The Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
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Congress.
Prepared to begin debate on rivers
and harbors appropriation bill.
Resumed consideration of rivers !
and harbors appropriation bill.
Representative Cannon spoke in fa- I
vor of Lincoln memorial structure
bill.
Immediate action on North river
pier bills was urged before commerce
committee.
"Money trust” investigating commit
tee heard the last bankers on its list
of witnesses.
James J. Hill and several bankers
examined by “money trust” investigat
ing committee.
Merchant marine committee con
tinued its investigation into alleged
Veamship pools.
Shipping pool investigating com
hiittee heard testimony on trans-At
lantic lines traffic.
Manufacturers of flax, hemp, jute,
etc., before tariff revision hearing
ways and means committee.
Samuel Gompers asked judiciary
committee to postpone action on
workmen's compensation bill.
Disagreed to senate amendment to
executive and judicial appropriation
bill and asked for a conference.
Representative Moore, before public \
buildings committee, urged $1,000,000
appropriation for new custom house at
•Philadelphia.
Consideration of conference report
on immigration bill was objected to
and notice was given that it would be
called up Saturday.
Appropriation of $1,000,000 for relief
of Ohio valley flood sufferers provided
in resolutions introduced by Repre- ,
eentative Stanley.
Interstate commerce committee |
heard protests of Louisville & Nash
ville railroad representatives on Stan
ley terminal facilities.
Colonel Goethals, before the house
naval affairs committee, said a force
of 25.0(H) soldiers was necessary to
guard the Panama canal.
Pensions for Spanish war veterans’
widows were advocated before the
pensions committee at a hearing on
the Crago bill passed by the house.
Two bills incorporating the Amer
ican Academy of Fine-Arts andLetters
and the National Institute of Arts '
and Letters were passed by the sen- i
ate.
Federal prisoners having served fif
teen years of life sentences will here
after be eligible for parole, if Presi
dent Taft signs the bill passed by the
senate.
The senate passed the bill creating
a “peace centennial commission” and
appropriating $100,000 for observ
ance of 100th anniversary of treaty
of Ghent.
Chairman Graham of the Interior '
department expenditures committee. I
made a report charging that many
frauds had been committed against
White Earth Indians.
Colonel Goethals gave his views on
the Panama canal zone civil govern
ment to the house appropriations
committee for use in drafting a sun- j
drv civil appropriation bill.
Provisions of the eight-hour law
applicable to all employes on gov- j
ernment contract work were extend
ed to employes on river and harbor
improvements when the senate pass
ed the house bill amending the orig- |
inal law.
A bill introduced by Representative
Taylor of Colorado to permit home
steaders acquiring sixty acres of pub
lic land to take an additional sixty
acres without living on the property
for five years, as the law' now re
quires, w'as passed by the house.
Genera*.
Cotton tariff revision nearing con
tinued by ways and means committee.
Five more indictments were found
by the special grand jury investigat
ing New York's “arson trust.”
D. C. Dodge and S. M. Perr were
appointed receivers for the Denver,
Northwestern & Pacific railroad by
United States District Judge R. E.
Lewis in Denver.
Participants in the proposed reun- •
Ion commemorating the fiftieth anni- j
versary of the battle of Gettysburg ]
will decide for themselves whether !
to appear in their old uniforms.
For the first time in its history Salt ,
Lake City has at its head a socialist ;
mayor, Henry W. Lawrence.
American securities at London open- !
ed steady and a fraction higher today.
Part of the list later declined under I
realizing.
The biggest restaurants in Berlin
Bow compel waiters to say thanks
when guests pay their bill, even when
no tip is given.
Four additional jurors were sworn
to try Clarence S. Darrow on the
charge of having bribed a juror in
the McNamara case, leaving but two
places to be filled.
Representative Humphrey intro
duced a bill to close the Panama ca
nal to trust owned ships.
John P. White of Oskaloosa was re
elected president of the United Mine
Workers of America over A. Bradley
of Mount Olive, III., by 95,668% votes.
Only one regiment of United States
Infantry, the Seventeenth, from Fort
McPherson, Ga., will participate in
the inaugural parade, March 4.
Attorney General Wickersham
asked the supreme court to send at
once to the federal district court at
New York its mandate in the “cotton
corner case.”
Merit counts high with Governor
Wilson in his appointments.
Eight ballots left the Illinois speak
ership deadlock unbroken.
