| THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA^
OVER THE STATE.
A big religious revival is on at
Central City.
Gage county’s fair proved a greater
success than anticipated.
The Morton monument at Nebraska
City will be unveiled Oct. 28.
The Northwestern’s new round
nouse at Fremont is about ready for
occupancy.
The farmers' elevator at Arapahoe.
Neb., erected at a cost of over $4,000
tnd by a voluntary and stock contri
oution, was opened for business last
week.
Rev. Edgar Price, for the past sev
eral years pastor of the Christaiu
church of Beatrice, has resigned. It
is understood that Mr. Price will go to
Iowa in order to be near his father,
who is quite old and in feeble health.
Mrs. Job Cassel, wife of Represen
tative Job Cassel, fell down the stone
steps at her home in Nebraska City,
and was seriously injured. It was at
first feared she was fatally injured,
but she will recover so the physicians
say.
Handcuffed to her husband Mrs.
Ida Mathews was taken from Lin
coln to Savannah, Mo., to answer the
charge of horse stealing. Mathews
and his wife were arrested at York
and brought to Lincoln by Sheriff
Gamble.
Rev. J. Alrander of Omaha has
been called as pastor of the Swedish
Baptist church at Oakland to succeed
Rev. M. Larson, who goes to the First
Baptist church of St. Paul the 1st of
November. It is not known if Rev.
Alrander will accept the call.
William Cohoe of Auburn, living in
the house belonging to Joseph Uhli
brick, an inmate of the asylum at Lin
coln, was doing some work in the cel
lar and picked up a can containing
$1,800 in $20 bills. He at once
turned the money over to R. C. Boyd,
guardian, and received $300 for his
trouble.
Fire was dicovered on the second
floor of the Masonic building at Ne
braska City. The fire department
saved the building after a hard fight
The fire was caused by a defective
flue. The pharaphernalia of the sev
eral Masonic bodies that occupy the
building was destroyed and consider
able damage done to the building.
Fred W. Arndt, who has been em
ployed at the Morton-Gregson pack
ing plant at Nebraska City for a num
ber of years, fell dead at his home
south of the city. He was ont in the
yard looking after the cow and was
found lying dead near where he had
tied her. He was 60 years of age, and
leaves a wife, four sons and a daugh
ter.
The ten-year-old son of W. T.
Young, a prominent farmer on the
Middle Loup, Custer county while in
vestigating the working of a desk, got
his hand caught in the wheels and
badly crushed. He was brought to
Broken Bow and the injury proved
eo serious that Dr. Pennington had to
amputate two fingers on the left
hand.
The dipsomaniac law will be
tested in the supreme court. W. A.
Simmons, a cattleman of Dawes county
has applied for a writ of habeas cor
pus and it has been granted by Chief
Justice Holcomb. There are forty' pa
tients in the dipsomaniac department
and there are more coming. Attor
neys for Simmons will attack he con
stitutionality of the law.
Mrs. Mary E. Morse has filed a pe
tition in the district court of Otoe
county praying for a separation from
her husband, Frank S. Morse, and the
custody of her minor son, Charles, and
sufficient alimony to maintain them.
The husband is superintendent at the
Union stock yards at Nebraska City,
and the family are social leaders in
that city. The divorce proceedings
were a surprise to all.
According to the report of the
county recorder there were filed in his
office during the month of September
ten farm martgages of the value of
$21,150, and eleven released whose
value wras $18,292. Seven town and
city mortgages were filed to the
value or $.>/>»•>.90, and 6even re
leased whose value was $2,442.75.
This makes an increase in the debt
of the county of $3,479.15 for this
month.
A petition for the organization of
the Richardson County Drainage dis
trict, embracing 27,000 acres of Ne
maha river bottom lands, was filed
with the clerk.of the district court, at
Falls City by R. E. Grinstead and
about one hundred fifty other resi
dent land owners, under the provis
ions of chapter one hundred sixty-one
of the session laws of 1905. The pe
titioners represent, in ownership,
about 17,000 acres of the finest soil
in America; much of which his year,
lias growing on it sixty to eighty bush
els of corn to the acre, but for the
four years preceding this the same
has produced almost nothing because
of the disastrous overflows along the
Nemaha river bottoms.
