Nebraska Newspapers

    TIIK NOUFOLK VYKKKLY NHWS-JOfKNAL , KKIDAY. FKIUM'AKY Hi. 1912.
\ HOMESTEADERS ORGANIZE.
150 Winner * Lay Plnn ( or Mutual Ad-
vnnccmcnt on Claims.
Oinulm , Fob. Si. One hundred atitl
titty winners of homesteads In tlio
Rosebud Iinlluii reservation drawing
met In Oinuhii InHt night at the Hen-
nmw ! tuul organized the South Da
kota HomoBtoadc.rs' association , the
object being for itititual advancement
when the tlino comes to file on the
farms they have won. Tlut 1HO present -
ent came from all partH of Iowa and
Nebraska.
W. U. Stewart. Omaha , WJIB made
president ; Herbert Cox. Omaha , vice-
president ; Miss Nellie McDonald , Om
aha , secretary ; Charles Horn Council
P.luffH , treasurer. A coiiHtltutlon and
| r laws will bo adopted at a meeting
called for next Wednesday night at a
place to In ; announced later.
Falls On Ice. Is Killed.
Atmton , S. IX. Feb ! i - Special to
The News : John Sullivan , while work-
hit ; on the .Milwaukee nillrond bridge
as builder , tell about twenty feet upon
the Ice , crushing his Hkull. He lived
about ono hour after the accident. He
was a single man and a member of
Mit > KJugleH lodge at Mllbank. S. D. .
and waH probably not over ; so years
old. Nothing else IK known of him
here.
TEST STENOGRAPHER'S SPEED.
Conditions of Hotel Scene Reproduced
as Nearly ns Possible.
Washington , Feb. 9. A little tank
with an open notebook and a lllblc
upon It was ready today when the Lor-
ImiT investigation wan resumed for .1.
E. Sheridan , the detectlvo stommra-
pber , to demonstrate his abilities at
recording far-away con vermilions in
shorthand. Sheridan recently Kwore
before the minute Lorimer committee
that he had made a shorthand report
of ti conversation in Toronto on Jan.
ti. when Charles Meliowan was alleged
to have admitted receiving money
from C. F. Wleho for perjuring him
self in giving testimony for Senator
l.orlmer before the committee. The
claim 'was made that Sheridan's notes
wore "faked" and that he could not
make a shorthand report as he claimed
lie had made at Toronto. Conditions
n the hotel rooms at Toronto , in which
McGowan met the detectives were re
produced as nearly as possible In Sen
ator Dilllngham's offices. In one room
whore three persons were to hold a
conversation was hung a delicate telephonic -
phonic apparatus. Wires led to the
table In the next room. The Bible waste
to permit Sheridan to have a weight
for one corner of his notebook while
h - used his left hand to hold the ap
paratus to his ear.
The Money Trust Probe.
"Washington. Feb. ! l. Representa
tive I'tigo of Louisiana , chairman of
The house committee on banking and
< urrency. to which the democratic
caucus referred the proposed invest !
sat Ion of "the money trust. " declared
today that he would Introduce a reso
lution to invest his committee wltn
plenary powers to learn if there is a
money trust in the United States.
Old Murder Is Out.
Albuquerque. N. M. , Feb. 9. Moses
JC. Gutliff of Mount Vernon , Ky. . ask
ed the chief of police to lock him up ,
haying that lie had killed Robert Rigs-
by , of Mount Vernon. Ky. . on Sept
-7 , 190-1. A telegram from Kentucky
confirms the confession and requests
that Gattlit'f be held for extradition
Need Wireless in Orient.
"Washington , Feb. 9. A system ol
wireless telegraphy in the Philippine
islands was recommended by Presi
dent Taft in a message sent to con
gross. Joint reports made by officers
of the Philippine government of the
Vnlted States army and navy were
Transmitted with a message outlining
a system of wireless stations and n
plan for their operations. President
Taft calls attention to the fact that no
commercial companies thus far had in
stalled wireless plants in the islands
although the need of such comiuunica <
tion was urgent.
Rothschilds Rule England.
The Standford University. Cals Feb
( "The unseen empire of finance" in
its control over affairs of Europe , and
the policy of rulers in continuing the
practice of contracting war debts , were
arraigned by David Starr Jordan , pres
ident of Stanford university , in an ad
dress to the student body. Dr. Jordan
declared that a European war Is not
now imminent. He said that since the
battle of Waterloo the Rothschilds
have been the actual rulers of Europe ,
and it would be impossible over to pay
them off.
Fowler Ends His Flight.
