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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1012.
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STEEL DUTIES CUT
TARIFF ON ROUGH AND FINISHED
PRODUCTS REDUCED BY PRO-
POSED DEMOCRATIC BILL.
MACHINERY ON FREE LIST
Typewriters, Linotypes, Metal Fencing
and Many Other Articles to Enter
Without Charges Ralls, Knives
and Automobiles Are Lower.
Washington. A bill proposing n re
vision of tbo steol schedulo of the
Payne tariff law was introduced In
the house by Representative Under
wood with the approval of the Demo
cratic members of the committee on
'ways and moans. Tho bill changos all
"duties from specific to ad valorem and
proposes reductions in tho various
items of 33 to 75 per cent from the
Payne law rales.
Democratic Leader Underwood esti
mated that tho bill would reduce the
average tariff on stool imports from
34.51 per cent, to 22. 12 ad valorem,
and would reduce tho government tar
iff revenues from steel products by
1823,597 from 1911 and by $4,000,000
from 1910. Imports of steol products,
he said, would be Increased by nearly
$20,000,000.
On the free list of tho new bill are
all kinds of metal fencing, cut nails,
iron ore, zinc ore, cash registers,
typesetting machines, typewriters,
machine tools, sewing machines, print
ing presses, tar and oil spraying ma
chines nnd road building machines
and their repair parts.
Notable reductions aio represented
by the following:
Iron in pigs, from 15.CC per cent, ad
valorem to 8 per cent.
Beams, girders, etc., 15.11 per cent.
to 15 per cent.
Boiler plate, etc., 37.GS to 20 per
cent.
Hoop band and small wire, 17.83 to
15 per cent.
Railway bars and T nails, 15.34 to
10 per cent
Wire, from 38.13 to 20 per cent.
Automobiles, ffoni 45 to 40 per cent.
Knives of nil kinds, from 77.62 to
, 35.
Copper bars, from 11.48 to 5 per
.cent.
Lead ore, from 52.77 to 25 por cent.
Lead in bullion, from 93.59 to 25
per cent.
All articles are to be dutiable under
tho bill at 25 per cent, ad valorem,
-where a.rato Is not, specifically" given.
"While barbed wire Is put on
tho free list, telegraph and tele
phono wire are given a rato of
30 por cent, art valorem.
WEBSTER GETS LIFE TERM
Chicago Physician Who Confessed He
Murdered Hla Wife Sentenced to
Jollet Prison.
Oregon, 111. Dr Harry Elgin Web
ster of Chicago was sentenced to lite
Imprisonment at hard labor in the
Jollet penitentiary for the murder ot.
his wife. Hessie Kent Webster.
Judgo Richard S. Farrand, before
imposing Hie aeuteuce, teud ti long
statement excoriating tho physician
In concluding, be said:
"It Is the sentence of this court that
you bf imprisoned in the penitentiary
at Johet for and during your natural
life, the first day of that imprisonment
to be In solitary confinement, tho bal
ance of your time at hard labor, and
that you pay tho costs of prosecu
tion." ;
CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC MEET
National Chairman Mack Issues Of
ficial Notlre for Convention to
Be Held at Baltimore.
Buffalo, N. V. omdalcall has been
made for (he Democratic natloiHl con
vention for 1912 to bo held In Balti
more on Juno 2D. Tho call is signed
by Norman E. Muck, chairman of tho
Dcnvocratic national committee, and
Urey Woodson of Kentucky, the sec
letary. Two delegates and alternates for
every senator and two delegates for
every representative for the states
represented in congress will be elect
ed to tho convention. Six delegates
and six alternates are allotted to Alas
ka, the District of Columbia, tho Phil
ippines, Hawaii and Porto Rico.
COULON WINS IN KNOCK-OUT
Bantam Champion Whips Harry
Forbes, Former Holder of Title, In
Third Round at Kenosha.
Kenosha, Wis. Johnny Coulon, the
world's bantam champion, won a tech
nical knockout decision over Harry
Forbes, the champion of 1903, after
tho third round was two minutes old
In their battle hero last night. Cou
lon won without a strugglo because
Forbes bapped all his strength In
(nmklng tho weight. Forbes was down
four times boforo Kid Howard, his
naunger, morclfully tossed In a tow
ol from the old champ's corner.
Committee Cites Knox.
