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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Baseball in England.

Baseball seems as slow in taking
root in England as cricket is in this
country. Yet it has good start and
the prediction is made that before the
summer ends there will be 20 league
clubs in Great Britain. The game
was introduced in England in 1874,
when the Philadelphia Athletics and
try. In 1889 a game of baseball was
played on the historic Kensington
oval, with the present king in at
tendance. Buffalo Bills cowboys
played several games in England
afterwards. Later the National Base
ball association was formed and also
the Incorporated London Baseball
association. During the nineties, five
clubs were playing regularly in and
about London. A few weeks ago a
match game was played in London,
in which all the players were English
except the catchers. The American
scholarships are doing much to de-
velop the game there. AS yet the Eng
lishmen do not seem able to master
the art of the catcher. Neither do
they understand the slang of the
game, which adds SO much to it's en-
joyment The spectators also miss
many of the fine points of the sport.
says the Cleveland Leader. Baseball
may grow on King Edwards islands,
but there is little likelihood that it
will supersede cricket.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
ENGINE BATHED IN GLUTEN.
Looked as if 1t Had Passed Through
Heavy SnoWstorm.

When the engine of the Pennsyl-
vania train arrived at the station it
looked as though it had passed through
a snowstorm or flour mill, says a dis
patch from Riverton, N. ]. 1t was
plastered from stack to tender with a
white, sticky stuff, and the fireman,
Irving Perrine, looked like a snow
man, with streaks of crimson flowing
from sundry cuts in his hands and
face. Engineer George Willitts had
escaped the white drenching and was
not hurt.
When the train approached the
crossing at Fish House, Willitts saw a
team approaching, the driver trying to
beat the engine. He shut his eyes as
he saw that a smash was inevitable, and
next instant it came. The wagon was
loaded with gluten for starch factory
at Fish House, and the stuff was sent
into thousand directions as the bar
rels we're smashed. The driver of the
wagon, J. B. Bissett, was hurled from
the wreck, badly hurt, and was sent to
Cooper hospital, Camden. Flying glass
from the cab windows cut Fireman
Perrine. The engine was considerably
damaged by the collision.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07

nebraska Deus
BURNED TO DEATH.
Fatal Fire in Country Barn Near
Town of Valparaiso.

Fatal Fire in Country Barn Near
Town Of Valparaiso.
A. T. Connor's large barn, about ten
miles northwest of Valparaiso, was dis
covered to be on fire but was too near
ly destroyed to save any of the con-
tents. Roy Conner, young man, aged
twenty years, was burned to death.
His body was found after the fire. He
had been working in South Dakota and
but recently returned home. His
father and himself had had disagree
ment of some kind, and in bundle
of clothing found in the road after the
fire was a note book with notation
that he would get even with his
father. It is thought that he was not
in his right mind, as he had been act
ing queerly for several days. Mr.. Con-
nor also lost three horses in the fire.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Railroad Mans. Prayer.

The following is the text of rail
road mans prayer" pasted on the fire
mans side of the switch engine in the
Northern Pacific yards in Spokane:
"Now that 1 have tagged Thee, lift
up my feet from the rough road of
life and plant them safely on the deck
of the train of salvation. Let me use
the safety lamp of prudence, make all
the couplings with the link of love,
and let my hand lamp be the Bible,
and keep all switches closed that lead
off the main line into the sidings with
blind ends. Have every semaphore
block along the line show the white
light of hope, that I may make the run
of life without stopping. Give me the
Ten Commandments as a working
card, and when 1 have finished the run
on schedule time and pulled into the
terminal, may Thou, superintendent of
the universe, say: well done, good
and faithful servant; come into the
general Office to sign the payroll and
receive your check for eternal happt
ness"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
AGED MAN BADLY INJURED
TrampIed Upon by a Horse at His
Home in Humboldt.

