Nebraska Newspapers

    The O'Neill Frontier
IX H. CRONIN, Publisher.
O'NEILL. NEBRASKA
This season has seen the centenary of
modern trousers. Yet the column of
Trajan shows a group of Sarmatlans
Clothed In trousers that are Just like
ours. As early as A. D. 69 a Roman
general created great scandal by going
to war tn trousers, which were regard
ed as "barbarian.” When the Bul
garian King Boris was converted to
Christianity In the seventh century,
among the 106 questions be propounded
to the pope was whether It was lawful
tor Christians to wear trousers. The
explanation of this Is that the Bulgar
ians had long been among the trouser
ed peoples, but as conversion was com
ing from the flowing robed Greeks,
they feared that robes instead of trous
A era might be essential to Christianity.
When Charles I was king of England,
a country girl came to London In
search of a situation, and applied for
the position of “tub woman, or car
rier of beer, at a brew house. The
brewer, struck by her good looks, mar
ried her. In a short time he died, leav
ing her a large fortune. She gave up
the brewery and for the proper set
tlement of her husband’s affairs was
recommended to Mr. Hyde, a rising
young barrister, whom she afterward
jnarrled. This gentleman ultimately
became earl of Clarendon and from his
marriage with her he had one daugh
ter, who became the wife of JameB II,
and mother of Mary and Anno, both
subsequently queens of England.
Inhabitants of the Balkan provinces
af* not the warlike, ferocious people
that popular Imagination Is apt to pic
ture them. The Servians, for example,
are a genuine simple peasant folk. The
Servian practices the art of co-opera
tion. Every little homestead In Servla
la a family commune, while In some
of the mountain districts exists the
sadrlga, or communal village, where
everything is held In common and
where the oldest man is the guide and
Commander and final authority as to
the mating of the people in nls dis
trict
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There Is every possibility that a new
Industry will be started at Naden Har
bor In the near future. It Is well
known that the largest crabs ever
taken from the sea are to be found In
that place. From September to May
crab Ashing can be carried on, and
the number that may be taken will bo
understood when It Is stated that the
seines and gill nets were tilled with
them during the recent Ashing opera
tions. It Is only necessary to set
crab traps to capture hundreds of the
shellfish._ _
Among the recent gifts to the Lon
don musoum, which Is housed In the
old palace In Kensington gardens, are
a pair of curious oil paintings on cop
per of early I9th century mutes. The
mute wears a high hat draped with
crepe; a vast crepe sash depends from
bJs left shoulder to below the right
knee, where It is fastened with a big
rosette, and In his hand he holds u
staff as high os himself similarly
swathed. Black was the color for
adults, white for Infants.
That a number of British officers are
serving In the various Balkan armies
recalls a story told—but not believed—
by Grant Duff In his dairy. During
one of the conflicts between Russia and
Turkey the rival commanders In chief
met to discuss terms of peace. As tho
Turkish pasha entered his rival’s tent,
he pulled off his turban and exclaimed,
In tile broadest of Scotch: “Eh, Jamie,
man; It's you, thenl"
The Invention of a Houston (Tex.)
man contemplates the use of nitro
glycerin as a power producer. The ex
plosive has been used before In
schemes like this, usually to the great
Borrow of the relatives of the Inven
tor, but the latest nitroglycerin motor
Is not designed for pure explosive, but
tor a solution of It in gasoline.
The loganberry, a hybrid of the
blackberry and raspberry. Is said to
make the finest of jellies. Jams and
pies. Introduced n few years ago In
the west. Its popularity has been
steadily increasing, and the demand
now outruns the supply. Western Ore
gon and Washington are the greatest
producers of the new berry.
Parachutes for saving the lives of
aviators who meet with accident In
midair are being adopted In Europe,
the Russian government having. It Is
reported, ordered 200 of them for Its
army aeroplanes. The parachute Is
■trapped to the aviator's shoulders and
unfolds automatically In case of acci
dent.
Many musicians besides merely
oomlo song writers have gained golden
rewards by their works. Sullivan re
oelved $50,000 In royalties from "The
Lost Chord." "In Old Madrid" brought
Its composer—until then unknown to
tome—$75,000, and for "My Pretty
Joe,” Bishop eecelved $10,000 a line.
