TIIK NOKKOUC NVKKKIiY N'KWS-JOUKN'AI ; , KIM DA V , JANTAKY 127 , 1911.
TO ERADICATE THE PLAGUE.
Harbin , Manchuria , Jan. 23. FutUI-
cllnn , a suburb of HIM bin and the par
ticular plaguu spot of MnnchuiLi , Is
tc bo Isolated an thu 111 U i.VHtc-nuitl"
MI-PS toward ovtoimlnatlng the pin-
iio that IIIIH grown mine tin untuning
ovcry day.
This was decided In a confer once
pintle Ipntoil In b.v ( ho Tnotol the head
of the local Chinese gov eminent and
l.ngllHh nnd ( .II.MOHO physicians The
jiiovumonl IH due to piunsuru brought
( to boat by the Russian government
which reall/os the suilousncss of thu
'
-ill nation.
)
Table Antl.Footb.il ! Dill.
Little Hook , Ark. . Jan. lilt. Suffrage-
for the women of Arkansas IB pto
) tosed In blllH olTcied In thu house of
leprosuntatlves Women o\or 21
years old , cltl/ens of Arkansas , will
fie allowed thu light of suffrage If
the bills become a luu The tending
of the blllH was greeted ulth appliuiHO.
Another bill presented would prohibit
thu playing of football by students of
schools , colleges and universities. It
was tabled.
British Clash With Turks.
Frankfort. Clermany , Jan. 22. The
Eeltung's Constantinople correspon
dent reports a serious collision between -
twoen British sailors and Turks at
Dubuya In the Indian ocean. Several
bluejackets wore killed. The British ,
according to the dispatch , afteiwards
bombarded Dubuya.
Wlllouqhby Funeral Held.
BonuHlool , S. 1) . . Jan. 23. Spoclfil
to The News : J. O. Wllloughby , who
died fiom thu effects of his attempted
Milcldu , was burled In the coinetery
lieic.
DO WOMEN GRASP HUMOR ?
Yes , But Not the Brutal Kind , Jerome
K. Jerome Says.
New Voik , Jan. 23. Have women a
eriBo of hiimoi ? The Lokal Anzci-
ger , u German newspaper , has asked
the question and ninny widely knowa
men and women linvo contilbutcd
their opinions , but linvo failed to
settle the question. Jerome K. To-
ionic wrote this :
My obsoivntlons lia\o shown me
that \\omen have just as shaip a
sense of humor as men , but they
have less understanding of the gro
tesque. Women aio not quick te
laugh at physical dlscomfoit or pain
"Slapstick" methods of vaudeville sel
dom appeal to them. Few women sec
an.\thing Judicious in jeiking a chaii
floin beneath a poison Women prob
ably do not laugh at the grotesque
because the } think moio of physics' '
com foil and comeliness than men deFer
For many centuries the physical ap
pi.uanco of a woman was her chlcj
asbct and her chief weapon. Cense
fluently in any humor which has r
levoise side of disrespect or haim tc
the body the Iiibtinct of the > can
shows women the tiagedy to the ut
ter dcsttuctlon of the ludicrous. "
FinnLohnr , composer of "Tho Mer
i } Widow , " sn > s :
Women have humor when thej
nio among thcmseUes and ate mak
In 3 mei ry oer us men. "
Julius Ficund , a musical comedy II
bietlibt , says :
The giotesquenebs with which tin
modeln woman bedecks heiself fron
liead to foot estnbllslies beyond al
doubt that she o\ei flows with a sens <
or humor "
Hosa nertons , leading ladj of th <
Roval Theater. Berlin , asked *
If we women had not a sense o
humor how could we toleiate the su
peiloilty of man' "
Mew Mexican Constitution Ratified.
Albuquerque , N M . Jan. 23 Al
most complete returns from Satur
dav's election show the ratification o
the constitution of New Mexico a !
framed by the constitution conven
lion by a major Itv approximately o
18,000 in aote of about 50,000. Thi
few lemoto precincts yet to be bean
fiom will not change the lesult ma
teilally though the majority may bi
inci eased. The featuies of the elec
tlou was the almost complete dlsap
pearanco of party lines. . .
Uncle Sam as Umpire.
Washington , Jan 23. In respons
to the request of Haytl , the America :
co\eminent has foimally tendered it
seed offices to both Ilayti and Sant
Domingo in a trlendl } effort to brin
nboul n selllement of the terrltoria
dispute which it. seriously threatenln
the peace of the two countries
STILL OUT OF VIRGINIA.