Washington. Soeretnry Knox was
served with a subpoena at tho capltol
to appear beforo tho house committee
on state department expenditures to
oxplaln the "socrot fund" expendi
tures for tho LaUo Champlaln cele
bration In 1909.
Deny Princess Is to Be Wed.
Borlln Betrothal of Princess Vic
toria Lulso. only daughter of ICm
peror William, to the Grand Duko
Adolph Frederick of Mecklenburg
Strelltz, is eeml officially denied
G0MPERS IS BITTEh
CHALLENGES HEYBURN TO PRO
DUCE ANYTHING AGAINST HIM.
Defies 8enator to Furnish Proof That
He Was Connected With
Dynamiting,
Washington. Dcfyit.g Senator Hey
burn to prove in a court of law that
ho was connected oven In tho smallest
way with the McNamara dynamite out
rages, Samuel Gompcrs, president of
tho American Federation of Lnbor,
made bitter answer In the American
Fedoratlouist to clfargeB declaimed by
Heyburn on tho floor of tho senate.
In his statement Mr. Gompers says:
"And now a word with you, Senator
Heyburn. I ask you to read the edi
torial In this Issue of tho American
Fedoratlonlst under tho caption 'The
Man Higher Up. You will observe
there not only my denlnl of any
knowledge of, or connection with, any
dynamiting or other unlawful conduct,
but you will also observe that I
therein challengo Burns to prove any
chargo which either or nil of tbem
may bring against me.
"I now challenge you to produce In
a court of law any such evidence.
"It was not my good fortune to havo
been born In the United States. My
father and mother cam to the United
States in 18C3. I was then thirteen
years of ago and a factory boy. Eight
years after my arrival on October 4,
1S72, upon attaining by majority, I
took upon myself tho privilege of citi
zenship." NEW L0RIMER LEAD SPRUNG
Detective Burns Has Evidence Witness
Received $1,500 to Testify
at Washington.
Washington. Developments more
or less sensational about to take place
in tho Lorlmer case will disclose that
William J. Burns, tho detective who
built up the evidence around tho i.lo
Namara dynamiters, has been nt work
for at least three months gathering
cvldenco to be presented to tho com
mitteo Investigating tho election of
tho junior bouator from Illinois.
Mr. Burns was employed for about a
Ulolith by tilt) bcliale outitiiilllee, mid
later was engaged by the Interests
fighting to unbeut Senator Loiimcr.
It is reported that tho ond sought
by the an'tl-Lorlmur interests Is the
Impeachment of a certain witness who
gavo evidence in Senator Lorlmer's
defenso relating to the alleged state
ment of C. F. Wiefie. a brother-in-law
of Edward, Hines, that a "jack-pot"
fund of $100,000 was used "to put
Lorlmer over."
In substance Burns Is declared to
have reported to the cqmmlttee that
ho was prepared to ofler evidence
that one of the witnesses who testified
in regard to this Incident had con
fessed ho was paid ?1,500 to come to
Washington. A phonographic method
by which Burns obtained the alleged
confession is also said to have been
laid before tho committee.
RAPS RECALL OF JUDICIARY
New York Senator Defends Both State
and Federal Courts In
Speech.
New York. Senator. KHhu Root tn
an address hero before the New VorK
State Bar association htanchly de
feuded both tho state and federal
courts of the country and denounced
tho principle underlying the recall ot
judges.
Senator Root, speal.lng ot tho in
creasing tendency among Americans
toward impatlcnco with tho courts
whenever judicial deciblons do not
agree with their wishes, said the pro
visions lor the recall of Judges adopt
ed In some states and widely advo
cated in others are an exhibition of
this lmpatlenco and a demand for
moro unchecked opportunity to mako
the Judges teel Its effects. With theso
tendencies tho speaker declared ho
hud no sympathy.
STEPHENSON WINS HIS FIGHT
Senate Subcommittee Votes Unani
mously That Bribery In Wisconsin
Man's Election Is Unproved.
Washington. Senator Isaac Steph
enson wad a victor In his fight to hold
his seat as senator from Wisconsin
when the Heyburn subcommittee,
which has been Investigating his elec
tion, decided by a unanimous vote
that tho charges of corruption nnd
bribery made against Senator Steph
enson had not been proved.
The report has been completed, but
Its details will bo kept secret until R
Is presented to the senate. It Is un
derstood that while tho comraltteo ac
quits Stophenson of tho charge of buy
ing IiIh seat, it criticizes him for
spending $100,000 In the primary cam
paign. Managers of Stephenson's campaign
said that $150,000 or $200,000 would
havo been spent had they mado a
more systematic campaign.
