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I PlAIISMODmStWS-HtRMD R. 0. VVATTERS, Business Manager PLATTSMOl'TH, NEBRASKA AS TOLD IH A LI A SOILING DOWN OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY. MENTIONED IN SILL SPACE The Busy Reader Can Absorb Few Moments a Good Deal Information, in of Congress. The president ha submitted to tress a message transmitting two pre- Unitary reports of tho commission ap- pointed to consider the needs of the navy. The senate lias voted to retain in the agricultural hill un appropriation of $25,(1(10 for digesting, compiling and publishing the material gathered by the commission on country life. A protest against the establishment, of postal savings hanks was registered with the bouse committee on post olllces by Chicago nnd New York bankers. The bill which provides for the re instatement of the Brownsville negro officers nnd Holdlers will eb favorably renorted bv the house committee on military affairs. The house rejected the senate amendments to the executive, legisla tive and judicial bill Inoreasng salaries of president, vice presdent, sneaker and Judges. Mr. McCumber made an extended speech In the senate on the right of congress to fix standards for grad ing innlii enterlnir Interstate com- "n o " merce. Wlth Its war pulnt on. the house of reuresentatlves on the Z4tb, ly sweeping majorities many times lie flpii thn senate bv rejecting Its amendments to the executive appro prlation bll providing for salary in .creases for the president, the vice president, the speaker, the judiciary and for the creation of the offices of wider-secretary and fourth nsslslnnt secretary of state The senate passed the compromise Mil providing for tho reinstatement of colored soldiers. Before the closo of the sixtieth con gress n ship subsidy, or ocean mall subsidy, law will he onncted by con gress, If new plana of house leaders are successful. The coming hunting trip of TresI dent Roosevelt to Africa was brought up during tho consideration of the sundry civil bill In the bouse. Mr Garrett (Tenn ) wanted to know how much of tho expense of the expedition was to bo paid by tho government Mr. Mann (111.) volunteered the on swer that no public moneys were to be used. He said there was nothing in connection with th proposed trip that could be criticised Serretnrv J. F. Hanson, of Fre mont Commercial dub, has appealed to Senator Brown to secure, the as slstanco of the national government in the drainage operations planned for the bottoms east and northeast of Fremont and south of the Elkliorn nt tho Platte river. An amendment was Incorporated in the diplomatic nnd consular appro prlation bill which was reported to the senate providing that hereafter no new anibasadors shall bo created unless the same shall be provided for by an act of congress. This would take from the president the dlscre tlon of raising an American legation to an embassy Senate committee added a provision to tho agricultural bill for a denatured alcohol still In Nebraska, persumably at the state university, . The subcommittee of the senate committee on judiciary has agreed to report that the president's action in permitting the merger of the steel companies is unauthorized. By a vote of (12 to 2 the Bonnte de elded to retain the eighteen pension agencies, including Dos Moines. The house had voted to consolidate all the agencies In Washington. The sundry civil bill which has been reported to the house curries liberal appropriations for Iowa They relate chiefly to continuing work on public buildings under authorizations made In previous sessions, rentals for tern porary buildings while postofflces are being constructed and the like, The agricultural appropriation bill, carrying $i:t,77:t,27t an Increase of $ssi.-l.".0 over the bill ns passed by the house, was reported to the sen aie. i no rorest service secured an increase of $.',00,000 for fire protec tlon. Cenerai. By a strict party vote the senate committee declined to strike out of the New Mexico and Arizona state hood bill the provlsons relating to land grants, which are the basis of opposition to the measure. An insane Wisconsin farmer killed four children and then himself. George Ponlmg of the Irlsh-Amerl- lean athletic club, broke the world's record for tho five mile run nt the state nrnioty athletic meet at Trov N. Y. V.. R. Woodward, superintendent of the Multnomah amateur athletic rluh, Portland, Ore., shot nnd fatally wounded himself. Th" International naval conference has n ached a definite agreement in sofar as a code of naval warfare is concerned. Tho nltnatlon between Austria-Hungary and Servia Is again giving rise to uneasiness. An attack by Burton on Ralney of Illinois was tho feature of the ses sion of the house recently. H. Mead Shumway, the Nebraska murderer, was granted a stay of exe cution until March 5 by the supremo court, the announcement being raadu