Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, January 27, 1910, Image 2

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The Valentine Deniocn t
VAIiENTINE , NEB.
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: L : : & L RICE , - - - - Publisher
FLOODS CAUSE LOS !
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- IIJENCH PEOPLE : DRIVEN FRO
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t Seine Rii'cr at Paris Threatens to Add
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to Heavy Property : Loss , Alread
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Sustained - Small Neighboring Citic
Jleport Disasters.
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The floods Sunday in France exceed-
, ed all records and are fast assumin
theproportioss of a national disaster.
in ihe north , east and west , hundred
arc homeless and ruinetd. Although it i
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is impossible at the present time to
estimate the damage , it will be very
great.
The rise in the waters continued
-during all of Sunday. At Paris " the
Seine , which registered 6.48 meters
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"Saturday , had reached 7.40 at noon
Sunday. The normal height of th ( >
river at this season is 2.48. The tor-
rent reaches almost to the arches of
the beautiful bridges , threatening ]
their destruction. The Pont des Arts
and Pont de TAlma are in momentary ;
-danger.
f The sharp cold of Saturday led to <
the hope of abatement of the floods ,
but Sunday morning a heavy snow set
in. turning to rain. This aggravatec
the situation and caused great suffer-
4 ing to the victims.
The Seine continues to rise rapidly ;
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' reached within a couple of feet of
the roadway at the Place de la Con-
corde. Many additional buildings
"have been flooded , including the print-
ins works of the official journal.
Montreau is totally under water and
writhout , food.
An urgent request has been sent to <
xhe military authorities at Fountain-
blean for 3,000 rations of bread.
One of the great engines which
pumps the sewage in the eastern sec-
tion of Paris broke down on account
of the flood , and as a result the sew-
ers threaten to overflow the streets.
The electric light and trolley service is :
out of commission in some sections.
MORE DEAD RECOVERED.
.Fourteen Bodies of Wreck Victims ! "
taken from Spanish River.
' The icebound Spanish river Sunday :
Ttegan to give up its dead. The first
- class car. one of the four of the Cana-
dian Pacific passenger trains which
' ; took the plunge down the embank-
-ment on Friday afternoon. was raised
I . above the surface of the river Sunday
BHtgrnoon. "
Workmen crept into the wrecked
Interior and brought out several bod-
ies. The forward part of the coach
seas badly demolished and it is not
unlikely that some bodies floated away.
I Fourteen bodies were recovered. mak-
ifssr : a list cf dead whose names are
: Lsmtjwn , of 25 , in addition to six
. " unidentified women . . . . . . and children ,
c whose bodies were taken from the first
. class coach. Besides these 31 , it is
: supposed that a score of bodies will be
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j found in the tourist car and an un-
_ - : known number were burned to ashes
-f.\1'ltb ihe second class car.
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ICE GORGE THREATENS.
_ Su .quehanl1a .River .Overflows .and
IDoes Considerable Damage.
1 The ice in the Susquehanno river he-
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gan running Sunday night , and , early
" 3rlQnday morning jammed. The water
. . , rope rapidly and at Port Deposit made
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. -vew record. Residents in riverside
' owns had already removed property
- to places of safety when the whistles
along : .the river front shrieked out the
expected -warning of rising water , and
- ' the inhabitants -'fled to high ground. \
ZiCo lives have been lost , but the dam. .
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age to buildings is heavy.
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GUESTS LOSE BAGGAGE.
Jlotel Wavcrly at Hot Springs. Ark. ,
Destroyed : by Fire.
. . 'The new Waverly hotel and bath
"house in Hot Springs , Ark. , were to-
tally- : . , - destroyed by fire early Sunday
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escaped uninjured , but all the guests
lost their baggage , however , and
stores were opened that they might
obtain clothing. The property loss
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is about 100000.
Not the Bomb Thrower.
