PS v - - -, f - T. . & - fi: Kfc - 1 fi Columbus Journal -v . . . H. & TROTHER, Editor. ' . F. K..TROTHEh:'whW. -"- COLUltBUS -'- . NEBRASKA . '. " - -'irt.-co.rtGRfess. . ". Suppression ofvanafeby'- as"-. .' the-' . .gteatest Westibn-before 'Uie.:."natiori . Vas'.cal'ed to theja.ttentfo'n-.o'' con- . : gress'by'.Hresideri't Rodsevel't in. a spe-'- V Cial;-inessage- ThV executive 'su'jjmits'; - .hat 'has been .d6n.e". under ex'stnil'r . -statute's", but -feayfe" there?, should--be. - 'farther l"?gfsla"tion. . V. "";""; , .-.."'" T- faf Insa'sessj'on'f uli. bf;-vidlcn.t: talk .;. the. house. aflo"pt'edtwo-:"nVw rules -de-. : sjepel to .prevent :JilfbusfdHng,by the "Deniocrats. - it-'alsp- passed jJppVa'fter.. -" Ca.dnon's...twbesqlutions".that";a'li;."o"n-' the departments of justice and - 1 jibor. . .fo"r:inf6"r6iation "coh'eei'nfbg- .the """so-, called ."paper 'trust. -'".;'"-!' " ;'. -' " Ttie naval' appropriation bill lautuor- . tains' the construction: qr two i instead J . oi xour. t jaiuesuips lanu .tigim iuaica.14 .t?f four""subma'rine-"tpr'pedp.'boats. -and' .-."carrying. a".: tqtal." appropriation:.. 'o.f . $rop,-9J57,51Sr for " ttie",ijaVal ."service, for j the .nspal. -year, ending juue ..v, au, . was reported; ."to'.-the-'hquse. by Chairs . " . mah . FpSs' ."of", the. .committee: on, nival " affairs: ' V '.. .";,""..:- : ' . J.' As::"a"n" afjefmath pf'.tlfe" jiassage". bt the. aiTOy';-apprbp'riat"k)ri bill Senator- Halerchainn"am".of- thie" cpmmitfee on : ' naval .'affairs'" warned'a'gaihst increases t of- th&ftailiiar'y -establishment, saying '; "they. wejre . Invrttnif .'"a deficifc.-. He. . 'tnpy'ed.-the. re?6hsWera"tfbn."Of ' the vpte " .-y ffeichf the. artoybiUvws' passed J .-ana ;MS. jnouon;.was..jnen-iaia on .me tajilfe ;at .-his -Teougst Senator Uurkett; " '.characterized ..the .-proceeding as. one . dl-rba'd-.- faith.' - The', senate passed, the .fortification -appropriation bill carry-i . MH,.au.aBBresaie.tJi.iji.woo- . r.The" special house' committee In ve4ti- gating Mr.' ..Lllley-s -charges against the leGtric. fipat-company learned .. that some one"' In thenavy department' 'Iiad'been': -givmg. act '..parts . off .navy. ;. 'Tep'qris.yy. ..-. -."".,''',. ..-- -. ."" .". With -dnlvv one- " .vbfe" record'ed'- J'a"bst;iX;tbAt"i.oi-Mr;."Llttfefieid . of- ": .Maine; ilie" '-io'use "of v reiiresentatives X Q (j - . --.-. . '. . o IT ." "" ''' . . Q K fl B MB B " HB1 Bl B H "" P rj -." --- . - " fj o -"- '' ' ":"."' . " .o " .':.; 'ToldirfBiiefi '.-. ; . 8 o --.-.- --...; - ':'- x -" j under., suspension, of "the""-rules. passed-" 'the-fsteVltog empTpyers liability. bUl; .. -aften'40. minutes', 'debate. Tie house.':; ,- " " -'also 'parsed' the--naval .bill' approiriat? -"; -Inp'.$65600p''f6'r'a-''avalstati6n .at "-. .'peafl harbor: HaWaii. - - ' '-'.-.,'' r. -."'- ''-.:: : ''' :' '::'.'. ' -." " """ ' ':: "PEsbisrA:L.''v. J': - Gov.-"John -A Jofinson'of-Minnesota" m. jnade. a-strong .appeal for preservation ." -of .state- rights: under the" constitution " ". at tie' dedrcatIon.,on. Shiloh battlefield of "tb.e-Wpriument. to Minnesota gqidiers J . who feTl'Ittithe; battle of'Shllob.- f ' Mine.'-Anna jk)uld iailed-' uneipected'-'"-Iy;Ior.Eu'rQpc;:'" ".. ..'-. .- ' . Roberr. M'."-1a -..-"Follette -captured . .yearly." all the. ftepubiican delegates& .. -large-tb' the .natipharconvention in the .-: Wisconsin, fetate .primaries,' the .slate .'put up by. tfier.Taft".men meeting", eeii- . -. era!" 'defeat ". -yrrinia Repupjicans ."- "ejected .Ta'ft 'delegates.- "-.,.' .-. '- Rear -Admiral' Evans will not "tejoln . the battlefettip: fleet, at.. San Diego - or ."' participate -in -any ihef unctions" .": "'and -'.celebrations in 'the ports- of - -" sbutherq .California .. ' " . . Dr- Kocb.of -Berlin, the. famous bac- .. terlolqgist, arrived in -New Ybffc . . '.Secrefafy.-'of;.War'Taft, addressing '" bfe"'McKinley club of Omaha, declared . W":.r. -BofanVas-"insincere - in- his. - criticishi'of Republican -policies in the .. Philippities.": -- .. ' " ". ".. ; '"-WilliamVj" .Bryan was the chief .. guest "of -the- Bryan' Democratic club of . . (jpToiadVat-'a-badquret in'Denyer. -The "waiters alf " struck", and club, members '-.served -tfce-dinpef.' ' .. -: -' "" . . .- . .. S'-'' ':. ' "-'"GENERAL NEWS. X -, - - . The Jmiidrtatlon of strike breakers- .from S. Iiohls.to work-on the Pen'sa-- colrr railways, caused fierce".; rioting: . in .which. 15 -of the ndn-nnion" men were ' .injufed.; ';... ; s . y.x ..-.! .The dying need of uniform divorce . laws, was brought ".out strongly, "whppr .. ." the appellate-""di vision of the New- York" -,s.upreine court aflbrmed 'the judgment" flf'JustlcJe.'Dolrrig in giving a "decree . of- divofcV to Porte. V. Raflspm" from " -Mrs.GpbrgeL. Browning of Madison,. " Va." ."""