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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1910)
FHE O’NEILL FRGNTIEf D. H. CWONIN, Publisher, PMBILL, NEBKASKf In old time England each constit uency gave Its representative In parlia ment a horse to carry him to West minster, and also paid his expenses on the road. These expenses, together with an allowance for each day spent on duty at the house of commons, gen erally at the rats of 80 cents a day, were refunded In one lump sum when the member returned home at the end of the parliamentary year Sir F. Ue laval totaled seven votes In his attempt on Andover In the general election of 1768. An Item in Ills election agent's bill Is typical of the reckoning he had to pay: "To being thrown out of the George Inn, Andover, to my legs be ing thereby broken, to surgeon's hill and loss of time and business, all in the service of Sir F. Halavah £:»00 (52,500)." Lord Llandaff won Dungar van In 1868. The Item, "£547 52.735), whisky," caused him to protest faintly. "Begorra,” said his election agent, "if ye want to squeeze a pippin like that ye ll never do for Hungarvan. Uncle Sara’s campaign for "moral up lift" among his vast army of Indian wards has been chiefly significant lie cause of the almost total suppression of the sale and use of “firewater" among the braves, and the consequent diminution of warlike outbreaks on the reservations. Washington officials evinced much Interest In the report to Assistant Indian Commissioner Abbott that 700 Navajo Indians went recently to their "white father" superintendent and, surrendering an enormous stock of gambling paraphernalia, enrolled their names alongside those of the "simple life" exponents. These gambling de vices of varied sorts and descriptions were shlppod here and have been placed On exhibition with the Immense collec tion of relics and trophies at the Indian bureau. One of the most remarkable accom plishments In long distance horseback riding was In the early part of the last century when Squire Obaldistone, at Newmarket (England), on a wager of 16,000, was to ride 200 miles within 10 hours. The horses were changed at the end of ttie four-mile circuit, some of them being ridden two or three times, and one, Franby, was brought out for a fourth mount. The squire had to mount and remount each horse from the ground, not using a mounting block, so losing time and taking more strain. In spite of this and the ground not be ing In good condition, the 200 miles were covered In eight hours and 38 minutes About 30 horses were ridden. Ten or 12 million bushels of Cana dian barley were annually exported to the United States until 1890, hut the McKinley tariff, by increasing the duty from 10 cents to 30 cents a bushel, cut off this trade Immediately. In 1908 the United States bought only 210,000 bushels of barley In the Dominion. Similarly, Canada sent from 14 to 15 million dozen of eggs annually to the republic, but the imposition of a duty of 5 cents a dozen destroyed the United States market for the Canadian egg dealer. In 1889 the export of Canadian eggs to the United States totaled 14,011,017 dozens; In 1908 only 2,306 dozens were sent. Still Interesting particulars of Abdul Hamid's life in the Vlllu Allatln! at Salonika are published in Constan tinople. The former sultan does not live alone in his exile. He has with him two sons, Abdul Rahim Effendi and Abid Effendi; his three daughters, 11 women of his former harem and 13 servants. A company of infantry, 100 strong; some 60 gendarmes, a dozen policemen, three superintendents of police and 12 officers maintain constant watch on the villa and its approaches. All around the house and grounds a body of sentries, distant 60 feet from one another, keep watch and ward by day and night. * The Germun emperor has recently shown himself to be an excellent busi ness man by the way In which lie has pushed the sale of the manufactures of the pottery works at Cudlnen, which belong to him. These pottery works, where majolica is the principal article produced, have been the kaiser’s pri vate property for several years, and he personally supervises their manage ment. Apart from acting as managing director of the enterprise he ulso con trives to stimulate the sale of these manufactures among his friends and wealthy men. Attention should be called to the very abnormal fact that there never before existed In all natural history, outside of u fattening pen and the Strass burger goose, the opportunity for such luxurious consumption of food with so little movement as exists for many here today. 