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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1904)
: - - - - POSTAL SI.JORTAGE FOR , THE YEAR IT AMOUNTS TO $8,579,492. , . ANNUAL REPORT OF CONDITIONS - I ReceIpts of the Service $143,582,624 : Expenditures $152,362,116 - New Plan of CompensatIon of Fourth Class Postmasters. 'VASIIINGTOl'-'l'he annual report ) of the auditor for the lIHtoIl1CO ( Ic- partment shows that the Ihcu ) business . ness transacted through the postal and money order branches of the do- purtlllent during the last ' 'oal' were : Revenues of hu t postal ) service , $1-1:1 : fi82,1i2-1 ( : oxpenditu ) cs of the postal service , $152,83,11 f : ) ) Ii , Total /llIIounl I / of money orders IHsued : DOllloStlP , $ :18:1-1 : : Ci2til : : : foreign , $37,8711,2(5. : Total } . tnl amount / of money orders paid ) : no. UWHtlC , $ : l8f ,100,020 / : foreign , $6.71.1 , 8.1Ii. 'I'ho ! Iloncit In the postal ) reve lilies thol'ofOl'o'as S,1i7J,12. ! . Among the Ilpllla of expenditure during the year are : Wagon service , $1,70CiliO I : inland mull transportation ( railroad ) , $88,515,427 : ! ; railway postal car service , ,2Iil118 ! ; railway mall service , $12,1011,1:10 : ; trlwRllol'lilllon 01' foreign mails , $ 3,574,510. On the subject of the COlllpolIsntlon of fourth.clasH postmasters the auditor . lor says : "Without here entering Into n discussion - cussion of the clnlllls of the Post ) muls- tens of that class , I a11l satisfied that III view of the position taken hy the courts In relation to fraudulent cancellations . collntlons sonic other sYRtelll of fixing \ : their compensation should be IlIlopted I know of uo better way than the . . ndollllon of the same llrltwllllo to fomth-chlHR postmasters us applies to \letormlnutlon of the salary of Il prcslllcntlill slmaslor-nllmcly ) , n fixed salary based on the amount of gross receipts ) of his omcc , with n ,1CmllY , ! by hue and imprisonment for increasing the receipts of the o\1co ! \ by the purchase 01' sale of stamps for commercial purposes outside of the I1os10l\1co \ 01' Its brunches Wholesale trade In revenue stamps Is not permitted - ted , und there IR no reason why it should bo permitted } In postage stnml1s For every stalllil sold at 11ostofllces the govel'llment's representative - sontatiyo receives its equivalent In currency , but under the present system . tem of compensation bused upon catt- cellnllonR , many Instances can b13 shown whore no equivalent iR recel\ cd. The nllollllon of the plan here suggested would destroy the motive for fraudulent cancellations , us no re- port of cancellations would be requir- ed. " _ Mr. 1\lcCurty recommends that the aife ) of the money order bo reduced from twelve 10 three months and that at the end of that period the holder 111uSt send the order lo the lJOslotnco department and receive a warrant In payment. The purpose of the proposed - cll change Is to facilitate the closing I of eX-110stmaslers' nccounls The average . orago life of a money order Is only seven and ono.half days , and therefore - fore , It Is argued , the change would not result In Incon\'enlonce. Missouri Is Republican. ST. LOUIS-With complete returns from ninety-six counties out of 114 , the entire republican ticket : , with the exception at governor , has been elected . cd by pluralities of 150 to 260. With all but a tow preclnct.s accounted for , the Sixteenth congressional district . trict has Bono republican by a plural- Ity of 102. This result wm In all probability - ability be only slightly changed , either one WRY or the other , by the returns tram the additional precincts I State of Washington. TACOMA , Wush.-Roosevell's plur- aUty in the state of Washington Is 66,749 , with a few precincts not re- ported. The plurality of Mead , repub- 1Ic&n , for governor is 5,277. . - - . I RESIDENT IS 1 _ CONGRATULATED ! Messages Come so Fast that They Cannot De Answercd. \V ASIIING'I'ON- ! ProH/dunt / Itooso- veIL waR overwhelmed wIth eunrratu- nliOlHi todity ( . 'They were presented hy ' peoJf In ' rend were received - JI1an ) ) ( ) person ) ceh'l'cl hy. mull and by 101'II'alh ) from every state and from almost every city In the country , 'I'hollsalllis of hole grams already have been received and they arc coming yet In UII undlmlnlsh- od lIood. IL will ho IIl1rslcal1 impossible ) for the president and Secretary Loch to acknowledge each message received , In accordance with the usual custom Ilt the while house , hilt the proslllcnt desires It to he understood that ho all' , I 1lI''ell\tos Il to the fullest and expressions ) ' slonR of his friends / ) and WOIIIII be glad 11' It were possible ) personally to greet anll thunJc every one or then The president waR in oxhlllJOrant ' ' ' , did spirits 'osloJ'lay ( Although ho not retire until U late hour Tuesday night , ho arose early and had a happy ) ) early morning ehnt with the members of his ftunily and hIs house guests 110 reached ( the executive offices early allll not till t \ then did ho read the morning . Ing IJ1lH ) ) I'R. Aft