Nebraska Newspapers

    losp City Northwester!
Foret**.
Tbe fpaaish cabinet dispatched to
ravinet of Peru and }> uadur tcle
grains ea joining those ( nrraarats t.i
ad pi a itaoluiorj- attitude to sard
nrk other.
Fourteen hat talmas of Turkish
troops at Cunrf ntne.ple hare been
ardors; to North Ai'at a. where a re
«®« has broken wL Tbe trouble is
attributed to rneMSeSI against the
s* * taaes imposed and - ratiring tb>
got era meat amt aas.ety
Tbe Preach government gets ran
fort < t of the Homes c It -X *<1< xt at
(Jb*- * kl Mf
Mr Route left Will met G. fiord
l*.n« tug at Gcn-ia on April 11. ~Af
t*T our interview I shall hare nothing
to say.' said Mr Pib W. "and I shall
to- surprised if pmebuC has " Roose
velt said he had no* heard from Mr
finchot state nr bad been in Africa.
■ ben he rece-red a telegram from
Mr Pin. hot at Copentur-n annuunc
tag his coming visit ta Genoa
The suggestion made by Cardinal
Moran that ft Patrick's day be cele
brated through the uorld as Ireland s
empire day has met with a hearty
reijmete in Dublin, and already steps
bate been taken to make nest year's
rlebration partake of th*s character
not «niy m Dublin but wherever Irish
men may be found.
General.
Senator laden lotndnd a bfU to
limit cold Hintr product*
Senator Perkin* Introduced a MB
providing f«r the ereat>«® of a naval
reserve.
A special grand jury- brought in aa
Indict meet against the Imperial Win
dow (3>*> Conran v
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit
com pass has asked permission of
the city to float a new loan at t~r
**•>■*.
The Borough hark of RrnocA'ni
closed its doors and the superintend
ent at banks took pot-session of the in
stitution's business
Ijfc terms in Sing Sine as habitual
m&.nnls. tw given in Brooklyn to
Harry S Bruton. fifty nine years old.
a did engineer, and Philip Render,
gew-nty years old.
I*resad*«t Taft has not ret replied
to the telegrams from Indianapolis
sirring him to reconsider his decision
not to visit that vMy on May "•
President Taft has <au.eil.-d his
visit to Indianapolis cm his western
trip
A MB graining the franking |rivi
l*tse to .t-presidest# and their wid w<
passed the bouse
It was nearly a n* - Vand-tn ck race
hetw«-en the wets and dry* in Ne
braska towns.
The *-•'ialis* major-elect at liiwau
keee says there mB be no overturning
€*f lif wiP.* Xpe
The court of inquiry finds the negro
ge de-r* mere guilty in the liroans
vJle affair.
Reports from eastern railroad* show
that aa increase tn commodity rates
Is being considered
The “socialist" landslide in Milwau
kee Is the resu-t of the re-reaiw y of
the otner parti. * due to the sedu'tions
of btissue** interests
A number at Ohio districts hare
Signed the miners wage srale
Tbe Erie railroad has settled on a
®ew schedule at wages with its cn
rmrrrc
Indiana republicans endorsed Taft
and Senator Beveridge and ignored
the Payne Aidneh tariff law
The conditions of Thomas B. Bard.
former l nii.-d Stat.-s senator. is very
gmre. iJtUe hope is held out fur his
recovery.
Looking weak. bat ra; eg that be
«ns aU right right and oc.lv a ' tired
man." Andrew Carnegie arrived at
bun recently after his trip to Cali
fornia. whirls included stops at Chi
cago and Pittsburg
Tbe repabiHaes were tirtarkni IB
Cbe fitomcipil elect inn at Kansas City.
Mo. electing a mayor, ten out of six
te-n member* of tbe loner bouse of
(be m on til. and aine oat at sixteen
member* of tbe upper body.
At iSreensbnrr. Pa . Zetse Kaimando.
a w«S knows I fa : an shot and killed
nn Italian named Mara, me of tbe four
mm ubu bad demanded that be leave
f 1 *m in a field near there
Judge George H WBlmms tbe last
ourrivmg member of President
Grant * cabinet, c-ed at Portland.
