Nebraska Newspapers

    THIS IN NEBRASKA
EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE
OR LESS IMPORTANCE.
Matter for Sample Ballots Prepared
and Being Sent Out to the Various
County Clerks.
Sample Ballots Made Up.
Deputy Secretary of State Fred Mil
ler has prepared the copy for the
sample ballots to be sent out to the
various county clerks as a guide for
the publication of the ballots to be used
In the coming election. The ballot, as
usual has the names of the parties at
the top with circles for voters to use
voting; straight tickets. The parties
appear in the following order: Repub
lican, democrat, people's independent
prohibition, socialist. At the head of
the ballot is the resolution on the con
stitutional amendment in the following
form:
Joint resolution of the legislature re
lating to the election of a state rail
way commission, consisting of three
members, who shall first be elected at
the general election in 1906. whose
terms of office, except those chosen at
the first election under this provision,
shall be six years, and whose compen
sation shall be fixed by the legislature.
(Vote "For" or “Against.")
“For constitutional amendment with
reference to state railway com
mission."
Republican .
Democrat .
People's Independent .
"Against constitutional amendment
with reference to state railway
commission."
Republican .
Democrat .
People's Independent .
Following is a list of the candidates
arranged on the ballot in the same
order as the parties which appear at
the fop of the ballot, candidates
marked fusion being designated on the
ballot as democratic and people's in
dependent candidates:
Preference for United States Senator—
Norris Brown, republican .
William H. Thompson, fusion ....
J. P. Itoe. socialist .
For Governor—
George L. Sheldon, republican....
Ashton C. Shallengerger, fusion...
Harry Trumbell Sutton, prohibition
Elisha Tayior, socialist .
Lieutenant Governor—
M. R. Hopewell .republican.
William H. Green, fusion .
J. I). Forsythe, prohibition .
£. W. Howe, socialist.
Secretary of State—
George C. Junkin. republican.
aCr! Gonucher. fusion .
J. M. Bell, prohibition.
J. H. Knowles, socialist .
Auditor—
Edwin M. Searle. Jr., republican...
J. S. Canaday, fusion.
W. E. Nichoi. prohibition.
1 E. M. McClure, socialist.
•State Treasurer—
Lawson G. Brian, republican.
Frank C. Babcock, fusion.
W. H. Maddox, prohibition.
R. A. Hawthorne, socialist.
Superintendent of Public Instruction—
Jasper I,. McBrien, republican.
R. H. Watson, fusion.
Bert Wilson, prohibition .
Mrs. Ada K. Schell, socialist.
Attorney General—
William T. Thompson, republican.
Lysle T. Abbott, fusion.
J. D. Graves, prohibition .
George C. Porter, socialist.
Commissioner of Public Lands and
Buildings—
H. Jl. Eaton, republican.
Jacob V. Wolfe, fusion .
Oscar Kent, prohibition .
Thomas P. Lippincott, socialist...
Slate Railway Commissioners—
H. J. Winnett. republican .
Robert Cone!!, fusion .
J. Williams, republican .
I>r. A. P. Fitzsimons. fusion.
George Horst f.usion .
John Davis, fusion .
J. S. McCleary, prohibition.
E A. Gerard, prohibition .
Samuel Lichty, prohibition .
A. L A. Schiermeyer, socialist....
John Siemens, socialist .
' J. D. Ream, socialist .
For oCngressman (- Congressional ,
District) —
Judge of District eCurt. First Judicial
District, for the llnexpired Term—
For Senator (-Senatorial District)—
For Representative (- Representa
. tive District) —
j, 1 ’ Tax Case in December.
It is now expected that the Burling
ton and Union Pacific tax cases from
Nebraska will be heard in the Uniter
States supreme court during the early
jpttrt of December. Attorney General
Norris Brown, who returned from
Washington was disappointed over the
failure of his efforts to Slave the
cases tried without any further delay,
but received assurances that they will
be taken up as soon as President
Roosevelt has appointed a justice to
fill the existing vacancy on the bench
and the sentte has confirmed the selec
tion. This will probably be as soon as
congress meets the first week in De
cember.
William 8. Peniston.
