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The News'Herald NEWS-HERALD PUB. CO. Publishers PLATTSMOUTH. " NEBRASKA E5 A Boiling Dowo of the More Impor tant Events Here and There Foreign. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt enter tained a score of friends at the Hotel Beauslto la Home, among them J. E. l'arrett and C. S. Wilson, respective ly first and second seertary, and Major Landls, the military attache, und Commander Long, the naval at tache, of the American embassy. The Turkish ministry wu urge upon the Ottoman parliament soon after It convenes November 15 the adoption of a naval program, providing for the ex penditure within the next seven years of 1100,000,000. According to this pro gram, It Is learned here, seven battle ships of the North Dakota typo will be constructed together with a num ber of torpedo boat destroyers und one hospital ship. The house of commons passed the third reading of the Ilnunco bill by a vote of 379 to 149. The sceno In the bouse was a memorable one. Seldom bas there been a larger attendance of members and peers and the diplo matic galleries were crowded to ca pacity. It Is reported that Ardabil, In Azcr bajan province, about ninety miles from Tabriz, has been captured by the Shasevan and Karadaghl tribesmen, who have taken the field In behalf of the deposed shah. Both the Persian and HuBslan governments are hurry ing troops to the point, as It Is fenred the small Russian forces and many Russians Just In Ardabil aro in danger. A new ferry bont launched a. Gray null, Ecuador. Eighteen of the twenty-two pnssengers aboard wero drowned. hTe boat had been In ser vice about one hour. General. A Peoria man, Insano with Jealousy, made an attack on a rival and was shot to death. Persons whoso occupations expose them to much dust are declared prone to tuberculosis. Use of alcohol in any form la de nounced lu a report of delegates to the International congress. Speaker Cannon has arranged to buy a baseball, franchise to add to his popularity in his home district. Forty-seven Chinese youths urrlved from the orient on tho steamer China to enter the various colleges In this country for technical education at the expense of the Chlneso government. Robert 1L Cannon, a real estate dealer who came to Oklahoma City from Lexington, Ky was found mur dered on tho roof of a ten-story of fice building there and $500 which he drew froui a local bank Is missing. Walter Stiles, for fifteen years a rancher of Idaho, who has made nu merous prospecting trips to Alaska, made affidavit In support of Dr. Cook's clalmii that ho ascended Mr. McKiu ley. During tho last two weeks of Octo ber there were sixty-six cases of bu bonic plague, .wcnty-threo of which proved fatal, and sixteen cases of yel low fever, with nine death In Ecuador. Tho election In Nebraska Is very close, but It Is believed from reports no far received all of the republicans supreme Judges have pulled through by small majorities. Rumors that former president Roosevelt had been, killed In Africa were denounced as baseless. Jesse James, lawyer, son of the fam ous bandit, and ono of the best known men in Kansas City, has been sued for divorce. Mrs. Augustus E. Stetson, formerly head reader of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, In Now York, was exonerated of charges of "mental mal practice." The Indian paymaster at Red Store, Oklahoma, began tho semiannual pay ment of $250,000 to the Klowa and Co manche tribes. Each member of a family receives from $50 to $100, ac cording to the amount of land leased. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who Is In New York after a lecture tour In tho West, began to assemblo the data of his polar exploration, which he In tends to 'submit to the University of Copenhagen. President Taft is unlikely to fill tho vacancy in the supreme court before congress meets. Fifty armed constables raided an In dian village at Klschlox, at the head waters of the Skeena river at daylight. Several shots were fired but arrests were made of Indians who have been threatening the lives of whites. Bank Commissioner Dolley gave out statement of the condition of state and private banks In Kansas at tho close of business on September 29, showing deposits aggregating $9G,G9G, 897.89, and Increase of over $3,000,000 over the statement of Juno 30. The department ot state docs not propose to mix up In tho north polo controversy. Secretary of State Junkln has re- ceived an invitation for the proplo of Nebraska to attend a big celebration In Italy In 1911, the occasion being the fiftieth anniversary ot the king' dom ot Italy. HS 1 COINS Ten new cayes of cholera In Ger many are reported to the state do partnicnt by tho