\ \VKI-KIY ; \vs-jo mi-N'AU KHIDAY , JIAHUII i , 1012.
Harrington Makes Reply.
M. F. Harrington of O'Kolll him sent
ilic following Hlnlemoiit to Tliu News
In regard to the \VllHon-l InniiDii contest -
test In Nuhinska :
'I'hni ( IntunloHt Tor tin' Nebraska
delegation IH between Woodrow Wil-
. -.on and JudMin llarnion IH becoming
< ltilly cloaroi lo all. Tin- progressive
t'loniont In tlu > state : The mo.li , who
for yoni-H , have curried on Mm fight
for the Initiative and referendum , for
the two-rent fare , for the abolition of
the railroad pant * , for the Australian
ballot law , lor Inlorost on public de
posits lo go t < > Hie people , for freight
reduction bills , for express reduction
Mils , and other reform measures , are
lining tip behind Woodrow Wilson.
Thai dement In the parly that has op
posed those measures , or remained
mule In tin ; hope of more eanlly gain-
ln office , lire hehlnd the candidacy
of .IndKon Harmon. In a letter I ad-
dri-ssod I : ) the Kent Ionian whoHc name
appeared find In the call for the liar-
moil mooting at Fremont , I declined
tininvitation. . slating , among other
tilings , ( hat llnrmoti had heon the
m-ii'-rul attorney , political inntilpuln-
tor and pnHfi-pcddlor for an Ohio rail-
load , and associated with the .special
interests and not entitled to the sup
port of progressive democrats. His
being a member of Cleveland' * much
hated cabinet was also referred to ,
.mil. liu Identally. one error made
HIM , which 1 Kindly correct.
as in error In giving his name In-
il of Olnoy's In connection with
01. . i- "f the bond deals In Cleveland's
. iilnistnitlon. Hut that he aotpils-
.cil In this scandalous transaction Is
abundantly proved by his entry Into
( Mieland's cabinet with full hnowl-
. -dee of the affair. When Cleveland
on Ked him , he knew his man , and if
indid not approve of Cleveland's
di aliim with the monetary Interests
nf New York and London , ho would
liu'e Kept out of the cabinet. Xor is
n denied that In Cleveland's last bond
deal the eruditions had become so
M .indnl.iUH that the New York World ,
i li ' loading democratic newspaper in
t'ii- ' election of Cleveland , appealed to
i he hankers and the public of the
l 'nlted Staten , to head off any more
midnight bond deals by subscribing
themselves for the bonds , and the
World did Hiiccootl in having those
bonds taken by popular subscription
without ( lie aid of " .1. P. Morgan &
Co. of New York and X. M. Rothschild
A Co. of London. "
During Cleveland's administration
the cyanide process for treating low
grade ores had not been discovered ,
and nold was ; very scarce. The world
today is getting more money from the
coinage of gold alone than it could
have KOI from the coinage of both
gold and silver in Cleveland's admin
istration. This is dnu to the new pro
fess for treating gold ores , which was
something that nobody could forsoo
In ISIIC. If It had not been for the
cyanide process gold would still he
scarce , and thus money dear and prod
ucts low. The gold dollar in Cleve-
la.ul's day was a dear dollar. Under
it the man who not in debt became a
practical serf to the creditor class.
This was so noticeable in Harrison's
administration that they passed the
Sherman law under which the govern
ment purchased silver and Issued
against it silver certificates. This in
creased the volume of money and en
hanced priwH , as President Harrison
jointed out In his message of 1S90.
fliu th' . ' money power wanted dear
money aiS'l low prices. It wanted the
opportunity lo grab np the property of
ihosovbo were In debt. In Oleve-
li nd's administration , through the in
fluence of the moneyed interests and
ibo power of patronage , tne purchas-
h. : clanio of this Sherman law was
rr-nealod , pi eventing the people from
oi urlng any supply of money from
, my source. This made secure the
mnvor of the men who had the gold ,
and who were creditors likewise.
They took the greenbacks to the
tro.ihiiry and demanded gold. Cleve
land's administration was urged to
pay hnlf tiotd and half silver , as the
'
Ila'nk of Franco had done. Hut Cleve
land. Harmon Carlisle. Olney and
Morton were deaf to the pleadings of
the people and listened only to Wall
street. Gold was given whenever the
money gamblers demanded it. and
bonds were issued in a time of peace
to satisfy the greed and wicked plans
of money changers. Then these green
backs were re-tssned and presented
for redemption in gold again and
again , constituting' ' what was called
the "endless chain. " Harmon approv
ed all this. If be did not be would
not have remained In Cleveland' ?
cabinet. So that , oven if T by technl
cal error , did say that be was present
at the original bond deal with Mor
gan , yet the substance of the com
plaint is true , because , thereafter , he
entered tln cabinet with knowledge
of the outrage , and aided , as did tin
other members of Cleveland's admin
istrntion. to increase the power o
Wall street. New York , and Thread
needle street. London , over the Amcr
it an people.
