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VOL. 10.
DAKOTA OITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1011.
NO. 34.
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TRAPPED IN SHAFT
TWENTY-THREE MINERS ARE EN
TOMBED BY EXPLOSION AT
ELK GARDEN, W. VA.
BELIEVED NONE ARE ALIVE
Great Masses of Debris Block Tunnels
and Rescuers Are Unable to Reach
Imprisoned Men Cause of Acci
dent Unknown.
Elk Garden, W. Va. As a result of
an explosion 23 minors arc lntombcd
In tho Ott mlno No. 30 of the Davis
Coal and Coko company here.
There is not believed to be one
chanco In a thousand that cny ono
of tho men 1b still alive. As tnnB of
debris are blocking tho way, It Is not
expected that most of the victims will
be reached for a day or two. Ono
body has been recovered.
Tho cause of tho explosion has not
been determined. That the disaster
was not even more dreadful Is due to
the fact that digging of coal had been
suspended temporarily and a reduced
forco was cleaning tho workings.
Whether tho explosion was due to
gas or dust will not be known until
a complete Investigation has been
made.
Ab soon aB tho accident occurred
Superintendent Grant organized res
cue corps and entered the mine, after
notifying officials of tho company at
the head ofTlccs in Cumberland, Md.
Tho reBcuo parties had not ad
vanced far into tho workings before
they discovered the obstruction.
It then was decided to efTect an en
trance nearer the probable point of
the explosion by cutting through tho
wall of an adjoining mine owned by
tho samo company.
Tho rescuers havo penetrated to the
No. 20 mlno at a point about 4,000
feet from the outside entry. There
" still remained about the same dis
tance to go before reaching tho
buried miners.
Tho Ott mine No. 20 Is almost di
rectly under tho town of Elk Garden
which Is on a hill. The mouth of tho
mine Is about half a mile from tho
town, down tho hill.
CHURCHES CHUT BY STRIKE
No Public Meetings Permitted at
Muscatine, la., Because of Dis
order Troop on. Guard.
Muscatine. la. Military rulo went
into effect In Muscatine by order of
MaJ. George W. Ball, in charge of the
state troops sent to preserve order
during tho labor troubles. No public
meetings are to be permitted after
dark.
Any person In tho streets after 8
p. m. will bo compelled to state his
business to the military patrols. Any
ono on tho street- after 11 will be es
corted to his home and his name and
address will be taken. A repetition of
this will result In the arrest of the of
fender. No crowds will bo permitted
and three persons will bo adjudged a
crowd. All social and religious meet
ings will bo abandoned as long as tho
troops remain In Muscatlno.
Despite tho presence of tho soldiers
and the protection afforded to all, few
additional workers returned to the
factories.
Tho button workers picnic passed
without Incident. Crowds were pres
ent, but there was no disorder.
Tho arrival of the Sibley tents and
cook stoves indicates that it is tho In
tention of tho stato authorities to keep
tho troops hero until all possibility of
further disorder is passed.
STEAMER ASIA GOES DOWN
All Passengers and Crew Arc Saved
From Sinking Vessel Off
Finger Rock, China.
Tokyo. The Pacific mall steamship
Asia, from Hongkong for San Fran
cisco, has sunk off Finger flock, South
China. Tho passengers are reported
rescued and tho mails saved.
Tho Asia struck while feeling hor
way cautiously through a thick fog
in tho direction of Shanghai.
Her wireless signals of distress
were picked up by tho steamer Amer
ica of tho Toyo Kisen company, which
was en routo from Shanghai for Hong
kong, Tho latter vessel immediately
replied:
"Wo are coming to your assistance "
No further messago was received by
tho America, which pushed hard In
tho direction of tho Asia. Tho Amer
lea arrived off Finger Hock, but owing
to tho fog, which continued heavy,
was unable to discover tho where
abouts of tho distressed steamer.
Tho America laid to until tho weath
ered cleared, when sho found that tho
Chlneso vessol Shang SIu of tho Taku
Steamship company had gono to tho
aid of tho Asia and rescued her pas
engors. North China Plague Extinct.
