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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1907)
Nebraska Advertiser W. W. SANDKRS, Prop. NEMAHA, NEBR. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Fifteen thousand girl waiters In Now Vork city will strike unless shorter kours and hotter wages are granted tvlthln two months. it Twenty-two feet of ground on Main Itreet, Kansas City, Mo., has JuBt brought tho highest price ever paid in tho city $4,545 per front foot. it When American Amhassador Meyers presented Ills loiters of recall to Em peror Nicholas, tho czar conferred on him tho grand cordon of tho Alexander Nevskl order. Tho Interstate oil conferonco called by Governor Hoch of Kansas, to con sist of representatives of surrounding states, was fixed at Topcka, for Febru ary Gth. it The Southwestern Lumberman's As soclatlon In session at Kansas City, adopted an anti-trust resolution and courted Investigation of Its own organ ization and .methods. Well Informed persons In Vatican Ircles declare new Instructions from tho pope relative to tho future organ ization of Catholic churencs in France have boon forwarded to Paris. Mrs. Stonewall .TackBon has de clined n pension of $100 a month, vot ed by tho North Carolina legislature. Bho recommends that tho amount bo appropriated for tho relief of destitute widows of tho Confederacy. it It is understood that tho appoint ment of Professor William Bullock Olark of tho Johns-Hopkins university, Baltimore, to tho directorship of tho United States geological survoy has been practically decided upon. George A. Burnham, jr., convicted of grand larceny from the Mutual Reserve Life of Now York, or wnlch ho was ceumsel and vice president, and sen tenced to two years imprisonment, has commenced serving his term at Sing lng. it The Chicago bureau of tho Alliance against Accident Fraud will invite all corporations in tho Ccntrnl states which aro likely to bo lntorcsted in tho movement to Join, and bureaus will bo organized In every largo city in tho aountry. Trouble is threatened in Santiago do Las Vegas, provinco of Havann, owing to the refusal of the acting mayor to turn over his authority to the actual Mayor. Tho government does not ap prehend any serious trouble, though Ike mayor of Santiago do Las Vogas lias asked for assistance. i ti With arms entwined an unknown young man and a young woman stood a the tracks of the Pennsylvania rail road over Newton creek, N. J., and ealnily waited until an electric train ran them down. Both were killed and their bodies hurled into the water. it Several Mexicans were ambushed by Yaqul Indians at Suaqul, Sonorn, Mex ico. Two Mexicans were killed and several wounded. Small bands of Ya ejuls are roaming over lower Sonora, attacking Mexican camps, since the battle with the Mexican troops, when lwenty-flve Mexican soldiers were kill ed and the Yaqul Indians wero routed. The compromise denatured alcohol lll, agreod upon by tne House com mittee 'on ways and means, carries a provision that the measuro shall not become effective until after Septombor 1, 1908. This date was fixed int the re quest of the commissioner of Internal revenue, Mr. Yerkes, for the purposo of granting him adequate time to prepare regulations for the manufacture of al cohol by small manufacturers not con nected with distilleries. ft Virgil P. Kline, representing the Btavdard Oil company, in a conference with the prosecutor, Mr. David, agreed to waive a personal service of the In dictments recently found against the Standard Oil company of Ohio and Its subsidiary companies and John D. Rockefeller. Pergonal service on H. H. Rogers, J, D. Archhold, Wesly H. Tllford and Frank O. Braslow wan not waived. This action will require the f rosecutor, David, to prove that these Men have been In Ohio la the last three years. Uncle Sam By tho Great Horn Spoon! If I owned the railroads and put up that kind of servlco your Unci o would never hear tho end of what a horrlblo falluro Government ownership was. A bill granting a ponslon of $25 a month to Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, tho widow of tho distinguished Confeder ate general, is ponding in tho senate. Jackson was a graduate of tho West Point Military Academy and served in tho United States army for several years boforo the Civil war. Upon tho occasion of tho visit of President and Mrs. Roosevelt to Charlotte, N, C, last year, Mrs. Jackson was ono of tho first porsons tho president mot. Ho presented her to Mrs. Roosevelt and tho two paid a visit to the home of Mrs. Jackson, who has lived In Char lotto many years. Nearly 30,000 people paid tribute to tho memory of Senator R. A. Alger as his body lay In state in the Detroit city hall. For throo hours and a hair a continuous line of pooplo passed through the corridor for a last look at tho dead senator. Pathetic and mov ing Incidents abounded as the throng passed before the open casket. Old soldiers who had served in the Civil war with him, salutod as they slowly marched by tho body of their old com mander with tear dimmed oyes. When tho last porson had passed boforo the casket, tho senator's body was carried out to tho hearso and takon to tho family homo on Fort streot. Under the proposed legislation relat lng to tribal rolls nearly 2,000 children of negro-Indian parentage will be ad mittcd to the citizenship rolls of the Choctaw and Chlckashaw nations. Theso children nro now enrolled as freedraen and as such are entitled to forty acres of land. If the provision adopted by tho committee becomes a law, they will bo cntltlea to