Nebraska Newspapers

    The O'Neill Frontier
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher,
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
Making mention of the "fashion defy
ing women of America," who waged
war on plumage decoration*, Professor
Schillings has appealed to the German
women, through the Suddeutsche Mo
natshifi, to wear no millinery which
Includes plumes or feathers of any
kind. The responses Indorsing the call
came more quickly than Schillings ex
Kcted they would, and the first pub
hed list of “prominent women who
will not decorate themselves with
feathers” Includes the names of tho
Queen of Wurtemberg. the Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelltz, the
Crown Princess of Sachscn-Mclnlngen,
the Princess Kitel Friedrich of Prussia,
the Princess Auguste Victoria of Ho
henzollorn, the Princess of Sachsen
Melnlngen, the Princess Marta Ale van
drla of Reuse and the Baroness Hlld
burg.
The minister of finance of Brazil re
ceived last month, according to a let
ter from Rio de Janeiro “a most pecu
liar claim" from the brothers In charge
of a cloister at Bahia, who ask for
"back pay from ISO* for Saint Anthony,
drat lieutenant.” “This claim against
the republic,” says the writer, “Is per
fectly valid. On February 4, 1811, the
Brasilian government conferred upon
the station of St. Anthony, at Bahia,
the title, *wlth pay,' of first lieutenant.
In this manner the government was
enabled to contribute 720 rels annually
to the Institution. Payments were made
regularly until ISOS, and the amount
due muet now be paid, and It Is feared
that when this has been done the sta
tion will be reduced to the ranks.”
How do statesmen get themselves
Into the frame of mind to declare war?
According to a popular German story
the method in Bismarck’s case in 1866
was one that would hardly be suspect
ed. His subordinate Kendell was an
•Xpert pianist, and as Sir Mountstuarl
Grant Duff put It, "used, it is said, to
fulfill toward him the function which
David fulfilled toward Saul." On one
evening Bismarck was unusually
moody and Kendall surpassed himself
at the piano. "Thank you, my dear
Kendell," said Bismarck, finally, “you
have soothed me and done me so much
good; my mind is made up, we shall
declare war against Austria."
Dr. William Robert Brooks, discover
of the Brooks comet, which has bean
under observance of late by astrono
mers, has mads more dlsooverles in bis
field then any other living man. He
has 25 comet* to hi* credit, many of
them having been found by means of
a homemade telescope directed from
his little ‘‘red- house observatory" at
Phelps, N. J. Dr. Brooks asserts that
the world is looking for the last time
on his comet—-that it will never appear
again. Since 1888 he has been professor
of astronomy at Hobart college, New
York. He is a fellow of the Royal As
tronomical society and ha* had many
other honors bestowed on him.
“It 1h generally acknowledged that
tho most brilliant light cavalry officer
the nation has ever produced was Oli
ver Cromwell. It Is, therefore, pecu
liarly unfortunate—but It Is neverthe
less a fact—that' on the statue of the
Protector which stands outside West
minster hall the spurs are represented
as attached to the boots upside down!
Further, the left spur Is on the right
foot, and the right is on the left, while
It Is Insisted by the best experts that
the spurs are not of the period.”
A decided disadvantage of the flro
ess cooker Is that It Is not entirely fire
less. for the heat of a stove or gas let
Is necessary in order to bring the food
to be cooked to the proper temperature
where the cooking process continues
ifter being placed In the Interior of the
cook.-r, A new form of the flreless
cooker makes use of the electric cur
rent for the purpose of imparting this
initial heat, and the combination Is said
to represent a great convenience and
economy.
“James I., when he was brought to
England, had strong theological ob|ec
tlons to the old superstition of the royal
gift of healing, and requested to be
spared from performing the traditional
ceremony. His English advisers, how
ever. were well aware of the peculiar
value set upon It In the southern king
dom, and urged that to relinquish It
would rob the crown of a portion of Us
dignity. James prudently resigned
himself.”
“At Btrassburg I saw a general leave
barracks; the sentries stood at atten
tion; they when ho had passed on they
both at the same time mimicked his
gait, which was peculiar, behind his
back—sentries, mind youl I have also
•sen street boys in Germany mock the
paradeschrltt of troopers when an offi
cer passes by, and the troopers grinned
broadly and the offioer saw but said
naught. Such ’anti-militarism’ is un
thinkable in France.”
That Italy honors her poets Is dem
onstrated by a recent Incident. The
committee of the agricultural exhibi
tion In Catania, finding Itself In pos
cession of* considerable profits, decided
to purchase the library, pictures and
works of art belonging to the poet,
Mario Itaplsardl, a native of Catania,
who Is Incapacitated by age and Ill
ness, and to leave him In posesslon of
the property until his death.
