ft VOLUME XXII. LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. APRIL 27. 1905. NUMBER 24 Professions Cards R. J. xightingaTe Attorney aad Cotasslcr-at-Law LOUP GITY. NEB AARON WALL Lawyer Practices in all Courts Loup Citv. Neb. ROBT.P. STARR Attorney-at-Law. LOUP CITY, NBBRSSKM. •n. n. .?#/;.//> Bonded Abstracter Loup City, * Nebraska. Only set of Abstract hooks in county A. S. MAIN, Physician end Surgeon Office at Telephone Residence Connection LOUP CITY, - - NEBR. d. H. LONG Office. Over New Bank. TELEPHONE CONNECTION W. L. YIAifOY. DENTIST, LOUP CITY, NEB A. L. GILBERT. Prop. M M Ban IN CONNECTION. Fine Livery Turnouts Having recently purchased this well known stable and added to it in many ways, I am better prepared til an ever to serve you right. Give Us a Trial Round Front Barn, J. H. MINER. Props. Loup City, - Nebr. (Opposite XoiUiwescern Office) Finest Livery Rigs, careful drivers Headquarters ior farmers’ teaiu» <’om merciai m^n's trade given especial at tention. Your patronage solicited. Oity IDra,y AND Transfer —;o: — Give me a trial on your draying and transfer business, and I will guarantee satisfaction. S. N. CRISS, Propr. U P RAILWAY. OVERLAND ROUTE Vhrss Daily Vraiqs to Caliloi nia TRAIN'S ARRIVE AND DEPART AS FOLLOWS:— No. 38 leaves daily except Sunday spass enger). 7:25 a. m. No. 88 leaves Monday, Wednesday and Friday, (mixed' 12:35 p. in. No. 90 leaves Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, (mixedt 1:15 p. m. No. 87 arrives daily except Sunday 'mixed) 12:0f> p. m. No. 37 arrives Monday. Wednesday and Fri day at 8:20 p. m. No. 39 i passenger) Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arrives at 5:35 p m. First class service and close connections east west and south. Tickets sold lo al! points aud baggage checked through to destination. Information will be chier fully furnished «.n application to Frank Hiskk, Agent TIME TABLE, Burlington f Route LOUP CITY NEBR. Lincoln, Omaha, Chicago, St. Joseph. Kansas City, St. Louis, and all points ast and south. Denver, Helena. Butte, Salt Lake City, Portland, San Francisco, and all points West. TRAINS LEAVE AS FOLLOWB: GOING EAST No. 52 Passenger.HfS3 a m. No. 60 Freight.10.53a.m. GOING WE8T No. 51 Passenger. 5:10 p. No. 50 Freight.6:16 p. m. Sleeping, dinner and reclining chair cars .__ . nn thm«irh trains. Tickets 5:10 m. (seats'free) on through trains. Tickets sold and baggage checked to any point in the United States or Canada. For information, maps, time tables and tickets call on or write to R. L. ARTHUR Agent. Or J. Frakcis. Gen'l Passenger Agent. Omaha, Hebraska. THE NORTHWESTERN FBBUS:—11.00 peh teak, if paid in advanci Entered at the Loup City Postofflce for trans mission through the mails as second class matter. Office’Phone, - - - Rll Residence ’Phone, - - H22 J. W* BURLEIGH. Ed. and Pub. ADVERTISING RATES Display Space—Rates furnished upon ap plication. Local Notices —Five cents per line for each insertion. Notices set in black lace type double the above rate. All notices will be run until ordered out when time is not specified. Notices of entertainments, concerts, lec tures, suppers, etc., where an admission fee iv charged, or a momentary interest involved five cents per line each insertion. Card of Thanks. 50 cents. Resolutions of respect and condolence. £1.00, In memoriam poetry, five cents a line. Announcements of church services, lodge society and club meetings and all public gatherings where not conducted for revenue will be published free. HADOIX BAIL FIX'D AT $10,000 Scott Haddix Bound Over to the District Court for the Mur of Melvin Butler. Buoken How. Aebr.. April 22 — The preliminary hearing of Scott Haddix, charged with killing Melvin Bntler or the evening of April 16'h. was com m&noed last night at 7:30 o’clock, tie foie Ooumy Judge Armour. Owing to the inadequate space in the countv court room. Judge Hosteti**r of the district court, who is just closing up a term, ! ottered the use of his sanctuary, wh ch w. s soon filled to overflowing with people of all cl*s-es and denominations. | eager to hear the tes’irnony. The case has awakened universal interest throughout the county. Judge C. L. Guttersou, .1 K. Dean and County Attorney Johnson represented tii< j state, while Judge Sullivan of Broken bow and Judge Wall of Loup Cit\ appeared for the defendant Only three witnesses were examined; they appearing for the state. The first was Arthur Fuller, a bov of Is years. ^ working for Butler. Fuller was one of ! the eye witnesses