DAKOTA
HEEAIiD
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MOTTO-AU The News When It Is Nes.
Slate Historical Society
VOLUME 19
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1910.
NUMBER 0
Of 601 KILLS 20
M.ANT OK L08 ANGELES TIMES IS
DESTROYED WITH MANY
FATALITIE3.
MONIES MENACED IN PLOT
Infernal Machines Found Beneath Res
idences of Two Bitter Foes to Or
ganized Labor Big Reward Offered
for Capture of Perpetrators.
Lob Angolas, Cal. At least twenty
men lost their lives Saturday when
the building occupied by the Los
Angeles Times Publishing company
was destroyed by Are.
The Are was preceded by an explo
sion and Immediately the building was
enveloped In flames. The blast oc
curred on the second floor of an ad
dition to tho old building. This Is of
three floors. Within a few seconds
the entire structure was a fiery fur
ace. The havoc of the explosion was
erealest lu the mechanical depart
ments, and the majority of the dead
and Injured were members of these
departments. Twenty-two Injured were
taken to tho receiving hospital.
Within twelve hours after the
wrecklag of the Times plant an at
tempt was made to destroy the resi
dence of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, pub
lisher of the paper, by meaus of an In
fernal machine.
The bomb was discovered In a suit
case hidden tinder a bunch of vines
-ear a bay window and was exploded
as it was hurled Into the street by
police officers. Little damage was
done.
Another infernal machine was found
earlier in the day at the residence of
F. J. Zeehandelaar, secretary of the
Merchants and Manufacturers' asso
station. Oeneral Otis and the other respon
sible heads of the paper charge the
Times building disaster and narrowly
averted attempts at further destruc
tion of life and property to labor union
sources. The property damage Is esti
mated at 1500,000.
With equal emphasis the leaders of
onion labor here and throughout the
state repudiate the accusation and
have offered all aid In their power in
the effort to detect the culprits.
For twenty years, following a quar'
rel with the typographical union,
which resulted In making the Times a
nonunion paper. General Otis has
fought unionism with every resource
at his command. Jle has been ably
seconded In this fight by the Mer
chants and Manufacturers' association,
whose secretary was tho object of
frustrated dynamiting.
The president of the local typo
graphical union Issued orders that
union printers may work In conjunc
tion with the nonunion printers of tho
Times In any of the local newspaper
offices In getting out the edition of
the Times.
The city council met In special ses
slon and appropriated $25,000 for the
purpose of determining the cause of
the Times explosion and provided a
reward of $2,i00 for the capture of
those responsible for the outrage.
FOUR KILLED IN AUTO RACE
Score Are Injured Mismanagement
Charged Harry Grant Wins Van
derbllt Cup in Record Time.
New York. Four persons killed tiai
twenty seriously injured several ol
them probably fatally was the sacri
fice on the aitar of speed at the sixth
Vanderbllt cup automobile race Satur
day.
Mismanagement and poor policing
of the course were declared responsi
ble for the slaughter. Many of the
victims were 6pectatons, run down
when the racing autos crashed Into
the crowdR lining tho parkway.
Tho race was won In electrifying
fashion by Harry Grant, driving a 120
horsejiower Alco. He defeated Joe
Dawson, driving a Marmon, by the
narrow margin of twenty-five seconds.
John Altketi, In a National, was only
a minute and six seconds behind Daw
son. LAUNCH UPSETS; 29 DROWN
Members of Battleship New Ham p.
hire Are Victims of Accident In
the Hud6on River.
New Yo; k. Twenty-nine persons
all members) of tho crew of the battle
ship New Hampshire were drowned
In the sinking of a launch in the Hud
son river raturday.
Thr.t the list of dead In not much
Mg!:er is rue to the bravery and per
sonnl rssone effected by Godfrey e
('. Chevalier, 11 midshipman.
