The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, May 06, 1908, Image 2
" mK.-.y ary ? r " "-!. v"ec rc 5"1 JS t f3 ,. fc . -- J-- - 11 i ' B & v Columbus Journal STROTHER & STOCKWELL, Pubs. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA IN CONGRESS. The special Tiouse committee ended its inquiry into the methods . of the Electric Boat company after Attor ney F. B. Whitney, an officer of the Lake Torpedo Boar, company, had ad mitted lie wrote the anonymous let ters that figured in the case. A spirited attack on prohibition was made by Representative Richard Bar tholdt of Missouri before the house committee on the District of Colum bia, which has under consideration the Sims bill providing for prohibition in the district. As a result of a series of confer ences between Republican leaders in the house, Representative Vreeland of New York introduced a new currency bill. The president's special message was read in both branches of congress. The senate passed the pension and District of Columbia appropriation bills. PERSONAL. Reports were current in New York that ex-President Cleveland has can cer of the stomach and that there is little hope of his recovery. Miss Mary McMurray, for 11 years stenographer and confidential clerk for the Canton Bridge company, was in dicted by the grand jury at Lima, O., charged with perjury. Joseph Carabelli, a wealthy Italian of Cleveland, O., reported to the police that he had received a "Black Hand" letter demanding $5,000, threatening his life, 10 kidnap his wife and son and dynamite his business place. Robert W. Gott pleaded guilty at Cincinnati to the murder of Dr. Leo Danziger, a prominent physician, and was sentenced to .en years in the penitentiary. Thomas W. Frankham, cashier of the St. Paul and Western Coal com pany, of St. Paul, Minn., is missing and is accused of embezzling $10,000. Louis A. Gourdain, the former mil lionaire lottery king, escaped from SL Elizabeth's federal asylum fbrthe in sane at Washington. Mrs. Jennie A. Call, a Chicago matrimonial agent, was sentenced to the bridewell for a year for using the mails to defraud. Gov. Davidson of Wisconsin fell on a polished floor and broke his left arm. GENERAL NEWS. The Atlantic battleship fleet arrived at Monterey, Cal. A supposed attempt of the lawless element in the little town of Verden, Okla.. to take revenge on City Mar shal Gillespie for his policy of strict law enforcement resulted in an in cendiary fire which destroyed the prin cipal business section of the town. Attorney General Bird of Michigan filed a bill asking for a receiver for the American Health and Accident as sociation of Detroit. Robbers tool: $63,000 in Mexican currency from a Wells-Fargo express car near Torreon,. Mexico. The National Prosperity association, to uplift business interests generally, was organized by St. Louis merchants. Conductors and mqtormen in Cleve land began voting on a proposition to strike because they were refused a wage increase. It was reported in Panama that Honduras was preparing to attack . Guatemala. The Michigan supreme court af . firmed the conviction and sentence of Philip A. McHugh and Charles P. O'Neil, two prominent young attorneys of Detroit, who were held in contempt by Judge Connolly of Detroit for fail ing to proceed with a murder trial at the time set by the court. President and Mrs. Roosevelt re ceived COO New England working women who were in Washington sight 'seeing. A receiver was appointed for Wil liam A. Stetson of Boston, one of the best known leather dealers in the Uni ted States. Miss Georgia E. Bible of North Caro lina, arrested in Chicago, confessed to the theft of $8,000 worth of diamonds from Herbert Loeb of Philadelphia. The British cruiser Gladiator col lided with the American liner St. Paul off the Isle of Wight and was beached. Five of the cruiser's crew are known to have perished and 23 are missing. Catholics of the New York archdio cese began a week's celebration of the church's centennial in New York. Democrats of New Jersey refused to instruct their delegates for Bryan. Republicans of Colorado and Arkan sas instructed for Taft. E. F. Carty. one of the aldermen of Rockford, HI., accused of boodling, was arrested and two other council men resigned. At Lordsburg, N. M., Oliver Garri son shot and killed his wife, shot George Allen through the abdomen, wounding him fatally, and then com mitted suicide. . "Mulai Hafid, the "Sultan of the South' in Morocco, suffered a defeat and fled. The Japanese training cruiser Mat sushima was sunk off the Pescadores islands by the explosion of a projec tile. About 250 men. including the captain of the Matsushima, are lost. Nine men were killed and 30 per sons injured in a collision of interur ban trolley cars near Ypsilanti, Mich. Hlil . FORM BUSY MAN y Most Important Happen- 8 8 ings of the World r? o Told in Brief. 