THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1008.
Imt ho was not with 111 in at the time of
he shooting; kk due to unususl rlrouni
inr. Shortly before 6 o'clock tUtur
lay afternoon word riiw from lh pawn
hop of I. Friedman. , 211 South Twelfth
trcet, that a soldier wa Iryln to sell
1 government revolver. Maloney hap
pened to he at the atatlnn with Mitch. 11
ind Captain Savage sent the two to the
pawn shop. Juat after they had (tone
lrummy came In. The call came from
the Smith Omaha station Mating that
ni aro Mil held thpre who wa believed
'to he the one who ehnt Officer bahey
Friday nlsjht Ht Thirteenth and Chloato
streets. Captain Savage sent Drummy
and Kulllvan down to Identify the neajro,
which he thought they could do before
hclr "quitting time." They went, but
found the nefro waa not the ono wanted.
Then Lrummy auggeKted that they go
O the pool hall which la frequented by
tegroea. Aa aoon as Drummy ssw the
irgro In the pool hall he knew he. waa
he man they were looking for. The
rngedy followed.
Krgra Will Recover.
The negro who fired the fatal ehot will
probably recover from the wound which
was made by a bullet from the revolver
3f Cap&ln Shlelda of the South Omaha
police while the negro waa fleeing. The
uullet entered the left shoulder. Sunday
Police Surgeon Harris . examined the
negro,- who now clalma to be paralysed
Cram the waist down. Otherwlae hi ion
Srtlon la hot critical.
A policeman la on guard constantly at
lJia hoapltal and no ont Is allowed to aeo
;ha negro. It ia elated by those who
law the Hhootlng that only the fact that
:he negro waa wounded and that the
rowd believed the wound mortal saved
ilm from lyNichlng. The negro seems
proud of his crime. lie declared at the
hoapltal that If he had not been ahot he
would have killed the other two officers,
lie also aald that he pulled the trigger
on Officer Iahey the xccond time Fri
day night after shooting him through
the hand, but that the cartridge failed to
explode.
NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY
Pusint and Curious Feat area of I.lfe
in n Havlrtlr Uronlnf
Stat.
Rut He May Later Not long ago a young
man dropped Into the county judge's office
to get a marriage license. Ho had given
the llcenee clerk the necessary Information
In regard to the essential particulars, and
It remained for him to make affidavit that
the facta set forth were true. "Do you
swear or affirm," Inquired the elerk appro
poa to gettlnR through with the formality
required by law. "Well. I donl swear very
much," replied the applicant. York Repub
lican. Evidently a Male Bovine A calf without
a tongue. Thla la what happened a few
days ago it the J. W. riummer farm.
Boon after the calf was born Mr. riummer
noticed something wrong with the calf's
mouth when It attempted to tike nourish
ment. On making Investigation he found
It had been born with only a short stub
of a tongue, which Was not long enough
for It to stretch between Ha tenth or out
of Its mouth. It can drink milk all right,
but It cannot stick or stretch Its tongue
put of Its mouth. Hastings .Republican,
1'loneer Joys One of our grocery mer
chants being troubled with aoot In his stove
plpo and chimney, bethought himself of a
novel method of cleaning said pipe and
chimney. He took a quantity of gunpowder
and tying It tip In a paper, threw It Into
the stove. But before doing this he had
some bystanders hold the doora and llda
of the stove to prevent them from flying
open. The powder, however, did not ex
plode so soon as was expected and the
parties folding the stove began to grow
careless and unloosened their holds, but all
stood around the stove wondering why the
thing didn't "bUBt." ' Their anxiety was
soon at an end. for she did "bust." Here
Is the result: Stove minus two doora and
several llda, pipe badly .demolished and the
room filled with soot and ashes, flro, etc..
merchant with singed hair, eyebrows and
whiskers, bystanders, women and dogs
badly frightened. We give our merchant's
recipe In full for cleaning stove pipes a's
follows; To quo heating stove and one pipe
take one-half pound of powder, wrap It up
In paper and deposit It In tho fire. Have
men to hold doors and lids. Suie Pop.
Columbus Journal, In 1S74.
STRYCHNINE 1N THE CANDY
Boubona Which Canard Death of
Kan an C'ltr Child Analysed
by Chemist.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Feb. 1.-The candy
received Wednesday by Klla Van Meter c(
Armourdale, which caused the death of her
half sister, Ruth, undoubtedly contained
strychnine.
This fact was shown In a report of the
analysis made to J. A. Davis, coroner ct
Wyandotte County, by Prof. Fred W.
Bushona; of the chemistry department of
the 1'nlverslty of Kansas.
Both the police and the county attorney
have been looking for Mrs. Albert Moruli,
sister-in-law of Mrs. Charles Miller, mother
of the dead child. Ruth, In the hope that
Mrs. Moraah may b able to furnish some
Information that would lead to the Identity
of the sender of the candy. Today .hey
learned that Mrs. Moraah and her daughter
left the city Tuesday night.
LftGrlppa aad Pacaatoata.
Foley' Honey and Tar cures la grippe
coughs and prevents pneumonia. Refuse
iny but the genuine In the yellow package.
For sal by all druggist.
Basket Ball with Waterloo.
MAMIIAIXTOWN, la., Feb. W.-(Bpe-rial.)
The girls' basket ball team of the
local high aebool Saturday, defeated h
West Waterloo High school tram by the
score of 21 to 1. The local boys' team lost
to the faat Weat Waterloo team, by the
score of as to 24. Both games were played
it Waterloo.
Doable Traced? la Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. Fb. ll-Pstor Oruener.
aged 0 years, a coppersmith, at an early
hour this morning shot and Instantly killed
his wife, also aged and then shot him
self, dying shortly afterwards. Gruoner Is
thought to have been temporarily deranged.
