Nebraska Newspapers

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O'NEILL. NEBRASKA
Hebron, one of the oldest cities in
Palestine,, has always been famous for
Its oriental water bottles, made of goat
skins. Here are to be found large tan
ncrles. where these receptables are
turned out by thousands. Lying on the
ground In rows may be seen hundreds
of goat skins awaiting purchasers.
Each skin Is Inflated, either with water
or with air so that the buyer may know
It is water tight. The majority of the
skins used come from Arabia, while a
large number are also received from the
Lebanons. They are brought to Hebron
by the camel caravans anil are bought
by the tanneries and turned Into bot
tles. They pass through many processes
and a tanner will spend a week on a
single skin before it is rendered water
tight and serviceable. From Hebron
these old "bottles" are sent to all part
of the east, thousands going down Into
Egypt and the Sudan every year. They
are uiso used as rafts. A number of In
fluted skins are attached to a light
wooden frame, which then not only
readily floats, but is capable of carry
ing quite a heavy load. Such rafts are
to be seen on the rivers or Syria and
also on the Euphrates and Tigris.
It Is likely that the English shall
learn some new tastes and new habits
when their men come home. They may
bring back with them a taste of French
bread, strong coffee, chocolate (which
is not cocoa), cheap wine and black clg
arets. Even Englishmen, after long
residence In France, come by custom to
prefer coffee to tea, and the full fla
vor! d olgarcts of the French Regie
(•'uporals and Marylands) to the light
er kinds popular In this country. French
soldiers brought with them from Al
geria the taste of absinthe, and English
officers bix)light back with them from
Egypt In 1885 the clgaret habit. We
may take it, too, that the British sol
diers will bring home with them many
fragments of the French language. The
Boers gave them the W'ord "command
er." This war has given the English
no new terms so far, but It will prob
ably add a good deal of French to their
"■“"ft.
A Texas politician, making Ills final
campaign statement, apologizes to the
telephone girls to whom he was fretful
when the excitement was running high.
We mention 'he matter to show an un
civil world that Texas character is so
and that even our fiercest
politicians remember in their calm, un
ruffled moments that no gentleman ever
permits his wrath to explode upon a
defenseless telephone girl without send
ing, at the proper time, an apology and
a box of chocolates.
The British war office gives to Its
prisoners of war the following dallv
rations: One and a half pounds of
oread; meat, eight ounces; fresh veg
etables, eight ounces; butter, one
ounce; condensed milk, one-twentieth
j>r a pound; tea, one-half ounce or
toffee, one ounce; sugar, two ounces;
salt, one-half ounce.
mhZ y°?er- of Paul, Minn.,
who attempted to enlist, was told that
tie was six pounds overweight, and the
recruiting officer told him that, to re
JvnM ™ 0.UBht‘° tIlk0 l(">K walks and
l\old moat and beer. Faithfully Yoder
• r,'!we< QV;er lonB walks, ate sparingly
And turned a cold eye on beer. At the
Bounds *he WCek h* httd BUlne,i *>lx
The present population of Italy Is
36’<?)uvj,0Iu' about 10.000,000 less
than (.rent Britain. Its area Is 110.659
miles. 10,000 square miles less
*k»n areat Britain. Included In Italy’s
en mean ?re "eariy 11.000 Germans
end 12,000 Austrians. The number of
h8s been pstlmati*d «
A scientific investigator of Europe
bas discovered a new method of de
*t„r"y,1’K disease and household
pests by the use of mercury. In in
Nosed spaces the mercury is employed
,'nlft® 0f vaP°r- In other case’s it
8 InjecuTi In metallic form directly Into
the circulating fluids of the plant.
?mtnanueI t,f Italy, though well
shaped In person and good looking, is
s"'a'1-. n.ot "lore than 5 feet, 3
Inches in height, but, resenting the dls
pensation he has taken every care to
ids.Trinrt *| S strensth by constant exer
ciso and Is now a very fair athlete.
Kemloops British Columbia, a town
pt about 6,000 people, boasts the pos
session of the "longest street car sys
tbe world," The Canadian Pa
yailr°ad. which extends from the
At'a”tl? tho Pacific runs through
the main streets of the town.
Suelelman Bln Musa, the sultan of
Selangor, has affirmed his loyalty to
Great Britain, and has issued an order
to all the people living in his country
fni?ininR ^em to entertain no evil in
tentlon against the British government.
