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be Utf City Northwestern X. W. BTiKJySGH. Publisher coup CITY. - • NEBRASKA EPITOME OF EVENTS Paragraphs that pertain to MANY SUBJECTS. IRE SHORT BUT INTERESTING Brief Mention of What is Transpiring >« Various Sections of Our Own and Foreign Countries. loss progressives declare they sill continue the organisation Illinois * omen's clubs w ill make a demand for equal snffraeg. President Taft sill Eli all existing vacancies before bis term expire*. la a shoot tag affray at Clifton. Aria. three men sere hilled and iso sounded. B H Miller of Cocarsl Bluffs was elected president of the loss veteri nary association. CnoSciai advice from Washington affecting nine army posts, has bees received at Port D. A. Bussell Twenty-eight persons sere injured, one fatally ia a wreck on the Frisco railroad. nenr Sinton. Texas. President Taft issued a pnoclama tioa fixing the rates for passage of the Panama canal by foreign ship*. Edwin Williams, a student aviator f a school near San Diego, fell 1»* feet, sustaining probably fatal m {tries . President Taft told Daughters of the Confederacy that good would come from the election of a democrat ic president Surgeons operated upon William Lortmer. former United States sen ator. for appendicitis The operation •as declared a success. A supi'cs irom canion > i..na any* Canton has an army ready to be of service if railed to arms against the Russians in Mongolia At Buffalo. X. T- a weal thy frater r#'y man confeessed to hating com muted many murders, and toid where to And several of the bodies. As the censorship permits no news to come from the front, the situation at the scene of the fighting in the Balkans is more perplexing than ever. The British battleships Hibernia Commonwealth. Dominion and Brit ania aad the armored cruisers Black Prince and Cumberland, armed at, Smyrna. . Repress f if ne Nicholas W. Long worth of Ohio, who was defeated for re-election by ninety-seven votes, spent $1X> in his campaign His op ponent. Stanley E. Bow die. reported that he spent $875. The social season at the White House will begin December 12. w hen the president and Mrs. Taft will give the annual dinner to the cabinet. Dur ing the season they will give recep tions and four dinners Baliagh. Neb. has sprung into prominence through being a place of refuge for J. B McNamara, in 1810. This fact was disclosed in the Indian a polls dynamite trial. Baliagh is in Garfieid county. The banking resources of the I’nit ed Stales during the last four years have exceeded by billions the record of any similar period in the history of the nation, declared Lawrence O. Murray, comptroller of the currency. In a Statement Governor Woodrow Wilson an nounced that immediately after his in auguration as president of the I’nited States he would call an ex.raordinnry session of congress to convene not later than April IS. for the purpose of revising the tariff Fifty men are drag-ring the Illinois river below the La Grange dam. nine ty miles south of Peoria, searching for the bodies of William Moore of Chi cago and his three companions, who are thought to have been drowned while trying to shoot the dam in launches. The Grand Trunk railroad of Cono da U negotiating with the New York. New Haven £ Halford railroad for the right not only to reach Boston and Providence over J»e lines of the latter road, tut to can., its business into ail stations of the entire New Haven l>c*-a of railroading. In Chicago Charles Jones, a police man. was shot and killed in attempt ing to break up a gathering of West Side hoodlums. The boys ran away when the policeman ordered them to disperse, but one of them shot Jones twice In the right side and he died co the way to a hospital. At Rolleue. N. D, covering their victims with revolvers, two masked men held up seven men in pool room, securing $2400 One man was forced Co give up $1400. Coming into the room through opposite doors, the rob bers order their victims to throw up their hands and stand in a row. Senator Martin and Representative Carlin of Virginia urged President Taft to use his influence to expend the $SM,0OO grunted by congress for experimental postal roads on a high way from Washington to Mount Ver Secrotary of the Interior Fisher wouaced the appointment of David White as chief geologist of the United States geological surv ey Lake City. Utah, to spend $£3,000 for what proved to be cheaply prepar ed volumes, according