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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1911)
The O’Neill Frontier O. H. CRONIN, Publisher, O’NEILL, NEBRASKA Last year M.4TI deaths occurred In Ipdia from snake bites and 4400 per son* were klllad by wild animals The jdsaths caused by Snakes end wild ani mals la the province of Burma In 1910 amounted to LJT8 and SO respectively. The number of gattle killed In India amounted to 94974 by wild animals and 10 901 by ~T'*W*» Of the deaths of cat tle In Burma T451 were caused by wild animals end till by snakes. Tigers and leopards were the most destructive animals, elephants, bears, wolves, hyen aa, etc., being also responsible for fa talities. Rewards amounting to 147,785 were paid by the government for the destruction In all India of 91,104 snakes land 19,888 wild animals._ There Is considerable opposition to the "tick-tick" telephone which are be ing generally Installed in the pay sta tions of the city of Chicago, but the company is going right ahead, never theless, substituting these Instruments at a considerable expense for the "Im provement of the service." These In struments are called "pay first" phones, for the reason that the person making use of the Instrument must de posit the neceaaary coin In the slot be fore the connection with central la made. One la, however, enabled to as certain If the line Is in order by listen ing in the receiver and If the Instru ment Is In perfect working order a reg ular "ticking" like a' clock will be heard. Coins and ornaments to the number of about 800 have been found In the village of Tereley, In South Beeland, which the director of the Copenhagen museum believes date from the end of the loth century or the beginning of the 11th. Seme of them are Angle Saxon, thought moet of them bear Arabic inscriptions, and as them was no burial ground found near them the supposition Is that the treasures were burled In time of war. Besides coins there was Jewelry of gold and silver and also a silver dagger with an at tached chain. The Duchess of Albany Is said to be responsible for the popularity of row ing among English women. She arises early each morning and drives in her trap from her home at Claremont Esher to Hampton Court bridge, where she rows one measured mile on the Thames. The ducheee Is the widow of I™, flirst duke of Albany, who died In 1884, two years after their marriage. Nearly half a century ago Saxony in troduced the system of having the mln Istry for interior affairs confer silver medals upon workingmen for long and faithful service to the Interests of their employers. The number of medals dla ■ annually has gradually grown, until last year there wsre 1,884 to be handed around by the ministry. Howls Morris, the English poet, was complaining bitterly to Oscar Wilde on * i.?11 tude of th* Pr*»* In the matter i. 8 Pretension to the poet-laureate • si ** a conr»Pl«te conspiracy of silence, ’ he said "a conspiracy of silence What ought I to do. Oscar?" his friend th* ,*nt*ntlous reply of Miss Beruya, a young Portuguese ‘h® only',Uh“ hi th# world selling feminist literature. Her collection la International, with papers and magamines In almost every written language. Bbs Is reported to be working toward an International bu reau In woman's work. “ *° tb« world over. In a certain North Carolina town the grandson of the president of a large bank rides down every morning to the bank In a handsome automobile. He la a clsrk <°west rank. Hla grandfather rldea down In the street car. He owns the bank. _^b°m«s William Burgess, who re csntly swam the English channel, be *ng the first man to accomplish that P*1.'0”! Captain Webb's performance to 1*67. is a naturalised Frenchman. However, he was born In Rothersham, Yorkshire, England. About *50.000 Immigrants are turned aMriaf7^7’«£?*r fcy. th8 ,mml«Tatlon officials of the country. To guard the *?!*,“* boundaries against those to whom the law forbids entry, the gov ernment employs nearly J.oOO trained man. He woe a lad of five, so serious of expression he looked older. "How much fr asked th® fond moth a m°in®nt'» hesitation he fSEt&l ,^er' numbers stop." Tennyson!**1** 1,1111 remark worthy of a ..^bere are 600,000 cases of typhoid In annually, and some 60,000 *” deaths annual ly from cholera Infantum. Nearly all wuld be prevented If the fly nuisance was conquered. Ip_,*trfy°y contrast with the alow irrowth In the number and acreage of an d *b® area of Improved land during the 10 years Is the enormous rise which has occurred In the value of farm property. n "lan wh0 has toured J?