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Ann JMAHA DAILY BEK: SATURDAY, JANUARY '2, 1000. offering all they had, strong arms to carrjr litters. . 1 , The British and 'Russian sailors who worked so devotedly at Messina are the neroee of ttu day. Whenever they pass through the struts of Naples haU and car are rained in Ihelr honor. The desolation of the strait of Messina recall tha sinister prophesy found In an old fficlllan legend "Tha Day Will Come," the oraele answered iineetloner, "when the navigator .will ma.lt Ms .way through the strait saying 'here onc4 was "lolly.' " To the destruction' Of ' Messina. Regglo, Bant Eufemla,- Bsgn&ra. Valml and Beml nara must be added the following towna nd village, Castellat. Pollstona, Clnquo Fronrtl, Mafhartlna, Hlmpoll. San Procoplo, Plialconl. BUfanoconl, Catona, Ilosalo and 8cylla. Theae places are no more. Yolnnteera Golngr "oota. Trains leaving here for the south ara filled almost entirely with newspaper men, relativea of victims, or volunteers on Tea cup committee!. Theae rommltteea are com poiied of avery nationality of Europe. Some of the volunteer do not apeak a word of Italian, but fhey go forward simply because tWy.jiave hand with which to work. AU 'wirunteera are thankfully ac cepted, and there la room for thousands more. :r"y Trof. Alfanl fit th Florence observatory, predicts that ths aeiamle activities will con tinue for three years to come. He recom mends the enforcement of restrictive build ing laws In Ihe earthquake tones of Italy. The personal accounts of survivors ob tained today alt go to confirm the first re porta or the extent of the dlaaster and they but add to the gruesome recital of suffer ing and pathetic Inability to help the In jured. One feature of the disaster at Rrtrgio Is the large number of homelesi children. In some cases little bablea were found creeping about In the ruins and it eei-ms Impossible to restore them to their parents If they are alive. A atllor who went axhore at rteggto. relates that dur ing his work of rescue he was attracted bv a sound of infant voices. Looking un der a fallen beam he found twins about a yrir old In a basket. They were unin jured and their clothing was of the best. They h:vs not yet been claimed. Sarvlvora Become Insane, In many cases survivors recovered con sciousness to find themselves far away from the scene of the disaster. Larger numbers of survivors have become Insane. They try to throw themselves overboard. If they are at sea. or to hurl themselves out of oir windows. One poor woman re lates that In her family were her husband and e'ght children. She was awakened by a great rushing noise. She then lost con sciousness and knew nothing further until ahe found herself on board a steamer, far away from her home. The authorities would not permit her to return to aeek her fjmlly. A youth, himself wounded, carried his two little brothers from their wrecked home. When the party was found they were lying by the side of the roHd, the young man dead, but tho children unin jured. t What has taken nlace at Regglo has been a repetition of the scenes at Messina, but tho proportion of the population to perish at the former place Is higher. Today the conditions at Regglo are worse than at Messina, owing to tho danger of epidemic from decomposing bodies. ' It has been proposed, in amall villages, when not one house remains standing, to eet the debris on fire as a means of purification. WOntC OF RESCUE AT ME98IXA City Divided Into-Zones and Efforts '. Arc Bring; Rushed. CATANIA, Jan, J. The rescue work al Messina Is proceeding trday with unabated energy, hut the conditions are difficult The streets are so encumbered with wreck age that the movements of the rescuerj are very alow and the area to be gone over Is no vast that much time must elapse before all the crevasses, holes, cellars and henps of ruins can be examined. The city has been divided Into tones, and the work of rescue In each district is In charge of army rf fleers. ' The soldiers con tinue to distribute bread and water to the survivors. Very few children have been found alive at Messina, while at Regglo large numbers of children have been taken alive from: ruins, ' Klght hundred dead soldiers are under the wreckage of ' the Messina barracks The corpses being recovered throughout the city are -mutilated beyond recognition Another town, Castrorealo; has been added to the liat of devastated localities. Not a hnure escaped. The streets are filled with despairing survivors seeking friends and relatives and clamoring for food and water. This place had a population of about 4,000 A heavy falt'of rain continues at Mes !naTmklng more difficult the work of rescue, but it la quenching the flrea and having a slightly purifying effect on the air. , The distribution of food has been organ ised, liakerlt have been opened and alaughter houses established and It Is hoped that by nightfall, or at the lateat tc morrow morning, no one need be with out food. The road between here and Messina Is (BrtablUhaa 1S7S) Aa Inhalation: for IVhooplaq-Cough, Croup, Cougha, Colds, Catarrh, Bronchitis. Diphtheria. Creaoteoe In a koon to Asthmatic. tv II Hul m mon flow to kraoiha Us remedy far iir. the kraetblM oui I w toko tho nojii Urn too etoiaac lireooiroo rum hMSM the air. fn rtroAK'r sluDUa. 