Lieutenant Commander Symington
at a luncheon on the Mayflower, toast
ed a noted admiral. "He Is a good
man," he said; “too good a man I
sometimes think for this rough, wicked
world of ours. He la an Idealist and
an optimist. Indeed, he Is such an In
curable Idealist and optimist that If
you should send him on a wild goose
chase he'd speak of himself forever
afterward as a big game hunter.”
“If a woman took Infinite pains to
reveal herself to a husband or a lover
• Just as she really Is, he would think
she was suffering from some Incurable
mental disease. A few pf ua Indicate
our true natures In hysterical out
breaks, fits of bitterness and suspicion;
but this involuntary frankness is gen
erally discounted by some Bubtle de
•ceiL"
The Countess of A noaster hae de
vised a new way for the delivery of lei
iters to the guests at her house parties
this autumn. Instead of having all let
iters placed on the hall table, as la usual
at country houses, she has had large
colored envelopes made and labeled
with the names of her guests.
Orplian asylums are unknown 1n
Australia. Every destitute orphan
child Is placed In a private family,
which cares for It until the child is
14 years of age at government expense.
The family Is further remunerated for
ila services by the government.
Collapsible water towers adopted b>
the Beilin fire department are but five
feet lorry when closed, yet i an be ex
tended to throw a level stream of wstei
into a window on the eighth Hour of „
building.
Ail. excellent tea can be brewed from
the common species ot turn, called the
“maiden hair.
YOUNG COUPLE FINDS
GREAT DIFFICULTY IN
MATRIMONIAL EFFORT
Failing to Consummate Union J
in Three Cities, They Go
On to Denver.
Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 6.—After three
attempts to get married—first. In In
dianapolis, the second In Chicago, and
the third In Lincoln. Winnlfred Pler
sall and Bruce Parcels, both of Indian-*
spoils and both quite young, failed for
the third time last evening at the Bur
lington station. Summoned by tele
graph from Omaha, Bruce Fullerton.
Justice of the peace, fully armed for a,
marriage, met the train but the third
attempt of the young people failed
when the license they exhibited dis
closed the fact that It was made out
In Indiana and consequently was not*
valid In Nebraska. A fourth attempt
will be made before the two arrive In
Denver today.
Hard luck has pursued the two dur
ing their near-honeymoon. Deciding*
(according to their story) at the last
moment to get married and to go to
New Mexico with the married sister
of the would be groom, the license was
secured only a short time before train
time. A minister had been notified but
when the young couple called at his
house, he was gone. For lack of time
they were unable to go to another and:
raced wildly for the train catching It
only as It left the station. With the
Indiana license they then attempted
to get married In Chicago, but having,
only two hours In the city they were
compelled to again postpone their wed
ding. Plans were then laid for Lincoln
and again they miscarried.
NEBRASKA STATE GRANGE
FOUNDED AT BROKEN BOW
Broken Bow, Neb., Nov. 6.—The or
ganization of the Nebraska State
grange wan effected this week and Is
now In session at this place. Charles
B. Hoyt, national organizer, has suc
ceeded In organizing 18 granges In var
ious parts of the country and outside of
these, there are only three others In the
state. Representatives of most of the
county granges are In attendance and
the various sessions are full of Inter
est. Among the notables booked to de
liver addresses at the public meetings
are N. J. Bashelder, master of the na
tional grange of Concord, N. H„ and
Dean Burnett, president of the agrlcul-'
tural college at Lincoln. Following ore
the state officers elected; Master, J.
D. Ream, Custer Center; overseer, A.
Graves, Eureka: lecturer, C. W. Pug
sley, Lincoln; steward, Thomas Wake
field, Jr., Lillian; assistant steward, B.
B. Sands, Tappan Valley; chaplain, A.'
B. Hunt, Ortello; treasurer, R. M.
Seevers, Falrvlew Valley; secretary, C.
P. Jeffords, Union Valley; gate keeper,
A. E. Delsever, Madison Square; ceres,
Mrs. Haxel McRae, Dutchman Valley;
pomona, Miss Mae Jacobs, New He
lena; flora, Mrs. Alvin Dally. Mllburn;
ladv assistant steward. Miss Edna
Jacobsen. East Table. Executive and
legislative committee were appointed
und a bureau of Information was '
formed.
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BOARD AND LEGISLATURE
APART ON 8TATE FARMS
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 6.—Secretary of
State Walt has addressed a letter to !
