Nebraska Newspapers

    THURSDAY, APRIL. 22, 1313.
rLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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A. Comedy of Youth Founded by Mr. Planners on His
Great Play of the Same Title Illustrations
From Photographs of the Play
Copyright. 1913. by Dodd. Mtid Company
CHAPTER IX.
Peg's Future.
0
XE day the chance of solving the
whole difficulty of Pegs future
was I'ImcltJ in O'CmiueU's
bauds. But tlx- nivalis were so
distasteful 10 him that ho hesitated
about even telling her.
lie carne in unexpectedly iji the early
afternoon of that day and found a li t
ter waiting for hiia with au Enl'sli
postmark. I'e h:;d eyed it curiously
oil and 011 for- hours. t?lie had timed
it over and over iu her fingers aad
looked at the curious. ::n;rular viting
and felt a little cold hivir run an 1
down her as slit? found herself wi i;uvr
ing who could be writing to her lather
from EnglamL
When U'CouncIl waliicd ia and pick
ed the litter up she watched liiiu ex
citedly. She felt, for some strange lea
son. th:it they wore i'oii::J to reach a
crisis in their lives when the sonl was
broken and the contents dlselo-el.
Superstition was strong in Peg. a id all
that day she had been nervous wiibout
rtascii and escircu without cause.
tw
secon
acr
st:i
Who is it from at all';" asUetl Vvz
very quietly, though she was trcii.bhn:
all through her body.
Iter father said nothing.
I'resently Le read it throuzh again.
"It's from England, father, isn't it?
oueried 1V. rale as a g!i st.
Yes. I'ecr." imswired Ler father, audi
his voice sounded ho low and spirit-1
less.
, j
'I flidn't know ye had friends iu En-i
land."' said I'eg. eyiiig the letter,
t I haven't." replied her father,
i "Then who is ft from?"' insisted Tez.
now all Impatience an 1 with a strange
fear tui'zini; at her heart.
U C'-nnell l.xked up at
stoeil there stari?:g down
) ronneil read the letter tb-onclil I -fM f
h-e. slowly the Hrst time. ,jui;-k y the! HrAJ-J
L.n-I V looK oi ne...:aci.ei:t cau.ej V ;V
lss Lis face as he hat down and, V-rtiiifVt'jiJ
ired at the letter ia liis Lnn-l. J -y,y:-fir
big eyes wide open and her lips part j Lt. neither saw nor wrote to any mem
ed. He to ik both of her hands in o:iv; ,(.r ()f bis familv.
of his and held them all crushed to-1
pother for what scenit d to 1'eg to be a;
long, long while. Shu hardly breath-j
id. She knew something was going,
to happen tu them both. j
t At lust n'Poi,:ii-!l snoke. and his voice!
trembled and broke:
I 'l'eg, do ye remember one inornin", j
years an' years ago. when I wai
in' to speak in County Mayo, an
started in the cart at dawn, an'
go
we vi
.thraveled for miles an
mi!e. an
i came to a great big ero'sra' whero
the roads divided at there wis no
signpost, an" we askoM each otl'e:
which one tve should take, an' we
couldn't make up our minds, an I li ft
it to you. an' ye picked a road, an' it
.brought us out safe and thine at tht
spot we were innkin" for? I you re
.member it. I'eg?"
j "raith I do. father. I remember it
well. Ye eal!nl me yer little gmdi
and said yed follow my road the rest
of yer life. An it's many's the lanrr':
we had when I'd take ye wrong sum
(times afterward." She paused. " What
i makes ye think of that just now. fa
jtTier?"
I lie did not answer.
I "Is it on account o that lettlicr;" slit
, prrsistcd.
"It i-1. Ig." He sp'ko it'i d"f?;eu
tv. as if th-j worr's hurt lii'n to peafc
"We've pot to a groat big crossin
rt.acj. airaiii wluie ibe mads branch
ii, an I don't know which o;ie to
take."
"Are ye goin' to lave it to me J gain,
father?" said I'eg.
"That's what I can't make u; me
mind abo'it. dear, for it may In- that
ve il go down one road and me down
tile other."
