DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD
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M0TTO-A1I The News When It Is Hem.
VOL. 20.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 10, 1012.
NO. 24.
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CIA A REPUBLIC
EMPEROR ACCICATCC AT P2.
KINQ BY IQ3UINQ THREE
EDICTS TO THE PEOPLE.
DR. SUN YAT SEN TO RULE
Only Opposition Displayed Against j
American Educated Leader Pol
President Comes From Few Mon
flollan Princes.
Poking, China. After threo cen
turies of absolute rule tho Manohu
dynasty has yielded up Us power and
abdicated tho throne of China In favor
of a representative form of govern
ment. This was proclaimed to the
peoplo In threo simultaneous edicts.
Tho only opposition against tha
democracy, with Dr. Sun Yat Sen, tha
American educated Chinese, as presi
dent, comes from a few Mongolian
princes, allies of the old dynasty, who
declare that, unless Premlor Yuan la
chosen president, they will rebol.
The abdication, without conditions,
comes as a surprise. The third edict
In which the abdication was an
nounced nfvlsed tho viceroys and pro
vincial governors of tho retirement of
the throno from political power and
Instructed them to continue doing
their duty and to proservo order
throughout the land. It declares that
the step taken by tho throno was to
meet tho wishes of tho people.
Tho Mancbu conquest was complet
ed In 1644, and tho race which accom
plished It was tho samo which terror
ised western Asia and eastorn Europe,
under Genghis Khan.
Pu Yl, the Infant emperor, who Is
the last of tho powerful dynasty,
leaves tho throno without a guarantee
of safety either for hlmsulf or his sup
porters. It is belloved that they will
find refuge in Manchuria under Rus
sian proteotlon, or, If that falls, thoy
will go to tho wilderness of Tartary
and And safety on the stoppes, where
their ancestors havo made their home
since ancient times.
The promise of a constitutional gov
ernment made by tho dowager em
press on her deathbed In 1008 was not
fulfilled in any way until May last
year. In that month an Imperial edict
abolished the old grand council,
which, together with the court, held
absolute power, and substituted a con
stitutional cabinet.
REJECT "DOLLAR-A-DAY" BILL
Senate Commltteo Votes Down Sher-
wood Pension Measure and Adopts
Senator Smoot's Substitute.
Washington. Tho senate commute
on pensions rejected the Sherwood
pension bill, providing for one dollar
b day pensions to O. A. R. men, and
adopted a substitute measure offered
by Senator Sraoot of Utah, provldins
for an expenditure of $24,000,000.
Senators Brown of Nebraska and
Curtis of Kansas gave notice that they
would move In tho senate to substitute
the original Sherwood bill for the
Smoot moasuro and demand Us pas
sage. Sonator Smoot's eJtlmato of $24,
000,000 as the cost of his plan li
based upon tho ponslon bureau's com
putation of age and longth of service
of the veterans. Tho Sherwood blU,
according to the pension bureau,
would havo cost $75,000,000 a year.
Tho Smoot bill was adopted by a
vote of 12 to 2, after tho Sherwood
bill had been voted down 10 to 4.
The Smoot bill provides a scale ol
pensions varying with ago and oorv
Ice, which In the case of a soldier
who served 90 days amounts to $18 a
month botwen ages of sixty-two and
alxty-six; $16 between sixty-six and
seventy; $18 between seventy and
eeventy-flve, and $21 from seventy-nva
on.
The scale rises gradually with every
six months' service until It allows $30
per month to a veteran of seventy
five years who was In the sorvlca
throo years or more. For a aoldlei
who served throo years or more th
scalo Is: From sixty-two to slxty-slx
years, $16; fros sixty-six to seventy,
?18; from soventy to peventy-Hve, $24,
and from sevouty-tlvo on, $30.
The action of the committee brought
t protest on tho floor of tho senate
trom Senator Kenyon of Iowa.
MME. NOR.DICA IS STRICKEN
Famous Prima Donna Attacked by
Paralysis Just as She Is About
to Appear on Stage.
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Boston. Mine, Lillian Nordica, fa
mous American soprano, who ros
from tho obscure town of Farmlngton,
Me., to bo one of tho greatest prima
donnas on the grand opera stage, was
stricken with paralysis as sho wai
about to go on tho stago here.
Mmo. Nordica did not appear and
Mme. GadBkl wus rushed frou New
York on a special train to take hei
place.
It was announced that Mmo. Nordl
ea's condition may bo serious.
