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SSHTENC- DLFERflit) UNTIL NEXT TERM
Ulrl Wa Shot Ancast S aad Mt
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apposed to B th Casts
f Crime.
GRAND ISLAND, Keb., Feb. l.-(8peclal.)
John Hamlin. th slayer of Rachel Engl,
pleaded guilty to the charge of murder In
the Aral degre In the dlatrlot court yes
terday and the court deferred sentence Un
til next term. The penalty la desth or Im
prisonment for life.
Aa Hamlin left th court room to go to
th Jail there were tears In his eyes and It
was apparent that h has suffered severely
from the pangs of remorse, especially since
th denth cf the girl, with whom he was
Infatuated, and whom ha shot. It Is gen
erally believed, out of Jealousy. He has
r.erer specifically denied the crlms, but has
stated that there was something back of It
referring to motive which would all coma
out at the trial. This statement was. made
befor the death of th girl. (Mnca then ha
has been silent. His attorney. Hon. W. H.
Thompson, states that the plea la made en
tirely roluntarlly and at the prisoner's In
itiative. Hamlin had not consulted him un
til yesterday morning, when he Informed
Mm of the decision ha had reached. The
accused at one time had the opportunity to
plead guilty to the charge of assault with
Intent to kill, but did not take sdvanUge
cf It.
On August I Rachel Engle. aged IB; Miss
laltl Dunham, a young friend; Oeorge En
1e. Charles Smith. Hamlin, aged W, and
Steven O. Williams were coming down town
from the Kent home the mother of the
girl was married the second time to Mr.
Kent to take In the carnival sights. Ham
lin and Smith both boarded at the Kent
home. Hamlin, It had been potlced. seemed
attached to the girl, but there was nothing
mutual about the attachment. He had.
however, always acted the gentleman.
About the time the party reached the rail
road crossing Smith was walking at Miss
Engle's side. Hamlin drew back and fired
two shots. On struck Miss FJngl In the
back. "A other flashed In Smith' face.
' but did not Injure him. , Hamlin, turned,
ran to the house, stole Smith's bicycle and
fled northward. The next evening as he
went Into a. village thirty, miles north for
supper he wss arrested. He was brought
bark to Grand Island, i
The wound Inflicted on Miss Ensile caused
complete paralysis from the waistline down.
She lingered along until early In winter,
when she gradually became worse and al
most wasted away. Her death finally took
place last month.
BLOODHOIXD CASK RECALLED
Ma a rnf esses Crime for Which
Another Wns! Convict".
TECfMSEH. Neb.. Feb. I. (Special.)
Word ' comes to Tecumssh that "Reddy"
Williams, a former well known character
. of Auburn, has Just been .sentenced to
twenty year In the Idaho penitentiary. It
Is said the charge waa forgery, and
another story Is to the effect that WlUlama
attempted to wreck a train In the north
west It Is also said that Williams, sine
receiving his sentence, has confessed to be
ing the guilty party In the somewhat famous
"bloodhound" burglary oaae of Auburn.
. A residence wa robbed In that town on
the night of July 4. . lrflS, and th next
wioraing bloodhounds were pal on the trail
of Jth burglar. ' Th' dogs went from th
house directly to th home of George Brott,
then a resident of that town, but who now
lives In Tecumseh.
Brott waa arrested, and tried In ths dis
trict court of Nemaha county and was sen
tenced to th Nebraska penitentiary upon
th "bloodhound" evidence .only. The msn
always maintained his Innocence and
throuf h the efforts cf his attorneys, J. S.
McCarthy and H. A. Lambert, his cas was
' taken to th supreme court. ' That court
decided that "bloodhound" evidence alone !
was not sufficient, and Brott was sent back
to Auburn for another trial. Ar-angemnts
were made by the prosecution for Brott to
give his own bond In th sum of $300 to ap
pear for trial. This he did and he wa never
again tried. Brott served nearly two years In
tba penitentiary, and after being given his
freedom ha returned to - Tecumseh, his
former home and the home of his parents,
where he went to work at ths printer-
trade. He Is aged six tit 40 years and has
a wire and two children.
' Brott hoa secured legal advice and an
bounces his Intention of bringing suit for
damage In the sum of 110,010 against th
Auburn parties who caused his arrest and
prosecution under th "bloodhound" erl
denc. Bern Interesting, development are
promised.
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MOSES 11. SYDKXHAM 19 DEAD
Kenmey Pioneer Die Saddenly
WMI His Way to Church.
KKARNET. Neb.. Feb. t.-Speclal Tele
gram. Moses H. Sydenham, on of th
pioneer of central Nebraska, died sud
denly this morning while on his way to
church.
Mr. Sydenham bad been In bad health
for the last two or thre months with
aethma and other troubles. This morning
he appeared to b In better- health than
usual and had started for church. When
In front of th Goodall llvry barn he
emd to slip on th snowy sidewalk and
waa assisted Into th offlc. where to asked
If to might alt down and rest.'' As h sat
down th employes of th plac started to
brush th snow from his coat, whsn hs
threw, himself back and It wa found h
had expired. Funeral arrangement bar
not been mad a yet.
