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THE HF1J: OMATTA, WEDNESDAY, A PHIL ! 1013. Nebraska Nebraska Body of Man Found in Field Near Exeter EXBTHR. "Sob.. April 8.-tSpcial.i -The body of a dead man was discovered Saturday In Albert Blba's paat'li-. two and one-halt miles southeast of Fxeter. The body was In a crooked dra. In a small water hole, entirely coveted vut'i water. The location Is very nar the center of the section a half mile from any road In either direction. The uo-tv had been lying in this secluded -;ol at least two months. Theie was a dtoji gash nearly three Inches long In tin right side of the neck extending from the bane of the ear to near the center of 'hi throat, also a bruise on the left side "i the head.. The left eye was out of Us socket and the right partly out. The man was fairly well dressed, but did not ap pear as a man of .much means. At the coroner's ImiueU freight receipts s!nd other papers found on his person polntel to him as a Mr. Mowery from rvcar l,ln coln. who formeil- lled at Archer, -Neb. The coroner's jur gave their i tllct as murder by a paity 01 parties unknown. The body was bioJSlit to town and the telegraph and telephone were Hied to such good effect as to locate( his wife near Lincoln. She anlved Mondi. ne says her husband was s-ibject to peculiar spells, when he would leave homo and be gone for days or weeks at a tlm. Tno last time she saw him was about January 1", when he took one of his pells a"d left and was never seen alive again. A number of people remember the an pears nee of a iliange man. who seared tevoral 'women half to death one oenitti; about two and a half months :igo uy peeling in at the windows and acting very sttangel. Many people he-e cie now coming lo think it a case ot sui cide, as an open penknife has been found In one of Ills o pi coat pockets. Tfic body was buried here Water rtonil Illecllon nt Colnmlin. COM-'MBIS. Neb.. April 8. (Spoctai.) -May I is the date selected by the city council for the special election tor the voting of $10,010 water works extension bonds, and at the same time a propost tlon will aUo be submitted to the voters tor the location of the proposed Jlo.i. Carnegie library. It Is proposed to lo cale the library building In Frankfort park. Theie, is considerable sentiment against locating the building In the park, a many wish to nieserve It as It is. contending that It Is none too targe at present. The proposed library 'mlmlne; will also contain a public ret loom. First Unit of Genoa Power Plant at Work COULMnrS, Neb. Apill S.-(Spclal.l -After an expenditure of approximately $400.00) the Nebraska Power company has demonstrated that It has in operation a successful hydro-electric plant nt Oenon. The first unit Is complete and this week It was connected with the Genoa city electric light plant and furnished the Juice for the lights In that clt.v T'ic Ini tial trial was successful. Engineers .ire on the ground and aie preparing plans for additional units which will develop 16,000 horse power. Nebraska, SENATORS REFUSE TO DECIDE ON TIME , FOR ADJOURNMENT iContlnuijtl from Page One.) datioh of the pure food and ll 'lepar' ments of the stato and asked t.r th" appointment of a lonfeience Jommlttee fiom the senate to confer wl"i a .Ike committee from thi house. cotiiWtmg of Bollcn, Fries and Haslk The coinmltUv was not appointee) nt the time of the neon recess. I.NSl'H AXCB COail'AMKS WOIIK Some Sensible Advice On Womanly Beauty (From Martyn's Driig Journal.) Healthy hair adds much to womanly ll beauty. It Is such an easy matter to have a glorious masa of lovely hair that the dull, "stringy" kind Is Inexcusable. A canthrox shampoo (which can be mix ed at home and costs very little at a.iy druggist's) removes every particle of dust, dandruff and excess oil and, a(te;' rinsing, tho hair dries quickly. It makes the head feel good and leaves the hair soft, fluffy and easy to do up. Keep the skin clear, velvety and .il-tractlve- and. remove -tan and freckle by dally applying a lotion easily -prepare.! at homo by stirring two teaspoonfulu of glycerine, into one-half pint witch hazel (or hot water) then adding four ounces spurmax, which cost's little at any drug- gist's. This lotion which Is used Instead of face powder seems part of the :kln which It tones to a beautiful, natural color while overcoming the oily, shiny appearance of ti-o face,. c3 often due to -.'if -'I'vc'tpiilfn,. CUSTER SHERIFF LOOKING FOR TWO BAD MEN HIlOKKN BOW. b . A pill S-(Special 1 -Warum's aie out foi the nricst of Maucc C'hl'ds and Ed Fredericks, yens men iPHldlng near f.'allavvav. rharg Ing them with assault and carrying con cealed weapons. At a neighborhood danre given at the farm of Jake Heafle. twelve miles west ot here, Chllds and Fredericks aie alleged lo have made their npp;ac auce, shooting up the place nud floating a rough house In general. According to statements triHde by those present, Chllds took the center of the floor, diew his gun and waving It alound his head. In formed the company they had never seen a bad man and that he was about to give them a demonstration. Upon being re- I montia'.ed w.th by Rtwood Pelky. one I of the c:it ts, Chl'ds took a shot at his I feet, then cleared his way to the doov I I it.. . I , , ! 