Oregon
l by the late eltw
“drjr- to about tbe
till at as heretofore
A joint remdotion to provide for aa
Interaatamal federation to bring ulti
mate uorvd peace and tbe settlement
of Afirgun between aatHms by an
International coat was introduced in
(be Mwner; bouse by Mr. Bartboidt
Of Missoml
In an c€ort to bring abnii more uni
form action, and support of bis cun
•rt'ius bills in congress the presi
dent gave a "conservation dinner" at
tbe shite bourn
Tbe Vienna newspapers are publish
ing kngtty detail* of the Vatican in
cident M they make few ronmeat*.
The sttuatun between Peru and
Ermfcr »s becvuning more and mure
critical
The Panama Canal compare wrill
have U» pay the expense of it* own
fortification Tbi* appears to he tbe
opinion at the vanguard of the army
•Xpert*
Nine hundred ml n!t*s fy Illinois
dosed doun snti! the ua;e 3je.--.i0s
I* settled
The We fire lows In Omaha *31 fig
are nearly a million dollar*
More than 2.<<■> white and negro
* omen and children employed in the
American Tobacco company's stem
aeries at Lou;siii!e went on a strike.
The New York state Methodist con
ference sect Mr Roosevelt a congrat
ulatory telegram.
Bates for terms of federal court In
Nebraska have been changed by con
gressional enactment.
The supreme court at Washington
declared the Nebraska elevator swilh
Law to be one-institutional
Richard Karab. editor of the social
ist organ Vorwaerts. at Berlin, was
s- ntenced to a m. nth's imprisonment
for hav.ng organized the demonstra
tive ' strol" of March 6 when thou
sands parad--d in the interest of suf
frage reform
Mrs loraelia Wool man of Helena.
Moat., was fined f 1 .'-o in toe United
S-ate* court at Trenton. N. J„ for
failure to declare certain clothing
which she bad brought with her from
a trip abroad
Havelock. Lincoln's "wet” suburb,
went "dry” at toe late election.
Two hundred drivers of taxicabs
suddenly wt-r.t on strike in Chicago.
I The strike was called just beforo
theater time and as a result many
: tr vehicle companies were in a
1 quandry.
Mr. Roosevelt announced that on
a < >unt of conditions imposed he will
not visit the poj-e.
T:.« refusal .if employers to grant
an • ,i- a pay from $» to $4.50
a day a :-.-d a strike of Jrttf journey
's N. Y.
Taft, it is declared, is soon to as
fume the agjrr. -five and turn on tlit
wen who criticize him.
Partisan feeling ran high and bad
•• iup- r was >h iwn in the course ol
: the Ballinger-Ptnchot inquiry.
At Houston. Tex . Assistant Chiel
of P >! c William Murphy was shot
and k led by Karl MacFarlane. a
f irmer patrolman, who had been re
: c« ntly discharged from the force.
Three reports were submitted In
tie house on the administration rail
road bill.
Reports of rain in Chicago grain
pits Saturday were followed by a
tumble in prices.
John C Mabray and member? o!
his gang were convicted at Council
Bluffs of swindling.
The Nye-Schneider-Fow ler elevator
and ad jo n nr proi>erfy In Omaha
burned, entailing a loss of half a mil
11 >n dollars Much grain in cars was
burned.
Steps were t .ken to expunge from
record a rebuke by the house tc
Roosevelt while president
f*h:lade!ph;a street car men. whr.
have been on strike six weeks, voted
to remain out.
Washington.
Senator Brown introduced an
am. sd to the rn rs and harbors tail.
*H nc for an appropriation of
to in* u<ed between Omaha and the
L. tli of tie Platte on the Missour
river
A hi ! prohibiting a rate of interest
greater than 2 per rent per month or.
- .las les.» than f'"0 in the District ot
fo unWs. was passed by the senate
, The bill is intend, d to curtail the op
.-ration of "l.ian sharks"
Two Am.-ri.an negroes on March
| 2C. last, were assaulted and wounded
by the commandant at Panzos. Guatte
r- .la. and later they w, re thrown intc
prison and their friends refused per
r: - n to dress their wounds The
1 n;;ed States minister at Guatemala
< ■>*. wio reported the matter to the
state department, has been instructed
to insist upon prompt and adequate
redress.
It will lie entirely practicable to
provide adequate defenses for the
Panama '-anal at comparatively mod
crate cost. This is the conclusion ot
the Panama fortification board, some
members of which have just returned
*mtn Panama Tentative plans had
t«e«-n pr.-par. d for the probable
amounts, and numbers of troops re
quired for such defenses.
The military court of inquiry which
during the last year has been investi
gat.ng the shooting up of Brownsville.
Tei . finds that the evidence dearly
s ustains the « harce that the shooting
was done hy the Twenty fift.i infantry.
