Nebraska Newspapers

    STATE LEGISLATURE
COMPLETE ROLL OF UPPER AND
LOWER HOUSES.
THE POLITICS AND RESIDENCE i
Complete Vote by Counties for Land
and Railroad Commissioner—Two
Offices Very Close.
Foliowing is the completed roll of
the senate and house in the Nebraska
legislature:
Members cf the Senate.e
1. .T. H. Cain Humboldt.Rep.
2. T. J. Majors. Peru.R"I>.
3. S. H Buck. Berlin.Hem.
4 tv B Banning. Plattsmouth. . .Deni.
">. Alex La vert y, Ashland.Rep.
6. K. E. Howell. Omaha.Dem.
Frank Ransom. Omaha.Item.
.1 M. Tanner, South Omaha... .Dem.
7. O K Thompson Wisner.Rep.
8. Nick Fritz Pender .Dem.
9. J. 11. Hatfield. Neligh.Hem.
10. Fred Volpp. Scribner .Deni.
11. A. Randall. Newman (I've.. .Rep
12. F .t. Henry. Schuvler.Dem.
13. J. A. Honohoe O'Neill.Dem.
14. 13 L. Myers. Newport.Rep.
HI. .1. A. Ollis Ord.Dem.
15. I. S 1 leets. Kearney.Dem.
IT. .1. H Buhrman, Boelus.Dem.
IS. E. 1. King. Osceola.Rep.
is. (J. W Fuller. Seward.Dem.
20. .1 F Miller. Lincoln.Dem.
K. P. Brown, Lincoln.Rep.
21. Jaoeob Klein. Beatrice .Dem.
22. F W. Rartos, Wilber.Dem,
23. Smith Ketehurn. Chester.Dem.
24. Herman Diers. Gresham .Dem.
25. .1 M. Cox. Hampton.Rep.
26 C. R Besse, Red Cloud.Dem.
27. G W. Tibbetts, Hastings.Dem.
-S A G. Warren. Holdrege.Rep.
29. J. c Gammill. Stockville.Rep.
30 L. L Raymond Scott's Bluff .Rep.
Members of the House.
3. R. A. Clark, Fasills Citv.Dem,
Henry Gerdes. Falls City.Dem.
Otto Kotouc. Humboldt .Dem.
2. A It Barclay. Bookwalter.Rep.
W B Raper, Pawnee City.Rep.
2. Fred Hector, Auburn .Item.
B. T. Skeen, Auburn .Dem.
4. J. G. O'Connell. Tecumseh.Rep.
”>. c w Poool. Tecumseh.Dem.
6 G. W. Leidigh. Nebraska City. .Dem.
K J Stodman. Nebraska City. .Dem.
7. C. E. Noyes. Louisville.....Rep.
D. Smith. Elmwood .Rep.
8- M A. Bates. Plattsmcuth.Dem.
9. .3 M. Gates, Papillinn.Dem.
10. G H. Boland. Omaha.Dem.
William Butt. Omaha .Dem.
J. I’ Connolly. Omaha .Dem.
R H Holmes. Omaha.Dem.
.Terenlifili Howard So. Omaha . Dem
•T P Krause. South Omaha...Dem.
It S. Shoemaker. Omaha.Dem.
W. F. Stoecker. Omaha.Dem.
W P Thomas. Omaha.Dem.
11. 1! I) Sehoettger. Fontanelle. . .hem.
12. Nels Johnson. Oakland .Rep
13. K ft Griffin Tekamah.Rep
14. W. J. McVieker. Fremont.Dem.
F 1’ Lawrence. Fremont.Dem.
13. Charles Graff. Bancroft .Dem
D'- D. C. Hefferman. Hubbard.Dem.
17 Adam Pihrer. Stanton .Dem.
18. S Saberson. Ponca .Rep.
3 9. John Kohl. Randolph .Dem.
20. .7 M. Talcott, Crofton.Deni.
21. George Fannon. Neligh .Rep,
2- I. S> Bvgland, Albion .Dem.
2.7. T. J Toting, Madison.Dem.
24. James Greig. Genoa .Dem.
25. .T H. Weems. Fullerton.Dem.