COFFEE DRIA'KIXG
A Doctor Vara It Weakeaa the Heart.
"In my opinion." says a well known
German phyelcian, "no one can truthfully
say that coffee agrees with him, as It has
long since been proven that caffeine, con
tained In coffee, la an Injurious, poison
tua substance which weakens and degen
irates the heart muscles.
"For thla reason, the regular ua of
toffee,' aoon or late; eauaes a condition of
indernourlshinent, which leads to various
(inda of organlo disease.
"Convinced of this fact, I have often
ought for aome healthful beverage to use
Instead of coffee. At 'last I found the
thing desired In Poatum. lffcvlng had oc
casion to forbid people Using coffee, whoa
hearts were affected, I have recommended
Postum ua a beverage, since It Is free
from all Injurious or exciting substanoea.
I know thl from results In my own fam
ily, and among patients.
"Hundreds of persons who now use
Poatum in place of coffee, are greatly
Veacf'tcd thereby.". 'There' a Reoson."
, Naiitu' kUvq by Pus tuna Co., Battle
V.k. Mich. Be4 "Tb Koi to Wall
Atlle." lu pkg
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MOVE OF REACTIONARIES
Farther Discussion of Attempt to
Instruct Delegates for Roosevelt
STATEMENTS OF LOCAL LEADERS
Attempt to Deceive renple Wilt Fall
and Nebraska Delegation Will
Re 'far ' Taft for
President.
(Fitim a. Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. 1(1. (Special:) Numerous
visitors to Lincoln this week have endorsed
the sentiment expressed by Governor Shel
don when lie said he believed President
Roosevelt would not accept another presi
dential nomination and that therefore he
favored the candidacy of Secretary Taft.
It has been suggested by these people that
an effort will be made throughout the
state by those who are opposed to the
nomination of a candidate for president
who la In favor of the Rooaevelt policies
to try to deceive the people y pretending
to be for President Roosevtlt,- securing
Roosevelt Instructions and thus leaving the
delegation free to vote for some reactionary
candidate.
Senator Oeorge Wlltse of Cedar county,
who was one of the leaders In the recent
legislature, said the people In his part of
the state were In favor of the nomination
of Secretary Taft.
"In Cedar county we have Instructed for
Secretary Taft," said Senator Wlltse, "and
It Is my belief the state convention will
also Instruct for him.' Secretary Taft Is
certainly the choice of the republicans of
the state Who believe In the policies of
President Roosevelt."
Representative Armstrong of ' Nemah.i
county, who was a member of the hous?
during the last session of tho- legislature,
expressed himself as favoring Secretary
Taft.
"I believe the republicans In our part of
the slate are all In favor of Secretary Taft.
President Roosevelt has announced several
times that he will not be a candidate and
therefore I believe the republicans of the
state favor the candidacy of Secretary
Taft. He Is tho man the president sug
gested as his successor rind I believe, the
followers of Roosevelt will be for Taft.
Aside from being the president's choice
Secretary Taft is In every way fitted to
complete the work begun by the president."
One Roosevelt republican suggested tho
thing for the various county conventions
to do would be to Instruct for Secretary
Taft and in case the secretary cannot bo
nominated to Insist that President Roose
velt accept the nomination. To Instruct
for tho president only would merely leave
a loop hole' for antl-admlnlstratlon repub
licans to vote for some reactionary candi
date, he said.
V. 51 , C. A. JOI WKSTEI1VS
Nebraska Association Transfers Mem
bership. NORFOLK, Neb., Feb. 18. (Special Tele
gram.) The twenty-eighth annual conven
tion of tho Young Men's Christian associa
tion closes Sunday with a series of meet
ings which are expected to arouse enthusi
asm for a building campaign in Norfolk,
now without a local association. Saturday
in the convention nearly 11,000 waa pledged
aa part of the $7,000 that the state commit
tee Is to ralao for state work.
O. G. Wallace of Omaha, elected presi
dent of the convention, addressed the dele
gates this morning, making a plea for
more men of the type attending the con
vention. Dad Elliott, once a star end on
the Northweatern foot ball team tand now
In New York as an International ''fetndents'
secretary, was tha principal speaker this
afternoon. He was followed by Steven
Jones, one of five Indians from the Bantee
reservation attending the convention. He
was educated at Springfield, Mass., and
in his address criticised the educational
work of the government among the In
dians, declaring that unwise exhibitions of
force In education had Jarred with the In
dians' Independence.
This afternoon the Nebraska association
transferred Its membership from the
(Jeneva conference to the Western con
ference. Last year Nebraska colleges sent
fifty men to Lake Geneva, but thla sum
mer twice that number will be sent to the
western conference at Cascade, Colo., the
second week In June.
The Crete association has proposed a s'ate
encampment on the Blue river near Crete.
The Idea has won favor and is being in
vestigated by a committee. An open sir
street service was held this afternoon on
the principal street of Norfolk.
York Is the only city that has asked for
the 19C9 state convention. This will come
before the state committee later.
This evening twelve clas leaders from
the Omaha association gave a practical ex
hibition of gymnasium work witnessed by
over 1.CKJ0 people.
C'HKYKNXB SEI.KCT9 DELEGATES
Connty Committee Does Not Express
Presidential Preference.
SIDNEY. Neb., Feb. l,-(Speoial Tele
gram.) The following delegates to the re
publican state convention were chosen here
Saturday by the county central committee:
PauJ R. Borgquist. William P. Miles,
James L. Mcintosh, James C. Wolfe and
David Williams. There was no expression
a to choice of presidential candidates.
KEARNEY, Neb., Feb. 11 (8peclal.)