> 'bored The court is also of the opin
ion that if the oCii ers of the regiment
had per.iirnied their duties immedi
ately prior to the shooting the affray
could not have occurred.
Personal.
Milwaukee elected a social democrat
may or by a majority of 8.000.
Mr Roosevelt, it was stated on ex
cel'ent authority, has not the least
intention of repudiating Taft.
Bishop McIntyre and Archbishop
Ire and bitterly arraigned each other
Congressman Martin says there is a
leg Si andal in the disposition of Phil
ippmes friar lands.
Twice the guest of the King. Theo
dore Roosevelt, was for a time the
prominent figure of Rome.
State Senator Conger of Xew York
tendered his resignation.
J J Hill, the railroad magnate, had
an audience with President Taft.
People from all over the world will
see the Johnscn-Jeffries fight.
Mrs \Y J Bryan has hurried back
from foreign lands to tie present
when the stork descends upon the
home of her son. \V J . Jr
Tae expedition endeavoring to
climb Mt. McKinley, are said to be
making good headway
President Lewis of the mine work
•-era is optimistic, declaring the sus
pension will not last long.
President Taft and his cabinet are
pleased over financial conditions.
Robert K. Peary, who arrived in
Cfc i ago declared he was positively
through with polar explorations for
ail time.
Cudahy and Wife Reconciled.
Los Augei.-s. Cal—John P. Cudahy
is on his way to Kansas City and a
reconciliation with his wife is in sight,
the estrangement caused by his as
mult on Jeree S. Lillis. the Kansas
City banker, having been patched ur
by the young man's father, llichae
Cadahv
_
Ecuador Has Support.
Valparaiso—Thirty-thousand peo
ple mar.-hed in procession in a demon
st rat ion in favor of Ecuador in the
i threatening trouble with Peru. .
REVENUES INCREASE
RAILROADS REPORT TO BOARD
OF ASSESSMENT.
NET EARNINGS ARE HIGHER
Value of Depot Station Houses, Ma
chine Shops. Stock Yards, Scales,
Platforms, Etc.
The report of the Union Pacific,
filed with the State Board of Assess
ment. giving the financial operation of
the roads for the year ending Decem
ber. 19"9. and the value of its property
in this state, show the net earnings
have increased approximately $2,700,
00". This applies to the entire system.
The financial statement of the Bur
lington shows that its earnings in Ne
braska for the year ending December,
190$. was $$,86S.”:>7. against a net
earnings of $8,251,950 for the year end
ing December. 1909. The Unipn
Pacific filed no statement of its
Union Pacific filed no statement of its
earnings for Nebraska and the Burling
ton has not yet filed a report on its
property in this state. Following is
the financial report of the Union Pa
cific system for the two years, 1908
and 1909:
1906. 1909.
Or- ss . arcings $44. 926 :« $49,627,163.18
N« t earnings. . 21.272.476 ::7 22.99S.lv5.lS
Kxriemied In
•! iim« nance 23.727.446 19 25.629.07S.00
l iiiii. ' is d< -
■ " 23,533,444.59 25.660.0S7.22
Impn v.-me n 1 s
<in <• 1 u di n g
• in, nt i .. 19.481.305.19 .
Following is the financial statement
of the Burlington in Nebraska for the
years 1908 and 1909:
190S. 1909.
XliU age in Ne
braska . 2,365 ' 2 2.865.92
;. 632.87 $21,737,145.58
Operating ex
1 lenses .. . 11.464.353.85 13.465.195.20
N*t earnings.. 8.S65 337 02 8.251.950.20
Ni t earnings
tier mile ... 3,095.2$ 2,S$0.24
Taxes paid in
bras let . 839.312.96
values or uepots.
The following shows the value of
the depot station-houses, machine
shops, stock yards, scales, platforms,
fuel and water stations, machinery and
tanks connected therewith and all oth
er buildings wholly or in part on the
right-of-way of the Union Pacific:
190S. 1909.
Stain line.*1.049.4*6 *1.120.342
DM line Summit to
Lane . 50,43! 50 431
A- R V. 176.343 1S5.S44
Kearney branch. 19.410 19.5:0
r.-ntr.il I'itv branch.. 11.2'S 1129$
North Platte branch.. 34.585 30.165
The road has used in and out of Ne
braska locomotives of all classes. 700,
valued at $6,278,807: 437 passenger
cars, all classes, valued at $2,456,342:
roadway and freight cars, 17.266. val
ued at $8,271,174. Of this rolling
stock there is credited to Nebraska,
according to miles traveled: bomo
tives. 31.86 per cent.; passenger cars.
