Columbus Journal
R. 3. STROTHER, Publisher.
COLUMBUS.
NEBRASKA
IMPORTANT NEWS
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Latest Personal Infor
mation.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Senators Tillman and McCumber
had a lively debate in the senate on
the tariff bill.
Senator Nelson made an urgent ap
peal for free lumber in a speech on
the tariff bill.
Senator Cummins ot Iowa and Sena
tor Culberson ol Texas agreed that
there is little chance of congress
adopting, the former's amendment to
the tariff bill which provides "for an
income' tax.
Prospects for the president's pro
posed trip through the est during
the coming summed assumed a
brighter hue. Chairman Tawney of
the house appropriations committee
announcing, after a conference with
3r. Taft. that he would offer a bill ap
propriating. $25,000 for tlie president's
traveling expenses.
Senator Bailey of Texas denounced
the principle of protective tariff as
unfair in a tvro-dayspeech in the sen
ate. PERSONAL.
Mayor Rose of Milwaukee and Dr.
Dickie of Albion College. Mich., had
their second debate on liquor in Chi-;
cago. . ( -
Queen Wllhelmina of Holland gave
' birth to a laghferand the whole
country celebrated ithe arrival of the
little princess.
Judge It. 13. SloaVwill take the oath
of office as governor of Arizona, suc
ceeding J. II. Kibbgy. George Young
will assume the duties of secretary of
the territory on the same day.
B. L. Winchell. president of the
Bock Island railway system, said in
Kansas City that the 2-cent fare
fight in Missouri had been settled as
far as he was concerned.
Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale,
chaplain of the United States senate,
became ill on a train going from
Washington to Boston.
Raymond L. May, a railroad fireman
of Evansville, Ind., was given a Car
aegie medal for saving the life of a
negro boy.
GENERAL NEWS.
Reports showed that more than 130
persons lost, their lives and 300 were
hurt by cyclones which swept middle
and southern states.
"As a result of recent county option
elections in Michigan 385 saloons were
closed and ten breweries quit busi
ness. Tippecanoe county in Indiana went
"wet" in an option election. Jefferson.
Martin and Washington counties went
"dry."
Dr. G. K. Boyajian, an Armenian,
killed his nephew in a court room at
Detroit
A report received in London said
Abdul Hamid, deposed sultan of Tur
key, may be tried by court martial.
Thirty-one Persians were slain in a
battle between the forces of the shah
and nationalists.
Stuart McNamara, assistant district
attorney of the District of Columbia,
started proceedings in Indianapolis
for the extradition of Delavan Smith,
who is charged with .libel.
Reports received in Chicago said the
head hunters who killed Dr. William
Jones, an anthropologist, had been
arrested.
The fifty-first annual Minnesota
Sunday school convention was held at
Crookston with large attendance.
The consolidated grand lodge of
Oklahoma Knights of Pythias held its
third annual session at Chickasha.
G. M. Jurgenson, a manufacturer of
Brooklyn, N. Y., has started a weekly
publication in a crusade against the
police force of that city.
Railroads operating in California
are endeavoring to ascertain the con
stitutionality of the Wright act, passed
by the recent legislature, which pro
hibits them from giving free passes to
any person.
The shah of Persia has dismissed
his premier and war minister and ap
pointed bis uncle, Narb es Saltaneh,
to these puces.
A" prison-reform league has been
formed in Los Angeles, Cat, for the
purpose of endeavoring to obtain the
abolition ot capital punishment
CoL Roosevelt and his son Kermit
naving. recovered, from their indispo
sition, returned to the hunt, bagging
much smairgame.
A. B. Rennie.Na merchant of Pon
tiac, UL,,was killed and four com
panions hurt when a train struck their
automobile at Elmhurst HL
Centrahoma. Okla., was swept by a
cyclone and not a building in the town
was left undamaged, but no person
was killed.
Isaac S. Morse, a business man of
Nashville, Tenn., was slain by Ger
trude Douglas, who claimed he had
jilted her.
