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DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1909.
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SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD.
FLOODS IN FAR WEST
MANY RIVERS IN C ALIFORM A
REACH DANGER STACK.
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Incessant Rains for t!ie Post Three
Rays Causing Apprehension Among
the Residents Truckee River In
Nevada Out of IU Ranks at Reno.
Floods In the river valleys and land
slides in the mountains are threatened
as a result of the rains now prevailing
throughout California. The Sacra
rnenta, American, Feather, Fan Joa
quin, Yuba, Kings and Salinas rivers
are rising, and it is expected that the
Sacramento and American will reach
Hood stages late Thursday night.
At Folsom the American Is now up
to tho danger point. A gold dredger
valued at $150,000, which had been
working in the bed of the stream, was
wrecked by the high water and will be
a total loss.
Twenty launches of the Sacramento
Hoat club were torn from their moor
ings and swept down stream during
the night. The weather bureau has
warned the people of Stockton that
there Is grave danger to that city from
the San Joaquin river and Mormon
slough. The latter, which carries a
great quantity of water, broke through
the levees above the town of Linden
Thursday and has spread-over a vast
extent of territory.
The levee surrounding Vlsalia broke
Thursday afternoon and flood waters
swept into the town. At 2:30 o'clock
at the time of the last report, the
northwestern part of the town was be
ing flooded. School children were dis
missed at noon. At an early hour
Portervllle was flooded. Twenty-five
families living in the lower part of
town were rescued by citizens with
rafts. A woman and a child are report'
ed to have been drowned.
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FACK DEATH IN HOTEIi FIRE.
Many Sensational Escapes from Tope
lta, Kan., Hostelry,
Topeka'B famous hostelry, he Cop
land, noted as a stopping place for
legislators and politicians, was de
stroyed by fire early Thursday. I. E.
Lambert, of Emporia, one of the most
prominent politicians In tho state, is
missing and is believed to have been
burned to death. A dozen of 150 guests
were injure.d, but none a,re thought to
have ben fatally hurt. There were
many sensational escapes, several per
sons Jumping from windows.
The Copeland hotel was of brick
construction, four stories in height. It
was situated at the corner of Ninth
and Kansas avenues, one block from
the state capitol. It was one of the
oldest hotels in the state of Kansas.
It had a roomy lobby and wide hall
ways, plentifully supplied with fire es
capes. The main stairway, however,
was built around the elevator, and the
flames shooting up the shaft soon, shut
off this means of escape. i "
TOM JOHNSON IN A FLAT.
Mayor Gives Up Palatini Mansion for
Humbler Quarters.
Carrying out the intimation made In
his public declaration two months ago
that he was 'Jaroke,' Mayor Tom L.
Johnson has taken possession of a Eu
clid avenue flat, giving up his palatial
Euclid avenue mansion at Cleveland,
Ohio.
That Mayor Johnson has decided to
live in the Knickerbocker, in a top
suite, costing $135 a month in rental.
became known when Mrs. Johnson and
the mayor's daughter were seen
emerging from the suite. The family
soon will move In, having taken pos
session of the nine-room suite, hlch
has two baths and the privilege of one
stall in the garage. The mayor will
keep one of his machines in the gar
age.
The Knickerbocker is an exclusive
apartment, with all Its attaches garbed
nvtrry, i im mayor nas a year 8
lease, with renewal option.
lteudy to FlRlit Jo! 1 11011.
uut? wooaman, manager for Sum
Langford. the heavyweight, fighter, has
received a message from Manager
ueitison, or the London Athletic club
offering to match Langford with Jack
Johnson, the fight to take place in
London some day in May. Mr. Wood
man answered that his man was will-
iu meti jonnson, out demanded a
guarantee from the club before he
would consider terms.
Sioux City Live Stock Market
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
nve hiock naarnei follow; Top
nmvfs, o.a. Top hogs, $6.05.
Soft Coal Production.
Bituminous coal production In the
united states In 1908 reached between
szo.uuo.ooo and 830,000,000 tons, ac-
Anoill-,. !.
w.u...g iu uie geological survev
against more than 400,000,000 tons In
107.
Legal Holiday in California.
A bill maklig the birthday of Abra
im Lincoln, February 12, a leraj
nuuaay in tnis state passed both
nouses or tne legislature Thursday.
IN INITIAL SESSION.
Culm's New IjORlsInturc Convenes at
Havana.
