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LOOT FOUND IN RIVER
Jewel TMeTes in Ireland Use Liffey
for Fence.
DETECTIVES EECOVEE PEOPERT?
X
Several Bo in Filled with Platei and
JeUelry Fished Out.
SCANDAL
IT YET BEAR FRUIT
Probability
it Vice Royalty May Be
Abolished.
OFFICE
OUT OF DATE
Kla E4nti4 Mar Establish Resl-
( ana Island and Spend
Pari ( Bark Year
There.
DUBLIN, Feb. 29. (Special.) It is many
years tine the Liffey, that classic, but
dirty river, hat flows by the city of Dublin
has been famous as a fishing ground, but
the most (valuable catch ever' taken In
the history of the river has Just been made
Inside the ' city boundaries.
For several days three men were noticed
closely examining the banks of the river
and from, time to time taking a boat and
going out into the middle of the river,
where they peered down through the dirty
water with a field glass. Dragging opera
tlons would follow, but they were unsuc
cessful until a few days ago, when several
large iron-bound boxes, plentifully be
smeared with Liffey mud, were brought up.
The fishermen were Dublin detectives, who
were aiding "on Information received" and
when ihe boxes were taken to the police
station and opened they were found to
cnnlali a large and varied collection of
silver pla'. and J weir y wh ch was pr mptly
Identified as the proceeds of burglaries In
varloujs parts of Ireland extending over a
couple? of years.
It nleema that a gang of high-class Eng
lish thieves, sorrfe of whom, it Is said, had
the 'entree to the best country houses In
Ireland, hss been operating In Ireland for
tyt or three years and that the bed of
Vfie Liffey was the hiding place selected for
the plunder until the time should come
when It was safe to dispose of it. The
value of the property recovered runs Into
many thousands of dollars.
Scandal Mar Bear Fralt.
It ta said that one result of the Castle
. jewels scandal, which, as I told last week,
. nas oeen nusnea up at the direct com
mand of the king, may be the total aboli
tion of the ridiculous vlceroyalty. The
king, who Is above all a man of sterling
common sense, haa had his attention di
rected to the way things have been going
In Ireland and It Is said that he. Is verv
tun, h,,.. .r. j iftl L U1B way no HUB
been represented. It Is well known that the
Vlng Is In favor of self-government for
inland aa a state of the empire, of course
f-lit..ta...cantu4 Interfere In a matter so
deeply controversial as the home rule ques-
- Tinn. urn nan hnvsvur an t . la aalA h-
has done so, express the opinion very
strongly that the vlceroyalty of Ireland is
an anachronism that should be abolished
without further delay, and he has expressed
his willingness to establish a royal resi
dence In Ireland and spend a certain por
tion of each year there. If he succeeds In
abolishing this expensive and ridiculous
department of the Irish government, Ire
land will havo something to thank Kins
Edward for.
A great development of Ireland's mineral
wealth Is promised under the new arrange
ment by which the land commissioners will
soon take control of the greater part of
the mineral resources of Ireland. The
mineral resource) have. In effect, been
nationalised by the reservation to the land
commissioners of the mineral rights in the
farms which have been acquired by tenants
under the land purchase act. The first step
will be a careful government survey and
estimate of the minora) wealth which hes
thus been acquired by the nation, and when
that Is done legislalnn will be asked for
to enable the' country to work Us own
. mines.
i
Ireland Land of the Aiced.
Ireland is the land of Centenarians and
, one of the most remarkable has Just been
discovered In the little village of Kllgarvan,
County Kerry. She la Mrs. Julia Lenlhan
and th records of her birth place It beyond
all doubt that she was born In 1800, and
Is, therefore, KK years old., She la still
hale and hearty and in possession of all
her faculties, and a doctor who examined
her recently declares that there Is no physi
cal reason why she should not live for
; several years to come. She still washes
f her own clothes and looks after her own
little' household. Bhs emigrated to the
United States In the early, daya of the
great famine and after living for about
forty years In Boston she returned to
Ireland "to die." That Is more than twenty
yesrs ago and she seems no nearer dying
now than when she came back. Mrs. Lenl
ha"h hss a vivid recollection of hearing
Daniel O'Connell speak and she remembers
the great saltation which preceded Catholic
emancipation. Bho speaks English fluently,
of course, but she Is much more at home
conversing In the Gaelic.
Tricks af Statlstlclana..
Mr. Mooney, M. P., has Just exposed on.)
of the tricks by which English statisticians
make It appear that Ireland la crime ridden
and that the heavy establishment of courts
sad pc which the. country Is forced tu
pay for' Is necessary. He haa drawn from
the government the admission that In the
,(, . Irl.h .. rl ... I ....I . .
f list of "Quasi criminal offenses likely to
lead to serious crimes," which are not In-
' eluded In the criminal statlatlca of any
other of th divisions of the kingdom.