Now York. Word camo by cable
from Illshop James W. niashford of
tho Methodist Episcopal church that
the plaguo Is now extinct in North
China and has been utmost entirely
stamped out In Manchuria
Arrest Suspect In Pontlac Murder.
Waco, Tex. A man giving tho name
of Carl Koontz was arrested hero bo
cause of his resemblance to a descrip
tion of Ray Scrlvens, charged with
the murder of Chief of Police Brown
of Pontlac, 111., last May.
KEEPING HIM
.
Chorus Say, quiet that brat, If
California.
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RECIPROCITY MEASURE GOES
THROUGH HOUSE DESPITE
REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION.
MANY AMENDMENTS OFFERED
Bill, Which Now Goes to Senate,
Gets Almost Solid Support of the
Democrats Final Roll Was 264
to 89.
Washington. By tho decisive vote of
264 to 89 tho house of representatives
passed tho Canadian reciprocity tariff
measure, marking the close of a six
days' fight
Ten of the opposing votes were cast
by tho Democrats and tho other 79
by Republicans. A majority of the
Republicans In the house voted
against the measure, and tho fears of
President Taft were realized, namely,
that the reciprocity measure would go
through by Democratic votes alone.
At the last minute the president sum
moned a group of Republican oppo
nents of reciprocity to the Whito
House and mado a personal appeal to
them, but without avail.
The bill now goes to the senate,
where strenuous efforts are to be
made, through amendments and other
wise, to defeat it. Announcements
that such was tho plan of opposing
senators wore- mado during tho Dght
In tho hoiiBo.
Most startling In their nature were
the explanations given by Chairman
Underwood of tho ways and means
committee, of plans that had been
adopted by great trusts, monopolies
and interests to defeat tho reciprocity
bill. That fight is still on and will
havo to be met In the senato.
Despite protestations of unchanging
support of progressive legislation, Ir
vine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin and
Georgo Norris of Nebraska, progres
sive leudeiH, lined their following up
in opposing the bill behind a handful
of the old guard of stand-patters.
Tho contention of tho progressives
was that tho bill was nmcndablu and
that it could bo changed by giving
Canada freo trade. They hold to this
insistently, In the faco of posltivo as
surances from President Taft, tho
state department nnd tho commission
ers who framed tho pact, that any
change would send tho agreement
back to tho commissioners with the
certainty that this would defeat It.
Tho record vote camo on final pass
age of the bill, nearly everyone Insist
ing on it. Ton Democrats voted
ngalnst tho tariff pact and 79 Repub
licans. This was a majority of tho
Republicans voting.
URGE BETTER PAY FOR GIRLS
Only One Delegate at Y. W. C. A. Con
vention Dissents to Proposal to
Aid Women.
Indianapolis, Ind. With only ono
delegate, a member from Georgia, dls
sentlng, tho National Young Wom
en's Christian association, In con
vention hero, adopted a resolution
In favor of a lllvng wage for girls
and declaring that low wages was tho
connecting link between women work
ers and tho white slavo traffic.
Trust Opinions Still Held.
Washington. Tho Supremo court of
tho United States concluded Its weekly
duty of handing down decisions, with
out announcing opinions in elthor tho
Standard Oil or tho tobacco suits,
which had beon brought under tho
Sherman anti-trust act.
Kenyon and Bryan Now Senators.
Washington. William S. Kenyon of
Iowa and Nathan P. Bryan of Florida
took the oath of offlco In tho senate as
United States senators from their re
spective states.
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WINS NAVY APOLOGY
ANNAPOLIS OFFICIAL TO ATONE
FOR SNUBBING GIRL.
Superintendent Bowyc Will Make
Amends for Alleged Insult to
Miss Mary H. Beers.
Washington. Because somo ofilcer
who was misinformed as to her
position In a navy family objected to
hor presence at a navy hop in Annap
olis, Miss Mary II. Beers, daughter of
Professor Beers of Yalo university,
will recelvo an apology from tho
United States navy. Capt. J. M. Bow
yer, superintendent of tho naval acad
emy, at which the incident occurred,
will frame and forward the apology.
