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'basis without which that civilization cannot exist. We must show' fore sight, we must look ahead. For the last few years, through several agencies, the government has been endeavoring to get our people to look ahead and to substitute a planned and orderly development of our resources in place -of a haphazard striving for immediate profit. Our great river systems should be de- ; : v el oped as national water highways; : : the Mississippi, with its tributaries, : : standing first in importance, and the : : Columbia second, although there are ; : many others of importance on the Pa- : : cific, the Atlantic? and the gulf slopes. ; : The national government should under- : : take this work, and I hope a beginning : : will be made in the present congress; : : and the greatest of all our rivers, the ; : Mississippi, should receive especial at- : : tention. : From the great lakes to the mouth of the Mississippi there should be a deep water way. with deep waterways leading from it to the east and the west. Such a waterway would practically mean the ex tension of our coast line Into the very heart of our country. The government dams should be used to produce hundreds of thousands of horsepower as an inci dent to improving navigation; for the an nual value of the unused water pow’er of the United States perhaps exceeds the an nual value of the products of all our mines. As an incident to creating the deep waterway down the Mississippi, the gov ernment should build along its whole lower length levees which taken together with the control of the headwaters, will at once and forever put a complete stop to all threat of floods in the immensely fertile Delta region. I have appointed an inland waterways commission to study and outline a comprehensive scheme of development along all the lines indicated. Later I 6hall lay its report before the congress. Irrigation should be far more extensively developed than at present, not only in the states of the great plains and the Rocky mountains, but in many others, as, for Instance, in large portions of the south Atlantic and gulf states, where it should go hand in hand with the reclamation of uwamp land. Public Lands. •signed to meet the needs of the fertile and well-watered regions of the middle west has largely broken down when applied to the dryer regions of the great plains, the mountains, and much of the Paciiie slope, where a farm of 160 acres is inadequate for self-support. In these regions the sys tem lent itself to fraud, and much land passed out of the hands of the govern ment without passing into the hands of the home-maker. Some such legislation as that proposed Is essential In order to preserve the great stretches of public grazing land which are unlit for cultivation under present methods and are valuable only for the forage which they supply. These stretches amount In all to some 300,000,<HX) acres., and are open to the free grazing of •cattle, sheep, horses and goats, without restriction. Such a system, or rather such lack of system, moans that the range is not so much used as wasted by abuse. As the west settles the range be comes more and more over-grazed. Much of it can not be used to advantage unless it is fenced, for fencing is the only way by which to keep in check the owners of nomad flocks which roam hither and thither utterly destroying the pastures and leaving a waste behind so that their presence is incompatible with the pres ence of home-makers. The existing fences are al! illegal. : The unlawful fencing of public lands : : for private grazing must be stopped but : : the necessity which occasioned It must : : be provided for. The federal govern- : : ment should have control of the : : range, whether by permit or lease, as : : local necessities may determine. Such ; : control could secure the great benefit : : of legitimate fencing, while at the : : same time securing and promoting the : : settlement of the country. In some : : places It may be that the tracts of : : range adjacent to the homesteads of : : actual settlers should be allotted to : : them severally or in common for the : : summer grazing of their stock. Else- : : where it may be thai a lease system : ; would serve the purpose ;the leases to : : be temporary and subject to the righes : : of settlement, and the amount charged : : being large enough merely to permit : : of the efficient and beneficial control : : of the range by the government, and : : of the payment to the county of the : : equivalent of what it would otherwise : : receive in iaxf:s. : The destruction of the public range will continue until some such laws as these are enacted. Fully to prevent the fraud in the public lands which, through the Joint action 01 tho interior department and Che department of justice, we have been endeavoring to prevent, there must be further legislation, and especially a sufficient appropriation to permit the de partment of the interior to examine cer tain classes of entries on the ground be fore they pass into private ownership. I orests. We have made a beginning in sorest preservation, but it is only a beginning. At