NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of tha
Past Seven Days.
fntoi oallnp; Homo Gntlturoil From nil
Parts of tlo Worl.l Condonnod
Into Small Spnco lor tlio Bon
flt of Our Bonders.
ConurcsfttON.il,
A hill to create ii bureau of harbors
mul waterways under the department
of roinnioreo anil liilior lias been Intro
duced in tlic 1uih"
Tim president linn sent to Urn sen
iili iill tin1 correspondence with Vono
zueln regarding (ho tlv American
oliiiniH which haw boon In dispute for
hovimhI yoniv. Anion;; tho papers l
tin- report of Solicitor of tho State
liopnitniont Calhoun, wlio was seat
lii Vontiuola by tln president to In
os 1 1 gate
Hills foi
Kogoc, Oh
have boon
public buildings at Mus
, mul Kansas City, Kaa.,
reported fnvonibly to tho
senate
bill providing for the plaolnn on
the free list all goods which an sold
in foreign countries cheaper than In
I .in United Stales ban been Introduced
m the hoiiHC
riic house committee on hanking
ji"d currency has wood to give hear'
i.n;s on the Ablrlch currency bill.
The. nil mc of Dr. David .layue Hill
as ambassador to (Jennany has been
sent to the senate by President Rouse
elt. A bill providing lor ti lluunce com
mission to bo eomposod of seven mem
bora appointed by the president with
out regard to tholr political nIHHatlons,
Iuih been Introduced In the senate.
Senator Overman of North Carolina
has introduced a Joint resolution In the
senate placing wood pulp and printing
paper on the free list.
The senato has continued tho nomi
nation of Oram Victor to be United
Stales marshal for the eastern district
of Oklahoma.
The agricultural appropriation bill
carrying ftl.oOS.SOO has been passed
by the house after a debate lasting
several days.
The senate has continued the nomi
nation of David .layne Hill as Amer
ican ambassador to Germany.
Sjieakcr Cannon has Introduced reso
lutions In tho house calling for all the
papers ocarina on tno investigation in-1
to tho affairs of the print, paper trust. ,
Tho house committee on mines is I
n.nm toil na f:vnrlnir the establishment
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the department of the interior. j
nil... 1 1,1.1.1, I..r...t..l 1.111 ivli.in II
I II V Allll 1UII llll.l IIUI.I I tllll
reached the house was referred to the.
commit teo on banking and currency,
Senator Warner of Missouri has
boon made chairman of the senate
committee on the Mississippi river and
its tributaries.
Miscellaneous.
The national convention of Popn-
IIM ill. cii. iiium iiwmiii.ikv-ii iiuiiiii.' i
R Watson of Georgia for president ;
and Samuel W. Williams of Indiana
for vice oresldenL The Nebraska
del
legates left tho convention when the i
mination was made and declared j
nomination
their intention of supporting William '
J Hrynn The usual platform was
adopted.
The proposition to build a new sub-,
way under Rroadway and Lexington I
avenue from the Rattory to the llronx j
has been approved by the New York
board of estimates. The work will
cost $00,000,000.
The railroads will make a rate of
lrt cent a mile to the Republican
national convention in .lone
President Lewis of the miners
makes the positive statement that an-;
other joint convention of miners and
operators will be held in Indlauapolls
during the latter part of April.
Firo recently destroyed the Corning
company's distillery at Peoria, ill.,
causing a loss of upward of $1,000,000.
The American cur In the New York
to Paris race has been shipped from
Seattle to Valder, Alaska.
Five passengers were Injured by a
collision of trolley cars at Omaha.
Neb., causod by a dense fog.
Charles llunton, sold to be a mem
ber of a gang of forgers operating in
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, was
shot and killed by Sheriff Campbell of
Garfield county, Oklahoma, while- at
tempting to escape.
Admiral Evans' flagship, the Connec
ticut, has rejoined the tleet at Mag
dalena bay.
