The O’Neill Frontier
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher,
O’NEILL, N EBRe.SK.I
Abbess Hilda, a stately figure who
walked in the great procession of wom
en suffragists to the Albert hall in Lon
don, is only one of many who once
figured conspicuously in that nation's
eye. Ladies of birth and quality used
to sit in council with the Saxon Witan.
"In WIghtred's great, council," says
Gordon, "at Ceconceld, in 694, the ab
besses sat anil deliberated, and live of
them signed the decrees of the council,
along with the kings, biHhops and
nobles." Four abbesses were summoned
to parliament under later reigns, the
abbesses of Shaftesbury, Barking. St,
Mary, of Winchester, and Wilton. In
tlui time of Edward 111, the countess of
Norfolk, the countess of Ormond, tiie
countess of March, the countess of
Pembroke and the countess of Athole
were summoned to parliament, but ap
parently they were not expected to ap
pear personally. These women were
content to appear by proxy.
"Tiie name of Oshkosh has passed In
to tiie English language as a favorite
expression with some of the humor
ists," commented John Strange, late
lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, "but
It is a serious name among our people,
and is of Indian origin. The name Is
that of the great chief who was at the
head of the Menominee tribe three gen
erations ago. His grandson is today a
powerful chief on the reservation of his
peoplT'. The Chief Oskosli of today 1h
blessed with a prefix name of Reginald,
and is. of course, well educated. This
Menominee chief and Ills fellow tribes
men live near the town of Shawano, on
Wolf river, and they are Immensely
rich. The Indians of this generation
are inclined to farm and add to their
wealth, but they also have 2,000,000,000
feet of virgin timber, which Is coveted
by the ambitious white man."
The best walnuts in the world at
least they have that reputation are
those grown around Grenoble, France,
and it singular fact about them is that
at least three-quarters of the entire
production are transported across the
ocean to be eaten in New York, Bos
ton, Philadelphia, Chicago and othet
large Amerleun cities. The calcareous
soli of southeastern France appears to
be particularly favorable to the wal
nut. on the rising lurid at the base ol
the French Alps tile nut trees often
form veritable cultivated forests. The
finest variety, the mayette, has a light
colored shell, and a broad, fiat base,
on which It readily stands upright.
After the lire that destroyed tlie Cin
cinnati t 'number of commerce building
recently, oxyacetylene-cutting torches
were employed to sever the steel
beams which lay in u tangled, twisted
mao; over the place where the bodies
of six victims o!' tiie fire were supposed
to be. The Intensely hot flame, con
centrated In a blow-pipe pencil, cut
through the huge I brums, some of
which were 26 incites broad, in from
4 to ,r> minutes. Frequently the same
beam was cut in several places, Ir,
order that the pieces might be the
more rapidly removed. By no other
method could the work have been per
formed so quickly.
In the west, says the Kansas City
Journal, 'many of the farmers tire
planting patches of alfalfa on tin
south side of their homes. They hav«
found out that u field of growing ul
falfa cools the temperature from 10 tc
20 degrees on a hot day. Alfnlfii Is
filled with moisture and is death tc
hot winds, which usually conic frotr,
the south. For the very opposite rea
son the farmers do not aim now lo
plant lhelr wla-ut on the south side ol
their homes. Winds passing ovei
wheat stubble after harvest time will
raise the temperture from 10 to 2C
degrees.
The German General Electric society
now manufactures metallic filament
lamps to Ic run at the low tension ol
14 \ 'ills, giving lights of 10, Iti ami 25
candle, power. They cost about hall
the price of metallic Hlament lamps
made tor tensions of no and 220 volts
and arc said to be very durable. Their
allmi ntation Is rendered possible by
means of transformers, which reduce
the tension With high tension the Ill
aments have to be long and thin, 1ml
those used with low tension are short
er, thicker and cheaper. It Is asserted
that the light yield of a lamp Is In
creased when used at low tension.
When the census returns are com
plete. It will show that Johannesburg
has a | opulatlon within its municipal
area of close upon 240.000, Including
whites, natives and colored. Houghly
it has been ascertained thnt there ui'e
121,600 Europeans. The natives total
103,140, of whom only 6.320 are females
The colored community Includes Asia
tics Chinese, etc., and totals 12,141 The
inunitIpal census for UK'S gave the
Europeans as 95,126, us against 121,000
today.
