Nebraska Newspapers

    DENVEB'S GKEAT $25,000 GATE.
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When the delegates to the Democratic national convention alight from
v the train at the Union station in Denver
they will be greeted by a hand-
' Gorne welcome arch , erected at a cost of $ U5,000. Thousands of tourists and
delegates to national conventions Jiave passed through this arch and have
marveled at its beauty and commented the
upon very apparent hospitality of
the people.
The arch was begun early in 190G. It weighs seventy toes , is eighty feet
in length , and fifty-nine feet fiom the street to the highest point. The center
driveway is thirty-four feet wide and the side wings are eleven feet wide and
twenty-six feet high. It is built of a combination of metals that insures
strength and durability. There are 1,800 electric incandescent lights out
lining the arch.
BANGETY-BANG OUTFIT.
< 3-avel and Sounding- Board Beady
for Denver Convention.
The gavel shown in the accompany
ing picture will be used by Chairman
Tom Taggart of the Democratic Na
tional Committee , to call the national
convention to order in Denver on July
T. Inasmuch as it is expected that a
Nebraskan will on that occasion be
aoinlnated for President , and as it is
further bc-lieved that an Oinahan will
make the nominating speech , more than
ordinary associative value clings to
GAVEL FOK DENVER MEETING.
-this piece of lignumvitae wood. This
.gavel and sounding board were sent to
JIayor Dahlmann of Omaha by T. G.
Harris of Fort Robinson , Neb. Mr.
Harris is a strong supporter of Bryan ,
and an acquaintance of Mr. Dahlman.
The sounding board is made of Black
"Hills cedar.
BIG ALGERIAN BATTLE.
-STrench Troops Bepulse an Attack
by Berbers and Arabs.
Advices from Colomb Bochar , Alge
ria , say that a French column posted
-on Talzaza Hill , which commands the
plain of Tamlet , was attacked fiercely
at daylight Thursday by a number of
Berbers , who , with nomad Arabs , have
been concentrating for several \veeks
-on the western frontier of Algeria.
Although surprised , the French force
rallied and fought desperately , and not
only beat off their
adversaries , but pur-
Giied them for six miles. So hot was
the pursuit that the Arabs , in their
headlong flis'ht , abandoned their dead
and wounded. Several green flags of
the prophet also fell into the hands of
the French.
The French victory ivas costly , ho\v-
cver. Twenty-eight
men , including an
oflicer , were killed and 100 men , includ
ing ten oflicers , were wounded. The
fosses were greatest in the foreign le-
.glon. The Berber losses were much ,
lieavier , 125 bodies being found by the
French troops. The pursuit was stopped
darkness.
IHouU tliat Ifon-ics G1T3 Sonln.
Harold M. Fin ley , in a report for the
lEFcderation , the organ of the Federation ed
-of Churches , gives the result of his study of
cf the congested sections of New York.
"There he says one may find now more
than sevent3"-five blocks having a density any
of population of over 1,000 people to the die
/acre. In 1005 , SOG blocks had a popula as
tion of 1.000 souls each. ISO had 2,000 rise
population. 4G over 3,000 , 3 over 4,000 ,
" 1 with over 5,000. and one other with exactly - obey
= actly < 5.17. { . This last is the negro block he
on the upper West Side , bounded by
Amsterdam and West End avenues and three
SSixty-first and Sixty-second streets. Of ties
122 of the most congested blocks , the
percentage is now 53. the
Tvto In nil Aeroplane. wife
For the firs ; , time in Europe two per tor
J sons have made a successful flight in the pied
Beanie aeroplane. This occurred at Issy , hurt
2Tranco. when Henry Farman ascended in
" i "Che machine of L on Delagrang * , the Jat-
ter steering. Prior to this ' 'arman had
made the record flight of two and a half has
"kilometers in three minutes and
twenty-
one seconds. to
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Many of the northern Minnesota naw not
. mills have resumed operations.
