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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1910)
fflf SEMI WrtKLY IRIBUfiE IRA L. I) A It I?, Publisher. TERMS, $1.20 IN ADVANCE. NOTH PLATTE, .. NEBRASKA FOR IHE BUS! IN NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON DE COMPASSED. MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED Home and Foreign Intelligence Con denied Into Two and Four Line Paragraphs. Washington. Eleven captains and commanders in tbo navy liavo applied voluntarily for retirement and their applications liaro been granted. Freight rates on lemons from tho producing territory In southern Cali fornia to eastern destinations wore reduced by tlio Interestnte commerce commission from $1.15 to $1 u hun dred pounds. Members of the senate committee nppolnted Senator Day to Inovstlgate tho charges mado by Senator Ooro re lating to Oklahoma Indlun lands con tracts havo discovered that tho com mittee was not provided with funds to defray tho cost of tho Inquiry. In waging their warfare for tho con. trol of tho next congress both the re publican and democratic congres sional committees will havo head quarters in tho oast and west whero will bo dono tho work of directing and sending out literature) and spell binders. Tho president lias signed several proclamations eliminating nearly half n million acres of land from tho na tional forests and adding a little mora than 100,000 acres to tho reserves. Tho lands taken out aro more suit- nblo to ngrlculturo than to forest pur poses and later will bo open to settle incnt. A commission hns been mndo out at tho treasury department for tho up polntmont of Fremont Leldy, of Leon, Kas., to tho position of collector of In' ternal revonuo for the district of Kansas, but It Is being temporarily hold in nboyanco to await tho oxpoct- cd resignation of Jnmos M. Simpson, who now holds tho position. If this Is not forthcoming vorylsoon Mr. Loldy'n commission will bo Issued to hltu. Foreign. Tlio announcement of tho opening of Port (Arthur to tho shipping of nil nations' commencing July 1, Is pub lished In tho olllclnl gazette at Toklo. It Is authoritatively announced that tho Chilean government In Soptombor will nsk for tendors in tho United States and Europe for tho construe tlonof a battleship of 22,000 tons. Miss Anlco Lulu Btockes, daughter of Currlngton Stockos a woll known Ixiulslnna cotton-grower and hrolior, claims tho distinction of being tho on ly Amorlcun girl who ever won from tho bank at Monte Carlo a section of American land. Anna Sutter, tho lending slngor In tho Royal Opcrn nt Stuttgart, was shot and killed In her bed by Alois Obrlst, n former conductor of tho opera, who then killed hlmsoK. Ob rlst, although a married man, perse cuted the singer with bis attentions. Tho French foreign afflco has Hot August 18 ns tho date for tho ccromo nles attending tbo presentation, by 'the state of Virginia, of tho bronze reproduction of Houdon'u famous stato of Washington to tho peoplo of Franco. Tho statute will bo located In Paris. General. j Itoosovolt will aid Sonator Dover- Jil go In lils fight for re-election. Tho bleachod flour caso was decided In favor of tho government. Tho Western Union has dlscontln dued Bcrvlco to brokers In ton eastern CltlOB. Former Qovornor John II. McOruw of Washington, died at his home In Seattle. Tho potltlon for a ro-hearlng In tho Missouri river rato case was fllod by tho railroads. A roport Is to bo framed by the jiaiunger-rincnoi commuted at a meting In Minneapolis In Soptombor, Somo of tho railroads will ask for extension of tlmo to comply with safo- ty law which Is not plainly Interpret cd. Unless Porter Charlton, hold In Jer sey City, on tho charge of murdering. his wife at Moltraslo, Italy, Is sur rendered to the Italian government for trial, ho will bo adjudged guilty of murder by proxy. The Interior doporthient announced that all tho remaining pine timber on tho ceded Chlppowtt Indian lunds In Minnesota will bo offered for sale to tho highest bidder, Tins Involvos about 375,000,000 feet covering 1G2, 49 acres. More than twelve tons of frozen or tesslcated eggs, shipped to Now York from Chicago, wore solzod as unfit for human consumption. The soulallsts-democrat8 of the fifth congressional district of Wisconsin announced tho nomination through referendum of Victor L. Dergor, candidate at the fall electlou, Officers of both tho Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies snld that the sending of fight news out of licno broke all tolograph records for a single day's work. Moro than 800,000 words were sent at an avorago cost of 2 cents a word. Tho first death for three