When the (junkers came to Pennsyl
vania in 1682. the only Indians In the
neighto hood were the Delawares, who
hail Jest been terribly beaten by the
Five Nations and forced into a treuty
by which they submitted to be called
women and to surrender their toma
hawks It was with these defeated
Und humiliated Indiana that William
Penr. made Ills famous treaty undei
the tig elm. Hut he also hud to tnat
With the Five Nations.
rile common vuitet; of bee, known
tis the honey bee, Is thought by some
author it it s to hiivp its original
home among the woods and mountains
Df central Europe. The bee was un
known In North America until the time
of tlie settlement from the uld world
but it has thriven and multiplied enor
mously In Its new home, especially in
•he great west, where It Is still known
tniong tlie Indians as tlie "white man's
During the decade of 1900-1909, the
capital expended on railways In the
United Kingdom was 7671.577 000 an
Increase of only 11 p. r cent, compared
with the preceding decade, while the
(truss receipts showed an Increase of
$74,807.839. or 14,6 per cent, and the nit
receipts 724.721,82ft, or 12.7 per cent
biuchtmry linen* t-nd i ->eer stock.
Sheriff John A’. Townsend has ap
pointed Miss Motile Spicer, 25 years of
age, the first woman deputy sheriff in
Dutchess county. She is said to be the
first woman deputy In New York state
outside obthe federal service,
The modern science of psychology
was brought to this country by (',.
Stanley Hall who es'abl'slied a labora
tory of psychology at Johns Hopkins
University as early ns 1883. a laboratory
which subsequently went out of exist
ence when Dr flail became president
of Clark university.
Two schcolmarmx. Miss (freer and
Mi-'-s Agnews, pulled out of Clifton,
Ariz.. Teesdav hom»b9e|t with pack
Animals to make 760-mile journey, firs'
to th" petrified forest near Holdbrook,
theno" to the ice coves of Mount Hnldy,
beer Flagstaff. an' from there to the
Grand canyon of the Colorado.
BICKERING OVER A
COLLEGE LOCATION
DOES NOT SUBSIDE
Board Which Located Agricul
tural School at Curtis Is
Much Annoyed.
Lincoln. Neb.. July 31. tt is tated
that Mr. Halligan, a North Platte at
torney, will, on the solicitation of
Holdrege citizens, seek a writ of in
junction against the state board of
public lands and buildings to enjoin
the erection of the agricultural school
buildings at Curtis. It is said that
the right of the board to locate the
school will also be attacked. The
grounds on which the injunction will
be based are not known at the state
bouse, where the rumor of Halllgan’s
prospective activity was current to
day.
State Senator W. V. Hoagland, of
North Platte, was at the state house
this week and it is said that he looked
Up a few matters connected with the
appropriation bill for the southwestern
agricultural school. During the last
session Hoagland was active in at
tempting to get the provisions of the
bill made broad enough to permit the
location of the school In the extreme
west central part of the state.
I). A. Butler, secretary of the Curtis
Commercial club, brought several ab
stracts of the land to bo Included in
the site to Lincoln today. The titles
pro being examined by the legal de
partment. The whole tract embraces
a trifle over 453 acres and it is said that
the Curtis people have spent between
$22,000 and $23,000 in acquiring it. The
members of the board are generally
tired of the whole proposition.
It Is said that the Curtis lake, of
about 60 acres, has always been a fa
vorite* Fourth of July resort for Hold
rege people and the citizens of other
towns along the Burlington. No Hold
rege people were there this year.
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WIFE CHARGES LANDLORD
WITH VICIOUS CONDUCT
Cehling, No., July 31.—Henry Haun,
one of th** prominent and wealthy
farmers of this section, was made de
fendant in an action charging attempt
ed criminal assault by Mrs. John Hen
richsen, the comely wife of Haun's ten
ant. Mrs. Henriehsen alleged that in
her husband's absence Haun appeared
on tin- premises and attempted undue
liberties with her. Haun on the wit
ness stand denied the story and told of
an offer alleged to have be#n made him
to have the matter hushed up. He said
that he had visited the premises on
the day mentioned, but that he had paid
no attention to Mrs. Henriehsen, who
was at home alone. Justice Johnson
found the defendant not guilty. The
case has aroused much interest and
hitter feeling.
RUN DOWN BY AUTO JEHU,
PROBABLY WITH INTENT
Fremont, Neb., July 31.—Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Gaeth, of Saunders county,
while driving home from Fremont at il
o'clock at night, were run down by an
unknown automobilist. Their buggy
was completely demolished and botii
Mr. and Mrs. Gaeth were severely
bruised, though not seriously hurt. Mr*
Gaeth says he drove as far to the sido
of the road as possible in order to avoid
a collision, but that the driver of thu
ear evidently wanted to strike hirp. The
automobile whizzed on and Mr. and
Mrs. Gaet.i failed to secure the number,
They were cared for at a local hos
pital.
