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DAKOTA CITY, NEB FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1908.
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WORLD'S DAILY HEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED
AND CONCISELY STATED
LIBERAL WITH CASH
CONGHF-SS HAS NOT CHECKED
SKCHKT NEHVICE WORK.
Itoprcscntatlvo Smith Explains Soino
of tlic Abuses Which Have Grown
Up Under the Wide Latitude AN
lowed Petfrrnl 11 it 'tiros.
Members of congress who are In
clined to resent President Roosevelt's
criticism of the restriction It placed
on the government secret service at
the last session point out the fact that
the same bill. In which appears the
amendment that riled the president,
appropriates half a million dollars for
enforcement of the law against tim
ber and land frauds. The president's
message to congress charges that the
amendment restricting the secret serv
ice division to the treaury department
was of benefit to no one but the gov
ernment land and timber thieves or
other criminals. The sundry civil ap
propriation bill shows, however, that
congress voted $500,000 for the espe
cial purpose of protecting the govern
ment against such criminals and pros
ecuting them. V
This sum, now being used for the
detection and conviction of land and
timber grafters. Is, In fact, four times
the amount asked and voted to the
secret service division of the treasury
department about which the president
has become so agitated. Furthermore,
the appropriation to thus protect the
public lands and foreBts was doubled
at the last session of congress, being
Increased from $250,000 to $500,000,
every cent that was asked of congress
for that purpose. The increase alone
of the fund to prevent land frauds
was double the entire amount 'asked
and appropriated for the entire secret
service.
Representative Wafter I. Smith, of
Iowa, was a member of the subcom
mittee of the appropriations commit
tee that had In charge the - prepura-'
tlon of the sundry civil bill at the last
session and aided in Incorporating In
It this provision for fhe punishment
of land and timber grafters. In view
of the half million appropriated for
that special purpose he also upheld tho
amendment that the secret service di
vision of the treasury department
should be restricted from "loaning" or
"assigning" detectives to other depart
ments of the government, which
were provided with funds of their own
for whatever secret Inquiries they have
lawful right to make in the conduct of
citizens or officials.
MARTIAL. LAW IX CARACAS.
Soldiers Check an Outbreak Against
Castro.
The people of Caracas arose "Wed
nesday against Castro. An infuriated
mob unhindered by the police, swept
through the city of Caracas, wrecking
the property of his henchmen and
vfrlends. All statues and pictures of
Castro In clubs and other semi-public
buildings were burned In the Plaza
Boliver. Castro's rule in Venezuela
probably is ended. In spite of Hoi
land's warlike activity on the coast.
there have been no demonstrations
against the Netherlands; they all have
been directed against Castro and Act
lng President Gomez.
A Train on Fire.
A Northern Pacific coast train was
damaged by Are to tho extent of $40,-
000 while at the station at St. Cloud
Minn. A lighted match dropped by a
passenger on a window curtain started
the lire. The entire car was soon
ablaze, and tho fire spread to a second
Pullman car. Both cars were burne
to the truel-s.
Tor Killing His Father.
The trial of Beach Hargls, charged
with the murder of his father, Judge
James Hargls, was called at Irvine,
Ky., Wednesday The members of the
Hargls family are on both sides of
the case. The wife of Judge Hargls
!s using the money left her to defend
the patricide.
Fanutlcs nro Rearrested
Mrs. Delia Pratt and William Eng
hlll, 17, followers of James Sharp, a
religious fanatic, were rearrested late
Tuesday night after they had been
discharged by Justice Remley on the
charge of conspiracy in the murders
near Kansas City hall December 8.
Four IVrwHiH Killed,
Four persons were killed by the col
lapse of a span of the new bridge
across the Potomac river, at Martins.
urg, W. Va.
Sioux City Live Sun k Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Bloux City live stock, market follow;
Top beeves, $5.50. Top hogs, $5.55.
jH-foaU'd In the House.
The house defeated, by a vote of 89
lo 103, the Garrett amendment to the
penal bill penalizing the transmission
by mall of any advertisement or In
formation having reference to dealings
in futures where the delivery of tha
article bought cannot be made.
An Ohio Hunk Goes t'lulcr.
The Citizens State bank, of Napo
Jeon, O., has assigned. The failure
la said to have been caused by ovar
.Joans.
m'GHES SNKK8 LIGITT.
