Nebraska, Advertiser
W. W. SANDKUS, I'koi
NEMAHA,
NEBR.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Prof von Borgmann tho
German surgeon, 1b doad.
famoui
Mark Twain hat purchased 90 acroa
of land In tho Connecticut hills and
will build a country home.
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Mayor Schmltz, under Indictment
for buodling at Snn Francisco, lived In
a $35 flat a year ago but haw Hlnco
constructed a $50,000 residence over
looking the bay. Tho furnishings
cost $30,000 more.
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Tho Frisco Is making preparations to
handle U,000 carloads of cattle from
Texas to Indian Territory pastures.
Tho movement will begin about April
1 rikI will continue through tho month.
Tho Katy will also handle hundreds of
emu
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Open opposition to President Rooko
velt'H poHcy of enforcing the collection
of grazing taxes, and tho calling of a
convention at which all the Western
states will be represented, to deter
mine tho rights of tho states to' do
velop and retain the public lands with
in tholr borders, Is the present program
of tho stockmen of Colorado.
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Mrs. Nova Clarko, who lives ten
miles north of Wlnfleld, Kansas, a
nleco of Frederick Clarko tho Jmll
player. Is tho latest heroine of that lo
callty. Saturday a 2-year-old baby foil
Into a thirty-foot woll In which waB
flvo feet of water. Mrs. Clarko slid
down tho pump stock to tho water and
hold tho llttlo one until" help camo.
Both escaped unhurt.
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Miss Roso L. Fritz, (.wo-tlme winner
f tho national champion typewriting
contest, at the Coliseum won the cham
pionship tor tho third time, winning
permanently the silver cup offered and
breaking the world's record for copying
dictation from shorthand notes. Tho
recerd she established was 2,445 words
in thirty minutes. This is 200 words
better than her last record, which was
made a year ago at the contest held at
Madiaon Square garden, Now York,
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Mrs Carrie Nation has nbaqdonod
Kansas to goj to Washington to ro
eido. "I want to got close to tho
base" sho says "Kansas Is too far
awny from the seat of tho real troub
le. The people in the East are cow
ards. They are afraid to opposo rum.
I ain't. I'm Eoing to start a crusade
ngalnst rum that will make people
everywhere sit up and take notlco.
Yes, and crgarctteB too. Cigarettes aro
just as bad an rum." Mrs. Nation has
brought hor printing press along, and
her monthly publication "Tho Hatch
t,'r will b; Issued from No. 217 D
street, N. W.
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The address of ex-Senator Burton at
his home in Abllenu,, Kaunas, after be
ing released from prison at Ironton,
Mo., has been noticed at the While
House to the extent of giving out the
letter of tho pardon clerk, in response
to Mr. Burton's statement that he lied
been offerod a pardon by the President.
The letter is as follows:
October 27. 190C.
Mr. Joseph Burton,
County Jail, Ironton, Mo.
Sir There have been received at this
department severul letters asking that
executive clemency be extended In your
behalf. Oae received this morning is
signed by R. M. dubbins and Charles
H. Raven, of CereBco, Mich.
These lotters are in proper form, and,
under the rules relating to pardon
cases, a copy of which is enclosed, con
stltute nn application for pardon, and
ordinarily would be referred to tho dla
trlct attorney and trial judgo for their
report and recommendation, and then
presented to the President for his con
slderatlon, but In as much as the let
ters aro not signed by you and there is
nothing to Indicate that they were
written at your request or oven with
your sanction, I don't think it proper
that they should be treated as applica
tions for pardon in your behalf unless
you In some way indicate that it Is
your desire that they should be treated
as such.
Respectfully,
PEYTON GORDON,
Pardon Attorney,
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A man often has to call a cop to
Mreot him to other places, but he an
wally ffad a saloon alone.
S(mc Spring Ideas Sprung by
f-H-f-M-M '
Western railroads have served nottco
on tho lnter-stato commerce commis
sion of an increase lu freight rates on
grain, coal and iron, said to be In re
taliation for tho action of state legisla
tures In cutting passenger rate3 to 2
cents. This will result in a test of the
constitutionality of the rate law. Tho
roads will endeavor to show that thev
are now unable to carry these commo
dities at a profit under the rate
which has been In effect for tho la3t
two years, and that an Increase Is nec
essary. Notice has been sent to the
commission by all trunk lines out of
Chicago that the rate on grain from
Chicago to NeV York will be Increased
after April 1 from 17 1-2 cents a hund
red pounds to 11) 1-2 cents. Coal mine
operators and shippers in Illinois have
been before the commission for two
days protesting against a proposed In-;
crease in the rate on coal, and the
Bame Is true on iron. One of the causes
ussigncd by the railroads for "the in
crease is that they find it difficult, on
account of the public agitation against
them, to borrow money with which to
make betterments, and that they can
get this money only at high rates, ad
ded cost of money, together with the
increased cost of labor and material.
and general increase of operating ex
penses leave nothing to be done but to
ncreaso freight rates. In the represcti-
ations so far made to the commission f
not a single road has taken into con
sideration the increase in Its revenues
because of the cutting off of rebates
and free transportation, a most Im
portant item, acording to the railroad
presidents who appeared before the in
terstate commerce commission of tho
Senate and House.
