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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*.
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' 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. Ths
estate is valued at $300,000.
I
Patience is
No Virtue!
Be Impatient with Backache!
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languor, dirtiness
and urinary ills,
thinking them part
of woman's lot
Often it is only
weak kidneys and
Doan's Kidney
Pills would cure
the case.
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Si Chtrlf*. Mo. bays "l wa« mlsvrabl*
frx>m backache, pains In my head and
dinine*. My boost work was a burden.
I*oan‘s Kidney Pills stopped these trou
bles and removed annoyances from the
kidney secretions I have much to be
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suturne
■ SORE LiOS_
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“I'm afraid Jukes is a regular
rounder.”
“Oh, no. Jukes is a very Irregular
rounder."
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of i_
In Use For Over 30*YearsT*
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
□iana of the Air.
The beautiful and athletic Eleanors
Sears, at a luncheon at Sherry's, said
of aviation:
“I like the biplane well enough, and
the monoplane I am simply head over
heels in love with."
To this remark one of Miss Sears'
many unsuccessful suitors answered
reproachfully:
“Ah. another case of man fceiW sup
planted by machinery!”
Shop Talk.
The Inventor was talking to himself.
“What with my heatless light, my
leakless fixtures, my invisible ash
can and my disappearing bed. I have
made the life of the urbanite well
worth the living."
“Wrong!" corrected the down
weighted Benedict. 'You have yet to
perfect the footless meter and the
vanishing gas bill.”—Judge.
Lot ot Money Well Spent.
Arthur Blanchard, who spends much
of his time traveling over the coun
try, for the government, was seated
behind a bride and groom in a Pull
man car one afternoon when the train
went through a long tunnel. As It
emerged into the light of day the
bride was grabbing desperately at her
hat and fighting three fast rounds
with one or two hairpins which had
become loosened.
In order to relieve the situation and
inject some harmless conversation
Into the gap Blanchard remarked:
"This tunnel cost $12,000,000.”
“Well.” said the bride judicially, “it
was worth iL”—Popular Magaxine.
SCOFFERS
Often Make the Staunchest Converts.
The man who scoffs at an idea or
doctrine which he does not fully un
derstand has at least the courage to
show where be stands.
The gospel of Health has many con
verts who formerly laughed at the
Idea that coffee and tea, for example,
ever hurt anyone. 1,'pon looking into
the matter seriously, often at the sug
gestion of a friend, such persons
have found that Postum and a friend's
advice have been their salvation.
“My sister was employed in an east
ern city where she had to do calculat
ing,” writes an Okla. girl "She suf
fered with headache until she was al
most unfitted for duty.
“Her landlady persuaded her to quit
coffee and use Postum and la a few
days she was entirely free from head
ache." (Tea is just as injurious as
coffee because it contains caffeine, the
same drug found in coffee.) “She told
her employer about it. and on trying
It, he had the same experience.
“My father and I have both suffered
much from nervous headache since I
can remember, but we scoffed at the
idea advanced by my sister, that cof
fee was the cause of our trouble.
“However, we finally quit coffee and
began using Postum. Father has had
but one headache now in four years,
due to a severe cold, and 1 have lost
my headaches and sour stomach,
which I am now convinced came from
coffee.
“A cup of good, hot Postum is sat
isfying to me when I do not care to
eat a meal. Circumstances caused
me to locate in a new country and 1
feared I would not be able to get my
favorite drink. Postum, but I was
relieved to find that a full supply is
kept here with a heavy demand for
it.” Name given by Postum Co,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Read “The Road to Wellville," in
pkgs. “There’s a reason.”
Kvcr read the above letter? A sew
aae appears from (lac to time. Tfeer
are areantae. trae. aad tall at hnmaa
latereat. Adv.