NORTH PLATTE—William S. Pen
iston, one ot the pooneer citizens of
western Nebraska, is dead from dis
ease incident to old age. Mr. Pen
iston came to Fort McPherson between
a quarter and a half century ago and
filed a homestead claim of 160 acres
where a principal part of this city is
now located. He and Beach I. Hin
fman, who died several months ago,
had homesteads side by side. From
both of these homesteads additions to
the city’s most prominent residence
portions were laid out, each taking the
name of the homesteaders.
Club Buys Auto and Dogs.
. OMAHA—The Commercial club will
buy and maintain an automobile and
a pair of bloodhounds with money col
lected from business men, and turn
over these possessions to the police
to be used in such cases as the Rum
melhart murder, should it fall to the
lot of the city again to be shocked by
such an appalling crime.
Odd Fellows Lay Cornerstone.
GRAND ISLAND—The cornerstone
of the new building being erected by
the Independent Order of Od Fellows
lodge of this city was laid with impres
sive ceremonies. Grand Chaplain
Boucher and the officers of the local
lodge, performing the grand lodge rit
ual. Mr. Poucher also gave an ad
* dress on the history of Odd Fellow
ship. The usual data, papers and rec
ords, portraying the conditions of the
present time and scenes from the city
were placed in the stone.
' Bravery Medal for Grand Island Man.
GRAND ISIAND — County Clerk
George Poell, who saved the life of
jPaul Ussary on the St. Joe & Grand Is
land railroad several years ago, yes
, ter day received a medal from the com
. mission passing upon deeds of hero
'(sm, under act of congress of Feb
| ruary, 1905. Accompanying the same
i there was a button to be worn on the
jeoat lapel. The medal bears the in
iscrlption “For Bravery. Awarded to
(George Poell, Act of Congress Feb.
123, 1905, United States Medal tor Lite
; Saving on Railroads.”
NEBRASKA BRIEFS.
Hog cholera is quite prevalent It
Adams county.
Spirited revival meeting are undei
way at Tecumeh. ,
The new Burling'.on passenger depot
at Fremont is nearing completion.
The St. George Cattle company o!
Sidney has purchased 1>20Q head oi
Colorado cattle.
Some one set fire to and burned up
the threshing machine ot John C
Shutt of Butler county.
Towns in Nebraska that are not
doing more or less building this year
are few and far between.
The Northwestern wants to con
demn a large tract of Fremont prop
erty for railroad purposes.
The dates of the seventh annual
session of the David City chatauqua
assembly are July 19 to 28, 1907.
The Nebraska Investment company
of Hastings has filed its articles of in
corporation with Secretary of State
Galusha. It has a capital stock of $50,
000
A barn on the farm of G. C, Frank,
two miles south of Geneva, was burned
to the' ground, with hay. grain, and
four head of horses. The loss is about
$2,000.
Tom Fritz, formerly a resident oi
Humboldt, but who of late years has
been traveling with Campbell Bros,
circus, was killed ast week at Witch
ita, Tex.
By a petition in condemnation filed
in county court, the Northwestern
Railway company announces it will
build a new freight depot and enlarge
its freight yards in Fremont.
The mutilated remains of a man
were found on i-e Rock Island track
north of Meadow station, Sarpy coun
ty. The body was that of O. F. Mc
Namara, a stone crusher of Louisville.
The first brick for the foundation of
the new Young Men’s Christian asso
ciation building in Fremont has been
laid. The building will cost upwards
of $50,000 when finished and furnished.
Work will be begun on a system of
water works for the town of Leigh
within a few days. The bonds, which
are for $8,000, have been sold to the
Ancient Order of United Y/orkmen'
for the face value.
The Burlington Railroad company
has finished painting its $1,000,000
bridge that crosses the river at Rulo.
It was a job entailing about $2,000 ex
pense and requiring fifteen or twenty
men for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Peckham cel
ebrated their golden wedding at their
beautiful country home seven miles
southwest of Gothenburg, fully 500
relatives, friends and neighbors being
present at the reception.
Burglars broke into' the residence
of Jesse Hiner, an old soldier at
Plattsmouth, and stole all of the pen
sion money he received from Uncle
Sam. This is the fifth burglary which
has occured within a week.
The new Methodit church at Shelby
was dedicated last Sunday by Chan
cellor Huntington of Wesleyan univer
sity. Although the amoynt to be
raied to clear the debt was about
$600, more than $800 was paid in.