yoars from the bubonic plnguo ocurred at Hono lulu. Jfm Jeffries has gone back to his nlfalla farm very much crestfallen and determined to do no moro' fight ing. Heavy rains hnvo broken tho drouth In Oklahoma. Count Zeppelin In disappointed but not discouraged over the wreck of IiIb ulrshlp. President Tnft signed orders for withdrawing moro land from the pub lic domain. Mrs. Kiln F, Young of Chicago was elected president of tho national edu cational association. Joseph Wendllug, alleged slayer of Alma Ktllncr, the Louisville girl, has been located on a ranch near Houston, Texas. Dr. Hyde of Kansas City has been sentenced to the penitentiary for life. J. F. McMurray declares he Is ready to dlsprovo tho chnrges mado by Sena tor Ooro. Senator Norrls Brown has expressed himself as satisfied with tho work ol congress. Kxtenslve rate reductions were or- dored by"'tlio Interestnte commerce commission.. Politics ontor Into Germany's pro test against the disparagement of the evangelical faith. A surprisingly good showing Is made In the yearly statement of tho treasury dopartmont. Sonator Murrows, ns tho man who must act, Is bothered over the bribery caso of Senator Lorlmer. Tho postofflce department 1b ar ranging the details for the inaugura tion of postal savings banks. Jeffries' wlfo becamo -hysterical when sho learned that her hubby had been bested In tho prize ring. A cry has gone forth that Roose velt take the leadership of tho repub lican reform forces In Now York. Mr. Bryan calls off his boom for senator from Nebraska, saying ho can do moro for the party as n citizen. A whirlwind campaign to raise 9100,000 on tho Sioux City Y. M. C. A., ended with nil tho money needed sub scribed. Grace MqKlnlcy, alias Qrnce Mack of Indianapolis, was arrested in So- dalla, Mo., charged with woarlng men's uttlro. .1. R. Wilson, youngest brothor ol Socrotnry of Agrlculturo -Wilson, died Inst week of stomach trouble at Ex colslor Springs, Mo. Mr. Ronsovelt, Clifford Plnchot and James It. Garfield are declared by the Oyster Bay Pilot to bo forming u new national party. Tho Louisiana legislature, which Is now In session, Ib expected to select Governor Jarod Y. Sanders for tho United States senate. It Is stated that $2,000,000 of gold purchased for Germany which hns nr rived In London, hns been engaged for shipment to Now York. Tho Now York World Bays It hat rollablo Information that Hclon Kelly Gould, who divorced Frank J. Gould In May, 1009, will bo married July 15 W. J. Brynn branded Nebraska state scnutora who havo refused to Btipport tho Initiative and rofcrondum as un worthy of tho party's confidence oi votes. It was announced that 25,000 loco motlvo engineers omployed on forty nine railroad systems west of Chi cngo nro formulating demands for In creased wages which will bo pre sented to tho managers before August 1. Peter Smith, n husky young tannery worker In Nownrk, N. J., drank suvon teen Jiggers of whisky In succession, thoreby winning n bet of fl, As he pockotcd the money ho fell to tho floor unconseloua and died soon after In a hospital. Tho big mill betweon Jeffries and Johnson took place at Reno, Nov, July 4th nnd wns won by tho latter, tho negro knocking Jeffries out In the fifteenth round. A tremendous crowd was In attendance nnd hundreds of thousands of dollars changed hands Jeffries wns badly bruised, while Johnson wns apparently unhurt and showed no marks of tho contest. Be fore tho rounds wcro half covered the tnovltnble outcomo was foreseen. Tho llrst bale of cotton of 1010-11 wns sold at auction In Now York and brought 50 cents por pound last week A feauro of tho colobratlon nt Springfield, Mass., was tho prcsenco of ninety confederate voterans of Po terBburg, Virginia, who enmo nB guosts of tho Grand Army. An estimate that tho total number of. Immigrant nitons ndmltted at all ports of thu United States during tho past fiscal year reached 1,035,515 was made by Commissioner General Keofo. Personal, Jack Johnson declares ho will not fight again for n year, Anti-negro demonstrations In tlx south followed news of tho llrst re sult. Congressional campaign committee! are planning to wago vigorous war fure. Rlckurd says Jeffries was dlsquall (led, which was tho reason he wa not counted out. Chlof Justice Fuller served twenty two years on tho bench, W. J. Bryan Issued nn extouded atntornent defining party duty. When Jack Johnson arrived at Og don young, toughs at the depot trlod to got him into a brawl. Secretary Bollinger visited the president at Bevorly, but it was not to tender his resignation. Chlor Justico Melville W. Fuller ol tho suproma court died at his summei home nt Sorrento, Mo. Representative