UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE USED ERleaicrers Relliloas Ussthg teluDleJ In Esperanto. - SERVICES HELO AT LINCOLN; Congressman G. W. Norrls Addressee Meeting Resolutions Are : Passed Pledging Support to "Dry" Candi. dates for Public Office. Lincoln, Oct. 30. Over 3,000 Chris tian Eudeavorers of the state piuticl-j pated in the services of the big silver Jubilee convention now In session' here They included quiet hour services at many of the churches of the city. I A mass Esperanto meeting was held i nlc nuuuuu,, iUC v.it.. being conducted in the universal lan- guage, in which Endeavorers are par j tlcularly interested. Services ..vera , also conducted at the First Christian I; church, where Kev. David jenKins or Omaha led the Bible hour study. Fol lowing, Congressman O. W. Norrls. of the Fifth district addressed the'ilssem bled attendants at the convention. ' Resolutions were passed pledging the Biipport of the Nebraska Christian Endeavor union of the state to those candidates only for various public office who come out as unqualifiedly opposed to the liquor traffic in all of its' forma.' "! ''''' i 'i, Endeavorers Elect Officers'." Bndeavorers elected officers as fol lows for the coming year: President, Rev. M. D. Berg, Hardy; vice presi dent, Paul Meyers, Lincoln; secretary, Mary V. Lee, Central City; treasurer, Dr. Mabel Dixon, Hastings; superin tendent of missions, . Rev. M. O. Mc Laughlin. Omaha, superintendent citi zenship. Rev. B. A. Shively,' Eustls; superintendent juniors, Grace Hooper, Crete; superintendent Tenth legion, Guy Thompson, West Point; superin tendent transportation, Rev. 'ft. O.' Smith, Fairfield; superintendent of quiet hour, Glen Kennedy, St., Ed ward. 1 Dr. Williams to Head Insane Asylum. Dr. G. V. Dishong has declined the position of superintendent of the . Lin coln hospital for the Insane. Dr. Edshong is now first assistant at the Norfolk asylum and he plans to leave the employ of the state, having ac cepted a position under Dr. 'J. I. Oreene. formerlv superintendent of the Lincoln institution, but' now with I the state hospital of Arkansas at Lit tle Rock. It is now reirded certain that Governor Aldrlch will ask Dr. B. P. Williams, assistant at the Lincoln Institution, to remain In charge, and that Dr. Williams will soon announce minor appointments. alfalfaTieaTrate cut Railway Commission Issues Order Af fecting State Business. ,. Lincoln, Oct. 30. The state railway commission has Issued an order reduc ing the rate on alfalfa meal 4 cents between Albion and Omaha. The rate has been. 12 cents and the new rate will be 8; cents. The latter rate Js the present tariff on baled alfalfa hay from Albion to Omaha. The commis sion also names a rate of IO'k cents on alfalfa meal from Kearney to Oma ha. making the minimum weight 30, tlOO pounds. The commission also has issued at. o:der permitting the Mutual Tele phone company of Wilcox and Ash Grove to disconnect its lines from the Wilcox Telephone company. Walsh Flies Well at Broken Bow., Broken Bow, Neb., Oct. 30. As a preliminary to the twice postponed aviation meet that takes place hero today and tomorrow, Aviator C. F. Walsh made a very successful trial flight from the fair grounds. lie was in the air between fifteen and twenty tnlnules and rose to a height of about 1,4(10 feet. After circling the ground:! he started west and flew over the town. Returning he made another cir rle, then glided to earth and landed almost on the spot from where he started. ' ' ". Decision In Krause Case. i Fairbury, Neb., Oct. 30. Judge Pern berton of Jteitrice has banded down an opinion In the famous erplty case involving a half so: Hop of Jefferson county land near Reynolds. John Krause, the plaintiff, deeded this land to his son. Taul, several years ago as & gift and tlien decided this summer that he wanted It back. The court decided that the dred should stand, but that Instead of $10 being paid by Paul Krause or the seaport