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DAY OF CONFERENCES
Central American Representatives
Busy at Washington.

Washington, April 10.-A day of con-
ferences between the Central Amer
lean representatives here in the effort
TO reach a basis for peace had no
marked results. Having deciphered
the cable response from his W gov
erpment to the propositions submitted
10 him by the representatives Of sal
vador and Guatemala, Senior COrea.
the Nicaraguan minister, called upon
Senior Crcel, the Mexican ambassador,
who had been taking the part OF medi-
ator, and acquainted him with Presi-
dent Zelaya's answer. This made nee
essary further conference, which fact
was taken as an indication that the
N~icaraguan response was in the ma
ture of a counterpropOsition. Messrs.
Corea and Creel then repaired to the
state department to confer with Sec
rotary Root and Assistant Secretary
Bacon. This conference also settled
matters only 80 far as to pave the
way to another conference. which was
held between Messrs. Creel and Corea
and Herrante and Mejia, the latter two
representing Guatemala and Salvador
respectively,
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
FARMERS KEEP YOUR CORN
Advice Of Cuthhert Vincent as to
Damp Cereal Shipped Into Omaha.

Omaha, April 5.-Cuthbert Vincent,
elevator and grain commission mer-
chant OF Omaha. calls attention TO
the fact that an unusual quantity OF
damp corn is now being shipped into
Omaha much to the loss OF corn rails,
ers.
"A large consignment of this char.
acter Of corn was received in Omaha
Thursday" says Mr.. Vincent. "and in
such a damaged condition that it will
not net the conSignor much more than
10 or Is cents. This applies only to
the piled corn, shelled direct from the
outdoor piles, where it has laid all
winter absorbing moisture. The farm.
ers would do far better to keep this
character of corn a. home and sell il
even at a loss to local feeders, This
is the terminating period for corn aud
the slightest dampness will damage
il incalculably."
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NETTLEToN ON THE RESULTS
Says People Must Remain Awake to
Hold What They Gained.

Lincoln, April S.-"The legislature
has accomplished a vast amount OF
good work, but whether it will be last
ing or not depends upon whether the
people remain wide awake 70 look after
their own interests, Should the next
legislature be controlled by the cor
poratiors, the good work done by this
session may all be undone. II may
be that in some details ONE Of the
laws enacted will have to be revised
later, but that was to have been e
pected when so much OF importance
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
TWO DIE FROM POISONED WHISKY
Stranger Commits Crime at Fort Scott
for Purpose Of Robbery.

Fort Scott, Kan, April 10.-Joseph
McKulecky and Joseph Saliva, both OF
whom lived near Burlington, Kan,
where they owned farms, were poi.
soned by q stranger here, evidently
for the purpose of robbery. Both men
died a few minutes after they had
been found in a dark side street.
McKulecky was Salva's father-in.
law. They had recently sold their
farms and were on the way to Spring.
field, Mo-. to look for \ new location.
They were met here by a stranger, who
engaged them in conversation and OF.
fered them whisky, which they drank.
They were taken violently i'll and fell
in the street.
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one YEAR MORE IN yJBA
UNITED STATES WILL RELlN.
oUisH CONTROL JULY 4, 1908.
TAFT HEARS CONSERVATIVES
Secretary Decides Elections Cannot
Take place Until Thorough Census
Has Been Taken-Next Crop viii Be
Gathered Under American Control.