The jury in the trial 1 of Vincent Alt-
Tnjtn brought in verdict of not guilty
at Chicago. Altman , n was accused of
having exploded : a bomb that partially
I wrecked the central exchange of the
Chicago Telephone company on June
, 27.
Soux City Live Stock : Market.
t , : Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
'City live stock market follow. Heavy
feeders , 450525. Top hogs , $ 8.40.
Bank President Dead.
. - Richard H. Rushton , president of
the Fourth Street National bank , Phil-
, adelphia , Pa. , one of the large finan
cial institutions in that city , died Sun-
-day from a complication of diseases.
. Gunness Farm Sold.
" The farm of Mrs. Bella :
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ftess was sold Saturday at Laporte ,
Ind. , to the superintendent , a boys' :
. school which adjoins the Gunness farm :
.a.nd of which it will become a part.
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48 SAID TO BE DEAD.
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Disastrous Wreck Occurs in Ontario ,
B. C.
Though it is impossible to secure the
names of the dead and injured and de- '
tails of the Canadian Pacific wreck re- <
ported on the "Soo" branch- of that !
line near Espanola Friday afternoon ,
it is asserted that 48 lives were lost ;
and 92 passengers injured.
According to reports , the rear por- ;
tion of a westbound train was deraile
by a broken roil on the bridge over
the Spanish river. A first class coach
and dining car were submerged , it i8
said , iu the stream. All of the killed
are thought to have been in these cars.
A special relief train with . a sub- .
marine diver aboard left Sault St. fa-
rie , Mich. , at 9 o'clock Friday night
for the scene of he wreck. Until the
diver reaches the submerged cars none
of the bodies can be recovered or the
names of the victims secured. A por-
tion of the injured were ' transferred on
a special train to Sudbury , where they
are being cared for. Espanola , the
scene of the accident , is 140 miles , east ;
of Sault Ste. Marie.
Railroad men state that at least 40
.persons were killed in the wreck. \
'Two minutes after' the first crash
only the roof of the day coach showed
above the floating ice in the river. The
second class car smashed against ? the
end of a culvert and was crushed like
an egg shell. Some of the passengers
were killed outright , but others were
caught in the wreckage , which , almost
immediately broke into flames , and
were roasted to death before they
could be rescued.
REJECT UNCLE SAM'S PROPOSAT ,
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Japan and Russia Refuse to Consider
Plan for Neutralization.
Press telegrams from Tokio and St.
Petersburg received in Washington :
Friday morning stating that the pro-
posal of the United States for -the neu-
tralization of the Manchurian railway
had been rejected by both Japan and
Russia , were read with great inter-
est at the state department.
There is no doubt that this result of
Secretary Knox's effort to ' eliminat
I the Manchurian railroads r from the
policies of the far east , thus minimiz-
ing the danger of war , is a keen dis-
appointment to the- officials. Wheth-
er the matter will end with the action
of Japan and Russia is problematical.
COAL COMBINE REACHES OUT.
Guggenheims Get Options on a Moil
ster Tract.
Representatives of the Guggen-
.icim interests have secured options
SO per cent of the New river coal 'field ,
which comprises 200,000 acres , as part
of a plan to combine thg entire bitu-
minous cqal interests of southern Wesl
Virginia , the Fairmor\t fields and the
holdings of the Pittsburg Coal com-
pany. This will give" the Guggenheims
control of about 75 per cent of the
soft coal of the country.
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Lewis Rc-EIccted.
Thomas L. Lewis , of Ohio , was re-
elected president of the United Mine
Workers of America , over William
Green , of Ohio , his only opponent , by
23,597 majority. Frank J. Hayes , of
Illinois , was el g cted v'ce president by
a majority of 33,237 over the incum-
bent E. S. McCullough , of Michigan.
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Edwin Perry was chosen secretary-
treasurer without opposition.
Morse : Not Put to Work.
