The O’Neill Frontier
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher,
O'NEILL, NEBRASKA
I Commenting on the speeding up of
the Metropolitan underground railway!
land tubes, the London correspondent
bf a northern Journal states that so
great Is the rush that passengers for
get their belongings, with the result
that umbrellas and gloves are left by
thousands. At a recent sale of these
•tray commodities, according to the
correspondent, a nine-stop organ, four
refrigerators, 66 toy pianos and 800 mi
croscopic slides were among the ar
ticles put forward as having been for
gotten by their owners.
So gallantly disposed Is the Austrian
government toward Its fairer subjects
that postal authorities have decided to
devote special parcel delivery vans to
the transportation of the large hats
which are the mode In Austria Just
now. Many complaints were received
from their customers by the leading
millinery Arms of Vienna that these
costly "creations" reached their des
tination In the form of an unrecognlz:
able tangle of velvet and feathers. Rep
resentations were made to the post
office with the result that special "hat
collecting vans" are to be used.
This year’s vintage In Italy Is ex
pected to bo very bad. In fact It has
been estimated that the 11,000,000 acres
of vineyards throughout the country
will not yfeld more than 103,293,214
tons of grapes, 46 per cent less than
last year, and that consequently only
$39,000,000 gallons of wlno will be pro
duced, as against 1,686,000,000 gallons
produced In 1909. The wine production
fast year was exceptional and retail
prices were so low that until May wine
growers hardly derived any profit from
fhem.
The cultivation of tobacco In Italy
lias been gradually but steadily In
creasing. During the year 1909 the
plants numbered 139,766, which Is the
largest number ever reached and 2,
930,000 plants In excess of the preced
ing year. The average price paid by
the monopoly to domestic planters was
6.6 cents a pound, against 6.5 cents In
1908. Accessory expenses brought the
ultimate cost of homo grown tobacco to
the monopoly to 9.7 cents a pound,
against 8.8 cents In 1908.
To make a fortune of $260,000 as a
Jockey is a feat which places the late
Tom Loates at the pinnacle of his pro
fession -so far as mere worldly weklth
Is concerned. Of course, the fees In
these days aye much greater than when
Fred Arclr4$ who left £66,P00, and
Fordham, who was worth under £20,
900, were In the prime of their racing
careers. But then It Is not every one
who has a Leopold de Rothschild to ad
vise In the matter of Investments and
It Is said that Tom Loates was thus
favored.
Few people know that the oocoanuts
*f the Malay peninsula sometimes pro
iuce pearls that are highly prized by the
Datives. The stones are not unlike the
pearls of the mollusks and are simi
tar In composition to the oyster pearls,
having calcium carbonate and a little
organic matter. These concretions
form just beneath the stem, and a pure
White pearl brings a high price, as it
Is supposed by the natives to possess
lomo kind of charm. Ca^es have been
mown where the cocoanut pearl has
seen sold as a mollusk product, but
>uch Instances are pare.
Consul General James A. Smith
Writes from Genoa that the Italian min
istry of the Interior has recently di
rected a circular to the prefects of the
■everal provinces Instructing them to
report on the spread of alcoholism In
their respective districts. In order to
enable the government to adopt re
strictive measures It requests the full
est statistical Information as to the
comparative quantity of alcoholic li
quors. wines, etc., sold In the various
■ectlona of the kingdom during the last
10 years and the apparent results
which have attended such sale.
Paper clothes were worn by the Jap
anese troops, who found them very
serviceable and much warmer than
those of cloth. Paper dressing gowns,
bath robes and similar articles of at
tire are now being turned out by the
carload In England, France, Germany
and other European countries. The pa
per whereof they are made Is of the
'‘blotter” variety, and after being treat
ed by a new process is dyed In various
colors or printed with a pretty flordl
design.
Smiles Irradiated the floorwalker's
face. Business had been poor, but It
•was picking up for that day. How did
lie know? Women were shopping In
pairs and trios. "They always buy so
much more,” ho said, “when they come
tn bunches. When a woman shops alone
•he buys only what 8ho needs or can
•fford, but wljen she shops with friends
•he buys what she wants them to think
•he can afford.”
