DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
MOTTO-All Tbo News When It Is Ncwr.
VOL. 19.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1011-
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COMMITTEE REPORTS OUT HIS
RESOLUTION FOR DIRECT
ELECTION OF 8ENATOR8.
LINE-UP ON ISSUE IS 7 TO 5
Democrat and Insurgent Republican!
Fonce Favorable Action Suther
land Amendment Which Defeated
Measure at Last 8salon Is Lost.
Washington. A marked victory
for the popular election of senators
vras achieved by Senator Borah and
the final passage of his resolution
seems assured, as nn informal poll
shows that more than the necessary
two-thirds vote can be mustered at
any time.
By a voto of 7 to 5 the senate com
mittee on judiciary agreed to report
out the house resolution for direct
senatorial election. More than that,
it cuts out the Sutherland amend
ment, which defeated the bill in the
last congress by stirring up the fears
of the old state-rights Democrats.
The commttteo victory was by no
means a party one. It was the re
sult of an agreement between the
Democrats and progressive Republic
ans. Roll call of tho committee on
the motion to report out revealed this.
Voting "aye" were Senators Chilton,
Overman, Culberson and Bacon
Democrats; Borah, Cummins and
Brown progressives. Tho negative
votes were cast by Clark of Wyoming,
Dillingham, Sutherland, Brandegeo
and Root.
Practically the same division took
place when the Sutherland amend
ment was up. This proposition pro
vided for "federal supervision of elec
tions when deemed advisable." The
direct threat here mrde on the polit
ical rights of the individual states
alienated so many Democrats that It
was recognlrpd rb loo heavy a wlgt
for the bill to carry.
Following favorable action by the
committee, Senator Borah reported
the resolution to the senate Senator
Heyburn of Idaho, asserting that the
resolution had been prematurely con
sidered by tho committee, indicated
that he would later on call for its re
committal. DEATH AND RUIN IN CANTON
Rebels and Bandits Sweep Through
Western Kwangtung Province
Fight Troops, Many Slain.
Hongkong, China. Rebellion, brig
andage and anarchy are stalking
through the western half of Kwang
tung province murdering, pillaging
and burning. Loyal troops are fight
ing desperately to crush tho uprising.
Wu Sum, a Chinese who was edu
cated In Japan and has adopted the
dress of western countries, Is the
leader of the revolt against the Man
chu dynasty. Brigand Chief Luk of
Shuntak Is at the head of a horde of
outlaws whose object Is robbery and
murded. Official reports and the refu
gees arriving from Canton confirm sin
ister reports. Bodies of the Blaln He
in the streets of tho city. Famine
prices are . asked for foodstuffs and
the shops generally are closed.
The revolters have withdrawn to
n great extent from Canton and are
devastating the country to tho west
along tho West river. Before falling
back they fought the troops from
street to street, many persons being
killed. They attacked the provisional
arsenal and, being repulsed, gath
ered In an immenso rice store, which
they barricaded with bags of rice.
From the building they threw bombs
into tho attacking troops and were
only dislodged when tho bags were
set afire. Many of the revolters es
caped, but thirty or more died In the
flames.
M'VEAGH SUED FOR LIBEL
Deposed Cleveland Customs Collectoi
Brlng3 Action at Chicago for
$100,000 Damages.
Chicago. Franklin MacVeagh, sec
rotary of the treasury, was made de
fendant In a suit for $100,000 which
was filed iu the circuit court by
Charles P. Leach, formerly collector
of customs for Cloveland, O. The suit
against Mr. MacVeagh Is to collect
damages for alleged libelous state
ments made against Leach. The lat
ter had occupied the position of collec
tor of customs for 13 years but was
removed from his office on March 10,
1911, by order of President Taft.
The declaration avers that Mr. Mac
Veagh In a statement issued charged
that Leach had been guilty of turn
ing over to Importers thousands of
dollars' worth of woolen goods before
the custom duty was paid; that Mr.