Charles W. Morse , one time ice king
and Z ew York banker , now "convict :
No. 6814" in the federal prison at AtI I
lanta , Ga. , has not yet been assigned
to any work. Warden Moyer is out of
the city , and until - he returns Morse
will continue to pass the time as he'
did the first day he awoke in prison
garb.
Fight Row Unsettled. '
Unless the controvery between Tex
Hickard and Jack Gleason over the
place for the JeffriesJohnson fight is
settled by February 10 , when Jeffries
will arrive -in San Francisco , it is
probable that a conference will be held
in theeast by those directly inter-
ested.
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Bandits Hold Up Train.
Missouri Pacific train No. S , due into
St. Louis at 10:40"o'clock from Kansas _
City , was held up and robbed by four
masked men at 9:45 o'clock Friday
night , one mile east of Eureka and 30
miles from St. Louis. The robbers
carried away the safe of the express
car.
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Policeman is Convicted.
Patrolman Jas. O'Hearn was found
guilty of manslaughter in the fourth
degree by a jury at St. Louis , Mo. ,
Friday and .fined $500 , the minimum
punishment. O'Hearn in making an
arrest hit Ralph Collins , on the head.
Collins died within " twenty-four hours.
Demands Rejected.
The Erie railroad at New York Fri-
day afternoon formally rejected the
demands of its trainmen ' nd conduc-
tors for increased wages. The rejec-
tion ; followed a friendly conference of
ho : road's officials and a committee of
employes.
A snow storm partaking of blizzard
proportions raged in Kentucky all day
Friday. Snow is reported in many
parts if the south , .the fall in Mont- :
gomery , Ala. , being the first in seven
years.
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Tom Taggart , , democratic commit- I
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teeman , of Indiana , was accidentally
shot . while hunting in Jefferson coun-
ty , Mississippi , Friday. , He , -may lose
he sisht of one eye.
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STENSLAND SET FREE.
, Bank Looter Paroled . by Illinois Par-
don Board.
Paul O. Stensland , former president
of the Milwaukee Avenue State banli ,
of Chicago , and Henry O. Hering , for-
merly its cashier , who were convIcted
in connection with the wrecking of
the bank and the disappearance .
$1,300,000 of its funds , were parole' '
Thursday.
Stensland , . who was captured after
a' sensational chase extending across
the Atlantic ocean into Europe and <
Morocco , had served three years
three months and twenty-four days
when the pardon board , sitting at the
penitentiary at Joliet , 111. , conclude )
he' had been punished enough.
Allowing for good behavibr his time <
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represents a sentence of four years
six months and eight days. He was :
sent to the penitentiary on an inde-
terminate sentence of one " to ten
years. Hering was given a similar sen-
tence.
The suicide of the bank's paying
teller and three ruined depositors , the <
death of another from worry and four
victims adjudged insane from . the
same cause , soon added an element
of tragedy to the affair. In "the mean- i
time the fugitive bank president had I
been traced to Tangier , : Morocco
where he was arrested September 3 ,
1906. Cashier Hering gave himself
up.
The board ordered Stensland pa-
roled to James Keely , managing editor
of the Chicago Tribune , who , accom-
panied by Assistant State's Attorney
Olson to Morocco , effected the fugi
tive's capture. .
FEARFUL CRIME IN CHICAGO
Woman Decapitated and Her Body '
Mutilated.
The decapitated and mutilated body
of a woman , identified as that of Anna
Furlong , was found n a room in a re-
sort at Chicago Thursday. " The head
was missing and the police believe it
was carried away by the "murderer in
an attempt to conceal the woman's
identity.
The woman evidently made a ter-
rific struggle for life ; as the room was
found in great disorder , chairs , tables
and other articles being thrown
about. The body was clad in a nght-
gown , which was cut and torn in sev-
eral places. The police think the
woman had been dead for several
hours. The body was disemboweled
and parts of the hair and scalp were
scattered about the room.
