The O’Neill Frontier
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher,
O'NEILL,_ NEBRASKA
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If one of the difficulties of learning
Bemoan Is that each noble has a pri
vate dialect of his own. the difficulty Is
patched by a linguistic complication In
Certain other parts of Polynesia. In
the Gilbert islands the men and the
women speak literally a different lan
guage. The difficulty of mutual Inter
course Is overcome by making the
women use the masculine tongue when
talking to the men. Among themselves
It is taboo. And the men do not trou
ble their heads about the other.
It Is not often a woman becomes ■
•ollege dean when she still Is willing to
ton her age. but Mary L. Reilly, Just
put at the head of the Catholic uni
versity summer school In Washington,
smilingly confessed to 25 years. Her
appointment Is a tribute to her pluck
In winning a way through Smith col
lege when practically her only resourc
te were determination and brains. By
turning her hand in vacation times, to
whatever offjfred, she was able to keep
on with her studies, and despite diffi
culties baa reached her goal.
Scientific research has disclosed that
Cleopatra was the first woman to wear
a hobble skirt. Hieroglyphics on the
newly excavated building blocks ir
Egypt show the famous queen in a
town drawn so tightly about her ankles
that one wonders how she valked at
Ml. The theory that Cleopatra commit
ted suicide because Octnvla sported a
hobble skirt tighter than hers Is oputi to
lebate. Anyway, Cleo created the role
?f a hobbler.
A quaint old superstition In Iceland
Is that every bride must Invite all her
friends to a dinner In her own home,
and every article of food must be pre
pared by the bride herself. If she Is
successful In pleasing her guests, she
not only receives praise for her own
skill, but helps along her younger
sisters, who are then assumed to be
equally good at cooking, and conse
quently have a much better chance of
getting married.
The board of health of the Rtate of
Washington Is stirred by the presence
of the bubonic plague In Spokane, where
three deaths are attributed to it, and
there are said to be at present sixteen
cases of the real thing. Houses in
which deaths have occurred have been
burned, and drastic measures will be
employed to check the trouble. It Is
asserted that somo cases early diag
nosed as grip and pneumonia really
represented the plague.
Besides the creation of a council of
state, the draft of a revised constitu
tion, submitted to the Greek assembly
pnrmltB foreigners to enter the govern
ment service, makes primary educa
tion compulsory, reduces the number of
deputies to 110, gives Judges tenure of
office for life, and curtails the right
of the king to adjourn the assembly
without Its own consent.
The suggestion lias been advanced by
l'resident Crooks, of Albany college,
Oregon, that there should be erected In
San Francisco, fronting the Golden
Gate, a statue or some memorial to
Balboa, the discoverer of the Pacific.
.Balboa ftrst sighted the waters of the
Partite on September 25, 1518. On Sep
tember 18, 1918, there will occur the
400tl» anniversary of the discovery.
The beat oranges on the European
market are from the land which Is
■and, yet fetches now the highest price
for orange culture. There is a Jesting
phrase among Jewish colonists as to
Palestine fertility: “If you but stick
an umbrella In the soil you will next
year get a crop of them.” The orange
trees bear fruit two months before
those of Italy and Spain.
Mrs. Louise C. Jones, one of the four
women members of the legislature of
Colorado, has Introduced a bill to pre
vent corrupt practices In elections. It
(provides that persons convicted of
.crimes against the ballot of felony de
gree shall be disfranchised for a term
lof live years in addition to tho punish
ment prescribed by the existing laws.
The government Intends to sow
broadcast ovtr the mountains of Colo
rado, Wyoming and South Dakota the
seed of native trees, and also the seed
of foreign trees—the Austrian pine,
Corsican pine, Scotch pine, Norway
(spruce, European larch and others.
(The seed has Veen shipped to tho see
jtlon In lots of from 50 to 200 pounds.
some pink pearls seem to change
,eolor something like watered silk. Such
• pearls when perfectly round and of line
color bring the rocks. Out of tNs Bulf
of California are plenty of pink or
conch pearls, but they seldom come In
good shapes and are really rod to pule
yellow, rather than pink, though some
are sometimes aa white as china.
A certain medical specialist was in
the habit of using a notebook to assist
'his memory. In the course of time
tils aged father died. The worthy doc-1
tor attended the funeral as chief mour
ned with due solemnity. At the close
he waa observed to draw out a note
book and cross out the words, "Mem.:
'Bury father."