Several loads of new corn were on
the street at Beatrice last week and
cold at 40 cents a bushel, it being ex
tra fine and seling for seed corn. The
price for marketable corn is 35 cents.
The platform on which Lester Wil
liams, seventeen years of age, and
Harry H. Wright aged twenty-eight
years were working on the cable of the
Nebraska Telephone company at Beat
rice gave way and the two young
men fell a distance of thirty-five feet
striking on the brick paving. Williams
"struck on his head and died soon af
ter. Wright had an arm broken, but
is not fatally hurt.
At Dakota City Charles Harnett, of
South Sioux City, charged with as
saulting and robbing E. Johnson, a
stranger who came from Minneapolis
to work on the Great Northern rail
way was bound over to the district
court by County Judge J. J. Eimers in
the sum of $400.00 for trial.
The robber who entered the Metho
dist Episcopal parsonage in Dakota
City was arrested by the Sioux City
police with a portion of the goods in
Jiis possession. The prisoner, who
jgives his name as John Kindig, re
fused to return without requisition
papers.
MORTON STATUTE IS IN PLACE
Ready for Unveiling Ceremonies to
Be Held October 28.
NEBRASKA CITY—The statute of
the late J. Sterling Morton has been
put in place in Morton park and is
now ready for the unveiling ceremon
ies on Saturday, October 28. A mem
ber of ex-President Grover Cleveland’s
cabinet will probably accompany him
to this city. Mr. Cleveland will de
liver the unveiling address and a
number of men of national reputation
will also be on the program.
The railroad companies will run a
number of special trains to this city
on that day, and the citizens are pre
paring to entertain an immense
crowd of persons. Seats will be ar
ranged east of the monument to ac
commodate about 10,000 people, and
they will be so placed that the occu
pants can easily hear the speakers
and witness the uuveiling of the monu
ment.
Chamberlain Case Is Set.
TECUMSEH—District court in and
for Nemaha county will convene in
Auburn next Monday, with Judge B.
F. Good of Wahoo on the bench. On
Tuesday the case against Charles M.
Chamberlain of this city, ex-bank
cashier, will come up for trial in that
county, it having been takn there on
a change of venue. Numerous wit
nesses from this city, and attorneys
and others interested, will attend the
trial.
Johnson Grows Apples.
TECUMSEH—It develops that there
are some apples in Johnson county.
Albert Russell, proprietor of a local
misery, has been buying the fruit over
the county and shipping it west. At
retail the apples are bringing from $1
to $1.25 per bushel, and are of fairly
good quality.
New Rule of Court.
LINCOLN—When an erroneous in
struction which otherwise would be
prejudical to the defendant is given
to a jury, and there is also an in
struction given which correctly states
the law, the erroneous instruction is
cured by the latter. This is he de
cision. of the supreme court in the
Turley murder case. By it is created
precedent which lawyers say will rev
olutionize practice in certain classes
of criminal casses. Formerly, erron
eous instructions prejudical to the de
fendant have always been declared suf
ficient to secure reversal.
WANTS TO GET OUT OF PRISON
Juror Claims He Was Frightened by
Threat.
LINCOLN—A juror has told Govern
or Mickey he consented to bringing in
a verdict of guilty against Charles
Russell of Sioux county because some
of his fellow jurors threatened to
throw him out of a second story win
dow if he stood out for acquittal.
Russell was accused of killing Alois
Staudenmeier and was sentenced to
twenty years in prison. He began
serving his sentence in 1902. An ap
plication has been made for a pardon,
and the matter will be investigated.
Railroads Short of Laborers.
Owing to the scarcity of labor the
railroads of Nebraska have appealed
to the state labor bureau for help. One
road reported that it had 1,500 cars on
the tracks for repairs and that alto
gether the roads could use about 700
men, from the common laborer up to
the skilled mechaaic.
Girls Commits Suicide.
LEXINGTON—Miss Leua Carr, a
girl about twenty years old employed
in Greenwood’s restaurant at this
place committed suicide by cutting
her throat with a carving knife. She
died almost instantly, before medical
aid could reach her. No cause for the
deed is known.
Beet Harvest in Phelps.
M’COOK—The Standard Beet Sugar
company has commenced pulling beets
for its first shipment of sugar beets
to the Ames factory from this section
of Nebraska.
Favors Maximum Rate.