By direction of President Taft, Sec
retary of the Navy Meyer has mado
nn investigation of th affair Presi
dent Taft is particularly Interested in
the case, bocause he studied under
Pror. Beers at Yale.
Captain Bowyer offored to make an
apology if the department thought
such action desirable. Secretary
Meyer thought an lnjustlco had been
done to Prof. Beers and his daughter,
and, it is understood, suggested that
Captain Bowyer apologize.
According to tho Investigation mado
by the navy department, MIrr Beers
was employed as a companion to the
wife of Lieutenant Commander Wil
liam T. Tarrant, who Is engineer offi
cer of the battleship Michigan of tho
Atlantic fleet. She was Invited to ono
of the naval academy hops by a mid
shipman. She nttended tho danco,
and shortly afterward left for her
home in New Havon.
One of tho officers on duty at An
napolis suggested to the midshipman,
on tho supposition that Miss Beers
was a domestic, that she should not
havo been invited to tho hop. Tho
midshipman, according to tho report
received nt tho department, replied
that ho disagreed personnlly""wlth tho
view of his superiors at the academy.
Tho interview developed that Cap
tain Bowyer was responsible for .the
suggestion that Miss Beers was not a
dcslrablo guest at academy social
events.
Prof. Beers learned of the Incident
and complained to the navy depart
ment Representative Korhly of Indi
ana, who read of tho affair in the
nowspapers, wrote a letter to Secre
tary Meyer protesting against the al
leged snobbery.
POSTAL DEFICIT WIPED OUT
Hitchcock Announces Burden of $17,-
600,000 Is Lifted Believes Fiscal
Year Will Show Surplus.
Washington. "A deficit In the
operation of tho post office depart
ment of 517.COO.000, inherited by tho
present administration of tho postal
service, practically has been wiped
out," said Postmaster General Hitch
cock. Ho had Just received from tho au
ditor for tho department a final re
port, showing that tho rovenues for
tho first six months of tho current fis
cal year aggregated $118,573,817 and
tho expenditures 1118,014, GS0.
"The wiping out in less than two
years of tho largest deficit in the his
tory of tho department," said Hitch
cock, "was occompllshed not by cur
tailing postal facilities but by extend
ing tho servlco along protitablo lines."
Fifteen Die Near Manila.
Manila. A steam launch carrying 12
pnsBongors and a crow of 18 was
swamped by high seas In a gale out
sldo Cavlto. Fifteen of thoso on board
wore drowned. Among thoso on board
wero threo American loltllcrs who
wero roscued.
Roosevelt to 8peak Memorial Day.
Newark, N, J. Theodoro Roosovelt
will bo tho principal speakor at tho un
veiling of a Lincoln statuo In front of
tho courthouse In Newark on Memorial
day
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TELLS OF "JACKPOT"
WITNESS IN HELM INQUIRY GIVE8
STRANGER'S BRIBE STORY.
Hopkins Informs Committee He Had
Numerous Suggestions He Could
Purchase Votes.
Springflold, 111. A statement at
tributed to C. E. Wclho, brothorln.
law of Edward Ulned, was piesoutod
to the Holm Investigating committee
by William Burgess of Duluth. Mr.
Burgess testified that on tho 7thsof
last month Mr. Welho, who was a
total stranger to Mr. HurgpsR, mndo
tho boost to Burgess that $100,000 had
boon raisod to cloct William Lorlmor
senator and that he, Wclho, bad put
up $10,000 himself.
Burgess, on taking tho witness
Btand, told of n railroad Journoy on
tho Winnipeg Flyer between Duluth
and Virginia in March, 1011. Ho said
a man named Johnson of a trado pub
lication, ono Randolph, John and Carl
Weyerhausor, Woihe and anothor
man were in the party, the smoking
compartment, aboard n sleeping car.
