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The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
sERMoNETTE.

Glove Divine, all love excell-
ing" that God should reach
down and seek to redeem sim
fui man to himself. But just as
Hosea saw in that woman some
thing upon which love could CEN
ter and bring her back to him
self, % God sees in his way
ward children that upon which
his great love can rest and which
love will ultimately win the soul
from ito life Of sin to one Of
holiness.
Surely the wife OF Hosea was
unworthy Of the pure and holy
love Of her devoted husband,
and more surely still 10 Il true
that man 10 unworthy Of the
unspesl<abIe love Of God.
But Il 10 not because Of our
Worthiness that we become the
object Of Gods love and mercy.
Rather, Il Il our great need that
calls forth the Divine eompas-
sion.
In spite Of the disfiguring
marks Of sin God sees within
the heart Of man the possibil-
titles Of . higher and better life
In him, and % he patiently and
tenderiy wooes the soul from its
false love and from its evil ways
back to himself.
Another wonderful thought In
connection with the love Of God
and the relations Of man to God
10 that man 10 not complete with
out union with God, and-we
say It reverentIy-God 10 not
complete without man. The
union Of the two 10 necessary,
first for the complete manifesto
ton Of the power and glory Of
God and secondly to reveal the
high possibilities Of a life when
Il 10 linked with the life Of God.
Wonderful, Is it not? The
redeemed soul in its union with :
the Father and the Son 10 to re- :
veal In the lagos to como the :
exceeding riches Of Gcd's grace :
in his kindness towards us :
through Christ Jesus"
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
THE STATE CAPITAL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL
clTiZEsaa.
IS TO LAND ASSESSMENTS
The State Board Of Equalization Has
Agreed on Raises Which May
increase the Roll.

The state board of equalization has
| agreed upon several sweeping changes
In the land assessments returned from
the several counties which will stand
unless Representatives from these
counties come before the board with
good reason why they should not. The
proposed raises will make a consider
roll.
Several counties have been left as
they were and eight have been grant
ed reductions. most of them slight.
The raises are all the way from i've
to sixty per cent. The following state
ment has been issued by the board, in
dicating its position and giving com
parison of the average land values as
returned by the several counties and It
is proposed to raise them by the board.
Following is the statement by the
board:
The state board Of equalization has
found that it is necessary to make 81
good many changes by counties in Or
uCI " uohC q uuAOA " 0SSCSSAuSASs
This is true not only in regard to the
several classes Of personal property,
but also as regards the assessment Of
real estate.
1t is the judgment of the board that
It will be necessary to raise the value
of land in thirty-nine counties and to
reduce eight, thus leaving the assess
ment as far as land is concerned in
forty-two counties the same as was
returned by the county assessor. Ow-
ing to the importance OF the real
estate assessment the board has de-
termined to notify the assessor of the
counties of the proposed changes and
request them to appear before the
board If they have any objections to
the changes proposed by the board.
Final action on the land assessment
will not be made until sufficient time
has been given for the assessors to
appear before the board.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
THE STORY.

THE scene Of the opening Of oul
story is laid in an oriental slave
market. where the barter in human
flesh is carried on, and it was in that
long gone day nearly a thousand years
before the coming Of Christ when
slavery was the rule, and not the ex
ception. It was a noisy place, and II
was strange grouping of human be
ings of all conditions Of physical de-
velopment, and of race and color
There were the young. and there were
those who were In the prime of life
and then there were others upon
whom the weight of years and hard.
ships endured were beginning to tell.
and for whom there was but little sale,
even at the low price for which they
were offered.
Among these last was the bent form
Of what at first glance seemed an old
woman, but IT was apparent upon
closer scrutiny that it was not the
years SO much that bowed the form
as It was the sinful life lived and the
grief and fear that clutched the heart
in relentless grasp. Sin had left its
awful scars upon face and form. but
underneath could be traced the old
lines of comeliness and beauty. That
face before sin had scanned and
SCARED it had been cOmely, and those
eyes now b.eared and dull had
sparkled with the bounding life that
had surged within. And in that form
still could be traced the shapeliness
and beauty which it had once pos
sessed, and which would have been
the Joy Of artist or sculptor.
But now in the miserable condi-
ton to which the woman had been
reduced the goading memories Of the
EAST and the dark forebodings Of the
future came to deepen her anguish
and to intensity her abject and for
iorn appearance.
The happier the past one has to look
back upon the deeper cuts the regret
over the folly and sin which have
robbed one Of the blessings which
were possessed, and all too lightly held
and then lost. And this woman sit
ting there in the slave market await
ing the buyer was perhaps more mis-
cradle than any of the rest because
she had fallen farthest.
Memory crowded IN upon her with
relentless presidency. In the whirl
Of the gay life which she had led II
had been easy to forget. and when
visions of the Fast had come to vex
and trouble boz che had plunged with |
& -eater abandon INTO the life she was
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
HAYWARD MOVES UP.

