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'.iiS5yjsa a&aBaBPsaEsaggggg aasisgss 3BXWBSXSr-KIS2EiX. raEsdlSHa The Columbus Journal By COLUMBUS JOURNAL CO. -COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. Urief Telegrams The Agra diamond, weighing 31 fcarats, was sold in London for $25, 500. The anti-prize fight bill was defeat ed in the California assembly by a vote of 33 to 35. The Central Passenger association has granted reduced rates for eighty annual conventions. The New York Evening Post is go ing to put up a modern office build ing occupying three lots. Three hundred and eight West In dian contract laborers arrived at Pan ama to work on the canal. Secretary Metealf has appointed Richard K. Campbell, law officer ol the bureau of immigration. Sir Henry Irving has sinned a con tract for an American tour under the management of Charles Frohman and beginning in October. W. A. Tuley. general passenger agent of the 'Frisco lines in Texas, has tendered his resignation to take effect April 1. Ill health causes this step. Emperor William, addressing the naval recruits at Wilhelmshaven. held up the Japanese soldiers as a lumin ous example of patriotism and sol diory fidelity. The I-ondon Times' Paris corres pondent telegraphs that the Russian government has placed an order with a French firm for So.000 three-inch shrapnel shells. According to a semi-official state ment given out at Schwerin. the mar riage of Crown Prince Frederick Wil liam and Duchess Cecilia will take place in Berlin on June ". Senator Burkett of Nebraska has purchased a Washington home at a cost of $17,500. The house is a hand pome new brick structure, with a mottled front, and contains twelve rooms. The Frawley boxing bill in New York, permitting limited round con tests between amateurs under the sanction of the Amateur Athletic as sociation, has passed the senate. The till now goes to the assembly. Count Benkondorff. the Russian am bassador to Great Pritain. paid $325. 000 to Foreign Secretary l.ansdowne in settlement for the North sea claims, and the incident was thus closed. 11 I). Tucker, division superinnd cnt of the Milwaukee ra'Iroad. died at his home in He Moines of pneumonia. Mr. Tucker took charge of this divi sion last October, coming from Aber deen. S. n. A City of Mexico dispatch pays the volcano of Colinn is emitting great clouds of thick smoke, which rise high above the crater. Many people living in the neighboring towns are preparing for flight. The cabinet cfsis in Norway has been settled by the formation of a coalition ministry, of which M. Mich olsen is the premier. I-ovland. a for mer minister, will head the section of the state council sitting at Stockholm. The Missouri senate parsed a bill making all pipe lines, constructed or to be constructed in the state for the purpose of carrying oil. common car riers and placing them under the di rection of the railroad commissioners. The secretary of the treasury has Issued a warrant for $750,000 in favor of Mansfield. McMurray & Cornish. lawyers, residing in Indian Territory, as fees for services rendered by them to the Choctaw and Chickasaw In dians. In the present of famous educators representing the leading educational institutions of the country. Samuel RIaek McCormick. D. D.. LL. D.. was formally made chancellor of the West ern University of Pennsylvania at littsburg. New York Rapid Transit rolling stock is to be augmented by two cars, each 8.000 feet long, containing 2.700 seats, and a seating capacity of S.000 passengers. The motive power will be electricity and the speed from nine to twelve miles a; hour. The resignation of W. W. Rockhill. as director of the bureau of American republics, has been accepted and Mr. Rockhill. who has been nominated to succeed Mr. Conger, as minister to China, will probably leave for his new post some time in April. Rev. Dr. William H. Roberts, stated clerk of the Presbyterian general as sembly and secretary of the inter church conference on marriage and di vorce, will send to 30.000 ministers. representing more than lS.OOOfloO members of almost all of the Protest ant denominations in the country. copies of an apnea! urging the adop tion by the various state legislatures of more stringest divorce and re-marriage laws. At Jackson. Miss. Governor Varda man issued an address to the peace officers of the state, declaring that the situation is growing extremely critical that crime is rampant in all quarters of the commonwealth and urging offi cers at once to begin a crusade and clean out the dives and haunts of criminals. It is intimated that President Roose velt has tendered the office of United States district attorney for the north ern district of Georgia to former Rep resentative F. C. Tate of Georgia. Mr. Tate is a democrat. The office is now held by E. A. Angier. republican. The National Republican Editorial association, in session at Washington, elected Wm. S. Cappiller, Mansfield, Ohio, president. The president is expected to make radical changes in the personnel of -the Panama canal commission in the near future. G. L. Dobson will retain the post at Nottingham. England, but it is stated that Frank W. Mahia will be well pro vided for elsewhere. The railroad have put into effect a new tariff., reducing the rates on steel rails 50 cents a ton from Chicago to 11 Missouri river points. Secretary Taft has declined to ac cept the resignation of Captain Kirk man, now under trial by. court-martial at FortNiobrara, Neb., on charges of scandalous conduct. The court has taken recess until May 10 to await the arrival of certain evidence from the Philippines. A decision which will probably ef fect a large number of firms through oat the country was handed down at St. Louis by the United States court of" appeals, which held, in substance, .that concerns, of which the members are aon-resident?. may not do busi M ia Iadiaa Te"-v. THE JAP VICTORY FIELD MARSHAL OYAMA REPORTS THE OUTCOME. FORTY THOUSAND PRISONERS Casualties on the Japanese Side Esti mated at Forty-one Thousand. Those cf the Russian Forces Said to Be Ninety Thousand. TOKIO Field Marshal Oyama re ported that 40.000 prisoners were taken and that there were 90.000 Rus sian casualties in the Shakhe river direction alone. He estimated that the number of Russian prisoners captured will exceed 40.000. The Japanese cas ualties are estimated at 41,000. The spoils include two flags, about sixty guns, 00.000 rifles, lf0 ammunition wagons. 