One of the brightest doctors in the
state. Dr. Lero Craig of Mitchell, was
committed to the dipsomaniac ward of
the nsane asylum at Lincoln, the vic
tim of the drug habit. With him is
his wife; also a slave to morphine.
The derrick part of the machinery'
to be used by Mr. Maupin in prospect
ing for oil arrived in Beatrice last
week from the south. The machinery
will be placed in position at once on
the Farow farm, south of the city.
Columbus has the assurance from
Vice President Mohler of the Union Pa
cific that the new freight depot will
be under cover and ready for busi
ness before the snow flies—that is, if
the snow don’t fly before the 25th of
December, 1906.
General Manager Holdrege of the
Burlington has replied to the Osceola
Commercial club’s request that the
proposed Stromsburg-Bellwood exten
sion be brought through that city.
Mr. Holdrege promise to do what he
can to help out Osceola.
As a resut of the abandonment of
Fort Niobrara, four and one-half miles
from Valentine, the government prop
erty there will be sold at auction. The
order has gone out from the office of
Quartermaster Zalinski, but the date
has not been set.
State Superintendent McBrien is re
ceiving assurances from large num
ber sof educators that they will be
present at the annual meeting of the
Superintendents’ and Principals’ as
sociation, which occurs In Lincoln Oc
tober 18, 19 and 20.
The wheels of the new incubator
factory, which was bought by Fremont
capital and brought there from Clay
Center, were put in motion last week
with a small force. The factory will
empoy 250 mem when the machinery is
all in working order.
The farmers in Cass county, on
whose premises demonstrations in
spraying orchards were made early in
the spring, are very enthusiastic over
the results. Their trees are so heavily
loaded with fruit that in many in
stances the limbB are breaking.
Insurance on York’s opera house has
not been adjusted yet, and York’s play
and amusemant-going people will be
without a playhouse this winter.
Henry Smallwood a young unmar.
ried man and owner of a steam thresh
ing machine of the Mount Zion neigh
borhood sevism miles west of Peters
burg, while mpving the outfit from
the farm of Arthur Stewart to that of
Robert Stewart, fell in front of the
moving machine. The wheels passed
over his body lengthwise, crushing
him so badly that he only lived a flew
minutes.
Suffering from glanders, presumably
caught from afflicted horses, Jobs
Eckland of Sutherland, is confined ii
an Omaha hospital.
Secretary R. E. Mattison of the
Western Telephone company was at
Falls City and Humboldt opening up
the new independent line connecting
those cities with Lincoln. This line
gives Lincoln direct connection with
Kansas City over independent line*.
Mr. Mattison talked with a reporter
for the Star over the new line and
evfery word could be distinctly undetv
stood,
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STANDARD OIL FOUND
GUILTY AT FINDLAY, 0.
Jury, After Long Deliberation, Re
turns a Verdict Against the Com
pany—Notice of Appeal Has Been
Given—The Possible Penalty.
Findlay, O. — By the verdict of
a jury the Standard Oil company,
jf Ohio, is guilty of conspiracy against
trade in violation of the Valentine
anti-trust law of Ohio.
The penalty is a fine of from $50
to $5,000, which may be repeated for
each day of the offense, or imprison
ment of from six to 12 months.
The Standard Oil company, of Ohio,
has given notice that it will file a
motion for a new trial. Under the
practices of the court the defendant
has three days to put this ipotion in
form.
To the state, the suit, the verdict
and the ultimate appeal is important
particularly because it intimates an
entirely new method of proceeding
against alleged trade monopolies—
that of information and affidavit, in
stead of by grand jury indictment.
The verdict was rendered at 4:35
o’clock Friday morning, and resulted
from a continuous deliberation by the
jury during 32 consecutive hours. The
trial occupied seven days preceding
this deliberation, f
When the case went to the jury at
8:30 o’clock Wednesday night, the
first ballot of the jurors stood nine for
conviction and three for acquittal.
As the result of continuous delib
erations to four o'clock Thursday
morning one of the three for ac
quittal joined the majority. At
seven o’clock Thursday night one of
the two remaining for acquittal went
over to the other side, and at four
o’clock Friday morning the last of
the three gave his assent to the
verdict of “Guilty.”