One survivor "aid Chevalier himself
repotted 1T in :;oiis who were In the
wat;. lirnM.r raving the lives of
is-.111 y otVxrs by showing them the
bent method of savitig thetnsilves.
Sleeps on Track; Killed.
Herri:1, III. Adiiin Smith, ae.l for
ty-ouc yrars, a pro; -p'-rous gardener
was stiiiek and killi :1 by an extra ch r
en the Coal licit lat -rurhiiti Saturday
lie v.as asleep on tho track. Secreted
l'i the bottom of 1.1s shoo as found
"Jfl in currency.
1,000 Strikers Ara Arrested.
V.":irtrnv, Russia. The ki'.':ci: v.. r
o! V'l'rt ef the !-ti'e"l cur fv, -,-to ,.-r
w'.'o i.mnk for lnur.er wa;v's :tn I com-
polli J them to retui n to woi k. As n ; e
ta'o 100 c:rs v.ero operate! Saturday
JOHN A. DIX FOR GOVERNOR
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS ADOPT
PLATFORM URGING REFORMS.
Direct Primaries Favored, Pledge
Party U Preservation of "Old Na
tionalismDenounce Tariff.
Rochester, N. Y. The Deraocratle
itate convention Friday nominated
the following state ticket:
Governor John A. Dlx of Washing
ton county.
Lieutenant Governor Thomas F,
Conway of Clinton.
Secretary of State Edward Laxan-
sky of Kings.
Comptroller William Schner of
New York.
Attorney General Thomas Carmody
of Yates.
State Treasurer John J. Kennedy
of Erie.
State Engineer John A. Bensel of
New York.
Justices of the Court of Appeals-
Irving C. Vann, Republican, of Onon
daga, and Frederick Collins, Democrat,
of Chemung.
Mr. Dlx was nominated by a vote of
434 to IB for Congressman Sulxer. All
tho other nominations were made by
acclamation.
The platform adopted pledges the
party first to the preservation of the
'old nationalism." It condemns "all
attacks upon the Supreme court of the
United States.
It declares for sovereign state rights
and "for the largest possible measure
of home rule for all cities of the
state.1'
It denounces the Republican party
for Its government of tile state. The
declaration of principles declares that
the Payne-Aldrleh tariff law was a
"breach of faith" by the Republican
party and responsible for the high
cost of living. Only by a downward
revision of the tariff, it is held, could
the cost of living be reduced.
It charges the Republican party
with extravagance, especially In the
creation of many needless public of
fices, and pledges the Democratic par
ty to retrenchment.
Popular election of United States
senators, an Income tax, a parcels
post and the Dreservatlon of water
power for all the people are other
things urged by the set of prin
ciples.
SAYS OFFERED JOB FOR VOTE
Bank Cashier In Senatorial Bribery
Hearing Gives Damaging Evidence
Against Senator Lorlmer.
Chicago. Testimony directly con
necting Senator Lorlmer with in offer
of patronage for a vote for him was
brought out Friday at tho senate com
mittee hearing in the investigation
looking into the validity of his seat
In" the senate.
Henry A. Sheppard, a bank cashier
of Jerseyville, was the witness. His
testimony brought out by the interro
gations of Attorney Austrian, for the
prosecution, caused a sensation In the
committee room.
Mr. Sheppard said:
"Mr. Lorimer told me that If I would
vote for him he would get a friend ot
mine in Jerseyville the office of post
master. It was the day before he was
elected. Lee O'Nell Browne took me
to Mr. Lorimer and we had a talk. I
told him I wouldn't vote for him un
less he did as I requested. Lorlmer
considered a minute and then he
said:
"'Well, if I nm elected I will have
a share in the Illinois patronage and I
will do It.' That was all there was to
it."
".Representative Michael S. Link of
Mitchell told the story of another vote
cast for Senator Lorlmer for which
money was paid when lie was called
to testify. Link declared he was asked
personally by Lorlmer for big vote,
and later was paid $1,000 In the South
ern hotel at St. Louis by Lee O'Noil
Rrowne.
