Nebraska Newspapers

    As the World
He'Vol'Ves
The War on Heet Sugar.
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany, otherwise known as the sugar
trust, recently began a war upon the
beet sugar industry by cutting the
price of granulated to 3^ cents a
pound at Missouri river points. This
has been followed by a reduction of
price In all states from Colorado to
California amounting to 30 cents a
hundred pounds on beet sugar and 20
cents oil cane sugar. The object is to
deal a blow to the beet sugar manu
facturers In their own territory. The
recent report of Secretary Wilson on
the beet sugar Industry estimates the
total product of 1901 at 19S.500 tons, of
which 119.000 tons come from the Pa
cific coast and Rocky Mountain statil.
besides 7,000 tons from Nebraska. Cali
fornia, with an annual output of SO,
000 tons, is the leading producer.
Resignation of President Adams.
The educational world of both con
tinents suffers loss in the resignation
of Charles Kendall Adams, president
of the University of Wisconsin, which
expresses its appreciation of his serv
ices by giving hint indefinite leave of
absence instead of accepting his resig
nation. Or. Adams retires to a milder
climate on account of ill health.
Dr. Adams arrived at the University
of Wisconsin when it was in urgent
need of his intellectual resources, his
reserve, fortitude and precision. Un
der a flabby administration the delin
quencies of some of its faculty would
nave inflicted grave injury upon the
Institution. His discretion in vicissi
tudes overcame the ill effects of per
nicious subaltern teaching. His moral
aims were promoted with reticence and
dignity and throughout his tenure the
DR. CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS.
University of Wisconsin has risen to a
foremost place in higher education,
both abstract and practical.
The president of the modern univer
sity must possess the comprehensive
and genial culture derivable from an
tiquity. He must walk, however, with
the quickening music of humanity,
which is no longer ‘‘still” nor “sad.”
It is a trumpet blast that calls nations
now, and it is given to the United
States to be in the fore.
Electric Tab on Fray era.
John Alexander Dowie is now able
to keep tab on his prayers. All this is
accomplished as the result of novel
uses to which is put that triumph of
modern mechanical ingenuity, the elec
tric time stamp. Few except those fa
miliar with the busy life "Dr.” Dowie
leads realize what a service the elec
tric time stamp will oe to him. “Eli
jah II." spends a considerable part of
his time dally praying for various
Zionites whose friends or relatives
have asked the general overseer to
join them In prayer for healing at
Buch or such an hour, says a Chicago
paper. These requests for prayers are
received by Dowie's secretaries, tabu
lated according to the specific hours
at which the special prayer is sought,
and taken up by the head of the Chris
tian Catholic churcn at the time spec
ified. The moment Dowie finishes a
prayer he slaps the written slip into
the Jaws of his electric time stamp,
slams his hand on top of the device
and the exact time he prayed is in
stantly recorded upon the sheet. Here
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PRATED
AUG 1? 1-04 PM 1901
JOHN ALEX. DOWJE,
A PRAYER REGISTER.
8 a facsimile of one of Dowle’s time
itamps.
When a week or so later the general
iverseer Is Informed that at such or
•uch an hour the patient seemed to Im
prove, he can refer to the documen
ary evidence to prove that he prayed
it that hour for the healing of the be
iever in his powers. Many times Dr.
)owie has produced the stamped and
lined slips to convince followers of
ibe potency of his prayers.
A Duke Who Must Not Marry.
One of the most remarkable figures
Vienna society is Archduke Eugen,
(rand master of the German Knights
*f Malta. The office, which is invaria
bly held by a member of the Austrian
•eigning family, brings a very large
ncome, but the holder may not marry,
fhe archduke looks remarkably well
n his full costume in white, which he
years only on festive occasions. He is
i general in the army and commander
p chief of the Tyrol.
;People and
<*T E*)ents
Kitmou* a* a Oolfer.
Miss Genevieve Hecker of Noroton,
Conn., who won the national woman’s
golf championship, is, in the field oi
woman’s athletics, the most remarka
ble young woman in America. Al
though only 19 years old, she has three
years of fame as a golf player behind
her, with the probability of extending
GEisEVIEVE HECKER.
her conquests to cover English and
Scotch links. The final great game,
besides being her last fc.- the season,
was the last she will play before she
becomes the wife of George Jenkins,
her lover since school days. The wed
ding is to take place before Christmas.
