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About The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1906)
A A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO POLITICS, AGRICULTURE AND HOME LIFE VoTl9. No. 967. ft : Lincoln, Nebraska, December 20, 1906 Subscription $1.00 Sieves Fuel Famine in Nevada Fuel Lpply Short Causing Much Suf fering in Other States fcarson, Nov. Nevada is passing tough one of the worst fuel famines its history. Relief is now in sight, carloads of Australian coal are now hiving, but in spite of this suffering still very great in many places. The Line is felt worst in the gold camps the southern counties. There wood is brought $70 per cord. Fuel Famine Serious Affair Minneapolis, Minn. The northwest Ices the most serious; fuel famine pice 1903, when several deaths oc Irred. The situation cannot be avert- unless the railroads furnish mo- e power to move the coal piles in Juluth and West Superior. The rail- are making excuses saying there a shortage of cars because of the timper crops. Meanwhile farmers td themselves unable to get their heat to the market. The coal com- fcales say since October onlv a third I the usual supply of coal has been lipped. North Dakota Also Short , " Glenburn, N. D. The scarcity of pis makes it impossible for dealers P ship coal and delayed traffic is caus- PS a fuel shortage. The enal-suDnlv m nOrthwpstprn Tlalrnta la llmitoH fuel dealers place the entire blame p the railroads for not supplying PI'S. Therp it! nn i-ool oiiffor-lrxr vat ' ' I V J 1 Mil LI Llll 1 , 1, J .t Dealers Come in for Criticism Sioux Falls. S. D.-The authorities wee that tho nno 1 fnmlna in Cm it ft - - v. vt 1 laiuiuc iu uuum Pakota is due to the fart. that, in order P avail themselves of the 20 per cent uutdon in freight rates upon coal, ix-ostine effective October 27. h. . . e coal dealers declined to order ear !'. With the rPSIlU tha crvnltr In iha F e IS short. There is no trrpnt suf- t 0 lcrl"g SO fur heranso tha torrmorntnr-fl . , . ... sine raii)-,.-,i.. , it-,.. . i- , .-ua lib uuiug iueir uesi 10 fusn in coal. Idaho Also Runs Shorty B'se, li;;h0 For tho cwnnH era I'm m succession, Boise and southern mine owners :lay the blame on the management" of the Oregon Short Line the" only railroad in southern Idaho. Much distress is reported, but there is little aciuaf suffering. Two hundred tons of coal arrived this week and were distribute! over the city. A hundred more is promised. CHRISTMAS FOR WORKERS pany. The train was given the right of way over; all other traffic. In some places the suow has changed to ralu and sleeet and unprotected live stock will suffer severely. PROTEST AGAINST A JUDGE New England Employers Give Notice of Advance In Wages Boston The week before Christmas was ushered in happily today for near ly 20,000 operatives employed in the cotton mills at Lowell and Chicopee, when an advanced wage went into effect. In Lowell the manufacturers grant ed to about 17,000 operatives last Fri day a 5 per centl ncrease in wages. The textile council, however, had been considering a request . for a 10 pel cent increase and at a meeting held It was decided to postpone action upon the 10 per cent demand. In Chicopee the Dwight Manufactur- ine company posted notices in all de partments in its -mills' Saturday that an advanced scale of wages woum go into effect. Monday. - The amount of the increase was not stated, l ne company employs 1,900 hands. The action" was' voluntary on the part of the corporation. At the Chicopee Manufacturing com pany's plants the union operatives are engaged in a discussion with the mm officials over a 10 per cent 'increase which the company has said it could not grant. Rv New Year's 175,000 cotton mill operatives all over New England are expected to be participating in an ad vance in wages amounting to from 5 to 10 per cent. In Bannock County Objections Are Raised on Ground of Polygamy Boise, Idaho A protest against the election of Alfred Budge, republican, as judge, of the Fifth district, has been filed in the district court of Ban nock county. Budge's election is con tested on the ground that he Is a Mor mon and therefore a believer in polygamy, although he js not charged with having excess of wives. The complaint is based upon a clause of the state constitution which forbids any officer to vote who encourages or practices polygamy,, p'atiiachal 6r eel estial marriages. " " flaho F coal at" la differing from a shortage Hi, for tlio 1-iot civ n;Dl.