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VUI.LME XXVIII._ LOUP CITY NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , JUNE 23. 1910. NUMBER 33.
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UzprTJT WlUmm it .tdispoeed and
hi* 1 lsesa cause# suet anxiety He
Uu csasstttd a!’ of L.» -•.aagemegf*
Ihriadiatc f.rwUnce at the Kiel
yacht races.
Hftsut •! Ii Pesro- tBffleu m:n
later v V -»»» rsretmd a broken
arm and hi* anf* and ssece a ere
• it. ur~d it an a.'.omobile acci
fi**t at Chrtauasda
Prana P ft- -re »e frie-Bw and
paint**’ of Endian* is dead at Stam
ford C -Mt Hi* a»be* wta be taken
** the irtsasa d-aerr for burial, in ac
cordance stth hie «tabes
kt G.ad‘« Emery Aokl. daughter
of At- Emery of the Eptscspsl
eksrrk nbo aaa married to Gsnjiro
A *• a J*.; ute-e scxtctnc at her
bom* u ?-ut«d in an interview at
Carta*. \*« a* aayinc that the would
withdraw fee* svR lor d eorce
la: *1 H Hum bam the Chlrtco
»*'»:* -1. u chakras* of a roatu
•it* a; totaled by President Taft un
de* as act actsor.r.nc a fine arte
"«.»■« to i«»aa us bund :-t* to
he erected is the Djldct of CoJsm
MS
Or G it Bother of Martas. O.
sated far tie abnormal appetite it
dead a* 'be reouit u crertndulcence
A sunder D :-Ttsc srandsephew o*
knt .tr t !rto| 1* dead at hi*
horn* sn Tarry-town. NT He will be
buried IS the Old Sleepy Ifidhvw Ceme
tery
la rid Eiskn at Si L"aU. Mo has
kites more than three n.Utlos d liar*
to a aebool of mechanical trade* that
bear* Si* same re»*TTti5* but J :,***. ml
as Isrosie lor hit on support
Associate Jssrjce Mi iliac H Moody.
*t? ha* :*et is a prtrate sanitarium
a! Bmsfcl :*Mt Mae* . rtsce East fail, will
ftace ti* place -n :h» fined Stales
tepr- -:.r cosrt heath tibia tell, hie phy
*et»a ar -anew ’ m •» -**■ •'
Frank Jit Gould. sixth child of Jay
Css; id. — ■sstwed to Sis intimate
frit-ads hi* in’* hijos of moisdac
America as a place of r*5ide*ce and
making Parts itis pwimhi. ■ nt home
GENERAL nests
H J f Beefcr-meper of Csrifitt.
Ee-mt-er o' : V llhxoi* ie#.-:*jure,'ook
tbe »tt>M Hand to tbe tr.al of Lee
0 NeJ Biwerv st fkieifo and testi
fied before iv Jwy that be bad fe*-en
paid I «• for tit tote for UiUissi
Ixrvr for latted Kale* seostcr
He aaid Prom* pate baa tbe money
lx S> b.Ii* ts x room of tbe south
>rt bot> to ahlrh be come on June
*1. '-*>'• by direction of Broane. to
Wtettr "X pscfcapr ~
\ ■ adPurst x Kraaao-Sxorecy x
roust! of Hungary, burderia* <«
Trsto' xx»x. Roumaaia sad Serrix.
k:iie£ 3V people and »:ped out eee
er»! rtlto*es
Its. . • *r.H and ■Jack'"' Jot aeon
xre re»dy 'o Sett at at* place that
tbe promoters may d'-slcaxte and It
to almost cersato that they will do
bailie at R*s» .Vet urn July 4 and not
lx fix* FYaVtoco
* ■ -»t y teat) L Oeaaetie Mark
Tax.- abicb !• to adore tbe pro
posed metaortal to V erected It
New York, baa Ve* competed by
loa* f*ofi*r. tbe sculptor Jt is to
be paid for -fV'y a itt tabscrip
tic-c* from toms
TV b‘!I to retire Supreme Justice
V odi x •»■» Cine tbs wltb full pay
*u ’uonMr reported to tbe at sate
from, 'be ;adirtory roexltv
TV aidow of Charier T Terkes
a 1 I.C X! from k.* estate.
