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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1909)
LAJRO HAS MOVE IN SIGHT r The First ntj 8at of Tripp Must Change Site to Get to Railroad. SUEVEY MISSES IT TWO JULES Tatereallna; Fight fader War Be I'Tff Towmlt Mm Twt New Trnit Mar th Resnlt. DALLAS, S. V., Dec. U -(Special. )-The present week will. unquestionably be a momentous one In Tripp county, the por tion of the Rosebud reservation recently opened to settlement A a result of this week's happening the thriving young city of Lamro, -designated at 'the June election aa the county neat of Tripp county, and now a prosperous com munity containing about fifty business buildings and many spick and span new residences, will probably remove to a newly selected site two miles north of its present location and a fourth of a mile from the proposed townslte , of Winner, the foster- child of the Northwestern railroad and the Western Townslte company of Dallas. ) For more than two years Lamro has been steadily growing and expanding on the theory that Its geographical location In the almost exact Center of the new county would bring to It not only the court house but the extension of the Northwestern rail road when It should leave Dallas on Its ultimate way to the Black Hills country. Lamro was founded by the Lamoureaux brothers Oliver and William), who are of . French and Indian extraction, on a site wriieti their sire had many years ago proclaimed as the natural location for a large and prosperous settlement. Brother Took la Oaly Pew. Their corporation was a close one and they admitted only li. F. Slaughter of Gregory, refusing other white men a share in their undertaking. From the first It appeared slated for a successful future, and soon lots were selling at a marry pace and buildings were springing up as If by magic A 5,0U0 hotel, a large general store, two livery bains and other ventures which were initialed in the fall of UU7 were fol lowed in the two succeeding years by a multitude of business establishments, until the culmination of its hopes and anxieties appeared to have been reached with the erection of the court house and jail and big publU) school building last summer. That the railroad would come to Lamro was the firm 6plnlon of the Lamroltes and despite the fact that the Northwestern surveyed two miles to the north building operations have never ceased for a day and are still being pursued. Meanwhile Ernest., A. Jackson, president of the Western Townslte company of Dal las, has- been' quietly and persistently at work gathering up land for townslte pur poses along' 'the survey -of the-Northwest ern and negolatlng with the Northfestern officials for exclusive townslte prlvelcges, His labors were crowned with the pub lished announcement of . less than two weeks ago that he had perfected an agree ment with the Pioneer Townslte company, representing the Northwestern Railroad oonr.pany, whereby the Western Townslte company of the Dallas Is to control three townsltes on the extension of the road all north and west of Colome, the first town west of Dallas. Haat New Nltes. The first was located on section 20 two miles north and a halt mile east of Lamro the coat of the sit 'being $&,000 for W acres of raw prairie land. i. i . , The seoend aod third are to be .farther west and do not Interfere with" s,ny "es tablished towns except Witten, which Is ten miles from the nearest. The lot salsa were announced for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week and with the announcement began struggle tor the commercial and political control of the county which bid fair to entail a long and bitter fight. Strong flnanolal Interests being Involved as well as the fate of two cities and the removal of a court house and county seat, the. ion test promises Interesting developments. Naturally th people of Lamro were panic stricken by the announcement that the railroad had thrown them down and were supporting the movement to estab llsh anothsr townslte at their very doors and before they had recovered their equl polite Mr. Jackson and his cohorts were upon them with the alternative of pulling up stakes and "coming across", to their new town of Winner. When they had sufficiently recovered from the shock, however, they resented this proposition and sought relief by purchas ing from Chester Slaughter, th Dallas banking rival of the Jacksons, Chris Colombe and W. H. Tackatt, a quarter section of land two miles north of their present location and Just a quarter mile west of Mr. Jackson's proposed Winner townslte. This, too, Is on the railroad survey and In a strategically Important position under the circumstances. If the road passes through one It must of neces sity pass closo to tie other. New' Lamro. The deal was quickly consummated and It is now anticipated that New Lamro will prove the haven of refuge to which all loyal Lamroltles will fly, With them they hope to carry the Lamro postotflc. court house, school.' three large gef.aral merchandise stores, four livery barns, four banks, three hotels and restaurants, several