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&$&emi 2-:? i -x "--' "WM" - '' ,HMWrfWffm ", i I. -uuvCJ9nA,AS, M-jintbiiii'' - nw b- ! i ayfdf:' ,-. i . JWCI fa-ji J. W-. MM aaMUAihcn i "gWji. , V" sJ- .fca . IMii, - -:. ,' . ft-;? o tanral. Columte k -f ir ' t- isa-av-as fe&g.&St&S'K . 5j5B t M M .. fcf J - ' h C il t.. " it ... .' ? r 1 m - . I; I VOLUME XXXII. gSpS? Theodore "Roosevelt's Father. Theodore Roosevelt is the youngest American citizen who has ever been called to the head of our nation. He was born in New York City, October 27, 1S58, bis father, after whom he was named, being a prominent merchant, a patriot, a philanthropist, and a mov ing spirit in the Civil War. The elder -Theodore Roosevelt Trent to Washing ton after the first Battle of Bull Run, and--warned President Lincoln that he must get rid of Simon Cameron as Sec retary of War. with the result that Mr; Stanton, the "organizer of vic- tory," took his place. When the war was fairly under way, it was Theodore Roosevelt who organized the allotment plan, which saved the families of eighty thousand soldiers of New York State more than live million dollars of their pay; and when the war was over he protected the soldiers against the sharks that lay in wait for them, and saw to It that they got employment Through his influence the New York newsboys' lodging-house system and many other institutions of public bene fit and helpful charity were established. There were four children in the Roose velt family, of whom Theodore was the second. There were two boys and two girls. A younger brother was killed In a railroad accident, and the hopes of the father were centered on Theodore. At the age of five or six. Tbeodpre gave little promise of maintaining the pres tige of the Roosevelt family line. Che President's Early Boyhood. He was a puny, sickly, delicate boy. Some one who knew him in those days of the Civil War described him as a "weak-eyed, pig-chested boy, who was too frail to take part In the sports of lads of his age." When he arrived at the age of six. he was sent to the famous old McMullen School, where he remained for eight years. It was not, however, in New York that the boy Roosevelt spent with most profit the months to which he looks back with pleasure. The elder Roosevelt believed that children best thrive in the coun try. He selected a beautiful spot near the village of Oyster Bay, on the north shore of Long Island, and erected a country house which well deserves its title, "Tranquility." Here It was among the hills which border the sound and the bay, that Theodore Roosevelt and his brother and sisters spent the long summer months. At fourteen Theodore was admitted to the Cutler School, a private academy in New York conduct ed by Arthur H. Cutler. Here he took the preparatory course for Harvard University, making rapid advancement under the careful tuition of Mr. Cutler, and graduating with honors. "Becomes an Athlete. By careful attention and plenty of gypinasium exercise and out-of-door life his frame became more sturdy and his health vastly improved. It thus happened that when young Roosevelt entered on college life at Harvard. In 1ST5, he suffered little by comparison with hnvs of his age. While he did not stand in the front rank of athleticb, he was well above the average, anu nau no reason to be ashamed of his physi cal nrowess. Never for a waking moment was he idle. It was either study or exercise. In addition to his regular studies and special courses he took upon himself . the editorship of the college paper, and made a success of it. He was demo cratic m his tastes and simple in his mode of living. Theodore Roosevelt was graduated from Harvard in 1SS0 with high honors. In spite of severe study, his health was but little im paired, and he at once started on a foreign journey in search of Instruc tion, pleasure and adventure. He dis tinguished himself as a mountain climber, ascending the Jungfrau. the Matterhorn and many other peaks, and was made a member of the Alpine Club of London. "Begins Study of Lata. On his return to America he studied law, and in the fall of 1SS1 he was elected to the State Assembly from the Twenty-first District of New York, generally known as Jacob Hess's dis trict. By re-election he continued in the body during the session of 1S83 and - 1SS4. He introduced Important reform measures, and his entire legislative career was