. As a tate
'rule thar will .spcrate only day forces. which
HISTOHY OF STATE PROHIBITION
Maine Adopted prohibition in 1S4G ;
repealed in 1S5G ; re-enacted prohibition
in 1S5S.
New Hampshire Adopted in 1855 ; re
pealed in 1 ! > 03.
Vermont Adopted in 1850 ; repealed in
1903. j
Massachusetts Adopted in 1852 ; re
pealed in 1SGS ; readopted in 1SG9 ; re
pealed in 1S75.
Rhode Island Adopted in 1852 ; re
pealed in ISG.'J ; readopted in 1SSG ; re
pealed in 1SS9.
Connecticut Adopted in 1S54 ; repeal
ed ia 1S72.
New York Adopted in 1S55 ; declared
unconstitutional.
Ohio Adopted in 1S51 ; annulled by a
license tax law.
Indiana Adopted in 1855 ; declared
unconstitutional.
Michigan Adopted in 1S55 ; repealed
in 1875.
Illinois Adopted in 1851 ; repealed in
1S53.
1S53.Wisconsin
Wisconsin Adopted in 1S55 ; vetoed by
Governor.
Iowa Adopted partial prohibition . in
1S55 : full prohibition in 1881 ; mulct law
in 1893.
Nebraska Adopted in 1855 ; repealed
in 1858.
Kansas Adopted constitutional amend
ment in 1SSO.
North Dakota Constitutional provis
ion in 1890 ; repealed in 1896.
South Dakota Constitutional provis
ion in 1S90.
Georgia Adopted prohibition in 1907.
Oklahoma Adopted prohibition ia
1907.
Alabama Adopted prohibition in 190S.
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According to the annual compilation
made by Dr. II. K. Carroll in the New
York Christian Advocate , the total gains ers
of all religious denominations last year
were 2,301 ministers , 4,214 churches and
627,540 communicants. The Roman Cath Ira
olic denomination continues to rank first sia
with a long lead , the membership being .
estimated at 11,000,000 , which is consid
erably less than that given by Sadlicr's
Directory. The latter places.the Catho
lic population in this country at 13,890 ,
353 , led by 15,09 ; ' . priests. Next to tha pay
Catholic stands the Methodist church , eh
with GGGO,7S1 communicants , represent
ing a gain of 101.G90 for the year. Bap is
tists now number 5,224,305 , a gain of in
103,000. With an increase of 50,000 , the ever
Presbyterians now number 1,821,504
, ,
der
Lutherans have 2,022G05 , a gain of G5/
172. The Disciples of Christ number deseM !
1,285,123. The American Jewish Year
book places the number of Jews at 1.777 , alist
185. Protestant Episcopalians reached man
S30.G59 , Christian Scientists 85,090 , Uni a 1
tarians 71,200 , and Congregationalista the
099,327.
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Bishop Samuel Fallows of the Reform of
Episcopal church of Chicago , now ona will
the leaders in the Christian psychology sislc
movement , has given out the prescription
land
with the observance
of which he believes
one may live to be 120 years old and publ
a painless death. Its main points ara
follows : Early to bed and early to
; plenty of exercise of a kind dif
ferent from your regular employment ; uphc
the laws of hygiene ; love God and the
square with your fellow-man , and by
drink buttermilk or sour milk two or been
times a day. He says his authori had
are the Bible and the latest science , dailj
particularly the work of Metchnikoff of comj
Pasteur Institute. the
At Oakland. Cal. , the other Sunday tha stitu
of the Rev. Walter E. Tanner , pas Te
of the Melro e Baptist church , occu TeTl
the pulpit , her husband having been Ithies
in an automobile accident. Sha has
delivered his sermon on "Daniel in San of a
Francisco and Oakland. " ethir
Bishop Thomas Augustus Jaguar , who in IT
been appoiuted head of the American lo tli
Episcopal church in Europe in succession
the late Bishop Worthington. is nearly Fi
years old , and for that reason may lectn
accept the place , as it would necessi of E
his taking up a residence in the
he has no particular desire to do. lercy
will
OPENING OP THE BASEBALL SEASON.