Jacksonville. Fla. . Feb. 9. Robert
* j. Fowler of Gilroy. Cal. , the ocean-to
ocean flyer , officially finished his long
trip across the continent when he
landed at Monico park at 4:45 : o'clock
ibis afternoon. Fowler left San Fran
cisco for New York on Sept. 11 , 1911
went as far as Emigrant Gap : Sept. 24
turned back on account of storms ;
started again for the Atlantic ocean
from Los Angeles , Oct. " 1 ; made 1.700
miles in eighteen flying days to Hous
ton , Tex. ; arrived at New Orleans
Dec. 31 ; left New Orleans Jan. 4 ; ar
rived at Drantley , Ala. , Jan. L'O. fly
ing only five days of that time , being
delayed by storms. Among the first to
sreet Fowler on landing here was
Frank A. Gotch , world's champion
wrestler.
An Insurgent M. W. A. Order.
Kansas City , Mo. , Feb. 9. A sep
arate organization , chartered undo
the laws of Kansas with insurance
rates the same as in the past , will be
set up by a majority of the camps o
the Modern Woodmen of America ir
Kansas in protest against the rais
in rates agreed upon at the recent na
tional meeting in Chicago. A com
i..Htee representing C.OOO members Ir
KansaK decided to Issue a call for
delegates from Kansas camps to
meet there the last week In February
to form a separate organization and
to arrange for the filing of an action
for n charter from the Htute of Kau
nas. A convention will be held June
1. when officers of the new order will
be elected. There are 80.000 Wood
men In Kansas.
HONDURAS BREAKS CONTRACTS.
Uncle Sam Is Watching Developments
In This Dispute.
Tegucigalpa , Honduras , Feb. Si.
The congress of Honduras has declar
ed that all contracts made with the
American , W. S. Valentine , in connec
tion with the Puerto Cortex railroad
wharf and lighthouse are cancelled
The congress directs the president of
the republic to take up all property
Immediately on behalf of the govern-
ment.
Washington. Fob. 9. The state de
partment is watching developments
In the dispute between the Ilonduran
government and representatives of
the Valentine syndicate. Recently
the department learned that without
notice to this government , the Hon-
dtiran officials wore about to seize
the Valentine properties. The gun
boat Petrol was sent to Puerto Cortez
and sailors were landed. The prop
erty was not seized. The only pur
pose of landing the blue Jackets waste
to guard against violence. The ques
tion of title to the property Is in dis
pute , which is to bo settled through
judicial and diplomatic methods.
An arrangement for the adjustment
of the dispute between the conces
sion arises and the Ilonduran govern
ment was provided foreign contracts
held by the Morgan syndicate , but
this lias just been abandoned and the
issue remains open.
Farm Congress Comes to an End.
Gov. Chester II. Aldricli closed the
liree days' session of the Country
. .ilfu congress in Norfolk Thursday
light with an address on agriculture.
The governor's subject was "The Far-
nor and the States. "
The governor , speaking of the Aid-
rich currency plan , said the people
hould think it over. "It is true our
milking system needs some legisla-
ion hut tlie money of this country
should be in the hands of the na
ional government. "
To prove that the Nebraska ! ! Is the
jest man , the governor gave an inter
esting review of the hist Michigan-
Nebraska football game.
"The members of the Michigan
earn represented twenty different
states. Ninety-seven per cent of the
young men on the Nebraska side were
horn and roared in this state , and ev
ery member on the team was a citi
zen of tlie state. " he said.
Gov. Aldricli discussed the good
loads problem.
"When the next legislature meets , '
ho said. "I wish men could be sent to
the legislature to have roads put under
dor a systematic management. Wo
should pass laws authorizing n high
way commission and have the state
divided Into districts under tlie super
\Ision of an engineer of tiie commis
sion. Wo could get good roads ant
more cheaply than under the system
now used. "
Gov. Aldricli was applauded fre
quently during the course of his ad
dress. He was introduced by Presi
dent W. A. Witzigman of the Norfoll
Commercial club , who w-us chairman
of the evening.
On behalf of the Norfolk people am'
Norfolk farmers. President Witzig
man thanked the members of th
Country Life commission for the pro
groin given in Norfolk. He hlghlj
complimented the commission on th
program and declared the work being
done by them was a great one.
Just before the address given by
Gov. Aldricli and at tlie conclusion o
an interesting address by Dean E. A
Burnett , Secretary Odell of the Rura
Life commission made a motion tha
the audience is in favor of house rol
No. 1 SI fill , now in congress , a bill ask
ing for an appropriation from the na
tional treasury for the present worli
being done in nil states for Improving
of arm conditions. The president pu
tlie motion and it was carried nlmos
unanimously
Dean E. A. Burnett greatly Inter
ested the tanners on how the experi
ment station can help the pructicu
farm. Dean Burnett's address was ai :
able one and he told clearly the won
derful work already achieved by the
state experiment farm. After telling
how it was possible for the station to
produce four different strains of tur
key rod wheat and Increase the yield
of wheat in the state four bushels to
the acre , he told the farmers how to
fatten cattle and hogs more eeonom
ically by feeding them more alfalfa
hay and less corn.