Polndextor of Wash Ington received comfort and en courngotnent at Oyster Bay. MELVILLE WESTON FULLER CHIEF JUSTICE DEAD MELVILLE FULLER, HEAD OF U. 8. SUPREME COURT 8UD DENLY EXPIRES. HOLDS OFFICE FOR 22 YEARS Death Comes From Heart Failure and Wa Wholly Unexpected and Re moves One of Most Distinguished Members of American Bench. Washington, July 5. Chief Justico Melvlllo Weston Fuller, for nearly twenty-two years tho presiding ofllcor of tho United States supremo court, died suddenly July 4 at his summer homo In Sorrento, Mo. His death, which waB wholly unexpected, was, caused by heart failure. Ho had been, apparently, in excellent health for tho last fow days. Tho death of Chlof Justice Fuller removes ono of tho most distin guished members of tho American bench and u Jurist whoso abilities woro recognized and admired through out tho world. It also places In tho hands of Presi dent Taft tho privilege of naming his successor, and tho opportunity to ap point a chlof justico of tho United Stntea supromo court comes to but few presidents. Chlof Justice Fuller was n citizen of Chicago and a member of tho bnr of that city when ho was appointed to tho supromo bench by President Cleve land, In 1888, nnd It is regarded in political circles at the capital as high ly probable that a Chicago man Lloyd W. Bowers, now solicitor gen eral of tho United States may bo plnced on tho supromo bench as a re sult of tho death of tho chlof Justico. A Great American. To Chief Justice Fuller fell tho honor of third rnnk for lentgh of serv ice ns presiding rank for leng dluu Ice as presiding justico in the high est tribunal of tho American govern ment For 22 yenrs ho was chief Justico of tho supromo court of the United States. Chief Justico Marshall pre sided over tho court for 31 years and Chlof Justico Taney for 28 years. With tho future rests tho determina tion of his rank among tho eight chief justices of history for ability and accomplishments. Boforo Grovor Cleveland sent his namo to tho senate on April 30, 1888, for confirmation ns chief Justice, ho was practically unknown except to mombcrs of tho legnl profession. In Maine, whero ho wns born on Febru ary 11, 1833, ho had bocn known as a well-behaved, rather scholarly lad. Ho had gone to Bowdoln collego, nnd, Incidentally, there won most of tho prizes for elocution. Ho had gono down to Harvard law school for one year. His Great Argument, From 185G to 1888 ho lived In Chi cago, but attracted little attention out 8ldo his linmedlnto clrclo of friends and associates nt tho bnr until ho undertook tho defonso of Bishop Cheney on,, a, chargo of herecy, Hie knowledge of ecclesiastical history Inducing a 8neeze. Probably everybody has experi enced tho displeasure, It not actual pain, which comes from missing a sneero. Thoro Is an easy way out of this If one happens to bo out of doors at the time and tho weather Is clear. Just glance at tho sun. There Is some thing about tho brightness of It that supplies tho missing Irritation, or whatever It Is that Is ribadod, and nine times out of ten If the snoezo hns not fot too far away It will come back. New York Sun. and procedure astonished thoso who conducted tho case, nnd his argument of tho cnuso of the bishop beforo the supremo court of Illinois Is referred to stUU as a forensic effort seldom If ever surpassed In that court. Ho was- a dclcgato to tho national conventions of tho Democratic party In 1804, 1872, 1876 and 1880. Tho nomination of Mr. Fuller, then flfty-flvo years of age, was followed by a memorable contest in tho senate The Judiciary commltteo, with Its Republican majority, to which the nomination was sent April 30, held up tho nppolntment until July 20. Then tho commltteo reported It to the sonnto "without recommendation." For thrco hours thnt body debated In executive session whether to con firm or reject the nomination. The attack on Mr. Fuller was led by Sena tors Edmunds, Evnrts and Stewnrt, Senators Cullom and Farwell defended him. Tlio reports that he had been a "coppernoaa" during the Civil war and that he did not possess tho re quisite ability as a lawyor were gone over. His Great Victory. Finally, by a vote of 41 to 20,' his nomination was confirmed Since that day tho entire court, as it then existed, has passed away with the Blnglo exception of Justice Hnr lan. Of thoso prominent In the fight over his confirmation only Senator Cullom remains, and President Clevo land, who thus honored tho Illinois lawyer, has Ukowlso gono to bis gravo. Throughout his service Chlof Justice Fuller was noted for the dignity wltft which ho filled tho position. Ho pro served that manner on the bench or OCT. Although