The HebrasKa Independent
DECEMBER 13, 190
: " . Summa r y of 'Me ws '
President Roosevelt arouses a
stor.u of protest and indignation od
- the Pacific coast by that part of his
rressage dealing with the segregation
of Japanese in, the San Francisco
schools,- the claim being made that
he has thereby lost California to the
republican party. -
Representative Wilson of Chicago,
who Is framing a bill for government
control of cold storage business, cites
instances showing need of close su
pervision. ' "' '
Henry White, ambassador to Rome,
is decided upon as the successor of
R. S. McCormick in the Paris post.
Chester E. Gillette is found guilty
of murder In" the first degree in his
triaj at Herkimer, N. Y., for the mur
der of Grace Brown. Prisoner hears
his doom without a trace of emotion.
Lease showing ownership of proper
ty in New York City now worth 15 j
billion dollars was lost by being used
as a plaything by children, says aged
man, one of the Forncroff heirs, at J
Oconomowoc, Wis. '
Serious difference of opinion are ex
pected to enliven the interstate con
ference to consider the election of
senators by a direct vote at Des
Moines, la.
Chicago, Madison and Northern rail
road Ins paid no taxes in forty years,
J. M. Duffy of Chicago tells the rail
road committee of the state board of
equalization at Springfield, 111.
United States judge, silting in New
York, sustains the indictments for
restraint of trade found against offi
cials of subsidiary companies-of the
American Tobacco company.
Custom house figures show a re
markable increase in the business of
New York City importers.
Wholesale rebates granted by the!
Denver and Rio" Grande railroad are'
shown to have built up two of the I
greatest monopolies in the west, at J
the interstate commerce commission's
inquiry at Denver.
J. G.Rawlings, a Baptist minister,
and Alf Moore, a negro, are hanged
together at Valdosta, Ga., for the mur
of two children in July, 1905.
Indictments for conspiracy, fraud
and perjury are returned by the fed
eral grand jury at 'Salt Lake City,
which, brings in fourteen true bills
against railroads, coal companies and
their officers.
Alliance of Mayor Tom. Johnson of
Cleveland with the Forest City Rail
way company is denounced as cor
rupt in the courts and the mayor's
trolley line may forfeit its franchise.
contract is iouna in wew roric Dy
which the Consolidated Gas company
pays the Standard Oil company for
oil a price said -to be one cent a gal
lon above the usual figure, and adding
THE BEST YET
. We hive 200 highly improved farms
In Morris, Wabaunsee, and Gary
counties, eastern Kansas. The lands
are the best in the state for the mon
'ey. For wheat, oats, corn, alfalfa,
blue grass and fruits, these counties
stand at the head. Wehave a larger
land list than any dealers in the coun
tryfor farms in the highest state
of cultivation. We have 8,000 acres
which was formerly a ranch divided
Into quarters Just on the market, no
better land in the state of Kansas,
which we are selling at from' $20 to
$30 per acre. Send for prica list.
Highest references.
WOODS INVESTMENT COMPANY,
Lincoln, Neb.
five cents per thousand to the cost of
gas. ,
For criticising, his fellow attorneys
while he was in England two year
ago former Judge William Beckner is
debarred from practicing law for two
years by the court at Winchester,
Ky.
Mark Twain visits Washington In
white flannels as the snow flies and
gives out novel views on the foolish
ness of present dress fashions.
Democrats of the house succeed
temporarily in preventing the, passag
of a bill granting citizenship to the
Porto R leans, a measure favored by
the president. .
Bill reported in the house contains
a provision forbidding the use of re
form spelling in any work done by the
public printer and nullifying the re
cent order of the president.
President Roosevelt tells delegates
to the river and harbor improvement
convention in Washington that he fa
vors liberal appropriations for water
ways.
Contracts between the railroad and
telegraph companies, under which
wholesale free transportation is grant
ed in return for free telegraph ; ser
vice, will be held illegal under a
decision which the interstate com
merce commission is preparing.
Attorney General Moody, in his an
nual report, advises new laws to
strengthen ' the hands of the govern
ment in the prosecution of " trusts,
pointing particularly to the lesson giv
en in Chicago.
