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    STOCK INJ WRECK
HEAVY LOSS ON CATTLE AND
SHEEP IN TRANSIT.
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CORDIALLY INVITED
CONGRATULATIONS
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SECRETARY KNOX IS ASSURED A
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MR, BRYAN SAYS NEVER AGAIN
Colombia Repudiates Minister's Action
Mr. Dryan Says Only Chance
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NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
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COLONEL ROOSEVELT WILL AC
CEPT THE NOMINATION.
BOOM STARTED FOR UNDERWOOD
Have Opened Underwood Headquar
ters RocGCvcIt Wants Nation
wide Primaries Bad Snow
Stormc In Middle West.
Xow York. "1 will accept the nom
ination for president If ll Is tendered
incs and I will milium to thin decision
until (hi! convention htiu expressed Its
preference," Is Colonel Theodoro
ItooLJVt'lt'u reply to thu letter of huvcii
'opubllcun governors nulclng him to
atund for nomination.
Underwood Formally In Race.
"Washington. Representative Oscar
Underwood of Alabama, majority
leader of the house, has been entered
in the race for the democratic nom
ination for tho presidency. Senator
liunkhead, In making tho announce
merit, also tit at ml the opening of Under
wood hcadiiurtcrn In thin oily. Mr.
IJankhcnd will act an chairman of the
Underwood movement and an lilii
jnnnagcr. Tho Hlntomont follows: "To
net at rest any question In tho public
mind no to tho actual candidacy of
Representatives Vndcrwood of Ala
bama, I dcHlrn to nay that all wu urn
doing In his behalf has 1:1a full and
hearty concurrence. Hu Is n eandl
tlato and Ih In tho race not only to
win the nomination, but nlso for the
flection In November."
Snow Storm Causes Much Trouble.
KansaB City, Mo. An eight-Inch fall
of snow covers Missouri, Kansas and
parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas. The
tmow began about noon Sunday, fol
lowing a drizzling rain. A high wind
from tho northwest swept snow and
Blcet before It most of tho day, piling
it Into huge drifts and demoralizing
train service ami other trafllc. Tem
peratures are not low. Thunder and
lightning accompanied tho snow. All
railroads leading Into tho city are hav
ing troublo keeping their trnlna mov
ing. Street car servlco Is kept up only
by tho constant use of snow plows.
Several sections of tho city aro with
out electricity by reason of brenks
caused by tho wet snow piled upon thu
wires and poles.
To Investigate Indian Bureau.
Washington. - Congressman .Ste
phens has Introduced a resolution pro
viding for n complete Investigation of
tho Indian bureau by tho Indian af
fairs committee. If tho resolution Is
passed as expected the leasing of In
dian lauds In Oklahoma will bo probed
especially. Sonio preliminary Investi
gation has been mudo and it la
thought that tho probo may reach
Commissioner Valentine, tho head of
tho bureau. It In doubted that the In
vestigation will deal with Indian af.
fairs In Nebraska.
Starts Boom for Gov. Shaffroth.
Greeley, Coin. Governor John A.
Shaffroth has been projected Into tho
ring of democratic possibilities by
William J. Mrynn, who In an address
paid: "I would rather see Governor
.Shaffroth of Colorado nominated for
the presidency than nny democrat yet
mentioned." .Mr. lirynn added that ho
did not wish to bo understood u criti
cising any democratic candidate.
Many Freeze- to Death.
Omsk, Asiatic Russia. One hundred
nnd sixty-eight persons are known to
have frozen to death during tho snow
storm In this district Saturday. In
Omsk thlrty-ono fatalities were report
ed, while at Kotopavak the death roll
totals thirty-two, and In Potroplovnsl;
it reaches in.".
Iowa Hao Sevcro Blizzard.
Ties Moines. la. A blizzard swept
over central Iowa Sunday. Driven bv
a strong north wind, the snow Is piling
In drifts, demoralizing train service.
Street ear servlco and other trallle In
badly crippled.