In ISflfi. under the heroic leader
ship of Mr. Piryan. the first serious ef
fort was made to throw off the Incu
bus of Oovolandlsm and the muno >
changers with whom It was In league
\nd the firt-t real battle was made It
tnat campaign to secure justice to tin
< nerago map. What did Mr. Harmon
do in Hint campaign ? He did the
same as the balance of Cleveland'
vabinol. lie stabbed the natlona
\Uket in the back. The only man li
Mio uibinet who proposed to vote fo
flrynn was lloke Smith of Georgia
anil in order to exercise bis right o
suffrage , he had to resign from tin
< nbin. > t. his place being Immediate ! }
< lo deny tlu- right of Mr. Cleveland
1 l\rmoti. : OSnoy. Carlisle and Mortoi
10 accept office and the emolument
and honors thereof as the result o
fho votes r.nd labor of democrats , am
to retain these offices , emolument
and honors , and play 'he traitor to the
national ticket. ( Move-land. Hnrmoi
and the balance of the cabinet were
not the democratic party. They were
hut Its servants , who secured the !
power by democratic votes , and de
teney romiired that they should elthe
atnnd by the millions of voters who
had given them this power , or resign
their positions and turn them over to
those who would support the presl
dentia ! andiilate.
In Nebraska these people were par
tlculnrly obxnlous. They threw al
their support to the McKlnley ticket
They did not stop there. They put ui
an electoral ticket and labeled I
"democrat. " They were appealed tote
to name it "Cleveland democrat" o
"Gold democrat. " so the voters mlgh
not bo deceived ; for wo all realized
that there was a danger that aoia < j 5
lie men who desired to vote Tor Hie
( Kill llryan electors that were label-
d "democrat and people's Indopond-
nt , " mlxht be misled and vote for
Ills fake ( 'lovolnml-llnrnion-Cnrllslo-
) lney-Morton ticket that was also In-
eled "demoirat. " And they did fool
ome. The returns show that about
Ive thoiihaiKi men voted this bogus
IcUot. And this was In a year when
he ( leinociat.M , populists and silver
epnbllcMtiH were straining every
iono to carry the state , not only
gainst the republicans , but against
neb a supply of money for political
uirposcs .is Nebraska had never
mown before. Subsequent Invostlga-
Inn by the legislature of 1SI" ! show-
d that In Uouglas county alone , the
orces trying to defeat llryan had
pent $ Mnid. | They did not end
here. They still wanted to make
rouble lor those who wore trying to
ecitre reform laws for Nebraska. In
897 they nominated another ticket ,
ml event wont so far as to put Air.
lorton himself on It as a candidate
or regent. Hut their vote was only
mmliinl. Tl.o people had finally dls-
o\ered the game. Their vole was so
mall In fact that they did not have
ho necessary percentage of votes to
; et upon the ticket In ISfiR. So there-
if tor wo were done with I hem as a
eparate , ha-rasslng , political organ-
/at Ion. Tr o-o same men are still in
ho game. They arc the power bo-
ilnd Hartno' , In Nebraska. They do
ml put tb < msoivcs to the front as
ho officers of any organization. They
irel'or lo have their organization offi-
ered by men who wore regular but
vho now stand ready to adopt the
lew of those who betrayed the ticket
ml fought it to Its death In 13 % . And
he Nebraska agents of the plunder-
mud will be furnished with "sinews
> f wnr" to publish and circulate liter
ature to convince Nebraska demo-
rats ( bat this railroad politician and
nember of Cleveland's faithless cabl-
ict. is worthy of the support of pro
gressive democrat ! * . Why should the
lemocrals of Nebraska who have been
> n the flrlrg line for progressive
omncraey during sill those years , now
esort and go over to the reaction-
irles ? The argument is made that
Inrmon car carry some eastern
tatos. Hut can he ? Wo were told
ho same tl'lng when Parker was
lominatod in 100-1. Parker had car-
led New York by 00,000 in a state
lection. He carried it because the
epubllcans were divided , just the
ame as 1 Inrmon has carried Ohio
localise the republicans are divided
n local affairs. Hut when it came
0 the national election in 1004 , re-
mblieans forgot their local differene-
s just as they will forget them this
ear .and Mr Parker was defeated In
s'ow York by so large a majority that
Us friends never refer to It except
n a whisper. In Nebraska our en-
ire state ticket , and our congression-
1 ticket were overwhelmingly defeat-
d. Wo did not elect a single member
f the state senate. We elected hut
handful In the house. The demo-
ratio party was left a wreck and
ve were ocsy prey for the ropubll-
ans until the llryan campaign of
fiOS. What happened eight years
go with Prrkor as the leader will
lappen this year If Harmon is the
oadcr. The only difference will bo
hat the defection this year will be
iMir-ii largo- than in 11)04. ) because
mrly ties bavo loosened tremendous-
y in the last eight voars
Cleveland's administration lias nov-
> r been on trial before the American
: < ople except in 1S ! > 4 and in that year \
he democruic congressional ticket
eceived the worst defeat in its en-
ire history. There has never been
uiything to compare to it either bo-
ore or since In all the entire terrl-
ory from the rocky coast of Maine
0 sunny California , and from the C'n-
ladian boundary to Mason and Dix-
on's line , the democrats did not elect i
1 single go\i-rnor. Kven Missouri and
, Vest Yirgiiiia went republican , and ! I
Texas , L'OO.ono majority , was reduced
o a boggarlv 40,000. While In North .