The body was identified as that of
Anna Furlong , and other inmates say
she had lived there for several weeks
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TRIED TO SEIZE CURTAINS.
Paris Court Dismisses Case Against
Wife of Ambassador Leishman.
The court in Paris , France , Friday
dismissed the case growing out of the
attempted suizure of lace curtains
furnished for the residence in the
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne of Mrs. :
John G. A. Leishman , wife of the
United States ambassador to Italy.
The court decided that it was sim-
ply a question of a disputed bill and
that the standing of Mrs. Leishman
should have protected her against
seizure.
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Not Sheldon Woman.
The woman supposed to be Emma
Farnsworth , of Sheldon , Ia. , who was
found in a -he pless condition in St.
Louis , Mo. , Tuesday night , is not Em-
ma Farnsworth , of Sheldon. Emma
Farnsworth , who is now Mrs. Nelspn ,
EI bride of three months , is in Sheldon.
Bryan in Peru.
' William Jennings Bryan arrived at
Lima , Peru , Thursday. I-Ie was landed
at Callao from hs steamer gy a gov-
ernment launch and was met by a
large number of prominent person-
ages , including a representatives of
President Leguia.
Cohen Gets Bail.
Counsel for Ferdinand Cohen , the
waiter who is accused of kidnaping
Roberta Le Janon , the 17-year-old
heiress , appeared in the criminal
court at Philadelphia , Pa. , Friday and
succeeded in having bail fixed for Co
hen in the sum of $2,000.
Attempt to Blow Up Block.
An -attempt of robbers to blow up
the : Brown block in Coffeyville , Kan. ,
.ncluding . a printing office , the post-
office and the Elks lodge , was frus-
trated by a watchman early Thursday
after small damage by fire had been
done. .
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Death of Prof. Yauglm Investigated
An investigation into the death of
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John Vaughn , former professor in
the ; first district Missouri normal
school , is being conducted by the
Adair county grand jury. Prof.
Vaughn died last October.
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Named by President.
The president Thursday made the
following nominations : Chief justice
of supreme court of Arizona , , Edward
Kent , * of Arizona ; associate justice of
supreme court of Arizona , Fletcher
' kl. Doal , . of Arizona.
Railway Sale Confirmed.
The sale of the Chicago Terminal
transfer railroad to the Baltimore
and Oho railroad was confirmed by
Judge Kohlsaat 'in the United States
circuit' ' court Thursday.
Rail Wreck in France.
Two persons were killed and seven
others seriously injured Thursday
when a passenger train toppled from
the track into a ravine near La Manz
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ALLIANCE GETS FIREMEN.
Tournament Will Go to York - - OF. E.
Elliott of West Point , President.
The State Firemen's association ad-
journed at Fremont last week after an
interesting session. The following of-
ficers were elected for the coming
year : President , J. C. Elliott of West
Point ; first vice president , J. H. Par-
ker , Albion ; second vice president ;
H. L : Boyes , Hebron , secretary ; E. A.
Miller , Kearney ; treasurer , Herman :
Winter Norfolk ; delegate to national
association , C. E. Gartford , Norfolk ;
members of the board of control , Geo.
Howe , Fremont ; F. L. Harrison : , Grand
Island ; Jacob Goehring , Seward ; R.
H. Reynolds , Norfolk.
Mr. : Miller , as secretary of the Alli-
ance Boosters , invited the " "associatioi
to hold their next meeting at that
city. Kearney also wanted to have
the convention and a letter from the '
Omaha Commercial club was read in-
viting them to meet there.
It was Alliance against the field and <
Alliance won. York was selected as :
the place for holding the next tourna-
ment , having a big majority over Nor-
folk.
'MINISTERS MUST : : PAY.
Nebraska Physicians/Place a Ban on
Free Service to Pastors.