Sarah Barnhardt Is quoted as paying
ber respects to Isabella of Bavaria,
consort of Charles VI of France, In
this wlie: 'It la to her that we owe
the Invention of the corset, but It was
■he, too, who sold the half of France
to England. There was no crime of
which that woman was not capable."
An Incandescent gas mantle which
baa become corbonlzed or blackened by
use may be cleaned by throwing a
quantity of salt upon it while It la glow
ing. This has the effect of cleaning
the carbon off. increasing the efficiency
of the light and prolonging the life of
the mantle.
English people are not used to eat
ing peaches, as the English hothouse
product sells for as much as $5 a doz
en, and the peach grown outside some
times at nearly $2.50 a dozen. Hence
the marker for American peaches In
England is In Its Infancy.
There are at present 43,000 passenger
oars, 7,-000 motor trucks and 20,000
motorcycles running on German roads.
This Is considerably less than In half
n dozen American states, and barely
half the number In use In New York
■tate alone.
Mr*. J. Clarence Lee and Miss Wil
helms Gibbons, of Philadelphia, recent
ly traveled from the Russian frontier
to Shanghai. China, over the Trans
Siberian railroad o.v a very romantlc
mlsston, the young woman going to
China to marry. _
“New York,” aays the Harvard Lam
poon In a guide to Boston, is "u semi
mythical suburb of Boston. The sub
ject.” It adds, "Is a painful one to
Bostonians, and should be avoided at
aoclal functions.”
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Only the more important moving pic
ture theaters of Frank fort-on-the-Main
change their programs twice a week.
Films zhowlng typically American
subjects ore popular.
Two thousand accurate portraits a
a#.ccmI 1* claime j for * now motion plc
jtnre ctucrc., with which the flight of
an i-'etr.t hra boon pictured.
UNIVERSITY REMOVAL
PASSED UP TO SOLONS
BY BOARD OF REGENTS
Declared That Cost of Living
Makes It Necessary to Lift
Salaries.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 21.—In its annual
report to the governor the board of
regents declare that they will not at
tempt to solve the vexed question of
whether to remove the state university
to the state farm or buy lots around
the city campus to provide for future
physical growth, but want the legis
lature, as representatives of the peo
ple, to decide. It presents the facts
relative to what will be necessary in
each instance.
The board expresses the unanimous
opinion that if the removal polio
should be adopted that it should be
carried out, whole colleges at a time,
and that It ought not to be attempted
piecemeal by departments. Whichever
policy Is adopted the board insists
proper appropriations should be made
at once.
The student enrollment this year is
3,697. and for the biennium the increase
has been 200, not counting those at
tending the school of music, affilia
tions with which were recently severed,
nor those students not entered for col
legs credits. The board is of the opin
ion that owing to the increased cost
of living there must be an increase
of salaries, or some of the best men
will be lost to the Institution.
The board asks for appropriations, in
addition to the usual sums from the
mill levy and the endowment funds,
covering a number of items and in
cluding one for 2500,000 for new build
ings and the purchase of adjucent
land.
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NEW COUNTY SEAT LAW
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 21.—The act of
1X95. providing for the removal of
county seats, has been declared uncon
stitutional by the state supreme court
and the act of 1875 W'as held to be op
erative in this state. The opinion was
given in the Franklin county seat fight,
which has been waging for the past
year and a half. The void act provided
that three-fourths of all the votes cast
on the question should be necessary to
removal of a county seat where it had
been located in one town for 10 years
or more previous to the passage of the
act.
Tho court terms the legislation "local
and special" because it bars coSnty
seats not located 10 years previous to
1895. The 1875 enactment is termed “in
volved and complicated,” and no effort
was made in the decision to Interpret
It. The question of removal was sub
mitted in Franklin county in August,
1911. Bloomington, the present county
seat, failed to receive the required
number of votes and the enemies of the
town held thut another election should
be called and efforts were made to
mandamus the county board and com
pel the roHubmlssion of the question.
The district court, however, sustained
the county board's demurrer and dis
missed the action. The upper tribunal's
decision reverses the lower court’s
Judgment and remands the case.
DREAM RESPONSIBLE
FOR WOMAN’S COLLAPSE
Lincoln, Nob., Dec. 21.—Mrs. K. E.
Cleaveland, wife of a Burlington con
ductor, Is lying at a local hospital In a
very serious condition, the result of a
nervous shock following a dream that
she was to die of poison.