Although the reins of self govern
ment will not bo officially turned over
to the Cuban authorities until January
28, when the inauguration of Presi
dent Miguel Gomez and Vice President
Alfredo Zayas will take place, the
meeting Wednesday of the new Cuban
congress initial session marked the
beginning of the end or the seconu
period of American Intervention In
the Island, which began with the
breaking out of the revolution in Au
gust, 1906.
The purpose of the meeting was
merely to pass upon credentials of
members. At the senate building there
was no outward indication that an Im
portant change in government affairs
was beginning. Tho 24 senntors met
shortly after noon and submitted their
credentials, and these will be can
vassed by a committee before perma
nent organization of the body is ef
fected.
The ?2 members of the house gath
ered in the new house of representa
tives building. The sessions in the
senate and .the house were both of
brief duration and unattended by the
formality of speechmaklng.
For the first time in the history of
the republic the house enjoyed the
dignity of occupying Its own period of
Independence in the old tobacco ware
house. The new quarters are quite
palatial.
Several of the senators were hold
over members from the congre?3 dis
solved in 1906 when the American
government assumed direction of the
affairs following the revolution. The
members of the house are all new
having 'been chosen in the recent elec
tlon. The senators and represent.1!
lives are a substantial looking body
of men.
The sessions opened with the tink
ling of a bell three times as a pre
Hminary .signal, and then once five
minutes iaer. There was no formall
-a.
ty or prayer, as In the American con
gress, but an immediate commence
ment of business.
ROBBERS BEAT AGED PEOPLE.
Foreed to Tell the Hiding Plaw of
Money. x
Binding, gagging and assaulting Sol
omon Loughner. SO years of age, and
his two sisters, both of whom are be
tween 70 and 80 years old, six masked
robbers Tuesday night ransacked their
house, secured $1,500 In cash, ate their
.supper ami men tusappearea. j no
Loughners live on an isolated farm
midway between Jeannette and Har-
i-iRbnre, near Jittsburg,. Pa.
The aged people are iir a serious
condition from ill treatment and the
shock. They were seated at the table
eating supper when the men suddenly
broke Into tho house. Owing to their
advanced ages the Loughners were
powerless to protect themselves. They
screamed and were given hard blows
In the face, bound and gagged. The
victims refused to divulge the hiding
dace of theh money and the robbers
Instituted a search. Unsuccessful in
finding the money they drew revolvers
and pointed the weapons at Loughner
and his sisters, threatening death. One
highwayman said: "I'll tell you, let's
burn the house and cremate them."
Loughner then led the men to a small
safe and opened it. After taking the
contents, $1,500, the robbers disap
peared.
Mother Loses Her Life.
In a fire caused from an overheated
,'urnace, which completely burned the
residence of Samuel Hlggins, general
manager of the New Vork, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad company, at
New Haven. Conn., Wednesday, his
mother lost her life and his mother-in-law,
Mrs. M. E. Coibln, was proba
bly fatally hurt.
Holds Monster Itevlval.
Gypsy Smith, the evangelist, mar
shaled an army estimated at S.000 per
sons, enthused with a spirit of Chris
tianity against evil, in down town
Pittsburg. Fa., Tuesday night. The
army, hetrogeneous In composition
marched for two hours through down
town streets crowded with onlookers.
Two Boats in Collision.
The pilot boat Philadelphia reported
Wednesday that the Clyde line steam
er Mohican, which passed to sea Tues
day evening, was in a collision with a
schooner oft Cape Henlopen, Del. The
pilot boat assisted the Mohican , In
searching for the schooner, but could
find nothing of her In tho darkness.
Militlu la State Capitol.
A militlu company is patrolling the
state capitol building at Bismarck, X,
D.. and will remain on duty pending
the settlement of the controversy re
garding the rights of Gen. T. II. Poole
and Col. A. P. Pcnke. Oen. Poole was
retired by Gov. Burke, but refuses to
give up the offleo.
Battle for Life In Sen.
The steam schooner Sybil Martson,
lumber laden, was driven ashore off
Surf, Cal., Tuesday night and Wed
nesday was battered to pieces in the
breakers. The crew made an attempt
to reach the shore in small boats at
daybreak, two of them drowning.
Bud Teetli and Insanity.
In trying to prove his theory that
criminal instincts as well as many
I nervous disorders, aid even Insanity,
are caused In numerous Instances by
defective teeth. Dr. Henry Upson,
Cleveland neurologist, has already
produced beneficial effect on patients
at the Newburg insane asylum, it Is
said, by dental operations.
CRISI9 NOW REMOTE.
OITcr of Aitstro-Hungnry Hum Been
Agreed To.
