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THE EARTHQUAKE.
Reports from the earthquake-stricken
district of southern Italy and Sicily
Indicate' ttbat about 200.000 persons
perished 'in" the appalling disaster. In
Messina and Reggio alone; the dead
number jljIO.000. Another severe shock
completed the destruction of Messina
and it was feared killed more persons.
The survivors were reported to be suf
fering terribly for food, clothing and
surgical attendance. The king and
queen personally aided the victims. It
was feared many Americans perished,
as there were 90 in one Messina hotel.
The report of the death of Consul
Cheney and his wife was confirmed.
The American Red Cross society voted
$50,000 to the relief fund, J. Picrpont
Morgan sent $10,000 and the king of
Italy gave $40,000.
Wireless reports from the Strait of
Messina, received at Rome, stated that
the Lipari islands, a group of vol
canic islands in the Mediterranean,
near the coast of Sicily, have disap
peared. The total population of the
group numbers 28,000 and must in
evitably have nerished. The Italian
government, aided by other nations,
devoted its efforts to relieving tne
starving, suffering survivors of the
earthquake. No definite word of the
fate of Americans was received. The
"United States supply ship Celtic sailed
from New York with a cargo of food
and supplies for the Italians that had
been destined for the Atlantic fleet.
Large sums of money were collected
and forwarded by the Red Cross asso
ciation. Good progress was made with relief
work in southern Italy and Sicily,
many soldiers and sailors being util
ized, and hundreds of refugees being
taken to Naples and other cities. The
report of the destruction of the Li
pari islands was unfounded. Two
more earthquake shocks were felt at
Messina. The king and queen were
tireless in the work of aiding the suf
fering. American contributions were
steadily and rapidly growing. Taor
mina, where- there were many Ameri
cans, was uninjured.
PERSONAL.
Wanted in Chicago on a charge of
embezzlement of moneys intrusted to
his care for deposit in a bank three
months ago, Herman Paley, a theat
rical agent, was arrested in Seattle,
and admitted his guilL
W. M. "Williams, bishop of the Apos
tolic African Methodist Episcopal
church, was arrested in Omaha, Xcb.,
charged with fraud.
Wilbur Wright, the aeroplanist, won
the Michelin cup by a flight that cov
ered 73 miles and lasted two hours
and nine minutes.
E. A. S. Blake, the San Francisco
contractor convicted of attempting to
bribe J. M. Kelly, a prospective juror
in the Ruef bribery trial, fo vote for
acquittal, was sentenced to four years'
imprisonment in the penitentiary at
San Quentin..
The Paris court ruled against Count
BonI de Castellane in his suit for the
removal of his three children from the
custody of their mother. Princess de
Sagan. ,
Abraham Ruef, former political boss
of San Francisco, was sentenced to 14
years in the state penitentiary at San
Quentin.
GENERAL NEWS.
Ralph E. White, 18 years old, son of
a wealthy merchant of Lena, 111., com
mitted suicide by shooting.
Charles Weatherhead of Peoria, 111.,
was drowned while skating.
With his wife and 12-year-old son as
horror-stricken witnesses, Rudolph
Witte, 39 years old, an electrical work
er, was stabbed to death at his home
in Chicago by Daniel Rogers, 46
years old, a boarder.
Arizona's output of finished copper
for 1908 was .274,090,000 pounds. Mich
igan's 220,000,000 pounds and Mon
tana's 244,000.000.
Fearing that the governor of Ken
tucky would send troops to Breathitt
county to preserve order, the Callahan
and Dcaton factions agreed to a truce
and disbanded.
Since August $225,500,000 in gold
has been, safely, moved from the San
Francisco mint to the Denver mint
With a roll of $15,000 in his pockets,
with which "he intended to return to
China, an unknown Chinese died of
starvation on a Southern Pacific train
in California.
The long war with Yaqui Indians in
Mexico, in which scores have been
killed at different times, including
many Americans, has, been terminated
In a treaty of peace agreed upon by
three Indian chiefs and 166 of their
followers, and the governor of the
state of Sonora. Mexico.
Gen. Torres and 500 adherents of
Castro fought the crew of a Vene
zuelan gunboat at Macuro and were
defeated, 20 men being-killed and 50
wounded.
