The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, February 27, 1907, Image 6

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ROOSEVELT MEANT WHAT HE
AID ABOUT PRESIDENCY.
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Roosevelt
will not peradthis bum to go before
the aezt natjnaal republican conven
tion, in my judgment," said -one of
the bic leaders oY toe republican party
this week. I believe Mr. Roosevelt
meant what he said a the night ot
November C. 1934. whea he was
elected president, that he would not
be a candidate to aucceed himself.
That he regarded his election as an
election to a second term and that at
the.eed of his term he would retire
to arvate life, I nave every reason
to believe that he is of the same op
inion now.
"But that Joes not say that he will
not again be a candidate for the high
oflce of president. My opinion is that
at the coming national convention a
man will be nominated" who. in many
ways, will reflect the Roosevelt idea.
Whether that man will be Secretary
Taft, Vice President Fairbanks or
come one yet undrempt of I do not
know, bat I am profoundly convinced
that whoever is nominated will be sat
isfactory to the present chief excu
tive. "With someone else in the White
House I can now see a candidate that
might prove to be mighty interesting
and la some particulars unknown in
the annals of our political history.
v "I happen to know that Mr. Roose
velt desires, above all things, to make
a tour of the world a la Bryan. Should
the president indulge the thought,
that is very close to him. and travel
with Mrs. Roosevelt on a tour, of re
flection and observation through the
older civilizations of both east and
west, kings and queens, emperors and
shahs will pay to him that honor due
to an ex-president of the United States
mid Theodore Roosevelt the man. He
vrill take two years in which to 'girdle
the earth. and if ray guess comes true
he will land in the country of his birth
just about the time the national re
publican convention is to convene in
the summer of 1912. And having had
four years of some other president,
the people will just naturally demand
the nomination of Theodore Roose
velt, and the people usually get what
they go after.
FINAL WEEK OF CONGRESS.
Appropriation Bills to Have the Call
in Both of the House.
Washington Aside from approp
riation bills and conference reports.
lie ship subsidy bill is the only meas
ure of general importance that is likely
to receive the attention of the house,
and the Aldrich financial bill probably
the only one that will receive the at
tcation of the senate during this, the
closing week of the last session of the
Fifty-ninth congress. It is Senator
Aid rich's intentions to press his bill
for consideration whenever opportu
nity cflers. and he Is still hopeful of
success, notwlthstandiag the opposi
tion, the congested condition of busi
ness and the limited time left. The
house friends of ship subsidy also pro
fess themselves as hopeful, but they
admit that every day that goes by
without action lessons their chances.
V. B. DOLLIVER DIES SUDDENLY.
Brother of Iowa Senator Found Dead
in Bed In His Apartments.
Fort Dodge. la. Victor B. Dolliver.
youngest brother of Senator Dolliver
was found dead in beu at his bachelor
eiiartmeats at 5:45 Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Dolliver roomed alone at tne resi
dence of W. G. Moore, 217 South
.Twelfth street He retired early Sat
alrday night and was in his usual
health, beyond a slight cold from
which he had suffered for several
days.
Two Americans Executed.
New York A private, cable dis
patch was received in New York by
Miianor Bolet. representative of Vene
cuelan revolutionists, giving further
details of the execution a week ago
of General Paredes and eighteen of
his followers, including his chief of
staff. Gen. Juan Badillo and two
Americans. The two Americans who
. were shot were John Godsky. said to
be, of AltentoWa. Pa., and Thomas
Lovelace a mining engineer of Maine.
Both men had been in Venezuela for
sometime.
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Harriman to Be en Stand.
New York B. H. Harriman. presi
dcut of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, will appear, before the in
terstate commerce commission here
3 Monday to testify as to the larger
financial doings of the Union Pacific
Railroad company and of the group of
finauciers connected with that com
pany. A number of other persons who
' have' been connected with Mr. Har
riman have been summoned, but it is
expected that the entire day will be
devoted to Mr. Harriman's examina
tion. Honors for BurketL
Washington The reading of Wash
ington's farewell address has become
a 'fixed habit in the senate of the
' United States on every recurring an
' 'niversary of the birth of the father
of his country. It is considered quite
-en honor by senators to be selected
to read the address, and the vice pres-
iden't is compelled to exercise consid
erable tact to avoid .giving offense
: 'when he makes the designation. His
choice fell on Mr. Burkett of Ne
braska, 'and the selection proved a
good one.