An English manufacturer has suc
ceeded in making a fabric from old
ropes. He obtained a quantity of old
ropo and cordage, unraveled It and
wove It by a secret process into a kind
of cloth. The resultant material he dyed
a dark brown. A suit of clothes made
from this queer stuff was worn by the
manufacturer himself and It Is said
that he has a large trade In this line
In the British colonies.
The Russians are manufacturing a
fabric from the fiber of a filamentous
•tone from the Siberian mines which
ts said to be of so durable a nature that
U Is practically Indestructible, says
Tlt-Blfs. The material Is soft to tin
touch and pliable in the extreme, and
when soiled has only to be placed in
a Are to he made absolutely clean.
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The city of Hartford. Conn., will
begin this fall a systematic planting ol
trees on Its public thoroughfares. Tin
matter will be In charge of the citj
forester, who will first Inspect tin
•treets to find out where trees are mosi
needed. A city nursery will be opener
later.
The returns for last year, under thi
workmen’s compensation act in Eng
land, show that compensation was
paid in 8,841 cases of death and 332,
112 cases of disablement. The aver
age death payment was $770. and ir
case of disablement $26.50.
Within the last 10 years the Metho
dist church in the Philippines ha;
grown to a membership of 30,000, aru
•00 Filipinos are preaching.
Plans have been completed for th<
establishment of great preserves ir
Africa where the elephant may be fret
from the attacks of the hunters. Ir
some parts of the Dark Continent tht
elephant has been exterminated.
A machine designed to prevent the
alteration of checks or the forging ol
Signatures to negotiable paper has beer
patented by a convict In a California
prison.
There are nearly 27,000 reindeer ir
Alaska, the descendants of «hr»i*
which were Imported le
^ears ago.
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AERONAUT IS KILLED
AT BIG DENVER MEET
.Ralph Johnstone Is Crushed to
Death Beneath His Machine
In Sight of Crowd.
Denver, Nov. 21.—With one wing tip
•f his machine crumbled like a plec^'
1 of paper, Ralph Johnstone, the bril
liant young aviator, holder of the
would's altitude record, dropped like
a plummet from a height of 500 leet
into the Inclosure at Overland park
aviation field yesterday afternoon and
was Instantly killed.
When the spectators crowded about
the lnclosure reached him his body lay
beneath the engine of the biplane with
the white planes that had failed hftn
In his time of need wrapped about It
like a shroud. Nearly every bone in
his body was broken.
Gamble With Death.
He had gambled with death once too
often, hut he played the game to the
end, fighting coolly and grimly to the
last second to regain control of his
broken machine. Fresh from his
triumphs at Belmont park, where ho
had broken the world’s record for alti
tude with a flight of 9,714 feet, John
stone attempted to give the thousands
of spectators an extra thrill with his
most daring feet, the spiral glide, which
has made (he Wright aviators famous.
The spectators got their thrill, hut it
cost Johnstone his life.
' As he started the second circle the
middle spur which braces the left side
of the lower plane gave way and the
wing tips of both upper and lower
plane* folded up as though they had
been hinged. For a second Johnstone
attempted to right the plane by warp
ing the other wing tip. Then the horri
fied epectators saw the plane swerve
liko a wounded bird and plunge straight
toward the earth.
Home In Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 18.—When
Ralph Johnstone, who was killed In an
aeroplane accident in Denver last night
started to leave the home of W. M.
Federmann, hi* uncle, last Sunday on
his way to the Denver aviation meet,
Federmann said:
\ "I suppose I’ll receive a telegram one
of these days to come after your re
mains.”
‘Not mine,” said Johnstone, shaking
his relative’s hand and smiling. "When
l make a flight I have my plans well
laid. Before I leave the ground I know
exactly what I am going to do. Don’t
worry about me being injured.”
The dead aviator was born here 30
years ago. His parents are dead. An
Invalid sister, Miss May Johnstone,
lives in Moberly, Mo. Johnstone’s wife
and two children, a boy and a girl, are
in New York.
Once a Trick Cyclist.
Johnstone was a trick cyclist before
ho became an aviator. He traveled ex
tensively abroad, giving exhibitions on
his bicycle. He met In Berlin the girl
who later became his wife.