The Turkish government accepts the
Austro-Hungarlivn offer of 2.500,000
Turkish ($10,800,000) In Indemnity
for the annexation of Bosnia and Her.
zegovnla, according to a 'Constantino
ple dispatch, thus removing every pos
sibility of war. The grand vizier, Kla-
mll Pas;ha, received Marquis Palla
vlclni, the Austro-f Iungarlan ambaa
sador, at noon Tuesday and notified
him of the decision of the council of
ministers.
The grand vizier tried to Induce
Austria to Increase the compensation
another 500,000, but Ambassador
Pallavlclnl declared that an Increase
was out of the question: If the offer
was rejected, ho declared, negotiations
would be broken off.
In addition to pecuniary compensa
tion to Turkey, Austria abandons her
rights to Novlpazar and consents to an
Increase in the customs up to 15 per
cent; admits certain monopolies, and
agrees to the suppression of Austrian
postof flees 'in Turkish territory where
no other foreign postofflces exist,
should the porte desire It, and to the
abrogation of certain old privileges
over Albanian Catholics. The negotia
tions thus have been successfully con
cluded, and the points in the agree
ment will be embodied In a protocol.
It is believed thnt tho settlement of
the difficulty with Austria will facil
itate an understanding' with Bulgaria.
There is little doubt thnt parliament
will ratify the arrangement and thai
the Austrian boycott will be raised im.
mediately.
MANY KIMl'D IN MINE.
Disastrous Explosion In West Virginia
Shaft.
At 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon a
rescue party had been unable to entei
the Lick Branch mine, at Huntington,
W. Va., where an explosion occurred
In the morning, on account of the In
tense heat. It Is thought the mine
caught fire. It Is now believed 100
men perished.
Tho number may be largely in
creased, as from 280 to S00 miners
were at work at the time of tho ex
plosion, and it has not been ascer
tained how many survived.
On December 28 the last explosion
occurred in tho Lick Branch mine.
which, up to that time, had been re
garded as a model mine. On that oc
casion the cause was not ascertained.
The death list reached 50. The last
body, in connection with that explo
sion, was brought to the surface only
last Friday, after which the state mine
Inspector declared the mine was again
safe and that work could be resumed
A majority of the miners engaged to
resume work at the mine were Amer
icans, with a few foreigners and some
coioreu woricers as laborers. It was
stated the mine was examined early
Tuesday and reported to be perfectly
safe.
WOMAN DEAD; MAN DYING.
Oliioan Believed to Have Murdered
Wife and Then Shot Himself.
Mrs. Millie Donnelly was shot and
killed in her home Monday night at
Oxford, O. A note signed by Frank
Donnelly, the woman's husband, found
in the house, indicated Donnelly in
tended to kill himself.
Donnelly walked Into the office of
J. D. Marshall, of Hamilton, O., Tues
day with his throat slashed, wrists
bleeding and three pistol wounds la
his head. He cannot live.
s Hun Down by Train.
rour 01. iouis nunters were run
down by a Burlington passenger train
near St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday. Henry
Stumpf was mangled and thrown fifty
feet. He died on tho train which
struck him while being brought into
the city. John Knoll was also struck
and rolled down an embankment
He WIMs Out Five Lives.
James York, a quarry worker, cu
the throats of four of his children.
aged 6 to 14, near Mankato, Minn
Tuesday, and then committted suicide
by hanging himself with a small wire
York was despondent over the death
of his wife and undoubtedly was in
sane.
Indians Near Starvation.
Fred C. Morgan, superintendent of
the Flathead Indian reservation, com
mands that the government take Im
mediate action to save the tribe from
starvation until the Indians can be
moved to some reservation or are al
lotted lauds.
('omul Doyle- Ih III.
A bulk-tin Issued Tuesday morning
saying Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the
celebrated author, had passed a rest
less nlsht was the first public Intlina
11011 mui ne naa undergone an oper
atinn for a painful though not terlous
Internal affection.
Look for EiirtlHtiinkcK.
Dr. Willis Eugeno Everett, a sclen
title writer of Seattle, Wash., asserts
that tho entire Pacific coast as fa
north as Alaska may expect seismic
disturbances between the full moon o
January and the full moon of Feb
ruary.
Convict Kills Himself.
Joseph Cross, alias lingers, 38 years
old, who has been In prison most of
the time since he was 14 years old
committed suicide by hanging himself
with a handkerchief In his cell at Jot
let, 111., Tuesday. Cross was sentenced
by Judge Gary In Chicago for robbery
In 1897. He escaped and was foun
In 1005 In the Colorado state prlsoq
serving time for blowing a safe.