8 Fre'd Auterburn, a prisoner1 a'r'Atlan tic, la., locked Oh e jailer ina ceiPand escaped!!. - " 'J - Two train robbers boarded the New York St. Louts express on the Pan Handle railroad .at Pittsburg, - over powered the express messengej and got away with four bags of currency. More than .200 men, including the captain and many other officers, per ished when the Japanese training cruiser Matsushima was- sunk by the' accidental explosion of a projectile. Mirror Lake, a fine fishing place near Baraboo, Wis.; was ruined when high water destroyed two dams. Heavy frosts in southeastern Iowa, northeastern Missouri and "western Illinois badly damaged strawberries and other fruits. The mayor of Fort-de-France, Mar tinique, and several other men were killed in a political fight Dr. -J. D, Garrison shot and killed J. D.' Williams, an electrician, at Flat Creek, Ala., in a duel. - Eleven thousand pounds of green coffee which was confiscated by the United States government on the ground that it contained deleterious and adulterous substances, was burned at Nashville, Tenn. An attempt was made to destroy, the quarters of the fashionable Phoenix club in Cincinnati with a bomb. Ray Lamphere of Laporte, Ind., was held on a charge of murdering Mrs. Delia Gunness and -her three children, who were burned to death. Ambassador Rein announced the en gagement of his daughter Jean to Hon. John Hubert Ward, brother of the earl of Dudley. Two seamen of the German battle ship Elsass were killed and six others were wounded at Kiel, as the result of the explosion of a mine. Three thousand Christian Ar menians are reported to have been massacred by Kurds in the provinces of Persia recently invaded by Rus sian troops on a punitive mission. Several of the buildings on the Jamestown exposition grounds were destroyed by fire. Fire in Joliet, III., destroyed the Boston store and damaged an office, building. Loss, $210,000. Herman H. Peters of Port Huron, Mich., committed suicide because he lost $10,000 by the failure of the United Home Protectors' fraternity. Two leopards leaped among the spectators in the Baltimore zoo, bad ly injured a boy and caused a panic. The plant of the John A. Bunn Chain company at St. Paul, Minn., was burned, the loss being $50,000. The private bank of Malone & Son of Cayuga, Ind., was. closed by the state bank examiner. Republican conventions in Maryland and North Carolina instructed for Taft and that in Maine declared him its choice without instructing the dele gates. Serious damage was done in Leon county, the tobacco section of Florida, by a wind storm. Three French officers and 31 native soldiers were ambushed in. Dagana, West Africa, and all but one officer massacred. The largest Y. M. C. A. building out side of New York city was dedicated in Dayton, O. Two state conventions were held by Mississippi Republicans, one faction indorsing the administration and the other Foraker. West Virginia Repub licans instructed for Taft, and those of Pennsylvania for Knox, while Re publicans of Vermont and Democrats of Connecticut elected uninstructed delegations. A plot of Koreans in San Francisco to murder Bishop Harris on his arrival from Korea was frustrated by the au thorities. The battleship fleet left Santa Bar bara on its way to Monterey. Steps were taken in St. Louis to form a $300,000,000 combine of yellow pine companies. Part of the Standard Oil com pany's plant at Cleveland, O., was burned, the loss, being over $200,000. Following the suicide of Charles Coster, a prominent broker and so ciety man, the firm of Coster, Knapp & Co., of which Mr. Coster was a member, announced its suspension on the floor of the New York stock ex change. Bandits robbed the Scandia State bank of Crookston, Minn., of $8,000 and terrorized the town Returns from the districts in the south ravaged by tornadoes show that at least. 