..." ."" -,..Rtev, Father Joseph A. .Graham, rec . tor-of "the Roman Catholic Churcb of he. jpie;ssed;;Sacrament'irt Albany, N. !, shot himself twice in the heart. and . . died .almost' instantly. " .: '. .' -The' Alabama supreme court. heid ""both".. -the "general prohibition-andj the. .nine '"o'clock -ciosing'laws- -to be'-'con-."..:.stitutiqnal an'd-effectlye. .;, , -The. Illinois'" supreme court- refused a. 'rehearing to "Herman Biliekv coif "demned .to" death", for the murder -of . the .yzral- family In-.Chlcago. ' " The. American ."gqve'rnmerit; has ac-. . cepted the -invltatipii .of'New Zealand for tbe.Ameridan "battiesblp'-neet to." yisft Auckland. ' . ;.' -- .. '" : Thnse hundred indflVe student? of." . Clemson.-.cpllege. in ' South. Carolina";' '.. wfere. 'expelled" for an AIltEqoYs day .escapade. . "'...-.-.' " . . "" ..-.- 'Albert Helser, a'baliei; "if;New Wrk;. - drew a. revolver at sthe dinner. 'tabJe:, . .fired -.two shots. at' his -young' bride 4nd- - Jhen killed himself.- Mrs"-.Heiser is-; not expec'ted'tb recover. " .. " " ' -:. 21. A. Johnson-,- a"-bank"casnieat, Stojightdn. 'Wis., committed Suicide "by 'inhaling--gas".-r " -' '. " " - " " ; There Has been .a recrtutesctnee.-df" bubonic -.plague at Lima 'and. other' parts. of-Peru. "'-, ..."."'.""-"" Seven pien .we. e-" sevef ey "injured at." Huntington, A""Va., in" a-dynamite "ex"-r-losion at Meadow Creek,.where "a force bf "men wasra't work" removing a' landslide- .- - - '" Carleton Morgan ' of South -Bend irid., was shot "and .killed-in Cassopolis, Mich., by Mrs. George A. Metskei,who. said the killing was- accidental. . .: ""Massachusetts" Republipan's "elected an uninstructed delegation 'to -ttie" na-. tlpna'i;. convention, .'but a'plank..fri the platform pdjnitted Taft was.thechoice. of -a -niajofify. in.the'.stkte cphventfonV "bne'.mqn'.-iilled;'" i-aboadlrafflc. -1m- Ppede'd", :cave-ins .oh.'.th'e electric" and St Louis." " San Frariciscb' lines neat Jpp" linK-'arid mihfes-'iii tKe Badger?eacock j. .tlistrict inundated were .some ot tne 'feature's trfthe flood th'at.swepfisbuth ive'st' Missouri.."". -'' . " ' ". .-""" r '.-Charles Ai Murph'ej a ";pfbminebj. fawyfer and. ,rea'r estate dealer oLIC"" York, cpinmitted' suicide" in a'- rponi "in the Astor -house by-.shOQiirig.t.hpug"n. the head. .'His"snicWe:j's;attriibu"ted..to! financial troubles." .:"-. " ..'..-'"''.-"..'' At Huntihgtpn, ,V. -Va.;: Mrs. Wjlliam AdkTns and her 'two -yquhS-""-childrep. were -drowned-vwhen their . resident slipped -lnto.Guya"rid6tterlver;;i-" "--'" " -Vn anonym6ii.s- letter- "threatened. that .Gov -Haskeir- of Oklah'obaaarid; Clnef'of Police Ledbetterof MuskogeC r would be killed.-and-.the' city. of t3ntn- ( - . .. rie-'buriied by' negroes.' .' 'V .J- "" .:. -Ten miners- lost: their lives' In the; I. Norton -Hill colliery lnSomersetshire". aingrand, as..-xi-. result- of an .explosion. opgas: --; -,..- -- --'"--.:'. -" "C" The.Mbnarch Book" Priritingfplant at; 1 Wheeler, Ind., was fotjijly- destroyed oy.-.nr.e. -ine loss isr--fia,uuu,--.co.verevj .by, insurance.'-;: . ".''." Judge." PheliEin" in" Detr.6its"cqr.ed--a' jirr'- for acquitti'ng..Pefcy-"BOwin of .a J 1 :.--'. . hI'-l ui,.! -:"" j '.'-.. muruer-o.;wnicn- ne naa comesseiuu. .--.-": .The? "open. shOpT'""pplicy." wjU.be .ad HeTe"d 'to : by vessel -owners',- itt 'the jpp: eraridh of boats-upon the grea't'lakes Wis season A stand ;of thfe-'cTharacfer. in -ttdalin'g witn' organized -labor was uuanim'pu'sly. agreed to. at -the annual. meeting. of the -Lake 'Carriers'. associa tlpn 'in' .Cleveland,. O. J;' -1 ; ;'-.' :"isix hundred ljaner"--hanger's'". "'and- pairiter$:in.-Minneapoiis striipk-'fOr the .'"cldsed'tshop" ' . - . '.-. .'.' David' S.. Rose was - elected -mayor,; of Milwaukee foi thq. fifth ".time:;" ; In. Kansas-' City--the. Democratic, .ticket -.headed by T. T. Crittenden, '-Jr.-," 'fpr. : mayxir was .successful.. -; . i .' .' -'. . Lorenzo D," Kheelarid, .a -well-.knpwn.- broker"and-club".maii .of Chica'gpi -com- j :niuiea-.suiciae oy. snooting oecause .pi ill health.' -", .--'"". '.."'-'' At "a nieeting pf':th"p;board of:trus-: tees' of PrincefPn 'unjV.ersi.ty announces ment" was;-madeof "the-giff of" $250,000 from Irs.- RusseirSage for ".a dbrmi-' fory-building" to, be. used' by-members; of- the -freshniari class. . ; "--" j -. ''. . ' Grpver.Blake pf Anderson Jnd.; who killed his inotheVwith. a, bammei'.r'fqrj the purpose b.f.'robbe'ry. March. 21; ; last .pleade'd:'guiltv'and"' was. ' sentenced" to the' penitentiary for life. -" """ -" " "' "Mrs. Catherine. C' 'T'ucker,inatrbn" of "a feline hospital in Sbiith'Bos'tohi 'lost her. Iifeln"tr3-ing''tp't's"ave: A pet cat from being. burned' fp death. s .Gor.; Hughes of Nev .York,' -whose anii-amunng mii&..we.re ueieaiea, toia the.. le.gl'slature; -he" would-".not .give up the'fight. and. intimated :ihe would", call "a special session .trf adopt the l.egisla-f HOn. . -: ; .. ."...