A company has patents covering a
rope made of several strands of paper
covered galvanized steel wire. The rope
thus produced is strong, tough and
flexible, suitable for clothes lines and
such uses. It is claimed that a rope
of this kind will withstand the action
of the weather 50 per cent longer than
cotton.
In France the operators of aeroplanes
|are held responsible for damage done
Ito persons or property when coming
ito the earth. In two cases such oper
ators have been found guilty of lioml
•elde and punished, although the pun
ishment was not as great us that for
other forms of the same crime.
By recent changes made In the design
of the motorcycle its nppearnnee Is
greatly Improved by making use of the
lubes of the frame for the storage ot
• many of the parts which are now hung
ito It. For this purpose It Is necessary
jto make the tubing a trifle heavier.
The students of the Nebraska state
• university have refused to take part
• in an Interclass debate on woman suf
frage. Both teams In sending In their
refusals, declared that "the equal fran
chise question has but one side. There
Is no negative.”
It Is proposed to manufacture papet
(from pulped blue-gum timber. Tests
have been carried out at Kngltsh paper
mills, and are said to give a product
i equal to that made from African es
| parto grass. _ _
Irrigation projects are receiving sen.
(Ous government attention in Brazil,
• particularly In the northern states, with
• their total Irrigable urea of 500,001
acres and their 2,000.000 people.
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Only I per cent, of the cablegram!
sent over seas are concerned wttl
(family or private matters. The rest
Jsee or merolal, journalistic or official
EXPERTS OF THE LAW
LABOR TO UNTANGLE
LAWMAKERS’ BLUNDER
Conflict Found In Bills Provid.
ing for the Election of
Local Assessors.
Lincoln, Neb., May 1.—While Attor
ney General Grant Martin was verify
ing the report that the last legislature
passed two conflicting bills relating to
the date of the election of precinct as
sessors, the commission appointed by
Governor Aldrich to revise the statutes
was holding a meeting in the state
house for the purpose of pounding some
sense Into the laws enacted by past leg
islatures.
The attorney general, as a report of
his Investigation of enrolled bills, said
H. R. 168. which was draWn for the
purpose of amending the election laws
so as to extend the term of county as
sessors one year, provides that precinct
assessors shall be elected In the year
1909 and every two years thereafter.
He finds that H. R. 184, a bill amending
the revenue law for the purpose of ex
tending the term of the county assess
ors one year and making amendments
to the method* of assessing property,
provides that precinct assessors shall
be elected In the year 1912 and every
two years thereafter.
The two laws conflict as to the time
of the election of precinct assessors
and the attorney general has not yet
decided which law is to govern. H. R»
184, providing for the election of pre
cinct assessors in the year 1912 was
passed one day later than the other I
bill, which provides In reality for the! I
election In the year 1911. H. R. 184
passed with the emergency clause and
is now In effect, while the other law
will go Into effect July 7.
It Is evident that the legislature first
Intended to pass an act extending the
term of county assesors and that It I
made the change In the time of the I
election of that officer, but failed to
make any. change In the term of office
of precinct assessors. Later, but only
one day later, the legislature passed an
other act declaring that the precinct
assessor shall be elected every two
years in the odd numbered years. Tho
passage of H. R. 184 carried with It an
other new provision permitting precinct .
assessors to be eligible to two consecu
tive terms of two years each.
Some attorneys believe the $20,000
appropriated by the legislature for re
vision of the statutes will be money
thrown away, because every recurring1
legislature will do Its part toward
balling up the statutes and soon they
will be as conflicting as before th«
revision.
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DEN OF GENUINE PANTHERS
FOUND BY CASS RANCHER
Lincoln, Neb., May 1.—North Amer
ican panthers In Nebruska!
This statement may startle you, but
nevertheless It Is true. A den with 10
little kittens cuddled up together has
been found on the ranch of H. T.
Richards, a few miles west of South
Bend, In Cass county.
While Mr. Richards and a few of his
men were working on the ranch they,
noticed an opening In the side of a
canyon. After enlarging It one of the
men. Grover Otte, entered. Back in
the cave 10 or 12 feet he found the 10
kittens. When one of them wan brought
to the entrance it was found to be a
baby panther.
