EPITOME OF EVENTS
PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO
•SANT SCBJECTS.
ABE SHORT 30! INTERESTING
Br tf Me-t.rwi of Wm! is Transpiring
la V*ri|iA Stct.cr.t of Our Osn
ana Foreign Countries
WASHINGTON
T.r mui» rv«( ..med ih*- a'rrttsle
PKniw-m- <-mn. .aston to iateMiutt
fluent That retries : ji« been r««lt
ed fr n. ratlrm* ;* by the luited
Hist#* isteel ii>r|iuraii'm
See retary ut-ou adversely r#-p»rt
H ust the | an t*» p 4f» d< -*<jrs and
•swa klrarl all in.migrant ship*.
• t-r. *-■ «#--ad ■#!<•«»! • till to
npwliot
liifsrf Senator J C S. liiae klmrn
Of Krk’wi) has lefti appointed a
sn-nitMf ul the IJitrola memorial com
•t #*» »u by l’r»i|fi,i H wi. to sue
pH tl • ate IfSesi f Khe.b> M t'ul
lott: ttt UIimixNs.
To admiti.-tral.cn o! Alas
ka Sena.{or <karate r lain has
lotrod ace-d a till for ab Alaskan d*
»♦ , »t d to bate- jur dicta**
nod ' -..*-r bueUie** of tin* telTi
lory re a distributed a toeing tarlous
depart n -fcts la Washington.
The S'.auutii^ ut Colonel ' ieortc*
*' (ruethats to b- ruo-riiiir of the
I'kUli.s <ai.il was continued by the
*eti*Ir The appoint lie nt become** et
fe.|jte April 1. lilt. With president
Vt ileua'a «#i«t* r creating a permanent
*i» I! government (or the canal tame.
Kepfe-. matte Min* of TmiK ssw.
chairman of the |a<«»offl*-e committee
retat **dure«l a |<»|i>ffln- bill, amended
•o as to prohibit any ratal fine de
llrer> rinvr. after June neit,
ft-oot rwr-Httnc more tliau $1 :'*<t a
year -alary
• s •
l''i aotrf l>neral Hnrle-son 1«
tvl aa ord. r dire* ting that parcel
of mien .llaueoua primed matter
weii-hibg ii.ore than four pound* shall
l» Bnespli d for null ng at parcel
|«*-t rat*-* »ben within the limit of
».r* and weight for pare- I pust mat
ter
Further hearten* <*« the p opowil to I
l>*tr the fitOMwl taL* liter iml* |
at *i l fields iu Oklahoma and
ctstne-t a ptp*- line to !*•.• Coif of
Miikii to caasene a ftief supply to
the hat) *w held at the Interior d*
twirls»-ht before « onunUeinner Sella |
of the Indian office. and l.lent* nanl
Cuaaaatir llnyd of the naty. de
•s.-aed b» Secretaries l_ino and ,
lain- > to make the m.jury
DOMESTIC.
the done of the eapitoi at Wash
Inr 'ii ha* recent|y been reuot atinl
• ith uttv Air tons of ]»aixit.
<*f T .'t utfitial bti.ls m the Unit
ed >Me» i «|; hale appi <il for llietu
Iwc.hip in the tie* t.-deral yatett.
The Se» Vork diatrt t attorney's
•hr *»*»■ ta that habit -form teg drug*
ar«- Meid la that ill) in a|<|ialiiug
•llaillitie*
A laniefn A t’o. of Near Orleans.
«*e it the lifr-t stale etporting ton
cem* la the sooth have been placed
la the lunar of a rwettw.
Srmer Mi>«* James I* Plo-laa of
8u hiadsrb has formally announc
ed hts uaddart for the democrat W
tuu.:iab"t for l ulled States senator
“I alarerely hop* that when the
*ew charter «d New York city ;s pre
sented tu the state legislature n vlll
fonts in a ttx.ils.on for the netll of
(he mayor, la order that the people
of the city may recall him. If bis poll
re* are not nght.“ Ma; or Mttchel
• >i« at a tambeoa gum at the city
tab < f .Va York
Senator I ottr «*i*e o| fTtiio baa pre
seated to 1‘tetidrtit Wilson the name
of ltepre~entame Sharp of Ohio for
•hlanihir t»» Nttaaia. The president
le would take the name under
*M*raUoh
t.itt.ird hot. former . hief for
eater of the t utted Stales ha- been
forte*!!) tented to be til** progre-Kive
candidate io.- I'n.ted Stab-* senator
from Penns t It an ta to succeed Holes
Penrose. The invitation was extend
ml al a r-inference of Washington
party leaders at Harrisburg. Pa.
