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""V -f - ja. - V'sIS'' rE-" i-- xs25 'V epsje? Ji - & -r --W'.fc.'""" V- - ttfeHi- ti'M in r in rt iMk - S.'glWi!i. gfl Wiiwiii . W-.-v - --..-- -... . . - 5dS& '-s. '. -JBI .dsmwf , -X ..- :: 3v WSti - - "V I VOLUME XXXI.--NUMBER 52. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA; WEDNESDAY. APRIL 3. 1901. WHOLE NUMBER 1.612. JS - rti-'i CMummis Iranrcl f e V. IX J ,- LABORS ABOUT ENDED Legislature Agrees to Quit to Go Heme March 28th., THE RUSH Of WORK NOW ON (out Important Measure Getting Throngo Bat Others are Given Quietus by IadeSalte rostpoaeaaent A Record ' of Daily Doings. HOUSE In the house on the 26th the following bills were read for the third time and passed: To provide for the proportional distribution of all funds heretofore paid into the treas ury of any county for the maintenan. of free high schools for non-resident pupils. Giving the state banking board jurisdiction over state bank re ceivers. To. authorize the investment of county sinking funds in -warrants and county bonds. To prohibit any rerson from policlting employment as a juror. Providing that irrigation water shall be measured at the head gate of the canal, and that no allot ment shall exceed one cubic foot per second for each seventy acres of land. Kalsing the salaries of officers and employes at the Industrial home at Milford. To provide free attendance at public high schools of non-resident pupils. To amend the present ballot Jaw. The bill provides for the voting of a straight ticket by one cross mark opposite the party name at the head of the ballot. It permits each candi date to have printed, opopsite his name, the names of all parties nom inating him and provides for the group system of voting where two or more candidates are to be elected to the same office. Election officers are to be chossn from lists submitted by the county or city committees and service is made compulsory on the part of those chosen. The bill is a compro mise measure, drafted by Representa tives Wilkinson and Sprecher. It was rasscd by a vote of S6 yeas to no nays. House roll 2S3, by Sears, appropriat ing $00,000 for the equipment of a new cell house at the penitentiary, $30. 000 for rebuilding and repairing the damaged portions of the penitentiary, $50,000 for the equipment of a new electric light plant on the university grounds, and $2,402.40 for replacing 700 woolen blankets destroyed at the penitentiary fire, was cons'dered and passed without amendment of any kind. The vote for senator resulted: Allen, 55; Berge, 4; Crounse, C; Cur rie, 8; Hinshaw, 11; Meikiejohn, 27; Rosewater, 29; Thompson, D. E.f 59; Thompson, W. H., 59. HOUSE. The entire morning ses sion of the house and a part of the afternoon on the 25th was devoted to consideration in committee Of the whole of house roll No. 478, by Wil ?ox, the claims appropriation bill, car lying appropriations o" about $00,000. The principal amendments made to the bill in committee of the whole were the striding out of the old news paper printing claims, aggregating some $15,000, and the smallpox claims of South Omaha and various other cities, towns and counties, aggregat ing between $7,000 and $8,000. The bill, as recommended for passage by the committee of the whole, carries appropriations for nearly 200 items, the amounts aggregating $37,000. The following measures were passed. Making an additional appropriation of $1S,000 to defray the incidental ex penses of the legislative session. Ap propriating $15,000 for the purchase of a tract of land for the Nebraska Insti tute for Feeble Minded Youth at Be atrice. Appropriating $35,000 for the purchase of a permanent site for the Btate fair at Lincoln and for the erec tion of buildings thereon. For the tnore thorough organization of high School districts. Relating to the in corporation of cities of the second class ana villages. To increase the salaries of county treasurer by in creasing to $6,000 to the amount of tax collections on which 10 per cent fees shall be alowed. To provide a standard size of brick for the state, to be SU4x2i. The general appropria tion, carrying approximately $1,300, 00. Providing for a state exhibit at the Pan-American exposition at Buf falo. The general appropriation bill carries $10,000 to defray the expense of the exhibit HOUSE. Almost the entire time of the house on the 22nd was devoted to consideration of the general appro priation bill in committee of the whole, which was considered item by item. In the consideration of the general ap propriation bill a bitter and at times sensational controversy