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rNEILL. NEBRASKA
Sir Hiram .Vl.'.xlm * prophecy ft* ’n
tlie use of airships In war i; a : ■ m as
parallel to Horae- Walpole s facetious |
speculation, made in 17H-4, after Hlanc.h- |
ard’s first uscent—in lingland—in it ■
hydrogen-filled balloon. “Th* Sl’a*
ports/* he said, ’will become deserted
villages, and Salisbury plain, New .
market heath ami Sussex downs will
be utilized as dockyards for aerial ves- |
eels; there will be fights In the air with .
wind guns and th» re. will be a pro
digious increase of land Tor tiling* by
the breaking up of all public roads as
useless.'* _
Andreas Pellisarti, who said he liv' d
somewhere in Mulberry street., was ar- ,
raigned in the New York childrens
court charged with playing hall in the
street. “Don’t you know it's wrong 1
asked Magistrate Olmsted. “Yes, sir. ■
sobbed Andreas. “Don’t you know' that
you are likely to hurt somebody? Tie
streets don’t belong to you. Now tell
me, son, to whom do the streets be
long?’’ "I)e automobiles,” answered th** i
culprit. “Discharged,” said the judge.
The largest friction saws In the world i
arc used in one of Chicago’s huge con- ^
atruction plans, says Popular Me
ehanlcs. They cut through a 10-tnch
steel I-beam In 14 seconds. These saws
or disks are so made that they generate
enough heal at the point of contact
literally to melt their way through the
metal being cut. The cutting edge of
the disks is roughened by simply hack
ing with a fish-tail chisel,
Tho method of exterminating locust
most generally adopted In Panama ha~
been to dig a trench about 50 feet in
length, two feet wide and one foot deep,
with perpendicular sides, in which the
locusts are driven by men beating the
grass and trees with switches. In this
way millions arc collected and are de
stroyed with a solution of strong lye
soapsuds. The trench is then refilled
with earth so as to allay the odor.
Our consul general to France writes
of a rubber asphalt pavement which Is
being used in that country. The ma
terial is a product resulting from the
association of asphalt and rubber. It
Is said to lie more plastic and more ad
hesive than pure asphalt and to resist
higher temperatures Experimental
work covering a period of six years in
such cities as Paris and Lyons lias
given good results.
J. Pierpont Morgan and Waldorf As
,or are on the advisory committee of
the Golden West, an American indus
tries exhibition which is to bo held In
Karlscourt, London, next May, for
which extensive preparations have al
ready been made. Associated with
them on the committee tire about every
one of note In Burke’s peerage and
*ther distinguished men, Including Al
fred Austin.
It Is reporh d that more than 800
women have already registered at Wal
tham, Mass., with tho intention of vot
Ing for Dr. Eloiso Sears for tile school
committee. Dr. Scars was nominated
for the office by the republican. Inde
pendent and democratic parties. Be
sides the votes of the women of Wal
tham, it is believed ttiat she will re- j
celve a majority of those cast by the j
men.
While tho dear old country gentle- 1
man and his wife were walking on the
beach one evening they suddenly no
ticed the revolving light of a lightship
The old Iadv gazed at It with open eyes
for some minutes, then she turned to
her husband with a puzzled look.
“Well," she exclaimed, "if the man In
that ship hasn’t' lit that light lids 4C
times, and It has gone out every time.” ^
Mrs Isaac L. Rice, the anti-noise
crusader, is the wife of the president ol
the Holland Submarine Torpedo Boat
company. She sold her beautiful home
Oil Riverside drive, New York, because
the tugboat captains, against whom
she began her anti-noise war, took spe
cial delight In tooting their whistles
at all hours of the night when they
passed their houses.
All the women prisoners at the Clerlt
tlwell sessions recently appeared In the
dock wearing their hats. The rule of
“no hatpins" was strictly enforced, but
their absence In no way troubled the
women. Indeed, one balanced a hat
more than six feet In circumference
without the slightest trace of anxiety.
How she did It only a woman can tell.
A space 10 feet square on a bill board
facing Lafayette square, In New Or
leans, has been given to the members
of the New Era club by Junius Gar
rick, and will be made to help in the
■uffrago club Is carrying on. Each week
Important facts concerning the move
ment will bo announced on the space.
Mrs. Julia Ward llowo's reply to Mrs.
