fNE O’NEILL FRONTIEhj
O. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
PNEILt, NEDKA8K*
The skill and rare of the motorman
are a very considerable factor In tho
cost of operating an electric car. One
way In which this fact is demonstrated
Is In making use of all possible op
portunities to "coast" on grades, and
a new recording device has been In
troduced to determine to what extent
motormen take advantage of such in
clines. The device is connected both
With electrical controller and with the
air brakes and operates only when both
the controlling apperatus and the
brakes are in tho “off” position. The
record Is made on a paper ribbon driv
en by a clock. This record makes lb
possible to judge of the relative
economy of different motormen operat
ing on the same line, and encourages
them to let the cars coast whenever
It Is possible to do so without falling
behind their schedule.
The cocoa Is a native of Venezuela.
It Is a pod bean the size of the first
Joint of the finger, six or eight of these
beans to the pod. The wet beans are
shelled from the pods and then fer
mented In heaps for six days until
cured During this ferment heat Is de
veloped that will cook an egg, so they
eav. The cocoa bush begins bearing
at five years, grows into a tree ,10 feet
high, and, like the olive, the older the
tree the better. The beans hang from
the trunk and the under side of the
limbs, sticking out on stems.
A railroad from the Interior of Mes
opotamia, Asiatic Turkey, to tho Syrian
coast, and a harbor at Its terminus, is
a recont and good proposal, says
Consol Rayndal, of Beirut, among the
many railroad projects set up at Con
stantinople for concessions. Aleppo and
Damascus would be fuctors In this en
terprise. For centuries each served
os a clearing house between east and
west. Irrigation on a large scale is
an English proposition for Mesopotam
ia. It seems likely that again "the
aeseri win niossom as the rose. Har
bors at Haifa and Tripoli are proposed
the latter seems certain.
Mrs. Maud Park Wood was one of
the speakers at a recent meeting held
In Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate
the very large vote cast by women at
the first by-election since state suf
frage was granted In Victoria. Mrs.
Wood Is making a tour of the world for
the purpose of studying the workings
of woman suffrage. While In Australia
she was the guest of honor at two par
liamentary tea parties, given her by the
government members and by the leader
of the opposition.
Mrs. Frederick W. Packard, one of
the leaders In the Chicago Anti-Cruelty
society, hus declared her Intention of
tagging every abused horse in the
business part of the city. For this pur
pose she has printed tags reading,
"Please ease this collar," "Please fix
these blinders," “Please pad this sad
dle," and so on. Mrs. Packard says the
tags save a lot of time and she has
found that the drivers have just as
much reBpect for them as for her ver
bal admonition.
In some parts of Knglnnd one of the
best cures for a swollen neck is to draw
a snake nine times across the throat of
the Buffering one, utter which the snake
Is killed and Its skin sewed In a silken
bag and tightly sewed around the neck.
Another way, almost as good, is to put
the live snake In a bottle, which Is
tightly corked and burled near the roots
of a rose bush, and ns the helpless
snake decays the swelling In the neck
of the patient will disappear.
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Despite his trials and responsibilities,
Mulal Halid, sultan of Morocco, finds
opportunity for distractions. His ma
jesty has divorced one of the four le
gitimate wives allowed by koranic law,
and is about to espouse the daughter
of a late vizier. It is rumored that two
other royal divorces are pending, and
that the places of these discarded wives
■will be taken by the daughters of loyal
lubjects.
All through the markets of every
Turkish city and village are little shop's
where the fez can be pressed and
Ironed for a few cents. At his prayers
a Moslem could not use a hat with a
brim, ns his head must press the prayer
rug n certain number of times during
each prayer. As the head must be cov
ered at all times a fez or some other
brimless covering must be used.
Philadelphia boasts of having two of
the oldest living skaters. On the first
day that tho Ice was In condition the
oldtimers, William II. Wetherill and his
brother Frank, 73 and 71 years old. re
spectively, made their annual appear
ance on Ilaverford college pond. They
cut tho figure eight and did other stunt's
that widened the eyes of onlooking
youngsters.