A special grand jury ordered by
Gov. Haskell to investigate the lynch
lag at Ada, .Okla., on April 19 of
James Miller, Jesse. West Joseph Al
len and W. T. Burrell, the cattlemen.
for the murder of A. A., Bobbitt a
United States deputy marshal, con
eaed. h -- .
Adele "Boas, daughter of a New
Tork millionaire, who was believed to
nave been' kidnaped, returned to her,
home after working" in aBoston res
taurant The International Kindergarten
aaioa began Its sixteenth annual con-'
veBtfea in Buffalo. .
C. C Lewert, superintendent of the
state insurance department of Ohio,
reporteda shortage of $1,342.68 in the
accounts of. the Ohio Underwriters'
Mutual- Life-insurance. Company ol
Columbus.
It has been discovered in Rome thai
a satchel containing jewelry valued a
$16,000, which was recently stolen
from a ,train there, was the property
of Princess von Buelow of Berlin.
The W. C T. U. of Cincinnati wiir
ask. Mayor Markbreitof that,city..to
forbid .the jooviag-picturc shows to
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present scenes snowing' ine electrocu
tion of women, r " " .
J.nW.'jWler,rceoeivar-for-to-Flr8t
Kationaf bank of Carroll, la., brought
suit'for $264,292 against the estate ol
W. F. Culbertson, former president
of the bank,' wto committed, suicide
last October. ' t
The twentieth annual congress ol
the Sons of 'the American Revolution
was held in Baltimore, delegates be
ing present from 42 states.
John A. Benson of San Francisco
was' acquitted in Washington on a
charge of bribery in connection with
land frauds. " - . -
William H. Reynolds, a Brooklyn
millionaire, who sailed for Europe, took
a negro quartet with him to entertain
him and his guests aboard ship and in
his tour abroad.
New York is to have a hotel at
Forty-second street and Madison ave
nue 31 stories- high, to cost $2,500,000
Hiram Webster. 65 years old; a sec
tion boss on the Michigan Central, lost
his life at Hastings. Mich., while try
ing to remove a hand car in the way
of an approaching special.
Sis hundred Teet of the west wall
at the Indiana state prison at Mich
igan City were blown down by a cy
clone. The prisoners made no attempt
to' escape, but the militia has been
ordered out.
, Porter Smitli of Chicago shot and
killed Miss Helen Marden.at Sommer
ville, at Smith college, Northampton,
Mass., and then killed himself because
she had jilted him.
Nadir Pasha, an aide to Abdul
Hamid, deposed sultan, was hanged
and 250 . other conspirators .shot at
Constantinople.
Mrs. Harry Thaw was fined $250 for
contempt of court in New York and
given five days ,to pay the amount or
go to jail.
Four men Avere killed .by an ex
plosion in a powder factors at Rey
nolds. Pa.
Mrs. Margaret Griffen, a widow,
was slain with a flatiron in her home
at Winnebago, near Rockford, III.
Two Chicago 'firemen were killed
while fighting flames wihch destroyed
an Illinois Central elevator which had
been struck hy lightning.
President Taft officially recognized
Mchmed V., thp new sultan of Tur
key, in a message sent to Ambassador
Leishman. '
The Red Cross society has sent
$1,000 to relieve the suffering of refu
gees from the massacres in Asiatic
Turkey.
Beach Hargis was convicted and
sentenced to serve a life term in the
penitentiary for slaying his father at
Irvine," Ky.
The sody of Maj. Pierre Charles
L'Enfant. who laid out the city of
Washington, was taken from the
grave at Digges farm, Maryland, and
buried in Arlington cemetery.
Policeman Kroeger of Logansport,
Ind., and an unidentified pickpocket
were slain in a pistol duel following
the performance of a circus.
One person was killed and many
hurt by a tornado which swept Doug
las. Udall and Rock, Kan.
The miners in the tri-district con
vention at Scranton, Pa., decided to
accept the old agreement with the an
thracite operators and authorized
their officials to sign it
An anarchist named Verdier was ar
rested at Monte Carlo and charged
with plotting to kill President Fal-
lieres of France.
