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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
ODD NAMES OF THE 0zARKs
Designation Of Towns In . Missouri
County Either Very Purposesui
Or Very Purposeless.

Kansas City. Mo.-Whether imag
nation or lack of II IL more evident
In the names of Ozark towns nigh,
be debated. But there would be no
dispute about the fact that the result
IL something unusual. Hack writer's
who delight in putting proper names
together ii foolish sentences would
find a long journey in the Ozark re-
gion as full Of delightful possibilities
as a walk in q diamond field. With
what enthusiasm would they string
together something like this:
III he is clever. the Fowler In the
Timber may Dent Zebra; II Not that
his Blue Eye may fill with Joy to find
Lamb and Pease on the same Trail.
Though Fate be Barren. II he's Witty
he may Bluff and say the Ark holds
yet q Rat, q Swan and Birdsong from
the Congo. And Manysprings. and .
Rin Diggins. Gold and Pleasant Hope.
perhaps are Only about Hallway to
Evening Shade. And Goodnight"
In q single county Of Missouri this
large collection Of the literal label Is
shown: Rat. Ink. Gang. Alley. Tim
Der. Horse. Hollow. Sinkin. Birch
Tree. Timber and Low Wassie. More
imaginative. perhaps. are Not and
Congo. Mountain View represents
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
HITCHCOCK SENATOR
He GETS ~ VOTES OUT OF IA
VOTES CAST.
HOUSE AND SENATE CHOOSE
House Favors New Orleans for Expo
sition and Senate Refers Mat.
ter to . Special Commit.
tee for q Report.

Lincoln.-Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock is
United States senator in every sense
of the word except the formal declara-
ton of the fact in the joint session of
the legislature at noon Wednesday
and his later swearing in at the
national capital. The vote was taken
Tuesday in each house of the legisla-
ture. each member of each house vot-
ing on the candidate whom he pleased
to name. Only two candidates were
voted for. Mr.. Hitchcock and Senator
Burkett in the house. while Dan Cook
of Beatrice rose to unexpected promi-
nence in the senate by the vote OF
Senator Peter Jansen for him. In the
house Mr.. Hitchcock received 81
votes and Senator Burkett 10 votes.
Three republicans. Johnson Of John
son. Mckelvie OF Lancaster and Nutz-
man of Cass. were absent. In the
senate Mr.. Hitchcock received 80
votes.
The voting was wholly without pre-
liminary speechmaking. Anderson of
Kearney. republican. being the fist
man to name Congressman Hitchcock.
OF the forty-three republicans pres
ent in the house thirty-three voted
for the democratic candidate without
any evident hesitation. Cronin Of
Holt. republican, first offered an ex-
PLANTATION Of his vote. and then cast
his ballot for Hitchcock. Smith Of
Boone. also explained his vote and
cast It for Senator Burkett.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
To Beat Wolf Bounty Brokers.

Auditor Barton wants TO forestall
all attempts to croft at the expense
of persons having claims against the
state for wolf bounties. The state
has repealed the law under which
bounties are raid for such scalps. but
persons holding claims to the amount
of $4,000 are interested in getting
these claims allowed. Mr.. Barton
says that his Office has been besieged
for a week by persons who want to
secure lists Of persons having such
claims in order to offer a certain per
cent Of the real value of such claims
for the assignment thereof and thus
profit when they are allowed by the
state. The auditor has invoked the
aid Of the chairmen of the finance
and the claims committees of both
houses to push through these claims
at an early date so that he can send
out warrants and forestall the inten-
tons OF the scalpters.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
A Sons Compliment.

His incessant work. his avoidance
Of all rest and recreation and his rig.
orous self-denial made Joseph Pulit-
zer. In his days In harness. the do
spair Of his family.
In this connection a pretty story II
told about the famous journalists son
Ralph. Mr.. Pulitzer had refused to
take q holiday. and Mrs. Pulitzer ex-
claimed:
did you ever know your father to
do anything because 1t was PLEASANT"
Yes. once-when he married you"
the young man gracefully replied.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Personal.

