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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
ALASKA LAWS LAX
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OR. E LE8TER JONES RAPS CON.
DUCT OF WHITES TOWARD
NATIVES.
REPORT FILED WITH WILSON
Disregard for Sanctity of Red Men's
Home tho Crime of the Territory
Liquor Traffic Violations Add to
Ruination of Populace.
Werttrn 'nrpp Union Nwt Strtlc
Washington, D. C A scathing ar
raignment of tho conduct of tho white
man In Alaska toward tho native Is
coupled with chargeB of wholesale and
continual violations of liquor traffic
regulations and laws to protect fish
and fur bearing animals of Alaska nnd
tho Prlblllf and Aleutian Islands In a
report submitted to Prosldent Wilson
and Secretary Rodflold by Dr. E. Lea
tor Jones, deputy commissioner of fish
eries. '
Dr. Jones recently returned from
Alaska, whero he spent six months
making a survey of the fishing and fur
seal Industries, and studying tho ad
ministration of tho Islands. Ho con
cluded that proper regulation will bo
facilitated by vesting In tho depart
ment of commerce full authority over
the Industries. Immediate steps for
tho protection of tho natives and re
habilitation of their moralB aro urged
in his report.
"The whlto man's lack of caro and
regard for the sanctity of the native's
home is the crime of Alaska," tho
report says. "In many sections the
wife and daughters are dishonored and
any resistance from the husband, fath
er or brother Is overcomo by threats
and bribes and liquor, until even tho
men have all tholr best impulses and
senses deadened and seem to bo un
manned. "Wherever tho white man has sot
tlod tho saloon prevails, and that has
had more to do with tho ruination of'
tho Indian and tho Aleut than all oth
er causes, In sections whore the sa
loon is not found liquor reaches tho
natives in tho form of pay and bribes.
"I am advised by rollablo authority
that up to this year there had not been
a single conviction by a jury In Alas
ka. I am glad to say that there has
been a chango of sentiment and feeling
against thoso who do not regard tho
laws as serious, and recently tho
Juries In two courts hnvo brought In
verdicts against those who had dis
obeyed tho law."
AIR RAIDS ON BRITAIN.
German Craft Open Long Threatened
Attack.
London. German alrciaft mado long
threatened raids on England Tuesday
night and attempted to blow up with
bombs tho king's roynl residonco In
Sandrlngham, County Norfolk. King
Goorgo and Queen Mary, who had
been staying at Sandrlngham with
their family, returnod to London only
Tuesday to resume their rosfdonco in
Buckingham palaco. Tho first placti
visited was tho widely known scasldo
resort and fishing town of Yarmouth.
A man nnd $ woman wore killed, a
number of other persons wero Injured
nnd much damago to property was
done by the raiders in tholr visit,
which lastod less than ten minutes.
Tour or five bombs wero dropped is
Yarmouth.
No Peace Signs Are Seen.
Washington, D. C Presidont Wilson
sees no likelihood of tho termination
of tho European war this spring. Ho
told oallors ho had not notlcod any
indications of peace in tho situation
yot Mr. Wilson mentioned tho sub
ject In connection with his plans for
a trip through the Panama canal and
to tho San Francisco exposition. Ho
explained that ho fully oxpoctod to
roako the trip, but that It was posslblo
that developments nbroad or in tho
United States might Interfere
Rivera and Harbors Bill Pastes.
Washington, D. 0. The rivers and
harbors appropriation bill, carrying
moro than $34,000,000, passod tho
hotiso Tuesday by a vote of 164 to 81.
Tho bill now goes to tho senate, whero
a protracted fight is expected. All
efforts to block or substantially amend
tho bill failed. Amendmont aftor
amendment was voted down, as tho
house remained in session uutll late in
the night, determined to pass tho bill
boforo adjournment.
Embargo Lifted.
Washington, D. C The ombargo
against thot exportation of wool from
India to tills country has been lifted
by tho British govornmont on all class
es of wool oxcept black and gray Ma
deras and Thibot. Tho state depart
ment was notlflod Tuesday of the mod
ideation of tho embargo, which wont
Into effect at tho samo time as that on
wool from Australia.
