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The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Cridiron Club Gives Annual Dinner

after the recent national campaign. the
dinner presented an exceptional OPP
portunity for the merry-makers.
One of the funniest skits was a roll
call after the recent national political
battle. The mOurnful tap of a drum
was heard in the anteroom and there
came marching in a tattered and dilap-
idated troop. Tie uniforms showed
the members haG been on the firing
line. The president of the club an
nOunced in solemn voice that the
slaughter had been terrific. The
members of the troop answered
to the roll call. Sergt Jim Wat
son was reported as killed while
riding to the front on the water
wagon" Private Charlie Lands "felI
at Watson's SIDE" Private Charles G.
Dawes passed in hts checks" and
Private Frank Lowden was shot in
the pocket" Corporal Norman f.
Mack was reported as "burying the
dead" Corporal William j. Bryan was
among the missing" Corporal Loeb
was in the hands of his friends" Phi
waite Taft was reported present and
Color Sergt. Hitchcock was announced
as here, with the colors"
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30

THE origin Of the paragraph in the
i last sundry civil bill. restricting
the activities of the secret service.
which provoked the hot denunciation
of the president, is decidedly interest
ing. While a subcommittee was fra
ming the sundry civil bill it was
brought to the attention Of the men,
bers that secret service man had
been assigned to keep watch over the
conduct of certain naval officer. The
application for. the detail was made to
the navy department by the wife of
the officer. who was not entirely salts
fed as to the faithfulness of her
spouse. The officer was not even on
duty at the time, but was away on
leave of absence.
1t occurred to members of the ap-
preparations committee that this was
the limit of governmental espionage
and that the time had come to call a
halt. President Roosevelt. of course.
had secret service sleuth detailed
for such purpose and when the sub
committee wrote and inserted a pro-
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30

IT NCLE IKE STEPHENSON, cham
" pion buttonhole story teller of the
senate. has certainly been treated
shamefully since he came down here
last winter to take Mr. Spooner's place
as one of Wisconsin's legislators. He
has the distinction of being the Oldes'
man in the senate and at the same
time of being one Of the wealthiest.
and he is used to having his own way.
He had no sooner got here last De-
cember than he discovered he had
been assigned a committee room over
in the Maltby building. on b street
northwest. This wes too far from base
to suit Uncle Ike. so he made good
sized kick. and finally got himself as
signed to a room on the senate ter
race, away down in the ground.
But a great surprise was in store for
Uncle Ike when he returned this De-
cember. He had no room at all. His
ONCE furniture was all standing out In
the corridor. This was too much. on
he went to see about 1t. What he
found out was that there had to be a
place to put q new power plant, and
his room was the only one available.
Where was he to 60 now? oh, he'd
have to go over In the house Office
building until the senate Office build
ing was finished.
So now, Uncle Ike, who has more
money than he knows hcw to spend
and who could buy himself thousand
rooms, is located away over
in the extreme southeastern corner
of the house office building-Anacostia
they call it in the house-and IT looks
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES branch of the
w public service which its detract-
Ors called the government spy sys-
tenn" or the Black Cabinet" has been
brought into conspicuous prominence
by the till between congress and the
president, growing out of the criticism
In the presidents message Of the ac-
ton of congress in circumscribing the
activities Of the secret service.
The system of government es-
piOnage over the private citizen has
grown in an unprecedented manner
under the administration of President
Roosevelt. Whether it cOnduces to
the general public welfare is a matter
for publicists to discuss. but as to the
fact that the secret service has
reached greater extensions than ever
before there can be no doubt. 1
This extension has been brought
about by the executive branch of the
government, and its justification. in
large degree, is that a law has no
value unless it is enforced, and the
only way to enforce it is to look after
violations.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30

II HE annual fall dinner of the Grid
iron club, held the other night, was
made noteworthy by the presence of a
distinguished company of guests. An
extended program devoted entirely to
fun-making, made the night one long
to be remembered by the organization
The company was one only possible
to bring together at the capital of the
nation. The president, vice-presidtnt.
presidehtelect, vice-president-elect,
presidential possibilities of the future.
senators and representatives almost
without number. an English lord. dip
lomats of this and other countries
newspaper men whose names are
known far and wide. captains of
finance and industry, and men of af-
fairs generally were seated about the
gridiron-shaped table. Coming SO soon
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
: italian Singers.