Progressive Rochester, N. H.. has in
stalled a revolving door In the postof
itW° u®P*t>gresaive eit?zens
ulate th|ab.fa8t' V''(' unab,‘‘ to nianip
mate this new fangled” door- each
pushed on his side of the door.’
Tlie construction of a new port on the
east roast of the Island of Luzon is
expected to reduce the time for trfpS
b®tween the Paeifle toast of the Un!
ted States and Manila by four days.
, A ,w\ln Washington. D. c„ is so
ta' thtt' be waa unable to kill himself
with three shots of a revolver He
we ghs 450 iKHinds. The three bullets
failed to hit a vita! part. 19
v«VAti0n by <the geological sur
vey °f the erosion of drainage basis
Pr?,v'?s tbilt the surfac« of the country
is being worn away at the rate of about
An inch in 760 years.
Portugal's navy consists of half a
dozen small protected cruisers, in c«n
' £aIictA?n wlth a dozen torpedo craft
and three submarines.
Syria, almost the only country in the
world in which pistachio nuts are oul
tivated, produces about 500,000 pounds
of them a year.
No less than 60.000.000 gallons of
milk are received in London by rail
-OOOercowsar’ th® OUtPUt °f at lc'ast I2° -
™V?nds moat free from earthquake
convulsions are Africa, Australia, Rus
•la* Siberia, Scandinavia and Canada.
It is estimated that the pensions paid
to revolutionary war veterans
amounted to 170,000.000. “*
The United Ancient Order of Druids
has completed an existence of 131 years
AM A friendly society.
Government care of the survivors of
ll^perusions 1812 C°8t near,y $16,000,000
In Central park, New York, bacteria
?ul£ZVU the 1.500 every
In its variety of resources, Russia is
••eoad onljr to the United States.
A. 0. U. W. OFFICIALS
UNDULY LIBERAL TO
NORFOLK NEWSPAPER
State Insurance Examiner Putf
Order Under Grill Account
of Printing Bills.
Lincoln, N’el>.. May 10.- -The A. O.
p. W. is due to come under the fire
of criticism from the state insurance
department This will relate largely
to the size of the printing bills. With
in a year and a half the organization
has paid, according to the report Just
filed with the department, over $39,000
for printing. The work is not done on
pontracts based on competitive bids,
hut has been handed over to the Huse
Printing company of Norfolk. The ex
aminer's report shows that the or
ganization has been paying 14 cents
a montli per copy for its official organ,
while similar papers of other organi
zations cost but 2 to 4 cents each.
Cpmplaint is also paid to the payment
of $5,000 for a booklet containing pic
tures of the officers and buildings. The
claim was made out by the American
Photogravure company, but the exam
iner says lie found no such an organi
zation. He says that the checks were
cashed in Norfolk and that the money
went to the Huse company.
Pour years ago the surplus of the
society was $500,000, hut It lias now
dropped to $120,000. The order has
added 3,000 members in the last year,
and now has 41,000 in the state.
WISNER MAN NAMED TO
NEW JUDICIAL POSITION
Lincoln, Ncli., May 10.—A. it. Oleson,
of Wlsner, Cuming county, has been
appointed by Governor Morehead as
Judge of tile Ntntli district created by
the last legislature by the addition of
Cuming and Stanton counties and ttie
adding of a second judge. The law
goes into effect July 8, and a succes- j
got- will not be elected until 191(1. Mr.
Oleson Is a graduate of the Wisconsin
law school. He served as a republican
one of nine legislators who blocked the
election of D. E. Thompson as United
States senntor. He said that after that
the republican lenders In that county
shut him out of all political conven
tions nnd gatherings, and for seven
years he has been a democrat.
OPTIMISM IS KEYNOTE
OF MEETING OF BANKERS
Lincoln. Neb., May 10.—Optimism
marked the utterances of speakers at
the meeting of Group No. 1 of the Ne
braska Bankers’ association. It was
generally agreed that prosperity Is not
only on the way, hut Is here. The banks
have a pethora of money, but the
amount of loans is gradually increas
ing along safe lines. It was stated that
the era of liquidation Is practically
over and that business has turned the
corners.
