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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
Motto: All The Nivvs When 1 1 Is News.
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VOL. 21.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1912.
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NO. 16.
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PROTEST CANAL TOLL
ENGLAND DENIES U. 8. RIGHT TO
GRANT FREE PASSAGE TO
AMERICAN SHIPS.
EQUAL RIGHTS IS CLAIMED
Great Britain Declares Concession to
Vessels of This Country Is a Clear
Violation of the Clayton-Bulwer
and Hay-Pauncefote Treaties.
Washington, Dec. 11. Grc.it Britain
Mod its official protest against tho
principle of freo tollB for American
ehlps In an American canal Monday
"night with Secretary of Stato Knox
and simultaneously In tho Drltlsh par
liament, tho main points in tho pro
test being that such freo tolls are a
clear violation of the Clayton-Bulwer
and Hay-Pauncofoto treaties.
The case of Great Britain was pre
pared by Sir Edward Grey, minister of
foreign affairs, and was communicated
'to Secretary Knox by Mr. James
Bryce, the British ambassador, ac
companied by the counsellor of tho
British embassy, Mr. Mitchell Innea.
It is only a fiction of diplomacy to
say that tho protest was made known
hero only now. Tho president has
'been aware of the protest, and has
been considering It for somo weeks,
according to two of his cabinet ofil
,cers, and ho has had tho answer un
der advisement.
Summarized) this government 1b
from now on officially engaged on tho
solution of twp questions arising out
of the protest:
First Whether it prosents an arbi
trable question.
Second Whether tho United States
will submit the matter to arbitration.
ROOSEVELT PROGRAM IS OUT
Colonel Outlines Policy at the Pro
gressive Conference In Chicago
Party In Three-Day Session.
Chicago, Dec. 11. Col. Theodore
Roosevelt In Chicago Monday, in the
first,' public utterance on political
matters ho has made slnco the elec
tion, outlined the Roosevelt program
for tho next four years as follows:
1. An Irreconcilable fight to the bit
ter end with tho Republicans.
2. No "trafficking or dickering" with
either of tho old parties in the legis
latures of tho states which have elect
ed Progressive members.
3. A uniform program of lpglslatlon.
embodying all the pledges of tlio Pro
gressive national platform, to bo sub
mitted to every legislature In which a
Progressive member will have a seat.
4. Continued and unceasing assaults
on the Republican party as an "or
ganization of such a character that
no honest man can bo in It."
5., An immediate "smoking out" of
all Republicans who profess a "lip
loyalty" to tho Progressive cause.
"Either make them show up or back
up," said Mr. Roosovolt.
G. The writing Into tho laws of all
states a provision for tho recall of
Judicial decisions.
A conference, presided over by Rep
resentative Joseph M. Carter of
Champaign, was tho first formal oc
currence of tho three-day "pow-wow"
of national "Bull Mooso" leaders.
NEW WAR NOW POSSIBLE
.Breach Between Austria and Servla
Steadily Widening Acts
Anger Serbs.
London, Dec. 11. That the breach
between Austria and Servla Is stead
ily widening toward tho point whuro
ordinary diplomatic Intercourse must
fail to bring about an understanding
is indicated by several developments
In both countries.
Servla, so far as Austria has been
concerned, has occupied herpelf with '
tho task in hand the Balkan war
and apparently given little attention
to tho loud threats of tho Austrian
foreign office. During the past week,
however, according to dispatches
from Belgrade, several private citi
zens visiting Austro-Hungarlan fron
tier towns have been arrested for
spying and ill treated even after
showing their proper credentials.
These acts have Inflamed the Ser
vians, who declare they will welcome
a second war on tho heels of the ono
they have just fought If that Is the
only way to correct the Austrian at
titude. 'Phone Company's Charter Forfeited.
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 9. Chancellor
Walker discharged Frederic L. John
son as receiver for the United States
Independent Telephone company Fri
day and ordered that the company bo
dissolved and Its charter forfeited.
New Fourteen-lnch Gun Bursts.