Self-Exiled Senators Refuse to Returi
j at Democrats' Request.
| { Wheeling. W Vn , Jan. 23. Th
mission to Cincinnati , undertaken b
loseph H Chllton , a brother of Wi
Ham E. Chllton , recently chosen b
iho democrats of West Virginia fo
the long-term senatorshlp , in which h
was to offer terms to the fifteen "sel
exiled" republican state senators , ha
failed , accoidlng to advices receive
here. Goveinor Glasscock , it appear ;
must say the word before the republ
cans will return to West Virginia
The following statement has bee
received from Senator Meredltl
spokesman for the "exiles , l from Cii
cinnati :
s 'The visit of Joseph H. Cnllton t
Cincinnati was for the purpose <
* getting us to call off our exile and r
turn fo that state In order to uiect h
brother and Mr Wntson the Unite
States senators from West Vlrglnl
However , the visit wns without the d
sited effect.
"We told him as we have told othi
representatives of .the democratic p
llttclans in West Virginia that w
shall remain here until such a time i
Governor Glasscock wishes us to r
turn. Whether that time bo the 271
of February or tomorrow , it matte
very little to me.
"In matters of this kind we w
ibldu by the decision of Governor
HiiSHcook , who Is on the ground , rath-
r than thu representative * of the
lemocinls. "
Seize His Newspapers.
Nowark. N. J. , Jan. 23. Pollco
seized Joseph Guard , a saloonkeeper ,
on u chat go of disorderly conduct and
conllncated f > 00 copies of a SSanosvlllo.
0. , paper , which he was bringing hero
for circulation and which contained
in attack on Mayor Ankole , as a re
sult of a fine Imposed upon Guard a
week ago for keeping bin saloon open.
At thu tilnl Guard assailed the may
or , declaring he was discriminating In
the enforcement of the saloon closing
iidlimnce.
Mew Endurance Mark by an Aviator.
San Francisco , Jan. 23. San Fran
cisco's aviation moot produced a new
American unduiaiico tccoid when
Phillip O. I'aima'leu , piloting a Wilght
bl-plano , icmalned aloft for U houis
9 minutes and i ! ) 1-5 .seconds
The host pi o\ ions cnduianco hero-
; ofoio was that of A. Welsh , of St
Louis , who established a lecord of 3
miirs 11 minutes and Cm buconds
At Los Angeles the Into Aich Hox-
sey was credited with an un-official
recoid of \ \ houis and 17 minutes.
A ciowd of over 25,000 cheered the
blrdman as ho elided above them and
when ho Dually descended he was
given an ovation' . Sevcial enthusiasts ,
among them Eugene B Kly , hoisted
I'aiinaleu on their shoulders and car-
tied him in t Humph to a aland In the
middle of Selfildge Held where Gen-
01 al Taskor If. Bliss , other army of
ficers and a host of ladies crowded
about the aviator to extend coiv
giatulatloiis.
"I could have icmalned up longer , "
bald Parmalce , "but my seat giew so
haul and my bauds and feet so numb
ed with the cold that I decided tc
come down after clinching the Amerl
can iccoid. "
Ills long lllght was uneventful
Weather conditions were excellent.
Ely Is Lionized.
Ely , the Curtlss aviator who landed
on the deck of the cruiser Pennsyl
vnnla last Thuisday , was lionized bj
the army and navy. With Major J
P. O'Neill , in command of the flelc
encampment , and Captain Pond of the
Pcnnsjlvania , Ely reviewed tlu
tioops of the Second battalion of the
Thirteenth Infantry and a detach
ment of bluejacketb fiom the war
ship Then followed the piesentatioi
to the aviator of a gold medal by tl
army
4
Immediate ! } after this ceremony Elj
went up In his biplane to deliver , 01
behalf of the aviation committee , ai
invitation to Mine. Louisa Totrazzlni
the opeia bingcr , to attend the meet
Ing.
Mine. Tetrnzilni , accoidlng to a pie
auanged plan , was waiting in an au
tomoblle at the Ingleslde golf link !
about live miles noith of the avlatloi
field.
As Escort to an Auto.
It was Eb's Intention to act as ai
aeiial escoit to the diva for the res
of the jonrnej to Selfiidge field , bu
after leascendlng the a\iatoi lost he
automobile among the cuibh of othe ,
machines on the load
The birdiuan was waiting for he
at the gate , hovvevei , when she diovi
up and esc01 ted her to a gaily decoiat
ed box in the center of the pi and
stand , vvheie bhe was foimally wel
coined by the aviation officials am
army officers
Lieutenant B.MOII S Ciissy , flvir
with Walter Brooklns in a Wiigh
biplane , expeiimentod with droppinj
bombs and Chniles F. Willard , tj !
Curtiss aviator , conducted furthe
tests by sending messages by wre
less.
AN ARTIST'S TIPS ON GOWNS.
New York , Jan. 20. Wrinkles
has come for women fat , thin , tal
short and middling as far as persona
appearance Is concerned , according t
Henry Turner Bailey , the Bosto :
nitist , providing the rules laid dow ;
by him are followed. Perfection o
beauty depends on dress tones , Mi
Bailey says.
