THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1913.
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Nebraska
Nebraska
MANY AUTOS REGISTERED! Aged Man Drowned
More Fees Paid Than in Any One While Trying tO Put
Day Before. Qut Fire in Clothes
STATE WARRANTS ARE ISSUED
Auditor Office Kept llunr Untitling
Out Payment Under Appropria
tion from the llecent
LeKtnlntnrc.
From a St(flff Correspondent.)
UNCOL.N, April 22. (Special.) In the
office of the secretary of state K4 auto
mobiles have been registered since April
1. One hundred and twenty-eight of these
came In yesterday, which beuts the rec
ord heretofore mnde In tho line of auto
registration.
Auditor W. B. Howard left thlB morning
for Des Moines, la., where he will attend
to some Insurance matters for the state.
Miss Ruby Corson, who was awarded
$2,000 by the legislature for the loss of
ono hand In a laundry mnchlne at tho
Grand Island Soldiers' home, called at
the auditor's office this mooing for 'her
warrant.
"While it was plain," said Deputy
Minor, "that her hand was gone, yet the
law plainly states that In cases of this
kind a certificate from the physician
must accompany a claim showing that
tho Injury was permanent, and wo had
to deny her the warrant until that part
of the law was complied with."
P. P. Doty, who was awarded $3,000 by
the legislature for Injuries received dur
ing tho prison outbreak last winter,
called at tho office of the auditor a few
days ago and received the warrant.
II. W. Itobers, assistant state engineer,
will leave for Montpellcr, Ida., Monday,
where he will bo Identified with the Utah
Power and Light company. He will Vc
celvo a much better salary than the
state Is paying him and It Is said con
siderable better than that head 'engineer
of Nebraska now gets.
State Engineer D. D. Price went to
Arlington today to lnpect the state aid
bridge at that place, which has 'Just been
completed. The bridge Is a one span
affair 180 feet long and floored with wood
blocks, the first bridgo of its kind in
the state. The contract price for Its
erection was $ltf,200.
Employes In the state auditor's office
aro busy to ty getting out tho warrants
for the payment of tho employes of the
legislature and other expenses made
available by tho passage of the last ap
propriation bill. The governor had not
signed the bill today, but nssured tho
auditor that he could get the warrants
ready as tho bill would be signed to
morrow.
A hearing was had before Governor
Morehad this morning on the loan shark
bill passed by the last legislature. Simon
Its Introducer, and Representative Trum
ble appeared In behalf of having the gov
ernor sign the measure, whllo Ixsonard
Flansburg and another Lincoln party
who are in the loan business appeared
against the bill. The governor did not
signify his Intention as to what he
would do.
Prof. It. C. King, Inspector of rural
schools, went to Hansen, in Adams
county, this morning, where he will speak
this evening on the .subject of rural
schools.
State Printer LudI la sending out no
tlces for. bids for stato printing, which
includes 1,000 copies each of the senate
and house Journals. Bids must be In by
noon, April 23.
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WILBER, Neb., April M.-(Speclal )-
Abel Cox, who lived five and one-half
miles south of town, lost his life yester
day afternoon by his clothing catching
fire while he was burning cornstalks In I
the field. When he could not extinguish 1
the fire in his clothing he ran Into Tur- I
key creek ,a small stream, and Jumped I
Into It and drowned. He was 87 years old
and was ono ot the first settlers In this
part of the. state. Even before he set
tled on tho land where he now lives and
that he homesteaded In tho early sixties,
ho was a trapper along the streams, and
In the early days had many a brush with
the Indians. Up till the time of his death
he was strong and hardy, and was never
sick. He leaves several grown up chil
dren. Tho funeral will probably be held
Wednesday.
RAILROAD COMMISSION
FIXES DATES FOR HEARINGS
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Neb., April 22. (Special.)
Tho state railway commission will hold
a hearing at Gerlng May 1 on the appli
cation of the people of Mclbeta for a
station and agent on tho Burlington.
On the following day It will hear tho
application of the people of Gerlng for
the removal of the Union Paclfio depot
closer to the town. The petition states
that the road built Us depot a long dis
tance from the business portion of the
city and they deslro a location where It
will not work a hardship upon tho busi
ness Interests.
