Nebraska Newspapers

    The O’Neill Frontier
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher,
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
The Vienne coachmen, says a Parle
contemporary, are easily frightened.
The order heis gone forth that they
are to set up In their carriages the
taximeter. It has filled the good men
with horror, and they have heM a
meeting, at which a resolution was
passed saying that tf the order be
carried out their Industry will be
ruined. In place of expending their
superfluous energy in protesting and
their spare cash In getting ap meet
ings they should have sent a deputa
tion to Paris to learn how to work
the taximeter, for the "tochers" In the
French capital have discovered a
means of making them register dou
ble.
Curing Insanity and feeble mlnded
ness by opening the skull and doctor
ing the brain has undreamed of possi
bilities, In the opinion of Professen
Cassius C. Rogers, of the Chicago Col
lege of Medloine and Surgery, after a
summer's study In the Paris hospitals.
He thinks that the cases of half of the
inmates of Insane asylums are curable.
Expressing these views to the Chicago
Daily News, he added: "Dr Thierry
<3e Martel's new trephine Is the only
Instrument known that stops as soon
as the skull Is penetrated and it comes
In contact with the soft structures un
derneath. This greatly lessens the
danger in operations on the bead."
He was a very beautiful fox terrier
gmp, and he did not appear to be
Very happy. He was fastened up near
a pile of luggage on the northbound
boat, and already the sympathetic pas
senger had given him helf her tea In
« saucer. The puppy was protesting
that he wanted more when a little boy
strolled up and regarded the dog with
•n evident air of proprietorship. "I
suppose," said the sympathetic passen
ger, groping for something to say. "he’s
a very well bred dog?" "Well," said
the little boy, hopefully “he's not really
well bred yet, hut we hope he will he
when we've finished teaching him."
A trained ostrich recently discon
certed Its exhibitor at a music hall by
continually endeavoring to break away
from all restraint and to climb over
the footlights Into the orchestra. The
widely advertised act came to a sud
den end, and the professor emerged
from behind the curtain and apolo
gized for the actions of his pet in
about these words: "Lydles ami gen
tlemen—HI lutm very sorry to disap
point you this hevening. Wo are com
pelled to eease our hengagement until
the management engages a new or
chestra leader. The one at present
hem ployed ’ere 'as no 'air on top of
*ls 'ead and my bird takes It for a
heur."_
The first municipal lodging house for
women has .just been opened in Lon
don und has been named for Miss
Margaret Ashton, who Is a member of
the municipal council and an ardent
advocate of woman suffrage. On tak
ing her place In the municipal council
Miss Ashton declared that she would
never rest satisfied until the dlscrlini
Eatlon against women by the city of
ondon In furnishing cheap and decent
boarding places for men arid not for
women had been remedied.
Thero used to be a great enmity
between Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Considering this Senator Clapp said
nt a dinner In the former city: “I re
member an, address on careless build
ing that I once heard in Minneapolis.
•Why,’ said the speaker In the course
of his address, 'one inhabitant of St.
Paul Is killed by aacldent In the streets
every 48 hours.' A bitter voice from
the rear of the hall Interrupted: 'Well
It ain't enough.' ’’
Malaria, directly and Indirectly,
kills more than 20,000 a year In the
Mississippi valley alone. As vet our
peat government and people seem able
to grasp only highly dramatic forms
Of death—sensational deaths like snake
Wte, oholera and yellow fever. If rat
tlesnakes killed 20,000 people here every
fear the record would keep the coun
try In tumult and confusion, If riot
panic, all the time.
, Since the death of the late king of
the Cocoa islands, George Clunies-Itoss
a peculiar legal situation has arisen
with regard to his son and heir, John
Sydney CJunles-Rttss. As the lslunds
are under the Jurisdiction of no other
country, and themselves possess no
legal maclilnery for administering
wills, J. S. Cluntes-ltoss has no means
of establishing his claim to them by
law. He can only hold the Island* by
right of possession.
