To Heroes of the Revolution
Daughters Plan to Erect Handsome Memorial Struc
ture in City of Washington at a Cost of $300,000
Description of the Building as at Present Designed
At tho inception of the National So
ciety of the Daughters of tne Ameri
can Revolution the erection of a fit
ting mcmcrial to the memory of the
heroes of the Revolution in the shape
of a stately building in the capital
city of the nation was dimly shad
owed forth.
That was on tho 18 h of October,
18 10. The idea has be- a fostered by
succeeding congresses and has kept
jm -e with the growth of ‘ho society
until now, fourteen ye .rs afterward,
the hope lias become an assured fact.
Year by year the fund has grown,
slowly at first, blit incr'i-iag rapidly '
as the purpose and full realisation of ;
the plan became more wi ieiy known.
An attractive movement, the patriot- I
turn of American women ami men has !
been aroused in its behalf. Congress j
was petitioned for a site, which it i
promised—but never gave.
Finally the Daughters sav. that they
must rely chiefly upon their own exer
tions, and not upon a well in aningbut
dilatory national legislative body, for
that important item. a 1902 a
site at Seventeenth and E streets,
near ihe Corcoran Art Ga. ?ry, was
bought. Later the lot adjoining was
acquired, at tctai outlay of $5o.00o.
During the encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic in Octo
ber. 1902, a flagpole was placed on the
site with impressive cerenn uies. In
February a handsome silk flag, the
gift of the Sons of Revolutions, was
raised in the presence of the annual
congress of the society, with appro
priate addresses by notable men. Thus
a partial dedication of the -ite for pa
triotic purposes has been made.
A competition was anr. umced for
design of a memorial hall, open to all
American architects. After mature
deliberations this award was given to
Edward Pearce Casey cf X >w York,
an architect known tn Washington
through other instances of hir. skill.
The cost of the hail is expected to
lie between $300,000 and $490,900. Of
this amount fully $100,900 has been
accumulated.
The style of architecture is colonial,
with a due adherence to classic re
quirements. An additional aim is to
conform as far as possible with the
architecture of the proposed Colum
bian University extension- to be
erected on a site adjacent to the hall
grounds.
All the material to b* used in the
construction of the hall must be
American, as a further emphasis of
loyalty to national enterprise and en
deavor. Marble is to be the basic
material, of course, as it .s believed
he peculiarly appropriate in the
working out of the detail; of rhe elab
orate design. The cons; ruction on
modern fireproof lines wii be pro
vided for and will no* interfere with
the general use of marbl *
The site itself, in i:l; - light of the
future, is ideal. At the gat »uay of the
plot assigned by Washing m for the
erection of a great national univer
sity, but later degraded • u: ire base
uses, there is a steady movement in
several different quarters > bring
about the original noble intentions of
. | SECTIONAL l*IEW OP PROPOSED SAIL.
^8>ccaLC6>m)gmilMv
daughters memorial to revolutionary sires.
Washington and the far-sighted L'En
fant in that regard. Back of it rolls'
the historic Potomac and in front is
the “white lot,” or Executive Park,
and the Mall.
To the northwest is th • gentle slope
of Observatory Hill, already spoken
for as the site of magnificent gaTTeries
the memorial columns are situated.
The columns consist of thirteen fluted
monoliths arranged in a semi circle,
giving a rounded effect, handsomely
ornamented and emblematic of the
thirteen original States. They ex
tend as high as the second floor. Down
a flight of steps a grassy terrace leads
ment to Revolutionary heroes is immi
nent, and the Daughters feei that
money should be given to Continental
Hall—New Yor: Herald.
Cossack Regiments.
Russia has 150 regiments of mount
ed Cossacks.
Bean Culture.
A friend handed mo these excerpts
from examination papers which he had
collected during the past year. They
are the result of asking the youngs
ters to write sentences showing the
meaning of words they had to spell:
Mathematics are ati the studies put
together.
It would take quite long to travel
the radius of the world
stenography means to be a type
writer.
The boy got a fierce fracture on the
brain.
Equilateral means nearly half.
The wild lyon was very radius.
He was very radius as me.
Radioes, a different kind of people.