, Mar. Sydenham has long been prominent
In the affair of tht part ot th stats,
daring lived hers for over fifty yeara. He
was born In London, England, In 1831 and
ram to ths United States whsn II year
NOTICE
TO HOU9EKEEPERG
A dsmoaatrator will call atvry houa
in Omaha and givo ach family a Ir
inai pacaaf oi in ceitrated
ONDER
AX for
,ahlns Clothes
flthout Rubbing
Saves hall th tin, lull th soap
end halt thaUbor. WW Dot Injur
th daintiest fabrtca. Leaves your
hands soft as velvet Washboards
unnecessary. Clothes wear twice
as lonf when this wadrful
article Is used. If our deltas were
not true we could not elford to
give you frt trial package.
Vol UuaSBI SLOt C, . M Mlckta StTcalug
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bid. spending ir short tlm In 7w Tork
City and going from there to Augusta, Ga.
In the fall or ir, ha rstne to Kansas City
and wss employed by Russell. Majors A
Wodrtell to go wtth-one.of their freight
tralna to Fort Urtml. In the rait of that
er Mr. Sydenham cams to Fort Kearney,
where he became a clerk In a general store,
and later ha was commlsstoned postmaster,
a position which he held "for fifteen years.
In IMS he was nominated for the state
senate, but was defeated. In 1878 he waa
appointed route agent of the L'nion Pacific
and continued to hold Uhls office until lt4.
He published the'Xearney Herald . In 1862
and In 1870 started the Central Star of
Empire, which he has published up to the
tlmo of his death. ' Ha was . marfied on
September 17, I860,, at Mt.( Tleasant,, la., to
Miss H. Electa Atwood. Ha Is survived by
his wire and two sons, . '
SALARIES
GA(iB COl'BTY
Supervisors Fla Pay of Clerks la the
' Varloas OJfleea.
BEATRICE. Neb., Feb. l-(,8peclai.H-Th
matter of fixing the, salaries ot ,th clerks
and deputlea. of the several county offices
was disposed of by the fioard of Super
visors for. the ensuing yea as follows:
County treasurer, deputy. ?at clerk, 1700;
clerk, . 1600. Register of "deeds, deputy,
11.000. County olerk, deputy, 11.000; clerk,
1000. County Judge, clerk, 9800. Th bond
for $30,000 of the First National bank of
this city as a depository for county funds
waa approved.
County Assessor Scott submitted th fol
lowing list of deputy assessor for the
various townships for the coming year,
which was adopted: Adams, B. J. KlUen;
Nemaha, M. P. Miller; Highland, J. P.
Sausman; Clatonia, Andrew Walker; Grant,
Ernest Spllker; Holt, 3. D. White; Han
over, 3. U Wilson; Hooker, William Hall;
Blakely, L. Langworthy; Midland, W. Wax
ham; Logan, Ray Mumford; Fllley. Charles
Hughes; Lincoln, C. A. Stevens; River
side, C. H. Oreen; Rockford. Jacob Gra
ham; Sherman, William Kline; Kim. John
Sail wis: Slolly. Ls B, Smith; Blu Springs,
Oeorge Harpster; Wymore, Henry Graff. J
William Chapman Island Grove, George
Withers; Glenwood, B. C. Burkett; Pad
dock, E. M. Champ; Barneston, George
Humphrey; Liberty. 8..B. Ratllff; Beatrice,
Oeorge O. Hill. 8. Q. Free, W. B. Knause.
A. M. McMaster. 8. Seaman. J. R. Craig,
John Bealer, O. M. Enlow, J. T. Green
wood. Th board adjourned to February It.
HUMBOLDT FARMER' WiTITL'TB
Two Addresses hy Former Governor
Poynter aad On by Prof. Smith.
HUMBOLDT, Neb., Feb. .( Special. )r
Th two day' session of (h farmers' In
stitute closed yesterday afternoon one of
the best meeting of th kind vr held.
Friday's opening session' wa In charge
of the women, who after a most Interesting
program and an address by Mrs F. O.
Edgecombe of Geneva, organised a woman's
auxiliary to the Institute. In the afternoon
a large crowd filled the' opera house td
listen to an addreas from ex-Governor
Poynter on "The Kind of Dairy Cow for
the Farmer." The principal address at
th evening session ' was by Prof. H. ' R.
Bmlth of Lincoln on "Ths Devslopment of j
Our Domestic Animal," and the audience
was large and attentive. Mr. Poynter also
followed with a second address '6n "Horn
Essentials of Successful Farming.'" On Sat
urday, In addition to the local speaker
handling th subject of "Good Roads." all
listened to a talk from D. P. Ashbum of
Gibbon on "Seed Corn Selection." All of
the program was Interspersed with talks
by local workers and both vocal and In
strumental music. Officers were ' chosen
for the' coming year as follows :' president.'
O. E. Zook; vice president, 3. O. Bhroyer;
secretary, Don Orldley; treasurer, Frank
Rlst. . ..'.'',.
FOIR BI8IXESS HOUSES BURN
Early Moraine Fir ? Doe SIS.OOO
Damage at Woierbory.
WATERBURY, Nsb., Fsb, 1. Fir start
ing In th printing offlc of a - weekly
newspaper early this morning, destroy.!
four buildings. Including ' th Merchant
hotel, entailing a loss of 116.000. Th guests
and attaches of the hotel, scantily clad, es
caped Just before the roof fell In.
SIOUX CITY. Feb. .-(Special Telegram.)