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An act of union, by which the Con
gregational, United Brethren and Meth
odist Protestant churches of fourtoon
states are lorced into one religious or
ganization to be known as the United
Churches, was consummated at Chica
go by a general coutereucc of delegates
from tho churches. The tlnal vote was
taken after a strenuous session In
SPRING IS HERE.
Winter Has that young lady arrlvod? Well, I'll mako It very disagree
able for her for awhile.
Our Spring Cartoonist.
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which the Methodist Protestant dele
gates from Louisiana and Mississippi
"bolted" tho conference. Tho unifica
tion of the three churches brings to
gether moro than 1,200,000 communi
cants and the new church will be about
the fifth largest Protestant church or
ganization in tho United States. Tho
secession of the Southern delegates
conies as a complete surprise. It was
brought abo.ut by R. II. M. Watson, ed
itor or the Christian Standard of Uriel,
Miss. "In no place does tho report
mention sanctiilcatlon subsequent up
on regeneration," said Mr. Watson.
"We Protestants of the South do not
care to enter Into any organization
which might take from us our old and
established creed, and this is what the
report practically does. Therefore, as
a representative of Mississippi and
Louisiana, I withdraw and refuse to
have anything to do with the union."
The polity report will now be referred
to the local and state churches, and
will also bo sent to Louisiana and Mis
sissippi in the hope that it will bo
adopted.
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Indictments charging manslaughter
In the second degree were returned at
New York city against tho New York
Central railroad, Ira A. McCormick,
general superintendent of the com
pany, and Alfred II. Smith, one of its
vice presidents, in connection with the
wreck of the Brewster express on the
Harlem division of the railroad last
month, in which twenty-three persons
were killed. McCormick and Smith en
tered pleas of not guilty and were re
leased on $10,000 ball each. Tho grand
Jury also handed up a presentment
containing many recommendations to
the state railroad commissioners con
cerning restrictions upon railroad
operation in this state.
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An eastern railroad will build
2,000 steel passenger cars at a cost
of $15,000 each, about twice the cost
of wooden cars. The total outlay
will be $30,000,000.
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During the porformanco of a wild an
imal show at the Crawford thcatro,
Wichita, Kansas, Dolly Castle, who
docs a turn with two Hons, was horri
bly mutilated by one of them. Miss
Castle was In tho cage with her Hons,
Prince artd Bob, when Prince suddenly
leaped on her, throw her, and getting
hor forearm in his mouth tore the flesh
from tho bone. Again grabbing tho !
arm he broke the bone In two place-J. i
Professor Stonewall entered the cage 1
and knocked the beast senseless with
a bar of iron. At the first leap of the j
animal the audience became panic
stricken and the house was quickly !
emptied. Tho injured woman was ,
taken to a sanitarium.
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Tho work of Improving tho Missouri
river in accordance with tho provis
ions of tho river and harbor bill pass
ed at the recent session of congress
will bo started about May 1. Tho plans
for this work havo boon submitted to
tho War department by Colonel J. B.
Qulnn at Sioux City, the engineer In
charge of the Missouri. Thoy wero ap
proved today by General Alexander
McKcnzIe, chief of engineers. Tho
river and harbor bill made available
for Missouri river work $400,000 to bo
expended as follows: Between tho
mouth of the river and Kansas City,
$1&0,000, between Kansas City and
Sioux City $150,000 and between
Sioux City and Fort Benton, Mont,
$100,000.
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The case of Harry Thaw for the mur
der of Stanford White, has been inter- '
rupted by the action of the court In ap
pointing a lunacy commission. If the
commission reports that ho Is sane and
therefore capable of advising with 1
counsel and of understanding the pro-'
ceedlngs against him, tho trial will be
resumed, but If it should be found that
he is not sane, nor capable, in a legal
sense, application will be made for his
committment to an asylum, probably
that at Matteawan for the criminal in
sane. Justice Fitzgerald's decision to ap
point a commission followed a confer
ence with the attorneys in the case to
day. The justice told counsel that he
had given the various affidavits careful
consideration, but ns they were so
widely at variance he felt that he could
not properly pass upon them. There
fore, he had decided that It would be
best to submit the entire matter to a
commission of lunacy. As Thaw's
counsel left the room after announce-'
ment of Justice Fitzgerald's decision,
one of them said: "It could not .1)6
worse." Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was weep
ing as she left the room to go to the
Tombs prison. The commission is
composed of Morgan J. O'Brien, a
former justice of the supreme court;
Peter B. Olney, a lawyer, and Dr. Leo- i
pold Pntzel. 1
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Andrew Carnegie, who Is In Wash- i
lugton for a few days, expressed tho
following opinion on the railroad I
question: "F absolutely Indorse tho
President's attitude towards the rail-
roads. Ho is tho best friend thoy have
and "thoy ought to realize it. If they do
not accept his moderate measures '
they may bo confronted by a man in .