At 27 John Calvin wrote his "In
stitutes of Christian Religion;" Top
lady, "Rook of Ages;” Napoleon led his
brilliant Italian campaign, and Ell
■Whitney invented the cotton gin. At
2S Raphael painted his masterpiece,
"The Sistine Madonna." Thomas Moore
wroto "Lalla Rookh," Pollock his
"Course of Time,” and Lamartine his
"Poetical Mediations."
The immense chocolate candy indus
try is an outgrowth of French colonists
In Venezuela and Trinidad experiment
ing in French bonbons and negates '
(nuggets), so dear to the French palate.
From France this chocolate candy has
spread all over the world and may
run for the money a race with the to
bacco habit.
By the opening of the last section ot
the Kyushu railway, the Grand Trunk
line of Japan has been completed from
Sapporo on the north to Kagoshima on
the south, a distance of 1,300 miles. The ,
first part of this line to be thrown open
was the Tokio-Yokohama section
which began to carry passengers ami
goods in 1872.
Japanese horses wear sanduls of rice ;
straw. The Iceland peasant shoes his 1
pony with sheeps horn. In tile upper j
Oxus valley horseshoes made of the
antlers of the mountain deer, fastened •
with horn pins, are employed. Horses ,
in the Sudan wear socks of camel's
skin.
After about 80 shots tin- rifling of the i
present twelve-inch gun of 2.500 foot- ,
■seconds velocity becomes so badly worn
as to destroy the accuracy, in the
case of the new 14-inch gun the erosion !
is much less and the gun will be serv
iceable for about 300 discharges.
As all Asia Minor lights by petroleum
lamps, both houses and streets, its im
port of chimney glass through Smyrna
alone is worth $500,000 a year. No at
tempt by American manufacturers to
export glass chimneys to Smyrna has
yet been heard of.
Japanese mothers do not kiss their 1
children, though they may press their
lips to the forehead or cheek of a very
i young baby.
More than 90 per cent of the cities of 1
'this country with a population of 10,000 '
;or more are equipped with electric tire
Alarms.
EMERSON MAN
SHOT AND KILLED
IN MEAT MARKET
Eye Witness to Tragedy Thinks
Murderer Was Afraid of .
Being Murdered.
Emerson, Nob.. Jan. IS. Mystery
Mirnuinds the killing of Joseph Lee.
(igetl SO years, single, by Gus Oerlach
|r> Hans Jensen's meat market here
Thursday night about !« o’clock.
Lee. who bad been working in this
locality for about a year and was re
tarded as being a little peculiar, had
boon drinking hard all day and had
In his possession a .4 4 caliber revolver
which he had pulled from his pocket
several times, but without threatening
inyone. Late in the evening he went
into the back part of Jensen's market
where Oerlach was working, soon after
which the latter was called to the front
>f the market to wait on a customer.
According to Glen Smith, who was in
the back room where the tragedy oc
curred, as Oerlach returned to the
room Lee pulled Ids revolver from his
pocket and Oerlach. seeing the act,
picked up his own revolver, which was
lying near him, and shot Leo. killing
Him almost instantly. Oerlach remained
In town until yesterday afternoon,
when, there, being no move to arrest
him, he left town and has not been
heard from. The dead man has a
brother living at Yankton and lie will
arrive here today, after which it is
probable that papers will be issued for
GScrlach’s ’arrest on :i charge of mur
iler. There is no evidence that there
was any serious quarrel between the
Lwo men, and Smith’s version of the
crime is that Oerlach feared that Lee
was about to shoot him, and concluded
Lo do the job first.
Lee has been regarded as peculiar,
but was not considered a dangerous
character.
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LOSES HIS CHILDREN.
Wayne, Neb., Jan. IS.—Homer Skeen,
who recently moved from this place to
Cody, Wyo„ has lost his three children
by scarlet fever within the past 10
days. Mrs. Skeen was formerly Miss
Mabel Ayers, of Dakota City.
JACKSON CITIZEN DEAD.
Jackson, Neb., Jan. 18.—Mrs. Patrick
Riley died Thursday afternoon at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Mc
Bride* Deceased was one of the pio
neers of Dakota county and leaves
three sons and two daughters to mourn
her loss. Interment will be made in St
Patrick's cemetery.
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STOP PRIZE FIGHTS.
Hartlngton, Neb., Ja .n 18.—Sheriff
McFadden has announced that he will
Btop all prize fights in Cedar county.