Sandy Hook, N. J., Dec. 11. A new
14-inch gun burst while being tested at
the Sandy Hook proving grounds Mon
day. The muzzle of tho gun was
blown a hundred yards. The tempor
ary carriage of the gun was shattered.
Installation Regalia Returned.
London, Dec. 10. An unconfirmed
report la current In London that tho
St. Patrick Installation regalia, which
was btolen from historic Dublin castle
In July, 1007, has suddenly and mys
teriously been replaced.
Naval Officer Accidentally Killed.
New York, Doc. 11. Richard II.
Townley, n rotlred naval officer nnd
nt ono time stato comptroller of Ne
braska, accidentally shot and killed
himself Monday in cleaning a gun
preparatory to a hunting trip
SOUNDING THE CALL FOR A CHARGE
(22322
The bugler of the Army of Dladlca, i. dlvlBlon of tho Greek iorcos, commanded by CouBtnntlno, crown
prince of Greece, sounding tho call to charge at tho battle of Yr.nltza, wo n by tho Grcoks on their successful
march to Salonlca. '
ARE SAVED FROM SHIP
TWENTY-EIGHT PERSONS RES
CUED FROM STEAMER.
Storms at Sea Cause Liners La
Loralne, St. Paul and Mlnnetonka
to Limp Into Port.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 10. Twenty
eight passengers, after drifting about
the bay during Saturday night and
'early Sunday morning in a helpless
ship without lights and hidden In the
fog from other bay vessels, were res
cued from tho disabled steamer At
lantic of the Eastern Shore Develop
ment and Steamship company before
dawn and brought to Baltimore by the
old Bay line steamer Virginia.
Tho passengers, including three wo
men, wero transferred to tho Vlrlglnla
by means of a small boat. The crew
of thi Atlantic, remained with Jhe
vessel, which was towed to Annapolis.
The accident was due to a leakage
of boilers and tho long anxious wait
of tho passengers, from early In the
evening until 4:30 o'clock in tho morn
ing, was made more perilous because
of tho fact that the stoppage of power
cut off all lights on the disabled ves
sel, leaving her drifting in tho path of
bay boats in the foggy darkness.
Now York, Dec. 10. Combatting tur
buleAt weather all tho way across tho
Atlantic tho steamers La Loralne, St.
Paul and Mlnnetonka came Into port
Sunday all showing marks of tho
damage done by tho giant sea.
Plymouth, Dec. 10. The American
liner St. Louis from New York ar
rived hero Sunday almost two days
overdue. The delay to tho boat was
occasioned by a smashed piston rod
which broke adrift and wrought havoc
in tho engine room durlns the fierce
storm last Wednesday.
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES
Carson City. Nov., Dec. 10. Lieu
tenant Governor Ross, who was act
ing governor during absence of Gov
ernor Oddlo in Richmond, Va., who at
tended tho conference of governors,
hasv appointed Johu B. Thatcher of
Tonopah, to micceod William Bakor
as attorney general to Nevada.
San Francisco, Dec. 10. Dr. Sun
Yat Sen, creator of the new China and
former provisional president of the re
public, whoso existence Is due moro to
his efforts than to those of any other
man, Is on his way back to America.
His object is to raiso one-third of a
JtiuO.OOO.OOO fund for the construction
of an elaborate system of railroads.
Hamilton, Bermuda, Dec. 10. Gov
ernor Wilson has finished his vacation
and got down to work taking up his
message to tho New Jersey legislature
as his first'tnsk. The governor will
take up every plank of his platform
tn nomnlete tho inossaKe before ho
starts for homo. The legislature con-
voneB January i.
Chicago, Doc. 11. Explosion of the
powder house In tho stone quarry of
the A. C. O'Loughlin company in Bell
wood shattered windows and shook
buildings for a radius of 12 miles
Bhortly after noon Monday. No olio
was seriously hurt.
Lisbon. Portugal, Dec. 9 Not few
er than eighty-two Portuguese fisher
men lost their lives during the storm
on tho coast of Portugal Friday. The
survlvorB Buffered sovero privation,
being wfthout food or wntor.
