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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1908)
NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered From all Parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Ben efit of Our Readers. Congressional. Senators Long and Curtis are on deavoring to amend the public build ing bill In order to get more money for building In various Kansas cities. Representative Crumpacker of Indi ana has been appointed on the house ways and means committee to suc ceed Representative Watson, resigned. The senate has made the postal sav ings hank bill the special order for December 14 next. The senate has passed the postotllce appropriation bill carrying amounts aggregating $22!),01i7,307. The house has passed a bill provid ing for the protection of owners of United Stales patents appropriated by the government. Claims for damages ran be filed with the court of claims. Senator Foraker has abandoned his effort to secure consideration at this session of his bill reinstating negro troops discharged from service for complicity In the Hrownsville affair. Senator Tillman occupied his old seat In the senate for a short time the other day. The senate lias passed the sundry civil appropriation bill without ma terial amendment. The Vreeland currency bill passed the house by a vote of 184 to 145. The house committee on public lands has favorably reported a bill allotlng hi the state of Wyoming 1,000,000 acres of land to be subject to reclamation. The senate has passed a bill estab lishing the Glacier National park west of the summit of the Rocky moun tains and south of the International J boundary line in Montana, comprising 1,000,000 acres, The senate has passed the bill appro priating ?50,000 for a memorial to Abraham Lincoln on the site of the Lincoln birthplace in Kentucky. The Vreeland financial bill as passed by the house was amended In the senate by substituting tho Aldrlch measure and then passed by a vote of 47 to 20. The bill now goes to confer ence. The house has passed the omnibus public building bill. It carries iv to tal of $2:5,100,000. Miscellaneous The Allegheny National bank of l'ittsburg. Pa., whose former cashier. William Montgomery, is in jail charged with misappropriating r,4 0U0 of the , nana a ii.nus, nas uuuu . der of the comptroller of the cur-1 I011cy' r,, ,, . ,. , I uepuiy anerm ruwiiei ui N. At., nas ueen arresiea m connip tion with the robbery or tho Wells Fargo Express company of $!!5,000 at French recently. The automobile endurance race from Kansas City to Lawrence, and Ottawa, Kan., and return Saturday ro suite! in perfect scores for 17 of tho 2S cars which participated. Private William Buwalda is to be court-martialed at San Francisco for attending a meeting addressed by an archists and applauding attacks by the speaker against the government ami particulary against the army and navy. A movement Is under way at tho Methodist general conference at Balti more to bring tho church In closer touch with the laboring people. A total of 11 watches have been found in the ruins of the Gunness home near La Porto, Ind. At the second day's session of the conference of governors at the White House, Gov. Johnson of Minnesota presided in the morning and Gov. Do-, neen of Illinois, in the afternoon. The Reserve Trust company of i Cleveland, has made an assignment. The liabilities are $2,700,000. The next national convention of the Kivers and Harbors congress will be held in Washington, December 0, 10 and 11 next. The National Association of Retail Grocers will meet next year in Port laud, Ore. Assistant Postmaster General De draw has ruled that all packages to be sent by rural route carriers outside the malls must be presented to the postoflice for Inspection. As a prelude to the conference for the conservation of natural resources or tho country the president gave a dinner to which tho chief executives of the various states wore invited as woll as the judges of the suprome court and sovoral other prominent per sons. All tho delegates to the Republican national convention have now been elected. Secretary Taft's managers claim that 700 will vote for their can didate in the first ballot. Four persons were killed and sev eral Injured by a tornado iu Chat taigne, La., the other day. President Roosevelt addressed a large gathering of Methodists at tho American university at Washington re cently on "Good Citizenship." (Jov. Haskell of Oklahoma has ve toed the bill for the regulation ot trusts and monopolies. .Midshipman Arthur L. Lucas of Cleveland, O.. one of the graduating class of tho naval academy, was drowned recently at Annapolis, Mil. Twenty-seven deaths from cholera have occurred recently In one British regiment stationed in India. A case of the government against the Standard Oil company is being tried at Rochester, N. Y., in which the company Is charged with receiving iv butt's. The company is indicted on f;! counts. The White House conference of gov ernors ended In a blaze of enthusiasm. The declarations adopted, while