“Lbary 8tftt®8 says If ho owned Tripoli he would trade It for do* and then feed the dog eloquent° *' ^ h ch ls forclblt’. If not The tobacco situation In Havana ls rather trying from the viewpoint of the buyer, as prices range from 10 to SO per cent higher than for the same grades last year, and the supply at even these prices Is decidedly limited. The Academy of Science of Norway has Just elected Its first woman mem ber. Madame Olga Royetad, tho first woman deputy of Norway. False teeth made of paper In Ger many are aald to retain their color as well as porcelain ones, and to be stronger and cheaper. The total number of Inhabitants of the Isle of Man Is now 50,M2, which shows a decrease of 4,210 .luring the last 10 years. Aviator Rodgers made 1,199 miles in *1 hours and 53 minutes. Man" of his miles were made In 48 second's. The English prayer book Is printed in 120 languages. In France there are no fewer than 1,804,710 homes where there are no chil dren, while in nearly 3,000,000 there Is only one child. Among the most productive indus tries of Korea Its gold mines, and espe cially those controlled by American citizens. Women’s boots made In the United States are becoming more popular ev ery year l.i South Africa. There are more than 800,000 miles of pole line in operation In the United ifitateg and 33,000,O'*) joles. ADVENT OF RAILROAD JOYOUSLY WELCOMED BY HAPPY CITIZENS After 10 Years’ Waiting Gering Bocomes a Union Pacific Station. Gering. Neb.. Nov. 13.—With the ringing of church bells, the blowing of whistles and the cheering of several hundred people, the Union Pacific laid its rails into Gering. This road, when completed, will be a part of the O’Fal lon-Medlcine Bow cut-off of the Union Pacific, and is destined to become a part of the main line to the coast. Gering, for the past 10 years, has put up a plucky fight for existence against Its sister towns In the North Platte valley that are situated on the Burlington. With the advent of the railroad the little town is sure to make a good growth and become one of the best towns in the western part of the state. C. W. Lobdell is Just completing a fine, new *3,000 residence, and the con tract is let for another one of about equal value for Samuel Barton. The Gering Mercantile company has completed plans for a new *10,000 store building. The new hardware firm of Paton ft Rubotten, which moved here from Thenton, will erect a *5,000 store building. The first regular passenger train will be run to Gering on December 1. af which time a rousing celebration 1* planned, for which *1.600 has been raised. —4— BLUFFS BRIDGE TENDER MURDERED BY HOBOES Fremont, Neb., Nov. 13.—Rober( Tierney, a tramp, who has been held by the Fremont police because he re marked that he knew who killed Horace E. Fallers, a bridgetender at Council Bluffs, who mysteriously disappeared one night last July, has made a con fession to Attorney Auren, acting for the Council Bluffs officers. Tierney, who says his home Is wherever he hangs his hat. confessed that he be lieves a man known as "Halrllp” Sam Wildely killed Fallers. •T was serving a sentence at Fairfax, S. D., when this man Wildely was brought in on a minor charge," Tierney said. "He did not sleep for three nights and finally said to me that he was scared because he had murdered a man. He told me then that he and a friend tried to cross the bridge In a hurry and that a bridge tender named Fallers stopped them. He told me that he struck the brldgeman over the head with an Iron bar and that both of them, threw the body Into the river withj much difficulty, because Fallers was so heavy. He said that they searched the body and got *28.” Tierney was held by the Fremont au thorities pending action in Council Bluffs. Tierney claims that "Halrlip” Sam Wildely is at present in Jail at Fairfax. S. D. NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES LEXINGTON—M. E. Delehunty, a farmer who resided near here, was In stantly killed Tuesday night when his team ran Into a thicket and his head struck a limb, breaking his neck. Ha had Just returnsd from the polls. His oldest daughter was married on Monday. RED CLOUD—Unofficial returns from Webster county show the election of Miss Edith L. McKelghan as clerk of courts. Miss Edith L. McKelghan Is a daughter of the late Congressman William A. Mc Kelghan, and will be the flrst woman to hold the office of clerk of the district court In the state of Nebraska. FREMONT, NEB.