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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1909)
fHE O’NEILL FRONTIER O. H. CRONIN. Publishtr. rNEILL, NEBRASKA The objection el < wr. by the enurt St Pekin to accept the aid of Pure pean surgeons during tho illness <>f China's late rulers d s not s-u-m to be shared by the peopi-- of H.tnoi in fndo China. Here it seems that thej French have established wiili e -nsid trable success a ;<'ho-,l of medicine.| There are 90 students enrolled, some studying the science from the hurnari| standpoint, seme qualifying as voter-, tnary surgeons, while a number ofj young women have entered as obstetric, Students. One lady who has qualified1 has been signally successful m charge pf a hospital for tho poor at. Phuly. Eight out of 16 of the students coma from Cochin Chinn. A recent press dispatch from Wash ington told of a plan to ship G.000 cats from Chicago to Japan lo assist in pre venting plagues, t,y exterminating a. largo part of tho rat population. Hut Chicago cat specialists doubt the city's ability to provide any such number hh Japan seems to need. Gno dealer, who recently sent 106 tabbies to New Of Jeans, declares that to obtain 5,000 is Impossible. "I bad an order for GOD cats," ho says, "X advertised widely and the most I could get was 100. Thus It would seem to lie impossible to gath er 5,000 cats in Chicago. If the Japa nese want cats let them get them in email places. A l>lg ity is no place to corral them.” ”1 have been ranching on art island for more than a quarter of a cen tury,” writes a correspondent of tho Fur News. “There are no carnivorous wild animals on my island but the coyote wolf, and 1 could get rid of him in a very short time and at very little expense, but if I did the tab- , bit would seen put mo out of bus iness. I have experimented along these tines and know wlmt I'm talking about, and X declare, here and now, that In tny opinion, tho carnivorous wild anl tnals of Texas save the farmers and •tock raisers hundreds of millions of dollars by keeping the rabbits In Check.” Tlte New York Diet Kitchen associa tion, according to the report read by Mrs. Henry Vlllard, Its president, at the recent annual meeting, far sur f,assed last year the work done In any 2 months of its previous history. Ac cording to Mrs. Vlllard's report there were tlireo reasons for tlds increase - one the industrial depression, another tho co-operation of the association with the New York milk commission, and the third the infant mortality work of the hoard of health. During the last year tho expenses of tlte association were more than t2S,000. i -hlcago children Infected with tu berculosis will go to school In the open •lr If a request to bo made bv the Chi cago Tuberculosis institute is granted by the board ef education. The sug gestion was made In a report of 1-Yank B. Wing, superintendent of the insti tute, and unanimously adopted by the members. The plan Is to have open air camps In various parts of tho city where children with consumption can attend. In the stormiest weather the children will wear heavy ulsters to pro tect them from the cold. Marconi produced in 1898 tho first wlroless telegraph capable of sending and recording electric waves across long distances. In that year he could send Intelligible messages 200 feet. ]!y 2900 lie had perfected the process so as to be able to transmit messages 200 miles. In 1902 Ills ship, the Carlo Al berto, kept In touch by wireless with u station on the coast of England at dis tances up to 2,300 miles. In December of that yoRr wireless messuges were exchanged between England and Can ada. In 1907 a regular transatlantic wireless service was Inaugurated. ‘'We do these things better. We provide steady Jobs for men like King wiSSTa V Slr,Joh11 Macdonald and Sir Wilfrid Daurier." S© a Canadian paper remarks In reference to the coming •ndlng of President's Roosevelt's career at the White House. The Canadians are certainly fond of giving their chosen chiefs a long Inning, sir John Macdonald ruled the dominion for near ly 20 years without a break and tho present prime minister. Sir Wilfrid Baurler, Is In his 13th year of eontln Uous office. According' to a cabinet ordinance re cently lgsut>d in Tokio, the onerous re itrictlon on the use of western Ink in Japanese official documents has been removed after 32 years. In 