Owing to the deep snow the attendance
at the meeting of the Buffalo county re
publican committee wa light. It wa de
cided it was not necessary to hold a county
primary to ascertain the people's choice
for president. The township primaries will
be held on February 27 for the purpose of
selecting delegatea for the republican con
vention that will be held at the city hall
March t.
TECUMSEII. Neb., Feb. 14. (Special
Telegram.) The Johnson county repub
lican central committee met In Tecumseh
thl afternoon and decided to hold the
county convention on Saturday, February
29. At the usual caucus for delegate to
this convention, to be held the day pre
viou. an expreaalon for preference for
presidential candidate will be taken. The
convention will choose delegates to the
state and congressional conventions. The
representation will be from the vote of
Judge Reese last fall, giving one delegate
for each ten votes or major fraction cast
for that gentleman for supreme Judge.
This will give the convention 124 delegates.
Bctntr Has Saloon War.
WEST POINT. Neb., Feb. li.-8peetal.)
Th village of Beemer Is In the throes
of a saloon war. Screens have been re
moved and Sunday closing Inaugurated,
Thls waa done In compliance witli a pe
tition presented to the saloonkeepera by
a body of citlsens. The suloonktmper Old
not comply very cheerfully, but under pro
test, and much bad feeling la being munU
fesled. Threats of boycott have been
freely made by th saloon clement agaliut
some of those Identified with th move
ment to compel them to observe the law.
Beemer has four aa loans and hitherto ha
been a wlds-open town.
Jttha Harvey.
SEWARD, Neb.. Feb. 1 (Special Tel.
egram-) John Harvey, a promineut ul el
se n of Seward, died suddenly at nla horn
thla moralng, of heart trouble. Mr. Har
vey, who was formerly mayor of ,th
city, had been traveling for several year
for an Omaha rubber firm. He wa an
active member of the Commercial club and
the Masonic fraternity. He waa 6 years
old and leaves a widow and four sons.
TAFT IB I.K4DIn IX FRAMiMf
Primary ltenla Miow fteeretary of
War Far la Lead.
HILDRETH, Neb., Feb. Id. (Special .)
At the republican primaries yesterday
twenty-six votes were caat In Salem nrc.
clnct. The result Is as follows: Taft,
19; La Follette, 2; Roosevelt, 5. Dele
gates to the republican county conven
tion to be held in Franklin, February 19
are as follows: J. Frank Lanls, Willis
Neff. A. W. Anderson. Fred Poker, W. E.
Hadley, S. H. Carpenter. J. Warnken. W.
3. Marr, II. K. Ouderklrk and H. M. Ware.
UPLAND. Neb., Feb. 16 ( Special. )
Republcan primaries Jield hero yesterday
for th selection of representatives to the
county convention from Antelope town
ship and for preference for president re
sulted In the following vote for choice
of president: Hughes, 2; Fairbanks, 2;
I -a Follette, 2; Taft, 17; Roosevelt. J.
The total republican vote In this precinct
Is about fifty. The county convention
will be held In Franklin, Wednesday, Feb
ruary 19.
Ilaaaett "aloon Keepers Leave.
BASSETT. Neb. Feb. 16. (Special.) Com
plaint was filed a few days ago In Justice
court In Newport, this county, charging Ed
ward Gardner and William Purdy, saloon
keepers In Newport, with selling liquor to
minors. These men got news of. the In
tended prorecutjons and closed their sa
loon and loft town In the night. Friday
night Gardner returned, assuming that
nothing would be done. Ho arrived on the
midnight train, was told a warrant was
out for him, end took the 2 o'clock train
out of town. Constable Menney boarded
the same train and caught his man at
3tuort. He was arraigned Saturday and
pleaded cullty and was fined $25 and costs.
He paid his fine and will leave at once
to nvold prosecution for selling liquor on
Sunday. .The Board of Trustees has re
voked the license of these men.
Delegates from Dawson.
LKXINGTGN. Neb., Feb. 1 6. ( Special.)
The following delegates to the republi
can state convention have been selected
by the county committee: W. L. lllck.s,
E. G. West, W. .J. Lawson. V. L. TSuiplo,
Charles Cave, W. F. Muncio, 8. L. Bur
son, William Ralston. J. S. Thomas, J. F.
Orim and W. J. Birney. Tho following
arc delegates to the congressional con
vention: Eugene Cedar. F. E. Carlson,
J. II. Linderman, T. N. Boyle. 13. C.
Stanley, James Beans, H. C. Bocker, W.
M. Htobblns, H. P. Nielsen, Lambert John
son and Charles Ward.
Carrlnvton at Bcnkelman.
BENKELMAN, Neb., Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) The Dundy County Teachers' aa
soclatlon met In Benkolman Saturday.
After an Interesting program the asso
ciation was addressed by Superintendent
George D. Carrington of Nemaha county,
who Is also a candidate for the state ,u
perlntendency. He also wpoke on "Tflo
School and the Taxpayer" at a public
meeting In the evening.
Republican Primary "t Albion. ,
ALBION. NebT, Feb. 16.-(Special Tele
gram.) The republican primary here to
day resulted as follows: Taft, 41; Roose
velt, 6; Cannon, 4; Fairbanks, 1; Hughes,
4, and La Follette, 1. . .
Xebraakav .inrs -Notes.
ASHLAND C. A. Kllllan of this county
has been granted a patent on an improved
pump valve for which he made application
two years ago.
KEARNEY Morgan Lewis Brlerly has
been released from the. county Jail after
being discharged for the killing uf Big
Nichols hero' lust month. '
BENKELMAN Dr. D. A. Meesi sold
2,080 acres of hlx-ranch for $15 per ucro
to the Cereal Mill company of Seward.
Tho doctor lias aome 400 acres left.
KEARNEY Tlie Elks' valentine party
was one of the finest the Elks ever had.
