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New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
CANNON LABELLED as BOOKS.

Many curious subt-rfuges are resorted TO- In tn.
fight between the classes OF e4 and 5 the freshmen
took possession OF a small brick outhouse whiis
the fight was going ten OF the best sprinters
in the class harnessed to the cannon Start
ing out on a run. they reached the very edge OF
the campus before they were discovered So great
was their momentus that although several
trtpped Up and some sophomores we're holding !.
20 the cannon the runners managed get IL WITH
in the limits and fasten il a with chains
For fifteen minutes most desperate fight rased
about the cannon. Severa! stripped
treIy OF their clothes. but in the bitter cold
their excitement was great that they took
notice OF their condition. but went fighting
until the referee fired pistol shots. announcing
that the freshmen had won b. holding the cannon
in the prescribed space for fifteen minutes.
The fight between the classes Of 05 and 'eS
a tame one. by reason OF the ruse employed by Tn.
freshmen About 5 o'clock in the evening before
the scrap express wagon drove 10 the library
and deposited case Of books. No notice was taken
OF this box. AS the time approached for the begin
ming o. the struggle. the freshmen formed several
fakes" In the midst OF hard battle over what
looked like the real cannon several freshmen moved
the box within the prescribed limits and sat down
By il The sophcmores. finding cnly few fresh
Elen looking the worse for wear. paid no atten-
tion the box
One by one the party around the box was rein
forced until nine men were there At a given sig
nal they Ieaped their feet and. placing chains
around The box. fastened it tree Before the
sophOmores realized what was 5etie done all the
freshmen were around the box
The freshmen Of the class Of '01 started small
fire of the buildings and kept il under con-
trOl while an alarm turned In Interest i'm
InediatcIy centred in the blaze The FIRE engines
came with a rush TO the campus Right behind one
was q light wagon containing the cannon As the
freshmen gained the campus ard lashed the cannon.
wago; and horse 70 Il tr~e. the sOphomores found
that they had been ouJwi.ted The dremen were
SO angry tnaJ TO- fifteen minutes until the TWO
shots of the revolver put end TO the scrap"
;hey played water on the combatauts-
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
DEATH INSTRUMENTS DESTROYED.

Superstition is largely responsible f1r The eN-
traordjnary care which As taken after any of
these assassinations OF rulers CT Of members OF
ttc rcirning houses Of the Old World TO de-
strc-- the firearms or The knives that have been
used by the assailants- II is custom Of
ancient origin ard extends only 20 the
wnapons of regicides but also to the surgical
Instruments employed by surgeons in treating
the injuries of the victims of these outrages or
in uost-mortern examinations and emba Inning.
In olden times the weapons and instruments
used to be filed to powder or ground 10 pieces
When however. the prizes, Martin Aleriao at
tempted to murder Queen Isabella of Spain In
the manner thai / have described above il
vas found that the blade Of the poinard which
he had used was of such exquisitely- tempered
steel that il resisted every file and stone This
was related in the newspa pers, and the super
stitious Spaniards became so excited that the
Cabinet was forced to take steps for the
destruction of the knife by sUiphuric acid,
10 aIav public feeling and TO remove the impress
sion that there was something supernatural and
magical about the dagger. Since then sulphurc
acid has always been used to destroy such
weap pons-
II was used for the destruction Of the sharp
ened file with which Empress Eliza beth
assa ssinated and of the surgical instruments
employed by the physicians who made the post
mortem examination. the weapon being de-
stroyed in the presence Of the Austro- Hungarian
envoy in Switzerland and of other representa-
tives of the Emperor of Austria who had been
summoned to Geneva. In the same manner the
agency of sulphuric acid was used al Lisbon
last week to put out Of existence the firearms
that brought about the death Of King Carlos
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
, BATTLE UNDER HORSES HOOPS.