present lumbering Is the fourth greatest Industry made a beginning in loresi preservation, but it is only a beginning. At present lumbering is tire fourth greatest industry in the United Starres; and yet, so rapid has been the rate of exhaustion of tim ber in the UnlAxl States lr\ the past, and so rapidly is the remainder being ex hausted. that the country Is unquestion ably on the verge of a limber famine which will t»e felt in every household In the land. There has already been a rise in the price of lumber, but there is cer tain to be a more rapid and Heavier rise in the future. ; The present annual consumption of : ; lumber is certainly three times as great : ; as the annual growth, and if the con ; ; suinpt^n and growth continue un- : : changed, practically all our lumber will : : be exhausted in another generation. : ; while long before the limit tu com- . ; \4ete exhaustion is reached the grow- : ; lug scarcity will make itself felt in : ; many blighting ways upon our national : ; welfare. : About LX) per cent, of out* forested terri tory is now tetsorved in national forests, but these do not include the most valuable timber lands, and rn any event tlie pro portion Is too small to expect that the reserves can accomplish more than a miti gation of the trouble which is ahead tor the nation. Far more drastic action is needed. Forestw oan be lumbered so as to give n the public the full use of their mercantile timber without the slightest detriment to the forest, any more than it is a detriment to a farm to furnish a har vest so that there is no parallel between forests and mines, which can only be com pletely used by exhaustion. There are persons who find it to their immense pe cuniary benefit to destroy the forests by lumbering. They are to be blamed for thus sacrificing tiic future of the nation as a whole to their own self-interest of the moment; but heavier Maine attaches to the people at largo for permitting such action, whether In th- \Vn»io mountains, in the .southern Alleghenies, or in the Rockies and Sierras. lanif on Wood Pulp. : There should b<» no tariff on any for- ; : cst product grown lr. this country; and, : : in especial, (hero should be no tariff : : on wood puip; uue notice of the change ; ; being of course given to those engaged : ; in the business so as to enable them to : ; adjust themselves to the new condl- : : lions. The ivpeai of the duty on wood ; : pulp should if possible be accompanied ; . by an agreement with Canada that : : there ahaU be no export duty on Can- : : ludlaii pulp wood in my judgment rht- government should have the right to keep the tee of the coal, oil, oiid gas ticids in Its own possession and to lease the lights to develop them under proper refutations; or else, if the congress wilt not adopt (his method, the coal deposits sfunlkt »■* sold under limita tions, 10 coautervo thorn as public utilities, the- rlgnt to mint1 coal being separated from the title to tfc».aol!. The regulations should permit coal tend* :o be worked in MifficUMU Quantify by :!,« several cor poration*. The Panama Canal. Work on the Panama canal is proceed ing in a highly satisfactory manner. In March the total excavation in the Culebra cut, where effort was chiefly con centrated, was 815,270 cubic yards. In April this was Increased to 879,527 cublo yards. There was a considerable decrease In the output for May and June owing partly to the advent of the rainy season and partly to temporary trouble with the steam shovel men over the question of wrages. The trouble was settled satis factorily to alt parties and in July the to tal excavation advanced materially and in August the grand total from all points j in the canal prism by steam shovels and dredges exceeded all previous United States records, reaching 1,274,404 cubic j yards. In September this record was eclipsed and a total of 1,517,412 cubic i yards was removed. Of this amount 1,481. 307 cubic yards were from the canal prism and 36,106 cubic yards were from acces sory works. These results were achieved i in the rainy season with a rainfall in Au | gust of 11.89 inches and In September of 11.65 inches. Finally, In October, the rec ord was again eclipsed, the total exoa ! ration being 1,868,729 cubic yards; a truly I extraordinary record, especially in view of the heavy rainfall, which wras 17.1 Inches. It is the unanimous opinion of the pres ent commission that the work can be done better, more cheaply, and more quickly by the government than by private contract ors. The chief engineer and all his profes sional associates are firmly convinced that the eighty-five feet level lock canal which they are constructing is the best that could be desired. Some of them had doubts on this point when they went to the isthmus. As the plans have developed under their direction their doubts have been dispelled. While they may decide upon changes in detail as construction ad vances they are in hearty accord In ap proving the general plan. They believe that it provides a canal not only adequate to all demands that will be made upon it, but superior In every way to a sea level canal. .1 concur in this belief. I commend to the