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Loup City Northwestern VOIXMK XXVIII._LOUP CITY NEBBASKA, THURSDAY , MAY 12, 1910. NUMBKR 277" MODERN CIVILIZATION „ IS ROOSEVELTS TOPIC Interesting Lecture on :tThe World Movement ” Delivered at the Uni versity of Berlin by the Ex-Presi dent of the United States Pe-rLa. — MMlm Theodore Ti.Br aday before *8 ate'e-Sf-e that te*t*-S the raps.- te «* 'W »J* at the I xiTerary of Beristx. a« fie: tr**< a lertare os 'The World 1 Miiwif fit ■ lie spoke is E**^te ate •a* -atese-f is ask the deepest t» “ *■“*=*••^8* » tt as eio«8est eoliCT o' tie* i/«nM rae* ate !ta srhieee Meats the Iprttear axe rearhek 'he g> 8 Aese of ta fisro^ie. ate r» eieaek the ttfrfitsahtos ate roJtBTe. as far aa se uzaw the*, of the earliest je ;e* ate (Mr o—trthuaote ts the Ktsfiers »tr-< He iscs roettsaefi a.: a Erne one e> trtn k *k' the awen! '-eaaraa a »ar.e eS»Sh | aaVe* to-* fa laaaerapite aot The '"k* r he laaes ae er*> : ' wa*t* stA MOM ** the fa, nae ry af amenta. ate «-■— 1--* -a* **--•-*. 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T1^ o»tt ca* ur» hti tnc'*jd^ eatrar-rdliio ry ttirnoai in rverv Cora cf know .-dye c-f the world we live la. and 1 wlac aa et t-ao-dtnarv imeiaae in t'e jk-w er of at. tny for ea of nature In both ■ d re- tuna tha adias-e tuts ten very ytra; darts* the past four or five cen turies and m both direct .oea tt has yone on w • fc ever me rear.ay rapidity durtay the Usr 'enter- After the yr-at aye of Home rad passed the boundaries of anowedye s*-ana and In many case* tt •o no* ---hi w»:;.s^h our m times that her dcrrair was once ay. .r pushed bayond Its * rater* asrint rfca About the year 1S» A I> Pto.ec-y. tie ye *rapber. pat . shed ts reap of central Africa and the a- . r-es ad The N;> and tt-la map waa mere a curate than ary w hick we lad as ia«e as MST A. Il More was known of pf yatoal a «eo e and more of the truth aboait the p eer*! Wort'S waa yawed at. :r: flke dav* of Pt.rr than waa known or y.iemed us'it tha modern n.c. erne*? he re- T*e -ase was the sane as re*ards r ftary anere At the < inae of the Mid le Ayr* rha weapon* were what they -■Ad atarays b*wn—sw.rf at eld hew, *ir«" and art BEpro-.etr.ent In them was »*• "4« - feet by T'» , e* - ki.- aiedy* af aatany asMBtoaam. la the arlcat* of »*h‘ ah'" « r kU-arr r»4"!- .p aiane the dayjArf HaaruhaJ a.nd c~l— r • A It. i - —<1 tear* cy wr.ea this - uni "-'tty was Sourdrtf the rue-red* ' of t'W4*!- A did not differ in the es ► -4 * ' w • 'at 'her had he. - anmny "r 1 u Ijr <:-.iiiaad nations of as'■£..!> 1 Tea’ ' ' and aer- randiae w-e-.t by’ land - w —red let! la* c-r on beasts of her der. and by sea in boats propelled by »at * or by o»n and ie*« was conveyed so tt a way* tad tee-, -onveyad. A yrad A-* ' jour unitamttyr today can yo to mt« Asia or sr.14-Africa with far less con * rcmi-sa c-f prr'ermine a feat of note ’-ta* would have been the case a hundred vests aye wttfc a student who visited S !Jy and Andalusia M rwier the invention and use of ma -fclwerv ran by steam or eWtrtdTy have wanted a rewafatldci la Industry as rreat , aa the revolution in ’raasportatioc ao i '' a” * ere aya-r the difference between a*c-e*t and modem m mat on is on* not merely ef f-yr-e bet of ktad In many * -'-a r-e;e- t* the r.tyye mod m city differs »«♦ from a 1 re- * d. '.y c:t.»s than any •f "-’ewe differed one from the Other and the y-jwir fw-ory t--wr ts of and bv itself was wf the- must t.-rmidab e prop cm of , •--am and elprtncft^ have yiven the rac* dor.: t cc . oust land and water such adit arwefftna4*kafom and now -'e con ones- if 'be ate Is ci’eee-t’v tripe' 1.1* As 1-rtkS 1oe—Ve tho-oyht IhrWUyh t1 hire so the c» ey-apn and t r e telephone 'ransir.-! it t- r-oyi the space they inctaie. and t he ref e* cnmds are swayed owe by an e"cc w -r. • r-^rd to -re limitations of Spa e and t ae wt.it formerly forced ewc-fc -oanmusdcy u work us owesparathi * iaeda'- e It a t'e same with the body aa wi-fc u.» teas* The machinery of the far torv said the farm: ecerwis'c multiplies bod *y M :i and iy • Countless trained IMc.'Srcco are at work to teach ns how to s -.1 or counteract tho effects of waste Tie advan-ea ta the realm of pure intel Met me teee* rf eoual note and they •A*.» be—r. We' i-rlers--.» and er'easive. ‘ ■•w "- 'ry-.r fie id* af ieaitiny and wts dam have b*e* discovered by the few. aw* at the same time know-dy- tas ■Bread an. cl Tha mar r ta a ary— never c-eawed rf before Old ire-, a irony us have ae—n k* the** oarr. y-reratior. the rrae rf the first -mtumal a- encc of the s’ -*:oa rf life The as*roaomer and the -ter.