Free meat and possibly cattle loom
up as a probable part of the new
tariff bill.
A'Lincoln crowd saw Luther Mc
Carty, white heavyweight champion,
in action.
The alleged telephone monopoly is
to be taken in hand by the interstate
commerce commission.
President Taft has approved the
note sent in reply to the British con
vention on Panama canal tolls.
The democratic majority in the Del
aware legislature again failed to agree
upon a United States senator.
The Diamond Match company paid
fines aggregating $2,000 for violation
of the Wisconsin child labor law.
The deadlock in the New Hamp
shire legislature over the choice of a
United States senator continued.
The interstate commerce commit
sion finds there is basis for the com
plaint that coal prices are too high
At Neenah. Wis„ a young girl, em
ployed in one of the paper mills
there, has found $110 in a bundle of
rags.
Head Consul A. R. Talbot urgeE
end of M. W. A. rate quarrel and says
old rates will stand until 1914 meet
ing.
Arguments on points of law- con
Burned almost the entire day of the
trial of officials of the National Cash
Register company in Cincinnati.
Prof. O. V. P. Stout of the Uni
versity of Nebraska is attending a
meeting of the deans of enginering
department in land grant colleges.
The largest and most powerful bat
tleship afloat, the Brazilian super
dreadnought Rio de Janeiro was
launched from the slips at Elswick
England.
State Senator J. B. Sanford of
Uliah, Cal., democratic national com
mitteeman for California, introduced
a joint resolution in the senate favor
ing Asiatic exclusion.
Nathan Straus sailed for the Holy
Land to establish twenty-one soup
kitchens in Jerusalem and to do what
ever else he can to alleviate the suf
fering of the Jews in Palestine.
Equal suffragists were successful in
having a resolution providing for the
submission of the question to the vot
ers introduced into the lower house
of the Iowa legislature.
The house on the Fred Troutner
farm, five miles northeast of Colo, la.,
burned to the ground while the family
was away from home. The origin of
the fire is unknown. The loss will
reach $3,000.
Extension of the Sherman anti-trust
law provisions to combinations of
farmers or laborers is proposed in an
amendment to the anti-trust law intro
ducement by Representative Byrne of
Tennessee.
With the clause eliminated requir
ing aliens entering this country to
have certificates of character, the con
ference report on the immigration bill
was reported to the house by Repre- j
sentative Gardner of Massachusetts.
President Taft presented to Capt
Josephus E. Cecil, of the Eighteenth
United States infantry the medal of
honor voted to him by congress for 1
gallantry in action in the Philippines
in March, 1906.
Competition has hurt the arson
business in New York City. The
grand jury, which has already indict
ed several property owners and in
surance adjusters, al’eged to be mem
bers of the so-called "arson trust,"
learned that a large group of inde
pendent operators were responsible
for nearly as many fires as the “trust”
itself.
An address by Former Governor ;
Hadley of Missouri cn the subject of .
“Progressive Jurisprudence" was the |
leading feature of the program at the
annual meeting of the New York i
State Bar association. At the elec- j
tion of officers which will conclude [
the meeting Judge Alton B. Parker
will be named as president of the
association.
Mr. Harry Garrison, one of the
most widely known residents of this
section of the state, celebrated his j
one hundredth birthday anniversary ;
at his home at Mallard creek. The ;
entire membership of Mecklenburg
camp of confederate veterans of
this city made a pilgrimage to the
home of the centenarian to help In j
the celebration.
Federal Judge Holt postponed for
one week his decision on the writ
of habeas corpus in the case c-f Ed
ward F. Mylius, the Belgian journal
1st, ordered deported as an undesir
able alien. Mylius will spend the
week at EJlis island. The writ, if
granted, would give him his freedom
under bond until the courts deter- j
mine whether he may enter the coun
try.
Alex Shuttle, a mail carrier of
Mankato. Minn., shot and killed
Joseph Budde, a policeman of the
same city, and then turned the wea
pon on himself with fatal results
while on board a Chicago & North
western railway train-. It is believed
Shutte was insane. He recently
threatened to kill Governor Eber
hart of Minneapolis because of some
fancied wrong.
William R. Bernhardt of Cincinnati,
who entered the federal prison trere
with other labor leaders convicted
with the “dynamite conspiracy,” was
released on bond of $10,000.
Personal.
Members of the French cabinet for
mally tendered their resignations to
the new president.