WiM Make Few Changes.
Washington The senate committee
on postofllces and postroads took up
the postoffice appropriation bill. The
aggregate appropriation will not be
. changed greatly from the amount as
passed by "the house, which' was a
little less than $210,000,000.
Indians Burned ta Death.
1 Winnipeg.' Minn. Three Indians
were burned to death in a tepee on
4he outskirts cf the city and . two
others were badly burnedj in. a
drunken carousal.
ELEVEN TAKEN PROM WRECK.
Some Sunft vera Rescued-From
or Berlin.
Hook of Holland Largely as a re
sult of the-courage and determination
of Prince Henry of the Netherlands,
the prince consort, that which at flrst
appeared to be an impossible task,
has been achieved and the heroic and
unflinching efforts of the Data lifeboat
men have succeeded In rescuing alive
eleven more of the survivors of the
Steamer Berlin. . -
The gallant Dutcn lifeboat men were
rewarded after more than thirty
hours of hard and dangerous work.
Buffeted and driven back time after
time they refused to relax their at
tempts to rescue the handful of ship
wrecked people, and finally at 3:30
o'clock Friday afternoon -the receding
tide and some improvement hi the
weather having made the conditions
easier, their long fight was crowned
with success.
Although several of the persons res-.
cuod were in the last stages of ex
haustion, they are on the road to re
covery and some of them have been
able to tell of their awful experiences.
Two women and a child are still on
board the wreck, but it is feared that
they are dying. Nothing daunted, how
ever, the brave Dutchmen are prepar
ing to make further desperate efforts
to rescue these unfortunates.
When daylight broke a handful of
survivors of the Great Eastern Rail
way company's steamer Berlin, from
Harwich to Rotterdam, which was
wrecked off the Hook of Holland,
could still be seen clinging to the
after part of the steamer. The efforts
made to rescue this survivors were
continued throughout the night, but
proved futile, owing to the furious
seas and heavy snowstorm, which
raged all night long, rendering It im
possible for the tugs or lifeboats to
approach the wreck, over which
mountainous seas continued to dash
with terrific fury. So intense was the
cold that It was thought that those
who were still alive on the remnants
when darkness came must have been
frozen to death, but some six or eight
persons appear to have survived the
terrible experience of the last twenty
four hours.
MISSOURI TWO-CENT LAW.
Railroads, It Is Said, Will Fight the
Enactment.
St. Louis, Mo. A preliminary meet
ing of railroad men representing a
number of the roads in .Missouri was
held in the office of President A. J.
Davidson of the 'Frisco system with
the view of instituting concentrated
action against the new 2-cent rate
law just passed by the legislature.
No definite course was agreed upon
owing to the absence of representa
tives of several roads from the con
ference, and the meeting resolved it
self into an informal discussion of
the effect of the new law will prob
ably have upon passenger service
generally.
THE GRAZING LAND BILL.
Senator Burkett of Nebraska Talks on
Same. ,
Washington Senator,. Burkett on
Friday spoke an hour on the provi
sions in the agricultural appropriation
bill for the government of the graz
ing lands in the arid and semi-arid re
gions. The committee had adopted
practically the provisions ot his bill.,
placing these lands under the agricul
tural department, to be handled in
districts and leased and regulated in
much the same fashion that grazing
rights are managed within the forest
reserves. No action was taken on the
provisions.
PLEADS FOR SHIP SUBSIDY.
Secretary .Shaw Speaks at Madison,
Wisconsin.
Madison. Wis. The second ataerv
ance of University day was held at the
University of Wisconsin Friday. Aeon
vocation of the faculty and students at
the gymnasium was addressed by Sec
retary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw,
who spoke on "Some Achievements in
Self-Government in the United States
Since the Civil War." The speaker said
there has been marked progress to
ward centralized government and that
the tendency is now stronger than ever.
He pleaded for sibsidizing the mer
chant marine.
Dismal View by Railroads.