Viscount Aoki, Japanese . ambassa
dor at Washington, says if congress
passes a law providing'for thd.'natur-
alization of Japanese ? it will go far
toward securing a continuance of tra
ditional friendly relations between the
nations. ,
President , McCormick of . the Chica
go sanitary district, and ' others call
upon Secretary "Taft in Washington
to urge the diverting of waters from
Lake Michigan into the Calumet river.
Trial of the railroad and coal men
indicted in Salt 'Lake City on land
fraud and conspiracy charges is set
for April 8. Some of the suspects
give bonds, but two of them have not
been located.
Jesse E. Wrench of the university
of Wisconsin joins the Starrett arch
aeological expedition and will spend
two years in explorations.
System of rural school consolida
tion as put into practice by Superin
tendent Bayliss in some districts in
Illinois proves a success, giving bet
ter facilities vfor pupils and reducing
expenses.
Iowa legislature forces a contest
over a new primary law, both parties
being pledged to such a measure but
differing as to its form.
Postmaster General Cortelyou in an
interview urges the need of ship sub
sidies, and says that higher pay and
the establishment of new lines, par
ticularly to Australia and South Amer
ica are needed.
California citizens and newspapers
are reported united in protests against
the president's attitude on the Japa
nese question and resent the implied
threats in his message.
Interstate conference on the election
of senators by direct vote opens at
Des Moines and Governoj Cummins
speaks in favor of a jcpp-H&tional
convention to ameoine" constitution.
Represen jtive" Watson, heretofore
an oprxVneQt Gf snp subsidies, creates
surPr,!.se in the house by coming out
'n 'avor cf the subsidy measure, and
refuses a full explanation when the
reason for his change is demanded.
Increase in the salary of congress
men, probably to $7,500 a year, is ex
pected to be Included in the legisla
tive appropriation bill.
Bill permitting national banking'as
sociations to make loans on real es
tate as security, and limiting the
amount of such loans, passes the
house.
Secretary Shaw, in urging currency
reform in annual report, favors giving
head of treasury $100,000,000 fund to
be deposited or withdrawn as needed,
Land power to contract national bank
circulation.
Remarkable inquiry by the interstate'
commerce corrtnisison, which has re
vealed wholesale land frauds, rebat
ing and conspiracy in restraint of
trade in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah,
ends for thepresent with its last ses
sion in Denver, and vigorous prosecu
tion of the offenders is to be carried
on. .
Charge is made that William F.
Thiel, the social ' democrat candidate
for district attorney in Milwaukee was
cut by his party and went down to de
feat because he would not sign a
resignation of the office making his
recan possiDie.
First ; inheritance tax measure in
line with the recommendations of
President Roosevelt is presented in
the house.
Comptroller of the Currency Ridge-
ly, in. his annual report, praises Ed
win A. Potter for his conduct as a
Chicago bank receiver and presents a
plan for a credit money issue.
Advocates of postal savings banks
urge a public hearing by the house
committee, but encounter strong op
position, headed by ' Chairman Over-street.
Jacob Schiff startles Wall Street by
charging prominent bankers with ma
nipulating call money rates so as to
obtain exorbitant returns.
Semi-official returns of Iowa election
show that while Governor Cummins
receive only 20,000 plurality, the re
mainder of the. ticket was elected by
80,000 plurality.
Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef
are arraigned in San Francisco court
on five charges of extortion.
Hundred dairymen at Louisville
plead guilty of feeding swill to cows
and are given suspended sentences.
Dean of Cornell college of law ad
vocates abolition of grand jury sys
tem and the vesting of greater powers
in trial judges as remedies for abuses.
District Attorney Jerome is pushing
grand jury investigation of New York
poolrooms, but is hampered by police
captains.
President decides to put a stop to
the effort on the part of his friends to
stampede "him into the leadership for
another term, and it is thought that
he will favor Secretary Taft as the
candidate.
Postmaster General Cortelyou says
in his report that he knows of no .one
thing that will do more for the postal
service than a policy of substituting
business methods for, politics, in the
department. ' '. " . .
Secretary Shaw will soon come to
the relief of the money market, hav
ing - reached the conclusion after ; a
consultation with New York bankers 1
that relief should be granted on ac
count of high interest rates.
The commissioner of corporations at
Washington, in his annual report, tells
of discoveries of the rate discrimina
tions made by the railroads in favor
of Standard Oil and says that these
secret rates have substantially all
been canceled. .