GRAND ARMY REUNION
BIG EVENT OF YEAR
Ashland. Neb.. July 31.—The Grand
Army reunion for the eastern Nebraskai
district, to be held at Ashland August!
3, 3. 4 and 5, will be the big event ofl
the year for tills part of the state. The
people here look for an Immense crowdj
In addition to the special features ofl
the program, a number of dally stunts
will be pulled off. Among these ther3
will be a dally balloon ascension and
parachute jump, a thrilling slide for
life—a woman will slide down a
stretched cable by her hair, starting
from the cupola of the high school and
landing near the park.
VICTIM OF HOTEL FIRE IS
RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
Fremont, Neb., July 31.—Mrs. Maxine
t'rosby, the only survivor of the Nio
braru hotel tire last winter, has just
been released from a hospital in Fre
mont. Mrs. Crosby, after several
months of suffering, underwent a sur
gicul operation for the removal of one
of her limbs below the knee. Her hus
band. Roy Crosby, perished In the fire,
lie was an old Fremont boy.
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♦ DOG’S 105 PUPPIES ♦
♦ BRING OWNER $1,050 ♦
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♦ . Indianapolis, Ind., July 31_'*■
♦ Sis Hopkins, owned by Christ ♦
♦ P. Lommel, a young sportsman ♦
♦ ot Lawrenceburg, Ind., is be- ♦
♦ lieved *o have the largest dog ♦
♦ family in the world. At rpesent ♦
she has a litter of 15 sturdy ♦
♦ puppies. +
♦ There has been no such thing ♦
♦ as race suicide with her. She ♦
♦ has given birth to 105 puppies ♦
♦ during the seven years of her *
life. ♦
+ s In that time she has won ♦
many prizes at bench shows. ♦
■* Sho is a handsome pointer with ♦
-f a pedigree as fine as a dog can ♦
♦ have. She never has been beat- ♦
♦ en at a bench show. -f
-f Her owner has received $10 -f
♦ for each of her 105 puppies, ♦
♦ making her total earnings $1,050 >
♦ aside from the prizes she has ♦
won. 4
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CARROLL FINDS HEIRS
TO $500,00 ESTATE
lies Moines, la.. July 31.—Governor
Carroll today received word that the
Wright brothers, who are wanted In
Virginia, as heirs to a big estate, are
living on a farm in Mitchell county.
The governor had been asked last week
to And them on behalf of a sister. The
publicity given the matter brought In
formation as to their whereabouts. It
*s said the estate Is worth over $500,000.
GOLF AT DETROIT.
Detroit. Mich., July 31:—The Anal
matches for the western amateur golf
championship will bo played on tho
D.tn it Golf club's course today be
tuiea the two Chicago collegians. Al
bert Seckcl. J*rlnoeon's Intercollegiate
champion and Robert A. Gardner, for
mer national air■ a tour champion and
famous as a Yale athlete.
CON3UL 1^, DEAC5
Washing'on. Julv 31.—William p,
Atwell, of Washington, American con
sul at Ghent. Belgium, and a distin
guished veteran of the civil war. died
at Gber.t y aster Jay.
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FREMONT—Evans Oolgan, the boy
who was crushed to death In an elev
ator no; Uent at Council Bluffs, la.,
formerly resided In the Jamestee—i
neighborhood north of Fremont, where
11'z iath< r, '1 homas < olgui,, . .
w pioneer farmers.
ORD The elevator of the Schaaf
Grain company burned. The elevator
was the best in the city and was built
not long ago. It Is valued at about
$8,000; Insured The Ord elevator was
one of a number belonging to thai
Schgaf company in this part of the
state.
TEKAMAH—The members of the
Tekamah Speed association, who ex
pected to have to go down In their
jeans to make up a deficit this year,
were pleased this week when the sec
retary made his report that all expense
accounts were paid and a nice balance
remained to the credit of the associa
tion in the bank.
KEARNEY—Two masked robbers
entered the home of Mrs. Mary J. Pow
ell. bound her with a rope and placed
on her face a piece of cotton saturated
with chloroform. The two men then
‘ransacked the house and secured $50 In
money. Although the entire police
force of the city and county officers are
Working on the case no trace of the
robbers has been found.