-- - ' In order "to. present" military; servic" in its" most attractlve-lii;nt;'and .n t?J!i way.encourage.nnst'ment in the;."army' Gen." Bell,- chief "ot'. staff, '-""has directed that- all officers "and .enlisted-nien em-.prbj-ed in 'th'e.recruiting efvic'e; wear' Representative '--'C." E. . Ward -" was found.npf guilty,; at. Detroit, .of .'man slaughter in. connection with the. death of Miss Edith Presley.. '. "-. The (Mfye. Sjfreet;bank of St: lipuls having .:a' capital of ?130,000'and de posfts ; of. 350,000, was-, closed by the state bank examiner. . -, .Cdl. w: L. De'Lacey of Ppughkeep sle,.Jf. Y:, -a. promihent'lawyeri-, coin: mitted suicide by inhaling-gas. .. Because his mother, Susan .Car Jin, had sent b,i"ni"-tb' various... reforniatory institutions inywhich he W;as a prison er lor many years,-.: .Bernard Carlir; shot and instantly killed her at. heV .home 'in Brooklyn. - -. t-' . '" Because :.pf tie .error of a western court .Iti" divorcing him- from " the" "wrong woman,' Calvin S.;-Wright" ";s baker of Jeanette, " Pa., will' have ftc stand .-Crial. Pn charges of .bigamy "-atic p"erj"Ury. '. " . ' - Public -and private-funeral "erytcei -were held In Washington oveV T Uw body of .the late Durham Whll". Steyens, adviser to the .Korean "gov. ernnient, .'who wasr killed by a Koreai in San -.Francisco" - - -.":-President Roosevelt ..made public bif letter- of -April '2 to. the-att.orney'gen-ral .directing proceedings' by. fnjunc' tion t'ocompel certain 'railroads of' Um south .to. -fdrhish'eiual" accommoda tions to wh'ite" arid 'negro, passengers. ' "'Archbishop Ryan.-announced that i' $li).Q,0'J0 gift bad been niadel by '1 woman; believed to be Mrs. Frederic .Canfieid Perifield,- for tbe: proposed Catholic High' School fbf. Girls" it .'Philadelphia,- .... ".There is reason- 6 believe that, measures are 'being; taken In Port-au Prince; Haiti, ta force the intervention of the. United, States' if ."'possible: . Ai. parent tranquility prevails,; but there is good authority 'fpr the' 'statement that hostility .against -the present Hal- lien government is- growing -more .in-1 tense. -- - - , .. : -. ".OBITUARY.; " :" ...". Mrs. Charles -F. "Leonard, "mother -ol, Lillian Russell, the.actressdfefdatlht home .of her., daughter, Mrs..'Edwrc' Schultze, in Butherrord!.N. .-J.""' ;., V "Bt, "Joseph' Roberts", "superintendent' of the Northern Indiana . Insane, hos, pital, died after, asnqrt 'Illness. -i"; .Col.. Andrew 5R.- Blakely, proprietoi Of the". St.-Charles." hotel, Hew Orleans' is dead,.""'" '."; "..'. Willa'm. E...Sh.dttk"Sr.,. of Springfield v "- rrj.sv."-" "'"e-. jiu zip was. fonriermayor of Springfield.-- . -.:". AuntBecky-.-Ypung; tne"-flrat Woman. to .offer cherself ' as "a" nurse wheri'-the civu war-uruao uui ana iamous as a ".leader, of the Red.. "Cross, nurses in the war; uiuu ai uci uuiue -iu xjea 'MOlnes.' ''-Charles Quarles, one.of.".the .be.st-known- att'b'rri.eys'in- Wisconsin,- "died suddenly-, of heart" disease.. -'He was a brother of" .former U.nited "State's Sen .atbr Quarles, now- United States judge ' of Milwaukee. ". - "... .";"."" .-Byron. J. Carter", yice;presiderir,.and gfehefal spuerintendent'of the. Mo'tpi Gur .c'om.puiy--of Detroit -.and fnvento: xjf-.a friction, drive autqmobile bearing'! lira uauic, 10 m-cu. ... ; .. BIG FIRE m nun cc I ..-'" . - .. ... " "" VARG'E.:.SECTipN"CF THE-".- CVtY SWEPT BY .FLAMES.". OAMAGE ABOUT TEN MILUONS Many' qf ' the :Town!s. Best Structure's' ".j.- -.-" '..."- !-.'-'. ' Wiped -Our, Leavrtg :Triousanas-.. """-- .' of .Pe'ople":"Homeies, -. ".- . '".'.. .-. - ". -. -. "rio'ston-.-Ata -.-apparently ;insiini.fl-" ca't" nine "which started i among-rrass oiC a-.'dump!dn"tbe"city'bf' Chelsea Sun- d'ay-'wais fanned.by a"-ilpr.thweSt 'gale" 'iotp' si. conflagration .which obliterated . dwelling.- LoU.ses '.wpre -destroyed,: anil ' many- hundreds-,. -of1.' families .-.-were L-driven : from.." their --habitations .and 10,060 -peoplp,'. arg - hpmeless.- -.inreei 'HvQS.;are known tb: h"a':e.. been-lpst- and-4 1 -a.v a jaie-;.noir ai.nignrit-was.repuiiua that: twd ether pej-sons had perished; one,.aywbwa"p;"-b.aving -shovhersplf in. .a frenzy Gyer"-her-inabiuty.tq;save'ner, ".property"; ;.From. fifty -to 100 were- lnv jufed ?-: V .." - r . "-,:"' ""Accurate-estimates, of.-the" ibss.is-iTn-posisible;- ..'Tbe'city soiieitopTestimates. .U at" nearlV10',p6p,000,. The flroi-aged: Jliefcre'.a'Xort'y-flw-m'ilG.gaie "fpr .nabre' ".thanStw.eiVe. hbuifs, .defying thp- utnioBt-"effpr.ts":-of .TbeVconibined; Tflre f'depart 'mehts ,q"f "Cheisea dnH several jnearby-" ilii-., juiu a.- iuiqC uciiH-iiiucui v-. -.wpr-. ton firemen' 4nd'appara,.tus: .- - . . .. Tliefire area,-which "wA&ih the torm ;if an elipse ; a ""mjle .and . a -naif : lojfg" -tiridjialf a mife--wider-at its. widest Ijart, ,extendedidiagbnhlly-.acrpssthe c ty frcm'a-"p:oint. near.'.he boundary! " between' Everett Tand' "Chelsea to ;the ...