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r PLATTSMOUIH HEWS HERALD R. 0. WAITERS, Business Manager PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. hi of hews CONDENSATIONS OF THE MORE IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS. BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD General, Political, Religious, 8portlng, Foreign and Other Events Re corded Here and There. Foreign. Special dispatches from Ban Fran cisco to Japanese newspapers are so worded as to indicate that conditions obtaining in the Hawaiian islands, growing out of the Japanese sugar plantation laborers' strike, are ex tremely serious. Great Britain has asked America not to press her claim for participa tion in the Hankow-Sze-Chuen rail road loan of $27,500,000, which Brit ish, German and French bankers stand ready to take up. This request has been sent to James Bryce, the Brit ish ambassador at Washington. The firing on the British steamer Woodburn by a Russian torpedo boat in Pltklpas bay has not yet been re ported to the foreign office in London, and the owners of the vessel are awaiting her return in order to ob tain full details, when they will ask for. a complete Investigation of the circumstances. The American protest at Peking against the conclusion by the Chinese government of the loan agreement with German. British and French bankers for I27.BOO.OOO for the con struction of the Hankow-Sze-Chuen railroad without having given Ameri can financiers an opportunity to par ticipate, has made a stir in the diplo matic circles In Berlin. Cable advices to the state depart ment are to the effect that the agents of the European financial groups In Peking Interested in the $27,500,000 loan on the Hankow-Sze-Cheun rail nay have advised their principals that the New York bankers be alloted a portion. The presumption Is that the American interests will be allowed one-fourth of the $27,500,000, as It has been on this theory that the represen tations to China have been made by this government. General. Indicted men pleaded guilty in North Platte federal court session much to the surprise of prosecuting officiate The senate voted to restore the 15 per cent duty on hides. When the employes of the La Crosse City Railway , company reported for work the other morning, they were given a choice of dropping out of the union or giving up their positions. To a man the conductors and motormen stuck to the union and wer ordered off the company's property. On recommendation of both Nebras ka senators, Dr. W. H. Pllzer was ap pointed pension examining surgeon at Norfolk, Neb., vice Dr. Alexander Bear, resigned; and Dr. F. H. Morrow at Columbus, Neb., vice Dr. Anthony Cauley, resigned. Members of the senate conferred with the president on the proposed corporation tax amendment. Ambassador Naubuco of Brazil de livered the baccalaureate address at the University of Wisconsin. Six persons were killed and scores injured In the collision of cars on the South Shore Electric line In Indiana When the International Christian Endeavor convention opens in St. Paul, July 7, every visitor will find ac commodatlon at a hotel or boarding bouse. The arrangement committees announce that for the first time in the history of the Christian Endeavor movement no delegate will be obliged to live in a tent. A statement issued by the bureau of statistics says that It is now appar Cat that the exports from the United fittates In the fiscal year which ends with the present month will fall ma terially below those of 1908 and 1907 and slightly below those of 1906. The largest convention hall in the country, three times larger than Mad ison Square garden In New York, has been planned for Chicago, according to an announcement made by Harlow N. Hlginbotham. Toasts exchanged between Enipe ror Nicholas and Emperor William at the banquet on board the Russian Imperial yacht were cordial In their expressions for good relations. Rev. Ulysses Grant B. Pierce, D. D, pastor of All Souls' Unitarian church of Washington, has been designated by a senate resolution to act as chap lain until otherwise ordered. The railway firemen and the west trn federation of miners purpose to trect a monument in honor of John H. Murphy, formerly counsel for the organizations named, and who died In Denver recently. D. E. Thomas, ambassador to Mexi co, arrived In Lincoln fo a few days' visit before returning to Mexico City. Threats of the Nebraska game war den to prosecute offenders of tho game laws are disregarded by Mayor McCarthy of Auburn in his crusade against squirrels running at large. With the arrival of President Taft and his family In Heverly, Mass., on Independence Day, that city becomes the summer capital of tho nation, and Woodherry Polat bids fair to attract much of the press prominence that for several years belonged to Sagamore 11111. Emll Tilly f Bar Harbor, Me., shot and killed bis father, John Tilly, fol lowing a series of quarrels. It