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gSBSS! rMwKatar IV rv te nv ft I '' 5 fc U r t r ' t 1, The Chief C. B. HALE, Publlaher NED CLOUD . . . NEBRASKA WILL NOT ftEIDICATE PRESIDENT MADERO REFUSES TO GIVE UP HIS JOB. GOMEZ IS IN THE RUNNING Emell Gomez Crosses the Border and Proclaims Himself President of Mexico. Mexico City.- The situation In Mex ico City, mmrt from Its terrifying tiapcct, Ih :i roiunrkiihlc one. While the federal guns pounded tlio Diaz fortlflciitlon In the nrsuiuil anil the rebels sent bnck shell for shell, the Bcnnto Bat and discussed the oustlm; of Mudero from tho presidency. Friends of Mudero fully expected his resignation, but as the day wore on ho became fixed In bis determination to retain thn reins of power. To the Spanish minister, Scnor Coloi;au y Cologan, ho said: "I will not resign. I was elected by tho people. I nm the constituted president. 1 will die be fore I resign." Appeals to President Taft. "Washington. President Madero has appealed by telegram to President Taft asking him to withhold Intcrvcn-, tlon by the United States pending the, attempt to put down the Diaz revolt. Secretary Knox hns been Instructed to draft this government's reply. In Memory of James S. Sherman. Washington. President Taft, bis his cabinet, tho entlro bouse of repre- cntatlves, the senate, tho supreme court and tho diplomatic eorpsi assembled Saturday in tho senate, chamber nt memorial services for the Into Vice-President James S. Sherman.' with all Its solemnity It was n scene! of dignity. Tho president Hanking tho sombre Justices nnd the brilliant-' ly dressed diplomats, arrayed In full court costume. It was said by tho eonato historian to hnvo been the first tlmo slnco Washington that a presl-1 dent has entered tho senato chamber whllo In session. GOMEZ IN THE RUNNING. Proclaims Himself Provisional Presl dent of Mexico. El PaBo, Tex. Emell Vasquez do mez, recently released on bond nt San Antonio, Tex., has crossed tho borden at Columbus. N. M and proclaimed) himself president of Mexico. It Is re-' ported that Gomez was mot below tho line by n band of rebels, led by Colonel David de la Fuente, General Salas-ar'sj chief of staff, -who has been a Vns-; qulsta. as the followers of Emoll Vhb. quez Gomez aro called. Iowa to Have Daylight Saloons. Des Moines. Saloonkeepers In Iown will be permitted to open their places' from 7 o'clock In tho morning until 7i o'clock In the evening, nccordlng to ai bill passed by the lower house of tho', Iowa legislature If passed by tho sen-: ato and signed by tho governor. The! effect or tho bill will be to cut downl tho opon time of tho saloons from' even to ten hours. Tho senato Is snidl to bo strongly prohibition In sent!-' ment. Three Killed When Boiler Bursts. Provo, S. 1). Ry the blowing up or a Purllngton engine the lives of three! well known railroad men wore sacri- iiceu. h. k. Johnson, engineer; Georgoi Wheeler, flromnn, nnd C. Sundstrom.. ' fimlfnTnnti nil . tin .. . '. -............, ,, ol finance, ioi). Thej . ,luaL " W"H "oi vieorge Tiiresher. an, boiler of tho locomotlvo was thrown I 'scaped prisoner from tho Cering, more thnn 20D rcet rrom the track nnd jl'rN'l" Jail, tho police hero furnished' the cnglnemon wero terribly Hcalded.i ! '-Kelloy with a ttatement showing his; Tho causo or tho accident Is said to I identity. Kelloy answered Thresher's, havo been low water In tho boiler. , description In every detnil and the' Turkey's -Request Refused. London. WUen the ambassadors! met Friday nftcrnoon nt the foreign! offlco to discuss the powers' reply to Turkoy's request for Intervention, it wbb seml-otnclally stated that the porto would bn told that its note was' not explicit and Turkey's request' could not bo complied with. The bombardment or Adrlanoplo continues Did All They Could. Christ Church, N. Z. Commander K. R. G. Evnns, now in commnnd or tho Scott expedition, denies lndlgnant-i ly tho stories cabled rrom hero thntf the relations between him nnd Sur- geon Atkinson woro strained. Evans also denied thnt Potty Olllcer Evans was stricken with insanity on tho re-' turno with Captain Scott from tho) south polo. He further contends that, tho relief party did all that mortal' man could do to roscou Scott and his' four companions. President of Boy Scouts. Too. New York. President-elect Wilson , was elected honorary president or tho Boy Scouts or America at tho third annual meeting or tho national coun-i ell or that organization In session here. Suicide Over Loss of Job. Omaha. William Wilson, 1G yenrs. old, fired a bullet into his brain Wed.! nesday evening nnd died n fow