The Sioux City fir department early this
morning received a call for help from
Waterbury, Neb., which waa reported to be
burning up. A fir ngln waa loaded on
a train, and Just a th special was ready
to pull out word came ithat the fire waa
under control. Four buildings wre burned
In the business district, at a loss of about
$12,000. ... ,
Saw Cat Proves Fatal.
MILLARD. Neb.. Feb... S.-tSpeclal Tele
gram.) Rlnold Bohl died , Saturday from
blood poisoning caused by . a cut on his
arm from a circular saw,, received while he
was sawing wood January 21. He leaves
a wife, mother, two brother, Fred and
Ous Sohl, and, a sister, Mrs. John New
house, who lives In Douglas county. . He
was SI years of aga. The funeral will be
held Wednesdsy at t o'clock at ths farm
residence of th family, ,
Hews of Nebraska. ' '
PLATTSMOt'TH A. Hamilton and wlf
hav removed to Red Oak, la.
WEST POINT-Attornev and Mr. J. F.
I-osch left today for a six weeks' tour of
California. , .
PLATTSMOUTH Mr Ball! Greenslate.
aged M years, died at her horn west ot
plnttimoutn Friday. '
BLl'B HILL William E. Cronn and Ida
May Worley of Campbell were married by
Rev. Foutch Wednesday.
PLATTSMOVTH-T. E. Parmel haa' sold
th half section of land that hs purchased
from Mrs. J. O. McClaln for 122.O0O. .
BH'E HILI8tanley V.' Carr of Omaha
and Mia Reaina El Haller. rwalrtlh wa
of this city, wer united In marriage by
County Judge F.dson Frldsy.
WEST POINT A marriage license waa
granted this week by County Judge Dewald.
to William H. Weitkamo of Washington
county and Miss Martha C. Bloome of Ban
croft. WF6T POINT Th marriage of August
Ran be of Scrthner snd Miss Ida Caraien
0Oodge waa celebrated by County Judge
Dewald at his offlc In th courthouse this
week. '
WEST POINT News has been received
of the inarriag of Ls Bent to Miss Anna
M. Johnson, at Hobart. 0L Both parties
ar well . known residents of Bancroft
township. -
SUTHERLAND Several local farmers
and ranchmen report losses of stock from
a mysterious "cornstalk disease." It Is
somewhat unusual fur horse, to dl from
this esus.
WEST POINT-Th Willow Creek and the
Anaelope clubs met In. their second match
blu rock hoot at th home of C. W. Shss.
wlTlowTroeVr ,0'llW,: .A,t,to 10J;
BKATRICtl Dr. A. Johnson of th Insti
tute for the Feobl Minded liaa a. lam
fore of men at work harvesting toe on
Bear creh. The Ice I about twelve' Inch
thick and of an excellent quality
PLATTSMOLTHCanoo H. B. Burgee
conducted the funeral servlct over "I ncle "
Ned Baker Saturday fternoon and th'
x41)' wss Interred In Oak Hill oratery
besid his wife aad thslr children.
TKCUMSRH-District ocurt In and f..r
Johnson county will convrn In th., cliy
klcnday. The docket Is small. The petit
Jury wi I com. on for fervid the first day.
but will probably aot bo retained Vt
BEATRIC-Zero weather prevailed h.rs
f.U-n.d.?-morn'.n' U u '"' y son.
'..."i" ,u,,u," change In lemparatur
would dams tl wheat crop, but farmars
say it never looked better at ibi tn.mii i
the year.
bKATKiCIO-eltuart Maioney. for tbe last
thnra years general superintendent of the
Drmpster plant hero, haa restgnso his po.
sttlun and will lavo la a few day, for th
jst to snter the employ of a Urge aiaou
fo tunng concern.
TlXU'MSIiH-Th Ice harvest' ' here Is
two-tlilrds dune, ta local dalrs navln
rtiuWioJ tilling two iif tli, three huuoe, Ust
vonlng-. lh tu la from Ua to fvu. Usa
THE OMAHA
Inches thick and la th beat In quality Se
cured hi re In years.
BEATRICE The smallpox sltustlon trt
the northwest of the city Is much Improved.
No new capes have been reported and
nearly all of tho under quarantine hsv
been releaed. The authoritUs bellev they
have th tilM-as well In hand. . ,
PLATTSMut I I' McMaken A Son 'hav
brought ault In Justice Archer court to
collect rt0 damages from John Bchlappa
casae and Abraham IJnonln Tldd for blng
prevented fiom harvesting les from the
Missouri river by an Injunction.
WEST POINT-John Meier who is th
oldeat buainees man of West Point, hss re
tired from business sfter a successful ea
rner as a clothier ot thirty-four years. Hs
Is succeeded liy the Meier Clothing com
pany, an association composed of his sons
and snn-in-inw.
BEATRICB Oeorge C. Ferguson, one ot
the first settlers on the Otoe reservation,
died at his home near Odell yesterday, lie
leaves a large family of children and Jtrand
chlldren to mourn his departure. The fu
neral waa held Monday under the auspices
of the Masonic lodge at Dtller.
Sl'THERLAND I-aat Tuesday Mr. snd
Mrs. G. W Applegate celebrated their
fiftieth wedding annlveraay, on which oc
caalon a splendid dinner was served at
their home. A nice little circle of friends
and relatives were present, helping them
celebrate and enjoy the rare event.
SUTHERLAN1) A movement I on foot
to organise some sort of a beet growers'
association. Dissatisfaction with obtaining
conditions snd the desire for better treat
ment from the factory people with whom
they contract with In future seem to b
some of the csuses for the move.