Can Eat, Meat on Fridays.
London. Cardinal Bourno hns grant
ed dispensation to tho Catholics of
England to eat meat on Fridays and
fast days. In a pastoral letter ho says
thlB stop is necessary bocauso of tho
high price of fish and tho usual substi
tutes for flesh.
' To Abollsh'Capltal Punishment.
Indianapolis, Ind. Tho Indiana sen
ate passed, 27 to 21, a measuro to abol
ish capital punishment. The bill now
goon to tho house.
Bill Goes to President.
Washington, D. C Tho senate con
iurred In minor house amendments
to tho bill establishing the Hocky
Mountain National Park lu Colorado,
comprising 231,000 acres, chiefly in
forest reserves. Tho measuro now
wa to tee president
Explosion Injures Five.
Boston. An oxploslort occurred In
in oil burning boiler on tho now sub
wrtarlne tender Fulton at the Charles
' ton navy yard. Injuring fly men.
SHINGLE SIDED
SILL BUNGALOW
Especially Adapted to the Re
quirements of Mr. and Mrs.
Newlywed.
GROUNDS WELL LAID OUT
Lawn, Shrubbery and Flowers Finely
Blended to Make Artistic Setting
Windows Placed as They
Should Be to Catch the
Light and Sunshine.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. William A. Had ford will nnswe
question-) nnd jrtve ndvlco FIIEI3 OI'
COST on nil subjects pertaining to thr
tubject of building, for tho renders of this
paper. On nccount of his wide experience
as Editor, Author nnd Manufacturer, ho
Is, without doubt, tho highest authority
on nil ttieio subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. nadford, No. 1827 Prnlrle
avenuo, Chtcngo, III,, nnd only encloses
two-cent stamp for reply.
This beautiful llttlo four-room bun
galow was designed to encourago
matrimony.
It is of the bungalow typo, but was
northernized to tho extent of first
building a good cellar high enough to
get seven and a halt foot of headroom
In" tho clear botwen tho cement cellnr
floor and the Joists. Also tho roof Is
made steep enough to turn water from
heavy rains and to shed snow, bo
causo such llttlo houses are wanted
'&
by newly married couples In tho North
ns Voll as in tho South nnd West.
Whon tho rainfall Is heavy or when
tho snow falls to n depth of two or
three feot, flat roofs sometimes causo
trouble.
It is difflcult to retain tho bunga
low effect and nt tho samo tlmo se
curo a good collar.
To do so tho collar wall Is carried
up only to tho level of tho ground
under hrotenso of sotting tho building
down low to carry out tho bungalow
Idea, but the construction calls for
threo feot of timber botweon tho wall
and tho girth that supports the floor
Joists of tho living rooms. This is
dono to fealn hendroom and to glvo suf
ficient spaco for largo-sized cellar win
dows. Cellnr walls aro cheaper made in
this way, for two reasons. In tho
first placo it savos labor In building
Floor Plan.
a wall all In one plecs from tho bot
tom of tho collar to tho top of tho wall.
Usually wood is cheaper from tho
ground up, and It Is oaslor to put win
dow fratnoB into a woodou wall than
into concrete, brick or block, bocauso
tho frames have to bo set and tho wall
material worked around them. This
tlmbor construction starts with tho
top of tho wall In tho regulur way
of placing studding to be covered with
building paper and finally sided with
shingles, ns shown In tho perspective.
Tho wholo houuo Is covered with
shingles clear, down to tho ground,
to retain tho low-down bungalow
effoct
Tho front porch Is supported by
plors of masonry up to tho lower
edges of tho porch Joists. From tho
masonry to the porch colling aro
square pillars boxed in about half of
l o way up and covered with shingles
to match tho houso siding.
