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TIIE BEE: OfAITA. TUESDAY, MAY' HO. 1911. Nebraska WAIT WILL NOT TAKE TAX ; Secretary of State Declines to Take Money from Rock Island. C. F. NOHTHEOP GETS ONE YEAR Omaha Man Sentenced for Mlnie of the Malls Levi Munsrn o Serre Thirty Dim la ttar DndRe ('nntr Jail. (From a Ftaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Mar .Speclal.) Secretary of State Walt has refused to accept from the Bock inland railroad a corporation tax paid under protest. The concern failed to par Hi annual occupation tax fee f6r the years of line and 1910. On thin account a penalty of $10 was levied attaint the road and when they offered to make a payment of the H20 tax due dslred to attach thereto a protest against the penalty clause. Sec retary Watte took the position that since the supreme court late In 1!09 had Riven a decision upholding the validity of the cor poration occupation tax he had no author ity to receive payment under protest. With this action by the state official comes the news that he also has reported to Attorney General Martin a list of cor porations In the state which have been doing business without payment of occupa tion tar as required by law. These com panies under the Gandy bill passed at the last session o (the legislature have an opportunity to pay delinquencies and con tinue In business. Otherwise they will be prosecuted for doing business contrary to law, state offlolals assert Northrop Gets One Year. In federal court In this city C. F. Northrup of Omaha was sentenced this morning to one year and one day In the government prison at eLavenworth, Kan., for the use of the mails with Intent to defraud. Northrup appeared here this morning, and pleaded guilty to the charge. On this account leniency was shown him by Judge T. C. Munger. Levi Munson, a local hotel keeper, who was convicted last week, on the charge of having sold liquor without a government license, was sentenced to thirty days and $100 fine. This he will serve In the Dodge county JalL Thomas Carr, another IJncoln man, pleaded guilty to the same chage, and will be sentenced 'next week. Criminal Charge on Stewart. y Governor Aldrlch this morning Instructed Attorney General Martin to start crim inal proceedings against Thomas Stewart, the bookkeeper at ' the ; school for the feeble-minded at Beatrice, who was found almost 11,400 short lit his accounts. It is said that Stewart has retained the ser vices of an attorney and will fight the case on the ground that he was not alone in the custody of the cash. Governor Aldrlch, it Is said. will. direct suit to be instituted against Dr. Jtoe. the former superintendent, tor the' recovery of the amount lost on account of the alleged misappropriation 'of funds' by bookkeeper Btewart. Dr. Roe was under bond to the state, while Stewart was not. . lUrer-to-Monntaln Itoute. H. B. Frederlckson, S. A. Searle and Mr. George of Omaha yesterday finished out lining tha Omaha-Lincoln end of the river-to-mountain, road, which Is to be built in the near future. , The ,mon made the trip thrlugh in spits of, the. heavy .roads they encountered. Toe new reute as plotted will run from this city east to Havelock and Waverly, thence east south of Green wood until a point dttreetly south of Louis ville where It turns throught that place and follows a course across the Platte river. From there the road through Pap pllllon is followed Into Omaha. West of this city the main part of the road is plotted. u Minister Makes reace Plea. FREMONT, Ieb., May 29. (Special.) The usual Memorial Sunday services were held at Larson's theater yesterday morn ing. MoPherson post of the Grand Army oocupled seats on the stage. Dr. T. C. Sexton, now' the only confederate veteran In the city, was with them as usual. The seitnon was by Rev. a D. Pockham of the Friends' church' and was a logical and eloquent plea for universal peace and for arbitration as a means of settling national difficulties. The choir of the Methodist Episcopal church furnished the music and the pastors of the different churches as sisted In the services. The signal corps of the National Guards also attended the services, acting as escort to the veterans. Gumbo and Band for Road. COLUMBUS, Neb., May 29.