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Columbus Journal
R. a STROTHER, Editor.
F. K. STROTHER, Manager.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
I Performing a Useful Mission.
' The Society for Psychical Research
has lately exposed certain pseudo
spiritualistic manifestations at Wind
sor, Nova.Scotia. The whole, town had
been stirred by the singular behaviprr
of material things. Boxes and barrels
.were moved, chairs were rocked, and
smaller objects flew through the air
with extraordinary force. Upon hear
ing of this, Prof. Hyslop dispatched
his assistant, Mr. Carrington, to the
ttcene, to investigate the report. The
latter, who s something, of a wizard
himself, proved, as Prof. Hyslop says,
"that all the alleged phenomena at
' Windsor which excited public notice
.were frauds pure and simple." Great
pains had been taken by those who
perpetrated the tricks to escape detec
tion. A mysterious hogshead, which
was said to roll about the streets on
Its own motion and give forth oracu
lar utterances, was found to have been
propelled by two young Nova Sco
tians, while the voice was that of a
boy who was concealed within.
Strings had been attached to chairs,
and secret openings made in walls and
doors. A grocer was found to have
been a ringleader in producing the
phenomena, having thrown apples,
broken eggs and moved packing
cases. It is a good thing to have de
ceptions of this kind discovered, de
clares the New York Post Among
other things, Jt helps to give Prof.
Hyslop's society a standing in the
community and another reason for ex
istence. Dangers Lurking in Cravats.
Girls who gave neckties to men
used to get Into the joke papers. Now,
no more. Since the notion of wearing
knit ties came in a few years ago, the
mightiest is not too proud to display
such handiwork. And in this act is
there not a quaint and charming sym
bolism? The tie, fashioned by innu
merable delicate motions of soft fin
gers, represents In its final form al
most a detached part of the lady her
self. Mere thread plus her that is
the tie. And this resultant the man,
a willing slave, knots around his neck.
Might not one almost say ' that that
silken noose, which, minus what her
hands have done, would be .mere yarn,
is Indeed her hands? A noose aye,
there's the rub! For if once around
one's neck, It is but a step from being
caressed to being throttled in the re
lentless grip of the Superman. Each
must decide for himself. As for us,
exclaims the editor of Collier's, we
are willing to risk it, provided we get
the tie. No, this is not fishing. A
man used to have to ask his friends
to send him knit ties from the other
side. Now they may be picked up in
every Broadway shop and are become
almost vulgar.
There seems to be no end to the
misfortunes attending the French
navy, particularly as regards the
Toulon station. The latest mishap was
a fire on the battleship Hoche, which
proved so serious, threatening to
reach the magazine and destroy the
vessel, that she was sunk to extin
guish the flames. From the beginning
of the year to the present time there
have been 20 more or less notable oc
currences in the French navy. The
worst was the explosion on the bat
tleship Iena while lying at her dock
at Toulon, when over a hundred lives
were lost Other casualties include
the total wreck of the cruisers Jean
Bart and Chanzy, the loss of several
submarine boats and torpedo destroy
ers, damages by collision while ma
neuvering and so on. It looks as
though an able-bodied hoodoo Is work
lag overtime making trouble for
French ships and sailors.
Grumblers.
Grumblers who have fallen Into the
habit of complaining about their real
or imaginary troubles are nuisances
to those who associate with them. The
business maa who is ever grumbling
and growling about things makes a
bine atmosphere about him. There is
no good in grumbling. Grumbling is
an evidence that you are looking at
the world through blue glasses; that
you haven't the proper estimate of
other people. Grumbling is an adver
tisement to the world that you are
ot a success, says New York Weekly.
Grumbling won't help things a bit
The more you indulge yourself in
grumbling the quicker you form the
habit and it becomes so fixed upon
you that later on you find it almost
impossible to shake it off.
That forestry is growing In impor
tance is evident from the care given
the matter in educational institutions
and the number of persons taking this
. course of instruction. It is announced
from Washington that no less than 35
young men who have just graduated
from American schols of forestry have
entered the government service. They
come from Yale, Harvard. Michigan,
Nebraska and other universities and
colleges. The cause Is one to which
talent and skill may well be devoted.
Another endurance test in connec
tion with the automobile is that to
-which the man is subjected who is
paying for it on the installment plan
and at the same time keeping the re
pair bills paid.
