SEII1 Iffl OF GAGE COUNTY
ESPOUSES THE TORREIl'S SYSTEM
Would Remove From Deeds and Legal Instruments All Oppor
tunties for Fraud, and Make Them Errorless, Flawless in the
Transfers.
Fraudless, errorless and flawless
real estate titles appeal especially
to Senator Jansen, of Gage. In addi
tion he would femove from all deeds
and legal Instruments connected
with the ownership of realty that at
mosphere of mystery and technical
Incomprehensibility which contribute
so much to the mass of present day
litigation In the courts, says the Lin
coln Star.
The senator from Gage has
espoused the Torrens system of reg
istering land titles. With the true
Torrens scheme as a framework he
has outlined a plan for the simple
registration of land titles, the issu
ance of a duplicate rcrtlileate to the
owners and the comrlete elimina
tion of forgery and fraud.
To this bill he ha3 added an initia
tive and referendum feature. Should
the property owners desire the Inno
vation, thev mav secure a chance to
vote on the proposition in counties
of less than 4 5,000 population if one
third of the legal voters wish to ex-1
press an opinion at the polls. In j
counties of mere than 44,000 an elec
tion ia secured by the application of
2,500 votes. Otherwise the new sys
tem will not go Into effect.
Under the Torrens system provis
ion i3 made for. the office of register
of deeds. He in allowed a sufficient
number of deputies. Fees are pro
vided for the various duties of tho
officers. From tho collection of
these ihey derive their salaries.
Bonds vary from $50,000 to $200,
000. Deputies are under bond and th
register Is responsible for all the
acts of his subordinates. Attorneys
HATFIELD HAS
HATPIN BILL
Lancaster Meirto Seeks to Pre
lect Street Gar Patrons.
or members of a firm of attorneys are
barred from holding the office of
register, or deputy.
For the registry of title the prop
erty owners make application to the
register. All the details concerning
the ownership Is set forth. Due
notice la given to all Interested par
ties. Defendants of suits or holders
of liens and leases are specified and
Informed. Then a deputy makes a
specific, first hand examination of
the records, or In other words, ab
stracts the title. If the records are
clear and title la perfect a registry is
made, and a duplicate Issued to the
owner or owners. A duplicate, or
sample of tho handwriting of the
holder Is filed. Opportunity Is given
for appeal to the courts within a
specified time.
All actions are barred two years
after tho registry' is made.- No tax
titles are recognized until there has
been ten years of undisturbed posses
sion. After the land has txn duly
registered no suit's can be filed. Buy
ers need not examine title. The:
Bcller signs a dofed and returns it
I with his duplicate' certificate to the
register who records the deed and
Issues a new duplicate.
The sale is scrutinized and, if regu
lar, Is approve! by the register. This
makes a valid title. If a duplwate
certificate is lo'.;t the owner may
secure another ley f.llng fn affidavit.
For forgery, 'perjury, falsa entry
or any other offense against the valid
ity of land titles, a fine of not more
than f5,000 nor Imprisonment ex
ceeding five years are provided. Doth
may be imposed at the discretion of
the court.
HOLDREGE BILL IS DEFEATED.
REAR mm. SPERM.
Cammandcr o? U. S. Ffest
On Famiis World's Cru;$3
Is D3ad !n Washing.
PROGRESS CF EKDEAVGRERS
Motion in House to Reconsider Vote
on Appropriation for Agricultural
School Is Laid on the Table Mor
Caucuses In Prospect
Lincoln, Fob. 4. Representative
Hatfield of Lancaster will Introduce
at the next session of the house, at
the request of tho street car patrons
of this city, a bill prohibiting long ami
unguarded hatpin3. The bill provides
as follows:
"Thnt hereafter In this state it shall
be unlawful for any person to wear a
hatpin over seven inches In length;
provided, however, that this act shall
rot apply to the wearing of hatpins
over seven inenes in lengm wueu, pgit Taft anj Secretary Meyer
worn Willi tne ponu inereoi prtnucuu
w ith a nluzzle or gutrd.
y .
FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL PERM
Thirty Ye3rs Have Seen Christian S
clety Spread Over Whole World.
Boston, Feb. 4 Progress made by
the Christian Endeavor society Bluet
Its founding, thirty years pro, wai
told by the Hev. Francis E. Clark. He
was speaking berore the meeting
called in Treinont temple to celebratc
tho anniversary of the creation of tlu
bc'y.