The women served a lunch, to which the
400 Elks that were In attendance did full
Juat tee.
KEARNEY The Kearney fire depart
ment had a banquet at the city hall. Ko
freshmenta were nerved by tho PaUcm
eafe. Speeches were made by various
buslnesa men and out-of-town firemtn.
Music by home .talent waa reudered- ;
ASHLAND High prices still continue
for Saunders county real estate. At pub
lic auction this week the Jacob (Maun
farm was purchased by Barney E. Barry
for $127 an acre. Another farm of 120
acres, near the town of Memphis, recently
sold for $115 an acre.
KEARNEY On Friday, next the Masons
will go to North Platte to assist in the
dedication of their handsome temple. Ap
propriate ceremonies will lo held. The
cities of York, Elm Creek, Hastings, Lin
coln, Grand Island, Hhelton and other
will also be represented.
KEARNEY Several vacancies have oc
curred In the State Industrial school hero
and up to the present time only one ntis
been tilled. Berj Marston goes to tr.e
school as Instructor in all branches of
carpenter work and draughtsmanship
There are four places still open for teach
ers. KEARNEY The Ladles' Aid society of
the Preahyterian church la preparing for
the bazar which will hq held at I he city
hall this coming Easter. The women who
are active in the work are: Mrs. VVarrun
Pratt, president: Mra. B. II. Gordon, sec
retary; Mrs. M. L. Troupo, treasurer;
Mrs. Everett ShaftO and Mrs. L. I). Fore
hand. HERMAN The country roads around
Herman are In the worst condition they
have been In several years. It la nearly
Impossible to get anywhere over thoio
and few try it, unless they have .to come
to town. The anow melts faat, but .it ii
hardly gone until more cornea to take Its
place. Old-timers shake their heads and
say six more weeks of winter.
KEARNEY A district convention of
dentists will be held here on March 10.
Interesting data will be read at tha meet,
tng by aome of the most prominent men
in the profession. All laie lduas fif den
tistry will be propounded and seral rit,v
methods will be brought to 11, I. L'r.
Far rail of Corad 1 president 'liter are
over 100 members. The I'alaco cafe will
supply the banquet.
ASHLAND The county commissioners
have let the contract for the new ateel
bridge across Salt creek on KlWcr street
to the Canton Bridge company. 'i'h
bridge will be 1S5 fVet long and twenty
four feet wide, with a footwuy of six
feet. The city will build a ateul ap-
f roach on the west side of over 100 feet
n length. This bridge will make Silver
street, which la the main main thorough
far of the city, one of th most tXautl
ful highways In the state.
FAIRBURY George Voselle, who
claims his home Is Denver, Colo., was ar
rested Friday night with goods in his
possession purloined from three store In
this city. He received a sentence of
thirty days in the county Jail, but aa ho
had other articles for which he could not
give a good account, another complaint
will be filed against him at the expira
tion of hla sentence. He is charged with
stealing a suit of clothes at a hotel in the
city, but It la not yet certain whether he
broke Into the room where they were left,
which would make a difference In the de
gree of th crime.
TO CURE A COLD ) OHU DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money If it fails to cur.
E. W, Grove's signature I on each box. Jfa,
Favorable Mlssloaarr Report.
HURON, B. D., Feb. U.-(8peclal,4
Thursday evening a meeting of the board
of director of the Congregational Home
MiBsionary society of South Dakota was
held in this city, Dr. W. II. Thrall presid
ing. Among those present were Rev. D. G.
Perrln of Belle Fourcha, Rev. George E.
Oreen of Fort PUrr. Rov. II. W. Jamleson
of Beresford, Rev. A. C- Boudlsh of Mitch
ell, Rev. J. P. Clyde , of Watertown and
Rev. F. W. Long of Huron. Reports from
th field Indicated that much work had
been don during th last few month and
oondltiona were exceptionally favorable for
splendid result during th spring month.
Bo Want Ada They bring resulta. '
COMMERCIAL CLUB BANQUET
Two Hundred Lincoln Business Men
Participate in Affair.
MANY QUESTS FROM OUTSIDE
John Barrett, Director of Interna
tional Bnrraa of American Itennn
lira, Deliver the Principal
Address of Occasion.
LINCOLN, Feb. Is Two hundred repre
sentatlvea of the business and professional
life of Lincoln, of Nebraska and cities of
the Missouri valley last night participated
In the first annual banquet of tho Lincoln
Commercial club. The purpose of the club
Is annually to bring together for an ex
change of views men who are Interested
In the upbuilding of the mid-west, and the
Initial gathering was declared a gratifying
success. The principal speakor tonight waa
John Barrett, director of the International
Bureaus of American Republics at Wash
ington. After discussing the Importance of the
foreign and especially the South American
trade to the central west, Mr. Barrett con
tinued: To show more specifically how the cen
tral west is Interested directly in the ex
tension of the iorelgn trade, it Is well to
bear In mind a number of different cn
riderationa. The first is that of provldlns
tho btfct of facilities by which the manu
factured ard agricultural products of tl.e
central west run reach, at the lowest ex
pense possible, the seaboard, where they
can be placed on large sea-going vessels
and transported to all parts of the world.
As we are discussing here principally tho
markets of tjitln America. It is to be em
phasized that there can b no greater in
fluence for tho development of the com
merce of the central west with our slslcr
republics than that of improving the Mi
alsHlppI river, Its tributaries, and other in
terior waterways of the Mississippi valley.
It will be a calamity If the Panama canal
Is completed, at a cost of $;M,0U.0Cfl, and
the great interior waterway system of the
central west has not been Improved In thtf
meantime so that the richest portion of
our country can take advantage of the new
facilities afforded by the canal. It is In
consistent, in other words, to spend such i
large sum In preparing this mighty water
way for the commercial traffic of the
world, without spending at equal amount,
or even more, in Improving the facilities in
the Interior of the I'nited States, o that
full advantage can be taken of the canal.
