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IDE STORT III A NUTSHELL
iMracuif a Condensation of Event*
la Virtues Readers Genera'ly Are
More or Less Concerned
W asS»n gt o *-.
Fbu (or remurr. It Is rv purled.
»‘M hr ndr to the department at
Iaw*»r by the Indicted members of
the aBralbd “bathtub trust" by their
alumrys
The am) anirayhalinc MU. tarry
lac a usd of f>;w.*e.e •#. «r |
lea* 1111 tin estimates will lx- ready
to return to the bouse on V reas
•raidaa >* the ms year.
Tariff* tiled with tbe inters*ate
rnxaeirr • ommo-KJon hr tbe Kansas
FTtf Root be ra fbe Missouri Par: Hr.
'he A I antis a Rat Iran. I sen the Si
tai l* Southwestern and the Tesas A
f*a*tff« raitresds caarelliac the
tt.ruwyb rale, s th < rrta.c tap !:ne
nesnlviw sere suspended by the
nsasAtw* from January S. 1911. to
April IS. 1911
R hea Pe yraad fury now In vestJ
e» *S Its • amphny of c«car at New
Orleans An -fee* its war!., it will be
tuned (bar th< frauds scan** tbe gov
eraot.ni there bate l«een coins on
f*w i*t s. .;t it year* This statement
was (uade by aa nffirla] of the rut
'—.i m-rslne. ate. said that all the
swaps eted Irawds wot.Id be found In
it., .Mipu- at *u*a»r a ad In the po
ts r**onf4e half
!*e rvtary Me Veayh's plan *o stop
n>i~-. <A soM wad permit fbe setTe
I.n •« <*-«■ c*rfd i-flUrifr* araiust
r<*•- its* »M ferrisa c<>!d promis
es to t» ue. U* at this «e*si<m of
up • S-> -»tarr Ma< Vcayh has
w ,-tt u a letter «« Senator Aldrich
• it -• - - -ti. a bill, and Mr Aldrich
h=* sjtbnd f *a» to appear !-*fore the
i- - fttaare rotnmittee and ei
ftaiu IV plan fully
General.
V. 4 Ju»: ire Hatk»» still ta
■ - t* a |*fe*;der’iml paasdMIfty
'* ..*U Is 1„»* y to io-r out ia
at* ft • r lb* or uit . idgestip
i - re ia *fce trosi&css d;*tn* t of Laa
t<»ii it; ta. caused a loss of
T> rrt umrral-* go: t*'r of
•• ft «• r» a as inaugurated la
Mane
t «•'» tu raa a tug raaa! is a pr\*b
1 is ibal ■ ongrer* nil have to »res
fle rtth.
t -.tit ta W WmflL s*-4» .ni eecre
ts*» *4 *i.-le. a ill probably be ptec
a iof> gs iu sibw ut
I rejidept Tail gate approval to
ft* report of the board of engineers
w. rs*rlama(H« projects.
The jw s4 m* is that no states
a.?! I.KC irpiriesiati^a is roogress
urdei the rent-at rensa*
hrHfrM Taft is anxious that leg
I' u'toa aSeetiBg bus.nr** inteiests
b rtstif at this session
t'-errihnir «u smooth and trsn
e. ta organisation of the*Nebraska
lr; atm. Job* Kuh) was made
apeak*-r of the inner house
T 2se eorct'oa whether jn anti
ra'e catting rtause nmnituii - run
sprary was argued in the supreme
Mart.
Frank «loteh has turned over the
OcBat championship to Manomil
and nil! bark him against Harken
•rkaidt
K'Ulua K. Carry president of the
t'aUed tf'*t«-» Steel eorpora'ion. ha
r* -signed . ad h is proba*4e re will
have Bo » Hn-MOT.
Th* San Fran, isco American Hed
Cross eadorarateat commit ie-- at*
pointed by Pre-ideal Taft ha* 4e .ded
to raise fitjtmm as the city's rantribu
Uoo to the aatK-aal endoam>n< f ind.
N»»l Xrlift. X. J, dele* :i»< i ar
restfd Mam Silver and luvi ! Carim
and eapkapad the largest *|u. mi! jr of
rsmtrrfet *«*sa* esee found *n one
n 4 ta the history of the *r< ret ser
vice
I*r -tdrtit Tafl is to le (he »hi«-f of
<ui>t iw*abb speakers at the nation
al content!** of the national tariff
• unoncMa as aorta t .-on. wbbh is to
l» beW »t lie New Willard hotel Jan
tsnr li lt
W. ft I learnt not either i-ay daut
• e o prone in a Boon of hi a that
ft» 'and be held responsible for the
Ire no k* esplasdaa of eleruan night.
