THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
rETlRUATlY 21, 1007
I NATIONAL !
So long ax biryeles kept changing
and improving evtry year many con
servative persons of economical in
stincts refused to buy. Likewise many
people are now waiting for thu auto
mobile to be perfected before, they
throw over the horse and buggy. It
Is a pity a nation can not adopt the
same canny policy with respect to
warships. ' Here now is the news that
immediately following the -kaiser's
victory at the polls he has given or
ders for the construction of warships
of 25,000 tons displacement and twice
the length of a city block. This whon
We had hardly gotten over the ripple
caused by the launching of the British
Dreadnought of 18,000 tons. Two frogs
met in the highway. One frog" puffed
out his sides to impress the other frog.
Not to be outdone frog number two
puffed out his sides also. Then the
first frog puffed out his sides still
further. The second frog , made an
other effort, and they kept up the com
petition till they both burst wide open.
If we only dared it would be pleasant
to let the other nations do the frog act
alone.
Under the Nebraska law when a crim
inal ease is decided in favor of the
defendant on a point of law, the prose
cution Is permitted to appeal to the
supreme court in order to establish the
soundness of the decision and definitely
establish the point. The defendant is of
course not allowed to be endangered
by the proceeding. No such practice
has been permitted in the federal
courts, the result being that case after
case may be determined by the lower
courts on a construction of law which
may later be held wrong by the su
preme court. In his message last De
cember the president cited such an In
stance. "Recently in one district," he
said, "where the government had in
dicted" certain persons for conspiracy
Jrr connection, with, j-eJuUes,. thecourt
sustained " the ' defendant's demurrer ;
while in another jurisdiction aajndict
ment for conspiracy to obtain rebates
has been sustained by the court, con
viction obtained under it, and two de
fendants sentenced to imprisonment."
He added, "At present there is no way
by which the government can cause
such a conflict, when it occurs, to be
solved by n higher court; and the
wheels of justice are- blocked, .without,
any reat" decision "of the question." At
Jh.c.J;i,5.t- Se5,V)n tfoe, house. pLS,se,d a bjll,
remedying' this defect. Among the 991
bills passed by the senate on Wednes
day was this one, which will now be
come a law.
Last year we consumed in this
countrv 6,415,000,000 pounds or sugar.
One-fifth of this, 1,X1,500,000 pounds,
was produced here. Cuba produced
almost exactly twice, as much os we
-ftimb h-ed -wrselver having nTi -advurr-;
;TAt'. orr "olh'er Toreign countries of a.
twenty, per - cent , red action "ird'ni 1 tho
regular duty. Hawaii and Porto Rico,
whose sugar comes In free, furnished
about as much us we produced oui
solyes, while Germany, Java, and
t-'outh America each shipped us moro
than a hundred million pounds. From
our oriental possessions, the Philip
pines, there came 26,000,000 pounds,"
lesf than half th? amount received
from Belgium" It U this two hun
dred th, .part .at .our. total , sugar . imports
ation. together-uRh a correj'pondinsfi.y
terrible menace , to the ' tobacco 'trust
that keeps the sosiate from admitting
the Philippines to the tulvantages
well ar. to the disadvantage.-; of Ameri
can sovereignty. There are only two
weeks more in which to pass the
bill admitting Philippine product: to
Aincrivitii' markets rt equal turnus
with outlier parts of iho United states.
While-the business of the United
states wilh its-non-oontignou.v terri
"fories shows aii "( rtormous increase in
two years, lh. trade with the Philip
pines does not share liberally hi the
f,at;u! iiuviiilce. n the calendar year
1D;,6 the tot:i t of this trad? reached
JM.CO'MIO. aainst a total of less than
Jt(0.0'O.oOO in liJtll. Of the J.ia.OM.OOO of
i-xt.m ts of nvn handise in 1 y i m to these
territories, Porto It too received $22,000.
f0, Alaska tlt.iVXUnK). Hawaii Jll'.f.OO.
0(0 and the Philippines only 7,GO0,OtiO.
Th lattr figure is di tppolntlng, but
It rprcH-nH tin increase of nbout two
million." v'i' tl" exports of this clas
of roikH two yt-nn ngo. In the two
year the shipment of merch'indlwf to
the t'liittd HI aH hi: increased nn fol
ovn: From H ivvitll from f.'j r,(W),'ho to
nearly J io,fo h; pi.rto J!let from 111..
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TlIK NKW KiirilHoN OAT wm ortguully Import! ffvnt ttuaata, tf th N-tMkM:.ii
tcgfriMntt Mtt..)it. jui.I hat pw fit of h ari erorjwr ai'l !rt ytHlTa wl a
tl t rt -?r lair.xltutl lino lam nir TMKY ! SOT Hb'.iT Oil l)M,K inny other
t-l anil fit i ) v t frb lr ii t oih-r In it.t!Hyn to thra wa ha Saw H- n
a'tn, lunir hampio'i. l-toeoJii. H.l-Ht-irtof avt other in eariy aotia. Vt ' W ti
l 'ih!, aaa in ;luh)4- fiiJ Ur our ri't'
U. A-!Jrtt
HA 1
000,000 to $20,750,000; Alaska from $10,.