Miss Hecker is the daughter of the late
John V. Hecker, who was a million
aire flour manufacturer.
Last Hour* of Great Men.
No life had more in it of terror than
Napoleon’s, yet he said, on his dying
bed: "There is nothing terrible in
death; he has been my pillow for the
last three weeks, and now he is about
to take me away forever.” Louis XIV
was happy in his death. “Why weep
you?” he asked his friends. "Did you
think I should live forever? I thought
dying had been harder?” Sir Philip
Sidney would not change the joy ol
his last hour for “the empire of the
world." “Let me fall asleep to the
sound of delicious music,” said Mira
beau; and Humboldt, the naturalist,
exclaimed in his dying peace: “How
grand these rays! They seem to beck
on earth to heaven." Sir William
Hunter wanted a pen "to write down
how easy and pleasant a thing it is
to die.” But surely the most beautiful
farewell ever addressed to the world
was that of Keats. “I feel the flowers
growing over me,” he said in a phrase
which, as a thing of beauty, is a joy
for ever.
Labor Chief Is a Prearher.
Rev. Sheldon A. Harris, the Dwight
minister who was elected as vice-presi
dent of the Illinois Federation of La
bor at the recent convention in Joliet,
I
REV. SHELDON A. HARRIS,
was formerly a mission worker In the
neglected districts of Chicago. He was
born in Pennsylvania Feb. 2. 1852, and
came to Illinois in 1859. His father
was David Allen Harris, an officer ol
the Merrill horse, which served with
distinction in the civil war. Rev. Mr.
Harris began life as a wood machinist
ne became a salesman for a Chicago
house, then entered evangelical mis
sion work and spent four years among
the poor. He was ordained in 188u.
He located in Dwight in 1900. He is
chaplain of the Sons of Veterans ot
Illinois and belongs to several fratern
al orders. His sympathies have al
ways been with the labor unions and
the poor. He says: "I believe in
Christianity, but not in churchlanlty.”
The Connecticut Election.
The result of the vote In the consti
tutional amendment election in Con
necticut last Monday is the adoption
of two amendments, which are now a
part of the organic law—namely: the
election of state officers by a plurality
vote and the enlargement of the state
senate. The first of these reforms was
carried by a majority of over 20,000
and the second by over 35,000.
The main feature of interest, how
ever, was the vote upon the proposi
tion to call a constitutional convention
for the purpose of securing reform in
representation and doing away with
the anomaly of a little town or village
having the same power in the legisla
ture as a city. The sectional character
of constitutional reform is illustrated
in the returns of the election. Of the
city registered vote only 35 per cent
was polled and in the country towns
83 per cent, but the urban vote was
substantially solid for the convention,
as well as the vote of the larger fac
tory towns. The seventeen cities of
thu state gave 30,024 majority ior the
convention and the rest of the state
8,887 against it. Of the 168 towns for
ty voted for it.
TREE PLANTING IN NEBRASKA
W. L Hall of WMhliiKt»n (Jl?ei §om«
Sn?£*'*tions on th#» Nabject.
OMAHA, Oct. 21.—William L. Hall,
assistant superintendent of tree plant
ing, division of forestry, has made ex
tensive investigation in Nebraska rel
ative to tree planting. He says there
is no question but what the soil and
climate are favorable for a certain
amount of forest planting. To what
extent, however, is in a measure a
matter of experiment. He has in
course of preparation a report to the
department, making special recom
mendations both as to extent of plant
ing and methods. He also says there
can be no system applicable for the
prairie district for general operations.
While there is a great interest man
ifested in forestry, yet there appears
to be a very meager acquaintance
w-ith the subject of tree planting on
an extended scale, Mr. Hall says.
Many trees have been planted more as
a "wind brcaa” than for timber cul
ture.
Mr. Hall found a number of catalpa
plantations which have shown a
thrifty growth, but show- a lack of
maximum grow-th, owing to lack of
management or attention. The ca
talpa is an especial favorite with Mr.
