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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13

Money snd expense are not essential to
artistic homes and attractive rooms. One
dollar and fifty cents worth of material
Will completely transform a crude, mar
ti>tic room into . graceful, dainty apart
nent.
Really il is good taste and skill that
makes the home homelike. That dainty
touch is worth twice rs much as money.
Wall paper is expensive-it costs money
10 buy 1t, to hang it and again to re-
move it. With the use of the alabastined
wall :here is only the slight cost of the
material--any one can brush it on-and u
is not necessary to wash it of the wall
when a fresh coat is required.
IL Is very easy to mix, very simple TO
apply. but the results are simply beauti-
iul. A whole house can be done at just
a little more than the cost OF a single
room when ordinary materials are used
And this is true, that now that we have
81 much better materials for use in the
decoration Of our homes, that wall paper,
common kalsomine and paint are now as
much out Of date az the old time white
wash. tallow candles and rough hewn
floors. Mere money is no longer an es-
sential in good housefurnishing in artistic
home making.
The new materials and labor-saving ma.
chimes are most welcome to us all-and
every thoughtful woman, every woman
who cares for her home, is quick to utilize
them.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
Lrcin Cutc.ff DamaneA

Ogden, Utah-So great was the
damage to the LUcin cutoff by a
fierce windstorm that the Southern
Pacific was compelled to abandon
the great tres:le and trains to and
from this city are routed over the
old Central Pacific tracks around the
northern end of the Great Salt Lake.
While definite figures as to the ex.
tent of the DAMAGE have not been
received. it is said. they will be much
in excess of the trouble experienced
a week ago when trains were de-
toured for one day.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
General Rains Predicted.

Washington-Rains will be general
throughout the United States during
the present week. During the first
half of the week. according to predic-
tons of the weather bureau. an ex.
tensive barometric depression will
cross the central valleys. the lake re-
gion and the Atlantic scaboard. at
tended by rains. The rain area will
be followed by sharp fall in tenn
perature, which will carry the frost
line To or somewhat below the 10th
parallel. Another disturbance will
appear on the Pacific coast about
Tuesday.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
BIG FIRE IN OMAHA
A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF
PROPERTY DESTROYED.
GRAIN md Cars ARE BURNED
His Wind Carries Sparks and Lack
Of Water Pressure Makes Fight
ers' Efforts Useless.

Omaha.-More than 100000 OF
property was devoured Sunday night
by a fire which totally destroyed the
big 750.o00-bushel elevator of the
Observation-Disclosures company, the
Nancy FIGURING mill and elevator and
upwards 100 box cars. some Of them
loaded with grain. on the Great West
ern terminal tracks. The property
destroyed is situated along the Great
Western terminals between Oak and
Gold streets, a few blocks north Of
the South Omaha line
The confagration was not only the
most disastrous, but the most specta-
cular which has visited Omaha in
years. The high wind which swept
along the great, wide valley in which
the structures stood carried flaming
torches high into the sky and swept
/ them for miles directly north. and
the city for blocks away was illumi-
mated as by day.
The damage is different thing to
estimate owing to lack of reliable in
formation in the confusion, caused
by the fire. Opinion among those
best able to estimate. however, places
the loss at figure in the neighbor-
hood of 100000. possibly less and
possibly more.
The Observation-Disclosures elevator
alone was worth 100000, the Nancy
mill and elevator were constructed
and equipped at cost of between
100000 and $25O,OO0. The mill ele-
vator was filled with wheat which
just now is worth more than 81 a
bushel and the Nye elevator is said
to have been nearly filled with corn.
How many of the box cars were load
ed is unknown. but the heaps Of
charred grain along the tracks where
the cars stood indicates that many
Of them bore valuable cargoss.
Rough estimates place the damage
to the Observation-Disclosures company
en- elevator and contents at about
$1,00O,00O, Oh the Nancy mill and
contents at about 100000 and on the
box cars and contents at another
an almost herculean task. and rem
company carried heavy insurance on
both the building and grain stored in
it and the Nancy mill property is said
to have been we'll insured
Two things made fighting the fire
an almost reculean task. and rem
dered the efforts of the fire depart
ment practically useless except in
preventing the spread of the confla-
grafton into the residence district i'd
joining. One was the heavy wind
which blew with the fury of gale
and the other was the utterly made
quate water supply.
II is supposed that defective
electric motor was the cause. This
has been in the habit of running bot
for sometime past and the explana-
ton given is that it became overhead
ed and set fire TO the adjoining wood
work before il was discovered.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
Personal.

