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The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
What heLawmakersEatinS ummertime

and dozen differen, acidy fruits tina.
Carlsbad doctors tell you TO avoid
There is nothing in the world that lies
heavier on a tired. naccid. midsummer
stomach than an iced melon the frs,
thing in the morning. yet a majority
of the tariffmakers ate them daily.
The internal chill their digestive or
gans get is rapid cooler for tariff
reduction enthusiasm.
dairy dishes and pie than at any
other time of the year. The average
lawmaker eats at nOOn-a good habit
in this country. il only he would eat
digestible food. But he turns his
liver with overdOses Of milk. pOurs
down quantities of iced drinks amid
layers Of pie and devitalizins food.
The one salvation is that roast beef
generally cold-still remains the
principal blood making, brain sustain
ing, muscle giving meat dish of the
capital
But it is the night diners that fur
nish the most amazing specimens OF
menus. The bills of fare of the lead
ing hotels follow closely parallel lines
Their principal dishes can be classi-
fed as follows:
Twenty-fOur different kinds of ices.
Fifteen cold salads.
Fifteen different ways of cooking
potatoes.
Twenty-Five vegetables. hot and
cold
Eight fish cooked in Is different
ways.
Thirteen fresh fruits.
Eight varieties of cheese.
Seventeen hot roasts and entrees.
of which eight were chicken and
birds.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25

Observation-Disclosures the thou
" sand things that Influenced the
making OF the tariff bill in congress.
there has been overlooked one ele.
ment that had indirect but important
effect on the raising or lowering OF
schedules. Three times a day this
influence got to work on the sena-
tors and congressman perspiring in
the midsummer heat of the capitol.
1t was their daily diet.
The menus of Washington are a
culinary tumble. sastronomic hash.
a geographical mixture of tropical and
temperate zone cookery. They must
serve the pie eaters of New England,
the Frenchified palates of New York
erS. the beefeaters of the north, the
irOn-clad stomachs of the west, and
the uneasy livers of the south.
The city has not completely ac-
quired the art of hot weather dining
that you can find best exemplified in
Egypt. India. and the far east where
Englishmen and Americans live in ex-
lie. 1t struggles between carnivorous
appetites and tropical temperature.
What sort of a tariff decision would
you expect from Il man who eats beef
steak for breakfast. yet this is what
you can find on Washington bills of
fare. Then there are II different
kinds OF cereal foods that leave
sawdust nOurishment in your stomach,
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25

THE extra session just closed is re-
] garGed in the eyes Of the law as
the first session of the Sixty-first con-
gress. so unless court ruling is made
which reverses the treasury depart
ment the lawmakers will get no mile
age when they come together next De-
cember. The senators and congress
men, however. have not given up hope
OF securing their mileage for the
Dingley law session. for they carried
the case to the court of claims. Gen.
Grosvenor. until recently repre-
sentative from Ohio. and one of the
leaders of the Cannon machine in the
house. is the attorney in charge of
the case for the mileage claimants.
The mere fact that most of the sena-
tors and congressman did not return
to their homes between adjournment
on March 4 and the beginning of the
extra session on March Is does not
lessen their desire to get the mile
age. 1t is so much velvet" il they
can get it, and the majority OF the
gentlemen who go to Washington to
serve their country have the reputa-
ton of getting all they can.
The statesmen get Is cents a mile
over the longest possible route to
their homes. Some of the New York
members get more than 500 for q
trip.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25

THERE is none Of the imputed Latin
] indisposition to work in those who
conduct the International Bureau 0f
American Republics here.
The bureau. which. by the way. is
putting up spick and span new build
ing, acts as a sort Of press agent for
the Latin-American countries. A Pc
rusal of one of its monthly bulletins
is liberal education in what the
other Americans" are doing and in
the resources of their countries
The July number was the annual
review number. John Barrett is d.
rector of the bureau and Francisco J.
yanes is secretary. These two are
busy as bees. keeping the countries
in which they are interested in the
public eye. The July issue covers
the activities of the 20 Latin-Ameri-
can Republics of the International
union for the year 1908.
The spirit of internationalism in
its broadcast application was the per-
aiding characteristic of relations be-
tween the various countries of Amer
lea during 1905" the bulletin says.
The year was marked by numerous
gatherings of the representative ele-
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
Opinion on judiciary Law.

