Nebraska Newspapers

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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
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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
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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
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. ou t ome of Henry H. R
reslstlhle , 1J Cll\lSO Its action hus hcon
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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. "
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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. "
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 ,
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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 ,
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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
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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
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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-
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, 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
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"Ileed has only heen limited b ' 1I11
, ropel1er , but the cruft will gradunll :
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: 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.
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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 ;
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The State Capital
Mlntters of Genernl Interest
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Nebi'Jsltn's Sent of Government
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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 -
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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.
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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. . .
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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.
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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.
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