Case Against Rockefeller to Wait.
Findlay, O. — Prosecutor David
stated Friday that he would take
no action in the case against
John D. Rockefeller until the supreme
court passes on the jurisdiction of
the Standard cases.
Will Fight to Last Ditch.
,New York. — The legal depart
ment of the Standard Oil company
has given out the following statement:
“The verdict in the case at Findlay
against the Standard Oil company car
ries with it a single fine of from $50
to $5,000, which is the maximum ac
cording to the law under the informa
tion on which the suit was brought.
The defendant lawyers in the case are
taking immediate steps for appeal,
which, before final adjudication, may
pass through three courts, namely,
court of common pleas, the circuit
court and the supreme court of Ohio.
They feel confident of securing a re
versal on manifold errors in the trial
just concluded.”
TO UPHOLD LIABILITY ACT
UNITED STATES TO INTERVENE
WHEN CASE IS CALLED.
Government Plans to Aid in Support
ing Constitutionality, Validity and
Interpretation of Law.
Washington. — Attorney General
Moody Friday made a statement
announcing, with the president’s
approval, that when the f^rst case un
der the employers’ liability act is
tried he intends to ask leave to inter
vene in the case to support the con
stitutionality, validity and interpreta
tion of the law. The statement fol
lows:
"It has come to my knowledge that
it will be claimed in court that the
employers’ liability act, passed by the
congress last winter, by which a rem
edy is afforded to all employes of the
interstate railroads for death or in
jury incurred in their service through
the negligence of interstate railroads
or any of its employes, is beyond the
constitutional powers of congress and
therefore void.
“It is my intention to ask leave of
the court, in which the first case un
der this law is tried, to intervene, not
upon the questions of fact, but for
the purpose of supporting the consti
tutionality, validity and interpretation
of the law.
"This intervention finds a precedent
in the leave given by the supreme
court to this department to intervene
in a private case arising under the
safety appliance law. Under this in
tervention, in the case of Johnson
against the Southern Pacific company,
the judgments of the circuit court and
circuit court of appeals were reversed
and the law plainly interpreted and
made effective by the judgment of
the supreme court.
“This, of course, has received the
approval of the president.”
It is understood that when the at
torney general decided to Intervene in
these cases he was in possession of
information that many of the rail
roads had decided to enter upon a
systematic effort to break down the
law. This conclusion is said to have
been reached at a meeting of railroad
attorneys held in Louisville, Ky., a
month ago. It is expected that a test
suit will be brought soon in Ken
tucky and another la New Jersey.
Offers Arbitration to Machinists.
Washington.—A circular Is being
sent out to the striking machinists
of the Southern railway, proposing
that the machinists declare the strike
off, return to work and submit the
wage question to arbitration.
Old Circus Rider Assaulted.
Cincinnati.—William Dutton, old
41me circus rider, and known all over
the civilized world, was the victim of
an assault at Ninth and Sycamore
streets Thursday night, and may die
of the wounds he received*
Presbyterians Meet.
Vinton, la.—The annual meeting of
the Presbyterian synod of Iowa Is In
session here. Rev. John McAllister, of
Missouri Valley, has been chosen mod
erator. There are over 200 delegates
In attendance.
Mari nee to Come Home
Washington.—Orders will be Issued
within s few days for the withdrawal
3f all but 500 of the marines In Cuba
They will be replaced until the total
force in Cuba numbers about 7,
000. .
MRS. POTTER-COWDIN A SUICIDE
Daughter of Bishop Potter Kills Self
in Sanitarium.
Cromwell, Conn.—It was stated
here that Mrs. Lena Potter-Cowdin,
daughter of Bishop Henry C. Potter,
of New York, committed suicide by
hanging at a private sanitarium here
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Cowdin was 44 years of age.
She came here some time ago to un
dergo treatment at a private sani
tarium. On Tuesday evening, it is
understood Mrs. Cowdin eluded her
nurse, and later her body was found
hanging from a beam in the cellar.
Mrs. Cowdin was the wife of Win
throp Cowdin. The body was forward
ed to New York Thursday.
NEW YORK CENTRAL IS FINED
Must Pay Sum of $108,000 .for Grant
ing Rebates.
