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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1907)
IThe Valentine Democra VAI/ENTINE , NEB. M. RICE , - . . . Publishc . -CLINCH HUBDEJaTMJ .3IANY WITNESSES VOUCH FO ] TESTIMONY OF ORCHARD. . .State Expects to Introduce a Tele " pram -Showing : that * I fay wood Sen Money to Adams When He Got Int . Trouble at Cffiten. The prosecution in the Steunenber murder trial Friday , entering in earnest -est updn the substantiating and corob oration of Harry Orchard's testimonj showed a continuous thread of evi dence connecting George Pettibone' store in Denver with Orchard at Sa ; Francisco , engaged on the Bradle ; murder plot , partly developed the dl 5-ect line from which it is hoped t show that Haywood engaged and pal Steve Adams for the same desperat "work , and added special touches o confirmation to Orchard's genera etory. Officials of the United States post offices at San Francisco and Denve produced original records showin ; that in August , 1004 , a registered letter tor was sent under the name of "J "Wolf" from the address of Pettibone' store in Denver to "J. Dempsey" a the Golden West hotel under an alia ; that was either "Dempsey" or "Ho gan , " that Pettibone used the aliase : of"Wolf" and "Pat Bone , " and tha under the name of "Wolf" Pettibon < 'in the month mentioned sent him i registered letter containing $1000 t ( pay his expenses -while engaged on th < Bradley murder. RODE 700 3IILES TO WED. J\.ct of Plucky Wyoming Girl DIsclosct by Accident. ' The injuries sustained by Roberl McFarland , a young railroad engineei stationed at Lewiston , Mont , in being thrown from his horse , disclosed the romance of his marriage with Miss Fannie Morris , daughter of a wealths stockman in the Big Horn basin ol Wyoming , who rode 700 miles to meel her lover. The story was told in the hospital , where McFarland is a pa tient The bride told the superintend ent that her parents would not con sent to the wedding , so she left home on a pony on the long ride , which oc cupied three weeks , over rough coun- * try. Her best day's ride was eighty miles , made the las\t day of the trip. The bride is 20 years of age. She Is an expert with the rifle and revolver , and can duplicate any feat of horse manship performed by a cowboy. She is a friend of Col. William F. Cody , who recently invited her to join his wild west show , but her father would not consent. TELLS OF A PLOT TO KILL. Fairbanks and Forakcr Involved in Sensational Alabama Tale. A special from Selma , Ala. , says : A newspaper man who arrived here Friday morning from Montgomery , Ala. , reported to the chief of police that while at Montgomery station ear ly Friday he overheard two men of foreign descent saying there was a plot on foot to assassinate Vice Presi dent Fairbanks and Senator Joseph B. Foraker during the funeral of Senator Morgan , at Selma , Saturday. The assassins - < sassins , according'to the story , were coming to Selma from New Orleans. Chief Taylor , of Montgomery , puts no faith in the story. FACING SHA3IE ; ENDS LIFE. Witness in a Murder Trial Commits Suicide. When his name was called in court at. HuntlngtonInd. . , Emery Mosher failed to respond and a deputy sheriff was sent out to find him , who reported 'he ' had committed suicide by shooting 'himself. ' Mosher was to have been a witness in the case , charging his father and sister Nora with the murder of the lat- ter's infant child. Rather than face the shame of the trial Mosher took his own life. Nora became hysterical on hearing the news and its effect is feared on her mother , who Is of feeble 'mind. Strikes and Kills ( Aged Man. James Decker , in a quarrel with James Staley , a liveryman , aged 70 , (0f Smithshire , 111. , struck Staley with ( his fist , near the eye , causing almost ( Instant death. Accused of Robbing City. Elijah C. Meyer , city treasurer of Michigan City , Ind. , was arrested Fri day , charged with the embezzlement ' of $6,000 of the city's funds , Sioux City Live Stock Market. Friday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow : Top beeves , $6.00. Top hogs , $5.85. Three Women Burned to Death. Three aged women were burned