while lie wan preparing for the gal-low.. Demand for the Immediate creation by congress of a permanent tariff commission was voiced In resolutions adopted by tho National Turiff Com mission conference convention in In dianapolis. President Roosevelt will make no more appointments during his term. With $SO0,U0O in gold pieces, fresh from the government mint, to pay tho officers and men of the Atlantic fleet, the Yankton left Washington to Join the fleet. An assault on u white woman caused a mob to collect In Ottumwa, la., and a race riot is feared. President Roosevelt has written n letter to Chairman Hale saying that llemenway's report on secret service work contains many false and mis leading statements. Congressman Kinkald Is not hope ful for the passage of his bill-reducing amount of improvements required on Kinkald homesteads. Congressman Burton made a sen sational reply to charges made by Mr. Ralney against the financial deal fcr the Panama canal. A bill was favorably reported In the senate for an additional federal Judge for Nebraska. Return of the Atlantic squadron was the occasion of big demonstra tion at Hampton Roads and Presi dent Roosevelt praised the men and ships. neven men were cremated m a wreck of tho Pennsylvania train at T..1 ...... u li l rn , i . LH-iinur, iei., ana i rixie, mo tarn ous Iowa trick horse was killed. L'aptaln William Peck, leader of tho Fourth Regiment National Guards hand of Watertown, S. I)., will with his band arrive In Washing- ton and in the Inaugural parade fur nlsh inarch music for the Twin City Roosevelt club. Tho United Slates navy league col eiuated Washington's birthday at London. Washington. The remarkable feature of tho "In augural souvenir" used by the com mltteo In charge of the Inaugural ceremonies is a biographical sketch of President elect Taft by President Roosevelt. It has peculiar slgnlfl cancc In view of rumors that have been published to the effect that fric tion existed between Roosevelt and Taft. The keynote of tho President's sketch may bo found In thes words "No one of better training, no man of more dauntless courage, or common sense and higher character has ever coiuo to the presidency than William Hownrd Taft." That a final determination should and will he obtained from a court of last resort ns to the question of label lug whisky under the pure food law is the opinion expressed by Attorney General Bonaparte In a letter to Presl dent Roosevelt. The Aldrlch bill, providing means for the re-enllstnient of negro soldiers who were dlcsharged without honor on account of participating in the Brownsville affray, was passed by the senate. Tho senate passed the diplomatic aud consular appropriation bill, car rylng $3,filC.3SG. Tho house provision vesting in a vice consul general Judl cial authority in civil and criminal enses. heretofore vested n the consul general of China, was stricken out, end the Lodge amendment appropri ating $100,000 for grounds nnd build ings for the American embassy nt Paris was laid on the table. The select committee appointed to investigate the wood pulp and paper situation recommended a reduction of the duty on print paper to $2 a ton. Myron T. Herrlck of Ohio Is said to be out of the cabinet race. The Bitndry bill reported a fow days ago provides for continuing the work oh a large number of new public buildings In Nebraska, Iowa. South Dakota and Wyoming. In one day the senate passed tho army and pension appropriation bills and forty-five other measures. The federal commission reports a saving of $500,000 yearly on tho gov; eminent 's printing bills and shows that tons of books are printed and not distributed. An international conference for the conservation of natural resources will he called by the United States to meet nt The Hague in September. In vitations will be Issued to forty-five nations. The Inward and outward movement of nllens for the twelve months, end- ng with November, 1908, indicates that the emigration has been greater than Immigration. Personal. Prominent suffragists of London were sentenced to terms In prison. With the selection of Franklin Mac- Veagh for secretary of the treasury the Taft cabinet is made up. President Roosevelt, was violently utilised In the house by two republican members. Gov. Shallenberger of Nebraska sets the precedent of retaining the three bends of state institutions who are women. The question of woman suffrage will be put to a vote In Washington state. Unofficial announcement made nt Columbus, O.. says that J. M. Dlekln son of Tennessee Is to be secretary of war In Tafi'B cabinet. President Taft has completed nil his cabinet except secretary of the treasury. I NUMBER OF SENATORS SENT THEIR VIEWS. PRE- ATTACKS THE ADMINISTRATION Teller Says Timber is Cut Illegally and that Colorado Miners Took Wood Only for. Fuel. WashingtonThe passage of the agricultural appropriation bill by the senute