THE RACE FOR THE PENNANT
Standing of the Various Clubs in the
Leading Baseball
Leagues.
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Parole Gy-te-n 's Favored.
Washington. -- Su'h time-honored
aicthods of punishment us the
d'litgoon. starvation. .--Hence, the soil
i.u-v coll. darkness u':d corporal pun-i--!.n;t
nt have been l;ugh discredited
Im American r ..rir.ntorios. according
I the report o' t;:e -o'linilttee on re
foiT.miory nrl: J-n I parole made to
lint Aniori.-im 1'iiso'i .--.sroelution.
Missouri Hz:, 3,293,C3S.
W i'.,iiif,ton.--The Mute of Missouri
ii:im ,oi"iliition of nccord
Inv, to the tliirtpontii cennin-: htalistlcs
aiin iuiH cd Fii lay. Thi.4 is an increase
cf lKij.'.7i. or t-ix per cent, over the
poi.ul.iti'-n I" V.iOO, which v.as 3,10ft
Cadet Eociitt Mot Mil.ti-v
ai;liiimHn. -l'lio war ilepartn.Ptit
Kridiiy ruled that tloJ radet organiza
tions cf ediieatiotial Institutions are
not properly a i-art of tho organised
militia
WILL THE SOCIAL
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Newt Note: The Newport social season hat been to strenuous that
many members of the most exclusive circles have been forced to abandon
their homes fcr hospitala and sanitariums. Several of the leading host
esses have fainted during the past fortnight while entertaining.
BREAKS
RECORD
VALTER BROOKINS FLIES 186
MILES IN FIVE HOURS 49
MINUTES.
WINS $10,000 CASH PRIZE
feunj Aviator Surpasses All Crete
Country Flight In His Chicago to
8prlngfield (III.) Trip Out-Dis-tances
Special Train.
Springfield, 111. What Is looked up
on as one of the most remarkable
feats in aerial navigation was accom
plished by Walter B. Urookins, in a
Wright biplane, Thursday, when
successfully flew from Chicago to this
city, and In doing so he broke, all cross
country aeronautic' records.
With caly two stops, neither of
which was actually necessary, he made
the trip from Chicago to Springfield,
a distance of 186 miles, in five hours
and forty-nine minutes, maintaining an
average speed of 32.7 miles an hour,
and won the $10,000 prize offered by
a Chicago newspaper.
Along the entire route, from Chicago
to the state fair grounds here, hun
dreds f thousands of people cheereC
the darlnr voune aviator as he passed
a a 4h irrPBr mechanical bird came
to tho ground here In the presence of
40,00 people he was cheerea vocucr
ously for fully half an hour.
Brooklns left Chicago at 9:15 a. m.
He dropped out of the clouds oyer the
fair grounds in Springfield at 4:45.
Forty-seven minutes after Brooklns
rose from the ground in Washington
park, Chicago, the "Daylight Special"
left the Park Row station over the Illi
nois Central. A spoclal car bad been
attached In which traveled Wilbur
Wright, the airship Inventor; Roy
Knabenshue, special representative of
the Wright brothers; members of the
Aero club of Illinois, and about forty
newspaper men.
After a flight of two hours and twenty-eight
minutes nrookins came to Oil
man, where ho arrived at 11:43. Brook
lns was far ahead of the train and he
decided to alight r.nd await the arri
val of the. train.
The train arrived at Oilman at 12:15
and orders were iclven by the division
superintendent of the railroad to hold
the train until the biplane should re
mime its flight. The gasoline and wa
ter tanks wrro replenished, and after
the engines had been gone over care
fully by Wright and KMiabenshue,
nrookins resumed his flight.
From Oilman to Springfield the spe
cial train und the aeroplane ran neck
and neck, first one forging ahead,
then the other, but never at any time
mor than a (piarter of a mile apart.
