mra1111 i ■■ r- t*— The 0,Neill Fronti^T D. H. CRONIN, Publisher, O’NEILL, NEBRASKA Calvary Episcopal church has Just coma Into possession of a rare ami valuable memento. This Is a large white stone taken from the central tower of the world famous Canterbury cathedral, England. The stone has been set In the west wall of Calvary This stono was placed In tho tower of Canterbury cathedral In 1480 when some repair work and altera tions were being mad© and remained there until a year or so ago, when a portion of the tower was tom down to be replaced by modern work made necessary by the ravages of time and tho elements. The stone Is quite an ordinary piece of masonry, simply a block of sandstone cut from a famous quarry In France. It Is very white and clean looking and measures possibly two feet each way. Up In the Cobalt mining district of Canada, Just eight miles south of the new mining town called Cobalt, at Rngged Chutes, on the Montreal river, Is on extraordinary power plant from which more than 6,000-horse power In compressed air is gained by making, capturing and confining air bubbles. It Is the largest natural air compressor plant In the world, the compression be ing effected by the direct action of fall ing water, trapping particlos of air In its descent and ufterwards liberating them In a confined chamber under pres sure. i Miss Dennis Martin and Miss Gladys Martin, twin sisters, of Eldorado Springs, Mo., have made the highest grade made in the University of Mis souri during the last four years. They tied on an average grado of 97.8 and headed, the list of five seniors to be elected to tho Phi Beta Kappa. The girls are In their 20th year and dur ing the four year* they havo been students In the university they have Invariably made the same gnide, though they never study together and ■seldom 'receive each other’s help. Major Henry L. Hlgglnson. In a let ter to tho Boston papers thanks tho ■women for taking off their hats at the concert of the symphony orchestra. 'It may not bo amiss,” ho adds, “to remind the ladles that many men are bald and suffer from unavoidable drafts, but do not wear their hats Per haps the ladles will draw comfort from the fact that their hair, hereafter to be In view, Is at the worst more attractive than their hats, and Is often beautiful.” Walters In Paris cafes have to be capable walkers. The proprietor of a boulevard cafe gave some of his wait ers a pedometer, a» after shooting Miss Hattie Cp llnger and beating the girl's mother Mrs. Augusta Uplinger, with a ham mer. Both women are in a critical condition at a hospital. Wiers had been paying attention to Miss Fplinger for two years and was Jealous because she went out with an other escort. GENERAL CHRISTMAS IS HOLDING HONDURAN CITY Puerto Cortez, Honduras Feb «— > Via Wireless New Orleans,' Feb ’ 4 )— General Lee Christmas, the revolution ■ ary military leader, arrived here today i with part of the forces to take over I the administration of this city, evacuat ' ed several days ago by the government forces and held by the international j troops pending tire arrival of the rcvo ! lutionists. Puerto Cort.is the most important port c.i the Atlantic coast of Hon duras « NEBRASKA GOUN ' OPTiONJNJA ANGE Bartling, of Oto, Holds Key to Situation and Refuses to Speak. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 4.—Sponsors of county option In Nebraska received a| severe set back today. Since the last election the passage) of a county option law In the senate] has hinged on. the vote of Bartling of Otoe county. Just how he Is going to vote has b un a question. During the I campaign lie was not openly pledged either way. This morning several members of the county option forces called on the Otoe bounty senator to ascertain his atti tude. While the conversation was bt - hind closed doors it was afterwards hinted that Bartling did not give his callers any consolation. It is generally believed in state house circles that ho as much as said that he was against the proposed law. As matters now stand In the senate It will be Impossible to pass a county option law at this session. In the bouse a bill providing for the establishment of an agricultural college In southwestern Nebraska created an other furor. Eastman, Its author, wantedj It reconsidered. His motion was tabled by a vote of 40 to 37. The bill will] probably not be taken up again at' this session. News Briefs of the Northwest ELDORA, IA.