to Mrs. Bird's complaint la a suit she began in the United States. Arthur Capper, republican candidate $ar governor of Kaasas. said that of Bcial returns from eight >six of the 3<*S counties la Kaasas gave him a plurality of thirty-eight votes over George H. Hedges, his democratic op ponent. There was a riotous demonstration In the British house of commons growing out of a division on Irish home rule. Bear Admiral Sutherland, who was 1b command of the American forces in Nicaragua daring the recent revolu tion. sailed with his squadron for San Diego. Cal. Forty-four Roumanian soldiers were drow ned while crossing a lake. The complete count in California gives Roosevelt a slight lead. AH hope of floating the stranded liner Royal George has been aban doned by its owners. Methodist bishops, in session at To : ledo. 0-, planned a campaign of pub licity. The resignation of Ambassador Bryce may tie up the arbitration treaty. The United States this year raised by far the greatest corn crop in its history. Governor Deneen has decided not to call an extra session of the Illinois legislature. President-elect Wilson is keeping bis mind open on the question of an extra session. Roosevelt says he is proud of the showing made by the progressives in the first battle. Lives of foreigners in Constantin ople are safeguarded in the event of a Moslem outbreak. Thousands of people attended Min neapolis day at the Northwestern Products exposition. The French armored cruiser Mon tiam has been ordered to proceed at once to Constantinople. Witnesses from the Pacific coast have been taken to Indianapolis to testify at the dynamite trial. William Campbell Ciark, one of the iorld's leading thread manufacturers. d:-d at his home at Newark, N. J. An adverse vote was suffered by the British government in the house of commons over the home rule bill. Unity of north and south was the sentiment at the confederate corner stone laying at Arlington cemetery. Miss Florence F. Wilson of New York eclipsed all past typewriting records b\ writing at the rate of llt» words a minute for one hour. Henry' I- Stint son, secretary of war left aboard the steamship Zacapa for Cristobal, to inspect the sites of the proposed fortifications of the Panama canal. btsappointed because their baby was a boy Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kopp wrapped the child in a shawl and tc.-sed him into the Ohio river at Can ton The Interstate Funeral Directors' association, which includes the states of Iowa. South Dakota. Minnesota and Nebraska, was organized at Sioux City. John Jones, a wealth farmer, forty five years old. was shot and killed at his home near New Alla, Okl., by an unknown person who burned Jones' house to hide his crime. Three cracksmen blew open the safe in a saloon on West Madison and Halsted streets. Chicago, and escaped with $2,500 after binding the barten der and porter with ropes. The resignation of James Bryce as British ambassador to the United States and the appointment of Sir Ce cil Spring-Rice as his successor was officially announced at London. The Armour Packing company was indicted by the federal grand jury at Kansas City on the charge of violat ing the national pure food laws In a shipment of eggs from Kansas City to New York. Attorney General Wickersham, It was learned, will not retry the crimi nal anti-trurt suit against the bath tub trust until the supreme court of the United States decides the civil case against the combination. Washington.—The supreme court decided that it was not necessary to hear arguments in favor of the con stitutionality of --the South Dakota "unfair tales" law. This was accept ed as equivalent to a decision in sup port of the law. Postmaster General Hitchcock an-1 nounced that approximately $28,000. 000 had been deposited to date in postal savings depositories by 290.000 individuals averaging $96 per deposi tor. The system is now operated in 12.773 postoffices and 7,357 banks have qualified to received postal sav ings funds. Members of the subcommittee of the arbitration committee appointed to adjust the dispute between fifty eastern railroads and the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers in Chicago found their tentative decision so un satisfactory that another week will be taken for drawing up a revised agreement. Jack Johnson, negro pugilist, ac cused of violation of the Mann white slave act. was released from custody before Judge Carpenter in the United States district court at Chicago, in bonds of $3u,(KK). The sureties ac cepted were the pugilist's mother. Tiny Johnson, and Matthew S. Bald win. a real estate dealer. All Greek subjects in the United States who served in the Grecian army as recruits in 1896. 