Six months ago Johnstone, through
Roy Knabenshue, secured an engage
ment with the Wright brothers. They
liked his work and a few weeks ago
he signed a contract' extending until
January B, 1912.
Johnstono hnd the greatest confi
dence In his ability to keep the world's
record for altitude. He said while here
that If anyone broke the world’s record
which he held at the time of his death,
he would go even higher.
AMERICAN SAILORS
ENGAGE IN A RI01
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Two Hundred of Them Are Un
ceremoniously Ejected From
a French Cafe.
Cherbourg, Nov. 21.—Two hundred
alleged disorderly bluejackets from
the American visiting fleet were ex
pelled from a cafe here today. They
stoned the building and the gendarmes
who lnterferred.
H. Weidllch, a sailor from the
Louisiana, fell into the harbor today
and was drowned. His body was re
covered
Brest, Prance, Nov. 21.—A group of
bluejackets from the American fleet
lighted a wood Are on the water front
today. The flames spread until they
threatened to communicate with near
by barrels of nitrate and alcohol. The
police saw the danger and extinguished
the flames.
London, Nov. 21.—The pilgrims' so
ciety gave a luncheon today in honor
of the officers of the Third division of
the American fleet, now at Gravesend.
Vice Amlral Sir Hedworth Lambton
presided, and had Rear Admiral Joseph
B. Murdock, commander of the visit
ing battleships, at Ills right. Both ad
mirals made speeches.
Others of the hosts were Admiral
Sir Edmund H. Seymour, Vice Ad
miral Richard G. Kinahan, Rear Ad
miral F. C. D. Sturdee, Sir Francis S.
Powell, Lord Kllenborough, Lieutenant
General Sir Robert S. Baden-Powell,
Lieutenant General Heley-Hutchinson,
Veneralble Archdeacon William. M.
Sinclair, Sir Henry Mortimer Durand,
formerly British ambassador at Wash
ington; Sir Hiram S. Maxim, Sir Percy
Sanderson, former British consul gen
eral at New York; Sir George Reid and
the Earl of Cawdor.
TWO ACCIDENTS AT THE
NEW YORK HORSE SHOW
New York, Nov. 21.—While heavy
weight qualified hunters were being
shown at the horse chow today. Jack
Hamilton, a groom, had a bad fall
when his mount, No Trumps, stum
bled, but ho was soon able to walk
out of the ring, unassisted.
The second accident, more serious
than the first, occurred during the class
for middleweight hunters. Thomas
Tipper, a groom employed by E. H
Weatherbee, was tossed to the ground,
when Mr. AVeatherbee’s grey gelding
David Gray crushed Into a fence and
knocked it down. Tipper fell on his
face, and was badly cut over the right)
eye and cheek.
LUMBERMEN OF COUNTRY
FORM AN ORGANIZATION
New Orleans, La.. Nov. 21.—The Na
tional Lumber Traffic association is the
title of a new organization launched
at New Orleans yesterday. It is pro
posed that the organization handle
matters of lumber traffic in all parts
of the country. Well known lumber
men from various sections of the
United States entered into Its prelimin
•” formation which was undertaken
• Southern Cypress association*
■ here.
ALLEGED SLAYER
SULLEN IN PRISON
John Sears Under Arre3t on the
Charge of Murdering Aged
Preacher and Wife.
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 28.—John Sears,
who was arrested last night on the
charge of having murdered Rev. Amzi'
L. Armstrong and his wife in Dutch
Neck, Wednesday night, is said to
have made a confession.
It is understood that Sears believed
some provision had been made for him
in the minister’s will and that he was
impatient to get the bequest.
While Mr. Crossley would not affirnr
or deny that a confession had been
made, he said that the state’s case
was perfect, and that Sears would bo
tried for murder in the first degree re
gardless of any confession.
, Trenton, N. J„ Nov. 28.—A coroner’s
Jury today viewed the bodies o£ Kev.
Amzi Ij. Armstrong and his wife, who
were murdered at their homo at Dutch
Neck Wednesday night. The Jury also
;made a thorough inspection of the
house In which the aged couple were
killed. The coroner fixed December D
as the day for taking testimony.
