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OMAHA
NEB.
Mother an j Children Present i Pitiable
Picture In Omaha.
The following appeared In the Oma
ha Evening News of Wednesday, but
being unacquainted with the wife and
children referred to, we do not know
as to heir ever living lu l'lattsmouth:
"Herself barefooted and carrying in
her arms a fourteen-mouthold baby,
while she led a tlnee-year-old son,
Mrs. Andrew Winkler came to police
headquarters this morning for shelter
and for protection from her husband
who she says earns $10 a day but who
refuses her clothing and food for her
self and children. Winkler employes
a number of grading teams.
"Aside from her feet being on the
ground, Mrs. Winkler declared she
had no underclothing.
"She said she had been living at
Thirtieth and Sprague streets, but
was forced to leave home this morning
because she was only half-clothed and
starving.
"She has telegraphed to Plattsmouth
for her father's attorney, and declares
her Intention of taking legal proceed
ings against Winkler.
"The little family is being cared for
by Matron Gibbons at police headquarters."
A "Raise" lit Price of Beet?
According to figures compiled oy
the labor bureau on the acreage and
production of barley and rye In Ne
braska, both cereals have fallen below
last year. The decrease In the pro
duction of rye Is !!ih,11 bushels and
ln barley It Is 2,'S:t,ti04 bushels. If
this decrease in the production of
these cereals is uniform all over the
United States, the prices of whisky
and beer will advance. Chief Clerk
Don C. Despaln cf the labor bureau is
authority for the statement that the
crop of hops in France is about one-
fifth of that of last year. This will
also tend to advance the price of the
foamy beverage. The loyal subjects
of King Barleycorn may be compelled
to have a larger supply of foam on the
tops of their steins during the coming
year.
The lno.) acreage of barley was esti
mated at 13S,:!t'0 and in lltOH It was
10J,C!.i2, a decrease of The aver-
age yield was 2S.(i5 bushels per acre a
year ago. The crop is valued at
$l,25t;,lU this year and at $2,192,742 in
1!)05. The total production this year
was 3,142,727 bushels.
In rye, the acreage decreased from
141,14'J to 28,970. The average yield
per acre Is placed at 17.79, an Increase
of 2() bushels per acre . The total pro'
ductlon was 2.474.512 bushels. Holt
county takes 'first rank with 5,791
bushels and Cheyenne county second
with 3,753 bushels Lincoln Star.
Miss Ella Wirt Resign.
At the recent meeting of the board
of education the resignation of Miss
Ella Wirt was accepted. Miss Wirt
has taught in the city High school for
the past four years, and finds it neces
sary to give up her work on account of
sickness. The vacancy, which occurs
today, will be filled by Miss May
Darling, a post graduate student of
the state university, whose home is In
South Omaha.
Restocking His Ranch.
lion. A.C. Stiallfntarger, late demo
cratic candidate fvr governor, woes on
with the breeding of tine stick jut as
though mahlng over happened. A
special from Alma, his heme town,
says: "A. C. NluUenherk'er had a sale
of a part of his herd of Shorthorn cat
tle lait week. The cattle all sold
well and the sale amounted to some
thing like .".,ooo. Mr. Siiallenberger
Is restocking his ranch with t ew cat
tle purchased at various places and in
creasing his herd."
BIG DAY OF THE INSTITUTE
THAT $1,900 SALARY GRAB
Pollard Will Compell House to Pass on
His Unearned Salary.
A special from Washington to the
Omaha World-Herald, says: "Con
gressman Tollard will compel the
house to decide whether the govern
ment can accept the fl.Siil of unearned
salary he has teen trying to return to
Uncle Sam. Immediately after elec
tion he sent a draft for the amount to
the seargeant-at-arms of the house,
who refused to take it. Speaker Can
non bavs it is all nonsense; that there
Is a way to get the money back into
the treasury. Determined to get l'n
cle Sam to accept the coin, Tollard
has induced Uncle Joe to receive a
letter from the sergeant-at-arms, ex.
plaining the circumstances and to
lave It laid before the house. Then
it will be referred to the Judiciary
committee for an opinion as Co
whether there Is any way by which
the government can take back the
money. If there Is not, Mr. P'lllard
will Just naturally have to keep it.
But he does not not Intend to do so
until the last possible effort has been
made to Induce the government to
take it back."