Bismarck said a Russian only had
•ense to steal a day's living, a Dutch
man a year’s, but nn Englishman, said
Bismarck, rarely stole less than a life's
keeping. Bismarck said If there was
one absolute undevlating rock-bottom
fact In Anglo-Saxon makeup and char
acter It was thievery all flowered over
and spiritualized and hidden bv gar
dens of hypocrisy.
The hope that the United States and
Cuba would some day be linked to
gether by a regular steamship service
as speedy and luxurious as any be
tween America and Europe, has been
realized. Havana has been brought
within less than a three days' sail of '
rsew York, and travelers may now en
joy all the luxuries of modern ocean
travel on the voyage.
-- » __ i
±o ny to America from Europe, with
cut traveling east. Is by no means the '
alf.icult task it would at first appear :
to be, since the greatest width of sea
to be crossed need not be over five
hundred miles. The plan would be to
go from North Britain to Iceland '
thence to Greenland, and thence to
Labrador.
The Lancet says in horror and dis
gust: "The present legislative ma
chinery, if it canjiot stop the abuse of
preservatives, should obviously be
scrapped and new works installed."
This must be a painful confession
against Britain's unfailing boast of
honesty.
There are some people who are al
most finicky about appearances. T
would not have run away,” said a man
who was accused at the Stratford po
lice court of escaping from custody,
‘but another man was arrested at the
same time, and it looks so bad for one
policeman to take two men."
Italy's merchant marine has increas
ed in tonnage efficiency rapidly in the
last 15 years. Its value now approach
es *1,000.000,000. The new subsidy law
Will further Increase Italy's investment 1
In ships. Venice and Trieste are rivals I
for the commerce of the Adriatic. The *
Italian at home is a born sailor. 1
Dairying Interests of the Stavanger
district, Norway, have become second
duly to the fishing 1 rlustrv and its ’
dairy products find r.g iy sale in Eng- i
land and elsewhere in competition with t
the choicest dairy pi* iu-'U of Europe 1
and Canada. ,
■
ALDRICH MAJORITY
TO REACH 15,000
Hitchcock’s Lead Is 21,909 and
County Option Issue Is
Undetermined.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 15.—Unofficial
and •official figures from all but three
counties In Nebraska Indicate Aldrich a
majority will be about 15,000. The 89
counties heard from give this vote:
Aldrich 121,828. IJahlman 106,718. Ald
rich's lead, 14,610. The counties vet to
be heard from are Loupe, McPherson
and Sioux, which cast a totul of about]
1,800 votes.
Kighty-one counties on senator givd
these totals: t
Hitchcock, 118,279; Burkett, 9 6,370.
Hitchcock's lead, 21,909.
The race on the remainder of the
state ticket la close, with the chances
favoring the republicans. Whether
either or both houses of the legisla
ture will be for or against county op
tion has not yet been decisively shown
This will require further returns from
legislative districts to determine.
Senator-elect Barthlng of Otoe, who
was on both 'the anti-saloon league and
liberal list of acceptable candidates
may have tie cast the deciding vote ori
county oplion in the senate. He re
fused to state today how he would
vote.
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4 MAN t?OES TO JAIL 4
4 FOR “TALKING BACK” 4
4 TO WIFE IN LETTER 4
4 - -y
4 Long Pine, Neb., Nov. IB.— 4
4 William H. Rlttenbush, a rail- 4
4 roal .roam of this town, ban con 4
4 eluded -that the next time lie 4
4 "Basses'1 his wife he will con 4
4 front her and say the words to 4
4 her face, instead of writing them 4
4 and then sending them through 4
4 the mall. y,
4 Last summer Rlttenbush and 4
4 his wife had some family trou- 4
4 ble. While oat on Ills run he 4
4 wrote her a letter In which he 4
4 expressed an opinion to which 4
4 she took exceptions. The letter 4
4 was turned over to the federal 4
4 authorities, who placed the lias- 4
4 band under arrest, charging him 4
4 with misuse of the mails He 4
4 served four months In lall 4
4 awaiting trial. The hearing 'has 4
4 Just been hud, with the result 4
4 that he has been found guilty 4
4 and sentenced to four months 4
4 making a total of eight months 4
4 In Jail for writing offensive mat- 4
4 ter to his own wife . y.
