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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-31
BRYAN PRIZES BESTOWED

Several hundred people crowded
into the main hall at the public school
building at Normal to witness the
closing exercises Of the schools OF the
district, conducted by Prof. Percy
Barker, principal, and the Misses
Wolfe as his assistants. The hall was
tastefully decorated for the event,
which was followed by the annual
big dinner today. A feature of the
entertainment was the bestowa1 by
Uncle Jake Wolfe of the annual prizes
given by w. J. Bryan for excellent
scholarship in the various classes OF
this school.
"Mr. Bryan" said Mr. Wolfe, lis
In Athens, the city most renowned for
culture. the arts and sciences, or any
city in the world, either in ancient
or modern times. 1t is the city where
Plato wrote, where Homer sung and
where Demostnenes Numbered bis
mighty eloGuence.' He was sure hat
Mr.. Bryan will bring home many USE
full and interesting lessons. He ex-
planned how Mr.. Bryan had originally
given sums of money as class prizes,
but that he had concluded to change
it to books He felt sure that the day
is coming when each pupil will more
highly prize a book, or even an auto
graph of Mr.. Bryan, than any sum OF
money he might give them, and ne
asked that when Mr.. Bryan comes
home each recipient of prize take
his books to Mr.. Bryan for the auto
graph.
The recipients of the prizes were
as follows former recipients OF Bryan
prizes being barred from the compe-
tition: First grade, Harold Richards;
second, Andy Meistrell; third, Louise
Loringer; fourth, Ena Wilson; fifth,
Laura Meistrell; sixth, Farwell Slaf-
ter; seventh, Olive Grantham; eighth.
Florence Grantham, ninth, Nellie Hes
ter
Plattsmouth-Joh Behn, who for
merly resided near this city, was
killed near Plainview by being crushed
under load of lumber The body
was brought to this CITY today for
burial
Beatrice-Loudin Scroggs, the r.
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
Scroggs, fell from a small bridge on
the Rock Island road west of the city
and broke his right arm just above
the wrist Joint.
Albion-Prof. HI. Clyde Filley of Be
atrice was elected superintendent OF
the Albion schools last evening. About
forty applications were on file for the
Dpsition. Mr.. Filley was Superintend-
ent at Bancroft the last year.
Fremont-The district court dis.
missed the case against Frank Trag-
ard, who is charged with bigamy.
There were some Irregularities in re-
gard to what is claimed to be his first
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-31
FATAL THIRTEEN

This talk about the number IL be-
ing unlucky isn't so foolish as some
people think"
Nonsense"
TT is, Ell? Well, look at the peo-
pie vino lived III the thirteenth cen
fury every one of EN- deadn-
Cleveland Leader.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

egg cups are bigger In New York
than anywhere else in the world except
England" said a globe trotter. u
can't say the same for the eggs, al
though the hens in this country per
form their duty Of help&s to feed the
human race pretty creditably. Still
they cannot come up to the English
hens. TLeir contribution to the food
products are extraordinary In size;
hence the corresponding capaciousness
of the egg cups. The further south
YOU go on the continent the smaller
the egg cups grow. In Egypt they
dwindle away to the size of the aver
age thlmble. Their diminutiYe pro
portions are commensurate with the
size of the eggs. however. which are
the smallest laid by self respecting
hens any place on earth. Place an or
binary Egyptian egg In the British cup
and It is absolutely lost."--New YORK
Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20
BETTY S
BURGLAR
By RUTH CATHERWooD
DOWNRIGHT, 1906, by K. G. PARCELS