"No, f;iihvr." I'eg r:ed pxssl n ite'y.
"that we won't. Whatever the road
veil thru vol it together."
"I'll think it out by nios'olf. I'eg.
I.ave me for awhiie- stlor.e. I w: nt to
thi'-k it v.t by la.-'self alone."
'f it's separation ye're tliinkin' of
r:ake up yer mi:il to one thing that
I'll never lave you. Never!"
"Take Mi. hael o-n for a s;teb and
conn? ba' k in half an hour, and in t!:-.-meanwhile
I'il bate it all out ia m-:-mind."
She bent down and r.'.ihtenel the
farrows in his f -rehond with the tips
of her lingers and kissed him a:;c then
whistled to the wi.stful Michael, and
together th"y Wi'iU running down the
stie'. t toward the iittlo pat -h f zreen
v Iiere tlo children played and among
v bom Mi-.hacl wa.; a prime favtrit.-.
Sitting, his head in his hands, his
ey s staring into the past, o'Contv i;
was facing the second gtcat tragedy
of hi.s life.
AViiile O'Conticil sat there in tint lit
ilo room in New York trying t cecld"
I't g's fate a man who had played
-''. ie coni'iileral !o part i:i OTcnn; H's
lift- lay fa a splendidly furnish'. d room
i'.i a mansion in th west end of Eoti
d dylnr
Nathair."l M inzsnorfj's twcnfy yearr
ef jone!io-ss and de.- oi :.f:"u were eru
tug to aa tucl. What aii empty, aid
O' MY
ART
J. Hartley.Manners
His Other Sister, Mrs. Chichester.
stretch cT tme. tliose years seemed to
hini :;s he feebly, looked back on them!
Afier the tragedy of Ids sister's reck
less marriage he deserted public life
I entirely and shut himself away iu his
country house, except for a few weeks
in IjUI1jOI1 K-easioually when his pi es
i n - whs n(i;i:!-ed on one or an ruber of
i' nee
Hjanis of which he was a director.
Tie Irbu e. tate. v, Li.h brought alxmt
all his misfortunes, he disposed of at
a ridiculously low lijrure. lie said
he would accept any bid. however
lcf ' -:
V
J small, so that he could sever all Con
ner as shCj 1K tiou with the hated village,
at lnui. liei-j From the dar of Angela's elonrmrnt
His other sister. Mrs. Chichester,
wrote to him from time to time telling
him one time of the birth of a boy,
two years later of the advent of a
girl. "
Kingsnorth did not answer any of
her letters.
In no way dismayed Mrs. Chiches
ter continue! to write periodically
She wrote him when her son Alaric
went to school anil also when he went
to college. Alaric seemed to absorb
most of her interest. He was evident
ly her favorite child. She wrote merc
seldom of her daughter, Ethei, and
when she" did happen to refer to her
she dwelt principally on her beauty
and her accomplishments. Five y ears
before an envelope iu deep mourning
came to Kinirsnorth. and on opening
it he found a letter from his sister ac
quainting him with the melancholy
news that Mr. Chichester had ended a
life of usefulness at the English bar
and had died, leaving the family quite
comfortably off.
Kingsnorth telegraphed his condo
lences and left instructions for n
suitable wreath to be sent to the fu
neral. I'.ut he did not attend it. nor
did he at any time express the slight
est wish to see his sister, nor did he
encourage any suggestion on her part
to visit him.
When he was stricken with an ill
ness from which no hope of recovery
was held out to him lie at once began
to put his affairs in order, and his
lawyer spent days with him drawing
up statements of his Inst wishes for
the disposition of his fortune.
With death stretching out its hand
to snatch him from a life he had en
joyed so little his thoughts, colore!
with the fancies of a tired, sick brain,
kept turning constantly to his dead
si: tcr Angela.
From time ttirae down through the
years he had a softened, gentle rc
niernbrance of her. When the i!CT"2 of
her death came, furious and ur"-.
ing as Le Lad leon toward Trei. "--'-passing
softened it. Had he kn-r."
in time he would bare insistt-d en I: '
burial in the Kingsnorth vault.