• t i. - Ve* -a the hands Of 4 re
eeteee Is Srm York
Mr* Kolb Smith, s dieorree teee
tyfi»e !«-ar> old NOoaef her fiance
to hi* fryuls* place tear SE 1/ox
Mo. <m TV basks of tbe Mteclssippf
rtrer and. fiac.as bis estertairtn*
•xotber eweetb—rt ran to the ride at
*V bast and temped :ato tbe water
R* creased Vfore aid could rt-acb
her
t Jury at Freeport 111, awarded fil»
•M «o H W C cteai at German Val
W a*ain»r Heaney Janssen at Odea
*n cbary-t wtth a-jraa’ia* the aSec
th** of rehn » wfle.
The Orv-rtaJ Limited. east bound,
uc the Or**I T.rirthei a. crashed into
•e-reraJ «rei*fet ran oa the Btaia track
at Weett -W Wash Two met. Steal
Se« a rtfc wer> titled
After k* had at:* septet to kill threw
• kite an Oho VUrhell a ne*ra.
was lyxcbtd at Pmrt. Mi*«
Got Frank Besson of Oneroe ha*
teieerapfced from San Francisco to
Jay How^mar president at the state
senate at Salem. Ore. tnstracttn* tita
ss assume the oArtal dcti-e* at chief
eMroijre of this stole Gorensr
Hessen • sokt-nsc from a rjaii*nant
rase at hprat
After remait inf ac the senate r*J
rtaiar tor ijost three months 1b a
state at sn^nsht? ae to Its fate the
MS rrrn t6.ss for the admission at the
lerrlmwi at Sew Menlro and Aniou
ts separate statehood «u taken op
by the senate ate Ltnnitnoualy
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Projected firprovements rallies for !
the ejpendl’ure of $3,000,000 by the
Santa Fe railroad In California have
been abandoned
It was a unique bequest that Rob
ert Reldel of Detroit. Mich., who
fought through the Franco-Prussian
war. left to the Detroit survivors of <
Mi old company He willed them $15
w:»h which to buy beer after they
marched to the cemetery to his
funeral
Sidney Haney, a young lawyer of
Dillon, s C. was shot and probably
mortally wounded a* he left a court
room, by Richard S Ifavis a hotel
man I»rh said Huraey ruined his
home
Charged * :tt using the mails for
fraudulent purpose* Christopher C. j
Wiison, president of the $30.000 000
Uclted Uireiess Telegraph company;
Samuel S Hogan, its * ice-president,
and W ....am M Tompk:us. who had ,
charge of selling its stock to the pub
lic. wfre arrested in New York on
romplaic: of United States post office
inspectors
In an address on "The History of
•he Northwest Territory." President
Taft, ([leaking at the diamond jubi
lee anniversary of the founding of
the Marietta (O i college referred to
■*e ordinance of lTfcT. for the govern
a • nt of the territory, as the greatest
Instrument of fundamental law. except
the • i us’itut.an of the United states.
•In t has ever been enunciated by
men
Stirred te action by insistent pro
f* *ts from all parts of the state. Gov.
Gillett of California took steps to pre
vent the championship fight between
Jam-* J Jeffries and Jack Johnson,
scheduled to be held in San Francisco
J_'*y « In a letter to Attorney Gen
eral Webb the governor directs that
the aid of the courts he invoked to
prevent the match
With $::o provid-d for the
’ fmplet on of irrigation projects and
var.ou* other amendments, the house
hill authonning the w ithdrawal of pub
c lands bj the pres.dent passed the
senate
Oberainne rgau the scene of the
Passion Play. is cut o2 from railway
oitnnitx. at on with outside points by
f od t: it has invaded the district
(>t the • ■ strangers In the place to
witness the sacred periormaure. 300
are Americans
Charier Plautus has teen convicted
1e Detroit >r concealing himself in a
'.ink des.gcated as yewvOry and then
escaping tr order to defraud an ex
press company
Tb torpedo boat Fodte was taken
jo Si utapi rt N C, by the steamer
ti ae:al G V. Getty, having been dis
hed :n a enlr and flicked up off
Fry i^g Pat snoajs.