1 !.... n.. Ikii. ' oy snouting in kii uiini'uuf. i rui.n to this Fredericks had staitcd lo clean up the ciowd with a pair of brass "knitcks," but was quickly lelleved of them by a better man. The two later rode away on hoisebaol. and the whole neighborhood Is now being stoured br h.m by Sheriff . Wilson and his deput. Chllds lias been posing as a o'jd man for some tlme past. Bnd on -r,ore than one occasion been In trouble. Jierr flank Open nt Knlrhnrjr. FAIRBURV, -N'eb. April 8. (Speclal.) The Farmers' & Merchants' National bank threw open lis doors In lhe Bon ham Bank building on the northwest corner of the square Monday after several months' waiting for repairs 'o be com pleted on the First National bank build ing. The First National bank moved Into lta new home Satuibay. This makes four banks In Falrbury Including the Harbtne, Goodrich Bros., First National, and Far mers' & Merchants'. Edward B. Cowles, ex-land commissioner of Nebraska, Is cashier of the 'new Institution. N'crr Church for Ulooinf leld. BLOOM FIEbD. Neb., April 8.r(Special. At a meeting of the building committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Tnnltatis Klrche It was declde'd lo accept the plans of the firm of Bcu'tt'cr ft Arnold for the erection of a $11,000 church. The church will be built on iho Filter cornor of Broadway, which had been, purchased lately by the Trlnltatls church Tor tho sum of, J4.6O0. The new church promises to be a splendid edifice to be built out of fancy yellow brick. Very .Much liitrrrxtcil In Detent of Code Measure. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April S.-(Speclal.)-"lf .the big eastern Ipsurance companies can get lhe goat of Auditor V. H. Howu.-d." said a prominent Insurance man this afternoon, "they will feel amply re warded for maintaining the big lobby which has been working for the pas sage of the code insurance mean'tre known as S. F. 361." Continuing he said: "These big com panies have attempted to get the auditor on their side and have been turned down bv him In eveiy Httempt. A lepiesenta tle or the generul council of the presi dents' Life assentation of the Insurance companies of the ast has been in IJncoln for the last four weeks working for the passage of this bill and they am using eraiy effort lo make It win out because they consider It a slap nt Mr. Howaid. Tl.oy aie afler him because he tertisMl tu indorse a pioposltlon submitted by them m the ailv part of tho sesrion allovvlntl Irsmance companies of the east to escape penalties provided for a violation of the Junkln anti-trust law. Accoidlng to this gentleman only two piopositlons' In tho code bill are of in terest to the eastern companies. One of them Is the section thnt takes from the auditor the Jurisdiction of the Insurance department. The other in that section which if It becomes a part of tho law w lit cripple the home companies, which have made great Inroads Into their bust ness. One of these home companies, be cause of Us large settlements to policy holders, a seytem with which no eastern company ?an compete. Is their especial object of attack and Is In fact a thorn In the side of the large eastern insurance companies who are so Interested In seeing this measure win out In Nehraaka. "They know thatt hey cannot Influ ence the present state auditor and oon equently are for any measure that will take from him the Jurisdiction of the In euiance department of the state." LOAN All ARK III 1,1 PAHSKI) f Orchard & Wiliielm A thoroughly good kitchen, cabinet at an extremely low price. This cabinet la made of hard wood. Top Is 42 Inches long, 25 Inches wide, has two flour bins with a capacity of 50 lbs. each; one bread board and two cutlery drawers. A genuine Saln at: $4 85 Dresser Valuo of Unusual Merit Mrs. Kllr.nlirth DoTrty. BLOOMFIELD, Neb.. April S.-(Spectai ) Mrs. Elizabeth Dowty. one of Knox county's oldest settlers, died Monday In her home after a lingering sickness at the age of S7 years. the was born Ju LoCkhart. Ind., and moved In 18S0 to tht state, making her home near Crighton. In 1892 she moved to Bloomfleld. Among her eleven children were three p.ilrs ot twins. She Is survived by five, sors, Hu bert, Henry, Isaac, 'William and rienja-mln. Centenarian Denil nt Beatrice, BEATRICE. Neb., April 8. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Maria Riddle died sud denly here last night at the home of her son, J. A. Ramsey, aged 100 year and 9 days. Sl,ie leaves ten children. WATER LOBBY HARD AT WORK (Continued from Page One.) V This dresser la substantially constructed of select golden oak, polished finish. Top is 4u Inches long, 20 inches deep. Mirror, French bevel, 24 Inches by 20 inches, two small and two large drawers. (? A rn Price, each tJi'luU Credit Notice". We offer tho help of our credit department. Terms of payment may be made to suit your convenience. Do not hesitate to make use of this suggestion. ing the fight are satisfied the stock yards Is carrying out Its agreement with Howell and Is not opposing the bill. The house spent the morning discussing , the code Insurance bill. Chris Gruenther of Columbus and John Byrnes, formerly chairman of the demo cratic state committee, have Joined the numerous Water board lobbyists to add their mite to the support of the meas ure. Gruenther insists that he Is a personal friend of Hitchcock's, so there fore It Is perfectly natural for him to come here and help out his friend. Gruenther Is also a candidate for In ternal revenue colector, and not having the support of Mr. Bryan, Is naturally antous further to cement the support of Senator Hitchcock. He knows nothing about the merits of the bill nor whether the people of Omaha wont U, and cares less, but is for It because the Water board has a democratic mouthpiece that bawled out for him to come to the front. He said he expeoted to stay In town only a few hours and he really looked ashamed of himself for being here on such a mission. The Water boaid not only assembled here In person and had runners bringing out members of the house all da yfor consultation, but se oured a olroular letter from a, bunch of Omaha bankers: but .by tomorrow they expeot to have a petition down here signed by a lot of Omaha, and fouth Omaha people for the bill. In the meantime the Water board lob byist may double cro?s the stock yards and try to bring this corporation aguln under the Jurisdiction of the board, hav ing used the South Omaha company In getting the bill from the sifting committee. Simon Ort Rnonith Votes After Hard Fla-ht on Floor. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April 8. (Special.) After a hard fight, which nt tlmon looked like a losing one. Simon secured the passage through tho house this afternoon of his loan shark bill. Bollen. In explaining his vote, said he lyid been requented to see who was behind this bill, and After a thorough Investigation desired to Inform the house ' that "Judge Howard Kennedy was behind It. Judge Lincoln Frost wao behind 'it and all the charitable "ihstttu Hons In the two cities; and Brain, In ex plaining his vote, bald very humani tarian In 'the country was for It. Mc- AlllBter, in repiy 10 mwe iww, wnru uuu to help all these me nanu insiuuuons u they were really behind such a measure as this. Simon gre wenthuslastlc In support of Ills bill and said: "If the loan sharks are for this bill, as has been charged, why Is It that they have had flvo loon sharks and two lawyers down hero since Saturday fighting It? This bill will put the loan shavks In hades." At this Juncture time was called on Simon and he was escorted to his seat by the sergeant-at-arms. The bill passed with the omergenoy clause, with Flana gan of Douglas voting against It and Druesedow and Sugarman absent. These other bills were also passed; II. R, 172 Railroads must furnish trans portation for shipper of car of stock. II. R. 337-Stallion registration bill. S. F. 133 Providing: for the HtoilllMllon of habitual criminals. S. F. 61 Requires railroads. Irrigation companies and oanal companies to con struct proper crossings. S. B 253 Raises the fee to bu paid by nurses talcing examination to $10. S. F. 215 Permtttlwr Omaha to tssue bonds to buy the Auditorium. BOARD TO SPEND MONEY Mileage Tax of Half Mill for State Institutions. NO BUILDING FOR EXPOSITION limn Will iif lip Itenrrsruli'il llli n Structure nt Mnn I'rrtuoUi'U Women n lo Voir Whether Thr.o Wnnl llnllol. il'iom m Staff t'oiitspotulcnt.) MISS MOINKS, la, April -(Special Teleginin.) The members or Hie legls Inline on lhe appKipilalions cummitti't' liaxe agiied upon not mnk'iiR any sppio piiatlons this year for the Utile lntltu tloiis under the board of control, but lo substitute a mileage tax ot hair a mill ror a pcllod or five eHH to be Used by tho boaid In the purchase of land, erection of buildings and equipment thereof. This follows the method In use for the state colleges. The senate committee on appropriations toda decided on refusing to make any appioprlatlon whatever for the lown building at t ne Siin Fianclseo exposition and the bill foi that purpose will bo In definitely postponed. Ths bill to add one more Ji.dge to the Tenth (INttlet ifr imsxed today to the governor and will become a law. Tin new Judge will be named from Waterloo. The house toda defeated a bill which had parsed tho senate to piovlde for n ote of women next year on the question whether the women of the stato want the ballot. ThU d.sposes of the taut ot tin measuies affecting equal suffrage. Slnte Fnlr I'll Km. The senate indulged In a long and acrimonious debate today on the sub Ject of issuance of passes to the state fair and especially with regaid to the nccclty .'or admitting fice the ex hibitors and otheis connected with the fair. Amendments were offered and then was much (lhctisslon of the whole policy of the slate toward the fair. In the end the amendments and the hill were laid on the table, which dlposes of the whole matter for this session. nonnU of Cnnelllnllon. The hoiife parsed a bill providing for boards or conciliation and the arbitration of labor disputes. It provides for ap pointment of a board or commission where a labor