TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, FEniiUARY 15, .1007.
Tel. Douglas 618.
A Word Concerning Certain Features
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the designer of the model. In these days of white gowning, a rustless
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Now, then, an extra word for the shape just right for present style.
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l.OO to H3.A0 per pair. " '
Every pair guaranteed.'
Coming Special Sale 75c Quality Beautiful High Grade
Dress Goods, 39c Yard.
Have you seen" our Sixteenth street window display? It not, ask
your friends who have. Then you will surely come Friday. Ask to
see them and get samples. We say it unreservedly, they are the greatest
values of dainty, pretty goods ever sold In Omaha at this price. Re
member Saturday is the last day you can get samples. All go on sale
Monday, your choice, 39c yard.
Howard, Cor. 16th.
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latins to food, tints and Hairy products,
and may appoint a stenographer at a salary
of 170 a month, and with the content of
the governor a chemist at 11.800 a year.
The bill also provides for tuo drug and
food inspectors at IS a day, a deputy dairy
inspector at fl.tfO and two assistants at
13 a day. The bill gives the commission
broad powers to discover Violations of the
law relating to adulteration, low standard
of purity, mlabrandlng or failure to label
products containing poisonous drugs. The
Mil alto Includes malt, splrltous and vinous
liquors among the products which may be
inspected? The dairy commissioner Is given
r.power to Inspect creumerlee, milk depots
and cheeae and butter factories and estab
lishments dealing In or manufacturing
dairy products, which are required' to pay
a license fee, which goes to pay .the e
pense of the commission.
To Make Drr Town Drier.
. Another rather drastic liquor measure
passed the senate committee of-the whole
today. , It was Introduced by Pstrlck
originally to prevent the soliciting by invents
of liquor houses In towns, which hfed no
saloons. At the request of several of the
. senators who live In "wet"' towns It Was
amended by the substitution of an almost
entirely new bill, which Is Intended to pro
hibit absolutely the soliciting by agents
of orders for liquor escept from retail
dealers regularly licenced. It Is so drawn
that a regularly licensed saloonkeeper may
solicit orders from a ftxed place Of business.
, The bill went through practically without
opposition.
Wlleoa Has New Itallroad Bill.
' A measure Important to all the people of
4he state was Introduced In the house by
Wilson of Custer county. This bill pro
vides the BUte Board of Assessment shall
( use the unit system In assessing railroad
' property snd ths assessment shall be die.
1 trtbuted according to mileage without re
gard to main lines or branch lines. Should
ths bill be signed by ths governor after
' ths terminal' taxation bill Is signed, It Is
- thought by some ths measure would nullify
.that measure, and Inasmuch ss Wilson Is
' pretty thick with Burlington Lobbyist
Frank Young, the bill will be closely In
vestigated by the pledge keeping repub
licans. As a reason Hot his bill Mr. Wilson
'said ths average assessment -of ; the -tJnlon
Paolfio was 112,100 a mile, "which skould
, have given to his county ,1264,864 for taxa
tion purposes. The average assessment of
i ths Burlington, hs ssid. Is 17.750 a mile,
which should have given to Custer county
16(4,48? for taxation purposes, making a
total trom both roads of SS2S.751. As a
. matter of fsct, he said, his county got
only tj6S.16(l for taxation purposes from the
two roads because the state board arbi
trarily 'made ths distribution. His bill I
as follows:
Whereas. The revenue lew of the state
bf Nebraska provides for the assessment
. of railroad property in said state according
to what Is known ss the unit system, the
value of each mile of railroad being de
termined by dividing the whole value by
; the number of miles of main track of each
i road or line; and
, . Whereas, The Stats Board of Equallsa--tlon
snd assessment of Nebraska In the
.year 1906 found and determined the value
f the fctfll.al miles of tlte Burlington sys
tem in cms state, an or wnicn .i owned
Ind operated by the Chicago. Burlington
: Qulncy Railway company as on road
or entity at the uniform rate of tSs.746
per mile as shown by thS records ot raid
board; and
Whereas, Said board afterward wlthrut
authority of taw and by purely artltnry
methods apportioned . the said valuation
over some sixteen so-called corooijta cS..
' Visions of said Turlington system at wldly
Varying snd different rates of valuation jer
mils, thereby nullifying and setting at
naught ths principal of unity ot lallrja d
valuations sought and Intended to , es
tablished by section 89, chapter I v ar
ticle I of the complied statutes of Kobriska;
and
' Whereas, Bald board 4n the ye'.r 1908
found and determined the valuation of ths
fil.it miles of the Union Pacific railroad
In Nebraska at the uniform rate of tiiO.SuO
per nille, as shown by ths reoords of said
board; and ,
Whereas. The said board afterwards,
without authority of law and by purely
arbitrary methods, appropriated the said
situation of the Union Pacific railroad over
Cm inaln Hue and branches of said railroad
.i widely varying and different rates of
valuation per mile; and
Whereas, The same methods of valuation
snd apportionment were followed by aatd
State board in the year Uu In the assesa
tnent of the S46 M miles of the Rock Island
railroad and the t!6M miles of the Mis
souri Pad ft Q railroad, the said railroads
having been valued by said board In the
first instsncs as a unit and afterwards ap
portioned at different rates of valuation
per mile for main line and branches; now
therefore, be It
Resolved. That the State Board ot
Equalisation and Assessment , be and Is
hereby directed to make said assessment of
railroad prnnerty as the law provides,' so'
'that ths unit systetn shall prevail aa con
templated, both In the asaeaament and ap
portionment of the sld property and so
that ths assessed valuation shall be equal
A wtda selection in soft sole
pretty combinations of color.
