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jCKMBER 20, 1906 The Nebraska Independent Summary of News (Continued) cnraiice companies are hit L by the drastic Armstrong leglsla- V which poes into eneci m c tk with tlx: new year. tfter running the tourist steamer Wssin Victoria Luise or me nam-L-American line ashore at the Port l-al lighthouse near Kingston, U fantain Bruinswig locus mm- IVltf . I m his cabin and puts a pullet tough his brain. - fennrred by the interstate commerce omission, the railroads promise to H the North Dakota fuel famine thin two days and begin a race with Lbelow-zero blizzard to the homes (the sufferers. , .'.' : rhancellor Day of Syracuse Univer ly, the defender of Rockefeller, says Je "spasm over swollen fortunes is Mne the coluntry toward disaster. Rudolph Spreckles in evidence at in Francisco declares that Abraham uef promised to tie up all the city's ;reet railways by a strike at a time I a municipal bond sale so a syndi fcte could buy on its own terms. I George C. Kimmel, alleged Kansas Waulter, who was found after eight tears in a New York insane asylum i declared sane by a jury. 7 i George Burnham, Jr., counsel " for fee Mutual Reserve Life Insurance lompany, is sentenced to two years n state prison for larceny. ' Valuation of 50 million dollars is jreed on tor Chicago street railway iroperty gives the country members M the state board of equalization at Ipringfield a text for a new attack in the city assessments. ' I James J. Hill purchased several hun dred shares of stock in the First Na lional Bank of Chicago and will be fleeted a director of the institution I Railroad officials and the; heads of labor organizations will meet- in con lerence today in an effort to agree on I substitute to the LaFollette bill reg plating the employment of men. I Remarkable demonstrations occur In Paris when Archbishop.' Richard fielding to the separation law, vacates he Episcopal Palace,, thousands of Soman Catholics kneeling in the street I" receive his blessing. " v " I, William E. Curtis gives an inter view with Secretarv Root in which the secretary denies he "ripped the constitution up the back" in his speech Bast week or defended the policy of pntralization of power, and says he Purely reviewed nresent tendencies pd explained what states must do to preserve their nowers. (Justice Moody is sworn in- as a mem ber nf tho f,l,.T ..f omt leSSl'S SI rono IVTntnolf crA Dnna. prte take their new cabinet places. 1 I Senate atorts a resolution ordering: jjaa investigation of the International Harvester comnnnv President Roosevelt in snecial mes- i , I? to cuusress expresses unbounded Wth in Par.arr.a canal project; praises Imen who ;mi rloine- t.h wnrfc. rensures iijust criiios and commends condi tions. , -utrj.. Secretary Taft in his annual report 0uMs a note of warning to the ln- wam.s of Cuba and says if insur Actions are persisted in the strong hand of this country will be imposed. President in other messages to con gress denounces land frauds, calls for remedial legislation and urges need of a new system of naval promotion to provide younger officers in high rank. United States supreme court holds cattle quarantine order of Secretary Wilson unconstitutional because it cov ers state as well as interstate commerce. Officials of the department of justice in Washington believe that Judge Landis will decide against the Stand ard Oil company's claim for amnesty. WILL BE COURT MARTIALED Officers of Negro Troops In Browns ville Riot Ordered to be Tried Washington, D. C On the recom mendatlon of the general staff the sec retary of war has ordered the trial by court martial of Major Charles W. Penrose and Captain Edgar A. Mack lin of company C, First Battalion, Twenty-fifth Infantry, under the sixty second article of war for "conduct to the prejudice of good order and dis clpline" in failing in their duty to prevent and suppress the riot at Brownsville, Texas, last August. The specifications will include among other things the charge that the two officers named failed to ex ercise due diligence in preventing the occurrence when the' condition of af fairs at Brownsville made it necessary that , all proper precautions should be taken to prevent a clash between the troops and citizens and also that they did not examine the rifles of the men until daylight; although they learned of the true state of affairs by 1 or 2 o'ejock in the morning. The details as to the membership of the court and the place where the trial will be had have been left to the discretion of the commanding officer of the department of Texas. FROM CHICAGO TO NEW YORK IN 1 0 HOURS. FARESIQ "Vc cro building th greatest Electric Kailroad in the, World lv public subscription. Our slock lias advanced in price twelve per cent in less than sixty days, and will all double in value within the next six months. Fourth issue is now selling at $2S per share. Twenty-eight dollars per month for ten months will buy ten shares of the par valuo of $t0() per share. It will be $50 before you niako final payment, and $100 within a year. We guarantee a stpiaro deal. If you mean business write me for particulars. W. F. POUTER, Fiscal Agent for Nebraska. 