The radius of the hole was fifteen
feet deep.—Boston Record.
World’s Fair Exhibits.
The director of exhibits of the
world’s fair estimates that there will
not less than twenty thousand car
loads of exhibits arriving in St. Louis
durtnis March and April Thirty tons
to the car would fiM*e 600.000 ton*
of articles for display (
' - i — ii"ll VI a *i ' * *4* i-dRMHMHid
Fooled Them All.
The stove in the little village gro
cery at Squintville roared fiercely in
defiance of the cold outside. Seated
around it were Lem Davis, the pro
prietor; Seth Stebbins and Abe Tod
hammer. Enter Ike Cochran, stamp
ing the snow from his feet and un
winding nine yards of wool comforter
from his neck.
“Hello, everybody, killed my hog to
day.”
Abe Todhammer—How much did he
weigh?
Ike—Guess.
Seth Stebbins—Four hundred.
Ike—No; guess again.
Lem Davis—Four hundred and
sixty.
Ike—No; guess again.
Congregation ip chorus—Oh. out
with it. Ike. How much did he weigh?
Ike—Don’t know. Haven’t had him
on the scales yet.—Cleveland Leader.
Memorial to Elihu Burritt.
A meeting has been held at New
Britain, Conn., to urge the building
at that place of a suitable memorial
Co KUhu Burritt.
But Not for Him.
I was at a masquerade ball in Wash
ington the other night,” Phil Thomp
son was saying, "and while a young
man was putting a girl's slippers in
his overcoat pocket I heard this scrap
of talk:
“ 'Suppose.’ suggested his friend
‘that you forgot to take them out and
your wife should find them there.
There would be a little fun then,
wouldn't there?’
" 'Yes.' he assented, ’there’d be a
good deal of fun—for the neighbors!’ ’
—New York Times.
Fossils from Cape Breton.
A collection of 300 Cambrian fossils
from Cape Breton has been added to
the paleontology class in the museum
of Wesleyan at Middletown, Conn.
Three or four metallic pieces show
ing the effects of lightning have also
been placed on exhibition.
Sweet Potato Restaurant
A Virginia kitchen; in which the
food values of the sweet potato will
be demonstrated, will be a restaurant
feature at thu world’s fair.
of history and art and kindred educa
tional institutions. Nearby is the ne w
speedway, while not far off is the lofty
monument 10 Washington.
Occupying 35,000 square feet cf
ground, it will permit future improve
ments and additions, while elevated
terraces will make the grounds attrac- 1
tive and rtiil leave space for the sev !
oral plants that will light, heat and
ventilate the building. The hall faces
Seventeenth street and has a frontage
of 210 feet. A broad, shallow flight
of steps leads to the imposing en
trance.
On either side are flanked three
massive columns, making an impres
sive facade. From the entrance hall
three bread entrances connect. Op
posite the entrance is the stage,
twelve feet deep and fifty-four feet
to the memorial room, entered through
six low windows reaching to tho
floor.
The columns of the portico are esti
mated to cost $2,000 each, and every
one of the thirteen original States is
asked to vote the funds needed to
construct its column. This is one of
the most impressive and beautiful
features of the hall, and nothing at
tests its memorial character as much
a.; these stately pillows, sublime in
their expression of an unspoken
thought.
The main auditorium on the first
floor has a seating capacity of two
thousand, and will be the scene of fu
ture congresses. Large folding doors
open into the library and memorial
room, and by throwing the three to
gether additional accommodation for
oftf/'s C 7l)SairSantf
President of the Daughters of the American Revolulkn.
long. Surrounding the stage rise tiers
of boxes, where in future congresses
the Board of Managers and national
officers will view the proceedings.
Opening off the south corridors is
the memorial room, seventy-two by
sixteen feet, where the cases contain
ing the relics of the society will be
kept. Of the nature of a museum,
yet containing, as it will, the memor
ials of the Revolution as they are
collected from private individuals and
acquired by bequests, it was deemed
advisable and appropriate to call it
simply th< "Memorial Room." This
room occupies nearly the whole sur
face of the south side of tlr. first floor,
excepting a small room as yet unoc
cupied by any particular division.