In view of the fact that in their na
tive country most Italians Of the peas.
ant class arc given to singing in public
on all and every occasion, IL is curl
GUS that We hear so little of their
vocalizing in public here. This state
Of affairs was brought sharply to
man familiar with Italy as a touris,
when he heard a group of half a dozen
young Italian men of the working
class singing some of the lovely bod
ular songs Of their native land In an
elevated train in New York ON a re-
cent Sunday. II was delightful music
to hear and entirely different In every
way from the songs and the singing
one so often hears from a group of
native young men. II was the first
time this particular New Yorker ever
had heard Italian singing In public
and the charm of the music was great
enough to make him regret that It was
not heard more often.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
/ THE STATE.CAP|IAL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL
CITIZENS.
BETTER SALARIES FOR JUDGES
The Attorney General Gives It a. His
Opinion That They Are Entitled
to the Higher Pay.
Salaries Of Judges.

Under an opinion of the attorney
general. the state, auditor and treas.
urer will allow the claims of the
three old judges of the supreme court
and all the judges Of the district court
20 participate Immediately In the IN.
crease in salaries provided in the
constitutional amendment. This
raises salaries of supreme judges
from $500 to $500 a year and the
salaries of district judges from $4,000
to $1,000 a year.
Judges Reese and Barnes have al
ready filed their salary vouchers for
the quarter ending December 81, al
though more than a week still re-
mains before the quarter is ended.
They claim for the last month of the
time payment at the $4,000 year
rate. or 1915. The question as to
whether they can be allowed this
money under the constitution was
submitted to Attorney General Thomp-
son. who has given his verbal opinion
to the auditor that IL, will be perfectly
regular to allow it.
The constitution says:
The legislature shall never grant
any extra compensation to any pub
lie officer, agent, servant or con-
tractor after the service shall have
been rendered or the contract entered
into. Nor shall the compensation of
any public officer be increased or
n inic NJ Roo
The last sentence of this section
is held by many to apply directly to
the case in issue and to mean that
Judges Reese. Barnes and Letton
should not be entitled to the in
crease provided for in the constitu-
tional amendment.
Attorney General Thompson bases
his opinion on several supreme
cOur. reports.
An interesting question has arisen
as to how the judges could get their
money if the auditor still refused to
issue warrants for more than the old
salary provision. Under the statutes
they would hardly be entitled to man.
damus the auditor and treasurer in
either the supreme or district courts
Of the state, as every Judge on the
bench is personally interested in the
matter.
The total claim of the judges is for
$791.66, of which $416.66 is for serv-
ices in October and November under
the old salary and 1915 for December
services under the new salary
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
GENERAL NEWS.

Tortured by lighted matches ap-
piled to his bare feet. H. A. Schabow.
q farmer near Curtice. O.. turned over
to robbers $3.50 belonging to an in
surance company.
Because Julia Pice. aged IA would
accept neither as her husband. Powell
Formich and Michael Milanovitch of
Cleveland. O.. fought duel with short
knives in a darkened room. Formich
was killed after he had buried his
knife in the neck of his opponent.
President Clement Armand Fall
Heres Of France was attacked in a cafe
in the Place de l'Etoile by a politician
named Mappis. The aged president
grappled with his assailant and was
severely bruised
In . game for the high-school cham
pionship OF the United States, the
Longmont high school team of Long
mont. Col, defeated the team from the
Englewood high school of Chicago. Is
to 0. At Denver. .-
The Salvation Army prepared Christ
mas dinners for about 100000 poor
people throughout the country.
The United States Steel Corporation
10 planning to build q $l0.O00.O 900 town
1t the head CT Lake Superior. about
nix miles from Superior and Duluth.
similar to Gary. Ind.
Gov Hoch of Kansas pardoned John
Collins. serving q life sentence in the
Kansas state penitentiary. for the muir
der Of his father. J. s. Collins. we'll
TODD real estate and insurance man of
Topeka. in 1888. One Of the witnesses
against Collins has admitted his testi-
nony vas perjured.
Federal authorities began an investi-
CATION Of the packing industry in Chi
c1go
A. B. Stickney. president and one
Of the receivers Of the Chicago Great
Western railway. resigned his receiver
ship of that road and H. c. Burt was
appointed to the place.
Acting President Gomez OF Vene-
zuela ousted all the members of Cas-
:ro's cabinet and formed a new min
istry.
Dora Fair, Is years old. and Lewis
Rogers. % years old. Cherokee Indians
who e!oped from Chouteau. Okla, were
arrested in Kansas City, No.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
OBITUARY..

