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Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30
PluckinE a Lover.

While on a business trip to Amarillo.
Tex last January, Alexander Quist, "
years old, a retired farmer of Rock Island.
H., met Mrs. Julia Johnson, 10 years old,
OF Nashville, Tenn. Friendship ripened
into love and the couple planned to get
married in Kansas City.
The couple arrived February 20 and Mr..
Quist got a marriage license. He gave his
fiancee 500 to buy wedding clothing. She
did so, but advised him to return to Rock
Island until the clothes were made.
She went back to Amarillo. on May IS
Mr., Quist passed through Kansas City,
got his fiancee's rousseau and bought her
a pair Of $3.50 diamond earrings and a 500
diamond ring.
The couple returned TO Kansas City to
get married on the original license. Stin
Mrs. Johnson was not prepared and bor-
rOwed $50 more from her fiancee to shop.
She did not return. At Z o'clock Quist
found a note from her at the hotel, saying
that time has shown me that we could
not live happily together, so l must leave
you"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30

vance Of the time when they would be re-
Quired.
in this work Of preparation my services
We're engaged. and l wrote numberless
obituary notices OF people still living, in
Guiding nearly all the literary friends with
whom l used To dine and smoke. 1 called
these my mortem examinations. and,
making no secret of them, sometimes
engaged the cooperation of my subjects
themselves in preparing the substance Of
what was to be said about them after their
Deaths.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30

their way to the new diggings, travelling
by what was known as the Fort Kearney
road" or, pixies Peak trail" The old
California trail, also, closely following the
Platte, passed through the old sites of
Waverly, on Skull creek; Ellsworth, on
Bone creek, and Gardner's Ranch, on the
site Of Savannah, the first county seat.
This ranch was established by David r.
Gardner in 1859. The year previous Shinn's
Ferry was established, which is about ten
miles due north of David City. The "old
Government TRAIL or Military road" en-
tered the county near the line dividing
Skull creek and Oak Creek townships, and
wound in many a devious way along the
divide to a point in what is now the
town of Oak Creek, the site of David
Reeds ranch" at which point 1t became
one with the Mormon trail. Reed estab-
lished his place in 1862, and operated 1t for
about five years. Along the line of this
last trail were scattered several ranches
McCabe's, on Deer creek. established in
1859; Thomas Bissell's, on Elm creek, COM
menced in 1860, and Simpsons, afterward
Grants, established In 1859.
The first attempt at a settlement in the
county was made in 1857 by the waverly
Town company of Plattsmouth on the
banks of Skull creek in what is now the
township of Platte. Messrs. Hultsizer,
Barker, Garrison and nine others were the
pioneers in this movement, but owing to
the Pixies Peak excitement OF 1859, the set
Element was soon abandned. In 1858, after
the exodus Of the Waverly people. Solomon
B. Garfield and James Blair came to the
county and made settlements with their
families in what is now the township OF
Platte, and were, therefore, probably the
first permanent settlers within the limits
of Butler county. In 1859. Thompson Bis
sell, William Bissell, william Earl, Moses
Shinn, David r. Gardner, David Reed and
several others made settlements within the
boundaries of the county. In the year 1850
but two pioneers settled here. These were
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30

Brainard each support newspapers, Zach
OF them having a large subscription list.
The ninety-two school districts OF Butler
county employ lag teachers, twenty-six
male and 16 female. Wages are COM
paratively good, the highest paid in the
country district being $65 a month; lowest,
SS5. There were 100 eighth grade graduates
last year. The county has a Furnishing
teachers association. The educational fea@
ture of the year is the educational con-
vention held each year toward the last OF
March.
In 1867, the county owned one log school
house In 1876 it possessed fifty-four. of
which forty-eight were neat and commo-
dious frame structures, we'll finished. The
first teachers certificate was issued to
Allen Jilson, October %, 1869. The first
school district was formed December s,
1868. In 1858 Mahala City was made county
seat by special act of legislature. August 8,
1860, a patent was issued following the first
entry of land, which was made by ]. w.
Seeley. In 1869, the United States govern
ment granted $1,000 acres OF land to the
Union Pacific Railpad company. April
10, 1871, and April IL, 1872, are remembered
as the days of the great snowstorms and
1872 is marked as the year Of the great
prairie fire.
David City town site was surveyed in
1878, and the first house built was the
court house, in the same year. Rev. Will
liam Worley of the Methodist church. or
ganized the first circuit in the county
and preached his first sermon in a grove
on the Blue river. The Butler County
Press, a weekly journal, issued its first
number September Is, 1873.
This is a homestead county and for q
lovely country, with orchards and groves
and hedges. with productive fields of corn
and other grain, with sleek. we'll fed cat
tie and lusty swine, with prosperous farm-
ers and their happy wives. It certainly
vies with all creation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30