Davenport, la. William n. Real
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tho united christian party, has Issu
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a urn. iur a national conference
tho party to bn held at Rock Isl
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land,
III., May 1, 1912. The call Is to
all
peoplo who "believe In the father
rhood
oi uou ami mo urotnerliood of man
nnd In government for and by i
people, measured by tho Lord's sta
tho
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lira nnn wno win co-operate, worn
included, on nil Issues of vital i
portanco to nil."
Sapulpa, Okla. A clash between lo
cal pollco nnd state officers ntcmptlni;
to nmko urreBts for violation of tho
ctato-wldo prohibition statutes, has re
milted in tho arrest of Chief of Polleo
Wee hero. Tho charge ugnlmu Wise
is Hint ho used tactlea designed to
protect a Snpulpa rooming house
when state offlcern raided the place
and .tearched for liquor.
Washington Tho Woman's club of
Hastings, Neb., has seni to tho senate
a petition favoring tho adoption or the
arbitration treaties.
Washington Colombia Ii.ib virtual
ly repudiated the action of Itn millili
ter general, OBpInn, by (tending
through American Minister Dubois, at
HoKotu, a cordial Invitation to Secre
tary of State Knox to visit Colombian
Khores on his present trip to the re
publics on the Caribbean sea. The
Invitation waB forwarded promptly to
Secretary Knox, who Is aboard the
cruiser Washington, on his way south,
With him rests tho decision whether
he will change his Itinerary to Include
a call at tho port of Cartagena. This,
It Is said here, ho undoubtedly will
do. Tho action of the Colombian for
eign office waB received with satisfac
tion. It closes a disagreeable Incident.
Settles Vexed Quectlon.
Denver. Col. William .1. Itryan. In
a Hptech here, definitely set at rest
reports that he might be Induced
ngnl.i to make tho race for the presi
lonoy. In concluding his address lie Fitld:
"I nm satisfied that sonio one else
enn pull more votes than myself, but
I am leady to enter upon a campaign
on behalf of a truo democrat with
even moio vigor than that with which
I huve fought at any time on my own
behalf."
Previously In his address, which
wnB given under the misplecB of no
taction, uccordlng to Former Governor
C. s. Thomas, who Introduced him,
Mr. lirynn declared the party's only
chance of victory this fall was to
nominate a progressive on a platform
that Is progressive.
Italy Votes to Annex Tripoli.
Rome Tho chamber of deputies
has passed n bill for tho annexation
of Tripoli by Italy by a voto of -CM
to ,"S, amid enthusiastic cheering from
tho lloor of tho chamber nnd public
gallery. Afterwards the members who
voted ugalnst annexation, Including
the loclallstB, n few republican, nnd
ono radical, Prlnco Gaetlul. wcru
roundly hissed.
Nugget In Duck's Crop.
Iowa city, la. A gold nugget worth
S7, found In the crop of a duck killed
on a farm west or here, has caused
considerable excitement In university
circles. MIncrologlsts who assayed
tho nugget say that a pocket of gold
may have been deposited on the sandy
soil of tho farm during the upheavals
of past ages.
St. Louis Crime Ridden.
St. Louis, Mo.- Black hand murder-r-rs,
rafe crackers, burglars, footpads,
highwaymen, pickpockets, daylight
bandits and marauders of various
characters have operated in this city
almost without molestation for two
weeks. Tho police have been utterly
tumble to cope with tho situation.
Getting Out of Mexico.
El Pnso, Tex. All American women
and children are being rushed out of
tht) towns of northern Mexico as
quickly as possible, following warn
ings given by tho better educated Mex
icans that they aro no longer safe.
Celluloid Causes Fatality.
Leominster, Mass. Flora Curtis
was burned to death and hcven other
persons were severely Injured, two
perhaps fatally, when celluloid scraps
canught fire In the factory of thu Puri
tan Comb company. Forty other per
rons escaped uninjured.
Was Captured After All.
Leavenworth, Kim. II. C. Logan, n
convict at tho state penitentiary, ran
unhaimed through a hall of bullets in
nn attempt to escape, only to bo re
captured by an unarmed guard after
he had reached cover.
London Tho imperial dragon has
been pujled down and the white flag
of the republic now flutters over all
of the Chinese legations of Europe.