30.14 per cent.; freight and roadway
cars. 18.28 per cent., which equal for
the different classes the following
mileage: Locomotives. 2.000.428; pas
senger <ars. 740.341; freight and road
way cars. 1,511.971.
Check Up the Treasurer.
At the instance of the eleven surety
companies upon the million-dollar
bond of State Treasurer Brian, an ex
haustive and complete examination of
the state treasurer's office has just
been made. The period covered by the
examination extends from January 7.
1909. up to and including March 21,
1910. During that time the receipts
and disbursements have been as fol
lows: e Balance on hand January 7.
1909. $472,259.58; receipts. $7,177.
466.02; total. $7,650,725.95. Disburse
ments. $6,873,292.76; balance on hand
March 21, 1910. $777,433.19.
Clearing House Figures.
Lincoln ciearing house figures indi
cate an unusual growth of business be
tween this year and last year for the
same period. Total clearings for
March. 1910. foot up $9,073,379 as op
posed to $7,646,377 for this month in
1905. This growth of business in the
sum of 20 per cent, was largely due
to the extensive land transfers, both
in the state and outside. In the sell
ing and buying of Texas land during
the past winter. These sales were un
usually settled for early in March, and
such transactions in ali parts of the
state are in a measure reflected in
Lincoln clearing house totals.
Discrimination at Decatur.
Attorney i«eneral Thompson has
been instructed by the State Railway
commission to start proceedings
against the Nebraska Telephone com
pany for discriminating in rates at Be
atrice. It is charged that the company
there gives rebates to customers who
are about to discontinue their tele
phones in the nature of pay for so
liciting business. Affidavits to this ef
fect were filed. Superintendent Pratt
said the company had employed men
at Beatrice to solicit, and that such
action could not be construed as re
bating.
Paint Boxes White.
The postoffice department requests
that patrons of all rural delivery
routes paint their boxes and posts to
which they are attached a pure white
color. This course, if pursued, will not
only result in benefit to the patron
in serving to protect his box and post
from damage by the weather, but will
give ail boxes a uniform color and
serve to fix their identity in all parts
of the country as United States mail
boxes. It is desired that patrons im
print their names and box numbers on
boxes in black letters two inches high.
—
Brief in Mileage Case.
Attorney General Thompson is pre
paring a brief to be filed at an early
day in the supreme court in support
of his application for an injunction
against the Union Pacific trading mile
age for advertising. The state already j
has a temporary injunction and the
railroad has discontinued the practice
but the case will be fought out just
the same. Attorney General Thomp
son holds that whenever the railroad
company accepts anything but cash, I
cents a mile for travel, it discrimi
Bated against some passengers.
NEBRASKA IN 8RIEF.
Newt Note* of Interest From Various
Sections.
The new bank of Cheney has
opened for business. The officers are
Charles Marshall, president; John T.
Marshall, vice president; and W. G.
Bullock, cashier.
The wheat crop here, says a Bel
grade dispatch, is practically ruined
and most farmers are plowing it up
and either replanting to spring wheat.
1 corn or oats.
Owen Ayres and Harold Rowland of
I Central City are minus some money,
some pocketbooks, a knife or two, a
watch and a number of trinkets as
the result of the call of a midnight
intruder.
There was a busy day with the
Germans in the north part of Jeffer
son county. The new German Luth
eran Evangelical church about ten
miles west of Fairbury was dedicated.
This is one of the largest country
churches in that part of the state and
was erected at a cost of $12,000. The
inside of the church is finished
throughout with quarter sawed oak
and has a seating capacity of four
hundred.
James E. Foote, one of the pioneer
settlers of Otoe county, was stricken
with paralysis and is lying dangerous
ly ill at his home south of Nebraska
City. Owing to his extreme age fears
are entertained for his recovery.
Sheep shearing is the order of the
day at the Hershey ranch, Buffalo
county. A gasoline engine runs eight
shearing machines and the men who
operate the shears average about 100
head per day; one of the most expert
shearers had 100 sheared to his credit
in one day.
The Campbell Brothers' shows, af
ter spending the past five months at
their winter quarters, two miles
south of Fairbury. left for El Reno,
Okla. where the initial performance
of the circus will be given. It re
quired a special Rock Island train of
thirty cars, comprising flats, box car3
and Pullman coaches, to transport the
?ircus and its parphernalia from Fair
bury to El Reno.