Paul Kuhn, of Omaha, saying that the i
board of public lands and buildings re
fused to pay more than $11,000 for the
land owned by Mr. Kuhn near the In
stitute for the deaf tn Omaha. As $12,
500 was appropriated for the purchase
of additional lands, Mr. Kuhn had re
fused the lower ofTer of the board. ,
In his letter to Mr. Kuhn, the secre
tary of state also said that the board
of public lands and buildings thought
there was too much land at state In
stitutions and that Its policy would be
to diminish rather than Increase the
areas at state Institutions. That Is to
say, the policy of the board of public
lands and buildings is opposed to the
policy of the legislature and as long as
tho board has the last word the legis
lature will be given no further heed.
The appropriation bill, Introduced by
Representative Holmes, says that the
board "shall have authority to purchase
additional lands." Aside from the fact
that a specific sum of money was ap
propriated, this language does not
seem to be mandatory.
EVIDENCE IN POISON
CASE IS VERY SLIM
—
Police Lack Many Facts to Con
nect Mrs. Vermilya With
Murder.
Chicago, Nov. 6.—The police admit
ted today they had practieally reached
the end of their rope in their inveatiga
tlon into the death of Patrolman Ar
thur Bissonnette and the deaths of
eight others, all of whom had been
close associates of Mrs, Louise Vermil
ya. Although Coroner Hoffman had
satisfied himself that Blssonette hud
died from arsenic poisoning and a war
rant charging murder has been issued
for tho arrest of the woman, the
evidence against her thus far is purely
circumstantial.
The coroner, the state's attorney and
the police department ail have detect '
Ives looking up every possible connct
tion of Mrs. Vermilya for the last week
ever since it was suspected that the
patrolman’s death was not natural.
Arthur Blssonette, sr.. father of the
dead policeman, today described Mr;
Vermilya's efforts to obtain his son'
body for burial, after his death.
"An undertaker named O. C. Boysoi
was making ready to move tiny, body
live minutes after death," he said “I
profesteed at the hurry and she Insisted
thut It would be better to move th
body at once. I Anally forbade them u
touch 1L*’
The contents of nine bottles of medi
cine taken from Mrs. Vermilya’s home
by the coroner are being unalyzed.
The police decided not to arrest Mrs.
Vermilya because of her illness, but
will keep a police guard at her home
until she is strung enough to be locked
up. _ _
CLEVELAND. OHIO—The progres
sive republican movement in Ohio be
gan to assume definite shape Imme
d lately following the speech of Sena
tor Moses E. Clapp, of Minnesota, a
the dollar dinner attended by moiV
than 1100 of the leading progressives o
Cleveland and northern Ohio las
j night. Before the banqueters had lefi
| their chairs. Judge \V. It. VV’anamakt i
i i f Akron. Ohiy, was chosen as ton
I notary chairman of the Western It.
j serve organiz Itio 1. and J. D. Kaeklet,
I af Cleveland, as tecretar; and treas
urer.
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NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
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HASTINGS—Fire that broke out in the
kitchen of the Palace restaurant In the
Madgett block, one of the finest office
blocks in the city, caused a loss of from
$7,000 to $8,000, all covered by insurance ex
cept the damage in the restaurant, which
was about $3,000.
HOLDREGE—As the last big steel
girder was being lifted to the root of the
new federal building here, the hoisting
derrick crushed to the ground with its
load. No workmen were injured and the
damage is confined to the wrecking of the
derrick and to slight breaks in the south
wall of the building. A temporary hoist
is being made to complete the work.
OMAHA—October was a record breaker
so far as concerns sheep receipts at the
South Omaha market, the total being 716,
490 head, as compared with 647,762 in Octo
ber, 1910, the previous record. Last year's
heavy receipts were attributed to the
shortage of the hay crop, but this year
feed of all kinds is abundant and the run
of sheep is therefore considered the more
remarkable.
FREMONT—Champ Clark has changed
his Fremont date and will speak this eve
ning Instead of Thursday evening. Diffi
culty Is being had in securing a building
in which to hold the rally, since both of
the larger local theaters have shows
billed for tonight, and Masonic hall has
been taken for a dance. Possibly the
speaker will be compelled to hold an open
air meeting.
SCHUYLER—Yesterday morning the lo
cal freight train going east left the switch
open while switching. A handcar loaded
with section laborers came along and ran
Into the switch, throwing a Greek laborer
off In front of the car. He was run over
and suffered a fracture of the skull and
other bodily injuries. An Italian laborer
was thrown off the rear of the car and
suffered an Injury to his back.
LINCOLN—The supreme court has
granted the application of the attorney
general for permission to file the bill of
exceptions with the court In the case of
the state against Elam. This will bring
before the court for adjudication the
question of the right of the pure food
commission to make a rule prohibiting the
payment for cream by testers on the day
of receipt.