Bogota, Columbia General Pedro
Nel Osplno, the Colombian minister to
the I'ulted StatcB, will bo recalled by
tho Colombian government. Tho ac
tlon was taken becnuso neither It nor
the Colombian peoplo upholds the posi
tion taken In notifying the mate do
partn cut that tho proposed visit to
Colombia of Secretary of State Knox
would he Inopportune, owing to tho
fact that Colombia's clalniB In connec
tion with Panama have not yet been
arbitrated.
Now Orleans Karth ohocks have In
terfered wth tho Culebra section of the
Panama canal, according to mall dis
patches tecelvod hero from Colon.
Cracks In tho earth Indlcato another
Hide, which may assume moro alarm
ing rroportions. Tho tlrat slldo wna
of about 2,"0,000 cubic yards and oc
curred In the east bank, tearing away
a big section of tho nlnety-llve-foot
roadway and closing a portion of tho
dralnago ditch, This slide will neces
sitate the re-locatlon and regradlng of
all railroad tracks in the vicinity of
the Pioneer cuL
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FIRE IN OKLAHOMA COAL MINE
MEET TO DEVISE PLANS TO PRO
TEST RAISE IN RATES.
Strenuous Scenes Mark Opening of
Minneapolis Session Seven Meet
Death ant .vlssny Inured Suf-
fragct'.os Getting Ready.
Minneapolis Strenuous scones
marked tho opening hero iof the ses
sion of the national Woodmen assem
bly. In which olllcers of tho bend camp
of the Modern Woodmen of America
wero bitterly aBsullnl; action taken at
the head camp convention recently
held In Chicago was severely criticised
and John Sullivan of Kansas City,,
chairman of the law committee of tho
head camp, was denied the privilege
of tho lloor, although he declared ho
carried the credentials from his home
organization, About IJOt) Woodmen
from various states of the middle west
are attending the assembly, which was
organized to dovlse plans to protest
ugalnst rates adopted at the Chicago
meeting. F. F. Priest of Lincoln, Neb.,
was chosen temporary secretary. The
session was given over to an "expert
enco ' meeting In which tho rates and
head olllcers of the order were de
nounced. Fire in Oklahoma Coal Mine.
Lehigh. Okla. Seven miners nre
known to have been killed ami the
fate of a score or more, imprisoned in
mine No. ', of tho Western Coal and
.Mining company, which is atlre, Is
doubtful. Seven bodies have been
brought to the surface, half a dozen
mon have been rescued alle, while
tho apparently lifeless bodies of sev
eral others have been located. Tho
mine, which Is several miles fiom Le
high, was discovered afire shortly be
fore noon Thursday. At that time 100
men were at work. The greater num
ber were near the mouth and escaped
belore tho lire gained headway, but
others In the lower workings were en
tombed. Nebraska Suffragettes to Get Busy.
Lincoln. Neb. The women suffrag
ists of the state are planning a most
extensive campnlgn for the coming
year in thin stato and in orders Just
Issued from the headquarters, State
President Dr Inez I'hilbrlck of thlB
city says there are great activities In
store for Nebrnslta supporters of "tho
ballot for women" and "women for tho
hallo'." She says, among other things:
"A house-to-house canvass must bo
made throughout tho state, to register
the attitude of every voter, and of ev
ery adult woman lit order to learn
where propaganda must bo carried,
and to discover future campaign
workers."
I "Reclamation Day."
New York Thursday wan "reclama
tion of druukntds" day In Salvation
Army circles in Manhattan, and as the
result of casting the reccno net more
than a thousand men were dragged
away from tho saloons and taken to
tho army headquarters, where they
were dined nnd talked to by the teach
ers of tho army.
Opposes Government Ownership.
Washington President Taft has In
formed congress that ho did not ap
prove of PostninBtor Goneral Hitch
cock's suggestion that the government
buy and operate ull telegraph lines an
an adjunct of tho postal system. Mr.
Taft said that If It could bo t-hown
that tho public would bcnellt by re
ceiving sorvlce nt a leys price than Is
now paid ho might think differently of
the plan, but that he was not con
vinced such would bo the offect.