Tke I •tlud Main*- Uartl of
kn <k nr4»iW alt trhmb rliiiwd fur
»a indefinite period aa a preraution
W< arvurr u> prevent the epro-ad of
•auilp'i Thirteen lk<nund pupils
nr*
A 1) furm.-d oricaniaatkm. with
|c«k|<iarl(f> ia Washington. ia
promising the Wilson and succeeding
aavuKtratXt. a demonstration of
wkal “ptl U-n* publicity" really la.
'Irat bulletin of wkal ia known aa
tkr national voters- league kaa been
tau»-d It contains auur spicy facta.
MarCaa are totat to be popular
again Ikta year a moot the women of
IwabM'tt. curding to deetgnera who
ate • tbiMtwt at a atyle abow opened
wnter tie autpko* of the Chicago
Utrurat Manufacturer's aaaociation.
The Miaaoari Slate Hoard of Par
goo* deriioed to grant commutation
•r panJua to FYedorirk Seymour
l lurd' Harringi m.i who tiaa nerved
w*ea tewra for the murder of James
l> Mr kaa. • wealthy stockman. June
17 |u»r Harrington claims to be a
member of the Ktgttsh nobility,
a a e
William Ask. member of a band of
asranteffetters. *ho made $S hank
Motes to Troy. N Y. and circulated
iB \ca York, baa been aontenc
gd to t» »B tk® ,§itn* P®**
tt AUwiUl
loe Tinker mys the Federals plan
a raid of minor baseball league*.
• • •
The Original manuscript of Bret
Harte a 1 hankful Blos*om,” brought
17 ‘ at :.n auction in New York.
| Prefer Ik W. Vanderbilt's yacht
Warrior, which went aground recent
|y off lb* coast <>i Columbia, has been
floated and is being lowed to Jamai
ca
* * * .
Th- revision ci inmitteo of the New
York cotton ez< hange. decided at it?
monthly meeting to make no change
u the different’* s between grades of
- s!<ol cotton.
Rigid federal restriction.' regarding
canned goods and a nation wide cam
I align lor publicity among those us
mg them were urged by spe-akers at
a no-ellt-g of the seventh annual con
v*-nt i(i of the National fanners’ as
delation at Baltimore
Th1 iir.equaled collection of manu
scripts and letter* of Robert Ixiuis
Stevenson owned by the late llarry
Klkins Widener of Philadelphia, will
be presented by h.s mother to Har
vard university upon tbe completion
of tbe Widener memorial library at
the university.
• • •
Secretary P.ryan and Joaquin B
t alvo. C< sta Rican minister, liave
agreed upon the terms -of a new
treaty by which the I nited States
and Co ta Rica agree to investigate
for at lea t one year questions aris
ing between the two countrits which
cannot be adjusted through displo
maey.
• • •
Pints aggregating J?S,n<Hi were im
je.s.si s’ Juneau tin six corimrations
which pieadetl guilty to disenmina
t: ns in restraint of trade and con
spiracy to monopolize wharf facilities
at Sk.:-*ay. Alaska. Cases agaiust
officers of the corporations who also
I were defendants were dismissed.
1L> Charloite C. Rhodes, president
of the woman's party of Cook county
conios out Oat footed for tlie aboli
tion oi tobacco smoking on the strict
ears of t Imago and her party fol
lowers have fired several hot resolu
tiona ai "the degrading and intoler
able practice."
"This country should have a com
merce court similar to tho.-o in sev
oral Kuroi* an countries to protect
shipper- from the railroads." said K.
\\. Broekman. head of a St. I>ouis pro
duce company, in an address before
the convention of the Western Fruit
Jobbers' association at Kansas City
recently Mr Brockman charged
' ih i mi trous complexity of the law
with it tc< hniealiii- s' enabled the
railroad- to sue millions of dollars
every yea that rightfully should go
to shippers for losses and damages
FOREIGN.
