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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1910.
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention
Te Om Staffs Offlo ef tli
Omaae Bee to tl II ItrMi
Davis, drug.
Diamond playing the bent vaudeville.
CORKIOANS. undertaker. 'Phona 148.
For rant, modern houaa, 72 th avenue.
FAU8T BEER AT ROOEHS' BUFFET.
,' Woodrlnr Undertaking; company. Tel. K9.
Lewi Cutler, funeral dtrector.'Thon 37.
Balrd A Boland, undertaker, i 'Phone,, 121.
Diamonds of quality. Garner', 411 B'way.
: When you want reliable want ad adver-
Using, uaa The.Bea.
Diamonds Apeclsl prices thla month at
' Leffert's new atora. MS Broadway,
i Sea the "Copley Print" of nnted palnt
i Inga by Taylor and of Abley'a Holy Oral!
'aerie at Alexander', SB Broadway.
The democrat will plan for the ap
proaching spring municipal campaign at a
meeting to be held thla evening In the
office of J. J. Hughe.
A apeclal service will be held thla even
i Ing at I o'clock at the Union City mission.
Rev, James M. Williams, pastor of Broad
way Methodist church, will preach and will
administer -the rite of baptism.
, Rev. 8. Grant Lewis, pastor of the Fifth
; Avenue Mathodist church, who has been
: 111 for some time at the Edmundson Me
.; mortal hospital, has sufficiently recovered
. to be able to return to hla horns at 410
, 8outh Kighteenth street yesterday morn
! Ing.
M. W. Williams la a candidate for the re
publican nomination for councilman In the
First ward. Frank Beebe announced yes
terday that he would be a candidate for
! the democratic nomination for councilman
i In the Fifth ward. They both filed their
: papers with City Auditor MeAneney.
Superintendent J.' H. Beverldge of the
; city schools will thla afternoon deliver an
address to the atudenta of 1'uryear's Com
; merclal college. Thla will be the first of
' a series of talks by representative busl
' nesa and professional men of the olty to
be given to the students of this college.
' Thomaa A. Lynch and Leslie M. Lynch,
who were divorced January 21, 1908, came
over from Omaha yesterday and secured a
marriage lloense, having decided to forgive
and forget and try It over again. Justice
. J. K. Cooper officiated at the ceremony
which once more made the couple man and
wife.
In answer to a telegram received by him
yesterday morning from Dee Moines, ask-
' Ing If Council Bluffs would be represented
at the good roads convention to te called
early In the SDring by Governor Carroll,
Mayor Maloney Immediately wired that
Council Bluffs would certainly send a rep
resentative delegation.
The funeral of the late Oeorge Sutton,
1700 High street, who died Wednesday, aged
60 years, will be held Sunday afternoon at
t o' clock from Cutler's undertaking rooms
and Interment will be In Walnut Hill ceme
tery. The funeral will be under the aus-
' pices of Council Bluffs tent, Knights of
the Maccabees, of which the deceased was
a member. Mr. Sutton Is survived by hla
wife.
The funeral of William Vlckery, the vet
eran of the civil war who died at St. Ber
: nard's hospital, was held yesterday after
I noon from Cutler's undertaking rooms and
1 Interment was In the burial lot of the
Grand Army of the Republic In Fairview
cemetery. Deceased before removing to
removing to Malvern some years ago was
a resident of Council Bluffs and was en
gaged In the retail coal business.
Henry Adams, member of fire company
No. 4, Is laid up with a fractured kneecap.
Adams slipped while pushing a wheel
barrow up the Incline at the rear of No. 4
engine house on Broadway Tuesday morn
Ing. It was not until the knee commenced
to swell and became very painful that
Adams realised t was Injured. City Physi
cian Tubbs was summoned and examina
tion disclosed the fact that the kneecap
was fractured. Adams will probably be
iaia up ior iwo or tnree wee Kb.
Herman Nlehaus, employed on the farm
of William Elghtman, near Treynor, who
waa slugged and robbed Wednesday night
at Tenth and Dodge streets, Omaha, was
taken to Mercy hospital yesterday morn
Ing for treatment, as he waa still suffering
xrom me errecis oi Demg sand Dogged. Dr.