1740 JIarwood Avenue. Lincoln, Nebraska. ique and lived in a house next door to the place where the Empress Jos ephine was born. A guard had to be posted for several weeks at the latter house to keep the black ex-king out as he took it as an insult that he was not quartered in a royal house. When Behanzin was in Paris soon after his capture he insisted upon parading the principal streets of the capital clad in a cocked hat and a wbjte sheet. As the weather was warm, the French government found it necessary to detail a policeman to follow the monarch and see that he kept the sheet on. Behanzin resented the watch kept on him and "laid for" the policeman behind a rhodedendron bush in the Tuileries garden. As the 'cop" passed the bush, the black man hit him on the helmet with a sawed off war club of happier days and inhnori Intn the 'Seine. He came out on the Latin quarter side of the river and the doing3 of the students and "his majesty" that night in the quar ter before the police found him are still a vivid tradition. After this escapade, the French gov ernment sent him to Algiers. DAHOMEY'S EX-KING IS DEAD The End to a Comic Opera Monarch in Algeria Algiers Behanin, ex-king of Daho- mPv. is dead. He had been unaer treatment for nephritis. His wife and son, Prince Ounanila, were at the ex iled monarch's bedside when he died. The nrince has asked for permission to accompany his father's body to Dahomey. When Behanin was a king in Da homey he had 130 wives, twenty-five umbrella carriers, a chief executioner with ton assistants, and 2,000 women soldiers. WThen he died in Algiers, he had five wives and a boy to wait on him. Behanzin was taken prisoner by tho French in West Africa in 1892 France had claimed the country for some' time and a playful habit Behan zin had of sewing prisoners in Ameri can clothes baskets and dropping them from the top of a tower to be mt up by his amazon soldiers gave France an excuse to declare war on humanitarian grounds and his his country. When the ex-king was first exiled, he was taken to the island of Martin- week ago only four were conceded. Many others, however, are anxious for a change and it is expected that their ranks will be largely augmented by in structions from their constituencies. Among those mentioned for senator are. Genera! M. M. Crane, Yancey Lewis and Horace Chilton, all of Dal las; Joseph D. Sayers and Attorney General Davidson of Austin; Judge Charles K. Bell of Fort Worth and Governor-elect Campbell of Palestine. As Dallas is the home of ono of the senators it is probable that if Bailey is not elected the successful candi date will come from some other town. CLAIMS THE CHINESE THRONE PATRICK BEGGING FOR LIFE Final Appeal Made In a Letter Sent to Governor Higgins New YorkLawyer Albert T. Pat rick, under sentence for the murder of Millionaire Rice signed a petition to Governor Higgins begging him to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment. The final appeal to the governor was signed by Patrick in the death house. It is not believed the document has been presented to Governor Higins yet. John T. Millikin, brother-in-law of Patrick, who has spent a fortune to save his wife's brother from a fel on's death is the one who insisted that Patrick should ask clemency, It is believed that the governor insisted on a personal letter of appeal from Patrick. OPPOSITION TO BAILEY GROWS Manchu Banner Woman Will Urge Right to Succession Victoria, B. C A Victoria woman, a Manchu Banner woman, married to an Englishman, who was an, officer of Gordon's army which suppressed the Taiping rebellion, has made' claim to the throne of China. The woman, unwilling to make public her name lest relatives bo assassinated at Peking,' has addressed petitions to the British government asking that the claim be taken up with China. She claims to be a direct lineal descendant of tho third Duke of'Chou and as such as serts she has a right to the throne of China prior to that of the empress dowager. With her husband and fam ily she has been living her for twen ty-one years, since they canfe from Peking, where a younger brother, who she says, is next in line to herself to China's throne, is now residing. PRIVATE maternity home; best med ical attention; baby adopted. Work for part expenses. Mrs. Sherman, 1701 Mo. Ave., Kansas City, Mo. THE BEST YET Defeat of Senator for Re-election Openly Predicted by Foes Fort Worth, Texas Enemies of Sen ator Bailey now openly predict his defeat for re-election, and even his warmest supporters admit twelve votes against him in" the legislature. A We have 200 highly improved farms In Morris, Wabaunsee, and Gary counties, eastern Kansa. 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. We have a larger in,i Uat than anv 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 $.50 per acre. Send for price list. Highest references. WOODS INVESTMENT COMPANY, Lincoln, Neb. iausg"o'fiffir ,-ura a mo.unir aa at-1 ran' wnrk on th( . "".. ,r ..." ...,!,,., Tl, aen nt th PYnlnsIni DH1 tO nuilV it Liuiw atramjti I luuuj. - v..v ,.r o,iirr.oiu Vps nrrtiv miirn a. mvsierv an ever. ack on a I, '