United States con sular agent In Berlin. An automobile ran Into the Chicago river and the three or four occupauti were drowned. A party of flvo Alaskans, all fami liar with Mount McKinlcy, has been organized to climb the peak this win ter and put an end to the controversy as to whether Dr. Cook reached the summit. The party will start Novem ber 35. The expedition Is being financed at Fulrbanks, Alaska. Smallpox cases numbering 21.G50 In the United States during tho fiscal year ending July 1 last wero reported by the public health service. This Is a decrease of 7,000 from tho preced ing year. The local treasurer of tho Big Four railroad at Cincinnati says his short age Is due to blackmail. Rear Admiral Sebree brought to Manila news of cannibalism ou the Admiralty Islands. The prices of vehicles, buggies, sur reys und carriages aro to be moved up by tho 4,001) members ot the Trl State Vehicle and Implement Dealers' association. This Is to be done in spite of the fact that automobiles are golting cheaper every year. New York is to havo another "hun dred million dollar bank," to bo known as the Mechanics and Metala National. Secretary Wilson says the day of wheat famlno in tho United States is exceedingly remote. John Steward Kennedy, who re cently died in New York, made be quests of $25,000,000, largely to re ligious and educational Institutions. Mrs. Anna Wheeler, "mining wom an and promoter," said to have swin dled hundreds in fako Nevnda mining schemes, was convicted of fraud on three counts In Denver. Honduras la bellev-1 to bo taking the sldo of President Aelaya in Nica ragua. The district court of appeals affirm ed the decreo of tho supremo court of tho District of Columbia adjudging President Samuel Gompers, Secretary Frank Morrison and Vice President John Mitchell of the American Fed eration of Labor guilty of contempt of court In the Duck Stove and Range company case. The appeal court ot Washington af firms, the prison sentences of Gompers and others. When she learned that she wna be ing taken to tho state hospital for tho Insano at Independence, Iowa, Mamie Champion, aged 20 years, of Cedar Falls, escayd from her mother und, screaming, she threw herself In front of an Illinois Central freight train and was Instantly killed. Believing that prohibition In the south Is beneficial, Congressman Wy utt F. Aiken of South Carolina, de clared ho would Introduce a bill for prohibition in tho District of Colum bia at tho next session of congress. Prosperity hnB arrived, according to tbo figures furnished by tho depart ment of commerce and labor. Republicans made substantial gains In cities of Indiana. Washington. The crop reporting board of the de partment of agriculture in a prelimin ary report gives tho Indicated total production of corn for 1909 as 2.7G7,- 31C.000 bushels, against 2,GS8,G51,n00 as finally estimated last year, with the quality as 8-1.2 per cent, against 86.9 last year. The board of managers of tho Na tional Geographic society appointed tho following committee to pass on tho question whether the north pole ai discovered beforo 1909: J. How ard Gore, formerly professor of mathematics George Washington uni versity; Rear Admiral John E. nils- bury of the navy, and Dr. C. W. Wlllard Hays, chief geologist of the geological survey. Refusing to bo drawn Into the Cook-Peary north pole controversy, the state department declined n re quest that It cable American Min ister Egan to Copenhagen -to request of tho University of Copenhagen per mission to examine the records of Dr. Frederick 'A. Coolc when they aro sub mitted to that institution. Tho re quest was made by a delegation from the National Geographic society. Lieutenant Flank P. Lahm, who gained international fame by winning tho James Gordon Bennett cup In Europe last year for the longest fights In a dirigible balloon, has been re lieved from detail in the signal corps and ordered to report to his cavalry regiment. "Break up tho Importers' graft" Is tho slogan of tho treasury department and its customs collectors just now. The estate left by Mrs. Gertrudo M. Hubbard, who devised $50,000 to tho Clarke Institute for tho Deaf at North ampton, Mass., Is valued at $1,300,000 by the petition filed for tho probate of the will. The real estate holdings In Washington are worth $275,000. Personal. John Steward Kennedy, . a llttlo known rich man, left millions to charities and educational institutions. Mrs. Paukhurst says that man can not solve the great problems without tho co-operation of woman. President Taft spent Sunday at Ar grntla, Gcorgln, and enjoyed the "homo folks" visit. Tatcm Parsons, the first engineer of tho famous locomotive, "John Bull," died in Camden, N. J. He was 90 years old. Tho funeral of Gen. CoHinger took place In Waihlngton, Interment being In Arlington cemetery. By the decision of the court of ap peals In tho contempt caso prosecuted by tho Buck Stove company three leaders of the labor organizations ar"e condemned to' prison, possibly" with out recourse. Massachusetts re-elected Governor Draper, but by a greatly reduced majority. ILL EJ L INJUNCTIONS AND SENTENCED TO BE CARRIED HIGHER. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S REPORT 6ay These Decisions Affect Funda mental Rights and Must Be Fought to a Finish. Toronto, Ont. If President Sam uel Gompers, Vice President John Mitchell and Secretary Frank Mor rison of the American Federation of Labor eventually have to serve jail sentences for contempt of court It will not bo duo to lack of support from trades unionism. Tho executivo council of the federation recommend ed to the annual couvention that un application b taken to the United States supremo court, both in tho Bucks Stove and Range caso injunc tion case and In tho contempt pro ceedings growing out of it. That the convention will ratify tho recom mendations seemed certain and that tho three labor leaders and their fel low officers will bo re elected for an other year Is predicted. The report, which was presented by First Vice President James Duncan of tho Granito Workers' union of Quin cy, Mass., says: "We recommend that an appeal bo taken from the decision rendered In both tho original Injunction and the contempt case growing out of It. Wo cannot permit these decisions to go unchallenged. They affect fundamen tal rights and either the courts or congress must safeguard them. "We again enter our protest against the application of the writ of injunction In labor disputes (unless where an Injunction would lie If there wero no labor disputes). We hold that tho ordinary use of the In junction writ In contentions between workers and employes is an unwar ranted interference with tho rights and liberties of tho workers and Is intended, and its Influence used, to lntiinldato workers, especially when they' are engaged In a struggle for Improved working conditions." In the matter of tho controversy over tho secession of a faction of the electricnl workers tho executive council gives an exhaustive report. Under article XI of the constitution central and state bodies chartered by the American Federation of Laborare prohibited from admitting to or re-, taining membership In seceding or ganizations. The report says: "After exerting every means at our command to have stato and central bodies comply with the federation constitution and suspend tho seceding unions of electrical workers, there was no alternative but to revoke the charters of the following state and federal bodies for failure to comply with the constitution: Iowa State Federation of Labor, Ohio State Fed eration of Labor, and central bod ies of Cedar Rapids, la.; Davenport, la.; Detroit, Mich,; Duluth, Minn.; Albany. , N. Y.; Hornell, N. Y.; Jamestown, N. Y.; Cleveland, O.; Newnrk. O.; Toledo, O.; Cornells villo, Piu; Dallas, Tex.; Sherman, Tex.; Ogden. Utah.; Everett, Wash.; 9t. Louis, Mo.; Atlantic City, N. J., nnd Lognnsport, Ind. CORN BETTER THAN YEAR AGO. Agricultural Department Finds Crop Larger, but Quality Lower. Washington. The crop reporting board of the department of agriculture In a preliminary report gives the In dicated total production of corn for 1909 as 2.7G7.31G.0OO bushels, against 2,GS8,G51.()09 as finally estimated last year, with the quality na 84.2 per cent, against 8G.9 last year. The preliminary estimate of the av erage yield per aero of corn Is 25.4 bushels, against 26.2 bushels finally estimated last year. , About 3 per cent ("9,779,000 bushels) of tho crop of 1908 Is estimated to have been In farmers' bands on November 1, against 2.7 per cent (71,124.000 bushels, of the 1907 crop In farmers' hnnds at this time last year. CROSSES SUN'S FACE IN MAY. Halley's Comet Due to Pass It On May 18. Cambridge, Mass. Halley's comet will pass across tho sun's face on May 18 next if tho calculations made by Rev. Father O. M. Searle, C. S. P., tho New York astronomer, received at tho Harvard collcgo observatory, prove correct. Father Seaiio based his Intricate calculations from obser vations made at Mount Hamilton, Cal on September 12, 13 and 14, and at Williams' Bay on September 26 nnd October 19. Class Rush Fatal to Boy. Waterloo, la. Ray Graham, 20 years of age, died Sunday night from Injuries received Saturday in a class rush. He was struck by a classmato on the temple, which caused a frac ture ot tho skull. . Murders Two Women. San Francisco, Cal. The ferry building arcade, crowded with thou sands ot homeward bound suburban