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VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA tJlTY, NEB., FRIDAY, MAIICII 13, 1908.
NUMBER 28
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wop's daily news
CAUDFULLY ' COLLECTED AND
CONCISELY STATED.
READY FOR PRACTICE
WEEKS Ol' HARD WORK AHEAD
OF EVANS' JACKIKS.
California Cities Already Preparing All
Sorts of I'Juliornte Entertainment
for Moo of Uio Famous Battlcwhlr
meet Arrival nt MuKilntcna Hay.
When the American battleship fleel
.under command tf Read Admiral
Robley D. Evans steamed Thursday
Into Magdalena bay, pausing through
the rocky gutoway marked by Sail
Rock on the north and Redondo Point
on the south, and dropped anchors be
i hind the high peninsula's promontory
which stretches a protecting arm from
the mainland and makes Man-o'-War
v cove, the most sheltered harbor ol
the lower Pacific coasts- the history
making naval cruise of more than lS,
000 miles begun at Hampton Roads
lews than three months ago practically
came to an end.
Magdalena Is the principal naval
base of the Pacific for American taYget
work and battle practice drills, and by
right of temporary ownership through
government lease, the vessels, If not
'the men of the fleet, may feel that
hey are again In home waters.
t. There remains to be made the trip
from Magdalena bay to Sari Francisco,
te destination originally announced,
a.'; matter of some 1,100 miles, but it
will not begun until after target prac
, lice 4 concluded and flee drills ore
dmie. 1
There Is serious work to be done at
Magdalena, however, before the sail
or?" thoughts can turn to the happy
days of home coming. Target ranges
$ are tbe established off the coast of
lower California at once, according to
the wireless dispatches from Admiral
Evans, and the divisions of the fleet
will be sent out with big guns boom
ing as soon as, they are ready. Long
before the fleet passed through the
strait of. Magellan the ordnance of
ficers of the sixteen ships, the turret
captains and heads of the various gun
crews were busy with the details of
the coming practice, and in the run
from Callao to Magdalena they com-
pleted the final arrangements.
Two target practices are held each
year in the navy. The spring practice
which has been completed by all ves
sels of the Pacific fleet, and which Is
about to be undertaken by the fleet
from the Atlantic, Is known as the
'"record practice," as the result of
which four trophies annually are
awarded.
RESCUES FALLEN FIANCE.
Minister Finds Her In Wicked Chicago
Resort.
Rev. F. Lloyd Swearer and his wife
left Chicago Thursday on their honey,
moon to Pittsburg, Pa., where the
bridegroom Is an assistant rector of
one of the churches In the Episcopal
diocese. The bride was Miss Grace
Henry.
Underlying the happiness of the
newly wedded couple there Is a story
of romance, of sweethearts'quarrls and
separation, culminating In a rescue
tt the girl from one of the wickedest
resorts in the red light section of Chi
cago. The ceremony was performed In
a resort at 2024 Armour avenue.
Rev. C. A. Kelly, pastor of the Wa
bash Avenue Methodist church, was
the officiating clergyman. He was ap
proached at the conclusion of his
morning services by a young man who
sold his name was Swearer and that
was from Pittsburg. The appllcn
uisplayed a license giving his age ....
26 years and that of his prospective
bride as 21. When told where the cer
emony was to be performed Rev. Mr.
Kelly gasped. Pressed for explanations
the applicant gave the story of his Ufa
romance.
Indicted liunker IMes
John Q. Jenkins, a Brooklyn banker,
who with his three sons was Indicted
as the result of a banking investiga
tion which followed the recent finan
cial panic, died at Sea Cliff, long Isl--nd,
Thursday of paralysis.
Corset Lacing Kills Woman.
Mrs. Carl Gunkle, of Bingham,
Utah, laced her corset so tightly that
she crushed her heart, caused the
blood to shoot to her lieud, and fell to
the floor In a swoon, dying before aid
reached her.
Indict American Oflleer.
The grand Jury at Winnipeg, Minn..
Wednesday returned a true bill against
unuea Mates Customs Officer Foulke
on the charge of kidnaping farmers.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, 5.40. Top hogs, 14.45.
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Held for Murder of Policeman. '
Jess Cox, who Wednesday night
hot and killed Patrolman L. p. Har
vey, of Muskogee, Okla., wai Thurs
day held for murder in the first degree.
He asserts that the act was Justifiable.