Baby's first kid shoes, lace or but
ton, la red, blue, tan, black or
white, pair 0
Baby's first shoes, black patent
vamps and kid tops, in white,
"blue, pink, ecru or red, per
Pir ....-50
Baby's soft aols white calf skin
shoes), ailk lining, pair. . . . .75,
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j1" 1 1 .' AJ .' ail. minimum j wkiuiiuiii, .uiih i mini ill I lii 11 r i lum mij
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Bee, Tebrutry .14, 107.
Open Saturday- Evenings.
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sad at ths same ruts per mite In' regard
to both main line and, branches.- It being
the Intent of the 'law and of this resolu
tion that In the division of the ualt, branch
line miles shall be assessed aa of the same
valuation as ths main lino miles. And be
it further
Hesolved, That this resolution shall he
In force and effect on and after Its pas
sage snd thst a copy of the same be fur
nished members of said board.
Protest of McKlaley Clab.
Mike Lee took exceptions to the circular
distributed In the house the other day re
garding the Mckinley club banquet and
Ita object and he roundly denounoed the
anonymous author of ths screed. He had
made a part of the record thS following
letter from John J. Ryder, secretary of the
banquet committee:
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 18-To Hon. N. P.
Dodge, Jr., and Hon. Michael Lee: Re
ferring to the anonymous circular yeu havs
sent me, permit me to say, not by way
of explanation or apology, but merely by
way of denunciation of the cowardly author
or authors:
There were nine men on the committee
appointed by the McKlnley club, at a reg
ular meeting, to arrange for the aniHial
banquet. The Invitation to the merrrbers
of the legislature, and the stats officers
to be ths guests of the club was merely a
development of a suggestion made by my
self, aa a member bf the committee, that
we ought to' have a crowd from Lincoln.
Our main adviaer was Mr. Victor Rose
water, editor of The Bee, who is a member
of the club and always Interested In mak
ing its gatherings a success. In order to
make the list of Contributors to the fund
for the entertainment of the Lincoln people
as repreanntativs as possible of the repub
lican party In Omaha we accepted subscrip
tions in various amounts from men like
Arthur C. Smith, Captain H. E. Palmer.
Mr. H. H. Waldrige, Robert Cowell. Victor
Rosewater, 3. W. Wsttles and a dusen
others. Mr. Wattles gave no more than
half a rioaen men on the Hat, and all of
them expreaaed a wUJIngneaa to increaae
their subscriptions If necessary. It can be
said, too, that no republican who was ssked
for a subscription refused us. All gave
gladly.
That banquet was clean and honest from
start to finish, and the members of fhe
legislature who were present are the best
wltneases of the truth of this statement.
The pusillanimous character of the man
or men who Inspired the malicious circular
which has been But out Is Indicated not only
by Its lack of parentage, but also by Its
lack of ths union label, which mlarht havs
i served to glvs It some standing, because
very union laDei nas a number. - The
circular is in every sense untrue, malicious
and as unworthy as anonymous charges
usually are. etincereiy yours,
. " v Johk j. rtdbr; ,
acifctftry B&miutft Committee, n
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SEHfATK INDULGES' IN A 'GRIND
Committee of the Wsol Aeta oa
Large Number of Bills. '
(From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN, Feb. 1 4. - Special. )-In the
senate this morning the following bills
were placed on general file bn recemmenda
tlon of standing committees; ' - -
8. F. 19 By Thcnias. South Omaha
Omaha annexation bill, - . ' I
8. F. W By Thomas. Companion to an
nexation bill, providing for division ot the
consolidated city into sixteen wards and
for electlona to be held In the consolidated
city. , , - ,
S. T. 260 By King. Making the state
treasurer ex-omcio treasurer ot the State
university. x
8. y. 340 By Olbson. Amending the
South Omaha charter.
8. F. 4-By Burns. . Purs fctod bill,
amended to combine features rf the pure
food and dairy commission bills.
H. R. A By Hansen. Authorising cities
of the second Class and . villages to Issue
bonds for internal Improvements.
8. F. 281 By ft&hdall. Permitting eounty
depositories to secure funds- by giving
guarantee bonds or depositing stste, eounty,
city or school district securities.
8. F. 274 By Hanna.' Providing school
boards may All vacanelsS on the board
within slxty-ix days.
I balance In the Peru Normal library fund
; may ba expended for books for ths library.
I H. R, s By Hamer. Same as above as
i to Kearney Normal.
j H. R. 7l-By Cons. Providing for W
i brary fund for ooUbty schools, amounting
' to 10 Cents for eaoh pupil. .
I H. B, 116 By Wilson. Providing for
' closing up" affairs ot school districts with
leva than two legal voters, or where or.
' gwnisation has been abandoned.
o. r . Wluy Aiaricn my request!, tj
prohibit mlarepreaentatlon by Inauranee
companies ss to terms of policies or divi
dends. 8. F. 204 By Aldrlch (by request). Pro
hibiting corporations or stock companies
from acting aa Insurance solicitors.
8. F. u8 By Aldrlch (by request). De
fining the status of insurance solicitors.
8. F. 20i-By Aldrlch. Prohibiting dls
crimination by Ufa Insuranoe companies.