4a earned artr the s urfeoe with every breath, si viae proloaftO end Oil Will chlUrea. lor unui4 throat thm te notlujif fcir titer CreouirojLoitMUo TftioeJlile.e. bend ao lo for Muipia bottle. ALL DftUaOIST. Seed namtml f- ' ' earlpitvt. Swklot. Vapo-Creao'eas Oa loO Polioo Mueea. r HAND SAPQLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH Flfra roashanad bj aaadUwork catch ery staia and look bopelctsljf dirty. Hand Sapollo removes not only lh dirt, but aUo the loosened, lojared cuUde, aad sitorl tb flofin f ii atwl bemuty. X CKC AND DHUOOtftTa xooni Have not coughed once all day? Yet you may cough tomorrow! Better be prepared for It when It comes. Ask your doctor about keeping Ayer Cherry Pectoral in the house. Then when the hard cold or cough first appears you have a doctor's medicine at hand. Your doctor's approval of its use will certainly tet all doubt at rest. Do as he says, f :Sr. filled with refugees. There are crowds of them at every station of the raflroad, ahd they are pouring Into the main highways from outlying villages, hamleta and huta Pome of them stagger along ovrr-loaded with their most precious possessions; others are driving before them a donkey or a cow weighted clown with household goods, while still others are' Accompanied by a sheep or a few gnats or perhaps a faithful dng; but a vast majority of the survivors have saved nothing. AU their possessions' are on their backs In the shape of tattered clothing, scantily covering thelf nakedness. The survivors, one and alt tell awful tales of death and destruction. They say that there are undoubtedly still living people trapped In the ruins' ef the Smaller villages that have nof blorf carefully searched, that others are at raying along the beach and that still others are high up In the mountains, where they Tied to escape the watera. More than four full days have elapsed since the first shock and It la hard to believe that there still are living souls In the Wreckage. Death would be preferable to their suffering. While nothing yet la definitely known concerning the Americana auppoaed to havt been In Messina at the time of the earth quake It was learned today that a party of twenty Kngllsh-speaklng persona which may Have Included aome Americana escaped, crossing a Jarga tract of country which was not harmed by the shocks, in tlwi direction of Palermo. Boldlera have been called from the rescue work at Messina to quell disturbances In the surrounding villages, where the sur vivors were In a state of riot because as sistance had not been given them. They could not understand the difficulty, indeed, the impossibility cf succoring all Imme diately and the needy thousands with food and shelter. On the arrival of the aollders, however, the disturbances soon ended, the peasants being speedily subdued. The doctors of the Russian and British squadrons have Joined In establishing two hospitals. Both ara full to overflowing. The seriously wounded have been taken aboard -the ships. Several Russian soldiers have been killed during the rescuo work by falling walls. KIG REBUKES PHOTOGRAPHERS Telle Sinn Taklnat Pictures Me Woald Better Civ Relief. REGGIO, Jan. 1. King Victor Bmmanuel leturned to the ruins of Regglo today. He traversed the ruins from one end to the other, comforting the suffereta and cheer ing the rescuers. At one point his majesty came upon a man burled up to his waist In debris. The king encouraged the un fortunate while the soldiers were digging him out. In the midst of the efforts at rescue the man cried: "Sire, I can wait for deliver ance, but for Uod's sake give me food and arli." Meeting a group of photographers en gaged In taking pictures of the aad scenes .he king rhlded them for their occupation. 'You had much better turn your efforts ;o succoring the afflicted," he said. The soldiers are killing the stray dogs ind cats that infest the ruins in large num jers, yelping from hunger and viciously attacking the injured and the rescuers alike. It Is still raining today. The odor from decomposing bodies is becoming increas ingly overpowering. It Is estimated that J.CKO Injured persons have been taken out from the rulna of this city. The deaths in Regglo ara today placed at 20,000. , Rain adds to the desolation of the scene and the difficulties attending the work of rescue, while the continuance of intermit tent shocks keeps tHe population In a State of agitation which is pitiable to "see. In their terrible condition they are unable to lend a hand With the rescuing parties. Rich and poor alike are suffering from hunger which comes close to starvation. There are no more distinctions of class. From time to time ruins crumble and crash to the earth, rendering the search for dead and injured very dangerous. Ma ratrl has been named aa commander-in-chief both at Messina and Regglo,' and tho surrounding regions, which are now under rhartial law. MANY HEADED TOWARD TfAPLES Blgr City on Went Coast Will Receive Many Refugees. NAPLES, Jan. l.-Up to the present time 2,000 persons from the earthquake tone have arrived here. The hospitals are all filled and the churches, publlo halls and theaters are being fitted up to receive others. Many of the injured were taken by force to the hospitals, becoming fren zied with the Idea of being compelled to enter the institutions. Three tank steamers filled with drink ing water have Jo ft hee for Messina.