The Cleavelands live at Atohlnson.
having removed there a year ago. A
few weeks ago a close friend of Mrs,
Cleaveland, the wife of the fireman on
his train, died of poison, after an Ill
ness of 72 hours, during with Mrs.
Cleaveland was In constant attendance
upon her.
The night of the day of the funeral
Mrs. Cleaveland waked her husband and
told him, with distress In her voice,
that she had just had a very vivid
dream In which she saw herself lying
dead as a result of the same kind of
poisoning. Ten minutes later she was
suffering from a nervous chill and by
morning she was a very sick woman.
When she was brought here she was
unconscious. The doctors say the ner
vous shook resulting from the dream Is
responsible for her condition.
400 CARBUNCLES MAKE
UECHER’S LIFE MISERABLE
Norfolk. Neb., Dec. 21. .— Ex
Street Commissioner William Uecher
is just recovering from a six
weeks' Illness, caused by 400 carbuncles
and boils. The Irritable illness from
which the former street commissioner
lias been suffering kept him In bed for
six continuous weeks.
"They bothered me most on my
limbs." says Mr. Uecher. "I had 200 of
them on one knee, and although I had
a six weeks' layoff, It was the most
miserable nix weeks 1 have ever spent
In my life."
Mr. Uecher declares he is now In
business for himself and expects to
contract the construction of new homes
In Norfolk.
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WIFE GETS DIVORCE
FOR UNUSUAL CRUELTY
Fremont, Neb., Dee. 21.—In the dis
trict court late yesterday Mrs. Frieda
Kuehl. alleging unusual cruelty, filed
suit for divorce against Fred Kuehl. a
newspaper pressman. The plaintiff
sets forth that during the time she and
the two children of the couple were
sick lust winter. Kuehl left them and
refused to contribute to their support.
Both of the children died. The plain
tiff claims that she has been earning
her own livelihood for the past several
months by following the occupation of
a nurse.
HIGH SCHOOL DANCES
UNDER LIMITED IRENICS
Fremont. Neb.. Dee. 20.—The subject
of high school dances before the school
board and Superintendent Waterhouse
brought an order yesterday forbidding
the light step diversion at strictly class
parties, hut permitting a limited num
ber of high school dances under re
strictions. whtch Include one that out
side guests must be invited through the
principal and no students who do not
care to at-end can be assessed to pay
the expenses.
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WHEN COAL SUPPLANTS
OIL AS ENGINE FUEL
Fremont. Neb.. Dec. 20.—Four car
loads of material tor the construction
of large oil tanks at this place to be
used os supply tanks for Northwestern
I engines, when oil supplants coal for
fuel, were received this morning. One
tank will be located near the present
coal chutes, and another near the
roundhouse. It Is understood pipes will
be run to various points where the en
glncs will be conveniently filled. Local
railroad men believe schools of Instruc
tion will l e established soon for fire
men. who will have to learn how to
handle the cil burners.
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HARTJNGTON—It is not improbable
that at the end of the present year the
county board of commissioners of Cedar
county wHl call In an expert accountant
to go over the business of all the county
offices, including the commissioners’ of
fice. As a matter of fact no unprejudiced
person believes there is any need of in
vestigation, but the cry of graft was
raised in some quarters during the last
campaign and, in order to turn the full
light of publicity on, a general accounting
may be deemed wise.
ALLIANCE—The Central school build
ing on Box Butte avenue was totally de
stroyed by fire, which was discovered
about 4 o’clock this morning, and, aided
by a stiff north wind, was beyond control
when the fire department arrived a few
minutes later. The building, the first
school in Alliance, was erected In 2890 at
a cost of about $40,000. The origin of the
fire is unknown, but was probably from
an overheated furnace. The loss is par
tially covered by insurance.
KEARNEY-The courts will not inter
fere to prevent the removal of the Pres
byterian church from Gandy to the new
town of Stapleton, three miles away. The
Union Pacific passed the old town by when
it built its extension Into the county, and
made Stapleton a station. The result has
been a steady depopulation of Gandy. The
Presbyterian congregation voted to move
its building there, but one member, true
to Gandy, enjoined this action.
HOWE—“Little Mac,’* the 8-year-old
son of Mrs. George Davis, was severely
cut across the forehead late yesterday
with a large butcher knife. The little
fellow was an interested watcher at the
family butchering and in the temporary
absence of Mr. Davis and helpers he be
gan playing at butchering. In one of the
flourishes with the sharp knife he struck
himself across the forehead, inflicting a
gash several inches in length.
