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Loup City Northwestern VOl.l ML XXIX_ LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, TIIURSDAyTfEBRUARY 23, 1911. NUMBER ltiT IMPORTANT NEWS NOTES Of A WEEN LATEST HARP'*w.\.GS THE WORLD OVER TOLO IN ITEMIZED FORM. EVENTS HERE AND THERE C*r«f ted lets a Fe« Llnaa for the PhMu of the Busy Man— UIMt PtHCrjl Infor waticn. PERSONAL I'Ll* - ■ V! > tb re! .rn«4 to NVw York tf. dr Maare* .ii*ta I rod litr :aida t.*-r » t .teju- a more t»*®0 Ll *4 t i»* a» t. like KOI Id • -Cm [ ,.i! • m outUok (or ike >ear til. e ... • !...* b. U N-» York • i.' ■ V. ..i am M> ■disuf!* Fur res a* :::•»» urf Wu.i'Le* Efegland faaa t--«n tolHieled fey ti»e iuSViMmUMW w * airy a lib t lie t eek of pre feana* jsc Aiiirfcl.eeuirti of tb- Ten ‘ <'.v* s’ a is. > 'it.; of tbe itl iwatk* It May Tike a,:., nl : ire-n All- rt it ibachtid fijed for firo'uale at Vienna, liequeatbe llv ut liutio Tb* baron‘a a* t- I jiiul*. t* ap(«:,:tited bead of tb* Vfcana baaknwg tew of tbe liddfii,? 4 -t.4 Hr ill V^'orr. ii nf Chlcsieo daagfc'. -r <4 'b La'- S nator Mark • i.t-Zi*. a.!: i'»I Lt in WariiiaK'iio a bn®* alter• aurkins n*i®ea and irtrl* -aa tin* •,,.t.'ijr'able lodgings at a nalalistMki <k>icc It fa raid that ’be emperor of <V-r tut’ ail! ties* Lr ud- a in May for tb* ufc»< tin t of ta-k-tial Memorial :c Woeea Si ' rta khi rt fi. a ; t.i H'y atd kr.ow! t o' | Jdetit Taf'. Ffettafeder „ » * Ki if* e*1 wry i f mat*. fp -ak tug at La* ■" recipe®**jr baa,cant" of tbe Cfekea*» ifeMMalatioa af Co .amerce let t* fee d-"£et"?ely and d<- ti.scejy known tb-: *is- : *m *! act* mf Canada to tbe lrl -4 S’. ’ee »a» one of tbe l!..E{ ’ .rt: Ti >' let* , -d from tbe mit-f t tbe a>L m <: j.{ • xcc-i'lee Him In.- (M*a ars cfeief clerk ef tb* Imres port 4 boa si par eeagi-f ,i<C: •: of taw- Chi' :■* I. llifNi* • S (|-war railway La* baaa *p pstsii : iis. i ts |*».r*et!s*-r agent. tbe fere a it. • -v L;» *•. b a ;otllioa GENERAL NEW! V.'i'b a pica for organ* nation and ootnbirau-j® cm um- pan of Aawttru L'.dwst mea for the protaoflua of IraM *tth Latin America. Senator Clifcti Hoot o? V* York. In an address at ttr < m*»>uc of tbe Pan Americas c*i«wo«*reial conferenc# at Wanking" deplored tb- fart tbat it* opera: >n» of tLe la* again*: tbe . real ladu*' ruii < rganuafo <na " reduced (be industrial eft. t« t-y of tbe toua try - Tbe t •-ped# boat destroyer Mona fiat, named for tbe kctuir r&slgn * be »as killed :b Samoa. *_? .aunebed at Newport N<*1. Va Angered a be* refuted alts* at tbe door, a tramp ret .red to tbe street and buried a brick through >e- of tbe 11 tcary binds as of Mite Helen Gould * nttk avenue residence M u Gould • at In as »d>jtning non and sat us tart, but Mrs Ed sard ftrholes >u struck <e tbe bead and e»< aj*ed serl •us tt.-ry only because of an abund tee of balr To « ffs* - 'be Canadian annexation talk which tbe adn.::.istration bared ft. gfat . Sect tbe reciprocity agreement, tb- t'-aee rouflle* on foreign affairs by a sot- of > to 1. reported adversely on tbe resolutions introduced by Hep •wventarlae j leaned of New York lor lie tuning f n» t a nti. sltb Great pin'.ala ..-iking to tbe annexation of Canada. s- . ! r»»-B atari*4 la Nrm York - ta" •? - • -••••• '{Samuel M {"Irtjett «Mark Tvatu > to rtrowr III " bt k |» *■ t ... tair* The rial:: »»• prot*-*lH by dur lac life t« the stoaad* that be ilred la fbateretica*,.. UaaxiGe. IB., bad «bat J* considered It* *«• t Utmm eksltea la .a quarter of a Tb- rommli. whig form n) C‘remit ef }>ropo«i’h« sax tjbtniT ted to *b» »«<•.—•* and met defeat Dear ly too to ooe. M«e«o K».r« * a J6eo York llttn Carton. a bo a a* beat** cat tbe street* set era! ds .» after refusing to trans late a "'bark band" letter demanding j’.- 004 of j< hn D llo x * -feller for a friend. died and tbe • are t-'trrh tec for kb assailant* A !<o*■ :tal u»»te of araratnx acalnst be dcante- ■iit.hrr 1 .»• ijatit as a jerav* menace ’*» tbe MkHtirr U ouas.de*! bj Heftedf Knot ttei.it)!. rtwitni-ixloner at ~«c**arati«.*.*.. la tie first installment d bis r» i*urt «* f.be Hituuer industry 4 tbe flitted Slates. Tbe r«-fmrt »at eat to roBirer - fir ?be ;ms<lcat Tbe of •beoej-e J fe-uld and a •core of tmesis. .»