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Home IN Humboldt.
Henry Alberts, well known pioneer
retired farmer, residing in the east
part of Humboldt, came very near
meeting his death by accident and sus-
tanned injuries which may yet result
fatally. He went out to the barn to
hitch up his driving horse with the
intention of taking his wife to church,
and in some manner unknown was
thrown down while Harvesting the ami
mai and tramped upon until he be-
came unconscious.
His wife discovered his condition
and neighbors were summoned, the
unfortunate victim carried to the
house where physicians found him suf-
fering from severe injuries about the
chest, several ribs being torn loose
and evidently thrust into the lung cav
ity. How extensive this hurt is can
not be determined yet, but the unfor-
tunate man sustained many other Sc
we're bruises, and would doubtless have
been trampled to death instantly if he
had not rolled or been kicked from be-
meath the animal.
Mr.. Alberts is in his sixty-seventh
year and it is feared that his physical
condition is hardly strong enough to
Withstand such an experience.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
All Like to Travel.

In fact, the bulk Of the summer ex-
odus business is pure restlessness or
the result of the ordinary human love
of travel. The practice of "going
somewhere" in summer is a mere ex.
cuse in the majority of cases for the
qualification of the nomadic instinct
We lack the frankness in this respect
that the poor Mexican peon possesses.
Since railroads were introduced in
Mexico, with their amazingly cheap
third-class cars, which the roads are
compelled by law to carry, all Mexi.
cans travel when they can rake or
scrape the price. 1t does not matter
to them where they go. If somehow
the peon becomes possessed of Is
cents. he takes bag of acorns and a
blanket, goes to the nearest railroad
station, puts down the silver and says:
"Viaje por seis reales!" which means.
"Six bits worth of travel!" And the
agent sells him ticket to any point
that he can reach with that amount
of money. Thither, blissfully, he
goes, and trusts to the Lord to get
him back again. somehow. some time.
We are not exactly like this Mexican
peon, says the New York Mail, be-
cause he takes his idle voyage at any
old time. We take ours in the hot
weather and call 1t a summer out
ing"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
The French in the Sahara.

The activity of the French in the
Sahara is the marvel of recent ex-
ploration. They claim more than two
thirds of the great waste, and the
present prospects are that they will
seek out and map every sand dune.
we'll and grazing area throughout
their domain within the next two or
three years. The latest flying trip
has been made by Capt. Flye Sainte-
Marie, who has travelled west and east
through the heart of the desert, his
outgoing and return routes being
from so to 100 miles apart and near
ly every mile of the way leading
through regions never seen before
by an explorer excepting where he
crossed the north and south tracks
of other travellers. He ascertained
the lay of the land throughout this
long unknown tract and discovered
a number of excellent wells that are
believed to have been the source of
water supply for the nomad robber
bands that have made a practice of
swooping down upon merchant cara
vans which had time to wonder, even
as they were being plundered, from
what mysterious source those fellows
managed to replenish their water
bags. The French have practically
put an end to banditism in the Sahara,
and one Of their most effective ex-
pedients is to guard the wells against
all those whose business on the road
is not manifestly legitimate. If the
development of the Amazon basin
does not take more rapid pace, says
the New York Sun, large areas of
it will still remain untraversed and
unknown when every important fea
ture of the Sahara will have been
spread out on good maps for the in.
formation of the world.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Need Better Water Supply,

The mayor and city council of Beat
rice have determined to test the set
Ting basin plan of furnishing whole
some water supply for domestic pur-
poses for the city. DR.. Floyd Davis,
the expert water chemist, of Des
Moines, Ia, recommended this plan as
the most practical solution of the city
water problem several months ago,
after careful examination of the con-
ditions. The city authorities have or
dered a small trial basin made of lum-
Der for testing this method, and it will
be installed at the water plant and a
thorough trial made of purifying the
river water under all conditions.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
RATE REGULATION IN TEXAS.
States Railroad Commission Has a
Tremendous Power.