BEATR1CR The man-tag of Mr. Bllas
TL Denton and Miss Julia M. Billings, both
of this city, was solemnized Sunday even
ing at the Christian parsonage, Rev. J. E.
Davis officiating. A reception was tendered
the young couple, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Vernle Arnette after the ceremony.
BEATRICE The boiler used for heating
th Drake block went dry and wa discov
ered Just In time to prevent a Are. Consid
erable excltment recurred about the build
ing when the asbestos on the steam pipe
began to crack and smoke, but the trouble
was remedied before any damage resulted.
SITTH10KLAND Three deer were seen by
residents living north of town during the
week and one or two antelope have been
noticed on the prairie not far from here.
The deer are the first that have been seen
In this part of the country for years and
were likely driven In from the north by th
hard storm and snow.
PLATTSMOL'TH Eminent Sir Knight
Francis F. White of Omaha presided at a
meeting of Mount Zlon commandery No. 6.
Knights Templar, conferring ths degree of
knighthood upon Attorney Byron Clark and
Oeorge W. Thomas. Covers "vere laid for
twenty-four by the women of St. Marjr'a
guild and a sumptuous banquet followed.
PLATTSMOL'TH Hon. Thomas Darnell
of Lincoln gave a very Interesting talk
along temperance lines under the auspices
of the Women's Christian Temperance
union In the Methodist Episcopal church
Sunday afternoon and in the Presbyterian
church In the evening to a union gathering
of members of all the churches In this city.
WEST POINT-Th Feast of ths Purifi
cation was appropriately celebrated in all
the Catholic church of thl district yes
terday, Candelmas day. The ground hog
had ample opportunity to see his shadow,
the sun- shining brightly almost the en
tire day. The weather was Intensely cold,
with a very strong northwest wind blowing
a gale. s
TECUM8EH One of the most successful
farmers' Institutes ever held In Johnson
county closed a four days' session Saturday
evening. Although the weather was some
what cold the attendance was good
throughout. Some of the best agricultural
talent of the west participated. A corn
show, fruit exhibit and boys' and girls' ex
hibit wore features.
PLATTSMOUTH The medal contest
felven In the Christian 'church hy th
women's Christian Tempersnce union Sat
urday evening drew a large crowd. Miss
Muud Kuhney won the price by a very
small per cent and the medal was pre
sented to her by Rev. J. H Salsbury of
the Presbyterian church. The solo by Mra.
J. W. Gamble and the other musical se
lections were highly enjoyed.
PLATTSMOUTH Word haa been received
that W. J. Mulllns and L. D. Hughs of
Allegheny, Pa., are desirous of establiahing
Pickle factories In towns where their uro-
vlsions are compiled with. The men only 1
ask as a donation a site for their build- !
Ings. They want the farmers. within a ra
dius of Mx or eight miles to contract to
raise a certain number of acres of pickles,
the business requiring, an average of about
00 acre.
TABLE TtOCK-The series of meetings at
the Methcdist Episcopal church is still In
brogress. About forty have been converted,
twenty-three have Joined the Methodls'
Episcopal church on probation, some have
united by letter and others have united
with the other churches. Wednesday even
ing, after regular services were over at the
church. Rev. Robert stepped forward on
the platform and announced that the ef
ficient organist, Miss Nellie Cotton, who
had so long oflklatcd In that position, would
leave the next dav for Chlcaim to mirane
her murlcal studies for several months, and i
tendered her a purse containing 15. which J
naa oeen -qusexi ror her by her friends as
a alight token of the esteem and apprecia
tion in which she Is held.
Now I the time to make your wants
known thiough Th Bee Want Ad Page.
PRACTICING ON THE CHILDREN
Barber , Apprentices Seek to Invade
th Schools In Tom Johnson's
Town.
The Idea that th community should do
everything for everybody again finds ex
pression in the plan to have Cleveland's
tqnsorlal novices try their 'prentice hand
on the flowing lock of such school chil
dren at desire to become clinical subjects.
Tbe project ha the merit or being up to j
date, will be a good thing for the young,
barbers and not necessarily a bad thing
for th children who consent to submit
their head to the shearer. It contains
possibilities of Increased cleanliness and j
pulchritude for soms, and Involve In any
event nothing more serious than tempo
rary mutilation.
If we must thus train our barbers, how-
ever, it I well to recall that a barbor who
can only cut hair 1 only half an artist.
Happily th problem of what he ahall do to
be shaved bother the school boy no mora
than It does his sister, but our barbers
must become masters of the rasor as well
as the shears; and sine th schools can
not well provide the necessary laboratory
material, sine ther U still some doubt
as to th power even of a municipality to
caus hair to grow on a child' face. It ls
evident that material for the new experi
ment must be found In others no more
capable than our school children of resist
ing altruism's progress. '
Thanks to one of those Inspirations for
which the country Is so often Indebted to
the west, th Cleveland problem I solv
able. ' A new-born Utah Idea Is to permit
th state' dental students to put the fin
ishing touches to their education by oper
ating upon the state's convict. Thus far
i none but th convict seem 'to have filed
their protest. Certainly Utah' medical
students will not object, sines they doubt
less see In this proposal th hope thst th
convicts who survive tha dentists may yst
be turned over to them for experiment In
vivisection.