made conspicuous by the courage and zeal with which be as sailed political abuses. As chairman of the Committee on Cities he introduced the measure which took from the Board of Aldermen the power to con firm or reject the appointments of the l.ayor. He was chairman of the noted legislative Investigating committee which bore his name. In 1SS4 he went to the Bad Lands in Dakota, near the "Pretty Buttes." where he built a log- eawjpaa-p-w w w - FoosexJelt9 More than ever, since the presidency has come to him, have all things re lating to Theodore Roosevelt taken on public interest. His past record is be ing examined into so thoroughly that the people will kaow his life as thoroughly as though it were an open book. Some interest is taken in his college record. There, as elsewhere, in whatever he did he showed unusual energy, and the same aggressive earnestness which , carried him so far in later life. Ha exhibited a maturity of character, if not of intellectual development, great er than that of mest of his classmates, and was looked upon as one of the notable members of the class 2s one ' who possessed certain qualities oi leadership and of popularity which a&ight carry him far in later life, if xot counterbalanced by impulsiveness la action, or obstinacy la adhering to tkfcf owm Idea. He was certainly re k gsratodiaa a n ol good fighting jollities, of determination, pluck and NUMBER 27. t dk-rmm ? t- mi - rra'' I Wl 1 2 6 ' PRESIDENT the u S. cabin, and for several years mingled the life of a ranchman with that of a literary worker. From Lis front door he could shoot deer, and the mountains around him were full of big game. Amid such surroundings he wrote some of his most popular books. He became a daring horseman and a rival of the cowboys In feats of skill and strength. In 1SS6 Mr. Roosevelt was the Republican candidate tor Mayor against Abram S. Hewitt, United Democracy, and Henry George, United Labor. Mr. Hewitt was elected by about twenty-two thousand plurality. In 18S9 Roosevelt was appointed by President Harrison a member of the United States Civil Service Commis sion. His ability and rugged honesty in the administration of the affairs of that office greatly helped to strengthen his hold on popular regard. Police Commissioner in Jfebo 2?orK. Roosevelt continued in that office un til May 1, 1895, when he resigned to accept the office of Police Commis sioner from Mayor Strong. He found the administration of affairs in a de moralized condition, but he soon brought order out of chaos. Says James A. Riis, who is an intimate friend of President Roosevelt: TVe had been trying for forty 3"?ars ? achieve a svstem of dealing decently wuii our homeless poor. Two score years be fore, the j-urseons or the ponce "'" ment had pointed out that herdms taeiu in the cellars or over the prisons or 1"-""; stations in festering heaps, and turnm 11 V V. - .-. them out hungry at daybreak to beg i way from door to door, was Indecent anu inhuman. Since then grand juries acau emits of medicine, committees on P"1 anthropic citizens, had attacked tne iom disgrace, but to no purpose. Pestilence ravaged the prison lodgings, but still inuj stayed. I know what that ngni ""-"" ; for I was one of a committee that 8" it yar after year, and suffered defeat everv time, until Theodore Koose. " came and destroyed the nuisance in night. I remember the caricatures oi tramps shivering in the cold with nlc" the yellow newspapers pursued him a. the time, labeling him the "poor man s foe." And I remember being just a uw uneasy lest they wound him. and Pcrnaps make him think he had been hasty. iJuj not he. It was only those who did not know him who charged him with heme hasty. He thought a thing out quickij yes. that is his way; but he thougnt it. out. and. having thought it out. suited ac tion to his judgment. Of the consequences he didn't think at all. He made sure lie was right, and then went ahead with per fect confidence that things would come out right. His Advice to Organised Labor. Mr. Riis says he never saw Roose velt to better advantage than when he once confronted the labor men at their meeting-place. Clarendon Hall: Th police were all the time having trouble with strikers and their "pickets. Roosevelt saw that It was because nelth- er partv unuersioou mu iuc c. the other, and, with his usual directness, sent word to the labor organizations that he would like to talk it