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The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
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Commissioner of Corporations Smith
in a report to the president. urges an
investigation of the American To
bacco Company, the trust which con-
trolls four-fifths of the output of each
kind of tobacco in this country.
The house finally settled the tangle
which threatened to prevent Senator
Knox being secretary of state in the
Taft cabinet In the senate Senator
La Toilette and Senator Psnrose had
a wordy war over the committee ques-
ton.
The naval bill appropriatins $780,
5000 for the United States navy was
passed by the senate. Senator La Fol
lette criticised the methods OF the
navy in speaking on the measure.
President Roosevelt in message TO
congress, accompanying the report
made by the engineers who went with
Taft to Panama, approved the lock
type of caanl.
President-elect Taft announced that
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania Will be
secretary of state in his CABINET, say
ing the action of the senate and house
had removed the constitutional bar
raised by the senator's vote to IN
crease the salary of the Office.
The senate wants the president to
keen one-half of the United States
warships in the Pacific to guard the
western coast of the country from an
attack The suggestion is made in an
amendment to the naval bill, which
also was changed to block Roosevelts
plan to put the marines on land.
The Burke bill requiring all ocean
going steamships carrying fifty or
more passengers to be equipped with
wireless telegraph apparatus, was
passed by the house of representa-
tives The bill prescribes penalty OF
not to exceed $4,000 or Imprisonment
for not to exceed one year or both for
violation of its provisions.
President Roosevelt in a special
message to congress urged the estab-
lishment of a federal bureau which
will protect Maynard and dependent
children.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
A New Liquor Bill.

Noyes introduced a bill Thursday
which embodies the plan evolved by
Governor Sheldon in his retiring mes
sage concerning the restraint of the
liquor traffic. This measure was sug-
gested to Governor Sheldon as good
substitute for the county option move
ment, and much more suitable from
his point of view. 1t provides that the
state shall be dr.: except in those vii
lagos ard towns where three-fifths of
the people declare in favor of saloons.
At present the state is assumed to
be wet until voted dry.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
GREEkSARE MObbED
SOUTH OMAHA RIOTlNG lNcDTED
BY A MASS MEETING.
AVENG|NG PouCEMAN's DEATH
A Number Of People Wounded, the
Torch Applied to Buildings, and
Much Damage Done.

Omaha.-FOr SIX hours sunday al.
ternoon and evening the Greeks. the
Austrians and the Roumanians OF
South Omaha were at the mercy of a
bowling, half drunken mob. during
which time at least twenty men and
boys were more or less seriously in
jured by beating or shooting. Prob
ably fifty buildings, mostly boarding.
houses and retail business places be.
longing to men of the three nationali-
ties, were Quilted and damaged all of
the way from demolished window
fronts to almost complete destruction
by fire, and in which practically every
man, woman and child of the three
natiOnalities, estimated at from $500
to 1900, fed from the city.
The desperate rioting Immediately
followed great public mass meeting
held early in the afternoon, called as
a protest against the presence of the
Greeks alone, following the murder of
Police Officer Lowery the preceding
Friday night. The call, which was
largely signed, also made other serious
charges against the Greeks, tending
to incriminate them of insults and
outrages against respectable women.
The meeting itself was largely attend
ed by the better class of citizens OF
the city, and in so far as the acts of
that meeting would advise the follow
ing criminal acts by the mob were not
justified. But at the conclusion of
the meeting several hundred rowdies.
attracted by it, began a course of riot
ing and crime. which at the beginning
cheers from the supposedly better
class of citizens, who rapidly melted
away, however, as soon as they saw
the dangerous proceedings started.
Soon the disreputable element was
left alone to continue its terrorism.
checked only by small police force,
until the arrival of Sheriff Bradley
with a large force of deputies from
Omaha. BY that time darkness gave
cover to the actions of the mob. and
not until $50 .. m. was the situation
gotten so under control that but spo-
radio outbreaks followed.
For six hours, with revolver and
club and brickbat, with torch, with
blows and abuse did the ruf1ian: march
from place to place, crushing in win
dows, drinking the stolen liquors
from wrecked saloons, stealing mer-
chandise. assault:ng those whom they
sought, until the blood flowed from
cruel wounds. in che instance shoot
ing a respectable groceryman through
the leg, and in another dragging ter
ror-stricken youth, clad only in his
underwear, from a street car, where
he had sought refuge. and beating
him still more. Fifty buildings have
been more OF less damaged and the
property loss will mount into thou
sands.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

