Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEIL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
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O’NEILL. NEBRASKA
In Hawaii grows the world’s rarest
plant Allied the tilver sword. Its very
name Is odd and appropriate to the cac
tus like growth and the long, silky gray
leaves which give it its peculiar name..
The reason for its rarity is that It Is
found only on the moet Inaccessible i
•lopes of the volcanoes of this group of
Islands. From the earliest times It has
been greatly admired by the natives,
who call it "ahinahina." gray haired,
because they had never before the com
ing of the white man seen silver and
therefore could not apply to the plant
a name which well describes it. Climb-,
«rs who have found specimens prize
them more highly than do Alpine climb
ers the edelweiss, since it is far more
beautiful and difficult to obtain than
the famous flower of the Swiss.
A Canadian soldier in a hospital
near Bromley, Kent, has a thin metal
splinter from an explosive bullet lodged
In his heart. Its presence was dis
closed by x-rays, and, for the time be
ing no operation Is contemplatedj
Whether the metal splinter works in'
or out means the difference between
life and death for the patient. The pa
tient. who gets about as freely as any
convalescent, feels the splinter much in
the way that a nail in a boot Irritates
the foot. He can not sleep on his left
•ide, and finds that practically sitting
up In bed all night is the easiest way
of getting rest.
"New York, New Jersey and several
other states,” according to Rider and
Driver, “have started a movement that
Is rapidly becoming general for the
provision of strips on the sides of the
motor highways suitable for horse
drawn vehicles." The Idea is to have a
roadway in the center not less than IB
feet wide for automobiles, and a sec
tion on each side of not less than six
feet in width for horses. The motor
cars can then spin along their part of
the road and give a fair chance to the
•lower horsedrawn vehicles on the side.
Among economic questions brought
to th© for© as a result of the present
world conditions is that of fuel. Swe
den's fuel supply Is insufficient, hence
the import of coal and oil Is consid
erable, amounting to more than 100,
000,000 crowns ($26,800,000) annually.
The annual consumption of coal
amounts to 4,900,000 tons, of which
Sweden produces less than 10 per cent
and this ratio can not be increased
enough to have any perceptible effect
on the import as a whole.
The Victoria Kails and Transvaal
Power company, ltd., of Johannes
burg, Is by far the largest power and
lighting company in South Africa, and
it supplies from its four large stations
nearly all the gold mines and reef
towns with both power and light,
transmission being by three-phase
long distance, 40,000 volts overhead.
Distribution is by 20,000 volts un
der ground and 10,000 overhead.
Referring to the German East Afri
can campaign the London weekly
Times prints this curious dispatch:
“Owing to transport difficulties rations
were at one time reduced to a cup of
rice and a piece of sugar cane. Our
cattle have now been successfully pro
tected, and a campaign is being waged
against giraffes which have been de
stroying our telegraphs by scratching
their necks on the wire.”
"It is wrong to go Into the water for
a short time and come out and rest on
the warm sand In the hot sun,” says J.
H. P. Brown in Modern Swimming. "If
you desire a sun bath, take it either be
fore or after your swim.” The alternate
chilling and roasting practice of the
seabeach bather Is declared by this
swimming instructor to be enervating
and productive of diseases of the heart,
circulation, etc.
Tables of tidal currents for the Pa
cific coast in the vicinity of San .Fran
cisco and Puget sound have been pub
lished in order to make Immediately
available Information relative to cur
rents derived from observations by the
United States coast and geodetic sur
vey. Further information is to bo
added as rapidly as observations are
available.
Commercial Attache Philip R Ken
nedy, at Melbourne, Australia, has re
ceived a letter from Commander J. M.
Poyer, U. S. N., governor of American
Samoa, stating that the highest bidder
for the copra crop of the islands was
John Rothschild & Co., of Sun Fran
cisco, who bid $108.6o. This is the high
est price In the history of the govern
ment.
Among the Chinese n particular spe
cies of dog Is said to be reared for the
table. It is a small dog of a greyhound
shape, with a muzzle much more elon
gated than In terriers. The flesh of
black dogs is preferred to that of ani
mals of any other color on account of
the greater amount of nutriment the
black dogs are supposed to possess.