1876 the Japanese government ordered that in any official document, save in the case of writing on foreign made paper in one of the western languages, western Ink should not be used from that time onward. That obsolete order in ques tion survived unmolested until tills rear. Tile abolition Is welcomed by tho Japanese press In general. Dr. George L. Spinning, in a recent lecture, said: “The climate of Cali fornia Is not all like the beautiful chrome of the postal card. If it be true that in the Imperial valley It Is so hot that they have to feed their hens on cracked Ice to keep them from laying boiled eggs. It la also true that in some parts of the Sierras It Is so cold that if they had any hens they would have to reed them on red pepper and Spanish tamales to keep them from laying hall stones." Charles Dickens was christened Charles John Huffam, or Huffhani ns It Is erroneously entered In the parish register. But when he became famous he dropped the last two Christian names, ns he desired to be known as plaJn Charles Dickens, i\ wish respected on his tombstone In Westminster Ab bey. by his biographer and friend, John Forster, nnd by the scrupulously ac curate "Dictionary of National Biog raphy." There Is a story told of a famous •lnger, Gabrlelll, who demanded a fee of 1,000 ducats for singing before the .Kmpress Catherine II of Kussla. “Far too much,” said the empress, amazed. “Why, It Is more than I pay my Held marshals!" "Then let your Held mar shals sing for you," replied Gabrlelll. Mrs. Russell Sage is said to pay the heaviest tax of any person in the city of New York. The tax books show's that 20 New York women are assessed for upward of $17,000,000. and more than a score of others are required to pay from $250,000 to $100,000. Figures Issued by Manchester Uni versity point to the fact that women graduates rarely marry. Out of 500 women who have taken degrees, only 84 have married. Twelve of these mar ried graduates of the same university. W. T. Homaday, the naturalist, nnd »ow director of the New- York Zoo, tried to be a real estate man In Buffalo once, but could not resist the call of the <caged) wdld. Mrs Keith Spalding, of Chicago, has Just given $15,000 and 10 acres of land to be used in establishing a tubercu losis sanatorium ut Naplerellle IiL MURDERED MAN’S I i WIFE TESTIFIES! DIDN’T KILL HIM Convicted and Pardoned, for First Time Woman Tells How Lillie Died. Lincoln, Neb., March 16. Mr*. Lena Margaret Lillie told for the first tine* in any court yesterday the story of how her husband was killed. Once con victed of this murder and afterwards pardoned hv Governor Mickey, she Is steadfastly seeking to collect h* r hus band’s insurance money, not so much because she wants the money, but be cause she sees therein tile chance to secure at the hands of some court the 'Vindication she Insists Is her right as an innocent woman. In the trial for murder she was not permitted by her attorneys to testify, ’for some reason never clearly ex plained. She chafed under that restric tion, and believes it was a mistake. The insurance companies had refused, after her conviction, to pay the money, and the defendant in this case, the Modern Woodmen, charged in their an swer that she could not recover because sic* could not profit by her own act. The ease has. therefore, resulted in a practical retrial of the murder charge, but under the rules of evidence the fact that she was convicted of murder Is not allowed to he shown to this Jury nor is any attorney permitted to men tion It In the trial. Mrs. Lillie made a very good wit ness for herself. At times she was shaken with sobs and compelled to stop until she could regain mastery of her emotions. In brief she said that she was awakened from a sound sleep by a gunshot. She waked to find a man leaning over the bed with a revolver pointing at her. She rolled out of bed in time to escape tin* bullet he fired, which went out the window. The first shot had killed her husband. Rob bery. she said, was the motive, and >300 in hills from a dresser drawer and >150 from her husband’s pockets were taken. She denied the imputation of the other side that she was driven in any financial corner by her secret deal ings on tlie hoard of trade, and said that in the four years she had sus tained a not loss of but $100, being ahead $700 up until within a few , months, in answer to direct questions 1 as to whether she shot her husband or ; knew' who did she emphatically replied j that she did not. ! THE LEGISLATURE. ————-4 Lincoln, Neb., March 16.