Frederick A. Burnham. former pres
ident Of the Mutual Reserve Life In
surance Company Of New York, was
found dead IN his home in New York.
having been asphyxiated by gas.
Cyrus R. Teed. "Koresh L." self
styled messiah" is dead in the midst
of his colony in extreme southern
Florida.
Gen. Edgar NJ. Marble. former COM
missioner of patents, well-known
figure in army and business circles of
Washington and New York, died of
paralysis.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

President Roosevelt received SO
many kilograms urging him to pre-
vent the Imprisonment of Gompers.
Mitchell and Morrison. sentenced for
contempt, that he asked Attorney
General BOnaparte to 90 over the
record with him. .. .... r
Twelve months in jail for Samuel
Gompers, president; nine months for
John Mitchell, one of the vice-presi-
dents, and six months for Frank Nor
rison, secretary. all of the American
Federation of Labor, was the sentence
imposed by Justice Wright of the su-
preme court of the District of Column
bia for contempt of court in violating
an order previously issued enjoining
them from placing on the Unfair or
I'VE don't patronize" list the Bucks
Stove & Range Company Of st. Louis.
Mo. The defendants were released on
bal! pending appeal.
President-elect Taft decided to visit
Texas at some convenient time after
ais Inauguration. preferably at the end
Of the special session of congress.
The Panama capal will be opened
January 1, 1915. according to an Of
fetal communication received by the
California promotion committee from
Joseph Buckline Bishop. secretary OF
the canal commission.
Andrew Carnegie appeared before
the house committee on ways and
means to testify about the tarih on
steel and made an entertaining but
not instructive witness.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
State Buys School Bonds.

State Treasurer Brian bought $685.
600 of the school district bonds under
the new constitutional amendment
permitting the investment of state
school funds in such securities and
has received offers from many other
school districts in the state. He be-
lieves the new law will be Of benefit
to the state and to school districts.
The bonds already purchased will net
the state AZ per cent interest. In
each case where the bonds exceed
$500 he desires to buy at this rate
providing the bonds are owned by
school districts. After they get into
the hands of brokers, they will have
to submit them in competition with
brokers.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Shameful Treatment of Uncle Ike

as IL he will have to stay there for =
few months anyhow.
AS consequence. he Is an exceed
ingly sad-looking senator these days.
II is said that some one heard him re-
mark the other day that he would put
up a temporary ONCE building Of hi.
own on the capitol grounds II he could
get the permission. Vain hope.
Two ether senator's have been sent
over to the nuuse Office building with
Uncle Ike. They are Cummins of
Iowa and Du Pont of Delaware. But
that doesn't console him any.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
PERSONAL.

Jack Johnson (colored) won the
heavyweight championship of the
world from Tommy Burns at Sydney,
Australia. The fight went IA rounds
and Johnson was declared the winner
on points. The police stopped the
bout.
CiprianO Castro issued a statement
In Berlin virtually surrendering the
presidency of Venezuela.
Thomas F. Ryan, admittedly one OF
the greatest powers in the financial
world. announced that, yielding to the
advice of his physicians. he had re-
signed from the directorate of 81 cor
porations.
H. Barr Elliott. formerly assistant
cashier of the First National bank of
Eufaula, Okla. was arrested on infOr-
nation charging him with the robbery
of that bank on the night of December
IA last
William H. Newman sresigned as
president of the New York Central,
the resignation to take effect February
l next.
John +. Atkinson, recently elected
captain Of the Galveston Rifles. was
arrested by the United States marshal
on capias issued by the federal grand
jury at Waco. Tex. charging embez-
element of government funds.
s. C. Lillis. a wealthy banker and
stock man Of Lemoore. Cal. was SEN
fenced to six months in Jail and fined
$1,000 for illegally fencing public
lands.
william A. Dolph of the firm of
NeilDolph, lumber dealers of Mem
phis, Tenn, was arrested In San Fran
cisco ON Memphis warrant charging
him with embezzling $1,000.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
TROOPS LEAVE CUBA
MOVEMENT TO START THE FIRST
DAY OF THE YEAR..
AL ARE TO Be GONE IN april
Both Troops and cubans Rejoice at the
. Move and Best Of Feeling Pre-
walls in Al Quarters.