F. T. Seybert, who Is attending Nlehaus.
said that the man's Injuries were not of a
serious nature and that he would be able
to leave . the hospital In a day or two.
Nlehaus, who Is a German, has been In
mis country only about three years.
E. E. Sayers of 1202 Sixteenth avenue
was arrested N yesieraay on a charge of
jarceny oi a wagon loaa or coal rrom a
car in me vv abash railroad yards. The
warrant was Issued from the court of .Tim.
tlce Cooper on an information filed by C.
W. Harrilster, special agent for the rail
road. The eoal Is alleged to have been
taken on January I and 8. Sayers claimed
to ba able to prove that he was employed
by another man to haul coal and that he
waa Innocent In the transaction. He fur
nished a bond in the sum of $50 for his
appearance In court Saturday afternoon.
PETERS FLOORED BY HOKl'P
Coaacil Bluffs Wrestler . Loses to
Omaha Maa at Taraer Hall. "
BUI Hokuf, the big Omaha wrestler, again
demonstrated his ability on the mat at
Turner hall last evening, when he defeated
Charles Peters of Council Bluffs In straight
falls. "Hokuf won both- matches with a
erotoh and barlock hold, securing the first
In 83 minutes 45 seconds and the second In
20 minutes 3D seconds. As a preliminary
Tollver and Ruby wrestled twenty minute
to a draw, Tollver falling In his agreement
to throw Ruby In that time.
A good crowd attended and the main
bout created no amall amount of enthusi
asm. There is no talk of matching Hokuf
gainst om of the "big" heavyweight
wTcatlera of the country.
We fit the wonderful In visible Ftlfocal
Lens. Ask to see It at our optical depart
ment. Lefferf new store. 60S Broadway.
$3.50, $3.00,
Including all our plain and pleated, white and colored
patterns The most stupendous shirt sale in Omaha
Night Robes
75c Outing Flannel
Robes, now at . . . .
HI Outing Flannel ":
Robes, now. at
f 1.6.0 Outing Flannel
Robes, now at . . . ,
.35c
...65c
. 95c
Tie reductions
$1.50 and $1.00
Ties all go at.
50c Ties all go
at..
50c
25c
Roeloffs,
Stetson,
Youman,
HATS
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Council Bluffs
COMPANY AGREES TO GRADE
Avenue A Will Be Brought to Grade
Early in Spring.
COUNCIL DRAWS UP COMPACT
Street Railway Will Do Work
Tim City Does lie Share
May 1 !
Bearla.
The controverey between the city and
the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail
way company over the matter of the com
pany bringing Its tracka on Avenue A to
the established grade of that thoroughfare
reached an amicable settlement at a con
ference yesterday afternoon In the office
of City Solicitor Kimball. The city waa
represented by City Solicitor Kimball, City
Engineer Etnyr and Councllmen Bellin
ger, Jensen and McMillen. The street rail
way company was represented by Assistant
General Manager R. A. Leussler and At
torney Emmet Tlnley.
The company On Its part agreed to be
gin lowering or raising Its tracka on the
thoroughfare in question as the . grade
might demand as soon as the city shall
begin grading, and this being acceptable
to the representatives of the city a con
tract was drawn up, which will be signed
by both parties.
Mr. Leussler said his company had been
at all times perfectly willing to bring Its
tracks to conform .with the established
grade of the thoroughfare, but it did not
believe It would be of any benefit, if even
practicable, to Chang the tracks until such
time as the city was prepared to do Us
share and bring the remainder or the
street to the grade established. The work
of changing the tracks, Mr. LeuBsler con
tended, could be done to much better ad.
vantage at the same time the city would
be grading the remaining portion of the
street.
The contract entered Into between the
city and the street railway company pro
vides that the work of grading the street
and of changing the. tracks shall be begun
not later than May 1 and shall be com
pleted by December 1 of this year. The
thoroughfare Is to be graded from Twen
tieth street west to the approach to the
bridge over the Missouri river.
This agreement was reached at an early
stage of the conference, but considerable
time was spent in deciding upon the form
of contract before It proved acceptable to
both thai city and the company. No other
matters were discussed at the conference.
COMMISSION
BOOSTERS
BUSY
Still Assert They Will Brims Proposi
tion Up for Vote.
