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TUFTS MASA8ER. Representative McKinley. Who Will Run President's Boom For Renomination. rtioto by- American Press Association. 1AFT BUREAU IS 10 OPEN Congressman McKinley Will Start ' Things In Washington. Washington, Feb. 12. Taft cam Itflgn headquarters will be opened tero today and will be known as the National Taft bureau. Representative William B. McKinley Of Illinois, chairman of the Republican congressional committee and recently eolectetl as pie convention manager of the Taft campaign, niado the an sounreinent. after a conference with Secretary Hilles. EPA TO MOVEOH FEKINS loipatiercs is Increasing Among Repsijlisaa Forces, Nanking, Feb. 12.- While Yuan Shi K;ii, the imperial premier at Peking, ie endeavoring to persuade the reiiuo Hcans to conctde t lie M.mchu do rt'Miuls, the republicans arc prepnrin;j to bet;in an advance on Pekine. Impatience is increasii: and a pro tOrit !ias reached here lroni Canton against the too liberal terms offered Mio throne and embodying a d,inand ltiat the AlanehuM lie stripped of all H'wer. The. southern forces now exceed 100,000 men and n-infovi"i.ients arc aiming daily at the various republic an centers. Apparently there ts no lark of fund.-;. Prcfident Sun Yat Sen is in absolute control and expresses hope for a peaceful coalition of the north and Houth, but he feels that Yuan Shi Kai will exhaust the patience of the northern provinces by quibbling over etails and force a coulliit. Dr. Sun has repeatedly said that the northern province are so'idly In favor of the republic and as a matter of fact the capital of Shantung declared for the revolution on Friday. The revolutionary congress Is still busy with the details of the pro vipional constitution WOMEN EJECTED FROM COURT Testimony in the Sneed Trial Was Un fit for Them to Hear. Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 12. Women 'who persist In remaining In the court room where J. B. Sneed is on trial for the killing of Captain A. G. Boyce were ejected. The court held that the testimony was unfit for the women's care. It bore on alleged practices of A. G. Boyce, Jr., whose elopement with the prisoner's wife Is said to have suited In tho killing of the elder Boyce In a Fort Worth hotel. Gaekwar Goes Home With Degree. New York, Feb. 12. Jalsint Gaek war, heir to the throne of Baroda, )eft America en route to India on the oeanic. after hnvlng taken a bach tflor's degree at Harvard in three and a half years. D-reasod in the latest ocldentnl fashion, tho young poten wtte waved farewell to a party of col lide frionds and stepped aboard the liner Ji.tt before the gangplank was rtrawn. Rebating Case Up. Cleveland, Feb. 12. The cases of Ae United States against three Indi viduals and ten corporations, charged with rebating, wero called in tho fed oral court. The three individuals and ffinr of the corporations made no ap pearance, but the six remaining cor porations pleaded not guilty, though reserving tho right to withdraw tho ploas within two weeks. French Satisfied In Africa. Paris, Fob. 12. The French senate at I fled the Franco German accord on tie subject of Morocco and tho Congo, .wtlch was signed Not. 5 laBt, by a wte of 222 to 48. STRIKERS GIVE UP CHILDREN Homes In Kew York for 1 19 Law rence, Mass., Tols. INNOVATION 1:1 LAE0.1 WAR. Red Flags and "The Marseillaise" Greeted the Youngsters, and Seven Hundred Persons, Including Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, Offered Aid. New York, V?b. 12 An innovation in labor war tactics was tried in tho distribution here of 119 children, whose parents are engaged in the tex tile strike at Lawrence, Mass. Their aiiival had been heralded as duo early in the afternoon, but owing to failure to make train connections at Boston, the children did not arrive until five hours later. Meantime a crowd of several hundred Socialists stood shivering in the Grand Central station awaiting their coming. Red banners and Socialist emblems were borne by the crowd and when at last the train arrived a band blared forth "The Marseillaise," and mighty cheers were given. Hot Soup Awaited Them. Atlhe labor templo, to which they were taken, the children were ranged ".round long tab'es, where steaming Eoup, rice, potatoes and other vegeta bles were consumed with enthusiasm us the youngsters had