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VOLUME XXXII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 25 1913. NUMBER 7
KILLS HIMSELF
WITH SHOT GUN
While Preparing to Go Hunting Richard Elliston Accidentally Receives
Fatal Injuries.
LIVES ONLY FEW HOOKS
A shocking accident occurred at
Stop Table, this county, last Sat
urday week when Richard Ellis
ton, a son of A. Elliston of that
vicinity accidentally shot himself
to death while in the act of hand
ling a gun. The boy was but six
teen years of age and, at the time
of the accident, was living with
his parents.
The young man, together with
an older brother, was preparing to
go hunting. He had gone into a
room where the shot gun was kept
and, taking it from its resting
» place, carried it into the ketchen.
The weapon was of the twelve
guage variety and did not carry a
particularly big charge.
Richard was holding the gun in
his left hand and had reached to
ward a shelf in a cabinet to get
some shells. In some manner, the
hamner of the weapon struck the
edge of the cabinet with such force
that the gun was discharged, a
pjrtion of the load entering the
boys head about an inch below the
ear, tearing the latter completely
off and exposing a portion of the
brain. The balance of the charge
went through the roof of the
house, v■ ■...
Drs. Davies and Bryson of Cal
laway were sent for and hastened
to the scene with all possible speed;
but they found upon arriving that
nothing could be done for the
wounded .boy, who passed away
Sunday morning without regain
ASHTON NEWS
IN BRIEF FORM
Mrs Mui go Vincent/ is on the sick
lisi.
Watcii ’oi lie announce nent of an
Ash on wedding.
W. FI teller was a passenger for
Li.ipiit. Monday.
John K dk iwski and family of Holt
county aie visiting relatives here.
Agnes Sohiescsk visited friends and
relatives in Loup City Thursday and
Friday.
Ed Kwiaikowski and To.nrav Gal
es nski returned home Tuesday after
a two we. ks' visit in Omaha.
The Misses Lila McNulty and Anna
Kwiatkowski were auto passengers to
Lnkaczewski's hill on Tuesday
Mrs. John Wardyn returned ho ne
Tuesday night after a months visit
with relatives in Illinois.
Ed-vard Lukaczewski arrived from
York wiiere lie is attending college,t«
Si end the Xmas holidays.
Rosie Topolski visited the Misse>
Tliocla Polski and Teresa Grabowski
last Thursday and Friday.
Peter Badura is home again,, he iv
feeling line and will not have to re
turn for further treatment*
Mr. and Mrs. Myingo Vincent were
passengers to St. Paul Friday, Mr
Vincent returned i ire same evening,
while Mrs. Vincent stayed for medi
cal ireain'tnt until Monday’s freigl t
Ignac Polski arrived home Saturday
to spend the Xoaasholidays. Clarence
Wamk is expected Tuesday. They
are noth attending Creighton.
A fire started in the Pool Hall Mon
day evening while generating a gaso
line stove. A crowd gat hered and ii
was extinguished without damage.
Ignac Wesierski met with an ac
cident last. Wednesday, when his team
became frightened and ran away,
John Rapp proved himself a hero in
resenting Ignac and stopping the
team. Ignac was taken to Doctor
Wanek and the result was a broken
arm.
F Dirdowski, John Fredirch and
Jos. Sonnentiid were called in Iasi
week by Postotlice Inspector Rice of
Lincoln on charge of taking down a
mail box belonging to Jacob Zelienski
on August 10th. They were taken to
Grand Island Friday for hearing by
the United State? Commissioner
Just what the results will be is not
known at this writing. John Revolin
ski. John SonneriUld and Adam Fre
drieU accompanied them for bonds
men.
ing consciousness. The funeral
occurred the following afternoon,
services being, conducted at the
Stop Table school house by the
Rev. Mr, Isley.
Richard Charles El iston was
born January 6, 1897, in Cowley
county, Kans., near Arkansas
City and died Saturday, December
6, 1913. Six years ago, he came
with his parents to Custer county
where he has since resided. He
is survived by a father, mother,
nine sister, and five brothers, all
of whom were present except one
sister, Mrs. McKnight, of Hollis,
Kans. He also leaves an aged
grandfather, four,aunts and five
uncles, two of whom were present.
—Custer County Chief.
Announcement that “Lena Rivers”
will be offered at the opera house next
Saturday night naturally brings a
throb of jo- to the hearts of our plav
goers The hook of the same name
from which Billie Burke made her
dramatization is hy Mrs. Mary J.