A fierce blizzard swept over all
western Europe, the snowfall being
heavy i- France and Great Britain.
About 50 miners were entombed by
an explosion In a colliery at Lick
Branch, Va., and it was feared many
of theml-wee Trilled.-" - "-
The executive council of the G. A.
R. fixed August 9 to 13 as the dates for
the national encampment in Salt Iake
City
NEWSH0TF3
BUSY MAN
WASHINGTON NOTES.,
Mary Evelyn Moore Davis, a popu
lar southern authoress and wife of
Maj. Edward Davis, editor of the New
Orleans Picayune, died.
More than sis thousand persons at
tended President Roosevelt's New
Year reception.
" The court of claims has announced
its findings in the case of the state
of Oregon against the United States,
and awards $200,000 to the state for
moneys expended by it during the
civil war in protecting the adjoining
territories of Washington and Idaho.
In the Ohio senatorial contest C. P.
Taft withdrew for the sake of. party
harmony and his example was fol
lowed by Foraker and the minor candi
dates, leaving a clear field for Theo
dore E. Burton.
The first detachment of homeward
bound troops of the American army of
pacification sailed from Cuba for Phil
adelphia.
Count von Bernstorff, the new- Ger
man ambassador, was formally pre
sented to President Roosevelt
Beekman Winthrop of Massachusetts
has accepted the place of first assist
ant secretary of state under the Taft
administration. - -,
Twenty thousand union workmen in
the Wilkesbarre (Pa.) region peti
tioned the president in favor of Messrs.
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison.
The steamship Texas, on her maid
en voyage from Christiana, Norway,
to Havana, put in at Savannah, Ga.,
with her cargo of paper and carbides
afire. The passengers were landed
safely, but it was feared the vessel
would be destroyed.
Great anxiety Is being felt by the
inhabitants of Greenbank, a small
town in West Virginia, over the stead
ily increasing appearance of a burning
crater of seemingly volcanic nature,
on the side of a neighboring moun
tain. The Park opera house at Erie, Pa.,
caught fire during a performance and
a terrible panic was barely averted.
No one was seriously injured.
The two masked highwaymen who
held up 25 men near Tulsa, Okla.,
were captured.
The Tom Jones restaurant in Chl-
0 was totajy wrecked by an ex-
I)losjcn of as
An aerial warship 700 feet in length
wilh accommodations for 100 passen
gers, food and fuel enough for a voy
age aeicss the ocean, and a full com
plement of guns, is to be built immedi
ately at the Nixon yards, according to
Lewis Nixon, the designer and con
structor of many warships.
Prof. J. P. Gordy of New York uni
versity and his wife committed sui
cide a few hours after the death of
their daughter.
Passenger travel across the Atlantic
in the year of 190S shows a shrinkage
of nearly 1.000,000 persons as com
pared with the preceding year.
Forty-eight bodies were taken from
the colliery at Lick Branch, W. Va.,
and it was certain that the explosion
killed about CO men.
With the beginning of the new year
the state-wide prohibition law in Ala
bama went into effect.
Fire destroyed the Whitwell hos
pital at Tucson. Ariz., all the patients
being saved.
Because he swore around the house,
Lee Marshbanks, living five miles east
of Catoosa, Okla., shot and instantly
killed his brother. John.
A disaffected Corsican fired several
shots at M. Clemenceau, the French
premier, but failed to hit him.
Ray Reese of Kansas City, Kan.,
shot Mrs. Clyde Setzer, his former
sweetheart and killed himself.
Five robbers dynamited the bank at
Wellston, Okla., and after exchanging
many shots with the citizens escaped
with $5,000. No one was hurt.
Arthur Trotter, 33 years old, sup
posedly insane, killed his aged mother,
Mrs. Ann Trotter, by beheading her
with an ax and a knife in New York.
Fire in the wool warehouse district
of Philadelphia caused a loss of
$200,000.
Al Kaufmann of San Francisco
stopped Jimmy Barry of Chicago in
the thirty-fifth round of their sched
uled 45-round fight in Los Angeles.
