Nebraska Advertiser
W. W. SANDERS, l'ROi'.
NEMAHA,
NEBR.
i tLuinrnii rimers.
All negro troops In tho U. S. armr
have been ordered to tho Philippines
between now and July. Senator Tlll
mn flnds fault with this policy.
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The opponents of the President's pol
itles In the Senate are preparing to at
tack him for establishing a centralized
government, in violation of tho rlghti
of CongrcHH and the Btates.
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Premier Clemenceau, of France, has
authorized Baron de fcuylen, president
bf the Automobile club, to organize a
long dlHtance motor car speed contest
in 1007 on condition that the raco bo
held over a properly guarded course.
The South Carolina senate adopted a
resolution endorsing the action of
President Roosovelt In tho Brownsville
matter and requesting the South Caro
lina delegation In congress to support
this course
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Tho control of the New Orleans Item,
an afternoon dally, has passed to the
hands of J. M. Thomson, former pub
lisher of the Norfolk, Ca Dispatch,
who has boon elected president nnd
treasurer of tho company.
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A resolution providing for an Inves
tigation of the conduct of Senator J.
W. BaMey has been Introduced in tho
Texas (house of representatives. It Is
signed by twenty-eight members of tho
legislature. Senator Bailey's term
will expire March 4.
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Judge Landis In tho United States
court ut Chicago overruled tho demur
rer of tho Standard Oil company to
eight Indictments ponding against that
aorporation, but sustained tho demurr
er t to two othor Indictments because
f technical defects.
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The will of tho last Bishop C. C.
McCabe, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, provides annuities for tho wld
w, the proceeds from the sale of his
real estate eventually to bo applied to
the endowment fund or tho American
university, at Washington.
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News from Orizaba confirms tho re
port that the fataliticrt resulting from
the Mexican strike riots at Rio Blanco
and Santa Rosa mills were not less
than thirty. Practicnlly ail tho killed
were strikers shot by soldiers. The
property loss was not less than $1,
000,000. it
The steamer Dunblane, from Rio
Janeiro, 13 held at Mississippi viver
quarantine, New Orleans, awaiting tho
result of a blood test of one Of her
crew, who Is 111, as tho Dunblane lay
twenty-five days at dock In Rio do
Janeiro, which Is a bubonic plague In
fected port.
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A statement issued by the bureau of
statistics of the Department of Com
merce nnd Labor announces that this
country ranks third In tho value or
manufactures entering tho world's in
ternational commerce. Tho amount of
its exports for the last year aggregat
ed more than 700 million dollars.
Tho exports havo never been ap
proximated thoso figures Uororo and tho
value of American trade in the for
eign markets, the report adds, Is twice
as great now as eight years ago.
The Sherman bill for universal in
terchangeable railway mllengo bookB
at the rate of two cents a mile waB tho
subject of a hearing beforo tho "louse
committee on interstate and foreign
orumerce. H. L, Bond, second ico
president of the Baltimore & Ohio
railway; T. B. Harrison, representing
the Louisville & Nashville, nnd a ucoro
f other railway men nttorided tho
hearing. George T. Nicholson, third
vice president of the Santa Fe, wns the
chief speaker. He said tho bill was so
broad that It practically amounted to
the fixing of two cents a mile as tho
waxlmum rate for all railroads fn''lhe
United States on all passenger business
and urged that it would work grent
hardship on many of tho railways to
make such a reduction In their earn-
mks. Mr. Nicholson discussed rail
way passes at length and urged that
the new anti-pass law should not be
given as a reason for the reduction of
railway fares. He said his railway
feund that 12 1-2 per cent, of Its pas
eager traffic in June of last year waa
m passes to railway employee, but
Mat of lie passenger business omly
par seat was e passes.
TROUBLE AHEAD
The Kalsor If the new election for
of that box there's trouble coming.
threatened In Gormnny In case the new
provo advorso to tho Kalsor. News Item.
Senator Foraker's resolution provid
ing for an inquiry into the discharge
of tho negro troops of the Twenty
fifth infantry waB called up when
Senator Culberson, in an address on
the subject, said great injustice had
been done the people of Brownsville.
The conduct of the negro soldiers had
been Irritating. He related that Aug
ust 4, the day before tho "shooting up"
of tho town, a criminal assault line
boon committed by one of the soldiers
on the wlfo of a reputable citizen and
no arrests had been made for this
crime. Mr. Culberson defended Cap
tain McDonald of the Texas Rangers,
to whom Mr. Foraker had referred, be
cause of Major Blocksom's reference
to him as a man who was "so brave
that ho would not hesitate to charge
hell with a bucket of water." Mr. Cui
berson also said that ho know Major
Blocksom to be a gentleman. In do
fending President Roosovelt, Mr. Cul
berson said tho fact that tho troops
were negroes had had nothing
to do with their discharge. Confusion
as to tho legal questions Involved waB,
he said, responsible for tho statement
that the President had no authority to
make tho discharge. Tho President's
constitutional authority and the au
thority given him by tho articles of
war clearly covered the case ana made
his action legal, he declared. Mr. Cul
berson said there was a distinction
between a "discharge without honor,"
and "a dishonorable discharge." In
tho former case tho President could
exercise his discretion ub he Had done
in this instnnce, whilo a dishonorable
discharge could only be made as tho
result of a court-martial. Mr. Culber
son read resolutions recently adopted
by negro citizens of Boston which ad
mitted that tho soldiers "shot up tho
town," and said they "were determined
to do for themselves what tho uni
forms of tholr country would not do
protect them from insults and punish
at tho same time tho authors of their
Fake Mine Promoter (to larestor)
rantee of my goed faith and I assure
mtmagin mine there'll be money in it.