to death and two other persons seriously 'injured as the result of \he \ burning of four of the principal buildings of the .Shaker settlement at White Water , O.t "Friday. Russian Official is Slain. Col. Kotlaroff , deputy commandant of the port of St. Petersburg , was inmrdered Friday morning by a work- jnan. MAY INDICT SANTA FE. Accused of Having Paid Rebates to Sugar Company. The government is trying to secu : indictments against the Atchison , Ti Fe railroad and son peka and Santa ' officials on a charj of the company's of having paid rebates to the Unite States Sugar and Land company , < Garden City , Kan. It is claimed I that tt government agents of the Santa Fe road paid the sugar compar a bonus of between $35,000 and $40 000 to locate a sugar beet factory : Garden City In 1905. This bonus , ' based on the amoui is charged , was should table of tonnage the company for'the Santa Fe an able to produce was paid out of the tonnage develoi being on a definit ed , payment agreed basis. In regard to the case President Rii ley , of the Santa Fe , said : "it is true that we paid the suga company a bonus of $35,000 to local at Garden City , and we are ready t defend that action. It is ridiculot granted a rebate to to say what we company located on our railroad an having no other means of shipping ov its product" SCHMITZ IS GUILTY. Convicted c is Frisco Graft Mayor "Extortion. A jury of twelve of his peers ha declared Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz , c crime- San Francisco , guilty of the against him b extortion as charged the Oliver grand jury. The jury was out just one hour an thirty-five minutes. They elected Chas E. Capp foreman and at once proceeded ballot. This wa ed to an informal cast verbally and stood eleven fo conviction and one for acquittal , Juro casting the dis Burns , a shoemaker , sentlng vote. /Then the twelve men began a discussion evidence which lastei cussion of the for nearly an hour. At the end o that time the first formal ballot wa ballot and wa written : ast It was a unanimous for conviction. will sentence 01 The court pass Tune 27. RUSSIA FEARS CHINESE. Endeavoring to Greatly Strengther Forces on Borders of Siberia. Russia's plan of reconstruction ir : he far east now appears to be basec m the fear of China. Notwithstanding L lack of money , Russia is endeavor- strengthen the Siberiar ng to greatly jorders. The effect of their loss ol .he Manchurians , and the breaking iway of the high mandarin beneficia- subsidies paic ies , despite the with the lofty atti- .o them , together .ude of China , now that the Japanese ire regarded as hectoring and brow- > eating them , powerfully impresses he Russian people. WAS A "JOB" PLANNED. lensational Developments in Pennsyl vania Scandal. A sensation was caused at Harris- iurg , Pa , , Thursday by the discovery hat William L. Mathues , former state reasurer , was detected looking over he books of the treasury department ite Wednesday night. The discovery ras made by Patrick McGrann , who ras chief of police at Chester when 7. H. Berry , present state treasurer , ras mayor of that city , and who is in the treas- ow a clerk under Berry ry. Woman Slayer to Get Pardon. Holding that the unwritten law was lade to apply to both men and wom- n , Gov. Vardaman , of Mississippi , an- ouced that he would pardon Mrs. An te Birdsong , who was sentenced to ve years in the penitentiary for kill- ig Dr. Thomas H. Butler , her fami- T physician and counsellor. Embezzling Teller Goes to Prison. Chas. F. Grotefend , the confessed mbezzling teller of the Washington ational bank , of St. Louis , who fl < j > Sweden and was brought back re- jntly , was taken to the Fort Leaven- orth penitentiary Wednesday to ; rve a sentence of five years' impris- iment. Official Admits His Guilt. John E. Keating , a member of the enosha , Wis. , police commission and ie of the best known Democratic pol- [ cians of the city , slipped into the rcuit court and pleaded guilty on a large of leasing a building for a unbling room , and was fined $100. Earthquake Shock in Chili. A severe earthquake shock : was ex- srienced Thursday at Valvalidia , iill. Several buildings and the rail- bridge there