i
. " 'arollna a combination of republl-j 1
cans and populists defeated the demo- ,
rats by . " 0,01)0. ) The next year Kentucky -
tucky and Maryland swept into the
republican column. And such was
the condition of the democratic party
when Cleveland , Harmon , Olney. Car
lisle and Morton got through with It.
Owing to the complete domination of
the monied interests over the finances
and business of the country , owing
to the scarcity of money , owing to
the unrestrained power of the moneyed
clashes under Cleveland , the property
of citi/oii'j was foreclosed on , both
city and country , and the people driv
en from their homes to become ten
ants. And vhy ? To the end that the
moneyed interests , favored by Cleve
land and Harmon , might grab mop ?
property and make the rich richer
and the poor poorer. Wo went
through the campaign of ISOfi with
money so tearce and so dear that
corn was selling in Nebraska for 10
rents a hn hel. We had to stand the
criticism that naturally came to n
party In power under such conditions.
And yet we were given the stiletto by
Cleveland , Harmon , Carlisle and the
balance of their crowd. We were at-
lacked by them , while suffering for
their sins. Does it not require consid
erable ner\e for these men to ask for
our support now ?
A drowning man will grasp at a
-straw. Xo fault is found with my for
mer statement in the main. One little
error , and that technical , rather than
ot substance. The fact that Harmon
was a gntM-al attorney for an Ohio
railroad : thut he was a political mani
pulator and a pass-peddler for It , is
not contradicted. Are the democrats
of Nebraska ready to follow such a
leadership ? . We have criticised the
republicans lor having among their
leaders men like ThursstonT Baldwin.
Kelbv and others. What right shall
wo'hnve to criticise them If we shall
nominate a ? our presidential candi
date a man of like political activities ?
But It Is fi..ld that Mr. Harmon is
strong and will carry Ohio , notwith
standing hit corporation connections.
This is just like the talk about Park
er. Harmon was elected governor In
100S. principally because there was a
division among the republicans on the
liquor question. A republican legisla
ture , under the leadership of a re
publican governor , had passed a coun
ty option law. This gave offense to
'
a' largo element in the republican
party and they bolted the republican
candidate and elected Harmon. Hut
the legislature was republican and the
county option law was not changed.
Harmon's friends urged these same
republicans to support him again and
elect a legislature that would change
the county option law and be got this
support again. Added to this was
the fact that a largo element 111 the
republican ) arty In Ohio wanted to
nominate Roosevelt this year and oth
ers wanted to nominate I.n Folletto.
These men wanted lo give Taft's ad
ministration a black eye , and aided
quietly In carrying Ihe ticket for the
democrats. This is shown by the fact
that Mr. Harmon was not the only
democrat elected and that the legis
lature was democratic. Now It Is
one thing lor thexe republicans to
take a slap at Taft's administration
for the purpose of helping Roosevelt
or La Kollelte. Hut is a very differ
ent thing l.i get these men to vote
for Harmon In a national contest.
And since that Mr. Harmon has lost
much standing in Ohio. The plat
form on which he was elected declar
ed for the Initiative- and referendum ,
and the people thought ho was for it.
Hut In ills lecont speech before the
ronstitutlmiiil convention he opposed
the Initiative and referendum amend
ment. If yon want to know the effect
this had had on Ohio politics , just
toad the comments by democratic
members of the constitutional conven
tion , which v/ere published In a recent
Issui ) of the Commoner.
To win In this presidential contest
we must get the votes of n lot of
progressive republicans. Progressive
republicans are Intelligent men who
know why they vote for anybody.
Tho.ro Is no reason why a progressive
lopiihlicnn should bolt Taft and vote
for Harmon , and they won't do it.