Northern Nebraska ministers of the
gospel will hereafter have to pay the
doctor in cash. The Elkhorn Valley
Medical : society has just adopted , at a
meeting in Norfolk , absolution for-
ever doing away with the custom of
serving ministers and their depend-
ents free of charge. The resolution
sets forth that free service to minis-
ters has been a "well nig h universal
custom , " but that , whereas ministers
today draw salaries that average well
with salaries of "educators , employes
in tbanks \ and similar vocations , " the
doctors believe the continuation of
this custom.is not called for under the I
present social organization and should '
be discouraged as inimical to the in-
terests of ministers and the doctors
and as demoralizing in its effect on
society in its efforts to finance the.
church.
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KIDNAPING CHARGE MADE.
L. B. Throop Alleged to Have Taken
Girl Out of State.
.Theodore Ginn , yard man at the
Missouri Pacific railway yards at Au-
burn , filed a complaint against Lee B.
Throop , formerly a switchman at the
yards , that on or about the first of
August last the said Throop forcibly
kidnaped Mary : E. Ginn , the daughter
of said Theodore Ginn , out of the
state of Nebraska to the state of South
Dakota. Throop was arrested and is
now In the county jail in default of
'lond.
Ranks Gain Strength.
The ranks of the army of abstainers
from meat eating was recruited by the
action of 500 Omaha workmen who
Thursday pledged themselves to a veg-
2table . diet. The matter was laid be-
fore the central labor union and it is
expected that several thousand work-
men will join the army of non-meat
eaters.
Officers Elected.
The state board of agriculture elect-
ed the following officers : O. P. Hen-
dershot , of Hebron , president ; I. W.
Maws " of Minden , vice president ;
Charles McLeod , of Stanton , second
vice president ; George F. Dickman , of
Seward , treasurer ; W. R. Mellor , sec-
etary. '
Young St. Paul Boy Killed.
While the two young sons of Mrs.
Helga Peterson , a widow , residing in
St. Paul , were out hunting , the gun
III the hands of the young boy , Hans , 12.
years old , was accidentally discharged ,
the load entering the breast and re-
sulting in almost'instant death.
Dahlman First at Lincoln.
Mayor : Dahlman , of Omaha , has
filed his application for a place on the
primary ballot as a candidate for gov-
ernor. : He swears in his affidavit he
affiliates with the democratic party
and doesn't file as a populist.
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Ex-Senator Dietrich Leaves.
Ex-Senat6r Dietrich has gone to
Yashington. . D. C. His health im-
> roved to such a degree that his phy-
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sician permitted him to leave the
Jethodist Episcopal hospital at Oma-
ha , where he had been for a long time.
Marble : Incident Closed.
The incident of the marble bought
by Dr. Percival , of the Norfolk asy-
um , is closed. The Kansas City firm ,
which agreed to furnish the marble
for $3,000 , agreed to come down to
the price set by the board $2,448 , and
the matter was settled.
Will Continue as Dean.
Dr. Harold Gifford has been per-
suaded to give up his intention of re-
signing as associate dean of the Col-
lege of Medicine r . of the University of .
Nebraska. Dr. Gifford has agreed to
continue in the deanship indefinitely.
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The order issued by the state rail-
way commission ! to compel the Rock
Island railroad to construct a depot
at University Place has been upheld
, by the supreme court. .
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OMAHA SUICIDE. '
Wm. Weincr Shoots .Himself .Whi ;
Sitting in Chair.
Dead in his chair , with a revolver
shot through his head , the police
found Michael Weiner at his home i in
Omaha Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Weiner had heard the shot by
which her husband ended his life and
feared to venture into the room.
Weiner was sitting in his rocking
chair in the attitude of sleep. The re-
volver with which he had killed him-
self was lying on the floor by the chair.
Weiner had apparently died without a
move after the fatal shot.
The dead man left no note or word
of explanation. His wife says that
she knows of nothing that should hav
caused him to take his life.