Appoint Body to Inquire Into Stock,
Exchanges.
Gov. Hughes Monday night an
nounced the appointment of a com
mittee of nine, consisting of bankers,
business men and economists, to In
quire Into the facts surrounding the
business jot the stock exchanges In
New Tork and to suggest "what
changes, If any, are advisable In the
laws of the state bearing upon the
speculation In securities and commod
ities; or relating to the protection of
Investors, or with regard to the instru
mentalities and organization used In
dealing In securities and commodities
which are the subject of speculation.
The commission Is to servo without
compensation, and has been asked by
the governor to report as early as
practicable. To each member Gov.
Hughes sent a letter, which said!
"At the last session of the legisla
ture I recommended that provision
should be made for suitable Inquiry
Into the facts relating to speculation
In securities end commodities, with
the view of ascertaining the manner In
which Illegitimate transactions might
be prevented and -legitimate business
safeguarded. As I stated In accepting
a renomlnatlon, I had in mind In mak
ing this recommendation such an ex
pert inquiry as was made into banking
conditions, the result of which was
tho passage of highly beneficial meas
ures. "In this commonwealth the vast
commercial and financial transactions,
which represent the activities of the
entire country, It is of the utmost Im
portance that legislation affecting bus
iness and exchange should be the re
sult of deliberate, study, and that we
should neither threaten business sta
bility by ill considered measures or on
the other hand Invite agitation or Im
pair confidence by Ignoring abuses and
by falling to provide suitable correc
tion." RAINS' TRIAL BEGINS.
brother of Army OWerr Is Arraigned
in Court.
For the second time in i his lift
Thornton Jenkins Hains, college grad
uate, author and master mariner, was
put on, trial for his life Monday. He
was arraigned before Justice Frede
rick E. Crane, of he supreme court,
at Flushing, N. Y., charged wth being
accessory to the murdef of William E.
Annls, publisher of Recreation Maga
zine, on August 15, 1908. It is charg
a tviot trains with drawn revolver.
Intimidated spectators who saw his
brother Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr., unit
ed States army, shoot Annis, and aided
and abetted his brother in the act.
Tho trial Is expected to be the mosl
sensational in the history of Queens
fnnntv. It Is believed that Mrs. Clau
dia Hains, wife of Capt. Peter Hains,
Jr., will not appear as a witness at tne
trial, and that she will remain in Mas
sachusetts, where a subpoena of New
vA.t. nn.tvta la Innnftrfltivp.
I V ' 1 IV v,UU.l " .
SCHLATTER IS DRIVEN OCT.
Mob of Citizens Forces "Divine Heal
er" to Leave Maleomb, III.,
Declaring at a meeting at Maleomb,
111., that President McKlnley was an
anarchist, that he had turned mon
people loose to prey upon society than
any man In the world, and that ttu
assassination of McKlnley was all
right, excepting it did not happen soon
enoueh. the self styled "Divine Heal
er" Schlatter only escaped personel
violence from a mob through the In
tervention of the police, officers es
corting Schlatter to a hotel and to th
first tra'n out of town, followed by a
mob of citizens, threatening to do vio
lence if he did not leave at once
Schlatter went to Qulncy, HI.
Colorado, Land Frauds.
The Bupreme court of the United
States lit the main reversed the ver
dict of the United State district court
'of Colorado discharging from custody
a number of persons who were ar
rested on the charge of conspiring to
defraud the government by entering
timber and coal lands In Colorado
contrary to law.
;lass Men Demand Raise.
A general increase of practically 25
per cent on their wage scale, to take
effect December 19 next, will be de
manded by the National Window Glass
Workers. The new scale was an
nounced Tuesday at the close of a five
days' session of the national scale com.
mlttee of the union at Cleveland, O.
Pacific Fleet at Panama.
The Pacific armored cruised flet ar
rived at Panama Sunday at noon and
anchored In the harbor near the York
town, which preceded the big cruisers
by one day. The voyage from Magda
lena was without special event and all
reported well on board.
. Killed In an Automobile.