In concluding his address ho show
ed the critical nature of the nex
year's corn crop and explained how tc
raise good corn. He declared thn
seed corn from local corn would grow
bettor locally that seed brought her
from Iowa. Kansas or Indiana.
"We have found , as a result of war )
at the experiment station. " said Dean
Burnett , "that every region must hav
a type of corn selected. It is far bet
ter to find corn on your own fanr
than to get It elsewhere. We found
that you are not Hkt > ly to get corn
from Iowa. Kansas or Indiana tha
will grow as well as that obtalimbl
from your fields here. "
Immediately after Commlsslone
Lawson culled Thursday afternoon'
session to order. C. H. Kelsey , a Nor
folk attorney , stirred up some of th
greatest discussion heard during the
meeting , when he talked on the
"Landlord and Tenant" question. Mr.
Kelsey believed that the farm should
be rented in such a manner as to en
able the tenant to receive n fair com
pensation for his labor. The acreage
of the farm should be mapped out us
to different crops before a rent con-
trad is made. A certain number of
ushels of grain per acre should be
aid Instead of cash payment.
This "piece system" of renting
arms , declared Mr. Kelsoy. ellmln-
tt'B the Inconvenience of crooked
- orl ; in dividing the crops. In com-
touting of the Ideas of ,1. R. Ream
ii the handling of farmers' problems ,
Ir. Kelsey declared that In case of a
rep failure , no rent should be paid.
Is subject was also discussed at
ngth by Si crotary .1. B. Grlnnell of
'aptlllon. ,1. D. Roam declared that
he rotation of crops should be taken
ito consideration.
Dean K. A. Burnett also took up this
ubject. saying that when forming a
use for a farm , both landlord and
email ! should bo Interested in the
ertility of the farm. He declared
hat tenantry was on the increase ,
renant land , he said , does not produce
s well on nn average as the land
wned by the operator. The long
orm lease ho declared to be the best.
County Commissioner Henry Sun-
orman of Madison related some In-
erestlng history of his early days In
'ladisnn ' county. He put the first wa-
or system in Ills home territory and
thors soon followed his example. The
nvironmcnt of the farm Is the key to
he question of how to keep the boys
in the farm , said Mr. Sundorman. He
poke at length on the good roads
iroblom.
Gov. C H. Aldricli then spoke brief-
y on agricultural conditions In this
, tnte. County high schools should be
'reeled ' , he declared. He briefly out-
Ined the work of the country life
ominisslon.
A subject of interest to both farm-
rs and school teachers was contain-
'd in the address of Supt. A. E. Hil-
dobrand of the Hooper schools.
Supt. N. A HoiiHcl of the Madison
ounty public schools led the discus
sion of the Hooper man's address.
'The most vital need of the rural
onununities today is a school system
admirably suited to the environ
ment , " said Mr. House ) . "The solu
tion of oilier rural problems , such as
good roads , farm improvement and
neil fertility will follow In the wake
of a system of public schools giving
urn ) communities the education best
suited for farm life.
"Consolidation of the one-room
schools is coming , and it is a success
wherever it has been given a trial.
The establishment of a county ngri-
ultural high school and experimental
station on the county poor farm in
each county of the state will bring re
turns of the greatest value to rural
communities. Boys and girls should
be given an opportunity to secure the
ducation which will best fit them for
farm life. "
In the absence of G. L. Carlson ,
who was scheduled for a feature ad
dress during the afternoon , E. E. Bee-
bee , of the Pore-heron breeding farm ,
here , spoke on the "Ideal Farm
Home. "
' 'There is so much real work connected -
nected with farm life that a very vital
leaturo of the real home is often
crowded out. " said Mr. Beebeo "the
culture of flowers and beautifying
the grounds. There must also be a
careful ovei sight of wells , drains.
pipes and other things. "
Good roads should be considered
- . . . 1 1. . . . , . „ „ ! . . ln . , , ,
The best schools obtainable arc -
sary and parents should co-operate
with teachers in creating a homelike
atmosphere for the school. .