—Funeral services for the late Bendlx Tank were held this afternoon from Bader Bros, under taking rooms and Interment took placo at Ridge cemetery. Mr. Tank was a native of Germany. He came to Frc$ mont in an early day and for a lont period was superintendent of the Wol cott nurseries. He went to Hoskln^ Neb., live year ago and his death oc curred at that place. LINCOLN—Oovernor Aldrich will heal argument Saturday at Z p. m. to resist tti-j extradition of Irene Foregraves to Sout j Dakota, where she Is wanted on a charg I of running a house of prostitution. Sht Is under arrest at Lynch. Boyd county. A bench warrant for her arrest was Issued at Fairfax, Gregory county. South D;« kota, on April 28, but the northern court has been unable to get hold of the de fendant. GRAND ISLAND-E. M Westervelt, real estate agent for the Burlington witlj headquarters at Lincoln, has written som4 of the business men In this city that thi new passenger depot that company bulll here this summer will be formally opened on Wednesday, November 15. In connect tion therewith the company expects t| give a reception at 8 o'clock on that eve ning, and that Invitations for the event have been set out. NEBRASKA CITY—William Savage, while walking about on a sand boat al the wharf In front of this city, sllppej and fell Into the swiftly moving curreni and was drowned before assistance coul I reach him. A large crowd dragged thj river and did not recover the body fcj some hours. Mr. Savage was CO years cl age and leaves a wife and live children. He was born and reared in this city. HASTINGS—M. A. Hartigan, as attor ney for Mrs. Lucy Parry and her fouf minor children has begun suit in the dis trict court for 15.000 damages against William Otto, Charles Hyatt. F. Linder man and A. T. Yarter, saloonkeepers in the license year of 1909-10. Damages aro claimed for the alleged sale of Intoxicat ing liquors to Mont. Parry, husband and father of plaintiffs. LINCOLN—Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church, who have Just closed a conference In Oklahoma City, voted to ac cept an invitation to hold their spring meeting In Lincoln, April 19. 1912. All ol the Methodist bishops of the world will be present. The meeting will open on April 19 and continue lor 19 days. It will be held Just before the general conference of the Methodist church will, which will convene In Minneapolis next spring. There are 25 bishops of the church, besides a number of missionary bishops. NEBRASKA CITY—A 9-year-old r^. of Robert Burns left school as usual Monday afternoon and when he failed to appear at home at the usual hour his mother became alarmed and all of the neighborhood turned out to search for him. and the police Joined them. His fath er. who was In Omaha, was telephoned to and he secured the aid of the police and they soon found the boy at police headquarters where he had been takeiv b.J an offlcer wlo found him crying at the depot. He refused to explain why he left home or how he got to Omaha. 1..."1 NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES ^ SHELTON. NEB.—Frank D. Read, who founded and for 25 years haa edited and published the Shelton Clip per, died last night from an attack of appendicitis. He was a native of Ohio. FREMONT-Henry J. Lee. the wealthy merchant who was seriously burned In a fire which destroyed his bam. Is showing rapid Improvement and was able to be out today. SCRIBNER—James Beaver, postmaster, will recover from the Injuries he sustained when an automobile struck him in the street. Mr. Beaver has regained conscious ness. Ha remembers nothing of the acci dent. FREMONT—Joe Monroe, little 2-year-, old son of James Monroe, climbed on a box car In the Northwestern railroad yards yesterday and when a freight tralcj approached, he Jumped off In his excite ment. The bones of both his feet were splintered. LINCOLN—Father William Murphy, of Steward, famous In recent Catholic church history in this state, who died as the re sult of an automobile accident, will be burled In Lincoln, probably Friday. Bish op Tlhen will offlclste. The bishop Is now In Dubuque, la. HOWELLS, NEB.—Mat Zacek, a well known and wealthy citizen of West Point, was married yesterday to Mrs. Joseph Kamlk. of Howells, the Rev. Father Zak officiating. Both Mr. Zacek and his bride have resided for hnany years In this part of the country and both have grown children. LINCOLN—The railroad commission granted the application of the Rushvllle Telephone company for permission to In crease rates. The company asked for the permission because of a recent Increase In facilities, changing from grounded to a metallic circuit. An opportunity was given to subscribers to remonstrate, but no ob jections were made. WEST POINT, NEB.