followed an extended debate on the forestry service, which oc cupied the entire session. As pass'ed, the ineasurn appropriates $13,075,711!, which Is an increase of $191,890 over the bill as passed by the house. Calling attention to denunciations that have been directed toward men who have cut timber on the public lands In mining districts, Senator Teller of Colorado In the senate to day declared that this timber had been cut legally and had yielded the government, in the precious metals many times' the value of the timber used. He said he had drafted and procured the passage of the act in 1878, which allowed tho people of the west to do what they had been do ing without any law in the cutting ef timber on public luuds for the use of mining camps. "The men who swept those hills clear of timber," he said, "were not public robbeis, but they acted In ac cordance with statutes and they re turned to the government much moro than tho timber was worth. There has been no wilful destruction of tim ber in Colorado. The people of that state are more interested in the con servation of their timber than any people outside of the state could possibly be." Condemning the system used by the forestry bureau, Mr. Teller said If the Plnchot system of forestry had been applied to Colorado during tho days of its development that state would still be the homo of tho coyote, tho panther and the bear," nnd he said that Bystem was "destroying tho prospects for settlement In the fu ture. Reforestation, he said, had been a failure In Colorado. The farmers raise more timber in that state than Is raised by the forest bureau. "I would rather," he declared, "have an American home and Ameri can family than have a forest as big as all outdors. I do not believe there is a moral or any other claim upon me to postpone the use of what na ture has given me." Mr. Teller In sisted that the predictions . cemcern lug the exhaustion of the coal sup ply are very far from correct and snld Colorado alone could supply the whole world with coal for 150 or 200 years. Mr. Smoot defended the service, declaring the cost of all lectures be fore various societies by employes of the forest service last year had been only $.r,022. He said the lectures be fore various societies on the ground that tbey were for the purpose of conserving timber by. teaching econ omies were entirely Justified. "Kvery time," he said, "information Is given about, lengthening the life of a railroad tie the American people aro benefited." TILLMAN'8 DANDER UP AGAIN, Moves to Exclude Message of Pres ident from United States Mails. Washington Senator Tillman in troduced a resolution instructing the senate committee on postofflces to in quire and rejiort whether the recent message of the president, forwarding to congress the report of the home commission should not be excluded from the mails as matter improper for transmission. Senator Tillman's resolution aston ished the senate. The resolution was, on motion of" Mr. Tillman, ro ferred to the committee on post offices and post roads, its reading ill the senate and reference cnuslng no discussion. To Help Revise Philippine Tariff. San Francisco, Cat. Among the passengers on board the steamer ar riving from the Orient were Colonel George R. Colton. collector of customs nt Manila, and II. B. Wallace, ap pralsor at the same port, who have been summoned to Washington to ns slst In the revision of the Philippine tariff. Gift of Harvard. Cambridge, Mass. Announcement of the "ift of $ir.0,()00 to Harvard uni versity for the purpose of endowing a chapel to be known as the Edward Wluclesworth memorial chapel, was announced Friday. Billy Sunday Horsewhipped. Springfield. 111. The Rev. W. A Sunday, better known as "Billy" Sun day, a former baseball player, who is now an evangelist, was horsewhipped Friday night by a religious fanatic at the Sunday tabernacle, where, in the presence of 8,000 persons he was con ducting the opening meeting of a re llgious revival meeting. Engineer Killed. Vnn Horn, la Engineer C, H. Brown of Perry, la., was killed Friday morning at 2:10 In the wreck of the Overland Limited, going west, upon the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway at this point. hTo train was going nt a rapid speed and was within a block of tho depot when the engine) turned a complete somersault, caused, It is believed, by the dropping to the track of a portion of its machinery. The entire train was thrown off tho rails, the baggage and mall coaches being wrecked, NEBRASKA NEWS ANO NOTES. Items of Interest Taken From Hero and There Over the State. Sheriff Uauman of Dodge county, re ceived a telegram from the sheriff at Roehe'ster, N. Y., to hold Rainbodt, alias Davis, for forgery. Mrs. Anna Jenkins of Clearwater, was before the board of insanity In Antelope county, and committed to the Norfolk asylum. An electric light franchise was granted by the