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ing the closing years of his life
80 seeing what good he can do for
ISl{EN9H his fellow-men. At North
S&1s&J Platte, where he lives, and all
along the Union Pacific he is known as the
engineer preacher.
Pensloned by the Union Pacific railroad,
he is now a local preacher with the Meth
odist Episcopal church and gives his time
and talent for the good of mankind by
helping pastors in revival work. Since he
gave up his engine and entered the serv-
ice of the church as a volunteer he has
been connected with meetings where over
1,5OO souls have been converted. He has
just finished a revival meeting at Curtis,
Neb., where 100 were converted, and before
that at Ravena, where seventy-fiye were
converted.
Crusen holds the respect Of all the Union
Pacific trainmen and the officials Of the
road and people all along the line know
and respect Crusen, the engineer preacher.
He was a good soldier for Uncle sam dur
ing the civil war; he was a good engineer
for the Union Pacific and for the other
roads he worked for prior to that time, and
now he is doing the best he can for his
fellow-men,
on March 10, 1s4O, on a farm in the Lick
ing valley in Ohio, twenty-slX miles up
NAAN @iANe ~ 1iaN ANNA AAAA'e
from Newark, Crusen was born. At the
age of 9 he attended a country log school
and for five years gathered a little knowl-
edge Of the three RS, when he was forced
TO give up school and help out on the farm,
For three years he did the best a boy could
do to help grow the crops and he then
started out 10 make his own way in the
world. He soon secured employment in a
hardwood sawmill as fireman and engineer,
a position which required some skin and
TO which he had to exert his best efforts.
This engineer then had TO do his own
firing and cut his own wood from the slabs
from the mill as a side diversion. lie kept
this job for one year at wages for which
few young men would labor today, Cursen
gave up his job at the mill for a position
as fireman on the Central Ohio railroad,
now the Baltimore & ohio. He ran from
Belair 10 Columbus and continued In the
service OF the railroad for three years.
The mutterings OF ascension had changed
20 the stern realities OF war and he en-
listed for three months when Lincoln issued
his first call for 1900 men. paying his own
fare $50 miles to enlist In Company L,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30
Han Caine ON s5OO n y..r

Shortly after Rosett's death, writes Hall
Game in Appleton's. l took two rooms Il
called them 'chambers') in the old, now
demolished Clements Inn, and there de-
voted myself to my work as a journalist.
which consisted chiefly Of my work on the
Liverpool Mercury.
II it were necessary to dwell on my do
nestle life / could perhaps tell curious
stories OF my days in chambers, for with
my income Of 100 pounds q year 1 had to
be my own cook and housemaid, making
my " bed and breakfast, as well as my
own politician and prophet, regulating for
the people of Liverpool affairs Of state,
and discussing for the world in general the
laws Of the universe.
1t may be enough to say that I was
rather poor and very lonely, having few
friends in London, hardly any houses TO
call at, and little TO live for except my
family who were far away. and my work,
which was always with me.
Later, when my friends We're more plen-
uful, my editor discovered tina at the
moment Of the unexpected death of a
celebrity he was sometimes hard pressed
for an adequate obituary notice, and there
fore resolved TO have a good body Of such
articles prepared and pisecnholed In ad-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30