Dr. Clark told how on Feb. 2. ISSt
forty five young people gathered In the
home of their pastor at Portland, Me
and formed the first society, which
row has affiliations In all parts of t!u
world. Previous to this time, he said
there had been no religious society
devoted entirely to the young people
"The society." he said, "now has
branches In ten denominations ol
Methodists, In nearly all of the Pres
byterlan bodies, among most of the
divisions of Baptists, among all the
Disciples of Christ and Congregation
alists. and Is found largely among the
Lutherans, United Brethren an!
Church of England In Great Brlta'n
Its literature now Is printed In out
hundred languages.
1
III HlfUIII
"That any person violating this art
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
punished by a fine of not less than (J
or move than $23."
Holdreoc Cill Is Killed.
Attend Church Services.
Washington, Feb. 4. Bear Admiral
Charles S. Sporrvrotired, who diej nt
the naval medical hospital hero on
Wednesday, was burled In Arlington
ccnie!( ry. President Taft and Soero
t:ivv n' the :wv Mover attended the
jwx wnar is going u nuppeu w r.ir j cnul(., SOI-yicos.
nppioprial'f.m lor a new ngrtcunuraj
school nt Holdregc l.aa become a j ar
lianientary question. In several tkir
mtwhos the house lias bIiowu Itself op
posed to the bill by a small majority
Eastman's motion to reconsider w.u
tabled by n vote of 43 to C7 cn a no
tion by Filley of Ga.ee.
Eastman now intends to gi t a ma
jorily, If pcr-J-i'jlo, and take it up f.om
tho table. If ho does the speaker will
be called upon to settle this knotty
POISONER TELLS OF
Russian Dcctcr .Who
ULJO
REMAINS TAKEN TO DEN
N1S0N IOWA. FOR INTERMENT
From Saturday's Pally.
After a short funeral service con
ducted by Rev. L. W. Gaf.e, at the
residence of Mrs. A." W. Smith,
daughter of the deceased, this morn
ing, the remains of Mrs. Lydia Mar
shall were taken to the Burlington
station and placed on No. 15 to tie
taken to Dennlson, Iowa, where the
funeral will occur today.
The remains were accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Smith, Mr. Clark
Marshall, of Bushnell, Illinois, who
arrived yesterday, C. C. Boruff, a
grandson of deceased, of Carson,
Iowa, and Fred Smith, another grand
son, of Carson,. Iowa, Mrs. J. F. War
ren, a grand-daughter of the de
ceased, and her husband, arrived yes
terday, and Mrs. Warren remained
and will take care of Mrs. A. W.
Smith's home while she Is absent at
her mother's funeral.
Mr. Warren,; returned to his home
last evening. " ;-
Mr. Albert 'Berkman and wire and
babe, of Walt Hill, who have been
visiting Mrs." Beckman's parents, B.
Dill and wife, near Murray, and her
grandparents, A. Dill and wife, of this
city, for a month, departed for their
home this morning, after a most en-
joyable visit In this vicinity.
"XOU have a chance once a sea-
j son to buy Hart, Schaffner '& Marx clothes
at reduced prices. You cannot get that
chance at any other store in Plattsmouth, and you
cannot get that chance at any other time except
when we "clean up" our stock.
We are ready to give you something on the price
of these goods to clear them up. If we get you ac
quainted with the merchandise; demonstrate the
merits of these clothes to you, we will make more in
your good will than we lose in the price.
Here are a few figures to show you what you'll
pay for the beneGt you get:
Suits and Overcoats, worth up to $15, CIO flfl
"Clean Up" price OlUiUU
Suits and Overcoats, worth up to" $21, CM flft
"Clean Up" price Ol'hUU
Suits and Overcoats, worth up to $30, 0Q flfl
"Clean Up" price .' OlOiUU
Suits and Overcoats, worth up to $35, QOA fift
"Clean Up" price . .i OZHiUU
question: Can a motion to take from
the table put a motion to reconsider
In order again when the time for ro
consideration has run out?
Speaker Knhl has expressed hlinsell
when not in the chair at of tho opin
Ion that no parliamentary procedure
can bring the bill up for further con
sideration now. If Eastman can get
a majority, the opinion of the spenker
will not count for much, as a majority
can do what It pleases whether it
pleases tho speaker or not.
Initiative In Senate.