Bom of these terrible offenses which are
listed as Crimea in ths Irish statistics srj
"omission to take out licenses," "mainten
ance orders obtained by wives against thrlr
husbands " "fines for keeping up houses
.n unsanitary condition and for sailing
meat unfit fur food" and "offenses against
sanltaiy laws." In England. Scotland and
Wales these are all included In the civil
statistics, but In Ireland they serve to add
Xl.V.y offenses to the list of Irish crime In
JJ6.
That the ancient trade of matchmaker
Is not dead yet In Ireland Is shown by a
suit which haa just been tried before Judge
Craig at GnnUklllea, when Charles Ma
gutre. a farmer and professional watch
maker, sued Patrick McMenamln for S for
bis services la finding McMenamln a wife.
The evidence showed that McMenamln,
l)o had had ten wives before, wanted an
eleventh, and applied to sjgulre. who
premised to find him "the beat girl In Ire
lanjd' for SJS. He found a girl and th
naVriaga took plat, but McMenamln com-
ICvaUaued oa sN-a4 Paa
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SOXSBTIO.
Benstor Burkett endeavoring to have
Valentine made registration point tor
Tripp county. South Dakota lunds.
1. rafs 1
He-iry W. Ieman of Chicago files suit
to ( ijoin the voting of Illinois Central
stocs controlled by the Union Pacific
road. X, PaTe a
Wealthy miller of Chicago prevents the
marriage of his son with young Massa
chusetts girl. I, rage t
Fire In the foreign district of Pitts
burg results In the death of a mother
and her children, the father Jumping to
safety. X, Pag 6
Wage cut among Italians In Kentwood,
La., causes trouble X, rage 1
Wealthy young widow of Los Angeles
Is shot by mining engineer. X, rags 1
District attorney who Investigated al
leged Jury tampering at HarrlBburg, Pa.,
orders release of suspected man.
x. rage 1
W. J. Bryan claims money Is being used
to prevent his nomination by democrats.
He also speaks with sarcasm of the dem
ocrats who voted for Bradley at Frank
fort, Ky. ' X, rag 1
Oould lines are taking steps toward re
trenchment. X, rage
Amalgamated smelters at Butte, Mont.,
with their mines, will reopen. X, Pars 1
Senate committee asks the Waterways
commission to meet' with them. X, rage 9
Design of the statue In commemoration
of Oeneral Benjamin F. Stephenson,
founder of the Grand Army of the Re
public. X, rags 1
Great Northern telegraphers will not
have to submit to a reduotlon In wages.
y X, raga I
NXBAASKA.
Fall ire of Writers to deliver bonds pur
chase "for school fund cauae costs to pile
up In the state treasury. Omaha road
files schedule of Its terminal property.
X. rag s
POlXTXCAXh
Many republican county conventions
held yesterday in Nebraska and Taft now
haa overwhelming majority In the state
convention, with district delegates also
assured for him. X. Page 1
Lane utter county democrats indorse
Berge for governor and I. J. Dunn for
delegate to national convention. W. H.
Thompson Is Ignored. X, Fags a
POKEIdsT.
Jewelry and plate stolen from number
of residences found In a tiver near Dub
lln in several Iron-bound boxes.
X. Page 1
Japanese and China are likely to have
trouble over seixure of a Japanese vessel.
X, Page 5
The American fleet -leaves Callao for
the longest leg of Its Journey north.
X, Page 5
Another bomb was thrown In Teheran,
two laborers being killed. X, Pag S
XAOAX..
Street railway will begin Monday work
on opening Its Twenty-fourth street line,
which opens the campaign of building for
the year. x, Pag
Board of County Commissioners unan
imously recommend the calling of a spe
cial election May 6 for the Issuance of
1 1,000,000 bonds to construct a new court
house. i x. para i
Dr. R. W. Conoell. health commissioner.
gulns a sweeping victory In his vaccina
tion order fight when the district court
refuses to Issue an injunction to prevent
nonvacclnated children from attending
i oh
ool.
X. rag's 4
t'lty Electrician Mlchaelsen advocates
municipal Insurance as a means of safe
guarding agalnat want In cases of deatns
In poor families and the necessity of pub
lic assistance. j, rage
Band wagon for the 6maha Corn show
has started and one state after another
Is climbing aboard. I, rag 4
Eight-year-old girl hides on back porch
of home aa a Joke while parents and
neighbors make vigorous search for her.
x, rag s
COhntZKOXAX. AJTD XWDUaTaUAX..
Live stock markets. xx, rag T
Grain marketa. XX, rage T
Stox-ka and bonds. XX, rage 7
Condition of Omaha's trade. ' XI, rage 8
aCAQAZXVa BZOTXOV.
Sketch of Fred Hedde of Orand Island,
one of the German pioneers of the stste.
Difference between real and artificial
gems. gueer people of the Great Rift
valley In British East Africa. Disap
pearance of 140.000 chalice. Churches of
Omaha now used for other purposes. New
president of Crelghton university.
rour rages
ATTORNEY FINDS NO CRIME
Proaeratloa ta Harrlsbara Case
rldea Albert Polat Shoald hat
Be Paalshed.