Tile principal address was made by
Asa Ramsey, deputy federal reserve
agent at the Kansas City regional
bank. Mr. Ramsey declared that hos
tile comment of the bankers Is rarely
heard now that the system has got in
to working order. He said that the
bank at Kansas City has not quite
made expenses, but that was because
the initial cost of doing business is
large. Later he felt sure dividends
would be paid to the banker stock
holders. The bunk was organized just
too lute to get In on the $20,000,000
needed for crop moving. He allowed
how the red tape had been cut nnd
how easy it was to do business with
the bank. He felt sure that with the
establishment of this system all
chances of a panic have vanished.
COUNTIES NOT LIABLE FOR
CARE OF POOR IN TOWNS
Lincoln, Neb, May 10.—Answering
mi inquiry from County Attorney Kip
linger, of Wayne, as to whether the
county commissioners must care for
the poor in the incorporated villages
und cities of the county, Deputy At
torney General Roe has sent a nega
tive answer. The opinion Is somewhat
lengthy and holds that the county
board is under no legal obligation to
furnish support nnd medical attend
ance unless to Inmates of the county
almshouse or poor farm. He holds that
the law indicates In several places
that the duty of furnishing supplies
and medical attendance to the poor ot
the incorporated towns and cities rests
upon the authorities thereof. He says
that a physician acting for a city or
town cannot recover from a county
for any services he may render the
poor of the municipality.
CUMING COUNTY FARMER
MISSING; SEARCHERS ACTIVE
West Point, Neb., May 10.—Frank
Kidder, a prominent and wealthy farm
er of Monterey township, living near
the church, left his farm home late
Wednesday night and has not since
been seen. As soon as his absence was
noticed, the alarm was given and
searching parties of neighbors were or
ganized and scoured the country west
of the river, but they failed to lind
any trace or the missing man. Kid
der is a German farmer, about 45
years of age, and has a wife and fam
ily. About a year ago lie was stricken
with a mental malady and was sent
to a hospital in t'hlcugo for treatment.
After a stay there of some two or
three weeks he suddenly left the in
stitution and no trace of him could be
found until about a week later he re
turned to his home at Monterey. He
has remained there until the present
time, and it is feared that a sudder
return of his trouble has occurred
RAILROAD TAX COMMISSION
IN PLEA FOR REDUCTION
Lincoln. Neb., May 10.—Tax Com
missioner Polleys, of the Chicago, Min
neapolis, St. t*aul & Omaha road, made
an earnest plea yesterday to the state
board of equalization that its members
go into executive session for an hour
and consider his claim that the state
is assessing it for more, than 100 per
cent of its actual value and more than
100 per cent of the value found by the
state's own railway commissioners. Mr.
Polleys said that for years he lias been
trying to get the state to deal square
ly with the road in the matter of tax
ation. and that if they ever looked
into his claims they would find them
correct. Tile road is valued at $45,100
a mile and Mr. Polleys* claims that
the state has been taking $25,000 a
year more from it in taxes than it
should pay.
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MEET GOES TO NELIGH.
■Nellgh, Neb. May 8.—Nellgh won first
place in the high school track meet
here Friday, participated In by Ne
ligh. Ewing, Tilden and Oakdale
schools. Nellgh was strong in the track
events and Ewing in the field. Neligh
and Ewing tied on 36 points each, but
the honors were awarded to Nellgh un
der rules adopted by the association
providing in such cases they should go
to the team having the most firsts
Tilden won 22 points and Oakdale i
The attendance was large.
FARMERS DISGUSTED
WITH INTERFERENCE
FROM CITY EXPERTS
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President Gustafson, Nebrasks
Union, Says Ruralites Can
Handle Own Affairs.
Lincoln, Neb., May 8.— C. H. Gustaf
Jon, president of the Nebraska Farm
ers’ union, engaged in a heated discus
sion with Allen G. Fisher and others
folowing his address before the Ne
braska Commercial club .association
here yesterday. Gustafson asserted the
farmers of the state were disguste'
with the efforts of the townspeople t<
Interfere with their affairs.
"We don’t want any of your help," he
is alleged to have said, "nor any ol
your farm demonstrations or seed oi
corn specials We're able to attend tc
our own affairs without your help. We
don’t believe iri a lot of your methods.’
Fisher anrl others replied to Gustaf
son's address, accusing him of being
unpatriotic toward the interests ant
advancement of the state. Gustafsor
stoutly maintained, however, that ev
ery one of the 16,000 members of thf
union believed as he did.