A feature of the afternoon's meet-1
of WarnervlMe In charge of the entire I
membership of the Warnerville
schools. The students , wearing
badges of the congress , occupied
places of honor in the front seats of
the Auditorium. Mrs. Brake was
highly congratulated by members of
the commission on her able address
on three subjects : "The Rural Life
Commission , " "The Rural School
Problem. " and "The Ideal Farm
Home. "
"In our own agricultural state. "
said Mrs. Brake , "with its few large
towns and cities , our leaders in
thought and action were convinced
that conditions exist which are gradu-
uly but surely decreasing rural popu
lation and making against the best
interests of the agricultural commun
ity. "
Rides Against Time to File on Land ,
Valentine. Neb. , Feb. 9. Special to
The News : Something like the old-
time rush for land took place here
yesterday when Frank Sedalecok
rode ninety-five miles against time to
file on a piece of land.
It seems that he had taken a sur
veyor out to survey this piece he
wanted sonic where near the Spade
ranch , and the survey showed that it
included some very valuable hay land
that has been used by the Spade and
some employees of the ranch , finding
out what was going on , started for
town at once , but Frank got wise to
the move and himself made tracks for
Valentine , beating the other fellows in
and getting his filing in the first thing
Thursday morning.
Gayno- Raps Wilson.
New York. Feb. 9. It is only neces
sary to repeal the Now Jersey statute
authorizing the creation of holding
companies to rid the country of four-
fifths of the trusts and to repeal simi
lar statutes in some other states to
get rid of the remaining one-flftn.
Mayor Guynor so declared in an ad
dress last night before the National
Democratic club of New York In dis
cussing the high cost of living.
"Why is it that no one in office or
out of office over in New Jersey has
asked the New Jersey legislature to
repeal It ? " the mayor then asked. "No
governor has sent n message to the
legislature of any state which has this
statute , calling for its repeal , so far
ns I have heard. From which some
people might deduce that the cry
against the trusts is wholly insin
cere.
"Since they can be abolished so
easily , do you not think they ought
to be. or else that those who full even
to try to repeal them should stop -
Ing out against them at the top of
their voices ? We must not lay our-
sehes open to the charge of being
mere demagogues. If the people want
the trusts broken up or provotilod.
they need only to elect governors and
legislators who will curry out their
will.
"Wo may not prudently entertain
the notion of doing away with our Itn-
meiiHe tariff structure at one stroke.
To pull It down all at once would
lead to great disaster. Even a teth
ered bull who has wound around his
stake while grazing until he has
brought his nose up against It , haste
to slowly unwind again sooner than
tear his nose to pieces In an effort to
get away.
"A review of tariff legislation since
1S79 suffices to remind us that the
question which confronts ns is not
one of free trade but of a judicious ,
firm reduction of the tariff. All its
extremes shruld be cut out. Free
trade Is a long way off.
"Let us then stand to the assertion
of n principle that we recognize no
excuse for P protective tariff on any
article except to protect the American
working man from having his wages
run down to the level of wages In the
country which produces that article.
Also that except for revenue only ,
there is no excuse at all for n tariff
tux on Imported articles which from
liny special i nd abiding cause we can
not produce at all. or cannot produce
enough of them for our consumption.
"A protective tariff raises prices.
That is what It is designed for. But
it should in justice be pointed out
that our tariff Is not wholly respon
sible therefore. The tariff is not re-1'
sponsible for the extent to which
prices have risen since 1S9C which. I
believe , wn ? the year In which the
present ris ° In prices set in. The
rise since that year has been general
in Europe a ? well ns here.
"I am not able to doubt that the
principal cause or high prices is the
great and evorinereasing output of
gold since 1SS3. The output In 1SS3
was only SSin.OOO.OOO ; in 1900. $4.r-4-
OdO.OOO. In fine , the gross output of
gold since 1S8 ! ! is over $7.000.000.000.
The world has had other periods of
great production of the money metals ,
but never anything so great and con
tinuous as this.
"Will not that period of low and
falling prices lie hard times ? Many
people still alive have gone through
such a period , and know the hard
times brought by low and falling
prices. Let none of us therefore be
certain that high prices are an evil.1
Gregory Has a Narrow Escape.
Gregory , S. IX , Feb. 9. Special to
Tlie News : Gregory had a very nar
row escape yesterday afternoon from
a disastrous fire when the two-story
building occupied by the Kull & Old-
j . ham locating firm and the Dite tailor
ing , establishment was discovered to
lie burning. An alarm was turned in ,
and t tlie department responded prompt
ly , but after connections were made no
water , was forthcoming , and investiga
tion , disclosed the fact that the hose
joints were frozen. After several min
utes ' delay a stream of water was
finally put to play on the burning
building and in a short time the block
was out of danger.