Improvement of Illvera.
The more I study the lmmeasureahle po
tentialities of the great states of the Mis
sissippi valley, the more I am convinced
that they will never come to the full fruitl
tion of their possibilities until there shail
he a permanent channel of at least four
teen feet of water, reaching from New
Orleana to St.- Paul and Minneapolis, .to
Pittsburg, to Chicago, and on the Missouri
to Omaha and points beyond. If ihl I"
accomplished, the question of hulldirg
canals which shall connect such points as
Lincoln la not by any means a fallacy r
a dream. When wo bear In mind the gre t
canals that have been constructed in all
parts of the world, there la no reason why
a deepened Mississippi and Missouri should
not bo mado all the more valuable with
branch canals to important points. It Is
not, moreover, a mere speculation that thr
time may come when barges can load at
Lincoln and proceed all the way to the
mouth of the Mississippi, or even In the
opposite direction to Chicago, or to such
points as would be frequented In the ex
change of trade, as is now carried on
alone by the railroads.
There is no more serious question he
fore the country, involving its material
oevelopmont, that that of the building of
good roada. The construction of canals
and tho deepening of rivers Is first cousin
to this project, and should be. carried on
In a systematic way, .through a consider
able period of years, until we have pro
vided our whole country with the highest
means of commercial .intercourse..
A second vital consideration is Involved
In the question of Improving our shipping
connections with such parts of tho world
as South America, o tuat when our manu
factured products once reach the seaboard,
either by rail or by Interior waterways,
they Cart he carried ;"to all the principal
ports of foreign markets in vessels flying
the American flag'! am liot going to
make any argument 4we for what Is com
monly called a subsidy. I am simply
going to state facts, so that you may be
better able to conaldcr the necessity of
the situation, and evolve in your own mind
which is the best of th different remedies
proposed. - ,
. Meed, of Ocenn Shipping?.
The great point which I wish to Impress
upon you today la that today
there Is not one first-class mail,
express and passenger steamer run
ning between " the ports of the Vnlted
Stall's and the principal ports of the great
continent of South America. Possibly there
Is one approach to an exception. In the
form of a line that runs between New
York City, Rio Janeiro and Buenos Ayres,
but the new vessela of this company do
not exceed fourteen knota In speed and
they fly the British flag. If a business
man of Lincoln should start out tomorrow
and make the trip of 10,0i0 miles around
the coast line of South America, visiting
its many important ports, ho would not
see one single merchant vessel carrying the
American flag. It is significant that this
condition is coincident with the fact that
the total trade of tho 1'nlted States with
South America only amounts to l-.W, 000.000,
while the total of foreign countries amounts
to $1,&00,000.000. If u cannot he proved
absolutely that poor shipping facilities arc
responsible for this situation, there csn
be no question thut our trade would be
vastly increased If the facilities were Im
proved. I cannot better demonstrate to
you the requirements of the situation than
to make a comparison with those on land.
It la Just as necessary to have fast mall,
express and passenger steamers on the
high Bess to take care of the conditions of
trade and travel as It is to have fast mall,
express and passenger railroad trains on
land to take care of business and Inter
course between the different cities and
states.
ANTI VACCINATION LEAGUE
Action of Health Officer Denounced
and Uerlalon to Flaht
tho Order.
A, G. Storrs waa elected president; II.
A. Wright, vice president; O. J. Quunby,
secretary, and Grait Parson, treasurer, of
the Antl-Vaccination association which was
organized at a well attended meeting c(
representative citizens, Including a number
of women, at Barlght hall Saturday
evening.
Tho purpose of the meeting was. to enter
a protest against the enforcement of the
compulsory vaccination ordinance relating
to the admission of children to the public
schools. The proceedings opened with a
statement of the subject of the meeting
by Mr. Storrs. However, the real purpose
of the gathering was more fully given in a
long easay written by J. W. Hodge, M. D.,
of Niagara Falls, in which the practice of
compulsory vaccination was caustically ar
raigned and denounced as a relic of barbar
ism, unconstitutional and unworthy of In
telligent, modern civilization. The long
assay waa attentively listened to and ao
completely covered the ground that th
matter wa very briefly discussed. It sen
timents were, however, endorsed snort
cordially.
Attorney F. W. Fitch sharply crltlohud
Health Commissioner Connell for bis ar
bitrary enforcement of th ordinance. Mr.
Fitch stated that he was about to brlntf
suit againat the health commissioner end
the school board to enjoin the further en
forcement of the ordinance In the Interijt
of a client, whose four children were taken
from achool because of his refusal to permit
them to be vaccinated. Other speak era
were Grant Parsons. H. E. Cochran and O.
J. Qulmby,
Superintendent Davidson was present ty
Invitation to hear both sides of the ques
tion. He waa asked to speak on the subject.
He merely stated that th achool board
had no other recourse than to obey and
stand by the law as It was passed.
A motion prevailed that the association
would stand by any proceedings looking
toward securing an Injunction against the
further enforcement of the ordlnanoe.
A resolution waa Introduced by Grant
Parsons and unanimously adopted set'lng
forth tha Intention of those present to die
regard th vaccination rdr and fight It
t 4 finish. '
Aa organisation waa effected by th ap
pointment of an executive committee con
slating of President Storrs as art rx
officio member, H. E. Cochran, Grant
Parsons, O. J. Qulmby and II. A. Wright.
This committee was authorlznrl to prepare
a constitution imd by-laws for the .tsar
elation and to report the same at the next
meeting.
After many of thoao present had signed
the membership roll an adjournment wns
taken to next Saturday evening at Barlght
hall.