- A large number, of the peraona aaved by the sallora of the Russian warahlp Makharoff deprived themaelvra of food and drink In order that the sufferings of the more unfortunate might be alleviated. At Taormlna, Sicily, where a number of Americana are spending the winter, it la aald that the town escaped with slight damage. NEWS PROM AMERICANS IN ITALY Great Anxiety Manifested by Rela tive Some Art Safe. PORTLAND, Me., Jan. 1. - General Charles B. Hall, United States army, re tired, and his party, which included his two daughters, who were auppoaed to have been at Meaelna during the earthquake, are all safe in Naples. A cablegram to this effect was received today by Albert B. Hall a brother of the general. RECORD IS MADE BY QUAKE Greatest Movement of Seismograph ' Was Registered la Hussta. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. l.-M. Stelllng. an attache of the Russian meteorological observatory, declares that from his obser vations displacements of the earth's crust registering on the Instruments one-half of a millimeter is the greatest recorded since the introduction of selsmography. This rec ord was made the day Calabria' and Sicily were' devastated. M. Stelllng la secretary of the International Seismic commission. Quick Action for Your Money You get that by using The Bee advertising columna. DEATH RECORD. - ' Mr. Ida . H,-!bkr. MARSH ALLTOWN, Jan. ll-iSpeclal.) Mrs. Ida Qulnn Haselbaker, aged 11 years, of Crete, Neb., but more recently of Lin coln, Neb., and this city, died at St. Thomas' hospital in this city at I o'clock this morning following an operation for appendicitis and gall stonea. The operation waa performed Monday. Mra. Haselbaker la survived fey several brothers and alatera and one daughter, Mabel, aged IS, who is attending Bt. Mary's Institute of Omaha. Th body was taken to Story CiXy today, wher the funeral was held this afternoon. AMERICANS REPORTED SAFE Iaormina, Sicily, Where Many Were Stopping, is Little Damaged. SPECIAL MESSAGE TO C0NGHESS rrraldent Will Make Snaaeatlona for Immediate Hellef Work by Government Half Million Raised In New York. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Good news for many Americans was received at the State department today in a cablegram from Ambassador Grlscom at Rome, who reported that the Italian Foreign olflce had assured hlrn that Taormlna. Sicily, has escaped uninjured. This, Mr. Grls com says, answers many Inquiries re ceived from this country regarding rela tivea and friends there. The Italian Foreign office, Mr. Grlscom adds, has re ceived a dispatch saying there Is no offi cial news In regard to the American con sulate at Messina. A mora careful scrutiny of the data showing the stores aboard the naval sup ply ship Culgoa, now at Suei, disclosed quantities of staple articles, much of which it Is thought will not be required by the battleships. This cannot be de termined finally, however, until tha ves sels reach Suex. Aa In the case of the battleships some time must elapse before the Culgoa could reach the earthquake region. Today the Navy department was in communication with Admiral Sperry, who Bald that he would want 26.000 tona of coal for his ships at Port Said, where the program of the Navy department contemplated their coaling. Contributions for the earthquake suf- f.rrl frtnttmt in nrrlva at 1h AlYIArf- can Red Cross headquarters. Miss Mabel T. Hoardman, a member of the executive committee, was at headquarters today su pervising the work there. Special Mrasagre to Congress. Instead "of taking a day's vacation to morrow, as had been planned originally, President Roosevelt will remain at his office to consider how beat the nation may show In a substantial way Its sym pathy with the Italian people In their great hour of need and distress. As an outcome of the day, the president hcea to be able to formulate a message to congress to be laid before that body when It convenes Monday recommending spe cific action on the part of the nation. The president has asked Senator Hale, acting chairman of the committee on ap propriations and the committee on naval affairs, to discuss the matter with him to morrow. For a similar purpose the presi dent will Invito members of hia cabinet, Secretary of Stato Root, Secretary of tha Navy Newberry and Assistant Becretary of Ptate Bacon. The views of several leaders of the house probably will be ascertained during the day by the president. The ques tion of diversion of the supplies designed for the fleet on It arrival In the Mediter ranean rea, of a direct appropriation to be sought at the hands of congracs for the relief of southern Italy and other proposed measures of relief will be considered in all their phases at the conference at the White House tomorrow. Americans Reported Safe. Several persons believed to have been In the earthquake in Italy, regarding whom Information waa asked, are reported safe in the dispatches received at the State de partment today. James Wood of Mount KIbco, N. Y., reported he had a telegram from Miss Katherlne Davis of that place, whoie where ib uts are not stated, but who calls for money to aid the sufferers. O. C. DeHart of El ab?th, N. J., reported that Miss Mary Sherman of Elizabeth is safe. John D'Urso of Pittsburg asked the de partment for Information regarding Stetlario D'Urso Glozanni, cahler of the Bazlo Consume city hall, Messina. Regarding William H. Bishop, consul at Palermo, the State department Is of the opinion that he ought to b3 there. How ever, no information has been received from him. A dispatch from Consul Gale at Malta ays he has no details regarding the de struction by the earthquake In Meslna. American Consul Crowrinshleld at Naples telegraphs that he has sent an agent to Messina. Half Million Raised. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. The spontaneous action throughout the country to succor the distress of Italy has assumed the character of an Imposing national movement. All aectlons of the country are joining in a humane and practical eznreasl n In behalf of the afflicted nation. Already over $:00,'00 in cash Is In hand and most of this sum haa been cabled or Is on Its way to Italy. Governors of states and mayors of cities laaued appeals and a message from the president to congress is expected when tfiat body reassembles on Monday. The Canadian government haa appropriated 1100,000 and the city of Toronto has added $6,000. About $30,000 worth of supplies ara already on the way to Italy on the United Statea supply ship Celtic. With the ap propriation which the American congress is expected to make, the aggregate from the United Statea and Canada will run Into the millions. Archbishop Farley In a letter addressed to the pastors of his archdiocese, which waa read today In all the Roman Catholic churchea of this city, calls on the prleata of the dloceae to take up a collection on Sunday, January i, for the benefit of the sufferers of the OUabrla and Sloily earth quake. Contributions of New Yorkera for the earthquake aufferera already amount to nearly lloO.OOO. The Red Cross haa re ceived the largest amount, about $40,000, the Block exchange following with l.'l.OUO. Numerous Italian funds aggregate about fclT.OuO. Moreover, provisions for 60,000 per sons for one month and clothing for about 10.0UO went from here yesterday on the supply ship Celtic. A general relief committee to take charge of all subscriptions for the earthquake suf ferers contributed by the Italians of New York was organised today at a largely at tended meeting of representative Italian cltiaens. Consul General Rayboudl Mas siglla waa elected president of tha organisa tion, which waa designated aa the Italian central relief committee. Subcommittees to push the work were appointed and It was ordered that 100,000 appeals for aid be mailed to buslneaa men throughout the city. At tue suggestion of Consul General Ray boudl every person present at the meeting arose and Joined In passing a unanimous vote of thanks to the American people and to the press of the United States for their sympathy and aid. These resolutiona were ordered telegraphed to President Roosevelt for the people and M. E. Stone for the press. Relief' Work lo Weal. KANSAS 71TY. Mo., Jan. l.-The 3,600 Brrlllans and Calabriana In this city will bold a mass meeting here aext Sunday to organiaa a systematic movement for the relief of the victims of tha Italian earth quake. Various Individual contributions hive already been forwarded to the Red Cross society in New York. DENVER, Colo., Jan. I Generoua re- sponses sro being received to the eppeal of the local Italian consal for the relief of the Italian earthquake sufferers. Italians throughout New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming are pouring In their contributions to their strlrken countrymen. TOPEKA. Kan.. Jan. l.-Oovernor B. W. Hoch, the custodian of the earthquake relief funds, announced today that he will at once Issue an urgent appeal to the clti aens of the state for contributions. ST. JOSPEIf, Mo.. Jan. 1. A meeting of the local Italian colony will bo held Sun day, at which the work of raising funds for the relief of the earthquake aufferers will be started. Mayor Clayton will urge the appointment of a cltiaens' committee to co-operate with the Italian residents. MILWAUKEE. Wis., Jan. 1. Milwaukee's fund for the relief of the Italian earthquake sufferers reached $4,300 up to i o'clock this morning. The work of raising funds will be pushed In every direction. Ixrge amounts will be received from theatrical benefits and through appeals sent to vari ous clergymen throughout the state. FORECAST ON SPEAKERSHIP (Continued from First Page.) practicable and would result In tha pay ment of fraudulent claims, and the other bunch says "prompt" payment would re sult In no payment. In the meantime' the Bryan Idea to have the standing committees named In the caucus is looked upon aa only another at tempt to shirk responslblll y and an Imprac ticable Idea advanced by the World-Herald to lulf the people Into a seni-e of security with their affairs In the hands of demo cratic bunch which has been away from the feed trough so long the scramble to get in is unseemly. Governor Gets a Watch. Governor Sheldon waa preeented with a beautiful gold watch and fob this after noon by a number of his friends and ad mirers. The presentation speech was made by Attorney General Thompson, who said the governor had for a long time carried an old watch and aa members of boards bad noticed that the executive was fre quently late at board meetings, due to this watch, and that It had even been re ported that he had missed trains, and for that reason his friends gave him a watch guaranteed to keep good time. Tho watch waa Inscribed: "Governor George L. Sheldon, from the Boys, 1908." The case Is solid gold and the only orna ment thereon is a largo "S" In the center. Governor Sheldon feelingly responded to Mr. Thompson's speech. Leedora Gets a Fnrdon. Arthur R. Leedom of Albion, convicted of statutory assault, was today granted a conditional pardon by Governor