share in all of tho property and money of the Choctaw and Chlckashaw nations, in cluding tho proceeds from the coal fields owned by tho Indians, which are worth many millions. Under the amendment the descendants of any Choctaw or Chickasaw Indian and ne gro woman or negro man and Indian woman, whethor the parents wore married or not, shall share in the dis tribution of lands and funds of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. it Articles of incorporation obtained by several Chlcagoans from the secre tary of state at Springfield for a medi cal and dental school to uo known as tho Andrew Carnegie university have given rise to widespread misapprehen sion that the philanthropic Scot has chosen Chicago as the Tjeneficlary of a now experiment ou his part in charity. As a matter of fact the project was not ovon broached to Mr. Carncglo and the use of his name as mat of the new institution is merely complimentary. The Incorporators are Chicago physi cians. "We chose Mr. Carnegie's name," said one of tho founders, "as that of our school merely to honor him and without any solicitation that he should assist us in a financial way or otherwise. None of his money has been given toward tho enterprise." it At a farewell dinner to James Bryce. tho now English ambassador to the United States, given at Manchester by tho Reform club, Mr. Bryce, replying to a toast to his hearth, referred to Groat Britain's good relations with all tho powers and added: "There is one friendship which Is of especial value to nil of us: I refer to the United States. I am happy to think our re lations with that country never have been better. Novor, indeed rio I think they havo been so good as they are at this moment. The incident fresh in your momory need be referred to only for the sake of saying that the moral of it was 'this Is how different things aro now, happily, from those times Bradstrect'o report recently Issued says while weather conditions are still a bar to widespread activity In trade and industry, evidences or improve ment In spring demand and enlarging shipments are a feature of the week. Additional favorable items are an ex pansion in the grain markets, long stagnant, based apparently on better export Inquiry; rather more cheerful advices from South Atlantic states heretofore reporting trade and collec tions backward; a decided easing of time money rates with a resumption of demand for commercial paper and good reports from the winter wheat crop. In tho Northwest heavy Bnows have checked the wheat, movement and coal trains still have the right of way In that section, the result being bene ficial to Western coal trade, but check ing sales and collections, particularly in the Dakotas. In the Ohio valley rains and floods have retarded demand and transportation and caused heavy damage, but tho failure of the expected freeze to follow the floods is a good point for winter wheat. Collections aro irregular. In the Southwest trade Is good and the outlook for spring is excellent. The Roman Catholic church has won in the firbt skirmish of the strug gle in Spain to separate church and state. With five Liberal ministries broken up in eight months owing to the irreconcilable differences between tho leaders, King Alfonso finally decid ed that he had no alternative except to recall Senor Maura, the ex-premier, and leader of tho Conservatives, and ascertain what a strong Conservative cabinet can accomplish. The religious Issue has been the root of all dissen sions. The accession of Senor Maura, to power Is regarded as a sweeping victory for the clericals and may rouse a revolutionary spirit. The struggle of tho French government against clericalism and the success of France In divorcing the church from the French temporal power encouraged tho Spanish Liberals and Republicans to organize for similar purpose. The Interstate commerce commission sent to Congress today a report of the investigations made by it under the Tillman-Glllesple resolution concern ing the relations of common carriers by rail to the production and distribu tion of oil. The report covers the dis tribution of petroleum and Us pro ducts east of the Mississippi river, and Incidentally, the Kansas and Texas fields. Tho report points out general ly the methods by whlcn tho Standard Oil company "has built up and per petuated Its monopoly." It Is assert ed that "the ruin of its competitors has been a distinct part of the policy of the Standard Oil company In tho : past, systematically and persistently pursued. "No Instance," the report says, is rounu wnero any railway company has been Interested In oil lands or In petroleum production, and only one instance is shown where offi cials of a railway company were intor- Scandal arising from the farewell! dlnnor given In honor of a departing diplomat Ib tho latest sensation of Rome and It may end in a charge of murder against Vera Sylvas, a dan seuse. A dinner was given to the dip lomat and tho secretary of a foreign embassy to the qulrlnal. Among the guests were many representatives of embassies and legations to the qulrlnal and tho Vatican. After midnight, It Is said, the dinner became a bravl. Two din ors seized Vera Sylvas, a danseuso, and tossed her upon tho table. The diners pelted her with flowers, bread and lumps of sugar. One diner tossed a salt cellar at the young woman, the salt entered her oyes, whereupon tho danseuBe, It is said, seized a cham pagne bottle and struck Senor Diaz, secretary of the Spanish ombasray to tho Vatican, on the head, Diaz fell to tho floor In a pool of blood. The guests took sides