Thl May Interest Von.
No one is Immune from klrinev trnuKI
so Just remember that Foley's Kidney Cur
win stop tne irregularities and cur any
case of kidney and bladder trouhl that i.
not beyond the reach of medicine. For sal
by an aruggisis,
POLLARD CHANCES POLICY
(Continued from First Page.)
good advantage in the construction of high
ways.
The influence of Mr. Follard Is stamped
on the agricultural appropriation bill from
heglnnlng to end and hla colleagues speak
of him as a careful and conscientious
representative.
Contesting; Detestation from Month
The spectacular Florida state convention
has waked up southern republicans In
Washington as has no event air,... th.
of Grant and reconstruction. A contesting
Delegation to go to Chicago convinces all
hands that a like outcome will nri nnariu
every other southern republican stato con-
vennon. From the rlnlma r ih. i.
llcans from southern states who have been
In Washington durlnr the i
seems certain that Virginia. North Caro
lina, Bouth Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee,
.niaoama, fll!sal8lr.nl. Arkansas anri j,i.i
ana will, with Florida, send contesting
neiegations to Chicago. Here Kt i
gates from south of the Ohio and Potomac
mere, omitting only those from Kentucky,
S04 of whom. It Is claimed, will he contest.
and out of -these contests stirrlnr .r.,i
highly exciting scenes are bound to result,
aa stirring and as exciting as any ever
rnaciea in me grand drama of presidential
pon ucs.
And. Administration Scheme.
It is undoubtedly the CAmP nf t Via on, I
administration republicans to precipltoto
contests in all the southern states and
rump conventions will be held and fights
nu uragouis will result to tho nn .,
the national committee which will organize
",e -'onveniion may have -the opportunity
Of deciding between President Roosevelt's
candidate as represented by one delegation
..u me opposition to Taft as represented
by a oonteatlng delegation! So close la the
uivisionai line between tho 1'utt
Taft forces In the national committee the
two votes either way will swing It. and
according to tho most conservative estl-
maie uie antl-Taft forces have the com
mitiee by two votes. This will give some
"l l" uuatioii and with contesting
delegations from all the southern
which will have to be heard at length by
me committee and each case standing alone
it would not be surorisina- ir n, rKii
national convention, which meets on June
. wouia last the whole week and extend
Into the week of the 23d. Kvr ti. .
ground is being fought over by the forces
no- antl-Taft. the outcome, par
ticularly In the south, being watched hero
wiui me liveliest kind of interest.
Mescal Beans Amonor Tt.rfl..
Some complaints have been coming In to
o...ir i.urKetc recently concerning the
Increasing use of the mescal h..n
the Winnebago Indians. The senator has
laaen ine matter up with the commissioner
of Indian affairs and was today Informed
that while tho Indian pffice was aware of
the demoralizing effect of this habit among
certain Indians It was practically powerless
to prevent the use of tho bean. There Is
no law of the United State making the
sale of tho bean to Indians an offenso and
tho department states that If there were
It could not, under the decisions of the
.upifiiie court, do enforced as to the
winneoago Indians, who are citizens of the
I'nited States. The decision which they
refer to is In the matter of the H-ff case
107th V. 8.. m. In that case IK.ff was
Indicted and charged with selling liquor
unlawfully to the Indians ut Howard Kaft
Ho waa sentenced to Imprisonment In the
county Jail for four months and to pay a
fine of tXO. The habeas corpus case was
brought to the supreme court of the United
States, who decided that when the United
States granted citizenship to an Indian It
placed htm outBldo c.r the rcaoh of th
police regulation on the part of congress
and that:
llqruor.WUlwi!h?nCr.hhe Ba,e of ,nt"l'tlng
.2 thJ "h,n ,he p,,vv,'r ot the state
and the license exacted by the nntlona
government I. w0y for revenue and ?s
not an attempted exercise of the police
power- that the laws of the United HttZZ
prohibiting the sale of llVjuor to IndfaM
rne.u"lk? rf"ltion. ami do not apply
zens Indian who have become cltl-
CommlsBloner Leupp therefore Informed
Senator Burkett that the only.wgy m which
the use ot the mescal bean couid be pre
vented was through state legislation, and
that before the next session of the legis
lature he would consider the propriety and
advisability of asking the governor of Ne
braska e. recommend to the legislature pf
that atate legislation upon the subject.
Pensions In Third District.
Pensions granted to persons residing In
the Third district of Nebrahka;
Benjamin A. Jones, Fordyce, $12: Nathan
Rumsey. Creighton. I;;'; Henry H Kn
R?""'.;, William' Banister Monro?'
$12; William - White. Stanton, 2; Frank
Sucha Schuyler. U'; Jason Spark. Con
cord. 12; Stephen Jones. Madison, II"'
Joseph foray til, Plero, $15; Aaron Dolnh
Wakefield. $12; Alfred H. White, ("ark.
! V V.?m.an A- Harmon. Fremont, Iji
John W. Lulnadue, Clarks, $12; William
Williams. Carroll, $20; Oto Van Owen
Creston, $12; Isaao Zlon, Stanton. $15; Silas
Rrown, Lyons. $15; Edward S. Lelcy. Ran-
John H. Wescott. Bouth Butler, N. Y.', $12:
leicrson, ouKlnna. $J0; George
Howe, Fremont, $15: Ievi A. Benton. Ver-
rif.1 SIR Rural, V kl m 1,1, . . .
, . mm,., urcnara,
accrued pension of her husband. John H
Robert Ball, Henlnsrford. $12; Amos il
Falea. Hurwell. $12; Conrad Falks
Millar, $13; Madison Brown. Merna,'
$15; Augustus Hoag, Sheltcn, $15 Andrew
Yound, Iiup City. $16; Charles W. aii.
enson, Sutherland. $1ft: James Ti.r.