Brooklns was forced nt 3:20 to de
scend nt Mt. Pulaski for fuel, only
twenty-four miles from tho utate fair
ground. The landing was one of
the most remarkable that has ever
been seen in the history of aviation.
Trees Mid fences mirroiinded him on
all hides and with perfect control he
picked out a spot, after soaring Hbout
In a short circle, scarcely more than
half a block square, and landed square
in the cen'er The special train was
held up, the iiornpla-io's supplies again
were renewed, and at 3:45 he as
cended apn'n. Fiom Pulaski to the
fair ki-ouiiUs a speed of thirty-five
miles an hour whb inulutained.
To Bury Belle Elmore's Body.
London. The coroner issued an or
Jer Saturday for the burial of the body
found !n the cellar of ttos home of Dr.
llawb-y :'riiien and vlilch the eoro-ti.-r's
iur.,' found to be that of Belle
Lip t ie. tin- doctor's wife.
Tift bigr.6 Merit Ru.'e Order.
V,';'shn:,'o.i.- pr.-slil-'i:' Taft Hatur-d-,--
j-Mvi '!'e -td M- v-li'i-ii will place
r.'-M:!'it pin-Miustleru in fust i'rd see
of,? : :.--s oir.ei s and all their el' rks
on lor tho ( 1' nb'.fio 1 e v'.'l' ;: on Decern
bir 1 n.-t.
WHIRL COME TO THI37
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PRAISE FOR LA FOLLETTE
CONVENTION CALLS SENATOR PI
ONEER PROGRESSIVE.
Wisconsin Republicans Declare Payne
Tariff Law Falls to Carry Out
Party Pledge.
Madison, Wis. Sharp criticism ol
the Payne tariff law, a demand for
the physical valuations of railroads
and unstinted praise of Senator La
Follette as the pioneer "progressive"
are the principal planks of the plat
form adopted by the Republican state
convention Wednesday.
Indorsement of the state's strongly
"Insurgent" delegation lu congress
and a slap at President Taft are ex
pressed In tho following resolution:
"Wisconsin is te be congratulated
upon having representatives hi the
senate and house wjjo remained true,
to the people .aul -to .ta-tinns.l plat,
form of tho party, notwithstanding
the efforts to punish them, for so do
ing by withdrawal of federal patro
nage." On the tariff the platform says:
"The Payne-AMrlch tariff Is not
compliance with the pledge of the
Republican party in its national plat
form. The true basis of protective
tariff Is the differenco between th
cost of production at home and
abroad, and we hold any lncreasei.'.
cost of production of living of Amer
ican labor should be accompanied ay
compensating tariff duties.
"The present tariff board has no
power of Investigation, and Is not re
quired to report to congress. We fa
vor lhe crentlon of a nonpartisan
tariff committeo empowered to ascer
tain the cost of production in this and
other countries, and required to make
frequent reports of the Informattom
gained in congress.
"ITpon the Information so obtained
congress should proceed to revise the
different schedules independently of
each other, according to true pro
tective tariff principles."
GIRL AND TWO BOYS SHOT
Children of John F. Dietz, Wisconsin
Fugitive, Fired On by Sheriff
Youth Warns Father.
Couderay, Wis., Oct. 3. In a futile
effort to capture John F. Dletz, the
"outlaw of Cameron Dem," three of
the Dletz children were shot and two
of the three wounded were captured.
The other escaped to warn his father
of the raid.
Dietz is (rliarged with shooting a
man in an election row September 1
aud has defied the authorities. The
sheriff expected him to go to Winter,
and waited for him at the side of a
road. WIimi the Dletz buggy ap
proached, SlierllT Madden ordered the
three uccupauts to throw up tholr
hands, and when they failed to obey
fired at close range.