Burgess said tho subjoct of William
Lorlmor's election camo up In tho
courso of conversation. Burgess, dur
ing this chnt on tho subject of Lorl
mor, said ho expressed tho opinion
that tho senator had used money to
effect his olection
Ex-Senator Albert J. Hopkins testi
fied that ho was approached froquont
ly with" suggestions that for certain
amounts he could purchaso votes
toward ro-oloctlon, but invariably re
plied that ho was a candidate for the
eonato nnd not for tho penitentiary.
Attorney Healy asked Mr. Hopkins
regarding reports that money had
boon used to elect Lorlmer.
"Senator McCormlck of Madison
county," said Mr Hopkins, "told my
prlvato secretary, John M. Poffers,
that he had been offered $2,500 to
voto for Lorlmer."
Mr. Tlldon In brief said ho did not
Intend to return to Springflold or
bring his prlvato book, and papers
befoio tho committee He did offer
to select ono member of the commit
tee to exam I no such records and re
port to tho other four members
HVE DAY TRUCE SS SIGNEL1
Generals Madero and Navarro Agree
on Armistice While Terms for
Mexican Peace Is Ditcussed.
HI Paso, Tex. General Madero. in
behalf of tho Insurroctos, and Gen
eral Navarro, acting for President
Diaz, hnvo signed an armistice, to
continue for flvo days, at Juarez.
During Unit fiailod tormfl that ars
expected to end the revolution will be
considered.
Tho truco provides that llicro shall
be no movement of troops of either
sldo during tho next five days and
that provisions and medlclnos may bo
brought to either camp from the
American side without payment of
duty.
Actual pcaco negotiations proceed
ed tho nrmistico at tio conference of
tho various leaders and mombew of
tho peaco commission. Much of tho
discussion was of such a nature that
its publication is not desirod at this
time, but It can bo stated that Gen
eral Madoro has tho most authentic
assurances of a liberal attltudo on tho
part of the Mexican government
MRS. SCOTT IS RE-ELECTED
tlllnols Woman Again Chcssn Presl.
dent General of D. A. R. s
174 Majority.
Washington. Tho administration of
Mrs. Matthew T Scott of Blooming
ton, 111., ns proHldont. general of tho
D. A. R. had a magnificent commenda
tion when after 21 hours' unlnlei nipt
ed work counting tho 1,08', ballots
cast In tho election of officers, Ibo
chairman of tellers, Mrs. William A.
Guernsey, state regent of Kansas, an
nounced that Mrs Scott's vote lor re
election was G10 against -1GG erst for
Mrs, William dimming Story of Nov
York. Tho Scott ticket was elected
straight thiough. the ti for lh" tpv
ernl national olllceis lulling In each
Inslanco not grentlv below tlm -jr tho
head of Ilia ticket
The announcement of the vote for
Mrs. Scott nil but Mampedcrt iho cm
grofs PITCHER DIES OF WOUNDS
"Lefty" Cialg Succumbs to Bullet Hirt
, Received From Burglar at Mineral
Springs Hotel,
Indlannpolln, Ind George ,M
("I-fty") Cnilg. pltchor of the In
dianapolis club o' the Aint-rlrnu
association, dlod In tho fHy hos
from a bullet wound tocolved In a
Htruggle with a buiglar at Mlner.il
Springs rosoit. the training nuorters
of tho club, noar tills city
Tho police have beon unrble to Ind
a clue to tho Identity of tho man that
shot Craig.
Craig's home was In Philadelphia
Mother Slav Her Children
South Omaha. Nob --Mrs Annie Nc
tushok, twenty yenis old, forced lior
two-yoar-old boy and four year nM i;lrl
to drink carbolic cld nnd then w al
lowed a dose of tho drug herself Hoili
children are dead and the mother can
not survlvo DomoRlle trouble caused
tho tragedy
Denmark May Ear Mormon
Copenhagen It Is iindoiHtood tlio
government, In response to numerous
petitions, meditates measures to pre
vent a Mormon ijtipaganda
THE NEW MJTO LAW
IT HAS UNDERGONE SOME IMPOR.
TANT CHANGES.