Many Hotel Guess In Fire Peril.
Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 10.Flro In
tho business district of McMechan
Sunday destroyed six buildings, dam
aged two and caused loss of $75,000.
Fifteen guests at Hart's hotel, where
the flro started, narrowly escaped.
Congressman Brown III.
Washington, Dec. 10. Representa
tive Wllllum G, Brown of West Vir
ginia was soriously HI Sunday at his
apartment at Congress hall suffering
with a severe attack of heart dlseaso,
complicated by acute Indigestion.
RECORD FOB CROPS
WILSON SAYS PRODUCTION OF
FARMS THIS YEAR WILL
TOTAL $9,532,000,000.
CORN YIELD HOLDS LEAD
Secretary of Agriculture Estimates
Value of Above Product at $1,750,
000,000 Hay Is Given Second Placo
Farm Prices Lower Than In 1911.
Washington, Dec. 9. The most pro
ductive year in tho history of the
United Stales has drawn to a close,
according to the unnual report of Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson to tho
president, made public Friday.
Basing rhis figure? on -I ho census
Items of wealth production on farms,
Secretary Wilson values the grand to
tal of tho 1912 crop at $9,532,000,000.
Besides tho production of tho soil, this
amount includes the Hvo stock output.
In commenting on tho productive
ness of the past year in relation to
those preceding Secretary Wilson
said:
"Tho enormous sum represented by
tho crop output of the United States
for 1912 Is more than twice tho value
of the wealth produced on furms in
1899, acordlng to tho census, and It Is
about one-eighth more than tho wealth
produced In 1909. During tho past 10
years the farmer has steadily In
creased his wealth production year by
year, with tho exception of 1911, when
tho vnluo declined from that of tho
preceding year."
Tho report of the secretary was one
of the most bulky over submitted by
the, department of ngriculture.
In addition to information of this
nature, Secretary Wilson included n
crop statemont which showed that tho
corn yield held tho lend. Tho esti
mated value of this product was $1,
750,000.000. The yield reached the high
water mark of 3,109,000,000 bushels.
Hay was given second placo in tho
estimated figures. The yield was 72,
425,000 tons, which was hold to be
worth $SG1,000,000. V
Tho report states that It Is too early
to estimate tho production of cotton
this year, but ?SGO,000,000 was placed
as a possible fit;un for (hi crop.
The wheat yield as estimated by the
department, will be worth to tho farm
er $5"9G,000,000. Outs wero placed as
the fifth crop In order, tho value being
03timated at $ 178,000,000. Tho value
of tho potato crop was placed at $190,
000,000; the barley crop at $125,000,
ouu, an ' tobacco at $97,000,000, The
valuo of tho 1912 flaxseed, rye, rice,
buckwheat and hops crops wore set
at $39,000,000, f24,000,000, $20,000,000,
$12,000,000 and $11,000,000 tespcetlve
ly. The production of sugar from tho
beet was set at 700,000 tons.
Farm prices at which tho crops of
1912 are valued have declined from
tho prices of 1911 in tho cases of somo
Important products. Barloy has do
cllned 3G per cent, corn 10 per cent.,
oats 25 per cent., rye 17 per cent.,
wheat 5J per cent., hay 19 por cent.,
potatoes 43 por cent., hops 43 per
cont., flaxseed 27 por cent., and beet
tiugar and cane sugar nbout 22 per
cent. Tho price of tho cotton crop
for 1912 has gained about 13 per cent,
nnd for tho tobacco crop 7 per cent.
Butter has Increased 11 per cent, and
milk nearly 5 por cent. Eggs havo
gained 1C per cent, and poultry about
1 per cent.
20,000 Put Under Civil Service.
Washington, Doc. 10. Moro than
20,000 skilled workers In tho navy
yards throughout tho United States
wero placed under tho protection of
clll service by executlvo order of
President Taft Saturday,
Colonel Wins California.
Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 10, Roose
velt carried California by 174 votes,
although ho will have but 11 of tho
stato's 13 electoral votos. Tho other
two will bo cast for Wilson. TJjeso
figures are final.
OF GREEK&
i
BLEASE IS CENSURED
GOVERNORS PASS RESOLUTION
DENOUNCING SQUTHERNER.
South Carollnan Defies All of Con
ference After HotAttack In De
fense of Convictions.
Richmond, Va., Deofc 9. The gover
nors' convontlon adjourned . Friday
night to meet ngalrt nt Colorado
Springs, Colo., next August,, af tor tho
stormiest session on record.
Tho feature of tho day's session
was tho paBsagp of Uio O'Neal resolu
tion consuring Governor Blcnso of
South Carolina for his advocacy of
lynch law and his declaration that tho
constitution of South Carolina could
"go to holl."
Tho governor of Alabama Intro
duced his motlon,.at 'J.ho close of tho
morning session nndHt -Immedtatety
becamo tho storm contor of two fac
tions, ono favoring tho resolution, tho
other opposing It becauso of Its Ir
relevancy and becauso it censurod a
fellow member of the conference.
Governor Dlenso waited until tho
discussion was practically at an end.
Then ho nroso nnd shouted:
"I have received four lotto threat
ening my life tho authors say they
will shoot mo on sight. I don't care
for them I don't care for your resolu
tion. Go ahead, cenruro me, repudiate
me. I defy you. I will not retract
one of my statements. When you are
basking, forgotten, in privato Hfo, I
will bo enjoying tho plaudits of tho
pcoplo in tho United States senate.
"When I snld I nover would order
out tho militia to protect tho black
bruto who laid his desecrating hand
upon a white woman I spoke tho
truth. I say It now again.
JURY FINDS AUERBACH GUILTY
Defendant Collapses When Verdict Is
Rendered Case Will Be Appealed
to High Court.
Baldwin, Mich., Dec. 10. Tho jury
In tho 'case of Oscnr N. Auorbach of
Chicago, charged with the murder of
his business partner, Harry W. Fish
er, also of Chicago, supposedly to
profit with Mrs. Fisher from tho $300,
000 Hfo Insurance can led by Fisher,
brought In a verdict of guilty of mur
der In tho first degree Sunday. Auor
bach collapsed when ho heard tho
veidlct, and has suffored a similar
breakdown once slnco. Tho case un
doubtedly will be appealed to tho su
premo court. Tho jury waB out twelve
hours,
Harry w FIhIht was shot on Sep
tember 19, while in a Hold on tho
Auerbach-Fislior fruit farm, about
seven miles from Baldwin.
ALSBERG GETS WILEY'S PLACE
President Taft Appoints Successor te
the Former Chief Food
Expert.
Washington, Doc. 10. ProEldont
Tnft and Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson havo decided on tho appoint
ment of Dr. Carl Alsberg, a chemist In
tho buieau of drugs and plantB, ns
chief of tho bureau of chemlEtry, a
position that has been vacant since
the resignation of Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley. Doctor Alsberg's nomination
will bo Font to tho sonato probably
boforo the Christmas holldnys. Tho
president nnd Mr. Wilson hopo It will
bo confirmed.
Blast Wrecks Chicago Launch.
St. Iouls, Dec. 10. A launch owned
by John WuIbIi, 9170 Hwlug avenue,
Chicago, was destroyed by an explo
sion Sundny. Walah and two other oc
cupants escaped drowning by swim
ming to shore.
Pigeon Files to England.
Montreal, Dec. 10. ErneBt Hobinson
of Westmount received word that a
pigeon ho Imported and which escaped
had returned to England Sunday. It
apparently took twelvo days to waka
tho Journey.
OUR STATE SOUS
WHAT A ROSTER OF THE NEXT
LEGISLATURE SHOWS.
SENATE ANU HOUSE MAKEUP
Upper Branch Close Politically, While
House Has 55 Democrats and
45 Republican.
A roster of the members of tho next
Nebraska legislature sIiowb that near
ly all of tho most important voca
tions in Hfo will bo represented.