"To begin with , the athletic or mar
nlsh girl is unattractive from ever
viewpoint , " lie assertb. "When I sa
a woman can be well gowned If sh
lives up to certain artistic rules , I ai
talking onlj of feminine women , not c
those who try to ape the men. Th
color of the costume should be dele
mined by the complexion of the wea
er. The larger and plumper a woma
Is the moie quietly she should dres
In nature it Is the butterfly that I
brilliant , not the elephant One \ei
great danger is in overdoing dres
Hero are my rules.
If you are tall , wear gowns made o
horizontal lines , and never ha\e dres
es too long or too shoit
If you are short , your costum
should be made on vertical line
Never have your dresses short , r
gardless of style.
If you are stout , dress plainly In
one-color scheme.
If you are thin , a mixed goods
permlssable.
Women possessing large feel shoul
never wear tan shoes.
Whether feet are large or small , tl
broad bulldog too Is Inartistic fro
every polnfof view.
In conclusion , Mr. Bailey say :
"Puffs are to be condemned becaui
they are false. "
Fatal Wreck in Wales.
Cardiff , Wales- Jan 23. A passe
ger train collided with a coal tra
nt Hopklnstown near Pontyprld
Three of the coaches were telescope
and many passengers were killed <
Injured. Soldiers recovered the bo
ies of eight men and three chlldrc
from the wreckage. Those on tl
train included a number of mine
who were on their way to London f
a , conference with the mine owner
Want South American Trade.
Washington , Jan. 23. Improvi
shipping farllltlus and eommunlen-
,1(011 , ( with Latln-Amorlcan republic
and othui countilos , calculated to on-
I huge the foreign tiadu of thu I'nlted
I Status , aiu sought by delegates to
I thu National Motchant Mailnu con-
gloss which ( onvuned lieio today.
, The congress was called by the com-
nilttoo of 100 of the National Asso
(
elation of Manufacturuis which had
, been < onductlng a campaign of edii ;
cation on thu extension of AHUM lean
manufnctuieiH' Interests thiough com-
muiclal organisations of man ) cities
Colome Banquet ,
Colomu , S. IX , Jan. 23. Special to
The News' The members of the old
Colome Commercial club called a
meeting of the business men and cltl-
zuns Interested In Colomo nt the Trlpp
hotel.
About forty nosponded to the call
and were served with a banquet. They
will long remember it for its excel
lence. After a number of toasts and
talks by sonic of Colome'u best speak
ers , the business of the evening was
taken up. Officers formerly elected
and still retaining office nre : _ T. L.
Black , piesldent ; T. E. Saxton , secic-
taryl Vnl J. Fet/ner , treasurer. Some
twenty live new members weie added
to the list which brings the member
ship up to foity live ones.
Count to Visit Roosevelt.
New York , Jan. 23. Count Albert
Apponyl , formerly Hungarian minis *
ter of public Instruction , former
speaker of the house of commons and
for moio than forty yeais a member
of the Hungarian parliament , will nr
rive In New York on the steamer
Kron Piliiz Wilhelrn on February C
He has been invited Jointly by the
Civic Foruui _ and the New York Peace
bociety to address a meeting In Came
gie hall Februar } 15. Ills address
will be , "Some Practical Difficulties
of the Peace Problem In Europe. '
Count Apponyl has an Internationa :
reputation as a statesman and orator
On his arrival he will proceed tc
Washington where he will be the
guest of Baton Hcngclmullcr , the am
bassndor of Austria-Hungary , and wll
be piesented to President Taft. He
turning from Washington he will bi
entertained by former Preslden
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Colone
Roosevelt was County Apponyl'i
guest at his castle in Hungary las
April.
WORD FROM A KINKAIDER.
Soldier's Widow Declares Settler
There Are Well Provided for.
Gordon , Neb , Jan 23. Editor Th <
News : In a recent issue of your ex
cellent paper , was an article wrlttei
by one "Berry Postmaster1 of Hoi
county , which is an exaggerated state
ment , and not a fail representatioi
of this Kinkaid country , which is ilcl
in stock and well settled with an in
dustrious and well to do class of pee
pic. I am a soldier's widow and it ii
veiy true that we have two old com
rades that aie ncighboib , but we an
, contented and living on their pension !
, and securing title to the land by rent
, ' ing out and taking rent in imptovc
. ments All aie in good health for the !