New York Broker a Suicide.
New York. Washington N. Sollg
man, a well-known broker of this city,
committed suicide by shooting him
self In a room at the Hotel Gerard. A
year ago Mr Sellgman made an un
successful attempt to take his life.
Earl Grey as a Danker.
Ottawa, Ont Earl Grey bogaq nil
career as a London bankor with Un
opening of tho British Bauk of North
era Commerce, of which ho is chnir
man. Tho capital is $10,000,Q00, o!
ivhich $5,000,000 Is subscribed
END LORIMER QUIZ
INQUIRY INTO ELECTION OP ILU
NOI8 SENATOR CLOSED.
Opinion Is Divided as to Sheridan1
Ability as Stenographer Dicta
graph Teat Made.
Washington. Hearing of testimony
In the senatorial Investigation of Sen
ator Lorlmer's election Is concluded.
Attorney Hanecy was given permis
sion to file a brief and also present a.
ploa of res ndjudica. Final action
by the Benato is not expected bofore
Juno, although the preparation of Its
roport will bo begun at onoe by tho
committee.
The nature of tho plea is that Son
ator Lorlmer's Boat was placed in
Jeopardy once boforo on tho Borne '
chargo and that the senate decided
ho was entitled to bis toga. The de
fense will plead also that no addi
tional ovldence of material Importance
was brought out at the second inves
tigation, and that tho present com
mittee has no Jurisdiction.
Tho investigation Just ended began
on Juno 20, 1911. Tho committee has
been in session 102 days and has ex
amined 180 wltnossos. It is estimated
that the cost of the inquiry so far as
the government is concerned is $10L
000. Threo things engaged the attention
of tho committee on tho last day of
Its Inquiry tests of tho ability of
J. E. Sheridan, a stenographer em
ployed by the Burns Detectlvo agency,
to take down a conversation heard
through a dictagraph; an apology
from Milton W. Blumonborg, who lost
his position when ho denounced Sher
idan's notes as "manufactured," and
Edward Hlnos' denial of the story told
by MIbs Soevora that ho had trlod to
bribe her.
The dictagraph tests of Sheridan's
ability were made undor conditions
approximating those encountered in
Toronto when he made notes of a con
versation between CharloB McGowan,
a Hlnos-Lorlmcr witness, and two de
tectives. At the conclusion of tho tests the
opinion was Just as much divided as
before regarding Sheridan's ability to
take down a conversation heard
through a dictagraph.
MAINE IS AGAIN FLOATED
Historic Battleship In Havana Harbor
8tlll Lists to Port, But No Big
Leaks Disco vorod.
Havana. The wreck of the Maln
floated free of tho mud when water
was turnod Into the dam surrounding
the wreck.
Water was forced Into tho dam
through n system of pipes fixed at the
bottom of tho ship, tho power being
supplied by a pump which had boon
recovered from the wreck.
Tho Bhlp began to rise nlmost im
mediately. Tho midship section,
which had been furnUhed with a
bulkhead, roso more rapidly on ac
count of superior buoyancy than the
heavily weighted, sharp pointed stern,
so that tho Malno Is somewhat down
by tho stern. Tho hull still lists to
port, which Is being corrected by the
use of ballast. No leaks of any Im
portance have boen discovered.
As tho water slowly roso until It
ooverod tho wholo floor of tho coffer
dam, nearly twenty feet of mooring
linos were run out foro and aft on
both sides to hold the ship fast and
prevent the possibility of its being
blown agalnBt the sides of tho dam.
Major Forguson, who has had
charge of tho work, has received many
congratulations on his succosb i
VOTES TO CUT DOWN ARMY
House Adopts Amendment Dropping
Flvo Regiments of Cavalry, or
4,000 Enlisted Men.
Washington. Flvo regiments of
cavalry were dropped from the army
list when tho ouso passed an amend
ment to tho Hny military bill.
This means the mustering out of
nearly 4,000 enlisted mon, tho absorp
tion of the officers Into other branches
of tho sorvtce, and an annual saving
In pay and equipment of more than
$4,(100,000.
As tho bill now reads that section
which provides pay for the enlisted
mon by an appropriation of more than
$16,000,000 makos tho appropriation
conditional on the proviso that on
July 1, 1912, there shall not be moro
than ten regiments of cavalry in tho
United States army. j
CONVERTS GIVEN ZERO DIP
Twenty-8even Men and Women Are
Baptized In Icy Waters of
Monongahela.