saloons and Innumer able poolrooms, real estate offices, bard ware stores, lumber yards, meat markets, diug stores, blacksmith shops, auto garages, the newspaper and other bus! ntss utilities which will make thelr's ths real town and thus obviate either tha neces slt or desirability of having another townslte located In that vicinity and dis courage newcomers from locating there. The fate of the townslte of Winner seems. therefore, as nuch In the balance a( this moment as does that of Old Lamro. With the lot sale at Winner scheduled for Wednesday of this week excitement is rife and there Is an uneasy feeling among those who had been planning confidently on seeing the r.ew town of Winner become the only railroad town In the center of the county. And now the Lamroltes are beginning to threaten retaliation measures by propos ing to establish other towns farther wet, which will also be on the railroad survey and thus "mis" th situation for the West I y. I" Xa OxnahA Be hat t$cora desperat At th great Amount f advertising patreaaf elit it losing nee the 'faist ln Vt, and nfigdouent r.fusal tofiaye Us Ir.ulAtion AXAmined Btse is pubUskirf claim. day Ay day about , Advertwiu' gftied and poolisbed that lave wbl)y misrepresentations xtnapl:'. The Bee? cMm ay to have fanned ia licaj play for tie week! cncSuc r(SBtirmrir9kc Bee relUv loot over 600 inches . J mmtoMhriBmmf',.i. The X claim lirge g&tnl in wast ?. The. Bee 'clip .4 -Urge nun.r of wont 'd.fro.tWiWefeU IlerAld dally 'drefnffetia figured at' 'gimff ""rtttHymiH rvn,u,iug ifaing -ana losses vritli which lk Bee A'o, tredltt the WerUl-Hertit! te I at Incorrect & -th6S( sttrfjM hUted to the iWJ'wXt Last - lull's -ildvef tisini! - Comparlwith the ccrrcspqdio week of I last jfear, week ending Dceembef 1 12lh LocaLfbisplay Beb ... . W.-IL 4a , J I ibAw OAIN J Display- . lVe '. ; . . i-4 .03(5 inches GAIN W.-lt.; i i V.'. ;i .:,(57 itiUes tOSS 4 PAIDEVant AdU-iI3 ;v. fr;& ;403 itttes GAIN" . ' , W.-U. , ; . . . . W 11 IrichuB LOSS 7 . ' - .... . r . : ... Keep Mind -. That this gives ttrdit for juit a quan; ' tity vl ihJcccat' ntiHlic-Al nul (juestiqu . able "atlvcrtiHi&g tUat llio Ilea trjcta; ; ' j tt that -for--good 7 And sufficient : ieasoiis Tha Btc hna refut-cd.tiie topy . . tf tWo large load advtjrtiwra wlio ' . - v nst 50() or ,000 '.mches "phf? nt tliU' 1 ' ' tiraa last year, - : ' ' ' n . , ' ' Tbl ii the verdict of Advertiser. 1 . ern Townslte company and its promoter d all along the line. All Gregory and Tripp county are anxiously awaiting the result of the lot sales expeclaliy the one which Is scheduled for Wednesday at Winner aa being in dicative of what the Lamro people will do and possibly being the occasion of counter announcements from the camps "of the various belligerents. Peculiarly enough of this fight aligns about all the Indian blood Interested In the various Tripp county townsltes the Lamoureaux, the Colombes, and Isaac Bettleyoun. with their white allies, Tackett and the Slaughters on the one side against the Jackson contingent on the other. As a great many Dallas and Gregory business men and others' plan on estab lishing themselves In Tripp county when the railroad goee, to interest Is naturally at fever heat. STEERAGE CONDITIONS VILE Special Agents Traveling as , Pas sengers Report Awful Conditions! n 1 Carter of Maryland to be minister to Kouiiiuiiiu ana Hervia; t.nanuier naie 01 Maine to be third axsistant secretary of SEXES ARE HEEDED TOGETHER Diamonds FRENZKK lith and Dodge. Army Officer Found Guilty of Embezzlement Captain Franklin Sentenced for Long Series Of Petty Crimes at West Point. NEW YORK, Dec. 14. Captain Thomas Franklin. United Slates army, twice com mended by General Chaffee and 'General 1 Otis for distinguished service In. China and Manila pleaded guilty toda .to- a . long series of petty embeszlements from the mess fund of the West Point . cadets, as commissary and treasurer of the United States 'military academy and was sen tenced by Judge Hand In the United States circuit court to two years and six months In the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. His counsel gave notice that he would apply for a writ of error and review. As commissary and treasurer, Captain Franklin had charge of the pay checks cf the cadets, which he depoxtted with the United States subtreasury In this city and drew against for mess supplies. The total amount of his defalcation ran to $o,650, of which $4.6S3 was represented by false vouchers, presented for approval to the superintendent of the United States mil itary academy. At his first arraignment I In last June he pleaded not guilty and subsequently demurred. The demurrers were overruled and trial set for today. The statute of limitations In the court martial bars offenses committed only two yearn back as against three years In the federal courts and for this reason Judge Hand and not Major General Wood heard the case. Captain T. S. Ansell urged for the pris oner that his client had risen from the ranks by merit and that his Irregularities were chargeable to his efforts to raise a large family on an oflcer's pay. The sentence besides the penalty It sets, automatically Cashiers Captain Ffanklln from the army and deprives his family of any prospects of a retirement pension. OLYMPIA WASH., Deo. !. Ortls Hamil ton, former adjutant general of Washing ton, was found guilty by a Jury tonight of embexsllng state military funds. Ham ilton was convicted of obtaining 11.800 by forged vouchers. Several other charges are pending against him. He Is aocused of embexsllng 50,O00 belonging to the state and spending It on women. Women Are Frequently Insulted by Members of the t'rew Impres sions Arc Offensive to Every Sens. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 A report on steerage conditions, based on information obtained by special agents of the Immi gration committee traveling as steerage passengers on different transatlantic steamers was made public today through presentation to the senate with recommen dations for legislation to better conditions. Conditions found In many of these vessels are described as appalling. The general re port of the commission contains the re ports of Individuals giving their experiences on board steamships where they posed as steerage passengers. A woman agent who was herself miserably insulted and com pelled to withstand repulsive privations, said: "During these twelve days In the steer age I lived in a disorder and In suround- lngs that offended every sense. Only the fresh breeze from the. sea overcame the state; William Phillips of Massachusetts to be secretaiy of the embassy at London; li. S. Cable of Illinois to be assistant sec retary of Commerce and Labor; James L. Davenport .ol New Jlampsnire to De com missioner of pensions and Leander Still well of Kansas to be deputy commissioner of pensions. Vanderbilts Buy Interest in the Missouri Pacific Rivals of the ' Goulds Secure Repre sentation on Board Extensive Improvements to Be Made. WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 14. -Cornelius Van derbllt announced here tonight that the Vanderbilts have become financially ln terested In the Missouri Pacific railroad and confirmed tha rumor that he has been made a director ot that company. Just when th change in the directorate of the Missouri Pacific was made he de clined to state, but he specified that he had become a dlreotor "very recently Whether this means the culmination of efforts of the Vanderbilts to obtain con trol of the Gould lines, neither Mr. Van derbilt nor members of his party would state. They declined to 'discuss to what Plrlcenlni? nrinrii Tha viio lianimncri. of hn extent the Vahdt'rbilts have become inter ested in the Uoula lines, but Mr. Vanaer- Kobody I Too Old to learn that the sure way to cure a cough or cold Is with Dr. King's New Discovery. 50c and $1.00. For sale by Biaton Drug Co. HIGH SCHOOL DEBATING SQUAD Eleven Chosen In Hllita School Pre llmtnarles, from Araona Whom Tram Will Come. The preliminaries for the Trl-Clty debate between Omaha, Kansas City and Dec Moines high schools were held at the Omaha High school, Monday afternoon and a siiuad chosen from which the debating team will be chosen later. The High School Glee club, under the charge of Mr. Carsteti son, member ot the faculty gave several good selections before the debates. Fol lowing Is the squad Chosen; Barnes, Klp pens, Haynes, Johnston. Troup, Byers. Van Avery, Lamson, Salisbury, Shlllington and Grimes. Abollinaris THE QUEEN OP TABLE WATERS. The Carbonate of . Soda which is its natural and chief constituent is the sworn enemy . ; . , of Gout, Rheumatism and Indigestion. men, the. screams of, the. women defending themselves, the crying of children, wretched because of their surroundings, es. peclally every sound that retiched the ears, Irritated beyond endurance. There was no Bight before which the eye did not prefer to ClOKi. "Everything was dirty, sticky and dis agreeable to the touch. Every impression was offensive. Worse than this was the general air .f Immorality. For fifteen hours each day I witnessed all around me this improper, indecent and forced mingling of men and w.-men, who were"' total strang ers and often did not understand one word of the lame language. People cannot live In such surroundings and not be Influ enced." Members of Crew Insulting;. The woman agent had told of the ming ling of the crew with the women of 'he steerage and said that the same conditions were true of the asociatlon of men steer age passengers with the women. Agents of the immigration commission say that on many of the steamships men stewards and members of the crew, as well as male steerage passengers, crowd Into the compartments set aside for the women and pass through the passageways of such compartments so thut no woman In the Bteerage "had a moment's privacy." "Members of the crew," said one woman agent, "pever failed to - deal a woman passenger a blow when she was found standing on the framework of a lower berth to get anything from an upper berth. If a woman was dressing they always stopped to watch her and frequently hit and handled her. , ) The writer tells