Turkey win participate in the Pana
ina Paefic exposition.
The nib of discount of the Bank ol
AU'Ti.i his lee) reduced from 5 te
4’2 per cent.
No creo. nee is given to rumors cir
culated that an attempt had been
made on th< life of King Alfonso.
A strong coni mental demand ap
' peared for the Ja.iinp.OOo South Afri
• an gold ofiered in the open market at
I-oudon
Th> French aviator. Car&ix. estab
'islied a new altitude record with five
pa*s*-ngere ascending to a height of
7.3S2 feet.
The Netherlands government de
' cided to send a Mutch w arship to take
part in the ceremonies at the opening
of the Panama canal.
Tlte t'nited States battleships New
Hampshire. Kansas. Minnesota and
l-ouisiana of the Atlantic fleet have
arrived at Cuantaamn, Cuba, from
Mexican waters
(Hear Admiral Walter C. Cowles,
commander in chief of the Pacific
fb-et w:ih Twelve officers and Ilia blue
jackets from the cruiser Pittsburgh
now lying at Manzanillo visited at
Cuadaljora. The visit was merely
one <>f courtesy and recreation. The
sailors were entertained by the
\tnerican colony. Tills is the second
vt-it made by Hear \dmiral Cowles to
(luaiialajora.
Tlie herring fishery on the west
coast of Newfoundland, in which a
number of Canadian and American
vi- - I- engagi-d. closed with a total
catch of t;:..r,ou barrels against 71.Ton
barrels last year
A treaty was signed ijt Teheran by
j the American minister to Persia,
Ptiarlcs \V Russell, and the Persian
: foreign minister agr»>eing to refer for
advice to an imperial arbitration
. commi-slon all differences incapable
of settlement by ordinary diplomatic
i means.
The success of the -ecent Prussian
1 loan of approximately $90,000.<>00 in
treasury notes at 1 per cent has led
the government to decide on a further
issue of $50,000,000 on the same
terms.
• • •
At a conference between the Brit
ish and Scandinavian steamship lines
engaged in the trans-Atlantic trade,
it was decided that they should act
together in the threatened passenger
[ rate war. An organization was creat
ed to take the measures necessary to
protect the interests of the lines.
• • •
By a large majority the British Co
lombia Federation of Labor at a
meeting at Westminister, B. C..
| adopted a protest against the entrance
; of Asiatics into British Columbia on
; any terms.
• • •
The American Red Cross society
has been granted by the Chinese gov
ernment a year in which to obtain
$80,000,000 to carry' out a project for
controlling the river Ifwai. whose
i overflow have Hitherto caused every
! voir great loss of life and damage to
property.
NOT A GOOD POLICY
PRESIDENT DOES NOT FAVOR
FREE CANAL TOLL.
_
GIVES HIGH PflAISE TO BRYAN
In a Letter to a Baltimore Friend
Wilson Pays Glowing Tribute to
the Secretary of State.
Baltimore.—President Wilson, in a
! letter to William L. Marbury of this
. city, says that the exemption of
American coastwise ships from Pan
ama canal tolls “constitutes a very
mistaken policy from every' point of
view and benefits for the present, at
any rate, only monopoly.” The pres
ident also pays a high tribute to Sec
retary of State Bryan.
The letter follows:
"My Dear Mr. Marbury:
“1 have your letter of January JO
• • * with regard to the question of
canal tolls my opinion is very clear.
The exemption constitutes a very
mistaken policy from every point of
view, it is economically unjust.; as
a matter of fact it benefits, for the
present at any rate, only a monopoly,
and it seems to me in clear violation
of the terms of the Hay-Pauneefote
treaty. There is, of course, much
honest difference of opinion as to the
last point, but it is at least debatable,
and if the promises we make in such
matters are debatable. I for one do
not care to debate them. 1 think
the country would prefer to let no
question arise as to its whole
hearted purpose to redeem its prom
ises in the light of any reasonable
construction of them mther than de
bate a point of honor.
"Your reference to the secretary
of state shows how comprehensively
you haves looked on during the last
few months. Not only have Mr.