.Ac-used City Treasurer Acquitted.
C. Elijah Meyer, city treasurer of
Michigan City. Ind., who was reported
by examining auditors to be more than
110,000. short In his accounts, was ac.
quitted Thursdiiy.
'INQUIRY IS ORDERED.
President Wants Facts A Unit Stock
Gambling.
An Investigation of all the principal
stock exchanges of the country has
been ordered by President Roosevelt
The purpose Is to establish the meth
ods by which so-called stock gam
blers carry on 'their business. Her
bert Knox Smith, commissioner of cor
porations. Is charged with the duty of
carrying on this Investigation. The
president himself. In talking with
some of his visitors Wednesday, au
thorized them to say that the inquiry
may determine what legislation In
needed. If any. to prevent trading In
futures, buying and selling stock on
margin and other forms of "gambling"
in securities.'
Representative Hepburn visited the
Whjte House a few days ago, and it
was immediately after coming from
the president's office that the Iowa
statesman announced his Intention of
Introducing a bill to prohibit "stock
mbllng." The known fact that Mr.
epburn had been talking with the
president about the measure created
the impression that Mr. Roosevelt was
favorable to the bill. It came out
Wednesday on the authority of the
president himself that the bureau of
corporations has been assigned to
make the preliminary move. If, after
the Smith report is made. It shnrll ap
pear to the president that stock gam
bling, so- called, is included Hn the
long list of things properly belonging
to the ederal government to regu
late or prohibit, he will lend his in
fluence to the passage of appropriate
legislation by congress.
31 YSTERV IN TRAGEDY.
Two Girls Die Together in Ronton
School. ,
Sarah Chamberlain Weed, of Phil
adelphia, Tuesday night shot and kill
ed . Miss- Elizabeth Hardee, of Eut
Savannah, vGa., and then committed
suicide at the Laurens school In How
Jon, an exclusive finishing institution
for young women. The two youw.'
women started to school last October,
but Miss Weed broke down as the re
sult of overwork and was taken t;
the West Newton sanitarium.
Tuesday night she escaped from thr
sanitarium and made her way to the
school. Miss Hardee volunteered to
care for her during the night. When
Mrs. Page, the matron of the school,
went to Miss Hardee's room Wednes
day morning to awaken her she win
shocked to find both women dead it
bed. '. -
Miss Hardee had been shot through
the base of the brain, while there was
a bullet wound Iif Miss Weed's right
temple. A revolver, with two cham
bers empty, was lying on Miss Weed's
breast.
The pupils of the school, about forty
in number, are daughters of wealthy
parents from all sections of the coun
try. ANARCHISTS ARE RARRF.D. "
Not Allowed to Tuke Part in Removal
of AvcrbuchV Remains.
Olga Averbuch, a sister of the niu:
who was killed by Chief of Pnlici
Shlppy, of Chicago, Wednesday enter
ed a protest against the anarchists
taking part In the ceremonies Incident,
al to the removal of her brother's bod
from the potters' field to one of the
Jewish cemeteries.
The Jewish Free Burial association,
which has the matter fn charge, de
clared anarchism Is responsible to the
Jewish race and Is "forbidden by the
tenets of their religion. The anarch
ists who had planned a celebration
were greatly surprised wheo told they
would not be allowed to be present.
Warn Blacks to Ieave.
Night riders Tuesday night made r.
raid In Gibson county, Tenn. They
visited a negro tenant and fired sev
eral shots Into the house, barely miss
ing three sleeping children. Notes
were shoved under the doors of several
negro houses, warning them to leave.
All the negroes are reported to be good
cltlxens.
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Dr. McFarland Exonerated.
The Kansas conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church Wednesday ex
onerated Dr. J. T. McFarland, of New
York, editor of the Methodist Sun
day school publications, of heretical
charges preferred against him by Dr.
George E. Cooke, a member of the
"Troy conference.
Six Peasant Killed.
Six peasants were killed and several
wounded In an encounter with a de
tachment of police at the village of
Kechetovka, Russia. The police went
Into Kechetovka for the purpose of ar
resting two members of the peasant
-evolutionary organization.
AaxaMHln Is in Court.
The task of selecting a Jury to try
Gulseppe Allao, a Syrian, who mur
dered Father Leo Helnrlchs at Den
ver, Colo., began Monday. During the
examination of the U'esmen Allao
seemed to take no interest whatever In
'.he proceedings.