A Good Sale.
The sale of Herman Bestor, at his
farm, west of the city, last Tuesday
was largely attended, and everything
offered sold remarkably well, and Mr
Bestor is very well pleased. W. D
Jones, the "Old Reliable" auctioneer,
cried the sale, and this is one reason
why everything brought good prices
Mr. Jones Isau Incessant worker to
the end of having every article bring
Ins what It Is honestly worth, and
those who have sales ln the future
will make no mistake In employing
him. Ills whole heart Is ln his work.
Very Enthusiastic and Largely Attended
Sessions Held Saturday.
MEETINGS A MOST DECIDEO SUCCESS
Prof. Bruno of State University -and Mr,
Chase of Pawnee City 6Ive Instruc
tive Lectures.
farmer the necessity of selecting good
seed corn giving Instances to show
tho result of a wise or poor selection.
At the conclusion of this lecture
Secretary Gerlng addressed the assem
bly, expressing appreciation of the
large number In attendance, encourag
ing the fanners to attend every Insti
tute that Is held and Impressing upon
them the need to remember the many
facts and suggestions brought out In
the institute so that the crops of Cass
county would be Increased in the yean
to come.
The twenty-live prizes offered by our
merchants for the best twelve ears of
seed corn will not Ui awarded for
several days. Just thirty-eight en
tries were made In the contest, and a
complete account of these will be
published as soon as the prize are
awarded.
AND STILL THEY ARE COMING
Cautioned Against High Speed.
A special from Chicago, contains the
following: "Excessive speed in pas
senger train service has been expressly
forbidden by the management of tbe
Burlington road by a circular issued
by Daniel Willard, second vice presi
dent. The circular states that exces
sive 8 peed is not necessary even In
maintenance of the fast passenger
schedules. In order that tbere may
be no excuse for engineers disobeying
the Instructions tbe officials have in
stalled speedometers in the cabs of all
passenger engines. The practice of
favoring engineers on grades to the
extent or losing time and gaining the
time by running at high speed down
grades Is w rong and is the cause of
frequent criticism by passscngers.
The'circular states even and smooth
running Is urged and the comfort and
safety of the passengers Is declared to
be matters for consideration rather
than the making upof lost time."
Wabash Postofflce Robbed.
A special comes from Murdock, un
der date of Sunday, Dccemter 9, to
the effect that on Saturday night
Howard Brown, son of J. C. Rrown
was held up by two highwaymen one
half mile south of Wabash, Neb., and
later the postoftlce at Wabash was
robbed by burglars. Bloodhounds
from Lincoln are tracking the thieves,
but it seems so far tho burglars have
evaded all pursuit.
Harrison for Speaker.
The Omaha Bee has nominated N.
. Dodge, Jr., for speaker of the house
of representatives and presents several
reasons why he should be chosen for
that position. Chief among them is
that he lias promised to he faithful
and support Norrls Brown for senator;
also that It would stamp as false the
story that Douglas county Intended to
throw Brown over the transom.
Another reason is because "for the
Urst time In several years the republi
can candidate for governor received a
plurality of votes In Douglas county,"
and tliis was "accomplished In the
face of the united and vigorous op
position of the railroads and franchise
corporations."
Mark Twain never wrote anything
funnier than the above unless the
Bee would attempt to claim that It
was telling the truth.
According to the statements pub
lished, Gov. Mickey and Victor Rose-
water were responsible for the change
and that was when threats were made
to the liquor dealers and they were
whipped into line.
The News has no "irons In the (Ire
but if the republicans want a speaker
who has no entangling environments
we would suggest Hon. Marshall T
Harrison, of Otoe. Nebraska City
News.
Neither is it the Journal's light, but
as the float representative from Otoe
and Cass contains all the essentials
necessary to nil the position, and as
he Is not mixed up w ith any of the
factional tights, the Journal believes
he can win. Give us Harrison for
speaker.
D. of H. Elect Officers.
At meeting of the D. of II. Friday
evening tbe following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: C. of II
Mrs. M. V. Gibson; L. of II., Miss
Anna Egenberger; C. of S., Mrs
Busche; Recordor, Mrs. Bertha Peter
sen; Financier, Mrs. .Sarah McKay
Receiver, Mrs. LucellaLeesley; Usher
Miss Ilermle Spies: Inner Watch, Mrs,
Scbuldlce; Outer Watch. Mr. John
Busche; Trustee, Mrs. Anna Egen
berger.