Tho Initiative and referendum bill
before the senate will be discussed
next Wednesday ns a special order of
DusincFS. Two other prominent meas
ures were put off until next week by a
motion that passed to have no more
bills brought up for third reading nt
tho Saturday morning and Monday aft
ernoon sessions. It is considered very
probable that the deferred vote on the
countv option question may be taken
on that day, and Senator Bartling's
baseball bill is a possibility as a sub
joet for' debate. Considering all these
promises it seems very likely that
Tuesday will be an Important day for
the senate.
The Democrats are planning anoth
er caucus for, Monday night to discuss
tho Initiative and referendum and the
Republicans will also meet at an un
decided date.
Union Lab2l Fight. '
A fight between the Typographical
union and the largo printing concerns
which are opposed to tho union in the
printing trades Is being prepared for
in both houses of the legislature over
the question of the union label on al!
State printing. A bill was Introduced
In the house by Ilospodsky of Saline
and one In the senate by Tanner of
Douglas providing that tho label o
tho Allied printing Trades council he
required on nil schedules thnt aro
sent out for bids on state printing.
3S.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 4. Dr. Pant
chenko, whose specialty, he admits, j
has been the removal by poisoning of:
undesirable relatives and enemies of
those who would pay his fee, told at
the murder trial of bow ho secured his
Instruments of death. 1
rantchonko. In common with Count
O'Brien de I-assy, Is charged, with the
murder of Do Ijissy's brother In-law,
Count VbssIM Bouturlin, tho heir to
several millions, which It is alleged
Dt Lassy coveted for his wife. The
doctor has confessed that Bouturlin (
was the most recent of some forty j
victims. I
Dr. Ilmrlch, a veterinary employed
nt the Pest laboratory In Kronstadt,
testified that the prisoner twice vis
ited the laboratory, where he obtained
several tubes of cholera antitoxin.
At this point rantchonko explained
to the court that Do Lassy" had fur
nished him with money for tho trip to
Kronstadt and, ho ndded, that he gave
tho tubes of poison to the count. i
Dr. Zabololny, tho plagun expert
who recently returned from an inspec
tion of China, testified thnt the doctor
had applied to him for diphtherial tox
lne. The witness gave him diphtherial
culture fluid.
Dr. Zdrzhckovskl testified that. Pant
rhenko came to him and asked for
dlptherlal toxine. The witness gave
him several ans.iy tubes and told him
the mlmlnal non fatal doso.
Tho presiding judge Interrupted to
Inquire what rantchonko did with this
supply of poison. The notorious mur
derer hesitated. Finally ho evaded
the question, bnylng ho would reply to
It later.
Mrs. Mary Buckley, ii.es of
Sights in Golden State.
Mr. and Mrs. John Koctter, of this
city, are In receipt of the following
communication from their daughter,
Mrs. Mary Buckley, who Is now a
resident of California, and in which
she says:
"We have at last reached Sacra
mento, in California, after n.ore or
less travelling." She also states that
the piano company, which they have
been traveling for, having kept them
on the move ever since they had left
Crass Valley, which point they left
at 6:12 on the morning of the 2 5th
of January. From there they ascend
ed the mountains, going almost
straight up the mountain 'to Mount
Vista, tho summit of which is 45.000
feet and It being above the clouds.
On looking down from Mounta Vista
they could see the canyon below,
where the sun was shinning, while
around them they could not s''o any
thing but a tort of a fog. They also
crossed tho Appahecto Cap, tho
bridge being S T.O feet high and be
i low in tho canyon, the river was run
i nlng at 70 miles an hour. They went
oe rtlii-i ap on the narrow r-'iage
railroad line, tho engines on that, line
being only 2x.", They have In en hav
ing considerable rain, it lalng
rained throughout the sti'.te for tho
pp:t eight woks and lb.it the rainy
reason dries not clo:;e until the first of
pill end then the sun shims until
of November. They have had
the opportunity of teeing some beau-
.. Itlful scenery all through California;
RSIilQiuS CI FCISr mml. Cll . a1:o. throughout the sfatc a of Arizona
and New Mexico and came through
some large orange groves. Cn the
Sunset route and over the Jolnehplc
Loop she tells of looking down Into
the valley below where they could see
where they would go throu;;h the
tunnel right umlornenth them. For
about 100 feet they went through the
mountain and then cair.o out In tho
a'lcy where tho sun wsh shinning,
wbllo up In tho mountains It was
raining and In some places snowing.
The beach at Santa Barbara, Califor
nia, Is a beautiful place and the Lick
Observatory on Mt. Hamilton, is a
rather pretty place, the elevation at
this point being 4,4 13 feet and almost
straight up out of tho valley. She
also states that the Rtato of California
Is all right to look at and study, but
prefers Nebraska to live In.