The new governor of Alabama de-
clared prohibition to be a failure.
Democrats of New York in caucus
nominated w. F. Sheehan for SEN
ator.
Senator Nelson w. Aldrich submit.
ted his plan for national bank legis-
lation.
Democrats lunched nationally at
Baltimore but launched no presiden-
tial booms.
Bob Fitzsimmons. the prize fighter.
and his wife are now in vaudeville.
Congressman Walter I. Smith was
nominated for Judge of the eighth ju-
cicial circuit.
The Nebraska senate, with a sim
gle exception, cast its vote for Hitch.
cock for United States senator.
Changes in the Nebraska guaranty
Of deposit law are suggested by Sec.
rotary Royse of the state banking
board.
Premier BRAND was the target for
two bullets fired in the French cham
Der of deputies. but escaped un-
harmed.
The democrats in congress are
busy getting lined up for the next
session.
By joining with the insurgents
house democrats reversed a ruling
made by Speaker Cannon.
The new president of the Illinois
Central is not in sympathy with the
anti-smoke agitation in Chicago.
Speaker Adkins of the Illinois
house announces that he will take a
day of to do the winter butchering.
Dora Harrison, a 19-year-old girl,
proposes walking from New York
New York City to Tampa. Fla. t.
win a purse Of $1,000.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
BIRTHPLACE Of THE PRume
FIrse Trees Woro Imported Pso0
Francs md plonto1,l % ~ ooata
Clara Volley, California;

Gan Jooe. Cal-lt = pcss9bas snas
there afe psople compelled 70 i've n
city boarding houses Who Vim not
think that he man Who Introduced
pr1neS into America deserves 70 rank
% . public bGnefactor. Whatevse the
"boardcrs" may think ahouf Il. e II
certain that boarding house keepers
win regard him q one Of the great
men Of the past century. IN that opin-
ion California orchardists vim heartily
concur. - he was the pioneer IN IN
Industry that now represents an In
vestment Of more than @s0. 0O0. 900 In
improved orchard land. equipment
and PACKING plants. and pays large
dividends on every dollar. The drst
pFune trees ever planted In California
were imported from France and plant
ed In the grounds Of the Pellier nur-
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
FROM MANY POINTS
EVENTS OF THE DAY HELD TO A
FEW LINES.
DAYS EVENTS BOILED DOWN
Personal, Political, Foreign and Other
Intelligence Interesting to the
General Reader.
Washington.

washington.
The senate will probably follow the
house in passing the Sulloway pen
sion bill instead of the National Tri-
bune measure.
Rumors current in London that Am.
basSador Bryce intended to resign as
Ambassador to the United States was
denied at the British embassy in
Washington.
Conditions In the famine districts
and refugee centers of the northern
part of the province of Anhui, China,
are rapidly growing worse, according
the American national Red Cross So
ciety.
The house on the 18th made prog
ress in the consideration of the i'm
portant appropriation bills. The
army bill was concluded and passed
late in the afternoon. The postofice
appropriation bill, carrying total ex-
penditure of $253,047,S6S also was
taken up.
The government has won another
step in its prosecution of the so-called
bathtub trust, the United States cir
cult court having decided that the CIV
IL proceedings for the dissolution of
the alleged combination and the GRIM
inaT proceedings against its indicted
members may 60 on simultaneously.
The house of representatives adopt
ed an amendment to the Moon bill
codifying laws relating to the judi
ciary, which will stop the practice of
corporations doing an interstate bust
ness from taking practically all suits
against them out of the hands of the
state courts and placing them in the
federal courts.
Renewal of the fight on Richard A.
Ballinger, secretary of the interior, is
contemplated in a resolution intro
duced by Senator Purcell, which
seeks to force into the open the re-
port of the joint congressional COM
mittee that Investigated the charges
made against the cabinet officer by
Clifford Pinchot, former chief for
roster.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25

sery. In San Jose. In the year 1864.
Mr.. Pellier has long been dead. but
his old home h still standing. and
ought to be regarded a. . sacred
landmark BY all purveyors and CON
sumers Of prunes. The old frame
house Is now the center Of 100000
acres Of prune orchards, grouping in
the Santa Clara valley. Not TAR ffom
10000, 900 prune trees grow IN the val
ley. In comparison with these figures.
the prune orchards Of France, Spain.
Germany. Austria. Servia and other
countries are hardly
worthy Of mention. California now
dominates the worlds prune trade. not
only supplying the markets Of the
United States. but exporting millions
Of pounds annually.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Cost Of Stopping . Train.