Brownsville, Pa. With the ther
mometer four degroes below zero,'
27 men and women converts at a re
oont revival at Mount Zion. African
Methodist Episcopal church hore
were Immersed in tho Monongahela
river after a hole 30 feet square had
been cut In tho Ico. Threo thousand
persons shivered two hours and a half
watching tho baptism.
Langford Beats Jim Barry.
Sydney, Australia Sam Langford,
heavyweight American pugilist and
heavyweight champion of Kngland,
dofontod Jamos Barry, the Chicago
heavyweight, on points In n match or
twenty rounds.
Rloheson Recovers From Illness.
Boston. For tho first tlnlo Blnco he
appoarod In court a month ngo and
pleaded guilty to tho murder of Avis
Linnell, Rov C, V T IltcheBon was
allowod yard liberty at the Charles
street jail.
EXTEND THE
8TEEL HEAD 8AY8 CAPITALISTS
MUST MEND THEIR WAYS OR
SUFFER REULT3.
FRENCH REVOLT RECALLED
"Yellow Press," Together With Dem
agogues, Blamed for Much of Un
rest Prevalent Throughout World
Asks for Square Deal for Workers.
Now York. At tho annual dinner
of tho New York Lehigh club, given in
honor of Charles M. Schwab at tho
Hotol Astor, Elbert H. Gary, chairman
of the United States -Stool corpora
tion, mado a remarkable speech.
Ho Bald that unless capitalists rich
men, powerful men take a Jead In
trying to'Ttriprovo tho condition ot
mankind great changes will come and
they will come mighty quick, and tho
mob will bring them.
"Thero is throughout tho world Just
now a feeling of unrost," said Mr.
Oary. "That foellng pervades all
countries whatsover without any ex
ception. "There nro two reasons for It, In
my opinion. It Is the result, in tho llrst
place, of tho great recent Improve
ment In tho moans of communication
throughout the world.
"Thoso moans of communication are
now so perfect that all Important
things which aro said and dono at
any one plnce in the world aro Im
mediately known everywhere In tho
world and reflect a universal Influ
ence. "The second reason Is bocauso tho
domngogue has for personal reasons
whethor he be a so-called statesman
whom I would call an ordinary poli
tician, or whethor ho bo a newspapor
ownor desirous of increasing his cir
culation at any cost to get moro ad
ertlnlng and mako money llko the
test of us that man, whoever he Is,
Is disposed Just now to appeal to tho
passions and tho prejudices of what
ho soos lit to consider the masses.
"He does that strictly to advance
tola particular Interest. It is now fash
lonablo to appeal to the so-called
working people, sotnetlmos called tho
poorer people, In order to exclto them
to a bitter antngonlsm against those
classon variously called capitalists, ed
ucated ones, or corporations.
"Now, thlB prevailing sentiment nnd
this prevailing attitude is growing. It
Is the most important subject up for
the consideration of the people of this
country.
"I tell you, gentlemen, that there are
things being said nowadays which aro
very similar Indeed to things said Just
before tho French revolution.
"I toll you that tho spark may yet
mako a flame, and that soon.
"I hnvo nn especial reason for say
ing this, a reason which affects you
and me.
GEM FORTUNE IS STOLEN
Thief Gets Away With Two Sample
Cases Containing $20,000 Worth
of Jewels.
Chicago. Tired of carrying samplo
cases filled with goms for Jewelry
salesmen, a young man, formerly
known as a "trusty carrlor of Jewel
laden grips," decided, It is allogod, to
start in business for himself, and
walked out of tho display room of
Spauldlng & Co. with more than $20,
000 worth of gems
Tho JowoIb are tho property of
Sloan & Co , New York, and were left
In tho Spauldlng display room by
Clement A Holbrook, salesman.
Antl-Thlrd Term Bill In.
Washington Senator Reed of Mis
souri has introduced his anti-third
term amondment to the Constitution
prohibiting tho election or any persou
as prosldeut who has served two
terms or one term and part of an
other. Kaiser's Son Here In June.
Berlin. Prince Adalbert, tho kai
ser's third son, will accompany the
represcntatlvo German squadron on
Us visit to the United States during
the month ot Juno.
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CHURCHILL IS JEERED
DEFIES BELFAST RIOTER8 AND
URGES HOME RULE.