The defense in the case of James
Boyle decided to call James P. Whitla,
father of the kidnaped boy, to testify
in the prisoner's behalf.
President Taft has signified his in
tention of witnessing the internation
al yacht races between American and
German boats, to be sailed off Marble
head' the first week in September. His
newly-selected summer home t Bev
erly is only three miles from the
starting point
Abdul Hamid II., for 33 years ruler
of Turkey, was deposed and his
brother, Mehemmed Reschad Effendi,
ascended the throne.
Fears were expressed by the Aid
rich faction of the senate that the de
bates on the tariff bill will prevent
final action on the measure until late
in the summer.
President Taft speaking at the
Grant dinner in Philadelphia, praised
the soldier-president and pleaded for
closer ties between north and south.
The National Federation of Reli
gious Liberals held its first annual
conference In Philadelphia.
" Russia has decided to accept the
American proposal to revise the treaty
of 1832. Her answer will express as
sent to the negotiation of a new treaty
provided that the old1 agreement re
main in Yerce until the new one is
ratified.
Masons from all over Missouri at
tended the grand lodge meeting in
Joplin.
Indiana liquor forces got the hard
est blow they have yet received when
Delaware county, of, which Muncle is
the seat voted "dry."
, Miss 'Muriel White, daughter of the.
United States ambassador to France,
was married in Paris to Count Her
man Scherr-Thoss of Prussia.
J. Ogdcn Armour is reported to be
planning a $1,000,000 gift for a perma
nent home for grand opera in Chi
cago. '
The Illinois house of- representa
tives voted to make October 12, the
birthday of Christopher Columbus, a
state holiday.
An-attempt to kill the woman's
suffrage bill in the Illinois legislature
failed by five votes.
The explosion of a boiler caused a
fire which destroyed the plant of the
Winnebago Furniture Company at
Fond du Lac, Wis., entailing $75,000
loss. x
The jury to try Capt Peter Hains
,for the murder of William E. Annis
was selected at Flushing, L. I.
Tour men were killed by an eoaplo
sion in the glycerin packing boose of
the Potts Powder Company at Reyn
olds, Pa. Foar other workmen wera
injured. '
MAMBEUM
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AN ILLINOIS MISSIONARY WRITES'
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ATTACK ON THE 6IRLS' SCHOOL
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Adana, Constantinople. Miss Eliza
beth S. Webb, a missionary of the
American board from Bunker Hill, OL,
has written a narrative- of her ex
periences for the mission board dar
ing the first days of the massacres' in
Adana, when the girls' school to
which she was attached was in the
greatest danger and the lives of the
students were threatened from all
sides. She says:
"Our friends came to the school as
usual on Wednesday, April 'ZL Al
though we heard that there was a
good' deal or unrest in the city, we
went on with our preparations for a
school entertainment which was to
be held the next day. Soon firing be
gan iri the city and before noon things
were in such a disturbed condition
that" we were afraid to send the day
scholars home. The girls were -too
excited to study, as there was a
constant sound of firing. We our
selves tried to go on with our annual
meeting, but the reading of the re
ports was interrupted by the scream
ing in, the streets and the shooting.
"Mr. Chambers attempted to go' to
the government buildings for a, guard,
but he found it impossible to go
through the mob and was forced to
return. Two of our Turkish children
were present and we thought it would
be possible to send word of our
danger, by a Turk who had come to
take them home. Accordingly notes
to the father and to the governor were
written, but there were no responses.
"As night came on fires began to
flare up in all directions and we were
fearful that the rioters would break
into the School buildings. Finally
about 9 o'clock there came a knock at
the gate and in walked the English
consul. You can imagine our relief at
sight of him. He had heard of the
disturbances and had come from Mer
sina to- investigate. The consul is
Major Daughty-Wylie. He could stay
only a moment but he left three of
his own guard of Turkish soldiers to
take care of us.