350 lives were lost and 46 towns were badly wrecked. It was stated in London that two bags of mail' from there, whose con tents were valued at $500,000, were stolen in New York. Robert Harrison and his six-year-old son, Thomas, were killed by light ning at their home near Huntington, W. Va. Mrs. Belle Gunness, 40 years old, and her three children, were burned to death In a fire which destroyed their Rome near Laporte Ind., and Ray Lamphere, formerly in her employ, was arrested. John Edward Libbey, president, and Charles B. Church, vice-president, re spective!) of the Oldest Inhabitants' association of the District of Colum bia, died in Washington on the same day. Several men were injured by a boiler explosion on the British battle ship Britannia. Mrs. Leonora Pierce and Miss Grey ta Fulmer were arrested in Denver on a charge of swindling- a blind woman out of $20,000 by spiritualistic seances. Half the little French hamlet of Notre Dame De Salette, 16 miles from Buckingham, OnL, on the Lievre Yiver, was buried under a sliding mountain and at least 30 of its small population are known to have perished. A severe blizzard, with snow, gales and cold, raged over Great Britain, doing much damage. Four armed men held up guards who were conveying $18,000 from Welch to Dary, W. Va.,.to pay off the employes of the United States Coal and Coke company. For the first' time .in SO years, and the second time in the history of the science of medicine, an operation for the extraction of venom from the dead ly lance-head viper, said to be th most poisonous of all known reptiles, was performed at the Bronx Zoological park In New York. The third of a teaspoonful of the fluid obtained will rreet the demands of the medical ' world for 50 years. A BIG HOTEL BURNS FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLY, CUT--j. TING OFFMANY GUESTS. NUMBER OF DEAD UNCERTAIN Ten Bodies So. Far Recovered and as t Many "More Are Believed to Be in the Ruins. Fort Wayne, Ind. Ten known dead, many missing and thirteen seriously injured is the result o' a fire that de stroyed the New Avelina hotel, Fort Wayne's principal hostelry, at an early hour Sunday: Chief of Police Anckeu-. bruck said he believed twenty bodies were still in the. ruins. The entire interior of the building is a smoldering heap of ruins and how many deadtare concealed by the debris can only be conjectured. The hotel register was consumed by the fire and there are no accurate means of determining who is missing. The complete destruction of the in terior of the hotel makes the work of recovering bodies a difficult task. A confused heap of charred wood, bricks and twisted girders is piled up between the bare walls to the second story. Piece by piece this must be removed before the roll of dead can be com pleted. Some of the bodies taken out are mangled and charred beyond rec ognition. Infantry company D and battery B of the National guards are on duty and aiding the fire and police forces to clear away the debris. The fire was discovered at 3:30 o'clock in the morning in the elevator shaft by Night Clerk Ralph Hopkins. He rushed to the upper floors, alarm ing the guests, until the flames, which had spread with great rapidity, drove him back. His.efforts, however, saved many lives. The hotel was erected half a century ago and the woodwork was dry as tinder. It burned like matchwood and within a few minutes from the time the fire was discovered the whole interior of the hotel was xi mass of flames that filled the corridors and rooms with suffocating clouds of smoke and laid fiery barriers across all means of escape save by the win dows. The fire department rescued many by means of ladders, but some, frenzied by the onward rush of the flames, leaped from the windows to the paved street. "R. S. Johnson of Pana, 111., jumped from the fifth story. His body struck a balcony and bound ed far into the street. He was a crushed and bleeding mass when pick ed up and died a short time later in St. Joseph's hospital. ROAD NORTH TO HUDSON BAY. Dominion Government Plans to Fi nance the Line. Winnipeg. Man. The Dominion government will submit to parliament a bill providing for the construction of a railroad to Fort Churchill, en Hudson bay. The proposal is to pro vide money from the sale of 3,000,000 acres of Dominion crown lands in the west hitherto set apart as railway reservation lands. It is estimated that the proceeds from these lands, reserved by the crown, would in a few years realize $30,000,000,000, or sufficient to pay the cost of the con struction to Hudson bay and improve ments to the harbor. Will Endorse Postal