Dletz had stayed at home, having
learned that the sheriff was near, and
had sent his daughter with his sons,
thinking the officers would not shoot
If she was near. She, as well as the
boys, wa-4 armed. Leslie Dletz es
caped through a shower of bullets
Fifty residents of Winter, many old
time frlendu of Dletz, have been
sworn In as special under sheriffs and
the city Is fiutrolled constantly under
Instructions from Sheriff Madden, who
fears the wrath of tho defender of
Cameron dam.
Foreign Pott for Hitt's Son.
Wiishlngto-.i. R. 8 Reynolds Hitt ol
Illinois, son of the late Representa
tive 1 lift, who for many years headed
the house committee on foreign af
fairs, wiw Saturday uppolnted United
States mliilHter to Guatemala.
Two Disd In Fire.
New York PVo that rtarte in a
stock of pr?yrr bo-ilo; Ktored beneath
tho stair? cf u rattislia-ldo tenement
In Hester street S ; day caused the
deaths of David a 'id 1 sraej Fesqler,
I brothers
BUILDING Hi
L
'IGURES THAT SHOW GAIN IN
STOCKHOLDERS.
BOTH CUSSES ARE JO!
lanking Board Congratulated Upon
the Outlook Other Mattere at
the State Capital.
Secretary K. Royse of the State
flankillff llonril h:i4 rniiinlelnH hi nn.
Dual report of the building and loan
association business of N'chrnika for
tho year ending June 30. Thirty as
sociations wore doing business at that
lime. The report to the banking
board shows a gain of 2,84(1 In the
number of borrow ing stockholders for
the VC.ir. the tnt-il niiinl,i- hninv if!.
(125. The nnn-horrowing shareholders
r.crcased Irom 31 770 to as fiTfi. a en n
of 3,!(titi. The total number of stock
holders of both klnda Incrcuttcri from
4R.309 to .'4.70.1. a gain of fi.302. At
the end of the fiscal year the follow
ing facts are noted:
Ameimt of vim I tM;tti limnx
in rmee i:i.i. i:.,s'.(iz
Apprnlt(l vhIih- ef rent en.
l: unit lrnpm ctnent 4:t..M:!."l."l
Amount of lire lnMiiranc iik-
hIKiiM ;t.S4S.no,00
Amount of Innuulu Inxmunre
ndKlmii-,.1 . . .' J. (IT:., 91 H.iio
Amount of linvitiPKK ilnne
.liiilnar the venr IS.iln I.IHK.SR
At a cost of 'lrt.7;.64t
Following Is n statement or the con
dition or the seventy building and
loan associations of the state 'on the
nnth day ot June, 1010:
Asteta.
First niot'tE.iKe loans $1 !,(! l-l.SJ'.'.SS
KlrM iii'irtunnf limns In luo-
vptn of forei liiKoro Ml.OSt.45
Stock loniiH UM.Mi.t S4
Heal elate ITU.JJ 2.92
Kumlturr and llMim-d s.in.iso
ciiiii Hio.is.os
rrlliiMi'iil ltiten-Kt, premi
ums mill tlims ni.flt1.7t
Fxpenses unci taxes paid.... 1X,WH.l.':l
Other assets 41 t;.cir...'
Total $Jl.n27.7liiia
Liabilities.
fault" I Mode runnlm; $l",i II .alii!. I
Kull pulil Hint inatiireil slm k 4i.2'.'.H41.Sft
Krseive fun. I KlN.lir.H.liO
I'mlivlilett iirotliH :i22.tiii."i..ri2
1 uo Minr'-iioMcrs on lucnin-
plrt.. loans .'. IH. I2n.::r
Premiums uueartieil ri.M'l 40
Advance ilueH 1 1.0U2.1V
Advance interest and prem-
ll.iis .... i.r.n.2:s
Oilier llnhilltio iU.47a.fiU
Total I.:;-7.7.S3
Secretary Royse said in Ills report
to the banning board:
"During the year the Home lUiildr
Ing and lxan association of Ueatrlce
j4 tulo v ol u n t arih ujid ;;!bint y o.u rj d
up its affairs and quit "business.;' '
"The remaining members of the
Schuyler Iiiilldlug and Loan associa
tion, which was in process of volun
tary liquidation, found it necessary
to place it in the hands of a receiver
to properly wind up its nITairs, and
upon receipt by the 'State Banking
Board of a request for bitch receiver,
the necessary steps were taken to
have one appointed and placed in
charge of the association.