-aicr oisneisea ,cr.eeic. it- w as .hc ' L'ss' for-, the-'-firerneti. tq". attempt to .-check" the bri-riishing'" flames befpra; Jt'ii- ?m1ti." TiriVl flioir'" main .fiffbrfs.TVf're-" :t'x-'-'p'revet'it- a" spread -of-' the. .fire .on i'thef"."sid.e"i --Tiifiir vlast---stand- -wasi i ak?n .at' ClMjlSea- creek"." 'late ;in -the '''rfternoon' and -.'for -hGUrsva-doUbtfnT latVie.,was...waged'.-.At.9 o'clock word. I-.'ns passea - mat vine iireiuyu . .cj.o c'mfegtA.was pressed. -"A't.:lvCf50:bn1clal . announcement was nKide"by..Chef I-A S.jejacer". that" t'he..firfe; was.;.uhder. qon .tr")K" ."Ar great many of;. tbe "Buildings Avi re'.;ot-,wocd. aiid -were; quickly de-. :-stroy6d, t.ut structures; of; btfcierv.nia-" "te"r--ai.cre' almcst as-qruic.ki'y inid-Uiofi " raichlv" IririnPKitprl ... " " - ", "' "-. A Iff he banks; more ithan three-quai.--!.ter's pftlie church'es,"hali; bfhe Diisi . ndsb'locks". and?neaTly.aU the..-.sch'obi: .Ixcutc'sfwere. wiied oVitl .Oe'Jipspitai;' -and.-, a' - day -.nursery ".were. dejstfbye.dJ. " DENVER PREPARING WELCOME.. Gigantic;. Papier Mache, "Tiger. ''.Wilf; Grevt Delegates ahd:VisitoTs. . .'. -, Je.hver A inohster ' tiger," ' con s'tructed of papier tnache,. iloc'ated ,at ;' the. principal lour corri'ers.pf. the -city, will, welcome the delegates to .Denver wlien-.they cpnie to'.thd democratic national' convention July7. ' This em blem "has", been selected . instead of .the pjosaIC:,dbnkey, as the striped king of the" jungle lends, himself more readily' to the purpose' of oVdamentatibn.; "-.' Big;Robbery In Hiyi.York.. - " Ne":YOTk A 'J7.500. diamond and money .--robbery: .which, was committed iit the Hotel Martihque .about "a,year ago .came, to light when: -..the men we.rc arraigned.- in - court charged'..witn the- theft. -'"The:. prisoners gave. 'the names of. William Singreen.of this city and Max. Willis of Los Angeles, both "employed as' Clerks' in the. hotel at the time of the robbery.. - - - ;.. . Ball .Fjred From Sumter. Washington. Tne Unifed." States .na tional museunr-has just received as a gift from Dr." W- Hiitson" Ford, .now . residing id' Washington,:a four-pduiid. cannon ball, -fired from .Fort Sumter at- the beginning of the--"ehgagement on April 12, 1861; which" marked 'the opening- of the civil" war." .-.-. " ;- Big-Military Tournament, . St -Josenh..:'-'M"oTFive . thousand United'- .States soldiers from "fortsV throughout the.west:.xvill take .part. in. the mllitarj-" tournament", here ..-during, the week'" begln'riing September. 21- Airshi'p'experirilents wiil also" be.-cpri-.-. ducted. -.- -:" I " . . .Killiftd by. Overwork;.' ',, TCansa's"-:. CltyrSuffefing from . rier .yourn"ess"""which has- fojlowe'dhirii sipce he' worked- at his telegraph key In" the Western- Union ".office for :flfty- cbn' sccutfve hours after; the. earthquake m ISan'-Eranciico,' Jay' A. Gammage-on Sunday-committed suicide.-. .. '.- Congress, Adjourns May". 9t"i.-: - -. ... .--i .. -Washington." Thafth.e-present ;ses" sion "of cbngressrwill adjourn -.about. Saturday, May 9. " was the' prediction' ""of James' E. Watsoh""-(Ind;)..Tepublica"n l ." ..-.-....--.. . ... ..-' . -.-. - 1 . . of the ho"use.A" Mr. Watson ' wmp : bases -.this -prediction., upon- Inrbrma-" tion. he has gathered. ROOSEVELT WILL GO ABROAD. . President... - Plana.' .to -Spend Year In " Travel" AftVr'rleRetifes. .'-' " -"Washington" 7-7 "Sbduld President .Ropsevel't,s",' -present, desires be.-.jreal-"rzed fiewlU spend the first year "after his ..retirement "frbmr'ofliceV.ln '-travel outside the "United States;" Mr'..Robse velt"s .itlnerary,--.hbw"ey'er, has not'ben determined, -"His.'p'lan Is" 'to s.ep some of -the- rugged" and. . little -frequented portlPnjs. of '.foreign land, as '.well' as--to' travel the beaten track or the -tourist. '.".Count pq'totkl'-Assassinatedi -. Xemburg, Austrian Hungary.-;ount Adreas PQtdckJ, the gbte'rnbr'-of ."Aus- "trian .Polish'. proylnqeof" Galacia',-. wss assassinated- Sunday.. afternoon by a "Rbtheriian" student, -Mieroslap'.Sjoij'n- , - " j SBi.oy name,.wniie -giving an.aupien.ee .'to a: delegation-"of sto-dents'. The. a'ssa- .sin fire'd'tfiree shofs"frbma revolrfer", - - -. --.-- .. " aii-oi .wnicn iqok enecu ..ine-.gover por died soon. afterward., .but. .first : orchards in ithls-section indicate "that asked his secretary .. to ibform. his the peach -buds .were ba'dly-hipped by' the majesty at. once. "Tell. him,"- said the; the -."recent coul wave, .but- that other by dying man,- "I was his-.rapst.."falthful.fjrtiit'tr"ees-siiffered'"nbthing in the way i" - scrvanL" .... "- ..... y .v. :.-. ef. "damage, :- " ,..;. - " .'. : X A GREAT RAILROAD STATE. j-'Rut Few-Points in Iowa That.Are.No"! Thus-Reached. . '' "Perhaps but a. small -percentage of" j th.e 1 people of 'this 'state "realize that Idwa- js the most" thoroughly, railroad lstata'west of: the. Mississippi river and '' . launs-auiong. jne nrsi. in- ino. United States. ..A glance at-the rafl-'road.