Advocates of the commission form of
government are planning for a vigorous
campaign the early part of next week to
complete the petitions. They are still
confident that the necessary number of
signers can be secured and they Intend to
a make special effort to complete the peti
tions. In order, if possible, to have the
proposition submitted to the voters at a
f pedal election before the regular, municl
pal election, which will be held March 28.
There Is, however, some question whether
tven If tbe proposition carried at a special
election whether officers under the new
plan could be electtd at the city election
In March. It Is contended by some that
the matter has been delayed too long to
moke any change this spring. Those back
of he movement, however, believe that
all the preliminaries can be disposed of
in time provided the petitions are com
pleted this noxt week, to have the municl
pal election under the new plan.
Real Estate Transfers
These transfers were reported to The Bee
January 13 by the Pottawattamie County
Abstraot company of Council Bluffs:
John ' A. Foell and wife to L. H.
Morgan, sH ne and nw seVi and
rmrt seW nw and ne!4 BWi1 30-74-
43. w. d $18,000
Louisa Colgan to Carroll W. Kimball,
lot 9. block 2S. Everetr aaa., w. a..
Edward .1. Burns to Anne McSweeney,
lot 4, block IB, Neola, w. d
Cora B. Clifton and husband to Car
roll W. Kimball, lot 6, block 9, Coch
ran's add., w. d..'
James G. McCsrger to Carroll K.
Kimball, lot 12. block 10, Cochran's
add., w. d
Ida McCIure, guardian, to M. Belle
Sanfold, lot 12, block 10, Crawford'
add., g. d
George II. Mayne and wife to D. E.
Stuart, lot 8, Lincoln' Place, w. d....
Simon Casady and wife to Benjamin
Fehr Real Estate company, lots 8, 8,
10, 11 and 12, Rice's resubdlv. of lots
27 and 28, Johnson's add., q. c. d..
Treasurer to Benjamin Fehr Real
Estate company, lot 18, block 43,
Ferry add., tax d
8a me to name, lot 18, block 43, Ferry
add., tax d
Bams to same, lot 10, block IS, Ben
son's 1st add. i tax d
Same to same, lots IS and 20, block 19.
Railroad add., tax d
Same to.F. J. Schnorr. lot 12, block
St. Railroad add., and part lot 8.
Tlndale'a add., tax d .
Same to aame, lot 3, block 11, Flem
ing & Davis' add., tax d
Maggie A. Vosler and husband to F.
A. Spencer, lot 12, block , Babbitt
1,600
K0
$2.50, $2.00
$1.50 Shirts 75c
There still remain some very
choice patterns in sizes 14, 16,
10 H, 17 and 17 ft in our stiff
bosom shirts, which will go at
just half.
winter oner ff
UNDERWEAR fcU(jOU
This includes everything
in the store except our
Dr. Diemel and Dr. Jaeger
brands
Spring line of pat.
I f r'i U I I H trna for 1
(if 1 alii -a "1
I V W 1 I I 1 ll n arrived
fad.
Sfcirta
and
time
hould
be placed.
D
Council Blu
Place, w. d
' 100
100
t
1,500
4.000
Sams to aame, lot 13. block S, Babbitt
Place, w. d
C. R. Ward to Nevada O. Ward, lot 7.
Itoldnn's subdlv. of lot 1. I. I and
4, Hint's Jd Hdd.. w. d
I ii ford Chambllss and wife to Charles
W. Clardy and James Sheley. n20
frt and 7 Inches of lot t, block 1A,
Walnut, w. d
Total, eighteen transfer I'M'
Brother Slow
Reaching Bluffs
Jtm Thompson, Greek Section Hand,
Searching for Young Boy Who
ii Lost.
Jems Thompson, a Greek section hand
employed In the Hock Island local yards,
asked the police yesterday to assist In
locating his brother, who has apparently
become lost, while enroute from Nevada,
la., to Council Bluffs.
The missing Greek Is a young lad, who
arrived In this country about two weeks
ago on money furnished him by his brother.
It ieems that the elder brother was at the
time he sent the money home working in
Nevada, la., and it was to that place thru
the young fellow was ticketed. When he
reachidV Nevada he found that his brother
had moved to Council Bluffs. Being unable
to speak the English language the young
man was in somewhat of a dilemma, but
W, L. Payne, editor of a paper in Nevada.