Chicago.-According to Signal En-
gineer ]. A. Peabody. of the Chicago
& Northwestern railway, who investi
gated the matter on his own line. the
cost of stopping train Of $50 tons
and returning to q speed of so miles
an hour IS ~ cents.
The cost Of stopping 2,000ton
train from IS miles an hour Is 81.
The officials Of another road est
mate each stop of a six-car passenger
train from IS miles an hour at s.
cents and for 1.500ton train from Is
miles an hour at So cents.
The time lost for making a stop on
Q level. straight track has been esti'
mated at AS seconds.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Acquitted Of Murder.

Wayne County.-After being out
almost twelve hours the jury brought
in a verdict finding Henry Hogrefe
not guilty of numbering his wife. Ho-
CRETE, who had maintained his COM
posture even while the most damag.
ing evidence was being given against
him during the trial. received the
verdict with apparent calmness.
thanked each Of the jurors and then
broke down and sobbed like a child.
Hogrefe was tried on the charge Of
upurdar In tha first degree.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Lower Joint Express Rates.

New York.-Omcers of Canadian
and American express companies. in
conference here on Friday, announced
a reduction in through rates soon to
take effect between all Offices of the
United States and many of Canada.
It is explained that several of the Ca
madam companies have held back in
the matter up to the present because
the customs regulations at the Cana.
dian border necessitate so much extra
work that a reduction in existing
rates would in many cases work q
hardship.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
ten MILLIONS MORE
ANDREW CARNEGIE MAKES ADD.
TloNAl DONATION.
THE MONEY IS FOR RESEARCH
Points to Accurate Marine Charts
Made by WASN'T Carnegie AZ One
Instance Of Good Work.

New York.-Andrew Carnegie OF
Friday announced a gift of $4,000. 0O'
| to the endowment fund of the Car
negie Institution of Research at Wash
ington. This brings his endowment
to the institute up to a total Of SIS.
100000.
Coupled with the formal announce
ment was a declaration by Mr.. Car
negie that the work of the institution
had cleared from blame the captain
of a British ship who ran his vesse
on the rocks, by proving that the
British admiralty charts. by which
the captain was guided, were two OF
three degrees astray.
The discovery of 60,pOO0 new worlds
by Prof. Hale at the observatory OF
Mt. Wilson, California, also YVES an
nounced.
Mr. Carnegie also announced that
a far more powerful telescope thar
man has ever made is now under con
struction for the Mt. Wilson observ
atory.
The new telescope will have a lens
40 inches in diameter. Mr.. Carnegie
declares that the whole world is
going to listen to the oracle on the
top of Mt. Wilson and in a few years
we shall know more about the uni.
verse than Callileo and Copernicus
ever dreamed of. I hope I shall live
long enough to hear the revelations
that are to come from Prof. Hale on
Mt. Wilson.
. In confirming a report of the en-
dowment, Mr. Carnegie said:
THE report is correct. They had
a large endowment before and this
ten millions makes the total Of their
endowment twenty-five millions but
the institution has already scored
successes to justify even that sum.
believe that the institution in re-
search will repay tenfold in service
to the world.
Doubtless you noticed in the tele-
graphic news of yesterday that the
yacht. Carnegie. has just reached
Buenos Ayres. That yacht Is the first
one ever built with bronze substitute
ed for iron: the latter defects the
magnetic needle and bronze does not.
The result is that all former otserva-
tions are inaccurate.
"The Carnegie is going over all the
seas year after year, putting the
world right. That one service will
give ample dividends on the whole
$25, 100000 in my opinion.
There is scarcely anything that
pleases me SO much as the success Of
that little boat, the first of its kind.
But this is not all the institution
is doing. 1t is experimenting in its
physical laboratory on the rocks and
Analysing them and will soon be
ready to show formula for the max
ing of Portland cement or concrete.
1t has found the ingredients neces-
sary and that invaluable material can
be produced in any part of the world
wherever the elements are found.
Hitherto. as I understand it, cement
could only be made from certain COM
paratively rare deposits"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
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SHANNON
AuF' COUNTY
Map Of Shannon County, Mo.
.HPcH TREE
. .sSq We"

the humorous department. for It Is In
q hollow where there Is neither View
nor mountain.
For shortness Of name. the region
Is no less remarkable. with such
types as Hy. All. Lon. Job. Arp. Osa.
Coy. Day. BLY,. Van. Igo. Abo and Roe.
Sometimes the traveller may have q
suspicion that the towns have been
named after the fashion that the In
dams label their children. There are
such examples as Coin. Groom. Notch
and Flag. Sometimes the labels are
poetic and alluring-Shadygrove.
Birdsong and Romance-and again
they are as far in the other direction
as Kiddos Spur. Hughes Stone Quar-
~. Hanks and Smittle. For those
Who know Latin. Bona Is a good name
for a town. though Dagonia and Pro
tenn may see Radical.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Favorable to New Orleans.