Several contests have taken place at
Fordyce recently. It is Understood that
Sheriff Vasidk, of Knox county, will
also stop the “mills” at Crofton.
WAITS LONGER* THAN
JACOB DID FOR A
WIFE, BUT GETS HER
Fremont, Neb., Jan, is, A courtship
,'ontlnulng 20 years and an engagement
of 17 years, at last culminating in mar
riage. That is what has happened In
the case of Emil Rudolf Stlefel, aged
13, and Miss Katie Magdaltne Zols. aged
12 years, residing in this county.
Twenty years ago Stlefel and Miss
Xels, then young, lived with ttieir par
ents on adjoining farms. Soon utter
[heir engagenlent, Stlefel requested
that Mr. and Mrs. Zeis give him the
hand of their daughter in marriage.
They objected, the principal reason be
ing that they did not want Katie to
leave home. Stlefel declared that they
would not marry and live with the
parents of either. If wedded they pro
posed to have a home all their own.
Since then. Miss Zeis has remained
at home and eared for her aged parents
and Stlefel has worked and saved until
he has a fine farm. V couple of weeks
ago Mr. and Mrs. Zeis relented and
gave consent to the marriage.
Miss Zeis hitched up a horse and
drove over to tho farm of Stlefel, where
Bhe broke the good news. Then Father
O’Sullivan, of the Catholic church here,
performed the marriage ceremony.
While the parents of the bride have
changed their minds, the bride and
{room have likewise changed theirs and
In the remaining years of their lives
Mr. and Mrs. Zeis will make their horns
with the Stlefels.
‘HUMAN SPIDER’’ HAS
SCALP TORN OFF, BUT
ESCAPES A BAD FALL
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 18.—While staini
ng on tile edge of a steel beam 1UJ feet
ibove the pavement, Fritz Schultz, one
'f the "human spiders" working on the
tew City National bank building's sien
ler skeleton, was struck on the head by
m elevator and most of the scalp torn
iff. He walked, unaided, to the bottom
>f the building and thence to a physi
cian's office. Sunday lie will be buck
ui the job.
“Hurry up those rivets," sang Fritz
o the man at tile cable a dozen doors
jelow
"Going up." yelled back the operator.
Fritz waited to see.
The speeding elevator shot by like a
thell from a cannon and took with It a
ilg round patch of Fritz's Idond Ger
iiuu hair and scalp.
The injured man. with blood stream
ng from his face, maintained his Toni
ng und calmly felt bis way to the
itreet. Physicians did some extensive
■mbroidcry work on tin- German's scalp
tnd told litm lie was luekv to lie alive.
KILLED BY*STEAM.
Chicago Jail. 18.—While warming
limself at n manhole near the Polk
itreet railroad station, an unidentified
lomeless man lost his lif.. today lo
osing his balance and plunging down
rniong the numerous exhaust pipes.
I'he victim was suffocated by the es
■aping steam before assistance arrived.
CHRISTY CASE GOES OVER.
Zanesville, Ohio, aJn. is. The ex,un
nation of M rs. Maybell Thonivson
’hristy in her suit against Howard
'handler Christy, the artist to obtain
lossession of their daughter. Natalie,
vas continued today until next Monday
norning.
NDIANA MAN ADMITS
HAVING THREE WIVES
Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. IS.- Harry
■Spperly, who was arested here today
it the request of the police of Ander
son, Ind., admits that he has three
vives. I’urrle Kennedy Epperly at An
lersop Emma Decker Epperly. at Mou
nouth, 111., and Bessie Dunbar Epperly,
vith whom he 'iviu# »n Tern Haute.
Sppe.rly. who is years old. will bo
uken to Anderson.
ONE DAY MARRIED,
THEN ARRESTED ON
CHARGE OF BIGAMY
First Wife Had Lived With
Him Until Less Than Week
Before His Crime.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 17.—Deputy Coun
ty Attorney Strode yesterday afternoon
filed In the court of Justice Stevens a
complaint charging Geo. B. Rogerson,
alius Davey, with the crime of bigamy.
The document was sworn to by Mrs.