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* DEATH OP FAMOUS BRITON.
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Jampbell-Bannerman , Liberal Lead
er , Succumbs to Lingering Illness.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman ,
tvho retired recently from the British
premiership , died Wednesday at his
official residence in London. The death
of Sir Henry after a lingering illness
did not come as a surprise.
From the beginning of the present
session of parliament .Sir Henry had
been suffering ill health and. after the
opening day , he practically had not
been able to attend the sessions at all ,
Chancellor Asquith acting as premier
In. his absence. He was seriously
Stricken after a big political meeting
fceld at Bristol on Nov. 10 , and he was
SIB IlUfitV CAMPBELL-UAX 'EmrAJT.
bliged to give up his plans for a se-
ies of political speeches that he in-
ended to make.
Few invalids have been the object of
0 much J solicitude and attention as
was bestowed upon Sir Henry , there
laving been a constant stream of call-
rs at his Downing street residence ,
Deluding King Edward , who visited
him on two occasions ; Queen Alcxan- .
, and the dowager empress of Rus-
ia , the prince and princess of Wales
and many diplomats and men proini-
lent in public life.
nentOi
On his resignation , April 5 , the rep-
esentativcs of all parties united in
laying ! tribute to his ability and strong
haracter. Mr. Asquith said of him :
"In the annals of our history there
no man who after long years spent
the thick of public contention has
laid down the highest office un-
the crown more universally and
eservedly beloved. "
Mr. Redmond , leader of the Nation-
lists. said that in Camphell-Bauner-
uan's disappearance Ireland suffered
loss second only to the loss caused by
retirement of Gladstone. "There is
an Irish Nationalist in any pare
the world. " said Mr. Redmond , "who is
not deeply deplore that this con-
islent , brave , honorable friend of Ire- the
has been taken from the arena of
ublic life. " out
Can ; IS'ot Export . .leriejWater. .
The United State ? Supreme Court has
ipheld the New Jersey law prohibiting
exportation of water from the State the
pipes , the appeal from that law having
made by a water company which
contracted to deliver a large quantity "
to one part of New York City. The in
ompany insisted that the law impaired wit
contract and therefore was uncon- the
titutioual. ruh
ruha
Klc\ato the Lirsrnl I'rofeiioi .
The Committee on Code of Professional has'
of the will
American Bar Association
formulated in no
the preliminary draft
about seventy canons of professional ning.
relating to the tiot
duty of the lawyer
relation to thp profession to the public , there
the client and to the judiciary. j
of
Frederick MacMonnies has been se
to pieparo a i odel for the statue track
Edwin Booth which will br erected by
Players' ] Club of .New York in Grani-
Park in that -ity. . The memorial He
cost § 25,000.
FORTUNE FOR LABORER ,
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Because Thirty-Five Years Before
Saved Benefactor's Life.
To have saved the life of a felloe
emigrant in a wreck in 1873 and lit * .
tj'-five years later to have read in a
newspaper plastered upon the wall of EU
homestead shack an advertisement
which led to- his becoming the recip
ient of a fortune of $375,000 is the
of Peter Andersen , a farm haud , wfcfl
resides , near White Bluffs , Wash. An *
dersen received a chock for $5,000 to
enable him to proceed to New York in
catTj- out the final legal formalities neo
essary in the transfer of the fortune
Andersen left Denmark in 1873 upon
the ship W. J. Gottry. Off the coast
of Newfoundland the Gottry was wreck-
ed. Anderson supported Peter Knuci
sen. a follow passenger , until the
crawled upon a piece of flotsam. Latejf
they were tossed upon the deserted
Newfoundland beach. After terribly
privations the two men reached Nev
Tori ; City , whore they separated. Kuudl
svn made $1.000,000 iu the glove busl
ness in New Jersey.