MacVeagh also issued statements
charging that Leach had allowed per
sons Importing woolens through the'
port of Cleveland to place them In
their own warehouses and that ho
was guilty of violation of tho regula
tion of tho treasury department.
Carries Billion Passengers In Year.
New York. Surface, elevated and
subway transportation lines here car
ried 1,490,000,000 passengers In 1910,
more than the estimated population
of tho world, according to tho report
of tho public service commission.
Denver Consolidation Upheld,
Donvor, Colo. Consolidation of the
city and county of Denver govern
ments Is upheld in an opinion handed
down by tho supremo court. Tho
saving to tho county will reach sev
eral thousand dollars annually.
FO
CRUEL AND
U ' k Hurry fellers' V(Lj
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The Idea of Making a Star Pitcher Cut Grass In the Afternoon.
BIG FIRE AI BANGOR
flames sweep bu8iness and
residential districts of
Maine city.
$6,000,000 IS THE LOSS
Firemen Are Air-tost Helpless Before
Gale-Fanned Blaze Dynamite Re
sorted to to Stop Conflagration
Hundreds Are Made Homeless.
Bangor, Me. Property valued at
16,000,000 was destroyed, hundreds of
people made homeless and r.Imost tho
entire business section of the city
devastated by a flro which raged hero
for seven hours. Tho flames started
on Broad street, near Union, close by
the junction of tho Penobscot river
and the Kenduskcag stream, and,
fanned by a heavy wind, swept north
ward for blocks.
Tho efforts of the flro department
from tho time the flro started were
absolutely futile. The flames swept
north along Broad street from Union,
then jumped the Kenduskeag stream,
running along on the western bank
along Exchange street.
Tho Smith and Strickland blocks at
the junction of Hammond and Central
streets and tho Kenduskeag stream
were dynamited, in a vain attempt to
keep the flames from leaping tho
stream.
For a long time the city hall, at the
foot of Main street, was saved by a
slight shift in the wind. The Haines
Chalmers block, tho Hodgklna block,
the Fisko building, the Fairbanks &
Co. plant, tho Morse Oliver block, the
offices of tho Bangor & Aroostook rail
road, the offices of tho Bnngor News,
the Windsor hotel and the public li
brary were destroyed with many oth
er less prominent buildings. -
In tho residential district tho people
started to move out early, fighting for
conveyances on which to pile their ef
fects. The peoplo were panic-stricken.
Running wildly, carrying all sorts
of useless articles, snatched up In
their frenzy, they poured out of the
city toward Old Town.
Finally, with the assistance of fire
men from neighboring towns and with
the aid of a light rain, tho fire fighters
gained mastery of tho situation and
the flames gradually subsided.
LONDON TO AID PEACE PLAN
Taft's Proposed Arbitration Treaty Is
Ratified by Big Gathering In
Guildhall.
London. President Taft's proposed
Anglo-American arbitration treaty
was unanimously latlfled in a
long-continued burst of cheers at one
of the most remarkablo gatherings In
the history of Guildhall.
Every political party and all of the
religious communities were represent
ed on the platform by their most
prominent leaders, and the vast audi
ence comprised persons of eminence
In ovory walk of life. Distinguished
Tories and Liberals vied with one an
other in lauding the causo of arbitra
tion between the two great English
speaking nations of the world, and tho
hope was repeatedly expressed, and as
often cheered, that the treaty, though
it did not actually mean disarmament,
would dismiss any future possibility
of war not only between America and
Oreat Britain, but among any of the
great powers of the earth.
To Ask $500,000 for Prison.
Jollet. That a recommendation
for an appropriation for $600,000
for preliminary work on a now state
penitentiary will bo made by sub
committees on finance of both houses
of the Illinois legislature Is tho con
clusion drawn as the result of a meet
ing here.
Eight Are Cremated.
Roanoka, Va. Mrs. J. II. Nunn, a
widow, and seven children were
burned to death In a flro which de
stroyed their homo In southwest Roa
noke. Three of her ten children es
caped by leaping from windows.