Humphrey Ward’s paper on the suf
frage question In America has been
published as a leaflet and copies are
being bought by the thousand. The
majority of the orders are from the
various suffrage clubs of this country
and England.
Motorists who suffer w ith cold hands
while driving their cars may have relief
1>y usln ■ a steering wheel provided
with electric heat. An English inven
tion describes a steering wheel with a
core that carries two electrically-heat
ed colls Insulated one from the other
and from the outer rim.
Sheep-shearing machines are now
used quite extensively In Australia. In
Tasmania they are just beginning to
be installed. It seems only a question
of time when all the sheep shearing in
this Island will lie done by machinery,
driven by steam, electric or gasoline
power.
The University of Michigan reports
this year an enrollment of 4.530 stu
dents in al.1 departments, and In a re
cent bulletin proudly says that “when
summer schools are not counted the
university stands, next to Harvard, the
largest In the country."
The range of impressions which we
get from lifting an object Is exceeding
ly small: an ordinary chemist's balance
Is some million times us sensitive and
weights down the two-hundredth part
of a milligram.
French walnut growers In the neigh- j
borhood of Grenoble have formed an
association to maintain the reputation
and guarantee the quality of the wal
nuts commonly known as "Grenobles."
Nearly all the vines in Europe were
killed by frost in 891 and 863. One
midsummer's day, 1033, in England,
there was a frost so severe that it de
stroyed fruits.
Cuba imports annually about 1 .'0.0(10...
*00 feet of yellow and white pine, SO per
cent of which comes from the United
States. No suitable building lumber
grows there.
After regarding It as a true mollusc
for many years, French scientists have
found that a small snail-like creature
found on trees Is the larva of a species
»r fly.
NEBRASKA ASKS
SAFE AND SANE
FOURTH OF JULY
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Elections Will Also Be Shorn J
of Professional Plugger
and Hack Ride.
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4 GOVERNOR'S OVERTIME. 4
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4 r.lncoln. Nib., Jan. 19.—Ac- 4
4 lording to Attorney General 4
4 Thompson state officers work by 4
4 the year and not by the day. 4
4 For this reason he has reconi- 4
4 mended the disallowance of 4
4 claims filed by former Governor 4 .
4 Sheldon and former Railway 4 ,
4 Commissioner Williams for 4
4 seven days that they had put in 4 '
4 beyond the usual three months 4 j
4 embraced in the last quarter. 4
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Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 19—If Representa- [
five Hadsell, of Saunders county, has
his way, elections In Nebraska in the !
future will be rather tame affairs. He
lias introduced in tile house a bill pro
hibiting personal soliciting, the ped
dling ol' cards or other methods usually
resorted to to secure votes. The fur- |
nishlng of conveyances for voters is ;
also prohibited and the law applies to
both primary and general elections. |
Penalty for violation is a fine not ex
ceeding $1U0 or Imprisonment from 50 j
to 90 days.
1 Jolezul has Introduced In the house a.
bill which Is intended to put the Fourth
of July on a safe and sane basis. It
prohibits dealers keeping or selling toy
pistols, dynamite caps, blank cartridges
for toy pistols, or fire crackers more
than five inches in length. The penalty
is a line of ilOO or 50 days in jail.
Case, of Frontier county, has intro
duced a bill providing for a bureau of
railroad claims to be maintained by
the state railway commission. Persons,
linns or corporations having griev
ances against common carriers for loss
or damages due to any cause, or for
overcharge, shall present the same to
this bureau for adjustment.
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(4 MAJESTY OF THE LAW -4;
SAVES PRAIRIE CHICKENS. -4
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4 Clearwater, Neb., Jan. 19.—Otto 4
4 Schnael, a farmer living near 4
-4 here, says that a covey of prairie 4
-4 chickens, numbering at least 150, 4
4 are eating Ills corn that is yet in -4
-4 the field, and he indignantly pro- 4
4 tests against the alleged Injus- -4
4 tice of the law that does not nl- 4
4- low him to protect Ills own prop- 4
4 erty. Under tho law he would 4
4- be subject to a fine of $5 for each 4
4 chicken lie killed. 4
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COUNTY OFFICERS MOVE
INTO HOTEL BUILDING
Pender, Neb., Jan, 19.—The county
i dicers moved into their new quarters
In tho Palaeo hotel yesterday, after be
ing prevented for several months by
injunction from so doing. A compromise
was reached tho first of the week, at
which time all opposition to tho move
was withdrawn, each side agreeing to
pay half the coats.