residing in Butler county.
The last report shows Butler county has
within her borders, live stock as follows.
Cattle, 1884 head; sheep, 1855 head; hogs,
Sl'54 head; horses, 1927 head; mules, 99S
head. The various products raised in the
county in the year 1908. are as follows:
Corn S,fSl,1S7 bushels; winter wheat, 1,34l,-
'4 bushels; spring wheat, A,642 bushels:
oats, 1,174,O00 bushels; barley, 1855 bushels;
rye 6'e45 bushels; potatoes, 81, 6S6 bushels;
tame nay, 64,765 tons; wild hay, 1893 tons;
alfalfa, $500 tons.
Butler county has seventeen banks. three
national and fourteen state, the combined
capital Of which is 1864, OOO: surplus. sl45 600.
deposits, 81, 467, 900. That the mortgage in
d~ebtedness is on the decrease is evidenced
by the following, copied from the reports
for the years 1906 and 1907: 1906 farm mort
cages filed 2S2, released 249; average rate
OF interest 5h per cent; 1907 farm mort
cages filed 19S, released 279, average rate oP
interest, 5 per cent; 10 city mortgages
filed eighty-one. released eighty-nine. ay-
erage rate of hinterest s per cent: 1907. civ
mortgages filed seventy-six, released 1os
average rate Of interest 7 per cent. Farm
lands have increased in value at n rand
rate the average price being from 500 to
$50 per acre.
A iurther evidence of the rapid deyelon-
ment and Increase in wealth of the county
Is IN cities and villages. OF those there
are seventeen, all railroad stations. David
Ivy the county seat, is located within
mar a mile OF the center of the county
ana mas a population of more than $500
win IT'S natural and railway advantage
ana the enterprise of its citizens, it prom
Uses 10 largely Increase in the future and
assume Importance among the larger cities
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30
Gossip and Stories About Noted People
Julicinl Experienee of Taft FamiI,

Judicial Experience of Taft Family.
BELIEVE 1t is true" writes
fnY President Taft in McClure's,
FH that l am the only success
kAA- full candidats for the presidency
HoEMS6H who ever had extended judicial
~ experience. Mr.. Van Buren,
had been a surrogate or probate Judge
early In his career, and Andrew Jackson,
l believe, did serve as a Judge of the SUI
preme court of North Carolina, but It was
a very unimportant part OF his life, and
his service did not bring into the issues OF
his campaigns any discussion Of his work
as a Judge.
Judge Parker, as far as know, is the
only other candidate who had been for
any number OF years on the bench, and
while there was some reference in the
campaign to his judicial opinions, they did
not involve any issues made In the plat
form and were not given special promi-
nence on the stump or In political edi-
tOrials.
In 1896 the judgment OF the supreme
court IN the income tax case was made a
subject of heated discussion, and sug-
g~estions that the court might be increased
II one party was successful, so as to bring
about a reversal Of the decision. were not
wanting. Still. l think it may be truly said
that in no campaign since the beginning Of
the government has there been directly in
VOWED as an issue a question considered
aud decided by one Of the presidential can
d.datcs as a judge.
IT is not the first time in my family
thar a Judicial decision has played an i'm
portant part In the political fortunes OF the
Judge deciding II. While my father was a
judge OF the superior court Of Cincinnati
the question arose whether the school
BOARD OF the city had the power by resoIu-
ton 10 change the rule under which schools
Were opened in the morning by the reading
OF The King James version of the Bible.
Two Of the judges Of the supreme court
held that this was beyond the power Of
the school board, while my father, the
third judge, dissented. The case proceeded
to the supreme court and that court. in a
unanimous Judgment. approved the Views
Of my father as a dissenting judge In the
court below. Notwithstanding this result,
IA three gubernatorlal campaigns my father
was defeated in republican conventions
on the ground Of his decision in the Bible
case, but It never fen to his lot to be noml-
mated as a patty candidate and TO f.ni Il
necessary 70 80 Upon The stump to sAvlaln
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30

TN county just when the Hudson
Bay Fur company failed in the
- line of settlement and civiliza-
lGANIII ton. One carried in the trap
- per and the trader, the other,
the home maker and his wife. One his
traps and rifle, the other his seed wheat
ana plow. One shot ar indian for killing a
beaver out Of season and the other paid
bounty on the wolf and the coyote. one
hunted and traded for what he could carry
out Of the county, the other planted and
builded for what he could leave in 1t for
his children. One counted his muskrat
nests and the other his hills of corn. One
his bale Of furs. the other his bushels OF
grain. IN short, the fur trader padded
his boat on every stream and drove his
dog team over every trall along the Platte
river, to bring out furs and %peltries, while
the American emigfant hauled in with his
prairie schooner the twentieth century
civilization. Morning in David City dated
from that time.
1t is generally the opinion that the ex-
ploring expedition under the OF
John c. Fremont, "the Pathfinder was
the first visit OF the white men to the ter
ritory now comprised within the limits of
Butler county. The Mormons in their
ranscontinenta march from Nauvoo to
Utah passed through the county, leaving
q plainly marked road. we'll known to the
old settlers as the "old Mormon trail. Z"
This entered the county in the southeast
ern part, what is now Richardson town
ship, on the east, thence following up one
Of the continuous divides to the table land,
and from there, round its northern edge,
to the point where Deer creek leaves the
hill. from which It descended to the Platte
bottoms.
During the excitement attendant on the
discovery of the precious metals at Pixies
Peak in 1859, thousands of Adventures
passed through this part of the state on
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30