to the killing. He stated that Haddix fired the first shot, but up->n being cross-examined by Judge Sullivan, got considerably mixed - in bis testimony. The 14-year-old daughter of Butler was next called, and after sub t.initiat ing some of the statements made by the preceding witness, fell into a violent state ol hysterics and was obliged to l*e taken from the court room. Joseph P. Gill, at whose farm the daught- r and her friend Lena Krouse, were visiting the day of the tragedy, was also put upon the stand, and he testified that he was awav from hoifle a big portion of the day and only saw Butler after he was dead that night. The attorneys for the d< fendant tried to get Lena Krouse on the stand but the court ruled otherwise. At 10;3o Judge Armour adjourned the hearing until Monday morning at 10 o’clock. Bokex Bow. Nebr , April 24.—The preliminary trid of Scott Iladdix charged with killing Melvin Butler* April 16. w. s resumed before County Judge Armour this morning. Owing to absence of Lena Krouse, whom the defense wanted to put on the stand, it was thought the hearing would again be postponed but the attorneys for both state and defense went into court this afternoon and after several mo tions had been overruled, agreed to rest the case without argument. The court bound Haddix over in the sum of i?10, 000 to appear before the next term of district court Late in the afternoon, Haddix had failed to secure bonds. Last Saturday was Arbor Day, and in commemoration of the event our public schools took a half holiday Fri day pr ceding, to get a good start to ward its proper observance. We have heard of no general tree planting on Arbor Day by our people hereabout. The Bancroft Blade riss to inquire. “We arenow waiting,' says the Blade, “to hear from Judge Sears, who lias accused Stuefer on every occ >sion of breaking the law. Judge Sears drew additional compensation as speaker four years ago under a law that has been declared of no effect. Will he pet it back?’’—Fremont Tribune. Of the 23 states having the largest number of mtles qf railroad. Nebraska gets the smallest amount of tax per mile viz: $204, while Massachusetts gets $1,402 Indian* has less mileage than Nebraska, yet sbe gets more than double the amount of tax we do viz: 5,588 miles, tax $2,061 221.to Nebraska's 5,727 miles, tax $1,207,022. The roads have no room for complaint in Ne braska. v The anti-cigarette law passed bv the late legislature goes into effect on July 1st. After that time it will be unlawful to manufacture, sell or give away cigarettes or cigarette papers in the state of Nebraska. The law is a good one and it is to be hoped that it will have strict reinforcement. The ciga»ette habit is an evil one and the strong arm of the law w ill endeavor to wipe out the evil that moral suasion has endeavored to do. How Judge Wall Kept Out of Olive Gangs’ Clutches. SOME EARLY HISTORY OF SHERMAN COUNTY. Gets His Captors Into Court by a Ruse and Nealy Turns the Tables. i From the Ravenna News.) Some years ago when Nebraska was a new state, on what was then the "frontier " but which is now thickly populated, there were numerous lawless characters. These rough classes were not confined entirely to the ordinary horse thieves and cattle rustlers, but some of them were men of wealth and con siderable influence among those of the same ilk. One of the best known shady characters was a man named Olive, who had surrounded himself with as reckless a band of horse thieves and desperadoes ns could ^e found in the entire west. Stealing of Stock, driving iyway settlers and other things o' a criminal nature even murder, was eharg-d against the outfit. Depredations became so extensive, and so many honest men were the victims, that it was at last decided to put an end to the operations of the gang. The Olive laction was so strong that even the county officers were elected to the various stations who would d > the bidding of Olive One of the leaders against the faction was tin Hon. Aaron Wall, then a your attorney and the county judge of sherman county. He wa most active and open in opposition to the work of the gang lie was a man to be feared by evil doers. Every inch a man of will and muscle, conscientious arid fearless he was one of the number that the Olives wished to see out of the country, A charge of murder was made against Olive anti a number of bis followers. The case was likely to come up before Judge Wall. A plan was devised by the (l ives to get Wall out of the way. Acco