Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXIX.
LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1911.
NUMBER 20.
EPITOME
OF I
WEEK'S NEWS
Most Important Happen
ings Told In Brief.
Washington
IU»mrBua»» Krill jr at Cos
—rung baa tauodaccd a bill
la -bo- bouat et rtpuwtauilia pro
wdss* aa *-i#fctbo«r sorb day for
■Mil ram-fa and rWb ta trai and
awnad rtada poataArca —
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tty a drtcl party vote of 17k to M
tW bnyaa of r« pre aaatati >« paaaod
bcB armaac tba Uwm amberaUr
trmm M ta *«
YW-tar Berger of Jlllwatike-. the
of «w(TrM. la a
ta (k* bouse of
rvyaaaaienres not oalf propose* to
the Ht» but alma o strihe
«f to* president the
take from the court*
IT to Invalidate legislation *a
hr the kMM
Oa arroaat of U1 health Senator
Fry* of Mata* ’entered to the tire
yeaKeatt hia resignation aa president
ye tempore of the aaaate The acn
•lor la octesd to hta span meet ted
hts 'tvadt because of hta tditnced
John H Small of
Xnrth - arcritta ha* lauodtrtd !• the
hm at Washington a bill prohibiting
the nor at 'hr '«anu drinking cup
plane* at the capital and
the enforcement at tiatitr
bgltlnfloc la all other part* of the
la eptatf the debate oa the farm
err tree hat ML! ta the bouse of repre
oattlw. Reprea* Ltatlre rad»rrood
at kUtaht outHoed the p-sl*lofs which 1
the Pi inocrat* Hi assume ta revising
Che tan* He caaamw hi* part? to a
straight oat tarts for ramu* policy.
Domestic
Three Btaeroui atrlhe* and a lock
eat thraateaa. tf carried into effect, to
throw about O.Oha me-c oat of eoi
pkoyaMOt. tie up the building interest*
of Chicago to taaottU running Into
ten# of millions of dollar* and cause
general deyetaioa of business
thrvuchojt C’kktfo and the middle
meat
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Kerlama at the Tea Command meal*
—the ungiaal aad ahorteead form —
aaa &r|*4 by Ret Dr Ueorge B WU
ham Dougina. caaoa at the Cathedral
at m. John the Urine of Soar York.
upon the tttauahik congress at the
Freteacea: gpdacopal church nt Wash
tagiaa D C
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Jady Fetit In the superior court nt
fklfi. granted n rrtl of habeas cor
pea far Ed sard TUden. packer, and
fiunrge M Benedict and W C Cum
nU(a. hankers, stthiu a half hour
after they had beea arrested oa war
matt hy which the Illinois state sen
ate ordered that they be brought be
fere k u> answer for contempt in con
nernon with the Dortmcr senatorial
Csaaplmcy on 'be part of the larg
•a nllna4t Is the com*try with ore
tH)| «r« and dock otnianies I*
ptiusi nUtM la charged in mv«b
teet tuir'umti handed down by the
federal grand jury at CL r eland. Ohio
The read* tadicted are the Lake
Hbor* the Pennsylvania. the Bess*
Mf and Lake Erie and the Nickel
nett
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The opening of the Gulf of 3t Lav
reace t* navigation Is delayed by the
eeatiWead presence at great quantities
ai Icebergs sad leld lee.
Thty and the way to do It” was
tke geaetral topic for discussion at the
third -oegresa of the National Fed
emtio* at hellgloas Liberals, held In
New York.
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Ten persons were hart, two probably
fa*al!y in a collision of two trolley
cars ta the shadow at a rladoct at
Bsfsk>. St. T.
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Dr B Clark Hyde, seder a life sen
fence at uaprUonmest for the mur
der of Cel Thomas H Swope, was re
lonord from the county Jali on n writ
id habeas corpus granted by the ses
es judges at the circuit court at Kan
aae CHy.
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Reciprocity with Canada must be
•doped now or neter. and must stand
or fall by Us own terms So declared
President Taft In an address at the
Joint banquet at the Associated Press
and the American Newspaper Publish
its* aeeorl irlna ta New Tort city.
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A faw la the now Arcade building
at Kalamneno. Mich, was pot out with
hear carried from a nearby saloon.
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Mr* J. H. Nunn mnd seven children,
IrmnKl&s in age from adults to an in
f*at. were burned to death in a fire
which destroyed their home in south
west Roanoke. Va.