The following officers were electee
by the association: J. W. Steinhart
Nebraska City, president; W. D. Fisher
Alliance, secretary, and the following
vice presidents for each congressional
district; C. E. Eustlee, Auburn, first:
J. L. McCague, Omaha, second; S. D
Thornton. Neligh, third; H. A. Hahn
David City, fourth; R. A. Blake
Hastings, fifth, and A. G. Fisher, Chad
ron, sixth. The next convention will be
held In Omaha.
DAHLMAN AFTER SCALP
OF ELECTION COMMISSIONER
Omaha, Neb., May 8.-—Mayor Dahl
man, with after election exuberance
announced yesterday that he will brinfi
charges before Governor Moreheac
against Election Commissioner Moor
head, in an effort to secure the latter's
removal from office.
The mayor alleges that the defeat ol
Commissioner McGovern is due en
tirely to the disfranchising of lega
voters by a too literal enforcement ol
the law by the election of commission
er. Commissioner Moorhead’s answei
Is that he has at all times simply com
plied with the law.
DECLARED CHARLES BRYAN
HAS EYE ON GOVERNORSHIP
Lincoln, Neb.. May 8.—-The electioi
of Charles W. Bryan as one of the citj
commissioners of Lincoln, and th<
probability that he will be selected bj
his associates for mayor has causer
the political prophets to agree that Mr
Bryan will be a candidate for the dem
oeratic nomination for governor.
It was frequently stated during the
campaign that Mr. Bryan desired the
election as a stepping stone to the gov
ernorship.
BEEMER SALOONS CLOSED
PENDING COURT APPEAL
Beemer, Neb., May 8.—The remon
strances against two saloonkeepers o
Beemer, Claus Stamp and Frank Kone
pasek, were heard yesterday afternoon
It is charged that the applications fo
license were not lawfully gotten out
It nlso charged the men with law vto
latlons, selling liquor to minors, selllm
on Sunday and selling after 8 o’clock
After the hearing the board decided t<
grant the licenses, but B. F. Johnson
the attorney for the Anti-Salooi
league, immediately appealed the casi
to the district court. The two saloon!
in question will stay closed until th.<
case is decided In the district court
This caused great excitement, as Bee
mer is one of the wettest towns it
Nebraska.
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ASKS REVOCATION OF
TWO INSURANCE LICENSES
Lincoln. Neb., May 8.—w. J. Con
nell, an Omaha attorney, has filed t
complaint against the Reliance Lift
Insurance company, of Pittsburgh, anc
the Maryland Casualty company, o
Baltimore, asking that their licenses t<
do business in Nebraska be revoked.
Mr. Connell alleges that his son
Ralph S. Connell, was shot from am
bush while riding near their home it
Tularosa, N. M., last June, and tha
the companies have refused to pay th«
insurance carried by young Connell
*10,000 in the Pittsburgh company, ant
J25.000 in the other, and are trying t<
compromise with the widow on a two
thirds basis.
CRITICIZES MANAGEMENT
OF A. O. U. W. OFFICIALS
Lincoln, Neb.. May 8.—In a repor
made by one of the examiners of th<
state board of insurance charges ari
made that officers of the Ancient Circle
Of United Workmen in Nebraska have
been negligent in their duties and tha
their management of affairs has beet
weak. Just to what extent the weak
pess has extended Insurance Oommls
.doner L. G. Hrian refuses 40 divuigi
Until the matter has been fully gone
into by the Insurance board. Oover
nor Moreh.ead and State Auditor Smith
iwo of the members, would say nothin;
'.his afternoon, and the third member
/Attorney General Reed, is in Chicago
Mr. Reed himself is a member of tin
ndcr.
FRENCH FOOLED TURKS
WHILE BRITISH LANDEC
Paris, May T.—The Official Gazette o
,he navy department published toda;
Hi account of the landing of Frencl
•roops on the Asiatic side of the Dar
lanelles. which confirms previous re
ports that the purpose of this enter
prise was to make a diversion whlh
*he main landing force was goint
ishore on the Gallipoli peninsula.
A regiment of colonial infantry de
’rarked at Kum Kalessi on the Asiatic
ind attacked a greatly superior force
it Turks.
The official Gazette says the Frencl
,00k D00 prisoners and then retired tc
cheir ships, having fulfilled their mis
lion of engaging the attention of the
Turks while the main landing opera
/ions were being carried out in force
*n the European side.