8. F. 27S By Randall. Allowing state
depositories to secure state funds by giv
ing I guarantee bond or depositing state,
county, city or school district bonds.
8. F. 306 By evldrlch. Prohibiting diver
sion ot lneursnce company funds for po
litical purposes.
8. F. 2uS By Aldrtch. Requiring annual
appropriation pf dividends by Insurance
companlea.
The following bill waa Indefinitely post
poned", . . (. . .
8. F. tOO-By Aldrioh. Regulating ths
retirement of the rspltal stock of In
surance companies In certain resa.
' Ths senate then 'went Into committee of
First
Shoes
shoes, t plain colors or white, also In
Baby's ankle gtrao soft sole slip
pers, black, blue, Ua or white
kid. pair fJO
Baby's two and three strap slip
pers, patent leather ramps with
colored . tops, or all black or all
- 50
Baby's patent leather vamp with
canvas tops . fen
With silk tops. pair. . .
GO
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etT
ths whole snd' acted on the following
bills:
8. F. 1M By Backed. TO prohibit pooling
of bridge contractors; amended to allow
Immunity from presecutlon to persons who
testify; xor passage.
8. F. 16 Hy r.pperson. Penning Ihe
duties of Judges at chambers; for pas
sage. V
8. F. 181-Py Judiciary committee. Pro.
hlblttng "tipping'- of waiters, porters, etc.,
snd providing a penalty of from (5 ta-lao;
for passage.
S. F. 14.-By Sibley. To t department
stores., grain crimpsnles snd foreign cor
porations on the basis of volume of busi
ness Instead of value of stock on hand;
made a special order for next Tuesday.
8. F. S By Olbson. Employers liability
bill. Relates only to railways end to
haERrdoua employments. Making contrlbu
tory negligence a question for the Jury and
providing insurance in relief department
hereafter taken out shall not bar recovery
from company for Injury; for passage-
8. F. 18ft By F.pperson. Providing Judges
may Mane orders rt-latlng to temporary
alimony at chambers; for passage.
8 F. 184 By Kpperson. Providing order
respecting custody of children may be mads
at chambers; for passage.
8. F. 183 By F.pperson. Allowing Judges
to hear snd determine motions and de
murrers at chamlwrs; for passage.
8. F. 15& By Hanna. To allow the legls
Isture to designate securities for Invest
ment of the permanent school fund; for
passage. 1
At the beginning of the afternoon session
the following bills passed the senate:
8. F. ll-By Handall. Providing for a
reduction of the interest on school land
contracts to 6 per cent. -
8. F. 15S By Root. Requiring a two
thirds majority for the passage of Internal
Improvement bonds In cities.
In committee of the whole the senstS
acted on the following bllla:
H. R- SI By Hansen. Authorising cities
of the second class and villages to Issue
bonds In aid of Internal Improvements; for
passage.
8. F. 2J3 By Epperson. Providing cities
snd counties may employ a tax ferret; re
Committed to the Judiciary committee.
8. F. 188 By 1'atrlck. Amended to pro
hibit the soliciting of orders for 'liquors
by agents or any person except those hold
ing lloenxcs or having a fixed place of busi
ness other than from licensed dealers; for
pansage.
8. K. 160 By McKesson. To provide a
penalty of trom toO to $500 for making
false tax returns snd from 1100 to 11, OH) for
falsely swearing to a return. For paesago.
The senate Indulged In a frolic when It
took up 8. T. 232, by Hanna and Phillips,
providing for ths establishment of from
five to seven Junior normal schools. The
bill directed that three of the schools
should be located at Alliance, McCook and
Valentine, and the remainder located by
the stats superintendent. Sibley secured
an amendment, . locating one of them at
North Platte and Gould to add Albion to
the list and Phillips' had O'Neill added.
This provided for all but one of the maxi
mum number and there Nvas a scramble
for the pVum. Glovei moved it be placed
at Broken Bow and Olbson moved as a
substitute it be located at South Omaha.
Dodson wanted rt at Wilber, Epperson at
Fairfield, and Byrne at Columbus. While
these motions were pouring In on the chair
man TCn nerann mnvsvl rn rlA n rA raVrvnrt
and the motion ' carried without any dis
position or ths bill. '
Ths following bills were Introduced In
the senate Thursday:
8. F. 814 By Luce of Harlan. Providing
the law requiring the beginning of an ac
tion to set aside a sale by an executor
shall apply to persons outside the state
as 1 well as within ths stats.
8. F. $16 By Patrick of Sarpy. Allow
ing towns and villages to sell, transfer and
assign special taxes and the Hen thereof,
assessed against any real estate In such
cities or villages to defray the expenses
of constructing or repairing sidewalks or
making other Improvements.
8. F. S18 By Phillips of Holt. To amend
section 4747 of chapter xll. Cobbey's statutes
for 1905, so ss to disqualify a Judge or a
Justice from acting except by mutual con
sent of parties In any case where he Is a
party or where he Is releted to either party
within tne rourtn oegree, or wnere any
sttorney in the cause pending In the dis
trict court is related to the Judge In the
degree of father, son or brother. :
ROITIT4B PROCEEDING OF HOVSK
Member from Frontier Coacratalated
.... m .1. . til.
y; (Frotft a Staff CorrespOnleat.)