'he tcicl already been lrte"rn.''. "
Vo.k before the news of her dcatn
reached him.
The one bitter hatred of hi: life had
been against the man who had taken
his sister in marriage and iu so doing
had killed all possibility of Kingsnorth
succeeding in his political and social
aspirati.uis.
He heard vaguely of a daughter.
He tojk iio interest iu the news.
Mow. Loweer, the leinembrauce of
Lis treatment of Angela burnt into
Liia. He especially repented of that
an leiless cable. "You Lave made your
bed: lie iu it." It haunted him through
the long Lours of his slow and painful
illness. Had lie helped her she might
Lae been alive today, and tho.-e b.tlcf
retleetians thai ate into him night and
U:;y mk-htl-iave been replnc-ed by geu
tl?r cues and so make Ins end the mere
peaceful.
lie Laougbt rTela'p cLild ami
wondered if she were like "his poor
dead sister. The wish to see the child
became uu obsessiou with him.
One morning, after a restless, fever
ish night, he sent for his lawyer and
told him to at once Institute inquiries
did out if the child was still living
and if so where.
This his lawyer did. He located
O'Counell, in .New York through a
friend of his in the Irish party and
found that the child was living with
Lim in rather p m r circumstances. He
communicated the result of his inqui
ries to Kingsnorth. That day a letter
was sent to O'Counell asking him to
allow his child to visit her dying un
cle. O'Comicll was to cable at Kings
north's expense, and if he would con
sent the money for the expenses of
the journey would be cabled immedi
ately. The girl was to start at once,
as Mr. Kingsnorth had very little
longer to live.
When the letter had gone Kingsnorth
drew a breath of relief. He longed to
see the child. He would have to wait
impatiently for the reply, l'erhaps the
man whom he had hated all his life
would refuse his request. If he did
weil. he would make some provision iu
his will for her in memory of Ids dead
sister.
The next day lie altered hi.s entire
will and im:do Margaret 'Connell a
special legacy. Ten days later a cable
came:
I consent tn my daushter's visitinc you.
Fl'AXK tiW'KN OCOXXLLL.
The lawyer cabled at once, making
all arrangements through their bankers
in New York for Ml.s U'Connell a jour
ney. That nirht Kingsnorth slept without
Ining disturbed. He awoke refreshed
in themornii;g. It was the tiist kindly
action he had done for many years.
How much had he roblx d himself of
all his life if by doing so littie he was
repaid so much!
O'Counell Irnl a hard struggle with
Peg before she wotiid consent to leave
him. She met all his arguments with
counter arguments. Nothing would
move her for hours.
"Why should I-go to a man I have
never seen and hate the name of?"
'He's your uncle, i'eg.
'lis a line uncle he's b.-en to me all
me life. AnJ it wa. a grand way he
Unrated me mother when she was
starvin'."
"lie wants to do scmethin' for ye
now. I'eg."
"I'll not go to him."
"Now listen, dear: it's little I'll have
to lave ye when I'm gone," pleaded
O'Counell.
"I'll not listen to any talk at all
about yer goin. Yer a great, strong,
healthy man that's what ye are.
What are ye talkin' alout? What's
got into yer head about goin'?"'
"The time must come some day,
res."
"All right. We'll know how to face
it when it does. But we're not goin'
out all the way to meet it," said Peg
resolutely.
(To Be Continued.)
Iieduced Prices on Eggs for Hatching.
After May 1st I will sell S. C.
ithode Island Red errgs for hatching
at 50c per setting: of 15.
Duioe-Jersey swine, any age or sex,
for :-ale at all times. Col. Gano, Crim
son Wonder and Gold Model strains.
Call Tlatts. Thone 221.
W. B. Porter.
4-21-d&w-tf
Mark White and wife of near Rock
Bluffs were among those visiting 5n
the city yesterday with friends, as
well as looking- after some trading
with the merchants.
T. J. Sokol Dance.
There will be another social dance
given at the T. J. Sokol hall on Sat
urday evening, May 1st. There will
be a prood time and you should re
serve the date now. Everybody in
v ited.
Wall Paper. Gering & Co.
