THE WAGEWORKER By W. M. MAUPIN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA The capital stock of the new bank just established at Barada is $C,500. Wyatt & Gray, two residents of Beat rice, opened a cigar factory- at that place. A complete list o( teachers has been re-employed'' for.' the. Emerson 'ifubiic school. At a meeting of the city council of Wayne three saloon ' licenses were granted at $1,600 each. Mayor Schultz has Issued a state ment showing that the citizens of Beat rice raised $1,470.42 for the San Fran cisco sufferers. While playing with schoolmates a little daughter of former Senator Cur rie of Broken Bow slipped and fell in an' open ditch, seriously, injuring her self. The Bock Island railroad has just contracted for 2,000 carloads of stone which will be used in ballasting the Nebraska division. The purchase price was $60,000. .... The newly organized board of trus tees of the village of Valley elected John Monahan chairman, J. H. Ingram clerk and Frank C. Jennedy treasurer for the coming year. - Two Important' business changes took place at Burwell. " L. P. Douglas sold the Burwell house to W.'H. Miner. William' Salem sold his bakery and business to Ora Miller. The Hartington ' city council - has passed an . ordinance prohibiting bar ber shops to be open hereafter on Sun days, subject to a fine of $50 for vio lation of the ordinance. Owing partly to the lack of harmony between the growers and a beet sugar company, the acreage of sugar beets planted at Sutherland this season will be somewhat less than that of last year. One of the biggest land deals con summated in Gage county in years was the sale, of the Emery Ellis section northwest of Beatrice to Henry Dam kroger and Henry Pohlman for $49,000 cash. A large crop of fruit 13 expected around Schuyler. The trees are laden with blossoms and unless hail or frost visits that section of the country there will be the largest fnftt crop ever gathered. Work on the new Burlington depot at Beatrice is' progressing nicely. An extra force of bricklayers will be put to work on the building and an effort will be made to have it completed by October 1. ' For the first time in the town's his tory, Oxford is to have three saloons. The new applicant, W. H. Branen, will commence business fas soda a$., the building being 'erected for his use is completed. ' Complete rural ' free delivery ' for Dixon and Dakota counties is sched uled to go Into effect June 1. Ponca, South Sioux City and Waterbury will each get one new route and others will be rearranged. ' Eighty snakes were found in one nest near Norfolk by Farmer Ed Wag ner. He dug into a hole and located the reptiles, coiled up in several groups. It took fifteen minutes to slaughter them. The new Home Telephone company of Beatrice has secured a ten-year lease on a suite of rooms in the Beat rice National bank block and hare re moved its exchange and toll lines to the new Quarters. All of the gambling houses in Ne braska City are closed. Six gambling houses have been in operation, each place' paying a monthly fine- of $50. This order does not effect the operat ing of slot machines. Howard Wickersham applied to the board of irrigation for right to use water from Boggey creek and West Boggey creek, branches of Hat creek In Sioux county. The application ap plies only to excess water or flood water. The Reservation Town company which has just filed articles of incor poration will have Its principal place of business at Dakota City and will buyL sell, lease, handle and improve real estate at the various townsites and stations along the line of the Sioux City and Ashland branch of the Sioux City & Western railway in Nebraska. The work of repairing the Keith and Lincoln counties irrigation district canal is progressing rapidly and a large force of men and teams are em ployed thereon. The repairs are to be quite extensive and will cost many hundreds of dollars. , Thieves raided the premises of A. T Tart at Beatrice and carried away about eighty piegons of the Homer va riety. Mr. Tart has more than 200 of these birds and he regrets very much to lose any of them. GENERAL AMNESTY PRINCIPAL DEMAND OF RUSSIA'S NEW PARLIAMENT. TIME IS NOW RIPE FOR REGENERATION Reply to Address of Throne Is Couched in Mild Terms but with Earnest Meaning A Number of Reforms Sought. 1. General amnesty. '.',, t. The abolition of the -death pen alty. 3. The suspension of martial law and all exceptional laws. 4. Full civil liberty. 5. The abolition of the council of the empire: 6. The revision of the' fundamental law. 7. The establishment of the respon sibility of ministers. 