At the first regular session of the
twenty-third Texas legislature law
was passed, approved April 3, 1891,
providing for the establishment of a
railroad commission to be composed of
three citizens appointed by the gov
ernor with power to regulate the rail-
roads of the state and to enforce all
the laws of the state pertaining to rail.
roads, says the Reader.
This body was given power and was
required to adopt all necessary rates;
to correct abuses; to prevent extor-
ton and unjust discrimination; to
adopt classifications uniform through
out the state, but to fix different rates,
where necessary, for different lines; to
fix joint rates.
1t was also to be tribunal to hear
complaints from any interested parties
and to call witnesses, take dispositions,
administer oaths and punish for con-
tempt. 1t had power to examine the
books of all transportation companies
(Which were also placed under its jur-
isdiction, though street railways were
mott. to ascertain the cost of all rail-
ways in the state and to prescribe q
system of bookkeeping, with annual
statistical reports.
Power to insist upon the mainten.
ance of tracks, depots and safety de.
vices, upon the running of trains on
time and upon the furnishing of empty
cars when required was also given.
No rate can be made without an
open hearing in which the railroads,
their lawyers and any person who
wishes may appear and show evidence
to prove what the result of any change
may be. But the rate, once made,
goes into effect in 20 days and may
only be set aside upon suit of the rail-
road company or other party dissatis-
fed proving in a court of competent
jurisdiction in Travis county that the
rates complained of are unreasonable
and unjust.
Schedules of all rates made are sent
to each railroad and must be printed
in type not less than plea and posted
in conspicuous place at each depot.
"Extortion" and unjust discrimina-
ton" are defined by the same statute
and forbidden under heavy fines.
All violations of the laws by rail-
roads must be reported to the attor
ney general for prosecution.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Makes Stir at Grand Island.

Walter Scott, known over the coun-
try as "Scotty," the Death Valley mil
lionaire miner, dropped into Grand
Island August 81 and created consid-
cradle of stir. He arrived on the
Los Angeles limited and was bound
for San Francisco. He accidentally
missed the train when it departed and
tried to charter a special engine to
overtake his train. Upon wiring, how
ever, the officials at Omaha refused to
put on the special. His first offer of
$500 was then increased. He called
Hartman a cheap screw. While fin
ally dismissing the engineer and fire.
man, who had in the meantime gotten
ready to make the flying trip, he tip.
ped them with $40 bills.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
To Celebrate Founding.

A movement has been started at
ton of the fiftieth anniversary of the
settlement of Hall county and this Sec
ton of the state in July of next year,
and in connection Herewith to erect
and dedicate an appropriate monument
to the original colony of twenty-five
settlers, to the first settlers of every
township in the county and the old
soldiers of the county.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STILLS
Union Pacific Switchman Fatally
Crushed at Grand Island.

At Grand Island Claude Ellis, a
Union Pacific switchman, was fatally
crushed between cars while uncoup-
ling them and died five hours later at
the st. Francis hospital. He was night
foreman of the switch gang and was
at work between two cars of an in
coming Ord branch train. He had un-
coupled the signal hose and was un-
coupling the air hose when the slack
in the train caused the two cars to
bump together. He was in STOPPING
position and his head was caught be-
tween the stills, crushing the head, the
fracture being most severe at the base
of the brain. He was a widower, with
one child of six years, who was at the
home of Ellis parents at ST. Joseph,
from whence he came only a few
months ago.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
GAINED 81 POUNDS
Persistent Ansemia Cured by Dr.
Williams Pink Pills After Other.
Remedies Had Failed.