Holmes, woich assures a first class
play with plenty of comedy and a pro
fusion of tears. A crowded house is
almost a certainty.
WOODMEN TO
KEEP OLD RATES
Council Has Abandoned the Fight for
Increased Rates.
THIS ENDS A BITTER FIGHT
Rock Island, 111., Dec. 20,—
The executive council of the Mod
ern Woodman of America an
nounced today that it had aban
doned its fight for increased insur
ance rates, and that the question
would not be proposed at the na
tional head camp meeting to be
held in June at Toledo, O., unless
it originated from the member
ship.
This ends a bitter fight that has
been waged within the society
since the increased rates were ord
ered at the head camp meeting in
Chicago two years ago. Several
months ago the society was en
joined by the courts from enforc
ing the new rates, and it has since
been operating under the old plan.
“An altogether delightful play Is
the universal sentiment of the im
mense audiences which have witness
ed the international success, “Lena
Rivers,” a dramatization of Mrs.
Mary J. Holmes’ novel which will be
presented at the Daddow opera house
on next Sat. evening. Tha play was
an instant hit last season and has re
peated its hit this vear everywhere
presented. The plat has been given
a metropolitan production in every
respect, and no weak p int is to be
found either in cast, scenery nor cos
tuming. The latter has become a fea
ture of the attraction and the gowns
worn by the ladies of the company are
said • to b€'most beautiful.
Organized Agricul
ture at Lincoln
Januarv 19 to 23, 1914.
Grain, live stock, rural econo
mic, horticulture, domestic science
good roads and other problems of
interest to farmers will be discus
sed by the most competent lectur
ers followed by a free for all dis
cussion by the audiences during
week of Organized Agriculture at
Lincoln. Practically all of the
state associations meet at Lincoln
during this week and have their
state programs. The book of pro
grams will soon be off the press
and can be secured by writing to
G. W. Kline, State House, Lin
coln, Nebraska. A combined»Ham
and Bacon, Grain and Horticultur
al Show, at which hundreds of dol
lars in premiums will be offered,
will be a big feature this year.
Reservations for rooms should be
made early, either by writing to
the Hotels or to the Lincoln Com
mercial Club where rooms can be
located with private families. The
town is always crowded with vis
itors during that week.
CHRISTMAS
[ WEDDING BELLS
Mr. Horace Casteel and Miss
Hazel Bennett were united in holy
matrimony at the M. E. parsonage
Wednesday evening at 8:00 p. m.
tteverend L. V. Slocum officiating
The bride and groom are both
vqung people of this city and are
•veil and favorably known. The
Northwestern, with their many
friends extend congratulations and
best wishes.
Mr. John Curtis and Miss
Ethel Sickles were united in holy
matrimony at the home of the
bride’s parents, Rev. T. V. Slocum
officiating. Miss Mable Smith
and Mr. Elmer Beckman served
as bridesmaid and groomsman.
The wedding dinner was served
Christmas day at the grooms
sisters’
Mr. Harry Gardner and Miss
Barbara Daisy Bock both of
Loup City were united in holy
matrimony at the home of the
grooms mother Mrs. Mary A.
Gardner, on Tuesday Dec., 23,
1913, Rev. L. V, Slocumb officiat
ing. Mrs. Almeda Watson of
Wood River, Mrs. May Twist
of Bremen, North Dakota, also
Mrs. Watson’s daughter Mrs. R.
V. Duffs and son Ray Watson
were the out of town guests. The
Northwestern with a host of
triends join the relatives in ex
fending congratulations and best
wishes. ,
Erwin H Beckman of Loup City,
and Alk-e Molt of Ashland, Kan.*.,
Iand Clarence P. Jacobson and Mable
Shipley bom or Hazard were grained
licences by Judge Smith, Wednesday.
Miss Minnie Gilbert came home for
the holiday aVesterday.
Fritz Bichel is fast recovering from
his recent accident
True Leatherman of Arcadia
was transacting business here
Tuesday.
Robbed a Farmer and
Asks for Bed in Jail
Shubert, Neb., Dec. 23_Had
police officials been content to
give Ernest Blymenthal a night’s
lodging without first seaching him
the young man might have been
allowed to depart this morning in
stead of occupying a cell and fac
ing a charge of highway robbery.
James Chandler, a farmer living
near here, last night held'up and
robbed of a gold watch. The high
wayman fired two shots at Chand
ler, one of them grazing his head,
before he submitted to a search.