New York.—Judge Holt, in the
United States circuit court Friday im
posed a fine of $108,000 on the New
York Central & Hudson River Rail
road company for granting rebates to
Lowell M. Palmer, who had charge
of transportation for the American
Sugar Refining company. There were
six ceunts, and a fine of $17,000 was
imposed in each.
Frederick L. Pomeroy, assistant
traffic manager of the New York Cen
tral, was fined $1,000 on each count,
a total of $6,000.
World's W. C. T. U. Memorial.
Boston.—An impressive memorial
service for members who have died
during the past three years was one
of the leading events of the second
day of the triennial convention of the
World’s Women’s Christian Temper
ance union in Tremont Temple Fri
day.
Lord Carlisle, of England, spoke in
memory of his ylifelong friend, Sir
Wilfrid Lawson, the noted English
parliamentary temperance leader, and
others made brief addresses in honor
of members from various countries
who have passed away.
Seize 74,000 Cartridges.
Lomza, Russian Poland. — Cus
toms officers here seized 19 pack
ages shipped from Berlin and con
signed to Tiflis, which were found to
contain 74,000 cartridges.
Fire on Bank Robbers.
Auxvasse, Mo.—Pari# Bartley, cash
ier, and F. C. Stokes, assistant cashier,
surprised two robbers at work In their
bank, tbs Auxvasse State bank, here
and opened lire on them with shot
guns. Tbs robbers escaped.
Former Senator Killed.
Fayetteville, Ark.—Ex-United States
Senator J. D. Walter, one of the prom
lneat lawyers of this state, fell down
a stairway leading to his office and
was killed, his skull being fractured.
He was 76 years of age.
Old Soldier Killed by Fall.
Marietta, 'O.—Thomas Shilling, an
old soldier, who was attending the
big reunion, Wednesday fell from the
third-story window of the Martin
house to the pavement below, crush
ing his skull and dying instantly.
Mrs. Thaw Not Worried.
New York.—Mrs. Harry K. Thaw
says she Is not In the least worried by
the intimation made by District At
torney Jerome that another person in
addition to Harry Thaw may be in
dicted for the murder of White.
TEN BURNED TO DEATH
VICTIMS OF MYSTERIOUS FIRE
AT BIRMINGHAM.
LAY BLAME TO BURGLARS
House Breakers Are Supposed to
Have Ransacked the Premise^
and Applied the Torch When
Work Was Finished.
Birmingham. Ala.—It is believed
that all of the bodies have been re
covered from the building destroyed
by Are Thursday night on Third ave
nue.
The total dead stands at ten. with
two men so seriously injured by jump
ing that they may not recover.
The origin of the fire is still a mys
tery, although the consensus of opin
ion seems to be that the house was
set on fire.
There were 21 boarders in the house,
almost all of whom were street rail
way employes. In addition there
were three other persons, Mrs. Wat
ley and her two sons. All have been
accounted for.
The dead: W. N. Nichols, street
car conductor; D. B. Neal, street car
conductor; W. B. Taylor, street car
motorman; G. C. Preston, conductor;
Edward Caldwell, motorman; E. B.
Henshaw, conductor; George D.
Bums, motorman; William T. Hall,
conductor; W. B. Livingstone, rolling
mill man; Olie H. Hines, employe Bir
mingham Flint Glass company.
The injured: C. E. Hentch, street
car conductor; G. W. Troutman, mo
torman; C. E. Keith, street railway
employe.
All the dead and injured occupied
rooms on the second story of the
house. The flames enveloped the en
tire building when the fire was dis
covered and it was with the greatest
difficulty that the persons on the low
er floors made their escape. They
saved nothing. Every piece of furni
ture in the house was burned. The
fire is thought to have been of in
cendiary origin.
Burglars have been detected on the
premises twice within the last two
months and Mrs. Watley' thinks the
house was burglarized and then set on
fire. Thieves were discovered at
work during the progress of the
flames and the police were called to
keep guard.
The ten charred bodies are at the
morgue, where it is impossible ho tell
one from the other. The names given
are those of the missing, the number
corresponding with the number of
corpses found.
STARTS REBATE INVESTIGATION
Affairs of Santa Fe to Be Probed by
Federal Grand Jury.