The most truly progressive republi
can daily paper in the middle west
Is the Sioux City Tribune. It declares
emphatically that the one democrat
that the progressive1 republicans
would support .as against Taft is
Woodrow Wilson. Kx-Souator KranU
Cannon of I'tah. ' perhaps the bright
est man that I'tah has produced , is
a progressive republican , and he has
boon touring ten states , and ho gives
it as Ills opinion that the only demo
crat who can command the vote of
the progressive republicans is Woodrow -
row Wilson. And he declares that , if
the icpuhliians shall nominate' Taft ,
then , If the democrats do not nomin
ate Woodrow Wilson , they are guilty
of what ho calls "political insanity. "
WliorovM' I go I meet republicans who
declare that they would vote for
Woodrow Wilson as against Taft. I
meet a few who would votu for Folk
or Clark as against Taft. Hut I have
not yet met any republican , either
progressive or standpat , who has de
clared that ho would vote for Har
mon against Taft. And we won't win
without the aid of a goodly number
of progressive republicans. Stick a
pin In that
Col. Burch Is Dead.
Chicago , Fob. 3. Col. L. D. Burcli ,
civil war veteran , railroad builder
and author , died today of paralysis ,
at his home in Kvanston , III. He
built railroads in Kansas and Nebras
ka in recent years and was editor of
a trade paper and the author of two
books on Kansas and Nebraska.
Prize Fighter Is Dead.
Chicago , Feb. L' . ' ! . Joe Kctchell , the
prize fighter , who collapsed after a
recent bout with Hilly AYalters at the
United States naval training school
near Waukegan. died today. Walters
was pending investigation by the
coroners.
Valentine Juniors Entertain.
Valentine. Neb. , Feb. L'C.Special to
The News : 'Hie juniors of the Valentino
tine high school gave a reception to
the seniors last night , In the shape of
a colonial dresa party at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Lamoreaux.
There were about thirty present , and
the costumes were fine , Claude La-
nionreaux carrying off the prize as the
'best dressed gentleman , and Miss El
sie Nelson getting the prize for the
best dressed lady. Refreshments were
served at 11 o'clock , the waiters be-
'ing three colored girls , the freshmen
girls blacking up and taking the part
of servants. It was one of the pretti
est affairs of the season and every
one had a fine time. The house was
prixttlly decorated with flags.
Nelioii Seed Corn Date.
Neligh , Neb. , Feb. M. Special to
The News : Through the efforts of C.
L. Wattles , secretary of the Commer
cial club , the- date of the seed corn
special has been changed to tomor
row evening at TiO. : : The demonstra
tions are to last for one hour and will
be held in the court room.
West Point Gun Club.
West Point , N"b. , Feb. 20. Special
' The News : The local gun club's
bhoot yesterday was well attended
and developed some close shooting.
Two tJ.Vbird events were pulled off
with scores as follows :
First event : K. Kerl , 21 ; H. Henne.
24 ; F. Hoist , 2. ! ; . II. Ackroyd , .1. II.
Radetibach , K. Thompson , .1. Jensen ,
each 21 : F. Nitz , 20.
Second event : .1. Jensen and F.
Hoist , each 2 : > ; .1. 11. Rndenbach , 22 ;
G. llacfelin , 21 ; H. Schlnstock. 21 ; K.
Kerl and II. II. Benne , each 20.
DENY OMAHA BANK MERGER.
Corn Exchange Bank Officials Say
They Do Not Plan Combine.
Omaha , Feb. 20. The proposed con
solldatlon of the Omaha National and
Corn Exchange National banks of this
city , which was announced by tin
press last Saturday , is denied thib
morning by officials of the Corn Ex
change bank.
Nebraska Rjfle Shoot.
Lincoln , Feb. 26. The University of
Nebraska rifle team scored Its best
mark of the season In n by-mall shool
with St. Thomas , totaling 874 , or 3
points more than It made In Its last
shoot.
West Point.
Mrs. Mary Dlnklage underwent a
serious operation for appendicitis at
West Point on Thursday.
The Girl's Culture club met at the
home of Miss Nellie Wilson. The pro
gram was1 "Comparison Between
American and English Writers , " Miss
Lucy Woods ; "Arnold Bennett an <
the Clayuanger , " Miss Cecilia Foster
"Tho Trend of Modern Art In Sculp-
lure , " Miss Lillian Koch ; "Some Mod
ern Sculptors and Their Work , " Miss
Kathryn Conlln.
Three opeiatlons wore performed In
Omaha Wednesday upon three West
Point women , at the private hospital
of Dr. Condon. Mrs. W. H. Smith un
derwent an operation for a tumor ,
Mrs. William Ollgmucllor for appen
dicitis and Mrs. Antoinette Polcdnn
for gallstones. All the patients are
reported as convalescing and on the
toad to recovery.