1.000 carts. 200.000 shells. 25. 000.000 of small arms ammunition, 25.000 bushels of cereals. 275,000 bush els of fodder, 45 miles of light railway outfit, 2.000 horses, 23 cart lots of maps, 1,000 cart loads of clothing and accountrements. 1.000.000 rations of bread. 70.000 tons of fuel and f.O tons of hay. besides tools, tents, bullocks. telegraph wire and poles, timber, beds. stoves and numerous other property. The Japanese captured a retreating Russian column at the Pu river yes terday. TOKO The Japanese pursuit of the Russian armies continues and a resumption of heavy fighting in the vicinity of Tie Pass is anticipated. Tie Pass, which is naturally strong, has been extensively fortified and it is thought the Russians will rally there in an endeavor to check the Japa nese. The rapidly advancing Japanese al ready are in touch at Tie Pass. The Russians evidently are confused and exhausted and possibly are short of food and ammunition, and if is be lieved here they will be unable to re sist a strong attack. Succeeding field reports increase the extent of the Rusrian disaster. It will take months to resupply and re organize the Russian armies. Reports of cast:Ities given by captives reach 40 per cert. The artillery losses were especially heavy. The captured guns have not yet been counted, but the nu merous captured stores and muni tions are valued at millions of dollars. This loss materially adds to the crip pling of the Russian armies. The Jap anese people are receiving details of the victory with calmness. Tokio and other cities are exceedingly quiet and the recent admonition to the people to refrain from spending money in cele brations and devote their saving to war charities is being universally obeyed. The Japanese press editorials, in discussing the possible effects of peace nn victory, declare Japan will con tinue the vigorous prosecution of tit" war and ha no suggestion to make to Russia directly or indirectly. In the general elation over the suc cess of the Japanese a special source of satisfaction is the celerity with which the Hanking operations were carried out. the quick seizure of ad vantage and the speed made in pur suit of the Russians. After the sum mer campaign there was a general admission of the truth of the repeated criticism that the Japanese army hail failed in those respects and an avow ed determination was made to redeem the shortcomings. During the recent operations against the Russians the left portion of the Fifth army march ed forty miles in one day, greatly aid ing in the achievement of the victory. Captives taken in this last engage ment make the total of prisoners now held by Japan 75.000. Their care is becoming a very expensive problem. This government is formulating plans to remove the prisoners to the islands, probably in the inland sea. and it is possible that the captives will be re moved there. Funeral of Mrs. Stanford. HONOLULU The mail room of the steamer Alameda, which sails for San' Francisco next Wednesday, has been appropriately draped for the recep tion of the body of Mrs. Jane L. Stan ford. Before the departure of the steamer funeral services will be held, at which Bishop Resarick will read the services. Among the pall hearers will be Governor Carter. United States District Judge Dole and David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford iniversity. There have not been any developments in the case. Kurcpatkin Has Enough. LONDON The St Peterburg corre spondent of the Times says: General Kuropatk'n has asked the emperor's gracious permission to hand over his rommand. alleging that he is in ur gent need of physical and mental rest. I It is said that Japan has twice ap proached Russia through informal :hannels on the subject of peace, but that in each case the proposal failed because Japan demanded an indem nity and a pledge that Russia would no keep warships in the Pacific for :wenty-five years. Decides Against Government. NEW YORK Judge Wheen, in the Cnited States circuit court, handed lown an opinion, which, if finally sus tained, will cost the United States government five dollars. This money 'he government will have to refund to the American Sugar Refining com pany for duties paid to it on raw sugars Imported from Cuba in 1903 md upon which the company contend ed that a reduction of 20 per cent should have been allowed under the then existing treaty. The suit was a test case. Changes on the Tribune. NEW YORK Whitelaw Reid's re tirement from the editorship and di rectorship from the New York Tri bune owing to his having taken office abroad under the government makes necessary the reorganization of the editorial department. Hart Lyman, long a member of the editorial staff, succeeds Mr. Reid as editor. Donald Nicholson, who has been connected with the Tribune for thirty-five years, retires at his own request from the managing editorship ard is succeeded by James Martin. Assassination is Attempted. ST. PETERSBURG-Colonel Pro- goulbitsky. governor of the province of Koutais, has been the object of an attempted assassination hv tm man at Sukhum. The would-be murderers fired six shots from revolvers at the governor, but he was not struck. Kaiser Praises the Japanese. BERLIN mperor William, ad dressing the naval recruits at Wil helmshaven, held up the Japanese sol diers as a luminous example of pa triotism and soldierly fidelity. BRITISH QUESTION PEACE. Bclsrsve Russia Will Fight Until She Is Worn Out. LONDON The announcement of fall of Mukden was discounted in London by the reports chronicling the progress of the great battle, but