"All through the night we actually
seemed to be in a state of siege. The
three soldiers kept firing their mar
tinis and the fire was returned from
the minaret houses nearby. In the
morning our guard discovered
whether it was a new discovery or not
I don't know that the men in the
minaret houses, whose fire they had
teen returning, were Turkish soldiers
and that others who had been firing
upon us were friends whom we knew
by name. After a good deal of parley
ing the firing on our building stopped
for the time being. Finally, in spite of
the fact that the consul had said they
must remain until he returned, the
guard insisted that they should leave.
We urged them to stay, but they
climbed the wall and ran away.
"In the meantime the fires abour
the city had increased and the sound
of shooting could be heard from every
point -t last the consul passed. He
was able to spare only one man, but
thought this one would be enough.
Soon after the consul left us, fires
broke out in the adjacent streets, and
unless something was done speedily
our school building must be destroyed.
If our building burned the Cham
bers house must burn also. Then
where could we go for safety? Our
only safety seemed to be to check the
flames. We women and girls carried
water, while the men cut down the
fences and an old house in the corner
of our yard. A shed on the east side
of tho street was also torn down and
we thought in this way that the pro
gress of the fire could be stayed. At
this, time we were horrified to' learn
that Mr. Rogers and Mr. Maurer had
been shot It seemed that they had
been fighting the fire and were not
with the other 'men in cutting down
the sheds. They were brought into
our dining room. Mr. Maurer already
was dead and Mr. Rogers only lived
a few minutes. The Rev. Stephen
R. Trowbridge, who was near them at
the time, escaped, although a bullet
took off his hat.
. Bainbridge's Body Arrives.
New York. Arrangements were
completed for the removal of the body
of William E. Bainbridge, special
agent of the Treasusry department
who committed suicide in Paris two
weeks ago, to Council Bluffs, where it
will be interred.
Pure Food Law Upheld.
Chicago. Federal Judge Sapborn,
in a test case questioning the consti
tutionality of the government pure
food and drug act, upheld the validity
of the law. The case will be ap
pealed. More Armenians Slaughtered.
London. A special dispatch dated
Messina, April 28, says that fires are
raging at Antioch andKessab,. to the
southwest of Aleppo, and that there
has been a slaughter of Armenians in
both towns.
Land Defrauders Sentenced.
Portland, Ore. Judge Hunt in the
United States district court imposed
sentence on two of tnose convicted in
the Oregon land fraud cases. He
j fixed Hamilton H. Hendricks' punish-
menf at thirteen months imprisonment
on McNeill's Island and a fine of $500.
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Receiver for Evelyn Thaw.
New York. Justice McAvoy signed
an order appointing George B. Hayes
receiver for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in
the supplementary proceeding brought
by Elise Hartwig, na milliner, to en
force a judgment of $253.25 obtained
against Mrs. Thaw last September.
Mrs. Catt Re-Elected.-
London. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt
ot New York was re-elected president
of the Woman's International Suffrage 1
alliance.
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
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Items, of Interest VakcnrFrom 'rlert
and There Over the State, v
Senator John Hatfield -or Neleigb
will deliver the memorial address at
Seward.
A number of Greek .laborers who
had been drinking heavily created a
small riot in- the ' depot at' Haden.J
rney urove tne Northwestern agent
out of the depot and serious trouble
threatened for a time. '
rl Bert Smith, who has been cashier
I -a th nnir r d.i .t.. -
- , . . ...av-u viewi
ration, lias resigned and will study
medicine. John Colke has been elect
ed to take his nlace.
William Hicks of Sutton commu
ted an assault on Robert McCune, liv
ing on a farm northwest of there
about six miles. Hicks is charged
with shooting McCune and further as
saulting him for pr-rposes of robbery.
He escaped with what money he could
find, and Is now In jail at Clay Center.
Some excitement prevailed in Falls
City when It was learned that Miss
Beynon, teacher in the Zion school,
had the smallpox. Both the Central
and Zion schools were ordered closed
for fumigation.