Los Angeles, Cal. — United States
District Attorney Oscar Lawlei
Friday afternoon started the ma
chinery of the United States govern
ment in an investigation of the Santa
Fe rebate situation in southern Cal
ifornia.
He would not discuss the situation,
but it is known that Mr. Lawler had
the United States marshal’s office
send out subpoenas for certain Santa
Fe railroad officials, local truck com
pany officers and officials of the local
furniture concerns.
These officials are directed to ap
pear before the United States grand
jury with books and papers as exhib
its bearing on freight rate charges
agreements and arrangements.
BEGAN SENTENCE MONDAY.
Former Senator Burton Has Gone tc
Ironton (Mo.) Jaili.
Abilene, Kan.—Joseph Ralph Bur
ton, former United States senatoi
from Kansas, began serving his sis
months’ sentence at Ironton, Mo., on
Monday. He was accompanied tc
Ironton by Mrs. Burton, who will re
main in that town until her husband’s
release.
Troops to Quell Indians.
Washington.—Upon the application
of Gov. Brooke of Wyoming, Secretary
Taft, by direction of the president,
has instructed Maj. Gen. Greely tc
dispatch a troop of cavalry to Wyo
ming to round up and return to theii
reservation the Ute Indians
Earthquake in Idaho.
Montpelier, Idaho.—A sharp earth
quake shock which occurred at 6:2C
o'clock Thursday evening was felt
over a wide area, points 50 miles
north in Idaho and 50 miles east in
Wyoming reporting the disturbance.
lather and Son Burned.
Independence, Kan.—In the destruc
tion by Are early Friday of the house
of J. W. Yelkins, two miles north ot
Deering, Yelkins and one son were
burned to death. Three -other mem
bers of the family escaped safely.
Liabilities of Over a Million.
Turin, Italy.—The liabilities of the
banking house of Zuekermann & Co.,
which closed its doors Thursday, are
estimated at about 11,200,000, and it
is believed that the assets will
amount to about the same sum.
Hurt in Railroad Smash.
New York.—One mas was severely
hurt and several others were cut and
bruised Friday when a Long Island
railroad train crashed into a line of
empty cars in the yards at the Bel
mont race track siding here.
Cuban Treasury Has 912,000,000.
Havana.—Maj. Ladd reported to
Gov. Magoon Wednesday that he had
finished counting the fundB in the Cu
ban treasury and found that they to
totaled a little more than 912,000,000,
mostly in American gold.
Taft and Party Arrive.
Old Point Comfort, Va.—Secretary
of War Taft and Mrs. Taft, Assistant
Secretary of State Bacon and Mrs. Ba
con and Gen. Funston arrived at Old
Point Comfort on the battleship Lou
isiana Wednesday.
I
MAKING POINTS CF BEAUTY,
Possibilities in What May Be Called
Waste Corners.
Paradoxical as it sounds, the ugli
est places in a house may often be
made its most salient points of beauty.
I remember once staying in an old
fashioned country place whose possi
bilities would have seemed nil to the
average owner, yet, which was really
a most charming habitation because
of its mistress' taste.
In her living room was an open fire
place. Not a real bit of colonial, not
a modern Dutch tiled affair, but a
great yawning, smoke-blackened aper
ture, whose sole purpose In life
seemed to be to hold fire dogs and
burning logs when the weather de
manded.
To this uninviting ch8sm this clev
er woman carried big earthenware
pans, borrowed from her dairy, and
these she kept filled through all the
warm months with whatever nature
offered her. The first spring flowers
and green leaves that showed them
selves in April; daisies, when they
came, masses of delicate Queen
Anne’s lace, bunches of yellow golden
rod, clusters of gorgeously-tinted au
tumn leaves; and every one who
came into that room exclaimed in
voluntarily at the beauty of that fire
place.
I knew another great rambling old
house that was possessed of an enor
mous number of unnecessary land
ings and halls. Waste room, the
woman who lived there cheerfully
called it, but she made the most of
it. She gave up all notion of a reg
ular sitting-room and developed an
astonishing number of delightful cor
ners that were cozy in more than
name.