of repelling advances on the part of the crew and stewards with a hard, unexpected blow In the offender's face. She says: f f "The manner In which the sailors, stew ards, firemen and others mingled with the women passengers was thoroughly revolt ing. Their language and the topics of their conversation were vile. Their comments about the women, and made in their pres ence, were coarse," q Barters Are Vile. Concerning other conditions In the old type of steerage which still exists on many of the steamships, the axents of the com mission are just as severe. In the Intro duction to the report, It Is stated: "The universal needs of space, air, food, sleep and privacy are recognised to the degree now made compulsory by law. Be yond that the persons carried are looked upon as so much freight, with mere tran sportation as their only due.' The sleeping quarters are described as being In many cases filthy. Inadequate and all that Is bad. Good conditions are described In connec tion with Investigations of some steam ships, and It is declared that competition was the most forceful Influence that led to the development of the improved type of steerage. "No woman with the smallest degree of modesty, and with no other conveniences than a wash room, used jointly with men, and a faucet of cold salt water can keep clean amidst such surroundings for a per iod of twelve days or more. It was for bidden to bring water for washing purposes Into the sleeping oompartments, nor was there anything In which to bring It.'' Senator Dillingham, chairman of the Im migration commission, introduced In the senate today two bill Intended to correct much of the evil from which the complaints are made. bllt- himself and"';. S. Clark, vice presi dent of the Missouri Pacific,1 Intimated their holdings, to be -of, vast importance Mr. Yanderbllt and a party of Missouri Pacific officials a,re spending the" night In Wichita. The ' party has Just -inspected the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern and Is now going over the Missouri Pa cific. Pueblo (8 their western destination Mr. Vanderbilt tonight Indicated tha great Improvement are to be made on the iron Mountain and Missouri Pacific roads COSfriRMA'liU.M 111 THIS IENATB N amber of Nominations by President Are Approved. WASHINGTON, Deo. 14. In executive session today tha senate confirmed a large number of nominations, among which were the following: W. Cameron Forbes of Massachusetts t be governor of the Philippines; John It EFFECT OF NEBRASKA RULE Auditor Barton's Relations with Mis souri Companies Provokes Comment. A correspondent of the Western Under writer, writing from St. Louis, asserts that a recent ruling of Auditor Barton of Nebraska amounts to "a practical ex elusion of Missouri life companies from doing business In the state." The Mis sour! State Life and the International Life of St. Louis are reported most deeply con cerned. The correspondent writes, in part: The registration and deposit law of Missouri, - enacted, (hlrty-lsx years ago, prescribes the form of the certificate to be used by the department of Insurance of Missouri on registered policies as fol lows "This policy Is registered and secured by a pledge of bonds or deeds of trust on real estate .deposited with this de partment." , " i Nebraska has no laws on the subject, but Auditor Barton evidently has con eluded that Uie Missouri law )a this re card should be amended. According to the ruling of the attorney general of Missouri, neither the department ot in surance, nor any Missouri company has any option In so far as the form of certi ficate Is concerned on registered policies of insurance, but that the certificate prescribed by the law must be used. Officials of the M'ssourl companies de clare that no American actuatry of rec ognlzed standing or scientific insurance man has ever gone on record in denying the mathematical correctness of the Mis aourl certificate. They further state that the word "secured" In the certificate is not a misnomer, but expresses with ex actness the meaning intended to be con veyea, vis., that the policy is proiectu and secured by .an ample deposit by the department of Insurance. A roan wholly Ignorant of actuarial science might argue that the policy would not be securid, unless an amount equal to its face wls deposited upon the pint of the Insured to pay the future premiums on his policy. It Is a fundamental princi ple inj lufral ruserve insurance that the re serve on hand at any time to the credit of a pulley plus the present value of the future premiums to be paid with interest thiMeon Is and must be at all times equal in value to the face of the policy. Maturing death losses are provided for from the contributions of each policy holder the percentage of each premium being util ised for the purpose of paying current death claims, and which, as all men fa miliar with Insurance are aware has mailing to do with the reserve. Further, all of the Missouri life companies are stock companies, and their , entire capital is deposited with the state in excess ot the legal reserve and held by the depart ment ot. Insurance for' the protection of policy holders. 