Bobby asked the visitor, how are
you getting on with your astronomy
Jaw. l gave IT up" pouted Bobby, dis
painfully. 81 got discouraged"
'In what way?'
why, one day when our parlor was full
Of company. / remarked tina Mars face
is full Of lines, and ma thought 1 meant her
face and took me out to the woOdshed and
| haven't had such a licking In two years."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30
Marse Henry's Memory.


Marse Henry's Memory.
Gus Thomas was spending an evening
with Marse Henry Watterson in Louis
Vile, relates the New York Press, and
around 2 a m. they began to feel tired.
By 3 they were exhausted. BY 4 they were
all in and had to quit, separating and going
their different way Thomas tumbled out
OF bed the next afternoon at dinner time
and looked up Marse Henry, so they could
go TO breakfast together.
Colonel Watterson," said Thomaa
where did we go after 2 o'clock last
night7"
Il don't know. GUS said Marse Henry.
what did we do?"
Il don't know, Gus"
when did we go homer
1T don't know, Gus"
Colonel Watterson," asked Thomas
who took me home?'
"Marse Henry's face cleared brightly
from the gloom of previous ignorance.
Gus" he said, with confidence, IT took
you home, sub"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30

about twenty years ago, at a cost of
SIS, 1000.
All kinds of business is represented and
the merchants all seem to be prosperous.
Two department stores are doing business
here, and each employs a large number
OF clerks. Three national banks, with
abundant capital, are doing a profitable
business. In the manufacturing line, there
are two FIGURING mills with a combined
capacity of 225 barrels per day and a brick
yard. employing eighteen men and turning
out 100000 brick annually.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30

or defend his decisions. I think I may say
that my experience In this respect has been
truly exceptional"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30

ships, particularly when the grasshoppers
came and devoured everything in sight.
Since then a new Nebraska had developed
and Butler county has done it's share in
this development and has also shared in
the beneficial results therefrom. That
farming and its allied industries is profit
able is no longer a question that can be
successfully contradicted. The farmers OF
Butler county have been wonderfully sue
cessful in the last few years. Many of
them who eight, ten or twelve years ago
were In moderate circumstances are now
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30
Engineer Crusen Turns Evangelist in His Old Days

LLIAM ]. CRUSEN, a retired
Union Pacific engineer, is spend
ing the closing years of his life
seeing what good he can do for
his fellow-men. At North
Platte, where he lives, and all
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-30

BELIEVE it is true" writes
President Taft In McClure's,
that 1 am the only success
full candidatN for the presidency
who ever had extended judicial
experience. Mr.. Van Buren,
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-25
MAKE D|SORDERED KIDNEYS ACT
 FINE AGAIN
A Few Doses Regulate the Kidneys, Ending Backache
 and Bladder Trouble

No man or woman here whose kid neys are out-of-order, or who suffers from backache or bladder misery, can afford to leave Pape's Diuretie untried.
 After taking several doses, all pains in the back, sides or Joins, rheumatic twinges, nervousness, headache, sleep lessness, infamed or swollen eyelids, dizziness, tired or worn out feeling and other symptoms of clogged, sluggish kidneys simply vanish.
 Uncomfortable urination (especially at night), smarting, discolored water and all bladder misery ends. The moment you suspect the slight est kidney or bladder disorder, or feel rheumatism pains, don t continue to be miserable or worried, but get fifty cent treatment of Pape's Diuratie from your druggist and start taking as di- rected, with the knowledge that there | is no other medicine, at any price, made anywhere else in the world, which is so harmless or will effect so thorough and prompt cure.
 This unusual preparation goes direct to the cause of trouble, distributing its cleansing, healing and vitallzing intlu- :, ence directly upon the organs and glands affected and completes the cure before you realize it.
 A few days treatment of Pape's Di, urstic means clean, healthy, active kid neys, bladder and urinary organs-and you feel fine.
 Your physician, Pharmacist, banker or any mercantile agency will tell you that Pape, Thompson X Pape, of Gin cinnati, is large and responsible med, icipe concern, thoroughly worthy of your confidence.
 Accept only Pape's Diuretic--fifty' eeit treatment-from any drug store anywhere in the world.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-25
DESIRE REPRESENTATION
 IN DOUMA