After he was allowed to depart he
notified the police of the robbery.
Blumenthal shortly afterward
made his appearance at the police
station, asking for a night’s lodg
ing. When he was searched pre
paratory to being given a bed, the
watch was found in his pocket.
Blumenthal confessed to the rob
bery and was locked up.—Star.
Hay For Sale
We have hay and alfalfa to sell by
the tale, ton, or car lots. Delivered
free in town if you buy 5 bales at one
time. _ Taylor’s Elevator.
THE SERVANT
IN THE HOUSE
Lincoln Dramatical Club Ably Depict
Popular Play to Large Audience
all more than pleased
“The Servant ito the House”
produced at the opera last Friday
nighi by the University Dramatic
Club, of Lincoln under the au
spices of the Knights of Pythias
Lodge of this city, was well at
tended and highly appreciated by
all. It was the universal opinion
of those who saw it that “TheSer
vant in the House” was equal if
not superior to “All of a Sudden,
Peggy,’’ played at the dedication
of the new oper& house by the
same club a year or so ago.
The problem of the play as giv
en in the lines of Robert, the drain
man, the irreligious outcast broth
er “There’s a lot of us brothers
knockin about, as nobody knows
about” or in the words of the He
brew Cain “Am I my brother’s
keeper?” It would be unfair to
mention the ability of any one of
j the actors especially, but the men
tai ana spntuai anguisn or tne
Vicar as depicted by Cloyd
Steward was undoubtedly a mas
terly presentation. The comedy
parts in this very deep play were
presented by Louis Horne as the
! Cockney page and R. K. Ammer
! man, the worldly vicar of Lan
cashire, were most welcome. As
Miss Howell the coach, explained
in her introductory speech the peo
ple are types rather than individ
uals a fact which rendered the
play still more difficult to present.
The play laid in England, was
written by Charles Rann and Ken
nedy and first producted in Eng
land some three years ago. It has
had a wonderful popularity in this
country being strongly supported
by the clergy. Mr. Zinke as the
Oriental bishop of Benares pre
sented the calm seer-ship of the
Oriental and its wonderfuheffecton
the Occidental mind both educated
and uneducated. Miss Wilson
made a most adorable little girl,
and Miss Preece represented the
worldly self-seeking wife influenc
ing her hnsband very well, so that
the whole cast it seemed, as one
gentleman expressed it, “A bunch
of stars”.
Searle Davis the business mana
ger and Miss Alice Howell the
coach were both with the troupe
again this year.
Every person interested in the best
methods of Agricultural Extention
should be present at the Conference
which is to be held on Friday, Janu
uary 23rd, during the week of Organ
ized Agriculture at Lincoln. The
meetings of this Conference are open
to everybody and each topic will be
discussed in detail *>y those attending
the meeting. Many of the Extention
leaders, sucti as Institute presidents
and secretaries, have written that
they will be present. The Farmers’
Institutes, the Agricultural and Do
mt'Stic Science Short Courses, the
Junior work and reports of the work
of t he Extention Department for the
preceding year will occupy the morn
ing The alternoon will be devoted
entirely to the newest line of Exten
sion work,—Farm Demonstrators. At
this meeting reports will t>e given from
the counties where Demonstrators
are now at 'work by the Demonstra
tors themselves. The audience will
be given the opportunity of asking
any questions concerning the work.
In the evening a special banquet will
tie held It will - e known as “The
Dairy Train”. As a matter of fact,
it will be a take—off on the Dairy
Train in the same manner as the
Farmers’ Institute Banquet was.
Miss Sina Christensen of Neligh,, is
spending the holiday days at the heme
o! her parents Mr. and Mrs Chris
Christensen, just nor'hof Loup City.
We will do your repairing on gas en
gines and his week. Bring it in.
A. C. Ogle.
Monday Chris Domgard sold the
Crystal Bottling Works to Art Conger
wtio will take possession at once.
Further particulars in regard to the
change of business and future niove
ments next weak.
The away-from-home, students in
cluding the Misses Outhouse, Ed Ohl
sen, Roscoe Owens and others are
home from school for the holidays.
Clark AUmam and family left the
latter part of the week fer their new
home in Frankiord, Kansas. We wish
them success and happiness, but re
gret to sue them leave Sherman
county. __
J. T. Parker of South Plains, Texas
is visiting in this Ideality. Mr. Par
ker states everything in his part of
Texas tine, both, climate and crops,
and that be likes it fine and will re
turn about **» Bth January.