Democrats in congress are exer
cised over Wilson's silence regarding
policies of his cabinet.
Women of New York believe the
chances are good for a suffrage
amendment to the constitution.
Miss Helen Miller Gould was mar
ried to Finley Shepard at her country
house Lyndehurst, on the Hudson.
Major Jonah McLeland, former
mayor of Sioux City, uied in Chicago,
following an operation of appendicitis.
Clarence S. Harrow, once tried and
acquitted on the charge of having
bribed a juror in the McNamara case,
is now being tried the second time.
With his brain pierced by a large
caliber bullet and part of his skull
shattered, Glenn Adams, a 20-year
old farm hand from Peru, who at
tempted suicide at his home Monday,
may live. \
ALLIES THREATENIHO
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ACTION PART OF PROGRAM TO
BRING PRESSURE ON TURKS.
NOT ANXIOUS TO RESUME WAR
Balkan Delegates Will Draft Note
Explaining Why Peace Confer
ence Must Be Ended.
London.—The Balkan plenipotentia
ries who have* received full powers
'rom their respective governments, ap
pointed a committee to draft a note
to the- Turkish plenipotentiaries ex
plaining why the peace conference
must now be considered broken off. It
is hoped the draft will be ready for
approval by the full delegation Mon
day night.
This action of the allies is part of
a series of well-considered forms of
pressure with which the Balkan dele
gates hope to obtain their object with
out resuming the war.
The meeting lasted for an hour and
a half and the course to be followed
was given earnest consideration. Two !
distinct views were manifested—one ■
for the immediate rupture of the nego
tiations. leading to a resumption of
the war and the other favoring a tem
porizing policy, in order to avoid ir
revocable steps. The latter course tri- I
umphed and a committee was appoint- I
ed, consisting of one member from
each delegation.
Arguments Again Outlined.
General lines were laid down on
which the note is to be drafted, com
prising the arguments already set
forth many times as to why the
league demands the surrender of
Adrianople and the Aegean islands as
in indispensable condition to the
conclusion of peace.
That the policy of the allies is to j
gain time is patent and does not de- ,
ceive anybody. The delegates decid
=d that the advantages to be derived
front the resumption of hostilities
would be in proportion to thp risks
they ran and that they would not taka
that step unless absolutely forced to .
do so. It is realized that even a j
partial reverse would have grave j
moral and material consequences |
apart from the loss of thousands of
men.
In addition, the fact is not over
looked that there is danger of Ru- :
mania advancing from the rear and
of Austria imposing on Servia and
Montenegro its conditions for remain
ing neutral. The only disatvantage
in delaying decisive action is in keep
ing large armies inactive and on a
war footing for a long time, thus ;
heavily taxing both the financial and
agricultural resources of the country.
Attempted Shooting.
Paris.—A Barcelona dispatch to
the Petit Parisien reports an attempt
to assassinate Archduke Louis Salva
tor of Tuscany. While the archduke
was walking in the grounds of his
estate at Miramix. in the Balearic is
land, a workman employed on the es- \
late fired at him several times with
a revolver. One of the bullets grazed
the archduke and severely wounded
a governess.
Gunboat Wheeling at Vera Cruz
Vera Cruz.—The United States gun- i
boat Wheeling, which was ordered to
Vera Cruz by the American govern
ment because of reports of alarming
conditions in that section, arrived
there Sunday morning. The reception j
of the Americans will be cold, as 1
Mexicans are not particularly pleased
at tlie visit of an American warship.
Laid to Final Rest.
Annapolis, Md.—With simple, bnt ;
impressive ceremonies the body of
John Paul Jones, first admiral of the •
American navy, today was placed in
the new crypt under the Naval acad
emy chapel. Secretary of the Navy
Meyer, French Ambassador Jusserand
and Governor Goldsborough were
among those present.
Killed by French Soldiers.
Mekins, Morocco.—The French
punitive expedition under Colonel
Reibell yesterday routed a large
force of Benimiguld and Benietien
tribesmen, after a five-hour fight The
French casualty list numbered fifteen
killed and wounded. The Moors left
fifty dead on the field.
Congressman Smith Dead.
Los Angeles.—Sylvester Clark
Smith of Bakersfield, member of con
gress from the Eighth California dis
trict, died here Sunday.
Bank Robbed; Cashier Locked Up.