In an automobile accident at Balti
more, Md., Harry Kestler was killed
and Frank Radford, samul Rosenberg
and Wm. ReynoldH were seriously in
lured. I'ohloffU-e is Robbed
Three unknown men entered the
postoffice at Sault St. Marie, Mich.,
while Deputy PoBtmaster Hlgglns wa
making out the pay roll, knocked him
senseless with a sandbag and then es.
caped with $2,600.
Student Bursts HIimmI Vessel.
John Bruce Woodward, a student at
he state university at Lexington, Ky.,
died as the result of bursting a blood
vessel in his lung while blowing into
a lung testing machine
now DID IT HAPPEN?
Franking Imvt Violated In ft Number
of Cose.
Secretary Wilson's department may
be put on the gridiron by the house
appropriations committee to find out
who Is responsible for mailing 20,000
copies of a political speech by Gen.
Sickles under a government frank
during the recent campaign. It Is ad
mitted at the department of agricul
ture that some of the campaign docu
ments "happened" to get Into Its en
velopes marked "Official Business.
Penalty for Private Use, $300," but
who put them there and how It came
about Is professed to be a profound
mystery that the house committee on
appropriations is anxious to solve.
The appropriations committee has
had Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Lawshe on the rack also to ex
plain how the country life commission,
of which Henry W. Wallace, of Deis
Moines, is a member, came to use the
government frank on the thousands ol
letters It has sent out to the farmers
of the United States. It Is contended
that the commission, which Is an un
official body appointed by the presi
dent, had no right to the free use ol
the mails.
In reply to an inquiry from the com
mittee Mr. Lawshe said:
"The question may have been raised
whether this commission oh countr
life could make use of the franking
privilege, or, rather, use the penaltj
envelope. If so, It was held that th
commission could not use it, but that
correspondence In regard to that com
mission could not use It, but that cor
respondence In regard to that commis
sion which related 'exclusively to th
business of the government of th
United States,' conducted by an of
fleer of the government under the su
pervision of any executive department
might under the law be transmlttee
free of postage under cover of a peit
alty envelope of his department."
RAPS THE TOBACCO TRUST.
Federal Court Decides for Government
in Action Agiilnst Combine.
A decree of the United States cir
cult court at New York in the govern
ment's suit against the Amorfcan To
bacco company and Others, which wai
filed late Tuesday afternoon, dcclarei
the American Snuff company, R. J ,
Reynolds company, Pierre Lorillarc
and Blackwell's Durham company l
monopoly engaged In an illegal combl
nation. '
The decree restrains these holdlni
companies engaging In foreign and In
torstate commerce until competitlor
between them Is restored. The decret
denies the receiverships asked by thi
government. ,
An appeal which has been taken ti
the .United States supreme court wil:
act as a temporary stay to. the decrei
filed.
SPEAKER "CAN NOX WINS.
Mcniebers of the House Vote to SusUli
Him After Spirited Contest.
After a vigorous contest in the housi
Tuesday a motion by Mr. Gardner, re
publican, one of the so called "Insur
gents," to so amend the resolutloni
calling on the secretary of state foi
certain Information that It would b(
simply a provision for the appointment
of eight members to report on tht
question of revising the house rules
had been ruled against by the speakei
and his ruling sustained by the house
the whole proposition was killed b
laying the resolution on the table. Ir.
the vote to sustain the speaker twent?
republicans voted against him.
Dutch Seize Another Ship.
The Dutch battleship Von Heems
kerk arrived in the harbor Tuesday
morning towing as a prlzo the Vene.
zuelan coast guard vessel Dc Mayo,
captured Sunday. Shij is the unit ol
the Venezuelan navy, but her size and
strength are insignificant. The De
Mayo's crew was landed on the Vene
zuelan coast.
Michigan's Official Vote.
The state board of canvassers met
at Lansing Mich.. Tuesday and can
vassed and announced tho result of the
November election. The average vote
on presidential electors gives Tuft and
Sherman a plurality of 159,000. Gov.
Warner ran over 100,000 behind the
rest of the state ticket and received o
plurality of 9,531.
Raised to $18,000.
The reward offered by tho Grea
Northern railway officials and the gov
ernment for the arrest and conviction
of the train robbers who held up and
robbed train No. 4 near Hlllyard,
Wash., Wednesday night has beer
raised to $18,000.
Blggy's Body round.