I age , and we all have well filled cellai :
. of plenty potatoes and all kinds o
, , vegetables , and feel satisfied and en
[ i joying our beautitul winter , as tin
i bliz/ard .spoken of was but of oni
da's duration , and we have had bu
very little snow all winter. If "Post
master * would put on his "rose" spec
taeles Instead of his "green goggles ,
' i he would see things in a truer light
; We have a good school and Sunda ;
| school every Sunday , where old am
, ' young come together , and I have heari
of no one suffering , but all in gooi
'
.spirits , and we will all make flna
proof when the time comes and w <
i care to do bo.
| Here's hoping that nobody wll
, think that we are starving , for thi
, country has an abundance for al
I Land nearly all taken and going fasl
) beveral new families have come i :
i this winter. I enclose one of the song
i which expresses the sentiment of th
t country.
country.My
My Cherry County Claim.
There's n place in this land ,
Where we get the glad hand ,
On rn > Cherry county claim.
Where the rattlesnakes rattle
j And the coyotes chase cattle
i' ' On my Cherry county claim ,
f We go out to Gordon , Lavoca or Irvl
e But this life is almost too tame.
- . I would rather eat bacon
Till my stomach is achin'
II On my Cheiry county claim.
i , i Chorus
s
y On my Cheny county claim
i. On my Cheny county claim ,
Sitting in my little shack ,
a Humble and so plain ,
Nothing to burn but "cowchlps , "
j Still I never complain ,
e For I think It fun
i. To live upon
My Cherry county claim.
They say it don't rain ,
But It's wet just the same
On my Cherry county claim.
We walk on the sandhills ,
Get stuck in the cactus ,
On my Cherry county claim.
Go call on my neighbors
n Is one of rny pleasures ,
They all like to entertain.
I eat , sleep and whistle ,
But don't have to hustle
On my Cherry county claim.
Tune "Good Old Summer Time. "
i-
in
n Ono of the Kinkalders.
1.
1.d
d PARTY HAS A TRAGIC END.
ir
Dakota Girl's Error May Cost Thn
n Lives.
, o Springfield , S. D. , Jan. 23. As tl
a result of a mistake in using gasolli
Instead of kerosene In attempting
a , replenish a fire in a kitchen Btov
Zera Brown , 8 years old , lies dead
her home In this city , Delia Dnwc
id 14 years old , and Charlotte Dawc
8 > eiiis old , nro also HUilousl > burned
and not expected to live moro than a
few hours Hilda Crosby , ! ) y ars old.
was badly burned by the explosion ,
but It IH expected Hint she- will reeov
or. The1 homo of thu two glrln , belong
ing to George Uawes , valued at $10-
000 , was almost completely gutted.
The accident occuricd while the
four glils were In the kltchun of thu
UavvcH homo making candy. The lire
In the steve was low and In an at
tempt to icplcnisli It ono of the girls
took a live-gallon can of gasoline and
poured It on the flame's. The fluid
exploded Instantly , tinning the Intur-
lor of the room Into ono mass of
flames
Fred Uawes , btother of two of the
glrlu , had just returned home from his
work as rural mall carrier as the ex
plosion occurred and he Immediately
KHVO the alarm. RunnliiK through the
llnmes he carried out the four girls In
the kitchen and h.ter brought out Mrt > .
Tllton , an aged woman , from an apait-
merit on thu second floor His mothci.
Mrs. Geoige Dawes , was asleep at the
time of thu uxploslon , but escaped un
Injured But for the heroic work of
Mr. Dawes the four gills would un
doubtedly havu ( icilshcd In the flames.
Hoi a Blown , thu one most seiiously
burned , died at S o'cjoek. and it Is
thought the Inluiies of the two
Dawcs gills will be fatal.
Fortunately the house , which was
a huge one , was comparatively empty
at the time of thu fire. It had been
used for a looming house for sttulentb
of the state normal school , located
here , but at the time of the explosion
none of these weie present. By the
time the fire department was at the
scene of the fir1 the house was com
pletely in flames , but by stiennous
efforts the uxteilor of the- building
was saved , although the contents were
gutted. The loss Is covered by $5,000
Insurance.
German Socialists Protest.
Berlin , Jan. 23. Many hundred bo
cialist meetings weie held throughout
Prussia and resolutions of piotcst
against the fail me of the speech fiom
the tin one in the landtag to mention
fianchlbo icfoim were adopted.
Seventy-tinee meetings were held In
Berlin alone So far as reported
theie have been no dlboiderb.
BROMO-SELTZER KING SUES WIFE
Capt. Isaac Emerson , Eccentric Drue
Manufacturer , Asks for Divorce.
Baltimore , Md. , Jan 23. Captain
Isaac Emcison , millionaiie drug man
ufacturer , the Inomo-selt/er king
whoHO dairghter Margaiet receutl }
was divoiced fiom Dr. Smith Holllf
McKim , has secretly filed suit foi di
vorce liere from Mrs. Emeison Con
trary to the usual procedure , the pa
pers weie handed to the judge of Hit
circuit couit and not bent into ilu
clerk's office.
