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FrTRRUATlY 21, 1907
THE NEBRASKA
I THE WORLD f
fXl v ttH iiU lives were tost on uie liiu
19.
bv a collision between two boats
ott the coast of Rhode Island. The
schooner Harry Knowlton struck
the Joy line steamer Larchmont
bound from Providence to New York,
sinking her within a short time. There
were 186 persons aboard the Larch-;
mont, of whom all but nineteen per
ished. The weather was bitterly cold,
and the victims who were thrown in
to the . water froze before they had
time to drown. Captain McVey of the
foundered vessel was one of the nine
teca'iui;vi vors,.. he having "left the ship
in the first boat To leave. This catas
trophe occasioned the largest loss of
life from any single disaster in this
country since the San Francisco earth
quake of a year ago.
"With .'.only "two weeks more of the
session remaining congress devoted its
tjme largely to appropriation bills. , A
delegation- of San Francisco school
authorities visited Washington and
conferred with the president over the
differences which have arisen with
Japan on account of the segregation of
Japanese pupils in Japanese schools.
Tt is understood that the matter will
1)0 . adjusted by an agreement with
, pan" providing for the exclusion of
Japanese coolies, while the San Fran
cisco authorities modify the regula
tions separating Japanese pupils in the
public schools.' A Japanese exclusion
clause was added as an amendment to
the immigration restriction bill which
congress proposes to pass before, the
end of the session. The president
called the attention of congress In a
special message to the urgent need of
legislation affecting the different
phases of the lund situation hi the
Fnited States. He urged among other
things that the timber and coal lands
belonging to the government be re
tained permanently, to be operated
under leases. He said: "It may be
fairly claimed among the advantages
of the leasing system that:
"1. It will facilitate the Working of
coal deposits for local markets by
miners without large capital.
"2. It will facilitate larger opera
tions. 3. prevent waste in me eximcuun
and handling of these fuels.
"4. The system can be operated in
such 'manner as to prevent the evils
of monopolistic control.
"5. It will permit the government
to protect the public against unreason
able and discriminating' charges for
fu-l supplies."
The opening of the winter session of
the British parliament was the occa
sion of .unusual interest. It had bean
given out by the leaders of the gov
ernment that the session was likely to
consider measures to curb the power
of the house of lords, which at the
last session defeated the education
bill, a measure forming part of the
program on which the liberal party
was returned to power. King Edward
opened the session and read in person
the speech from the throne, the Brit
ish "president's message." He referred
to the trouble with the house of lords,
saying: "Serious questions affecting
the working of our parliamentary sys
tem have arisen from the unfortunate
differences between the two houses.
have this imnortant sub
ject under consideration with the view
of a solution of the difficulty. Concern
ing the -Kingston disaster he said: "I
have seen with satisfaction that the
emergency has been met by the gov
ernor and his officers with courage and
devotion and by v the people with self
control. The occasion has called forth
many proofs of practical good will
from all parts of my country, and I
-recognize with sincere gratitude the
United States and the assistance
promptly offered by their authorities.
No program for mending the lords has
been announced by the premier. Some
confidence among the troops and con
tinuous news from home of Internal
advantages of Russia, owing to the
inadequacy of the. single track railway
from Kurnpe, with commanding offi
cers disobeying orders and in n hope
etu; st ). of confusion and cross pur
poa. s; with a low state of morals and
t-oubles and insults and . reproach
favor making the body elective. Others
wih to di )iivf It nf legislative powr
ali";;ether, un.l wome would merely re
st rl t a present power. Some men
tiin Is made In Japan of the d. xlra
blllty of abolishing th Japarieno
Umise of loitK n br.dy having equal
power With the elective hMfhlAtlVtl
Itrnly, but being In no wlso rexponslbto
to the p'lblt'.
T') publication by rteneril Kuru
p.T(kli). who beaded the Russian army
In Manihurbi during tho J nac'
ir. nf a history f h war, w,n on
nf thrt Inter' au; event. of th n-. e..
The book K4ve lh!,. general's verin of
the causes of the Russian defeat,
which he based - In general upon the
warlike spirit of the Japanese, their
preparedness and valor, which he says
has never been seen in ' any previous
war, and their, ability to maintain
the numerical offensiveness with the
against the army. The loss of the bat
tle of the Shah river is accounted for
by
First Lack of skilL displayed by the
eastern army chief in handlingthe
large force intrusted to him.
Second Absence of a firm handling
of their troops by the leaders of the
western detachments.
Third Unsuccessful tactics and lack
of energy on the part of the Tenth
army corps commander, who retired
unnecessarily, from the left bank of
the Shah river without even warning
his neighbor, the commander of the
First army corps.
Fourth The unsuccessful operations
of the commander of the Thirty-first
infantry division, who several times
unnecessarily retired his troops.