100 Are to 8lng for Mrs. Taft.
New York. At tho Invitation of
Mrs. Taft 100 members of tho Mozart
society, a Now York musical organi
zation, will go to Washington to par
ticipate In tho May garden party on
tho White House lawn on May 12.
INHUMAN
TILDEN IS ARRESTED
8ENATE WARRANT8 ARE SERVED
ON PACKER AND AIDS.
Write to Free Them Is Secured Ha.
beas Corpus Petition Then Is Filed
Before Judge and Order Issued.
Chicago. Edward Tllden, the Chi
cago packer, was arrested hero for
contempt of tho Illinois senate. The
contempt charge resulted from Til
den's refusal to produce certain books
before the committee Investigating
the election of Senator Lorlmer.
Tho arrest of Mr. Tllden, however,
did not tako place until a writ of
Imbeus eorpun had alie&dy beun grout
ed by Judge Adelor J. Petit, which
was returned in court shortly after
Mr. Tllden's arreat. Tho writ was
granted by Judge Petit about one-half
hour before Assistant Sergeant at
Arms E. H. Hatfield of the stato sen
ate actually arrested Mr. Tllden In tho
offices of the National Packing com
pany. Immediately after ho had served tho
warrant on Mr. Tllden, Hatfield him
self was served with the writ of
habeas corpus by Deputy Sheriff
Lenke. Thereupon Hatfield took Mr.
Tllden to Judge Petit's courtroom in
the county building. There ho was re
leased under bonds of $5,000, fur
nished by tho United States Fidelity
and Guarantee company.
George M. Benedict, cashier of the
Drovers' Deposit National bank, and
William C. Cummings, cashier of tho
Drovers' Trust and Savings bank,
fared exactly as did Mr. Tllden. It
was announced that the ruling that
Judge Petit will make after hearing
arguments on the petition for tho re
leaso of Mr. Tllden will affect them
equally with the banker.
This ruling will decide whether Mr.
Tilden will be sustained In his refusal
to produce his books and those of his
banks before the Helm commlttco of
tho senate, which Is Investigating
charges that the election pt Lorlmer
was obtained through bribery. If
Judge Petit orders his release the sen
ate will bo obliged to abandon its ef
fotts to find out whether tho booka
contain any entries which would
throw light upon the source of the
Lorimer election fund. On the other
hand, If Judge Petit refuses to grant
the petition for Mr. Tllden's release
It means that ho must appear before
the senate and either reconsider his
refusal to produce his books or be
punished for contempt, probably by
Imprisonment.
"CHILDREN LIE BY NATURE"
Savant Also Declares That Infant
Steal Until They Are Taught
Better Morals.
Washington. Every child Is a liar
and a thief until he Is taught better,
was tho bufden of the message deliv
ered to tho International Child Wel
fare Congress by Dr. Tom A. Williams
of Washington, member of the Society
of Neurologists and PttychologistH of
Paris.
"Tho young child la quite unmoral,"
said Dr. Williams, "and until he is
taught better, the vices of lying and
stealing are quite natural to him. Even
when he is told they are wrong, ho
may look upon their prohibition as
the verbiage of elders who do not
mean what they say, as their actions
have often shown him."
Preparing for Dletz Trial.
Hayward. Sam J. Williams, dls
trlct attorney of Sawyer county,
who has been out of the city all this
weok on tho Dletz case, says ho has
subpoenaed soventy-flve witnesses and
wants another attorney to assist him.
Tho county board will authorlzo the
appointment of an assistant district
attorney.
Investigate Murder of American,
Washington. James O. Lalng,
American consul nt Mnlta, will go to
Cyrene, Africu, to assist In tho inves
tigation of tho murdor of Prof. H. F.
do Cou, an American archaeologist, by
Arabs on March 11.
Colony for Cure of Inebriates.