Havana, April 10.-That there be no
elections in Cuba before next year
was urged by a committee of con-
%servatives ON Secretary Taft. Tho
members Of this committee, among
whom are some Of the strongest men
in Cuba, argued that Cuba today was
torn by political passions and that
at least II year must pass before
these can subside and elections be
carried out in a manner creditable
20 both the United States and Cuba.
The only other desire regarding the
date expressed by the conservative
committee was that Cuban ~independ-
ence be re-established before the ex-
piration, Dec. 10, OF the present reci-
procity treaty, in order that Cuba
be in q position to treat for a renewal
a this treaty.
The committee urged tho import
aRce of holding municipal elections
first and the other elections subse-
quently, separately, or together, as
Mr.. Taft might think best.
Secretary Taft will communicate
with President Roosevelt by tele-
graph and he probably will make a
statement today. Consequently, great
excitement prevails.
Although the committee Of insur-
gent generals hat conferred with Sec
rotary TAFT reiterate their state
ments that Mr.. Taft promised them
national elections in December, it now
appears as a matter of fact that the
secretary only said he would recon
mend such action TO President Roose-
welt.
II appears that July 4, 1908, will be
the date when the control of Cuban
Affairs is given back to the Cuban
people. A compromise which will
result in the turning over of the con
troll OF Cuban affairs on the American
holiday is probable. II Is known that
Secretary Taft insists upon a thorough
census, considering such "A step abso.
lutely necessary before successful
elections can be held. This undOubt'
edly will require more than four
months, the estimate made by tho lib
erals Consequently, the municipal
elections would fall in October or
November, but as December Is the
month for harvesting the sugar crop,
It is recognized that elections in Oc'
tober or November are impracticable,
as they would pretty thoroughly disor'
ganize the community as just the time
when the greatest number of men are
VnalAI In fha Ha1IS Tho wiShnC nj
the planters will be needed and the
next Cuban sugar crop will be gath
cred under American control.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
HARTMAN MUST ANSWER
Interstate Commerce Commission De.
cides to Take Matter Into Court.

Washington, April 10.-Accor3ng
to q decision issued by the interstate
commerce commission, Il. II. Harri'
man will be made to appear in a
United States circuit court in New
York, in answer to proceedings to
compel him to answer certain ques'
tiOns which he refused to answer
when he was on the stand at the re-
cent hearing by the commission III
New York. The action will be brought
as soor as Messrs. Kellogg and Sever
ance, special counsel, can prepare the
case for court.
The hearing before which Mr.. Har.
r!man appeared was in connection
with certain transactions of the
Union Pacific. On advice of counsel
he refused to answer the questions put
to him. 1t was brought out in the
testimony that the Union Pacific
owned a large amount of Southern Pa.
cific stock. Mr.. Hartman was asked
whether any and, If SO, how much OF
that stock belonged to himself, when
he bought it and what price he paid
for it, but he declined to answer.
Another question which he refused
to answer and upon which the com
mission desires light was whether or
not any OF the directors of the Union
Pacific were interested in the sale OF
certain shares of stock of the New
York Central railroad at the time they
were sold to the Union Pacific.
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GRADING WILL BEGIN IN MAY
Nebraska Central Interurban Road to
Be Pushed Rapidly.

Hastings, Neb., April ~S.-Secretary
j. II. Rodgers of the Omaha and Ne.
braska Central Railroad company said
that a contractor would begin grading
for the interurban road early in May.
The officers OF the company had
hoped to have the work under way
by the last OF March, but the contract.
or who was first employed was unable
to leave other work for which he had
already been engaged. The contractor
now engaged will begin work at this
end of the line. w. II. Fuller, chief
engineer, will this week begin the
task Of placing grade stakes along
the Tight-of-way.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12

I y be done This session may
mark the beginning Of a new era. all
dependent upon whether the people
keen On the watch. It has. I believe.
forever ended the secret caucus for
the organization Of the house. This
legislature set the precedent and likely
r'"or again will the members of the
to""~ 90 back 10 the old way Of or.
CARING"
TIE above Is the way Speaker Net.
Teton srola Of the session OF the
N.N"aeka legislature which closed
Saturday.
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TO TEST BUCKET SHOP LAW
Proprietors Contend that the Act Is
Unconstitutional.

Lincoln, April 9.-Operators Of so.
called bucket shops in Lincoln pro.
pose TO test the new law, which goes
into effect July /, providing for the
suppression of Offices wherein deal.
ings in stocks, bonds, petroleum, cot.
ton, grain, provisions or other prod.
ucts is carried on.
With a single exception the propri,
etors contend that the law is uncon.
stitutional, and also declare that if en-.
forced it will be IN infringement on
the rights of interstate commerce. +.
II. Pierson, the Oldest dealer in the
city, has closed out his business since
the law was enacted.
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STANDARD OIL FILES ANSWER
Makes General Denial Of All Charges
in Governments Bill.