New York.-Elmer E Dover Of
Ohio has resigned his position as
secretary Of the republican national
committee, and will become the secre-
tary of an advisory committee which
is to work with George r. Sheldon.
treasurer Of the national committee.
William Hayward of Nebraska City.
Neb., who has been republican chair
man in his state for the year last past.
has been appointed secretary Of the
national committee and will be given
charge of the western headquarters at
Chicago. in the absence Of Mr.. Hitch
cock.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
FUNERAL OF ALLISON
SERVICES IN KEEPING WITH HIS
UMosTENTATloUs LIE.
RITES SIMPLE TnRoUGAOUT
Entire City In Mourning and Al eusL
ness Suspended In Respect 70
the Distinguished Dead.

OUUO4O0, xA0 u0 AVOOs ~ ~ -
: Senator William B. Allison buried Sat
i urday In Q manner devoid Of all os.
tentation. Services were held 1t the
residence Of the dead statesman and.
while not Of private character. the
limited accommodations Of the home
permitted only the presence of the
distinguished visitors. the relatives
and the most intimate friends Of the
late senator. The services were sim
PIE and consisted Of the reading Of
the Twenty-third Psalm. the fifteenth
chapter Of the Epistle to the CORN
thians. and q prayer. Rev. J. T. Ber-
gen of the Westminster Presbyterian
church officiated. There was no mu.
sic. The interment was private. and
otter the Presbyterian committal serv-
Toe had been read by DR.. Bergen the
body OF the senator was lowered into
its last resting place on the hillside
which overlooks the Mississippi river.
All Dubuque paid silent tribute to
the memory of Senator Allison. Dur
ing the hours of the funeral not a
whee: turned throughout the city and
every business house closed its doors.
Flags hung at half mast from public
buildings and hundreds Of homes and
business houses were trimmed with
crepe. A most effective feature was
the winding with black and white Of
the trolley poles throughout the main
thoroughfare of the city.
The body of Senator Allison lay in
state Friday afternoon and evening.
anu thousands of people called to pay
q final tribute of respect. The only
floral tributes were q blanket of
American beauty roses. completely
covering the casket. an emblem of
the Loyal Legion and the national
flag.
The pail bearers were all residents
OF the city and intimate friends Of
the senator.
Many distinguished visitors were in
attendance at the funeral. Besides
the members Of the congressional
committee named by Vice President
Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon. there
was q large delegation from Des
Moines, consisting of Governor Cum
Minis and other state officers. The
Des Moines party brought with 1t a
beautiful floral blanket six and one
half feet long and three feet wide.
The border was of white carnations
and In the center. wrought in red,
was the word iowa" In three Of
the corners were clusters of lilies Of
the valley, and in the fourth, fastened
by ribbon. were the dates 1863
1905" these marking the duration of
his official life in Washington.
The grave of Senator Allison is in
the family lot in Linwo0d cemetery.
A modest marble shaft, bearing the
single word Allison was erected On
the lot twenty years ago. The grave
is close to that In which is buried
the body Of the late Speaker David
B. Henderson.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
Shah 10 Virtually Prisoner.

st. Petersburg.-Special dispatches
received here from Teheran give 4
tragic-comic description of the position
Of the shah Of Persia. who is: virtually
. prisoner In the hands of wild tribes
men summoned to Teheran to pro-
tect the throne against the revolution.
aries. but who have become q greater
menace to the monarch than his other
foes. The tribesmen are extravasa,'
in their demands for money. which thu
shah is unable to grant. and the,
threaten to destroy the palace and pi,
lAge Teheran.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
Japan crowdins to Front.

Tiaren. Manchuria-Japan is respon.
sible for the introduction of the Ameri-
can railfay system into eastern Asia.
but It is rapidly taking to itself the
trade in railroad equipment and ma
terial was thrown In the beginning to
American manufacturers. The reasons
for this are, first, the poor quality Of
the materials and the Inferior work
manship used in the American pro-
duct, and second. the ability of the
Japanese to duplicate the American
rolling stock at lower prices, even de-
nvering q better article.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
GENERAL NEWS.