is said the elder man bad hit his son on the head with a club. Young Tilly mad a statement saying be bad killed his father to save himself and bis wife from death. China Is likely to make silver tho basis of her coinage for years io come. Senator Burkett announced that he has inside information of the comple tion of arrangements for building a great beet sugar factory at or near Scott's Bluff, Neb., In the immediate future. Japan refuses to Interfere in the strike of its countrymen at Honolulu. The committee appointed by Gov. Hughes of New York to Investigate speculation on board of trades finds most forms legitimate and necessary to commerce. France has- a deficit of $21,000,000. To help wipe It out a tax will be placed on dogs. With but six republican votes against It, the Philippines were given free trade with the United States in the senate. The Pennsylvania republican state convention, named machine' candidates and endorsed the Aldrlcb plan of tariff revision. Witnesses in the Gould divorce case told of the fondness of Mrs. Gould for intoxicating liquors. President Taft believes that the pro posed tax on corporations would prove to be more than a mere revenue pro ducer and that it would bring about publicity in corporation affairs. The Omaha high school class this year numbers 209 girls and boys. Francis E. Leupp has resigned as commissioner of Indian affairs. A dispatch from Juneau, Alaska, says that Noel Ogllvle, head of the Canadian survey purly, has urrived with news of the tragic death of Jas. York, one of the members of the sur veying party at Sumdum. Wayne county, Ohio. Is excited over a flow of natural gas running 3,000,000 feet per day by gauge, which has been struck on a farm ten miles west of Wooster. Senator Aldrlch proposes a tax on corporation Incomes Instead of the ln come tax. . Washington. The state department has received reports Indicating evidence of unrest in Honduras, but the dispatches lack specific detail both as to locality of threatened trouble, and as to what may be expected. The gunboat Pa ducah U being kept In Honduras waters. Maurice Connolly of Dubuque has written to Senator Dolllver to Invite President Taft to attend the banquet of the International Carriage Manu' facturers' association In that city Oct. 21. The president has been invited by Senator Dolllver, but does not yet know If be can attend. Friends in this city of Commander Robert Edwin Peary, U. S. N the ex plorer who left the. United States last July for the frozen north, say they be lieve Peary has by this time reached the goal of his ambition, and has suc cessfully planted the stars and stripes at the north pole. No news has been received from Peary since he left Etah. August 17. 1908, In the staunch ship Roosevelt, for a dash as far Into the Ice bound seas as that specially built vessel would carry him for be ing frozen In by the winters cold. The senate resolution providing for the continuance of unexpended bal ances In connection with certain river and harbor Improvements also was adopted In the bouse. ' Availing themselves of the presence of a quorum, the house leaders ob tained action on several Important matters. Principal among these was a conference report on the bill pro viding for the taking of the census. The resignation of Francis J. Leupp as commissioner of Indian affairs, which has been pending since March 4, was accepted by President Taft, and Robert G. Valentine, assistant com missioner, was named to succeed blm. The amendment of Senator Burkett regarding the admission free of breed ing animals has been adopted by the Benate. Senator Bacon has introduced amendments to the tariff bill placing material for cotton bagging and agri cultural implements on the free list. Secretary of State Philander C. Knox, was given the honorary degree of doctor of laws at the sixty-sixth an nual commencement exercises of the Roman Catholic college at Villa Nova, Pa. Six men were killed and fourteen badly Injured by an explosion in steel works at Wheeling, W. Va. Personal. Conflicting reports are abroad re garding the health of Harriman, the railroad magnate. The president Is Interested In relief for Nebraska water users. Ambassador Thomas J. O'Brien and Count Komura, th Japanese foreign minister, have exchanged friendly notes regarding the approaching visit of a large delegation of Japanese busi ness men to the United States. Meduls from the national govern ment were awarded to the Wright brothers at Dayton, O. Mrs. Howard Goulda divorce suit has brought out the fact that she was often in her cups.v A single bandit, In broad daylight, robbed a Fort Worth bank of $8,100. Raymond Robins declares for in dustrial democracy In a lecture in Lin coln. Former President Roosevelt Is the author of u vigorous article bearing on control of corporations. An Inheritance tax of $183,844.43, the largest in the history of Illinois, comes from the estate left by the late Nelson Morris, one of the