromise between the company and
the strikers yesterday, leaves the situa
tion much the same as In the begin
ning.
Last night the city council, in com
mittee of the whole, adopted a resolu
tion urging the street car company to
agree to arbitrate the questions at
issue.
Referring to the proposal of the com
pany that hereafter new men will be
required to agree not to Join a union.
State Labor Commissioner Maupin Is
quoted as saying that such a require
ment would be a violation of the Erd
man act, as the company is an inter
state concern, operating in Nebraska
and Iowa.
The strikers today began the circu
lation of a petition for the submission
to the voters at the November election
under the state referendum law, of an
ordinance providing for 3-cent street
car fares.
Signatures of 16 per cent of the
voters of the city are necessary to
make the petition effective.
The time limit for the return of the
strikers to their places, given in the
company’s proposition, expired at noon
today.
The company claims a large number
have reported for work today.
4 BREAKS ENGAGEMENT t
4 IN HIS OLD AGE 4
-f-'
4 Omaha, Neb., Sept. 30.—The
4 Rev. Newton Mann, i"3 years old 4
4 pastor of Unity church, has re- +
4 turned from a six months’ tour -f
4 of Europe. He announced that 4
4 his engagement to the Rev. Ro- ♦
4 wena Morse. 42 years old, pastor ♦
+ of Unity church, Keokuk, la -f
4 was broken off. ’’ +
4 The engagement was an
+ nounced about a year ago. Dr +
4 Mann refuses to discuss the rea- -f
4 son for this action, saying it is a *
4 private matter that concerns
4 only two persons. Miss Morse -f
4 was formerly a teacher in the
4 Omaha high school. She was -f
4 also abroud this summer and at- *
4 tended lectures at the University +
4 of Paris during the time Dr +
4 Mann was there.
STEAMER BLOWS UP.
Rangoon, Burmah, Sept. 30—The
British steamer Clan Mackintosh, be
longing to the Madras Steam Naviga
tion company, is reported to have
blown up at sea. Every man on board
With one exception, is said to have
perished. The Clan Mackintosh was of
2,575 tons, net register.
oecisionsoTthe
SUPREME COURT
Des Moines, la., Sept. 30.—The fol
lowing decisions were handed down to
day by the supreme court:
State vs. Cook, appellant, Wood
bury; affirmed.
State vs. Brown, appellant, Wood
bury; affirmed.
Dewell, appellant, vs. Fallon, Har
rison; affirmed.