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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1907)
, . < r. < , HENRY H. ROGERS I Pen Portrait of Once Active Head of Standard Oil Genial and Companionable , He Has Many Friends and Is Praited : for Hin Americanism-His Generosity - - NO\1' Yorle.-When a man like Henry n. Hogers drops out of the nc. tive busIness world wheroln ho made 80 strIkIng 1\ figure , hla frlonds nr\ ! prone to become nnecl10tlc about hIm. Hcnco stol'los thnt tuke oa a romnntle tlngl' In hanle IJarlors nnd dIrectors' J'oom , nnd In the chatty cornurH of thl' ( xchn.n l' , not. to allenle of the thlpphm nlllcc4 ! ncar the water front. IC Mr. HOefl [ ! feola like reflnmlng the ways of Bowling Green In a few months or so ho w1l1 111111 n recon. strnct,11 Hogera 100111111 ; at him from u'ory cornOI' , nl1l1 whom he may have some tltUo I1lmcnll ' In rocognlzlng. 1'ho tall , orucl Hgnro of 1well. . drpsHcd mnn with whltolllng hnlr allli whIte mOlmtucho , who somehow re. flected In hlu 1'1110 ago of 67 the graces thnt he cultlvatcd n qnartor of n cen. , tury bncle , Is , however , the fignro that . -r - - - - : . u _ - - , RogerD LIbrary , Falrhnven , 111/1 / frlendH wllt recognize. 11In photo. gl'allhs have 'dOIlO ' hIm the donhtfnl Rorvlcl\ Hiving him a prond , rather hanghty , air , as of one who marshals host11 or facts and fignres and who h ; alWa8 bent on 1mI'd uchlevemout. It Is thu. Camlliar tricl ! or the cnmera to plele ut in the self-consclou moment tImt OUI stun s before it the trnlts that nru at the root of churacter rather tlHln UIOf ) ( ) tllllt are familiar to'ery - bed ) ' . The Habit of Victory. " 'fnJo aU great men of business , " said a banker , "II. 11. loved affairs better thnn anything else. It wau not the struggle for the sake of the fight , but for the end In view. As soon as ho won ho llllssed on without 11 halt to try another tilt , nnd 110 bnd what Is important. the grit for I 11 long clinch , nnd what , believe me , Is most Imlortant , the habit of victory. " "Mon IIko the heads or the Stand. Rrd on eOllllmn ) ' are no accIdents , " salll a Bharp ohservor. "They were tried out In a hun red wUYfl heroro thcy cluno to control. It was the many' . sldodncss or II. II. Rogers that madc hs ( uprlso a necessity in tl at remark. able group headed by John D. Hocke- feUer. I don't know any or the qnall , d a tIlor possess thnt Is not common In the busluess world of America , They' ' 'aro no better and no worse tl1I1t1 the thousands of men engagml In the CPtllluct or the higher busIness of tit ( country , but each one has had sbm ( QunHty notably in excess of the aver age , Their combination has been ir Broughton , Mrs , W , H. Coo , and Mrs. W. ! D. Benjamin , have alrendY pro. , 'lIled him with nine grandchildren. And ho Is proud or them in a way usunl to grn".dparents , and ono may find their plctureH maldng cheerful his roomy oJllco at 2j ( Brondway , ] rolll thl/l lomblo domestic sldo ono tmvuls ellsll ' to his general so. clal onUoot. ) 'I'hllt can hest be de- Rcrlhed as fl'l1nlcly AIIICl'Ican , 110 Is too sonslble of the vl1luo of his posi. tlon us It 111un ofel1lth to undores. tlnmto Its 110slhllllles. ! ! He mIxes easily In soclely , entertaIns on u gen. erolls scale , wllh nn eye to the ele- gancies so ellslly withIn hIs rench , but ho enjoys 1110st the compnny or the girted , the genlnl anll the witt ) ' , for ho rnthOl' lel1n to an.ylng good things hlmseJ [ and i" never haplller than. . when he Ullllll1l1ds a smart saying or a : good star ) ' . A lJulet game of cn.rl1s for the love of the gal110 in congenial company Is hll ; occasional pastimo. He has never develol1Cd the Condness fOI' Iteld games that pleased him in his YOllth. Ho hils taleen easily to the automohlle , hut , 1IIte att gooll sons or the saltwater , hi" liking for the sea has grown with the yearlJ. At Home on His Yacht , NowilCl'C Is ho Ilerhaps moro genIal. ly at home than on his yacht. No hurry that sJuls ( ( mon to express traIns Is allowell to' Interfere wIth his , 'achtln rum ! to I.'airhavon. lIenee the Kanawlm Is ahout liS well known as Mr. 1I0rgl\n's Corsair around the walers of New Yorlt. Bllt It is in I airhaven Itself that llc fairly revels In lIfo as ho thinlm he would IIko to live It. 