THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. APRIL 12. 1912.
Nebraska
COAL CASE PARTIAL VICTORY
Concession on Bates from Colortdo
is Considerable. '
SELTEF TWICE BEFORE DET5IED
-all war rmataln Seats w
Wntrra Clasalileattra Shipper
Xebraska Gareraor tm
Fill Boar Vaeaaele.
from a Staff Correspondent.)
UKCOLX. April U. (Special.) Trie
Interstate Commerce comminioa in de
ciding the Walstnberg; coal rate caw did
not give the Nebraaka commmlssion all
it asked for. but the concession is con
sidered, when it is considered the fed
eral commission had twice previously re
fused to grant any relief in the aame
matter.
Commissioner Clarke went to Wash
ington to argue the case, which was
based on a petition to have the rate of
S3IP per ton extended as far east as
Superior on the Burlington. This the
commiaston refused to do, but It did
extend the $3.50 rate east as far as Hln
an, the previous limit having been Ox
ford Junction, from there east the rate
being 13.7a. The reduction of tS cents
per ton is applicable to the stations of
Ragan. Huntley, Wilcox. Sacramento and
Minden.
The lefuaal to extend the newrate to
.Superior was because at that point It
would meet competing rates from other
mine fields, which would have been dis
turbed by ' a change !n the Walsenberg
rate, and these in turn would have dis
turbed still other rates. The stations be
tween Minden and Superior which must
continue to pay the old rate are Superior,
Kdgar, Clay Center and Harvard.
Sew Rates e Shipper.
The railway commission is sending out
to commercial bodies and large shippers
tables of changes In classifications, and
Incidentally of rates made by the pro
posed new western classification. Rate
Clerk Powell of the commission Is still
busy checking over the new and the old
classifications and preparing for the
hearing which IssVt before the Inter
state Commerce commission May IS, and
also to be ready for the hearing on be
half of the railroads, which Is set for
April 1a. May IS Is the date for prose
cuting the state and shippers cases. The
tables sent out were complied by the
rata men of the railway commissions In
all of the states concerned In the new
regulations, and show Just how .
changes will effect all . shippers. The
contention of the railroads Is that the
new classifications are simply to obtain
harmonious rates, but the shippers and
the railway commissions Insist the har
monising has been done almost exclu
sively la the direction of raising rata
by changes) In classifications or article.
When It was first proposed to put thj
plsn Into effect the commissions of th
various states, after a vigorous fight,
obtained suspension of four months to
enable them to check up and see Just
what the effect was, and this suspen
sion expires) June IS unlets extended
further.
The Union Pacific has been granted
permission to. apply the hard coal rate
to shipments of coke from Lincoln and
Fremont, provided th rate to Nebraska
points shall la ao case be greater than
frem Omaha. -
ethretera Answers.
Th Northeastern road has answered
the complaint of Fred H. Free of Flain
Mew regarding depot facilities at that
point. Th company allege that Its
facilities at that point are ample and
suitable, and further there Is no need
for a union station at that point, and
If there was the proposed location is
Impracticable. Uke the Burlington, In
the same case, the Northwestern denies
the Jurisdiction of the commission to
rder th companies to provide a union
station..
Labor Commissioner Guve has as yet
been unable to do anything toward lo
cating the colony of Jews from Chicago,
with whom he has been corresponding
for some time, though he expects to go
out next week to look over a proposi
tion that has been offered and see what
ten be done In the matter. It is doubt
ful, however, whether It will be possible
to accomplish anything this season.
Michigan baa already provided for two
small colonies of these people.
W. H. Dillon of Hastings has pleaded
guilty and been fined fie for sellUig milk
which ma below the standard, tie runs
a restaurant, and made the mistake of
selling a glass of the milk to one of tne
state Inspectors.
Tw Appolataseats Cstmlaa;.
The term of Dr. SheUhorn. member of
the "tat Normal board, expires June 1,
end the governor has slready had Ms
attention called to several persons whose
friends think they aould make . good
men for the position. Dr. Cummins of i
the State Board of Health also com-;
pletea his present term July 1, and the
governor anticipates no dearth of appll- '
cants for this place. x
Governor Aldrich hss gone to Fair
bury, where ' he delivers an address be-!
for th Commercial club. i
Th secretary of state's office Is now .
receiving a large number of nrw and :
also applications for reneeal of old auto-1
mobile licenses. Business wss dull for
a time when the snow drifts were piled
up over the state. But the advent of
weather and good roads hss
spurred up autu owners.
Land Commissioner Cowles has gone
te Grand Island to look after matter
connected with th Soldier's home.
Sew Wells Aeteejaate.