Mr. Otte Is now domesticating the
kittens at his home. They are only a
few days old and have not yet opened
their eyes. The stripes and spots on
each one are very similar and it Is dif
ficult to tell one from another.
After the den had been found several
of the men on the ranch waited for the
return of the mother panther. Their
watch was In vain. Since the discov
ery of the kittens neither of the parent
animals have been seen.
It Is not known how the panthers
happened to locate In CaBs county. For
several months a strange animal has
been seen at a distance in the vicinity
of South Bend. Those who reported
that they had seen a panther were rid
iculed.
However, the farmers living In the
neighborhood of the den have com
plained about *ho mysterious disap
pearance of suckling pigs, lambs and
fowl. According to reports, a number
of hen roosts have sultered greatly in
the last few months.
Those who have seen the kittens are
certain that they are of the North
American speclea
Mr. Richards, the owner of the ranch,
lives in this city.
FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL WINS
OVER WEEPING WATER YOUTHS
Fremont Neb., May 1.—Fremont
high school won from Weeping Wuter
In the debate held here last evening
and will be represented at the Lincoln
contest. The nuval question was de
bated.
Fremont had the affirmative, the
speakers being Clarence Etdam, Harvey
Johnson and Gus Marqunrdt. The
Weeping Water speaktRs were Olive
Fowler, Aaron Ruuth and Mabel Mur
tey. The Judges were Professor Cald
well and Professor Sheldon, of the state
university, amt Professor Wells, of
Nebraska Wesleyan university.
The debate was heid In the high
school auditorium, which was crowded
with enthusiastic Fremonters.
STEEL TRUST BUYS A
PACIFIC COAST PLANT
San Francisco, May l.—The Call re
ports today that the sate of the Rls
don Iron works In this city to the
United States Steel corporation has
been virtually completed. At the same
time the report states, the corporation
has acquired more than 14 blocks of
land adjoining the Rlsdon works and
a half mile of water front at tho
southern end of the city. These pur
chases are said to have cost the cor
poration a total of J2.250.000.
Important extensions are planned,
says the Call and in connection with
the new works iron ore deposits in the
hills ot California are to be developed.
ON THE PEACE'COURT.
The Hague. May 1.—Dellsario Por
ras. minister of Panama to the United
States, has been appointed by bis gov
ernment a member of the permanent
court of arbitration.
TWO SHIPS LOST?
London. May l.—The Lloyds agent
»t Con uhlan. Spain, today reported
that two steamships has been lost
off Cape Vllano. a promontory at the
northwestern extremity of the Spanish
peninsula. One of them Is the Italian
ship F. S. Clam pa, which was bound
from Penarth. Wales, for Genoa, with a
cargo of coal. The Identity of th#
other ship Is not known.
PREMIER SAILS.
St. Joins, N. l\. Ma . 1. -Premier
Morris anil Mrs. Morris left St. Johns
today for New York, from which port
they will suit for England next
ELUDING PEN WITH
MARRIAGE YEGGMAN
AGAIN IN DURANCE
Man Arrested at Omaha
Charged With Bank Robbery
and Dynamiting In Kansas.
Omaha. Neb., April 29.—Capture in
Omaha, the scene of a crime romance
which saved the marrying robber from
prison, has closed the active career of
Charles McKenzie, held hers for the
robbery of a bank at Hudson, Kan.,
and shooting a watchman.
McKenzie was arrested by George
Emery, special officer of the Omaha
police force, after the fugitive had
been shadowed into the city by a de
tective employed by the American
Bankers’ association.
Sheriff Cline yesterday obtained a
requisition for McKenzie and is ex
pected to call for the prisoner some
time today.
McKenzie was a police character in
Omaha for several years. He was ar
rested here February 21. 1907, by Don
ahue and Heitfeld, detectives, for the,
robbery of the home of Henry Neu
mann.
Successful prosecution of the pris
oner was under way when Miss Grace
Neumann, daughter of the prosecuting
witness, visited McKenzie in jail and
became enamoured of him.
Secretly and without the father’s'
knowledge, Miss Neumann married
McKenzie in jail while his case for
grand larceny was pending. She forced
her father to a dismissal of the case.