Mrs. Emerson , who has been occn
pying alone Ihe mansion neai Diulcl
'lllll ' park for some lime. It is said
i has been served with summons to ap
pear and answer. It has been report
. ed that C. Hareltine Basshor , manu
facluier and club member , has been
named corespondcMit Mr Basshoi
t
i vvhen Informed that he had beer
' named corespondent appeared sur
prised.
i' ' "Do you mean to tell me , " lie ask
! 'd , "that Emeison has filed this suit
: and has mixed me up in if"
j "Yes , that is correct , " was the re
j pi } "Haven't you seen the papers ir
' in the case ? '
"This is the first I have heard o :
it , " answered Mr. Basshor.
"Do you know Mrs. Emerson ? " was
asked.
" 1 have met her. "
"Can } ou offer any reason why youi
ncimo should have been linked witj
hr-rs In the case ? "
"I am not going to say anythinj
about this thing. I refuse to talk fur
tuer or answer questions. "
William Shepard Bryan , counsel foi
Mrs. Emerson , said he did not thinl
it proper to discuss her domestic af
fairs. He hoped the public wouU
suspend judgment until the facts wen
brought out. He felt assured it woulc
be found that there was no groun <
for the complaints made by Mr. Emer
son.
Rumors of a possible divorce sul
were circulated last November. I
was published at the time that thi
couple had a disagreement in a Nev
York hotel and that Captain Emersoi
would seek a divorce. The captali
spent Thanksgiving with friends a
Arcadia , his South Carolina estate
while Mrs. Emerson remained In Ba
timore. That was just after the Inc
dent in New York.
Captain Emerson Is noted for hi
eccentricities. His mansion nea
Druid Hill park Is surrounded by
high brick wall. Surmounting thi
wall at stated intervals are replica
of the brome seltzer bottles that mad
him noted.
Mail Clerks Wrought Up.
The complaint against the postofflc
department , registered in the Sout
Dakota strike the other day. Is not b
any means a local complaint. Rnl
way postal clerks all over the Unite
States , Including those working out c
Norfolk , are very much wrought u
over conditions Imposed upon ther
by the postofflco department and the
declare that the service ha § been s
crippled that the public can not rei
Hze how poor la the present post !
service.
Packages of newspapers from Omi
ha , Intended for the line north of No
folk to Dallas , were carried back an
forth through this city for six'coi
t-ecutlve days a short time ago , bi
fore they ever reached their destlni
tions.
Hardly a day goes by but that pipers
pors arid letters are carried by over
town In this territory , as throughoi
the United States , this being the rul
rather than the exception.
Need More Help , Bigger Cars.
Th's condition , which Is vouched fe
s , by those who know , la said to be
lusult of the policy that ban boon
adopted by Postmaster Oonornl Hitch
cock The rnalL cle'iKs complain that
there me not enough men In the ser
vice to do the work as It should be
done and that the postolllcu depart
ment refn UH to lout largo enough
cms from thu uillioads for adequate
service' . Tho.v have many Incidental
complaints coming under the.su two
geneial heads.
It Is claimed , for Instance , that
PostmiiHter General Hitchcock is hold
ing up n vast number of piomotlons
which have become duo by reason of
Inci eased mnll traffic. Clerks decline
tlntt In this way they are being cheat
ed out of thousands of dollars that
thu law gives them. They point out
that $1,300 a year is being withheld
from twelve clerks running through
Norfolk between Omaha and Chndron ,
In this way Eleven cleiks nro.draw
ing $1.100 a } oar whereas they aio entitled
titled , they say , to $1,200 a year. Ono
clerk Is getting hut $1.000. who Is en
titled to $1,100 These incieases In
pay were due moro than four months
ago. increased mall business having
entitled the men to the Increases , ac-
101 ding to law But they are still be
ing iwld $100 less per > ear npleco
than they enin. Thev claim that If
the mall had de < Meased and decreased
pav hnd become due , their salaries
would have been cut by telegiaphlc
notice.
No Subs for Injured Men.
Another point of complaint Is the
fad that when a railway mail clcik
is Injmod on duty , no substitute Is
hlicd by the government to take his
place The other cleiks on the run
niiiht do his work , without extia pay.
This the South Dakota clerks refused
to do and It precipitated the strike
Tnlh requirement means that the
cluiks on the run wheie a man la
hurt , must devote many days of ex-
tin time to the work , going out on
extia inns at their own expense ,
( The government allows clerks six
cents for a meal and seven cents for
a bed after each twelve hours of regii'
lar duty )
I The clerks complain that the do'
partment , Instead of trying to relieve
the shoitago of help. Is making It
! woise , In older to make a public showIng -
Ing in cutting down the deficit. In
| blend of adding SOO clerks foi the corn. .
I ing } enr , for example , as they claim
will be needed to handle the inci east
in mall , the department has reduced
Hie raflway mail clerk f.oice by some !