Crenyille looked about him content
odlv When man has been absent for
month and has slept in sleeping cars
most of that time home seems pretty
GOOD even though it may only he a
four room fiat.
He washed the stains of travel from
hs face and hands, slipped on his
smoking jacket and went over to the
humldor. TO his surprise the box was
empty save for card on which was
scrawled Had Il party. | owe you a
box Bert.
With a laugh he started for the win
dow. Bert Niblo lived on the floor be-
low. He would demand the immediate
return of a couple of the cigars. He
wanted Il chat with Bert anyway. and
the quickest way down was by the fire
escape.
His slippered feet made little or no
noise against the iron rings, and pres
emily he stood on the landing below
The windows were open, and he step
ped into the room.
For Il moment the gloom blinded him,
then as his eyes became accustomed to
the dusk he started forward. AS he did
so there was a click, and a feminine
voice commanded him to throw up his
hands.
The command had to be twice repeat
ed before he obeyed. but ut last he
comprehended that the order was in
tended for him, and he raised them
above his head
There was Il rustic of feminine drap-
cries, then the light was turned on re-
vealing a girl who was pretty even in
spite of the white eagerness Of her
face
Il beg your pardon" said Grenville
q am afraid that there is Il mistake
somewhere. | thought these were Mr.
Niblo's apartments"
"They are" was the quiet response.
you made the mistake of seeing Mr..
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20
SHE INDICATED A SEAT BY TIE WINDOW,
AND INTO THIS HE BACKED.

AND INTO THIS HE BACKED.
Nblo go out and not knowing that l
was here"
Not remarkable, considering the
TACT that he Is a bachelor" he smiled
I'll bet you are his sister"
Il am she admitted stlffly.
Then you must know me" he be-
gan. Il am Fred Grenyille."
Miss Niblo's nose raised Itself in pro
test. That is very clever of you" she
said, only Mr.. Grenville Is out of town
and will not be back for another week"
Great heayen!" he gasped You
don't take NE for burglar, do yOuY"
Who else would be likely to make
entry by means of the fire escapeT
she asked.
But burglar in smoking jacket
and slippersY' he protested.
1 suppose 1t is new dodge" she
explained. Something like the dress
suit burglar, isn't it?'
But really am Fred Grenyille," he
pleaded. II always drop down to see
Bert by way Of the fire escape. He
TOOK all of my cigars for some party,
ana when | got In ahead of time to-
night found his note and came down
after some"
80 you've been robblng Mr.. Gren-
vines fiat. too" she said. You must
nave been to some pains to find out
the safe places"
But tell you that l am Grenyille,'
ne persisted. Il will show you"
de reached into his hip pocket for
MS cardcase, but at his fi%t move the
pistol went up agaln. PUT up your
nands or III shoot" warned steady
voice, and Grenville's hands went up.
ne knew that she meant what she
said
1 wish you would call up the
mousse" he said. Most of the tenants
know me. and Identification will be
easy"
My brother will be in soon" she
'aid Il feel safer this way"
It's a mighty uncomfortable way"
ae pleaded. May not lower my
handsY'
III you keep them In your lap" she
agreed. but keep them away from
your pockets. Sit In that chair"
she Indicated a rocker by the window,
anu into this he backed. She took
''Ss IN front Of him. her finger on the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

We have in stock at alltimes a full
line of Henney Buggies and Hacks
Balm and Moline Wagons. Call and.
inspect them. Our prices are right.
The Stewart-Clure Hdw. Co.
If you don't buy your clothes at
The Toggery you don't buy clothes
right. q
Musical goods of all kinds for sale
at reasonable prices; also violin in
sruction. Inquire at Corner Drug
store f. s. Tucker. So
Good goods and good work not one
without the other, but both and both
together in every garment That is
the Toggery idea of fine tailoring.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

Farmers, bring your seed wheat to
the Pullman Roller Mills and have
1t cleaned from all foul trash. Also
bring your feed and have it rolled.
We do general grain cleaning and
feed rolling business. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Phone AIS. 46
style, Quality and Fit in clothes at
The Toggery. q
For the best plumbing and best
prices see Stewart Clure Hdw. Co.
Our tailoring has reputation. but
1t has more than that-it has char
acter' The Toggery.
Special prices on Hog Wire at the
Stewart-Clure Hdw. Co.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

The upraveling of the mystery occu-
pied the academy for a considerable
time, and savants with different YER
sions Of the inscriptions meaning grew
angry with one another. The explana
ton and translation of the inscription
were eventually found by a Partisan
tradesman, who explained that he was
a friend Of the beadle Of Montmartre
church. who had told him that the
stone had acted as a signpost to the
workmen who went up to Montmartre
with their donkeys for plaster of paris,
of which there used to be large quar-
ries there, and that the inscription
merely meant "Icl lie chemin des anes"
C'This is the path for the donkeys').
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