500,000 to $12,000,000, and from the Phil
ippines a slight decrease.
Perhaps if congress would give ii lit
tle attention to the needs of the far
away Filipinos in the matter of cus
toms duties, this neglected trade might
begin to flourish. In its present stage
it is somewhat discouraging.
Apparently the senate, after only
four years' discussion and investiga
tion, is going to take a vote on Sena
tor Smoot before the adjournment..
.Senator Knox, one of the members who
was on the fence a year ago has made
his speed! arguing that the only way
to get lid of .Smoot is to expel him,
and that in the interest of religious
freedom he ought not be expelled. To
expel will require a two-thirds vote,
which cannot be had. The olhor
method suggested is to hold that he is
not and never has been entitled to his
seat, an action requiring only a .ma
jority vote. If Smoot is expelled he
will bo the second senator in the his
tory of the senate to suffer that treat
ment, excepting, of course, the sena
tors who were expelled in connection
with secession and the civil war. Wil
liam Plount, senator from Tennessee,
was in"1797 discovered to have engaged
in efforts to Incite an attack by In
dians upon the Spanish settlements on
the Mississippi river. This violation of
neutrality in behalf of Great Britain
lesulted in his expulsion. Senator John
Smith of Ohio was tried in I80S for
complicity in the Burr conspiracy, but
was saved from conviction by a single
vote. The last attempt at an expulsion
previous to the attempt against Smoot
was the case of Senator Patterson of
New Hampshire, whose expulsion was
recommended by a soccial committee
in 1873 as a result of the. Credit Mobl
lier, scandal. His term expired before
the senate got around to his case. It
has long been thought likely that Sen
ator Smoot would have the same good
luck.
William Alden Smith, the new Michi
gan senator, was owing to the sudden
death of Senator Alger elected for a
short terrh .of about a 'month as well
as for the full term beginning week af
ter next. An older senator said to him
on his first appearance. "Mr. Smith,
you are playing In great luck. After
March 4 you will- begin your second
term, and senators serving their sec
ond terms arc permitted ail the privi
leges of veterans. They can talk as
long and as often as they please with
out ,yiplating any tin written law of the
Sf.nP.t6, Your perioH ' of -probation will'
last only three weeks, while most of,
us have to struggle- along TtiT'best wo1
may and keep our mouths shut for six
years." This was half jest, but it was
half true. Under the unwritten rules 6f
the senate Nebraska's junior senator
will be expected to be seen and not
heard and to do as he is told for at
least two years. Thus Nebraska is half
disfranchised in the senate. It is a
beaut'fui '.scheme to give a small group
of men .nraetlfa, co,ri,t;rol tut ,thut,.ho,rly
for. aUnosX, , half', the -senators of the'
next congress1 wilj be in their ' first
term. Senator Burkett of Nebraska is
mentioned in the dispatches along with
several other first term members as
having shown signs of revolt against
this c?.ste system in the senate. The
public ax 1 11 cheer on any such move
ment with enthusiasm. It is enough to
have an Aldrieh senater from Rhode
Island, without having him act also a.-3
senator from a dozen other states.
A .SKW rKXSIOX I.VW.
A new pension law, what is com
monly spoken,of as the service p.m-don
act, was approved by the president on
February 7, 1907: Thiact reads:
Bo it enacted:
Section 1. That any person who
served ninety days or more in th" mili
tary or navni service of the United
States during the late civil war or
sixty days in thenar with Mexico and
who was honorably discharged there
from. hihI who lias reached the age of
flxly-two years or over, shall upon
making proof of such fact aceorclin.-;'
to such rules and regulations as the
secietary of the interior may provUSv?
be placed upon the pension roll, and
entitled to receive a pension as fol
lows: In case such person ha reached the
age of sixty-two years $12 per month:
seventy year $15; seventy-five yearn
or over $2'. and such pension shall
commence from the date of the filing
of the sppllcatlon In the bureau of
pensions after the passu go i'l ap
proval of thy act. Provided, That rwn
slonri who are sixty-two yeais of
itttt- or over, and who are now rviv
tng pem-lon under cxlsthitf laws or
whi'M' cliltiirt are pending may by up-
1 !.)rtra I ut 1. 1 a'aig A r''l wU bi)rtg
1 Hl.Vft M l U Uit "., vitMu t it, town.
plication to tfie commissioner of pen
sions, in such forrh as "lie may pre
scribe receive the benefit of this act,
and nothing herein contained shall
prevent any pensioner or person en
titled to pension from prosecuting his
claim and receiving a pension under
any other general or special' act.'