LINCOLN, Feb, 14.(Bpecai.) i ne nouse
adoptsd ths following resolution by Masters
of Furnas:
Whereaa. The good tvlfe of my colleague
has presented him and thla state with an
eleven-pound cltlxen, who In due course
of tlms will exercise the sovereignty hereof,
and
Whereas, Brther Richardson Js now In a
state of high feather and generous mood
toward all mankind, therefore be H
Reaolved. That this house oners con-
gratulatlons, bespeaks for this youngster
the good things of earth, and Iriforms the
gentleman from Frontier that some of the
membership hereof could ' be induced to
smoke In his honor. '
The following bills were introduced:
H. R . riO By E. P. Brown of Lancaster.
Joint resolution msklng application to con
gress for calling a convention Tor pro
posing amendments to the constitution of
the United States.
H. R. S61 By Wilson of Custer. Making
It unlawful for any steam or lnterurban
railway or Street car company doing busi
ness within the stste, or sny officer, sgent
or representative thereof, to Issue, glvs or
offer to sny political committee or any
member thereof, to any candidate lor or
Incumbent of any office' or .position under
ths constitution or laws, or under any
ordinance of any town of municipality of
this stste, -any free paas or frank, and pro
hibiting ths ssklng fur or acceptance or
any free pass or frank by any officer
under the laws or this stats or member
of any political committee.
H. R. 862 By Leeder of Douglas. Making
It unlawful for any person to carry on
the buatneaa of barberlng on Sunday in
any city of tlie metropolitan class or In
sny city of the first class or second class.
H. R. 853 By Wilson of Custer. Joint
resolution pertaining to the assessment and
mileage apportionment of railroad property.
H. K, Aiaerson ot Maaison (Dy
requeat). To provide for participation by.
the state In the Jjtmestown Tercentennial
exposition for the appointment of a stats
board of commissioners by ths governor,
to define the duties or s board or commis
sioners in relation thereto, and for the ap
propriation of $12,000 therefor.
li. k. s y committee on nanus ana
banking. Revising the anti-trust laws.
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GOSSIP AMONG THE LEGISLATORS
Some Omaha Mea Worklss Agalaat
Ttnalaal Taaatlaa.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Feb. 14--(Speolal)-A letter
waa received by a member of the. house
this morning from Omaha, from a party
who ought to know, aaying soma members
of ths Omaha Commercial club were op
posed to ths taxation of railroad terminals
for city and village purposes and were
working under cover for the defeat of the
Clarke bill. Just who these mea are who
are working against ths intsrests f
Omaha and every other town hs the. stste
was not disclosed. Incidentally, Mr. Clarke
has received numerous letters from prom
inent sttorneys who havs looked Into his
bill and all of them nave pronounced It
constitutional and well' drawn. Among
ths number who have endorsed It from a
legal standpoint Is Roacoe Pound, former
supreme court commissioner.
Qerrtt Fort, asalstsnt general passenger
sgent of the I'nlon Paclflo, is authority
for, ths statement that' the Union Pacific
has under consideration now ths practica
bility of putting on a train out of Omaha
about midnight. This train. Mr. Fort sild,
would be of great benefit to ths entire west
snd of ths stats ss well aa to Omaha. He
made tlte statement last night in an ad
dress to the members of the railroad com
mittee of the senats In protesting against
the 1 cent passenger rats bill. Hs would
not say whether ths enactment of ths bill
Into law wp,uld affect this contemplated
arrangement, but he left an impression
that it certainly would. -
- ' ' e .-
Boms of ths republicans who. have
pledges to .k'eep sre beginning to-worry
a ll'tls Shout the. .t-cent rats bill. Thla
measure wss promised" by the fuaionlsts
snd It was upon. this platform they, mads
their campaign. The bill at 'this time is
well started oa its road to pasaags. Some
of the republicana. if the bill la passed.
believe the fuslonUts will be In a position
to say they bsvS kept their pledge tit this
regard, snd the republicans srs wondering
tr the fnalonlsts then will try to help Out
their rsltroad allies by putting blocks In
the wsy of the republican keeping their
pledges. One republican has suggested It
might be a good Idea to hold back the
t-cent bill until some of the pledges made
by the republicans to the people hsvs been
carried out or at1 least pushed along as far
as the 2-cent bill. '' ' t
Representative Tucker, baa received 4 red
hot letter from Omaha, Jumping on him
because some paper up there said his bill
to make the county assessor of Douglas
County stay In , his office, carried with "It
an amendment to ths present law, making
county assessors eligible for a second term.
Mr. Tucker's bill, he said, did nothing of
the kind, and hs Is therefore not respon
sible for opinion formed by people who
read Irresponsible newspapers.
Bailiffs or the district court of Douglas
county want tnoft money. They are now
paid $76 a month and several of them havs
been here lately' to get the Douglas dele
gation Interested In a bill Which will in
crease the salary to $97.60 a month, tt Is
a little thing, the bailiffs ssy, but It means
much to them. Some of the delegation en
couraged them
Ths Kearney Normal school people havs
started a letter writing lobby and many
lettera .have been received by leglslatora
boosting for ths appropriation to double
the capacity of the normal school st Kear
ney. .
Incidentally the Burlington lobby pre
vailed upon a . large f number of ths em
ployea of the rosd to sign a petition knock
ing on ths employers' liability bill Intro
duced by Gibson and McMullen. A friend
of the bill went through the shops and sx
plalned ths bill to the men who signed
It, and a great number ordered their names,
stricken from ths petition. TheNpetltlon
showed up with a little check mark after
those who wanted their names taken off,
but they are not scratched off as the men
desired. It 'Is Just an ekample of ths way
the Burlington lobby does business.