Two hundred and lUty thousand bi
tuminous coal miners throughout tho
country have quit work until a wage
settlement has been reached and a
scale adopted
Senator Jefferson Davis was recently
fined $2!i in the police court at Little
Rock, Ark., for flourishing a revolver.
Two robbers who had dynamited and
robbed the safe in a drug store In
Independence, Kan., were wounded
and captured at Cherryvale after a
tight wfth "officers.
The total coinage at the United
-Stiles mints during March was ?20,
?fi.21S ' '
Frank Golch of Iowa defeated
George HackoiiHchtnldt, the "ItuHHlnn
Lion," In a wrestling match for tho
world's ehatnplonHhlp at Chicago re
cently. The men worked for one hour
and nil minutes without a fall, when
the Russian cried enough and tho
ohnmploiiHhlp was awarded to (loteh.
Thirty-six men, Including one of
Peer, lost their Uvoh off tho Islo of
Wight recently when the Hrltlsh tor
pedo boat destroyer Tiger wa sunk
by the cruiser llerwlck during night
maneuvers by the licet
The Indiana Republican Mate con
vention Instructed their doleguton for
C. W. KnlrbunkH Tor president and
nominated a mil state ticket with
.lauiea 10. Watson as tholr candidate
for governor.
A disastrous prairie lire raged In
the country about I'axton, Neb,, re
cently. One man was burned to death,
many houses wore destroyed and bun
dro.bi of head of live stock were lost.
A blank Whitehead torpedo llred
from tho tubes of tho torpedo boat
Mlnkoley swerved from Its course came
back and striking the Dlakeley bolow
the water line made a large jagged
hole In her port side sending her to
the navy yard for repairs.
W. J. Dryan was the guest or honor
and principal speaker at the banquet
of tho Democratic Club of Missouri
at Kansas City and at. tho close stated
that so far as he knew It was the
biggest bamiuet ever assembled In any
city on American soil
Fred 1). Fisher, American consul at
Harbin, Is disturbing Russia and Japan
by insisting on Chinese sovereign
In Manchuria. He Is acting under or
ders from Washington and Ib execut
ing a well considered plan of preserv
ing the "open door" in that country.
The corporation commission of Okla
homa has ordered a reduction of 50
per cent In freight rates on crude pe
troleum and 10 per cent on refined
oils.
Seventy members of the Nebraska
Democratic Editorial association were
entertained recently by W. .1. Bryan
at a banquet at Lincoln.
The trial of the four land fraud
cases transferred from California to
Washington has begun. Two hundred
witnesses from 14 states are present.
the l.rr0 delegates to the Repub
lican state convention elected at the
Massachusetts primaries. H01 are for
Taft for president.
Seven men from southeast Missouri,
convicted in the federal court, of peon-
age, have been
taken
Kan.,
to
to
the prison
begin sorv-
at Leavenworth,
lug their terms.
Mario Lehman, 2( years' old,
took
that
the
her own life In St, Louis. In order
Invalid sister might have
A.A
1 111'
insurance ou her life.
Missouri supreme court, has de-
1 nled the attorney general's motion for
' the appointment of n commissioner to
' take testimony in the ouster suits
against various railroads and other
j corporations for alleged violation of
I tho state anti-trust law.
The Parker Grain company of Mc-
Pherson, Kan., has been declared
bankrupt with liabilities of $100,000.
' David 11. Grant of McPherson. was
"PP""ueu rreenw
A verdict against the government
was recently rendered at Portland,
-,e-. ,n u su
ot R brlgant
Me.. In a suit for $70,000 for the loss
ne which was sunk by a
United States gunboat off the Nova
Scotia coast 42 years ago.
Friends ot the commission plan of
city government recently adopted at
Dos Moines, la., were defeated at the
city election.
Andrew Carnegie has added $5,000,
000 to his foundation fund In order to
provide pensions for eligible profess
ors of state universities.