As was predicted, Saturday, the last
day of the 1'lattsmouth Farmers' In
stitute, was by far the big day, a much
larger number of farmers, their wives
ntul nhlMrnn arirt t tin it Iiap nlt liAna
feiiv vuuvii i it) tame vnw vkhvi vivifvni . m, i j L A t f I It
being in attendance at the sessions Another Swindling Scheme to "Rope la
held today. The afternoon session
was especially well attended, tho dis
trict court room being well packed
with an appreciative audience, which,
from the opening lecture by l'rof.
Bruno, of the state university, to the
tlnal remarks made hy Secretary Ger
ing, displayed an active Interest in all
matters discussed.
I ho larmers Institute has been a
most decided success, ami no doubt
many farmers have been benellted by
attending the meetings.
Friday Nijjht's Session
At the session of the institute held
Friday evening In tho district court
room many practical suggestions on
poultry raising were advanced by C. M
Lewelling of Beaver City, Neb., who
was the principal speaker of the even
Ing. The attendance was rather
small last night, presumably on ac
count of the cold weather, which
deterred many farmers from attend
ing.
On the subject "Poultry Raising"
Mr. Lewelling gave a very Interesting
lecture on the breeding and care,
which must be taken to obtain the
finest fowls, and of the various Insects,
such as mites and lice, with which
poultry are allllctcd, and which re
tards development. Ills talk was
not conlincd to poultry alone, but was
also devoted to the raising of alfalfa,
which Is an excellent feed for chick
ens.
Although the audience was small, It
was a very attentive one, and ire
lucntly gave evidence of the Interest
that was taken by the queries made
of Mr. Lewelling, who when train
time drew near, was urged to talk on
various points until the last moment.
Another interesting speaker of the
evening session was U. G. Marshall of
Lincoln, who gave an hour's talk on
The Care of the Home Orchard."
Those who were present were high ln
their praises of both lectures and have
been heard to say that they would not
miss them again even though they
had to ride a dozen miles to hear them
Morning Session.
In the session held Saturday at
10 o'clock the gathering of farmers
and citizens was favored with a short
but enthusiastic lecture on "Leaks on
the Farm" by Mr. F. W. Chase, who
urged those present to utilize
Will Make Them Peel Good
Some of our exchanges have made
mention of the fact that the farmers
living along the lines of rural routes
have contributed a bushel or two
corn to the carrier. This is a sugges
tion that might well be acted upon by
the patrons of every rural route. The
carriers have a government job, but it
Is by no means a private snap. It takes
a great deal of management to make
both ends meet when they are obliged
to keep two or four horses, live
town ana buy all the necessary pro
visions at the market price. The car
riersor our county nave gone over
their routes during the muddy weath
er at a great Inconvenience, and are
always faithful ln the performance of
their duties. A bushel of corn or
given to the carrier would hardly
missed by the farmer, but It would be
a great saving In the expense of horse
feed and the generous act would cer
tainly be appreciated by the faithful
mall man.
Publio Take Notice.
The attention of the publio is re
spectfully called to the following ex
ceptlon in the 7:30 Closing agreement
among the merchant of the cltv:
"Excepting from W 10th day of
December to the 1st day of January.
the Unsuspecting Farmer.
Of course Cass county farmers, In
our opinion, are composed of a smarter
set of men than you will usually tind
In most any other sect ion of this grand
and glorious union of states. While
the Journal honestly believes this to
be tho case, wo have managed lit the
best way possible to keep Its readers
posted on all the swindling schemes
rampant. The latest one has Just
come to light In eastern Iowa, where
a dozen farmers, living within ten
miles of each other, have been swin
dled out of sums ranging in amounts
from $.i) tofJoo, within the last week
by a stranger passing under various
names, who claims to have possession
of valuable old deeds and wills.
Tho stranger tells the farmer of a
certain farm or sum of money left to
the latter In some distant state and
makes arrangements to deliver the
property over to him. The swindler
asks for money to pay a part of the
cost of drawing up papers and having
them recorded. Officers are now
watching for the stranger.