8. The right of interpellation. 9. Forced expropriation of land. 10. Guarantees of the rights of trades unions. These are the 'principal reforms asked of the czar by the new parlia ment of Russia They are embodied in the reply to the throne of which thei following is the opening: "It has pleased your majesty in your speech addressed to the people's rep resentatives to express' your determi nation Unshakably to preserve the in stitutions whereby the people have been called on to exercise legislative power in conjunction with their 'mon arch. The parliament regards the monarch's formal promise to the peo ple as a sure pledge of that consolida tion and of thte. further development of order and legislation in . accordance with a strictly constittuional basis. . "The house will for its part, make every effort to perfect the principle of popular representation, and to submit for your majesty's assent a bill relat ing to such representation basing it, in accordance with the unanimously expressed will of the people, on uni-. versal suffrage. . "Your majesty's appeal, for common work for tha good of the fatherland finds a lively echo in the hearts of the members of parliament, in ,the consti tution of which representatives of all classes and nationalities, are united in an ardent desire to regenerate Russia and create a state, or order, on the basis of all living in peace with one an other and on the firm pillars of civic freedom. "The parliament holds it to be its duty to point out that the conditions under which the country lives render really fruitful work for the renovation of the best powers of the nation impos sible. The country has perceived that the sorest spot on our national life is the ambltipus power of the officials who separate the emperor from his people; and Tias declared 'clearly "arid unanimously that the renovation of public 'life is only,,possiba on, the. prin ciples of freedom, with the' spontan eous participation of the people in leg islative power, and in control of legis lation, through the executive authori ties." DENIED HABEAS CORPUS. Supreme Court Considered Lincoln - . Case Too Small for Its Attention. In an opinion by Justice Brewer the supreme court of the United States denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of James Lincoln, who was convicted in the United States district court of Nebras ka on an indictment charging the un lawful introduction of liquor into the Winnebago Indian reservation. He was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for sixty days and to pay a fine of $100. His discharge was asked for on the alleged ground that the United States court had no juris diction of the offense charged. In dis missing the case the court said: "While this court has authority to issue writs of habeas corpus for the discharge of . any person imprisoned within the limits of the United States in violation of the constitution or laws of the United States, yet unless, there is some special reason calling for the exercise of such authority,, a party con victed in the trial court of the United States should pursue his remedy by writ of error, and this court cannot be expected In every case, especially every petty case of alleged wrongful conviction, to inquire by habeas cor pus into the legality of the detention. "In this case it is held that there are no special reasons justifying a de parture trom the ordinary and orderly mode of procedure." SOUTH AFRICA TO BE RIVAL. Great Britain Will Depend Upon It for Her Cotton. Addressing the Liverpool, England, chamber -of commerce, Sir Alfred Jones, president of the chamber, said that the British cotton-growing asso ciation would import this year from West Africa cotton valued at between $500,000 and $600,000. He argued that West Africa would produce shortly more cotton than Lar.-sashlre required. The speaker added that African labor conditions were more economical than those in America. SHOCKING DOUBLE TRAGEDY. ''',-':---.: JJ.-i. :-'.'' '' Wealthy Nebraska Farmer Kills Wife '. and Then Himself. Sid Mackey, a prosperous and prom inent farmer residing near Reynolds in the southern part of Jefferson county,' Neb., murdered his wife and took .his own life.'