favorable consideration of tiie congress a postal savings bank system, as recommended by the postmas ter general. The primary object is to en courage among our people economy and thrift and by the use of postal savings banks to give them an opportunity to husband their resources, particularly those who have not the facilities at hand lor depositing their money in savings banks. Viewed, however, trom the expe rience of the past few weeks, It is evident that the advantages of such an institution are still more far-reaching. Timid depos itors have withdrawn their savings lor the time being from national banks, trust companies, and savings banks; individuals have hoarded their cash and the working men their earnings; all of which money has been withheld and kept in hiding or in the safe deposit box, to the detriment of prosperity. Through the agency of the postal savings banks such money would be restored to the channels of trade, to the mutual benerit of capital and labor. 1 further commend to the congress the consideration of the postmaster general’s recommendation for an extension of the parcel post, especially on the rural routes. There are now 38,215 rural routes, serving nearly 15,000,000 people who do not have the advantages of the inhabitants of cities in obtaining their supplies. These recom mendations have been drawn up to benetit the farmer and the country storekeeper; otherwise, I should not favor them, for I believe that It is good policy for our gov ernment to do everything possible to aid the small town and the country district. It is desirable that the country merchant should not be crushed out. It would be a most desirable thing to put the fourth-class postmasters in the classined service. Bureau of Mines. I again recommend that the rights of citizenship be conferred upon the people of Porto Kieo. A bureau of mines should be created under the control and direction of the secretary of the interior; the bureau to have power to collect statistics and make investigations in all matters pertaining to mining, and particularly to the accidents and dangers of the industry. Legislation should be enacted at the present session of the congress for the thirteenth census. Appropriations on Campaigns. Under our form of government voting is not merely a right, but a duty, and, more over, a fundamental and necessary duty if a man is to be a good citizen. It is well to provide that corporations shall not con tribute to presidential or national cam paigns, and furthermore to provide for the publication of both contributions and expenditures. There is, however, always danger in laws of this kind, which from their very nature are difficult of enforce ment; the danger being lest they be obeyed only by the honest, and disobeyed by the unscrupulous, so as to act only as a penalty upon honest men. Moreover, no such law would hamper an unscrupulous man of unlimited means from buying ms own way into office. There is a very rad ical measure which would, I believe, work a substantial improvement in our system ; of conducting a campaign, although 1 am i well aware that It will take some time for people so to familiarize themselves with such a proposal as to be willing to con | sider its adoption. : The need for collecting large cam : : paign funds would vanish if congress : : provided an appropriation for the : : proper and legitimate expenses of each : : of the great national parties, an appro- : : priation ample enough to meet the : ; necessity for thorough organization : : and machinery, which requires a large : : expenditure ol money. Then the stipu- ; ; lation should be made that no party ; : receiving campaign funds from the : : treasury should accept more than a : : lixed amount from any individual sub- : : scrlber or donor; and the necessary : : publicity for receipts and expenditures : : could without difficulty be provided. : There should be a national gallery of art established In the capital city of this country. This is Important not merely to the*artistic, but to the material, wel fare of the country. So far from tnere being a tariff on works ot' art brought into the country, their importation should be encouraged In every way. Bars Importing of Undesirable Birds. It has Inaugurated a system of inspec tion at the principal ports of entry on noth Atlantic and lacinc coasts by means ol wnicit the introduction of noxious mam mals and birds is prevented, thus Keeping out the mongoose and certain birds winch are as much to be dreaded as the previous ly introduced iiaignsh sparrow and the house rats and mice. 1 recommend to congress that this bu reau, whose usefulness is seriously handi capped by lack of funds, be gianted an appropriation in some degree commensur ate with the importance of the work it Is doing. I strongly recommend a simple amendment to the ocean mail act of i6i)l which shall authorize mo postmaster general in his discretion to enter into con tracts for the transportation of mails to the republics of booth America, to Asia, the .Philippines, and Australia at a rale not to exceed $4 a mile lor steamships oi sixteen knots speed or upwards, subject to the restrictions and