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, VUAN SHI KAI FORMALLY INAUG
URATED PRESIDENT.
WILL CALL AN EXTRA SESSION
Gov. Denecn to Call Extra Session of
Illinois Legislature United States
Troops at Tnku To Harness
Loup River.
I'eklnK. Yuan Shi Kal wns formal
ly IniuiKuraU'il preHldent of. the rppub
lie of t'hlnu In thu preuunce of .1 grout
KathnrliiK of delt'KutoB, provincial en
oyn, military untl naval oUlccrH and
other prominent purHonagcii In tho
new foreign olllco Saturday. Many
foreigners attended the ceremony, but
the legations were not repreHented.
The United States transport Abarenda
arrived at Tnku, at the mouth of tho
Tel Ho, und u largo detachment of
inarlneK aboard were Kent forthwith
to Peking. Tho marines will rellovo
1!00 Infantrymen, part of the Fftli In
fantry from .Manila, who will return
Immediately to Tien ThIii. The niln
Intern and military eommandeiH at Pe
king and Tien Tsdn continue to take
prccaulloim against the eventualities.
For Direct Presidential Primary.
Chicago. -(lovernor Oeneen has nil
lhorled the statement that he would
call an extra session of the legisla
ture to enact a direct presidential pri
mary law, provided that prior to the
Issuance of the call a pledge Is signed
by twothltds of the members of the
senate and house that they will pass
a bill with the necessary emergency
clause.
To Build Big Power Canal.
Lincoln. Complete plans have been
laid by a party of Lincoln capitalists
for harnessing the waters of the Loup
river for power purposes. Thu gigan
tic venture Involves a money outlay of
ten millions of dollars. A large power
canal will be constructed on the Uiup
In Nance and Platte counties, and
power stations constructed at Genoa
ind Columbus. Options on all tli
necessary land weto obtained last
week. People in ninety cities and
towns In eastern Nebraska will afford
an imincdinto market for the supply.
Pressure has been brought to bear on
the state board alid the water rights
will soon be determined. Work will
bo commenced at (ietioa at once by
the Nebraska company when water
rights have been adjudicated. Articles
of incorporation are complete and
may be llled this week by the Lincoln
men.
Destruction of Deer.
Lead, S. I). Reports are coming in
fiom many sections in the hills of the
destruction of deer in numbers by
coyotes and wolves, particularly thu
former. Kery few days carcassed of
deer are found in the snow, which has
been so deep all winter in the lliack
Hills that the licet footed animals are
unable to get away from the llghtei
beasts of prey.
Will Investigate Woolen Company.
Washington An investigation of
tho American Woolen company, Its or
ganization, capitalization, labor condi
tions and status as a corporation, will
bo recommended to congress by the
house committee on rules as a result
of the preliminary Inquiry Into thu
strike of mill workers at Luwruucu,
Mass.
Bad Fire at Winnipeg.
Winnipeg, Man. Sl deaths and
three-iiuarters of a million dollars tiro
loss are the result of a blaze which
etarted in tho warehouse of the Inter
national Harvester comp.iu. A por
tion of tho wall on tho east end of
the warohouso blew out, burning in
the ruins three llremen and two on
lookers. Passaic, X. .l.-llecause he refused
to permit his young daughter. Dorothy,
to bo vaccinated. Health Commissioner
George Michaels was ai rested on com
plaint of tho board of education. Ho
will niaku a test case of the matter
Couldn't Endure a Perfect Man.
Oakland. Cal. Kdwln lllisch, an
Irvlngton merchant, has iceelved a de
cree of divorce Irom Hazel Hlrsch,
who deserted him two yeais ago, un
able to endure longer his perfections.
According to testimony, Hlrsch gave
ills wlfo overy luuiry within his
means, placed no restraints on her
amusements and never showed Je.il.
ousy. Ho nover spoke an unkind word
nnd never Indulged in Ihiuor, tobacco,
profanity or lato hours.
Vho Owns South Pole?
New York The question of whether
Norway owns tho territory surround
ing the south pole, which has just
been discovered by Captain Ruold
Amundsen, has already begun to be
discussed by authorities on Interna
tional law covering tho ownership of
Arctic and Antarctic lauds.
' El Paso, Texas. Arms and ammuni
tion for tho rebels are being allowed
to cross from HI Paso by tho authori
ties. Tiro shipments urn received by
rebel officers and distributed.
