TOM JOHNSON DIES
f ormer Mayor of Cleveland Suc
cumbs to Long Illness.
PASSES AWAY IN HOME CITY.
Elected Mayor of Cleveland on "Three
Cent Fare" Issue and Re Elected
Three More Times in Fierce Bat
ties Twice Congressman.
Cleveland. April 11. Tom L. John
ton. twice congressman from the
Twenty-first Ohio district, four times
mayor of Cleveland, champion of 3
cent street railway fare and leading
Advocate of the single tax theories of
the late Henry George, died here after
a long Illness. He was fifty-seven
years old. His chief claim to distinc
tion rests on his record as mayor of
Cleveland. Taking up the "three-cent
fare" Blogan, pressed to a settlement
by Governor Pingree In Detroit, John
ton was elected mayor of Cleveland on
that issue, and was re-elected three
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TOM L JOHNSON
times while the cami.aiKn for reuuccd
fores waged with .uncommon fierce
ness. Mr. Johnson's thorough knowl
edge of street railway management
and methods enabled him to meet and
Oiten forestall the moves of the
Cleveland company, and his financial
resources gave him additional strength
In the contest. To accomplish what
he sought in Cleveland, he organized a
rival street railway company, laid
tracks on streets wherever possible
and operated the system on a three
cent basis. The battle raged for years
in the courts, in the council and on
the streets. There were many defeats,
but more victories. Those whom he
sought to benefit turned against him
at times, but he lived to see his con
tention victorious in the courts and
firmly buttressed in the municipal pol
icies of Cleveland. Under the com
promise settlement effected by the late
Judge Thayer, federal district Judge,
three cent fares prevail in the city,
and will continue until a showing of
their unprofitableness is made. In that
event, four cents is to be the limit.
The ten years' war wrecked Johnson's
health.
R0.CVt.LT ASKS NO MORE
Not Aspirant For Anything Because
He Has Had Everything, He Says.
Spokane, Wash., April 10. Theodore
Roosevelt made his first public decla
ration regarding his possible candi
dacy for the presidency at a lunch
eon given in his honor by the Com
mercial club.
"I am not an aspirant for anything,
because I have had everything," he de
clared. "No other man alive I don't
know whether I ought to use this
B'mlle in the presence of the chaplain,
but 1 am going to take chances no
otner man alive has had such a good
run for his money."
.Mr. Hooscvelt declared that he was
making his tour for no other reason
than that which he has already as
signedto thank the people who had
elected him to the presidency
Had he n inrar come to the west, he
said, he never would have had raised
his regiment and never have become
president In conclusion, lie said:
"It is the service done, not the title
f the place- held that counts. And
you won't, ri y of you have to puzzle
as to my motives if you will accept
my statements at their face value. You
have not got anything I want except
your respect r.nd good will; and all I
desire Is, so far as the chance arises
Where I am ft bid to do so, to help you
In any movement for the good of our
common country."
Commodore's Funeral in Missouri.
Bt. Joseph. Mo.. April 10. Commo
cjoie Krai'". Sherman, United States
navy, retired, who died at his houie in
Phtladc -It li ft, Friday, was burled here
to. l---'-le his pi rents, who were S
Joseph pioneers Commodore Sherinui
was appor t:-d a naval cade at la ,
from St. Jaaapk by President Grant
In 1871.
Safe Robbed at Portland.
Portland. Ore, April 11. The safe
In Male's DMal market was robbed of
llMoo.
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CONDENSED NEWS
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The world's annual conference of
Latter Hay Saints opened at Lnmoni.
In a duel at Morencl, Art.., Consta
ble lea Scott and Night Fireman
George Johnson were killed.
The hick of speculation In Wnll
street has brought hnrd times to brok
ers. Many of them cannot make ex
penses Robert Henderson of Council Muffs
is the new state printer and John
Jamleson of Casey the new state bind
er of Iowa.
By a vote of 35 to 7 the Illinois sen
rite passed Senator Clark's Chicago
board of trade bill, which legalizes
trading in futures.
The Colorado hotiBe, by a vote of .15
ayes to 30 noes, pasBcd the Moffat
tunnel bill. The measure now goes to
the senate for action.
Women are to be given an equal
chance In the police department of
Seattle in positions now held by de
tectives, desk men and patrolmen.
Mystery surrounds the Identity of a
well dressed young woman, whose
body was found floating In the lake at
the foot of Foster avenue, Chicago.
Former Supreme Court Justice
Invent ritt of New York was appointed
a referee to fake testimony in the suit
of Mary W. Gates for a divorce from
Charles O. Gates.
K. Okura of Tokyo has been given
$5o,utio to be devoted with a similar
amount, donated some time ago by
the emperor, to the relief of the poor
and sick of Japan.