Fifth Insufficient firmness of many
troops, who left their ranks under the
pretext of carrying wounded to. the
rear or without any pretexts. The
disaster of Mukden he ascribes largely
to the incapacity and insubordination
of General Kaulhars. -.-.Early in the
battle the latter remained inactive
when ordered to attack. At a later
time, says Kuropatkin, the commander-in-chief
ordered Kaulbars to send
all troops possible to the right bank of
the river. He did exactly . the con
trary, moving two regiments over to
the left bank. We could have concen
trated more than 100 battalions and
thrown them against Nogi. Kaulbars
not only disobeyed the order to throw
troops over the river, but having lost
five days, he went so far in allowing
the turning movement that on Feb
ruary 22, part of his force was stili
operating, not against Nogi, but
against Oku's left wing. The loss of
time and the weakness of the force
opposed to Nogi constitutes the entire
explanation of ofir Mukden failure."
High water in the Platte river oc
casioned great damage and some loss
of life in Nebraska. Fremont and
Columbus were partially inundated,
and railroad service blocked. Discus
sion of railroad bills in committee
hearings occupied much attention from
the - legislature. The senate by a de
cisive vote defeated the county option
bill. This bill was intended to permit
voting by counties on the question of
licensing saloons, thus giving 'the pop
ulation outside the towns a voice in
the matter. ' " .'' " '" '''"nr
Emperor William's bloc of radical,
liberal and conservative parties which
he formed to beat the clericals on one
hand and the socialists on the other,
seems in a good way to shake apart
even sooner than had been expected.
The opening wedge appears with the
charge that the government contrib
uted officially to the campaign funds
of some of the candidates in the re
cent elections. The sensation created
by this discovery far transcends the
feeling in this country against Cor
poration contributions to campaigns.
In this country we have ever been
careful to keep our public ' treasuries
free from direct participation in cam
paign expenses. . We permit our, pub
lic officials to campaign at government
expense, that is, to spend their time
campaigning, meanwhile drawing a
salary for supposed service in their
respective offices. We have always
maintained a lot of head offices at
large salaries, such as our numerous
state and county offices, oil inspectors
and highly paid city postmasters,
when comparatively inexpensive clerks
would do -the work better, in order to
provide men and money for political
work. We assess subordinate officials
for campaign purposes, all of which
means indirect support of parties from
the public treasuries. But we never do
anything so rank as to appropriate
money directly for such purposes. It
is painful to think that Emperor Wil
liam would do so coarse a thine. '
Belgian hart1:? imported into the Ar
gentine republic have multiplied at an
astonishing rate. Some fifty of these
hares were Introduced Into the coun
try, and they have now spread to
such an extent as to be found at a
distance of 5t0 miles from the spot
where they were first turned out. and
have Increased so prodigiously that ten
hunters have been known to kill 1,000
In a day. Their ravages on all sorts of
crops are formidable, and some pro
prietors have gone to the expense of
fencing In extensive ranches with wire
netting in order to exclude them. Some
Attempt has been made to turn their
flesh into a source of profit by sending
them to Europe and other market in
a fronsen tate.
Oreat Rrlfaln will tike almost as
much Interest in the pnx'n dints of the
newly as-semblM flermnn relchftajr as
In tho deliberation of her own pnrlU
meat. The new relcbstug M jtuppoMM
to b ready to carry out the emper
or's foreign policy, meaning mote :ind
bl4 r warehlp and a more flgfire
lvtf colonial policy, Th appropriation
for South Africa which caused- the
recent dissolution is to be brought for
ward at once by the ministry. AH
this touches Great Britain in her ten
derest spot, troubling the sleep of her
statesmen, with dreams of a German
war lord treading rough shod over the
world, and possibly trampling upon
some of the nine million square miles
of it which Great Britain claims. It
will be good news to Britain that the
defeat of the socialists in Germany
was not so drastic as their loss in rep
resentation indicates. The socialist
vote increased ten per cent and re
mains a million votes greater than
the total of any other party. Reich
stag sentiment may be with the em
peror, and his imperialism, but public
sentiment, which is of some import
ance even in Germany, may under the
German apportionment of seats be en
tirely different.
An Englishman resident in Persia
fell into a discussion with a neighbor
there, says Napier Malcon in his book
on Persia, over the native tendency to
lying. He insisted that lying was a sin.
"It is all very well for a Fcrangl (an
Englishman) to say that," replied the
Persian? "But the fact 'is they cannot
tell lies as we can. It is entirely a mat
ter of climate." "In that case Persians
ought to speak the truth," said the
Englishman. "One of the ancient Greek
historians declared-that Persians were
remarkable for their truth telling."
"That is very true," said the native.
"But who does not know that the cli
mate of a country changes entirely In
2,000 years?" ',.
It required the burning of his $1,500,
000 summer home to present John
Wanamaker to the world in his full
breadth. As a Sunday school superin
tendent, a factor in the fight for decent
government, and a tremendously suc
cessful business man he already
ranked well for versatility. The de
struction of his country palace took
with it a million dollars worth of pic
tures and other art works to an equal
value, ; showing . an artistic f. side of
which little had - been known outside
of his immediate circle. But that was
not all. The fire carried away the
labor of years in data and manuscripts
collected for the purpose of later writ
ing a life of Martin Luther, which was
one of his fondest dreams. With all
his combination of business, religious,
artistic, civic and literary talents John
Wanamaker left all these treasures
In a building far from fire proof with
the protecting hydrants so a located, as
to be frozen solid when the moment
of extreme need arrived.-
State capitals usually hear of move
ments to change capitals often enough
to remind them that they are capitals.