Banks. Washington. It Is announced that several of the leading members of the house and senate will favorably ad dress the meeting in the interest of postal legislation being urged, by the Postal Progress league. Progress on Newlands Bill. Washington. The senate committee on commerce adopted the report of its subcommittee which advised the New lands waterways bill. This report fixes the appropriation at $10,000,000. Eulogies for Senators. Washington. Addresses eulogistic of the life, character and public serv ice of the late United States Senator Stephen R. Mallory and Senator Wil liam J. Bryan of Florida were deliver ed in the house of representatives, Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania presiding by designation of Speaker Cannon. Bailey's Majority 25,000. Dallas, Texas. Additional returns from thedemocratic primary election are scattering. Several counties not reported cast majorities for Johnson and it is probable that Senator Bai ley's majority for delegate-at-large to the Denver convention will be below 25,000. Tirey L. Ford is Acquitted. San Francisco. Tirey L. Ford, chief counsel for the United Railroads, charged with bribing former Super visor Daniel G. Coleman "to vote for a trolley franchise for the United Railroads, was found not guilty by a jury. , Report on Weighing Mails. Washington. Postmaster General Meyer today transmitted to congress a report on the special weighing of the mails undertaken under congres sional enactment, looking to a read justment of the rates of payments to railroads for mail transportation. The report is a mass of statistical data, covering the entire field of inquiry, divided into four general classes, and is accompanied by thirty elaborate tables. The commissions of postal officers who had charge of the .inves tigation regard it very important. Trouble Brewing in India. London India is a source of con siderable uneasiness to the British government at the present time. The difficulties with the Mohmands seemed on the eve of settlement when on Saturday, according to reports here, a new danger threatened. An attempt was made' by a large Afghan force numbering from 13.000 to 20,000 1 which went across the border divided j into two bodies to sicze the block-1 house of Khyber pass near Lankik-1 hootal. The attack was repulsed with j trifling casualties among the British. ! -- -5- Items of Greater or Lesser Import ' ance Over the State. j Aurora High School Loss Settled. received from Mr. W. C. Wentz, Agent for the Nebraska Underwriters Insur ance Company of Omaha, Nebraska, a drati for $2,850.00 which, sum added to the amount realized from said, com; pany from saltf of materials from old building, $150, makes' a total amount of $3,000," being the full face value of Policy No. 13115 on the brick High School Building in Aurora which burned April 5, 1908. Wie wish particularly to commend the Company for the promptness of .the settlement in adjusting this loss, and this Board is especTally pleased to know that a Nebraska Company is first to make payment of the loss on our High School Building. I. N. Jones, res. of Board of Education. C. W. Wood. T. A. McKay, H. Cole, O. Gunnarson', L. A. Steinberog, Members of the Board of Education. A Chicago boy, visiting at Taka mab, was thrown from a horse and very seriously injured. A Beatrice message was received stating that George Switzer was being held in Denver by the chief of police. Switzer is 'charged with stealing a horse and buggy. The ability of the west to buy low rate bonds was demonstrated last week when the American Safe De posit & Trust company of Omaha pur chased in 'New England $50,000 worth of twenty-year city of Omaha bonds. Manning and Harry Weber, two young men, were arrested at Alliance and held until the sheriff could go after them. They are .charged with placing obstructions on the railroad for the purpose of wrecking a trainM The new Methodist Episcopal' church at Albion was dedicated Sun day, free of debt. Bishop H. W. War ren preached and managed the finances. He asked for $8,000 and $8,500 was raised. Acting Governor Saunders received two treasury warrants, one for $3,150 and one for $6,575. Both came from the sub-treasury at New York to bay for the maintenance of the crippled and disabled soldiers at the Mil ford and Grand Island soldiers' homes. The fact that County Treasurer Hoepner df Adams county last week paid off the last of the county's bond ed indebtedness to the