—The prop osition to establish a binding twine factory in the state penitentiary was j killed in the senate yesterday after noon. The house bill, which was Intro duced by Leldlgh, carried an appropri ation of $200,000, and the committee on finance recommended that It be indefl- ] nitoly postponed. The recommenda tion prevailed by a vote of 21 to 10. ' There will be no Sunday ball games in Lincoln this year and there muy be | none In Omaha. The senate in com- ' mltteo of the whole voted down an amendment to the Sunday ball bill, pro viding that the county boards might give permits for playing outside cf corporate llmitM, while the' mayor and council might grant permits ’ inside. Then another amendment was offered allowing the- county board to grant a permit In counties having more than 150.000 population. There Is hut one such county, Douglas, In which Omaha Is located. This amendment carried and the bill was recommended for pas sage. A similar bill has been killed in the house and there is every probabil ity that this one will meet a like fate. The senate committee recommended for passage the Miller bill, No. 318, pro- , vldlng that all postage stamps pur chased for the use of the state shall be perforated with the letters "NEB," and providing penalties for using such stamps for other than state business. The house- committee which was sent to look at the Wayne normal school ' has reported and recommends buying 1 the institution for $90,000. The prop erty has bi-ell offered to the state for , $100,000, and the committee thinks it is worth $150,000. DATES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR CORN EXPOSITION Omaha, Neb., March 16.—The an 1 nouncement was made today that De I cember 6 to 18 has been definitely de cided upon as tile time for tills year's national corn exposition, which Is to : In- held In Omaha, Arrangements for I the show are already well under wav | a large number of special prizes hav | iog been offered. MME. EAMES’ NAME IN DIVORCE CASE Chicago, March 16. - Mine. Emma | Eames, who has been in Chicago a cou | pie of days, and Emilio l>e Uogorza. ' 'vho arrived late yesterday afternoon | to participate In a joint recital tomor J row spent the greater part of last even ing in evading reporters who sought to know more about the suit for separa tion and alimony brought by the. bari tone's wife and argued in New York j yesterday. The petition cites the bar itone's "infatuation for a prominent singer, with whom he is touring” us the cause. Mme. Eames succeeded in her at tempt to escape questions, due to the fact that the house detective was sta tioned before her suite In the Audito rium Annex, prepared to throw out any and all reporters who would not make their exit peaceably. Do Uogorza was locked up In his room. No. 1114, with M. S. hazard, a personal representative of Mme. Eames, on guard. A persistent knocking brought the lutter to the door, and the baritone asked that the visitor be ad mitted long enough to be told that Mine, Eames' name was dragged into the case without warrant, and only as a result of Ills wife's jealousy. He was annoyed at the suit, his wife’s claims, and the visitor's questions, and showed it. In England there are now in favor bonds in denominations of $50, $100 and $250, as against the old-time $1,000 se curities. COLLEGE YOUTHS JOIN IN ‘•MARBLE HEART” CLUB Chicago March 16.—Northwestern university students are asking them selves what they will do for entertain ment. The boys of the senior class have formed the Society of the Marble Heart, which states in its bylaws that no member shall be seen with a girl Already the society boasts of a mem bership of about 20 senior men and each day brings more pledges to the organization. The members wear large red hearts on their coat sleeves, both us badges and charms. ROBBERS LOOT NEBRASKA BANK Bank at Kramer Blown Up and $1,700 Is Taken—No Arrests. Kr.niHt. Xi lt., March 15.