, A man in Paterson, N. J was killed
and his family badly injured by an au
tomobile accident Paterson is discov
ering that there are more dangerous
things than anarchists running at
tlarge.
The State Capital
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Matters ef General Interest
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Nebraska's Sett el: Gov
Railroads Ready, to Fight..
TbaVthe railroads Intend to fight in
the courts the collection of their taxes
based on the present assessment was
practically assured, when Edson Rich,
attorney for the Union Pacific, in re
questing that the stenographer taking
down the proceedings be sworn, said:
"The board may hereafter be inter
ested in the correctness of the record."
This statement, considered with, the
care of the railroad officials anu at
torneys in securing a record of every
thing that is said and done at the'
meetings of, the board, and the fact
that a mandamus suit is now pending,
in the supreme court to compel the
board to furnish a detailed statement
of how it arrived at its conclusions rV
garding the valuation of railroad prop:
erty, makes it almost certain the big
corporations are again getting ready
to go to the courts.
The board spent a day listening to
witnesses of the Union Pacific" and
Burlington in corroboration of the fil
ings of each made several days ago
relative to the value of other property
in the state compared with the value
of. railroad property. Included in the
mass of testimony filed by the Union
Pacific were 724 letters written by Ne
braskans to a man named W. H. Clare
of Joliet, a real estate and insurance
agent, in answer to inquiries by him
regarding Nebraska .property. One of
the letters was written, by Secretary
of State Junkin, who said land in his
county, Gosper, was worth $40 an
acre for the best and $10 for the poor
land. The assessor valued the land
at 11.30 an acre, one fifth of which is
the value upon which the taxes are
levied. Another letter was from Con
gressman Pollard, said land in Cass
county was worth $75 an acre. This
land was valued by the assessor at
$60 an acre. Several letters were re
ceived from every county In the state,
and in most every instance the value
of the land was higher than fixed by
the assessor.
Protest from a Legislator.
In a letter to Railway Commissioner
Clarke, Representative Dodge of Doug
las confesses to being ".done by the
railroads." His letter in part fol
lows: "I had some sympathy for the rail
roads after the grilling we gave them
last winter, till I came to ship two
horses, an electric automobile and a
buggy from ucrton ana luuud that the
rates to the Mississippi river on the
highest class of charges was exceed
ingly reasonable compared with the
rates of the western classification,
which, even the eastern railroad men
admitted was most outrageously un
fair. For instance, a carloaa of mixed
goods from Boston to the Mississippi
river is $87, and the same goods can
not be shipped by carload west of the
Mississippi, but must be shipped in
less than carload lots, and the four an
tides I mention cost $75 to take across
the state of Iowa, although it only
took $87 to carry them 1,000 miles to
the Mississippi river. To avoid this
apparently unreasonable and excessive
charge the Merchants' Dispatch peo
ple billed the stuff separately and told
me the total would be about $114.
When the goods arrived yesterday
morning the charge was $220.20, and I
had to pay it in order to get the
horses out after their very hard trip
and five days' standing on their feet
Words cannot express my feelings at
the outrageous and anjust charge, but
a man cannot do anything but pay
the freight and remember. The Mer
chants Dispatch people say the rate
is eminently unfair, but the western
classification or railroad-trust that ex
ists west of Chicago demands these
exorbitant rates."
A Bond from Maryland.
A bond for $50,000 given by the
state of Maryland was received by
State Treasurer Brian. It will net the
state 3.84 per cent in Interest and is
due in 1914. The receipts during the
last month in the state treasurer's of
fice have amounted to $370,000.
Roast For an Assessor.
The assessor of McPherson county
was the recipient of a scorching let
ter from Secretary George D. Ben
nett of the state board of equalization.
The schedule from that county is the
only one now lacking in the files of
the board.
No Admittance.
No admittance will be granted to
the general public to the laboratory
of the state chemist because Food
Commissioner Johnson fears evidence
he gathers against purveyors of im
pure food will be destroyed If anyone
is admitted to the work room.