Baltimore, Md A commlttco of
tho Maryland Medical and Chlrurglcal
faculty Is developing plans to estab
lish a colony for tho euro of Inebri
ates. It wishes to raise $10Q,000 for
that purpose.
PROTEST TO MEXICO
U. 8. WILL ASK DIAZ TO EXPLAIN
STATEMENT.
Peaoe Conference to Be Held at Kl
pan plana Will B Dlscussad by
Envoys of Factions.
Washington. Tho roportod dec
laration of Ramon Corral, vlco
president of Mexico, at Santandor,
Spain, that Americans were foment
ing troublo in hlscountry in order to
force Intervention, hns encountered
tho disfavor of tho TJnited States gov
ernment. Tho Btato department has
called tho mottor to tho attention ot
Mexico in order to establish officially
whether tho Interview with tho vice
president, in which tho statements ex
cepted to aro said to have been made,
was authentic, as published in Moxl
co City. Tho question will bo taken
up by Ambassador Wilson, at Moxlco
City, to whom the department tele
graphed a copy of an official state
ment which it had issued unequivocal
ly disapproving tho alleged uttoranco,
"The department of Btate finds it
very difficult to credit the authenticity
of such an interview purporting to
conio from a high official of tho Mexi
can government," tho statomont says,
"bocauso tho efforts mndo to enforce
tho neutrality laws and tho disinter
ested friendship of tho United Statos
for Moxlco and tho Mexican peoplo nro
as well known to tho Mexican govern
ment as they are fully understood in
the United Stntos.
'Tho department of stato has made
every effort to prevent harmful mis
understanding, and there can bo no
doubt that the Moxlcan foreign offlco
will take prompt steps to repudiate
and prevent tho promulgation of any
such statements calculated to disturb
tho mutual confidence and friendly un.
acrsianaing between the two peo
ples."
Tho interview, according to the
Dlarlo, was given by the vico-presl
dent at Santander, Spain
El Paso, Tex. Tho selection of
El Paso as tho placo of holding
the formal peace conference and
the naming of Judge Francisco Car
bajal of tho Mexican supreme court as
the federal commissioner were devel
opments in the Mexican situation.
Tho return of Gen. Bernardo Reyes
to Mexico Is viewed with uneasiness
by Mndero.
MOTHERS OF ILLINOIS MEET
Their Congress Convenes In Charles
ton and Discuss Proposed Child
Labor Law Amendment.
Charleston, 111. Tho Illinois Con
gross of Mothers began Its twelfth an
nual meeting in tho normal school here,
tho members being welcomed by Su
perintendent Elwood of tho Charleston
schools. After a response by Mrs.
Louis K. Gllleson. president of tho con
gress, nn address on "What Is Hap
pening to the American Home" whb de
livered by Mrs. Frances Squire Potter
of Chicago.
Among the questions to which most
attention centered was tho proposed
amendment to tho child lnbor law by
which children would bo allowed on
the stage. Mrs. William F. Hefforan
spoke on this subjoct and tho congress
wns asked to adopt resolutions against
tho proposed nmendmont to tho exist
ing law. Among thoso on tho program
wero Mrs. Lucy T. Summorlin of Mat
toon, Mrs. John B. Sherwood of Chica
go, Dr. Livingston C. Lord and Dr.
Frank G. Smith of Chicago.
SAYS BEERS INCIDENT CLOSED
Secretary Meyer Suggests Young
Woman Be Spared Further Pub
licity In the Matter.
Washington. Tho secretary ol
tho navy announced In a letter
to Representative Korbly of Indiana
that tho Incident of Miss Mary Boors,
daughter of Professor Boors ot Yalo,
who was declared by "nn individual"
to bo not tho proper person to attend
a middles hop at Annapolis, is closod
hard and fast so far ns tho navy de
partment Is concerned. Secretary
Meyer also suggests that "it would
seem due to tho young lady and nor
family Unit thy be spared tho an
noyance of further publicity."
