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Omaha u nd ay Bee MUST OPCE NE7S SECnON races t to i ADVERTISE IN THE OMAHA BEE BEST IN TIIE WEST VOL. XXXVIII NO. 34. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, FEHHUA11Y 7, 1900 SIX SECTIONS FORTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. FLOODS IN IRELAND SUMMARY OF THE DEE UQME, SWEET HOME A Nice Quiet Sunday at Home JOBS FOR JOBLESS ldir, Februury T, JP09. Water Damage Moit Seriom in Memory of Man. Battleship Fleet Starts on Last T Democratic Legislature Overlooking" The 1909 FEBRUARY 1909 SUN MON TUt WEO THU FRI SAT I 2 3 4 5 6 fr.g 9 10 II 12 13 lTS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24252627 28 . Til WE1THIB. of Long Voyage. No Opportunity in This Line. v TOWNS INUNDATED FOE DATS PARTING SALUTES AK .&N LATEST RAID IS ON THE SCHOOLS Bread and Letters Have to Be Dis- ' ' tritmted by Boat. Extraordinary Courtesy Extended by Normals and Junior Normals to Be Admiral Goodrich. r houghs Put Under Special Board. LARGE MOVING BOG IN GALWAY BEAUTIFUL MARINE PICTURE NONE BUT DEMOCRATS ON GUARD - Crti ,rs wwS. X I mm wom ir r AL.. . Fertile Land at Lismore Overwhelmed by Curious Disaster. BISHOPS FOR FREE SCHOOLS Declare AgalMt Proposal Make It-lull onpatsory Study at Kn- llonal InlTtrillr ( Blake Fortune. DUBLIN". Feb. 6 (Special.) North and northwest Ireland have been the scenes during the last few days of the most dls skIious floods In the memory of the oldest Inhabitants. Not for. ninety years. It is said, have the floods been so extensive and satious. The trouble began with avy snowfall which lasted for three Ujye, covering the hills nearly a foot deep with a mantlo of snow. Then came a thaw and a heavy rain and the natural re sult was lhat the r water came rushing down from the mountains In great torrents and overwhelmed the valleys. The rivers were not able to carry It off and large districts are still under water. The districts which have suffered most re the Finn, Mourne and Foyle valleys in Tyrone and Donegal. Btrabane, which lies where the Finn and Mourne unite to form L the Foyle, was turned Into a poor imlta y , tlon of Venice. Half the town was covered . J by six feet of water and the residents were compelled to take refuge in the upper stories of their houses. Pood supplies and letters wore delivered at the ends of pitch forks, from boats which plied up and down the mam street. Trw town was cut off from railway communication for a number of days and It must be remembered that it Is en Important railway Junction, it is on the main line of the Great Northern ran way and It Is also the terminus for no leas than four narrow gauge railways which tap rich agricultural districts in the two counties The Great Northern trains, in stead of running through to the terminus at Derry, were forced to stop and go back some miles east of Btrabane. Enormous loss has been Inflicted on the farmers In the flooded districts. Boa Overwhelms Farms. A remarkablo disaster has been caused by v hj aliea fas' T J imnML Cnuntv Galway. Sev- .al hundred acres of bog on the lower lopes of Mount Mary began to move a few ., nights ago and swept down on Ihe fertile . . i.nji at the bottom of the mountain, fevery , thing in tha path of the moving bog was v overwhelmed, and" deieii's of houses were angulfed In the mass of semi-fluid matter, which averages a depth of twelve feet. Most of the farmers had time to get out kVfore the bog reached their houses, but -they could not save their stock or their household belongings and twenty families are absolutely destitute. One old woman waa caught In her house afld engulfed and so far all efforts to recover her body have proved unsuccessful. The whole face of the district has been changed. Hundreds of acres of fertile grass and farm land have been covered with a doien feet of peat, and will never be worth anything for cultivation again Hundreds of men have been employed to open up the water-courses and to attempt to check the progress Of the bog. but they have not been able to accomplish much. The bog continues to move at Intervals, fsume times slowly and some times as fast as five miles an hour. All the farmers in the direction of .Its movement are prepared to evacuate their houses at a moment's notice. The local priests are organising a relief fund for the people whose bouses and stock have been engulfed. National Convention Not National. A great deal, of feeling has been caused by the decision of the Irish party to ex clude from