In some -Sc-a ps" students have hurt By
horses one moving van has been driven into
other couta.ing the ard the fight has aged
at the verE aoofs OF the piIngns. kicking horses
The eculittee therefore e.ecided this year that no
horses should allowed automobiles are also
disGua ided No power save that OF the students -
to be employed
The scrap : judged by a COMMITTEES OF i've.
three seniors and two juniors Their decision
final Kidnapping in any form = prohibited. and
any cne using unfair tactics Immediately
moved from the scrap" II the offence a serious
cne II is likely 10 The night for the class. II
t-e freshmen get the decision they are allowed 20
FIRE the cannon uumOIosted and To carry canes ths
rest OF the wear If ;he sOphonores win the
iS f-ed-
\ dinner and d sing come Friday night. tho
elst Al O'Clock On the sane night a light opera
bv X n Goods -. ana W. b Davis "a. Ein -
rivt- The entire ziee club. assisted ry several
members Of the dramatic club. viii present the
rIay. Smith girls and Ti5etan warriors NfI make
music In the second a chorus Of The natiVes
O.. Tibet appears dressed IN etGnoiOgicaIIy cor
rec, costumes designed by Collier GoOde. of Boston,
They Will sing d song that Is Tibetan. words and
all The east is
Donald the Henry 2. Mitchell
DoIe R7ssttt heroine -H1TloWs B. Bristol. 10
D1.iie's French Eait lanes F. toa
.icsvatt- Harold q Rogers
MSS Perrec; D@taeanor the chaperon-C wi!d.ns
Pro ezs1~ = simmons
Groups CT smith College sr college men. natives of
A. 1870 a game Of Basketball between Wesleyan
and Trinity Will played The team this year is
by far the best that Wesleyan has had. such teams
as Columbia Harvard. Pennsylvania Dartmouth
ana Brown having gone down before It.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

Poison. a favorite agent for cutting short the
lives of rulers apparently no longer finds favor
with regicides. and the only case that ! can
recall in modern times was ar attempt to kill
Gar Alexander III BY means Of poisoned
gloves which cost the life OF one Of the meEu-
bers of his suite, Count Chermetieff, whose
gloves were mistaken for those OF his sovereign
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
METHODS OF ASSASSINATINC SOVEREICNS

and of the Crown Prince of Portugal the instru-
ments used by the surgeons and those employed
in the embalming OF the bodies Thanks to
this there is no chance Of their falling into the
hands Of dealers in curios Of their being
placed on exhibition in museum travelling
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16
NEED OF HOSPITAL REFORM

The New York public hospitals always in
danger of becoming the footballs of politics
The Falls City tribune., 1908-12-11
Administrators Sale

! will sell at public sale, at the
All Page farm, . miles southwest
Of Dawson, s miles northwest of
Salem, and s miles southeast OF
Humboldt on Monday, Dec. 81,
1908, sale to commense at ten
o'clock a. m., the following des-
crjbed property towit:
Two head of horses consisting
OF one grey ware, Maud, 10 years
old: one sorrel mare, May, sixteen
years old.
"A head of cattle consisting of
nine mich COWS, two fresh with
calves by side and seven to be
fresh in March and April, four 3
y9ar-old steers, one 2-year-old
heifer, four steer calves and four
he;fer calves.
Farm Implements-One good
Charter OAK wagon, one truck
wagon with hay rack, n top
buggy, one road wagon, one
wheat drill, n moving machine,
one hay rake, and one sulky
stirring pillow, n double-row
Monitor cultivator, one harrow,
set double harness, set single har-
ness, l spool Page woven wire
fencing, Sc in; 2 spools Page WOW
en- wire fencing "a in; so good
large hedge posts; 20 tons hay,
some corn and oats.
Household Furniture-One cook
stove and two heating stoves,
The Falls City tribune., 1908-12-11

bedsteads, chairs, 3 tables, ward.
robe, bookcase, sewing machine,
Two couches, mattresses, bed
springs, two dressers, two CON-
modes, new DeLavel cream separ-
ator, and other articles too numer-
Gus to mention,
Terms of Sale-All sums of Sl0
or less cash. Ga sums over that
amount a credit of 6, s and 10
months will be given, purchaser
to give bankable note, to draw &
per cent from date of sale. Two
per cent off for cash. No proper
ty to be removed until settled for.
Hot lunch on the ground.
Col. Nj. W. HARDING, Auct.
n. B. JupD, Clerk
f. p, PAGE, Admir-.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-12-11