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Surrounded by a score of dogs ot
many breeds which she had found
homeless and had befriended. Mrs.
EUa Burt, fifty-eight years old, died
; at her home at Newport, R I.
i The memory of Ulysses S. Grant,
i former president o flbe United States
'nd commander-in-chief of the Union
.orrr* st the close of the Civil war.
• af honored at Galena. 111., in song
and story. The occasion was in cele
bration of the birth of the noted
; American, and bis departure from
* this city for the front April 25. 1861.
President Taft and many other emi
nent men were guests of the Aeronau
1 tical society at Its first annual din
ner in New York. The society's gold
medal was presented to W. R. Hearst.
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| Refusal of the interstate commerce
j commission to permit the principal
railways of the west to advance their
rates on the transportation of cement
for the reason that the carriers are
alleged to need additional revenue is
'he feature of a decision handed down
in the important Portland cement
i case.
Fire farting in the business section
j -if Prentice. Wis_. practically destroyed
I i he town Fifteen residences, a bank
j a general department store, the post
j office, a Jewelry store and the rail
, "uad station were burned.
Pour armed robbers drove up to the
Jewelry store of Edward Alberti. In
Milwaukee avenue. Chicago. In broad
daylight to a limousine car, which
they had stolen, compelled nine per
toes to Me face downward on the
Soot of a rear room, bound them hand
and foot with pieces of clothes line,
and '-scaped with jewelry and money
amounting to $20,000.
On his plea of nolle contendere. W.
Vernon booth, former president of A.
Booth A Co., the “Ash trust." was
fined $2,000 by Judge Kavanagh at
''iiicago Booth was charged with con
; spl'acy to defraud the Continental Na
; ttonal bank of $300,000. A similar
! -barge against Frederick R. Robbins.
1 formerly secretary-treasurer of the
same company, was nolle prossed.
A sensation was sprung before the
Helm committee at Springfield, 111.,
when W. H. Cook of Duluth testified
’hat he was in a room in the Grand
Pacific in Chicago last May when Ed
j ward Hines telephoned to Springfield
. to a person be believed to be Governor
Deneen, and had said that everything
was all filed at Washington and tha*
the governor was to leave no stone
unturned to elect Mr. Lorimer, and
i that he < Hines 1 would be down with
all the money necessary.
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^'°rk will begin in New York with
I in the neat few weeks on a $1,000,000
borne for the needy, the gift of Henry
; -1 Braker. a drug importer who died
two years ago leaving a large for
tune.
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Sporting
With a torrent of crushing blows
administered so fast that no count
! of them could be kept. Ad. W’olgast,
the lightweight champion, checked
the aspirations of "One Round" Ho
gan to win the title by technically
knocking out the California boxer In
j the second round of what was sched
uled to be a ten-round bout at the
Madison Athletic club at New York.
Foreign
A serious revolutionary outbreak
, took place In Canton. China, attended
; by the firing of the viceroy's palace
and a battle In the streets In which
, several persons were killed.
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Refusing to surrender or to leave
. the train on which be and his com
mand of 30 soldiers were being
brought to Mexico City, a second lieu
tenant. little more than a boy, en
gaged In a battle with a force of 100
rebels at Cajonea. Guerrero. At the
conclusion of the encounter the lieu
! tenant and 28 of the soldiers were
| dead and the remaining two of his
i men were prisoners.
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The condition of the Crown Princess
I Sodoko of Japan, whp has been 111
with typhoid fever for some weeks, is
said to be serious.
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The ancient castle of Schulenburg
at Oldesloe. Prussia, vas destroyed by
fire. It was erected In 1643 and was
I filled with many objects of great bis
j torlc Interest.
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! Certain papers of Berlin, Germany,
criticised American diplomatic meth
ods and said the overbearing attitude
; rrf the country was responsible for
| 'he resignation of Ambassador D. J.
Hia
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1 Notwithstanding Mexican officials
continue mute on the formal accept
ance of the armistice proposal, news
> that the war department had issued
orders to commanders in the armistice
j zone to cease hostilities has practically
■ official sanction.
President Taft's proposed Anglo
American arbitration treaty was una
nimously ratified in a long-continued
buret of cheers at one of the most re
markable gatherings In the history of
Guildhall. London.
UN OSTRICH FIRM
PROMOTERS WILL LOCATE ONE
AT SIDNEY.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
Wtaat U Going on Here and Thera
That la of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Sidney.—Charles H. Wilber, the pro
moter of the ostrich farm to be locat
ed hero, states that he expects to be
here early in May to decide definitely
upon an establishment. The location
has already been selected by his
agent here.