—The body of Mrs. Minnie Feigner was brought to thlB city from Omaha, where she died in a hospital. 3he was the wife of Frank Feigner. .. respected citizen of West Point, and was 66 years of age. She Is survived by a husband and one daughter. Mrs. Rudolph Porath, of this city. RANDOLPH—Chris Jensen, a well-to do farmer residing 3% miles west of this place, died suddenly of hemorrhage of the brain. When he did not return home to dinner his wife went to find him and saw his lifeless body lying in the yard. Death must have been instantaneous. He leaves a wife and four children, one of them being but a few days old. CUSTER—It Is reported on good author ity that a large manufacturing company will In the near future erect a large plant In Custer for the purpose of manufactur ing mica plate, which Is found In liberal quantities In a mine near here. It Is ex pected that as a result there will be a decided revival of the mica Industry In this part of the Black Hills. LINCOLN—S. R. Barton, state auditor, today mailed a chec'c to the county treas urer of Hall county to cover the filing fee requtrod of a candidate for congress. Mr. Barton will complete his filing as a re publican candidate for congress In the Fifth district as soon as he receives the receipt for the filing fee and returns to Lincoln from a trip to Benkleman, where he will hunt ducks for a couple of days. NEBRASKA CITY—Don C. Ayres, chief inspector for the government at the pack lnng house here, has resigned and left to day for his new home near Walla Walla. Wash., where he has purchased a fruit ranch. He is succeeded by Dr. C. H. Her rold. Dr. Ayres was In charge of the bu reau of animal Industry at South Omaha for a number of years and was assigned to duty here about two years ago. SCRIBNER—Fred Borcher, a well known young blacksmith who has resided since childhood In this place, went sud denly Insane yesterday. He was removed to the county seat, where he was locked In the county Jail pending a hearing before the Insanity commission. Officers found Borcher s little later with a wire towel rack drawn tightly around his neck in an attempt to commit suicide. The hear ing was held In his cell and hs was taken to Lincoln at once. OMAHA—A comprehensive plan for the pensioning of employes who have been In the service 20 years or more was announced yesterday by R. C. Howe, gen eral manager of Armour & Co., In this city. The plan appropriates *1.000,000 as a pension fund and takes in employes of the company over the entire country. Em ployes having served 20 years or longer or reaching the age of 60 are to be retired. Those serving the same length of time and reaching the age of 67 may be retired on application. HOWELLS. NEB.—One of the prettiest weddings ever solemnized in Howells took place at the Catholic church, when br».u Jelllnek, of Clark son. led Miss Frances Folda Is one place to the altar. Miss Folda Is one Df Howells’ most popular young ladies. She is a member of the well known Folda family of bankers and for sev eral years has been assistant cashier pf the bank here. The bride was at tended by her sister, Miss Bertha Folda, of Schuyler, and the groom by the bride's brother, John Folda, of Howells. Mr. Jellinek was principal pf the schools at Clarkson until re cently, when he resigned to take a position in the Clarkson state bank. He is a bright young man. LINCOLN—Lincoln banks are no long er accepting state warrants at par. dis counting them 2 per cent when presented for payment or deposit. General fund warrants to the amount of $115,000 have been registered with the state treasurer and about $80,000 are unpaid. When the general fund was first depleted, because of sudderr demands on the balance and the failure of counties to send in the new levies, one local bank accepted the war. rrv.ts at face value, but since than this institution has joined the others in dlsi counting them. . LINCOLN—The Nebraska Telephone company lias appealed to the supremq court from the decision of the lower court granting a writ of mandamus sought by the Norfolk Long Distance Telephonj company, an independent concern. 