In any event, the Utah idea I worth
'pondering. Should our workhouse prison
ers, for example, be dally shaved by ap
prentice barber ther I no estimating
th beneficial results, merely as a deter
rent to crime. With thi Incidental pen
alty added to Imprisonment, tha evilly dis
posed would hav a double reason for
keeping out of mischief. Clearly It would
mean better citizens for Cleveland a wall
a better barbers. Cleveland Leader.
GOOD NEWS
for the coffee-wreck
POSTUM
"There's a Reason."
Get ths Slttl book, "Ths Road to
Wellvllle," In pkgs.
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DAILY BE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY. 4, 1907.
REMEMBER THAT NEST EGG
Thus tbs Oldest IsbsblUnt Would Ad
monlih iht OartUtt loblics
careful observer sees dancer ahead
Two Philosophic Frteads So Voder
Towa La mo Wisely Discos
the Weakaesaea of Their
Fellow Mortals.
The Careful Observer and the Oldest In
habitant wer standing under th town
arc lamp last evening, feeling th public
pulse, viewing with alarm and pointing
with prld.
"I agree with President Roosevelt," re
marked th Careful Observer, "that ther
Is an element of danger In prosperity, and
that In tlmea of plenty w should cut up
a pfte of stove wood for th day when th
northwest gale blows and Jack Frost deftly
retouch the window panes with glistening
art effects. I note that some of those who
get their name In th female help wanted
column and are able to order their
groceries by telephone ar not speaking
kindly of Secretary Shaw on account of
the note of warning he haa Bounded. Hs
Is not a pessimist, but Is merely pointing
out the national 111, that may attack a
people who have had rapid financial growth.
When sledding 1 easy we are apt to put
our feet up on the cross-bar, let the brake
off and wake up on a white cot with a
kind nurse giving out bulletin to th pre.
President Roosevelt and Secretary Bhaw
are national beacon light Illuminating the
danger point, and they ar Indicator of
the national tension. ,
"It ls a trait of human nature to forget
the page of history and th wood box
when th cash drawer Is full and a meal
ticket paid for. We must learn the lesson
prosperity would taaeh us by making hay
while the sun shine,?
"I know from experience," replied th
Oldest Inhabitant, "that w are apt to
become arrogant when wa have $10. 4S saved
up, or when the tide unexpectedly washes
In a lot of good thing. And so I, too.
think It Is well for such men as Roosevelt
and Shaw to Just remind us to put away a
little nest egg for, rainy day. But I
don't bellev w will hav any more rainy
day. I see that Local Forecaster Welsh
has predicted rain ( several times, but no
rain comes. He ve'n'Vredlcted a wet moon.
Anyway, I think we should lay something
aside In these times Of peace and plonty."
Then the pair matched coin to se which
should buy a sack of soda crackers.
WORK FOR MISSOURI RIVER
Heary T. Clarke. Tells of Efforts to
Secure Money for Improvement
of Waterway.
OMAHA, Feb. 1-To the Editor of The
Bee: I notice In The, Bee ycur remarks aa
to th acUon of ' the national rivers and
harbors committee" in, authorising an ex
penditure of $300,000 t6r th Improvement of
the Missouri river.'; J am much pleased that
they have appropriated that amount of
money. We got so' little results from the
large appropriation mad In the '80's, under
the Missouri Rivet' commission, trying to
make a permanent Improvement from th
mouth of th rlVetrnbrth. The engineers
camped at Lexington,' Mo., some eight yeirs
and expended about p?. 000,000 wKh very lit
tle results practicaHy tangible today, and
secured 'very little 'cbthnVerce, largely from
th fact' that -the'tfifcreTjani in the large
cities on the Missouri; Ttver were receiving
large rebate. -from 26 to 40 per cent, to In
due them to ship over the different roads,
and drive out steamboat navigation so that
I do not criticise Mr. Burton or his com
mittee for the Indifference they have had
toward the Missouri- rive of late year. I
talked to him and the gentlemen of hi
committee, and General McKenxl. chief
engineer of the army and they feel as If
the work on this river had been a great
failure. I am fully or the Impression that
It Is Impossible to .make permanent Im
provements on this river, but I do think It
Is practical to make .this the greatest of
all rivers for navigation by very little work
on the part of the government by the use
Of steamers and barges, and dredges, and
machinery. I do not think that w will
mm wun mucn uimcuiiy toaay rrom snags
above Kansas City, unless It may be a few
around Jackson's Point, Mo, Th timber
ha been eliminated by the. owner for com
merce, and In their absence by ths scar
cngcrsfor sale for lumber and wood. This
river should be treated' aa you would a
country road, directing Its channel to pro
tect th bank from erosions, and putting
through th sandbar to allow th current
to follow same Instead of around the circle,
and thereby deepening the channel. We
have a better'rlver today than we had fifty
year ago. . I speak from observation.
Tou will remember that we organised
her a Rrvcr Improvement assoolatlon. In
November, 1103, th people of South Dakota,
Iowa and Missouri Joining us In th under
taking, and was fairly well represented
from th several states, at which tlm
Major Chlttehdan, the engineer In ohargs,
plead hard ' for preserving this river for
navigation. Senator Millard, Mr. Hitch
cock and other spoke earnestly for th
uccess of the undertaking. They favored
the writer with the presidency of the as
sociation, and thy endeavored to hav as
full an attendance as w could to meet
with th committee on river and harbor
at Washington during tha session of con
gress. Sioux City. St. Joseph and other
point on th Missouri gathered ther.