Tike Care of the Children.
A lingering cold, distressing cough,
sleepless nights, a raw, inflamed
throat lead to a run-down condition in
which the child is not able to resist
contagious diseases. Foley's Honey
and Tar is truly healin?: and prompt
In action. It relieves coughs, colds,
croup and whooping cough. Contains
no opiates. Sold everywhere.
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L ;Li
750,000 BRITONS
ARE IN FRANCE
Army Fighting Germans,
MORE AMMUNITION NEEDED,
Lloyd-Georg Says Neuve Chapelle
Cost Mere Shot Than Entire Boer
War Fierce Fighting In Progress
Near Ypres Russian Advance Stops.
WAR SUMMARY
The Russian advance in the Carpa
thians has now apparently come t
a full step.
Sanguinary engagements are In prog
ress in Belgium southeast of Ypres
whetx the Germans are endeavoring
to wrest from the British a strategic
point known as Hill No. 60, whicr
the Britons took from the German5
several days ago with extremel)
heavy casualties to both sides.
London declares that "violent an
continued counter attacks" are 8ti
being made against the position
two of which were repulsed with
great loss to the Germans.
In Champagne and the Argonne be
tween the Meuse and Moselle anc
in Lorraine and Alsace the Germar
offensive movements have beer
stopped by the allied troops.
Ijondoti, April 22. The British ex
petitionary forces in France. whicS
at the beginning of the trar consistr-r
of six divisions, has been increased tc
more than thirty-six divisions, or 7;0.
000 men. according to a statemenl
made by David IJoyd-Georfre, chan
eollor of the exchequer, in the hoast
of commons.
The chancellor added that the plac
of every man who had fallen in battl
had been filled and that the armj
was adequately equipped.
Rat he reiterated the Tievl for i
preater yrtpply of munitions, declaring
that during the battle of Neuve Cha
pel'e more ammunition was used that
in the whole of the South African war
which lasted nearly three years.
The chanceHor said England was
also supplying its albes with mu
nitions.
The Germans are making repeatec
attempts to recapture hill 60. neai
Ypres. which the British took Sunday
and have, according to Field Marsha'
French's report, been repulsed witl
great loss.
In Mesopotamia the British are pus
suing the defeated Turks and havt
occupied Nakha'lah. from which plac
the Turks fled last week.
From every side comes Tiews of tht
activity of the air fleets, which havt
been 'bnpy bombarding towns and mili
tary staf'ons behind the lines of tht
armies. The British claim to havt
tTcmagod the German airship harboi
at Ghent.
CARPATHIAN FIGHT HALTED
Not Stated Whether Due to Resist
ance of Teutons or to Spring Thaw.
Iondon. April 22. The battle in th
Carpathians has virtually come to ?
standstill, except at isolated spot:
a'ong the great range. Whether thi:
is due to the strong reinforcement""
the Austrian and fipiian forces by ad
ditioral divisions of Germans, who art
said to have been sent around througt
Hungary to the southern slopes &
the mountains, or to the fact that th
spring thaw has made morasses of tht
roads, has not been made known ofii
cia'ly. but unofficial advices declart
that the latter conditions are respon
sible for the let-up.
Former Officer of Labor Union Killed
Erie. Pa., April 22. Samuel Leonofl
was killed and his wife, Mrs. Kath
erine Leonoff, was seriously injurec
here when their house was wreckec
by an explosion. Police, after an in
vestigation. expressed the belief that
dynamite had been exploded undei
ore corner of the building. Leonof.
until recently was secretary of tht
Longshoremen's union and because ht
had refused to give up the books o
the organization when he was sue
ceeded by another member had beei
made the defendant in a suit in court
Guarding New York From Typhus.
New York. April 22. Physlc'an a
quarantine, guarding New York fron
an invasion of typhus feverl now rae
ing in Servia and spreading to Greece
removed eighty-six passengers fron
the steamer Themistoeles. in fron
Piraeus, and sent them to Hoffmat
island for treatment. All showed evl
dence of verm'n infection, by Trhicl
the disease is spread.
Shoots Two and Commits Suicide.