When seals are born they are snow
white, which makes them invisible on
the Ice. Their eyes and noses are, how
ever, black, and when the little ones
are suddenly alarmed they close their
eyes, bury their noses and lie quite
still. It Is only when they begin to
seek their own food that they become
dark and sleek.
Lighting dangerous waters In which
abound reefs, rocks and shoals has
progressed from wood fires and can
dles to oil vapor and electric lamps.
The early lighthouses were lighted by
wood or coal fires burned in open bras
slers and later by candles inclosed ii|
lanterns.
A well known American writet
thinks that the signing of peace will
lead to an emigration movement that
will amaze the world. After the Fran
co-German war In 1870, 200,000 Ger
mans settled in three American states
—Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa.
Under the rule of the United States
more than 3,000,000 natives of the
Philippines have had some Instruction
In the English language and more of
them speak and write It than any
other tongue.
The ratio of color blind people to
those of normal sight Is about 65 to
1.164. This does not mean that all of
the 86 are absolutely color blind, but
that Is the ratio of those who are mora
ar less affected.
Bam R. Taylor, rural mall carrier on
foute 10, East Nashville, Tenn., handles
More mail than any other rural carrier
M the United States. During the month
it April this year he collected and de
Ivered 45,817 pieces of mall on his
Elite, which serves 628 families. In one
y Carrier Taylor haa collected and
itributed 6,549 pieces.
Commercial Attache Wllilam F.
Kontavon reports that, according to
areas advices from La Fax, crop con
litions In Bolivia are worse even than
had been anticipated. Early frosts
havb Injured, If not completely ruined,
the potato and barley crops,
FIVE PERSONS HU
' IN HOTEL COLLAPSE;
s ONE SERIOUSLY HURT
Lincoln Landmark Erected In
1876, Drops During Early
Hours of Morning.
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 14.—Five persons
were injured, two seriously and one
probably fatally, when the Capital
hotel, of this city, collapsed about 3:30
this morning. The injured are:
C. F. Rudlcell and H. F. Paylor, both
of Broken Bow, Neb.
W. F. Davey, H. H. Welnburg and
Ouy Slade, all of Palmyra, Neb.
Rudlcell will probably die. He has a
broken back.
The hotel Is an old landmark of the
city, and was built in 1876.
BURNS THE POSTOFFICE.
Burwell, Neb., Aug. 14.—The Blake
postoffice, located about 20 miles north
of Burwell, was burned to the ground
and all mall and other contents com
■ pletely destroyed.
The postmistress was temporarily
1 away from the house to take dinner to
j the haying hands in the field a few
miles away, and while away someone
broke Into the house and set fire to It
from the Inside.
Suspicion led to a young lad who had
recently been working in that neighbor
hood and who held a grudge against the
owner of the house. Search was made
■ for him and he was caught and
brought to Burwell and has made full
confession to County Attorney Laverty.
and is now In Jail awaiting the action
j of the court.
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if EDITOR DIES. X
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4 Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 14—-Shirley 4
A. Fossler, assistant city editor +
; 4 of the Nebraska State Journal 4
: 4 and Lincoln Dally News, and son 4
4 of I’rof. L. A. Fossler, of the 4
4 University of Nebraska, died at 4
4 7 o’clock this morning after two 4
4 weeks’ illness with tonsilitis and 4
4 complications resulting from 4
4 diseased tonsils. 4
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STOP AUTO THEFTS.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 14—The increas
ing number of automobiles stolen has
led Sheriff Qus Hyers, of Lancaster
county, and Chief Antles, of Lincoln, to
work on a plan to organize a vigilance
committee of car owners to assist in
running down thieves. Sheriff Hyers
says that after Lancaster county is or
ganized efforts will be made to organize
in other counties in the state. Chief
Antles says that there should be a law
, that garages, repair shops and filling
| stations should keep a record of all au
tomobile license numbers and engine
) numbers. The chief thinks that this
i would soon check the wholesale steal
ing of motor cars.
GUARDS VOTE7
Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 14.—Attorney
i General Reed proposes to lay the blame
on congress if the 1,500 Nebraska
guardsmen now in service on the Texas
border are not allowed To vote this fall
I at the state election. The attorney
| general says that it will be necessary
t to call a special session of the legisla
ture to pass such a law, but he thinks
the trouble and expense may be saved
by congress acting in the matter. At
torney General Reed has written a let
ter to each of the Nebraska congress
men asking them to see that the job is
done if the boys are still at the front
during election time. Some contend
that the attorney general Is wrong in
assuming that congress has anything
to do with the fixing of the rights of
suffrage for Nebraska citizens.