Hall. He believes that it does best
on Nebraska soil, which is porous. Its
durability has been overestimated by
some, but its value for various pur
poses has been fully appreciated by
the general public.
It is a rapid grower, of good form,
lightness and possesses great strength
and elasticity. It requires from eight
to twelve years to mature sufficiently
for use.
In speaking of the species and sec
tions for profitable tree planting. Mr.
Hall said that the catalpa and red
cedar grow readily along the Platte
river; the Russian mulberry in Cen
tral Nebraska, the black walnut in
the eastern part of the state, while
the bur oak thrives best in the valleys
of the Niobrara and Missouri rivers;
the green and white ash does w-ell in
Northern Nebraska. There are many
other trees valuable for planting, such
as the elm, poplar, maple and willow,
but in a system of forest operations
instituted solely for profit and carried
on under competition, such trees are
not to be considered.
WATER R OUTS ON PLATTE
State Board of Irrigation Heart Argu
ment In Gothoi burg rat**.
LINCOLN, Oct. 21.—The state board
of irrigation and Engineer Dobson lis
tened to testimony and argument in
the case of the Farmers' and Mer
chants' Irrigation company. The
Gothenburg company asserts that it
has a prior right to water in the
Platte river and was sustained in this
position a year ago by Engineer Wil
son. It owns and operates one long
canal, of which one-half was con
struced after the original water right
was taken out. The water right grant
ed by the board authorized the Goth
enburg company to appropriate 200
cubic feet of water per second and it
is now claimed that there is no law
to prevent the company from turning
the water so appropriated into the
new section of the canal. The board
took the case under advisement and
will render a decision within the next
few days.
The Farmers' and Merchants’ Irriga
tion works and property are valued
at not less than $175,000, while the
works and property of the other
company are said to be worth approx
imately $300,000. The former is cap
italized for $3,000,000.
Land LcbmIdk Tour*
LINCOLN, Oct. 21.—Land Commis
sioned Follmer has planned to make
a land leasing tour through northern
Nebraska, beginning at O'Neill in Holt
county on November 18. Subsequent
auctions will be held as follows: Bas
sett, November 19; Ainsworth, No
vember 28; Chadron, November 29;
Harrison and Alliance, November 30,
and Gering, November 31.
Cowboy Carnival at Hyaonla.
LINCOLN, Oct. 18.—Governor Sav
age and several state officials will go
to Hyannis this week to attend the
cowboy carnival at that place. The
program includes an exhibition by
Captain Hardy, a shooting tournament
and several other events.
Woman SuffragUt* Active.
BLAIR, Neb., Oct. 21.—The local or
ganization of woman suffragists are
making big preparations for the com
ing conference of the woman suffrag
ists.
Aipcn Tunnel li Opened,
EVANSTON, Wyo„ Oct. 21.—Th5
great^Aspen tunnel through Piedmont
hill, east of here, was turned over to
President Burt of the Union Pacific
by Contra^rs Kilpatrick Bros. & Col
lins TuesdaT. The first train passed
through the big bore Monday, being
a work train. The first passenger
train to pass through the big hole in
the mountains was the one in which
the president and other high officials
of the Union Pacific were passengers.
STATE’S DIVORCE LAWS
, Ki.-Senator Allen Ultta HU Opinion Re
I>r<lln( the Same.
LINCOLN, Ort. 19.—Senator Wll
' liamliam V. Allen has replied as fol
lows to the request of Labor Com
missioner Watson for an opinion re
garding the divorce laws of the state.
“I am inclined to believe that our
statutes on the subject of divorce,
while crude and expressed in inartistic
language, doing no credit to the lit
erary ability of their authors, are suf
ficient, and outline a proper policy
in divorce cases, and will, if conscien
tiously enforced by the courts, accom
plish desirable results.
“The purpose of a divorce is the
destruction of the family sense. It
is true that in many cases it is to the
interest of the parties, the children
and the public that the family rela
tion (which should be the most sacred
relation in the world) should be ut
terly uprooted and destroyed, and that
its destruction is more productive of
the true interests and real happiness
of all concerned than would be a
forced continuance of a relation which
must be merely nominal.