A shortage of $8,5(0) was report eel
In the Wholesale, stamped envelope de
partment of the Chicago postoffice.
The bead ot t!ie department, John J.
Daly, has disappeared.
President Taft sent to the senate the
nomination of W. I Day as United
StateB district judge at Cleveland.
Judge Day is a son of Associate Jus
tice Day of the United States supreme
court.
Cliff Hoot an old-tlm? stockman of
the Musselshell country. Montana,
murdered his father-in-law, F. A. Reh
"ocr; iiis stepson, .lames Bridges; Mrs.
Thompson and hi.i wife and then killed
himself.
The New Jersey supreme court in
an opinion in a damage suit against
the I.ehigh Valley Railroad company
holds to be constitutional the employ
ers' liability law passed by the legis
lature in 1909.
General Stanley Williams, deserter
from the United States army, was
kille d in a fight at Meicali, Mex.
Williams' death was caused by a shell
that plowed through the head at the
base of the skull.
Patrick J. Keeley, formerly a detec
tive in State's Attorney Waynian's of
fice, who was found guilty of perjury
in his testimony ill the second trial of
Ixe O'Nell Browne, at Chicago, was
granted ft new trial.
At the annual meeting of the Cu
nard Steamship company, Alfred A.
Boo'h, chairman of the board of di
rectors foreshadowed the possibility
of a rate war b' I "Pen competing trans
atlantic' steamship lines.
latlll tot La Toilette Intends to estab
lish bj legislation, if he can, the right
of government employees to organize
unions in the saute manner that trades
are organized and affiliated with the
Ami riean Federation of Labor.
The report Is confirmed that Mr.
Williamson, British assistant political
officer at Sadiya and lkhimpur, in
Upper Burmahi and a party accom
panying him were murdered on the
border of Assam by Abor savages.
The tariff board has begun its in
vestigation of the cotton schedule of
the Pay ne-Atciric h law and will c on
duct the work so far as is practical
simultan'o.is'y with the investigation
of the woolen schedule now under
way.
Advances recently made by express
companies in charges for the trans
location of liquors in packages were
considered excessive by the interstate
commerce commission and were sus
pended until an inquiry could be made
Into their reasonableness.
Senator Young has taken u j the
cause of Bradford Knapp, son of Dr. S.
A. Knapp. who died recently, and is
trying to get him named to succeed
his father in charge of the demon
stration tarm work in the south for
the department of agriculture.
ROADS WIN BIG RATE CASES
NEBRASKA NEWS
Only Handful See Finish ol
Thirty-second Session.
BIG BILLS YET IN BALANCE.
United States Judge Decides Against
Minnesota Rail Commission.
St. Paul, April 1". Judge Sanborn
in the United States circuit court de
eded the Minnesota rate cases against
the state railway commission.
He held that the necessary effect or
reductions ordered was substantially
to burde.i and directly to regulate In
terstate commerce ,to create unjust
discriminations between localities In
Minnesota and those In adjoining
states in violation of the constitution,
and to ;ike the property's of the rail
toad companies without just compeu
sation.
Governor Aldrlch Has Host of Meas
ures to DecicA Upon No Action on
Telephone BUI Otoe Wants Forest
ar School at Nebraska City.
Lincoln, April 11. The Thirty-seo
ond legislature of Nebraska came to
Its formal close when a motion to ad
journ sine die was made In the house
by Qnackenbush and In the senate by
Bkiles. As a matter of fact Quacken
bush was not even in the Btate house
when his motion was read, but he had
been given the honor and bis written
motion had been In the clerk') hands
all day.
In the house the audience entertain
Ing the final motion and watching the
lust bills signed consisted of Members
Sink, Liver, Eggenberger, Harrington,
W. Z. Taylor, Mockctt. McKissick,
Grossman and the speaker.
In the senate President Morehend
was In the chair and Senators T'alrott.
McGrew, Smith of l-llimore. Bfllteck,
Skilc s and Jansen wore in th?'.r ser.t.
The hearty and vo: I'Vror.R s.v It 1('!
were shouted when the nottoi to ml
journ was put cntne frOB a v.wuy
group of employees.
Otoe Wants Forctie- S:1-ccl.
Senator Ha Piling during the ! ". it
hours intiotlufc',1 u reftOlutlOtl, which
passed. Halting attention to the failure
In congress ol the Dm I. It measure t I
appropriate $310,000 lor ft forester
school at Nebraska Ciij and nsklng
the state delegation !;i Washington to
continue efforts to honor the puftlBOt)
of J. Sterling Morton by securing the
establishment of such a school.
The governor was notified by a com
mittee of Representatives Grossman.