over with them. At his request I went with him to the meeting. It developed almost immedl atelv that tho labor men had taken a wrong measure of the man. They met him n nniitiii!in nlnvlntr for points, and -hinted at trouble unless their demands were met. Mr. Roosevelt brose mem uu short: "Gentlemen!" he said-with that snap of the jaws that always made people lis ten "I asked to meet you. hoping that we might come to understand one anoth er. Remomber. please, before wc go fur ther, that the worst injury anyone of you can do tr. the cause of labor is to counsel violence. It will also be worse for hira elf. Understand distinctly that order will be kept. The police will keep it. Now we can proceed." I was never so proud and pleased as when they applauded him to the echo. He Life at College. tenacity. If his classmates had been asked in their senior year to pick out the one member of the class who would be best adapted for such ser vice as that which ha rendered with the Rough Riders in Cuba, almost with cne voice they would have desig nated Roosevelt. In his studies young Roosevelt was looked upon so one of his classmates expresses It "as peculiarly earnest and mature in the way in which he took hold of things." Both his fellows and his teachers say he was much above the average as a student. When he entered college he had al ready developei the taste for hunting and for natural history which has since led him. so often and so .far through field and forest. His rifle and his hunting kit, the skins and. tro phies of the chase, were the most.con spicuoos things in his, rooms. His birds he mounted himself. Live turtles and insects were always to be found in his study, and one who lived reddened with pleasure, for he saw that the best in them had come out on top, as he expected It would. Attacked by "yetlotv" Jetos papers. It was of this incident that a handle was first made by Mr. Roosevelt's ene mies in and out of the police board and he had many to attack him: It happened that there was a music hall in the bulldins In which the labor men met. The yellow newspapers circu lated the He that he went there on pur pose to sec the how, and the ridiculous story was repeated until actually the liars persuaded themselves that It was so. They would not have been able to under stand the kind of man they had to do with, had they tired. Accordingly they fell Into their own trap. Jt is a tradition of Mulberry Street that the notorious Seeley dinner raid was planned by his en emies in th department of which he was the head. In th belief that they would catch Mr. Roosevelt there. The dinners were supposed to be his "set." Some time after that, Mr. Riis was in Roosevelt's office when a police of ficial of superior rank cams in, and re quested a private audience with him: They stepped aside and the policeman ppoko in an undertone, urcinir wmnthlni; strongly. Mr. Roosevelt listened. Sud denly I saw him straighten up as a man recoils from something unclean, and dis miss the other with a sharp: "No. sir! I don't light that way." The policeman went out crestfallen. Roosevelt took two or three turns about the floor, struggling evidently with strong disgust. He told me afterward that the man had come to him with what he said was certain Knowledge that his enemy could that nlKht be found in a known vil ii,m.iA nr.. i town, which it was his alleged habit to II. Tfi "--.0v uttu. .w wa"- 's preposition was to raid It then ana so "get square." To the policeman it must have seemed like throwing a good cnance away. Cut it was not Roosevelt's way; ho struck no blow below- the belt. Jn the governor's chair afterward he gave the politicians whom he fought, and who fought him. the same terms. They tried their best to upset him. for they had nothing to expect from him. But they knew and owned that he fought fair Their backs were secure. He never tricked them to gain an advantage. promise given by hira was alwavs kept to the letter. " Assistant Secretary of JfaVy. Early in 1S97 he was called by Presi dent McKinley to give up his New York office to become Assistant-Secretary of the Navy. His energy and quick mastery of detail had much to do with the speedy equipment of the navy for its brilliant feats in the war with Spain. It was he who suggested Admiral Dewey for commander of the Asiatic station. Dewey was sometimes spoken of in those days as if he were a kind of