small of stature, not more than flvo feet seven Inches, his wealth of silvery hair and classic features mado him a commanding figure wher ever ho appeared. - Chief Justico Fuller leaves an In deliblo stamp on tho laws of the coun try. Among his most famous opinions aro tho following: His Faomus Decisions. The Income tnx decision. In which tho "lncomo tnx law was held to bo unconstitutional. Tho Danbury hat caso, by which la bor unions wore hold to be amenable to tho Sherman nntl-trust law. Tho Wostorn Union Tolegrnph com pnny versus tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, In which the stato wa& denied tho right to tax telegraph mos sages, except when Interstate The iianK or Washington versus Humo, In which tho lnsurablo Interest of tho wife and children In tho life of tho husband and fathor was rocog' nlzcd as distinguished from the claims of creditors, Inman versus South Carolina Rail way company, in which tho railroad was denied tho power to exempt It Self from liability for Its negligence In tho shipment of goods. Mooro versus Crawford, In which mnrrlcd womon woro mnde to bear lln bllltles, such as those growing out ol tho fraudulent sale of land, as well as the legal rights LelBy versus Haddln, In which tho Btnto was dented rights over original packages of liquor In Interstate com merco, an opinion which led to the passage of the Wilson liquor law. Climatic Differences. On the coast of southeastern Alaska tho average annual precipitation aooui ninety inches and trees grow to a largo sl.o; la tho central plateau tho precipitation Is less than flftoen incnos, including tlio molted snow, and the average slzo of timber small; while on tho arctic slope, north of Rocky mountains, climatic condl tlona make foreBt growth altogether Impossible, and those vast tundras are covered chiefly with moss, sedges and a few small shrcba. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notes of Interest From Various Sections. THE MIDWEST LIFE. Tho 8olllng of life Insurance Is bo oming to be a profession, nnd to nt- ailn the greatest success professional training Is required. Tho day Is past when men who hnvo failed In other lines can with profit to themselves or n company take up life Insurance. The Midwest Life has an opening In the city of Lincoln for a bright, cap able man from 20 to 24 years of ago who wlsltts "to prepure himsolf for n position aH one of its general agents. The company will pay his tuition fee for two courses In sales manship, one general (Sheldon school) and the other special (Ameri can School of Insurnnco), both of which enn be completed In a year; also a nominal salary for tho first twelve months. For the first year, office work one-half time, other half soliciting life Insurance on a com mission basis; thereafter full time soliciting wholly on n commission basis. Here is a splondld chance for one to make his way from the start." Thoro Is no other business which n young man of enorgy, ability nnd good charncter can enter whore tho opportunities to inako money with out the previous investment of capital, Is so grent. Apply or write to tho Midwest Llfo, No. 119 South 10th Street, Lincoln. In a barn fire at Bayard fourteen horses perished. At Beatrice two womon held up a man and robbed htm or $10. Mnny of the Nebraska farmers cele brated the Fourth in the harvest field. The cornerstone of the new Odd Fellows homo at York was laid on the Fourth. There were three quite serious ac cidents nt Ponca on the Fourth, none of them fatal. Governor Shallenbergor has given his promise to speak at Albion August 25 at the old settlers' picnic. Though there were many celebra tions In Nebraska on the Fourth, comparatively few casualties are re ported. Joseph Hatnm, twenty-two years old, was drowned while swimming In the Woodruff sand pit near Meadow, Cass county. C. M. Surprenant, a section hand, wns killed Instantly while at work by n box car being switched In the yards at Plattsmouth. Tho Beatrice board of education made the estimate for the coming year, which Is $55,000. This will make a levy of 25 mills the same as last year. At Konesaw Frank Murphy . nnd Roy Hodges quarreled, during which tho former shot the latter. The wounded man hns small chance for recovery. Tho village of Cortlnnd is to have a new bank. Twenty farmers of that vicinity met at that place and sub scribed over $4,000 In stock towards the new Institution, At Beaver City C. F. Inman, an old soldier, fell from a loaded wagon In tho business part of town and struck a crossing, breaking two ribs and sustaining other Injuries. Senntor Norrls Brown has an nounced the appointment of W. M. Cook of Lexington, us one of