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TIIK NOKFOLIC WKKKLXEWSJOfKNAL. . FRIDAY. MARCH 4. 1910. i
DEBATE AT DUTTE.
In' ' V-
High School Team There Wins Over
Brlstow In Argument.
IJutto. Nob. , March I. Special to
The News : The llrlstow high school
mot IB Waterloo In a debating contest
with the llutlo high nchool. The ex
ercises were huld at the llutto opera
hoiiHO. A largo enthusiastic audlonco
greeted them. The two questions dis
cussed were : Resolved "That Negro
Franchise Should bo Restricted by an
Education or Property Qualification. "
Butte taking the nogatlvo sldo and
winning by a few points. The second
question was : Resolved , "That Poets
Are of More Benefit to Civilization
Than Statesmen ; " JHitto had the affirm
ative nldo and succeeded In carrying
their point by n small margin.
A return contest Is to bo had at
Bristow In the near future.
The Spencer school entered into
the spirit nnd sent n challenge up to
the winning debaters , which will prob
ably bo accepted. All did remarkably
well and the Butte boys are not afraid
to try the experiment , again. The
dobatora were : Butte , Robert Wells ,
Guy Derry on the negro question ,
nnd Guy Fletcher and Floyd Cluto on
the poet question. Walter Llndberg
nnd Aator Enborg , negro question and
MlBB Esther Hlght and Fred Hlght ,
poet question. The young lady carryIng -
Ing the laurels by winning the second
end number of points.
A MILLION TO FREE MORSE.
The Campaign For a Pardon Will be
Expensive.
Now York , Fob. 28. Personal
friends of Charles W. Morse , the con
victed banker , are prepared to spend
more than one million dollars In workIng -
Ing for his release from the federal
prison In Atlanta.
John B Donahue of Rockland , Me. ,
who has charge of the petition for n
pardon which will be presented to
President Tnft , made this announce
ment on his return from Washington
today.
The petition for pardon will , It Is
expected , contain more than a million
names by the time it is submitted to
the president.
Dr. Kueglc Gets Appointment.
West Point , Nob. , Fob. 28. Special
to The News : Dr. Fred H. Kuegle ,
formerly a practicing physician of
West Point and a nephew of Dr. H.
S. Summers , has been appointed as
sistant physician at the Colorado state
asylum for the Insane at Pueblo. Dr.
Kuoglo has developed great talent In
the treatment of mental diseases and
this appointment Is felt by his former
neighbors hero to bo a well deserved
tribute and a recognition of his abili
ties in his chosen line.
Sunday School Convention.
Following Is the program of the dis
trict Sunday school convention to beheld
held In Norfolk Sunday :
Afte'rno'oh , 'Christian Church. ' '
2:30 : Devotional Mrs. J. A. Bnllan-
tyno.
2:4r : Cradle Roll Mrs. Jos. Lough.
3:00 : Primary Work Mrs. Mason ,
Meadow Grove.
Music.
3:25 : Adult Bible Class Dr. O. R.
Meredith.
4:00 : Teachers' Training Cleo Led-
erer.
Music.
4:10 : Round Table Clark Oberlies.
4:4E : > Business.
Evening , Congregational Church.
7:30 : Devotional Rev. E. F. Ham-
uiotul. '
Special Music Ladies' quartet.
S : 00 Address "Relation of the
Church to the Bible School" Clark
Oberlios , Lincoln.
Sunday School Convention.
At the third annual district Sunday
school convention of the Madison
County Sunday School association ,
which was held at the Christian and
Congregational churches Sunday after ,
noon and evening the following offi
cers were elected : C. C. Gow , presi
dent ; C. W. Loinont , vice president ;
A. O. Hazen. secretary and treasurer ;
E. F. Hammond , superintendent ol
temperance ; Mrs. J. A. Ballantyne
superintendent home department ;
Rov. John Melmaker , superintendent
of pastors ; F. M. Hunter , superintendent
dent of teachers' training ; Roy Lucas
superintendent of visitation ; Mrs
Hurt Mapes , superintendent elemen
tary work ; H. T. Hutchlnson , superln
tendent adult class ; John Phlnney , su
perintendent Intermediate department
The entire program was carried oui
nnd n largo number were In attend
nnco nt both the nfternoon services
which were held at the Christlai
church , and at the evening service It
the Congregational church.