Bryan's character, his justice, his
sincerity, his transparent integrity,
his Christian principle, made a deep
| impression upon all with whom he
has dealt, but his tact in dealing
with men of many sorts, his capacity
for business, his mastery of the prin
ciples of each matter lie lias been
called upon to deal with, have cleared
away many a difficulty and have giv
en to the policy of the State depart
ment a definiteness ami dignity that
are very admirable. I need not say
what pleasure and profit I, myself,
have taken from close association
with Mr Bryan or how thoroughly
he has seemed to all of us who are
associated with him here to deserve
| not only our confidence, but our af
1 feet innate admiration.
"Sincerely yours,
"WOODROW WILSON.’*
Will Have a Free Hand.
Washington- Organization of the
permanent force of officials and em
ployes to operate the Panama canal
lias been entruVed to Colonel George
IV. Goethals, who becomes first gov
ernor of the canal April 1. Cnder an
>rd«-r by President Wilson, issued at
Jie request of Secretary Garrison,
md just made public. Colonel Goeth
ils is 'authorized to make appoint
ments and fix salaries, exercising his
j nvn judgment as to the force needed,
i it is estimated that the number of
men will be about 2,500. The only ex
ceptions to the new governor's right
jf appointment are in the cases of
;he district judge, the district attor
ney and the clerk of the court, whose
ii signation is retained in the hands
; >t the president under the terms of
:he canal act.
Nominations Are Referred.
Washington.—The senate inter
state Commerce committee has refer
red to a subcommittee the nomina
ions of Winthrop M. Daniels of New
Jersey, and Henry Clay Hall of Colo
rado Springs, to fill vacancies on the
nterstate Commerce commission.
Several republican members, among
| hem Senators l>a Follette and Cum
1 mins, have expressed a desire to look
i nto the qualifications of the presi
lent's appointees for these posts.
Propose Sharp As Ambassador.
Washington. D. C.r- Senator Pome
rent* of Ohio presented to President
Wilson the name of Representative
Sharp of Ohio for ambassador to
Russia.
Progressives Oppose Merger.
Portland, Ore.—The progressives of
(he state have rejected a proposal of
the republicans for amalgamating the
two parties. It was decided to place
a complete ticket in the field at the
state election and to oppose any
form of merger.
Trade Cmmissin Is Urged.
Washington.—J. R. Moorehead of
Islington, Mo., secretary of the Na
tional Federation of Retail Mer
chants. spoke for an international
trade commission before the house.
Will Have $180,000 Building.
Washington. L>. O.—Charge Harvey
, at Santiago. Chile, has advhed the
( state department that the bill appro
| priating $180,000 gold for the Chilean
; participation in the San Francisco ex
position has passed both houses of
the Chilean congress.
Rejects Resolution for Impeachment.
Washington.— Dispatches front Min
ister Sullivan say the Dominican sen
ate has rejected the resolution of the
lower house for the impeachment of
President Bordas.
A Drastic Bill.
Washington, D. C.—A bill to pro
hibit the interstate transportation of
so-CAlled strike-breakers has been liv*
troduced in the house by Representa*
tive Baltz of Illinois. It also prohibits
I the interstate ahipment of arms or
; ammunition for strike-breakers.
Treaty With Denmark Signed.
Washington, D. C.—Secretary Bry
an signed a peace treaty with Den
mark. providing for the submission of
a question in dispute to a commis
sion.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Fremont is agitating an auditorium
project.
Floyd Smith was accidentally shot
during a wolf hunt south of York.
The Wabash Grain company will
erect a new elevator at that place.
Jack Neice of Hyannis broke an
arm while cranking an automobile.
August Schultz of Germantown is
dead from the effects of blood poison
ing.
A number of well-developed cases
of smallpox have been discovered at
Salem.
The next meeting of the Nebraska
Bottlers' association will be held at
Hastings.
There is a movement on foot for
the organiza.ion of a local Y. M. C. A.
at Havelock.
Two hundred carloads of alfalfa and
alfalfa meal have been shipped from
Shelton the i«st fall and winter.
The Fremont retail merchants' asso
ciation is opposed to the support cff a
baseball club at that place in 1914.
Over 3.000 men have attended the
religious meetings of the Y. M. C. A.
at Beatrice in the past three months.
Burglars visited the home of Wil
liam Yager at Hastings and appro
priated a diamond ring valued af $125.