of h' father, that It should be raised to $25. Hangs Self With Suspenders. Rloomfleld, Neh., Oct. 30. Henry Kramer, a German about thirty five years of age, committed suicide about, Blx weeks ago by hanging hlmselr to the limb of a tree. Hla body has Just been discovered. He had fastened one end of his suspenders to the low limb of a tree nn l the other end about his neck, leaning forward he had choked himself to death. Typhoid Inquiry Kept Up at Lincoln. Lincoln, Oct. 30. Authorities here are still Investigating the cause of tho recent epidemic of typhoid fever. Un der the direction of Professor H. H: Walte te a forcp of mPn nr. H!.crln of the leading water mains of the one city to see If there are any leaks. RETAILERS ARE ORGANIZING Make Effort to Counteract Sentiment Detrimental to Middlemen. Dubuque, la, Oct. 28. A meeting tf Dubuque rttailers has been called ta 30 held at the Dubuque club Thursday :o the end that au effective organiza tion' in the c'ty may bo effected in in effort to counteract sentiment detrl . neutral to the middlemen and combat i id verse ltgislatlon. The call recites 'the' purpose' of the meeting Is "to con sider the formation of a state federa tion of retailers to affiliate, with the national federation of retailers formed 1'at Chicago the last week. ' ' ' 1 , "The objects of this federation are lo protect the retailer against efforts from ' various directions to eliminate the middleman; to shield him from legislation hostile to his interest;- to breed among retailers a spirit of loy alty and fairness toward each other. "The. desire Is to give the retail ink-rests, of T,owa the .broadest, , most peneral and most thorough organiza- Mnn nnssHilfV tn thp end thnt the State fpi,ratlnB ,nVi ,m ns , influential as poMble , upon " iiau,,,, and public 0 jnion ln Wa nni, .no dolthrra tlf)ll8 ani, aP1n)Stration or the Na- Uona5 Ft.(U.rntion of Rt.tniors Tlllft IJPII TITIIIV flf (J ffl I HLL I SHOT IN COURT ROOM Bollsts Fly.ia Judge 1 Rankin's ' Court at Mason Cily. , ' .Mason, City,, la., Oct. ,28 Nine pis tol shots' were' fired In Judge W". S. Rankin's court, and as a result Her bert Gable and Hex Kibbling are at the point of death at Park, hospital. t The two men were susplcioned of robbery. Kibbling accused Drexel of owning a revolver taken from them. Drexel, without warning, whipped out a revolver and at close range fired at Kibbling, the all passing through his Intestines and ,. liver, lodging In: his back. Gable opened fire on Chief Lock, Detective Smith1 and Patrolman Spaight, the. builds grazing the offt eers. . Chief l ock and Detective, Smith returnpd the shots, one ball passin" through Gable's lung. Both' men wilt die. STEPHENSCN PROBE Senate Committee Adjourns Hearing Until Monday. Milwaukee, Oct. 28. The senate subcommittee which has been Investl- Rating the election of Senator Isaac Stephenson, adjourned its puguc near- fngs until Monday. -Meantime the committee expects, to nrrange for the affidavits of about seventy fl' e wit nsses in various parts of the stati-, whom It was decided not to call In person. These witnesses are to be re quired lo furnish detailed statenn'its of the amounts they expended out of the $107,000 Stephenson fund used in the primary campaign of 1908. Three Mexican Cabinet Ministers Quit. , Mexico City, Oct. 28. Three of the ministers tendered their resignation at cn animated meeting of the cabinet. They were Acting Minister of War General Gonznles Salas, Minister of the Interior Alberto Garcia Grannue and Minister of Public Instructions Fram lsco Vacquez Gomcr. Their ac tion was due to an nttacK maiio on them hy the minister of war, when nn explanation of the government's fall ure to suppress' the" Zaphtiatas was de manded. - .,- ' 1 To Marry Woman In Case. ; Newark. X. J.. Oct 2S. Mins Flor ence TVromley. the "woman" in the MacFnrliind case, Is coming from Philadelphia. : it was said, to marry AlMson MaeFarland, who Is in. Jail here nwaltlnir, trial