NO HAND TO GUIDE
CHINA STILL GROPING ALONG IN
THE DARK.
ARBITRATION IS A DEAD ISSUE
Arbitration Treaties MuGt Walt for a
Resurrection Chinese Cabinet
to Meet Without a
Head.
Peking- It Is evident that the Nan
King republican assembly and Presi
dent elect Yuan Hhl Kal have not yet
leached a complete agreement. The
so called coalltlo'j mny therefore
again be deferred, but circumstances
are forcing both parties very hard
und it Is expected Yuan will take the
oath at once. A wt range situation Is
promised. Tank Shoa Yl, who Is gen
erally considered as the prospective
premier, In to return to Nanking,
where the republican cabinet will as
semble without either the president
or the vice president of tho republic.
Tho presence of those officials Is re
quired to maintain more or less order
respectively at Peking and Wu Chang.
Treaties Will Have to Walt.
Washington American participa
tion In uthitratlnn or international
dllllculties la a dead Issue, so far an
concerns this session of congress and
probably for some tlinu to come, ac
cording to government ofllciais, who
have summed up the senate's action in
stripping the proposed arbitration
treaties with France and Great Hrilaln
of their vital features. There Is little
thought that President Tuft will sub
mit the treaties In their mangled form
to either of the powers for ponnlblo
approval. The amended treaties will
await the return to Washington of
President Taft ,and If routine Is fol
lowed he will send them to the state
department. Secretary Knov, who Is
on the west coast of Honduras, will
be advised by cable of what has hap
pened and as a matter of form some
consultation must be had between the
president and the secretary before
the net step can be taken
Says All Are in Same Boat.
Washington Former President
Roosevelt. W. .1. llryan and Repre
sentative Victor Uerger of Wisconsin,
socialist, were branded in a speech In
the house Friday by Representative
Hies of Texas, democrat, as being
"among the foremost enemies of free
government In America today." Mr.
Dies Insisted that both Mr Roosevelt
and Mr. Mryan were socialists and he
coupled their names with those of Mr.
Uerger and the McNamara brothers.
The Boats Weren't Running.
Paris Henri Salvey, the French
aviator, arrived at Issy Les-Mouli-ncaux.
a suburb of Paris, in his mono
plane, having trnveled from London
without a stop. He covered thu dis
tance of about J2i! miles in two hours
and llfty-scven minutes. Ho declared
that having urgent business to trans
act lt Paris he had been able to make
the trip through the air In spite of
the steam boats being tied up by the
coal strike.
Senator Lodge Is Opposed.
Pih.ceton. N. .1 Senator Henry
Faint Lodge of Massachusetts
preached vigorous opositiou to the in
itial ie. referendum and ivcal here
Fildny before the students of Prince
ton university. His speech was one
ol a cerlea delivered under the Spen
cer Trunk lecture fund. Mr. Lodgo
denounced the Initiative, referendum
and recall as both obsolete and Im
practicable, and subversive ot the
liindameiital Ideas of representative
government.
Nebraskans in Fatal Affray.
Oshkosh. Neb. Wllll.im Flesterman
was shot by ".lack" Ferguson Thurs
day morning near Kdward. in the
northeast part of Garden county. Fer
guson had forbidden Flestcrninn to
tiespass on his place In hauling hay.
Flesterman, while taking the fence
down, was shot with a large calibre
iille twice In the right side and right
arm and is probably fatally injuicd.
Merlin llecause of the fear that the
miners are certain to strike and that
violence will accompany their walk
out, the government has Issued an
order piohlbltlng the sale ot arum.
The situation in the coal districts is
ver.v threatening.
Gcrd Corn Test In Iowa,
Des Moines- In order to insure a
crop of eorn for Iowa this year, the
farmers of the state will It im
perative to tent the seed they plant,
according to the delegates who are at
tending the gathering of the farmers'
clubs here Iowa Is racing its worst
problem in years regarding the selec
tion of seed corn, they say. and moved
by this nececslty. it Is probable that
at least an per cent of the farmers of
'he state will nmko tests.
Denies Sending Telegram.
llobart. Tasmania -Captain Ronld
Amundsen, tho Norwegian explorer
ilenlns having teh graphed anything
reran! Ing Captain Robert Scott or tho
HrtiUh expedition. Captain Amund
sen, up to the present, is the only
member of tho antarctic expedition
who lias hudud from the Ft am. No
body Is allowed to go on beard tho
vessel under any pretext whatjoowr.