representation at the coming na tional convention of a number of branches of the United Irish league In Cork, Lim erick and Kerry, apparently because these hraiiehes are not In accord with the present noUey of the party. The 170 branohea of tha Land end Labor association, an organ Izatlon with an Immense membership, have also been excluded. Mr. William O'Brien, M. P., voices tha general dissatisfaction by declaring (hat a convention to be truly na tional must Include men of all shsdes of -i: nought, and that the only way to settle is differences which are now weakening the Irish party Is for men of all opinions to meet and thresh out their disputes on ihe floor of the convention, The Catholic bishops of Ireland have de clared against the proposal to make Irish a compulsory subject for matriculation at the new National university, and it is ex pected that the senate of the university will follow this lead, and make Irish selective subject. The bishops declare that to make Irish compulsory would nrobably have the effect of driving away a number of young men who otherwise would come under Gaelic Influences In the new uni versity, snd would In the end become good Irishmen. They propose as an alterna tive that bright and attractive centers of Gaelic study be set up and they point to the spread of the teaching of the Irish fi tongue lu the elementary and secondary schools of . the country as a vindication of the voluntary principle. S4ory of Blah Fortune. . The romantic story of the Blake fortune J has been revived by the announcement i . of Michael Fveney. a schoolmaster of Bal- llnastanford, near Claremorrls, that he has succeeded In trsclng some of the heirs of Helen Blake. General Robert Dudley Blake was a great English landowner, and hllo he was a young captain In Dublin he ' It-II In love with Helrn Sheridan, the beau- . ilful daughter of a country achoolmasteer, He had ber educated In England, and in til he married her In Scotland. On his iath in IWu he left all his property to his widow, Helen Blake died Intestate in London la 187ft, Her real fortune was foe feited-to the. crown on account of her In testacy, but she left personal estate worth tl.UO.Ou0. and this was taken over by the court of chancery. Efforts were made to Ind heirs but none were found and It Is isUuihtsd that the estate is now worth ibout RiOO.. Mr. Feeney has discovered wo families In Sheridan In county Mayo rfco are descended from brothers of Helen's father, and he has also discovered the existence of descendants of her sisters In county (ilsy. but has not fully . tnblbhed their claim L - F. X. CVLLE1N. vE&A?AtM- coVKClh BDLlTF.s AND VICINITY Fair and cooler Sunday. I FOR NKBHASKA Fair Sunday; no de cided change n temperature. FOR IOWA Fair Sunday; no decided change In temperature. Temperature at Omaha yesieraay: Hniir. ueg. 4j 41 SOHXSTXO. The battleship Delaware, surpassing any other ship of this or any other na tion, wss successfully launched at New port News. x. Fare 8 The house yesterday passed a number of amendments to the national bank- ruptcy law. . v rare 8 Benator Allison of Iowa wss eulosrlzed by memhers of the senate at a special memorial Session. X Vara 1 rOSMSlGH. The American battleship fleet leaves hns tf Kte' 4 6 a. m V. JlQri'- 7 a. m it -y- i r a. m Si 1 9 a. m X! (Tit? l' a. m S5 V Si 11 m X rV- " 11 m ffl jjfc 1 ' 1 p. m 39 V. SlL LI I O L. HlxitlMI 7 p. m.... Gibraltar for the last lap of the 45.000- breeze to curl the breasts of the sun mile trip around the world. X. rage 1 flooded waves. Nothlnr could have sur- Better claa sof newspapers In Toklo do hot view anti-Japanese legislation In this country with much alarm. X, rags 3 Many German villages are cut off by high . water and endangered, the larger noma. X. Fin AgKA. I Democrats In their desire to secure Jobs ior uieir partisans hsve organized a raid uu lira HUnOOIS. X. VaSTe 1 Representative Thomas offers a bill to I Increase the salary of the county, attor- ney of Douglas county to SI, 000 a year i -e a LOCAL Doings of Omaha society people XX, rage a Women in club and 'charity. XX, rage a Gossip of plays, playhouses and play - 1 XX, rare Frank Carpenter's letter from the orient -'. n, rage 7 Latest news,, of the musicians. XX, rage r What Is doing among the builders and real estate men.