Dr. Collister of Provo. Utah, was
here last week looking up a location
for a prune and apricot orchard, com
prising about forty acres. *
Got a Late Start.
Fairbury.—Judge Boyle married a
couple recently, the groom being 71
and the bride SO. The groom is F. F.
Wet more, a veteran of the civil war,
who came to Fairbury about a year
ago. The bride is Mrs. Wheeler. .Mr.
and Mrs. Wetmore will make their
home^n Fairbury.
Mrs. Ooxey's Trial May 8.
Columbus. — St. Louis newspapers
announce that Monday, May 8. has
been set for the trial of Dora E. Doxey,
the former Columbus woman, who was
acquitted of a murder charge in St.
Ixrnis a year ago. and is now held for
trial for bigamy.
I. O. O. F. Anniversary.
Broken Bow.—An impressive pro
gram was given Tuesday night at I. O.
O. F hall, the occasion being the cel
ebration of the ninety-second anniver
sary of the founding of the order of
Odd Fellows in America.
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Attempt to Rcb Bank at Ragan.
Ragan.—Burglars made an unsuc
cessful attempt to rob the bank of
Ragan Saturday night. Entrance was
rained by breaking the windows.
Telephone wires were cut. An at
tempt to open the safe failed.
Aurora is agitating a city V. M. C.
A. building.
Deshler's system of water works is
being extended.
The only jaii owned by York is be
ing torn out and dismantled.
The central Nebraska track meet
will be held at Kearney May 4.
Merrick county will vote on the
building of a new court house soon.
J. M. Row ley, an old settler in York,
died Tuesday morning, aged 72 years.
Miss Jessie O. Lowe of Sterling has
been elected principal of the Fairmont
schools.
Plans are being formulated for the
construction of a dam across the Blue
river near Hoag.
Commencing May 7 the Fremont
postoffice will inaugurate the Sunday
closed office plan.
Eilert Miller, for thirty-Bve years a
resident of Gage county, died Sunday
at Beatrice, aged 72 years.
Rev. Chas G. Williams has re
signed the pastorate of the Central
City Presbyterian church.
Circulating magazines, on the seven
day book plan, forms a new feature
at the Fremont public library.
The city has commenced putting in
Jlfi.000 worth of water mains in the
outlying districts of Broken Bow.
The little four-year-old daughter of
William Cooms fell in a stock-tank
of water at Paxton and was drowned.
The directors of the Beatrice Com
mercial club have passed resolutions
favoring the holding of a race meeting
there June 12.
Roy, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. O. Emerson at York, was
fatally scalded by falling into a pan
of boiling water
Fourteen hundred pupils of the Fre
mont public schools were given a half
holiday in recognition of services they
performed in cleaning up backyards
and alleys. It was clean-up week in
Fremont and the pupils of the schools
joined in it. V
An epidemic of smallpox is prevail
, !ng in Fairbury and the board of edu
cation has under consideration the
matter of closing the schools.
S. R. Reed, an aged citizen of Stella,
came in front working in the garden,
complaining of diffieult breathing. He
died of heart failure in a few minutes.
The total weight of the newspapers
mailed front the Lincoln postoffice
during the year 1910 was 4.492,518
pounds. The larger part of this amount
is daily newspapers, the balance being
made up of weekly and monthly edi
tions of papers of various kinds print
ed in the city.
The citizens of Cambridge and sur
rounding territory are very much de
lighted over the prospect s of securing
the agricultural school. It is conceded
bv a large number of the influential
citizens of southwest Nebraska that
Cambridge is the ideal location.
Fire of mysterious origin totally de
stroyed the livery barn of Willis Beez
ley at Syracuse. Splendid work by
the fire department prevented a spread
of the flames. In the barn when the
fire broke out were eleven horses. Two
of the animals broke their halters and
escaped, but the others were consumed
by the fire.
Rev. Hugh Robinson of Brookings
S. D„ has accepted a call to the pas
torate of the Presbyterian church of
! Pawnee City.
The principal business part of the
j town of Anselmo was completely
wiped out by fire at an early houi
Saturday morning.
The new $30,000 home of the Elks
at North Platte, was formally dedi
cated Thursday. Visiting Elks from
many places were there.
The Citizens State bank of Gitlner
was robbed Tuesday morning, safe and
building being badly wrecked. The
robbers secured about $2,000.