-map'.pf -Iowa will.' reveaf.the fact "that: there. Is '-not'one count v: in the' .'state'.that Is-npt traversed" by at? least' vuc.iaillUdUi 1. - .'- '.. '.Therp are .only seven very" small "parts of 'the-state -that .are located. ..'mofe'thatf .ten-miles from a railroads Av-no.-.piace apes, the distance-excecu twenty" mlfes". .'...." . . . .".'. .. . " ..' Thirty-six "railroads" ;and: "electrifc-.ftr:-te.rurban--roa'ds; .with 10,044, -miles of -.tracks", have- lines :runnidg."thtbugb"tiie"- state'. -m- one part.-.or- ancther... . The., steam "railroq'is"'-have '9,824'.-"mtles: -of trac'ih -the statei-ahd- 220 iriiles 'of interurban' .8j'sems".;are In-pperatioii.. Two hundred miles'-'of additibnal driteiv' uf bah roadsare'-'u"pder--c"pnsidera.ti6n.-. .. jie raiiroaa tracss fit .iowa,--.-sir .made.T'ftto..a.lsingle' "track, waiild reach from. Des-Moines. .to' "Hongkopg,. - ami - ' w.oud'vmake;.a continuous line':'fron. .Desr'-M.plnes tb Sidney,. Australia, r the rails': used in 'the.-. -railroads if" Iowa.' 'would construct -.a-.thfee. track Sy;st:omr :-bet:een "New-York and San Francisco. "JOWA "MEN INTO -TBEARCTICS.: 'Alumni of State University. Plcfn Npta - """ """-..-. 'til Exfteditlbn,"-"' ' " " -. ..'".Ip.wa..- -Glty.Rudolph" -:JL- Arid: ersop. -'formerly, -'captain , ".of - tho ;ip.y;-..u:hiyec"sity' tJfac.k. " team, -now. professor- of- the- uatural, . sciences'-' in iBlees . Military -a'cadeiny at" Macon. Linssouri, .has -f esighed'his pPst. in. that msurunpn ana-win; accompany, vjain-. .mar- Stefans.son;on. his Arctic-.expe'di- tiib'n. ' . --. ' - . '""-.-" " '.-' The -two meri-'wiirgbfrom-New York- " In jMay to" Point- Darrpw,;: withfri the Arctic, circle;,- .and -'travel among- the Eskimos,, studying certain, -tribes: of wese. people wno nave never neen seen- by-white ;men-.-- Pqint DarroAv is ;0it .the- upper, rim of. the' North' American coast., ' -. ... -, ' ,. " ..' ."Mr.- Steanssoii is a graduate of Icwa' -:un'iyers'ity and received .his- -dpe'tpr's prominency, in"; ethnological, circle's-'-pn. account-.pf 'his- recent,-. "excursions intp .th'e."frczen''nQrihv""-Hei':'a' criatiye- of Iceland'... ' ' .: . ' ..." ' .-" "'- ".-" WANT- AN EARLI ER DATE; .Teachers Declare- for -State Conveh. ' "..., . "tioniit ih'eC Fall; v Jeff ersony Prof:- "F. .B. "iPalmer chairman' , of ."-the. - executive--com-mlttee of" . "the, " State v "Teacl ers' ' "association, .has. '.finished a'n: interesting sa'therihgof data as to. the prefer'eiice'pf Iowa 'educators, as"' t6 the dates; of bolding- the.Stali Teachers ' meetings. Mr. Palmer- sent out about 7,000 balipts ! to "teachers, superintend ents and professorsof iowa schools' 'apd colleges, aslvlug'tbr.an. expressiou of preference as' to d'atesV'-rIth" Octo ber" or' November,, as-one" neriod,- and "Ghristmas- arid New,-Years 'another... 'The'svote- returned td' .date numbered' 2,607,- of wliicU number -lj9S2--. favored .October -'and.. November' .arid. 655. the later -date.'.; :'"' APPLE. STORAGE-EXPERIMENT. Ames-Authorities -Seek. "a 'Way to'Pre " 'serve' Iowa Crop. . .Ames; Throughput the summer and fall Iowa usually". has. an overplus pf apples and 'in many sections, bf 'the state there, is; a. corresponding shortage of. -winter -frUIt. . .".. ," r 'Asa: "means of disposing, of this' sur plus at-better prices and also, for the purpose of providing winter fruit, the 'horticultural' section 'of the .Iowa. Ex periment, station,-in co-operation with the TJni ted 'States-, department of ag- -.'riculture has' inaugurated an expert ment in the "storage of Iowa apples. . The fruif-'.is' being -held at Ma3on Gitj-, where- it is--examined' at stated intervals. ".-"' W.ROTE.OBSCENE LETTER. I Shenandoah yoyng Mart, is Sentenced -for Two. Years. ''6ttumwa.--:A -jury in' the federal court found". John W. Baldwin cf Shen andoah guilty of "sending an obscene letter "through 'the mailsl. Judge Smith MePhers'on at-"once sentenced him-to :two'Sears,'in thei-'pe.riitentiary.at Fort-Leavenworth.-Kan. -The letter -was. too vulgar' to" be'.shrivVn to; the public. " .- ' Plan for'Exp'erimeht, Work. '" .' Spencer.-The..'ciay county board of snneryiso'rs.iias appropriated- $300 to establish .an 'agricuftural experiment station for the benefit .of. the farmers- of Clay county.'. ,ThB station, jirill be conducted", -in ...connection' with .the CQun.ty" farmi " "". ". - Toledo "Bank. is Closed! -: :' Toledo. The. doors of the Broadway Savibgs bank'wete closed -here.' follow' irig" a 'run. "" -Deposits amount to' $200 000. ..-'.. -:" ." - ; " :- ." Fight Rate Readjustment'. . : State- Cerit'ef.TTjThe Modern "'Wpbd nen'of America ofMarshall county, in aririuarconvehtibn," instructed,- its "dele, gation'-.tp.-the "state,-c"onvention;"at- D'es Moines -on' May ".ft.'to- oppose 'any at-' temptea- reaajusuneni.- pi rates. 