Omaha That it will stop railroad
construction in Nebraska possibly re
duce wages among the employes
probably lower the standard of train
service or else raise freight rates, and
that it is "confiscatory." and therefore
illegal, is the sum total of the conten
tions of the heads of passenger and
legal departments of Omaha railroads
concerning the 2-cent fare bill that
passed the house Wednesday evening.
Nominated by President.
Washington The president sent to
the senate the following nominations:
Assistant treasurer of the United
States at New York Hamilton Fish.
Quartermaster to be quartermaster,
rank of major Captain Thomas
Swobe.
For Lincoln Monument.
Lincoln. Neb. The biennial propo
sition to appropriate money for the
erection of a monument to Lincoln on
the capitol grounds made its appear
ance in the legislature on Friday. The
bill was introduced by Blystone of
Lancaster, a veteran of the civil war,
and asks for an. appropriation of $10.
000,.. - Mr. Blystone .has discovered
through the medium'of a resolution
that the block of Tennessee marble
donated the state for that purpose Is
lying, out by the heating plant of .the
state house.
Recover One Hundred Dead.
Eagle Pass, Tex. A dispatch from
Las Esperahzas, Mex says that 100
dead bodies have been taken from the
coal mine of the Mexican Coal-and
Coke company. In which an explosion
of gas occurred four days ago.
Honduras Has Declared War.
City of Mexico Word reached here
that Honduras has formally declared
war against Nicaragua. President Bo
nilia is at the n.ead of the Honduran
troops and is marching on the frontier
of Nicaragua.
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DISASTER OFFDUTCH PORT
ONE LIFE SAVED OUT OF A HUN
DRED AND FORTY-THREE.
Life Savers Are Compelled to Stand
by and Watch the Passengers and
Crew Perish.
London The worst disaster for
many years in the history of the busy
cross-channel traffic between England
and the continent occurred during a
violent gale shortly, before 6 o'clock
Thursday morning, when the Rotter
dam mail steamer Berlin, from Har-
w'ilch to Hook of Holland, having
safely weathered the hurricane, was
wrecked as it was entering port. With
one single exception all Its passen
gers and crew, numbering 143 per
sons, lost their lives or are clinging
hopelessly to the wreck.
The terrific seas broke up the
steamer with sucn awful suddenness
that all efforts to save life appear to
have been utterly hopeless. Late in
the evening it was reported that a few
survivors were clinging to the wreck,
but as the heroic efforts all day of the
lifeboat crews had failed to reach
them little hope that they will be
saved remains.
No cause has been assigned for
the disaster and it probably .never will
be known how the steamer came to
miss the channel. It is conjectured
hat some derangement of the engine
or steering gear may have rendered
the vessel uncontrolable. Captain
Precious of the Berlin had a good rec
ord of fourteen years' service. Tb
list of passengers on the fated steamer
was lost and all the names of those
who were on board have not yet been
learned, but as far as has been ascer
tained there were no Americans
among them.
A terrific sonthwestely gale was
blowing right In shore ami drove the
steamer on a sand bank close to the
northern jetty as ft was trying to en
ter the new waterway. Heavy seas
quickly poundeu the vessel to pieces.
It broke in two, its. forepart sinking
immediately, while the deemed pas
sengers and crew could oe seen for a
brief space of time clustered on the
after part. Then the afterpart slipped
off the ledge and disappeared ha the
mountainous wages. Tags and: life
boats promptly put out to the assist
ance of the Berlin when the alarm
was first sounded, but the violence of
the gate- and the heavy seas made it
impossible to approach the wreck, and
tiie helpless would-be life savers saw
the steamer break up and the crew
and passengers washed away without
I being able to render the s&ghtest as
sistance.
London At an early hour this
morning the Great Eastern Railway
company received a dispatch from the
authorities at Hook of Holland say
ing: "Up to the present time only ene
passenger. Patterson, has been saved.
There axe still some people alive on
the wreck and we hope to rescue
them."
South Dakota Passenger Rate.
Pierre. S. D. At the morning ses
sion of the house the 2-cent rate went
down and the 2 rose at once from its
ashes and was accepted by the house
without a protest. Ob the call for the
Carroll 2-cent rate he moved to strike
out all after the enacting clause and
substitute the re-enactment of the pres
ent law, with the maximum rate re
duced from 3 to 2.