Tho ground is graded up to give a
low appenrnnco to tho porch, thr ef
fect of which Is increased by growing
Rhrubbory nnd tall flowers on two
sides of tho porch. It requires con
siderable study to lay out tho grounds
about a bungalow to mcrgo tho lawn,
shrubbery and house into ono pleas
ant picture, but tho bungalow typo
of houso lends Itself to tho blending
of lawn, (shrubbery and flowers and
houso as a beautiful setting for an ar
tistic homo bettor than any othor
stylo of architecture
Thero la an advantngo In placing tho
front porch at tho corner of tho houso.
It leaves tho largo triple window free
from obstruction to admit plenty of
light Into tho largo living room. Thero
is a similar window to light tho din
ing room, which also Is well placed to
catch all tho available light and sun
shite. The wldo projection of root required
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in bungalow construction will steal
away tho light from tho living rooms
unless Bomo provision is mado to
guard against roof encroachment Dur
ing dark dnys of fnll and enrly winter
It Is Impossible td get too much light
Into a bungalow.
All windows aro supposed to be
fitted with dark green shades for uso
In summor. Thero Is a fashion, In
very sunny sections of tho far West,
of using doublo window shades, a
light shado next to tho window to
match tho room decorations and a
dark shado to pull down Inside whon
occasion requires. This dark shado
rolls up tight, closo against tho top
of tho window, for days or weeks with
out being unrolled, but It is there to
uso when needed.
Entering tho front door of this beau
tiful bungalow wo find a model floor
plan. Tho main feature Is tho largo
living room, 1G feet by 11 fcot G Inchon
with a splendid fireplaco at ono end.
The chlmnoy and fireplace aro both
constructed of tho same kind of brick,
usually dark colored, rough surfaco
brick that contrasts splendidly with
tho pure white mortar and tho whlto
ornamental lnsote.
A fireplaco well proportioned and ar
tistically finished with a largo mantel
practically furnishes one end of tho
living room. Low bookcases may bo
built at tho sides of tho fireplace, or
tho spaco may bo rosorved for largo
reading chairs placed in tho cornors
in front lof tho narrow chimney win
dows. Tho rear of the house is Just as
carefully planned as tho front. Com
mencing with tho grado entrance at
tho back thero aro wide, easy steps
leading down Into tho collar. This
collar way is closed by a locked door
If considered necessary. '
From tho samo grado entrance half
a dozen steps lead up Into the kitchen.
Tho lioor of the grado entrance le
on a level with tho top'of tho wall,
but thero is a stop down from the
door sill to tho sidewalk in tho back
yard.
A grado entrance llko this with easy
steps to tho cellar means a good deal
on wash days, and whon tho cellar
bnsomont is used for othor household
duties, such as doing up fruit In tho
summer tlmo whon tho laundry stove
is used.
In n bungnlow a groat deal of ubo
may bo mado of tho cellar for work
that is ordinarily dono on tho main
floor in largor houses.
Tho arrangement of tho kltchon
could not be well improved upon. Tho
projection makes room for four win
dows looking out in threo different
directions.
Tho largo pantry has an especial
placo for tho ico box, with an out
side door and an ico platform for tho
oxclusivo uso of tho ico man, so that
he can carry up four pounds of mud
on each boot without causing a frown
to cloud tho beautiful faco of tho young
houoowlfo.
Critics Disagree.
A good story Is told by Professor
Lounsbury that shows in tho matter
of poets, critics hold varying opinions.
According to tho professor, Aubrey
Do Voro, tho Irish poet, collected on
tho same day tho opinion of threo of
his brother poets on tho pootlcal
standing of Burns. Ono of these po
ets, who was Tennyson, said Burns'
songs wero perfect, but that ono had
to forgot his serious pieces to en
Joy them. The socond, who was
Wordsworth, said that Burns "seri
ous efforts" showed great genius, but
that his foolish llttlo amatory poems
wero worthy only of oblivion. Tho
third was Sir Honry Taylor, who said
that ho found Burns' songs and his
sorlous" poems allko tedious and dis
agrecablo. Fad Set by King Edward.