Sheldon and left for his home, accompanied by Mrs. Leedora. Leedom waa convicted last May and sen tenced to the penitentiary for six years. Since that time hla wife and friends have worked unceasingly for his release. The conditions Imposed by Governor Sheldon ara that Leedom shall abstain from the uso of liquor; shall report to the sheriff of Boone county monthly of his work and conduct; shall support his family and re main in Albion, leaving there only upon the consent of the sheriff. He shall not leava the state. Should he violate any of tha conditions of the pardon, he is to be recommitted to tha penitentiary and no good time allowance will be made him or for time he haa been out. Louis Hosman of Omaha and M. F. Kalrn of Beatrice, each received executive clem ency today. - Hosraan , was sent up for eight years, four year each on two counts. Ho waa convicted of jobbery, into which he waa enticed, lie aald, by companions while he was d-runk. His companions turned state's evidence. Kalrn Is a young man who got mixed up in a horse deal and was convicted .of receiving money un der false pretenses. Normal Schools Growing. The biennial report of the State Board of Education waa filed with Governor Sheldon today, the only report which tha law requires shall be filed on New Year's. The report shows that Nebraska's two normal schools have grown even beyond the prediction of Luther P. Ludden, sec retary to the board, made to the last legislature. At Peru the attendance haa reached during the biennium 2,643 and at Kearney 1,000, which the report Bays is beyond all the prophecies of the board or the principals. The first class Is called at 7:46 a. m. and the last one at p. m., and some claaa work la dona at night because of a lack of room. Tha experiment the board made a few years ago of renting text books to the students for 10 cents per term la now an established custom,' This department haa been created and is carried on with out a dollar's expense to the atate. The books have been bought and paid for and they are kept In repair and tha depart ment maintained without a cent of ap propriation. The needs of the schools are net forth clearly In the reporta of Presidents Crab tree and Thomas. A $40,000 building at Peru and another atory to the l.brary building, a $60.0o0 wing at Kearney and a $60,000 annex chapel, library and gym nasium. There la no deficiency In any funds at present, but at Peru, owing to the un usually large Increase In attendance, the maintenance fund will he exhausted be fore the close of the biennium and the expense of the board fund will be a little short before April 1, 10. Firth Gets a Stove, The happy New Year brings to the people of Firth a stove for the Burlington depot. To get tha present It waa necessary for the good people of that little city to ap peal to the State Railway commission, which In turn, took it up with General Manager Holdrege. Today Mr. Holdroge wrote the commission that the new stove had been Installed. Some inconvenience had been caused the people of Firth because the stove waa two daya late In reaching ita destination and those two days were cold daya. Inaamuch aa all three of the commissioners have been in small towns and know the joy of congregating at the depot on Sunday afternoons to see the train go through they hastened a decision from Mr. Holdrege. . Capital Briefs. Mlsa Bertha Brown, who haa been a stenographer In the office of Land Com missioner Eaton, will transfer to the of- THEN AND NOW Oompleta Keoovsry front Ooffea Ilia. "About nine years ago my daughter, from coffee drinking, waa on the verge of nervous prostration," writes a Loulsvhle lady. "Hhe waa confined for tha moat part to her home. "When sha attempted a trip down town she waa often brought home in a cab and would be prostrated for days afterwards. "On tha advice of her physician she gave up coffee and lea, drank Postuia, and ate Grape-Nuts for breakfast. "She liked Postum. from tha very be ginning and we soon saw Improvement, Today sha Is In perfect health, the mother of five children, all of whom are fond of Postum. "She has recovered, is a member of three charity organisations and a club, holding an office In each. Wa give Postum and Grape-Nuts tha credit for her recovery." "There's a Reason" Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to WallvJlle," In pkgs. Evr read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. Tliej . are genuine, true, an J lull of human I Intrreat.' 1 fico of State Treasurer Brian, with the change of administration. Mixs Brown was formerly a teacher In the Lincoln schools. Dr, A. W. Cates of Nelson, went to hla home today after a sojourn of several months In the penitentiary for assault. Dr. catea received a conditional pardon from Governor Sheldon, the conditions being that he pay tho cents of the prosecution, remain In the stale and practice medicine at Nel son and report by letter to the governor monthly. Former Governor Holcomb, now of Broken Bow, was here today in tho interest of his candidacy for supreme Judge. A. M. Morrlssey of Valentine was here also in the Interest of John M. Tucker, at present county attorney of Cherry county. Mr. Tucker Is a son of J. Wesley Tucker and Is a graduate of the State university. CASS COUNTY FARMERS 1MST1TVTH Practical Talks on Needs and Drains on the Soil. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., Jan. l.