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NEBRASKA
STATE ElEiS
BUSY RUHGLARS.
Break Into Five Buslr.os Places at
Plnttsmoulh.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
mercury registered 5 degrees bUow
zero during Monday night, bur!ars
got busy at Platt&mouth and succeed
ed In gaining admittance Into the gro
cery store of H. M. Soennlchsen, the
Journal office, tho meat market of
Kunsman & Ilamge, the general mer
chandise store of E. A. Wurl and the
hardware storo of Aacmlcsan & font,
all on Main utreet and within a few
blocks. In each Instance except one a
glass was broken In a rear window,
the fastonlng removed and the window
raised.
Money was taken from tho rash
registers In each building, in su:n3
ranging from $2 to $7, and on'.y
such other artiefes ns could bo easily
carrlea were laKcn away, in tne
Journal office the draft was turned
on to the base burner and the coul
shaken down, and the location of tho
chairs indicated that the Intruders
enjoyed tho (sltuatlon for as Iohr a
time as they cerireil. Thus nir no
clue has been learned ns to who the
perpetrators of tho crime were.
FLOOD VISITS H.VYDEN STOKE.
Clerks In Basement Wade in Water
Because! Water Pipe Bursts.
Six Inches of water flooded the base
ment of the Hayden Brothers' store at
Omaha at noon Monday, when the
head of a four-inch water main was
blown off. Until workmen from the
water company arrived and shut oft
the supply of water ta the building,
men went about -in the basement with
the water over their shoetops, unless
they had rubber foots to wear. The
force of the stream that poured into
the shipping room, whore the break
occurred, was so great that no one
could go near the main to turn ofT
the water, and two clerks, Elmer
Wagen and George Benjamin, who
were near by, were knocked against
the wall by the piece of pipe which
was blown off.
Not much of the stock of hardware,
crockery and groceries was seriously
damaged and insurance was carried.
The water soon ran out by way of the
sewer vents in tho concrete floor.
COURT HOUSE IN HOTEL.
Thurston County Commissioners Win
n Loiir Fiftlit.
The Palace hotel in . Bonder will In
a few days be tho Thurston county
court. house. The cou;y eomrnlnr.kwi-
ers have already bc.un preparations
to move the offlce.i out of the old
wooden court house, which Is not a
safe place for the county records.
This move Is due to the action of E.
B. Roberts, who lat rprlng secured an
injunction Jn the district court re
straining the commissioners from
mnvlng In, asking the dismissal of his
action In the Nebwka supreme court,
which had reversed the decision of
Judge Graves, of the district court,
but had granted a rehearing.
The caso has attracted much atten
tion In Thurston and Dakota counties.
Two Cut Their Wny Out of .lull.
John Kaffer, an ex-convlct, bound
over for burglary, and Charles O. An
derson, bound over for forgery, es
caped" from the county jail at HaFtlnjrs
and are still at large. They innde
their way out by removing a section of
metal ceiling, hold on with tucks, and
cutting through tho pino floor of thf
room above. Kaffer hnd Just finished
a ten-year sentence for burslary Ir.
Lincoln.
Taxes from an Old fh:lf.
Approximately $2,000 In principal
and Interest will be paid into the treas
ury of Omaha by the Chicag i House
Wrecking company as the resu't of the
decision of the state rupren.e court
whereby the decision of th. lower
court that the tax commissioner of i
city may place on the tax rolls prop
erty omitted by him at the tin; cf the
assessment was upheld. I
Congressman Pol In id Buys V:ijM-r.
Congressman E. M. PiillR.rd has
purchased the Plattsmnuth New.'
plant, previously owned by G.orge L
Farley, for $1,200. The semj-vveek'y
will be published aB usuul, w:"ih B. C.
Watters, of Grand Island, Raid to bo an
all-around newspaper man, hi busi
ness manager. A. L. Tldd will write
the editorials.
Death of Valentine Miy,
L. Smith, a 'resident of Valentine,
who had been In a hospital at Omihi1
for tho past month, having ui.t'crwen'
an operation for Ftomach trouble, l
dead. Ills body will be ti.ken to
Beemer for burial. lie was nri old
settler and had been u farmof for do
past year or so.
Returns Cmf:w;:tcd SjnArtl.
An unidentified young man, who
was formerly on the Neb:n:V:a univer
sity athli tl2 ti'um and wes lately eon
verted, has relurnod to t'.ij V!tt ila
hotel, of Chlcugo, a tiiver spoon he
took while stopping there li h!si col
lege days. It came from llcuti -.e.