Oith LOCAL APPLICATIONS they cannot r5S.A
he OF the tiSnc-c. Catarrh blood consti
GLiona disease and In order TO 10 you must take
internal remedies Halls Catarrh Cure u taken IN
tefnay. and acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure Is not quack medi
:nc I: prescribed by Of the best physicians
this country for years and IS regular prescription
Il is composed Of the best tonics known. combined
xith the best blood purifiers. acting directly the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination Of the
two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful,
suits In curing catarrh Send for testimonials. free
F. j. CHENEY & Co. Props. Toledo. q
Sold by Druggists. price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constellation.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
GENERAL NEWS.

A report from London said Austria
had served notice on Servia that I'M
less that country disarms before next
Saturday the Austrian army will cross
the frontier and begin war.
In one of the hardest battles ever
witnessed in the country, Jem Dris-
coll, featherweight champion of Eng
land, had a shade on Abe Attell, cham
pion of the world after ten rounds in
New York. Experts are agreed that
nothing short of a 25-round contest
will settle the question of real supre-
macy between them.
President Roosevelt announced that
a call will be issued for conference
at The Hague next September to con-
slider worldwide conservation of the
resources of the earth.
Gov. Marshall of Indiana in a special
message to the legislature announced
that the state treasury is bankrupt
and has only enough money to pay
the states expenses during March.
Unless action is taken at once. he
saws, the institutions may have to be
closed.
The fishing interests of Puget Sound
will carry to the state department in
Washington a protest against the re-
ported seizure by the Canadian gov
eminent of Hecate strait and Dixon
entrance. This action is said TO be
an attempt to extend Canadian power
beyond the three-mile limit.
The health officer of Gary. Ind
found a man, his wife ami children
living in a single room with a team of
horses, mule, cow and calf.
Fires which were fatal TO five per-
sons occurred at Golfers, W. Va. and
Lakeville, Pa. Chicago hal a 500
coo factory fire.
L w. Cunningham of Chicago came
near meeting death in Omaha, Neb..
when a big kite which he was fying
picked him up from the top of a ten
story building. and but for comrades
who grabbed him aud prevented his
further ascent. would have dropped
him into the street below.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
More for hiQh Court,

The supreme court budget will
carry a total of $4,000 TO salaries, as
against SCI. 800 two years ago. This
is brought about by the increase in
the pay of the judges from $4,000 to
$500 per year. under the constitn-
:ional amendment adopted last No
vember The ola commission of six
members is wiped out and four judges
take its place. but the higher salaries
make the expense some $4,000 larger
than before.
In the land commissioners Office.
where Commissioner COwleS has cut
cut three superfluous assistants at
$1,000 per year each, the finance COM
mittee may recommend small in
crease for two of the others whose
work has been augmented.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
fhoudhtful Child.

They are considerable youngsters IN
England. as most people know. A lit
tie boy whose grandmother had .ust
died wrote the following letter. which
he duly posted: Dear Angels: We
have sent you grandma. Please give
her a harp to play. as she is short
winded and can't blow a trumpet
London Tit-Rits.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
Jaos Have No Thought Of War.

London-The newly appointed jap
anese ambassador to Great Britain
Count Takahira Kato, in an interview
said that he saw no reason why Jara-
nese relations with the United States
should not remain excellent in the
future, despite the loud talk of a
small, excited section. How highly
we prize the statesmanlike and loyal
policy OF President Roosevelt in this
connection" said the ambassador
Nobody ever conceived such mad
scheme as fighting with the United
States"
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
saekett Law STAYS en- Books.

Senator Howell's effort to repeal
the Sackett law failed in the senate
Thursday following debate Of some
length in which several senators took
occasion to make Douglas county the
butt of q number Of jests and the
Douglas county members replied beg
eing the members in the name or
home rule to do away with the meas
ure. After TIE noon adjournmenI
when the bill was taken IN again
i'm com mittee of the whole the senate
without more talk gave the Guietus
70 the act.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
Ban on School Fraternities.

