fflSYJEEKLY
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KXHV Harold II.. last Saxon Kine of
England, killed at the Battle of Hast
ings, 1854 Cola Hi Ricnzl, who thrice became
ruler of Romp, assassinates.
IKKVOr.ler of the Bath Instituted by
Ilenrj IV.
1403 -Colombo! discovered America,
16J4 Marriage of Louis XII. of France
and Princess Mary of Eocatid.
K81 Zwinglius slain at Cappcl.
1371 Dan Joan defeated the Turks at
Yxtmnto.
1&7B Gnise defeated the Huguenots at
Donna ns.
Hl2 Do Splw-ons, first Viceroy of New
Prance, appointed to office.
Wl4 Charter granted the Kew Nether
Inmfls Company.
1651 British Parliament passed the first
navigation act
MaKsachttmtts passed an act pro-
Irfbltlnc the immigration ef Quakers,
K58 Bishop Laval founded Ore stml-
. nary at Quebec.
1482 La Borre appointed Severaer oi
Canada. -tiSO
Frontcnae arrived at Quebeo U
become for the second time govern oi
of Canada.
1691 King William granted a new char
ter to Massachusetts.
T Mons taken by tbe Allies.
1735 John and Charles Wetrtoy aailed
freta Bngland for America.
IT80 New Hampshire's first newspaper
issues' at Portsmouth.
758 ICddystone lighthonse completed.
1785 Anti-Stamp act Cengrem met !
New Yark City.
1774 Virginian defeated the Shawn eM
at battle of Point Pleasant, on the
Ohio,
IT75 British vessels fired on Bristol,
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1776 Americans defeated by British In
battle on Lake Chaaiplaln.
2780 Four thousand perished la a great
hurricane In the Barbadoes.
1782 John Adams concluded a treaty
with Holland.
2800 French defeated the Prussians at
battle of Jena.
1812 Defeat of the American force at
Qnecnstown . . . . Drury Lane theater
In London rebuilt and opened.
1817 John C. Calhoun of North Caro
lina became Secretary of War.
2820 First horse power railway In the
United States completed at Qulncy,
Mass.
IfiSe Darted States bank at Philadel
phia failed as result of eettan specu-
-.. laden.
1837 Steamer Home. New York for
Charleston, wrecked wha teas of 100
lives.
' XSdO Wniktm I. of Holland abdicated.
Jehn O. Spencer of New York
became1 Secretary of War....AH"
t ander MacLeod, Implicated la the
burning of the Carolina la 1837, triad
for mnrder and arson at Dtiea, N. Y
and acquitted.
1854 Abraham Lincoln challenged Ste
phen A. Douglas to debate.
IMS First overland mall arrived la St.
Louis tram San Frenelseo.
WOO Chinese war brought U a do
by the surrender of Pekka to Lord
Elgin.... Prince of Wales received
in New York.
1807 IlBasta transferred Alaska to the
United States.
1870 Roma incorporated with Italy by
royal decree.
1871 President Grant Issued a p recla
med en against the Kn-Klnx-Klaa fa
South Carolina.
1877 First locomotive entered Winni
peg, uamiooa.
1883 Two-cent letter postage wont Into
effect in the United State. ...John
Laurence Smith, American scientist
who taught tbe farmers of Turkey
how to raise cotton, died at Louie
.vllle.
1884 New Parliament buildings la Que
bec wrecked by dynamite.
1885 Flood Rock, Hell Gate, New York
harbor, destroyed by dyaaaalta.
1886 Many persons perished la a gale
that swept Texas and the Southwest.
1808 Atlantic transport steamer Mobe-
gan wrecked with loss of 100 Uvea.
....Naval board decMUd the battle
of Santiago was fought on the plans
1 oi Admiral Bampson.
Wow tkyseraper Limit.
la tbe opinion of Ernest Flagg, archl
tort of the new Singer building at New
York, the tower of which is the hlrheat
trending in the world for occupation, the
probable limit of height for these build
ings In. New York City will he 1,000 feet,
wiA a tower 100 feet square, or nearly
00 feet blgber tban the Sieger building,
Differing with the president of the New
York Are underwriters, wke recently
warned the public that there was danger
f a great conflagration ia the upper
arteries of tbe tall buildings beeond the
reach of existing flrc-nguting apparatus.