LINCOLN—Attorney General Brown
declared that he favored a maximum
rate law passed by congress to pre
vent the accumulation of large
amounts in the surplus funds of in
surance companies. He advanced
this as a solution for the difficulties
experienced from the attacks of
grafters.
Stolen Clothing Found..
WEST POINT—Twenty suits of
clothes, being the major part of the
plunder stolen from the clothing store
of Schmitt Brothers two months ago,
were found hidden in a clump of
bushes near the river on the farm of
Sch instock Brothers.
Chicken Thieves Busy.
PLATSMOUTH—Some of the citi
zens residing in this city and vicinity
are discussing a project to organize
a vigilance committee for the purpose
of putting an end to the operations
of a gang of chicken thieves.
Beet Factory Commences Run.
GRAND ISLAND—The American
Beet Sugar company started on this
years crop of beets and it is expected
that the plant will run, day and night
with only one or two stops for clean
ing up, until after the holidays.
W. W. Booth Assassinated.
BEATRICE—Word was received
here that W. W. Booth, formerly of
this city, but who several years ago
removed to Hillsboro, Ore., had been
shot and killed while going to the
postofiice.
Woman Sues for Damages.
PLATTSMOUTH—Because of per
manent injuries alleged to have been
caused by a fall on a defective walk,
Mrs. Lucy Worl has filed a suit in the
district court against the Burlington
railroad company for $1950.
ONLY WAR NOW IN PROGRESS
IS IN SOUTHWEST AFRICA
? MAP SHOWING REGION OF WORLD’S ONLY WAR I
It is In southwest Africa where the
Herreros in their revolt against the
German government have in two years
taken 1,150 lives and caused a total
loss and expense of nearly $100,000,
000.
Settlers have been massacred and
detachments of troops ambuscaded
and slaughtered. So disastrous has
been the administration of Gov. Von
Trotha that the kaiser has recalled
him.
The country Is naturally adapted for
guerrilla warfare and water is very
scarce. European horses can not sur
vive in the climate and the native
stock is depleted.
Hendrik Witbooi, chief spirit in the
rebellion, was formerly an ally of the
Germans. It is related that he became
a rebel after his daughter was kid
naped by German soldiers and taken
to their camp. Twenty thousand Ger
man troops are engaged in the war.
Edhem Pasha, Brave Soldier
Edhem Pasha’s death takes out of
the military circles of Europe one of
the fiercest and boldest fighters the
world has ever known. SkobelofT,
who was pitted against him time and
time again at Plevna, called him “that
Moslem demon,” and Archibald Forbes
wrote glowingly of his skill in de
fense.
How Edhem Pasha and SkobelofT
first came face to face was graphi
cally described by Forbes at the time
of the surrender of Plevna to the Rus
sians.
“It was a bitterly cold morning.”
he wrote, “but vre had a bright sun,
and the wind for once had ceased to
whistle over the mountain tops. We
had known twenty-four hours before
that the fighting was over, and had
taken that long breath that comes to
men after a hard race is run. Now
the Russian generals were to receive
the surrender of as brave an army as
ever was gathered together.
“The dead and the dying were every
where still, and far beyond the
trenches there were sights it were bet
ter if no man might ever see. But in
this great open to which we had
come, this amphitheater shaped in the
mountains by God, only the pride of
Victory, and the anguish of defeat con
fronted each other.
“Skobeloff led the gay assemblage
of Russian officers. He had been so
busy all night arranging the details
of the surrender he had not changed
his uniform of white and gold which
he always wore in battle. Here by
the cuffs were splotches of human
blood, for SkobelofT himself had fought
in the ditches the day previous, fought
until his sword was broken and the
dead were about him as high as a
wall.
“His staff had put on the brightest
and newest of uniforms and Skobeloff
shrugged his shoulders as he caught
the glance of my eye at his own. Gay
ly waving his hand, he shouted out in
French:
“ ‘They’ll have to take me as 1 came
up to them yesterday.’
“So they did—Osman Pasha came
first, stepping bravely, as became a
proud and strong man. He faced Sko
beloff for just an instant, each saluted,
each took the other’s measure. Ed
hem Pasha came next and we all stud
ied him most curiously, for it was he
who weeks before had prevented sur
render and whose stubborn defense
and sorties had cost the Russians
thousands of men.