occurred be tween Redman of Adams and Brown of Furnas over the appropriation for the hospital for the insane at Hastings. The total appropriation for the insti tution as proposed by the bill as it came from the finance, ways and means committee is $199,500. Redman sought to have the amount increased, first $12,120, and, being defeated in this, $10,000. Comparatively few amenf ments were made to the bill as it cams from the committee. Following ere those which were adopted: For a new engine house, engine and dynamo at the Soldiers' home at 'Grand Island, ?6,00d; a standpips at the Soldiers' home at Milford. $3,500; repairs at the Home for the Friendless at Lincoln, leduced from $8,000 to $5,000; fuefand lights at the Nebraska City school for the Wind, reduced from $5,000 to $, 600; water rent at same institution, re duced from $1,000 to $600; stock feed at same from $1,200 to $S00; Vick ! same, from $!, to $3M; fuei and lights at Beatrice Institute, re duced from $18,000 to $10,000; photo praphing convicts at state penitentiary, increased from $150 to $S00; expense of maintaining state militia as guards at penitentiary, $4,572.20. HOUSE. The report of the Joint committee was submitted to the house on the 21st and adopted by a practical ly unanimous vote, Armstrong of Nem aha being the only member voting in the negative. The report fixes Thurs day, March 28, as the date for final adjournment of the legislature. The probabilities are, however, that the two houses of the legislature will ex tend the last day's session, through continuous sitting, until Saturday night or Sunday morning. Two bills were read for the third time and passed. These were house roll No. 299. by Sears, Governor Dietrich's bill to authorize the state board of pur chase and supplies to make loag time contracts, and senate tie No. 103, Sen ator Currie's reform school bill. In committee of the whole the following bills were considered: House roll No. 400, by Mullen, to exempt free paro chial schools from taxation. Recom mended for indefiniite postponement. Senate file No. 104. by McCargar, to require a stamp or label on every ball of binder twine sold, giving the name of the manufacturer and number of feet to the pound. Recommended for passage. Senate file No. 62, by Van Boskirk, creating a state registry of brands and marks and abolishing the present brands and marks commission. Recommended for passage with amend ments. House roll No. 262, by Laflin, increasing the salaries of county treas urers by raising to $10,000 the collec tions en which 10 per cent fees shall be allowed. Following is the vote for senator: Allen, 53; Berge, 3; Crounse, 9; Currie, 8; Hinshaw, 7; Hitchcock, 43; Martin, 4; Meikiejohn, 23; Rose water, 31; Thompson, D. E., 58; Thompson, W. H., 14. HOUSE. Almost the entire time of the house on the 20th was devoted to consideration, in committee of the whole, of bills advanced by the sifting committee. The bills to tax peddlers by requiring the payment of annual li censes to the county were discussed at length during the morning session. House roll No. 294, by Jouvenat, re quiring state bank receivers to report to the state banking board and requir ing the county judge who appoints an examiner to remove him when request ed by the board so to do, was recom mended for passage. House roll No. 314, by Humphrey, to provide for a more complete organization of high school districts, was recommended for passage. House roll No. 347, -by Cain, to prohibit any person from soliciting appontmeints as juror, was recom mended for passage. House roll No. 350, by McCoy, amending the Omaha charter to vest in the mayor the power to appoint, by and with the consent of the council, the members of the fire and police commission and park com mission, and empowering the fire and police commission to fix salaries of em ployes and officials under their control was indefinitely postponed. House roll 343, by Fuller, to permit the invest ment of county sinking funds in coun ty warrants, was recommended for passage. House roll 317, by Hibbert, appropriating $15,000 for the purchase of a tract of land to be used for farm ing and gardening purposes for the In stitute of Feeble Minded Youth at Be atrice, was recommended for passage. The vote for senator resulted as fel lows: Allen, 54; Berge, 2; Crounse, 10; Currie, 9; Hinshaw, 4; Hitchcock, 14; Kinkaid, 1; Martin, 9; Meikiejohn, 20; Rosewater 29; Thompson, D. E. 56; Thompson, W. H., 42. SENATE: The senate on the 26th. by a vote of 23 to 7, passed on third rvading house roll 20, the bill of the IzXe Representative Brown of Otoe