Senator .Millard. Mr. Hitchcock and th
member or congress rrom South Dakota
and western Iowa, with ths writer, met
with Mr. Burton and hi committee. W
did not get much encouragement. Senator
Millard and Mr. Hitchcock had told us
that ther was vary little chance tor an
appropriation that winter. A president of
the Missouri River association, I com
municated with Oovernor Van Bant, chair
man of th Upper Mississippi River Im
provement association, and the gentlemen
In charge of th Lower Mississippi Inv
provement association asking thst they
meet In Washington on the 18th of th
January following, which they did. Oov
ernor Van Bant and other found that ther
would b vary small approprlaUons to tak
charge of th work- well under way, to
keep th same from being damaged by
neglect.
Th writer spent much tlm listening
to ths plssdings In behalf of th repre
sentatives from th different sections of
country from th Atlantia to th Psclflo,
the upper lakes to the gulf, plsadlng In
dividually for th savers undertakings
which they were Interested In. Ws wer
pleading largely for th straightening of
th rlvsr, and to protect th bank from
erosions In th lln of a resolution whloh
I had offered to Ut Trsnsmlsslsslppl Com
mercial congress at SeattI In 1S0L I wa
much Interested In th pleading of th
ptopl from th lower Mississippi rlvsr,
asking for some (K.000,000 to mak their'
levees so strong that they eould with safety
go forward and rorlalm soma . 10,000,008
acr of th fin cotton land In lower
Mississippi and Louisiana. Senator Burton
and h!a commutes had not encouraged us
In protection. o that ws felt aa If ws
had a friend In ths lower Mississippi rlvar
people. I realised while la Washington, be-
for that commute that Inataad of th
different sections pf country being In
Washington Ilk w of tha Missouri rlvar.
with our ten nator and corresponding
number of representatives from th dlffTf r
nt states, that It should be treated aa a
national matter. After consulting with
Colonel John L. Vance, president of th
Ohio River Improvement association for
th past fifteen years, regarding making
It a national undertaking, which met with
his approval, I met Governor David R.
Francis, the president ot the Louisiana
Purchase exposition, asked his views and
bow ha would trtat the undertaking, and
had hi assuranr of hi hearty co-operation,
and that he would extend all the
courtesies to us thst he could to any con
vention or congress, which wss gratifying
to me. I realised the more I thought of
It that It was' too much of an undertaking
for a man past three scor and ien, and
o gave up th Idea or a national conven
tion .at" that time. In 1905 I prepared a
paper for tha Transmlsslsslppl congress
which met In Portland. in August of that
ysar, aa to the duties or the government
ror the Improvement of our national rivers,
harbors and waterways, ssklng them to
set aald 1300,000,000 or more of I per cent
bonds on the basis or the Panama -canal
and to do this work and do It now, and
asked for a meeting of the representatives
rrom th many waterways, cities and
states Interested In the development . of
our waterways and harbors at Washington
during the coming session of congress,
pleading with all the earnestness that I
could that we gather there and make this
a national matter.
It wa my pleesur to meet with such a
congress on the 16th and 17th days of
January. 1906, In Washington, with ths rep
resentatives from thirty-four different
States, pleading with all the earnestness
thsy could for the pushing forward of the
great undertaking of educating the people
to do thle work and do It now. It was my
privilege and pleasure to offer the same
resolutions and read the same paper that
I had In Portland, Ore., asking that such
a meeting might be held In the Interest
of such a great undertaking. Some thought
It might not be desirable to Indicate to
congress aa to how we should raise money
by ths Issuing of bonds, thinking It more
desirable to leave that to congress, as
they might be a little sensitive on this sub
ject. I seconded the only other "resolu
tion, that In asking for l&O.ono.ooo a year
until this work should be accomplished,
which resolution, after much debate, was
carried, many being anxious to push for
ward my resolution. At this congress
many of the senators and representatives
were there. Sioux City, Decatur and St.
Joseph, Mo., were represented. Chairman
Burton and many members of his com
mittee were much interested In the under
taking of the congress of educating tho
people to encourage our representatives In
congress In regard to the wants and the
Wishes bf the people as to the wants of
the people throughout our great country
for the Improvement of our harbor and
waterway, In the Interest of commerce
and the cheapening of freights. Congress
man Ransdall of Louisiana waa elected
chairman of an executive committee of
fifteen to put through this propaganda of
education. They honored me with being
the representative for the Missouri river.
I have endeavored to perform the duties
to th best of my ability. . The result has
been that the second congress met In
Washington on the 6th and 7th of De
cember last and waa attended by some
1,200' representative people from all parts
of the United 8tatns, from Alaska south,
and the Atlantic to the Pacific, empha
sising, the work of the previous congress.
Many of . the representatives .wer there,
few giving more time than our honored rep
resentative from Omaha, Mr. Kennedy, and
who has labored a hard a anybody to
get the appropriation rrom Kansas City
north, Congressman Ellis from Kansas
City was on yf.,l!ie commute ,on .river
Bn4 harbor, jan;d was able to get but JI1S0,
000 from the mouth' of the Missouri to
Kansas City. We must bear In mind that
the commerce on the Missouri river at
Kansas City has only been the sand for
building purposes, which they have dredged
from the river. I am In hopes that Mr.