1 ■ *. -a nbirh several arte killed or
V • ■ t -ted
T** ataat>-d bandit# entered the
fV. of the Ampins hotel in « !*»
irun and ruddied the safe of
r - i »' ** »a ink and Jewelry The
« . and portit were furred Into the
t i:*-erjt at the point of reitiivers
A *1 i'.cwaard and Wife of Lincoln.
N«*r.. were sawnt j.assepg. r* r ittbed
*- iir tl.ertaad holdup
*J« ..rnar Ehrrbart in hi# message
rad there were ton many hoards and
ewe - i.*» a the >ta*e of Minne
P’j
Tli» .t.feme roar! of th. t'Diied
•fntea *»t* the hank guaranty law of
aehaL Kansas and Oklahoma is
e d
I-Jln-Sre redact ions ia freight rates
fc f hrwa made by the railroad# op
e- ia the fb» ky n.ojntjin i-gton
It. r.oedaoer with ortfts from the
itt rlalt now rrr c<#a»ii- #io*
ilm i . id f*»rr. for ferreting out sng
• gat $lh'M« frwtu !l»e gor
e at s his New- Year rift
» < :*li-rew» of the rtee! eiantif.x
tr>tfj *i the I nitr-d States has l>een
•-r*’-d! «® swet ia New York «a Jaau
1.1 •*
* i -oil that has .a rea'>-d $7.
f '-m a '<M is the argument ot the
l'i j.-. ti.aaa for iarrea.-ed ireteht
rat# a,
la peubfioi statist let. #r.*»n.J ia
the density list is Massachusetts.
whe-t* supports fltll person* to the
ew Jersey. 327 7; Con
aad Near York, 191.2.
The army appropriation bill la
nearly ready to re]*ort.
Iowa le full of candidates for the
Dolbver senatorial succession.
(Five men were killed in a train col
lision at Cheney, Wash,
nary 1st.
Senator Elkins of West Virginia
died suddenly at Washington.
Action a as begun at New York to
annul the so-called steamer compact.
Moth bouses of congress adjourned
as a mark of respect for Senator El
j kiss.
Keapportionmcnt is giving the re
j publican leaders in the house no end
of trouble.
A Cleveland judge says the high
i cost of living is responsible for most
!of the divorces.
Rhode island has three candidates
'or Cailed States senator and the out
look is lor a deadlock.
An international railway coramls
on for the I'nited States and Cana
da is practically assured.
Secretary MacVeagh favors issuing
. Id certificates againts bullion in
lieu of the actual coinage.
Trinity college. Durham. N. C.. was
j i.riled by tire which destroyed the
, Washington Duke dormitory
Convict d members of the naval
-tores comjany have asked the su
' preme court to review their case.
If Senator lairinier retains his seat
•t will be only after several senators
have expressed themselves freely
As-<:» of the Washington-Alaska
bank, now in the hands of a receiver,
are |l.li o.wh> and its liabilities are
$900,000.
A reduction In the freight rate on
ov ms-eed tram i>oinis in Missouri.
Vrkan>a> and Ixiuisiana to Memphis.
: Tenn.. is made.
At Aug ta. Me.. Charles F. Johnson
f Waterville was nominated for the
ni'ed States senaie to suceed Sena
; or Eugene Hale
Senator 1-afayette Young declared
himself in favor of the enactment of
'he Oregon primary law by the coni
ng Iowa legislature.
Humbling houses and kindred re
rts have teen ordered out of Cary.
Ind . as menaces to public safety
and public morals.
Jere F lJl’is. whom John P. Cud
»hy rut with a knife March 5, last,
etired as president of the Western
■'.<hance hank at Kansas City.
The grand jury in the Ix»s Angeles
Hines explosion rase returned 22
re:. tments Ail of the indictments
■ : arge murder in connection with
that crime. v
He‘u*al of the Interstate Commerce
■aiiuissior. to assume jurisdiction of
'he railways of Alaska was sustained
the supreme court of the District
of Columbia.
One fatality out of 32.500.00*' pas
• tigei s carried by sieaan vessels of
•*'i cia-ses plying to and from Phila
delphia was the remarkable record
■uade in 131*1
It Donald M. Gallic, of the Univer
■ty of lllino s. was elected president
' the Institute of Dental Pedagogics
it the sixteenth annual convention
in Washington
William T. Wardell. prohibition
■. ndidate for mayor of New York in
v-c and for governor in 1900. was
taken ill in the subway Tuesday af
■rrnoon and died 15 minutes later.
Thirty-five hundred men employed
hs motortnen conductors, elevated
railway trainmen, station masters
nd inspectors by the Itoston Elevat
'd Railway company received gold
i pieces aggregating $S2.*»00.
How to meet the inroads of west
ern apples in markets until now held
y eastern orchardis-Ts is the main
orcern of the New York State Friut
Growers' association, which is hold
ne its tenth annual meeting
Lieutenant Governor Oglesby se
rely criticised the Illinois senate.