"*h- • c * • - in the prefecture of
Jurua. » he Acre district of west
er-: Brazil have -iriven out the gov
nww and •- .re'll their independence
N:ag-.ra s f-rst international carnival
t.- ariy came to a tragic end w hen
•scar Wii!iii!:.g. a local steeplejack,
who e--8j d a Tip across th gorge
on a wire, hung at the base of the
ut.arar: s .>taining his weight by his
■‘f a. <ac, a stop when about the
e-lad;- •: ur river and hung 15 mln
utes until res. ued by the Maid of the
Mist.
The ft publican leaders In congress
vised th' president to cancel his out
of t own engagements. They told him
'hat if all goes »• ;! they expect to
b'.rg about an adjournment of con
gress by Saturday. June 35
At the thirty-third annual conven
tion of the Danish Evangelical Lu
theran Ch ireb of America, in session
in Lading tec. Mtch Rev. K C. Bod
bo.e: of Rai. me. Wis. tha president
for fight years, was re-elected for that
office
The gre.-i'est international religious
meeting ot the year, 'he Protestant
Worlds M.ssiocarv conference, opened
sn Edinburgh. Scotland, every cation
of the g ole being represen’ed by lead
:tg laymen and churchmen
About 75 cars started from Clncln
r.atl In the reliability tour of the Amer
ican Automobile association for ibe
(1 .laden and Chicago tropies The tour
ends ie Chicago on June 30.
Great less of life occurred in the
Ahr valley of the Eifel region
in Germany as tha result of a
cloudburst wf-h swept the dis
trict. La'e estimates place the total
number of dead at If.'i.
Briefs have been filed by the attor
Bey s for the ' proaec-'Jon" and “de
fense'' with the Eallinger-Pinchot in
vestigating committee The commit
tee will assemble next Saturday to pre
pare far Its deliberations
Vice-President Sherman while at
Ltlca. X T . attending the wedding of
his niece, said that he believes the
Insurgent movement in political af
fairs D subsiding basing his opinion
on conditions found in Wisconsin and
Iowa.
\ rEczjrutii f cnoOD
er Van Herdt has been wrecked on
tfce northeast coast of Curacao The
captain, crew and passengers, with
the exception of four sailors and one
passenger were drowned
Frances:* Fanciulli. a bandmaster,
has sued the Roosevelt reception com
****** for SSo.OGO. alleging that the
committee engaged his band to play
on the committee boat and later en
gaged a different organization.
The seal of Oklahoma was taken in
the midnight hours of Saturday from
Guthrie to Oklahoma Clvy. following
the announcement that the latter city
had won the mate capital fight by 50.
<**• eotea. Jane Haskell. 37 years old.
the governors daughter, was stoned
Irom the street as a result of the elec
tion.
Consolidation of the Commercial
National and the Continental Nation
si banks at Chicago virtually was ac
complished at a conference of com
a-l-ee* appointed by the board of d!
re* or* of the two Institutions to work
out the terms
REPUBLICANS. INSURGENTS AND
DEMOCRATS MAKE PEACE.
ONE MEMBER VOTES AGAINST
Measure Corrects Legislative Abuse
of “Smothering" Legislation in
Committee Work.
Washington.—The house of reprek
sentames. which has seen many days
of dissension during the present ses
sion over the question of the rules of
that body on Friday furnished the re
markable spectacle of passing, with
only one lone member voting in oppo
sition. a strongly worded “reform"
rule, designed to correct an acknowl
edged legislative abuse—the “smoth
ering" of legislation in committee.
Democrats. republicans and "in
surgents" joined hands harmoniously
in adopting the rule.