PERIL IN SHALLOW GHAVES
j Rock Island County Board Will Inves
tigate Conditions at Cemetery.
Rock Island, I!l., Feb. 4. Complaint
was made to tho county supervisors
that somo of the graves in the count)
burying ground on tlu outskirts ol
tho villago of Sears ro so shallow
the health of those livin-; In the neigh
borhood ia endangered. It Is said
there was found only t'n Inches ol
dirt on top of oae of tho boxes. The
countv authorities will Investigate.
BCD' roiiiio SHOWS
MDilOBI AHD RQ8SRY;.-
Ra.IrcaJ l!:ar Scuth Cralu
SISTER OF GEN. OTIS DEAD
Woman From Long Line of Colonial
Ancestors Expires at Advanced Age.
Toeumseh, Neb., Feb. 4 Mrs. Sanh
O. Lawrence, wife of Judge J. A. Law
rence, died at the family home in Te
cumseh. She had been In failing
health for several years, and had been
confined to her bed with the grip for
a week, hut chronic heart trouble was
the cause of death.
Sarah Otis was born near Marietta,
O., March 7, 1835, and lived there un
til the time of her marriage to Judge
Lawrence, which was Oct. 28, 1873.
The family lived for a short time In
western Nebraska and camo to John
son county about 1877 and purchased
a farm one mile cast of Tecumseh.
Mr3. Lawrence was one of eight
brothers and sisters and the only one
now living Is General Harrison Gray
Otis, editor of tho Los Angeles Times,
7ie Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Manhattan Shirts Stetson Hats
Special on
Flannel Shirts
$1.00
See Our
Windows for
January
"CleauUp"
Prices
Stanlslcs Is Guilty.
Lincoln, Feb. 4. Theodore Stan-
Ales, accused of aiding Roy Wilsenm
In burning the Wllsrnm homo for the
Insurance, was convicted of arson and
must servo a penitentiary sentence
Tho Jury went out about noon and re
turned In three hours, with a verdict
ef guilty. The conclusion of the trial
was Intensely dramatic. Tho defense
a'leged a plot and Insufficient evl
donee, but the proofs wero too con
vinclng.
Heavy Fire Loss at Stock Yards.
South Omaha, Feb. 4. Tho Union
Stock Yards company sustained a flro
Ions of $30,000 In the destruction of tho
yards roundhouse with two switch en
title and uiachluerr.
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WOMEN LOSE
IN MISSOURI
House Committee Against Them as
Members of Boards of Education.
Jefferson City, Mo., Fob. 4. Suf
fragettes lost a cbnnce to participate!
In educational affairs In Missouri
when tho house committee of the as
sembly reported adversely the bill al
lowing women to bo members of
school boards.
Tho house passed a bill making It a
misdemeanor for persons to circulate
false reports ns to tho condition of
financial Institutions.
A hank guarantee bill on the Oklx
homa plan was Introduced. It pro
vides that 5 per cent of the capital
storks of banks shall be held In the
stato treasury to meet losses.
Omaha, Feb. 4. The body of IYter
NaumolT, thirty tivo years old, was
found beside the Hock Island tracks,
a milo and a half south of tho South
Omaha station. From tho evidence
discovered around tho sceno by the
police it appears certain NaumotT was
murdered and his body placed across
the tracks so that the crime would
le covered up by the first passiua
train.
Naunioff was an employee of the
Omaha racking company, and had
drawn out his savings, amounting to
about $t,00(),-from the bank the day
before, Intending to Journey to his
native land, Bulgaria, whore he had a
wife and two children.
Near the spot where tho remains,
wero discovered was a pool of blood j
and an Iron bar coaled with blood. A
revolver was found at another point
farther from tho tracks and a long
trail, apparently mado by the drag
ging of an object over tho ground, led
to tho tracks. From this tho police
are poaltlve Naumoff wns lured to his
death by somo one who knew of the
money ho had and was killed and then
placed on the tracks.
Proposition for Electric Line.
Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 4. Secretary
M. N. Barries of tho Beatriro Commer
cial club Is In receipt of a letter from
W. B. McKlnley, president of tho Illi
nois Traction company, in which ha
proposes to construct an Interurhan
line between Adams and Beatrice and
operate the same. The proposition
provided that tho company will con
struct and operate a power plant and
railroad If stock In the Institution to
the amount of $300,000 Is subscribed
by Cage county people The distance
from Plains to Beatrice Is about twenty-eight
miles and tho territory lo
tween tho two towns Is without trans
portation facilities.