obligations of the act of 1$S1. The Army. Not only there is not now. out there | never has been, any other nation in the world so wholly free from the evus of militarism as Is ours. But again and again In the past our I little regular army has rendered service literally vital to the country, and it may at any time have to do so in tiie tuture. Its standard or efficiency and instruction is higher now than ever m the past. Bui it is too small. There are not enough uiti cers, and it is impossible to secure enough emlsted men. We should mam tain m peace a fairly complete skeleton of a large army. The medtcal corps should be much larger than the needs of our regular army in war. Unless ample provision Is now made by congress to put the inedicai corps where it should be put disaster in :he next war is inevitable, and the responSib.ilty will not lie with those then in charge of the war department, but with those who now decline to make the necessary provision. The rate of pay for the officers should be greatly Increased; there is no higher type of eiclzen than the American regular officer, aM he should have a fair reward tor his admirable work. There should be a relatively even greater Increase in the pay for the enlisted men. In especial pro vision should be made for establishing grades equivalent to those of warrant offi cers In the navy which should be open to the enlisted men who serve sufficiently long and who do their work well. Among the officers there should be se vere examinations to weed out the unfit up to the grade of major. Practice marches and field maneu vers of the last two or three years have been Invaluable to the army. They should be continued and extended. A rigid and not a perfunctory examination of physical capacity has been provided for the higher grade officers. This will work well. Perhaps the most Important of all legis lation needed for the benefit of the army is a law to equalize and increase the pay of officers and enlisted men of the army, navy, marine corps, and revenue cutter 1 service. To build one battleship of the best and most advanced type a year would barely keep our fleet up to its present force. This is not enough. In my judgment, we should this year provide for four battleships. But it is Idle to build battleships unless in ad dition to providing the men. and the means for thorough training, we provide the auxiliaries for them, unless we provide docks, the coaling stations, the collier** and supply ships that they need. We are extremely deficient in coalin'* stations and docks on the Pacific, and this deficiency should not longer oe permitted to exist. Plenty of torpedo boats and destroyers should be built. Both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, fortifications of the best type should be provided for all our greatest harbors. The battle fleet 1b about starting by the Straits of Magellan to visit the Pacific coast. Sixteen oat ties hips arc go ing under the command of Read Admiral Evans, while eight armored cruisers and two other battleships will meet him at San Francisco, whither certain torpedo destroyer are also going. No fleet of such size has ever made such a voyage, and it will be of very great educational use to all engaged in it. The only way by which to teach officers and men how to handle the fleet so as to meet every possible strain and emergency in time of war is to have them practice under simi lar conditions in time of peace. More over, the only way to find out our actual needs is to perform in time of peace whatever maneuvers might bo necessary In time of war. i no Japanese Exposition. An invitation hus been extended by Ja pan to the government and people of the United States to participate in a great national exposition to be held at Toklo from April 1 to October 31, 1912, and in which the principal countries of the world arc to he invited to take part. This is un occasion of especial Interest to all the nations of the world, and peculiarly so to us; for it Is the first Instance ill which such a great national exposition lias been held by a great power dwelling on the Pacific; and all the nations of I Europe and America will, I trust, join in helping lo success this iirst great expo sition ever held by a great nation of Asia. 1 heartily recommend such legislation as will provide in generous fashion for the representation of this government and its people in the proposed exposi tion. The adoption of a new tariff by Ger many, accompanied by conventions for re ciprocal tariff concessions between that country, and most of the other countries of continental Europe, led the German government to give the notice necessary to terminate the reciprocal commercial I agreement witli this country proclaimed July 13, 1900. Tile notice was to take effect on the 1st of March, 1906, and in default of some other arrangements this would have left the exports from the United States to Germany subject to the general German tariff duties, from 26 to 60 per cent, higher than the conventional duties imposed upon the goods of most of our competitors for German trade. A further temporary commercial agree ment was entered Into by the two coun