dingiy. on some trumped up charge, a warrant was secured for Wall s arrest from a justice of the peace who was part of the machinery in th»* hands or the Olives A number of Olive's cowlxiys wen sworn in as constabies, and given power to place the judge under arrest Heavily armed, bright and early one morning, a half a dozen cowboys rode up to the cottage of Judge Wall called him to the door and with drawn guns ordered h'm to accompany them. The judge was unarmed. II- was as cool as a proverbial cucumber. He asked for an explanation, and then some of the party thought of the warrant and produced it from his pocket and read it to the judge. All right. " said Wall. • the law must be observed " He requested that he be allowed to go toth court honse. as tnere was some little matters that required his attention. This request was granted, and with a half a dozen cowboys surrounding him. and gathering new comers in the crowd they passed through the streets, the jtiqge made his wav to the , court house. The crowd of his townsmen gathered in the court room. The judge walked to his desk, apparently occupied himself with some papers there, but suddenly turning around saw the sheriff of the county. With out delay and in a voice that sounded through out the building, lie said: "The sheriff will please call the court to order, in special session.’ Immediatly there was a silepce that was broken only when the sheriff called out: “Know ye all that the county court of the eoun- 1 ty of Sherman is in session.’' The face of Judge Wall remained undisturbed. There was a firmness in his voice when his next order to the sheriff was given: "Mr. Sheriff, 1 notice in this room a number of armed men, contrary to the laws of this state. You will immediatly arrest and j disarm them and you will call upon any citizens present to assist you if necessary." The half a dozen cowboys for the first time discovered that the game had been turned against them There was little protest. The riders of the range were among the friends of the judge. The arms of the gang were secured and then they were arragined before the court. Each were heavily fined for carrying concealed weapons, and ordered placed in the county jail until the tines were paid. None of the cowboys remained very long in confinement, but when they left the town of Loup City there was none of them had any money left, and a few had sold their ponies to pay the amount of their fine. There was no further attemp to arrest Judge Wall, though for many months his life was in constant danger. Olive was given a Ulal. cele brated in the law annals of Nebraska. By a technicality he escaped punishment and left the country. He only lives in memory now. Judge Wall Is still a resident of Loup City, and has been numerous times honored by the people and at present is a member of’-the of the state sunate. It is seldom he talks strennouidays of a score uf years ago. Judge Wall, the hero of the above sketch, is to deliver the Decoration day address in Ravenna. May 30th. Lciral Notice. In District Court of .Sherman county. Nebraska Dora Wolf. Plaintiff, vs. Dora Hesse and August Hesse. Christian Woif, Minnie Wolf, Jaeoh Wolf. Mary Wolf. Kath erine Hushausen. Charles Uushausen, Louis V\Tolf. Caroline Haller, Thomas Haller. Sophie Wolf. Lucy Klirjge and George Klinge, De fendants. The above named defendants, Christian Wolf, Minnie Woif. Jacob Wolf. Mary Wolf. Katherine Bushausen and Charles Hushausen will take notice that on the 20ih day of April, 1905. Dora Wolf, plaintiff herein, tiled her petition in the District Court of Sherman ; county. Nebraska, apaiustsaid defendants, the object and prayer of which -ire to quiet and confirm the title in the said plaintiff in and to the following described premises situate in Sherman county, and state of Nebraska, to-wit: The southeast quarter of Section fourteen (14) in Township thirteen (13* n 33 HASCO B «1J > n ! ■ si s n of ism;. in Loup City. S ' r . at tin St. Kim > barn, on Thursday. Friday and Sal tr lay < : ouch week: balance of' the wi ek at mv farm 8 in • - south and l j rnit-'s st of Lou,) . .-description and Pedigree: uam*) i;. No 3sflfe. Registared Standard Vol. xvl Tr. tting Race Becord. 2:2214. Full brother to Lobasco 2:10^, ex-king of trotting stallions, son of Egmont sire of Lobasco 2:!0!4, Bill Sample p 2:11(4. Northwest p 2:15. 42 in 2:3». B'SCOB. 2:224. bay stallion, small star in forehead, black points. 