—Tho Kra mer ptate bank was looted at 1 o’clock this morning:. The robbers blew up the safe, secured $1,700 and escaped. A posse is in pursuit. PRISONER ALLOWED TO ATTEND BURIAL Lincoln. Nob., March 15. -Sheriff Uouglund has received a letter from Vinton, la. asking If he will permit Ralph Gaylor to come home to attend • he funeral of hla brother. The let ter was written at the dictation of the distracted mother of Gaylor. Both of her sons had left home to follow the road. Ralph got Into trouble here while drunk and was given 90 day's in Jail for assault. The other brother was killed near Cedar Rapids by a Mil waukee train while beating Ills way. His body remained unidentified for Borne days, hut the mother happened to hear of the accident, after he had been burled for some time, and has succeeded In establishing the fact that t was her son. She wants to have the funeral on the 15th, and wants to know If the sheriff will bo so kind as to parole Ralph so that he may come. It Is likely the lad will be given a chance to go, on his promise to return and serve the re mainder of his sentence. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN BLUFFS OF MISSOURI Omaha. Neb., March 15.—Much Inter est Is being manifested In scientific cir cles in the archeological treasures of the Missouri river bluffs In this vicin ity and several expeditions are soon to tuko up tho work of research, hereto fore carried on In a small way by In dividual enthusiasts. The medical mu seum of natural history of Now York and Amherst college, Amherst. Mass., nave already arranged to send scientific men hero tho coming summer. Today the Omaha Commercial club sent Invi tations to 35 of the loading universities and museums of the country to take up tho exploration of the tombs and prehistoric homos, some of which are found within the limits of Omaha and South Omaha. MOTHER RESCUES CHILD FROM AUTO AT COST OF HER OWN LIFE New York. March 10.—Mrs. Leo Bnu man. wife of a wealthy New York fur niture dealer, was struck and killed last night by an automobile owned by Tully C. Estee, a flour merchant. Mrs. Mauntan and her 4-year-old son were waiting for a street car at a cor ner In the Bronx. Just as their car reached the corner and they turned to board it, the Estee automobile swung out of the darkness from a cross street. The mother saw her dange- Just in time to throw her weight against the child pushing him against the street car so that the automobile hit him only a glancing blow. His injuries as a re sult were slight. Mrs. Bauman her?"’ self was thrown 30 feet across the street dying of her Injuries a few minutes later. M'KINLEY DOCTOR BILLS FINALLY MADE PUBLIC Washington. March 15.—After (art - fully guarding for more than seven years the facts us to the government’s expenditures incident to the last illness and burial of President McKinley, the treasury officials made a statement covering all the items of expenditure under the appropriation of $45,000 for this purpose, made by congress on July 1, 1902. The item for doctors and un dertakers follows: Dr. M. D. Mannlx, $1,000; Dr. H. I,. Mlnto, $6,000; Dr. C. McBurnev, $5,000: Dr. Roswell, $5,000; Dr. (\ <\ Stock ton, $L,500; Dr. E. G. Janeway, $1,500; Dr. H. G. Matzinger. $750; Drs. W. W. Johnston, E. W. Dee and H. 11. Gaylord. $500 each: Dr. H. W. Wilson, $250; Dr. G. MeR. Hall and Dr. K. <\ Mann, $200 each. Undertakers: Druggard & Kerch. $2,104.15; McUrea & Arnold, $283. The remainder was for nurses, railroad fare, etc. Of the appropriation $2,482.12 was not used. DEADLY ADDER DROPS ON MAN; CHARMS HIM Now York. March 15.—Opening the door of u reptile cage in the Bronx zoological garden, George Snyder, head keeper, was transfixed with terror as a puff adder, one of the most ve nomenous snakes, swung from the door grating upon his arm. The keeper stood absolutely motion less, fearing to make the slightest sound to call for aid. As he looked into the beady eyes of the adder, Sny der felt, with a new thrill of horror, that he was swiftly sinking into a hyp notic spell under the influence of the reptile’s power to charm. Another keeper saw Snyder’s peril and with a horse hair lariat, used to snare snakes, he looped the puff adder’s head, swollen to three times its normal size, and in a moment had It in the cage again. Snyder was so weakened by the ter rible experience that lie was relieved from duty for the day. GOVERNMENT HAS BUT TWO OIL CASES LEFT Chicago, March 15.