On account of theso hearings, the hear
ing which has been set In the Falls City
union tpot matter for May 1, has been
postponed to May 6.
FARM INTERESTS SEND
MESSAGES TO GOVERNOR
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April 22.-(Speclal.)-Gov-
crnor Morehead received this morning a
telegram from tThe Twentieth Century
Farmer urging him to approve the ap
propriation for a dairy building for the
Btate agricultural form. It Is understood
thatt he agricultural Interests of the
Btate are very much In favor of the ap
propriation and will urge tho governor
to sign the sattTe, notwithstanding It was
given out when the bill was up that the
governor would veto It. The governor,
however, denies that he has given any
advance dope on his action In tho matter.
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Mahogany Prlncees
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$15 Washstand,
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Mahogany Arm Hock-
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Quartor-sawod Golden
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$15 Table, $10
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BURLINGTON EARNINGS BIG
Eight Months Show Profits Nearly
as Great as Previous Twelve.
ALSO SPENDING LARGE SUMS
DESHLEU. Neb., April 22. (Special.)
William Freltag of Byron won the first
prlie nt the Ernst & Son horse show at
Deshler Saturday, a Shorthorn bull valued
at J100, offered for the best span of
Krade mares. Nine teams were Bhown. H.
J. Gramllch of the state university acted
as Judge.' At the Shorthorn sale twenty
head sold at an average of J76. A bull
calf topped the offering at $160. A 2-year-old
Percheon stallion was rold to Henry
Schliefer of this place for $760.
CUTS OFF END 0FN0SE
WITH 'SAFETY RAZOR
NORFOX.K, Neb., April 22.-(Speclal.)
Frank Tracy, assistant In the office of
the city engineer, accldently cut the tip
of his nose off while shaving Saturday
morning. Tracy was using a double
edged safety razor and just as he pulled
the blade back to cloan his upper lip
of a threatening moustache, he felt the
sharp blade strike his nose. Profuse
bleeding followed and he found that he
had cut a piece of flesh from the end
of his nose.
Serlona Accident at Snttoii.
SUTTON, Neb., April 22. (Special.) A
very serious accident occurred at tho
farmers' elevator late Monday afternoon.
Earnest Case, living' with his mother
south of town, was drl' Ing up to the
dump to unload wheat. The dump had
been left unlocked and by some means
the team, wagon and Mr. Case all went
down. Mr. Case was taken out and at
the present It Is not known how badly
he la hurt .except one leg Is broken. The
lower part of his limb was amputated
several years ago as a result of an ac
cident. Mr. Case waa taken to his home
In an automobile accompanied by his
physician.
Bnrglura Make Haul at Wllber.
VILBElt, Neb., April 22. (Special.)
The saloon of Henry Posplsll ,the pool
hall and cigar store of Magunaaon &
Bhestak and tho saloon of Frank
Vokolek were each entered by burglars
Sunday night. In the saloons the cash
registers were tapped and in the cigar
toro the cash was taken beside about
300 cigars. Bloodhounds were caueu irom
Beatrice Monday. The trail in each In
stance was followed from one place to
the other, then to the railroad tracks
where the trail was Jost. It Is presumed
that the offenders took the early morn
ing freight out of town.
An Increaur of Six Million Dollar la
Bhovrn In Gross Receipt Over
Corrrnpondlnir Period of
the Year Ileforc.
A a money maker, for the eight
months ending February .28, two-thirds
of the present fiscal year, the Burling
ton railroad made a record that nas
seldom been equalled. During the period
named the earnings exceeded 15 per cent
and after all Interest and dUidend
charges were taken caro of, there was
a surplus of over $11,000,000 remaining.
The earnings for tho fiscal year ending
June !0, 1912, aggregated 12.72 per cent
of the entire stock Issue.
That the Burlington did business dur
ing the eight months ending February
28 of this year Is apparent, as the net
operating Income aggregated $22,831,814, a
sum almost as great aa tho total for
the year ending Juno 30, 1912.
So far during this fiscal year tho Bur
lington has been piling up gross earnings
more rapidly than ever before and at the
end of February there was shown an
Increase of $6,000,000 over the correspond
ing period of last year and during tho
same period tho operating expermea wuro
but.$1.7E,875 greater than during a Uke
period of the previous year.