PROVISIONS OF ENACTMENT
Becomes Effective Early In July and
Should Be Carefully Read
and Understood,
Soveral changes intho present stat
utes regulating motor vehicles nnd
automobiles wero made during tho re
cent session of tho legislature by tho
McArdlo bill, which passed both
houses and was approved by Governor
Aldrlch. Tho now law, which will bo
come effoctlvo early In July, contains
tho following provisions, digested sec
tion by section:
Section 1 Defines motor vehlcloi ns
thoso propelled by nny power other tlinn
musoulnr nnd excepting rent rollurs, trac
tion engines nnd those, run on rails or
trucks, Defines public hlghwn8 mh nil
ways whero tho pussugo of vehicles la al
lowed. Soc. 2 Every owner of such motor vo
hlctcs shall nio with tho secretary of
state a description of Ills vehicle or vo
hlclea and slmll pay nn annual tax of $1
for motorcycles and $2 for other motor
vehicles. All poltco pntrols nnd llro nuto
blleB or other motor vehicles owned
or operated by cities, village or tho
stato nre exompte.l from this reo. Each
machine Is to bo nslgncd a number.
Change of ownership Is to bo filed with
$1 fee for accompanying.
Hec. 3 Kees to go to county treosuieia
In county where applicant for the licence
resides. Fees nro to bo credited to tho
county rend fund. County treasurers to
give receipts, which nro to tio sent to tho
secrctnry of stntn with nil applications
for license.
See. 4 Manufacturers to register ono
vehicle of eneh clnss, which thoy produce
and display, its number ns n compliance
with tho Inw. Threo general classes,
thoso propsllcd by gasoline, steam nnd
lectrlclty.
Sec. 5 Number to bo displayed on car
in separate Arabic numerals nt least
four Inches high with tho letters N-13-I1,
not lean tlinn throe. Inches high, samo to
l vtliliu icttris n.l figures on black
background. To bo so lighted beforo sun
rUo that will bo plainly vWlhto 100 foot
distant.
Sec. 0 No Intoxicated person or person
under 16 jean) of age shall bo pormltted
to npernta motor vehicles. Owner who
permits same slmll bo guilty of a misde
meanor, und punished nn liuieln pro
vided. Sue. 7 In tho country, that Is outsld
of cities or villages, mo'nr vehleles slmll
not be operated nt n greater speed than
twentv-tlvo miles per hour or tlinn is rea
Bonublo miJ proper having a regard for
tlio traffic and the life und Hint) of the
people. At intomeullunn or bridges or
when meeting other vehicles or teams
to be redncod to eight miles per hour. In
cities nnd villages speed po greater than
twelve miles per hour on tho open high
ways nnd six miles 'per iiourint .atrhQtJn
torsectlons, bridges or when meeting
other vehicles or teams. To coinu to a
full slop, when approaching places
where passengers nre loading or unload
ing from ((treat cars nnd to remain so
until street car starts, l'ollco pntrols,
ambulances, fire automobiles nnd phy
sicians' automobiles exempted from tho
provisions or this section,
Soc. 8 Drivers of automobiles nro to
stop when meeting teams, which appear
restless or when persons Indicate that
suoh Is tho case. To stop as long ns
nscessarv and give such nld ns is neces
sary. When both nro going snmo way
teams nnd motor vohldcn iud to sharo
the rond, especially whoro it la narrow or
rough nnd tho motor vehicle not to re
sume the enter of the road until nt least
thirty feet abend of tho team.
Sec. 9 All motor vehicles to bo provid
ed with suitable brakes, bolls, horns or
slKtiaJs nnd slmll between one hour after
sunset nnd one hour befor si'nrlRo havo
two lights on tho front of tho mnchlno
and n ted light at tlio rear end.
Soc. 10 The penalties: Kor tho first
Violation of nny of tho provisions of tho
Inw, ft fine of not moro tlinn $50; for sub-
Rsquent violations, not less than $50 nor
lore than $100 and not morn than sixty
days In tb" county Jull, or both at tho
discretion of the court. If violations re
sult In death or sovero Inluiy to any per
sons, the offenders shall, upon i-unvlc-tlton,
bo fined not less than $200 nor
more than $500 nnd sentenced to tho
penitentiary for not leB than ono year,
nor moro than ten years.