Missouri Pa cific railroad is a source of general gratification to taxpayers, as it re lieves the county entirely of debt. THE MIDWEST LIFE of Lincoln. Nebraska, an old line Nebraska Com pany wants local agents to represent it hi every town in the state. The Midwest Life issues all kinds of life policies and they are liberal and along the best lines in life insurance. Write to the home office at Lincoln for additional information. A letter has been received at the executive office addressed to Governor Sheldon and signed by two men who style themselves "farm hands." They want help from the governor. They set out that they want him to enact a law providing that no farmer bo permitted to use other than riding machinery, such as plows, rakes, and harrows. Denver (Colo.) dispatch: Haunted by a love affair with the daughter of a prominent citizen of his home, Gen eva, Neb., George W. Eply, a graduate of the University of Nebraska and at one time a leader of Geneva society, attempted suicide by hurling himself through a large glass window at the rear of the second floor of a room ing house. It is thought he cannot live. The Grand 'Island Commercial club's committee on fall festivities has recommended a festival df three days to be featured as a frontier af fair and agricultural exhibit. It is de signed to have the days of the pioneer and the cowboy reproduced and in connection therewith to secure an ex hibit of the products of the farm and garden by the producers of Hall and adjoining counties. At Wellfleet, in justice court before F. A. Johnson, in the case of the state vs. John McConnell, wherein the Bur lington Railroad company sought to convict McConnell on the charge of stealing and concealing bridge tim ,bers and track ties, the jury founa defendant not guilty. The case was commencde last February, and was of .'unusual interest, public sentiment generally being for McConnell. Horsestealing still continues in this county, says a Rushville djspatch, and Sheriff Beckwith is the busiest man in the county. After chasing a man as far as Lincoln he received a tele gram to hurry back, as there was an other thief to look after. This time it was Wilmot Z. Emerson, who was wanted on complaint of William O'Tool. who Emerson relieved of a fine span of mules. The sheriff got his man and brought him to Rush ville. Chicago chemists, who recently ex amincd the stomach of Mrs. Helen A Horn, of Lincoln, failed lo find any trace of poison. The brain, they a sert was in a softened condition for a long time before death. Mrs. Horn left $75,000 to Mrs. Shevalier, a stranger. A sensational will contest was started. John Slattery, 20 years of age, is lying in St. Francis hospital, Grand Island, with a fractured skull and one of his legs cut off as the result oi being thrown off a train by a Burling ton freight brakeman. The matter will be investigated. Prof. C. C. Danforth, who has been superintendent of the Tecumseh schools for the past two or three years, did not apply for the place an other year. He will go to Chicago university to do some special work for a time, better preparing himself for the profession of teaching. Five hundre'd boys, between the ages of 14 and 19 years, in all parts of York county, have interested them- selves in planting pure-bred seed corn for York county competition, and the prize corn will later on be entered at the greater corn exhibit to be held in Omaha. . NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES. THE STATE CAPITAL MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL CITIZENS. STATEMENT OF STATE'S CASH Almost Half a Million Dollars Now in Hands of State Treasurer Brian The State Treasury. The report-of State Treasurer Brian for the month of April shows a bal ance of $484,096.17- in all funds, of which .all but $14,301.99 is on deposit, in state denository .banks. The- bal ance on hand April 1 was $510,153.58.1 The receipts during the month were $480,956.54, and the disbursements amounted to $507,013.95. The largest, balance in any fund is $316, 731.06 In the temporary school fund. This fund will be disbursed the later part of May for the support of school districts' throughout the-state. The receipts from the 1 mill levy for the redemp-' tion of state warrants were $22,919.55," and the payments. $17,29.17. At the beginning of the month the various state institutions had on deposit in the state treasury as cash funds, $9,798.26. During the month $6,823.66 