the actual occupation of the capital of Manchuria by the Japanese is the sub ject of comment everywhere, especial ly in diplomatic circles. The foreign office declined to comment on the event, but there, as elsewhere, there was intense interest in the result of the Japanese encircling movement and its possible effect on the future progress of the war. Few who are well informed are inclined to the be lief that Oyama's magnificent victory and successful strategy would bring peace within measurable distance, the opinion being that while the Russian fighting force is disabled and prob ably will be obliged to retire further than Tie pass or even Harbin, the fighting spirit of the Russian nation would be increased rather than de terred by the defeat, and that only compulsion will bring the nation to its knees. Baron Suyematsu, formerly Japa nese minister of the interior, in the course of an interview said that whether the victory indicated an early termination of the w-r was a question that Russia alone could answer. The Japanese legation has been In undated with congratulations and everywhere the prime note is the praise of the genius of Oyama. which was conceded even by the most pro Russian observers. There is intense anxiety here to learn the fate of Kuropatkin's force and whether the chain Oyama has drawn around them will be strong enough to hold them. The Russian forces must be in a terrible plight, and a repetition of all the errors of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow is re garded as among the possibilities. On the other hand., the condition of the Japanese armies, which must be suf fering from exhaustion, might possibly enable Kuropatkin to gather his forces and break through. He is said to have been a spectator at Sedan, and it is believd the memories of those days will suffice to convince him of the hopelessness of the struggle. CZAR DETERMINED TO FIGHT. More Troops to Be Mobilized and Sent to the Scene of War. ST. PETERSBURG The immediate answer of the Russian government to the defeat at Mukden is the announce ment that another army will be rais ed and the forces in the far east re organized; that Vice Adminral Ro jestvensky will be ordered to sail on and try conclusions with Togo, and that the war will be prosecuted to the bitter end. This is the present tem per of Emepror Nicholas and his dom inant advisers, voiced in a firm offi cial announcement that the position of Russia is unchanged and that the initiative for peace can only come from Japan. Should the island em pire choose the tender "moderate" terms and recognize its adversary as the power in the far east, peace could be easily arranged, but the voice of her diplomacy in various parts of the world indicates that she is not ready to do this, and the Rus sian government, with the full magni tude of the disaster at Mukden still undetermined, but with the 1905 cam paign seeminly already hopelessly compromised, retreat to Harbin inev itable and Vladivostok practically lost, declares that the time has not yet come when Russian can be forced to humble herself. "Spotted Fever" Killing Many. NEW YORK That cerebrospinal meningitis, or "spotted fever," is kill ing about forty persons a week in this city, was asserted by Commis sioner Darling of the health depart ment. M. Witte Has Not Resigned. ST. PETERSBURG The report from Berlin that M. Witte. president of the committee of ministers, has re signed is officially denied. TOLD TO PUSH SUITS. No More Favors for Cattlemen of Western Nebraska. WASHINGTON District Attorney Baxter had an important interview with the secretary of the interior on the subject of the pending suits against cattlemen who have fenced in portions of the public domain. Sec retary Hitchcock is of the opinion that such violators of the law should be proceeded against vigorously by the government. Judge Baxter also consulted Major Larabee. assistant commissoiner of Indian affairs, and re ceived the latter's congratulations up on his successful prosecution of the bootlegging cases arising at the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reserva tions. Judge Baxter left for New York. He will be in Chicago at the opening of the inquiry into the meth ods of the beef trust by the federal grand jury. There is a report that he will appear officially, but he said he would rather not discuss the matter. Service Needs Reforming. WASHINGTON Hon. Andrew D. White, formerly American minister to Germany, delivered a lecture here un der the auspices of the regents of the Smithsonian institution on the sub ject of the diplomatic service of the United States, with hints towards re form. Mr. White charged that resi dence abroad makes men un-American, and combatted the statement that the diplomatic service is mostly re creation. He declared that no country does ro much as ours to protect adoptei citizens. Twenty-Seven Floating Wrecks. WASHINGTON Some idea of the severity of the winter season Just drawing to a close may be gathered from the fact that the navy depart ment is now confronted with the ne cessity of seeking out and destroying no less than-twenty-seven ocean dere licts which are lying in the great ocean lanes from Santiago to New foundland and endangering shipping entering and departing from our At lantic ports. The presence of these floating wrecks has been reported to the hydrographic office. Whole Town Massacred. MOMBASA. British West Africa It is reported that 9,000 Somalis hav attacked the town of Merka on the Bexdir coast and have annihilated the inhabitants. His Knowledge of Japan. COPENHAGEN The -Russian min ister .to Denmark, M. Isswolsky, starts for SL Petersburg. The authoritiei there desire to have the benefit of hit knowledge of Japan, gained while hi i was minister at Tokio. News in Nebraska An opera company has been organ ized in Madison. Four houses in Albion are now fly. ing the red' flag for smallpox. The Dodge County Farmers' Tele phone company has made a slight raise in rates. Mrs. Beats of Grand Island, who