He has given his name as Brown,
Watklns and Johnson, and a descrip
tion of the swindler has been sent to
officers In sections where the fellow Is
most likely to ply his swindling
scheme. While lie may not visit Cass
county, it would be Just as well for
the Journal readers to be on the look
out for him.
TAX MATTER NOW HELD DP
Injunction In Federal Court by the Burling
ton to Stop County Treasurers
A special from Omaha says: "The
Chicago, Burlington & (julncy Rail
road company has prepared a bill and
Introduced It In tho United States
circuit court to enjoin Roberto. Fink,
treasurer of Douglas county, and all
the county treasurers of the state
through which the Burlington runs or
has any property from enforcing the
collection of the taxes levied against
that road by the state board of equali
zation for the year l!oii.
The petition states that the several
county officials named will forcibly
take possession of the property of the
all the company In satisfaction of the Illegal
straw and other material on the farm, "xcs rcsirainca ny oracr oi uie
and exhorted the young men present court an(1 t,iat tlie taxes are lllPKal'
to select some special branch of agri
culture and study this until they
thoroughly understood It.
Secretary Gering then Introduced
the principal speaker of the day, l'rof.
L. Bruno, of Lincoln. Mr. Bruno Is
unconstitutional and unfair, as Is the
law which permits or authorities their
collection.
"The amount of tax so assessed by
the state board of equalization U
about $075,000. The petitioners have
professor of Insectoloirv In the state already proffered the payment of about
university and In his lecture he de- " x, ineyciaim
clared that there was one thing which 19 Jusl ana iuwe, dui county
was not SDoken of enough In the lnstl- treasurers nave reiusea to uue any
tute work and that is the effect, of in- amount except that designat ed by the
sects on farm products. Mr. Bruno 1,1818 UUftru l equaiuauon.
has made a study of Insects for the To Secure Pardon for Mrs. Llllle.
past forty years, and at a conservative a Lincoln, correspondent says: "An
estimate, said that one-sixth of all effort to secure a pardon for Mrs. Lena
vegetation Is destroyed by Insects. In Llllle, sentenced to life Implsonment
the united States and Canada alone for the alleged murder of ber husband,
this represents a loss of between Harvey Llllle, at David City, a few
400,000,000 and VW.OOO.OOO. The years ago, Is being made by two Meth
speaker took up the various InsecU, odlst pastors, the Rev. Rogers of Ta-
the rapidity at which they multiply, bleRock. and the Rev. Morrison of
how they affected the farm products Syracuse. Both ministers called on
ana me means employed to external- Governor Mickey this afternoon on
natethem. Mrs. Llllle'a behalf. They formerly
Afternoon Session. resided In Butler county, and declared
The afternoon session beuan about that they are convinced of the wo-
2 o'clock and was attended by a very man's Innocence.
large number of farmers, their wives
and children, and a goodly number of
town people.
The meeting was opened by a few
well chosen remarks by Secretary Ger
Ing, who Introduced l'rof. Bruno to
the audience. Mr. Bruno then gave
further facts about Insects, upon which
subject he had spoken in the morning
He mentioned the relation that In
sects bear to human beings, and of the
good and evil done by various Insects
some of which It would bo Impossible
to do without. Mr. Bruno was a very
fluent speaker and was highly appre
ciated by the gathering that thronged
the district court room.
Following this lecture Mr. Chase
spoke upon "Growing Corn," and In
tbe extended discussion of this sub
ject be fully demonstrated to his audi
ence that he was familiar with all the
Sell to the Highest Bidder.
Down in Kentucky they sell vaga
bonds to the highest bidder, and they
are forced to work ror a given time.
One sold a few days ago for $10, and It
took hard work on the part of tbe
sheriff to secure that bid. The reason
that he was such poor property Is
the fact that his eating capacity Is
out of all proportion to hlslincllnation
to work. That Is the case In a great
many Instance. The Kentucky law
would be a good one for the Nebraska
legislature to consider. Tbe man who
will not earn a living should be com
pelled to work as a punishment.
To Advertisers.
Advertising and locals must reach
this office each afternoon at 3 o'clock
to insure an insertion that evening.
We cannot deviate from this rule, as
labor which tends to produce a good It proves hard on our carrier boys, who
yield of corn. In discussing this ques- are thus delayed In getting the papers
tlon the speaker impressed upon the to patrons.