st. Louis, App. l0.-The answer OF
the Standard Oil company OF New Jer.
sey, John ID. Rockefeller, Henry II.
Rogers and other individual defend.
ants and about forty of the defendant
corporations to the governments
custer suit was filed in the United
States circuit court for the Eastern
district Of Missouri.
The answer was filed by counsel,
Judge II. S. Priest of st. Louis, and
comprises a general denial of all the
charges in the bin filed by the govern.
ment and denying each paragraph in
the bill in its order. With the denial
was filed a bill OF exceptions to all
other parts of the governments bill,
comprising thirty.seven exceptions, On
the grounds OF irrelevancy.
The denial and bill of exceptions
were filed with James X. Gray, clerk
of the court. which is not in session
at this time. 1t is stated the first
matter to be taken up before the
court will be the hearing of the argu.
ments on the bill of exceptions. These
arguments will be heard before the
four judges, Sanborn, Hook, Adams
and Van Deyantcr, sitting together,
The time for the hearing has not been
set, but tAe next term OF the court
will be held in ST. Paul in May. and
Il Is considered possible the hearing
may come before the court in ST, Paul.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
JURY FOR NEBRASKA LAND CASE
Twelve Men Selected to Try Hunting.
ton, Todd and Hoyt.

Omaha, April "a jury was Sc
cured in the district court to try the
case of the United States against
Thomas NJ. Huntington, Fred Hoyt and
Ami Il. Todd for conspiracy to defraud
the government out Of use, possession
and title to large tracts Of public
lands, conspiracy to secure fraudulent
filings on public lands through old
soldiers and others. The defendants
were all originally included in the big
indictment brought against Richards
and Comstock.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
Green eue in Nebraska Wheat Fields

Omaha, April 9.-According to dis
patches received by Omaha grain men
the green bug has appeared in south
ern Nebraska within the last few days.
Thus far the insect has done no dam.
age to the wheat in Nebraska, but it
spreads fast and works rapidly, and it
is feared that the crop will suffer
great damage unless something devel'
ops to stamp out the pest.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
Twelve Killed at LODI.

Lodz, April 10.-Numerous fights
have occurred among the workingmen
in this district. The men were actu-
ated by political motives, and the
fighting resulted in the killing Of
twelve and the wounding Of fourteen
persons. The government alcohol
stores here were robbed, the two sol.
diers guarding the buildings being
killed by the robbers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
Mud Slide Blocks Traffic,

Cheyenne, Wyo., April 10.-A mud
slide occurred at the east portal Of
the Aspen tunnel, on the Union Pa
cifc railroad, and traffic between
Green River and Ogden is at a stand
still. The track is covered to a depth
OF twenty-five feet for a distance Of
nearly a hundred yards. and it will
be many days before the blockade will
be raised.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
Peary TO TRY Auain.

New York. April l0.-The applica-
rion Of Robert T.. Peary for leave of
absence Of three years, which was APP
proved by the secretary of the navy,
has uncovered the fact that Com
mander Peary definitely purposes to
make another attempt this summer TO
reach the North pole. The three
years leave of absence, during which
he made his famous joprney to the
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
Former Asylum Attendant on Trial.

Norfolk, Neb., April 1O.-Forest El'
lis, a former attendant at the Norfolk
insane hospital, vas put or trial at
Madison, charged with assaulting a
patient with intent to do bodily harm
He and three others, Joe Wiles, viii
son Byerly and Bert Minnicks, were
indicted by a grand jury last fall
called at the instance OF Governor
Mickey.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
WILLIE SELLS is PARoLED.
kansan Convicted Of Murder While
Young is Released by the Governor.

Tope;a. Kan, April l0.-Governor
Hoch granted a conditional pardon to
Willie Sells, the quadruple murderer
who has been in the Kansas penitGn.
tiary since 1883, serving a life sen.
tcnce. The principal conditson of
the pardon is that Sells must not in
any mannor exhibit himself for the
purpose OF making money.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
URGE Peasants to Resume Work.

Bucharest, Roumania, April 10
The government has issued an appeal
to l]andholders and farmers TO return
to their properties and arrange with
the peasants to resume work. II
promises laws hat will improve the
lot OF peasants without working in
jury to the legitimate interests OF
the landholders.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
To Mothers In This Town :.