. ' ; On .the same farm where the suicide and murderer resided, dwelt his son, Klrby Mackey, and family. The morn ing following the tragedy the wife of the younger Mackey went to the Swelling 'of her father-in-law arid, see ing' no one about the place, she en tered. . She was horrified to find the lifeless form of Bid Mackey lying upoa a bed, a bullet hole through his head and a revolver in his hand. She hur ried to her own home,, and informed her .husband of what she had dis covered. The coroner was summoned : and hastened to the place. Upon his arrival further investigation . (. was made and the dead body of Mrs. Mackey was found in another, room, she also having been shot through th6 head. , " Mackey was one of the 'most prom inent and successful farmers in Jeffer son county. He owaed about 200 acres of1 splendid land and lived in . a fine farm house. He was a member of the beard of county commissioners about twelve years ago and tad always tak-. en an active interest in public affairs. About three years ago his first wife died and eighteen months ago he was married to a widow, the woman whose life he took prior to ending his own. This later 'marriage is said to have been anything, but a happy one and frequent disagreements ar esaid tQ hive taken place. ,,.... , FAMILY OF NINE MURDERED. Victims a Preacher,' His Wife and Seven Children Bodies Cremated. One of the most horrible crimes In the history of Florida, if not of the entire south, was committed ten miles north of Milton, . An itinerant preacher named Ackerman, his wife and seven childreni the eldest about fourteen years old, were killed and their bodies cremated in their home, which was burned by the assassins. The crime was discovered by parties with whom Ackerman had an appointment. They found the house in ruins and the charred bodies of Ackerman and the eight otljer members of tfie family scattered about among the wreckage. Examinaiton by physicians showed that Ackerman and his wife had been struck on the head with some blunt instrument, their skulls being crushed. The citizens 'of Milton have raised more than a thousand dollars which will be offered as a reward for the ap prehension of the assassins, and Gov ernor Broward has been appealed to to offer a reward for the state. : Ackerman is hot known to have had any enemies. . . NAVAL RECORDS PUBLISHED. Advance Sheets on Encounters Dur ing Rebellion. The navy department has issued the advance sheets of series 1, volume 20 of the official records of the unioa and confederate navies of the war of the rebellion, compiled by Charles S. Stewart, superintendent of the library and naval war records. This publica tion covers the period of time from March 15 to December 31, 1863, giv ing the operations of the we3t. gulf blockading squadron. The .period was one of the greatest importance to the naval historian, covering, as it does, the operations of Farragut and Porter; the operations at Port Hudson, th3 destruction of the Queen of the West; the Sabine Pass and Rio Grande ex peditions; naval operations in de fense of Donaldsonville and is givea additional value by reason of the cuta illustrating the type of war vessel ufed in each navy. , Musical Festival in Lincoln. ' The University of Nebraska an nounces a grand "musical festival in Lincoln May 21 and 22, when the cele brated Theodore Thomas orchestra of Chicago will give three concerts.., The Thomas orchestra is the greatest or ganization of its kind in America. It has been in existence since 1870 and has probably done more for the musi cal education of the people of this country than any other one organiza tion. Reduced rates have been granti ed on all railroads for this festival, aa open tare of one and one-third. WITHDRAWS FROM COLLEGE. Instructor Opposes Gifts from Carne gie and Rockefeller. Because the college trustees have ac cepted gifts from John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie, Mary E. 6ird, for nineteen years an instructor in the astronomical department of Smith col lege, Northanfpton, Mass., tendered her resignation. Miss Bird says that she will prepare a formal statement of her position, to be read at the com mencement exercises in June, when the maCter of changes in the faculty and staff are considered. WASHINGTON GOSSIP AFTER PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LEAVES OEFICB IN 1909. ' MAY ' MAKE WORLD TOUR: President and His Associates in Their Fondness for Athletics The American Soldier in San Francisco. ASHINGTON. Po litical prophets in Washington, are trying, to find,, a place for Presi dent Roosevelt aft- ' er he goes out of office in 1909. One 1 ingenious writer has predicted the election of Secre tary, of War Taft to the presidency, and , declares that Theodore Roosevelt would, be Mr. Taft's secretary of state.' This arrangement " has caused President Roosevelt considerable amusement and has excited the risibilities of men in public life generally. ' The most frequently expressed opin ion , in political circles, is . that Mr. Roosevelt is more likely