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NEBRASKA III BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
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ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Rollglout, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
The Midwest Life.
In tho year 1908 the old lino Mo
lnsurnnco companies of Nebraska col
lected premiums from tho people of
this Btato amounting to $842,725, whllo
tho outsldo old line life companies
collected $2,695,954. For every dollar
paid to a Nebraska company tho out
side companies received moro than
thrco dollars. This proposition should
at least bo turned around for tho best
interests of tho people of tho stato,
and Tho Midwtit Lifo and tho other
atato companlco are doing their best
to persuade and educato tholr fellow
NobraskanB to do so. What gain or
advantage Is thoro to any Nobraskan,
individually or collectively, to tho peo
ple of tho state, to have theso pre-1
inlums, or tho larger part of them,
sent out of Nebraska? Ono sano and
emphatic way to "Stand up for Ne
braska" Is to buy from Nebraska in
surance companies what they have
to sell, especially when It is a good
artlclo, whether It Is lifo Insurance,
flro Insurance or accident Insurance.
Tho promlum rates of Tho Midwest
Life of Lincoln are reasonable. Its
policies aro as good as any on tho
market today and none aro better.
Tho premiums paid It stay In Nebraska.
BOLIVIA
JHtEIGttT STATION AT PULACAYO, 301vm
Lightning struck tho home of Mar
tin Saalf, two miles northeast of Juli
an, and wrought great havoc. Tho
fluid passed in from tho roof into a
room whero two small boys were
sleeping and struck tho Iron bed. It
then went into another room below,
striking a gasoline stovo and thenco
Into the cellar. Both rooms were bad
ly wrocked and all of the occupants
wcro badly shocked, but not seriously
Injured,
Leo M. Johnson and Charles Wal
llngford of Walker precinct, Lincoln
county, have been arrested upon three
complaints made by Thomas D. Mc
Dermott, J. H. Qulnn and E. M. Dalrd,
charging tho defendants with stealing
some twenty head of cattle. It Is
charged that theso parties have been
making a very extensive business
along that line.
A forty-flve-acro field of corn be
longing to J. L. Wilson was consumed
by flro In Gago county. Mr. Wilson
was trying to clean off a potato patch
by burning a lot of rubbish when tho
cornfield was. set afire.
James J. Hill of tho Great Northern
has accepted the invitation of the
Omaha Commercial club to attend a
banquet which will be given In his
honor on tho night ho speaks at tho
National Corn exposition. In a per
sonal letter Mr. Hill says he will bo
pleased to accept tho invitation.
Mrs. S. R. Jolley of Lebanon com
mitted suicide by hanging herself In
a smokehouse. Temporary Insanity Is
supposed to have been tho cause for
the deed. She had been ill for several
months.
Henry Ahrons, a farmer of tho east
ern part of Buffalo county, was ar
raigned before United States Com
missioner Cleary on tho chargo of de
stroying a rural mull box, and was
bound over to tho federal district
court under bond, to appear at tho
next term in Grand Island.
Bert Rankin was arrested In Grand
Island on tho chargo of obtaining
no
S A RESULT of having lost Its Pacific
seaboard province of Antofagasta, follow
ing tho war with Chllo In 1879, Bolivia
found itsolf shut oft from tho Boa and de
pendent upon Its nolghbors for an outlot
to tho groat world.
Great as was tho blow to national
prido, for tho Bolivians felt tho loss of
Antofagasta moro kconly than oven tho
French that of the Rhino provincos, and
serious as was tho loss to tho national
troasury of the revenues derived from
tho rich nttrato Holds of tho lost province
yet the blow was perhaps loss heavy than
the Bolivians themsolves then thought.
It changed entirely tho country's eco
nomic outvlew and pushed It forward into lines of de
velopment which In all probability would otherwlso
havo been delayed for many years. Even prior to 1879
tho nltrato fields wore for tho most part owned by for
olgnors, tho Bolivians themselves being engaged in gold
and stiver mining. But tho taxes from nltrato produc
tion paid in a largo measure tho expenses of gov
ernment nnd with tho loss of this rovonuo tho
state was forced into consideration of tho eco
nomic dovolopmont of tho country In other lines
than gold and silver production alone.
I Tho settled part of Bolivia wus then and Is
to a largo extont yet, that high table-land, ono of
tho most spacious and elevated plateaux to bo
found on the globe, which lies between tho west
ern and tho eastern Andes. This table-land ex
tonds from about the Argontino border in tho
south into Peru on tho northwest, and is from
60 to 150' miles in width.