More hay has been baled and
shipped from Albion this winter than
in all the years it has been a shipping
station.
Bernard, the seven year-old son of
U. G. Chapman, living a mile south
east of Wymore, was drowned while
skating.
Medill McCormick of Chicago will
be one of the speakers at the bull
moose rally and banquet at I.incoln.
February 11.
Mrs. John Weiland. near Madison,
suicided by hanging herself in the
barn. It is thought she suddenly be
came insane.
An amateur horseshoe tournament
was held at Exeter last week in which
a large number of devotees of that
sport took part.
It is thought by these in charge of
the bank that failed at Superior re
cently that it will realize about fifty
per cent on its liabilities.
The Utica Farmers' Elevator com
pany declared a 2fi per cent dividend
at its annual business meeting last
week -the largest in its existence.
Farmers in the vicinity of Fairbury
are having trouble with gophers in
their alfalfa fields. The gophers have
destroyed the roots of many plants.
Eight wolves were sighted, but only
one was killed at a big circle hunt
held in the vicinity of Rockford
About two hundred men and boys par
ticipated.
Three prisoners confined in the Cass
county Jail made an unsuccessful at
tempt to escape by digging their way
out. They were frustrated by the
jailer's wife.
After Isaac Latroc, an Omaha la
borer, bad spent seven years in sea
soning the wood and constructing a
violin, someone stole It. and Isaac It
disconsolate.
The Platte river cut through the big
dyke at North Rond, carrying out
thousands of sacks of sand and caus
ing damage amefftbting to many hun
dreds of dollars.
While digging a sewer trench at
Crab Orchard, workmen unearthed the
skeleton of a man at a depth of three
feet, that had evidently been there for
several years, and authorities are In
vest iga ting.
The larges' number of applicants
for citizenship ever examined in Lan
caster county appeared before Judge
Cornish at Lincoln one day last week
and 14S prospective citizens took oul
first papers.
Mrs. Henry Kemplin and two
daughters bad a narrow escape from
asphyxiation when the hard coal stove
at their home in Lincoln exploded dur
ing the night and filled the house with
a deadly gas.
Game Warden Rutenbeck and W. J.
O'Brien, superintendent of state fish
hatcheries, are investigating the effect
on fishes of throwing refuse mattei
from the Reatrice Gas company plant
into the Bit ■ river.
Sixty-two conversions resulted from
the revival services Just closed at the
First M. E. church at Fremont.
Elizabeth Rehn was knocked down
by a switch engine as she was cross
ing the tracks at Hastings and se
verely but not seriously bruised and
injured. ,
A number oT horses have died in the
neighborhood of Mynard with what
the veterinary surgeons call cornstalk
disease. When an animal Is nfTected
with it he becomes crazed, and often
runs into any obstruction which may
be In the way. Some have been killed
in that manner.
The five-year-old daughter of Frank
Finney, at McCook, got a kernel of
corn in her ear. and it required sev
eral hours' work on the part of a
physician before It was removed.
While George Clay, an Omaha col
ored sport, was entertaining a iium
ber of friends at a week-end house
party, two strangers entered, held up
the company and relieved them of six
dollars
Moving pictures will be introduced
as a regular feature of the Christian
church services at Hastings by the
new pastor. Rev. J. E. Holly, who has
an up-to-date outfit of his own.
Wenzel Landkamcr. an eleven-vear
old Powell boy. received numerous
bad burns on the face and head when
a 22 target rifle that had been con
verted into a shotgun "back-fired”
when he discharged it at a rabbit.
At the second annual convention of
Nebraska commercial club secretaries,
just concluded at Lincoln, the follow
ing officers were elected: A. M. Con
ner of Grand Island, president; R. E.
Riley of Fairburv, secretary-treasurer;
W. E. Whitten. Lincoln: W. A. Ellis.
Omdha; S. D. Thompson. Neligh;
J. E. Tlllotson. Harvard; C. O. Wertz,
Crawford, vice presidents.
The discovery of several cases of
measles in a school room at Hastings
resulted in a holiday for the pupils
and a thorough fumigation of the
building.
A cream separator being operated
by Mrs. Lars Nelson, near Upland, ex
ploded. throwing pieces of the ma
chine in every direction, but the lady
miraculously escaped without a
scratch, but very badly frightened.