were destroyed and re persons were killed. No 2-Cent Fare ba Wisconsin. The Wisconsin senate Thursday , by vote of 21 to 6 , killed the 2-cent re railway bill after the measure id been under debate an hour and a ilt. New Paper for the Harmsworth. The London Globe , the oldest even- g paper in England , has been pur- ased by Hilderbrand Harmsworth , other of .Lord Northcliffe. Four Drowned at Private advices from Cape Nome ite that the steamer Ohio , of the hlte Star line , ran aground there ednesday and four persons were owned. Makes His Child I/rink Poison. Robert Jolly , of Indianapolis , Ind. , ed 45 years , living at 1011 North nate avenue , killed his daughter adys , aged 9 yearsr by forcing car- lic acid down her throat. GRAFT FOR SCIIMITZ. Ruef Declares He Divided With tl Mayor. Wednesday was an earburnlng da for Mayor Schmitz , of SnYi Francisc Seated at the counsel table before tl : altar of the Jewish synagogue in Bus street he heard Abe Ruef , his form < political friend , philosopher and guid practically call him a perjurer to th jury , and with that same jury he li : tened to a scathing denunciation c himself at the hands yof Prosecute Hiram Johnson. And If there is bah for scourged feelings in the speec that closed the day , the speech of hewn own attorney , Barrett , he took n open heed. Indeed , during the mos of the two hours and fifty-five minute Mr. Barrett was speaking the marc was either glancing over newspapei or buried deep in typewritten page of testimony. But no word of the pros ecutor's address escaped his sensitiv ears. ears.Ruef Ruef was , of course , the sensatio * of the day. His appearance on th stand as a witness in rebuttal for th prosecution is now accredited to th tactical error of the defense in lettin the mayor testify , for it was to refut the mayor's denials under oath tha he had participated in Ruef's "fee that the prisoner ex-boss was called Ruef told the jury that he went t Schmitz' former residence and hand ed to the mayor at stated interval one-half of the "fees" of $5,000 am $3,000 paid him by the proprietors o the five foremost of the French res taurants of San Francisco before th < fire. FIGHT ON THE PACKERS. Kansas Cattle Raisers Stand by tin Commission Men. Comprising what is said to be enl ? : he initial step for the Cattle Raisers issociation in Kansas in protesting igainst the packers' recent order no : : o buy cows , except subject to post- nortem examination , the executive : ommittee in session at Fort Worth rex. , adopted a resolution condemn- ng the action of the packers , whicl : ; hey declare is but a step towards pur- ihasing all live stock under similar re- itrictions and an unjust discriminatior laginst outside packers , and urging nembers of the Cattle Raisers' asso- : iation in particular , and all produc- srs of live stock in general , to stand ogether and with the commission nen in resisting the packers in "their mjust demands to apply said rules to ur cattle. " ELECTRIC SWING FALLS. Lccident Occurs in a Kansas City Amusement Resort. The large electric swing at Electric lark , Kansas City , Mo. , the new .musement resort at Forty-sixth treet and Lydia avenue , fell to the round with a crash Tuesday , Injuring ight persons , one seriously , when the enter shaft , sixty-five feet high , which up.ports the cars , snapped at the base nd fell over. Miss Nellie Stiles sus- ilned internal injuries and both of er ankles were broken. She was re- loved to a hospital. The other injur- d persons suffered only sprains an < 7 ruises. Killing of Masher Justified. B. F. Cain , of Leesville , La. , 22 ears old , whose reputation as a lasher emboldened him to hug and iss young women he met on the : reets , was shot and killed by Thomas ! . Gant , a druggist , who was in corn- any with three girls when they were isulted by Cain. The slayer was re- sased from custody on the plea of istifiable homicide. Death Cheats Justice. Thomas Baldwin , slayer of four peo- le , died in the county jail at Bloom- igton , 111. , from nervous collapse , ? ed 56 years. On Feb. 28 , at Arrow- nith , he shot Mrs. Sim Eiseman and xughter Cora and Thomas Kennedy id wife. Boy Struck by Ball Near Death. As a result