OFFICER’S MURDERER IS
DESPERATE CRIMINAL
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 19.—The desperado
giving the name of Clarke, who killed
Officer Smith and seriously wounded
Officer Devereese while they were at
tempting to arrest hltn for a holdup,
and who was himself dangerously
wounded by Officer Heitfeld In the bat
tle, has been positively identified, ac
cording to the police, as Jack Curtain,
said to bo one of tile most desperate
criminals In this country against whom,
charges ranging from stage robbery In
Wyoming and bank cracking in Mis
souri to murder In St. Paul, are said
to stand.
It Is understood that be lias admitted]
his Identity. He Is said to have served
time in several penitentiaries. Curtain
is hardly expected to recover from Ills
wounds. Officer Devereese Is doing
well.
OMAHA GOVERNMENT IS
CHARGED WITH BRIBERY
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 19.—Herbert S.
Daniel, city prosecutor, caused a sen
sation in Judge Sear's court yesterday
by declaring that J. J. Wetmore, on
trial for bribery, had told the prose
cutor that Chief of Police John J. Don
ahue had been receiving $160 and for
mer Prosecutor Thomas Lee had been
paid $200 a month for protection by M.
P. Martin, owner of much property in
the Third ward.
Wetmore is on trial for attempting
to bribe Daniel not to close the "Ar
cade," a resort owned by Martin. He
testified that Wetmore offered him
$500 cash and $200 a month, or $1,500
cash in one payment, I' the place was
permitted to operate.
“Wetmore told mo Martin had paid
Chief Donahue $150 a month,” Daniel
testified, "and that Martin had also
paid former Prosecutor Lee $200 a
month for not molesting the Arcade."
On cross examination Daniel said lie
had not presented the matter to the
first grand Jury called after the alleged
attempt to bribe him because he had
hoped to "get Martin himself."
Dean Beecher, of Trinity cathedral,
and several other prominent citizens
have been behind the prosecution.
Martin Is now under indictment in con
nection with ids operation of the "Ar
cade," although he has disposed of all
his property in that district.
Chief Donahue denies he ever ac
cepted money for protection of vice.
GOVERNMENT SUPPLY
BUILDING BURNS,
WITH $150,000 LOSS
Omaha. Jan. 19.—Fire early today de
stroyed the government supply build
ing at Fort Omaha. The loss' is esti
mated at $150,000.
WHERE. OH WHERE, HAS
ELKINS* DUKE GONE?
Rome. jan. 19.—"Where is the Duke
of the Abruzzl? Is there a plan afoot
for a secret marriage between the duke
anri Miss Katherine Elkins?" Every
body is asking these questions. The
duke's courage Is unquestioned, so, per
haps. he may be on his way to India,
Where, it is announced, he was going
to try to climb Mount Everest, the
highest mountain in the world. But
certainly, he did not start from an Ital
ian yor'
WOULD PROHIBIT
SELLING WHISKEY
ON THE TRAINS
Measure for This Purpose Has
Been Proposed by Ne
braska Legislature.
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4 MR. BRYAN’S IDEA OF 4
4 BANK DEPOSIT LAW 4
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♦ Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. IS.—Mr. 4
4 Bryan's ideas about the kind of 4
♦ a bank deposit guaranty law 4
4 that tlie Nebraska legislature 4
4 should pass were conveyed In 4
4 an editorial In today’s Common
4 (tr. He favors limiting the lia- 4
4 billty of banks, so as to answer 4
4 the objection that the honest 4
4 banker should not be required 4
4 to stand complete sponsor for 4
4 the dishonest one. Ho believes 4
4 that a tax of one-half of 1 per 4
4 cent should be levied the first 4
4 year, followed by a semi-an- 4
4 nuul tax of one-tenth of 1 per 4
4 cent until a fund equal to 1 pa 4
♦ per cent of the deposits is accu- 4
4 mulated. When reduced by 4
4 payments to depositors, reim- 4
4 bursement should follow. An 4
♦ emergency tax Is also favored 4
4 in panicky times. He insists 4
4 upon l he prompt payment of 4
4 depositors immediately upon the 4
4 establishment of a depositor’s 4
4 claim. 4
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Lincoln, Neb., Jan. IS.—The Nebras
ka state senate is going to quit break
ing the law just as soon as it can do so.