-a ' anio iuej to a fuel famine. The ROBBERS CLEAN UP $2,500 Cedar Hill, Texas, Bank Was Neatly Looted of , This Sum Dallas, TexasThe Citizens. Bank at Cedar Hill, fifteen miles south of here, on the Santa Fe was robbed of $2,500. The burglars used" nitroglycerine in forcing the safe and ' made a clean haul A hand car was used in ap proaching the small station and In carting "away the booty. HEAVY SNOW IN THE SOUTH General Over Southwestern Missouri and Kansas Kansas City, Mo. The heaviest snowstorm of the winter is general over southwestern Missouri, southeast ern Kansas and parts of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. The snow ranges in denth from two to six inches. Much suffering will result from the storm in pertain carts of Oklahoma where a fuel famine prevails. The mayor of Mangum made such an urgent appeal tn the Rock Island railroad omcials that a'traiaload of coal was dispatch ed to Mangum at once by that com- OVERCOMING RESULTS OF KISS W. B-mis at Cleveland Shows Slight Change for Better Cleveland A slight change for the better was noted this evening in the condition of B. W. Bemis; superin tendent of the water works depart ment, who was stricked with diptheria some days ago shortly after kissing his little son, who was suffering from the disease. Mr. Bemi3' case is stui considered serious, however, and a consultation of physicians took place at his residence this afternoon. SHAH IS GETTING NO BETTER Teheran The condition of thes hah i unchanged. Ali'Mirza, heir appar ent to the throne, arrived in Teheran at 5 o'clock this afternoon. He was met outside the city by the Persian ,iiu'r v-iiii Ks Saltanoh. a Will uimio.., ....... - brother of the Shah, who warmly wel corned him and together they drave i iho t.ninw where they now are .J Illw MMVS-( ..... . w with the shah. Contracts for Work on Panama Canal Will Not Be Given to . Foreign Firms Washington, D. C Foreign con tractors are to be barred from competi tion of the Panama canal. Chairman Shonls of the isthmian canal com mission, made this announcement this week. . Many changes have been agreed to In the form of contract to be entered into for tho construction of the canal, but the most important Is the limiting of proposals to Amer ican firms. . . . . The right will.be reserved by the. commission to re Joel all the bids sub mitted, in case none of them is sat isfactory, and tho commission will then cither throw the competition open to foreign bidders or proceed with the work without contract. Jan uary 12 is the date set for the opening of proposals. A substantial reduction in the bond of the successful bidder was also made by the commission, in t compli ance with the. request of prospective bidders. The bond will be only $2,- 000,000 and the total liability of the contractor is to be limited lo the loss of percentage and premiums other wise payable to the contractor and $3,000,000 in addition. Shaw Favors Credit Currency Secretary Shaw appeared before the house committee on banying and cur rency in advocacy of a high-taxed credit currency, suggesting 5 per cent as a desirable rate. He emphasied the need for greater elasticity in cur rency, but expressed the opinion that the plan framed by the American Bankers association will not bring about sufficient- elasticity to be vtry useful. Granting that the bankers' plan results in the issuance of $200, 000,000 additional in national bank notes, Mr. Shaw said that in his opin ion nol more than $20,000,000 worth of thes3 will be redeemed. Mr. Shaw thought the bankers' plan was wholly inadequate to meet the requirements of the commercial world, and sai l it was incumbered with too much mnchinery for the limited good results he feels It capable of accom plishing:. He said he did not warn to be rc garded as an opponent of the measure suggested by the bankers, be- ltamn ,tt ye sr W mutin an at-J gart work on h wrof wrdbaM ' l''wEtfn i bill to maUe a dose season today. The cause of the explosion U ..' w thfi killine of sauirreUi. Yesterday much a mystery w ever. ...us