county, creating free traveling libra ries. Senator Young's reapportion ment bill was defeated. These meas ures were passed: Senate file 311, by Harlan, introduced by requc-st of the governor. It amends errors in senate file 74, by Harlan, incorporating cities of the first class having a population of less thin 25,000 and more than 5, 000. To amend the statutes relating to officers of Lancaster county. The only change relates to number of in habitants made- necessary by the de crease developed on the last census. Relating to issue of irrigation district bonds. Emergency clause attached. House roll 15S. by Evans, providing that assessors shall return all lease hold estates in all lands belonging to the state leased to any person, less value of the improvements. At the afternoon session Senator Steele's ju dicial reapportionment bill, as amend ed, was declared passed by a constitu tional majority. Senator Van Bos kirk's legislative reapportionment bill. senate file 76. was also passed on third reading by a strict pa:ty vote 18 to 13. The. amendment to the con stitution proposed by Senator Bald rige, increasing the number of judges of the supreme court from three to six, senate file 109, was lost for lack of a three-fifths vote. Representative Fowler's bilj, house roll 117, proposing the form for proposing amendments to the constitution, was recommitted on motion of Senator Currie when it ccme up for consideration. SENATE. The senate on the 22d killed Senator Martin's bill to author ize and regulate organization of mutual savings banks in the state. It was senate file 198, introduced by request. Senator LiddeH's bill to create a free employment bureau at expense of the state, in Omaha, was passed on third reading, with only four votes .against Itr Thest wareeaat by Olson, Owens," Newell and Van Boskirk. It was sen ate file 257. Other bills passed on third reading were: Providing for admis sion of crippled and diseased children of the Home for the Friendless. Pro viding that a tenant shall be termed holding over beyond the terms of his lease whenever he has failed, neglect ed or refused to pay his rent, or any part thereof, when the same was due. Increasing the rigors of the compul sory education law. Extending the scope of professional teachers' certifi cates. Empowering cities of the first and second class to establish and maintain heating and lighting systems. Providing that all town officers shall hold office two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Quite a number of bills were recom mended for passage, after which the senate adjourned. SENATE. In the senate on the 21st bills passed on third reading were: Senate file 284, 'by Crounse, providing for sale of the governor's .mansion. Senate file 263, by Van BqfJrk, pro viding that appropriations of water for irrigating purposes shall be determ ined in priority and amount, by the time made and amount of-water the works are constructed to carry. The general committee on finance, ways and means reconsidered Uhl's bill, house roll 321, for passage. It appro priates $36,370.75 for reimbursement of those who advanced money for return of the First Nebraska from San Fran cisco. In committee of the whole the senate during the day indefinitely postponed two bills as follows: Sen file 203, by Meredith, preventing dan gerous construction of chimneys, fire places, etc. The vote was 11 to 7. Senate file 264, by O'Neill, to make the insurance commissioner of the state deputy auditor. The sifting committee recommended nine additional bills for passages. The last of them was Van Bo6kirks legislative re-apportionment bill, senate file 76. SENATE. The senate on the 25th spent an hour in discussing the repor: of its special committee recommend ing adjournment Thursday. It was finally adopted. The following were passed: Senate file No. 302, by Cur rie, providing for foreclosure of tax liens on real estate by counties. Sen ator Owens alone voted against it. Senate file No. 114, by Currie, rais ing salaries of comptroller, police judge, clerk and prosecutor of Omaha. Emergency clause attached. The vote was unanimous. A lively discussion developed over consideration of house roll No. 20, a bill for the creation of travelling libraries. It was recom mended for passage. Governor Diet rich, displeased because of the house's action in killing his special bill pro posing to put the clerk of the supreme court on a fixed salary, sent a special message, together with another bill dfc the same subject, to the senate this morning. This measure is more stringent than his other, ifc provi sions being: "It shall be, and is here by made, the duty of the clerk of the supreme court of Nebraska to collect the fees of said court and pay the same into the state treasury within ten days after receipt thereof. Said clerk shall make a quarterly statement to the auditor of public accounts of the amount of fees taxed and collected and taxed and uncollected." SENATE. In the senate on the 20th a bill to amend the errors in Senator Harlan's measure was submitted by the governor and recommended for passage. Representative Evans' game and fish bill, house roll No. 138, was then passed on third reading. Gov ernor Dietrich's bill permitting Otoe county to issue $40,000 of funding bonds, was also passed on third read ing. On motion of Senator Young, Representative Evans game bill, house roll No. 138, which had such a stormy time passing through the house, was ordered engrossed for a third reading, without the formality of being considered in committee of the whole. It was passed at the after noon session. Private Secretary Lind say read the following message from the governor relative to Senator Har lan's bill for incorporation of first class cities of more than 5,000 and less than 25,000 inhabitants: "To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate: I desire to call your attention to senate file No. 74, to which I have attached my sig nature. There are many errors in the engrossed and enrolled bill, which, in some instances, are cf such a nature as to practically invalidate the section or sub-division' of the act In which they occur. Numerous amendments were made to the bill, which were not incorporated. One serious error in particular occurs in section 48, sub-division 55, where it reads, in referring to municipal bonds, 'that they shall not be sold for their par value.' when the evident intent was to say that they shall not be sold for less than their par value.' There are many oth er errors of almost as serious a char acter, and there are upward of forty errors in orthography, which, while they may not necessarily enter into the validity of the act, they at least im press m6 with the necessity of direct ing your attention to this matter, that you may inaugurate a remedy. "I have caused to be drafted and I send you herewith such amendments tq the act as, n my judgaieat, are nec essary, in order hat the errors may be properly corrected, and J desire that said amendments be introduced and duly considered. 'CHARLES DIETRICH. Governor." Under white ashes lie often glowing embers. ' "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. Goethe. ' ",- HASTENING TO GIVE IIP Ussy Disheartened Insurgents Surrender Since Agninaldcs Capture. OfFrtttS AND INMVMJAIS AUtt The Leader la the PreTlaee ef Merea ta Aasoag- the First to Corn la Geaeral CaUles Atrocious Xarders Hah Mm Fearf al of a Trial. MANILA, March 30. On arriving in these waters the United States gun boat Vicksburg stopped eight miles out, and in response to a signal ex changed with Corregidor island, a launch appeared from the shore of Corregidor and Aguinaldo wss qulet- lv transferrer! tn th hunch whfoh - . Z ' ZZ siczunea up me rasig nver to ine wharf at the back of the Malacanan palace, where the prisoner disembark ed, almost unnoticed. Some hours elapsed before the news of Aguinaldo's capture was generally known. The fact that he was a pris oner caused joy and congratulations among the Americans. The native population was apathetic. There was no particular excitement anywhere. After being convinced of Aguinal do's capture, General Geronilo, the in surgent leader in the province of Mo rong, Luzon, has surrendered with six officers, forty-six men and fifty rifles, to Colonel J. Milton Thompson of the Forty-second regiment at San Mateo. As the news of Aguinaldo's capture spreads through the archipelago the insurgents are becoming disheartened and there is a marked increase in the number of individual surrenders. General Cailles, who is practically outlawed on account of his atroci:us crimes, sent an emissary to General Bates, who answered that he must sur render unconditionally and stand trial. The former insurgent officers and the Macabebe scouts who took part in the capture of Aguinaldo will proba bly receive a monetary reward. The amount has not been specified. It has also been recommended that ev ery man participating in the capture of Aguinaldo receive a special medal. ALREADY ON THE PAYROLL Nebraska's Two New Senators Star Draw Considerable ia December. WASHINGTON, March 30. By one of those coincidences that happen sal dom in government affairs Senator Al len ceased drawing