Clark Oberlies of Lincoln , In his
general discussion on the Madlsoi
county Sunday school methods , was i
feature of the program. Mr. Oberlle !
nlso sang n solo entitled "Sweet Olt
Story. " t
Miss Edith Vlelo , Miss Lnurn Dur
land. Mrs. George B. Chrlstoph one
Mrs. Rice gave two special quartet se
lections during the evening at the Con
gregatlonal church. Mrs. Mason o
Meadow Grove gave an Interesting dls
cusslon on primary work.
Mrs. J. A. Ballantyne , James Lougli
Dr. O. R. Meredith , Cleo Ledorer , Rev
E. F. Hammond and President C. C.
Gow were among those on the prt
gram.
LECTURES TO FARMERS.
Burlington Railroad Will Instruct N <
braska's Soil Tillers.
Omaha , March 2. The Burllngto :
Railroad company has instituted 1 :
Nebraska what might bo termed a
agricultural college for adult farmer
and tillers of the soil to whom fre
instructions will bo given.
Within the next ton days D. Clei
Denver , who has charge of the fan
bureau work of the road , will send on
two cars , both of which will be kei
In the Hold until the seed time has
panned. Each car will bo In charge of
agricultural experts and each car will
make from four to six stations per day
where lectures will bn delivered to the
farmers , who will he given expert In-1
structloiifl relative to the propr preparation -
ration of their ground for seeding , the
kind of seed to plant and the modern
method of planting nnd cultivating.
The dates will bo advertised In ad
vance nnd the cars will stop at the
smaller towns , keeping away from the
cltloB nnd large centers , the Idea be
ing to get now agricultural facts and
information before the farmers of the
most remote sections of the state.
Nellgh Declamatory Contest Friday.
"Nollgh , Neb. . March 2. Special to
The News : The second nnnunl de
clamatory contest of the Nellgh high
Hchool will take plnco In the Audito
rium In this city on Friday evening ,
March 4. Prof. A. E. Fisher and IIB !
assistant teachers are making a decid
ed effort to eclipse the contest hold
last year. The advance sale of tickets
indicated that the Auditorium will be
packed. Following Is the official pro
gram :
Music Nellgh Concert band.
Gertrude Schroth "Pledge With
Wine. "
Bernice Herne "Joan Valjean. "
Lcona Shenefelt "Fresh Life. "
Rolla VanKIik "Constantlus and
the Lion. "
Leila Putney "Eruption of Mount
Vesuvius. "
Margaret Lewis "Knee Deep In
Juno. "
Music First grammar room ; Miss
Grace Warner's Pupils.
Bessie Lawson "Tho Skeleton In
Armor. "
Nellie Staple "The New South. "
Music "Love's Golden Dream"
High school girls' quartette.
Loretta Wright "The Chariot Race. "
Harold Fletcher "Our National
Flag. "
Carlisle Jones "Mark Antony. "
Music Nellgh Concert band.
Decision of judges .nnd the awarding
of the gold medal. The judges are :
G. M. Hopkins , Meadow Grove ; F. H.
Price , Tilden , and E. R. Schtemann ,
Oakdale.
May Split Custer County.
Ansley , Neb. , March 2. Custer
county voters decided against the five-
mile levy to rebuild the court house.
Voting places polled 38G for and 277
against the levy , with nine voting
places yet to hear from will not
change the majority. The defeat of
the levy gives hope to county dlvls-
lonlsts , who saw their hopes dashed
In a possible heavy tax for a large
now court house at Broken Bow.
Americans Poor Wooers.
New York , March 2. "American men
are too much engrossed in business
and money making to win or hold the
affections of American girls. They
talk , of little else , and American girls
educated as they are today , are not
Interested In Wall street , the stock
exchange or the markets. It seems.
to me that this is one reason why so
many American girls marry foreign
ers. "
This is the opinion of M. Henri do
Slncay , himself a foreigner , who mar
ries an American girl today Miss
Marie Louise Logan.
"I have found the American girl my
Ideal among women ; she Is clever , so
intelligent and wonderfully well edii'
rated , " continued M. de Slncay. "She
has remarkable tact so much more
than your men , and she adores art t
music and the languages tastes which
seem largely to be hers here. The
men you see , think that money and
business are the most Important fac
tors In life. I have observed that
one of the most distinct differences
between the foreign man and the
American Is , that the foreigner puts
away thoughts and discussions of bus
,
iness when he gets Into his evening
clothes. It matters little to an Ameri
can man whether ho is in sack suit
frock coat or dinner attire or in hit
olllce , on a yacht or at a fashionable
dinner table , the uppermost topic o
conversation with him is the continua
tlon of his day's business. "
COUNTY PRINTING SETTLED
Commissioners Name a Number o
Papers as Official Organs.