Oklahoma City.—After robbing the
State bank of Mounds, Okl.. and lock
ing Cashier C. T. Brown in the looted
vaults, three masked men escaped
with $3,500 in currency and silver.
Joseph H. Choate is 81.
New York.—Joseph H. Choate, for
mer United States ambassador to
Great Britain, received the congratu
lations of many friends on the occa
sion of his eighty-first birthday anni
versary. Mr. Choate is in excellent
health.
R. W. Bell Elected U. S. Senator.
Nashville, Tenn.—Prof. R. W. Bell
of Bell Buckle, independent democrat
was elected United.States senator for
the term ending March 4, next. He de
feated M. T. Bryan Of Nashville.
Rebels Cut Railway.
El Paso, Tex.—After traffic had
been resumed between Chihuahua city
and the border, the Mexican Central
railway was cut by rebels between
Jiminez and Torreon on the main line
to Mexico City. FV>ur hundred troops
departed to patrol the railway.
Work on Fremont Bridge Started.
Fremont, Neb.—After many delays,
work started on the Platte river bridge
south of Fremont An all-steel bridge
is to be erected to replace the cne
swept out by the flood last spring.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Brownville Is to have a new bank.
Hastings Y. M. C. A. will try to in
irease its membership to 500.
Louisville's new waterworks are
aow completed and in running order.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
several business houses at Stockham.
The Baptist congregation at Guide
Rock expects to begin revival services
soon.
The dates for the farmers’ institute
in Burt county will be February IS
and 19.
Fruit growers of southeast Ne
braska have organized a co-operative
society.
Greeley county is advertising for
bids for the, construction of a new
court house.
There was over 100,000 gallons of
cider made at the factory at Stella
the past season.
Mellow weather last week inter
ferred considerably with the, ice har
vest over the state.
The new Congregational church at
York will be ready for dedication
early in the spring.
Owing to the warm weather last
week the Northwestern discontinued
its ice harvest near Fremont.
The Union Pacific stone crusher
east of Wvmore has closed down on
account of weather conditions.
According to an investigation by
the board of agriculture. Nebraska
heads the list, per capita, in cattle.
The new athletic park contemplated
by a number of prominent men of
Beatrice will probably be given up.
Klmer Feeder, a Clay county farmer,
had his left hand badly mutilated by
a power wood saw lie was operating.
Harvard chapter No. 70, O. E. S„
celebrated the twentieth anniversary
of its organization in an appropriate
manner.
The Improved Order of Redmen ot
Plattsmouth. at its last meeting, ar
ranged for the third annual fiddlers’
contest.
Ceresco is wrought up over a nura
her of "black hand" letters received
by several of the citizens of that
vicinity.
l lie annual meeting or tne .Johnson
County Medical society was held in
Tecumseh, Thursday. The attendance
was good.
Sparks from a stove in the laundry
nt the asylum at Lincoln started a
tire in a shed, but it was put out with
little damage.
Jasper L. MeBrien, former state su
perintendent. of public instruction, has
been elected superintendent of the
Harvard schools.
Father J. M. J. Reade, for live
years rector of St. Theresa's pro
cathedral in Lincoln, died last week
at Manhattan. Kas.
The Wymore volunteer fire depart
ment elected as delegates to the state
firemen's convention Chief Henry An
derson and E. Graham.
Descendants of Henry Harmon and
wife of Auburn, to die number of
sixty-nine, held a reunion at their
home at that plaee last week.
Rev. John H. Andress, pastor of the
First Congregational church of Weep
ing Water, has received a call to be
come pastor at Sheridan. Wyo.
County Superintendent Jackson has
arranged for a Hamilton county read
ing contest for pupils in the rural
schools, at Aurora, February 14.
The farmers' institute held at Car
roll. Wednesday and Thursday, was
well attended and more interest was
shown than in any previous year.
The remains of Mrs. Lula Lauretts.
whose death resulted from burns at
her home in Braner, Mo., were interred
in the cemetery at Peru, this state, i
A farmers’ institute will be held in !
Wymore. February IT and IS. There
will be seed and soil tests by govern
ment experts, in addition to regulai
features.
Hooper is facing a hard coal famine
Not a ton of the stove sizes of anthra
cite has been on \ sale for several
weeks and hard coal stoves are being '
relegated to the woodshed to make i
room for soft coal burners.
Having secured- electric light, a
water plant, paving, good roads and a
$:16,000 opera house, the people of Dil- ■
ler have organized a band.