S. F. No. 159. by Miller of Lancaster,
placing ban on fraternities in pub
lie schools and PREVENTING college fra
ternities from soliciting membership
on public school grounds. was recon-
mended for passage without objection.
The bill is as fellows:
Section 1. 1t shall be unlawful for
the pupils of any public high school,
or other elementary schools in this
state, to participate in, or be mem
beTs of any secre; fraternity or secret
organization whatsoever that is in any
degree a school organization.
Sec. 2. Any boards Of education or
boards of trustees of country high
schools are hereby authorized and EN-
powered to deny to any student regI-
larry enrolled in such high school or
elementary school, who shall violate
section ore of this act, any or all Of
the privileges OF such high school Or
elementary school, Or to expel any
such student fo- failure or refusal &c
comply with this act.
Sec. 3. 1t is hereby made a misde-
meanor for any person, whether a pu-
upon the school grounds. or to enter
any school building for the purpose
Of rushing or soliciting, while there.
any pupil Or pupils of such schools to
Join any fraternity, society or asso-
citation organized outside of said
schools. All county courts and justice
courts in this state shall have juris-
dictiOn Of all offenses committed I'M
der this section, and all persons found
guilty of such offenses shall be fined
not less than two dollars nor more
than ten dollars"
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
Boost for Two.

The insurance department is to have
an allowance of $500 for running ex-
penses. which will be an increase OF
$1,000 over two years ago. The state
veterinarian is also allowed $1,000
more than before in his expense fund.
The 1907 appropriation was exhausted
the first of January, when CORNER
Governor Sheldons appointee left the
veterinarians Office. and a deficit ex-
lists for the remaining three months
of the quarter Live stock owners
are increasing their REQUESTS for the
services of the veterinarian, which is
held to justify the increase. The
appropriation of $500 for stenogra-
pher nas been stricken OFT of the
present appropriation.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
Restrict Divorce Evil,

Begole's bill. H. n. No. 142. was rec
commended for passage. 1t amends the
divorce law of the state providing that
any person seeking divorce from
causes arising outside the state must
reside in the state two years before
bringing suit for divorce. If the cause
of action happened in the state \
years residence here is sufficient time
in which to begin action. After the
decree Of divorc. has been granted It
shall not be entered on the docket
of the court. or become operative for
six months. during which time a re-
view may be ordered at any time on
application of the interested parties
or the court The bill is seeking 20
wipe out the custom of eastern people
coming to the state solely to secure {.
divorce when the laws of their own
state are more stringent than those
Of this state.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
SUFFRAGE Bills Dead .

The senate made quick work of the
two suffrage bills, 8. F. No. 12S, by
Miller of Lancaster, a constitutional
amendment submitting the suffrage
question to a vote of the electors Of
the state. and 8. F. No. 80. by Randall
OF Madison. statutory measure to
give women the right to vote in cities
and towns for officers and for mea-
sures' other than for constitutional Of
fees. here both defeated in final pas
sage. The constitutional amendment
required 20 votes and received II. The
municipal suffrage bin required a bare
majority. or II. but it received only
Is. Some of the votes on both bills
were generally considered compliment
tary. Laverty of Saunders voted
against the constitutional amendment.
On the democratic side, Banning Of
Cass, Bodinson of Buffalo and Hatfield
of Antelope. voted for the Miller bill,
hut voted against the municipal suf-
frage measure. The latter measure
really gave the anti-county optionists
more of a fright than the proposed
constitutional amendment.
The vote on the Miller bill was as
follows:
For-Banning. Bodinson. Brown,
Cain, Cox. Donohoe. ammill, Hatfield,
King, Majors. Miller, Oils. Randall.
Thompson Warren Wiltse.
Total. II.
Against-Bartos. Besse. Buck. Buhr.
man. Diers. Fuller. Henry, Howell.
ketchum, Klein. Laverty Myers. Ran
som Tanner Tibbets. Volpp. Total, is.
Following is the vote on the Randall
bill:
Yorktown. Cain, Cox. Donohoe.
Gammill. King, Majors, Miller, Myers,
Oils, Randall, Raymond Thompson,
Warren Wiltse Total Is.
Notwithstanding, Bartos. Besse.
Buck. Buhrman. Diers. Full
Ter. Hatfield. Henry. Howell. ketchum,
Klein, Laverty. Ransom, Tanner, lib
bets, Volrp. Total. IS.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
Turn Down Request.