Washington.-New Orleans won the
first round of the fight for the loca-
ton of the Panama exposition when
the exposition committee of the house
by a vote of nine to six decided in
favor of it as the site of fair to cele-
brate the opening of the Panama Ca
nal in 1915. The committee voted to
report favorably the Estopinal bill
recognizing New Orleons and author
izing the selection of a board OF COM
missioners and the making of a gov
eminent exhibit No appropriation
for pecuniary aid is authorized.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Are You Woak, Az
Run Down.

1Ais coalition i directly caused b
had blood. When the blood u made rich
and pure b. Hoods Sar,saparila. 20
yin feed strong and cheerful: il win put
asw life into Jour veins, new visor into
your muscles; Givs you . sharper sppetits
and good digestion; make you look better
Slsep better and feel better: win maks
he hardest work lighter and the darkest
6ay brighter. Faets! Thousands confirm
them. Get Hoods TODAY.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25

New York.-Resolutions of praise of
the life of Paul Morton and sorrow
over his death were unanimously
adopted by the directors of the Equit.
able Life Assurance society. the
Equitable Trust company and Mer.
camille Trust company and by the
executive committee of the Associa-
ton of Life Insurance Presidents.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
GETTING Their STAMPS.

Forty.fve cents worth of stamps
were handed out in sealed envelopes
to each member Of the house Tues
day afternoon, this being the arpor-
tionment for. the week just ended.
Each week hereafter the clerk in the
chief clerks Office will hand out this
amount Of stamps to the members. II
they use that number. we'll and good.
II they use more than this amount
they must dig down" into their own
pockets. II they use less they may
salt them away" for use next sum-
mef.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Mother Kills Her Baby.

Custer County.-Mrs. Nellie Mohatt,
living five miles north of Broken Bow.
is under arrest charged with killing
her four-weeks-old baby by admins.
tering carbolic acid. Mrs. Mohatt
was taken before Coroner Pennington
and Prosecutor and confessed that
she killed the child. She gave as her
reason that she had too many chill
dren and that this one was not want
ed. The woman is only g years old
and is the mother of six children.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Removal Of University.

Lee of Boyd introduced a resolu-
ton similar to one offered in the
house for an appointment Of COM
mittee of four to meet with a like
committee Of the house to investigate
the proposed removal of the univer.
sity buildings to the state farm cam
pus and to investigate the needed ap-
preparations Of the university. The
resolution was seconded by Brown OF
Lancaster and was adopted. Lieuten-
ant Governor Hopewell said he would
announce the committee today. The
resolution of Lee calls for the az
pointment OF two members OF the
committee on finance and two men,
bers Of the committee on universities
and normal schools.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Attempt to Burn Buildings.

. Custer County.-An attempt was
made to burn the buildings belonging
to the county poor farm. .Investiga-
ton showed quantity of inflamma-
BILE materials placed in secreted
places about the main building and
oathouses. The incendiary was evil
IDENTIFY frightened away before COM
pleting his work.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25

Dr.. ". NJ. Thomas Of Pickrell. ap'
pointed superintendent Of the state in
stitution for feeble minded youth at
Beatrice in place of DR.. George l.
Roe Of Beatrice. by some mistake filed
a bond made out to the governor or
the state instead Of to the state Of Ne
braska. The statute provides that
the superintendent Of the Beatrice in.
stitution shall give bond for $4,000
to the state Of Nebraska. Thomas E..
Stewart of Beatrice. bookkeeper Of
the Institution also gave a bond. pay
able to the governor and not TO the
state.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Sent to the Asylum.

Custer County.-The board of In.
sanity passed on the case of Mrs.
Nettie Mohatt, who confessed before
the coroners jury to having killed
her child by means of carbolic acid.
The board examined the woman
closely as to her mental condition,
ars found her incapable Of realizing
the enormity of her crime. She was
sent to the asylum.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Three Bullets in Body.