had nothing to eat all day except a acar.ty breakfast at Lawrence and sandwiches brought with thorn. By the lime the meal was over the children were feeling happy enough to cheer and sing "The Marseillaise." A large mass of people packed outside the doors tool; up tbe words of the revolutionary hymn and it was sung and rosun. Mrs. Delmont Was Refused. Among the many who gathered to offer to take care of the children were Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont and the Rev Percy Stickney Grant, pastor of the Church of the Ascension. Mrs. Bel niont ami the minister were denied l.owover. They were told there were more than peven hundred application? and oHy 11!) children. When the distribution of tbe chil dren brgan difficulties were encount ered when it caTP to splitting up a f.iin.iiy One Title golden haired i: ? rl burst into tears and cried for ."brother." The' secne convinced tho (omn itteo thv.t it wouJd not do to fcpnrnto families and ninny p"fsons i";re 'l lo take five ;:nd even six chil f'reu temporarily until a further dls tribulion could be made. AjK rocsevelt to declare Permanent Committee Organised at Conference in Cbitacjo. Chicago, Feb. 12. Eight governors pud delegates from twenty eiclu st:it-; nut here and in an informal confer-, once organized a permanent commit tee to push the candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt for the Republican nomina tion lor-president. The governors, at an executive conference by them selves, addressed a letter to Colonel Roosevelt in which they explained the purpose of the meeting and expressed a desire that he let It become known that a demand from tbe people that he accept tho nomination would not lie unheeded by him. The letter was signed by Governors Stubbs of Kan sas, Osborne of Michigan, Hadley of Missouri, Aldrich of Nebraska, Bass of New Hampshire, Glasscock of West Virginia, Vessey of South Dakota and Carey of Wyoming. The permanent organization of the committee, . which will carry the Roosevelt fight to the convention, is as follow;s: ' Chairman, Alexander H. Revell; vice chairman, Edward J. Brunrtage; secretary, Edwin W. Sims; treasurer," Pwlght Lawrence. Echo of Incubator Baby Case. Topeka, Feb. 12. Joseph M. Gentry must serve from one to five years In the state penitentiary for the part he took In the kidnaping of Marian Dleakley, the "incubator baby," here three years ago. The supreme court affirmed his sentence on a charge of assault made by C. II. Belknap, who was struck on the head with a revolver in the fight for possession of tho baby. Edict Expected to Establish Republic. Peking, Feb. 12. An edict establish ing the republic probably will be is sued tomorrow. A statement from the Chinese foreign board says tho repub licans are harassed by dissensions and are prepared to waive a majority of the proposed modifications. - Folk Pulls Out of Active Race. St. Louis, .Feb. 12. Following the announcement of Joseph W. Folk that he Jias withdrawn as an active candi date for the Democratic nomination for president, his managers closed the local headquarters. Prisoner Leaps to Death. Pittsburgh, Feb. 12. Stanley Kalf hefer, thlrty-threo years old. a twenty day prisoner nt the county Jail here, hurled himself from tho fourth tier of cells to the flagstones of tho rotunda, sixty feet below, and died from his In juries. Edison Sixty-five Year8 Old. New York Feb. 12. Thomas A. Edi son Is Bixty-flve years old, but de clared he felt no older than when he was twenty live. Chairman of Committee That Will Take Up Probe Of So Called Money Trust. lit : : Photo (if liy Ami;! ic nn I'rea Assoclfttioa. SUBPOENA SERVICE STOPPED BY RIVER Ccuily o fiolals Can net Gal Iowa W.tasEs. Sioux City, la., Feb. 12. Another lit tle game of dodging the subpoena server is being played In Sioux City with the Missouri river as the saving lines. N. S. Brunei', president of tbe Crystal Lake Improvement associa tion. and Fred C. Smith, engineer tor the association, are involved. The (o'nit.v o.Tirhils of L'akota county. No bi.'isl.a, liae tl'.e subpoenas, which, hovrr:', ;an iK.t be served on the Iowa ride of the liver. I'nip.-rty owners-near Crystal Lake, Ne'e, i' v." mim.u an injunction ro st i,i!i:ir,' the ii i i rovement a.:so-ia- i t!o;i f:o:.i ; imi':. water into the bil e j . : ) ;i :!',' vi: or.ii rivi'i-. The case is ; to ! 