HARHISFU-RG, Pa., Feb. 29 -District At
torney F. Weiss this afternoon ordered the
release of . C. Humphreys, who was ar
rested last night charged by private de
tectives with attempting to Influence Al
bert A. Polat, a Juror In the capttol furni
ture case.
Mr. Weiss gave cut the following official
statement;
"As district attorney, I have thoroughly
investigated the whole matter and am fully
satisfied that- there was no attempt to
embrace the Juror, Albert Polst. The rela
tions between Meswa. Polst and Humph
reys were of a business nature and were
entirely proper."
Humphreys, was at one released, from
Desj.
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PVyVY M0RXIy' MARCTI 1, 1908-FIVE SECTIOX-TT,XTY-EIGIIT rAGES. J SINGLE
i'IinilSR Rn.ftHERS B0YC0TT SHERIDAN I DOnQTIKf. V Al VTiV lUNION ACIfWhOPESto' WW
ecial Election Recommended by
County Board for May 5.
ISSUE OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS
Commissioners Are Unanimous
Taking This Action.
in
MARCH 14 FOR FORMAL ORDER
People May Discuss Proposition in the
Meantime.
JAIL INCLUDED IN BUILDING
Branlna- Offers Iteaolatlon for Boads
to Remodel Present Structure
and It Is Promptly
Voted Down.
A special election, to ne held May 5, for
the purpose of voting on Jl.OOO.OOD bonds for
the erection of a new court house and 1all
was recommended by the counly board by
unanimous vote at Its meeting Saturday
morning. The resolution was offered by
Solomon and It set March 14, as the date
for the meeting at which the formal resolu
tion to be prepared by the county attorney
shall come up for consideration. In tho
meantime the public Is Invited to discus
the proposition.
The resolution as adopted Is as follows:
Resolved, It Is the recommendation of
this Hoard of County Commissioners that u
special election should be held on May 5,
l, for the submission of the j reposition
of the voting of fl.OliO.OQO bonds lor the
building of a court house and Jail on the
present court house square and that tne
resolution now being prepared ty ha
county attorney covering the legal aspects
of the proposition, should come up for adop
tion or rejection on March 14, law, and that
in the meantime we invite diseus.-ion of tin
proposition by the public and press of tills
county.
After Its passage Bruning offered an
other resolution providing for the submis
sion also of an alternative proposition for
a $300,(00 bond Issue for the remodeling of
the present court house, but It was voted
down by a vote of 2 to 3, Tralnor voting
with Bruning and the other three mem
bers voting against it. The action of the
board practically assures that tho special
election will be held May 6 and that only
one bond proposition will be submit ted.
. New Detention School.
Eight propositions were received by the
board for a new Detention school. Some
of them were for sites, others for the sale
of buildings and still others for the rental
of houses. The board referred them with
out reading to a committee, which will re
port on them later. Those submitting
propositions were the McCague Investment
company, W. T. Graham, Dan J. Bailey,
A. P. Tukey & Son, Charles H. Brown, J.
H. Dumcnt & Son and Theodore Vogel.
The board authorized the sanitary im
provements recommended by Chairman
Solomon of the court house and Jail com
mittee and he will prepare plana to be
submitted by the board . Saturday. The
principal changes Include the tearing out
of the closets on the main floor and the
removal of Judge Redlck's court to the
Bee building.
Delegations from Waterloo, Elkhorn and
Valley and representatives fiom the Forest
LawM Cemetery association appeared before
the county board Saturday morning and
asked for a share In the permanent road
work which will be done next summer.
W. G. W'hltmore of Valley, John W. Hall
of Waterloo, and Charles Witte headed
their respective delegations and all three
asked for the paving of the Dodge street
road from the end of the present pavement
to the edge of the county. The road would
pass through all three towns. Oscar J.
Plckard of the Douglas County Good Roads
club also advocated the paving of Dodge
street and asked that the Center street
road be extended to Millard.
J. T. Craig and II. 8. Mann of the Forest
Lawn Cemetery association asked the
board to pave the road leading from Thirty
first street to the cemetery. The road is
about three-quarters of a mile lang.
WEALTHY Y0UNG WIDOW SHOT
Mlnlna Engineer at Los Anaeles De
clares She Threw Arid la
His Fact.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 29.-Mrs. Charlotte
L. Noyes, a wealthy young widow, was shot
and Instantly killed laat night at her home
by W. P. McCotr.as, a mining engineer, who
has been friendly with her several months.
Mr. McComas called at the woman's home
yesterday afternoon and about midnight
the two quarreled. McComas alleges that
the woman dashed a cupful of carbolic
acld,ln his face and the shooting followed.
McComas Immediately rushed out of the
house and Into the Hotel Petter, nearby,
where a dancing party was going on. Here
he announced that he had Just killed a
woman and give his revolver to one of the
men there. McComas blistered face and
hands and his discolored hair seem to bear
out his statement that the woman dashed
acid over him.
Detectives found In Mrs. Noyes' apart
ments a sheet of paper, presumed to con
tain an account of McComas and Mrs.