The Valley of Decision.
From the Christian Herald.
The spring is a picture of reviva
regeneration when the latent life
of the barren trees springs into tiowei
mil fruit. Spring is a new birth tc
the seemingly dead plants. As tin
north wind blows away the fogs, am:
the south wind gently wooes slumber
ing life into useful service for man
to God's convicting and converting
spirit awakens our dormant powers
*0 life and Jove and liberty. ''Heaven:
is near in the valley of decision.” A
Christian life is more beautiful, more
natural, more useful, than au un
christian life
PULLMANS APPLY FOR
HIGHER ASSESSMENT;
; OFFICIALS SURPRISED
Makes Suggestion of 21 Per
Cent Raise and Given 25, Just
For Good Measure.
Lincoln, Neb.. May 8.—A rude shock
was inflicted upon the members of the
state board of equalization Tuesday
when Thomas H. Benton, representing
I he Pullman Car company, appeared
before that body and asked that the
assessed value of the company’s prop
erty be assessed higher than it was last
year. He suggested that the total be
increased 21 per rent. Governor More
head, not to be -jutdone in generosity,
asked i# an increase of 25 per cent
would be acceptable to the company,
and Mr. Benton said it would not ob
ject. The company will be assessed at
the rate of $15,000 for each standard
Pullman car and $8,000 for eac h tour
ist sleeper. The total will be $812,000.
R. W. McGinnis, general agent of the
Northwestern, asked a reduction ol
$500 a mile on the assessment against
his company, from $7,000 to $6,500. He
insisted that most of its properties in
Nebraska were branch lines and should
not be taxed as though they were main
line trackage. He said that part of the
rounty touched is pretty dead, and that
tlie new order reducing rates will give
the company less revenue than last
year, in spite of the good crop pros
pects. Treasurer Hall wanted to know
If he thought taxes on farm lands
should be remitted during poor crop
years, but Mr. McGinnis did not an
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VIR. AND MRS. NEFF FIGHT
WHITE SLAVERY CHARGE
Lincoln. Neb., May 8.—Mr. and Mrs.
Grover Neff, former residents of Sew
ard, Neb., are making a vigorous tight
in federal court aaginst a charge oi
white slavery. The girl in the case,
Nellie Taylor, swore that she was in
duced to go to St. Joseph from her
home in Lincoln, and that after they
got there Mrs. Neff told her that he:
husband was unable to get work and
ihat to keep from starving they would
have to make dates with men, and they
jld. She said that before leaving Lin
coln, Mrs. Neff dictated a postcard to
Mrs. Taylor telling her not to worry,
that her daughter was safe, that she
had married and was going on a wed
ding tour in the west.
The defense of the Neffs is that the
girl ran away from cruel treatment at
home and went to St. Joseph on her
own accord.
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LINCOLN CREAMERY MAN
TRANSFERRED TO CHICAGO
Lincoln, Neb., May 8.—A. E. Wilken
Bon, general manager of the Beatrice
Creamery company, has been transfer
red to the general headquarters of the
,'ompany at Chicago, and will leave for
that city shortly. This company
“ormerly controlled a creamery at Sioux
city. It now has plants at Lincoln,
Denver, Topeka, Oklahoma City,
','heyenne, Beatrice, Pueblo and Dead
ivood. It w’as begun 15 years ago in a
nodest way at Beatrice, and owes its
present standing to the business genius
yf George E. Haskell, who has made a
million out of the business.
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WRONGED OPERA SINGER
HAS NO LEGAL REDRESS
Lincoln, Neb., May 8.—Walter
Wheatley, the operatic singer who was
detained under bond for a week be
cause some federal sleuth thought he
was George D. Wheatley, an abscond
ing banker from Amerieus, Ga., has
been consulting attorneys trying to find
what redress he has. His attorneys tell
him that he has none. He has not
even been able to find out who it was
that ordered his arrest. The local fed
eral officers say that they have no idea
i how he came to be picked upon, that
their orders came from Chicago to ar
rest him, and that Chicago got its or
ders from Washington. Just how this
Wheatley came to be arrested promises
to be a mystery. His complaint is that
the officers tried to jam him into jail
and railroad him to Georgia without
any further authority than an order to
arrest him. when this might have been
deferred until after some one had been
, brought here to identify him.