hours later at tho South Omaha hospital. The causo of tho sulcldo Is said to boi despondency over tho loss of a Job. ' THE NATIONAL CAPITAL CONGRESSIONAL MATTER8 OF MORE OR LESS INTEREST. Summary of the Dally Transaction! of the National Law Makera at Washington. Saturday. Tho Senate Wont Into Joint session with the houso In memorial servlcos for the lute Vice-President Sherman. Legislative commit tee selected live bills to be used lit this bgbsIoii, Keccssed (it 11:30 p. in. until noon Monday on legislative day of Tuesday, February 11, Tho House Adjourned to join tho senate In Sherman memorial. Public buildings bill carrying sev eral millions reported, Adjourned at 2:.1!i p, m. until noon Sunday, for eulogies on late Repre sentatives W. W. Wedetuoyer of .Mich igan, John (i. Mcllenry of Pennsyl vania, Richard K. Council of New York and tho late Senator (Jcorgo S Nixon of Nevada. Friday. Tho Senate. Resumed debate on army appropriation bill. District of Columbia appropriation bill reported. Commerce committee discussed mil road valuation bill. President Tart's veto or tho Hur-nett-Dllllngliam Immigration bill re ceived nnd read. Adjourned fi:4& p. m. until noon Sat urday, continuing tho legislative day of Tuesday. Tho House. Considered private pen sion bills. Southwest tralllc subject or shipping trust Investigation. Territories committee heard Alaskan plea for legislation permitting entry men to provo coal claims In court. Passed diplomatic nnd consular ap propriation bill carrying 3,"t?4,t541'. Regan debate on annual pension ap jproprlation bill carrying $1.SO,:SOO,000. Recessed 1:43 p. m. until 8 p. in. tc tnko up bills on private calendar. Thursday. Tho Senato Senator Root spoke In favor of Connecticut river bill. Pueblo Indluns urged Indian affairs commltteo to transfer Pueblo lands to government in trust. Postolllco commltteo bill added amendment to postolllco appropria tion bill to piovidu for primary elec tion for selection of fourth class post masters. Adjourned nt 5:35 p. m. until noon Friduy. Tho Houso Sent conference report on legislative oxecutivo and Judicial bill back for further conference. Began consideration of diplomatic and consular bill. Shipping trust investigating com mittee resumed bearing probing Long Island sound traffic. , Representative Olmstcad made speech against Jones resolution for" Philippines Independence. Adjourned at 0:15 p. m. until 11 a. m. Friday. Want Stamp on Packages. Washington. Favorable report on the house bill to rcqulro" manufacture era to stamp upon packages thn exact weight and measuro of the contents has been ordered from tho senate com mltteo on manufactures. The manu facturers intend It ns an amendment to tho puro rood law. Amendments adopted by tho committee would ex empt packages, which sell ror 0 cents or less and would authorize tho secre tary or agriculture to draft rules ami regulations for reasonnblo violation. Given Identification Papers. Little Falls. Minn. After .Inlin Ifnl. h'V "! Proved with dilllculty todnyi Ll.hi 1 ... .-. .... , statement of Identity was given him- to ptewsnt tho remarkable resem blance getting him Into further trou-.' bio. Reward Fund Dlsannears. Los Angeles. City detectives nroi ' investigating the mysterious dlsap-j Jiearaneo from tho mayor's otllco or. checks aggregating f22.or.2, represent-' lug money appropriated by the city! council to aid In tho search ror tho dynamiters ,f tho Los Angeles Times' Jiulldlng. According to Mayor Alex aider, keys to the safo dlRfinnonrr.il. i r.i .. .. .: f uium mo samo tune, and ho believes tho two nlfalrs may be connected. Pencil Timber Burns. Springfield, Mo A disastrous fire Is sweeping tho timber belt south of, Jlolllster, In Taney county, as a result, of a blaze that started in the arils oP tho American Pencil company there Over 200 carloads of pencil tlmWri was destroyed. The origin of tho lire Is unknown. American Editor Barricaded. Kansas City. Mrs. J. K. Hudson of this city has received a telegram) from her son, Paul Hudson, editor of( tho Mexican Herald, which is printed in English. In tho City or Mexico, say-' Ing that Mr. Hudson, bis wire nnd Itwo children wore barricaded In tho Herald ollico, nenr tho site of the fiilned consulate building. Now York. Six thousand members; of tho International Ladles' Garmont! .Workers' union went to work Thurs-' day morning. ' JUST DREAMING l- . N WAIMIN NATION PAYS LAST RESPECTS GOVERNMENT RELIEVED ATTURN IN MEXICAN AFFAIRS. Memorial Services Held In London For Captain Scott and Companions Who Perished at the Pole. Mexico City. Tho resignation of Francisco I. Madero from