—All the proscru-'* lions of the Stnilard Oil Company of Indiana pending In the northern ills-' trlct of Illinois, with the exception of two eases, have been abandoned by the government as the result of Judge Anderson's decision. The two eases which inay Btlll be pushed were those Involving oil shipments from Whiting, Ind., to Evansville, Ind., over the Chi cago and Eastern Illinois railroad, by way of Dalton Junction, 111. The most the government could hope for In these cases Is a line of $1,000,000. MEAT WILL BE CHEAPER IN SUMMER, SAYS PACKER Atlanta, Ga., March In.—"Meat will be cheaper this summer." said J. Og den Armour, who passed through At lanta In his private car cn route from Palm Beach to Chicago. "Meut Is high, too high at present," he continued, “but this Is hecuuse of tho Increased cost of feeding stock Just now. It follows that when corn Is high meat Is high. This summer we, expect the price of corn to go dovtu and meat will be cheaper.” CORPORATIONS NOT COMPELLED TO BEAR BURDEN OF REVENUE Senate Condemns Plan to Take All Revenues From State wide Corporations. Lincoln, Neb., March 12.—In commit tee of the whole yesterday afternoon the senate voted to indefinitely post pone the Miller and Ollis senate file No. 20S, submitting a constitutional amendment for the revenue section. The proposition was to allow the state to secure its revenue by taxing corpo rations and other institutions doing a statewide business, while the counties and other subdivisions should do their own assessing and taxing. The vote was 16 to 14 on a motion to Indefinitely postpone. Banning’s bill, senate file No. 110, was amended and recommended for passage. It creates an open season for squirrels from September 30 to No vember 30, and does away entirely with the open season for quail. The Tibbots bill to allow the perma nent school fund to be invested in ir rigation district bonds was indefinitely postponed. Upon recommendation of the com mittee on miscellaneous subjects the senate placed on general file the Deno hoe bill, No. 354, placing all public ser vice corporations under the control of the state railway commission, and giv ing that body power to make rates. Lincoln, Neb.. March 13.—The senate tills morning passed a bill repealing the law which prohibits saloons within two miles of a military fort. The bill is Intended for the relief of Fort Crook tlilrsties. It also passed senate file 272 provid ing for county road overseers and dep uties. In committee of the whole it recommended for passage a bill appro priating $10,000 for Improvements at the Kearney industrial school. The house had a fierce debate with economy as the issue. Taylor declared that his party had howled last year against republican extravagance and was now preparing to appropriate more money than the last legislature. This talk, however, did not defeat a bill to appropriate $50,000 for a new normal school at Crawford. The physical valuation bill was dis cussed in committee of the whole. Interurbans and electric lighting com panies were included. Forty thousand dollars was appropriated for the pur pose. -♦ HH CALLED A LOBBYIST; 4 '4 SUED FOR DAMAGES. 4 4 4 4 Lincoln, Neb.. March 13—Be- 4 4 cause H. H. Philpott, house re- 4 4 porter for the Bee, called W. B. 4 4 Llnch, field manager for the 4 4 State Farmers' Mutual Insur- 4 4 ante company, of South Omaha, 4 4 a lobbyist who was on the floor 4 4 of the house trying to beat a bill 4 4 making non-negotiable notes 4 4 given for insurance premiums, 4 4 Llnch has sued Philpott and the 4 4 Bee for $10,000 damages. 4 4 To call a man a lobbyist nowa- 4 4 days is not only to use a term 4 4 of opprobrium, but it is a charge 4 4 that he is a criminal, because the 4 yf; statute makes lobbying an of- 4 4 fense, and so Mr. Llnch claims 4 ♦ lie has been brought into public 4 4 scandal, ridicule and disgrace. 4 4 4 ♦4444444444444444444444444 DUELS WITH USE OF WAX BULLETS A .FAD New York, March 13.—Demonstra tions of the latest fad among local fencers, that of pistol duelling with the use of wax bullets, were given at the gymnasium of the Carnegie Fencing club last night before a crowd of 300 interested spectators. Seven well known swordsmen com peted at the new sport, honors for ac curacy in shooting finally going to Dr. li. M. Hammond, of the New York Ath letic club, who defeated Dr. M. J. Echeverrla, a club man in the deciding bout. Although the bullets arc discharged with great force they lost their veloc ity while traveling through the space of 60 feet. This was shown when sev eral of the contestants, missing their human targets, hit the background without leaving any visible impression. MEXICO REMOVES WHEAT DUTY TO AVERT FAMINE El Paso, Tex., March 13.