John Sears, son of the housekeeper
employed by the Armstrongs, who lived
with ills mother at the Armstrong
homestead, slept last night in the
county Jail where he was taken,
charged with the murder. Sears is of
a surly temperament and does not
have much to say. He is a half-breed
negro, and has lived with his mother
at the Armstrong home since he was an
infant.
Prosecutor Crossley was not prepared
today to say what action he would
finally take regarding Mrs. Sears, the
housekeeper, who Is under espionage of
two constables at Dutch Neck. Mr.
Crossley refuses to discuss the motive
for the crime, nor will bo talk about
the many theories advanced. He also
declined to say whether a will had
been found in the Armstrong home
showing Mrs. Sears had been named as
one of the beneficiaries in the Arm
strong estate.
An autopsy held by Coroner s Physl
eian Scammell at the Armstrong home
disclosed the fact that the aged couple
had been killed with a shot gun. After
the murder a shot gun which Sears had
borrowed from a neighbor, saying that
he was going hunting, was found in the
kitchen of the Armstrong home.
Prosecutor Crossley. It is understood,
feels fully able to upset any alibi which
Sears seeks to establish. Sears says he
went to New Brunswick about 7:30
o'clock Wednesday night, but it Is
claimed that he was seen around Dutch
Neck two hours later.
CARROLL ISSUES PAPERS
FOR RETURN OF C. KERR
Des Moines, la., Nov. 28.—Governor
Carroll today issued requisition papers
for tlie return to Yankton of Charles
Kerr, arrested In Sioux City for em
bezzlement. Attorney Dan Sullivan, for
Kerr, waived hearing.
Kerr, who was the manager of an ele
vator nt a small town near Yankton,
P. D., is alleged to have embezzled
$1,000. He had been living in Sioux
City for several monthB. at the time of
his arrest. He (Jl(l hot take his arrest
seriously and said ho could straighten
everything up satisfactorily. Ho says
it is spite on tho part of several farm
ers and gives out the impression that
they dabbled on the board of trade and
lost. He said he was checked out by
the company last spring and that
everything was all right at that time.
JIM HILL PERCEIVES
REBUKE TO AGITATOR
Railroad Man, After a Confer
ence With Taft, Gives Some
Political Views.
Washington, Nov. 28.—James J. Hill
talked with President Taft today. He
recently has been reported as gloomy
over the business prospect, but would
not discuss tho subject today. He
did have something to say, however, on
polities
"The last election has taught the poli
ticians and the country something val
uable,” said Mr. Hill. “That is, that
party lines no longer exist to an im
portant extent, and that men are think
ing, voting and acting along indepen
dent lines. The demagogue and the ag
itator have held sway so long it is
really a relief to see tho flag of warn
ing that has been hoisted for their
benefit.
"I do not mean to say, either, that
independence of political thought is
confined to business or professional
men. It extends to laboring men and
all other classes.
“I am of the opinion that the dema
gogue and agitator will go more slowly
hereafter when lie attacks everybody
and everything in sight and merely
appeals to the dissatisfaction of peo
ple.
“It is highly probable that in a few
years there will be little in the way
of party lines in the United States.”
EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE
AGAINST IOWA MAN
Oskaloosa, la.. Nov. 28.—W. E. Glb
noy, of Des Moines, la., is held in the
Oskaloosa jail, charged with embez
zling of G. P. McMein, of Des Moines
several thousands of dollars. He sold
adding machines and appropriated the
money for his personal use.
DEAF MAN KILLED
BY FREIGHT TRAIN
Oskaloosa, la., Nov. 2S.—Benjamin
Bates, aged 82, was killed this morning
three miles north of What Cheer by a
C„ & N. W. freight train. He was
slightly deaf and did not hear the ap
proaching train. He was a wealthy
and prominent farmer and sheep raiser,
WINSTED, CONN.—Harry Bee
aged 17 years, was killed here yester
day In a football game between the
Tierney cadets .and an Independent
team composed principally of Gilbert
Prcparator school students. The fata!
acsldent occurred after a mass play
which both teams agreed to use. Bee
had been running with the ball. He
was tackled ami downed, but arose
after the pile of players had gotten up
He took a step, staggered and fell tc
the ground unconscious. Water was
immediately applied to his head and f
call made for a doctor. The lad diet
on the field, however, within 5 minutes
after lie received the injury.