-SpeciaL)-Wlthln tha next three weeks active work will begin on the road between this city and the south side of the Platte river bridge, the good roads department of the Department of Agriculture at Washington having notified President Frlschhols of ths Commercial club that a good roads expert will be here to supervise the work. During tha last fall and winter Improving of this stretch of road was taken up by the Commercial club, which succeeded In raisins; the required amount to defray the expense. The county came forward first with about ISOO, and then Columbus town ship, where the road Is located, voted an additional sum, and the remainder was made up by the business men of the city, who were solicited by members of the club. This piece of road is at present pure sand. It la 'the duty of every expectant mother to prepare her system for the. coming of her little one ; to avoid aa far aa possible the suffering of such occasions, and endeavor to pass through the crisis with her health and strength unimpaired. This she may do through the use of Mother's Friend, a remedy that has been so long in use, and accomplished so much good, that it is In no sense aa experiment, but a preparation which always produces the best results. It Is for exernal application and so pen. etrating in its nature as to thoroughly lubricate every muscle, nerve and ten don involved during the period before baby comes. . It aids nature by ex randing the akin and tissues, relieves tenderness and soreness, and perfectly prepares the system for natural and safe motherhood. Mother's Friend has been nsed and endorsed by thou sands of mothers, and Its use will prove a comfort and a benefit to any woman in need of such a remedy. Mother's Friend Ui ns much valuable information. UUDFU1D KECULATOK CO. AjUm., Cm. Detailed Census of Nebraska Counties. The director of the census hss announced the population of Frontier county. m column (o ine minor civit divisions, aa louows: Allen precinct Clearwater precinct Curtis precinct, Including Curtis village. Curtis village Falrvlew precinct Including Eustla village... Rust is vlllRe , Gnrfleld precinct Harrison precinct llorrell preclnrt Knowles precinct LulrU pre Inct, Including Maywood village. Maywood village Laws precinct Unroln precinct Iiiipan pre-lnrt , 1-ower Medicine precinct Mooreflcld precinct Muddy precinct North Btar precinct Osborn preclnrt l'lum Creek precinct Knssell precinct Sheridan precinct Weaver precinct.... i9io. imo. isrxv .8.672 8,71 S.4S7 , 10 20 ,271 2W . 9A 7 , 613 435 . 378 . 2S7 370 47 , 7St 670 4.T0 . HI 146 . 2- 2! . &7 S77 647 , 25 JKM , rri a.n , 272 830 fl6 , 819 tv) 60S .443 310 . 214 211 X . 19 223 2M . 21 3i7 SM . 21 315 3.M) . 4.' 4S7 443 . 3i4 S."7 fi) , W 2) 23 , 249 240 ftfift , 219 2.-W 170 . 20 274 ft.) . 253 2K1 233 .211 ,249 . 64 &M T74 , 232 2il9 217 , 178 126 . lot 179 but when the government expert was here he found gumbo In abundance nearby, and tffls, with a per cent of sand added, will form the material for the road. Beatrice Man Invents Flying Machine IT. M. Souder Has Made a Machine that Will Fly Without Pre liminary Ron. BEATRICE. May 28. (Special.) Prof. N. M. Souder, principal of the Beatrice high school, has Invented a flying machine, which he thinks will work in 'all kinds of weather with perfect safety. One fea ture of Souder's machine that differs from others Is that it can be started without running along the ground. It is not the purpose of this machine to attain a high rate of speed, but rather to insure safety and to bring arelal navigation within the reach of inexperienced persons. Mr. Sou der states that his machine has been dem onstrated in Oklahoma privately, and that he will prove a success. TWO THOUSAND PERSONS IN NEBRASKA ASYLUMS Reports from Institutions of State lie veal Lancaster Heads Doa;las County. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, May 29. (Special.) Reports from the insane asylums of the state show that there were on January 1, nearly two thousand Nebraskans confined In the three state Institutions. The division is aa fol lows: Hastings, 1,061 patients; Norfolk, 309 patients, and the local asylum, 001 patients. By far the greatest proportion of the In sane men are farmers. At Lincoln there are fifty-one; at Norfolk, sixty-seven, and at Hastings, 142, a total of 260. Farmers also constitute the greater number of those treated at Lincoln for dipsomania, or drunkenness. There were sixty-two of them In the last two years, sixty were laborrs, eighteen were painters, twelve carpenters and eleven masons. No other class furnished as many aa ten. Laborers form the next largest class of Insane men. At Lincoln there are forty, at Hastings thlrty-twq and at Norfolk nineteen, a total of ninety-one. Of the SGS women, .17 1 are listed as housewives. The records at the Lincoln asylum show that patients were received In the largest number from the following counties: Lan caster, 8; Douglas, 7; Cass, 21; Saunders, 20; Dodge, 18; Gage, IS; Otoe, 11; Richardson, 12; Nemaha, 10; Pawnee, 10. At the Has tings hospital: Hall, 88; Jefferson, 28; Buf fela, 27; Adams, 23; York, 21; Custer, 19; Thayer, 13; Harlan, 12; Nuckolls, 12; Phelps, 12; Polk, 12; Red WlllowN12; Webster. 