—Mexico will declare off all wheat duties by April 1, in order to prevent a bread famine, according to customs officials here. For several years past Mexico has had suspended the duty on wheat each spring on account of the shortage in that country. Wheat now costs $3.t>U In Mexican money per bushel in Mex ico City when imported from the United States, and the home crop is exhausted. American wheat at the border now costs $1.28 a bushel, and with a duty of 20 cents gold a bushel and the additional freight rate to Mex ico City, tin- price is exorbitant. 4 4 4 4 TAFT’S LIPS FELL 4 4 ON FAMOUS PRAYER. 4 4 4 4 Washington. D. U., March 13.— 4 4 Through James H. MoKonney, 4 4 the veteran clerk of the supreme 4 4 court of tile United States, has 4 4 Just come to light the fact that 4 4 President Taft's lips fell upon a 4 4 very significant passage in the 4 4 bible, when, after taking the 4 4 oath of office, he kissed the 4 4 sacred volume. 4 4 When the book was presented 4 4 to Mr. Taft, he reverently 4 4 touched his lips to its open face 4 4 at the point in the third chapter 4 4 of First Kings, beginning: 4 4 "Give therefore thy servant an 4 4 understanding heart to judge the 4 4 people, that I may discern be- 4 4 tween good and bad; for who Is 4 4 able to judge this thy so great a ♦ 4 people?” 4 litllUiltllUlllllltMIM PRESIDENT OF WAYNE NORMAL SCHOOL DIES Wayne, Neb.. March 13.—President J. M. Pile, of the Nebraska Normal school, died at his home at this place this morning after an illness of over six months with Bright’s diease and othei complications. He had been at the head of the insti tution since its organization in 1891 and was one of the active boosters for the organization of the college at that time. He came here from the south and was an educator of much ability. COUNTY OPTION GETS STRANDED BY SENATE ACTION Member Accuses Head of Anti Saloon League of Being Modern Judas. Lincoln, Neb., March 12.—County op tion was (lefi-atcd in the Nebraska sen ate yesterday afternoon by the close* vote of 17 to 16. Miller's senate bill. No. 209, hud been made a special order for consideration in committee of the| whole for 2 o'clock and when that hour arrived the senate chamber was crowded with men and women, every available inch of space being occupied. I Nearly every member who favored the bill made a speech of more or less length, while the opponents sat In si lence. The utterances of the advocates of the measure were wildly cheered by the crowds which had come to witness the deliberations. Although it was known that the vote would be close, there were three members who were considered doubtful by both sides and what the result would be was not cer tainly known until the vote was taken. The house took up out of its order anil passed, by a vote of 72 to 23, the bank guarantee bill. Seven republicans voted for it and not a democrat against it. The bill provides for a fund of 2 per cent of all deposits, to be accumu lated within two years, after which the yearly assessment Shull be one-twen tieth of 1 per cent. No assessment higher than 2 per cent in one year can he levied. Eleven republicans and five demo crats supported the bill and 15 demo crats and two republicans voted in tbe. negative. A similar bill is pending in tlie house. Lincoln, Neb , March 12.—The senate this morning passed a bill authorizing the governor to appoint a dairy com missioner at $1,500 a year, and killed one limiting the exemption of laborers' Wages to 75 per cent, and requiring publication of delinquent tux list in the newspaper of largest circulation. The sifting committee selected last night by the caucus was named this morning and will take charge of the tile next week. Not a republican was represented on it. The house spent the morning on the general appropriation bill, and several warm fights occurred over items. An effort to get $12,000 appropriated for a sewerage system at the Grand Island soldiers’ home was defeated, after a charge that it was a scheme to get the state to build a sewerage system for the city. _i— BOYD WANTS TO BE INDIAN COMMISSIONER Norfolk, Neb., March 12.