I "a tally Wounds W ife! Ends Life.
Despondent because he was out of
employment, Joseph Kartlne, of St.
Louis, a cigar sulesman, Wednesday
afternooa. cut his wife's throat and
sommltte suicide with carbolic acid.
- Belgium Exm-Is Mormons,
The Bavarian government has or
dered the immediate expulsion of a
number of American ormon mission
aries, whose presence Is regarded as
being dangerous to public o '
IN I RAISE OF STORK.
HooHevelt Deliver Address to CongrpMi
of Mothers.
The White House was , the scene
Tuesday of the formal opening of the'
first International congress on the wel-l
fare of the child which is being held!
under the auspices of the National
Mothers' congress. The 200 delegate
representing all the states and terri
tories were received at the White!
House at 2:30 o'clock Tusday after
noon, when President Roosevelt de
livered to ;them an address In which;
Vie declared that he placed the society;
ahead of the civil war veterans be-;
a use, he said. In the final analysis it
' the mother who is a better citizen
than the soldier "who fights for his
ountry.
The first session of the congress was
held Tuesday night at the Metropoli
tan Methodist church in Marshall
r!nce. Aimer K. Brown, United States
ommlsfioner of education, who waa
"
lppointed by President Roosevelt as
he cfP.clnl representative of the Unit
h States at the congress, spoke on
"Children In the United States."
"I receive many societies here 111
he White House," snld the president
:i his address to the delegates "many
-rgiintztitlons of Good men and good
vomen, striving to do all that in them
les for the betterment of our social
ind civic conditions, but there Is no
ither society which I am quite as glad
r receive ns this. This is the one
ody thaW put even ahead of the vet
runs of the civil war, because when
ill Is paid It Is the mother, and the
nother only, who Is a better citizen
ven than the soldier who fights for
is country."
BLAME FOR DISASTER.
Ihf.lnecr Made' Error In 'Planning
Quebec Bridge.
The report of the royal commission
:i the collapse of the Quebec bridge,
l which eight lives were. lost, has
een presented to parliament. The
ummission finds that the collapse was
ue to defects In design, and that the
arts of the bridge which first gave
vay were the lower chords in the an
hor arm near the main pier.
The design for the chords that fail
ed was made by P. L. Szlapke, the de
igning engineer of-the Phoenix Bridge
lompany. The design was examined
:nd officially approved ' by Theodore
"ooper, consulting engineer of the
Juebec Bridge and Railway company.
The failure cannot be attributed di
rectly to any cause other than errors
.1 judgment on the part of these two
ngineers, the report declares. The re
virt then continues:
"These errors in Judgment cannot be
ittributed either to lack of common
irofessional knowledge, to neglect of
luty or to 'a desire tp economize. The
ibllity of the two engineers was tried
:i one of the most difficult problems of
he day and proved Insufficient."
PRIEST IS THREATENED.
ilnckiiiiiilcrs Demand tluit He
ray
One Thousand Dollars.
A "Flack Hund" letter has been
eceived by Dr. Giovanni Prezlosi, a
'.istlnguished Italian sociologist, who
s the guest of the Augusinian fathers
it the Catholic Church of Our Lady
f Good Counsel In, Philadelphia, in
vhlch $1,000 is demanded of the
irlest,. The writer says: "I am more
lowerful than the police and your
iod."
The letter Is written In Italian and
'.a marked with sinister symbols. '
Mr. Prezlosi Is a secular priest who
ins made a study of Italian colonies In
meriea anJ elsewhere. He has vlslt
jd this country several times, return
ng here In November to study educa.
lonal problems. In December he de
Ivered a lecture before the students of
tarvaru university. Dr. Prezlosi says 'L'"1
tb does not believe there is any ''blaeRn
land eoclety, and that the name Is
me used by blackmailers to inspire
'error.
BREAKS TARGET RECORD.
Performance of the Albany Is Con
sldcred Wonderful.
ThA cruiser South Dakota arrived
it Magdalena buy Sunday afternoon
from San Francisco on her shake
down trip, making an average speed of
from 11 to 12 knots, using eight boil
ers. The Albany steamed north Sunday
evening, flying the cruiser trophy. She
broke all previous records in this
country in rapidity of fire and accu
racy. Her performance Is considered
wonderful.
Tht Atlantic fleet Is expected March
13. Saturday they were approxlmate
'y 1,600 miles south.