Persistent Ansemta Cured by Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills After Other.
Remedies Had Failed.
ssWhen began taking DR.. Williams
Pink Pills." says Mrs. Nathaniel Field,
Of St. Adams, Somerset county; Maine,
II was the palest, most bloodless person
you could imagine. My tongue and
gums were colorless and my fingers and
ears were like wax. I had two doctors
and they pronounced my trouble an@mia.
Ihad spells of vomiting, could not eat,
in fact, did not dare to, had such dis
with gas which caused me awful agony.
The backache suffered was at times
almost unbearable and the least exertion
made my heart beat SO fast that could,
hardly breathe. But the worst of all was
the splitting neuralgia headache which
never leftme for seven weeks. About this
time had had several numb spells NV
limbs would be cold and without any
feeling and the most deathly sensations
would come over me.
"Nothing had helped me until began
taking DR.. Williams Pink Pills, in fact,
had grown worse every day. After
had taken the pills short time could
see that they were benef1ting me and
one morning awoke entirely free from
pain. The distress after eating disap-
peared and in three weeks could eat
anything wanted and suffer no incon-
venience. also slept soundly. have
taken several boxes Of the pills and have
gained in weight from 100 to 154 pounds
and am perfectly well now"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills cure an@mia
because they actually make new blood.
For rheumatism, indigestion, nervous
headaches and many forms of weakness
they are recommended even if ordinary
medicines have failed. They are sold by
all druggists, or will be sent postpaid, en-
receipt of price, 80 cents per box. six
boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, n. 7.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
SWALLOWS cARBoLIc ACID.
Despondent Soldier at Geneva Com.
mits Suicide.

Despondent Soldier at Geneva Com.
mits Suicide.
Stanley Morrow, aged thirty-eight
years, committed suicide at Geneva by
swallowing about three ounces of car
bolic acid. He had been in poor
health and unable to work for a few
weeks, and had been respondent and
his mind affected. He carried $4,000
insurance in the Modern Woodmen
and the lodge will have charge of the
burial. He was married and leaves a
widow, but no children. His relatives
live at Gibbon, Neb. He was a Span
ish-American soldier, having gone to
the Philippine islands with company G,
First Nebraska, returning in broken
health.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07

Tunnels continue to grow in favor.
It begins to look as though the Alps
might be honeycombed. The con.
struction of the st. Gothard, the Sim.
plon and other tunnels has led to nu.
merous additional enterprises. of the
same character. The latest is a tun.
mel through the Bernese Alps to con.
meet with the Simplon bore and to
tween Switzerland and Italy. Science
lis rapidly doing away with the natural
obstacles to intercommunication OF
this sort.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
CAUGHT UNDER CAR WHEELS.
An Aged Resident Of WILDER Is Fatally
MangIed.

MangIed.
AS freight train No. SO was doing
some switching at WILDER Ignatz
Cecha, an aged resident of the town,
undertook to cross the track on his
way up town from his home. In cross
ing a sidetrack he was caught by a
car that had been cut loose from the
train and was running on its own mo-
mentum to the elevator. Mr.. Cecha
was knocked down and his body cut
completely in two at the chest by the
wheels of the car. 1t was raining at
the time and his appraised umbrella
prevented his seeing the approaching
car. He was sixty-seven years old and
a member of the Bohemian benevolent
order C. S. P. S. He leaves a widow
and two grown up sons.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Beet Harvest Soon BEGINS.

Recent tests of the sugar beets
grown for the Grand Island factory
show a very high percentage of sugar
content, and the season has also been
a most favorable one for tonnage. 1t
is expected that the factory will begin
the campaign on the seasons crop
about the 10th. A long campaign is
expected as there is all the acreage
the factory could handle.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Wheat Stacks Burn.

The other day while Bert Huff
was threshing at John Humans, east
of Benedict, fire was started in the
stacks from the engine, burning four
stacks of wheat. The machine was
saved. They had already threshed
two stacks making 200 bushels. The
loss is estimated at 400 bushels, with
no insurance.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Having a Busy Season.

The Grand Island Canning company
is having busy season in the canning
Three hundred hands are employed.
The season will last about eight weeks.
New improvements in machinery have
been installed here and finer product
than ever will be put out
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Burlington Brakeman Injured.

G. F. Clary, brakeman on Burling-
ton freight train No. 76, met with a
mishap at Cullom as a result of which
he sprained both of his ankles quite
severely. In attempting to jump from
one box car to another he fell to the
his feet and ankles.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Returned to the ASYLUM.