Interested himself In the young man and
put him on the train for Council Bluffs
last Thursday night. Up to yesterday the
young fellow had failed to reach Council
Bluffs or at least turn up at his brother's
place of residence, hence the latter s
anxiety.
At the time he left Nevada the young
mnn Is said to have had about 1R In cash
on his person. He is about five feet tall,
of dark complexion and 20 years old. He
wore a dark suit of clothes, according to
the description furnished the police.
THOR N ELL TO ILL TO PRESIDE
District . Jodge Adjonrns Court aad
Goes to Sidney.
Judge A. B. Thornell. after concluding
the evidence In the Schurs estate partition
suit yesterday afternoon, adjourned dis
trict court until next Monday and left
last evening for his home In Sidney. Judge
Thornell was under1 the care of a phy
sician Wednesday and as he was feeling
somewhat better yesterday morning re
sumed his place on the bench. His im
provement, however, waa only short and
pn the advice of his physician he decided
to adjourn court and go to his home for
a few days. It is likely Judge Green wilt
be able to come here next week and as
sist Judge Thornell with the equity docket.
The grand Jury was expected to con
clude Its labors Saturday, but unless Judge
Wheeler Is here to receive its report, it
will be obliged to remain over until Mon
day. Some of the member are anxIouB
to get home for Sunday and in view of the
adjournment of court the grand Jury may
adjourn this afternoon until Monday, In
stead of completing Its work on Saturday.
Mrs. Graoe Belle ' Collins filed suit . for
divorce from Eugene' Collins, to whom she
was married In this city on June 23 of last
year. She charges her husband with treat
ing her In a cruel and Inhuman manner.
In addition to the decree of divorce Mrs.
Collins seeks alimony to the amount ' of
3500, which happens to be the amount of
her husband's bank account, and to se
cure her claim for alimony asks for an at
tachment against the furniture and other
effects at their home, 8334 West Broad
way, and a garnishment against the bank.
Judge Thornell yesterday, on applica
tion of the defendant, made an order sub-
poenaeing witnesses for the defense In the
case of the State of Iowa against Leon
Plcotte, at the expense of the state. Pl
cotte was indicted on the charge of looting
freight cars of a Northwestern train, of
which he waa conductor. His trial Is set
for Wednesday of next week.
Howard watches,' 336 upwards.
Oerner's,
411 Broadway.
Iowa News Notes.
MUSCATINE-For the first time in the
hibtory of Muscatine county the grand Jury
adjourned In ten minutes after it was Im
panneled Tuesday, without a single criminal
action to investigate.
SHENANDOAH A local wagon factory
ia said to have been turning out finished
bob sleds every ten minutes for the last
week and still Is hurdreds of orders behind.
Farmers are coming as far as twenty miles
io vuy sieas. .
CRESTON After twenty-four years' con
tinuous service in the emDlov of tha J. H
Merrill & Co. wholesale grocery house here
Thomas Given, manager, has tendered his
resignation to the company, which was
reluctantly accepted.
FOR.T UODGE The Interrupted plan of
the late Mgr. Lenehan to dedicate two or
three beautiful new windows In Corpus
unnsti cnurcn to nia father and mother
ana to nis cousin, uisnop Lenehan, form
erly pastor here, has been carried out bv
his parish, and the third new window has
been dedicated to the late monslgnor him
self as a token of the love and respect In
wmcn me aeceasea priest was held.
BELLE PLA1NE Badly Injured and suf
faring from the effecta of cold and ex
poaure, Mitchell Roberta, pump house man
for tha Northwestern at Belle Plains, waa
found near his pump house this morning
arier naving oeen oeaten into Insensibility
ana roooea or. sio. nooerie is in a crlt
leal condition.
CORYDON Thl olty la after a system
of water work and sewerage. If they can
be obtained at a cost not to exced iiO.COQ.
At a recent meeting a committee of thre
wa appointed to investigate the water
orka and ' sewerage systems of places
about the slso of Corydon and report at a
iuiur meeting.