11 force the Nebraska Telephone company te install one of its Instruments In the offirl of the Norfolk company for the transmis sion of long distance messages. The caue | originally carne before the railway com. mission for hearing and the Nebraska Telephone company went to district court with an order granting theh petition of the Norfolk concern. WEST POINT—At the last meeting of the Cuming County Au’omobile associa tion a constitution was adopted and of ficers elected as provided therein. The af fairs are to be conducted by a board of ' governors, consisting of the president, secretary, treasurer and seven vice presi dents, Annual dues were fixed at $2. The officers elected are as follows: President. O. C. Anderson: secretary-treasurer. W. T. Fried. Beemer; vice presidents, C. C. Stahl, A. F. Loewe, F. F. Wortman and W. W. Troxell. The question of the crea tion and maintenance of good roads in the county will be o:re of the chief ob jects of the association, which will be vig orously pushed. STEPHENS CHOSEN TO CONGRESS BY 4,000 PLURALITY Election of Democratic Candi date in Third District Con ceded By Mr. Elliott. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8.—"I am deeply gratified at the eleotion of Dan V. Stephens for congress in the Third district,” said W. J. Bryan today. “Mr. Stephens is a splen did man and I am glad Indeed to teo him in congress.’' Washington, Nov. 8.—Much sat isfaction was sxpresssd at progres sive headquarters hers today over the reports that the republicans have carried Nebraska. Walter L. Houser, manager of the La Follette campaign; ascribed the outcome largely to the hard eampaigii of Judge George W. Norris. He said he believed It pointed to ths elec tion of Judge Norris as the next senator from Nebraska. Omaha, Neb., Nov. B.—Late returns indicate that the republicans captured every state office at yesterday's elec tion and that most of the counties of the state returned their up.ual republi can majorities. The only democratic victory of consequence was the Third Congressional district, where Dan V. Stephens was elected to succeed the late Congressman Latta, democrat. Stephens' majority, however, was ma terially reduced from that received by Latta a year ago. In Omaha the county ticket, which received almost the entire attention of local politicians, went republican with the single exception of sheriff, to which office the democrats elected their can didate. The state officials elected were three supreme court Judges, two university regents and a railway commissioner. South Omaha elected a democratic police Judge, but declined to agree to a merger with Omaha In one corpora tion. Stephens Claims 4,000. Fremont. Neb., Nov. 8.—Dan V. Stephens, In a statement this morning, says he has won with a majority of 4,000, based on almost complete re turns from 14 counties. Stephens es timates his majorities as follows: Stephens majorities—Platte, 800; Cedar, 250; Dodge, 675; Cuming, 500; Madison, 122; Thurston, 250; Boone, 200; Stanton, 160; Pierce, 200; Colfax, 400. Elliott majorities—Antelope, 165; Wayne, 130; Nance. 150; Burt, 150. Nothing has been heard from Mer rick, Knox, Dixon and Dakota counties. Stephens claims they will give him 1, 000 majority more. , Elliott Concedes Defeat. West Point, Neb.. Nov. 8.—When in terviewed by a Tribune correspondent at noon today, J. C. Elliott conceded the election of his democratic opponent by a majority running from 2,500 to 3, 000. He Is satisfied with having cut down the majority of 7,300 for the late Congressman Latta at the preceding election and asserts that Stephens has lost from the Latta vote In practically all sections of the district in about equal measure. Hamer Probably Defeated. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8.—Outside of Douglas and Lancaster counties Hamer is running behind Dean for supreme Judge and the chances are he is beaten. The western part of the state did not support Hamer as he expected. Hall Is believed to be safely elected railway commissioner. State Ticket Figures. Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 8.—Outside of Douglas and Lancaster counties, 229 precincts gives Hamer 13,876, Letton 14,662. Rose 14.216. Doan 13,785, Oldham. 12,601. Stark 12,404. Two years ago the vote on supreme Judges was, Fawcett 14,270, Sullivan 14,018 Allen Defeated. Former United States Senator Wil liam V. Allen, democrat, was defeated for judge of the Ninth Judicial district by Judge A. A. Welch, republican, by 900 majority. Allen was nominated by the democrats, populists and inde pendents. DAKOTA. Dakota City, Neb., Nov. S.