ELEVEN KILLED IN WRECK
Train Bearing 8chool Teachers Is De
railed and Burned at Easton,
Pa. Fifty Hurt.
EaBton, Pa. Eleven persons lost
thetr lives when a school teachers'
special excursion train was derailed
and burned on tho Pennsylvania rail
road at Martin's Creek.
Tbreo of tho doad havo been td?utl
fled. The bodies oi six others aro In
the morgue and two malo passengers
are missing. It is expected that tbelr
bones will bo found In tho debris.
Three of tho ton lrjurod in Ihc Easton
hospital will probably die. Mors than
fifty persons wero hurt.
To Use Waste Basket,
Washington. Controller of the Cur
rency Murray placed an official ban
on bank promoters, IIrafter all
applications to organlui muloual
banks promoted by "prafoalnnnl pro
moters" will bo thrown Inlo die waste
backet.
"Bloomer Woman" la Da
Vlnoland, N. J. Misr. Sjsnn P.
Fowler, tho "Bloomer 'iV'jUuui ' i
dead. Sho was elghty-seren n-nra old.
and she donned the bloomor r-ottuiio
60 years ago
RECORD ABSTRACTS
RULE8 REGARDING SAME IN THE
SUPREME COURT.
WHAT ATTORNEYS MUST DO
Regulations In Accordance With
Quackenbush Measure Passed by
Recent Legislature.
In accordance with the provisions
of the Quackenbush bill enacted re
cently nnd providing for tho abstract
ing of records in tho stato supremo
court, tho following rules, among
others, in relation thereto havo been
adopted by that body:
In all ensos tho party bringing a
causo into this court shall print and
furnish a complete abstract or abridg
ment of tho rocord, with roferences
to Uie pagos of tho record abstracted.
And where tho record contains tho
evidence It shall bo condonsed In nar
rative form In tho abstract, so as to
cloarly and concisely present Its sub
stance. Provided, that In felony casos
when tho quostlon to bo answorcd is
as to tho sufficiency of the evidence
tho nbstrnct may refer to tho bill of
exceptions with or without abstract
ing tho same, as the parties elect.
Such parts of tho evidence as bear
upon other questions prosonted must
be duly abstracted. The abstract
shall contain a complete Index, alpha
betically arranged, giving Uio page
where each paper or exhibit may be
found, with tho names of tho wit
nesses and tho pagos ot tho direct,
cross and rc-dlrect examination. Tho
abstract must be sufficient to fully
fircsent ovory error and exception re
led upon, nnd It wt)i bo takon to bo
accurate and sufficient for a full un
derstanding of tho questions present
ed for decision, unless the opposite
putty shall fllo a further abstract,
making necessary corrections or ad
ditions. Such further nhstroct may
bo filed if the original abstract is in
complete or Inaccurate In any sub
stantial pnrt.
(Abstract in original casos.) Tho
rules herein established for printing
abstracts shall apply to all cases
wherein tho court Is called on to ex
ercise original jurisdiction. In such
caso the plaintiff or his attorney must
print and servo such abstract ou the
defendant or his attorney within 30
days after lssu is .joined, or. if evi
dence Is taken, within 30 days after
evidence Is returned to this court,
and tho defendant or his attorney in
like manner, if he deem the abstract
of plaintiff Imperfect or unfair, may,
within 20 days thereafter print and
serve upon tho rlaintlff or his attor
ney, such further abstract as he may
deom necessliry.
Abstracts will be required pursuant
to these rules in all cases filed In this
court on or after the 7th day of April,
1011, nnd iiIro In nil other cases In
which tho brlof of appellant, or plain
tiff In error, or plaintiff In cases of
originnl jurisdiction, is not served and
filed on or beforo Juno 1. 1911.
In all cnsoR docketed in this court
prior to April 7, 1911, either party
may prepare and fllo abstracts of tho
rocord under thoso rulos, In which
case tho causo shall bo advanced for
hearing.
Invitation to Governor.