The body of Chief of Police Biggy,
of San Francisco, who was drowned
In San Francisco bay on the nlgbt of
November 30, was found Tuesday
morning by the crew of a freight boat.
The face was very much disfigured.
Famous Chef Dead.
Ferdinand Mella, one of the pro
prietors of a leading hotel at Leavens
worth, Kan., famous as a chef, died
uesday of dropsey. Mella was a per
sonel friend of William J. Bryan.
Rob an Oklahoma Bank.
Robbers dynamited the safe of the
First National bank of Eufaula, Okla.,
early Tuesday, and escaped with about
$2,700. Officers In all the surround
ing towns have been notified and every
effort. Is being made to capture the rob
bars.
Aged Odd lYllow Dead.
Judge John L. Lennan, grandslre of
the I. O. O. F. of the world, died at
Nashville, Tenn., Monday night
NEBRASKA
STATE
NEWS
KOLONS MI ST GO IT AI-ONE
Mr, Bryan Disclaims Hole of Nebraska
Dictator.
That William J. Bryan will not at
tempt to dictate the action of the Ne
braska legislature this .winter, but
will act In nn adv!sury rapacity, is In
dicated ly tho , following statement
made recently: -
"I have only one interest In tho leg
islature," said Mr. Bryan,- "and that
is to soe every pledge of our platform
carried out and this applies to the
pledges made In our state platform
and to such pledges In our national
platform as can be carried out by the
state legislature. I need hardly add
that I shall Kike no part In contests
for offices In the legislature or the of
fices to be filled by the governor. My
one Interest Is to see the promises
kept. This I am Interested In because
platform pledges are a contract made
with the voter and also because 1 be
lieve that the keeping of such prom
ises Is necessary If the democratic par
ty Is to maintain its position in the
state."
Mr. Bryan Bald that he would spend
his winters In Texas , hereafter, but
he had no intention of changing his
residence from Nebraska. He denied
that he had hunted bear in Texas, and
also that he had been arrested and
fined for exceeding the, limit In duck
hunting. -
Regarding his Interest In democrat
ic newspaper ventures, Mr. Bryan en
tered a denial to the report that his
support extended to other - ventures
than his own paper. i -
BURGLARS BUSY AT IIOLDRKGK.
live Places Visited, but Little Is
' Secured.
Tuesday night was n busy one In
Holdrege for night owls. Some time
between midnight and morning the of
fices of the Phelps County Lumber
company, Thomas Hufford, Deisher &
Kronquist, Implement men; C. A. Gal
loway and tho Tldball Lumber com
pany were; entered and the offices
thoroughly ransacked.
The start seems to have been made
at the office of the Phelps County
Lumber company. Nothing was miss
ed here except a screwdriver. From
here they went across the street to
the coal office of Thomas Hufford.
where a bicycle ,-was stolen. They
'next tackled "Deisher & Kronquest,
the office was ransacked snd $2 or $3
hn postage stamps found, which were
taken, as well as something less than
$2 In change which was found In the
desk drawers. From here they went
to the lumber of flee 'of C. A. Galloway
and only a few cents' worth of postage
stamps taken. They then went across
the street to the lumber office of the
Tldball company and after going
through tho desks and cash drawer
departed with two copper cents.
Complaints were filed and warrants
issued and officers got on the trail,
which was followed to Mlnden, where
the parties got away. There were two
of them and they were traced to the
fair grounosjust cast of Mlnden, where
they made their getaway. The suppo
sition is that they went south.
PIONEERS' WINTER MEETING.
Will Hold Their Annual Session at the
State Capital.
Tho winter meeting of the Nebras
ka Territorial Pioneers' association
will be held at Lincoln January 12-13,
in connection with the annual mcetlirg
of the Nebraska State Historical so
ciety. The principal features of the meet
ing will be a banquet and exhibition of
relics, curios and photographs, to be
contributed for the occasion by the
pioneers from their private store of
treasures. Further plans contemplate
the reservation of permanent quarters
for tho Pioneers' association in the
new fire-proof building of the State
Historical society which is now In
course of construction at Lincoln.
A visitor need not necessarily be a
member of the association to enjoy
the meeting or contribute to the col
lection of relics. Further Information
regarding the meeting will bo gladly
furnished upon application to C. S.