pay a? a senator of the United States Thursday, as his successor war-being elected to AIL th vacancy caused by the death of M. L. Hayward. Under the rule of the sea ate, emphasized on three or four oc casions since 1806, when it was first promulgated, the financial clerk of the senate, R. B. Nixon, proceeded Thurs day to strike Allen's name from the roll of senators, as the legislature had agreed to adjourn that day, and under a rule of the senate the term of the senator filling a vacancy a'so terminated with the passage of a con current resolution fixing the time car tain for adjournment. Had there been no election Senator Allen would still have ceased being senator from Nebraska Thursday, the time set for adjournment, and the state would therefore have been without a repre sentative in the upper branch of con gress until an election had been had. The salaries of tb.2 new senators will begin today, although they will not be permitted to draw any money from the treasury until they have qualified in December, when they will get a sum that will go far toward buy ing Christmas gifts. Maurice Barrymore' s End. NEW YORK, March 30 Maurice Barrymore, actor, was taken to tire in sane pavilion of Bellevue hospital this afternoon by his son, John Barry more. He went to the hospital wil' ingly. He was received there by Dr. Barclay. He had nothing at a'l to say and acted like a man who wss dazed. John Barrymore to'd the doctor tast his father's real name is Blye and that he was born in the East Indies about fifty years ago. Sottaa Fears Assasslas. CONSTANTINOPLE, Mirch 30. Owing to aprehensions cf attempts by anarchists upon the life of the sul tan, his majesty intends to complete ly exclude tourists from the precincts of the Yildiz kiosk. As a step in this direction he has ordered the demoli tion of the pavilion erected at the grand gate of the palace gruunds for the accommodation of tourists hith erto permitted to attend the Selamik. Baras Hotel Gaests' Clotalac NEWPORT NEWS. Va,, March 30. Fire damaged the Augusta hotel, Hampton, to the extent of Jl 5,000 to day, the loss being confined ch'efly ti the furniture and fixtures. The house was well filled with guest?, nil of whom escaped without injury, bat sev eral lost all their belongings. The blaze started in the dry goods store of Mrs. C. W. Belts, on the ground floor of the building. The loss U cov ered by insurance. Filipino Story ef Captare. PARIS. March 30, An Interview with Regidor Jubudo, who claims to be the Filipino agent in Europe, is published here. He says he has re ceived the following cablegram from New York: "According to precise Information the man captured is not President Emilio Aguinaldo, but Baldomro Aguinaldo, chief of the general staff and Emilio's cousin." Tb right man Is believed under arrest. All TO SURRCNIER. AgalaaM Will Issae Address Adrlstes Geaeral dpitalatlea. WASHINGTON, March 29. A ca blegram received at the War depart ment late this afternoon from Gen eral MacArthur tells in a succinct way the story of Aguinaldo's capture, gives all credit for the brilliant ex ploit to General Funston, whose re ward he suggests should be that of a brigadier general in the regular army, and finally cleans with an ex pression of confidence in the early cessation of hostilities throughout the Philippine archipelago as a result of the capture. Except that it makes no reference to the disposition to be made of Aguinaldo, the dispatch cov ers the whole field of gossip and spec ulation excited in Washington by the news that Funston's adventurous ex pedition hsd been crowned wi.h com- 1 . . .1 piete success. The cablegram is as follows: "MANILA, March 28. Adjutant General, Washington: Important mes sages fell into the hands of General Funston, February 28, from which Aguinaldo was located at Palanan, Isa- bela province. Expedition organizsd, consisting of Aguinaldo's captured messenger, four ex-insurgent officers and seventy-eight Macabebas, who spoke Tagalo, armed Mausers, Rem ingtons, dressed to represent insur gents. Funston commanded, accom panied by Captain Russell T. Hazzard, Eleventh cavalry; Captain -Harry W. Newton, Thirty-fourth infantry; Lieu tenant Oliver P. Hazzard, E eventh United States volunteer cavalry; Lieu tenant Burton J. Mitchell, Fortieth United States volunteer infantry. Offi cers dressed as American privates and represented prisoners. Expedi tion sailed March 5, Vicksburg. Land ed March 14, east coast Luzon, twenty miles from Casiguran. Reached Pal anan, marching, 3 afternoon, March 23." WILL SMSH INKlNTUCKY. Mrs Katioa Promises LexingtOB Salooa 31 en to Come