"I am pleased to congratulate you
upon the growth and condition of the
building and loan associations under
your supervision, as shown by the
abstracts, summaries and compari
sons on preceding puces of this re
port. Guard Ordered Out.
Company H, Filth regiment N. X.
G. of Crete, has been ordered out.
The reasons given in the order from
the adjutant general are plain. Mem
bers of the company are charged with
desertion of Fort Riley, some mem
bers failed to go and gave no excifces
and the company generally Is cen
sured for failure to keep up to the
required standard of efficiency and
discipline. The property of the com
pany is ordered sent into headquar
ters, all shortages to be deducted
from the state pay due the men.
Call For General Election.
Governor Shnlleiiberger has issm?d
his call for the general election to
be held November 8. The call pro
vies for the election of all state offi
cers, United States senator, congress
men, members of the legislature and
for a vote on the proposed amend
ment. Condition of State Treasury.
The report of State Treasurer Ilrlan
for the month of September shows
the receipts of the office to have been
$2.10,279.8(1: payments, $:!2:t,0!i7.:i; bal
ance In all funds, r,.r.r,.440.Kt. The
rash and cash items on hand amounts
to $.'!2t,!i:!7. the remainder being on
deposit.
One Candidate by Petition.
Armenltis I. Cully, of Iiup City,
called at the ofTitc of the secretary
of state and lef a well-signed petition
asking that his name bo placi d on the
ballot this fa'.l as a candidate for sen
ator in the Sixteenth district. Mr.
Cully wa.4 a candidate for the repub
lican nomination, but failed fit tit
primaries.
Thompson Net Resigned.
Though Attorney (ietieral Thomp
son has been sworn in ns solicitor
of the treasury department, ho has
not yet sew rod his connection with
the legal department of stale. When
he left ho expected to return to Lin
coln some time in October and wind
up some cases in wMeh the state Is
a party. Ho probably will not resign
until after clectim. Thi.4 will obvi
ate the necessity of t:i" i.ppointuient
of a new attorney iv-neral to serve
until January, its t e governor prob
ably v,.U apioin' v, l-d-vi r Is elected.
DIVORCE INCREASES.
Eighty-two Caeea on Docket for Next
Term.
The amendments to the divorce law
which were enacted by the legislature
of 1909 have had little apparent el
feet In the matter of reducing tht
number of applicants for relief from
the bonds of matrimony. If tht
records of the district court of Lan
caster county are to be taken as an
index of conditions throughout the
state, says the Journal. As a matter
of fact the divorce actions now pend
ing in this court exceed In number by
feven those on the docket for the
October. 1908, term.
The equity (locket for the October
term, 1908, contained seventy-five di
vorce cases. In fifty-six of these the
wives were plaintiffs, while in nine
teen the husband was the plaintiff.
At the present time there are eighty
two divorce cases on the docket,
women being, plaintiffs In sixty-six
and men In' sixteen. The new law
went Into effect In July, 1909, and
there was a big rush of applicants to
get their petitions on file before that
time. For this reason there were
more cases of this kind on the docket
for the October term, 1909, than for
either the previous r subsequent
year. In October, 1 909. there were
pending In this court 1.18 divorce
cases, ninety-eight in whloh women
were plaintiffs and forty in which
men sought relief.
All t'ases now pending have not
been Instituted since the last term of
court. As a matter of fact several of
them have been on the docket for two
or three years, being continued from
term to term. At the last term mnny
such actions worn dismissed by the
court on nconnt of lack of prosecu
tion. If. however, the cttorney asks
that the case be continued, his re
quest Is compiled with and the cause
Is kept pending.