'Tts high noon of a greedy, gluttonous golden age! Until 30 years ago. before uptodate office work, few Anglo-Saxon men were ever in the house except to ent or sleep, and niosl were on their feet nearly all the time when awake. Tills great sudden change bodes not well. The Rev. S. M. Stewart, who has spent eight years in the extreme north of Ungava—the coast of Labrador—a dreary, frozen wilderness which only communicates with the outer world once in 12 months, says it is often a question of a raw seal flsh diet or star vation when he is on his Journeys to visit the Eskimos of the different set tlements along the coast. Seal is pari of his diet, and he says that he quit* likes it. It is an acquired taste, lie ad mits, and seems to be something of a cross between cod steak and beei ■teak, with a dash of rabbit. During the season of navigation 01 190S there were 46 steamers fitted with mechanical refrigerating plants sailing Yrom the port of Montreal, with a com bined cold storage space of 1 i or. r.5< cubic feet, and, counting the total num ber of trips made by these steamers in the season, they rendered available u total cold storage spare of 4,807 195 cubic feet. In addition, 19 steamers with eooled-air accommodation of 904, 790 cubic feet were in commission. Two centuries ago the principle of the taxicab was known. An advertisement in the London Daily Courant of Jan uary 13, 1711, announces that at the sign of the Seven Stars, under the piazza of Covent garden, a chariot was on view that would travel without horses and "measured ttie miles as it goes." It was capuble of turning and reversing and "could go uphill as easily as on level ground." One of the interesting features of the present political contest in England is the way literary men have laid down their pens and tuken up public speak ing. Maurice Hewlett has held forth for the liberals. Sir Gilbert 1’arker is speaking for the conservatives, and Quiller-Couch, better known as "Q." is In the midst of the fray. The number of marriages in the county of London last year was the lowest a thousand of the population on record. The number was 38,209, and the rate 16.9 a thousand, which com pares with 17 a thousand in the pre vious yeas'' GOLF ENTHUSIAST DIES OF ABCESS Omaha. Neb , Jan. 31.—Sprague Ab bott, well known in golfing circles died today at the Clarkson Memorial hos pital following on operation for an ab scess in the left lung. Mr. Abbott took Up golfing several years ago in an ef fort, it is said, to fight off incipient consumption. He was not only suc cessful in this hut developed into a champion. He won the trans-Mis sissippi championship at Rock Island In 1907 and held the Nebraska state cham pionship more than once. Mr. Abbott’s sister is the wife of Finley Peter Dunne, the well known humorist. He was 30 years old and un married. —•4— ♦ 4 4 STRANGE BEAST ATTACKS 4 4 CATTLE, HOGS, CHICKENS 4 4 4 4 Coleridge, Neb.. Jan. 31. -Cat- 4 4 tie and hogs have been mangled 4 4 and chickens and turkeys killed 4 4 in large numbers by some wild 4 4 beast, thought to be a mountain 4 4 lion, which lias infested thecoun- 4 4 try districts near here for sev- 4 4 eral days. A hunting party will 4 4 be organized and search made 4 4 for the animal which makes its 4 4 forays in the night and has not 4 4 been seen bv a a v one. 4 4 4 COUPLE MARRIED BUT NOT AWARE OF IT Nelson. Neb., Jan. 31.—Married a whole week and neither of them knew that the knot had been tied. This is the predicament in which George S. Wombacker and Miss Mary Hofstetter, of Lawrence, have found themselves. The two young people had decided upon a date for getting married and had told the Catholic priest of the church here, of which they were both members. The priest had informed them of the necessity of the license. But County Judge Peebles went upon the theory that they wanted a license and a wedding right on the spot. Tak ing this view of the case, he so acted. Only when they appeared with their wedding party before the altar at the Catholic church, and before a large congregation of Invited guests, did they learn that a civil ceremony of marriage had been performed. They will secure another license in order to have the ceremony of the church performed. SPENCER MAN’S DEATH WAS DUE TO ACCIDENT Omaha, Nel>., Jan. 31.