Carl Grandlund of Holdrege will
probably lose an eye as a result <*t
the accidental discharge of an air gnn
while it was being examined by a
playmate.
DOESN’T WANT PRINTING TO GO
OUT OF STATE.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from R*
liable Sources and Presented in
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
SS'vstirn Newspaper Union News Serv.ce.
During the mouth of February ex
tensive meetings will be held at forty
eight different Nebraska i-oirtts by the
department of agricultural extension.
A short course will be in session each
week. A total of ninety-six days’ work
has already been scheduled. Probably
more meetings will be added before
the month closes.
February is one of the heaviest
months. In addition to the meetings
scheduled, a number of the county
demonstrators are planning meetings
for almost every day of the month.
Not counting the demonstrators*
meetings, a total for the first four
months in the season of one hundred
and sixty different points reached in
the state and three hundred and five
days’ work, will be reached, according
to C. W. Pugsley, superintendent of
agricultural extension.
The following is a list of meeting
dates:
Emerson. F«-brviry ?.
Dakota City. February 9 and 10.
Winm-hag*. February 10 and 11.
Walthill. February 11 and 12.
Craig. February 12. 13 and 14.
Wymort . February* 10 and 11.
Ouidf* Rock. February 11 and 12.
Franklin. February 12 and 13.
Xaponee. February* 13 and 14.
Hubbell February 14.
Prairie CKii) Church. February 16.
Ofbh-n. F-bruary 17.
Wood River. February 17 and IS.
Hampton, February Is and 19.
Waco. February 19 and 20.
Peru. February 16 and 17.
Brock. February 17 and 7 5.
Dunbar. February 15 and 19.
Syracuse, February 19 and 20.
Palmyra. February' and 21.
Tekamah county church. February 17
Rosalie. February 19.
Mact-y. February 20.
.lohnson. F* lvruary 23. 24 and 27.
Humboldt. February 27. and 26.
Sterling. February 26.
Adams. February 27.
Firth. February 28.
Portland. February 27 and 28.
Keystone. February 24.
T,e\velk*n. February 23.
Useo. February 26.
Broadwater, February 27.
Short Courses.
Newman drove, February 2 to 7.
(in-sham. February 9 to 14.
Vnsley. February 16 to 20.
TVlinden. February 23 to 27.
Must Comply With State Laws.
Upon application of Charles D.
Traphagen, citizen and taxpayer.
Judge Stewart of the district court has
granted a temporary restraining order
forbidding Harry C. Lindsay, reporter
of the supreme court, delivering to
the E. AV. Stephens Printing company
of Columbia. Mo. manuscript opin
ions of the state supreme court for
volume No. 95 of such reports; also
forbiddiug William B. Howard, state
auditor, delivering to the Stephens
' Printing company warrants in pay
ment for volumes printed by it. and
forbidding Walter A. George, stats
treasurer, paying any such warrant
An injunction is sought on the ground.
; that at the time the state printing
; board let the contract to the Missouri
corporation to pjint, bind and deliver
ten volumes or the supreme court re
pons, on Aurust 27, 1913. that cor
poration was without authority to do
business in the state of Nebraska, not
has it ever since that date complied
writh the laws of this state relative to
foreign corporations.
Wants Teachers to Attend.
Suggestion that every Nebraska
•ehool district containing an accred
ited high school should allow one rep
resentative teacher therefrom to at
tend the national meeting of the de
partment of superintendents of the
National Educational association, is
made to school boards of the state in
form letters sent out by State Super
intendent Deizell. In letters to the
teachers he says; “We are sending a
letter to your board of education re
questing them to pay your expenses
on this trip. You will notice by the
enclosed schedule that you will have
an opportunity to seeing many his
torical places and enjoying the same.
I trust you can arrange to go with us.’’
Members of the Nebraska Legists
tiva league are to hold a big reunion
and banquet here sometime during the
month of February.
To Gather Shipping Statistics
Records of all 1913 shipment by
railroads and by express companies of
the state will be gathered by the state
labor commission on blanks now being
sent out. The returns which are to be
sent not later than March 1. include
the number of cattle, hogs, horses and
mules: the number or bushels oi
corn, apples, barley, oats, onions, pop
corn, potatoes, rye and wheat; the
number of brick; the gallons of cider
cream, ice cream, milk, syrup and
sorghum and vinegar and all products
raised in the state.