Goldman ? "ot Barred Out ,
When the woman leader of America !
anarchists. Emma Goldman , returned
from a brief trip into Canada , wher <
she went to address striking workmen ,
an effort was made by the American
frontier authorities questioning her right
to re-enter this country , and it was sup *
posed that the action was inspired fronj
Washington , in view of the current fe < J
oral , activities against those of her
She submitted papois showing that , sh (
had married J. E. Keersner , an Ameri'
cauized foreigner , and with this explanttf
tj01
tion she was admitted.
Alexander Berkmau. the New York am
archist and comrade of Miss Goldman
was released from custodj * of the local
police in connection with the
Square bomb throwing. Silvcrstein , th (
man who was injured in trying to thrort
the bomb at the police , still lingered be
tween life and death at the hospital an < |
is said to have told the police how hi
made the bomb and intended to get rw
venge upon the police , /who / had clubbed
him.
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The national baseball commission hat
taken Player Campbell from Winnipeg
and awarded him to Chicago.
The national baseball commission pr ©
poses that players who pla ed in the Caji
ifornia State League during the winter b | $
fined $100 each , as the California lcagu < to
an outlaw.
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In a fight at Dublin. Tommy Burn $ corn
American heavyweight champion , 51c
knocked Jem Roche ,
the Irish champion ,
of the ring in one minute and thirty * to
eight seconds. to
George Ilackenschmidt would like tfl per
regain his wrestling title , but he will not
attempt it in a Chicago ring. This wai $4.00
statement the thoroughly tamed "lion' '
made as he boarded the steamer Kaisej ;
Wilhelm der Grossc to return to Europe , 55c
"Hack" claims he was not fairly treated
his match with Gotch. Experts $1.03
witnessed the match say "Hack" had not oats
endurance to wrestle under American . ? 0c
. His limit is 20 minutes to a bout pork
The weeding out process ) n the Ames '
baseball ' squad has begun. The team $4.00
be weak behind the bat. as there are to
first class backstops as yet in the run $4.00
; . Beiter , the best man in the posi $5.00
, is needed at first , and will be kepi
if possible.
Prof. ; E. D. Angell , assistant professor ; hogs
G.OO
$
physical training in the University of
Wisconsin , coach of the basket ball and corn
white
teams , has accepted the position of
director of athletics at the Oregon State to
Agricultural college at Corvillis. Oregon. 93c
will leave Wisconsin at the end of Q.ha
present school year. oats
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CHICAGO.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review ol
trade in the
Chicago district says :
Easter trade in personal needs rose to
satisfactory proportions and retail sales
generally made a .seasonable recovery ,
higher temperature stimulating the de
mand in leading lines. Favorable weath
er conditions at interior
points induced a
wider absorption of light weight apparel ,
ami theie i
> HUTIMM * in the
nvript ot re
orders requiring immediate bLipmcat.
Late buyers have found the reduction
of stocks better than was expected and
mauy now find it diflicult to obtain all the
goods required. Visiting merchants from
the Northwest select more freely in the
principal staples and report their local
conditions brightening , there being a large
inflow of bottlers and numerous new
towns springing up under the influence
of railroad extensions through promising
territory.
Forwarding by the wholesale houses
continues exceptionally large in dry goods ,
food products , housewares and hardware ,
and there is also inc'easinir activity in
vehicles , camping and sporting goods.
Mail orders fiom road men "make an im
proving exhibit in clothing , woolens , foot
wear and furniture for fall deliveries , and
the outlook affords
more encouragement
with the sustained high prospects in ag
riculture. Provisions disclose some de
cline in the east-bound
tonnage , foreign
orders being smaller , but there is return
ing strength in the markets for hides and
leather , and wool displays iucreabing con-
btimption.
Mercantile collections in the West and
Southwest make a good showing , bank de
posits steadily grow and further ease ap
pears in the discount rate for accommo
dation. Financial conditions do not in
dicate that
liquidation has run its course ,
but commercial defaults include none of
notable : significance , and the volume of
payments through the
banks again is seen
to compare favorably with that of a 3 car
ago'
Operations in the prominent manufac
tuiv present no material change as to
production. More interest is noted in
real estate and construction. Shipments
of lumber ] have gained and more hands
find work in the yaids and at planing
mill . Furnace and plate mill outputs
remain much less than normal , but addi
tional contracts for rails and structural
-tee extend the period of assured activ
ity.