Noyes' operations at the race track. It
showed heavy winnings up to two weeks
ago, but the total losses, all seemingly dur
ing the laat few days, amounted to be
tween 13.000 and I6.C00.
SHOPS AT SEDALIA CLOSED
Missouri Pari Ac Derides ta Stop
Work Vatll Haslneae Condi
tion Changes.
SEDALIA, Mo., Feb. 29-Th following
notice was posted at the Missouri Pacific
shops here today:
Owing to the continued depression In
business the shops will not be opened until
further notice.
A. V. SI LLIVAN, General Manager.
A similar notice, it was said, was posted
at all machine shops todsy.
Eight hundred men are Involved In 8e
dalla. The local shops were closed Feb
ruary 20, when the Missouri Pacific man
agement announced that they would re
open March 2.
DESIGN OF STATUE ACCEPTED
Commission Named ta Commemorate
Feaader of ft. A. R. Makes
Its Choice.
WASHINGTON. Feb. . The commis
sion appointed to select a statue to com
memorate Benjamin F. Stephenson, founder
of the Grand Army of the Republic, today
accepted the design of J. Massey Rhlnd of
New York, which la a triangular shaft of
thirty feet In height, with groups of sym
bolical figures on each side. The statu Is
the gift of the Orand Arjtgt.pX t RepuotM
lo the United Slates.
Retaliate Aaalnat City for Refusal to
.apply Water and fftronat Kent!
ment la Aronaed.
SHERIDAN, Wyo.. Feb. 29-t8peclal.)
Two thousand miners employed In oper
ating the several ramps of the Sheridan
Coal company at Diets, near this city,
have voted a boycott on Sheridan business
houses and the citizens of this city threaten
to retaliate unless nn Immediate revoca
tion of the boycott is Issued. At Its last
meeting the Diets Miners' union Imposed a
fine of I2.R0 for each offense upon any
mmber caught trading In Sheridan.
The boycott is a result of tho rejection
hy the city council of Sncrldan of the ap
plication of the conl company for water
from the city mains. The company now
secures Its water from Big Gooso creek
and claims the city is polluting this supply
by emptying Its sewers therein, contrary
to the express wording of tho statute. This
charge the city Is prepared to realst In the
highest courts.
It Is not bellrvd the Sheridan Coal com
pany, owner of tho Diets mines. Is in sym
pathy with the boycott, as what looked
like an amicable agreement had been about
completed when the action of the Miners'
union was token.' The city denied the coal
company wnter because of a shortage for
Its own use, but had practically agreed
with Manager Grldley of the coal company
to supply water from Its new $,'!W).000 ex
tension to be completed this summer. Dhls
agreement, it Is understood, was satisfac
tory to Mr. Grldley, but unless the boycott
Is declared off It Is feared sentiment will
prevent any such agreement being con
summated. CASHIER JOHNSON ARRESTED
Omaha Mali Arrested with Dr. Mac
niarmld Held on Criminal
Charge,
MARSHALLTOWN. Ia., Feb. 29.-(Speclal
Telegram. Donald A. Johnson of Omaha,
cashier of Green Mountain Savings bank
that closed Monday, was arrested at Cedar
Rapids last night and locked In Jail here
this morning. Johnson Is charged by F.
E. Roberts of the state auditor's depart
ment with receiving deposits after he knew
the bank was Insolvent. Alleged confllctinif
stork's that Johnson and his wife to'd
Roberta and the bank's receiver, A. A.
Moore, regarding tho dcstlnctlon of John
son, caused suspicion and was tho primary
cause leading to his arrest.
In Jail, this mcrning Johnson denied he
was attempting to get away, also denied
he had received deposits after bank was
Insolvent. He said deposits received after
he knew the bank was In an unsafe condi
tion were not credited to depositors or put
on books. Johnson said he lived all his
life In Omaha. His mother, Mrs. W. R,
Johnson, and two brothers are living there.
No time has been set for the preliminary
examination.
WAGE CUT CAUSE OF TROUBLE
ltnllans Submit to Reduction and
Other Laborers Make Threats
of Violence.
KENTWOOD, La., Feb. M.-Kentwood Is
today under guard of state troops who
quietly took posses.1- nu last night to prevent
threatened violence against Italians. Within
the last two days self-styled vigilantes have
warned scores of Italians to leave town by
the snd of this week If they did not wish
to be blown up with dynamite. Frightened
Italians yesterday left so rapidly that the
Italian population of 200 were reduced by
about half.
The main complaint against these foreign
ers was that they had accepted without con
test a cut In wages from 11.76 to $1.25 per
day in the lumber mills where most of them
were employed. The Italian trouble here
was similar to that which recently occurred
in other ports of the state. In which natives
undertook violently to drive cheap foreign
labor away from lumber mills. In the other
disturbances at least one foreigner was
killed and several badly wounded.
HAND MADE STUDENT BEST
President of Vpper Iowa Vnlversltr
Bestows Praise I'poa
Smaller Collegres.