Spend" Money Liberally.
During tho time when tho Burlington
has been earning such Immense sums it
has been spending money liberally, keep
ing up maintenance and building new
l(nes and facilities for handling business.
In fact, tho road haa been criticised by
competitors, who have contended that
the road waa being "over maintained."
The Burlington ia operating in excess of
9,000 miles of road, much of which passes
through tho richest agricultural country
In the world. Including Nebraska, Iowa.
Illinois, Kansas and other western states.
That thla rich section haa produced rev
enue la borne out by the fact that 87 per
cent of the gross earnings came from 44
per cent of the mileage.
of $45,076. One unimproved forty acres
sold for $130 an acre.
Good Prices for Land,
UTISA. Neb., April 22. (Special.) Four
hundred and eighty acres of land be
longing to the Wllhelm Pleper estate,
located seven miles southwest of town,
was sold at auction today. The land
averaged almost $94 per acre, or a total
HYMENEAL
Illdenoar-Jflcbola.
FArRBURY, Nob., Aprll22. (SpeclnJ.)
Lafayette 8. Ridenour and Miss Bcrnlco
Nichols, two well-known young poople of
this city, were quietly married In Omaha
the laat of the week. This culminated a
romance, which commenced about four
years ago. At that time Miss Nichols
lived next door neighbors to her future
husband, but removed with her parents
shortly afterwards to Sioux Falls, B. D.
For several years the groom lost sight
of his aweeheart, but lost summer while
In Sioux Falls he made Inquiries con
cerning her. Slio waa located, tho ac
quaintance renewed and kept up until
she came to Omaha lost week and met
Mr. Ridenour and they were married.
Mr. and Mrs. Ridenour will begin house
keeping hero at once.
llalkcy-Tlervea,
MADISON. Neb.. April 22.-tSpecial.)-Gonley
B. Halsey, son of Ben Halsey of
Meadow Grove, and Miss Ellen B. Reeves
'of Emerick precinct were married at
Madison Monday afternoon.
DEATH RECORD
William Noble.
YORK, Neb., April 22.-(8pocial.) Will
iam Noble dred lost evening at 7:80 after
a short Illness with pneumonia.
F. W. W00DR0W, BRADSTREET
REPRESENTATIVE, IS DEAD
F. W. Woodrow, 62 years old, died yes
terday nt his home, 2715 Fowler avenue.
Ho Is survived by bis wife and his son,
Walter, who Is attending school.
Mr. Woodrow haa a large acquaintance
in Omaha, as he haa been connected with
the Bradstroet company for thirty-five
years, and for the last thirty years of
that time has been assistant superinten
dent of the local agency.
RABBI C0HN TO ADDRESS
Y. M H. A. WEDNESDAY EVE
Rabbi Frederick Cohn will address, the
members of the Young Men'a Hebrew
association at the association rooms In
the Wellington block. Nineteenth and
Farnam streets, Wednesday evenlna a.t
8:30 o'clock. He will take as his topic
"Passover and Its Influence on the Amer
ican Jew." There will also be an excel
lent musical program.
Ascil Wiimnti Seriously Hnrt.
"HIMBOL.DT, Neb., April 22.-(Speclal.)
A serious ana probably fatal accident
befell Mrs. Mary Sargent, aged 72 years,
Sunday night. She spent the day in
town with her daughter and about 9
o'clock she started for her home four
mllea north of town with a one-horse
rig. On nearing the bottom of a steep
hill two miles out, one side of the shaft
dropped down and the horse started to
run away .throwing her to the ground.
Mrs. Sargent sustained a-broken shoulder,
three broken ribs and Interlal Injuries.
Her condition Is serious.
Madlaon Mnn Hnrt In Anto Upurt.
MADISON, Neb., April 22. (Special.) -Charles
Altschuler narrowly escaped with
his life last evening about I o'clock when
!hla automobile turned over about four
mllea north of Madlaon. Aa It waa, he
had his collarbone fractured and was
'otherwise considerably bruised.
I Mr Altschuler waa on his way to Mad
, laon from Norfolk and wag driving at a
(speed of twenty mllea per hour when
some part of the steering gear broke
and he lost control of the car. A passing
automobile brought him home. The auto
I mobile wu damaged slightly.
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