The finance committee has disap
proved the request of Labor Commits
sioner w. NJ. Maupin for largely in
creased Appropriation in his depart
ment. including raise of his own
salary from $500 to $4,000 per year.
AS agreed on by the committee. this
appropriation is to be the same as
two years ago.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
The Cnlv wav.

Mrs. SunflOwer-Pete Green am get
ting to be quite an artist. Dey say he
am welded to his art. DO yo' think yo'
could be welded to yo' art, Sam?
Sam Sunfower with yawnl-
Wall yeas. il art could cook a good
1innah en- take in enuff washing 10
Keep me in tobacco money.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

Chicago. In-Adlai E. Stevenson.
former vice president of the United
States is i'll at his home in Blooming
ton. ILL.,. according to reports received
here. The activities OF tie recent
campaign, in which he was defeated
by his republican rival for the COVER
norship, is said to have proved a
severe strain on his "a years and he
has. it is stated, visibly weakened
during the last few weeks.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
State BUYS School Bonds,

State Treasurer Brian bought school
district bonds issued by the city Of
Fairbury to the amount OF $4,000
The balance. $4,000 issued by the dis
trict, was not offered to the state The
state also bought $500 of district No.
so, Cedar county. $4,000 of district No.
CO. Thayer county. and $500 of district
No. 6, Boyd county. All these bonds
net the state 4 IL per cent interest.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
CAPITAL CITY News
ITEMS OF INTEREST AROUND THE
STATE HOUSE.
THE WORK OF THE LAW MAKERS
Legislative Facts and Gossip-NeWs
Of the State Capital.


S>O0uSOU8 insurance oSVSOs
State Auditor Barton has drawn
four insurance bills which he will ask
members of the legislature to intro
duce. One is to require fraternal in
surance companies to furnish him the
names and addresses of the secretaries
of local lodges. This Information will
give the auditor z chance to cOmmuni-
cate direct with the membership of a
fraternal beneficiary association and
to inform the lodges of his rulings
without trusting to the head officers
to keep the lodges informed of his
rulings.
Another bill Will require stock COM
panies to furnish the state auditor a
list of stockholders or list of policy
holders. y
The auditor will ask for the passage
Of bill to require the auditor of pub
lie accounts to impose like obligations.
burdens. or prohibitions upon foreign
insurance organizations similar and
equal to those imposed by the laws
of any state upon like organizations
organized under the laws of this state.
Such an act would give him power
to retaliate in some degree on states
that shut out companies from other
states with difficult requirements. He
could shut out companies from such
states unless their companies complied
with the same rules for admittance
in Nebraska that govern in their
home states.
A. fourth bill which the auditor has
drawn is to prohibit any insurance
organization from writing, printing Or
stamping upon any policy of insur-
ance issued by il any statement to the
effect that such policy is secured by
q deposit of bonds or other securities
with the proper authorities of the state
of Nebraska and to provide penalty
for any violation.
Some companies have printed in big
type across the face of their policies
the statement that This policy is Sc
cured by securities approved and de-
posted with the state" This is said
to be misleading in that the securities
deposited secure d fund but not neces-
sarily the policy.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
Invention Of Porcelain.

At a display Of porcelain in China
an exhibitor said that Chinese Etera
ture ascribes the invention of porce-
lain to a period some 25 centuries be-
fore Christ. Foreign experts are by
no means certain that the art existed
before the seventh century of this era
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

that constant feeling
of dullness and tired
ness. will find hope
in the advice of Mrs.
Mary Hinson of Il
Strother St., Mt
Sterling. KY. Had
/ not used Doan's
kidney Pills I be.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
SLAYER of Cashier Is Taken.