CHICAGO, Feb. 29. Praise was given to
the small colleges by President William
Arnold Shanklln of Upper Iowa university
last night In a speech at the annual ban
quet of Upper Iowa University Alumni as
sociation held at the Great Northern hotel.
"The tendency of the larger colleges,"
he said, "is to turn out the 'machine made'
student. The smaller colleges and schools
turn out and develop the 'hand made' stu
dent, and it Is to this class the country
must look for its beat results, according
to many minds."
A letter of regret was received from
former Governor Larrabce of Iowa.
GREAT NORTHERN MAKE TERMS
Satisfactory Settlement Reached with
Telegraphers Working: Schednle
to Be Made Soon.
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 29. A sstlefac
tory settlement of the difference between
the Great Northern railway and Its tele
graph operators haa been reached, accord
ing to a message sent to operators on the
San Francisco and Northern division today
by S. T. Moore, delegate of that division
to the conference held In St. Paul yester
day with Great Northern officials. Accord
ing to advices received here the railroads
had agreed to live to the provisions of
the nine-hour law and will at once pro
ceed to arrange the working hours, agree
ing at the same time to make no cut In
wages.
ADVICE, FROM WATER BOARD
Kenate Committee with Big Rill In
Hand Asks Commission to
Give Aid.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29-Tlie sub-committee
of the senate committee on com
merce having in charge the bill Introduced
by Senator Newlands appropriating IM.ooo.
000 for the Improvement of the waterways
of the country decided today to ask the
advice of the Inland waterways commission
on the bill and the commission will be In
vited to sit with the commutes in consid
ering the messurj In its preliminary stages.
No day has been fixed for the Joint meet
ing. FOWLER BILL IS REPORTED
Meaaaro Submitted to limit Tea
Days Allowed for Minority
Report.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-The Fowler
financial bill, agreed upon yesterday In
committee, was today reported to the
bouse. Ten days are allowed. tb minority
la which, to 111 UmIt report
Burkett Seeks to Hare it Made Regis
tration Point for Dakota Lands.
NEAREST TOWN TO TRIPP COUNTY
Being in Another State May Prove to
Be Too Much of Objection.
CONVENIENT FOR NEW SETTLERS
Ample Accommodation for Crowds
Expected to Be at Opening.
RESURVEY OF WYOMING LAND3
Bill Provides for Protection of Present
Settlers Who Have Acquired Rights
and Made Improvements
on Holdings.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-(Special Tele
gramsSenator Burkett will on Monday
see Secretary Garfield of the Interior de
partment and the commissioner of the gen
eral land office with a view of having
Valentine mude one of the registry places
for the opening of lands In Tripp county.
South Dakota.
Valentine Is nearer to the new reservation
than any town in South Dakota. It Is well
equipped with hotel accommodations to
care for the crowds that arc expected to
pour into South Dakota when this reser
vation Is opened to permanent settlement.
Senator Burkett realizes that there may be
objection made to making a place In one
strfte a registration office for lunds In
another state, but ho proposes to try for
Valentine notwithstanding.
Postmaster for Seward.
Representative Illnshaw has recommended
the appointment of William Boyer for
postmaster at Seward.
Sixth District Matters.
At the request of Congressman Klnkald
a local board of pension surgeons has been
established at Chadron with" Drs. C. O.
Elmore and G. W. Deemer of Chadron and
Dr. B. F. Richards of Crawford as mem
bers thereof.
Congressman Klnkald has recommended
the appointment of Otto Strand as post
master at Giles, Blaine county, and that
the office at Goldvllle, Blaine county, be
discontinued.
Resurvey of Wyoming Lands.
Representative Mondell today Introduced
a bill providing for the returvey of the
following townships In Wyoming: 41 to 44
north, ranges SI to 92 west, inclusive; 45 to
48 north, ranges 81 to 104 west. Inclusive,
except township 48 north, ranges 88 to 91
west, inclusive; 49 to 62 north, ranges 89 to
92 west. Inclusive; 63 to 56 north, ranges
101 to 103 west, Inclusive; townships 12, 13
and 14 north, range 87 westj townships 12
to 16 north, ranges 88 to 104 west. Inclu
sive; townships 17 to 24 north, ranges 97
to 100 west, Inclusive; township 12 north,
ranges 105 to,. 108, inclusive; townships 13
to 23 north, ranges 109 to 112, Inclusive;
township 24 north, rango 111 west; town
shins 17 to 20 north, ranges 117 to 121, west,
Inclusive; township 67 north, range 68
west, all west of sixth principal meridian.
tt Is provided that tho reaurvey authorized
shall be so executed as' not to Impair any
bonafldo right or claim of any actual occu
pant or owner of any lands within the
territory surveyed to land which under tho
law he is entitled and before any contract
ia made for the resurvey of any other
lands It shall be mode to appear to the
secretary of the Interior that the former
survey of said lands is so Inaccurate or
obliterated as to make a resurvey neces
sary and expedient.
Postal Matters,
Postmasters appointed: Iowa-Greenville,
Clay county, Frank Sherman, vice E. B.