The Western Passenger association
refused to grant reduced rates for the
Bryan notification meeting at Lincoln
Neb.
Boston was struck by severe
storm that deluged the city. doing
much damage.
Ten municipal officials of Mile End
parish, London. charged with grating
were convicted otter q trial lasting a
month.
The National Anti-Asiatic Immigra.
ton league Of the United States was
formed in Warrington. and declara-
ton OF principles and constitution
adopted.
Capt. Baldwin made successful
flight Of i've miles In his dirigible bal
loon designed for the army, and de-
clared himself ready for the official
tests.
An Italian boy at Newton, Mass,
MIXED q neighbours COW and in bat
tie that resulted he and his mother
were shot
The steamer Premier was. burned
to the waters edge at Warren's Land
ing. the northern terminus of Lake
Winnipeg and six passengers and two
of the crew lost their lives.
Robert Kinney. aged 10, was arrest
ed at his homo near jamestown, Mo-,
on the charge Of having murdered his
father. Coleman Kinney, on July 30.
The PittsburE z Cincinnati Packet
line failed because of low water in
the Ohio river.
Three persons we're killed and sew
eral injured when q Frisco passenger
train went over IN embankment near
Imboden. Ark
william w. Sherwood Of New York,
aged n years. was frightened to death
by q holt Of lightning.
The forming Of Q new cabinet has
made complete the triumph of the
Young Turks. The sultan abandoned
his claim to name the ministers of
war and marine. and most Of the new
ministers are nominees Of the Young
Turks
The crack rife team of the National
Guard OF Hawaii sailed on the steamer
Alameda to participate in the national
ride competition at Camp Ferry, o.
Fire in Midway. KY, destroyed four
great bonded whisky warehouses and
damaged two others. The loss was
100000.
r. ]. Hume. wife and child of Eau
Claire, Wis.,. were drowned in Lake
Nebaeamon. Wis. while attempting to
cross the lake In q duckboat.
The suspension of the firm of East
man Z Co. stock brokers', was an
nounced on the floor of the consoli-
dated stock exchange in New York.
Capt A. H. Guthrie of the schooner
Frank A. Williams of New York com
mitted suicide by jumping overheard
eight miles northwest of Cape Look
out.
Philadelphia aldermen defeated MIL
vankee city fathers in game of base
ball for charity.
Several persons were killed and
much damage done to property by a
violent earthquake at Constantine,
Algeria.
The International Brotherhood of
Teamsters rejected the overtures Of
the United Teamsters of America to
amalgamAte the two organisations.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
|NEWSMIES|
; FOR the !
BUSY MAN |
Most Important Happen
ines of the World
Tod In Brief.
PERSONAL.

Harry K Thaw. through counsel
filed voluntary petition in Pittsburg
his assets being put at $128,O12 and
liabilities at $453. 40. The action was
taken because Thaw disputes the
claims Of . number of lawyers and
doctors.
Candidate Taft drove 40 miles over
the mountAins, lent himself as the
chief feature of Greenbriar county's
first horse show at White Sulphur
Springs. w. Va. and in the evening
led the german at the Greenbriar
hotel
President Roosevelt made state
ment assuming all responsibility for
the discharge of negro soldiers for
the Brownsville .ffair and saying Mr..
Taft had nothing to do with it.
The shah of Persia pawned his
crown jewels with the Russian bank
for $250.000.
The condition of Col. William F..
Villas of Wisconsin has shown SO little
Improvement that his family and
friends now fear that he may not re-
cover.
Moses C. Wetmore of St Louis was
appointed chairman of the finance
committee for the Democratic cam
paign.
A warrant was issued in San Fran
cisco for the arrest of Frederick Dorr.
the broker. who recently closed his
omces. on the charge Of s,nbezzlement.
Count Zeppelin started on a 24-hour
journey in his great dirigible airship,
his course being from Friedrichshafen
to Mayence and return.
Robert Eastman. q New York stock
broker. was arrested in Chicago on a
charge Of obtaining money by false
pretenses.
President Fallieres returned to
Paris after his series Of visits to Eu-
ropean mouarchs.
Miss Amanda Murphy Of Lima. o.,
died at q hospital from the effects of q
religious fast which she had main
tanned for six weeks.
George Vail. Jr.. . son OF George
Vail. . wealthy farmer who disap-
peared last September, has been
placed In the jail at Batavia, O..
charged with his fathers murder.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
A EIir-

A hirt Is a rose from which every
lover piucks lea:-the tborns beinr
reserved fer her husband
ter Union.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
Airino Of Telephone Rates.