1897 and 1998 are called upon to return to arms in a dispatch received at the Greek legation. They are expected to join the army within four months It is stated at the legation that already be tween 10,000 and 12.000 Greeks have returned home from the United States under similar orders. Personal. The Wyoming legislature is repub lican by two majority. Ortie McManigal testified he be lieved J. B. McNamara once tried to kill him. Governor-elect .More bead of Ne braska paid $s5 for "help'’ and the election cost him $635. President O'Neill of the Western Baseball league says next years schedule will provide for 168 games. Over 100 Nebraska manufacturers gathered at Omaha to form a state association. James Bryce, the British ambassa dor to the United States, has tendered hi* resignation and will return to England. President-elect Wilson and family sailed Saturday for a vacation of sev i eral weeks in Burmuda. ' Former Governor William I-arrabee is gradually approaching death, ac cording to attending physicians. Judge K. L Perky has been named | U. S. senator for Idaho, to fill the un expired term of Senator Hepburn, deceased. , Hansel O'Reilly of New York, once prominen* lawyer, and counsel for Harry Thaw, gave himself up and be gan a seven momhs' prison term. He was convicted of receiving stolen property. AS TO POLITICAL PIE MODIFIED “IOWA PLAN" IN DIS TRIBUTING PATRONAGE. HOW TO SEGUHE HARMONY Senator Hitchcock and Democratic Congressmen of Nebraska Will Get Together for Consul tation. A Nebraska modification of what was once known as the “Iowa pt-er” in the handling of federal patronage matters has been suggested by Sena tor Hitchcock says the Omaha World : Herald. It has been agreed to by those who by virtue of their official positions will naturally have a voice in the handling'of Nebraska's share of the office that wili be at the dis posal of the incoming national admin | istration. These include, beside Sen ator Hitchcock, the three democratic congressmen, Representatives Ma guire. Lobeck and Stephens, Dr. P. L. Hall, the national committeeman, and Chairman W. H. Thompson of the democratic state committee. The es sence of the plan is consultation and agreement with a view to united and ' harmonious action that will result in a fair and equitable distribution of patronage. As originally proposed by Senator 1 Allison, and put into operation by the Iowa republican delegation a good many years ago. the plan worked very j successfully. Senator Hitchcock's mail has been very heavy since election with letters of applicants for federal appoint I meats, and a number of aspirants ; have personally called upon him. For the most part the applicants seek the position of postmaster in the various j towns. In most cases the terms of the present holders do not expire for : a year or more, but the anxious appli cants evidently take the ground that early action is both wise and neces sary. Senator Hitchcock has adopted the plan of merely acknowledging the ap plication with assurance that all i claims will be fairly considered by himself and by others naturally or of ficially entitled to a voice in passing upon applications. To bring about harmonious action he has proposed to the three democratic congressmen, to Dr. P. L. Hall, national committeeman, and to Hon. \V. H. Thompson, chair man of the state committee, a plan of i consultation and cooperation on pat ronage matters, in line with the “Iowa plan.” For the present, applications will be merely received and filed, and de cisions will not be reached until the time conies to fill vacancies. Then the aim will be to unite in making the proper recommendations to the presi dent. Under this plan the three demo cratic congressmen will naturally have the chief voice in settling post office questions, each in his own dis trict, while those in republican dis tricts will be decided on consultation. Requisition Honored. Governor Aldrich has honored a requisition from the governor of Iowa for the return of William C. Gott. alias William C. Gotz, to Council Bluffs, la., on the charge of bigamy. He is alleged to have married Loretta I Danahey at Council Bluffs, la., Sep ! tember 28, when he had a wife living