was added to this and $4,323 drawn out by the various institutions, leav ing a balance of $12,998.87. The state now has $8,099,388.05 in vested in interest bearing securities. of which $7,033,687.59 is in bonds and $1,165,700.46 is in Nebraska state "warrants. FARM MAN WANTS TO RIDE. Hoofing Behind Agricultural Imple ments Not Satisfactory. Weary and footsore from walking behind plows and harrows two hired men on farms near Oakdale have started a movement to pass a law to make it illegal for a farmer to have any "walking" implements on His place. They feel that they have been discriminated against even more than the hired men and domestic servants were when a former legislature of 1891 passed an eight hour law and ex empted them from its application, a law that was promtly declared uncon stitutional by the supreme court. be- cause it was clearly class legislation.; The two hired men evidently desire to ride the mower and reaper and thes plow under a canopy to keep off ,th sun, yet under the circumstances they are compelled to "hoof it." They de sire Governor Sheldon to pass a law to abolish walking implements on the farm as shown by the following let ter which they have signed: "Would you please be so kind as to accomodate us by passing a law to prohibit all walking farm tools in use or manufacture. It is so now days that farmers are trying to make slaves out of their hired men by making them plow three to four acres a day. Lots of the hired men have got sucn sere feet that they can't hardly walk but they have to because they have not got riding tools. 1 wish you would please be so kind as to do us that favor and we will be ever so much obliged. Please answer as soon as possible and tell us what prospects will be." As to the Lumber Rates. Lincoln's wholes'ale lumber inter ests may be wiped out as a result of the new rate on lumber published at the conclusion of the meeting of traf fic men in Chicago. The new rale for both Omaha and Lincoln fcr lumber for the south will be 25 cents. This is an increase of 2 cents for Lincoln and 1 cent for Omaha. The Commercial club of Lin coln recently went before the inter state commerce commission with a vociferous roar. The sum of $1,000 was spent in the effort to get rates "equalized." The commission author ized the railroads to equalize matters by putting the rate at 25 cents. Chag rin and dismay overwhelmed th3 rate tinker at the club rooms. Said Sec retary Written: "If Omaha decided to fight. Lincoln may join with Omaha and the other Nebraska cities which are Interested. Of erJurse. the question of discrimina tion between competitive points would not be a factor in this matter. If it hurts one. it will hurt all. And it certainly looks as though the con sumer would be hit if no one else is." First Nebraska Soulier Killed. J. I. Shaw cf Adams, who was z. memoer of the First Nebraska regi ment during the war of rebellion, has written to Major E. H. Phelps, assist ant adjutant general, that the coat recently received at the adjutant gen: eral's office which had been worn by Sergeant Cox was not worn by the first Nebraska soldier killed in action in the civil war. He met death in the battle at Fort Donelson February 19, 1862, early in the day. Union Pacific s Statement Th report of the Union Pacific rail road to the state board of assess ment of the value of its property shows this railroad has not depreci ated in value during the last j-ear. The gross earnings of the road have increased over $5,000,000 for the sys tem, though the net earnings have de creased over $500,000. However, the road is not yet on the way to the poor house, having declared dividends dur ing the year amounting to 2-3.531.262. which is over $2,000,000 in excess of the dividends the year before. Cclonel Bryan, who came back to Lincoln last week with his family, will remain at Fairvicw for at least two weeks, during which time he will loo!: after his farm, remarking as he made the announcement, that he was move successful as a farmer when the management was left to some one "Mse. Richard L. Metcalf, associate editor of the Commoner, has bought ten acres of ground across the road rom the Bryan house. and his beys are now living there and farming Thile attending the agricultural col- lege. J MONEY FOR NEBRA3KA SOLDIERS Allowances .From War Department for Third Regiment. (JIaim agents at Washington who have obtained an additional allowance from the War department for the offic