Fusion on Primary Ballot
The democrats and populists of
Nebraska have won their fight for fu
sion on the tickets .at the first pri
mary election on September 3. The
supreme court handed down a deci
sion overruling the demurrer of the at
torney general and ordering the writ
of mandamus to compel the secretary
of state to permit fusion on the pri
mary ballots. The question was ar
guM at a special meeting. The fusion
ists now have until August 3 to get
their petitions out and names of can
didates filed.
Albert Out fcr Supreme Judge.
Judge L L. Albert of Columbus filed
his name with the secretary of state
as a candidate for'the populist nomina
tion for supreme judge. The name
was filed by petition signed by twenty
five populists as rovided for under the
primary law. John Everson of Alma
is a populist candidate for judge of the'
district court In the Tenth district;
William N. Hensley, a democrat of
Columbus, is a candidate for district
judge in the Sixth district E. F. Mc
Clure of Broken Bow has filed as a
Socialist candidate.
The Inheritance Tax.
"& nrf opinion issned from the oftoe
oTtho, attorney, general, Deputy Grant
Marvimvdeclai:ith4twidao8' dowers
awl anestoads m not exempt from
tafe operation fv'the 'inheritance tax
law. The opinion Is in'aaswer.to the
request of Comity Attorney . living
fetoaeof Otoe coanty. The opinion
.1 have your favorjof.the-28th nit, in
which you "propound, the' following
question:
b "In TOmpntevarae of the in
terest 'that a widow takes under the
law in! the propertjr of her deceased
husband, to 'determine what amount
Is. subject ,to, the inheritance tax, In
the value"!of the homestead and dower
estate and the personal property given
to the widow under the statute, aside
from that personally that she may
take as an heir, included or excluded?"
' The inheritance law provides that
all property, real, personal and mixed,
which shall pass by will or by the in
terstate laws of this state, shall be
subject to tax. Th only safe course
to pursue vin arriving-at the amount
of the inheritance tax in any case is,
to compute the aggregate value of all
property of whatever kind passing by
will or the interstate laws, including
the value of the dower and homestead
rights.
Our inheritance tax law seems to be
almost a verbatim copy of the Illinois
statute. The supreme court of that
state, prior to the adoption of the
law In this state, has held that the in
heritance tax law, imposing a tax on
all property passing by will or by the
interstate laws of the state, includes
dower whether the widow accepts a
devise for her benefit or elects to take
dower In lieu thereof. (Billings vs.
People, 189 lift 472, 59 N. B. 798.) I
regard this as a precedent. which our
court will be Inclined to follow so far
as considering the dower right in de
termining the amount of inheritance
tax, and somewhat indicative of the
rule which would be applied with ref
erence to including the homestead
right
Express Companies Weaken.
After a consultation with the rep
resentatives of the various express
companies the State Railway commis
sion took the matter of issuing a re
duced express rate under advisement,
but none of the members was willing
to say just what would be done. While
the express company representatives
objected seriously to putting In the 25
per cettt reduction as provided for in
the Sibley bill, no definite information
could be secured from the commission
that it would nullify this law and al
low the corporations to charge a
larger rate. The Sibley law provides
the express companies may charge 76
per cent of the rates in effect Jan
uary 1, until the railway commission
grants them permission to put in a
higher rate. So far the law has not
been obeyed by the express compa
nies and now a suit is pending in the
federal court at Lincoln, brought by
the state, to restrain them from vio
lating this law. The companies con
tend the law does not go into effect
until August 5, or one month after
July 5, when all bills not carrying the
emergency clause go Into effect The
express agentstseems to be willing to
stand for a 15 per cent reduction with
out fighting' the case in the courts, but
whether the commission will permit
them to set aside the law without first
giving the 25 per cent reduction rates
a trial remains to be seen.
Changes in Faculty.
When the university opens next
fall several changes will have taken
place in the faculty. Dean Roscoe
Pound of the law school will have
gone to Northwestern to accept a posi
tion as head of the law school at that
university. His place here will be
filled by Prof. G. P. Gostigan. Prof.
F. R Clements of the botany depart
ment goes to the University of Min
nesota to take charge of the botany de
partment there. His successor here
has not been chosen. Prof. F. G. Mil
ler has accepted a position with the
University of Washington. Mr. F.-E.
Phillips will take charge of the for
estry department here In his stead.