on a .charge of murdering his wife. Miss Rrnniley w:(? formerly ' MoFarlsnd's stenographer The defense contends' thati bis -: wife comm'ttcd suicide after, she discoy ered the relations between him ' and the girl, ,-v - i :-'. '' ' '' ': Business Man Held for Contempt. jpterro, 3. D.yOrt.'2S. Tolhert Man pin, one. ..of, ;the:. prominent, business men of Duprte, Is loekedi up. Pt.Fort Pierre" on a charge of contempt of roiirt,1 to renialn until tie decides to Kivoi evidence ;,whlih he has declined to give ln regard to information which h haa'whlch might assist In the loca tion of Tom Mora, who escaped from jail here the nlnht before he wa to e:ne to trial, In Stanley county., St. Loui Insurance Men Indicted. ' St. )uis)jO(i..,(VJ!.-rT'rUo ffderal grand Jury voted Indi'tments against certain officers snd 'ormer officers of the Contlnertal Assmance company nd the ilnternat'oral FI 'O Insurance companv The rnmes of the Indicted mm wi'l hot' l e made public until ar rests, are made., The specific charge contained In the Indictment was the use, of the malls for fraudulent pur roses. Judge O'Connell In Washington. Washington, Oct. 28 Judge M. D. O'Conwll of Fort Dodg Is1 In Wash ington and was at the troaaury, where he was lon; solicitor, shaking hands with old friends. He has recently re turned from n trip to the Philippines and the far east. i ' ot I 1 Boniris Has No Opposition New Orleans, Oct. 28. General Manuel Dqnilla. Jcader of the lute rev I "'" "u"uul"'. oieciru pro",?PBt .f J1 rcpub,!c V?"1 p position at the general election to morrow. PRIDE OF NAVY TO.BE REVIEWED Mm 'WstcS Vast taSa . FicH'p Anchors vi Gel Away. SECRETARY LEAVES FOR EAST Fleet Will Make Greatest Naval Page ant In This Country After Watching Ships Pass President Taft Will Go to Virginia and Then Continue Trip. Chicago, Oct. St. Secretary of, the Navy AleycV, who ciime to Chicago to ussist, in the .deuicuUon of tho new naval training station here and to ar range for the'reviCw of Hie great fleet of battleships and other vessels ot war ijoy tasseinb'ed in New York lay Presi dent Taft, lelt for the east., : The main features of the 'review have been agreed upon and only tho smaller details remain Jo be worked out by the naval authorities.. I In other ' respects than'niero num ber of ships and power of armament tho review promises to.ecUpso any naval pageant ever seen in this conn try. President Taft not onlr'will sail through the four lines of ships at an chor in the Hudson river, but will watch the vast armada pick np Its an chors and get .wider .way.. He then will lead the long column of fighting ships down the bay and' off Staten I si- and will 6tand aside on the Mayllowei received by many ami clothes badly and again review the fleet as It passes, jorn Slower beds were destroyed, tho out to sea. . , ., escape on University hall wau ! The presidential review will takt ' torn loose and some twenty inenibers place on Thursday, Nov. 2. Wednes of tiw university stand liable for ex Cay, the secretary of the navy will In - puHiou at the mercy of Chancellor spect the fleet from his dispatch boat Avery. the .Dolphin. In a sense this Inspec j ( ri,u ngi,t Wna the most spectacular tion really will mark the. beginning u lUL. history of the university, scv rf the pageant, for Secretary , Meyei (rui boys lighting on the lire escapes will be received with nil the honors c"ue his Office and the river will revcr berate with, the roar of saluting can non. : President Taft will reach New York on Thursday, morning and will be in and about the battleships nil day long lie will board the Mayflower at 9:30 a m., and' will not leave the yacht un til 1 p. m when he will depart foi Hot Springs, Va., to rest three oi four days before ' filling the supple nientary engagements ho recently made in Cincinnati, Kentucky and Tennessee. a 0 t()p of Nc,i)i aKKa hull. This The spectacle of the vast fleet get. r,.Bm,i jn the fight, tho freshmen ro ting under