from whom he had not been divorced. Mr. Ferguson's Vote. J. L. Ferguson of Broken Bow, who got into the United States senatorial game by petition, desires to know how ; he came out and has beer, informed that in fifty counties he has 239 votes. Inspection of Prison Hcrses. Following a sanitary inspection of several penitentiaries and reforma tories of western and coast states, J. E. Murray has returned to Lincoln with an array of ideas relative to changes which may be suggested for ‘penal and reformatory institutions of this state. Mr. Murray made the trip at his o.vn expense, but was ■•immis j s oned by Governor Aldrich to visit the institutions of the various states | lor the purpose of gaining points on ! sanitation problems. Mr. Murray says ; he found Nebraska far behind many I other states. Trainor Loses Out The supreme court of Nebraska overruled the motion for a rehearing j in the case of Trainor against Hoctor, a suit brought by the former mayor of South Omaha against Thomas Hoctor, the present democratic executive. Trainor claims that under the state law passed by the last legislature, ex ! tending the term of office, he was en | titled tte the place, but the supreme | court reversed and held that since he ; had volmtarily relinquished the place | he could not secure relief in the court. .. " ' ■ The Socialist Vote. Returns from twenty-one counties of the state will have to aggregate more than they ever have before, as far as the socialist vote is concerned, if the total state vote of that party exceeds Its vote of last year. The seventy one counties that have thus far re ported to the secretary of state show that there were 5,679 socialist votes cast this year. Last- year there were 10.003 cast on railway commissioner. Four years ago there were 3,534 votes cast for the socialist candidate for president. The Penitentiary Awaits Him. Sheriff Hyers has returned from ! Seattle, Wash., with Oliver M. Wilson, 1 charged with wife desertion. A com i plaint had been filed against him in , justice court some time ago and the sheriff left for the victim. Wilson was indicted by the January, 1910. grand jury on a charge of bigamy, it being alleged that in King county, Washing ton. he married Florence Wilson, the ceremony being performed in 1902. She was still his wife when he mar ried Emma Mendenhall in Lancaster county January 12, 1910. SHOWN BY COUNTIES. Larger Part Report on Governor and Senator. — Additional election returns, official and uiy>fficial, from eighty-four coun ties on governor and United States senator are herewith presented. The plurality of Morehead over Aldrich will be about 12.000. The pluralities of republican candidates below the of fice of governor will average nearly 10,000. Wilson's plurality will be nearly 30,000. The figures follow: LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. McMcKelvie (rep) . 90,551 Diers (dem.) . 93,146 SECRETARY OF STATE. Wait (rep.) .102.583 Kelley (dem.) . 88.818 AUDITOR. Howard (rep.) .100.463 Richmond (dem.) . 89,253 TREASURER. George (rep.) .101.096 Hail idem.) . 90 101 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. Delzeli (rep.) 105.173 Clark (dem.) . 88,701 ATTORNEY GENERAL. Martin (rep.) .;.103.698 Morrissey (dem.) . 87.6S6 LAND COMM ISIONER. Beckman (rep.) .101.409 Caslieman (dem.) . 88.195 RAILWAY COMMISSIONER. Taylor <rep.) . 9S.S49 Hannan (aem.) . 91,377 Governor and Senator. Aid- More- Nor- Shal dricii. head. ris 1'b'ger. Adasns . 1.735 2.180 1.SS8 2.061 Antelope - 1.693 1.436 1.716 1.235 Banner . 174 49 191 38 Boone . 1.4'*6 1.560 1.581 1.453 Box Butte .. 606 6<!2 619 516 Boyd . 800 751 484 649 Brown . 706 487 713 496 Buffalo . 2."73 2.298 2.395 2.006 Burt . 1.658 1.271 1.788 1.140 Butler . 1.307 1.9S3 1.458 1,848 Cedar . 1.610 1.614 1.573 1.623 Cuss . 1.846 2.323 2.163 2.007 Chase . 463 • 382 337 417 Cheyenne ... 5ol 379 471 3:8 clay . 1.806 1.749 1.979 1.617 Colfax . 912 1.115 923 1.120 Cuming . 1,076 1.689 1.181 1.559 Custer . 2.874 2.494 2.977 2.383 Dakota . 737 655 696 703 Danes . S34 64" 829 668 Dawson . 1.565 1.723 1.864 1.429 Deuel /. 212 154 223 133 Dixon ....... 1.564 910 1.490 892 Dodge . 1.992 2.331 2.141 2.134 Douglas . 1.648 14.532 14,035 12.698 Dundy . 398 350 486 280 Fillmore - 1.466 1.856 1.579 1.396 Franklin _ 1.066 1.245 1,102 1.235 Frontier . 872 81" 984 710 Furnas . 1.122 1.303 1.213 1.174 Gage . 2.002 3.128 3.236 2.79C Garden . 509 267 369 45;. I Garfield . 398 283 396 272 Gosper . 