BEATRICE—F. W. Lillie was fined $20
and costs, amounting altogether to $24.80,
by Police Judge Ellis for selling tobacco
to a minor. A boy about IB years of age
was caught smoking a pipe by Chief of
Police Ashenfelter, and was taken Into
custody. He said he got the tobacco from
Lillie, a restaurant keeper. Lillie was
arrested and denied the charge, but was
fined.
LINCOLN—Twenty members of the
state committee of the people’s Indepen
dent party met In Lincoln at the call of
State Chairman J. H. Grosvenor. Aside
from routine matters, the relation of the
state organization to that of the nation
occupied most of the discussion. Plans
were made for a strong state organiza
tion, Irrespective of whether a national
ticket Is named next year.
LINCOLN—The bounty of $25,000 appro
priated by the last legislature for glan
dered horses Is going faster than was at
first expected. Claims for $459.97 were ap
proved yesterday by State Veterinarian
Bostrom and presented to the secretary of
state and auditor and have been allowed
by the state's auditing officers. The
claims allowed are for a total of eight
animals killed by order of the state veter
i lnarlan.
j LINCOLN—H. B. Fleharty, of Omaha,
' stated today that he thought Tom Smith,
of York, was the proper man for the
democrats to nominate for governor next
year. Smith was warden of the state
penitentiary under Governor Shallen
berger. “We want a man who will not be
i moved by every Influence. Tom Smith Is
that kind of a man. He has a splendid
record as a public official and I think he
would make a strong race against any
| republican opponent.”
OMAHA—J. P. Welsh lost an eye last
night looking for money he had lost.
Welsh was waiting at Twentieth and
Dodge streets for a car to take him home.
He pulled some money out of his pocket
In order to get at the necessary coin for
car fare. A $6 bill fell to the sidewalk
and a breeze carried It away. In search
ing about for the fugitive bill, Welsh
stumbled and fell, striking on his face
and cutting a slight gash in his fore
head. The shock knocked his left eye out.
LINCOLN—Justice Reese, of the state
supreme court, was the honored guest at
the second banquet of the Mystic Mugs,
an organization of senior law students of
the university last night at the Lincoln
hotel. Judge Reese was the only speaker
on the program. He spoke of the practi
cal experience which the young lawyer
is forced to confront In his career In the
legal profession. After the Judge finished ,
Ills remarks various members of the or
ganization spoke briefly.
SUTTON—Anthony Buttell and wife
have gone to Lincoln at the Invitation of
Mother Katherine Drexel, who is the
founder of and head of the Blessed Sacra
ment, of which their daughter. Francis
Buttell, Is a member. The work of the
order is among the Indians and negroes.
Mother Katherine has devoted her life and
a large fortune to them and Is on her
way to the Winnebago reservation in Ne-;
braska, where she has just had a school
built. In addition to the many schools
and churches she has built, she supports
100 Indian boys at a cost of $100 each per
year.
FREMONT—State Fire Commissioner
Randall showed small sympathy for Fre
mont owners of tumble-down buildings
when at the close of a hearing he an
nounced that nothing had been presented
that would offer more than a shadow of
a reason for rescinding his former order.
The commissioner declared that suits
would be filed against all owners subject
to orders who had not complied by Apfll
I, next. The hearing grew out of a visit
of deputy fire Inspectors to Fremont sev
eral weeks ago, when the conclusion was
reached that there were far too many'
fire-traps In Fremont's business section.
HASTINGS—While on the road between
Hastings and Blue Hill In an automobile
Edward McBride, the Blue Hill banker,'
and his daughter and wife, were Injured
when the auto skidded in the mud and
turned turtle pinning them beneath the
machine. McBride's younger daughter
and another girl also occupied the car, but
were not Injured and crawled from be
neath the machine and ran to a farm'
house, about a quarter of a mile distant,
for help.
GRAND ISLAND—George Wright was
removed from the trucks of a passenger
coach on Union Pacific train No. ti in al
most a famished condition. He had tied
himself to the trucks, underneath the
coach, at Rollins, Wyo., and remained in
that condition until the arrival of the train
here. Much sympathy was at first ex
pressed for him, on account of his fam
ished and frozen condition. However,
when he was taken to the police station
with the purpose of permitting him to re
cover from these effects, and it was found
that he had $175 in gold tucks 1 away about
I his. person, the sympathy gav- way to,
! a charge of violation of the anti-hobo law
I and he was as;i »tcd for a line of $11) an^
costa.
SANBORN REVERSED IN
WATER COMPANY CASE
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Gives Judgment Favorable
to Omaha.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 4.—A decree ol
the United States circuit court ordering
the city of Omaha to fulfill the terms
of Its contract to purchase the property i
• of the Omaha Water company for $6,- !
