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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1906)
I NEBRASKA NOTES O O O r S & & Cjr ' .Too Schmardcr, an employe in tha 8tono quarries of Newell & Atttvood nt Louisville, in accidontlv lmu one arm broken. I ! II. B. Waldron has cold his 100 aero farm near Union to Albert 12. Lake for the cum of $18,000, being $112.50 per acre. Fire broke out in the workroom ol J. E. Kobbins' art store at Nebraska City and did about $2,000 damage beforo it was extinguished. "Iwcntj'-flvc persons of foreign birth havo secured their full naturaliza tion papers at the recent term of the Cuming county district court. The new city hall at Humboldt is rapidly approaching completion, being now in the hands of the plasterers. It is thought it will be ready for occupancy inside of thirty days. William I Collins has Fold his 100- ncrc farm north of West Point to August Stark of Elkhorn township for $08 per acre. This farm is con sidered one of the best stock farms in the country. John W. Trammcll, a prominent citizen of Oxford, Furnas county, has recently met with a serious ac cident and will be laid up for some weeks. While steppng from a freight car ho broke a small bone in his ankle. A cane of Union Pacific workmen have been at Schuyler installing tho elootrio gongs at the crossings. The Work is now completed and the gong in working order. In all four wero installed. This will end trouble between the railroad and the city speed ordinance. j Marcio Knapp, the 13-ycar-old son of J. D. Knapp, of Anslcy, lias been killed by the accidental discharge oi la gun. The boy had been gathering com and returned home with his load and when taking tho gun from the wagon, it was discharged, the load taking effect in tho side of his faco and head. : The Wells-Hand Grain company is experiencing a shortage of cart at Schuyler. Grain has been coming in faster than cars can be secured to ship it out, and at the present time tho elevator is full to the top. Over five cars of wheat were received one day, Tho hay dealers aro also hav ic trouble in getting cars. Valine single driving horse, valued at $250, was stolen from the. barn of W. C. Feller, of Table Kock. It was thoueht bv Mr. Feller that his clerk had the horse out on a drive, so that the thief had twenty-four hours the start of him. Officers in adjoining towns were notified and are aiding in the search for the animal. Mrs. Christiana Kicker, an aged woman who resides at 50-1 South Third street. Nebraska City, was fatally injured recently by falling oil a steep bank near South Third street bridge. She fell about twenty-five feet, striking on tho ice, which broke, precipitating her in the water, where she remained for some time. She was taken to her home wher.o her injuries were dressed. I Henry Mock, a dipsomaniac, com niittfcfl to the Lincoln asylum from Cuming county, and who was visiting in West Point on parole, became intoxicated and in a fit of despond encv attempted to take his own life. tile only succeeded, however, in caus line a 1 esh wound. He waa taken in charge by the sheriff and will'be re turned to Lincoln to remain until the completion of his sentence. James Parker, a young Omaha Indian is under arrest, charged with tho crime of killing Bryan Preston, n ivoung Omaha Indian, son of White Weasela well known Omaha Indian. Preston has not been seen for several dayB, all efforts to find him proving futile. One theory is that tho two Indians got into a drunken quarrel hnd that Parker disposed of Preston 1)y killing him and putting his bodj tinder tho ice. 1 Guy MorriSj a telegraph lineman in tho employ of tho Northwestcrr railrqad , company, waa" almost in stantly killed by the fall of a tele Wgraph polo near the Great Northern crossing at Fremont. Ho was noai the top Jposoningja wire in .order .to replace it with '.a now qjo w.hep with' out warning, it fell, throwing hiir :o tho ground, breaking his neck; He was 21 years of ago and his parenti reside in Ohio; ; 1 1 Tho wearing of garments that oweoi :ho pavement is prohibited in Nord. nauson, Saxony.. Any person thin irrangofi'imilstr'nfct 'walk' tho-' sireeti jndcr penalty of thirty marks. of her own free will ICG It K A A WILLING I'AKTY TO JA1' ANKSK TllHATY American Sliilnmntlo Advlner to Uori nn Government (Hvf What He Intlftt Aro thu 12n tlro Fiiati WASHINGTON. In a private letter to a friend in this city, Dur ham White Stevens, diplomatic ad visor to tho Korean government, ommonts as follows upon recent re ports that the treaty establishing a Japanese protectorate was extorted by force. "In Seoul," ho says, "wo learn that curiously distorted accounts of the occurences of the night of November 17 have been telegraphed to America and Europe. 