The case against Ixm Richardson
on the charge of operating a box ball
alley was tried before Police Judge
Nadean. at York. The defendant was
found guilty and fined $25 and costs.
He appealed to the district court.
S. H. Thompson has been re-elected
as superintendent of schools at Hast
ings at the advanced salary of $2,200.
C. M. Barr, the principal, was also
re-elected at an advance in salary,
and is to receive $1,600 for the com
ing year.
Captain Hamilton of Omaha, who
has been assigned as military attache
and instructor of the Nebraska na
tional guard, will move to Lincoln
within a short time. Captain Hamil
ton was in Lincoln looking for a
house. His appointment followed up
on the demand of the war department
that a regular army officer be at
tached to the Nebraska national
guard. He will act in an advisory ca
pacity to the national guard.
Alfred Staley, who married his first
rousin as well as another woman in
thirteen months without gettitng a di
vorce from either, has appealed to ;
the supreme court for release from !
a sentence of one year in the peni
tentiary. Staley was convicted of
bigamy.
The fame of alfalfa biscuit and
flapjack has spread over a broad ter
ritory. Governor Shallenberger re
ceived a letter from H. W. Hopewell
of Mount Solon. Ya., asking that he
be put in touch with the manufac
turers of alfalfa meal, as the subject
was a new one in his county and he
believed his people would like to get
In on the hay eating.
Deputy 1'nited States Marshall llen
sei of Lincoln took possession of the
drug store of Henry R. Gering in
Plattsmouth. with an execution issued
by the federal court to satisfy a judg
ment against Henry R. Gering and his
brother. Matthew Gering. The amount
of the judgment is in the neighbor
hood of $3,000.
Mrs. Hannah Parrish, an aged widow
who has been living alone, was found
dead at her home in Saunders county
by her neighbors. She was down to
Mead the day before, and was appar
ently in good health. 'When found
she was seated upon the floor with her
head resting upon a sofa. She had pre
pared breakfast, but it was not eaten.
Heart failure was the cause of death.
The First National bank of Ran
aoipn was dynamited anu ruuuwi oi
$10,000 in gold and currency between
2 and 3 o'clock in the morning. Town
Marshail Carroll was held up on the
street and relieved of his gun and
placed in a back room while seven ex
plosions, requiring forty-five minutes,
wrecked the vault. Three masked men
did the job and escaped.
Dr. Claude Watson, of Nebraska
City, while riding in his automobile,
had a narrow escape from being killed.
He lost control of his machine and it
skidded into a cement catch basin,
turned turtle, falling on him. He was
picked up and conveyed home, where
it was found that while considerably
bruised, only his left arm was broken
near the shoulder. His escape from
death was almost a miracle.
The large barn on the premises of
H. V. Reisen. of Beatrice, w-as de
stroyed by fire. A buggy, harness and
other contents were burned. The fire
Is supposed to have been started by
a tramp.
I., H. Rardwell. one of the earliest
of the Otoe Indian reservation, who
has been in the hospital for the insane
at Lincoln for the last seventeen
years, has been released by the su
perintendent of that institution who
pronounces him cured. Mr. Bardwell
owns 420 acres of land on the old
reservation.
William M. Dodson, a laborer at the
Northwestern coal chutes east of
Fremont, was struck by train No. 310 j
and died a few minutes later. He
stepped out on the track and was hit ,
by the engine almost immediately and
thrown about twenty feet. He was
about 57 years old and leaves a
widow and son and daughter, both
grown.
The scarlet fever scare which
threatened to close the schools of
Holdrege and prevent all public meet
ings about a month ago, is practicallv
over now. t
STEPS ONTHE TRftGK
LABORER AT FREMONT HAS HIS
LIFE CRUSHED OUT.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
What is Going on Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Fremont, Neb—William M. Dodson,
a laborer at the Northwestern coal
chutes, stepped in front of an out-go
ing passenger train. No. 310 to Omaha,
about noon Wednesday and was al
most instantly killed. He died on an
engine which was used to bring him
from the Northwestern coal chutes,
where the accident occurred, to the
city. Dobson recently had suffered
two serious accidents at the chutes,
one of which resulted in his being
confined at the Fremont hospital for a
long period with a crushed foot. The
accident Wednesday was the third for
him within six months and it proved
fata'.. Dodson had been working at
the chutes and stepped around the
corner on to the track just in time to
meet the incoming train. The en
gineer saw him. but did not have time
to sound an alarm. He was about fif
ty years of age. A wife and two chil
dren. the older a boy who is working
in Omaha, survive the deceased.