Silas J. Alexander, a resident of
Lincoln since 1879. and secretary of
state for one term, died in Denver
Sunday night of heart trouble.
Mrs. Emma Burhoop committed sui
cide at Waco by hanging herself. Her
body was found by her six-year-old
son, hanging from a rafter in the
barn.
The school board has re-elected E. S.
Cowan superinendent of the Albion
schools for the coming year. Mr
Cowan came to Albion last year from
Creighton.
At the special election held at An
selmo Tuesday, the citizens voted a
$10,0m) bond proposition. $7,500 foi
water works system and $2,500 foi
electric lights.
Paul Martin will head Creighton law
school at Omaha as dean with the
opening of the school nest September
He will be the youngest dean in the
United States. He is 28 years of age
Mrs. Ijee J. Mayfield, wife of Editoi
l>ee Mayfield of the lvouisville Courier
died Friday after an illness lasting
but a few hours. She was stricken
about 5 o'clock Thursday evening and
passed away before morning.
Fire, resulting from an automobiW
explosion in which two cars were de
stroyed. gutted the large two-story
brick livery barn of Henry Ikmans in
West Point. AU the horses and car
riages being safely taken out in time
Judge H. G. Leigh, of Nebraska
| City, claims to have a dog that can
speak several words quite plain
one being "mamma.” “out,' "thank
you' and “yip' for yes. He is a cross
between a bull terrier and a pug.
A train left Beatrice carrying a stal
; lion loaded iu a freight car. At De
witt the animal was missing and the
car door was found open. How the
door was oi>ened is not known. letter
the horse was found unhurt near the
track.
H. M. Bushnell of Lincoln was re
elected president^ and F. S. Thompson
of Albion was re-elected secretary
treasurer at the closing session of the
state convention of commercial clubs
at Kearney. Hastings was selected for
the next meeting place.
A Lincoln street car on the peniten
tiarv line was fired on two separate
times by an unknown man Thursday
evening. No one was struck. Thre«
bullets from a small sized gun, prob
ably a 22 calibre, entered the car. The
man did not show himself and not one
of the passengers of the car saw him
The shots were fired under cover ol
darkness.
After listening to the recital by his
sister of the story of her betrayal and
ruin. Grant Hursh arose from a seat
in the criminal division of district
court at Lincoln and drawing a re
volver from his hip pocket, fired five
shots in rapid succession, one of the
bullets striking Thomas Hawkins, her
alleged betrayer, at whom all were
aimed, in the right hip, and the other
taking effect in the right thigh of Mrs.
Hazel Rys. Hursh then held the re
volver forth upon the palm of his hand
! and surrendered himself..
Will Appoint Board of Control.
Governor Aldrich will reappoint as a
board of control the present three
trustees of the school for dependent
children in Lincoln. The members
are A. L. Weatherly, the Rev. K. H.
Harmon and Dr. P. E. Hall.
Edward Howard of Lincoln has been
retained by Chief Clerk Richmond of
the house to aid him in completing
and indexing the house Journal. How
ard was employed by the legislature
and is familiar with the work he will
have to do.
State Engineer Price recently re
ceived information that the Platte
river in the western part of the state
is lower than usual at this time o(
the year. The government reports
show, however that there is an ex
I cess of snow in the mountains, and
j oil# indications are that there will be
plenty of water for irrigation purposes
in the irrigated region of the western
portion of Nebraska.
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| ' Under the new Nebraska game law
, every man who fishes in the state,
whether he is a resident or not. must
pay one dollar for a license.
As a memorial to the late Professot
| A: E. Davisson, principal of the school
j of agriculture of the state university
a concrete drinking fountain is to b«
erected on the state farm campus, by
the graduating class of 1911, to be
known as the "Davisson Memorial
Fount.”
Governor Aldrich has accepted .an
invitation to be one of the speakers
at the annual Pan-hellenlc banquet tc
be held in Lincoln Tuesday evening
May 2, at which the regents of the
university will be guests of honor.
THIS 13 SAID TO BE PLAN OF
DEMOCRATS.
THE PUSHING OF RECIPROCITY
Prince of Illinois Asserts that Clark
and His Followers are Behind a
Hidden Motive.
Washington. — Another desclaration
that annexation is the desired end ol
the democrats in pushing reciprocity
and a speech by a new member of the
house, revealing the humorous fea
tures of a tariff fight in congress,
were the principal events of Friday's
debate on the free list bill now pend
ing before the house.