Twice the guest OF the King. Theo-
dOre Roosevelt, was for a time the
prominent figure OF Rome.
State Senator Conger OF New York
rendered his resignation.
J. J. Hill, the railroad magnate, had
an audience with President Taft
Tee expedition endeavoring to
climb Mt Mckinley. are said to be
making good Roadway.
Mrs. W. J. Bryan has hurried hack
from foreign lands t" be present
when the stork desccnds upon the
home of her son. ". j., .Ir.
People from all over the world will
see the Johnson-Jenries fight.
President Lewis of the mine work
pension will not last long.
President Taft and his cabinet are
pleased over financial conditions.
Robert l.. Peary. who arrived in
Chicago. declared he was positively
through with polar explorations for
all time.
Joseph Sears. Dodham, Mass. is the
father of thirtyfour children.
Justice David J. Brewer of the
United States supreme court died
suddenly at Washington.
The members of Vice Admiral
Fournier. commander of the Med
iterranean squadron of the French
navy, have been issued.
The coal miners strike. now so
general, it is thought will soon be adj
justed.
Weston. the walkist. is eleven days
ahead of his schedule.
King Frederick of Denmark de-
clared that the United States was the
model for all nations.
James J. Hill believes the railroads
will experience next fall and winter
the greatest traffic congestion i'm their
history.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
ASENATOR|AL UPSET
DISCUSSION OF THE SALE OF
SURPLUS WATER.
HEYBuRNs Gives HIS OPINION
Idaho Senator Again Arrayed Against
Amendments and Voices opposi.
ton Vigorously.

Washington-Senator Warren's bill
authorizing the disposal of the sur.
plus waters Of government irrigation
projects to private corporations was
the subject of prolonged debate in the
senate Wednesday.
When Senator Warren moved to
take up the bill no vote was cast in
the negative and it was believed that
in view of the subsequent adoption of
an amendment guaranteeing the
rights of states in the matter of the
control Of streams within their Dor.
ders, compromise had been reached
which would insure early action on
the bill. Such did not prove to be
the case.
The states rights amendment was
presented TO Mr.. Warren, who said it
had been revised by Mr.. Hepburn.
who had successfully conducted two
or three filibusters against the bill.
Apparently at first Modified by the
amendment, Mr.. Hepburn ultimately
took the position that it would be OF
no service and vigorously denounced
it as subterfuge and delusion. He
announced. however. that, having
practically exhausted himself. he
would not continue his opposition to
the bill. The Idaho senator's sub
mission to what apparently he had
conceived to be the inevitable was
not of long duration. Two or three
other senators having given him en-.
enlargement to believe he had sup
port on the floor, he renewed his OPP
position and denounced the measure
in as vigorous terms as on any pre-
vious day
When later in the discussion Mr..
Hepburn stated that the bill had been
dictated by the corporations, Mr..
Warren denied that such was the
fact. With some degree of warmth
he said:
81 deny that imputation. / drew
the bill as the result of a suggestion
from a government official and not in
the interest of any corporation"
Much of the criticism OF the bill by
Senator Hepburn was directed to the
omission of individuals from the list
of those to whom the government
may deliver water as provided by the
bill. He contended that the effect
would be to prevent the use of water
for domestic or mining purposes. De-
nouncing the bill as Legislative
crime" he asserted that he could eX-
plain the apparent willingness of SEN
ators to permit the measure to pass
only on the ground that they either
failed to comprehend the terms of the
bill or TO appreciate their duty as SEN
ators.
At this juncture Senator Carter at
tempted to pour oil on the troubled
waters by proposing an amendment
including individual consumers. but
while the amendment was accepted
by all. this action did not have the
effect of putting n stop to the discus
sion in which Messrs. Carter Hey
burn, Borah. Warren. Burkett. Flint
and Jones participated.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
Farmers should eat more oatmeal.