to . come to the senate from New York than he is to fill any other position Senator Piatt's term will expire on March 3, 1909, the date oh which Mr. Roosevelt will cease to be president of the United States.. Mr. Piatt is not a can didate for reelection, and if Mr. Roose velt enters the field it is admitted that no one will oppose him. The senate would be a congenial field, after two terms in the White House. Some of the older members of the senate who have not had the most pleasant relations wtih Mr. Roosevelt as president are already grinning in anticipation of the fun they will, have in hazing the new senator from New York. Those .who know the president do not doubt that he will be able to take good care of himself when the hazing begins. After Mr. Roosevelt retires from the presidency even though he is elected a senator from New York it is believed that his plans contemplate a, tour oi the . world. He. could starti at once and do this tour, before the beginning of the regular session of congress fol lowing. It is admitted that no one. not even Grant, has received greater honors than would be accorded to Mr. Roosevelt by all the great foreign na tions he- would visit. His reputation as the great; peacemaker .of the world would insure 'him a triumphal tour. Martha Washington's Bible. HSRE was recent ly restored to its rightful owner one of the most inter esting relics ' o; colonial and' revo lutionary times. The long los Bible of Martha Wash ington, which was taken from the home of the ' Lee family at Arlington during the civil war. was a few days ago restored by O. W. Kendricks, of Philadelphia, to. Miss Mary. Custis Lee, . daughter of Gen. Robert E. Lee, , the commander of the confederacy. The wanderings of this old volume will never ' be known. 1 Mr. ' Kendricks, Who is a book collector, bought the Bible many years ago from a man named Stein. It was probably stolen, as, were many other treasures from the Lee mansion, by . the servants and . soldiers, and pawned for, a trifling sum by persons Ignorant of its value. The book has been kept with great care and is in fine condition. Its black leather cover shows few scratches. A few pages are torn, but the ink is still unfaded, and many leaves and flowers pressed by members of the Lee, fam ily are still in it. The Bible was print ed in London in 1702 by "Charles Bill and tfte Executrix of Thomas New comb, deceased, printers to the King's most excellent Majesty." - It contains the "Order fn Morning Prayer Throughout the Year," including the communion service, the articles, of re ligion, the Old . and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha, the metrical ver sion of the Psalms and the table of kindred affinity. The Bible does not contain the rec ord of the marriage of Martha Custis to George Washington. The- earliest birth reported is that of Fannie Park Custis, in 1710. The marriage of Dan iel Parke Custis to Martha Dandrfdge, afterward Martha Washington, is re corded as hiving occurred in 1750. , Good Athletes. ' N PRESIDENT Roosevelt's i c a b -inet there are sev eral men who can hold him level in certain lines of athleties, although the president has the reputation of being the greatest all-round athlete among public men in Washington. He does not boast of particular skill in any sport except wrestling. In that he has quite a record. He is a vary good ' rider, a, good boxer, a fairly good shot, aad a very fair tennis player. He gets most ot hla exercise, however, in wrestling and boxing, and if he cannot persuade any of his friends to stand up against him he will have some ath letic instructor, come to the White House and try a few rounds with him with the gloves. ' - Two ji -Jus cabinet have fine athletic up recprds. They are Attorney General Moodyand Secretary or Commerce and Labo'r Metcalf".,' Moody is one of the most enthusiastic baseball cranks in the country. - When he was, nt college he was a crack player himself. He . was captain of . the Andover baseball team In 1S72, and played with the 'Varsity nine at Harvard for four years. If. -hp gets the oportuDlty he still likes to play the game, but just ,now he takes most of his exercise in horseback riding". ;' - -; Secretary Metcalf made quite a rec ord as an oarsman on the Yale crew away back in 1875-6. When he went to California in 1880 he became a member of the Olympic club, of San Francisco. He was one of. the -crack boxers of the club;' "and at one', time, held the middleweight amateur cham pionship -A San Francisco for .wrest ling: SHe does not indulge in any ' of this violent exercise now, as he has not been in good health