Probably few people aro awaro that
tho popularity of tho copper and alum
inum bracelet worn by so many ladles
nt tho present tlmo is really duo to
tho fact that the late King Edwarc re
garded ns his maBcot n similar brace
lot, which was presented to him by
ono of his frtends shortly before the
sorlouB Illness which resulted In the
postponement of his coronation. His
lata majesty, who was moro than usu
ally Buporstltious, regarded tho brace
lot as having a direct bearing on his
ultlmato recovery, and whon he died
it was placed among tho personal be
longings which ho bequeathed to
King George.
Watchful Gander.
In a country town In northorn Ponn
sylvnnln thero lives an old man who
soils milk, carrying It from houso to
houso morning and evening in a smalt
handcart Thero is nothing strange
about that, but his companion on theso
daily trips Ib the very strangest you
over hoard of an old gray gandor,
w.io follows him about In the most dig
nlllod manner, and standB watch over
tho cart, lotting no ono go noar It In
his master's absence Ills name is Ma
jor, and his master says that ho la JubI
as' usoful as a dog would bo. Our
Dumb Animals
Poisonous Snakce Disappearing.
Tho tion-polBonouB, harmless snnkoi
aro rapidly destroying tho poisonous
serpents throughout tho world, say ex
perts on reptilo life. In a fight to a
finish, it is declared, a wholo nest of
venomous "rattlers" would havo lit
tie chnnco agalnBt a slnglo husky
black tmako.
ITALIAN CUES
BAZEHY QUAKE
Over Thirty-Eight Thousand Per
sons Believed to Have
Perished.
AVEZZANO WIPED OFF MAP
Once Beautiful Town Now Little More
Than a Cemetery Hundred Other
Towns In Kingdom Wholly or
Partly Destroyed by Shock
Rescuers Rush to the
Scenes.
By CHAPMAN COLEMAN.
(U. 8. Consul General at Rome.)
Homo, Jan. 19. Pompeii Is no long
er tho world's city of tho dead. Somo
whore In tho ruins of Avezzano, where
threo days ago there wero 12,000 per
sons, tho majority of them workers
In tho six big sugar reflnorlcs which
mado tho district prosperous, lie tho
bodlos of more than 11,000 persons.
It is difficult to convey an idea of
tho nbsoluto destruction of Avezzano.
Not moro than half a dozen structures
aro standing, and of these only the
walls remain.
Only a Few Escape.
Dobris, tossed in all directions, has
obliterated streets, plazas, and alleys,
so that tho few Inhabitants who es
caped death, even though many of
thorn woro born and brought up In tho
town, aro unablo to pick out more than
tho approximate sites of their own
homes.
Stretching away on all sides from
tho acres upon acres of ruin, the coun
try is ns baro of human inhabitants
as a wilderness. Tho landscape Is
whitened In places by patches of shat
tered stone and brick, but these aro
ST. PETER'S SQUARE IN ROME
St. Peter's square In Rome was hard hit by the earthquake. The obelisk
oeen In the foreground In the photograph was shaken and badly damaged;
theVfamous colonnade, seen at the right, was lowered four feet, an dthe ad
jacent house, once occupied by the sisters of Pope Plus X, was seriously
cracked.
all that remains of splendid country
estates nnd farms.
Six Villages Wiped Out.
Six distinct villages in the environs
wero wiped but by tho samo stroke
which leveled Avezzano, and the toll
of life in theso towns was proportion
ately severe.
Probably not less than 25,000 per
sons were killed and Injured In this
one district
Tho disaster, reports here indicate,
extended from Itomo as far north aa
Anconn, Florence. Tho Gulf of Saler
no folt the shock.
At least five hundred towns and
villages aro on tho nation's death roll.
Tho destruction of Ufa and property
In tho Abruzzl Is heavy, but no one
knows tho extent of tho ruin.
Sora Flattened Out.
Sora Is laid flat, tho barracks only
withstanding tho earthquake shock.
A mountain near Montngnamo liter
ally split In two, half or It rolling in
a vast landslide into a valley, burying
a half dozen hamlets under thousands
of tons of earth and rock.
Undoubtedly tho earthquake shock
was moro severe than that of Mes
sina. PUT DEATH TOTAL AT 38,000.