The Indiana railroad commission af
ter an Investigation lasting several
mouths has ordered express rates re
duces! on an average of between 10
and 12 per cent.
The government will not prosecute
railroads for failure to comply with
the "commodity clause" of the railroad
rate law pending a decision of the su
preme court
At a conference of the general so
licitors of all tho Missouri railroads,
held at St. Louis, It was decided to
renew the tight on the two-cent far
law in Missouri.
During target practice at Magdalena
bay 140 Inches of the muzzle of one
of the six-Inch guns of the Missouri
blew orf. No ouo was Injured.
It Is estimated by an officer of the
tleet that 640 tons of ammunition will
be shot away during the target prac
tice at Magdalena bay and that the
cost for the. first eight ships will bo
$130,000 and slightly less for the third
andfourth divisions
The American car in the New York-to-Parls
race will not make the trip
through Alaska but will be shipped
from Seattle to Vladivostok and take
the southern Siberian route.
Personal.
Paul Morton, president of the
Equitable Life Assurance society, is
ill In Seattle. Wash., with ptomaine
poisoning.
Rear Admiral Kvans has gone to
the hot springs at San Luis Obispo,
Cal., for treatment for rheumatism, jle
hopes -to. rejoin the tleet at San Fran'
clsco
NEBRASKA NEWS
8TATE'S FINANCES SHOW UP
GOOD SHAPE.
IN
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
Shows Condition of the Permanent
Fund of the State, and Gives
Balances in the Banks
of Deposit.
Tho state treasurer's report for tho
month of March shows that tno per
manent fund of the state, Invested In
ntorest bearing securities, now
amounts to a mini but a few thousand
dollars below eight million dollars.
Thla Invested fund Is as follows:
'ormnnent school fund. . $7,4G,14fi. 05
Pormunent university. . . - 1 1,725.60
Agr. collogo endowment. . 380,808.8a
Normal endowment iu,uui.0
$7,90:i,!)82.7l
Tho state treasurer has on hand cash
to the nmount of $fi 10,15:1.58. This
cash with tho exception of $18,237.02
Is on deposit with depository banks In
tho state and Is drawing thrco per cent
intereat Tho banks holding state
fundB and the amount held by oach are
shown in the following list:
Ainsworth -Citizens Stato
5,000.00
5,000.00
fi, 000. 00
r.,ooo.oo
C.000.00
4,000.00
l.r.oo.oo
C.000.00
3,000.00
r.ooo.oo
2,000.00
5,000.00
3,000.00
n.ooo.oo
n.ooo.oo
u.r.oo.oo
'.1.000.00
5.000.00
5,000.00
-',500.00
2.000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
5.000.00
2.000.00
1,500.00
5,000.00
iVIllnncc Alliance National ...
Arnnalioo Citizens State
Ashland National hank
Albion First National
Itattlo Creek Battle Creek Na
tional
Uavtllo Mills First National...
lllnlr Citizens Stale.
lllootnlncton Bloom'Kton State
Ilroken now
Custer National
Security Stato
Kltie Hill First National
Central City Central City Na
tional
Chndron First National
Corn lea.--Corn lea State
CralK Crals State
Curtis Curtis State
Cedar Rapids
S. S. liadley Co
First National
CralK Farmers State
Clay Center Coinme.re
Stato.
State..
DannchroR DannehroK
DoiIko Klrnt National
Klein EIkIh Stato
EuntlH Pioneer bank
Fremont
First National
Fanners & Merchants
C.lenvlllo Bank of Olenvllle. . .
Gordon First National
Gioelov
Greeley State
First National
2.000,
3,000,
2,000,
2.500
Ilarvurd
Union Stato
Stato
Havelook Farmers and Mo-
ciituues ,
2.500.00
4.000.00
2.000.00
5.000.00
3.000.00
Hendem)nFlnit .-National
HoIdrcKi First National
UnstlnKS uanK or commerce.