Hayana.-New Years day will wit.
ness the beginning of the evacuation
Of Cuba by the army Of pacifcation,
which has been In possession of the
island since the beginning of the pro-
,visional government in October, 1906.
The first provisional regiment OF
marines, numbering about 900. which
will be among the first troops to leave,
is now concentrating from various
posts at Camp Columbia About half
this regiment will sail from Havana on
January 1, on the cruiser Prairie,
which arrived here Christmas eve,
bound for Newport News. The
Prairie will return about the middle of
the month and embark the remainder.
Headquarters of Companies A, B, C
and D. Twenty-eight infantry, will
embark ON the transport Sumner at
Matanzas on December 81. From there
the transport will proceed to Havana
and embark Companies F, G and H.,
stationed at Guienes.r The Sumner
also will sail from Havana on January
I for Newport News, the ultimate sta
ton of these companies being Fort
Smelling.
From that time on the transports
Sumner and Mcclellan will be en-
ployed in the embarkation at intervals
o. the remainder of the army. Battery
G. Third field artillery, for the Wash
ington barracks, and the Fifteenth
cavalry, now stationed at CienfuegOs
and Santa Clara, destined for Forts
Myer and Sheridan, will sail on Feb
ruary 2. The headquarters army,
Eleventh cavalry, now at Columbia
and Pinar Del Rio; the mountain artil-
lery and Fifth infantry. now at Car
denas, Sagua and Calbarien for Platts-
burg; the Eleventh infantry, now at
Santiago and Holguin, for Fort D. A.
Russell, and the Seventeenth infantry,
now at Camaguey, for Forth McPher-
son, will leave Havana about February
q for Newport News. This leaves
only two companies of engineers and
two batallions of the Seventeenth in
fantry, under Colonel Pitched, who will
remain at Camp Columbia. These
tAOOpS WILL uOI cLuUoiA uuIll ApTll i,
which will complete the evacuation.
The embarkation will be effected
with as little ceremony as possible
and it is probable that their departure
will be attended with as little force as
marked their landing. The purpose
in deferring the departure of a por-
ton of the Seventeenth infantry until
April has been the subject of con-
siderable speculation, but it is be-
lieved this was agreed upon at a con-
ference between Governor Magoon and
President-elect Gomez. 1t is not
thought to be a measure of precaution.
for which not the slightest necessity
is apparent. but it probably is for the
purpose of keeping the barracks and
quarters in good order until it is pos
sible to turn over to the Cuban author
tiles model camp for occupation by
the new permanent army under COM
mand of General Pho Guerra. the
nucleus of which will be formed, it is
intended, with the present corps of
Cuban artillery and 1000 members of
the rural guard,
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Supreme Court Vacancy.

Another addition has been made to
the list of possibilities for appoint
ment to the vacancy on the supreme
bench in the suggestion Of the name
of w. H. Thompson of Grand Island.
Whether Mr.. Thompson would have
the place II 1t were rendered, is
question not now known.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Earthquake Shakes Montana.

Butte. Mont.-A Miner dispatch from
Virginia City, Mont, states that at
4:30 Sunday that section was shaken
by the severest of a series of seismic
disturbances that have been going on
for more than a week. The electric
power and light plant was put out of
commission.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
The City Farmer.

There is no doubt that Chumpleish
has the correct appreciation of VIVA.
is expected of city farmer"
What has he done now?"
why, he has just sunk $1,400 well
on his place in order to supply water
to his $14 cow
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Hitchcock 70 Meet Tar.

August. Ga.-President-elect Taft oh.
served Sunday as day of rest, re-
naming in his cottage throughout the
day. He did not attend church in the
morning, as Is his custom. Monday
Mr.. Taft VIII receive a delegation
from Atlanta, who win ask him to set
a definite date for his visit to that
city. Frank H. Hitchcock. chairman
of the republican national committee,
who is to be postmaster general In the
Taft cabinet will arrive here Tuesday
for q conference with the president
elect.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Seat Reservations.