Daniel Slla , an aged pioneer , passed
away Thursday at his farm home In
this county at the ago of SI ! years ,
death resulting from senile debility.
The deceased was a native of Ho-
liomla nail had boon in the I'lilted
States sixty years and In ( ' .timing
county Milrty. He Is survived by nine
children and an aged widow. Services
were held at the Evangelical Asso
ciation ehimh , Rev. Mr. ( ! . II. Hem-
kin , pas'or , officiating.
The West Point Woman's club ses
sion last week was devoted to the
study of household economics. The
mooting was held at ( lie homo of Mrs.
K. .t. Doltell. Papers wore read on :
"The Clean Food Idea , " Mrs. Jessie
Kranse ; "Frauds In Weights and
Measures , " Mrs. Charles Heckcn-
hauer. " A demonstration of cooking
ii : aluminum vessels was then given
with excelli nl results. The history
of the chafing dish was then taken up
in the form of a general discussion.
Mrs. Michael Heller , an old time
resident of West Point , died nt her
home of infirmities Incident to old
age. She was born In Pommornnia ,
iermany , eighty-two years ago. She
s survived by two sons and a ( laugh
er , besides her aged husband. The
lev. Air. G. A , Hemkiti , pastor of the
% vangolif-al Association church at
West Point , preached the funeral set'-
ices. The deceased was a woman of
xceptionally fine traits of character
.ad was un'vorsally ' beloved.
Held for Shoplifting.
Honestool , S. D. , Fob. 20. Special
o The News : TlP'oo men undertook
shoplifting at John Harms' dopilrt-
nent store. They were caught at the
rick by Mr. Harms , and they gave up
heir stolen goods. Not satisfied with
hat , they proceeded up the street to
.00 McCarvlll's clothing store , and
me of the men pretended to buy a
suitcase while the other stole a blue
suit of clothes. A policeman was
called and in the chase to capture the
hree , one got away.
Spectacles and finger rings wore
found on the persons of the two men
hat were lodged In jail.
Miss Wilson Is Safe.
El Paso , Tex. , Feb. 20. Miss El
eanor Wilson , daughter of Woodrow
Wilson , governor of New Jersey ,
reached El Paso after being marooned
or many days in northern Chihuahua
) > a break in the Mexican Northern
racks. .Miss Wilson was brought to
21 Paso by Lewis Arms , of the El Paso
JeraldV who had been to the rebel
camp sonth of Juarez to Interview the
eaders. Her train had been forced
to stop at Handle , twelve miles from
luare/t , because of a. . burned bridge
vhidi Juarez citizens destroyed to
irevont the- train coming into the
own.
Funeraf of John O'Neill.
Nollgb , Neb. , Feb. 20. Special to
The News : Funeral services of John
O'Neill were hold yesterday afternoon
it 2 o'clock at St. Peter's Episcopal
church ! n 15.is city , Rev. Mr. Marcus
Brown bavinr ; charge of the services.
All of the immediate relatives were
present , excepting a sister from Iowa ,
who was nnablo to be present on ac
count of illness. i'-rial : was hold in
Laurel Hill cometer > .
Gothenburg Fireswept.
Gothenburg. Neb. , Feb. 2 ( " > . A dis
astrous fire swept over the business
district of Gothenburg yesterday
morning. Several brick blocks were
destroyed and a number of merchants
lost their entire stock of goods. The
damage will amount to $50,000 , most
ly covered by Insurance.
Seven Dead in Tornado.
Little Rock. Ark. , Feb. 20. Seven
persons are known to have been
killed and n.ore than a score injured
in a tornado which yesterday after
noon swept portions of Lincoln , Jef
ferson and Arkansas counties. The
greatest destruction was reported
near Almyria in the prairie and river
lands of Arkansas county.
H. Warner in Prfmary Race.
H. Warner of Warnervllle , for twen
ty-five yoiifo a resident of Madison
county , has filed for the republican
nomination for state representative
from this county at the April primary.
George N. Heels Is the only other
candidate to date for thcmomlnatlon.
PROBE PRIZE FIGHT.
State's Attorney Questions Dallas
Witnesses as to Recent Event.
Dallas News : Apparently acting on
the Inspiration of a story that appear
ed in this paper a few weeks ago
State's Attorney McDonnell has instl
tuted an inquiry into the so-called
prize fight that was staged in Dallas.
The witnesses were called before Po
lice Judge Shannon in Gregory.
Up to noon yesterday three witness
es from Dallas had been called on
the case. Two of these , Ferd Reich-
mann and Dennis O'Lcary of The
News , were not spectators of the al
leged mill , but were questioned as to
the source of the Information which
furnished the basis of the news story
In this paper.