tho presi dency is believed to be In the bunds of the Mexican congress. It was authori tatively stated that Madero agreed to resign If tho hennto ao wished. Tho senato was called Into session to take action on thia important phase of tho situation. At the Rritish legation, where Senor do la Rami took refuge- Thursday, It wub stated that Madera's resignation practically had been arranged for and that do la Rami probably would suc ceed htm In the presidency. I.atr Senor do la Barra. while pro ceeding through tho streets In an auto mobile, stopped and mndo u brief ad dress, assuring the crowds that a peace settlement was certain and probably would be reached at once. Much Relief Felt at Washington. Washington. The news of Madcro's voluntary relinquishment 0f the presi dency or Mexico brought relief to official circles In Washington, whore tho situation in the last few days hour ly has meen growing more tense. The announcement, coming at the close of a day In which tho situation steadily liad been turning against President (Madero, hardly was surprising. It served Instantly to clear the horizon at the storm clouds which came nearer be the prospect of armed Interference on the part of. tho United States 'seemed inevitable. Memorial to Men Who Perished. London. Tho Rritish nation Friday paid Its last sad respects to tho mem ory or Capt. Robert F. Scott and his Jierolc companions who died in tho wilds or the Anarctlc arter reaching tho south pole. A great memorial service was hold at the cathedral or !St. Paul, in tho center ofthe metropo lis. It wns attended by people or overy .walk in lire rrom King Georgo ,ln tho uniform or ndmlral of tho fleet, down to common laborers. 3,000 Prisoners Released. Mexico City. Threo thousand pris oners woro released from Belem prison during the lighting and aro scattering over tho city. Anarchy prevails In several sections or tho city, whllo the bombardment In the u,is,"ob streets continues Chairman of Telegraphers Dead. Red Oalc, la. Clarence L. Lamb, general chairman of tho order or Rail road Telegraphers for the Burlington nystem. died at his home here Thurs day morning of pneumonia. Ho woe only HI two days. Fatal Battle In Coal Region. Chnrlestown, W. Va.-fTen persons are dead and a scoro wounded as a ro sult or a buttle botween strikers and authorities near Miieklow. W. Va., In tho Kanawha coal stiiko district, cvon of tho dead wero strikers and three i wero members of tho mlno guards and railroad police or tho Injured tirteen nre said to be strikers .and tho others guards. Issues Potato Bulletin. Lincoln, Neb. Tho department of ngriculture botany Is now completing for publication an evtenslvo bulletin on the naturo nnd control of the dry rot of tho potato a disease prevalent Jn tho sand hill and high plains re-J gtnns or western Nebraska. The dls easo has been shown to bo duo to n parnslte rungus, which enters tho ma ture tubers through fwounds due to ttho methods of digging and handling or to other causes. Tho greatest growth or tho fungus occurs during 'storago KHF UTONJTASl CUBA IS MUCH CONCERNED POSTMASTERS BY POPULAR VOTE SUGGESTED IN SENATE. Fears for Safety of Citizens in City of Mexico Diaz Demands Surrender of National Palace. Washington. Primary elections for tho selection of fourth class post masters aro provided ror in an amend ment to tho postolllco appropriation bill which the senato committee on postolllces has added to that measure. As ngreed upon by the committee, it will apply only to fourth class oltlces, and It will bo optional with the post olllco department ns to whether tho system shall bo put Into execution. In thnt event it authorizes tho holding of primary elections and when such elec tions are hold It Is mndo obligatory upon the department to appoint the person receiving tho highest number or votes among tho patrons of any given postolllco. CUBA IS MUCH CONCERNED. 1 Fears for Safety of Citizens in Mex ico City Outbreak. Havana. The Cuban government 1b concerned over the safety of Cubans residing in Mexico and has dispatched the cruiser Cuba, the flagship of tho Cuban navy, to Moxican waters. The CUba will proceed to Vera Cruz. She has on board a landing party of In fantry and artillery for the protection of Cuban citizens there. Diaz Demands Surrender of Palace. Sloxico City. It was reported Thursday that General Diaz had de manded tho surrender of the national palace. All through tho day tho rebel batterlos of heavy guns wero throwing a flqrco flro or shrapnel around the palace. Many or these dropped Into tho zocalo, which rronts the building, and federal soldiers wero compelled