Decide) oti u Koran vfis.
The democrats of the houso and
senate In joint aes:;Ion Tuesday, ly u
vote of 74 to 53, decided to reeanviiss
the vote cast on the constitutional
amendment increasing the Juilldaiy,
the minority, comprising 44 repub
licans, voting agulnst the motion.
Blirk limit SliutM Down.
At Humboldt the brlk plant has
closed down for the winter, throwing
a number of laborers out of employ,
ment. It Is understood that soma
changes are contemplated by the
board of directors before tho opening
up of the plant In tho spring.
lire nnil Police CommUnloncr.
Gov. Shallniberger appointed Chas.
Carbach and Carl Brandies, demo
crats, as fire and police commissioners
for Omaha, vice John L. Kennedy and
Robert Cowell, republicans.
VAX ItALLEIl GETS PARDON1.
Second Pogrf Murderer Out, bnt on
Probation for Three Years.
' A conditional pardon from Gov.
Sheldon was granted last week for
George Von Haller. who' on April 26.
1905, was found guilty of murder in,
the second degree for the killing of
Mfturleo D. Bees, whom ho shot and
killed at Oak Chattan station on Au
gust 10, 1904. i
Von ItF.ller was sentenced to twelve
years in tho perltentlary and the par
don was brought about through tho
plea of his wlf, Ida Von Haller. He
will report In Omaha to J. B. Itedfleld
and to f.hcrlfC Bri Try once a month
and will not be permitted to leave eith
er tho ecunty or stato without special
written permission from the governor.
He must support and properly care
for his family to the belt of his in
come. In llvlnf? up to this uncondi
tional pardon until January 6, 1912,
he shall be given his final discharge
and returned the right of cltluenshlp. j
Bees, who was a telegraph operator
In the e.nploy of the Missouri Paclflo
railroad end who made htn home In'
tho old Oak Chattun station, was dis
turbed one night by the barking of his
dog. He arose fr"in bed and went to
the front door wh a revolver in his
hand and raw Von Haller passing. Von
Ha:!cr immediately opened fire on
Bees, shooting hir.i through tho head,
then hen I Ins hhi over the face with
the weapon. It in alleged that Von
Haller made an attempt to kill Bees'
v.lfs. He wja nrrceted the following
t'.ay and brought to trial.
BfUCLAH AND DESEKTEK.
C'imrjre.-i Are Mat'e Against Young Man
or Plereo.
A. J. ilamsiiiTly was arrested on the
eharge of burr'arlxlrff Abraham Bros.
ttoro at Pierce. It Is charged that'
young llsmmorly with others broke in
to tlila store, which ha: been closed
pending a dl.-j.ute between tho pro
prietors and t'no fnsurunce company
over n fire some weeks ago, and car
ried off somothlng In tho neighbor
hood uf $1 "o Torth of goods. 1
The other Ci y C.mstuhle Geo. W.
(loft 1 revived word from Capt. W. C.
Coler, of tho United Ktntos ship
Franklin, rtatloned at Norfolk, Va.,
In which he ordered the constable to
avrttt one Amos John Hammerly, an
apprentice neainnn who deserted from
the .Frank' In 0:1 f-'eptember 24, 1907
Young Iliimmerly I acknowledged to
Constable OnfC that ho was the man
that Undo Sam was aften.
Tliav'ii,x Bjnaml'.o Causes Explosion.
Albeit Carter, a young man about
23 yors old, fun of W. W. Carter,
while thawing out dynamite In the
yari1, met with u uerious accident at
Weoplni' Water. About twelve sticks
exploded and Curter had the flesh of
one lesr torn from thn bone. His fath
er rtoo'l near, but escaped, as also his
mother, who was not far away. Nearly
.PVtfy window in tho bousci.was shat
tered and the explosion wai felt over
town. Then; was a lot of dynamite
and some f It wus broken In small
bits, but It was frozen and did not ex
plode. .
Clwirino In County Officers.
A c'.tiuko has been mndo In the of
fices f county attorney and county
enmmis: lone r nt Pierce. In which Chas.
lit. S'ti.-.vai i. cf Osmond, republican,
Fr.ei c !:i j. A. an wagonen, of the
rnmo po!ltl';:l faith. Mr. Van Wage
neii has he'il tli-it ofdee for four years,
teli-R e"or;.-,l ;n 1304. N. M. Nelson,
repull!rv,-i. punceeds Herman Steln-'
l;inu", r.err.ociot. n
rn-i' L'f: E:k!h Suddenly.