Extra good Durham bull for sale {;
$3.50 T. Blink, Spring Flat. 3t2
a widow with small family would
like to learn of opportunities for work
in Pullman. Address Mrs. Susie
Holden, Pullman.
Rooms, furnished or unfinished,
with or without board. for business
men. Enquire at the residence of
Mrs. j. c. Eberly, in Swain house
on College Hill.
BURNS, THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
Is home again and this time to stay.
We are not in the old stand, but have
opened a gallery on South Grand
street. We would be pleased to have
you call. ct
For the next sixty dasy the Wonder
Millinery Co., of Moscow. Idaho, will
offer their entire stock of trimmed
hats at bargains never to be heard of
again. See this fine stock at once
and get first choice.
Lost-Bay pony, branded on left
shoulder. Had on light halter when
last seen. Notify Elmer Rodeen. 3t
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

That all inscriptions are not as an
cient as they look was once proved by
the French Academy Of Inscriptions
and Bellies Lettres, which discovered a
stone upon which was:
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20

HERE,
uote rates
r prepaid
any point
particulars.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-12
THE SALTON DESSERT.
Gin Spring, Paper, Pens and Ink for
the Picking.

Weird and wonderful are the stories
ton desert in California.
It was there on the lower Colorado
river that Captain Smith" found
the lame. turtle, and so won it's graft
tude by healing it that it returned in
later years and offered it's services as
an animated ferry when the captain
was on an island threatened with
rising flood. 80. ...
On yonder mesa, sloping upward
from Volcano springs, is the invisible
city," where the clangor of street car
bells and all the hpbbub Of a metropo-
lis can be heard, but where only the
gravelly soil. the dreary mountains and
the scant, dwarfed vegetation can be
seen.
Near Superstition mountain is the
spring of natural gin, where the coyote,
the gray wolf, the fox and the wild
fowl are on perpetual debauch; and
near by is the hill from which flows
natural ink. In the same vacinity is
the mine of crystals which make per-
feet pens, and the deposit of asbestos
where one can tear off sheets of blot
ting paper ready made.
1t was in the Superstition mountains
that Otto Schmidt found the invisible
serpents with glass cups on the tails,
that revolved, producing sweet music.
1t was in this desert, too, that an in
genious Yankee found group of cam
els, abandoned in early days by the
army, and by syphoning the water from
their sacks, was able to irrigate farm
while the animals piled back and forth
between the river and the farm, ever
keeping up the water supply.
Now the grim valley, rendered won-
derfully fertile by irrigation, is the
home of 5000 thriving people. Recent
ly the Colorado river, breaking through
it's old bounds, began again to run
into the valley, which it formerly oc-
cupiel, but now great steel and con-
crete dams are being built, and by May
1 the river will be forever shut out, ex-
cept as it is needed for irrigation pur-
poses.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-12
THE WATCH TRUST AND THE
TARIFF.

Congressman Rainey, a democrat
from Illinois, got at the business end
of the tariff question in the house when
he exposed the unreasonable discrim-
ination of the Dingley tariff in favor
of the watch trust.
The first point of Mr.. Rainey's re-
marks is that the present adjustment
of the tariff has nothing to do with
the extension of American trade
abroad. American trade in watches,
at least, takes care of that matter
itself. When the American watch
trust wants to sell watches abroad, the
price at home does not bother the
manufacturer in the least. He puts
on his exported goods a price which
will sell them, and if he doesn't make
profit enough on the exports to pay a
reasonable return. it doesn't make any
difference. He has the home trade
cinched and he can charge the home
consumer practically what he likes and
thus secure his profits.
Rainey takes the instance of the
New York dealer in watches, whose
success in buying American watches
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-12
THE HEN WINS.