26 VT. A. Unthsack Schuyler.Rep.
27. F L. Hadsell Wahoo.Rep.
Frank Dolezal. Wahoo.Dem.
2S. John Dnstal. David City.Dem.
Joseph Lux. David City.Dem.
29. C A. Ritchie. Seward.Dem.
Henry Soheele, Seward .Dem.
30. Cyrus Black. Hickman .Rep.
E. W. Brown, Lincoln .Rep.
J W. Blystone, Lincoln.Rep.
C E. Gro’-es. Lincoln.Item.
Fred Humphrey. Lincoln .Dem.
3!. John Ohab. Wilber .Dem.
•T. H. Horiodsky Wilber.I>eni.
32. B. II. Begoie. Beatrice.Rep.
D. .T. Killer Adams .Rep.
C. J. IMcColl, Beatrice.Rep.
33. F O. Eilis, Beatrice.Rep.
24. Wes Pickens. Fairbury .Dem.
2 William Gruber, Hebron .Dem.
36. J I’. Thitsson, Jansen .Ren.
2.. P A. Murphy. Exeter .Dem.
H N. Swan. Fairmont.Dem.
28. D. W Baker. Benedict .Rep.
A B. Tailor York .Rep.
29. E. E. Wilson, Osceola.Dem
40. J G Boelts, Central City.Dem.
41. R. W Boyd. Aurora.Dem.
3. J. Evans. Aurora .Dem.
42 D. M. Nettleton. Fairfield.Rep.
J. E Broderick. Fairfield .Dem
42. A. H. Nelson.Dem
4 4 R. F. Raines Red Cloud.Rep.
4.. . T J. Coop,Tider. Hastings.Dem.
40. Eri< k Johnson. Rnseland .Rep.
47. J W. Sink, Grand Island.Deni.
F S. West. Grand Island.I >eni.
4'. S M. Fries. IJannebrog .Dem.
4 9. J L. Fogarty. Greeley.Dem.
•90. H. R. Henry. O'Neill .Item.
H. A. Allen. Atkinson.Rep.
•91. F P. Skillmnn, Ainsworth.Rep.
■92. .1 F. Carr, Springview.Dem.
53. Missing.
•94. B. K. Rushee. Kimball.Rep.
.93. S. J Rotts. Ord.Dem.
56. W. J. Taylor. Merna.Item.
E. Miller, Sargent.Item.
57. E. A. Brown. Loup City.Dem.
5-s. G. W Barrett, Shelton.Rep
F. Armstrong Elm Creek.Ren.
59. H. T. Worthing, Overton.Dent.
60. .1. D. England. Axtell.Item
Cl. E. H. Eastman. Franklin.Dem.
02. Joseph Snyder. Alma .hem.
Co. E. W. Roberts, Holdrege.Rep.
04. Missing.
C,"». Frank Moore, McCook .Rep.
06. E. S. Case. StockvIUe.Dem.
07. Missing.
Land and Railroad Commissioner.
Following is the complete vote by
counties
Cowles' majority over Eastham is
1,903. Cowgill’s majo; ty over Wil
liams is hiil. The table:
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5^: =q;
V
Adams .
Antelope ...
Banner .
Blaine .
Boone .
Box Butte...
Boyd .
Brown .
Buffalo ....
Burt .
Butler .
Cuss .
Cedar .
Chase .
Cherry .
Cheyenne . .
Clay .
fColfax
Cuming _
Custer .
akota .
•awes .
>awson . . . .
1 euel .
Dixon .
Dodge .
Douglas
Dundy .
Fillmore . . .
Franklin ...
Frontier
Furnas .
Gage .
Garfield ....
Gosper .
Grant .
Greeley
Hall !.
Hamilton
Harlan .
Hayes .
Hitchcock
Holt .
Hooker .
Howard ....
Jefferson . . .
Johnson
Kearney . . .
Keith !.
Keya Paha.
Kimball
Knox .
T/ancaster ..
Lincoln
Logan .
Loup .
McPherson
Madison ....
Merrick
Nance .
Nemaha ....
Nuckolls . . .
Otoe .
Pawnee
Perkins . . . .
Phelps .
Pierce .
Platte .
Polk .
Red Willow.
Richardson
Rock .
Saline .
Sarpy .
Sr.unders . .
Scottsbluff ..
Seward
Sheridan . . .
Sherman .. .
Sioux .
Stanton
Thayer .
Thomas
Thurston . ..
Valley .
Washington.
Wavne .
Webstar ....
Wheeler ...
York .
1,975
1,654
169
224
1,562
614
971
603
2.54a
1,880
1.418
-.561
1.646
401
1.085
913
1.910
1.132
1.274
2.762
744
828
1.721
517
1.266
2.426
14.477
487
1.765
1.089
1.115
1.418
2,244
1.402
156
1.544
656
856
502
2.461
1,171
2.082
2,301
1.678
338
97S
758
1.899
1,295
1.726
2.912
692
2,010
1,688
176
369
491
99
685
2.259
1.639
1.097
639
1,543
168
971
2.076
1,365
1.020
368
426
218
1.868
8,225
1.573
1 4 4
241
246
2.127
1,154
1.065
1,631
1.500
2.251
1.482
258
1.44 3
1.062
1.493
1.143
1.275
2.141
4 73
2.083
939
2.333
795
1,928
720
1,875
36S
1.061
2.634
15,2?9
384
1.982
1.309
824
1.583
2,962
34 S
626
93
1.077
1,599
3.126
274
625
1,745
99
1.432
1,683
1,114
1.161
304
344
115
2.062
1.338
149
176
145
1.859
1,045
876
1.601
1.507
2.363
1.091
251
3.601
540
982
602
2.535
1.895
1.404
2.514
1.626
410
1.063
903
1.938
1.139
1,271
2.888
746
798
1.752
521
1,237
2.454
14.054
488
3.773
1.106
1.127
1,432
3.764
36 0
496
99
681
2,205
1.683
1.140
3 7 1
64 2
no
965
1,98©
1,392
1.043
367
431
219
3.831
S.203
1.496
147
243
245
2.131
1,168
1.077
1,659
1,532
279
1.179
3.088
2.508
1.263
1.259
2.240
319
2.180
1,042
2,553
511
7S7
1,730
101
S91
1.040
1.600
1.274
1,422
237
0
53S
1.982
703
935
S12
1.660
1,515
255
1.438
1.142
1,501
1,188
1.192
2.157
470
2,183
946
2.350
807
1.959
122
1.014
1.422
1.035
1.291
248
1.941
7 93
784
1.731
101
884
1,055
1.618
1,282
1.428
238
2.279
Total vote in the ninety counties:
Sheldon .
Shallenberger ....
Hopewell .
Garrett .
Junkin .
Gatewood .
Barton .
Price .1
Brian .1
Mackay . 3
Bishop .1
Abbott .1
Thompson .1
Fleharty .1
Coyle. ....... . . .1
Eastham .1
Williams .1
Cowgill .1
2,287
1.445
67
. } ri°
746
870
516
2.561
1.181
2.144
2.348
1.725
541
97S
l.S»3o
1.280
1.745
2.753
702
774
3.925
377
3.147
2.653
15.720
285
1.991
1,303
820
1,623
3.090
359
642
93
1.092
2,311
BIG 4
271
624
1,753
92
1,458
1.741
1,111
1,181
306
326
11S
2.155
7.612
1.431
155
162
145
1.895
1.086
921
1.606
1,513
2.389
1,114
253
1.288
1.035
2.509
1,302
1,370
2.231
323
2.141
1,053
2.603
524
1.976
702
926
456
823
1,688
121
735
1.040
1.415
1.096
1.292
*245
1.987
Totals . .128,880 126.977 128,940 129,491
075 :
960 I
3; i
480 i
7-6 '
*-’24
010 i
944
835
008 !
643
871 ,
,SS(. i
977 I
940 '
491
Final Figures on Hinshaw.
Hinshaw. Gilbert
York . 289
Hamilton
Gage . ..
Seward
Saline .
Thayer
113
829
Jefferson
Saunders
FiHipore
Polk _
Butler
24
463
707
Totals .1.821
Hinshaw s net majority. 8.71.
970 i
NEERASKA NOTES.
Shalienberger’s plurality in Douglas
county is 2.663.
•Mr. Bryan’s plurality in Douglas
county was approximately 1,500.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota has
canceled his speaking date before the
V. M. C. A. of Lincoln.
.James Barton, a young colored man,
shot at his wife at Kearney with a
single barreled shotgun and four shot
took effect. The wounds will not be !
fatal.
Fred Yv. Ashton, defeated for con
gress in the Fifth district by 20 ma
jority. may contest the election.
Governor-elect Shallenberger's ex
pense account shows he spent $264.75 I
in the campaign.
Paul FViblekorn, a brick mascn.
who was working on the new school
building at Pilger, fell from the sec
ond story window to the ground. He
was badly bruised, but no bones were
broken.
County Attorney Graham in the dis
trict court of Dodge county dismissed
the case against Pasquel Cristiano,
who was charged with the murder of
Tony Genova.
A fairly large movement of com
may be looked for in the course cf
the next few weeks, according to the
statements of Omaha grain men. One
commission man returning from the
western part of the state declared that
there is a great amount of grain ly
ing in wire cribs in the fields and
that it will average well as to quality.
The National Com exposition at
Omaha will be a gigantic affair. A
calculation of the amount of floor
space to be utilized gives a total of
144.000 square feet or an equivalent of
a square 1,100 feet and over on each
side. This is equal to four consecu
tive city blocks. Another comparison
will aid in impressing the size of the
exfiibiuon on ar v one. The total floor
space of the Transmississippi exposi
tion for exhibits was 500,000 feet and
that was for several months and nor
ten days.
The county of Kimball has register
ed $5,000 high school bonds, issued un
der the new high school law enacted
by the last legislature. Kimball coun
ty is the first in the state to issue
such bonds.
James Svitek. the 15-year old son of
Anton Svitek of David City, while at
tempting to mount a west bound Union
Pacific freight at the stock yards, fell
under the train and both legs were
severed below the knees.
Majorities of congressmen-elect in
Xebraska are as follows: First dis
trict, Maguire. 035: Second, Hitchcock,
2.575; Third. Latta. 1.9G7: Fourth,
Hir.shaw. 850; Fifth. Norris, 20; Sixth.
K.nkaid, 2.584.
Governor-elect A. C. Shallenberger
has said he will appoint Dr. tV. M.
Haxter of Prosser in the place of Su
perintendent Kern of the Hastings !n
sane asylum, and will name X. C. Ab
bott of Tekamah superintendent of the
institute for the blind at Xebraska
City.
Be True to Your Own Ideals.
I would rather live on the most
desolate crag—shivering with all the
warm wraps of falsehood stripped off
—gazing after unfound truth than
sit comfortably on hmore inhabited
spots, where others are warm in a
faith which is true to them, but which
is false to me.—F. W. Robertson.
Natural Growth of New York.
After eliminating the immigrant in
crease to th? population of New York
Pity, it is growing annually C5.800 by
natural acrction.
London's Population.
The population of London, fi,549,000 j
tanding shoulder to shoulder, would
form a human wall 1,800 miles long;
or put on a area of 0.7 square mile
~r on a square having sides of 0.8-S of
a mile.
Have Faith in Yourself.
Without a robust belief in your*
ability to accomplish you never will
accomplish. You must believe in your
self and not depend cn other to drag
you up the heights to sucesa.
U/ff-CMD P1MCMOT
i ne nation may well pause in
mournful contemplation of her rav
aged forests—forests which have been
blackened, and scarred and ruined in
large sections by the fires which have
raged within them.
This year’s forest fire record
eclipses that of any other year of
which we have record, both in ex
tent of territory burned over and
value of timber destroyed. In speak
ing of the matter Mr. Gifford Pinchot,
chief of the United States forest serv
ice, declares that in many ways this
year's forest fires have been the worst
»e has ever known. The whole north
ern half of the country has been at
tacked, he says, and the losses which
have been caused represent a serious
drain on our timber supply.
Besides destroying valuable tim
ber and other property, the fires
which have been raging during the
last few weeks in the east have caused
an almost incalculable loss to water
sheds of important streams supplying
power for countless industries. In the
Adirondacks the destruction has re
sulted in marring one of the nation's
most useful playgrounds.
One of the earliest of the great for
est fires which have attained historic
importance was the great Miramichi
fire of 1825. It began its greatest
destruction about one o'clock in the
afternoon of October 7 of that year, at
a place about 60 miles above the town
of Newcastle, on the Miramichi river,
in New Brunswick. Before ten o'clock
at night it was 20 miles below New
castle. In nine hours it had destroyed
a belt of forest 80 miles long and 25
miles wide. Over more than two and
one-half million acres almost every
living thing was killed. Even the fish
were afterward found dead in heaps
on the river banks. Five hundred and
ninety buildings were burned, and a
number of towns, including Newcastle,
Chatham and Douglastown, were de
stroyed. One hundred and sixty per
sons perished, and nearly a thousand
head of slock. The loss from the Mira
michi fire is estimated at $200,000.
In the majority of such forest fires
as this the destruction of the timber is
a more serious loss, by far, than that
of the cattle and buildings, for it car
ries with it the impoverishment of
a whole region for tens or even hun
dreds of years afterward. The loss of
the stumpage value of the timber at
the time of the fire is but a small part
of the damage to the neighborhood.
The wages that would have been
earned in lumbering, added to the
value of the produce that would have
been purchased to supply the lumber
camps, and the taxes that would have
been devoted to roads and other pub
lic improvements, furnish a much
truer measure of how much, sooner
or later, it costs a region when its for
ests are destroyed by fire.
The Peshtigo fire of October. 1871,
was still more severe than the Mirami
chi. It covered an area of more than
2,000 square miles in Wisconsin, and
involved a loss in timber ami other
property, of many millions of dollars.
Between 1,200 and 1,500 persons per
ished, including nearly half the pop
ulation of Peshtigo, at that time a
town of 2,000 inhabitants. Other fires
of about the same time were most de
structive in Michigan. A strip about
40 miles wide and 180 miles long, ex
tending across the central part of the
state, from Lake Michigan to Lake
Huron, was devastated. The estimat
ed loss in timber was about 4,000,000,
000 feet board measure, and in money
over $10,000,00. Several hundred per
sons perished.
In the early part of September, 1881,
! great fires covered more than 1.800
square miles in various parts of Mich
igan. The estimated loss, in proper
ty, in addition to many hundred thou
sand acres of valuable timber, was
more than $2,300,000. Over 5.000 per
i sons were made destitute, and the
number of lives lost is variously esti
mated at from 150 to 500.
The most destructive fire of more
recent years was that which started
near Hinckley, Minnesota, September
1, 1894. While the area burned over
was less than in some other great
fires, the loss of life and property was
very heavy. Hinckley and six other
towns were destroyed, about 500 lives
were lost, more than 2.000 persons
were left destitute, and the estimated
loss in property of various kinds was
$25,000,000. Except for the heroic con
duct of locomotive engineers and
otner railroad men the loss of life
would have been much greater.
This fire was all the more deplor
able because it was wholly unneces
sary. For many days before the high
wind came and drove it into uncon
trollable fury, it was burning slowly
close to the town of Hinckley, and
could have been put out.
In reviewing the losses of this year.
Mr. Pinchott says: "There is little or
no difference between the fires of
1908 and those of other years, so far
as causes are concerned. Unfortu
nately, there is also little difference
in the way people have met them. In
most states fires have been allowed
to run until they threatened valuable
property, and then efforts were made
to check them. This eleventh-hour
activity succeeded here and there, but
even a cursory summary of the fire
loss for the year shows that such
methods result in almost inevitable
disaster.
"This forest fire question resolves it
self into one of the most important
problems before the nation in the
care of its natural resources. Success I
or failure in its solution by those hav
ing private holdings of timberland,
means the continued use of the land
w the perpetual burden of caring for
vast barren wastes. The devastation
following a fire is not realized by many
people, and 1 sometimes think that the
greatest thing that can be done in
furtherance of the movement for the
conservation of the forest resources
would be to give as many people as
possible a chance to visit a section of
the country that has been thoroughly
impoverished by a forest fire.
"The fire warden system has been
fairly successful in places, but its fun
damental weakness is that it is not a
preventive system. To begin work
after a fire has gained headway means
that from the start the chances are
against checking it before it has done
serious damage. No fire-fighting sys
tem has shown itself effective that did
not provide for ranger patrol. In the
national forests we are meeting the
proposition with a satisfactory sys
tem, although the number of men in
the field is insignificant and the
rangers' districts are so large that the
fire risk is raised above the point of
safety. The one secret of fighting
fires is to discover your fire as soon
as possible, fight it as hard as you
can, and refuse to leave it until the
last ember is certainly dead. The rea
son for the widespread destruction by
large fires this year was the indiffer
ence of the people to the smaller ones.”
Paradise Lost," or A Life Insurance
Official s Side of the Recent Investiga
tion.
BANK NOTES IN A DUST BIN.
How They Were Curiously Discovered
and Returned to Their Owner.
Ten 1,000-franc bank notes, repre
senting the savings of a woman who
lived at Nanterre, near Paris, were
hidden by her in an old envelope,
which was placed in a drawer. In a
moment of forgetfulness the envelope
found its way into a dust bin.
In the morning the ragpickers
turned out the bin. but tossed aside
the tattered envelope without inspec
tion. Some carters happened to pass
that way. They picked up the now
mud splashed piece of paper, one re
marking to the other: "Perhaps there
is a fortune inside!” They drew out
the notes. "This is some fool's pleas
antry,” they said; so by way of re
venging themselves on the unknown
ioker and not believing the notes to
be genuine, they tore them to pieces
and threw them aside.
Two market women came along
shortly afterward. With the shrewd- ;
ness of their class they recognized i
the scattered pieces of paper and |
gathered them tip and took them to
the commissary of police.
They were pieced together and it
was found that none was missing.
Two hours later the notes so curiously
discovered were restored to their
owner.
Traits of Cannibals.
The thick forest along the banks of
the Semliki. in eastern Africa, is
densely inhabited by pygmies. They 1
are cannibals, and when pressed for
food exchange their children for those
of other families. They refuse to eat
members of their own families. At the
southern end of the frontier of the
Congo Independent State there are
people who owe allegiance to no
chiefs, each family owning its own vil
lage and recognizing no head. The
whole community, however, is domin
ated by a clan of witch women, who
are extremely hostile to Europeans.
An Aeronautic Helpmeet.
Dinks—The aeronaut’s wife seems
to be so anxious to carry out his
wishes.
Winks—Yes. she is the most dir
igible wife 1 ever met.
IN THE PUBLIC EYE
NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR
Count Johann Heinrich Von Bernstorff has
been selected by Emperor William to succeed the
late Baron Speck Von Sternburg as ambassador
to the United States. Countess Von Bernstorff
is a daughter of Edward Luckemeyer of New
York.
Count Von Bernstorff was first diplomatic
agent and consul-general at Cairo, but was raised
to the rank of minister plenipotentiary early in
1908. He'is the fourth son of Count Albrecht
Von Bernstorff, a distinguished contemporary of
Bismarck, and he was born in 1862. while his
father was German ambassador to the court of
St. James.
The new ambassador began his diplomatic
career in 1899, when he was made attache at
Constantinople. He was counselor of the em
uassj auu nrsr secretary in umuoii in
While in England the count came especially under the notice of Emperor
William as a result of his work in ameliorating the existing ill-feeling against
Germany. He drew up a scries of lucid and comprehensive dispatches on the
situation. After four years' service in London he was sent to Cairo, in the
German diplomatic service this post is regarded as a stepping stone toward
advancement.
The count married Miss Jennie Luckemeyer in 1887. His wife was born
December 13, 1807, and the couple have two children. The Luckemeyer
family left New York several years ago and settled in Prance, where the
countess’ father died this year.
Count Ernst Von Bernstorff, the founder of the collateral branch of the
family, also had an American wife. He was married in 1801 to Amerika
Riedesel. Baroness Zu Eisenbach. who was born in New York in 1780.
Count Von Bernstorff's daughter, Alexandra, is 20 years of age and came
out socially in Cairo two seasons ago. His son. Christian. 17 years of age, is
now at school. The new ambassador is a man above middle height, of slight
figure and wears a blonde mustache. His knowledge of English is well-nigh
perfect and he is known as a successful after-dinner speaker and a witty
conversationalist.