Paine, secretary-treasurer of the Ter
ritorial Pioneers, Station A, Lincoln,
Neb.
Objects to Drainugc Ditch.
The city of Fremont will put up a
vigorous fight against the proposed
Kchroeder ditch north of town. Tho
objection Is based on tho ground that
the ditch would take all the water
from Raw Hide creek, north of town,
ond as the city sewer empties into that
crock about five miles southeast of the
city, the seworago would be obstruct
ed and the city deprived of water nec
sary to carry It off.
. Farmer Breaks .luw.
While returning home Otto fjbrest,
an employe at the Jenny Bros, cheeso
factory near 14-lgh, met with a dis
tressing accident a few miles south of
town. He fell off his wagon and
broke his Jaw. Kxamlnation showed
a compound fracture. Tho man hud
been drinking.
Kicked by Horse.
Anton Glolsten, of Nebraska City,
was kicked by a horse In the back and
his spine injured. He bus been in a
comatose condition sincu then and
fears are entertained for his recovery.
Boy Injured by Gun.
George Frank, of Grand IhIiuuI, 41
lad of about 22 years of uge, was ac
cidentally shot In tho ankle, the dis
charge of the pumpgun so shuttering
the bone that amputation was neces
sary between the anklo and knee.
New Game Bird Thrives.
Reports are blng received ut the of
fice of Game Warden Carter at Lin
coln to the effect that the Hungarian
partridges which were planted In Ne
braska a year ago are doing remarka
bly well.
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IHTERESTIM8 HaPPEWNSS
from Day to Dai Condensd
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CORN SHOW RIG HIT.
I:kmU1oi Pac Htirruli Period and
Assures Suivcssf ul Results.
The success of the National Corn
exposition at Omaha from every
standpoint Is now assured. From the
first the success of the educational and
n'v features of thoexposlllon were
certain and the liberal attendance of
thtv first four days forecasts a great
Influx of vlnltora for the last week of
the show, and tlnM the flnuneliil suc
ci ss of the giant enterprise. .
Men of n.itlcnflt and lntoriin.rlo.nal
reputation huve visited the exposition
during the last week and one nnd all
have been unstinted In their praise.
Ambassadors from foielun lands, mem
bers of parliaments, governors of
neighboring st'ttes, railroad magnates
from a dlrtanee. u'l hac been fulsome
In praising th efforts of thi manage
ment in asaim'i'lng the largest and
best exhibit of corn and products ever
shown In the United States. '
Saturday eclipsed oil previous rec
ords In the matter of aduU attendance
of visitors, and the hotels are now tax
ed to handle the people who havecome
from afar. Frutevtml Society and
Governor's tiny was voted by all the a
great success, and oven the ample
room provided by the management for
lectures and drills was packed.
Now that the hurrah incident to the
opening is over the lecturers have got
ten down to' busine.s, and all over the
show mny bo rccn croups oj Interested
listeners, hcnrlr.iT the gospel of Inten
sive farming preached by those school
ed In the leading universities and agri
cultural colleges of the west. Over 200
persons gathered in the booth of the
Iowa exhibit at one time Saturday af
ternoon, lo learn tho proper method of
corn propagation, and this was but
one of )he many of fuch groups In the
Slffrrent sections of the exposition.
HATES TO OMAHA EQUALIZED.
Northwestern Gets Permission to Meet.
1 Competition from Fremont.
The Fremont office of the North
western will bo permitted meet tht
rate of the Union Pacific anfl Burling
ton on freight shipments between that
place and Omaha. Notice that the
permission would be granted In re
sponse to a recent request sent to the
Interstate commerce commission was
received Saturday afternoon. Tha re
ductlnn ' applies- tr first and second
clnss freight only.
For several months the Union Pa
cific has had a lower rate for Omaha
because of the shortening of the dis
tance, due to the Lane cut-off. The
competing line applied for permission
to make n similar reduction. The
nurllugUni also had n rate equal to the
Union Pacific.
' The change on the Northwestern re
duces the first class freight rate from
28 cents to 26 cents. The second class
Is reduced from 25 cents to 23 cents.
The order permit the application of
the reduced rate to Council Bluffs and
Missouri Valley after December 26.
STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED
Goods Found hi Their Possession Were
Taken at Dillcr. 1
Two more alleged croups who are
thought to have been Implicated In the
robbery of two stores at Dlller and
Steele City were arrested In ft room
ing house at Wymore and taken to.
Fairbury and lodgod In Jail. Tho of-'
fleers forced their way Into the room
occupied by the two, where they
found a lot of merchandise. The
property was later identified by Diller
parties as the goods stolen from a
store there. When the men were ar
rested they had in their possession two
revolvers. They refused to give their
names.
GREENE LIKES NEW PLACE.
Former Superintendent of Insane Asy
lum Returns on Visit.
Dr. James L. Green, formerly super
intendent of the Insane asylum at Lin
coln, accompanied by Mrs. Greene, Is
visiting friends in Lincoln. They will
leave soon and before going back to
Illinois Dr. Green may go to Osceola
and Beo former Governor Mickey.
Dr. Greene Is now superintendent of
an Illinois asylum located at Kanka
kee, and he expressed himself as being
well pleased with the place, though his
heart still lingers around Nebraska and
Lincoln,
Robert Mctzlcr Not Guilty.
The Jury In the district court at Pon
ca gave the verdict of riot guilty" In
the case of the state against Robert
Metzler, of Newcastle. Judge Groves
dl.simssed the Jury In tho criminal
court for this ten.i. The court has
tried five criminal canes, with four
convictions and one acquittal.
Correct Weight 011 lird Pulls.
Attorney General Thompson, by hit
deputy. Grant Martin, has given an
opinion holding thut palls or cans of
lurd do not come within tho exception
of tho pure food law relating to can
ned goods and thut such packages
must be branded correctly as to weight
uud contents.
Royal Arch Masons Convocation.
At a convention of f-ln-lm chapter
No. 64. Royal Arch Masons, held ut
Alliance Friday night, a large class
was advanced, after which was held a
pretentious bunquet.
Money for Public Schools.
The semi-annual school apportion
ment to be sent out this week amounts
to $207,132.91. The apportionment Is
mude on a basis of . 7 2 1 a 8 per pupil,
there being 389,990 children ,f school
age In the state.
Srurlet Fever ut Girls' School,
The Industrial vchool for girls at
Lincoln is to be quarantined for scar
let fever. Two girls were brought to
tho Institution several days ago and
since one broke out with scarlet fever.
The girl is 7 years old.
Lena E. Ward, superintendent of the
Nebraska Industrial Home at Mllford,
estimates the appropriation needed for
this Institution for the coming blen
nlum at $39,880, divided as follows:
General repairs, $11,000; maintenance,
$19,00; employes' wages, $5,080; sal
ary of physician, $1,600; salary of ma
tron, $1,200; salary of superintendent,
$2,000. The per capita cost for the
blennlum, based on maintenance, is
$437.65. The number of adults In the
home December 1, 1908, was forty;
the number of adults and children In
the home December 1, 1908, Is fifty
one; the number admitted during tho
blennlum, 66; number returned to
friends, 46; number married, 5; num
ber of adults cared for each year 68;
number of children In the home De
cember 1, 1906, 23; at the present
time, 23; number born during the bl
nlum, 65; number died, 10. The tor
nado that struck the girl's Industrial
school caused damage that leads to a
recommendation for the appropriation
of $15,000 for repairs and Improve
ments. This Is included in the report
of Miss McMahon, superintendent of
the Institution. She estimates that
$53,720 will be needed in the next two
years for Improvements and mainte
nance. There were 58 girls in the
school at the tlfne the report was
made. The superintendent details the
toorkjf the home, where the girls are
taught to do all kinds of housework
and are prepared to enter homes as
useful members.
The biennial report of Dr. G. A.
