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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , , , , . NORFOLK NEBRASKA FRIDAY MARCH 17 1911. NAME FRIDAY ; SEE 'OCTOPUS1 "THE SYSTEM" AND "THE INTER- E8T8" IN OUR MIDST. FRIDAY , ALONE , CAN SAVE CITY In His Nominating Speech , Carl Wilde , Banker , Sees the Greedy Octopus Lurking Around the Corners In Nor * folk Friday "The People's" Hero. For mayor , John Friday. For city clerk , 13d Hartor. For city tieasuror , W J. Stafford For pollen judge , C F llaase. For water commissioner , Augusl Drnmmund For hoaid of cducallon. P , ! Staff ord , sr , and C. H. Itildgc Mayot John Filday was nominated by the Norfolk democratic city conven tion last night for a fourth term of the office which ho now holds and which ho Is so eager to retain. Resolutions woio passed favoring the voting of bonds with which to OH- tnbltsh a municipally owned electric lighting plant , for lighting the streets and opposing any letting of contract by the city council to either the- elec tric light or the gas company , without calling a special election for the vot- era * approval of the contract. Carl Almost Forgot Speech. An amusing incident In the conven tion occurred when Cail Wlldo , assis tant cashier of the Norfolk National bank and ono of the Friday ringlead ers , got so excited over a losolutlon that the platfoim committee had scratched out , that ho all but forgot his cue when it came tlmo for him to read his carefully prepared speech nominating the mayor for another term , as the champion of the poor , helpless , downtrodden poe-pul. Carl was floundering mound in his maximum state of excitement and Carl can wax some excited too , when occasion demands because the two cruel men who served with him on the platform committee had stricken out ono of his most diligently prepar ed and most choicely worded knocks upon the present city council. And while Gail was waving his hands trying to beat his aigumcnt in to his co-woikois' thoughts ( but fail ing ) , his turn came to deliver that flowery oration lo the isBomblcd throng. When ho heard Herman Winter tor move that Filday be ronominated , Call lenicmbeiod the oiatoilcal effort upon which ho had spent so much time and thought , and ho icalized what a nca'i-tiagedy had occurred An instant moie and the democrats never would have heard that speech Hut the da } was saved Cail ic membeied just in time and , inshing oxcltedly to the speakoi's desk , ho uddicsscd the convention , leading his oiation from a carefull } pteparei manuscript , so that ho wouldn't de prlvo the gatheied masses of the slightest woid And Carl waxed some eloquent , be lieve ono who heard. His anger at the platform commitleemen for tin owing into the waste basket one of his reso lutlons , only intensified the eloquence that flowed from his earnest lips and his speech will live long in the annals of Norfolk politics. An Octopus In Our Midst. Carl saw things at night. He paint ed a picture to the democrats that would bring tears to the eyes of a statue. Right here In Norfolk there is n great , powerful , unprincipled octopus O C-T-O-P-U-S all ready to swallow- up the poor , downtrodden common people. A "system" a greedy organ ized bnnd of "the interests with Its Rockefellers and all the rest Is lying awake nights right heto in our midst doing H.s devilish plotting to clutch the throat of "the pee-pul , " and Carl sees in John Friday hero Uiko time to dry your eyes , gentle reader Carl sees in John Friday a noble , upright honest , manly savior of the masses n hero whoso name stands out in unblemished blemished gold and who must bo given n fourth term of that job if Norfolk Is to bo saved fiom eternal bow-wows. H was toirlble.x And the way Carl brought out the horrlblo things that are lurking about the dark corners of Norfolk , ready to jump out and gral you when } ou aren't looking say that was enough to make the whole audience afiaid to go home in UK dark. dark.Well Well , Cail finished. There was some applause , but the walls didn't ring. I was too profound a moment for men applause. And then the mayor wni nominated. The mayor