FORT DODGE The report of the Fort
Dodge Commercial club secretary at the
annual meeting Wednesday evening devel
oped the fact that In very conservative
figures the Improvements In this city dur
ing the year 109 aggregate 1.3ra,000. There
is contracted for ihio kuu,im of Imorovs-
ments before the first month Is half over,
DENISON The fine sliding has been the
mean of causing severe accidents to a
number of young women from prominent
ramuies. i ne asugnters or Hears Mc
Henry of the First National. Georre Neave.
vice president of the Crawford Countv
8tate bank and Ben Nichols of the produce
company have fallen off aleda, breaking
arma, injuring spines ana giving otner In
juries. ,
FORT DODGE The Increase of the aur
plus of tha First National mank of Fort
Dodge at tne recent annual meeting In
creasea trie capital stock and surplus to
120,000 and makes the Fort Dodge bank
rank among the largest In tha state. De
Moines, with two larger; Sioux City, with
two; Cedar Raplda, with one; Davenport,
with one, and Council Bluffa, with one aa
large In capitalisation, are the big banking
oentera of the atate.
CRESTON At the dedication of the new
Methodist church last Sunday at Corning
Bishop Mclntyre took oocaslon to pay a
well deserved compliment to the energetic
cocgregatlon of that place. He said during
all his years of work he had been culled
upon to dedicate many churches but never
before could he remember when the dedlca
toiy exercises were not attended with an
appeal for funds. The I22.0U0, the entlr
cost of the church, had been provided for
the week before.
DENISON Sheriff Cummlngs wa called
upon Tuesday to arrvat two well-dreaaed
young women who had taken rooms at tha
Ever hotel. Word cams from Dunlap
that they had Jumped a board bill of tM
there. They save tbe namea of May Evana
and Maude Sterling. They claimed that
they came to Dunlap by Inducements held
out to them at Omaha by R. A. Barsbay of
Dunlap that- there waa work for thain
there and h would guarantee their board
until they had work. They found nothing
and cams on tip to Penlson. Officer John
Albeit of Duuhip took them back.
Iowa
Mabray Gang Fled
From Burlington
Believed Swindlers Had Fitted Up
Booms There, but Were Scared
Away.
BURLINGTON, la.. Jan. 14 (Special. )
There la strong evidence here that the
Mabray gang of alleged swindlers who are
up against a hard proposition In Council
Bluffs, after leaving that city came to
Burlington and located for the purpose of
continuing their raids on the unwary man
with the roll. Shortly after the gang was
compelled to leave Council Bluffs a well
dressed group of men arrived in this city
and opened business headquarter In the
Melllnger block. Several room were fitted
out In elegant style with desk, typewrit
er and other office furniture. Little was
done by these men during the daytime,
but at night the office were full of busi
ness activity. There Is no evidence that
these men pulled off" any fake races or
wrestling matches here during their stay,
which waa brief. They were evidently
scared away by an Incident very innocent
In fact, but apparently of a auspicious na
ture. The landlord having been requested
by the teelphone company to allow one of
their men to enter the building to remove
a telephone, went to the room to see
about It. He found the place locked and
apparently deserted. Having an extra key
to the rooma he unlocked the door and
entered. He waa astonished by the sud
den appearance of half a doxen men from
various parts of the apartment who sur
rounded him and gave htm a bad fifteen
minutes, while they closely questioned him
concerning his reasons for coming into the
rooma without permission. After much dif
ficulty the proprietor of the building suc
ceeded In explaining hla presence among
the mysterious strangers and was per
mitted to leave. The next morning it was
found that the men had taken their de
parture, leaving no trace of their where
abouts. They had probably gone to Hot
Springs, where they afterward operated.
While in Burlington these men rented
another building somewhat isolated, where
they fixed up a ring for wrestling and
prize fights. Everything necessary to the
sport was placed In this building and when
the men departed they left much of their
furniture behind them.
SNOW CRUSHES BIG BUILDING
Chi
nqnt Aadltorlnm at
Creston
Collapses as Result.
CRESTON, la., Jan. 14.-(Speclal.)-With
crash that was heard all over the west
part of the city the Chautauqua auditorium
at McKlnley park collapsed last night under
the great weight of snow and Ice that had
accumulated on the roof. The destruction
of the buildlug la thought to be complete,
as the construction work is entirely ruined.
The building was heavily insured against
fire, but not against the mishap that has
come to it.
