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The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
Shah Grants Constitution.

ST. PETERSBURG. May 5.-Dls-
patches from Teheran today say that
following yesterdays calling OF a par.
liamentary election, the shah has
signed a proclamation granting the
peoples demands for a constitution,
declaring that he is convinced that
such action is the only way 20 re-
store order throughout his empire. The
Russian foreign ONCE is skeptical re-
garding the shah's sincerity.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
weIlman and WICK Held For Trial

Fred WeIlman and Herman wyck,
the Whitney theater employees, charg-
ed with criminally assaultiDg 15-year.
old May 1repton, who was entlced into
the theater by offers OF a position OH
the stage, were both held TO the re-
oordsr's court for trial, Wednesday
Wellman's bail was set at $4,000. bur
Justice Jeffries reduced the bail Of
Wyck from $1,000 TO $500. wyck is
is years old, and the case against him
Is not regarded as strong az that
against Wellman. who is married
man. about 40 years old.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
BADGE FOR SMITH.

Officers Of Department Make Presen.
tstion to Retiring Commissioners.
Police Commissioner Smith was the
recipient. Wednesday morning. OF
handsome, diamond studded badge
bearing the inscription Police Com
missioner Retired" the gift or all the
officers In the department from cap
tains down TO sergeants. including the
detective bureau. Mr.. Smiths term
expires July I. ~ 'is
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
COWBOY MAYOR WINS.
u Neglected BY Omaha Voters
Bryan's City Goes Dry.


OMAHA. Neb.. May 5.--"Jim" Dahl
man. Omaha's cowboy mayor, has
been vindicated and will serve another
term In the city hall. With the skill
fsal use of q lariat, the mayor convinced
the voters that he was entitled TO
another term and the count of the
votes cast at yesterdays election to-
day shows a majority for Dahlman OF
over 1000. over his Republican oppon-
ent, John p. Breen.
Dahlman spent election day riding
about on . broncho and swinging his
larfat over his head. At every cleo
ton booth he performed the feat of
rop1ng some voter while his broncho
was trotting briskly along. These tao
tics appeared 10 please the voters
greatly. Dahlman was the brewers
candidate. A municipal election was
also held in Lincoln, which went
~dry" by plurality Of 400.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
New Divorce Suits

Suppressed suits for divorce were
fled Wednesday, by Bessie Robson
VS. Frederick Mickey. Jennie Va. Al.
bert APPEL, Anna vs.. Gustave Weller.
Edward VS.. Anna J. La1ferty Loretta
VS. Lawrence T. Hans. and Henry VS..
Mary Stewart
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
Towc coes pry: cute Throat

II SPRINGFIELD. o., May 5.--william
b. Thompson. So, was found on the
street this morning. with his throat
.cut. '1zhAre no place 10 loaf since the
'rounty went dry" he whispered in ex.
'rlnining his attempt to commit sui
eide. Thompson will recover. He is
married and made living tending
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

The largest electric storage battery
In the world has been installed in a
New York city power house for use
In emergencies. It's $50 cells have a
capacity OF $4,000 amperes for an
hour at 120 volts.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

worry over the matter. had made her
physically UNIT for II.
She returned from Ann Arbor 10
her home In Norwalk. where she died.
A. post.mortem was held. and the
strange part OF the whole matter Is
that no pins could be found. nor moth
ing TO warrant the fear or peculiar III
ness OF the woman. II Is thought that
the months OF invalidism were caused
by purely imaginary worries.
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06

Job PrintinH DONE right. Times Print
ing Co.. is John R--st Phone 149s
The Detroit times., 1909-05-06
MRS. SHAW WILL NOT
GIVE UP FIGHT FOR SON


Continue Battle for Pos
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
An Episode in oIeveIand's Life.