-(Speclat.) The tenth annual Cass County Farmers' Institute, which was held in Plattsmouth on Thursday and Friday, goes on record as one of the best. The musical portion of the program was a pleasing feature of the session. Miss Dessle Sldell of Pawnee City gave an Interesting talk on "Bread Cooking and the Selection and Cooking of Meat and Vegetables." Prof. E. W. Hunt of Syra cuse spoke entertainingly on "Organic Mat ter and Soil Texture," describing In a very Interesting manner the formation of the soli and the elements necessary for suc cessful crop production. He stated that the principal chemical elements of fertil ity that exist In the soli are nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. The average crop takes from the soil of an acre of land from thirty-five to seventy-five pounds of nitrogen, about twenty pounds of phosphorto acid and from thirty-five to sixty pounds of potash. The time has come, he said, when every farmer in Ne braska should make It as much of an ob ject to raise, each year, the largest poa alble crop of manure, as to raise a big crop of corn or wheat or any other grain. County Superintendent Miss Mary E. Foster read an able raper on "Agricultural Education in the Publlo Schools," setting forth the advantages to be obtained by a thorough education along that line, and urged that more attention be given to It. Dr. J. H. Gain of the state experiment station told of the "Common Errors in the Treatment of Farm Animals." Prof. E. W. Hoyt. also of the state ex periment "itallon, gave an Interesting ad dress on the "Problems In Corn Growing." Dr. J. IT. Hall of this city gave a fine address on 'Toultry." CONCORD SUFFERS FIRE LOSS Bank, Store and Newspaper Office la Town Bnrn. CONCORD, Neb., Jan. 1. (Speclal.)-Flre of an unknown origin, starting about 2 o'clock yesterday, completely destroyed the Concord State bank, with all contents; tho Hugh Gibson general dry goods stock, with building; the Dixon County World office, with building, and also one barn. The damages and losa on the, bank la about $2,000; on the stock of dry goods and gro ceries, with the building, $5,000; on the printing office, with building, $2,000. R. O. Mitcheltree, who lived with hla mother, Mrs. James McClurey, in rooms In the rear of tha building in which the grocery store was located, escaped with what clothing they had on at the time, losing all their household goods and cloth ing, which amounted to nearly $500. Other buildings In the vicinity weje saved by the bucket workers. Top Price for Herefords. CAMBRIDGE, Neb., Jan. 1. (Special.) The Mousel Bros.' dispersion sale of Here ford cattle, held on their ranch, north of Cambridge yesterday, brought breeders from all parts of tha United States. About seventy head were sold and the average price per head waa $220, the largest price obtained at any Hereford cattle sale In this country for five years. The top price, $1,050, was paid by Dr. Gardner of the Aconda Copper Mining company of Mon tana, for Alto Huslod. O. S. Gibbon & Son of Karlham, la., paid $660 for Prlnceps Lassie, which was the top price for cows. C. S. Letson & Co., of Wllsonville, bought Prlnceps A, a 2-year-old bull, for $900. Orr GlTea Court Dates. M'COOK. Neb., Jan. l.-8peclal.)-Judge R. C. Orr of the Fourteenth Judicial dis trict today announced hla schedule for the district for the year 19: Red Willow County February 1, May 24 (equity), November 29. Furnas County February 15, May 31 (equity), October 18. Hitchcock County April 6, October 1L Chase County April 28, November 15. Dundy County April 19, November 22. Frontier County March 22. October 4. Gosper County January 26, September 27. Hayes County March 8, September 20. Nebraska News Notes. NEBRASKA CITV-Tho Elks kept "open house" today at their home and they had something like 600 callers. HEAT KICK William Gaisford and Miss Ethel Middleton of the Ellis neighborhood wero married at Falrbury yeterduy. BEATRICE At the Lutheran church northwest of Ellis, yesteiduy, was solemn ised the wedding of August Brolt and Miss Louise Overbeck. M'COOK Harvey Snider and Alice Amen, both of this city, were married here this evening. He Is a Burlington employ In th boiler department. M'COOK The Modern Woodmen lodge of this city will give a pluy January 1H or 19 to ralee funds for the log-rolling meet of next fall at this place. BEATRICE Jamea William Easam and Minn Esta Doane were united In marriage last evening at the home of the brlde'a Sarents. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Doane, Rev. . E. Davis officiating. BEATRICE A sneakthlef last evening entered the room over Victor Lang's res taurant, occupied by Miss Lydia Menku, the cook, and stole two silk walxts and (4 In change. There Is no clue to the guilty party. TABLE ROCK Russel M McNutt and Pearl Gertrude VoelUr were married here at high noon yesterday at the liomw of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Voeller. Rev. C. E. Ruch conducted the marriage service. NEBRASKA CITY Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Hochatetler gave a party In the par lors of the Grand hotel last evening In honor of their dauKhter, MIhs Lucln. There were some 4ou guents present. It wus a very elaborate affair. NEBRASKA CITY-Thcre was a home wedding at the home of the bride's parents at Syracuse today when August A. Llndell of Murdock and Miss Perl Irene Karl were untied In marriage In Ihe presence of a large number of friends and relutlves. BEATRICE Tho funeral of Daniel Free man