COO men.
On account of the bhoitnge of hell
a batch of "stuck" mall , 01 mall that
1 cleiks on one run had no time tc
work , came to a Northwestern train
at Omaha the othei day fiom an
low i train. The mail was all Nebins
ka matter. The Omaha train cniiipc ;
it through Norfolk to O'Neill , none
of the clerks having time to touch it
At O'Neill it was transfer-led to an
eabtbound Northwestern train and
carried back to Omaha , where it had
bipn twenty-lour hours befoie The
cl iks say that this is a common oc
currence and that this is why letters
aie so slow In reaching their destlna
lions.
Say Railroads Are Not Fined.
Another criticism of Mr. Hitchcocli
ib made. It Ib claimed that railroads
run their mail trains late without urrj
fear of fines which formerly were as
sessed. The inle is that when a trail
i is thirty minutes late , the railroad wll
be fined 20 percent of the amount
they are entitled to be paid for the
mall on that train These fines , the
clerks say , are nowadays remitted tc
the railroads. It is claimed $ GOO,00 (
In fines of this Kind have been remit
ted to the railroads by Mr. Hitchcock
On the other hand , however , the )
claim that railway postal clerks have
been fined $700,000.
In regard to the small mail cars
the clerks say that for years the rail
roads have been furnishing fifty am
sixty foot cars when the postoffice de
partment only paid for forty fee
cars. They say the railroads got tirec
of this and have now installed tlu
forty foot cars , which are so srnal
that mall cannot be quickly worked
This is one of the reasons why mai
is so often carried by towns to whirl
It Is destined , the postal clerks poin
out.
out.The
The clerks say that they are undo
orders not to divulge any of this in
1.1 formation. If a clerk were caugh
s' giving out any of this interview , of
' would go his head. But some of then
i j are so dissatisfied that they are de
i termlned the public shall know th
conditions.
Qn account of the remitting of fine
to inilroadb , m.til clerks point out lha
Jhe Chicago-Norfolk mail connectioi
| Is missed four times out of six. Mai
s , leaving Chicago at night , to connec
r at Missouri Valley with the Norfoll
i train , fails to connect two-thirds o
3 the time , the mail men say , and there
3 fore does not reach this city till nigh
when it should have got here at noor
Aberdeen , S. D. , Has Big Blaez.
Aberdeen , S. D. , Jan. 23. The div
31 sion headquarters , local freight house
1 and passenger station of the Chlcage
Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad wer
burned hero today. The foss is est
mated at $100,000.
f I The movement of trains on the ei
P tire Montevideo division for 250 mile
is tied up until wires can be restoree
Division Freight Agent O. F. Walte
estimates the loss of freight , building
and records at $200,000. In the pai
senger station the records and ticket
were saved. .
Was a Week of Tragedy.
The week that carne to a close Sa
urday night , was the most tragic the
north Nebraska and southern Sout
Dakota have ever known. Never bi
fore within one short week have s
many sad tragedies occurred to dli
turb this territory. Here's the list :
Sunday night , January 16 , the Hul
bard House disaster at Niobrara n
suited in six deaths and several m
rlous injuries.
The same day Clyde Do Sylva , a
a Ainsworth baseball pitcher , was she
twice In n fight over a girl.
The amo tiny the Trlpp count > , S.
1) . , court house1 wna burned , destroy
ing ninny official records
Dm lug the1 week the two fioon and
rotted feet of 'J-jeai old Kuait Stohr
of Not folk weio amputated and the
boj died Sunday. The grimmest U > K-
cdy In his mistreatment nt home Is
suspected Thu lather Is In jail
J. O. Wllloughby. n llonesteel farm
er , suicided during thu week , his at
tempt to end his life being tumpoiar-
lly unsuccessful but InjUiIng so thnt
ho died Inter In the week.
Katurdnv nfteinooii Oscar Johnson ,
a piomlnent Pleice county farmer ,
murdered his wife In their kitchen
with a butcher knife and then ended
his own lifo.
Thinhilny night Mi.s. Leonaid Con-
lad of Hadnr was fatally Injured when
a itmn\\n > team dashed Into hui car
ring * ' , the wild buggy tongue striking
her chust. She died Saturday.
Beginning with New Year's day ,
when a fatal bll/7ard ushered In 1911.
theie has been n season of mishaps.
Several poisons are reported to have
f 107011 to death In the Rosebud conn-
tty In that bllz/ard , Including two In
dian women who are repoited to have
died in older to save their papooses
Week befoie last Mrs. Ray Fr > ei , n
.voting woman nt Pierce , binned to
death on the main btieet In view of a
number of poisons
Kills Wife Then Self.