Pittsburg. Pa.-William Gallagher.
who is alleged to be wanted at Troup.
N. S., for murder and bank robbery.
has been arrested at Greensburg. Pa.
Gallagher is said to have gone into a
bank at Truro last June, and when
questioned as to check for $4,000.
which he mad presented, shot the
cashier and made off with the money,
which had been counted out and
placed at the cashiers window.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
Cost of Bert Isxior,s Return.

It cost the state of Nebraska s25c.44
TO return Bert II. TAYLOR. the Kearney
county murder. to Minden. This is
the amount OF the claim presented by
Sheriff Asa Ransom to Governor Shall
lenberger. the claim has been ap-
proved and will be paid by the state.
The state is under no obligation to
pay the $500 reward offered last May
by Governor Sheldon because it was
to stand good Tor only ninety days
as shown by the proclamation. Tay-
lor, who murdered his sister-in-law
gave himself up to a brakeman on a
train in California and Sheriff Ran
som brought him back on a requisitiOn
issued by Governor Shallenberger. No
information as TO whether the large
rewards offered by the county and pri-
vate citizens will be paid has not been
made public.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
Nephew of President Killed.

Cambridge, Mass.-Stewart Douglas
Robinson, 10 years old, nephew of
President Roosevelt and sophomore
OF Harvard college, fell from six
story window Of Hampton hall, dor
mitory on Massachusetts avenue. and
was killed.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
We'll Known Banker Dead.

New York.-Henry Seligman, inter-
national banker, at one time one of
the best known financiers in the
United States, and a man who played
an important part in finance during
the civil war. died at Frankfort-on-
the Main, Germany.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
Asthmatics. Read This.

II you are afflicted with Asthma write
me at once and learn of something for
which You will be grateful the rest On
your life. j. G. Mcbride Stella. Nebr
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
BIG FLEET REACHES HOME.
Squadron Now Lying Outside capcs
Waiting to Come in.

"dTssV9 " V05's0 ''s'
Fort Monroe.-The returning battle
ship fleet reached the southern drill
grounds, fifty miles off the Virginia
capes. early Sunday and the battle
ship Connecticut was in constant wire
less communication throughout the af-
ternoon. The fleet will remain on the
drill grounds until 5 o'clock Monday
morning getting under way at that
hour in order to make the capes by
10 o'clock and begin passing the May
flower at the Tail of the Horseshoe
in Chesapeake bay one hour later.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

As we grow older it is very com
forting to assure ourselves that wrin
kles are merely the dimples Uf second
schildhOOd.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
O HappY aeastl

Johnny-The camel can 60 eight
days without water.
Freddy-So could l II ma would let
me.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

Lewis Single Binder cigar-richest, most
satisfying smoke on the market. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, ILL.,
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

Stiff neck! Doesn't amount to much.
but mighty disagreeable. You've TO idea
how quickly little Hamlins Wizard Oil
will lubricate the cords and make you
comfortable again.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

Il makes q woman awfully tired 10
see q man make a fool OF himself
over any other woman
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
Government Collects Fine.

Government Collects Fine.
San Francisco.-The fine of $2.500
imposed upon Henry Lair by United
States Circuit Judge Landies in Chi
cago was collected in this city by
United States Marshall Elliott.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

A man,is never so utterly unorigiaaI
as when he is lovemaking or praying.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

The committee OF the whole recon-
mended S. F. No. II, D. Banins's de-
murrage bill, as amended by the rail
road committee, for passage.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE-.
That is LAXATIVE BROAO QtININE Look foe
the signature Of z. w. GROVE. Csed the Word
over To Cure . Cold In One Lag. &c.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. Com
pounded by Experienced Physicians. Con-
forms to Pure Food and Drug Laws. Mu-
rine Doesn't Smart: Soothes Eye Pain
Try Murine In Your Eyes. At Druggists
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
NEW STRENGTH FOR WoMEN'S
BACKS.
How to Make a Bad Back Better.

Women who suffer with backache,
bearing down pain, dizzy spells, and
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
lmnorfant to Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children. and see that 1t
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24
WHERE HE STOOD.

Percy-Do you think your father
would object to my marrying you?
PEARL couldn't say. II he's any
thing like me he would.
The Columbus journal., 1909-02-24

Some men have no excuse for being
sober when the lid il OF.