In order to do so it is going to repeal
the law which it has tor several days
been violating. This statute is the one
which limits the number of officers and
employes of the senate to 49. Tills
law was passed four years ago, hut has
never been enforced.
The last session saw five more em
ployes on Hie pay roll than the law
sancitoned, and the present session has
over a dozen in excess of the legal
number. Howell has introduced a hill
repealing the law, and it carries the
emergency clause so that it will be
come a law as soon as it passes both
houses and Is approved by the gov
ernor.
A bill which has been introduced in
the senate by Randall, of Madison,,
will, if enacted, do away with the
sale of intoxicating liquors on dining
and buffet cars in the state. It also
forbids a drunken person entering a
passenger train.
A bill which lias been introduced in
the house and has the backing of the
railway trainmen, limits the number
of cars in a single train to 69, and pro
vides that on main lines all train crews
shall consist of two hrakemen and a
flagman in addition to the conductor,
engineer and fireman. At present but
one brakeman and a flagman are car
ried on these trains. On branch lines
less than 70 miles long, trains of 25
ears or less may be operated with one
brakeman and a flagman. Sending a
trainman on top of a train which is
equipped with air brakes is prohibited.
Killen has introduced an anti-loan
shark bill In the house. It declares void
all contracts assigning or pledging
wages to be earned in the future, or not
more than 20 days past due.
The senate Thursday adjourned un
til Monday, and its committee on pub
lic lands and buildings left on a trip
of Inspection to the various public in
stitutions of the state.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18.—The house
only was in session this morning. It
began business by setting down em
phatically upon a proposition of Bow
man, of Nuckolls, one of the party
leaders, to cut down the expenses of
tile Junkets to state institutions and
although he was backed by the chair
man of the committee on public lands
and buildings, he was beaten by a vote
of 55 to 25. Mr. Bowman said that
four members could do as well as 15
and that It was in line with the party
platform pledges of economy.
Among the new bills introduced, were
these:
Repealing the indefinite statute of:
199? and giving the state canvassing
board the right to canvass the votes!
on constitutional amendments; to pre
vent the soliciting of votes at primary,^
general and special elecions. This bill
makes it unlawful to solicit votes, dis
tribute cards, or haul any body but the!
infirm to the polls. By Dolezal, forbid
ding the sale of toy pistols or ammuni
tion therefore and to limit the length
of firecrackers sold to five Inches.
FOUND MAID’S NAME
ON WHISKY BOTTLE
Shoemaker Wrote Her and
There Is Now a Marriage
in Fair Prospect.
Havelock, Neb., Jan. 18.—One day
; last fall Ben Taylor, a shoemaker, was
in Ladd's saloon, next door, when the
proprietor unpacked a consignment of
liquor. Around one of the bottles was1
wrapped this note:
"My name is Miss Josio Arms, Louis
ville. Ky. I am occupied here as a
whisky wrapper. I solicit correspon
dence."
Taylor is a widower, 54 years old,
and as both'of the liquor dealers were
married, the note was turned over
to him. A few weeks later he produced
the photograph of a handsome young
woman which lie said was that of Miss
Arms. Tiic romance r< ached its ue
noueinent today when Miss Arms ar
rived. The two are spending the day
in getting acquainted. Taylor says
that, so far as he is concerned, it Is a
marry, but the young woman hasn't
yet made up her mind.
Taylor said that he found he could
not go to Louisville to see the young
woman, because of too much business,
and sent her the money to come on.
Sli“ spent the day at Taylor's shop,
and everybody who could find an old
shoe that would stand repair visited
the place while she tarried.
WANTS $50,000 FOR
BREACH OF PROMISE
Chicago, Jan. IS.—Mrs. Catherine
Fish, of 235 West Fifty-fifth st., began
a $50,000 breach of promise suit against
Timothy Enright, 74 years old, a
wealthy farmer of El Paso, 111.
She alleges that he wanted her to
agrte to a “trial marriage" before en
tering Into contract for life, but she
spurned the proposition. She Is 50 years
Id and has three sons—Marshall.
Frederick and Allen—and says that In
1804 she sacrificed her business, at 4634
Wentworth ave., In preparation for the
wedding. .. . .