Pleice , Neb Jan 23. Special leThe
The NewsOscai Johnson , a fanner
who lived six miles southwest of
Plainview , cul his wife's throat with
n butcher knife in the kitchen of their
house at 2 o'clock Satin day afternoon
and then wenl to the barn and took
his own life in the same manner.
He had Just returned from Plain- '
view , whore he had appeared perfect
ly rational. After returning home he
ate his dlnnei and then sent his boys
to the fields A short time after this
two of the bos saw Mr. Johnson stag
gering to Hie stable. The } ' followed
him and found he had cut his throat
Hurrying to the house they found
theii mother lying on Hie kitchen floor
with her tin oat cut ,
Tempoiar.v Insanity is thought to
lie thu cause of the deed Mr. John
son was in good circumstances , own
ing a half section of good land and
Trie buildings and having a deposit at
the banks nt Plainview. Of Inte he
ins imagined UiaJ the banks were try
ng to break him
Thursday he accused his wife of at
tempting to put poison in his coftee
I'heie me seven boys and four glils
in the famll.v.
Coroner Sailer of Pieicc called a
coionei's Jury , who found that the
ileed had been committed during an
attack of temporary Insanity.
Evidence of a Struggle.
Nellgh , Neb. , Jan. 23 Special to
The News : A murder and suicide
ook place Satin day afternoon about
s o'clock just across the Antelope
'oiinty line in Pieice county , nearly
seventeen miles notlhenst of this clly.
Oscar Johnson murdered his wife
wilh a butcher knife , and ended his
: iwn life with the same weapon a few
minutes latei.
The cause of the double tragedy is
? iven as an unbalanced mind on the
part of the husband and father , who ,
t Is slaled , was slightly demented on
two occasions last summer , but upon
receiving medical aid was considered
by the famll.v as entirely recovered.
The leport was received In Nellgh
ibout 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon ,
but us the crime was committed in
Pierce county the officials here wer < s
not notified. It appears that during
the afternoon the father had Instruct
ed his boys to drive to the field. He
managed with great care to have the
ntlre family of children as nearly as
possible out of the house , and then
entered the home , locking himself and
wife in a room , commenced the awful
destruction of lire.
That there was a terlffic fight be
tween father and mother is apparent ,
as the furniture in the room was
more or less broken IP the effort ol
the demented person to accomplish
his end.
After killing his wife he cut himself -
self on various parts of his person
with the butcher knife , but the fatal
stab was that inflicted in his throat ,
Ho left the house and was seen by the
boys , who were returning from the
lleldj going toward the barn , but be
fore reaching the building fell over
dead.
It is said that Mr. Johnson , who was
a Dane by birth , was about 50 years
of age , and his wife 49. They have
eight children , the youngest being
over 2 years The family have lived
on their present farm about fourteen
yeais , having moved there from this
county , where they had previously re
sided eight years or more. He was a
well-to do farmer , stock raiser anc !
shipper.
W. W. Keys of this city has the foi
lowing to say : "I have known Oscar
Johnson for many years ; have sold
him cattle frequently when I was or
the farm , and ho "shipped about three
cars of fat catlle each year. Ho was
absolutely an honest and square mar
to do business with. "
The crime was committed about
three miles norlheast of Midway , the
latter place being considered half the
distance between Neligh and Plain
view.
Fatal Fire in Mlllard Hotel.
Omaha , Jan 23. Ono man Is deac1
and five others are in a serious con
dltlon from suffocation by smoke , one
with a broken leg , as the result ol
t a disastrous fire in the Mlllard hotel
i Three hundred guests were asleer
i- In the hotel when the fire broke out
o and many barely escaped with their
ilives. . The dead :
Thomas J. Field , Sioux City , suffo
icated by smoke ; died on the way tc
! the hospital ,
sTho injured :
T. J. Campbell , pipeman hose No
a 3 ; overcome by smoke ,
t B. J. Greeley , Chicago , 111. ; over
conic by Hinoko and unconHcloim nt
Hospital ; his condition Is nuiluus.
H. J. Stahl of Lincoln , Nell. ; tight
leg biokun.
W. H Steven * , snlosimm for the
National Whlske.v compan.v , over-
coiuu by smoke . Ills condition is
mild to iio serloiiH.
John W. Cathcait , St Louis , ovor-
coni'u by sniolcu His condition Is ser
Evuiy pleeo of nppaintuh In thu
clt.v was oideiod to the HCOHO by
Chief Suiter Hhoitl.v aftut thu ( list
iilnim was turned In mid vvllhlu an
hour the Hie was under control
Thuio weru a numbur of thrilling
rescues.
Thomas J. Holds of Sioux City ,
who lost his life , wns a former In-
Htiuctor in languages In the Cnlvur-
Hlt.v of Wisconsin Mr Fluids wns
onrouto from San Finnclsco whuro
hu has been visiting his mother
Thu propel t.v loss will not exceed
$10.000.
