NEBRASKA NEWS
MR. AND MRS. ISAAC WALDEN
WRITE TO GOVERNOR.
PRAISE SCHOOL FOR BLIND
Have a Child Therein and Are Thank
ful for tho Way In Which the
8tate Take Care of tiie Little
One Other State Ncv3.
Like un oasis in u .loirt of anony
liioim lultei-K finding In 11 1 1 vith state
Institution Ih tho outapnken missive
of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wuldon to
Governor Sheldon giving thanks for
fho good done by the state school for
tho blind at Nobraska City. Tho fol
lowing lcttor directed to Hio governor
muy bo taken a a Thanksgiving
offering from two grateful parents to
the people or Nebraska who pay th'j
expensea of maintaining state instl
lutloim: Carroll, Nob., November 18, 1 107.
Hon. George L. Sholdqn, Governor of
Nebraska. Dear Sir: Ao Thanksgiv
ing dniWH nigh wo all stop to think
what wo have to be thankful for. our
llttlo girl, our only child, eight yours
old Ih blind. By kind friendH' udvleo
wo Bont hor to tho Htittf school for tho
Jbllnd at Nebraska City. After visit
ing that .wonderful iiiBlltution and
Hoeing tho great headway our child
niakoH in learning, we stop to marvel
at our iuconstauoy to our Great
Maker. We fool that we have a groat
deal to bo lhankrul for, Tho people
of llilu state cannot appreciate the
wondorful good such an Institution hi
doing for them until they are brought
faco to face with a terrible allllction.
Thou anothor thing to he thankful
for Ib that our child Ih under tho caro
of. such good Christian people as Mr.
and Mrs. Morey. I visit there fre
quently and know they "have the stu
dents' Interests at. heart. They treat
them all aa If they were their own.
The children aro well provided for In
the way of food and beds. I shall
certainly recommond It to people, who
have blind children and aro afraid to
Bond thorn away from 7iome among
strangers. Accept this note us a
thanks orforing from two grateful par
ents. RespoctfulV,
MH. and MRS. ISAAC WALD10N.
State Must Pay In January.
Remittances Troni counties Is In
creasing and in a short time lt Is be
lieved the treasury will be in good
condition to meet tho somi-annual
school apportionment. This fund now
mountu to $255,327 and collections
will not ceauo until in 'the early part
of Decomber. The state troasuror
must than certify to the state super
intendent tho amount available for the
apportionment. Last your $25 1,000
was apportioned In December. Tho
state auditor drawB warrants lator
and receipts aro sent to the various
counties to bo returned and signed
and when theso are returned the war
rants are sent to tho counties. All
this will require until tho first of tho
year and by that time It is believed
the financial situation will be normal.
Truant Law In Force.
The Plattsmouth truant authorities
lmvo been putting forth every effort
during tho past six weeks to onforco
the compulsory school attendance law,
and they now feel that thero are few,
If any, children of school ago who are
not in attendance. An amusing inci
dent occurred on the streets the other
morning, when tho truant officers
rounded up a fourteen-year-old lad
who was leisurely riding about on a
dollvory wagon with his thoughts far
from educational subjects. Ho wos
compellod to alight, reouostod to un
home and report at Superintendent
uambies office at tho opening of tho
auernoon session. He ronoitmi nn.
has Blnce been faithfully attending
MGQOOI.
Roller Skating dt Tecumseh.
The rollor skating craze has broken
win. uew in Tecumseh. Two young
men from Omaha opened a rink n.i
It seems as though some one is gliding
about on the wheels most any hour
or uie day. The club ladles lmvo
caught tho craze and havo private
parueB on certain afternoons. Other
viuun uava- ueon lorraod and tho
rinic la rented on certain evenings.
Pawed Bogus' Money.
The two men taken to Geneva from
Wahoo on a charge of passing bad
currency, pleaded guilty in Judge
King's court Saturday,-and woro fined
$75 aach and costs amounting to about
f 60. lu default of payment they wll
aarva a term in Jail. The men are
wanted In two or three other places
for similar offenses.
MILK DEALERS PROSECUTED.
Thirteen Before Court at Omaha on.
Charge of Violations.
Thirteen restaurant keepers, charged
with selling milk containing less than
3 per cent butter fat, were on trial
In police court, Omaha. Eleven of
the defendants testified that they did
i.ol sell the milk from which the urate
food Inspector had token the sample",
merely throwing II in free with a
lunch. The other two defendants wore
defended by a creamery company
from which they bought, all of their
creamery products fn these eases
the chief contention Is over tho
validity of the guaranty given by tho
creamery company. Roth sides argued
the pure food law wis loosely "drawn.