broad In scope make no speclllc recommenda tions for legislation. A resolution was adopted thanking President Roosevelt for calling tho conference. An agree ment was also reached to arrange for a meeting of the governors next year The right of President Roosevelt to dismiss the negro soldiers concerned In the Hrownsville affair from tho army has been sustained in the federal court at New York. Delegates from 50 commercial and shippers' associations of the east and middle west met in Chicago recently to discuss means to prevent the pro posed lncreaso In railroad freight rates. The epoch-making conference of tho governors of the various states with the president and other distinguished participants began promptly as sched uled at the White House In Wnshln ton. President. Roosevelt called the first session to order and delivered an address explaining tho objects of tho meeting, the conservation of the nat ural resources of the country. The movement of gold from the United States to Europe has resumed. A call has been Issued for the first national good roads congross to meet In Chicago on June 15 and in Denver My fi( tlR) (,.,y before tlie opeIllnB of Ul(, Republican and Democratic mi- tional conventions. The Minnesota Democrats in state convention formally indorsed Gov. Johnson as their candidate for presi dent. They refused to declare for W. J. IJryan for second choice. Three bandits robbed the Santa Fo station at French, N. M., and succeed ed In escaping with $U5,000 in cash. The money was Intended to pay the miners at Dawson. The strike of the street car men In Piltsburg, Pa., has been settled by arbitration, the men accepting a re duction of one cent an hour in wages. E. G. Lewis has been acquitted at St. Louis of the charge of using the mails, to defraud In connection with It0,,'StteH ban k tho organization of the People a Monj Umn ft foot ()(. snoW lt, ;lt Laramki Wy0 ( tne oUlCM. (lav Tho supreme court of Missouri has docl(letl tnat a fraternal association cannot Issue life Insurance policies un der the non-forfeiture law of tho state. A tornado originated in tho vicinity of Omaha, Neb., and moved south do ing much damage to towns and farm property. At least 12 persons were killed and others Injured. The 747 state banks of Kansas re port to the state bank commission de posits of $1,000,000 more than one year ago and $11,500,000 in excess of the amount reported in December. An accident bulletin issued by the interstate commerce commission for the quarter ending December 31, last; shows the railroads killed 1,002 and in jured 10,!1G0 persons. The armored cruiser Maryland was the trophy winner In the recent target practice at Magdalona bay. The Socialists have nominated Eu gene V. Debs of Indiana as their cam didate for president. Personal Secretary of War Tail has relumed to Washington from Panama. Julius C. Burrows of Michigan has ! been chosen as temporary chairman I of the Republican national convention. i Most Rev. Peter Bourgade, arch bishop of Santa Fe, died recently in a Chicago hospital. E. B. Cowglll has resigned as presl ! dent of the Kansas Stato Temperance union. He will be succeeded by .1. K Codding. George Eade, Jr., gunoral western passenger agent of the Lehigh Valley railroad Is dead at his home in Chi cago. The wedding of Miss Jean Reid daughter of tho American ambassador to Great Britain, will take place in St. James palace, Loudon, on June 2.'i next Rev. Charles S. Mills, of Missouri has neon elected president of the Con gregatloual Homo Missionary society In his address at tho White Hous conference Andrew Carnegie declarer that the coal supply of the country would be exhausted In 200 years am that the supply of iron would last only 100 years longer. Ignatius Hor.stmau, D. D Catholic bishop of the Cleveland, O., diocese Is dead at Cantou. LAST OF BIG BILLS. House Clears Decks In the Way of Appropriations. The passage by the house of the general dellclency appropriation bill, carrying an appropriation of 17,:!(5S, 572, marked the completion by that, body of the last, of the great supply measures of thy government. The bill was put through under suspension of the rules, with no time allowance for general debate. Several meas ures were passed by unanimous con sent, Including a joint resolution pin vidlng tor the payment or an annuity for life of $12U month each of the widows of Surgeons .lames Carroll and Jesse Luzear. 