A. W. Troutman, an employe of a
Kansas City, Mo., produce company,
committed suicide after confessing
that he had embezzled $720 of the
firm's money.
John Emerson Stone, -aged 22, high
ly connected in Boston and New York,
graduate of Holy Cross college, Wor
cester, Mass., was shot and killed in
Washington by May Woolard, who
then shot herself twice and may die.
The will of the late Amos H. Van
Horn, a furniture merchant of New
ark, N. J., disposing of an estate
worth $1,000,000, gives $150,000 to
Newark for three monuments in city
parks in honor of soldiers and sailors,
and to many churches and charitable
institutions sums ranging from $3,000
down.
Capt. Harvey C. Daly of the schoon
er Freddie W. Alton, and Philip M.
Springer, a Boston florist, were found
guilty in the United States district
court at Boston of conspiracy to smug
gle Chinese into the country.
Accused of professionalism in de
manding exorbitant expense moneys,
Melvin W. Sheppard. Charles Bacon.
Harry F. Porter and George V. Bonhag
of the Irish-American Athletic club;
F: G. Bellars, New York Athletic club,
and J. J. Lee. formerly of the Boston
Athletic association, but now unat
tached, were suspended by the Ama
teur Athletic union.
Brooding over fancied disgrace to
his family because his father had been
whipped by night riders, Roy Rogers,
the 20-year-old son of Presley Rogers,
a prominent planter, committed sui
cide at Hopkinsiille, Ky.
OBITUARY.
Herman Justi, commissioner of the
Illinois Coal Operators' association,
and leading exponent of joint trade
agieements. tiled suddenly at his home
in Highland Park. Death was due to
hemorrhage of the lungs.
William L. Mathues, former state
treasurer of Pennsylvania, died sud
denly at Media, Pa., aged 4G years. He
was under sentence of two years in
the penitentiary for conspiracy in con
nection with the Harrisburgcapitol
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RETURNS TO ROME FROM
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A CONTINUANCE OF SHOCKS
Guards Having Difficulty In Protect
ing Survivors and Treasury
in Ruined Buildings.
Rome. Having done air that it was
possible to do in the districts laid
waste by the earthquake the king and
queen of Italy are returning to Kome.
They have passed the last four days
among the ruins of Sicily and Cala
bria, the king directing the work of
rescue and relief and the queen min
istering to the injured. There is a
feeling of relief in Italy that their
majesties are coming home.
The American ambassador, Lloyd
C. Griscom, has appointed a commit
tee of Americans to which where in
trusted the work of utilizing the
money received from the United
States to the best advantage of the
earthquake sufferers.
Both at Messina and Reggio the
guards are having difficulty in pro
tecting the survivors and the vast
treasure in the ruined buildings from
the bands of thieves that are swarm
ing everywhere. It is reported that
six Russian sailors have been shot by
looters at Messina and that sixteen
criminals have been killed at the
same place within the last twenty
four hours. Six hundred persons en
gaged in pillaging have been arrest
ed. In an engagement at Reggio be
tween the police and bandits two of
the police were killed.
Reports still reach here of the con
tinuance of earth shocks, some suf
ficient to do further great damage.
According to these reports new
shocks yesterday at Peilaro precipi
tated the entire population into the
sea, including both the dead and liv
ing victims of the first quake.
Premier Giolitti received a long
despatch from King Victor Emma
nuel, dated Messina, saying that he
would leave for Rome. As to the con
ditions in the earthquake district, the
king said:
"I visited the Calabria coast, south
of Reggio. I found Pcllario literally
destroyed, but Metito seems slightly
damaged.
"It has stopped raining. At Messi
na the municipal archives were
burned. Troops are arriving and by
little by little order is being restored
and the public services re-established.
"As I have seen the worst damaged
points and have arranged for the
work of rescue and as the wounded
requiring attention are diminishing
in number. I shall leave for Rome.
With me come minister of Marine
Mirabello and ex-minister of Public
Instruction Oralando.
"I again recommend to you the
isolated villages on the Calabrian
coast"
Sunday. The king and queen ar
rived in this city tonight, coming by
motor car from Naples. Their early
arrival was unexpected. The queen
looked tired and depressed, but the
king was energetic as usual.
FLEET REACHES SUEZ.