to move to cover. Before dark the flro on both sides was Intermittent, but' apparently less vigorous from the federals. Tho government troops wero receiving ammunition In small consignments, and It was said that they were running short. Must Have Tips on Hat Pins. Stockholm. Under a new lnw which has Just gone Into effect, street car conductors throughout Sweden nre provided with rubber tips by the gov ernment to glvo to women not com plying with tho new law against un protected hat pins. Hat pins with cv posed points aro now a misdemeanor In Sweden, and women without the rubber tips will be compelled to ob tain them from tho street car men al a cost of I cent each. Will go to Washington. Omaha. Probably tho biggest politi cal event of the year will bo tho pil grlmngo of Nebraska democrats to Washington to nttend the inaugura tion or Wondrow Wilson as president of the United Stntes. Govornor Morehend and his military start will lead tho pilgrimage. x Recommends Government Ownership. Washington. Government owner ship or control of telegraph lines la ngain recommended by Postmnster General Hitchcock In bis annual re port to congress. , Death of Pope's Sister. Rome. Tho pope's sister, Rosa Sarto, died Tuesday In Romo of par alysis. She had been ill for somo time and tho psyslclans In attondnnco had expected a ratal outcome Sho was soventy-seven yenrs old. Coffee Raised In Nebraska. Omahn. II. D. Rice of this placo has what ho says Is (he llrst and only cofTeo bearing plant In tho stato of Nebraska. It Is being cared for In a greenhouse, where It can rocolvo attention, KIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Wolves nro killing bogs In tho neighborhood of Ainsworth. Aurora city schools were closed for several days on account of fumigating ior smallpox. v Mrs. J. Bemls was struck by nn auto at Crete and died without regain Jng consciousness. Meetings aro being held In Box Butte county to discuss plans for securing a new court bouse. Flro of unknown origin destroyed tho west wing of the Union Pacific roundhouse at Kearney. Mrs. Annie Dlller Is dead at Bea trice from Injuries received in a fall down nu open cellar wny. Lincoln's birthday was appropriately observed at the Methodist church In Kalrbury by a patriotic program. William W. Brown, formerly of Ne braska City, died in a hospital at St. Joseph, Mo. He was llfty-elgbt years old. Row John Joseph, a Catholic, mis sionary, has opened a series of meet ings nt St. Patrick's church at Fre mont. The proposition of electric, light bonds to furnish a lighting plant for Beaver City carried by a vote of 137 to CO. The body of George Hood, the sta tion agent who was murdered at Mil ler, Neb., was taken to Bellevue for Interment. Claude Sluyter of Clny Center wns round dead In a stall In his barn, pre sumably having been kicked to death by a horse. Pauline Recker. a young woman at ,LlncoIn, was robbed or a purse con taining a little over $2 In change while walking home. Bert Burg died suddenly at his home nt Vllllsca rrom the effects of Inhaling tho fumes of wood alcohol with which he was working. Fremont is already making prepara tions to entertain the stato encamp ment of the G A. It. which is to be held there in May. Merrick county's new $100,000 court house Is now complete, nnd the ses sion of district court is being hold In .the new court room. While attempting to hoist a flag In commemoration of Lincoln's birthday, George Stout of Beatrice fell eighteen feet and was badly Injured. Arrangements have been made for a debate between Franklin high school nnd Oxford high school nt Franklin. Friday evening. February 28. By Its fair the Fremont Country club cleared up practically $000, which will bo used In Improvement on tho club houso south of the city. A woir hunt was held near Green wood with several hundred persons participating, but Tew wolves wero sighted and only one was killed. The young people's societies of tho churches at Greenwood nro planning a play ror. February 21, the proceeds to bo used for their leagues' benefit. Tho Hastings A. O. U. W. is adver tising ror rooms to caro for tho large attendance expected ror tho grand )odge meeting there May 13 and 14. S. P. Reed or Merna, an old soldier, Jsns Just completed a quilt, containing 6,000 pieces, made entirely by hand, which he will present to President Taft. Joseph Rebhauscn, a farmer near West Point, cut down a tree on his placo which measured fifty-four Inches In diameter, and yielded 1,880 feet of lumber. Fire, believed to bo incendiary, de frayed a half block of frame struc tures In the business section of York, Tuesday. The