wasn't there and neither were some of the otlie democrats. Here's what Carl said : The approaching city campaign promises to become ono of the mos Important struggles the voters of ho city of Norfolk have ever been ed upon. On the ono side is arrayed the 01 ganhcd pov.erful system , backed b its Rockefellers , its Morgan , its Mm phys and its Crokers ; supported by subsidized press. On the other sid are the voters and the common peopl of Norfolk , in an effort to defend thel rights to express their wishes throng the ballot which is dented thorn. Th Issue is squarely raised. An all powerful socalled systen aelflsh in its very nature , by threal and other desplsablo methods has su coeded to gather on their side a po tion of our present city council sul llclently strong to thwart the rights < the voters in refusing to allow to c press themselves by ballot on matte : CONDITION OFTHE WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hours. Forecast for Nebraska. Maximum . 36 Minimum . . * ' Average ' ! Ilnioinotur 30.00 Chicago , March 10. The bulletin Is- micil by tlio Chicago station of tlio United States weather bureau gives Clio fnicciiHl fur Nebiaska an follows : I : ' ' , , aslng cloiullnoHH tonight and Frldivainier tonight of gieat ' ' utance to the upbuilding of our boi ' \ city of homos. Some councllinen'ad of being servants , playing the i 'if kings and dlctnt- ois by niuz7llnCv ' r cltl/ons by their anoganco and dinrd A subsldl/ed ie | ican corpoiatlon press has the Impiiilenco in trying to dictate to the democratic party of Nor folk who they shall and who lliey shall not nominate lor cily olllce Such slandets and abuses as heaped upon Ihu head of our piesent mayor aremoie or l ( > s concealed efforls on tin1 pal I of the system to hit those f i lends of municipal ovvneishlp of pub- Ik1 utilities ( ovet the shouldeis of the maor ) with the object In view to kill off , once and foi ever , any future no tions or movements In the direction ol municipal ownership. Aio the democrats and voters of Not folk willing to meekly submit to the dictations to a republican corpora tion pi ess and the s.vstom It rcpro- senls ? Let us hope that the votcis of Nor folk will rise to the occasion and ad minister such a stinging lebuke to the octopus and to those unfaithful dictalois In the city council on the next fointh of April that it will never again attempt to outrage the citl/ens of Norfolk by denying them the light of suffrage. Gentlemen , I am proud of our mayor on account of his enemies , but I am still prouder to have the piivllego in placing in nomination for mayor that bull-headed , go-ahead-and-do-tlilngs-for the-good-of-our-clty that peeiless In coiruptlble- champion of the people's rights , John Filday. The Platform. Hero Is the platform as adopted : Wo , the democrats of Norfolk , In convention assembled , hereby hear tily cndoise the aggressive policy of our piesent city adminlstrallon to wards the upbuilding , improving and beautifying of our city of homes , ami promise In the future , as has been the recogni/ed and acknowledged policy In the past , to continue and double of cftorts In this direction It is with great pilde we look upon the accomplishment of paving our business sticct b } our citbens and greatly asslsled by our piogresslvo demociatlc admlnl&tiatlon as being the very foundation in making this our city one of the best paved cities in the. state of cbiaska In less than live ycaiw Ifhic , alml'a population ot 10,000 people. \s u filling companion lo Ibis pave ment , wo favor and demand a fiist class system of eleclric lighting In connection with our city waterwoiks , equipped and maintained by our cily , which we now consider of gieat nt necessity so we > may propeily lUht our stteets and alleys and which would be a somce ot piide and becom ing lo a clt } ot 0,300 inhabitants' make ovoiy citizen ol Norfolk an en thusiastic boosler of our cily. We mosl emphatically piotest and hereby publicly condemn any act of our cily council , piesent or future , in making agi cements 01 contract with the Noifolk Electric Light and Power company or gas company or any