ites, was the scene of a double murder and sulcldo early Sunday night, when Ignnto Novlkow, a Russian laborer, shot nnd lulled Mrs. F A. Schultz, wife of a wealthy . Honoma county rancher, nnd her daughter, Betty No vlkow then fired a bullet through his own head nnd died within an hour without regaining consciousness. No range for tho shooting has been learned NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES. Items of Interest Taken From Hen and There Over th State. Wymoro has organized a boosters' club to look after the Interests of the town. Schools at many places In Nebraska temporarily closed to enable teachers to attend the state teachers' meeting at Lincoln. The postoflice at Naper was robbed. The window glass was removed from the back window. Twelve dollars In cash nnd a few stamps were taken. A movement Is on in Nebraska City to drive oat lewd women and the "red light" section Is soon expected to be only of the past At the election a question was sub mitted to the voters providing for establishing a county high school in Perkins county and the vote showed a majority ot 100 in favor of It. State Auditor Barton has decided to register tho bonds issued by the people of David City for the payment of construction of a water works plant. The barn, corn cribs, hog sheds and machine sheds on the larra of O. R. Jones, five miles north of Fairbury, caught fire and were burned to the ground. Marie, the 4-year-old daughter of Mrs. Lily Robinson of Blair ignited a bonfire of leaves and her clothing caught fire. She was burned so bad ly that she died In about four hours. The Hotel Neilson at Stamford burned with its entire contents, or igin unknown. Insurance, $2,000; loss, $5,000. The hotel narrowly es caped destruction a few months ago by the explosion of a lamp. Robert Campbell, formerly repre sentative from Merrick county, but now engaged In various western en terprises, wrtles that he has bought an immense tract of land in New Mexico. , Leo M. Johnson and Charles F. Wallingford, residents of Walker precinct, Lincoln county, wero ar rested on the charge of stealing, re ceiving and shipping cattle. They will answer In the courts. Mrs. George Campbell of Polk county leaped from a buggy as the team was running away and had her neck broken. Her two children re mained in tho buggy and were not hurt. Nebraska has been asked to make an appropriation to place tho Btatue of General J. M. Thayer in the park at Vicksburg. The Vicksburg mili tary park commission notified Gover nor Shallenberger that a site had been set aside for tho statue. Sylvester Reed, a prominent citi zen of Auburn, and ex-county treas urer, while sawing oft a limb of a treo which hung over his house, fell from the top of the house, about four teen feet, and broke both of his legs and was otherwise Injured. The campaign at the Grand Island factory of the American Beet Sugar company Is running along smoothly nnd a fine quality of sugar Is being sacked. Beets this year are running close to 15 per cent, on the average. In saccharine content. An Omaha detective has been at work In Nebraska City for some time collecting evidenco against the saloonkeepers of that city who have been violating the Slocumb law and also pool hall keepers who have per mitted minors to frequent their places of business. The county recorder of Otoe county reports that during the past month five farm mortgages filed In his office wero valued at $12,750 and eleven re leased were valued at $17,9uu. There were nineteen filed on city property valued at $11,520, and fourteen re leased whose value was $8,883. Alnsworth Is making great prepa rations to have a big corn show, to commence on November 13 and end November 20. The management has offered ten prizes for the best twenty ears of corn ot any grade and John M. Cotton hns liberal prizes for corn pone and corn muffins. Mrs. Mary Merkle ef Hanover town ship, Adams county, has sued her father, Clans Lay, to obtain $35,G00 which sho asserts is due her as her share in the accumulations from the operation of the Lay farm. Sho de clares that It was verbally agreed that the earnings of the farm were to be divided. The lifeless body of Dexter Rus sell, an old man of 78 yenrs, was found at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mnndcrson, near Beaver City, with whom he had lived. The family had been absent at a neighbor's dur ing tho afternoon and on their return in the evening tho body was lying on a bed fully dressed. Dr. Edward T. Rlckard of Weeping Water was killed about 1:30 a. m. while making a call In tho country. The doctor started In his automobile and when out about a mile and a half tho auto ran off a bank, turned turtle and the doctor was caught un