Prof. E. A.'Losey of the department
of elocution goes to the University of
Alabama. Miss Alice Howell has
been chosen as professor of elocution
to take his place. Prof. W. K. Jewett
of the library staff, will leave and the
position will be filled by Prof. Wyer,
who was here some years ago. Regis
trar E. H. Clark has been chosen pur
chasing agent for the university and
P. J. Harrison will assume the duties
of registrar.
. Board of Health.
A meeting of the secretaries of the
state board of health was held in the
office of Dr. G. H. Brash, of Beatrice.
Questions, to be propounded to appli
cants for physicians' certificates at
the meeting to be held in Lincoln in
August were selected and new quaran
tine rules and regulations were ad
justed. Will Obey Pure Food Law.
J. W. Johnson on Friday received
several letters from Nebraska retail
ers in different sections stating they
will obey the state pure food law by
refusing to purchase package goods
from manufacturing firms outside of
the state. These letters came in reply
to a circular letter issued Tuesday
warning retailers that they would be
subjected to arrest and fine if they"
sold packages containing prizes and
those on which the net weight was
omitted. Disposition generally is to
obeytthe law.
Major Clifford W. Walden of Beat
rice has been appointed surgeon of
the Second regiment, on recommenda
tion of Col. John C. Hartigan, and the
apolntment has been approved by or:
der of the governor, to take effect July
2. The same, appointment by Colonel
Hartigan was disapproved by Gov
ernor Mickey when General J. H. Cul
ver was adjutant general. It was re
ported to have been disproved because
General Culver believed Major Walden
had been guilty of disobeying an or- '
der issued by Surgeon General Evans I
at the Kearney encampment.
INCREASE IN STATE VALVES.
Value Fourteen Million Over
Last Year.
The work of the state board of as
sessment which Is drawing to a close
shows that with returns still, out from
Kimball and McPherson counties, the
total assessed valuation of all prop
erty in the state, including railroads,
is $327,179,686.95, an 'increase of $14.
119.379.93 over' that ot last year. Of
this' increase $5,330,765.65 .fell en rail
road property and $8,788,614.28 on
other property. The total assessed
value of rallroad'property is $47,708,
031.32. Dawes and Holt counties alone
show a decrease in assessed value
this year.
The following tabulation shows the
assessed values by counties for the
year 1906 and 1907, two small counties
not having yet reported for 1907:
1906. 1907.
Adams 15.334.624.32 $5,532.2G3.85
Antelope... '3,001,265.35 3,108,999.99
Banner.... 210.798.70 217,468.64
Blaine 231.692.05 305,594.05
Boone. 3,830.534.45 4,019,001.00
Box Butte.. 1,052.678.46 1.193.960.76
Boyd 1,713.146.00 1,728.397.60
Brown 337.146.75 875.146.73
Buffalo..... 5.550,197.88 6,100.468.57
Burt 4.610,018.66 4,778.393.70
Butler 5,780,701.07 5,936.620.00
Cass 7,298.957.95 7.462,826.41
Cedar...... 4,628,989.00 4,925,728.00
Chase 474.094.42 545,006.00
Cherry 2,251,863.00 2.363.345.14
Cheyenne.. 2.097.561.78 2,273,405.61
Clay 4,778.829.98 4.989.918.04
Colfax 4.066.355.00 4.199,486.62
Cuming;. .. 5.739.138.12 5,864,359.90
Custer 4,389,327.73 4,054.938.02
Dakota.... 2,202,034.39 2,287,782.00
Dawes 1.422.487.42 1.288,224.80
Dawson.... 3,911.429.25 4,343,066.87
Deuel 1.032.858.01 1,145,879.56
Dixon 3.453.411.10 3,598,422.00
Dodge '7,746.989.60 7,512,052.26
Douglas... 30,607,415.00 32,179.076.00
Dundy..... 903,550.16 960,954.45
Fillmore... 5,014.573.95 5,174,088.82
Franklin... 2,423,703.37 2.541.123.37