'I'here he wus born and r ared , and Ills n.ffoction for the town and the hay IInd the cOllntry road is oxtmvagant in its manifestations There , in hlR Crcqllent vlsltlngs , It is hIs delight to move allout and chat with att anll sundry old cronIes of hatr a century gOle , , who call hIm "Hen ; " sons anll Iluughtors of dId friends who are mIddle-aged men anl1 women salute llim as Mr. Rogers , and third genoratlon lItUo ones , who regl\1'l1 hIm ollene'cd as the loenl represontatlve or n magniflcent provIdence. Said a newspnper man recently : "I couldn't Itnd anybody Uloro who would sa ' anything hilt lch1l1ncSR of II. H. Rog- ers. " Generous to Falrhaven , Ho surely has been good to Fall" haven , whIch picturesflllo village looks across Buzzarl1's Buy to New Bedforll , nncient homo of whalers anl1 all the romance and business that cnme of their scafaring. The\'o lie built a great mansion for hll11setr umld bean- tlful grounds , and there ho loves most to lIve when uway from work. Bllt ho alone wns not to bo the only Fair- havenlte who was finely housel1 , He lIuilt IIlId Ilrcslmted to the citlzons a Immlsol11e town hall and a Masonic hnll. hnll.On the death of Ml11icent , a , bo. loved daughter , he bllilt a beautifu ! public lI" ary as IL memorial. It IE catted UIO Ml11lcont library , and hnE I the highest record in the country fet books ffiken out und read in proper l tlon to the contents of Its shelves The village wanted water works anl ) H. H , Rogers provided them. Thai they mIght be doubly useful to Fair - haven , ho doelled the Income fron . thom to the l\Il11icent library forever . ' ' - ' ' ' ' " , . 'r ; In''I'h ; ; . ou t ome of Henry H. R reslstlhle , 1J Cll\lSO Its action hus hcon 1 contlnuons , Its steady IIl1slness Ilres' ure. its tilll\v method , Its commer. clul t"C'1I nh I Ill ) ' have heen dllO , I htlvO no 110\111t. to .John D , Hoclwfel1ol' , IIl1l I lllLro10 1101lbt , elthOl' , . thl\t It ! > tre. mendOIffJ , olltrflwh ! I\nd conqllCl'ln courngq lmvo hO,11 grenllr dllo to tIle Imaglnativo side of thr tClllllerament of Henry II. Rogers , 11 ( ' llIls Lnhl'rltcd the Jllon or 81Iirlt. " ' His Dom aUc Life. A man ahvu's 1H1jlllr in hIs domes , tic relnt/ons / und devoted to his fam. It ) . , Mr , Hogors has been nccullluluting UIO pl\trln\'chnl with the regulnrlly or his ll1creallo In other wealth. He has beel1 twlco mal'ried , and his 11011 , Henry II , Hogers , Jr. , I1nd his thl'oO surviving dnuGhters. Mrs.1frbnn II , VJI : , . ' , , , \ 1C.1.1r. " , . . - , ' ! \ ft. "J.J1\IIIJ \ [ L W : J. so thnt I1I'allght ! ) [ rom ( ho Jllerlr sprIng might SIlIlIlol1\'nt lIaUsfnetil of the UI'dlnllr ) ' thirst of the vlllagol Commltslonel' of Hlohwa's. 110 b\lill a. gl"UlIImnr school and Unltnrlan ellI I'lh. : with n 11I1rlsh hou tl1ll1 11 rsonago , altogether one or 1 : mOflt cOlllllleto IInll handsome el1lfic in I assaehllsottll. 110 became , at u versal reflnet ! : ! , commissioner of hif wI1)'s , find thereafter novel' we streets so lookell ufter. lIe turn low land into 111I1rle , beautlfiod t high WIl'S Ilnd tJrwa's , fUl'lIlshed stone UIIJlronch to the brldgo 0\01' t Acushnet rivel' and , lest the travo might thlnlt III of 1.'nIl'haven' ! ! host rios , erected the hnndsomo Tablt Inn-lIo.mo SIIInustt\'o of New EI land l11'nltlellI ! lIul1 qllalnlnells. .114. . . _ . . . . . . " * . . . . , " ' 1' ' ' ' ' .A . , i It was 111 1856 thnt IJlnry Hogers WM g1'l1dnlltec1 from the hIgh school at I 'alrhlLven , und It nppoared to him thnt thel'e wlLa Rtilt soml'thlng else to 1 > 111111 ns the fiftieth annlverHary of that e\'ont