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ASSESSMENTS.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 14.—The state
board of assessment has finished its
task. In nine counties the assessed val
uation on real estate was raised from
5 to 15 per cent and in 18 counties it
i was reduced from S to 10 per cent.
The total reduction In the 18 counties
! amounts to $4,042,859. The total in
crease in the nine counties is $4,065,590.
It will be seen from the figures that
the increases do little more than offset
the reduction so that the total assessed
valuation in the state remains about
$501,000,000. The levy of 6.8 mills will
be slightly reduce 1.
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KNIFE IN HEART.
Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 14.—Mrs. Eliza
beth Luedtke, 50, the mother of eight
children, plunged a butcher knife into
her heart here after she had locked the
children in different rooms in the house.
The oldest girl managed to escape by
a window and found her mother lying
in a pool of blood on the floor.
Mrs. Luedtke was suffering from
melancholia. She had attempted sui
cide once before by slashing her
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FLEGE IN BAD LUCK.
Lincoln. Nob.. Aug. 14.—After spend
ing a fortune in a series of vain ef
forts to gain the freedom of William
Flege, serving time in the Nebraska
penitentiary on conviction of the mur
der of his sister, the brothers of Flege,
who are wealthy, have come faco to
face with what is believed to be a hos
tile pardon board. Lawyers who have
interested themselves in tho case say
the members of the Flege family have
spent approximately $50,000 to secure
the convict's freedom.
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LINCOLN—Attorney General Reed to
day gave an official opinion that money
belonging to a nonresident, but deposited
in a bank in this state, is not assessable
for taxes In Nebraska, but should be as
sessed to the owner at tho place of his
residence. The question was presented by
County Attorney A. V. Thomas, of But
ler county, who wrote that a $25,000 de
posit belonging to a California man had
been listed for taxation in Butler.
VALLEY—Reports that the desperado
who last Saturday held up and robbed
the hank at Florence was in hiding on
an island in the Platte river near Valley
caused a posse of men to bo formes! and a
hunt started for the stranger. Tho
campers saw him swim the river and
wander about on the Island seeking a hid
ing place. Ills description tallies, it is
said, with chat of the Florence bank rob
ber.
FULLERTON-The park has been n
scene of busy activity this week. Men
and teams Monday and Tuesday hauled
and erected over 100 small tents, the big
tent. 30x120, the dining tent, 40x 00, and tho
lee cream tent. 20x40 feet. The electric
light company has it* wires strung and
Die lightning system is better than ever
before. Hundreds of lights sparkle all
over tlie beautiful grove and In the tents.
i2amper* commenced to move tc. the
grounds curly Monday morning and have
oeen coming all week.
The banana takes the place of cereals
among the Indians of South America, In
the liast Indies and In parts at Africa
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NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
RAIN FOLLOWS STORM.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12.—The wind
which rushed through Oxford Wednes
day evening had the characteristics of
a twister. Two men, one a merchant
of the town, and the other a tramp,
were hurt. The hobo was resting in
the Burlington round house when it
was damaged by the storm. The Bur
lington round house, the Oxford state
bank building, a large store building
on the main street and one of the best
residences In the place sustained the
most damage. Reports of the storm
show that the rain was very heavy be
:ween Kenesaw and Oxford, with good
showers along the Republican valley
tine of the Burlington lailroad. The
rains came in time to do much good to
the corn.
THURSTON FUNERAL.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 12.—The funeral
5f Hon. John M. Thurston, former
United States senator from Nebraska*
jet for today, is under the direction of
St. John’s Masonic lodge of which Mr
Thurston was a member. The activq
'/all bearers designated are Omaha meij
xho were members of the legislature
which elected Mr. Thurston to the
United States Senate. »
The honorary pall hearers include
United States Senator Hitchcock, Con
gressman Lebeck, former Senators
Allen and Brown, former Congressmen
Uonnell, Mercer and Kennedy, members
>f the local federal and state courts and
Alters. The body will be cremated and
;he ushes taken to Washington for in
■erment in the Congressional cemetery.