At a meeting of the Gage County
Corn Improvement association the ex- .
ecutive committee was given authori
try to employ an expert agriculturist j
to devote his entire time to Gage j
countv
Nebraska boasts the unique distinc
tion of having a hand separator on
the farms for every ten milch cows in
the state and the creamery butter out
put for the last year is estimated at
fifty million pounds
Last week was observed by the
churches of Aurora as a week of
prayer with union services each even
ing in the Presbyterian church.
While shelling corn with a gasoline
engine Ed Kunkle of Shelton got his
left arm caught in the cogs of the
sheller and so badly crushed that two
fingers were amputated.
The state normal at Wayne is en
tering upon the winter term with 100
new students, which renders the at
tendance the largest since the state
bought the institution. The entire en
rollment for the school year will prob
ably reach 800.
Miss Hulda Peterson, formerly coun
ty superintendent of Phelps county,
has been secured by the department
of agricultural extension to take
charge of the boys and girls’ work
which is being carried on throughout
the state under the direction of this
department.
Three university students of Fair
bury. Harry D. Rigdon. Lloyd Cooper
and Lester Westling, had the distinc
tion of walking from Lincoln'to Fair
bury—a distance of seventy-five miles.
It took two days to make the “hike”
and the students claim they enjoyed
the trip hugely.
M. M. Falk of Beatrice has pur
chased the Plymouth News and has
assumed charge of the plant.
C. W. Crawford, a Fairbury busi
ness man, treated his customers with
a supply of lettuce by parcels post.
The state association of county and
district fairs will hold its annual
meeting at Lincoln January 21, in
connection with th« meeting of or
ganized agriculture.
Ainsworth claims to be one of the
largest shipping points of any city
of its size in the state. There have
been 846 cars of products shipped
out of this place and 6.i4 cars received.
BREAKS TjlE RECORD
MORE THAN 300 BILLS PRE
SENTED SECOND WEEK.
NAME THE HOUSE EMPLOYES
Committee on Employes Report List
Of Names to the House—Both
Parties Favor the Direct
Election Bill.
T.incoln—Over 200 bills introduced
fn the house and nearly a hundred in
the senate, in four days last week,
set a new record for the starting of a
legislative session and indicate that
the total number will reach approxi
mately 1,000, about the same as two
years ago, notwithstanding that the
time for offering them is cut in half.
A wide variety of subjects is em
braced in the measures now before
the legislature. There are half a
dozen "blue sky-’ bills, an e'jual num
ber of board of control and workmen's
compensation bills, a long list of pro
HENRY C. RICHMOND
Chief Clerk of the 1911 Session of the
House and Re-elected for the Pres
ent Session.
posed road laws, several bills looking 1
toward public ownership of different
utilities, cud bills on almost every
other subject that an ambitious law
maker could think of.
Fully a dozen constitutional amend
ments have already been proposed,
some doing away with elective offices,
others to change the method ot
amending the constitution, some pro
viding for changes in the jury system,
and one or two to lay the foundation
for a new system of revenue and tax
ation.
Lincoln—The committee on em
ployes has reported the following em
ployes to the house:
Mail carrier—B. Achneringer.
Day watch—Joe Burr.
Custodians—P. H. Hanchettj. Dus
Horan, John Montgomery, C. Nitsell.
John Peters. A. Wanmer, A. Crawford :
Chief clerk in bill room—George
Sites.
Janitors—W. H. Arnold. A. Hamler
Page for speaker—J. O'Malley!
Gateman—S. B. Kiser.
Copyists—Rosie Fries. Bena Towle
Margaret Regan. Ella Schueth, Mary j
Brady, Leslie Palmer, Mrs. Gray |
Bemis, Myrtle Knudson. Minnie May
Barker, Merl Johnston. Jane Weeth.
Clerks—Francis Bartels, Mary M
Gallagher, M. S. Swaynie, Mr. White
sides, Thomas Langston. Frank Per
kins, A. J. Silger, H. E. McRae, Beech
Cannon. Walter Weiss, James Lad
man. C. Patrick. Anna Gass. 0nna
Hartnett. Jeannette White, J. L.
Tewell. Mr. Newcomb.
Uloakmen—F. J. Jonas, Joe Lameer
John H. Felber, William Connealley,
James Rritton.