NEBRASKA VICTOR
DRAWS A CONTEST
Sutton, Republican, Begins a
Fight Against His
Opponent.
Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 15.—Tile board of
county commissioners of Douglas
county today decided to grunt the de
mand of A. I,. Sutton, republican can
didate for congress for the Second Ne
braska district, who was defeated on
the face of the returns by about 300
votes, that the voting machines used
In Omaha bo opened and a recount had'
County Attorney English advised the
board that he had been unable to find
any warrant In the law for such a
proceeding, but the commissioners de
cided to act notwithstanding his opin
ion.
It Is understood that attorneys for
C. O. Lobeek, the democratic candi
date will resist the opening of the
machines.
RATS SET FIRE TO
HARTINGTON RESTAURANT
Hartlngton. Neb., Nov. 15.—A fire
alarm was turned In yesterday morn
ing at 6:30 from James Wheeeler's res
taurant and chop house on Broadway,
the volunteer tire company quickly re
»ponded and extinguished the (lames.
No great amount of damage was done
Dn investigation it was found that the
Ire was started by rats carrying
Hatches into tlietr nests between the
walls. It Is a brick veneered bulbi
ng.
EXPLOSION RENDS
‘‘U’’ LABORATORY
Medical Department of Neb
raska Institution Damaged
as Result of Fire.
Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 15.—A short cir
cuit In the anatomy laboratory of the
date university college of medicine
lere this morning caused the explo
ilon of an alcohol tank and a con
lequent tire loss of about 315,000. The
mlverslty is poorly provided with fire
lghttng apparatus, but the city tire de
(artment checked the flames before
hey did much damage to the rooms
>elow. Most of the loss, besides that
o the building, was in anatomical and
>steologlcal material.
COLORADO RESULT IS
VERY MUCH IN DOUBT
Denver. Nov. 15. -The result of
Tuesday's election for attorney general
nd railroad commissioner Is still In
loubt. The candidates on the republi
an and democratic tickets are running
o close that an official count probably
dll be necessary to decide.
I. N. Stevens, republican, for con
rressman at large, has not given up
lope. The republicans undoubtedly
lected their candidates for supreme
udges, superintendent of public ln
truction and one regent of the state
mlverslty.
NEGRO GETS AWAY.
Cairo. HI.. Nov. 15.—The posse frorv
dounds. eight miles north of here,
rhlch began a hunt for an unldentl
led negro last night, was unsuocess
ul. The negro Is said to have robbed
drs. Robert Camp of her purse as she
tepped from a train at Mounds.
NEW YORK. Although he Is 7S
ears old. John Spaulding, a veteran
epubltcan will walk from New York
o Poughkeepsie. 75 miles, starting next
Jonday, to fulfill a bet on Henry L
Itimson. He called on Mayor Qaynor
nd announced hie Intention to start.
DEMOCRATS CONTROL
NEBRASKA ASSEMBLY
Republican State Ticket Is a
Winner With County Option
in the Balance.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 14—Almost com
plete returns from Tuesday’s election
In this state show that the republican'
itate ticket has been elected by plur-,
llitles ranging from 3,000 to 15,0001
The latter figure represents the lead:
£f Aldrich, republican, for governor)
over Dahlman, democrat. For United]
States senator, G. M. Hitchcock has:
ivon over Senator Burkett by about)
!0,000 majority.
The next legislature, according to1
inofficial returns, will stand, 19 dem-l
ocrats and 14 republicans In the sen-]
ate, 54 democrats and 4<j republicans'
!n the house.
On the question of county option,,
which was one of the principal issues!
luring the campaign, opinions differ as,
to the result. The democratic plat
form opposed county option, while the
republican platform Indorsed. It Is,
Maimed by the advocates of the Idea
that enough members of both houses,
ire personally pledged to It to insure
Its adoption.
Big Vote for Norris.
The majority for Congressman*
George W. Norris over his democratic!
jpponent, R. D. Sutherland, is 3,960.!
with every county definitely reported!