Bad Feeling Develops but Meeting
Ends Without Vio
lence. Belfast, Ireland. Winston Churchill
camo hero to tho hoart of tho Orango
man's country, made an addrubb and
left safoly for homo minus tho broken
head which his opponents had predict
od for him.
Tho first lord of tho admiralty and
John E. Redmond, leader of tho Irish
Nationalists, spoko from tho same
platform on tho homo rulo bill. Mr.
Churchill outlined the Intentions of
tho government with respect to self
government for Iroland and deolared
no greater boon could come to the
empire than tho settlement of the
long and blttor quarrel between the
British government and tho Irish poo
plo.
When Mr. Churchill, with his wife,
arrived nt tho Central station his
party was given n somewhat mixed
reception. A number of Orangemon
who had gathered at tho station greot
od them with groans and boos, but
theso wore drowned In tho hearty
cheers of tho largo crowd of Liberals
and Nationalists.
The essential feature of the Liberal
government's homo rulo bill to bo In
troduced into tho British parliament
were Bet forth by Mr. Churchill.
Tho bill Is to contain provisions fot
a fair representation in tho two
housos of tho Irish parliament of all
classes of tho IrlBh people and re
strictions will bo placed on tho pass
ing of laws or tho Imposition of taxes
which might be unjust to any party,
while religious freodom is to be so
cured.
U. S. AND HONDURAS CLASH
American Marines Are Landed When
Congress Declares Valentine Syn
dicate Contracts Cancelled.
Puorto Cortcz, Honduras. A clash
has occurred botweon United States
and Honduras authorities over en
forcement of a government docro di
recting representatives of W. S. Val
entine to surrender to the government
authorities tho railroad, wharf and
other properties held under leaso by
tho Valentino syndlcato.
Hovonty-five marines from tho U. S.
gunboat Potrel landed and nolzed the
wharf and railroad Hondurnn troops
then wero ordered to stop all trains.
The governor lias Hied a protest.
Tho congress of Honduras has de
clared that all contracts mado with
Valentino nro cnnrolrd Tho congress
directs tho president of tho republic
to take possession of all the property
immediately on behalf of tho govern
ment. H. W. TAFT'S WIFE CATHOLIC
President's SIster-ln-Law Abandons
the Protestant Episcopal Faith,
According to the Times.
Now York. Mrs Henry W. Tart,
wlfo of tho" president's brother, hoi
bocome a convert to tho Roman Cath
olic faith. Bays tho Tlmos. Sho re
nounced tho Episcopal faith and wa
received Into the Catholic church last
Friday, in tho chapel of St. Ignatius
Loyola church. Father Vaughnn, tin
English Jesuit priest, who long ho
boon a friend of Mrs Taft, received
her formal confession of faith.
From childhood Mrs Taft was a de
voted member of tho Protestant Epis
copal church Mr Tnft and his broth
er, President Taft. aro Unitarians.
King of Montenegro Flees.
Vienna. There has beon n military
revolt at Cottlnje, Montenegro, and
King Nicholas has fled to Abbazla, o
health rosort of lalra, Austria-Hungary,
on tho Hay of Flume Tho crown
princo, Uanllo Alexander, remains at
tho capital.
Bandits Kill Former Police Chief.
New York. Pa' rick Burns, once
chief of pollco of Toledo ami Findlay,
O., was shot through tho heart and
Instantly killed by two robbers In hit
Now York cafe.
CELEBRATE OUR AGE
NEBRASKA IS FORTY-FIVE YEARS
OLD MARCH 1.
LET US NOTE THE EVENT
And Act Upon tho Governor's Procla
mation Urging Exercises Appro
priate to Our Admission.
Governor Aldrlch has issued n
proclamation calling attention to tho
fact that March was tho forty-ilfth
anniversary of tho admission of tho
stato Into tho union. Tho proclama
tion sets out thai It cntni) into tho
union Just nftor tho closo of tho war,
and that thousands of tho participants
in that strugglo took advantage of
tho freo homes offered by tho gov
ernment, camo horo and settled, add
ing an element which has dono much
to mako tho Btato what It is. Ho
points out that Nebraska Is second to
nono In point of general intclligonco
of its people, tho peer of any agricul
turally, a progressive of which all
may justly be proud.