CHILD ATTACKED
BY WOLF HOUNDS
Right Cheek and Leg Badly Lacerated
By Hounds Teeth
CHILD IN SERIODS CONDITION.
Clara, the four-year old daugher
of A. K, Dobesh, was attacked by
a pack of hounds belonging to John
Carothers at Ansley last Thursday.
Her right cheek and leg were ter
ribly lacarated hy the hound's
teeth and the child is suffering
greatly from the shock.
Carothers had taken out the pack
of a dozen wolf hounds to test them
preparatory to selling them, He
stopped at the Dobesh’s for dinner.
While Carothers and other mem
bers of the Dobesh family were
at dinner the hounds attacked the
little girl, dragging her to the
ground. Before she could be
rescued she had been torn by their
teeth. She is still in a serious con
dition.—Arcadia Champion.
We wish to apologize bo our readers
for any delinquencies in the North
western this week, in the line of n< ws
or otherwise. Mr. Burleigh’s absence
in Iowa on account of the sickness
and death of his eldest daughter and
the rush of work of all descriptions,
coupled with Xmas, forces us to neg
the paper sadly.
On account of the death of John
McKinsis. father of the wife of the
editor of the Booster. I am unable
to publish the Booster for the week
until the first of next week.
W. Z. Todd, editor.
ST. PAUL LAWYER
ASSAULTED
T. T. Bell Beaten and Threatened in His Office W Will Moyer and Mrs.
Richmond. \
INJURED IN PAINFUL MANNER
Will Moyer and Mrs. M. Rich
mond entered T. T. Bell’s office
Monday afternoon and tried to
compel him to surrender some pa
pers which he was holding and
which they, especially the latter,
desired, and when he refused to
deliver the papers they forced him
to sign a statement they had al
ready prepared before entering his
office. In the mixupMr. Bell was
choked and struck on the head and
injured in a painful manner.
As we understand the matter,
when the demand was made on Mr.
Bell to sign the statment that was
presented to him, and when he
refused to do so, he was certain
trouble was in store for him, and
he reached into a drawer in his
desk and secured his revolver, put
ting same in his hip pocket for use
if necessary. He no sooner had
the revolver in his pocket than Mr.
Moyer grabbed him and held him
while Mrs. Richmond took the gun
out of his pocket while Mr. Moyer
had Mr. Bell in his power he
choked him and threw him to the
floor, and hit at least one hard
blow on the head. He threatened
to hurt him severely unless he
Nebraska Teachers
To Meet in Omaha
For the fourth successive time,
the Nebraska State Teachers’ As
sociation decided to hold its meet
ing in Omaha. The metropolis
received a majority of 498 votes
over Lincoln, the only competing
city. Twenty-five hundred and
fifty-two votes were cast.
The teachers selected election
week as their meeting time al
though a strong sentiment was ex
pressed for Thanksgiving week.
A switch of more than 700 votes
was made in this.
Miss Kate McHugh of Omaha
was elected president, E. M. Cline
of Geneva, vice-president, and J.
F. Mathew was the only officer
re-elected.
Charles Amot of Schuyler was
again elected a member of the
executive committee, while Prin
cipal Mays of Lincoln was named
instead of W. G. Bishop of Uni
versity Place.
THE HARVEST
OF DEATH
The writer returned Tuesday
noon from Spencer, Iowa, where
he buried his first-born daughter,
who passed away but a few min
utes before the train in which he
was hurrying to her bedside had
arrived, and he was too late to
even whisper a last good bye.
Bess Edna Burleigh was bom at
Mt. Ayr, Iowa, Feb. 10, 1882, and
passed from this world at Spencer,
Iowa, Dec. 18, 1913, aged 31
years,, 10 months and 8 days. She
was married in 1902, at Gordon,
Nebr., to George A. Phipps, to
whom were bom five children,
four sons and one daughter, the
latter an infant of two weeks at
the time of her death. Besides
husband and children, the father
and only brother arrived in time
to be present at the last sad rites
of their beloved. She was buried
on Sunday, Dec. 21, 1913, in the
beautiful cemetery at Spencer.