ROBBER SHOOTS
THREE AT OMAHA
One Victim Dies in Tracks,
—Murderer Is Cap
tured.
Omaha. Neb.. .Tan. 16.—A holdup man
made things lively for the police this
morning. About 1 o'clock he entered a
resort kept by a woman named Anna!
Wilson to hold up the inmates. A girl
resisted, and he shot her. In leaving
the resort, he met Patrolman L. A.
Smith, at the door, and shot him.
Smith died in his tracks. A squad of
officers pursued the fellow toward the
Missouri river, but lost track of him.
An hour later they came upon a man
near the Douglas street bridge over the
Missouri, and commanded him to halt.
Instead of halting, he tried to get away
and shots were exchanged between
him and the squad. Patrolman W. Cl.
Deversee was seriously wounded, and
the fellow himself was brought down.
After his capture he was taken to the
emergency hospital, where he gave his
name as Albert Clarke, and said he
came from Denver three days ago.
Deversee will recover. Clarke is not
fatally hurt.
RECEIVES INVITATION
FROM ROOSEVELT
Omaha. Neb., Jan. 16.-—Conrad H.
Young, who was with President Roose
velt two years ago in the South, and
w'ho has often visited at the White
House, has been invited to join the
Roosevelt party for the hunt in Africa.
Mr. Young is an expert rifle shot and
a tennis expert. His sister was for
merly governess to the Roosevelt chil
dren. He is living in Omaha as repre
sentative of the interests of Sir Hor
ace Olunkett. of Ireland, who owns val
uable lands in the West.
TITLES ARE ELIMINATED
UNDER HARRIMAN POLICY
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 1#.—With a view
to simplifying correspondence and rec
ords, and in line with the Harriman
policy of concentration, a number of
minor titles in the operating depart
ment of the Union Pacific arc to be
done away with, and the men bearing
these titles will be known hereafter as
assistant superintendents. The plan
becomes effective at once on the Ne
braska division, where It will be given
a thorough trial.
Superintendent of terminals, master'
mechanic, division engineer, trainmas
ter, traveling engineer and assistant
division engineer will all hereafter be
known as assltant superintendents and
will have a joint office where all rec-1
ords will be kept. Communications to
any one of these offices will be ad-,
dressed merely as assistant superin
tendent. It is a part of a carefully
prepared plan for the elimination of-'
unnecessary office routine. An im
portant saving will be in the number
of letters written by the different offi-,
cials to each other.
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RECOVERS HIS SPEECH
AFTER PARALYTIC STROKE.
Norfolk, Neb., Jan. 16.*—Professor*
Reese Solomon, music instructor in the|
Norfolk public schools, who suffered}
a stroke of paralysis last week which;
rendered him speechless, is getting bet-,
ter and it is now thought that he will
completely recover. For a time hej
could not utter a sound and was com-,
pelled to communicate to others byl
writing.
In his yearly report, the secretary of)
the Norfolk Commercial club says that]
over $6,000 was saved to the business
men of Norfolk during the past year
by* their agreement not to patronize un
profitable advertising schemes such as
calendar, cook book, atlas, directory
and other like propositions.
SOUTHERN RATES ARE
EQUALIZED ON GRAIN
Chicago, Jan. 16.—The Chicago grain
market won a substantial victory yes
terday, when the western and south
western railroads decided to equalize
grain rates through that gateway into
the territory south of the Ohio river.
The battle for equal rates through
Chicago as compared with southern
gateways has been waged for several
years. Now the Chicago market will
not have to longer labor at a disad
vantage when bidding for the business
of the southeast, as soon as the new
rates can be checked in. The railroads
also decided to make the same rates
to the southeast on grain coming from
northern Iowa and nearly all points
north and west of Omaha and passing
through any of the gateways.
VICTOR EMMANUEL
RECEIVES ADMIRAL
Expresses Nation’s Apprecia
tion for American Relief
Promptly Received.
Koine, Jan. 16.—King Victor Emman .
uel received Hear Admiral Sperri in
private audience'at the Quirinal palace
today. His majesty conversed in Eng
lish for more than a half hour regard
ing the Voyage of the fleet, which he re
garded as a most remarkable achieve
ment, and expressed his deep appreci
ation for what America had done for
Italy in sympathy and relief for those
who had suffered in the earthquake.
Admiral Mirabello, Italian minister of
marine, took occasion at a dinner given
last evening by Ambassador and Mrs.