Mockett and denies and Senators
Reynolds, Selleck and Tanner, that
the session was about to close. In the
Inst few clays thp governor has been
diguing bills at (lie rate of two or
three an hour and his office force is
exhausted with the strenuous pace at
which he is working them in trying
to dispose of the mass of legislation
which he must finish within a few
days. The bills signed were minor
for the most part and he has failed as
yet to dispose of any of the measures
whic h he may possibly veto. The tel
ephone bill, the- Omaha appropriation
bill and the other measures in doubt
are still hanging in the balanc e.
rnOMINENT FARMER KILLED
Thrown on Handles of Plow and D t
of Hemorrhage of Intestines.
Table Uock, Neb , April II Injuries
received b being thrown on the
bandies of his plow caused the death
of George W. Wheeler, n prominent
and wealthy farmer Mr. Wheeler died
Of hemorrhage of the IntMtlMft The
accident occurred when the plow
Struck a root. Mr Wheeler was ft
l.r..tl, I &f. ...... A I Hfki .,.!... mJ tfmd I
ui.'i in i i,i iiiiim'i n.. . in iii i,i i'iii-
versify Place He leaves a wife and
Ikfi small children
Hunters Have Ducks.
Lincoln, April 11. Frank Bonsor,
Robert Scott and P. M. Van Hem,
tbte hunters of this city, are facing a
charge of violating the state game
laws. The men were arrested by Dep
uty Mll'er of the office of the state
game warden, Mat a small lake In
this county. The deputy claims he
found seventeen wild ducks In their
possession. The hunters deny the
charge, claiming they found the? ducks.
The case will be tried tomorrow be
fore a Justice of the peace.
Water md Light at Wymore,
Wymore, Neb., April 11. The elec
tric aarvtofl company has made a
proposition to the Burlington railroad
to pump water for the company and
the railroad officials view the propo
sition with favor Under the terms
of the proposal, the electric company
Is to build a plant on the Blue river
and furnish the current to run pumps,
and the railroad company Is to build
a pipe line from thilr piant In that
city to this.
Young Woman Takes Acid.
York, Neb. April 11. In the York
cliy park Mil S Anna Robinson of Bett
edict drank carbolic acid and died be
fore she could lie rushed to a hospital.
She was the daughter of Horace- Rob
inson, a prosperous farmer living near
Benedict, and had Just nrrlved in York
from her home. No reasons have been
found foi the deed.
Seward Couple Is Acquitted.
Peward. Neb., April 10. -After being
out all night they Jury in the case of
the state anainst Iavid F. Dougherty
and Frances M. Young, uncle and
niece, tried on a statutory charge, re
turned a verdict of not guilty. The
couple was brought back from Illinois
some months ago by Sheriff Glllan.
SCHULZ MUST GO TO PRISON
Chauffeur Convicted of Manslaughter
Loses in Supreme Court.
Omah.'. April 10. First to be con
victed ol a killing as the result of
reckless driving in Omaha, Al Bchull,
chauffeur, has lost in his appeal to the
supreme court. He must serve out his
sentence of three years in prison Im
posed in the district court here.
Schulz was arrested on an order
lrom the supreme court. Dressed for
a party, the convicted man was taken
into custody at his home, 1728 South
Twelfth stref.. He Is held at the
county jail.
Schulz was convicted of manslaugh
ter in th" district court. He was ar
rested June 2Ti io answer for the death
of William Krug, who was killed In a
crash between his machine and that
driven by Sc hulz.
MRS. LILLIE GETS INSURANCE
Lancaster Court Decides Woman
Didn't Kill Husband.
Lincoln, April 10. Mrs. Iena M.
Li'.lie, convicted of the murder of her
Husband, Harvey l.illie, and later par
doned out of the penitentiary, won a
buit in the supreme court against the
Modern Woodmen of America on a $.'!,
000 policy of insurance N the life of
her husband
The district court of Ijnicatrter
county decided that, she did not kill
her husband and was entitled to the
insurance mem y. The supreme court
affirms that decision
Grain Elevator la Burned.
Klkhotn, Neb., April 11. Fire which
threatened to wipe out the town de-
i t roved Nolte's grain elevator with a
loss of $4,0io. Sparks from the burning
building wen- driven over the town by
the wind and several minor fires oc
curred The c itizens were put to tliir
utmost to save the town.
Woodmen of World to Meet.
Hastings. Neb., April 11. Several
Hastings, N'eb., April 10. Several
hundred cl -legal s and visitors are ex
pected tomorrow for the biennial con
vention of the Woodm-n of the World
lor the jurisdiction covering Nebraska
and North and South Dakota.
Broken Bow Arson Case Postponed.
Broken How, Neb., April 10. Judge
Ho tier In the district court grunted
a c i llanfenef In the case or WUlta.
Mootc who 1b charged with burning
the Cutter county court house. The
tata will come up at the next jury
term in September.
Kirwin Given Life Sentence.
Butfe, Neb , April 10. Cornelius P.