The explorer says he Is pleased with
tho results of his expedition, but oth
erwise maintains absoluto sllonco on
tho Biibloct
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SCOTT REACHES SOUTH 'POLE
TREATIES ORIGINALLY DRAFTED
MUCH AMENDED.
British Explorer First to Reach the
Goat Treaties Must Be Resub
mitted to England and
France.
Washington Stripped of the clans')
which It was claimed would Invai'e
the constitutional treaty making pow
er of the senate and with many other
limitations added, the general arbitra
tion treatieir between the United
States and Fngland and France, pro
posed by President Taft and Secre
tary Knox as forerunners of universal
pea-o. vveie ratilled by the senate by
a vole of "I! to " The serrators who
vote I against the ratifications were
Lorlnier, Martlne and Reed. The lat
ter two are democrats. President
Taft made no comment on thu sen
ate') action, but it Is known he had
hoped to see the treaties pussed un
amended. He had declared publicly,
however, that certain amendments
would not be objectionable. Virtually
the treaties, by the senate's action,
are "up in the air." ami in their modi
fled form they must be referred to
Knglaud and France.
Reaches the South Pole.
London The cable dispatcheH from
New Zealand announcing that Captain
Scott had found the south pole, come
as a startling climax to the race with
live explorers of different nations.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott started
on his expedition from Port Cahners,
New Zealand, on November li'.t. MHO.
He was well equipped for this dash
for the farthest south, having made
a previous expedition under Hie direc
tion of the royal geographical society.
At taat time he attained a record of
S2 degrees, ::o minutes, which re
mained the record up to the time of
Lieutenant Shackelton's notable ex
ploit. ShacUelton pushed further
south and in 1IK17 reached SS degrees,
lilt minutes, or about one hundred
mlbs from the south pole. This re
maiiicd the record and inspired tho
haidy navigators of many nations to
attempt the culminating feat of reach
ing tile pole itself. Captain Scott took
the route by way of Australia and New
Zealand. He sailed due south into
Ross sea, a great stretch of water
reaching toward tho south pole. Ills
chi"f competitor In this dash was
Captain Roald Amundsen, who was
sent by the king of Norway and the
Norwegian government.
Woodmen Warned to Be Careful.
Lincoln Nebraska Modern Wood
men are warned irr a circular letter
Issued by Head Consul A. R. Talbot,
that the forfeiture of chnrters and the
cancellation of Individual insuranco
certificates maj be the penalty paid by
members who seek to effect orginl.ed
lesistance to tho raise in lnsurancu
rates recently ordered by the head
camp of the society.
Glfford Plnchot to Be at Lincoln.
Lincoln Gilford I'mehot. former
chief foierter of the Fulled States, has
I been Invited to address tho Nebraska
conservation congress this spring.
Mr. Plnchot has promised olllciru of
the congress that he will accept
Moy Have Reached South Pole.
London A rumor is published in
an evening p.ipor that Captain Robert
F. Scott, the Mrltish Antarctic ex
plorei. lias reached tho south polo.
Mrs. Scott declares she has heard
nothing from her husband and there
Is no confirmation obtainable from
any source. Captain Scott, of tho
Mrltish royal navy, is at the head of
an expedition which Includes sixty
men, twenty ponies, thirty ilog.i ami
two motor sleds.
Lansing. Mich. The house of repre
sentatives has passed a presidential
preference prlmnry bll to be glvon Im
mediate effect. Tho hill provides for
a primary on tho first Monday in
April, binding tho national convention
delegates to support tho nominees so
curing tho majority at tho primary.
Pokln A letter from a missionary
at Hwnng-llslen, nenr Chu-Fu, states
that tho imperial troops nut out tho
oyos of forty Christian converts and
then beheaded them, saying thoy were
naturally rebels
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CHANGES IN MEXICAN CABINET
ONLY MEANS OF RESTORING OR
DEfVIN CHINA.
Army Element In Mexico First to Be
Placated International Troops
Needed in China A New
Archdiocese.
Peking Comparative quiet has
been restored at Peking. Tho action
of the American minister, Mr. Cal
houn, in cabling to Manila for further
Hoops tor Tien Tsirr, it is stated, was
not due to the fear of a concerted at
tempt against foreigners, similar to
the boxer rising, but owing to tho be
lief that it was unvvlso to take any
chancea in view of the fact that tho
Chinese troops ennnnt be depended
upon and disorders are sweeping the
north with little prospect of prompt
restoration of government control.