JONES RE-ELECTED,
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 12.—I*. O. Jones,
who has be^n president of the Nebraska
Epworth assembly since it started 20
fears ago, was again named for the
jffice by the Nebraska Conference Ep
worth league. President Jones was
elected over O. J. Fee by the big vote of
12S to 12. Charles Strader, of Lincoln,
was named for treasurer, and Rev. C.
M. Shepard, of Lincoln, for auditor. Mr.
Shepard, like Mr. Jones, has been with
Ihe assembly since its birth. The us
lembly was voted one of the best in
its history. The program was of very
high order and the attendance much
larger than in 1915.
CAR SHORTAGE.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12.—The state
railway commission is aiding Nebraska
shippers by getting after the railroads
to induce them to furnish more ears
to shippers. The transportation com
panies promise the commission to do
iheir utmost to have loaded cars emp
| tlt-ii that they may he placed in service
j again. There is a loud wail for grain
I cars all over the eastern and central
I part of the state. The railroads have
extra forces of men employed on the
; repair tracks to get the rolling stock
! quickly into service. The famine is the
greatest in many years.
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DEMOS TO OPEN.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12.—Democratic
state headquarters will be opened in
Lincoln the latter part of next week.
Chairman Langhorst has named five
persons who, with the elective officers,
will constitute the executive committee.
They are: J. S. McCarty, Lincoln;
Frank Hayeox, Calloway; M. L. Corey,
Clay Center: James C. Dahlman, Oma
ha, and A. P. Young, Nebraska City.
YEGGS OUT OF LUCK.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12—Yeggs robbed
tlie postoffice at South Bend, Wednes
day night, but received little booty.
They blew open the safe. Sheriff Quin
ton, of Cass county, with a posse, is In
pursuit of the gang.
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FREMONT—A crowd estimated at 20,000
visited the tractor demonstration grounds
here yesterday. The rain of Wednesday
j 'light kept the attendance down, but there
I was a large number of farmers on hand ■
and several sales were made. The meet
closes today.
PROSPERITY PERMANENT
FITZGERALD DECLARES
Saratoga Springs, N. Y„ Aug. 12.—
Unstinted praise or the Wilson admin
istration was voiced by Congressman
John J. Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn, tem
porary chairman of the democratic
convention here today. The democratic
party in three years, he said, had en
acted "more progressive, remedial and
beneficial legislation than had been
perfected previously in any two de
cades.
‘‘Tills included the constitutional
amendments for the elections of sen
ators and the levying of a tax on in
comes, the Underwood tariff law, the
federal reserve act, the good roads law,
the agricultural co-operative extension
act. the Clayton act and the anti-in
junction law.”
Mr.' Fitzgerald denied the assertion of
Charles Id. Hughes, republican candi
date for president, that the country is
enjoying only temporal y prosperity.
Ho declared that exports have virtually
doubled since the advent of the Wilson
administration and now aggregate $4,
1)00,000,000 annually, of which less than
3 per cent consist of war munitions. He
quoted figures to show that new textile
mills are under construction, that many
wage Increases have been reported and
that bank resources and deposits have
Increased greatly. This condition, he
said, was due chiefly to the belief of
the people that the affairs of the na
tion were In safe hands and that there
was no fear of the country being
phinged into war.
PUBLISHERS DELAYING
PRINT PAPER REPORT
Washington, Aug. 11.—The federal
trade commission today announced that
its investigation Into the price of news
print paper la being delayed to some
• xtent by failure of newspaper pub
lishers to send in answers to the com
mission's questions as promptly as ex
pected.
"Reports have been received," said
the commission in a statement, "to the
effect >hat some publishers are hesi
tating to answer the commission's in
quiry. fearing that their complaints will
reach the paper manufacturers and
they will have their supply cut off. The
commission has assured all such pub
lishers that their communications will
be treated as confidential when re
quested and, therefore, they need not
have the least hesitation in furnish
ing all the information in their posses
sion.”
The largest railway scale in the world
has recently been completed at Wost
Albany, N. Y. It la capable of accom
modating a load of 1,850,000 pounds. Jt
consists of six weighing instruments
each having a capacity of 275,000
pounds. It is designed for weighing lo
comotives and other heavy rolling stock.
Some of the engines used upon ths
Pacific coast weight 215 tons each 1ml
this giant would be able to weigh four
of them at once, if necessary. Th- ac
curacy of thio giant instrument is re
markable, It does not vary 10 pounds
>t its full capacity.