The other witness called was Orville -
villo Wakeflold , chief of police In Dal
Ins. Mr. Wakefield stated that he
was present at the boxing bout , hav
ing been directed by the mayor to bo
present and preserve order. lie ex
plained that a couple of previous
matches had been partially arranged
but ( hat he I ad duellitud lo allow the
affairs to proceed.
The Inquiries of the state's attor-
no > related to the weight of glovea
used , condlt'otis of the match , and as
to the promoters and officials of the
match.
Testimony given as to the Incident
showed that the bout was with soft
gloves , that the principals were little
more than boys , and that no personal
Injuries resulted from the "fight. "
Then * Is , i special statute in South
Dakota In relation to "prize fights , "
and the pro-nut Inquiry Is said to bo
based on that enactment.
REICHMANN ASSAULTED.
Assailant Hpd No Cause tor Griev
ance nd Was Incited by Others.
Dallas Ntws : Fold Rolclimnnn ,
pulblisher of Tito News , was seriously
injured at Gregory Monday afternoon
In an unprovoked attack by Walter
Oliver , the town bully of that place.
The bully had no personal grievance
of any kind , as his name never appear
ed In this paper , but was Incited to
the attack by other persons whose
names have not been divulged.
Mr. Rt'lchmaiin had been up in the
office of Justice Shannon , in the Corn
Holt building , in response to a sum
mons by State's Attorney McDonnell ,
who wa < conducting an investigation
of a boxing mutch held in this city
n few wookd ago. lie had just reach
ed the foot of the stairway when ho
was accosted by Oliver , a man en
tirely unknown to him , and who had
,0011 apparently lying In wait for
ilm.
"Are you the owner of The Dallas
Vows ? " Inquired Oliver.
"I am , " was the reply , with no
bought of anything serlon.- involved
n the ; < itnation ,
"Well , you've said all that yon are
going to say about friends of mine , "
said the .inlly , and bo precipitated his
hugglsh nttiok.
Mr. Rcichmann had been in bed
nore than half the time during ( lie
last throe months and was 111 pro-
Hired to wlinstand the onslaught. He
"ell heavily to the sidewalk , striking
lis head on the stone surface. While
10 lay there in an unconscious condi
tion the bully followed ii | ) his first
issault with n number of brutal kicks.
On being removed to the office of
Dr. Johnson Mr. Reichmann remain-
( i in an unconscious condition for
ihout half an hour. The punishment
ol tlie attack and the severe fall ,
coupled with the effects of his re-
out illness , made him very sick
iironghout the night and the follow-
ng day. lie was brought home Titos-
lay afternoon , but was still unable to
* lt up and had to be conveyed on a
; tretclier.
Oliver has bo.en engaged in a num-
ier of similar incidents nt Gregory ,
: iut alvvuys seemed able to escape pun
ishment for his offenses. It is said
: hat he boa ; and stamped a man so
badly last Fourth of July that the
victim has since been in an insane
isylum , but there was no prosecution
for the incident.
The decent , fair-minded citizens of
Gregory are as much incensed as the
Dallas people at this unprovoked at
tack , aii-J express a desire to get at
the persons who incited it , as well as
the perpetrator. It certainly is a
deplorable state of affairs when a
law-abiding citizen cannot walk upon
the streets of n neighboring town
without being set njion by a hired
bully.
Oakdale.
Mrs. J. L. Campbell returned from
a trip to the southern part of the
Mate Last Friday.
Word was received here last week
to the effect that this postoffice Is
now a postal savings bank , to take ef
fect on March 6.
J. R. Blackburn of Royal was a bus
iness visitor in town last Friday.
A party of young people were en
tertained at the homo of II. L. Ofe ,
north of town , last Friday evening.
The Wcsleyan weekly paper an
nounced last week the election of LeRoy -
Roy Stringfcllovv of this place as
president of the senior class.
D. L. Smith of Ewing came down
Monday with a baling crew , and is
baling the alfalfa and hay on the
Hard land south of toivn and export
ing it.
J. F. Hoyil of Nollgh was transact
ing business in town Monday.
Mrs. M. Ericson expects to move to
Burke , S. D. in two weeks.
Rev. Mr. Haislup of Valentine has
been here since Monday assisting Rev.
Mr. Snyder of the Methodist church
in the revival services. Tuesday eve
ning Rev. E. E. How-en of Neligh as
sisted with the services and Wednesday
day evening the orchestra of the
church.
Bernard U'hltwere of Tilden was-
transacting business hero Tuesday.
D. R. Springer was transacting
business in Norfolk last Saturday
forenoon.
The funeral of Mrs. W. W. Putney
was held In the Methodist church
here Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Interment was made In the Oakdale
cemetery , y.r. and Mrs. Putney were
among the earliest settler's in this
county , and until a few years ago
lived south of the town , but since
then have been living in Neligh.