Governor Aldrlch received nn Invi
tation to deliver tho commencement
address at the Ohio university at
Athens, O., on May 15. This Is tho
slto of tho originnl stato university,
although the stato university Is now
located at Columbus. Governor Aid
rich will bo tho commencement ora
tor at tho Ohio State university on tho
preceding day, May 14.
Delegates to Rochester.
H. J, Pierre of Hnldrngn, who repre
sented the city mail carriers of that
place at tho stato convention held
horo was mnde tho selection of tho
convention as dologato to tho nation
al convention of city carlors to be
hold at Rochestor, N, Y., In August.
This, it was said at tho convention,
carried strong posBlbMltlcs of a vlco
presidency for this state, nn honor
which would be of mi'ch credit to tho
mall distributers of N -'ornska.
Laws Found defective.
Defects havo boen Jound by Attor
ney General Martin in two of tho laws
which wero passed at tho rocent ses
sion of the legislature. These aro tho
two assessors' measures, II. R. 168
and 184. The former, which was
passed with the emergency clause,
provides that precinct assesors shall
bo electod iu 1909 and evory two
years thereafter, while the other bill
provides for tho election of such offi
cers In 1912 and every two years
thereafter. Tho discrepancy In tho
two laws, due to their conflicting pro
visions, will hnve to be met nnd ono
of tho acts Invalidated, by reason of
tho conflicting provisions In the two.
Botli were approved on tho same day
and there Is some doubt ns to which
will go on tho stntiite books.
Richmond Busy on Journal.
Chlof Clork H. C. Richmond of the
houso of representatives has retained
A. E. Howard to aid him in preparing
tho houso Journal and I ho work is bo
ing pushed with as much haste ns pos
sible. Nearly $29,000 for Wolf Scalps.
Twenty-eight hundred of tho 4,476
wolf bounty win rents ruado out In tho
auditor's ofllre have boon mailed to
claimants. The entire drain on the
stnto treasury will b n few hundred
dollars loss than tin. $29,000 appro
prltod for this purposa.
POST, KiNO, BROADY.
Trio Selected to Recodify Nebraska
Laws.
Governor Aldrich made announce
ment ot his nppolhtmcnt of Judge A.
M. Post, of Columbup, B T., King, of
Osceola, and John H. Broady, of Lin
coln, as membors of tho commission
which will recodify the Nebraska
bUttuU-6, According to the provisions
ot tho QunckcubuRh-Hardin bill pass
ed and approved during tho recont
session of the legislature. Each mnn
on tho commission will rocelvo a year
ly snlary of 3,000 and will report to
tho next session of tho legislature
Following is tho message of Govern
or Aldrich In making known the
names of the men ho has chosen:
In tho appolntmont of throo lawyers
to rovlse tho statutos, as provided for
by tbo recent legislature, I have had
a couforenco with tho supromo court
and advised with thorn as to tho best
thing to do under tho circumstances.
In selecting Hon. John H. Broady,
son of tho into J. II. Broady, sr., who
wns one of the landmarks In Nebras
ka and of that type of a cltlzon and
democrat who always stood for the
best In government, I was Influenced
In taking this young man because
of his eminent qualifications in this
kind ot work. Ho has boen employed
by tho West Publishing company. He
propnred n digest of tho Now York
stato laws and also assisted In a liko
work for tho state of Ohio.
In selecting Hon. A. M. PoBt, ox-su-prome
judge, wo hnvo in him a man
who has wrltton some of tho most
clean-cut nnd able opinions that havo
been handod down by our supromo
court. Iu fact, his opinions aro stand
ing out in bold rollef ns clear exposi
tions of tho principles of law as ap
plied to tho various economical and
Boclnl conditions oxlsting in Nebras
ka. His decisions nro neither being
roversed nor modified. They nro
standing out ns absolute precedents.
His familiarity with the statutos from
cover to cover, his well known indus
try, his keen analytical mind nnd his
ubnuiulu Integrity mako him an ln
vnluablo man for this kind of work.