FOR THE KAISER.
tho Reichstag does not get you off
It Is stated that a serious crisis is
election for the Reichstag should
misery." Mr. Culberson created mer
riment by saying: "I have nothing to
do with the President in this matter;
I care nothing about him. My personal
relations with him are about as cordial
as those of the senator from Ohio
(Foraker)." In all fairness, Mr. Cul
berson said, the country ought to
know that the report made to the Pres
ident was reliable. He read much or
the evidence in this report to sustain
his contention that the soldiers nnd
not civilians had been responsible for
the shooting. Mr. Culberson declared
in closing that the people of Texas
would defend the honor of their wom
en with their lives and advised strong
ly against any action that would lead
to a conflict between the races. He
was followed by Senator Foraker.
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A bomb of giant powder and shot
was dropped from an elevated railway
station into a crowd of people at Sec
ond avenue and Forty-second street,
New York. In the explosion three per
sons wero injured seriously, and of
thoso two probably will die. Tho out
rage was directed against tho proprie
tor of a fruit store on the corner. This
man, Salvatore Cinlluca, aged 39 years,
was one of tho two dangerously lnjur
od. The other was Mary Bailey 40
years, old, who was making a purchase
tho 15-year-old son t of Cinlluca was
less dangerously injured.Many persons
were passing at tho time and u dozen
were thrown to tho ground. The crowd
fled In a panic, leaving tho injured
senseless in the midst of mashed fruit,
broken glass and splintered wood. Ital
ians living in tho section say Cinlluca
had been summoned by the district at
torney as an Important witness in a
recent Mulberry Bend murder.
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Major General Von der Launitz, pre
fect of police of St. Petersburg, was
shot and killed by a young man at the
Institute of Experimental Medicine.
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yoa, a long as you put eeln ia the 0kl
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THE tROWNtVILLE AFFRAY.
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Senator Lodge 8eeke to Eliminate 4
Review of President's Action 4
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Preliminary to his discussion of the
Brownsville incident In the Senate,
Senntor Lodge presented a substitute
resolution prepared by Senator Knox
confining the proposed Senate Inquiry
to tho "affray" In Brownsville and
eliminating any review of the resi
dent's action. He accepted Senator
Culberson's amendment authorizing
tho committee to visit Brownsville If it
desired.
Mr. Lodge followed Senator Gcarln,
who had concluded a speech in the
Japanese question. He said:
"Two questions are here Involved, a
question of fact and a question of law.
They are entirely distinct, they are to
be settled separately am: neither
should be permitted to cloud or ob
struct tho other In jhe public mind.
The question of fact may be stated in
this way. The President, the Secre
tary of War and the officers of the
army detailed to Inquire into tho
Brownsville affair have decided that
the shooting wns done by the soldiers
and furnish testimony to sustain their
opinion.
The Constitution league, represent
ing the soldiers, deriy that the shoot
ing was done by them and assert that
It was done by citizens of Browns
ville, disguised in uniforms of the
troops and provided with exploded
shells from the government ranges,
who committed this outrage for the
purpose of casting odium on the troops
of Fort Brown. One of these two pro
positions must be proved.
"The question of law is whether the
President in dismissing these compan
ies without honor exceeded bis powers
under the law and the constitution.
The constitution makes the President
commander-in-chief of the army and
navy of the United States and Con
gress is given authority 'to make rules
for the government and regulation of
tho land and naval forces.'
"The commander-in-chief has as
such the right inherent in his office
to punish or discharge except so far
as it is limited or regulated by the law
making power which has enacted the
articles, of war. The dishonorable dis
charge can be given only by sentence
of court-martial, the honorable dis
charge can, of course, be given )y the
commanding officer, but there Is an
other discharge now described as 'the
discharged without honor' which is not
limited to the action of court-marclo.l
and which conies within 'the discretion
of the President, the Secretary of War
and the commanding officer.
"There can be no doubt whatever
that the power of summary dismissal
was inherent in the office or commander-in-chief
when the President was Jti
vested by the constitution with that
office and there has never been any
attempt on the part of Congress to pre
vent or Interfere witn the exqrclae of
this authority.
"If the commander-in-chief is unable
to dismiss from tho army the soldiers
whom he regards as dangerous to the
service nnd to military discipline
without furnishing proof which would
convict to a jury, military discipline
would bo at an end and the army of
tho United States would be a menace
to tho people of the country. Tho law.
the constitution, tho statutes and the
practice are so clear cs to the right of
the President to terminate the contract
of enlistment and discharge soUlleis
at pleasure, that It seems a waste of
words to any one who has read llio
statutes to argue It at all."