,263,286 and to pay Interest on the '
amount from July 9, 1906, was modified
to the extent that the city will have
to pay no interest, under an opinion
(delivered today In the United States
circuit court of appeals by Judge
; Adams.
The payment was ordered by the
United States circuit court for Nebras
ka. This decision is reversed by Judge
Elmer B. Adams, United States circuit
court of appeals. The case came back
to the court of appeals on a mandate
from the United States supreme court.
The original proceedings were begun
In 1906, when the Omaha Water com
pany brought suit to compel the city
to pay the purchase price.
The Interest saved the city by the
judgment, amounts to $2,475,000.
IcROPS OF THIS AND LAST
YEAR IN PARALLEL COLUMN
IJncoln, Neb.. Nov. 4,—Nebraska’s
corn crop this year was less In bushels
than It was a year ago, but the loss In
quantity was made up In price, ac
cording to a bulletin Just Issued by
Deputy Labor Commissioner Guye.
The commissioner's report shows
that the winter wheat crop of this
year was greater than in 1910 and that
the value exceeded that of a year ago
by $4,400,000. Here Is his comparisons
for the last two years on the five prin
cipal crops of the state:
Corn.
Av. Production
Year. Acreage. Yield. Bushels. Value.
1911.6,218.036 21.46 133,400,303 $87,310,196
1910 .6,696,088 26.8 178,923,128 87,877,646 ■
Winter V^heat.
1911 .2.961,108 13.87 40,936.673 40,936,673
1910 .2,374,094 17.03 40,617,635 36,556,751
Spring Wheat.
1911 . 514,667 11.03 6,676.941 6,676,941
1910 . 368,072 13.44 4,533,617 4,079,968
Oats.
1911 .2,312,610 13.86 32,035,868 12,814,343
1910 .2,643.868 26.41 71,662,877 17,989,696
Rye.
1911 . 86,687 10.86 930,311 697,733
1910 . 71,539 15.42 822,648 493,559
Barley.
1911 . 86,015 10.80 918,180 606,999
1910. 116.987 23.20 2,383.199 1,072,386
The estimate on valu&tio nfor corn,
wheat, oats, rye and barley for 1911
and 1910 was based upon the current
snarket value of crops at date of com
pilation, which for 1910 was 60c, 90c,
25c, 60c and 48c respectively. For 1911,
65c, $1.00, 40c. 75c, 56c respectively.
NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
LINCOLN—E. H. Oberg of Lincoln has
been appointed by the general conference
committee of the Seventh Day Adventists,
now In session at Washington, to take
charge of the publishing work In the Chi
nese empire. Mr, Oberg will bs stationed
at Shanghai.
CEDAR BLUFFS—Cornelius Gutsch,
while attempting to turn his buggy
sharply, was thrown to the street, sus
taining Injuries that were believed to be
slight. Yesterday he suffered such se
vere pains In his leg that he consulted a
physician, who found that his ankle bone
had been fractured.
LINCOLN—Reports compiled by Rate
Clerk U. G. Powell, of the state railway
commission, show that the Burlington rail
road carried more passengers during the
last year, earned more money from Its
passenger service, carried more tons of
freight and made greater earnings from
Its freight business than In 1S10 or 1909.
These conditions exist under the 2-cent
law and the maximum commodity rate law
which the Burlington, with other roads, is
Still attempting to overturn.
LINCOLN—Thomas J. Beale, 60 years'
old, cashier of the State bank, of Waver
ly, a town In this county, committed sui
cide tonight by shooting himself at hla
home. He was a pioneer resident of the
county and for a long period had been
(connected with the bank. He left a note
laying his accounts were correct, and that
his act was due to falling health. This
statement Is borne out by other officials
of the bank, who say they are confident
■Illness was wholly responsible and that
his Institution Is nof affected.
BEATRICE—John Wayt, former Union
Pacific agent at Plckrell, Is wanted by the
company on a charge of having abscond
ed with about $300 belonging to the Union
Pacific and the Pacific Express company.
Wayt was sent to Plckrell several months
(ago. He sent for his family. Not long
ago the family left, ostensibly on a visit,
and soon after Wayt followed. After he
had gone an alleged shortage was dlscov
: cred He was seen In Beatrice the day
he left Plckrell. but no traces have been
found of him since.
YORK-Mrs. John Livingstone, of Fre
mont, and Mrs. Grace Haller, of Blair,
(members of the board of trustees, have
■arrived at York to assume charge of the
| new Odd Fellows home. The home was
'dedicated a few days ago and Its formal
(opening took place Tuesday. No regular
(matron has been chosen as yet, and pend
ing the employment of one of the appli
cants, the members of the board will be
in charge. There are six applications for
1 'entrance In possession of Geo. L. Loomis,
I chairman of the board, and more are ex
J . peeled for record at the November meet
ing.