And in solcctlng Hon. E. I. King,
of Osceola, wo havo n practitioner or
many yeas of experience, a man of
high legal attainment, and Integrity
above reproach, who stands for clean
things nt nil times, whoso Judgment
nnd familiarity with the statutes and
our supromo court decisions mako
him a valuable acquisition to this
kind of a commission.
Then, by hnvlng.ln comblnntlon two
such men as Judgo Post and Senator
-ICing with nman pi thoi, peculiar;-talents
of J. H. Broady, tho author nnd
man of detallH, it seems to me that
we will get ra revised edition of our
statutes that will bo invaluable to thlB
Btate.
Nolther Judge Post nor Senator
King have made apllcntlon to mo for
this position nor tnlked to mo about
It. Many othor omlnent lawyers wore
considered nnd innny of them wore
In tho class with these chosen, nnd It
would hnvo boon very easy to havo
selected men probably Just as strong
as these.
Judgo Cobbey, tho author of Cob
boy's Statutes, was eminently quali
fied for this plnco, but his time Is
pretty well takon In getting out his
new statutes nnd this would necessar
ily havo Interfered with his work on
tho commission.
Pardon Board Appointed.
Governor Aldrlch nppolntod, John
O. Yelsor, of Omnhn, Dr. J. S. Butler,
of Superior, nnd E. G. Mnggl, of Lin.
coin, to net In tho dun! capacity of a
board of pardons nnd to determine
tho Bontcnco of prisoners under the
lndotermlnnto sontonco net. Both
measures wero passed nt tho recont
sosslon of tho legislature and tho ap
propriation for their exlstonco was in
serted in tho gonoral maintenance
bill. Just who of tho throe will bo
allotted the one, two nnd throo yenr
terms has not yet been fixed by tho
governor. Tho board will act upon
puroles, Indeterminate sentences and
applications for pnrdons. Those mat
tors it is thought will compel fre
quent meetings nnd though the gov
ernor alone can Ihhuo pardons, it Is
thought that much of the detail work
connected with that will bo lifted
from hlB shouldors. Pay for tho three
raomberB of tho bonrd Is provided for
nt tho rato of $10 per day, for sorvlco
upon ench board.
State Fair Grand Stand.
A contract has boon let to John
Westovor for $7,800 to erect forty-two
steol beams at the state fair grounds,
forming the supporting structure on
tho new grandstand. This part of
the oxpenso will bo paid from tho sur
plus of tho state fair Board. The
$15,000 appropriation from tho legis
lature will be used In putting In the
seats.
Marking Oregon Trail.
Robert Harvey, Mrs. Oreal Ward
and C. S. Pnlne, who wore named ns
commissioners of the Oregon trail
fund appropriated by the recent ses
sion of tho last legislature, havo held
their first mooting and will push tho
work along as fast as possible. Coun
ties through whose boundaries the old
trail ran will bo asked to sot aside
funds for tho furtherance of tho cause.
Favor Pension System.
One of tho principal pieces of busi
ness attonded to In tho thirteenth nn
nunl convention of tho Nobrnska As
sociation of Letter Cnrrlors hold here,
was pnasago of a resolution adopting
the (loulden plan of pensioning of civ
11 servlco employes.
Kemble Seed Inspector.
E. C. Kemblo, of Lincoln, a demo
crat und at present nn employe In tho
county treasurer's office, hns been ap
pointed by Governor Aldrlch ub sod
Inspector for tho food, drug nnd dairy
department.
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BRUSSELS WORTHY OF PRAISE
Time and Money Lavished Without
Stint to Beautify the Old World
Metropolis.