* hen be found that not enough sen
iors to make a quorum had re
mained in Springfield, and that, as a
n-sult. no actacn was possible on the
election canvass.
The Aetna Indemnity of Hartford,
'on and the Farmers' and Mercan
;Ie Insurance company of Lincoln.
\'e‘ . have lx" n barred from writing
new tiusiness in Ohio on orders from
superintendent C G. Iaimert. of the
Ti'iurance depart men*, under penaity
of revocation of their license.
The qu* -tion as to how the I'nited
State9 shall be re-apportioned into
congressional districts in accordance
with the 1910 census was discuesseu
with the president by Representative
‘'rurapacker of Indiana, chairman of
the house committee on census. Mr.
Grumpacker thinks the- membership
if the house should be increased
Personal.
A str k<> ot S" ' railway employes
i s threatened in Italy
President Taft is busying himself
planning work for congress
Champ Clark favors a six-year sin
gle term limit for presidents.
There is a lively contest for the
United States senatorehip in Ohio.
Senator Mos«s K. Clapp will he re
elected by the Minnesota legislature.
Clothes do cot make the man. but
I they do make the woman, in the opin
ou of Miss Neale S Knowles, of the
ind state agrleullural college
Kx-Congressman Dave Mercer says
! the rank and file ot Japan really want
war with the United States
Senator Henry Cabot ta>dse is un
j able to read his title dear to another
| term from Mass»< husetts.
The estate of Hetiry O. Haveitiyer,
late of the American Sugar Refining
I company, is apprais'd at $17,107.
Joseph G. Robin, (he Indicted New
| York banker, swallowed a dose of
poison just before his arraignment.
William F. Sheehan, of New York,
made formal announcement of his
candidacy for the United States sen
I ate.
The congressional immigration
-otuunssion has nearly finished its
work
Rhode Island has more people to
the square inch than any other state
in the Union
Sow** congressmen favor looking
, into the hunting trip expense of Col.
Roosevelt.
The mayor and other officials of
Gary, lud were arrested on eharges
rf conspiracy.
Senator Burkett says that Nebraska
will send a solid Taft delegation to
the next republican national conven
tion.
INAUGURAL MESS
I _
DELIVERED BY GOVERNOR ALD
RICH TO THE LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY THURSDAY,
JANUARY 6, 1911.
Stands for the Best in Good Govern
ment—Is Pleased With Existing
Conditions — Makes But
Few Recomrr\fndations.
Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Senate
ami House, and My Fellow Citisens:
Wr are here today in the performance
of a ceremony provided by the constitu
tion of the State of Nebraska.
This occasion, then, is typical of the
fact that we live in a state and a nation
whose characteristic features are love of
order and law.
Our country is free, yet no man has a
right to do as he pieuses. In the lan
guage of De Tocquiville. we say: *’In no
country in the world does the law hold
absolute a language as in America.”
bur transitory periods, then, or our
changes in policies of government are
always marked by sober and well-de
lined purposes. There is never an alli
ance with the turbulent passions of an
archy. In a word, we are revolutionary
never, but democratic always. And this
leads us to assert that theories of eco
nomics are embodied and set forth in the
platform of political parties and hence a
campaign of enlightenment and educa
tion is inaugurated. Newspapers and
public speakers begin a serious discus
sion. The people become interested.
listen, read and gather Information
and they think the matter out for them
selves. Soberly and quietly they go to
the {mils, register their opinions and con
victions. And when the vote is counted
in nearly every instance, American his
tory tells us. that the majority is for
good government and the rights of so
ciety. And this responsibility that the
voter assumes makes him one of the
managers of free institutions, keeps the
fires of patriotism ever burning and so
makes it possible for the people to rule.
No better illustration of a campaign of
education is to be found than in the un
selfish and patriotic attitude assumed by
the country press in the campaign Just
closed.
A great debauching and o’erweening
brewery trust made an assault upon the
vw)' life of our state. Under the specious
and deceptive plea of ••personal liberty”
they sought to take the government out
■of the hands of the people. Then it was
that the country editor rallied around
.the colors and sounded the tocsin of war.
HON. CHESTER H. ALDRICH
anil his bugle call reverberated through
out the state and the dormant energies
of Nebraska's citizenship were thor
oughly aroused. Men and women of ail
religious creeds and political beliefs re
eponded and on November 8th they wrote
in living, burning words: The people
must ru.e; decent government shall pre
vail; debauchery and lawlessness snail
feel the strong hand of the. law.
Thus did Nebraska come forth from
that conflict purified and enobled. Her
patriotism made stronger and more en
during by the ritual observance of the
fundamental principles of representative
government.
The people decided also on November
8th last that they do not want this pres
ent legislature to play politics. They did
not permit a republican governor to have
a republican majority in the legislature.