F. E. Smith , band director , was a
business visitor In Norfolk the latter
part of last week.
W. L. Staples of Neligh was trans
acting business In town Wednesday
and Thursday.
The Oakdalo orchestra went to
Clearwater Thursday afternoon to
play for a dance.
The Oakdale band , assisted by Miss
Nellie Morris , pianist ; Miss Nellie Admire -
mire , contralto ; Mrs. W. G. Crlnklaw ,
soprano ; Miss Myrtlco Barinard , violinist
linist , and Miss Leila Admire , reader ,
will give an entertainment and con
cert at the Methodist church here
Tuesday evening.
OF
RESERVE FLEET
ADMIRAL KNIGHT , PRESIDENT OF
ORDNANCE BOARD , CHOSEN.
WAS TWICE COURTMARTIALED
The Maine Will Be the First Battle
ship of New Fleet , Composed of
Ten First Class Battleships and Sev
eral Vessels of the Cruiser Type.
Rear Admiral Austin M. ICnight , L' .
S. N. , who Is to be the llrst commander
in chief of the United States reserve
Atlantic licet which Is about to be or
ganized and which Is to be composed
of about ten lirst class hattloflhips and
several vessels of the cruiser type , Is
ono of ( ho highest ordnance authorities
In life navy and has been on duty as
president of the special hoard on nu-
vnl ordnance in Washington.
Admiral Knight was court marUalcd
lust spring on two separate ofcaslons
on the charge of culpable negligence In
coniiii'tioii with the sinking of the old
monitor Puritan at Hampton Koails , j
following the te-it of a high explosive , |
In November , I OH ) . It was alleged
that the water tight compartment on
the I'lirliiin ami the bulkheads had not
been properly Inspected before the test
anil that for that reason the ship was
unable to withstand the shock.
Admiral Kiiiu-lit was tried by seven
admirals , the provident of the court be
ing the late Rear Admiral Robley D.
Evans. Lieutenant Commander Rid
ley McLean was the Judpo advocate
In charge of the government's case.
The court unanimously acquitted Ad-
.iilrn ! Knight , and the ( hidings wore
sent to Sei-roinry Meyer , who disap
proved them and directed a reconsid
eration of the charge * . The court
thoreui'on for a second time rendered
a verdict acquitting the accused of-
llcor. and Secretary Meyer for a second
end time disproved the ( ladings , but or-
Jered the nillcor back to duty us head
of the special ordnance board.
The announcement that Admiral
Knight is now to have the command of
the second greatest of American tleets
is taken as an indication that he is
again within the favor of the secretary
of the navy. Mrs. Knight , the admi
ral's wife , was III during his court mar
tial and died while the court wan In
session. Among those who sided with
Admiral Knight was Congressman
Padgett , the chairman of the house
committee on naval affairs.
It is understood ( lint the llrst Uagship
of the reserve ( loot will be the Maine ,
which was the flagship of Admiral Ev
ans when he first assumed command of
the Atlantic licet. Other battleship *
that arts to be assigned to the lleet will
be the Massachusetts , Indiana , Iowa ,
Kearsarge , Kentucky , Alabama and.
the Wisconsin. Later , when the Dread
noughts Wyoming and Arkansas are
commissioned , the Ohio and the Mis
souri will bo added.
In connection with the organization
of the reserve lleet It Is interesting to-
note that the reorganization of the At
lantic lleet has been completed and
that now for the llrst time In the his
tory of the service there is a fighting
licet of battleships
twenty-one first class
ships and five cruisers and that among
the divisions is one in which every ves
sel is of the new Dreadnought type.
The Dreadnought division , which is
commanded by Rear Admiral Aaron
Ward , is made up of the Florida ( flag
ship ) , the Utah. Delaware , North Da
kota and Michigan. The Connecticut
Is now independent of any division and
Is the lleot llagship of Rear Admiral
Osterhaus , the commander in chief.
HEELS SET WITH DIAMONDS.
Mrs. Anthony of Indiana Goes Mrs.
Longworth One Better.
Mrs. G. II. Anthony of Muncle , Ind. ,
has surpassed Mrs. Nicholas Long-
worth in fancy shoo heels. Mrs. An
thony attracted nil eyes at a recent
White IIouso reception by wearing
slippers whose heels were studded with
diamonds. The slippers , which were
worn with an emerald green govvu
trimmed with duchess lace , were made
of the same material , and between the
meshes of the lace , which also covered
the heels , shone the brilliant stones.
Mrs. Anthony has gone Mrs. Long-
worth ono better , too , because she
wears her ornate heels on her walking
shoes , while Mrs. Longworth keeps her
cut glass heels strictly for evening
wear.