Weiner leaves three children , a ;
daughter of 17 years and two grown :
sons. He was employed as a cook at
the Murray : hotel. The Weiners own
their own home and from the efforts
of the husband and two sons had a ;
comfortable income. Weiner was 5e
years old. .
BUILDINGS COLLAPSE.
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Weight of Snow. and Ice Wrecks Ini I
plemcnt She < 1s.
Two brick , one-story buildings , lo-
cated on Main street in Friend , and
used for the storage of wagons and
agricultural implements , collapsed by :
the heavy accumulation of ice and
snow on their roofs. The building
owned by E. Unckless adjoining was ;
somewhat damaged by the faIling
roofs and' walls of these buildings.
They are supposed to be owned by Mr
Fisher , of David City , and are almost
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a complete loss , so heavy was the
weight that carried them down.
Cass County in Fine Condition.
The report of the county treasurer
shows that Cass county is out of debt
and has no bonded indebtedness and
has the sum of $11,16249 in the gener-
al fund ; has $27,221.16 in the different
road funds ; has $40,549.01 in school
funds ; $1,147.03 in the bridge fund ,
and this county paid this state last
year the sum of $47,626.16.
Section Foreman Killed.
F. C. Coker , section foreman for thi
Burlington at Sidney was instantly
killed while working on the viaduct
which crosses the Union Pacific tracks.
Coker had a flag out , but the engineer
paid no attention to it. Coker then
ran to take his hand car off the track
and was struck in the head by the en-
gine. He was picked up dead. It is
said the engineer will be held crimi-
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nally liable.
Burglars Rob a Store.
Burglars Saturday night entered the
hardware store of Babcock' Brothers at
Cambridge , and stole knives , razors
and silverware. As soon as the bur-
glary was discovered word was sent to
nearby towns to keep a lookout , and
in a short time two suspects were ar
rested. They gave their names as Earl
Richards and Joe Owen. They car-
rried property which compared with
that which was stolen.
State Historical Society
The State Historical society began &
meeting in Lincoln , with John L.
Webster , president. An interesting '
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program was arranged and several of
the : pioneers of Nebraska delivered ad-
dresses , telling of the early days in the
state. These will be preserved with
the : records of the society.
Organized Agriculture. .
Organized agriculture began its an
nual meeting in Lincoln and continued
hroughout : the week. the various or-
ganizations holding separate sessions ,
though all tending to the same end , a
better understanding of how fo farm
and how to raise stock and fruit.
Wolf Hunt in Johnson County.
Wolf hunting seems to be the ordei
of > the day in Johnson county. Two
hundred men engaged in a roundup
just west of Tecumseh. Twenty-five
ections were covered , the men trav-
eling on foot. Seven wolves were cor-
ralled.
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Heavy Fine for Drunkenness.
Thomas Smith , a young man of 21
years , was fined $25 and costs on con-
viction of being intoxicated at Kear- i
ney. Tills is the first victim of the ,
heavy fine of $25 which was set a few
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veeks ago by Mayor Patterson , and
only men with means can afford ; to hit
the firewater now in the city.
Court to Test Bond Law.
Judge T. C. Munger granted an in-
junction to the American Surety com-
pany to prevent the State Bonding
board > from enforcing the new , bonding
law of maximum rates for surety
bonds. This will be a test suit.
Farmers May Start Bank.
At the annual meeting of the Ster-
ling Grain and Stock company , a
armers' company which maintains
an elevator in Sterling , dividends were
paid for the past year amounting to
10 per cent
Profr-C. A. Murch : , of the state nor-
mal school at Kearney , .died at his ,
residence of abscess of the liver. Prof.
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Murch is' one of the pioneer educators
of Nebraska. '
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Representative Townsend of Michi
gan introduced in the House a bill
amending the interstate commerce law
in accord with the Taft , recommenda
tions , and the same measure was later
presented in the Senate by Senator
Elkins. It creates the proposed Court
of Commerce and enlarges the powers
of the Commerce Commission. Agree-
ments between carriers are to be law-
ful if notice thereof is given and car-
riers must quote in writing rates to
Individual shippers from point to
point , notice of change of rate to be '
subject to' the review of the commis- '
sion. The shipper will have the right
to route his freight as he deems best.