299 363 505 418 Grant . 110 115 130 94 ] Greeley. 597 890 Hall . 1.733 2.404 2.193 1,931 Hamilton - 1.498 1.445 1.613 1.351 Harlan . 875 1,017 - 973 993 Hitchcock ... 478 486 556 420 Holt . 1.742 1.693 1.819 1.605 Howard . 914 1.224 989 1,162 Jefferson - 1.675 1.569 1.755 1.511 Johnson . 1.002 1.226 1.142 1.067 Kearney _ 1.019 985 1.039 1 0O0 Knox . 1.526 1.912 1.791 1.941 Keith . 387 359 435 301 KeyaPaha.. 416 281 353 194 Kimball . 279 117 277 116 Lancaster ... 6.263 6.984 6.732 6.145 Lincoln . 1.563 1.200 1,756 1.041 Loup . 244 131 262 130 Logan . 164 124 156 106 Madison - 1.754 2.037 1.918 1.712 McPherson .. 218 193 337 171 Merrick . 1.159 1.104 1.308 910 Morrill . 611 417 617 4"2 Nance . 1.052 835 1,114 771 Nemaha . 1.225 1.710 1.482 1 423 Otoe . 1.733 2.247 1.926 2.010 Perkins . ,266 240 . Phelps . j 998 1.307 1.433 962 Pierce . 989 1.124 Platte . 1.331 2d22 i.3"2 i 912 Polk . 1.141 1.024 1.354 958 Red Willow . 956 1.023 . Richardson .. 1.469 2.430 2.305 2 139 Rock. 500 301 483 290 Saline . 1.749 2.349 1.926 2.03S Sarpy . 630 1.055 809 9"9 Saun.lers _ 2.152 2.313 2.285 2 139 Scottsbluff ... 891 538 974 .706 Seward. 1.595 2,023 1,762 1.520 Sherman _ 926 509 992 718 Stanton . 704 536 738 780 Sheridan . 769 703 845 645 Thayer . 1.361 1.633 1.42.7 1.596 Thurston_ 856 827 882 894 Valley . 991 873 999 747 Washington . 1.392 1.311 1 4.31 1 241 Wayne . 1.178 984 1.254 877 Webster. 1,353 1.290 1.431 1.142 IVheeler. 206 207 228 "04 York . 1.802 2.046 2.113 1.977 Totals.107.87.3 118.543 123,066 105,236 Eighty-four counties. Woman Seriously Burned. Cass County.—A serious accident occurred on the farm home of Rine holt Woitsel. Mrs. Woitsel took a lighted lantern and a bucket she had just emptied of water, and was dip ping carbide out of the can and put ting it into the bucket. Gas generated from the dampness in the bucket and ignited, supposedly from the lantern, flashed up, badly burning her arms and face and. it is feared, ruined her eyesight. Prison Report. Work has been commenced on the biennial report of the Nebraska state penitentiary officials to the legisla- J ture. The report will embrace the work of the prison during the years 1311 and 1312, and will be ready for distribution among the legislators when they assemble early in Jan uary. The report will appear in book form, with illustrations of the prison. Object to Number Thirteep. Members of the new legislature of the state of Nebraska have a fine re spect for hoodooism. So far all of the state senators and representatives have refused to take seat No. 13 or seat No. 23. A friend of Senator-elect Jacob Klein of Beatrice selected seat No. 13 for him, but later Mr. Klein sent word that he could not take that number. Governor Aldrich has decided to es tablish a legal residence and make his home in Lincoln after the inaugu ration of Governor-elect Morehead next January. He will leave David City and euter the practice of law in the capital city. Solons Seek Seats. Newly elected solons of the state of Nebraska are engaged in a scram ble for desirable seats in the senate chamber and in representative hall, and Secretary of State Wait is flooded with letters, verbal requests and ap plications of friends on behalf of the new legislators. Mr. Wait is reserv ing seats as fast as they are applied for without regard for party affiliation and he ts assigning to each legislator elect the particular desk each wants as far as is in his power to grant per sonal requests. Take Up Fair Rates. Secretary W. H. Mellor of the Ne braska State Agricultural Board and Secretary H. L. Cook of the Kansas board and representatives of other western state fair associations went to Chicago to attend a meeting of the Western Passenger association in re gard to securing special fair rates next year. No low rates were granted for the expositions this year, while in former years tickets have been sold on a basis of return trips for 1% cents per mile. It was claimed they cannot afford a cut. WILLGALLGONGRESS EXTRA SESSION TO CONVENE NOT LATER THAN APRIL 15. TO REDEEM PARTY PLED8ES Tariff Revision to Be the Theme.— Party Leaders Counsel This.—Pana ma Canal to Open in 1913. New York—Governor Woodrow Wil son has announced that immediately after his inauguration as president of the United States he would call an ex traordinary session of congress to convene not later than April 15. for the purpose of revising the tariff. To | set at rest in the meantime speeula I tion as to what he would do with re ! gard to tariff revision he issued the following statement: “I shall call congress together in | extraordinary session not later than I April 15. 