Gates. $16; Iewis 8. Say re, Brltt, $15:
George W. Graham. Kearney. $20; Benjamin
F. Parsons. Brady, $20; James W. Tarbert
Dorsey, $20; Samuel W. Thornton. Kearl
ney, $20; Charles W. Shake, Kwlng $13
William W. Gibson, Gibbon. $12; Wesley
F. Campbell, Uttrfleld, $12; Henry C. An
drews, Kearney. $12; Orrin Manchester.
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John J. Allrorn, Crawford. $16; Samue
M,US , tflll,l IIWTIIBII, IF lift-Ill.
joiiiiviu, iryun, ai; Liavia M . rreston
Heneca, $lr; Cyrus Boyd. Aloaworlh. $
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Jackson, Hough. $16: Burtis Rosa. Nordnn.
F,
$15.
Claaa laabU to Dpeak,
GARRETBON. 8. P., Feb. l.-(8pecial.)-Wilhur
S. (Haas, Insurgent candidate for
congress, was n this city recently to de.
liver an address on the issue of tha day.
but owing to the fact that hi coming wa
not advertised to any extent the speech
wa not delivered. Mr. Glas wa very
much disappointed concerning the fact, but
expressed the opinion that lie might return
later and deliver a talk.
Walker Leaves for Wasblagton.
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Feb li(8peclal.)
George 8. Walker, secretary of the Na
tional Wool Growers' association and th
Wyoming Wool Grower' association, left
thl morning for Washington. P. C., where
he will lay before the house nd senate
committees on public lands the protest
passed by the associations he represents
against the passage of the Burkett bill or
any other measure providing for leasing
of tho public range. Mr. Walker will b
associated In these protests with delega
tion representing the sheepmen of Colo
rado, Wyoming, Washington, Arlxona, Ore
gon. New Mexico, Nebraska. Utah, Idaho.
South Dakota and California.
EASY MONEY FOR ENGLISHMEN
Anti-Graft I .a it Ha Canard Petty
draft of Barer to Ilia-
pnear.
ION PON. Feb. $. (Special.) It Is cal.
ciliated that more than 30 per cent has
been chopped off the Incomes of the
buyers of Great Britain as th result
of the first year's working of the new
prevention of corruption act. What was
formerly considered one Of tho fattest
billets at the disposal of the big com
mercial houses now goes begging, and
with an eagle-eyed association In the
field to see that the law does not bcc6me
a dead letter, matters are not likely to
Improve much for the mcmbtrs of thla
hard-hit calling.
Buyers In business houses In Great
Britain long have been satisfied with
salaries hardly exceeding the sums spent
on their wines and cigars by men In simi
lar positions In the United States. Re
sponsible buyers in some of the largest
house In London, pluclng orders for
thousands of dollars' worth of goo. la
every week, have been content with $2U
a week and some of them even have been
known to serve for $7 a week. At the
same time they have been supporting
their families In high style and having
their clothes made at the same tal:or as
their bosses.
This seeming Incongruity Is explained
when it Is undestood that a buyer's sal
ary was the smallest part of his inconio
In the good old day when graft reigned
supreme. His house In the country, his
wife's new set of furs, his own elaborate
dinners Were purchased by the buyer out
of the secret commissions which It had
become the custom In all lines of business
In Great Britain to demand and to glvr.
In plain words, the buyer got his little
5 and 10 per cent out of every dollar's
worth of goods purchased by him for his
firm.
Nor did the buyer's perquisites end
there. To such an alarming extent had
the practice grown that when Christmas
time rolled arouad a buyer's presents
from those with whom he had placed or
ders during the year frequently equaled
In value hla whole year'a salary. This
system of secret commissions. w hlch
really amounted to bribery, assumed audi
proportions that many firms protested
becauso of the serious diminution ot
their profits It Involved. But no firm
dared risk Us business by coming out
flat-footed and refusing to pay the secret
commissions. Such a step meant ruin,
for the firm would surely have been
boycotted not cfnly by the buyer against
whom It complained, but as well by buy
ers for houses In similar llnoa. Finally,
however, the London Chamber of Com
merce tok the matter up seriously and
formed a committee composed of aome of
the most Influential business men In the
English metropolis and representing In
one way or another practically every lino
of industry. As a result of their efforts,
In August, 1906, the prevention of cor
ruption act was Introduced in Parliament
by th present government and passed by
an overwhelming majority. The act is
aimed at the practice of corruptly of
fering, giving, asking for or receiving
secret commissions, discounts, gratuities
6r bribes In any hap or form.
Tho act went Into effect on January 1,
1007, but It was not until the Christmas
day JuBt passed that it was poaBlblo to
estimate Just what had been its effects
on various systems of graft and gratuity
that had grown up within the British
commercial structure. In ono respect It
has liorne fruit in a quarter that was
probably not anticipated or intended by
tho framers of the act. Many largo,
houses were in tho habit of giving Christ
mas boxea to their employes, and on the
pretense that such glft-i were a violation
of the spirit, if not the letter, of the act
they stopped the practice.
Prosecutions under the net have ed
vcloped phases that might be considered
severe in the United States. For in
stance, a warehouseman was fined $i0
and $50 costs for giving a carman em
ployed by another man 60 cents for carry
ing some parcel for him. Although tho
carman explained that lie did the carry
ing during hla dinner hour, he was dis
charged by hla employer and fined $5 by
the court.
Wesleran Breaks Hecord.
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Neb., fob. 16
special. "' -h"'; ,,
Jaunt through Iowa and Missouri tills
week and reiurncu mm v.o..