FAIRBERY—Owing to the large
‘.lumber of candidates for the republl
fan nomination for sheriff of Jefferson
lounty, four of the men held a confer
i nee and drew straws to see who would
tie the lucky candidate. The four were
)■'. M. Tippln, T. A. Johnson, Chas. Gil
more and Den Axtel. F. M. Tippln
trew (he long straw. He will be a rival
jf Jits. Chirnside, the present lneum-j
lient who ts seeking the nomination fori
I. fourth term.
CAMPBELL—J. H. Chevalier, a lum
berman of tills place, who had been a
patient at the Punton sanatorium al
Kansas City since May, killed himself
by cutting his throat with a razor. He
Was 45 years old. A widow and chll
flren survive. Mr. Chevalier bad re
covered .sufficiently to be permitted to
go about unattended. He went to the
billiard room and played at one of the
tables. He killed himself there It is
flot known where he obtained the razor.
TEKAMAH—Reservoir Hill and field
glasses were popular tills week. Many
Went up there, an altitude of 105 feet,
lo obtain a good view of the vast wheat
fields in the beautiful valley to the east
bordered In the distance by the Mis-i
sourl. A few years ago this vulley was
too wet to even cut wild hay, but since
It has been reclaimed by the drainage
system, there Is over 14.000 acres of fall
wheat and much In other small grain
which will amount to millions of dol
lars from formerly worthless land.
ARLINGTON — While thrashing at
the Andrew Bothjvell place, three-quar
ters of a mile southeast of Arlington,
sparks from the thrashing machine en
gine set fire to and totally destroyed
all of the stacks,of grain. The thrash
ing had been going on about three
hours, and the 150 bushels of wheat
which had been thrashed during that
period, being In a bin, was saved. The
owner. G. C. Sheeks, anticipated at
least 450 bushels of wheat and 50 bush
els of oats from the field.
MADISON—Mrs. Anna Otto, of Nor
folk. Neb., has filed a petition In the
district court of Madison county for
a divorce from her husband. Carl Otto,
and the custody of her four minor
children, and such permanent alimony
ns the court may deem just. Mrs. Otto
charges her husband with cruel treat
ment and unfaithfulness and alleges
that her husband has real property,
located in ttie county, of the estimated
value of $15,000. Mr. and Mrs. Otto
were married at Castle Garden, N. Y.,
In 1888.
FREEMAN—Owing to falling health,
due to the development of consump
tion, Rev. H. A. Bachmann has been
.compelled to tender his resignation as
pastor of the Bethany church of this
place, and also of the office of presi
dent of the Freeman college, which he
has held for some time. It Is under
stood he will go west and rough it In
hope of Ills health being benefited.
During the time be has been a resident
of Freeman, lie has endeared himself
to the people of this place and vicin
ity and there Is general regret that be
has been compelled to cease his lab
ors here.
TECUMSEH—The flood waters of
the Nemaha river have receded and the
stream now presents Its normal ap
pearance. Much damage was done on
Deer creek, a tributary of the Nemaha,
west of Tecumseh. At the home of
Melna Schmidt the water was already
up to the floor of the dwelling when a
large wagon bridge came floating down
Stream and struck the house, lifting It
from Its foundation. All the members
of the family, who were upstairs, es
caped. The house started down stream
and struck u granary, knocking it from
Its moorings. About 150 feet from
where It started, the house lodged
against a tree and was demolished. A
large amount of live stock was
drowned.
BERWYN—While en route to Broken
Bow In an auto A. C. Lowery, Gus Tay
lor, Walter Thornton and Elmer H.
Jensen had an unusually exciting ex
perience. When within about three
miles of Broken Bow they crossed a
bridge. Their machine dropped into a
hole in the abutments with such force
that ttie steering device was broken,
leaving the driver perfectly powerless.
It suddenly took to the right of the
road and down a bank some six or
eight feet and then up tlie opposite
side, which was equally as steep. After
getting the ear straightened up they
ran into Broken Bow. but only by lying
on tie- running board and guiding It by
the bioken casting on the wheel.
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CHICAGO—While leaders of the
striking peddlers were holding a peace
conference with Mayor Harrison yes
terday which may result in the settle
ment of the strike, the most serious riot
that has occurred since the beginning
of the trouble resulted In the probable
fatal shooting of a striker who led an
attack on a grocery store. Plnkus
Sclioun. owner of the store, defended
himself with a revolver and wounded
Prank Sovera, one of the rioters. He
was shot three times. Police arrested
several of the strikers.
WINONA. MINN. —The Bay State
Milling company, the largest industry
in Winona and the fourth largest Hour
mill In the Cnltcd States, is a smolder
ing ruin. The fire broke out in the
Backroom on the main floor. The flour
when she sought to put it bac k, and the
jeweler was called.