- TX, rage Zlebel wanted other son to kill htm after he had fired the fatal ahot at bey. X, race 4 Mra. Wharton wins her long contest over fhfr ill of her former husband, x, rage Gas explosion In the city hall does dam age to one room and severely Injures two Over forty candidates . have already filed lor the municipal primaries. X, rage S OOMhtZmCXAX AKD UTXtUaTHXAXh Live stock markets, X, rags 7 X, rage 7 Grain markets. Stocks and bonds. , ' TX, Page 7 XlLr-TOKl gXCTIOK. Abraham Lincoln as he waa known dur-1 Ing his lifetime by some people who live in Omaha and vicinity. Inside history of fiscal history of his administration. Es- timate of his character by a former Blave. Relations of Lincoln and Johnson. Tribute of President Roosevelt. Pictures of scenes familiar In the early life of Lincoln. Lincoln's loves and his family, Career as an example to young men of today. Group of portraits of Lincoln, Number of Interesting stories of the life Tlle bend on the quarterdeck of the Con of Lincoln. . Tea rages nectlcut played the English anthem, while OOMXO BKOTXOV. th musicians on the foreign warships Little Nemo In Slumberland. Page ofPlayed the "Star Spangled Banner.'' As good things for ths little ones. Actlvl- ties of women in various walks of life. Buster Brown and Tire persuade uncle to try a turn on the skis. rou rages KOTXhTXirTSJ Or OCX AIT TXAKJ'CXrS. Pott. Arrlred. Sailed. NEW YORK t'rat Wildenet... Bu.no. Arret. LIVERPOOL... , Tunisian. rHILADKLPHIA HALIFAX BOSTON Lenraatrlan. OLASOOW Sicilian NAPLK8 OBNOA Re nulla.. , Dominion. . Montraal. Cereals. IHHtt MIWSItKS Ant INJURED Catenae Alton Train Derailed Near Louisiana, Mo., oy Broken Track. LOUISIANA, mo., eo. . westbound Chicago A Alton train No. 11, known as ine iMgniwgaie, waa aeranea live .11 A K... Ihl. 1 . . I """." " 'I : l: "' ' " :z ,:rr:rj track and went over a ten-feat .ra- bankment. The engine, mall car and Pullman remained on the track but the mall car caught fire from a lamp which exploded and waa burned. The track was torn up for a distance of (00 'eet. No one was killed or badly Injured. Rev. W. W. Brown of here, the Rev. F. M. Leonard of Canton and the Rev. E. Schultse of Kansas City were slightly injured. TRAFFIC MAN PLEADS GUILTY Iron Monntnln Omelnl Fined f 2,000 ror urastiac Heuntea to Oil Company. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Feb. .-Wllbur Stlth. former traffic manager of the Mls- sourl Pacific-Iron Mountain railroad, now traffic manager for the Watera-IMerce Oil compnny of St. Louis, todsy entered a plea of guilty to granting rebates to T. H. Bunch here In 1306 on one of flfty-nino counts In an Indictment in the federal court and was t,ned C500 and costs. SWIFT'S DAUGHTER IN COURT Rath Mny Kveras Files Suit for Divorce on Grounds of Abnndonntent. CHICAGO, Feb. (.Ruth May Evens, dauarliter of Gustavus Swift, the late millionaire packer, filed suit for divorce against Ernest It. Ever In (he circuit court here today. Desertion la ths charge specified In the bill, which is very brief and formal. Mr. Events Is the son oi a i,uuitras minister ci .tuvansion Chicago sub mt Perfect Evolutions Excite Admiration ,... , of British Naval Officers. STATEMENT BY ADMIRAL SPERRY All ships Are In Flae Condition and Will Need Few Repairs After Their Trip of 45,003 Miles. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 6. With the bands on board playing "Home. Sweet Home," the American fleet of sixteen battleships under Rear Admiral Sperry left Gibraltar at 11 o'clock this morning for Hampton Roads on the last lap of Its famous around-the-world cruise of 46.000 miles. One hour later the vessels were well clear of the land and steaming westward In double col umn formation at speed of ten knots an hour. They will follow the southern route to Hampton Roads, a distance of 3,90 miles, and about 1.000 miles off the American coast they will be met and es- corted humn hv the third snuadron of the Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Arnold. Th thr nrn.1tlnna at the time of An. parture were glorious. The sky was wlth- out a cloud and there was Just enough pasBcd the beauty of the marine Dlcture as the American armada weighed sfnehor from under tha shadows of the towerlns- rock nt nihr.ii.i, ., mnun intn th. .ir.it The difficult operation of getting sixteen ui ,u- basin of the Dort and under way was ae- rnmnllHheri with a nlclll nnil nnrfAction tit maneuvering and detail which won the ad mlr.lln nf .11 Ihn fnl.n m.n whn .u , ..nrin.. rtriw fmm land Admiral Sncrrv directed the whole operation from the after bridge of the Connecticut. First Signal at Elakt O'clock. At 8:30 o'clock tho signal to unmoor was glven - nd the great chaln' no,dln ihtl """'" , . until eV& iiAaaala