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Though In apparent physical health, bis friends who witnessed his strange net became alarmed lest ho might die, shook him nnd called the police. The insanity commission ordered his commitment to the hospital for the insane at Independence. DRUGGISTS WILL COMPETE Jones County Pharmacists May Put Wagon on Road. Monticello, la., Feb. 12. A meeting of the druggists of Jones county was held In this city for the purpose of conferring on a proposition of putting a soliciting wagon Into the country to counteract the work of itinerant med icine salesmen, who have been cut ting Into the trade of tho county druggists In this particular line. Not all were In favor of this plan as out lined, but enough of them were to make competition in the sale of bit ters and cough syrups at the farm houses a matter of note during the coming year. Speaks on Good Roads. Mount Pleasant, la., Feb. 12 Thom as H. McDonald, state hlghwny com missioner, spoke here on good roods. Many townnhip trustees and others In terested attended the meeting. Mr. McDonald held conferences with the Mipervlsors and with ethers on the matter of road improvement. Roads Pinched for Fuel. ' Sioux City, la., Feb. 12. Railroads entering here are feeling the pinch for fuel nnd the Illinois Central has been obliged to call upon other roads to lend assistance. Slight amounts wero obtained from other lines, enough to tide over tho emergency, but all lines are extremely short. An Unknown Man Found Frozen. Ottawa, Kan., Feb. 12. An unknown man, about thirty years old, with tho appearance of n tramp, was found frozen In a deserted house near the Missouri Pacific tracks near Pomona. 1 1 FUND FOR OMAHA UNIVERSITY Thirty Thousand Dollars Raiced for Three Years' Expenses. Omaha, Feb. 12. Thirty thousand dollars has been raised by the Univer sity of Omaha for current expenses lor three years and tbe university will be ready to start its campaign for a $1,000,000 endowment fund at the clo.-e of a pending brief campaign for money to build and equip a new gym nasium. The $30 000 lund is to cover current expenses the university up to Sep tember, 1011, and it was raised that Its board of trustees and friends might have three years without any worry on account of a possible budget short age to raise the proposed $1,000 000. The treasurer of the school now holds either cash or special subscription rotes for the entire amount. Tho can vass began on Aug. 10, 1911, the peo ple of Omaha having subscribed $.10, 000 !n less than six months. Shelton Held for Death of Osmera. McCnok, Neb., Feb. 12 Henry L. Shelton of Antelope precinct, Hayes county, is rharged by tho coroner's Jury with inflicting gun wounds and tther Injuries upon Ludvlk Osmera of that county. Jan. 31, which resulted in Ostnrra's death. The kllllnir is the sequel to a carousal, in which Shelton, Osmera, Ed Snyder and others were engaged at tho bachelor home of Shel ton. Ostuera's attempt to carry home with him p. Jug of whisky belonging to She'ton precipitated the fight. A fbotgun and knife were the weapons used. Randolph Woman Found Dead. Rando'ph. Neb., Feb. 12. Mrs. Nel lie Ilaw'ey was found dead In her chair. Mrs. Hawley had been living alone for some time and It Is sup posed she died of heart failure. Game Warden Probes Beaver Trapping I.lKo!n, Feb. 12. Game Warden Millet has returned from Thomas county, where he investigated tho trapping of beaver. It is probable some prosecutions will follow. Boy Dies of Injuries. Gothenburg, Neb., Feb. 12. Ernest L. Putnam, who accidentally had a pitchfork thrust through his templo by his brother, died as a result. He was sixteen years old. Up Will Go the Price of Beer. Milwaukee, 1m b. J2 The pric o of bier will br advanced from ) cents to 51 a barrel by a number of .Mil waukee breweries owing to the In treascd co-t of bops and other raw muter!:. Is Sold 6 '54 Russian Paintings. San Francisco. Feb. 12. A collec tion of till I Km-sinn paintings brought o theutlniiMl Stater, at the time of the Sl'lor.is exposition were sold at auction by the collector of customs tor $30,000. AviMor Swims Ashore. Aiiph'H, France. Feb. 12. The Aiiuilan- aviator, Hugh Kobinaon, while nvil.Ui.; a ll::;lit i na hydroplane, in a scries of dials before French of ficial::, f' ll lato the ben. lie swam r.rbo, ? M WOMEN