Passes Passenger Rate Bill.
Raleigh, N. C The state senate
passed a 2-cent passenger rate bill,
also including the second class fare,
which is made 2 cents. The house bad
voted for a 2-cent rate.
. Pollard Must Put It Back.
Washington The judiciary commit
tee of the house on Thursday reported
on the resolution- of. Representative
Pollard which required, that committee
to investigate and report upon his
right to the salary paid him by the
sergeant-at-arms for the period from
March 4. 1905, to the date of his elec
tion, July 18, 1905. '.The conclusion of
the committee is that Mr. Pollard had
no predecessor in the Fifty-ninth con
gress, and therefore the statute under
which the salary was paid did not ap
ply. The money will be paid back.
Prohibition Bill Killed.
Washington The house committee
on the District of Columbia has decid
ed that it will make no report on the
Webber bill to prevent the manufac
ture and -sale of liquor am the District
of Columbia-
Exclusion Bill, in Japan.
Tokto A written Interpellation re
garding the SanTrancisco school ques
tion was presented to the government
by a member of the house of represent
atives'.' iThe- reply of -Foreign Minister
Bayashi Is expected in a few days.
V'-'K
MR SMOOT KEEPS HIS SEAT
MOTION TO EXCLUDE HIM FROM
THE SENATE DEFEATED.
Numerous Speeches For and Against
the Senator Since the Resolution
to Unseat Him Was Reported.
Washington Senator Reed Smoot
retains is seat in the United States
senate. This was decided Wednesday
by a vote of 42 to 28, ending a long
contest. Eighteen senators were
paired, making the actual standing on
the resolution 51 for and 37 against.
Senator Smoot did not vote, and Sen
ator Wetmore was absent and not
paired.
The Smoot resolution was called up
soon after the senate convened. Every
seat in the galleries was filled and
during the actual voting the standing
room on the floor of the senate was
crowded by members of the house and
employes of the senate. Seldom has
there been a proceeding affecting the
standing of a senator that has attract
ed so much marked attention. In the
audience were representatives of a
number of prominent women's organ
izations, which have been active in cir
culating and having presented petitions
of remonstrance against Mr. Smoot.
These women secured many thousands
of signatures to their petitions.
There have been numerous speeches
made for anu against Senator Smoot
since the resolution to unseat him was
reported from the committee on priv
ileges and elections, just prior to the
adjournment of congress last year.
When the voting began Mr. Smoot
retired to the republican cloak room
to await the result.
Senator Hopkins offered his amend
ment to the committee resolution and
it was adopted. Under tMs a two-thirds
vote would have been necessary to
carry the resolution, which declared
that Mr. Smoot is not entitled to his
seat. Senator Carmack then offered a
substitute for the amended: committee
resolution, a simple resolution declar
ing that Senator Smoot should be "ex
pelled." The effect of this would be
to displace the committee resolution if
adopted and t was -defeated.
Then came the vote on the commit
tee resolution as amended, which was
as follows:
Resolved,. Two-thirds of toe senat
ors present concurring therein, that
Reed Smoot is not entitled to a seat as
a senator of the United States from the
state of Utan.
The yeas were 28 and na'ys 12.
HOUSE PASSES POSTAL. BILL.
Increasing Salaries of Clerks- and Car
riers Reinstated.
Washington The postofilce appro
priation bill, the largest ever reported
by the- committee on postofllces and
pest road's; passed the house- Wednes
day. AH the provisions relating to
Increased pay, affecting 90 per cent of
the postal employes, which were
stricken out on points of order, were
restores to the bill. This action was
accompBsbed by a rule presented by
the committee on rules after the bill
had been reported to the house by the
committee of the whole.
AGAINST PRIZE PACKAGES.
Omaha Joins Other Town in Object
ing to Freight Rate.
Chicago Representatives of com
mercial associations in this city, Kan
sas City, St. Louis, Milwaukee, St.
Panl, Minneapolis and Omaha peti
tioned the railroads ot the central and
western states to withdraw their
present rule which permits the ship
ment of prizes with other goods. They
asked the substitution of a rule pro
hibiting the sending of prize packages
with regular consignments.
Will Not Withdraw Magoon.