Children who are delicate, feverist
and cross will get immediate relief
from Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
for children. Ti.ey cleanse the stom-
ach. act on the liver, making Il sickEy
child strong and healthy. A certain
cure for worms. Sold by all druggists,
95c. Sample free. Allen 5. Olmstead,
Leroy, n. Y.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
Serious Floods in Servia.

Belgrade, Seryia, April 1O.-Thc
widespread floods, caused by melting
snow, are growing more serious.
Many towns are practically under
water. The military authorities are
making every effort to save life and
property.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
pouobman Kills His Wife.

Nebraska City, April 5.-Near the
town Of Burr, G. G. Doughman shot
and killed his wife. The man claims
the shooting was accidental. Neigh.
bors charge the couple quarreled be
cause Doughman had been drinking
Officers are investigating.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12

farthest point north ever reached by
man-S7 degrees, 6 minutes-expired
last Sunday, and the new leave be-
gins at once. It is expected the start
will be made some time in June.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
Farmers Association Winds Up.

Topeka, Kan, April 5.-The Farm.
ers' Cooperative Shipping association.
with exchanges over Kansas. Okla.
homa and Nebraska, decided to wind
up its affairs at once. Certain mem.
bers claim independent grain dealers
worked the ruin OF the association by
spreading ~dissension.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
Mine Promoter o'Hara Arraioned.

Denver, April l0.-John j. O'Hara,
a mining promoter, who was indicted
by the federal grand jury in session
at Pueblo last week on the charge of
using the mails to defraud, was ar,
raigned before United States Commits,
sicner Hinsdale, in this city.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
Railway Commission Busy.

Lincoln, April 6.-The state railway
commission has selected II. j. Win
nett as chairman and ID. G. Powell as
one of the rate clerks.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-04-12

Dade's Little Liver Pills thoroughly
clean the system, good for lazy liver.
makes clear compilations, bright eyes
and happy thoughts, Sold by Henry
Cooks drug store.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-01-04


born close to the Prussian or Austrian
border line regard that fact almost as
mitigating the disgrace If they came
here when small children, too young to
remember the Pale that is a cause of
special pride; and nothing can exceed
the grlsto with which a scion of the sec,
ond generation informs you that he first
saw the light in the United States!
They do more, however, than change
their names. They change their homes,
and adapt their manner Of life to that
found here That they lower the stand
ard of living is a ridiculous accusation.
Politically, the Jews individualizsm
is his saving grace. 1t prevents him
from organizing in mass. There is no
such thing as the "Jewish vote' as there
is an Irish vote" and still, to a con-
siderable extent, ''German vote. The
Hebrews of New York are not controlled
as unit by political leaders. They vot;
for one party at one election, for an
other at the succeeding. Better than
any other element, even the native stock,
do they meet the two supreme tests of
citizenship; they actually go to the polls,
and when once there, vote indepen-
lcHllN. olltlCttlly tllc Ii'>I llIVlCStlhS
assembly district in Manhattan is the
Eighth-the one with the densest Rus
sian Jewish population. Here all but
four per cent. of the registered electors
voted last November. The average stay
at-home in the whole borough was seven
per cent In the district with the largest
native American population the Twen-
ty-third, the absentees numbered six per
cent. From this we must conclude that
the Jewish people fulfill the obligations
of citiZenshi ip-the actual voting-mOre
regularly even than the native-born.
And the statistics also show that they
vote with discrimination. A study Of
the election figures for several years
shows that there are only eight assem-
bly, districts in Manhattan that do not
invariably vote one way districts, that
is, evidently with political convictions.
They contain Manhattan s great "inde-
pendent vote,' which holds the balance
of power
Politically, therefore, it cannot be
said that the Jews are problem. In
partisan politics their influence is de-
creased because Of this very indepen-
dence. Their leaders are unable to de-
liver their votes and thus are unable to
demand much patronage. Of the thir-
ty-five district leaders Of Tammany
Hall, in spite Of the preponderance of
the Jewish population, only one is a
Jew. In all the East Side districts ex-
The Jewish outlook., 1907-01-04
THE GREAT JEWISH INVASION.
Continued from page 10.)