fashion-plate. Roosevelt, however, had faith in him, and while walking up Connecticut avenue one day said to Mr. Riis: "Dewey is all right, Hehas a lion heart. He is the man for" the place." No one now doubts the wis dom of his selection, and naval officers agree that the remarkable skill in marksmanship displayed by the Amer ican gunners was due to his foresight. He saw the necessity of practice, and he thought it the best kind of economy to burn up ammunition in acquiring skill. A characteristic story is told regard ing Roosevelt's insistence on practice in the navy. Shortly after his appointment he asked for an appropriation of $S00.G0O for ammunition, powder, and shot for the navy. The appropriation was made, and a few months later he asked for another appropriation, this time of 5500,000. When asked by the proper authorities what had become of the first appropriation, he replied: "Every cent of it was spent for powder and in the house with him at the time re calls well the excitement caused by a particularly large turtle, sent by a ROOSEVELT AT THE AGE OF 23. friend' from the southern seas, which got out of its box one night, and start COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER9. 1901, shot, and every bit of powder and 9hot ha3 been fired." when he was asked what he was going to do with the $500.- 000, he replied: "use every ounce oi that, too, within the next thirty aays in practice shooting." His Cuban War Record. Soon after the outbreak of the war, however, his patriotism and love of active life led him to leave the aompar ative quiet of his government office for service in the field. As a lieutenant colonel of volunteers he recruited the First Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as the "Rough Riders." The men were gathered largely from the cowboys of the west and southwest, but also numbered many college-bred men of the east In the beginning he was second in command, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, Dr. Leonard Wood being colonel. But at the close of the war the latter was a brigadier general and Roosevelt was colonel in command. Since no horses were trans ported to Cuba, this regiment, togeth er with the rest of the cavalry, was obliged to serve on foot. The regi ment distinguished itself in the San tiago campaign, and Colonel Roosevelt became famous for his bravery in lead ing the charge up San Juan Hill on July 1st. He was an efficient officer, and won the love and admiration of his men. His care for them was shown by the circulation of the famous round robin which he wrote protesting against keeping the army longer in Cuba. As Governor of Jfeto Vorfi. Upon Roosevelt's return to New York there was a popular demand for his nomination for governor. Pre vious to the state convention he was nominated by the Citizens' Union, but he declined, replying that he was a Republican. The Democrats tried to frustrate his nomination by attempting to prove that he had lost his legal resi dence in that state. That plan failed and he was nominated in the conven tion by a vote of 753 to 218 for Gover nor Black. The campaign throughout the state was spirited. Roosevelt took the stump and delivered many speeches. His plurality was 18,079. As the campaign of 1900 drew near, the popular demand that Roosevelt's name should be on the National Re publican ticket grew too imperative to be ignored by the leaders. Tie hnnnr of the nomination for Vice-President was refused time and time again by Roosevelt, who felt that he had a great duty to perform as governor of New York state. Says Cal O'Laughlin. apropos of the Republican National Convention, which was held in Philadelphia on June 19. 20 and 21. 1900: Jfommation at Philadelphia. On the evening of the first day of the convention, Roosevelt saw Piatt. "My name must not be presented to the con vention " he told him. Piatt was mad. and mad clean through: hut he acquiesced and RooeveIt returned to his apartment to run into the arms of the Kansas dele nation. "We do not request you to ac cept the nomination." said State Senator Burton: "we do not urge you to accept the nomination, but we propose to issue orders to you, and we espect you to obey them." Throughout the delivery of Mr. Burton's remarks, Roosevelt stood, with shoulders square and feet at right angles, his chin occasionally shooting forward, as if he were on the point of objecting to the argument that he alone