of being struck by a iseball during an amateur game ayed at Kenosha , Wis. , William Sor- insen , aged IS years , a member of ie West End club of Racine , is be- sved dying. To Test Grain Trade Tax. Federal Judge Smith McPherson rednesday at Kansas City , issued an der restraining the state auditor om enforcing the Dovell bill , passed T the last legislature , taxing each ansaction in grain futures 25 cents. Secretary Metcalf Safe. A dispatch dated at Fortress Mon- e was received at the navy depart- ent Wednesday afternoon from Sec tary Metcalf. The officials are sat- led the secretary is all right WESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL. hedule of Games to Be Played at N Sioux City la. Following is a schedule of the West- n League games to be played at DUX City in the immediate future : s Moines . June 17. 18 , 19 , 20 naha . July 6 , 7 , 8 mver . July 9 , 10 , 11 leblo . July 12 , 13 , 14 Kills Wife and Himself. Frank T. Edson , a lodging house eper at Los Angeles , Cal. , Tuesday ot his wife and instantly killed her d then blew his head off. The cou- i had frequently quarreled over ancial matters. Fire Destroys Church. The Roman Catholic church of the cred Heart at Ottawa , Ont , was de- eyed by fire Monday night Loss , 00,000-insurance , $80,000. * * News MOTHER SLAIN BY SOX. Boy Murders Her Because She Ha Punished Him. The supposed accidental shootir of Mrs. Thomas McCoy , in the nortl west part of Rock county , by her II year-old son , proved to have been case of deliberate murder , " "the be having confessed to County Attnrne Douglas and later to several * oth < persons that he shot his .mother b ( cause she had punished him soverel ; The shooting occurred Friday. Sa urday the officers went out to hold t.fc inquest , at which it was developed th : the shooting was intentional and th coroner's jury returned a verdict ac cordingly. The boy had claimed that h ; shi his mother accidentally while shootin at a meadow lark , but he confessed t the county attorney , and later to se\ eral persons , that he shot her inter tionally , and gave as a reason the fac that she had been in the habit of pur ishing him severely. In his confessio he stated that he got the gun in th house while his mother's back wa turned , placed loaded shells in thre empty chambers , put the weapon i his pocket , followed close behihd he to the field where she was going t plant some beans , and while she wa getting the seed ready for planting he at the distance of about ten feet , dre the gun , and , deliberately aiming i at the back of her head , fired am killed her instantly. After she fel he shot her again in the side and thei dropped the gun and ran to where i couple of his brothers were workini in the same field. The weapon used was a five-sho double action 3S-caliber revolver. Mrs. McCoy was a widow and wa living on a Kinkaid homestead. Sh leaves five young children. The bo ; is under arrest. NEW CHURCH DEDICATED. Bishop Scannell Officiates at Ccremonj it AVaterbury. The new Catholic church of St. Bon iface at Monterey , in Cuming county was dedicated with elaborate ceremo nies. The bishop of the diocese , Rt Rev. Richard Scannell , D.D. , of Oma ha , celebrated solemn pontifical higl mass and Rev. Father Kaup , of Illi. nois , preached the dedicatory sermon in German. Very Rev. Dean Ruesing of West Point ; Rev. J. W. Jungels , oi Petersburg , a former pastor of th < ihurch , and many other clergymen ol Lhe diocese participated in the cere monies. An immense crowd was pres. 2nt at the exercises. A picnic dinnei was served and in the afternoon an entertainment by the school children took tflace. The day was one loug tc 3e remembered in Monterey , more aeople being in the village than at any previous time in its history. Rev. H. Schoof is irremovable rector of the aarish , which is OPC of the wealthiest n the state. The new church has a inique feature in its tower clock , vhich was the gift of a , parishioner , md cost $600. It is said to be the mly tower clock in a country church n the state. ' DORMITORY FOR GIRL STUDENTS Bishop Graves Contemplates Erection of a Fine Building. An important transfer of real estat-p vas made to Rt. Rev. Anson