or glancing over them ho read a few of the thousands of telegrams of congratlllation whIch had ! been received and exam llted 111I1. lotlns of the latest returns of the clec. tlon Ho was advised that the republicans - IIcans had ! carried Maryland , n meso sage from Senator cComas nnnollnc- tug that the result was beyond quos' lion. President Roosevelt has received the following cablegram from Emperor William : a.us : PALMS , No\ I-PI'usldent ! Roosevelt , 'lIshlnllol1 , n. S. A , : Sincerest - eel'cst cong1'Il1lllIlIolIH , flay heaven I\'e ' ' ' ' , 'I'tltnrl ( hone give you I1l'ospel'lt 11I1111 titled - \ 111Ccllx fU\lHhnnquo sit populo \mcr1- cano , ( Signed ) WILLIAM I. n A free translation of the Latin In the above cablegram Is as follows : 1\lay your good ! administration ho happy ) und prosperous ) t.o the Amen ! , can peoillo , PENNSYLVANIA. PlIILADI LPIIIA- ) HlImates from the entire slate give Roosevelt a plurality ) . rallty In Pennsylvania of between WOOOO : and 400,000. In Philadelphia Hooso\'eU's plurality will exceed 17G- 000. Rooso'elt's'ote In Pennsylvania far exceeds the cXlectatlon' ) the republican ' publican 'managers There ! Is a heavy falling off In the democratic vote allover ' the slate. The ' ' over republicans have elected m : of the :12 : congressmen , carrying all of the doubtful dlstl'lctR. They have also elected 25 of the 211 candidates for the state senate and about 175 of the 204 members of the house of reJI'esontntlves. ) 1'hls Iu- smes the election or P. C. Knox of Plllsburg , the appointee of Governor PennnmclcOl" ns senator to s\lcceol the late l\I. S. Qunr. The republicans have also elected John P. Elleln state supreme ) court judge , and four.fifth3 of tholr candidates for common pleas judges and all of their nomInees for associate jud es. JOHN HAY WILL STAY. - Secretary of State to Remain During Roosevelt's Second Term. WASHINGTON-President Roosevelt . \'olt. made the announcement that John hay would continue as secretary of state during the four years beginning . ning March 1. 1905. "You mar state positively , " were his words , "that 1'11' hay will continua ns secretary of state up 10 March 4. 1909. " The president was asked regarding other possible cabinet changes , but indicated . tllcatod that there was nothing to he said at present. His announcement regarding Secretary Hay was made tea a number of newspaper reporters in , hIs office. This fixes the most Impor- tnnt place In the new cabinet , and Is the first and only step 80 far taken In that dlreclion. . . , , . _ . - - - 'J'J'- " . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , , , _ _ . _ _ ' . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . " . , \ , , . . . . . . . [ - -NEWS- NEBRASKA ' - i t 'H ' , - - THE STATE AT LARGE. 1 The republican majority In the leg. Islntlll'c , it Is said , will ho 110. Mrs , D. C. l\llu'shulI , It prominent ) woman of Arlington , died last weolt Theodore Johnson , n to-year-old ! boy of Lincoln , is under arrest for forgery. 'rho Northwestern running through northern Nebraska , will extend Its line lo Casper / , 'Y 'omlng. Plans are being perfected for an immense . menso grain elevator nt Oml1ha Its capacity will he 100,000 hushels. 'Peter Krugol' Nelson , a well known resident of Blair township ) fell Into a ditch near the town hall and suffered a compound fracture of the Imee The ditch was seven feet deep and the In- jury Is serious. Webster Sutherland who was hurled In Schl' ler last week . was killed ! In Oklahomu. In a dll\1cmlty \ that ho was trying 10 pacify ho was shot , whether accidentally or otherwise - wise Is not Imown L. D. SlIlIman , lhe. York county ' farmct's' Institute lecturer , has con- clllded his work at St. . Louis 'Yorld's fair , where ho hall chDr > e of the Nebraska . hraska dairy exhibit , which was inspected - spected and hIghly ompllmented. The state dental hoard met and issued . sued cCl'UfiealeR 10 the following : Joseph 11. Moroau , Gage count ; C. G. Manlovo , Douglas county : Joseph W. Belser , Cass county ; Shelby A. Seal , Hluchlson county , Kansas ; W. J. Gal- hralth , Suffolk county , Virginia : .1. E Hawthorne , Dawson county : J. ID Buckley , Douglas : T. A. Mam)1hrey , Fillmore county. n merry fight has been waged In Holt county for sometime \ on n. prop- oslUon to divide Holt county on a line directly In the center , running north and south , and 10 name the west half Meadow county , and then 10 cut off twenty-four mills square ) In the southeast - south-I I east corner , to be named Elkhorn count ' . The voters at the recent elec- UOl ! decIded against the Ilroposillon Frank Todd , one of the men con- fined In the county jail at Nebraska Cit ! ' , on a charge of attempting to rob the bank at Palmyra made an unsuccessful - cessful attempt 10 escalie lIe has I been confined in the steel cell and : broke a heavy chair that was In his cell and with the pIeces managed 10 break alIen a small door in the main cell (1001 When discovered he was working on the coil door locle. SuIt for