town council of Scotts Bluff to Clarence J. Morley of Denver and James C. Calne of Salida, Colo. The new Christian church at Fair field was dedicated last Sunday. It takes the place of the building de stroyed by cyclone in June last. Tho structure cost $25,0uO. The State Railway commission is sued an order permitting the Auburn Telephone company to charge $1.23 for Individual service, the former rate being $1 for individual service at first. A. Benjamin of Arapahoe, bad a pub lic sale of a car of mules in Humboldt which averaged better than $105 per span, the highest price paid for one span was $500. The grain growers' association of Nebraska, Kansas nnd Oklahoma have chosen Hastings as the headquarters for the organization and have opened their rooms there. It is reported that a proposition Is being considered by the Union Pacific whereby another motor is to be added for the run between Beatrice and Lin coln. An express car on the west bound Burlington train caught fire while tho train was between the towns of Chalco and Gretna and burned, with practical ly all Its contents. The Hygienic dairy at Falrbury was broken into by burglars, but the bur glars found themselves locked in the refrigerator after gaining Ingress to the building and were unable to go further. A telegram was received in Nebras ka City telling of tho death of Miss Anna McMeachen at Kansas City, where she has been 111 for some time. The deceased was one of the pioneer settlers of. Otoe county. At the front door of the court house in Plattsmouth Attorney C. A. Rawls sol dat referee's sale 104 acres of land adjoining the town of Union be longing to the Joshua Lynn estate for $12,:i0o, or a little over $104 per acre. Two boys, aged 13 nnd 15, who ran away from the orphans' home at At chison, Kas., have been in charge of City Marshal Vaughn of Fort Calhoun for some time. Mr. Rokes of Atchi son arrived and took them homo. Churches, lodges, schools, clubs, places of amusement and all oiber public gatherings of adults or children in Gothenburg have been placed under a ban by a proclamation Issued by the Board of Health in an effort to stop the ravages of scarlet fever. The Young Men's Christian assocla- tkn In state convention at Hastings unanimously re-elected the following officers: W. J. Hill, Lincoln, chairman; W. O. Henry. Omnha, vice chairman; K. C. Babcock. Omaha, secretary; M C. Steele, Omaha, treasurer. Senator Alex Laverty of Saunders county received information from Colonel Gardner of Fort Crook that the government would lease a tract of land three miles north of Ashland for the purposes of a ritle range. This is the range used by tho state troops Word was just received in Blooming ton that Happy Nelson, a young farmer living with bin edder brother four miles east of Center, was killed in a runaway. Yeuing Nelson had taken bis brother to Creighton to catch a train or Wahoo. On his way home his team became unmanageable and ran away. Mrs. Mary R. Stokes, widow of Kdr ward D. Stokes, who was found dead on the Seisson farm, north of Ains worth, January 10, with a wagon box across his neck, has begun suit against Ben II. Able and Jesse I). Birdsall, two saloonkepers and the Lion Bond ing.aud Surety company and the Bankers Surety company for $20,000, The body of Elmer Charf, agod 2S who had been missing since February 8, was found Tuesday under a drift near Ponra creek within fifty feet of the main street of the town of Lynch He had lost his way and perished in the severe blizzard of two weeks a;o. A dispatch was received in Hastings stating that the Mrs. Thomas Cooper who was murdered in her home in Chicago recently four days after her wedding, was a Miss Ida Cress, form erly of Hastings. Inquiry develops the fact that the murdered woman did live in that city and that she married a man named Carl Miller in 1905. He was a carpenter bv trade ami later moved to Pauline. Acting under the direction of the board of trustees of the Child Saving Institute of Omaha, the building com mittee, of which Rome Miller Is chair man, has opened headquarters nt the Hotel Rome, room 30, parlor tloor, where the active campaign work will be conducted for the raising of the $75,000 building fund for the proposed new Child Saving institute. A. W Clark, the founder and superintendent of the Institute, reports the receipt if t-evoia' liberal subscriptions. O. A. Cooper & Son, Humboldt mill ers, have received news of tin deel sinn of the Interstate Commerce com mission on their case against the Bur lington railway, In which was involved tho freight rate on grain shipments to the western part ef this state nnd Kansas. Bloeimfield people are rejoicing over tho recent appointment of tho Bloom held Musical association hand as the first regimental band of the state Governor Shallenberger has nwulo the appoint mcnt and it Is understoil the appointment has been ratified by (h adjutant