Representative Rucker Idem.) Of
Missouri was the lone member who
stood out against it. He assailed the
new rul“ in vigorous language and
was joined in his denunciation by
Representative Sims idem.) of Ten
nessee The latter, howe'er, did not
vote against its adoption.
Representative Champ Clark, the
minority leader, supported the rule
"as a forward step in reforming the
rules of the house” and asserted that j
he himself was the author. Repre
sentative Dalzell of Pennsylvania and
Representative Smith of Iowa, from
among the "regular" leaders, support
ed it also as something which a
majority of the house demanded.
"Insurgents" like Murdock of Kan
sas and Norris of Nebraska advocated
the adoption of the rule as "another
epoch in the emancipation of the
house."
Representative Da'zell. chairman of j
the committee on rules, laid the rule
before the bouse The measure pro
vided for the discharge of committees j
from the consideration of any bill and
the plat lag of the bill upon the calen
dar upon a majority vote of the entire
membership of the house Denouncing
the proposed rule in vigorous lan
guage. Mr Sim- of Tennessee pound- |
ed his desk and shouted to the in- i
surgent* across the aisle:
■ Where are the fruits of your vic
tory” Indians, show tie your scalps
I want to see w hat you will get. ;
Nothing." he declared in dramatic |
tones. ‘ Nothing.” he repeated.
The rule, he declared, was defective
in that it permitted the recall of a bill
r m a committee almost immediately
after it was referred, without giving
tim“ for its consideration. Such a
rule, he caid. was absurd and woult
be found to work mischief.
Minority Leader Clark challenges
the statement that the democrats
were following the republicans—reg
ulars or insurgents The rule, he said,
had been brought forth by the demo
crats
“I introduced this rule in this house *
myself.” he said ' The only substan
tial amendment ’o it was made by Un
derwood of Alabama."
With the adoption of the rule, he
said, there would be very little need
To invoke it because its moral in
fluence over the committees would
prevent the pigeon-holing of bills.
Cheyenne Wants the Fight.
Cheyenne. Wyo.—The Cheyenne
athletic club, a syndicate of local 1
sporting men who claim they have
money to back up their project, have
wired Tex Rickard an offer to pull off
the Jeffries-Johnson fight here on j
Roosevelt day of the Frontier cele
bration if contest can be postponed ,
until August 24.
THE RAILROAD MEASURE.
It la Stamped With Approval of the
Upper House.
Washington.—The senate placed the
stamp of approval on the administra
tion railroad bill, which has been
pending in one stage or another al- j
most since the beginning of the con
ference committee on that measure.
The vote came at the close of a day
devoted to a fragmentary discussion
of the measure, and was without
especial feature. The report pre
vailed by a large majority, the ayes
being 50. and the noes 11. All of the
negative votes were cast by demo
crats and Senators Chamberlain.
Clay. McEnnery. Simmons. Stone and
Taylor united with the republicans in
support of the bilL
Drowned at Shoshone.
Helena. Mont.—A. C. Gowney and ,
R. C. Soper, assistant engineers; Don j
Calkins, and a laborer named Soul |
Wall, connected with the reclamation
service, were drowned at Shoshone. ■
Wyo.. as the result of a pleasure boat I
capsizing.
Big Trade With Franco.
Washington.—The largest trade on ;
record between the United States
and France, aggregating about $260,
••00,oop. was transacted during the
fiscal year which ends this month
According to a report of the depart
ment of commerce and labor should
the rate of commerce shown in the
ten months’ figures at hand be main
tained in May and June the imports
will aggregate $130,000,000 and the
exporta $1^,000.000 or possibly
more.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY
Items of Interest Around the State
House
Primary Election.
Governor Shallenberger has Issued
the following primary election procla
mation :
By virtue of the authority in me
vested and in accordance with the
provisions of section UTe, chapter 26.
compiled statutes of Nebraska, 1909.
I, Ashton C. Shallenberger. governor
of the state of Nebraska, do hereby
direct that a primary election be held
at the regular polling places in each
precinct throughout the state .as by
low provided, on the third Tuesday in
August, A. D.. 1910. At said primary j
election candidates for the flowing
offices shall be nominated, to be voted .
on at the regular November A. D.,
1910. election:
One governor.