Davey, who claims to have been mar
ried to Rogerson, or Davey, in the court
house in Omaha. October 18, 1902, and
who lias lived with him since that date
until last Saturdav. She is also the
mother of his two children. Under the
name of Rogerson. the man against
whom the complaint was filed was
married Tuesday by Justice Stevens to
Martha A. West, of Lincoln. Rogerson
was arrested by Constable Hunger on
M street between Ninth and Tenth
streets last evening.
Mrs. Davey, or Rogerson, as she has
been known in Lincoln, called at the
office of County Judge Cosgrave yes
terday afternoon to Inspect the record
of the license which had been issued
to the man w' om she had considered
her husband, Monday. She then re
paired to the office of the county attor
ney and told her story.
The woman appeared to be in great
distress and informed Judge Strode
that her maiden name was Mary Ra
iPien and that her people live at Grand
Island. On October 18. 1902, she wasi
married in Omaha to the man who
Went by the name of George Davey,
jand they have since lived together,
though their life has not been all
sunshine. Last September she came to
Lincoln with her two children, he hav
ing preceded them to this city. They
went to Moore's rooming house at 135
South Tenth st., and she and the, two \
little ones are still there.
DOUBLET AmThOSE
THEIR DINNER MODES
Chicago, Jan. 17.—The social circles.
Along the Lake Shore drive are dis
cussing h little dinner recently given
by Mrs. John A. Carpenter at 710 Rush
st. There were only 12 guests, and all
were women. They appeared in cos
tumes of the age of gallantry when
doublet and hose were pre-eminent. It
is said that one impersonated "Mary's
Little Lamb." The majority were in
men’s costumes.
Among those said to have been pres
ent were Mrs. Joseph G. Coleman, Mrs.
Honore Palmer. Mrs. Joseph Winter
botham, Mrs. John Winterbotham. Miss
TiUcy Blair, Mrs. Kellog Fairbank and
Mrs. Harold M. McCormick.
There has not been so much audible
mirth in and about Rush street for
many days, on the authority of those
living In the vicinity, as during the
hours from 7 to 10, when the company
was at dinner.
HILL WILL BUILD NEW
ROAD TOJAR ALASKA
Great Northen Magnate Plans
Line From Winnipeg to
Far Yukon.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 17.—A party of
Canadian and American capitalists, in
which James J. Hill Is said to be in
terested. have obtained charters for and
w ill build a railroad 2.000 miles long to
cost $00,000,000, from Winnipeg to the
Yukon.
Joseph E. Leiter, of Chicago, and
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, brother of the
Duke of Beaufort, are interested in the
enterprise and have lately visited Mon
treal to interest other Canadian capital.
Mr. Leiter is now In Winnipeg.
The road will run from Winnipeg to
Lethbridge at the base of the Rockies,
thence to Calgary and from Calgary
into the Alaskan Yukon It will tap the
rich Peace river valley and will depend
largely for revenue on the shipments
of ore from the Yukon fields.
The syndicate has secured charters'
for the road from two sets of promoters
who formerly had them. They antici
pate no difficulty in raising sufficient’
capital to finance the enterprise.
INTERN ATIOnXl CUTS
A LUSCIOUS MELON
New York, Jan. 17.—Another melon
of large proportions, the distribution
of $20,000,000 in common stock, is to be
given the stockholders of the Interna
tional Harvester company.
The announcement was made this
afternoon at the offices of J. P. Morgan
& Co. The new stock is to be distrib
uted ratably ns a stock dividend to the
present $00,000,000 of common stock.
The directors of the company have
recommended that the entire $80,000,000
of stock be placed on a 4 per cent divi
aenu oasis, commencing' next April.
RARE WHITE RHINO
KILLED BY TEDDY
Butlnba, on the Eastern Shore of
Lake Albert. Uganda, Jan. 14.—News
from the Smithsonian African scientific
expedition was brought here today by
means of a native runner and canoe
service up the Bar-el-Jebel river. All
of the party are reported well, with the
exception of three hunters recruited in
Africa, who have suffered from dysen
tery.
Colonel Roosevelt shot a white rhino
cow and a young rhino on the first
night that the party was at Camp
Rhino, Its present stopping place on the
Congo side of the Bar-el-Jebel.
WARRINER TO PRISON.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 17.—Charles L.
Warriner. who confessed to having
used $643,000 while treasurer of the
Big Four railroad in this city, was tak
en the penitentiary at Columbus to
day to begin a sentence of six years.