Jansen State Hank of .lansen
Kearney
Central National
Farmers' Bank
3,000.00
5.000.00
2,000.00
I.txIiiKton Le.NhiRton bank. . . .
Lincoln
City National
23,000.00
Farmers' and Merchants'.... 15.000.00
Central National 21,737.35
Natloinl Bank of Commerce. 21.059. 3"
Loomls First National 3.000.00
Loup Clty--Loiip City State.. 4.000.00
Meadow Drove Security hank. 2,000.00
Norrouw-
Norfolk National 5.000.00
Nebraska National 5.000.00
North Bend- First National... 5.000.00
Newman Grove First National 5,000 00
Onkdalo .Antelopo Co. Bank.. 3,000.00
OK.alalla Citizens' State. 3.000.00
Omaha J. T,. Hr.nulols & Sons 10,000.00
Orhcard Farmers State 2,000.00
Petersburg Bank of l'etersb'K 1.000.00
Pierce l'lerce State 1,000.00
BIslnK City HImiik City bank. 3.000.00
South Omaha
South Omaha National S4.418.90
Live Stock National 30.000.00
St. Paul First State 4.000.00
Silver Creek Silver Cr'k State 2,500.00
Spalding
First National 5.000.00
SiuldliiR City bank 3.000.00
Scott's Bluff First National... 2.500.00
Superior First National 5.000.00
Sntton -Sutton National 4,000.00
Syracuse Bank of Syracuse.. 2,500.00
Sargent- First National 5,000.00
Valentine
First National 3.000.00
Valentine Statu 5.000. ill)
AVahoo Saunders Co. National 5,000.00
Wnketleld Farmers & Traders 2.500.00
N ayne- First National 4.000.00
"West Point -West Point NatM. 5.000.00
A lsner
First National 5.000.00
AVlsnor Stato fi.onn mi
"Wolbach First National 5.000.00
eepliiR water -First National 5.000 00
York
City National 5.000.00
First National 7.500.00
Total
..S401.S15.CS
INJURED BY KICK.
Skull of
Fremont Boy 1b
Fractured
by a Horse.
Elmer Nelson of Fremont, a bov
16 years of age, was seriously if not
fatally burl bv a horse kink- n,n
the horse was beine le.l fmm n
, - - "Mi
watering trough back to the barn, it
took fright at the barking of n dog
or.d lunged to cet awav. Ymimv
Nelson hung to the rope and got a
kick in the forehead for his pains.
His skull was fractured. Nelson who
Is a son of M p. Nelson, was taken
to the Fremont hospital. Ho under
went a surgical operation and has a
slight chance to recover.
Board Contracts for Supplies.
Tho State Board of Purchase and
Supplies held a three days' session
last week. Contracts were made for
supplies lor state institutions for three
moutns. Prices were about tho
with the exception of meat.
same,
in another column will
found a
When
um oi Lincoln ndytimsers
you write or calUjifthe
em please men-
tlon this paper.
PAY8 FULL PENALTY.
Chester Gillette Executed In Auburn
Prison.
Chostor Fj. Ollletto paid tho full
penalty for tho brutal murder of
Grace Brown. He went to his death
in tho electric chair nt tho Auburn
(N. Y.) prison without a sign of
woaknoss and with the same luck of
omotlon which has characterized him
from tho day lie was arrested charged
with tho crime. Gillette appeared to
have been fully reconciled to his fate,
and In a statement given out by hfs
apirltual advisers Immediately after
tho execution it is indicated that ho
had made a confession of his guilt.
This statement was signed by tho
Rov. Henry Mcllravy of Little Falls
and the Rev. Cordello Herrlck, the
prison chaplain, who had attended
Gillette aliico ho hna been In the
doath cell, it follows: "liecause. our
relationship with Chester Gillette was
privileged wo do not deem it wise to
make a dotalled statement and sim
pjy wish to say that no legal mlHtake
wan made in his electrocution."