could rescue "bleeding Kansas irom uemagogism ana populism. But he waited patiently until the address was ended, and then appealed to the Kansans to take his words at their face value, and vote for some one of the candidates. But his appeal was useless, for Senator Burton, grasping his hand, congratulated him "in advance upon his i nomination and election," and the dele gation enthusiastically approved the sen timents. So certain was Kansas that RooeveIt would be the choice of the con vention, that it had printed a huge plac ard, bearing the words in large, black type: "KAXSAS DELEGATION FIRST TO DECLARE FOR GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT." And, when the nomination was declared to have occurred, triumphantly carried it about Convention Hail. After his nomination. Roosevelt said: I held out as long as I could. I had to give in when I saw the popular sentiment of the convention. I behe-e it is my duty. row that it is all over. I want to say that I appreciate fully the sentiment which accompanied my nomination. The unan imity and enthusiasm of the convention for my nomination never will be forgot ten by me. During the political campaign which followed, he traveled 16,100 miles, flashed through 23 states, delivered 459 speeches, containing S60.0CO words, and made his appeal directly to 1, 600,000 persons. President Roosevelt has been a stu dent of political economy since boy hood. He has been an omniverous reader, and has pursued his studies with the same zeal and energy that have characterized all his acts in civil and military life. San Francisco Ar gonaut. ed toward the bathroom in search of water. Ltica Globe. Ancestry of the Presidents. The Buffalo Commercial notes the fact that all the presidents of the United States have come from British ancestry, except two, both of whom were Dutch. Martin Van Buren was the first president of Dutch ancestry, and Roosevelt is the second. Wash ington, Adams, Madison, John Quincy Adams, William Henry Harrison, Ty ler, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Lincoln, Johnson, Garfield, Cleveland and Ben jamin Harrison were of English an cestry; Jackson, Polk, Buchanan, Ar thur and McKinley were Scotch-Irish; Monroe, Grant and Hayes were Scotch; Jefferson was Welsh. Tabu lated the record stands: English, 14; Scotch-Irish, 5; Scotch, 3; Dutch, 2; Welsh, 1. Higgins What are those children running after that golfer for? Wig ginsThey think he ii a bagpipe play er and they want to Scar him play. NEBRASKA AT BUFFALO QoYernor Sarage and Party Boyally Wel comed to the Fan-Americas, STATE EXECUTIVE MAKES SFEECN Talis tk Throne Something of the Be oarcM and AccompIIh-fleat of the MUkoarl Valley ExercUea la Teaipl f Maalc- BUFFALO, Oct. 1. In observance of Nebraska day at the Pan-American exposition public exercises took place yesterday in the Temple of Music, where songs and instrumental num bers were given by residents of Ne braska and others. Officials of the ex position and the mayor of Buffalo made speeches of welcome, and Gov ernor Savage responded for the state. With his full staff and a number ol other distinguished citizens of Nebras ka, Governor Savage spent the day at the exposition. The day was beauti ful, the attendance large and the re ception accorded the western visitors hearty and demonstrative. In his speech Governor Savage paid tribute to his state, saying: "One thousand miles to the west ward there is a commonwealth young in years but rich in natural resources. It lies in what is known as the great Missouri valley. It is a state popu lated by the industrial classes. Fa vored by a vast area of productive soil and a climate well calculated to conserve vegetable and animal life, in no other place in this broad domain is industry more certain of reward or is life or health afforded a better safeguard. It has 2,000,000 of pros perous and contented people well pro vided with the necessaries of life, not the least of which, in our estima tion, is a thorough moral and intellec tual training. "Though less than two score years a state, it has large and well diversi fied commercial centers, the third larg est live stock market in the world, a complete system of railroads, affording direct communication between the pro ducer and consumer, and it annually produces for export more than $150, 000,000 worth of agricultural products. It has a most complete system of public