Sec. 11 Nothing; In tho net shnll bo
construed as Interfering with thu local
regulation of motor vehicles by cities or
Villages.
Sec. 12 Nothing In tho net shnll upply
to motor vchlrleu operated In the stato
by rtsldents of other states for a period
not to exceed thirty days, providing said
vehicles hnvo been duly registered In the
ltato where ""lid owners rt-Mldo.
Marking Oregon Trail.
Rdbcit Harvey, Mrs, Oreal Ward
nnd C. S. Paine, who wore named aa
commlssionurH of the Oregon trail
fund appropriated by tho recent ses
sion of tho last legislature, havo hold
tlio Ir Ilrst mooting and will push tho
work along ns fast as possible. Coun
ties through whoso boundaries tho old
trail ran will bo asked to sot aaldo
tunds for tlio furtherance of tho eiiso.
Girl In Great Danger.
But for the usalHtnneo or a family
who saw her body nllamu nnd rushed
to hor aid. Eileen Wllsoii, whoso
clothcB cuught lire when she was rid
ing on a motorcyclo, might have, suf
fered death. The Hyatts, who went to
the nld of the girl, grabbed rugs and
portieres from their liouso and man
aged to extinguish the llamcs which
enveloped her.
Revision of the Statutes.
Govornor Aldrlch said ho would not
appoint throe commissioners to rovlso
tho Htatutes for sovoral days yot. As
tho proposed commissioners nro to
get $3,000 a year for tholr work thoro
Is much concern about the Jobs. Tho
governor desires to confer with tho
supremo court and others before ilnal
notion,
Gumpert Has Express Protest.
An unusun) complaint objecting to
rates charged by express companies
baa been recolvcd by tho stato railway
commission. Tho man Illlug it Is H.
Gumpert of Fremont, who contends
that oxproHs companion doing business
in tho Htnto baso their charges un
pound rates InBteud of fractions of a
pound. Ho calls attention of tho com
mission to the fact that tho stnto flxos
a not weight for foodstuffs and for
other weights and measures nnd as
serts that express companies nro al
lowed to charge for full pound"
COUNTY ASSESSMENT.
The Precinct Assessor Is Shorn of
Power.
Tho county assessors' bill, II. U.
184, which wns passed with tho
omorgency clnus. Is now In effect.
Tho bill docs not change tho old lnw
in relation to the election of urecinct
assessors but it gives county assess
ors nnd county boards much moro
power in tho matter of supervision of
precinct nssessors and provides Uiat
thoy ehnll be controlled by tho county
boards and county assessors, tho
samo ns county assessors aro now
trolled nnd may bo removed by tho
stnto board of assessment.
Tho bill ha3 for ono of its objectn
tho extending of tho term of county
assessors one year so that they as ex
perienced officers may bo ablo to val
ue real ostato during tho last year of
tholr torm. It novor occurred to the
county nssessors who asked for ono
more year o! salary to chnngo tho
law so as to assess real estnto this
year. Thoy preforred to extend their
term of offlco ono year rather than
chnngo tho date of assessing real es
tnto. Secretary Henry Seymour of tho
state board of assessment has sont
out to county assessors u printed
copy of tho now law. Tho bill In
question, H. It. 184, provides that tho
olection of county assessors shall tako
place in tho year 1912, Instond of dur
ing tho year 1911. it also provides
that precinct assessors shall bo elect
ed tho snmo year and that thoy ahull
bo ollglblo to two terms.
In cltioa of over -1,000 Inhabitants
tho now law provldos that tho county
board and the county assessors shall
decldo tho numbor of proclnct asses
sors In such cities nnd tho county
assessor shall assign such precinct
assessors In tho districts In the cities
to bo nBRcsscd,
Section 35 of tho now law provldos
that tho valuo of leases on stato
school landa shall bo assessed In addi
tion to tho Improvements thereon.
