The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, January 03, 1907, Image 5

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JANUARYS, 1907
Summary off Merjo
Socialists at Lodz deal death to
force 100,000 workmen on strike. Six
are killed and twelve wounded. -
James Bryce, newly appointed Brit
ish ambassador to the United States,
though 68 years of age, is a tireless
athlete, according to word from Lon
don. -
Having failed by every other means
to wean his youngest son, Prince Aug
ustus William, from socialistic ten
dencies, Emperor William arranges his
engagement to PLrincess Alexandra
Victoria, whom he relies on to' tame
her fiance.
Proposal for a tunnel under the
British channel, which engineers say
is practicable, may be defeated by the
opposition of English military men,
who hold that the tube would be, a
peril.
Travel may be made easy by an as
sociation which will be started by a
German duke, tho purpose of which
will be to aid wanderers, obtaining for
them discounts at hotels and investi
gating cases of imposition.
King Edward and his holiday hunt
ing party at Sandringham are com
pelled to abandon their sport by one
of the heaviest snow storms England
has had in many years.
Deer hunt during the opn season
in Ontario Province, it is estimated at
Ottawa, was the greatest in the his
tory of Canada in point of game
slaughtered.
Ambiguous bulletins give little idea
of real condition of King Oscar and
his recovery is considered doubtful
New separation measure, giving the
government- power to deal severely
with the Roman Catholic church, is
adopted by the French senate.
National congress of Indiana, in ses
sion at Calcutta, cheers the declara
tion by a speaker that the people
should demand home rule, the same
as granted the Boers, whom they help
ed to conquer.
Archbishop Ireland's statement re
garding the Vatican-France controver
sy does not find favor with thee hurch
authorities in Rome because of the
American prelate's criticism of the
French clergy.
Joseph Letter and his mother, in
an automobile, run over and killed a
boy in Washington, and their chauf
feur is under arrest.
Giving no signs of the agony caused
by two bullets which her husband
fired into her head, Mrs. John
O'Rourke of Morris Park, L. I., feigns
death until her spouse, thinking him
self a murderer, kills himself.
"Fainting Bertha," the notorious
Chicago shoplifter, escaped for the sec
ond time from the Insane hospital in
Elgin.
Samuel Reymer and his young wife,
formerly Nellio Paris, a dancing girl,
were reunited in Pittsburg with tho
family of theh usband after an es
trangement of almost two years.
Mrs. Mario Elsio Ilalfour, who lived
in a shanty In I)a Angeles, ends her
life, leaving a fortune, which no one
knew she possessed, to tho jvoor,
rending move by the government
to bring about a settlement of the
itrlko of firemen and englnemen cm
Tho Nebraska
the Southern Pacific, the situation re
mains unchanged, both sides claiming
gains.
One of the largest office buildings
In Denver is damaged by fire to the
extent of $200,000 and one of the fin
est libraries in the west is completely
ruined.
Many prominent ministers and citi
zens of New York, Including J. Pier
pont Morgan, sign an appeal to Sec
retary Root asking the moral support
of the United States of a movement
to - correst abuses of the natives of
the Congo Free State.
Bill to disbar illiterates from voting
in Missouri, which is said to be aimed
at the negroes, will be urged in the
legislature of that state.
Expert estimates demand for wheat
In northwest for the first eight months
of 1907 will be 10 per centl ess than
for the same period of 1906.
Negroes seized the town of Waha-
lak, Miss., kill three white men and
threaten to massacre the entire white
population of the place.
Coroner's jury finds freight crew re
sponsible for the wreck at Enderlin,
N. D., - in which nine persons were
killed and forty-five injured, and cen
sures "Soo" road for employing in
experienced men.
At New Orleans it is reported that
the gateway for transcontinental
freight over the Southern Pacific road
is closed by the striking firemen, but
officials of the road claim that all
passenger trains are running regu
larly. J. G. Phelps tSokes withdraws his
support from the West Side Y. M. C.
A. of New York because it has estab
lished classes in real estate and stock
investments, declaring such teachings
to be un-Christlike. -
Children of orthodox Jewish fami
lies in New York boycott the public
schools because of the Christmas ex
ercises. Three persons have frozen to death
in the frigid weather which hold New
York.
"Grandma" Ella Marks, who cele
brated her 114th birthday in New
York, and was once 5 feet 8 inches
tall, is now 4 feet 6 inches, and grow
ing shorter.
The Christmas mail in the New
York postoffice broke all previous
records, the number of letters" and
packages in four days totalling over
500 million.