The American legation has sent a
message to the missionaries at Pao
Ting Fue urging that tho women nnd
children, especially, should be sent 10
a placo of safoty, as Pao Ting Fu is
beyond the reach of protection. It
has been found impossible to com
municate with other Americans below
that town, owing to the complete in
terruption of the telegraph und postal
services and the fact that the railway
is le the hands of mutineers.
Changes in Mexican Cabinet.
Mexico City Cabinet changes in
tended to placate the various waning
elements are to be mnde in the near
future. The substitutions will affect
six oi tho eight portfolios and are cal
culated to amalgamate the Vasqulstaj,
liberals, the army element and tlu
Maderlstas. Perhaps the most start
ling feature of the alleged plan Is the
proposed returning of Dr Franclscc
Gomez, "the brains of the revolution."
to lire position he formerly held
Francisco de la Marra Is slated fo:
thu ministry of foreign relations,
which he occupied during the last
Dla: administration; General Gerono
inlrro Trevlno for the war olllco; Fer
nandlno lulesias Calderon. candidate
for vice president on thu liberal party
ticket against Pino Suarcz, for tho de
partment of the interior, and Alfredo
llobles Domingue,, Madero's treasure!
during the revolution, for the depart
ment of communications.
New Catholic Archdiocese,
Davenport, la. Tho announcement
that a new Roman Catholic, dloceso
has Just been created In Nebraska,
with Kearney us the see city, has re
vived rumors In Catholic church
circles that Omaha will soon bo cre
ated a new province, with Mlshop
Scannell as archbishop. This plan
was discussed when tho bishops of the
province of puhuque met prior to tho
creation ol the new diocese of Dei
Moines, nnd It is said that tho latter
net was merely a step towards the
creation of a new archdiocese.
Weetern Strike Ended.
Denver. Colo. My air agreement
entered into by ollielals of district I.".
United Mine Workers ol America and
ollielals of the American Fuel company
the strike of tho northern coal llelds,
which has existed for nearly two
years, virtually is cettlcd.
A Million for Church Buildings.
Chicago The Chicago Presbytery
has taken under consideration an over
ture to tho Presbyterian general iu
scibly. which, If concurred In by oth
er presbyteries and allowed by the
Knneral assembly of Iho Prcubyierian
I church, would result in diverting $!,
000,000 of the $L.10n,000 fund known
nB the Kennedy fund, and expending
P In the erection of churches In needy
districts In various parts of tho Fritted
States.
Relics in Pompel Ruins.
Naples Further remarkable dlsrov
cries have been found in thu ruins of
Vompul. The excivatoni have conio
upon several balconies, ono of which,
tho first to be uncovered, is complete.
Flvo skeletons havo been found, ap
parently tho bones of natives over
como while attempting to escapo tho
eruption. An Interesting discovery is
that of a completo wlno shop, with
bronzo and glass ntnphorno, or Jam,
bronzo lamps nnd an Ivory safe, which
contained a quantity of silver coins.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Iltilldlng opcititlonB are on the boom
at Dunning.
Hcntrlco will have a professional
baseball team tills season.
Tho socialists of Falrbury aro ar
ranging for a l.vcctim course.
August KopUe, living nenr Monnlng
Ion, while milking, had his leg broken
by hlr. cow falling on him.
It Is Intimated that Meatrlce will bo
very glad to purchase a fianchlsu in
the Nehiaska State league.
Hans .lories, residing noith-.vest of
Fremont, suffered (ho loss of two
lingers In a cornsheller accident
The revival meetings which have
been In progress at tho Christian
church at Gieenwood have closed.
Thu Mine river at Meat rice Is to bo
stocked with a large number of llsh
from the state hatcheries this spring.
J. P. Raw son, lor a long time editor
of the Aurora Sun, has sold tho paper
and will leave shortly for other llelds,
Tho congregation of the Haptlst
church of York Is rejoicing over the
fact that the organization Is clear of
iobt.
Farmers of tho state arc jubilant
over tho prospects of n first-class
wheat crop as a result of the recent
jtrovvs.
A carload of bananas, while in tho
rards at Wymore, took fire from tin
oil heater In the car and wero badly
scorched.