—Alfred Roach has been arrested in Utah on a charge of deserting his wife, who lives here. RANDOLPH. NEB.—Hotel Eoughn, of this pluce, has been sold by J. W. Turner to A, H. Mesmore, of Omaha. DUBUQUE, IA.—Joseph Ott has se cured a verdict of $2,000 against the Telegraph-Herald on a charge of libel. LYONS, NEB.—The 20th annual Bession of the Burt county farmers’ In stitute will be held here beginning Mon day of next week. PIPESTONE, MINN.—Plans are be ing made for a farmers' Institute to be held in Pipestone February 15 and 16. The Commercial club will assist the state agricultural department in mak ing arrangements. PIPESTONE, MINN.—Rev. Henry Snyder, for several years pastor of the Presbyterian church at Woodstock, has accepted a (tail from the First Presby terian church at Mitchell, S. I)., and will take up the work in his new Held' next Sunday. POISONER TELLS HIS METHODSTO JURORS Russian Assassin Secured Dis ease Germs From a Veterin ary Laboratory. St. Petersburg, Feb. 4.—Dr. Panfr rhenko. whose specialty, he admits, has been the removal by poisoning of’ un desirable relatives and enemies of those who could pay his fee, told at today's session of the murder trial of how he secured Ills Instruments of death. The udmissions were brought out in connection with the testimony of medical witnesses. Pantchenko, in common with Count O'Brien De Lassy, is charged with the murder of De Lassy’s brotherinlaw, Count Vasslll Bouturlin, the heir to several million, which, it Is alleged, Do Lassy coveted for his wife. The doc tor has confessed that Bouturlin was the most recent of some 40 victims. Dr. Henrlch, a veterinarian employed at the pest laboratory in Kronstadt, testified that the prisoner twice visited the laboratory, where he obtained sev eral tube's of cholera ondo-toxine, which he represented were required for scientific purposes. At this point Pantchenko explained to the court that De Lassy had fur nished him with money for the trip to Kronstadt. STEEL TRUST MEN ARE CHARGED WITH FRAUD Dead Men Carried on Pay Rolls In Hammond Works, Is Accusation. Hammond. Ind., Feb. 4. — Charges (bat "dead men” were being carried on the pay rools of the United States Steel corporation, and the arrest of Charles Bloomfield. John Caldwell and Walter Thomas, time keepers, are be ing investigated by the superior court grand jury hero. The amount of the alleged peculations, it is said, will probably exceed $10,000. According to a Gary undertaker, Rade Zegarlc was dead and buried many months before bis name was stricken from the pay roll of the cor poration. It Is said tills is only one of many eases. ! WOMAN ARRESTED IN GRAVE ROBBERY CASE Danville, Ky„ Feb. 4.—Mrs Amanda Harrison, or Mrs. Gillmore ?he was also known, who is charp vith be ing one of tile persons wi ctempted to rob the grave of G. B. aufley in the Stanford cemetery lusi Monday night, was arrested in a remote sec tion of Casey county late last night. The warrant for her arrest was sworn to by a brother of Saufley. A young man is said to have assisted the woman in digging the body of Saufley from its grave. The casket was found above the ground, but the body hud not been disturbed. GAS EXPLOSION HELD TO BE PURE ACCIDENT New York. Feb. 4.—“An unavoidable accident” was the verdict of nine mera 'bers of the coroner's jury which has been hearing evidence on the cause of tho gas explosion in the New York Cen tral power house on December 19 last by which 13 persons lost their lives. “The explosion was due to the negli gence of companies in charge of the yards,” was the finding of the three other members of the Jury. NEBRASKA CUTS OFF DEBATE ON OPTION Both Sides Lined Up On Propo sition and Gag Is Applied. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 3.