Judge Duncan of the common pleas
court at Findlay, Ohio, holds that
probate court has no jurisdiction in
anti-trust suit against the Standard
Oil company and throws out verdict of
guilty against the company.
Pop receives 517 survivors of the
pontifical army and exchanges Christ
mas greetings with them, thanking
them for their services in the past as
defenders of the papacy.
George W. Perkins, partner of J. P.
Morgan, and Charles S. Fairchild, for
mer president of the New York Se
curity and Trust Company, are Indict
ed on six counts charging tho New
York Life lusuranco company by a
New York grand Jury.
James J. Hill announces that he will
Independent
retire from active business July 1,
and will be succeeded by his son in
control of enterprises.
Attack on the university of Wiscon
sin and the normal and other schools
of that state is made by Superintend
ent Cary, who tells the Wisconsin
Teachers' association in Milwaukee
that little progress has been made in
fifty years.
Reorganization of the public school
system of Illinois and the appointment
by the legislature of a commission to
determine what steps shall be taken
to this end are advocated by the
State Teachers' association at its con
ventlon.
Alexander J. Cassatt, president of
the Pennsylvania railroad, died sud
denly of heart disease.
New York corporation counsel plan
ning to sue electric lighting compa
nies for $3,600,000, alleged to be over
charges on bills to thee ity during the
last six years.
Mrs. Russell Sage gives out a state
ment in New York saying residents
of other cities need not apply for aid
from her, and that she will be in no
hurry to distribute her wealth to
charity.
Governor Davidlson, in his message
to the Wisconsin legislature, will urge
the Massachusetts plan for control of
public service corporations.'
Revision of the state school laws
after a study of systems prevailing
in the United States and abroad is
suggested by Governor Deneen who,
in an address to the State Teachers'
association at Springfield, advocates
the appointment of a committee by the
legislature for the work.
In junction to prevent the Great
Northern Railroad company, James J.
Hill and the other officers of the road
from proceeding with the proposed 60
million dollar increase of stock is ask
ed at St. Paul by Attorney General
Young, who alleges violation of the
law.
Drastic action, which may mean
seizure of a railroad, Is threatened by
Governor Gooding of Idaho In a let
ter to Interstate Commerce Commis
sioner Lane. The executive blames
the entire coal famine in his state
on the Oregon Short Line, which, he
says, simply seeks big dividends.
Justice Blschoff at New York sus
tains "Judge" Andrew Hamilton's de
murrers to the suits of the New York
Life to compel him to account for
$574,250, but holds he must account
for $75,000 given him to pay taxes.'
Another Milwaukee boodler pleads
guilty and is fined, former Supervisor
August Puis admitting that he re
ceived $50 for his vote and agreed to
accept $50 more.
Decks are cleared at Washington for
a great struggle over President Roose
velt's discharge of the negro troops,
and an unusually exciting debate In
the senate Is looked for.
Secretary Root Bays the state de
partment will take no action In regard
to the Con so beyond urging th Bel
gtan government to do everything In
its power to ameliorate the condition
of the blacks.
Decision In lower court" fining En
rico Caruso for annoying women Is
affirmed by-Recorder Goff In New
York and there U no appeal.
Wisconsin teachers. In session at
uals. Since
Madison, tablo President Resides from
plan to Introduce target practlceny other
schools, but Indorse his spelling. Switz-
Charles S. Fairchild, former se.wlth
tary of the United States treaeurnce,
now in Rome, Is greatly surprised to.,
learn by cable of his indictment la
New York and that George W. Perkins
in connection with the insurance scan
dals and denies that he derived any
profit personally. ,' .
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus appoints a commission In
Washington to inquire into the steer
age law. '
Henry C. Morris of: Chicago, speak
ing at tho convention of the American
Political Science association at Provi
dence, U. I., declares that cheap labor
in America's insular possessions men
aces good wages and tho high stand
ard of living.
Ekern and LcRoy lead in the race
for election as speaker of the new
Wisconsin assembly. .
Senator Beverldge and Vice Presi
dent Fairbanks open fight which is to
be waged in the Indiana legislature,
the senator seeking the enactment of
a primary law as the only chance of
defeating tho Fairbanks forces.
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We have 200 highly improved farms
in Morris, , Wabaunsee, and Gary
counties easterh Kansas. The lands
are the best In the state for the .tsM--ey.
For wheat, oats, corn, alfalfa,
blue grass and fruits, these counties
stand at the head. We have 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 price list. ,
Highest references.
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