Coal famine in southwestern Kan
sas, with cold wave sweeping over
section, and people gather in churches
to economize corn fuel.
Many removals expected among offi
cial cats in the New York postoffice,
the number having grown so large
that it is impossible to keep their
feed within the $5 a month appropria
tion. ....
Memorial service . for the seven
victims of the fire at Cornell univer
sity is held on the college campus at
Ithaca, N. Y.
French government regards the or
der of Pope Pius as inciting the Ro
man Catholics to-rebellion and ex-'
presses fear that a religious war al
ready is impending as a 'result.
Emperor William, concerned at the
apparent frivolity of the crown prince,
determines to set him to work to mas
ter the routine of civil service.
Mrs. Anna Boberg, Sweden's great
est artist, lives almost alone on the
Isle of Furoen,' braving the perils of
the ice and snow and giving up every
thing for the sake of her art.
Decision of the Earl of Portsmouth's
second brother to renounce his claim
to the succession in favor of his son
and become an American citizen is up
set by a ruling of the committee on
privileges of the house of lords.
Two eldest sons of the Prince of
Wales make their debut as real sports
men, being permitted to follow the
hounds for the first time.
London publishers do a rushing hol
iday business, and trade is stimulated
bythe announcement of new works of
unusual interest.
London, deserted by society, be
comes dull and lifeless, the rush to
warmer climes being .unprecedented.
PRIVATE maternity home; best med
ical attention; baby adopted. Work
for part expenses. Mrs. Sherman, 1701
Mo. Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
WOOD, J. C, & CO., successors to
Soukup & Wood. Expert cleaners
and dyers. 1320 N St.. Lincoln, Neb,
Phones: Auto 1292. Bell 147. Mail
order work carefully attended to.
A Full Dollar's Worth of
m me
DIG NE
FREE FOR SIX CENTS
Six cents less than the price of a smoke or
two beers isn't much money. No man Jong-ine
with all his soul to feel again the vigor of life
in his bones will balk at the amount.
There is a chance, though. . that ron mifirht
miss this offer of real help to weak men if we
don't put in a word or two on WHY it is six
cents for a dollar's worth.
You mitrht say "only 6 cents-they can't afford:
to do anything KEA L forme for 6 cents. "Right
you are; 6 cents is NOT the measure of value of
MAN MEDICINE; we are not trjinir to. make
money on this proposi Uon. but for six cents we
are roing to PROVE to you that MAN MEDI
CINE Ls ALL that you need.
This C cents is not for the medicine, we eive
you that. We five you a FULL SIZED DOL
LAK'S WORTH OF MAN MEDICINE ABSO
LUTELY FREE. It has cured thousands per-.
fectly and permanently and we KNOW what.
it will do for you. We want roa to have a whole
dollar's worth to prove its merits on yourself.
We want to prove it to you at ourcxpense f o
we ive you the medicine muke you a present
of ft without a cent charge.
Your 6 cents simply HELPS to cover the cost
of packing and expressing one whole dollar
bottle for you. .
There is no other expense absolutely none. -
Simply enclose your -six-cents, in stamps
in -our letter, at our risk, and the full dollar
package of MAN MEDICINE, carefully packed
in plain wrapper, will reach you by return mail.
This is a square deal. men. We sav "MAN'
MEDICINE is irreat it is worth more than
mor.ey to weak men it will add pounds to your .
horse power it will cure yoa. " We KNOW this
but you don't you have to take our word for
it. Just ON K bottle will PROVE it. however.'
So we take the hundred cents risktovour six
cents risk to PROVE it to you. That'sfair.
It means more than sis r.enu tn mu
lt means life, vigor, strength, endurance.
Tbat weary, worn condition, that debilitv.
that lost animation, that prostatitis and kidney
trouble due to the exhaustion of yourstrentrth,
the dra-ns. losses and weakness nemiiiar to"
men will not eet well "of itself." You must get
Eeipsomewnere. ani mere is none so sure and.
quick as MAN MEDICINE. '
That's why we ofrer ron MAN METwrmitt
for a trifle so you can STOP and MKND-now..
Enclose six cents and send for the dollar pack-.
use oi mn. mv.uvjipik toaav. interstate
Remedy Co.. 811 Luck Bldir., Detroit. Micb.