Ask New Trial for Walsh.
Application for a new trial for John
R. Walsh, ex-presldent of the Chicago
National bank, convicted of illegal use
'if its funds, was made Tuesday in
the United States district court. One
hundred and fourteen reasons for
grunting a new trial were presented by
the attorneys for Walsh.
Soldiers Kill Commander.
An uprising occurred at Port of
ipaln In a barracks, the soldiers kill,
ng their commander. Gen. Mesa. Ths
mutiny was quelled only after a num.
i-er of soldiers had been shot.
ElKlit Firemen Injured.
Eight firemen were injured in the
business section of Wllkinaburg, a sub
urb of Pittsburg, Pa., and damage to
the extent of $125,000 done by a fire
Tuebd i,y.
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FAKE BOMB IN OMAHA HANK.
Stronger .ApprouHiea Ollirlul and Di
nuutdx $.000.
A man giving the name of Charles
E. Fee, of Kansas Cl1y. was arrested In
Maurer's restaurant in Omaha, at 11
o'clock Tuesday, following u threat ho
made to blow up the Merchants Na
tional bank, unless $5,000 In cash was
handed over to him by Vice President
Luther Drake.
Fee, well dressed and with apparent
marks of a gentleman, called at the
bank at 10:30 o'clock and nuked for
Vice President Drake. The latter In
vited the man to step Into his private
, omrl, ihinkina- he wai n country
bnnker Fee at once began to te'l p
rambling story of having his buainct
destroved and losing a small fortune
by the failue of the Kansas City Hank I
of Commerce. I:i which he snld lie had
$5,000. lie c! iM'd his harangue with
the fiourHh .t small bottle, which
he told l)riil-i contained nitroglycerin,
and wild unless the presldont produced
$5,000 In two minutes he would send
him to eternity in the same breath,
stating he did not care for his own
life.
Drake at first was unnerved hy th
unusual happening, but summoning
courage, attempted to quiet the man.
This at first fulled, but lifter Drake
said, "You want to see your wife be
fore you do this" the miin quieted
down. Drake then nuggested that Fee
Ko around the corner, get breakfast
and feel fetter. ThW fnvltutlon wits
accepted and the police Wore called In
the meantime. The man was placed
under 'arrest and sent to the station,
where It was found the contents of the
-bottle- were not nitroglycerin. The
man Is now being held pending an In
vestigation. TRAGEDY IN OMAHA.
Young Iowa Man Kill Wife nntl Then
Commit Suicide.
A dispatch from Omaha says: Glen
Rathburn, who came here Monday
from Des Moines, la., shot and killed
bis vife Tuesday morning and then
sent a bullet through his own temple,
dying instantly. The tragedy was en
acted, at the home of S. R. Hall. Eng
lish consul and a wealthy attorney,
living on, West Farnam street.
The shooting was evidently the re
sult of Jealousy and tie separation of
Rathburn from his wife. The man
called at the Hall home Monday night
to see his wife and a quarrel followed,
Mr. Hall ordering Rathburn to leave
the place. Tuesduy morning while the
fnmily was eating breakfast they heard
n shot'ln the kitchen. Hall rushed In
and found Rathburn with a smoking
revolver and his wife lying In a pool
of blood. He slammed the door on
Rathburn and hastened to send the
family upstalrsv A moment later a
second shot was heard and Rathburn
was found with a bullet hole in his
head.
A letter found in Rathburn's pocket
from his jvlfe indicated she rece J
left him. Letters were ulso found
addressed to his parents, chief of
polfce and coroner, giving Instructions
for the disposition of the bodies. They
have been turned over to Coroner Da
vis, and the parents were notified.
Rathburn's parents live In Slgour
ncy, In. He was a printer by profes
sion. GAME BIRDS PLENTIFUL.
Heavy Bogs Are HHng Made oji Platte
River.
The hunting season for ducks and
geese along the Platte river is In full
swing. The wild water fowl have been
Increasing rapidly in number along the
river the last month, and Immediately
nfter the snow storm of last week
hunters found them easy gathering.
The storm drove the birds together In
large flocks to the sheltered places
long the lee banks. The river wu i
but full of floating ice and snow
and the birds were so tame thut hunt-
were able to approach within !