EJECT MAIL CARRIER
FROM MOVIE THEATER;
WORE COLORED SHIRT
Nebraska Youth Has Experience
Tn Kansas City—Doorman
Causes Arrest.
Kansas City. Mo., Aug. 12.—Becau
"he did not have a white collar on arvi
wore a colored shirt,” the management
of the Regent motion picture theater,
yesterday afternoon refused admit
tance to W. M. Kramer, 22 years old,
a rural mail carrier from Melford, Neb.,
and later caused his arrest because he
protected against being excluded from
the house. According to W. M. Butch
er, the doorman, who accompanied the
prisoner to police headquarters Kramer
tendered a dime and started to pass in,
when the doorman stopped him.
“You are not presentable,” he said.
“You must present a different appear
ance if you enter this theater.”
Kramer remonstrated. He wanted to
see the show, he said.
“If he had gone home and dressed up
it would have been all right," Butcher
declared at the station, “but we don’t
allow men with colored ehlrts in our
theater. Besides he told me he had
more money than I had sense.”
Several patrons of the theater fol
lowed tho arresting officer and Butch
er to the station and demanded hie re
lease. They were told, however, that
Kramer was being held “for safe keep
ing.’ One of the men said he believed
the mail carrier’s appearance was suf
ficiently conventional, considering the
weather, to admit him to any hotel or
theater in the city.
Kramer had not been drinking, they
said, and his conduct was neither loud
nor boisterous. Immediately after the
departure of Butcher the police re
leased Kramer and directed him to the
Union station, where he took a train at
9 o'clock last night for Nebraska.
"At first I could not understand why
the doorman would not let me into the
theater,” the young man said. “I
thought perhaps he believed I had not
paid my dime and V started to explain.
'You are not presentable, so beat it,’
he told me then. ’My clothes are clean,
even if they are working clothes. They
are the best I’ve got With me. I have
not been drinking. I think I’ve got a
perfect right to go in, so long as I be
have myself,’ I told him.
"At that he seized me by the collar
and said: 1 guess you are one of
those fresh guys that have to be
shown,’ and ho kicked me out into tho
street. Then he called an officer.”
Kramer showed the police a bump as
large as an egg on his neck which, he
said, came from the kick.
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NEBRASKA MEN WELL.
Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 12.-—According to
Sergt. E. B. De Wolfe, of Company D,
Fifth regiment, Nebraska troopers, the
latter are well treated and are having
a good time. He declares that many
of the stories of dangers and hardships
and trouble with Mexicans are mostly
fictitious. Sergent DeWolfe declares
that tales of improper actions on the
part of Nebraska soldiers at Sinton,
Tex., have no real foundation in fact..
He says that the camp has been pro
nounced by army officers who have
inspected it to be one of the best on
the border. The sanitation is good and
there is very little sickness. The ser
geant states that he has made the
statements to one of the Lincoln pa
pers to set things right with the peo
ple of Nebraska who have been fed
with accounts of hardships, dangers
and privations which never existed.
SAVED FROM DEATH.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12.—By standing
on their tiptoes Charles Desper, of 210
South Eleventh street, and A. Ander
son of 2300 South Fifteenth street,
saved themselves from death when an
elevator lift at the Shurtleff apartment
house dropped down nine stories. The
men stepped out on the platform when
it was unlocked and it shot downward
with lightning speed. Instant presence
of mind of the two men in standing on
their tiptoes saved them. They received
nothing worse than sprained ankles.
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EPWORTH ASSEMBLY.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12.—Big crowds
at the Nebraska Epworth assembly
this year are expected to permit
the management to pay off all debts
and leave a snug sum as a nest egg
for the ensuing year. President Jones
reported that over $32,000 are now in
vested in the grounds. The attendance
for the first eight days of 1916 has
far exceeded the same period of 1915
and the receipts are consequently mucl,
larger.
SPRAGUE RENAMED.