—An Inquest over the body of Charles Couch, who. while In a bathroom hero last Saturday night fell and fractured his skull, and who died yesterday, was held last night. The Jury returned a verdict that death was due entirely to accident. Two brothers of the deceased were here from Spencer, In., and at the In quest they testified that he was sub ject to epileptic fits. It is supposed he was attacked by one of these (its while In the bathroom, and rolled from the couch. Della Clawson, the woman who was with Couch last Saturday and up to a few hours before the accident, and who disappeared last night, was arrested to day and held until after the inquest. Late tonight she was released from custody, as there was nothing to show that she had any guilty knowledge of the man's death. Had she succeeded in becoming the wife of Couch last Sunday morning, as had been planned, she would have been a rich widow now, as at the inquest it developed that the dead man had about $40,000 worth of property In and around Spencer. —♦— AUTHORITIES CLASH OVER POSSESSION OF BOY Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 31.—Whether the state of Nebraska is bigger than the county of Adams Is a question to be decided under a writ of habeas corpus Just sued out. A bad boy named Clarke was sent to the Kearney reform school some time ago. but was recently paroled. Soon afterwards lie broke into an Adams cbf.nty man's chicken coop and extract ed therefrom a number of hens. Chicken stealing in Nebraska is a fel ony. The county attorney says that he proposes to try and send Clark to the penitentiary. Superintendent Manuel, of the reform school, says that the boy's act waf a violation of his parole, and that he must be returned to the school. As the countv attorney declines to do that, the superintendent has sworn out the writ, and will test the question of authority in the courts. FUNERAL OF PIONEER Lyons, Neb., Jan. 31.—John Dalr.vm ple, aged 80 years, who died Tuesday near Decatur, was burled here yester day. He was one of Burt county's old est pioneers. WILL CALL STRIKE OF BITUMINOUS MINERS Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 31.—A gen eral strike of the miners of tile bitum inous coal fields of the United States and Canada will be called if the mine operators of nil or any of the districts refuse to sign contracts granting an Increase of wages, according to dec larations of many leaders in the con vention of the United Mine Workers of America today. President Lewis, in discussing the proposition of some of the leaders that the entire delegate body should go to Toledo next week for the wage con ference with the operators of Ohio, Indiana and western Pennsylvania, urged that wage contracts should not be signed by any districts of the union until all should have obtained from the mine operators a uniform Increase of wages. _ BRITISH SEAMEN SAVED FROM PLACE OF PERIL Dover, Eng.. Jan. 31.—Fifty-three of ficers and men were saved from the British torpedo boat destroyer Eden today by means of the breeches buoy. The Eden broke from her moorings during a gale In the channel last night and was driven ashore off this place. When the tide receded the destroyer was left high and dry and badly dam aged. Her guns, heavy gear and coal were removed In the hope that she could be floated at the next high tide. Unless tills is possible the destroyer will be pounded to pieces. One of the small boats of the battleship Albemarle, which was engaged in salvaging, was overturned, but the 14 occupants were rescued. JAPAN ESE CONCEDE GOOD FAITH TO UNITED STATES Toklo, Jan. 31.—The foreign office has Issued a statement which is published m all Japain se newspapers today, set ting forth that the government Is fully satisfied with the good intentions of the American government in connection with the proposal for the neutralization of the Manchurian railways, and the officials of the department are now firmly convinced that the American suggestion was advanced in a most friendly manner ai d with the desire ti benefit Japan. ^ SPENCER MAN DIES OF FRACTURED SKULL Woman Whom He Was to Have Married Disappears—Furni ture Was Bought. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 28.