Grlscom in honor of Sperry, to voice the
heartfelt gratitude the Italian nation
feels toward the American people and
the American navy, for succor given in
the terrible misfortune which lias be
fallen Italy.
Malta, Jan. 16.—The battleship Illi
nois, while on her way rrom Suez to
Malta with the battleships Wisconsin
and Kearsarge, received orders by
wireless telegraph from Rear Admiral
Sperry, at Naples, to proceed forthwith
to Messina, probably to assist in the
work of relief. The Wisconsin and
Kearsarge arrived here today.
All lawyers like to take a rest.
Like most of us, and still
The average lawyer’s happiest
When working with a will.
TWO LIVES LOST IN FIRE.
Everett, Wash., Jan. 16.—Two persons
were burned to death, another fata’ly
burned, and two painfully injured in
tlie destruction of the Great Northern
hotel, a two story frame structure, by
fire early today.
The dead are:
A. L. BURNETTE, a telegraph oper
ator, Great Northern railroad.
FERDINAND E. ROUX, mill em
ploye.
Nora Smith, domestic, may die.
Howard Findlam lighted a gasoline
heater to make coffee, and the flame
flared, setting Are to ttie wall paper.
LEGISLATORS GAN
WRITE TO FRIENDS
Allowed 15 Cents a Day With ,
Which to Purchase “Slick
ers” of Washington.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 15.—After a spir
ited and protracted debate me house
this morning agreed to make the peo
ple pay for the stamps it may use. The
resolution provided that each member
shall be furnished with 15 cents worth
a day. This was a little rakeoff that
the house had quit lti years sigo, but
a republican house resumed the prac
tice two years ago. The motion was
adopted by a vote of 54 to 34. It means
an appropriation of $1100 for the ses
sion.
A resolution by Bowman providing
for t lie appointment of a committee of
•six to confer with committees from the
legislatures of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
i'olorado, Wyoming and Montana, to
secure a uniform reciprocal demurrage
law, was adopted without division.
Among the bills introduced today
were:
Permitting Sunday baseball to be
played outside the corporate limits of,
cities and towns.
Providing that not more than $1.50
for a lower, $1 for an upper and $2.50
for a section, be charged by the Pull
man company within the state.
Requiring two years' residence in
the state before a divorce can be'
secured, except where the offense is
adultery or bigamy.
Providing for the forfeiture of a sa
loon license where treating Is permit
ted, and requiring the posting of a
large sign in each booze bazar that
treating is not allowed.
Abolishing the death penalty in Ne
braska and substituting life imprison
ment.
Appropriating $30,000 for the Alaska
Yukon expedition by Clark.
Appropriating $20,000 for the inci
dental expenses of the session and
$80,000 for salaries.
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 15.—The senate
committees on standing committees
made their reports Tuesday and they
were adopted unanimously. The com
mittees reported direct to the senate
without first laying the result of their
labors before the caucus. There are
39 committees and while all of the im
portant ones are headed by democrats,
12 chairmanships were given to the re
publicans.
Following are the chairmen of the
more important senate committees: Ac
counts and expenditures, Ollis; agri
culture, Fuller; banks and currency,;
Volpp; education, Donohoe; enrolled
and engrossed bills. Henry; finance;
ways and means. Miller; fish and game,
Diers; Insurance, Bartes; judiciary,
Hansom; manufacturing and commerce,
Howell; miscellaneous corporations,
Tanner; municipal affairs, Howell;
public lands and buildings, Buck; rail
roads, Ollis; revenue, Buhrman; school
lands and funds, Hatfield; university
and normal schools, Bodinson.
Representative Kelley, of Furnas
ocunty, has introduced a bill appropri
ating $75,000 for a second state agri
cultural college to be located at Cam
bridge in his county. Fifty thousand
dollars is to be used for the erection
of buildings and $15,000 for equipment.
'Pile remainder is to be used for run
ning expense. The democratic plat
form promised a new school, of this
character in th< western part of the
stale.
Bills have been introduced in both 1
houses placing hotels under the super
vision of the state labor commissioner,
requiring arrangements for sanitary
sewerage and uniform conveniences for.
guests, including inside closets, clean
bedding and individual towels. All
bedding must b<* aired at least once
every three months when in use.