whole country averaged ~ IN
September and fell to ~ in
October; the decline in condition
during one month, being about
> per cent, while The average
decline in September for the
past ten years has been a little
over one per cent. For the
past ten years the average OF
the condition of the corn of the
country has been 20, on October
/. However. corn will be a
good price. 1t is a good price
now. but it will likely go higher.
The mills of the country and the
stock feeders need it in their
business and our wise govern.
ment has taught many of the
countries of the old world the
value of it and thus established
a foreign demand and market
for it. SO, farmers, keep on
raising corn; raise all you car,
tor the dry years are on and
there are drouthy sections of
the country where the crops
will be slim for the next few
years. There will be a demand
and a market for all you have
to sell. The government author
tiles have figured it out that the
greatest crop of America is gas
The Falls City tribune., 1908-12-11

and the second greatest corn.
The farmers who consider the
crop of corn poor this year and
hence better prices will be had,
may be surprised to learn that
the estimate of the America pro
duction OF corn for this year is
2,642, 687, 900 bushels compared
with 2,592, 800, 900 last year, an
increase over last year of 90.
667. 600 bushels, and that all the
principal crops of the country
this year are better than they
ever were, and stnat the volume
is 5 per cent better than last
year. So there you are.-Hia.
walha World.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-12-11
THE CORN
A Splendid Report For an Off
Corn Year

There has been lots of fine
corn gathering weather lately
and the farmers have been tax
ing advantage of it, and getting
in the bulk of the crop. Little
of the new crop has as yet been
offered in market. for the prob
able reason that the owners de-
sire and expect to realize more
than 30 cents 4 bushel for it..
They argue that as the crop of
marketable corn is much lighter
than usual, there will be a
stroner demand for it, especial
ly after the early corn of the
southern states has been eX-
hausted. But while our crop,
here in this immediate vicinity
is truly a little short, u farm
ers, by looking about a little,
will discover that there are bet
ter crops than usual in some
other sections OF the country,
which will, in part at least,
offset the lack of a full crop
here, and thus SO ever up things
that they might be disappointed
in their calculations. The con
dition of the corn crop of the
The Falls City tribune., 1908-12-11
YOUNG AMERICAS WRONG IDEA
Too Little Appreciation OF the DIG
nifty of Labor

Young America is growing up
with too little appreciation of the
dignity of labor. This is a funda-
mental defect in our modern life.
Parents and teachers should seek
to remedy it by early and constant
commentator of common work.
The basis of all individual and
communistic happiness is constant
employment in congenial Il
useful work, and the youngster
should be taught that there 10
nothing for him in happiness, use
fulness or wealth without appli-
cation TO the employment of his
head and hands. Every day we
find among the boys and girls of
our acquaintance a disposition to
despise the man who labors with
his hands for a living; to look
down upon them and upon their
ch ldren. This is all wrong ;incipi-
ent snobbery of the worst sort that
should be promptly e%radicated.
No man has SO good a right to the
respect of the community as he
who in any honest employment
eats his bread through the sweat
of his face.-Ex.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-12-11
HOW o
A Favorable Comparison of Her
Products With Other States

MANY very rich things have
become SO much a matter OF
course in Nebraska" says Labor
Commissioner Ryder, chat they
attract no attention whatever,
even from our keeneSt orators.
For instance, in all the daily
papers we find the Associated
Press carrying slug heads re-
ports of the production of gold,
silver, copper, lead and zinc IN
Montana a d Arizona; some
thing wonderful. it is %intimated.
Montana leads all the states in
silver production, and Arizona
is the leader for copper produc-
ton. For 1907, last figures
available as ye t, Montana's
total production of metals is
given a value of S57, 750, 900.
Arizona production of metals
the same year went to a total of
500, 81, $50.
"Now [ just want to direct at
tention to the figures OF the al
falfa, tame grasses and wild hay
raised in Nebraska in 1908, and
to set them over against the
value of gold, silver, lead and
zinc put out to the world by the
two metallurgical splurgers
mentioned above. Alfalfa, S14,-
rs, 624; tame hay, SIC, 900, 995;
wild hay, S24, 1913, 442: total
SOC, OS2, O61. Just slightly be-
hind Montana's total for preci-
Gus metals of all kinds, and
quite a long lap ahead of Ari-
zona's total.
GAS to usefulness, and amount
of labor,employed, no fault can
be found with the merit of these
Nebraska crops, either. Hay,
and especially alfalfa, of good
quality is as staple in the west
ern and eastern markets as any
of the metals produced in Mon
tana or Arizona. Our capacity
as an alfalfa and hay state has
not been reached by a long way,
whereas the mines of the states
farther west are losing, proba.
bly,, in productlveness with ev-
cry year they are worked. And
of course these grass crops are
not Our main reliance, but sec
ondary in a way. Yet they do
cut a large figure in the feeding
and the putting on the market
of the vast numbers of cattle,
hogs and sheep that our farmers
turn off every year; and they
mean ready money in substan-
tial amounts for every load that
is sent to local markets or to
terminal points, from whence
they are scattered throughout
the land. Nebraska. is really
great, my masters, and her
Christmas tree this year will
be a whale. "-Lincoln Star.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-12-11
Notice of Referees Sale of Real
Estate