ST. PETERSBURG, November 24.-- The Russian members of the Russo Fin nish commission today submitted a counter proposition for the revision of the legislative relations between the empire and the grand duehy,
 On November l2, the Finnish mem bers of the commission submitted bill defining the constitutional status of Finland and reserving to Finland a voice in imperial legislation, treaty y-mak ing and military laws affecting her.
 Today's proposal defines Finland < status as province of the empire ana extends the scope of-general laws and imperial interest adopted by the Rus sian parliament so as to make then effective in Finland.
 It provides that Finland be giver five representatives in the Duma.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-25
MAY PROVE FATAL
When Will Globe People Learn the I'm
 portance of It?

Backache is only simple thing at first;
 But when you know 'tis from the kidneys;
 That serious kidney troubles follow;
 That diabetes, Bright's disease may be the fatal end,
 You will gladly profit by the follow ing experience.
 'Tis the honest statement of sui ferer who was cured.
 J. M. Bandurraga, 347 Ninth Street, Tucson, Ariz., says: CT was troubled for many years by pains in my back, so severe at times that I could hardly straighten. I paid but little attention to the complaint when I was young, but as I grew older the pain increased and the attacks became more freuent. Of ten had to lie down to get relief and even then my back bothered me so much that I could not remain still. The least cold I caught settled in my back and had a tendency to make my trouble worse 1 was often dizzy and felt mis- erable in every way. Reading of home people who had taken Doan's Kidney Pills with splendid results, I was in duced to try them. used two boxes and was entirely relieved of kidney complaint. My trial of Doan $ Kidney Pills has given me great confidence in them.
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan sand take no other.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-25
GLOBE LABOR UNION DIRECTORY

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
 American Federation of Labor-Meets second and fourth Union Labor han H. D. Green, president; F. H. Myers, secretary; M F. Smith, treasurer
 CARPENTERS AND JoTNERs United Joners America Meets each Thursday Urion Labor hall 750 p. S. H. Wood president; F. w. Tenbrook financial tary; J. M. Bel Globe Miners Union F. M-Meets every Tuesday P. Michael oCOnnor president H. M Page. secretary; F. J. Nipple, special organizeT.
 PRINTERS Typographical Union Meets Sunday in month in Unionn Labor hall Arthur G. Oliver pres ident Carl F. Hodsworth, secretary. oce Employees Union Meets 4h Wednesday night month in Carpenters han at 7:3o W. Wright, pres dent; T. E. Collins ary. Barbers' Tuesday each month at 30 Newport Barber shop Sol Flora, rresdont Otto Perdue, secretary
 BARTENDaRs 
 and third Thursdays in Union Labor hall H. Fox president; Tom Henderson, secretary treasurer. Brotherhood Painters Decorators and Paper Hangers America No. PIT. Meets each Tuesday night in Keegan's hall W. B. Aiken presdent F. Estes vicepresident J. A. Clark retary
 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STEAM ENGINEERs-Globe Lo cal No. 290-Mees first third Monday p. n each month Labor Union hal M Mclean, presideDt William Ross secretary.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-25
DEBATE ON BUDGET PROCEEDING IN
 LONDON
Dire Things Predicted for Peers Should Bill Be
 Defeated

LONDON, November 24.-That the liberal government is done forever with the present state of things, and the constitution and character of the house of lords must be modified, was the warning to peers by Lord Pentland, sec retary for Scotland, in a debate on the budget in the upper chamber tonight.
 The debate generally followed party lines. Lord Pentland gave another in dication of the government < policy.
 His warning that the house of com mons could not be expected to find q way out of the difficulty should the budget be rejected created the greatest interest in the lobbies of the house ot commons.
 Lord Pentland also reminded the lords that long constitutional strug gle might handicap the country in case of war, and asked the peers to consider whatever penalty might not be dispro portionate to the oifense.
 Earl Russell predicted that the adop, ton of the Lansdowne resolution tC reject the budget would start 2 revolu ton that sooner or later would bring readiustment that would leave the house of lords powerless.
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