Los Angeles. April 22. Willian
Hunter, forty-nine years old, wh
came here recently from Hartford
Conn., shot and seriously wousdec
Mr. and Mrs. Beach ey F. Cramp on a'
a hotel here and then committed sui
cide. Hunter had purchased the leas
o" the hotel from the Cramptons i
week ago and was dissatisfied wltl
the deal.
Outlaws Killed In Fight With Officers
Tucson. Ariz., April 22. Two Mex
ican outlaws, the Leon brothers, wen
chot and killed in a mountain gulcl
Monday night, when confederate,
tried to rescue them from the band.
of Pina county deputies, who are at;
tempting to na Greater a Dot
der community, of bad men.
DENIES MALICE
AGAINST BARNES
t.
Testimony In Li&el Suit.
TWO "MACHIWES" CO-OPERATED
Colonel Testifies Loeb Asserted Albany
Eoss Said He Had Ironclad Agree
ment With Tammany Chief Bane
Report Submitted as Evidence.
Syracuse. N Y., April 22. Theodore
Roosevelt concluded his direct testi
mony in the supreme court after stat
ing that the sole purpose of his attacl;
on William Barnes, who is suing him
to recover $50,000 for alleged libel,
was to try to correct abuses in the
state government.
"Senator Newcomb told me." said
Colonel Roosevelt, "that the combina
tion between the machine Democrats
and Uarnes Republican, which result
ed in Senator Allds' nomination, was
held during the early stages of the im
peachment proceedings against Sena
tor Allds, which resulted in his being
thrown out of the senate.
"I was-told that after all the other
organization men had abandoned all
discussion. Senator Grady made a
speech in his behalf.
"Senator Newcomb informed me
later that the combination between
the machine Democratic and Republic
ans continued, and that what the Dem
ocrats had done was reciprocated by
the machine Republicans at the time
of the Stiliwell affair. SiiHwell was
retained in the senate by the machine
men. but he was convicted in the
courts and sent to the pen'tentiary."
"Do you remember having seen a
report of the Bane committee?" Mr.
Bowers asked.
"I saw that." the witness replitd.
"I know some of the members of tbat
committee. I knew Senators Bane and
Burd as anti-machine Democrats."
The Bane committee Investigated
affairs in the city and county of Al
bany and submitted a detailed report
of so celled evils they said they hsd
nuearthed. The report was filed as a
part of Roosevelt's answer to Earncs'
rompla'r.t.
Mr. Bowers offered the Pane com
mittee's report in evidence. The re
port contains under subheads: "The
Case of William Barnes," "Failure to
Suppress Crime." "Fifteen Per Cent
Paid the Journal Company by Argus
Company to Get City Printing."
"Graft and Extravagance," "Fardir.p
of the Public Printing For the Benefit
of the Journal Company."
Justifendrews ruled he would re
cpive, but rot at this time, that part
of the report which relates to print
Ing.
Colonel Roosevelt thon went on:
"After I had seen the Bane Tcpnrt. I
had conversations with a person in
Albany a'cut. I talked to William
Lneb about it. Ho informed me. that
the combination of crooked business
and crooked bosses extended not only
to businesses l!ke printing, but to
businesses of the worst type. I.oob
told me that at one time he went to
Barnes to psk if the Republicans in
the legislature would support an ar.ti
wiachine Democratic candidate. r.3rnes
to'd 1 .00b it was impossible, as he had
pn ironclad arrangement with Murphy
and tbat Murphy was to have a fre?
hand to do as he plenred in regard to
election of a United States senator.
While Colonel Roosevelt pave his
tost'mony he slapped one hand upon
the other every second or so and
leaned forward in his (hair toward the
jury box. The spectators. Jury and
lawyers roared with laughter when
Colonel Roosevelt said Tammany men
had helped elect the official Republic
an leader.
Two Hotels In Decatur Burned.
Decatur. HI.. April 22. Fire which
for a time threatened the entire busi
ness section destroyed the Fecatur
and Arcade -hot els. The loss is estl
mated at $225.000.
GRAIN AND PROVISOS
Closing Quotations on the Chicago
Board of Trade.