"In view of thoso facta nnd In ordor
that our peoplo may bo reminded of
tho near approach of our forty-ilfth
anniversary, I hnvo thought It wlso,
ns chief executlvo of tho Btato, to
Buggest that as cltlzons of tho com
monwealth wo in somo manner ob
servo tho occasion, for oxnmplo, thnt
tho schools tnko up tho subject and
ask ono or moro of ench schools to
preparo and read a paper Involving
the growth of tho stato In population,
schools, churches, railroads, number
of farms and amount produced, in
Ptltiitlng oomprtrlsons between cortaln
dates iih to numbers nnd values.
"On Mnrch 1 next wrlto a lettor to
some ono or moro of your friends In
other states telling them something of
what you know of tho state's develop
ment. Then, In this modest way, wo
can observe tho day and help spread
Important facts touching tho re
sources and progress of our beloved
state."
A Petition From Curtis.
Tho town of Curtis .has petitioned
tho bonrd of public lands and build
ings for permission to take tho agri
cultural school farm Into tho corpo
rate limits. Tho object of tho town is
to get certain prlvnto lands within
tho corporate limits, ami to do this
suit will bo necessary to tnko in tho
state land. Tho stato board has not
acted, nnd It is likely that tho peti
tion will bo rejected.
Will Enforce Insurance Law.
' Stato Auditor 8. 1L Barton has
! changed his mind about disregarding
' tho state law which prvf ntH life in
I suranco companies organized In Ne
braska from writing health and accl-
dent Insurance. Ho has announced
that ho will enforce this law and will
I also rcfuso to permit foreign Hfo in-
Biirnnce companies to do business of
this nature in tho state.
Clearing Up Warrants.
All except about $20,000 worth of
tho irglstorod Btato wnrrantB havo
boon presontod to tho stato treasurer
nnd been cashed undor tho call of
Foliruao 1. Holders of thoGo war
rants might ub well bring thorn In nnd
get their money as IntoroBt ceased on
them tho dato of tho call.
Primary Proclamation.
.Tho governor Is working on tho
proclamation for tho primary elec
tion, which must bo In tho hands of
the various county clerks sixty days
i before tho dato of tho primary. It will
1 bo tho longest document of tho kind
1 over isnueil from tho executlvo man
sion.
Petitions for Metcalfe.
Two potltlons reached tho nocrotary
of Btato Friday nsking that tho namo
of Richard Motcalfo bo placod on tho
primary ballot as a populist candi
date for governor. One is from Ne
maha county and the other from Clay.
Railroad Revenues Increasing.
1 Roports ou fllo with tho stato rail
way commission show that tho total
' business transacted at Omaha has
raised from $10,108,017 In 1908 to
$11,015,238 in tho past year. Tho tick
et sales on nil roads at that place to
tnled $1,G29,G57 In 1908 nnd during tho
paBt fiscal year reached tho high wa
ter mark of $2,027,071.
New Registration System.
Tho now system of registration at
tho unlvoislty, which was tried out
last wool; and vlilch provides for tho
conduct of classes while tho students
are nrranglng for their studios for tho
coming semoBtor, hnB boon voted a
success by tho momboru of tho fac
ulty. Tho number of mistakes In reg
istration Is said to havo been mini
mized by tho now plan.
May Attend Maneuvers.
Mombors of tho Nebraska national
guard of this stato may bo glvon an
opportunity to attend mnnouvoni at
Foit D. A. RubboII In Wyoming tho
cominx summer If present plans ot
the war department aro kindly takon
to by the officials of tho Nebraska
organization. Tho Nebraska military
lfglons huve liM-n asked to participate
In tho man"uers, and troops from
KnrBiiH, Wyoming, Colorado and
No" inrd South Dakota will also bo
ml'd to attend and partlcipato in Its
maneuvers.
8EED CORN TRAINS.
Prof. Zook, Corn Specialist, to Accom
pany Them.
Recognizing tho urgency of thu swi
corn situation in Nobrnskn, tho De
partment of Agriculture nt Washing
ton, D. C has dotalled Prof. L. U
Zook, u com specialist In tho depart
ment, to visit Nebraska and accom
pnny tho seed corn trains, which will
tour tho stato tho last week In Feb
ruary. Prof. Zook is deemed one of
tho greatest corn BpcclnllBts In tho
country nnd his visit to Nebraska at
this tlmo will not only be of profit to
tho state, but also Indicates that the
urgency of tho seed corn situation is
recognized nt Washington, whero the
department, through its systems of re
ports, kcops in iutimato touch with
ovory section of tho country.
Arrangements will bo made whoroby
Prof. Zook will bo enabled to spend
part of this time with ench of tho four
trains, which will bo sent out.