This building was erected in the spring
of 190S at a cost of $3,000 by a public sub
scription fund and held as the property of
the city. This and the Masonic "building,
Temple Grand, which was so badly dam
aged by fire early this winter, were the
two largest public buildings in the city.
The Chautauqua auditorium was used for
largo public gatherings.
Express Lines
of South Dakota
Enjoin Slash
Legal Fight Promised Before Com
panies There, Will Submit to
Reduction in Charges.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Jan. 14.-(Speclal
Telegram.) Throe of the express companies
doing business in South Dakota late today
filed In the United States court suits by
which they seek to secure permanent in
junctions perpetually ' restraining the South
Dakota Board of Railroad Commissioners
from putting into effect a distance tariff
of reduced express rates, which was adopted
by the board at a special meeting held in
Sioux Falls December 16, and which the
board ordered should go Into effect January
18, Saturday of this week.
On application of the three express com
panies. Judge Carland of the United States
court has granted an order restraining the
defendant from attempting to put into
effect the new schedule pending a hearing
before him January 25, when the order to
how cause issued In the three cases insti
tuted today will be returnable, and whon
the defendant will be required to show
cause why a temporary injunction should
not be Issued.
The companies Instituting the actlona are
the Wells-Farga company, the Adams Ex
press company and the American Express
company. The defendants are William G.
Smith, George Rice and Frank C. Robinson,
ho constitute the State Board of Railroad
Commissioners; 8. W. Clark, attorney gen
eral of South Dakota; Peter W. Dougherty,
assistant attorney general, and counsel of
the railroad commission and the state's
attorneys of the various counties In which
the three companies do an express business.
The general claim of the plaintiff com
panies Is that if they were compelled to
adopt the new and reduced schedule of
rates they would be forced to do business
at a loss In South Dakota.
New Attack on
Express Methods
Allegation that Handling of Parcels
of Less Than Four Founds in -
Weight ia Illegal.
VASHINQTON, Jan. 14.-An attack wa
made today before the Interstate Com
merce commission upon the legality of the
transportation by txpresa comptniea of
paicels or packages weighing four pounde
or less.
Nathan B. Williams, a lawyer oi ray
ettavllle. Ark., Instituted a complaint
against Wells. Fargo & Co., In which he
asserted that the carriage of packages of
four pounds or less by express companies
between interstate points was unlawful, be
cause congress had committed the carriage
of such packets to the mails and had
made It unlawful for any private express
to carry same. He declared also that the
Interstate Commerce commlsalon wa with
out legal authority to make rates or to
enforce tariffs concerning express trans
portation of such packages.
Mew Horal
WASHINGTON, Jan
Carriers.
14. Rural carr rs
appointed today are;
Nebraska Arlington, route L Frank S.
Reynolds, carrier; no aubatltute.
South Dakota Carthage, rout S, G. R.
Batter, carrier; Mollle Batter, substitute.
Fairfax, rout L Fred J. Yeggs, carrier;
no aubstitute.
BIMETT TO LINCOLN MEN
Sayi Disappointed Office Seekers Are
Stirring Up Trouble at Home.
MORE EFFORTS AT CONCILIATION
Itepresentntlve of Insnraents Visit
W hite Moose Tnlee Daring Day
President's Attltade Made
Plain.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14. (Special Tele
gram.) Further efforts toward conciliation
of the warring forcea of tha republican In
congress were manifest yeaterday when It
waa made known that Speaker Cannon
Joined In the Invitation already determined
upon to all republican members of the house
to attend the caucus next week for the pur
pose of selecting the members of the Ballln-ger-Plnchot
committee. At the same tlm.
the president let It be known more plainly
that he still considers the "Insurgents" fs
republicans.
. Representative Hayes of California, one
ot the leading Insurgents, made two trips
to the White House. After the first cf
these he announced that attempt to ad
just matters were under way. He consulted
with most of his brethren and reported
back to the president.
Nebraska Papers Arrive.
Nebraska newspapers containing an ac
count of the meeting of the so-called
progressive republicans, which was held
Monday night at Lincoln, and at which
meeting Senator Burkett waa branded "as
61 per cent stand-pat and 49 per cent
progressive," were read with exceedingly
great Interest today by Nebraskans tem
porarily located In Washington. Early
press dispatches carried such a meager
outline of the action taken at the meet
ing that state papers were eagerly awaited.