"Motor Ice Boat" Goes Fast,
Rochester, N. Y, A motor lco boat,
built along tho general linen of an lco
boat, but Jltted with an aoroplnno on
gijio and propollor, has attained a
speed of nearly 140 miles an hour in
tests on Irondequolt hay.
Italy Asks Hague Ruling.
Paris The Italian government tins
propoied to tho French government
tho submission to Tho Hnguo tribunal
of all tho questions relative to tho
recent seizuro of the French steamers
Carthage and Manouba.
A WOMAN'S WAY
Cl I'll button up my coat anil
heavy1 gloves. I sharrt ct cold.
KATE SHELLY CRAWLED OVER
BIG BRIDGE IN TEMPEST TO
STOP TRAIN.
STATE GIVES HER GOLD MEDAL
Woman, Famous for Daring Deed
When But 15 Years Old, Succumbs
to Brlght's Disease Following Op
eratlcn for Appendicitis.
Boone, la. Miss Kate Shelly, Iowa's
heroine who in 1881 at great personal
risk, saved a passenger train from be
ing wrecked, Is dead at the ago of
forty-five years at her homo uear
scene of her heroic deed.
Miss Shelly had suffered greatly
since last summer, when an operation
for appendicitis was followed by an
attack of Brlght's disease, but sho
was as brave In tho face of death as
when sho won renown.
Tho deed which placed Kato Shcl
ly's" finme in the Htt Of-lierolnetr was av
bright example of tho courago of a
flfteen-year-old girl who belloved she
was saving tho lives of hundreds of
the passengeis on a limited train on
tho Chicago & Northwestern railroad,
although, later developments proved,
the number of lives sho actually saved
'was two.
Passengers on the limited at once
mado up a purse for tho brave girl
and railroad men undertook to raise
contributions In recognition of her
heroism. Appeals of tho press to tho
public for similar contributions fnlled
to bring a hearty response because
Northwestern railroad officials at once
called attention to tho fact that the
limited train had not been endangered
and by issuing a statement that Miss
Shelly would be amply rewarded.
As a matter ot fact, the locomotive
had been sent out to seo that the
bridge was safe and tho limited trnin
would not have proceeded beyond
Moingona until the engine crew had
reported from tho next station. But
this did not minimize tho heroism of
the girl's act, and a short time later
tho Iowa legislature passed an act
awarding Miss Shelly a gold medal.
Soon after Miss Shelly was made
station agent of the railroad at Moin
gona, a position sho hold for years
TURKS' ATTACK IS REPULSED
Many Are Killed and Wounded In Bat
tle Which Lasts Several Hours
In Tripoli.
Tripoli. In ono of tho most deter
mined engagements of the war a largo
force of Arabs and Turks attacked a
column of Italian troops which had
loft Tripoli for Ghlngarl8h. Not until
after several noun' fighting did tho
Itnllans rally and tho Turks retreat
to tho desert.
Hundreds of tho 3,000 attacking
party wero killed, while the Italians
had three killed and soven wounded.
CHARGE BANKER WITH FRAUD
Former President of Kansas City Con
cern Accused of False Entries to
Deceive Examiner.
Kansas City, Mo. Tho llrst step to
ward criminal prosecution In connec
tion with tho American Union Trust
company, now in tho hands of tho
state bank examiner, was taken when
a warrant charging raise entry on tho
company's books was Issued for Hen
ry W. Rlchnrdson, and tho authorf
tics In Sluovesport, La havo beet,
asked to take llichardson into cua
tody. Aviator Page lo Killed.
Domlnguez Aviation Field, Cat.
Aviator Rutherford Pago, Hying a
Curtlss aeroplano. fell 100 feet hore
and recolved injuries from which he
died in a few minutes. Page is said
to bo n wealthy Now Yorker and a
graduato from Yalo.
Shuster Reaches Paris.
Paris. W. Morgan Shuster, former
troasurer general of Persia, who was
expelled at tho behest of Russia, has
arrived hero on his way homo to tho
United States.
I0W
herone
DIES
overcoat well and with, my
Hcnr, give, mc tho exact time;
-the clock's run down.
DR. WILEY IS UPHELD
HOUSE INQUIRY OVERTURNS
FINDINGS OF SECRETARIES.