MINNEAPOLIS Miss Hermlone
Van Slycke. a devotee of fashion and
.rom Denver, summoned a Jeweler here
yesterday to file a bracelet from her
ankle. Having read with interest the
latest social l ints from New York Miss
Van iSlyeke Slipped the gold band from
her pretty wi . t to a place just above
her shat.elv P ol.
PRIZE ROOSTER MADE
TIPSY BY A JEALOUS
FANCIER MISBEHAVES
Owner of Prize Bird Brings
Suit to Recover Result
ing Damages.
Brule, Neb., July 28.—Alleging that
bis prize rooster has sustained dam
ages In the sum of $500, In Judge Otis
■*urt, Norman Ruser has brought suli
against Nels Ferguson for that sum
The suit for damages is alleged to have
grown out of the fact of the roostei
having become beastly Intoxicated ant
while In that condition, he mutilated
and disfigured himself beyond recogni
lion, at the same time making the
Ruser hennery the but of ridicule and
the laughing stock of the country here
away s.
Recently a poultry show was held al
Brule. Ruser for years has been t
great chicken fancier and upon this oc
aslon had a large number of coops o>
prize-winning birds. Among these bird!
was a Rhode Island Red rooster tha
for a couple of years has been walking
iff with all of the first prizes in hi?
•■lass, whenever and wherever he wa!
entered.
Nels Ferguson is something of 4
-hicken fancier and has not been fa
behind Ruser in winning prizes. Ht
was possessed of a Rhode Island Ref
cockerel that was entered at the Bruit
show. It was a contest between Ruse
and Ferguson for first prize on the tw4
birds. The Judges, however, found tha?
the Ruser rooster had the advantage
of the greater number of points ant
consequently give him the blue ribbon
It became apparent that Fergusot
was mad—real mad. Rate in the eve
ning of the day of the awards, thf
Ruser prize-winning rooster not onl>
became gay, but he cut up capers wltl
the most reckless abandon. He pouncec
upon hl.s coopmate and in a short tin-H
spurred him to death. Then he turnef
his attention to himself. From his owl
wings, breast and tail he plucked tht
plumage and long feathers until he wa,
almost as bare as a new-born babe. H<
frisked up and down the coop, crowing
at the top of his voice, stopping a'
times to turn summersaults anf
doubles. Then he wo,uld walk side
wise, turn onto his back and do flops
that would "have caused acrobats tt
have turned green with envy. Thi*
continued for a pouple of hours, aftei
which the rooster went into a comatost
state, remaining so until the following
morning, when he revived, having manj
of the symptoms of a man who had
been drunk.
Doing a little detective work on hii
own account, Ruser claims that aftei
his bird was awarded the blue rlbboni
Ferguson bought alcohol, soaked corn
In it and then fed the grain to the roos
ter, thus causing a real case of drunk
enness, "bringing my rooster into pub*
lie disgrace and ridicule, thereby dam
aging me and my business in the sum
of $500."
Ferguson admits having seen the
Ruser rooster performing his nthleth
fetes, but denies having treated him tc
strong drink. However, a number o:
witnesses have been found who saw
Ferguson tossing corn to the Rusei
bird, which he swallowed.
ALDRICH GETS WIRES CROSSED
BUT HE ALWAYS MAKES GOOD
Lincoln, Neb., July 28.—Although hS
had a date to meet with the state board
of equalization, Governor Aldrich is
now on his farm near David City, where,
he is looking after the thrashing of hit
wheat crop.
According to L. B. Fuller, private
secretary to the governor1, the latte#
often gets confused in his dates, ot
-ather he pays little attention to the
natter. He leaves that to his secre
tary.
When Henry Seymour, secretary o!
he board of equalization, discovered
hut the governor had gone to his farm
n Butler county, he said:
"I made this date on purpose to suii
he governor. And now he has gon-t
tnd got clear out of talking distancf
lefore 1 knew a word about it.”
Then the force in the chief execu
te's office began to talk about the
governor and his dates.
"Oh, the governor is tlie greatest fel
ow you ever saw," said Ills private sec
retary. "He'd pile up dates galore foi
•he same day if he didn’t have some
ine to watch him. He told me severa'
lays ago that he'd go thrashing the da>
tfter the big convention, but novel
nentloned the hearing set for today."
"Well, don't that beat you?" some
ihimed in.
"Yes. it does,” replied Mr. Fuller.
‘He’s got three dates that I know ol
lor one day next month. 1 don't know
tow In the world we are going to man
ige to distribute him over the territor>
.o all of them at the same time."
However, Governor Aldrich has not
disappointed any audiences since h(,
las assumed the reins of governor that
•tas been made public. He is in big de
nand both in this city and over the
itate. Since his election as govern*!
je has made scores of addresses. Oil
Several days he has spoken more thar
snee.