UIIJlronched. So ho caltel1 for hili morl'Y mon nil , and commlR- aloned them to hlllld nnd equIp the flneRt high Hchool over , and ns it went 1111110 wntched It and nuraed it ns n mother mIght. n growing chilI ! , . AIIII now , with Its wondorCul f1ltlngs , its gymllilUlul11 , its CIUSB r oll1s , Hs of. flces , It Is at once the mORt IlIxurlollB alld prnctlcal hulldlnl ; fof the Itlnd In the world. "Whnt 113 nt the bottom of aU this homo love and IJaEsion for local adorn. I ment ? " a friend of his WIIS aslcel1. "It Is his Amerlcllnlam , " was the nnsWp.r , "lIo loven his people nnl1 woull1 sce them Becond to none in the world , " Taking LIfe Easy , 1\11' . Rogers Is taltlng lIfo eusy now , 111111 ohe's the hehests of his doctor with a IImlllng nCllulcscence that con. eoaln whlltover hupatlenco ho ma ' fecI at IInwonted restraint. YOIt noticed - ticed the ether day thnt ho had Mark 'I'waln with him on n short yacht crulso. Well , thnt wns not the flrst tlmo the ' had foregathercd in the cabin after a dny or steaming In the open. 1\1on IIko Mr. ClelIlens and the late ' 1'om Heed 111'0 the tYlle ho most [ lrlzes for companions-they shollld j - - - _ . _ ' - " hanl1 able to supr'rt your heal1 , nnd . mn bo yaup head will learn In tlmo to sllilport your hand. ' It was worth a whole vol1l1nQ , or maxims to mo , I never forgot It , and for the 11 years following I worked with my hnul1s. No douht I was born with a mechanl. cal bent , bllt when , in 18G8 , I onterel1 the 011 refining bnslness , In Brooklyn I hnd an eqltlpmeni of mechanical 1000wiedge nnd eXllcrlenco that gave mo a special value , and I may say thnt I cxacted n money return for It. 1\1) ' mechanical knowledge and npti. tudo were of grent advnnffigo to mQ with m ' YOllng comlJOtltors In the huslness , nlld , Indeed , with mnny. It not most , of the older ones , Great Opportunities To.day. "What , I am nslced , is the young high school haY's chance noW n.s com. pared with 1i0 years ago ? The cry Is general U1I1t It is much loss than It was then. Is that so ? It is omphali. { 'nUy not so. The chances for the hIgh school boy now 11.1'0 many Urnes greater than they were then. People ( 'ount too lIIuch by the conditions they find in their Immediate surroundIngs. They don't loole ut It In a broad enough wuy. HCTI1ember.thllt In 1856 I seemed 10 find closed to mo a trade that han slnco grown with the count tr"s growth , In a proportion far greater 111nn the Increase In popula- tion. Think of the number or mat chIne shops In the country now com. , I The Falrhaven High School , - be bright and brainy , both. Of a win. tel' evening when ho lives In town he may spend a few hours a.t one of his clllbs-tho Metropolitan , sa ' . There he would be apt to gather a grOlll ) of ' bright II\ople and smoke a slnglo cIgar white good thIngs went around. I heard him once tell or meeting a whaling cnptaln whom ho had known : as a lad 40 ycars he'Core. lIe took his old comrade about the town and the countrysIde , IdentIfying old land. 'narks together. The cnptaln ha'l been away. six years from home nnd was to snit on a new vo 'age the next ; day. "I'm going aboard now , Hen , " ho remarlred , "And won't .ou go homo first I\nd tell your wife good. by ? " I.asked. . . "mazos , no , " replied the whaler , "I'm only to be gone two years. " Thal seemed , ho saId , the most extrnordlno.r ) ' uUe1'llnce he hud' 3ver heard. lIe saw the humor of il , but to a home-lover it seemed sacri. lego. lego.When tJlO nelV high schoo'.c . : . about to bo opened I spent an u , . - noon with hIm , and ( lur talk turned 1111to naturnlly on education. What ho said then Is about liS good a key to the man and his opinions as any. thing I can thlnl ! of , and this Is the drIft of it : HIgh School B\\st Outfit. "For the hey startIng out In life who is anxious to s\1cceed \ in busIness I bellevc thllt the ordinary high school education is the best outfit. "He is master