Measures Are Rejected.
Thirty-eight* weights and measures
were condemned at Fremont last week
by an inspector for the state food com
mission who made a general examina
tion of the weights and measures in
commercial use there. Twenty-two of
the rejected articles were liquid meas
ures which dealers were using in their
business for dry products. The cubic
contents of liquid pints, quarts and
gallons are less than those in dry
measures of the same denominations.
Eleven weights used on scales were
also thrown out.
In pursuance of his policy to re
quire monthly statements from all of
his appointees and their subordinates
in regard to their use of railroad mile
age paid for by the state. Governor
Morehead intends to have the reports
made out on a special blank form, giv
lng full information on every trip
taken, the exact mileage used for each
trip and other essential facts. These
statements will be sent in at the end
of the month to the governor's office,
accompanying the vouchers for sal
aries and expenses. They will be
cheeked over in the executive office.
FINE SPORT IN SWITZERLAND
Many Thousards of Winter Tourists
Throng Alpise Resorts on Pleas
ure Bent.
Geneva. — The Engradine express
bow runs daily until March 9, drawing
Its loads of duchesses who want fun.
Americans who want health, rich peo
pie who want notoriety, and all the
rest, half-way across Europe, to set
them down on the crisp snows of St
Moritz or Iiavos in little more than
twenty-four hours after their farewells
were waved in London.
One of the advantages of January
I in the Alps is that a winter sport cen
Country of Skiers’ Delight.
!
ter affords amusement for every- mem
ber of a family party. The elders
skate and curl and play bridge in the
evenings, the smallets child can to
boggan. while young people are eager
ly learning ski-ing or ice-hockey, or
negotiating the ice-run. Indeed, It is
estimated that this winter the Alpine
army of skiers will number close upon
100,000 men in Central Europe. The
German and Austrian Federations of
the Ski have insured their members,
who now number 40.000. against acci
dents with a German firm at nomi
nal rates.
In Switzerland there are over 40,000
persons who employ the ski for sport
i and even work, while in France and
Italy the sport is becoming more popu
lar every winter, and the two countries
could now account for at least 20.000
devotees of the wooden shoes. This
estimate does not include the number
of soldiers on skis who in winter
guard the mountain frontiers in Cen
tral Europe across the Alpine passes
BLANQUET SHOT THE RULER
A Trophy From Maximilian Worn by
Mexican War Minister—Recalls
Tragic History.
City of Mexico.—The *20 gold
piece that Gen. Aueriliano Blanquet,
Mexico's minister of war. always
wears on his watch charm, was ex
plained by him recently, it was given
him by Maximilian, emperor of Mexi
co, elder brother of Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria-Hungary, when the
ill-starred head of the Mexican em
pire was shot by a firing squad at
Queretaro in 1S67. ltlanguet was ser
geant of the squad
"Who gives the final shot?*' Maxi
rcilian asked as he made ready for the
ordeal. Blanquet modestly admitted
that it would fall to his lot to place a
revolver bullet through the back ol
Maximilian’s neck, severing the spinal
cord, to make sure of the work of the
firing squad's rifles
"Very well,” replied the emperor
“take this gold piece as a souvenir and
see that you do a thorough job."
Blanquet has worn the gold piece
ever since, but rarely tells where he
got it.
WON'T LEAVE PRISON HOME
A Pardon Fails to Drive Away a Mary
land Convict—Goes Away
But Returns.
Baltimore.—Pardoned by Governor
Goldsborough December 21, 1913, aftei
serving 15 years, Matthew Jones, a.
prisoner in the. Maryland penitentiary
refused to leave. Although he is giver
absolute freedom about the institution
and permitted to go out when he
chooses, he always comes back.
He has visited every moving pic
I ture show in the neighborhood of the
I penitentiary. With his own money j
about $70 turned over to.him when his
pardon was granted, he is free to dc 1
what he chooses. But the outside [
world seems uninviting. He doesn'l
know what to do nor where to go.
"I’ll be back,” he always tells the
authorities as he strolls out.
ASKS $10,000 FOR A KISS.
Zanesville Miss Says Millionaire Sheet
and Mill Owner Stole One
From Her.