general, ISSUANCE OF SI BILL BY SENATOR BROWN REGULATE THE SAME. TO SALARY APPROPRIATION BILL Other Matters that Are Under Con sideration by the Two Houses of the Legislature. To prevent the issuance of watered stock by public service corporations and to provide for the regulation of the issuance of stock by the railway commission Senator Brown of Lan caster has introduced a bill in the senate. The bill provides: "No corporation heretofore or here after organized in this state for the purpose of opening a street, lnterurban or other railroad, telephone, gas or electric lighting or power system, or for the purpose of furnishing any other public service, shall be permit ted to issue any stock or bonds until such corporation shall have submitted to the state railway commission a statement showing to the satisfaction of such commission that the same is to be issued for money or property of equal value actually received by such corporation. "The state railway commission Is hereby given full power and authorjty and Is required to supervise and regulate the Issuance of all stock and bonds by corporations described in the act. The commission must also approve the same only when it is shown to tho satisfaction of the com mission that it 13 for money or prop erty to the value of the amount of the stock and the boifds. "No corporation of the class de scribed shall have power to Issue any stocks or bonds except for money or property equal in value to the amount thereof actually received, and all watered stocks or bonds or other fic titious increase of the capital stock or indebtedness is prohibited nnd all such stock or bonds, when Issued In violation of this act, shall be void." The bill contains an emergency clause. Appropriation Bills. The salary appropriation bill and the appropriation bill for current ex penses of the state and state Insti tutions have been completed and will be Introduced in the house by Repre tentative Clark of Richardson. The salary bill carries a total of $904,180 against a total amount appropriated two years ago of $882,400. In 1907 the total appropriations for current expenses was $l,!ti2,i8(, against a Xotal of $1,847,80(5.09. The current expense bill does not contain an ap proprlation for the expenses of the State Railway commission, which amount last year was fixed at $20,000. This is probably an oversight, ns member of the finance committee said nn amount had been agreed upon though less than two years ago. The reduction in the current expense bill is due to cuts made in the appro priations for state institutions more than any other items and the in crease in the salary bill Is due most ly to Increase In salary of the su preme judges and members of the district court. Sinking Fund Measure. Senator Ransom has introduced a bill for a new method of securln? a sinking fund. The bill provides that the state auditor shall certify to the county clerk of each county the amount of nil municipal bonds of any city or village and when the Interest and piincipal are due. It is made the duty of the county board of equaliza tlon to levy a sufficient amount of tnx against the taxable property of such city or village to meet the said bonds and the interest on them when due, If the county board refuses or ne gleets to do so It Is made the duty of the county eierk to levy the same against the taxable property. Prohibitory Amendment. Temperance forces will Introduce in the legislature, probably in the senate, a joint resolution for - an amendment to the constitution for state wide prohibition. The supporters of county option are not satisfied with the progress being made on this matter and have determined to put the more radical measure before the legislature. Stock Yards Bill. The Stock Y'ards bill, recommend ed for passage, fixes the price for vardlng. loading, unloading, feeding nnd watering stock as follows: Cattle 20 cents a head: calves, 8 cents; horses and mules, 5 cents; hogs, 6 cents, and sheep, 4 cents. These charges are said to be a cut of about 20 per cent from the charges now mnde by the stock yards com nanv at South Omaha. The bill as amended In committee of tho whole nlso fixes a charge of 35 cents above the market of the previous dny for hav and grain. It nlso requires an annual report to be made by the stock vards company to the state railway commission. Governor Selects 'the Papers. Senate file 1. passed by the house, restores to the governor the duty of selecting the papers which sl,ill print the ifgal notices of constitutional amendments. Killed In the Senate. There was a warm fight In the somite committee or me wnoie over Taylor's house bill, which provides that the state canvassing board snail have tho power to canvass the re- 1 turns of constitutional amendments, and It was hilled by a vote of 19 to A TALK BY MR. BRYAN. Addresses a Joint Session of the Sen ate and House. In representative hall, which