One lieuttnant governor.
One secretary of state.
One auditor of public accounts.
One treasurer.
One superintendent of public in
struction.
One attorney general.
One commissioner of public lands
and buildings.
One railway commissioner.
One congressman. First district.
One congressman. Second district.
One congressman. Third district.
One congressman, Fourth district i
One congressman. Fifth district.
One congressman. Sixth district.
State senators for each senatorial
district.
Members of the legislature for each
representative district
An expression of preference for '
United States senator.
Also for or against a prposed j
amendment to section 1 of article T |
of the constitution of the state of Ne- !
braska. defining the qualification of
electors.
Irrigator* Short of Water.
Secretary Simmons of the state
board of irrigatiom has received com
plaints of shortage of water in the
North Platter river. At C.ering it was
said the river was practically with- ;
out water till the government reser
voir was opened for a time. The
board of irrigation and its employes
are now busy investigating shortages
and complaints of unlawful use of
water. The usual June rise is expect
ed to take place the latter part of
the month. Mr. Simmons will go to j
Bridgeport next week to hear evi- ;
dence in resard to the application of
the Columbia canal for an extension
r>f time for the completion of work.
A protest has been filed.
Bellevue Centennial.
The completed program for the cen
tennial celebration at Bellevue. June
23. shows that a monument to com
memorate the Astorian expedition will
be unveiled on the campus of Belle
vue college, conducted by the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution. Mrs.
Ward officiating. John I- Webster, j
in behalf of the state historical soci
ety, will turn the monument over to j
the state. Governor Shallenberger to
receive it. At 2 o'clock in the after
noon exercises will be held in a large
tent. John L. Walker presiding. For
mal addresses will be delievered by
Gurdon W. Wattles. Albert Watkins
and Governor Shallenberger.
Has Gone East.
J. W. Crabtree has gone to New
Tork city to be present at .he recep
tion of Colonel Roosevelt June 18.
From New York he will go to Cam
bridge, where he will take a series
of lectures at the summer session in
Harvard university. From there he
will go to Boston for the national
Teachers' association, where he is to
deliver a lecture on "The Criticism of
the Publie School Svstem bv the I
ty
Conventions for Lincoln.
Secretary Whitten of the Commer 1
cial club, rejoices that Lincoln has
landed three more state events. The
republicans decided on Lincoln as the
convention city, the funera! directors
and embalrr.ers at Grand Island voted
to come to Lincoln; and the state
sportsmen's association voted to hold
its 1911 state shoot In Lincoln.
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Increase the Stock.
Th» railway commission has author
ized the Crete Telephone company to ,
issue additional stock amounting to
$.70,000. making a total of $73,000. !
The company says it needs the money
to buy the Kramer-Deatoo farm tele
phone lines, to pay cievils and to make
extensions.
Night Paces at the Pair.
The board of managers of the state j
fair has completed all arrangements
for night races at the fair. Three
running races with four horses each,
will be on the nightly program. Mon- i
day. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day of fair week.
Charter a New Bank.
The Chester state bank, with a
paid-up capita! stock of $13,000. has
received a charter from the state
banking board. The incorporators
are C. M. Mayborn. J. o. Fraley. E. C.
Spohn. William Hunt. C. L. Lanby.
University Attendance A#*2.
Chancellor Avery in speaking at
Ihe growth of the university gave the
number of students of the pant year
as 3.99S. This is larger then |t baa
ever been before.
HD DEAD IN BED
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Rev. E. E. Earle of McCook Victim of
Heart Disease.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
What la Going on Here and Thsre
That Is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity
McCook.—Rev. E. E. Earle, the well
known Episcopal rector of this city,
who has charges over several points
in this section of the state, was found
dead in his bedroom Tuesday after
noon at about 3 o'clock. He had been
in apparent good health. Heart fail
ure is the given cause of death. Mrs.