Herrlngton, resigned. South Dakota Ash
creek, Stanley county, Clarence E. Keyser,
vice F. M. Reed, resigned; Bangor, Wal
worth county, Christine Peterson, vice C.
Taylor, resigned; Leslie, Stanley county,
William M. Griffith, vice U R. Mumma,
resigned; Prlngle, Custer county, Mary L.
Reed, vice A. E. Westover, resigned.
Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes:
Desoto, route 2, Edwin A. Cnrty carrier,
Luella Canine substitute; Hawa.rden, route
1, Albert L. Wheeler carrier, Blanche
Wheeler substitute; Larrabee, route 1,
Alvln Dodge carrier, George Dodge substi
tute; Sallx, route 1, N. A, GDeenleaf car
rier, John A. Black substitute; Stuart,
route S, Alonzo Hadley carrier, Elmer J.
Hadley substitute.
Minor Matter at Capital.
Civil service examinations will be held
March 21 at Alliance, Neb., Albla. Ia., Denl
son. Ia., and Rapid City, 8. D., for clerk
and carrier In the postoffice service.
Upon the recommendation of Congress
man Norrls, Dr. J. W. Moranvllle has been
appointed pension examining surgeon at
Red Cloud. Neb., vice Dr. J. W. Tulley,
deceased.
Carl Johnson of Omaha has been ap
pointed fireman In the census office.
Henry T. Clark of Omaha and C. F.
Bentley of Grand Island are In Washington.
AHMOR I Til hi WRONG PLACE
Lieutenant Commander Prank K. Hill
Holds Opinion.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 29. Lieutenant
Commander Frank K. Hill of the navy,
before the senate committee on naval af
fairs today, said:
"Our ships are good ships, but I be
lieve there are certain specific errors
which should be remedied, and the loca
tion of the waterllne armor belt of our
battleships Is, according to my opinion,
one of these defects."
Mr. Hill said that last October the sec
retary of the navy decided to appoint a
board to Investigate these matters, but
later decided not to do so. At that time
he prepared a report and submitted the
papers to the Secretary, showing his
criticism and proposed remedy for the
defects. "I am not the originator of thin
criticism," said Mr. Hill. "This subj'-ct
has been discussed for a long time and
criticisms have been madu by officers
aboard ship and special boards have been
ordered on board ships by request of the
Navy deparament."
WASHOE SMELTERS RESUME
Amalaamated Copper Company Will
Start Mines at Butt Mon
day Meat.
BCTTE. Mont., Fb. 29 John D. Rysn.
managing director of the Amalgamated
Copper company, today announced that the
mines of the compsny will resume Mondsy,
when fires will be lit in the great Wssho
smelter at Anaconda, The order means
the employment of a full foac hr th vari
ous mine and 4 Ui sintiteo
UNION PACIFICHOPES TO Wlft
Nebraska Rosil Relieves Rloek Plena!
System Will Help Defeat
New Law.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 29.-Speclal.)
The fnlon Pacific Railway company has
considerable hope of winning Its fight for
sn extension of time In putting Into effect
the new nine-hour law for telegraphon
which Is to go Into effect March 1. Tho
Vnlon Pacific occupies an unique poslttos.
among the railroads In that it hss srejt
over tl.POfl.OiiO In electric block systems
which are designed for the safety of tho
traveling public and that Is what !s de
signed by the nine-hour law. Tho company
maintains that to put on these extra
rxtra men
t ln'most
w-oiild entail a duplicate expense.
Tho company still maintains tha
of the forty-seven stations on which It Is
making a contest there Is not room for ad
ditional operators, that In these stations In
most cases tho station Is built to accom
modate two people and that they are gen
erally man and wife, the man doing the
work during the day and the woman at
night.
IOWA FALIJ3, la., Feb. .-(Speclal.)-The
new nine-hour schedule on tho Rock
Island becomes effective tomorrow and will
entail many changes on the Iowa Falls
division ss well as others. The wires have
been taken out of the stations at Ottosen,
Dlnsdalc, Holland, Clevcs, Abbott Crossing.
Popejoy, Holmes, Walllngford. The service
also will bo discontinued at Washburn,
Wlnslow, Rock Fnlls. Plymouth Junction
and Gordonsvllle. New operators have been
added at Palo, Vinton, Waterloo, Rockford.
Manley, Glcnvllle, Curtis, Albert Lea, Inver
Grove, Relnbeck. Iowa Falls and Dows.
In all tho Rock Island will discontinue
telegraph service at forty-four stations and
at eighty-one places they will be closed
at night About sixty offices now open
twenty-four hours will be open only eigh
teen hours. At 326 offices, additional m-m
will be required, making 245 new men
necessary after transferring men from sta
tions that are closed. This will entail an
extra expense for new men of 143,578. The
addition to the Northwestern's pay roll for
additional mon will be IirAOOO annually.
The Northwestern will employ 256 new
operators and will Install eighty tele
phones on branch lines where telegraph
service Is not required for operation of
trains.
BRYAN CLAIMS USE OF MONEY
Reiterates statements tnnt Predatory
Interests Are Opposed to Ills
Nomination.
JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 29.-Wllllam J.
Bryan arrived here today from Memphis,
accompanied by several members of the
legislature reception committee. He will
deliver an address before a Joint session
of the legislature at the Century theater.
Hundreds of prominent democrats are here
from all parts of the state to pay their
respects to Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan was
asked concerning a paragraph In a recent
Issue of the Commoner, reading
Watch the personnel of the delegations
to Denver. Money is being used In some
of the states of tho Mississippi valley to
secure delegations who will be obedient to
tho predatory interests. The democratto
masses must not be botrayed by repre
sentatives of that system, f
When asked concerning tho evidence In
support of; tliU charge of bribery, Mr.
Bryan said: "I "wrote that paragraph my
self and know- what I am talking about.
I hnvo my Information from a man who
overheard a conversation on the subject."
When asked what Interests are behind the
movement, Mr. Bryan said:
"I am convinced' that it is the Interests
representing tho trusts and the railroads.
They do not hope to prevent Instructed
delegations In the Mississippi valley states,
but they are trying to get a personnel of
delegates who will be unfriendly to my
nomination."
Mr. Bryan In his address made caustic
reference to tho four democrats In the Ken
tucky legislature who cast their votes for
the republican senator yesterday. He re
ferred to them as "cmberzlers of power,"
and declared that the embezzler of power
Is a worse malefactor than the man who
embezzles money.
At the conclusion of tho address a reso
lution endorsing Mr. Bryan aa the demo
cratic candidate for president was adopted
by a rising vote, every man, woman and
child In the theater rising to the'r feet
and applauding the Nebraskan.
GOULD LINES RETRENCHING
Abrogation of Contracts with Men
Will Cans Trouble on '
Western Lines.
DENVER, Feb. 29. The News today says
that after a short conference yesterday
with General Manager Rldgeway of the
Denver & Rio Grande system, a committee
of the machinists employed on the system
was Informed that the company will abro
gate Its contracts after March 4 and after
that data will not recognize the machinists',
blacksmiths', car repairers' or boiler
makers' unions. The committee will sub
mit the question Immediately a referendum
vote jot all the employes belonging to these
unions who are employed on the Oould
roads.
The Denver A Rio Grande and Rio
Grande Western alone ' employ 360 ma
chinists. It Is claimed the men will not
submit to the plan of the railroad com
pany and that a general strike on all the
Gould roads, excepting the International &
Great Northern, Is Imminent. The ma
chinists say the action of the company In
working Its employes only a few hours a
day Is arbitrary.
The company also announced yesterday
that there would be a reduction of the
wages paid telegraph operators.
LEO'S BODY LIES IN STATE
Elaborate Ceremonies Attend Recep
tion of Murdered Priest at
Paterson, X, J,
PATERBON. N. J.. Feb. :9.-The body
of Father Leo llclnrlchi, the priest who
was slain at Denver, arrived here today.
There was a crowd of GOO persons at the
station and a special detail of police was
on hand, but there was no demonstration
of any kind. Delegations of Catholic so
cieties and a detail of pollc escorted the
body to the monastery of the Franciscan
fathers, where tt will lie In state until
tomrrrow afternoon. It will be consiantly
guarded by members of this society.
EXPLOSION IS FATAL TO SIX
Hnlpbar Caasea Heavy Financial Loss
to Matlvnal Sulphas Com
pany Besides.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Six employes of
the National Sulphur company's nil'l In
Brooklyn were terribly burm-1 snd larrr
ated by an explosion of Sulphur In the
company's plant today. A driver of a pars
lng truck' was struck and his skull wss
frsctured by a section of the roof which
was blown off th building. The factory
was destroyed by Ilrst with a ps of. about
I100.0J
COPY FIVE CENTS.
TAFT! TAFT! TAFT!
This is tha Story Repeated All Dowii
Line from Nebraska Counties.
1&J0RITY OF CONVENTION NOW
When All Have Been Heard from HU
. Lead Will Be Overwhelming.
BlNY CONVENTIONS SATl RDAY
Simply Follow in Lead of Those.
Which Have Come Befo ..
manual tuiNVLiiUwa aLUuKJS
f
Chance of Any Delegnta front
Nebraska Being; for Any Pret
dentlal Candidate Except I
Secretary at War. '
miPTrBLICAH XnSTBVCTXOTft.
Total delegate ta state convention! .'. . ttl
Total dslegate already oho tn. ..,. ,fif
TOR TArXl .
Adams , 15'
Antelope 11
Boone 12
Butler , II
Casa ..IS
Cedar , 13 "
Clay 14
Custer H
Dodge , 19
Dovmlas (103
Dundy j 8
Fillmore 18
Franklin ....
Furna
Gage
.'is
Hayes , 1
Hitchcock , 4
Howard
Johnson ....
Kearney 8
Madison 18
18
17
.IS
Otoe
Pawneo
Rock d
Saline 1
Sarpy ; T
Stanton ., , ,
Thayer 1
York til
Instructed for Taft V
Valnstruotsd for Taft
Total for Taft.