15%; hands high, weighs 1100 pounds. Bred by Nat Bruen. Forrest Park Stoek farm. Burlington. Iowa, lie has been a consistent race horse, making his present record in a held of nine starters seven heats, he getting his record in the second heat. His opportunities in the Stud have been very limited, but he is demonstrating his ability to Sire spead of a high order. B A SCO B. was sired by Egmont 1828. he by Belmont fri. Lgmont’s dam wa. Minerva bv Pilot. Jr . 12. Basco B's dam Fleta Maid by Gen. Hatch 139. second dam Lady by Champion Morgan. Terms: *15 to insure mare with foal ;820 to in. sure colt to stand and suck. Alien on colt will be retained to secure payment of service, if mare is traded, sold or removed out of the county, the season of same will become due and I will expect immediate settlement. Care will be taken to avoid accidents, but 1 will not be responsible should any occur. EDDY A. will stand the season of 1905 in Loup City, Nebr . at the St. Elmo barn on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each week: baianee of the week at my farm s miles south and 14 miles west of Loup City. Description and Pedigree: EDDY A. is a brown stallion, 16 hands high. a tine individual with pood disposition and is a pood breeder He was si'ed by Basco B as above. His dam was by Membrino Bov. and Membriuo Boy was the sire of the dam of Axel and Allerton. Hh second dam was by Spectator 2:17*4: third dam by Voltaire: fourth dam by Younp Colum bus 95; fifth dam a thoroughbred. Terms: $10 to insure mare with foal: f 15 to insure colt to stand and suck A lien on colt will be retained to secure payment of service, if mare is traded, sold or removed out of the county, the season of same will become due and 1 will expect immediate settlement. Car will be taken to avoid accidents, but I will not be responsible should any ooeur. G. A^CURRY^Owner. Try It At Our Expense. This offer may not appear apain. There is no catch about it. If Mull's Grape Tonic does not positively cure Constipation you are out nothing, as you may have the first bottle free. If it cures, which it will, tell others, that is all we ask. No remedy has ever before been known t^> cure Constipation permanently. Mull's Grape Tonic is not a physic. It is un like anything you have ever used. It cures Constipation. If it did not. this oiler would ruin us. The process is gradual but sure. You kmrw from your own experience that physics, like Pills Salts. Castor oil. Mineral waters, injections, etc., make you worse. Where can Mull's Grape Tonic be had? Your druggist sells it. The SI .00 bottle con tains nearly tnree times the 50c. size, but if you will write today to Mull’s Grape Tonic Co , (313) Jd Ave.. Rock Island. 111., and give druggist s name, you will receive the tirst bottle free with lull instructions. This gives us a chance to prove to you at our expense that it is a wonder lui remedy and places vou uuder no obligation to invest a penny. Only tell your friends ibout it. mar!6-05 Good Goods at Bight A. P. CULLEY, President. W. F. MASON, Cashier. TIBIEJ of Loup ejiy. General Banking Business Transacted. We Make Farm Loans at Six Per Cent. We Negotiate Real Estate Loans. We Buy, Rent and Sell Real Estate for Non-Residents. CORRESPONDENTS: Seaboard National Bank, Mew York City, N. Y. Omaha National Bank, Omaha, Nebraska. The Artist. Moved his Photo Car fo Arcadia, JVIafch ]3. \\ ouldn’t you like a nice five-acre tract ad joing town, for your home? If so, ask W. R. MELLOR for prices and terms of tracts shown on this map. mm, idm m mu BOUGHT AT THE i>. & M. Elevators MCALPINE, LOUP CITY, SCHAUPP SIDING, ASHTON AND FARWELL. Coai for Sale al Loip City anil AsMon. Will Bay HOGS AT SCHAUPP SIDING AND FARWELL Oail and see our coal and get prices on grain. E. G. TAYLOR. John Solmes ^DEALER IN»* HARDWARE FTT:r:ETITTT:K.:E Steel Ranges, Cook Stoves, Tinware, Screen Doors, Hammocks, Lawn Mowers Guns and Ammunition. Carry a full line of guaranteed. Paints, Linseed and Machine Oils. Loup Gity, - Nebraska T D u ■ 1 • Loup City, Nebraska, —for— 1 In UMBER W' Of all kinds. Also Posts, Shingles, Lime and Cement Hard and Soft Coal Always on Hand. Orders Taken for Storm Sash. ->5J. I. DEPEW®* Blacksmith 9 Wagon Maker! My a non is the largest and best equipped north of tbe Platte River I have a four bore* engine and a complete line of tbe latest improved, ma chiuery, also a force of experienced men who know bow to operate it and turn out a Job with neatness and dispatch. MY PRICES ARE REASONABLE AND PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL CUSTOMERS.