1 shall do this not only be | cause I think that the pledges of the | party ought to be redeemed as i promptly as possible, but also because I 1 know it to be in the interest ot business that all uncertainty as to what the particular items of tariff re vision are to be should be removed as soon as possible.” Beyond this brief announcement the governor said he had hothing further to say. Most of the opinions he had received from public men seemed to be in favor of an extra session, he de clared. Hastens Announcement. The governor did not intend to ex press himself about an extra session so soon after his election. Although he has favored the idea of an extra session because the present arrange ment would not bring the new con gress into session until thirteen months after its election, he had promised to spend more time in as certaining public opinion. The governor was impressed by the argument that with an early arrange ment democratic leaders in congress could begin to take counsel at an ear ly date so that much of the prelimi nary detail could be worked out be fore congress convened on April 15. The governor was prompted incident ally in making hjs early announce ment by the fact that many members of congress were desirous of arrang ing for accommodations in Washing ton for the extra session, if there was to be one. Immediately upon his election the governor made up his mind to wait until after he returned from his vaca tion before making known his atti tude. but upon finding, as he said, that opinion in favor of a special session was practically unanimous, he felt no hesitation about making public bis conclusion. Though the president-elect means to rest awhile in Bermuda, he really expects to give a good deal of time to quiet thought about the problems that face him. He will sketch his an nual message to the New Jersey legis lature and will do some extensive reading oa data on the tariff, monopo lies, banking and currency reforms and other issues. < NEW MILITARY PLAN. Secretary Oliver Wants States to Co operate With Government. Washington.—Some time next sum mer or fall, no exact, date being specified, a vessel will pass from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans across what is now the Isthmus of Panama, which consequently must disappear from the world’s geography, and by the same human agency, the western hemisphere will be diveded into two continents. The vessel will not be the Oregon nor any other famous ship, but will be one of the small water craft in daily use by the canal build ers; and probably the only passenger will be Colonel George W. Goethals. and the staff of American engineers. who for the last eight years have been carrying on the greatest engi neering work the world has ever seen. It will be later than that, anywhere from six months to a year, perhaps, before the formal opening of the wa terway will take place and a naval fleet headed by the famous old Ore gon, will pass through into the west ern ocean, and the canal may be fairly said to be open to trade. These facts are not of official record as yet; the date of January 1, 1915, still stands for the opening predicted by Colonel Goethals, but that the opening will be anticipated to a great extent has been promised by the canal builders in unofficial intimation of their purpose to advance the opening date, in the annual report of the canal commission, just published. It is dis closed while the completion of the great locks by January 1, next, will not be possible, owing to contract de lays, within six months thereafter the channel will be finished. May Take Up Term Question. Washington.—President Taft’s opin ion on the 6-year presidential term Is endorsed by President-elect Wilson and congress may take up this ques tion at its next session and seriously consider it. Governor-elect Very III. Wheeling. W. Va.—The condition of' Governor-elect Dr. H. D. Hatfield, ill with pneumonia at his home at Ech rnan, admittedly is grave and his con dition precarious. Rayner Suffers a Relapse. Washington.—Senator? Isador Rav ner of Maryland, who has been seri ously ill for some time at his resi dence, had a relapse and his son and other members of their immediate family were summoned hurrhidly to his beasiu*. - - ' Sink While Crossing Dam. Peoria, 111.