* 'be pevo-oioctat and the t.ts -wrmn and a.. ilwjr hr—- • re* i* many dif feewsy he to rf wide e«*ai nr. wt-rk with a trail a* and knowimy. and method w* -> »•» la effect instruments rf po i c«s»ob differentia—n* the-r labors from tiff .hen off their pmle'espofs as the r fie u di'er-atiated from the bow *4 * moral and sp—trsml world as in the wwrtd of tkw mind and The bodv Owe of ti e prime aar t-r* of <*yl£xatl~n *■*• al»*' * I—* it* te-xten-y ta cause ' - 1 of the virile Sghaag virtue*, of •he t;>~t Kf» » • e- art ret to* •«*■ fort* ■ e atK Vmd '«*■ Hmiarlaao ’me* t■ —re • *-»* » teaot -ret the mUm* e*t !'ke at - i of Si—r Tbe tartxnaa V«je -f tbe very —>nd-iion* «f i— -> * hmd to keep and develop "*— --r barer <;-**! • wtr. h the man of rtlimmo Irak to koee a bother be be factory band, a—rchaat. or even a ■ e—ta. s try— of tuner Now I wili not ——tt t*.al ta modern rlv-haed aone:r . • *—. teadrame* ia»e been who! y «ver Kp— bat there ha* beers a much more r*cv»**f*» efftrt t* ctertoBe them ?* **» the case la a— early eiTiliaation* Tide m raranmiy shoora by the military •dmery of tbe Graeco-Roman I—nod as cxarpared with the taurr of tbe Ism four «e Sve pentcrlee here » Europe and anai —Tinas of European dearer*. la -be Orenaa and Hair mJttmrv tuatorr ni— ■-attpe era* rrodrv from a cittsen arm* V an army of g-'i-m-W In the j dot* *f the early grentneo* of Athena. »tf Sparta, a the dae* arhen the ■ “ ** re—c eapanf what world ft The arum* were Shed with d—a *w fndwDy the dthnn re ?a»'* *» »tw » the armir*. nr became u—re- U re**' r com! wmee The Greek •ta-.ee fewitM by IVrba. with bat few J mud— hfcwd Man t* da tha ggfct tnc far tr—m The Kwaan* of the day* of Aagaatua had crier'. -eased t* fumiofc any -avaay. aad were rapidly -easing to furaiafc arty mtaatry. ti the -gm— aad ; eadarta Tie* the dtlliatioa raae to M df There wet* — longer rttiaen* ta fram^—^e»^— army to the aimy'of X*W the enact revet** has been the —arjallth — ta aiodrra Times A few . tw praapa! hgar* 1* mam armies. Lid in #f ri—the mere*nary •“*•**■ «— — ahen. la the wars of re ' Sdo* la France la the Thirty Tear*' war la Germ—y. ta the war* that tmme W-ea« -P of the great IVthah kingdom, the rvdmeat* aad hrigade* of foreign aol dmr* forced a mat aad leading tea j tare ta eyyr- army Tao oftea the men : of the reelaUf *a which the aghtmg took place played taerwiy the tgbohle part of petrla# la but limltad rumbef* la tha mercenary armies by which they were plundered. Gradually this has all changed. MS mow practically every army It a citizen army, and the mercenary has al most disappeared, while the army exists on a raster scale than ever before in his tory This is so among the military moa : archies of Europe In our own Civil war of the United States the same thing occurred, peaceful people as we are. At that time more than two generations had passed since the f War of Independence. During the whole t of that period the people had been en gaged in no life-and-death struggle; and | yet. w hen the Civil war broke out. and after me costly and bitter lessons at •he beginning, the fighting spirit of the : people was shown to better advantage than ever before. The war was peculiar I! 1 war for a principle, a war waged t « de for an ideal, and while faults and «r. rtcomlngs were plentiful among t-e < •■'•r.oatants. ’here was comparatively ••le sordidness of motive or conduct. In such a van: struggle, where across the warp of so mary interests Is shot the woof of so many purposes, dark strands and bright, strands somber and brilliant, are always intertwined Inevitably there was corruption here end there in the Civil war. but all the leaders on both sides, and the great majority of the enormous masses of fighting ro*n. wholly disre garded and wer* wholly uninfluenced by, pecuniary o^asideratiaas Wealth and Politics. Another striking contrast In the course of modem civilisation as compared with the later stages of the Graeco-Roman or classic civilisation Is to b* found in tha r-.ati^ns of wealth and politics. In clas sic t9mes as the civilization advanced t<v ward its zenith, politics became a recog nized means of accumulating great wealth Caeear was again and