Tho now lnw, now In offect, takes
awav from elective precinct assessors
the right to nssoss banks, public serv
ice corporations, forolgn corporations,
express, tolophono and telegraph com
panies. Tho law gives this work to
tho county assessor Instead of to tho
proclnct assessor.
Another chnngo in tho present law
Is ono requiring precinct assessors to
make roturn tromllmo to time, as
tho returns aro rendy, instead of "on
or before the laRt Mondny In May."
Tho county assessor Ib empowered to
rovlso and tnako up tho assessment
books.
'Tho- county nsaessof'ls "Uutli'drlzctr
by tho new luw to make un un nihil
rovlslon of tho assessment of ronl os
tato for errors or for tho assessment
of parcels of Innd that havo boen sop
nrated from othor lnnds.
Insurance Bills Few.
Out of tho multiplicity of Insurnnco
bills Introduced in both houses only
four wero passed and signed by tho
governor, nnd one of theso Is a bill
rolntlng more to stato accounting than
to thu insurance business. Thu bills
relating to Insurnnco which woro
passed nnd signed by tho governor
number four.
Locating Agricultural School.
A movomont has been started to pe
lltlon tho board of public lands and
buildings not to locato the now $100,
000 agricultural school In any of tho
southwestern Nebraska towns whore
saloons are permitted, Tho Womon'a
Chrlstlnn Temperance union organiza
tions aro behind tho movement.
French Baron on Tour.
Daron Kstournollo do Constnnt, the
noted Fronch peaco advocate, who la
touring tho United States in tho in
teroHts of international pence, visited
Lincoln nnd mado un address at the
university convocation, in tlio even,
ing ho was banqueted.
Physical Valuation of Roads.
From tho report of tho physical
valuation commission on tho Hock
Island proporty in thla stato hopes nro
entertained that the work will not
only furnish a partial basis for rates,
but that it will also furnish a proper
basis for taxation. Tho railroad
claims a value of $13,131,000, while
tho state admits tho reproduction
vnluo would bo $10,723,000, but that
tho present value Ir only ?8,098,00().
Tho rond la assessed at ?1 0,1 (0,000,
Including franchiRo valuo. Tho differ
ence, $-147,000, might bo made up by
frunchlso valuo.
Guardsmen to Come Home.
Captains Johnson of Stanton and
McCormlck of Nebraska City, offlcors
of the Nebraska National Guard, who
hnvo been participating In tho army
maneuvers on tho Texas border In ac
cordance with orders issued from the
war department, havo loft San An
tonio and their places will bo taken
by Major J. H. Paul of St. Paul nnd
Captnln II. A, Jess of tho Fromont sig
nal corps. 8stuyn of two weeks will bo
granted to each pair of National
(iuurd offlcors who attend tho man
euvers. Hunter Succeeds Davlsson.
At a meeting of tho regents of the
Stato unlveislty, Fred M. Hunter, at
present superintendent of tho Norfolk
ichools, was elected to succeed tho
Iato A, K. DavlBBon, aa principal of
thu university school af agriculture.
Hunter Is a graduato of tho university
In tho class af 1905 and whllo in col
logo was known ns a crack foot ball
player, a scholarly dobnter nnd ono of
the most popular men In school. Since
his graduation he has beon superln
tendeut of schools at Fairmont, Ash
land and Norfolk.
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MODERN TOWNS IN ENGLAND
RuUllp to Be Like a Restricted Amer.
lean Suburb and to Have Every
Modern Convenience.
After a competition among sixty,
two architects, many of them of in
ternational distinction, plans have
been chosen for tho great rcady-mnde
towns on tho outskirts of London,
which is to be created on the Rulsllp
estate of Kings College, Cambridge.
Tho plncc Is clghtcon minutes by fast
train from the West End. Tho es
tates of the collcgo compriso thirteon
hundred acres. An "noratod suburb"
is what tho London papers call It,
The Rulsllp town planning experi
ment will be tho most oxtensivo un
dertaking of the kind In tho world.