Yesterday John Clayton of Brown
vile was brought before the insanity
board at Auburn and it was decided
to return him to the asylum. Mr.. Clay
ton has been an inmate of that insti-
tuition, but was released last Deem
Der. Sheriff Rohrs took the patient to
Lincoln
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
New Water SCOOP Iried.

If the experiments that are now be-
ing made with a new water scoop are
successful it will be possible for
trains running at the high speed of Is
miles an hour to take water without
slackening. The initial experiment
made a few days ago was highly sue;
cessful, and it was shown that it was
possible for engines on the fast
through trains to be equipped with the
device.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Want New Lumber Yard.

There is a call out for the purpose
of organizing a lumber company in
Benedict. The pushers in the scheme
are certain they can make it win. The
impression is that lumber is too high
and the only way to cheaper it is to
start another company. The business
men and farmers are taking hold of
the matter.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Significant Facts,

There remain the facts, however,
that more passengers are killed in
collisions and derailments than in any
other way, and that about two-thirds
of the collisions occur on railroads
not block-signaled and by reason of
errors which do not occur in block
signaling.-N. Y. Press.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
More Precautions AGAINST Wrecks.

Under the new order issued by the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad all locomo-
tive engineers are required to stop at
all times and pick up fagmen when
the latter have been overtaken. The
order is arbitrary, and is regarded as
an additional precaution providing
against accident by engineers disre.
garding fagmen and colliding With
trains In distress.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Fear for co,oqne Cathedral.

Serious damage to the magnificent
central portal of Cologne cathedral is
feared. Several large pieces of carv-
ed stone have fallen and numerous
other portions show signs OF loosen
ing. The cathedral, begun in 1248,
was not completed until 1880. It Is
generally regarded as the finest piece
of Gothic architecture In the world.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
Orders Thirty-Two Oil Burners.

The Mexican Central railroad has
ordered 80 consolidated engines,
equipped with oil burners, delivery to
be made in November, December and
January. The engines will be built
by the American Locomotive company.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
European Neatness.

In q thousand miles of Europe an
observer saw only one rubbish heap
some old metal cans at Carlsruhe
Everywhere else was q complete alb.
sence of all waste or carelessness,
and above all, of DETACHMENT and
roadside uncleanliness.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
BAD FIRE AT MILFORD.

Business Houses Burned, With a To.
tai Loss of $4,000.
A fire broke out in William Rey-
nolds' blacksmith shop on Main street,
Milford and Sweasey's livery stable,
Mrs. Baldwin's millinery store and
George Brox's carpenter shop were
burned to the ground. By hard work
was insured for $1,000. Mrs. Baldwin
is insured for $500. The total loss was
$4,000, insured for $4,000.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07
WILD WITH ITCHING HumoR.
Eruption Broke Out in Spots All Over
sody-Cured at Expense OF Only
$1.25-Thanks Cutjcura,

1.-THE Cuticura Remedies cured me OF
my skin disease, and am very thank
full to you. My trouble was eruption
of the skin, which broke out in spots
all over my body, and caused a con-
tinual itching which nearly drove me
wild at times. I got medicine of a
doctor. but it did not cure me, and
when I saw in a paper your ad. 1 sent
to you for the Cuticura book and I
studied my case in it. then went
to the drug store and bought one cake
of Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura
Ointment and one vial of Cuticura
Pills. From the first application re-
ceived relief. used the first set and
two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap, and
was completely cured. had suffered
for two years, and I again thank Cuti-
cura for my cure. Claude N. John
son, Maple Grove Farm, r. F. D. 2,
Walnut. Kan, June Is, 1906"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07

It is usually q great shock to .
woman to discover later in the game
that her husband knew exactly what
he was talking about.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07

i motor boats are really taking
the place of gondolas in Venice" then
Venice is letting 60 of one of it's main
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07

Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle Of CAsToR1A,
. safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
md see that It
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-09-07

We can generally avoid a lot OF
trouble by not saying what we think.