tries, pursuant to which, In the exercise of the authortty conferred upon the presi dent by the third section of tile tariff act of July 24, 1697, I extended the reduced tariff rates provided for in that section to champagne and ail other sparkling wines, and pursuant to which the German con ventional or minimum tariff rates were extended to about 96Vi per cent, of all the exports from the United States to Ger many. This agreement Is to remain In force until the 30th of June, 190S, and until six months after notice by either party to terminate It. The agreement and the report of the commission on which it is based will be laid before the congress for Its informa tion. Tills careful examination into the tariff relations between the United States and Germany involved an inquiry into certain of our methods of administration which had been the cause of much complaint on the part of German exporters. In this in quiry I became satisfied that certain vi cious and unjustifiable practices had grown up in our customs administration, notably the practice of determining values of Imports upon detective reports never disclosed to the persons whose interests were affected. The use of detectives, though often necessary, tends towards abuse, and should be carefully guarded Under our practice as I found it to exist in this case, the abuse had become gross and discreditable. Under It, Instead of seeking information as to the market value of merchandise from the well-known and respected members of the commercial community In the country of Its produc tion, secret statements were obtained from informers and discharged employes and business rivals, and upon this kind of secret evidence fhe values of Imported goods were frequently raised and heavy penalties were frequently Imposed upon importers who were never permitted to know what the evidence was and who never had an opportunity to meet It. It is quite probable that this system tended towards ail increase of the duties col lected upon imported goods, but I conceive it to be a violation of law lo exact more duties than the law provides Just as it is a violation to admit goods'upon the payment of less than the lega' rate of duty. governing this branch of the cus toms service to be modified so that val ues are determined upon a hearing in which all the parties interested have nn opportunity to be heard and to know tho evidence against them. Moreover our treasury agents are accredited to the government of the country In which they seek information, and in Germany receive the assistance of the quasi-official cham bers of commerce In determining the act ual market value of goods, in accordance with what I am advised to be the true construction of the law. These changes of regulations were adapted to cite removal of such manifest abuses that 1 have not felt that they ought to be confined to our relations with Germany; and I have extended their op eration to all other countries which have expressed a. desire to enter into similar administrative relations. £ ask for authority to reform the. agree ment with China under which the indem nity of 1900 was lixed, by remit ting and canceling the obligation of China for the payment of all mat part of tlte stipulated indemnity which is In ext ess of the sunt of $11,090,492.99, and interest at 4 per cent. Mexico and Central America. On the courteous Invitation of the presi dent of Mexico, the secretary of state vis ited that country In September and Octo ber and v.areceived everywhere with the greatest kindness und hospitality. He carr.ed from tho government of the United States to our southern neighbor a message of respect and good will and of desire for better acquaintance and lucre as mg friendship. The response from the government und the people of Mexico was hearty and sincere. .No pains were spared to manifest the must friendly at titude and feeling toward the United States. In view nf the close neighborhood of the two countries the relations widt h ex 1st between Mexico and the United States are just cause tor gratllication. One of the results of the Tan American conference at Rto Janeiro In the summer of 1909 has been a great Increase In the activity and usefulness of the Interna tional Hureau of American Republics. 1 recommend that the contribution of this government to the expenses of the bureau l>e made commensurate with Its increased work. Theodore Tfooeevelt. The White House. Lieccinbtr S, 1907. A Fluctuating Market. "How's your temperature, old man?” asked the stockbroker's partner. "Fins for active '■peculation,” an swered the Invalid. "It aunt to 104 Ava times Snatordirj. f.uTa lime drop ping bark So ptuV REPORT ON MINOR CROPS OF NEBRASKA Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. 4.--The spelt* crop la lighter this year than last. So declares Labor Commissioner Ryder in a report. The production this year was 1, 375,748 bushels, while last year more than 2.000,000 bushels were produced. Sheridan county, with 121.041 bushels, was the leading county. Scotts Bluffs and Holt counties came next. The Nebraska farmers raised 235. 