Neither did they give a democratic ma
jority a democratic governor. And a re
publican governor will not permit this
democratic majority to work at demo
cratic politics. The plain lesson of the
recent election is Frame and pass a
few laws beneficial to all the people, then
adjourn and save the people’s money.
l.et us hope that this distribution of
power between the two parties will work
out for the general good of the entire
state. The situation, after all. may be
fortunate because wo meet here, in a
sense, not as republicans and democrats
seeking a party advantage by enacting
laws to perpetuate one ^/xty or the
other in power, but rather we are met on
that higher and greater plane, to-wit. as
American citizens, to transact some seri
ous business for our fellows. And if we
enter upon our business earnestly and
vigorously we will easily have finished
l*v March 1st.
This cun be accomplished if each mem
ber goes seriously about his duties and
turns a dent ear to the pernicious lobby
ist.
But it If expecting too much to even
hope for this legislature to escape alto
gether the arts and Insidious wiles of
the corrupt lobbyist. 1 do not wish In
this connection, however, to be under
stood as being opposed to have business
interests properly lepresenled by decent I
agents acting In a proper manner. But
I do say that when the county option
measure and the initiative and referen
dum comes up for eonsiueration. if the
members of this legislative body will co
operate with me. the liquor trust lobby
will find the city of Lincoln too hot for
their personal health. And I warn you
now that there is already organized a
powerful combination financed and
Kicked by the brewery- trust of this state
to defeat direct legislation. The recent
election has taught them nothing. And
1 say to the people of the several legis
lative districts of this state, that if any
one of your representatives is not acting
tight or is supporting an Initiative and
referendum measure that has a joker in
it or so framed as to be impractical, that
he is representing the breweries and net
you. Any private interest that seeks to
defeat county option and the initiative
and referendum ought to be. held up to
public scorn. If the recent election has
any one lesson more emphatic than an
other. that lesson is that the people
must rule and he who is opposed to di
rect legislation is opposed to the people.
Ml parties are pledged to submit an
initiative and referendum measure. Then
there can be no question about such a
measure going through. But there may
l*e serious doubts as to the proper kind
of a law on this subject. The fact that
we are ail pledged to ennet such a law
carries with It the promise to enact a
fair, honest and effective measure. One
that in all of Its details will give the
people the benefits of its principles art
virtues. And in this matter we are no;
left in the dark as t what should 1h»
done, for several of our sister states
have adopted this kind of legislation, and
let us hope that no liquor interest will
be strong enough to impose impossible or
impractical conditions in the adoption of
the Initiative and referendum. And here
permit me to observe that in voting
amendments to our state constitution:
that a majority of those voting for ©i*
agamst said amendment should deter-j
min© the issue and thus carry tho
amendment
He who claims to be in favor of th«
initiative and referendum and at the
same time is opposed to county option
must fail to either act in good faith oc
understand the initiative and referen
dum. We are all pledged to direct legis
lation in its broadest and best sense,
then how can we refuse to enact a
county option measure, which is only
one small detail in direct legislation.
County option was the paramount issue
in the recent campaign. Seventy-four
out of the ninety-two counties decided
that, the people and not the breweries
should rule. Then by what right can
you refuse to enact a county option law?
Let us hope that you will not.
The primary election law in theory and
principle is correct. In practice it is a
vast improvement over the old conven
tion syst *m. The Nebraska primray law.
before it was tinkered with by the poli
ticians. was vastly better than it was
after it bore their finger marks. In one
particular at least this law should be
put bark where it was, to-wit: No party
should be permitted to help nominate an
other party’s candidates. Our present
primary law may have to be overhauled,
but with all its faults, it has had virtue
enough to kill the political boss and
smash the cog-wheel of corrupt machine
politics. Without doubt this law is here
to stay.
In the case of large cities, the great
problem is to let the people, and not a
corrupt gang, run its government. As
matters now stand very often a majority
Is turned, by dishonest manipulation,
into a minority. City officials are too f
often the employees and sympathizing !
friends of breweries and brothels and j
other kindred spirits. We suggest that
this legislature enact a law g.ving cities I
of live thousand or more the right to }
adopt their own charters without going
to the legislature for one. This makes
it possible for cities like Omaha. Lincoln
and other towns to adopt such a charter
as the people want, and no charter could
be forced upon the people against the
will of the majority. I’nder this system
officials would become the employees of
the people and thus would be brought
about home rule in the truest and best J
sense.
We. suggest this without going into f
detail and hope it will receive the seri
ous consideration of each member of this
legislature.
As matters now stand, our present
form of municipal government is unbusi- .
nesslike and works against true progress _
and checks the best side of city life be- j
cause the best men of a great city
rarely are in its employ.