1'nl.tcd States army, In recognition of their dis coveries In connection with (he tinns mission of yellow level by mos quitoes. The house under suspension of the rules passed a bill allowing the state of Idaho to reclaim 1,000.000 acre, of laud belonging to the public domain A bill appropriating $5,000,000 for the enlargement of the capltol giouuds and to provide a site for a monument or monumental memorial to Alrnunni Llncolu -and a dlgnltb'd mid adequate approach to the capltol building, was Introduced In the house by Mr. Me Call, chairman of the committee on library. One million of the five mil lion carried In the bill Is to be ex pended under its terms in the erec tion of a Lincoln monument. CUTS THROAT OF HIS WIFE, Mtthodist Minister Murders While Temporarily Insane. IVinpornrily Insane, according to lis own statement, the Rev. S. A. Coffman, aged 50 years, a prominent Methodist Eniseonal clergyman of losstown, W. Va., killed his wife early Monday by cutting her throat from enr to ear. A moment alter tne crime, he says, he regained his senses and realized what he had done. He immediately surrendered llmself and wns locked up. During the past week or two Rev Mr. Coffman has boon conducting a series of revival servicer!. Sunday he finished his revival and appeared woll pleased with the result. About mid night he and Ills wife were discussing the services when he suddenly seized a poker and began striking her on the had. There was u struggle, during which Mrs. Coffman succeeded in es caping from tho house to a garden In the rear. She was followed closely, however, by her husband. When he ad his wife powerless In his grasp he cut her throat from ear to ear, causing Instant death. According to statement made by the R' Mr. Coffman, when he looked on the life less body of his wife his sanity was mmedlately restored and he realized what ho had done. BODY IS FOUND IN A CANAL. Remains of Miss Bertha Vanderbilt Recovered. The body of Miss Bertha Vander bilt, tho assistant in the library of Princoton( N. J.) university, who dis appeared Wednesday afternoon, was found Moating in the Raritau canal. The body was found by two boy campers who live In Trenton, N. J.. while they were rowing up the canal. Although parts of the girl's clothing nre missing, there nppnircd to be no signs of foul play. A few scat of a slight character which may base boon received during the five days the body had rolled along tht! bed of the stream were found on the face and forehead. Miss Vanderbilt wa last seen about five o'clock Wednesday afternoon at tho Carnegie lake aqueduct and it Is supposed that she was drowned In an attempt to ford the stream which flows under the canal. Miss Van lor hilt's parents live in Amsterdam, N. Y. INJURIES MAKE A MUTE TALK. An Oklahoma Man Hadn't Spoken for Years TIM a Train Hit Him. George Berry, a deaf mute who was struck and run ovei by a Katy train at Shawnee, Okla., Friday and dan gerously Injured, astonished his rela tives later by speaking distinctly, lie will recover from his injuries. Berry's leg was broken in six places and his head was badly Injured, but his skull was not fractured. Emerging from twenty horns' un consciousness in opened his eyes and created excitement by speaking plain ly: "Give mo water." This was the th st intelligible utterance bo has mndo since childhood. Physicians regard tin case as most remarkuble. Berry is still dear. Texas Law is Illegal. In deciding the case of the Galves ton fc San Antonio Railway Company versus the Stale of Texas, involving taxes on tnat and other Texas roads, the supreme court of the United States held to be unconstitutional the Texas law or 1005 fixing the tux rate on railroads equal to one per cent of their gross earnings when I hoy Ho wholly within the stale and a pro portionate sum when they lie partly within the s'ale. ROUND THE CAPITAL Iiifonnttllou nnd Gossip Picked Up Hera nncl There lit Washington. Attorney General E duo a WASHINGTON. - Attorney-General Charles J. Bonaparte is an Ameri can who never has passed out of tho dominion of Uncle Sam and who has registered a vow never to do so. When Mr. Bonaparte accepted a po sition In President Roosevelt's cabi net he made known this limitation on his usefulness and took the place only on condition that his official duties should never oblige him to leave tho United States. Just why the attorney general has determined never to visit an alien land no one can say positive ly, though it Is easily surmised that ho makes this protest against the way In which his maternal grandmother was treated by tho great Corsiean. During the lifetime of the elder brother, Col. Jerome Bonaparte, Charles Bonaparte frequently was invited to Paris by tho head of tho family, then In his prime, Napoleon III., but he always disdained to notice the invitation to Join a family circle which frowned on Ameri can altillations. Senator's Neck Broken 35 Years Ago SENATOR MONEY or Mississippi has lived 35 years with a broken neck and did not know It until tho other Cay. Not until ho went to a physician for treatment for neuralgia, from which he suffered for years, did ho learn of his real condition. At. (lie first, battle of Franklin, in April, ISO!!, Mr. Money was a cavalry man In the confederate service. While riding through the streets he was struck by a bullet that circled around his ribs, doing no other In jury. The shock was such that Mr. Mouoy was thrown from his horse and struck on his head. Being help less he was captured and taken with in the federal lines, lie did not. ask for hospital troatmeut, was exchanged later, rejoined his troop and fought until the war closed. Years passed and air. .Money on-1 LaFollette's Wife a IT