schools and in addition it has a number of public and private col leges, in which are taught all the higher branches, and that, too, by the most cultured talent in the land. No hamlet is without its house of worship, nor is there a community without r-fi:H tar tl.,', mental and moral culture of its people. "Our code of laws by which we are governed, and which Tegulated our domestic affairs, represents the high est ideals in jurisprudence. Justice, pure and undefiled. is the spirit of every enactment incorporated therein. This state has no bonded debt, but has in its treasury nearly $4,500,000 in prime mercantile paper, which it holds as a permanent school fund. Its bank assets are far in excess of the standard per capita and its wealth is more equally and equitably apportion ed among its citizens than can be truthfully said of any other state in the union. Its high order of citizen ship is attested by its religious, char itable and educational institutions, by its numerous cities and towns well provided with all modern improve ments and by its hundreds of thou sands of well-fenced, well-tilled and well-improved farms. Its standard of Intelligence is higher, and its per cent of illiteracy is lower, than that of any other state. This scene of hap piness, contentment, intelligence and wealth is the commonwealth of Ne braska. "As chief executive of Nebraska, permit me to bear unto you the best wishes and happy congratulations of the people of that state. That com munity of interest which intertwines and unites the people of all the states is as strongly entrenched in the senti ment of the people of Nebraska as it is anywhere else. While jealous of our sovereign autonomy, we are not unmindful of the fact that we are but a fraction of what constitutes the federation. We love our country and its institutions. Found Hear McKinley Vault. AKRON, O., Oct 4. A man, badly hurt from a gunshot wound, was found in the tall grass near the woods at Mogadore, north of Canton. Friends removed him toward Cuya hoga Falls befare he could be Identi fied. It is supposed he was shot dur ing the supposed attack upon the Mc Kinley vault Trnnhtrs at Election. BUDA PESTH, Oct. 4. Although the newsparers here publish congrat ulatory articles on the orderliness and fairness of the parliamentary general elections yesterday, which resulted in the return of a large liberal majorltj for the government, the fact remains that there were serious encounters in many districts, necessitating military intervention, during which the troops fired and killed or wounded numbers of people. Memorial to Capt. Catls. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 4. Sirs. Eliza A. How, widow of James F. How, latt president of the Wabash. Railroad company, has donated $100,000 tc Washington, university.St. Louis, tc be used in erection of a memorial tc her father, Captain James B. Eads vho built the Eads bridge across the Mississippi river at SL Louis and Jet ties below New Orleans. The gift has been accepted by the board of direc tors of the university. MAKES WA ON IEETSIGAR Big: Ceataaay Cat Prices ia. Territory Where It Is Produced. NEW YORK, Oct. 4. The Journal of Commerce says: President H. O. Havemeyer of the American Sugar Re fining company was at his office this week for the first time since his ill ness, and it has been learned that one of his first official acts was to author ize one of the most spectacular reduc tions in refined sugar prices that has ever before been made. This was the reduction announced in Tuesday's dispatches. It applies only to the sec tions of the country in which beet su gar competes. The cut in price at Missouri river points was to 3& cents per pound net for granulated. On Tuesday the net quotation was 5.03 cents. In other words, Mr. Havemeyer has authorized a cut slightly in excess of 1 cents per pound. - To understand the importance of this cut to beet sugar manufacturers it should be mentioned that the prac tice of the beet sugar people is to make contracts for their entire pro duction at prices based on the selling price of the sugar combine on the date of delivery. The beet people have heretofore been easily able to dispose of all their sugar at a dis count of 10 points from the American Sugar Refining company's figures. This means, if the beet people live up to their contracts, that they will receive 3 2-5 cents per pound for their pro duct. It