Gillette himself, so far as the pub
lic was concerned, never admitted
his crime. His Ui3t word, in the Torm
of a atatoment which ho prepared wi'ch
painstaking care, was made public
after he had been put to death. In
thla statement Gillette Implored young
men to lead Christian lives.
YOUNG WOMAN SENT TO JAIL,
Miss
Estelle Taylor Pleads Guilty to
Passing Forged Check.
Estelle Taylor of Galosburg, 111.,
arrested noino months ago on the
charge of passing forged cheeky,
pleaded guilty to obtaining money
by false pretenses and was sentenced
to 10 days in tho county jail. The
sentenco was imposed by .fudge Ker
sten in spite of the request of the
seven complaining witnesses that she
bo released. Miss Taylor graduatod
fiom the law department of the Uni
versity of Minnesota. She passed a
number of forged checks last winter
whilo attending Northwestern univor
slty at Evanston.
HORNE WILL ENTER ASYLUM.
Slayer of Kansas City Editor Taken
to St. Joseph.
Gen. Richard C. Home, who was ac
quitted last week of the charge of
murdering H. J. Groves, managing
odltor of the Kunsas City Post, an
evening newspnper, was taken to St.
Joseph. Gen. Home will enter the.
State Asylum for the Iniaane. Home
was acquitted of the murder of
Groves on the plea that he was in
snne at the time of tho shooting.
Another charge pending against
Home, that of assault with intent to
L'HI O. D. Woodward, a theatrical mnn
ager, formerly of Omnha, was ills.,
missed.
PROF. F. W. WOLL
of the Agricultural Experiment Station
of the University of Wisconsin, In
official bulletin No. 151, says of
Stock Foods:
First They are no benefit to
healthy animals when fed as directed,
cither as to increasing the digestibility
of the feed eaten, or rendering ft
more effective for tho production of
meat, milk, wool, etc.
Second They ore no benefit as cure
all for diseases of the various classes
of live stock, neither do they possess
any particular merit in case of specific
diseases or for animals out of condi
tion, off feed, etc., since only a smnll
pioportlon of ingredients having
medicinal value is found therein, the
bulk of the foods consisting of a tiller
which possesses no medicinal proper-
ties whatever.
Third Exorbitant prices are
charged for these foods.
Fourth By adopting a liberal sys
tem of feeding farm animals and fur
nishing a variety of feeds good results
may be obtained without resorting to
stock foods of any kind, if a farmer
believes it is necessary to feed stock
tcod at times, be can purchase the in
greillents nnd make his own
stock foods at a fraction of the cost
charged for them by the manufactur
ers. Ho will then have the additional
satisfaction of knowing what, ho is
feeding and of feeding a concentrated
food instead of one largely diluted
with non-medicinal ingredients.
ixin t spend ?:!.50 when 50c will ile
the work.
Make your own stock foods bv using
Skidoo Horse and Cattle Tablets
Crush and mix in feed or salt.
Proper dose In tablets. Make yom
stock look like top price.
For Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine and
Fowls. They are made from thereon
doused essence of the drng'Tlioy
don't contain Sawdust, Allies, Chop
Feed or Bran. Are jijsrlis good when
JO years old iisjwIumi 10 dnvs old
They cotnplyifii all pure drug laws
Ak for and try once SKIDOO Pmuti.
ets, or SKIDOO Worm. Kid
hleken Cholera. Blister. Cuthur-
Heave, Fever. Hoc: Cholera. M?
temper, Pink Eye, Colic tablets m
Louse Powder, Spavin Cure or Barb
Wire Liniment. Distributed bv THE
BLUE BELL MEDICINE CO.,' incor
porated; Capital 'Stock 300,000.00;
Watcrtown, South Dakota, U. S. A.
Put up la 60c uudfltio dollar packages.
UNIONS PROTEST
DEMAND MADE ON CONGRESS TO
AMEND SHERMAN ACT.