Th new wells sunk by the city at the i
A street station f the waterworks ays-
tern ar shoeing up better even than i
espected and ft ts confidently believed j
will easily furnish MK.4M gallons of j
water per day. If this proves true, the i
old Rice well will not be ml seed and the
ctty will nave a plentiful supply of water '
from Ha other wells. 1
Nebraska
Fifty Thousand
Dollar Fire Does
Damage in Homer
ROSALIE. Neb.. April U.-iSpecial Tel
egram.) Fire early this morning at
Homer caused $50,090 Iocs in the business
section. At l:i So'clock It as discovered
in the kitchen of the Omaha cafe,
operated by J. W. Tucker, who about
two months ago succeeded John Wolt
man. The fire spread from this building
into the W. E. Smith harness shop, the
Edwards ft Bradford lumber yard and
store, the Rockwell grocery and Ke
cream parlors, the Grovel Davis barber
shop and the J. If. Church shoe shop.
burning them to the ground. Three ice
houses belonging to Kph Rockwell, reter
Kauts and Charles M. Borowsky were
completely destroyed, as were also Mrs.
Carrie Allen's house and barn In th rear
of the Edwards ft Bradford store.
Voluntary firemen saved the Farmers'
exchange and Homer hardware store.
Brick buildings will be erected by the
parties burned out and It Is a conceded
fact that Homer will rebuild. Insurance:
Omaha cafe. H00; w. E. Smith, $2,000:
Rockwell grocery and building. $5.M0: Ed
wards ft Bradford. KOOO; Mrs. Allen.
$909; others, amounting to $1,0(10.
Nebraska
CHADRON NORMAL DEFECTIVE
New Structure Built by State on
Inadequate Foundation.
BIG CRACK ALREADY SHOWS
NEBRASKA CITY PRESBYTERY
HOLDS SESSION AT DUNBAR
Dl'XBAR. Neb.. I Aorll 11. iSnrrtsJl-
The Nebraska Cltv Preabvterv. in.
eluding the towns of York. Beatrice.
Tfccuroseh. Fslrbury. Lincoln. Nebraska
City, Falls City, Plsttsmouth. Auburn,
Pawnee City, and all other towns where
Presybertlan churches exist In such In
lermediate territory, held the annual
ession at Dunbar on Monday. Tueediv
and Wednesdsy of this week. A Isrge
attendance of ministers and, lay dele
gates were present, and one of the best
sessions in the history of the Presbytery
was had.
The following officers for the ensuing
year wer chosen: Moderator, Rev. Mr.
Robinson of Pawnee City; Rev. Mr.
Bailey of Falls City was re-elected per
manent clerk. Delegates to the gen
eral assembly, which meets May 1C
at Louisville. Ky.; Rev. George Carr
of Deshler and Talt of Tecumaeh; ss lay
delegates. Elders James P. Baker of Dun
bar and Mr. Glllen of Auburn.
A memorial service wss conducted
Tuesday evening In memory of Rev. Mr.
Lowrey, deceased, late of Lincoln, by
Rev. W. W. Lawrence, and R.v u.
Carpenter of Lincoln.
The meeting was turned over Wednes
day evening so Rev. B. M. Long of the
Second Presbyterian chbrrh of Lincoln
and Rev. Mr. Young of Beatrice. Rev.
Long spoke on "Foreign Missions." snd
Mr. Young on th subject, "Big Bus
iness." The next meeting will be at Raymond.
Neb., in June.
. Nebraska
Nebraska
BsUalaf Pat I f Vnder Plans of
Berllagboff and Ereetrsl ky Con
tractor Aseeaasaekrr of
Lincoln.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. April 11. tSpecial.) Defects
has developed in the building erected for
the Chadron Normal school, which, ac
cording to statements made by the normal
board, threaten to render the structure
unsafe within a few years unless the
troubles are remedied. The difficulty ap
pears to be in the foundation, which is ;
not constructed to equalise the weight
upon it. The building was designed by
George A. Herlinghoff of this city when
he was state architect and erected by
Contractor Assenmai-her of Lincoln.
Concerning the building the following
atatement Is given out by members of the
board:
"The Chadron Normal school building
is located at the base of a beautiful hill.
The old academy building stands a quar
ter of a mile back and ninety-seven feet
higher above the sea level. Higher up
the crest of the hill Is covered with pine
trees, adding beauty to the scene. In the
valley below Is the compact little city of
Chadron. numbering Inhabitants.
"The Chadron State Normal school has
proapered beyond the hopes of Its most
optimistic supporters. There are In actual
attendance 3 students active, earnest
young people, eager to secure a teacher's
diploma and to prepare themselves to sld
in the educational progress of the state.