A bill has been introduced in the
senate by Hatfield, of Neligh, radically
revising the revenue and assessment
law It does away with the office of
county assessor and provides for an
assessor for each road district who ;
shall be elected annually. Real estate j
instead of being assessed once in four (
years is to be .assessed every year.
Mortgages are to be taxed in the coun- |
ty where the land is located and the tax |
must be paid by the mortgagor and 1
mortgagee as their interests shall ap
pear.
Miller, of Lancaster, has introduced
in tfce senate a bill making the carry
ing of any kind of a deadly weapon a
felony punishable by imprisonment in
the penitentiary from one to three
years, or a line of not to exceed $300
or imprisonment in the county jail not
to exceed six months.
House Chairmen of Committees.
Following is a list of chairmen of the
most important house eommittees:
Judiciary, M. K. Wilson; finance,
ways and means. R. A. Clark; agricul
ture. R. D. Schoettger; roads and
bridges Horen H. Fries; public lands
and buildings, J. W. Kelley: engrossed
and enrolled bills, W. Z. Taylor; ac
counts and expenditures, O. E. Groves;
railroads. H. R. Henry; privileges and
eleetions, John Kuhl; corporations, W.
J. Taylor; cities and towns, Walter P.
Thomas: banks and banking, oharks
Graff: public schools, Otto Kotouc;
university and normal schools, Dr. H
S. Case; public, printing, M. A. Bates;
s< hool lands and funds, H. T. Worth
ing; revenue and taxation, J. M. Gates;
labor, Jeremiah Howard; lish culture
and gu ne, D. <\ Heffcrnon; insurance,
John W. Sink; telegraph, telephone
and electric companies, A. H. Bowman.
SOCIAL ROME IS VERY
COOL TO THE THAWS
Home. Jail. 15.—Alexander Blair i
Tha\V. his wife and daugiiters. the
Misses Beatrice and Katherine Thaw, 1
have returned to their delightful home
here, the Villa Aurora.
Mr. Thaw, Harry K. Thaw's half
brother, has written some poems that
are much praised, among them "With
Burning Hearts," "When Love Lay i
Dying.' and “The White Gods."
The former Pittsburger and all his
family are very literary. It was his
ambition to establish in the Villa Au
lura, which lie has leased for some
years, a salon where fashionables and
litterateurs would meet.
Yet Mr. Thaw's ambition has not
been fully attained. When the Thaws
came here, an American woman from
Boston promised to launch them In
Roman society, it is said, but it was
not quite so simple as it seemed. A
woman from Pittsburg, who led Amer
ican society here for some years, put
her small foot down on the project.
LOWE L lTsU CCEEDS
PRESIDENT ELIOT
Boston, Jan. 15.—The corporation of
Harvard college today sent to the over
seers nf the college the name of Ab
bott Lawrence Lowell, professor of sci
ence and government, as their choice
tor president of the college, to succeed
Charles W. Eliot.
Before the election is complete the
overseers must ratify the nomination.
The tinal vote cannot be taken until
seven days have elapsed after the name
has been officially presented, which will
bring the action one week from today.
It is believed the overseers will ratify
the selection.
MINDEN MURDERER
GIVES HIMSELF UP
Tired of Being Hounded. Bert,
Taylor Is Arrested, Claim
ing His Innocence.
Los Angeles. Cal., Jan. 14.—'With the
statement that iie was worried to dis
traction with being hunted as the per
petrator of crimes at Minden, Kearney
county, Nebraska, with a price of $1,900
hung over his head, a man giving his
name as Bert M. Taylor surrendered
himseif yesterday to a Southern Pa -
eifle brakeman at Redlands, Cal., on
whose train he was riding, and is toda\
locked in the jail at San Bernardino.
waiting wrord from llto Nebraska offi
cers.
Taylor related a story of the death
of his two young sistersinlaw, after a
lirulal assault upon them, the murder
of one of them and the final destruction
of the home by firo after kerosene had
been poured over the bodies of his vic
tims. The crime was committed on
April 18, 1908. Both girls were rescued
from the flames, but the eldest died
May 8.
Taylor denies his own guilt and as
serted that James Martin, a man with,
whom he had trouble, had committed *
the outrages and then laid the crimes
to him. He said that Martin had as
saulted and bound him in his room be
fore attacking his sisterinlaw.
Taylor to Ba Returned.