American Battleships Arrive Two Days
Ahead of Time.
Suez The United States Atlantic
batleship fleet, completing two days
ahead of its schedule the next to the
longest run of its world-girdling cruise,
arrived here Sunday morning from Co
lombo, a distance of 3,440 knots, from
which place the fleet sailed on Decem
ber 20. The loss of a seaman from
the battleship Illinois, who fell over
board and was drowned, as previously
reported, was the only accident to mar
the voyage from Colombo. The Illi
nois remained on the scene to search
for the sailor and is a little behind
the fleet. The stately array of battle
shins was an impressive sight The
weather was splendid and the bay was
crowded with craft the occupants of
which gave an enthusiastic welcome
to the ships.
Army Tournament.
Toledo, Ohio That the annual tour
nament of the United States army, de
partment of the great lakes, will be
held in Toledo in June or July was an
nounced by General Frederick D.
Grant Sunday. Five thousand troops
will take part
Deep Waterway Fight
Springfield, 111. The deep waterway
project, involving the expenditure of
$20,000,000, will be one of the most Im
portant matters to romp before the
Illinois general assembly, which meets
next Wednesday.
Hot Fight Ahead.
Sacramento That United States
Senator George C. Perkins will be re
elected by the California state legis
lature, which convenes next Tuesday,
is considered practically certain by
the members of both houses who have
arrived at the state capital.
FLEET TO AID ITALY.
President Formally Tenders Use
of
Battleships to Stricken Nation.
Washington President Roosevelt an
nounced that he has sent two supply
ships with $300,000 worth of supplies
to Italy, that he will ask congress for
additional aid and that he has offered
the use of the battleship fleet to Italy.
The announcement Is made in a tele
gram made public at the White House,
which he sent to Patrick McGowan.
chairman of the American Italian gen
eral relief committee, New York city.
Matrimony Is Tabooed.
Manila According to an announce
ment just made, none but unmarried
men will be accepted by the govern
ment in future to serve as officers in
the constabulary force on the islands,
and officers already in the service will
not be allowed to marry without the
consent of the government until they
have attained to their captaincies.
The decision has been reached because
of the isolation of many of the con
stabulary posts and the great difficulty
in providing transportation.
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EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY ;
KILLS 100,000 PERSONS
Messina, Reggio and Many Other Cities Ruined
by Shocks, Tidal .Waves and Fire-Appalling
Disaster Described by Eye-WitnessesAmerican
Consul Dies.
Rome. One hundred thousand per
sons are believed to have perished in the
awful earthquake that devastated Cala
bria and the Island of Sicily on Mon
day. The seismic shocks lasted only
23 seconds, but in that brief space of
time cities, towns and villages were
shattered and the lives of thousands
were crushed out The entire country
is stunned by the horror of the ca
tastrophe and the whole world mourns
with Italy for her dead.
Messina, whose tiagic history has
been marked by tidal waves and war,
and which was the center of Monday's
terrestrial maelstrom, was shaken to
ruins. Flames burst forth to complete
the city's destruction and to burn alive
untold numbers helplessly pinioned be
neath fallen walls and broken timbers.
The Strait of Messina was shaken and
twisted by the earth's trembling, for
mariners report the channel altered
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Earthquake Disaster.
beyond recognition. The ports and vil
lages on both the continental and Sicil
ian sides were wrecked or inundated
and all lighthouses along the coasts
were swallowed up. Navigation now is
dangerous and in some places impos
sible. Seaport of Reggio Wiped Out.
In the Calabrian district, which was
only beginning to recover from the ef
fects of the earthquake of 1905. Reggio
was the center of the earth's upheaval.
The seaport of Reggio is reported as
no longer existing and the city proper
is in ruins. The loss of life on both
sides of the strait and in eastern
Sicily was enormous.
One of the refugees from Reggio
who was the first to bring the news of
the city's destruction tried to make his
way to Sicily in a sailboat, but was
compelled to return, and finally found
safety at a peninsula port In describ
ing his experience he said:
"The sea was strangely, mysteriously
agitated, and the heavens were ablaze.
Nearing Sicily, the clearing smoke re
vealed the mystery; Messina was In
flames. In the frenzy of despair I
turned my boat back to Calabria."