Tlie fire started in the cleaning de
partment of the tailor shop , the origin
being of rather a strange nature. Mr.
Dlte was working in the cleaning room
and stepped into another room to got ,
warm. He started to poke the coals
when his shirt sleeves became ignited.
Mr. Dite rushed Into the back room
where he had been working. Gas
fumes filled the air and his entrance
resulted in an explosion which ignited
the whole room , and but for the timely
assistance of a passerby Mr. Dite
would have no doubt suffered serious
injury.
Democrat Committee Meets.
Columbus. Nob. . Feb. 9. At the
meeting of the democratic state cen
tral committee the lollowing were rec
ommended as electors :
At-large Waldo Wintersteen , Fre
mont ; Judge .1. R. Dean , Broken Bow ;
First District . ! . W. Culright , Lin
coln ; Second. Sophus F. Noble , Oma
ha ; Third. W. R. Benin. Tekamah ;
Fourth , S. W. Bailey , Fairbury : Fifth.
P. C. Funk. Funk ; Sixth , J. J. Mc
Carthy , Ogallala.
A resolution was unanimously
adopted , providing that the five con
stitutional tnnoudents to be voted
upon In No\ ember be placed on the-
primary ballot in April. A majority
vote on either or all these amend
ments will be construed as the party
endorsement and they will then go on
the ballot , and every straight party
vote will be counted for them. The
amendments , are in the initiative and
referendum , changing compensation 1
of legislatois and changing the time
in which bills can be introduced , for o
non-partisan board of control of state
.
institutions , providing for biennial i '
elections and giving cities the right
to make their own charters.
FRIDAY FACTS.
Mrs. Waddell has gone to Chicago.
F. H. Abbott , assistant commission
er ot Indian affairs , passed through
Norfolk from Niobrara to Albion.
Samuel Nelson of Aberdeen , S. D. ,
is visiting with his parents at Hos-
kins , was here visiting with friends.
Mrs. Henrietta Breltinger of West
Point will spend n few days' visit
with her sister , Mrs. Louise Asians.
Mrs. W. P. Logan went to Lincoln
to spend a few days with her daugh I
ter , Miss Lois Logan , at the state (
university.
Miss Ethel Hlhben Is home for n
few days from Wesleynn university ,
the college having closed because of
the death of Chancellor Emeritus
Huntington.
A regular meeting of Hie Elks
lodge will be held Saturday evening.
Local carpenters , after their meet
ing 1 in the city hull last night , enJoyed -
[ Joyed mi oyster supper.
A mooting of the Commercial club
directors will be held at S o'clock this
evening In the club rooms.
Ralph Boyd and Mrs. Alfred Palm
wore called to Columbus. Neb. , by the
M-Hous Illness of their sister.
The Norfolk basketball team Is
scheduled to play a game with Miull-
BOH this evening. The game will be
played at Madison.
Ernest Sasse. an employee on a re-1
pair gang of tlie Northwestern road.
Is suffering from a bruised foot as the
result of an accident.
Mr. and Mrs. S. 1. Nies of Nellgli
were in the city to hear Gov. Aldrlch's
speech. Mr. Nles Is deputy state oil
iiBpeetor for the Third district.
County Commissioner Taft asks
that no more funds be subscribed for
the care of Miss Hauff. the young
W'oinan whose eyesight has probably
boon saved Ly charitable Norfolk pee
ple. About $90 was received.
Johns Austin , who married a nog-
rosB , win taken to Madison to appear
before the insanity board George
Houston also was taken before the
board. Clarke Bryant was sent to
the dipsomaniac hospital at Lincoln. |
Robert King returned from Omaha ,
where ho attended the cement men's
convention. At Omaha , Mr. King pur
chased a patent for the manufacture
of material for cement block grain
silos. New- machinery for this work
has been ordered.
The burning out of n furnace pipe
in the W. E. Pickering homo. 211
North Elove-nth street , at SHO : last
night brought out the entire fire de
partment. With the exception of
smoking up the home , and the burn
ing ' out of the pipe , which put the
! furnace ' out of commission for the
night , no damage was done
Among tlie day's out-of-town visitors
in Norfolk wore : A. R. York , Atkin
son ; Frank Moore , Creighton : Lars
Hansen , Blair ; W. L. Stnnton , Meadow-
Grove : S. B. McConnell , Ray McCon-
neil , Burke ; C. M. Fungall , Verdel ; C.
D. Johnson , M. C. Brown , C. J. Striek
er , F. Schlnkus , W. F. duffers , Conrad
Werner , Battle Creek ; Claus Meyer ,
Clear Lake. I
A meeting of the Ben Ilur drill team
will be held tonight. The team is now
said to be the best In the state. A
big meeting of the order Is to be held
on Feb. 19 , at which Mr. Girard , one
of the supreme chiefs , of Crawfords-
ville , Ind. . will deliver an address.