of the ordinary Implements - plements of busIness Ufo , whether It bo mechanica.l or commercial-that is , , he can read , write , Sllo11 and figure. Ho has at least a foundation of gen. eral ItIlowledgo. Our American hIgh schools , too , cultlvute a t1 nse of the greatness of the conntrr which In. spIres him wIth confidence In her fll' turo and hence In , his own. I speal , now maI'o jlllrtleulurly of what may he caUed the country scb'Jols , whleh ] lmow best. The high school hay ha' had sot for him a staudard of goOl' conduct , and that. ; ; Ivo und-take , whld Is the n cessity o : ! all civilized slIcia connict. "HIs greut advantno ! aver the col lege brell 1\1un Is thut ho gets h : ! start In IIfo at 1 G 01' , 17. yents of tP. as against the 21 or 22 ' ( Ja.rs of th. . col1ege graduutc. The high schoo graduate is proud enough In his wu of what he has accol11lll1shcd in get ting his clnss standing' , but ho doc not bring his prldo wIth him when hi Is SQlng to worl ! or looltln : ; for a jot On the ether hunl1 , the col1ego mil. : who is not entcrln { ; ono oC the Ilrofo ! slons Is allt to huvQ moro pride thn the situation Wa1'l'I1I\ts , anl1 that is 111 ha1\111orl1) ( ; thIng. lIe is eXpectln th HI world to con' " to hIm mUlor than h 'S , should , ot out wit It el1fol' : el\l't \ t dlscovdr the worl(1. ( ' Hnd Mechanlc l eent , 11 so "As for l'I 'solf , I \\'I\S Vfll' ) ' ea er t he go to worlt I\ftel' Irndnl\tlQ ! ; , I\nl1 I es fact dId go to \\'orlF In less than 111- weel ! from the day I left school ash ; hgraduate. . My \UlOr ulld I.WOI . Ire agreed U1I1t I shoull1 tnlO 1111 the tm ! ed of machinist , but'thel'll " 'Ul ! no'chanc , ho APllrunticeshhls : limltell even a that tlmo as IIIl\ch na thc ) ' are no' ' he The machlno BholS wIthIn nmch we IeI' (11\1 , so 1 had to loolt 111 another 1111' ( :01. : tlO1I. I wanted to ba t work I\nd .1m foun worl ! , 1 was proud to get thr llg. ol1ar ! ' lhlIoe ! o begIn. 'My 'fI 1 ; . \ ; ld to me , 'MaIeo o - . . ' " I. . ' , , ' , - - , pared with thon. Not only that , but thInk of the increasol average of out- I'ut or the total of machinery of the { 'nitI'd States to-day compared with : -,0 ypnrs ao. "We are truly in thc way of having the whole world as our market. Our ( 'otton , wheat anl1 corn , our coal , Iron 'ld copper , our gold and sUver , our 011 and al1 its by-products , not to I sl'eak of aU the manufactures that I n lse out of these and which call for more a.nd moro mlllons of workers- I , 11 ( > ! ! e are the grent fields open for the ; prrort of the young men just out of s'l'oo1. And these United States alone \\111 some day bo the homo of 500,000 , . OUO. In this great ollportunlty of today - day , and this multiplying prospect of to-morrow , the high school boy may snrely find all that any age lias presented - sented , 0\ ' ever will present. " TO CROSS ATLANTIC IN DAY. Inventor of New Gliding Boat Is Ex , tremely Optimistic. "Within a few years , " says WIl , lIam G. Fitzgerald , in 'fechnical Worl : \ agazine , "tho crossing of the At , lantlc , with its 3,000 miles of storm sea , will be a mere pleasl\ro excur , slon of 30 hours In length. The mar , volous boat , invented by Peter COOPCl Hewitt , which is supported by planm whIch glide or sUm through th ( water , Is expected to cut down th ( length of the trip to Europe to a da and a. quarter , at the same time doinf away with most of tllO danger of aI ocean voyage , " "My first model , " 1\11' . Hewitt toll the 'fechnlcalVorld , "was entirel supported hy the planes at 16 mllel an hour : the Itotation hull being en tlroly Ol\t of the water at that speed I found , too , that the area of Ul1 IIlanes should decrease with the speel I for economy au saet ' . So fat I "Ileed has only heen limited b ' 1I11 , ropel1er , but the cruft will gradunll : I : nprovo with increased slzo , and th ; . 