will be held from the family home In this city Saturday al 1 o'clock, under the auspices of the (H and Army or. me H public. The reninins will be Interred on the old homestead northwest of town. BEATRICE During the year Just closed 2f3 licenses to wed were Issued In Oage county, against 2TM for the year 1907. Jndgo Spaffurd performed thlrty-flvs court mar riages. During the year 1!WH thirty-nine di vorce cases were filed and twenty-three di vorce decreee granted. . M'COOK The deal was closed today for the transfer of the White House arocerv toro of this city tomorrow to Thomas and Fred T. Moore, father and aon. both tt thla city. G. 8. Scrtt, the retiring pro-prieti-r. will devote himself to other work. II waa formerly Burlington agent at thla place. BEATRICE The Loyal Mystic legion of America held a meeting last evening and elected tlie officers: B. , II. Oden, orthy counselor; Mrs. F. A. Lee, vice counselor; A. J. Conn, prophet; W. E. Len hart, secretary; Mrs. W. E. !nhart, treas urer. After the business meeting a ban quet was held. BEATRICE Following Is the mortgsge record for Gage county for the month of December: Number of farm mortgages filed, 20; amount, $S1.0i. Number of fsim mortgsges released, 22; amount, $47,721, Number of city mortgagee filed, 22; amount, $i,9S2. Number of city mortgagee released, 29; amount, $17,0f. NEBRASKA CITY At the home of Mr. and Mrs. tins Kleber, last evening, their daughter. Miss Louise, was united In mar riage by Rev. F. M. Sisson of the Metho dist Et'lscorxil rhurch to Mr. Jo-rh Shellenberner. The bride la a Very popular young lady and the groom a well to do young farmer residing south of the city. BEATRICE The marriage of Rev. 11. P. Stevens of Virginia, Neh., and Mrs. Delia. H. Denning of Indianapolis, lnd., was sol emnised yesterday afternoon at the Chris tian church, Rev. J. E. Davis officiating. Rev. Mr. Stevens Is pastor of the Christian church st Virginia, where he has labored In the field of religion for the last year. Ho has been active In ministerial work in Indiana, Ohio, Colorado and Nebraska. BEATRICE Tho.' trouhles of the Erb family are by no means at an end. Rev. Edmund Erb. the husband and stepfather, whose name has appeared in more than one petition In court the last few weeks, yes terdav began suit In partition against Laura C. McMaster and ell other helra of his deceased wife. Ella M. Erb. The hus band states In his petition that he refuses to submit to the terms of the will, waives the provisions of said will in his favor and claims his rights as a hushnnd bv Inheritance, under (he statutes, both as to such Inheritance and to the homestead to which he Is entitled. ' DAY AT WHITE HOUSE (Continued from First Page ) the line. They were the Society of the Cincinnati, the Altec club of 1847, the Asso ciated Veterans of the war of 1846-47, the military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Grand Army of the Re public, The Medal of Honor legion, the Union Veterans' legion, the Union Veterans' union, the Society of the Army of Santiago, The Spanish War Veterans, tha Army and Navy union, the Minute Men, the Sons of the American Revolution and the Oldest Inhabitants' association of tha District of Columbia. Whllo the reception of those accorded special places In the line was In progress many callers, stretching from the portals of the White House through the grounds and out along Pennsylvania avenue waited patiently. As the rear of this procession entered the White House the policemen who had strug gled for hours to keep the stream of hu manity in the lino were almost completely exhausted, the president had a friendly word of greeting for each visitor, and seemed to enjoy the time spent at his ardu ous task. After tho public reception the president led the way to the dining room, where refreshments wero served. Mra. Roosevelt had left the line before tho pub lic was admitted to the White House. So had most of the cabinet women and others who haxt boen Invited to step behind the line. ' Miss Ethel had mingled with the crowd throughout the morning, but she, too, disappeared with some of her young friends early in the day. Cannon Greeting- Cordial. In the congressional party Speaker Can non was a conspicuous figure. His greeting to the president waa particularly cordial. Many of the senators and representatives had parttea with them. Mrs. Fairbanks and women of the cabinet assisted Mrs. Roosevelt. A large number of women are Invited to the Blue room, including Mrs. Robert Bacon, Mrs. Robert J. Wynne, Miss Ida Wynne, Mrs. W. Roose velt. Mrs. Robert Shaw Oliver, Mrs. li. Satterlee, the Misses Meyer, Mrs. EIKins Miss Katherlne Elklns, Mrs. Foraker, Mrs. Longworth, Mrs. J. Franklin Bell, Mrs. Huntington Wilson and Miss Cannon. The general publlo constituting the head of the Una of, the callers was admitted to the White House at 12:45 o'clock and with the marine band playing rag time the piesl dent began his handshaking greeting to his callers at the rate of nearly fifty a minute, Owing to the ideal weather the attend ance of the general publlo was remarkably large. Scattered among them were a few dozen neighbors. Mrs. Roosevelt took an unusual Interest In the public feature of tha reception, remaining at the side of the president longer than at any previous re ceptlon. The reception closed at 2:25 o'clock when President Roosevelt shook hands with Chief Usher Thomas Stone. The number attending the reception