other lighting company for any peilod of time or for any number of lights un less the question first having been submitted to a vote of the people. Carl Wilde , A. LJuchholz , P. J. Staffoid. This Paragraph Was Killed. This paragraph was killed : We condemn and denounce as un democratic and dictatorial the action of a part of our present city council , by arbitrarily icfuslng the citizens of Norfolk the right to vote on munici - pal light piopouition. The feature of the convention was the light between August Brummund and Matt Shaffer , jr. , for the water commissioner ndminatlon , Brummund , winning with 24 votes and Shaffer re ceiving 22. Before the convention was called to order Mr. Shaffer looked like a fa vorite for the nomination , but there , was n solid line-up against the Junc tion man in a row of front seats. - WOMAN WEIGHED 550 ; NO COFFIN BIG ENOUGH ! LARGEST WOMAN IN NEBRASKA > IS DEAD AT LINCOLN , AGED 58. Lincoln , Maich 16 Mrs Mmy Ann It Lohr , reported to be the largest wo - man in Nebraska with her weight of 550 pounds , died at her homo near , Lincoln at the age of 58. No coffin could bo found largo enough in which to bury her , and a special casket will bo made. At her homo all the furnl turo was of special make to accoramo St date her bulk. Mrs. Lohr was tlu mother of three children , and until re cently enjoyed good health. 'OD or- uru orby SHOOTS HERJOUSIN DEAC D Ide Warned Not to Follow Her Into ; pie Room , He Follows and IB Shot. olr Kearney , Neb. , March 16. Arthu igh Hopkins , 23 years old , was fatally she 'ho last evening by his cousin , Miss Roxo ; Clark , daughter of a prominent bus ! nto , ness man , at the home of the lattoi uc. The young woman , banteringly nd ior- playfully , it Is alleged , warned IIoj tin- kins not to follow her into a room nd tinof when he opened the door the fired ex- revolver , the bullet penetrating Hoi era kins' lungs. BROWN FAVORS TARIFF REVISE WANTS REVISION ITEM BY ITEM , NATION BY NATION. RECIPROCITY WITH THEM ALL That There Should be Revision a Schedule nt a Time and That Ulti mately There Should be Reciprocity With the Whole World , is His Idea. him oln , Aim oh 16. Tliut thuie nhuuld ho lovlslon ol' the tariff a schedule at a tlmo and with a conn- to at a time was the decimation an- nonmcd b } Senator Nouls Urown at a luwheon given in his honor toda.\ l > \ tlio Lincoln Commercial club Ho declared that both standpatters and piogressivcs | believed In the principle that j the duly dunged bj this- country should be lopiesonted bj the dlffci- ence in the cost of production heie and abio.ul 'The dlffeienco in < osl of produc tion t varies in the dlffeiont countries with whom we tiade , " he said. "If tlio t inle announced b } the last icpub llcan platform Is the coircct one , the only scientific manner of dealing with this tariff question Is to peifect a trade agi cement with each country. "Reciprocity not only with Canada , but also with all of the \\estcin woild and eventual ! } with the crowded poo- pies of the old world was the dream of James G. Hlaine. Ho was the prophet of this movement which President Taft insists shall be given a practical start. "Thoie can be little doubt but that the next decade w 111 find amicable and recipiocal agi cements in foice among many nations of the two Ameiicas "I am for levislng the tailft a sched ule at a tlmo and a country at a time. So long as wo all agiee that the dut } should bo bo measured by the differ ence in cost of production , tlie dut } must bo different as to countiies be cause the cost ot pioductlon is not the same in all countiies. Take Can ada for instance. If we apply tne rule of IKlng the duty by the cost pio- duction , wo would have fiee tiade with Canada. For it can be shown that an } thing , whothei raw material 01 the manufactured article , costs less to piodnce in Canada than in the United States" AftRESTEDJT HERfilCK Wesley Brown , Wanted at Sioux City , Captured by Marshal Crume. llenick , S IX , March 1C Special lo The News Wesley Hiown , alias Fieday , wanted at Sioux Citj. la , was captuicd by Cit } Maishal II H Ciuiiie His father lives in Keja