loss is estlmnted nt $.000. A record shipment of horses was made at Shubert when sevonty head of lino high-priced animals wore sent to Highland, Kas. Tho average price was ?1S0. Sunday school superintendents from eight Protestant churches or Hastings mot at tho Y. M. C. A. building nnd took preliminary steps ror a union which has for Its object increased at 'cudnnco and Interest In Sunday school work. About twenty contractors handed In bldB ror tho new school building at Hampton rtiul tho contract was let to Joseph Neptune or Aurora. The build ing Is to cost. $11,000. Tho largo barn or William Schultz near Barnda, burircd Saturday night, consuming flvo horses, n quantity or grain and somo mnchlnery. Tho origin of tho lire is a mystery. Hastings. Nearly two tons or to bacco, valued at $1,400 and belonging to tho Wi'srern Tobacco company or this city, was burned Wednesday night In a flro that destroyed the barn at which It was stored. Georgo Elliott hns been carrying tho mall rrom tho depot, to the York post olllco for twenty-seven years, and has never missed a trip. John Krai nor, a wealthy German farmer, lost $1,400 when his pocket wns picked Just ns ho left tho First National bank nt Lincoln, Saturday morning. Plans for placing mora monuments along tho Oregon trail In Nebraska wero considered recently at a meet ing ot the commission appointed two years ago, and the state memorial commission, which Is affiliated with, tho historical society. Flvo thousand head of threo and four year old Montana wethera ar rived nt Seward last week to ratten for tho spring market. Inoz; llttlo daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Ed Callahan, nt Fremont, was pain fully scalded when sho pulled n plug out of a washing machine Boiling wnter ran over her body, burning her dangerously from the shoulders down. Tho question of closing tho moving plcturo theaters Sunday was pro canted to tho Alliance council nnd, after much discussion, It wbb decided .to leavo the matter to a voto of tbo people at tho spring election, April 7. HOW MRS. BROWN SUFFERED During Change of Life How Lydia E. Pinkham' Vege table Compound Made Her a Well Woman. lola, Kansas. "During the Change of Life I was sick for two years. Be fore I took your med icine I could not bear tho weight of my clothes and was bloated very badly. Idoctored with threo doctors but they did mo no good. They Baid naturo must havo ita way. My Bister advised me to tako Lydia E. Pink- linm'a V.iirot ,, I.I Compound and I purchased a bottle. Before it was gone tho bloating left mo nnd I was not so sore. I continued tak ing it until I had taken twelve bottles. Now I am Btronger than I havo been for years and enn do all my work, even tho washing. Your medicine is worth its weight in gold. I cannot praise it enough. If moro women would taka your medicine thcro would bo mora healthy women. You mny use this let ter for tho good of others." Mrs. D. II. BnoWN, 800 N. Walnut St, Iola,Kan. Change of Lifo is one of tho most critical periods of a woman's existence. Women everywhere should remember that there is no other remedy known to bo successfully carry women through this trying period as Lydia E. Finkham's Vcgetablo Compound. If yon want special advice write to I.ydla K. Plnkhnm Medicine Co. (confl dentrnl) Lynn, Mnss. Your letter will bo opened, read nnd answered by A woman nnd held In strict confidence. Astonished the Bishop. It was nn English youngster who so thoroughly surprised tho kindly bish op whom ho had been directed to ad dress as "My lord." "How old might you be, my child?" asked tho stately. If stalling ecclesias tic. "My God, I'm seven!" tho frightened, child replied. x Tho reason a man enn't help loving; n girl like n lunatic is she could help. him not to only that's tho way sho wants hlir to do It. The real big man writes his namo on everything he does CONSTIPATION Munyon's Paw-Paw Pillsarcunlikcall oth er laxatives or cathar tics. They coax tho liver into activity by gentle methods, they do not scour; they do not gripe; they do not weaken; but they do start all the secretions, of the liver and stom ach in a way that soon puts these organs in a healthy condition and corrects constipation. Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills are a tonic to the stomach, liver and nerves. They invigorate instead of weaken; they enrich the' blood instead of impover ishing it; they enable the stomach to get all the nourishment from food that is put into. it. Price 25 cents. All Druggists. Nebraska Directory Cox-Jones -Van Alstine Co. 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