INhvii From Aslilaml.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Huberts an 1
little child enme down from Ashland
on No. 4 this morning and spent the
day with relatives, being tho guests of
Mr. Roberts' brother, J. M. Roberta,
and Mrs. Roberts' brothers, Mitchell
and Robert Fatten. While attending"
to various business matters Mr. Rob
erts took tlmo to call at this office
and pay up his subscription to tho Old
Reliable. They returned to their
homo at Ashland on the afternoon
train.
DIG REWARD FOR ROBBERS
Bankers of Five States Decide to Or.
ganlze Force to Hunt Cracksmen.
Kansm City, Feb. 4. -The organiza
tion of a detective force to aid tho
county otllrers of five states In captur
ing Lnnk robbers was the plan effected
by a bunkers' conference at tho Hotel
Baltimore. The conference wa3 com
posed of tho presidents and secretar
ies of the state bankers' associations
and the state managers of bank bur
glary Insurance companies In Nebras
ka, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and
Arkansas A resolution wns ndopted
asking each association and company
to Increase Its reward for earn robber
caught and convicted to $300.
Fixes Title cf Islands.
rierre, H. H., Fob. 4. The fight of
tho day was over Missouri river sand
bars, which have grown to tho dignity
of Islands. Tho property In question
Is near Chamberlain, and the fight re
sulted In tho passage of the senate
bill to give tlt'e of all such Islands
to tho counties on the east bank of
(ho stream.
Powell Terrorized by Panther.
Hastings, Neb., Feb. 4. A lnrg
panther, which escaped from a show,
has been terrorizing residents along
the Blue river near Powell. The
panther has done some depredation
and a large number of armed men aro
out on a hunt for It. It has been seen
a number of times In tho timber alons
the river.
Bishop Bonacum Is Critically III.
Lincoln, Feb. 4. Rt. Rev. Thomas
Bonacum, bishop of the Lincoln dlo
cobo of the Roman Catholic church, Is
lying critically 111 at his residence nenr
here. Ills Indisposition dates from
last Monday, when he was seized with
a violent chill. Tneumonla developod.
NEW SLIDE IN CULEBRA CUT
Another Great Earth Movement Intsr
feres With Digging of Canal.
Washington, Feb. 4. Another great
earth slld a milo long has started to
move In the Culehra cut In the Pan
ama canal, and already has covered
tho thirty-five foot hank of the canal
epposlte tho towpath with 250,000
cubic ynrds of material.
The plldo began on Jan. 18, on the
west bank opposite tho Culehra hotel.
Fp to Jan. 25 the earth had not en
croached on tho railroad tracks, and
operations thero were not Interfered
with.
Persia After U. S. Experts.
Teheran, Persln, Feb. 4. Without
discussion parliament voted to engage
flvo American financial advisers, The
foreign minister stated the contracts
would specify n minimum of three an I
a maximum of five yean.
' I'ai'in Mouse Buiiim.
The farm residence on the old Sltz
man farm near Cedar Creek, occupied
by Joo Slt.mnn and family, was en
tirely consumed by fire Sunday aftor
noon at about 5 o'clock. The fire
originated in the second story and
was probably caused from a defective
chimney. Not a thing wns saved and
as Mr. Sltzman carried no Insurance,
the loss was very heavy on him.
Louisville Courier.
RceclvcM Shipment of Km lne.
Councilman A. S. Will received by
exprecs from tho west this morning a
very flno specimen of Hampshire
swine, which he will place with a
herd of ninety head shipped In last
week of the same breed. Mr. Will
says hogs must be raised on less corn
than formerly, and this particular
breed of hogs will produce more and.
better bacon with grass and alfalfa
hay for feed than any breed known
to the stock breeder.
Cnrcl of TliunkM.
We wish to thank our many neigh
bors and friends for tho kindness,
shown us during tho sickness and
death of our beloved wife and mother
and for tho beautiful floral offerings.
We also wish to thank the choir of
the Christian church for the beautiful
song selections rendered by them.
J. L. Speck and Family.
Mr. Louis Bom, of Cedar Creek,
came to Plattsmouth this morning,
arriving on No, 4, to look after some
Important business matters In the
county seat.
TRUSSES
j The only mrgicul home In the
lj VI whrre all fittinK is done
by an eipert. Laresl stock
of Iruksen In the West.
THE V. G. CLEVELAND DRUG CO.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA