Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVIII
LOl'P CITY, NEBRASKA. THU RSDAY . FEBRUARY 24. 1910.
NUMBER 10
TALK ON IRRIGATION
» u TO ISSUE THIRTY MILLIONS
IS DISCUSSED.
WESTERNERS FAVOR MEASURE
''N * ntfMrithil is Bad y Neeoed tc
E • *tisfi Projects That Are Now
Quite Well Under Way.
Washington—For more titan two
'.our> Thursday the senate listened u.
- at* u.-skij. of 11m- sittate bill author
-ung the issuance of Jiiu.ics* duo worth
jf certificates of indebtedness for the
-***.; .rut* of irrigation projects ai
«adj Leg us..
The asehaure ear championed by a
: »u.!e r of senators, especially Messrs.
Wrier and Borah. Mr Carter said in
a number of cases dams had been
jtnjtietec aL.i* th* ditches had not
<•*** a*:’■orlei. thus providing for
the st •.-„** but not lor the dlatribu
. <t at wait r. The effecl was to with
jid the aater from se ttlers. It a as
.-taxed that the money would all be re
;aud 1/j t> tilers and that in reality
the treasury would not in any way
be affects*
Th* I ear was voiced by Senators
:'i.xt and Crawford that the depart
s*e* i: .» r . b* leu,; • d to enter uj*in
. : , before the * omplt-tHin
. enter* rts* s and thus soon
- • rlo.--mi.' i;* in lurcher ub
-a’. ■a I w_- int- nded on behali
" in*- Be- .s _re that the danger bad
—. * * ted by the iaucuag* of the
.-tcauir i • -jrbura charged the
li,* r» iamaUoc fund to
ie d..'- to he withdrawal of the pule
.she Inn sate Thus tt»e fund
*tari*~J ! ■ th* c > rnnieni
nit W-*s had heedlessly jm rmitted
a*- j i-st be said He declared it
* - -d hot la- ask.r.g too much to ask
* . . , * "..ititiB .if th* Hi'*ney neces
. _■ * ei- B>aa< rood the wrung done.
!»• urged txa: the relief should not
!* r p*d The bill was uc*‘er con
ic'ml ion when the senate adjourned.
Ax *-•■:.» **■ tempurarj withdrawal
<*f land- from the public domain was
aad» !■» — retary Ballinger today in
i'' ■ i.. 1 **.* ivt a* ret- •*- r-.ej from
*:.:*. and frT ir. a*-res with
draw* all form* of disposition
F.*m thousand four and thirty
it>* *t* r»-* >rsi in settlement
■ *.t!y mi!;, --ted by the r*ie
r c*.• * iuu.ised that the ywb
\t *- iming and Men tana
•*t* . : -d valuable ‘eoosts of coal,
tii'ii to e - ■■ e'ji:iei. i gu- tion the sec
* th* * * rv*r today withdrew
entry acres in the
umt*: * .at* and *>•'. <•.;#§ in the latter
;--td.x. a (n U. ed *i*»3d esc initiation
• »eot>e ae thousand, eight hundred
- fl in i.'f- .ci:t a-re* located along
Ked !.' k lake* .e Montana have
■ - s. t- ai-”.r*rt!y withdrawn from all
entry :t t'd of proposed legislation af
• • * r.» th* disposal of water power
te* >■*; tie* put*!.! domain A field ln
-<-***;gat.; l having shown the exist
•!.'» .id .able rw! depo*:t* on 61,
JT- a* r- in Colorado the land has been
'• *a ai! eairv until they have
~-en '.u-..bed and appraised by geol
letf «nc acres in that state
• L t are now exempt from all forms
■ d -.-.*- •» *n pending their classify
at>oe .lad appraisement,
Vourj Rocrevett to Marry.
\>» v ri- Tj*- -djre Roosevelt. Jr..
- »t Pre? den’ Roosevelt,
aat aateouarod l < engagement to Mis*
CtaMtr lMlcr UrnM 4 Hi « York
T • tew* of the event was cabled to
• .■( K-.rr-eveit >a Africa, and al
though Oh aaaounreir *-nt was a sur
prise it i» not feared that there will
•— »j i -.irental displeasure. Mrs.
already approved of the
* ngagement
Seng Vk'-ter Weds in Bluffs.
art. Mr* (le >ree Rerchamm-r.
- . i> - an'! >r of the flippant song
•a popular la it Min.Bier. "My Wife's
u* the Country.' has secured a
divorce here They were married in
. il'Lffi in IP to" left her
‘or a tew charmer in she at
- ted and she gave him nu excuse.
®OSTAL bill will pass
Assonance of Tivs ts Given President
Taft
V. loliErit, — Assurances of the
-as&atf’ ft.Court the s. nale of the pos
•*l sav.ngi- hank h.ll practically were
u: eh President Taft at a conference
. tie U t. t» House The house was
•ep-t-nt< d at the conier-nee hy Rep
rewentniiw Weeks of Massachusetts.
•Airman of the committee of post
»r • • The others w ho took pan in
•a» conference were Senators Pen
cph tairman of the committee or
poemffices and post roads; Aldrich,
(toot, Crane and Carter, the last
nan ed te ng in charge of the savings
uask mea.vure
It i* anderst'»od on good authority
•cat tin amendments offered and
, reseed by Senators Root and Smoot
will he withdrawn.
MR BRYAN ON THE STUMP.
Will Speak in Nebraska in May on
County Option.
Lincoln.—An authorltiatve announce
umu was Biadr that William J.
Hrraxi .*> coming borne about the 1st
of May. and will for a month following
t:m arrival Pevote himself to Nebraska
politics. speaking. it is declared by
tut intimates. in the interest of county
opnoB, and t olio wing up the statement
i3irii out ir- his behalf last Saturday
luring for a complete divorcement
ui poatics and the 1'iuor tralic.
RESCUERS LEAVE 88 TO
DIE ON STRANDED SHIP
Steamer Takes 206 Oft Wrecked
Liner Lima in Straits of Magel
lan—Fifty-One Drowned.
Santiago. Chile, Feb. 3 4.—The Pa
cific Navigation Company's steamer
Lima is ashore on ot#e of the islands (
of the Hiiauihhn Passage of the Straits
of Magellan, and will probably be a
total loss.
The chief piiol and .">0 passengers
were drowned.
The British steamer Strathurst,
which has arr t ed at Ancud. has on
taiard lik men and women and 17
of the crew of the Lima She reports
that the steamer went ashore In a
storm on February i,. The steamer’s
'l’n sals report having left 88 persons
nhoard ‘he Lima, their rescue being
impossible Taey had no drinking I
water, the tanks having burst.
The stranded steamer Lima is a
British vessel, owned in Liverpool and j
plying bet we* n that port and the I
ports of South America
RELIEF FOR AUTOMOBILISTS
National Consent on in Washington
SeeKs Legtslation in Interests
of Motorists.
Washington. Feb 1” —A federal
registration law for automobilists is
be main object of the national legis
lat ve convention which open'd here
to-day under the auspices of the
\n eri- n Automobile association. Oth
• r sessions will be held nest week.
The interest in the enactment of a
m< as ere of this kind is so great that
delegates are present, not only from |
the various automobile clubs through
our the country, but from a number of
different s’ates at least 20 governors
having s< nt official representatives.
The proposed measure is now before
'he interstate and foreign commerce
ommu’ee. having been introduced
> congress in March, 1909. by Rep
rosen’iitiv* W. W. Cooke of New
V s If passed the bill will enable
:. i.'omobile owner, after conform
' - t tbe motor regulations of his
■ ' set -ire a national registra
ii for hi:- machine at a nominal fee,
ml then be at liberty to tour in any
part o', the union without fear of be
ar halted at various state borders
tcid that he cannot enter unless
regi -ers his machine and pays
•• ■ li-en • tax under the laws of that
state. i
AULD AND ROB NETT GUILTY
Of' :ers S?-tenced to Lose Five Num
bers—Penalties Are Mitigated by
Assistant Secretary Winthrop.
_
Was b inert oc Feb. 12—Paymaster
fleers* Pereira! Auld and Passed As
r.stam Surgeon Ansey H. Robnett. 1
V. S X . were found guilty by the
naval court at Hoston of conduct un
ite* oming officers and gentlemen and
sentenced to lese five numbers in
rat k ach The court-martial finding
wap set aside by Assistant Secretary
Winthrop.
While arguing with the court that
th< conduct of the officers was undig
t ti-'d he exonerated Auld on the
ground that the motives which actua
ted him were commendable and th>*
assault occurred after considerable
provocation.
In the case of Surgeon Robnett. Mr
Winthrop said bis conduct deserved
some notice, but he modified the sen
tence* of the court so it read a loss of
• wo numbers instead of five. Ilotn
ffic-ers were restored to duty.
DRIVERS BEATEN IN RIOT
_
Fr et on Betw-ien Teamsters Unions
Starts Troube—Several Ricter*
Sustain Injuries from Missiles.
Ohcac Feb 12—A riot caused by
friction between the two teamsters'
i onions started ai the plant of the Chi
cago Union Lime works. West Nine
teenth and Lincoln streets.
Drivers were pulled from their seats,
trucks were overturned, brieks and
ones wer- hurled and property was
damag d by horses which became
frantic from the confusion.
Several of the rioters sustained in
; ries from Tying missiles and from
eiubs in the hands of their opponents.
Thf police were hurriedly sum
moned hut before they arrived the at
' tacking party had fled.
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Husband Was Worth $75,CC0.
New York. Feb 12—Dr Charles
Hendrick will cost Laura Biggar, the
‘urmer actress. 173,000- That was
the verdict rendered by a jury in the
f ijireme court in Brooklyn, where the
ise of Mrs Hendrick against the
''■tress for alienation of her husband's
:iSections was heard. This is one of
: • larges* amounts ever given by a
1 - try in such a case in New York
| Mrs. Hendrick had asked for $100,000
IAged Couple Dies of Poison.
Hamilton. O.. Feb. 12.—A suicide
pact between octogenarians was re
vealed bere when the bodies of Henry
Stubernack and his wife Mathilda
\ re found by a son-in law. Stuber
r.a. k was 80 years old and his wife
but four years younger. They had
swallowed morphine.
Steal 1.000,000 Lire.
Rome, Feb. 12.—The Messagero
fays 1.000.000 lire have been stolen
from the Florence office of the Cred
ite ltaliat o. Several officers of the
content have been arrested.
Famous Dancer Dies.
New York. Feb. 11.—Amelia Glover,
lancer, who was famous 20 years ago
ior her beauty and grace, is dead at
the home of her sister, Mrs. H. A.
j Ludiam, i:i this city.
McGINTY AND McGINNB
THT'l* •**©
TU^T
m mrt DM n
•i m«i
TWO NAMES THAT MARK A GREAT ADVANCE IN SCIENCE.
FRENCH STEAMER GEN. CHAN
ZY GOES ON ROCKS DUR
ING STORM.
ONLY ONE PERSON IS SAVED
Owners State Vessel Carried 87 Pas
sengers ard Crew of 70 Officers
and Men—Scene Far Removed
from Wire Communication.
Paris, Feb. 12.—The loss of the
French Atlantic steamship General
Chanzy on the north coast of the
Island of Minorca is confirmed by a
dfspatch received here. The liner
cacrted 87 passengers. Only one per
son on board was saved.
The owners state that the steamer
carried besides the passengers a crew
of 70 officers and men.
Driven on Rocky Coast.
The vessel was driven on the rocky
coast of the Island of Minorca in a
fierce storm, where it was soon
pounded to pieces.
Boats were launched and speedily
filled with passengers and members
of the crew, but they were all
swamped by the raging surf.
One Man Swims Ashore.
One man, a powerful swimmer,
managed to get to the shore, battered
and bruised and half dead.
The storm is still raging and the
scene of the wreck is difficult of ac
cess and tar removed from all wire or
cable communication.
There is a slender chance that some
of the passengers and crew may have
escaped in the lifeboats and the life
rafts, but this is a vef-v faint hope,
owing to the severity of the storm.
STOLE $15,000 FROM STATE
Partner of Former Ohio Printer Con
fesses to Legislative Committee
—Many Goods Not Delivered.
Columbus, O.. Feb. 15.—The Beatty
probe committee wrung from .T. E.
Brelsford of Dayton. O.. the statement
that he and former State Printer Mark
Slater had stolen close to fifteen
thousand dollars from the state of
Ohio.
Brelsford said that he padded his
bill and that Slater then allowed it
to go through, passed it himself, got
the money and divided with him
(Brelsford). The Dayton man told the
committee that he personally secured
about two thousand dollars by these
fraudulent means and that Slater got
the rest, which was close to thirteen
thousand dollars.
Slater is now in Michigan, it is
supposed, and two detectives will be
sent there by the committee to secure
his return. When last heard from.
Slater wrote that he was very busy
and that he could not come to Ohio.
This letter was dated in Dowagiac,
Mich.
The committee say he must report
here.
Beats Nurse with Iron Bar.
v York. Feb. 15.—Miss Mary Don
nell; a trained nurse in Dr. D. A.
Harr; s exclusive sanitarium at
Whitest ’.Long Island, is dying from
a fractu: ' skull and a dozen other
wounds s; received when a man
broke into her room and beat her
with an iron bar.
Czarina's Condition Reported Grave.
Berlin, Feb. 12.—The Vienna corre
spondent of the Tageblatt professes to
have information that the condition of
the czarina is so grave that she is un
able to recognize t£e czar or her chil
dren.
New Record in Hog Prices.
Omaha. Neb.. Feb. 12.—The hog
market at South Omaha established a
new high record when several car
loads of heavy hogs sold at J&.75 a
hundred pounds.
EiGHT ARE KILLED AND
24 HURT IN COLLISION
Passenger Trains on Georgia South
ern & Florida Come Together
on a Curve.
Macon, Ga„ Feb. 15.—In a collision
between southbound passenger train
No. 5, known as the ' Shoo Fly" on the
Georgia Southern and Florida and
northbound train No. 2. about nineteen
miles north of here, eight passengers
are reported to have been killed; four
fatally hurt, their deaths being ex
pected at any moment, and 20 others
seriously injured.
The passenger northbound left Ron
air an hour late and was making the
curve beyond Sandy Run creek at high
speed. Agent Walton at Ronair had j
expected the two trains to meet at j
that point, but for some reason the |
passenger went on.
Engineer iais’j and his fireman of
the Shoo Fly, jumped and were saved
from instant death, but the engineer
was badly injured.
What became of Engineer Yates and
his fireman, on No. 2 could not be
learned.
The known dead are a man named
Johnson and Woodward Dupree, a
conductor riding as a passenger. Six
others, whose names were not learned. ;
were killed outright.
Conductor Goldwire and Baggage- I
master Stevgar of the northbound train
escaped injury. Their train stayed
well on the track but the cars were '
telescoped. The lighter Shoofly south- i
bound, was torn to pieces and death j
followed there.
RAISULI DEAD OF POISON
_
Mjroccars Ex-Bandit Succumbs While
Engaged in Peaceful Pursuits—
Was Terror to Caravans.
Tangier. Morocco. Feb. 14.—It Is re
ported here that Raisuli, governor of
Pjebala province and former Moorish
bandit chief, is dead as the result of
being poisoned.
Mulai Ahmed Ben Mohammed
Raisuli was an ordinary farmer in |
his early life, but several years ago
took to brigandage. He became the
leader of a band of experts in cattle
stealing and was a terror to caravans,
from which tribute was exacted.
Receiver Has Corporation.
New York. Feb. 14.—The Central
Foundry Company, a corporation cap- j
italized at $14,000,000, which manufac
tures cast iron soil pipes and fittings,
went into the hands of a receiver, i
Judge Hough of the United States dis
trict court appointed Waddell Catch
ings receiver, to continue the business
at his discretion.
Blind Ten Years; Finds Sight.
Streator, 111., Feb. 14.—Miss Amelia
Verbig of Germanville township. Liv- |
ingston county, who had been blind for 1
ten years, awoke from a night's sleep
to find her sight fully restored. She
attributes the restoration to Christian
Scinece.
Hogs $S.10; Boycott Blamed.
Cleveland. O.. Feb. 14.—The live
stock quotations on all grades of hogs !
advanced to $9.10 a hundred pounds,
the highest price paid here since the
civil war. Dealers attribute the cause
to the meal strike.
Icwa School After Pinchot.
Pes Moines. Ia„ Feb. 14.—Gifford
Pinchot is being considered by the
state board of education control as
successor to Dr. A. B. Storms, who
has resigned as president of the state
agricultural college at Ames.
Falls Dead in Church.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 14.—Hugh J.
Flynn of this city dropped dead from
apoplexy in the Holy Saviour church
here while listening to a sermon on
'The Uncertainty of Life."
Report Cook Is in Chile.
Corral, Chile. Feb. 14.—Dr. Freder
ick A. Cook has been found here, it is
reported. He has been living under
the name of Craig, the informant
says.
BALLINGER FLAYED
GLAVIS SAYS HE 16 CONVINCED
SECRETARY UNFIT FOR
OFFICE.
DECLARES HE IS COWARDLY
Witness Is Subjected to Cross-Exam
ination by Attorney for Cabinet
Officer—Outlines His Charges for
First Time.
Washington. Feb. 15.—Louis R.
Glavis, at the session of the Balliuger
Pinchot inquiry, under cross-examina
tion by Attorney John J. Vertress,
summed up at some length the facts
which he declared convinced him Mr.
Ballinger was "unfit for his office and
unfaithful to his trust.”
One of his acts. Glavis said, was
“far more cowardly than if a man had
actually stolen something for which
he could have been convicted."
Says Act Was Criminal.
"The first action I would cite is the
appearance of Mr. Ballinger in the
Wilson coal cases." said Mr. Glavis.
"While that was a long time ago and
people may have looked at things dif
ferently. his action or participation in
the drawing up of an escrow agree
ment to turn over claims that should
not have been proved up and have not
been proved up. as a matter of fact,
was criminal. But the statute of limi
tations has run and the evidence is
not quite clear. The record speaks
for Itself.
"Another thing was Mr. Ballinger's
expressions in the summer of 1S07 to
Special Agent Jones, when he knew
that there had been violations of the
coal land laws; his statement that he
was coming to Washington to see what
congress could do to help the claim
ants get patents.
Conv.nced Ballinger Is Not Loyal.
“His next action—one of the most
important, going to show that he is
not loyal to his trust and not faithful
to the people—was this one: After giv
ing me the full right and instructions
to make a full and complete investi
gation of all the coal cases, he person
ally took up an old report by Special
Agent Love a few days after and de
liberately ordered the Cunningham
claims to proceed to patent,. The Love
report, to my mind, and 1 have acted
on a thousand or more reports, did
not in itself warrant a favorable rec
ommendation. It showed there had
been'an unuerstanding among the
claimants and suggested fraud rather
than a compliance with the law.
“Another evidence that Mr. Ballin
ger was not trying to protect the peo
ple's rights with his appearance before
the public lands committee of the
house in favor of the Cale bill, which
carried out the statement Ballinger
made to Jones that he would do what
he could to secure legislation which
would have enabled those fradulent
claimants to secure patents. If the
Cale law had passed it would have val
idated the claims.
Charges Unprofessional Conduct.
“The next step Mr. Ballinger took
was his unprofessional action—at
least, members of the bar regard it
so, and I know of no attorney of my
acquaintance who would have done it
—in deliberately going around and
representing the other side after hav
ing been commissioner of the land of
fice and having full knowledge of the
character of the investigation we had
made. He did not act alone in the
Cunningham group, but in the Green
group as well, in which he took six
affidavits. He also acted as arbitrator
between H. R. Harriman and John
Hartline, relative to the purchase of
some coal claims.
“His next action consisted in his
asking me in the fall of 1908, when h«
w as in politics and arranging for cam
paign contributions, to hold off any
investigation of the coal cases. This
showed he did not have the interests
of the government at heart.”
EXPLOSION SCALDS SEVEN
Boiler Tube of Torpedo Boat Destroy
er Blows Out—Two Men Probably
Fatally Injured.
San Diego. Cal., Feb. 15.—As the re
sult of the explosion of a boiler tube
in the forward fireroom of the tor
pedo boat destroyer Hopkins, seven
men were badly scalded, two of them
being probably fatally burned. The
Hopkins was under command of Lieut.
E. Fredericks.
Fatally injured:
R. E. Taylor, first-class fireman.
B. Carletillo, second-class fireman.
The explosion occurred while the
crew of the Hopkins was getting up
steam preparatory to sailing with the
other vessels of the fiotilla for San
Pedro.
Boy Is Hurled to Death.
Laporte, Feb. 12.—Two boys, riding
from Toledo toward Chicago, were
thrown off a eoal car by a brakeman
while the Fake Shore freight train
was running 20 miles an hour, accord
ing to the dying statement made to
Coroner Osborn by one of them, H. E.
Capps, Atlanta, Ga. The other boy.
either Edward Tarnaski of Willow
River, Minn., or O. W. Hanson. Minne
apolis, Minn., was killed outright.
Adds $50,000 to Ohio Y. M. C. A.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 15.—Louis H.
Severance, retired capitalist, donated
$50,000 toward the $500,000 Y. M. C
A. building fund, which was started
with a $100,000 gift from John D
Rockefeller. The total gifts nov
amcunt to $230,000.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY
Items of Interest Around the State
House
Call for Farm Help.
“We have more calls for farm help
than we can supply," said Deputy l^ar
bor Commissioner Maupin Thursday.
“Especially is this true of The calls
for unmarried men. although we have
plenty of applications from farmers
who want married men. But right now
we have on file a hundred or more ap
plications from farmers who want
help. If there are any unemployed in
the cities who want farm work, this
bureau can find them the jobs in
short order. Every mail brings us ap
plications from farmers, but we are
unable to supply the demand.
“We have numerous requests from
married men for farm positions, in
fact, too many to supply. But farm
ers who want unmarried help are too
numerous for the supply on hand And
we can't strike an average With the
near approach of spring the demand
for farm help grows stronger.
“Farm wages have shown a much
greater increase in the last ten years
than wages in the trades. For un
married men there are farm jobs
awaiting with a $30 a month wage at
tached. including board, lodging and
washing. For married men the wages
run from $33 to $33 with house, cow,
garden patch and fuel supplied in ad
dition. This is an increase of from
23 to 40 per cent over the wage that
prevailed a few years ago. and is
much greater than the wage increase
in the cities.
“Unemployed men who want farm
situations are invited to write to the
bureau of labor and they will be fur
nished with a list of farmers who are
asking for help. That is as far as the
department can go. Applications from i
outside of Nebraska will receive last |
consideration as this department ;
seeks first to take care of Nebraskans.
“In the meantime the bureau of la
bor requests all farmers who want
help to correspond with it. We want
to make this department a clearing
house for labor."