'r... -'".' ' insurance. -'" ; Compried iow.a..Wir. Records. ' .- Clinton. "Frank-Su'ttori79 years old,, who as chief "clerk, to Adi .6en N. "B.; Bale'f,- compiled '.pracfically- ail -the'" "Iowa war records; .died.-suddenly. ." " . - . "v- ."" .Died.at Ag'e of 104,; ;,"". '" Sac Clty.-Mrs. ' Sppbia KocR,.. be lieved to be- 'the oldest person in' the." state;, died at-the'-home .of. her daught er, .-Mrs. Henry Mbhr," -in". Wal I Lake. On October 14," 1907v she celebrated her lWth'-'hirthday.' - " ' " - . ". - '..'. - - . . -Peach: Buds Are. lMIpped.-. Council- : Bluffs. Reports '. from .the - - . - . - mm mm STATE NEWS-AND NOTES IN. CON " OENSED FORM: THEPRESS.PiiLPfrANDPUBLIC .- -. -. .. - - . '" : ' ' Wha.t . is Going on .Here and There .'"Thjjti of Interest to.thc" Read-. . . e'rs.Tnrou.gh-'out. Nebraska;. - .The" Burlington coal . chutes- ;at HQidrege-'wete-dlstroj-ed by fire... "" ' -:.Tne matter of "an. auditoTui'm for- .W8t-Point" is sajjl -now to "be "as" good Vs -assured. ' .-. ' ...'". : '-.- . .-.- -. , . t Alo.swqrtn. is doing a great deal of; .buildipg and yet" houses "fpr"rentare very "scarce.,- . . ' . ' : .-"V " - 1. - - - . - '-.".Gibbon" . "pioneers recently" . tfele-"." 'brated the thirty:seventh anniversary -.-j. . - .. . - . - - ... . VI LUC A.VU11IIK-U& 1I.)L C.C:.. ... ' .- vv.aricx. i..iiuirtt;uuii.- y. iu. -gu it . the: -pen for eighteen. " months for. !: "forgery committed in Dodge: county.-..' ""Mrs. jAndr,ew -HolzmPii;' l.iying""-near- .yal.entine;--suffered injuries '-from'- a". Vunaivajl"that:!are liable-" io ..prpve"- fatal. "-" " ' -" ":."-" " ' '"'' .. -There are- a .cumber . of-. va"tancie.s ..'ii.- the .-teaching. "."force" "at Blife"f--Hjli which the-.scooo't'bOard"-'w:ill:be; called up6n..tb.fill. -".". :"v -::."'.. " .,'' '.! :; : ..The". new eiec'trie-ight. plant "is "now J in; .worklpg order .at Sterla--and; the citizen's are- .much" -.pleased" Avith"f"tl)e illutnination: " .-.-' "'.. .."." . "Train" Np;,. -ran -oyer Rert WhitJ. 0f:Rulo at the depot at ; Fail.s.-.'CIty.- cutting '-off --"both- legs, and"-one "arju,' KU.ltng mm . mstautly. :". .v.-;--"-.Methodist -people of - Peru ", have. -raised, the" hipne'y, purchased. thesite". l-and." "will.- soop begin, the .erection '.of.- 1 - . - . : - . - -. . - - . . a-flO.oqpichurch-buUding. -. ." .; -v . Saloons in '.Lincoln are' brily'aildwed." -to. 'do- business -from .7 a. m.y to-'7 -j m. .Drink- dispensers "'talk' of carry-' ing" t.ha-" matter into-. court.".. ' :" '"- Mrs. Josephine L "Riclia". "an aged woriiari. living-"at 'B'eeniefv"has or the' "third " time b.een cpnimittfcd ,;to .the Norfolk -hospital, as.insaiie.. . Alter-lbecbmirig. parents', of fbiirtceri: .children, -.Andrew", and Karoliho, 'Lin--scnmeyer'of Gage, 'county are- s;e"ek-irig--separation' throu'gh. the!- courts. '-Some-cases of "sriiall.-pb'x have .'de veloped. .".Jiick'mari,.,-. Attempt "as-' "made" to ".wardCpff "cbatagepri--jjy.: cHrisr. tibn: science; but' new"-pases, liayea'p-. .peared"."- . " . " "' ." - .' "No -further -chie-' to tfte.-! .postpflice-'.-burglars at- .Valley- .has been, found. Aboutisoo'in .stamps and'-money-.was -talten beside, private -paper's of Post master Johnson: ., . A three; "yea"r..bid 'child air Grand- L- Island:- -wandered away. ' am . .after". a .diligent ."search was found at night in ari; old, building" a mile away"from .the starting point." .- . ' '- The Eag"es jOf'dmaha are putting forth efforts to. land;' the next na tional tcpnyeption n .the 'Nebraska metropolis. ' The requisite amount of money- is being raised- foh ;t"he pur-.-pose. " '"- - '. Th'e Hoine Building-- iul--.-Lb"ari as- l-sociatioh. of -Falls Gjty has organized . and its' articles" .of .incbrporation' havp. been, approved by "tfce'.'stat'e. "banking board-. TJiV authorized 'capital stock .is $'200;p6o." ' ? :- Burglars" entered' th.e office of the Iddings ."Lumber yards at. Sutherland .by pryitig;-Open;a wiidow" and- ran . sack'ed'Jhe 'building. -The-'fiafe . "was opened' but nothing- was..-there ."but checks; .and these the .'robbers did. not take. -' '" .. ' " v " ' The! State .Railway commission has issued ah. order 'that' hereafter no common carrier "operating-freight or passenger'-: trains- in -Nebraskar shall discontinue any -.such'- -train- service until- application has been- made' to the! -commission .and permission 're-, ce'ived. . . . H THE .MIDWEST -LIFE: of Lincoln, Nebraska, an .old-line .Nebraska .Com pany wants -ideal agents tol represent. It in every; town- in'-the.. state.- The Midwest Life issues 'all kinds- of life policies and they: are liberal and along, the best lines"' 'in Jife- insurance.- Write; tothe.hpine. office at Lin", coin for additional 'information. "' -The itodg'e county .district court has' "been ' issuing citizenship papers to residents of other counties, and has- just .learned through - advices from Washington that it has no right F'to do so.