The portico springs from two points
nearly seventy feet apart and reach
ing out thirty feet to the center, where
at least three hundred can be ob
tained.
The interior of the building is to be
finished in hardwood and handsomely
decorated. The general plan will be
simple, but chaste, and although of
ample proportions, is none too large
for a building that is to last the cen
turies. diverse fates permitting.
It is the present intention to lay
the cornerstone of the ballon the anni
versary of the battle of Lexington, on
April 17 during the session of the
annual Congress. It the work prog
resses to allow the dedication it prom
ises to be a most brilliant ceremony,
with addresses by notable public men
and Daughters.
A strenuous effort is to be made to
obtain a promised appropriation from
Congress. The passage of a bill pro
viding for the erection of a menu
WITH THE WORLD’S I
BEST WRITERS
DESTINY OF HUMAN SOULS.
_
Are the bodies of animals inhabited j
by the souls of human villains dead I
and gone? Don't sneer too hastily !
at the question, for if it should be
answered finally in the negative sci
ence is at a lass to account for the
utter depravity of the animals. It is
apparent to the dullest observer that
dumb beasts exercise a malign influ
ence over man. Think of the tem
pers ruined by cows that have kicked
over half-filled pails of milk. Think
of the reputations for truth that have
been destroyed by trout. Think of
the honesty that has been turned into
deceit by the horse, so that they who
trade in that animal are bywords
among their less sorely tempted
brethren. Think of the indefinite pro
longation of this list that might be
made, and then consider if animals
are or are not animated by the souls
of human wretches that havo passed
: away.
Some such theory must be accepted,
| and it is not open to doubt that rea
sonable people will accept this: The
j souls of the wicked are condemned
to pass into animals and to stay there
! until they have discovered prospec
: five tenants worse than themselves.
This theory explains everything.
The liars inhabit fish, the tricksters
I horses and those given to butting in
j become goats. In the attempt to end
| their tenancy by finding suitable suc
| cessors. the evil spirits resort to temp
tations, with, alas! unfaifing success.
The half-pound trout dropping off the
hook flaps his tail in ecstatic certainty
1 lhat the angler will proclaim him a
five-pounder at least. And the look of
! human anticipation on the face of a
! goat about to knock some unsuspect
ing person into a barbed-wire fence
can only proceed from the knowledge
that the resultant explosion will lower
another soul into the mire as a step
ping stone for himself.
The theory is irrefutable, and its
general acceptance would help the
world' to a higher plane.— Portland
Oregonian.
MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL.
..
The Manchester Ship canal, thirty
; five miles long and twenty-six feet
deep, is one of the nine great ship ca
nals of the world. It is now proposed
i to deepen it to twenty-eight feet and
to make other improvements, upon
which $7 500.000 will be expended. In
i its present form the canal has cost
! over $75,000,000.
An interesting showing of the in
! creasing use that is made of the ca
nal by seagoing vessels is contained
in the last annual report of tic board ]
of directors. In 1894. the first year
| the canal was open, the tonnage of
toll-paying merchandise in seagoing
! boats was (>S<>.158. Last year the ton
nage was 3,534.636, which was an in- j
, crease of more than 400.000 tons over j
1902. The net revenue from the ca- j
nal last year was $830,000, an increase j
! of $125,000 over 1902.
The revenue is, however, as yet far
! from being sufficient to pay all the in
i forest on debts incurred, not to speak
I of dividends on the capital stock. In
| terests on bonds held by private per
sons has all been met. but the canal j
| company is now in arrears to the 1
amount of $8,000,000 for interest due
on a $25,000,000 loan advanced by the
1 city of Manchester. .
This condition of affairs does not
worry the city at all, for it did not |
I anticipate that the canal company I
would be able to settle with it from
| year to year, and it gets its gain in
the increased trade that is brought to
; it by the canal. Arrangements have
i now been made by which the city is
i to give the canal company easier
! terms of payment, and the ojjicials of
' the company express the belief that in
the course of time they can increase
the canal tolls to a degree that will
greatly increase their revenue. The
present plans lor the improvement of
! ihe canal are sufficient proof that
Manchester is well satisfied with its
huge investment.—Chicago Record- j
Herald.