H. Jraves , bishop of the Episcopal juris- liction in which Kearney is located , ooking to the further extension of the vork and influence of the church in Cearney. The transfer referred to unbraces a block of lots with 200 feet rontage on the south side of Twenty- ifth street , and one on the corner im- nediately east of the state normal chool. The location is inteded as the ite of a church home or dormitory or girl students to supplement the fa- ilities of the dormitory owned by the tate and of private "boarding houses. Sishop Graves will ask the general ouncil of his church at the triennial leeting to be held within a few lonths to appropriate at least $50,000 Dr carrying out his plans in this con- ection. Passes Returned. Vice President C. S. Clarke , of the [ issouri Pacific railroad , writing from t. Louis to the railway commission at incoln , notifies that body to eliminate -om the Missouri Pacific pass list the ames of W. P. McCreary of Hastings , . S. Allen of Lincoln , Edgar Farneau f Auburn , H. H. Mauck of Nelson , nd H. F. Stubbs and G. W. Stubbs of uperior. Framv J. Uttoii Found Dead. Frank J. "Utton was found dead at olby's barn in West Beatrice. It is ipposed that he was killed by falling om the haymow , although foul play suspected. He was found by Clar ice Colby , with whom he had taken jarters for the night His skull was actured. Lincoln Banks Consolidate. The consolidation of the Columbia ational bank of Lincoln took place iiursday. President S. H. Burnham , the First National , is said to have mght a controlling interest In the jlumbia. Young Boy Ranks High. Leo Chain , a 14-year-old eighth ade graduate from the Seward coun- public schools , held the highest ade in a class of 135. Hoffman Identifies tire Body. Julius Hoffman , cf Deshler , was in and Island , and after investigating to all the circumstances surrounding e finding of the badly decomposed dy of a man in an old straw stack ar Alda , is convinced it is that of 3 half brother , Frank Hermann. Must Pay ilore Interest. State Treasurer Bryan increased B rate of interest on state money > m 2 to 3 per cent. Bankers having ite cash on deposit will have to pay * difference. NEW REPRIEVE FOR BANKET Execution of Murderer is Again Po , poncd. Judge Holmes , of the district cou granted Frank Barker a stay of e ? cution and ordered an insanity h - ring ing June 25. Barker was sentencc-l hang for the murder of his broth and sister-in-law. Various deln have taken place. Gov. Mickey i prieved him for two years and the e ecution was set for June 15. Two other men in the penltenda are condemned to die. One U J O'Hearn , of South Omaha , who w convicted of the murder of a saloo keeper. Pie claims that another mei ber of the' party fired the fatal sh < and the matter is now before the s preme court Harrison Chine , a nEro Ere , is also from South Omaha. J admits killing a man , but claims th he acted 'in self-defense , and the ? preme court has yet to pass on 1 case. case.None None of the condemned men is wi ing to talk much about the crime f which he was convicted , but th show marked interest and perhaps certain feeling of importance whe ever they receive visits from tnt counsel or mail relating to their .cas < According to the rules of the penile tiary a man under a death sentence not compelled to work , but th wa den states that he has seldom knov a man to take advantage of this o emption. They find labor much pro erable to monotonous idleness ai leisure for retrospection. PREFERS DEATH TO TRIAL. Xehraslcan Commits Suicide in Stantc County Jail. Hanging from the end of a leathi belt which had been tied to the ba of the cell door , the dead body < Henry Oltmans , aged 64 , charged wit incest , was found at 7 o'clock in tl morning by the sheriff at Stanton. The jury was impaneled on Mondti and Oilman's trial on the frightfi charge was to have begun Tuesds morning. The prospect evidently wj : oo much for the man , whose famil lad turned against him and who wz looked upon with ; contempt by tl : public. It is not known at what hot Dltmans committed the deed , bi : here was no sign of life in the bed .vhen he sheriff made his startlin ( liscovery. The daughter who was