The marriage, according to reports
In the hands of the police, was far
from happy. McKenzie and his
strangely-won bride left Omaha and,
Henry Neumann moved away. Until
he was arrested here Tuesday the
Omaha officers had heard nothing of
McKenzie.
McKenzie was arrested for the rob
bery of the Neumann home when he
appeared at a pawnshop in the pres
ence of detectives and attempted to
dispose of a valuable collection of
gems. They held him in jail without
a charge until a complaint came in.
The valuables were found to have
been those taken from the Neumann
home.
A message received by the police
here indicates that Max Rice, night
watchman at the bank in Hudson,
robbed by McKenzie, has died from
his injuries. Thus a charge of murder
and robbery both stand against the
prisoner, and Sheriff Cline, of Topeka,
has obtained requisition papers to
take him back to answer to that
charge.
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DEATH OF PIONEER WOMAN.
Lyons, Neb.. April 29.—Mrs. Mary
IJeman, aged a little over 76, died very
unexpectedly Tuesday night of heart
failure and was buried today at the
home cemetery near Decatur. Her
maiden name was Behrens, and she |
was born In Mechlenberg, Germany,
and emigrated to America at the ago
of 16, She married Frederick Deman
in Illinois, and later came to Iowa and
on to Nebraska, arriving at Decatur,
where they have lived on a farm ever
since. They have four children, Frank
J. Deman, of Lyons, A. H. Deman, of
Tekamah, Mrs. Lizzie Richards and L.
H. Deman, of Decatur.
ROOSEVELT BOOM IS
BEING TALKED AGAIN
Many Republican Leaders Think
His Nomination Necessary
to Save Party.
Washington, April 29.—That a
strong movement is on to force the re
nomination of Colonel Theodore Roose
velt for president In 1912 is the highly
interesting information that has de
veloped here.
Back of this movement are some of
the leading republicans in gongress.
As yet it has not taken organized
form. But within recent days Colonel
Roosevelt has been consulted about it
by men high in the councils of the re
publican party.
It is declared that Colonel Roosevelt*
though refusing to get Into the race
and become an avowed candidate for
the republican nomination, would re
gard a nomination by the republican
party as a call to duty and he would
not shrink from it.
That some of the leading progressives
in congress and some of the leading
regulars as well want Colonel Roose
velt to be the nominee Is positively
known. They say he alone can save
the republican party In 1912 from q
sweeping defeat.
NEBRASKANS MUST
SERVE JAIL TERMS.
President Taft Refuses to Par.
don Four Convicted Wealthy
Cattlemen.
Washington, April 29.—President
Taft refused to pardon Bartlett Rich
ards. William G. Comstock, Charles C.
Jameson and Acqullla Triplett today,
four wealthy Nebraska cattlemen, who
have been convicted of conspiracy to
defraud the government of grazing
lands along the Wyoming border.
The men are owners of the Nebraska
Land & Feeding company with prin
cipal offices at Ellsworth, Neb. The
evidence at the trial showed they had
fraudulently Induced homesteaders to
claim thousands of acres of land which
were later turned over to the company
for grazing. Richards and Comstock
were sentenced to a year and Jameson
and Triplett to six months.
In a talk before a circle of mothers,
Mrs. Nan Deneon. of the Milwaukee
children's hospital, urged mothers not
to shake their babies. "Let 'em cry,”
she said. "It does ’em good."
BIG PRICE PAID.
Ntw York, April 29.—A first edition
of Thomas Gray’s "Elegy Wrote In a
Country Churchyard," which sold in
Peternoster row In London for 6 pence
In 1751, brought $4,500 at last night's
session of the Hoe library auction sules.
It was the top notch o, the day and
was paid by a New York dealer. By
way of contrast, a book nearly 300
years older, the "First Principles of
Euclid." having the first continuous
series of geometric Illustrations ever
printed, went under the hammer for
only $4.50. The lotal sales last night
j had passed the $.150,000 mark
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YORK, NEB.—S. B. Christian has
sold his bank stock in the Farmers and
Merchants bank, and also his residence,
to J. R. McCloud, and for the present
will retire from business.
ATKINSON, NEB.—While Rev. Jos
eph Angell attended the meeting of the
Niobrara presbytery at Wayne, Mrs.
Angell took her husband's place in the
pulpit for two Sundays.