Mr. Flagg says that tbe only limit is
financial practicability, lie Insist Unit
buildings of tbe type of the Singer are the
a feet as regards a roof-top conflagration,
because of tbe space about the tower,
which occupies only one-sixth of the lot
pace. Were all the skyscrapers con
tructed with tbe same proportion of
pace uround tbe upper stories, he argues,
tbe danger of a diwrurtlve fire la that
tapper region would be reduced to a mini
tniuu. . Another point of limitation to
which Mr. Flagg call attention Is tbe ele
vator service. He says onu-Iiael eleva
tors ran be constructed to cover 1,000
feet, brrt beyond that probably cannot ba
omile cilective. Iiioie la tlie Singe
bu.Iillng are of a new ty;e, known a
ruction elevalo's, with the weight at tlie
fcortom-ir.il tbe motor at the ton. Thry
wiil maio the forty-story trip la a little
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DROP IN STOCK PRICES.
The Farmer 1 Ordlnar Itlrher and
the Hnrrnlntor 1orer.
Whent and corn are going up and
tocks are going down, writes William
F). Curtis In tho Chicago Uncord Herald.
Tbe farmer is getting richer and the sjmt-
ulator poorer which ninny people a ill
gree Is in the. line of eteriinl JukHcp.
Stocks are Imvor now Ihnti they have beou
or Severn I -jenrs. . They nre now down
practically where they were nt the time
of McKitiley'a election, when "The Era of
Prosperity" unt in. The decline 1ms been
general, affecting almost everything in the
ist f securities available to the public,
nd Wall strei-t statisticians declare that
the total shrinkage amounts to at, least
$3,500,000,01)0. But the value at. the
property these stocks represent, and their
earning rapacity has not been Impaired.
n most cases the dividends will not be
CTocted; Urn shrinkage only represents
water that bus hecn squeezed out and tlie
peculators nre practically the only suf
ferers. The penimnent investor who has
locked his certificates up in a tin box and
put them awny in the safo deposit vnnlt is
not likely lo suffer from the present
shrinkage. His properly Is worth just as
much as it ever wns, but the certificates
no longer have the fictitious value given
them by the gamblers.
The slump is by no means confined to
New York or to American securities. It
has been general all over the world. Brit
ish, French, (lermnn, 1 1 n 1 inn, Indian and
South American slmrrs have suffered a
marked decline, although in no case has
It been so ehnrp as may be seen In the
quotations of American industrials. Ixin
don and North western railroad stock has
dropped twenty-two points, shares in the
copper mines of Spain have fallen twenty-
four points, those of the Great Eastern
rail-way of England are twenty points
ower than they were at tho beginning
of this yenr. British consols have drop
ped 5 per cent; Japanese, Chinese, Rus
sian, South African, Egyptian and Indian
railway securities and government bonds
have all fallen off from 3 to '20 per cent,
while South African mining stocks are 'J7
per cent below the quotations for Jan.
1907, French railway and bank stock
have sympathized, with tho general de
pression and in tSennany the same condi
tions prevail. The stock of the Bank of
Franc and the Credit Lyonnais of Paris,
which are among the strong institutions
in tho world, sympathize with less val
uable securities and show a decline of
several per cent. Therefore American In
vestors should not feel at all uneasy, but
should congratulate themselves that by
this universal shrinkage they have es
caped the perils of a local panic.
o4D COLLEGES
Three Chinese girls, wards ef the Em
peror, have arrived nt Welletdey College,
being the lirst Chinese women to be sent
to America to be educated.
Under Vermont's new law common
school districts nre in process of enlarge
ment and concentration, for wherever two
or mora outlying town ran agree, to unite
under ono supervisor tho Stnte pays n
largo part of the salary of such ofliccr.
Tlie Alumni Association of Houston,
Texas, has raised funds and established a
dining room in the high school, which U
one of the best of lis kind in the coun
try. This ndditlon gives the students
who are taking domestic science nil oppor
tunity not only to prepare tho niouls, but
to serve them.
Editor Pago of the World's Work Is ad
vocntlng tho nstiihliHhment of a school for
authors in connection with tho universi
ties. He holds that writing ia a trude
Uko any other, and that those who pro
pose to follow it should receive a regular
course of Instruction. He would have each
poet student compelled to wrlto a sonnet
day for one term, and each prose ntii
dent 1,000 words, the course ko extend
over three or four years.
In Its annual report on tho statistic
of cities having a population of over .'KV
000, the Census Bureau presents a very
interesting table showing the costs ot
maintaining free public schools, Including
in such costs the interest on luvestmeuu
in school buildings and greuadn. These
vary from 7 cenU per capita In Charles
ton, S. C, and 22 cents in Atlanta, Oa.,
to $1.33 in Denver, Colo.; to $1.43 in
Newton, Mass., and $1.53 in Spokane,
Wash.