LINCOLN—T. C. Munger, of the dls
l.trict federal court, has decided that the
l-remanding of the Wayne station case to
the state court is a matter of such lm
portance that he wants Judge W. H. Mun
ger, to sit with him while the case is ar
gued a second time. The state and the
railroad are each given SO days in which
to file briefs and the case will probably
be argued a second time In January. The
state railway commission ordered the
Omaha road to submit adequate plans for
a new station at Wayne. The railroad
decided to fight the order and removed tt
to the district federal court. The state is
now trying to get the case remanded to
ts own courts.
LINCOLN—Governor Aldrich returned
to his office In Lincoln for a few hours
today and will then go to Holdrege, where
he will make a political speech in the eye
ing. The governor is not putting in much
of his time in the executive offices these ]
days.
YORK—That York wit! be in the state
baseball league next year and with a
better team, if getting in on time counts
.for anything, was the unanimous opin
ion of the stockholders of the association
'at a meeting held yesterday evening to
go over the accounts for the past season,
to close up all accounts against the asso
ciation and ti\ elect officers.
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NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
FREMONT—Cheney & Bailey have told
their drug store to E. R. Clark, of Elm
Creek.
NORTH BEND—North Bend Is to have
a postal savings bank starting November
20, according to notice received by Post
master John Cusack.
LINCOLN—John M. Ferguson is a new
candidate who has appeared in the arena
for the United States senatorshlp. He is
from Broken Bow.
GRAND ISLAND. NEB.-Mrs. Tlene
Menck, 83 years old. wife of the late
Christian Menck, is dead. Her death
marks the departure of the first bride
In Hall county.
SNYDER—John Bolte sold his farm of
200 acres In tracts of from 20 to SO acres
and realized an average price of J170 an
acre. Notwithstanding the reports that
land Is dull In most portions of the coun
try, many transfers of large proportions
are being recorded here every week
FREMONT. NEB.—Yesterday at
noon at the bride’s home In Omaha,
Miss Agnes Carstensen became the
wife of Adolph Hauser, cashier of the
Platte Center bank at Platte Center,
Neb. Mr. Hauser Is a former Fre
mont boy and son of Mr. and Mrs John
Hauser, pioneers of this city.
LINCOLN—Potatoes cannot be bought
for 45 cents per bushel in this state, de
clared a local commission man in com
menting on a dispatch from Des Moines
which stated that Mayor Hanna of that
city had assured the Iowa commission
men he could furnish them with potatoes
at that price.
FREMONT—Champ Clark Is to make
speeches at Fremont and West Point in
behalf of Dan V. Stephens' candidacy.
Speaker Clark wll be In Fremont No
vember 2. During the day Speaker Clark
and Mr. Stephens will run up to West
Point and talk to the people of the home
town of Mr. Stephens' opponent, Colonel
J. C. Elliott.
WYMORE—James Fulton, a half-breed
Indian, was cut with a knife In a fight In
a saloon here last night between himself
and Charles Prewitt. Fulton attacked
Prewitt to settle an old grudg. and Prew
itt drew a knife with which he cut Ful
ton's face open from the mouth to the
left ear and pierced the arma In half a
dozen places. Fulton may recover.
FREMONT—The Nebraska and Iowa
bakers In Joint session In Fremont wound
up their sessions with a big automobile
ride at the expense of the Fremont Com
mercial club. The bakers sleeted the fol
lowing officers: W. R. Furman, York,
president; A T. Seeley, IJnooln, vice pres
ident.. T .F. Naughttn, Omaha, secretary ;
G. C. Kuenne, Omaha, treasurer.
WAYNE—In the matter of the city hall,
bonds for which were voted last sum
mer and which has been hung up by the
granting of a temporary Injunction
against ths use of any of the funds for
the purchase of a site. It has been deter
mined to submit the matter of the site to
a vote of the people, eaoh elds agreeing to
abide by the decision and to dismiss the
suit
PLATTSMOUTH—Edwin W. Collin*,
who wa* employed at the Barclay restau
rant In Plattsmouth and wa* on hi* way
to visit hi* brother at Omaha when he
wae Injured in the recent wreck near Fort
Crook, having one leg and two riba broken
and alao sustained Internal Injuries, and
who sued the Missouri Pacific for US,000
damages, has made a settlement with the
company for *1,800.
FAIRBURY—The Falrbury roller mills
have come under new ownership. The
concern haa been Incorporated under the
name of the Falrbury Mill & Elevator Co.,
and J. B. McDowell will be president, A.