About fifty new candidates are to hi1
initiated. Madison. Wayne , Stanton
and Pierce lodges are coming to Nor
folk with new candidates.
The fire tptun ran away Thursday
afternoon. Fire Driver Truelock , ac
companied by Fireman William Gra
ham , were tbown out of the wagon
when It upset and Graham sustained
several slight bruises. A hook be
coming loose paused the accident. The
front trucks of the practice wnpou
became unbulted and the team ran to
South Norfolk before they were stop
pod. The animals were not injured.
Over $7. . ° .00 is now in the Y. M. C
A. fund. The committee continues
making good with the first list and
have announced today tha * tlie first
meeting for the planning of the general
oral campaign will take place next
Thursday night in the Commercia
club rooms , which are to be the head
quarters of the solicitors. A meet
ing will be held every day during the
campaign. Lunch will be served and
progress of the campaign will be re
ported. A big supper will be served
Thursday night. "If the general cam
paigii is as good as the one hold before
fore , wo will be able to finish the
building. " say members of the com
mittee.
Former Norfolk Man Suicides.
Omaha World-Herald : Art Van
Horn , who committed suicide in Kan
sas City a few days ago by swallow-
Ins carbolic acid , was well known in
Omaha as a bartender. He came
from Norfolk Neb. , originally , and se
cured a position behind the bar at
Johnny Kilkenny's old place , now
called the Hub , on Seventeenth street ,
between Harney and Furnam. Later
he tended bar for Cliff Cole at the
Budweiser saloon and then went tn
the place i.ow callcn the Antlers ,
then operated by Cliff Cole. Before
going to Kansas City he was employ-
In the same capacity at O'Brien's
cafe , now Wroth's , opposite the
World-Herald office on Farnam
street.
Shercliffe Not Pardoned.
Denver. Colo. , Feb. 10. John F.
Shuffroth and the state board of par
dons deadlocked on the proposal to
pardon Sherman W. Morris , alias
Frank Shercliffe , who Is serving a
twenty-yaar term in the penitentiary
for the killing of John Walsh , a Lead-
ville saloonkeeper. In 18fM. The board
finally struck the case from the doc-
kot , so that action may be taken at n
future meeting. Shercliffe's applica
tion is based on his charge and that
of his friends that he has been and is
being persecuted by "Tom" Dennlson.
an Omaha politician.
Rescued from Sinking Steamer.
Bremen. Germany , Feb. 10. Tlie
North Gorman Lloyd steamer Chem
nitz , which left New York on January
. ' 10 for Bremen , reported by wireless
telegraph today that she had taken
off the captain and twelve men of the
crew of the sinking Norwegian bark
Euphrates , which left Glasgow last
mouth. The work of rescue was ex
tremely dangerous , owing to the heavy
storm ana terntic seas.
THE LAWRENCE CASE IS UP.
strike Lcnuers Arraigned on Charge of
Murder Complicity.
Lawrence , Mass. , Feb. 10. Joseph
Ettor and Arturo Govannittl , who un
til their arrest were in charge of the
strike of textile operatives bore , were
arraigned In police court here , charged
with being accessories to the murder
of Anna Loplr/.o. who was Bhot dur
ing the riot on Jan. 19. ! After heariwg
it few WRiiusHps the court adjourned
until Monday.
Two letters written by Vincent St.
John , general secretary-treasurer tif
lie Industrial Workorw of the World
it Chicago , figured in the hearing. Ono
, vus addressed to Ettor and the other
o William D. Hiiywood , the western
abor man , who Is here assisting the
Btrlkers. In one letter St. John wrote :
"A win at Lawrence means a Btart
I ( hat | will only end with the downfall
o ; f the wage system. "
In the letter to llaywood , St. John
said :
"I want to suggest that If the strike
s to be of any length the practice of
.rylng to carry it on by paying strike
teiieflts and opening a commissary
mist be cut out. There is no chance
o win anything that wa > . Those are
mt of date methods Get those 10,000
or 'JO.OOO to break Into the jail and
nako the county food them while they
ire on strike. Organize them to go
nick to the mills and fight there. Get
them back as an organization with the
inderstandlng that they are there to
: ight. "
That Ettor In ono of his speeches
in ; irged the strikers to "keep the gun-
shops busy , " and declared that ho was
oing to got n gun himself , was the
testimony of two newspaper men who
were called to the stand.
Portuguese Floods Continue.