Frontier... 1.357.164.00 1.489,906.00
Furnas 2.629.245.00 2,890,205.60
Gage 9,341.137.76 9,640,227.00
Garfield.... 403,841.30 407,537.50
Gosper..... 1,211.258.00 1,258,032.00
Grant - 4S7.397.19 576.168.13
Greeley.... 1.827.236.27 1.907.975.70
HalL ,4,989.369.00 5,372.985.52
Hamilton.. 4.855.097.00 5,330.571.59
Harlan 2.457.732.00 2.600,216.91
Hayes 459.323.20 487,391.52
Hitchcock.. 1.202.82J.72 1,280,703.75
Holt. 3.150,386.83 2,799,386.97
Hooker 280.531.79 339.473.84
Howard 2,297.106.75 .2.553.211.00
Jefferson... 4.745,367.74 4,889.719.77
Johnson . . . 3.823,185.35 3,926.261.91
Kearney... 2.851,499.42 2.919,925.84
Keith 1.52S.323.77 1,566.251.49
Keya Paha. 597.04t.80 632,870.00
Kimball... 907,283.10
Knox 3.849.289.00 3,957,346.00
Lancaster.. 16,588.306.38 17.900.453.12
Logan 197.758.87 210,213.88
Loup 212,270.88 233.092.67
Madison . . . 4.681.856.40 4,828.358.55
McPherson. 147.692.13
Merrick 3.387.304.11 3,618.332.38
Nance 2.369.195.00 2.588.079.00
Nemaha 4.785.143.00 4.909.479.84
Nuckolls... 3.866.590.00 4,072.169.00
Otoe. 7.8S6.402.00 7.992.905.00
Pawnee '4,061,744.00 4,158,220.37
Perkins 658,426.50 370.799.72
Phelps 2.858.940.02 3.038.248.74
Pierce 2.984.010.00 3.046.163.00
Platte 6.117.276.84 6.424.044.66
Polk 3.597,389.15 3.773.040.00
Red Willow '1,950,756.82 2.082.190.15
Richardson 6.310.057.13 6.530.111.41
Rock 691,460.03 728.135.98
Saline 5.659,995.70 5,904,365.67
Sarpy. 3,355.515.07- 3.417.827.76
Saunders... 8,312.422.10 8.670.696.85
Scotts Bluff 850.053.30 894.343.00
Sew&rd 5,604.493.00 5.653.987.13
Sheridan... 1.606.844.00 1,739.270.00
Sherman... 1,576,388.00 1,695.846.04
Sioux 695 230.68 758.696.66
Stanton 2.854.476.00 2.946.864.11
Thayer 4,119.287.72 4.232.S78.30
Thomas... "i 317.757.09 384,793.57
Thurston . . 849.904.00 999.235.60
Valley 2.071.94S.08 2.209,625.00
Washingt'n 4,219.914.01 4.327.820.00
Wayne. 3,914.102 01 3.997.975.70
Webster... 3.265,444.00 3,422.055.47
Wheeler... 3G7.6S0.00 404,771.66
York 5,838.915.00 5.968.452.99
Totals... 513,606.301.02 $327,179,680.95
MR. BRYAN'S CANDIDACY.
It Will Be Launched in 'Lincoln in
The Fall.
The candidacy of W. J. Bryan will
get an official boom at a dinner to be
given in Lincoln by Nebraska demo
crats some time, this fall, probably
shortly after the election. Prominent
democrats from over the country will
be present, including Governor Hoke
Smith of Georgia and Governor Camp
mbell of Texas and other southerners.
Prominent democrats from other
states will be invited to be present
and it is expected Mr. Bryan will give
official recognition to the demand for
him to again lead, and at the same
ttime will outline his platform.
Anniversary of Former Nebraskans.
Spokane (Wash.) dispatch: Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Haden (Anne E.
Sheare), who were married at Bain
bridge, O., April 9, 1857, celebrated
their golden wedding at the home of
-.Mr. and Mrs. Horace Haden, pear
-Wilbur, Wash., south of Spokane, July
-19, the feast having been posponed
'because- of the inability of relatives
'to be present at the anniversary.- In
addition to these was a number of
acquaintances at Bainbridge until 1879,
when they moved to Fairmont, Neb.,
coming afterward to Wilber, where
they lived with their son, Djewire
Haden.
Wasem Bound Over.
Lincoln Oscar Wasem was bound
over to the dstrict court to answer a
bastardy charge. Wasem is famous as
a wrestler. Miss Jennie Friend was
the complainant.
Value of Mules.
Lincoln After an extended session
of the board of equalization it decided
to value mules on a basis of $22.50.
All county valuations will be changed
to conform to this basis.