In tho Benato tho lawyers load tho list
with seven members, whllo fanners
and real estate men follow closely
with six each. Tho merchants are
represented with four, whilo tho
bankers aro In evidence with only
two. Manufacturers, physicians, edi
tors, lumbor dealers, druggists and
grain men will have to look to one
man each it they want to get In on
tho ground floor. Ono man, CharloB
Krnmbnch of Shelby, Bays he is "ro
tlred," but does not stato what ho ro
tlred from. Ono ox-uhoriff, Henry V.
Hoagland of Lancaster county, will try
to keep his fellow senators In tho
right path.
Tho senate will stand eighteen re
publicans nnd fifteen democrats. If
Mayor GcorgoWolz of Fremont, wIiohu
Bent Is contested by a democrat, S. S.
Van Horn, loses out It will make tho
Benato nearly a tie, the republicans
having only ono majority.
Uf tho farmers in the benato thrco
tiro democrats nnd three republicans.
Vhoro aro fivo lawyers who aro ropub.
Ilcans and two who claim to bo demo
crats. Tho leal estato mon stand Uireo
end thrco, whllo of tho four merchants,
three of them are member of the G.
D. P. Of tho two bankers, ono .Is a re
publican nnd tho othor a domocrat Tho
lono editor In tho senate 1b a domocrat,
William H. Smith of Soward. Notwith
standing tho organization of tho now
party, nono of tho membors ot tho
Benato seem to bo listed ns "progres
sives." In tho houso tho farmers seem to bo
In tho load to a great extent, there bo
.Inc thlrty-nlno tillers of tho soil, twen-ty-throo
of them being democrats.
Dno man, W. 'A. Taylor of Culb&rtson,
palls himself a farmer and ,a lawyer
botM nntl-nhio h democrat. Eleven
lawyors will see that everything in
tho houso Is dono legally. Of theso
Dlght aro republicans and throo demo
crats. Eloven represenntlvos aro put
down as on tho "retired" list, nnd all
' of them nro democrats except thrco.
I LIght hank-era aro Included. Thero nro
nine real estate mon In tho houso and
Hvo of them aro republicans. Six mer
chants will bo found In tho lowor
branch of, legislature, three bolng re
publicans. Four grain dealers nnd nil
domocrnts comploto the list of whero
thero nro moro than ono of any kind
, of vocation. Tho bnlnnco is divided
up as manufactures, physicians, drug
glut, Insurance, contractor, dentlBt,
! laundry, telephone, engineer nnd Im
plement dealer, whllo one editor, D, H.
Cronln of tho O'Neill Frontlor, a re
publican, Is tho 6nly nowBpnper man
olected to tho lovcr branch.
Tho house will bo divided with fifty
fivo democrats und forty-fivo republic
ans, and Uko the senate, nono nro
listed as "progressives." This will
1 glvo tho leglBlaturo a democratic ma-
Jorlty on Joint ballot ot seven, provid
ing no chnngeB aro mudo by reason
of contests.
School for Deaf Costs.
During tho biennial porlod of 1875
and 1S70 thero wore fifty-three Btu
dents at tho state school for tho denf,
Omaha. For tho years 1907 and 1908
tho attendance) was 192,
Prominent Historian to Speak.
Dr. Robert Gold Thwaltea of Madi
son, Wis., head ot tho Mississippi
Valloy Historical society and) ono of
tho best known historians of the
country, will bo tho leading spoaker
nt tho coming annual meeting of the
Nebraska State Historical pocMy
Insurance Legislation Planned.
Uniform "blue Bky" Insurance legis
lation, covering polntH proposed both
by citizens of tho stnto anil by com
panies which dealio protection from
fraudulent concerns, In to bo Introduced
nt the coming m'BbIoii of tlio state
legislature, according to u statement
made by Auditor Barton Tho hill
will bo tho one lately discussed and
drafted nt the meeting of tho nutlonr.l
Insurance commissioners and copies
ot tho act are to be printed within a
Fhort Unie. The proposed measure
will placo supervisory power over
htock and bond Issuos in the bands
of tho lutuiiaiice department, the stnto
banking board or tho becrelary of
Mate, according to tho nuturo of Uio
various ontorpiiHOH desiring to float
their Becurtles.