Vo such victory has ever been reg-1
/stered in the Fifth district by any]
tandldate for congress, the nearest
approach to it being when McKelghan)
:n 1892 swept the district on the pop-1
ulist ticket in a three-cornered fight.)
Congressman Norris carried 14 coun-'
ties with the following majorities: )
Chase, 181; Clay, 472; Dundy, 235;!
Frontier, 349: Furnas, 258; Hall, 638;,
Harlan, 285; Hayes, 206; Hltchcocki
124; Kearney, 158; Perkins, 22; Phelps?
158; Rod Willow, 606; Webster, 236. ]
Sutherland carried four counties!
with these majorities: ’
Adams, 116; Franklin, 18; Gosper.*
El; Nuckols, 13. 1
PIERCE COUNTY RETURNS
COMPLETE AND OFFICIAL,
Pierce, Neb., Nov. 14.—Pierce countyj
official gives amendment, for, 740,
against, 696; senator, Burkett. 736,!
Hitchcock, 1,145; governor, Aldrich, 804)
Dahlman, 1,162; lieutenant governor,!
Hopewell, 778, Clark, 1,096; secretary!
of state, Wait, 782, Pool, 1,096: auditor,]
Barton, 823, Hewitt, 1,050; treasurer;
George, 792, Hall, 1,092; superintend-l
ent, Crabtree, 779, Jackson, 1,111; at-',
torney general, Martin. 789, Whitney,
1,052; land commissioner, Cowles, 799,:
Eastham, 1,064; railway comtnisslon-i
ers, Clark, 796, Hayden, 1,072, Morten-,'
sen, 617; congressman, Third district)
Boyd, 723, Latta, 1,178; state senator)
Eleventh district, McLeod, 766, Kohe)
1,116; representative, Nineteenth dis-J
trlct, Record, 725, Kuhl, 1,126; county!
attorney, Chas. Steward, republican'
1,224; county commissioner, Boll, re-:
publican, 1,010, Fuelberth, democrat,
859.
NEBRASKA DETECTIVES
CHASE BANK ROBBERS
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 14.—Chief of Po-.
lice Malone last night received word)
from Endicott, Neb., that two detec-;
tives whom he sent there on the re
port that the Beattie, Kan., bank rob-!
bers were in the vicinity, had located!
the suspects and engaged them in a!
pistol duel. There were three of the!
alleged robbers and they opened fire!
on the detectives, but did not harm!
them. The suspects escaped to the!
country and the officers are chas
ing them.
FIERCE BLAZE BRINGS
DEATH IN ITS WAKE,
Two Buried Alive and Four
Badly Hurt in a New York
Conflagration.
New York, Nov. 14.—Two persons
were killed and four seriously injured
today in a fire that destroyed two upper!
floors of the Rosalind apartment house;
on Manhattan avenue in the upper:
west side of the city. William H. Ab-j
bott, a real estate operator, 45 years)
old, Jumped from a front window onj
the llfth floor and was impaled on aj
picket fence, dying instantly. His wife,.
40 years old, was burned to death. i
Serious injuries were sustained byj
three other occupants of the building,
and by one of the firemen engaged in'
putting out the blaze. But for the he
roic work of the fire fighters it is prob
able that many more persons would)
have lost their lives.
Miss Alice Cullen, 25 years old, a;
telephone operutor, who lived on the!
top floor, was the most seriously in-'
Jured of the rescued tenants. .Her!
clothing was ablaze when the firemen!
reached her and she was taken to a!
hospitul severely burned.
Two other fires of the morning oe-!
casloned much excitement. The annex
to the Algonquin hotel on West Forty-)
fourth street, was wrecked in one)
blaze, destroying the apartments of!
I^rederick Thompson, the theatrical!
man, who escaped with some of ills
most valued trophies.
KNIPPER WINS CHIEF
EVENT AT SAVANNAH:
Savannah, Ga„ Nov, 14.—Taking thei
lead in the first lap and maintaining itl
to the end, "B!lly', Knipper, driving aj
Lancia car, won the Tiedeman tro
phy today. His time for the 11 laps]
of 190.3 miles was 3:15:22.67. In addi-!
tlon to the trophy, Knipper took down'
one prize of $1,000, and other accessor-'
les.