pioneers in the meat packing business. IS READY 10 QUIT AMBASSADOR THOMPSON WILL DROP HIS POSITION. TOLD PRESIDENT OF DESIRE Possibly Church Howe Is After the Place, and If So, Thompson Says He Is Welcome to the Job. Omaha. "I shall remain In ; my present position of ambassador to Mexico for only a short time." This was the statement made by D. EI Thompson, who spent a short time in Omaha. "When President Taft was elected I Informed him that I did not want to continue as ambassador to Mexico, and told him how long I would stay there as an American representative. "I want to quit the job as soon as possible, and told President Taft he could get another man for the place whenever he liked. "I shall quit very soon. How soon I can not state now. That date, how ever, I have made clear to President Taft." The dispatch from Washington in the Bee was brought to Ambassador Thompson's attention. This dispatch told of Church Howe's visit to the capltol in quest of a job In the diplo matic service. "Do you know what position he can be after?" Mr. Thompson was asked. "I don't know what Job he wants," the ambassador replied. "He may be after mine, and he can have it, too, if he can get it. As I said before, I don't want to keep It any longer, and It may go to any man who can get it. "Remember this: I will be ambassa dor for only a short time. You may say that. 1 would not say how short a time." Ambassador Thompson was here on his return trip to Mexico. He came north from that country last week to deliver a commencement address at a college in Wisconsin. From that Wisconsin college he went to Lin coln. NET EARNINGS TAX BILL. Quite Likely Measure Will Be Adopted by Senate and House. Washington. Before the senate takes up President Taft's program for the taxation .of net earnings of cor porations, the' leaders will know how every member Intends to vote on the subject. The most careful poll that can be made will 'be in the hands of Senator Aldrlch Friday, and will be communicated to the president. From Indications bo far it appears that the members of the finance com mittee were Justified in assuring the president as they did, that the meas ure would be adopted. Representa tive John Dwight of New York, the republican whip, promised senate leaders that if the senate incorpo rates the corporation tax plan In the tariff bill the amendment will be re tained by the house. Bucket Shop Man Pardoned. Washington. Upon t"he recommen dation of United States Attorney Ba ker, President Taft has pardoned Percy Wade, who was convicted last year in the local courts of conducting a bucketshop, and sentenced to thirty days in Jail. Inasmuch as the case was made for the purpose of testing the validity of the law and this was the first conviction under it, the law officers of the government were dis posed to show clemency. Mr. Wade had been under bond and had not entered upon his term of imprison ment. It Is a Beauty Honor. Bath, 111 Miss May SIsBon has been chosen to represent this town at the historical pageants at Bath, Eng land, July 19 to '24, the English city having invited the towns named after It -throughout the world to send their prettiest girls for the celebration. Three Inch Rain in Kansas. Kingman. Kas Three inches of rain fell here Wednesday. At Wellington a fall of three Inches was also re corded. Several creeks have over flowed and six inches of water covers three blocks of the lower parts of Kingman. Colorado Official Goes Wrong. Denver, Colo. Mark Woodruff, for mer state register of the lands of Co lorado, was arrested under an Indict ment charging him with the enibez zlemnt of funds from the sale of school lands amounting to about $15,000. , Held Up By Bandit. Fort Worth, Tex. In true frontier style a highwayman, described as gen teel in appearance, robbed the branch banking house of the Waggoner Hank & Trust company, In the most central section of the down-town district of Fort Worth, escaping with $8,100 In currency, and, up to a late hour, was still at large. DI8A8TER IN PENNSYLVANIA. Seventeen Men Killed and Sixteen Injured. Wehrum, Ta. As the result of an explosion of gas In mine No. 4 of the Lackawanna Coal and Coke company shortly after 7 o'clock this morning, seventeen miners were killed and six teen Injured. With the exception ol one, those killed were foreigners With few exceptions those Injured were Americans. Twelve oMhe more seriously injured were taken to the Spangler hospital, and all will prob ably recover. NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES. Items of Interest Taken From Her and There Over the State. Catholics of Kearney are about to build a new church. Mrs. Carricker, aged 97 years, hav ing been confined to her bed for four years, passed away at Sutton last week. While returning from a fishing trip on Lone Tree creek, Harold Kass and Hal Dyham of Chadron lost a livery team while trying to cross the stream, which had become swollen by recent rains. Fire totally