The opinion in the non-partisan ju-
dietary case which was decided some
weeks ago. was filed last week in the
supreme court. 1t was written by
Judge W. B. Rose. with all the court
concurring except Judge Dean, who
dissents, and Chief Justice NJ. b.
Reese, who was out OF the city when
the case was heard. Judge Dean filed
q dissenting opinion. The suit was
started by John NJ. Raglan of Has
tings. who brought proceedings in the
district court of Lancaster for a man
damus to compel the secretary OF
state to put his name on the primary
ballot as a republican candidate fo-
supreme Judge. The district court held
the law unconstitutional. and the de-
cision was affirmed by the supreme
court in the opinion filed last week
In his dissenting opinion Judge Dean
holds the non-partisan judiciary law
to be but an expansion OF the state
wide primary law. and that it "doee
not come within the inhibitory prOvi
s!ons of the fundamental laws that
have been invoked to destroy it,"
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25

F you want your picture taken with
President Taft, come to Washington.
It's a sure-thing proposition. Wheth-
er the biggest man of the nation is
at Beverly or Bullymahoo. it's all the
same thing. For the nominal price
of half dollar or a bagatelle of that
sort you can go laundering down to
pOsterity on a piece of pasteboard
clasping hands with the king Of Amer
lea or costly locking arms with His
Honorable Greatness. or course. as
far as the president goes. it is absent
treatment. pictorially speaking. All
you've got to be particular about is
to be on hand your own self.
Way down the Avenue close 10
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25

A careful estimate results in the
conclusion that the United States
manages to strike just about one BIZ.
lion matches per day, in spite of tn.
electricity, gas and cigar lighters in
use. The actual number seems to be
S60.O0O.000. This would give every
man. woman and child in the country
II OF the little fire-sticks during the
"a hours. These matches. used in a
single day, represent about two car
loads OF the best pine timber and
would weigh about $1,000 pounds.
Twenty tall trees must be cut and
split to produce the huge pile of little
spiinters required each day, so that
IN the course OF a year a considerablr
area OF forest would be consumed. u
one days consumption of matches
could be placed end to end they would
extend for distance of about 20. 600
milestone and onc-fourth tines the
distance round the earth-Harper's
Weekly.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
STATE FAIR IS next
LIBERAL EDUCATION IN TIE An
NUAL EXPOSITION.
Bis SHOW OPENS ON SEPT s.
Duty Of the People to Patronize an In
stitution That's Purely Their
Own Property.

While other state institutions are
at standstill during August. the bus
lest ONCE in the state house is the
Office of Secretary ". R. Mellor of the
state fair.
The state fair opens Sept. 6. and
Secretary Mellor. as usual, desires to
convince the people of the state that
it is their duty to patronize the fair.
an institution which is their own. and
which can not be successful without
their help. He also desires to con-
vince those who who have Evt been
convinced that the state fair is an edu-
cational institution which should be
patrOnized for the knowledge it i'm
parts. As a second reason why the
people should attend it is asserted
that the fair affords an outing at \
time when most people can best at
ford it and that the entertainment is
the best and cheapest that can be had
for the outlay of money.
All money received by the fair as
sociatiOn is expended for the benefit
of the stockholders who are the peo-
plC yCot lhC OttidStiOhS III tuC
form of live stock, agricultural exhib-
its. machinery, art. music, races and
other features will excel the attrac-
tons of former years.
For Liberati's band and opera sing
ers the state fair pays $4,000. The
patrons of the fair in past years have
stamped their approval upon this at
traction. Races in the afternoon,
Paicc's fireworks shows at night. in
Guiding an airship, carnivals and
other features. will afford wonder and
amusement. Under the present man.
ageMent the races have constantly
grown in excellence. though none Of
the agricultural features of the fair
have been weakened. The Nebraska
state fair now ranks we'll with the
great expositions of other leading
western agricultural states. and is ex-
celled by the best only in the mag
nificence of permanent buildings.
If the people of Nebraska will con-
tinue their patronage the fair is bound
to surpass many others in the west.
The attendance within radius of ten
miles of the fair grounds is consid
cred a good test of the loyalty of the
people. In Iowa and Nebraska the
attendance within this radius is 200
per cent. In Minnesota, where a mag
nificent exposition is held each year,
and where there are two great cities
to draw from. the attendance within
:..adius Of ten miles is only 65 nor
ce t.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.