"With all the above advantages, there
Is sadness in the fart that the beautiful
structure put up st great expense by the
state was not built upon a proper founda
tion. The foundation is not such as to
equalise the weight of the different parts
of the building, being practically the same
width at every point. Then, the building
being on the hillside. It was necessary to
excavate sever) feet on the south side,
thus placing th foundation at that point
on a solid base: while on the northwest
end of the building the foundation was
placed on loose soil. Already there is a
crack on the west side of the building
two Inches wide at the top and running
all the way down to the foundation,
where It Is Just visible. Along the front
(north side) a crack Is Just visible a little
more than half way from the corner, ex
tending all the way across the chapel,
thus weakening th northwest part of
ths building materially. The building Is
in no immediate danger, but at the pres
ent rat of drawing of the building to the
northwest the building wlU be unsafe In
another year.
Now, someone Is to blame. The normal
board employed an architect and a super
intendent, at an expense of something
like $1,TS0. The contract wss let to reliable
contractors.
"Public buildings should be built a
carefully as the best of private buildings.
The tlm will soon come when the state
will have a general superintendent of all
buildings, and will have such person so
heavily bonded that h will see that the
state gets good return for every' dollar
apent.
'The normal board meets Tuesday,
April (8, and will make arransenients to
remedy these defects If possible."
CASE AGAINSf PARKS
DISMISSED IN COURT
BROKEN BOW. Neb. April lt.-Sie-
clal Telegram.) The case of the state
against Norm rarks. in which the de
fendant was charged with assault, whs
not called to trial twiav. Wynne Jones.
the complaining witness, failed to put in
an appearance and the it dis
missed.
This was the case In which Norm
Parks, editor of the Custer t'ountv Re
publican, was charted with assauTC as
the result of drsalng a gun In his own
defense against Jones, who had made
threats over the telephone the evening
before of what he would do to parks
when he should meet him.
Jones is a contractor and his Ire at
aroused over what had appeared In
Parks' paper concerning matters pertain
ing to the court house, of which Jones
was superintendent of construction for
Custer county.
Friends of Roosevelt
Arrange Tour of State
i tKrnm Staff Corriomltnt . )
j l.lXiI.N. Neb.. April U.-(Spe.l.-!
AiinMiw.'nKnt Is made hrr that MVdiU
' McOormK k of l"hirro will b in the
i oily tomorrow to arntunjEt? for a tour of
the state by Theodore Uooelt. It will
not 1 known until his arrival just what
dins he mill !ixmt in th? state or what
portion he will cover, but H la thought !
he will Ik- here April IT ami IS. He will !
have a apecUl train, which will enable
him to sp'ak at a large number of
plc', winding up each night with a
meeting l some of the larger cities.
Iah frtnU of the colonel are not ad-
'vised further regarding any of the plana,
but it is presumed Mr. McCormlck has
them all formulated, subject to approval
lof the local committee.
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YONDA GETS JUDGMENT
AGAINST ROYAL NEIGHBORS
SEWARD WILL HAVE
A CARNEGIE LIBRARY
8EWARD, Nb, April ll.-(Speciali-Mayor
Dlers received a letter from the
Carnegie Library Board of New York
City. Monday, which conveyed th In
formation that aa soon as a alt Is
procured and th city provides for its
maintenance, th IS. One for th Library
building will be forthcoming. Th coun
cil was called together Monday evening,
and Councilman Kulshryer wsa appointed
from that body to co-operate with the
City Library Board In completing ar-
rangemcnt for the site at one.
V. Q. Dickinson todsy donated sites
for the Carnegie library and Young Men's
Christian Association buildings. Six
thousand - three hundred dollars has
been subscribed by our cltlsens towards
the Young Men's Christum Association
building. Klght thousand dollar will be
the sum needed. Mr. Dickinson's sites
ar worth
MAN PROBABLY FATALLY
HURT IN FIGHT AT LAKESIDE
RfSHVIIXE, Neb.. April ll.-(Kpeclal)
Sheriff New brought up Lewis Kay
from Lakeside, who is held for crushing
in an unlndentlfled man's skull with a
two-by-four In a drunaen altercation.
Th man Is a tramp that was employed
at the livery barn at Lakeside for the
last two weeks. .If I in the Catholic
hospital at Alliance with slight hopes for
his recover'. Ray la an old tlm cow
puncher over W years of age, and has
been employed as a stock detective. He
Is In the Jail here.
Th broom that
sweeps cleanest,
wean longest and
is easiest to use Is
thsLEZ. Fall, firm
tip, strong stitching,
proper balance,
handsome finish, no
skimping of broom
straw these are
some of Its snperior
features.
THE LEE. BROOM
is sold bj your dealer. When yon order,
say "Send me a UE broom." You can
get the right kind for any as sod your
sweeping tasks will be vastly easier.
Ut BROOM tt OUSTER COMPANY
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NORTH PLATTK, Neb.. April II.