wvava naM o f holr anchorage by only a single strand. At 8:53 I a stream of multicolored signal flags on the flagship communicated the order to get un der way, to the Georgia, the Nebraska, the New Jersey, the Rhode Island and the Vir ginia, lying at the rear of the basis. As the flags came fluttering down ' five minutes later the designated battleships cast off their last lines and. like freed leviathans seeking escape, they slowly swung their noses in the direction of -the breaches In the breakwater. Twisting and turning to the clanging of engine gongs, they crept out, the Georgia leading the way with Untenant Commander George W Kline on the bridge. Once outside Rear Admiral Walnwrlght's division fell Into formation and waited for the second and third groups. The second group consisted of the Vermont, proudly flying the "Battle Efficiency" trophy at Its fore; the Minnesota, Kentucky, Ohio and Kesrsarge; and the third was composed of the Wisconsin. Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri Bnd Illinois. The three groups waited out Blde end t 10:30 th', Connecticut brought MP the rer- I Parting; Salutes Given. Although It la not customary to fire part Ing sslutes. the Devonshire, the flagship of Rear Admiral Sir James Goodrich, R. N.. admiral superintendent St Gibraltar, which had taken up a position at the entrance of the harbor, holated and saluted the Amer lean flag as the Connecticut passed out. respective ensigns were dipped Admiral Goodrich and Admiral Lltvlnoff of the Rue 8lan navy ignalled: "Good bye; plessant voyage." Admiral Sperry if-plled laconl- cally, "Thanks, Then the Connecticut steamed majestic. ally along the line of the waiting American veaaels, took its place at the head of the column and set the guide flag "five of clubs." The fifteen other vessels wheeled grscefully In behind the Connecticut, and with the. black speed cones run up to the yard arms, the Imposing procession, which was over three miles lonar. mnvH to The alignment of the ships was perfect, and the sight was so Impressive that the spectators crowding the terraces of the Alameda and Eurnnla. Pnlnt mniH n strain exclamations of dellrht. whiu h. American passengers on two liner, on chored close into shore burst Into Involun- I tary cheers I X-o-n- "White Line In Sen. .. about twew mu.. th ' "T w u" ,uul"' men. oeing wear of Cape Tarlfa. the most southerly point of it, and with nothing but the broad Atlantic between them and home, the flagship hesded abruptly to the westward and In Indian file the splendid fleet left the an cient pillars of Hercules behind and steamed through the straits and out to sea. Looking from the Rock of Gibraltar, the water separating the ships seemed grad ually to be obliterated as the diitino. in. cre",1 untn th ,,xteen null resembled a long white line surmounted by a trailing plume of smoke. Suddenly, off Cape Spar- tel. the line wavered and broke into .m.n parts. Then a few minutes later thr two parallel lines Instead of one. showing that ths fleet had assumed Its rea-uler double cruising formation. The last rlimnm. of th. ,.r.M. w v r - ' i mm talned at 1:57 this afternoon from the sig nsl station on top of Gibraltar. 1,300 feet above sea level. They were headed a little to the south of west to reach the thirty fifth parallel, which they Intend to follow. The dispatch boat Tankton Is 700 miles ahead of the fleet and 300 miles ahead oi the supply ship Culgoa, which left here February 1 The collier AJax and the re pair ship Panther will remain here until tomorrow to clean up odds and ends. The officers and men left here with feelings of Jubilation that their next port will be' home. When the fleet reaches Hampton Roads It will have traveled about 4-00 miles. I Statement or Rear Aaanlrul Snerry, I Rear Admiral Sperry, prior to tha de parture of the battleships for Hampton I (Continued oa Second Page.) One touch From the Cleveland Leader. SENATORS EULOGIZE ALLISON Most Impressive Services of the Kind Held in Many Years. CHAMBER CROWDED FOR OCCASION Men Who Had Served with Deceased for Many Years Pay Touching; Tributes to Character of Dead Statesman. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Feb. (.