HIS DEFEAT A
Charles 15. Landis, congressman from Indi
ana. whose defeat at the recent election was
one of the surprises of the campaign, will prob
ably be taken care of by the incoming national
administration. Just what he is to get in the
way of an appointment is not announced, but it
is believed that he will be named as public
printer.
>lr. Landis has been one of the most promi
nent members of the house, and has made a great
name for himself. He has been known as a close
friend of President Roosevelt and has besides
been actively associated with a number of inter
esting legislative matters, including the cam
paign against Mormonism.
The Landis family has been fairly well taken
care of by the public. A few years ago there
were five members of the family drawing good-sized envelopes on- the public
payroll at the same time. Two were members of Indiana's congressional
delegation, Chas. B„ from the Ninth district, and his brother Frederick, from
the Eighth. Frederick, the younger brother, was run over by the political
juggernaut four years ago. Now the retirement of Charles leaves only two of
tfte brothers still at the pie counter. One is Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis,
the $20,000,000 Standard Oil jurist in Chicago. The other is in the postal
service in the Philippines and has an excellent job.
The retiring statesman is editor of the Delphi Journal, a weekly newspa
per, when he is at home. He is an orator of the rapid-fire sort all the time,
whether at home or away. He has served six terms in the house.
COMPROMISE CANDIDATE WINS
William E. Glasscock is the Republican gov
ernor-elect of West Virginia. He was the third
man named as a candidate for the place within
four months by the Republicans, and he achieved
his position at the head of the ticket of the
dominant party wthout the trouble of carrying
on a tiresome and expensive state-wide cam
paign. He wasn't even required to waste any
time or worry over a state convention. There
were no critical delegates to be satisfied or ap
peased, and while West Virginia had a num
ber of other ambitious Republicans who had
a hankering to be governor for the coming four
years, Glasscock was nominated by the unani
mous vote of the state central committee of his
party. Two popular men sought the nomination for
governor, Charles M. Swisher, secretary of state,
and Arnold C. Scherr. auditor of state. The preliminary campaign was hot,
bitter and so close that neither man could get an uncontested majority of the
delegates. The Swisher element finally secured the whip hand and nominated
him. The Scherr end of the convention bolted, held another session and nom
inated the state auditor. Efforts of the national leaders to bring about a truce
and induce one man or the other to withdraw were futile. Then the national
committee placed its seal on the Swisher candidacy, declaring him the regu
lar nominee. Scherr refused to withdraw, and his faction christened them
selves the Lincoln Republicans.
This factional warfare continued for several weeks before the national
party conditions became so uncertain that an insistent demand for the
withdrawal of both men came from the Taft forces. Swisher promptly com
plied. Scherr did so reluctantly a short time afterward.
So Glasscock, who had been identified with neither faction, was placed
on the ticket as a compromise candidate with the consent of both factions
and every effort was made to heal the breach. That the requisite harmony
was finally secured and the white dove of political peace caught and tied
securely in the back woodshed with a trunk strap is attested by the fact of
Glasscock's election by a safe majority.
VICTOR AFTER HOT FIGHT
George L. Lilley. governor-elect of Connecti
cut, is one of the evidences of the moment as to
the harmlessness of a fight with organized labor.
Lilley won the election to the highest position in
his state, against the bitterest opposition of labor
and, incidentally, against the opposition of some
other elements of his party, as well. Moreover,
before he entered the campaign for governor he
was elected to congress as a representative at
large from his state, also against the strong op
position of the unionists, this time directed by
President Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor, and other prominent labor leaders.
It begins to lock as though Mr. Lilley liked
to fight. He has not gone out of his way to
avoid a clash with anybody, so far as the records
show, since he began to play the fascinating
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around, Mr. Lillev was looking for it. He would have been tickled to death
at one of Donnvbrook's chaste and simple social soirees.
Mr. Lilley lives at Waterbury, but he was born over in Massachusetts.
His political career began in 1901, when he was elected to the state legislature.
Two years later he was promoted to congress, and served three terms. Here
he made a record which brought down on him the labor anathema, but was
re-elected. In the gubernatorial fight he was opposed by Judge Robertson,
clean, able and extremely popular.
The Simple. Life.