went to Indiana to nurse her sick hus band, died suddenly in that state. The Blue Valley Milling company of Holmesville. has been reorganized with an authorized capital stock of $25,000. The Norfolk police have entered up on a crusade against vice in that city, raiding some places of questionable character. Three colored men placed in jail at Alliance for house breaking, pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentence as soon as the judge arrives. Recently a grafter persuaded a num her of Cass county people to invest in an incubator at the small price of S7. and afterwards attempted to real ize $37 for th same. Governor M'ckey has honored the reuisition of the governor of Missouri for the return to that state of Leo Norman Taj lor. wanted in Andrews county for grand larceny. The new city directory of Fremont for 1905 is out. It contains 4.416 names, which would indicate a pomi lation of 11.000 .an increase of 1.000 since the last directory was issued. Blythe & Patton. whose elevator was destroyed by fire at Blue Springs a few days ao. exnect to soon erect a new 20.000-bushel elvator not far from the Burlington depot at that point. Word was brought to Clay Center of the burning of a barn on the farm of Mrs. Crit Stephenson, five miles southeast. No particulars were learn ed as to the amount of loss or cause of fire. Joe C. Hottel of Omaha, a lad IS years old, was killed at Ashland by falling under a Rock Island train over the Burlington tracks. It is supposed that he was catching a ride and slipped. William Threadkell was killed in the Burlington yards at Lincoln while trying to uncouple two earn. He caught a foot in a fish plate as he stepped between tiie cars and was in stantly killed. William M. Quackenbush. a farmer living thirteen miles northwest of Beatrice, was accidentally shot and instantly killed by William N. Pluck net t. his wife's cousin, while the two were duck hunting. Both of the incubator factories at Clay Center are running night forces in their shops. The postoffice there has been paving out to these con cerns o-er $2,000 per day in money orders for some time. A society for the prevention of cruelty to animals has been organ ized at Orceoln. Dr. E. D. Buckner. Judge F. II Ball and Postmaster Henry H. Campbell are the incorpora tors and bo?rd of trustees. Relatives of Michael Lamb of Greel ey county, who is doing time at the penitentiary on a charge of being im plicated in a cattle stealing case, have renewed their efforts to have him par doned, or his sentence commuted. Since the ice has broken up in Gib son's lake east of Nebraska City, thousands of dead fish have floated to the shore. Among the dead fish are hundreds of fine bass and croppy. Many of the bass weigh from four to six pounds each. The house committee on claims dis covered that the claim of the heirs of Herman Goedde of Sioux City had been raised from $1,500 to $11,500. Goedde died several years ago and his heirs live in Germany. The property went to the state. State Auditor Searle has refused to honor the warrant of State Senator Jennings for $3 a day extra pay as president of the senate, claiming the act providing for increased compensa tion is unconstitutional. The attorney general upholds the auditor in his contention. Colin H. Mclsaac. commissioner general of the Iewls and Clark exposi tion, is in Lincoln conferring with state officials and legislators in re gard to increasing the proposed $15. 000 appropriation from Nebraska. He reminds the state that Oregon appro priated $30,000 to make the Omaha exposition a success; that Oregon has sustained the most cordial relations with Nebraska and does a business with us of more than $10,000 per year. The general store of J. Carlyle at Scotia was entered and robbed. The thieves broke open a desk and secured $203. Evidently the use of blood hounds was anticipated for a quantity of sulnhur was sprinkled on the floor and also upon the sidewalk for some distance outside the door. Sheriff Smith came in a few hours after the robbery was discovered, bringing his bloodhounds, but the sulphur entirely baffled them and they could do noth ing. Four car of Northwestern freight train No. 40 were piled in a heap and wrecked near Platte river station, six miles west of Fremont. The wreck was caused by a broken flange. Large quantities of grain were spilled on the ground. Holdrege is enjoying an unusual building boom this snring. There are now twenty-seven residerces in course of construction and the new Carnegie library will be commenced within the next thirty days. There is also talk of a new $15,000 school building which, in all probability, will be erect ed in time for the fall term A a special election, held in Teka mah. for the issuance of bonf.s of the city of Tekamah. in the sum r $10. 000, for the purpose of purchasing or installing an electric lighting plant to be owned and operated by said city, the bonds carried by a vote of 136 to 82. There are more ducks to be ?een on the river bottom south of Falls City than have been seen in that locality for years. The local sportsmen are having a good time without wasting much time. A few hours are all that is i necessary to go out and get a nice bag of game A number of farmers in the south ern part of Hall and the northeastern part of Adams counties have organ ized a local union of the American Society of Equity, an organization of farmers, the obejet of which is mu tual protection to all classes of pro ducers. Argentina reaches into the equator ial hot belt on the north and through the temperate zone on the south, hav ing thus wide ranges of temperature. Two-thirds of its people nearly are na tive. Italians to the number of almost I Bail a million ieaa ue ioreigners. THE SURPLUS WOMAN MRS. CHARLOTTE PERKINS-GIL-MAN ON THE SUBJECT. Proper Divisicn of the Sexes in All States and Territories Would Solve Problem and improve Moral Tone, Declares Well-known Writer. "Surplus women," or the matrimo nially uncalled for, have just received kindly consideration and advice from Mrs. Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, in the It-dependent. "Why is it less 'womanly," she asks, "to go to Colorado, because one's mate be there, than to go to a ball because he may he there? Do not our young women array them selves gloriously and go forth in great numbers to all manner of en tertainments and 'social opportunities' to meet the much outnumbered men who may be there? "Do net careful parents plan and toil and pay iarge bills to this end? It is futile to assume that our women do nothing to advance their matrimo nial hopes. "Really it does seem a pity with so many surplus men that the little lo cal trifles of surplus women should be so picked upon. Every woman who wished to could have a mate, and a choice at that, with over a million extras to serve as a 'second helping,' perhaps, in case of widowhood. "Less than half the surplus women of Massachusetts alone could, so to speak, 'take up' the surplus men in Alaska, with an improvement of the moral tone of both communities. If the women of the eight states that have too many would but betake themselves to the forty-four states and territories where there are too few, they would be doing their duty by the community far better than now. "For one girl to wait and watch for vhat never comes, without ever hav- ing looked to see whether it could possibly come or not, is a small enough matter; for a hundred thou sand of them it is larger. If thej would but recognize their own num bers, their own common position, with its duties, responsibilities and possi bilities. the whole situation might be changed. They have a right to in dependence surely, to education, to self-support, to all manner of freedom and opportunity, to full and absolute equality with men in the wide field of human activity, but they have alsc a right to motherhood, and civilized motherhood means marriage. "There are plenty of things to io; what is needed is the spirit of enter prise, the light-hearted daring, the ability to get up and do something in stead of forever twiddling ones thumbs inertly. "Of course, if one is the sole stay ri,.,ses. jjr Dodge spoke forcibly in of an orphan family of little sisters j support 0f hjs motion .calling attention and brothers, it could not be done sc . to tlie importance of the bill and the easily: but there are plenty of sirls J lateness of the session and arguing who are not sole stays of anything lnat uucss. the bill lie considered at v ho would be quite free to move il , once -It would have but iittlo chance of they had but the courage and the i passage. Porter objected to the ad strength. Gieat cities, the reports vanceinent of the bill over the rate show, have the greatest surplus ol ( bm ;m(1 poal)0(iy of xemaha moved vomen. and airo. aiat: me i,ie.i ,.- problems of evil. Here m New orl pre thousands of girls falling year by j ear into the ranks of the hopeless who might be rising instead both ii industry and in their womanly peace and happiness if they were otherwise placed." One Guess Deserves Another. James R. Keene is noted for his civility. He is as polite to a poor mar as to a millionaire. On account oi his unalterable kindness servants always hold him in singularly high re gard. A broker the other day compliment ed Mr. Keene upon this trait of his With a smile Mr. Keene said: "I learned in my youth that it if bel to be polite to every one. "I was walking in the country one day in my youth, and on toward sun down I lost my way. As I plodded on tiled and hungry, I met a farm hand "'Jack.' 1 said, ''-.hat is the way tt Eerenda?' The farm hand looked at me witt a frown. "How did you know,' he said, 'thai my came was Jack?' " 'Oh.' i said. 'I guessed it.' "'Then.' said the farm hand, 'guess your way to Berenda.' " Victimized. Once. uton a splendid planet, vbcre a iiillinn mn or won- . Worked for whnl they and ilioir olnldrer had to e:it and what they vm There one dav snue.iied amnns them ont who thoiiRht it miuht U- line If he owned it nil. and therefore he de clared: "I'll make it mine. So he went to work to sot it. to possess that whiiling hall. And be couldn't rest a moment till at last he had it all: It was with each improvement that his fellow men had wrousht. Not a ih'mr hnd he neslectul. not a speck had he forot. But. alas, he wasn't happy, and he sat and wept alone. For the others on that planet which was his. his very own. . Trespassed on his land, they also to their wants hi-s poods appli- d. And because he couldn't stop them his poor heatt bloke and he died. S. K. Kiser. Enpeck's Smart Trick. Nordy Enpeck did a mighty smart thing the other night. Butts What was that? Nordy Why, he'd been out with the boys, and as he opened the front door at 3 a. m., his wife called out to know what time it was. "Just 12 o'clock." said Enpeck, but at that moment the cuckoo clock struck 3. Butts (with evident disgust) And I s'pose Enpeck cuckooed nine more times, eh? Nordy (triumphantly) No; he just dodged out the front door again and went and spent the rest of the night at a hotel. All Liable to Mistakes. Beerbohm Tree, the London theat rical manager, recently presented "Much Ado About Nothing" on a most I elaborate scale. Several of the critics found fault with, or at least depre cated, the extravagance of the produc tion. Mr. Ttee looked over the no tices and remarked: "I think it was the late Prof. Jowett who said in the course of a lecture to his students, We all make mistakes sometimes even the youngest of us Persian Minister Has Liberal Ideas. Gen. Morteza Kahn, the new Per Fian minister to this country, is a bachelor, extremely wealthy and comes of a noble line. His father was the first man in the empire to intro duce European ideas and started the Iran, the first publication approaching the newspaper as Americans under stand it. Raise Fees for Passports. The foreign passport fees for Rus- ian subjects have been raised by firs mbles for the duration of the war, tha jroceeds of the increase being for tha of