Earle was in Arapahoe visiting her
parents at the time.
Effort Made to Rob the Bank.
Minden.—A daring attempt was
rnhde to burglarize the First Nation
al bank. The scheme was all but
successful. The burglars forced a
door open on the second story of the
building, which is unoccupied. They
cut their way through downwards to
wards the vault, once to the vault
they cut their way through the many
layers of brick and cement into the
from the safe door and apparently had
everything ready for using dynamite
on the safe. At this point for some
unknown reason the work had been
abandoned.
Get Companies for Beatrice.
Beatrice.—Major A. H. Holling
worth of the Nebraska national guard
and A. D. White of the Beatrice vol
unteer fire department have returned
from Lincoln and Nebraska City,
where they went to interest the mili
tary companies in the maneuvers to
be held in Beatrice July 4. They were
assured that company F and the hos
pital corps of Lincoln will attend the
celebration here. - «*
Fairbury Votes Bonds.
Fairbury.—At a special bond elec
tion held to consider the proposition
of voting $115,000 bonds for the pur
chase of the city water plant the
bonds carried by a vote of 413 to 56.
About thirty days ago the city voted
to buy the electric light -plant, but at
that time the water bonds were de
feated. This now leaves the city free
to buy and control the Fairbury light
and water plant.
Corn Making Good Growth.
West Point.—Corn made a phenom
enal growth during the past few days.
From puny, yellow plants there has
developed a strong, healthy stand of a
fine color. While the plants are a
little behind the noima! at this time,
in point of size, their appearance in
dicates that before July 1 the fields
will show as good promise as ;n any
bther previous year.
Telephone Plant Is Sold.
Holdrege.—A $45,000 business deal
has just been consummated here and
Includes the sale of the entire stock
and equipment of the Phelps County
Independent Telephone company to
W. C. May of Gothenburg. The trans
action gives the new management a
phone list of over two thousand sub
scribers in this city and vicinity.
Order New School Buildings.
Lexington.—After being in almost
continuous session for a day and a
half the Lexington school board con
tracted with I*. D. Ashby for two new
school buildings, one ward building
and a high school structure. Thf
buildings will be completed by the se<^
ond semester and ready for the class
of 1911 to dedicate.
Postmasters Appointed.
Washington.—The following N>hras
Ira posimasters have been appointed: I
Anoka. Boyd county. Martin K. Kir
port, vice H. W. Pareben. resigned;
St. Michael. Buffalo county, Edith A !
Xiekel. vice B M. Hendrickson, re
moved: Tphle Rock. Custer county
Oscar A. Olii'.e. vice P. M. Sperry, re
flgnad.
Thmburg Not Guilty.
Xeligh.—F. M. Thornhurg was fount, j
not guilty of the murder of August '
Rakowin The killing followed a
quarrel over the settlement of ar. ac
count Involving $6. The jury heir |
that Thornburg acted in selt-de j
tense.
Joseph Sparks Selected as President [
Chadron.—The state hoard cf ednea
t»n met and the site for the building
■was selected. Joseph Sparks was
elected president of the normal by t
vote of four to three on the sixth bal
lot.
Holds Rally and Initiation.
McCook.—Crystal Lake tent 16. K
of the M.. of this city had a rally and
onion class initiation of unusual de
tails. Trenton. Culbertson and In
dianola joined in the affair. State
Commander Thomas and Supreme
Commander Marker of Detroit were
present. A large class was added to
the tent. An Informal reception fol
lowed the work. It was a memorable
event in the bistory of western Ne
braska Maccabees circles.
NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS.
State News and Notes in Condensed
Form.
Contracts for the Havelock water
and sewer system have been let.
Mrs. Mary Bolt, the oldest woman
in Gage county, died at Beatrice,
aged ninety-nine years.
A total of $2,300,000 was paid to
beneficiaries of life insurance policies
in Nebraska during 1909.
The fourth annual session of the
Seward Chautauqua will be held eight
days commencing July 21.
A twilight league of amateur base
ball teams has been organized under
the auspices of the Fremont V. M. C.