way In tho narrow confinef S(.ntin!j the action of th sopnomores. Of New York harbor will be one worth 1 1-0 one was seriously Injured ln tho remembering and undoubtedly will bf I 8rarPi although black' eyes and bloody wnnessen irom snore ana snipiioard by countless thousands of people President Roosevelt ln 1907, watchel the Atbntlc fleet get under way foi Its trip around the world. The plcturf then presented was one that has lived long in naval annals. Rut there were only sixteen battleships In the line and they hnd the broad bosom of Hump ton Roads to maneuver In, with mllni of green water on every side. When the big fleet now assembled In the F'tdson r'er h"in to move It will require wonderful skill In navigation to get It straightened out and headed down ehannl for the opn sea. i Tho review will be an official one ln evorv sense of the word and the president's nartv on the Mayflowei wi'l bo confined to himself. Scrtrv Mever, one or two aides and Secretary IHlles. i - I WRIGHTS ARE OPTIMISTIC See No Reason Why They Cannot Fly for Ten Hours Without Power. I Kitty Hawk, N. C. Oct. 80. On this remote outpost of the Ame-lran contl nent the Wright hrotbers have been conducting aeroplane experiments that ,will hnvp a vital influence upon trans portation. , , ' j "Our experiments have been very satisfactory ," said OrvlIIo WrlgM. "They have been far beyond expecta tions. I crme here simply to carry opt some Ideas I hnd worked out con pernltig gliding mhchlneaj I'was not very) optimistic about extensive sue cess, rtut I was astonished at the eas" with which I succeeded In keeping the rfaft In tho atr.i .Otir success Is due to the fact that the craft la exception ally efficient. ' "I don't mean to claim that we can fly without power, but I do mean that we can flv with less power than any machine that is built) - ni : "I know that we can fly for an hour without power, given proper ntmos ber!c 'cond'tlons, and I see' no rea sons why we cannot fly for fen hours." ''JOSEPH PULITZER IS DEAD Proprietor of Ntw York World Ex plres of Paralysis of Heart. New York, Oct.. 30. Joaeph Pulitzer proprietor of the New York World and St. Louis Post Dispatch, died on board hl3 yacht off Charleston, S. C. Mr., Pulitzer died of paralysis of tti heart. Induced by gallstones. He had been In poor health for some time. He was on his way to Jekyll Island, near Urunswlck, Ga where he had a Inter home. I Sues for Divorce at Eighty. Muskogee, Okla., Oct. 30. Georgia Cantrell, eighty years old, filed suit for a divorce from her husband, lien Cantnll, tixtyflve year old. They have been married eighteen moiitlis. She allege." desertion and neglect. Mrs. C.mtrell Is an Indian woman and n!logp her hiifband attempted to ob tain a deed to ber land. Mellor Deposits Fees. Lincoln, Oct IS. Secretary Mellr Df the state board of agriculture de posited of fees with the state treasurer, collected under the stallion iei:lstration law, making a total of $9, fioo of such fees collected in the few month during which the new law has been !n force. Beatrice Gas Price Cut. Beatrice, Neh., Oct. 28. At a special meeting of the city council a new or rtlnance to reduce the gas rate from 11.35 t' $1.23 per 1,000 feet was passed. A petition signed by about 300 con Miners whs presented to the council isking that the rate be reduced. BATTLE ON LIUL LVI'flUL riilL tOUHfL Fight Be!w:en Two Classes cf SOPHS PUT FLAS ON THE HULL Two Hundred Students Participate in ' Scrao and Number May Be Ex- , pelled Flower, Beds Are Destroyed, j F've Barred From Olympics. I ! .. f ...I .1 . ' ' , j Lincoln, Oct.S.