The Norfolk Dally News , the Norfoll
- Weekly News-Journal , the Madisoi
Star-Mall , the Madison Chronicle , tin
Madison Post , the Battle Creek Enter
prise , the Tllden Citizen and the New
, man Grove Reporter \sere named in
official papers of Madison county a
the meeting of the board of count ;
commissioners held In Madison yester
day , each paper to be paid on the bn
sis of its circulation ns shown b ;
sworn statement of circulation filei
with the county clerk.
This settles a controversy that ha
been running since the first of thi
year and Is the fairest , most business
like proposition that has been consid
ered In connection with the count ;
publishing , as each paper receives jus
compensation for the service it rei n
dors the county. In years gene bj
the county business has been appoi
. tioned to various papers without re
v. gard to the number of readers reache
. and all received the same pay , whll
the present plan reduces the matte
to a business proposition and the coin
ty pays for service actually rendere
the same as any general advertise !
Under this plan the paper that has
circulation of 1,000 receives twice a
much as the paper that only reache
500 readers , which will be admltte
In by every fair minded person is th
only just and equitable manner of o ;
rs pending public money.
When the matter came up for settli
COm raont yesterday before the count
m board , all propositions which had bee
m carried over from the last nice tin
ut were rejected and the board on 11
Pt own motion adopted the plan whlc
hns now gone Into effect. The county
printing has been one of the hardest
1 propositions the commissioners have
had to deal with this year , and In
adopting the present plan the board
I believe they hnvo poked It In a man
j lier that will prove satisfactory to the
tax payers and equitable to the papers
with which they are dealing.
WAR ON FREIGHT RATES.
Commerlclal Clubs Plan Against the
Freight Rates.
Wagner , S. I ) . , March 2. Not only
are theie Inequalltlea In freight rates
as between equally distant points in
South Dakota and Iowa lit their re
lation to the Sioux City markets , but
discriminations have been found with
in the state on noncompetltlve lines ,
and complaint will be made this week
In cases of this character which will
ultimately go to the Interstate com
merce commission for adjustment.
Through Interest evolved by Investi
gation of schedules published the Com
mercial clubs along the Platte line
of the Milwaukee , known as the
"Squaw Central , " has uncovered a dis
criminative rate applying to towns on
the Trlpp-Armour line by which ship
pers reap an advantage of fully two
and one-half cents a hundred over the
rates now In effect on the Platte line
on Milwaukee and Chicago shipments.
Attorneys II. IX James of this place
and G. P. Ilorhcn of Platter , acting
and G. P. Herbon of Patter , acting for
I the Commercial clubs , arc preparing
1 a complaint to the state board of rail
road commissioners who In turn will
undoubtedly pass the case up to the
Interstate commerce commission.
Following this action the Commer
cial clubs will bring the matter of
Sioux City rates before the federa
tion of Commercial clubs to be held at
Yankton about the middle of this
month and for that purpose data Is
being prepared which will show In de
tail the discriminations which exist
as compared with points situated at
similar distance in Iowa and other
states. There is a strong organiza
tion back of the local Commercial I
clubs which were formed for the spe
cific purpose of securing better train
service and just rates on the pro
ducts of farms as well as on the arti
cles which are shipped to the inter
ior for consumption.
Columbus to Build City Hall.
Columbus , Neb. , March 2. Fifteen '
thousand dollar bonds for the new
cuy hall wore carried hero at a spec
ial election by a vote of COS for to 78
against. The $10.000 water extension
bonds were also carried.
,
Aids Pathfinder Settlers.
Washington , March 2. Special to
The News : Senator Burkett's bill
authorizing the government to give
settlers under the Patnflnder ditch In
west Nebraska patents to their home
steads after five years , whether water
, reaches their farms or not , passed the
senate with a committee amendment
giving the homesteader the right to
. assign any portion of his entry when
he has otherwise compiled with the
homestead laws. Senator Burkett
who ib thoroughly familiar with conditions
ditions along the ditch , having spent
several days last fall In a first-hand
Inspection of the situation , opposed
the committee amendment and tried
to get the senate to accept his bill at
oiiglnally Introduced. Senator Cartel
' thought it was establishing too miicli
of a precedent and might subject the
e'government to unnecessary litigation
, , ' and his plea for the amended bill pre
vailed.
o
Girl Acquitted of Murder.
> Chicago , March 2. Estelle Stout ,
20-year-old girl on trial for the murdei
of Henry Hornberger , a plcture-fram
agent , whom she shot and killed 01
December 1 , 1908 , was acquitted yes
terday. Miss Stout declared she klllee
Hornberger In defense of herself anc
sister , Mrs. Lucile Chambers. She wai
t. ' exonerated by a coroner's jury short !
alter the tragedy. Hornberger's wid
ow , however , refused to accept the cor
Jf oner's verdict and took the case to th
criminal court.