LEGISLATURE MAY
CHANGE BALLOT FOR
NEBRASKA VOTERS
Efforts Will Be Made to Do
Away With All Provisions
for Straight Ticket.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 24.—When the
next legislature meets It will undoubt
edly be asked to pass a bill to reform
the present form of ballots used In
voting In Nebraska. Just what kind of
measure will be asked for has not yet
been decided, but there seems to be a
popular demand all over the state for
Che Massachusetts ballot.
The plan used in the New England state
would cause three changes In the bal
lot now used in this state. The little
square now placed at the left of the
candidate's name would be placed to the
right, so that the voters would be
casting his builott for the office rather
than the man. The second change
would do away with the circle at the
head of each political party. This
woulcj cause voters to go through the
entire ticket whether or not they voted
a straight or mixed ticket. It is be->
lieved that this method would create
a greater interest in the minor offices.
The third change would prohibit any
member of the election board from
giving aid to the man who la casting
his ballot.
The proposed change has for Its
object the raising of the standard of
voting. Under the new regime the
voter has to cast an Intelligent vote or
not vote at all.
That such a measure as above out
lined will be Introduced In the next
legislature is almost a certainty. Poli
ticians of both parties seem to be in
favor of It, and if the measure is pre
sented It will likely And but little op
position.
ASCROFT IS FINED FOR
KILLING COMPANION
Pierce. Neb., Nov. 24.—After having
Been out for 24 hours, the jury in the
case against Ross Ascroft, charged
with murdering Harry Ropp, a Yankee
Robinson circus employe, returned a
verdict of "assault and battery,” com
pelling the defendant to pay a $100
tine and to pay all costs of the prose
cution, amounting to between $1,000
and $2,000, or go to jail In payment at
the rate of $3.33 a day. The time he
has been in jail already was allowed
to apply.
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CONGRESSMAN NORRIS
TO ADDRESS TEACHERS.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 24.—It was an
nounced last night that Congressman
George Norris will be one of the prin
cipal speakers at the annual conven
tion of the state teachers' association
which convenes in Lincoln next Thurs
day. Norris fills a vacancy in the pro
gram caused by the illness of Senator
Bourne, of Oregon. He has announced
that his subject will be "The Story of
Insurgency.”
WAR TO EXTERMINATE THE
BOLL WEEVIL IS STARTED
Atlanta. Ga„ Nov. 24.—War on the
bollweevil started today in this city,
when the anti-boll weevil conference
was called to order at the Auditorium
armory. Governor Joseph M. Brown
and Mayor Robert F. Maddox, deliv
ered the addresses of welcome to dele
gates from all the southern states. Dr.
S. A. Knapp, of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, Is in the city
today, held a conference with the ag
ricultural committee of the Chamber
of Commerce.
W. F. Proctor, of Tyler, Tex., and G.
W. Orrns, of Tlmpson, Tex., who are
aso experts on the boll weevil problem,
accompanied Dr. Knapp to Atlanta.
Dr. W. D. Hunter of the department ol
agriculture, is on the program for an
address.
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PACKERS ANNOUNCE
CUT IN MEAT PRICE
Dressed Beef, Mutton and Pork
Are Affected by Reductions
Made Today.
Chicago, 111., Nov. 24.—Packers to
day announced general reductions In
the wholesale cost of dressed beef,,
mutton and pork. Even the modest
spare-ribs, which had been regarded
ns Immune to downward revisions,
came In for a reduction of one cent
a pound. Pork loins and tenderloins
were accorded the same treatment, and
a slice of three-quarters of a cent was
taken oft the price of fresh Boston
butts.
Dressed beef loins were lowered one
half to one cent a pound and the No.
1 cut was quoted at 17 cents, as con
trasted to 18 cents Saturday. Beef ribs
were reduced to 12 cents for the No.
1 cut and to 1114 cents for the No. 2
cuts, which compared to 13 cents and
12 cents respectively, at the close of
last week. No. 1 beef rounds also suf
fered a loss of one-half cent a pound.