MADISON—Just 30 mlnues after the pe
tition was filed In the district court of this
county, Mrs. Maude Ayers, of Norfolk,
was released from the marital contract
which bound her to her husband, Arthur
B. Ayers. In point of time, this is a rec
ord breaker for the district court of Mad
ison county in the divorce business. The
defendant helped to expedite matters by
entering his voluntary appearance and of
fering no contest.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Congressman
Kinkald has introduced a bill providing
that neither contracting party should lose
their homestead rights In cases where a
man and woman who have acquired home
stead rights are married. The bill, if
passed, will make It possible for a man
and a woman to begin married life with
2,280 acres of land in the section covered
by the so-called Kinkaid act.
LINCOLN—Charles Deeder. of Hitch
cock county, who was convicted in dis
trict court on the charge of misreading
the election ballots, will have another
chance to clear himself. The supreme
court today reversed and remanded his
case, holding that the $300 fine and two
months’ county jail sentence which he
received as a penalty was not warranted
on the evidence.
LINCOLN—A Douglas county farmer
has written Secretary Mellor, of the
state fair board, for Information regard
ing the number of engines In use in the
state of Nebraska. Mr. Mellor has looked
up the proposition and has notified the
gentlemen that the number stands as fol
lows: Traction engines, 2,399; stationary
engines, 2,173; gas engines, 11,647, and auto
mobiles, 34,036.
NORFOLK--North Fourth street and
South Fourth street from the M. & O.
tracks to the South Norfolk depot at the
foot of Fourth street, and a block east
to Third street, will be paved. This fact
was clinched last night when the petition
for the paving was accepted and an ordi
nance creating .paving district No. 4 was
passed three times by the city council.
NELIGH—W. W. Putney died Thursday.
He was one of the pioneers of this county,
being the first clerk elected for the coun
ty after its organization and member of
the legislature in 1881, which eletced Van
Wyck to the Senate and passed the Slo
cumb liquor law. He was one of the
county’s most prominent citizens until ad
vancing years ended his activities.
FREMONT—J. C. Cook, who was candi
date for congFcss in this district before
the recent election, urged to the sheriffs
of Nebraska yesterday that they take a
stand with the county attorneys of the
state in an effort to do away with the
“professional juror,” a class which he de
clared Is to be found in every county seat
in Nebraska.
OMAHA—Thomas Brennan, once sec
retary to Charles Stewart Parnell, the
famous Irish home rule veteran, and who
amassed a fortune In recent years in Om
aha real estate, died last night. Brennan,
who was agraduate of Dublin university,
was banished from Ireland In the ’80s be
cause of his speeches for the cause of
home rule.
OMAHA—Although the 1913 tax levy will
not be available for more than eight
months, claims against Douglas county
are already being held up because of the
lack of money In various funds. Excep
tional expenditures in connection with the
new court house is said to be the cause
of the stringency.
ALLIANCE—The household goods of E.
H. Powell, agent for the Burlington rail
road, en route from Litchfield, Neb., to
Custer. S. D., where he is being trans
ferred by the company, were totally de
stroyed by fire at Seneca, the car In which
they were loaded catching fire from some
unknown cause.
NORTH BEND—A telegram received
here yesterday announced the death of
Herbert Hastings, a former resident of
Webster. Death was accidental at Port
land. Ore., according to the telegram.
Hastings and his family moved from Web
ster to Boulder, Cplo. Particulars are
now known.
OMAHA—George W. Doane, 88 years
old, who came to Omaha In 1866. died yes
terday of pneumonia. Mr. Doane had
been identified with much of the history
of Nebraska. Among the offices which
he held was that of district attorney.
OMAHA—Fire originating in a drug
store on the first floor of the ller Grand
hotel Thursday morning drove 120 scantily
clad guests of the hotel into the street and
damaged the drug store and an adjoining
barber shop to the extent of $3,000.
FREMONT—The Nebraska Sheriffs’ as
sociation voted to meet next year at Beat
rice and elected the following officers:
John Jones, of Nelson, president; T. W.
Carroll, of Alma, vice president; W. O.
Condit, of Fremont, secretary.