“Much, very much, indeed, depends
on education; in fact the question is
more one of education than legisla
tion. Legislation can regulate mar
riages. it can grant or refuse divorces,
but the refusal to grant a- divorce for
any cause in the present state of
society would doubtless lead to wide
spread immorality and to greater and
public injury than our present divorce
laws, imperfect as they can be. can
produce. While marriage under civil
institutions of this country is and
ever must remain a civil contract,
marriage is justly regarded by the
churches and by Christian people as
a holy ordinance. If the churches
shall take hold of the subject in
earnest they can doubtless regulate
the relation in such a way as to pro
duce the least amount of friction and
thus minimize divorces. If they do
not the whole question must be left
to the slow but certain law of evolu
tion. I would say upon the whole
that I do not know of any improve
ment which can be made in our di
vorce laws at the present time, aside
from those that are merely verbal.”
AMENDMENT TO PENSION LAWS.
Congressman Burkett Will Introduce It
in the Next Congress.
LINCOLN, Oct. 19—Congressman
Burkett has prepared an amendment
to the pension laws, which he will'in
troduce at the opening of the next
session of congress. By it the differ
ent ratings on account of disabilities
under the new law or the law of 1890
will be abolished. The effect of Mr.
Burkett's amendment will be to make
a minimum rating of $12. The law
of 1890, commonly called the new law,
pensions a soldier who is unable to
perform manual labor, in accordance
with the degree of his disabilities
and in proportion thereto, from $6 to
$12 a month. This degree of disabil
ity is determined by a rating board,
located at Washington, who make up
their decision from the evidence sent
in and the ratings thus made are not
always satisfactory to the soldiers.
Mr. Burkett takes the position that
the war 1b now removed almost forty
years and that after the experiences
the men went through It must be
presumed that few of them are able
to perform manual labor and he
thinks the time has come when It is
no longer necessary to have an inves
tigating committee to cipher out Just
the degree of their disability.
Crashed by Falling Roof.
BEATRICE, Neb., Oct. 19.—Frank
Koltenbach, a young man 29 years of
age, was killed while repairing an old
cave on the Graff farm three miles
west of here. Koltenbach had been
employed on the farm of Mrs. Graff
for the last twelve years. He went
into the cave to clean up and make
some repairs. He accidentally knock
ed down one of the heavy timbers
which suported the four-foot roof of
soil and the roof fell, smothering him.
Bottles Rig Dnmngo Salt.
DES MOINES, Oct. 19.—An impor
tant damage suit against the North
Western railroad, which was before
the supreme court at the last term,
has been settled, rather than a second
trial be had. This was the suit of
J. J. Mosnat, administrator of the
estate of Engineer Shaffer, who was
killed In the yards at Eagle Grove.
The first trial resulted In a verdict
for |10,000 against the company, but
it was reversed on appeal because of
technical errors.
rrofMion Talk to Farmers.
SIDNEY, Neb., Oct 19.—The court
house was packed with farmers and
stockmen, who listened to addresses
delivered by Dr. Peters and Prof.
Smith of the experiment station at
the state university. They discussed
the diseases of animals and the sim
plest manner of curing them, stock
feeding and classes of food that were
best adapted to the conditions here.
Many questions were asked and thor
oughly discussed.
Wiirssscs Called by the Applicant Are
His Enthusiastic Admirari
THEY SPEAK IN TERMS Of PRAISE
His nearing In Hattie Described by Lieu*
tenant Sears as a .HoUt-I Worthy of
Emulation Capt. Cook Reiterates Mis
Former Compliments*
WASHINTGON, Oct. 16.—Only one
new witness was heard in detail by
the Sc hley court of inquiry today. This
was Lieutenant Commander James H.
Sears, who was Admiral Schley’s flag
lieutenant during the Spanish war. He
gave a detailed account of the entire
Cuba campaign, including the brief
siege of Cienfuegos, the retrograde
movement of the flying squadron in
search of coal, the blockade of San
tiago, the reconnoissance of the San
tiago shore batteries and the bombard
ment of the Cristobal Colon May 31,
and the battle off Santiago July 3,
when Certera's fleet was destroyed.