The big city sometimes wants to be
the capital because it Is big. The
little city wants it, having the idea
that this would make it big. The
former case prevails in Maine this
winter, where the legislature is be
sieged to move the j capital from
Augusta to Portland. Spokane is am
bitious to be a state capital, but can
not hope to get the prize away from
Olympia. It is proposed therefore to
erect a new state out of parts of Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho with
Spokane at the center. A newspaper
in western Nebraska has made the.
biennial threat that the capital of Ne
braska will be moved to the sand hills
unless Lincoln, is awfully good and re
spectful to other parts of the state.
The desire to be a state capital per
sists in all cities in all states where
the slightest claim to eligibility ex
ists, despite the open fact that the
capitals of the states are in compara
tively few instances large or rich
cities. Hardly a dozerTstatcs have for
their state capital their largest city,
and hardly a state, perhaps none, has
a large capital city made large by
the fact of its being a state capital.
Still, no big city and no little city
would feel like declining an opportun
ity to entertain the state legislature
every year or two and meeting the
governor on his t Ally walks like any
common man.
It is hardly worth while for any cap
tain, to save his own life when he loses
his ship and a majority of his passen
gers. In tha case of Captain McVey of
the Iarchrnont his rescue becomes a
double tragedy when It is known that
hia boat was one of the first to leave
the sinking ship. His explanation Is
CHOLERA
CURED AHD PREVENTED. '
lf?fFIC completely cleaned out and
II U II ii J the cauw removed go hag
will not again become wormy, Makes
health nd thrift no hogs tcrow and fatten
t i r cent bettr. Writ for free boofc
of ml vie about hg. We also tteml you
hundreds of emtorwnnmt from the big
feeders and breeder. lt us nhow you,
DR. J. H. SHODDY REMEDY GO.
BOX 1(2, DF.S MO INKS, I A.
HOG
a Most Valuable Agent.
The glycerine employed In Dr. Pierce's
medicines 'greatly enhances tho medicinal
properties which it extracts from native
medicinal roots and holds In solution
much better than alcohol would. It also
possesses medicinal properties of its own,
being a valuable demulcent, nutritive,
antiseptic and antifcrment. It adds
greatly to the efficacy of the Black Cherry
bark, Bloodroot, Golden Seal root, Stone
root and Queen's root, contained in
Golden Medical Discovery "in subduing
chronic, or lingering coughs, bronchial,
throat and lung affections, for all of which
these agents are recommended by stand
ard medical authorities. ;
.In all cases where there is a wasting
away of flesh, loss of appetite, with weale
stomach, as In the early stages of con
pumiftipn, there can be no doubt that gly
cerine acts as a valuable nutritive and
Aids Jme Golden beal root, btone root.
Quecftjs roU and Black Cherrybark In
proniowngfligestion and building up the
flesh an
rength-controlling the cough
and biin
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of tho w
not be ex
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staccs.
le system. Of course, it must
icted to work miracles. It will
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a acute cougtii
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rVttwtn rift thruiit Af lAnv atnnHlnM .
even wucn accompanies Dy oieeaing irotn
lungs, that It has performed Its most
marvelous cures.
Prof. Flnley Ellingwood, M. D., of Ben
nett Me4V College, Chicago, says of glycerine:-"-
'
" In dyspepsia it serves an excellent purpose.
Holdintr a fixed quantity of the poroxkle of
hydrogen hi Rolutlon.it is one of the best
manufactured products of the present time In
Its action upon enfeebled, disordered BtoDi
achs, especially if there in ulceration or ca
tarrhal crastritis (catarrhal inflammation of
stomach), it i.s a most efficient preparation.
Glycerine will reliovo many raxes of pyrosis
(heartburn) and excessive srastric (stomach)
acidity."
"Golden Medical discovery " enrlcbes and
purifies the blood curing: blotches, pimple
eruptions, scrofulops swelllnrs and old 6orea
"or ulcers.
Send to Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. YJ.
for free booklet tell in all about ifae uativ
medicinal rools composing this wonderful
medicine. There is no alcohol in it.
In the county court of Lancaster
county, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of Ouenther
K. Plessman, deceased.
State of Nebraska, Lancaster county,
B8, To all persons interested in the estata
of Guenther K. Plessman, deceased:
Notice is hereby given that on the 12th
day of February, 1907, Mary Plessman
filed her petition in the county court of
Lancaster county Nebraska, praying: for
the assignment to her for life for the un
of herself and . the minor heirs of de
ceased of all the real estate owned by
deceased at his death as the homestead
of said Ounther K. Plessman.
You and each of you are hereby or
dered to show cause, if any, at the county
court room in said county on the 11th day
of March, 1907, at 1 o'clock p. m., why
the prayer of said Mary Plessman Bhooli
not be granted, and the real estate afore
said be , assigned to her and said minor'
heirs as a homestead as prayed for in said
petition.
Dated this 12th day of February, HOT.
FRANK R. WATERS,
(Seal) ' County Judge.
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