The new Methodist church at Ster
ling will be dedicated March 17. Tho
oulldlng Is one of the most handsome
)f Its kind in that part of the state.
Company K. First infantry regi
ment, Nebraska national guard, pre
looted "In Old Virginia" to u Inrgo
audience at tho opera house at Wy
more. Smallpox broke out In tho Douglas
county jail and a liberal use of dis
infectants to prevent tho spread of
the disease made tho 1 10 prisoners
deadly sick.
The debate between Wymore and
rteatiice high school debating teams
was won by Wymore. This victory
entitles Wymoro to enter the Stato
Debating league.
Homesteaders In the vicinity ol
Henry nnd Morrill are protesting
against tho high charges for cannl
privileges assessed against them by
the government.
Hay Is such a scarce article In tho
neighborhood of Howe that farmers
have been shipping In baled hay from
Kansas City. The price, laid down, Is
about $ir per ton.
Fred Ponnciipcheln. for ninny years
prominent In political and civic af
fairs in that part of the state. Is dead
at his home in West Point at the ago
of sixty-five years.
Tho house has been engaged and
tho date set for Wednesday, March
20, for the big Insurgent meeting of
tho Modern Woodmen of America to
be held at Hastings.
The Hebron mlTi'tary hand gave its
annual concert and minstrel show bo
fore an Immense crowd at the opern
hoiue Tho concert was the most suc
cessful one ever given by the band.
Ofllcers of tho Nebraska Spanish-
American War Veterans' association
are planning for tho annual reunion,
to bo held this year at Meatrlce. Tho
annual gathering will begin April 25.
Supervised public play grounds for
oil tho children of Hnstlngs through
out tho summer Is tho pioject backed
by the woman's club of that placo
which will be submitted to the city
council.
Vpon a thorough examination, tho
jnuse of the fire that did serious dam
age in the state museum on tho uni
versity camptm at Lincoln, Wednes
lay morning, was located In a piece
jf defective wiring.
Oakland business men will give n
'smoked Swede" minstrel perform
inco in tho near future. A score of
men nro rehearsing for the muslcul
snd of tho performance under dlrcc
ion of Y. H. Van Cleve.
A w ill is said to hnvo boon made by
Tohn O'Neill of Nellgli only about one
aour before his death which dcvlBed
nla entire property, estimated to bo
worth about $17,000. to Mrs. Clara
5aundcrs, hU housekeeper.
Thomas Dunn wns attacked by two
nold up men at Alliance. They wero
walking slowly along In Tront of him
iitd on his passing them ho was
ilugged with a sandbag or somo sim
ilar Instrument, which rendered him
unconscious.
Many farmers are arriving in Fair
bury dally from distant parts of tho
"orrnty xvho havo not been able to get
to town Blnco the storm of February
2!".. Tho merchants luvo complained
blttoily of slack business duo to tho
lack of patronage.
Foul play Is suspected In connection
with tho disappearance In Omaha of
W. II McMIUlun, trusted employe of
tho Richmond Sales company of Lin
coln. McMllllan had botveon ?U00 and
?r0u when ho left Llneol'i.
Prof. c. D. Merriam of Chicago uni
versity, bead of tho political science
department of that institution and
a candldato for tho mayoralty of Chi
cago at tho last municipal election,
has accepted an invitation to deliver
tho commencement oration before the
clnss of 1012 at tho stato university.
George I. Skinner nnd W. B. Green
of Maldwin, Kan., havo made arrange
ments to establish a steam laundry at
Hebron.
Fremont grain dealers aro uniting
with tho others ever the country in
protesting agninst the recent ruling
of the federal puro food board that
hot or bndly damaged grain Is unfit for
food pun'osos.
Fire, which started from. causes un
known, destroyed tho general storo 0'
M, Plerco and tho United StateB port
olllco at Genova, entailing a loss or
building and contents of npproxl
matcly 140,000.
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That is Calumet. Try
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ine. Sea how much mnrn
economical over the high
nrirprl trust tirnnrta. limit
much better than (he cheap
and big-can kinds.
Calumet is highest in quality
moderato in cost.
Received Highest Award
World's Puro Food
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rub off or dint off. Its shine lasts four
times longer than tho shine ot any other
polish. You only need to polish one
fourth as often, yet your stovo will be
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turo you will ncreo with tho thousands ot ether
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