LINCOLN, NEB.—Governor Aldrich
will reappoint as a board of control
the present three trustees of the school
for dependent children in Lincoln. The
members are A. L. Weatherly, the Rev.
H. H. Harmon and Dr. P. E. Hall.
TECUMSEH, NEB.—Simeon Hud
son, now of Reading, la, sent up from
here for forgery and paroled when
he became blind a year later, writes
a friend that he is about to publish a
book on prison life.
M'COOK, NEB.—Will H. Peters was
arrested as he was about to leave the
city on the midnight train, charged
with forgery. He was remanded to
the county jail for trial at the next
term of district court.
LINCOLN, NEB.—Twenty-eight
hundred of the 4,476 wolf bounty war
rants made out in the auditor's office
have been mailed to claimants. The
entire drain on the state treasury will
be a few hundred dollars less than the
629.000 appropriated for this purpose.
LYONS, NEB.—Game Warden Hyers
and Deputy Sterile Peterson arrested
two Italians here for violating the
game law—they were caught hunting.
A fine of 620 each was imposed. They
tried to get some persons who were
seining for fish, but the offenders could
not be identified.
FREMONT, NEB.—Street Commis
sioner Fletcher has decided to do some
experimenting in the construction of the
sand-clay streets. The government
'claims that this mixture makes a fine
surface. Mr. Fletcher will have several
hundred loads of clay hauled to the
sandy streets in the south part of
the city.
NORFOLK, NEB.—The committee
collecting for the Y. M. C. A. building
reports that the pledges are being paid
as well as they expected. The exterior
bf the building has been completed, ffi.
M. Huntington, one of the executive
(committee, declares it will cost about
1611.000 to complete the interior. About
(61,000 will furnish it.
ANSELMO NEB.—At the special
election held here Tuesday, the citizens
ivoted on a 610,000 bond proposition,
'67,600 for water works system, and
42,500 for ♦lectric lights. The bonds
were carried by a large majority. The
citizens who lost their places of busi
ness from the recent fire will now
start to build at once.
NORFOLK. NEB. — Dill Arnatas,
aged 45, a Greek section man on the
Northwestern, was killed two miles
(each of Battle Creek by a passenger
train. The man did not get off the
'track when he saw the train coming,
luntil the locomotive was nearly on him.
Then he dropped his shovel and return
ed to get it.
ALMA, NEB.—The bank robbers who
attempted to loot the bank of Ragan
are still at large. After breaking open
(the bank they did not enter, but
abandoned the attempt to blow the safe,
stole a horse and a buggy of a nearby
farmer and went in a southeasterly
drection towards the Kansas line.
Sheriff Carroll is still In pursuit.
HASTINGS, NEB.—Harry Palmer,
charged with the murder of his wife,
was bound over without bail. When
brought into court he swore the same
coat he had on at the time of the
shooting and the hole made by the bul- I
let fired with suicidal intent was plain- I
ly visible. He almost tottered until
the ordeal was over. It was with evi
dent effort that he pleaded not guilty;
NORFOLK, NEB.—Two prominent
elevator men representing concerns
who control about 200 elevators in the
state were in the city and announced
that grain Is being held all over the
state for higher prices. One, represent
ing a concern controlling 44 elevators,
says not a carload of grain was
bought Saturday for any of the ele
vators.
WEST POINT, NEB.—The livery
barn of Henry Ickmr.n and the garage
of C. C. Stahl, adjoining, were de
stroyed by tire, only the walls being
left standing. The cause was the ex
plosion of a can of gasoline. Two au
tomobiles were destroyed. The horses
were gotten out in time. Partiul in
surance was carried.
BEATRICE, NEB.—A valuable horse,
lost from a moving train, caused some
consternation among trainmen on the
Wymore-Beatrice run. A train left
Beatrice carrying u stallion loaded in
a freight car. At Dewitt the animal
was missing. It is supposed the car
was either left unsealed or was opened
by some unauthorized person. The
snimal was later found near the track
unhurt.
BROKEN BOW. NEB.—Joseph
Booth, a fanner living west of town.
Is looking for the slayer of a valuable
horse that belonged to him. When
Booth discovered the body of the ani
mal In his pasture, he found that a
hole had been blown clear through the
animal, presumably by a slug fired
from a heavy shotgun at short range.