There ar» many other matters of Im
portance that will or ought to come up |
for your consideration in this session,
but we shall reserve for some future J
time their discussion, and if occasion re
quires shall from time to time present
them in the form of a message to the
senate ar*d house. Hut on this occasion
wo cannot refrain from discussing a few
more subjects of vital interest to the
people of this st^ta.
One of these ts our state university
and normal schools. There is an impor
tant problem for solution in the mattei
of providing room for the constantly In
creasing attendance at our state univer
sity. There is but one thing to be con
sidered. and that is what is the best
thing for the university? This is a cold
blooded business matter and should only
be decided after a careful and impartial
investigation. In the long run no cost
is too great in pushing this magnificent
seat of learning to the front.
The election laws, of our state as they
apply to large cities sr.ould be amended
in some particulars and repealed in ,
others. The statute providing for a vot- \
ing machine instead of preventing fraud
is an apt instrument of it. and should bo
repealed.
1b the recent election in Omaha elec
tors presented themselves at the polling
places with cards, said cards telling the
judge of election how the bearer should
vole. The election judge would w *rk the
levers, and when through would tell the
alleged American citizen he had voted
and to get out and mike room for an- !
other government builder, or to speak
accurately, government wrecker.
The registration laws are also sources
of fraud, as illustrated at the last
primary election in Omaha. The city j
clerk would attach his seal and name to
certificates and hand out said certitlcates
to agents, who would go out on the
streets, get his voter, fill in the blank
p.accs and have his trusties as witnesses.
This is one method of preventing the j
majority from ruling. In a certain ward
in this metropolitan city there was near- .
ly three times as many votes cast as the •
census shows there was male inhabitants
in said ward.
In the matter of selecting Juries in
large cities the present statute is wholly
ineffective and should be amsuded or re
pealed and authority given whereby the
district judge or Judges could appoint a
commissioner to select jurors and thus
destroy the political and corrupt influence
in this regard of well known undesirable
and dangerous cltisens.
There is an issue noV before the en
tire country concerning an amendment
to the Federal Constitution providing an
Income tax. And 1 urge upon you the
importance of ratifying mat amendment.
1 also respectfully urge you to pass a
resolution asking our senators to support
an amendment providing for the election
of United States senators by popular |
vote.
1 call your attention to the fart that
the anti-treat law in Us present form is
wholly Inadequate and should be
amended.
We suggest an amendment imposing a
fine upon the saloon keeper or bartender I
who permits the treating to be done, as
judgment for the first offense. And upon
conviction of h second ofTense of allowing
treating then in that case the license to j
Ik revoked. A procedure should in this
regard be also devised so that delays
would be impossible and appeals have a i
Syeedv hearing to the end that the law j
.nay be effective. The saloon ket per is !
the \nan who derives tne profit from i
treating and he ulone should be rcsponsi- j
ble.
The state library is conceded to be
one of the most valuable in the country,
yet we are caring for it as though it were
so much junk.
The stale house during the sessions of
the legislature is crowded to the extent
of seriously interfering with business.
As has already been observed, we shoaiu
provide for a new tire-proof library room,
and also a place for the supreme court.
This could be done by going on with the
building to be used by the state historical
society.
With these observations necessarily
brief and incomplete, let me urge upon
this law making body the Importance of
acting patriotically and fairly, iour re
sponsibility is indeed great, and wo
snould remember that laws are the in
dex of civilization. A state thus classi
fies Itself by the laws its adopts, and by
the lax or'rigid way it enforces those
laws. Good laws and their enforcement
are the safeguard of the home, and of
every legitimate business; they are the
onlv sure promise of safe and stable prog
ress. Such laws impartially enforced are
beneficial both to the lawless and the
law abiding. And it is the duty or tha
law abiding to use every means within
their power to reduce the number of the
lawless to a minimum. A most solemn
obligation then rests upon every loyal
citizen of the state, to demand just and
impartial laws; to stand like a Gibraltar
for their enforcement: and to encourage
those officials who are specifically en
trusted with enforcing them.
Nebraska is a progressive state. The
people have placed it in that column and
they will never recall that verdict. The
people want a progressive and business
like administration. They want the of
ficial acts of every public servant to be
pell to inspection. They want no graft.
They want every legitimate enterprise to
be encouraged. They want tho business
ot every' state institution to be skillfully
administered. They want a just and
equitable taxation. They do not want
the people's money wasted in unneces
sary expenditure. This body will be
called upon for largely increased appro
p.;.lions. Every item and request
should be scrutinize.! with the closest
care. I recommend that we be generous
without being extravagant, and that we
be «■. domical without being parsimoni
ous. The business of the state should be
be. conducted on the most approved busi
ness principles, and nil appropriations
should be made with this in mind.
CHESTER H. Al.ORICH.