tho White house who will approach
the question of the railroads from an '
entirely different standpoint. I re-'
gard tho President's influence as to
tho railroads as wholesome and con
servative." Mr. Carnegie lunched
with the President. "Wall street
prices are not prices nt all. 'i hey aro
'quotations,' fictitious figures which
have no more to do with the real val
ue of stocks and bonds than has day
to do with night. I do not know any
thing about Wall street quotations. I
only hear of thorn. I never read them
in the newspapers because they do
not mean anything to me. If a man
loses his all at gambling I havo no
sympathy for him. I have no sympathy
for Wall street gamblers. Men who
possess standard securities havo no
cause to worry about their value be
cause of what Wall street gamblers
say thoy are worth. There Is ono
good thing about these so-called pan
ics. They serve to stir up the patients
onough to show theloctors what Is
the matter with them."
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German observers recorded as long
ago as 1747 that a luminous emanation
of variable shapo will appear in the
dark at points on tho surface of tho
earth below which there are extensive
oro deposits. Immediately before or
during a thunder storm these phenom
ena aro said to be especially striking.
Similar observations havo more recent
ly been made in North America in the
neighborhood of ore deposits. The
electric emulation given off from the
surface of the earth has been repeat
edly ascertained photographically.
Joe Chamberlain, former premier
of England, is broken down mentally
and physically.
Mall advices 'from Toklo say that
Viscount Hayashi foreign minister ofJ
Japan, In a speech before tho Japan
ese diet, In answer to questions of
members regarding the government's
attitude concerning tho refusal of the
San Francisco authorities to admit
Japanese to the public schools said:
"In regard to tho foreign suspicions
of aggressive intentions on tho part of
Japan, these Ideas can be attrlbutod
only to great ignorance of the condi
tions in this country. The military
and naval proposals in tho budget nro
of a kind merely to restore and reor
ganize national forces, just as every
other nation Is doing . On behalf, not
only of tho government, hut also of
the nation, I beg to declare that Jap
an has no aggressive Intentions what
ever. As far as commerce is concern
ed, our policy may or may not bo con
sldered aggressive. Wo intend to push
our Interests to tho front. We havo
the right possessed by all countries
to peacefully compete with other na
tions, but we Intend to firmly adhere
to the principles of equal opportunity
and the open door in which we havo
the fullest belief.
The Welsh In America.
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The Welsh are not so numerous aa
other Northern European races in
America, but they have contributed
much to tho history of tho country.
Their Industry, morality, religious na
ture, and general doportment have al
ways made them desirable citizens.
They settled In Philadelphia in the
earliest colonial times, and another
colony in the Marlborough district of
South Carolina sent an entire com
pany under Marlon to the Revolution
ary war. Among the signers of tho
Declaration of Independence who traco
back immediately or remotely to
Welsh ancestry wero Thomas Jeffer
son, Stephen Hopkins, William Wil
liams, William Floyd, Francis Lewis,
Button Gwynett, Lewis Morris and
Robert Morris. Our presidents of
Welsh ancestry were John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison,
James Monroe,' John Quincy Adams,
William Henry Harrison, James A.
Garfield and Benjamin Harrison.
One family of Welsh origin which
has become particularly famous in the
history of American education, let
ters and statecraft Is that of Jonathan'
Edwards who was tho son of parents'
born In Wales. He was known as tho)
foremost philosophical writer of his
day. He was the third president of
tho University of New Jersey, now
known as Princeton, and of his de
scendants fourteen have been presi
dents of colleges. Ills grandson,
Aaron Burr, was vice president of tho
United States and the central figure
in the most dramatic incident of the
early days of the republic Winston
Churchill, the American author, Is an
other of Jonathan Edwards' descend
ants, as Is also Mrs. Theodore Roose
velt. Three presidents of Yalo wero
in a direct line from tho head of this
family and Nicholas Murray Butler of
Columbia University, is another of
thorn who ranks among tho leading
educators of the nation.
Chief Justices Marshall and Taney
had Welsh ancestors, and Lewis, of
the famous Lowls and Clark expedl
tlon, came of good Welsh stock. Capt.
Jones, commander of the Mayflower,
was a proud member of this race.
The Welsh also claim Anthony Morris
first mayor of Philadelphia and Thom
as Lloyd, first governor of Pennsyl
vania. They are not so clannish a peo
ple as other imported Americans,
though they havo many societies for
benevolent and historical work, the
oldest of these being the Welsh So
ciety of Philadelphia, which was
founded in 1800. Tho Welsh havo a
legendary claim of early settlement
of Amorica dating back as far as 1170
when one Madawg ap Owaln Gwynedd
crossed the ocean with ten ships. The
authenticity of the claim is shaken,
however, by the fact that nothing was
ever hoard of the adventurer and his
colony after they left tho shores of
Wales.
Mrs. Boyce What is meant by leral
tender?
Mr. Boyce -Havon't you heard of
lawyers striking a soft snap.
A good book purifies at once our
manners, bur taste, and our morals,