The Savannah challenge trophy.)
276.8 miles, was won by Joe Dawsoni
in a Marmon, in 4:23:39.98. Washing-'
ton Roebling, Mercer, running a closei
second, collided with some obstrue-i
tlon on the track and was stopped,
temporarily, within five miles of the!
finish.
DESPERATE CONVICT
WIELDS BIG KNIFE
Concord. N. H„ Nov. 14.—Deputy
Warden Frank R. Bailey, of the state
prison in this city, was seriously
wounded, and Dr. Ralph E. Galllnger,
the prison physician, and son of Unit
ed States Senator Jacob H. Galllnger,
was cut In the wrist by a man know ry
only as “John Doe,” who is serving a.
life term for murder. The prisoner
came on the two men from behind and
•tabbed them with a luiife.
COLERIDGE WOMAN
ACCUSEDJK MURDER
Eye Witness Tells of Conversa
tion and Final Tragedy End
ing In Murder.
Hartlngton, Neb., Nov. 10-Murder la
the first degree will be the charts
against Mrs. Maggie Davis, who yes
terday was bound over to the circuit
court on the accusation of killing ira
Churchill.
B. F. Halo was introduced as a wit
ness for the state in the hearing and
testified to having been in the barn
when Mrs. Davis came In and walked
over to the place where Churchill was
milking a cow. He stated that shef
said: “You know what I told you,
would happen if you lied to me?”
Churchill admitted that he had kiiowf}
of her threats. Then he saw Sirs. Davis
fire four times in rapid succession and
also saw Churchill fall oft the chair.
During the hearing Mrs. Davis was
very nervous and cast furtive glances
continually in the direction of Mrs.
Churchill and the latter's motherln
law, whoj-e the wife, who had been
made a widow by a jealous woman’s
gun, sat weeping throughout the hear
ing.
Mrs. Davis killed Churchill last
Wednesday evening near Coleridge, and
has since been in jail here.
As the next term of court convenes
November 14, it is thought that the
?ase will go over to the March term
as the attorneys can not be ready for
trial on such short notice. Mrs. Davis
is held without bail and will remain in
lall until the time of the trial.
HUBERT LATHAM FLIES
IN BALTIMORE EVENT
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 10—With thous
ands of persons gathered in the streets,
upon roof tops and at every point of
vantage witnessing the spectacle, Hu
bert Latham, the French aviator, flew
over Baltimore today for the 6,000 prize
offered by the Sun and Evening Sun.
Latham used his 60-horse power An
toinette and consumed 42 minutes, 10
seconds in making the round trip from
the aviation field, covering an approxi
mate distance of 22 miles. On landing
at the field on his return Latham said
his engine worked perfectly and he had
no trouble In managing his craft. He
estimated that his altitude over the
city was about 2.600 feet.
GENERAL UPRISING
DUE IN HONDURAS
President Davila’s Rule Is
Threatened on All Sides by a
Growing Spirit of Revolt.
New Orleans, La., Nov. 10—A general
uprising in Honduras, with all of the
old enemies of President Davila paro
ticipating in the movement for his
overthrow, is imminent, according to
advices brought here last night by
passengers on the steamer Orleanian'
from Celba and Puerto Cortez.
These arrivals say the revolutionary
spirit is spreading throughout the lit
tle republic, and while the people gen
erally do not sympathize with the ac
tion of General Valladares, the revo
lutionary' governor of Amapala, they*
are willing to again rally to Manuel
Bonilla, who many believe to be mak
ing preparations to revive his revo
lution against Davila.
As an Indication of the preparations'
that are going forward for a concerted
movement against Davila, General Me
dina, former commandant at Ceiba. has
gone to Amapala to consult Valladares
and has been joined there by General
Lara and Matuty, who were prominent
In the recent Nicaraguan revolution.
Medina, who is a noted fighter and
one of the most powerful political lead
ers In Honduras, only recently turned
against President Davila. He was cred
ited with crushing the Bonilla revolu
tion last July.