The barnof Lawrence Coracke, near
St Mary, Johnson county, with its
contents, was burned to the ground.
The contents included nine head of
horses, 2,500 bushels of corn, several
tons of hay, a buggy, implements, etc.
H. F. Fink, who lives in Todd Creek
precinct, shot and killed a blue heron,
a rare bird in Nebraska. The gentle
man was engaged in plowing in the
field when he saw the bird alight at a
pond near by. He procured his gun
and bagged the game.
Dr. G. L. Roe, superintendent at the
Feeble Minded institute, at Beatrice,
has finished planting a row of trees.
stretching the entfre length along the
south side of the institute. The money
for this purpose was appropriated by
the state.
While Herman Hohlshu of Platts-
mouth was loading some fertilizer
from his barn into a wagon he found
a gold ring containing a large diamond
set. It was shown to B. A. McElwain,
a jeweler in that city, who pronounced
it to be worth at least $150.
Tho government surveying party,
engaged in the preliminary survey for
the drainage canal through Salt Creek
valley, began work during the last
week. The survey will extend from
the mouth of Salt creek below Ashland
to Lincoln. There are 'fourteen gov
ernment surveyors in the party.
The Kearney debating team, consist
ing of Ralph Dugdale, Walter Fisher
and Herbert Marquard, went to r-eru
Normal to debate the question, "Re
solved, That cities -of Nebraska of
1,000 inhabitants or over should adopt
tue commission form of municipal gov
ernment," with the Peru normal team.
Peter Konnagell, 70 years of age
and for twenty-six years a resident of
Millard, Douglas county, committed
suicide by hanging himself in a barn.
Despondency is thought to have been
the cause of the suicide but no espe
cial cause can be assigned as Konna
gel. although well advanced in years,
was in vigorous health and still pur
sued his occupation of well digger.
Grand Army posts in Nebraska will
generally celebrate Memorial day on
Monday, May 31st
A clock is to be placed in the court
house tower at Geneva to cost $1,050,
$ou0 of which will be paid by the coun
ty, the rest to be raised by subscrip
tions in the city.
contrary -to reports put in circula
tion, the Nebraska Bankers' associa
tion will not fight the'new law enacted
by the late legislature.
Andrew Bloom was sentenced to
four years in the. penitentiary by
Judge Travis for burglaries committed
at Greenwood.
Every arrangement is being made
by the Commercial club committee
and the committee selected by the
local Grand Army of the Republic post
for the entertainment program and
reception and care of the delegates to
the Grand Army of the Republic, who
hold Grand Army encampment at York
May 11. 12 and 13.
Fred Vannoy, the 8-year-old boy who
was injured by an automobile while
playing in front of the Sydenham
school house, eight miles south of
Kearney, died from the results of the
accident He was run over by the car
as it was passing the school.
The German Lutherans of Seward
are preparing to build a new church.
Cornelius Staachs ot Beatrice plead
guilty to stealing grain from cars and
paid a fine of $20 and costs.
J. P. Walsh was killed by falling
from the second story of a building
in Sbelton.
Ashland voted dry at the, late elec
tion and will' therefore get'along with
out saloons for one year.
The baseball season has opened in
Nebraska towns and promises to be
lively until cold weather.
Liu Hop, a Chinaman, under arrest
in Omaha, astonished the court by put
ting up a cash bond of $1,000.
Arlington saloons close at 8 o'clock,
not waiting for the law, which be
comes effective July 1.
The new building of the Kearney
Odd Fellows has been formally dedi
cated. The next annual meeting of the
Nebraska Travelers' Protective asso
ciation will be held In Grand Island.
Veterans of -the Spanish-American
war have effected an organization with
E. L. Phelps of Lincoln as department
commander.
Harry French, who has been em
ployed as a waiter at the Oxford res
taurant in Columbus, tapped the till
and let town, the loss being over $10.
Under the direction of A. R. Scott
of McCook a military company has
been organized there with an enlist
ment of fitty-five.