Back. . LEXINGTON, Ky., March 29. Mrs. Carrie Nation opened lit:- lectury tour here tonight, a small audience being present in the opera house. She had arrived from Cincinnati at noon and after dinner in her room at the Phoe nix hotel and a brief audience with reporters, she spent the afternoon sleping. Mrs. Nation's lecture on "The Home Defender" was in the main an impas sioned review of her experiences in Kansas. She called on Lexington women to follow her example in rid ding the state cf saloons". " "x She started on a slumming tour at 10 o'clock tonight Several saloons were visited. A crowd of several hun dred followed and the four policemen had difficulty in keeping them clear of Mrs. Nation. In one saloon she was jeered, but boldly called the proprie tors to task and told them she would come back and smash their saloons when she was done wth Kansas. In the slums Mrs. Nation prayed with the inmates of resorts and kissed several goodby. She ended the tour with a visit to the police station, where she pleaded with prisoners to do bet ter. SENATOR J. H. MILLARD. He Is at the Head of a large Financial Inntitation. OMAHA, March 29. J. H. Millard, one of Nebraska's new senators, is at the head of the Omaha National bank, which is one of the lagest financial Institutions in the state of Nebraska. He wss apopint?d cashier of the bank in January, 1S67, and has b:en with it ever since. He has a yearly income of $35,000 as president of the concern. His wealth 13 rated at over half a million dollars. Eighteen years ago Mr. Millard was a candidate for United States sena tor, but after a hard fought contest was defeated by General Charles F. Manderson, who is now general so licitor for the Burlington's western lines. Mr. Millard has accumulated his considerable fortune entirely by his own efforts. attempt to Kidnap Fails. WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 29. A daring attempt was made to kidnap Edward McAvoy, aged 11 years; of this city. Two men picked him in the yard of his fathers' home, carried him to a surrey, placed a handkerchief saturated with chloroform over his nose and drove away. The child became uncon scious and when he revived he found himself on the back seat of the vehicle. Treatment ef Aguinaldo. WASHINGTON, March 29. The War department has not had time as yet to consider the exact status of Aguinaldo; whether he is to be tried, and what punishment, if any, is to be meted out to him. But there are certain general principles which are said to be clearly established, and the first question asked is as to whether Aguinaldo is to be tried a? a military or a civil offender, or whether under some other charge. Powers Gets a New Trial. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 29. The court of appeals today granted new trials to Caleb Powers end Jamss Howard, under sentence of having been conencted with the Goebel as sassination. The reversal in the How ardvcase was by the whole court In the Powers case. Judges Hobson, Pain ter and White dissented. The deci sion in the Powers case holds the Taylor pardon not valid, and he will te liTen , new trial. MOTHERS PLEA FOR SON Asks Mercy of the Court in it3 Cast Against Her Boy. HE WAS C0NVICTEI Of KRJURY GWea Fia Tears la Which ta Thlak Ovat His Misdeeds -Hastlac Bays Who WUI Stay la the rhUlpplaes MiseeUaaeea Matters la Nebraska. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., March 30. There was a rather dramatic scene in the district court room when George W. Allen, convicted of forgery, was sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary for his crime. Allen's mother made an earnest plea for the prisoner. With that affection which only a mother can fL towards her son, she stated that she came come all the way from Canton, O., to implore the court to be lenient in passing sentence upon her boy, and, if possi ble, to save him from going to prison. She had not progressed far with her remarks when she broke down com pletely and -had to resume her seat It was an affecting scene, and brought tears to many eyes. In passing sentence Judge Jessaa stzted that he considered perjury a very grave crime; that it was as easy for a man to go on the witness stand and, by swearing falsely, place an in nocent person in the clutches of the law, as it would be to keep a guilty person out of the penitentiary. The court thought Allen was the victim of evil associates and had been lured away from the straight aud narrow path. A motion for a new trial was overruled. Allen was the principal witness in the Holmes brass stealing case, tried at the last term of