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VOLUME XXXII.
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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
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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.
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