Failures reported , in the Chicago dis
trict number 21 , against 29 last week and
17 a year ago. Those with liabilities over
$5 , ( ! < JO number G , against 10 last week
und 9 in 1907.
NEW YORK.
Easter trade at retail , though affected
in sections by unfavorable
weather , is on
the whole fair. Collections show slight
J improvement 1 at a fewrf centers and filling
in orders by jobbers are a trifle better , but
reports , from
leading industries are no
more fa\orable. rather more weakness is
noted in iron and steel and fall trade in
leading lines is still disappointingly back
ward. The dullness in building lines
expenditures for the first quarter being 40
per cent below 1907 affects all the lines
of materials and export and import trade
are ebbins. indicating the first decrease in
foreign trade from the preceding fiscal
jear noted for five years past.
The number of idle hands is as large
as for some time past , wage reductions
curtail buying power and the number of
failures continues far ahead of a year the
ago. Business in pig iron is very light to
and lower prices have been made to at
tract even the small business going. Fin
ished iron and steel are likewise quiet
and rail orders are only fair. Plates are
son
exceptionally dull , and fabricators of
structural material , particularly in the
Chicago district , have named some low
quotations on business recently booked ,
although there is no evidence that the
shapes have brought lower than list the
prices.
Business failures in the United States The
for the week ending April 1C number 2G1 ,
against 258 last week. 1G7 in the like
week of 1907 , 1G7 in 190G , 183 in 1905 sity
and 199 in 1904. Canadian failures for to
week ogling April 1G number 29 ,
against 28 lust week and IS in this week other
year ago. Bradstreet's Commercial Re
port.
of
no
-
latter
Chicago Cattle , common to prime , has
$4.00 to $7.10 ; hogs , prime heavy , $4.00 team
$5.92 ; sheep , fair to choice , $3.00 bate
$ G.40 ; wheat , No. 2 , 91c to 92c ; ploy
, No. 2 , G5c to 67c ; oats , standard , select
to 52c ; rye , No. 2 , 7Gc to 78c ; hay , debate
timothy , $9.50 to $10.00 ; prairie , $8.00 favor
$12.00 ; butter , choice creamery , 25c the
2Sc ; eggs , fresh , lie to loc ; potatoes ,
bushel , G5c to 75c.
ed
Detroit Cattle , $4.00 to $0.00 ; hogs , for
to $5.80 ; sheep , $2.50 to $5.50 ;
wheat , No. 2 , 93c to 94c ; corn , No. 3 Mr.
yellow , GGc to G7c ; oats , No. 3 white , $ ,
to 5Gc ; rye , No. 2 , SOc to Sic.
pose
Milwaukee Wheat , No. 2 northern , known
to $1.04 ; corn , No. 3 , G5c to GGc ;
, standard , 52c to 53c ; rye , No. 1 , of
to Sic ; 'barley , No. 2 , 8Gc to S7c ; There
, mess , $13.35. list.
Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers ,
to $0.90 ; hogs , fair to choice. $4.00 who
$0.15 ; sheep , common to good mixed , Mass.
to $ G.75 ; lambs , fair to choice , the
to $8.10.
New York Cattle , $4.00 to $ G.75 ; local
, $3.50 to $ GJ5 ; sheep. $3.00 to
; wheat , No. 2 red , 97c to 99c ; in
, No. 2 , G9c to 71c ; oats , natural Ithaca
, 5Gc to 5Sc ; butter , creamery , 25c K.
29c ; eggs , western , 13c to IGc. has
Toledo Wheat , No. 2 mixed , 91c to also
; corn , No. 2 mixed , G7c to GSc ;
, No. 2 mixed , 52c to 53c ; rye , No. of
79c to SOc ; clover seed , prime , $12.00. of
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S W m 'W 4 - ; , \
1598 Henry IV. of France promulgated
the Edict of Nantes.