. .iot range with very little trouble, and
sometimes with the aid of blinds. A
large number of heavy hags were re
ported, one man equipped with wad
ing boots returning after an early trip
last Friday morning with a loud of
28 ducks. One' flock of sixteen geess
was counted from the flute bridge,
five mile from Bignell, on a sheltered
sandbar and within rang of a Hhot
gun, and they reme.'ned in that vicin
ity ull of Saturday morning.
Violator of Game Imw.
Mike Murphy, Hugh Stewart. Oun
Wldlck, James Beggs and Sum Schultz.
five prosperous farmers living near
Friend, were caught seining flsh fron
the waters of Turkey creek, some
three miles south of Friend, by Deputy
Game Warden Gilbert. The poachers
and fish were brought lo Fried und
the men were tried before Justice Mc
Farlane and fined $10 each und trim
mings, Harry Good Acquitted.
A Jury at Fremont found Harry
Good, formerly of Sioux City, la., not
guilty. Good, who was a traveling man
for the Pit Pat Candy company, was
charged with forging checks In pay
ment of the company's accounts on
Fremont, and It was alleged he -ot
$4 00 in Nebraska and Iowa,
claimed he used the money for ex
penses. Odd Fellows In Convention.
The sixth unnul convention of the
Northwest Nebraska Odd Fellows' as
sociation, embracing the counties of
Cedar, Dixon, Dukotu, Wayne and
eastern Knox, was held at Wakefield
Tuesduy.
Uuildlng at York.
Contractors, lumber dealers and
those engaged In the bulldlmr trades In
York report that more building Is con-!
traded for and contemplated than at
the btg".mlr g (if any yeur for several j
years.
WILLIAM rorSK MUST IIANO.
Vrfrdlot of Jury In Trial of Negro Who
IviUod iioJdler.
William Fouse, colored, of Omaha,
must suirer death for killing Joseph
T. BowlfB, a oldler from Fort Crook,
nt Twelfth mid Davenport streets, en
the night of Doc. 11. '
This was decreed by the Jury
Judge Sears' court, which returned ft
verdict of guilty Saturday afternoon
at 5 o'clock, nftor deliberations begin
ning at 1 o'clock. It Is understovd
the Jury was unanimous on the ques
tion of guilt, a few of the jurors hold
In iv out for u time for a Ufa sentence
instead of for the extreme penalty. .
The crime for which Fouse was con
victed wan one of the most brutari,
committed In Douglas county for a
long time. Howies, the victim, had
been drinking In the saloons of
lower part of the city with Fouse ad
several others. Ths two were - last
seen together near Twelfth and Capitol
avenue. Tie next morning Bowles
was found with his head literally boat
en to pulp and In a dying condition.
Fouse was arrested In South Omaha
ihortly afterward wltl Howies' watch
and a knife In his possession. Bowles'
clothes had been torn and cut from his
body and part of them were found
some distance away from the body
TO BUILD AUBITORlLTf.
Coiiiikuit Fonuod nt Went Point to
Raise Fund of llS.OtX).
The ngllatinn which hn beeu prom
inently before the public mind for
snine time past in relation to the build
ing of an auditorium In West point
crystallized Saturday evening in the
holding of a muss meeting of the citi
zens, who assembled to consider the
project and to devise ways and means
for tlfe accomplishment of this much
needed public sentiment. The meet
ln; wa .well n.tp'ided und very enthu
riii.stic: Addresses Acre made and
after a full discussion of the matter a
committee of nine was appointed to
canvass- the cltyvfor subscriptions for
a stock company, with a capitalization
tif $15,000 In shares of $10 each 'to
erect un auditorium In West Point, the
committee to report progress In four
teen days,
No doubt exls-ts in the minds of any
one of the full amount of the required
capital being subsorlbod at once.
HITS OMAHA SOCIAL CLUBS.
Judge Says No Liquor Selling Without
Ucimw.
Social clubs dispensing Intoxicating
liquors In Omaha must In the future
tuke out a $1,000 city license, accord
ing to a decision by Judge Estelle In
the district (Siurt Satui-day. There are
over- ftfty of these clubs In the city
which have been able to pay expenses
by maintaining a "sideboard," which
was the source of a lucrative Income.
The police commission ruled that they
must take out a license. j
The Omaha Field club tested the
law with the above result. "Equality
before the law Is the motto of-Nebraska,"
said Judge Kstelle, "and by
no process of reasoning can Usee any
difference between a social club and
a saloon o fur as they come within
the meaning ot the law in selling li
quor." Lightning Starts Bad Fire.