Terrible Scenes at Messina.
Starving, bleeding from injuries and
almost insane from their terrifying ex
periences, Messina's survivors are flee
ing in all directions. The spectacle
presented by the ruined seaport is de
scribed as terrifying. Tumbling build
ings both killed and mutilated, while
hundreds of the injured imprisoned in
the wreckage were abandoned to their
fate by the fleeing populace. One man
said: "The earth seemed to drop
and then turn violently on its axis.
The whole population, who practically
were precipitated from the houses rent
in twain, were spun around like tops
as they ran through the streets. Many
fell crushed to death and others, bewil
dered, took refuge for breath beside
the tottering walls, where they soon
met the fate of their companions."
Brave Work of Rescuers.
Already British and Russian squad
rons have arrived at Messina. Sailors
and marines have been disembarked
and they have performed courageous
acts in rescuing the injured and re
moving the wounded. A large number
of survivors have been transferred to
the warships, which are transformed
into great floating hospitals. It is im
perative that the dead be removed
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Girl's Body Found in Lake.
Chicago. Fourteen hours after
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had returned from a visit
with relatives at Fond du Lac and
Milwaukee, Wis., the body of Miss
Mamie R. Dunn, a telephone operator,
was found in Lake Michigan, near the
foot of Diversey boulevard. It was
found by two boys at noon yesterday.
Although it is believed that death re
sulted primarily from drowning, there
are evidences that the young woman
took poison, and tho police are work
ins on the murder theory-
Limbless Artist.
A remarkable story of perseverence
against great natural difficulties is
told of a young man Cecil Shirley, 27
yettrs oi age wuu, diuiuu&u uu
born without limbs, has developed a
very considerable talent for drawing
and painting in oils and water-colors.
His work has been executed by means
of the usual instruments held between
the ends of the stumps which take the
place of arms. It comprises portraits,
water-color sketches of flowers and
animals, and a large number of
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Latest estimate of dead, 100,000.
Latest death estimate in Messina,
50,000.
Mount Etna in eruption, adding to
terror.
Whole southern Italy and Sicily pan
ic stricken.
Fire in many towns killed hundreds.
Message of sympathy from President
Roosevelt.
President Fallieres of France sent
message of sympathy.
King and queen of Italy at work in
stricken district ministering aid.
United States Red Cross sent aid and
will raise fund.
Pope started fund for sufferers.
Catholic headquarters and officials in
stricken district wiped out.
Scores of persons, buried under the
ruins, are said to be alive, with no
hope of rescuing them.
Vandals found looting and robbing the
dead are being shot down by troops.
Soldiers patrol the stricken towns,
and what is practically martial law
prevails.
from the ruins in order to avoid a pes
tilence. Steamers with doctors, drug
gists, firemen and workmen have ar
rived at Messina from Catania and
other places.
All Nations Offer Aid.
The hands of all the nations have
been extended to Italy in her affliction.
From rulers have crossed messages of
condolence and from the peoples spon
taneous promise of that aid which
brings the world closer together in
times of great calamity. Great Britain,
France and Russia have .sent their
warships quick as the flash of the tele
graph could carry the orders to lend
assistance to the stricken cities. Re
lief funds have already been started
and a hundred ships and trains are on
their way carrying supplies and rein
forcements to the south. Rome. Milan,
Florence, Naples and other cities are
sending physicians, police and firemen.
King and Queen Go to Sicily.
King Victor Emmanuel and the
queen, who left for the scene of the
calamity, reached Naples last night
and proceeded at once to Sicily. A
large number of people saw their
majesties depart from Rome and one
among the number of deputies at the
station observed to the king: "The
presence of your majesty will suffice
to console the stricken population."
The king turned sharply upon the
speaker and said abruptly: "Don't
talk nonsense."
Described by Naval Officer.