again on the verge of bankruptcy; he spent an enormous fortune: and he recouped him self by the money which he made out of bif political-military career. Augustus es tafe&shed imperial Rome on firm founda tioBf by the use he made of the hugs fortune he had acquired by plunder What : a contrast is offered by the careers of Washington and Lincoln* There were a I few exrepdess in ancient days, but the . immense majority of the Greeks and tha Remans as their civilizations culminated, * accepted money-making on a large scale as one of the incidents of a successful , public career Now all of this Is In sharp contrast to what has happened within The last two or three centuries During this rme there has been a steady growrth away from the theory that money-making s pertmsciDle in an honorable public ca r*—r In this respect the standard has been constantly elevated. and things which statesmen had no hesitation in doing 'tree centuries or two centuries ago. and which did n'-'t seriously hurt a public ea rner even a century ago. are now utterly impossible. Wealthy men still exercise a ia’gv and sometimes an improper, influ* e potit: s. but it is apt to be an in direct Influence and in the advance | f s’a*e« the mere suspicion that the wealth j of public men is obtained or added to as an Incident of their public carvers wrill t«ar them from public life. Speaking generally, wealth may very greatly influ* ♦ er.ee modern* pr-iitical life, but It is not ao Optimistic for the Future. Mr Roosevelt called attention. to the fact that hitherto every civiliza tion that has arises has been able to develop otlT a few activities, its field of endeavor being limited in kind as well as in locality, and each of these civilizations has fallen. What Is the lesson to ns of today? he asked. Will | the crash come, and be all the more terrible because of the immense in crease in activities and area? To this he replied: p-rsor.a'.ly, T do not believe that cur cfvillaaUoa will fall. I think that on the whole we have grown better and not worse I think that on the whole the fa I tore bolds more for os than even the r--at past has held. But. assuredly, the dreams of g d»n glory in the future will r.ot come true unless, high of heart and strong of hand, by our owa mighty deeds w» make them <• -me true We cannot af ford to develop any one set of qualities, arv • ne set of activities, at the cost of se-'r.c o-here equally necessary, airo | phted. Neither the military efficiency of •re Morgr the extraordinary business ! ability of tne Phoenician, nor the subtle , sad polished in-ehect of the Greek availed j to avert destruction. We. th» men of today and of the fu ture. need many qua! ties If we are to do . our work well We reed, first of all and most important of all the qualities which stand at the base of individual, of family - fe the fundamental and essential quali ties—the home’y. every-day. ail-important virtues If the average man will not work, if he has not In him the will and the p.-wer to he a good husband and fa ther if the average woman Is not a good housewife, a good mother of many •.ealf v children, then the state will t op re win g-> down no matter what may be its brilliance cf artistic development or Material achievement But these home ly qxiah-ie* are not enough There must, i" addition, b— that pow»r of organisation, that power of working In common for a j common end. which the German peopio ha-e shewn In suet signal fashion during '* e last half-century. Moreover, ths things of the sr in: are even more impor tant than e three of the body We can we do » bout the hard Intolerance and e-vd Intel!*.-tua> hitn — - —s- bf what was worst in tv e theo logical «vyt-ms of the hast, but there has never been a greater reed of a high and fine religious sptrit than at the present time- So. while wo -an l»-g- g d-1 umo—dly at some of •he prrtensk ns of modem philosophy la its various branches It would be worse than folly on our part to ignore our need i of intellectual leadership. Must Steer Middle Course. Never has philanthropy, humanitarlan ; ism. seer, such development as now. and . though we must all beware of the folly and the vt-jcusness no worse than folly. wh>-h marks the believer in the perfso j Tibi 11 tv of man when his heart runs away Iwtth his head, or when vanity usurps the place of coaorwnee. yet we must temem be— also that It is only by working aieng ; the lines laid down by the philanthropists, by the lovers of mankind, that we can be sure of lifting our civilisation to a •1 gh—r and more permanent plane of well, being than was ever attained by any pre ceding civilization. I'njusf war is to be abhorred but woe to the nation that does not make ready to hold its own In time of need against all who would harm It: and wive thrice over to the nation !a which the average man loses the fighting edge loses the power to serve as a sol dier If the day of ne-d should arise. It is no Impossible dream to build up a ctvihzatloc la which morality, ethical de I velopmeet. and a true feeling of brother hood aha! alike be divorced from falsa sentiment* 11 • V and from the rancorous and evil passions which, curiously enough, no often accompany professions of senti ments. attachment to the rights at man: la which a high material development la the things of the body shall be achieved without subordination at the things at the soul. In which there shall he a genu ine desire for peace and Joatice without kies of these virile qualities without which no lave of peace or Justice shall avail any mce la which the fullest development of scientific rest arch, the groat distinguish ing feature of our present civilization, shall yet not Imply a belief that intellect can ever lake the place of character—for. from the standpoint of the nation as of the Individual, it la character that in tha ope vital posnvasrua. THE LATE KING EDWARD VII. CAREER OF EDWARD VII., KING OF GREAT BRITAIN England's dead king. Edward VH, whose full title was "king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of all *he British donat ions beyond the seas, emperor of •In dia." was the eldest son and the sec ond child of Queen Victoria and Al bert. the prince consort. He was born November 9, 1641. in Buckingham pal ace and was christened Albert Ed ward. At bis birth he was created prince of Wales and by virtue of that dig nity be became also knight of the gar ter. As heir apparent to the British throne he succeeded to the title of duke of Cornwall and its emoluments, and as heir to the crown of Scotland he became great steward of Scotland, duke of Rothesay, earl of Carrick, baron of Renfrew and lord of the isles. Cn September 10. 1649. he was created earl of Dublin, this title being con ferred on him and his heirs in per petuity. Among the other titles and commands held by Edward were duke of Saxony, colonel of the Tenth hus sars. colonel-in-chief of the Rifle bri gade. field marshal of the British army and field marshal of the Ger man army. The prince received a most elabo rate. broad and carefully planned edu cation. At first he was under the charge of four private tutors, and sub sequently his education was directed by Baron Stockmar and Charles Kingsley. In order to give him a taste of college life, he was Bent for one session to the University of Ed inburgh. for one year to Oxford and for four terms to Cambridge. During these rears he acquired a wide gen eral knowledge of the arts and sci ences and became quite proficient In modem languages. In 1660 the prince made a tour of the United States and Canada and the next year he Joined the British army at Curragh camp. Ireland. In 1662 he set out on his travels again, this time visiting Jersualem and oth er places of biblical Interest. His companion on the trip was Dean Stan ley of Westminster. Ed wards public life began in Feb- I ruary. 1663. when, as heir to the throne, he took his seat in the house of lords. On March 10 of the same year he married Princess Alexandra Caroline Mary Charlotte Louise JuUa. the eldest daughter of King Christian IX. of Denmark. Her beauty, grace and charming manners at once gave . her a popularity In Great Britain that has continued un lessened throughout her life as princess and queen. In 1676-76 the prince made an extended tour through the Indian empire and was received everywhere with lavish and magnificent hospitality, the native rulers seeking to outdo one another in the gorgeousness of the entertain ments provided for the emperor. On the death of Queen Victoria. January 22. 1901. Edward succeeded to ; the throne. The coronation was set j for June 26, 1902. and all preparations for the magnificent event had been : completed when disquieting rumors of : the king's ill health, which had been current for several days, were con finned by the postponement of the ceremony. It wss announced that the king was suffering from perityphlitis, and on June 24 he underwent an op eration. After some weeks of the greatest anxiety, he recovered, and the coronation took place August 9. During the long years of his prince hood Edward's public duties consisted solely In the oflee of representing the royal family at all manner of public events, and he serformed these du ties well. But the deadly monotony of such a life was too much for the vigorous man. and he found relaxa tipn la amusements that frequently gave rise to scandal* and that gave: the world a wrong impression of his real character. He was especially ' fond of the theater and among hia boon companions for years were ac tresses and actors. Also he devei oped a great liking for Pans and often visited that gay capital incognita The Riviera and Biarritz likewise were familiar with the face of the prince o! Wales. But all this, as has been said, was only his relaxation, and after coming to the throne his conduct always was so circumspect that not the most cap tious critic could find any fault with it Edward was always a liberal patros of art and science and manifested a lively interest in exhibitions, char! table institutions, the housing of th« poor, agriculture and other matter* that concerned the welfare of his sub jccts. He assisted in promoting tht Royal College of Music, and the Im perial institute was due to his sug gestion. While prince of Wales he carefully abstained from partielpatior in politics and from all action that could be construed into preference ol one party over another. He culti vated the most friendly relations with public men. whatever their opinions might be, and he was equally coup teous to all. At peculiar crises of pub lie opinion his visits to Mr. Gladstone Mr. Bright and other prominent mem bers of the liberal party did much tt j counterbalance in the public mind Queen Victoria's preference for her conservative ministers. It was said that Edward always inclined to the : nationalists in Irish politics, but con stitutional restrictions prevented hi* showing his preferences in relation to the Emerald isle As a diplomat Edward was unex ceiled among the monarch* of Europe | His influence eras always thrown tc ! the side of international peace where compatible with national honor, and his adTlce and example had a steady ing effect on all Europe. He looked with amused tolerance on the va garies and extravagances of his neph ew. the emperor of Germany, but oc casionally that ruler exasperated him to such an extent that he could not refrain from giving him some stern advice Such admonition was not re- - celved by William In a submissive spirit, and once in a while there were sensational rumors that the peaceful relations between the two countries were about to be ruptured. The development of the king's char acter in his later years was espe cially gratifying to the nation. In ad dittos to the love of hia people, which he had always had. he gained their admiration and respect. They had the utmost confidence la his good judg meat, ns was amply exemplified dur ing the late crisis over the budget and they were always sure he would do the right thing at the right Hb« To Edward and Alexandra were born six children. The first. Prince Albert, duke of Clarence, died ta 1892 aged twenty-eight years. The second. George Frederick Ernest Albert, born on Juno 2. 1865. succeeds to the throne. The other children are: < Pilnceas Louisa Victoria, married tc the duke of Fife; Princess Victoria Alexandra; Princess Maude Charlotte, married to Prince Charles of Den mark, and Prince Alexander John, who died the day after his birth ta ■ 1ST* ASSESSMENTS BADE RAILROAD PROPERTY OF STATE GIVEN ATTENTION. NO MX AGENTS TO PROTEST Work Done on the Shortest Time Ever Recorded—Other Mat ters at the State Capital. The State Board of Assessment as sessed the railroad property of the state without a speech having been made by any railroad tax agent. Tte increase over the valuation last year is $1.1(1.392. The increase Is con fined to the Chicago. St. Paul. Minne apolis & Omaha and the Kearney. Central City and North Platte branch es of the Union Pacific. This makes the total full value of all railroad property in the state $273,893,217. The governor was absent, being out of tte city. Those present were Brian. Cowles. Junkin and Barton. After an informal discussion the board con cluded to make the assessment at once, and this was done. The vote was unanimous. No other railroad valu ation in the state was changed A. W. Scribner of the Union Pacific reached the state house Just a mo ment after the work had been con cluded. so did not get to delijdr his speech. The following table shows the changes: Value Per Mile. Union Pacific— 1909. 1916. Kearney branch ...$32,877 $32,900 Central City branch 31.667 31.700 North Platte branch $17,500-20.000 25.000 St Paul. M. A 0.41.442 41,450 The action of the State Board of Assessment marks the shortest time on record that any Nebraska board ever completed the valuation of this class of property. Heretofore it has been the custom of the assessing board to listen to addresses of ra:l road tax agents and spend many weeks in consideration of the ques tion. So far as the present board is concerned it arrived at the con clusion that it could fix the valuation of the property just as well on the reports made as it could by listening to the tax agents recite their pleas for a reduction. In the afternoon the board met again and added to the Burlington the 9.8 miles of new road from Lincoln to Denton. This was valued at $25,000 a mile, which increases the total valu ation that much. Lighting Plant Not Profitable. At the meeting of the Nebraska State Electrical association. President Scoutt of the County Electric Light and Water company, asserted that the city of Lincoln lost about $3,000 during the last year on its lighting plant and at that no estimated loss is given for depreciation of property. Site for Goose Farm. An enterprising capitalist who wants the Lincoln Commercial club to furnish him the site for a goose farm somewhere around this city hts submitted a financial prospectus in detail. In it he shows how an invest ment of $600 can be made to produce returns of $339,700 in three years, time. Apportions School Money. State Superintendent Bishop has certified to the state auditor the amount of money to be apportioned to the various counties of the state, derived from the forest reserve fund. The total amount distributed amount ed to $2,837.34, involving a total acre age of 589.002.93. National Guard Rifle Contest. Adjutant General Hartigan has is sued an order directing that the state competitive rifle and revolver shoot of the Nebraska national guard shall be held at the state range at Ashland commencing Monday. July 18. The Postmasters' Meeting. It is probable that the next conven tion of Nebraska postmasters will be held in Omaha. This was the senti ment expressed by most of the mem bers of the executive committee which met at the Lincoln hotel to which met at the Linooln hotel re cenUy. The convention this year will be held in Lincoln. The Sibley Rate*. The American Express company has filed a statement with the state railway comciisions that the Sibley rate will be put into effect on ship ments between Nebraska points rout ed through Julesburg The Pacific Express company, which formerly op erated on the Union Pacific Express company, refused to put in the re duced rates on such shipments, claim ing that business paring through JcJe burg. Coio.. was interstate. This con tention deprived the far western Ne braskans of the benefit of the net. Bars to Go Deem. The bars will be down May 6. Lin cola will be wide open on that date and every man. woman and child in the city who has the price may ship In a case of beer or more and it will be delivered to any home in Lincoln. Another Petition far Dean. A numerously signed petition from Blaine county was filed with the sec retary of state in behalf of James R. Dean, candidate for the democratic nomination for congress in the Sixth district KEEP MOUTH CLOSEa Law Regulating Census Enumerators Is Strict. The census enumerators are not supposed to open their mouths in so much as even a guess as to the fig ures that any department of the cen sus will show in the end. The tak ing of the census is supposed to be a strictly confidential operation and Uncle Sam is going to see that the enumerators do not talk so much as to betray the confidence that is placed in them when they take the oath for the work In other words, the census is for a public record to be given out by the government in due time and not to be gossiped about by individual enumerators while the work is being