—Two cruising launches from Chicago to St. Louis were cap sized while attempting to cross the LaGr&nge dam, below Beardstown, on the Illinois river. HAPPIEST GIRL IN WORLD Young Woman In Canada Declare* She Would Rather Plow Than Go to the Opera. Montreal.—"The happiest girl in all the world!" That is the distinction claimed by Miss Jack May. a slender bit of femininity, who owns and op erates a farm in the wilds of Canada. Not many years ago Miss May, who is the daughter of Admiral May, of the British navy, was a frilly, frothy so ciety belle. *o whom the theater, balls and card parties represented all that | was worth living for. When the Boer war broke out and, along with scores of other aristocratic young English w-omefa, she went to the front as nurse, her eves were opened to the smallness Miss Jack May. From Photo Taken When She Waa an Ens liah Society Belie. of the butterfly existence she had been ] leading. Upon her return home she at once entered the Swanlev agricul ] tural college at Kent and at the conclu . sion of her course amazed her former fashionable friends by becoming man ! ager of a dairy farm. After a time j she became working manager of an other farm in Kent, where she took active charge of all the work, grain growing, vegetable gardening, and live stock. She went direct from that farm to the Canadian west, to a ranch of 320 acres near the Canadian Pacific railway, and now all English society is interested in watching her career. ■ Not a man is employed on Miss May's entire farm. Her only companion and helper is a Canadian girl of eighteen. "Go back to society again? Not for worlds." declares this former London favorite. “I would rather plow than go to the opera. I would rather plant | corn than attend a pink tea and I much prefer currying my horses to ar raying myself in an evening gown. What's a butterfly society life in damp and foggy England compared to real j life in bright sunshine and bracing i cold?” Miss May's success had made her views on agriculture much sought after, especially among the English immigrants. Although this little English woman has sacrificed conventional feminine garb and has given up social life com pletely. she has lost none of the charm that made her a leader in British so ciety circles. Her everyday costume consists of stout leather boots and leather puttees, riding breeches of heavy blue serge, a man's shirt, and a short khaki coat. When she desires to really "dress up" for special occa sions. she wears a soft collar and tie. and a peanut smock of navy blue den im. which comes to her knees and is loosely belted around her Kaist. She is delightfully picturesque and her ! happy carefree laugh is a sure cure for | the blues. "I love the freedom of the life and the highness of things here on the ! western prairies," she said, recently ; “In England one is bound by conven tions. as one s fields are girt, with ‘ hedges. Here 1 can do as I choose : I would not go back to stay under any j consideration.” RECOVERS RING FROM RIVER Man Uses Cistern Cleaner to Draw Diamond From Deep Water at Connerville, Ind. Lawrenceburg. Ind.—Jack Kauter. a cistern cleaner of Connersrille. re covered a diamond ring belonging to George \V. von Fange. an automobile salesman, from the bottom of the ! Ohio river with his cistern cleaning j device. Mr. Von Fange was the guest of Fred ; Wuest, and was riding on the Ohio river in a motorboat. In taking some matches from his pocket his diamond ring, valued at $350. slipped from his Anger and disappeared into ten feet j of water. Kanter, after three hours of work, got the ring into the large tin can of his machine and brought it to shore. He obtained a liberal reward for his work. HIS FORTUNE TO FEED POOR Philadelphia Politican’s Estate for the Needy of His Ward—Wealth Placed at $300,000. Philadelphia. Pa.—The poor of the j Sixth ward are the final beneficiaries of the estate of Thomas J. Ryan, j Democratic leader and amusement pro- ! moter. who committed suicide October 6, and whose will was probated here. Mr. Ryan's widow will receive the income' and such part of the principal as may be necessary during her life, the residue to be paid at her death to the St. Vincent de Paul society of St. Augustine's church to provide a fund for the purchase of flour, food and fuel for needy persons living in the ward, which Mr. Ryan represented for many years in select council. 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