'One in particular, to the Berlin Anzeiger, is especially mendacious. It speaks of tho tragedy in Seoul, of which reports have come from well informed quarters, and asserts that MaroiiH I o. toirothor with Minister Hayashi and General Hasegawa, ac eompanied by a larga contingent of Japanese troops, 'orccd the emperor t) sign tho new treaty, which they had already prepared and brought with them; that the Korean ministers lied from the palace in order not to allix the seal of state to a document which robbed their country of in dependence; that Japanese soldiers wero sent after them and that they were forcibly brought back and ordered to allix their seals. The ac count clones with the statement that this violent act has lead to tumults among the people " "Another dispatch to tho China Gazette, Shanghai, states that Mr Namano, accompanied by a file of soldiers, went to the residence of the minister rf foreign affairs and o cibly brought fie seal of the lorciim office to the palace, where the Jnpanc?o minister himself used it to seal the treaty. Possibly other canards, equally silly, have gainei circulation at home, and therefore knowing your interest in eastern matters, I feel sure you would like to know the facts. "Marquis Ito came to Korea with im autograph letter from tho emperor nf Japan to the emperor of Korea. This letter expressed an earnest hope fr a closer union between the two countries. Its tone and purpose were w.-ll calculated to demonstrate Japan's friendly intentions and to sooth Korean susceptibilities. The choice of an envoy, moreover, was decidedly happy, as Marquis Ito is especially persona grata to the cm- p'jvor of Korea, lie came here on a somewhat similar mission at the be ginning of the war, and several times since, to my personal knowledge, lias been urgently requested by the o.nperor to repeat tho visit His reputation for fair dealings and the considerate regard for Korean rights. ns well as for Korean susceptibilities. have earned him a high place in the emperor's estimation. On this occasion ho presented tho auotgraph letter at a formal audience and sev eral days later had a private audience of over four hours' duration. Hi1 explained the situation and Japan's wishes fully to the emperor, and the latter agreed in principle to the pro position the marquis stated would be formally submitted later on by the Japanese minister. "The emperor slated that the do sision regarding the details of the new arrangement would be left to his sal in?t, consulting with the Japanese minister. Conferences then ensued between the cabinet and Mr. Hayashi, tho last one, by mutual agreement and in accordance with the emperor's order tailing place at tho palace. All of the cabinet min isters came to this meeting in ac cordance with the prearranged plan, and there were no soldiers present, except Korean soldieis forming the palace guard. "The Japanese minister, with his secretaries and interpreters, attended and there wns a f;ll and frank dis cussion of all tho details of tho pro posed treaty. Ultimately Marquis Ito was asked to attend and ho came accompanied by General Hasegawa, ,uut unattended ny any soldiers, save the small body guard of a' hat a idozen gendarmes, who go about with him everywhere in Seoul. Tho dis cussion then procqeded for several mours, amendments wero proposed by It ho Korean cabinet and accepted and finally the amended form was agreed to by a .majority of six out of eight members of the cabinet. . XELLS OF SYSTEM JUSTIiaKS LROlST.ATlVKSKORBTMnn VIOi: OK TUB OKI! AT INSUK ANUK COMl'ANIU. His Statement Was Heard Frivolous Kills Mint tlnve Attention or Uompntilex Would Do Lrglftlutril Or Tnxul Out or lluMnoh-Oprn lie nUtnuco Would lie Uliunlrou NEW YORK John 0. McCall, secretary of the New York Life In surance company, who a few days age returned from Europe, where he wont to get an accounting of money ad vanced to Andrew Hamilton, was the first witness in the. insurance investi gation when the last week of tho com mittee's work waR taken up. Mr. McCall said that ho saw Ham ilton in Franco and - that Mr. Hamil ton was seriously ill. though able tc walk about. Mr. McCall also pre sented a physician's certificate de scribing Mr. Hamilton's illness and stating that the patient could not undertake a voyage or leave Franco within two months. Mr. McCall said he asked Hamilton for his check books but Hamilton ro fused to give them up, saying that the stuba related to his own personal business. Mr. McCall did, however, 'ct a statement from Hamilton re garding the expenditures of funds en trusted to him by insurance com panics. The statement was then pro duced and put in evidence. Mr. Hamilton in opening his state ment expresses regret that he cannot return to the United States at present because of his health. At the time of his employment in charge of the bureau of taxation and legislation of the Now York Life, the life insurance companies feared that unless converted action was taken they mig'.it be practically legislatei and taxe.l out of existence. The uual practice of depending alone upon counsel to attend and present arguments was determined t i be insufficient," says Mr. Hamilton. "The very fact that the