12S tons of Hungarian and millet and 103.339 tons of sorghum and cane. The, number of tons or sugar beets pro duced was 30.609. The production of kaffir corn amounted to 18.020 tons. Red Willow county was the leading county in the production of sugar, beets. 5.790 tons being grown. Hall, county came next with 5,378 tons. Dodge county and Madison county, where formerly were raised the thou sands of lens consumed in the Ames and Norfolk sugar factories, raised lit tle or no sugar beets. Dodge county is credited with seventy-two tons, while Madison county has hut eight tons credited to It. The western part of the state is now the great sugar beet producing por tion. COMPETITION BRINGS “OWL” CAR SERVICE LmqVn. Neb.. Dec. 4.—Two traction concerns are now diligently wooing the Lincoln public. It is all because the supreme court has outlined an opinion declaring that the people must vote on all extensions and that blanket street railway franchises do not exist. Moses L. Scudder, president of the Lincoln Traction company, 1b a New Yorker. From the beginning he has exhibited contempt for Lincoln and Lincoln enterprises. Extensions, in particular, he abhorred. This attitude fed to the organization of the Citizens’ Street Railway company. During the las* summer the council persistently I refused to allow Scudder’s line to be I extended, while the Citizens' got what ever the managers asked for. Now the concerns, if the decision of the supreme court is sustained, must win each side track and spur at a pop ular election. The Citizens’ have of fered to allow seven tickets for 25 cents, while the Traction managers have put on “owl” service, allowed six tickets for a quarter and established adequate service on a number of hlth* erto neglected lines. GEORGE WASHINGTON CERTIFIED TO ERROR Omaha, Neb., Dec. 4.—George Wash ington may never have told an inten tional lie, but papers which have just come to light in the Omaha public library show that the "Father of His Country” certified to the correctness of an account In which tl.ere was an er ror of $10. The account is vouched for in General Washington's own hand , w riting. The book in which the error occurs is the last ledger of the Washington es tate. This was purchased many years ago by an Omaha citizen and presented to the public library. | Under a glass case the book reposed 1 open, so that the signature of Wash ington could be seen by the curious. For probably twenty-five years this sage has been open to the public gaze. ,.ast week E. F. Service, an expert ac countant of Omaha, happened to look over the old account and his trained eye quickly noted that the books did not balance—that a balance had been forced by making a false footing. And so George Washington, at this late date, stands convicted of subscrib ing to a false account, ELEVEN MINERS PERISH, 40 HELD Drytown, Cal., Dec. 4.—With smoke pouring from the shaft of the Fremont mine, hope for the eleven miners, who were entombed Saturday has virtually been abandoned, and it is believed all of them have perished. Two Score Captive. Pittsburg, Dec. 4.—The exact num ber of men entombed in the Naomi mine of the United Coal company near Fayette City, Pa., or their condition is not yet known. Forty are said to have been caught by an explosion last night, but so far only one has escaped. This man is a foreigner, who reached the surface through an air shaft and dropped dead almost immediately as g result of inhaling the gas fumes. FORCED HIM TO ROB - AT POINT OF GUN Des Moines, la., Dee. 4.—Elmer John son, arrested along with a gang of In dustrial school graduates for the burg lary of three sub-postofflee stations, , pleaded guilty In federal court this morning. He made the amazing statement that Janies Hook, leader of the gang, point ed a revolver at his head and forced him to rob the south Des Molne3 sub station The gang has secured several hun dred dollars in stamps and cash. John son said Hook •> gunIzed the gang be fon they were paroled from the Eldort reform school. ASKS RECEIVER FOR INSURANCE COMPANY Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 4.—Attorney Gen eral Thompson today prepared a peti tion asking for a receiver for the Na tional Mutual Fire Insurance company, of Omaha. The attorney general alleges that the liabilities of the compujiy art $254,000 and assets *117,000. POPULIST NATIONAL CONVENTION, APRIL 2 Joliet. III., Dec. 4.—Chairman James II. Ferrlss, of the populist national committee. Issued a call today for the national convention to be held In St. Louis, April 2, to nominate candidate* for president and vice president. HAU’S SENTENCE OF DEATH IS COMMUTED Karlsruhe, Dec. 4.—The death sen tence upon Karl Hau, ex-professor in George Washington university, for the murder of his mother-in-law, has been commuted to life imprisonment. WRECK KILLS THREE. Baltimore, Dec. 4.—In a wreck ou the Baltimore and Ohio at Shenandoah Junction this morning three passengers killed and a dozen injured. SUPREME COURT TO . DECIDE THURSTON COUNTY ELECTION Hiram Chase, Indian County Attorney, Counted Out on Technicality. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 8.