«Jad.ns some of tbe md ymniies' society men and ton ea cd Xc« lark and tondoo. saw An (bad* l*r» let. J' . and »be Hun Robert Inreafurd tebt to a knot kuut In the GosM* lent at* gymnasium at Lake arood. X J Bereaford son J astir* Hamilton. sRtinc la the Aiac* betsrb dlristna of tbe lamdon nick court of yastlee. rendered a detrl tUm that the American thread com laif. in >rvac*»ed tinder tbe lavs ot New Jeraey. a a* liable to an income tax »••■ •■merit m Kngland on prokta amooBTlns to ■ ' . '-.am hurla estimate* •i. j the fataliu s !n Manchuria from tfc" hut.oi. c plague already have ea :.-d ... and the foreign office ■ i '«> iha; inside the great wall •1.- re have been l.uOO more deaths. i te Astor library, built in New V rk fifty seven years, with John Jacob ’ « $400,060 gift. Is to be torn down and the ULrary treasures are to • n ved to the new Sjo.OOO.eOO pub lic building on Fifth avenue. A deep cut In the rate for hauling 'reight (..tween Atlantic and Pacific | "its by the isthmus route was toad- by ’be Pacific Mail company and >be American Hawaiian Steam ship company. 1th houses of the Wyoming legls i’urt adopted a resolution memorial trlt g congress to assist In the rescue fi starvation of 6.000 elk in the c intrv ■ *h of Yellowstone Tark. Is.-’or Oswald of the staff of the • 11--es- v. Insane asylum, makes the an • uient of an Important discovery ’ 1 • h promises a certain cure for n • . uil disease. The substance was P’-rti «-.J by research experiments in Ctfwa) and Glasgow uud when In jo t,«i jnio the blood of insane per • - t re nders them immune from further attack. 1 *- b. dy of the late Archbishop • it Ji n Ryan was entombed in ' crypt ben.ath the high altar of • Iral of PS. Peter and Paul • . .1 lelpt following imposing . • . services Nearly all the pruni n’ •..uns of the Roman Catholic . in the I nited States particl ; P' I in the services. fof -:.e Canadian reciprocity - ■ m.-nt to pass the senate will • • President Taft to call an extra session of - sf. as ‘the adminis raip ;s determined to press the gr-• men? T his declaration was !•* by S- nator Smoot of i'tah after x . nf« r« ti e w ith the president at ■ \\ :*.- House over pending legisla ' -i.ators Lodge and Root were present also. ' [it Andrew Engined, one of the • -* > • • i:i si-i captains on the New i 5s dead in Boston as r—i!* of a Jali from a hatpin He : "h- iti ry when riding in a rowded afreet car K: ’ • 1 ri !'■ nn«hey Vanderbilt,” *h »a.- trie.; fur swindling under the n: mv of a i’liaui Lackerstein Joachim, wci.r.v •«d in Ijondon and sen - ! t. •>. . ;,rs' j ■ nil servitude, j. ;.. d . - : on of the iate William It Vanderbilt •* f w ' h tl • atoned -o destroy a , o' Ijo- a?v les rag -d j f. r si v-ral hours, destroying the j B>rre ! i!:d!ng and leversl retail i so o s The loss Is estimated at f ■ lora! option, backeil up by h- gr ••lobby,” numerically speaking, that ever came to Spring d Hi. !■• a mo the overshadowing e.-i..!!t.g l'ni“ b-fore the Illinois legisla At bast five thousand men and wot: -n were In the city to wage battle igainst King Alcohol. Burglar* who attempted to rob the k «• S’lllman Valley, 111 . fled when itir- rs were awakened by the ex r. Shots were fired after the rolil-ers and one was wounded, but all scaped Mr* Joseph Vltoll died at Rockford. . from Injuries received when a tee: b w as exploded on a window sill ->f her h' tne A "black hand” organ :ra'i< t» Is blamed for •pIac*DS fit® tomb Front authoritative sources It was earned that the death of Commander Frank Marble. I*. S N . of the Naval War college staff, on February 14 at Newport. R. I. was a case of suicide, and that death was not caused by apoplexy, as at first reported. Premier Asquith, during the prelim nary delate on home rule in the Rrtt .-h bo.i*- of commons, declared that ts soon as the "veto bill” was out of rhe way the g-vernment would apply -If to the task of granting a policy f full self-government to Ireland. Fire thousand Haitian troops, com naiided by President Simon, are in e northern provinces of Haiti and ■ -h fire and sword are crushing out he rebellion. Two thousand men cap ;r*-d luana Mender, reducing the city to ashes \\ . n «ov I! F ( arroll appends his ipn'ur* to the Oregon plan election :■:!!. pas-ed by the senate. It will be i:.e a law In Iowa. The bill passed *tons* of representatives by a vote .f two to ore and It passed the senate y a vote of 31 to 16. President Tap's reciprocity agree .