At the present time but eight mem
bers Of the house and three in the
senate have failed to secure seat res
ervations. In the house Pilger Of
Stanton. Saberson Of Dixon. Talcott
of Knox. Cooperrider Of Adams, Carr
of Cherry. Chase Of Dawes. Marlett of
Kearney and Taylor of Hitchcock are
still not located, while Henry of Col
fax, Buhrman of Howard and Tibbetts
of Adams are without definite places
in the senate.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
AUSTRIA PREPARED FOR FRA,

Large Body Of Troops Said 70 8e
Massed on Servian Frontier.
London-A dispatch from Vienna to
the Daily Express says that Austria
Hungary has a force of $1,000 in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, ready to in
wade Servia at a moments notice
The Daily Mails Belgrade correspond
:ence says typhus has broken out
among the Austrian troops en- Bosnia
iand that many are suffering greatly
from the cold and exposure.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Bank Statements.

Secretary ROyse of the State Bank
ing Board has issued a compilation
of the statements of the 62S Nebraska
state banks showing their condition at
the close of business November q.
The resources and liabilities reported
follow
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
coNeREssMEN TO CANAL ZONE.
Object Largely to Investigate tn
System Of Government.

Object Largely TO Investigate the
System Of Government.
Washington TO familiarize them
selves with conditions under the pres
ent form Of government Of the Panama
canal zone. twelve members Of tie
house committee on foreign and inter.
state commerce will leave Charleston
Monday for Colon.
1t is not thought that any measure
having for its object change In tie
form Of civil government for the zone
viii be considered by congress at the
present session. but the committee will
ind the Information of value later
There has been some discussion of
the ACCESSIBILITY Of attaching the zone
to one Of the southern circuits of fed
eral courts in order to overcome cr:ti-
cism Of the prevailing judiciary system
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Ban on Headache Powders.

Druggists who have on hand head
ache powders, and other medicines
which are not labelled showing their
ingredients. will be arrested and pros
ecuted. The pure food law provided
that druggists who had these inhibited
medicines on hand prior to the en-
actment of the law would not have en-
forced against them the penalty of
the law for selling the came. when it
was SO shown at prosecution. Some
Of the druggists took this to mean
that they would not be prosecuted.
and have kept on selling medicines.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30
Woman to BE Lobbyist.

Miss Hardwick, a nurse employed
at the Orthopedic hospital, is the first
person to intimate that she intends
to register her name as a lobbyist.
She is anxious to have law enacted
creating q board to examine nurses
and grant them certificates to prac-
tice their profession. Miss Hard
wick was at the state house with a
copy of her bill which she desires in
troduced and was informed that If
she assisted in the passage of the
measure she would have to register
her name as lobbyist.
The Columbus journal., 1908-12-30

istration of the Peru normal for the
last few years that the registration
in the Junior and senior classes is
four times what is was In 1904. 1t is
also found that about one-fourth Of
the normal graduates have been grad
'uated in the last biennium. This
shows q remarkable growth of the
school, indicating an increased de-
mand on the part of the state for
trained teachers. ,.-
A Union Pacific supply car caught
fire in the yards at North Bend and
burned up before anything in it could
be saved.
The Wayne Normal closed the fall
term for the holiday vacation of ten
days. The new term opened the 2Sth.
The outlook is for the largest winter
attendance the school has ever had.
Accommodation are planned for 1000
students.
The H. L. Silver Music company's
store In Beatrice was completely gut
ted by fire. The loss to the stock will
amount to $4,000, with $1,000 insur-
ance.
August Miller of Bellwood has
purchased 160 acres of land in Hyde
county. South Dakota.
Food Commissioner johnson il now
going after baking powder firms that
do not label the contents of their
cans. Under the pure food law the
of compounds must be "a
beled. The commissioner has decided
that baking powder is a compound
Manufacturers do not like to label
their output because in most cases it
contains alum. A Lincoln Wholesaler
whose attention has been called to the
law. has promised to place proper Ia
bells On cans put up by his firm.