M. Berry vice president, Mr. Mohrbacher
secretary and treasurer, and W. H. Lea
manager. It Is announced that McDowell
will hold one-half of the stock, the re
mainder being divided among the owners.
LINCOLN—Commercial bodies In Ne
braska are being notified by the railway
commission that hearing will take place
In Its office on November 14, at 2 p. m.. ou
the application of the railroads for auth
ority to change existing regulations on
baggage. All of the Nebraska carriers
have asked permission to make effective
In this state the revised baggage tariffs
now In force on Interstate business.
CENTRAL CITY—In the district court
In this city Gesche Bossslman was grant
ed an absolute divorce from John Bossel
msn, and was allowed *20,000 alimony. The
grounds for divorce were desertion and
Infidelity. A few years ago John Bossel
man. a wealthy farmer In Prairie Creek
township, left his horns suddenly and has
never since been heard from. His rela
tions with the hired girl In the family
were supposed to be the reason of his de
parture. The *20,000 alimony covers the
entire value of his estate.
AURORA—While in the country yester
day hunting ducks, Dr. Wright Newman
of this place was accidentally shot In such
a manner that he will probably lose the
sight of his left eye. About 6 o'clock In
the evening, while Dr. Newman and
Myrle Swanson were In a blind, a couple
of hunters came up from behind. They
had discovered the decoys and thought
they were ducks. Newman, hearing a
rustle In the stalks raised his head and
glanced backward just as the hunter fired
at the decoys. Newman was sufficiently
in line of the discharge to receive five No.
4 shot in the face.
LINCOLN—A coroner’s Jury exonerated
S. R. Anstine, of Tacoma, from all blame
In connection with the death of Harry
Kaufman. Kaufman was playing marbles
in the street when struck by the automo
bile. Anstine testified that he was going
only five miles an hour. His testimony
was corroporated by witnesses. The jury
was out but 46 minutes. It attributed the
boy s death to his own confusion, being
Interested in the game and not realizing
an automobile was near until It was with
in a short distance.
LYONS—W. J. Bryan spoke to one of
the largest crowds ever assembled in the
opera house here yesterday. The schools
were dismissed so the scholars could hear
him, which compelled him to speak to an
overflow meeting from the steps of the
opera house. Judges Dean and Starck.
candidates for supreme judge, were pres
ent; also D. V. Stephens, candidate for
congress from the Third district, and the
seven candidates for district judge, B. C.
Enyart. of Tekamah; Robert What rich.
John H. Grohsmann, Harley G. Moore
head and George W. Cooher, all of Oma
ha, Charles Haafue, of Benson, and Sam
uel L. Winters, of South Omaha; also
Theodore Hoplbog, candidate for super
intendent of schools of Burt county. The
Lyons military band furnished the music.
MADISON—Miss Hannah Sar, formerly
cashier in the genera! storo of Samuel M.
Rosenthal, of Norfolk, Neb., has com
menced suit against her former employer.
In the district court of Madison county to
recover $10,000 in damages. She charges in
the bill of information that the defendant
has on numerous occasions and to various
persons made false charges against her.
and associated her name with an unmar
ried man of Norfolk in a manner imply
ing immoral relations. She further
charges that for the purpose of injuring
her character Rosenthal in the presence
of one Fred Ffoff and other persons open
ly accused her of taking money from
him wbl'.e acting as his cashier.
FARM RESOURCES OF
NEBRASKA COMPARED
WITH OTHER WEALTH
Fruit of Nebraska Soil in Con
trast With Other Wealth
Production.
Lincoln. Neb,, Nov. 4.—Labor Com
missioner L. V. Guye has gathered fig
ures and data by which he is enabled!
to pen a rosy picture of the big state
of Nebraska. He has Issued a pamph
let entitled "Facts and Figures About
Nebraska." Among other things he
says:
"The westerp section of Nebraska
stands pre-eminently at the head of the
list of stock raising and grazing dis
tricts. Here cattle cannot only be
grazed for breeding purposes but fat
tened for the market upon the natural
range on Nebraska grasses.
"Nebraska is doubly blessed in the
stock raising industry because of its
grand grazing 'opportunities and the;
fact that its corn sections furnish the
corn with which, if necessary, to finish'
its range stock for the market wheret
Nebraska’s dressed beef stands at the
head of the list in the world’s market.
Nebraska produces sheep, horses, hogs
and cattle in great abundance and of
the finest breeds.
"With a soil and climate particularly
adapted to the successful growing of
all important forage plants, corn and
root crops, with its unlimited wealth of
nutritious grasses, an abundance of the:
best water has placed Nebraska fore
most in dairy production. Omaha, the
metropolis of Nebraska, boasts as being;
the greatest butter market in the world:
and now stands first as the greatest!
milk and cream depot, receiving in one
month in 1910 an average of 748,000
gallons.