Heart Of Business Portion Of Decatur,
H., Destroyed.
Decatur. nl.-The fire which started
at l o'clock Sunday morning in the
Hoorehouse & Wells hardware store
on East Main street was not under
control until 4 o'clock in the after.
noon. The loss is estimated at $1,000
900, with insurance about so per cent
of that amount. Following the fire.
the worst in the history of the city.
Decatur faced a water famine. 1t be-
came necessary to shut off the resi-
dence district. the supply of water in
the reservoir being down to seven
feet
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
Members of Congress Hot After MILEAGE

As an evidence of the receptive dis
position on the part of the members
OF congress it might be mentioned
that the representatives voted them
selves each 1925 eatra stationery al
!owance" soon after the beginning of
tine extra session. A great many
of them do not spend more than $15
or $50 year on their stationery.
There are 39l members, four delegates
and three commissioners who NAV
draw this comfortable little additional
$l25 allowance. making 39S all told.
The sum of this item, therefore. is
$21.4SO. Every employee OF the cap
itol working force was granted an
extra months pay. and as the salaries
run all the way from $4,000 a year.
experts. to $50 a month for messen-
gers. and $3.50 day for pages, the
sum total is a tidy one. The extra
pay of the senate pages amounts To-
$500 for the extra session. These
youngsters. Of whom there are 1s.
are given s2.5o day. reckoning 80
days a month.
The urgent deficiency bill carries a
number OF the items due to the extra
session. Among them is one for
miscellaneous items, exclusive of la
Dor, $4,000" Who gets il is not di-
vulged in the bill. Another line in
the bill reads: To reimburse the Off
cial reporters Of the proceedings and
Of the senate for expenses
incurred during the first session of the
Sixty-first congress for clerk hire and
other clerical services. $500" The
onicial reporters OF debates get 5000
q year apiece and extra compensation
for additional copies Of their tran
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
SEVEN DEAD IN RIOT.
At LEAST TEN MORE ARE FAT.
ALLY WOUNDED.
OFFICERS use THEIR MACEs
Men Gather at Pressed Steel Car
Works and Suddenly Make Con-
eerted Attack Upon the Gates.

Pittsburg, Pa.-One state trooper,
one deputy sheriff and three foreign
ers were shot and killed Sunday night
in wild riot at the Pressed Steel
Car plant in Schoenville. whose en-
ployes are now on strike. At least a
score of persons we're seriously
wounded, ten fatally. The rioting fol-
lowed a day of quiet and broke with
out warning.
At midnight the following partial
list of dead and injured was made up
from reports from the morgue. hos
pital and several physicians Offices:
Dead: john l.. Williams. state
trooper; Harry Exler, deputy sheriff !;
three foreigners.
Fatally injured:-Jo c. Smith.
state trooper; Luceelan Jones. state
trooper; seven foreigners.
While the riot lasted. mounted state
troopers gallOped Unfortunately
through the streets with riot maces
drawn, cracking the heads of all per-
sons lettering in the vicinity of the
mill. Deputy sheriffs and troopers
broke in the doors of houses suspect
ed of being the retreat OF the strikers.
and wholesale arrests eyre made.
From $50 to 1850 scores of persons
were arrested and placed in box car
jails in the mill yards.
During the early stages of the riot.
ing women were conspicuous. Some
of them were armed and others effect
1,,1>c or rhocn
women. all foreigners. insane with
rage, were mainly responsible for in
citing the men to extreme measures.
Shortly before $50 o'clock a mob
of men gathered about the Schoenville
entrance to the Pressed Steel Car
works and without warning made
concerted attack upon the big swing
ing gates of the stockade. The at
tack was resisted by state troopers
and deputy sheriffs. who used riot
maces. In the melee Harry Exler.
deputy sheriff. aged 50 years. was
shot and instantly killed by bullet
fired, it is said, by an alleged strike
sympathizer.
In an effort to arrest the man picked
out of the crowd IS the one who dld
the shooting. State Trooper Smith
was instantly killed by a revolver bull
let. 1.-TWO other troopers on foot were
also shot. falling into the arms of
their comrades.
For the first time since the incep-
ton of the strike the state troopers
opened volley fire on the mob. Six
strikers fell at the first round. The
members of the mob then opened fire
with rifles. Two mounted troopers
dropped from their horses fatally shot.
They were taken to the Ohio Valley
hospital in a dying condition.
AS an ambulance made its way from
the car plant to the hospital carrying
wounded troopers the vehicle was at
tackled and the driver forced to fee
for his life. The frightened team OF
horses attached to the ambulance
plunged wildly in and about the
crowd. Two men were trampled un-
der the horses hoofs. The ambulance
was finally driven to the hospital by
a detachment of troopers.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
A Feature Of the Fair.