'nor of the fut\ll'o will ho pracUcall ! ndellondent of weather , and have n notion from the wl\ves. " Mr. Hewitt is Imown for the II 'entlou of the famous lIght whlc wars his name and of many device , sell on nutomoblle8 , Ills roputatlo sUInt of a conservatlvo and carefu IS wetl us brl11lant observer. HI now gliding boat has been seen an 1Pprovel1 by many leading scientlstl A larger 1110del for which a speed ( 70 mites an hour Is confidently PI" dlcted , ts now in process of constru tlon. I Woman's Telephone Graft. " \Ve'\o got to llll.\'o . om' 'Ihone ta en out 01' else move , " sail1 IL lilt wom n mou1'11rull ' , the other da ) ' , "It too oXlJCuslve where wo 111'0 1I0W. ' Ye the 'Ilhollo is the cause of it a :0 : 'fhero's a womllll In lho sulto bac1 ! In ours who hasn't I\IIY ' 11110110 and on a I told her she could U80 ours. Sin a. then Rho has put. in ahout n doz , ro long dlstallco calls at dIfferent tlm4 10 After sho's hn.d a long dlstanco cr : e , vorsalion or ubout tell minutes she ut snr , ' 0 , that'll bo ehargod to ) ' ( IV. won't it ? Well , I'll hand you whate" " 1'0 it com ( ' ! ! to In the morning. ' But IJ c. novoI' dooll. I novOl' have the nerve I refuse her wlwn she wants to t.e ' nh\'a ' nice about eo Ilhone"'l1Ibo's \ so Hut who's malclllg thIn ! : " m ti t.r J. . , I ; ur or,1 : " , I , " , l. . . " , , , . I . . - - ooq The State Capital Mlntters of Genernl Interest - rllOM Nebi'Jsltn's Sent of Government - ' Complaint Must be Flied , The atato railway commission wHl sffirt ofr on the right foot In tIto 1'0- l1uctlon of grain rates when a com. plaint Is filed by a shlppor , which will be soon , it Is predicted. Powell & Nilsson of Marion have agreed to file the complaint. Under the All1rlah hHl 110 rntes estabUshcl1 by It can ho changed without the fiUng o a com. plaint by a shIpper , 'rhe Aldrich hill reduced the rate on carload shipments of grain 15 per cent. The commission overloolwd this im. portant provision or the law nbout complaint and stilrted out to reduce grain rates on their own motion under theIr own commission law , The rail. ronl1 attorneys permitted the commls. slon to proceed to consll1erablo length under the doluslon that it was reduc. I Ing grain ra.tes , ILnd then secured n restraining order to prev nt the pro. mulga.tlon of the rntes. Senat.or Ald. rich or David Clt ' , who was secured ns counsel for the commission during tbo grqjn hearings , ted : the commls. slon nnd the rnilroad uttorneys plain. lr that tho' commission had stnrted off 011 the wrong foot. He toll1 them that a complaint must be flied before - I fore any changes could bo mal10 In the raten. The restraining order secured by th railroal1s was dissolvcd and IL tem. llOrnry Injunction was denied. Since then the commission has been await. ing a complaint from a grnin dealer and the Marlon complaint is the first to bo recel veil. This lott r was as fol. lows : "I see by the paper thn.t the shippers - pers ha.ve to mn.1w a cov'.plalnt. I will male this complaint , and U it has to be made personally , I will have Mr. Powell ffilw this up at once. "MARTIN NILSSON , "Marlon , Neb. " Election Proclamation. FOllowing Is the election proclama.- tlon issued by Governor Sheldon , under - der date of September 28 : "Under and by virtue of the a.uthority vest.ed in me by the previsions - visions of socllon 11 , chapter xxvi of the compiled statutes of Nebraslm for the year 1905 , entitled , 'Elections , ' I George Lawson Shell1on , governor or the state of Nebraslm , do hereby Issue my proclamation declaring that on Tuesda.y , the 5th day of November , A. D. , 1907 , there will be an electl n held at the usual places of voting In said sffite for the election or the following officers , to-wit : "One supreme judge. "Judges of the district court for the several judl ial districts. "Two regents for the state univer- sity. sity."Ono "Ono regent for the state universit ' , to fiU va.cancy. "One judge for the Ninth judlcinl l1istrict to fill vacanc ) ' . "Ono