Washington Referring to published
reports of an interview with General
Andrade in Havana, in which the gen
eral gives the substance of an inter
view with President Roosevelt, it is of
ficially stated that the president did
not tell anyone he'was about to with
draw Governor Magoon from Cuba and
it is added that he has not the slight
est intention of so doing at present.
General Andrade, after his talk with
the president, repeated the statements
he had made to the president aad to
Secretary Taft.
Bryan at Columbus.
Columbus. Ov William J. Bryan
was the principal speaker at the
board of 'trade banquet here Wednes
day night. Mr. Bryan's speech did
not touch, on politics, being confined
to observations ca his tour around
the world.
Nebraska Division Bill.
Washington The Nebraska judicial
bill will be signed by the president be
fore the end of the week, having
passed the senate in the exact form in
which it went through the house.
JAPANESE ARE DISSATISFIED.
Amendment te Immicratiea Rill Is
' Net Liked.
Toktt, The omcial tsxt of the
amendment of the government Mil has
been published. As expected It
created the strongest
among the Interested parties, although
the movements of procedure have not
yet assumed a definite 'shape. The
Japanese residents of the HawaUam vi
ands have telegraphed President
Roosevelt and the Hawaiian represent
atives in the house reporting the seri
ousness of the injury which will be
caused to their rights and Interests by
this legislation.
, The leaders of opinion here are
aware, however, that under the circum
stances the only alternative is to calm
ly resign themselves to the situation,
hoping that the government can ar
range with the government authorites
to reduce the sacrifice in the interest
of Japanese immigrants to a mini
mum. They regret the enw law, lest the
San Francisco people, glorying In their
success, should asume an overbearing
attitude.
News of this kind would only tend to
injure Japanese susceptibilities, which
President Roosevelt has specially been
careful to avoid.
Protest from Honolulu.
Honolulu At a mass meeting of
Japanese the following cablegram was
ordered sent to President Roosevelt:
"The Hawaian Japanese respect
fully protest, in the name of humanity
and civilization, and also in the name
of liberty, against the prohibition of
their emigration to the United States.
It enslaxes us permanently to Ha
waian capitalists-."
The meeting also cabled to the Jap
anese foreign office as follows:
"The Hawaiian Japanese are unani
mous in firm opposition to the action
of the American congress In prohibit
ing them from emigrating to America,
which is incompatible with the em
pire's dignity and ruinous to Japanese
interests in Hawaii. Energetic opposi
tion is requested."
'Frisco Japs Pleased.
San Francisco, Cal. The terms of
the agreement between the federal
authorities and the Schmitz party at
Washington is acceptable to the Jap
anese of this city, according to a state
ment issued by U. Oyama, secretary
of the Japanese consulate, as follows:
"We have received no official informa
tion regarding the matter, but if the
newspaper reports are correct I am
sure the Japanese people as a whole
will be pleased with the terms. We
have every confidence in President
Roosevelt in this matter. We have
insisted that the Japanese, as a peo
ple, shall not be discriminated against,
and I believe that this is secured by
the agreement reached in Washing
ton." INDICT THE RAILROAD.
Great Northern Accused of Paying: Re-
I paxes io aegar irusx.
New York The federal grand imr
indicted the Great Northern Railway
company on charges that in 1904 it
nafd S10.000 in rebates on suear shib-
ments to Lowell M. Palmer, trade
agent of the Americas Sugar Reflnlng
company. second count of the same
indictment charges that 84,554 addi
tional rebates were paid to Mr.
Palmer by various railroads in con
junction with the Great Northern. The
indictment charges that the Great
Northern Railway company affected
freight combinations with the Lehigh
Yalley, the New York Central and the
New York, New Haven Hartford'
railroads.
SENATE BEATS HOUSE.
Passer- the Two-Cent Fare Bill With
out a Dissenting Vote.
Lincoln The Sackett flat 2-cent pas
senger rate bill passed She senate
Tuesday and the joint committee 2
cent rate- oill In the house was recom
mended' for passage with abe emerg
ency clause without amendment by
the committee of uie wholes
The joint committee antii-pass bill
was discussed in the house-during the
afternoon; numerous amendments
vbted down anl some adopted, after
which by almost unanimous vote it
was recommitted to uie ratfroad com
mittee to draft a bill in- accordance
with the- committee recommendations.