story of why Grover Cleve-
land did not go to war is told
by George F. Parker in Mo
Clure's Magazine. Mr.. Cleve-
land had been criticised for
his order for the return Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

do it now" The publis schools have held
the first and deepest interest of the club,
''for the children Of today are the citizens
Of tomorrow" and the proceeds of a Turner
art exhibit were expended in pictures, one
for each of the grade rooms and two for
the high school room. These pictures are
fine photographers of paintings by recog-
nized artists. The Woman's club has
placed manual training in the grammar
grades for one year and part of another.
The members unitedly stand ready to con-
inue the manual training whenever the
school board shall deem 1t advisable and
are holding a reserve fund for that pur-
pose. The Woman's club has placed iron
seats in the court house square for the
comfort and convenience of the general
public.
The club entertained the fifth district
convention In 1907. Last year 1t was
visited by two of the state officers. the
state president. Mrs. Cole OF omaha and
the president of the art department, Mrs.
Morey of Hastings.
Mrs. ]. l. Rhea, the present treasurer Of
the club, is now vice president of the
fifth district and is already in touch with
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

all the clubs Of that district, and is arrang-
ing d program for the coming convention
to be held in April at Minden.
The club meets every Saturday after
noon with the different members as host
esses. There are six departments: Child
Study" with Mrs. McMichael as president
this year; Art" with Mrs. A. II. Warren:
Literature with Mrs. Julia Taft Bayne;
Domestic Science" with Mrs. j. A. An
drews; Federation Study" with Mrs. w.
H. Cowgirl, and History" with Mrs.
Maye Durham. The present officers are
Mrs. J. G. Slosson, president; Mrs. Frank
Parsons. vice president; Catherine Helm
felt. recording secretary; Mrs. Dunha
corresponding secretary, and Mrs. ]. L.
Rhea, treasurer. These officers, together
with the department presidents, constitute
the executive board.
At the tuberculosis exhibit during the
winter, the Woman's club furnished two Of
the four programs and otherwise took a
very active interest. The club with Its
seventy-five members is ever on the alert
and stands ready to promote any enter
prise that might be Of either civic or
educational advancement.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

given place to modern structures built ac-
cording to the latest designs for comfort
and for making ideal homes, with most of
the Improvements found in the city resi-
dences. Excellent roads connect all the
towns Of the county and the country dis
triots are well supplied with up-to-date
school buildings, with efficient teachers.
Holdrege, the county seat, was laid out
IN 1888 and has had q growth and period Of
municipal improvement in the last three
years equaled by but few cities in the
state. 1t boasts of long. clean avenues,
miles of cement sidewalks and curblng,
public and private parks, a Carnegie Ii
brary, new business blocks. which are
looked upon as models by business men; a
water system of greatly increased capacity
and a sewer system just completed at a
cost OF many thousand dollars. A good.
substantial brick block constructed at a
cost of $4,000 was recently RACED to the
ground to make room for q modern and
artistic building. Holdrege has not acA
cepted any obstacles, no difficulty has been
long considered Of any serious obstruction;
but with a faith and enterprise matchless
In It's persistence its business men have
built In the heart of the great American
DESERT a city Of 5000 souls. a city which
in It's architectural beauty and stability
tells the history Of Its founder, a race OF
pioneers who have been builders and who
have builded well.
Holdrege is on the main line of the Bur-
lington from Chicago to Denver. The high
line OF the Burlington runs from Holdrege
to Cheyenne, wyo, and the line from Hol-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