'The form of certificate formulated by Auditor Barton, If applied to Missouri companies, would embody an absolute misstatement of the fact, because It I only a half truth. It understates the security afforded by the state deposit law, and, even If there was no law In Missouri regulating the matter, his form of certifi cate would be objectionable on that ac count. The traditional policy of the Missouri de ,Mtnuent has beeu to resent any unjust Great Democrats Plebeian King, Educator, Commoner Charlemagne was born int' a world rnpidlv d jenerating into bar barism. Internecine war, cruelty and rapine flourished everywhere. The peasantry was brutalized; the mo bility debauched and ignorant. The capricious will of the noble was the law of life and death, and serf mur der was merely a fineablc offense. Humanity was fbHnq, fast bearing down rnon savagery lower thin it emerged from, when thi heroic figure stepped in. halted the drift of the world and assumed the gigantic task of re-making the Caucasian race. t, . .. - . r i tVi iwmUe that all men were equal ; lie Decame tne nrsi great rciormcr, auu uran . . . th gave the stupefied serfs their brotherly rights; founded schools and colleges J way for the Renaissance, and instituted measures which changed the ox-like human of that time into the intelligent voter of to-day. This story of Charlemagne touches the Dark Ages with the pulse of modern feeling thought and understanding, and reveals in our present development the fruition of ideas of t.ioo years ago. ideas which rescued humanity and started the up-nse which made Spencer say: "The superman of to-day is but a tadpole to the MAN of to-morrow. All this debt we owe Charlemagne, the blue-eyed giant, 6 feet 4. who put his Atlas shoul ders to the world and lifted it back into civilization. In the Holiday Cosmopolitan Charlet Edward Russell begin, this tory In hi. terse modern .tyle He -hews to the line," or. rather, to the man, cutttag away the fiction and error of would be "history," revealing the whole Inspirational truth of thl father ot modern affair.. This chronicle Is of Inestimable value to student, of history, progress and human "t,0. but It la only one of the many features which make the Holiday Cosmopolitan .land forth M on. of the best development, of modern condition, and Ideas. 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NORTH, District Passenger Afeot, Illinois Central R,R. 140a Parnam St., Omaha, Neb. New Fast Through Train to T0 ifFn lA discrimination against the Insurance insti tutions of tha atate by any other state. A tew years ago the department In Wiscon sin Imposed some restrictions upon Mis souri fire ' companies, antl tha department promptly notified the Wisconsin authori ties that an attempt to enforce an arbi trary ruling would Immediately result In every insurance institution In Wisconsin being barred from doing business In Mis souri. The Missouri companies tiave very little business in Nebraska and are not actively cultivating that, fluid, so that from a practical standpoint the question Is not an Important one. The Nebraska life and fire companies enjoy a large and profitable business in Missouri, which would probably b Immediately cut off in tha event Auditor Barton excludes Missouri companies from Nebraska. ' ' " PEORIA OPERA HOUSE BURNING Balldlasj, Which la Ale Ho roe of KveiUg Journal, Will Urn Total Loss. PEORIA, III., Dec. 14. The Grand Opera houae. In which la located the Peoria Even ing Journal, Is burning, and will probably be a total loss. BOARD KEEPS BUSY WITH SALOON LICENSES OF CITY Twenty-Elabt of the Third Ward Applicants Have Bat On Obstacle In Their Way. The petitions of twenty-eight of the 140 petitioners for liquor licenses, located in the Third ward have been accepted by At torney Elmer E. Thomaa ana Kev. J. M. Leldy of the Anti-Saloon league with tha exception that ' the Anti-Saloon loagua renonstiates on all to grant a license over th? year, questioning the authority of tha excise board this haa been appealed to tha supreme court from a decision ot tha dis trict court. Thirty residents' and free-holders of tha Third ward have been accepted by Thomas as having the right to affix their signatures to liquor petitions. The attorneys who - represent tha peti tioners, other than In the Third ward, will b4 required to show that tha signatures of the BiKiiors are reliable resident free holders In the respective wards before tha rtrronulrances will ba raised on tha peti tions. Attorney J. P, Dreen represents seveny- elcht petltionera and . will be able to In duce the temperance workera to accept tha validity of the signatures within tha next few days. Other" attorneys' represent the balance of the petltlonws. But few petitions are being remonstrated against except on tha points heretofore mentioned. The board will meet again Thursday night to consider the remonstrance. Chamberlalu'q Cough Remedy cures tha worst colds. Try X A Homo Remedy That Ieducos Fnt. 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