Burlington Lobbyist Jim Kelby gave him
self a title last night In haranguing ths
senators. He said: ''I havs been ssked
what position I hold with the Burlington.
I have Styled myself the chief clerk of
every department. M I
Thomaa King of Bennet has mapped out
a program for ths legislature which Is so
concise snd to the point thst Senator
Burns, to whom it was sent, has had it
read to the senate for the guidance of the
other members. It is ss follows: '
BENNET. Neb., Feb. 11, 1907.-Mr. Joe
VBurns. Legislator, State House. Lincoln.
will faithfully labor In the Interests of all
the people this season. I hope you Will
kindly aid and vote upon the following:
We taxpayers are opposed to paying for
stationery for newspaper correspondents or
our legislators. While there Is such an
enormous stats debt upon us taxpayers we
favor an immediate law giving the people
a 2-cent passenger rate on all railroad
lines In Nebrsska. We favor a law giving
to the people the Initiative and referendum
and the right to recall. 8nld law, I think,
will be superlos to a primary law. We de
mand a law reducing to $3 per day the al
lowance to our legislators. We favor the
repeal of the law of 1906 taking away the
right from the . people of making our own
levy in all school districts In Nebraska.
Wa favor a reduction An the appropriation
for legislative and Incidental expenses of
60 per cent. We are opposed to a W-mlll
tax to cover Hartley's shortage. We ars
also opposed to paying Junketing expense
trips, so called. ' We hope you will vote
for Gibson's -county option law; If reported
correct. It Is a good law. We also hotie
you will kindly lend your aid and vote this
session for law to allow attorneya not to
exceed $6 par full day's professional serv
ices. , Vs have., tool many attorneys. Ws
hope bur state senate will pass a unani
mous resolution requesting our attorney
general to 'proceed immediately- against the
lumber trusts and grsln trusts legally tor
the welfare of the people, We favor ths
law of ' 1908 changed So as to reduce by
26 per cent the salaries of sll county trees.
urers, county Clerks ana county superin
tendents of schools. We hope our legisla
ture will oppose voting $1 of our public
funds to the Stats fair crowd. Hoping for
a short, economical session, I remain.
yours truly. THOMAS KING. ,
. P. 8. Am opposed to any law compelling
us electors to go to the polls . and vote.
I accord the privilege to all American
cltlsens to vote If they choose.
Lieutenant Governor Hopewell referred
the communication to the Committee on in
surance.
NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY
Qaalat aa Cartons Feataree of Lit
la a Rapidly Growlag -Stat.
In considering gam laws It Is well to
remember that a restricted hunting season
curbs ths man who "didn't know - It was
loaded." - (
The Plstts freshet may be explained on
the Idea that the river is trying td provs
Itself a navigable stream before ths rivers
and harbors bill Is enacted. I
Now that a hog has bean found at Red
Cloud which had , filled a hollow tooth
with lead, remarks aa to the quality of
Webster county corn are in-order.
Complaint that 'Nebraska grain elevators
ars filled and no ears handy Is unpleasant,
but it beats complaint that cars are Wis
and ths farmara ar talking "alzteen-to-one."
'William Thaw. Pittsburg, Pa.,"' was on
ths register of an Alliance hotel; but as the
man who acknowledged ths title refused
to be interviewed and would not poss tor a
picture, local .reporters Incline to, the idea
that he was not using his real name.
Womsn as Debaters Congress must lowsr
Its salaries acoordlng to tba decision of ths
Judges of ths debate at the literary last
Friday , night. Now that ws have ths
women started in debating, we will chal
lenge any debating aoclety in the county.
Mount Plesssnt Correspondent Seward
Blade.
,Early Gooes Catches the Sleeper J. W.
Staton is gettlnr hla stock ready for farm
ing. Hs has ons oose tod Banker Thomaa
says unless bs takes it out of town soon
hs won't sven have a goose, aa it thinks
It Is morning about I o'clock and prooeeds
to make Its morning yell to wake up the
people ef ths town. Wabash Correspondent
Weeping Water Republican.
When Frank Hurried Say, did you ever
sea Frank Brown get a good lively move on
himself? You didn't? well, you should
have aeen him the othsr night when be
went up to a door of a buatneaa house and
made an attempt to aee a thermometer
by the light of hla cigar, when a dog on
the Inside came thrdugh the window after
him. Did hs move T wall, ask Mrs. Brown,
Miller Correspondent Kearney Hub, -
What Oovernor Is After Governor Shel
don, who has directed-the sttorney general
to sus him to test ths constitutionality of
atoeptlng ths use ot ths executive mansion
Is going to get an anawsr to ths Query of
ths oelebrated topical song, "Rufus Rastus
Johnson Brown, what you goln' to do when
the rent comes roun'T What you goln' to
pay, what you goln' to say, what you goln'
to answer oa the Judgment oayf" Fremont
Tribune.
To Car Grip la Twa Days.
Laxative Bromo QUinlns reraovsa ths
causa. Ts get the genuine call for full name
and Wok for signature of K. W. Qrove, $6e.