Four-year-old Myron Collamer Is sup
posed to' have started a fire at Norfolk
which cremated a horse belonging to
Joseph Pliant The barn was com
pletely destroyed.
Ray Peart a young man about 20
years of age, met bis death by com
ing in contact with a heavy current
of the wires of the Beatrice Electric
company.
The Jefferson county bank of Day
kin has increased its authorized capi
tal from $10,000 to $25,000, with $15,
000 fully paid up. 'mis gives the bank
an additional $5,000 capital at present
The Hastings lodge of Odd Fellows
has altered Its plans for a new build
ing and will erect a three-story build-
ins iastead of one of two, as was orlg-J
inally contemplated.
WILLTESTBAHKUW
FRIENDLY SUIT TO k BE
BROUGHT IN COURTS.
STATEMEUT IS 6IVEN OUT
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No
Convitt
LaboCr Jn . Penitentiary
Tailor Snap Bacauaa-CamiMtitian
is Unfair -to vFrea. Labor. .
That the bankers of Omaha and Ne
braska are determined, in their pur
pose to test the validity of the bank
deposit guaranty law passed by the re
cent legislature was shown at a meet
ing held in Omaha which was attended
by' a number of the representative
state and national bankers of the
state.
Since the meeting held some weeks
ago to consider the question the pro
position has been thoroughly can
vassed and a committee has been
formed to arrange what is termed a
friendly suit to carry the matter
through the courts. The following
statement was given out at the close
of the meeting:
The banking act passed by the re
cent session of the legislature pro
vided in a manner for the guaranty of
bank deposits by the collecting of a
tax from solvent banks In proportion
to their deposits, to be applied as far
as possible toward the payment of de
positors in failed (banks after all as
sets and shareholders' liabilities bad
been exhausted. This 'is such a rad
ical change In all established systems
of banking that it necessarily be
hooves much good or milch harm to
all interested in banking, whether as
shareholders or depositors.
The time for the discussion of the
question as a desirable public measure
from a political standpoint has passed
and it would seem 'that those who
favored the enactment of such a law,
as well as those who opposed it,
should unite in having the question
finally settled by the highest court as
to whether or not a tax for the pur
pose named can be collected from
banks or bankers without their con
sent. It is the general opinion among
bankers that the question should be
finally settled at as early a date as
possible, as to leave the question in
doubt or to have the law declared in
effective at a time of financial unrest
would mean a most serious disturb
ance of all banking and commercial
interests.
A committee has been formed of
leading state and national bankers
for the purpose of arranging for a
friendly suit to test the validity of the
law, and it is hoped, owing to the im
portance of the case, that it will be
rapidly advanced on the docket, so
that a decision may.be reached at the
earliest possible date.
Opposes Convict Labor.
The state will not contract with the
St Louis garment making firm which
made a bid for the use of the convicts.
The firms debired to install a tailor
shop in the state penitentiary and use
the convicts for the manufacture of
clothing for laborers. The Board of
Public Lands and Buildings thought
favorably of the tailor shop idea, be
lieving the state could get much more
money for the use of the convicts than
it could be letting them out to the
broom factory. The clothing firm had'
already signed the contract agreeing
to pay from 60 to 85 cents a day for
the prisoners and the matter was re
ferred to Governor Shallenberger, who
does not favor the plan, because of his
belief that it is unfair for free labor
to be put in competition with convict
labor.
The Irrigation Congress.
The governor has appointed a com
mittee of five to consider the best
means of making the national irriga
tion congress, which is to be held at
Spokane, from August 9 to 14. of the
greatest benefit to Nebraska. The
governor also appointed delegates to
the American Prison association con
vention to be held at Seattle, August'
14 to 19.
Test of Election Laws.
The republican state committee, in
session here, authorized Chairman J.
W. Keifer to appoint a committee to
consult with attorneys regarding the
election laws enacted by the late legis
lature, and if found advisable to take
steps to test the validity of the meas
uie in the courts.
Taxes of Life Companies.