—The secret of George H. Couch has gone with him to the grave. He died last night without having become conscious since his fall Saturday night. Couch came here Sat urday, claiming to be from Spencer, la. Here ho met Mrs. Della Clawson, pro prietor of a bath house, whom he claimed to have known In Sioux City, and together they spent the afternoon selecting furniture, the woman said, for their home, which they were to return to and occupy after their marriage, which she declared was to occur Sun day. Saturday night, somewhat under tho inlluonce of liquor, Couch went to the Continental house and while there fell from a sofa, fracturing his skull. The Clawson woman has disappeared, but ns it Is not thought she had any connection with the accident that befell Couch, no effort 1b being made to find her. 44444444444444444444444444 4 4 4 JIM JEFFRIES’ UNCLE 4 4 LIVES IN LINCOLN; 4 4 AGAINST FISTIC JOB 4 4 4 4 Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 28.—Jim 4 4 Jeffries has a great uncle in 4 4 Lincoln, but when the champion 4 4 was here the other night his 4 4 Lincoln relative did not make 4 4 himself known to him. The man 4 4 is Simon P. Benadom, one of the 4 4 city's earliest settlers. 4 4 "I have bee^ In Los Angeles, 4 4 too," he suys, "but I never hunt- 4 4 ed up Jeffries. Why? Because 4 4 I have no use for fighters. You 4 4 see Jeffries' father is a preacher 4 4 and we have corresponded for a 4 4 number of years. He doesn’t 4 4 want Jim to fight, but he can’t 4 4 help himself. His dady is a rich 4 4 man, paying taxes on $300,000 In 4 4 Los Angeles, and a preacher, 4 4 too. 4 4 "I might have gone to see Jim 4 4 when he wms here. 1 might have 4 4 walked down town arm in arm 4 4 with him, but not me. Prize 4 4 fighting ain’t In my line. But I 4 4 did point out Jim to a lot of my 4 4 acquaintances as he passed up 4 4 P street on his way to the the- 4 4 ater to do a bit of training." 4 4 A grim smile broke over the 4 4 withered features. "That man 4 4 Johnson," lie said, "had better 4 4 look out or he will be a dead 4 4 one.” 4 4 4 CUPID IN BARBER’S CHAIR DOES STUNT AT SHAVING Omaha, Neb., Jan. 28.—Charley Thorpe, 20 years ago one of the most famous Jockeys of the United States, France and England; subsequently the crack trap shot of the middle west, and now a leading cit izen of Geneva, Neb., has been gathered in by a “lady” barber, “whom he has tak en as a wife. For years Thorpe has been a frequent Omaha visitor. For years there has been a lady barber shop in one of the Omaha hotels, and for years, when Thorpe has been in town, he has given this particu lar shop his patronage. In the last year he has been here as often as once a week, and while here, at this shop, he has been shaved and had his hair trimmed as fre quently as two and three times a day. It had been noted that he always patronized one particular chair, that presided over by Miss Ida Lindell, daughter of John Lin dell, of Red Oak, la. A few days ago Thorps came to town and the following day both he and Miss Lindell disappeared. It has now been given out that they slipped away from their Omaha friends, went over to Red Oak, la., where they w*ere quietly mar ried, and after an extended trip, w’ill re turn to Geneva, where Mr. Thorpe has a fine home. OLD LOVE DREW COUPLE TOGETHER AFTER DIVORCE Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 28.—The strength of the old love was again demonstrated in the case of Laurence J. Fowler, of Alger, Wyo., and his wife. Ruby E. Fowler, of Medford, Ore. Nine years ago they were married in this city. Yesterday, for the second time, they became man and wife. A divorce sep arated them for three years, but when love again began tugging at their hearts they had to capitulate. Fowler is in the employ of the Bur lington. and resides at a small town near Sheridan, Wyo. On March 17, 1907, claiming that Fowler had repeat edly beaten her, used vile language and had caused her to grow fearful of her life, she was given a divorce. Their child, now 6 years old, was given to the cutsody of the mother. The father took great pride in the little one, and through their mutual love and interest in the child they were again drawn to gether. LINCOLN EXCISE BOARD NOT GOING TO BACKSTEP Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 28.—Men inter ested in the campaign to make Lincoln a wet town have run against a snag. The discovery has been made that while the city has the initiative and referendum to decide such questions, there is no law that compels the excise board, which has the exclusive control of the liquor business in the city, to obey that dictum. The natural pre sumption has been that they would abide by the decision of the voters, but it has been hinted that members thereof are of the opinion that when they agreed last year to adopt what ever policy the voters decided upon they understood and meant that that would be for tho period of their office holding, two years. —♦— COLLAR BONE FRACTURED BECAUSE OF ROUGH ROADS Lyons, Neb., Jan. 28.