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NEBRASKAN KILLED.
Huntley, Mont.. July 28.- Leo Morris
iged 25, Preston. Neb., was struck o>
i Northern Pacillc pasesnger tram
here late Tuesday night .sustaining
Injuries which proved fatal yester
day morning.
YACHT MAKES VOYAGE
FROM BATH TO DULUTH
Duluth, Minn., July 28.—After the
longest cruise ever made by a yacht
of her size, without a hired crew and
after facing the treacherous squalls
find high winds of the great lakes, the
new yacht Heperia, owned by C. A»
Oongdon, has been safely anchored in
Duluth harbor, having come all the
way from Rath, Me. The boat is 6i;
feet long. 12 feet beam and has a 6C
horse power engine.
The trip was mac\o in 25 days, but
as the party stopped in many ports
along the way, no' estimate can bf
made as to her exact time. The boat
encountered the famous ‘‘white" squall
(>n Duke Erie and had an exciting time
lost in the dense fog.
VETERAN liALLT PLAYER
IS CALLED BY DEATH
Ocean City, N. J„ July 28.—John Y.
RadclifTo, famous as a ball player in
tile 80s and early '70s, died sudden,
ly at the Ocean City Yacht club here
yesterday. Ho was 83 years old.
Radcliffe was a member of the cele
brated Athletics, of Philadelphia, play
ing as catcher and shortstop. He was
regarded as or.e of the great basemen
and catchers of his time. Radcliffe
lived in Camden and, after retiring
from baseball, became a prosperous
poultry man.
TAFT MEN DOMINATE
BY SIGNAL MAJORITY
Lincoln Neb., July 26.—Nebraska re
publicans in convention here yester
day gave President Taft and his ad
ministration a strong indorsement and
effectively blocked all efforts of a small
band of insurgent delegates to arouse
sentiment for Senator Robert M. La
Follette. of Wisconsin, as a presidential
candidate. The insurgents lacked a
• leader arid were outgeneraled by Victor
Rosewater and his delegation from
Omaha.
Before the insurgents could get a
chance to introduce resolutions from
the floor the regulars had rushed
through a motion providing that all
resolutions should be referred to a com
mittee. which was given power to draw
up a final report.
Rosewater Leads for Taft.
Chairman A. W. Jeffries, of Omaha,
then named a committee of seven
members, five of which were strong
friends of Mr. Taft, and of which Mr.
Rosewater was made chairman. From
this point the possibilities of a fight
on the floor over the indorsement of
Mr. Taft went glimmering.
Despite their early announcement
that they would not assent to a Taft
indorsement on any conditions, the in
I surgents failed to make even a show of
I fight or objection when the platform
resolution was finally presented. The
resolution went through with a whoop
by a rising vote, during which several
of the insurgents were discovered on
their feet.
Insurgents Routed.
An attempt to have the convention
instruct the resolutions committee to
refrain from indosing any individual
candidate met with summary treat
ment I. D. Evans, of Adams county,
secured the floor for tills purpose, but
he was howled down by other delegates
and gaveled put of order by Chairman
Jeffries before lie could read his reso
lution. This was as far as the Insur
gents could get with their fight to pre
vent a Taft indorsement. From this
juncture the much vaunted insurgent
opposition slumped to nothing. The
Redwillow and Washington county
delegations, which had been most act
ive in the movement, quit the contest
when it was learned that there was no
possibility of a minority report from
the resolutions committee.
Out of the total of 855 votes in the
convention it was said by regular lead
ers that the insurgents could not mus
ter a following* of more than 150 dele
gates.
Jeffries Pleads for Harmony. .
A. W. Jeffries, of Omaha, as temporary
chairman of the republican state conven
tion made an earnest plea for harmony in
the party.. Said he:
“My desire is the future success and
welfare of the republican party in the
state and in the union and it is my judg
ment that that future success depends in
a large measure upon our stating in a
positive manner, our approval and appro
bation of the works ot republicans in na
tional and state affairs without regard to
any of the so-called degrees of republican
ism. Some of us may be very speedy,
others of us may be somewhat slow. It
may require patience on the one hand
and a little haste and extra effort on the
other to get us bunched. There are many
good teams on the highways and upon the
farm which are composed of a fast walk
ing horse und one which moves more
slowly, but it always requires the united
effort and strength of both to pull the
load.”
Mr. Jeffries spoke of the accomplish
ments of the republican party which he
declared were always with the best in
! terests of the country present and future
in view.
In showing the inconsistency of the
democrats Mr. Jeffries said:
Democratic Inconsistency.