CAPTAIN FIRST TO LEAVE
Commander of tstmr Larohmoii 6aid ts
Ears ressrted tin kin Chip. '
WOMAN PUSHED AWAY FROM HIS BOAT
arvlver fVka Has Jest ResralaeSl
Coaaeloaaaess Tells Story of
Cowardice Dead Nam
Iter 140.
BLOCK ISLAND, R. I., Feb. 14. -One
more oflhe grim herveet ot twenty-three
victims of the steamer Larqhmont waa sent
to the mainland today on the tug Roger
Williams. As the death-laden boat left
for Providence still ' another victim wss
brought . In by the fishing schooner
Theresa, making In all seventy-four bodies
recovered here from the dlsaater off Watch
Hill Monday night.
One survivor. Miss Ssdle Gallup, of Bos
ton, remains here. Today she declared she
begged either Captain McVey or Purser
Toung to take her In their boat, but that
they pushed her back, and the lifeboat
left the Larchmont with only six In It,
slthough It would have held twenty more.
When the steamer went down she found
herself on a piece of wreckage end re
mained on- It until picked up ten hours
later by ths crew of the fishing schooner
Elslf.
Miss Gallup only regained consciousness
this affernoon and waa very esger to make
a statement. He r condition was so grave
yesterdsy that It was Impossible to take
her to Providence with the other sur
vivors, but It Is believed She will recover.
The Block Island flshlnat fleet of twenty
sails searched the . adjacent waters csre
fullly today, but .only two bodies were
recovered. The boisterous condition which
p revs lied since the Larchmont went down
moderated and the wind shifted to the
southwest snd south, so that It Is not be
lieved that any more bodies will be thrown
up on the beach. It Is tho'ught that if
any other victims of tjie Larchmont re
main afloat they will be thrown upon the
beach either at Naragansett Pier, Point
Judith or Newport, or perhapa the south
ern Rhode Island shore to the westward
of Point Judith. ,
Crew geeks Safety.
PROVIDENCE. R. I., Feb. 14. A new
element wss injected Into the horror at
tending the loss of the steamer Ijarchment
In Block Island sound Monday night
through a collision wltTf the schooner
Harry Knowleton, when Captain McVey
of the steamer early today admitted that
his lifeboat was one of the first. If. not
the first, to leave the sinking ship. This
statement was made In reply to charges
by Fred Helrgsell, an 18-year-old lad of
Brooklyn, one of the survivors, thst the
passengers were left to shift for them
selves; that the ship's crew crowded 'the
boats without attempting to provide for
the passengers and that Captain McVey
was ths first to desert the ship. Th
statement of Helrgsell crested a sensstlon
In view of the fact that ten of the. nine
teen survivors were employes on the ship,
or. In othsr words, that- while approxi
mately $0 per, cent of the Vessel's crew was
saved, only I per cent ot the passengers
survived.
Captala Explains,
Captain McVey explained that, while hlspchlefs orders to attack, remained inactive
boat may havebeen the first In the water,
it was because he had a good crew and
that ha remained by his ship until it went
down, Hs said that hs made no ftlbve to
get Into his boat until he had given ordera
to his men to lower all the boats and clear
away the rafts. While his boat was lit
ths water it waa fastened1 t the ship by
a rope in-the' running gear that tiad be
come caught, and thla was cut by Boat
swain Andrew Tobeson, who saw that with
ths ship settling rapidly the boat and Its
occupants would be caught in ths whirlpool
and sucked beneath the surface. The cap
tain's boat waa on ths windward-side and
hs said hs called to the passengers to Jump
Into his boat, which would hold about
twenty-two people in all. but the electric
lights had been extinguished and in the
darkness and confusion no one heeded his
summons. Everybody was on the leeward
side of ths ship and he ordered his men
to row around there, he claims, but the
gate balked his plan, and aa the boat was
driven away from the steamer his 'msn
hsd to glvs up their task and crouch In
ths bottom of ths host out of the way of
the piercing wind.
Kssws Dead 149.
The figures of the resutts of Monday
night's disastrous collision -between the
Larchmont and the Knowlton ars aa fol
lows: Survivors, 19; bodies Identified, 64; known
missing, 96; total known to have been bn
board. 168; bodies recovered,. 74. Only two
bodies were reported aa being picked up to
day. . , ..."
Strange Vessel Ran Away.
NEW LONDON, Conn., Fsb. 14. Cnltsd
States Steamboat Inspectors John Stewart
and William Wlthey examined . the four
members of ths crew of the . sohoonsr
Harry Knowlton, who were on watch Mon
day night when the schooner collided With
the Larohmont Tbey wars Captain Frank
T. Haley, Mats Frank Oovant and Seamen
Carl Johnson and Julius Borgsrson. They
united In telling of a strange steamer which
approached within a mils after the collision
and then headed the other way and passed
up ths sound. Captain Haley aald hs
ordered ths man at ths wheel to keep ths
schooner on her course. ' Captain Halay
aald he aaw the nose of ths steamer cross
ths bow ofVhls vessel. At ths sams tlms
hs heard a whistle signal rrom the steamer
and then the crash cams. Another vessel,
evidently a ateamer, waa observed with
both Its rsd and green lights showing, in
dicating that it waa headed for the schooner
apparently to give help, but hsadsd up ths
sound, again. To Inspector Btuart Captain
Haley' 4enled that there waa any danger
Of his schooner having yawed from Its
course. The testimony of ths others agreed
In the main with Captain Haley's.
WHY RUSSIA LOST
(Continued from First Page.)
text of carrying wounded to ths rear or
without any pretext.