Issuance of all stock and bonds is to
be supervised and one railroad may
not control competitors. ,
buy up or . . .
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What amounts to the virtual pro-
posal to transplant to American soil
the British age pension scheme , is
contained in the bill introduced by
Representative Coudrey of Missouri.
If. enacted the government would have
to pay a weekly ! : stipend to every man
ahove the age of 70 who has lived
here twenty years or more and whose
Income is shown to be not over $153
I a year. : To all such with an Income
less than $102 a year the pension
would amount to $1.24 a month and
that is the maximum , the amount be-
ing graded down to 25 cents a week
for those having at least $140 income.
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That the Interstate Commerce ( ; rm-
mission has the right under the Hep-
burn law of regulating the distribu-
tion of empty cars to different coal
mines was affirmed by the Supreme
Court. The highest court also de-
clared that the commission was with-
! in its powers and functions when It
I disregarded the injunction of a Fed
eral Circuit Court restraining it from
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carrying out its order to the railroads -
concerned. The offending railroads In
these cases were the Hocking Valley ,
the Illinois Central and the Chicago
and Alton. .
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There will be 4,000 negro census
enumerators In the south , who will ,
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assist in the enumeration of their own
people. No negroes are to take , the \ "
census in homes of the whites. In dis
tricts where there are both whites and
negroes , two enumerators will be ap
pointed so that each race maybe rep-
resented by a census enumerator of its
own color.
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By far the most Important bill af-
fecting public lands of the United
States that has been offered since the
enactment of the free homestead law
was introduced by Senator Nelson , of
: : Minnesota. Eight classes of govern-
ment land are proposed. The measure "
t control of , ' J" . .
provides for tlie government
mineral and timber lands.
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There is a difference of opinion as
to whether or not anything will be ac-
&
complished : in the way of modifying
the Sherman law during the present
session of Congress. It is thought that
an investigation of the interior depart-
ment and the forestry service will be-
gin ; soon. ,
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A lowering of the bars in favor of
the sale of fermented malt or fruit ,
beverages at army post exchanges and'
on army transports , but permitting no
distilled or ardent spirits to be sold , "
is provided by a hill introduced By
Representative Parker , chairman of
the judiciary committee.
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The stupendous sum of $640,640,817 ,
epresenting . the surplus earnings of
foreign labor employed in the United
States , has been sent abroad since
1890. A total of $76,622.629 ) was sent
abroad by foreign workmen in 1909. It -
is 1 said that foreigners distrust Ameri-
can banks.
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A law providing for the federal in- .
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spection of dairy products entering - ' - - -
into interstate trade may be passed at
this session of Congress as a result of
a recommendation made in the annual
report of Dr. A. D. Melvin chief of the
bureau of animal industry.
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The first and probably the most bril-
liant of the formal state receptions
planned for the present White House
season was recently given by President
and Mrs. Taft in honor of the diplo-
matic corps. Some 1,500 guests in all
were invited.
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The government wants expert farm-
ers at a salary of $1,200 annually for
work in the Indian service. The offer
Is , for agricultural students exclusively
who must be sufficiently equipped to
train the braves on Indian reservations
in i raising farm products.
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Secreary of State Knox : gave out a
statement explanatory of a circular
note which he had sent to other na-
tions on Oct. 18 last. The proposal
was in substance that nations having
constitutional objections to tiny direct
'
jpeal from their own highest court
should let The Hague court arbitrate f
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the question of a vessel's capture as a
retreat de novo , with power only to ,
award damages. Thus it . is proposed
to i Invest the international/prize court
with the functions of a court of , arbi-
tral justice in time . of 'I peace. - ,
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