is understood, however, that the beet sugar people will refuse to recognize the cut made by the Amer ican Sugar Refining company on the technical ground that it is in re straint of trade. The beet sugar re finers of Utah, Colorado. California and Nebraska are the refiners con cerned. It is expected that this cut will have an unsettling influence upon the local market, but it is not ex pected that it will be followed by any important cut in prices in the eastern market. No change was made in the sugar combine's prices for eastern markets yesterday (Wednesday) and the differ ence of 1.10 cents per pound still holds between the price of the raw and the manufactured article. The American Sugar Refining com pany people claim that beet sugar manufacturers can produce granulated sugar at 2,3 cents per pound and that there is, therefore, a good profit, even at 3 cents a pound. This is de nied by the beet people. SECOND BOUT IS YANKEE'S. rninmhl Wins Another Race From Shamrock by Over Three Minutes. NEW YORK, Oct. 4. Columbia won in the second of the series of races with the Shamrock. Columbia went over the course in 3 hours, 13 minutes and IS seconds. Shamrock's time was 3 hours, 16 minutes and ten seconds. Over the first two legs the Sham rock was ahead, due to the fact that she crossed the starting line first. Tho race was in a wind blowing at from twenty-two to twenty-four knots and was a lively and inspiring con test. Strikers Same as Beue's. WASHINGTON, Oct 4. A striking example of the manner In which Russian-authorities deal with strikes and strikers is afforded in a report at the state department from United States Consul Miller at Niu Chwang, under date of July 30. The men in the Niu Chwang oil factories stopped work for several days, striking for an in crease in wages. The Russian civil administrator of the port immediately issued edicts giving notice that he had arrested and punished the leaders of the strike and that any of the men who refused to begin work the follow ing morning would be arrested and ex pelled from the port. IimUju MaKsacre Reported. DENVER, Oct. 4. A special to the Republican from Albuquerque, N. M , says: Word was received that a ren egade band of Apache Indians from the San Carlos reservation are in the Mogollon mountains, south of this city, and that five persons have been killed by them on Willow creek, near the old Warpatch a few years ago. No particulars of the outbreak have been received. Schley Invited to Chicago. CHICAGO, Oct. 4. Admiral Schley is to be invited to come to Chicago and be the guest of the Maryland so ciety of Chicago at a banquet in his honor. The Lanquet will take place Vter the court of inquiry at Washing ton has adjourned. Mrs. Roosevelt Chooses Chnrch. WASHINGTON, Oct. !. It was stated at the white house that here after Mrs. Roosevelt will occupy the president's pew at SL John's Protest ant church at Sixteenth and H streets. This is one of the oldest and one of the smallest Episcopal churches in Washington and for many years one af the most desirable. Pews in It nave been reserved for the family ol the president of the United States whenever he should worship there. Cat to Pieces Cndcr Train. FORT DODGE, la.. Oct. 4. Oliver Rocker, a mixer in the employ of the Fort Dodge Plaster company, was shockingly mutilated and killed by a train on the Mason City & Fort Dodg railway. Rocker's chest was ground to pieces and his heart was 'torn from his body and found lying on the ties several feet away. The bone3 ot his chest and arms were crushed into powder and his head was almost sev ered from his body. WHEREABOUTS Of THE MONEY Stat Treasnrer Staefer Tells Wltara Pablic Faads Are Deposited. LINCOLN, Oct 5. State Treasurer Stuefer makes the following statement regarding disposition of public funds: "The total amount in depository banks is I395.41S.13. As the total amount on hand is ?662.942.13, the bal ance on hand is 3267,524. "The current fund bank account for the month of September follows: Union National bank. Omaha.... C3.15LM United States National. Omaha.. 29,415.41 National Bank of Commerce, Omaha .. 11.719.4S City National bank. Lincoln 23.7S7.54 Packers National. South Omaha. 13.600.13 First National bank. Lincoln 21.C9o.03 Saunders County National bank. Wahoo 4 W ,0iV7.1S Adams County bank. Hastings.- 9.795.13 German National bank. Hastings. S.63S.3Q Bank of Commerce. Louisville.. 