—The dem ocrats carried every county office in Dakota county except that of county clerk, in the election held here yester day. Unofficial returns show that the democrats secured safe majorities. The biggest surprise of the day was the majority given D. G. Evans, demo cratic candidate for county treasurer, over his republican opponent, Wiliis Manning. Evans secured a majority of 640, which is more than the total num ber of votes cast for Manning. Miss Margaret Murphy, the demo cratic candidate for superintendent of schools, won by a majority of 31 votes. D. C. Heffernan secured a majority of 337 votes in his fight for county judge, while Frank Mahon was elected sheriff by 190 votes. George Wilkins, republican candi date for county clerk, defeated John C. Hogan by 116 votes. The voting was heavier than for many years, the total for the county being 1,600, compared to 1,100 at the last election. South Sioux City, the largest precinct, registered 331 votes. The vote in Dakota and Covington precincts follows: For County Clerk— Covington. Dakota. Wilkins (r) .117 92 Hogan (d) . 88 23 For County Treasurer— Manning (r) . 89 39 Evans (d) .116 68 For County Judge— Phillips (r) .107 63 Heffernan (d) .101 47 For Sheriff— Hazlegrove <r) .110 76 Mahon (d) . 97 39 For County Superintendent— Voss (r) .104 88 Murphy (d) .140 26 Emerson precinct, complete, on coun ty officers is as follows: Wilkins, 76; Hogan. 53; Manning, 54; Evans, 78; Phillips, 39; Heffernan, 91; Hazlegrove, 60; Mahon. 68; Voss. 78; Murphy, 74. Miss Margaret A. Murphy, who has been elected county superintendent, is a graduate of the Sioux City high school, an3 also of Notre Dame. She has taught in the Dakota county [ schools for the last 10 years, and for the last three years In the Homer schools. She Is well known in Sioux Clly. KNOX. Niobrara, Neb., Nov. 8.—Partial and complete returns from thirteen town ships give Elliott 619 and Stephens 776. Tills Is nearly half the vote, and pres ent Indications point to a majority In Knox county for Stephens of 300. El liott had hard opposition In this county. He lost it by a smaller vote than his friends expected. CUMING. West Point. Neb., Nov. 8.—West Point voters gave their townsman, James C. Eliott, republican candidate for congress, a majority of 100. Sher man township, this county, normally democratic, gave Elliott 32 majority. Nine precincts In Cuming county gave Elliott, republican, for congress in the Third Nebraska district, 502; Stephens, democrat, 558. The same pre cincts In 1910 gave Boyd, republican, 836; Latta, democrat, 812; a net gain of 420 for Elliott. Elliott lost 18 votes in Wlsner, Cum ing county, as compared with the vote of Boyd In 1910. Pender, Neb. Nov. 8.—The democratic state ticket will carry Thurston county by a small majority. Stephens for congress has 503 majority in the coun ty. The democrats elected Dorcey, sheriff; Ammons, clerk of courts; Vogt, clerk; Flynn, Judge; Tate, treasurer; Gill, commissioner; Johnson, coroner; Racely, surveyor. Ths republicans elected Lang for su perintendent of schools. CEDAR. Randolph. Neb., Nov. 8.—The straight republican vote In this town was 94; straight democratic vote. 82. Last year this county (Cedar) gave Latte, dem ocrat, a majority of 350. MADISON. Madison, Neb., Nov. 8.—The First ward of the town of Madison, Madison county, gives Elliott 85; Stephens, 64. The same ward in 1910 gave Boyd, re publican. 69; Latta, democrat. 75. Returns Indicate that Stephens has carried Madison county by 200 over El liott. This county last year gave Latta 400. TUden, Neb., Nov. 8.—Jefferson pre cinct, Madison caunty, gives Hamer 75, Letton ,74, Rose 69, Dean 48, Oldham 49, Stark 49, Hall 72, Harmon 62, Haller 70, Knapp 55, Miller 60, Elliott 66. DODGE. Fremont. Neb., Nov. 8.—Dan V. Ste phens carried Fremont city complete by a maorlty of 337 over Jim Elliott, his republican opponent. Six precincts in Dodge county give Stephens 1,084, Elliott 664; seven pre cincts In Colfax county, Stephens 628, Elliott 664; three precincts In Dixon county, Stephens 120, Elliott 100; nine precincts In Cuming county, Stephens 646, Elliott 337; 10 preclnts In Madison county, Stephens 664, Elliott 660; city of Ponca, In Dixon county, gave Ste phens one majority. All but four precincts in Wayne county gave Elliott a lead of 126. Stephens carried Wlnslde 28 ahead of the state ticket and beat the Latta majority. The Fremont returns follow; First ward—Hammer 249, Letton 291, Rose 288, Hall 275, Haller 300. Lyford 279, Elliott 221, Dean 200, Oldham 180, Stark 175, Harman 204, Knapp 178, Miller 173, Stephens 321. Second ward—Hammer 132, Letton 173, Rose 178, Hall 163, Haller 180, Ly ford 170, Elliott 102, Dean 116, Oldham 105, Stark 91, Harman 105, Knapp 90, Miller 97, Stephens 206. Third ward—Hammer 113, Letton 107. Rose 103, Hall 132, Haller 120. Lyford 128, Elliott 108, Dean 79, Oldham 90. Stark 81, Harman 97, Knapp 90, Miller 90, Stephens 158. Fourth ward—Hammer 126, Dean 122, Letton, 121, Oldham 136. Rose 123, Stark 107, Hall 127, Harman 134. Haller 127, Knapp 117, Lyford 129, Miller 115, El liott 113, Stephens 194. ANTELOPE. Neligh, Neb., Nov. 8.