On the Chilean border the western Cordillera
Is in reality less a mountain rango
than a lino of huge cliffs. The table
land Is itsolf 12,000 to 13,000 foot
above sea level and slopes gradually
2,000 or 3,000 feet up to tho crest of
the western hills and then falls away
abruptly nearly threo miles down,
15,000 feet, to tho desert land lying
between tho foot of this Immense lino
of cliffs nnd tho Pacific ocean. To
tho cast of tho table-land lies tho
high Andes, the Cordillera Real, ris
ing in Illampu, Illlmanl, Ancochuma
and Sajaina over 21,000 feet. North,
east nnd south from tho Cordillera
Real the land falls away to tho great
Amazon and Parana plains. This
country, three-fourths of Bolivia In
area, 1b but little settled, but is In
natural resources and soil ono of tho
richest parts of tho world,
i It could easily sustain an agricul
tural population greater than tho
wholo present population of South
America.
Tho first and most pressing need
to Bolivia Is railways. This need was recognized
to a certain extent prior to tho war with Chllo
MA y ', Why
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l vtiiAT GUAQUl, BOLIVIA
Mrs. taft's aide to wed
Miss Alice M. Blech, Says Washington
Rumor, Is to Be Richard Wain
wrlght'a Bride.
"Washington. Once again Washing
ton ofllclal society Is on tho qtll viva
for tho very latent rumor is lha Miss
Alice M. Bloch, -secretary to.Mrav Taft,
will soon resign" hor position to as.
sumo that of tho wife" bV Richard
Walnwrlght, tho Bon of .Admiral Waln
wrlght. Evor Blrtco lasV winter gos
sip has boen, busy in prophesying Mlsa
Blech's ongagemont. Tho couplet have
been almost constantly togethor.
Porhaps never before has tho sec
rotary to tho wifo of tho prosldcnt
been an nverso to public riotlco as baa
boen MIrb Bloch. When It was dis
covered that Mrs. Taft, following Mrs.
Roosovelt's oxampio, had chosen her
amanuensis from tho Btato depart
f y )
'mcnt, there waa n groat hue and cry
lor tho favored ono's picture. But not
until now has it boon posstblo to bo
Jcuro ono.
i Somehow tho Impression has gono
orth that Mrs. Taft'fl Bocrotary is un
attractive and of middle age. On the
contrary, Miss Bloch is moat attractive
looking and is in tho early twontlos.
Sho has smooth brown hair and al
ways wears neutral shades or white,
which throws It Into a beautiful con.
trast.
MIsb Bloch has mastered Beven lan
guages. Probably tho ono thlngh which
attracted Mrs. Taft to her Was tho fact
that sho was told that tho young wo
man was a thorough pianist, having
won much npplauso In tho local mu
sical circles.
' Miss Bloch has filled a difficult rolo
most successfully and has mado hor
self n favorite, not only at tho Whlto
Houso, but In ofllclnl circles gonoral
ily, by her efficiency, tact and diplo
macy. .
' Tall, Blonder, qulot and reserved,
Miss Bloch has a charming manner,
and a delightful personality, which
have won for hor n host of friends.
Sho Is well known to Mrs. Roosevelt
nml Mrs. William B. Cowles. both of
boar six nor cent Interest and tho liv wi,nm t,nv nhnwn nn Interest In her.
tcrest will not bo guaranteed by tho ah , iivod muca of nor tmo on tho
Will i 1 1
doaf muto and obtaining alms for tho
purpose of undergoing an operation.
At a recent meeting of the board of
directors of tho Hollenbeck Road
Grader Manufacturing company at
money under false pretenses, It being
alleged that he has been going about As far back as Juno, 1863, tho national assembly
through tho country Impersonating a authorized the president to enter into contracts
for the building of railways, and in 18C8 a con
cession was granted to a citizen of tho United
States to build a railway from Cobljl to Potosl
with a government guaranty of sovon por cont.
on the capital Invested. In addition, the conccs-
Holdregc, It was decided to offer for sion carried a grant of land ono league on each
salo tho remaining $7,000 of tho un- tide of tho line. A number of other concessions
subscribed stock of tho concern. This .wore mado In 1869,1873,1874,1877,1878 and 1879.
sum will bo used for tho purchase of in 1904 tho Bolivian national offlco of imml
now machinery and for equipping a igration and statistics issued a volumo of nearly
shop and foundry for tho moro ox- 400 pages containing tho acts, decrees and con
tensive manufacture of tho road grad- cocslons in aid of railways, covering tho years
or, their principal product. ilSSO to 1904. Every effort was mado by tho gov-
Frank Alter of Bladen, Nob., has ;ernmcnt during this period to induco capital to
been sued In tho district court of ilnvost in railway construction in tho country.