Provided, That no person shall re
ceive a pension under any other law
at the same time or for the same
period that he is receiving a pension
under the provisions of this act. Pro
vided " further, That no person who is
now receiving or who shall hereafter
receive a greater pension under any
other general or special law than he
would be entitled to receive under the
provisions hereinr shall be pensioned
under this act.
Sec. 2. That ra.nk in the service
shall not be considered in applications
filed hereunder. ' ,
Sec. 3. That no pension attorney,
claim agent, or other person, shall be
entitled to receive any compensation
for service rendered in presenting any
claim to the bureau of pensions or se
curing any pension under this act.
The foregoing is practically the Mc
Cumber bill, , amendments eliminated,
the word "rebellion" softened to "civil
war" and made provision vo include
Mexican war "veterans," and is prac
tically a "service pension."
Except as to such as have pending
applications for increase, or are now
pensioned under other laws at a rate
less than $12 per month between
sixty-two and seventy or-pension at a
rate of less than $15 at ages between
seventy and seventy-five or who are
over seventy-five years of age receiv
ing less than $20 per month it seems
that application is required executed
on the approved forms supported by
proof of age of applicant.
The certain way to secure the bene
fits provided is for each one the sev
eral classes to make application under
the law unless now receiving undtr ex
isting laws a rate of pension in exce&s
of the schedules provided for above.
The question of disability does not
arise under this act, but age unless
heretofore shown, with service and an
honorable discharge is required.
V.IIEIIK JKWELKRS GET fiOM).
Sources From WIifHi Comes Mate-
rial l!ert in Tlieir Work.
New York Sun: Refineries, old jewel.
ry and banks are the sources from
which the jewelers draw their gold
supply. From the refiner the gold
-comes.. t.-thft.,facto,ry,in..,the. form pf,
buttons or granules. The refineries take
the waste of the jewelry shops and the'
sweepings, and by burning off the ma
terial portions and proper treatment of
the residue recover the gold that other
wise would have been lost. That this
saving of even the infinitesimal parti
cles of gold dust Is worth the time 'and
labor is attested by the number of re
fineries here, , says the Attleboro Sun.
The output from the refineries alone
amounts,, to. . fjgure in v a. '.year' that
would ennble an ordinary man to retire
from active work with'.a fortune.
The government, however, provides
the greater part of the raw gold for the
use of the manufacturer. For a long
term of years there was a steady drain
on the gold coin in circulation, caused
by the usirTg of the coin by jewelers as
raw material. The fact that the gov
ernment turned out a coin that after
passing through the government acsay
office was of twenty-two karat fineness,
only two karats below the pure gold
standard, and which, also had been
worked over, the silver and copper
forming the alloy thoroughly mixed in
the gold before the coin was minted,
made the gold coin particularly invit
ing to the jeweler.
There was no trouble to the manu
facturer when the gold coin was used,
as the alloy had always been combined
with the metal and all that was neces
sary was, if needed, to alloy sufficiently
to bring the gold down to the point re
quired. Then, too, it did away with consider
able liook-kecping and the tying up of
a considerable amount of money by the
small manufacturer in the raw materi
al. There was some difference between
having $40 or $C0 represented by two or
three double eagles in stork and hav
ing a bar or brick of gold worth Iron
$200 to $."i00, according to jdze.
It meant working with a small stock,
it is true, but considerably space can
be filled by a $20 gold piece, and th
government whs a never-falling source
of additional supply. Later th gov
ernment made up the pure gi ld in
brick or bar form, and It U In that
nhape that the u renter bulk of the sup
ply it now found.
Thousands of dollars paw between
thfl banks an I tho manufacturing
Jewekra In New Utiland In tit form of
Uun of j?oM. the Lank hawUlnjf the
biinp for th benefit of ttntr customer.
Th brbkrt vary hi vuhio ueeorUun; to
weljtht from $;& to $'.o.i. und u,i,. wilh
thl! f"l eminent ot'lee tilamj. U
ft , ruumnte. of purity tttul Um rieiM
marked uiHiii them,
Tho hiUidllmc of thU -:i!uub!e "upt ly,
however, I not conducted' with .ny
c-'t.-nUtioii dii of mi.mH Ju goiritf
to and from the banks. A $500 bar "of
gold can be stowed safely away in the
coat pocket, wherein it is comparative
ly inconspicuous 'although a. trifle
weighty.
Nearly every mother imagines her
daughter has musical ia lent, and fre
quenty she makes the mistake of trying
to develop that talen to the neglect of
plain sewing. -
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ffisS-MS HAIR BALSAM
SS 'H.tia Cleanses and btaotffica the lute.
lr-Sftyi'roiiioteg a InxuiUnl gwrth.