A twenty-five mile relay race is one
of the attractions at the state fair.
Secretary Me!lor has received inQui-
ries from racing men living in the
Dakotas. Wyoming. Colorado, Kansas.
Missouri and Nebraska. Five miles a
day is to be run, with a change of
horses in front of the grand stand
each mile. The prizes are $500, $500
and $500. and the entries promise to
make this one of the most novel and
exciting of attractions.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
Omaha Bee Protests Tax.

The Bee Publishing company Of
Omaha has fled a statement with the
secretary of state showing that 1t has
an authorized capital stock of $500. 900.
but that it has issued only q part Of
the stock. The company RENTS a fee
of $50 under the state occupation tax
Law under protest. The secretary Of
state will inform the company that it
must pay a fee based on the author
lied capital stock. and that it Is $25
short in its payment The Bee Build
ing company sent a fee of SIS on an
authorized capital stock of 100000,
and the Tschuck Real Estate company
paid $40 tax on an authorized capital
stock Of 100000.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES Of A week
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN TENTED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND There
Condensed Into . Few Lines for the
Perusal Of the Busy Mar
Latest Personal infor-
nation.
PERSONAL.

Secretary Nagel Of the department
of commerce and labor has returned
to Washington to prepare for the next
census so he can return to his sum-
mer home in Massachusetts, next
week. A considerable saving Will De
made, he has found. in the cost oil
taking the next census.
Edward H. Hartman. upon saihns
for the United States from Cherbourg'
said his health was improved and ne
would be glad to see the SOIL oil
America again.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
Ruling on Pension Refund.

Grant Martin. deputy attorney gen.
eral. has given an opinion to State
Auditor Barton that the law by the
last legislature apprOpriatine $4,000 to
reimburse members of the soldiers
homes for money taken by the state
under rule II. means any part of the
pension money taken By the state
from the soldiers. whether under rule
II or not. William T. Trilon flied a
claim for $241, which he said he had
paid under rule II. and the auditor
passed the question on to the lsga:
department.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
Great conf,aaration in Mexico.

Mexico City. Fire Sunday night
destroyed property In the business
center of Monterey to the value of
about Sl,5OO,OOO. The whole business
section of the city was threatened. but
escaped destruction largely because
there was no wind. The fire started
in the establishment owned by the
son-in-law of General Trevino. com
mander of the Monterey military zone
and the opponent of General Reyes.
and it was first thought that it was
the work of political indictments. but
defective wiring was the cause.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
Sons Of Veterans.

Washington. Hundreds of mem
bers of the Sons of Veterans will as
semble in this city Monday to attend
the annual encampment Of the com
mandery in chief and auxiliary of that
organization.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25

Captain eelvert's Sentence COMMITTED
Washington.-In the case of Capt
Herman A. Selvert. Ninth cavalry.
charged as post Quartermaster at
Camp McGrath, Batangas, p. l.. with
classifying his accounts. embezzle-
ment, etc.. and sentenced by court.
martial to be dismissed from the ser.
vice and to pay fine Of $1,000. sen.
teuce has been committed.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
Trainmen Rob Cars.