Telephone rates ere, now coming in
for an airing before the state Fai'w1v
commission. ]. e. Bowers of Graf.
Johnson county. fled formal com
paint against the Nebraska Telephone
company charging Determination. In
his complaint he s'ys peorle ne,-
Tecnmseh tax to Ste-lin-. 1877 mil"e
for 10 cents. Te~umseh IN A!ams. ~
niles, for 10 certs. "-d To Cock. cs
miles. for IN cents. H q. Cannon ~
Tecnmseh FLED a formal complain
charging that discrimination Is prar
uced.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
Petition for a Telephone.

J. E. Hart, A. L. Glenn. ]. H. Neber-
gall and A. A. Hawley, all Of York
comfy. have petitioned the railway
commission to make the Northwestern
put a telephone In its passenger sta
ton at Gresham. A large proportion
of the citizens Of York county are on
the lines of the York County Telephone
comrany. an Independent concern
which does not pay toll to the tele
phone trust. The railroad company
has q trust phone in its place. but re-
fuses to recognize the independent
concern.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
Governor offers Reward.

Governor Sheldon has issued the
following proclamation of reward for
the apprehension of the murder of
Mrs. Jasper Blowsnake, killed by Jas
per Blowsnake In Thurston county on
July Is. 1908:
whereas, Upon good and sufficient
showing made by the county coroner
of Thurston county, Nebraska, that on
or about the 18th day of July, A. D.,
1908. in the county Of Thurston. state
of Nebraska, Mrs. Blowsnake was
brutally and feloniously assaulted by
Jasper Blowsnake, which resulted in
her death, and
Whereas, The said Jasper Blow
snake is q fugitive from justice and Is
secreting himself in some place un-
known and
Whereas, AS a protection to so
ciety, as well as the enforcement Of
the criminal code. and as a means Of
leading to the prompt apprehension
and punishment of such an act, the
law provides that upon receipt Of such
information the governor shall issue
his proclamation Offering reward
for the arrest of the person commit
ing such crime. Said reward to be
payable on q certificate given under
seal of the court that the person ar
rested and indicted committed the act
charged in the indictmen, now,
Therefore, !, George Lawson Shell
don, governor of the state of Nebras-
ka. by virtue Of the authority vested
in me by law do hereby. by this m.
proclamation, offer a reward of two
hundred ($20o.0O) dollars for the ap-
prehension Of the murderer of said
Mrs. Blowsnake. conditioned as afore-
said. and said reward continuing for
a period Of six months from and after
this date. and I do especially enjoin
upon all sherifls, constables and peace
officers Of this state diligent effort 20
bring the murderer to speedy Justice"
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
OBITUARY..

William Boyd Allison, senior
United States senator from Iowa, died
Of heart failure ut his home in
Dubuque after an illness Of months.
He vas 70 years cid. Gov. Cummins
announced himself q candidate for
Senator Allison's seat. .
Wilson Law, q well-knoWn oil Cd
orator. died at Muskogee, Okla, from
the effects of a sunstroke.
S. T. Mcknight, prominent real
estate man and millionaire lumber
man Of Minneapolis, died Of heart dis
ease.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12
To Equalize Standard.

The presidents Of the two state nor
NAL schools held a conference with
the state examining board to determ-
Inc on some standard of requirements
for the private schools which are al
lowed by the Nebraska law to grant
life professional teachers certificates.
The board of examiners Is made the
Inspection body of these private
schools, and just now they are turn
ing out several hundred graduates at
the close of the summer session. The
state normal schools have a certain
standard Of excellence which they re-
quire Of graduates. The examining
board is desirous of making the
maximum of the private schools as
high as the minimum of the stat.
schools. This, under the law, Is all
they can do.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12

rested and given preliminary hearings
and all except one have pleaded guilty.
Bacon secured scalps from the county
clerks ONCE and hid them in the
boiler room and Deets and Swinyer
would get same and resell them at
leisure.
John H. Dwyer, Of McCook, a white
man. married. with wife and two chill
dren, was bound over to the next term
of district court in and for Red Will
low county, charged with an attmept
at committing rape on two young Rus
sion girls Of this city each aged ten
years.
for Gage county for the month Of July:
Number Of farm mortgages filed. 10;
amount, $30.SS7; number Of farm mort
cages released, s; amount, $4,000;
number Of city mortgages filed, Is;
amount. $27.560: number Of city mort.
cages released. 16; amount. $3.50.
The Grand Army Of the Republic
will have. in all probability, . memo
rial In the new Douglas county court
house. A delegation from the three
Omaha posts of the Grand Army pre-
sented q request for such room to
the county board, and 1t was received
with favor.
The sheriff Of Cherry county re-
ceived q message from Stanton author
tiles % arrest a mason of Valentine
by the name Of ]. P. Banks as he was
wanted there on the charge of rape,
the crime being committed over four
years ago. The sheriff Immediately
took the man in charge.
The Columbus journal., 1908-08-12