Pnha count } , Neb , and It supposed that he has be-on in hiding near hue for some time. Crume got a card from I he chief of police at Sioux Cit } re- ctntly and had no trouble identifying the man. He is said to have seived five } ears for clacking a safe in a bank at Tyndall about six years ago. Ho will be turned over to the proper authorities. DRAMATIC SCENE AT A TRIAL. Prisoners in Cage at Italian Trial , Break Monotony. Viteibo , Italy , March 16. The rules for criminal procedure in Italy make possible frequent dramalic incidents and it was duo to this , that today's session of the trial of the Camorrists for murder held the lively interest of the crowd that occupied every avail ff able square foot in the old church of San Francisco. When court opened the clerk resum ! ed the reading of the long indictment of the thirty-six prisoners and this took up the whole forenoon , the mo notony of the recital , however , being bioken Ijy interruptions from the pris oners' cage or by others in the room whoso Interests weio in some manner involved. When the clerk read the passage referring to the priest CIro VltozzI Iho aged prisoner was visibly affecled and at the words "although never con deuined , Vitozzi morally is a criminal , ' he raised his eyes and mnrmurred : "I offer my suffoi Ings to relieve souls In purgatory. " During the declaration of murdei of Gonnaro Cuoccolo and his wife Mai la , "the beautiful sorontina , " Ma nn riano do Gennaro , who is charged will having been one of the actual assas sins , rose from his place in the stec pen greatly agitated. The reading clerk paused a moment and the prls oner , placing his hand over his heari and addressing his wife , who wni among tlio spectators , said : "I swear to you I am innocent. " With these words ho burst inti - tears. On another occasion Do Angolls am Amodeo protested their innocence am demanded redress for having bcei falsely involved by the priest Vitozzi Then arrest was duo to a dcclaratloi to the police by the priest and in ai of Erricone , the alleged brains of th Camorra. Grip Thief Insane. - Sioux Falls , S. D. , March 16. J. l . Darling , charged with stealing som grips from stations on the Mllwauke and Northwestern lines in this stall was adjudged insane and will bo set to the federal hospital nt Washlngtoi D. C. For eight months ho eluded Jo toctlvcs of both roads. LIFE'S DISAPPOINTMENTS ( Copyright , JUAREZ HAS A SLEEPLESS NIGHT FOLLOWING ATTACK BY INSUR- RECTOS ON BARRACKS , PEO PLE ARE SCARED. Ul Paso , Te\ , March 1C Juare/ spent a sleepless night with the stieets patiolled b } double foices of guaids and piacticall } the entlie gai- lison under aims in front of the bai- racks and the headquarters of Gen- eial Xavano and of Colonel Tambo- rcl , the commandant At daybreak , sleep } guaids posted on the house tops swept the counli } foi signs of instillectos , but if Ihe } are In the vlelnfty the } kept well under cover The coining of davjlght material ! } lessened the an\iet.v aroused bv la t night's attack upon the barracks which was made ba small band of iiisinlectos , who had managed to slip tin ( High Ihe cit.v , demolishing a poi tion of the barracks w Ith bombs and effecting thoii escape with the loss of but two ot their number , who were wounded and taken piisoners The authoiities peisist in their dec laratinn that Ihe federal Uoops suffoi- rd no loss in killed 01 wounded and gave repealed assurances that there was no cause foi any anxiety. Business has been resumed and most of those who planned to take lefugo on the Ameiican side changed their minds this morning. It Is now thought that the insnrreC' tos me in the city in any great num- bois , the small band under Captain Oscar Creighton , the American , being the only one leported at all close at hand. Madeio with 1,000 men is far ther south where he Is said to be waiting to effect n junction with Oro- zco's force of 800 with which , it is repelled - polled , the insurrecto leader will be gin a march northward , to the bor der. First Maneuvers in Field. San Antonio , Tex. , March 16. The first maneuvers of the troops in camp j were on the