built along the northern side of the Platte
river in the fall of 1866 the overland freight
road was abandoned, and for a few years
there was no settlement in Phelps county.
In the year 1872 a few settlements were
made in the northern part of the county
and a few homestead claims entered. Early
in the year 1873 quite a heavy immigra-
ton commenced and a large number of
settlers entered claims during the year.
This was mostly in the north half Of the
county. The first election of the county
was called for April 3, 1873. The county
seat was located at ( rst at Williamsburg,
but was removed IL November, 1879, to
Phelps county. The only court house ever
In existence at Williamsburg was a large
iron safe that stood out on the prairie.
The county schools in Phelps county have
grown into a complete. we'll equipped and
high-grade system of educational institu-
lions, efficient in a marked degree; in fact
the chief pride of the county is its schools.
No county in the state can show a smaller
per cent Of illiteracy, for 1t is entirely un-
known In this county. The directors of
the schools have been a sturdy, intellectual
people who have not lost sight Of the ad-
vantages and the vast Importance Of the
educational development in the rapid ad-
vance made by the country along other re-
munerative lines of activity. Phelps county
has s~eventy-five school districts In the
county. supporting a teaching force of over
LIS trained instructors and the children of
2,4W families enjoying the best opportuni-
ties of acquiring at least the common
school education. The city of Holdrege
supports a high school Of twelve grades,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

drege to Nebraska City Is also a Burlington
branch. The three railway lines place Hol-
drege in a position to command an extern
sive tributary trade from the west, north
west, southwest, south and east. Holdrege
has a good water system, an electric light
plant and an independent telephone ex-
change. No city OF its class has a better
representation pf church societies. All Of
the leading fraternal and beneficiary So
cieties are represented. The school system
is strictly modern. Holdrege schools of
right are the boast and pride Of its people.
A gas company has a franchise and are in
stalling a system of gas works. Its whole
sale and jobbing houses cover an extensive
territory. The city is the home Of a large
number OF travelling men who locate where
there are the best facilities for reaching
the territory made by them. Holdrege is a
city Of beautiful homes. Many are striking,
most of them are attractive In architectural
design. The modern conveniences. such as
steam, hot water, and hot air heat, bath
rooms and electric lights, secure the homo
comforts required these days. Well kept
lawns, concrete walks and curbs, terraces.
ornamental and shade trees. all combine to
throw a charm of beauty and attractiveness
about the residence districts OF the city.
PnelpS is u county WHtTe sindll, LdTIu
holdings predominant. All the orchard and
small fruit OF this section of the west do
well, such as apples and smaller fruits.
This county at present has in full bearing
1900 apple trees, 1900 peach, 5000 plum
and 1000 cherry trees, while nearly every
farmer in the county grows a liberal
amount of Strawberries for his own use,
as we'll as other kinds OF small fruit. All
vegetables for the middlewest are grown.
The potato yield IS a large surplus for
shipment.
Phelps county led all other counties Of
Nebraska in wheat yield for three success
sive years, viz. 1903, 1904 and 1906. Last
year the farmers of this county sold and
shipped out LIN, 900 bushels Of corn, 100000
bushels of wheat and pa, 900 bushels of oats.
This county also manufactured and ship
ped put last year $685. 900 pounds Of flour
and L,222,o 900 of mill feed. Last year these
farmers sold and shipped out OF the county
TO- 800 head of beef cattle, $500 fat hogs
and 400 sheep. This county is fast taking
the lead over other western countles In the
dairy Industry. The farmers at the present
time have over 5000 cows ON their farms.
and last year they were using $50 hand sep
arators. These farmers manufactured and
shipped out 2s2OOO pounds of butter and
844,0 900 gallons of cream, while the dressed
poultry shipped out amounted to 10000
pounds. At the present over 5000 acres are
seeded to alfalfa, which is returning q bet
ter profit than almost any other crop pro-
duced to its cost.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

j. B. WHITEHEAD Of
John Hopkins university, in an
article in the current number
Of the Popular Science Monthly,
contends that the electric en-
CINE maintains its drawing
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