Leavenworth, Kas. A plen for stato
laws which will "mako lying adver
tisements a misdemeanor," was made
by John Irving Ronier, editor of nn
advertising publication in Now York
city, nddresslng tho fourth annual con
vention of tho southwestern division
of tho Associated Advertlfclng Clubs
of America, which held Its session
here. About IJ00 delegates, represent
ing Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Now
Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tex
as, wcro present when the convention
wai: called to order.
SNOWFALL HEAVIEST ON RECORD
EXTENSIVE DISTRICT IN HOUS
TON, TEXAS, DEVASTATED.
Traffic Almost Snow Svampcd In
Three States Mott Destructive
Fire In the History, of
Houston.
Houston, Tex. In the wake of the
most destructive lire In tho history of
Houston, smouldering wreckage cov
ers an area about one and a half
mllor. In length and varying In width
from 20H yards to half a mile in tho
northeastern section of the city.
More than a dozen of tho city's most
Important Industrial enterprises aro
In ruins; 200 or more dwellings and
store buildings are in ashes and ap
proximately 1,000 persons are home
less. An accurate statement of tho
monetary hiss Is not yet possible, but
tho most conservative Is that It will
reach at least J7.000.000. The Insur
ance carried will not exceed -10 per
cent. Except for a few who suffered
minor burns ami bruises, no casual'
tlo3 attended the fire.
Snowfall Heaviest on Record.
St. Louis. Mo. Sixteen Inches of
snow, driven by a forty-mile wind,
with a minimum temperature of 24 de
gree:, were features of a storm which
swept eaatern Missouri, southern Illi
nois and western Kentucky Wednes
day. The wind drifted tho heavy snow
to a depth of several feet, hampering
trafllc on all transportation lines. Tho
snowfall was the heaviest ever record
ed for the same length of time in St.
Louis since the weather bureau start
ed to keep snow records In 1884.
His "Hat Is In the Ring."
Cleveland. O. During the brief stay
of Colonel Roosevelt in Cleveland, W.
F. Klrlck, well known locally In poli
tics, greeted the former president,
whom he knew well, 'i want a direct
answer, Colonel," said Mr. Eliick. "All
your friends want to know, and want
to know now. whether you are to be a
candidate." "My hat is In tho ring,"
replied Colonel Roosevelt. "You will
have my answer Monday."
Rigid Militia Inspection.
Topeka, Kan. A rigid inspection
order, sent out by Adjutant General
Martin, of the Kansas national guard,
requiring all ollicers nnd mon to tin
dcrgo examination, said to have orig
inated with thu war department, has
caused considerable excitement among
the members of tho stato militia. Tho
order sent out also says "only sickness
or death will excuso any officer or pri
vate from his inspection."
Displayed Extravagant Disapproval.
Kcainey. Nob. Revival meetings
being held at Kim Creek by Dr. Smith,
with musical assistance by Professor
Thooiics, broke up In n miniature riot
Sunday evening, when a crowd of dis
approving cltUons egged the minister
and his choir.
Chicago Robbers held up the pro
prietors of a store within block of
tho central police station, obtained $50
and a watch and escaped, passing a
policeman who was stationed within
fifty feot of the store.
Denver, Col. Miss Essie Mny Foo
ter, who says she was kidnaped from
her homo when a few months old and
always supposed that she wiib tho nnt
nral daughter of Mrs. Hannah Foster,
has learned, according to her claim,
that her real nnme is Ines Axolhelmor,
and that her father, who is reputed
to bo a millionaire. Is living In Roches
tor, N. Y. According to Mss Foster
It was not until shortly boforo tho
death of an old negro woman that she
learned her true Idontlty.
Women Defy tho Police.
Lawrence, Mass. A band of Polish
women operatives who aro participat
ing in tho great textile strike assem
bled near St. Anthony's Syrian church
and dolled tho police and militia au
thorities to dlsperso them. Tho wo
men numbered about a dozen and 'wcro
engaged In picketing tho vicinity of
tho mills. They did not disperse until
a squad of about thirty police olllcers,
a small detachment of Infantry and a
troop of cavalry were scat to the
scene, ' i
What Is Going on Here and Thers
That Is of Interest to the Read-
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Stralton Socnty-two brad of cat
tle and nearly 200 sheep were killed or
Injured In a Burlington stock train
wieck near here Thursday morning.