Prior to the amendment of the lav
in 190II, 'Nebraska had the reputation
of being ono of the easiest states In
the union in which to obtain a di
vorce. The grounds upon which such
relief could be obtained were prac
tically the same as those recognized
lu tn'wt of the states, but it was the
brevity of the term of residence re
quired before beginning action thut
was looked upon as an invitation to
would-be divorcees to come to Ne
braska. All that was required was
that the plaintiff should have been a
resident of the state for at least six
months before lillng his or her peti
tion. The Miller law, enacted at the last
term oT the legislature, provides that
the plaintiff shall have been a resi
nTflTo? the stare for lni"-le"5slYm'e:yoar
before filing his or her petition, and
if (he cause of action arose outside
of the state, plaintiff must have beou
a resident of Nebraska for at least
two years. Divorce decrees under the
new law are of an interlocutory na
ture and do not become final until
six months after being granted by
the court, thus preventing marriage
in this or any other state during the
period mentioned.
Game Warden Active.
Chief (lame Warden Dan Gcilus
and Deputy Roehler searched ICd
Mauler's restaurant in Omaha for
game birds. They found only one
chicken, which was on tho kitchen
table ready to be cooked. Other birds
were supposed to be in nnother part
of the house, but when the game
wardens got there they found none.
Requisition Honored.
A requisition for the return of C. J.
Johnson to Oklahoma, where he Is
waTited on a charge of disposing of
mortgaged property, was honored at
the ofhee if the governor. W. E3.
Stafford Is biiid to have a mortgage
on two hoiYos which Johnson Is al
leged to have disposed of without
Stafford's consent.
Contract Awarded.
Tho board of public lands and
btiillngs has awarded a contract to
the (irand island Plumbing company
to furnish and lay pipes to conduct
steam from the boiler house of the
soldiers' home at Crand Island to
separate buildings at the home. The
contract price is $.",8l:i.20.
"Breakfast Bacon" Special.
The slate farm authorities have re
ceived word from the agricultural
commission of the Rock Island sys
tem that the railroad company will
be ready to run the "breakfast
bacon" special, starting from Lincoln
about October 18.
White Slave Traffic.
Police Matrun Doyle In her work
among youg women has come across
a lumber of cases in which she was
i ore thiit "white slave" traffic meth
ods were employed. An Instance of
this was brought to her attention a
few days ugo when the evidence
pointed to an attempt to Induce u girl
sixteen years of age Into an immoral
life.
No Harm to Corn Crop.
Oruln men say that the slight frost
could not possibly have hurt to corn
crop. Resides the general opinion
among men who are watching the
corn crop is that !n per cent of the
corn of the slate is now out of danger
of frost.
Heavy Eond Registration.
State Auditor P.arton registered
bonds from Ke'.ur.cy to the amount of
$125,000 for the parchuso of the water
plant und from Richardson county
bonds to the amour. t of $203,000.
HEN AND THE JEVfL
CONTRADICTS AL' FADLES. CCS3
CONDUCT OF THIS FOWL.
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Boyle County Farmer Removes ' Rlrg
From Crop of Chicken With Aid
of Gcicoors, and Egg-Producer
Recovers.
A Doyle county hen swallowed a
$500 diamond ring which the ownet
had left lying on n toblo on a back
porch. The incident indicate care
lessness In the ring owner and alsc
on the part of tho hen.
Once upon n litre a wine old rooster
scratched up a diamond In a muck
heap, but he did not swallow It. Ho
Inspected It minutely and then re
marked that whereas some .person
might esteem Ftii'h things very highly,
he personally wouldn't give a grain
of wheat for a bushel basket full of
them. If the Tipylo county ben had
been ns wlso as this rooster, which
Aerop or some other able writer tells
about, she would have saved hersell
much suffering. Hut this Hoyle county
hen was a foolish bird, and she swiped
the Jewelry.'