You went up a short flight of steps
and were confronted by a cushioned
seat, a table littered with magazines,
a comfortable reading lamp and a
tiny corner bookcase. Another, and
you found an open desk with writing
materials spread invitingly before
you. You turned a corner, and an
embryo conservatory, with a twitter
ing canary bird to keep you company,
provided a joy of rest for your jaded
eyes.
That woman had a great reputation
as a matchmaker—a reputation which
she laughingly disclaimed. “I never
made a match in my life,” she said.
“If people will get engaged under my
roof, please blame the house, not me.”
There is scarcely a home that has
not tried its mistress’ soul because
of some special nook that refuses to
blend with the conventional arrange
ment of furniture. Try devoting it
to some special thing, a potted plant,
a comfortable lounging place, a niche
for curiosities; it may be worth your
while.—Washington Star.
Fruit Shower and Luncheon.
A bride-to-be has just been given a
fruit shower and luncheon by a dozen
of her girl friends. Each was asked
to bring some sort of fruit, a list be
ing made to prevent duplication. The
jars of fruit were concealed about the
dining-room, and the bride-elect was
started upon a hunt for them. All
sorts of canned fruits, jellies, marma
lades and preserves were contributed.
Each jar was attractively wrapped in
white tissue paper or put in a box.
The luncheon consisted of deviled
crabs, olives, hot rolls, currant jelly,
tomato salad, lettuce sandwiches and
coffee. The ice cream was served in
paper cases representing slippers, and
the individual cakes were round, cov
ered with icing, and on the top of each
stood a tiny china doll dressed in
white satin with a long tulle veil.
After the guests had finished eating,
they were asked by the hostess to re
cite aloud their favorite recipe and
best wish. The recipes were then col
lected and given to the bride-elect for
future use;
The Ubiquitous Plaid.
Is extremely popular just now.
Plaid velvets are seen as well as
silks and woolen goods.
Children and grown-ups, too, will
wear plaids of every' description.
It even appears on hats, particu
larly those for small people.
A fetching red hat for a little per
son has a flatcrown of velvet with a
full floppy brim of gray plaid silk.
Whole gowns are made of plaid
cloth or silk, walking suits are made
of plaid stuffs, and the most fascinat
ing blouses seen in a long time are of
taffeta silk, showing the plaids of the
various clans.
Blue and green predominate as a
combination in this season's goods.
Plaid serges, too, will be a feature
in materials.
Some of the newest designs show,
in addition to the plaid, a satin stripe
in a solid color, dividing the material
into still larger squares.
Buy the Best.
The wise woman never buys cheap
things, says a writer. The woman who
wants her money to go as far as pos
sible never buys cheap things. The
woman who wants her family to look
well, and herself to look well, never
buys cheap things. They have all
learned the expensivenes of some
sorts of economy. It applies to all
branches of family shopping. Cheap
food destroys the digestions of the
household, and the doctor’s bills more
than make up the difference. It pays
to feed a family well. By well, is
meant simply and wholesomely. Cheap
clothes are the bane of the poor.
They never look well and drop to
pieces when a good suit would still
be fresh and presentable.
How to Fasten Rugs.
Small rugs will not curl up at the
corners if triangular pieces of corru
gated rubber are fastened under each
corner. Have the rubber extended
six or eight inches along the edge of
the nigs. Bore small holes in each
corner of the rubber and sew through
the holes and carpet. The stitches
will be hidden by the pile of the rug.
Sweeping Brooms.
A heavy broom should always be
selected in preference to a light one
for thorough sweeping, as the weight
aids in the process. In buying a
broom, test it by pressing the edge
against the floor. If the straws bris
tle out and bend, the broom U a
poo/ one, for they should remain in a
firm, solid mass.
STORM J SOUTH
SURVIVORS TELL A HARROWING
TALE OF DEATH,
THE LOSS OF LIFE IS OREAT
House Boat With 150 Men on Beard
Driven Into the Gulf and Sunk—A
Russian Steamer Succeeds in Rescue
ing Forty Men.
KEY WEST, Fla.—Survivors from
one of the boats of the Florida. Coast
railway extension along the keys tell
a harrowing tale of death and destruc
tion caused by the storm of Thurs
day. W. P. Dusenberry, civil engi
neer in charge of the work on Long
Key, who Miraculously escaped death,
arrived her on the Russian steamer
Jennie, among other survivors rescued.