Abv.'firuicr Clifford, 62 years old, 0
Gr.md Army veteran, Mason and keep,
er of the (; lVi rnment store, died sud
den!' nt hi.! homo In Omaha early
Thurony meriting of henrt failure. He
ha l nno Into a room In tho house for( 1
vnnotiilnar and did not return. Mrs.'
Clifford, rnterlnrt the room, found him,
!n a dy!:!!j rendition on a chair and
ie cxp!rc1 be'tre a physlclun arrived.'
?'o V.'oiJ;; Commits Suicide. ,
J. A. Cheatham, aged 57, committed
suloW'e r.t the Morton house in Nebras
ka I'lly ly j-hooting himself over the1
rhrht 1 ye w!fi a revolver. The weapon!
vr.-i fniri'l clasped In lils hand. He
'eft a letter to tho landlord saying he
wo a despondent and out of work. For
ifveral year.i he was night watch at
thi; lr.rtltitte for the blind. ,
UernVitlrn for Harry Hanillii.
T'le f if t 1. "filial act of Gov. Khallen.
berger ivai t.) Ispuo a requisition on
the g.ivovnor 0 Kanras for the return
-if IlT-y Hamlin, under arrest at
Vlehlta. to O'mnha on an embezzle
ment c'lrMfre. The document was
Tiill'il ilirct from the governor's of.
flco to T 1 ti:a.
G-oil fer f!:e L-cinsn.
At VeT'-l i City l?le Missouri rivet
,v;; i i-c"'vl VtVdresrtry morning and
lie I -e ' cf siifllcient thickness to
rVe 1'pns to cress. The icemen
have te'ti editing and housing Ice.
They V.ave feund l"0 twelve Inches In
fhlcl.m-. At I '.ie packing house Ice
'ias Io n hi'u oJ for the last five days
?... ... V,,. v ,,t K; lmy.r.
n:bl err r"!i:ed entrance to the Heg--it
.' IV'jo i.iloon at Schuyler
tln-M -' " window In the rear end o(
the beiMl.TT s'"d soiurod between $5
r(' r! r. 'our quarts of whisky.
T' v r mil-rod te Paxllcek meat
r.milct ;ird re .T"i about $1 In pen.
r!"M i:i.d mi:tip m nt.
Nilirli Si-hfols.
Tho Nellj;h public school Is In ses
ti( 11 ue;i!n w'.'h n total enrollment of
4"5. Cnts academy also has resumed
mid wlt'.i an Increased enrollment,
"oth an- l: fino condition, doing excel
lent work.
She D'rs nt llio At of 03.
Mrs. J-'aruh It. Utg'js died at het
home at tho Kosehud Indian agency,
aged 93 yei'TB. She was the wife of
Ilev. ,'Hf phen It. Biggs, said to have
preached the first religious sermon at
Chicago. Her whole active life was
devoted to missionary work.
Clay Bird Match. ,
W. D. Townsend, champion wing
hot of Nebraska, won a match race
from Kip Elbert, of Iowa, by the score
of 90 to SS. Tho match was at 100
targets, 19 y trds il'-e
I Nebraska jj
L Legislature
1 NEW GOVERNOR :SWORN IN.
Slinllenlx-rger Now Chief Executive of
Nebraska..
Ashton C. Shallenborger, tha first
democratic governor of Nebraska since
tho 3ays of J. E. Boyd, In 1891, took
the oath of office Thursdny afternoon
In the presence of the members of both
houses. A thousand spectators wit
nessed the Inauguration.
In his message Shallenbergoi' urges
the passage of a bank deposit guaran
ty act, advises strict economy and asks
for several amendments to the pri
mary election law.
George C. Junkln, a former lowan,
was reinstalled as secretary of state.
The other officers are 'tis follows: State
treasurer, L. O. Brian; state superin
tendent, E. G. Bishop; land commis
sioner, C. B. Cowles; auditor, F. I
Barton; attorney general, W. T.
Thompson. W. H. Cowgill, a demo
crat, was Installed as railway commis
sioner. Lieut. Hopewell was sworn In
to preside over the senate.
Thursday night at the state capitol
building occurred the reception to Gov.
ShaUen'oerger and the new state of
ficers In the house chamber and the
Inaugural ball In the senate. The
functions wero largely attended by so
ciety peoplo of the city and stato. Gov.
Shallenbcrger was attended by his
newly oppolnted staff, gorgeous in
their new uniforms, forming a harmo
nious contrast to the handsome gowns
of the ladles.