*• with Canada was ratified in the utional house of representatives bn gh ’h* support of an almost solid 1 lerrocrattr vote. The McCall bill car -_\ing the agreement into effect was vassed 221 to »2. 1. utenant Orrell has exhibited at • t:na university a new photographic ip; -.. us which photographs objects tt great distances, but which at the -im- rime indicates the distance of he ohj- ct from the camera by means if parallel lines on the plate. Two mail touches which contained •hecks and other bank paper Valued I'.mmh ■ wee stolen at Thalmla. . , where the Atlanta. Birmingham c V ,.! • • railway crosses the Sea board Air line The sensational trial at St. Peters jurg of Count Patrick O'Brien de Das ->. IVetor Pantchenko and Mme. Muravi* tt. ringed with the murder of p-ini Vassilli Bouturlin, came to an nd when a verdict of guilty was re urued by the jury in the case of De Ltssy and Pantchenko and not guilty ,n the case of the woman. De Lassy was sentenced to penal servitude for :fe and Pantchenko to 13 years' im prisonment. Fire drove 150 guests out of the vest wing of the Hotel Euclid at .'leveland, O.. and five women were leriously burned. Doss $50,000. II CALL TO FOLLOW EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS UNLESS SENATE ACTS. THE PRESIDENT SO INTIMATES His Duty is to Push Reciprocity Eith er in This or the Following Extra Congress. Washington.—The first authorita tive announcement that President Taft will call an extra session of con gress if the senate fails to act on the McCall bill, carrying into effect the Canadian reciprocity agreement, came Sunday from Mr. McCall himself fol lowing a visit at the white house. According to -Mr. McCall, the presi dent feels he is under an internation al obligation to summon an extra ses sion. if necessary, to secure action on tlie reciprocity agreement. That ses sion would be called immediately fol lowing the adjournment of congress at noon on March 4. While it is the evident purpose of the president to avoid an extra session by inducing senators to act upon the agreement, it is the opinion of many that the statement has come too late. Few senators predict that action will be taken oil the agreement in the sen ate at this session, while some insist there will be a vote. With appropriation bills in a con gested condition, with the Ix>rimer case pending, the permanent tariff hoard bill pressing for consideration, the genera! service pension bill being urged by many senators, and the re solution for the popular election of senators coming up daily as the un finished business, it seems the chances for action on the reciprocity agreement are slight. There is some prospect that the Lorimer case may he disposed of Wednesday, following a speech which Senator Lorimer will make in his own behalf, but there is no apparent likelihood of early votes on any of the imiKirtant measures. OpiMjuents of the reciprocity agree ment in the senate are viewing with complacency, not to say satisfaction, the congested conditions. The de mands of the public business are such that a vote on reciprocity rati be avoided easily without the appear ance of a filibuster. The bill probably will not be report ed out of the finance committee before Thursday at the earliest. At that time there will remain only seven and a half legislative days of the present session. Mr. McCall also made the announce ment that the president would veto any tariff legislation passed by the democratic house and approved by a nearly democratic senate if that should be necessary to maintain the republican party's protective prin ciples. A LULL IN THE FIGHT. Long Filibuster Tempoarrily Aside in the House. Washington.