Paralysis of Pur ,Food and Drug
Laws' Enforcement Is Denounced
by Verdict.
Washington. Tho houso committee
that has been making an Inquiry ,intc
tho charges preferred against Dr.
Harvey W. Wiley, chief chemist of tho
department of agriculture has given
tho food expert a clean bill of health,
exonerating him from all of tho ac
cusations laid against, him.
The committee in its report sustnlns
Doctor Wiley all along the line, except
on unimportant details.
The report pays much attention to
the Remsen board, tp tho activity or
Solicitor fpnre T TnPRb, who wri
the principal opponent of Doctor Wiley
In tho department, and leconunends,
in general, that Doct r Wiley be given
a free hand In the enforcement of the
puro food nnd drug aw.
In this mnnnor th ' nowor formerly
exercised by SolicitJr McCabo Is cut
down. '
The final stamp of approval ot tho
conclusions, reached after months of
Investigation, was affixed by all mem
bers of tho committee.
ATTACK DOESN'T STOP PASTOR
Oklahoman, With Black Eyes and In
Torn Clothing, Preaches While
Policeman Guards.
Muskogee, Okla. With both eyes
blackened and swollen, his lace and
lips cut, his clothing torn and dls
hoveled, and with n policeman on
guard at tho pulpit, Rev. D. Noland
Smith preach tho dedicatory sermon
In tho First Methodist Episcopal
church.
A two weeks' legal battlo for tho
possession of tho now ediflco culmlnat.
ed In nn assault upon tho prencher as
he was going to church.
Tho assailant was C. F. McGco, a
contractor, who had been held in Jail
threo hours to compel him to turn
over tho keys of tho building to tho
church officials.
CARNEGIE TO AID INDIANS
Offero $850,000 to Crect Building to
Be Used as Headquarters of
Federation.
Washington. Andrew Carnegie ha?
found a now outlet for his getieiosity.
Ho has offorcd to contribute 5850,000
for tho erection hero ot a magnlnccnt
linmn tn ho upcil ;is thn liPtidqunrtorR
of the Federation or Noilh Aiueilcuu
Indlnns, recently organized.
BILL URGES HITCHCOCK PLAN
Representative Cary of Wisconsin Of
fers Measure to Provide Govern
ment Owned Telegraph Lines.
Washington. Representative Carey
of Wisconsin, a Republican, linn in
troduced a bill providing lor govern
ment ownership of telegraph linos, a
project recently urged by Postmaster
General Hitchcock It wnB relerred
to tho postofllco committee
1,000 Fall In Fight.
Guayaquil, Kcuadnr More than
1,000 men were killed or wounded In a
battlo nt Ynguuche, northeast of this
city. An army supporting the Quito
government,-undor the command o
(Jen Julio Andtade formerly ICctia
dorenn minister to Colombia, attacked
and defeated an army of (itinvaquii
troops supporting the provisional gov
ernniert proclaimed by General
Moutero
Declarco for Government Ownership.
Albany, N. Y. A concurrent resolu
tion declaring for government ownor
s-Np of the tologrnph ayttem as roc
ommoadod by Potmaster Ocnarnl
Hitchcock was introduced In tho as
sembly by Asomblman Cuvllller of
Now York.
Cleveland Has $150,000 Fire.
Clcvelund, O. Tho Roulo & Jon
nlngH buildings' at tho northwost cor
nor of Superior avenuo nnd thn public
sqtmro wore destroyed by fire hero,
Tho loss Is ?1CO,000.
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COUNTY OFFICIALS HOLD MEET
ING AND EXCHANGE VIEWS.
DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS
Attorney Goneral Martin Gives Expla
nation In Referenco to Rocently
Enacted Taxation La.
County assessors, several county
clerks and a number of county com
missioners, totaling upward of 130,
attended a mooting held at tho wtato
house at Lincoln at which taxation
was tho principal thomo u tutor discus
sion. O. 13. Uornickor of Seward was
ohnlrmevn of tho gathering and It, C.
Miller of that city acted as secretary.
Problems under tflio terminal taxation
act and tho recently onactod taxation
law wero glvon a groat doal of atten
tion by thoso proaeat Attorney Gen
eral Martin gavo na explanation of
tho latter pieco ot le$isltfon and. an
swered scores of quoiftions directed nt
him by tho assessors.