Laymen’s Missionary Movement.
March 15-17. a convention of the
Laymen from seventy-five cities and
towns in south Nebraska, will be held
in Lincoln. This convention is part
of a jrreat nationwide movement start
some three years age. in New York
City, contemplating the evangelization
of the world in this generation. That
the movement has gripped the minds
of the men of all evangelical churches,
is evidenced by the great interest in .
the conventions already held. Those j
wli<? attend Has convention will be
richly repaid. The auditorium has
been secured for the opening banquet
on the evening of March 15. and it is
expected that 1.200 delegates will be
present at this time. The addresses
at the dinner—the opening session—•
are very strong and are worth the
whole time and money expended. The
ablest speakers on the missionary plat
form in America will be present and
participate. Delegates should be pres
ent at the opening session and remain
until the convention is adjourned.
Railroads Resist State Laws
The introduction of testimony by
'he state in the suits in federal court
involving the validity of the Aldrich
commodity rate law and the 2-cent
passenger fare law was continued
Wednesday at the state house before
Commissioner Pearsall. The state,
througn Attorney General Thompson
is endeavoring to see that the freight
and passenger rate laws are reason
able. that the railroads are charging
to interstate business more than its
just share of the expenses of opera
tion. The railroads charge nearly 14
per cent of the expense of operation
to interstate business while the inter
state tonnage is only 4.04 per cent, or
naire tnan three times as much ou a
tonnage basis and twice as much as
the state admits is just.
General Grant Declines.
General Frederick D. Grant has
written that he must decline an invi
tation to speak on politics at the Ep
worth assembly at Lincoln. Neb., dur
ing next August, because of the army
maneuvers at Pine Camp, which he is
to command. Deputy Secretary of
State Addison Wait a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic, joined
in the invitation and received in re
ply a regretful declination. General
Grant said in his letter:
"I am deeply touched that you
should have thought of me and beg
to accept my grateful thanks with
many repeated regrets that it will be
impossible for me to have the honor
and happiness of accepting your kind
invitation."
Credit is given the Lincoln hositpal
corps of the Nebraska national guard
in the final report of Capta:n Heavey.
the regular army officer who inspected
the guard for the war department. He
states in his final report that he found
the hospital corps a most splendidly
drilled organization, so much so that
he was surprised that the national
guard of Nebraska has such an organi
iation. He said if there was any wav
of comparing this company in dr'll
with infantry companies it might be a
question as to whether or not it is as
well or better drilled than any infantry
comnany in the Nebraska national
guard.
State Railway Regulation.
The difference in state and inter
state rates on the Rock Island was
shown by U. G. Powell of the railway
commission, who has been on the
witness stand for two days in the
railroad rate cases pending: in the
•hat a car of oil shipped from Frank
'in. Pa., to San Francisco was carried
at a rate of 6.7 mills per ton per mile
and a shipment from Omaha to Fair
bury was carried at a rate of 24 rni'ls
per ton per mile. Asrhalt was shin
ned as an interstate shipment for 4.13
mills and an intrastate shipment from
Omaha to Fairbury at 26 mills.
KILLED MOL 111
ARTHUR NEWELL OF HASTINGS
HIT WITH CUE.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
What is Going on Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
er* Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Hastings. Neb.— Arthur Newell
eighteen years of use. was struck on
the head with a hillard cue and al
most instantly killed at 3:ISO p. m.
Wednesday. Arthur Anderson, col
ored, twenty years of age. is in Jail
here charged with (he crime. The
young men became involved in an al
tercation over a game of pool in a
billiard hall run bv Arthur Hughes,
also colored, during which harsh
words and threats were freely passed.
Almost before the spectators knew
what had happened voting Newell was
lying on the floor bleeding profusely
from a long gash in his head. A phy
sician was hastily suniomned, hut the
injured man died -before he arrived.
Although there were many player
and spectators in tile hail at th' time
of the crime no one can be found who
saw the blow struct;.