The sharpest reduction of the entire
list was made on mutton loins, which
were lowered two cents a pound to
Sli cents. To offset tills sharp cut,
however, packers retained mutton
stew at the old price of 614 cents, al
though they lowered mutton legs one
half cent and took one cent a pound
off the price of mutton rack.
Nil reduction has been made in Sioux
City in tlie price of medium and com
mon beef and local packers say it is
due to the present high price of beef
which sold 15 cents higher here yester
day than last week. The fresh pork
market is lower and has been going
down for several days.
THOUSANDS LOSE LIVES.
Saigon, France Indo-China, Nov. 2s.
—One thousand persons were drowned
and 400 barks were lost during floods
in the province of Quangngai, in An
nam.
FORMER SLAVE ENDOWS A
HOME FOR CONSUMPTIVES
Colorado Springs, Colo.. Nov. 24.—
Janies K. Polk Taylor, a former slave,
71 years old, and his wife, it was an
nounced today, have given 480 acres
of land at Calhan, 40 miles east of
i Colorado Springs, to the Charles Sum
mi Tuberculosis association as a site
for a national tuberculosis sanatorium
for colored people. It is understood
*300,000 wid be spent in the sanator
ium.
NEBRASKA OFFICER
GETS BOND AT HOME
State Treasurer Is Free to Sel
ect His Assistants Without
Dictation.
Broken Bow, Neb., Nov. 23. — State
Treasurer-elect W. A. George has re
turned from Lincoln and Omaha, where
he has been arranging about the Jl,
000,000 bona It will be necessary for
him to furnish. ‘‘I believe in patron
izing home Industries,” said Mr.
George, "and accordingly selected one
of the two Institutions In the state ca
pable of handling that amount. While
away I was besieged by applicants for
various positions, but as I bound-my
self by no promises during the cam
paign I feel that I am free to make
my own appointments. I have not as
yet decided on the deputy out of the
many applicants, and, although I hope
to please the people in my selection, I
shall please myself first, because I
want some one whom I personally
know and like, so we may work to
gether harmoniously. It is quite po«
sible I shall appoint the deputy treas
urer beftjre leaving."
OMAHA INDIANS MUST
> BEGIN TO PAY TAXES
Pender, Neb., Nov. 23.—At a meeting
of the Omaha Indians at Macy the
members of the tribe rvere informed
that under the provisions of the Brown
law they will have to pay taxes here
after. Every Indian but one, Chief
White Horse, vigorously opposed pay
ing taxes. Congressman Latta informed
them that they would have to com
mence emulating their white brethren
in their duties as citizens.
WALTHILL ASPIRES TO
BECOME COUNTY SEAT
Pender, Neb., Nov. 23. — Reports
from Walthlll indicate that town will
make a fight for the countv seat of
Thurston county In the immediate fu
ture. It will require a petition signed
by 1,146 names to call a special elec
tion, and in order to remove the coun
ty capital it will require a three
fifths vote, which would be 1,0S0 votes,
according to the vote cast at the re
cent election.
POULTRY SHOW AT PENDER.
Pefider, Neb., Nov. 23.—The North
eastern Nebraska Poultry and Corn
Show will meet at Pender, December
15 to 17. About 300 birds aie promised
for exhibition purposes.
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PENDER MAN PAROLED.
Pender, Neb., Nov. 23.—Win Becken,
who was sent to the penitentiary a
year ago for robbing S. G. Graves, was
paroled Saturday by Governor Shallen
berger.
THURSTON ploNEER DEAD.
Pender, Neb., Nov. 23.—John W.
Munn, a pioneer of Thurston county
and a storekeeper at the Winnebago
agency, died last week at his home of
fever.
COURTMARTIAL ENDS
IN A QUIET WEDDING
Daughter of an Admiral Mar
ries the Sian Who Fought
for Her.
Richfield Springs, N. Y., Nov. 28.—
A romance that began in the Boston
navy yard and had as a side issue a'
general naval court martial, culmi
nated here when Miss Madeline Gray
Swift, daughter of Rear Admiral 'Will
iam Swift, and Paymaster George P.