As to Woman Suffrage.
No effort will bo mndo to submit
a prohibition atuendmeiit to tho peo
ple of Nebraska under tho tecontly
adopted Initiative and recall proIulou
licforo the year 191 1. This won tho de
finite announcement nmdo by H. F,
Carson. HiiporinUiuIMit of tho Nehras
ka antl-naloon league The oxpoo'
atlon had been that the agitation
would begin nt the meeting of the
leglolnture' next mouth, Siipintoud.
rnt f'arron FHld the leaguo was In a
way i'fTrtng to tho womon, who
win'1 ' tc ter kept In nbaynuov.
WORK FOR CONVICTS.
Senator Placek Is Planning for Their
Employment.
A fioluUon of tho vexatious convict
labor problem which has worried
many past legislature Is to bo pro
posed nt tho coming session by Sen
ator PIacoIc of Saundoro county. Ho
has mndo a thorough etndy of tho fun
damentals ot tho prison labor problom
and declares bo bollovcs in tho mak
ing of brick by n certain por cont
of tho cdnvlcts. Tho results sought
for, both In a financial way and In a
moral way, will bo bottor achlovcd
than by tho pursuanco of any othor
plan thus far sugge&tod by legislators.
Senator Placok proposos to havo
tho stato establish Its own brickyard
at which tho product may bo mndo for
tho etato direct for ubo In orcctlng ad
ditional buildings at various Institu
tions. In tho event Uiat thoro Is no
nood for this, Sonator Placek bollovcs
Uiat tho men could bo kopt at work
manufacturing paving brick for ubo In
constructing bettor highways ovor tho
Btato.
Nor does Sonator Placok provide
alpno for convcts. Ho declared that
dlpsomanincs sent to tho state hos
pltal for troatmont should bo worked
In tho plant, and that tho "sweating
out" would do moro to rollovo their
systems of tho otTocts ot liquor Uian
many of tho cures now uUllzod for
Uiat purpose In dotalllng tho plan
which ho now has In mind nnd which
ho will Incorporate Into a bill nt tho
coming session, Sonator Placek Bald:
"A modorn brick yard, employing
from fifty to Boventy-fivo convicts, can
produco 60,000 paving brick or 80,000
building brick por day. Sixty thous
and pavlnft brick por day for 300 days
would produco 18,000,000, and at $15
por thousand make a total money
valuo of $290,000 por winum. Eighty
Uiousnnd building brick per day for
300 dayo would produco 24,000.000
brick at $10 por 1,000, or a money
valuo of $240,000 por annum. Tho
Btato should mako Its own brick for
state buildings, ono can KivfIy entli
mato that tho stato can ubo 5,000,000
brick annually for oxtondlng tho vari
ous stato luBtltuUona and thereby
savo $35,000 annually on that ltom
nlono.
"Only Boventy-fivo convicts would
bo necessary to produco this onor
mous amount of money, and tho bal
ance of 450 convicts can bo used for
laying brick In building paved roads
ovor Uio Btato. At present only about
200 convicts aro ntoadlly employed by
contractors at C5 cents por day, earn
ing tho stato about $30,000, which
.sum doey not. coVur tlttrsiulalcnaacts?