his clerks to succeed Frank Kdgerton of Lincoln, who resigned to practice law. Clarenco White, a twenty-two-year- old brfy, In district court of Dodgo county was sentenced to a year in the penlentlary. White has served two terms In a reformatory and one In the utato penitentiary prior to this At Scottsbluff a fatal accident was narrowly averted when Harvey Heyn became overcome while working on top of the steel work of the sugar factory and was saved from falling sixty feet to the ground by a fellow workman. Congressman Edmund H. Hlnshaw and wife will spend the summer In Washington and Greensboro, Ind., be fore returning to Falrbury. At Sutherland E. Brownell, nn automoblllst, lost control of his mu- chlno while crossing tne South Platte river bridge and It ran through tho bunlstors and Into the river. No one was seriously hurt nnd tho machine but slightly damaged. Tho resignation of First Lieu tenant Roy C. Shnnklnnd and Second Lloutenunt Albert C, Duhl of Company H, Second reglsment, Nobrnska Na tlonul Gunrd of Aurorn, hnvo boon ro- colVed nnd accepted nt tho office of tho ndjutant genorul Lesllo McBrtde, aged fifteen years, thu Omaha boy who killed his com pnnlon, Harry Long, at South Omaha last Thanksgiving dny, wns placed In the Norfolk hospital for Insane under Judge Estello's orders. Rev. G. K. Wlencko, former pastor of tho German Evangollcnl Lutheran church of South Auburn, has ac cepted tho position of superintendent of homo missions for tho districts of Gorman Nebraska and Wurtburg synods. uovernor sitanenuorger has np polnted Nels O. Alberts of Saronvllle deputy game warden in place of John Donovan of Madison, resigned. CharleB Henstger, jr., son of G. O. R. Henslger of tho Grand Island Gas company, was overcome by gns at the works and died from Its effects thereof. Internal revenue collections for the district of Nebraska for Juno aggre gated $369,522.14, a compared with $222,309.80 in Juno of last year, an increase of $137,212.34. Of this amount $94,047,28 was produced by the now corporation tax. LIKE CRUDE SIGNS Reason for Misspelled and Poor ly Printed Ads. Men of Education In City's Foreign.. Quarter Purposely Make Signs Ridiculous to Hold Their Trade. mEttELS PoLU?ht EK?PRE5IWC DONE CM PHURT M0T? qwckly dun if. frA bred Mft2 mA'iddM X FftXH EC2WDWTEM 9i&ert Veer in for fient? Indianapolis. Most of tho adver tising signs in tho foreign Bectious of tho city present many humorous, phases of business activities. They are inartistic, in bad taste, and seem to display n generous amount of ig norance or carelessness but such Is- not the ense. Investigation has disclosed the fact that thoso signs, nt least most of them, serve as business getters. They are tho mediums which bring andi hold the foreigners together, and they nttrnct hundreds of up-to-date Amer icans, who think those signs stand for Just what they want. The adver tising In tho foreign districts, how ever crude It may seom. Is In many respects moro up to date than what Is used downtown. Many of the foreign ers nnd mnny In the foreign districts' nro matured Americans could nre- paro or order as pretty signs as seen anywhere, but this would spoil tho business in thoso districts, and the old signs are retained. A man on West Washington street, blacksmith by trade, and one who looks every bit a foreigner, is well educated. He knows every word in the English language adapted to his trnde and does not have to stutter when spelling most any word called for. Ho writes a good hand nnd can print tho capital nnd smnll letters of tho alphabet almost as well as a grad uate sign painter. But his sign over tho door to tho shop reads: Another, almost ns good, on the front of tho Bhop, suys: As soon as theso aro noticed tho on looker will commont on tho poor spell ing, first of nil. Then he will take--Into consideration the art of sign ma king nnd wonder why on enrth a man should jumble the letters In that fashion. With that he will pass on and forgot the apparent Ignorance or carelessness displayed publicly until he arrives at tho next establishment, which may havo a sign something like this: BORDERS BY WW on DEY VW4MTED This may not seem so crude. The lotters are uillform and present n good appoaranco. Evidently somebody with real artistic Instinct had been employed to advertise the wants of tho house. Here tho spelling is the? chlof fault. A largo artistic and In every wny beautiful sign, such ns can be seen In -the business district, would not at tract tho foreigners. First of all, they think nn establishment carrying u sign of bright colors and worked out lo mathematical precision would show too much 'prosperity, too much Americanism