“He had a wonderful, kindly eye, a
quick step, a way of looking at you as
some men strike blows—straight from
the shoulder. Our scouts and spies
had told us much about him, innumer
able tales of his daring. Indeed, so
much was said about him in the
hours of the deepest Russian discour
agement that Skobeloff pettishly ex
claimed one day:
“ ‘Is there no one else in the Turk
ish army but this man?’
“However, Skobeloff respected his
bravery immensely and this morning
of the surrender took great pains to
make his salute most cordial and to
show that one brave man never hu
miliates another. It did not take long
for the signing of the necessary pa
pers. The staff held back while the
distinguished prisoners and Skobeloff
chatted in French. Skobeloff was
never ig better humor than that morn
ing, as he well had the right to be.
He was all vivacity, smiles, and high
strung nervousness. In his pocket he
had the telegrams of congratulations
from the emperor and which paved
the way for future honors for him.
The sun rose for him that day.
“The Turks, on the contrary, never
smiled. Their eyes were inexpress
ibly sad. They made it quite plain
that they wished the surrender ar
rangements made as short as possible
that they might withdraw to privacy.
When Skobeloff proposed a glass of
wine Osman Pasha looked at Edhem,
then both gravely declined, as I was
told later, on account of some relig
ious scruple.
“As the Turkish troops filed by we
could see what awful straits they had
been put to. They stepped like veter
ans, but their bodies were emaciated,
their clothes in tatters, shoes gone
and rags wound in their place. Many
of the men were sobbing aloud for the
surrender. The Russians were most
courteous to them; the rank and file
of the victors behaved splendidly.
“When everything was over the two
Turkish generals made Skobeloff a
profound bow and requested permis
sion to withdraw, which he gave at
once. They did not look back as they
went away. Osman Pasha had his
eyes on the ground. Edham Pasha
his on the mountain peaks and blood
stained defense below.”—Chicago
Post.
TOO FAST IN HIS CONCLUSION.
Collins Not Aware of Character of
Woman’s Husband.
The late Patrick A. Collins, mayor
of Boston, studied law at Harvard. A
Harvard man said of him:
“Collins wras above all things a
friend of progress. The progress of
woman delighted him. He was glad
to see a woman educating herself from
a shut-in and subordinate place in the
household into a free and equal part
nership with her husband there.
“He liked to see a wife treated lib
erally and reasonably. Nothing an
gered him more than to see a coarse,
low-witted brute of a man domineer
ing over a woman twice his superior
in quickness and intelligence.
“On the subject of household ex
penses I had him tell a committee of
women once about a certain home mis
sionary movement.
“In this movement every participant
was to contribute a dollar that she
had earned herself by hard work.
“The night of the dollar’s collection
came and various and droll were the
stories of the money’s earning. One
woman had shampooed her hair, an
other had baked doughnuts, another
had got newspaper subscriptions, and
so on.
“The chairman turned to a hand
some woman in the front row.
“ ‘Now. madam, it is your turn,’ he
said. ‘How did you earn your dol
lar?’
“ ‘I got itifrom my husband,’ she an
swered.
“ ‘Oho,’ said he. ‘From your hus
band? There was no hard work about
that.’
“The woman smiled faintly.
' “ ‘You don’t know my husband,’ she
said.”—Chicago Chronicle.
Work Being Done at the Cape.
Kipling says he goes down to the
Cape in Africa every year to see the
first chapter of Genesis alive, the
world in creation, a civilization which
is being made out of fragments.
American Fraternal Orders.
There are in America more than 200
fraternal beneficiary orders, with a
combined membership of over 5,000,
00Q, who are protected to the extent
of more than $7,500,000,000, and have
distributed benefits to disabled mem
bers amounting to more than $825,
000,000. In 1904 alone they distribut
ed $65,000,000, or at the rate of $1,
250.000 per week, besides paying over
4.000 death claims last year. Sixty
four of these orders have a member
ship of over 10,000, and the others
from 5,000 to 7,000.
A Money-Lender’s Bequest.
Signor Florio, an aged money-lenjl
er at Naples, who committed suicide
some time ago by leaping out of a
window, has left his estate, valued at
four million lire, to the Hospital for
Incurables on condition that m the
wards built with the money a com
memorative. tablet shall be placed,
bearing the following inscription:
“The money which I obtained from
the wealthy, which in their turn they
wrested from the poor, now returns
to the poor.”