BAR POORLY TIED PARCELS.
Postoffice Officials Will Not Accept
Loosely Wrapped Mail.
Parcels improperly or inadequately
wrapped will not be accepted by post
masters for mailing.
The poatoflke department has receiv
ed complaints , particularly from for
eign countries , that parcels contained
In the malls from this country have
been received In a damaged condition.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
Issued an order to all postmasters in
structing them not to accept for mall-
Ing any parcel that IB not securely
wrapped.
Onkdale Girl Found Dead.
Oakdale , Neb. , Fob. 20. Special to
The News : When Miss Daisy Snider
arrived homo from lodge she discov
ered her sister Nellie , who had retired
earlier In the ovenlng , was dead In
bed. A physician was called and pro
nounced it a case of heart failure.
These are daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Snider , and of the surviving
members of the family there are : Will
Snider , living at home ; Lon Snider ,
jr. , living on the farm three miles
north of town , and Mrs. H. H. Christensen -
tensen of Elgin. Miss Nellie Snider
would have been 27 years old in
March had ulie lived , slip lind not boon
In her usual health for several days
PIIHI. she was very popular among
the younger sot In town. Arrange-
moiilH were made to hold the fuiUM'al
Mdiidn.v afternoon.
Dies Suddenly from Ptomaine.
Oakdalo. Nob. , Feb. L'O. Special to
The News- Word was received liori-
Siinduy morning to the effect that
Mrs. George Kortllng. living between
Klgln and Iti.rtlott , had suddenly died.
Ptomaine poisoning was the cause of
her death. She was formerly an Oak
dale girl , Miss Jennie. Norton , duugh-
lor of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Norton of
( his place , and was a graduate of the
Oakdalo schools. She Is survived by
three daughters and one little hoy.
Mrs. Kosllng was only about : io years
of age. Km.oral arraugomenls have
not yet boon completed.
Wlsner Wins the Game.
Winner , Neb. . Feb. nil. Special to
The News : The basketball onth\i- \
Hiusts of Wlsiter had the ple.'imirp
of witnessing one of the cloveroHt ov-
hibltloiis of the sport given during tho'
current season In tills vicinity , on the
local floor by the Dana college first
team of lilnlr and the Winner basket
ball team. It was a clean and fast
game in every plume , the local team ,
di-splle Its luck of practice and ex
perience , winning from the visitors by
a score ofI" to . ' ! ! .
Farmhouse Burned.
Xellgh. Nob. , Feb. i'i. ( Special to
The News : The farm house owned by
George II. McGoo. n few mites norlh-
west of this city , was completely burn
ed to the ground early Saturday morn
ing. The general supposition among
the neighbors In that vicinity is thai
it Is of an incendiary nature.
The linuso was a four-room dwell
ing and tiiioiciipicd at the time , hut
arrangemontp were In progress that
a family was to move in shortly , and
were only waiting for a now floor to
be placed in one of the rooms. II Is
stated that the old floor hadw \ > n
lorn up and left In the house , and the
rumor in the neighborhood Is that HIP
lumber was taken out and thun ( bo
place fired. The owner. Mr. McGoo.
resides about two miles south of
f'loarvvater.
A Rosebud Romance.
Honesteol , S. D. , Feb. Ui ! . Special
to The News : At the homo of Mr.
and Mrs. Will D. Forbes their eldest
daughter. Marjorie , was married ( o
George W. Young. The bride and
groom are both homesteaders near
Winner , their farms adjoining. The
bride Is a graduate of All Saints
school at Hionx l-'alls and of Oberlln.
( O. ) college. The groom Is a gradu
ate of Oberlin.
FASHION VAGARIES.
Even St > les For Outdoor Sleeping Are
Designed.
The habit of outdoor sleeping ban
grown to such an extent that it has
provoked the stores to an Interest in
its requirements , and now it Is possi
ble to lind a window display oven of
T\
SKMII'ltlNCKSS OOWN.
rtie latest "stylos" In garments for th
night In the open and In little accessories
series for the. comfort of the sleeper.
Of tlrst Importance is the sleeplnc
garment proper. While some devotees
of the fad go In for sleeping bags aiwl
wear pajamas and sweaters , a ouo
piece suit of arctic warmth appeals to
the majority.
The somlprlnce.ss gown closed at tli
left front is very fashionable. This
one Is especially adapted to the com
bination of mtiterlnls so much liked
this season. JUDIC CIIOLLKT.
This May Manton pattern la cut In ilze.i
from 34 to 42 Inrhes bust measure. 8 n < 1
10 cents to tbla otllcc , giving number. 71M4 ,
and It will bo promptly forwarded to you
by mall. If In Itasto send an addition * !
two cent itamp for letter postage , which
Insuru * moro prompt delivery. When or
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