program today. It was proposed to send out a company of in fantry several miles to seek cover and for the aeroplanes to look for them. Southern Pacific officials today wanted to see if the Mexican insurrectos would make good a threat to blow up all bridges entering their country. Business In the state of Chihuahua al ready has been greatly curtailed and , food supplies tlueatened. A complete , rupture of communication for this side would bo very serious. Mexican Official Goep Home. 0 Now York , March 16. Senor Jose Yves Llmantour , Mexico's minister ol r finance , slipped quietly out of town , nppaiently bound direct for Mexico - City. From what could bo learned he n : has abandoned his idea of going homo by way of Florida and Havana , for he left New York at 2 p. in. over tlin Pennsylvania in his private car to St Louis. Railroad officials said from St. Louis he would go direct to Laredo , Tex. and then travel to Mexico City by rai in a course to be determined by con ditions on the border. It is understood here that should id Minister Llmantour ask for a military id escort through Texas the request will 311 probably bo granted to the extent ol Zl. guarding him to the border , but in 311 Texas , not Mexico. Id Columbus , O. , March 16. Mexican lie Minister of Finance Jose Yves Llman tour and party , who left New Yorh yesterday , passed through Columbus today in the private car Hldalego E.no The train goes to St. Louis by way ol no Xenla , Dayton and Indianapolis. eo , Rebels Prepare a Siege. int Presidio , Tex. , March 16. The thin , day of the siege of Ojiuaga by the Insurgents surgonts and General Sanches flndi the situation llttio changed. With i guard eliding the town on three sides , the insiinectos are preparing n long siege. The federal ganlson still con trols the foi't. ' From the lusuigcnt line intermit tent firing lias continued for thirty-six houis. Occasionally the federals send a shell inlo the ranks of the provln- dados , but only one man has been wounded General Sanchez of the insurgents and Gencial Luquo commanding the fedeial ganison yesteiday exchanged lelteis Sane he ? demanded the sur- lender of the town. Luciiie inviied the piovinclados up Iho hill like men and lake l.-c town if the } could. Sanelie/ answered by uiging Luquo to come out and fight After this exchange the long range Unlit commenced When the provln- clados lii&t appealed about the town , the } numbeied about 500 , now the } aie at least TOO stionsKIOIU all di- lections reinforcements me marching to Ojinaga , white hailed men witli old smooth bole Mills thev used in fighting Maximilian , mat clung in the tanks with their tons and srandsons In evciy hut , women a . grinding coin and cooking toililla- and fiijo les A ( ireck has established a hospi tal fet the insuirectos under the led ci oss Calexio Calif , Vault r , - Piling ft on ) the American side of the Inter national boundaiy , Mexican customs ofllcials at Algodones today sent a vol ley Into the insurrectos , the latter re plying by flung across the line Into the American town of Andrade. No one was wounded , so far as is known. ROOSEVELT TALKS OF MEXICO. Says Order , Justice and Independence Alone Are Demanded. El Paso , Tex. , March 15. "All that : he United States demands of Mexico Is order , justice and independence , " declared Theodore Roosevelt at a breakfast given in his honor by the Tolleo club today. The colonel's remarks were the only utterances he has made on the Mexi can situation and cnmo ns a complete surprise to the members of his party. EQUIPMENT IS RUSHED. Field and Artillery duns Leave Rock Island for South. Davenport , la. , March 15. Five car loads of field and artillery equipment was sent today from the Rock Island arsenal to Fort Hancock on the Rio Grande. Thiep carloads of coast de fense guns and equipment were sent to Norfolk , Va. , all tiavellng on rush orders , May Sell Large Estates. Mexico City , March 13 The appli ' cation of Finance Minister Llman- ' tour's suggestion foi a sale of largo eslales for the benefit of the people is hinted at In a reply madby * Presi [ dent Diaz to a committee from Metz- titlan