Farmers should eat more oatmeal.
Although the farmer Of today Is able
to buy almost anything he wants to
wear or eat he isn't paying enough
attention to food values when 1t comes
TO his own table.
He feeds his stock carefully, avoids
overlooking and selects the stock food
that he believes will give the best re-
turns instrength and general efficiency.
II he has been watching the extern
sive researches and experiments on
the question Of the best human food
for muscle and brain he viii heed the
advice from all sides 70 eat more
Quaker Oats"
Quaker Oats II mentioned because
It Is recognized In this country and
Europe n the best of all oatmeals.
Feeding farm hands on Quaker Oats
means getting more work out of them
than II you feed them on anything
else. 81
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notes Of Interest From Various
Sections.
The Midwest Life.


Why not join the agency force OF
The Midwest Life? 1t is just closing
its fourth year and has $2,150,OO0 Of
insurance In force with satisfied
policyholders. It treats its agents and
policyholders on the square and has
never had q law suit of any kind or
description. Claims are paid prompt
ly as soon as proofs OF death are sub
mitted. The policies Of The Midwest
Life are fair and liberal and premium
rates are low. There is an increasing
determination on the part of Nebraska
people to patronize safe and conserva-
lively manager Nebraska companies.
They are realizing more and more
that money paid company like The
Midwest Life remains in Nebraska:
that 1t Is loaned here: stays here in
panics and financial depressions. and
is not sent away when most needed.
There are good openings for three or
four more General Agents and any
number of local or part time men.
Write n. z. Smell. President, at Lin
coin.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
Postal Revenues Show Increase.

Washington-Postal revenues ap.
rarently are keeping pace with that
set by the customs internal revenue.
this year, according to statements
made to Postmaster General Hitch
cock and Secretary MacVeagh by
Merritt o. Chance. auditor for the
postoiie department. During Oc-
tober. November and December, 1909.
the postal receipts exceeded those of
the same period of 1908 by $685.. 800
there being a surplus in the revenues
of s2.llI,356.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
Beyeridce Is Endorsed.

Indianapolis-The republicans OF
Indiana in their convention on Tues,
day inaugurated the political campaign
of 1910 by the selection of state
ticket with the exception of governor
and lieutenant governor and adopted
a platform that indorses among other
things 4 protective tariff. a tariff COM
mission, conservation of natural re.
sources. the Roosevelt policies ana
the administration of President Taft.
Senator Beveridge's record in CON
gress was also enthusiastically in
dorsed.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13

Washington.-Repr Jews
of America. delegates to the conven-
ton of the B'nai Birth, cheered Presi.
Guided an address before them at
tneir annual banquet. with the words:
There is no people so much entitled
% become the aristocrats OF the world
and yet who make the best republi-
cans" The president welcomed the
delegates to Washington and outlined
o them plans for the making of the
'apital city great and more beauti.
ful.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
General.