During the thunder storm Friday
night the lightning struck .nd set Are
to the barn and granary of Chris Mlk
kelsen, about twenty miles north of
St. Paul. The burn and granary wis
entirely consumed, with seven head
of horses, three cows, 700 to 800 bush
els of grain and seeds, wagons and
machinery. The loss Is about $2,500,
with $2,000 Insurance. -
Burglars Knock Out Oflleer.
In an attempt to capture two bur
glars slnglehanded, who were forcing
an entrance Into a Kearney business
house. Policeman Vern Smith, at mid
night Friday, received a knockout
blow. The burglars made good their
escape. The officer was not seriously
hurt and soon recovered.
For Belter Moral.
A number of citizens of Humboldt
met at the Presbyterian church and
organized a society to be known as
The Good Citizens' League, the aim
of which shall be the improvement of
morul conditions of the city. The In
tention is to make the organization
permanent.
Short Manugcr Is Still Alment.
Manager Brown, of the Surprise
Telephone compuny, who left a couple
of week ago, being about $800 short,
leaving without Informing anyone of
his destuinution, has fulled so far to
put In his appearance. Some of his
friendH prophvslde he would return In
a few days.
Funeral ot Judge McDonald.
The funeral of the late Judge Will
lam H. McDonald was held in the
Methodist Episcopal church Friday
afternoon, the services being conduct
ed by the pastor. Rev. E. J. T. Connel
ly. Judge McDonald wus one of the
old settlers, having come to Pleroe
county in 188S.
IroHorlty In Nebraska.
A car famine has existed In Nebras
ka for the week ending March 4. On
the Omaha division of the Union Pa
cific 233 box cars were ordered and
185 provided. On the Norfolk division
of the Northwestern the patrons called
for 262 curs and got 116. On the Fre
mont division the demand for 1H care
was met with 1(0.
Bryan Will Keuk In Chicago.
William J. Bryan will deliver an ad
dresi In Cnlcago March IT. He will be
at Puorta March 18 and will return to
Chicago March 19. Mr. Aryan will
entertain the populist and Democratic
editors of Nebraska March SI.
Ilucutors to Meet,
The Southeastern Nebraska Educa
tional association will hold its annual
meeting in Beatrice on April , t and
4. The meeting will open with a de
bate In which eight towns will be represented.
flut following circular has been sen,
But b State Superintendent McBrlet
an 4 Ljibor Commissioner Ryder:
''Owing' to the recent calamity
CollLnwood, a suburb of Cleveland, O.
We deem It our duty to call the atten
tion of boards of education, city super.
Intendments, high school and vlllag
Brlnclpals. teachers and other offlclali
trpughout the state who are respon
sible for the Uvea of the school child-
tan entrusted to their care to the law
peculating fire escapes and exlti
from public buildings.
'To guard against loss of life In thlt
Itate we urge upon all -officials whont
jluty.lt Is to enforce the aforesaid acti
to see that the provisions of these lawt
kre strictly observed. We regret U
say that there are at least S00 pub'1
school buildings In villages, towns ant
cities In Nebraska where existing ar
rangements fall to meet ihe require
ments of the law. In many places th
situation Is criminal.
"It Is the small details that are toe
often overlooked or entirely neglected
Which In the event of jrreat emergen
cies would be the line between safet
and danger. All doors should swing
outward. Windows should never b
allowed to become bound or neglected
to that extent that they will not work
with a touch of the finger. Escapei
of non-compusttble material should hi
erected where , needed. The neec
should be regarded a slmmedlate rath
er than in the distant future.
"We offer the suggestion that In ad
dition to exits and fire escapes provid
ed for by law there should be on every
floor of a school building two or mor
Btorles In height a supply of ropes Ir
every room,
knotted and securely fastened to tin
walls ready for Immediate use. Th
boys should be required to practice de.
scendtng on these ropes occaslonull)
and the girls should tie required U
watch the boys at practice.