GRAND ISLAND. NEB.—The three
suspected bank robbers caught in the
undergrowth along the Platte river
ifter a chase by several posses, are
still in the Hall county jail and may
oe kept here for safe keeping instead
>f being taken to Aurora, the county
teat of Hamilton county, in which the
crime was committed. One of the men
'ins been identified as Arthur Gray,
who served 10 years for robbing ti
Dank at Lyons.
WALTH1LL. NEB.—The newly
lected bourd of trustees organized by
applying the commission plan of gov
ernment to the control of village af
fairs for the ensuing year. Commis
sioner William Dietmer it given
streets, alleys and parks; Commission
er Noah Taylor, water works; Com
missioner William E. Anfln, electric
lights; Commissioner Harry L. Keefe,
law and order and cemetery; Commis
sioner John L. Irby, finance.
QOLUMBUS, NEB.—St. Louis ad
vices announce that Monday, May 8.
has been set for the trial of Dora E.
Ooxey, the former Columbus woman,
icqultted of a murder charge in St.
Louis a year ago, now held for trial
’or bigamy. The attorney for Mrs.
Doxey informed the court that his
Client is ill at her home in Tennessee
ind hardly thought she would be able
a appear for trial May 8.
STREET CAR STRIKE NOW
LOOMING IN QUAKlR CITY
Philadelphia. April 28.—An important
jreneral meeting of division -477 of the
Amalgamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Workers will bo held
onight In the labor lyeeum, when
nethods to secure an Increase In wages
rom 23 to 2s cents an hour will be dls
■usseil after the executive board sub
nils its report. C. O. Pratt and P. J.
Iheu. members of the InternatiuniU
jourii will be in attendance.
KIDNAPERS BUNGLE
IN EFFORT TO PAT
CROW OMAHA YOUTH
Bernard Smythe, Nearly Dead
From Drugs, Victim of
Masked Assailants.
Omaha, Neb.. April 2S.—Dazed and
staggering under the influence of chlor
oform, Bernard Smyth, 18 years of age
walked Into his honte after a thrilling
escape from kidnaping at 11 o’clock las*
night In fulfillment of the threats
of many blackmailing letters demand
ing high ransom from the boy’s father,
C. J. Smyth, former attorney genera'
of Nebraska, two masked men seized
the youth, while he was walking home
from a tennis club about 6 o’clock. The
tnen bound and gagged their victim,
threw him into a closed carriage anc^
took him to a deserted shack in a sub
urb of the city.
According to young Smyth's state
ment, one man departed saying he was
going to get Frances Hochstetler, the
16-year-old chum of Smyth, who also
had been threatened. While they were
left alone together, Smyth says, the re
maining kidnaper became drunk from
the fumes of chloroform he was admin
istering to his captive. At that junct
ure the young man broke away and
escaped to a street car line, from which
point he got home. Smyth is in a se
rious condition of nervous fright and
stupor and his narration of the adven
ture is incoherent.
The affair marks a startling climax
to a mystery which has alarmed the
city for three weeks. Letters demand
ing *2,000 on the boy and the Hochstet
ler girl have been persistent up to Sun
day, while detectives guarded both of
the threatened homes.
Another Black Hand Letter.
With an exacting and careful in
vestigation of the alleged kidnaping of
Bernard Smyth In progress, further
complication has been added to the al
ready confused tangle of doubt by the
receipt of yet another "black hand"
letter, addressed to C. J. Smyth, the
boy’s father.
The young man was examined by
the police and postoffice officials with
reference to his story of the kidnaping,
which he says took place Tuesday eve
ning. The officers are inclined to doubt
the story told by young Smyth. In
fact, they declare there is little doubt
but that Smyth, prompted by a desire
to appear the hero In the eyes of Miss
Frances Hochstetler, concocted the se
ries of letters and kidnaped himself.
Parents Credit Boy’s Story.
The parents of Smyth accept his
wierd tale as true. The receipt of the
last letter, is in the opinion of his fa
ther, absolute vindication of his son.
So positive is Mr, Smyth that the let
ter clears his son’s story of doubt, he
presented the facts bearing on its re
ceipt in rebuttal to the Implied charge
embodied in police statements.
This last letter was marked with a
time stamp Indicating its delivery at
the postoffice at 4 o’clock. It was de
livered to Mr. Smyth an hour later.