COLLEGE ROBBER A HYPNOTIST
Austin , the Holdup Man , Held Then
With His GCtterin'j Eye.
Pittsburg , Pa. , March 2. Stenhei
3f Austin , the college holdup man , U be
I lieved to bo possessed of an hypnotli
power which he used to advantage Ii
his work. One of his victims , 13. A
Whltworth , superintendent of the A.s
rron plant of the Carnegie Steel Work s
identified Austin last night as the mm
is who held him up recently.
i\t I "Did the robber take the goods fron
Ly you or did you just hand them ovci. '
The was asked.
aWhitworth said mat he "just hnntlm
> over" his diamond pin and ring whei
he saw a revolver pointed in his face '
1 He says that the ling dropped u > th
is sidewalk and that Austin with his eyr
le fixed in a hypnotic way upon hii
is- stooped to pick it up , then ordore
Whltworth to go.
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st A NEW ARMY MACHINE GUN.
, One or Two Men Can Carry the Cor
ir-1 trivance Fired From the Shoulder.
o- ! Washington , March 2. The arm
3d has just adopted a new typo of mi
le chine gun that has some remarkabl
or points of advantage over the oxlstin
11guns. ' . The now weapon Is so sum
ed that It can be carried by a man or tw
r. I with full equipment of stands , an
u' ' ammunition can bo packed upon
as mule.
es | Moieover , It has the Important n <
ed vantage that it can bo fired from th
ho' ' shoulder , and consequently Is muc
x-1 less subject to attack and capture b
the enemy. The ammunition Is ca
lo- rled on steel strips , and the new gu
loty is said to be free from the danger <
en chok'.ng. The barrels are carried I
ng duplicate and can bo changed easll
Ita when they become heated from rapl
ch firing.
The War In the Third.
Hlxby In Lincoln Journal : However
painful the experience , republicans
cannot fall to note of the democratic
v > nr In the Thlid congressional dis
trict which will be fairly on by the
time congress lots up for summer vii-
intlon. Tliu Issue at stake can hardly
bo called a moral one , though the
methods of one may be seriously quos-1
tloncd by the other. One man has a
newspaper through which to defend
himself and offend Ills opponent. The
other has his record as a public of-
llclal In one hand a check book In the
other with which to do battle in the
cause of bettor government and a
continuation of the favors ho now
enjoys. We fear the man with the
newspaper labors under n serious if
not fatal handicap. Newspaper argu
ment and nllirmatlon may bo replied
to In kind while a free and untrammeled -
meled press continues to Invite a full
and fair discussion of anything In dis
pute , but a check book Is like the odor
of dead llsh , It is unanswerable. The
man who carries it will bo listened
to with respectful attention while his
impecuniouD opponent , however
worthy , Is pushed off the stage and
put upon by the town rowdies. Money
talks In a language silent but effcc-
the. Its arguments are lucid and con
vincing. It does not go about swing
ing Its arms and stirring people to
riot and rebellion. It Is persuasive ,
seductive , Irresistible. Its quiet , In
sinuating method makes It seem un
fair , but it never bawls back when
denounced , nor admits having done
anything not legitimate in war and
politics.
I know not what each sldo may
spring to give the other pain , but
check books are a potent thing , that
fact to me Is plain. When other ar
guments have failed with those who
will not see , the book I speik of has
prevailed to quite a strange degree.
Man's eloquence is worthless trash ,
so few who understand ; the politician
armed with cash has strength at his
command. His cohorts haste to do his
will , and no one dares bo slow ; the
few about him , standing still , scoot
when he says "to go. "
NEW WEATHER MAP.
Government Bureaus Will Issue Information
mation In Revised Form.
A new commorlcial weather map Is
about to replace the familiar reddish-
brown production of the local weather
bureaus , as displayed In elevators and
public buildings. The new map will
bo seen by thousands where only nun
dreds saw the old map. it will carry
only practical and essential Informa
tion , and that this will he indicated in
such clear and concise fashion as to
be intelligible to everyone.
The new map is to be published in
newspapers throughout the country
dally , and If It proves the success
that the weather bureau anticipates
r
It is likely that the former style ol
G map will bo discontinued altogether.