derneath. His body was not discov ered until G:30 next morning, when Theodore Davis, a farmer, was going out to the field. Appearances Indi cate that the doctor was Instantly killed, as tho machine lay across his breast - and his head was much bruised. The farmers ot Furnas county are busily engaged In harvesting one of tho heaviest crops of corn over raised In tho county. Help Is scarce nnd high prices are being paid for husk ers. . An order' restraining the Johnson County Homo ' Telephone company ifrom erecting poles and stringing wires In Crab Orchard,, a village In the western part of Johnson county, was obtained, but before It was served the company succeeded In getting twenty-five poles set. Some time during the night all of thoso poles were sawed off at the ground. FOI! II H CAPITOL GOV. SHALLENBERGER DECLARES FOR THE SAME. WILL ASK FOR APPROPRIATION Will Take $3,000,000 to Put Up Such a Building as the Commonwealth Should Have. Governor Shallenberger believes tho next legislature should take steps to secure a new capitol for Nebraska. "The next legislature should make an appropriation to start the new building," said the governor. "We could secure a magnificent building for $3,000,000 and there Is no reason why a portion of this amount should not be appropriated by the next legis lature, say enough to construct one wing of the building. "I am opposed to spending any $650,000 for a building to house the State Historical society when the 6tate so badly needs a capitol. That Is why I vetoed the appropriation for the historical society building. To my mind that historical society build ing Is what Joe Cannon would call an ulcer on the body politic. The so ciety wants $25,000 this time, $50,000 the next time and so on. As a mat ter of fact, with the construction of a new capitol there could be made a place for all the records that the so ciety, will ever collect which will be of real value to the state. "The time has certainly arrived for a new state house. This building has outlived its usefulness, It Is too small, In bad condition, unsanitary and not worthy of the state." The Vote In Nebraska. Official and unofficial returns from eighty-five counties complete, revised and corrected to date, and partial .re turns from two counties, give Judge Fawcett 91.1GG votes and Judge Sul livan 89,786 votes, Fawcett's plurality being 1,380. Complete Counties. e. n .5 COUNTY Adams ., Antelope lfanm-r . lllalne .. Uox Butte Hoyil .... Hmwn ... limine .... Hurt Htitler ... Huffiilo ... Cuhs Cellar Cherry ... Cheyenne Clay Colfax .... Cuming .. Custer ... llakola ... Dawes .... DawRon .. 1'euel Ilxtn Undpp .... lioiik'his . I'lindy .... Flllmiim . Franklin Frontier . Furnas ... flate Garfield .. Gnsper ... Grunt Greeley .. H ill Harlan ... Hamilton Hayes .... llltclieork Ifnlf Honker ... llnwnnl .. Jefferson Johnson . Kearney . Keith ... Klmbnll .. 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BS9I 112'M 1751 17151 1156 1172 1163 7941 788 1I27J 1157 1751 166 1973 2131 8i4l 113.1! 1721 19691 1751 171 16881 1825 Incomplete I I is r is4 Counties, 181 224 220 223 111 11Q 1T1 1 1 ! .our .il Ain 172 91549 Totals.. 189049188896:89786 91954191 166 Railway Report Wrong. The state railway commission has refused to accept the annual report of the Citizens' Street Railway com pany filed November 2 because of grievous errors contained therein. Tho report shows a net revenue for tho period it covers of $7,580.41, while nn investigation of the figures shows that in reality there is a deficit of $3,524.61. Auto Owners Must Pay Up. Secretary of State Junkln is going nfter owners of automobiles who are delinquent with their annual license feo of $1. Some of the delinquents are cancelled and anyone desiring a low number for amachlne may get one by applying early to the secretary and pnylng the money due. Those who are In arrears on their license fee will bo arrested Just as soon as caught running a machine on a li cense which- has run out. These names are now being copied and will be certilled to county sheriffs. SAVE THE CHILDREN. Purposes of the State School for D pendents. Home for Dependent Children. For the board of control of the State School for Dependent Children, the secretary, Arthur L. Weatherly, makes public a lengthy composition explain lng In detail the origin of the new law governing that Institution. The pur pose of the school and Its manage; ment is set forth as follows: "It Is the purpose of the board to receive into Its care the children that are legally determined to be, either from the voluntary relinquishment of their parents or through the action of the courts, state children. After they have received such children, It Is the purpose of the board