ROBERTS IS ACTING
HEAD OF TREASURY
_
Washington, Nov. 10.—For the first
lime, since Leslie M. Shaw quit, an
Iowa man is head of the treasury de
partment today. George E. Roberts, di
rector of the mint, as acting secretary
In the absence of Secretary McVeagli
and the three assistant secretaries.
COOK AND PEARY ARE
BRANDED AS HUMBUGS
Knud Rasmussen, Great Navi
gator, Says Neither of Them
Reached Pole.
Copenhagen. Nov. 10.—"Neither Cook
nor Peary has a shadow of truth in
his claims.
"No living explorer nor Eskimo has
been within hundreds of miles of the
North Pole.”
This is the conclusion reached by
Knud Rasmussen, say missionaries to
Greenland, who have returned here.
The missionaries say, too. that thej?
bring details of Rasmussen’s cross
examination of the two Eskimos. Ah
wetah and Eturishuk, upon whose
testimony Dr. Cook relied for corrob
oration of his claim. After closely
questioning these and other Eskimos.
Rasmussen is certain that the pole
Is still unconquered.
Rasmussen, an experienced Arctic
explorer, is the Danish inspector of
Greenland. His mother was an Eski
mo. his father a Dane. Whatever Ras
mussen says about Arctic exploration
is accepted with the greatest faith
here. He was a partisan of Dr. Cook
at one time.
COUNTRY BANK IN OHIO
IS LOOTED BY THIEVES
Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 10.—After blowing
a portion of the vault through the
celling with nitroglycerine, three rob
bers took $2,000 from SoJether bank,
a private institution at Jerry City,
Ohio. 33 miles from Toledo, early to
day. The men escaped in an automo
bile.
It Is believed the men who robbed
the Metamora bank early Monday
morning, getting $4,000, were involved
in the Jerry City affair.
GILBERT HITCHCOCK
ISSUES STATEMENT
ON ELECTION RESULT
Declares He Will Stand for the
Interests of the People Re
gardless of Party.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 12.—Congressman
Gilbert M. Hitchcock this morning is
sued the following statement in the
World-Herald:
"To My Friends in Nebraska: From
the bottom of my heart I thank the host
of personal and political friends in Ne
braska who united to give me such a
magnificent majority for United States
senator. I prize that majority as much
because it is a vote of confidence and
vindication as because It assures me
a seat In the Senate of the United
Siatflf **'
"I realize full well that this result
was only brought about by the sympa
thy and support of active and enthu
siastic men in all counties of the state.
Many of these men I know personally.
Many others I know only by reputation
and correspondence. I thank you all
in this public way because I shall not
be able to thank many Individually.
"I thank also the many newspapers
of the state which have supported me
so vigorously and so effectively. I In
clude in this not only the democratic,
populist and independent press which
with few exceptions ably fought my
battles, but I Include also a number of
progressive republican papers which
likewise advocated my election.
"I feel Impelled also to acknowledge
the considerate treatment which I re
ceived from such Important papers as
the Omaha Dally News, the Lincoln
Star and the Sioux City Tribune.
Though business competitors of my
newspaper and opposed to my party In
politics they accorded to me treatment
wmcn was coin just ana generous, t
particularly thank my neighbors in
Douglas county for a vote which ap
parently disregarded all party lines to
express good W'ill and confidence,
j "My one regret of the campaign is
that Mayor Dahlman and some others
|on the ticket with me were not suc
cessful.
"I deeply appreciate the responsibil
ity as well as the high honor of being
United States senator. I hope to meet
that responsibility and shall do my best
to merit the honor.
"To those who have supported me as i
well as to the electorate at large, I
pledge myself again to stand in the
Senate of the United States for the in
terests of the people without regard to
party, class or creed.
"Gilibert M. Hitchcock.”
ALDRICH PLURALITY
GROWS IN NEBRASKA
Seventy-Three Counties Com
plete Give Dahlman’s Op
ponent Lead of 11,290.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 12.—Complete re
turns have been received ny The Lin
coln Daily News from 73 counties.
These give lhe following totals: Al
drich, 100,165; Dahlman, 88,865. Al
drich’s lead, 11,290. Two years afo
these same counties gave Sheldon,
105.184: Shallenberger, 111,066.