3.00O.00O Battle Creek Valley bank. Battle Creek 10.000.CO First National bank. Alliance.... -U20.U First National bank. York 5.11S.03 First National. Pawnee City 8.110.3S Broken Bow State. Broken Bow. Citizons bank. McCook Union Stato bank. Harvard City National bank. York State bank nt Curtis Farmers and Merchants bank, Stromsburg- 6.0C0.00 8.9S0.3S tf.973.17 3.S30.CS 4.233.49 5.0S7.31 Bank of Cass County, Piatts- mouth 10.000.00 Omaha National bank. Omaha... 42,303.09 Columbia National bank. Lincoln 29.011.13 Merchants National, Omaha 33,33S.!7 Bank of Bazile Mills, B.izile Mills 1.500.0-J First National bank, lloldrege... 4.76S.S1 First State bank. St. Paul First National bank. Wavne Pierce County bank. Pierce Bank of Orleans. Orleans Grand Island Banking company. Grand Island First iNatlonal bank of Loomls.. 4.500.00 13,073.n 7.C00.10 6.00O.CO 10.000.00 5.000.CO "The above named banks have col lectively given bonds to the amount of $1,913,500, now on file In the audf totr's office. These bonds have been examined and approved by a board composed of the governor, attorney general and secretary of state before the deposit of any state funds. None of these banks have a deposit to ex ceed one-third of the amount of the bond given by the bank. The securi ties on my bond for $1,500,000 are the Fidelity and Deposit company and the United States Fidelity and Guar antee company, both of Baltimore, Md." Favors Union Pacific. OMAHA, Oct. 5. Judge Smith Mc Pherson in the United States court at Council Bluffs ruled that the east half of the Union Pacific railway bridge across the Missouri is not HabTe for the payment of regular city taxes. The decision was handed down in the suit brought by William Arnd, treas urer of Pottawattamie county, to re cover taxes from 1S97 to 1900 inclusive, amounting to ?14,0CO. Charged Witli Erahrzzllnc. HASTINGS. Neb., Oct. 5. Sheriff Gustus of Phelps county arrested C. A. Jarvis of Holdrege here on the charge of embezzlement. Jarvis had been employed as agent for the McCormick Harvesting Machine company at Hold rege, and is accused of embezzling $S0O belonging to the firm at Holdrege. Sheriff Gustus took his prisoner to Holdrege. Rural Mall limits MINDEN, Neb., Oct. 5. The rural free mall routes started from this point last week. The routes were sur veyed last spring, but delayed in starting. Four carriers leave daily and their routes average about thirty miles. The carriers are: Dr. Ayres. H. Slusser, Stephens and Jones. tid Shoots Off an Arm. SHELTON, Neb.. Oct. 5. A son of Lawrence Vehland. a larmer living five miles southwest of Shelton, while hunting accidentally shot himself In the left arm, shattering the member so that amputation was necessary. ErulA Trouble With a Bnllet- OMAHA, Oct. 5. John Woodward, an officer of the Metropolitan Insur ance company, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. He leaves a wife and daughter, the former living in Lin coln. Ranchman Knocked L'nconnclotn. LONG PINE, Neb.. Oct. 5. While hording cattle S. Runolfson, a ranch man north of town, was thrown from his horse by it stepping into a gopher hole. His head and chest were badly injured and be is not expected to live. More MortsazeA In Pot It Countv. OSCEOLA, Neb., Oct. 5. The mort gage indebtedness of Polk county, as shown by the records in the clerk's of fice, was increased for the month or September $5,002.00. Lecture on nenatlfal 'elmka." KEARNEY, Oct. 5. Mr. Moses Sy denham, the pioneer editor of this city, has evolved a lecture on "Our Beautiful Nebraska," which he pro poses delivering at such times and places as various committees may elect. Mr. Sydenham has lived in the state over forty years, has made a study of its resources, past and pros pective, and will no doubt make in teresting talks along lines that ought to interest every citizen. Married Lire Is Short. WYMORE, Neb., Oct. 3. Two weeks of married life seems to be the limit of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sprague of this city. They were married Septem ber 15 and after a short wedding trip returned home and began housekeep ing. Upon going home the other night night for supper Mr. Sprague found that his wife had packed her belong ings and left a note on the table tell ing him that she had decided to return to her parents. WHOLE NUMBER 1,639. 50$0f 0!M3v5000000$000) : & lie 0M MaMe. 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