When any man may, if he please,
thus live at peace and liberty abroad
in the open fields, or his own gardens,
what reason is there why he should
affect and pursue honors, and not
rather modestly bound his desires
with the calmness and security of
that condition? For, to hunt after
glory by the ostentation of virtue, of
science, of eloquence, of nobility, of
wealth, of attendants, of rich clothes,
of beauty, of garb, and the like—seri
ously, it is altogether the fame *oi
ridiculous vanity; and in all things
modesty exacts no more than this,
that we do not, through rusticity,
want of a decent garb, or too much
negligence, do anything that doth not
correspond with civility and decor
um. For it is equally vile, and doth
as much denote a base or abject mind,
to grow indolent and lofty upon the
possession of these adjuncts of mag
nificence, as to become dejected, or
sunk in spirit, at the loss or want of
them.—Epicurus.
It’s when a man has sense that the
dollars take care of themselves.
TO CURE A COUGH
Or Break a Cold in 24 Hours
Mix two ounces of Glycerine and a
half ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine com
pound pure with a half pint of Straight
Whisky. Shake well and take a tea
spoonful every four hours.
The genuine Virgin Oil of Pine com
pound pure is prepared only by The
Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio
and is put up only in half-ounce vials
each vial securely sealed in a round
wooden case to insure its freshness
and purity.
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USED TO IT.
1
Old Gem—Are you not ashamed to
I stand there listening to such awful
j language?
The Boy—Oh course 1 ain’t. I'm a
! golf caddie.
-——
MIX FOR RHEUMATISM
The following is a never failing rem
edy for rheumatism, and if followed
up it will effect a complete cure of
the very worst cases: “Mix one-half
pint of good whiskey with one ounce
of Toris Compound and add one ounce
Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Take
in tablespoonful doses before each
meal and at bedtime.” The ingre
dients can be procured at any drug
store and easily mixed at home.
A Terror to His Kind.
A certain congressman is the father
I of a bright lad of ten. who persists, de
spite the parental objection and de
cree. in reading literature of the “half
dime" variety.
“That's a nice way to be spending
your time,” said the father on one oc
casion. “What's your ambition, any
how?”
“Dad,” responded the youngster,
with a smile, “I'd like to have people
tremble like aspen leaves at the mere
mention of my name."—Lippincott’s.
Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou
ble can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
An Autocrat.
“Do you think that the people ought
to rule?” asked the patriot.
“Don’t ask me,” answered the nerv
ous man. "I’m prejudiced against the
idea. I’m a baseball umpire."
This woman says she was saved
from an operation by Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.
Lena V. Henry, of Norristown, Ga.,
1 writes to Mrs. Pinkliam:
“ I suffered untold misery from fe
male troubles. My doctor said an opera
tion was the only chance I had, and I
dreaded it almost as much as death.
“ One day I read how other women
had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and I decided to
try it. Before I had taken the first
bottle I was better, and now I am en
tirely cured.
*• Every woman suffering with any
female trouble bliould take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhaspositively cured thousandsof
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges
t ion, dizziness or ne rvous prostration.
Why don’t you try it ?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice,.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address. Lynn. Mass.
Western Ganada
MORE BIG CROPS IN 1908
Another 60,000 set
tlers from the United
States. New dis
tricts opened for set
tlement. 320 acres
ofland to each set
t 1 e r,— 160 free
hoL estead and 160 at $3.00 per acre.
“A vast rich country and a contented pros
perous people.— iruct <ro:: turn'sr ■ r
cf (i A~atidrial Editor, whose visit to H \ str * n
Canada, in Aujrust, iquS% was an inspiration.
Many have paid the entire cost of their
farms and had o. balance o. from $10.00 to
$20.00 per acre as e result of one crop.
Spring wheat, winter wheat, oats, barley,
flax and peas are the pia.ripal crops, while
the wild grasses bring to ,'erfection the
best cattle that have ever Leen sold on
the Chicago market.
Splendid climate, schools and churches
in all localities. Railways touch most of
the settled districts, and prices for produce
are always good. Lands may also be pur
chased from railway and land companies.
For pamphlets, maps and information
j regarding low railway rates, Apply to
Superintendent of Immigration
Ottawa, Canada
or to the authorized Canadian Gov’t Agent:
W. V. BENNETT.
HI New Tark Lib BniUini, Omaha, Nebraska.