He says house boat No. 4, on which
were 150 men, was struck by the storm
at 5 o’clock Thursday morning and
was driven out into the gulf through
Sawk’s channel. At 6 o’clock the
house boat began to break ups and as
the great waves hit it men, singly and
in bunches of two and three, were
washed into the sea and drowned.
Some went below for protection, but
when the top of the boat was carried
away the waves rushed in and the
boat soon went to pieces, thirty or
forty of the men being crushed to death
in the collapse, the others grabbing
timbers to save themselves from
drowning. Engineer Dusenberry was
in the hold, but suceeded in getting a
log and floated until Friday night On
one piece of timber six men were
clinging and nine were hanging to
another. The sides ot the house boat
was crowded with men. It turned over
three times, each time reducing the
number of men.
The Russian steamer Jennie sighted
the wreck and succeeded in rescuing
the forty-nine men who were brought
here. Three other steamers with
searchlights were picking up dead and
alive men when the Jennie left the
scene.
There was another house boat with
150 men on board at Long Key, which
Mr. Dusenberry thinks was also swept
to sea.
There was in all ten boats at Long
Key, mortar mixers, dredgers and
other boats engaged in the work.
The survivors were furnished food
and clothing from the East Coast
railway commissary here and were
given medical attendance.
The extension work of the railway
along the keys has not been damaged.
MIAMI, FLA.—Reports from Long
Kay are that every house was demol
ished by Thursday’s storm, and it was
there that so many men employed on
the Florida East Coast railway exten
sion lost their lives. Damage to the
roadbed and concrete viaducts of the
extension was very light and there will
be no delay in construction.
ALL EYES ARE ON NEW YORK.
Empire State the Center of Political
Interest at Present.
WASHINGTON—With election day
only two weeks distant the campaign
in New York state contiues to become
more active and more interesting. Both
Mr. Hughes, the republican candidate
for governor, and Mr. Hearst, the Inde
pendence league and democratic can
didate, made extended speech-making,
tours the past week, and will continue
to make such speeches from now on
until the Saturday night before elec
tion. Not in some years have candi
dates in that state been greeted "by
such large arifl apparently interested
crowds as this year. Besides the can
didates for governor, other speakers
of state or national prominence wih
deliver addresses during the coming
week, among them Bourke GocJtr&a for
Hearst and Secretaries Root and
Shaw for Hughes.
Increase in AJaskan Goto.
WASHINGTON—No romance is ot
keener interest than the story of the
development of the mining industry in
Alaska during the last decade. It is
attested roughly by the increase in the;
value of its annual output from $2,400,
000 in 1895 to more than $15,000,000 in
1905. The gold production of 1905, ac
cording to reports of the United States
geological survey, increased probably
60 per cent over 1904.
French on the Defensive.
ORAN, Algeria—A mountain battery
under the command of Lieutenant
Biebenne has been ordered to the
south frontier of Morocco, opposite
Taflleut. The French plans are
strictly defensive. Risings of import
ance in Morocco are not expected until
the middle of November.
Fighting Contagious Disease.
WASHINGTON — Ecuador and the
United States and Panama will enter
into an agreement providing for uni
form health regulations and inspection
to protect the canal zone and tho two
souther republics against yellow fever
and other contagious diseases.
Fear for Georgia’s Governor.
BRUNSWICK, GA.—Telegrams from
Savannah show that some anxiety is
felt for the yacht belonging to Major
Williams, which left Savannah on Sat
urday with Governor Terrell and wife
as guests. It is supposed here that the
yacht reached St Simon's island be
fore the storm broke, but the cable
from this city to the island is down
and definite information is not obtain
able at the present time. The storm
reached Brunswick at midnight and
continued for three hours, accompa
nied by a heavy rainfall.
Iowa Wage Exemption Law.
DBS MOINES—A. L Urick of this
city, president of the State Federation
of Labor, declares that the organiza
tions that tried at the last session of the
legislature to get the wage exemption
law cut down la again at work. and.
furthermore, this time is working for
the defeat of members of the legisla
ture who are opposed to amending the
law. As a result of this discovery the
Federation of Latter men are at work
for the election of all refusing to vote
tor a change and are organizing thalr
forces to fight