Mr. Bryan's Vermont Dates.
St. Johnsbury. Vt. The dates for
William J. Bryan's Vermont tour have
just been announced by Arthur H.
Gleason. the Vermont member of the
executive committee of the New Eng
land' Democratic league. Pour speech
es will be made by Mr. Bryan In this
states On the afternoon of April 15,
the- NebrasKan will speak in Burling
ton. Tt, and in the evening at Barre.
Two more addresses w&I be made the
following day. one at White River
Junction and the other at St. Johns-bury-
Colonel Irons to Tokio.
Washington Lieutenant Colonel
James A. Irons, Fourteenth infantry,
has been selected as military attache
of the American embassy at Tokio, to
succeed Captain John . J. Pershing,
promoted to be brigadier general.
Seed Wheat for China.
Washington The American Nation
al Red Cross society, through the
courtesy of the Pacific Mail Steamship
company, will be able to transpoct to
China, free of charge, the 5,000 bush
els of seed wheat at Portland, Ore..
and 2,500 bushels at San Francisco.
This latter cargo will go' by the steam
er sailing on February 21 and the re
mainder will be shipped the follow
ing week. Both these shipments were
destined for transportation via Seat
tie, but other arrangements became
necessary.
Recommends Millard's Bill.
Washington At Tuesday's meeting
of the senate committee on inter
oceanic canals, a favorable report on
Senator Millard' bill giving the presi
dent discretion as to the size of the
canal commission was authorized.
Two-Cent Fare in Missouri.
Jefferson City, Ma The senate
passed the house 2-cent passenger rate
bill after amending it to conform to
the senate bill and adding a penalty
of a fine from 100 to 1500 for each
violation.
dUMCUL ML US NS
NEBRASKA WILL HAVE AN ADDI
TIONAL FEDERAL JUDttC .
Indication Are That Then, C.
f Lineebi Will Fill the Pll
Thus Created. '
- WaeUagtba The judicial hoi
which passed the house Monday aa a
substitute for the senate, or so-callec
Burkett bill, is the result of Judg
Norria' earnest and persistent efforts
Judge Norria saw after amendlag the
senate bill and providing for two
visions, aa additional jadge, marshal
district attorney and all the machin
ery of the new federal judicial dls
tricts that such a bill could not pass
Wherever he went in Ids preselyttai
for the bill he heard objections. Be
Ueving that relief should be given tt
the south half of the state and that
there should be a rearrangement oi
the divisions within the district, he
prepared a substitute for the Burkett
bill, which undoubtedly will become s
law, the intention of Senator Burkett
being to move' that the senate concui
in the house substitute, which pro
vides for an additional judge without
creating a new district
The divisions as outlined, seven is
number, were the result of Judge Nor
ris' close study of geographical condi
tlons in Nebraska, the trend of rail
roads and the natural contiguity of
the counties upon certain towns ox
places where court is to be held being
closely considered by ihe author ol
the bill.
The seelction of Chadron as one ol
the places In the North Platte countrj
for holding court was at the instance
of the sub-committee and was adopted
because it was satisfactory to Judge
Kinkald.
Now that the bill is out of the woods
and its passage only a question of a
day or two at the most, people of the
South Platte country will have an op
portunity to speculate oa who the del
egation wll select for recommenda
tion to the president as judge. Prob
ably the man whose name is most
talked of in Washington is that ol
Thomas C. Munger of Lincoln, who.
when Senator Burkett was in the
house, was the latter's chairman anc
campaign manager. There is also C
C. Flansburg. Judge Sedgwick. JuCge
Letton. Paul Jesson and others out foi
the place. But it i3 generally thought
here Mr. Munger will get the plum. I
is understood a petiton signed by
large number of the Lincoln bar is on
its way to Washington in behalf
Mr. Munger.
DEVISES BIG ESTATE.
Will of Millionaire John A. Creightor
Is Filed for Probate.
Omaha John A. Crcighton's wiL"
was filed for probate by Judge W. D
McHugh. It makes specific bequests
to the amount or 81,150,000 and pro
vides that all property in excess oi
this shall be divided among the lega
tecs mentioned in The same propor
tlons observed in the speciffc be
hflHls.