the Red Cros8. LEGISLATURE a NEBRASKA A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty Ninth Gen' eral Session. SENATE The following bills were passed in the senate on the Sth: Sen ate file 226, a bill limiting the number of proxies of building and loan stock to the actual number of shares held by the member who wished to vote them. Senate file No. 19f, creating a state railway commission. Senate file No. 157, a drainage bill. House roll No. 172. transferring $20,000 from the Norfolk to the Hastings asylum. Sen ate file No. 33, by Senator Griffin, a bill to provide for a prosecuting at torney system in the state, was killed in the committee of the whole of the senate by a decisive majority. Sen ate file No. 160, a companion bill, was also slaughtered. The state prison committee reported that the peniten tiary was in excellent condition, the damage done by the fire having been repaired and the administration of Warden A. D. Beemer was most ex cellent. The warden was compliment ed on his manner of conducting the institution. Senate file No. 17. by Sen ator Gibson, was indefinitely post poned on the report of the standing committee. It provided for the care of dependent children. HOUSE In the house on the Sth the following bills were read for the third time and passed. House roll No. 18S. by Douglas, eliminating the coun ty clerk and county assessors as members of the county board of equali zation. House roll No. 214. by Ander son, to protect labels and trademarks of union labor organizations. House roll No. 229, by Parker, to prohibit the granting by county boards of j licenses to sell liquors within 400 feet of country school houses. The railroad committee reported to the general file, with a favorable recommenda tion, house roll No. 2S2. by Hill, re quiring the running of at least one train daily on every line of railroad and fixing a minimum speed of twenty miles an hour for passenger trains, ten. miles for freight trains and twelve miles for mixed trains. At 2 o'clock Dodge moved that the house go into committee of the whole to consider house roll No. 297 and. other bills on the general file. House 'roll No. 297 provides for the submission of a con stitutional amendment for the creation of an electric railway commission of three members, which commission shall have the power to establish. modify and enforce reasonable freight I rates and prevent discriminations and tlia, . ,0 hUl )0 cnnsj,iorcd at this time, which motion prevailed by a ris ing vote of 31 to 1G. SENATE UiK)n the personal re quest of Governor Mickey the senate on the 9th allowed the introduction of the county engineer bill, which the governor vetoed because of defects in the bill recently passed which invalid ated it. The salary bill introduced by Good of Nemaha to make the pay of all deputy state officers $l.SO0 a year was killed, the vote being 15 to 13, not a constitutional number hr-ving voted in the affirmative. S. F. S7. pro viding for the payment of costs in misdemeanor cases, was passed. S. F. 176 and S. F. 184 were recommended for passage. The former fixes the length of a school term according to the number of pupils, making the shortest term five months. S. F. 184 provides that when a district fails to levy a tax for school purposes the same may be done by the county clerk upon the recommendation of the coun ty superintendent. The morning was spent by the senate in the committee of the whole, with Shreck in the chair, in a discussion of S. F. 112. which was finally recommended for passage. The bill reduces the salary of bank examiners from S1.S00 to $1,500. An amendment by Gilligan was adopted to cause the discharge of examiners i failed. McMulIen of Gage submitted when a bank fails within six months nn amendment adding $1,000 for al after having beon reported solvent by ' lowances to the National Guard. It was tho examiner. These bills wer" recom mended for passage: S. F. 174. allow ing cities of the second class to make a levy for tho purpose of improving the roads leading into the towns, upon the petit'on of a majority of the free holders along the road, and to make the poll tax 2 when paid in cash. S. F. 1T2. to compel railroads to carry stock at a rate of eighteen miles an hour on the main liri and fifteen miles an hour on branch lines and to allow the roads to desicnate three davs in the week as stock shipping days for the branch lines; the law not to apply on branch roads other than on thee three days. This designation of chip ping days was an amendment put on by Gould, the introducer of the meas ure. HOUSE On the itth the committee on revenue and taxation renorted for indefinite postponement house roll No. joj 'ssassn o. Aip..o su.wo) nun sonp cities an dtowns locally to assess, for municipal purposes only, railroad ter minal property within their limits. McElhinney of Burt moved that the report of the committee indefinitely postponing the bill be adopted and Mc Leod seconded the motion. Clarke vig orously protested against any such summarj- action on a bill which means $250,000 to $200,000 more railroad taxes a year to the cities and towns of Nebraska. The vote for indefinite postponement resulted, ye?s Co, nays 34. Wilson of Pawnee, chairman of the finance, ways and means commit tee, moved that the two big appropria tion bills yet pending house rolls Nos. 342 and 302 be made a special order for Friday, at 10:30 a. m., and continue such vntil completed. The motion prevailed. The following bills were read for the third time and pass ed: House roll No. 12, by Horton, to allow counties of less than 5.000 to assess property at 33 1-3 per cent for purposes of local taxation only. House roll No. 250, by Wilson of Pawnee, carrying the salary appropriations for ail the state departments and institu- tijEs for the ensuing biennium: total 51 094.280. House roll No. 247. by Rouse, requiring liverymen to post p:icc schedules in a conspicuous place and to punish by fine, and imprison ment fallura ,to pay livery bills. House roll No, 231, by