Twelve cars were thrown In the ditch
by n broken flange on a rreight car.
These card were louded with cattlo
and sheep,
Meet Elks With Brass Band.
Alliance A carload of ell; went
through Alllanco Saturday morning
on the way from tho Jackson Hole
country to tho Yellowstone national
park. An amusing feature of this was
that an operator at Crawford under
stood thut there waB a special car of
Elks going west on the train. He
telephoned the secretary of the Elks
club at that place, and not to be out
done In politeness, tho Elks' club
turned out en masse with their brass
band, to do honor to their brothers In
transit.
Organized Forty Years.
Fremont The lortleth annlvertary
of the organization or old Fremont en
gine company No. 1. the first lire
company ever organized in Fremont,
was celebrated with a banquet, at
which seven of the charter members
were present. These charter mem
bers are 11. J. Lee, Tom Turner,
Charles Ualdrnfi. N. M. Pllsbury. W.
R. WIlEon. William Friend and W. S.
Roseman.
Tree Broke His Leg.
Pirkercll Phillip Gran, a farmer
living near here, received a broken
leg when n treo which he had
chopped down rebounded after falling,
striking Mr. Graff In such a way 113 to
break the bono in the right leg In two
places. Mr. Graff Is a pioneer resi
dent of Gage county.
Doane's fortieth Anniversary.
Crete Preparations are being made
bv Donne colleue to celebrate its forti
eth anniversary In connection with
the commencement exercises In June.
Doano was rounded in 1S7S. four years
after Nebraska became a state, so that
the history of both Is coincident In
many ways.
NEWS FROM THE STATE HOUSE.
Th Farmers' State bank of Verona.
Clay county, has received a charter
from the state banking board. The
paid up capital stock is $10,000.
The thirty-sixth annual encampment
of tho Nebraska Grand Army of the
Republic will bo held at Beatrice May
M, 1i" and 10, according to an ordci
Just Issued by Department Commander
A. M. Trimble.
The plaster cast of Abraham Lin
coln, which has stood In tho stntc
hotno for many years nnd which was
mado by John Currlc, now of Blair,
has been taken to tho basement of the
building and broken to pieces.
Corporations pay to tho stato of Ne
braskn 21.07 per cent, of tho total reve
nue of the state, according to a com
pilation mado by Henry Seymour, sec
retary of the stato board of assess
ment. Tho Information was asked for
by Herbert Knox Smith of tho gov
ernment bureau of corporations.
Commissioners Wlnnett and Hall of
tho stato railway commission have
gone to South Omaha to examine Into
tho merits of a complaint mado by
R. W. Ralston of Lexington to tho
offect that tho Union Stock Yards
company exercises gross discrimina
tion against llvo stock shippers from
out In tho state.
Reports of tests of seed corn near
Oakland, made to tho experiment sta
tion at the university fnrm, Indlcato
that a quantity of corn raised and
stored under Ideal conditions shows
a very low percentage of germina
tion. Inasmuch ns somo Burt county
tanners have been actlvo In deprecat
ing the agitation for the testing of
all seed corn, the report Is viewed
with particular interest.
An cxhlbtlon of Indian relics from
the rooms of tho Nebraska Historical
society Is to bo taken to the annual
land show to be held In Kansas City
February 2G to March ft. The exhibit
will bo In charge of Professor Gil
mour. curator of the museum, and It
will Include specimens of tho plants
of this stntc which tho Indians used
for food, medicine, perfume, etc., be
sides models of lodges nnd burying
Ecaffolds. Prof. G. E. Condra will de
liver Fovoral addresses at tho show.
Secretary of Stato Walto Is puzzling
over tho problem of labeling tho dole
gates to tho various national conven
tions with tho name of tho presiden
tial candldntcB for whom they aro
supposed to stand. In view of tho fact
that tho republican candidates will
pledgo themselveu to voto for tho
nomination of tho candldnto for presi
dent who receives tho most votes at
tho prlmnry election, ho does not be
Hove It will bo ncceesary to label the
delegates on tho republican primary
candidates havo as yet mado no Buch
promise, and this is what Is bother
ins the secretary of state.
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