Mr. Prince of Illinois, republican,
attacking the Canadian reciprocity
bill, sounded the annexation note.
President Taft's speech in New’ York
Thursday night furnished his text. He
said that the pouring of Americans
into the Canadian northwest and the
attitude of the controlling forces of
the democratic party could mean
nothing else than annexation, reci
procity and partial free trade tii«
Canada being the first step toward
that end.
“1 say to our neighbors on the
north, be not deceived.” said Mr.
Prince. “When we go into a country
and get it we take it. It is our his
tory and it is right that we should
take it if we want it, and you might
as well understand it. The speaker
has said so; the party back of him
has said so and it does not deny that
that is its desire.”
Mr. Prince declared that the reci
procity was the worst bargain ever
driven by one nation with another
and “the democratic farmers' free
list" ought to be labeled the “farm
ers' fake bill."
The humor of the session came
; when Representative Kent of Califor
■ nia, a new republican member who
; succeeded Duncan McKinley in the
i house, delivered a speech on the gen
eral tariff question arraigning "a rev
enue upon necessities.”
He said that with other novices in
th» house he felt sure he had ab
sorbed speeches until he had “learned
much that cannot possibly be Uue,”
and that the Congressional Record
was filled with a mass of mathemat
| ics “proving what is logically ab
' surd.”
"I am a republican, or what usea
to be a republican." Mr. Kent ob
served. “because I believe in the pro
tection of infant industries that stand
i some eventual chance of becoming
| self-sustaining. But many industries.
| having outgrown the cradle, have not
! been required to hustle for their live
lihood. but have been carried boldly
to a ward in the hospital where our
standpat friends advocate keeping
them during all eternity, to be doc
tored, nursed and nourished at the
! public expense.”
Mr. Kent said that a protective tar
iff was an attempt to “tax ourselves
rich.”
“The nation can acquire wealth if
not merit,’ he said, “by unanimously
consenting to the reciprocal picking
of pockets by all the people.”
To show tariff inequalities Mr. Kent
said that “Mr. Rockefeller probably
pays less government revenue on the
food he consumes than does the aver
age hod carrier. He would doubtless
like to pay as much, but he can't
without eating as much.”
CATTLEMEN STAY IN PRISON.
Pardon Refused Richards. Bartlett,
Comstock and Jamieson.
Washington.—President Taft re
fused to pardon Bartlett Richards,
William G. Comstock. Charles C. Jam
ieson and Aquilla Triplett, four
wealthy Nebraska cattlemen, who
have been convicted of conspiracy to
defraud the government cf grazing
lands along the Wyoming border. The
men are owners of the Nebraska Land
and Feeding company, with principal
offices at Ellsworth, Neb. The evi
dence at the trial showed that they
had fraudulently induced homestead
ers to claim thousands of acres of
land which were later turned over to
the company for grazing.
Postoffice Criticised.
Washington.—Representative Col
tnp of Indiana, a democrat, in a
speech in the house vigorously as
sailed Postmaster General Hitchcock
and the postoffice department for
“pernicious activity” in politics.
$21,000 for a Book.
New York.—The second highest
price for a book in. the Poe library
sale was reached when a book sold
for $21,000 Friday. This was “Helya’s
Knight of the Swanne.’ the first print
ed English version of the legend of
Lohengrin. It was printed in London
in 1512 by Wynkyn & De Worde.
Kittredge's Condition Critical.
Hot Springs, Ark.—That former
Senator A. B. Kittredge of Sioux
Falls, S. D.. who came to Hot Springs
ten days ago, suffering from an attack
of jaundice, is in a critical condition
is admitted
Revision of Prayer Book.
Washington.—Revision of the book
of common prayer was urged by Rev.
Dr. Percy S. Grant of New York, in
adressing the twenty-ninth congress
of the Protestant Episcopal church in
session here.
IlNnufiricufiiiT
KENNEDY TO GET RED HAT
Right Rev. Thomas F. Kennedy,
Bishop of Adrlanapolis. president of
the North American college at Rome.
Italy, and a personal favorite of tho
pope, shortly will be appointed by the
Holy See as an American cardinal, to
share honors with Cardinal Gibbons,
of Baltimore.
This statement is made upon the
authority of a Roman Catholic, so
high in church affairs that it should
be taken without hesitancy, and ac
cording to the same source the ap
pointment will be the direct result of
the suffragan bishops refusing to
abide by the pope’s desire to see
Bishop Kennedy recommended as a
successor to Archbishop Ryan of
Philadelphia, who died recently.