Lincoln, Neb., Auk. 12.—Bert Sprague
of York was again elected secretary 01
the democratic central committee at its
meeting here. Dr. E. C. Webber, o|
Wahoo, was named vice chairman: A,
V. Johnson of Lincoln was elected
treasurer. Sprague has done good worlj
nnd no one was nominated against him
Chairman Langhorst expressed great
confidence in the outcome of the cam
paign and predicted harmony and en
thusiasm all along the line. Langhorst
is considered a Hitchcock man, while
Sprague is credited with being a Bryan
supporter. On the motion of Arthur
Mullen of Omaha, the rules which gov
erned the committee during the last
two campaigns were adopted. John A.
Maguire, candidate for congress front
the First district: State Treasurer Hall,
Secretary of State Pool and State Au
ditor Smith were present.
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STORM IN NEBRASKA.
lloldridge, Neb.. Aug. 12.—The Ox
ford State bank and the Burlington
roundhouse were partially demolished
tiy a heavy wind storm which swept
Oxford and adjacent territory last eve
ning. All wires between Holbrook and
Oxford are down and reports are mea
ger.
It Is known that a number of farm
buildings were swept away by the
storm. A bank employe and a tramp in
the roundhoue-e were injured. Telephone
lines west of Holdredge were blown
down. The storm was accompanied by
a heavy rain.
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 10.—County At
torney Peterson, of Knox county, re
ported to the state board of assessment
that his country had followed the In
structions of the board and had as
sessed lands nt 75 per cent o! their
sales value, making a total Increase of
$£00,000 in Its assessed valuation.
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LIGHTNING HITS AUTO.
Denver, Colo., Aug, 10.—L. D. Spald
ing, of Omaha, who, with his family, Is
making a tour of Colorado In his au
tomobile, reports their narrow escape
from death on the summit of Pike's
peak, Friday afternoon, when their car
was struck by lightning.
Mr. Spalding nnd his daughter were
in the front seat and his wife In the
rear. The bolt struck the top Just
above the windshield and tore through
the cloth, running down the side of the
car to the vround. All were stunned
and dazed for several minutes. They
will continue their trip through »'•*»
Rockies.
JOHN THURSTON DIES !
| AFTER LONG ILLNESS;
| FRIEND OF M'KINLEY
Won Fame as An Orator, One ;
Speech Being Warlike—Was ij
Prominent Politician.
Omaha, Neb.. Aug. 11.—John M. J
Thurston, former senator from Ne- I
braska, and nationally prominent re- |
publican, died here at 4 o'clock today. !
He had been critically ill for four j
weeks, following a heat prostration, j
and his death has been momentarily ■
expected for three days. Thrombo- j
phlebitis was the immediate cause ol ,
death, according to a statement by th< J
attending physician, Dr. F. J. Schlier <
Mr. Thurston was born at Montpelier !
Vt., August 21, 1847. He was one ol
President McKinley’s closest advisers
and was regarded by McKinley as on(
of the country’s ablest men.
During his service in congress Mr,
Thurston won national notice as at
orator. A speech he made in the Sen
ate is claimed to have precipitated th(
Spanish-American war.
After finishing his term in the Sen
ate, Thurston opened offices in Wash- ,
ington and practiced law until 1315
when hie health failed. He returned tc ’
Omaha and later resumed the practic*
of law, but his failing health handit
capped him greatly.
Mr. Thurston was temporary chair*
man of the republican party convention
in 18SS and several times served as q
delegate at large to the party's con
ventions. He was elected to the Sen*
ate in 1S94. He was at one time solici
tor general of the Union Pacific rail
road.
On Christmas day, 1872, Mr. Thurston
was married to Miss Martha Poland,
daughter of Col. Uuther Poland, ol
Omaha. She died March 14, 1898, and
in November of the next year, Mr
Thurston was married to l.ola, daugh
ter of William J. Furman, former con
gressman from Florida.
NO MORE MILEAGE. '
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 11.—State Pood
Commissioner C. E. Harman has made
a now rule. Hereafter his inspectors wit.
be required to buy railroad tickets and
obtain receipts for them and the use ol
mileage books w-ill be discontinued in
Ids department. Commissioner Hersan
says that there has been no scandal in
bis department over the employment ol
railway mileage books. It has been
charged that many departments of the
state government buy mileage books
with state funds and use them for pri
vate trips. Under the present system
of purchasing mileage books, it is
claimed that there is no way of telling
how many trips are made by state offi
cials in the interest of the state or in
the interest of themselves. The state
spends from $40,000 to $60,000 a year
lor mileage and traveling expenses.