Tho law passed by tho legislature
providing for tho taxation of Uio mort
gage ngnlnst the holdor was subjected
to tho scrutiny of tlio mooting and tho
interesting question of whether or not
mortgagor held by banks would bo
held to its provisions, in consideration
of the fact that they aro already
taxed, was brought out.
Tho railroads' obedienco to tho tax
ation laws, iwMcularly tho tormlnnl
tax, disclosed u multttudo of opinions,
limited only by tho numbor in attend
nnco at tho oonforcwioo. L. O. Gono
ways of Aurora declared ho had cog
nizance ot nn instance where tho
stockyaixU facilities of tho company
wero valued at tho rate of ?1.30 in
their returns to tlto assessor, while
ho had absolute ovidonco that tho
property in question had cost ollghtly
over $G,G00 in construction. C. A.
Just of Boyd county declared that rail
roads wero osHunwd in his county
flvo tlmos what other folks wen., and
lliey mjver complain!, "juI i.ild tuO
bill.
Saluting tho Flag.
Urging tho adoption of the radia
tion flag saluto in tho v,ir!ou schools
of tho state, S. C. na&Rett ot Gibbon
prcuefl thougc?'3k)n3 of. JIw, county an
perlntondentV gnthorlng In Lincoln
with a demonstration of how Uic cero
mony could bo most effectively and
Impressively given by tho chlldrnn of
the state. Tho saluto fct designed as
a part of the sehool duties and is giv
en tho tlrst Monday morning of every
month, according to tins rulo In plnoos
where it has been adoptod. Tho naluto
proper Is followed by tlfo reading of
tho linos, "r pledge alleglanco to tho
flag and tho republic for which it
stands, one country, one language, one
flag." The ceremony concludes with
(.ho singing of "America." No action
was taken as to tbo adoption of tho
matter, county supcrlntondonta being
free to uso their own prerogative In
regard to accepting it as a part of
their school duties.
National Populist C uventlon.
There Is prospect thut the 1012 na
tional convention of tht. populist par
ty may be held in Lincoln. .T. H. Fer
ris, Jollet, 111., ohalrmwi or tbo na
tional committee, was in communica
tion with tho state commlttoe on the
subject and Indication-? aro that Lin
coln will get tho convention.
Lawmakers Invited to Banquet.
Former nnd prwent etato lawmak
ers of Nobraska, roRnrdlos-J of pres
ent resldonco, occupation or previous
condition of servitude aro invltod to n
big banquet in Lincoln about the
mlddlo of February.
Meeting of Superintendent,
Fifty county superintendents or
public instruction answered to roll call
In tho senate chamber at Lincoln
wlion tho state convention wan called
to ordor. Just half of Uio number
wero women, but Liter a couplo more
men camo In and gavo thorn a majori
ty. It Is Bald there la one moro wo
man than rnalo superintendent in the
tate.
State Superintendent Upheld.
Tho attorney general In an opinion
given by Stato Suparlntendonts Dol
7!ll, sustains tho contontlon of that of
ficial regarding payments to the boa id
of examiners of life cortlllcatoa for
examine Uons of the stato normal
schools. Under tho law this board Is
charged with tho duty of Inspecting
and passing on tho qualifications of
twelvo denominational and private
Bchools to ascortaln If thoy aro keep
ing up to tho Maudard aot 'by law
which ontltloa thUr graduates to life
trtlllcatiti. This wtandurd la supposod
to bo that of tho Ktato'a normal
ichoolg.
Farmers Not So Rich.
That tho farmors of tho Rtato are
ot malting 5 per cent on tho monoy
Ihoy hnv invested In this tttato was
Hie usrtlon mado by Prof. C. W.
Pug'sley of the stnto agricultural
chool In tin address aoforo tho No-
Dr&aim Corn Improver nssocjatlon,
'n oslon in Lincoln. Ho declared
'.hat the ftrmer. deiplto tho glowing
iccounts that havo boon ecnttnred
londcHft about him and his fertllo
croj ami untold wealth, Is "tho laugh-
g stock of tho commercial world,"
totalise of busiuess methodn,
STATE BOND BUYING.
Amount Bought and Sold Under In
vestment Law.