Notice isihereby given that by virtue OF a
iud gment in partition entered on the 9TH day
of November 1905, in an action pending III the
district court of Richardson County. Nebraska,
II which Myrtle Schaible Mu1ligan is plaintiff
and Carrie. Schaible, widow of John Schaible.
Jr., deceased, Laura Schaib1e, Roy Schaible,
Ed ward Schaible. Etna Schaible and William
Mulligan are defendants. and in pursuance of
an order directing the sale OF the premises
entered in said cause November 6, 1905, and in
pursuance to an order of sale issued out of said
court in said cause. we, the undersigned refer
ees in partition in said action, will offer for sale
at public auction and sell to the highest bidder
for cash on the 14th day of December. 1908. sale
commencing at one III o'clock p. M, at the West
front door of the court house in Falls City in
said county, the following described real estate
to-wit: The south half IA of the north east
quarter III of section thirty 1901 in township a.
one north range sixteenl16)in Richardson Coun-
ty, Nebraska. The purchaser takes the real
estate free of widows dover.
DatedlN November 10th, 1908.
REAvIs &:REAvIs, A. X. ScoTT,
!. Attorneys for Plaintiff j. X WHITE.
Il. /. REAvIs,
Referees
First publication November 10, 5 times.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-12-11
DEATH OF DENVER LADY
Fafhetic End of An Old Woman
Who Always Helped others

WIO Always FI6tp6u 0tnSTS
Once a leader in Trinity Metho.
dist church, generous with her
money to all who need ed help, and
having the entree to the best So
eiety of Denver, Mrs. Cook was
buried yesterday in Fairmont
cemetery, with no n except Par.
son Uzzell and a mar from the
undertaking establishment present.
For years past Mrs. Cook has
lived through charity organiza-
tons and friends of her deceased
husband, once a leading Denver
attorney. How bitter it must
nave been. how humiliating to
beg a few cents where once she
gave with a prodigal hand, is best
illustrated by the fact that through
all her years of need and want she
sa7ed two certificates upon the
Colorado National bank for 500
in order that she might not be
buried in a pauper's grave. She
must have boarded this in store
for five or six years for it is posi-
lively known that she could not
have saved it or ven part of 1t
during this time. For several
years past she has received help
from Parson Uzzell, when chair
man of the board of county COM
missiopers: from Chairman Hays
and many of the older attorneys,
but she must often have gone hun
cry yet refused to touch her S1O0.
Il S an illustration of that doe
triae of pride which places a pau
per- grave above all other horrors
worthy of the pages Of literature.
Mother Cook, as she was
known, had a considerable fortune
Of her own when she married Cook
40 years ago, having lived here for
that length of time. Originally
Cook had a fine practice and was
an able lawyer. Some Is years
ago. he began to spend his money
freely in fast living. His fortune
and that of his wife was disipated
and he had to take small cases in
the Justice courts. Seven years
ago he died without a cent
in the world. A son, now in a
Kansas City hospital, is said to be
following in the footsteps of his
fnther. Some time ago Mrs. Cook
YVES ordered off the street by the
fire and police board when she at
tempted to sell gospel notices in
order to make some money.
That the GOODNESS with which
Mrs. Cook was received among
the people she used to know, es-
peeially the old church people
with whom she worked, was not
accidental is proven by the fact
that not a person appeared even to
see her buried, although her death
was prominently published in the
newspapers. Parson Uzzell de-
elRved that there was nothing of
the spirit of charity and kindness
shown by Mrs. Cook in her for
tune days among those with whom
she worked, aided or knew, either
socially or charitably. But she
ord not have the religion of money.
FIX.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-12-11
Miscellaneous