Chief messenger—R. L. Metcalfe, jr. j
Pages—Arthur Pearson. James !
Sharrick, David Moreland, Fred j
Lange.
Night watch—C. G. Van Ness, John j
Beaniger.
Stenographers—Ella Lindbald. Hel \
en Knapp, Arthur E. Howard, A. O. j
Gronquist.
The election of a United States sen
ator and the first consideration of
proposed legislation will feature the
week's sessions of the state legisla
ture. George W. Norris will be
elected senator in all probability. The
votes will be cast under the Oregon
plan, in accordance with the people's*
vote, November 5, and there is no un
certainty as to the result. Instead of
sweating in smoky hotel lobbies, trad
ing and bartering senatorial votes,
members of the legislature peacefully
spent the week-end in sundry occupa
tions befitting the day.
Pool checks, trading stamps, beer
checks and even postage stamps
offered in payment for any article of
fered for sale will be prohibited by
law if Snyder of Adams can push a
bill through to that effect, which he
introduced during the morning. The
bill prohibits the offering in payment
tor anything whatsoever any written
or printed stamp, tin, aluminum or
check of any other material. This will
cut out the rebate checks offered in
any place of business in connection
with cash purchases registered on the
cash register.
Senator Ollis’ board of control bill,
setting out the duties of this new
state institution, was introduced in
the upper house Wednesday. It pro
vides for $3,000 annual salaries for
each member and sets out that the
governor shall appoint them not later
than the fortieth day of the present
session. Four-year terms are also to
be provided for the heads of the vari
ous state institutions, if the bill is not
altered on its passage through the
legislative mill. A secretary provided
for by the bill is to draw $1,S30 yearly
salary.
ODD CEREMONY IN TURKEY
Picturesque Occasion Occurs Weekly
in Constantinople When the Sul
tan Goes to Pray.
Constantinople.—One of the most
picturesque sights in Constantinople
is a Selamlik, or sultan's levee, a cer
emony which takes place weekly.
Those invited under the ex-sultan's
reign had seats in a pavilion which
faced the mosque and thus saw the
arrival and departure of his majesty
when he went to pray on Friday, the
Mohammedan Sabbath.
Nowhere out of Constantinople do
more nationalities jostle each other,
and the color and variety of dress is
amazing. The hill leading to the
mosque where 1 attended a Selamlik
was a blaze of color, writes Lady Jep
son in the Queen. Cavalry and ina
rif.es. foot soldiers and sailors lined
the road, and behind these stood
Tu-ks, Serbs, Bulgars. Greeks, Levan
Mosque of the Sultan at Sweet Water,
Constantinople.
tines. English, Americans, Germans
and Russians.
Many were the curious tales which
teached us of Abdul Hamid. He lived
chiefly on eggs, they said, served a
la Coq, because it would require the
skill of a Borgia to poison them. His
terror of assassination was so abject ,
that he never left the Yildiz palace ex- j
cept to say his prayers once a week '
at his mosque, and he employed a ;
"taster” like any mediaeval mon- j
arch.
The ex-sultan, as all the world |
knows, was and is an enemy to prog- i
ress and reform and excessively nar- :
row in his views. The Young Turks
had a bad time of it under his sway, ;
and women a worse one. He en- j
forced strict seclusion for Turkish
women, forbade them even to leave
the country after they were old enough
to be veiled, and obliged all respect- '
able women to be indoors by sun
set.
Even now, under a more enlighten
ed rule, although they go out and
about the streets disguised in yash
mak and ferejeh, the Turkish lady is
lucky if a spy does not follow in her
wake ready to report to a jealous
husband the slightest indiscretion.
One of our party passed a high wall
on his wav to the Selamlik, which
his dragoman informed him was that
of a harem. "The walls must be
high,” said the Turk, "since women
are so bad."
We waited long in our pavilion for ;
the sultan, a/id were relieved when at !
last his coming was heralded by men ;
who scattered gravel before him on j
the hill. Abdul Hamid was a hand
some old man with refined features,
a prominent nose and a good carriage.
He was dressed simply and he wore
no decorations. As he drove past
the troops cheered him in a strange
low key, unlike any other hurrah I
have ever heard. It is etiquette that
all eyes should be cast down as the
mighty sultan goes by.
Behind Abdul Ilamid the ladies of
his harem drove in closed carriages,
but they did not enter the mosque,
women in Turke yhaviug no souls!