“The little red hen adds to Nebraska
resources in wealth, yearly, ap
proximately $43,000,000 aside from her,
utility as an insect exterminator.1
Poultry raising may be termed as a bi
product of Nebraska farming, being
as it were, the natural home of the wild
prairie chicken and is equally adapted
as a forage ground for the unlimited
thousands of domestic fowls, such facts
serving to furnish an idea of the pos
sibilities of poultry raising in Nebraska.
“There is approximately 23,000,000
acres of unfilled land which is used for
grazing purposes or else lies idle, the
bulk of which is subject to cultivation
and is for sale. This land is deeded
land and ranges in price from $6 to $100
per acre and is found in all parts of
the state.
"Nebraska has approximately 150,000
acres of land under irrigation in what
is known as the western district, lo
cated on the western border of the
state.
"There is much land in other western
sections which it is possible to bring
under irrigation, the only requisite be
ing a greater settlement of wide awake,
progressive, hustling citizens. Such
possibilities being confined, principally,
to the dryer and sparsely settled dis
tricts of the western part where land
values arc the cheapest in the entire
state.
Comparative Table.
"The following comparative statistics
of the products of Nebraska, are taken
from the reports compiled by the bur
eau of labor and Industrial statistics,
the productions of the United States,
being taken from the World’s almanac
of 1911. Astonishing as it may seem,
yet. such comparisons simply show the
enormous resources of Nebraska as
compared with the nation’s wealth.
"During the year 1910 Nebraska pro
duced In crops, live stock and manu
factured products the following:
Nebraska's alfalfa, hay, dairy
products and fruit .$100,908,298
United States and Alaska, total
gold mines . 99,232,200
Balance In favor of Nebraska. .$ 1,676,098
Nebraska's eggs and poultry_$ 42,884,274
United States silver mines, total. 27,733,313
Balance in favor of Nebraska..$ 16,160,962
Nebraska’s live stock .$154,984,060
United States copper mines, total 146,451,207
Balance In favor of Nebraska..! 9,632,843
Nebraska's corn crop .I 87,877,546
United States Iron ore. 96.656,364
Balance In favor of the United
States .$ 7,678,818
Nebraska’s manufactured prod
ucts .$160,103,620
United States, crude petroleum.. 114,390,000
Balance in favor of Nebraska..! 35,718,620
Nebraska’s wheat, oats, rye and
barley .$ 60,191,361
United States, sugar, total out
put . 62,690,389
Balance in favor of Nebraska..! 7,494,972
Nebraska's packing Industry _$ 97.769,702
United States tobacco crop, total 96,719,366
Balance In favor of Nebraska..! 2,040,337
Grand total for Nebraska.$694,713,861
Grand total for United States_ 630,615,836
Balance In favor of Nebraska,
grand total .$ 63,935,014'
Which equals tne total produc
tion of both lead and zinc. 60,875,663
Balance in favor of Nebraska..! 3,069,451
“In other words, Nebraska produced
In wealth in 1910 products in value
equal to the United States’ total pro
duction of gold, silver, copper, iron,
crude petroleum, tobacco, lead and zinc
with $3,059,451 balance in favor of Ne
braska.
Acreage Population.
"Nebraska lias a population of 15.5
persons per square mile or 42% acres
per capita. The state of Rhode Island
has a population of 455.4 persons per
square mile or 1 2-5 acres per capita.
Nebraska produces a surplus sufficient
to feed the entire state of Rhode Island,
while on an average one acre of Ne
braska land will produce double the
quantity of crops that an acre of Rhode
Island land will produce.
“Nebraska is making this record with
only every .other acre of her land under
cultivation, with land values at the
minimum and her farmers tilling the
soil under the gem u 1 methods which
are not capable of pro ucing the results
which are obtainable under scientific
methods.
“Nebraska has the lowest per cent of
Illiterates of any state in the union.
A less number of children 10 years of
age and over, per 1,000 of population,
are unable to read or write thany any
other state can show."
DROPPED REVOLVER BULLET
WOUNDS MAN; KILLS WOMAN
Broken Bow, Neb.. Nov. 4.—Mrs.
Maggie Bangs, of this city, was in
stantly killed last night when a re
volver, accidentally dropped by Dr.
Willis Talbot, who was calling on her,
exploded. The bullet passed through
Dr. Talbot's leg and struck Mrs. Bangs
under the eye. entering her brain.
Dr. Talbot is a veteran of the Span
ish - A n icri can war and one of the lead
ing physicians of t!,;is section.
The total oil' pro in tion of the United
States in 101f wn.s 201.cor,900 barrels.