The late fire loss in Omaha will fig
ure nearly a million dollars.
The New York state Methodist con-
ulatOry telegram.
Dates for terms of federal court in
Nebraska have been changed by con-
gressional enactment.
The supreme court at Washington
declared the Nebraska elevator swith
law to be unconstitutional.
Nebraska towns, by the late cleo
ton, are wet" or dry" TO about the
same extent as heretofore
The Panama Canal company will
have to pay the expense OF its own
fertilization. This appears to be the
opinion OF the vanguard of the army
experts.
More than 800 saloons were voted
out of business by the people of nine
teen Michigan counties.
In an effort To bring about more uni
form action. and support of his con
servatiOn bills in congress, the preSi-
dent gave a conservation dinner" at
the white house.
Judge George III. Williams, the last
surviving member of President
Grants cabinet, died at Portland.
Oregon.
Mrs Cornelia Woolman Of Helena
Mont, was fined $50 in the United
States court at Trenton, y. J., for
failure to declare certain clothing
which she had brought with her from
a trip abroad.
Two hundred drivers of taXicabs
suddenly went on strike in Chicago.
The strike was called just before
theater time and as 4 result many
of the vehicle companies were in a
quandry.
The French chamber of deputies
voted to lay down two battleshipS IN
the present year. designed TO equal
the latest type added to the navies
OF Great Britain and Germany.
Richard Barah. editor of the social
ist organ VorwaertS, at Berlin, was
sentenced to a months Imprisonment
for having organized the demonstra-
tive stroll of March when thou
sands paraded in the interest of suf-
frase reform.
With ninetyfour years behind him
and weary of waiting for death be-
cause of the infirmities of old age,
J. A. Durfee formerly of Chicago.
committed suicide in San Francisco
by Shooting himself in the head.
The body Of Justice Brewer was
taken TO Leavenworth. Has. for bu
rial
Nine hundred coal mines in Illinois
closed down until the wage question
IS settled.
MIR. Roosevelt announced that on
account of conditions imposed he will
not visit the pope.
The refusal of employers to grant
an increase in pay from $500 10 $3.50
a day caused strike of 500 journey.
men carpenters at Yonkers. y. Y.
Taft, it is declared, is soon To as
sumo the aggressive and turn on the
men who criticize him.
The United States and Canada are
moving for a reciprocity treaty.
saws a uniform advance viii be grant
ed the miners.
Marie Corelli. novelist. is seriously
ir of pneumonia az her home. Mason
Croft. StratfOrd-upon-Avon.
Havelock. Lincoln's wet" suburb,
went dry" ut the late election.
More than 1900 white and negro
women and children employed in the
American Tobacco company's stem
neries at Louisville went on strike.
Members of the supreme court did
not make the trip to Leayenworth to
attend the funeral OF Justice Brewer.
Sixteen thousand union coal miners
in Iowa will be idle for an indefinite
period as a result of a suspension of
work.
Partisan feeling ran high and bad
temper was shown in the course Of
the Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
Must Watch Their Clocks.

shinston.-Members of congress
do not intend to miss their engage
ments because of faulty clocks eX-
posed in public places in the District
Of Columbia. Mr.. Godfrey of Mis-
souri, introduced in the house bill
imposing fine of s25 upon any per-
son owning such a clock that is not
minutes off the right time.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
Results in Nebraska.

Omaha.-Jp to this time 20 ont OF
12o towns are wet" tUenty-four
changes being made. Fourteen dry
town 50 wet. and ten wet towns go
dry. Havel0Ck. Lincoln'S suburb. is
among the litter class.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
SKILLED WORKERS TO AMERICA.
Large Numbers Are Leaving Great
Britain for the United States.

Observation-Disclosures are al present
making an unprecedented rush from
Southampton to the United States.
and both British and German liners
to the utmost capacity have lad their
Storage quarters filed. Workers in
textile districts of Lancashire and
apparently moving in large numbers
to America.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
CLAYTON Reelected.

St Joseph. Mo.-Alvah =. Clayton.
democrat. was reelected mayor of St
Joseph by 2.50i votes. His opponent
was Frank II. FulkersOn. republican
police commissioner. who was running
on strict law enforcement plat
form.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
Alas.

A little fve-year-old who had been
watching her mother dress for an
evening entertainment surprised her
mother with the following question:
Mother. didn't you say you were a.
most 40 years old?"
YES" replied the mother.
Well" answered the little girl. you
don't look it tonight. but you will to-
morrow morning.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
Pass Second Entry Bell.

Washington.-The house passed
the Mondell bill granting the right
to make Il second homestead entry to
entrymen who forfeited their rights
prior to the approval of this meas
ure
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
Drop in Hoo Product.

Chicago.-Possibility of drop in
the price of at least one item which.
enters into the cost Of living-cured
hog products-is seen in a sharp de-
cline. averaging 81 per barrel in pork.
on the Board of Trade Wednesday.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
TAREE'DAsHED TO DEATH.
Fatality Comes to Men in German
Balloon.

Stettin. Germany. The German
balloon Pommern, which made an as
cension here Sunday afternoon met
with a series Of accidents which end
ed in disaste, under most tragic cir
cumstances in the Baltic sea. Three
men lost their lives. including the
radical member OF the reichstag.
Werner Hugo Del Bruecgk. Herr Del
Brueck and another member Of the
party were drowned.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
A Terrible Risk.