Brown County.-Clyde Desilva.
Ainsworth's southpaw baseball pitch
er. is in bed at Osborn house in
Ainsworth with three bullet holes
in his body, and Charley Austin is
in the county jail charged with the
shooting.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
General,

The Dexter, Me-, Savings bank was
closed by order of the state bank ex
aminer.
A current report that the pope has
experienced a serious attack of govt
was denied.
There was a breezy denial in the
house of the country's military un
preparedness.
The house passed the legislative ex
ecutive and judicial bill, carrying ap
proximateIy $35.OOO.0OO.
A bill debated in the house is in
tended to prevent corporations trans
ferring suits from state to federal
courts.
Governor Hadley submitted to the
legislature a resolution to congress
asking for the ratification of the in.
come tax law.
Refined sugar was reduced cents
tper hundred pounds on coarse, granu,
lated and confectioners' A, and 10
cents or all other grades.
King Gustave opened the riksdag.
He said the proposed expenditures
for the army and navy was 10000
crowns greater than for the preced.
ing year.
Henry Cabot Lodge won the hard.
est fight in his political career in
nearly so years and returns to the
United States senate for a fourth
term.
The Spokane (Wash.) city ordinance
prohibiting the employment of alien
laborers on city work was declared in.
valid by Judge Hinkley in the super
ior court.
Coonel Enoch NJ. Crowder of Mis-
souri, has been appointed judge advo-
cate general of the army. He sue
ceeds Brigadier General G. B. Davis,
who will retire on account of age
February IA, with the rank of major
general.
Alleged inhuman treatment by the
authorities of Zacatecas of J. A. Far
rell, an American mining engineer, is
being investigated by the American
embassy at Mexico City, following a
protest signed by eight foreign resi-
dents of Ell Rio.
Representatives of the national
league for medical freedom and other
organizations appeared before the
house committee on interstate COM
merce to oppose the Mann bill to en-
large the scope of the public health
and marine hospital service.
Five men were killed and several
injured in a collision on the New
York Central at Batavia. n. Y.
Senator Lodge was made the re-
publican caucus nominee in Massa-
chusetts, but his election is not
thereby assured.
Henry c. Scott, president of the
National Light and Improvement
company Of st. Louis. shot and killed
himself at his home.
The house committee on military
affairs added $4,000 for field artil-
lery for organized militia to the army
appropriation bill. and reported the
bill to the house.
Opposition has developed to the
confirmation of Walter l. Smith as
Judge of the Eighth federal circuit.
John Broder, a pioneer railroad
builder of the middle west, was found
dead in bed at his st. Joseph home.
He was eighty-one years old.
Governor McGoyern transmitted to
the Wisconsin senate the report of
the Stephenson investigating com
mittee without recommendation
N. p. Dodge, aged seventy-three, a
brother of General Greenville NJ.
Dodge, died at his home in Council
Bluffs, after less than a weeks ILL.,
ness of pneumonia.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Epidemic Of Smallpox.

Johnson COunty.-At the present
time there is epidemic of smallpox
in many of the towns in southeastern
Nebraska. The village Of Elk Creek,
in Johnson county, has several
cases. Tecumseh has had a number
of cases but the disease has now dis
appeared. Cases are reported at Tai
mage. Auburn and many other places.
The disease is in mild form, fire.
quently the patients not being obliged
to take to their beds.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Student PIunoes 70 Death.

Buffalo County.-Milton Benner. H.
year-old student at the Kearney Mill
tary academy, plunged to his death
down a tOboggan slide. His foot
caught in the runners of the sled, the
sled was overturned, the railing of
the incline gave way and he fell to
the earth, crushing his skull.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Canning company's Report.

Adams County. Hastings
Canning company closed its years
business January and its annual
statement shows up well. The COM
pany did very satisfactory business
made several hundred dollars worth
Of permanent improvements and
paid a dividend to stockholders.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25

A uniform system Of accounting for
state institutions is designed in a res
olution submitted by Prince of Hall
and adopted by the house. 1t rro-
vides for a committee to confer with
the state auditor to arrange such a
system and provide for its installa-
ton. -
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Vetoed by the President.

Washington.-Presid Taft We
toed a bill for the relief of Clarence
Frederick chatham, an enlisted man
who was dishonorably discharged
from the United States navy. Presi-
dent Roosevelt had vetoed a similar
bill,
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-01-25
Smothered In cave-ln,

Red Willow County.-Alfred Lof-
weinberg of McCook was smothered
and crushed to death by a cave-in at
the Flitcraft sand bank q few miles
west Of town.