—Geo. Richards received a broken collar bone and sev eral severe bruises by being violently thrown from a wagon, which suddenly slewed around on tho icy roads when turning a corner. He is a farmer who lives between here and Decatur. MOBRIDGE. S. D.—A special election has been called for February 5 for the purpose of voting bonds in the sum ol *10,000 for a new school building. MAN IS KILLED BY PASSENGER TRAIN Waterloo, la., Jan. 28.—William Brlckley, aged 22 years, was killed this morning near Winthrop by an Illi nois Central passenger. He tried to cross the track and his horse ran ahead of a train and it also was killed. WEBSTER CITY, IA.—Local high school debaters defeated Algona in a discussion of the commission plan of government. . LINCOLN FACES A MEAT COMBINE THAT IS IMPENETRABLE Foreign Labor and High Tariff an Food Products Respon sible for Prices. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 27.—"There Is un questionably a meat combine in Lincoln which regulates prices daily, and forces dealers to keep their bills paid up under an understood penalty of being unable to get meat for their consumers.” This statement was made by A. E. Hargreaves, a prominent merchant, in an interview concerning tne cost of living. According to Mr. Hargreaves, the four packing concerns represented in Lincoln, are in on a plan of keeping prices where they think they should be and incidentally compelling dealers to keep their payments up to the minute. "Not only does the combine main tain prices but I am sure that they are dividing up the meat business of Lin coln," Mr. Hargreaves declared refer ring to what he called the stifling of competition. "The way it is done is something like this. The four concerns keep in touch with each other by telephone. Each week one of them has the price regulation in charge and the price of meats for that day is telephoned around. This is shown in the fact that if you call up two concerns at precisely the same moment, you will get exactly, the same price in a given commodity." He also said that the packing busi ness was divided up, indicating that in this way the troubles of a competitive | system were avoided. "There are laws in this state that forbids this kind of business opera tions,” Mr. Hargreaves said. "But they will not be stopped until legislators and officials who are statesmen instead of grafters are elected.” The cause back of the high cost of living is due to two principal reasons, Mr. Hargreaves says. One is the high tariff on food products, which, he says, protect only the trusts, and the intro duction into the country of foreign la bor. RIGHT TO PURCHASE MEDICINE COMES HARD Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 27.—Under the new rules adopted by the state board of health nobody can hope to secure the right to practice medicine in Ne braska hereafter unless he knows a germ when he sees It. and can tell just the variety of mischief it can do and does do in this world. A series of tests in laboratory work have been provided, and these not only include the ability to identify germs under the microscope, but the ability to classify contagious diseases by means of them, call any form of heart trouble in a patient by its proper name and perform sundry other prodigies in his tology and physical diagnosis. Those already holding certificates will not be required to take new exam inations on the presumption that they have been keeping up to date. Another qualification required will be the ability to discover defects of vision in patients. This is done on the theory that a physi cian practicing in a small immunity where there are no oculists ought to know enough to dignose ordinary eye ailments. For the purpose of giving a thorough examination living subjects will be provided wherever that is pos sible, while embryologies] specimens will be secured for other tests. The first examination will be held in Lin coln on February 8. —f ATTORNEYS SCRAMBLE FOR DIVISION OF JUDGMENT Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 27.