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
i -
What changes have taken place in
the history of Japan during the past
half century its present position tes
tifies to in a thousand ways. It j
seems incredible that only as recently
as 1853 Christians were forbidden to
set foot on Japanese soil under pen
alty of death, yet such was the case.
One edict, inscribed on tablets of
wood and stone as the “Tokio Sun
Trade Journal'’ reminds us, ran: "So
long as the sun shall warm the earth
let no Christian be so bold as to come
to Japan: and let. all know that the
king of Spain himself or the Chris
tian’s God, or the Great God of All,
if he violate this command shall suf
fer for it with his head.”—San Fran
cisco Call.
DEBT THE CURSE.
Private credit is wealth; private
debt is the curse of mankind. The
little letter D is a terrible arraign
ment of human wickedness and weak
ness. It stands for nearly everything
that is bad—Debt, Degeneracy, De
gradation, Destruction. Desolation.
Damnation, Devil, Deuce, Debase. De
fraud, Dirge, Derelict. Defeat, Decom
position, Deaf. Daft. Damage. Damp,
Danger, Dark, Dastard, Dishonorable.
Demon. Debauch, Debris, Decay, la
bility, Deceit, Disease, Defalcation, De
lect, Deficient, Deficit. Defile, De
formed, Deflower, Delirium, Delude,
Denude, Demi-monde, Demoralize, De
pression, Derangement, Desecrate, De
sert, Deserter, Despoil, Desperado,
Desperate, Desuetude, Devastate, Dis
tort, Dice, Difficulty, Dilemma. Dim,
Dire, Disaster, Disagreeable, Dis
charge, Discord, Discredit, Disfigure.
Dishearten, Disloyal, Dismay. Disobey,
Dispossess, Dirty, Divorce, Dodge,
Driveler, Drown, Drunk, Dull, Dumb,
Duplicity, Dust, Die, Death.
On the other hand, after passing
through the hell of dark D’s, you may
And compensation In Deity and Divin
ity—New York Press.
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MESSAGE FROM LUNDY'S LANE.
The Fifth United State Infantry j
has adopted a motto, and it is a tine
one. It was furnished by Col. James ;
Miller at Lundy's Lane. He was j
asked whether he could take a certain
position of the enemy, and his hand
went up in instant salute, while he
said: “I’ll try, sir.”
He won his fight in a manner that
is famous to this day. He won as most
of the “I’ll try” kind of men win.
Of course, a class or a regiment
motto and a coat-of-arms are more or
less feathers. Alone they never made j
a student nor a soldier.
But those things do make for pluck. |
They represent ideals and they act as
spurs.
Did you ever stop to think what a
different world this would be if there i
were no “quitters”? There are thou- j
sands of them in every walk of life. '
They can't do things. Sometimes, it
is fme, they are asked to attempt
greater feats than they are mentally 1
or physically capable of. and are to be j
pitied. But they could at least make
an effort and die fighting.
In the stores, offices, ’shops, homes, j
there is always the element that is i
afraid. Some fea*‘ rules and some
work. Others fear that they will do
more than they are paid for. Some i
sulk because Recognition does not al
ways meet Endeavor at the door.
And all in this class represent vary
ing degrees of inefficiency. They do
not succeed, because they do not de- :
serve to succeed. They need constant
applications and repeated doses of the
spirit that filled the breast of Col. Mil
ler at Lundy’s Lane. More battles |
are fought in the fields of commerce, :
you know, than were ever waged with
powder and shot.
There is position and profit waiting
for every man who will carry the ”111
try" spirit in his breast. Don't let the
pessimists tell you that the field ;s
overcrowded. It isn't, except v.'iih
mediocrity.
The fellows who do not quite reach
are always in the majority, and most
of the time the fault is theirs.
It would be good if. over the door
of every store and factory and office j
where men toil and hope for advance- !
ment. the brave words of the hero of
Lundy’s Lane could be carved in big
letters.
For. “I will try” is progress.—Chi- l
cago Journal.
ALASKA’S GREAT FUTURE.
It now seems certain that there will
be a very rapid increase in the popu
lation of Alaska and an enormous de
velopment of its resources in the near
future.