- As a result several men in different . counties surroiaiding Dodgp believe themselves to.be ciii zene.pf . the United States when they are !not. " Interesting complications may develop. . For- several weeks past, says a .Sheltbn dispatch, the local crops of physicians have, been baffled ;with -a disease which-part of .the- doctors .have been calling- scarlet fever and.. others pronounced, it- German measles. The State Board of Health was appealed '-to ."arid Doctor -Wilson of, the state board together with all .the -doctors of the .town .-nd the. vill age 'board of health visited a large nuinber of cases' in town and sur rounding country and each and every one was found .to be' that of .scarlet fever. M"' K-. Holiday, an -old citizen, was hauling lumber from a car in Lexing ton. March 16, when a train scared .-the" team" throwing- him under the wagon, loaded with. lumber and .crushing Jils ribs. He died last week from h'is injuries. "DrW. L." Gameron the : Palhrvrii. . physicia.ri. ,wh.o suffered .frbni "hydro-. pnopia oy reason pi running, a neeuie in his 'hand.- whicli had been used on. I'.a'hbse suffering" from the rabies, is -o.ume... 1 rum- uiic$igo wnere ne iuuk ttr'eatmen.t for- two-. Weeks at the ..Pasteur, institute, and" fs: fully rc cbveredl . ." . Charles'. M. .Peters ' of Creston, la.,- 34 years of .age, -shot -himself in his '.'room ."at the Patrick hptel .In Pierce: ' He' will " probably die from . -his ' wounds.. ' Peters' wife is in .the- in-' ;. sane .asylum., and it" is said this.-is the, cause 'of 'his act.. : Jens Ransom of- Cass- county sent $100 "to" Miss Ellen "Peterson of New, .-York 'who. was- corning ,bn-' . west .tp .njarry "him. ;He. was to meet his affia.uced "in" Omaha.- butsince ger'ting rfi.oney.she has bejen "cfi3plcuo;i3 her absence". A fool is born Svctfv.'. min.ute: of.,thep! and. Nebraska' has. tier share NO ONE CAN l .ShKjssTsTsTBSTS''tjbMsTsTm 2 j3.TP---v-l! - iM2?mlKf . . ... "Tw . -- . "- ... . 11 v. AMAAAAAMAMAAMMAMMMWMMMMWMM-MWtf ;"- '"Mirny people" persist in -riding on; " ,- They "start out pcrhaps-jn the heat The rapiil riio-ingdf the-car cools the body- Unduly." Whcn-t'Iicy board-the .caT-p.erhaps-thc.v- are slightly ncrspirinp. When "tb.e body is in-this, condition. it is . caiilv .chilled. .This -is especially true-whejt" a-person i sitffnp.- ... I"cgj4"nrng a."street ..car. ride in" the-middle of the.'.day. and 'cmling- it n the .cveninfcalniofinVr.i-iably rtouires extra wraps, but neonlc'do- noL ob.-ervp thc-e ."precautions", -lience. they -catch cold. ums are cry -iccquent iu-xh prmg. on iiim account, anjl- as H10 aummcr aavaniJPS. tliPV In' nnt-iJrpnso llnrinc 'tlu Snn'm. mnnllia.' no' nnn clmilil ! -tiunk-of. riding' on tlie'caV.-vithdut liein" provided 'v-fth-.a wrap. - ! .". .A. cold "caifcht in tbe'-'Spi-inif is liable. to' last,' through the entire Siuniner.- Grpflf caution, should lie-.obiervett-at this hcasori agains.t cxpoure-to cold, iiinrig- tbe hrst jew pleasant-days, of" bprmg.-the -lialnhty. of catching "cold is great. -- .' i No- .wonder so- many -people acquire -muscular" "rheumatism, and catarrhal drs eases during this season;. .. " " " However,. in spite-of-the" greafest precautions, , cVltt? wiil.lHJ.caucht.' '-;" .iU'.the appearance of the iirst symptom, J"eru'na: should lc taken according.. . to "directions- omtlie ldttle;-flnd .continued until'everj- symptom disjpears. ."-."-- Dq not piit it off. Do tiot waste time bv taking other Teincdii'!!.' Hegin at once .to.iakePeruna and continue taking. it i"mtil-you are positive that the cold' . . has entirely disappeared "This mayrsave'you a-long and perhaps tirious illness . Jater n". , '. - ..---,' . BMlCflBcH.rrMlCM; -.. MrMVJ. Dehtsch, Secretary Rnildinp Material .Trades Council.' 151.Wasbinir- tonSt:, Chicago, ljl:,-.w"ri'fcs: - vx. nave -jounuiyour meuicine to oe "unusnall'y'efncaeion&.tn'.'jjetti'n. rid of ;bad 'effect' from cold, and'niore espe cially in driving' awajr". all-symptoms of .catarrh.-'.with" yyjiich.'l am Ireqiiehtly troubled""- ..-..-." " " - -' - "The. relief. Pe'ritna Wyesin catarrhal L troubles' aldne is welL worth"-J-be" price per bottle. 1 nave .useu tne remedy for. severaryears'now." '.-." -.. Shells of CoImi9. "Sirs. Ci E. Tong','vjritcs'frbra,Atwoodv Cbjorado",. as "follows: . ", "'Wlien: I wrote von for advice .mv.- .-'little; three-yean-bldr gir.lA.had":a. cbngh :tha""t hadrbeen-troubirnsr-'Ker ".for foirr" months: .-.She' oolr cold easily,- arid-. THE, MEAN. WTAN.. T. believe." "his wife angrily de-1 ciarea, "tnat.-jt. I were dead -you J "would -.be married again inside-of a, .yearJ..;;; -. . . . . "Oh,"jao" the. mean man- replied, "you are. 'mistaken":' Try me and 111. prove 'It".".'