Young, superintendent of the Norfolk
Insane asylum, which has been filed
with Gov. Sheldon, shows that out of
a total appropriation of $229,000, made
by the legislature two years ago,' there
remains a balance of 087.067.36 to pay
expenses until next April. There has
been expended during the blennlum
$141,932.64. Tho estimated expendi
tures for the coming blennlum amount
to $292,600. Of this amount $116,000
Is for permanent Improvements, In
cluding $20,000 to complete new build
ings in course of construction. The
new permanent Improvements are
enumerated as follows: New building
for men, $45,000; one 260-horse power
water tube boiler, $4,000; one 75-horse
power direct connected Corliss engine
and generator, $5,000; nurses' and at
tendants' home, $12,000; horse and
cow barn, $7,500; new farm land, $16,
000; tunnels, $1,500; furnishing new
buildings, $5,000.. For , officers' -and
employes' wages, maintenance and re
pairs and Improvements an appropria
tion of $176,000 is asked for. On No
vember 30, 1906, tho Institution had
a population of 262 patients, 43 being
at home on parole; patients received
during the blennlum, 227; returned
from parole, 4; discharged new cases,
80: discharged cases paroled previous
to December, 1906, 41; paroled, 84;
escaped, 2; died, 47; deported, 1:
transferred to Lincoln, 2; remaining
in hospital November 30, 1908, 283, of
which 155 are mules and 128 females.
The blennla.1 report of E. B. Sher.
man, superintendent of tho Industrial
school for boys at Kearney, recites a
hard luck story, which winds up with
everything happy and prosperous. On
the day before Christmas, 1907, a new
recruit from South Omaha, broke out
with the smallpox. The merry Christ
mas day was spent In vaccinating ISO
boys, after which tho entire school
was placed under quarantine. Seven
teen cases of smallpox followed that,
which the South Omaha youngster de
veloped. As the school emerged from
the smallpox scourge diphtheria ap
peared, but only two cases wer se
vere. The next calamity was the In
crease of the price of feed for stock,
For ten months the Institution has had
trouble with Its water supply. Fire
destroyed the horse barn on November
23, 1908, and 24 horses were lost. And
the population has steadily decreased.
Mr. Sherman says It Is due to theoper-
atlon of tire Juvenllo court authorities
In Omaha and Lincoln. These cities,
he says, are taking care of their Juve
nile delinquents better than ever be
fore. Another reason for the decrease
In population Is due to tho unusual
number of paroles. During the blen
nlum there has been received 202 boys
and 268 left tho Institution. Notwlth
standing tho calamitous hand which
has been laid on this institution there
will be no deficiency, the report says,
Mr. Sherman asks for an appropriation
of $108,000 for the next blennlum.
Lydla J. McMahon,- superintendent
of the girls' Industrial school at Gene
va, In her biennial report, says ther
were present November 30, 1908, in
the school 68. Two years ago there
were 63; number received during the
blennlum, 42; returned from parole, 7;
total number cared for,-112; number
paroled, 65; cost per capita, $292.42,
Miss McMahon estimates the appro
priation needed for the coming blen
nlum at $32,751.90.
According to tr " seventeenth bien
nlal report of the Nebraska institute
for the blind, $44,700 is required for lti
maintenance and equipment during
the coming blennlum. The Institution
has a balance on hand of $12,721, out
of an appropriation of $60,000, made
two years ago. There were 75 pupils
enrolled during the blennlum.
.
The per capita co of maintaining
the soldiers home at Grand Island
for the year 1907 wss $198.66, accord
ing to the report of Commandant JX
W. Hoyt.
The population of the soldiers' home
at Mllford December 1, 1908, as shown
by the biennial report filed with the
governor by Joseph Presson, com
mandant, is 183. There were received
during the blennlum 100; discharged
ana otea, iss.
County Attorney J. p. Baldwin, ol
Hebron, has notified the food commis
sioner' office that Cramer Bros., o
Chester, against whom prosecution
was brought fur selling mlsbranded
and short weight corn meal pacUaaea
' nave pieaaea guilty and paid a fine,
0&SAL IS TnroZKKLXNED.
Dlfleultiea from Water at Pan
Ikm la Report of Coram Isslom.
With aa average of 43,057 men a
th pay roll for the last fiscal year
and appropriation mad to data af
$120,9U4,4(l8.nS and expemllture f
$M,672,008.oo, both lncluslvt of ti
original purchase price of th canal of
(40,000,000, the Panama canal construc
tion la jnaklng progress, according to
th annual report of the Isthmian canal
commission, Issued In Washington tba
ether day. One of th significant fea
ture of the report 1 the fact tbat It
ta truly mllltaryesque in style. It makaa
bo guesses, but is confined to state
ments of historical fact which cannot
be disputed or become subject oi con
troversy.