strives to get ahead: to him the competl-
tive system is the industrial ideal.
In recent years the Jewish manufac-
turer has pressed into service thousands
of Italians He has quickly utilized an
alien population living on a lower eco
nomic plane than himself. In the con-
troll of the business he has forced to the
wall not only the German, the lrishman,
the native-born, but the German jew
Recently one Of the largest cloak manu-
facturers in the country, German jew,
failed: he had slccumbed to the cOmpe-
tition of the Russian Jews The preva-
lence of Jewish names on Broadway has
already been noted; but the important
fact is that German names every day
give way to Russian. Ten years ago the
signs were all Oppenheimers, Roths-
childs. Adlers and Rosenthals; now the
Rabonivitzes, Horowitzes, Wellinskys
and Finkesteins are increasing con-
stantly.
Thus we find great active community
working as one man for single end
the acquisition of the soil. The East Side
IS nossessed with an unending earth hun
ger. Wherever you see a Russian Jew,
however lnSlSlllIlCdllt llio o't''ioi''
a prospective landlord. In attaining
this position there are no hardshlps that
he will not endure Tenement proper
ties are expensive, ranging on the East
Side from $35 900 to $4,000 each; but
thousands of humble immigrants are
their owners They frequently start IN
the smallest way First they become les
sees. By constant saving the East
Slider gets together 5000 or $500, with
which. as security, he gets four or hve
wears lease of house. He moves ms
own family into the least expensive
apartment. He himself acts as Janltor;
his wife and daughters as scrub-women
and housekeepers. He is his own agent,
his own painter, carpenter, plumber ana
general repair man. Thus he reduces
EXPENSES to the minimum. He lets out
apartments by the week, always calling
promptly himself for the rent. BY thus
giving constant attention to his work, ne
has. perhaps, a few hundred dollars
every wear as profit. By the time his
lease expires, this has swollen to rev
thousands. With this he buys a tent
ment outright. He puts down from S3,-
900 to SIS 900 on $45,O 900 building, CIV
ing one, two, three, sometimes four mort
cages in payment Of the rest. linen ne
repeats his old operations moves INTO
the cheapest flat, presses his family into
service, cuts down all possible expenses,
and gives the property his own lmme-
4I,o h1r,I Or
The Jewish outlook., 1907-01-04


work and likewise pays off the third and
second. Then. as his rents still come in,
he invests them in more tenements; un-
til. as a monument to life spent i'll the
hardest sacrifcial toll, he may own a
string scattered all over the town.
The Russian Jew is thus the most inn
portant factor in determining the phys
ical growth Of New York He decides
where the people are to live and form
their housing is to take. He does this,
not only because he controls the land,
but because he also controls the build
ing business. Not far from 1000 apart
ments and tenements are built in New
York every year, involving an invest
ment of at least $6O,OOOOOO. This enor-
nous business is almost entirely in Jew
ish hands,
They build not only tenements, but
large apartment houses, hotels, and Of
flee buildings. The Flatiron building,
and the Broad Exchange building, the
largest office building in the world, were
financed by companies whose master
minds were Jews. The great clothing
buildings on Broadway and Fifth ave-
nue., already described, are the handl-
work of Jewish builders.
Of the material prosperity of the Rus
sian Jew, therefore, there can be no
question. He will never crowd our aims
houses nor be serious drain upon prl-
vate charity. But is he assimilable?
Has he in himself the stuff of which
Americans are made9 One point in his
favor must be at once set down; his en-
thusiasm for America knows no bounds
He eagerly looks forward to the time
when he can be naturalized. An alien
Jew legally entitled to citizenship is a
rarity. He has no allegiance to for
swear: and he cannot return to Russia.
The rapidity with which the New York
Jew adopts the manners and trappings
of Americans almost disproves his an
cient heritage as a peculiar people. He
objects to being regarded as a thing
apart, and goes to extremes to make
himself like the native-b born. Every
thing that typifes the Russian he seeks
to shake off. Thus he has a mania for
changing his name Weiss becomes
White; Preiss, Price; and Reiss Rice.
A certain Mr. jain Kele, after a few
months residence, blossomed out as
Hugh Kelly. They also abandon their
surnames with no pretence OF translat-
ing. In the Jewish quarters you will
meet hundreds Of Smiths, Robinsons,
Browns, Johnsons, Taylors and Greens.
One Of the leading clothing manufacture
ers is Mr.. Jones. They even name
+Lo,,,eol,oc ftar tho old EaSt Side