great life in surance interests of New York favored or opposed pending legislative propc sitions, would itself often concentrate the opposition against their views; so likewise did the knowledge that wo were represented at the capitals ol various states lead to demands that that political favorites should be em ployed in the role of counsel, which, if acceded to, placed our affairs at the mercy of those who did not possess our commence. ".these aim otner onsiderations led the three com panies to Out ono conchision. We felt that if a secret service was n permissablo government agency a confidential service would be the only effective and at the same time proper plan to guaid the welfare of tho most extensive commercial in terests in tho world the life in surance business of the state of New York. This confidential secret ser vice was decided upon as the only feasible plan of protection. T ex plained to the president of the New York Life Insurance company, as did the other gentlemen who were associated with me in this work, to the ollicers of their respcetivo com panies, that itemized , accounts by names, or amounts by separate vouchers, details or particulars, siiould not be demanded if wo wero to be hold responsible. The protec tion of the companies under such a plan was ample. Mr. Hamilton gives a long sum mary oi t lie various stylos or ouis hostile to insurance companies, many of them taxation measures. Bills to compel tho companies' reports to bo repeatedly and unnecessarily published in newspapers aro ad vocated," says Mr. Hamilton, "to gain favor with the press by increas ing their revenues. Outrageous propositions, such as the 10 per cent tax proposed in Arkansas, or absurd propositions like tho Michigan bill, whoro a doctor's certificate of ill health would excuse the no.i-paymont of the insurance, premium and keep a policy in force; for the Virginia bill, making it actionable, for a lifo insurance agent to enter tho office of a man where tho sign 'no agent allowed' is displayed, find legislative favor. However ridiculous these bills may seem, they demand atton tion. TIME FOR CHANGE OKA FT IN l.IIB IMSUUANCK IlBAClIKI) LIMIT HAS Plea For Federal Control Third NchrttKkn District Mriubrr (ilvci View In Home IlcllevcA Supi'i mo Court Will .StMtulu Law WASHINGTON." Insurance is un doubtedly one of tho most important subjects that has ooino before con gress Tor many years," said Repre sentative John J. McCartliy, of tho 'PLIwI V.. I..,,).., .1 !.,!... .... ll... II..,.. of the house the day before the holi day adjournment. "That proposition is conceded on all sides. Why is it important? II ia important because tho great lifo insurance companies of their hands and filching from tho pockets of our people all over the land. As tho gentleman from New York (Mr. Coekrnn) stated the other day, it lias 'become the occupation of thieves and the pastime of scoundrels. It is n question of so much importance thai our president has seen lit to call the attention of congress to it again and again. He called tho attention of thu fifty-eighth congress jtnd called out attention to it in the fifty-ninth con gress, repeating only and emphasiz ing his advice to the last congress. But it has been said that tho presi dent is not a lawyer. That may lie true, but he is surrounded by law yers. He has a dej artment of justice, and there are able, thorough-going lawyers who have undoubtedly exam ined this question and examined it carefully and havo advised the presi dent as to its legal status. After this advice has been considered ho sees fit to call attention of congress to the subject. "Now, 1 assume that it is the. opin ion of the president and the opinion of the department of justice for some time, that congress has jurisdiction and pewer tjdeal with this subject) otherwise it wore folly for tho presi dent to repeatedly :all our attention to ii. "The gentleman from Pontisylvnnin said that ho himself had dbcusscd the constitutionality of the question with an assistant attorney general of the United states and had beer, assured that in the opinion of thai gentleman there was no question but what congress had power to deal with the subject. I am aware of the fact that a great many gentlemen believe that con gress has no jurisdiction and power That opinion . is founded entirely upon a few decisions rendered by tho supreme court of the United States, the first being Paul against Virginia, rendered in 1808, or nearly fo-ty years ago. I submit, gentlemen, that at that tinio tho insurance proposi tion was not what it is today; that in tho years that have elapsed since 1808 to the present time insurance has come to bo a vastly different proposi tion from what it was when the opin ion in the case of Paul vj Virginia was rendered. We did not that time have any llydes, McCalls, and McOur dy's and others whoso names havo now noisome quite laminar to mo American people. "The other day I read, and I pre sume that other members havo dono