If. as generally believed, tiu
count's fortune amounted to upwards
of $5,000,000, all the beneficiaries will
get about four times the amounts, men
rfctued as theirs in the wiir anc
Crefghton university, the. chief bene
ncmry, will get upwards of 2.00eUKH
These are the beneficiaries and tht
amounts named:
Creighton university ISOOiMf
f. Joseph's hospital 200,00
Children ot sister. Airs. 11c-
Shant 100,001
Children ot broOhor. Thomas
CreighTon lOO.OOf
Little- SUtcrs tr te Poor g0;00(
Working Girls Home ;.0,00
ShtCHra ot Good Shepherd r.0,i)0
Sisters oT Poor Clare 50.001
John- Av. Schenk. bcother-in-lsiw 25.00?
John M DuuKhetlv. Brand
nephew 1j.00
Jiary uottcr. uotweaecper iv,uu
HE SAVS PRINT IT ALL.
Wichita Preacher Wants to Rest
Every Line ef Thaw Testimony.
WICHITA. Kas In a sermon or
inoralRyv entitled "Women's Rights,
Dr. John Henry CUtllippe. pastor of the
liirst Methodist Episcopal church de
cJaredi
"I want to see every line of the
Thaw- evidence printed, and I want tc
read it. 1 think the pablic should
read EL-
Skull Exhibited in Court.
Wallace. Idaho The shattered,
dried, weather-beaten skuII of murder
ed Fred. Tyler was in evidence in the
trial of Steve Adams, held up before
the jury by the hand of Deputy Sher
iff C B. Williams. A big ballet hole
back of the left ear and another hole
on the right side, where it is supposed
the ball came out, showed how he mel
his death, shot from behind.
St. Petersburg The social revo!u-
f t.onlsia have been holding meeting
ia. the University building here ucdet
ihe cover of university autonomy
''he police, however, determined tc
I ut an end to these gatherings and or
unda7 surrounded t'le university, ar
tasted seventy-one evolutionists and
s ;ized 1,500 pound b vei,bt of iccen
1 ciary proclamation:.:
New York Central Wreck.
New York Four dlstiact investiga
tions into the wreokof the Brewstei
express on the New York Central rail
l-iad Saturday were in progress Mon
r'ay aad resolutions we.-e introduced
Into tiie legislature for :in exhaustive
legislative Investigation. One' of the
investigations already under way was
under the direction of tiie coroner: a
second was made by the New York
state railroad commission: a third b
the district attorney's office of New
York county, and the fourth by the
railroad.
Refuse to Kill La Folletts Bill.
Washington By a vote of 119 to
69 the house under suspension of the
rules refused to adopt the substitute
recommended by the interstate and
foreign commerce committee to the
so-called "La Follette slxteen-hour
bilL"
Honululu A mass meeting of Jap
anese will be held to protest against
the exclusion of Japanese from the
mainland, or any form of Japanese ex
clusion. All classes cf Japanese have
joined in the movement.
LAW aUfflOMMS TOWITJItV
qm Hydrad IImbsbbcI Asms Avaff-
ants for SscMssbbbL
North Platte-A law ! age the
Hi j of the Inferior serve aeoea
u mm the oaVera ef the UaMad States
mUBBSf .---- ..;.j Ua ft that
ice rrr rzr- in l
aaey uiu as. - " "
tices to he BBhMrted. ef the re ra
tiea off what has aeretesore been an
irrigation reserve, located hi Liaoam.
Keith. Deuel sad
both sides ef the Nana naxxe
Tata tract waa reserved
thA Mtkmal liilaBtlaa law front
the KlakaM. or
it aMBaal MWf BGfes
and ae entry whatsoever w now per
mitted aaoa this tract until May 1.
IftT, waea the order restoring the
lands ta entry wftt take effect
v Tata order restores all the irrigated
reserve within the boundaries of the
North Platte taad oafce atatrlct, ex
cepting about thirteen and one-half
townships la Cheyeaae and Scott's
Bluff counties. The taad which to aow
vacaat and to be restored ha this ter
ritory embraces 10V.C40 acres, ia
round numbers. It is located princi
pally la Deuel. Cheyeaae aad Keith
counties, aad from oae to Ave miles
(mm the North Platte river aad about
the same distance from the new Union
PaciAc railroad betas constructed up
Ota river from North Platte to Bridge
port. DANGER IN EATING PORK.