.4T1
FOB KOOSEVXLTl
OBZVELTl (
ister 14
-U
Lancast
Polk
Total for BoosTslt.
mrxnsTxucTEDi
Cheyenne ,
Dawes 6
Dawson 11
Jefferson 14
Platte ...
Total uninstruotsd
Uninartrnoted for TafJ ,. 91
Uninstruotsd oattrlna II
In a large number of counties republlcai
county conventions were held yesterday ant
the net ersult was to add to the Taft dele
gates already selected to the stats conven
tion many more than enough to gtva hint
a majority of the convention. Not only ti
a majority assured In the state convention .
but it is now certain that In every dlatrlOk
convention In tho state there will be
majority of the dlcgates Instructed for
Taft, thus assuring the secretary of war
a solid dolegatioti from Nebraska,
HASTINGS, Neb., Feb. . (Special Tel,
gram.) The republicans of Adams county
In convention today unanimously endorsed
William H. Taft for the presidential nomin
ation, also by Unanimous vote they en- .
dorscd Governor Sheldon and Victor Rose
water for election as delegate to th na
tional convention.
The following delegates were chosen to
the state convention:
J. A. Gardiner. J. P. A. Black,- Adam
Breede, A. 1 Clarke, C. A. Alexander,
A. C. Hull, Mark Levy. Hastings: W? 11.
Burke, Highland; K. J. Latts, Kenesaw;
T. G. Whiting. Juniata; Brio Johnson,
Roaeland; J. P. Nelson, Dunver; Albert
Luy, Hanover; J. A. Flnnerty, Ayr.
To the congressional convention:
B. F. Reader, C. K. Lawson. j4cqb
Fisher, A. V. Cole. J. H. Flemlnr. T.itJllp
Fuller, J. W. James, Hastings; J. F. tjore,
Verona; J. D. Kvans, Kenesaw; II.J B.
Kversman. Silver Lake; I. H. Rlckte, JJinl
ata; Charles Doty, West Blue; W. Philleo,
O. Norrls. Riley Smith, Bluine; Lee John
soli, Dunver. t ,
Adam Breede, chairman of the committee
on resolutions, submitted the following re
port, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we do hereby reaffirm
our allegiance to the policies of the repub
lican party as promulgated by our worthy
president, Theodore Roosevelt, and endorse
his firm and patriotic administration, "We
much regret Ills determination not to b
a candidate for the second time for that
high office which be has filled so faithfully
and conscientiously and with honor to lam
self and honor to his country.
Reaolved, That In- William H. Taft wa
recognise a distinguished statesman and A '
loyal champion of the people's rights, and
a man who will carry out the progressiva
policies Instituted under the administration
of Theodore Roosevelt; therefore, be it
Resolved. That w do hereby Instruct
our delegates to the state and congressional
conventions to cast their votes for dele-
sates to the national convention who will i
use all honorable means to secure the-
nomination of William H. Taft for presi
dent of the I'nlted States.
Resolved, That In recognition of th good
work done by Hon. George L. Sheldon and
Victor Hosewater for the good of the Taft
cause In Nebraska we do hereby endorse .
them as delcgates-at-large to the republican
national convention.
Resolved, That 'we endorse Governor
Sheldon' administration, and other state
officers, and members of the Nebrsska
legislature, for the manner In which they
have carried out the promises made by the
republican party at Its last state conven
tion. Resolved, That we fully and most earn
estly endorse Hun. George W. Norrl for
the most ahl manner In which be has
represented the Fifth district of Nnbraska
In our national congress during his thrett
successive terms.
Howard for Taft.
ST. PAUL, Nib.. Feb. 29. (Special Tel
egram ) The republican county conven
tion was held here this afternoon wllii
a good attendance and perfect harmony.
J. A. Huggart was elected chairman and
Paul Anderson secretary. The delegation
to the state convention was elected, a
follows:
K. E. Westcott. William ,'Mlmer, Nltl
Harmonson, J. ). Bucking. mm, William
Johnson, J. A. HuxMiit. 11. B. Vandccsr ,
and Jacob ('. Johnson.
Congressional Convention K. E. West
cott, A. C. Wlchman. Charles Keeber, A.
Jacohson, Walter bonder up. C. W. Mc
cracken, Chester Cliinn and J. 8. Le
muster. Resolutions were adopted Indorsing the
national and stale administrations and
the work of the ltglsluture of 1907. Th
state delegation was Instructed for Hon.
!V!llftm H Taft for president and the
candidacy of Prof. S. H. Murtui of tills
city for state superintendent of schools
was warmly commended. The congres
sional delegation was Instructed for Mr,
Klnkald.
OSCKOLA, Neb., Feb. 29 (Special Tel
egram.) Three conventions were held In
Osceola, today. They wire the republi
can, democratic and people's Independent.
All of the meetings wet well attended.
The republican prlmurles gav Roosevelt
a vote of 110 and Tart 68. In lln with
the vote the convention instructed tnu
delegatus to tU gtat vttavsiiliua W VwU
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