Mont of tho members of the legisla
ture attended.
F. II. Monroe, of Washington, D.
C, registered Thursday In tho office of
the secretary of state ns a lobbyist In
conformity with the anti-lobby law
passed by the last legislature. Mr.
Monroe is the first man to register un-
der tha provisions of the law. Ho ren
resents no privilege seeking corpora-
Ion, but as secretary of the People's
Blue League of America he will en
deavor to persuade the members of the
legislature to pass a bill submitting
to the next general election an amend
ment to tho constitution providing- for
the Initiative and referendum.
MESSAGE OF SIHLLENBERGER.
Bank Deposit Guarantee U Feature of
the Document.
Gov. Ashton C. Shallenberger In his
message to the Nebraska legislature
declares that he believes that no new
or radical legislation Is needed at the
present time, but that energy should be
directed toward amending, Improving
or correcting the existing laws. He
recommends the appointment of a
qualified commission to revise and im
prove the present code of laws, so that
justice may be more easily and rap
Idly obtained In the courts of tho state.
He admits that the banking laws of
Nebraska might bo Improved, and as
serts that it is a reflection upon our
American civilization and business
methods to longer fall to provide an
Insurance guaranty fund and banking
law which will make every dollar de
posited In a Nebraska bank absolutely
sure of being returned to Its lawful
owner when it shall bo demanded.
"There enn be no rule of business
ethics," declares the new governor,
"which makes it Just to secure the
state and 'nation and deny the same
protection to the Individual depositor.
The only question for you to decide,
It seems to me, is as to whether or
not the proposed additional guaranty
fund can be credited with the cer
tainty that it will provide absolute
security to the depositor and not place
an unfair burden and responsibility
upon the banker.
"I believe that the desired security
can be obtained by levying a light tax
upon the capital stock of each bank
transacting business under our laws,
thus providing a guaranty fund to
pay promptly any possible loss to a
depositor by reason of the failure of a
state bank. The amount of such tax
to be a certain per cent of the average
deposits as shown by the reports of
the department of banking, and pay
ment to be made at stated periods and
for a fixed amount.
"If one-half of the volume of
money supposed to be in circulation in
the United States wore returned to
the banks it would enormously expand
the business and wealth of the state
and nation and raise the banking pow
er of the United States until It would
exceed that of the rest of the civilized
world. To bring this great idle fund
Into active channels of trade Is the
problem for bankers and legislators
to solve. If loss of bank deposits Is
made a thing of the past I believe that
a great step In this direction will have
been accomplished."
I jet Rankers Share In Control.
Gov. Shallenberger quotes figures to
(how that the percentage of loss to
depositors during late years has been
greatly reduced, and during the eight
years since 1900 has amounted to an
average of about $26,000. He Insists
that this percentage of loss can still
be materially reduced. To this end
he advises that the minimum capital
required for the Incorporation of a
state bank be increased to at least
$15,000; also that bank examinations
be made twice a year, Instead of once,
as now required. Examiners, he claims,
should be assigned to a certain terri
tory end thus eventually would be
come familiar with conditions and se
curities in that locality, and would ac
quire the necessary knowledge as to
the worth of the bills receivable of the
banks which they would examine,
which Is the essential thing In deter
mining the solvency of any banking
corporation.
"Under a guaranty plan which
would make the banks of the state
sustain the losses of the entire sys
tem," the message reads, "the bankers
should be given a share in the con
trol of the department The present
banking; board, which is composed of
three officers elected for an entirely
different purpose, should be abolished
and a non-partisan board established
to be composed of three members to
Its members to have had at least five
its members to have had a tleast five
years' practical experience in banking
and at least two of them to be actively
engaged in that business at the time
of their appointment. A bank com
missioner should be appointed by the
povernor wlth'tm approval of the
banking board, who should have had
an experience in tho banking business
equivalent to that required by a mem
ber of the board, and should select
the nocessary number of examiners
with the approval of the hoard of con
trol. The banking board nhould sit In
session nt Lincoln at stated per.'oda
and be paid for actual t mo in sesslrn.
They nhould have completo con'rol of
the Issuance of charters and the gen
eral admlnistrdatlon of the banking
laws.' It has been urged by critics of
the guaranty of deposits plan that It
would lead to the establishment of too
many banks. This would be a serious
objection if such were the result. It
would greatly strengthen our banking
system if the banking board were em
powered to exercise a proper censor
ship over the Issuance of bank char
ters. A substantial Increase in the
amount required as a minimum cap
ital for the establishment of state
banks would have a salutary effect in
keeping the number of banks within a
a satisfactory limit and also provide
greater security to tha depositor."