Warriner Issued a signed statement de
claring that the various rumors circu
lated that he was ‘‘protecting some one
higher up" were not true.
KING WILL MARRY.
Baris. Jan. 17.—A special dispatch
from Lisbon quotes from an au •
thorized source affirming the marriage
of King Manuel, of Portugal, ami
Princess Victoria Patricia. youngest
daughter of the Duke of Connaught,
will be solemnized next May.
SUCCUMBS TO WOUND.
PlilUth, Minn., Jan. 17. — Walter
Whitehead, a negro pugilist of this city,
w ltd w as stabbed by Ralph Jones, an
other negro, abuut a week ago, died
today _ _
NEBRASKA CITIES IN
WARM TRADE RIVALRY
Differences Between Omaha
and Lincoln Before Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Washington, Jan. 15. — A spirited
trade contest between Omaha and Linn
coin, Neb., was brought to the attention
of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion today by the filing of a complaint
by the Commercial club of Omaha
against the Union Pacific railroad and
105 other railway companies.
It is alleged that the defendant rail
roads discriminate in their lumber
rates against Omaha and in favor of
Lincoln, to the great commercial dis
advantage of Omaha.
The commission Is requested to ad
just the differences in rates so that the
two cities may be placed on a parity
as to freight rates.
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NEBRASKA EDITOR BUYS
IOWA NEWSPAPER
Norfolk, Neb.. Jan. 15.—G. S. Miller,
of the Newman Grove Reporter, has
purchased the Grinned, la., Register
and will leave Nebraska soon. Mr.
Miller has been prominently identified
with the progressive republican move
ment from its birth and his departure
will be a great loss to the cause in
north Nebraska. He graduated with
President Taft at Harvard.
COUPLE WED SECRETLY.
Lyons, Neb., Jan. 15.—Unknown to
their friends, Roy Butio and Nettie
Peterson put their resolutions into ac
tion when they got married on New
Year’s day at Omaha, and spent their
honeymoon at New Hampton, la. They
are both Lyons young folks and have
just returned here.
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POSTMASTER REAPPOINTED.
Winside, Neb., Jan. 15.—Postmaster
F. S. Tracy has received the news that
Senator Brown has recommended his
reappointment.
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♦ AUDITOR MAY OPPOSE ♦
♦ CONGRESSMAN NORRIS ♦
♦ Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 15.—There ♦
-f is a rumor about the state house -f
♦ today to the effect that State ♦
♦ Auditor Junkin has aspirations <♦
♦ for Congressman Norris’ seat in ♦
4- congress. ♦
The auditor is an ardent ad- ♦
♦ mirer of Taft, regards the re- ♦
♦ cently passed tariff laws as the ♦
♦ acme of perfection, and is said ♦
♦ to be in the race to depose Nor- ♦
*■ rls, who has exercised freedom ♦
♦ in criticism on various occasions. ♦
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WARNER IS NAMED AS
MARSHAL FOR NEBRASKA
Washington, Jan. 16.—President Taft
today sent to the senate the nomina
tion of William P. Warner, of Da
kota' City to be United States marshal
for the district of Nebraska.
HEAVY SNOWSTORM
HURT STOCK INTERESTS
Norfolk, Neb., Jan. 15. — Another
heavy snow covers northern Nebraska,
southern South Dakota and northern
Wyoming, adding to the suffering of
live stock on the ranges. Thousands of
head of cattle and sheep have perished,
NURSE STRANGLED BY
DESPERATE BURGLARS
Attack Her in Bed and Rot
Country House of the
Silverware.
Milbrook, N. Y., Jan. 15.—A young
Woman known as Sarah Breymer, a
nurse in tho employment of Mr. and
Mrs. Barnes Compton, was strangled to
death by burglars today in her bed in
the Compton mansion here.
Tho house was robbed of a quantity
of silverware. The burglary and mur
der took place while Mr. and Mrs.
Compton were in New York city, and
the house was in the care of servants.
It was learned today that the murdered
woman was the*wife of Clarence Morse,
of Togus, Mo.
The nurse and a small daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Compton occupied a
sleeping piazza on the upper floor.
Other servants in another part of the
house were awakened by the burglars,
but were unable to offer any resistance.