~---A HELPS county is decidedly an
Industrial county. more than
any other part of the state; II
hrrr4FwE4 measures the motive OF its
t3SlffM everyday life by the indus
4%&32Q trial scale. The principal pro-
ducts are wheat, corn, oats, potatoes. al
falfa and live stock, all Of which are raised
and sold by the farmers at a good profit.
Cra'as OF all kinds do well In all parts OF
the county. while most OF the alfalfa il
raised on river bottom land. principally
along the Platte. The average production
OF wheat Ia about twenty bushels per acre.
while Instances are common where thirty
bushels have been raised. Corn averages
twenty-five bushels per acre, while many
crops from several farms have run as high
rs nifty bushels. Alfalfa as a general rule
gives two cuttings a year, with a total
weld of five tons per acre. All products
OF the county find ready sale and the facili-
ties for shipping the products to market
arc not excelled in any part Of the state.
Alfalfa brings $3.50 rer ton in the stack.
and when baled it's value is increased SIT
per ton.
Phelps county is situated on the high
table lands, or upland prairie on the divide
between the Platte and Republican river.
In extent II Is twenty-four miles SQUARE,
The oaly streams anywhere In the county
are In the southern part. and these are the
hcadwaters Of Spring and Turkey creeks.
The surface of the land Of the county Is
comparatively level, being but very gently
rolling, and nearly every acre is susceptible
Of cultivation. The soil Is fertile and very
productive. The county Is we'll adapted to
farming and a very large acreage Of crops
is planted each year. The population Of
the county Is about 1900.
The Platte river extends along the north
ern border Of the county. and In the early
days Of frelghtlng across the plains, Ions
before the building Of the Union Pacific
railroad, the old freight and emigrant road
extended along the extreme northern part
OF the county, up the Platte river. Plum
Creek Station was about on the line be
tween what are now Dawson and Phelps
counties. During the time Of overland
travel the freighters and emigrants poured
up and down the Platte valley and In this
locality more daring murders were com.
mitted by the Indians than at any other
point on the route. In the northwest part
OF the county, and on what was formerly
the claim OF Will Dilworth, is a grave
yard In which there are fourteen graves
the resting place OF people murdered by
the Indians during the trouble of 1864. An.
other station on the old overland route
was at Hopeville. toward the northeastern
corner OF the county. and about eight miles
west OF Fort Kearny. This was a ranof
and postoffice, kept by Moses Sydenham
who located at the fort in 1856.
When the Union Pacific railroad wa
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

~M|~~ lie OIuCI lOI II NCN0lb " AAAC
ba.ae nags taken during the civil war,
said to Mr.. Parker:
See how l am misjudged. 1t is charged
in the press that l had no sympathy with
the union armies. When the war came
they were three men of fighing age in our
family. We were poor, and mother and
sisters depended on us for support. We
hald a family council and decided that two
of US should enlist in the union army and
the third stay home for the support of the
family. We decided 1t by drawing cuts.
The two long and one shorts pieces of
paper were put by mother in the leaves
in the old Bible. She held it while we
drew. My two brothers drew the long
slips. and at once enlisted and l abided by
my duty to the helpless women. Later on
l was drafted and borrowed 1900 to hire
a substitute. and 1t took years OF hard
work to repay that loan. So of three men
Of fighting age. our family furnished three
recruits for the union army, and 1 would
have been a monster IL I had had no sym
pathy with that cause for which my broth
ers were fighting and for which / had
sacrificed"
Climbing the Ladder OF Success.
The election OF Frank A. Vanderbilt as
president Of the National City bank Of
New York. recalls one Of the most pictures
que stories OF preserving uphill work ever
related OF a poor American boy. Thirty
years ago. Vanderlip was Flooding away in
q machine shop out west. at 70 cents a day.
His father had Just died in Indiana. leav-
ing a widow and her family with nothing
but a farm and a few hundred dollars. The
farm could not be worked to advantage, SO
the young man took the place In the ma
chine shop as the only means OF supporting
the family. He went at 1t like a Trojan
he stu works that way--and. after a ten
hour day, came home to piod a portion OF
the night over a shorthand text book.
After saving a little money. he took a
years course al the University Of Illinois.
and later, when serving as a newspaper
reporter in Chicago. he supplemented this
course by attending lectures at the Univer-
Eity OF Chicago. Most OF his education,
however, was acquired In the university
OF the wide, wide world where hard
dents are treated to.
Finally. young vanderiip became financial
editor Of the Chicago Tribune. and soon
took rank as one OF the best financial
writer's in the country. He bought a part
interest In the Chicago Economist in 1884.
and served as an associate editor OF that
Journal until March 1. 1897. when Lyman J..
Gage, who was then president Of the First
National bank Of Chicago. was appointed
secretary and treasurer. Mr.. Gage asked
Mr.. Vanderlip to go to Washington as his
private secretary. This position he re-
tanned for only three month";. after which
he became assistant secretary OF the treas
uy on June ], 1891.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
In the Field of Electricity