destroyed Michael Maol gan's store in Weston with its con tents of windmills, pumps and supplies and a large gasoline engine, entailiug a loss of nearly $1,200. The cause of the fire is unknown. Smallpox has broken out at Byron. Three families have been quarantined, children are being vaccinated. It was first supposed to have been chicken pox, but a physician later pronounced It smallpox. A charter was granted for the third bank at Newman Grove, with a capital stock of $15,000 to be known as the Shell Creek Valley State bank. The Incorporators are i nomas O'Shea, John J. O'Shea, Mollle O'Shea and Mark O'Shea. Thomas O'Shea Is the president of the Farmers' National bank of Madison. The Norfolk "boy dime novel he roes," victor Little, Perry Emory, Forest Emory, Guy Storms and Ches ter Housh, were tried in the district court at Chadron and the Jury re turned a verdict of guilty as charged In the Information against all except Guy Storms. If expected reductions are made the total tax levy for Adams county for 1909 will be the lowest for many years. The city levy has already been re duced from twenty-four mills to twen ty. A slight reduction may be made in the school district levy. ' While a number of pupils from the government school were In bathing in the Loup river at Genoa, Edgar Marshall, a 16-year-old Indian boy, was caught in some rapids, was seized by cramps and before his companions could reach him he was drowned. I. W. Bowling of North Platte, 70 years of age, on Union Pacific train No. 6, decided to leave the train there and take the Burlington to Lincoln. He Jumped after the train had gotten under headway, rolled for some dis tance and was badly bruised. cnarles Lombard, a farmer living near Barneston, was drowned while bathing in the Blue river two miles north of that place. A dozen other men were in the river with him when he was drowned. He was a poor swimmer and became exhausted and went down In a deep hole. Charles Bourn, 20 years of age, was drowned. He and three other com panions were fishing in a boat in the back waters of the Missouri river about twenty miles northwest of BloomDeld, when the boat was acci dentally capsized and the young man lost his life before his companions could rescue him. The clerk of the district court of Otoe county has received word, be cause of the illness of Judge H. D. Travis and his wife, that the June term of the district court will stand adjourned until Biich time as he Is able to attend his duties. The petit jury has been excused until they are again called. Judge Travis has been unwell for some time. The body of Charles Svensen of Arlington was found In the doorway of his Jewelry repair shop, the other morning, by Frank Hadley and Oscar Claycomb, who were returning home from a dance and saw the body lying in the doorway as they were passing by. Svensen had evidently been dead some time, as the body was cold when found. He died of heart disease. i he clt council of North Platte held a special meeting to meet with Mr. Hoffmelster to discuss settlement of the water works question. He offered to have a special engineer make an appraisal of the plant in this city, but this the council declined as the city engineer naa maae an appraisal, i ne council then passed a formal resolu tion offering $G0,000 for the present water works plant and making the offer good until July 6. Andrew Simpson, one of the heavy feeders of Johnson county, is home from St. Joseph, where he had two cars of very choice short-fed steers. The steers were remarkable on ac count of the extremely large gain made on the light cattle. There were thirty-nine head and they averaged 706 pounds when Mr. Simpson began feeding them on January 1. After handling them for 165 days they aver aged 1,115, a net gain of 409 pounds to the steer. According to statistics Just com piled by County Assessor C. H. Fehl man, Jefferson county is much richer than last year. The total valuation of lands, lots and improvements for this year is $22,718,825, which Is an Increase over last year of $282,280, The Increase in personal property Is $274,285. the figures of 1909 being $5,760,265 against $5.485.9o0 for last year. Jefferson county farmers have on hand 315,000 bushels of corn, 17,500 bushels of wheat, 1,985 bushels of.xye, 28,000 bushelB of oats and 24,975 tons of alfalfa. For more than four weeks Mrs Thomas McCoy of Tecumseh, has been suffering from tho effects of a squirrel bite on each of her hands, but It Is not thought rabies will result as the time has long since gone by for such a termination of the injuries. The wounds have caused Mrs. McCoy much suffering and worry. Although about seventy years old Mrs. Jacob Moore, of Auburn, peti tloned for and wns granted a divorce from her husband in district court. Mr. Moore is about the same age as his wife, Mrs. Moore was given all wony and the sum of $600. HEAT OUTLOOK PROSPECTS ARE OF A VERY EN COURAGING NATURE. FULLY EQUAL TO LAST