-Meiubcib of the frcalimcu and sophomore classes waged a battle on tuo campus or the btute university, in which over 2UI) uu participated. Minor bruises were Bome ulty let,t,troui the ground und taking perilous chances at being thrown to the ground below. Chan cellor Avery immediately deputized several faculty members as special of ficers and directed that the names of tho participants be taken. Just what action the chancellor will take ln tho matter is largely speculative. The Outburst came Just before the day set apart for the Olympics, the annual class scrap between the two lower classes. During the night some of tho I .nniummrM uini mnreh an.! nlaced , noKn, worc numerous. The freshmen paraded the Lincoln streets alter the fight As tho result nf the fight five boys .vlll not bt allowed to participate in the Olympics Among the boys for bidden to participate by Chancellor Avery is Robert Davis, a son of Dean P-avls. Tha ethers are A. F. Andrews, II. D. Pier, Phillip Kline and L. A. Townsend. These fivo were the lend ers In the raining of the soiihomore flag, which resulted in the scrap. Chancellor Avery d Hided to let the offenders off with a light punishment, although expulsion 'O'lld have been crdered. 1 GET DATA ON REGISTRATION Nebraska Legislative Bureau la Gath. , erlng Statistics. ! Lincoln, Oct. 28 The Nebraska legislative bureau Is preparing a con densed statement of registration laws In the different stateH for tho purpose of making comparisons with similar laws In Nebraska. Residents of cities la this state where registration is re quired by law are compelled to regis ter every year regardless of the fact thnt he may have lived ln the same house for twenty five years or more. Ji) other states,, according to the state ment prepared by the bureau, perma nent register of qualified voters la made and the registration board Bits only for a short time each, year, for tho purpose of correcting this list. Cattleman Settles Case Out of Court. Omaha, Oct. '28. Samn'el Werthelm er, a cattleman, brought to an end the trial which has been occupying Jbe at tention of the circuit court when he accepted $2,800 from the Union Pacific railroad. , AVrrthelnier,: brought suit some time ago In the county court to recover " $1,000 ' damages,' resulting from Shrinkage on COO head of cattlo, caused by. delayed shipment. The ense was transferred to the federal court and was settled out of court. Home for Consumptives Delayed. , Lincoln,' Oct. 28. The state hospital for Indigent ronsnmptlves,' located at Kearney recently , by the state board of public lands and buildings, may not be built until next Mnrch, accord ing to statements made by Ijind Com missioner Cowloa. The Frank place, which was bought by the state and which is located near tho Ruffalo coun ty city. Is leased at the present time nnd the lense does not expire until next spring. i ( Auditor Withholds Payment. Lincoln. Oct. 28 State Auditor Bar ton is still of the opinion that he has po rleht. to Issue a warrant on the JlOO.GOO medical college fund created by the Inst legislature. He has de clined to Issue warrants until the time has elapsed for an appeal of the suit Instituted In the district court to test Die validity of the law. The lower lourt held tin law valid. LOCAL l3 E AS ! ww w! ; Fcoin Mmnluy's Pally. Mrs. Hubert Troop has lieen ill since Saturday and was not able U he np Sunday. A. I.. Tidd left, for Lincoln Sat urday aflernoon, where lie was called on business. II. 11. (iet-tnp of Omaha Sunday ed -in Plattsnmuth "with' his mother and sillers. A. V. At wood of Lotion, Neh., visited Plat Is mouth Sunday and attended lo some business mat ters. , i - i i " ' Leonard Lair of llavelock was an over Sunday visitor at the! home of his sister, Mrs. Charles Frees.; ! --.m (, . . , Miss llelt'ii 'Dovey1 relurned to Omaha. last, evening, after. spoiid inK Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. IT. X. Povey. ; ' Misses ('.lee Applegate, ' Verna and Lillian Cole, Claire and Hazel Dovey returned Inst evening from Murray, where, they had. attended a week7eud, houso party at the honie'of Miss Margie. Walker. 1 Miss Alma Larson motored lo Union Saturday 1 aflernoon with Miss' Mary Foster and spent Sim day with ,., Miss LarsonV sister, Mrs. R. L Foster, where sho had a nice visit with her little niece. 