The improved map , as outlined by
o Willis L. Moore , head of the weather
department at Washington , will show
the state of the weather , the directloi
, of the wind , the temperature and the
- rainfall for the preceding twenty-four
hours. For coast and lake points It
will show the wind velocity when this
has exceeded twelve miles an hour.
A great improvement In the eyes of
the general public will be the entire
omisblon of the isobars , which are the
lines showing equal barometric pres
sure , and the printing of but four Iso
thermal lines that show equal temper
atures. One line will show the aern
of zero , one will show where the ther
mometer stands at freezing , another
will show where the temperature is
90 degrees and a fourth will show the
zone that boasts a temperature of 100
< degrees. The names will be omitted
from the city points , and the whole
map , just the width of three newspa
per columns , will present a clean and
legible appearance.
A lettered legend at one sldo will
? contain the forecast and whatever spe
cial bulletin the local bureau may wish
to announce. In print , below the map ,
1C < will bo the reports from the various
governemt weather stations.
LAMBS LIKE "ROLLING POOL. "
m In the New Game No Cues Are Used.
Shooting Done With the Fingers.
New York , March 2. "Rolling pool"
is all the rage at the Lambs' club now.
Ic It has captivated the actors to such
in a degree that they swarm In the billiard
inA.
A. iard room at all hours and overrun
the tables whore the new game is un
, der way. It is a great game , too. A
in series of concentric arcs are chalked
inm on the pool table , radiating out from
m one o. the corner pockets. The shoot
ing is done with the lingers , and the
ball must strike at least three cush
d ions , como back on a diagonal across
the table and land either In the pocket
0. or Inside one of the arcs. A pocket
shot counts so much , a ball stopping
PS In the chalk lines so much , according
PSm
m : to distance from the pocket , and n ball
3d reposing outside the charmed area de
ducts from the score , as does also a
ball landing In any pocket except the
proper one.
m- RULING IN SCHOOL BOND CASE
ny South Sioux City People May Have
to Pay Large Sum.
ile Dakota County Record , South Sioux
ng City. Neb. : The famous case of the
ill South Sioux City normal school bonds
vend which has been In the courts time and
nd again during the past twenty-three
years. Is again claiming the attentloi
of South Sioux City people. This
id- week another decision was renderec
idhe
he against school district No. 11 in the
ch United States court of appeals at St
by Louis.
ir- All litigation has been to collect In
un terest on the coupons as they fell due
of but with this decision It becomes r
in nettled fact that the principal wil
lly have to be paid by the district.
The case Involves $22,600 of bondi
voted to build the "normal" school b ;
Covlngton In 18S7. Last May In the
United States federal court Judge T.
C. Mungcr gave a decision against the
district , basing It upon the fact that
the owner of the bonds , Edwaid Che-
pal of Now York city was an Innocent
purchaser and did not know of the Ir
regularities connected with their Is
suance. i
If the cnsu Is finally settled against
district i No. H now bonds will bo Is
sued i and a sinking fund created , from
which the debt will bo paid on the
easy payment plan ,
The school board has one more
chance to free the district from this
debt and that IH to provo that those
nro not the originals. It IB thought
that the original bonds wore burned
some time ago and if that can bo es
tablished those now In court arc In
valid and will not have to bo paid.
Mrs. Stanfleld Stabbed.
Mrs. B. S. Stanflcld , TOG Phillip ave
nue , Norfolk , whose testimony In the
Hadar bank robbery trial at Plcrco
three weeks ago resulted In convictIng -
Ing Harry Joyce , and sending him to
the Nebraska state penitentiary for
twenty years , was attacked by an un
known masked man In the dark last
night.
"Told You to Keep Still. "
'I told you to keep your mouth
shut , " her assailant cried as ho flash
ed a dark lantern Into her face and
slashed at her with some blunt Instru
ment.
Mrs. Stnnfleld , after a desperate
struggle , was wounded in the arm and
today is 111 In bed as a result. She
fainted during the encounter and was
picked up unconscious by her husband.
Life Has Been Threatened.
Mrs. Stanlleld says her life was
twice Indirectly threatened before the
Hadar robbery trial , If she should tes
tify.
tify.Mrs.
Mrs. Stanfleld was hanging clothes
on the line at 9 o'clock last night. At
the rear of the Staniield homo Is a
shed , into which opens the kitchen
door.
Masked Man Steps Out.
Mrs. Stanfleld had started into the
house through the shed when sudden
ly out of the darkness came n blinding
flash of light that was thrown into her
face. Then a man , wearing a mask ,
grabbed the defenseless woman and a
desperate hand-to-hand struggle en
sued.
During the encounter the masked
man slashed at her with some sort of
blunt instrument.