to place them immediately In good homes, which are carefully selected. In the state of Nebraska at the present time thero aro many homes awaiting every child which needs one. But the board doe3 not propose to be a party to, or assist in any way, the desertion of children by those who,, by every moral and legal law, ought to care for them. Tho board of control recognizes tho fact that the children may be permanently or temporarily committed to Its care when they come from the proper au thorities, but It does not propose to permit any one o thrust upon the state the responsibilities they ought to bear themselves. Furthermore, when little babies are taken from their mothers, the chances of their living are greatly decreased and the so-doing becomes to a certain extent child murder. So long as the state of Ne braska makes the magnificent provis ion that It does for uio care of young girls and their babies at the home for girls at Mllford, there 13 no need for any institution condoning in any way child desertion. "During the first two months nnd a half of the existence of the State School for Dependent Children It was necessary to conduct it very much on the old lines. During that time Mrs. Clara Marks acted as temporary sup erintendent. At the end of that timo It was found that the school was in a position to be thoroughly reorganized on the new basis because of the reduc tion of the number of children in the immediate care of the school, by the returning of some to their parents and by the placing out of a much larger number. "After this experience of two and one-half months we know that the School for Dependent Children can be come virtually a clearing house scarce ly more than an office because of tho fact that as soon as a child conies Into its care it can bo Immediately placed out In a private home. There is no need of a nursery because there are more applicants for babies than thero are babies legitimately coming to the school. There are many, many more applicants for little girls than thero are girls for adoption, and we will be able to find homes for all the boys that are placed in our care. Defends Corporation Tax. In the supreme court Attorney Gen eral Thompson has filed a brief de fending tho corporation tax law. Tho Merchantile Incorporating company and the Erie CltyIron Works started the suit, assailing the $5 occupation tax fee for foreign and domestic cor porations. The district court sus tained the demurrers of the state and the attorneys for the two companies appealed. The attorney general claims the occupation fee is a busi ness tax imposed for revenue and is made legal by the state constitution. Data on Railroad Laws. U. G. Powell and L. K. Wettline. representing the State Railway com mission and the legal department of state, havo returned from Chicago, where they went to take evidence and do some investigating preparatory to the taking of evidence In the railroad case this week In Omaha. Messrs. Powell and Mr. Wettllng have figured, how they can turn the statistics of the railroad companies to the advan tage of the state, and their visit to Chicago more than ever Impressed them with the correctness of Ideas. , The Divorce Record. There were twenty-eight divorces granted In the district court of Lan caster county during the month of October, twenty of them being upon the petitions of women .and eight 'to husbands. The grounds upon which they were granted were as follows: For cruelty and non-support, eight; for non-support, six for fcurelty, elx; for abandonment, eight. The Bounced Bookkeeper, Felix Newton, the ex-bookkecper at the asylum, who was discharged by Superintendent Woodward of that in stitution, has now in his possession a number of letters of sympathy re ceived from many friends throughout the state and from many who express the feeling that he was wronged In the matter. Mr. Newton Is still optl mlstls about the discharge and says that as soon as the governor gets back and he can get an interview with him he will be all right. He, received tho position through an appointment from the governor, and ho contends that this being the case tho power of dis charge must llo with the governor alone. Decision Regarding Securities. A decision will soon bo rendered by State Auditor Darton on tho opinion of the attorney general na to whether or not ho will register tho securities from David City. Uunds for 120,000 were voted for an electric lightning plant there. Tho registration of tho bonds Is opposed by some on the ground that the advertisement was not correct, as there Is a class of light ing that does not fall under the hcua of either public or domestic lighting; and these wero tho only kinds mca 'toned In the advertisement.