At the time of the earthquake the
torpedo boat Sappho was lying in the
harbor of Messian and one of the offi
cers told of the occurrences as fol
lows: "At half-past five in the morning the
sea suddenly became terribly agitated,
seeming literally to pick up our boat
and shake it. Other craft near-by were
similarly treated and the ships looked
like bits of cork bobbing about in a
tempest Almost immediately a tidal
wave of huge proportions swept across
the strait, mounting the coasts and
carrying everything before it. Scores
of ships were damaged and the Hun
garian mail boat Andrassy parted her
anchors and went crashing into other
vessels. Messina bay was wiped out
and the sea was soon covered with
masses of wreckage, which was car
ried off in the arms of the receding
waters."
Many prisoners from the jails made
their escape and looted right and left
American Consul and Wife Die.
Washington. That Arthur S. Che
ney, American consul at Messina, Sic
ily, and his wife lost their lives in the
earthquake disaster which devastated
that city Monday, is indicated by an
official dispatch received last night by
the state department from Stuart Lup
ton, American vice-consul at Messina.
The following dispatch came via
Malta, Maltese Islands, in the Mediter
ranean, being received there by wire
less from Messina by Consul William
H. Gale, and transmitted by him to the
state department:
"The Messina consulate destroyed
and consul and wife supposed to be
dead. Lupton."
Arthur S. Cheney is a native of Illi
nois, but was appointed consul to Mes
sina from Connecticut August 15,
1907. Stuart Lupton, who is from
'lennessee. was only recently appoint
ed vice and deputy consul at Messina.
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Deserted Husband Kills Actor.
Denver. Col. C. Burdette Bell,
a laundry worker, yesterday fired
five shots at C. Cavier Dury, known to
the stage as J. Byron Allenton. All
shots took effect, killing Dury instant
ly. The shooting took place in the
hallway of a rooming house where
both Dury and Bell's wife lived and
was the outcome, according to Bell's
statement to the police, of an effort oa
his part to induce his wife to .'tturn to
him. Be'l surrendered to the. police.
Mrs. Bell is also in custody.
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Lonaon Til-Bits.
Has Traced River Bed.
Prof. Edward Hull, F. R. S., who
studies the ancient river channels in
the ocean bed, by analyzing the Brit
ish admiralty soundings, has suc
ceeded in tracing the submarine bed
of the river Adour and the Fosse de
Cape Breton for a distance of about
fifty miles out to sea, at which point
it opens out on the floor of the ocean
at a depth of 1,500 fathoms (9,000
feet).
NEBRASKA NEWS AND . NOTES.
Items cf Greater or
Lesser
Impor-
" - tance Over the State.""
JM over Nebraska in the latter
days of the old year, cupid was unus--ually
busy.
Ponca's Presbyter'an Sunday school.
on Christmas day made a present of
$57 to the foreign mission fund.
No less than seven business houses
in the main part of Fremont were en
tered by burglars in one night They
appeared to be after money rather
tnan goods, and did not get rich for
their trouble.
Becoming despondent because of ill
health, Arthur KJoepper, t'e 20-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kloep
per, living two miles southwest of
Clatonia, committed suicide by shoot
'ing. Farmers should all have telephones.
Write to us and learn how to get tho
best service for, the least money. Ne
braska Telephone Company, 18th and
Douglas streets, Omaha. "Use the
Bell."
At Webster City, while hurrying
over a railroad crossing. Mrs. R. A.'
Carrington was struck by an incoming
Northwestern train. She" was hurled
fifty feet and received injuries which,,
will prove fatal.
The residence of Mrs. Nicholas Wel
lingstein. about six nines from Ponca.'
was burned. The only son who is liv.
ing at home was attending a dance at
the opera- house when he learned of
the fire. The loss is estimated at
5,000 and was well insured.
Rev. Mr. Guy. who has been pastor
of the Presbyterian churches at Blue
Hill and at Ong. dividing his time be
tween these two appointments, has
(resigned his pastorate and will leave
for the west soon to make his home.
Charles Sams, until recently em
ployed as farmer at the Feeble Minded
institute, was in Beatrice looking for
his wife, who has mysteriously dis
appeared. The couple had trouble
and when Sams returned home from
work he found his wife gone.
Cambden Garlow, a young man liv
ing in David City, while riding a frac
tious horse in front of Hall's livery
barn in that city, was thrown off and
severely injured. He struck on his
head, and an examination disclosed
that he had fractured his skull.