"There should be frequent fire drllb
In every school, but it should be re
membered that in a fire drill It Is ai
Important to see In how orderly e
manner the pupils can leave the build
ing, as well as how quickly It can b
done." ,
J, E. Cobby has delivered to the sec.
retary of state 400 copies of his stat
utes, for which he will receive $3,60C
appropriated by the recent legislature
The books will be distributed to th
members of the legislature, district
ludges and state officers. The supremt
court decided that the legislature' pro
vided, for the purchase ' of Cobbey'i
Annotated Statutes when it made ar
appropriation for the purchase of 40(
copies of annotated statutes for $3,600
H. H. Wheeler sought to compel thi
Becretary of state to buy his compiled
statutes. Secretary Junkln. when th
dispute between the two authors arose.
refused to buy either and Cobbey ask
ed for a mandamus to run against
Junkln and he got it.
The state board of public lands anc
buildings has received bids for' the
zonstruction of a building at the GranC
sland soldiers' home and for the cot
tage at the Mllford soldiers' home
Bids have not yet been received- foi
the construction of the cottage at tht
latter. The board is divided as t
whether this building should be erect,
ed, but a majority is In favor of spend.
ing the appropriation of $15,000 as thi
law provided. Secretary of State Jun
kln believes the cottage Is not need
ed, but the other members of thi
board do not agreQ with him.
A titer being prevented by the rail
road commission from Increasing th
minimum freight charge from 25 to 4t
cents, the Nebraska railroads have in
creased the minimum weight of l
shipment to 100 pounds. -. An Oxford
man recently made a shipment ac
cording to the old rules and paid 6(
cents charges only to receive a bll
later for an additional 77 cents. Th
shipment was of an Interstate iharac-
te, hence the Nebraska commission ii !
powerless to give relief. A letter wai
sent from here to the complainant in
forming him of the dilemma and say
ing his only redress was to buy hit
goods In Nebraska.
.
The attorney general was given per.
mission by the court to file an appli
cation for a mandamus to compel thi
city council of Wayne to revoke tht
liquor license Issued to one Thomson
This case was before the governor or
the application of the Antl-Saloor
league to remove the councllmen wh
refused to vote for a revocation o,
the license. The governor referrec
the matter to the attorney general foi
a ruling of the legal department ant
the legal department upon the recom
mendation of the governor passed It or
to the court. . '
The commission appointed to pro
mote the national corn show to b
held at Omaha next December, mei
and organized by the election of th
following officers: William Ernst
Johnson county, president; E. A. Bur
nett, Lancaster county, vice president:
R. Hoge, second vice president; W. R
Mellor, treasurer; E. G. Montgomery,
lecrelary. The commission will creatt
Interest among the corn raisers in Ne
braska to get them to make exhibits
B. M. Shumway, convicted of mur
Jer In Gage county and sentenced to
be hanged on March 13, has appealed
tils case to the supreme court. ThU
lets as a stay of execution until .lir
jourt has passed on. the case.
The report of State Accountant
Fairfield to the effect that no invoice
lad been taken of the store room ut
:he Institute for the feeble minded'
routh at Beatrice when the Institution
was turned over to its presen superin
lendent, la In error. On file in the of
Ice of Guv. Sheldon and also on tile
n the office of the secretary of state
ire copies of thut invoice tuken when . providing for a goverument exhibit at the
Dr. Osborn was appointed superin- Alaska-Vukou-l'acitic exposition to, be
endeut. It is supposed the institution I held at Seattle, Wash., in ltXJO, was or
luthorltlesoverlookedthe Invoice wtien dered by the House committee on Indus
he state accountant recently checked trial arts and exposition. Ths bill car
io the Institution, ' ries fioO.OOU
f WORK OF j
I CONGRESS j
Currency legislation was made the sub
ject -of consideration In' the Senate Wed
nesday. Senntor Hepburn opposed the
Aldrich bill sml Senator Hopkins spoke '
in support of the dill. Senator Aldrjcb ,
innounced tlist lie hoped to hare n vote
on the measure the next Wednesday, The .
postoflice appropriation bill technically ,
was under consideration in the Iloiisrt,
but the discussion, under license of gen
eral debate, took a wide range. Specula-1
tion In cotton, finance, the tariff sud a '
number of mixcpllRneonw. matters in turn
occupied the whole time of the session.
Mr. Sims, tennessee, spoke in favor of
the Rurlcson bill to abolish dealings in
cotton futures: Messrs. Chaney of In
diana nnd Lindberg of Minnesota talked
on the financial question. Mr. Hitch
eock of Nebraska pleaded for the placing
on the free list of wood pulp and print
pager. . - . ' '
- Immediately after the openlne Driver
the Senate Thursdny morning adjourned
out of respect of, the memory of the late-.,
Senator Proctor of Vermont, who died
the previous day. Without transacting
any business the House adjourned out ot
respect to the memory of Senator Proctor. .-
-: ; i ' .