Alaska has seemed so far away to
most people that they have utterly
failed to keep in touch with the great
changes which have been going on,
and their impressions of its climate
and conveniences are based upon the
lurid tales of experiences by the early j
Klondikers.
Alaska is a great empire, of the
vast size nf which few people have
any conception, it is more than 550
times as large as the state of Rhode
Island and nearly equals in area all
the states of the Union east of the
Mississippi river. It has the grandest
scenery in the world, and resources
sufficient comfortably to support ten '
millions of people.
Through the heart of the vast terri
tory flows the mighty Yukon river,
the largest in North America, larger
and longer than the Mississippi. On
this great river one may ride for more
than 2.<>00 miles with much comfort
as upon the Hudson.
The valley of the Yukon has been
pronounced richer than the valley of
th<> Missouri, and it will undoubtedly
some day support an immense popu
lation.—From “The Natural Riches of
Alaska." by Arthur C. Jackson, in Na
tional Magazine for March.
WHEN IS WOMAN HAPPIEST?
When a girl is IS she thinks the
best time of a woman’s iife inns'
certainly be from 18 to 22. When
she has passed her 22d year, she h
decidedly of the opinion that from
then until the age of 28 really mark:
the limits of the best time, and when
3o comes on the scene she is ready to
give way to all those who believe
a woman to be then at the zenith of
her life.
If is generally maintained that after
25 the average woman begins to at
tain her physical and mental perfeo- 1
tion. and that for some eight or ten
years after this she still retains her >
charms undiminished. After this
time, of course, it depends entirely
upon the woman whether she chooses
to advertise her years, or by her
charming personality and clever dress
ing cor coal all ravages of time.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
MUSCLE RAYS.
There would appear to be no longer
any doubt that rays are given off i
by active muscle and nerves. Dr. I
Hugh Walsham and Mr. Leslie Miller
point out that experiments are re
markably easy to perform and are ab
solutely convincing as to the actual
existence of the rays. The fluorescent
screens are prepared with hexagonal
zinc blende, which is placed in the j
form of a very thin film on thin pa-i
per, gold-beater’s skin or thin eellu- J
loid. The screen is excited and the
fluorescent light allowed to die away
until it has reached the steady stage.
At this point if a muscle in a state
of contraction be placed underneath
the fluorescent screen it will be seen
to brighten perceptibly.—The Lancet.
BEAUTY OF EXPRESSION.
It is often the plain men and wom
en who inspire the deepest and most
lasting affection, and this is probably
due to the fact that their play and
power of facial expression not only
atone for their lack of regular beauty
but reveal such an attractive side
that no more charm Is needed to cap
tivate a lover.—New York Times.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A new savings bank is about to be
organized at Fremont.
The democratic state central com
mittee will meet in Lincoln June 1.
Citizens of Dale are taking active
interest toward securing a new depot.
The board of directors of the Beat
rice Commercial club elected H. V.
Riesen secretary to succeed A. L.
Green, resigned.
Mrs. Havens, an elderly lady of
Mindcn, while crossing the B. & M.
track was hit by train No. 2 and died
within a short time.
The congregation of St. James Epis
copal church, Fremont, lias received
with regret a communication for Rev.
H. T. Moore, now at San Anotnio,
Tex., resigning the charge at this
place.
At a special meeting of the voters
of the Syracuse school district it was
decided to add twelfth grade work to
the course of study and make Syra
cuse a fully accredited school in the
state university.
Elmer Jackson, a boilermaker at
Harvard, took his two small sons out
hunting west of Havelock, and suc
ceeded in shooting two of his own toes.
He was sitting on a bank waiting for
ducks when the gun went off.
The Lang broom factory at Beatrice
is turning out about seventeen dozen
brooms per day at present. These are
all made by hand, but as soon as the
new machinery arrives the output
will be increased to over 100 dozen
per day.
Servants of Uncle Sam in Lincoln
will petition for two shower baths for
the postoffice help and will ask that
such a provision be made in the new
federal building. Federal authorities
there think the request will be
granted.
At a preliminary hearing before
Justic Gladwish at Seward, Burt
Meyers was bound over to the May
term of the district court in the sum
of 51.000, on the charge of rape, pre
ferred by Miss Livonia Egolf of Cor
dova. Neb.