Chicago, April 22. Closing prices:
Wheat May, $1.61: J"ly. $1 S5'i.
Ccrn May, TTc; July, 80c.
Oats May, STc; July, 5Kc.
'pork July, $18.02ii: Sept., $18 47i
Lard July, $10.40: Sept., $10.(15.
Ribs July, $10.52'j; Sept., $10 77'i
Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hare
wheat. $1.60'.j; No. 2 yellow corn, 79c;
No. 3 wh te oats, 57'.!?5 58e.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago. April 22 Cattle Receipts
16.000; 10c lower; beeves. $6.15fxS.55:
Texas steers. $5. 606.80; westerr
steers, $5 657.50; cows and heifers
$3 8.20; .calves, $5.75(8.50. Hogs
Receipts, 25,000; steady to 5c lower:
bulk of sales. $7.5O7.70; light. $7.4;
(57-85: heavy. $7i7.f5: rough, $75
7.20. Sheep Receipts. 17.000; 5f?l
lower; natives, $7.50'5 8.40: westerns
$7 60i8.55; yearlings, $S.309.75
Iambs! natives. $S.40g 10,50.
South Omaha Live Stock.
Sojth Omaha. April 22. Cattle Re
ceipts, 5.S00; steady to 10c lower;
beef steers. $78.50; cows and hif
IGJj; bulli. $4.75J5.50; calves, $7fi
10. Hogs Receipts. 9.600: dull anc
5c lower": bulk of sales. $7.307.40;
top, S7.13. Sheep Rece:pts. 6.700;
6teady: laiubs. $S.35'10.75; wethers
$7.75 58.50; ewes, $7.508.50. .
NEBRASKA HIGH
SCHOOLS DEBATE
tives fa Staf s Mest on May 14.
LIST OF THE WINKERS TO DATE
South Omaha and Nebraska City Vie
With Eac.H Other For the Eastern
District Lincoln Is Champion of
the East Central District.
Lincoln The Nebraska High School
Debating league is now holding its
third series district debates to dec de
which of the eighty-five schools shall
be entitled to send the twehe district
representatives to the eighth state de
bate at the University of Nebraska 011
High School fete day. May 4.
Either South Omaha or Nebraska
City w;U be champion of the eastern
district, according to which wins the
final debate, April 23. The east cen
tral district will be represented by
Lincoln.
Of the debates so far held on the
question of government ownership
and operation of railroads, the follow
ing :s a summary:
Central District Exeter Geneva, at
Exeter, March' 1; won by Geneva
unanimous. Clay Ccnter-Gralton. at
Clay Center, March 13; won by Clay
Center, v unanimous. York-Fairmont
won by York by default. Osceola
Stromburg, at Osceola, March 19;
won by Osceola, unanimous.
Eastern Dfstrict South Omaha
Omaha, Feb. 2(1; wen by South Om.a
ha. 2 to 1. Stella-Nebraska City; ai
Stella, Feb. 2C; won by Nebraska City
unanimous. Be!I?vue Academy and
Union H;gli school-Weeping' Water, at
Weeping Water, Feb. 21; won bj
Bellevue, unanimous. North Dend
Schuyler, at North Bend, Feb. 2f.. wor
by North Bend, unanimous. North
Bend-South Omaha, at North Bend
March 27; wen by South Omaha, unan
imous. Bellevue Nebraska. City, at Ne
braska City, April 6; won by Nebras
ka City, 2 to 1.
Central District Teachers' Collogf
High school-University place, at Uni
versify Plao. Fob. 25: won by l'n'
versify Place, unanimous. Wilber
Lincoln, at Wilber, Feb. 26; won b3
Lincoln, 2 to 1. Nebraska Military
Academy-Seward, at Seward. Feb. 27;
won by Seward, 2 to 1. Havclock
Springfield, won by Ilavelock by de
fault. University Place Seward. a1
University Place, unanimous. Univer
s ty Plaoe-Ivncoln, at Unii ersity Place
April 11; won by Lincoln. 2 to 1.