Attorney General Thompson has
given it as his opinion that domestic
!ife insurance companies, organized on
the old line plan, may be assessed for
taxation not only on their gross prem
iums, but also on other property, such
s capital stock, the latter to be listed
s its actual value. In Lancaster coun
ty this is said to have been the plan
adopted by the county assesor. but it
is- reported that an insurance com
iany In Douglas county has been taxed
only on its gross premiums. The at
torney general believes the tax on
gross premiums is not in lieu of all
other taxes.
Wants Interpretation of Law.
Browning, King & Co. of Omaha
have written to Secretary of State
Junkin for an opinion on the law en
acted by the late legislature regarding
the flat tax on the capital stock of cor
porations. The firm informed the
secretary of state that it did business
In many states and had an immense
capital stock if it were all totaled, but
by no means is all of its capital stock
.Invested in Nebraska. It desired to
know whether it "would have to pay
the tax on the capital stock used in
Nebraska or on entire capitalization.
Money Will Not Go Far.
The railway commission has $40,000
to 'spend in finding the valuation of
railroad property in Nebraska as well
as the valuation of other corporations
named in the law. It is the intention,
however, of the commission to work
first on the steam railroads and it is
figured the $40,000 will be exhausted
even before the commission reaches
the railroad of the stock yards, over
which there was dispute between Mr.
Ransom and the members of the legis-
laUue. The matter will be further
considered shortly,
FAINT EVERY YEAR.
Mo One Wants to Do It, But Same
Paint Will Wear No Longer.
When you have a job of painting
done you don't expect to have it done
over again very soon. But to make
a lasting Job, several things mast be
taken into consideration the proper
time to paint the condition of the sur
face the kind of materials to use, etc.
All these matters are fully covered in
the specifications which can bofcad free
by writing National Lead Company,
1902 Trinity Building, New York,
and asking for Houseowners Paint
ing Outfit No. 49. The outfit also in
cludes a book of color schemes for
both interior and exterior painting.
and a simple instrument for detecting
aauuerauon in the paint materials.
The outfit will solve many painting
problems for every bouseowner.
Meantime while buying paint see that
every white lead keg bears 'the famous
Dutch Boy Painter trademark, which
is an absolute guarantee of purity and
quality. If your paint dealer cannot
supply you National Lead Company
will see that some one else will.
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"Do you really love me, George?"
'Didn't you give me this tie, dear?"
'Yes, love. Why?"
'Well, ain't I wearing Mt?"
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A Frank. Opinion.
Once a youth thought it his solemn
duty to learn something about Henry
James. So, to the great admiration
of his frivolous friends, he picked up
"The Wings of the Dove" and disap
peared into Its pages.
Two weeks' later he was thinner, but
still at it when one of the afore-men-tloned
frivolous friends came Into tho
room, and, for the first time showed
interest.
"Say," he observed, "is The Wings
of the Dove' a collection of short
stories or one long story?"
The delver Into James glanced up
from the pages.
"One darned long story." he replied,
throwing his whole- soul 'Into the
wCrds.
Salting a Diamond Mine.
Howard DuBois, the noted mining
engineer, told a good story to the
Tech men recently, illustrating the
"art" of salting a diamond mine. The
story was told of a man in South
Africa who, while walking one day
over his property, suggested that they
assay some of the soil.
In the search that ensued eight
rough diamonds were found and offers
began to fly through the air at a rapid
rate for the laqd, when the host's wife
called out to her husband: "Whv.
John, where are the other two?" The
sequel of the story was left to the
Imagination. Boston Record.
Future IdealJBown".
In the ideal town of the future, as
pictured by Sir Oliver Lodge, the
bouses will have gas for heating by
open fires and for cooking, and elec
tricity for lighting. The gas, pro
duced from the coal at the mine, will
be sent long distances through pipes,
as water is now distributed. It is
hoped that the experiment will be tried
soon, the burning of crude coal in town
being absolutely forbidden, and at least
two Engilsh towns are already consid
ering the plan. The purification of
the air is one of the greatest needs in
the improvement of the conditions of
city life.'