Zanesville, O.—A kiss, stolen, ol
course, is valued at $10,000 by Miss
Emma J. Evans, a servant girl ol
William L. Simpson, millionaire sheet
mill owner of Zanesville and Middle
town. Miss Evans filed a suit for
$10,000 damages against Simpson,
claiming that on Dec. 4 while she was
pursuing her duties in the defendant’s
barn, he threw his arms around her
neck and kissed her.
The defendant is vice president ol
the American Rolling Mill company.
Simpson is about sixty-five years oid j
and the girl thirty.
Marriage Unpopular In New York.
New York—There are 750,000 men
and women in New York under thirty
five who are not married and so far
as appearances go intend to remain
single, according to Rev. George Van
dewater, who advocates social centers
to bring these young nersons together
In Winter
Peruna
Catarrh Tonic
For COUGH'S
&. COLDS
MU Samuel McKinley, 1215
Grand Ave., Kansas City,
Ma, writes: "I can honestly say
that I owe my life to Peruna.
Traveling from town to town,
and having to go Into all kinds
of badly heated buildings, ply
ing my trade as auctioneer. It Is
only natural that I had colds fre
quently.
•'Last December I contracted a
severe cold which, through neg
lect on my part, settled on my
chest. I heard of Peruna. It
cured me, so X cannot praise; It
too highly.”
Those who prefer tablets to
liquid medicines can now procure
Peruna in tablet form.
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
Can quickly be overcome by
CARTER’S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS.
Purely vegetable
—act surely and j
gentJy on the
liver. Cure A
Biliousness,
Head- i
ache, 2
Dizzi- ^
Carters
ness, and Indigestion. They do their duty
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
EYE
ACHES
Pettits Lye Salve
UNCLE DAVE'S BELATED LUCK
Twenty Years of Unprofitable Time
Was What Worried the Ola
Gentleman.
Charley Sessions, secretary of stab
says that while he was taking his
summer vacation up in Minnesota a
couple of years ago he met a charac
ter at the little village up in the
woods, known as “Uncle Dave," says
the Topeka (Kansas) Capital. The
old man's only occupation was carry
ing the sack of mail over from tin
depot to the postoffice once a day. It
was all he could do to subsist and it
was a mighty lean subsistence at
that. Last year, when Secretary St s
sions went back again on his vacation
he did not see “Uncle Dave" and
asked where he was. He was in
formed that “Uncle Dave” had gone
to Minneapolis to have a blowout.
Charley was surprised that “Uncle
Dave" had been able to gather enough
money to go to Minneapolis. “ 'Unt ie
Dave’ has had a streak of luck," said
his informant. "He went over here to
a neighboring town and fell through
a hole in the sidewalk. He sued the
town and they compromised by agree
ing to pay ‘Uncle Dave’ a pension of
$75 a month.” Some days after that
Charley met “Uncle Dave," who told
him ail about his good fortune. “Yes
sir,” said “Uncle Dave,” “1 am in
big luck, but think what a time I
might have had if I had found that
hole 20 years ago.”
Private of the Line.
Private Judkins was the newest of
recruits on the Texas border. Tne
corpora] sent him back to the quar
termaster for a rope. Private Smiff
kins eyed him on his errand, and in
quired what sort of rope he wanted.
"I don't know,” answered Judkins.
“Well, I'll tell you,” Smiffkins volun
teered, and he did. Judkins went on
and tackled the quartermaster.
"Corporal sent me for 40 feet -of
skirmish line, sir," he said.
Located Him.
One evening, when a water inspector
was going his round, he stopped at one
of the mains in a busy street to turn
off the water owing to. some repairs.
He had just put the handle on the tap
and begun turning when a hand was
placed on his shoulder by a tipsy gen
tleman. who said, in a drunken tone.
“So 1 have found you at last, have
l? It's you that's turning the street
round, is it?’
It is human nature to expect a deal
er to sell you two 15 cent articles for
a quarter.
Appetite
Finds Ready
Satisfaction
In a bowi of
Post
Toasties
and Cream.
Thin, crisp bits of In
dian Corn — cooked and
toasted so that they have a
delicious flavour—
Wholesome
Nourishing
Easy to Serve
— sold by Grocers every
where.