in the stale of Hidalgo , who protested tested that their pioperty had been seized by an lirlgallon company. Details of Battle. Mexico City , March 13 The govern ment today received n report of the battle , of Casas Crandes , in which the rebels were defeated , from Colonel Cuellar. Ho states that he took forty prisoners , including seventeen foreign ers , and that all thcBO are receiving humane treatment. A Steamer Missing. Cleveland , O. , March 16. DesplK the heavy sea off this harbor , the tug : Castanet and Loraln are preparing t to put out in searching of the mlssinj IKh tug Silver Spray , of Erie , Pa. , whlcl : loft Cleveland harbor in n morning with eight men aboard and has ot returned. The Effle B , missing slnci yesterday morning made her way Int tog. the harbor at 4 o'clock this morning Her crew of eight men was altnos frozen. A FIRE AT ATHARVARD HARVARD UNI , RANDOLPH HALL DAMAGED JAP STUDENT RESCUED UN- CONSCIOUS. Cambiidgf MassMai eh 1C. One student was ic-sciied in an unconscious condition , u > any others weic avvak cued baioly in time to escape fiom the lianus and all were driven to the stHot by : i fiiL' that partly destro.ved Randolph hall , one of Ihe most exclu sive Han aid doimltories on Mount Annum stieet , emly today The ( lie starled In a suite1 on the giound floor of the west wing ot the building and rapidly spread to the up per lluols. Firemen , poHce'uiea ami janitois of the building lushed Ihiough tlio apaitmcnls amusing lh < occupauls mid with difficulty succeed ed in dealing the building without loss of life- , Oil the top floor Y. Aial , a Tapanese student , was discovered in an uiicon scions conditon. an olllcer baiel } es ( aping witli the prostiale studen while the ilames filled the hallvvn } Randolph hall was elected bv tin Coolidne estate In the early nini-tif" . at a eosl of $75OUU. The loss to tlir building Is estlmalcd atr > , OUO , wilh an additional loss of $10,000 In loom furniture and student eftecls. CONTRADICTS AN ADMIRAL. Sensation is Created by Navy Man in Giving His Testimony. Norfolk , Va. , March 16. A sensa tion was created by Captain Austin M. Knight , president of the naval ordi nance board , when in testlf.ving in his own behalf on charges of neglect of duty in connection with the sinking of the monitor Puritan following ex plosive lest under his direction , he flatly contradicted earlier testlmoii } b } Rear Admiral Marshall. Admital Mai shall had said neither Captain Knight nor any ono else had notified him of anylhing concerning the Puri tan at * the conclusions of the tests. Captain Knight testified that ho tele phoned Admiral Marshall notice that the tests had been concluded and that the ship was ready to bo taken to the Norfolk navy yard. He said he lecog- nUed the admiral's voice at the telephone phone , Ihe admiral saying "This Is Marshall. " Caplain Knight also said he had done everthing necessar } so far as his duty required , that ho would not have fired the explosive unless things were ready He said Admiral Marshall ) shall , whom he met on the street told him everything was all right and had added , seemlnglv a litllo lesent | fill , "Don't you won- } about thai 'Knight You look out foi vour part - and well look out for ours - A NEW MADISON SUPERINTENDENT T L. M. OBERKOTTER ELECTED TC SUCCEED SUPT. STOCKDALE. TEACHERS ELECTED. Mndlson , Neb , March 16 Specla to The News At a meeting of tie board of education L. M Oborkotler principal of the University Piepara lory school , Lincoln , Neb , was electei superintendent for the coming sehoo h } ear to succeed Superintendent Stocli g dale who has been chot-en dean of th stiito normal school at Chadron Mis Ida Knoll , the present principal of th high school , Miss Beatrice Claik , I .a ; g.st in and music teacher , and L. F. Oarej st science teacher , wore re elected at ii creased salaries IS VERY COLD IN NEW YORK UNUSUALLY SEVERE WEATHER IN EASTERN STATES. SHIVERING AT WASHINGTON , TOO The Cold Wave Was Borne In to New York on a Wind That Averaged Fifty-six Miles an Hour Movement Northeast , Toward Atlantic Ocean. Now YoiK , Mai eh 1C A cold nnap it unusual