After the burglars had departed,
servants found the body of the nurso
in her bed with marks on her throat,
indicating that she had been strangled.
The little Compton girl had not been
awakened bv the striiErerle.
CARROLL TO DISCUSS
LAWS FOR MISFITS
Des Moines, la., Jan. 15.—Governor
Carroll today received notice from Gov
ernor Fort, of New Jersey, that he has
been assigned to discuss the subject of
divorce and divorce laws at the com
ing conference of governors to be held
in Washington next week. Governor
Carroll is now busy collecting data,
pertaining to this subject. It is under
stood that he will also take up the
question of more stringent marriage
laws.
CONGRESSMAN KENDALL
IS PTOMAINE VICTIM
Washington. Jan. 15.—Representative
N. E. Kendall, of Iowa, is recovering
from a severe attack of ptomaine pois
oning. He went to the House a few
moments yesterday, when it was ex
pected that there might be a fight on
the Ballinger inquiry resolution, but
left immediately when it was seen there
would be no contest. He does not know
the cause of his illness. He would have
been seriously ill, but for prompt
medical attention.
♦ HE SEEKS DIVORCE ON 4
4 GROUND THAT WIFE IS ♦
♦ ANTI-FAT PILL FIEND 4
4• Pittsburg, Jan. 15.—Alleging 4
4 that his wife took pills to re- 4
4• duce her flesh and that in that ♦
4• way she ruined her nervous sys- 4
4■ tem, John H. Messner, fihed an 4
4- answer to the divorce libel filed ♦
♦ against him by his wife, Annie ♦
♦ M. Messner. He contends that ♦
♦ he is entitled to a divorce in- ♦
♦ stead of his wife. 4
LIVE STOCK MEN TO I
ASK MANY REFORMS
They Will Indorse Gifford Pin
chot and Insist on Railroad
Legislation. >
Denver, Jan. 14.-—Many governmental
reforms are demanded in resolutions
presented to the National Dive Stock
association for adoption today.
The granting of power of the Inter
state Commerce commission to review
railway classifications, to annul <
changes in regulations and to institute
proceedings on its own motion, as rec
ommended by President Taft, are fa- '
vored. hut the resolution opposes the 1
appointment of any interstate com- <
merce court. ,
The Pinchot administration of the ,
forest service is indorsed and recom
mendations are made for a lease law 1
.governing the use of public lands for I
grazing. The resolutions also favor the s
continuation of the fight against free
hides.
MANE UVERS’PLAN NED j
FOR NATIONAL GUARD ]
1
Omaha, Nob., Jan. 14.—Instructions
wore received yesterday at tne head- <
quarters of the department of the Mis- i
souri to arrange for a maneuver camp i
and camp of instructions for the de- <
partments of the Missouri and Dakota* 1
to be held at Fort Riley, Kansas, and a 1
maneuver camp at Fort D. A. Russell,
Wyoming. They are to begin in Sep- 1
teniber next and continue a month. The i
militia organizations of Kansas, Mis- <
souri. Iowa. Nebraska. Nortli Dakota. (
South Dakota and Minnesota, are to be 1
united with the regulars at Fort Riley, e
The commander of the department of i
the Missouri will have charge at Fort t
Riley, while the brigade commander of
that post will command at Fort D. A.
Russell. Fully 15.000 troops will take
part in the Fort Riley maneuvers. *
Brigadier General Charles Morton, 1
the present commander of the depart- ?
ment of the Missouri, will retire March J
18. 1910. so that the principal work of t
preparation for the camps will devolve J
upon his successor. *
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4 PINCHOT CANNOT 4 £
4 COME TO NEBRASKA 4 I
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4 Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 14.—In an- 4 1
♦ swtr iu -ii 111, .union u n - >- 1
4 graphed him yesterday to at- 4 £
4 tend and speak at the proposed 4 1
4 “insurgent” state meeting to be 4
4 held here some day next week. 4 £
4 the following reply was received 4
4 last night from Gifford Pinchot: 4 I
4 "Washington, Jan. 11.—My 4 £
4 best thanks for the action of 4 J
4 your meeting. I appreciate your 4 £
4 support deeply, but I cannot 4 t
4 leave here just now. 4 l
4 “Gifford Pinchot.” 4 r
4 The invitation was sent in re- 4 t
4 sponse to action taken at a local 4 t
4 meeting of republican “insurg- 4 £
4 ents” yesterday, at which it was 4 1
4 decided to form a state organi- 4 £
4 zation. 4 J
4 4
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WOULD COMPEL ROADS I
TO SUPPLY FLAGMEN 5
Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 14.—The Rock ^
Island railroad is the defendant in a t
suit in mandamus brought by the state :
railway commission to enforce the full ,
train crew law passed by the last leg- :
islature.