was claimed, effect an Improvement in
street lighting. Other new arc lamps were
the "Jandus." which was In service at the
Marble Arch, and the "Blondel," which
gave an improved horizontal distribution of
light. The Orriflamme constituted an i'm
provement In alternating current lamps.
The latest form OF mercury vapor lamp on
the Cooper-Hewltt system was designed to
give instantaneous ignition without fitting,
and the smaller quartz glass tube employed
In the Kuch lamp was claimed to have the
effect Of giving increased efficiency to the
mercury arc.
An interesting question arose in connec-
ton with lamps which permitted the pas
sage of a large percentage of ultra violet
rays, and 1t was doubtful IL the physical
effects of such rays had been sufficiently
Investigated. In the Euphos lamp these
rays were absorbed. The Moore system of
luminescent gases was an interesting de-
velopment. the light being produced by a
high voltage discharge through a tube con-
tanning either nitrogen or carbon dioxide.
The difficulty had been to discover and to
maintain automatically the particular vac
uum required to give the best results. He
believed that phosphorescent methods OF H.
Elimination might eventually be employed.
A very small quantity Of radlum would
cause a substance to become fluorescent
ana after a time to become phosphorescent
for q long period. He commended to cleo
tric lighting engineers the desirability OF
following American practice and working
In conjunction with central station au-
thorities for the general achievement Of
the industry.
In EIectrifisatIOn.
III
not advancing at the rate that the travel
Ing public would like TO see IL, says the
Boston Transcript. but 1t Is making some
progress y The consulting engineer Of the
Illinois Central at Chicago says the invests
cations have thus far been directed to the
feasibility of the change. Now he is en-
gagged in a study Of various systems to see
which is the best adapted TO the local sit
uation. The temper OF the people Of that
city will not tolerate a long delay. They
have swallowed train smoke until they are
tired OF II. In this section the prediction
OF Stephen d Field Of stockbridse that in
ten years the main lines of railroad In the
United States win be electrified, is en-
couraging since II the main lines are slec-
trified the suburban lines. which most need
the remedy, are pretty sure TO be.
Mr.. Field is one OF the pioneers Of the
trolley system and In the next decade he
expects also to see the Berkshire and Naug-
atuck divisions OF the New Haven road
changed over to this motive power. which
even In the dryest season can be maintained
by the falls Of the Housatonie river at
Falls Village. Conn. Should he prove q
true prophet, that might solve the tangled
problem that Is 90 troubling the people OF
the western part OF the state II the New
Haven electrifies all its service in that
section 1t could hardly be prevented FROM
extending its electric lines for the develop
ment OF business, especially n II had the
united co-opsration OF the citizens In such
enterprises. Where needs are 50 palpable
invention viii ultimately find a way.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

finement. who having had experience In
club work. knew even better than did the
permanent residents Of Holdrege the need
of a woman's club and the benefits to be
derived from such an organization. The
Masonic hall was full of eager. earnest
women who met in response to her call
and fifty-two enrolled as charter members.
1t may be interesting to note that of the
original fifty-two only twenty now reside
in Holdrege and ten remain active mem
bers of the club.
From the beginning OF Its existence the
Holdrege Woman's club has been a band
Of workers, not only for the Individual
benefit to be derived from study and
friendly association. but for the real help
It might be in all things pertaining 10 the
growth and uplift OF the community, having
adopted for its motto: II shall pass this
way but once: therefore, II there be any
good or lovely thing that l can do. let me