FEEDER double o. stock cutie, y hole wheat drill, riding pillow, lister,
double row II walking cuItivator, ne Canton double-ro go-deviL, 3-se
posts, about B IS or 4o tons of hay Yin barn, 900 bushels corn,2 $50 bushels oats,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-08

In all the wide realm of base bali there
is only one thing certain which is that
Princeton will win her home games in the
Harvard and Yale series.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-08

Harry WEIGH of the Omaha team is lead
ing the Western league with the stick
with an average of 1896.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-08
MIDDIES LOOK LIKE
BEST COLLEGE TEAM

The college base ball season is drawing
to a close. and the completion of the
Princeton-Yale and the HarvardYa ale
series are about the only important games
left. Princeton beat Yale Saturday in
the first game of a series which Will de-
eide the so-called championship, but the
Tigers were lucky to win, as Van Week
of Yale outpitched Clark, the Blue get
ting six hits to Princeton's two. Errors
cost Yale the game. combined with Tad
Jones' impotence to tie the score on q
three-bagger. The teams will meet next
Saturday for the second game. when in all
probability Heyniger will pitch for Prince
ton. Yale lost g. game to Holy Cross last
week. the second of the season. and both
by the same score l to 0. Princeton also
lost a game to Williams through trying
out an inexperienced pitcher. but wal
loped Amherst, which won game from
the Tigers earlier In the season. Harvard
turned the tables on Dartmouth and
Brown for earlier defeats at the hands
over. seems to be showing that strength
of which there was such high promise
early in the year. II the team continues
to improve 1t may give Yale a battle royal
and turn disastrous season into fairly
successful one. The Navy wound up the
history by overwhelming the Army in the
annual game Wednesday. The record
for Annapolis has been a remarkable one
as the team won nineteen of the twenty
two games played. including victories over
Harvard, Pennsylvania. Amherst. Cornell
and West Point. The only games lost
we're to Georgetown. Harvard and North
Carolina. Williams improved her position
and cannot be placed worse than fourth
in the standing. The team beat Prince
ton and Trinity last week. and, having
won two games from Amherst. must be
placed above that team, which has been
holding a forward position. Between
Williams and the Navy 1t is almost i'm
possible to judge. but l would be disposed
to cast my lot with Williams II the teams
could meet. The rating, az 1t appears to
Williams. Annapolis. Pennsylvania, AM
herst, Vermont Cornell, Columbia. Har-
ward. Wesleyan, Brown and Dartmouth.
The standing in games won and lost fol-
ows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-08

and Fair Play which ran second to Gel
in the Brooklyn handicap. appears to u
about the only one eligible which mig
threaten any particular danger if Royd
Tourist starts tomorrow in the STANDARD
stakes. Master Robert. which ran thin
in the Brooklyn, is eligible however. I'd
gether with Alfred Noble, Firestonl
the three times Derby winner, and othd
promising three-year-o Odds
The Greater New York steeplechase AM
the Glover stakes. for two-year-old fillie!
are the fixtures for Thursday, while TIL
Hanover stakes. for two-year-olds, at fi,1
and half furlongs. will be the featur1
of the card Friday. Saturday feas
is in store. with the fremont stakes. I'd
two-year-olds. with an added money valu
of $500: the Brookdale handicap at
mile and a furlong. with S4.0O0 added
the Brooklyn Derby. at mile and
half. with 5000 added and the Gentle
mems cup on the card.
James r. keene will have to depend oil
Restigouche or Transvaal in the Brook
lyn Derby. as Colin and Celt are not ell
gible. Neither has shown a disposition Il
go the route. so that August Belmont
Fair Play may earn other honors thai
running second to Colin or Ceit. Harr|
Payne Whitney's Stamina is also eligible
but in all probability she will be saved fn
the three-year-old filly stakes. Celt is elf
gible for the Brookdale handicap. togethe
with Jack Atkin, King James. NealoI
Montgomery. Dandelion and other goo|
horses. 1t is just possible that JimmI
Rowe will trot Ballot out to carry It'd
colors of the vice chairman Of the jockel
club and save Celt Ballot was ranked al
the best three-year-old in training las
year after the refinement of Peter Pan