1G3S English settlers arrived at New
IIa\eu. Conn.
174G The English under the Duke ot
Cumberland defeated the , Scottish
rebels headed by the young Pretender
at the battle of Cullodeu , near In
verness.
1749 British warship Pembroke wrecked
near Porto Novo , with loss of 330 of
her crew.
17'55 Dr. Samuel Johnson's "Dictionary
of the English Language" published.
1793 First newspaper in what is now
the Province of Ontario issued at
Newark ( Niagara ) .
1S03 The Bank of France established.
1815 Commodore Decatur of the United
States navy captured two Algerian
vessels and GOO prisoners.
1S29 British Parliament passed the-
Roman Catholic relief bill.
1855 Emperor and Empress of the
French arrived in England to visit
Queen Victoria.
1S5S Dr. Simon Bernard acquitted of
conspiracy against the life of Louis
Napoleon.
1SG1 Confederates seized Harper's
Ferry.
v
1SG2 France declared war against the
Mexican government.
1SG5 Battle of Columbus , last conflict
of the Civil War , fought east of tiia
Mississippi river Union flag re
placed on Fort Sumter.
1SGS British troops under Sir Robert
Napier took Magdala , a strongly for
tified place in Abyssinia.
1S74 Body of Livingstone , the explorer ,
interred in Westminster Abbey.
1891 Treaty for the delimitation of the
British and Italian spheres of influ
ence in East Africa signed at Rome.
1900 Troops sent to Cornell Dam , West-
chester county. X. Y. , to quell a
strike of Italian laborers Paris
International Exposition opened.
1904 Attempted assassination of Premier
Maura of Spain. * -
1905 Morocco rejected the French re
form demand.
,
1907 National 'Arbitration and Peac
Congress opened in New York. . . . Anr
earthquake destroyed Chilpancingo
and Chilapa. towns of Mexico , witJi
great loss of life.
The explosion of a powder magazine at
Minnesota university shattered glass
the value of § 250 in the university
buildings and gave the neighbors a great
fright.
The faculty of Clemson college , Clein-
, S. C. , has expelled COo students be
cause of an all-fools' day prank ; tiiey
remained away from drill and classes oa
April 1.
By the will of Dr. John Ordronaux
sum of $ : JO,000 is left to aid retired
members of the Dartmouth college faculty.
rest of his estate is distributed
among various charities.
The regents of the Minnesota univer
have given the professors authority
use their discretion in regard to tha
importation of rare books , charts and
aids to school work.
Prof. O'Shea of the Wisconsin State
university , in an address to the teachers
Lawrence county. S. D. , told them that
education at all is far better than the
mechanical trainins so frequently found
to-day in the sJiools of the country. Tha
, he claims unfit * a child for the
problems of life and robs it of any indi
viduality it may otherwise po = se s.
The Virginia hich school debating team-
challenged the North Side high school
of Minneapolis to another joint de
, the teams to change sides , to em *
the same judses and Minneapolis to
the time and place. In the recent
the judges \otod two to one in
of Virginia , but the directors of
State Debating League set aside tha
verdict.
The Carnegie Foundation has respond
to the appeal of the State universities
admission of their professors to tha
pension fund with the announcement that
Carnegie has increased the fund by
$5,000.000. making the total for this pur
$15,000,000. In his letter making
this gift Carnegie says : "Most
grateful am I to be privileged , as trustee
this wealth , to devote it to such use. "
are 100 colleges now on the pension
Norman W. Harris a Chicago banker ,
was born in the village of Becker ,
. , has offered to pay the expenses to
amount of $5 a week to every native-
born'boy of the place who will attend'tha
high school or go to college.
One of the members of Columbia's team
the debating contest with Cornell at
was a full-blooded Chinaman , V.
W. Koo , a junior in the college. Koo
won fame as a public speaker , .iml is
prominent in literary life among tha
undergraduates. He is a managing editor
the Columbia Spectator and an cditoi
the Columbia Literary Monthly.