and tho Btato Is compelled to pay a
deficiency ot $15,000 to $25,000 every
two years, and In addition thereto pay
for machlnory, Improvements and ad
ditions. "For tho paHt ton years bills havo
boon Introduced aBklng for an appro
priation or $50,000 to $75,000 In cash
and prpvldlng for Issuing of bonds to
tho extent of $200,000. pnynbl In
from ton to twenty years, and draw
ing Interest nt 5 por cent, whllo a
modern brick plant, Including land,
und buildings for housing tho con
victs can be established for from
$75,000 to $100,000. Thero Is Just as
good shnlo In a certain part of Ne
braska ns anywhere, and wo can
mako Juot ns good paving-brick aa at
Galosburg or Purrlngton. I havo In
mind n tract of land having tho very
host shale, which can bo purchased
for $200 por acre, and it would tako
sovonty-flvo to ono hundred yoars to
nxhnust it. Wo havo nlso about sixty
dlpsomanincs confinod at tho hospital
for tho Insane who spend their tlmo
in idleness, nnd, if nocossary, put
them to work also; und I bellovo that
tho sweating process 1b tho best
remedy for driving liquor out of tho
Bystom yet discovered.
Mlnden to Have New Station.
Kearnoy County. Tho railroad of
ftc.lals met with the city council of
Mlnden nnd agreed upon the final
plans for tho now stetlon In thnt
place.
Lumbermen Are to Visit Panama.
Colon and tho Panama canal will bo
tho destination of tho Nebraska lum
bermen when they inuko thoir annual
trip following their convention to be'
held noxt January. They will leave
Lincoln January 21 and arrive In Now (
OicuiiH ivr the Illinois Central Janu
ary 25, sailing tho following day.
Thoy expect to bo absont three
weeks. Reborvatlons havo already
been made for hoventy-flvo and It la
expected that thero will bo one hun
dred In tho party.
Bonds for Equipment.
Tho Chicago &. Northwestern Rail
way company ha mado application to
tho Nebhisku Stato Railway commis
sion for authority to Issue equipment
trust certificates In tho sum of $10,
000. The funds to be used t'oi' the
purpose of now eqlpnientv These
bo n dii are Iimicd nnd taken up by nn
intermediary company, which Issues
tho monoy to tho railway company
from tlmo to time ns It Is needed to
buy now equipment nnd tho i.illway
'company payB off the bonds In ton In
Btallments of $1,000,000 ouch.
Land Nearly All Taken.
Indications nro that practically all
of the free land In tills Btate hus b'cu
taken. The ropoit bearing the diti
of December 1 fchowo on that dito
thorn wore ninc'oou bectlonn in tlio,
Valentino land district ubJoe to en
try. 'jIiIh land b neaily all In the
central portion of Cherry ccu'ity,
twenty to twenty-five miles from rail
road. It Is all hitntUiIll land, but U
sild to bo excellent for grazing. It
cm bo Oli'd upon under the pu visions
of tho I'inkald law that allcws CO
aereB to tho applicant
MOVE FOR SUFFRAGE
Nebraska Woman's Association, In Re
cent Meeting, Elect Officers and I
Take Important Step.
OTHER NEBRASKA NEWS NOTE8J
Douglas County. After ono of thoi
most successful and best attended)
mcoUngs ever held, tho Nebraska.
Woman Suffrngo association came to a
closo in Omaha December Gth. Justt
twlco as many delegates wero regis
tered this year as tho previous one
there being Blxty-two besides the state
officers.
Tho association pledged Itself to nA
Itlato a petition under tho lnltlntlvoi
law to bo presented to tho Becretaryi
of state and also petition tho present!
loglslnturo. Tho Individuals of thoi
different noclotles which mako up the
stato association pledged $2,700 to do
fray expenses for the work of tho com-i
lng year.
Tho oluccrs elected for tho comlngi
year aro: Mrs. Draper Smith, Omaha,
prcBidont; Mrs. Mary Kovandn, Tablet
Rock, vlco president; Miss Mary Wll-i
Hams, Koneraw, corresponding secrc-t
tary; Miss Dnlsy Doane, Omaha, re
cording secretary; and Mrs. Will 15..
Hardy, Lincoln, treasurer. Two audit
tors comprise the stato board, Mrs.
Hyland H. Wheeler, Lincoln, nnd Mrs.