was crowded. lobby and gallery, Wlll'.am J. Bryan addressed a Joint session of the house and senate. In his address, which lasted for one hour and forty minutes, he advocated the passago of the following bills, now pending: Appropriation for a Lincoln monu ment. Liberal appropriation ' for a state historical building. A bill for the initiative and referen dum. A bill for a school of citizenship at the university. A bill for the Oregon primary plan of electing senators. A bill for the publication of cam paign contributions before elect.on. A bill for the physical valuation or railroads. The committee bill for the guaranty of bank deposits. He opposed the bill providing that the teachers In the state university be qualified to become beneficiaries' of the Carnegie pension fund after hav ing taught continuously for twenty five years, or for fifteen years, when the teacher Is 65 years old. Mr. Bryan advocated the passage of the bill limiting the amount of money a candidate for office may spend in his campaign. Defects In Primary Law. While both the house and senate have taken steps to cure some of the minor defects of the primary election law by the passage of amendments covering these points, the first ques tion which has given serious trouble was taken up In the house with the Kuhl bill, which seeks to cure tho dif ficulty of calling the platform conven tion after the primary and the selec tion of committeemen by the candi dates. This bill, house roll 159, was dis cussed In the house committee of the whole, but the questions Involved were considered serious enough to have the bill passed over for more extended! discussion. Tho bill provides for calling a con vention before the primaries. The delegates to this convention are to be selected on the old caucus plan. At the same time nnd In the same way precinct, county and state committee men nre to be chosen. The state con vention is to draft the platform and deddo whether to Indorse or not in dorse any proposed constitutional" amendments. It is forbidden to take any action of any character with ref erence to candidates. Objection was? raised to the method outlined for tho selection of commit teemen. It was urged that they should be chosen by direct vote at the primaries Instead of by caucus. It was declared that tho old plan of selecting them would have the tenden cy of putting the party machinery in to the hands of the political bosses. Amend Primary Law. Senator Ollis' amendments to tho direct primary law were recommend ed for passage by the senate commit tee of tho whole, while Senator LKetchum's bill was Indefinitely post poned. Senator Ollis' bill provides for an earlier primary, for an open primary, a secret, rotary ballot, and that the candidates select the com mitteemen, who select delegates to tho state convention to he held the last week In August. Constitutional Convention. The bill calling for a submission to the people of Nebraska of the propo sition of calling a constitutional con vention was passed by tho senate by a vote of 23 to 9. The bill provides that the question of calling a conven tion shall be submitted to the people in 1911. and that If they vote in favor of it the next legislature shall pro vide for calling the convention to for mulate a new constitution to supplant the present one, which has been In force for a third of a century. Bills Postponed. On recommendation of tho commit tee on medical societies the senate In definitely postponed a hill appropriat ing $12,000 for the maintenance of a state bacteriological laboratory. It also Indefinitely postponed a bill to admit licensed druggists of other states to Nebraska without an exam ination. Pure Seed Bill. Considerable discussion was evoked in the house over the pure seed bill. This sets a standard for the purity, freedom from weed seeds and viabili ty of agricultural seeds. The ques tion which Is tormenting a good many of the members is whether the bill Is one which will be advantageous to the farmer or to the seed houses. Representative Miller, who Introduced It, declares it will be a benefit to the farmers, but there is a considerable opinion that he may be mistaken on tho proposition. Several small coun try merchants have written protests against the bill' that It will put them out of the seed business and give tho big seed houses a monopoly. Qualification of Electors. Shoemaker of Douglas county, who heretofore has tried to get (lie legisla ture to submit a constitutional amend ment on tho qunlincntlon of electors, has nt last got a measure recommend ed for passage. His bill provides for a constitutional amendment that all foreign horn male residents 21 years old may vote after six months In tho state, city nnd ward or precinct, upon taking out their first papers, but that at the end of five years thev must be. come full-fledged citizens, or the right of franchise la tokun away from them. i