“Of late tlie democratic press and the
democratic party, have been hanging as
it were medals of ecomium upon the
breasts of those of our party who happen
to differ upon some matters of mere de
tail with the president of the United
States only to thereafter turn their bat
teries upon the one and upon whom they
had previously poured forth their ecomipm
and praise.
“When Cummins and l^a Follette an
nounced their opposition to the Canadian
reciprocity treaty the democratic party
and its press transferred ♦heir batteries
from eeomlums and praise into denuncia
tion and ridicule of them both.
“They then charged that Cummins had
abandoned the cause of the common peo
ple, that La Follette was desirlous of pro
tecting the print paper and pulp manu
facturers of Wisconsin and to demon
strate their further Inconsistency the
democratic party voted in favor of Cana
dian reciprocity. In favor of the policy of
Taft the'very man whom they had previ
ously denounced and tried to undermine
and destroy in the estimation of his fel
low’ countrymen. Sunday’s Omaha World
Herald said ’that with unruffled serenity
the Senate sat upon La Follette, 64 to 15
and 63 te 15, and that then La Follette
offered a strange and apparently pro
pitiatory amendment making w’ood pulp
and print paper free with all the world,
but the time was not ripe for these tender
concessions and it won only 11 votes.
Capture of Hitchcock.
“Thus it is, that democracy rejoices that
he whom they formerly eulogized had been
sat upon by the Senate and the strange
part of it is that our democratic senator
from Nebraska voted with our republican
senator in support of Canadian recipro
city. It would seem that our republican
senator had captured a new republican to
assist in the enactment of the Canadian
Reciprocity treaty proposed by President
Taft.
“During the time that all of these
strange occurrences were transpiring at
Washington, over the broad acres of Ne
braska the corn tassels were waving, Ihe
grains of corn were forming and the corn
husks were expanding, as if in prepara
tion to enter the markets of Canada where
the shortness of the season has prevented
the raising of old king corn and convince
(he people of that country of the real
and substantial greatness of Nebraska,
the land of sunshine and of corn. My
fellow republicans, 1, for one, have not
lost my interest in the republican party
because of Canadian reciprocity. This is
not the time tp be carried off our feet
ty momentary ideas, nor is it the time to
lie carried from our feet by the reading of
articles which have been hastily pub
lished by some editor to create a sensa
tion. It is not the time for hasty judg
ment. It is the time to think calmly and
reason soberly.
“Centuries ago they crucified the Savior
rf mankind and the world has been upon
Its knees petitioning for forgiveness and
ledemption ever since.
“The republican party must solve the
relations that are to exist between the na
tions of the western hemisphere. There is
ho one else to do It though they may
help. International questions are big
questions and call for statesmanship as
broad as are the interests in this great
nation. The statesmanship of our coun
try in its relations with other nations of
(he world should never be measured by
(he interests of a precinct, a city, a state
i r a section, but by the interests of the
f ation as a whole, the union one. and one
inseparable.”
Following address of Temporary
t'huirman Jeffries. R. G. Douglas, of
Osceola, was made temporary secre
tary. The temporary officers were
unanimously made the permanent of
ficers of the convention.
On motion of former United States
Senator E. J. Burkett of Lincoln, the
credentials of the delegates as tender
ed to Secretary Douglas were accepted
without canvass by the convention.
The resolutions committee as an
nounced by Chairman Jeffries included
the following members:
W. A. Seeicck, Lincoln.
Victor Rosewater, Omaha.
M. D. Tyler. Norfolk.
Samuel Rlnaker, Beatrice.
It. M. Nettleton, Spring Ranch.
R. N. Wall. Loop City.
A. D. Burnham, at large.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Rejoicing in tne glorious record of the
republican party which has given the
nation the illustrious names of Lincoln,
Grant, Garfield. McKinley, Roosevelt and
Taft, and reaffirming our devotion to re
publican principles, we, the republicans of
Nebraska, congratulate the country on its
continued peace, progress and prosperity
under the wise guidance of our republic
an president.
Taft’s Policies.
The arbitration treaties whose negotia
tion he has inspired mark a notable step
toward world peace and only In lesser de
gree his tactfulness in maintaining neu
trality and avoiding international compli
cations during the revolution In Mexico.
He is proving his devotion to the right
policy of conservation of our natural re
sources. He is prosecuting the illegal
trusts and combines without fear or
favor. He is instituting reforms in the
administration of the government which
make for economy and efficiency. We
have every confidence in the unselfish
patriotism and conscientious devotion to
public duty of William Howard Taft, and
we heartily indorse his statesmanlike ad
ministration.