(Special. ) The case of Thomas Vonda
againat the Royal Xeixhbv of America
wss concluded In the district court Isst
evening after a trial lasting Monday and
Tuesday. The suit was upon an insurance
policy for 2.vn upon the aitc of sir.
Yonda. who died last October. The order
resisted the suit on the ground tU.it
fslse ststements were made In the up.
plication for the Insurance policy and
that the applicant had consumption and
stated that she did not have consumption.
The Jury rendered a verdict In favor of
the plaintiff for the amount of the policy.
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CONSTIPATION
Announcing Omaha's
Greatest Rug Sale
Monday, April 15
Consisting of our large purchase of
all this season's rejected patterns
and drop numbers from the Hart
ford Corporation of New York.
Small, medium and large room rugs
in abundance. See this paper Sun
day for full particulars and prices.
Note rugs in our windows.
Orchard & Wilhelm
Carpet Co.
I flllSIillllllillslfl
Fleujs for your pr .Ra
Boys Require Well Made Shoes
They five tfieit shoes the hardest wear inrj should be provided
wH the hind that will stand the severest strsin. (
Nine 0'Clock School Shoes
for Boys and Girls
are nude el the hifhest quality leather and tewed by the roinforoed
McKay process, which means a lonfer life and more wear than you
can fet from other shoes. All children should wear 9 O'Clock
School Shots and save the coupons to help fet flip for their school.
Ask your shoe dealer about our flaf plan.
Free A History of Our Flag
A beautifully illustrate btkTh$
History of Our Flat, by Francis Scott Key
3rd, will bt mailed fret to every child
sending 2 cents for postage. Send for your
copy today and state name of your dealer.
MANU'AC TUft t ft Sx
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Franklin
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A luxurious seven-passenger
automobile without the
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found in a car of its size.
The use of Silvertow cord
tires give it a snap not found
in any other seven-passenger
car.
GUY L. SMITH
DISTRIBUTER r '
2205 Farnam Street .
Omaha, Nebraska
SENATOR U FOLLETTE
SPEAKS AT BROKEN BOW
BROKEN BOW. Neb, April lL-ftpe-
eialr-Senator La Fouette delivered an j
address at the opera bouse last evenlnc
and was erected by an audience of l.Om
pcopt. Th senator arrived en tbe local ,
ji as n i r at T o'clock and had delivered ;
speeches from th back end of hi train
at all point between York and Broken j
Bow. Mr. La Follette siecompanted feira i
and th receptioa they received at this!
piae la eaad t be tbe most enthusiastic j
that has ocrured durtns -he tour of tbe '
stat. ' i
geaalor La. Follette made a character-
Istio addresm spealtlna on national is- .
ue an aarhie respects la ao ancertain
loses to Roosevelt. j
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Minneapolis, Minn., Au25, 1911.
Bankers Life Insurance Co.
Lincoln, Neb.
Gentlemen: ,
I am in receipt of your favor en
closing i $924.49 in settlement of my
policy No. 1894. Please accept my
thanks for same as it is by far the best
settlement I have ever seen or heard
of being made by any life insurance
company.
Yours truly,
T. J. HICKEY.
TWENTY PAYMENT LIFE POLICY
Matured in the
Old Line Bankers
Life Insurance Co.
of Lincoln, Nebraska
Name of Insured Thos. J. Hickey
Residence Minneapolis, Minn.
Amount of Policy $1,000.00
Total Premiums $ 529.00
SETTLEMENT
Reserve $ 463.50
Surplus $ 460.99
, Total Cash $ 924.49
Friday Another Opportunity
to Buy
Spring Tailored
Suits at Half
Never before at this season have
we been in a position to offer suit
values equal to these. Profit by the
magnificent Friday-bargains.
$15.00 Tailored Suits...... $7.50
$18.50 Tailored Suits...... $9.25
$20.00 Tailored Suits $10.00
$25.00 Tailored Suits ....$12.50
30.00 Tailored Suits '. ;. . $15.00
Hundreds of clever designs for
selection, including a big' line of
Sample Suits. See them Friday.
Ask the man who owns one of these policies.
Write us for an agencv.
Special Friday Bargain.
MILLINERY
$3.50 Untrimmed Hats, $1.98.
Milan, Tagal and Chip with
wide velvet fold, fine white
burnt and black shapes and
Dark chip with colored fac
ing, values to $3.50 ta, your
choice' $1.93
Imported Artificial Flowers
Not the cheap domestic var
iety, but values up to $1 per
baucli, ou sale, bunch . .25c
Chip Hoods and Tnrbaas, Black or Burnt, 98
Yoi'tc tried the rest,
Now try the best ....
- Tba Bee reaches saor
botnr thaa all thrr
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