ers of the Third Nebraska regiment have forwarded to Governor Sheldon the balance due. together with a list of the officers and the amount due each, and the amount to be retained by the claim agents. The total amount allowed is $6,243.04. The claim agent's retain for their services 2 per cent or $1,248.68. leaving a balance due the officers" of $4,994.36. The amount al lowed field, staff and band is $1,055.70; ; amount due claim agents, $211.24; amount due officers, 844.46. The amount allowed the "company offlcere is $5,187.34; amount due claim agents, $1,034.44; amount due company offic ers, $4,149.90. The money is in the" hands of the governor and will be disbursed as rapidly as possible. The money is for pay and allowances due under the act of March 3. 1899, during the period from the date the officers reported for duty and who were en rolled to the date they were mustered into the United States service for the war with Spain. Going Over Grain Rates. The complaint of Senator Charles Sibley against the Burlington alleging its grain rates are exorbitant and higher than the rates in other states, was taken up by state railway com mission with officials of six other roads present. As a witness. Senator Sibley placed in evidence a typewrit-, ten comparison of the grain rates in braska with the rates in Arkansas, Texas, Iowa and other states, in an effort to show that this state i pay ing more than are the other states. In a discussion of the rates intro duced, the railroad representatives said they would want time in which to lcok up these rates to see whether they are really now in effect. Mr. Sibley withdrew his comparison with the Minnesota rates, because the rates in that state had been enjoined. The railroad men said other rates mentioned by the. complaint bad been withdrawn in some instances, while in other instances the rates had been enjoined or are not in effect. That these things would occur in a tabulation of freight rates, showing a comparison with the rates of different states. Judge McHugh said it was in evitable and for that reason the rail roads desired time in wtiich to check over the comparisons and to investi gate the reasons for the rates com plained against, now in effect. Mr. Sibley in his table of comparisons showed that in some instances volun tary emergency rates were higher than the rates other shippers had to pay even after the Aldrich 15 per cent reduction law became effective. Lincoln Monument Fund. Secretary Wait of the Abraham Lin coln Monument association rupoits subscriptions Amounting to $751.25. He believes there will be no difficulty in raising a fund of $25,000 if solici tors can be obtained. At his home, the town of Syracuse, a solicitor called on fifty people and all but three of the men approached gave to the fund. Mr. Wait has had letters re lating to the objects of the associa tion sent to twenty-eight district judges in the state. Literature of the same kind has been sent to 133 mem bers of the legislature and. to 23S Grand Army posts. Complaint on Express Company. The state railway commission has received another complaint against the Pacific Express company. B. E. Fish of Chappelle complained to the commission that the company had not reduced its rates in his part of the state for the reason the railroad over which it operates takes a jog into Col orado for a few miles and the express company therefore holds this consti tutes interstate business: Investigating Impure Drugs. State Food Commissioner Johnson is investigating the sale pf drugs that contain poisons prohibited by law and complaints are likely to be filed against several druggists. Albert A. Young of Osceola paid a fine of $10 and costs becanse of the presence of sulphites in hamburger and sausage meat sold by him. Silver Service Received. The A. F. Smith compan;. of Onaha, which sold to the state wie silver service for the battleship Nebraska, wrote to Acting Governor Saunders that a letter had been received from Captain Nicholson saying the service had been reqeived in good shape. Repairs Must Be Kept Up. Complaint has reached the state rail way commission that the Missouri Pacific railroad has quit the job of repairing its road bed and that in many places the road is still unsafe. The commission has notified the com pany to get busy at once. Pi'ans of Gov. Sheldon. When Governor Sheldon left for the coast he was still undecided whether he would go to Wabhington to attend the