Aged Postoffice Clerks.
An aged clerk in the Boston post
office, because of age and infirmities
has resigned from his position. He is
now 82 years old and has been em
ployed in the service nearly fifty-seven
years. In point of age the money
order clerk in the Belfast postoffice,
Augustus Perry, surpasses the record
of the Boston clerk, Mr. Perry having
passed his ninetieth birthday last
May. He daily performs his duties
at the office and is smart and active
as a man many years his junior.—
Bagor (Me.) Commercial.
Five Million Dollars an Acre.
The price to be paid by the London
County Council for a small strip of
land fronting Piccadilly and St. James
street is the highest yft reached. For
the 1,200 square feet to be acquired by
the municipal authority for street im
provements the owners asked a sum
that worked out the enormous figure
of $7,500,000 per acre. They have ac
tually been awarded under arbitration
an amount representing about $5,000,
0Q0 per acre, including, of course, com
nan Ration for disturbance.
HAS CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS.
Prof. Behring, Austrian Scientist,
Makes Important Announcement.
Prof. Behring, who believes he has
discovered a certain cure for consump
tion, is the discoverer of the antitoxin
I 1
cure for diphtheria, now in universal
use. Prof. Behring first made public
mention of his consumption cure two
and a half years ago, when he an
nounced he was experimenting on
cows, from which the serum is ob
tained. Prof. Behring is an Austrian.
As a scientist he ranks with Pasteur
and Koch.
Revived Old Friendship.
Col. Leroy Templeton and Jame9 C.
Totten of Indianapolis are large land
owners in Newton county, Indiana.
They are also friends of many years'
standing. Some time ago they got
into a dispute regarding their adjoin
ing property and Templeton sued for
$100,000 damages. The case was
fought through several terms and the
old friends had become enemies. One
day they met by accident in Kentland.
Acting on a sudden impulse, Totten
extended his hand and said: "We’re
a couple of fools.” Templeton grasped
the proffered hand, cordially agreed
with the observation made and in half
an hour the two were dining together,
having reached an agreement.—Chi
cago Chronicle.
SPLENDID RECORD OF SERVICE.
Career of Major General George Mor
ton Randall, Retired.
Major General George Morton Ran
dall, commander of the northern di
vision of the United States army, who
has retired by reason of having
reached the age limit of 64 years, is a
native of Ohio. He entered the army
in April, 1861, as a private in the
Fourth Pennsylvania infantry and was
made a second lieutenant the follow
ing July. In the civil war he was brev
etted four times for gallantry. In the
Spanish war he was made a brigadier
general of volunteers. He organized
the military forces of Alaska and sup
pressed a reign of lawlessness in that
territory.
Repartee With a Sting.
An old-time lawyer relates this inci
dent of Joseph H. Choate’s career at
the bar. He was opposed to a hot
tempered attorney by no means his
equal in repartee. In the progress ot
the case Choate’s adversary wholly
departed from his self-control and
threatened physical hurt to his oppo
nent. “I can whip six like you,” as
serted the lawyer. Choate looked at
him with a profound, calm contempt.
“When I was a boy,” he returned, “my
father owned a bull. He wras a won
der to fight. He could whip all the
cattle In the neighborhood and did it.
But at that,” concluded the young
man, “he couldn’t win a lawsuit.”
Witty Autograph Brought Gift.
Andrew Carnegie greatly admires
Ernest Haeckel, the famous scientist
of the University of Jena, and not
long ago he commissioned a young
man who was about to become a stu
dent at Jena to get him a Haeckel au
tograph. The autograph in English,
in due course arrived. It read: "Er
nest Haeckel gratefully acknowledges
the receipt from Andrew Carnegie of
a Zumpt microscope for the biological
laboratory of the Jena university.” A
microscope, needless to say, arrived,
with Mr. Carnegie’s compliments, at
Jena, within a few weeks.
Whose Tramp Was This?
A Scotch tramp having collapsed ex
actly on the boundary line between
Cockermouth and Wigton (Cumber
land) unions, a question as to which
union was called upon to relieve him
was gravely discussed by Wigton
board.