court, and, by giv ing false testimony, was very instru mental in securing the acquittal of the prisoner. Steer Falls From MotIbc Traia. WYMORE, Neb., March 30. A few days ago a car was loaded with cat tle at Vesta, Neb., and started on it3 way to South Omaha. When the train arrived at Tecumseh it wa3 no ticed that the car door was open, but the stock seemed to be all right While the train was yet at the depot a steer Tame running down the track bellowing for his mates. He was driven to the stock yards and again loaded into the car. Investigation disclosed the fact that the steer had fallen out of the car more than a mile out of town and being uninjured had at once given chase to rejoin his companions Sues the Soger Trast. MADISON, Neb., March 30. The Sugar City cereal mills of Norfolk is the plaintiff in an action against the American Beet Sugar company. It seeks to enjoin the latter to medify its dam across the North Fork or to obtain a perpetual injunction pre venting the sugar company from us ing the water. The plaintiff alleges that it obtained a grant for the use of the water in the North Fork for dam and reservoir purposes twenty five years ago. The defendant's dam held water so that the plaintiff's did not have sufficient power in the dry seasons and had to shut down. Farmer : IfflV fnlnaaMl xt 4 rwTcrkxr v.. r u w MADISON, Neb., March 30. Mi- chael Sigl, a larmer living four miles ' northwest of town, was severely in jured while on his way to town with a load of grain. On a side hill he slip ped from the wagon to the ground, and his left leg was run over. The wheels passed over it between the knee and ankle, mangling it fright fully. It may have to be amputated. Was Over a Ceatarjr Old. TOLEDO, la., March 30. William KInner, the oldest man in the coun ty, is dead at his home in Oneidi township. He was born in Seneca county, New York, August 8, 1800, and has lived in this county for over thirty years, being quite active until a few weeks prior to his death. Is Killed la Boiler Mill. CREIGHTON, Neb., March 30. Rob ert Pitt a carpenter and old-time res ident of this place, was instantly killed ere by being caught in the main shaft while repairing a grain spout in the Crelghton roller mills. Dies at the Age of Eighty Tears. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., March 30 Mrs. Sarah Cramer, eighty years of age, died at her home near Maynard. Besides a husband the deceased leaves eight grown children. Gaa Barsts la Bis Face. OSCEOLA, Neb., March 30. A young man nineteen years old, named Jerry Crouse, was very badly injured Sunday. He was trying to get his gun in good shape and had tried to ram home a ball and powder when the gun went off and burst, injuring the young man's face badly, besides the right eye, which will make him blind in that eye for the rest of his days, even if he dees not lose the sight of the left, too. WUI Stay la the Panipalacs. HASTINGS, Neb., March 30. Word has been received here that Theodore Kneipp, Edward Barnhouse.and Frank . . .. .. . 1 mountain, three Hastings boys who eiuiatjcu "lui uic imiystUjUU uni ted States volunteers, have decided to remain in the Philippines. The Thir-tl-second regiment will sail for the United States, but the three Hastings boys have been mustered out and they will soon engage in business there. When the cord is tightest It Is near est snapping. Iff Vets Have RhaumatMm Scad ao money, tint write Pr. Snoop. Ksetae. WIs box MS. for sUi bottles of Pr. Shoop'n Kaeaaisttc Cre.ex?rHp:t-1 curedrayKS-Wjlfnoiltlsiree. A fool is like other men as long" as he is silent Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH, the only 16 oz package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. When the wound is healed the pain is forgotten. 1 A Help for Fralt Growers. Anything that will save the orchards from ravages of insects and give to growers of fruit satisfactory results for their labor and expense is deserv ing of investigation and trial. Realiz ing the importance of any method or device to this, end, a representative of this paper has been looking into the claims of the Haseltine Moth Catcher that does away with all expensive spraying outfits with their poisonous soladoos, which have frequeatrjr-de-stroyed valuable live stock. The cost of operating the Moth Catcher is only one-sixth the cost of spraying. The well known fascination of a light for moths of all kinds is utilized by the In ventor, S. A. Haseltine, 'to clear the orchards and- gardens of insect pests in the most effectual way by catching the moths before eggs are laid, so there are no worms hatched to