—Word has been received in Norfolk that ex-Con gressman J. F. Boyd, of Neligh, will be a candidate for the appointment of commissioner of Indian affairs. It is said that the Nebraska republican dele gation in congress have agreed to sup port him and will ask President Taft to appoint him. The contest for the location of the state normal in north Nebraska is now between O'Neill, Norfolk and Wayne. -+ GIVES UP $75,000 FOR SINGLE CENT Omaha, Neb,. March 12.—John Savis gave up $75,000 yesterday for 1 cent and freedom. Savis, the Greek, received 1 cent for waiving all claim to the Heinze $75,000 pciarl necklace which he says lie found in New York. But in addition to that he was dis charged in police court. He is now free to go and come. If he hadn't given up the necklace Otto Heinze, the millionaire, said he would take hint back to New Y'ork to make him show how the jewels came in his possession. When the settlement was made Heinze reached in his pocket and fished out 1 cent for the Greek, saying It would show there was no ill feeling on his part. “MAX” AND “MIN” TARIFF WILL BE PROPOSED Washington, March 12.—Maximum and minimum rates of duty are pro vided in the tariff bill which will be introduced in the House by Chairman Payne, of the ways and means com mittee, when the special session con venes. A paragraph will be included in each separate schedule providing for the minimum duties on articles under that schedule. Twenty per cent is be lieved the average reduction for the minimum duties, and some articles will be excepted from the provision for a minimum duty. The United States was the first coun try to adopt maximum and minimum rates of duty when it provided for reci procity in its tariff law for a few ar ticles such as sugar. Germany and France, however, have extended the reciprocity to cover their entire tariff law, and it Is to make the American tariff more pliable in accordance with the tariffs of foreign countries that the maximum and minimum rates are incorporated. BALLOT IS TOO MUCH FOR WOMEN, SAYS “PROF.” New York, March 12.—"When the in dividual increases the functional activ ity, the formative diminishes,” Dr. Max G. Schlapp, professor of Cornell uni versity medics, told the women mem bers of the fashionable Colony club to day. He lectured on "Woman Suffrage anil the Pathological Condition of So ciety,” before the club. Dr. Schlapp described the nutritive formative and functional activities of cell organism. “Society is a living organism of which men and women are cells." Dr. Schlapp. “Any disturbance or correction pro duces pathological conditions. Women are becoming more active. They seem about to assume suffrage. The sex al ready is overburdened. Statistical ta bles show tremendous increases in the death rate since 1870, while other statis tics show increase In insanity and ner vous diseases. The lesson taught is that three life processes have been dis, turbed." FIVE DROWN IN HIGH WATER IN ALABAMA Montgomery. Ala., March 12.—Five persons were drowned today in Ala bama river here, in the rising waters which followed last night's storm. Three whites and a negro were drowned from the ferry, and William Dillar, a white boy. playing near the river bank, fell in and was drowned. Hast night's rain was the heaviest here in 20 years. Five and a half inch es fell in a little more than five hours. STRIKING BILL CLERKS RESTORED OH EXTRA TIME Docked a Day and Then Given 20 Hours’ Overtime—One Member Is Dropped. Lincoln, Neb., March 11.—The luniscy bill clerks who went out on a strike last week, were Monday given a dock of one day for the time out, while at the same time they were given 20 hours overtime. The net gain of the clerks as a result of the walkout was an ex tra payment for one day’s work. Two of the clerks. Louis Faulhaber and Rus sel Vandenburg, were discharged after the strike, but yesterday Faulhaber. was at work again. Vandenburg, tho> chief billing clerk, and by the way a. supporter of republican principles in the last legislature, was not returned. Nettleton’s bill providing that notes given for Insurance shall be non-nego tlable until the policy is delivered, was passed by the house. In the senate the Ransom bill pro viding that school funds may be given, for drainage bonds as well as munlci pal bonds, was recalled from tho " 's house on the motion of Srnator King and the approval of Mr. Ransom. It was thought that the drainage and ir rigation bonds are not safe enough for the investment of school funds. The Miller bill, No. 350. providing work under the direction of the hoard of the home of the friendless for the inspection of homes where the children! are taken, was approved by the com mittee and recommended for passage. f+++ ♦ ♦ 4444444444-4444444 444 ■ 4- ♦ 4- DIES OF MEASLES 4 4- IN HIS OLD AGE 4 4- 4 4- Laurel, Neb., March 11.