FREMONT — Henry Dockweller and
Nathan Thorne were overcome with gas
in a trench on Main street last evening
and but for the timely arrival of help
would have perished. Both were revived
by the efforts of a physician.
AINSWORTH—A little 3-year-old son
of Fred Beaver and wife of this city broke
Ids right leg just above the knee yester
day afternoon. This is the sixth time that
he has broken his leg in three years.
YORK—By a vote of 39S to 209 the com
mission form of government was defeated
at a special election here yesterday.
YORK—By a vote of 398 to 309 th* com
mission form of government wm defeated
at a special election here.
AUDITOR GIVES HINT
GF AVAILABLE LINES
OF NEW LEGISLATION
Blue Sky Measures and Acts
Correcting Insurance Mat
ters Needed.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 20.—In his bien
nial report to the governor, State Audi
tor Barton has a number of recom
mendations to make. Here are some of
them:
Passage of a blue sky law; chang
ing the law so that proxy holders In
mutual Insurance companies cannot
utilize their power to change them into
stock companies after the company has
been bullded into a strong concern, re
requiring the signature of officers of a
life insurance company to all estimates
and promises of agents; requiring life
insurance companies to deposit with
the state treasurer securities equal to
the reserves due from residents of the
state; requiring fraternal societies that
desire to change rates to refer the mat
ter to a vote of the members of the
orders; the separation of the insurance
department of the state from the audi
tor's office.
Mr. Barton says that there has been
but one shortage found in the state in
stitutions, and that was for a small
sum. He calls attention to the fact
that while the state university presents
a thoroughly complete financial report,
the legislature ought to note how much
time is lost by the high salaried pro
fessors and how much the state pays
students to teach in their stead. He
also emphasizes the absurdity of the
state maintaining a deposit of $500,000
all the time with its fiscal agent,
Kountze Bros., of New York city, and
paying them one-eighth of 1 per cent
for handling the disbursements. If the
law were followed, he says, this money
would be on deposit with state bank
ers, who could as readily make the pay
ments as necessary, and who would
gladjy pay 2 ner cent on monthly bal
ances.
The income of the state for the next
two years he estimates at $5,315,000,
and the appropriations asked total $5,
099,000. The state's revenues from in
surance companies are $130,000 a year.
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O’NEILL iN FIELD FOR
POSTOFFICE BUILDING
O'Neill, Neb., Dec. 20.—Several of the
business men in O’Neill received copies
of the bill that Representative Kinkaid
had introduced in congress asking the
erection of a government building in
this city. The bill calls for a *75,000
building for postofflce purposes, and
other departments of the federal gov
ernment located at O'Neill. A meeting
of those Interested in the upbuilding
of O’Neill will be held to formulate
plans to assist Congressman Kinkaid
by securing the assistance of the Ne
braska delegation at Washington in
pushing the bill through. Political dif
ferences will be set aside in this move
ment, and It is expected that a solid
county will be behind Kinkaid. O’Neill
has agitated the erection of a building
by the government for several years
and has seen other towns land build
ings, and now when the proposition is
up for consideration with the govern
ment nothing proper will be left un
done to secure the appropriation.
STERN PARENT CUTS IN
ON MATRIMONIAL PLANS
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 20.—An inter
esting story is going the rounds con
cerning a young school ma’am near
Uehling and a well known Dodge coun
ty boy, who is connected with one of
the oldest families. The young couple,
both of whom are under 20, had planned
to wed. They were to drive from the
school house, where the bride teaches,
to Fremont for the ceremony. The min
ister had been engaged and the bride
had sent her resignation to the school
board. On the day of the wedding the
groom drove to the home of the pros
pective bride’s father to notify him of
the plans. He had not looked for ob
jections, but they were forthcoming in
a vigorous manner. The boy did not,
however, alter his plans, but started
pell mell in his automobile for the
school house. The father of the girl
also has an automobile and he followed.
There was a merry chase, which ended
in victory for the father, for he suc
ceeded in pursuading his daughter to
postpone the wedding and return home
with him. The young lady yesterday
was sent to an eastern college in order
that she should ‘‘forget." Another
teacher has taken her place in the
school.
UNION PACIFIC REFUSES
TO ABIDE BY BOARD ORDER
Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 20.—Only at the
end of a long lawsuit wi|l the people
of Grandy get a depot on the new line
of the Union Paclflc. For the first
time in the six years of Its dealing with
the state commission, has the Union
Pacific served notice that it will not
abide by the decree of that body.