Thero nre to be 7,042 houses, divided
according to rental, ns follows:
Rent, $500 or more 21
Rent, not exceeding $500 E24
Hent, not exceeding $300 3.541
Kent, not exceeding $150 3,5c
About eight hundred and thirty
seven acres will bo dovoted to build
ing plotB, two hundred nnd fifty-five
acres to parks nnd othor opon spaces
and ono huntlrod nnd eighty-four acres
to roads. Nowhero on tho estate are
thorn to be moro than ten houses on
nn acre. In nomo places In Rulsllp
thero will be only two or threo dwell
ings to tho aero. Tho central nvenus
of tho gardon town la to hnvo n 63
foot grnBB strip nlong its center,
flanked on either side by a 30-foot road
way. A church will face each ond of
the avonuo, Thero nro to be, of course,
a theater, n club, a municipal building,
Bchools, an arcade, a concert hall, a
library, a monumont, a golf course, a
hospital, an abattoir, bnlh, n Inn-vlry,
a garage, possibly an nvlatlon ground
and every other up-to-date suburban
facility. Tho Ituiallp suburb Is the first
groat schemo undor tho new act of par
liament. Tho London county council
Is cnrrylng forward several large sub
urban houBlng developments.
APPEALS TO "BOY NATURE"
Officials of French Reformatory Find
Gardening Work an Aid In
Reformation.
French gnrdentns Iibb rwnly hn
Introduced into many reformatory
schools. In one Instance a group of
smart uniformed boys, most of them
town boyB convicted of theft, wero to
bo seen engaged In bunching rhu
barb. Their ovident pleasure In their
work was greatly increased by a pre
cise knowledgo of Its commercial
value. Tho patch was rather less
than an acre, and It produced $423
worth of produco last year.
Ill round figures tho 100 boys be
longing to this particular reformatory
have 100 acres of land to live on and
to work. Parts are thick with plum
and other fruit trees; gooseberries
nnd small fruit underneath, and
earlier In the year bulbs or other flow
era made gay lines between the goose
berries. In theso schools tho work on the
land is considered to bo thn prime
-agent In restoring character and In
reviving wholesome interest. In one
case tho land supports tho establish
ment without any external aid beyond
tlio per capita grant. Tho farm and
garden pay as well as educate, and
educate tho bettor for paying,
After loaving sohool tho boys keep
In closo touch with their old masters;
they are visited, they write letters;
thoy come buck to visit the sohooL
Tho Byfltem Is so thorough that a reo
nrdv of 90 per cent, of sucoesoes has
been kept. Ninety of every hundred
get and keep good employment.
Parks and School Gardens.
Nothing of public Import that hnt
hnppened in years has given moro en
tiro satisfaction than tho recent ex
traordinary growth of interest in
movements tending to restoro to
dwellers in our crowded towns and
cities a chance- of living natural lives
enriched with garden delights.
For n wholo century our people
went on unthinkingly building up
great aggregations of dismal bricks
nnd mortar unrelieved by greenery,
ilowers and open spaces. Tho lm
menso economic advantages of com
mcrco and manufactures carried on In
great communities blinded our fathers
to tho social consequences of what
wns occurring.
Clean Vacant Lota and Parkways.
All tho weed seeds In vacant loti
and parkways havo now started, and
if the Eoil Is overturned no other
weeds will como oxcept from a very
few seeds still dormant. These ara
easily overcomo a llttlo later by rea
son of their small number, and also
becauso tho soil may easily be stirred
after tho first loosening. Lett until
luto in tho season, tho task ot destroy
ing the wecdB Is a hard ono. It Is
simply t quostlon of much or little
labor or tho stitch In tlrao.
Advertising a City.
A city Is like any othor business
or rather It is llko all ot tho bust.
neBBcs in It for a city Is a collection
of businesses. It cannot get along
without advertising. What Is adver
tising? Advertising Js publicity; pub
Uclty Is education; education Is sales
manshlp salesmanship Is business
prosperity. Advertising that does not
educato le not advertising that Is alL
lUchmoad. Palladium.
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