"I told you to keep your mouth
shut , " ho hissed.
Stabs Her in the Arm.
A little later he stabbed again , this
time sending his sharp steel Into her
arm. "Do you feel that ? " , he exclaimed
"
claimed , with vicious glee. "
But the masked assailant did no
have It all his own way. Mrs. Stan
field , fighting madly , succeeded in bit
ing the unknown brute's hand , in
scratching his face and in tearing ou
a portion of his coat pocket. This she
still has.
Wounded , She Faints.
Mrs. Stanfleld fainted after having
been stabbed In the arm. At 9:30 : he
husband , who had been working a
the Northwestern uptown depot where
iii is employed , returned home and [
found the unconscious form of his ,
wife in the dark shod. Ho Immediate
ly summoned Dr. Holdon , who dress
ed the wound.
When Mrs. Stanfleld regained con
sciousness , she said , opening her eyes ,
"They've got mo now. "
She Sent Joyce to Pen.
Mrs. Stanfleld's testimony In the
Joyce trial , together with that of her 1
little daughter who corroborated her
story , succeeded In sending Harry
Joyce to the state prison for twenty
years. Ills pal in the Hadar hank rob-
Dory , James Morrison , had been sen
tenced a couple of months before to
thirty years for the same crime.
As a Nurse , Dressed His Burn.
It was Mrs. Stanfleld , a nurse , to
whose home Joyce and Morrison came
from Hadar a few hours after the bank
was blown. Joyce was suit'erlng from
a badly burned arm , gained through
too close contact with the nltro-glycer-
Ine , it was supposed. He and Morri |
son went to the Stanfleld home at 5
o'clock in the morning with the mys
terious wound. Joyce Insisted it was
from a barb wire cut , but Mrs. Stan i.
fleld declared at the time that it was
from a burn , and she dressed It for a
burn.
It was this story told to the jury In
the Pierce county district court , and (
substantiated by her little daughter ,
Evelyn , who pointed her finger across
the table at Joyce ns the man who had
como to have his hand dressed , that
convicted the second of the two bank
robbers.
Mrs. Stanfield says her life was
threatened before the trial and last
night she was stabbed.
Morrison and Joyce came from
Sioux City. A motley mob of crooks
of all sorts were called to Plerco to
testify for them In the two cases.
Joyce was sentenced February 11
Morrison wa. < sentenced November 20
Judge A. A. Welch of Wayne presided
in both cases. Both men nro now be
hind the bars at Lincoln. Morrisor
had been a former convict. Botl :
were hard lookers.
The police arc working on the case
Seed Corn to Sell at $10.
Seed corn will sell this spring foi >
$10 a bushel , In the opinion of Franl
Tannehlll , a Norfolk seed corn expert t.
Already circulars are being recoivei
offering seed corn at $5 , and this prc ! : <
will double shortly because of tin
shortage of good seed corn , Mr. Tan
nchlll thinks. Ills own supply of seec (
corn has been exhausted and IK
wishes ho had more.
Seed corn houses are Bcouring tin
country for 1908 corn , ho says. Tha
crop Is considered to bo the best In
quality over raised in Nebraska. Am
it's in demand right now for 1910 seed
Bulletins on seed corn just sent ut
roni the Omaha Commercial club ad-
Iso the fanner to get seed corn as
lonr home as possible , as the seed se
cured near his own land IH moio apt
o glow than that fiom n distance.
Seed corn on the ear IH advised , as
he farmer will bo bolter able to know
(
shut ho Is getting , If he gets It on the
'n r.
A Simple , Practical Test.
A practical method for the farmer
0 use In testing his own seed corn Is j
given by the Northwestern railroad In
1 circular Issued In the past few days j
uid scattered broadcast ever the conn- . j
ry reached by UB lino. A supply of j
ho circulars have been received at the
ocnl freight olllce. It gives the fol- ' |
owing Instructions for making n ger-
nlnatton box for testing the seed
corn :
Take a box six inches deep and
nbout two by three foot In size. Fill
he box about half full of moist dirt ,
sand or sawdust. Press It well down
so it will have a Hinooth , even surface.
Now take a white cloth about the
slzo of n box , rule It off checkerboard
fashion , making squares one and a
mlf inches each way. Number the
checks 1 , 2 , It , and so on. Place this
ever the sand , dirt or sawdust. i
Take the oars to ho tested and
either lay them out on the floor and |
mark a number In front of each or
attach a numbered tag. Now take off
about six kornolH from each oar ( not
nil from the same place , but at several - j
oral points on nil sides ) . Put those
;
Kernels on the squares corresponding
in number to those placed on the oars
of corn. Bo careful not lo got them
mixed. Keep the ears numbered to
correspond exactly with the numbers
on the squares of cloth
After the kernels have boon placed
carefully on the cloth which covers the
moist sand , dirt or sawdust , cover
them with another cloth , considerably
larger than the box ; cover this cloth
with about two inches of the same
moist sand and then keep the box In
n warm place. It must not get cold.