Stato Treasurer GeorRO hns isuod
a etatemont which nhows tho amount
of bonds bought and old by tho
state during tho year 1'Jll. Under tho
provision of tho Potts reinvestment
lnw, which was onactod at tho laat
srasion -of the stato loglslntttre, a to
tal ot $1,017,000 of the bonds of otiier
otatea havo been disposed of and all
but $704 have been relnvostod tn the
bonds of various civil divisions of this
state. Not all of tho deals havo beon
mado through tho regular ohannela
nnd In tho way proscribed by law, but
several havo been negotiated largely
through Uio assistance of former
Stato Treasurer L. Q. Drain.
In his report tho state treasurer
lists only Uio bonds dealt in under
tho now law, tho monoy fn tho perma
nent school fund which was Invested
also In tho stat? securities being sot
out In a separate report to bo lnmicd
later. On all tho bonds of the states
sold, tho' stato recelrcd a total premi
um of $8,418. Tho avorago rato of In
terest on tho bonds sokl was .0308,
while tho averago rato of Interest on
bonds bought was .0401, tho difference
In tho rates bolng ?9,4B0 per year ac
cording to Stato Treasurer Goorge.
Tho record of bonds cold out of tho
$ 1,300,000 on hand nt tho ttnio of tlto
passago ot tho Potts law Is as follows:
April 25, 1911 Alabama... $100,07.0.00
April 27 California R00.000.00
Juno 20 Maryland M0,000.00
Juno 20 North Carolina... 60,000.00
August 1 California 25,000.00
September 2 Tennessee .. CO.000.00
Sept. 2 Massachusetts .... an.oon.oo
October 11 Idaho C.000.00
Jnnunry 8, 1012 Tennosso CO.OOO.OO
Totnl $1,017,000.00
Fceblo Minded Institute.
J. A. Piper, who visited tho fcoblo
minded Institute nt Beatrice, Is con
fluent the epidemic of typhoid fever is
at an ond but dooms it advlBablo to
send no moro to that institution until
tho repairs now being mado to tho
plumbing and heating plant are com
pleted. Thcro aro now thirty or more
applicants on the wnlUng list. There
aro
.i in r,T
Governor Names Delegates.
Tho governor's offlco was busy send
ing out credentials to more, thrm 1"
persons named as delegates to Uio
convention of Charities and Correc
tions., which, meets inOmuhalapua.,y
28 to .10.
Requisition for Morland.
A requisition has beon issued on
tho governor of Iowa at tho request
of County Attorney EugllBh of Doug
las county for tho return from Sioux
City of llcrt Morland, wanted on a
chargo of wlfo nnd child abandonment.
Nino Trust Companies.
Up to tho present tlmo nine trust
companies havo filed tho necessary
papers with tho stato auditor to on-
titlo thorn to conduct a trust business
Life Insurance Question.
Auditor Barton has asked tho attor
ney General to tell him which of two
plans Is tho correct ono undor tho law
for firing tho value ot policies in
stock life insurance companies. There
is a difference hi method, ono favored
by tho younger companies and tho
other by thoso longer In business.
Endowment for Wesleyan.
A conforcnoo of Methodist ministers
and friends of Woslcyan university
was held at Uio Yuuim MeuVChiistlan
association rooms and It was "decided
to open tho campulng for n $500,000
endowment for tho Methodist uni
versity. Tho movoment will ho
launched formally at a bnnquct at tho
Auditorium January 23.
mAwu I'm w t i hmumIivui
Up to this tlmo thirty-two counties
havo mado their January soUleiueulB
with tho Btate treasurer, Uiu amount
of monoy romltted being $275,'J77.60.
ISnouch of this belongs to tho general
fund to tako up tho call for $150,000
of outstanding wan-.ints nnd as soon
as theno aro disposed of it is hoped
enough monoy will bo on hand to tako
care of tho remainder.
Document is Nullified.
Tho withdrawal or tho nonies of flvo
men who elgnod a petition asking that
tho. name of Colonel Charles Fanning
of Omaha lie placed upon tho primary
ballot no candldato for vico president
of tho United States, has nullified that
document, in tho opinion of Secretary
of Stato Walt.
Fruit Men flame Officers.
Tho horticulturists of Nebraska
elocted tho following otllcora: Presi
dent, J. J. flrown of Gonova; vice
presldont, C. H. Barnard, Taulo Rock;
socond vlco prealtlout, L. Houdoreon,
Omaha; secretary, Petor Youngor3,
Geneva; Roy Duncan, Peru, to fill
vacancy on 4ard of directors.
Files as Popullot.