100000. The refugees were re-
ported in great need of food and relief
trains started from many cities.
The Bank Of Austin, New, one Of the
Oldest in that city. has closed its
doors.
The plant of the National Render.
ing company near Hammond, Ind.
was burned, the loss being $3.50, 600.
One man was burned to death.
The 24hour general strike in Paris
was fiat failure.
Archie and Bert McMaster and their
wives, of Chicago. were drowned at
Galena. ILL.,. while bathing.
The steel fireboat Illinois was
crushed and sunk by the falling wall
OF a burned elevator in Chicago
Lightning during q severe storm at
Grand Rapids. Mich. caused a score
Of destructive fires.
James Ryan. one of the most noted
pfckpockets Of the country. was killed
by a tram car at Pratt City. Ala.
Because their DEGREES Of divorce
have not been fled 134 men and WON
en- Of Des Moines. Ia. who entered
matrimony again may be bigamists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-04-20
Definition of a Quack.

shall we accept the dictionary
definition of a quack as final? In
Great Britain they have court OF
appeals. but the highest court of
all Is the house OF lords. That
court was recently called upon to
decide whether or not certain doc
tor was n quack. This doctor, II
seems, had the legal qualifications
to practice medicine. and therefore
a jury decided he was not a quack.
Truth had said that the connection
OF the doctor with the Drouet Insti-
tuition for the Deaf made him a
quack, and he had sued for libel,
with the result intimated. The
case finally came before the House
OF Lords, and the Lord Chancellor
held that the word "quack" might
have other meanings than a pre-
tender to skill which the pretender
did not possess, which the Jury had
decided was the true meaning; and
"ioh Ahdl Nht hNiNAhahA was thAl-
tied TO have the decision of the jury
on the point whether or not the
alleged libel went beyond a fair
comment on the plaintiff and on the
system of medical enterprise with
which he associated himself on
that footing the last trial was fought
and the account of 1t says: The
methods of the Drouet institution
We're gone into much more fully
The judge put the case in a nutshell.
Without attempting to define the
word 'Quack." he pointed out with
apt literary illustrations that II is
commonly applied 10 one who mere
ly brags inordinately of his ability
to do what other people can not
do, but does not necessarily imply
want of knowledge or skill Some
Of the most eminent aural special
lists gave evidence as TO the true
value of the methods of the Drouet
Institute, Sir Victor Horsley, in
view of the Importance of the case
10 the profession, also volunteered
his services, and Professor Bouch-
ard, the dean of the medical fac |
llty in Paris, came over to testify |
that he practices pursued by
Drouet were improper. The case is
important i'm that il established a 4
wider meaning of the word "Quack"
m law than was previously recog- !
nized. "-Druggi5ts' Circular.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-04-20
Linen Made in America.

4 Massachusetts inventor has
perfected "A process Of transforming
flax straw into fiber that promises
10 add millions to the revenue Of
the American farmer, and to make
possible for the first time the man
ufacture of linen fiber in the United
States.
BY the laboriols process follow
ed abroad iJ takes from sixteen TO
thirty weeks TO transform flax
straw into linen There is first OF
all the "retting" which. in Belgium.
is done by weighing down the flax
straw in pools of water exposed to
the sun. until the wood or "shiye"
Is rotted away from the fiber. Then
comes the "scutching" or beating Of
the dried straw After this il is
hackled" by pulling the straw
through the coarse teeth OF combs
for the purpose of removing any
snarls aud tangles. The softening
and bleaching processes number 25
after an this has been done. before
the finished product is ready for
market Now comes Benjamin c.
Nudge OF the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, with a combined
meohanica. and chemical process
that makes linen out OF straw IN ~
hours In the place OF the Europ-
can method, which consists very
largely of leaytng the natural rot
ting process to accomplish the dis
integration Of straw. Mr.. Nudge
goes at this work by machinery an