During two months of last fall employes
of the food and dairy department epent
$4,275 for railroad fare and hotel ex
penses. ■
LAND OWNERS PROTEST.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 11—Claiming that
the land is too poor to justify the raise
a delegation of citizens front Boone
county appeared before the Htate board i
of assessment to protest against a 10 i
per cent increase made by the board. L.
G. Brian, of Lincoln, former state treas
urer and insurance commissioner, who
owns land in Boone county made the
prinicpal speech. He declared that the
board has increased the valuation in
past year when it should not have done
so, and the boost was not justified now.
In Boone land is valued at $S.73 an acre
assessed value. The board proposes to :
make it $y.60.
NO RECRUITS.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 11.—Because few '
recruits were received the federal re- i
cruiting stations at Lincoln and Omaha ;
tire to lie closed by an order of the war ;
department. The stations are in charge ,
of officer*; of the Nebraska national
guard opened for the purpose of filling ;
the gaps in the two-Nebraska regi- '
meats now on the Texas border. About
half a dozen recruits were hte total I
number received at the stations of the '
two cities.
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ELECTROCUTED.
Norfolk, Neb., Aug. 11.—L. A. Wil
liams, manager of the Nebraska Gas &
Electric plant at Norfolk, was killed
last night at Meadow Grove, a station
20 miles west of Norfolk. He was elec- j
trocuted. A helper named Beaumont
was somewhat burned.
Williams was about 40 years old and
a former football star on the Ames, la.,
agriculture team. He leaves a wife.
PUGH MURPHY DIES.
Omaha. Neb., Aug. 11—Hugh Murphy,
pioneer paving contractor of Omaha,
died Tuesday at Oid Orchard, Me.,
where he had gone early this summer
to try to regain his health, which had
been failing for the last three years.
Mr. Murphy celebrated his 25th wed
ding anniversary last Tuesday. Ills
home is at 212 South Thirty-fourth
street. He is survived hv Ills wife, two
sons. Hugh, .ir., and Richard, and two
daughters, Mrs. George Adams, of
Cheyenne, and Miss Helen Murphy.
LINCOLN—'The Nebraska ra'lway com
m sslon Is 1 mplored by shippers for rol'ef )
from the i ar shortage situation. The
/Train movement now Is very heavy and
the car shortage is fast growing more se
rious. The Burlington Is the only road In
the state which has a fair amount of cars
and the chances are that It will not be ,
long when It will fly signals of distress, j
Tl Union Pacific and the Northwestern
have a few empties on hand but the Book 1
Pi/wd and the Missouri Pacific have prac- '
llcally none. Grain elevators everywhere !
are full.
LINCOLN—The slate normal board Is
In session to award coal contracts for the
four normal schools and to buy 1.400 opera i
chairs for the auditorium of the normal |
school at Kearney Before the board ad- i
jourr.s several vacancies In normal school I
faculties will be filled. i
LINCOLN—State Engineer Johnson will 1
attend a big federal good roads meeting
which will !«■ held at Washington, D. C„
August Iti. It has been called by Director
L. W. I age of the federal government.
Engineer Johnson will osk that federal aid
be extended, to clay and gravel roadu.
The United States, in 1915, produced I
41,581,150 tons of coke._
CYRUS DIXON DIVORCED.
Chicago, 111., Aug. 9.—Mrs. Elsie j
Steinert Dixon, wife of Cyrus B. Dixon, ,
of Sioux City, today was granted a dl- (
voree by Judge Jleard, in the Chicago I
courts. Mrs. Dixon alleged that two J
months after her marriage to Dixon (
she visited her mother in Chicago, and
that while there she received a lot ter
from her husband saying that he had
not been divorcee, from his former wife
for one year and, therefore, the last !
! marriage was illegal. Judge Heard an*
: Dulled the
Ail Additional Guardsmen In I
Ohio, Vermont and Ken
tucky Ordered to Mexi- %
can Border.
WON’T WAIT TO RECRUiT
Anarchistic State Throughout
Mexico Is Reported to Be
Growing Worse as Fam
ine Pinches.
Washington, Aug. 14.—Twenty-five*
thousand more state troops were today
ordered to the border by the war de
partment. All Kentucky, Ohio and Ver
mont troops were ordered to move arid
all departmental commanders were in
structed to send troops as soon as pos
sible.