OMAHA ADOPTS MEASURE
FOR LOWER LIGHT RATE
Omaha, Neb., May 8.—Without a dis
senting vote, and with only one request
for action of another sort, the city com
mission passed Commissioner Butler’s
electric light rate reduction ordinance.
This ordinance provides for the follow
ing general reductions:
On commercial lighting, from 11 cents
per kilowat hour to 8 cents per kilowat
hour; on residence lighting, from 11
cents per kilowat hour, to 8 cents per
kilowat hour; on retail power from 9
cents per kilowat hour on the first 200
kilowat, to 8 cents; next 400 kilowat
from 5 cents to 4 1-2 cents, and the
next 2,000 kilowat from 3 cents to 2 1-2
cents, and in excess of the above kilo
wats the rate remains at its present
1 figure.
Tlie secondary charge for commercial
lighting is reduced from 0 cents per
; xllowat to 5 1-2 cents; secondary
charge in residence lighting from 6
cents to 5 1-2 cents per kilowat.
All heating and battery charges are
reduced from 6 cents to 5 1-4 cents per
kilowat hour. No change is made in
| ihe wholesale rate.
GUILTY OF PERJURY.
New York. May 8.—A verdict of
guilty was returned last night against
Frank D. Safford, the aged hotel clerk
I of the Hotel Kensington, in Plainfield,
N. J„ who was charged with perjury
in connection with proceedings growing
out of the $50,000 breach of promise
3Uit brought by Miss Rae Tanzer
against James W. Osborne, widely
known criminal lawyer.
ILLINOIS “WETS” WIN
IN CLASH WITH “DRYS”
Springfield. 111.. May 6.—The first
lash between the "wets" and the ’’dry's”
(n the Illinois senate today resulted in
victory for the “wets." By a vote of 23
to 22 the senate refused to adopt Sen
ator Oleary's resolution providing that
his residence district anti-saloon bill be
taken from the license committee and
placed on the calendar.
INSURANCE RATES SOON
UNDER BUREAU CONTROL
T>es Moines, la.. May 6—The “Inde
i pendent Rating bureau" will remove
from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines to
take charge of fire insurance rates un
der direction of State Insurance Com
missioner Knglish. as provided in the
newly enacted anti-competition law. It
is expected that other bureaus may be
formed, including one to handle mutua'
business.
G. W. BRYAN WILL BE
NEXT LINCOLN MAYOR;
DAHLMAN FOR OMAHA
“Brother” Charley Makes Fine
Spurt on First Entry Into
Campaign Game.
Lincoln, Neb., May 7.—Charles W.
Bryan, brother of Secretary of State
Bryan, was elected yesterday a member
of the Lincoln city commission and
probably will be chosen as the next
mayor, the position to which he as
pires. Under the plan here the mem
bers of the commission elect the mayor.
Frank C. Zehrung. present mayor,
was a candidate for re-election and
was backed by a so-called business
men's organization, but he fell more
than 700 votes behind Bryan and failed
to land on the commission. The new
commission will consist of three former
members, George Dayton. William
Schroeder and T. J. Hensley and two
new members, Mr. Bryan and John
Wright. The five commissioners desig
nate the mayor and the unanimous
election of Mr. Bryan to that position
is conceded.
The proposal to permit Sunday the
aters was defeated. Bonds were voted
for park extension and for garbage dis
posal.
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FOUND THINGS CHANGED
AFTER LAPSE OF 80 YEARS
Omaha, Neb., May 7.—Within the
confines of the little government agency
at Bellevue 80 years ago the first white
child was born in the state of Nebraska.
Today that same "tot,” now a white
bearded man of four score years, is
visiting in the city of his nativity. He
Is Dr. Samuel T. Merrill. Instead of the
crude wooden huts and log stockades
which kept unfriendly Indians from
molesting the 200 white settlers of the
little community. Dr. Merrill found up
on his return to Omaha from Rochester,
N. Y., where he now resides, tall sky
scrapers and a metropolitan city of
150,000 population.
Contra.stprT with thp rmisinp nf mnelprn
hotels Dr. Merrill recalls when he
watched the Indians partake of stewed
dog, the culinary delicacy of the red
men. He is the son of a missionary
who was working among Indians at
Bellevue in 1835, when Dr. Merrill was
born, and as the first white child in the
territory he was the object of great in
terest among the tribesmen who used .
to travel miles for a glance at his little i
pink white toes and fair complexion.