The total vote on United States sena
tor from 67 counties was: Burkett, 82,
309; Hitchcock, 101,844. Hitchcock’s
lead, 18,536.
In the First district, with Cass coun
ty missing, Maguire has 14,348, and
Hayward 13,718. In the Second, Lo
beck has 15,978; Sutton 15,557. in the
Third, with six counties missing, Latta
has 13,381 and Boyd 10,178. In the
Fourth, with only Polk county missing,
Sloan has 19,880 to 18,266 for Good. In
the Fifth, with three counties missing,
the vote is, Norris 16,854, Sutherland
13,636. In the Sixth, with 18 counties
missing. Kinkaid has 12,909, Taylor
12,914.
Not enough returns have been re
ceived on the legislature to Indicate
decisively whether it shall be democratic
or republican, or for county option or
against.
MISS ANGLIN LIKELY
TO LOSE HER VOICE
Popular Actress Is In Grave
Danger of Suffering an Ir
reparable Injury.
Chicago, Nov. 12.—Margaret Anglin,
one of the most popular actresses on
the American stage, is in great danger
of losing her voice.
Dr. George W. Whitfield, who is at
tending Miss Anglin, declares that the
condition of the patient’s noso and
throat was such that a loss of voice
sufficient to embarrass her stage career
might result unless immediate improve
ment follows.
Miss Anglin Is at the home of Mrs.
O. McG. Howard In Glencoe resting,
preparatory to an operation on her
nose, which will be performed within
the next few days.
"Miss Anglin’s condition is very
grave indeed," said Dr. Whitfield. “1
cannot for the life of me understand
how she was able to work as long as
she did with her vocal affliction.
‘Her vocal chords are in terrible con
dition. I have prescribed absolute quiet
for her and have Issued orders that
even her very intimate friends in the
city be denied the privilege of visiting
her."
OIL CASE GOING ON.
Jackson, Tenn., Nov. 12.—Jury and
witnesses to the suit of the govern
ment against the Standard Oil com
pany of Indiana, which began yester
day, charged with violations of the
anti-trust law, had a half holiday to
day. In the meantime the attorneys in
terested checked over a few thousand
of the exhibit to be offered by the
prosecution.
GERMAN BANKS WILL
TAKE TURKISH LOAh
Berlin, Nov. 12.—The Dutsche ban]
Is at the head of a syndicate of al
the principal German and Austria!
banks, including the Rothschilds
which will take the Turkish loan o
4J7,000,000 Turkish (approximately $31,
600.000). The price is 84 with interes
Ht 4 per cent. The loan will be secure<
by the custom revenues at Constants
nopie.
RICH SMUGGLERS
HAVE BEST OF IT
AT GOTHAM PORT
Names of Plutocratic Offenders
Withheld If They Pay Fines
to the Treasury
Department.
New York—Special: The enforcement
of the tariff law as administered under
the Taft administration at tho port of
New York, works out this way:
Phillip Sevasta, a musician and lead
er of the Bronx Zoo orchestra was sen
tenced to serve nine months on Black
well’s Island, because he imported a
harp for his own use and later sold it
to one of the pupils.
Collector William Loeb will submit
to the Treasury department at Wash
ington several compromise proposals
that have been made by some of the
largest importers in New York for a
settlement out of court of the discrep
ancies the collector’s experts have
found in customs duties paid the gov
ernment through undervaluations. The
collector declines to give the names ot
any of these importers.
Mr. Loeb declared that between $1,
000,000 and $1,500,000 would be received
by the government under these com
promises.
In each case the government must
forego its right to any action in court
or any attempt to enforce an impris
onment penalty against the guilty im
porters.
Many Frauds Confessed.
Experts of the customs have exam
ined the books of many wealthy im
porters and have secured confessions
in many instances of these undervalu
ation frauds. Collector Loeb says the
authorities at Washington must pass
upon all these cases. in no case have
the experts gone back more than two
years. It is said that if they did pro
ceed further the amounts taken from
the government by under valuations
would be shown to be nearer $6,000,004
than $2,006,000.