conference called by the president to discuss the natural resources of the country. This conference is set for May lo, 11 and 15. Bids on state printing opened and tabulated by Secretary Frazier of the state printing board will be awarded by the board at its first meeting when the members return from the Pacific coast. Problem in Telehpone Rates. An informal discussion occurred be fore the railway commission by repre sentatives of the Nebraska Telephone company and independent companies regarding a charge for messenger service. Where a message comes into a town over the Nebraska telephone wires and the party is called over the Independent it has been the cus tom for the Independent company to charge a fee for messenger service. Discussion was oyer abolition of this rriririw Tlfe commission has issued. no order yet. ALMOST A MIRACLE. Raised Up When Science Said There Was No Hope. O. W. L. Nesbitt, Depot Street.. Marion, Ky., writes: "I was a chronic- Invalid with kidney troubles, and .often wished death might end my awful suffer ings. The secretions were thick with sedi ment, my limbs, swollen and my right side so nearly par alyzed I could not raise my hand above my head. The doctor held out no hope of my re covery, and I had given up. but at -last started using Doan's Kidney Pills and made a rapid gain. After three months' use I was well and at work again." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box, Fbster-Milburn Co.,. Buffalo. N. Y. EXTREE! EXTREE! Si Pop, the old kicked the bucket! HI Je-rushlem. I red caow hez wouldn't tuk .$40- far thet caowl Did she pass away in peace? Si She passed away in pieces. yepT The old fule kicked thet bucket o' stuff yeou go tew blow up stumps with! 15 YEARS OF SUFFERING. ' Burning, Painful Sores on Legs- Tortured Day and Night Tried Many Remedies to No Avail . Cured by Cuticura. "After an attack of rheumatism, running sores broke out on my hus band's legs, from below the knees to the ankles. There are no words to tell all the discomforts and great suf fering he had to endure night and day. He used every kind of remedy and three physicians treated him, one after the other, without any good results whatever. One day I ordered some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent. He began to use them and in three weeks all the sores were died up. The burning fire stopped, and the pains became bear able. After three months he was quite ' well. I can prove this testimonial at any time. Mrs. V. V. Albert, Upper Frenchville, Me., July 21, 1907." Paving the Way. "George." said the pretty girl, "I know you're awful bashful." This was portentous, with leap. year so new. He blushed assent. "And you'd have proposed to me es- cept for that?" This, too, he was bound to acknowl edge. "Well, I wouTd have accepted' she went on. "and so that's settled." Discussing the matter later she ex pressed a natural pride that she had not taken any advantage of the sea son. Stats or Ohio. Citv or Tolbdo. I ., Lucas Coctt. f "" Frank J. Cuexky maKe oath that he Is Mplor Cartuer of tha Cna of V. J. CuE.scr & Co.. doing ualacss In the City of Toledo. County aud Stto afore-Aid. and that Bald firm will pay the sum or ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for cacti and avcrr rasa of Cataheh that cannot bo cured by tuo use tif Uiu'9 Catabbu Ccbx. FRANKJ.CIIENET. Sworn to before me and snb-crllied in my pretence, thli 6th dar of December. A. !.. ls. A. IT. Ui,t. J5U.1, XOTABT TCBLIC. Hall's Catarrh Cure la taken Internally and act directly on (be blood and mucous surfaced of the sjiteni. Send for testimonial, frt-e. F. J. CHENEY" CO.. Toledo, O. Sold by all Druesltts. 75c. Take Hall's Family 1111 for constisaUoa. Reflected Sentiment. "Whenever that man speaks, you know exactly what he thinks," re-' marked the1 admiring auditor. "I shouldn't say that," answered the cautious person. "But you know ex actly what he thinks his constituents want him to think." Lewis' Single Binder straight He cigar. JIailc of extra quality tobacco. i"tmr dealer or Lewis Factory. Peoria. 111. I put myself in the way of things happening and they happened. Theo dore Roosevelt. Tlixirsfoertna acts gently vet prompt ly onthe bowels, cleanses ft stuatty, ne system ejjeciuQlh, qssisTs one in overcoming habitual constlpauon permanently. To get As oeneieial ejects buy the genuine. 1 nanulacturcd by the CALIFORNIA JFioSrRupCo. 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