—The senate received a favorable report from its judiciary committee on the county option bill and without debate ordered it engrossed for third reading, pass ing over the discussion that ordinarily occurs in committee of the whole. Thus the gag is established on this bill in the senate and no debate can occur. The ostensible reason given for this action was that every member of tbs senate is committed one way or th« other and that there is no use in wast ing time in debate. A reason that i* ascribed on the side is that the one non-committal senator, Bartling, ot Otoe, is using his position with botf sides, thus securing almost what h* wants. Both sides want him to shov his hand before the final vote on hij Sunday baseball bill and no mattei which way he votes on county optioi he will reap the result in the vote 01 Sunday baseball. The house has wrestled with the bill to establish another agricultural school in the southwest with the sides even!; divided. The committee of the wholi recommended the measure for indefi nite postponement after much debat* and the house itself entered severa] calls of the house in an effort by tin friends of the bill to overcome a leaf of four votes the opponents of tin, bill had. The vote on test was 47 agains* and 43 for the bill. The lead could not be overcome and the bill wai killed. NEBRASKA BREWERS SUBMIT A SCHEME jNifty Proposition Would Lesser the Difficulty of Controlling Legislation. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 3.—Close students of Nebraska politics see a clever mov| on the part of the brewers behind s bill Introduced by Senator Volpp. Th« measure provides for four-year terinr for state senators. It also provides that their salaries be placed at $1,000 and that they be allowed traveling expense! to and from their homes each tim« the senate adjourns. By the provisions of the measure one-half of the pres ent quota of senators is to be elected at each regular election. There are 33 members in the upper house of the Nebraska state legislature! It is now figured out by the opponents of the brewery Interests that the lattei are very anxious to have the bill be come a law for the reason that it wquld be easier and less expensive for the brewers to elect a majority of H or 17 members than it would be to elecl 33, or the entire number of state sen ators. By having control of the sen ate the brewers can sidetrack any leg Islation that Is not favorable to their Interests. When the bill comes up for discus sion it is more than probable that a battle royal will ensue. It has been' hinted in circles of political wiseacres that Volpp may withdraw the bill be fore the crisis Is reached. I News Briefs of | the Northwest *—-- 1 WINNER, S. D.—State’s Attorney O’Hollaren and Sheriff Little have de clared war on the gambling joints of Tripp county, and will close them up and promise to keep them closed. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA.—Willie lackey, aged IT, met with an accident when he flew from a cliff here and his machine collided with a telephone pole His injuries are severe but not dan gerous. MADISON, S. D.—Relatives of WH ‘iam Brennan, who died in the police 6tation in this city, have been found at Jewell, la., and his remains were taker to that place for interment by a broth er residing there. WINFRED, S. Ik—H. K. Welling, for many years landlord of the Winfred hotel, recently underwent an operatior for blood poisoning in his foot, at tlie Madison hospital. Three toes from one of his feet were amputated in order to stop the spread of the disease. DEADWOOD, S. D.—Johnnie Bohl, a mere boy, of ttiis place, is believed So be tlie youngest telegraph operator In the state. Until a day or two age he had been a Western Union mes senger boy. but now lias been pro moted to night operator for the com pany. ARTESIAN, S. D.—A local barber nas been arrested on the charge ol disorderly conduct because he, in a spirit of fun, shaved half the head of Frank Ott. of this place, who is not mentally bright. Ott’s eyebrows were tlso shaved off. When Ott reached home his wife decided he was a fright, ind on her complaint the barber was Arrested on the charge stated. BARREL MYSTERY IS SOLVED AFTER YEARS Haselton, Pa.. Feb. 3.—According to •lues discovered today the victim o' the barrel murder mystery here time years ago was probably Miss Bertha Tarlow, who disappeared from V, eat Hasleton. She is said to have known She secrets of a black hand gang in this vicinity. The body of tile woman was hacked ind then jammed into a sugar bar rel that was set on tire on the Eber vale mountain, where the charred and jnrecognizable corpse was found by a miner. Only one shoe and a necklace remained Intact, but they furnished oo clue to the Identity of the victim, GRAVE R033ING CHARGE MADE AGAINST WOMAN Stanford, Ky., Feb. 3.