The pope's wishes were made
known to the suffragan bishops by
Cardinal Gibbons. Instead of select
ing three names the suffragan bishops
submitted one. that of Bishop Pren
dergast. of this diocese, who did
Archbishop Ryan’s work two years before Ryan s death.
Prior to the suffragan bishops' meeting the diocesan counselors and irre
movable rectors met. The pope's suggestion had been made to them that
they place Bishop Kennedy first upon their list. They did so. Monsignor
Falconio, papal delegate, upset by the difference of opinion, requested the 13
Catholic archbishops in the United States to signify their individual choice
for Archbishop Ryan's successor. The majority of them have written him
favoring Prendergast. Falconio forwarded these letters to Rome, and now,
according to precedents, there is but one thing for the pope to do—make
Bishop Prendergast archbishop.
NEW HEAD FOR HILL LINES
Carl Raymond Gray, senior vice
president of the St. Louis and San
Francisco line, with headquarters In
St. Louis, has resigned to become
president of the steam and electric
railroads of the Hill system, with
headquarters at Portland. Ore., suc
ceeding John F. Stevens. The ar
rangements were made by James J.
Hill.
VV. C. Nixon, vice-president and
i general manager, will succeed Gray
as senior vice-president of the Frisco,
with Charles M. Levy and W. V. H.
Rosing as assistants to the vice-presi
dent and with W. T. Tyler as general
manager. •
The ofTer from Hill to Gray was
pending while Howard Elliott, presi
dent of the Northern Pacific, was
considering the proposition for the
chief executive office of the Missouri
Pacific railway and the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern. Shortly
after Elliott left St. Louis Gray met
Hill In St. Paul and then inspected the Hill property In Oregon and Wash
ington.
Gray kept the negotiations secret, but as it was necessary to submit the
matter to the officers of the St. Louis and San Francisco the fact that the
tender had been made by Hill was known In St. Louis several weeks ago. and
although Gray refused to discuss the matter it was learned that his resigna
tion was at hand and that Nixon and the other officers had been chosen.
BOOST EDUCATION IN SOUTH
Parents and teachers in the south
ern states will be interested in the
fact that on June 1st James Shelby
Thomas, dean of Virginia Christian
college of Lynchburg, will become
commissioner of education for the
Southern Commercial Congress. His
work for the congress will carry him
into all states of the south, for thff
purpose of bringing about a quicker
exchange among all educators of edu
cational ideas and of school improve
ment suggestions. He will also work
out a plan for the Southern Commer
cial Congress, whereby it can assist
college and other students of the
south to secure or complete their edu
cation along scientific lines.
Mr. Thomas is a young man with
an unusual educational record. He
was born in Saltville, Va., in 1880. He
received his education in public
schools, then prepared for college at
Tazewell and the city high school at
Catlettsburg, Ky. He took his degree
of master of arts at Milligan college, Johnson City, Tenn., In 1900. Imme
diately after graduation he became an instructor In the same college. In
the years between 1900 and 1902 he took an actlre part in Improving Ten
nessee school conditions. In 1903 he moved to Lynchburg, Va., and was a
founder of Virginia Christian college.
The educational purpose of the congress is to work for the guidance of
pupils In the common schools of the south, so as to prepare them for useful
careers, though unable to go to high school or to college.
IS A WIZARD AT FIGURES
Representative John J. Fitzgerald
of New York, who has come to the
head of the committee on appropria
tions in the readjustment made neces
sary when the Democrats took over
the control of the national house of
representatives, will have as his right
hand man James C. Courts, who for
over a decade has been officially
designated as clerk of this most im
portant body. His mastery of figures
is nothing short of wonderful; he has
had years of experience in which to
perfect himself, and there is little do
ing in the way oDcommlttee business
that he can’t reduce to cold figures.
Congress annually votes an extra
$1,000 to his regular salary in recog
nition of his extraordinary efficiency.
Mr. Courts is generally referred to as*
the "mathematician of the house,”
and what he doesn’t know about the
governmental finances isn’t worth
knowing. He is always “on deck” at
committee meetings, and his usual
place la by the aide of the chairman. If a queation cornea up Involving an
appropriation for aome obscure matter he has all the necessary information
at his tongue's end and reels off facts and figures In a manner tha; would
dase the layman. Mr. Courts’ services will doubtless be as highly appre
ciated by the new chairman as they always have been in the past.
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