- - GIRL WAS DELIRIOUS ' With. Fearful. fEczema-Pain, ' Heat and -Tingling, We're Excruciatrpg Ciiticura Acted. Like Magic. An- .eruption- broke out on my .daughter's chest. I took' her to a doctor, and he pronounced' it to be eckema.of'avery bad form. Ke-treated-' her, but the .disease spread to her back, and then the whole of her head was affected, and all her hair had to be cut: on. 'ine. pain sne sunerea was excru ciating, and with .that and the heat and tingling her life was almost un bearable. Occasionally she was deliri ous and she did n.ot have.a properhour's "sleep for many nights. The second doctor we tried afforded her just as little relief as the first. Then I pur-- chased Cuticura Soap,- Ointment, and 1 Pills, and-before the" Ointment -was three-quarters finished every trace of -the disease-was gone. It really seemed like magic: Mrs. T. W. Hyde, Brent wpod. Essex, EngIand.Mar. 8,-lS07." .An Undesirable Article. When arr. B. went to call upon some friends the.other afternoon, he was on his. way out of town and so had his traveling bag- with him. This he placed in a corner,, and when he rose ! to leave he overlooked it. His hostess .j happened tow notice it before he had reached the- door, and called to her 1 little daughter: "Marie, run after Mr. B, and tell him he has left his grip here!" The little one gave- her mother one swift glance of surprise, but flew duti fully to obey orders. - . I "Oh, Mr. B." they heard her say, I "mother says you have forgotten to take your grip "with you:" Then- she ! added,, quickly, in- a tone of polite apology: "Yon see, most all of us have had it this winter, and we'd ' rather not have any more!" l The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the .choice of Starch, a matter of great im portance. Defiance Starch, being free 'from all Injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe ta use on fine fabrics. Its great, strength, as a stiffen- er makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result of . perfect finish, equal, to that, when the - goods were new. A Rustic Sarcasm. "Did-your husband ketch chills an fever?" .asked the 'woman who was standing in' front of -the cabin. "No," answered the-woman who was' driving a spring wagon. "He. wouldn't have- that much git-up-an"-git. He jes sot around an' -let 'em overtake him." to Omiy Omm "Bromo Qulnlno" : -. " v. . ' -' -.n -; TUmi im Laxative Bromo Quinine VERT ,Ahrayf '' remember the full name, ior.'thk filgnatuxe pa evcrj .rox. ALWAYS AVOiD the street -cars, insufficiently protected by of the day and 'do jaot feci the need of- ; " -. . "-.""' V. "would wheeze and have spJjlls of.cpngh-.. .iu matt vvouiu omuiimus last ior- a half hour, . '".;-" -. NowTvecarineVer.than'lvyotfenongh . for the :ljan';e- you- have-made- in our; littletJUe's. haltli:" Uefore she -"be-ntn, taUin'g-pur'Veruna she suffered every-.-., thinjr 111' the vn.y- of cQnrh, colds mid" ."" crohp. but now she-h sis taken riot quite . ab'ottleof Puruna.and is well arid stronz' I as she has ever been in her life-." -.- '. PeHruHia for Colds. -. Mr. .James Morrison 6S East 16th St., . V:itcrsori, N. J., writes: "I have, riven l'eruna a fair trial", and I find it to be 311st what yon claini it " to be.- I Cannot praise it too hiijlAy. I ; have used.-two- bottles iij my family for"- " colds, and' ever'thinir Imairinabb'.' I" .. can safelysay that vbhr medicine is..tlus oesi. iJiave ever.useu. - the: quarrel. .Her-rFarewelir thpu 'jade !!.! Farewell, said,' SICK HEADACHE Positively cured by-'" these. Little Pills. , They al. r-Ucve Dls- tre-sfrimD''ln.,jNla.ln- . CARTERS ITTLE IYER PIUS. ilffre5tIonainlTp.Ht:ifty . Katinp. A.perfect rem- ' etly fur "Dizziness, Nan- ea. Drowsiness, Bad- Taste IntheMoiilh, Cuat- el" Toiipuu Palti ip.tbe': Side, TOUPID -L1VEK,. - They rcsnlate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PUKE. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simi!e Signature IEFMSE SMISTITMTES. Cat the cost 2 Yoa can decorate your home with Alabastine year after- year at one half the cost of using either wall paper or kalsomine. Alabastine TKSriit-uyTOlCbtii comes in 16 beautiful tints xnd white that combine into an endless -variety of soft, velvety Alabastine - shades which will make any home brighter and more sanitary. Sample tint cards free at dealers. Write us for free color plans for decorating your home. - Sold tnr Paint, Drue Hardware and Cen tral stores in carefully sealed ana proper ly labeled packaze. at, ,50c the packace for white and 53c the paclcaee (or tint. See axe before it is opened either by -yourself or the workmen. The HlrtMtiaeCiay Graaa Bagidt. Mick. EjMern Office. 105 Water St.. N'.Y. City.-1 OA '&Jlf. "lr w"f"""T""""nKS'' r - f&r 1 MmM CARTERS Twer pkls. f THE DUTCH TFf Jlk - M BOY PAINTER m V' STANDS FOR Bs& IPAINTQUALlTYima V I IT IS FOUND ONLYONfiSSifJl . I " MADE BY Mm' OLD DUTCH ' Jfk- f sr ?& .- zif 70 JC "0 ". ". V . ;. " 'w. . - y ( --. -. " ' - -. ' "t .--:-y "V .- in mmmmmmm "'- . -,,.