North Central District Norfolk
Madison, at Norfolk. Feb. 25; won bj
Norfolk. unanimous. Pilger-Battk
Creek, at Pilger, Feb. 27: won by Bit
tie Creek, unanimous. Wisncr Stanton
at Wisner. Feb. 26; won by Stanton
2 to 1. FiiHortc:!-Wc:--t Po nt at Ful
le:;en March 15: won by West Point
unanimous., Norfolk-Battle Creel:, a'
Battle Creek, April 2; won by Ba'tlt
Creek, unanimous.
Northeastern District Oakland !
South Sioux City at Oakland, Feb. 20;
won by Oakland, unanimous. Ran
dolph P'oomfield. at Randolph. Feb
1?; won by Bloom field, unanimous
Creighu n-Pierce. won by Pierce bj
de'ault, Wnkef.eld-Ponca, at Wake
field. Feb. 26; won by Wakefield, unan
inious. Ponca-Bloomfield. at Bloom
field. April 10; won by Bloomfield
unanimous.
Southern District Hardy-Edgar, at
Edgar; won by Hardy, 2 to 1. Diller
Blue Springs, at Biue Springs, Feb
26: won by Blue Springs, unanimous
Guide lick-Red Cloud, at Guide Rock
Feb. 20: won by Red Cloud, unani
mous. Edsrar-Fairbury. at Edgar, Feb
21; won by Ecgar. unanimous. Bint
Springs-Red Cloud, at Blue Springs
Apr 1 0; won by Blue Springs, unani
mons.
Southeastern D'strict Wymore
Falls City, at Wymore. March 5; wot
by Wymore. unanimous. Auburn-Be
atrice. at Bcstriee, March 1: won bj
Beatrice. 2 to 1. Pawnee City Tecum
seh, at Tecumseh, March 12; won b
Teeumseh, unanimous. Hum!oldt-Ta
ble Rock at Humboldt. March 20; wor
by Humboldt, 2 to 1. Wymore-Be
atrice, at Beatrice, April 9; won by Be
atrice. 2 to 1.
Southwestern District Cambridee
Partley, at Cambr dee, Feb. 26; wor
bv Cambridge, unanimous. Oxford
Braver City, at Oxford, Feb. 12; wor
by Oxford. McCcok-Trenton, at Mc
Cook. Feb. 2fi; won by Trenton. Cam
bridge Trenton, at Tronton, April 9;
wen by Trenton, 2 to 1. Franklin-Ox
ford, at Frpnklfn, March 19; won by
Oxford, unanimous.
, Western District Harvard-Minden
wen by Mindec by default. Kearney
North Platte, at Kearney, March 16;
won by Kearney. 2 to 1. Hastings
Holdrege. won by Hastings.
West Central District Ansley
Nonh Loup, at Ansley, March 18; wor
by Ansley, tinan mous. St. Paul-Sar
g-nt. at St. Paul. March 19; won b
St. Paul, unanimous. Ansley-Sargent
at Sargent, April 19; won by Sargent
unanimous.
The Omaha charter amendment bill
signed by Governor Morehead. pro
vides for the establishment of a pub
lie welfare commission, fixes maxi
mum amounts for various city operat
ing expenses per year, and provides
for a method for annexation fhen ter
ritory now located between Betisor
and Omaha shall have -been added tc
Greater Gnaha
The welfare commission under tb
terms ol the bill 13 empowered to util
Ize public school building" for any pur
pose it sees fit in carrying on its
work, it shall establish a comprehen
sive recreat'on system, effect parole
and pardon rules governing city jail
prisoners. , shall establish a legal aid
bureau, municipal farm, and shall look
into all conditions surrounding public
health, welfare and housing 'n gen
eral. It also is given authority To
make researches of Interest to Its
work.
: It fixes a maximum revenue of $1,
190.000 per year from taxation, to
which it allows the addition of $275,
O(ii) for creation of a sinking fund to
pay off bonded indebtedness and from
$50,000 to $101,000 for creation of a
bond sinking fund to pay off matured
bond.
Provision Is made for taking rare
of South Omaha expense between the
end of tbr fiscal year there, July 1.
and the commencement of the Greater
Omaha fiscal year. Jan. 1. 1916. This
provision was insisted upon by the
governor as a recult of the passage ol
the consolidation bill.