Typhoid had broken out In their
neighborhood and the family resortec
to travel as the best means Of precau-
ton until the trouble should subside.
They arrived at Quebec by the
morning boat. intending 10 take II to
Montreal in the evening. but the sight
seers got tired and returned early In
the afternoon to find the top Of tho
smoke stack on a level with the deck.
the tide having dropped IS feet
Mamma" cried the little girl. did
God drink up all that water?
Yes. my child"
Then hadn't We better tell him 70
wasn't boiled?
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13

The average woman can bluff al
most any man. but when it comes to
bluffing some other woman-well,
that's another story
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-04-13
lneludjno Ham Actors.

including Ham Actors.
"Going to come and see me act to
night?"
mo. have Joined the meat strike
what has that to do with it,
"I have cut out hams"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-03
To FORM CENTRAL
FEDERATION

To the Officers and Members of
the Various Improvement and So
cial Betterment Clubs OF the city:
Gentleman-You are hereby re-
Quested and urged to send at least
one representative of your organi2a
ton to a meeting to be held at the
offices of the Stratford Irrigation
Co.. 1856 Mohawk block, Friday
evening, June TO- at O'Clock, for
the purpose of taking the prelimin-
AIRY steps necessary for the forma
ton of central body or federation
of all such organizations, whereby
we may all work together with
united energy and organized effort
in matters of common interest and
for the general good of all sections
of our city. Signed:
f. j. Tamblin, president North
Hill Improvement club: G. c. Cor
bailey. president Fifth Ward Neigh
borhood club; A. J. Sims. president
Hays Park Improvement club r.
A. Munro, president Northwest
Civic Improvement Club: +. Pitt.
wood, President East Sprague I'm
provement club; J. +. Foster, presi,
dent Fourth Ward Commercial
club; DR.. Geo. T. Penn, president
First Ward Improvement club;
Frank X. Shaw, president Mantle
Park Improvement club.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-03
G O N TIN u E D
r o M-'
P A G f Q n E
LABOR WILL FORCE
POLICE PROBE

other arms Of the public service and
refused to act.
1t is now up to labor and all good
citizens that want clean, honest gov
eminent to unite in some other
form of inquiry or investigation and
through the aid of publiciay attain
the ends that it We're hoped could
better be secured by the secrecy of
the grand jury room.
A meeting Of the committee Of
fifteen of the Central Trades coun-
Gil will he held Sunday afternoon,
at which the report of the judges
will be considered and report
made to the labor council next Mon
day night.
The fight for the exposition of Of
fetal dishonesty will go on just the
same, whether the judges have a
grand jury or not. This investiea-
ton, as time progresses. will be ex-
tended to the judicial arm of the
county government, as some things
have transpired in this respect in
late years that needs looking into.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-03
G O N TIN u f D
r O
P A G E O n E
WHERE IS THE DRAG

the people and make the demand
screws to the fellows that have not
got meters, in the way of unfair
water rules. Let the man with the
meter use automatic sprinklers or
any other old thing. but put the lid
on the fellow that is on the flat
rate. This has had the effect of
creating lively demand for met
ers, not from the little consumer,
hut from the big man, with the fat
bank account.
Water inspectors are under Or
ders to let he man with the meter
do as he pleases. And the orders
will be obeyed by the inspectors,
regardless of what the city council
has said to the contrary.
LONG TIME COMING
AT the present rate of the install
latiOn of water meters it will take
about five or six years to get the
people supplied with enough meters
to go around.
Last month AS meters were in
stalled. or at the rate of about 1 5 a
day The rate of increase of new
water consumers since January I
last is over six a day, making the
net increase in the installation of
new meters, as compared with the
increas of consumers, something
like nine daily. At this rate it will
take between five and six years to
switch the 10000 patrons of the
water plant over to the meter sys-
TEN.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-03
SAYS HUSBAND LEFT
WHEN BABY WAS
THREE DAYS OLD

Two suits for divorce, by women
in each case, were set aside by
Judge Hinkle this morning to OBJ
tain further evidence.
The suit of Josephine Lonsdale
who claims that Jonn Lonsda1e de
serted her two years ago and she
had not heard from his since, was
set June 80. The couple were mar
ried at Oakland. Wis. April 1899.
That of Christina Storla against
A Storla was continued. The wife
claims that Storla left her and a
three days old babe and eloped
with another woman. They were
married Aug. 81, 1907, at Fargo, n.
ID. A letter was read in court from
Storla, in which he says he is will
ing that his wife should obtain a
divorce, and that he will furnish
the money with which to get it.