As it happened that the tramp's
head and body were on the Wigton
side of the line, it was argued that
this was the portion of his anatomy
most needing assistance. Wigton
agreed to accept the responsibility.—
London News.
27 Inches of Rain in Two Days.
Saturday and Sunday witnessed the
first really heavy rain that the pres
ent monsoon has brought to western
India beyond the Ghats.
The cause was a storm which mov
ed into Gujarat and centered about
Ahmedabad, to which it gave twenty
seven inches of rain in the two days.
Such a downpour has brought the
usual consequences of damage by
flood to the railway lines and inter
ruption to the train service.—Lahore
Tribune.
MEN OF PROMINENCE IN
PEORIA FINANCIAL SCANDAL
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QUESTION FOR NAVAL EXPERTS
Disagreement Over the Value of the
Swift Cruiser.
A significant statement was made
a day or two ago by a member of one
of the great shipbuilding firms in Eng
land. Speaking at a banquet after the
launching of the armored cruiser Na
tal, he said that he believed the Natal
would be the last cruiser of her type
built for the British navy; that hence
forth the fighting ships of King Ed
ward’s navy would be battleships ex
clusively, heavily armored and equip
ped with big guns alone. It was only a
few years ago that armored cruisers
were considered indispensable to a
strong navy. It was contended that
their thick suits of armor and their
speed would render them invaluable In
battle; that they would be able to
make a stand against the battleship,
and if they got the worst of it could
easily run away. If the armored
cruiser is now to disappear from the
navies of the world the United States
and Great Britain will suffer most.
Great Britain has a large number of
vessels of this type, while the United
States is completing some of the finest
cruisers afloat. France also would be
hard hit were the armored cruiser
forced into innocuous desuetude. Per
haps the case is not as hopeless as the
English expert imagines.—Baltimore
Sun.
THE STATESMAN RUSSIA NEEDS.
_
Witte’s Great Opportunity as Premier
of the Country.
The Czar is evidently disposed to
make use of this distinguished serv
ant’s sagacity in the treatment of these
same domestic problems. If the pre
dictions that are appearing from day
to day are warranted he is preparing
to associate him more intimately with
the affairs of government and invest
him with a larger measure of authority
than ever before. Count Witte is to
day the great man of Russia, infinitely
greater through recognized achieve
ment than his master is through hered
itary power, and, what is more, the
social and political homage that is be
ing rendered him by Russian official
dom is the strongest confirmation of
the fact. If he is made premier of
Russia, with all that the title implies,
we shall see a new departure in na
tional policy that will elicit rejoicing
among the people and win the plaudits
of the world.—Boston Transcript.
Close Espionage in Japan.
Dr. Baelz, who was a professor in
the medical department of the Tokio
university for a quarter of a century
and who, as reported the other day,
is now back in Stuttgart, gives an in
stance of the espionage which prevails
in Japan. One of his best friends in
Tokio was the Russian ambassador,
who one day summoned him to his
house, as he was ill. Dr. Baelz re
mained with him tw'o hours. A few
days later war was declared. From
that moment the mikado and his cour
tiers treated him with icy politeness
in place of the former cordiality. He
finally succeeded in discovering the
cause. A local journal had denounced
him as a spy. He went straight to
court and explained the matter. The
mikado, convinced of his innocence,
promptly begged his pardon and sum
moned the editor of the journal re
ferred to, who also had to apologize
to the professor.
Eminent Musician Leaves Country.'
The fact has just ben made public
that Dudley Buck, the eminent Ameri
can composer of church music, has
expatriated himself and will pass the
remainder of his life in Munich. Mr.
Buck sailed for Europe several weeks
ago, but it was not then disclosed
that he intended to remain abroad.
It has been known that Mr. Buck was
dissatisfied, but it seems extraordi
nary that, at his age (he was born in
Hartford, Conn., March 10, 1839), he
should thus abandon his native coun
try.
Shaw’s Unpardonable Whiskers.
George Bernard Shaw, who has
been indulging in some acrid criti
cism of American literary taste, has
the most unpardonable set of whis
kers which ever grew out of a man's
face. A recent critic remarked:
“There are many things for which a
man may not be censured, but his
whiskers are his own fault.” Shaw
has a set which ^iffuses itself all over
his collar and shou’lers and makes it
impossible to determine whether he
wear* * collar and shirt
Robert Scholes, state’s attorney, and
A. M. Otman, his assistant, are the two
officials who have presented the evi
dence before the grand jury at Peoria,
111., which has indicted N. C. Dough
erty, revealing the greatest scandal in
the city’s history.