—A truce entered into shortly before 4 o'clock Sunday after noon brought the long filibuster in the house against the omniubs war claims bill temporarily to an end. The agreement was reached follow ing an intermission of three hours devoted to memorial services and eulogies to the late Senator Clay of Georgia and the late Representative Brownlow of Tennessee. These services, occurring at mid day of Sunday, seemed to put the house combatants in a more peaceful frame of mind. A recess was or dered until 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing. when the fighting will be re sumed. Plot to Recall King Manuel. Lisbon.—The Mundo reports that the authorities have discovered a secret meeting place where a con spiracy has been hatched to over throw the republic and recall King Manuel. 472.937 Tennessee Negroes. Washington.—Tennessee’s popula tion is composed of 78.31 per cent white people. 21.65 per cent negroes and .64 per cent other colors. Of the state’s total population of 2.184.789. the white people number 1.711,550 and the negroes 472,987. Carnegie Gives $100,000. Copenhagen.—Andrew Carnegie has offered to establish a hero fund of SlOO.OoO in Denmark. The foreign office already has expressed its grati tude for the proposed gift. Jumped to 11 is Death. Chicago—W. T. J. Plummer, a real estate dealer, jumped from the elev enth floor of the Chamber of Com merce building and was instantly killed. How Funds Are Obtained. Washington.—The Periodical Pub lishers' association made public a let ter explaining the nature of the funds raised by the magazines to oppose the increases on second class mail matter. The letter says a committee of the association on finding "a care fully arranged program to railroad the masure through congress, request ed some of their New York people to solicit contributions from publishers to buy advertising space In daily pa pers to advertise the facts to the people.” i WASHINGTON ***+♦***■»**♦* 0 ripples of Potomac’s stream, Break gently where the tread Of thousands press the hallowed sod Above our greatest dead; Mount Vernon, Freedom’s dearest shrine Guard well thy sacred trust, Locked in thy loyal heart of hearts Ye keep the Patriot’s dust. 1 see him glide among the huts That dot the cheerless gorge— The Joshua of a struggling band, The Man of Valley Forge; Where’er he goes his smile illumes The shades that thickly lie, And all who hear his words resolve With him to do or die. The pilgrim comes from lands enslaved. Beyond the restless sea, To meditate where sleeps the man Who taught men to be free; The glitter of the sword he drew; Makes bright the world today, And hands unborn will crown its hilt With laurai and with bay. I , He needs no granite shaft to tell Of glorious actions done; His monument?—the freest land Tha> lies beneath the sun! Today vith swelling pride we seek The banquet board once more, And drink to him whose fame is far Beyond Virginia’s shore. He is not thine. Mount Vernon, though Upon thy sacred breast, Wrapp l in the mantle Glory weaves, In p-ace he takes his rest; The voice of Liberty proclaims: “He is my honored son.” And Fame with lofty pride proclaims: “The World’s one Washington.” — T. C. Harbaugh Washington the Man Xo Xatiop or people ever had a richer legacy than Americans have in their ideal of Washing ton. Great as was his real character and inestimable as were his serv ices to tne coun try Washington was not a demi god nor even a man of genius. But he did possess a genius for honesty and patriotism and was the incarnation of common sense. His mother, after reading a letter from him during the Revolutionary war which conveyed good news, said: “George generally carries through anything he undertakes." Mrs. U. S. Grant once said, referring to her hus band's determination and perslstance: “He is a very obstinate man." Grant was not a genius any more than Washington, but both men had the gift of success. It is well for the American people that they have idealized Washington, and it is to be hoped that they may never lower nor change their ideal, and yet he was very human. As a young man and even after his mar riage he was very fond of fox hunting. He could get very angry on fit occa sions and sometimes swore. He drank a generous glass of wine every day at dinner and allowed his negro but ler and cook each a bottle of beer a day. Nearly thirty years ago a friend ly biographer wrote: “Eighty years have now passed since the death of George Washing ton. and already he is hidden from us in some degree by a haze of eulogy and tradition. He has been so uni formly extolled that some of our young men tell us with a yawn, that they are tired of hearing Aristides called “The Just.” He has been edited Into obscurity, like a Greek play. Where the genial and friendly soldier referred to one of his cher ished friends as “Old Put.” a respect able editor, devoid of humor, has sub stituted “General Putnam;" until, at length, a lover of the man has to de fend him against the charge of per fection." Washington himself never pretend ed to be more than an average man. though all his contemporaries knew he was. All that he claimed was to be perfect master of himself and to use such powers as God had given him the best he knew how. Once as a procession in his honor passed through the streets of a city he heard a little boy exclaim: “Why, father. General Washington is only a man!" He looked with thoughtful Interest on the child and patting him on the head replied: "That's all, my little fellow, that’s all." He was one of the most dignified men that ever lived, yet one of the most modest. One finds pleas ing evidence of Ms common human ity in the fact that while quite young he fell easily in love and wrote verses —and sentimental verses at that. When he was twelve years old. short ly after the death of his father, he was sent to school at Fredericksburg after promising his elder brother to be “steady.” It was a mixed school of boys and girls and one of his schoolmates, a cousin, said in later life that while George was remark ably studious he was also fond of “romping with one of the largest girls: this was so unusual that it ex cited no little comment among the other lads.” It was while at this school that George wrote the follow- \ ing acrostic: From vour bright sparkling eyes I was undone' Itavs you have more transparent than the sun. Amidst its glory In the rising day. None can you equal In your bright array: Constant In your calm and unspotted mind, Kqual to all. but will to none prove kind; So knowing, seldom one so young vou'll find. Ah. woe's me that I should love and con ceal Long have I wished but never dare re veal. Kven though severely Love's pain T feel: Xerxes the Great wasn't free from Cu pid's dart. And all the greatest heroes felt the smart. The ' first letters spell Frances Alexa. Alexa was the abbreviation of Alexander, and the acrostic was addressed either to a schoolmate of that name or to some fair Frances liv- I ing in Alexandria, where the boy was well acquainted. There is reason to believe that young Washington was as susceptible us the average young man of the present day. When about j seventeen years old he fell in love with a young lady, whom he refers to In a letter to a friends as “your Lowland beauty.” and says going Into company simply revives bis former passion for her. He adds: “Were I to live more retired from young women, I might alleviate in some measure my sorrows by bury ing that chaste and troublesome pas sion In the grave of oblivion or eter nal forgetfulness, for as I am very well assured that is the only antidote or remedy that I ever shall be re lieved by or only recess that can ad minister any cure or help to me, as I am well convinced, were I ever to attempt anything. I should only get a denial, which would be only adding grief to uneasiness.” Intelligent Deg. The descriptive reporter of a cer tain daily paper in describing the turning of a dog out of court by order Df the bench recently detailed the oc currence as follows: “The ejected canine as he was ignomlniously drag ged from the room cast a glance at the fudge for the purpose of being able to Identify him at some future time." SMALLPOX ALARM PEOPLE ASK STATE AU THORITIES FOR ASSISTANCE. HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE What it Going on Here and There That is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. Oozad.