Dwelling on Brussels as a city,
where clvio art has reached a high'
standard, an article in The New Age!
goes on to say:
"With a tasto rarely evinced by mu
nicipalities, Brussels has so adapted)
certain of its new thoroughfares to
their eehetic surroundings that an
dent and modern are made harmoni
ous In a beautiful ensemble, as, tor in
stance, the imposing Rue de Ta Re
gonce, leading from the Place
Royale to tho Palais de Jus
tice, giving a vista magnificent to
look upon from that building across
the Place Royale, across the park to
the Palais de la Nation, whore parllv
msnt sits.
"One section of this monumental
modern thoroughfare is flanked on one
aide by tho old Palais d'Arenberg, on.
tho other by the ancient Church of
the Sablon, a moat graceful and per
fect specimen ot Gothto architecture.
In front of the Palais d'Arenberg they!
have laid out the square du Petit
Sablon, the iron railing around it be
ing supported by granite pillars, upon
each of which is a miniature bronse
figure, each representing a different
trade ot the olden times. Thua la the
modern blended with the ancient in
perfect harmony.
"Long, wide streets, beautiful vistas,
avenues loading to green hillsides,
boulevards so wide that the eun plays
upon them as upon the open fields,
dense woods, smiling, cheerful build-
Intra, grand, majestic piles, houses
which aro gems of ancient architec
ture carefully preserved and restored'
havo beon planned for the public eye
and the people's pleasure.
"The surrounding hills ot Brussels
have loft much to the ndornment of
the city and evory tIbo and fall of the'
land has been taken full advantage of.,
In tho olden quarters there are still
slums, but these are gradually disap
pearing by expropriation.
FROM 'A FINANCIAL POIflT
It la to the Interest of Every Cltlun
ta Maintain High Standard
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of Town.
Gen. Howard Carroll, who knows
a groat deal about foreign travel by;
personal experience, declares that
Americana will have spent $260,000,
000 In Europe this year before it ends.
This, ho thinks, is proof of gross na
tional extravagance.
Perhaps so, but that seems to depend
upon what the Americans, who do tho
spending, will havo obtained for their
money. Sometimes travel so stimu
lates and widens mental activities that
tbo indirect benefits aro extremely
profitable. Even sheer beauty often
pays thoao who go far to see it'and
feel its charm.
In the large civic sense it is often
profitable by leading cities which
lack beauty to emulate those which
have acquired it. Citizens ot towns
which havo neglected their own pos
sibilities in that respect often return
from long tours in distant lands filled
with a laudable civic ambition for
more municipal comeliness and
charm.
When cities begin to take their
possibilities seriously, in the matter
of good looks and civic attractive
ness, they are on the road to much
material profit, not to speak of the
Increased satisfaction their own resi
dents find in living there.
Preserve Old Roadside Trees.
Too many peoplo look upon a tree
only as material to be converted Into
firewood, fence posts, fence rails, eto.,
and can scarcely rest until it is de
stroyed, no matter how small the re
turns. All this is wrong-. Wo must
preserve some of nature or replace
her vegetation where she has been
denuded of it. Wo should have alii
of nature possible to obtain and pre
serve in connection with our "strenu
ous" business life. Some one before'
us planted for the present generation!
we must continue the good work)
commenced for in planting to please:
ourselves, wo please and benefit those
to come and are considered publle
benefactors.
Kept Tab on the Letters.
A man from Lewiston, Idaho, came
up to tho desk of the Holland house
yesterday morning and asked for his
mall. "I bet I can tell you the num
ber in the corner ot that envelops
without looking at It," he said as the
clerk passed over a letter. "It Is 69.
It's from my wife You see, I had been
away from homo G9 days when she
wrote that letter, and she always puts
the number on the onvelopo to remtnd
me." New York Sun.
Choose the Lesser Evil.
Carlylo Bmoked often and complain
ed much ot dyspepsia. A friend once
Tonturod to suggest that his smoking
might, perhaps, Injure and depress
him. "Yes," Carlylo said, "and the doc
tors told me tho same thing. I left off
smoking and was very meoserable; so
I took to it again, and was very mees
erable still; but I thought it better to
coke and be meeserable than to go
without"
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