The retail clerks of Norfolk have
organized themselves and have ap
plied to the officials in Omaha to be
admtited to the union. This action
on their part is caused by their dis
like to the prevalent Sunday trading
which is carried on in Norfolk.
Sixty farmers assembled at the
court house in Wayne and passed res
olutions requesting that restrictions
be placed upon the automobile of Dr. j
Leisenring, whom , it is said, has
caused many of the farmers much
uneasiness when passing a team with
liis new auto. A test case will be
had.
Dr. J. H. Crabbs, the oldest practic
ing physician in Dodge county and
one of the oldest in the state, is se
riously ill with a complication of dis
eases and his recovery is doubtful.
He is 77 years of age and has been
engaged in his profession for fifty
years and for thirty-five years in Ne
braska.
The Odd Fellow and Rebekah
lodges of Table Rock are making ar
rangements for the celebration on
April 26 of the eighty-fifth anniver
sary of the American Odd Fellowship.
Committees have been appointed
from each of the lodges to complete
the arrangements for its proper ob
servance.
In tlic county court ai Seward Chas.
Wat gen was bound over to the May
term of the district court on the
charge of wife abandonment. The
section of the criminal code under
which this prosecution was broughtt
is a new one. being passed at tht' last
session of the legislature and known
as house roll No. :»29.
Deputy Food Commissioner Thomp
son has ordered returned to the
wholesale merchants sixty-five barrels
of vinegar that analysis proved to be
adulterated. The vinegar was dis
covered in stores iu these towns: Co
lumbus, Madison, Norfolk, Wayne,
Emerson. Pender. Bancroft. Lyons,
Oakland and Tekamah.
The Indian Bureau is engaged in pre
paration of plans and specifications for
the improvement of the water suppl>
at the Indian school at Genoa, and
will advertise for proposals for the
work. If is estimated that the neces
sary work can be accomplished for
$4,000. This school is now drawing its ,
water supply from the city of Genoa, j
The proposed water system contem- j,
plates the sinking of several wells, the j
erection of tanks and a water tower, j
Evangelist Sunday, who has been
holding meetings in Sterling the last
six weeks, has had a remarkable re
vival. about 1.056 people being con
verted. The collection for the minis
ter the last Sunday amounted to the
sum of $6,000 and the women made
up a purse of (60 for his wife.
The team of mules, harness and j
buggy which was stolen from Lois
Ingiverson in Cass county have not
been found. They were traced to
Weeping Water, then to the wagon
bridge which crosses the Platte river
at Louisville. Ingiverson valued the
team and harness at $500.
While engaged in hauling wood for
William Foreman, a farmer living
northeast of Beatrice. John Rhinehart
fell from his wagon, which passed
over him. breaking three ribs and
bruising his body badly. The attend
ing physician thinks he will get along
all right.
The Sterling school board at its last
meeting re-elected all the present
teachers for the ensuing year and gave
them until April 15 to file their ac
ceptances.
A volunteer fire company of over
thirty members has been organized at
Franklin.
The Beatrice Driving association de
cided to hold the first racing event of
the year at the park on May 26 and
another on July 4 and 5.
John Bishoff, a farmer living near
Tecumseb, got a particle of rust in
one of his eyes, and will lose the
sight therefrom.
ARBOR DAY APRIL 22.
Governor Mickey Issues His Proc'ama
tion Relative Thereto.
Governor Mickey has issued a proe
lamation setting aside Friday. Apr!
uL, as Arbor day. The proclamatioi
follows;
The most sublime object in the
vegetable kingdom is a beautiful tr* *
It commands our admiration not In*
cause of its practical value alone, hu
because it typifies sturdiness, persist
ency and progress. For many years
perchance, it has defied the fury <
the winds, the rush of the torrents
the extreme of summer's heat an
winter’s cold, and it stands as if it
conscious pride of the vigorous bat
tie with the elements which it ha.
fought and won. From the stand , nt
of sentiment we can all appreciat. th*
thought which a well known po. ,lt
expressed in the following verst
Woodman, spare that tree.
Touch not a single bow.
In youth it sheltered me.
And I’ll protect it now.