—Hiram Chase, who wasn't elected county attorney of Thurston county, has appealed to the supreme court. He says he was counted ] out of the office on a technicality. The | lower court threw out the vote oast In ! Omaha precinct, carried by Chase by a good majority, on the ground that the I polling place had been moved three miles without notice to all of the vot ers. This left Chase beaten by thir teen votes. Chase is an Indian, educated In a ifovernmont school and later a graduate of a law school. He has served one Yerm and Is a capable attorney. EXCITING HUNT FOR BOLD HORSE THIEVES Norfolk. Neb., Dec. 3.—Horse thieves stole a team of horses and a set ' of harness from the barn of Carl Praeuner and a top buggy from the i farmyard of Conrad Volk, both Madl I son county farmers living about six miles south of Battle Creek. The horse stealing represented the first loss to be sustained by a member of the North Nebraska Live Stock Pro tective association, Mr. Praeuner, the owner, being a member of the anti horse their association. Once discov ered, the anti-horse thief fighters were quick to get on the track of the thieves. I The horse grabbers first visited the I farm of Carl Praeuner six miles south of Battle Creek. There they secured a bay team of horses, eight years old and weighing 2,700 pounds, and a set of Concord harness. Leaving the Praeun er place for a neighboring farm a top buggy was taken from Conrad Volk. The anti-horse thief association at once offered a reward of 3100 for thei capture and conviction of the thief and' the return of the team. Thursday a posse left Battle Creek to run down the thieves, under the lead ership of George W. Losey, of Battle Creek, chief captain of the north Ne braska association. A message Friday morning stated that the pursuing party had followed the horse thieves through Elgin and Petersburg, where It was thought they were only about ten miles behind. At Petersburg Losey and tils men changed horses and with fresh mounts started on anew with the expectation of cap turing the thieves before the day Is over. A number of Petersburg horse men joined the searching party at that place to assist In the capture. FATALLY SHOT IN 8TRUQGLE ^ FOR POSSESSION OF GUN Wayne, Neb., Dec. 3.—Henry, the 14-year-old son of Carl Carlson, who resides five miles northwest of Wayne, died suddenly from the shock of a gun- I shot wound last evening at the hospital of Dr. R. Naffzieger, In this city, where he had been taken to undergo the am putation of his leg. Deceased and hie older brother were tussellng over the possession of a gun Thanksgiving even ing. The weapon was accidentally dis charged, the leg of the boy being ter | ribly mutilated above the knee by the shot. 4 4 4 TROUBLE GALORE 4 4 FOR DIXON AUTOISTS. 4 4 4 4 Dixon, Neb., Dec. 3.—Dixon’s 4 j 4 two resident autoists are hav- 4 4 Ing more trouble than a police- 4 4 man. Hugh Gibson attempted to 4 4 do a delivery business between 4 4 here and Concord and was told 4 4 by a Concord liveryman If he 4 4 ’’didn’t cut It out" he would "put 4 4 a head on him.” Gibson had him 4 4 put under bonds to keep the 4 4 peace. 4 4 W. P. Truax. the other one, 4 4 has been sued for damages by a 4 4 farmer for scaring the latter’s 4 4 team into a ditch. 4 4 4 4443i3i»34 444444 *444444444 INDIANS RECEIVE MONEY FOR THE ROSEBUD LANDS Valentine, Neb., Dec. 3.—Thirty eight thousand sliver dollars, weighing 2.300 pounds, left Valentine yesterday In charge of a squad of fourteen mount ed police, for the Indians at the Rose bud agency. The money is the first installment of the 3110,000 which will recompense the Indians for land sur rendered by them In the Bonesteel tract. Every adult and child on the reservation will receive 330. The re I malnder of the money must be sent to I the agency before January 1. rt I KtU MAN tLUrbS WITH EMPLOYER’S GIRL Lindsay, Neb., Dec. 3.—Peter Barger and Miss Borer are supposed to have eloped, the couple having disappeared at the same time and no one know ing which way they went. Barger was working until about a month ago for Pete Borer, the girl’s father, and tha girl had been working for Theo. Wltner near Cornlea, from which place they left. The girl Is not quite 18 and the father | Is on her trail looking for her. but has not yet been able to trace her. 4444-444444-44444444444-44444 4- 4 4 NOVEL DAMAGE 4 4- SUIT FOR $5,000 4 4 4 4 Wayne, Neb., Dec. 3.—A 4 4 novel damage suit will be tried 4 4 In the next term of district 4 4 court here. 4 4 Johannus Hansen alleges that 4 4 Lars Larson has injured his 4 4 good name to the extent of $5,000 4 4 by making the statement In the 4 4 presence of neighbors that he 4 4 (Hansen) had "killed my ducks." 4 4 Both are well to do farmers. 4 4 4 4444-44-44-4444-44-444-44444444-4 \TTEMPTED TO WRECK TRAIN; FOUND GUILTY West Point. Neb., Dec. 3.—In district court the case of the rate vs. Mike (Hickey, charged with piling ties and .other obstructions on the track of the »'hlcago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and | maha railway, rear Bancroft, which were struck by a morning train on f .ay 25. but were discovered In time to i irevent a serious accident, the defend j .nt was found guilty by a Jury In just eight minutes. DETECTIVE READS WIFE’S NOTICE OF DIVORCE IN PAPER Two Hours Before Nebraskai» Had Kissed His Wife Good bye at Their Home. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 2.—Detective A Bentley, connected with Just Bacon's court, was bending over desk this morning Intent upon work. The Justice was reading the pan per. Suddenly halting, he tossed tb*| paper over to Bentley, remarking: "There's something that will prob-| ably Interest you.” j It did. It was a notice to the effect that Mrs. Bentley had filed a suit for divorce, alleging cruelty. Bentley was a much surprised man. Not two houra before he had kissed his wife goodby at their home, and she had never com municated to him the fact that she had - applied for a divorce. Investigation disclosed that the peti tion had been filed the day previous.' Bentley and his wife had been hav-i Ing a tiff for several weeks. Last even ing he met her on the street, and sh*> asked him to take her to supper. He did so, and she went back home with him. Now he Is mad about It and saya he will fight the case, and see that she does not get the alimony he thinks she wants. The couple were married two years ago, within a few weeks aft er the sudden death of Bentley’s second wife. SHUMWAY FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING WOMAN, Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 2.—The Jury) which heard the cose against R. Meade! Shumway, charged with the murder ofj Mrs. Sarah Martin on the afternoon, of September 3, Thanksgiving after-! noon found the defendant guilty, and! recommended that the court sentence; Shumway to hang. The verdict wasi reached after the Jury had been out, fourteen hours, some difficulty being) experienced in arriving at a recommen dation for sentence. The crime for which Shumway was) convicted was one of the most atrocious, ever perpetrated In this section. Mrs. Martin was the wife of Shumway’s em-> ployer, who was left alone with the! man while her husband was at a pri-i mary election. The husband discovered,! the mutilated body of his wife on hisi return to the farm. Shumway wasl missing, together with about J200 in) cash. A chase lasting a week failed to, secure the capture of the accused mur-j derer, but after all hope of catching) him had been abandoned he was Anally captured in Missouri. SHOOTS WIFE BECAUSE TURKEY WA8 NOT READY; Omaha, Neb., Dec. 2.—Angered be-j cause his wife had no Thanksgiving, dinner prepared for him when he camel home in the middle of the afternoon* E. E. Morrow pulled out a revolver, Ared three times at Mrs. Morrow, set Are to the house, fought the Aremen when they attempted to enter tho house, and was only overpowered when a hose was turned on him. Morrow fas in Jail and will have to face a charge of shooting with Intent to kill. Mrs. Morrow Is in the Omaha general hos pital suffering from two severe bullet wounds. The physicians say she wilt recover if blood poisoning does not set in. FIND MILLIONAIRE DEAD IN HOTEL ROOM Omaha, Neb., Dec. 2.—George F. Forter, millionaire attorney and theater man of Minneapolis, was found dead in' his room at the Paxton hotel this, morning. Heart disease is asserted ts be the cause of death. SHUMWAY SENTENCED TO BE HANGED, MARCH IS Beatrice. Neb.. Dec. 2.—Judge KeUI gar this afternoon sentenced R. Meade Shumway, convicted of the murder of Mrs. Jacob Martin to be hanged Marc* 13. ___ ._ BOYS DIG IIP $40,000 WITH SEERESS’ AID fold of Hidden Silver Buried in Lot Devastated by San Francisco Fire. San Francisco, Dec. 2.—Acting upon the knowledge imparted to them by a si eress. two small boys—Lee Thomas and John Freitas—Journeyed from their home yesterday to a lot a short dis tance away and dug for wealth sup posed to be there. After digging and scraping away the debris left by the fire of 1906 the lads came upon heaps of burled silver. In ecstacies over their lucky find, the youngsters parked as much as they could and carried it to their homes, making many trips and finding In all, as much as *40,000. The news spread: quickly and by the time darkness had, fallen not a space was vacant on this -ntlre lot. Thl3 unusual sight attracted! the attention of the police, who in are resting twenty-four men for trespass-! ing obtained about *2,000 In coin. The seeress who told the boys the secret of the hidden money Is Mrs., Mary Murdock, who lives in the base ment of the home of Freitas. The lads ' at some time had done the Murdock woman a kindly service, and in pay ment for this she gave them the knowl edge of the hiding place. The house which stood upon the lot belonged to a Mrs. Leorf Chappelle. who died a few weeks before the great fire. An old woman, whose identity is not known, took charge of the place after Mrs. i 'happelle's death, and the silver Is believed to have been her hoardings. She perished in the house at the tim« of the fire. MISS SHONTS TO LIVE HALF THE TIME IN PARIS AND HALF IN NEW YORK Havre, Dec. 2.—Due de Chatlines, whose engagement to Miss Theodors Shoots was recently announced, ar rived yesterday on the Loralne. The due. who is In good health and excel lent spirits, said that after hte mar riage he will live six month* in Parte sod six In New T«rk.