—A big scram ble is on in federal court between at torneys as to the division of a judg ment of $8,000 that H. B. Reed se cured against a former partner in the cattle business. Reed’s affairs are in the hands of a receiver who has been getting $1,800 a year. A master in chancery to whom was referred some part of the litigation, wants $1,000; the firm of Donald & Squire, lawyers of Kearney, desire $3,000. while Brome & Burnett, of Omaha, ask for $1,000. Read and his receiver are resisting the claims. A new tangle was given the litigation from the fact that the former receiver of the Valley Land qnd Cattle company, owned largely by Reed, committed suicide. The com pany conducted a large ranch in west ern Nebraska. REV. MR. DANA WILL NOT RAISE HIS HAT TO WOMEN Kansas City, Jan. 27.—The Rev. Wat son Dana, of Ohio, 73 years old, who Is visiting a son here, has never raised his hat to a woman and declares that he never will. "No man has greater respect for womankind than I,” said the Rev. Mr. Dana today, "but for a man to raise his hat to her is an act of sacrilege. The bible teaches us to uncover on en tering the temple of the Most High, and this mark of respect I reserve for my God.” Mr. Dana has never touched liquor, never chewed tobacco, smoked or gam bled; has never told a lie and has preached the gospel for 50 years. He has never entered a theater or seen a theatrical performance. He has given away a fortune and is a cousin to John Archbold, the Standard Oil million aire. He also Is a cousin of the late Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun. AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. GETS U. P. BUSINESS New York, Jan. 27.—James C. Fargo, president of the American -Express company, confirmed today the report that his company will take over the express business of the Union Pacific. Mr Fargo said: “On April 1. we shall assume control of the express transportation of the Union Pacific. This will be our first through western connection with the exception of the Chicago & Northwest ern. and we expect that a considerable increase in earnings will result." NEGRESS" IS TURNING TO CAUCASIAN COLOR New York, Jan. 27.—The case of Lucotia Carpenter, a negress of Oyster Bay, D. I., who Is slowly turning white, is puzzling physicians Save for some dark blotches on her face, she looks like a Caucasian and her hands and arms are as white as those of a white woman. During the period of the change she became the mother of a son, who was born with red hair, although his skin was black. __ __ *’ 'A-— BRIDEGROOM FALLS; FRACTURES SKULL Iowa Man Meets Fatal Accident in Bathroom on Eve of His Wedding. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 26.—Falling from . sofa in the Continental Turkish bath rooms. Geo H. Couch, of Spencer, la., sustained a fractured skull, and the at tending physician says he will die. Yes terday was to have been Couch's wed ding day. He came here Saturday morning and spent most of the day with his intended. Mrs. Della Clawson, of Omaha, going about town and mak ing purchases. In the afternoon a license was secured and arrangement made with a clergyman to perform the marriage ceremony Sunday afternoon. Saturday evening Couch called on Mrs. Clawson at her home, leaving there be fore midnight and going from there to the bath rooms. He had taken the bath and the attendant had arranged him on a sofa. At 3 o’clock Sunday morning, when the attendant again called, he found Couch lying on the floor, unconscious. Physicians who were called said the man had fallen from the sofa, and that in striking the floor his skull had been fractured. He was at once removed to a hospital. COMET IS VISIBLE TO LYONS PEOPLE Lyons, Neb., Jan. 26.—For three nights in succession a number of peo ple have seen what they call a "comet.” It is very close to the sun and goes down as darkness comes on. One says “it looks like a half-moon with a long tail.” Another says "the head is down ward following the sun and a long tail follows it.” 4 4 4 RICHARD HARDING DAVIS 4 4 MAY WED DANCING GIRL 4 4 4 4 New York, Jan. 26.—Theatri- 4 4 cal folk here say that as soon 4 4 as Mrs. Richard Harding Davis 4 4 gets her divorce her husband 4 4 will marry Bessie McCoy, the 4 4 "Yama Y'ama girl.” Miss Me- 4 4 Coy is now' in Miami. Fla. She 4 4 is considered one of Broadway’s 4 4 stage favorites. Her "Yama 4 4 Yama” dance, in a musical com- 4 4 edy production brought her into 4 4 theatrical fame and made her 4 4 the star of the company after 4 4 the first night of the show. 4 4 4 BLOOD TRANSFUSION FAILS TO SAVE LIFE Boy Victim of Maniacal Assas sin Dies From His Wounds. New York. Jan. 26.