member of the state railway commission to fiU vacancy. "One senator of. the First senal rinl district to fill vacancy , "One representa.tive of the Tenth representative dIstrict to fill vacancy. ' Report of Prison Associations. At the recent quarterly meeting 0 the boaI'll of directors of the Nebraslu Prison association the citizens of Lln col'n and Omaha were congrn"tulate ( for the generolls responses they hac made In answer to the requests Co : funds with which to Itcep up the worl of the association. The need for mOI'l workers in the smaller towns wall om phnsized arid subcommittees will b , organized wit hsome one from th , board of directors witl bo sent to se\ eral of the larger towns to work u : interest. To Enforce Child Labor Law. N'o further I1nmullity from Jlros ( cutlon under the chillI labor 111. ' should be granted the paclwr8 an othc.r large mnllufacturers In Omahr South Omaha und Uncoln , ns Labo Commlsslollel' J. , J. Hyder ViOWR th situation. 'Vhlle at Omaha Urde learned that Hev. 1\11' . Wlso and MI'I Draper Smith , memherR of UIO Rtnt boar of child labor inspectloll , 111\ nrreed not to brillg any proceedIng against the 111\clting houses without nc lice beforehand Reese Flit'S His Reignatlon. : Judge 1\1. B. Reese , recent ! ) ' al pointed SUIIl'eme court commissiol1l to talw the pluce va.catccl b ) ' Judf N , D. Ja.cltson of Nollgh , hn.s reslgne' ' Ho finds his private business sue that it is impossible to accept U posillon. At the time of his appolu k- meut the judge said ho ( lid not 11 10 1Io\0 he eoulll nccellt. .Judgo Jacc 's ] awcett of Omaha has heen olTerc ! the posItion. l : _ of Burlington's Receipts. co ' 1'lclOt sales on the llul'Hngton race co road In Nell1'llslm for the month en July produced a much greater revenl ) s. on state than on interstate husinm 111' 'l'ho report fliell lIy the Burlington wi I'll the railwa ) ' commission places t ] ) lI , state pnssenger earnIngs for th 'or month at $202SGO,72 and the interstn ho at $127.53.0G. : ! At the same ruto f to 1 ench month In the ) 'ear , the Hurllngtl : lewould talto In mo : e thnn $2,800,0 le\ \ on its Nollraslm Imssengel' tramc ala u-d , in the course or 1'ear , to say Jlothl : l of the Creight earnIngs. . . ' . . . ' . , - - . , UnIon Pacific DenIes Wrong. The Union Pacific railroad 1uts de. nled tha.t its rates ro unrenf1Onablo nnd unjullt o 'tVyoming coal shlJ.lIlm1 to Nebraslm points. A copy or the IUlswer filed with the Interstate com' merco commJsslon has been fliel1 with the atato rallrond commIssion , The commission made compla.lnt thnt the charges Cor shIpments from nock Springs anl1 Hanna , 'Vyo. , beIng - Ing blanIcct rates of $4.50. from Rocl ! SpringR anl1 $3.60 from Hanna. , were oxorbitant. , excessive and In vlol.1I' tlon of the interstate commerce acts. This is specifically denied and further the road says the dlstnnces mentioned In the complnlnt of the commission nro incorrect. The complaint men. tlons Ul0 dlsffince rrom Rock Springs to the Kansas state line as 694 miles , when the road says It Is 611. The actunl dlstanco from Rock Springs to Oateley , Iills. , Is 6GS miles. instead ot 633 , as mentlonel1 In the complaint. DIstances for which simIlar trans- portntlon cluirges nre mnl10 on conI nnd whIch nre complained ngalnst are from Rock Springs to Smeol1 , 341.5 I miles and to Omaha , 809.2 mIles : from Hanna to Smeed , 182 mllcs nnd to . ' Omaha 650.2 miles. Railroad Commissioner Clarlw says ' -il . the mileage for Ute complaints wn.s . taleen from the road's tartrr sheets amI that If any error exists , It must have been in them. Expenditures of McBrIen. The expenditures of State Superintendent - tendent McBrien havc begun to at. tract attention. The ll\st legIslature appropriated $15,000 for the support of junior normal schools , eight In number. Last year there wore five. nnd vouchers amounting to $10OG1.21 hllvo been filed on the appropriation ' or $15,000 