Lisbon. Feb. 10. The floods continue -
tinue In every part of Portugal , but
the southern districts are most Borl-
ously affected and reports received
today show that the distress among
the population is acute. At the city
of Oporto n largo number of barges
em the river have boon swept away
and several small coasting vessels
11 have been driven out to sea and lost.
11 At the port of Leixoos the damage
done by the Inundations on the water
front is estimated at more than $1-
000,000.
BRAZILIAN STATESMAN DEAD.
Baron Do Rio Branco Dies After a
Brief Illness.
Rio Janioro , Brazil , Feb. 10. Baron
Do ] Rio Branco , minister of foreign af
fairs in the Brazilian cabinet , died
this morning at 9:10. : He was stride
on suddenly ill on the evening of Feb.
n. with uraimia , and the attack was
so severe that ho never rallied.
Baron Do Rio Branco was probably
the most capable statesman in Brazil.
At the time of his death he had served
continuously for ten years as minister
of foreign affairs. He continued in
office from purely practical motvo.P !
as he had boon uilvlmul on fmwiil uu
caslojis by Ms physicians fo resign j !
on account of his condition of health ,
Baron Do Rio Branco took a coni '
slderable share in the great welcome' '
given to the American fleet when It' '
visited Brazil in 190S. j
KEARNEY STARTS BANK. l
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Former Nebraska Man Severs Connec * '
tion with Sioux City Store. I
Sioux City , la. , Feb. 10. Ed T. Kear-1
[
noy will start a bank in Sioux City at' '
4SO Pear ) street about April 1. He
has severed his connection with the
Davidson Bros , company , where for' '
the last two weeks he has had charge
of the publicity department.
Wharton's Name Goes In.
Washington , Feb. 10. John C. Whar-
ton's name will go to the senate on
Monday , according to white house ad-1
vices , as postmaster of Omaha. Delay i
has been due to a multiplicity of nom-1
illations which have been overlooked I ,
by the postmaster general In view of f i
his work with the postal commission. j
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Won't Associate with Him.
Berlin , Feb. 10 Dr. Spahn , leader , |
of the clerical center party , who yes I
terday was elected president of the .
reischstag , announces that lie will re
sign the chair on Monday. He gives
as his reason that he declines to asso
ciate with the vice-president. Tlie
first vice-president of the house , who
was also chosen yesterday , is Plillllpp
Scheldeniann , a socialist.
Sight Rebel Fleet. '
London , Feb. 10. A fleet of revo
lutionary warships was sighted off the
port of Shanhai Kwan , situated on the
railroad line from Pekin this morning ,
according to a news agency dispatch ,
received here from Tein Tsin. L'rgent
orders have been Issued by the com '
manders of the imperial troops to pre
pare all available transports In order |
to resist the landing of the rebel ]
forces. I
At the Russian concession in Shan
hai Kwan extraordinary precautions 3' '
have been taken. The approaches to
the railway station have been placed 1
under the protection of strong patrols. !
It is reported that Premier Yuan Shi i
Kal Is about to leave Pekin for Tein [
Tsin.
Commerce Court Upholds Commission.
Washington. Feb. 10 The com
merce court today denied tlie applica
tion of the transcontinental railroad
for an Injunction to restrain the in
terstate commerce commis'sion from
putting into effect its order fixing a
rate of $1 a hundred pounds on Cali
fornia lemons destined to points In
the east.
RESIGN WITH THE PASTOR.
Five Vestrymen of Des Moines Church
Leave With the Rector.
Des M oilier , , Feb. 10. The resigna
tion of five vestrymen of fashionable
St. Paul's Episcopal church became
effective as the result of the action of
tiie vestry in deciding to accept the
resignation of Rector R. II. B. Bell.
Bishop Theodore N. Morrison of Dav
enport , who presided at the vestry
meeting , toe.k the part of the pastor ,
who had announced hjs intention of
leaving the church because certain
vestrymen had criticised his work
along social service lines. Mr. Bell ,
who was formerly a rector In Omaha.
is noted thioughout this section for
his labors in behalf of the- poor , and
when the more nrlBtoc't'fttlc member *
of bin coitgiegiitloti objectetl to thcmr
'abors , hw resigned.
Among the vestrymen of the church
who resigned nro N. T. OuoriiNoy and
; ! eorge F. Henry , prominent attor
neys ; Henry N. Ollen. leading Insur-
uiicc magnate , and Charles s Don-
iiian , bead of the local water com
pany.
CHERRY COUNTY AROUSED.
Release of Eunice Murphy Still Caus
ing Trouble Among Citizens.