Thd New York City Board of Bduca
tlon has appointed a special committee
of three to inquire of tho teacher wheth
er the abolishment ot corporal punish'
meat in public schools has been beneficial
or detrimental lu maintaining order and
respect. Should tho coucensue of opinion
be adverse to the present methods, it li
proposed to restore the rod to its formet
positiou in the school of tho city. Coin
Lplalnta have recently come from somi
teachers that they are unable to maintulc
order because the supervising force is
powerless to inflict punishment for of
lenses affecting general behuvior.
In Missouri the condition ot public
school teachers seems even less satisfac
tory. J. M. Ureeuwood, president of tbo
State Teachers' Association, says the av
erage pay of men teachers Is $3 a year,
and of women teachers $311) a year. The
average for the country schools alone Is
considerably lower. In some country dis
tricts teachers receive less than half the
compensation ot unskilled labor. There
is said to be a roust nt streum of the
best of the Maine teachers going to other
parts of New Euglaud, to New York am!
to tbe West. Presumably this stream
does not head toward Missouri, llio nt
tendance last year at the Maine norma
school was less than lor several years
The reason for this Is apparent. Hart
ford Courant.
According to a report of tho Brooklyn
(Mass.) Teachers Association, as pub'
ludied In the Ijiwrence Telegram, there Is
a decided sentiment throughout the State
favoring a system of promotion by sub
jects Instead ot grades in the secondary
schools. It Is also felt that a liberal edu
cation rourso should be devised, to take
fifteen years in its completion Instead of
ten years, as at present. The Telegram
remarks that if the attempt to have the
National Educational Association adopt
this report is successful a change nothing
short of revolutionary will soon be in
force in our nalloaul educational system.
At Spokane, Wash., a $10,000 adminis
tration building is to be erected for the
high school. It will Include a gymnasium,
separate feliower butlis for girls and boys,
a teachers' assembly hall, a hoard room,
supervisor's oflices and a teacher li
brary, The t'hleigo Board of Education bus
deridi-d to admit adults, both foreign and
American born, to the city huh schools.
The admission of adults to the elementary
schools was not pai-scd Uxm. The ques
tion ot the admissibility to the high school
came Ix-fore tho tourd through a recoiu
nicudatlou that tbre-j natives of Japan
and other countries he allowed to enter.
To The Voters of Nebraska:
The Republican leflislcturc of 1007 redeemed emery
members of the legislature
netcspaper and pasted on the
form of a bill, u:as passed by
the line shoto the exact time the Chief Executioe affixed his signature to the bill
formance.
.The action of the Republican legislature marks an
State ecer redeemed ecery
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M. B. REESE
Candidate for Supreme Judge
Hon. M. B. Roese was born in
Macoupin county, Illinois, in 1839, a
farmer boy, nnd while he was living
on the farm completed th course pre
scribed by the countrv schools and
then worked his way through a semin
ary neur uia Home. He was admitted
to practice and removed to Osceola,
Ia. He lived In Iowa from tn
1871, when he removed to Plattsmouth.
t'racttcally the enure life of Judge
Reeds in Nebraska has been spent
pnder the limelight. He was a mem
ber of the constitutional convention In
1875; dlatrlct attorney of the Fourth
judicial district for three terms; su
preme Judge, and dean of tbe law
department of the state unlveislty.
The republican candidate Is a mag
nificent specimen of physical man
hood, about six feet tall and broad in
proportion. He is a good specimen of
the man who Is strong enough to blaso
a trail In a new country or lead an
old country out of a rut. And he U
even tempered, good natured, a wit
and an orator. In 1887 he served as
grand master of the Masons, and 'no
has always taken great Interest in the
lodge.
Speaking of Judge Reese, CJovernor
Gflo. I j. Sheldon said: "Judge Reese
has a spotlesa record, both pub
lic and private. He is a studont, a
scholar and a tireless worker. I have
been his admirer for years. He has
always stood for the best interests of
I he people regardless of the con se
quences lo himself. He has been op
posed to machine rule in politics and
has fought for year that the govern
munt and the people might be brought
closer and closer together. He should
receive the entire republican vote and
doubtless will receive many of tho
votes of the opposition parties because
he stands for the very best In state
government. He Is one of Nebraska's
lest men and will make a splendid
record on the bench."
JUDGE
"Judge Reese has a spotless record, both public and private. Me
Is a student, a scholar and a tireless worker. He has alwaye stood
for the best Interests of the people regardless of the consequencee of
himself. He hae been opposed to machine rule In politics and has
fought for years that the government and the people might be brought
closer and closer together. He will make a splendid record on the
bench."