To Elect Two Senators. I
Bismarck. X. D.—Two United States
senators are to be elected at the ses
sion of the North Dakota legislature
now convened. Senator McCumber
will be his own successor and Con- ;
gressman A. J. Gronna will be chosen
to fill the unexpit ed term of Senator
X. X. Johnson, deceased. Pallroad
legislation, including the anti-pass
and full crew measures, and amend
ments to the primary election law of
the state will receive most attention
at the session.
San Succeeds Father.
Washington.—David C. McCurtain
has been appointed by President Taft
as principal chief of the Choctaw In
dian nation in Oklahoma. The new
appointee succeeds his father, who
died last December.
■Wichita, Kan.—The four-story Bit
ting block and the Herman & Hess
clothing store stock on the first floor
of the building were destroyed by fire.
The loss is $150,000. Insurance
amounts to $75,000. Gas that escaped
in the basement caused the fire.
IT WAS A BUZZARD
HIGH WIND AND LOW TEMPERA
TURE IN GENERAL.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
What is Going on Here and Thero
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
I
Geneva.—An old time blizzard
struck Geneva at midnight Saturday
: and continued throughout Sunday and
Monday. The temperature was 12 de
grees below zero. About two inches
of snow fell, but it is clear and the
wind has fallen to a velocity of about
fifteen miles per hour.
Hastings to Abolish Lottery.
Hastings.—Mayor Miles has directed
i the poiice to investigate a device said
; to be in use in several places of busi
ness in connection with the sale of
candy. The dev'ce in question is said
to be a board with many holes. Num
bers are hidden in the holes. The
purchaser of a chance punches the
covering over a number, selecting the
holes he wishes. Certain numbers en
title the purchaser to various amounts
of candy, while others entitle him to
none.
"$20 000 in Twenty Days."*
Grand Island—A unique effort is be
! Ins trade by the committee of fifteen
appointed by the commercial club to i
carry out Grand Island's part of the !
plan of the Baptist state convention ;
to raise $100,000 for the Grand Island!
college.
The slogan of “Twenty Thousand
Dollars in Twenty Days” has been
adopted and the committees are at !
work.
Nebraskan Maker Russian Windmill. \
Hastings.—M. Ft# i mi an of this city !
Is in receipt from Odessa, Russia, of
an order for r. windmill to be erected j
near that place. This is the first |
American-made windmill to be shipped 1
to Russia ard the first mill of anv '
kind to he used in that part of the :
country to wh'ch it is shipped.
No. 1 Auto Leaves State.
S. E. Hawley of Kearney, the man
w-ho .held automobile license No. 1 I
In this state, has departed, taking ■
this number, for which there has ,
been much competition among auto- 1
mobile owners and drivers, with him. j
He will live at Monte Vista. Gol©.
Farewell Reception.
David City—St Luke s Methodist j
Episcopal church or this city gave a '
farewell reception to Governor-elect
and Mrs. Aldrich, who leave Monday
for their new home and new duties
In Lincoln.
Killed Wolf in Back Yard.
Surprise—Two coyotes came up into
George Gill's yard and started to fight
his dogs. Mr. Gill got up and shot at
them, killing one instantly and crip
pling the other.
I
Fairbury is organising a juvenile
band.
Gordon business firms will close at
6:30 p. m.
b ire at Salem destroyed rroperty
valued at $25,000.
The West India Mahogany company
has been incorporated at Lincoln.
A lodge of the Woodmen of the
World has been organized at Axtell.
The epidemic of scarlet fever the!
threatened West Point has subsided.
The tew Burlington passenger sta
tion at Peru is practically completed.
Dr. W. J. Doyle died very suddenly
Monday morning at his home in Gree
| ley.
The new plant of the Fremont Gas
: and Electric Light company is rapid
' ly nearing completion.
York voters defeated the $65,000
city water plant bonds at a special
j election held recently.
Rev. Titterington of Omaha has
: been secured as regular pastor of the
| Baptist church at Auburn.
Mrs. J. L. Hughes of Lincoln was
j badly burned by the explosion of a
j gasoline iron she was us'ng.
Lilia Robwoder. of Ainsworth.aged
j twenty years, died very suddenly
Sunday of acute indigestion.
Arrangements are completed for
the organization of a Knights of Co
lumbus council in Fremont.
The “Arkansas Traveler" was pre
; sented by home talent at the Orleans
I opera house, and drew a big crowd
Wesleyan university, at University
i Place, has issued bonds to the amount
, of $50,000 which it will place on sale
| shortly.
Out of town visitors to the minstrel
■ show given Christmas eve by the peni
i tentiary “shut ins" are loud in praises
i of *he entertainment.
The residents of the Masonic home
| at Plattsmouth celebrated Christmas
by having a tree in the large dining
' room of the home Christmas eve.
Farmers and business men in and
around Minitare have filed a petition
with Governor Shallenherger r rotest
ing against the granting of executive
clemency to II. S. Kennison. convicted
of the murder of $am D. Cox. It is
stated that a pardon in this case
would tend to encourage mob violence.