A.
Stephen C. Peekman. a prominent
farmer living near Pawnee City, was
instantly killed by being kicked by a
horse.
Mrs. Margaret J. Foreman of He
bron died of tetenus. caused from
striking her hand on a nail about a
week ago.
The Omaha automobile club will
run to Tekamah for July 4. On that
day th? famous Tekamah races will
open.
The Hebron hand of twenty pieces
will accompany the Liscotn commer
cial club trade excursion next week
and furnish music along the route.
Tile Weeping Water academy has
just closed another successful year by
ihe graduation of a class of eleven
young men and women.
One hundred and forty students of
the schools of the county received
their diplomas at the annual com
mencement exercises held at Beatrice.
Lincoln Boosters, representative cit
izens who are supporting the move,
ment for civic improvements, have
formally opened headquarters in that
place.
The board of education has decided
that ail non-resident pupils must af
ter this year bring the district $45 per
rear for tuition in the Lincoln high
school.
Holdrege is working to secure the
Swedish mission college, which that
organization at the session at Boone,
Iowa, decided to locate at some west.
?rn point.
Nebraska City merchants and man
ufacturers are making a tour of the
county and visiting with the mer
chants of other towns and the farm
ers along the route.
Henry Amend of Lincoln has re
ceived a verdict of $1000 against the
C.. B & Q railroad on account of the
death of his little daughter, who was
drowned in the flood of two years
ago.
Definite plans and sketches of the
tew Burlington depot at Grand Island
are now at hand, and the company
indicates that it desires to construct
the building and lay out the grounds
it once.
Fremont lodges and other organiza
tions which heretofore have fostered
carnival companies have practically
reached an agreement that will not
bring any such aggregations to Fre
mont under a protecting wing this
summer.
Charles A. Sharp of New HaTen,
Conn., and Miss Louise Heiaine Koh
ler of Louisville, Ky.. members of the
Dorothy Stock company playing at
Beatrice were married between the
acts of the bill presented by the com
pany one evening iast week.
A letter from Oslo. Minn., dated on
December AS, 1909. reached Head
Consul Talbot of the M. M. A. at Lin
coln last week. It bore traces of hav
ing been in a fire as one erd of the
envelope was burned off. but was in
good enough condition so that the
address outside and the contents in
side could be read.
Finding a dynamite cap in the yard
at his home, the four-year-old son of
Mr and Mrs. Frank Benzing of Beat
rice struck the cap with an iron,
causing the cap to explode. The
charge struck the lad in the face, cut
ting him badly. It is feared he may
lose the sight of at least one eye.
Acting on a remonstrance from the
commercial club against the practice
of Lincoln high school girls canvass
ing the city for toilet articles not
made in the city nor handled through
the regular trade there. Supt. W. L.
Stephens of the city schools has ns«»d
bis influence to have the work aban
doned.
some one entered the fruit stand
of Frink Re. at Nebraska City dur
ing his absence and emptied the draw
er of $76 in silver and small coins.
They entered the meat market of Ot
to Straubs and tore out h.s money
drawer, but secured no money. Both
thefts happened in the middle of the
afternoon while the men were away
from their places of business.
MYs. Katherine Shull of Gretna,
ninety-nine years old. took her first
railroad ride one day last week. She
was accompanied by Rev. Mr John
son and his wife front Gretna to
Omaha. Mrs. Shull said she was in
Omaha when there were but three
bouses there but she had never been
there since. She was tenons at first
and could not lock out of the car
window because it made her dixxy to
see everything flitting by.
Sine* the Swedish Lutheran church
at Axtell was destroyed by lightning,
the people of that vicinity are discus
sing the question as to whether or
not Bethany Lutheran church, located
three miles southeast of Axtell. shall
be moved to that place. This church
was founded in 18S0 and s one of
the finest in the state. The main
audience room Is seated with pews
and will aeat 1.000 people and the gal
lery will seat half as many. The altar
piece, a painting on marble, represent
ing the transfiguration, cost five hun
dred dollars.