’Twas my forefather's hand
That placed it near his cot;
There, woodman, let it stand;
Thy ax shall harm it not.
It is a well known fact that our r;a'
ural forests have been denuded uir
serious climatic changes ate thr* at
ened. It is to correct this evil, a
well as to encourage the s> demat
planting of trees in a prairi country
to embellish our public aiel private
properties and to inculcate a h.v*
for both the practical and sentimei a
features of forestry that Arbor da
has been established in nearly e\>r
state in the union. Nebraska tak*-.
more than ordinary pride in the day
because the idea originated h*r*‘. ai
probably no other state has receive*
so much benefit from it.
In harmony with this honored cu>
tom I, John H. Mickey, governor ot
the state of Nebraska, do hereby ap
point and set apart Friday, April ‘.’2
1904, as Arbor day and request that
the true spirit of forestry be observ* I
in our public schools by appropriat*
exercises and the planting of tre>*s
and that all societies and individual
assist in general recognition of th-1
day.
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GRAIN DEALERS IN ERROR.
State Board Insiste Law Does Not
Provide for Double Taxation.
LINCOLN.—The charge that Sect
| ion GG of the pew revenue law. provid
ing for the assessment of grain brok
ers, is double taxation, in the opinion
of the State Board of Equalizat ;
will not be sustained by the courts
should an attempt be made to pre
vent its enforcement. Thi* section
provides that grain brokers shall, un
der oath, at the time required by the
act. determine the average amount ot
capital invested during the year, ex
elusive of real estate or other tangible
property, upon which the broker shal.
be taxed.
A number of elevator and grain
men have for some time contende t
that this act enforced a double taxa
tion and it has been rumored for some
time that it would bo test»*4 in the
courts. So many inquiries have been
received by Secretary Bonn, tt fr in
country assessors, tlvaf toda> he
out this explanation, which he think
shows conclusively that the sect ■>:
does not impose double taxation:
“For example, the elevator That i -
gins business with: Cash. $."*.(>< »; value
of elevator $3,500; the average cap
ta4 invested during the year. $8,''"“
Ho returns to the assessor his t uia
ible property as follows- Elevator
53.500; cash in bank. 55 i. grain or,
hand. $2,000; toal. $6.0,,0.
Kicked to Death by a Horse.
LEIGH—Sunday afternoon Emi<
the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mr
George Nitz. who live seven mil*
south of here, met with an acrid nt
which caused his death. He was lead
iug a horse home from a neighbor'
and In some manner it kicked the bo\
in the left temple, from the effects <■?
which he died.
Both Horses Killed.
BEATRICE—Two horses bite! •
to a disc pulverizer on the farm ot
Milt Zimmerman ran away and wen
so badly cut by getting tang ‘d in tm
machine that they had to be shot.
Waugh Gets Four Years.
LINCOLN—Edgar Waugh pleaded
guilty to embezzling $2,000 of the mon
ey belonging to the county and was
sentenced to four years in prison.
Paid $2 000 to Relatives.
LINCOLN.—Mrs. Margaret Cla- n
paid over $2,000 to her niece. Augusta
Pruhs. This sum was fixed by a jur>
for injuries which Augusta, who is 15
years of age. claims she sustained at
the hands ci' het aunt.
Horsethief Escapes.
PLATTS MOUTH.—Louis Ingw -r
son. a farmer residing near Weeping
Water, reported to Sheriff McBrid.
the other day that a valuable span of
mules, top buggy and a set of harness
were stolen from his premises the
preceding night. Upon hearing of the
robbery the officers at once proceed
ed to send out descriptions of the stol
en property, and extensive use of the
telephone was made in notifying the
officers in nearby towns. No trace of
the thief or stolen property has been
obtained.
Boys Play With Gun, One is Dead.
BEATRICE.—The 12-year-old son of
Mrs. Irene Armstrong, who resides 5
miles southwest of Odell, was shot and
instantly killed on the 26th by the ac
cidental discharge of a shotgun.
had gone to the home of his uncle.
Ben Barts, and while the family was
away he and several of his cousins
secured the gun and were playing with
it. The load entered the head just
back of the ear, causing instan t death
No one witneased the accident oxeent
the other children. p
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