OLD SOAKERS
Get Saturated with Caffeine.
When a person has used coffee for a
number of years and gradually de
clined In health, it is time the coffee
should be left off in order to see wheth
er or not that has been the cause of
the trouble.
A lady In Huntsville, Ala., says she
used coffee for about 40 years, and for
the past 20 years was troubled with
stomach trouble.
"I have been treated by many physi
cians but all in vain. Everything failed
to perfect a cure. I was prostrated for
some time, and came near dying. When
I recovered sufficiently to partake of
food and drink I tried coffee again and
it soured my stomach.
"I finally concluded coffee was the
cause oi my irouoies anu sioppea us
ing it I tried tea and milk in its
piace, dot ncuner agreca wnn me, tnen
. . . ... . ... .. i .
a cummtmcea using ruscum. j. naa it
properly made and it was very pleas
ing to the taste.
"I have now used it four months, and
my health is so greatly Improved that
I can eat almost anything I want aiitl
can sleep well, whereas, before, I suf
fered for years with insomnia.
"I have found the cause of my trou
bles and a way to get rid of them.
You can depend upon it I appreciate
Postum."
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to Weilville," in pkgs.
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PB0VED POINT BY HOLY WRIT
Granddaughter of Gladstone . Prave
She ld Not Read Scriatvrea
for Nethina,
Miss Dorothy Drew, wha was pre
sented at court ar few days ago. was
the favorite granddaughter of the late
W. EL Gladstone, and anwaeth
stories told or her childhood days i
the following: One morning ate re
fused to get up, and. all other tfcinss
falling. Mr. Gladstone was caleo to
aer. "Why, don't yoa.get . r
childr he asked. "Why, gmnd.pa.
didn't you tell me to do- what- the
Blble says?" replied Dorothy. "Yes.
certainly." "Well, It disapproves of
early rislag says it's a waste of
time," rejoined the child. Mr. Glad
stone was unable to agree, but Dor
othy was sure of her ground. "You lis
ten, then," she said, in reply to his
exclamation of astonishment, and,
taking up her Bible she read Psalm
127:2, laying great emphasis on the-.
words: "It is vain for you to rise up
early." Tit-nits.
EASE.
Drather Sltdown Dat's a mighty
short stub yer smokin', Dusty.
Dusty Dodge work Yep! I knows it:
dat's de way I allers like 'em; you
don't hev ter pull de smoke so fur!
Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric i
hidden behind a paste of varying'
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou
ble can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied,
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
The Small Brother Again.
It was the first warm night of
springtime, and they sat out in the
park under the stars. Suddenly there
was the sound of a snapping twig in
the tree near them. '
"Dear me. George." she whispered.
"What kind of a tree is that?"
Georgo looked up and discovered a
pair of juvenile eyes peering throush.
the branches.
"H'm" he muttered, sheepishly.
"Looks to me like a rubber tree."
A Little Slip.
Rev. Mr. Spicer had for three days
enjoyed the telephona which had been
his last gift from an admiring parish
ioner. He had been using it imme
diately before going to church.
When the time came for him to an
nounce the first hymn. h rose, and
with his usual impressive manner.
read the words. Then in a crisp, firm
tone, he Bald: "Let us all umto In
hymn six double o, sing three."
Youth's Companion.
Starch, like everything else, is be
ing constantly improved, tho patent
Starches put on the market 25 yerxs
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In tho lat
est discovery Defiance Starch all
injurious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap
proached by other brands.
Omissions of History.
Romulus, having built Rome, was
constructing a wall around ft
"What's the use of puttisg a wail
on the north side?" jeered Remus.
"Evanston will never try to break in."
Then ensued the first boxing contest
In the new city, with the result, as all
the world knows, that Remus was per
manently knocked out
And Saves Time.
"He lets his wife do just as she
pleases."
"Nothing startling about that"
"No; but he does it without aa argu
ment" Omaha Directory
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