London, Jan. 19. A careful estimate
of deaths In thd earthquake region of
Italy as received here is as follows:
Avezzano 11 ,000
Alba . 6,000
Sora 5,000
Pesclna 4,000
San Benedetto .....' 4,000
Magllano 1,300.
Capelle t 1,200
Scucrola 870
Le8e 450
Castelllrl 70
Cappadoclo ,,,, 50
Isola 37
Capolacroce 10
Deaths In sixty other towns esti
mated at 6,000.
Total, 38,987.
Itomo, Jan. 19. Tho death toll of
tho carthquako which rocked Italy
LONG RECORD OF DISASTERS
Earthquake Shock Responsible
Thousands of Deaths and Im
mense Damage.
for
Tho destruction of San Frunclsco
and Vnlparolso nnd tho razing of IS
villages In Calabria occurred In tho
spring and summor of 1900. Tho prov
lnco of Esmoraldas In Ecuador was
shaken In January and a groat tidal
wavQ followed, drowning many per
sons nnd devastating tho city of Es-
Wedncsdny morning Is estimated nt
botweon 35,000 and 40,000, although no
ofllclnl count can bo mado at this time.
From thirteen towns of possibly 100
that wero completely demolished or
partly wrecked como reports of more
than 38,009 dead.
Tho number of Injured Is placed con
servatively at 50,000, and the list Is
growing hourly ns tho government dis
patches announce the names of towns
which hnve been cut off from all com
munication since tho shock.
Theso districts report heavy casual
ties, and it will be many days boforo
completo reports of tho catastrophe
can bo compiled and tho world ad
vised of tho fatal loss of lives and
property
Fire and Disease Menace.
Tho aftermath of tho disaster, how
over, is beginning to reveal its ap
palling proportions.
Cold, hunger, flro and disease lmvo
followed so -swiftly In the wake of tho
original catastrophe that hundreds of
victims may bo added to tho original
number unloss tho government author
ities are abio to work a miracle of re
lief. Despite tho winter woathor In the
devastated country, disease has begun
to work In tho rudo camps of the sur
vivors. In a scoro of towns and villages
reached within the last twelve hours
by squads of militia and voluntoera
the wastes of brick and stono have
been found ablaze.
In theso great kilns In tho last two
days human beings burled, but with
life still in their bodies, have been
roasting slowly.
May Blow Up Buildings.
The fire menace, at first considered
negligible, has become so serious that
all militia companies sent out from
this city are being provided with chem
icals and other flro-flghtlng apparatus.
They also bear explosives, which they
have instructions to uso as a last re
sort In saving life, even though many
victims, Imprisoned In the ruins, must
dc as a result.
Tho amount of damago donoxcannot
yet be determined from tho monger
descriptions of tho catastrophe that
havo reached Homo over the ham
pered lines of communication.
Avezzano Worst Sufferer.
Avezzano suffered most from the dis
aster. Ten thousand persons in that
district are said to have perished. In
Alba 6,000 were kllled,( whilo the toll
In Sora was 5,000 lives.'
San Benedetto gave up 3,000 lives,
4,000 were lost at Pesclna, 1,300 at
Magllano nnd 1,200 at Capelle.
Smaller losses were reported from
other towns.
Thousands of persons now have lain
for days beneath crumbled buildings
throughout the earthquake zone.
Somo are dead, while others still
are living.
Many have been removed from tho
wreckage and brought to Rome hos
pitals for treatment, or are being
cared for in their home towns in tem
porary structures presided over by
physicians and nurses rushed from the
capital and other cities in Italy.
Camp In the Snow.
In the stricken districts the people
are camping in the open. Troops are
guarding tho demolished or partly de
molished town to provent looting.
Casto distinctions everywhere have
been laid aside, and members of tho
nobility, senators, deputies and high
officials aro working shoulder to shoul
der with private soldiers and laborers
In their efforts to rescue tho living
to remove tho bodiea of the dead.
Nobility to the Rescue.