the allege victim of Oltmans' lust was 18 yeai ) f age. On April 6 she gave birth to : hild. At that time Oltmans had bee inder arrest about three months. The Oltmans family lives near Star on on a farm. HUSBAND SUES FOR IHS WIFE. icing a Minor , Action in His Belial Brought by His Father. A petition was filed in district coui it Kearney by L. O. Hyatt , as nes est friend , on behalf of his son , El ner Ray Hyatt , against C. M. Sheele .nd Rosina Sheeley. alleging that the .re unlawfully detaining and deprlvln laude Hyatt , the young wife of E. H lyatt , of her liberty and keeping he rom seeing her husband or conferrin ; n any way with him. The petition wa ; eard by Judge Hostetler and an orde as been issued for the producing o laude Hyatt in district court. This i case growing out of an elopemen , 'herein Hyatt , who is a minor , wen 3 Lexington and was married to Mis : heeley , who is also a minor. On th < oung couple's return they were me r the father , who is said to have ad linistered bodily punishment or [ yatt and taken his daughter hem < nd later was about to send her tc hicago to a convent. VICTIMS OF "WITCHCRAFT. " oung Woman and Her Brother Art Taken to Norfolk Asylum. Believing that neighbors had be- itched them , Frieda Jabens and hei ttle brother Peter , children of a oyd county family , were brought tc ie state insane hospital at Norfolk > r treatment. The young woman is 23 and a pret- ' blonde. They had contended foi > me time that neighbors bewitched lem and had had several persons ar- ssted. They believed that W. F loke , clerk of the district court uld break the spell. One physiciar stifled that he had been summoned id that he had apparently satisfied .em by feeding them baking powder One man named Johnson had re ived potatoes and other crops froir e Jabens people for his work in dis. illing the witches. Elm Creek 3Ian is Drowned. J. H. Vollmer , an old resident 01 tm Creek , 62 years of age , was owned Monday afternoon while fish- g in the head waters of the Kearnej .nal south of Elm creek. His ser illiam was with him , but had taker boat for another part of the canal * fell headforemost into about tea 2t of water. Fire at Aurora , Neb. The Aurora business college , at Au ra , burned Thursday morning. The ilding was valued at § 12,000 ; insur- ce , $5,800 ! The fire started in the iding room. The police believe fir * gs burned the building. Japanese Laborers in Fight. P. Furuya was slightly cut , K. Kusu- rd seriously stabbed and M. Matsu- ga , probably fatally wounded by a ife in the hands of F. Oikwa in their nk car at Grand Island. Hits Railroad Policj ; . Railway Commissioner Williams ide a. speecfl at the old settlers' pic- : at Palmyra , bitterly attacking the Iroad control policy of President osevelt. Klein Extradited to Nebraska. 5ov. Cummins , of Iowa , decided tc iv the request of the Nebraska au- > rities for requisitions for George yers and L. E. Roe , alias , % "Hand 1 a Half" Kelly , but Fritz Klein is got to Nebraska to stand trial for : alleged burglary of the Winne- : o bank. Water AVorks Bonds Defeated. In election to vote on the issuance bonds for water works was held at ston , and the bond.0 : were defeated two votes. This is the second trial. In ! f"'f l S % J WWWN ' ' . . . if i Mfcwav. ? > * w - A.I. . . The year 1S1G was known throughout the United States and Europe as the- coldest over experienced by any person * then living. There are persons in north ern New York who have been in the habit of keeping diaries for years. aul it is from the pages of an old diary hecun in 1S10 and kept up unbroken until 1S-10 that the'following information regarding' this year without a summer has boeir taken : January was-so mild that most persons- allowed their fires to go out and ditl not burn wood except for cooking. There ' .vere * a few cold days , but they were very few. Most of the time the air was warm and. springlike. February was not cold. Some days were colder than any in January , but the weather was about the same. March , from the 1st to the Gth. was in clined to be kindy. It came in like a , small lion and -\veat out like a very inno cent sheep. April came in warm , but as the days grew longer