-(Special Tele gram.) Not within the history of those whose business It Is to look atfer the de tails In the senate of the United States has there been a more general observance of the services to the dead than was shown today by the upper branch of congress when eulogies upon the life, character and public acts of William Boyd Allison, late senator from Iowa, were rponounced. , There was a solemnity about today's pro ceedings such as has not been seen in half a century and the eulogies delivered com pelled attention not only on account of the dead statesman, but because of the high character of those who delivered them and their especial literary value. Generally sen ators were In black frock coats In defer ence to the occasion, the chamber was crowded by those who had known Senator Allison during his years as congressman and senator. The list of speakers wss un usually long. Senator Hale, who succeeded Allison as chairman of the appropriations committee, being among those to bear witness to the ability and sterling integ rity of the Hawkeye's illustrious states man. Senator Dolllver, who moved the usual resolution of respect to the dead, spoke of his colleague In terms of endear ment and of reverence such as has rarely been heard 1 nthe halls of legislation. He pointed out thlnga In Senator Allison's life which the senators had forgotten and In many 'particulars wlllsland as one of the best histories of the big man's life that has been wlrtten. . Senator Burkett wss forceful In his de livery and made a most excellent Impres slon. Senator Cummins closed the exercises, which extended late into the afternoon Among others who spoke were Senators Teller, Aldrich, Dun lei, Cullom, Bacon, Gal- linger, Lodge, Tillman and Borah. Tribute of an Opponent. Senator Teller referred to Mr. Allison's firm belief in the doctrine of protection to American industries and American labor and to his activity in the passage of the tariff laws. 'Yet. he said, "he was tolerant of those who differed with him on the' subject, and in debate and otherwise recognised that his opponents were actuated oy me same patriotic sentiment in their opposition that actuated him in his support." Comparing Senator Allison's career with that of English statesmen, Senator Lodge declared that had his labor been performed In England his statue would have Its place, as at Westminster are found statues of prime ministers and parliamentary leaders, many of whom, he added, "Mr. Allison sur passed In all that goes to make statesmen." Mr. Cummins told of his own mission from President McKinley in urging Mr. Allison to become secretary of state and of his declination because of the affection he felt for his old associates In the senate. "An acknowledged leader," Mr. Aldrich declared, "Senator Allison never paraded his powers of leadership and was appar ently unconscious of their existence. His position in the senste was unique. He was oldest in service, wisest In council, the frlund and mentor of all." 8enutor Bacon declared that on the demo cratic aide confidence nf senators in Sena tor Allison waa as great as on the republi can side of the chamber. V Senntor Cullom's Tribute. "I am not sure but that his career was the most remarkable of any man in our public life," said Senator Cullom, apeaklng of the late Senator Allison, with whom be had served In the senate thirty-two years. Mr. Cullom said Mr. Allison was not al ways so conservative as people regarded; him. While In the house of representatives he had denounced President Johnson In such vigorous terms, he said, that those who knew him later would not believe he could utter such words. Mr. Cullom re called that he and Mr. Allison were the laat two living members of the house who hsd voted for the Impeachment of Johnson, although In later years he had said such Impeachment would have been a great mis take. "He showed," said Senator Tillman, re ferring to Mr. Allison, "greater courtesy to (Continued ca Second Page.) of nature makes the whole town squirm. MAY SHOW WAR FUND ITEMS SensUore Not Inclined to Iteaard President Roosevelt's Request for Secrecy. WASHINGTON, Feb. (.-President Roose velt's request that the reply of the secre tary of the treasury to the Foraker Reso lution', calling for an Itemized statement of expenditures made from the war deficiency fund of 1899 be considered confidential, may be Ignored by the aenate. Since the docu ment has been reposing in the files of the committee on military affairs, it has been examined by a number of senators who say they are not Impressed with the importance of concealing from the public the informa tion ' It contains. The reason given by President Roose velt . for the request that the information should be kept as executive matter was that the war fund had been used to send, mili tary ...agents Into forengn