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Vol. 19. No. 959.
A FIERCE jNOW STORM
A Storm of Snow and Wind Sweeps
Over Western Nebraska Other
Sections Get Rain
A fierce snow and wind storm which
began In eastern Wyoming and Colo
rado, which has extended a little into
the extreme portion of western Ne
braska, has caused traffic on the Bur
lington to be somewhat delayed. Pas
senger trains from Denver are report
ed from over an hour to two hours
late. The Portland express is three
hours late.
The storm is . unusually severe for
this time of year. At Akron from
. eight to ten inches of snow has fallen
and it Is still coming down at a
furious rate. In the greater portion of
Nebraska territory the weather is not
nearlv as cold, and rain instead of
snow is falling.
At local headquarters it was stated
this morning that the storm had not
in the least interfered with the tele
graph lines. A force of linemen was
held ready at Lincoln to be sent to
the west as fast as possible if it be
came necessary to repair damage on
account of the hard blow.
Denver, Colo. A general storm pre
vailed along the eastern slope of the
Rocky Mountains from Wyoming to
New Mexico today . Snow has been
falling in Colorado almost incessantly
for the past twenty-four hours and still
continues tonight. Suburban electric
lines have operated with difficulty
and railroads have experienced delay
in running trains. As yet no serious
results are reported in this section,
but from Albuquerque, N. M., comes a
report of considerable property dam
age there from high winds. The sud
den dropping of the temperature, ac
companied by blizzard conditions in
northern New Mexico, has caused
heavy losses to the sheep raising in
dustry, if rumor is correct.
In Colorado the storm extended' to
the western slope. In the valley
around Buena Vista the snow lies two
feet deep on the level and in the
mountains throughout the state the
snow varies from two to five feet in
depth. Twenty-two inches of snow
had fallen at Florence by nightfall.
Apple orchards in that section will
suffer considerably. The trees, heav
ily laden with fruit, are breaking
down. The roof of one of the build
ings at the cement works at Portland
gave way under the weight of snow.
In northern Colorado the. snow is
twenty inches deep and should a
A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO
POLITICS, AGRICULTURE AND HOME
Lincoln, Nebraska,
freeze follow heavy loss will result
to the potato crop.
Wyoming reports a general storm
that has played havoc with wire com
munication and is interrupting rail
road traffic. Several minor wrecks
have occurred. Live stock is threat
ened from exposure.
The storm, though abated somewhat
still continued at midnight.
Worst in Years
Albuquerque, N. M. The worst
blizzard since the great storm of 1883
is general throughout New Mexico
tonight.. A high wind is bringing a
general fall of sleet and snow through
ough the Grand valley and reports
tonight indicate that the losses to
sheep growers will be very heavy.
The storm began here about 7
o'clock Saturday morning with a high
wind, which rapidly increased in ve
locity until by 9 o'clock the gale
had reached the proportions of a tor
nado. The wind, carried dense clouds
of sand and . dust which developed
into rain and later with rapidly fall
ing temperature, into sleet and snow.
Tonight the snow is falling in blind
ing sheets and meager reports indi
cate that it is much more severe in
the country. Telegraph and telephone
service is almost completely shut off
and railroad traffic is delayed. Some
minor damage has been done in Al
buquerkue, Las Vagas, Socorro and
smaller towns south of Albuquerque.
Bryan and LaFoIlette in Conference
Milwaukee The fact that Senator
LaFoIlette and William J. Bryan were
in consultation on Mr. Bryan's special
train yesterday has set the tongues
of the politicians wagging. Senator
LaFoIlette was in Watertown, it was
stated, to look at some Shetland po
nies, but he returned to Madison on
the Bryan special. What the two
talked about is unknown to anyone
except themselves. One of the ru
mors growing out of this meeting is
that Senator LaFoIlette and Mr. Bry
an, whose views are so near in com
mon, may "mutualize" with other
leaders who hold the same views and
start a new party. One thing is cer
tain, the incident has not helped to
bring about harmony in the republican
party, the friendliness of Senator La
FoIlette for Mr. Bryan, after the lat
ter had attacked the republican state
ticket, being deeply resented, and
those opposed to Senator LaFoIlette
assert that he is laying out a plan
for again getting control of the party
machinery.