—Second ward, Neligh, gives Hamer 87, Letton 86, Rose 87, Dean 50, Oldham 49. Stark 45, Hall 88. Harman 52, Haller 81, Lyford 71, Knapp 53, Miller 49, Elliott 88, Stephens 62. First ward, Neligh, gives Hamer 139, Letton 144, Rose 145, Dean 66, Old ham 51, Stark 59, Hall 143, Harmon 64, Haller 136, Lyford 13S, Knapp 55, Mil ler 60, Elliott 142, Stephens 73. Royal precinct gives Hamer 63, Let ton 61, Rose 61, Dean 29, Oldham 30, Stark 0, Hall 66, Harman 36, Haller 65, Lyford 62, Knapp 31. Miller 30, Elliott 62, Stephens 39. Cusier precinct gives flamer 33, Letton 32. Rose 33, Dean 24, Oldham 24, Stark 24, Hall 33, Harman 26, Haller 35, L.yford 32, Knapp 25, Miller 24, Elliott 30, Stephens 28. WAYNE. Wavne. Neb.. Nov. 8.—A. A. Welch, republican candidate for district judge, has carried Wayne county over his democratic-populist opponent, William V. Allen, former United States sena tor, by the following vote: Welch, 1, 195: Allen, 635. The entire county re publican ticket, with the possible ex ception of the candidate for county clerk, has been elected by safe ma jorities. With returns from only one precinct lacking. Wayne county gives Elliott 900 and Stephens 854. Last year Wayne county gave Latta a majority of 100. Winside. Neb., Nov. 8.—Winside pre cinct, Wayne county, gives Hamer 41, Letton 61, Rose 47, Dean 47. Oldham 41, Stark 48, Hall 61. Harman 48, Haller 48, Lyford 47, Knapp 47, Miller 46, Elliott 40, Stephens 61. COLFAX. Howells, Neb., Nov. 8.—Lincoln pre cinct, Colfax county, gives Hamer 81, Letton 74, Rose 75. Dean 129, Oldham 125, Stark 126, Hall 73, Harman 139, Haller 81, Lyford 66, Knapp 136, Mil ler 130. Elliott 61, Stephens 143. Colfax precinct, Colfax county, gives Hamer 23, Letton 28. Rose 24, Dean 63, Oldham 58, Stark 58. Elliott 24, Ste phens 65. Schuyler precinct gives Hamer 188, Letton 196, Rose 193, Dean 251, Old ham 243. Stark 235, Stephens 27E. Elliott 182. Adams precinct, Colfax county, gives Hamer 96, Letton 92, Rose 91, Dean 76, Oldham 79. Stark 79. Haller 9f, Ly ford 91, Knapp 77, Miller 67, Ellioet >8, Stephens 95. Stanton precinct, Colfax county, gives Hamer 99, Letton 103, Rose 102, Dean 76, Oldham 70, Stark 67, Hall 110, Harman 76, Haller 108, Lyford 105, Knapp 79, Miller 71. Elliott 107, Ste phens 64. Schuyler, Neb., Nov. 8.—One precinct in Colfax county gives Elliott 127, Stephens 64. The same precinct In 1910 gave Boyd, republican, 110; Latta, democrat, 117. PLATTE. Oconee, Neb., Nov. 8.—Oconee gives Hamer 6, Dean 12, Letton 6, Oldham 15, Rose 7, Stark 13, Hall 7. Harman 14, Haller 2, Knapp 13. Lyford 2, Mil ler 14, Elliott 6, Stephens 17. Sherman precinct, Platte county, gives Hamer 35, Letton 40, Rose 35, Dean 63, Oldham 58. Stark 67, Hall 37, Harman 65, Haller 40, Lyford 38, Knapp 60, Miller 60, Stephens 50, Elliott 54. WASHINGTON. Blair, Neb., Nov. 8.—Clause Mencke, democrat, has been defeated for re election to the of flee of sheriff by A. A. Compton. With 12 precincts com ?lete out of 16, Compton’s majority Is 63. It Is expected he will carry the missing precincts, making a total ma Jorty of about 400. Compton was supported for sheriff by the Blair Democrat, which put up a strong fight against Mencke’s re election. BURT. Lyons, Neb.. Nov. 8.—Lyons gives Hamer 131, Dean 120, Letton 168, Old ham 91, Rose 155, Stark 94, Hall 156. Harman 95, Haller 156. Knapp S4, Ly ford 159, Miller 93, Stephens 111, El liott 134. Logan township gives Stephens 56t Elliott 60. Tekamah, Neb., Nov. 8.—Moorhead and Enyeard, democratic Candidates for judge, are running ahead of their ticket. Chairman Van Cleave, of the republican county central committee, says Burt county will elect the repub lican ticket. Seven precinct in Burt county out of 328 in the 18 counties in the Third Nebraska district give Elliott, repub lican, 489; Stephens, democrat, 336. The same precincts in 1910 gave Boyd, republican, 389; Latta democrat 437. Latta's majority in the district a year ago «aj 7,371. Stanton. Stanton, Neb., Nov. 8.—Three pre cincts in Stanton county give Elliott, republican, 87; Stephens, democrat, 102. The same precincts in 1910 gave Boyd, republican, 81; Latta, democrat, 107. RAILROADS MAKE SPECIAL RATES FOR SHEEP RAISERS Omaha, Neb., Nov. 8.