When the extension was pushed into
Logan county, Gandy was passed by.
notwithstanding it has long been the
county capital, and a new town of
Stapleton sprang into existence, three
miles away, on the uplands. The com
mission ordered the railroad to erect
a station a mile away from Gandy for
the use of the residents thereof.
It is expected that by the time the
railroad exhausts its resort to the
courts all of the town will have moved
to Stapleton, a part having already
been hauled to the new townsite.
ROBBER CONFESSES TO
NUMEROUS HOLDUPS
Grand Island. Neb., Dec. 20.—Follow
ing telephonic information to the police
that a highwayman had entered the
little grocery store of W. M. Pierce, in
the suburbs, and robbed him at the end
of a gun, the police and sheriff's forces
made a complete round of the rooming
houses and the shady resorts nnd land
ed the highwayman, who confessed to
five other holdups in this city and sev
eral very bold ones at Kearney, Neb.
He gave his name as Ed Kelley,
stated he came from Lorraine. N. Y.,
and confessed to five of the seven re
cent holdups in this city and to those
at Kearney.
NO ELECTIONS UNTIL
THE AUTUMN OF 1914
Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. 19.—The commis
sion which has been codifying the state
laws for presentation to the next legis
lature has decided that it will ignore
the complications in the biennial
amendment recently adopted, and hold
that the Intent of the man who drew it
up was to have no election In 1913. The
statutes, as they will present them,
therefore, will make no provision for
any election in Nebraska until the
autumn of 1914. |
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ALLIANCE — Within the last three
months more than 1,200 settlers have mads
final proof on their Kinkaid homesteads in
the Alliance land district. This rush tc
prove up is caused by the recent law
which allows proof to be made with a
three years' residence instead of the five
years formerly required. This wholesale
proving up has been followed by consid
erable borrowing of money as the land can
now be given as security. This money if
being used mostly to buy stock and tc
Improve the claims on many of which verj
poor buildings existed.
LINCOLN—Secretary Joel A. Piper, of
the state prison board, in his biennial re
port to the governor, states that the
parole law and the indeterminate sentence
law have brought good results, and the
board is well satisfied with the record
made by paroled prisoners. Up to tho
present time 88 per cent of the prisoners
paroled have led good and useful lives.
Since July, 1911, the prison board has
recommended pardons for 23 prisoners
and paroled 83.
YORK—Miss Clara Gassman was
awarded a verdict against Edward
Johnson in district court by a jury for
3650 damages for injury she sustained
in a runaway smash-up about a year
ago. She alleges that the team hitched
to the carriage in which she was rid
ing became frightened at Johnson’s
automobile, causing them to run away.
At a former trial Miss Gassman was
given a verdict for 350.
PAPILLI ON—Herman Thompson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson, resid
ing about seven miles west of Papillion,
had a narrow escape from death when his
team and wagon with which he was haul
ing corn to Chaleo was struck by a west
bound passenger train, killing the team,
demolishing the wagon while he sustained
a broken collar bone, a broken arm and
several other serious fractures and
bruises.
ALLIANCE—It is rumored in Catholic
circles in Alliance that there may be im
portant changes made in the new diocese
recently created In northwestern Nebras
ka when the seat of the bishopric was
placed at Kearney. Rumor has it that
Kearney will lose the hlshopric and that
It will be placed at Alliance on account of
the fact that Alliance Is an important
Catholic center, having large church, hos
pital and academy.
BROKEN BOW—The Nebraska state
grange of the Patrons of Husbandry
has just finished its second annual ses
sion at this place lasting two days. J.
P. Ream, of Broken Bow, was re-elect
ed worthy master; E. M. Webb, of Cal
laway, overseer, and C. W. Pugsley, of
Lincoln, lecturer. The next annual ses
sion will occur at Callaway, in this
county.
HOLMESVILLE—Frank Reiff. a
farmer living a mile east of this place,
lost his I-e by being struck on the
head by a limb of a tree while he was
at work In the timber near his farm
in company with his brother. His
skull was fractured and he lived In a
state of coma until about 9 o’clock last
night, when he passed away.
OMAHA—A suffraget club house is
In prospect for Omaha, according to
plans announced today by Mrs. A. C.