Marks of Fillmore, establishing the pay of deputy county assessors at $3 per day for time act- dually employed. House roll No. 215, by Dodge of Douglas, to transfer free High school funds now in county treasuries to school districts main taining such free schools. House roll No. 233. by Hoare of Platte, invalid ating salary loans unless made witn the written consent of the employer, and reqiring the assent of the wife, if the borrower be married. House roll No. 261. by Perry of Furnas, to out law mortgages in ten years after ma turity and in fifteen years when con taining an indorsement. House roll No. 167 by Hill of Hitchcock, establishing I r. to system for the compensation of the secretary of the state board of ir rigation. House roll No. 1S9, by At wood of Seward, fixes the salary of road overseers at $2 per day for time actually employed, not to exceed $50 a year. House roll No. 262. by Ho frefe. a curative insurance act to al low foreign mutual companies with assets of less than $50,000 to do busi ness ir. Nebraska. House roll No. 26S. by H:ll of Hitchcock, giving the state board of irrigation an official seal. House roll No. 271. by McAllister of Deuel, limiting the amount of war .ants to he issued by irrigation dis tricts. SENATE These .bills were passed in the senate on the 10th: S. F. 1S4. by Gilligan Which provides that when a school lKard at its annual meeting makes no provision for a term of school the levy can be made by the county clerk after the county superintendent has estimated the cost. S. F. 50 and 52 Two of the Cady de- cedence bills. S. V. 1t bv Morkott Making the statutes conform to the federal statutes in matters pertaining to the filing of transcript of judgment. S. F. 197. by Mesrve Fixing the boundary line of Dakota countv to conform to the acreement between the Nebraska and South Dakota com missioners. S. F. 17fi. by Epperson Prescribing the length of a term of school under which a district can se cure a part of the state school ap portionment. S. F. 174. by Gould Providing that-cities of the first class can make a levy to improve roads leading into the city and providing that the poll tax when paid in cah shall be $2 instead of $3. S. F. 206 by Dimery Giving the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings power to rent buildings owned by the state. S. F. 112. by Good Cutting down the salary of hank examiners to ? 1.500 a year and making it a cause for dis missal should a bank fail within six months after it is reported solvent by the examiner. The vote was 17 to 10. just barely enough to carry. Six were absent. The senate went on record as ahsolutelv opposed to any increase in salaries of slate employes, but rather a reduction, and expressed its disap proval of the libralitv of the house in the matter of allowing claims in discriminately, by indefinitely post poning, with only one voice opposing, that of Mockett of Lancaster, the claim of Tom Kennnrd for $10,000. It refused by a vote of 10 to 15 to re consider its action in turning down the Good bill providing that all de puty state officers be paid $1,800. A resolution of sympathy to Senator Gif fin because of the death of his brother was adonted and the senate adjourn ed out of respect to the bereaved sen ator. HOUSE Committee reports were read on the 10th. showing these bills indefinitely postponed: S. F. 7.. by Bresee of Sheridan A judicial reap portionment bill. II. R. 417. by Bur gess of Lancaster Providing for a weather signal service through the state superintendent to warn teachers and pupils of approaching storms. On motion of lee of Douglas S. F. 41. by Gibson, the South Omaha sewer bill, was ordered for third reading. With Jackson of Antelope in the chair the house went into committee of the whole and took up H. R. 347 and II. R. 302. the deficiency and general ap-p-opriations bills, on special order. Clarke of Douglas made a fight for an amendment providing for a salaried deputy game warden at Omaha, but adopted. Mel.eod's amendment to strike out the $rft.0fii) item was lost by a vote of 21 to 12. The appropria tion for junior normals was raised from $12.00'i to $15,000. The statutes appropriation goes to Cobbey instead o' Vboelr. Tb" house cut out Wheel er and put in Cobbey. The general ap i.ropriations. a total of $1,800,000. ap proximately, was not vitally altered. The df'i- icy bill hud an original total of S-lftlKfJ an the committee brought this un to $rr.rt;o, which the house did n change. Both bills were then recommended for passage, the house having concluded consideration of th'-m at ! p. m. 1! H. 23". by Perry of Furnas, the biennial election bill, making the term of all county and state officers two years, was recom mended for passage. Easily Settled. There was once in Nw York a poor tailor whose eccentricities threatened to bring trouble to him, but whose wit always saved him. One morning a Mrs. Murphy came into his shop and found him working laboriously witn a pencil and a piece of paper. She ask ed him what he was doing, and he replied that he was making out a list of the men on the block whom he could whip. 'Is Murphy's name there?" inquired that man's wife. The tailor confessed tha like Abou Ben Adem's Murphy's name headed the list. When Murphy heard of this he came to the shop with belligerence in his eyes. He inquired if the report was true. "Sure an' it's true. Phwat of it?" returned the tailor. "You little grasshopper," said Murphy. "I rould commit suicide on yez wid me little finger. I could wipe up de flure wid yez wid me i hands tied!" "Are ye sure about thot?' i asked the tailor. "Sure I'm sure about it." "Well, then," sighed the knight of the shears, regretfully, "I'll scratch 1 ye off the lisht." Dog Saved Life of Mistress. Hubbard Goodwin of Torringford. Conn., has a dog which money will not buy. He went to Mrs. Goodwin's bedroom and barked and finally jump ed on the bed. Mrs. Goodwin followed him to the kitchen, where she found the front door of the stove wide opeu and the floor ablaze directly in front of it. Happiness is often overlooked the search for it. Is . E MASKED A YOUNG WOMAN'S HAP PINESS FOB SEVEN YEAKS. Interf'rrl With Her Social Dutir nnd Threatened ti Caitw Her Ketire- m'.