Attorneys who are puzzled over the
provisions of the Jury commissioner
bill and its effect on the drawing for
the coming terms of court should not
t'e worried, in the opinion cf state le
gal officials. While the law Is now f
fertive. it provides a system of draw,
ing which cannot readily be worked
out. Besides one provision contains
this, which the local men believe
staves the law's opevation off for a
while:
"Jurors in counties affected by this
act shall be selected as under the law
in force at the time of Its passage un
til the officers whose duty It is to en
force the provisions of this act shall
have an opportunity to do so."
The law sets out that the jury com
missioner shall be selected by the dis
trict judges "upon the taking effort
of this act." Within ten days the com
hissionor is exjected to begin to put
the act into effect and within five days
before the commencement of any term
f f court the juror drawing is to b
made, according to the bill's pra
visions.
The law was signed April 15 and
became effective at once, as it carried
the emergency clause.
The 'chief executive vetoed th
mc?sure Introduced by Rcpresentat!v
Palmer of Douglas county, limiting
the maximum amount of fees collect
ible by Omaha Justices of the jeace.
The ".eto was at the request of tlx
introducer h'mself, who failed to se
cure an amendment to the bill puttirg
off the time it should go into effect
until after the establishment of tht
municipal court, Jan. 1. 1916.
At the time Ialmer's bill was Intro
duced it was thought that the munic
ipal court would be established at once.
The latter court would take much of
the justice court work.
This is the second bill that b na
vetoed, the first having been senate
file 6, the Omaha lighting bill, which
was clone upon a memorial prentd
to him by a majority of Iwth bonnes.
rora"1 having, changed their miDds aft
er they had passed the b'H.
Among the more important meas
ures made law by the governor's sig
nature were: The bill for state bud
get system; the appropriation of $50,.
0011 for purposes of Indemnify in case
of an outbreak in Nebraska of the foof
and mouth disease; the appropriation
of the university special bu Idfng fund
levy of three fourths of a mill; the
state aid bridge appropriation (if $150.-'
oo': the water power district bill: the
gent-ral salary bill; the bill consolidat
ing the stallion registration loard
vith the live stock sanitary board;
the Omaha 'barter bill; the university
maintenance appropriation; the su
prcme court commission bill (lackina
an appropriation); the bill for start
aid for consolidated rural schools
(also lacking an appropriation); th
bill abolishing the junior normal
schools.
The bill passed by the Inst logisla
tnre for state aid for consolidated
rural schools teaching home econom
ics, agriculture, vocat'onal and indus
trial training-Is rendered ineffective
by a bit of legislative carelessness. It
has been discovered.
The measure, house roll 712. Intro
duced by Representative Elmelurd,
fail3 to prov'de for the appropriation
in the titb-. although the body of the
!.i'U provides for the appropriation oit
of the general fund. The appropria
tion must be in the title.
It was regarded as one of the most
important pieces of school legislation
passed during the session. It was e
neci-'ly designed for the eastern part
of the state, where the districts are
small and can be more readily consol
idated. It provided for stat aid ac
cording to the number of rooms In the
consolidated s-hcol.
It was estimated that between ti
000 and $50,000 would be usrd in thl
manner. Governor Morehead. has
signed the b'H and it will go on the
statute books despite the fact that the
appropriation It provides ftr will not
be available.
Governor Morehead has also signed
louse roll 32. . the bill providing for
the appointment of a supreme mtit
commission, should the governor rec
ommend one. This bill also, as di
covered after the legislature ad
journed, lacks an appropriation.
New Laws Satisfy Breeders' Society.
Live stock men are generally pretty
well satisfied with the work of the
legislature and the Improved Live
Stock Breeders' sfsocialon especialry
so. The association 'fidorsed six bills,
wnich made their way through the leg
is'ature. being house rolls 26. 272. 5C".
763 and 764, and also senate file 197.
They believe that Nebraska now has
the best live stock laws uf anv tta'r
In the country and will forge ahead
tinder their administration.