SUFFER ..Many Plattsmouth Women Are Learning the Cure. Women often sull'ei', nol know ing the cause. Backache, liemlaclie, dizziness, nervousness. Irregular urinary pa.isngos, weakness, languor F-ncli a seeming lorlurc of it self. Togelher tell of weakeiieil kid neys. Slrikc at I he root trot lo t he cause. Quickly privo I ho help llm kid neys need. No remedy endorsed like Doan's Kidney Pills. Hero's convincing proof from lliis locality. Mrs. E. G. Collins, Glonwood, Iowa, says: "Doan'H Kidney Pills were of greater benedt to mc than any other kidney medicine I over used. Since taking thorn I have been free from lameness in my back and a feeling of weari ness. It is a pleasure lo tell of my experience." For sale by all dealers. Trice 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for tho United Slates. Remember the name Dnan's and take no other. R. L. Ferguson of Lincoln, W. fiiiohner of Seward, Miss Lucetta Patterson of Omaha and G. O. Dovoy, who were over-Sunday visitors at tlin II. N. Dovoy homo, returned lo Lincoln last, evening. Miss Helen Dovoy accompanied I hem as far as Omaha. CASTOR I A For Inianti and Children. The Kind You Hava Always Bought Bears the Signature of 1 BEGINNING L va n .n iraiy REMARKABLE VALUES FOR THE 10th, 1 21b, 13th and 14th of FF3 Fr Vrd This sale is given with the intention of closing out our surplus stock of Fall and Winter goods for Men, Women and Children. We do not believe in running sales on discounts, but give people guaranteed merchandise for a price which cannot be equalled elsewhere. We don't cut our goods into remnants neither, but sell them from the bolt cheaper than when they are put into rem nants, and as many yards as you want. If the goods don't suit you bring it back to us if it does tell your friends. Embroidery and Low CT READ THE PRICES BELOW CZD Men's heavy fleece lined Underwear, also rib bed, worth from 50 to 75c, will be sold at. . . 35c Men's Union Suits, fleece lined and ribbed, worth $1.25 and $1.50, for 80c Men's Work Shirts for 39c Men's Dress Shirts, worth up to $1.00, at. . . . 40c Men's Overalls, sold all over for $1.00, during thissale 75c We have a few Sweaters to close out, worth 50 to 75c, will be sold at 35c A fine grade of Men's Outing Flannel Night Shirts, worth $1.50, sold for 70c Men's Flannel Shirts, worth $1.25 and $1.50, will be sold for QQc A better grade, worth $2.00, will be sold for.. 90c A few Jersey Shirts, worth 75c, go at 38c A better grade of Jersey Shirts, worth $1.25" . and SI. 50, will be sold for G9c We have a surplus lot of dress and work shoes, ' worth up to $2.G0, will be sold during this sale at $1.40 Another lot extra fine shoes, Good Year Welts, 1 ' button and lace, worth up to S4.00, for. .$ 2.19 Also a few Suits and Overcoats and Fur Coats will be sold at less than cost. COME IN AND BE CONVINCED! h 1 P t ,v, w ji vi k a m V. Shirt VVaists at LADIES' DEPARTMENT! Sctsnug Underwear, worth 50 to 75c, during this sale 38c Ladies' Union Suits, worth $1.23 up to $1.50, will go at ... . 80c A few Misses' sizes in Outing Flannel Gowns, worth G5c, for 39c A small lot of Misses' and Ladies' Sweaters will be sold be low the actual cost. Ladies Corsets, worth $1.00 and $1.25, will be sold for. . . . 79c Corsets worth $1.50, sold for. 98c A Regular 50c seller Corset for 39c Messalines, all colors, worth from $1.25 up to $1.50, will be sold during this sale for 95c Best Pillow Tubeing, worth 20 to 25c, sold for ! . . lGc Best Sheetings worth 35c, sells for ; 25c Best grade Outing Flannels will be sold 3 yards for 25c 10c Hair Nets, with elastic, will be sold for 5c We have left a few Blankets and Comforters which will be sold at a very low price. Remember our Coats, Suits and Skirts they are all sold at a very low price. Come in and examine them as we want the people to be convinced once forever that we give you an honest sale. We want your confidence and then you will appreciate a sale of this character when we give it. We handle a large line of Ladies' up-to-date shoes lace and button, tan gun metal and patent leather. We sell them at a very low price. Anything that you buy here and is not entirely satisfactory your money will be gladly refunded. Fanger's Department Store "The Home of Guaranteed Values!" 1 I TRY US FIRST I 1 V. ZUCKER, Manager nn uornin D Laces at a Very Price! a Big Sacrifice!