for and" against the dan- seuse and a fight ensued. Tho restau rant bill for the damages was $600. Prof. Mazzoni, the pope's physician, found that tho diplomat's skull had boon fractured and, ono eye destroyed. Ho may die. Vera Sylvas fled and po lice aro pursuing her. it The net earnings of tho United Statos Steel corporation for the last three months of 190G wero $51,744,964, the greatest on record, and the earn ings for tho year wore $156,619,111 or more than double those of 1904, and nearly 37 millions greater than in 1905. The surplus, after fixed charges and preferred and common stock dividends for tho quarter ending December 31, 1906, is $18,824,545, as compared with $14,897,31S in the previous quarter and a surplus after charges and preferred stock dividend, only, in the corres ponding quarter of 1905 of $1G,416,563. From the surplus of the quarter there was appropriated 35 1-2 million dollars on account of expenditures made and" fo bo made- on authorized appropria tions for additional property, con struction and discharge of capital ob ligations. This leaves a balance of surplus for the quarter of $3,324,545. The corporation officially reports un filled orders on hand December 31, 1906, amounting to 8,489,780 tons as compared with 7,936,884 tons on Sep tember 30, 1906; 6,809,589 tons on June 30, 190G; 7,018,712 tons on March 31, 1906, and 7,605,036 tons on December 31, 1905. A dividend of 1-2 of 1 per cent on the 508 millions of common stock, and 1 3-4 percent on the 360 millions of preferred stock, out of the last quarter's earnings, was declared by tho directors today. Tho failure to announce an increase in tho dividend on the common stock caused much dis satisfaction among some brokers and stockholders. It was intimated on Wall street that the company is lend ing money at low Interest to corpora tions controlled by the directors. whon an incident like tliat would havo i estea in the production and sale of oil been the signal of cries of defiance in the press of both countries. Fortu nntoly In both countries no one took this matter as anything but an occas ion wherein we could show our trust In ono another." it Listen to all advice, then act on your own best judgment. This relates to certain officials of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern rail road having owned stock of the Ar- gand Refining company, which was, on their recommendation, afterwards sold to the Standard Oil company, and the lubricating contract which tho road transferred to the Galena Oil A CAUSE FOR THANKFULNESS. The Senate and the House It looks as though we can pull through the rest of this session without any of us getting indicted. company, a Standard ft company.' The proposition which the French bishops, with the approval of the popo, have now submitted to tho government appears to offer tho first real prospect of an adjustment of the conlllct be tween the state and church under the separation regime. Wnllo it involves a material modification of the position takon In tho last papal encyclical, the proposition put forward lias all tho ap poaranco of an ultimatum. Whether tho government, In spite of tho con cessions mado and being made in tho Interest of religious peace, will, accept a settlement bused upon tho absolute recognition of the Roman hierarchy re mains to bo seen. Tho model contract which tho bishops havo submitted pro vides for tho virtual lease of tho churches In perpetuity of tho parish prlosts by tho mayors, the leases be lng for eighteen years and renewable by their successors. Tho leases, which carry a stipulation ongaging tho com munal, municipal and state authorities not to lntorfero with tho administra tion of the church and pnrtsn, aro In valid without tho express ratification of the bishop and become null the mo- mont tho parish priest loses tho bish op's authorization. The bishops must act together to insure tho acceptance of the contracts everywhere or no where. William Whlteley, London's mer chant prince, known es the "univers al provider," who was killed by a school teacher, bequeathed $5,000,000 to tho poor of London. His will pro vides for tho erection of almshouses for the deserving poor. Whlteley was tho wealthiest and greatest rotall mer chant in all England. After a confer ence in his private office with a fash ionably dressed young man the old merchant came out and was followed by his visitor, who seomod persistent. Tho merchant waved his hand as though intimating that tho interview was at an end. He said he would call the police and turned v.ls back on his caller. As he did so the young man drew a revolver and fired two shots. Both wero at close range and both took effect. Immediately the murderer turned the revolver on himself and' fell beside the body of his victim. it Mrs. Jennlo L. May has been indict ed for assualt with intent to kill Lu clen Conen at Washington, D. C Co- nen lived more than a year and a day after the shooting, during which time Mrs. May was hold to bo punished for murder in the first degree, but under the law she could not bo punished in that degree after tho elapse of tho time stated, and has accordingly been Indicted for tho lesser offense. Accord lng to the statements made at the time, Mrs. May said the shooting was tho rosult of Conen's repeating slan derous stories regarding her. it Frank Cox, at present judge of the siipromo court of appeals of West Vir ginia, has tendered his resignation The salary is $4,500. Cox was elected in 1906 and still bad ten years to serve. Ho declares inadequate salary is the reason. for his resignation.