dispute arises and In care of failure to secure a settlement In peace ful manner that a full report of the matter bo printed at stato expense. The senate passed a bill to require reports of accidents to the state labor department and to make other minor changes In the law as lo that department. Other nilln Pnsnril. The senate passed bills: ofrlV'. Pe',all-V '" fill'"- of a bank official to furnish assetsor with Hit of bank stockholders. Authorising rommlttce on retrenchment to fix salaries In the state library de partment. Authorizing rood protection bonds. Providing a way for correcting errors In assessments. Concurred In amendments lo a bill In regard to revoking license of doctors. The house passed hills: Repealing exemption from tax of state land leased. For correcting abstracts In countlec with two county eats appropriating for aid of C V Patten. For Inspection of cvnsum mines. Forbldlng fiee transportation of-goods I by common, carriers. . , I .- c .. ... 1 a ,..,f.i.j in .iijiiiirni , The Iowa legislative assembly com menced today what will ptobably be. the next to the last week. 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The bill as prepared by the I commission provided for by the last leg islature I declared to bt one highly fa- voi able to the worklngmen and It Is sieatly feared by the employer. At the outset the plan received the enoouro Ce ment of the official representatives ef the larger employers of the state, but later they changed and have now been fighting all legislation ot this kind. Sev eral alternative hills have boen proposal, but none of them are regarded as at all suitable to tho situation. One very Im portant bill affecting litigation for dam ages was passed in the senate last week, ch'. nclng the burden of proof whore con I trlbutory negligence Is set up as a de fense In damage case. It i believed this ; will pass the house and become a law, and If so It will aid In compelling adopt tlpn of a rule for workmen'' compensation. 'You have tried the rest Now you can relish the best." METZ QKNUINE BOCK RRER on draught and in bottles on and after April 11th. Order a case ot this delicious beer sent to your home. Wm. J. Roekhotr, retail dealer. Phono Douglas 119. DEATH RECORD Chnrlea K. Pueh, PHILADELPHIA, April 8. The Penn sylvania Railroad company announced today thnt Charle E. Pugh, a retired first vice president of the company, died this morning at Old Point Comfort, Va. COUNTY PHONG 11 1 LI, IS SIONED In 6( Wait Ail always take WRIGLEYS NEW TARIFF WILL PUT PAPER ON FREE LISTS WASHINGTON, April I. John Norrls of the committee on paper of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' association, sxld tonight: "The practical effect of the proposed tarlf: upon news pi In: paper and pulps wl" be to admit news print paper and I pu!ps free of duty front all the world without qualifications of any ort Chem lea pulp If also admitted free of duty from a nat.on with th exception that chemtca pu.p must pay tz per toi from 'hose Canadls provinces whirl, prohibit the exportation of pulp wood Ciorernor Morebejid Will I,cit Competition on Srnlof. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April J. (Special.) Follow ing the lead of the senate and house, Uovernor Morehead today placed his ap proval on House Roll No. 3, the FMller bill for tha county ownership of tele phone lines. This Mil will allow any county to come Into competition with any private lines now In existence. The full list of bills signed this morn ing is as follows: IL R. 3 The Fuller county ownership tetephone bill. P. F. 12. by Krumbaok Requiring the State Board of Pardons to give notice to county attorneys and district judge re- tnnllnp Hn,tTic- n ,a l,nl4 S. V. C, bj Hoagland of Lincoln Pro vides for granting of temporary restrain I ing order by district Judges and hear . Ings within ten days of Issuance thereof K. F. R5, by Statute Revision Commit teeProvide for Jury commissioners. S. F. JS7, by Reynolds of Dawes-Provides for the establishment of the state bureau of weights and measures and gives power of state sealer to pure food commlsloner. S. F. 73. by Shumway Remodels the Indian antl-trcatlng liquor bill ' correct ing defects of old statute S. F. 74, by Shumway Straightening up the matrimonial affairs of the Indians and putting tho red men and women on a better basis with regard to their plural marriages. H. R. 637, by the House Finance Com mitteeProvides a S5-100 mill levy for the maintenance of the state normal vchooli for the coming hlennlum. II. R, 328, by Stebblng of Dawson Fixes a' uniform rate of 25 cents on all tele grams in the state. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS READY FOR CAUCUSES WASHINGTON. April B.-Majorlty members of four committees will be named bv the house democrats In caucus tomorrow. The chairman recommended by the was and meant majority a the com mittee on committees ar R-iIes-Robert I. Henty Texas Accounts .lame T Lloyd Missouri. Mileage Warrun W llalloy. Pennsyl vania Enrolled BUI John J. Whltaore, Ohio. A Horrible Death i may result from diseased lungs. 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