Further arguments are set for Friday,
Railroads Pay Taxes.
Tho counlloB of York and Sherman
hnvo remitted taxes to the state treas
urer, Including considerable railroad
tax. York county remitted $10,000 and
Sherman $5,'M8. in neither ease did
the railroad company pay under pro
test, so it Is reported -at the state
house. In the county of Lancaster the
Murlington road paid without protest
ing. Last summer when the state
board fixed the valuation or railroad
for UHHt'tfsmenls It was reported that
all tlie principal roads Intended to ap
peal to the courts, but in the mean
time would pay their taxes without
resorting to' injunction proceedings.
The roods asked tho state board to
make a certain record to enable them
to uppeul. This the board refused to
do, and the roads' Instituted a man
damus suit against tho board to ob
tain the desired record. This suit Is
still pending In the supreme court. As
the roads are paying taxes without
protest, It Is taken for granted that
no appeal will bo taken from the levy
of this year, but. If the desired record
Is obtained from the slate board an
appeal will bo taken next year.
Bids Exceed Appropriation.
Five, bids for the construction of
three buildings at tho Norfolk asylum
were opened by the board of pub
lic lunds and buildings, but the fig
ures wore not made public and no
action was taken pending an effort
to get fho contractors to substitute
certain material In" order to bring the
cost within tho appropriation. The
lowest bid was said to bo $97,000, not
Including heat and light, while the ap
propriation available is $87,000. As
some of the bidders put in figures for
different kinds of material an effort
wlfl be made to get them to bid on the
same kind of material In the hope thut
the cost will ho reduced. Hriek may
be substituted for stone In the pro-
posed $00,000 wing. Dr. Young, super
ntondent of the Institution, attended
tho meeting of tho board.. A store
louse and a cottage for patients are
to be built besides tho "wing." The
attor is really a separate building, and
a to be fireproof.
Ignores Mileage Book Lav.
The Rock Island, railroad i has been
reported as having failed to observe
tho Knowles law passed by the last
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uimiiuiiu, ii rcqiuiun lu.iuo m nun
,000 mileage books for $20, good In
tho hands of any one and for fares
imlted onlv bv tho amount of mile-
ago In the book,, good for use any
time within two. years aftoi purchase.
Chief Clerk Maggl of the governor's
office called at tho city ticket office
n Lincoln Thursday and osked for
ono of tho books. He was told that
tho company did not have any ex
cept tho old style. It Is said tha
company will have tho now books
December 15. Home other roads in
this state aro said to bo ignoring the
Knowles law in that tholr mileage
books aro good for ono year instead
of two years.
Girl Decides Election Tie.
At tho recent election it becamo
dlllloult to sottlo on who should ho
road ovorscer for London and Brown
vlllo products, Nemnlm county, each
having a candidate. 'London gave
tho republican candidate, George
Sandors, olghteon majority, while
Brownville gave the democrat, J. V.
Bolce, eighteen. Tho nnmes of tho
rival candidates wero written on
slips of paper and placed in a book
and Miss Grace Klocknor, who as
sists in tho county clerk's office, was
permittod to draw one of tho slips
to decide who should bo overseer. Mi
Bolco was tho lucky man and a cor
tlflcato of election was Issued to him.
by County Clerk Tearo.
Johnson County Land High.
It would seem that farms In John
son county had about reached the
highest prices they will over go to,
but Increased prices aro weekly re
ported. Last week Mrs. J. M. Osgood,
who lives nino miles southeast of Te
cumseh, sold hor woll-lmproved quar
ter section of land to hor neighbor,
Richard Ottorman, for $10,0Q0. Mrs.
Osgood will not leave tho farm, hor
family having lived on the place In
question for thlrty-flvo years.
rHE FOND PARENT "THE KID'S ALL RIGHT; TAKE SOME YOURSELF."
A MONARCH OF THE SEAS
The Largest Steamer Afloat Carried
$12,500,000 in Gold.
First Voyage of Mauretanla Was
Made Under Difficulties Size
of the Great Liner.
Now York. Poking her nose
through a dense curtain of fog that hid
the coast, her topmasts lost from deck
view in tho enveloping shroud, tho big
gest, the most luxurious ship over
launched on any sea, finished in safe
ty her bridal voyage when at 11:03
o'clock a. m. Friday the Cunard line
steamship Mauretanla came to anchor
off the Sandy Hook Lightship, live
days, five hours and ten minutes from
Queenstown.