done. Supervisor of Census Helvey of the First district says that the law is very plain as well as severe on this point The penalty the law has fixed on an enumerator who divulges any information obtained while in the progress of his official duties is $1,000 fine or not over five years of im prisonment The census enumerator is constantly plied with Questions con cerning his work and what be has found and especially is he daily asked dozens of times for an opinion as to what the population win be found to number at the final count The law. aside from restricting him from giv ing out definite information, provide* that he shall not even make a guess at final figures of any kind connected with the taking of the census. This provision is made because It is pre sumed that if the enumerator gave out his guess he would be basing that opinion on something that his official work so far had showed him. Since the law provides that the in dividual or the corporation accurately divulge all reQuired Information to the enumerator. It at once provide* for the absolute secrecy of the enu merator in order that no unfair ad vantages shall be taken at any point, or in any way. The enumerator of manufacturers' census backed by tbe authority of Uncle Sam. probes into the most secret books of all firms and corporations, and the gov ernment protects that manufacturer from having his business secrets gos siped about in the neighborhood at once by attaching the penalty to the sin of divulging the facts. All in due time the director of cen sus at Washington. D. C.. will give out the official reports, and it is pre sumed that until he does no one per son shall know any more about the census than does another. It is thought that the official statements will be ready some time In July. Cash in State Treasury. Tbe state treasurer's report for tit* month of April shows that there is still plenty of cash in the state treas ury. The balance the first of the month was $6$4.8$?.2$. Saturday night thy balance was J62S.4dS.43. The re ceipts during the month were $16?. S19.77 and the disbursements were $226.305 62- The permanent funds invested amount to JS.57S.5S4.0S. di vided as follows. Perm, school.J7.S8S.W7 *9 Perm, university . 201.637.39 A. C. E. . 496.031.56 Normal endowment . 77.S17.21 Grigware. the Train Robber. Several people in Lincoln are con vinced that Frank Grigware. the con victed train robber who escaped from the federal penitentiary April 51. is hiding here. Several persons, among them women, have called up the po lice and insisted that a man answer ing the description of Grigware had been seen in their neighborhood. Escaped Fugitive Overhauled. Axel Johnson, for over two years a fugitive from Justice under indict ment in the Lincoln division of fed eral court, has been captured at Twia Fulls. Wont., and will be brought back to this city for trial. He Is charged with counterfeiting Omaha Debaters Defeated. Taking the ittrmative on the ques tion that labor unions are. on the whole beneficial, tbe Omaha high school debating squad was judged to be defeated in the contest with the Lincoln high school trio. Cast of the Campaign. The published report of the com mittee of fifty which had charge of the dry ctunpaign here shows that the receipts were $3.155 63 and the expenditures amounted to $3.142 89 Vena Gets Office. A writ of mandamus asked for by Wilfred E. Voss to compel Mary V. Quinn to deliver to him the nflk-e of county superintendent of Dakota county, has been allowed by the su preme court. It was alleged that Voss did not possess a teachers' first grade certificate when elected county superintendent and was therefore in eligible to the offlee. His certificate had expired on October 28. Prior to that date be took a teacher's examina tion before the county superintend ent of Thurston county and completed examination October 16 ai- - I a» wVriQQ W VW • % - Providing tbe perk board will sub mlt n proposition for $S8.8fi8 for park purposes, tbe school board will agree to locate tbe high school building on tbe Davenport tract. This tbe school board finally decided following n wrangle for many months. Tbe Dar •aport tract contains eight acres and was bought by tbe school board soma years ago. Some one objected to the construction of tbe building on tbe ground because it was considered too low. so tbe school board held the mat ter up for discussion.