Automobiles containing members of
tho Itoman aristocracy loft Homo at
Intervals throughout tho day, carrying
relief stores to tho earthquake vic
tims. '
Tho family of the duke of Torlomlna
hns gone to Avezznno, tho district
which is closoly connected with tho
traditions of tho ducal house. Prlnco
Gnetoni, who lately has collected
largo sums of monoy for Belgian re
lief, and tho countess of Spnllotl, pres
ident of tho woman s movement In
Italy, wero among thoso who went to
tho stricken districts.
Prlnco Colonna, mayor of Rome,
mornldnB, Colombia also suffered In
this distinction about threo hundred
persons bolug killed.
A month and a half later, on tho
Island of Formosa, tho villago of Kagl
and threo other towns wero destroyed,
with the loss of thousands of llvos nnd
material damago estimated at $45,000,
000. A month Inter Kagl again was
vlsltod, with much loss of lite and
property damngo.
A fow months later Valparaiso and
IOUVl'iUl BUIIUUUUIIIK IUWIIH wuru uo
stroyed by earthquake ehoclt with a
haB arranged to supply nil tho stricken
villages with oil for Illuminating pur
poses at tho oxponso of tho city of
Itomo. Ttfls will enablo tho rescuora
to work throughout the night
Name Governor of Zone.
A roynl decroo was Issued today ap
pointing Commondator Dezza civil
commissioner to govern tho district
visited by tho earthquake Slg. Dozza
has gone to tho stricken region to
assume his new duties.
Tho call for conscripts has been
susponded in tho earthquake district
by tho military authorities.
Many guesses havo been made re
garding tho causo of tho earthquake,
but tho one generally accepted Is that
of an eminent meteorologist, who
says:
"Tho most likely hypothesis is that
continuous heavy rains resulted In ni
trations which formed grcnt bodlos of
steam by contact with Incandescent
matter. This hypothesis seems con
firmed by tho fact that tho sprlrfg at
San Glulano has almost doubled the
volume of Its flow since yesterday."
A phnse of tho political situation In
tho kingdom resulting from tho earth
quake Is that tho call for conscripts
in tho damaged zone hns been rescind
od by the military authorities.
Rescue Many Victims.
Naples, Jan. 19. Rescuing gnngs
today brought out numerous victims of
tho enrthquako who had been buried
In tho Church of Santa Restltua, the
patron saint of tho town of Sora,
where hundreds of persons rushed to
pray when tho first shock occurred.
Tho roof of tho edifice fell In with tho
second shock.
Among thoso brought out wero 20
nuna and the priest, who had been cel
ebrating mass. Twenty-seven persons,
seriously Injured, also woro rescued.
Threo peasants who were found loot
ing wrecked buildings In Sora wero ar
rested today.
Estimate of U. S. Envoy.
Washington, Jan. 19. Rome dis
patches from Ambassador Thomnt Nel
son Pago place tho dead between
thirty-five nnd forty thousand, and
the seriously injured nt about tho
same number.
Tho ambassador said h had in
quired of the Italian government if aid
were needed, but was told that Italy
was not accepting assistance from any
foreign country. No Americans havo
been reported among tho killed or in
jured. Dispatch From Page.
Tho dispatch from Mr. Page says:
"Latest reports of the carthquako
from semi-official sources placo tho
dead at between thirty-five nnd forty
thousand, and seriously injured at
about as many more; press reports
both considerably larger.
"I have expressed our profound
sympathy. To formal inquiry wheth
er more substantial aid is needed, am
told by government that while deeply
gratified for inquiry. Italy is not ac
cepting proffers of aid from any for
oign country.
"No Americans so far reported
among injured. Owing to Interruption
of single railway penetrating devastat
ed zone. Information difficult. Havo
sent members of staff to region to re
port." 120 Shocks Recorded.
Since Wednesday the seismograph
hero has recorded 120 shocks. Ex
cept for the first of tho disturbances,
which was responsible for tho major
portion of tho damage, the shocks
were slight.
The property loss will amount to
several hundred million dollars.