Reunion at Brownvile.
.Auburn Brownville, one of the old
est towns in the state, is planning to
hold a "home coming woek" some
time near August "29, the anniversary
of the founding of the historic old
town. It is planned to send every resi
dent who has moved away an invita
tion. Prostrated by Heat.
Crab Orchard Miss Olive Waidley
was prostrated by the hoat and her
recovery is very doubtful.
Track Meet at State Fair."
An entirely new feature of enter
tainment at the Nebraska state fair
this year will be a big track meet,
open to all amateurs. This meet
which will be given entirely under the
direction of Physical Director George
M. Pinneo of the Lincoln Y. M. C. A.,
is expected to' be the largest athletic
meet ever held in that part of the
country. Nebraska is full of young
athletes who have made records for
themselves as runners. In the con
test the public will be shown what
they can do.
SPANS SEAS JO JOIN CHILD.
Deported Syrian Travels 33,6SMHes
for Daughter's' Sake.
t
North Adams, Mass. To outwit the.
immigration authorities and Join his
eight-year-old daughter here, a Syrian
who arrived in this city traveled over
33,666 miles, expended a small for
tune in transportation, and consumed
six months' time.
" The child was brought by her father
to the city last winter. The girl found
a home, but the father was deported,
making the distance traveled when he
again arrived at Beirut Syria, 13,500
miles. He reembarked within a few
days for Rio Janeiro, Brazil, 7,425
miles away. His intention was to
enter the states at a gulf port, not
daring to trust himself again to the
immigration officials of the larger
eastern cities.
While in Brazil he reached the con
clusion that it would be better had he
started originally for Canada. At the
first opportunity he embarked on a
vessel for Colon, whence he crossed
the isthmus of Panama. It required
several weeks' waiting before he final
ly embarked on. a sailing vessel for
Victoria, B. C. He arrived early in
May at British Columbia, he had add
ed 8,400 miles to his itinerary.
In June he journeyed from Victoria
to Montreal, 3.291 miles. He then de
termined upon a final cast and headed
for the United States. At this point
he had no trouble in crossing the line
from Canada and made 335 miles from
Montreal to Boston. The night he ar
rived in that city he covered the final
100 odd miles still separating him and
his little girl.
I TO ILLUMINATE NIAGARA FALLS.
Mist and Water Will Flash All Colors
of Rainbow at Night
Niagara Falls, N. Y. The contract
has been closed for the night illumin
ation' of Niagara falls, and the pro
posed plan - for lighting the mighty
torrent will be the greatest feat eyer
conceived in electrical illumination.
The falls will be illuminated for.fhe
first time August 15. The illuminat
ing scheme calls for nearly 50 large
searchlights, several of them the
largest of their kind and capable of
throwing a beam of light a hundred
miles, and the new color scintillator,
a late invention. The projectors will
be located below- the falls In two bat
teries, one at the water's edge and the
other on the high ground of the Cana
dian side. Every inch of the two falls
will be under light
The new color scintillator is an at
tachment fitted to the searchlights
by which the beams of light can be
made any color at will. Thus the
mist and water bathed in all the col
ors of the rainbow, will surpass any
thing in spectacular effect save the
great Northern Lights.
The proposition is to illuminate
Niagara otf a scale in keeping with
the surroundings. It is said by the
illuminating experts that the rays oi'
colored lights when flashed in the air
will be visible at Rochester and
Toronto.
MOSQUITOES HOLD UP TRAIN.
Millions of Pest Swarm Into Coaches
Near Badgley, la.
Des Moines, la. A swarm of mos
quitoes, millions in number, literally
stalled a Minnesota & St. Louis rail
road train at Badgley the other night.
For two hours the .heavily loaded
train was tied up by its fight with the
pests and the 120 passengers were al
most crazed before they escaped.
The attack was made early in the
evening, just as' the train started te
pull out of Badgley.
Because of the hot weather the win
dows in the passenger coaches had
been left open and the mosquitoes,
driven from the masshes by the rain,
swarmed into the cars, attacking the
passengers. For a while the pas
sengers attempted to fight the pests
.with handkerchiefs and hands, but as
they Increased in number and ferocity
the conductor was finally appealed to
and stopped the train.