Dr. S. K.
Warns Against Hog Meat,
Lincoln Pork eaten raw or not
thoroughly cooked. Ia the opinion of
JJr. S. K. Spalding, state health ua
specter, is a danger to human life.
Dr. Spalding has Issued the following
word of caution:
"The recent cases of trichinosis oc
carriag ia this state at Hastings aad
Fremont emphasize the fact that pork
eaten raw. or even not thoroughly
cooked, is dangerous to life.
"No law could be passed by the
legislature that would compel a bac
teriological examination of every car
cass that waa killed for home con
sumption, and it is only la this way
the trichina can be discovered and
the meat products condemned.
"For this reason we must depend
upon the press of the state to make
known to the people In the most pub
lic way the danger there la hi eating
raw pork. This knowledge should also
be taught in all schools, aad a full dis
cussion of the subject then be had la
our homes. S. K. SPALDING.
"State Health Inspector.'
Growers Want Contracts.
Calbertson Beet growers ia the
vicinity of Calbertson are desirous of
making contracts with the beet sugar
factories, but It seems the manufac
turers are not out after contracts as
heretofore. For the last four'or five
years there has been quite a contest
between the American Beet Sugar
company and the Standard Beet Sugar
company to secure these contracts
from the farmers to grow beets and
every spring the territory was
thoroughly canvassed by agents. This
year the American company is in the
company doing business in Nebraska
it will not canvass the territory to
get an the coutiacts It wants. The
beet growing industry has reached a
stage of development that it will be a
serious loss to the farmers if they -cannot
find a market for their beets.
Between 300 and 409" carloads of sugar
beets have been shipped each season
from this point to the factories at
Leavitt and Grand Island, and while
some of the growers have objected to
the terms of 190T contracts, these ob
jections wonld not appreciably affect
the acreage that would be planted
this year, provided contracts could be
made with some reliable concern.
GOES TO PANAMA.
Norfolk Man Will Run a Train e
Panama Railway.
Norfolk H. Bala, conductor on the
Chicago & Northwestern railway, has
receives! a government appointment
as conductor on roe Panama railway,
and will leave for the canal sone at
once with his family. Thia makes the
twelfth Norfolkan to accept a govern
ment position ba the zone.
Kitted In Threshing Machine.
Albiot A fatal accident occurred a
few mites east of this city la which
William B. Johnson, a farmer, lost his
life. A crew was at work threshing
some alfalfa and while Johnson at
tempted to make some adjustment ia
the machinery his clothing caught in
n sprocket. Before assistance could
be rendered or the machinery stopped
he was wound about a shaft, his leg
was broken, his arm torn from its
socket, and a large gash was cut In
his head and side.
Big Price far Fancy Hogs.
Harvard Several hog sales were
held in different parts of Clay county
and large prices were paid. At one
sale, a sow brought $1,500. At an
other sale the prices averaged a little
over t&Q.
Buys 1,700 Nebraska Acres.
Tecnmseh John N. Garver, capi
talist, real estate dealer aad member
of the city council of Springfield, O..
comes into possession of about 1,700
acres of choice Johnson county land,
the border line being but one mile
south of Tecumseh. He asks $91,096.
40 for the same, and the amount goes
to Wittenberg college, a denomina
tional school of SpringaeM. Michael
W. Hamma, a resident of New Eng
land, deeded the mad to the college.
Garver made the purchase, the school
evidently having need for the cash.
Joe Cannon Seiw
Cheyeaae couaues.
juBMura josepn cannon, speaker
of the national house of representa
tives, has made another sale of land
In this vicinity to J. F. douse, who
purchased 120 acres at $75 aa acre.
This Is the second sale made by Mr!
Cannon during the past few weeks.
VetermTrlebhed of HkTiavInas.
Norfolk John Tried, a feeble old
veteran of the civil war, was robbed
of three years' of pension savings at r
his farm house in Holt couatv. nre-,
sumably by his farm hand. -
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