The following announcement was
made:
"Commanding general, eastern de
partment has been directed to send
Kentucky troops to the border os soon
is they have been equipped and trans
portation can be obtained and to see
that attention is given to getting Ver- /
inont troops to the border as soon as
possible.
“Commanding general, central de
partment, has been directed to send
Ohio troops to the border as soon as
;hey are equipped and transportation
•an be obtained.
"All department commanders have
seen directed to send all other national
guard troops in their respective de
partments to the border as soon as they
ire equipped and transportation tan be .
obtained.” X
Won’t Wait to Recruit. J
It was stated at the war department
:hat under these orders national guard I
'egimerits now held at state mobiliza- '
lions points would be sent to the
lorder without waiting until they were
-eeruited to the mobilization strength.
War department officials said the
purpose of tlie movement was to re
ievo the trying situation of regiments
lelci at state mobilization camps, dur
ng recruiting. The men have been
several weeks under canvas w'hile a
low recruits necessary to bring each
-egiment up to required minimum
strength are being sought.
The best available informal!' n on
:he number of guardsmen on the
lorder is in health statistics of last
veek which covered 98,000 state troops
ill on border service, not including
several regiments. It is considered jL
■ertain that more than 140,000 national V
guardsmen are in the camp along the *
nternational line.
Camps Are Available.
Thoroughly equipped camps readily
•apabie of expansion are waiting tlie
.loops, all details of water and food
supplies have been worked out on a.
lasis that the army is confident, in
sures adequate provision for any nun:
ier of troops and the addition of 25,
100 troops to tlie border commands are
lot expected to create any new diffi
■ulties.
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5ITIABLE CONDITIONS GROW
STEADILY WORSE IN MEXICO
El Paso, Tex., Aug. 12.—Conditions
n Mexico City are bordering on an
irchy becatise of food shoitage, ac
cording to arrivals from the capital
lere today. The refugees, all of whom
were Mexicans, said that rioters had
seized the electric lighting and power
ilant outside the city ami .that, as a
■esult, the town had been without'
iglits or street car service for more
ihan a week before their departure.
Peons throughout tlie country north of J
:he capital are suffering from hunger, I
ihey added. )
The situation in Zacatecas was de- ^
icribed as pitiable. At railway stn- m
ions In that state, according to reru- a
jees, men, women and children would
leg travelers for scraps of bread or
lits of fruit peel.
Garrisons on both the American and
Mexican side of the river have been
lugmented by the arrival of fresh
.roopa today. The First South Carolina
nfantry, under Col. Edgewwth Monta
gue Blythe, of Greenville, detrained in
*11 Paso, while, simultaneously, 250 men
’rom tlie garrison of Chihuahua City,
who arrived with Gen. Gabriel Gavira,
nspector-general of the de facto forces,
went into barracks in Juarez.
Manning Paper Shortage 3Tay
Render Thousands Idle,
Union Ecads Fear.
Baltimore. Md„ Aug:. 1 !.—The danger
hat thousands of printers may be
brown out of work because of the hiffh
ost of wiii+r- paper was raid to he a.
uesikm seriously concerning the dele
•ates to (lie Ct’nd .. nnual convention of
he International Typographical union
vh'oh begins lu re next Monday.
John W. Hays, secretary and trensur
r of the union said alarming shortage
if white paper is making it difficult for
nany newspaper corporations to con
inue business. In some cities lie said .
hers was talk of consolidating two or ‘m i
acre plants to reduce working forces,
nd expenses
3ANKRUPT SHIPPING “
CONCERN REORGANIZES
New Tork, Aug. It.—Committees *-ep
eeentimr the holders of bends and
tocka of the International Mercantile
ilarine company have agreed to a plan
f financial readjustment of that com
■any which was distributed today. It
irovldes for a continuance of the «*
sting company, for the refunding of
bout half of the company’s bonded in
ebtednees and the payment of the
lalnnc* in eash. The J2 per cent, or back
lvldends due on the preferred stock f»
eft to be dealt with by the new board ef
lirbctors.
BLAST KILLS 115. '’T
London, Aug. 12.—According to A
elegram from Bucharest, the number
if persona killed in the explosion in
he powder factory at Dudesti was IIS.
Earlier reports stated that only 2l> per
10ns had been killed.