Words are'inadequate to express
the thankfulness and appreciation
of the thoughtful care and kind
ness exhibited by the friends in
that city to the deceased in her
last illness and to the husband and
and motherless children, as well
as to tiie bereaved ones coming to
bury their loved one. Only the
good God knows how we all ap
preciate their loving kindness and
bhoughtfullness, and left the re
maining dear ones there knowing
the heart and soul of the friends
would be with them in the loss of
wife and mother. To the friends
here we at this time wish to ex
press our thankfulness and appre
ciation of their kind words and
actions in our hour of sorrow and
heartache.
On December 20th, 1913, at the
hour of 9 o’clock, Mrs. Herman
Fiebig of this city passed into the
Great Mystic Beyond. Mrs. Paul
ine Fiebig, nee Kuhntz, was born
on the 22nd of January, 1844, in
the province of Schleslein, Ger
many. In 1859 she came to Amer
ica and in 1865 was married to
Hermen Fiebig. Their first home
was in Indiana, moving in 1874 to
Grand Island, Nebr. The same
year they homesteaded land in
Oak Creek township, this county.
Since 1903, they have made their
home in Loup City. To this union
were bom fourteen, eight of whom
died some years ago, five of these
dying in one week of diphtheria.
Those left to mourn her death are
her husband, three sons and three
daughters. The funeral occurred
on Monday afternoon, Rev. Juel
ing attending the last sad rites,
after which wife and mother was
laid to rest in our beautiful Ever
green home of the departed. The
Northwestern is requested by the
bereft husband and the sorrowing
sons and daughters to thank all
those who have been so kind and
such ministering angels in their
hours of sickness and sorrow in
the loss of loving wife and affec
tionate devoted mother.
signed the statement, and when
he refused he was tcNJd that he
would be killed unless Aje did sign
the statement. Then Mr. Bell
signed the paper, \
The principals in this ca*e are
all residents of this county. \Mr.
Bell resides in this city and
Moyer resides in the north part c\f
the county, north of Elba. Mrs.V
Richmond is living on his farm. \
Mr. Richmond is in Grand Island, \
we understand, working in some \
stockyards and she is living on the
Moyer farm. She is a stranger
to us, but we have known Mr.
Moyer for a number of years and
this is the first time we ever heard
of him getting into trouble of any
kind.
The case was taken into court at
once when Mr. Bell swore out a
con .plaint against Mr. Moyer for
assualt and battery. Also a com
plaint was sworn out requiring
Mr. Moyer to keep the peace.
Another complaint was sworn out
against Mrs. Richmond for assualt
and battery. Her case will be
tried with the others today.—St.
Paul Phonograph.
MURDERED BOY
FROMNERASKA
Harold Ziesc e, the 15-year old
boy who was beaten to death and
robbed by a school companion in
Los Angles, was a native of
Hooper. His parents formesly
resided at that place and later
made their home at Norfolk.
They went to Los Angeles to re
side about a year ago. The
Ziesche boy was clubbed and
stoned to death and then dragged
into a ravine. His assailant, who
confessed to the crime, said that
he did it “to get some money to
entertain his sweetheart, who was
coming to visit at his home that
bay.”
Last Friday the first snow of the
season fell in this locality, to the
depth of at least two inches, being
wet and heavy the wind accompanlng
it failed to cause many drifts and the
earth is covered with a beautiful
blanket of white that is of inestim
able value to the winter wheat, and
will give us a good old fashioned
“white Christmas” once more.
' A letter recently received by Dr. S.
A. Allen, from Mrs. T. A. Pilger of
Butte, Montana, she states that Mr.
Pilger is rapidly regaining his health
in their new home and all are well
and happy. This is good news to
their many friends here who will re
joice with his family in Mr. PUger’s
return to good health once more.
A Cotesfield farmer on his way
home from Elba the other day sudden
ly remembered that he had forgotten
something, but what, he could not
recall.
As he neared home the conviction
increased, and three times he stopped
his auto and went carefully through
his pocketbook in the vain endeavor
to discover what he had missed. In
due course he reached home and was
met by his daughter who looked at
him in surprise and asked: “Why
father, what have you done with
mother?”
Mrs. J. A. Danielsen returned Sat
urday from her visit in Iowa, on her
trip out she met with a painful ac
cident at Red Oak wnere she changed
cars, she fell over a curbstone badly
bruising her face. The mishap was
caused by her glasses becoming
steamed over from stepping out of the
warm car into the cold air and not
being able to see where she was going
and as her arms were full of bundles
was unable to catch herself. We
understand she is fast recovering from
the effect of the jar.