—Sheriff Mc Cracken, of Lincoln, with the assis tance of the sheriff of Casey county, Alii lead a posse of officers in the jeareh for Mrs. Amanda Harrison, also known as Mrs. Gilmore, who is charged’ n a warrant with being one of the; khouls who attempted to rob the grave! >f George B. Suufley last Mondayi night. It is l>elieved she is with rela tives in Casey county. LORIMER IS GIVEN BODY BLOW WHEN ROOT MAKES TALK Speaker Declares That Com mittee's Probe Was Not Suf ficient and That Con clusion Is Wrong. Washington, Feb. 4. — That Senator Lorimer, of Illinois, holds his seal as the result of bribery, and on that ac count should not be permitted to con tinue In the Senate, was the conclu sion reached by Senator Ellhu Root, of New York, and announced by him In a speech In the Senate today. The New York senator held the un divided attention of his colleagues. Mr. ttoot’s position had been a question of fnuch speculation, and so high is the esteem in which his opinion Is held, fhat It is known some members of the Senate have held in abeyance their own opinion until they could hear from film. There was a large attendance of sen itors and the galleries were filled. Mr. Soot spoke without notes and In the nain his address consisted of a care ul analysis of the testimony taken by the committee. The argument was al most entirely legal. Committee at Fault. The speaker lost little time in indi cating the decision he had reached, which was entirely antagonistic to Mr. f,orlmer. He took the position that the Investigation committee had been at fault in permitting either the attorney for Mr. I.orimer or the attorney for the Chicago Tribune to direct its course in fhe matter of connecting Mr. Lortmer with the corruption of members of the Illinois legislature, but asserted that pven in the face of its fault in this re spect, the committee had obtained suf Hcient evidence effectually to taint and Invalidate the election. Citing the resolution under which the Inquiry was directed, Mr. Root said llie committee had failed to find the testimony sufficient to justify the con clusion that Mr. Igirimer’s seat had been rendered Invalid by the employ ment of corrupt methods or practices, i “It is fair to Infer,” he said, “that ihe committee was of the opinion that Corrupt methods and practices were re ported to, but that their legal effect Was not such as to invalidate Mr. Lori [ner’s election. This view is sustained by the testimony before us, and I re fret to say that after an examination Cf this testimony I am constrained- to lisagree with the members of the com mitfpe* ” Election Was a Disgrace. He expressed the opinion that both the state and country had been dis graced by the methods of the Lorimer flection. Not only did tho senator Iffer as to the conclusions, but as to le methods of the Senate committee, e did not believe the committee had •operly interpreted the scope of its structions, but felt that it had gone o far in interpreting the charges as a •ivate complaint by the Chicago Trib te. The committee should, he thought, ive borne in mind that the reputation, ;e honor, the purity and the author y of the Senate were involved. "When,” he asked, "did we entrust the guardianship of our honor and in tegrity to any newspaper or any man?" It was the dutv of the committee to Investigate whether corrupt methods tnd practices had been resorted to as lirected by the Senate and not to de :ide whether the Tribune had estab 'ished a case. "It was clearly shown." Mr. Root lontended, "that in following the lead ership of the Tribune the committee fiad failed to take advantage of any ppportunities to obtain testimony. Ave pue after avenue had been voluntarily Closed. One effect of the committee’s course was to create the feeling that this was a persecution ratner than a prosecution, and the speaker himself confessed to sharing the view the work was not one in which a newspaper might properly engage. Government involved. "I do not believe,” he said, "that a combination of the tremendous power qf a great paper should be combined with the work of a prosecutor, because I do not think that such a combina tion makes for justice. Rut this case Is not the case of the Tribune; it