—Her- 4 4- raann Teten, 72 years of age, 4 4- died last night as the result of 4 4 measles. He was taken sick 4 4 about 10 days ago, but his age 4 was against him. His five chil ♦ 4- dren all live at home and in this 4 4- vicinity. Mr. Teten moved here 4 4 from Iowa some eight years ago, 4 4 purchasing a farm a mile north 4* 4 of town, where Mrs. Teten died 4 4 several years ago. He will he 4 4 buried here Thursday afternoon. 4 444-444-44444444444444444? 4* SHOT HIS COMPANION WHILE HUNTING DUCKS Plainview, Neb., March 11—Hans Jen sen, 16 years old, was shot and in stantly killed by his hunting mate,. Walter Brandenburg, near Plainview. while shooting ducks. The iad raised his head just as his companion in the rear fired at a flock of rising ducks. The charge entered the back of the head. NEW CENSUS BILL WILL PASS AT SPECIAL SESSION Washington, March U,—The passage of a new census bill during the special session, to take the place of the meas ure vetoed by President Roosevelt in, confidently predicted by friends of < .in gress. Representative Crumpacker, of In diana, chairman of the census commit tee of the last House, and author of tho bill disapproved because lie did not provide for competitive examination for temporary census clerks, lias prepar- .1 a new measure. He believes if, will meet the approval of congress and President Taft. The plan for the selection of clerks by noncompetitive examination, pro vided for in the vetoed bill, has been abandoned. Judge Crumpacker sought to apply the merit system of selection, modified to meet exigencies of the cen sus work. The new bill provides “special test examinations,” prescribed by civil ser vice commissions. The selection would differ from ordinary selection under * civil service in that the director of the census might, when exigencies of the service required, give preference to el Iglbles immediately available, instead of selecting appointees according to rating, as otherwise provided. MISSOURI ADMITS ONE OIL COMPANY Jefferson City, Mo.. March 11.—Mo tions by the Standard Oil company of Indiana and the Republic Oil company of Ohio, for a rehearing of the ouster suit recently decided against them, and for modification of the judgment, were overruled by the Missouri supr me court today. The petition of the Waters-Pierre OH company was upheld, a motion of , h.* attorney general for the absolute oust er of the Missouri company being de nied. Compliance with the court order recently filed by the company was un proved. and judgment of the ousn-r against it being suspended. The effect of these decisions is t x pel the Indiana and Ohio compere. * from Missouri and restore the Wa< Pierce company, 60 pe r cent of wi - stock is held by the Stanard Oil coin, pany of New Jersey, tile right to do business within the state. No formal opinion in the premises was read, Chief Justice Valliant sirnpk announcing the gist of the court', ». cision. Justices Lamm and Woods..., dissented. OLIVER NAMED SENATOR TO SUCCEED MR. KNOX Harrisburg, Pa.. March 11.—George t Oliver, of Pittsburg, today was naim-<i as republican candidate for (In;:, ,| States senator to succeed P. C. ,x by Joint caucus of the senate uu] house. Mr. Oliver Is a brother o’ Mrs. r; l> Holbrook, of Onawa, la. MURIEL WHITE TO WED WEALTHY FOREIGN COUNT Paris, March 11.—An unconfirmed re port has it that Muriel White, dau~b ter of Henry White, American arnbas sador, is betrothed to Count Serih Josch, a wealthy Silesian. FOURTEEN. HE WEDS SPINSTER Memphis, Tenn.. March 11.—Charlie Orossen, 14 years old. wearing i:n , K erbockers, and Miss Mlnnlo Corley ;o years old, were married at A! a ben Miss. The boy's parents, hearin - the marriage, separated the coupls within an hour and refused to all ,vr him to return to his wife. The bride declares if they are not allowed to live together she will kill herself. Tile couple are in the cun try, about 12 miles from Mabcu. Nearly 65 per cent of all the imports w China last year paid duty at. Shack