The kernels will germinate In four
to six days.
Remove the cover carefully to avoid
misplacing the kernels. Examine thorn
carefully. Some will have long
sprouts , but almost no roots ; others
will not have grown at all , but the
kernels from ears which will produce
corn If planted will have both sprouts
and good root systems.
Compare the numbers on the squares
with those on the cars. Put back Into
the feeding corn bin the oars which
correspond in number to the numbers
on the squares where the kernels did
not grow or where they showed only
weak roots.
The cars numbered corresponding
to those on the cloth which showed
strong signs of life are the ones to
preserve for seed. Every kernel from
these ears should produce a stalk ,
every stalk an ear.
LINCOLN STREET CARS MEET.
Seven Persons Injured , One of Them
Seriously , in Collision.
Lincoln , March 2. Seven persons
were Injured , one of them seriously ,
in a collision of street cars on the Col-
legevlew line. One car backing from i
a switch was "sideswitched" by an-
'other ' appicaching at a high rate of f
speed on the main line. The car was
j struck almost squarely in the center i
1 partly demolishing it.
The injured :
Mrs. David Bell , cut by flying glass ,
injured Internally , condition serious.
Joseph Welnberg , arm lacerated.
Max Weinberg , cut in face.
Herman Belli , Chicago , arm and leg
badly cut.
Mrs. Albert Keller , cut with glass.
Mrs. Weinberg , arm cut and body
bruised.
Mrs. M. Relchtenthal , abdomen In
jured.
DAKOTA MAN INJURED.
Senator Curtiss Loses Leg in Accident
in California.
Aberdeen. S. D. , March 2. A telegram -
'
gram received from O < : ean Park
[ Calif. , bears the Information that
State Senator Ira O. Curtiss of Aberdeen -
deen , was the victim of a street car
j accident which necessitated the nmpu-
I tatlon of one leg below the knee. Mr.
Curtiss Is a lawyer of Aberdeen and a
prominent member of the Insurgent
faction of the republican party ol '
South Dakota. Ho was n member of ' *
the state senate during the session of
1909. * "A few months ngo he disposed
of his law practice and some othei
Interests and has since been traveling
FARMER AVERTED WRECK.
Found Operator Forgot Order and Lef1
Office.
Fremont , Neb. , March 2. By the
use of n telephone and the prompl
response of a farmer residing neai
Bennington It Is said a serious wrecl
was nvorted on the Northwestern rail 1-
road. After Issuing an order for tin
two freights to meet nt Washlngtor
the Fremont dispatcher changed UK
meeting place to Bennington and no
tilled the operator at Bonnington t : (
stop one of the freights there. A lit
tie later the Fremont office found it
self unable to raise the Benningtoi
office by wire and the dispatchers be
came greatly alarmed as the tlino fo
the trains to pass the point drew near
. An operator In the Fremont office call
ed up n fanner near Bennington b > ;
telephone and requested him to hurr ;
r to the Bennington telegraph office to
toe
ascertain the trouble. Ho was re
. quebtcd nlso to flag the oastboum
Height in case It should come in sigh
o before ho could roach the oporatoi
The farmer , It Is said , found the tele
ngraph office vacant , the oporntpr ha\
ing gone to dinner. The farmer Hat
god the train when it arrived n fe\
minutes later. It developed that th
operator had forgotten the order who
his mealtime arrived. Ills rcsigiu
tlon was presented nt the Fromon
office when ho was requested to ill
. on Trainmaster Mount with oxplam
Uons.
A REPLY BY METHODISTS.
The Fairbanks Incident In a Protest.
nnt Sermon In Rome.
Rome. March 2. The Amurlnm
Methodist church was crowded , tlu
congregation Including many AmorU
can visitors who were attrnctc-d lij-
the subject in the Horinon of the Rov.
B. M. Tipple , the pastor. "Why Molh-
odlsiu Is In ROIIIP. "
It was In the American MethodiHt
church that Charles W. Fairbanks. x-
vice president of the United Stn'i-M. '
dollvored the address which nhut liiiu
off from being rocolvod In audience by
the pope , an Incident which created.
much discussion In Rome us well im
In the United States.