Minden, Neb., Jan. 14.—County Attor
ney King and Sheriff Ransom will go
to Lincoln tomorrow morning and ap
ply for a requisition on the governor
of California for the return to Nebras
ka of Bert Taylor, the alleged murder
er. Sheriff Ransom will go direct to
San Bernardino from Lincoln for hi?
prisoner.
While the feeling against Taylor 1?
very bitter here, it is not believed any
attempt at violence will be made if he
is brought back. ,
Taylor is 36 years old, a painter by
trade, and always bore a good reputa
tion during the 15 years he resided in
Minden. His wife died a year or so
ago, and their only child is now with
its mother's parents. The latter lived
on a farm five miles from Minden, and
their two daughters. Pearl and Ida, are.
staying with their brotherinlaw and
attending school in town.
After the tragedy the commissioner?
of Kearney county offered a reward of
$1,500 for the capture of Taylor. It
was at that time thought that he might
have fled to Los Angeles, where he is
said to have a brotherinlaw living.
NO HOLIDAY FOR
SAINT PATRICK
Nebraska Legislature Turns
Down Bill to Honor Saint
With Lincoln.
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 14.—Nebraska
will not observe Lincoln's birthday .md
March 17, St. Patrick's day, as legal
holidays. The house this morning
voted down the motion of Representa
tive Howard, of Douglas county, to that
effect. It was suspected by his con
ferees that, although he named the lat
ter day as the 17th of March and ex
plained that it was to commemorate
the expulsion of King George's troops
from Boston, the suspicion held that it
was a subtle attempt to make St. Pat
rick's day a legal holiday.
The committee on employes reported,
the names of 50 more persons whom it
desired to add to the house pay roil.
The report was adopted and the pay
iroll received the slated additions.
Bowman of Nuckolls introduced a
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a committee to confer with
committees from other state legisla
tures in an effort to secure the enact
ment of uniform reciprocal demurrage j
laws. 1
Kauhn of Cedar called up his reso- 1
iution providing that all appropriations
for public buildings for whatever pur
pose should be by a specific bill and
!not to be included in any mill lew plan
unless such mil! levy method is now in
vogue. He protested against the rapid
increase in the grand assessment roll
of the state, which he said was 547,
000,000 greater in 1908 than in 1907. and
578,000,000 greater than in 1906.
Senate Assigns Committees.
The senate this morning received and
adopted without debate, the list of com
mittee assignments made by a commit
tee designated for that purpose.
Volpp, who has a bank deposit guar
anty plan up his sleeve that is not in
accord with t*a democratic platform
pledge, is head of the committee on
banks and currency. Volpp's plan is
for a voluntary association of banks
to maintain a depositors’ protection,
fund.
Tibbets Is chairman of the committee
on constitution and amendments. Mil
ler of finance and ways and means,
Bartos of insurance, Ransom of ju
diciary, Tanner of corporations, How
ell of municipal affairs, Buck of
public lands and buildings, Olds
of railroads, Buhrman of reve
nue. Among tlie new bills Intro
duced were, one appropriating 575,ii0(i
for a state agricultural school at Cam
bridge, one for a reciprocal demurrage
charge, and one providing that where
a prisoner accused of crime pleads In
sanity he must be sent without further
ceremony to the asylum if he is ac
quitted.
HENEY RETURNS TO
RESUME PROSECUTION
San Francisco, Jan. 14.—A cheering
crowd of several hundred persons gath
ered in the Ferry building to greet As
sistant District Attorney Francis J
Heney and wife on their return last
night from an absence of several weeks
in the east. The reception accorded the
prosecutor was entirely informal.
Patrick Calhound, president of the
United Railroads, and director of sev
eral large corporations, appeared in
Judge Lawler's department of the su
perior court today for the opening ses
sion of his trial on an indictment
charging him with offering to brih(
Tofreed Nickolas, a former member or
the board of supervisors. Heney will
have charge of the prosecution.
SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Oxford, Ohio, Jan. 14.—Mrs, Millie.
Donnelly was shot and killed ip her
home last night. A note, signed by'
Frank Donnelly, the woman's husband,
found In the house, indicated that Don
nelly Intended to kill himself, but there
is no evidence that he has done so.
Frank Donnelly walked into the of
fice of J. D. Marshall today with his
throat slashed, his wrists bleeding, and
Ithree pistol wounds In his head. H*
cannot live. __