Which raises the legal question of
when is a porter not a porter? The *
company contends that the answer is
when he is a flagman. The point is
that it is shy a flagman on several of
its trains, and has been detailing the -
colored porter of the chair car to ,
officiate as one. The railroad train- i
men organization says this isn't a com
pliance with the law. and the matter
therefore goes into court as a test. '
BANK DEPOSITORIES
OUTWIT BOND CONCERNS I
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 14.—A number of i
state bank depositories, which are also £
county depositories, have found a way *
to outwit the surety bonding compa- £
nics, which have been demanding an ■
increase of 100 per cent in their pro- E
mium rates for bonds given the statel £
and county to insure the deposits.
Under a new law the banks may de- £
posit certain classes of securities in or
der to make the state and county treas- *
urers safe, and this a large number; 1
of them are doing. They figure that I
while they lose the difference between, 1
the loanable value of the money tied
up in the securities and the interest
received upon them, this is offset by the *
fact that the average of money on de
posit is never more than half the
amount of the surety bond, and there- "
fore, they come out at least even with *
the bonding company proposition. Be
sides which they have the satisfaction *
of seeing the bonding combine lose "
business on that account. The state *
banks only can do this, however, as "
the class of securities required cannot "
be purchased by national banks under
their charters. ' ■<
RULING AFFECTS NATIONAL "
GUARD APPROPRIATIONS "
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 14.—The national
guards of the various states will here
after receive their apportionment of 1
government appropriations on a basis
of the number of guardsmen in attend
ance at government inspection and not
upon the total number on the muster
rolls, as heretofore.
Adjutant General Hartigan had to go
all the way to -Washington to secure
this new ruling. The Nebraska na
tional guard dropped off about 300 on
the muster rolls, but at the encamp
ment the companies were well filled.
The government will put the new rule
into effect at once. I
ivjissi ssippmsTTkely
TO CAUSE A GREAT FLOOD <
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St. Louis, Jan. 14.—Rains in Mis- 1
souri and northern points caused the 1
Mississippi river to a.-sume a threaten- 1
ing aspect. The weather bureau issued
a warning to the river men to be pre- 1
pared to protect their property. 1
The Missouri river is gorged at Her- c
maun. Mo., and many smaller gorges f
are reported north of St. Louis. The *
river gauge this morning stood at 21.9 <
feet, a rise of .7 feet in 24 hours. i
MUCH RAIN IN KANSAS.
Toptau, ivaii., juii. 14.—ivun-sus is be- i
ing deluged by a rain that commenced
last night and which Is continuing to
day. An inch and a half fall was re
corded at the local weather bureau this
morning. The snow has melted and
small streams are rising rapidly.
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PLOT IS DENIED. j
Lisbon. Jan. 14.—The government to
day denied that a conspiracy against
the life of King Manuel had been dis
covered. The announcement that such '
a conspiracy had been discovered way 1
made In the police yesterday. f
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GOVERNOR DEFENDS
OKLAHOMA BANKING
INSURANCE STATUTE
Fells Governor Shallenberger of
Satisfactory Conditions
Under Its Operation.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 12.—Governor
iaskell, of Oklahoma, in a letter to
lovernor Shallenberger, received Sat
irday, defends the Oklahoma banking
aw as a complete success, says the
juaranteed banks have Increased their
leposits immensely as against small
tains by national banks and predicts
hat the republicans would be beaten
>y 50,000 majority in the next election
f they dared oppose the guaranty
[Ct.
The letter follows:
"Replying to yours of December 2S„
is we will probably have a special ses
jon of the legislature on hand the lat
er part of January, it will be impossi
>le for me to be in Washington. Per
laps we could accomplish the same
mrpose by correspondence.