is the case of this government; It is the government of the United States that Is Involved.” At tliis juncture the first interrup tion occurred. It came from Mr. Payn ter, of Kentucky, a member of the pommittee, and a supporter of its views He asked the New York sen ator to Specify some of the witnesses tie would have called that were not pommoned at the instance of the Trib une. « -*< »ir. Root said he would have com pelled the attendance of the cashier of tho Holstlaw bank to show the finan cial operations conducted there in con nection with the alleged bribery; the "Yarbora brothers, who are supposed to have been present at some of the Interviews between Browne and White;” Governor Deneen and Speaker Shurtleff. "In regard to Governor Deneeij we were told that he could testify only In reference to the question of atmos pheres,’’ said Mr. Paynter. "Then,” responded Mr. Root, “you ere still following the Tribune as if that paper were the guardian of the Senate.” Admitting that Mr. Shurtleff had been called, Mr. Root said that his testimony had, been merely of a for mal character, whereas owing to the fact that he was closeted day and night with I.orimer he should have been questioned most carefully. VIIC UVIU6IIU6, Turning to the testimony before the Senate. Mr. Root undertook to show that even though incomplete it did not Justify the committee’s conclusions. Mr. Root told of a democratic mem ber of the Illinois legislature who ad mittedly had gone to Shurtleff’s rooms which were occupied by Mr. Lorimer, to arrange about federal patronage and rapidly passed to the connection of Leo O’Neill Browne with the case. This man was declared to be Mr. Lorimer's chief agent, "a fact which rests on the testimony of Browne him self, and is not the subject of dis pute," he said. The senator then under took to show that Browne had been Instrumental in procuring the 30 dem ocratic votes cast for Lorimer. Speaking of the action of the dem ocrats who followed the leadership ot Browne and voted for Lorimer, Senator Root said that if motives of patriotism were involved these motives “were locked in the bosoms of those demo crats and were not apparent to his party colleagues.” Describing the two meetings in St. Louis of Browne’s followers in south ern Illinois, about which it was testi fied that ut the first each member par ticipating was paid *1,000 and at the second meeting, hold on July 15, each was paid $900, Mr. Root said that that testimony of witnesses differed. I Washington SHERMAN BREAKS TIE TO AID SUBSIDY ACT Vice President Gives Casting Vote to Put Ship Graft Through Senate. Washington, eFb. 4. — For the first time In the history of the government the vice president of the United States [yesterday exercised his constitutional [prerogative of casting a vote to break itles in connection with three successive roll calls In the Senate. By the first he saved from impending defeat the ship subsidy bill, and by the third jforced an adjournment of the Senate jon a vote having direct bearing on the resolution looking to the election of senators by direct primary vote. : The vote on the subsidy bill, both in the committee of the whole and in the Senate proper, stood 39 ayes and 39, nays and on adjournment 37 ayes to 37 nays. On all three occasions the vice • president voted in the affirmative. Another notable occurrence in con nection with the vote on the subsidy bill was absence of the new dem ocratic senator from West Virginia, Clarence W. Watson, who had taken his seat early in the day as the sue-’ cessor to Senator Elldns. Mr. Watson was in the Senate cham ber for only a few' minutes during tha pession and voted on only one roll call. This vote w'as cast on an amendment bffered by Mr. Shively, of Indiana, reg ulating the aggregate expenditures pvhich may be made under the terms of the bill. In this provision the new[ West Virginia senator cast his vote lip the affirmative, thus Indicating his op position to the measure. After castinff1 this vote he disappeared, i After the final result became known the opponents of the bill, including all pf the democrats, realized Mr. Wat pon’s absence had prevented the defeat; Df the bill. He was the only democrat present at any of the roll calls whose vote was not cast against the meas ure. The two votes on the subsidy