Kennedy will be able to get a proviso In
the bill allowing the engineer in charge
to spend to the amount of $500 per mile
where, desirable In the mind . of the en
gineer to protect the banks. I am rully
or the Impression that with the 150,000
properly expended between Sioux City and
Kansas City that we can be able to In
dicate to Congressman 'Burton and his
commute the utility ot labor, and prob
ably under uggestlons or the mode that
i hag been pur8ued by J,
Bupe.rlntendent of the U
James L. Paxton,
superintendent or the union Btoca yaras
of South Omaha, and Chief Engineer W. 8.
King, 'who did work east of South Omaha
and at Mr. Paxton's farm In Iowa, that
we can control the atream by the use of
steamer and barges, willows and trees
at a very small expense, comparatively, to
any work done prior along this river. I
am ot th Impression that no. river or tho
magnitude can be aa easily handled rs
ths Missouri river. As you arenware, the
water during the great part or th season
when not rroxen Is full of silt and sand.
Th Idea 1 -to utilise that llt and sand
by placing It where you would like, which
ran be done so easily If able to work In
the stream with boats. I might say In
this connection In looking over the river
some few years ago with Major Chittenden
I had his assurance that he could control
this rives If he had the money. I am
also advised that hs would not do It as In
former year, by the use of piling, rock
and Umbers. One party said that he would
not use a pile. Th Missouri river Is a
study or lUeir, raw. ir any. streams like It.
Fw, U any, strsam.s with as much produce
that can be loaded as on thi great river
tm mile or alluvial soil. I cannot speak
with too much appreciation "of the work
that ha been done by Congressman Rans
dall, In the last year, giving his time and
energy traveling from the Atlantic to the
pacific, and th Lake to the Oulf. and all
the principal eaporta, and cltie along In
terior waterway. In th Interest of. this
educating th people up to their dutle In
the Interest of larga appropriation for
th rlvera and waterway. Probably noth
Ing ha conduced more to secur the $84,
000.000 thst we have this year than the
recommendations now before congress by
Senator Burton and his committees. I
think that with th uccess of this bill
and ths proper educating of the people
which President Ransdall and his com
mittee ar endeavoring to do, that w
will b able to get large appropriation
for all river and harbor work that can b
hown for the Interests of commerce. I
cannot sneak In too high regard of Chair
man Burton and his committee, and If w
can show tham thst this great waterway
can b utilised tor the cheapening of
freights and commercs. I think ws will
hav no troubl -getting all th money w
can us with strict economy. Tour truly,
UENHT T. CLARKE.
PANIC AT NEW YORK WEDDING
f.bldden and VnldentlSed Cast
Blow Oat Sraln Jnst Belor
Tims for Ccrosaony.
NEW TOR K, Fsb. t-8tandlng In th
doorway of an apartment whsr' guests
had assembled to witness a wedding to
night, a stranger, supposed to b Ulderio
Hugron of Waterbury, Conn., blew out hi
brains. Death was Instantaneous and tha
body tumbled backward down a flight of
stairs.
Th bride and many women guests tf-
earns hysterical following th tragedy and
j th marriage ceremony was delayed while
the coroner held an Impromptu Inquiry.
Th guest viewed th body, each declar
ing Ignorance of the suicide's Idi-ntlty. An
hour later ta wedding wa j solmnld.
tumf
The- guests had gathered at the
ment of James Feeley', on Ams
avenue, for the marriage or Fefley'
niece and. Michael Ieyton. Th presence
oi th stranger wss not noticed until the
shot waa fired.
NEBRASKA DAY BY DAY
Qnalnt and torloaa Featnrcs of Life
la Rapidly Orsnlag I
tat.
Report from all part of the state show
that the real, rivalry Is between th Ice
houses and the elevatora as to which will
crowd their capacity the soonest.
One Live Man's Shoes Say! did ycu se
Joe Meyer's now boots? They're hum ding
ers all right and we wish Joe couldn't sleep
'till he- gave them to us.-Crof ton Journal.
As Adam Breede Is a confirmed bachelor
members of the craft are wondering where
he secures the Information of married life
h disseminates In the Hastings Tribune.
The Annus! Question Some people ar of
the opinion that we will have three saloons
next season, arid some sr of th opinion
that we will go dry quite a oontrast. Vef
del Outlook.
Spring Comes to Atlanta A sign of
spring time we have Just witnessed a lady
flogging the real estate out of a carpe
with a mop handle. Atlanta Correspondent
Hotdrege Progress. ' '
Headrest Not For Feet Ben Walton met
with an accident the other day Whereby
his toe Is decidedly th worse tor th ex
perience.' He dropped a headrest upon the
member with results disastrous. Geneva
Gazette.
Last week's average result of wolf hunt
ing waa one wolf killed to every 1334 men
engaged In the sport. . At this rate the
county law will, not b a burden on the
taxpayer until (ha new crop Is ready for
market. '
e--r-
Litigants to th Rescue Norfolk might
well Invest a little, time toward making
the coming session of federal court an affair
worth while?, and toward seeking as best
we might to get enacted a law which would
require sessions to be held In this city.
Norfolk New.