Bearing a fortune of $12,500,000 in
gold for the money markets of the
West, she fought hor way through
3,000 miles of storm swept ocean, bat
tling overy mile of the course to meet
and defeat the world's trans-Atlantic
speed record of four days, 18 hours
and 40 minutes, created and held by
her sister ship, the Lusitanla. Head
winds and tumultuous cross seas baf
fled the attempt, yet the Mauretanla
won tho coveted right to fly one "blue
ribbon" at her peak. On Thursday
November 21. Captain Prltchurd drove
tho huge ship 024 knots (071 miles)
by tho favor of a shift in tho wind to
north-northeadt six knots better
than the bear, day's run of the Lusi
tanla and smashing all records of
marine.
The average speed for the passago
was 22.21 knots, or 23.80 miles an
hour, Iler averago speed on her rec
ord day run of 621 knots was 25.83
miles an hour. Her poorest day's
average was 20.81 miles an hour from
noon of November 18 to noon of tho 19.
Captain Pritchard believes that In
a fair weather passage he can boat
tho Lusitanla from coast to coast.
Tho Mauretanla Is 702 feet in
length over all two feet longer than
tho Lusitauia; has a beam of 8S feet;
a depth of hold of 8 feet; is 155 feet
high from keel to funnel tops and 210
feet from keol to masthead; draws
37 feet 0 Inches of water (mean esti
mate) ; has a tonnage displacement of
45,000; an indicated horse power of
70,000; was launched on the Tyne,
England), September 20, 1900; car
ries a crow of S00 odd officers and
men; has accommodations for 550 pas
sengers In tho first class cabins; 500
in tho second class, and 1,300 in the
steorago and cost approximately
$7,500,000.
Tho $ 12,500,000 gold brought by tho
Mauretanla Is said to bo the largest
consignment of specie ever carrlod by
a ship. It was convoyed to tho ves-
sol at Qutjenstown In six specially
guarded cars.
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A Corn Caused Death.
St. LoulL Mo. Blood poisoning i
suiting fnjm having trimmed a corn
and applldJ a corn plaster two weeks
ago, caused tho death Tuesday of Mrs.
Bonjamlfy Kimball at her hoipo horo.
Sho was it)5 years old and was the
daughtor of Moxlcan General Fornan
do Lopez.' Mrs. Kimball was promi
nent in society.
He Invites the Governor.
Washington. President Roosovolt
has Invited tho governors c4 the states
and territories to meet him at tho
White hoiuo May 13, 14 and 15, noxt,
to dlscuia tho question of means to
conserve tho natural resources of tho
' country.
MR. BRYAN'S SOLUTION.
Would Have Government Guarantee
Deposits in All National Banks
and ThU6 Insure Safety.
Washington. In an interview Thurs
day V. J. Bryan said: "The adminis
tration Is prepared, so we are in
formed, to recommend a postal sav
ings bank. While this would doubt
less encourage deposits and while
those deposits could In turn be handed
over to the .banks, It does not furnish
complete relief, because the plan as
presented limits deposits and does not
contemplate the opening of circulation
accounts. The business community
therefore cannot use the posjtal sav
ings banks to any great extent, and
besides it would take some time to
Inaugurate a postal savings system
and secure the necessary number of
employes to make the plan effective
throughout tho country. I believe it
is possible for tho government to give
immediate relief by an act of congress
providing for the guarantee by tho
government .f all deposits in all na
tional banks, the banks thus guaran
teed to agree to reimburse tho gov
ernment, for any losses incurred and
to make this reimbursement In pro
portion to their deposits. Tho advant
age of this plan is: ''First, that every
depositor In such guaranteed bank will
feel secure.
"Second, the expon.se of it will bo
paid by the banks which get tho bene
fit of It and this expense will be small
compared with tho benefit gained.
"Third, it can be put into effect im
mediately, thus restoring confidenco
and enable business to be resumed.."
Foreigners Going Home.
New York. Serious freight conges
tion threatens all foreign shippers be-
causa of tho unprecedented homeward
rush of foreigners. The eastward
bound steerage travol during tho past
six weeks has been unparalled and the
demand for accommodations has been
so great thrt bookings have been
closed weeks in advance of sailings.
The eastward-bound steerage or third
class travel from January 1 to Novem
ber 15, 1907, 's already 110,000 in ex
cess of what 't was for the samo
period of 190G.
Their Occupation Gone.
Chicago. Officials of western rail
roads at a conference in this city
Thursday decided to dissolve the
Western Passenger agreement after
January 1 and to disband tho Western
Passenger committee. The committee
was formerly an organization of much
importance in the railroad world, Its
chief function being to regulate the
giving of free transportation to ship
pers. The operation of the Hepburn
law, however, rendered it unnecessary
to longer maintain tho organization.
Lewis Jury Disagrees.