Lincoln , Feb 10 Cherry count y
people ( \ldt > ntly are not Kntlstiod to
ot the case of Miss Murphy , whom
they hpld In n measure responsible
for the lynching of Chiirlen Sellers ,
who was paying attentions to her. rest
with the refusal ot the mum v attor
ney to prosecute the cane. The men
who participated In the affan aic now
orvlng n term in the penltoninii \ hut
the case against Miss Murphy win , dln-
mlHsod. At the time n request \MIH
made of ( he governor that he send
some judge Into the district to take
the place of Judge WoMovor and a Note
to send the attorney general to I'heirv
county to take charge of the case
The governor has no authority un
der the law to send another judge into
the district , even had ho desired in dose
so , but since the chief oxocutixe has
taken a hand in the affairs of Dougla
county. Judge Westover has requested
to ! luue tlie attorney general go to
Cherry county and appear before the
grand jury. County Attorney Tin Ker
was at the state house conferring ( in
the matter. The governor It , out of the
< Ity , hut Mr. Tucker saw the atiorncj
general. * * Mi. Martin takes the ground
Unit he will not go Into any county in
the state unless ordered to do so l > v
:
the governor , as he holds he would be
overwhelmed with such requests it be
acceded to one. As the governor was
out of the city the matter rests Just
cv
where It did.
Clark-Folk Battle Begins.
St. Louis , Feb. 10. Prlmar > mass
meetings will be held In the majorltv
of the counties this afternoon and in
night for the election of delegates to
the county conventions which will HO
lect delegates to the democratic state
convention at Joplln Fob. " 9. The re
sult of the primary mass meetings will
determine largely whether Speaker
Champ < Clark or former Gov .1 W
11 Folk , will receive the endorsement for
the presidential nomination. \
Insanity Board Session.
Madison , Nob. . Feb. -Special to
The News ; The case of Mrs leva
Schinkus i , 73 years of age , wiit. con
sidered i by the board of insanity. She
was unable to bo brought before the
commission. ( Witnesses were exam
ined ] , and Dr. F. A. Long was commit-
sioned ! to go to Battle Creek and ex
amine the patient and her case was
continued until the report of physi
eiun ( is made.
The cnso of Mrs. Lillian Pike , which
was considered by the board Monday.
was similar in character , tlie subject
being unable to appear before tlie
board. Dr. Long wont to Newman
Grove ( Tuesday and examined tlie case
and Mrs. Pike was taken to the hos
pital for tlie insane at Norfolk today
II. A. Austin and George lliighson ,
two old men from the poor farm , were
brought before the board at yestor-
day's session. The board invostisat-
ed tlie cases to some extent , and after
some evidence , both parties wore
placed in the custody of the sheriff
and detained at the county jail until
next Tuesday for further investiga-
tion.
Neligh Society.
Neligh , Neb. , Feb. -Special to
.Tho News : Mrs. C. J. Allison and
Mrs. W. J. Bogardus entertained on
Wednesday and Thursday of this week
at the home of Airs. Bocurdus A
large number of invited guests were
present each afternoon , who report
a most enjoyable social event. , .r >
Plan Valentine Auditorium.
Valentine. Neb. . Feb. 10. Special to
'The News : The WomanV Imprrm-
ment club making plans on building -
ing a large auditorium here the coin
ing summer , and they have all their
committees out on tlie different parts
of the work and tlie prospects of the
building being built ur < > most favor-
able.
It is to cover two lots and have a
basement under the whole , with kitch-
en and dining room for social affairs ;
also the dressing room for the stage
3'will lie in the basement. The first.
floor will luive n large stage and ov-
crything fitted up as a first-class opera -
era house. The building itself is to
be built of cement blocks of the late
pattern.
VISITING IN GERMANY.
British Secretary of War on Diplo
matic Mission in Germany.
Berlin , Feb. 10. Viscount Haldane.
the British secretary of war , accom
panied by his brother , arrived here
today. Ostensibly the visit is purely
private , but it is altogether probable
that ho will take the opportunity of
discussing Anglo-German relations
with Dr. von Uothmunn-Hollweg , the
chunoelor , and Herr von Kiderlen-
NVaecher , the secretary ol state for
foreigns affairs , and learning from
them on what conditions Germany is
inclined to listen to overtures for the
betterment.
The Bagdad railway and German
colonial expansion in Africa have fern
n long time been under discussion as
subjects in regard to which Great
Britain might Indicate her good will
to Germany In n tangible manner.
There have been hitherto no negotia
tions between the two countries re
garding these points , but it Is quite
possible "that conversations" will
soon be stalled through ordinarily dip
lomatic channels if the result of Vis
count Haldune's investigation during
bis visit here should prove favorable.