Tho dates for tho trains hnvo boon
changed. Instead of starting on Feb
ruary 19, tho start will bo mado on
February 2C, ono week later. The
Burlington will run two trains, ono
starting from Omnhn nnd tho other
from Lincoln. Tho Northwestorn will
run ono train, aa will tho Union Pa
cific. Thoso trains will bo run under the
auspices of tho Departmont of Agri
cultural Extension of tho University
of Nebraska. Tho speakers will be
under tho direction of Prof. C. W.
Pugsley, bead of tho department
Prof. Pugsley Is making up his as
signment of speakers, which will bo
announced soon. Tho list of speakers
so far includo twenty-two, four to a
train. Thoso who havo already been
socurod aro. Chancellor S. Avery, of
Nebraska university; Dean 13. A. Bur
nett, Prof. W. P. Snydor, dlroctor of
North Platto Experiment Station;
Prof. F. W. Chase, Prof. T. A. KIobsoI
bach, Prof. C W. Pugsley, Prof. Irwiu
Hopt, Prof. C. B. Leo and II. J. Gram
Itch, all of tho Nobraska Experiment
Station.
From tho Farmers' Institute dopartr
mont, theso will bo dotnlled: O. Hull,
of Alma, Nob.; E. P. Brown, of Arbor;
J. D. Ream, of Broken Bow; Frank G.'
Odoll, of Lincoln; A. EL Nolson, ot
Lincoln. j
Thoso well known agricultural lead-'
ors will also accompany tho train:
'S. R, McKclvlo, Lincoln; T. F. Stur-j
bohh and G. W. Hcrvcy and H. A. Bor-j
omnn of Omaha. i
An Omaha dispatch says: "From!
different sections of tho state, tho In
formation hns como that somo farm
ers havo nn ovor-Bupply of seed corn
and aro willing to holp out tholr No
braska brothers, who aro not so fortu
nate. Tho Bureau of Publicity of tho
Omaha Commercial club has rocolvod
lotters from tho following, which stato
tho amount of Bced corn thoy havo for
sale: Victor Hoffman, Nollgh, 2,000
bushels; G. W. Fenorstcln, Gerhardt,
Nob., l.COO btiBholB; Paul Peterson,
Utica, Nub., 3,000 bushels; A. B. Pat
terson, Harvard, Nob.; W. II. Mlllor,
FL Calhoun, Neb.; H. B. Davis, Logan,
la., CO bUBhols; T. W. Hill, Monroe,
Neb., 1,000 bushels. Thoso gentlemen
stato tholr seed corn Is good. No prlco
1b put upon it nnd thoso doBlrlng seod
corn can correspond directly with tho
gentlemen.
A United States land agent was in
Hyannls taking ovldenco In cases in
which Is is nllegod Bovoral porsonB
aro not entltlod to tholr homesteads.
Albion Wants Union Station.
Tho rcsldonts of Albion complnln to
tho railroad commission that tho rail
roadB havo not kopt stop with tho
progroBBlvo spirit of tho capital ot
Boono county. Tho petition recites
that Albion has taxed itself to provldo
water works, electric lights and all
othor modern conveniences of city
life, and that tho railroads up to tho
present havo maintained only tho
samo antiquated facilities of fioullur
days.
Will Meet In May.
Tho Nobraska association of clean
ers and dyors will hold a mootlug In
Lincoln May 18, 19 and 20, according
to action taken by tho executlvo com
mltteo of that organization. Tho asso
ciation mocta every four months and
at presont hns about Blxty mombors.
Would Form Colony.
A Jewish organization of 100 fami
lies in Chicago has asked Labor Com
missioner Guyo of NobrnBka to And a
placo In this stato whore tho organi
zation may como in a body nnd form a
colony.
To Look Over Irrigation.
Governor Aldrlch Is planning for
tho near future a trip through tho soc
tlon of tho Btnto whore irrigation is
prnctlcod and will bo accompanied by
Engineer Prlco of tho Board of Irri
gation. Tho oxtromo dry weather of
tho last two years has greatly stimu
lated interest in Irrigation In that por
tion of tho Btato and especially In tho
southeastern portions. Tho governor,
boforo his return, oxpects to visit
practically all of tho irrigated section.
Cold Weather Expensive.