—Although the Western Passenger association has re fused to make special rates for the National Western Stock association or for the Christmas holidays, lthas made a special rate for the National Wool Growers' association, which will hold its 48th annual convention in Omaha on December 14 to 16. More than 2,000 sheep growers will attend the convention, which will be the most Important in the history of the association. Matters of moment will be discussed by men high in publia life, who are interested in legislation which affects the wool grower and the consumer. Entries for the sheep show have been pouring into the committee on ar rangements, of which E. Buckingham, of the Omaha stock yards, is the dom inating spirit. Mr. Buckingham states that every available foot of space in the gigantic auditorium, where the show will be held, has been taken, and nearly as much space again could be sold. FATHER WILLIAM MURPHY DIES IN AUTO ACCIDENT Seward. Neb., Nov. 8.—Father Will iam Murphy, Catholic priest at the town of Beaver Crossing, this county. Is dead at Beaver Crossing, as the re sult of an automobile accident. Father Murphy had been to Seward to have his automobile repaired. He started for home this evening and when a short distance from Beaver Crossing the machine turned turtle. Injuring the priest so badly he died at 11 o’clock last night. Detail of the accident have not been received. Father Murphy was one of the best known priests In the southern Nebras ka see. He gained prominence by rea son of his long continued controversy with the late Bishop Bonacum, who excommunicated him. The dispute be tween them was twice carried to Rome. Father Murphy had but recently been reinstated in the priesthood by Bishop Tihen. BURLINGTON IS SUED TO RECOVER LOST FORTUNE Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 8.—A little over two years ago Mrs. Maggie O’Grady boarded a Burlington train at Superior to go to Haigler. When she reached McCook she had to change cars. Along with Mrs. O'Grady were nine children, all her own, and when she got off the train she forgot a satchel containing J1.500 in cash. When she tried to get back on the train a porter refused to permit her to do so, and as she never recovered her lost fortune she sued the Burlington for the^amount. MURPHY FUNERAL. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8.—The funeral of Father Murphy, the Catholic priest who was killed in an automobile acci dent last night, will be held at St. Theresas pro-cathedrai in this city. Bishop Tlhen. of the diocese officiating. The probable time of the funeral is 10 o’clock Friday morning. INFANTILE PARALYSIS FATAL TO BLACKBIRDS Des Moines, la.. Nov. 8.—Physicians at Alton today notified Secretary Sum ner, of the state board of health, that the blackbirds in that section are dy ing of infantile paralysis and asking if the board will assist in preventing the possible spread of disease to human beings. f#* — — mm mmm mmm m m m m | NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES LINCOLN—According to figures given out here there are 28 women in the state making the race on the democratic ticket for the office of county superintendent. Eighteen of these have no opposition and •even of them are indorsed by both part.es. Three have opposition for their offices. HASTINGS—The Rt. Rev. Henry T. Tihen. bishop of the Lincoln diocese of «■ r the Roman Catholic church, will make his first visit in Hastings on November 22. when he will lay the cornerstone of the magnificent new St. Cecelia’s Catholic church. In the evening Bishop Tihen will address a public meeting at the opera house. St. Cecelia church will cost about $60,000, and will be one of the finest tem ples of the Catholic denomination in Ne braska. HASTINGS—The Hastings board of ed ucation has organized a night school and already over 50 pupils are enrolled. The school is designed for the accommodation of those who work during regular school hours and the parents of those who at tend the night school will be exempt from prosecution under the compulsory school attendance law. ROYAL—While scrubbing the floor. Mm William Rafft, of Mars, Neb., left a pal! of scalding water on the floor. Her 4 year-old boy pushed the 2-year-old baby into the pail, upsetting the water ovei the child, scalding the little one so badly that death will probably result. WEST POINT—Attorney J. F. Loscb was stricken with an attack of paralysis and now lies at his home in a serious con dition. Mr Losch has been ailing fot some time past