Rotation of crops to secure larger
yields will be the general topic of
the Nebraska corn Improvers’ asso
ciation. which meets in Lincoln Janu
ary 16 and 17 as a part of the general'
meeting of the associated agricultur
ists of the state.
Fifty per cent of Nebraska’s popu
lation is in the territory lying east of
a line drawn north and south through
Columbus. The Sixtb principal merid
ian. passing just west of Columbus,
forms the division line. This is the
compilation of Secretary Whitten of
the IJncoin Commercial club from the
census statistics by counties
The Rook Island shops and car de
partment at Fairbury will work oa
the eight-hour basis hereaJter.
David Stewart a colored man was
held up and robbed on a Lincoln street
crossing at 8 o'clock in the evening.
The Elks at York gave a minstrel
show to a large audience, who thor
oughly appreciated the local hits.
The Protestant churches at Fremont
have began a series of union revival
meetings that will hold for six weeks.
Martin Wapitka, a wealthy farmer
near Wahoo. suicided recently by
shooting himself through the heart
with a shotgun.
During a lecture in a hall at Garri
son a support in the floor gave way,
nearly causing a panic, but cool heads
in the audience prevented any casu
alties.
A charivari party at Fairbury cap
tured the grocm and manacled his
ankies, requiring the services of a
locksmith with a file to remove the
irons.
An attempt was made to kidnap the
little daughter of Loren Reimond at
Glenover. but the would-be-abductors
%ere frightened away before they sua
i ceeded.
Toni McGovern an Omaha council
man. had quite a struggle with a
madman and a pistol, but succeeded
in overpowering him before any dam
age was done.
Mrs. J. M. Harrison of Nebraska
City was bath'ng her fare acd hands
with alcohol when the liquid caught
fire badly burning her before it could
be extinguished.
A negro boy under arrest at Wichi
ta. Kan., has confessed to the killing
at Fremont of an aged shoemaker
: named Cohen, by a blow over the
. head with a large file.
A man about forty-six years old.
> and giving the name of David Moyer,
was found dead in bed Tuesday at a
; boarding house in Humboldt where
he had been stopping.
A movement is now well under way,
to increase the endowment of Hast
. irgs college from $100,000 to $250,000.
• of which $50,000 will be invested as a
j retiring fund for teachers.
Yerrieti Janssen, a ten-year-old boy
j at Craig, was shot in the eye with a
! ball from an air rifle, which had been
, given him as a Christmas gift. It U
j feared he will lose his eyesight.
I Visitors from tvy*nty cities in Ne
[ braska ard Iowa will gather in Fre
j raont January 15 to attend the initla
: tion and banquet incident to installing
I .t lodge of Knights of Columbus at
I Fremont.
i Dr. J. S. IVvrics of Fremont met
i with a painful accident when he
! caught his hand in a dosing door. It
. was so badiy crushed that he needed
the services of another surgeon to
1 dress it.
Henrv Hedges, a farm hand living
I near Walton, was found unconscious
j and badly frozen and was taken to the
| county hospital. It is alleged that he
had hern on a protracted spree, the
basis of which was lemon extract and
stomach hitters.
Medical inspection in the public
schools of Fremont will be started in
February. The school board has de
cided to adopt the system of having
•he pupils examined periodically with
regard to their health.
The annual charity hall, the big so
cial affair of the year in Fremont was
held at the Masonic hall Thursday
evening. The sale of tickets added
$527.50 to The fund that the Charity
ciub will use for helping the poor and
sick during the coming year.
Nebraska's share of the fund do
■ rived from forest reserves, amounting
to $2,820.25. has arrived at the gov
ernor's office in the form of a check
trom the United States treasury de
partment It will go to the counties
where the reserves are located, for
the benefit of the public schools and
the public roads.
The state penitentiary went aftet
the state farm record on wheat this
season and raised the yield to fifty -
five bushels per acre. Now the insane
asylum is going after the state farm
record on stock' raising. A cow at
the asylum recently gave birth to
three calves. One was born alive, but
two were dead.
The legislative committee of the as
soelation of state charities and cor
rections met to discuss legislatim
which an attempt will he made this
winter to secure. Chief among the
bills sought wily be one providing for
a non-partisan board of control of all
institutions ir. which the association
is interested.
Buel S. Harrington of Ainsworth
was the first member-elect to reach
the capital for permanent abode dur
ing the legislature. He has secured
rooms for himself and wife and will
thus avoid the inconvenience of living
three months 3wav from home so far
that he could no: go back and forth.
Attorney General Muilen has given
an opinion holding that the treasurer
of a school board is the proper custo
dian of funds derived from an issue
or school bonds.