damages amounting to $5,000 has been filed against the city of LIncoln by Margaret E , Stewart. Last September she fell over some skids , which were obstructing the sidewalk near Nineteenth and 0 streets , one night and broke her arm at the olbow. She claIms that the skids were placed there hy the con- sent of the city of LIncoln and were negligently allowed to remain. The Burlington railroad Is sun op- posed to the workings of the new revenue law as Interpreted hy the taxing aulhorlteB of York county. Tax Commissioner Pollard of the Burlington - ton tendered n payment of tllf' ! " road'R taxes to the treasurer or Yorl c county . ty , a sum that he thought was about right , but whIch did not amount lo what had been assessed against the road. The treasurer refused to accept . cept the tender and It Is supposed a suIt will he slnrted. The Burlington & Missouri railroad , by Its representative , called upon the county treasurer of Butler county for the purpose of tendering to hIm the amount of Its taxes less $2,581.57 , which the railroad company refuses to pay on account of alleged excessive valuation of Its property In that coun- ty. The company made a lender oC the money 10 the treasurer of the amount It was willing 10 pay , with the assurance that It this amount Is not accepted the matter wIll \ be taken to the supreme courl. I - - - - , . - . . FREE RIDE FOR SAVING A TRAIN 1 \ , Trainmen Also Contribute Small Sum . In Cash to Tramp Hero. I HASTINGS-Chal'ltahly disposed persons ) In Hasting ! : ! raised a small collection . loctlon for 1\ luau who , according 10 . . L- 1 . . . , h/slory / , had saved the fat Chicago- Douvel' passenger train au the Burlington ' 1 Ingtou from n haul wreck and had been rewarded by the railroad cons- 1 parry with It free ride for a few miles 'rho man was In destitute circumstances ' stances and was on his way from Sutton - { j Ion to Grand Island , where he llopetl Ito 10 enter 11 charitable insUtutlon As I he was wnllln along the Burlington , t tracks two miles cast of Saronvmo ! ho saw a brolcon 1'1111. The fast Citi- 1 cago.Den\'er passenger ' ! was overdue ! , and the man conjectured that shoud t the lraln run over the broken ran n. wreck would ho probable. Ho retraced - ' traced hs ! steps eastward Iwd flagged and halted the train a few rods from : the defective rail Section men were sent for , who repaired the breach and t the train proceeded. He was taken ' aboat'tl and brought to this cIty and I' ! provided with transportation to Grand , Island. 'Ho showed the transportation . " lion 10 many Ieollle ) here In confirma- \ Uon of his story and was totnt In protesting . . testing that a collection taken aboard ' , ; the traits hall amounted 10 only $1.50 , { t given by the trainmen , Some believed . 1 \loved \ his tale IUlll another collection was taken here which netted him $15,10 anti sent him on his way re- : jolclng. : I INDIAN LAND TROUBLE. ! , I . . Various Rulings Made and Law Suit ! Likely. : : mOLDT-Once more the little I' ' tract of Indian land near Preston has sprung ) Into prominence and a second i effort Is to 110 made to land It. This : Is tine piece \Ipon which Dr. Wells recently - t cenOy Sled homestead papers claitn- lug that it had never heon taken up . . . . and was open for set.tlement. Later it will ! be remembered an Indian agent came tin from Kansas and informed the parties Interested that the land belonged to the Indians and ) was not to ho considered a part of the reservation - vatton thrown open 10 homesteaders many years ngo As the strip c'mn- I talne about twenty acres , the marlcet I value of which was nearly $100 p:1' : ' acre , the doctor released his claIm j reluctantly and now it Is understood other parties have Information direct from the department of the InterIor to the effect that the ruling of the t Indian agent Is wrong , that the land , belongs 10 the government and is open 10 homestead entry , although why ' It . _ _ _ ; has been overlooleed all these years "T remaIns something or a m 'ster ' . ' James Powell , another resident or Falls City , at once med on the piece and announces his Intention or moving upon It and holdin It despite the claims of the agent. Polk County Farm Sells Well. . . " OSCEOI..A-Colonel Henry C. Hughes , who came into this county- ' I quite n. number of years ago and settled " . ( lIed down In the sand hms of Platte , valley and whose land had been assessed . : ) sesRed at about $2,50 an acre before , the new revenue law went Into opera- \ , tlon , hag just sold hIs qUlrter.sectlon J and receIved for It the nice little sum , . : of $10,000. . . { \ , Capture Alleged Forger. ' . y r BEA'l'IUCE-Peler Kuhn , wanted \ I here on a charge of forgery , waR arrested - ] I rested at Kansas City. Sheriff Trude : left for that place after his man- Kuhn ' came 10 Beatrice recently tram Den- ver and after passing a number of forKed checks on the business men of BeatrIce , he disappeared The officers - cers have been hot on his trail ever since his departure. - - - -I \ " 'X' . J IIt