M. M. Claflln, University Plnce, being!
olected to thoso offices. Dr. Inez d
Philbrlck ot Lincoln, Nob., the rotir-
ing president, was mado honorary
president, as is also Miss Hayward of)
Chadron.
Examination of Ancient Ruins. i
, Nemaha County. A party or Hum-j
jboldt geologists and amateur eclen-j
tlstB are expected hero to mako ai
rcconnaisanco of tho ancient rulna!
north of Howo. Theso have recently)
attracted the attention ot tho Smith-)
Ronton insUtution at Washington, and.
Prof. Hodgo of tho bureau of othnol-j
,ogy Has retjueBiu tuiF mkU cufiusm'Sf;!
thorn. i
Dies From Effect of Burns.
Johnson County. Mrs. Nicholas
lAckormau ot Johnson, who was tor
rlbly burned, died from her Injuries.
.Mrs. Ackcrman was using somo gnso-j
'lino cleaning Bomo clothing when sho
got too near tho flro. The gasolinoj
'becamo Ignited and sot her clothing!
afire.
Bill to Pay Qmha Woman. T
w Washington dispatch: A Wllto payi
Ww to Mrs. Kichaids of Otnohu, WIu-.
ow ot Samuel Richards, was introduce
ed by Senator Hitchcock. Tho moneyi
Is alleged to bo duo because ot Uioi
loss by tho postal authorities of a val
uable registered package a number oC
years ago which has not been fully
paid by tho government.
Former Congressman III.
Cuming County. Word has reached
West Point that former congressman'
13. K. Valontlne, an old West Polnb
resident, ls lying dangorously ill at
hla present homo In Chicngo from an
attack of paralysis. Jndgo VnlcnUno
was ono of tho earliest settlers at
West Point.
F. B. Hooper round Insane.
SaundorB , County. F. B. Hooper
was adjudged Insane by tho Board ot
Insanity Commissioners of Saunders
county nnd committed to tho asylum
nt Lincoln for treatment. Mr. Hoop
er has been living on a farm near
Ashland.
Law Violators Fined.
Thrco violators of postal laws, who
had eutored guilty pleas, wero given
Bontonco by Federal Judge T. C. Mun
ger. Gust Gorakcn, a Grcok, for forg
ing a money order, was sent to jail
for a year. Joseph Rlnglbaur and
Arthur II. Marvin, for sending ob
scene matter through tho malls, wero
allowed their liberty on payment of
llnea.
Duplicate of Liberty Statue.
.Tonkin Lloyd Jones, head of Abra
ham Lincoln center, a. Chicago social
ethnical and lellgloUB organization,
has written n letter nsklng tho mayor
and city council' of Liucoln for per-
mission to dupllcnto Ute statuo of tho
great tMimnoIpalor recently dedicated
on tho Btate houso groundo.
Nebraska Woman Fatally Burned.
Stanton County. Mrs. I. N. Garner,
a widow 08 year: of age, was burned
to death at her homo in Stanton when
hor night cloUios caught tire from a
blazing laco curtain. Mrs. Garner got
up early and in lighting n match ac
cidentally set flro to tho curtain. Sho
pulled down tho curtain whon her
clothes caught.
Circus Mortgage Declared Valid.
Jefforbon County. An action to
show that tho $50,000 chnttol mort
gage hold by tho First Nntlonal bank
ot Beatrice ngnlnst the Campbell
Rros. Consolidated shows was void oc
cupied tho attention ot tho district
court for sevoral days and resulted in
a verdict for Uio defendant.
Hogs Sent Thousand Miles.
Douglas County. A remarkable In
cident in connection with South
Omaha's hog market was tho receipt
of u carload of seventy-one hogs from
Idaho Falls, Idaho, more than 1,100
mllea distant These hogs wero
raised by II, R. Miller nn peas and
barley. They wpro sold through the,
Inter-stato Llvo Stock Commission
company for $7.G5 por hundredweight!
and weighed 17,040 pounds. The hogst
could lmvo been marketed at nearer)
points on tho Pacific coast, but tb4
big Missouri rlvor market drew ttuwj
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