A Compromise.
Through tho agency of Senator Aid
rich and other senate leaders a com
promise is to bo effected in the fight
over tho President's right to dismiss
the negro troops accused or participa
tion in tho Brownsville riot. A reso
lution will be agreed upon which will
give tho military committee of the
Senate full right to investigate not
only the Brownsville riot, but the
right of the President to dismiss a
battalion of soldiers without trial by
court-martial.
They will give Senator Foraker all
ho has asked for and at the same timo
save the friends of tho President from
the defeat confronting them had they
persisted In trying to obtain a declar
ation from the Senate that the Presi
dent had acted within his constitu
tional and legal authority.
The effect of this program will be
to avert the necessity of voting upon
this latter proposition and yet to give
to the anti-administration men the full
fruits of any possible victory that
might have been won.
The wily Senator Aldrich, who has
no greater lore for Mr. Kooievelt than
has Senator Foraker, has planned that
without tho use of any more harsh
words the country shall bo given to
understand that a committee of tho
Senate is investigating tho President of
the United States and trying to ascer
tain if he ignored the laws and usurp
ed power not properly his, In order to
enforce his own Ideas of military dis
cipline. Senator Lodge will be forced
to accept the Aldrich proposition. In
addition to this Lodge has suddenly
discovered that his colleague, W. Mur
ray Crane, Is not only In the anti-ad-mlnistratlon
camp, but Is active in the
support of Foraker.
HEARING ABOUT STOCK RATES.
Harriman Line Affairs Delayed Before
the Commerce Commission.
At the first session, of the intorstutc
commerce commission at Chicago cat
tle rates nnd the terminal charges at
Chicago on shipments of stock occu
pied the openirig session.
Chester M. Dawes of the Burlington
asserted that it was not possible lor
him to furnish certain statistics re
garding shipments which had been
requested by Attorney Cowan, repre
senting tho Texas Cattle Growers' As
sociation. Mr. tCowau declared that
other roads had furnished these fig
ures and it should be possible for the
Burlington road to do the same. The
matter was dropped after some debate.
Mr. Dawes contended that the ad
vance In cattle rates was Justified by
excessive amounts of damages paid to
cattle shippers. Mr. Cowan asked for
the amount of damages paid by the
Burlington. Mr. Dawes said he did not
have It and that the Burlington road
had not. kept Its books in sucn a man
ner as to render the figures available.
"You come here and justify advanc
ed rates," said Commissioner Prouty,
"by damage and decline tip say what
these damages are. That is hardly
fair. If you have not kept your uooks
as you should that does not alter the
facts in this case."
"Perhaps not," said Mr. Dawes, "but
we have not so kept our books."
The matter was finally settled by
the statement of Mr. Dawes that the
damages on the Burlington line did
not exceed those on the Santa Fe road
and ho would accept the authoritative
figures given by that line as being
representative of conditions . on the
Burlington. ,
J. W. Kcndrick, vice president of the
Santa Fe road, was the next witness.
He declared that he considered the
present rates on cattle from Texas to
be unreasonably low.
The evidence of Vice President Ken
drlck did not develop anything mater
ial and he was followed by General
Manager Turner of the Pecos Valley
division of the Santa Fe road. He de
clared that the road handled no class
of dead freight that did not pay better
than the handling of live stock at pres
ent rates.
Corporal Knowles, a negro, of Com
pany A, Twenty-fifth Infantry, has
been arrested at Fort Reno, charged
with the shooting of Captain Macklin
the night of December 21. The evi
dence against him is a blood stained
khaki blouse found hidden on the tar
get range near the post. The coat has
Knowles' initials in it and there is ,-.
bullet hole in the left arm. Tho coat
was found by hunters about C o'clock
Sunday evening. They reported to
Sergeant Necdham, who took tho coat
and confronted Knowles with It. Know
les acknowledged it as his coat. It
was tried on him nnd a bullet wound
was found on Knowles' left forearm
corresponding to the bullet hole In the
sleeve. When accused of shooting
Captain Macklin Knowles said ho could
prove an alibi by sixteen witnesses
and when asked to account for the
wound on his arm he said he hart In
jured it on a nail. The negro who shot
Captain Macklin wore a lchaki coat.
Thomas H Paynter
Hon. Thomas H. Paynter, senator
from Kentucky, was born December 9,
1851, on a farm In tho mountainous re
gions of Lewis county, Kentucky. Ha
Lgraduated from Center College, Dan-
I ..til. fx-. -A 1 I 1
mhu, ivy. fio Hiiuueu law under Jud;o
Garland at Vanceburg, Ky., and was
admitted to tho bar In 1873. He rrar
ricd Miss Elizabeth K. Pollock, of
Greenup, Ky., In 1878. He was coun
ty attorney of Greenup county from
187G to 1882. He wont to Congro39 from'
the Ninth Kentucklan district In 1888
and was twice re-elected. Ho then Lt
camo chief justice of the Kentucky
Court of -Appeals. Ho Is a clese frieni
of Beckham, the big political leader In
Kentucky, who backed him strong!
for the United States Senate.