Wymore. Neb. - Following the dis.
charge at this place on Sunday OF
thirteen trainmen in the employ OF the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail-
road on charges of persistent rifiing
of freight cars. comes the statement
that further discharges are to be
made.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
Busy Boosters of the Latin REPUBLICS

ments OF national life. both in Latin
America and the United States. and
on all occasions indications Of a unan-
unity Of sentiment and community Of
interest were markedly displayed"
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
Wealth Awaits Djscoverer

A org fortune awaits the man who
rediscovers the lost art OF the Sara
Gems who made sword blades so keen
tnat they could cut in two the best
Shefield blades of the present DAY
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
nenev pecIines Nomination.

Newport, Ore--Francis J. Henry
in a formal statement declared he
could not accept the democratic or
independent league nominations for
district attorney Of San Francisco.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
Special Rate to Lincoln.

The Railway commission has given
permission to the Northwestern rail-
road to install a rate of one fare and
=. half to Lincoln at the same time the
fall merchants meetings are kes1g
held in Omaha.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
Extra Trains for Fair.

The Burlington has arranged for a
number of special trains to the state
fair from various points during the
most important days Of the exposi-
ton.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25
Scandal in Prison Fund.

Pittsburg. - Discovery has been
made, it is alleged, of deficit of $s2.'
600 by a board Of auditors appointed
to fix the financial status of the West
ern Pennsylvania penitentiary.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25

made q trip over America. declares in
an interview in New York that Cana
dian cities are ahead of those in this
country. He finds them cleaner.
One man was shot and several in
jured by stones in q riot at the
Pressed Car Company's works at Nc
KEGS Rocks. Pa. Strikers attempted
to keep an alleged strike-breaker from
entering the plant.
The executive board of the Free
mems Aid society of the Methodist
Episcopal church. in session in Gin
cinnati. has elected Rev. ]. T. Dock
ing as president of Rust university. at
Holly Springs. Miss.
The thermometer reached 10 de-
grees In the shade at Muskogee. Okla.
while towns in Missouri, Arkansas.
Kansas and Nebraska reported record.
breaking Temperatures.
Madeline Vicco. 50 years old, was
found dead with q bullet wound
through her heart, IA her lodging
house at los West Twenty.ninth street.
Giuseppe Cerino was arrested.
Four cruisers. the West Virxinia.
Maryland, California and South Da-
kota. sailed from San Francisco for
Puget sound. They will take part in
the neval parade at the Seattle fair.
A reward of $4,000 has been of.
fered for the arrest of the murderer of
Anna Schumacher at Rochester, N. Y.
Mrs. Peter Jensen. aged 80. vas
carried away by the current and
drowned willie bathing in the Nissis-
sippi river at La Crosse. Wis.
Clifford Pinch0t, chief forester OF
the United States. vas loudly cheered
for his speech before the trans-M Mis-
s!sippi congress at Denver.
The Columbus journal., 1909-08-25

in attempting to compel an estate to
pay taxes on property 1t claims to
have been hid and not returned for
several years. When the estate was
probated it was learned that from
$4,000 to 100000 had not been re-
turned for valuation. The county at:
torney and leading attorneys in York.
after Investigating and looking up de-
cisions. refused to take the case and
advised no good action could be
brought and held good.
DR.. G. W. Weeter Of Grand Island
is plaintiff in suit against tho
Union Pacific, filed in the district
court. asking for %o,J00 damages al
legged to have been sustained by him
in an accident while crossing the
company's tracks.
While attempting to board the way
car of Burlington freight train at He:
bron, VIC. Smith Of Alvio. Mo-; had
both Of his feet cut of near the an
kles. He was a passenger on the
freight and when it arrived Hebron
lie left the train. When it started to
Ie3ve ne miS6eU NiS lOoliuS ouu ACA
under the train.
The mangled body Of ]. l. Brown,
known in Hardy as Jake Brown. was
brought there from Spearfsh. S. D..
where he was killed by train. He
Jumped while the cars were under
motion and was sucked under the
wheels.
Frank Herbrick. farmer living
five miles northeast of Schuyler, was
badly injured. He was driving
horse. which became frightened and
unmanageable He was thrown from
the rig. receiving a scalp wound nine
inches long. a number OF broken ribs,
with a possibility Of more serious in
ternal injuries.