Contracts for Odd Fellows’ Home.
Fremont. Xeb.—Contracts for the
budding of the new Odd Fellows’ home
for widows and orphans at York were
let by the home board of trustees in
a meeting at the office of A. H. Dyer
Thursday afternoon. The meeting has
been in progress for two days, ail of
which time has been devoted by the
members to various phases of the
■work. The estimated cost of the
building completed in every detail is
$90,000. The contract for the build
ing itself was let to F. P. Gould &- Son
of Omaha for S6S.S02.71. This was
the lowest of three bids, all submitted
by firms out of Fremont. The heat
ing and plumbing plant will be in
stalled by G. H. Wentz of Lincoln.
There were six bids for this part of
the work.
A Tie Vote for Mayor.
Crawford. Xeb.—The election re
sulted in a tie for mayor. Leroy Hall
receiving two majority in one ward
and P. G. Cooper receiving two ma
jority in the other ward. Tuesday
was a busy day. but a quiet day in
Crawford. Everyone realized that
there would he a close race between
the two candidates for mayor, hut no
one suspected the actual result. I.e
roy Hall was the candidate on tha
citizens’ ticket. He Is a banker, one
of the cleanest men and his platform
was for a law-abiding, clean and pro
gressive city. Cooper represented the
people's caucus. He had been mayor
for the past year. It is not yet de
termined how the decision will eb
made._
Objects to Being Annexed.
Orleans. Xeb.—Suit has been
brought hv S. Richards against the
mayor and council to have the courts
declare illegal the proceedings of the
council in which certain contigious
territory was annexed to the city last
fall, upon which the plaintiff resides,
and who objects to being taken into
the city. The case will come up for a
hearing May 2.
Prize Pig of DoCge County.
Fremont. Xeb.—A hog we'ghing 1.
21.7 pounds, said to he the biggest pig
that ever went to market in Dodge
county, was slaughtered at a local
slaughter house Wednesday. The hog
was three years of age and was raised
by J. R and -T. F. Howard of Fremont.
The price paid for the animal by a
local butcher was an even hundred
dollars._
Mica Factory to Open.
Fremont, Xeb.—Word was received
by the commercial club Wednesday
that the mica factory that announced
it would come to Fremont conditional
upon being able to secure 100 girl em
ployes. would be ready to open for
business by April 1.7. The mica will
be used by the Westinghouse Electric
company.
Restrict Number of Saloons.
Weston. Neb.—The board of trus
tees passed ordinances restricting the
number of saloons to two and raising
the occupation tax to $-'>00 each. The
town has always been in the wet col
umn and the restriction is the first of
its kind in the history of this place.
Valentine. Neb.—Bruce McMillan, a ‘
riveter, working cn the new steel 1
bridge being constructed across the
Niobrara river at this place, fell ninet\
feet Tuesday afternoon and was in
stantly killed. IPs home was at Belle
Fontaine. Pa.
Farmer Victim of Acc dent.
Tab’e Rock. Neb.—William Binder,
jr.. living two miles west of town, was
the victim of a serious accident which
will confine him 10 his bed for some
time. He was engaged in spreading
manure on the farm with a spreader
when the team became frightened and
ran away, throwing him under the
spreader, and he received several
bruises, being dragged for quite a dis
tance. and the spreader ran over him
If no internal injuries develop he will
probably recover.
Found Dead on His Claim.
Bartlett, Neb.—Hans E. Hansen, a
homesteader, who lived alone on his
claim near Dumas, ir. Garfield county
was found dead in his house last Fri
day by neighbors. He was last seen
Tuesday at work about his place, and
indications were that he had been
dead about three days. Doctors had
advised him some months ago that his
life was short and lie had made all
preparations for death, although hr
’ontinued to work on his claim as had
been his custom. He had relatives at
Yankton, S. D., and Spokane, Wash.
| NEWS FRpM THE CAPITAL CITY
Items of Interest Around the State
House
State House Briefs.
Alfred T. Staley, convicted of big
amv in laincasier county and sen
j tenced to one year in the penitentiary
has appealed to the supreme court. It
is alleged that he married Pearl Ston
er of Iancoln, August 0, 1000. when he
i had a wife living. He contends that
his previous marriage to Hettle Ros
ier in Council Bluffs, la., was void be
cause she was his first cousin.