Anderson, secretary of the local equal
suffrage league. Her announcement
followed the refusal of officers of the
Commercial club to allow the votes for
women enthusiasts to hold meetings in
the Commercial club rooms.
GRAND ISLAND—A car loaded with oil
for the Union Pacific company and side
tracked along the oil shed platform took
fire and about 2,000 gallons, according to
official estimates, were destroyed and al
so a box car. Several 100-g«?><?« tanks ex
ploded while the department was fighting
the Are. and hundreds of spectators were
nearby, but no one was injured.
FAIRBURY -— Judge Boyle completed
the recounting of all the ballots in the
Jones-Bartel election contest. The result
is a victory for Jones by nine votes. He
was the republican progressive candidate
for county assessor and was defeated by
his democratic rival. J. C. Bartel, by one
vote on the face of the returns.
WASHINGTON. D. C.-One of the only
two men In active service in the United
States army who saw service during the
civil war is Major General Daniel W.
Arnold, quartermasters' corps, stationed
at Omaha, according to the annual report
of the adjutant general today.
FREMONT—The Jjorthwestern has had
plans drawn for a large oil supply tank
which will be erected soon in the Fremont
railroad yards for the purpose of supply
ing engines with fuel when the all-oil
burner system is inaugurated soon after
the first of the year.
NORTH BEND—John O’llair and Ed
Divine are involved in court proceedings
growing out of a horse trade. O’Hair
claims the animal, which he bought for
pound, lias defective eyes. Justice New
son took the case under advisement yes
terday.
PENDER—Frank Schleppenhash has
sold his interest in the city meat market
at this place to his brother, Peter, and
has purchased a meat market at Bruns
wick, Neb. M. Prakup has sold his har
ness shop business to his brothers, Emil
and John Prakup. Anton Barnas, of Wil
bur, Neb., will manage the business.
LINCOLN—William C. Israle, formerly
of Benkelman, and a well known Nebras
ka newspaper man, will start the publi
cation of a w’eekly paper at Havelock
early next month. It will be known as the
Havelock Post. Mr. Israel has purchased
a building for occupancy and will assem
ble a new plant for his paper.
PENDER--Wm. J. Paasch. the Pender
merchant, who quietly departed two weeks
ago, and later writing his wife that he
would never come back, has been located
at St. Paul, from which place he has
written here for funds to return home.
HOOPER—John Monnich, the well
known automobile dealer of this place,
sustained a fracture of his arm and a dis
location of his shoulder when a car he was
driving overturned into a ditch east of
Rosalie. Mr. Monnich's children, w ho were
with him, escaped injury.
BENKELMAN—Not guilty wra.s the ver
dict returned by the jury in the case of
the state vs. James Jones, jr., on his sec- ,
ond trial for taking the life of Joseph B.
Rowley, in Chase county, March 25, 1909.
The Jury accepted the plea of self defense
after being out 12 hours.
LINCOLN—Christ Anderson, who was a
member of the legislature two years ago
from Kearney county, and who will serve
again In the coming session, will intro
duce a bill to compel through trains which
have passengers for county seat towns to
stop and discharge those passengers.
BEATRICE—Thirty-twro inmates of the
state insane asylum were brought here
from Lincoln and given quarters in the
two new cottages at the feeble minded in
stitute. The transfer was made because
of the crowded condition of the asylum.
HASTINGS—A fossil tooth, weighing
23 pounds and measurii«*j eight and
one-half inches across the grinding
surface was sent to the University of
Nebraska last night as a loan by 'Dr.
Frank Sehaufelberger of this city, who
has been its possessor during the last
10 years. The specimen is from the
mammoth of. prehistoric time and is
believed to be the largest ever un
earthed by the hand of man.
CANADA WEEK
CANADIAN EXHIBITS AT LIVE
8TOCK AND LAND SHOWS CEN
TER OF ATTRACTION.
The hats were doffed to Canada
during the two weeks pf the Land
Show and the week of the Live Stock
Show at Chicago. Willing to display
its goods, anxious to let the people of
the central states know what could
be produced on Canadian farm lands,
and the quality of the article, Hon.