For two hours the train was stalled.
while the passengers, driven from the
coaches, built fires along the right of
way, making a dense smudge which
afforded them a little relief. The
smudge was then carried into the
coaches and the mosquitoes finally
driven out Many of the passengers
had hands and faces almost eaten raw
by the attacks.
Historic Rag Exhibited.
Washington. The historic national
banner of stars and stripes, which
inspired -Francis Scott Key to com
pose "The Star Spangled Banner,"
and which floated over Fort McHenry,
Chesapeake bay, during its bombard
ment by the British on the night of
September 13, 1814, has been placed
on exhibition at the Smithsonian in
stitution ia this city. The flag is the
property of Eben Appleton, of New
York, who has loaned it to the gov
ernment The banner is 28 by 30
Yeet and will be draped on the wall
in the hall of history of the institu
tion. "New Citizens" Break Record.
Washington. All immigration rec
ords in the history of the country
were broken by -the aggregate returns
for the fiscal year cf 1907, which end
ed on June 30, last. The total num
ber of alien immigrants landed in
America during the year was 1.2S5,
349, as against 1,100,735 during the
fiscal year of 1906. The increase was
about six per cent, over the greatest
number of immigrants that ever ar
rived in America heretofore in a sin
gle year.
Doyie Will Hunt for Jewels.
London. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
anxious to justify his reputation as a
real Sherlock Holmes, has offered his
services to Sir Arthur VIcers, the
Ulster king of arms, in unraveling the
mystery of the loss of the jeweled in
signia of the order of St Patrick,
which was recently stolen from Dub
lin. Berlin, after a careful study of the
proposition, including returns from
Jamestown, has decided not to hold a
world's fair in 1913. American cities
without money to cast to the birds
will probably live up to that standard.
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graphs now taken bear a much more exact relation to the originals photo
graphed than was possible under the old system. The distorting effect ob
tained by the use of the ordinary camera and method is well illustrated in the
second of our photographs, in which the part of the body that is nearest to the
lens is enlarged and out ef ail proportion to the rest 1. A room divided into
sections, and arranged for the Bertillon system of photographing criminals
and dead bodies. 2. A photograph taken in the ordinary way by an ordinary
camera, showing the distortion caused by the usual method of photography.
3. The arrangement that enables photographs to be taken by followers of the
Bertillon system in such a way that the figures in the resulting prints are
absolutely true to scale with the figures photographed. 4. A perspective pho
tograph taken under the new Bertillon system, which makes possible the pro
duction of negatives that in no way exaggerate the object photographed.
ONE MAN'S TROUBLES.
HE IS A MEMBER OF THE NAVY
YARD BAND.
Fred Beversee, Trombone Player, Or
dered to Pay $36 a Month Ali
mony When He Makes
but $32.
New York. Frederick Beversee,
who plays the trombone in the navy
yard band, is trying to figure out a
plan by which he can pay his wife
$36 a month alimony out of a total in
come of $32 a month. All the mathe
maticians in the navy yard and in his
lawyer's office have failed to get any
satisfactory answer to this hard prob
lem, but Beversee ' must have an an
swer. If Beversee doesn't pay his wife $4 J
a month more than he earns he will be
in contempt of court and some bard
hearted judge may lock him up in a
little room so small he will not be
able to slide his trombone.
Beversee has been ordered to ap
pear in special term over in New York
county and explain why he has failed
to pay the $36 a month for the last
two months, and also to explain why
he shouldn't be adjudged in contempt
of court and locked up in some hot
jail for the summer.
Lawyer George Hiram Mann, who
has a big practice among the people
attached to the navy, will be in court
to help Beversee explain, and. also
to make the court see the injustice of
demanding alimony in greater amount
than Beversee can earn. Beversee is
able to prove that his present cash in
come is only $32 a month, which he
gets from the government for playing
the tmmbone twice a day. In addi
tion tS this he gets a place to sleep
and a daily ration.
JUDGE LINDSEY AIDS LAD.
"Wanted to Get Ahead" Gets Place
Paying $2,000 a Year.
Denver. "I want to get ahead, so
I came to work for you."
Two years ago Judge Ben. B. Lind
sey was interrupted at his work by
a boyish voice. Looking up, he saw
a youngster with a shock of bright
red hair and mirthful blue eyes. He
was wearing knee pants and for a mo
ment the judge wondered what the
small fellow could do. The vermilion
crown appealed to him.