Captain Robert I.. Hamilton. 1'nited
States army, retired, who has been as
signed as special military aide to the
Nebraska national guard, reported for
duty Wednesday at the governor’s of
fice and called at the office of Adju
tant General John C. Hartigan. Cap
tain Hamilton has seen much service
and is expected to be a valuable advi
sor of General Hart’gan.
Governor Shallenherger has decided
to hold a hearing April 12 at 2 p. m..
on charges against County Attorney
F. O. McGirr of Gage county. Mayor
M. I*. Rawlins of Wymore and Police
Judge Frank R Crawford of Wymore.
all charged with failure or wilful ne
glect in enforcing laws which they are
in duty bound to enforce. The alleged
neglect of duty is in connection with
the enforcement of laws against the
sale of liquor and the operation of a
dive in Wymore, ar.d between Wymore
and Blue Springs.
The secretary of state Wednesday
broke all previous records by register
ing sixty automobiles. Tuesday he
registered 4"., which was the previous
high mark, and Monday he registered
42. The average price of autos bought
within Nebraska is now said to be
$1,500, so that the registration of yes
terday represented the expenditure of
$00,000 for devil wagons in one day by
Nebraskans. Most of the machines
are bought by farmers, but occasional
ly a town man mortgages his home
and buys one. ,
Prizes for Boy Growers.
Secretary W. R. Mellor of the state
board of agriculture, following the ex
ample set by that board which was the
first to offer prizes for the growing of
corn by boys in Nebraska, has again
offered $150 for the best acre grown
this year. The prizes are as follows: I
First, $50; second. $25; third. $20;
fourth, $15; fifth. $10; and $5 each
for sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
eleventh winners.
Last year ninety boys entered the
contest and eleven made firai re
ports of their work. The yield was
from sixty to US bushels per acre.
Boys under eighteen years are eligible
to enter the contest.
The entire labor of preparing the
ground, planting, cultivating ard har
vesting of this acre of corn is to be
performed by the contestant who en
ters the contest by recording his name
in the office of W. R. Mellor. secretaryt
not later than May 20. 1910.
Said acre to be measured, busked
and weighed in the presence of two
disinterested frce-holders. residents of
said county in which the acre of corn
is located. Said committee to forward
affidavit as to weight and require
ments of specifications in this contest
to the secretary of the state board of
agriculture, not later than November
15. 1910. The contestant shall file with
the secretary a full and detailed ac
count of his method of performing the
work, fertilizers used, if any, and the
character of the soil on which the
crop was grown. On request of the
secretary a sample of ten ears must be
exhibited by prize winners at the office
of this board in Lincoln.
Irrigation Row.
Attorney General Thompson and
Land Commisisoner Cowles, members ,
of the state board of irrigation Wed
nesday met with Secretary Simmons
of the board to hear arguments in an
irrigation case from Scotts Bluff
county. Kngineer Weiss, representing
the government ditch, the inter-state
irrigation ditch, and Fred Wright, rep
resenting the farmers' mutual canal,
protested against the allowance of
claims fer water from a creek formed .
by seepage water from the government
and other canals. They protested
on the ground that while the seepage
water might be used for other lands,
applicants for its use on lands which
are under prior appropriations cannot
he allowed. The ditches under con
struction have brought the water to
the land at considerable expense and
expect to get $40 per acre for a per
petual right, hut if these same lands
can get seepage water for little or
nothing, they will withdraw and the
burden of expense of supplying water
must fall on some others. Governor
Shallenberger who is a member of the
state board, will be consulted before
the board makes i decisior.
Portrait of Governor.
Governor Shallenberger has re
ceived his own portrait in oil front
an artist at Washington. IX t\, who
painted the picture and sent it to him
as a present.
Clerk II. C. I.indsav of the supreme
court has filed his quarterly report of
fees received for the throe months be
ginning January 1. and ending April
1. The last legislature provided salar
ies for the clerk and his assistants
and required the clerk to turn into
the state treasury all fees earned. The
clerk reported very little in the way
of fees earned in his first and second
quarterly report. The amount is
growing rapidly. During the past three
months he reported Jl.JS7.le of
earned, mostly court costs.
State Normal Board to Meet.
The state normal board will resnmo
Its meeting and try not to violate any
orders of injunction, temporary or
permanent that may exist relating to
.he location of the proposed new state
normal school at ( hadron.