A new peril now confronts tho pop
ulation of the stricken valley below
Avezzano. Dobris from the earth
qunko has dammed Lake Fucino, and
unless the engineers now Grappling
with the herculean task aro able to
provide an outflow for tho fast rising
waters It Is feared a break will como
and the valley will be deluged.
Pneumonia has struck down hun
dreds of rofugoes forced to camp In
the snow in the open places without
proper shelter. Panic and fear still
hold the inhabitants of tho smaller
villages in their grip, and terror
reigns oven among tho larger towns,
where tho troops have been able to
copo with the extraordinary situation
to better advantage.
RUIN OF CENTURY
BY EARTHQUAKES
Year and Place. Lives Lost.
1812 Caracas Thousands
1822 Aleppo, Asiatic Turkey. ..20,000
1851 Melfi, Italy 14,000
1857 Kingdom of Naples 10,000
1859 Quito, Ecuador 5,000
1861 Mendoza, South Africa... .12,000
1863 Manila ., 1,000
1869 Peru and Ecuador 25,000
1875 Towns of Colombia 14,000
1880 Manila 3,000
1881 Sclo and villages 4,000
1883 Island of Ischla 2,000
1883 Krakatoa, Java Thousands
1884 Andalusia 1,170
1885 Granada, Spain 690
1887 Southern Europe 2,000
1891 Japan 4,000
1893 Persia 12,000
1894 Japan 10,000
1899 Tlflls 1.000
1902 St. Pierre, Martinique 40,000
1902 Andljan, India 2,500
1904 Abruzzl, Italy; Lima,
Peru Thousands
1905 North India 35,000
1905 Calabria, Italy 500
1906 Region about Vesuvius.... 3,000
1906 San Francisco 700
1906 Valparaiso 1,500
1907 Kingston, Jamaica 1,110
1908 Sicily and Calabria 76,483
1910 Cartago, Costa Rica 1,500
1912 Turkey 3,000
1914 Japan .., Thousands
1914 Sicily 200
1915 Italy 40,000
total loss of 15,000 Inhabitants.
In 1907 caino tho disaster of Kings
ton, Jamaica, in which ovor 1,000 lives
woro lost nnd $25,000,000 damago was
dono. Cnrtago, Costa Rica, lost 1,500
llvos In 1910 from an earthquake, and
In Turkey, In 1912, 3,000 persons per
ished, whilo 40.000 wore mado homo
less in a clmllar disaster.
I.aat year Snkura, Japan, was visited
by an earthquake and the eruption of
a volcano, which caused much prop
erty damage, but did not result In a
largo loss of llfo.
RECEIPT8 MUST ACCOMPANY AC
COUNTS FOR EXPENDITURES
New Officials Take Charge and Many
Changes Are Made In
Office Forces
Westtrn NewiDaper Union Nwi Bervlo.
Tho first official act of State Auditor
Smith was that of attaching his signa
ture to bonds of the city of Valentine
amounting to $20,000. His second wa
to firmly but respectfully docllno a
request mado by nine state bank ex
aminers who desired to be relieved of
the trouble of obtaining receipts for
every item expended by them in their
travels about the state. They havo
been required to fllo recolpts for ex
penditures whon they file oxpenso ac
counts, but desired to bo relieved of
tho trouble
Auditor Smith's office force com
prises the following new appointees:
Deputy auditor, W. B. Eastham.
Broken Bow; state accountant,
Charles Q. DoFrance, Lincoln; county
treasurer oxamlners, F. A. Stech of
David City and John J. Mahoney of
Omaha; bookkeeper, L. A. Willis,
Hastings; bond clerk, George W.
Ellsworth, Fullerton.
Ho will ondeavor to dispense with
a recorder, if this can bo' dono he
will save to tho state an annual salary
of $1,000.
State Treasurer George E. Hall of
Franklin is busy assisting his official
bondsmen chock $10,000,000 of securi
ties for which ho is to give a receipt
whon ho finds them all. The old offlco
force Is assisting In tho work. Oscar
Danlelson of Center, Neb., has been
aucceeded as deputy state treasurer
by William H. Murray of Franklin. A
State Superintendent A. O. Thomas
is being assisted by O. P. Stewart of
Sterling, Miss Stanloy of Kearney,
Lulu Walford of Pawnee City and J. D.