So Jay Bacon was kept in the juve
nile court and given a chance to ad
vance. First he was made a sort of
messenger boy and "handy Andy" for
everyone. He was given the dignified
title of clerk, but the young man is
authority for the statement that he
frequently did many services beneath
the dignity of his title.
He had studied stenography at;
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Big Dog Adopt Chickens.
Five Orphan Chicks Are Cared For by
Large Black Brute.
. Des Moines, la. Performing all the
functions of a mother to live-orphaned
chickens, a large black dog is attain
ing wide notoriety on the. east side.
Tho chickens lost their mother in
some unaccountable manner and five
little screaming fowls made the neigh
borhood miserable with their piteous
cries. The chickens belonged to M.
M. Friedman on East Fifth street,
where the dog also belongs. The
chickens huddled together after los
ing their mother and during the night
were taken in charge by the dog, who
protected them from the chilly night
air. Xow the dog has come into con
stant attendance on the five chickens
and watches over them all day long.
Ed Sunberg, constable of Lee town
ship, hearing of the strange incident,
went to investigate and tried to take
one of the chickens out of the box
n-horo lhov hnrl huddled around the
dog. He received a bite on his hand I
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'Some of Beversee's friends have
suggested that he raise the extra four
dollars by selling his ration; but that
would leave bim without anything to
eat. and, besides, he might run up
against some hard regulation against
disposing of a ration allowance.
Beversee's wife is suing him for
separation. The two lived together
quite happily until two or three years
ago. They have been living apart for
a year. Their son. who is a seaman
19 years old, made an affidavit a year
ago, in which he took sides with his
mother, and alleges that his papa was
a very bad man in his treatment of
Mrs. Beversee. Xow, Mr. Mann is
armed with a new affidavit from young
Beversee which tells of the splendid
qualities of his father, with whom he
is now stopping. In his new affidavit
young Beversee throws some light ou
the effect of beer and hot weather
upon affidavit making: in fact, he
makes it appear that the combination
of lager and Mgh temperature caused
him to make the former affidavit. He
says that after drinking beer all day
in hot weather his mothehr induced
him to go with her to her lawyer's
office in the Pulitzer building and
swear to allegations which he now
declares to be untrue.
After Mrs. Beversee's suit had got
under way the court ordered her hus
band to pay her $36 a month. Bev
ersee was able to pay the amount
at that time, as he was playing at
night with a big uptown orchestra
in addition to his employment in the
Navy Yard band. He is a musician
of high class, and he says that he
would be able to get employment out
side now but for the meddling of .his
wife. He paid the $36 a month up to
eight weeks ago, when he found it
impossible to pay that amount out
of hisx navy pay.
home with his stepfather, D. H. Col
burn, who is one of the probation
officers, and his first attempt at tak
ing dictation from Judge Lindsey con
vinced the latter that his clerk could
hold his own.
Then Judge Lindsey was appointed
judge of the new juvenile court Un
der the statute creating the court he
was to name a stenographer at a sal
ary of $2,000 a year, almost as much
as stenographers to district judges re
ceive. The next promotion had come
to Jay Bacon, for' without considering
any other applicant Judge Lindsey
appointed him to the place.
The Plain Thing.
The Vassar graduate stood at the
corner looking at the threatening atti
tude of two angry urchins m the
midst of an eager and expectant
crowd. "Are the intents of those boys
bellicose?" she asked. "No, 'm," re
plied the boy addressed. "Them's
onb going to scrap."
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as a reward for his attempt to molest
the little chicks and tho dog is now
left severely alone with his little family-
Brick Lost with Body in It
Pittsburg, Pa. Friends of Herman
Unger, the musician who committed
suicide in Boston some time ago and
who directed that his body be cre
mated and the ashes made into .i
brick, are much alarmed over the
present whereabouts of the brick. It"
has disappeared and all efforts to lo
cate it have been fruitless.
The brick was shipped from Bos
ton niore than a week ago by the
secretary of the Boston lodge of Odd
Fellows to Morris Xosokoff. of this
city, the nearest friend of the dead
musician. Nosokoff has the price
less violins that Unger owned, but
he was very anxious to secure the
brick as well.
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