To Pipe Liquid Coal Like Gas
Bevier, Mo. Instead of having the
basement half filled with the coal pile
October 25, 1906
and laboring morning and night with
the shovel, it will be possible soon
to turn on a faucet and let a bucket
of coal ' run out, if the plans of Dr.
George R. Nunelly succeed. Dr.
Nunelly announced today that he had
it all figured out and demonstrated.
According to the inventor it will
be easy. Coal miners will disappear.
Their places will be taken by men
who will spray the face of the coal
veins with a solution Dr. Nunelly
has invented. The coal, he says, will
be turned into a liquid by this means.
The liquid coal will be pumped to the
surface and stored in tanks. As soon
as it is exposed to light and air, he
says, it will become hard.
Liquid coal will be piped, he says,
as oil now is, and will be distributed
to consumers in cities and towns as
gas is served.
Dr. Nunelly exhibited a dark fluid
of about the consistency of mucilage,
which, when exposed to light and air,
gradually hardens. This, he said, was
liquid coal.
General Andre Beaten
Paris A banquet attended by six
hundred Free Masons, given in the
chapel of a former Carmelite con
vent here last night, caused consid
erable rioting and led to a number
of arrests. During the disturbance
General Andre, the ex-minister of war
was beaten with sticks.
Insurance Brokers Barred
Indianapolis, Ind. The American
association of casulty and surety
agents closed its annual convention
today after deciding to exclude insur
ance brokers from mebership. II. II.
Coudrey of St. Louis was chosen pres
ident and Thomas R. Dugan of Louis
ville, Ky., secretary.
High Wind at Salt Lake
Salt Lake City, Utah Wind last
night blew down all wires between
Salt Lake and Ogden, scattered signs
and trees through the streets and in
terrupted street lights and cars. Sev
eral persons were injured by flying
debris. At midnight the storm had
subsided somewhat.
Lost in the Hurricane
Portland, Me. The fourmasted
schooner Meron is a total wreck, ac
cording to a cablegram received by
W. S. Jordan & Co., part owners,
from Curacoa, Dutch West Indies.
While details are lacking, it is be
lieved here that she was lost in the
hurricane.
Peasants Coming to United States
Zhitomir, Russia The peasants of
two villages, Pukoschofka and Doretz,
in this vicinity, have decided to emi
grate in a body to the United States.
LIFE
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HEARST'S STATEMENT
The Rule of Corporations Through
Party Bosses Must Be
Destroyed
Binghamton, N. Y. The following
statement was issued by W. R. Hearst
in response to questions by up-state
newspaper men:
"I was very glad to hear Judge
Lyon say today in his speech that
he had always maintained that when
the people had a chance to vote for
certain principles and certain issues
in their own interest they would cer
tainly do so. I feel without any part
isan prejudice that that is a statement
of exact facts. Hitherto both parties
have been largely controlled by the
large corporations that speculate In
public-officials in order to be able to
appropriate public property and to
secure special privileges.
"These corrupt corporations have
worked in favor of the republi
can party, but have controlled the ma
chinery of the democratic party in
order to prevent that latter party
from becoming a menace to the spe
cial interests. This year at Buffalo
the democratic masses repudiated the
paid agents of the trusts and attor
neys of corrupt corporations and
drove them from control of the party.
The democratic masses then united
with the Independence League in an
effort to restore truly American gov
ernment. "The Independence League was
started for hte positive purpose of
giving the people an opportunity to
vote for American principles, for the
democracy of Jefferson and the repub
licanism of Lincoln and for candidates
that had not been nominated by the
corporations and were not controlled
by the corporations.
"This Independent movement
showed immense strength in New
York City last fall and was without
any doubt' elected by the people with
a plurality of not less than 30,000
votes. The immense flow of money
that was poured into the campaign
by the corporations seeking to de
fend their privileges resulted in Im
mense election frauds at the polls and
in the suppression of election news on
election night for nearly two hours,
while ballots were being defaced. or
miscounted or destroyed.
"Notwithstanding all these frauds it
is undoubtedly true that there are at
this moment in the ballot boxes that
are being preserved in New York City
enough votes to elect the whole Inde
pendent ticket. But the corporations
have been powerful enough to control