St. Louis, Mo. After having been
in session over 22 hours, tho jury in
the case of Edward G. Lewis, charged
with misusing the malls, In connection
with the People's United States bank,
reported to Judge Garland in the
United States District court shortly
after 3 o'clock Friday afternoon that
tho members wore unable to agree.
The judge then discharged tho jury.
They stood soven for conviction and
five for acquittal.
Nebraskans to Give Thanks.
Lincoln, Nob. Gov. Sheldon, in his
Thanksgiving proclamation Tuesday
uocmreu umi prosperity in Nebraska
had been unparalleled, n
trios and rural expansion, he declared
ill . ...
cniieu lor puuiic gratitude and thanks'
giving.
ATTEMPTSTO kill
DISMISSED KANSAS CITY EDITOR
SHOOTS WITH EFFECT.
SAYS HE WAS BEING ROBBED
Theatrical Manager O. D. Woodward"
Badly Wounded, and Managing
Editor H. J. Groves Is
Slightly Hurt.
A Kansas City, November 23, dls
patch says: General Richard C. Horn,
editorial writer on the Kansas City
Post, today shot and seriously
wounded O. D. Woodward, president of
the company that publishes the paper,
and then shot If.. J. Groves, managing
editor. "Woodward was shot three
times, twice In the right arm, one bul
let passing through and breaking tho
bone, and Oncovin the right side, the'
bullet shattering a rib and falling out
of the' wound. Groves sustained a
flesh wound In the right hip.
The shooting took place In tho edb
torial rooms of the Post. Horn; who
Is a stockholder In tho paper and one
of Its founders, was discharged laBt.
night, the cause assigned being tho
business depression. Tills morning
Horn bought a pistol, went to the of
fice, and when Woodward, appeared,.
Horn, raising the pistol, exclaimed:
"No man can rob me," and began to
shoot. Woodward fell,, and Groves,,
who- was In the room,, tried tc escape
and was shot while, running. Horn
went to the street and surrendered: to
a policeman. Woodward is widely
known as a theatrical manager and
controls two theatres here, one In
Omaha and ono In Sioux City.
Horn, who was a brigadier general
on Governor Stone's staff, has been
prominent in Missouri state politics for
many years and formerly published a '
newspaper at Marshall. He has been
president of the board of managers
of the Fulton asylum and chief statis
tician of the state bureau of labor.
At tho police sUtlon Horn justified
his action, -saying his whole fortune
was invested in the pnper and he con
sidered that, he was being Tobbed.
Horn Is being held at the city jail
with no charge filed against him,
Grove3, who was shot in the fleshy
part of the hip, is in a serious condi
tion tonight. The surgeons fear blood
poisoning may result from tho fact
that tho bullet carried with it into the
wound particles of foreign matter
from the cloth of his suit. Owing to
tho nervous condition of the patient
the surgeons will make no effort-until
tomorrow to remove the bullet, which
Is lodged In the muscles of the back.
Friends of General Horn - tonight
said that the shooting resulted from
tho threatening manner assumed by
Woodward and Groves when they en
tered Horn's presence. These friends
say that Groves and Woodward
Horn with abuse and threatened him
with violence before he used his pistol.
MANY NEW PLANS'.
Schemes for-Flnancial Relief.' Are Be.
ing Submitted.
DetailB of many new projects for
improving the currency are being sub
mitted to the president and Secretary
Cortelyou and aro receiving such at
tention as tho other exigencies of. the
financial situation permit Measures
relating directly to the currency
which are being discussed among
bankers and incoming members, of
congress may bo roughly grouped
under four heads: A central hank of
Issue; a central organization of" the
existing national bank; the issuO of
additional circulation against various
classes of bonds other than United
States bonds,, and the issue of circu
lation upon general assets with the
security of a guaranty fund. The pro
juct of a central, bank based upon the
general outlines of the bank of France
or tho Imperial bank of Germany, has
apparently been attracting more at
tention of lato .than at any previous
time In recent years. Senator Hans
brough or North Dakota, who Is a
member of the finance commission,
has announced that ho wll introduce a
bill for such an institution.
Rockefeller Adds to Gift.
Tho board of directors of the Rocke
feller Institute for medical research of
Now York havo announced an ad
ditional gift from John D. Rockefeller
of $2,000,000. Tho money is to form
an endowment fund, the proceeds of
which may be used in any way the di
rectors see fit.
Russia Pays Japan.
Russia has wipod out the balance of
her indebtedness to Japan arising
from tho war, tho Russian embassy
Saturday handing over to tho embas
sy or Japan a check for $21,302,200.
This represents tho balaucu duo Jap
an for the maintenance of tho Russian
prisoners.