Tho coal bills for tho various stato
Institutions for January hnvo beon re
ceived and lndlcato that tho Bovoro
woathor tho llrst half of tho month
cost tho state considerable moro than
$1,000. Tho'total expended for coal In
January waB $15,190.39, whllo in Do
corabor the bills amounted to $14,
100.27, n dlffercnco of $1,390.12. Those
figures do not toll tho entlro story,
for thero Ju much loss coal on hand
now than on January 1. Tho cold
spoil found tho Btato institutions well
supplied,
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L0iERAGQRP5E
Uncle Sam Finally Recognizes
That Ravenna Soldier Is Still
Very Much Alive.
FIGHTS FOR PENSION
Although His Name Is Inscribed lm
the Roll of the Dead on Public
Monuments, He Is Quite
Lively.
Ravenna, Or-Unclo Snm hns Just
declared John Uergln, Civil war vet
eran, not n corpse
Bcrgln's namo is Inscribed on the
Cuyahoga county soldiers' and sailors'
monument nnd on tho ono at Bedford
ns among tho dead. Bergln makes
special trips to Cleveland nnd Bod
ford Just for tho satisfaction of look
ing at It.
Berlin lives on his farm of 52 acres
northwest of Ravenna. Ho is a na
tive of Ireland nnd camo to this coun
try with his parents. Patrick Bergln
nnd wlfo, who landed from nn emi
grant bont at Now Orleans 70 years1
ngo.
When tho war or tho robellion start
ed he camo to Ravenna, whero ho on
llBted in tho Seventh (J. V. I., from
which ho received nn honornblo dis
charge becnuso of disability in 18G2.
Ho re-cnllstcd tho next year in the
101th O. V. I., nnd. nt tho battle of
Rlngold was left for dcod on tho flold
of battle. His douth wns reported to
his regiment by his sergeant, and was
so entered on its rolls.
Tho noxt day, however, thoso "who,
enmo on tho field to bury tho dead
found him still breathing and ho was
takon to a hospital whore, after long
weokB of nursing, ho recovered suffi
ciently to roturn to his homo.
Tho fact of his "resurrection" wpg,
nover roportod to his regiment, and
his namo was, therefore, included with,
thoso who gavo their lives for tholr
country. In official records ho was
dead and burled, and to clinch the
cano, his name was engraved on the
"Sbp
ltfcxW
On Roll of Dead.
soldiers' and sailors' monuments in!
Clovelnnd and Bedford, on both ofj
which shafts It may still bo read.
Tho bullet which "killed" tho in
trepid IriBh-Americnn, who, by tho
way, says ho is ready to march undor
tho stars and stripes again should oc
casion rcqulro, struck him on tho
base of tho Jaw, a portion of which
was carried uwuy The bullet also
cut off a section of Ilia tonguo, by
reason of which there In a pronounced
impediment in his speech.
Bergln's troubles begnn when he
nppllcd for a pension in tho courso ot
nftor years. For lie was dead, you
know, and dead men do not draw pen
bIoiib from Uncle Sam's coffers if he
knows himself, nnd ho thought ho did
in this lnstnnco. Tho scent ot an
other attempted pension fraud camo to
the sensitive nostrils of the depart
ment, nnd tho slouths wore set to
work. Bergln told his story, once,,
twlco nnd a hundred times with no
variation, although subjected to all of
tho tests over put to a "pretender to
tho throno." But because tho sinewy
soldier refused to stay undor tho sod!
whero tho roll of his regiment had
placed him, and whor I1I3. homo was
recorded by tho sculptors who enrvedj
his namo on tho monuments, Undo,
Sam was at length convinced and sat-,
isflcd to transfer It from his book of
dead to thnt of tho living. Tho pat
trlot for 'whom friends had mourned)
was thus legally raised from tho doad1
and is now receiving' a pension of
$17,50 per month.
Bergln Is an interesting character
and is full of tho proverbial Irish
wit, which dances nnd sparkles In his
cloar Celtic oyo and trembles on his
tonguo, crippled though It bo from the
rebol bullot.
In relating tho story of his suffer
ings on tho battlefield ho Bald that ho
rognlned consciousness during tho
night for a short time, long enough
for him partially to stanch tho flow of
blood by the uso of grass and loaves
which ho mannged to pluck with his
handB. Ho thon rolapsed Into uncon
BclouBness, but wqb sMll this sldo ot
Jordan whon found the noxt dny,
inpo that timo ho has beon tho live
liest corpto tha ever camo out ot old
Ireland,
H
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VETERAN NO
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