Regardless of the- persistent assaults
if the metropolitan press the Oklaho
ma banking law is a complete success:
lighly satisfactory to the people of all
lasses, except the national bankers,
vho would favor it if they were per
uitted to enjoy its benefits.
“The very fact that in two years of
his law, the state bank deposits, at a
educed rate, of interest, have in
reased from $17,000,000 up to $50.
00,000, and the national bank deposits
lave barely held their own, at an ave
rage of 1 per cent greater interest
mid, should indicate conclusively how
he people feel.
w ts i siftca.
"Our law has gone through the most
evere test possible in the state of Ok
ahoma, and regardless of the false
iress reports to the contrary, there
lave been only two state banks na
ianallzed and four national banks con
erted Into state banks since the Co
umuici uctiin. iaiitu.
"Our people are satisfied with the
aw, and would beat the republican
arty 50,000 majority in the state if they
arcd to oppose the law. This was
calized at the meeting of the Repub
ican State Press association last week,
rhen they announced their campaign
ssues, but were very careful not to say
word against the state banking
aw.
"These are simply pointers that show
onelusively how our people feel.
"As to our case pending in the su
reme court of the United States, it
riginated in the state court as an in
unction to restrain the state banking
uthorities from collecting hte statu
ory assessment against a little state
ank, controlled by one of the Oklaho
ma City national banks. The case went
o our khpreme court, which fully sus
ained our law. It was then appealed
irect to the supreme court of the
'nited States, where it is now pending
nd will likely be heard in March or
ipril.
"In addition to its strength as a leg
slative act, you will observe that our
tate constitution especially contem
lated such a law, and from some
tandpoint, this might strengthen our
ase. Of course, it would so far as our
tate courts are concerned, and the case
light assume such standing as would
lake this an element of strength in a
ederal court, although this question
light under other conditions, not
rise.
"But I am thoroughly satisfied of one
hing; that is. that the United States
upreme court will have to abandon
ome of its time-honored precedents .n
rder to sustain the district court of
lebraska or the district court of Kan
as in the recent decisions that have
ieen made in your cases."
lUDAHYS INCREASE
CAPACITY AT OMAHA
Omaha, Xeb., Jan. 12.—The Cudahy
lacking plant in South Omaha is to be
icreased and improved by the erection
f four new buildings, two of which are
o be started at once. Construction
.-ill soon begin on a five-story office
uilding and a new hog abattoir of four
tories. The buildings will be built
bsolutelv fireproot and embodying the
ltest features evolved by architectural
nd engineering science.
A power plant and a beef slaughter
ig plant will be the next two buildings
o come. The beef killing plant will
robably be erected before the power
lant is reached.
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CHADRON CELEBRATES 4
LOCATION OF NORMAL 4
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Chadron, Xeb., Jan. 12.—Be- 4
cause of getting the location of 4
the new state normal school at 4
this place, the people celebrated 4
the occasion Saturday night 4
with bonfires, whistle blowing 4
and speeches. Chadron was 4
chosen over a large list of can- 4
didates for the place and the 4
visiting board which was re- 4
cently here finally determined 4
upon this as the most desirable 4
location In the western part of 4
the state. 4
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NEBRASKA MEN NAMED
FOR FEDERAL PLACES
Washington, Jan. 12.—The two Xe
iraska senators today sent a joint let
er to the president recommending the
eappointment of William P. Warner,
f Dakota City, for United States mn.
hal for Nebraska, and of Frank S.
lowells, of Omaha, for district attor
icy, Mr. Warner succes himself. Mr.
jo we] is succeeds Chas. A. Goss.
Senator Brown wins In his figlit for
lowells. The senators have no doubt
hat the president will accept their rec
mmendations because they are not re
arded as sufficiently insurgent to jus
ify placing them in the class of some
ther progressives, who are being ig
lored more or less frankly in patronage
natters.
’OPULIST EDITOR JAILED
ON A CHARGE OF LIBEL
Joliet, III., Jan. 12.—Janus H. Ferris,
hairman of the national committee of
he people’s party and editor of the
oliet Daily News, was arrested today
n the charge of criminal libel.
The warrant was sworn out by
layor John Cronin and Police Chief
Villiam McMasters, who accuse the ■
ditor of publishing statements reflect
r.g on the city administration.