so. that, this young man of Equitablo fame gave a dinner costing twenty ot thirty thousand dollars, to Sarah Bernhardt. At the same time per haps some poor woman and babies may have been dying of starvation in the same precinct where ho was giving his dinner. Had he used tho money for tho purpose of buying them somi) of the comforts and ne cessities of life we might applaud and not complain, but we havo a right to complain when ho blows in thai money to make a good fellow ol himself with Sarah Bernhardt, be cause it is our money that he is using when ho does it,. "I was saying that insuranoo is a different proposi tion now from what it was somo years 'ago. The supremo court of tho Uni ted States has declared that what is an article of commerce is deter mined by tho usage of the commer cial world. That is held in tho case reported in 125 U. 9., page -105. As slated by tho gentleman from Massa chusetts tho other day, tho case ol Paul vs. Virginia was practicallj overruled in the case of Champion against Ames; EMPIRE TOTTERS 0LLINC1 OP A OENKItAIi BTIUKB B1MAN3 DttSPXttATK 8THUOOLK All Russia Hntcnsely Excited Government IlenchcH Vainly For Nkulk Lmdoru of tho Ilerolutton Hltuiitlou In l'rovlnoo Or own Worno Aloinontnril ST. PETERSBURG. Tho pro clamation of a general strike has .treated the most intense excitement. H it can be successfully begun and maintained the revolutionaries are Are confident that it will break the government's back. In government circles, however, confidence is ex pressed that the proletaria organiza tions cannot effect a complete tie-up and that: the strike must be of ishort duration. This hope seems to be based on the theory that the extreme program of the reds has alienated the sym pathy of a large proportion of tho real workmen and also upon what they claim to bo absolute knowledge that tho organizations are without funds. Tho government's calcula tions, howovor, have proved deplor ably at variance with tho truo situa tion in the past, and the striko leaders declare tho government is again hnpeleo'ly ignorant of,, tho magnitude of the struglo confronting it. Their plans are exceedingly ambitious. Kroin tho nature of tho appeals of the leaders to the troops, it is evident that they -expect to precipitate a isrisis in tins army. J The central committee of tho rail road men of Moscow, which doter- mined tho issue by voting in favor of a strike, hac tvlcgraphed over the rail road lines that tho employes of twenty-two roads are ready to stop all traffic. The decision is to close every thing in the empire, railroads, man ufactories, wholesale and retail stores and all government works oxept tho water works. The bakeries in tho cities, however, will not be closed so long as they do not raise their prices.' If they raise tlte price of bread even tho bakeries will be closed. It waa proposed in Moscow to exempt the electric light plants but this was de feated. Although tho blow is timed on account of the difficulty of communi cation the slrike leaders do not hope to bring the empire to a standstill by u single strike, but they will labor for a gradual extension of the striko movement. The nature of the manifesto of the workmen's council of Moscow to tho trmy is so inllammntory that even tho 'radical papers nre afraid to print It. They will distribute only tho organ of the. workmen's council. The police are hunting down and arresting t ho strike leaders as rapidly as they can bifound. Comparatively Tew captures havo been made, as tho leaders keep in hiding, avohling their residences and meeting in secret, each time at a different locality. The helplessness of the government In this crisis is demonstrated by tho Inability of Interior Minister Dur novo to get through instructions to nrrest the members of the workmen's council of Moscow. He attempted to use tho railroad wires but tho oper ators obeyed the dictum of the coun cil and refused to send the message. The government is unable to for ward instructions to General Line viteh, commandor of tho Manchurian jmny. Five operators iu succession on tho railroad lines declined to Bend a cipher dispatch signed by tho emperor. The government enters on tho news struggle greatly crippled. Tho situation in the Baltic provinces ia growing steadily worse and in the Caucasus tho renewal of tho out-, break of tho Tartars and" Armenians has produced anothor roign of tur ror. The inhabitants of Tillis and other cities aro begging tho authori ties to furnish thorn with arms to organize a militia for self protection. At Sebastopol now mutinies havo ocenred and 1,000 soldiers havo been disarmed and aro under guard. The troops at Kharkoff havo revolted and the inhabitants aro still adminstoring the city. The weather has become very cold. Deep snow covers the country as far south as Kielf. Tt is believed that a few days' hunger and starva tion will easily drive the peopo to desperation and provoke uprisings aim! attacks on strikers and perhaps unucral pillage.-.