Judge H. D. Travis of Plattsmouth
has named the following dates for
holding district court in the Second
judicial district, for the ensuing ,year:
Plattsmouth, January 18 and 25, May
17 and November 18; in Nebraska
City, March 1 and 8, June 14 and Sep
tember 20 and 27.
Because of the overcrowded condi
tion of the Hastings High school build
ing a movement will soon be started to.
secure a bond issue for an extension
to the present structure. In the four
years that the high school has occu
pied its present building the enroll
ment has Increased SG per cent.
Allen Hickman, a yonng man living
near Seward was accidentally shot
while out hunting. His wounds, while
painful, are not dangerous. A gun in
the hands of Arthur Wietman. a com
panion, was accidentally discharged,
a bullet striking him dicetly over the
heart. Frank R. Huxtable of Broken Bow.
well known throughout Custer county,
made an attempt to kill himself, pre
sumably by swallowing an overdose
of chloroform or morphine. Hux
table had been trying for a reconcilli
ation with his wife, from whom he was
separated, and it i3 alleged that a
failure to effect this was the cause of
his despondency.
A social function of more than or
dinary interest was held in Omaha
when was effected the organization of
the Nebraska Society of the United
States Daughters of 1812, the first or
ganization of a state society under
the auspices of the national society of
this order, and of which Mrs. Herber'
Ellsworth Gates is the state president.
An agricultural and good roads
meeting of great importance was held
,at the court house fn Tecumseh, the
'attendance being good. The meetings
which are being held in each county
of the first district are under the aus
pices of Congressman E. r.T. Pollanl.
George L. Cooley of the national in
terior department spoke intelligently
upon the subject of good roads and
made some pertinent suggestions.
Colonel Cupid played havoc with
schoolmarms around about the holi
days, and as a consequence Buffalo
county needs just an even dozen to
replace those who have married or
who have signified their intentions of
getting married. This information was
conveyed to State Superintendent Mc
Brlen through a letter from the county
superintendent asking for an imme
diate supply.
The roundup for the wihl animal
which Is running at large souln of Cal
laway and killing stock almost nightly
took place as scheduled. Although
about 150 men and boys with guns and
dogs took part 'n the roundup, nothing
was seen of the animal. A large nuni
v.a,. nt pm-ntps were caucht in the
circle, but nothing larger. Reports con
tinue coming in as regards the depre
dations of the animal, however, and
another hunt will be made for it in
the future.
The Home Telephone company,
which operates at Gretna. PapilHon
and Springfield has been given per
mission by the railway commission to
"increase 'Its rates as follows: Resi
dence telephones, from $1 to $1.25:
rural telephones, from $1.23 to $1.50:
business telephones, from $1.50 to $2
a month.
Adjutant Gcneral-tc-be Hartigan was
in Lincoln and. announced that tho
public Is invited to tho inauniral hall
to be given on the night of January
7 in honor of Governor-elect Shallen
berger. There will be no invitations
issued.
A destructive pra'rie fire burned
over hundreds of acres or good grass
ranse northeast of Dickens. The origin
of the fire Is unknown, but it started
about fonrteen miles northeast of
DicKens and burned twenty-four hours
before it was under control. Much
pronerty wns destroyed.
The official vote of Morr'll county,
the recentlv organized county, has
been received by the secretary of
state. For count v m" Hridsrnort re
ceived 573. Bay-nl Z". Xorthpot 5.
Irvington 2, Cns"1"" r "'" C'eman 1.
Thirty votes rc"r "".st on this
question.
IKE STATE CAPITAL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL.
CITIZENS.
REPORT OF HEALTH INSPECTOR
Gives Record of Busy Year, Telling of
Many Trips Mado and Much
Business Transacted.
State Health Report.
Dr. W. H. Wilson, inspector for tho
stato board of health, has filed an an
nual report for tho year ending No
vember 24, 1908, containing aa item
ized list of expenditures and trips
made to various parts of tho state. He
made sixty-three trips, some of. them
to the extreme northwestern and
western parts of the state. He spent.
$260.30 for railroad fare. The total
expense, including his salary or
$1,800 a year, was $2474. "S.