The Senate Friday passed the arm) ' '
pay . bill increasing the pay of o facers ;
from 5 to 25 per cent and the vern re pay .
of enlisted men 40 per cent. Mr. Depcw ' .
spoke In favor of the Aldrich currency
1 111- The House unanimously adopted
resolution to investigate the -charges
brought by Representative Lllley of Con
necticut of corrupt influences upon mem- "
bers of the Utilise naval affairs committee
In connection with authorizations for sub- .'
marine torpedo boats. The bill to pay t
the archbishop of Manila, of the Roman -Catholic
church, $103,000 for damaces tc
church property by the forces of the Unit
ed States was passed.
The Senate was not in session Satur
day. A part of the session of the IIouss
was devoted .to the consideration of pri-
vote claims bills. A number were passed,
after which the remainder of the dnj
was given to eulogies of the late itepre- '
sentatlve Campbell Stemp of Virginia,
As a further mark of respect the 11 on hi
adjourned until Monday.
Senator Rolley of Texas, a member ol
the Finance Committee, which reported
the Aldrich currency bill In the Senate
Monday, spoke in opposition to the meas
ure. The Senate also spent over an houi
in debating the. Frye bill providing that
materials and supplies shipped from thi
t'uited States for the Panama Canal
shall be transported only in American '
vessels. Resolutions of sorrow upon thi
announcement of the death of Represen
tative Adolph Meyer of - Louisiana vveri
adopted, And at 4 :K0 o'clock the Senate
adjourned ns a further murk of respect
to his memory. The House was in sen-'
nlon but a few minutes, adjourning at
12:12 upon announcement of Mr.' Mey
er's death. ,
Cotton as a basis for the issuance ol '
irensury botes in times of money strin
gency was the chief .feature of a speed
in tlie Senate Tuesday on the pending
currency bill by Senator MeLaurin ol ,
Mississippi. Senator Gailinger securetl
a it agreement to vote on fhe ocean ma I!
ship subsidy bill Mareli 20. After pass, .'
ing several bills on the calendar the Sen
ate adjourned. Consideration of the post
office appropriation bill was resumed in
the House. A speech by Mr. Hamilton' ol
Michigan upholding the right of the fed
eral government to control corporation!
and sustaining the President in his atti
tude toward them, was the feature of the
day's proceedings. -Small of North Caro
lina and Finiey of South Carolina attack
ed the proposition to increase the pu
for ocean mail svrvice on the grouuo
(ilmt it was a subterfuge for a ship s ib
my.
NATIONAL CAPITOL NOTES.
A bill was Introduced by Mr. Cale.
delegate from Aluska, to establish a ter
ritorial government in Alaska. 1
James Speyer, banker, bad a Ions con
ference with the President on businesi
conditions. He declined to discuss the
details of the Interview. m
N. R. Thlstlewood was sworn in as e
member of the House of Representatives
from the Twenty-fifth District of Illinolf
in succession to the late George W. Smith.
Secretary Metcalf received from ' Ad
miral Washington L, Capps, chief con-'
structor of the uavy, a report refuting
criticisms which have appeared regarding
naval construction.
The naval board, haded by Command
er Frank Fletcher, vhich examined intc
the recent drownings of Privates Steeuer
son and Mcintosh of the Marine Corps
at New port, It. I., boa reported that in its
opinion the deaths were purely accidental.
A subcommittee of the House commit
tee on labor gave a hearing on the bill in
troduced by Chairman Gardner, limit! j
.to eight hours a day the time of daily
service of laborers and mechanics em
ployed upon work done for the United
States.
The bill to codify and revise the crim
inal laws of the L'uited States was passed '
by the Senate. The amendment offered
by Senator Culberson of Texas penalis
ing the improper giving out of informa
tion by government oQicials affectiux ths
market value of products of the soil was
incorporated in the measure.
The eight bridges crossing tbc Alle
gheny ' river at Pittsburg will not have
to be raised, according to a decision ren
dered by Secretary Taft. He gave no-'
tice, however, that future bridges to be
constructed ovvr the river must be built
47 feet above ths water.
A favorable report on the bill of Rep
resentative Humphrey of Washington.