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before election. Following is
trail in the office of Gocernor Sheldon at the beginning of the legislature. As each redeemed pledge, in the
the legislature and delicered to the Gooernor, he drcic a line through the pledge. The figures at the .end of
pledge made to the peojlc.
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advntaires erfess lT4"'lreaJy eiVert Ue-athrrtrft!nhXTa1trortdtMHWt
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HENRY T. CLARKE, JR.
Candidate for Railway Commissioner
Henry T. Clarke, Jr., Is at present
one of the Nebraska Railway Com
missioners, Bervlng as the appointee
of Governor Sheldon, and is a candi
date as the nominee of 4he republican
primary for the same position.
Mr. Clarke is one of the few native
sons of Nebraska who has ever held
a state office. He was born at Bclle
vue, Nebraska, Aug. 4, 1876, and
comes of an honorable Nebraska fam
ily. His father, H. T. Clarke, came
to Nebraska in 1855, and served as a
member of the territorial council of
13 when a very young man.
Commissioner Clarke offers to the
people of Nebraska the very best
qualifications and training for the
position of railway commissioner.
Graduating fi-om the Omaha High
School as valldictorlan of the class of
1893, he attended Williams college two
years, and the University of Chicago
two yeare, graduating from the latter
institution In 1896.. In 1897 Mr. Clarke
pursued post-graduate work in politi
cal science, specializing on the sub
ject of railway transportation and
political economy. A year later he
entered the Michigan Law School,
graduating In 1899.
In January, 1900, Mr. Clarke began
the practice of law at Omaha. He was
married In 1901, and has two children.
In 1904 he was elected to the legisla
ture by the largest majority ever
Eiven a legislative candidate in Doug
las county, bis majority running close
lo the 5,000 mark.
While ever an Industrious, progres
sive, and hard-working member, the
author of much gid law, he came
most prominently Into the limelight
during the last session when he cour
ageously stood In the" front rank up
holding the hands of Governor Shel
Jon. and casting his vote, and his in
fluence for the reform measures of the
republican party.
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nominee toe our respective wgiwaqve muitii .w ncmf u...,v. .. . --j-r jjv-'-v 1
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pledge made by the Republican state conoention of 190G
a rac-simile of a copy of the
epoch in the history of Nebraska. It teas the first time
It i3 the best guaranty of rehat
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CHARLES B. ANDERSON
Candidate for University Regent.
Mr. Anderson was born In Albion,
N. Y., June 30, 18(55. He graduated
from the high school in 1S83 and en
gaged in the hardware business. In
18b7 he located in DeWItt, Saline
county, Nebraska, and for ten years
conducted a banking business in that
village. In 1897 he removed to Crete,
and In company with T. H. Miller,
organized the State Rank, of which
he Is vice-president. In 1899 he organ
ized tbe Crete Conservative Invest
ment Company, of which he is presi
dent. In 1896 he was a delegate to
the republican convention and cheer
fully cast his vote for William Mc
Kltiley. In 1902 Mr. Anderson was
elected state senator from Saline
county, receiving almost 800 majority.
He was a member of the Revenue
Committee, was chairman ' ot the
Finance, Ways and Means Committee
and was associated on that and other
standing committees with Gov. Shel
don, then a senator from Cass.
Mr. Anderson was among the very
first to mention the name of Geo. L.
Sheldon, for Governor. In the last
republican state convention he was
the chairman of the committee on
resolutions and Instrumental in draft
ing the platform which was ratified
by the voters last November, and put
Into effect by. the legislature.
He is president of the Crete school
board and of the trustees of Doane
College. He was also president of the
State Layman Association of the
Congregational churches of Nebraska,
and is a member of the Executive
Council of the State Bankers' Associa
tion. Mr. Anderson Is the father of
five robust children, believes in the
"brotherhood of man," and is an ac
tive member of the A. V. & A. M.,
the K. P., A. O. U. W., and Modern
Woodman fraternal orders.
IIEMVl. CLAIM, JR.
Henry T. Clarke, Jr., candi
date for railway commissioner,
comes before the peopto as the
friend, and appointee of Gover
nor Sheldon, and s a leader
of the 1907 legislature whose
vcte and influence were enthusi
astically for the reform meas
ures cf the republican party.
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printed pledges tohich ica3
and the promise of the Republican party became a per
the Republican party toill
WM. HAY WARD, Chairman, Republican Stato Committee.