—Six-year-old Ar thur Shibley died today, the transfu sion of blood from his mother's veins Tuseday night having given only tem porary help to the desperately wounded lad. Thus another murder stands charged against the maniac who ap peared among a party of boy coasters on Washington Heights last week, and shot and killed 6-year-old Robert Lomas and wounded the Shibley lad. Search for the murderer went on with added eagerness today, and another suspect was taken in custody in As toria. Long Island. All of the numerous arrests so far made, however, have proved to be of men who could not be connected with the wanton crime. FINAL WRECK DETAILS BEING SECURED SLOWLY Nairn, Dnt., Jan. 26.—'The ice-bound Spanish river yesterday began to give up its dead. The first class car, one of four of the Canadian Pacific passenger trains which took the plunge down the embank ment on Friday afternoon, was raised above the surface of the river this after noon. Workmen crept into the wrecked inter ior and brought out several bodies. The forward part of the coach was badly de molished and it is not unlikely that some bodies floated away. Fourteen bodies were recovered, making a list of dead, whose names are known, to 25, in addi tion to six unidentified women and chil dren, whose bodies were taken from the first class coach today. Besides these .‘51. it is supposed that a score of bodies will be found in the tourist car and an un known number were burned to ashes with the second class car. Lace Curtain Seizure Decided in Favor of Mrs. John G. A. Leishman. Paris. Jan. 20.—The court today dis missed the ease growing out of the at tempted seizure of laeo curtains fur d for the residence in the Avenue Du Boi' de Boulogne cf Mrs. John G. A Leisnman, wife of the United States ambassador to Italy. The court decided that it was simply a eye - lion of a disputed bill, and that the" standing of Mrs. Leishman should have protected her against seizure. Mrs. Leishman was not in l* city when a tradesman sought to take front her home goods which he valued at $1,800. and lor which lie had not been paid. In the absence of Mrs. Leish man, the correctness of the bill was questioned and the seizure resisted. ENGINEER IS KILLED. Peoria, til.. Jan. 2K.—An inbound ex tra freight train was wrecked noai Mackinaw on the Vandalla road this morning and Engineer O’Brien was killed and three others of the train crew were badly injured. NO SIGN OF ROBBERS. St. Louis. Jan. 20.—Search for the men who held up and robbed a Mis souri Pacific train near Eureka. Mo.. Friday night, has so far been fruitless. The total reward offered of $7,200 has caused many amateur sleuths to search for the men. _ MARK TWAIN BETTER. New York. Jan. 2b.—Samuel L. Clem ens (Mark Twain) is rapidly improv ing in health In his Bermuda retreat, passengers who arrived today on the steamer Bermudian from that island, reported. AGED STRANGLED FOR_SMALL PRICE Mysterious Deaths in French Asylum for Infirm Startles the Nation. Paris, Jan. 29.—From a provincial town comes an extraordinary story of certain gruesome discoveries made at' the local ayslum tor infirm and aged persons. According to this account, suspicion having been raised by the un wonted mortality among these poor people, several corpses were disinterred and examined, the result of the inves tigation being the opinion that some of the deaths had been caused by stran gulation. One of the male nurses has been ar» rested on suspicion, it being explained that, as he received a gratuity of one franc for each grave he dug. he may have been tempted to ^ive himself as much work of this sort as he possibly could. But on the other hand, no posi tive proof of his guilt is so far forth coming, so that his arrest is based on mere suspicion which may turn out to have been quite unfounde ’. Three Murdered Victims. Three persons are said to be found to have been strangled, but it is added «*.; • that the decomposition of two other corpst’3 rendered a practical examina tion impossible. Yet in one instance, within six days five deaths occurred, and this is considered to be quite re markable. One death of an inmate in December brought matters to a head. The nurse who is in custody reported the death to the surgeon who was on duty at the time, and who authorized him to pro ceed to the burial. The other nurses in the meantime had gone to the pavilion of which he had charge to see the corpse, this being the fifth death which had occurred