countries to gather material for the secret use of this government. While it ts said that this Is true In regard to some expenditures, cer tain senators have declared that the report so- hides the detslln connected with such expenditures that the publication of the report could not result In any diplomatic estrangements with other governments. The resolution bringing the statement to the senste wes Introduced by Mr. Foraker after he learned that the detectives used In working on the Brownsville case had been paid from the war deficiency fund. It Is declared by several senators who have examined the treasury statement that the information sent In shows the fund had been uaed as "a financial Junk heap." It Is asserted that the ststement shows that several "Junkets" were paid for from this fund and that In certain instances the fund was used to pay for the entertainment of military visitors from other countries. Although a number of senators are dis posed to make the document public. It Is known that such nctlon would be opposed by others, and thereore a motion to print the statement as a publlo document may be accompanied by sharp and acrimlnous debate. JOINS COLORADO SOUTHERN New Railroad Planned to Run Jiorth front Town of Lake Arthur, Louisiana. JENNINGS, La., Feb. (.A new railroad company has been chartered with a capital stock of $600,000, to be known as the Lake Arthur,, Jennings & Northern Railway company. The headquarters are to be at Jennings. The terminus will be at Lake Arthur, ten miles south of here, and the road will run north, possible to some point on the Colorado Southern. W. D. Conover of Lake Arthur Is the president of the new road. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Feb. (.-A con tract of sale of. the Mena & Eastern Ar kansas rallwsy to the. Hot Springs. Ouach ita & Mena' Railroad company has been filed here. The, consideration Is SI and 809 shares of stock In the.latter road. The ac tion Is tsken here as signifying a move ment to unite the. various .small franchise holders In this section toward the end of a western outlet from Hot '.Springs to the Kansas City Southern at Mena. Surveying parties have Just come in from, the western proposed route 'and real estate men are sending agents to the country to secure op tions with all haste. IOWA DRYS START CAMPAIGN Representative Meredith Introduces Resolution to Submit Prohibi tion Amendment to People. DES MOINES, la.,' Feb. (. Representa tive C. A. Meredith Introduced In the house of representatives of the Iowa leg islature today, a Joint resolution demand ing that the legislature take steps to wards amending the constitution of the state so as to prohibit the manufacture and sale In Iowa of Intoxicating liquors as a beverage. Meredith represents the prohibitory forces of the state and this Is regarded as the beginning of the cam paign for the adoption of a prohibitory amendment. ALL A LIE, DECLARES HEPBURN Iowa. Representative Denies Ho Maa Abandoned Conteat to Retnln Seat la Congress. WASHINGTON, Feb. (."It's a He and therefore I don't .care to ssy anything about it," replied Representative Hep burn of Iowa today when the the report that he had abandoned his-contest with W. D. Jamleson. a democrat, for the oeat in congress from the Eighth Iowa dls trlct was brought to his attention. In support of his statement. Colonel Hepburn said thftt the recount In four couotiea will not begin until Monday. ' LEGAL EXPENSES ONEROUS Sixteen Hundred Petit Jurors Cost County $24,669.72. LITIGANTS PAY IN BUT TRIFLE Postponements nnd Delays hy Liu. yers nnd Their Clients Cause of Part of Lara-e Burden Borne by Taxpayers. Sixteen hundred men were required to make up 179 petit Juries that heard cases in the Douglas county district court dur ing 1908. Of these cases fifty were criminal prosecutions and 129 were civil suits. Of the total number of jurors appearing in cqurt 133 were talesmen, summoned without having their names placed on the regular Jury panel made up by the county commissioners. The sheriff or his deputies gather in the talesmen wherever they may be found when, a hurry call is made for Jurors after the grist of names In the box for any term has been exhausted. The average cost to Douglas county for each case tried In 1908 for jurors alone, was 3137.82. Including the items of jurors' pay, mileage, clerk's snd sheriff's fees for noti fying Jurors, rooms and meals while serv ing, the total cost of the petit Juries working in court during 1908 was $34,. 