The Cambridge Oxford boat race last
week resulted in a double victory. Not
only did Cambridge beat Oxford, but
the hen beat the steer as stimulator of
muscular activity. This is bitter news,
indeed, in a country whose roast beef
has been the special boast of centuries.
But there seems no doubt that the hen
crossed the road, or rather the line,
first. Cambridge dieted on eggs and
Oxford fed on roast beef. Result, Com
bridge is first and wins two minutes
under last years time.
The roast beef people have started
a rumor that an Oxford man broke a
valve in his heart before the race, and
that another had "bum" leg which
he failed to indicate to the coach be-
fore the match: These excuses. how,
ever, will not go down with the egg
people. They declare there was just
as much chance for a cambridge man
to have a heart with a dent in it or a
hand me- down leg. Why did none OF
these defects show in Cambridge?
Eggs. Why did they show in Oxford ?
Beef.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-12

abroad and underselling the trust price
at home was reported a short time ago.
He has followed up the case 30 as to
show in detail what the watches were
sold for abroad, what they retail for
there. and what the New York import
ar of American watches is willing to
sell them for, and the difference be-
tween that price and the prices which
the trust compels the American retailer
to charge for them, and shows that
with special and ad valorem duties
amounting to nearly fifty per cent of
their value to hold up the price at
home, this New York importer is able
to undersell the other American re-
tailers twenty-five per cent or more.
Let the country have few more
speeches like that and the "standpat-
tefs" will have to begin some industri-
Gus and skillful explaining. AS the
Statesman has repeatedly said. we are
going to have tariff reform. We are
going to have it because the consumer
will not always consent to be bled by
protected trusts. The consumer is per-
fectly willing to grant to the Ameri-
can manufacturer that degree of pro-
lection which measures the Inference
between the legitimate cost of his pro-
duct, including higher wages, than that
of his foreign competitor. But when
the case is evened up In this way, the
American manufacturer must meet his
foreign competitor on even terms, and
the things which threaten the prOtec-
tive principle today more than any
thing else is the menace of such a
revolt against protection because of the
| iniustices perpetrated under it as will
sweep it away entirely. The stand
patter" may think he is the defender
of the protective principle, but in real
| ity he is the source of it's greatest dan
ger When tariff reform comes, it may
come under republican auspices, but
| the friends of protection must get busy
| before long if they would not have
| the job taken out Of their hands
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-12
vania. Tennessee, South Dakota, Colo
RADIO, Michigan, Nebraska and Mis-

vania, Tennessee, South Dakota, Colo
RADIO, Michigan, Nebraska and Mis-
souri,.
Twenty-eight out of forty-fve states,
or very near two thirds of the whole
number. have thus gone on record,
some of them two or three times. Con-
gress has turned a deaf ear to all of
the petitions and memorials, and as
long as the senate is ruled by hide
bound conservatists, it will never vol
UNFAIRLY submit to such an amendment
There is a way to compel action,
and it is about time for a forward
movement all along the line. If the
legislatures Of two thirds. of the states
request it, congress is compelled to
call constitutional convention for the
purpose of submitting amend
ments. A number Of the states
in the list given have put their
resolutions in that form, but others
have been content with a plain memoir
ial. II thirty Of the states take ex-
treme action, the question will no
longer lie in the discretion of congress.
1t will go instead to a constitutional
convention, which may propose still
other amendments, but will certainly
submit one for popular election of SEN
ators. The amendment will then be-
come operative when ratified by the
legislatures of three fourths of the
states-thirty-fou out of the present
forty-five.
State legislatures have been slow to
act, and naturally. The amendment
strikes at one of the great prerogatives
of legislature, and but for the pres
sure of public sentiment, few legisla-
lures would take action at all. There is
no question about the desire of the
people for such an amendment. In or
der to get what they want, however
it is sometimes necessary for the peo-
pie to show their representatives thai
they mean business.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-12
CHICAGO'S INDIFFERENCE.