An appropriation of- $10,000 was
mado by the last legislature for the
state board of health. Of that amount
$b400 was appropriated by tho board
for the expense of collecting vital
statistics, office furniture and travel
ing expenses of one inspector. Tn ad
dition to the sixty-three trips made, s.
large number of contagious disease
disputes were settled by telephone
and by letter.
In his report DrI Wilson says:
"Many calls have come in from ovt
the state for assistance in the matter
of improving sanitary conditions, im
pure water, etc. Mojt of such calls
had to be declined from Iaek of funds
for traveling expenses, also from lack
of jurisdiction in such cases. How
ever, advisory letters were sent out
in each instance and in this way fre
quently improved the situation. In my
opinion, if the powers of the board
were enlarged and tho expense fn1
more liberal, the Inspector might ma
terially assist in bettering the sani
tary and health conditions of the
state."
Dr. Wilson believes the state board
of health ought to have jurisdiction
under the control of lccal boarus ol
health. Forty-four of the slxty-thre-calls
were for1 the investigation of
small pox cases.
Statement of Bryan Volunteers.
Members of the Bryan Volunteers
are receiving a pamphlet containing
a complete financial statement of the
officers of the organization. Tht
statement shows a complete list of
the membership who ha" naid all or
a part of the $10 pledert, arr.tnj?c
by counties. Thero is also an item
ized list of expenditures.
The statement shows that a total
of $12,0oK.15 was collected by tlu
organization, $11.4GS having been paid
by members and $300.15 having cen
received from miscellaneous sources
which are shown. A total or $11. 421. SO
has beeti paid out. In addition there
are outstanding bills for nearly $225
The books show a balance of $C14.35.
but tho actual balance on hand is
$550.35. This is explained by thf
fact that in the excitement of tin
state convention $ 15 more was booked
than was received and a similar mis
take, amounting to $10, was made- at
the Denver convention.
Senator Volpp Has a Bill.
Fred Volpp, senator from the Tenth
district has prepared a bill for the
"organization and control of banks
and tho protection of depositors." Mr.
Volpp has sent out copies of the pro
posed bill and he will offer it at tli.
first session of the senate.
Discussing the proposed measure its
author gave the foilowing features as
in his opinion of special importance:
"The lav follows the general lines
of our present law, thus avoiding con
fusion.
"The changes that have been mad
ore in the direction of more rigid reg
ulation and control.
"The bill provides for payment to
depositors of failed banks within
thirty days.
"The bill provides for 'depositors'
protective fund' and nowhere is th
word 'guaranteed used.
"There is very little question of the
constitutionality of the various meas
ures. We force no bank, state or na
tional, into the protectivo system, and
we keep none in longer than they wish
to remain.
"I believe that a thorough inspection
and a rigid control of the banks under
the plan I outline will prevent fail
ures and that it may bo many years
before the protective fund is ever
called on for a dollar."
Three Guards Disciplined.
Warden Beemcr had a case of in
subordination at the state peniten
tiary and as a result three guards
were discharged. They -were, Thomas
Kokley, Michael McNeal and Capta.n
Morgan. According to Warden Becm
er, the throe men concluded the days"
of' the warden were numbered and
proposed to have thln,'s tccir own
way. fc
The Convention Seasorv
Lincoln's convention season will br
gin early in the year. The first one
to take place will be the Lancaster
county good roads convention on Jan
uary 4. This meeting is to bo prar
ticaily a state affair, as many mem
bers of the legislature, officials of dif
ferent counties, automobile dealer?
and owners will be present. Januar
IS. 14 and 15. as the dates hrtvc been
previously fixed, the Nebraska InuV
j pendent teiepnone aMuuuun .....
I hold its annual session in Lincoln
i Then follow others in February.
Wells-Fargo Report Incomplete.
The Wells-Fargo Express eorapan
has followed the example set by the
Union Pacific railroad and has failed
to rcjort state and interstate business
separately to the railway commission
The annual report of tho rompan
long delayed, has been filed lz show
operating revenue amounting to $13.
259,013. 2S and operating expense
amounting to $10.310.8S7.28. Thr
company operates oer 113.30 miles os
railroad line in Nebraska. The pres
ident of the company, Dudley Evan'
of New York, is paid 25,e0 a year