Thirty-three states and territories,
including the Philippines, and six for
eign countries are represented by stu
dents at the state university, accord
ing to the report of the regents to the
governor and legislature Altogether i
there have been 7.603 registrations at
the state school during the past bien- *
niuru. Of these. 3.611 were enrolled
in 1908-9 and 3.992 in 1909-10.
Noble Bowleg and Prince Carolina,
alleged to be Indians from Wewoka.
Okla.. have been extradited for mur
der. They are under arrest in Omaha. I
It is charged that Noble Bowleg shot
and killed Caesar Steppnev November'
26, 190S. and that Carolina shot and
killed Dennis Stewart. April 3. 1910.
Two Nebraskans received degrees
at the seventy-seventh convocation of
the University of Chicago. December
20. Miss Caroline Bengtson of Har
vard took the degree or doctor of
philosophy. Miss Juliette Josephine
Griffin of Omaha was appointed a ego
elate in philosophy.
FREE
ADVICE
TO WOMEN
Women suffering from any form of
Illness are invited to promptly com
municate with Mrs. Pinkliam at Lynn.
Mass. All letters are received, opened,
read and answered by women. A wo
k man can rroeiv talk
' of her private ilb
, ness to a woman;
) thus has been es
tablished this con
fidence between
Airs. Pintham and
I the women of
America which has
) never been broken.
Never has she pub
u^:ieu a wsumonnu or nsea a tetter
without the written consent of the
writer, and never has the Company
allowed these confidential letters to
p?t out of their possession, as the
hundreds of thousands of them in
their tiles will attest.
Out of the vast volume of experience
which Mrs. Pinkham has to draw
from, it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledges need .1
; In your case. She asks nothing in re
| turn except your good will, and her
advice ha3 helped thousands. Surely
any woman, rich or poor, should be
glad to take advantago of this gener
ous offer of assistance. Address Mrs.
Pinkham. care of Lvdia 11 Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, «:»<,
Every woman ought to have
Lydia E. Pinkham’s XO-page
Text Book. It is not a book for
general distribution, as it 1b too
expensive. It is free and only
obtainable by mail. Write for
U today.
Free lunch is sometimes pretty ex
pensive food.
lewis' Single Binder (rives ike smoker
t rich, mellow-tasting 3« cigar.
There is always poison in the
round that is inflicted by a friend.
TO rrt:E A COLO IN ONE DAT
raie LAXA.TIYH Blli'lfo Otiruv TahMc
1‘rcggr six refund merry if it fads v vuje. !i w.
ULOVK'S sigmurrroi-on each tx^. i-.t.
And it sometimes happens that a
man likes to have his wife get so mad
she won't speak to him—thea ske wili
not ask him for money.
I>r. Pierce s Pleasant relicts first pat rtf
W years ago. Thev rpgukite and invigor
ate. stomach, liver and bowels. S^rai
coated tmy granules.
There's one little satisfaction when
a man falls Sick, it makes Ms wife re
pent of her ill treatment of him. Don t
work the game too often, however. *
. BEACTIECL CALENDAR KUFB
Send lu eeris for trial three months' «nh
srrtptton to our great fanu paper and w»
will mail you prepaid t.nr hatvtsiiiie Bn
i Beauty Calendar. 1 by 2 feet, litlu graphed
in ten gorxeous colors. Write Imiuetjfttwrll
Bell mala Farm Journal. Ourala., Net
Not Serious.
"I hear there are grave charges
against Senator Jinks.”
"What are they?”
"The sexton's billa”—Baltimore
American.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
—
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bough L
In the Old Days.
Eve had just tied a garland of
maple leaves about her ankles.
“What on earth are you up to. my
love?" asked Adam.
"I am trying on my new hobble
skirt, sweetheart.” returned the lim
ner of his joys with a sweet smile.”—
Harper’s Weekly.
ECONOMICAL WIFE.
ui
“Heavens, Marie. I shaB he ruined
If you buy yourself furs Mke this!’’
“Don’t be so silly! Can’t you see
I've put on the white fur ru* out of
the drawing-room?’’
CONSTIPATION
%
If_. • » n.
„ *</ 0 n '* Paw
are ralike
all other laxatree* or
cathartics. They coax
the lirer into activ
ity by Bt-aUe meth
cds. TTiey db B0t
scour; they do not
gripe; they do not
weaken; but they <ic
start all the secre
tions of the Ever and
stomach m a way that
soon pots these or
gans in a healthy
condition and cor
rects constipation.
niia are, a tonic
to the stomach, liver and nerves Thev
JS-d of weaken; they T„.
neh the Mood instead of impoverish it •
they enable the stomach to get ■'fl th«
nourishment from food that £ put mto
do‘S.^hern?,rerZt;?Lmen0 ClT*1- n"
stimulating. Thev sohoof’ , and
set without elX18 t0