When the loss wes discovered, and
the hen also, with a guilty look on hoi
o.intenancn and a suspicious bulge In
her craw, It didn't require much Sher
lock Holmes business to make a
shrewd surmlRe as to the whereabouts
of tho ring. The hen was mildly but
firmly requested to submit to a search
and she had such a poor way of refus
ing that the Investigation was (piltekly
under way. Any remarks that she
might have felt like making under dif
ferent circumstances were repressed
perforce by a suffocating sensation In
the glottis superinduced by abnormal
.llsteimlon of the thorax. The hen was
."aught with the goods on her. The
ring was unmistakably inside of the
craw, its owner could see Its outline
and could feel It. He didn't feel It as
strongly as the hen did, but he knew
with all the faith that may possibly
be acquired from the substance of
things hoped for and the evidence of
things not seen that the ring was
there, and that the hen was doing her
best to conceal It.
Once upon a lime to revert to Ae
sop a man owned a goose which laid
a golden egg every day. This man
wanted to get rich quick, and as he
could not And any sort of condition
powders that would hurry up the lay
ing process he decided to . kill the
goose and possess himself of the gold
mine Immediately, If not sooner. The
goose was killed, and It appeared that
the inlnt had "suspended operations at
about the same 4Jna.' There was tooth
ing doing In the golden egg line for
ever after, but the goose-slayer was
kept busy dodging the fool-killer for
the rest of his life.
The Boylo county hen did not meet
the fate of the goose that laid tho
golden egg. She had never laid any
golden eggs, but she had produced a
pretty good line of the plain everyday
brand. It looked to her owner as If
she would be good for several years
laying If her life could be saved and
the family Jewelry kept off the back
porch. A simple surgical operation
with a pair of scissors and a needle
and thread solved the problem. The
ring was recovered and the hen is r
covering. There Is not much chance to ring In
a moral here or to ring out one. "Haeo
fabula docet" doesn't apply because
the story Is not a fable. It may be
taken, however, as an Illustration of
the fact that while Boyle county farm
ers are a little careless with their
Jewelry at times, they are exceedingly
careful with their hens.
Ten Cents Bought a Rubens.
America will soon have the refusal
of a hitherto unknown picture by
Rubens, which has been lying for
years in the garret of a house In the
small town of Zagrzcbia, Poland.
The owner of the house discovered
it by accident while looking for lum
ber to sell to a hawker. Thinking it
was a worthless bit of old canvas, ha
parted with it for ten cents.
The hawker had an Inspiration. Ild
washed the first layer of dirt off and
took the picture to an antiquary, who
recognized the Rubens initial In one
corner. Experts say it undoubtedly is
the work of Rubens and a very good
specimen, too.
Tho picture represents Salome hold
ing the head of St. John the Baptist.
Salome's figure Is particularly beauti
ful. Its present owner Is having It thor
oughly cleaned; this done, he Is going
to offer It to America, because, he
says, "millionaires from the states
give better prices than European
princes."
A Cruel Cut.
The stenographer had resented' a
rrlticls.ni of her work and resigned In
biauter. "Will you kindly give me a letter of
recommendation, klr'.'" she said, rath
er Itt'iigliMly.
V "1 couldn't conscientiously do it,"
said tho criminal lawyer.
"Conscientiously?" sneered the ste
nographer; "you mean gratuitously,
don't jo.i?"
Ccrlrg for Animals. '
The Woman's League for Anfmats
In N.mv York city, of which Mrs.
Ji'.t'ios Speyir 1.4 the president, baa
done a iv at deal of good work. Oae
thousand curds, Illustrating the beads
of dogs, eats and horses, diagraming
tVo proper place In which a bullet
,ho:.'l bo i '.u: i d in order to put the
rnl'oa! out of ;vin as quickly as po
(.V.'o were d'strtbuied this year.
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