Auld, U. S. N., were married. The
couple had kept their plans secret and
only members of their immediate fam
ilies were present at the ceremony.
Miss Swift was formerly engaged to
Harry D. Storer, of Atlanta. They
were to have been married last Decem
ber, but after Storer arrived In Bos
ton for the wedding It was announced
that Miaa «*v.ift was 111 and that the
ceremony had been indefinitely post
poned.
On December 11 Paymaster Auld met
Dr. Edward Cowles, of Charleston, at
the naval hop and told him that he
was not welcome. The doctor said a
tew words in reply and a fight fol
lowed. Later on charges were preferred
by the doctor and his wife, and Auld
end Assistant Surgepn Robert were
court martialed. During the trial
It was rumored that an attachment ex
isted between the paymaster and Miss
Swift and that the breaking of her.
engagement to Storer was a factor in
the cause of the fight.
SULUN WIIH A rKISUN
RECORDJSjN DANGER
1. M. Curley, Congressman
Elect, of Massachusetts,
May Be Barred.
Washington. Nov. 23.—When James
M. Curley, of Boston, member-elect of
congress, comas to Washington his
right to sit as a member of congress
will be protested. This statement was
made by a republican member of the
Massachuoetts delegation who Is pre
pared to make a motion that the House
refuse to receive Curley as a member.
Curley served a sentence of one
month in the Boston house of correc
tion, having been convicted several
years ago on a charge that he imper
sonated others in civil service exami
nations. At the same time Thomas Cur
ley, not a relation, served a similar
sentence.
Shortly after Thomas Curley’s re
lease from the house of correction he
was elected to the Massachusetts
legislature, which body refused to re
ceive him as a member. James Curley
has served several terms as a member
of the board of aldermen In Boston,
no protest against Ills service .7? the
body having been made.
BODY AND WAGON PARTS
ON PILOT OF AN ENGINE
Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 23.—When the
Philadelphia Express, eastbound on
the Pennsylvania railroad, came into
the station in this city early today It
carried on the pilot the body of a
man, a wagon wheel and the seat of
a wagon, all unknown to the engine
crew.
Later it was found the victim war
Michael Tort, aged 70, a junk < . aL :
of this city, and that lie bail n<
struck at a grade crossing t,
west of the station.
SUFFRAGES CHOOSE
PRISON FOR THEIRS
They Are Given the Alternative
of Fine or Jail and All Ta,ke
Jail.
London, Nov. 26.—All the suffragetat
who were charged with * assault and
the wilful damage of property as a re
sult of their rioting of the last few days
were found guilty in the Bow Street
police court today, and sentenced to
pay finest of $10 or $25 or to spend
two weeks or a month in Jail, accord
ing to the seriousness of their offense.
All of the prisoners elected to go to
Jail.
London, Nov. 26.—Therioting of the
suffragets yesterday, which began with
an assault on Premier Asquith, con
‘tinued throughout the night. Driven
from one district so many of the wo
men as escaped would gather at an
other point and renew the battle.
Advancing under cover of the fog
at 2:30 o’clock this morning, a militant
hand circumvented the police and
stormed the Asquith residence in
Downing street. They hurled stones
and metal weights at the house, break
ing the glass in ail of the lower win
dows. Earlier in the night the women
■smashed the windows in the homes of
ISir Edward Grey, the foreign secre
tary; Lewis Harcourt, secretary of
fstate for the colonies, and Winston
[Spencer Churchill, the home secretary.
One Victim Badly Injured.
Augustine Birrell, the veteran chief
secretary for Ireland, was the victim
jof the most vicious and serious assault,
j As the result of injuries from Wows
and kicks the aged statesman is today
confined to his bed and under the care
of physicians. He has been compelled
to cancel all immediate private and of
ficial engagements.
Mr. Birrell was making his way on
I foot through St. James park to the
lAtheneum club, when he was set upon
[by the women and soundly beaten. Po
llicemen rescued him and helped him
ito a motor car in which he was taken.
I hoe.