United States District Attorney Wise
refuses to discuss the matter. He lias
received word that the department of
justice is co-operating with the treas
ury department in these secret com
promises.
The establishment of Duveen Broth
ers, the art and antique dealers, as
well as all consignments to them are
under the strictest surveillance. Ap
praiser Wanmaker said there was no
truth In the story of a "ruby rug” worth
$100,000 which had been invoiced at
$1,000.
Prison Sentences Promised.
It has been again announced at the
federal building in the names of Judges
Holt. Hough and Hand that hereafter
the prison as well as the financial pen
alties prescribed for smugglers and
other customs swindlers will be rigid
ly enforced.
This new policy was decided upon
by the department at Washington after
Mrs. I. Reynolds Adriance, wife of a:
Wealthy Poughkeepsie banker, was per
mitted to pay the tariff duties, with
several thousand dollars in penalties,
on jewelry which she alleged to have
attempted to bring from Europe with
out making proper declaration.
Antonio Zucca, for years one of the
most prominent leaders of Tammany
Hall, a former coroner, president of the
board of assessors and a school trus
tee, who presided at the Cooper union
meeting the other night, at which John
A. Dix, democratic candidate for gov
ernor was the principal speaker, ap
peared before Judge Martin to plead
to an indictment against him for ex
tensive customs frauds.
Zucca Not Represented.
Zucca was not acompanied by coun
sel, and Judge Martin fixed his ball at
$5,000, which was furnished by Luigi
Peirano, of No. 32 Mulberry st.
Zucca is head of one of the largest
cheese importing concerns in the eoun- *
try. whose offices are at No. 25 West
Broadway. The charges upon which he
was arraigneil cover a period of only
two years. There are 16 counts in the
indictment. The maximum penaltiy on
each count is a fine of $5,000 or two
years in prison, or both.
Other cheese importers are said to
have been indicted at the same time as
Zucca. but they have not been ar
raigned nor their names made public.
Zucca is a member of the executive
committee of Tammany Hall, presi
dent of the Italian-American Demo,
tratlc association and the local Italian
chamber of commerce. He is a direc
tor of the Italio-American Trust com
pany, the Italian Savings bank, and the
Italian Benevolent association, and
treasurer of the Fruit Exchange and
the Liberal Emigration league. He has
been decorated three times by the king
of Italy with the cross of the crown of
Italy and also decorated by President
Crespo of Venezuela.
Collector Loeb received the other day
three $100 bills wrapped up in an old
card case. There was one line of writ
ing, apparently in the hand of an old.
woman: "Conscience Fund.”
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Brother3inlaw.
From Judge.
In an English town a gentleman and a
countryman approached a cage In the
traveling zoo from opposite directions.
'This cage contained a very fierce looking
kangaroo. The countryman gazed at the ^
wild animal for a few minutes with mouth ^
and eyes both open, and then, turning ta
the gentleman, he asked, “What kind of
animal is that?”
“Oh," replied the gentleman, “that is »
native of Australia.”
The countryman covered his eyes with
his hands as he exclaimed in horror,
“Well, well! my sister married one of
them!”
Had Done It Too.
From Harper’s Bazar.
Knicker—Banking interests sometimes
buy what they don’t want, to avert a
panic.
Bocker—As I buy my wife a dress.
The Return to the Fireside.
Now' stalks November from the frosty
verge
Of northland regions, far remote and
cold, •
While Boreas pipes a wild dissonant dirge.
As bold and rough as battle cry of old.
The fast departing charms of autumn’s
reign,
A cavalcade of sweets from field and
grove.
Lend vastness to the grey enclouded
plain.
And bowered aisles no longer breathe of
love.
The cheerful cry of insect life is stilled,
No bird song wakes the soul to morning
praise.
The lurid sun rays with dense mists are
chilled.
And nature veils her face with purple
haze. ^
Yet happy hours await the rounded year,
The full fruition of the season’s hope—
For now shall indoor Joys more blest
appear,
And fireside cheer the heart’s best treas
ures ope.
—Addie B. Billington, in the pee Moines
Register and Leader.