is quite the ordinary thing to say that, tho wife of a politician Is his advisor. The politician likes to have it said, for there is a sort of sentiment which attaches to It which appeals to tho people. The statement Is not. al ways true, but In the case of Senator and Mrs. LaFollotte of Wisconsin it Is, for Mrs. LaFollotte is a keen Judge of conditions. The wife the senior senator from tho Badger state met the mau who be came her husband at the University of Famous Battle of A MERRY echo of tho shot which opened the but lip of Manila Bay was heard at the Raleigh hotel the other evening when Admiral Dewey and many of his officers gathered to celebrate with a banquet the tenth an niversary of the famous light. The ad miral cut a large "victory" cake as calmly as ho cut the cable a decade ago and tho corks popped not so loud ly, but as continuously as tho guns popped at tho Spanish fleet and with happier results. Not art th! oltlcors who won dis tinction at Manila was at the gather ing. Grldley, who fired when he was ready, and several others have an swered the salute of death, and a uumber are scattered around luu Is a Stay-at-Home Mrs. Bonaparte has been a sufferer from a peculiar digestive trouble for many years, and she frequently has been ordered to tho Gorman spas for treatment. Mr. Bonaparto has urged her to go, but has refused to be per suaded Into accompanying her. As she Is a devoted wife of tho old-fashioned type who would not appreciate a sojourn In Europe without nor hus band, Mrs. Bonaparto has boon com pelled to get what aid she could at American springs. All the world knows how koenly disappointed the Indomitable Eliza beth Patterson was when her only son decided to marry an American, Miss Williams of Baltimore, when she had chosen his princely cousin Charlottn Bonaparte for his consort. Rumor has It that Miss Williams, afterward moth er of tht! present attorney-general of the United States, had reason to know of her august, mothor-in-law's senti ments regarding her. Charles Bona parte emphasizes the fact that he at least of the American branch of tho great Corslcan's family Is proud of being the only American, and ho is so deep-dyed in his love of hlH native country that ho will not. leave her soil ovon for a brief visit. tered the senate. Neuralgia had taken a firm hold of him and his eyesight hud grown so bad as to approximate blindness. He was advised to try osteopathy. Ho went, to New York, accompanied by his son. Almost, thu doctor's first remark was: "Why, senator, you have had your neck broken. 1 would say you worn thrown from a horse and sustained tho broken neck." "That Is just, exactly what did hap pen," replied Senator Money, recall ing tho Injury at. Franklin. "I can cure your neck," said tho physician; "It will require but a mo ment's time." The osteopath laid the senator on a table, took hold of the misplaced vertebra with both hands and put it Into proper position. Tht! physician told Senator Money that he must take precautions until the weakened muscles regained thoir normal strength, He was cautioned not to turn his head in looking at anything, but to move his ontlro body. These instructions wore observed and the neck npparontly became as strong as It. was ;t5 years before the opera tion. Real Help to Him Wisconsin. Shu was Miss Belle Cane, nnd hor Intellectual attainments first attracted Mr. LaFollette. A story told of their student days Is aa follows: "Mr. LaFollette's groat gift wuh that of oratory. He tried for all tho prizes in sight, aud had tho air of a man who thought ho could win. Miss Case had some oratorical talents ot her own, and began to cultivate them early anil lute. She won In the ond, for tho special prize for oratory at graduation came to her and not to thtt man who later became hwr husband." It. was not long, however, before the would-be winner of the prize won the winner, and they were married short ly after their graduation from the uni versity iu 1870. Mrs. LuFollette Is very domestic, aud the social life at Washington ban little or no attraction for her. Manila Bay Recalled world on active duty, but enough wer In Washington to make the reunion a striking one. Chief among these present was Ad' mlral Dewey. Another noted figure was Rear Admiral Coglilan, who won much fame at Manila and more in the "Hoch der Kaiser" Incident. Other rear admirals who attended were Lamborton. Walker nnd Ford. With them were Medical Director Wise, Pay Director Gait, Representative Loud of Michigan, who was assistant paymas ter on tho McCullough: Lieutenant Commanders Brady, Bodderlch, Prlco, Irwin, Scott, Kavanngh, Butler aud Doddridge; Col. Berryman, U. S. M. C, and Pay Inspectors Martin and Price. When ho entered tho harbor of Ma nila Dewey's Meet consisted of his flag ship, tho Olympla, commanded by Capt. C. V. Grldley; the Baltimore, Capt. N. M. Dyer; tho Raleigh, Capt. J. B. Coghlan; the Boston, Capt. F. Wilder; the small cruher Concord. Commander A. Walker; tho gunboat Petrol, Commander E. F. Woody, and the revenue cutter Hugh McOullock.