FIREMEN MAY FORM UNION
Boston Hose and Ladder Men to Talk
Over Plan to Have an
Organization.
Boston.— Boston's firemen are con
sidering a step that may earn for them
the distinction of being the first of
any city in the east to affiliate them
selves with organized labor. The
members of the department—the hose
men and laddermen—have agreed to
meet to decide definitely whether or
not they want to affiliate with the
American Federation of l,abor. It is
believed the bulk of the firemen will
favor such a step. The promoters of
the movement explain that, while the
proposed organization will be a regu
lar labor union there will be no dan
ger of its members making arbitrary
demands upon the city for increased
pay or shorter hours, much less of a
"walkout" when called to 'fight a
fire.
PENCIL CHEWiNG IS FATAL
Springfield Boy Who Swallowed Piece
of Wood at School Four Years
Ago Is Dead.
Springfield, 111 —Myron B. Chapman,
aged fifteen years, son of Mrs. Eliz
abeth Chapman of this city, a student
in the public schools, chewed the end
□f his pencil four years ago while in
school. He died from tuberculosis,
brought on by the chewing of the pen
cil. He swallowed a piece of the
wood. It lodged in the right side.
Physicians were unable to aid him.
Fined for Killing Rat.
New Ycrk.—It is against the law of
the sovereign state of New York to let
a cat kill a rat, and Henry Franklin
has had to pay a $5 fine. The Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals prosecuted.
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER
— And it does better f
work. Simply follow
your customary method
of preparation — add a
little less of Calumet
than when using ordi
nary baking powder. J
Then watch the result, J
Light, fluffy, and even- 3
ly raised — the baking |
comes from the oven |
more tempting, tastier,
more wholesome.
Calumet insures the baking of an |
expert. Ask your grocer uxlay.
RECOVED
HIGHEST AWARDS
Vac don't save money when you bag
cheap or big-can baling powder. Don’t
be misled. Bay Calumet It's mote
economical — more wholesome — gives
best results. Calumet is fat superior to
soar milk and soda.
Not on the Program.
A little four-year-old girl, whose par
ents had been discussing an approach
ing meeting in connection with the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children, begged to be taken. Her
mother explained that the meeting
would not amuse her, but she persist
ed in her demand, and finally her
mother agreed to take her if she prom
ised to be very quiet.
She was very good throughout the
greater part of the proceedings, but
after listening patiently to the
speeches for some time she whispered
to her' mother:
“Mummy, this is dull! When is the
cruelty going to begin?”
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES
Allen’s Foot-Ease, tne Antiseptic powder for
tired, aching, swollen, nervous feet. Gives
rest and comfort. Makes walking a delight.
Sold everywhere, 25c. Don't accept any sub
stitute. For FREE sample address Alien S.
Olmsted, L.e Roy. N. Y. Adv.
Real Test.
Cabe—How do you tell a genuine
diamond from a fake?
Steve—Try to hock it
LEWIS’ Single Hinder eigar is smoked
bv more men who have been smoking 10e
e:g.ir« :han any other 5c cigar on the
market. Adv
Of Course.
“What did your lawyer say when
you stated your purpose to him?”
"He said it was fees-ible.”
Many a girl fails to select the right
husband because she's afraid of being
left.
Nebraska Directory
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today for our special money-saying offer. Mention
this paper. MOSHER * LAMPMAS, OMAHA, KEBRASkA
THE PAXTON
Rooms from *1.00 np single, 75 cents up double
CATS PRICES REASONABLE
Consign your HORSES & MULES to
WALKER & BLAIN
RII PTH R I* CUBED In a few days
nwr I unt without pain or a si.
peal operation No pay until cured Writ*
UK. WRAY. 307 By Bldg, Omaha, N*“
Cox-Jones-Van Alstine Co
The Old Reliable Company of Snmh n*.*h *
i^ver. WE will give woSr coiwfgnmenStSe 5?s1
of attention and sell them for MighctnrirZm* _
mi your order for Feeders WUh*bSd"I
stock at market price. GIVE US°A TBIAlJ
MURPHY DID IT Truck Biu?de^saKKe"
busmess. Andrew Murph, 4 Son Omiha
COTTON SEED PRODUCTS
We sell all feed used by the feeders.iu car and ton
lots. Our prices areright. We buy empty
FEEDERS SUPPLY COMPANY
Lwe Stock Exchange Bldg. South Omaha