Kirwin. who killed F.d I.. Jones at
Gross, Neb., Nov. 10, 19lo. was found
guilty of murder in the ftrat degree
Hnd the penalty fixed at life Imprisonment.
BOY RUN OVER BY AUTO
This Man la Four Legs Shy.
Triuidad. Colo.. April 10 To lose
four legs in exactly the same manner
is an experience well calculated to
strain credulity, but that is what ha-?
befallen Ruy Thorpe of this city.
Several retUf ago Thorpe fell from
tr-iin while beating his way and hid
both hi: leg cut off. He secured a
pair of wooden legs While- beating his
way from a neighboring town Tt-.oi i e
again fell mid' r the car wheels and
again lost both legs This time, how
ever, tin ai uninjured.
Son of Roy Sluyster of Clay Center
Probably Fatally Injured.
Clay Center, Neb., April 11. Roy
Bluytsr, niii"-year-old son of Roy
i Sluyter, a drayman of this city, was
' run Ol r by an automobile driven by
Mr. A lams, an undertaker here. Those
i in the auto say that they were run
ning about six miles an hour when
the boy, who was playing ball in the
street, ran directly into the machine,
and was struck across the face by the
fender of the machine, knocking him
down He has not regained c onscious
ness after thirty-six hours.
New Homestead Improvement.
IJnc oln. April 11- The first automo
bile shed ever listed on a homestead
proof in the United States land com
missioner's office was Hied by Harry
L. Dixon of Benkelman. Dixon filed
on 320 acres of land near Benkelman.
He lists his total improvements on the
homestead as $3,000.
Young Man Killed in Sand Pit Cave In.
Hastings. Neb.. April 10 Frank
Hildebrand. aged twenty, perished In
a cave. In at the sand pits of the w
H Ferguson Sand company, near
Brlckton, n'.ne miles south of Hastings.
Ha was bcr.ed several feet deep and
dioj before rescuers could reach him
Dr. Rich Held Urder Bond.
Grand Island, Neb.. April 1 1 Br.
Max I. Rich of this city Is under ar
rest and IttOOO bond to await prelim
inary hearing April 24 on the c harge
of illegal prac t'ce.
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE OFF
Eight Thousand Coal Miners In Ohio
Ordered to Return to Work.
Indianapolis. April 10 Rescinding
the ord-'r of their predecessors, mem
bers of the new executive board of the
United Mine Workers of Amerle,
which came Into office with President
White, annulled the sympathetic strike
order, sent out by former President
Lewis on March 13 to miners in west
ern Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio,
but decided to stand by the U.ooo men
in the '1 use arawas field, who originally
were on a strike. The action of the
executive board will mean the return
of about 8,ooo miners to work.
KANSAS RECORDS SAFE
Recovered Intact From Ruln of Leav
enworth Court House.
Loaren worth, Kan., April 8 The
records of the trsi Kansas territorial
court, which began in 1855 and which
were rey-ortcd destroyed in the fire
that recently destroyed the Leaven
worth court house, were found in the
ruins Th- old court papers weie
pluced in steel boxes and the docket
lieooks on steel roller shelves a short
time before the fire and were unin
jured. The records of the court are
of great value to abstractors through
out this part of the country.
The Plumber Telephones
"Your kitehpn faucet is all worn out and can't
be repaired, will a new one be all rigbt ?
. Sure, we enn Kt it in this afternoon. We'll
telephone the wholesale house and have some tine
nickel faucets sent by express."
The telephone means as much to the home as
to the plumber when water pipes burst or other em
ertfency situations arise.
Hell local and long distance service will save
worry at times when delay means much damage
done and consequent financial loss.
"fflnJwasW
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE CO.
T.H. BEESON, Alliance Manager
GARDEN HOSE
8, 11, 13, 18 cents per foot.
Lawn Sprinklers
25 cents up.
Kentucky Blue Grass
and White Clover Seed.
Newberry's Hardware Co.
HOTEL ALLIANCE
EUROPEAN
FULLY MODERN
Equipment and service first-class in nvery department
Cafe in Connection-Open Day and Night
On the left and across the street from the
Burlington station
GOOD
STENOGRAPHERS
An Always in Demand.
Careful attention is given to
the welfare of eacli pupil in
the
ll'lllnl
Commercial Departieo
ST. AGNES ACADEMY
ALLIANCE. NEBR.
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Mission Jubilee Enda.
Maaon City. la . April In. The Ju-
i bile' session of the missionary scx-iety
of the Christian church closed, the
last session beiUK featured by an ad
dress by Miss Annette Newcomer,
who leave Iowa soon for a trip
around the world to visit all the mis
sion atutious of the denomination.
BJfl Boards
r"P3l?y55j f a descriptions
J house or barn.
Dierks Lumber 4Coal Co.
Pfcooe 22 0. Haters. Mgr.