YEAR The Campbell Soil Culture Theory Ad vancingOther Matters of In tereest From the Capital. According to reports gathered by the grain dealers in Lincoln from their branches throughout the state, the prospects are that the wheat crop this year will be fully as good, If not bet ter, than it was last year. There is very little smut reported, and the several grain dealers Interviewed yes terday knew of not a single locality In which chinch bugs or any other insect were infesting the fields. The Central Granaries company re ports prospects throughout the entire wheat area of the state very favorable except In the extreme southwestern portion, and even there they look for a better crop than was produced in that area last year. In their opinion the harvest may begin by the first of next month if the weather continues warm and dry. A small sheaf on exhibition In the office, brought from Adams, Gage county, shows unusually long heads and a heavy kernal. ' The South Platte country has a bright wheat outlook, according to the statement of the Wright-Leet Grain company. Reports from the branch elevators In that district say that in dications point to an average yield of from twenty to twenty-five bushels per acre. The usual amount of smut has been found in all wheat fields, but at the present time this has practical ly disappeared. What little there was, was the common smut found sporadic ally in every wheat field, and not of the more destructive "ball smut" which is so much dreaded by the farmer. A few spears of wheat brought to the office from Russell county, Kansas, show a full, well rounded kernal; but the stand in the fields there is said to be thin, owing to dry weather. Wheat as far west as Lincoln county is in good shape. The H. O. Barber company, which does some of its busi ness in the vicinity of North Platte, says that the great production of wheat in Lincoln county Is largely due to the scientific methods of conserving soil moisture practiced there, and to the old English custom of fallowing introduced there some years ago. Mr. Barber says there are conflicting re ports in regard to crop conditions in Puelps county. Some report them good and others report them unfavor able. Campbell Soil Culture. The Campbell soil culture theory has received encouragement from foreigners. The Campbell Soil Cul ture company of Lincoln has been or ganized. A communication has been received from the Department of Ag riculture of the Mexican government, asking for the conditions under woicb tne company will establish one or more of their demonstration farms in that country, and the land owners' as sociation of Prosser, Wash., has asked tne company to undertake for them a demonstration farm in what is known as the Horse Heaven section, in south east Washington. Tne company also has under consideration the establish ment of a farm for tne East Oregon Land company, and .the supervision of some farms for the D. B. Johnson Land company In North Dakota. The company decided to amend the ar ticles of Incorporation, Increasing Its capital stock from $100,000 to $150,000, Rev. E. von Forel of Scotts Bluff, Neb., ex-regent of the Nebraska state unr verslty, has been secured by the com pany to take charge of Its educational department, and will spend the sum mer months preparing a course of study, which will be taught by corre Bpondence. The Packing Project. Further discussion of the packing project took place here at a meeting of the commercial committee for the Lincoln Commercelal club. Among the plans talked of was the one fol lowed at Oklahoma City, where a bonus of $300,000 was collected, fur nishing the means by which the indus try was attracted to that place. Want Telephone Service. William H. Grassmeyer, a shipper and farmer living five miles north of Rlvcrdale, has filed a complaint with the railway commission asking that the Union Pacific Railroad company be compelled to .furnish adequate telephone service at Its depots at Riv erdalc. To Defend Guaranty Law. L. I Albert of Columbus and C. O. Whedon of Lincoln have been chosen to defend the state bank guaranty act. It is said that the new state banking board has practically agreed to the retention of the two attorneys. Data For Railroad Valuation. A number of railroad men again met with the State Railway Commission and Engineer Hurd discussed the re ports the engineer will want In finding the physical valuation of the railroads. The railroad men objected to the forms prepared by Mr. Hurd because they were more numerous than tho Mln nesota officials required. Mr. Hurd, however, explained that while there were more forms no more Information was asked for, but be had divided the fbrms so that the matter would bo more convenient to handle. RATES FOR BONDING. State Board Sets Forth Some Changes from 1907. Th3 rates of fidelity and guaranty: bonding companies In force for the year 1907 were adopted by the state board newly created to establish max imum