His parents instituted the first agri
cultural school in the state and were
first to instruct the Indians how to
plant corn and other crops.
FLEA BEETLES INJURING
EARLY SPRING VEGETABLES
Lincoln, Neb., May 7.—Many com
plaints have come to the college of ag
riculture in regard to the flea beetles
that are eating the leaves of radish,
cabbage and other vegetables of this
family at the present time. The beetles
that seem to be doing most of the dam
age are the cabbage flea beetle, a small,
shiny, bluish-black species and another
kind known as the striped flea beetle,
which has a small yellow stripe on each
side of the back. When the beetles, or
the leaves on which they are working
are touched, the insects jump away like
fleas. They can be driven away from
gardens by dusting with finely sifted
iishes or air slaked lime. To each pint
of the finely sifted ashes or lime add
one teaspoon ful of kerosene or two
finely crushed moth balls. Mix thor
oughly and dust the mixture on tlia
plants from a coffee can. the bottom of
which has been punched with many
small holes. If one cares to handle poi
son, the insects can be got rid of on
radishes or turnips by the use of paris
green, using one part paris green to 10
parts flour or air slacked lime.
Mix thoroughly and place in a cloth
sack. Shake the sack over the plants
iluring the early morning while the dew
is still on the leaves.
STATE OFFICIAL ASKED TO
TRACK MARGARET MURPHEY
Lincoln, Neb., May 7.—The state
labor bureau has a new duty to per
form. Commissioner Coffey received
.1 letter from New York asking for in
formation regarding Margaret Mur
phy, daughter of Jeremiah Murphy, a
civil war veteran, who left that state
35 years ago with what was known
as the Father Smith pilgrims, and
went to Omaha. The letter states that
It was rumored that she married a
man named McCarthy and that they
settled in O'Connor.
A number of years ago there was a
small settlement in Greeley county
known as the "Boston colony,” and the
postoftice was called O’Connor. O’Con
nor is still on the map and lies south
east of Greeley three or four miles.
This postoffice was established in the
’80s, or before, and it is possible that
this is where Miss Murphy went, as
it was an Irish settlement, and a fam
ily by the name of McCarty resided
in that locality.
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DAHLMAN AGAIN WINS
IN ELECTION AT OMAHA
Omaha, Neb.. May 7.—Five of the
present commissioners, Dahlman, Hum
mell. Kugel, Butler and Withnell, were
re-elected in the municipal election
held yesterday. John C. Drexel and
Walter S. Jardine were chosen as the
other commissioners. The latter de
feated Thomas McGovern, present pub
lic improvement commissioner, by 17
votes. J. B. Hummell, commissioner of
parks, polled the highest number of
votes. It is generally conceded that
Mayor Dahlman will again be chosen
mayor.
SPANISH PALACE OF
JUSTICE IS BURNED
Madrid, May 5.—The court archives
stored in the Palace of Justice were
destroyed by the fire which started last
evening. The flames have been brought
under control. but probably will
smoulder for a week, according to the
chief of the fire department. Not only
did the water supply fail, but the fire
men lacked adequate apparatus with
which to make their fight.
The church of Santa Barbara, adjoin
ing the Palace of Justice, was badly
damaged, but the portion containing
the tomb of Ferdinand VI. of Bragan
za, was saved.
EAST OHIO STRIKE
NEARS SETTLEMENT
Cleveland, Ohio, May 5.—Miners and
operators of the joint scale commit
tee continued their conference today in
an effort to reach an agreement that
may end the 13 months’ strike in the
eastern Ohio field.
With the agreement reached yester
day on the size of “rooms" In which
coal shall be mined to encourage them
the negotiators tackled the problems of
"yardage” and “dead work” anew to
day.
4 ITALY READY TO STRIKE ♦
4 WITH FORCES OF ALLIES -4
4 - 4
4 Italy will never forget the in- 4
4 justice doi»e her by the A us- 4
4 trians. and, therefore, the Ital- 4
4 ians will join the cause of the 4
4 allies in the great European war. 4
4 This is the. view expressed by 4
4 Oswaldo de Zuliani, who arrived 4
4 here yesterday from his home in 4
4 Italy. His wife formerly was 4
4 Miss Theresa Davidson, daugh- 4
4 ter of Ben Davidson, of Sioux 4
4 City. Signor Zuliani and family 4 j
4 will make an extended visit in 4 Tr
4 the Davidson home, at Tvven- 4 I
4 tieth and Jackson streets. 4 I
4 Signor Zuliani says it is only 4
4 a matter of time until Italy puts 4
4 her entire strength into the field. 4
4 He says the Italian army con- 4 .
4 tains 2.500,000. and that the fleet 4 I
4 is in splendid condition. Italy 4
4 will demand the restoration of 4
4 her former territory in the north. 4
4 4
By UNITED STATES
Recent Mote Informed Berlin
That Kaiser’s Government
Would Be Held Responsible
In Case of Attack.