Sixth. Lrk of co-operation of the units
of ths Sixth Siberian corps.
During ths fight on, ths Bhaks rlvsr ths
senior commandera, Stackeiberg and Bll
dsrllng, were responsible only for their own
tasks end, acted entirely independently.
Regarding the capabilities ot ths trans
Siberian railroad, Kouropatkln declares al
though the minister of war reported that
It could carry twelvs Pairs of trains daily,
tbia number waa not reached up to ths
snd of ths war. '
Orlppeaberar Reveals Plana.
After 'the fall of Port Arthur Kouro
patkln declares,! his plan for a great turn
ing movement and the blame for Its failure
was thrown on General Grlppenberg.
"It Is regrettable." says Kouropatkln,
"that a fortnight before the commence
ment of our-advance' ths chances of suc
cess were overturned by certain orders
of Grlppenberg, which revealed to the
enemy ths nature of our intended move
ment. Concerning the reverse at Sandepu,
Kouropatkln aays:
"It waa Impossible thst it could havs
ended otherwise In view of ths absolute
unpreparedness of the attack. The sn-
1
virens and fortifications of that village
had not been studied and no sketches of
ths ground hsd been prepared for ths
troops. As a result the krtlllery fired tor
a wjiole day against Rattalae Instead of
Pandepti. The fourteenth division attacked
Itaotsdie, west tt Ssndepu, and having
occupied that village, the commander
thought hs was Occupying Sandepu and
so reported to me. . Sandepu's outer wall
waa oven mistaken by the. Fourteenth dl-
Lvlslon tor the redoubt Inside of Ssndepu,
Not supposing Itself strong enough to Iske
this redoubt the division returned to Its
former positions.
"Stackeiberg, noticing that Sandepu waa
not taken, In spite of the order twice given
by Grlppenberg to stop ths advance, did
not find It possible to obey, and after a
very hard sttls took ths greater part
of Sandepu towards ths evening, but at
dawn he was attacked by superior forces
and forced to retire."
Continuing his description snd criticism
of the operations, Kouropatkln complains
of Grlppenberg for falling to report and
confer, with him at the critical Juncture,
though he had telephoned to his command,
sddlng however: "Personally Grlppenberg
Could not talk with ms on account of his
deafness. This ended our- first sttempt
to adopt the offensive. It cost about 10,000
men."
Showing absence of proper communica
tion between the commander of, ths army
and ths various corps, Kouropatkln de
clared portions of ths Fifteenth division
retired Without permission and without
awaiting ths enemy's sttsck. Grlppenberg
later reported that he was 111 and left for
St. Petersburg.
"His proceeding," saya Kouropatkln, "set
a most deplorable example both to.thoes
under him and to ths othsr armies and was
calculated to undermine discipline."
, His expressed opinion thst ths campaign
might be considered lost and that A retreat,
first to Mukden and then to Harbin, waa
necessary, produced dangerous bewilder
ment In the minds of ths more faint
hearted. -
Kaatbara Disobeys Orders.
Regarding Mukden, Kouropatkln says
quick measures were necessary to save the
city and Its defense was entrusted to Gen
eral Kaulbars.
"I again," he ssys, "Insisted on speedy
sctlon and gave ' Kaulbars full freedom in
carrying out this order. Kaulbars did
not Carry It out, giving aa an excuae ths
nonarrlval of troops."
How Kolbars failed to stop General
Nogl'a Victorious sdvanoe Is related with
much detail and constitutes In itself a vivid
recital pf the blunders, cross .purposes. In
capacity and consequent disaster. Kaulbars
Is directly accused) of failure to carry out
hla Instructions arid ot fatal inactivity In
defiance of urgent, reiterated orders at
crucial psrlods of ths confllot
Kaulbars was ordered on February 16
to ascertain the precise strength ot ths
snemy, ths direction of their movements
and Intentions. These orders frequently
wre repeated, but disobeyed, snd ths com
mander consequently waa forced to make
his decisions hastily on false and Incom
plete Information. Kaulbars, assigned to
arresting Nogl's turning movement, acted
upon erroneous information and davoted
all his time aryl attention to ths movements
of Okru's army on the west front, mis
taking it for Nogi's army.
Kouropatkln' s "conclusions" declara thst
"Kaulbars, in spite of the commender-ln-
ana aid not even know the disposition of
his own troops. ThS next day Kaulbars
again made no move and disregarded or
ders energetically , to. attack ths snemy's
left wing."
- Troops Idle Daring Battle.
Details of forces at Kaulbars' disposal
ars tabulated, and 11 shown that "down
to February 16 thirty-flvs battalions never
went Into action,' while the Japaness ware
successfully .carrying on . a turning move
ment before their very eyes. . . ,
"At . this time," Kouropatkln continues,
"the oorqmander-ln-chlef ordered Kaulbars
to send all troops possibls so ths right bank
of ths river, lie did exactly ths contrary.
moving two regiments over 1o ths left
bank. Ws could havs concentrated more
than 100 battalions and thrown thorn
against Kogl. Kaulbars not only disobeyed
the order to throw troops across ths river,
but, having lost five days, hs went so far
In allowing ths turning movement that on
February $. party of his fores was still
operating, not against Nogl, but sgalnst
Oku'a left wing.
Kaulbars la blamed for not reorganising
his forces, which were In a state of great
confusiqn, for drswlng, recklessly on ths
reserves snd for many other shortcomings.