11; Clay, 10; Hamilton, 10; Howard, 10; Nance, 10. At Norfolk: Holt 14; Knox. 13; Cedar, 12; Stanton, 10; Colfax, 10. Of the inebriates Douglas furnished 47, Lancaster, 20; Adams, 12, and Saunders, 12. i Melancholia apparently claims most of the victims, as the doctors diagnose It while senility is given as the cause of a considerable number. Dementia and mania in various forms are headings under which many are also listed. To maintain these three hospitals the state expends nearly 8350,000 a year. The cost to keep a patient at each of the asy lums, including every Item of expense. Is given as follows: At Hastings, 8118.50 a year; at Lincoln, 8167.03; at Norfolk, 8118. SCOTT-SBLCFF TO HAVE ELEVATOR Big New Warehouse to Be Followed by Other Structure. SCOTTS BLUFF, Neb., May 29. (Spe cial.) C D. Snyder Is building a 80x50-foot brick warehouse, and will as soon as track arrangements are completed, begin the erection of a 80,000-bushel elevator. This is to be completed in time for the harvest of this year, which bids fair to be of tre mendous proportions. Indications were never better for a heavy yield of all crops. Officials of he Union Pacific have deter mined that the Qerlng depot Is to be lo cated on Lincoln avenue, which Intersects Main avenue of Scott's Bluff, by way of the new bridge. Norfolk boasts of being the only city of its class employing a paid secretary In the Commercial club. While Its pubno spirit Is exemplary, Scott's Bluff has It consid erably bested. With a population of 1.73, according to census, thlo city supports a club of over 120 members and has for some time-past had a secretary on salary devot ing his entire time to the work, i Foundations for the new steel and con crete electric light plant are In, and the pole lines practically overhauled. In an other month the new system will be in operation. Judge Grimes, who has for many years been district Judge, has the formation of the new district "been cut off from this valley. The local bar Inveigled him here last week and landed on him with a ban quet and a new traveling bag. Visitors from Bridgeport Gerlng and other points were In attendance. The I'ayne Investment company ran an other train In this week with a load of landseekers and with the usual result of "getting the landless man some manless land." Kalcfcta of Columbus Banquet. COLUMBUS, Neb.. May 29.-(Speclaj.) Columbus Council No. 938, Knight of Co lumbus, held their annual Initiation and banquet in this city yesterday. The juris diction of this council extends to and In cludes Norfolk on the north, Schuyler oh the east David City on the south, and Albion and Central City on the west and of the forty-two candidates present many were from these towns. After the Initi ation a banquet was served by the Knights of Columbus women. Thomas Lynch of Omaha was toaatmastar. Speakers were Superintendent F. A. Stench of David City, James M. Lanlgaa, Greeley; John A. Brnnewlts. Omaha, and T. J. Doyle of Lincoln. The Maeniierchor orchestra Of this city furnished music for the occasion. F. W. Booth Appointed Head of School for Deaf New Superintendent of Institution in Omaha Comes from Pennsyl vania School. LINCOLN, May 29. (Special Telegram.) F. W. Booth of Washington. D. C, has been appointed by Governor Aldrlch to succeed Superintendent Stewart of the Omaha School for the Deaf. The appoint ment takes effect July 1. Mr. Booth was for several yeara connected with the Penn sylvania School for the Deaf at Mount Airy, Philadelphia, the largest school for the deaf In the world. FRANK BOOTH TO SUCCEED STEWART AT DEAF SCHOOL New Superintendent from Washing ton Will Assume Chars; First of July. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, May 29. (Special.) Effective July 1. Frank W. Booth of Washington, D. C, will assume charge of the Nebraska polntmeht was made this morning. Booth School for the Deaf at Omaha. The ap succeeds Superintendent Stewart, who was the head of the Institution under the Shal lenberger administration. The new su perintendent Is at present the head of the Volta bureau at the national capital, an institution maintained for the increase and diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf. Mr. Booth was born at Anamosa, la. He graduated from the Iowa State college at Ames In the class of 1877 and had for his classmates a number of people now prominent in Nebraska. Dean C. E. Bes sey of the University of Nebraska, was one of his Instructors at Ames. Mr. Booth has been Intimately connected with deaf people and with the education of the deaf since his childhood. His father, Edmund Booth, lost his' hearing at the age of 4 years, and was educated in the school for the deaf at Hartford, Conn. Later he was a teacher in that school. Mr. Booth's father published for a num ber of years a newspaper at Anamosa, where the son learned the printer's trade. For two years after graduation at Ames lie was engaged aa instructor in mathe matics In the Iowa State college. He then became a teacher In the Iowa School for the Deaf at Council Bluffs and in 18S3 went from there to the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf at Mount Airy. In this he taught and was principal of an oral depart ment until 1908, when he went to Washing ton as superintendent of the Volta bureau. From 1899 to 1910, he was the editor of the Association Review, now the Volta Review, the official publication of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf. For a number of years he was treasurer and general secretary of the association. Major Norrls 111. TABLE ROCK, Neb., May 29. (Special.) Major C. H. Norrls, who has been in the mercantile business here continuously for forty-two yeara, since 1869, Is criti cally 111 at his home In Table Rock with a Nebraska serious throat trouble. Mr. Norrls was a member of the state senate in the session of 1K75, and a member of the house a couple of years later. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS Commencement Bxerelses Held Wayne, Blair' and Valentine. at WATNB, Neb., May 29 (Special.) The graduating class-of 1911 gave the class play at the opera house Thursday evening to a large and appreciative audience, and on Friday evening the commencement exer cises were held at the Methodist church. the baccalaureate sermon being delivered by Rev. Alexander Corkey, pastor of the church. There were fifteen graduates. They are W. L. Epler, A. H. Lewis, Minnie Mil ler, Vera Thomas, Freda Ellis, Ruth White, Fannie Brittell, Dot Chopin, Clara S. Heckert Nellie Juhlln, R. E. Miller, Irma Jones, James A. McEachen, Eugena Pal mer and Herbert A. Welch. BLAIR, Neb., May 29. (Special.) The class sermon for the graduating class of Blair High school of 1911, was given at the Methodist church Sunday evening by Rev. A. E. Marsh of the Episcopal church. The class of graduates this year number twenty-one, five boys and sixteen girls. The Junior reception to the class was given on Friday evening at the Mason lo hall. The entertainment for the class consisted of a well given program of songs, recitations. etc., followed by a banquet The class play, "Esmeralda" will be given at the high school assembly room on Wednesday even ing and the graduating exercises on Thurs day evening. VALENTINE, Neb., May . (Special.) The allumnl of the Valentine High school held a reception In Qulgley's hall Saturday night to the class' of nine graduates of this year. A pretty program was given as well as the Initiation of the members of this year's class, after which the floor was cleared and a dance was given, the music being furnished by the high school orches tra. The hall was decorated with the col ors of the alumni and punch was served to all present WASHBURN IS CANDIDATE County Jndse of Hamilton Will Make Race for District Judge la Fifth. , AURORA, Neb.. May . (Special.) Public announcement will be made this week of the candidacy of County Judge Washburn of Hamilton county for the re publican nomination for the office of dis trict Judge In this, the Fifth Judicial dis trict of Nebraska, which is composed of York, Seward, Saunders, Butler and Polk counties, There are two Judges in this district The offices are now held by Judge Coroc ran of York and Judge Good of Wahoo, both democrats, whose terms expire this year. Judge Washburn has resided in Hamilton county for a long term of years and Is now serving a third term aa county Judge. The last two terms he was elected without opposition. Business Changres at Edgrar. EDGAR, Neb., May 2a (Special.) George Gordon of the firm of Gardner A Gordon has sold his Interest in the large general merchandise firm to Charles Ferguson of Wood Lake, who takes possession this week. The firm conducts .a large double store, having the largest floor space of any store of the kind in town,t Mr., Gordon has not' made plans for thei future. The Boomer Implement company has be gun the erection of a large cement block building on the two lots on Main street Just north of their present building. The new structure will have a pressed brlok front and cement floor and will be used as a garage. A repair shop will be fitted up in the rear. Aa Auto Collision means many bad bruises, which Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals quickly, as It does sores and burns. 2Sc For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Recall Petitions Cancelled. PITTSBURG, Kan., May 29 Petitions started last week for the recall of Mayor A. C. Graves and the city commissioners were cancelled today when the mayor promised to discharge the new police force and appoint a new civil service commis sion.! The mayor today admitted that be had overstepped his authority. Store Will Close at Noon v on Decoration Day You'll Want New Clothes; Don't Delay... Come In and let tig fit you out In the best suit you ever bought, se lected from the biggest and best stock you evtr saw. S10 Superb Coat and Pants Suits, JJUO to $25 RTKAW HATS OF ItK.AL WOKT11 Every style is right, and so Is every price. Soft nraids and Sailors :. Sl.fSO to $5.00 Real Panama $2.00 to $10.00 OMAHA'S OsT&Y MODEKBT CLOTHIHO BTOXB THE KOMCB OI QUALITY CXiOTKXB. . j Sew TnauJjt'Msjf'if At J Join Gund Brewing Co. 'rZ$lM M , S T k L Tvv La Crosse, Wis. CAW.FUITH. Dntresar V W IV;;" -A Vl WVT' The Brewers of this iJQM. W 11 Y ZZrr BEER' be tho best brew In M 11 If Am world; and every day in tha year they work to make it hfi j- J M f better. 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