—Governor Aldrich has been asked to assist in checking the epi demic of smallpox which has stricken this community, and in this request the statement is made that the con trol of the disease and the enforce ment of proiter protective measures has passed beyond the control of the local authorities. A number of cases now exist and much apprehension is felt. Is Held Without Bail. Madison.—The ’preliminary hearing of Henry Stehr, charged with the murder of his four-year-old step-son. Kurt Stehr. was held before County Judge William Bates. He was bound over to the district court, bail being denied. Stehr is the step-father of Kurt Stehr, whose feet were so badly frozen during the blizzard about Christmas time that amputation was necessary. Contest Involving $150,000. Broken Bow.—The Booknau will contest, involving the sum of $150,000.) was brought into probate court before Judge Charles H. Holcomb. Lewis Booknau was killed by the cars last October at Hazard, and when his will was op>ened it was found that Jennie Booknau, a half-sister with whom he had formerly lived in this county and later at Lincoln, had inherited all of the property. Against Parcels Post. McCook.—The merchants of Mc Cook have declared themselves unani mous against the local parcels i>ost measure proposed in the present con gress. The McCook Commercial club has expressed a similar opinion of the proposed legislation. Escape While Watchman Telephones. Lexington.—Thieves broke into tae store of Lembach & Weise and stole about $2W> worth of silks. The night watchman heard the parties, but they escaped while he went to phone. Lincoln.—Prof. Frank J. Phillips, head of the forestry department of the state university, committed sui cide Sunday night or early Monday morning, by turning on the gas jet in his room at 1S49 K street. His body was found Monday morning by Mrs. Phillips. Cook will have electric lights in the near future. A plan is on foot to number the streets of Geneva. The Tecumseh Commercial club has raised a neat sum for a new audi torium at that place. The machinery for the gasoline en gine factory at Plattsmouth has ar rived and is being placed in position. George Wheeler and wife of Ains worth were badly poisoned by indulg ing too freely in ptomaine infected canned sauer kraut. Mrs. George Brown of Nebraska City, in a fainting spell fell against a stove, broke her nose and cut a long gash across her forehead. An institution to be known as the German-American Safe Deposit and Trust company has been organized in Beatrice with a capital stock of $200, 000. Fred Fleckmon. a 7-year-old Crete boy, nearly lost an eye when a but ton “buzzer” he was spinning burst and a sharp fragment lodged in that member. Iancoln has been selected for nest year's meeting of the Nebraska hard ware dealers and S. A. Sanderson of that place was chosen president of the association. William Wullenwaber was found dead of heart disease in his home at Seward. His father, Philip Wullen waber. died suddenly of the disease two weeks -ago. Seward has been promised a new station by the Burlington that will conform to the needs of the business and also to the substantial growth the town is making. Lewis Wullenwaber. a well known farmer living near Seward, was found dead in his home by his wife, who had been to town during the day. Heart disease is believed to have been the cause of death. A mysterious marauder has been frightening Hastings women by mak ing untimely calls at residences while the men folks are from home. The Culbertson irrigation ditch, the largest enterprise of its kind in south western Nebraska, has been sold by United States Senator Buckley of Connecticut to Chicago parties for $125,000. Bishop George A. Beecher of the Episcopal church, whose headquarters are at Kearney, has been appointed chaplain of the Second regiment, Ne braska national guard, with the rank of captain. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM AGAIN DODGED BY HOUSE. After in vain trying to take up the consideration of the initiative and referendum bill and after half an hour had been wasted in a discussion as to which end of the bill to take hold of, the house has voted to put off the heavy labor until next Monday after noon. It then grappled with Quacken bush’s bill to enact into Nebraska law the Iowa tax ferret law, which is now before that body in an effort to secure its repeal. No conclusions were reached, discussion of the prin ciple of tax collecting involved taking up all the time and several members being still loaded with ammunition. It will become the first order of busi ness in the next committee of the whole. Tax Ferret Bill. Quackenbush has had a bill on gen eral file for ten days, relating to methods of listing taxable property in the state. He has had it put down from time to time, but has asked to have it considered. The bill is copied from the Iowa law and provides for a tax ferret who shall for a consider ation ferret out hidden property for taxation purposes, and provides that the county treasurer shall place such hidden property on the assessment rolls any time it is found unless more than five years since the escape has elapsed. The ferret is to get 30 per cent of all taxes collected on proper ty which has been hidden from the regular assessor. Probing Committee at Omaha. Two legislative committees, con sisting of five from the senate ami five from the house, are taking up the investigation of election frauds in Omaha, under the charges made by Governor Aldrich in his special mes sage to the legislature that there were wholesale frauds in Omaha, and that the number of votes cast in the Third ward at the last election was nearly three times as large as the number of males of voting age. The hearing began at the Paxton hotel Monday , Difficult to Settle. Members of the legislature find it a rather difficult task to settle for them selves just what their constituents de sire them to do. Just at present the house members are being bombarded by petitions upon the Sunday baseball question. Some of the peitions re quest them to vote for the Bartling bill and others ask them to vote against it. “What ought a member to do?” asked Representative Eastman, as he looked up this morning from a pile of petitions he had just opened. "Here Is one signed by fifty persons asking me to vote for the bill. Here’s an other with exactly fifty-five names on it asking me to vote against the bill.” No More Trading Stamps. Housh’s bill to prohibit raffles and the use of trading stamps was recom mended for passage by the almost unanimous vote of the committee. Evans declared that trading stamps were dishonest in that the price of the article was put up to cover the cost of the prize and the conditions im posed are such that only a small part of the stamps are redeemed. Skeen was against the bill because he want ed the right to buy baking powder if he desired with which dishes are given away. Taylor of Merrick said that if it would prohibit piano prize contests among newspaper owners he was in favor of it. Analysis of Capital Removal Vote. Analysis of the vote cast in the lower house of the legislature upon the capital removal bill last week re veals the interesting fact that a large majority of the members from central and western Nebraska were opposed to the measure. It has been claimed for some time that the capital removal issue was not seriously regarded in that part of the state, and the roll call bears out this assertion. Senator Tanner's Bill. Senator Tanners bill providing for the re-location of county seats has been killed in the committee room. Substantially the only change con templated in the measure, introduced by the member from Douglas, was in the majority necessary to swing the removal proposition, the required three-fourths as now called for being cut down to three-fifths under the Tanner bill. Liquor Law Held Legal. Topeka.—The supreme court holds the new liquor law constitutional. The law prohibits the sale of liquor for medicinal or mechanical purposes. Will Receive Investigation. In addition to the investigation now being carried on as to the advisabili ty of moving the state university bod ily to the state farm campus and the advisability of maintaining a depart ment of medicine, the connection be tween the so-called university school of music and the university may re ceive some attention. State Auditor Barton has made the unchallenged declaration that this school is a dis tinctly private enterprise, using the brand of the state for its own private financial gain.