The Chicago Journal, which has
waged relentless war against l. M. O.,
sharply rebukes the voters of the windy
city for their neglect of duty at the re-
cent election. The highest vote cast on
any proposition on the little ballot
was 231111. On the other hand there
were 3621SO voters registered last
month. The discrepancy between the
registration and the vote was, there
fore, in round numbers, 100000 or
about 80 per cent Of the total con-
stituency. 1t seems rather incredible
| that 10000 men should take the trou
| BILE to register intending to vote, and
| then not take the trouble to cast their
! ballots, particularly in view of the i'm
portance of the election. The referen-
dunn of the people was to be taken up
on an investment of $4,000. 200 and on
a radical departure in the business
| policy IF the corporation, and yet one
! third of the stockholders declined to
record their judgment upon the matters
involved
| This would under any circumstances
| indicate a lack of interest in the af-
fairs of the city truly deplorable. But
under the present conditions in Chicago
it is amazing The whole country has
been talking about Chicago and her eff
| forts to get street car service.
The mayor of Chicago has been in
vited north, east, south and west to de-
liver addresses on public ownership.
The Dalrymple incident had made the
Chicago fight international in charac-
ter The whole country has been
deeply stirred and yet when the cleo
ton is held which is to settle the pol
ticy, the people of Chicago exhibit a re-
markable degree of Indifference to the
whole issue.
One explanation offered is that the
people are deathly sick of the discus
sion and no longer believe in Dunno
They do not wish to go to the polls and
! vote against him, but they have no
faith in his capacity to bring about
city ownership. On the other hand
| they believe that the city council will
! never let him do anything foolish, so
they let matters drift.
Meanwhile the courts have put
weapon in the hands of the council
which will enable it to drive a hard
bargain with the traction companies.
No one looks for the actual issuance
of Mueller certificates as the result of
the Tuesday voting. The margin was
| too small to constitute mandate. to
! create such an enormous debt
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-12

recent lawsuit, tried in New York
city, shows that it is proper for a horse
to have nervous prostration. The
owner has obtained a verdict Of $3.50
against a man whose automobile scar
ed the horse so that he has been useless
for coach purposes ever since. In the
hearing it was brought out that the
horse was not injured in a phys;ca.
sense, but that a case of nervous pr s.
tration was produced. We may soon
be having our horses opened for ap-
pendicitis.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-12
HURT IN "WHIRL OF DEATH"
Miss Radford's Auto Car Crashes Into
Guard Rail.

Guard Rail.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 12-Crashing
through the guard rail almost at the
end of what her companions call the
"whirl of DEATH" Miss Aimee Radford,
who braves the perils of the "auto-
bolide" with a circus, nearly ended her
career last night.
When assistance reached her, she
smiled wanly and whispered: well, I
guess I broke it," then tainted as she
essayed to walk to her dressing room.
The accident occurred during the re-
hearsal of the act prior to the opening
of the circus. The young woman's act
is the descent in a 1,2O0-pound auto
mobile of a precipitous decline, ending
in almost complete arc, a leap in the
automobile across a twenty-foot gap
and a second descent, this time inside
reverse curve, ending in level run
lily comes to a gradual stop.
Unless internal injuries develop it is
probable that Miss Rabford. whose es
cape was considered miraculous by
those who witnessedrit, will suffer no
serious inconvenience from the acct
dent
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-12
@QNII!o: 2A llLARED
BEHOLD THE PERFECT MAN!

There is nothing so comforting and
reassuring to a man as good opinion
of himself. Like charity, it covers
multitude of imperfections and enables
the possessor to butt up against the
world with complete confidence in his
own superiority and infallibility,
shining example of the survival of the
fittest."
That Editor Lorton is not lacking in
this high appreciation Of his own vir-
tues and talents was conclusively
proven by his leading editorial in last
evenings issue of the little dodger in
which he declared that what the news
paper profession, as well as the coun"
try. needs is more Eugene Lortons.' 1t
with rare and precious jewels. Per-
haps the creator ran out of material,
giving Walla Walla the only perfect
image of his maker, IAN honest man,
the noblest work of God" who in turn
has established IAN honest newspaper
the noblest work of man."
1t is indeed refreshing to learn that
the evening dodger is not 'the advo-
cate of any special interest, political
ring or clique of officeholders." This
frank declaration will serve to correct
the common impression that LOTIONS
paper is the advocate of a political
clique known as Boxers" who if not
officehoders are officeseekers.
1t is pleasing to learn that LOTIONS
paper was started from purely altruistic
motives. to purify the world and stamp
out corruption and not to get even
with the editors political enemies. Too
bad that such a bright and shining
light among a lot of Pickering. sputter-
ing tapers should be hidden under a
bushel' in little Walla Walla 1t
should be planted like Rome on seven
hills that it might be a beacon and a
benson to the nation and the world.
1t is said that Diogenes over two thou
sand years ago wandered about the
streets of Athens with a lantern look
ing for an honest man. If he were to
reappear now and were to repeat that
stunt some Boxer might swipe his
lantern. but he would have no trouble
in finding the corruscating and scintil-
lating aurora bOrealis that forms a
halo around the head of the only honest
man.