for some time, and he, like Moody, confines himself to riding and walking. First Assist ant Postmaster General Hitchcock is one of the greatest athletes in public" life. He has a fine record as a base ball player, but his specialty is box ing. He is more than six-feet tall, very quick, and has an unusually long reach. Confidence Restored. HE United States army has won new laurels by the part: it has played , in- . SanFransicso. The authorities at . the 'war . department,' however, ' are' of ' the opinion that it 75"""S' I has' ' about com- ' &k' .pleted Its - work ' there. Secretary Taft is opposed to the .policy :Of retain ing any number of troops in San Fran cisco engaged in .the work of relief and restoration.. He believes that these duties should be taken up by the citi zens of San Francisco themselves. The longer' the aimy stays there the more danger there is of conflict of author ity between the municipal officials and the , officers of the. army. , It Is also felt that , the people of San Francisco would be much more self-respecting if th'ey are shouldered with the respon sibility of maintaining order and re-' lieving the Suffering. ' - The conduct of the army officers and men in tha great disaster-, in San Francisco has done much to restore to the army the confidence and respect of the. people, and particularly of mem bers of congress. It had become the habit of some congressmen and sena tors on all occasions to decry the American soldier. When the news came of the wiping out of the ' Moros at Mount Dajo in the fhl " r"tne3 there was a renewal of the criticism of the army and .in outcry ; against the . bru tality and cruelty of the soldiers. This has all -been hushed. "When the same soldier, because those stationed on the Pacific coast aire of the same army that has occupied the ' Philippines, went into the burning city, rescued men, women and 'children, went hun gry that others might eat, and neith er slept nor rested night nor oay there was nothing heard about the brutal soldiers. The employment of the army in this work"was without warrant Of law, but no violation of red tapeism ever met with so hearty approval or commanded so much respect in congressional and. administration circles where the wel fare of the soldier is , supposed to. be in charge. ' . A New Fertilizer. ECRETARY T&IL son's ' department of agriculture is constantly discov ering sonietning that is destined to be of benefit to the farmer. Just now the scientists in ' that depart ' ment are some what excited over. the supposed discovery of a new sup ply of fertilizer which can be furnished cheaper than the same material has ever been before secured. Here'tofore the whole supply of carbonate of pot ash fertilizer has Home from Germany, but. Dr-VCushtnan, Of the roads' Office in the . agricultural department, believes that he has found something in this country that will completely supplant the, German fertilizer. ' ;. Last summer when Dr. Cushman was experimenting on some granite road material in his laboratory he ex tracted from some very finely pow dered rock a large percentage of pot ash. He extracted this potash by elec tricity, but he concluded ' that ' ' as ground rock is very Cheap, it might be worth while to . try the experiment of letting the plants do their own extract ing. He tried "ft on his own farm, and found that the powdered rock did act ually act as a fertilizer., - The commercial value of imported fertilizer is about $i00 a ton. It is necessary in the tobacco fields and a number of other crops require it. The ground rock, on fhe other hand, can, be produced for about three dollars a ton, and there is so much of it in the country that runs highjn potash, and is available for use that the supply could never be cornered. It takes about twice as much of the ground rock to accomplish the same results as the imported fertilizer, but even then the difference in the price of $6 and 100 is evidently a great card in fa vor of the native material. , The scien tists at the agricultural department re gard this as a very important dis covery. Burmese Inch. The pulgat; a Burmese measurement, is the only foreign measure -exactly corresponding to our inch. There Is -no Rochelle 8atta, Alum, Llmeor Ammonia In fcod made with Calumet BaEiin NOT OT TUB BAKING POWDER TRUST It makes pure food. ..Shocking Precocity. . -."What is the resul?ft .-askeck he teacher of the "primary class in'-arith- "' metic, ."when you put-two and two to gether?" . . . w ' '' "A ' kith,'":, -Heped. the curly-headed little girl in the front row. Chicago Tribune. . . m . 