We commend our republican representa
tives in both branches of congress for the
conscientious and patriotic manner in
which they have met the great issues con
fronting them.
Th-o State Administration.
Under our republican government, with
(’heater li. Aldrich and his republican as
sociates in the statehouse, the affairs of
the state are being administered with sole
regard to the public interest and the laws
fearlessly and Impartially enforced.
The state Institutions are being reorgan
ized and conducted on a more businesslike
basis, but with every due consideration
for the wards of the state.
The railroad and public service corpora
tions are being restrained from extortion
and unjust discrimination. The rights of
the people are being safeguarded in every
direction to make the Nebraska motto,
"Equality Before the Law, a living
reality.
Negative Virtues.
For all this the republican party right
fully claims credit, as also for the pro
gressive legislation whose enactment has
been possible only by the co-operation of
republican lawmakers and the approval of
a republican executive, no less than for
the blocking by executive veto of vicious
or purely partisan measures proposed
solely for political effect.
University of Nebraska.
Nebraska has always taken pride in its
educational institutions, and we pledge
liberal support to the state univemitv in
all of its branches, and in view of the
predominant agricultural interests of the
state we specially commend the work
done by the agricultural college and
schools.
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FORTY-FIVE PROHIBITIONISTS
DRAFT DECLARATIONS
Lincoln, July 26.—Forty delegates
represented the prohibition party of
Nebraska which met in state conven
tion here today. Resolutions were
adopted declaring for a militant pro
gram on the part of the party. The
last legislature is criticised for its al
leged subserviency to the liefuor inter
ests by its refusal to adopt the county
option bill. Other resolutions demand
that congress enact laws to forbid
transportation of liquors into prohibi
tion territory, favor enfranchisement
of women, direct election of United
Stales senators and the settlement of
all disputes by arbitration rather than
by resort to force.
WHEDON THINKS TAFT
BOOST WAS MISTAKE
Lincoln, Neb., July 26.—C. O. Whe
don, one oi the leaders of the insurgent
movement in criticising the action of
the republican state convention said:
"When Mr. Taft was inaugurated
there were in the House 217 republi
cans and 174 democrats. Two years
later there were 228 democrats and
160 republicans.
"Such was the endorsement received
last November. The voters were not
deeply impressed with the unselfish,
patriotism and conscientious devotion
to public duty mentlonel yesterday.
Surely the republican party has seen
better days.’ ’
DODSON-NEWMAN WEDDING
TAKES PLACE AT TECUMSEH
Tecumseh, Neb.. July 26.—A pretty
home wedding was solemnized at noon
today when Miss Elizabeth Dodson, of
Berlin, Wis., the youngest daughter of
the late Dr. B. F. Dodson, and Mr.
Itoss B. Newman, of Monroe, Wis..
were quietly married before the im
mediate family and a few intimate
friends in the home of the bride's
sister, Mrs. L. S. Chittenden. The wed
ding colors, green and white, were car
ried out in the decorations of the liv
ing rooms, ferns and roses being used
in profusion. Rt. Rev. Wesley Barnes,
of Nebraska City, Neb., read the ser
vice, using the ring service of the Epis
copal church. The bride was charming
in a gown of cream satin striped chif
fon over messaline cut empire. She
carried a shower bouquet of white
roses. There were no attendants.
Immediately following the ceremony,
a wedding breakfast was served, the
chosen colors being developed in the
five courses of the menu and in the
effective table appointments.
Mr. Newman was an Instructor in
physics at the Sioux City high school
during the year 1908, and lias many
friends there. Mr. and Mrs Newman
will arrive in Sioux City tomorrow and
will be given an informal reception to
morrow evening by Mr. and Mrs.
George Ellerd.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS TO
CUT COTTON SCHEDULE
Washington, July 26.—Democrats of
tlie House of Representatives, after a
prolonged caucus, yesterday ratified
by more than a two-thirds majority
the cotton tariff revision bill drafted
by the democratic members of the
ways and means committee, reducing
by nearly pne-half the schedules of the
PuynerAldrich law of manufactures of
cotton. The bill will be introduced in
the House tomorrow and its passage
expedited.
The bill was not ratified without pro
test, and a vigorous effort was made
by many democrats to upset tho party
legislative program and to prevent ad
journment of the special session of
congress bv blazing a way with tariff
revision all down the line, even If such
action would throw the session Into the
late fall.
Although all resolutions were defeat
ed, no decisive action on the time of
adjournment was taken. That question
will be settled by the House democrats
at a later caucus after it Is determin
ed what the Senate will do pending ac
tion on the House tariff bills.