Washington, D. C., May 10.—When
the German admiralty proclaimed the
caters around Great Britain and ire
and a "war zone” and warned neutral
vessels against the dangers that lay
therein, the United States did not ad
ult Germany’s right to place hazards
n the way of American vessels or lives,
rhere was no distinction drawn then
38 to whether the representations of
.lie United States covered Americans
traveling on belligerent or neutral
:raft. but officials informally disclosed
eter that the note had been purposely
phrased as to cover both contingencies.
Fhe language of the American note was
everywhere recalled last night as a
possible index of the policy to be pur
sued. The decision at the time arose
particularly over the misuse of flags
>f belligerent vessels, the Lusitania,
itself having flown an American flag
to escape attack from German subma- .1
rines. The United States remon- Jf
Itrated with Great Britain over such
jse of the American flag and said at
the same time in a note to Germany:
“If the commanders of Gorman
vessels of war should act upon the
presumption that the flag of the
United States was not being used
In good faith and should destroy on
the high seas an American vessel or
the lives of American citizens it
would be difficult to view the act In
any other light than as an inde
fensible violation of neutral rights,
which it would be very hard indeed
to reconcile with the friendly re
lations now existing between the
two governments.
"If such a deplorable situation
should arise, the imperial German
government can readily appreciate
that the government of the United
States wou'd be constrained to hold
the German government to a strict
accountability for such acts of their
naval authorities and to take any
steps that might be necessary to
safeguard American lives and prop
erty and to secure to American
citizens the full enjoyments of their
acknowledged rights on the high
seas.”
Officials, however, were careful to
point out that If r.o American lives
ivere lost there might be many guali
tylng circumstances which would re
move from the present incident the
vital Interest that the United States
ptherwise might have in it.
It was indicated, for example, that a
marked division of opinion had existed
imong legal authorities as to whether J
i hostile vessel need give any warn- 1
ng to a merchantman traveling under ”
ponvoy, for the exercise of right of
visit and search to determine the pres
pnee of contraband. Such conditions
obviously would imperil the safety of
the attacking vessel itself. On the
pther hand it had been Urged that un
ler no circumstances can an unarmed
merchantman be attacked unless re
sisting capture or attempting to run a
ulockade.
“TREATY IS 1
OFFMTALY
Rome Notifies Turkey That
Pact Is No Longer Operative
—Tantamount to Declar
ation of War.
Geneva. Switzerland, (via Paris),
May 8.—The Tribune publishes a dis
patch from Rome saying the Italian
government has decided, owing to the
recent uprising in Tripoli, to notify
Turkey that it considered void the
treaty of Lausanne. Such a notifica
tion, the Tribune says, "would amount
to a declaration of war.”
Passenger trains from Italy are
crowded with Germans and Austrians.
A number of German correspondents
from Milan and Turin have arrived at
Lugano. _
AMERICAN CONSUL IS
STRANGELY MISSING
London, May 8.—E. Kilbourne Foote, f
American vice consul at Chemnitz, is
missing, according to an announcement
made here today by the Central News.
This organization says Mr. Foote left
his post a month ;igo for America.
Nothing lias been heard from him since
and it is thought that he has been
stopped by the German authorities. Mr. V
Foote is a native of Ohio. 1
Mr. Rockefeller’s Grievance.
From the Kansas City Star.
The thing that sticks particularly ;n
young Mr. Rockefeller's crop is that Mr.
Walsh, as chairman of (he Industrial re
lations commission, holds "a commission
from the government of the United
States."
The idea that the power of the United
States government should be in the hands
of a man who calls the big interests n>
account is quite shocking to them. It
seems to be against the due process of tin- | J
tup' as well as of law. What Is going to .A
happen to "the representative classes” if |
just plain every day folks can get the \
government to protect them, and even tv
fight for them?