O19 of the Interesting chapters of th
report Is on the lock and dam construc
tion. In view of the reported break la
th Gntun dnm, the experience of tha
commission In the construction of th
Sosa-Coroeal dsm and the Gatun locks
1 Important frt this time a illustrat
ing th unexpected obstacles being met
with by the army engineer In change of
th work. It was found necessary to
more the site of the Sosa-Corosal dam
when supposedly solid ground shifted.
In the former instance it became neces
sary to move the site of th dnm b.
cause of th shifting of the ground
when damping was begun, and this de
spite the fact that the plans and sped-
flcatlona showed the foundation for the
proposed dam to be a solid base. Bor
ing at Gatun, wl'ere the reported break
Is allged to have taken place recently,
plainly Indicated the presence of un
derground water, but th engineer)
were proceeding with the greatest con
fidence that th difficulty could be m-1
Tinted and that ttie bottom was sound.
In the Culebra cut division durlnt
the part year 12,065,133 cubic yards of
earth and rock hove been removed by.
fifty-nine steam shovels. Plans to 41
vert the Cbagres river, the Obispo riT
er, and other streams on the enst side
of the canal have beon carried on In
conjunction with the work at this point
and, In addition thereto, it has been
necessary 'to take care of four larg
landslides, one of which was an inherit
ance from the old French company and
amounted to 140,000 squnre yards.
Large excavations have also been made
at Empire City, Empire Hill, Gold Hill
and the Tedro Miguel lock elte.
Sanitary conditions on th canal con
tinue to improve from year to year and
ka3rnttiea)ly ceased to, be A suhjtwt
of newspaper comment such as charac
terized the bcglnnlpff of the work.
French labor unions hare a membership
of 1,600,000.
There ar about 830,000 laundress la
this country, according to th last censns.
There ar fifty-seven active labor union
iu Santa Clara county, California, of
which forty-one are in tht city of Sam
Jose.
Th Chines government has established
a school at Shanghai to instruct th sona
of fishermen in modern methods of fish
culture.
In 182S th Workingmen's party, a lo
cal political organization, v appeared in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other
large cities.
Boston's labor movement is to bar aa
eight-hour labor chorus of women mem
bers of Boston unions along the lint of
th famed women wage earners' chorua
of Chicago. ,.
The law of New York forbidding boya
and girls under fourteen years of ag
from Belling newspapers in the streets be
tween 10 p. m. and 0 a. m. baa gone into
effect.
About ISO labor measures will be pre
sented to the next California Legisla
ture by th State Federation of Labor, th
State Building Trades Council, central
bodies and individual unions.
Wages of the Cleveland (England) iroa
Stone miners and Weardale quarrymen
have been reduced by three-quarters of
1 per cent, a majority on a vote of th
employes having agreed to these terms,
ought by the employers. ,
Fifteen different municipalities of AJ-ace-Lorraine,
ranging in population from
5,000 to 175,000, conduct employment bu
reaus which aim to keep in close touch
with the various organizations of employ
ers and employes.
Work toward the formation of a metal
trades department of the Boston (Mass.)',
Central Labor Union has been started by
locals of the international unions whla
are affiliated with that new department of
the American Federation of Labor.
The State of California has sent out a
special labor commissioner to the conti
nent, of Europe, New Zcalaad and Aus
tralia to study labor questious, especially
as to strikes and lockouts, In order to
find, if possible, some plan of averting
them by legislation.
The first Japanese emigrants to Braail,
7S3 In number, have Just sailed for that
country from Tokio. They will work en
the Brazilian railroads. Brazil pays two
thirds of their iHsnge money, and after
six months will give each a grant of land
to Induce blin to settle.
In Merts, Germany, with 05,000 popu
lation, tjhere are three unskilled to ovary
four skilled workmen. Muelbausen, with
100,000 population, has sixty-nine unskill
ed laborers in every 100. In Strauburg,
with a population of 17.1,000, there ar
two skilled to every three unskilled.
In th fall of IT'iO the pioneer anion of
the shoe worke-s w:ts organized In Phllar
delpaia. It grew to be considered
power, and in 1716 a strike in all ta
hop f th city was ordered to enforo
a demand tor an increase la waaa. It
lasted bat a few days, th employfo rr
acaislng th demand.