was announced by the automatic counter to have been 6,03, which Is about 700 more than last year. GRINNELL. RAISES tftUOWMEST Last Dollar SecnreJ that Insures 3SO.OOO l and. r.piuvicr.t. la.. Jan. 1. iSneclal Tele gram.) The Iowa college endowment cam paign ended in a whirlwind of giving and Jubilation at the mass meeting last night, m. rv,irniai thftntM. wna riacked. Seven thousand dollars was raised In actual cash and notes, and $7,000 more in emergency nnim tr onvpr tw nniiftlhla shrinkage. As President Main said: "It was a poor man's campaign, only one contribution being as hrh i'T, ftrtrt and a few $10,000 gifts." With the $100,000 from the Rockefeller educational fund and tho $50,000 from Carnegie, towa college now has an additional $5d0,000 and atarts on a new era of expansion. In plan ning the campaign two years ago Grlnnell 150.000. It more than doubled it The loyal alumnls scattered from tho Atlantic to the Pacmc, were given $50,000 to raise. They went far beyond v,t Tha trimtpea were asked for $100,000 and they gave It. Iowa college and the com munity around it are more strongly united than ever before. Faculty and trustees were almost too full of Joy for utterance laat evening. All Iowa knows lowa couBb uet . h mnn. fnvnmhlv than ever before. , -1 nnu " " " . . ... rf The power to do good Is multiplied. This was tho burden of congratulation from ever, heart as they watched the old year out and the new one in. and dispersing, ... 'America." Only Ona 'BROMO QIINIXE." riia i m T ii v a Mir 1-trnmo Quinine. Look for the signature of B. W. Qrove. Used the world over to Cure a Cold In One Day. 25c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. The Udy Dolphlna. A theater manager at the Playera' club said of the achool of claes'ial darning that Mi.s Isadora Duncan conducts: Miss Duncan hears some qua nt remarKs as she converses with her child pupils. One day, preparatory to the first lesson In a dc.lphln dance, she delivered to her clas a little lecture on this fish. She described the grace of the dolphin, and afterward she described Its habits and mode of life. 'And. ch ldren,' she said, 'a single dol phin will have i.m offspring.' A little girl gae start. " 'And hew about the married ones?' she gasped. New York Tribune. If YUU AHE CUriMbLE WE CAN CURE YCU Average Tims to Care Hupture. . . .one Visit Ivnlarged Veins, One Vialt Cataracta ...10 Daya Csnetr 80 l'tiia Catarrh id Days Ootter to Days Pila ... .3 to 6 Days Office Honrs to Daily. Write today to DOCTORS GERMAN Mala aaa Broadway, oovbczx Btvrrs, i sow. DAVE O'BRIEN VERSUS J1S) Former Councilman Groomed to Take Field Against Dahlman. TO BE CANDIDATE OF REFORMERS He Promisee to Conner! with Pro jectors of Scheme to See What Sort of Hand They Hold. "Down with Mayor Jim!" This Is to be the slogan of a reformed democratic party to be formed in Omaha for tho express purpose of putting Ihe loader of the Jimocrata to sleep pol.Ucally and of electing aa mayor of Omaha a man who will not be quite so "wide open" as the present chief executive, but stl.l a man of liberal Ideas and a believer In home rule. This man Is David, J. O'Brien and hla boomlct was to Tiave been started Thursday night. Summons had been sent to the ward loaders by the men behind the scenes to attend, but Mr. O'Brien was called out of town and being unable to be present the meeting was postponed, for without Mr. O'Brien the meeting would fall as flat as a loaf of bread without any leavening. Tha preliminary arrangements for the Thursday evening meeting were of the clandestine order, and but little tangible could be se cured other than that such a meeting waa to have been held and that it was to have been attended by Mr. O'Brien and a number of the strong men In the party who oppose the rule of the present chief executive. Mar Bo Held Tonight. The adojurnment of tho meeting Thursday night does not mean tho abandonment of the scheme to form the new party and bring out Mr. O'Brien as its standard bearer In the next campaign, say members of tha working force, for one will be held shortly. It Is Intimated that the meeting may be held tonight, but all announcements are guardedly made. It being mora than evi dent that until the plans ara all laid tha dear people will not be let In on tho scheme. When all Is In readiness the plan Is to make a grand splurge, and capture every thing in sight. Mr. O'Brien prides himself on being Just a plain democrat. He la neither a Jim nor a Jack, and his friends point this out as a card in his favor. As one of them said yesterday, the proposed candidate is about the only democrat who can beat Mr. Dahl man at tha primaries. "Dave O'Brien is liberal, popular, well known and a good fellow," aald this wire puller. "Irish, ho will get all the Irish vote which the mayor, who would like to bo Irish, has had a mortgage on all along." Mr. O'Brien, a member of the Omaha Water board, was the only democrat on the last city council. Ha served as the member from the Fifth ward. Tho prospective candidate has been ap proached by a number of the wire pullers and the combined pleadings of the ward leaders have been too strong for him to re ject. Ho finally consented to treat with the boosters of tho proposed reform rrty and allow himself to be "shown" what cards they have to play anl what support can ba mustered for him in tha event he should announce himself aa a candidate. 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