the air became colder , and by the first of May there was a temper ature like that of wintec. with plenty o " snow and ice. In May the young buds- were frozen dead , ice formed half an inch ' thick on ponds and rivers , corn was- killed , and the cornfields were planted again and again , until it became too late- to raise a crop. By the last of May In this climate the- trees are usually in leaf and birds and flowers are plentiful. When the last o May arrived in 1S1G everything had been. killed by the cold. June was the coldest month of roses ever experienced in this latitude. Frost and ice were as common as buttercups usually nre. Almost every green tlring- was killed ; all fruit was destroyed ; snow fell ten Inches deep in Vermont There- was a seven-inch fall in the interior o " New York State , and the same in.Mas sachusetts. There were only a few mod erately warm days. Everybody looked , . , longed , and waited for warm weather , but warm wetther did not come. It was also dry ; very little rain fell- All Summer long the wind blew steadily from the north in blasts , laden with snow and ice. Mothers knit socks of double thickness for their children , and mada thick mittens. Planting and shivering- were done together , and the farmers who- worked out their taxes on the country roads wore overcoats acd mittens. On June 17 there was a heavy fall of" snow. A Vermont farmer sent a flock of " sheep to posture on June 1C. The morn ing of the 17th dawned with the ther mometer below the freezing point. About ) o'clock in the. morning the owner o the sheep started to look for his flock. Before leaving home he turned to hisi ; vif and said , jokingly : "Better start the neighbors soon ; it's * : he middle of June , and I may get lost in the snow. " An hour after he had left home a ter- ific snow storm came up. The snow fell .hick and fast , and as there was so much vind the fleecy masses piled in great Irifts along the -windward side of the- 'ences and outbuildings. Night come anil he farmer had not been heard of. Hi wife became frightened and alarm- id the neighborhood. All the neighbors oined the searching party. On the third.- lay they found him. He was Ij-ing m a lollow on the side hill with both feet rozen ; he was half covered with snow , . mt alive. Most of the sheep were lost. July came in with snow and ice. Om he Fourth of July ice as thick as win- ow glass formed throughout New Eng- < and , Xew York , and in some parts of he State of Pennsylvania , Indian corn , , i-hich In some parts of the East had truggled through May and June , gave > - p , froze and died. To the surprise of everybody , August roved the worst month of all" Almost very green thing in this country and. Europe was blasted with frost. v Snow fell at Barnet thirty miles frc ondon , England , on Aug. 30. Xewspa- ers received from England stated that. 816 would be remembered by the erist- ig generation as the year in which there/ as no summer. Very liftle corn ripened in Xew Kng- ind. There was great privation , and * lousands of. persons would have perished i this country had it not been for the- tmndance of fish and wild game. Dan ary ( Conn. ) Xews. Oil Trust PJpe.H for Otlier.i. The Circuit Court at Fiadlav. Ohio. . is ruled that the Buckeye Pipe Line ompany , a subsidiary of the Standard il Company , must accept all oil offered 7 the Independent producers , and at a .ir remunerative price. It had been al- ged by the State of Ohio that the price- r transporting independent oil had been ) cents a barrel , which was a prohibi- ve rate. This decision is expected to > sist Prosecutor David when the casa * jainst the Standard Oil and the Rocke-- llers comes up for trial. Divorces Knocked Ont. The Connecticut Supreme Court has * eided that Mrs. Edna B. Platt , who ft her husband at Xew Haven. Conn. , , td got a divorce in Iowa on the groundf desertion , in order to , be remarried , ere , is still the wife of Platt ; that she- guilty of bigamy , and that the children- the second marriage are illegitina % _ ie first husband , Platt , brought snlr ainst his wife , claiming that service- on him had been made -only through * advertisement in an Iowa newspaper d alleging bigamy.