The board will meet at the state i
reasurers office, l.incoln. on Tues
lay. April 12. at 2 p. m„ in order
o transact any business that it is
ot specifically enjoined from trans
•cting.
There is no prob
lem ot increased cost
ot food if you cat
more
Quaker Oats
An ideal food; delicious;
appetizing; strengthening.
Compared with other
foods Quaker Oats costs
almost nothing and yet it
builds the best. «
TRUE TO PRINCIPLE.
"I hear dot Levi has made an assierh
rnent, und he has only then married
one week.”
"Veil, he alvays did believe dot mar
riage vas a failure.”
A Minister’s
Indigestion
Rev. Fletcher of Tennessee Suggests a
Remedy Based on Personal Experi
ence—You Can Get It Frew.
There Is nothing that Is so much sought
after as a remedy for stomach trouble,
and hence you will be interested to know
how the Rev. A. J. Fletcher of Ruth, r
toru. ifiio., w nose
picture we present
herewith, cttred his
indigestion. To use
his own words, he
says, in part:
“I received the
sample bottle of Dr.
Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin that I asked
you to send me. and
I made no mistake ^
in ordering it. I have
been troubled with
dyspepsia and tndi
pest ion more or les* 0 . , _ ~ .
for about sixty "W. A. J. Fktchff
years, arid have taken many remedies,
hut Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has d e
me more good than anything else. I am
W.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has been
sold in drug stores for twenty wars The
price is only 5b cents or 51 a bottl- it
ts especially adapted to the uses of ba
bies. children, women and old folks. T;->
purity is vouched to the Government, ar t
results from its use are RuarRntted If
you have never tried it send name an I
address for a free trial bettV. which w !t
he cheeiYully sent to your home or> r .
If there is anv medical advice that vwi
want, or anythin*: ahout your condition
that you don't understand, write the doc
tor. Address vour letter Dr XV R
Caldwell, ail Caldwell Bldg., Mont ice lift.
Getting in Deep.
‘Tather,” said little Koilo. "what :s
the fourth dimension?"
"Why—er—my son, that is hard to
explain to the inexpert intelligence
It is something that may exist, on’y
you can't locate it."
"1 know. It's like the piece of pie
I'm to get when there is company to
dinner.”
There ts more CV-r-h r- tlib vnwi <* the rr-.-n*
than alt other U2* xv* ;>ut t.^rtbr r. arni u: ul th V'l
•rw ytr? k> hr oxruratxV. \ or a kt>
many vmr? <Kortor» jwv ounoxi it a total u»r*xr x, 4
brwcriNxl kx-ai nrmtxlk'sx axxi by otwtant \ tat <
to cun* with K'cwl twsine-'t. j rxwxcrfw! i ac.-xMa
8<*ionn* has jvrovm I'alxrrtt to br a rnnsMtulh - A .♦
ras.'. anti lhcn*r>ro wquirtt const mil >vxai trvatrrtv.
Halt's Catarrh ('nw. c.xr.uhcitmxl by t j tt ■»
A Ox, Toi«\lix OhKX V thr on'v t>v*ctitxjtxv t; *-a
the market. It ta takon b tcmal * m f?vs •
drv'ps t*> a toasp'^^ii It acts «t:nrCy on tN h *4
anti mucous surface* of Un* *y?t*ra The * cfTvr .-•**
hundmt dollars *xr nny raw ii tails to curv Sx u4
tor cimiHrs nod «rsttmx>r**aX
Adtlrvm: K J t ilt ,\iY A CO. Tofcskk Ohkx
Sold by I'nirvtsta. “V*.
Take Halid Family Knits for nnstisktiKk
Melody ts the golden tbread run
ning through the maze of tones by
which the ear is guided and the heart
reached.—Christ iani.
. „ IHH OIR YOUKSKI.F
wtv-'n rrxti frrl a t>- tcomingon hv *ak p* « fm
°t lVr*v fV. ’as /' *•».*t rr. It i tWtW>r lb.** V t #
anti safer. Tbo lary* MV bottir* are thr t to^ix vt
We would willingly have other*
perfect, and yet we amend not our
own faults.—Thomas a Kempis.
T.ewi.' Single Hinder 5e cigar equal*
in quality most 10c cigars
A good many things are important.
If true
The first aid to a weak
stomach, sluttish liver or
constipated bowels should
be the Bitters, because it
has proven its rijjht to be
called “the best,” It is
for Indigestion,Costive
nessand Malaria. Try it.
For Every Mu and Ail Mo»
NO STROKING NO HONING
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