WANT CHANGES MADE IN LAW
Samuel Gompers Utters a Warning
to the Country, and Says Re
volt is In the Air Men
Angry and Impatient.
The proposed amendments to tho
Sherman antl-trtiBt bill as framed by
tho national civic federation and in
troduced In tlio house by Mr. Hep
burn (Iowa) was advocated before a
Hitb-coinmlttee of the house judiciary
committee by Hob. Seth Low of Now
York, president of the civic federa
tion; Sampel Gompers, president of
the Amorlcan Federation of Labor;
A. 1J. Garretson of Cedar Rapids, 'la.,
president of the order of railway con
ductor, and Theodore, It. Marburg of
Baltimore. That there is strong op
position to the proposed measure was
intimated by a number of telegrams.
made public by Chairman LIttlefield
of the sub-committee from manufac
turing nnd other concerns throughout
the country. The hearing will be con
tinued when counsel for a large num
ber of firms representing tho propo
sition will be heard.
Seth Low of New York headed the
delegation that appeared for the meaa
ui e. It Included t he following:
Former Mayor Seth Low, E. H.
Gary, Albert Shaw, Isaac N. Sellgman,
Victor Morawetz, Charles S. Huyler,
V. E. .Macy, William C. Breed and
Ralph M. Easly, all of Nuw York;
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor; John Mitchell of
of Indianapolis, the retiring president
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica; D. J. Keefe of Detroit, Mine;
Samuel Mather, Cleveland, Ohio;
Henry L..Hlgginson, of Boston; Frank
lin MacVeagh, of Chicago; A. B. Gar
retson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Theodoro
Marburg, Baltimore; Frank Faxun,
Kansas City, Mo.; Mahlon Kline, Phil
adelphia; Prof. J. W. .Tenks, Ithaca
N. Y.. and J. W. Kinnear. Pittsburg.
QUARANTINE AGAINST CUBA.
Texas Health Officer Asks That Pre
cautions, be Taken.
Slate Health Officer W. A. Brumby
of Texas telegraphed Surgeon General
Wyman of the United States public
health and marine hospital service at
Washington protesting against any
further delay In establishing a close
quarantine against Cuba and passen
gers from Cuba being permitted to
enter Texas by way of New Orleans
or other ports in less tnan live nays
after leaving Cuba. He says that
the bureau reports show 170 cases of
yellow fever on the island and 11'
foci of infection between July and
early in February and insists that
extreme caution should be observed
for tho next few months, especially
since Texas had a mild winter and
is In no position to modify present
restrictions.
MAY NEVER RECOVER BODIES.
Mine at Hanna, Wyo., May be Per
manently Sealed.
Preparations are. being made at
Hanna, Wyo., to open the Union Pa
cific Coal Company's mines No. 2 and
No. ?, and to seal mine No. 1 with its
scores of dead' who were killed in the
two explosions a week ago. It was
announced that no further attempt
would be made to rescue the bodies foi
10 days, at least, and it is intimated
that when that period shall have
elapsed announcement will be mode
that the mine will never be reopened
Hy that time it is believed the stricken
relatives will realize the wisdom of
risking no more lives in this mine,
which Inspector Noah Young, aftei
an investigation of the late disaster
has declared should be permanently
closed. y
Morasch Jury ..Discharged.
The jury In the case of Mrs. Sarah
Morasch, Kansas City. Mo., charged
with the molirder of four-year-old Ruth
Miller, who died from the effects of
eating poisoned candy, announced that
it. was unable to agree upon n verdict
and was discharged, it is understood
that the jury stood, eight for convlo
tlon and four for acquittal.
Torpedo Boats Arrive.
A message received by the United
Wireless Company at San Francisco
says that the torpedo flotilla arrived
at Magdalena bay. Tho little vessels,
according to this dispatch, have or
rived a day sooner than expected.
The messuHo also says that the battle
ships aro putting on fresh coats o'
white paint preparatory to their cruise
Up the coast.