He placed the distance out of the
blockading line at Cienfuegos at from
one to four miles and at Santiago at
from three to six miles. He expressed
the opinion that in the battle of July
3 it had been the Viscaya’s intention
to ram the Brooklyn.
Mr. Kaymer sought to secure the in
troduction of a brief report of the bat
tle of July 3, which Commodore
Schley prepared for transmission to
the secretary of the navy. It stated
that Commander Sears had taken this
dispatch ashore to be cabled to the sec
retary, but that it never had reached
that official. The dispatch was ruled
out on the ground that as it was not
received it was not an official com
munication. It was not read in the
court room, but the following is a
copy of it:
"The (Secretary of the Navy, Wash
ington: Spanish squadron came out
of Santiago harbor this morning, July
3, at 9:30 and were all captured or de
stroyed in a running fight to the west
ward of about three and one-half hours.
Very few casualties in our fleet; Ellis,
chief yoeman, killed, and one man
wounded on the Brooklyn. Reports
from other ships not yet in. The com
mander-ln-chief now superintending
transfer of prisoners from the Cristo
bal Colon, which surrendered to the
Brooklyn and Oregon at 10:15 p. m.
About 1,000 prisoners in all. Including
Spanish admiral. Details later.
(Signed) "SCHLEY."
Captain Cook was recalled during
the day and in response to a question
by Captain Lemley made an additional
statement concerning the retrograde
movement of the flying squadron May
26 to May 28. He also said in answer
to a question by the court that Com
modore Schley, during the battle of
July 3, was “cool, brave and enthusias
tic. I cannot imagine any conduct in
battle more admirable.”
ANDRADE IS READY TO MOVE
rreparlnf to Invade Vein-mHn and Fight
for Control of Country.
SAN JUAN, P. R., Oct. 16.—Persist
ent though unverified rumors are cur
rent that General Andrade, the former
president of Venezuela, who is now
here, will shortly head a force of men
from the islands of Curacoa and Trin
idad, who will Invade Venezuela. It
is said that he had planned to sail
October 11, on the steamer Philadel
phia, for Venezuela, via Porto Rico,
and that he bought his ticket and
changed his mind an hour before the
ship sailed, presumably because Phil
adelphia varied its regular course,
touching first at LaGuayra, where
steps had been made to arrest the gen
eral. The agents of the Philadelphia
are authority for the statement that
General Andrade intends to sail Octo
ber 25 on the Bteamer Caracas. The
general is living quietly in a suburb
of San Juan and is seldom seen in pub
lic. The island of Curacoa probably
will he his headquarters.
Ctblntl Don Kootlne Work.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—The regu
lar cabinet meeting today was routine
In character, devoting its time to the
hearing of statements from each of the
five officers present of the state of
business in their respective depart
ments.
Seventh National Rriamti,
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—It was decid
ed at a meeting of the stockholders
of the Seventh National bank to re
sume business about November 1 and
to continue the name of the corpora
tion as the Seventh National bank.
Stock Exchange an Outlaw*
HOLTON, Kan., Oct. 16—Judge
Marshall Gephart, in a decision hand
ed down in the district court here,
holds that the charging of a commis
sion prescribed by the Kansas City
Live Stock exchange, for the purchase
or sale of live stock by the members
of the exchange, is illegal and that
such a commission cannot be collected
by law. The decision in effect holds
that the Kansas City Live Stock ex
change ii a monopoly and an outlaw.
THE IIVE STOCK MARKET.
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SOUTH O'UAMA.
Cattle—There was another liberal run
of cattle, so that the receipts for the
three days are considerable In excess of
the supply for the same days Hurt week.
Packers were all' liberal buyer* of good
•tuff, so thut the- market on most lines
was fairly active and not much change
was noticeable In the prices paid. There
were quite a few cnm-feds offered on the
market, and anything at all desirable met
with ready sale at fully steady prices. A
string of seventy-six head sold as high
as $6.25. which was considered a good,
steady price. There were a good many
Stockers and feeders on sale, but the good
to choice kinds sold at steady prices. Cat
tle larking quality, however, and the me
dium weights were neglected, and In some
cases, perhaps, sol'd a shade lower than
yesterday. There were a good many west
ern beef steers offered, and as the de
mand on the part of packers was in good
shape the market ruled active and steady
to strong on desirable kinds. Common
stuff also moved better than yesterday
and sold at good, steady prices. Cows
sold all the way from steady to 10c
lower. Stockers and feeders brought
steady prices if they were good and were
a little weak when the quality was com
mon.