in nine days, and which was, as is alleged, quite as unexpected as the others. They looked carefully, i and discovered a bluish line around the neck, as well as finger marks, and when their comrade returned to the pavilion he found the director of the asylum and the chief physician leaning over the corpse. How Killing Was Done. The doctor having said that he would not give a certificate for the burial, the director lost no time in informing the [Judicial authorities, and that same aft ernoon the public prosecutor, the ex amining magistrate and other officials arrived, in company with the medical expert, who stated that a violent pres sure with the hand had been followed by the drawing of the collar of the, nightshirt tightly around the neck, the Strangulation having been effected in 10 minutes. When he was questioned the nurse suggested that the deed might have been done by a lunatic from another pavilion, but he is alleged to have aft erward stated that he was at the bed side when the poor man, who was over 60 years of age, expired. He was at once arrested, and then the magistrate asked for a list of the deaths in that same pavilion. INSURANCE FRAUD SAID TO BE HUGE Louisville, Ky., Jan. 29.—"I believe this investigation now under way will unearth the biggest swindle in the in surance line ever exposed west of New York,” said State Insurance Commis sioner Bell today, as he took up the case of Walter E. Rider, a teamster, who died January 4, and whose body was exhumed yesterday by the coro ner on the request of certain insurance companies. The death certificate indicated that Rider died of intestinal trouble, but it is reported that the autopsy, which began today showed a large portion of the lung eaten away, supposedly by tuberculosis. Commissioner Bell has taken up the case on the request of life insurance companies in Indiana and Tennessee, who are said to be. large losers by reason of "grave yard swindles." _< These companies, which, it is alleged, ^ have already paid $10,000 on policies issued in the Rider case, are excluded from business in this state, yet, it is said, have carried on a large busi ness in Kentucky through an agency at New Albany, Ind., across the river from Louisville. The scheme worked on the companies is to a certain extent an old one, the company issuing the policy to men vir tually in the shadow of the grave after having examined a man of athletic build who was represented as the ap plicant. ! EPIDEMIC TRACED BY OPERATING ON SPINE OF MONKEY New York, Jan. 29.—Experiments on monkeys in the laboratory of the Rock efeller institute, It was learned today, have shown that Infantile paralysis, which was epidemic in this city last fall. Is an infectious disease of the spinal cord. A report to that effect is being prepared. Until now its nature has been almost a complete riddle to scientists. Last year its ravages in this city broke all records. More than 2,000 persons were afflicted. The first test in the Rockefeller la boratories discovered that it was not a blood disease. A portion of the spinal cord of a child which had died from Infantile paralysis was then transplant ed in the upper end of the vertebrae of * a monkey. Almost immediately the ani mal fell ill. Its legs began to shrivel and it grew more and more helpless, just as a child does when seized by the disease. On the death of a monkey afflicted with infantile paralysis its brain and spinal tissues were studied under pow erful microscopes for the purpose of discovering a distinctive microbe. None was found. As soon as a bit of spinal column of one paralyzed monkey was transferred to another, that monkey invariably fell 111. Thereupon the investigators began to try for a vaccine which might be used to produce an anti-toxin for the disease, as is used for diphtheria. As vet no specific remedy has been found, but so much knowledge of the hitherto unknown nature of the disease was ob tained that the discovery of a cure is confidently expected. MOUNT VERNON, S. D.—The mem bers of the local Odd Fellows' lodge this week occupied their new hall building MONEY OF MEXICAN BANK ATTACHED New York, Jan. 29.—An attachment for $10,000 against the property of the United States Banking company, of Mexico City, was served by the sheriff on a local bank today. The attachment was In favor of w Robert L. Dean, on an assigned claim of the Tehuantepec Rubber Culture company for money deposited with th*. banking companj on June 30, 1908,