severity for thin season wills piadlcally the ontlie eastern section of the eonntij tightly gripped oia\ ! \\iih small pidlmbillty of Its ; insp lu'lng looBcned befoie tomorrow I'hc'io was a diop of 30 degrees In ompeiatnie to a minlmnm of Hi do- giees in this city dining the night Tempeiatuies following the rain mil hi let snow Mm tins of last night hopped to noinly ? ere at points In Iho Intel lor ol New York state , while It was enl } I above the /eio 111:11 : k at I'lttsbmg this moinlng and 15 do- sices In Washington , 1) . C. , the latter i lemaikably low Ilguro for the tlmo of the } oar In that city. The cold wave waa bornu in on u wind which averaged fifty-six miles \n hour along the coast hero and up Into New England. The storm move ment is northeastward and today is cential in eastein Maine or over Nova Scotia RIOT IN RUSSIAN DUMA. Charge Against Character of Women Students Causes an Uproar. St PeteiHburg , March 1C. An ox- traoidlnary charge against women stu dents caused a sensational sccno In the Duma lust evening. An interpellation on recent inci ( louts in the high schools was under discussion when Deputy Ubrussoff , a member of the extreme right , alleged that female t Indents during the rovo- Ir.tlon.ny peilod ( oiitorted with drunk en sailors in older to carry on the rov- olutionaiy piopaganda more success fully. Shouts of "down with the blacKguaids" and similar Indignant piotests aioso from the left benches and stalled a scene of uproar and gieat dlaoider. The piesldont was tin- able lo control tlio deputies. L'biussoff ' tiled to lesuine shaking , but in vain , and the president was obliged to- ask lil'n to leave the trt bune , as the hour allowed the spoakei had elapsed. UbiusiOlis siippm tei * > raised a sieat outciv and tln > iiictiidont closed tie sitting The opposing factions lushed towtids the tiibune , but elli < lals thiew themselves between the two parties and pri vented a collision Oulv when the light won turned off ( Mil tin depuH' < ( | iut tli ) liall 1ECRACKER HOUSE WILL QUIT BUSINESS SAFE AND SANE FOURTH" CAM PAIGNS CUT DOWN FIREWORKS - WORKS DEMAND. New York , March 16"Safe and aue Fourth" campaigns have so cut jfl the demand for lliecrackers and lioworks that a majority of the stock- loldcis in the Pain Manufacturing company applied on this ground to he Biipieinc court for permission to lissolve the coiporatlon one of the orgest fireworks concerns In the ountry. An order to show cfiuse why the corporation should not be dissolved ii etarnable May 10. The liability is { . nun at $160,000 and nominal assets ) . ' $282,000 , but the available assets aie not over $ : tO,000 , it is said Cre'ghton ' Politico Boiling. - Creighton , Neb. , March 10 Special - ; o The News. The political storm In showno signs of abate Int. rest IH running high. A caucus will bi held In the first and second waul chin evening to uoinhmh one councili' an fioiu each v.aid , after which the okitois will meet In joint ( aliens to nominate a candidate1 for - , mayor , ttcnjuior , dork , police magis tuilo and engineer At this time no one has been located who is- willing , to accept the nomination foi major and the di.nccs are thai Mn.vor John FOII will be compelled lo bold o\er an olh r } ear , allliough nun h against hia will 'I he liquor problem has assumed h gigantic proportion that It Is voi.v doubtful whether it can bo set tied umlcahl } or not The conserva element Is stiong In its determi nation to defeat any attempt to raise the occupation tax to $1,000 , and n large number have pledged them selves to veto out the saloons in pref orcm c lo counlenancing the high H ( enso fee. Harem Skirt in Brazil. Rio Janeiro , March 16. The panta loon skirt has reached Rio Janeiro and two girls who were engaged to poptilari/e the curios garment , which Is called here the "cullotto Jupe , " wore mobbed in the street. The police were called in to evict ono from n cafe and she was jostled by the crowds that gathered , while the other was saved from complete dcnudomentonly with some dlfllculty. The mob seined greatly amused and gathered up portions tions of the garment as souvenirs.