7 ' Garfield Tea overcomes constipation, sick' f headache, liver , and kidney diseases. , IN OTHER LANDS. , A n Alenti-f Tftllwra will ihrnhahTfl '" soon connect Moscow with StJ' Peters- ' ' burg. - . ' " In the insane asylums of Germany more than a thin: of the patient3 owe -their condition, to strong drink. Last year there were 89.211 millions matches sold in France, bringing, into that nation's treasury $5,216,950, this being a state monopoly. A man of 80, elected a ' judge for' Frutigeh, Switzerland, is to go through'; ; a university -course in order to enable him to pass the examination required. - by Jaw. .. . , . , A proposal to enact that no newspa- . . ed from Satu-'day midnight until sun rise on Monday riorning, has been negatived in the French senate. ' Denmark holds the record among nations for thriftlness. Her , inhabit- -ants have, on an average, 10 9s; apiece in the- savings hanks; English people have only 3 2s. a head. r . ,; ' . j , In Australian gold mines it is con-. when the1 proportion of oxygen falls , below 20 per cent., or less than 70 cubic feet of air a minute is supplied for every man working in a mine. ' - The city of London's chief Inspectoi of weights and measures reports that the weight of all. loads of coal test- , . ed last year was satisfactory, and thai , , "In most cases. the weight exceeded; the amount specified on the ticket." . One of the labor party's members' ol ; "; the new house of commons lately re ceived from a constituent who thoueht he had a grievance to which the gov- Braiueat snouia give attention,' .a let- s ,, ter of no. less, than 1,700 closely-writ-. , ten nasres. ? IN OCEAN DEPTHS., - Some of the most beautiful sights are found in the .-sea the- coral reets '' and the 'sunken gardens, filled with ' strange marine plants. Some marine animals live only in the purest- wa- ,. , ter, others only .in the foulest water; for every condition there is a life to fit it s. v '". - In all ocean basins, hills and ridges, as well as troughs and deep holes, oc- , cur, and the bottom is covered with the ' skeletons of marine animals,'7, changed by time into slime and stone. - Some of the animals of the' ocean i have no eyes, haying no need of them; . others have a hundred eyes. The largest animal and the, tiniest , animal are found in the sea. In places . the sea is 30,000 feet deep. Its aver- ' age depth is' over 1?,000 feet, Twice ; every 24 hours the water rises and ' falls. - At the entrance - to the Bay of Fundy the rise at spring tide is no less than 70 feet. .The natural power lN M a ...... UU&k UU1UUU uuo AS m U6J1UUUVUI one. . . . !j. . ,.. And the plant life in the ocean is almost as remarkable as the animal life. Learned men have been study ing it for centuries and are only be-! ginning to understand it If you want to be interested as no novel can in terest you, procure a book telling in , a simple manner of the life in the seas. - There are plenty of such books writtten fcr the people rather than tor scientists. ' ' ' ' , r One of 'the worms found in the ocean -' lives by ' swallowing sand, extracting : froiri it 'Whatever aiStmal "or ' VegeSWy food it may contain. The anlmas.- of the .ocean live on each other. Oflei' : animal kills its prey by means'- of an' , electric shock.' A fish is knovm -Which' -fishes "with, a sort of: hook and line ' and thus secures' its' food; There is f ' a phosphorescence' oil' the sea tat at! ; times produces a light so brilliant;. ' that at night one may read' by it., i This is produced by millions of living: S things. ; ' ''- f -' To Renew a -Mirror. - - ! - Keep for this purpose a , piece ol ' sponge, a cloth, and 3ilk handkerchief, all entirely free from 'dirt, as' the ieast grit will' -scratch the fine surface n'. the glass. .First sponge it .wijh a Jitt.tf? spirits of wine, or gin and -water, toj ciean'off all spots; then dust Over it'4 powdered blue tied in muslin, rub 1. lightly-and .quickly off with the cloilv and finish by rubbirig with ' the siikj. handkerchief. ' Be careful not to ml'' ; the edges of the frame. J'. Moth in Carpets. If the moths have got into a caryet, -It must be taken up, thoroughly. ohalron OTlH TirPKKPfl with n H n t irv, -. o hot as it will bear without scorchine. V 'i Then liberally sprinkle the 'floor where , it is to lie with spirits of turpentine, j' -l pouring It info any -cracks there inay- ' be between the boards.' . . . '., For Washing 3ru2b.6S. . Dissolve rocK amuioaia in tne pro. ... iv nortion of 'one. ounce to "twf quartJ :!' water. Dip the bristles lightly in This - and move backward and forward.' Rinse thoroughly In cold water, shake and dry in the sun. Powflor