Hogs—The light receipts of hogs con
tinued and under the influence of a good
demand prices improved a little. The
market opened a strong 2V4c higher, and
in some cases 5c higher. The bulk of the
hogs sold at $6.20 and $6.22V*. with the bet
ter grades from $6.25 to $6.40. Some of the
commoner kinds went from $6.17V4 down.
At those prices the hogs changed hands
quite rapidly and It was not long before
the hulk of the offerings was out of first
hands.
Sheep—The supply of sheep in sight was
quite liberal, but the hulk of the receipts
at this point was made up of feeders. The
fat ones sold at right around steady
prices, as packers seemed to want all that
were offered. Fat lambs were also
scarce, but the market could safely he
quoted steady. The demand for feeders
was fully equal to the supply and strong
prices were paid.
Kansas crrr.
Cattle—Steady; choice export and butch
ers' steers. $5.80(66.40; fair to good, $4.85©
5.75; Stockers and feeders, $3.0O6i4.5O:
western fed. Il4.756ts.00: cows, $2.6064.13;
heifers, $2.7365.25; canners, $1.50®2.50;
calves, $3.0066.00.
Hogs—Market 10c higher; hulk of sales
and mixed. $6.0066.40; heavy. $6,400)6.45;
light, $5.5066.30; pigs. $4.40(65.40.
Sheep—Steady: lambs. $4.0065.05; weath
ers, $3.25(63.65; ewes. $2.75®3.50; feeders
and stockers. $2.3063.25.
REPORT ON LABOR DISPUTES.
Machinery for Settling Differenced Inade
quate for the Work.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 19.—The indus
trial commission today made public its
report on labor disputes and arbitra
tion. It is a comprehensive document
reviewing the testimony of the wit
nesses who have appeared before the
commission on the subject and takes
up in detail the evidence on collective
bargaining, conciliation and arbitra
tion and the laws and court decisions
governing labor combinations. Local
systems of collective bargaining and
agreements between employes, it is
stated, have been most highly devel
oped in the building trades, the brew
ery, boot and shoe, banking, wood
working and metal working trades,
some branches of the clothing trade
and in the transportation business;
in other words, where both employers
and employes are strongest organized.
By far the larger number of written
agreements prescribing the conditions
of labor are made between organiza
tions of working men on one side and
employers acting individually on the
other. There is a growing movement
in favor of the collective bargaining,
conciliation and arbitration as between
organizations of employers and em
ployes, covering an industry through
out the country or throughout large
sections where the conditions of busi
ness are generally similar.
A growing movement Is noted to
ward establishing state anl local ma
chinery for arbitration in the bitu
minous coal industry, where there Is
now, at least in most districts, no ef
fective method of disposing of the mi
nor disputes which arise from time to
time. In this trade there Is especially
no permanent Joint committee of the
entire central competitive field to
which differences are taken. Systems
of arbitration as to specific disputes
have been, however, established In a
formal manner and on a national scale
in stove molding, of which the foun
dry, the machinists (now not in exist
ence) and the printing ^Vudes. The
state boards of arbitration are doing
much toward furthering industrial
peace.
Chronic Anarchy In Macedonia.
NEW YORK. Oct. 19.—The Balkan
states correspondent of the Times re
I porta a state of chronic anarchy In
Macedonia owing to the lawlessness
of Albanians, whose attitude toward
the Christian population is worse
than that of the Kurds toward the Ar
menians.
Holomen Continue Active.
MANILA, Oct. 19.—Five hundred bo
lomen attacked a detachment of forty
six men of the Ninth infantry at
Bangajon, on the Gandara river, island
of Samar, killing ten and wounding
six. The remainder of the company
arrived in time to prevent further
slaughter and routed the enemy, kill
ing over 100 of them. It is believed
that the enemy only retired for rein
forcements. As soon as the newrs was
received gunboats were dispatched.