Company M at Red Oak a bitter clone l.y
beating mem, u i - ,
creca Diit"iii"."" ..... ... .--.,- o
package by the close score of 2 to
This aamo was conceded to be t.ie fastest
. ...1 I .... . I, a Wllll.
and closest ever imurisru v,n
andoah floor and was only won by ine
hardest kind of work on the part ot tae
Wesleyan tHam. Tho homo team ,iad a
recoro or. novnn , - ,h
seventy-eight games, Muscatine being tne
only team to take their measure ,,''"''
quintet fruin Baldwin. Kan., will mw;t
A. . . . tti.... i.. ii..4 un1 a naiil
conlest IS looked for. The Nehraskan.
returned from their trip In aood trn
barring a few bruises and will go Hi'-o
the game reasonably confident of vlctoiy.
Collrare Basket Ball.
IOWA CITY. Ia., Feb. !. Ospeclal )
The state basket ball college champion.
u ; ...in l -II ..rnhnhilll V bb all ln-
BI11U 11,11 (. ... j-.w". -
determinate quantity this year. It was
believed that the fight for honors lay be
tween Iowa and Orlnnell, to be determined
. ..inht on tha lirlniH 11 floor.
but from present Indications t.tls game
will never be played. Iowa Insista on
playing the game under lntercolieglat:
rules ana urinnen i ju Hiai.wiu mi
h. of ii. Amateur Athletic union.
and according to a statement given out
yesterday by Coaen t ainn, iswi win nm
.i -ntf ..nmnroniiae. L'nlem tho
CongregattonallsU will come over to the
Iowa Bide O line Itm-o mere win iiv nu
game. The state situation ts further
complicated by the defat of Grlnm-U at
the hands of Simpson college at lndlaiiola.
last Friday night. Iowa has iio game with
Blmpson this season and consequently the
muiIvh merits of the teams cannot be
determined.
Track Meet for May UO.
PES MOINE8, Is., Feb. 1 (Special.)
The games committee of tne (Stale 'Col
lege association met at Des Moines larft
Friday and made arrangements for the
annual atale track meet. The date, as ex
pected, was placed on May 2V, with the
Isth set for tla preliminaries. The Drake
stadium was chosen for the place of meet
ing and the officials chosen were r.' a Iter
N. LlKlnger of Milwaukee, referee, and
Carl Kothfus of tit. Paul waa named as
assistant. The other officials will not
be picked until May 1. The commltta
alao elected officers for the coming yer,
as follow: Charles A. Rawson, president;
Keson Jones, secretary; . A. blininger
of Des Moluea, treasurer.
LaJnno tioea to Uihioit.
DUBUQUE. Ia, Feb. 1(. (Hpeclul.)
Manager Rowland of the local Tl.re-I
team haa nlnjd Phrldnn JfJun of lat
season' Springfield (D.) team, pennr
- ii.i.vi ii inn i riiiiat, I r J L! ! ilia
champion long distance thrower of the
worm sou leu me ueuirai in uatuna ihi
Dubuque bought his release outright,
Iowa-Kansas Uanso.
IOWA CITY. Ia.. Feb. 1. (Vpe ial )
ha IwaKaBsaa foot ball game for next
Is a sure tiling, according to d-
vUa received from the latter achool. Tho
Jsyhswers' Athletic hoerd lots approve"
the Knnsns schcdul,. for next f ,,l nt,.l
Iowa Is Include! In the IUt of name
This will be the first meeting of the l
Institutions for t n x t-.cai V
contract 1ms i..en dmwn tip. the fli-t
game to he pliiv.d In ,,w fiy and tin
s. cond at Lnwrcnce.
SOUTH DAK0TAP0LITICS HOI
tlavlinn Count?, Snnooard to lie It
Crawford ( ohiMn, Indorses
Hltlrrduc.
MITCHELL. F. P., Feb. 1.". -(Special Tel
gram.) The republican county central com
mltteo held a metiing Saturday to st
range for the primary election in the IV
pointing of Judge for March 10. Th sii;
position has lrtn heretofore thnl linvN-ir
county was for Crawford for senator, hu' p
developed otherwise durlrg the meeting. A
resolution was Introduced cndorlni (lit
randldnry of Secretary Taft and ;i 1 .- . en
dorsing the courst of Senator Kuif.-d.-
and for his re-election. The resolution
carried without any opposition being hour
by the Insurgents. Two years tijtn M n.
surgents passed a resolution In the onnu
convention demanding that Senator ttpi
tredgo resign from the United Stair.
ate. The change lias been great in : i
time.
BONETEKL, P. P., Feb. lrV-(Fpr , .
The political situation in this cotinly ', i
reached a nolnt where politicians of ;.r;
parties and factions aro beginning t i i;
up and take notice. Next Saturday l..-;i
republican and democratic central coiumi:
teea meet at Gregory. All will be roa-., .
the democratic camp, but with the repul. ll
cans tho stalwarts and Insurgents nrc tit.!1;;
up for battle and !t Is expected tho In
surgents, who have control of the com
mittee, will attempt to Ignore the primrry
law, as has been done in various ether
counties, and appoint a delegation to tle
Rlato convention, if such n deal Is i t
tempted the stalwnrts will give battle vlth
a determination to win. Both Insurgents
and stalwarts agree that the fight will ho
close In this county with tho stalwart fac
tion slightly In the lead. Sctuitor Klttredno
Is gaining strength every day among ll.u
farmers and fully holding his own In Ut
various towns of the county with the possi
ble exception of Gregory, where the Ciutv
ford machine Is conceded to be strong.
The insurgents of Gregory openly bevft
they have lieen promised the land office
and a registration point If Crawford Is
successful. Bnncstcel, Ilurke, llcrrlck and
Dallas ore also In the field for who . vcr
political pies there are to ho divided :ind
do not take kindly to the boaels of
Gregory.
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