669.73. As against this total of magnlfcent pro portions, litigants returned to the county treasury in trial fees not quite S400. The exact figure is $398.80, which lesvea the county shouldering an expense for petit Jurors amounting to $34,271.22. Grand Juries Also Costly. Three grand Juries also make consider able of a pull on county funds. Grsnd Jurors drew In pay $3,104.15. Witnesses summoned for the grand Jury took out $1,339.06. Extra grand jury bailiffs re ceived $270.36; graud jury miscellaneous ex penses amounted to $31; and the total ex, pense on account of grand juries for the same year was $4,744.65. This omits the cost of work of county attorneys office In connection. ' State witnesses In the district court dur ing the past yesr were paid $2,666.29. At torneys appointed by the court to defend prisoners without means were paid $2,745. The ordinary allowance for an attor ney so appointed Is $25, but In serious cases the fee allowed may be whatever the trial Judge feels like granting. Often limes a prisoner charged with a crime out neys. Exclusive of salaries of judges and court stenographers pid by the state, the total cost. of the court machinery to the county for a . year will run strongly toward the $100,000 mark. This was never before so clearly brought home to the taxpayer In the detailed report recently submitted to i the ' county ' commissioners by Comp troller . Solomon. That report charges to the office of the clerk of the district court a total expense of $36,381.82.. but In fairness there should be deducted from this total $1,417.77, for furnl ture and fixtures, and $3,816.60 fees of the office; With , these Hems out, there Is total of $21,147.45. It may be put in this way: Expense clerk's office for year.... $21,147.46 Jurors, bailiffs, printing, etc 56.337.16 Total $77,484 60 This total does not include light or heat. janitor service, depreciation of plant, or general maintenance. To make a yearly totil of $100,000, it would be necessary to allow only $22,516.40 for the items men tioned. Lltlsants Do Hot Bear Shnre. Casual consideration of the amount of litigation that goes through the hands of the seven Judges In a year might lead some to a conclusion that most of this ex pense Is carried by ths litigants who ap pear in court. Not so. Not so by the smount of $65,210.01, to be exict. Litigants doing business through the courts paid In as fees and costs of one kind and another the amount of $12,247.61 counting the laat cent they can be cred Ited with. Thus the taxpayers of Douglas county are compelled to care for an amount be yond what the litigants contribute that would pay the present salary of the presl dent of the United States, two congress. men, and considerable postage. Much of this totsl on tho red figure side of the, ledger Is chargeable to wasted time The court calendars are cumbered with cases called time after time, and as often put over. Frequently this hsppens when Jury is present and ready for business; also the witnesses. A Iswyer may be absent client Indisposed, or an Important witness (Continued on Second Page.) Practice of Republican Superintend ent Was to Disregard Politics. FIGHT ON ANOTHER SINK BILL Strenuous Objection 'to Limitation lie Desires to Place on Number of Cure In Freight Trains Howard Answers Appeal. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. (.(Special.) Never In the history of the state has the power of a legislature been used so extensively to cre ate Jobs for the members of a political paity as at the present time. Not content with striking a blow st the supreme court of Nebraska In order to place democrats on the bench, a draft has now been made upon tho schools of Ne braska to supply places for democrat. Neither. tho supreme court nor the schools are sufficiently sacred for these political Job hunters to let alone. The bill Introduced In the house yester day by Talcott- of Knox county nominally provides for the creation of a "State Nor mal, board," but as a matter of fact It provides for the creation of a "board for tho relief of Jobless democrsts." . Should this bill ever become a law, based on the present, action of this democrat lo legislature, every instructor In the two state normal schools, every Instructor In Hie junior normal schools and every Instructor In the department of normal training In high schools will be required to prove al legiance to the democratlo party as one of the qualifications for a place. The bill was drawn by Arthur Mullen and others with the full consent and approval