! One hundred and fifty-six women and
[two men, who took part in yesterday's
[riot, were arraigned in the Bow street
[police court today. At the direction of
Home Secretary Churchill those
charged merely with obstruction were
discharged. The others, against whom
complaints of assault and wilful dam
age of property have been made, were
returned to jail to he held for sentence
later.
Most of the women prisoners ap
peared In court carrying bags contain
ing a change of clothes, hopeful of the
glory of martyrdom in jail. Some
brought their knitting and, plying their
needles busily during the proceedings,
gTeatly amused the spectators.
Among those held for punishment
was Mrs. Haverfield, daughter of Lord
Abinger. %vho, according to the testi
mony introduced, had promised to
bring a revolver with her on the oc
casion of the next suffraget demonstra
tion.
News Brevities
LEAVENWORTH, KAN.—A few
minutes after he had been relieved as
agent of the Chicago & Great West
ern railroad here yesterday. J. O. Butz
committed suicide by drinking carbolic
acid. Railroad officials state that an
examination of Butz accounts show
them to be correct. A month ago ho
voluntarily resigned and prepared to
go to Red Lodge, Mont., to become
agent for the Great Northern. Butz is
survived by a widow. Ho was 40
years old. He lived in South Dakota,
coming here four years ago.
CLEVELAND, OHIO.—Charles A.
Sandals and Albert S. Griffin, conduct
tile firm name of Sandais, Griffin
& Co., were arrested by postofflee
inspectors yesterday afternoon charged
with using th6 mails to defraud.
The two men have been engaged
in selling stock in the Sterling
Oil company, capitalized at $5,000,000,
and supposed to own large oil fields
in Oklahoma. This stock, sold prin
cipally to farmers in northern Ohio, ,
was represented, it is charged, as an
investment which would return 50 per
cent.
WASHINGTON.—President Taft re
turned to Washington last night after
having stopped a day at Richmond, Va.,
on his way from the isthmus of Pan
ama. The president announced soon
after his arrival that he would make
no engagements In the next five days.
In that time he hopes to have his mes
sage to congress completed. Only cab
inet officers and others with whom the
president desires to consult regarding
his message will be formally received
at the White House. The document will
be ready either the night of the 2Sth or
early on the 29th.
-I .‘UU L XX, I. «-UD MX lAlUIIMf
| Rritt Russell and J. F. Bartlum, lead
, ling members of the joint advisory board
of the cigar workers of Tampa, were
;found guilty last night of conspiring to
•prevent cigar workers from returning
!tb work and of "intimidating cigar
(workers in defiance of law and order."
The three leaders were tried cm a spe
cific charge of intimidating and pve
'venting by force two wrapper selectors
"from returning to work. The defense
Imoved for a new trial. The motion
will be argued Monday.
SAN FRANCISCO.—The district
court of appeals of the First district «r
sustalned yesterday the conviction of
Abraham Ruef, former political boss of
this city, charged with having bribed
supervisors, and denied him a new trial.
The decison is contained in 46 pages,
written by presiding Judge Cooper and
affirms the lower court on all points.
Ruef had been sentenced to 14 years’"
imprisonment and was at liberty on
bail. Ruef’s attorneys will be allowed
40 days in which to prepare an appeal
to the state supreme court.
SALEM, ORE.—Articles of incorpor
ation of the newly formed Washing
ton-Oregon Railroad and Navigation
company were filed here yesterday af
ternoon. The articles apply for a cor
poration with a capitalization of $50,
000,000 controlled by the Union Pacific.
The new corporation is authorized to
absorb all present and prospective line3
of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation,
company, the Oregon and Washington
railroad company, the Nortli Coast
Railroad company, and also many
smaller lines in the Pacific northwest.
IOWA COUPLE WED.
Hudson, S. D., Nov. 26.'—Miss Mar
garet Tuynman and Otto Coyer were
married at the home of the bride's par
ents, in Sioux township. Sioux county,
Iowa, last week, Wednesday. Rev.
Travis, of Rock Valley, officiating. Roth
bride and groom grew up in this vicin
ity and are popular young people. They
went right to housekeeping on one of
the farms owned by the groom’s fath
er in Sioux township.
The per capita of money in the coun
try is larger than in any other, save
ori \ France, and amounts to Sis for
ce., h of our 8,00b on"