Charles H. Bosworth of Chicago has
been appointed receiver for the Peoria
National bank, following the decision
of the directors to place the institution
in the hands of the government as a
result of the indictment of its presi
dent, N. C. Dougherty. Mr. Bosworth
is a national bank examiner and is
well acquainted with financial affairs
in Peoria. He was at one time man
i ager of the Chicago, Peoria and St.
Louis railway and later was president
of the Peoria and Pekin railway.
HOPED TO WARD OFF DISASTER.
Valet Had Confession to Make After
Hyde's Hint
James Hazen Hyde, of whose com
ing marriage there are rumors, is noted
for his kindness to his servants. In
the world of service no place is more
eagerly sought after than one with
Mr. Hyde.
"After the opera I went home with
Hyde one evening,” said a member of
the Rittenhouse club, “for supper.
On either end of the library mantel
stood a superb Japanese carving in
ivory.
“ ‘By Jove, what beautiful pieces,’ I
said, taking one down. And then I
started, for the carving in my hand
had been broken and awkwardly glued
together again. I called Hyde’s atten
tion to the fracture and he sent for his
man.
Nivins,’ he said, ‘this ivory is
broken.’
“ Yes. sir. I had an accident,’ the
servant answered confusedly.
" ‘But it has been glued together,’
said Hyde. ‘I call it unpardonable of
you to glue it together—to Iconceal it.
If you had come to me openly and said
you had broken it I'd have forgiven
you-”
“ 'Excuse me, sir,’ said Nivins eager
ly, ‘the other’s broke.’ ”
LEARNED DISCOURSE ON HAMS.
Some Yield to Treatment, While Oth
ers Are Incurable, Says Writer.
An anxious reader writes to Inquire
how to cure a ham. That depends
upon what is the matter with the ham.
Some hams are in the last stages and
should be sent to the home for incur
ables. Others may be cured by heroic
measures, such as operations, amputa
tions and the like. The sliced ham
that is served Sunday evenings at the
conventional boarding house is too far
gone, as a rule, to be cured. The only
thing to do is to fumigate it and hang
it out where the pure air will strike
it, thus rendering its last days as com
fortable as possible. Ordinary sand
wich ham may be cured by liberal
doses of tomato catsup or chili sauce.
This does not apply, however, to the
railroad station sandwich ham. That
belongs to the incurable ward. In ex
treme cases it sh6uld be buried in
quicklime—as quick as possible. Chris
tian Science may be able to cure some
hams, but they must be treated in the
early stages if cures are to be effected.
We have known hams which the very
longest and strongest stretch of Im
agination could not cure.—Portland
Oregonian.
Value of Advertising.
Some of the benefits of advertising
are well indicated by an Englishman
who tells of “a prominent manufac
turer whose principal output was an
article which sold for a shilling, and
which, being extensively advertised,
was also extensively imitated. In order
to meet the competition of substitutes
the manufacturer set apart a portion
of his output and sold it at six-pence
under another name. The six-penny
article knocked out the competition,
but though it was identical with the
shilling article except in name, it never
sold well. The shilling goods were
advertised, the six-penny goods were
not. The unadvertised product could
not compete with the advertised prod
uct at half the price."—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Underground Garden.
A clever Dublinite has turned a de
serted wine cellar In his native city
Into an underground market garden
In this retreat, which once sheltered
barrels and casks of fiery liquors now
grow seakale. rhubarb and mush-’
rooms. As the produce is right In
the heart of the market district the
city farmer has no railway charges to
pay, and In truth many of his cus
tomers. desirous of obtaining fresh
vegetables, visit his underground farm
and select what they desire by the
light of a lantern.
Universal Envy.
'•There Is not a man in the world no
matter how low his station may’be
who is not at some time the object of
envy,” remarked the tall man in black
who was fond of platitudes.
• You’re right.” said the man with
the grip. *'t wished I was «n Italian
pick handler on a railroad last night
when I saw a bunch of them sound
asleep across the aim rests |n »
tion where ! had ,o sit awake fo„r
hours waiting for a tralu. «-T‘ "
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