C. M. Skllos of David City hns filed
his petition as populist candidate for
congress In tho Fifth district. Hu had
already filed lis a domocratlc candl
dato for the same ofllco.
Nebraska Fifth Dairy State.
Only a fow years ago Nobinska was
rated as tho tonth dairy stato In tho
union, Now wo hold tho dlstlncUon
as being tho fifth dairy etato in tho
union, and somo equally conservative
authorities place us as tho fourth
dairy stat-
MAN WITH NO M !
CAN HANDLE A GUI ;
Arkansan, Expert With Pen and'
Rifle, Can Chop Wood and
Use Typewriter.
LOST ARMS IN YOUTH)
Taught School Six Years Supported
Mother While Working far Cduej
tlon and a Bookkeeping Course
Now Hopea to Study Law.
Do Queen, Ark. J. Oscar HumpB-i
rey, whoso arms were amputated!
above the elbow In childhood, la tax
assessor of Savior county and does alii
of his own clerical work. His bookd
aro marvels ot neatness. No person
in looking at them would judgo thonti
to be tho work of a man who had)
been so terribly crippled in his youths
Humphrey lost both of his handa
when six yoanr old In an accident at
a cotton gin. From tho day of his.
physical recovery Oscar took: as much,
Interest In boyish sports nnd pas
times as any lad in his neighborhood.
Ho learned to plow, rido, drive a
horse, wield an axe, and do other
Uiluga the usual boy would hava tak
en groat delight In forgottlng how to
do. Ho became very fond of hunt
ing and few of hi3 companions could!
handle a gun us leadlly, or with as
certain aim as ho. Young" Humphrey)
took groat pride In keeping tho fam
ily supplied with squirrel nnd other;
small gamo.
When Oscar wns flften years ofi
ago his father died, nnd then ho reali
lzed he must soon support himself.
Putting aside his great love for hunt-)
tag, fiahln? and ether outdoor oportsj
young Humphrey docldod to gain anj
fclEftiSI&Sesassr'
How Humphrey Shoots,
education which would fit him for a
Ufo of usefulness. Tho thought of
earning his living selling shoo laces,
or standing on streot corners with an
alms cup around his nock, was re
pulsive to him.
Ho and hi3 mother moved to Do
Queen, whoro Oscar attended school.
He held hla own with tho other pupils
and soon mastered tho art ot penman
ship by holding a pon with tho loft
nrm and his chin, Ho supplemented
hl3 common school education with a
courso In a business collcgo at Hunt
ington, Tcnn. Ho was graduated thero
as a bookkeeper nnd his writing was
suporlor to that of tho avcrago stu
dent. Returning to Do Quoon Humphroy
obtained a school teacher's llcenso
nnd for six years had choice of tho .
best district echools in Sevier county
Ho never hesitated to uso a switch
on disobedient pupils and in his work
uccd all necessary implements that
other teachers used, such as books,
rulers and In blackboard writing.
In commercial collcgo and In hla
present work Humphroy rulos his own
books nnd uaos a typewriter with ex
ceeding nccuracy. In tho ordinary .
school and bookkeeping work ho has
nothing attached to hl3 arms and
makos fair speed. "It is my one re
gret," Humphroy said in speaking of
his accomplishments, "that I hnvo
nevor been ablo to shave myself. I
have taken a razor and shaved oth
ers, however."
Human Race to Be One-Toed.
London, England. Richard Clement
Lucas, vice-president of tho Royal Col
lego of Surgeons, in n lecturo, pre
dicted that human beings, in tho dis
tant future, would become one-toed.
Tho small toes, ho said, wero being
increasingly less used, whilo tho,
great too had devoloped in an aston-i
ishing mnnner. Perhaps half a mil-'
Hon years hence, tho great too alqno,
would rorrnin.
Swallows Coin Doing Trick.
Scran tou, Pa. In an attempt to duplli
cato tho feat of a friend In n hotel at,
Wlnton, who hnd Just drunk a schoon-'
or of boor without moving a ?20 gold-'
pieco which had been deposited In tho;
bottom, Joseph Mnngollls swallowod.i
tho coin nnd narrowly escaped cholt-i
Ing to death.
Baby Pulls Stopper; Scalded,
Reading, Pa. Edna G. Goor, oue-year-old,
of Dremasvillo, pulled tho
stopper from a washing machine anjj
ivaa bo badly scalded that eho died.
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