Wob3ter county by Dclovan Tlndall iPorhaps nowhero oluo In tho world woro such In
and Edward W. Babcock for $15,000 iducements held out by any country to securo tho
damagos each. These suits grow out jend sought as by Bolivia, following tho tormina
of tho fact that Altor had lost Bovoral ,tion of the war with Chile. Thoso lnducomonto
dozen chickens and accused Tlndall woro offers of land, mines, exemption from taxa
and Babcock of tho thoft. Great ex- tlon and customs duties, government guaranties,
cltomont prevailed In tho vicinity at ;financlal aid and exclusive privileges. But unfor
tho tlmo, as tho Beatrlco bloodhounds .tunately for Bolivia tho offers wero not made In
wore procured. Sheriff Hedge was tho right quarter. In Its oagorncss to socuro re
called to tho scono and qulto a largo cults, concessions wero granted to and contracts
posso in automobiles followed tho dogs mado with the most IrrespoiiBlblo parties, In
in their search. 'many cases moro advonturors without capital or
Goorgo Rolfenborry, a sign painter Unfluence. Tho not rosult was naturally to retard
of Holdrogo, whllo at work on a lad- 'rather than to help railroad construction,
dor about twonty-flvo feet abovo tho In 1904 all that Bolivia had to chow In rail
ground at Cambridge, foil, striking IwayB as a result of 40 years' legislation and In
tho ground with great forco, but 'numerable contracts wero tho Guaqul and tho
alighting on his feot. Ho was sovoro- lAntofagasta roads. Tho former gave an outlot
ly Bhakon lntornally and both anklo 'from La Paz to Lako Tlticaca, whonco passongers
woro broken. 'and freight wero tranbported across tho lako by
Ono of tho features of tho dlscuB- iboat to the Peruvian port of Puno'and thence by
Blon at tho sessions of tho Amorlcan jtho Peruvian railway to Noliondo on tho Pacific.
Brooders' osoclatlon at tho National Tho total length of tho road from Alto of La
'Corn show will be tho now co-opora- Paz to Guaqul on Lako Tlticaca was 87 kilometers
Itlvo plan of breed Improvement known (54 miles). Tho gaugo was ono meter (39.37
fas tho "circuit breeding scheme." Inches) and tho rails weighed 18 kilograms por
Under this schomo tho United States meter about 12 pounds per foot,
rdepartraont of agriculture and tho The Antofagasta, Bolivia's first rullway, had a
Minnesota experiment stations arc total mlleiyjo of 925 kllomoters (573 miles), a
'organizing a circuit for the formation gauge of 75 centimeters (29.63 Inches) and rails
'of- a strongly milking strain of the weighing 17.40 kilograms por motor, or about
'Shorthorn breed of cattle. 11 pounds per foot.
. Nebraska City schools nro ovor- . it was not until 25 years after tho outbreak of
,'crowded and another room has boen te war with Chllo and 20 years after tho signing
secured to rollovo tno situation. ;0f the agreement of April 4, 1884, wmcu marked
;tho close of that war, although It did not con-
territory lying botween Its boundary and tho
Paraguay river, and Brazil acquired Bolivia's
claim to the Aero region on tho northeast. Tho
latter territory bolng considered tho moro valu
able, Brazil stipulated to pay a cash Indemnity
of 2,000,000 sterling.
These two treaties wore of lmmcnBO conse
quence to Bolivia: flrBt, In rclloving her from
tho old railway and mining entanglements; sec
ond, in securing the construction of tho Arlca
La Paz railway; third, through tho loan of Chi
lean credit In Intornal railway construction; nnd,
fourth, In providing a cash fund of 2,300,000
with which to guarantco or to begin tho actual
construction of the trunk lines.
Following tho ratification of the troatlCB ne
gotiations wero opened with prominent European
and American capitalists and on May 19, 190G,
a contract was signed with tho Nntlonnl City
bank and Spoyer & Co., of Now York. Tho con
tract wns signed in La Paz by n representative
of tho concessionaires and additional stipulations
wero mado on May 22.
Under artlclo ill of tho contract tho conces
sionaires oblige themselves within a period of
10 years to construct tho following rnllwny sys
tems: (a) From Oruro to Vlncha, with a branch to
the river Dcsaguadoro, connecting with the Arlca
lino.
(b) From Oruro to Cochabamba.
(c) From Oruro to Potosl.
(d) From Potosl to Tuplzl, by Calsa and Cata
galta. (o) From Uyunl to Potosl.
(f) From La Pnz to Puerto Pando,
All of those ronds aro to bo ono-raoter gaugo
except tho last two mentioned, which, in tho dis
cretion of tho concessionaires, may bo of 75 cen
timeters gaugo.
Tho cost of tho railways Is estimated at 5,
500,000 sterling, including 1,200,000 allowed for
tho La Paz-Puerto Pando Hue.