Wise Janitor Mr. Pollock haa offered a
treat or Ice cream to the pupils that keep
the floor of their room the cleanest for
the rest of the year. This Is the third
year that our Janitor has made this gen
erous offer, and he has always succeeded
in securing quite a rivalry In neatness
among the grade rooms. Bloomfleld Jour
nal. Federal Preserves Sacred John Rodgers
says that calf love down at the schoolhousn
and on the courthouse steps and at the
creek bridge ts of no concern to him. but
that cair lov in the lobby of the postofllce
will not be tolerated. He Insists that
Uncle Sam warms the building for business,
but not for- "billing and' cooing." Blair
Pilot.
Just now the "sand hill" press is discus
sing the question of the effect of hunting
on quail, and", strange as it may teem,
some alleged expert claim that a ema'.i
amount of shooting is good for th broods,
aa It causes flocks to separate into small
bunches, and thus Increaae chance of life
through greater ease of securing food.
-Fuel Arrives st .Trenton A car of coal
was i received here . Tuesday afternoon by
F. C, Krottor Co:, and- it-lasted aboot-as
long as we Imagine a- good sited sndw ball
would last In the middle of July out In
the sun. We are, however, thankful for
mall favors and trvst they will come often
if the present br of weather holds out
very long. Trenton Register,
Pastor Needs the Money There Is one
pastor In Plattsmouth that advertises In
the newspapers, and hi office is over the
Cass County bank. To our young people
who go to Plattsmouth to be married and
want a minister of the gospel Instead of
the county Judge to perform the marriage
ceremony, w will recommend thot they
call for the man that advertises. Weeping
Water Herald.
For the first time ln year the railroad
company has refused to give ua passes. No:
because they, don't want to, but because
soma darn fool to Washington got It Into
his head that -the newspapers were miking
! boodles or money and could not arend It.
j We don't care, w never did Ilk to rid on
the cars, the rear or a wrecK, loss or a
foot or one of our lily whit hands, or be
ing burned alive was making us a nervous
wreck. Vordlgree Progress.
The Dog Car) Back Al Pont has a good
one. Some one poisoned his dog "Rover."
The animal lay in the office, stiff, cold snd
apparently dead. Al kicked him out In the
snow, where he lay until Roy Hopper
gave him another kick, and th animal got
up and walked away. Al (till supposed
the dog was dfad, trat th next morning
he appeared at Ma usual place for break
fast as well as ever,, It Is certainly amus
ing to hear Al tell how Rover died and
same back to life again. Stanton Picket.
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TIRES 0F BEING AN IDLER
Man Who Inherit Ineipected Fur.
tan Thinks There la Nothlna
Mk Work. .'
"After all." said a msn who som tlm
ago had a fortune left t him. "thero no'h.
Ing like work.
"I used to think that If t had money
enough to live on comfortably. sit that I
didn't have to work, I should be haprv.
My work waa one Incessant grind, day
after day. the same unending round of, the
same things over snd over, agnln, and I
used to get so tirtd of It all that om
times It seemed aa though I should fly.
"But I hadto keep at It to llvei and so
I did keep at It till a distant relative of
mine that I had never known wn worth
anything died and left me a fortune.
"There never was anything that ever
happened to me that ever gave me half o
much pleasure as that. Th first thing t
did wss to shake the work, which I got
rid ot aa quickly as I decently could, atjd
then I set about planning enjoyment.
"The one thing of all that I wanted moat
was travel. I "craved a change snd when
thst money came I got It. I set out on trly
dreamed of travels and found a keen de
lft tit In them all for a time.
"It was all the stme to me whether It
rained or th sun shone, fnr wherever I
wa or wherever I was going I wa free
to enjoy It all, and I did for a time, but
then I began to find myself In a way apart
snd not so much privileged to enjoy thpse
things as I had been at first
"For I was an idler pure and simple,
while all those to whom I was Indi-bted for
the possibility of the pleasures ot travel,
the railroad men and the steamship men,
were all workers, as Were also the hotel
men and the theater people nnd everybody
to whom I was Indebted for pleasures In
sojourn, all workers. So likewise were all,
or nearly all, the travelers I met, workers
In one field or another, all, and finding now
In traveling for rest and pleasure , and
recreation delight In every breath they
drew because they were workers.
"And they Were drawn, ir not together,
at least toward one another of their kind,
while I. . an Idler only, had nothing In
common with the world. Even In the far
distant ports where I leaned over the rail
I found myself more and more separated
from the laborer on the wharf, who. bound
though he might be to his work, yet had
an object In life, which h accomplished by
labor, whll I was a man apnrt. .
"In fact, the more I Idled the more clearly
I came to realise thst the law of the uni
verse ls labor, 'that In nature there Is noth
ing idle, and the more. I traveled the mora
clearly It came to me how rew, Idlers ther
arc among men. '. i ,
"When finally at the end of three yesr
of Idling I had come back again to the city
I had this fact borne In upon me.- with
greater Intensity than ever, and now .the
great Joy that I had round at first in sheer
loafing was quite departed.
"The city was alive with activity, with
men all at work, all doing something, all
accomplishing something, and I waa. out
or It, an Idler and a stronger. Actually
men looked at me as a Strang being at?d
some or them with curiosity. That I should
b doing nothing when there was a chanv:
they wondered.
. "Friend that I had known greeted rp
and smiled and there-passed on. They had
1 heir work td do and their . Interest and
their sympathies were with other people.
So 1 stood alone, as one set off, until by a
kind Providence there arose within m a
desire ta work.
"I've been at It ever l nee skid I am at
It still, grateful to be back In the fold of
men.'.' New York Sun. ,
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