NO HIM. Wilis
FORMER PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
WILL KEEP SILENCE.
WILL NOT BE INTERVIEWED
Politician* Surprised at ths Enthusi*
asm Manifested On His Arri
val In New* York.
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New York.—The treaiendo en
thusiasm with which former Presi
dent Roosevelt was greeted—the fact
that there were present in the great
crowds which greeted him men from
every section of the country— was a
surprise to the scores of prominent
politicians of all shades of opinion,
who had come here to size up the
hold Mr. Roosevelt has upon the peo
ple.
To some it was in the nature of a
shock. These had hoped against
hope that the power of this man to
move the American people had been
overestimated. When they heard
him cheered as few men have ever
been cheerd. by the great multitude*
which watched him as he stood in his
carriage, hat and hands waving, hi*
smiling face agleam with pleasure
and good will no doubt was left in the
minds of the keenly observant poli
ticians that he has lost none of hia
hold on the American people and that
he Is today the most potent force in
American politics.
What will he do? That is a ques
tion which many an anxious republi
can today would give his fortune to
have an answer. If Mr. Roosevelt
I himself knows he keeps the informa
I tion carefully to himself. In reply to
urgent questions from newspaper
men and politicians he said:
‘T shall have nothing whatever to
say in the immediate future about
politics and will hold no interview
whatever on the subject with any
one, and anything purporting to he
an interview with me that may ap
pear can be set down at once as in
vention."
Small comfort in that to men
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whose political future may hinge oa
what the master politicians of the
republican party, if not the nation,
have to say.
In his greeting of political friends.
Mr. Roosevelt gave no indication as
, to his feeling in regard to the repub
lican split. His greeting was as
; cordial to Senator Lodge as to Giffont
Pint-hot and not a whit more so.
Until the sphinx speaks the riddle
will not be solved. In the meantime
; one man's guess is as good as an
other's.
No group of politicians are more
anxious to have Colonel Roosevelt
speak than those of New York. That
he alone can save the republican par
ty from defeat in November is gen
erally accepted as a fact by republi
can leaders.
One thine is certain, Mr Roosevelt
will not talk politics if he can avoid
; it until he has had a chance to rest
; up a bit His son's wedding take*
place Monday and he is to visit them
at their Massachusetts summer home
for a short while after that and he
will probably be able to avoid poli
tics and politicians for a week or two.
After that it is likely to be different
“Roosevelt's intentions are one
thing." said one man who has closely
associated with him since he became
a dominant figure in politics, "and
what he may do may be an entirely
different proposition. Undoubtedly
the determination to remain quite for
several months while he studies the
i situation at first hand is very wise.
3ut I think that if he sees that the
legislature at the extra session la
bent on putting the party into a
further hole he will be unable to keep
out of the fight.
THE BIGGEST TIME EVER.
New York Went Wild Over Roose
velt'* Return.
New York.—As Roosevelt reached
home a vaster crowd than ever be
fore flowed in New York bay at that
time in the morning in the history of
those eternal waters, roared at him; a
multitude of whistles screamed at
him; guns thundered at him; the sun
shone for him. Roosevelts reception
was in many ways the most a mating
tribute which has ever greeted aa
American returning from far shores.
Grant's greeting was much less dra
matic; when the "plumed knight*
Blaine sailed in. although a party'*
hope hung on him. the bay bore fewer
frantic folk; only Dewey* welcome,
when, returning from his victories tn
warfare, he wae greeted by the army
and the navy, as well as the excited
people, cxn be compared to tt
RooMvelt te Taft.
Washington—President Taft ha*
received a letter from Theodor*
Roosevelt. It bad aa English postage
stamp upon it and very likely came on
the same steamer with the ex-presi
dent. Men who saw Mr. Taft Sun
day came away and “In strictest con
Adenee" told the secret to other* who,
of course, had to hav* discreet easts*
ance In keeping It. So it became
known all over town At the Whit*
House all that could be learned er**
that such a letter ha been received.
It was merely a friendly missive.