How te.Frovldo m Fund.
In regard to the amount of assess
ment to be levied in order to provide
an adequate fund for the prompt pay
ment of depositors of Insolvent banks.
Gov. Shallcuberger suggests that one
fourth of 1 per cent be levied upon
the deposits as ehown at the last state
ment published prior to the com-,
mencement of the operation of the
law; this assessment to be followed by
additional levies in like amount at pe
riods of six, twelve and eight months
thereafter. After the accumulation of
a guaranty fund equal to 1 per cent
of the average deposits in tho guaran
teed banks, an annual tax of one-tenth
of 1 per cent should be levied, "be
cause it Is ncscssary under a proper
system of 'nsurance that tho prosper
ous yearli should pile up a surplus
fund to provide for the Inevitable de
mands of less fortunate times."
It Is suggested that as an additional '
security against any possible emer
gency such ao extraordinary demands
upon the fund, the board should be
I empowered to levy an assessment of
not to exceed 2 per cent of the aver
age depor.lts In any one year. While
this assessment might never be loed,
the power to use It would have a sus
taining effect in times of possible pan
ics. Such a system, the governor de
clares, "would be a rock of refuge for
the banks and for the people in the
fiercest financial storm that may
come." ,
The proposed guaranty fund, he
cays, should be deposited with the
state banks under regulations similar
to our present state depository law or
with such additional security as the
legislature may require. The pro
posed law ought to provide that na
tional banks may avail themselves of
the advantage and protection of the
guaranty fund under suitable provi
sions and satisfactory showing as to
the condition of such banks to tho
banking board. It is suggested that
tM banking bijnrd be empowered to
fix the rate of interest to bb paid de-
ppositors by banking corporations op
erating under the guaranty of deposits
law, or, if this be thought too great
a power ta confer upon them, the rate
should bo fixed in tho statute by thf
legislature.
Amend the Revenue Law.
Tho new governor advises that th
present revenue law be-1 amended In
so far rs Is necessary to restore to the
people the right to elect the precinct
assessors, and to limit, in part, the ar
bitrary powers which the present law
gives to the state board of equalization
and assessment, so that the people
shall have restored to them some voice
In determining the amount of taxes
they shall be compelled to pay to sup
port the state govornmont. f
It la declared that the railroad
commission should be authorized and
empowered to appraise the physical
value of the public service corpora
tions of the state and to control their
debt making power; and that the leg
islature should provide the means with
which to pay the cost of such ap
praisement. Gov. Shallenberger says
that It is his belief that adequate funds
for this purpose can be provided by
requiring all corpoartlons doing; busi
ness within the state to pay a small
annual license fee Into the state treas
ury, just as a bank or Insurance com
pany la now required to do.
Complete local self government un
der charter! satisfactory both to the
cities and to the legislature la advo
cated for Omaha and South Omaha.
The present primary law Is declared
both unsatisfactory and unfair. A
county primary Is suggested, to nomi
nate county officers and delegates to
a state convention. The state conven
tion to select two or more names to go
upon the primary ballot and to make
the county platform, which ought to
be Issued In advance of the primary,
Instead of after It.
For Board of Control.
A non-partisan board of control, to
be appointed by the governor, is sug
gested, this board to have the entire
management of the various state Insti
tutions; to be composed of three mem
bers, and to have at its command a
qualified purchasing or business agent.
The governor urges the abolishment
of the practice of maintaining a cash
fund at the various state institutions,
and advises that this proposed board
of control purchase all supplies for all
the Institutions by open competition
among those desiring to sell to the
state. It is advised that the clerk of
the supreme court and other officers
who now receive and retain the fees
paid them by the publlo be placed up
on a fixed and reasonable salary, and
all fees and moneys recovered by them
he turned into the state or county
treasury
A suggestion is made that the legis
lature make a proper appropriation to
assist in the worthy and patriotic pur
pose of erecting a suitable monument
in Lincoln to the memory of the mar
tyred president, Abraham Lincoln, for
whom the city was named, this being
the centenary of his birth. Caution
and good judgment are urged In the
matter of all appropriations.
Foreign Prvjadlo.
First Foreigner Why do they call tkls
the "gtrden city?"
Second Foreigner Why? Look at the
rich, black dirt In the street I Chicaje
Tribune.
The stoppiug wi uu cxprens train re
quire twice as much power as atarttaj
It,