Mr. Tipple said the Methodist church
wan meeting with great HUCCOH
throughout Italy. Such an Inference ,
ho Bald , could bo drawn , from the ex
traordinary action of the vntlcnn with
regard to the proposed visit of ox-Vie -
President Fairbanks to the pope , nnd
also from the blttor resentment of
the Catholic clergy. As Mr. FalrbanltM
spoke In the American Methodist
church , the pastor said , It was fitting ,
that from the same pulpit the clmwH
preferred agalifst Methodism In Italy
should bo considered.
"With reference to the assertion
that Methodists have rte right to bn
In Italy , " said the preacher , "tho an-
swnr Is that wo are hero under the
Italian laws , guaranteeing religious
freedom. Another assertion by the
Catholics IB that Methodism is not.
needed in Italy. But Methodists bo-
llevcs that the need Is urgent , an thts
Catholic clinch Is always more efficient
for good when compelled to compete
with aggressive Protestantism , as con
spicuously evidenced In America.
"Tho Catholic church suffers embar
rassment when It IB required to rnitlsfy
the Ideals of n grent liberty lovins
republic contemporaneously with
heeding the demands of the Vatican ,
which Is bound by the Ideals of tha
Middle Ages. This Is proved by the
experience of Archbishop Ireland ,
when he was hero n year ago , studylnR
the Methodist propaganda. A great
j ! Lincoln banquet was arranged by the
j American colony. Very properly , Arch
bishop Ireland was asked to speak.
Very properly as a patriotic American
citizen , ho accepted the invitation.
But suddenly the good archbishop m-
called his acceptance. The Vatican
had forbidden him to Hpenk or attend
. the banquet , because a toast to Prosi-
] I dent Roosevelt was followed by a toast
to the king of Italy.
"Italy needs Methodism because it
Is no longer Catholic , except In name
The charge of Methodists proselyting ;
is foolish. Their bands nro full in
denllng with the unbelievers. This Is
proved by the last census , which
shows that Italy reports the largest ,
number of men without religious pro
fession. "
THRESHOLD OF NEW ERA-
James J. Hill Discusses Federal Con
trol of Corporations.
Minneapolis , March 2. "Wo must
i' ' lay aside this popular antipathy to all
forms of combination and investigate
the matter , as wo would any subject.
In economics , " says James J. Hill , iu
an article made public.
"There is an economic evolution go-
ing on , independent of the wishes of
I men. Evil combinations will be found
| self-destroying. "
"There are advantages In combi
nations of capital that accrue to the
worklngman. " continues Mr. Hill.
"They gain in wages and In cheaper
food. Articles are produced mom
cheaply and distribution handled to
bettor advantage. I do not say that
management of combinations of capi
tal has always been what It should be.
but the extreme view on the side ol'
opposition Is dangerous. We are only
on the threshold of a new era. "
i Atkinson ,
i The Demorest contest Saturday evo-
' nlng was thoroughly enjoyed by all
present. The silver medal being wun
by Miss Clara Brook. Sox on young :
people were participants nnd all did
credit to Mrs. Scott who trained tUpm.
A 14-pound boy came to the home oC
-
Robert Hanks last week.
.
a\ \ UMPIRES GIVEN AUTHORITY.
President Lynch Uses Influence ta
Protect Arbiters From Past Evils.
New York , March 2. This season
more than ever before In the histor >
of baseball the umpire will be the
rlegning power on the diamond. The
most striking featuie of the revised
rules which have just been given out
here Is the Importance which the um
pires and duties of the umpires held
In the mind of the revisionists. Thin
Innovation is generally held to be a
result mainly of the efforts of President -
'
dent Thomas J. Lynch of the National
1league , who used to be an umpire ;
himself and Is thoroughly familiar
I with the handicaps under which that
| official labors.
A double umpire system for all
o games is officially established by the
now rules. The umplre-in-chlef , sta
tioned behind the hat , will have full
charge of the game and will nlono
have authority to declare a game for
feited. The field umpire hns full au
thority In removing nnd lining players.
The two officials must work In har
y mony and In case a point Is raised
on a decision , one umpire may ask
for information from the other. But
e- one umpire will not interfere with
the other unless requested.
The revised rules give the umpire.
. absolute power ever the players on
the bench. This feature has long boon
n hobby with the Nntlonal league
president , and alms to do nwny with
nil the rowdyism from that quarter
which has frequently disturbed the
game In the past.
A new rule gives the base runner
nt the privilege of turning to either the
right or left after touching first base ,
where heretofore ho wan compelled to
turn to the right