of Governor Shallertbergcr, and no man knows better than the present governor how many jobs he needs to take care of his hungry constituents. When the bill 'Is passed, and It will be. for there are not enough democruts In the legislature brave enough to defy the orders of the bosses to kill It, it Is a ss.fe guess to say Colonel Tom Majors will again be- . come a member of the board. And so. In all probability, will the Hon. George Rog ers. These two have been members of the State Board of Education before, and while there Is no question at all about Rogers having Information about .the bill before It wss introduced, there is little doubt that Colonel' Majors In his numerous conferences with Governor Shallenberger at least had an inkling of It. . ' .Reversal of McBrlea Role. 7 This is the reward of former State Su perintendent McBrien for eliminating poll- . tics in his office. The' superintendent be lieved no politics should ever enter Into the schools of this state and carrying out his Idea along this line he had democrats in his office and no man's politics was a qualification for a place in the State Normal schools. This bill even provides that a democratlo board shall select the faculties for the junior normal school and for the depart ment of normal training In high schools. These two departments have been under the supervision of the state superintendent. But this democratic legislature will nut permit this any longer than it takes to pass the bill, for it happens the present state superintendent was elected as a republican, though his office force contains democrats l well as republicans. Hard ' Row for Sink. H. R. 77, by 8lnk of Hall county, which limits the number of cars In a freight train, la receiving some hard knocks since It left the hands of the house committee on rail roads, where it was amended to provide that the railway commission had authority to permit more than sixty-five cars. The knock now are coming from some of the shippers, who at first supported the meas ure when It provided not more than fifty- five cars should be Included in one train. Some shipper has received a hunch that It the bill passes he may be the first roan to suffer. For should the" train come along with fifty cars and he had six which he wanted to hitch on the train could only take along five and leave one for some other train. It Is being Impressed on some of the members that It any limit is placed on the number of cars hauled the result In some Instances would be that a ship per's cars would have to be divided. Mr. Blnk and his friends are not dls. couraged, but are working hard to get tha bill passed even though it is somewhat denatured. "Let the People Rule.' The Hon. Jeremiah Howard has replied to the letter from the members of the city council and the mayor of Omaha asking him to stand for the people as opposed to the corporations. The other members of the house delegation had an Idea their positions were too well known to need any letter writing or promises, so they failed to answer' the round robin. Here is what Mr, Howard wrots: LINCOLN, Feb. (.-Mr. C. O. Lobeok, City Comptroller, Omaha: I am In receipt of yeur favor of the 6th petitioning me to vote against any legislation eliminating from the Omaha charter or the lawa of Nebraska the right to regulate public ser vice corporations. In reply to your request 1 assure you I have not deviated from the platform I waa elected on, "Ijet the People Rule," therefore my vote will be in the Interest of the people. The people elected me; not the corporations. JEREMIAH HOWARD. Johnson Working; Hard. Nels Johnson, the representative from Burt county, is anxious to get favorable action on his bill to require the stamp of the assessor upon notes and mortgages to show they have been assessed and taxed. He has gone through the state bouse with a fins tooth comb and received the endoi se ntient of all the state officers, then he kept going and snared Mr. Bryan and now he has an endorsement of his messure from former Governor Sheldon. The letter of the ex-governor, which Mr. Johnson is show ing with much pride lo his fellow members, reads as follows: I have read your bill, II. R. 18d. Some- -thing should be done to secure a better enlistment of the class of personal property mentioned In your bill. Believing that this messure will be helpful 1 sm glad lo en dorse it. Afraid of Brown Bill. The bill by Brown of Sherman providing lhat the stste land commissioner msy give permission to parlies to work schefT lanU