After reading the report of the meeting
Senator Burkett could not help but show
feeling that his home city, In which
he has lived so long and for which he has
done so much, should be the first to start
a propoganda for hi defeat. While he
doe not feel any uneasiness as to the out
come, he I chagrined over the story of
the night's meeting. He expressed sur
prise over the presence of some of hi
warmest personal friend at the meeting
and could not understand how these real
progressives could have been persuaded to
attend. He thought the statement of
Messrs. J. L. McBrlen and E. E. Bennett
as printed was a sufficient rebuke to the
motive of the men who instigated the
meeting, not for the purpose of advancing
any progressive policy, but for the purpose
of assaulting him.
Disappointed Of f Iceaeekera.
."One of the Lincoln papers, I think,"
said the senator, "described It about right
as a queer combination of old machine
politicians, pass distributors, disappointed
Job hunters, opportunists, and some good
men who did not understand the real pur
pose of the meeting. In that list I see
names of twelve men who have been hound
ing me more or less persistently ten years
for position. One is a man who, after
being postmaster for four years in Lincoln,
could not get 160 endorsers In the whole
city to sign hi petition for reappointment,
and, of course, he got sore and put the
whole blame on me because nobody wanted
him for postmaster."
"There is no doubt," the senator con
tinued, "that disappointed Job hunter are
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going to fight me. and Ihers are quit a
number of them throughout the atate. and
they will get a few unuuspectlng ones to
Join them. Just aa they did at the meeting.
However, 1 ahall trust the people in Ne
braska to remember their game four yrarr
ago, when they fought me until the day of
election on the ground that I was not
standing by Roosevelt, when, a a matter
of fact. I had a statement from President
Roosevelt to the effect that I had never
deserted him In any of progressive
leRlslatlon."
Letter from Harry Voatrr.
"There r others," the aenator said, as
he drew from his desk a letter he had re
ceived from a Harry A. Foster of Omaha,
former member of the legislature, which,
arrong other things, contains the following
choice morsels of political Job hunter's
parlance:
"I write you at thla time to ask you to
name me as collector of customs and cus
todian of the federal building, to succeed
the present Incumbent. I want this ap
pointment, and If I don't get It, 1 am going
to oppose you with all the vim and vigor
I posses. You may know or may not
know that I resisted overture of thevB. &
M crowd to beat you lust time, because I
thought you would treat me square. I
will say that 1 have had some preliminary
correspondence with your friend. C. O.
Whedon, and am In a position to be with
you or against you."
"The people of Nebraska may not want
me to be senator and In that particular I
will have to abide by their will," said
Senator Burkett, "but one thing la sure,
I have no fear of any such crowd as
sen ed to be promoting this meeting being
able to lead very successful propaganda
against me. I am standing today aa I have
stood ever since I have been In public life,
for every syllable of progressive legislation
from whatever source It comes, and I call
upon my friends to protect me against all
conspiracies of this kind."
Attltnde of Administration.
President Taft declared again today that
his test of republicanism will como when
action Is taken upon the legislative recom
mendations which he has made In com
pliance with the party platform. In his
talks with Representative Hayes and other
callers today the president said he was
not withholding patronage from any re
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pnrty is pledged, the president will no
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the party. Under the circumstances, he
declared, he would not be Justified in
recognlxlng any claims for patronage from
senators or representatives who would use
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to be. satisfied with the way matter are
progressing and he has received many per
sonal assurances' that most of the so-called
Insurgents will support the administration
measures.
' Cannon Promises Square Deal.
Speaker Cannon declared the Insurgents
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the coming republican caucus If they came
Into it. There were no efforts in advance
by anybody, he said, to set a trap or pit fall
for those of the majority who have been
fighting the organisation, but on the other
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the outcome of the caucus would b. Evcrv
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Sattle Expected There,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. News of a battle
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and reached Washington today. Details
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Managua, where a final battle will . be
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Acoyapa , in three divisions. Chamorro'
division In the lead has battery and ma
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worked such destruction on Zelaya's troops
at Rama.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 13. There
are persistent rumors that an engagement
has taken place between the government
forces and the revolutionists In the depart
ment of Chontales, but nothing definite la
known here of the result of the fighting.
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