destroy fruit or vegetables, or to breed more pests for another year. The Moth Catcher is made by placing two pol ished reflectors at right angles, with a torch in the center. The whole is then placed over a pan or tub partly filled with water on which floats a little kerosene oil. The torch is lit at or about sundown and the light, multiplied many times by the reflect ors, attracts the moths. They strike the reflectors and fall into the coal oil, which kills inem instantly. A recent visit was made to the or chards of Central Missouri and invest igation made furnished conclusive evi dence of the utility of the Moth Catch er. Four orchards were experimented with in one locality. No. 1 was apart and at a distance from any other or chard. No. 3 lay between and imme diately adjacent to Nos. 2 and 4. Nos. 1 and 3 were protected by Moth Catch ers and were not sprayed, while Nos. 2 and 4 were thoroughly and repeat edly sprayed, but were not protected by traps. The fruit in Nos. 2 and 4 showed (at packing time) sixty per cent damaged. In No. 3 only fifteen per cent was damaged, and even this small per cent is shown to be caused from the proximity of the other or chards that were not "trap-protected," because the fruit in No. 1 was perfect there being scarcely any damaged specimens in the entire orchard. Wormy apples were placed in closed glass jars with a little earth, and when the coddling moths were hatched, they were found to be the same kind as those taken from the Moth Catchers in the orchards and at the apple houses, where the coddling moths were hatched in large numbers among the old apple barrels and boxes. The cheap, safe and reliable "trap" will prove- a boon to all orchardists from Maine to California, and will make profitable a pleasant occupation that has hitherto been remunerative to a less degree than it deserved. The cost is only $1.00 for the protection of an acre, and the improved quality of fruit on a single tree would amply re pay the cost. The Central Farmer of Omaha, Neb., has been made general agent for sale of the device and through descriptive circulars and otherwise will make known its merits on application by mail. The utmost success will be hoped for, as anything that will preserve the fruit trees and their ; product will tend to enrichment of the country and the happiness and health of its people. 20th Century Farmer. Victoria's Letter to Mm. Garfield. WTien, in 1881, President Garfield succumbed to the bullet of an assas sin, after a long period of suffering, the Queen wrote a personal letter 19 Mrg Garfield, savinc: "I have watched during the last few sad months witL admiration the patience and Christian fortitude of your gallant husband, an;l learn with great grief that he has passed away. I, too, know the sorrow of such unhappy desolation, and I ask you to accept my deepest sympathy in your bereavement. President Garfield was a good and noble man. May God sustain you in your hour of trouble." Hall Insoraoca. From the reports filed in the in surance department of the state the past two years it would seem as though this class of insurance is one of the most important classes carried in the state of Nebraska. One of these hail companies alone has paid the enormous sum of S103,053.42 in losses during the past two seasons. No other insurance company in the state has paid such a large sum for losses as this one hail insurance company. The management of this company has been more economical than is usually the case with insurance companies. Other wise it would not have been possible to pay such a large sum for losses. While several hail insurance com panies have ceased to do business the past two years on account of not pay ing losses, the United Mutual Hail Insurance Association of Lincoln, the one above referred to, stands out alone with the proud record of which the omcers 01 any insurance company could feel proud, having paid 542,000 more for losses than was paid by all the other hail insurance companies combined in the state. We can there fore recommend the United Mutual of Lincoln to anyone wishing good protection to his growing crops or to any agent wishing to write hail in surance. Asparagus is very cooling and eas- 5otested. smmmm MUe r rarthas) 1 ajot, eat taie . at aaS seal oy jgaaafjaAaaalsa, aMebaattaaverJeeaTaieierlal JgJWiW'AMial. ef Mr eiaer era. Knuu tltflL-V 55rt jsnsBSff JeAgi qg&L &SP.i&32KJ5 Xtasssaar aaJaas sesataWadk2 1SZ SZL BcSZ ooo-oogosocxoooo wvwrv7UuvgO(K00JO'OW!' o O o o 1st OMMMfc. ColwnNs State IBanlte Oldest Bank in the State. 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