Northwest Weddings ,
August Miller and Miss Ida Meier
woio married nt Pierce.
H. E. Helm and Miss Lllllu LIur-
man weru mauled at Plcrcu.
Henry ( 'emit and Mrs. Mlnnlo Him-
orluln weiu married nt Pleice
Paul Posplshll and Miss Mattlo Yu
nuK were married at Dodgo.
Peinose Wlckoit and Miss ( Mara
Moodle wuio mauled at West Point
Miss Doia Biandlnnd and Iteinnrd
Wagnei woie mauled at Humphrey
i Theodore J Varideiholdon and Miss
Ida M Breunig weie mauled at Hum-
'
plne.v.
i Walter Splnnll and Miss Coin Car
penter woio mauled nt Wayne.
i Mies Mabel HOSH and J. Mntousok
' vveic nmirled at Gregory.
1 Edmund Rclnhclmcr and Miss Edith
Sonncfleld wuio married at Buttc
'
Miss Esther E. Peterson and Jainea
W. Putney wcio married at Magnet.
Crisis In Mine Workers' Fight.
Columbus , O. , Jnn 23. Tire United
Mine Workers of America are ached-
, riled today to continue the fight over
the propositions to seat the delegates *
from distilct No 2 In Pennsylvania. 'H
The credentials committee wilr also
report on the seating of William
( Green of Ohio , now president pro-torn
of the Ohio senate Friends of Presl-
,
dent Lewis eaily today claimed that
t
he had been re-elected bj the 10,000
[ votes. Many me claiming the elec
tion of John P. While of Oskaloosn ,
la. , for president. The icsult of the
election will be announced either this
afternoon or tomorrow _ .
.I-oi lo s Overcoat.
Lincoln , Jan 21 Dennis Cionln , repre
sentative fiom Holt county , had a b.id
I scni e Wednesday night \\lien , after a
game of billiards at his hotel , the
hoyal , he could find no sign of the
overcoat he had hung on the wall. The
talks of leu'iit holdups in Lincoln
made all the legislators rather
.suspicious , and he doclded upon inb-
Jbery as the only possible solution of
its disappearance He immediately
raised biich a feaiful fuss at omul the
(
hotel that o\ei > bed } within a radius
I ol a block knew he wanted his coat
back Clerks , bell boys and guests
weie roused to a pitch of panicky ac
tivity in the effoit lo find It. and fin
ally did in the billiard loom He
protested against the laughter that
\vnb tnjo.ved at his expense and finally -
( ally proved that a fellow legislator
had can led it away by mistake and
upon discovering that it wns not his
own and scarcely worth making a con
test for had bi ought it back.
The Gas Leak is Discovered.
The gas leak has been found and
the gas is on again.
| Fred Fulton , manager of the gna
plant , and August Hellerman were
overcome b > gns fumes at 11 o'clock
while standing near the broken gOH
vnlve on Norfolk avenue and Fourth
street. Joe Wolf and Ernll Brummund
were also slightly affected by the gas.
Mr. Fulton was superintending the
Investigation of the enormous gna
leakage when ho suddenly loitered
| and fell to the ground. He wns taken
Into the office of Dr. W H Pilger and
revived.
August Hellerman , the Citi/ens Na
tional bank janitor who n few days
ago was overcome by the fumes In the
cellar of the bank building , stepped
into the valve hole near which Mr.
Fulton had been standing a few rno-
mcnls before , and was also overcome.
He was cariied to Dr Pllger's office
where he , too , was icvived with much
dink tilt } The other two men were
only slight ! } aftocted
The leak Is believed by officials of
the cornpnii } to be due to the valve
on Noifolk avenue nnd Fourth street
which was torn from the main. The
gas escaping from this break follow
ed the loose dirt Into the sewer nnd
from there into various cellars. The
gas was turned off for a short tlrno
and the officials believe they now have
solved the trouble
Her Inquiries Prove Fatal.
Mrs. Leonard Conrad of Hadar died
Saturday afternoon as a result of the
injuries she sustained Thursday night
when a runaway team belonging to
Fred Heckman crashed Into the car
riage in which Mrs. Conrad was riding.
The buggy tongue struck Mrs. Conrnel
in the chest , causing fatal Injury.
It was near the Will Llchtenberg
farm that the sad accident occurred
about 7 o'clock Thursday evening.
Mrs. Conrad was 33 years of ago
nnd had been married fourteen years.
She was the mother of five children :
Irwin , Esther , Nettle , Sadie and Julius.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been made.
DEATH OF MRS. KRAUSE.
Mother of Hosklns Man Who Was Re
cently Killed , Is Called.
Mrs , Kraiiflo of Hosklns , mother of
the man who met death a few weeks
ago in a sawmill , died Saturday nt the
'
family homo.