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GEORGE COUPLAND
Candidate for University Regent
Coming of a long line of old Eng
lish yeoman stock Mr. Coupland was
born upon a farm In Lincolnshire,
England, May 2, 185TT He received a
liberal education. Twenty-seven years
ago be came to Nebraska and home
steaded the quarter section In Ante
lope county upon which he now lives.
Mr. Coupland is and always has
been an ardent advocate of higher
education, more especially in agricul
ture. He has kept himself in close
touch with that branch of work in the
Nebraska State University almost
since its inception. And the agricul
tural college has been patronized by
his sons.
For the position of regent Mr. Coup
land is supported by many of the
strongest institutions and men In the
state.
The Nebraska Farmer urges the
candidacy of Mr. Coupland because
we believe that he Is a man for the
farmers. And we believe further that,
he Is a man of enough Intellectual
strength and ability, possessing those
elements of Integrity and honor to a
degree that makes him a man of rare
fitting for such a responsible position.
And all this without one word regard
ing his political views or party affilia
tions. The Nebraska Farmer (a non
partlslan paper) Aug. 7, 1907.
From the foregoing sketch it can
be seen how highly Mr. Coupland Is
esteemed and honored. He is a prac
tical farmer whose earnest advocacy
of the modern idea of applying ad
vanced educational and scientific
methods to agriculture should com
mand for him the solid farmer vote.
He has ever been a loyal and consist
ent republican, and is in hearty accord
with the progressive Ideas In our state
today. The election of Mr. Coupland
and Mr. Anderson will be gratifying to
all friends of our great University.
C. B. ANDERSON
"The State University requires
nearly one-sixth of the entire
revenue raised for public pur
poses, and Mr. Anderson, as one
member cf the board, could
eafely be entrusted to expend
thic large amount in an honest
and economical manner, safe
guarding both the interests of
the pecple and the welfare of
the State University." Ne
braska Signal, Ceneva.
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The republican party in Nebraska
presents a Temarkable record of
achievement under the able leader
ship of Senators Burkett and Brown,
our governor and state officers, the
five republican congressmen, the mem
bers of the legislature and loyal repub
licans throughout the state.
An examination of the platform In
brief in this column is proof positive
of the absolute good faith kept with
the people.
The votei-s of Nebraska who believe
In progress shoul.l go to the polls und
triumphantly elect Judge Reese aud
the state ticket lest a backward stei
be taken.
In Reese, Clarke, Anderson and
Coupland the people will find the same
stripe of loyal, progressive men an
those who represent them In national
and state councils at the present time.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM Cir 1907.
The republican state platform
points with pride to the achievements
of the republican party under the
splendid leadership of Theodore Roose
velt, and insists that his successor
shall be a roan who will continue t he
Roosevelt policies, and suggests Sec
retary Taft as such a man.
Commends the present state official
for the care of the state institutions,
maintaining the credit of the state,
and reducing the state debt.
Commends tne Nebraska delegation
to congress.
Calls attention to the magnificent
record of the last legislature which
carried out the pledges of the repub
lican party, as follows:
"1. A state-wide direct primary.
"2. Abolition of the free pass evil.
"3. Comprehensive powers for the
state railway commission.
"4. More equitable rates, for trans
portation of passengers and freight.
"5. Equal taxation of railroad prop
erty for city purposes. I
"6. Abolition of fellow Bervant law
and full employer's liability.
"7. A pure food and dairy law.
"8. Rigid economy In appropria
tions. Endorses the direct primary, and
pledges such amendments aa Bhall Im
prove Its workings.
Commends the good work of the
state railway commission, in its ef
forts to secure better freight ratea
for the people of the state. Calls lor
the rigid enforcement of the anti-pass
law.
Declares that in suits at law corpor
ations should be deemed citizens of
every state where they have filed arti
cles of incorporation or exercised the
rights of eminent domain.
Favors an enactment of the federal
law forbidding the federal courts from
Issuing writs of injunction against
state officers charged with the en
forcement of state statutes.
Regards with high favor the nomi
nees on the state ticket and Invites
voters who believe in official proWty
and efficiency to join In electing them.
GrO. L. COUPLAND
"All the different departments
of the University are of vast im
portance and if elected It will
be my desire to do all possible
for their development, but I
went to tell you and I say it em
phaticsHy ihit the Agricultural
Department will be my especial
thcurht." Hon. Gre. L. Coup-
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btf:re Clat Convention
acctp'.in.j no:tun;'.io.T for Regent
of Ct;'.3 U-.Iverclty.
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