The book 'contains the text of General
Kouropatkln's reports to the emperor, In
which he enlarges on ths causes of ths de
feat at Mukden. ...
Elsewhere, howevet, Kourapatkln frankly
admits to ths emperor that he himself wss
much to blame for ths Mukden defeat, aay
ing hs did not insist sufficiently before the
beginning of the battle on a strong reserve
for ths declslvs moment t
CHANCE FOR LANDS
(Continued from first Paga.)
G. Wilson, resigned; Iowa, Sherman,
Hardin county, Blinore B. MoFarland vlos
J. J. Ellerbrook, realgned; South ' Dakota.
Laks Andes, Charles Mix county, Wil
liam Hester vice LorenaPleros, resigned.
DIAMONDS Frenser. inn and Dodge.
If you havs anything te trade advertise
It in the -For Exchange column ef The
Bes Want Ad pegs.
BBSS
Havana
Cigars
Ws have Just received twenty
thousand of the Savarona long
Havana filler cigars. This Is
not a to cigar, but ths regular
10 cent also. Ws will sell them, .
while they last, ss this' is sll
ws csn get, for tc straight, eaoh.
These goods ars sll In first-class
condition, bslng stamped during
January, MoT, showing that they
ars all fresh gooda. .
Beaton Drug Co,
15th tad Favrnim.
Office
Furniture
SjsU
Stills!
Devices
..Desks..
This sac, ssM ssk-CBtlrr bsVc-1
laches IsBf-klfih arsie, seciaL.2 V30
fe Us fee- Complete Off lee Oetfits
Orchard Wiiti?!m Carpal Co.
V r III
0 1 T' - 1
"5. ia,""
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Going to Double the Site
. of Our Store .
Going to Have thp Oest
Equipped Tailor Store
in Town
Pushing the profits aside so that
we may push all our Suitings oat
prior to the' alterations that are
necessary to enlage our store.
That Is the mission ot this
ALTERATION SALE
and this Is the means It takes to
hurry up business snd hurry out
these Suitings to get them out of
possible damage from the dust snd
dirt ot the alterations: we will
make to measure
Saitings Worth as Much is $50
for 525
Suitings Worth as Much as $40
lor $20 , 1
M.cCARTHY. WILSON;;:
TAILORING CO.
Phona Doug. 180s. 104-M Bo. 16th Bt.
Next door to the WCbaah Ticket offloe.
SSWS! ! ' '" "
YELLOW-NO "PERIL"
THIS WEEK .
Generally speaking, yellow Is not -our
color, literally or figuratively, -,but this
week we are delighted to make this our
shade and hope It will 'help .-emlnd the
f ublle of the herolo financial atruggls that
s being captained by
Mrs. Clement Chase, . ,
Mrs. George Tilden.
Mrs. W. P. Harford,
Mrs. J. H. Dumont,
Mrs. Byers.
These ladies with several aeore more
faithful workera are giving time and
money .to assist In ths raising pf the last
116,000 needed before the commencement
of the Y. W. C. A. building. The lot at
17th and St. Mary's Avs. Is bought and
Lpald. for. ..' m
Ths privileges orrerea oy ine i. v ' .
A. are available to every woman,, young
or old. , .
See the T. W. C. A. youhg lady at our
etors. She will tell you all about It
Shaman & McDonnell Drug Co.
(XI BBXAXXi DftUOaXSTS, ;
Oor. 1S ana Dodge, Omaha,
i.hfiM
AMUSEMENTS.
DOYD'8 W,;:V.V- Mgr.. fl
Tonight, Baturday Mat. and Night.
ftxAW ft ULASOIB'I Colossal
Production, , ,
The Prince!
of India
600-
PEOPLE
-act)
COMPANION DRAMA TO BEN HCTR
Prices, too to $2.00.
Neat Sun.. Mon., Tues. Mat. Sunday
THE ROYAL CHEF
The
Clansman
Is
Coming
BUIUVOOD sL"d
roalfat, Saturday Matisse ai4 BTlgM
kin
81
Brother Officers
Next Week-THE CLIMBERS.
Watt 1 luaWMia iiitnasM f tatam'sinn
eft .a ft
phone
Tbulght t.ad Saturday KS) . and Bva,
MODERN VAUDEVILLE
May Tally ft Oo Hyamg aad Melntyra,
fter Xvy, Qnlgg, MSckey ft Hlokersen,
Tom ft foals, KedrU ft Vreeoott, Mi. and
Mrs. Ired Bacon and ths aUaodxoma.
Prices 10c-2lc-suc.
Nest Week Great Orpheum oa4 Show.
1KRUG THEATER
H waV SS lHfl.ar.a-SOn.TSa
Tealght, giia. Matinee Saturday
The Melodramatic Sensation,
QUEEN OF THE HIGHBINDERS
Sun. trSDIB aOUfV.EBJf IfUl
Lyric - Theater
AU WllI.lUTini BATtrUAT
RUTH GREY
AUDITORIUM
ROLLER RINK
Skating- Wednesday.-Thursday, Friday
and Saturday.
Big Re Wednesday Night.
Thursday Ladles' Day.
Boyd Theater Orchestra
ERNEST NORDIN. CONDUCTOK '
the CALUMET
EVENINOS I TO t O CLOCK.
Alwvya .lUsiaf'nksr tuae J
tcafctiva jfrromo
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