-iit Hour She Was Cured. Every sufferer from nervous headache knows how completely it unfits one for thy duties and pleasures of life. Any little excitement, or ovtc-exertion, or ir regularity brings it on. Sometimes tho pain is over the whole head. Again it is like a imil driven into the brain, or a vedgo splitting it open, or a band, tight ening about it. At one time it is nllin the top of the head, at another it is all at the base of tho skull. Most headaches ran be trace! to some faulty state of tho blod. When the blood is scanty or charged with poison, nnd the nerves ure imperfectly nourished nuil the digestion weak, one of tho com monest results is frequent nnd severe headaches. The important thing is to get rid of tho diseased condition of the blood that causes the attack by the ue of a remedy that will do tho work quickly and thoroughly. What is that remedy? Tho experience of Mis Ellen MeKeuua fur uihes the answer. She says : " For more than seven years I was a preat .sufferer from nervous headache und dizziness. My stomach was disordered, and I liecnmuso restless that 1 could not sit still tiny length of time. Dizziness interrupted my work greatly. At first tho iittncks wero not so severe, but they gradually grew more violent, and tinally becauie so acute that I was on tho point of relinquishing my membership in the different organizations to which I bo longed." "What saved yon from that necessity?" "A very simple, thing; the call of n member of one of the clubs.who strongly nd vised mo to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills before giving up. I acted oit her sugges tion at once.aud aftersteadily using this great bUnx! and nerve remedv for two months, my headaches and my dizzi- "ess entirely Uisapi.ared. juss .ui;iiuia is secretary oi the AssH-iated Ladies Guild, ami resides at No. 4S Wait street. Koxbury. Mass. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have" cured many liunireds of similar cases, and can brt confidently recommended to drive all Misousfnim thehliuHl and togive needed strength to tho nerves. Every druggist keens them. Man wants but little here below and that's about all he gets. DISFIGURED BY ECZEMA. Wonderful Change in a Night In Month Face Was Clear as Ever Another Cure by Cuticura. "I had eczema on the face for five months, during which time I was in the care of physicians. My face was so disfigured I could not go out. and it was going from bad to worse. A friend recommended Cuticura. Tht first night after I washed my face with Cuticura Soap, and used Cuticura Ointment and Rcsohent. it changed wonderfully. From that day I was able to go out. and in a month the treatment had removed all scales and scabs, and my face was as clear as ever. (Signed) T. J. Soth, 317 Stagg Street, Brooklyn. N. Y." Hope isn't much good unless it is backed up by hustle. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOIUA. asafuitnil cure remedy for infants and children, and sec that it Bean the Signature of &UtfZg la Uec For Over SO Vearu. The Kind You Have Always Uuugh!. A man's popularity generally ends when he gets home. How's This ? We ofTWr One llumlrml !nr Kewr4 for nr eaae of CMtitrrh tent caauut be cured by Il-il't C-turn Cure. F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Tolflo. O. We. the nniIrrHljnJ. have kn-n K. J. Ctieiiry tvrlhel--t IS jear-. -nl l-ll-Te him perfectly !nn-or-ble In all lm-tiiei- tniiui'tlim ami fln-nct-Ilf able h carry out any ihl!atl. no nile y hi Crcu. WaLititit. Kism A MKiih, Wbole-ale Iruit-'. Toledo. O. Ilall'a Catarrh Cure I tak-ii Internally, acting directly upon the Moml ami t-iiicuustturracea.if tba ymeni. TeH(tnioo!aliTii fne. 1'rtce S ceuu pat bottle Pol.l by all !rut--lt. Take HaU'a family 1'IIU for cooitlpatloa. He seldom thinks of the future whe walks with the Father. Try One Package. If "Petlanc-f Starch" does not pleas you. return it to your dealer. If it dws. you K-t one-third more for the :im; money. It will give you satisfaction, and will not stick to the Iron. The world generally gives its ad miration, not to the man who does what nobody else ever attempts to d, hut to the man who does best what multitudes do well. Lord Macatilay Sensible Housekeepers will have Deilanee Starch, not nltui beesnise thev ;et one-third more for tti same money, but ateo because of supe rior (piality. There is one thing will warm up the man who preaches in an ic box. and that is to see people looking for a more genial climate. Henry F. Cope in Cnicago Tribune. The Beat Results in Starching an be obtained only by using Ielian-. Starch, besides Kitting I ounces mori for same money no rooking required. The very art of life, so far as I hav been able to observe, consists in forti tud and perseverance. Walter ScotL When You Buy Starch buy Defianre and get the best: !? ounces for 10 cents. Once used, always used. A cynic is a man who would be un happy if there were nothing for him to be unhappy about. The man who boasts that he neither borrows nor lends must lead a very monotonous life. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Lenance Starch: It will I keep them white 10 ounces for 1 i cents. TO Cl'Kt: A COLO IN ONE IAV Take LiiatUe Ilrorno (i.lnlne Tablet. All ilni KNt refund the m.isey If ll fill ti cure. l W. Unite's BUnalure lit on eu:ti box. 25c Of course one-half the world knows what the other half is doing, because it lives next door. I When a woman talks a great deal ' about a certain man she wants other I to think that it is purely a case of ac cident. Some men are said to have good sense because they are lucky, and what they think have but little to say. Probably the undertaker looks sol emn at a funeral because he is afraid ne will not get his money. The ballet might come under the head of "figured goods." nus nun 4 i 1 1 j r . X- v.