Anderson immediately rati from the
room and started tov d the country
running along the tracks of the St.
Joseph A Grand Islam! railroad, hop
ing to elude the officers and citizens
who were in pursuit. He was not cap
tured until after 8 o'clock, five hours
after he had han from the billiard hall.
Newell was an employe at the Pevis
cafe and was popular with the patrons
of the place. Anderson was employed
at Hughes’ billiard hall. An examina
tion showed that the blow lias been
struck across the righi temple cutting
a deep gash. Whether or not the skuM
was fractured is not known
Accident to Auto Riders.
Grand Island, Neb.—An evening of
auto riding in which, according to the
statement of eye-witnesses, there wa.
considerable scorching, some of it in
the more crowded portions of the city
ended sadly for a party of six high
school scholars. Miss Ixirraine Ttir.iei
the only daucbi of Mr. rd Mrs
Charles Turn*1, being batef cut and
bruised about the face, and Hubert
Modesitt receiving a scalp wound, not
serious. Three high school hoys and
three girls, the Misses Turner. Gear
ing and Dempsey, and Masters Herald
Sink. Hubert Modesitt and Fred
Scl: ff, had been out on a trip to
Chapman. When they returned the?
drove a bit about town and when jusi
about to turn a corner the car, driven
by Sink, a son of Representative John
Sink, skidded into a hack approaching
at a trot from the opposite direction
The hack driver. George Jacobs, was
behind another hack and kept even
pace with the vehicle ahead of hint
both conveying passengers from the
northwest hound Burlington train to
the westbound Union Pacific, which
make close connections. When the
car skidded into the hack the tongue
or some portion of a horse's bridle
must have caught the girl in the face
and lacerati-S it. She was immediate
ly carried to a physician's office near
by and the best attention possible
given the wounds, to avoid, if possible
permanent disfiguration.
Bystanders indicate that the had:
driver was in no manner to blame.
Sons of Veterans’ Encampment.
Columbus. Neh.—The twenty-sixth
annual encampment of the Nebraska
division Sons of Veterans, which wa
held in this city Tuesday and Wednes
day, February 15 and 16, closed its
sessions Thursday, electing the fol
lowing officers: H. B. Reed, division
commander. Columbus; H. W. Rogers
senior vice-commander, Fremont; C
A. Eberly, junior vice-commander.
Stanton; C. E. Devlin, division secre
tary. Columbus; E. P. Dussell. division
treasurer, Columbus; A. H. Rawitzer.
division counsellor. Omaha; Rev. 1.
R. DeWolf, division chaplain. Fair
mont; Henry Westbrook, division in
spector. Columbus; D. Burr Jones, pa
triotic instructor Columbus; division
council. B. J. Gailev. Columbus; James
McBeth. Loup City; Geo. F. Wolz.
Fremont. The location of the next
division encampment was not decided
on. but left for the division council to
select, and also the date of the en
campment.
Hanley Coming to Nebraska.
Crawford. Neb.—Ex-Governor Han
ley of Indiana will be in western N<
braska about the middle of March.
He is scheduled for Alliance. March 12
and Crawford March 13. He may also
speak at Chadron. Hanley is comma
a long distance, making a big jump in
engagements, to respond to a call
from these western Nebraska towns
By the time Mr. Hanley reaches Ne
braska the anti-saloon forces will be
in line for the coming spring cam
paign.
Broken Leg Causes Death.
Kearney. Neb.—Henry Klusmier.
an employe of the Nebraska Tele
phone company at this place, diet’ on
Monday night as the result of a
broken leg sustained while unloading
telephore poles. His case was a very
unusual one and one that is not often
met with by the ordinary physician.
When his leg was fractured the fat.
or marrow in the bons, protruded
through the flesh. This fat came in
contact with the blcod vessels and
seme cf the fat globules were carrie 1
to the brain, causing fat embolus and
arterial paralysis