for the support of juniol' . normal schoolR and less than $5,000 wlJII be availabfe for next year , Other outstanding claims may yet bo filed with the secreffiry of state which may reduce thllt nmount. Next year It maybe bo necessary to cut down the number of instructors and the length or the term. The last legislature approprlat- od all It was aslwd to give for junior normnls , but 1\11' . McBrien sa's It wns a small approvriation. The l'Jglslature : last winter , appro. prla.ted $13,000 for the expenses of the office or sta.te superlntenclent and Ull to this time $6,9013.46 of that amount 111\3 be < ! n exponded. The stat ! } \ . . . superintendent hud $10,000 two years .J ago for office expenses. Mr. McBrien explains that the greatest expenE > O Is the cost of the exa.mlnatlon commit. . . tee , a commlttce to issue certificates " to , teachers , nnd that this wi11 be leBS , i In the futuro. He says there will be no deficiency In either his office ox. penses or the junior normal fund. Judgment Against Railroad , For the third time the fupremo court hns ha.nded down an opInion In thl ) case of John F. Parldna against the Missouri Pacific Railway compa.ny und has again 'affirmed ' a judgment for $ 'i,4GS,09 obtained by the plalnUff in the district court of Sarpy count ' , ThIs action was hased upon a contract - tract entered Into In 1892 under the terms of which Parldns wa.s to furnIsh to the deefndant 50,000 cubic yards of gravel for battast puroses , the Rame to be loaded on the cars a.t Springfield and approved by the 'do- fendant's superintendent. The court holds that 11. new trial , wtl1 not bo granted upon the ground of newly disc.overed evidence where such evidence Is merely cumulative nnd would not in a.U probability affect f the result if a new trin.1 were granted. 1 It Is also held Umt UIO defendant is not entitled to a. new trIal upon the ground of surprise , as the testimony complained of as s rprising could ha.vo been brought out by cross.examlnation at any of the previous tria.ls. Report on tlte : Weather , October , according to the record or the United States department of agri. culture , Itept in Lincoln for twonty- four yenrs , has a mean temperature of 1i5 l1egrees. The wnrmest month wat ; In IS8 with nn nvorago of G : ! Je. greos , the coldest that of 1885 with un , \ , ave1'l110 of . ! G. The highest tempera' ture was 92 degrees on the 12th , 1S99 , the lowest was lJi de rees on the 20th , 18Jfi ! , October is the a.vcrago date of the first Jdt1lng froflt and the earliest date SOlltember 12 , 1902. 'fho I . average precipitation for October is ; 2 09 inches. 'rhe gl'eatost monthly pro ctpitutlon was G.0:1 : Inches In 188 : ! and , . . . . the least ,01 inches in IS9 : ! . On U o 17th , 1898 , 4.7 Inches of snmv fetl. - BID Railroad Business. Reports of the Burlington , the.North. \ western a.nd the Union Pacine ralJ. " \ roa.ds for the month or July , whIch ' ! l , , . . have been receh'cd by the state ralJ. way commission , indicate an Immense business in hath freight and pa1songcr departments. The IJtute business in freight forwunled amounts to moro 0limn half of the Inter8tato business , . Ib white it Is less thnn one-thl1'l1 of the " ! d intCl'state bnsnoss ( in the 1111101lllt at freight received 11111 nig the mon h. Nebraskil Educators In Demand. n. , State SUl'erutondent Mcllriell hns or receivel ! word that PrIncIpal Crabl1'co 1I0 of the PCI'll State normal has received ; S. an offer from 11 WIsconsin normal th school of $3,000 a ) 'ear. He receives 110 $2IiOO at present , Dr. W. A. Clarlr , at formprly prlncl)1Il1 ) of the Peru 1101' . te 111al and now 01' the Kearney normal , or hns received an ofrer to talm the chair on of pedagogy l1 t Kirllsvll1o , Mo. , at a 00 salnrr of $2OC : > , wh ch Is , milch mora no than ho Is now r'coivln . ' 1'ho reclp. " - - ng l nts of those offers bavb tlot an- nOllnced their decIsIon. . . , j . ' ' - ' , . \ , .