rates for the bonding companies. Imum rates for the bonding companies. This sets aside the big increase In rates .made by such companies and enforced since the first of the present year. Gov. Shallenberger, Auditor Barton and Attorney General Thomp son adopted the new rates and they will remain in force till the board makes a more complete investigation. Where the rates of 1909 apply to new classes of business that were not list ed in 1907, the rates of 1909 will re main till further orders. No rates have been established for bonds of state officers because no such bonds will be given for another two years. The rate of county treasurer was reduced in many cases, the reduction in Lincoln county being from $400 for two years to $250 for the same period. The rate proposed by bonding com panies for all the county treasurers in the state would make a total of $35,311 for two years. The rate adopted by the board will reduce this to about $30,870. Some of the changes are shown by a comparison of the following rates adopted by the board, per $1,000, and the rates which the bonding compa nies proposed and which have been in force up to this time: Board rrnponcij Kiite. Kate. rttink deposit f 2.50 6.00 Hunk employes 2.00 3.00 Agents of Mer. firms B OO 10.00 Administrators 2.50 3.00 Bookkeepers 4.00 5.00 Clerk 3.00 5.00 Collector 7.50 10.00 Fraternal Orguns 3. SO 5.00 Sheriffs 5.00 10.00 Injunction 3 00 6.00 Letter carriers 50 1.00 Liquor salesmen 15.00 Militia 4.00 7.50 Kaloon license bond $10-25.00 to. 00 Superaedeas 3.00 5.00 Auto drivers 10.00 10.00 Prohibited. To Enforce Guaranty Deposit. ' A defense of the banking law, the so-called guaranty of deposits, was discussed by Gov. Shallenberger, Au ditor Barton and Attorney General Thompson and Samuel Patterson of Arapahoe. Mr. Patterson is the bank er who was appointed by the governor secretary of the banking board to take his office July 2. The two state officers who were with the governor are to be members of the new board after the act takes effect July 2. The governor Instead of the state treasu rer is to be a member of the board after July 2. "We take it for granted there are no nulliflers," Bald Gov. Shallenberger, after the conference, "and shall pre pare to enforce the guaranty law. Mr. Patterson will go to Oklahoma to study the enforcement and workings of the guaranty law of that state be fore he takes his position as secretary of the Nebraska banking board." Will Test Guaranty Law. John L, Webster of Omaha was in Lincoln and announced that be ex pected to file a suit some time this week to test the constitutionality of the bank guaranty law, enacted by the late legislature. Mr. Webster held a consultation with the attorney general In which he asked that the legal de partment file a demurrer to his peti tion, and in that way get the case be fore the court. Inasmuch as the at torney general understands that some of the bankers Intend to have other counsel assist in the defense of the law, he refused to agree to any mode of procedure, for fear it might embar rass the counsel the bankers may em ploy. Judiciary Law Attacked. C. O. Whedon, attorney for John M. Reagan, filed a petition in the district court of Lancaster county asking for a mandamus to compel the secretary of state to place the name of Mr. Reagan on the primary election ballot as a partisan candidate for supreme judge. Mr. Whedon, in a brief be prepared, attacked the constitutional ity of the non-partisan judiciary law, which was enacted by the late legisla ture, and the suit is for the purpose of trying out that law. He contends the new law amends sections that have been repealed. "How Dry I Am." l uci v iq ail uiiyicuouui ilim ulHUUIrl" Ing drouth at the Elks' club rooms. Fifty cases of beer were consigned to the club by an Omaha brewery. The Rock Island railway, acting on the ad vice of its local attorney, has refused to deliver tho consignment. The clubs of the city have brought suits to test the rights of the excise board in reg ulating the liquor sales in clubs. One of these suits Is now In the supreme court. Others nre in tho district court. Will Enforce Pure Drug Act. One of the important addresses be. fore the state druggists who were in session here was that by Deputy Food Commissioner Mains. The food com missioner Insisted that he did not care to arrest any druggists and would not do so for pnstlme, but that If any one of them violated the pure drug law ho would commence prosecu tion. Mrs. McDougal Resigns. Mrs. McDougal, matron of the Home for the Friendless, has tendered her resignation, or will shortly, to take Tor the Friendless becomes a school for Indigent children and pnases from me MiauiiKumpui oi me uonra of pub lic Lands and Buildings to a board appointed by Cov Shallenberger. Mrs. McDougal remarked to friends she had an Idea she would not find favor with the new board, and for that rea son she concluded to take time by the forelock and resign.