RfasSs J-v',jNevor Fal!o to Eesloro C4r
a Cuiej fCfc.p u seusfl h. hair falling.
Our catalog is rich with
information for the
guidance of farmera
and gardeners. It has
thonsfln'in hi8 ben the means of toniing
many a failure into succese.
LtJ and such new kinds a hate prored
of 7ftlne by actual test.
J. J. H. GREGORY & SON.
W?!. Marblehead, Mass.
PURE HONEY JScZSXSg?.
One or more 60-lb. cans, 5.00 each.
Fourteen or more 10-lb. cans, $1.00 each.
Address:
ALo Apiary Supplies. F. H. SNELL,
Catalogue Free. Milledcville, III.
otioe of Probate.
.Edfate No. 2211! of Ma A. Reck, deceased
in county court of Lancaster count v, Ne
braska. .
The i-tate of 'Nebraska, To all persons
interested in said estate, take notice that
a petition has been tiled for probate of
the last will of said deceaser, aval for
appointment of James O. Brck as execu
tor thereof, which has been set for hear
ing herein, .on March 8, li 7, at ft o'clock
a. in. '
Dated Febmarv f), 107.
FUANK R. WATKHS.
County Judge.
By ALTER A. LEKSti,
By VALTER.,A. eilyEj:SE, jClerk. ' ( - "
AOTICK. OK I.VCOllI'&ilATItVx."
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed have united in the formation of a
corporation under the name The Pure
Food Company, principal place of trans
acting its business being Lincoln, Ne
braska. The general nature of the busi
ness to be transacted is the carrying on
of wholesale and retail business as fol
lows: purchase, manufacture and sell
confectionery, ice cream and baked gr.oris
of every kind and description' including
raw food products and dairy lunches; to
conduct' soia fountains, restaurants and
cafes, to act as caterers; to own nod op
erate stores for the conduct of said busi
ness; to arqulre, hold, incumber, sell and
convey and lease real estate and personal
property o every kind necessary in the
conduct of said business. The capital
stock authorised is ten thousand dollars,
of which six thousand dollars shall be
paid in before commencing business. The
corporation commences February (. lfti?,
and terminates January 1. 1S87. The high
est amount of Indebtedness -to which the
corporation shall at any time subject
Itself shall not exceed two-thirds of the
capital stock.. The affairs of the corpora
tion are to be conducted by a president,
a vice president and a secretar.v-tie.tsnier
and a board .of not less than three direc
tors. -
HARVEY W. DALRYA1PLE,
JOSEPH ('. KEACREHY,
CHARLES H. WARNER.
Line 'In. Neb., Feb. (!, JfHi7.
OTH II OP I( UUPOIt vrio-s.
Notice Is hereby given that the (under
signed have formed a corporation under
the laws of the state of Nebraska.
The name of the corporation is O. J.
King & Son. The principal place of trans
acting Its business is In the city of Lin
c ln, Lancaster county, Nebraska. The
K'Tural nature of th" business' to be
transacted is to .lurmracture. Import,
l.uv, sell, leave and handle merchandise at
wbelit sale and retail; to buy, sell
own. fns'.' mid rent real estate and
pe!oi'.al property; to own. iiiaiia
and iperat brunch stoics and t.i"do alt
thin,-? incidental thereto ns niav !.' ?iee
(ssary or expi ilitnt in the carrj ui 011 of
th HTiie. The amount of ciipil 11 slock
Authorized i-t tlfly tlioufaiid dolhir $..
(Hiii. of which s ventef-n thousand !fIT.,")
Iijim been Mul!:.cntcd and paid In. and the
l.iiiuiee sli.il! b' t.MU' d only 3m fuPv iiid
up mid nil FttH k (iiiiiil non-t. ,. . nh
The time of eoji.iii 'i.t e;.ent of e--pi.i.Uloii
Hhall lie Jami.iry I. bit,", .Mid thu
t 'l nibiaMell of the eont"l';iiinn iud o
I ! :f.lier :'t, l'.tiiii. The hlph.vi amount
of I i hU- u or It. it- lily to uhi.-li th
C 'I (nil Itlell U Hi illl) t!!.u t. '!ject
lt).' f ik bit II ! ti thiid ef t!M riplial
ftei.,-1; 1.1 tititllv r ro -d iin-l p.ilil in,
Th itff.t'r- ef tb 1 oi -.ration are In n.
roitd'.icte I Is t I oar I of Hot I than
t r ' direcotix nnd .ii b oilur ofMeetu r
pen t t.'U' lo tin It.- amino ?ed of
.-v;.te.t for pt li e by bm.t 1.1 t:,. i.f.
I'll 1 lull,
I'iilel, l.ii.r !, Neb. IM n, I''
UN'AN J. KI.N'i
IIAKUY U. Ml-.' ;
V. II.I.IAM II KINO.