French of Lincoln, all new appointees,
and has appointed A. V. Teed of
Ponca, who will soon Join tho office
force. Miss Edith Lathrop, who has
been rural school Inspector for soveral
years has been retained as a momber
of tho office force.
Secretary of State Pool has changed
his entire office force, but has re
tained George W. Marsh, former dep
uty, for the present to assist the now
employes, who aro: Deputy secretary,
Hugh L. Cooper, Tecumseh; book
keeper, Kenneth A. MeRae, Grand
Island; corporation clerk, Max Katel
man, Omaha; recorder, B, R. Boys
Bays, Valparaiso; automobile clerk.
Miss Cecllo Snapp, Lincoln; stenog
rapher and copyist, Miss Etta Saffer,
York.
Attorney General Willis E. Reed Is
now on duty ready to defend tho state
and Its officers In any honorable busi
ness In which they may be engaged
in an official capacity.
Andrew M. Morrissey of Valentino,
formerly private secretary to the g'qv
ernor, is deputy attornoy general.
G. W. Ayres of Central City, formerly
deputy attorney general, has been
asked to remain in the office at least
until the legislature adjourns. Miss
Josephine Murphy of Plattsmouth,
who has served as legal stenographer
in the department, has been retained
In her present position, a place sha
has held for several years.
Governor Morehead has not , ap
pointed a labor commissioner to take
tho place of Charles W. Pool, who was
elected secretary of state, but he has
appointed State Hotol Commissioner
Phil Ackerman of Lincoln acting labor
commissioner for the present.
Tho first appropriation bill of any
bIzo wns Introduced in the houso
Tuesday by Hoffmelster of Chase, and
provides $150,000 for the construction
and maintenance of a hospital in con
nection with the state university
school of medicine at Omaha. Doctor
HoffraelBter, who is-a member of tho
medical profession himself, always
takes an active Interest In medical -rff
bills. f
Nebraska ought to provide a build
ing, the pride 06 the entire state, to
houso the priceless records of the
state historical society, declared Gn.
John Leo Webster of Omaha, prosl
dent of the state historical society, la
speaking Tuesday night In the senato
chamber of the legislature.
Senator Laurie J. Qulnby of Douglas
county Tuesday afternoon Introduced
Sonate File 23. a bill to repeal the
present capital punishment law. Ho
wants to do away with tho measuro
which was amended at the last session
to provide electrocution instead of
hanging. fJ
Last session's members amended tho
rules of each house to provide for
printing of committeo-of-the-whole
votes in the Journals of both houses. (
This session's indorsement of the pub
lication of committee votes will bo
iho last step and will enable tne pud
itn n Uopti nomDlete tab on tho law
makers' records, singly and in groups.
House action will be taken during
tho week on tho joint resolution In
dorsing the Hitchcock munitions bill.
No opposition appears to have been
organized against It, thus far.
Representative Jeary of ijincaster,
a republican of long standing, wan
dered Into tho democratic caucus by
mistake, just after that body had
gathered at the Llndell hotol Tuesday
ifternoon, and he did not discover his
mistake until about to take a chair.
A startled look, followed by a blush,
spread over his face, and with an "I
beg your pardon, gentlemen," ho was
about to beat a hasty retreat when
democrats blocked his path and the
caucus shouted "speech! speech!
Before ho was permitted to leave ho
had to make the speech, but ho mado
It as short as possible.
Lieutenant Governor Pearson broka
ill senatorial precedents Mondtfy when
ho read a message to the .assembled
i, -D itn insisted that It bo not
lermed a "message," but admitted that
io other word would exactly fit It
lo tdvocated non-partisan action InJSi
vorythlng, a publicity bureau in
iverythlng pertaining to state govern
nont, a Btateoivned printing plant, tho
repeal of many of the useless laws
that now adorn tho statutes, consoll
lated rural schools, and the work of
eglslators to tho end that they might
Ichlevp EoinetlllDB real.
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