There Is nothing to show when or
where it had been mailed.
CRAZED BY SISTER’S SHAME
HURST SHOOTS UP COURT
Lincoln, Neb., April 28.—While dis
trict court was In session yesterday
evening and Just after his sister, on
the witness stand, accused Thomas
Hawkins as her betrayer, Grany
Hursh fired five shots from the rear
of the court room at the man named
by the young woman.
Three of the five shots went wild,
while the fourth and the fifth took ef
fect In the hip of Hawkins and In the
limb of Mrs. Hazel Rys, one of the
witnesses.
GIRL RESCUED FROM
GRAVEJNOLD WELL
Blood Bursts From Body of Her
Rescuer as He Is Lowered
by Heels.
Oriska, N. D., April 28.—To save
Miss Marie Smith from a watery
grave, H. R. Olson, of this town,
was lowered today, head downwards,
into a well 22 feet deep and only 18
Inches in diameter. The strain was so
great that blood burst through his
chest and arm. The girl was rescued,
barely alive.
Miss Smith fell into the well at the
rear of the Commercial house. Olson
hearing the shouts of persons who were
frantically racing around the well, of
fered to be lowered into the narrow
space. He tied a rope around his
ankles and began crawling down into
the well. ,
Bystanders seized the rope and slow
ly lowered him. When lie reached the
bottom he quickly seized her and
called to the five men above to pull.
Added to her weight of 160 pounds
was that of her drenched clothing, and
it took three men to pull the two over
the edge of the well.
MRS. CARROLL SPEAKS
AT CHILD CONFERENCE
Washington, April 28.—The relation
of the home to child welfare was the
general topic for discussion at today’s
session of the second international con
gress of mothers and parent-teacher
associations.
The program Included demonstrations
of play songs by a group of second
grade children of the local schools and
a number of papers on various phases
of the topic, among those to speak be
ing Mrs. George K. Johnson, president
of the Pennsylvania congress of moth
ers; Mrs. J. R. Little, president of the
Georgia congress; Mrs. B. F. Carroll,
president of the Iowa congress, and
Mrs. Robert Park, vice president of the
Massachusetts congress.
CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.
St. Petersburg, April 28.—Three cases
of suspected cholera were registered in
this city yesterday.
OPEN AIR EXERCISES
AT HARVARD THIS YEAR
Cambridge, Mass., April 28.—Harvard
university plans an Innovation in the
form of an open-air commencement
tills June. Memorial hall will be aban
doned on account of insufficient seating
space and outdoor seats and platform
erected in the quadrangle formed by
Saver, Kmerson and Robinson halls.
For a number of yearn even alumni of
Long Islanders have found it impossi
ble to secure seats. With the propooed
arrangement in force over 8.000 can b»
accommodated.
HARRINGTON STARTS
MOVEMENT TO ASSISI
FEDERAL COURT SEAT
O’Neill Attorney Draws Bill Pro.
viding for Increased Terms
for Northeast Nebraska.
Norfolk. Neb.. April 27.—A draft f
a measure which, if enacted in law by
congress, would make federal court at
Norfolk a reality instead of a tune,
has just been forwarded to Congress
man Latta at Washington by M. F.
Harrington, of O’Neill, and the people
of Norfolk, as well as those in the ter
ritory affected, wUi be vitally interest
ed in the bill’s progress. Mr. Harring
ton thinks that the people of Norfolk
should organize to help push the bill
through congress and the Norfolk
Commercial club will probably take up
the matter. Following is the text or
Mr. Harrington’s hitter explaining l hi
bill:
O’Neill. Neb.. April 24.—Hon. W X.
Huse, Norfolk, Neb.—Dear Sir: I enclose
rou a copy of bill which I am sending to
Hon. James P. Latta for introduction.
Norfolk should be interested in this
measure because it is affected more than
any other part of the state by the bill. At
Ihe present time there Is only one regular
term of federal court at Norfolk, and the
dalay Is so long that the tendency of law -
yers Is to settle everything anil get it
out of the way or change the same to the
Omaha division, where they have plenty
of court.
Two Terms Instead of One.