bill, which ware ties until the vice presi dent broke them, were as follow's: Yeas—Bradlqy, Brandegee, Briggs, JJurkett, Burham, Burrows, Carter, piark, of Wyoming; Crane, Cullorn, Curtis, Dick, Dillingham, Dixon, Du Pont, Flint. Frye, Gallinger, Guggen heim, Hale, Heyburn, Jones, Kean, I Lodge, Lorimer, Nelson, Nixon, Oliver,, Page, Penrose, Perkins, Piles, Root, Scott, Smoot, Stephenson, Warner, jWarrcn, Wetmore, all republicans. Total 39. V>-1. T-, Bristow, Brown, Burton, Crawford, Cummins, Gamble, Gronna, La Fol lette, McCumber, Smith, of Michigan; all republicans. Bacon, Bankhead, Chamberlain, Clarke, of Arkansas;1, Culbertson, Fletcher, Foster, Frazier, Johhston, Martin, Newland-, Overman, Owen, Paynter, Percy, Shively, Sim mons, Smith, of Maryland; Smith, ot South Carolina; Stone, Swanson, Tal iaferro, Taylor, Terrell, Thornton, Till man, democrats. Total 39. Eight senators were paired. Money with Young, Bailey with Bulkleiey, Gore with Depew, and Rayner with Richardson, Five senators, Aldrich, Clapp, Davis, Sutherland and Watson did not vote ■and were not paired. No sooner had the result on the sub sidy bill been announced than another sharp conflict was precipitated. Sen ators Nelson and Borah were both on their feet, but the former first ob tained recognition. "I move that the Senate take up the bill authorizing the leasing of coal lands in Alaska,” he said. “Is that motion subject to amend ment?” asked Mr, Borah. The result of the adoption of Mr, kelson’s motion would have been to give the Alaska bill the place of un finished business on the calendar which hal been vacated by the subsidy bill and Mr. Borah had counted on getting, that point of vantage for tho resolu tion providing for the election of sen ators by direct vote of the people. Evi dently he was somewhat discomfited by Mr. Nelson's move. “The motion is not amendable,” ruled the chair. There was an awkward predicament f and In an Instant the Senate was I thrown Into confusion. The situation, was relieved by a motion to adjourn, Offered by Senator Hale. Mr. Borah was not disposed to quit and he and, many of his followers voted against adjournment. "Tile vote is 37 to 37, a tie,” again said the vice president, and for the third time within 30 minutes ho cut the Gordian knot by casting his vote' tn the affirmative. As a result the Senate adjourned after an exciting day and in tho con sciousness that the conflict over the resolution for the direct election of senators had only been postponed. Washington, Feb. 4. — Senator La fayette Young lined up with Senator Gallinger and the rest of the maehino Senators in the voting late yesterday afternoon on ship subsidy. Senator Cummins voted against the subsidy measure. Mr. Cummins also voted for an amendment which would have ad mitted foreign built ships to American register}-, though excluding them from the coastwise trade. Senator Young’s name does not ap pear in the roll calls published in tho jay’s recordas voting. He was paired with Senator Money on the voting. Money would liav* voted against tho Subsidy bill apd thus Senator Young Is disclosed to have been paired for it. Progressives generally lined up ** igainst the bill, which was saved from iefeat only by Vice President Sher man casting the decisive vote three times to break the tie. Young Coming Home. Senator Young departed yesterday kftemoon. and it was impossible for Sim to be present at the final vote on Ihe ship subsidy, but by pairing for it. tie gave the bill in effect a vote Just is if he had been present, and by so (loing brought about tho passage of the bill. Senator Young was disturbed over reports from Iowa as to the progressive Vote being shifted so as to try out various candidates and is much wor ried whether the standpatters will stick to him. NOTED MUSICIAN DEAD. Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 4. — Jan Koert, well known musician and violin ist, died here last night. Although a hative of Holland, Mr. Koert had been long identified with music In America. Bis artistic career was one of distinc tion. MORAN AND MAXSON DRAW. New York, Feb. 4.—Frank Moran, of Pittsburg, and ’Dummy” Maxson of Brooklyn, last night fought 10 rounds to a draw in Brooklyn. Both are heavyweights. Moran knocked Mat ron down in tile first round for the 1 fount of nine.