Tho concessionaires nro authorized to issue
two classes of bonds first mortgago and second
mortgago, or Income bonds, Tho first mortgago
bonds, which aro a first lion, aro authorized to
tho amount of 3,700,000 sterling, boar five por
cent. Interest and aro payablo in 20 years. Tho
interest for 20 years is guaranteed by the gov
ernment of Bolivia,
A further issuo of additional first mortgago
bonds to the amount of 2,000,000 sterling is
authorized in cage tho sum of 5,500,000 proves
insufficient to build tho Hues, Theso bonds will
government. Tho socond-mortgago or
lncomo bondB run for 25 yoars, bear
llvo por cont. Interest nnd aro a sec
ond lien on tho roads.
Under nn agreomont mado In Lon
don in 1907 by tho Antofagasta and
Bolivia Railway Company, whir ,1s a
BrltlBh corporation, and Spoyer St
Co., tho Antofagasta Railway Com
pany agreed to guarantoo tho Inter
est on tho lino from Oruro to Viacha
nnd in addition to mako a payment
to tho concessionaires for a majority
of the IIiio'h Btock. This agreomont
made necessary tho law, mentioned
abovo, signed by PreBldont Montes
on Decombor 1, 1908. Tho purpose
of this agreomont Is to make tho now
lines servo ns feeders to tho Antofagasta lino in
stead of playing tho part of compotlng linos, as
would have been the caso had tho original pro
gram of construction boon carried out,
Tho Oruro to Potosl lino of tho original plan
would partly parallol tho Antofagasta lino. It la
very probablo that a complete morgor of tho ln
torc&ts of tho Antofagasta and Bolivia Railway
Company and tho American concessionaires will
bo mado,
continent, and at Alexandria, Egypt,
nnd lino tllo polso and resoryo of the
traveled woman of culture Sho dooB
not appear in socloty, and lives quietly
with hor mother In an uptown apart
ment. Miss Blech usually arrives at tho
Whlto Houso at ntno o'clock In tho
morning, and with Mrs. Taft goes over
the corrospondenco, tnkos dictation
and rocelvos such instructions as tho
wlfo of tho prosldont may havo for
hor, Hor dutloB aro not heavy, and
tho afternoon usually find tho day's
work done.
BICYCLE WITHOUT FORKS.
Paris. A novol blcyclo built with,
out forks, so that If a tire bursts or
Is punctured during a raco or a long
rido it can bo speedily changed, haa
boon Introduced in this city. It will
bo noticed in tho Illustration that in
placo of tho usual fork to keep each
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A STOUT THING
Mlsa Burden was not devoid of good aonso, but
sho had brooded over her neighbor's trcatmont of
hor until It seemed both intolerablo and lawloss. It
involved a quostlon of shares in tho prlvlloges of
a certain spring of water and of rights in a certain
path, and disagreement over thoso had led to
other differences, smnll and largo, until tho main
issuo seemed hopelessly confused. !i
Finally Miss Burden resolved to consult a law
yor, to ascertain If thoro might- nut bo comforting
rellof for her feelings In a lawsuit. When n wom
an's exasperation reaches tho point whero she la
ready to rosort to tho law, sho Is to bo drcadod,
and Mlsa Burdon wont to Lawyer Fatrman's offlco
with a long nnd spirited story of hor wrongs.
Unfortunately for her plan, those wrongs woro
rather of word than of deed, and rather of fancy
than of record, What tho neighbor wanted to do
and talked about doing, and oven what ho meant
to do at some future time, did not groatly Impress
Mr. Falrman, Ho gontly suggested to tho angry
cllont that hor mood was unjusTlflod by what bad
actually happoned and concluded his advlco with
somo words which sho nover forgot.
"Don't go to law, my dear lady, until you havo
somo facts to take with you. Law by itself Is a
poor friend; but a fact's a stout thing a fact's a
stout thing!"
Tho country lawyer's wisdom Is sound philoso
phy for every day In tho yoar. Fancy glvos birth
to n long train of children, good and bad, and they
all havo logs and arms of characteristic slender
ncsH and a giasp on lifo too gontle to bo control
ling. Set them In lino of battlo and Master Fact
will scatter them all like dry loaves for in deod
and In truth a fact Is a stout thing 1 Youth's Com
panlon.
wheel In position there 1b n single
stay on altornato aides on tho front
and back wheel. Thoy glvo a some
what insecure nppoaranco to tho ma
chine, but aro said to havo stood tho
toats well.
Tho Final Test.
"Doctor," askod tho patient,
whose eyos had boon undergoing treat
ment for a poriod of six months or
moro, "do you "think they're all right
now?"
"Yes," said tho oculist; "I think I
can assuro you, Mr. Plnchnlckol, that
;-our oyos aro cured. But thoro Is ono
moro test I should ltko to apply. Soe
If you can, road that nt a distance of
12 or 14 inches without blinking."
Whorcupon Uo laid tho bill bofora
lilm.