Dr. Roche, minister of the interior
of Canada, directed that sufficient
space be secured at the Ifni ted
States land Show, recently field, to
give some adequate idea of the field
resources of western Canada. Those
in charge had splendid location,', and
Installed dne of the most attractive
grain and grass exhibits ever seen
anywhere. Thousands, anxious to get
"back to the land,” saw the exhibit,
saw wheat that weighed 68 pounds to
the measured bushel, oats that went
48 and barley that tipped the scales
at 65 pounds. The clover, the alfalfa,
the wild pea vine and vetch, the rye
grass, the red-top and many other suo
culent and nutritious varieties of wild
grasses demanded and deserved from
their prominence and quality, the at
tention they received. The grtfln in
the straw, bright In color, and.carry
ing heads that gave evidence of the
truth of the statements of Mr. W. J.
White of Ottawa,, and his attendants,
that the wheat would average 28 to
35 bushels and over per acre, the oats
65 to 106 bushels, the flax 12 to 21
bushels) were strongly in evidence,
and arranged with artistic taste on
the walls. The vegetable exhibit was
a surprise to the visitors. Potatoes,
turnips—cabbage, in all of It
proved' that not only in**grain! was
western Canada prominent, but in
vegetables it could succesfully com
pete with the world.
One of the unique and successful
features of the- exhibit was the suc
cessful and systematic daily distribu
tion of bread made from Canadian *
flour. It was a treat to those who got
it. Canadian butter, Canadian cheese
and Canadian honey helped to com
plete an exhibit that revealed in a ,
splendid way the great resources of
a country in which so pian^‘ Amer
icans have made their home.
A feature of the -exhibit was tie
placards, announcing thq several re
cent successes of Canadian farm
produce and live stock in strong com
petition with exhibits from other
countries. There was posted the
Leager Wheeler championship prize
for Marquis wHeat grown at Rosthem
In 1911, beating the world. Then L
Holmes of Cardston entered the com
petitive field at Lethbridge Dry Farm
ing Congress, and won the wheat
championship of 1912, beating Mr.
Wheeler with the same variety of
wheat. Hill & Sons of Lloydminster, f
Saskatchewan, in 1911 won the Colo-,
rado silver trophy for best oats grown,'
competed for in a big competition at
Columbus, Ohio,, in 1911. The produce
of British Columbia at the New York
Land Show in 1911 carried off the
world’s championship for potatoes,
and incidentally won a $1,000' silver
trophy, and then, but a few years ago.
the same province carried off the
world’s prize for apples at the Horti
cultural Show in London, England.
But that was not all. These Cana
dians, who had the temerity to state
that com was not the only feed for
finishing high-grade beef cattle, en
tered for the fat steer championship
at the Live Stock Show in Chicago a
polled Angus—"Glencamock Victor.”
Nearly 300 entries were in the field.
"Glencamock Victoi*1 didn't know a
kernel of com from a Brazilian wal
nut. Thfere were Iowa, Illinois, Ne
braska, Kansas, Minnesota, Wiscon
sin and their corn-fed article, deter
mined to win^bound to beat this black
animal from the north, and his “noth-}.,
ing but prairie grass, oats and barley
feed,” as his owner proudly stated, but
they didn’t, ipax^tda and McGregor &
Sons, with their'**01encamock Victor,”
won, and today the swelldom of Amer
ica is eating of mi's steaks, and roasts
—the champion steer of tne world.
But once more the herd of. cattle \
that won the Sweepstakes at the \
same show was bred and owned by v
the ownerj *of “Glencamock- Victor,”
fed only on prairie, grass, oats and
barley, near Brandon, Manitoba. The
royal reception given to Mr. Mc
Gregor on his return to his home
town was well deserved.
Omission must’not be made of the
wonderful and beautiful display of
apples made by British Columbia, oc
cupying a full hglf section of ,the
great Land Show.' This was in per
sonal charge of Mrgfe, E. Scott, dep
uty minister of agrRmlture for that
province, who was not only a host to
those who visited the exhibit, but
was also an encyclopedia of informa
tion regarding the resources of that
country. With 200,000 Americans go
ing to western Canada this year, it is
pleasing to know that so many from
this side of the line can participate in
the honors coming to* that new coun
try.—Advertisement.
Fears Woman With Horns.
Declaring that he was being pur
sued by a woman with horns and that
his life was in dan^-pr, Dr. Joseph
John Garside, agetf ‘5j years, of
Philadelphia, was committed t‘o the
Montgomery pounty jail. He was ar
rested by a special officer while talk
ing and acting sg^ngely in frpnt of
the Philadelphia & Western, Railway
station.