This bill provides for twd regular terms
instead of one at Norfolk. In addition to
this, it puts more counties in the Nor
folk division. For example: The way the
thing is now lined up, Platte county which
adjoins Madison on the south, is connected
with Omaha for federal court. The ab
surdity of this is plain. Of course, It was
lone &s a matter of favoritism and on re
quest of Senator Miller who was then in
the Senate. Boone county which is im
mediately west of Madison, has to go clear
through to Omaha to court. Wheeler
which Is still west of Boone, has to go to
Omaha. Cuming has to go to Omaha,
etc. I have tried to arrange the new di
visions fair to all. The only thing that the
proposed bill takes away from the Lincoln
district, is Hamilton county. That coun
ty adjoins Hall, where there Is a federal
court. The only reason why the people
of Hamilton county are required to go to
Lincoln to court Is because Senator Bur
kett wanted it so in the bill and it was
done accordingly.
More Equitable Division.
With the exception of taking this one
county away from Lincoln and taking sev
eral away from Omaha and giving them
to Norfolk, no other change Is made In the
boundaries of the different-divisions of the
state. I am sure tbat the boundaries as
fixed by this bill will meet the approval
of any fair minded man who simply desires
no favoritism for any citizen, but that the
courts shall be arranged for the conven
ience of the people and not the people
placed for the convenience of some courts
FORMER GAS MAN LEADS
IN MUNICIPAL CONTEST
Lincoln, Neb., April 21.—Local politics
in Lincoln is now at white heat. The
republicans and the democrats and the
wet and dry factions are holding meet
ings daily.
AH of the candidates for mayor and
excisemen have pledged themselves to
abide by tho referendum vote of the
saloon qustion. It is generally conced
ed that the drys will win hands down.
A straw vote on the candidates for
mayor shows that A. H. Armstrong,
the republican and business men's as
sociation candidate, to be leading Rob
ert Malone, democratic candidate, by
more than 100 votes, out of a total of
1,600. Leaders of both parties believe
that Armstrong will be elected by a
substantial majority.
Mr. Armstrong resigned a few weeks
ago from the presidency of the Lincoln
Gas company. A suit filed by the city
for dollar gas against the company is
now pending before the United States
court.
The city election wlli be held next
Tuesday.
MILLIONAIRE’S WIFE
GRANTED A DIVORCE
Woman of Omaha’s 400 Gives
Liberty From Galling Ties
of Wedlock.
Omaha, Neb., April 27.—Mrs. Frankie
Barton Millard, millionaire siciety
woman, was granted a divorce from
Will B. Millard by Judge Day, after
testimony to the effect that defendant
deserted her a number of years ago
had been given by the plaintiff and her
brother, I<. C. Barton.
Mrs. Millard was also granted the
custody of the three minor children,
Joseph H., aged 16; Henry Ray, aged
12, and Willard B. Millard, Jr., aged 10.
The husband was not present during
the trial. The Millards have not been
living together for more than four
years. There is no record of any finan
cial adjustment in the record of the
decree.
The plaintiff is the daughter of the
late Guy C. Barton, and the defendant
a son of former United States Senator
Joseph H. Millard.
WOMEN WILL PARADE
FOR BOOZE LESS TOWN
Lincoln, Neb., April 27.—In order to
»how their sentiment against the return
of saloons to Lincoln, the women of
this city and county are going to par
ade the streets of the capital city to
morrow afternoon.
Wagons, carriages and automobiles
tilled with women carrying appropriate .
banners will make up the parade. It Is "
expected that 200 vehicles and probably
1,000 women will participate.
In the carriage leading the procession
will be Mrs. C. H. Aldrich, wife of Gov
ernor Aldrich. In the second carriage
Mrs. W. J. Bryan will occupy a seat.
Many of the prominent women of the
city will have charge of the proces
sion.
"This is the only way the women
have to show their sentiment,’* said one
of the leaders, “and we are going to
take advantage of it."
The government institute for the pro
motion of the silk Industry is to bo
established by Italy.
PRESIDENT TAFT OFF
FOR NEW YORK VISIT
Washington. April 27.—President
Taft, accompanied by Secretary Hides
and Major A. W. Butt, left Washing
ton today for New York, where the
president is due to arrive at S o'clock.
The president has 11 engagements. In
cluding the banquet of the Associated
press and the American Newspaper
Publishers' association and the dinner
of the Hungarian Republican club.