1'. F, IlulVner returned to Mur dork Sunday nflernoon, where he lifts heeii' hitrriMiripf apples for Martin t& Tool for some weeks. ' i Miss " Ma WViilmau and Mrs. John.! Sliced i wen Omaha1 pas HiMiners . Sunday mornitm', w here Ihey visited friends for the day., I Frank Meeson of Scot I a HlulT Arrived Saturday ovenimr ami will isil liis mother, Mrs. Allen Itce yon, sr., ami other relatives for a few days. ' 1 Will Ossonkop and 11. I'ankon- ii of Louisville, accompanied by Cam Sejhert, democrat i nominee for county, commissioner, were I'lallsmoiilh visitors Saturday, Mrs. W ill Hoover ami children relurneil to their home at Louis ville Saturday' nflernoon, after visiting Mrs. Hoover's parents, Mr. Holier! Sherwood, sr., and wife, for a few days. lion. W. 11. HanniiiK ami wife and son, Mollis, of Union, accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. H. 1'. Ilovey oT Lincoln, motored to IMaltsmoulh last Saturday and spent the day. , Mr. Hanniiifr made, Hie Journal olllce a pleasant call. Fred Clugy spent Sunday with his family in this cily, havinpr llnished his prndinff contract at La Platte last Friday. Mr. Clury will move his force lo Nchawka at once, where he will do con siderable grading and sh'oubleriim for I he Missouri Pacific. GIVE MORE POWER ct Least Cost a acrid Last Longest I ' ' ' ' ' .. ,1 1 Why experiment when you can be sure, The I II C line fTers engine of proven capacity. 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Tell uf what you want your engine to do, and we will help you select the kind of engino beat suited to your work. , Come in tho next time you are in town, " ! I : , , . ,,,,'.- '.i 1 . , r u m t m n A fP a. ri nJli m Plattsmouth, Ml-!,n'1 Mrs; r-aiid sot. Itiw.-ne, ,pei Smi.lay with reta- lives a l Wvinnro. I'aul Hajeck. an.l wire went to lla cluck Sal unlay afternoon to speiul Sunday villi relatives. (loorpe IVxte was an Otnah traveler this niorninir, where h was called on luisiness for a short time. John MoisiiiMfr. jr., and family were , in the cily Saturday and visited Mr. MeisiiiKer's parent for t he day'.' Fred Olenhausen of near Cedat Creek' was in" the city Saturday looking after business matters of importance.1 ' 1 " ' " France lUillatin' 'and Miss Olson sundae,d at (tie, William ltallance lioin.i.yelurniiiK to Glen wood Ibis m'OMiinff. .' ' ' i : 1 . I' I Flare I'hebua boarded th Schujlcr Saturday , afternoon for Lincoln, where In wrnt to visit friends over Sunday. -Hon. ) William Puis of - ML Pleasant precinct was a Platts nioulh visitor Saturday, where he jnet many of his friends. (leorpe V'.'.Mi'isriKor of Cedar Creek visiled' IMaltsmoulh Satur day, having , .been called to the county seat on business' ; Col. H. C. McMaken went to Clarimla this , uiorninij on No. 6, where he will look after his pav iiiK contract, wink for a few days. I J. H. Lee and wife and children nnd Mr. Lee's mother, Mrs. K. V. Lee, were passengers lo Cedar Creek Saturday afternoon, where they visiled Mrs. Joe llrasky and family for a time. Mrs. John Netnetr. and children relurneil from Omaha last evening-, where Ihey had visited friends and relatives ' for a few days. Henry Jionut. arrived from his home at' Omaha on Ihe morning train loday and visiled his broth er, Kd and family, for a few hours between trains. ' Misses Nell nnd Kvn Cirier and F.li.abelh McMullen of Omaha and (leorK! Swarlz tif Lincoln , wer Sunday visitors at Ihe home of H. M. Soenuiehsen, jrm'sts of Miss Matilda. " Mrs. V.. K. Hilton was in tho city today bidding lor friends good bye, expect hiK next Wednesday to depart for Florida, where Mr. IHU Ion has purchased a grape farm and where ho has been for the past three months. W. K. Fox and Mrs. Dr. Schild knecht went to' Omnha on the; morning train today lo attend th funeral of Mrs. Yost, a former Plat tsinnul h lady. We were un able to oblain any of Ihe facts concerning tho deceased, but only learned that they bud gone therv to nttend the, funeral. i Nebraska