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The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
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To Pass on Qualifications

Lincoln.-Robert W. Porter OF Alma
has appealed to the supreme court
from the mandamus issued by District
Judge Harry DUNCAN to compel Porter
to turn over to Miss Jean Mckee the
moneys and books belonging to the Of
flee of treasurer of the city of Alma.
Unless the court holds that she has
no right to the Office or is disqualified
in holding it, Porter will have to COM
ply with the demands OF the lower
court.
The supreme court held several
months ago that another woman, Ger
trude Johnson, was qualified to hold
the Office of county superintendent in
Cherry county.
Mrs. John y. Hubbard, who was
elected as city clerk of Alma, will also
have her qualifications passed upon in
the same case.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
General News

There is an epidemic OF smallpox
at the Missouri state university.
After a fight of only four hours
rebels captured Juarez Wednesday.
Des Moines teachers are on the
verge OF strike for an advance in
salaries.
Robert Baglcy.I II years Old was
killed while attempting to board a
train at Chicago.
The municipal lighting plant at
State Center, Iowa, was destroyed by
fire of an unknown origin.
Mexican gold coin to the amount of
nearly $1,000 has been received at the
federal subtroasury and assay Office in
New York.
Between 5000 and 5000 settlers on
the Laborator coast are suffering from
food shortage and the effects OF a Sc
we're winter.
Having filed his bag with tropical
fauna, Col. Roosevelt plans In the sum.
mer of 1912 to try his luck at polar
bears in Greenland
The Canadian Northern railway has
lost fifty miles of track and dozen
wooden bridges from forest fires now
raging in Manitoba.
An entire family was wiped out near
Luther, Mich, when Casey Van Lieren
farmer, shot and killed his wife, his
two children and himself
Popular feeling against the Turkish
government on account of the Jerusa.
lem incident is so strong thai the min
istry may be forced 10 resign.
The first court Of King Georges
reign and the FIRST big ceremonial
function since the death Of King Ed
ward was held at buckingham palace
Tuesday
The Florida state senate has passed
q drastic bill which prohibits the sal,
of liquor 10 hahitual drunkards, re
quires saloons to close from o'Clocl
until I O'Clock the following morning
aboishCs all screens and forblds musi,
or games in saloo"s,
The American Federation of Labo
has issued an appeal for funds for tn
defense of the Mcnamara brothers, Il
jail in Los Angeles for using dynamite
Fourteen laborers, residents O
Portsmouth, o., who were charge
with selling their votes at from 81 {
SO each, have been disfranchised TO
five years.
Two hundred and fifty houses wer
inundated docks along the water fron
were wrecked and masses of ice tiftee
feet thick scattered along the prime
pal streets of Fairbanks, Alaska, as
result OF the greatest food ever know
there.
Three men were buried under sil
teen feet of dirt by cavein at
gravel pit near Mcpherson, Kas. Th
men were dead when reached.
Judge Robert b. Fleming, who we
a freighter fro mthe Missouri river I
Pixies Peak during the gold eXcitemer
there in the fifties, is dead at ST. Jo
eph
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
Will Move on City of Mexico.

San Antonio.-"Unless President
Diaz resigns and peace is made at
once, General Francisco |. Madero, my
brother, chief of the revolutionary
movement, will be leading a force of
10000 men through the streets of Mex
ico City in less than month. This is
no idle talk. 1t is the military plan
which he has made"
This statement was made here by
Alfonso Madero, recently a peace
emissary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
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Desnler mas sent car load or
brooms to Boston.
Scottsbluff has been incorporated as
city, and is putting on lots of airs.
The state encampment of the G.. A.
r. will be held at kearney May II to
10.
Twenty-one hoboes were guests of
the city in the Jail at Wymore in one
day.
Uncle Zed' Goodwin, a pioneer of
western Nebraska, is dead at ALI.
ance.
Merchants of Fremont are talking
up big Fourth of July celebration
scheme.
Music will hereafter be one OF the
courses of study in the Auburn public
schools.
Plans are being made for an avia-
tion meet at the state fair grounds on
May "a and %.
Over 200 delegates were present at
the annual Sunday school convention
at Osceola last week.
Hastings won out against Grand
Island in the contest for the next camp
of the Modern Woodmen of America
in 1914.
Rev. Farley, pastor Of the NJ. E
church at Shickly, is dangerously III
with blood poisoning caused by prick
ing himself with a splinter.
Rev. w. w. TAFT late pastor at Min
den, has gone to Tecumseh, where he
will become the pastor of the FRS
Presbyterian church in that city.
Surveyors for the proposed interur
ban from Omaha to Fremont anC
thance northwest to Norfolk have com
menced setting stakes in Fremont.
Fire broke out in the orera house
at Mason City and was with difficulty
eXtinguished. The volunteer fire de
partment did some daring work. Johr
Frazier almost lost his life in bringing
woman from the burning building
He was badly burned and PARTIAL!
overcome by the heat and smoke.
John Wright was caught in tn,
elevator OF the new First Nationa
bank building at Lincoln and had hi
head and face badly crushed, but it Il
thought he will recover.
Eighteen carloaIs of Russians, men
women and children, have left Lincoll
for the beet fields of the west. Th
crowd OF laborers Is bound for Bill
ings, Mont, and Manchester, Wyo.
Harry S. Ayres, station agent a
Franklin, fell under a fast freigh
train at Culbertson, while attemptin
to board the moving train. One of hi
legs was cut off at the thigh. He
not expected to live.
Miss Olive Griffith, Nebraska gir
whose parents live at Pawnee Cit!
has returned to her home after nearl
six years absence in India, where sh
has been a missionary since her graz
uation from the University of Nebra
ka,
NJ. w. CoZier, who together with hi
wife was poisoned by eating green
died near University Place Frida
His wife died a couple of weeks ag
Lloyd Knox, the 1-year.old son (
= Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Knox of Riverdal
died OF blood poisoning which resulte
+ through severely burning his hand c
stove Monday,
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
Time SavinQ.

A new version Of the new long IA.
miliar while you wait" sign is found
in an uptown avenue where barber
shop and tailoring shop stand side
by side. In front of the building hangs
a sign on which are displayed the
name OF the tailoring concern and the
name of the barber shop and this an
nouncement:
Suits cleaned and pressed while
Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
No Successor to Senator Frye.

Washington.-The inability of the
republicans in the senate to control
caucus edict without the aid of the
progressives was demonstrated in the
senate when, after more than two
hours of effort and as a result Of seven
ballots, the senate failed to elect Sen
ator Gallinger of New Hampshire as
president pro tempore to succeed Sem
ator Frye Of Maine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
Lutheran synod Convention.

st. Lous.-Many states are repre-
sented at the annual convention of
the Missouri synod of the Lutheran
church. which has met in this city for
a ten days session. The synod is the
largest Lutheran organization in the
country. One of the interesting fea-
lures of the meeting will be the cele-
bration on Sunday of the one hun
dredth anniversary of the birth of DR..
Walther, the founder of the synod.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
Victim of Peculiar Accident.

Humboldt.-S. Parker of this place
was the victim of an unusual accident
which nearly cost him his life when a
bottle of carbolic acid in his pocket
was accidentally broken. His body
was badly burned, but it is thought
that he will recover.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
Will Wait a Bit.

gton.-secretary Knox, while
ready to enter into negotiations with
New Foundland for a reciprocity ar
rangement upon lines similar to the
measure now pending before congress
has decided to await the action of
congress on the Canadian bill before
proceeding with what would be use
less task in the event that the Cana
dian arrangement fails.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18

Jaurez.-Mexico's provisional gov
has become an established fact with
the naming of cabinet by Francisco
!. Madero. jr., provisional president
and the establishment of a capital at
the captured city of Juarez.
Secretary of War Carranza will
have charge of the railroads and tel
egraphs and his first act was to grant
permission for the repair of the MeXi-
co Northwestern railroad. A gang of
men Immediately set to work repairing
the torn up road bed south of Juarez.
Gonzales Cara will have charge of
the mail service and Secretary of the
Treasury Gustavo Madero will direct
the affairs of the custom house.
That the insurrecto army is more
than an armed mob was shown in the
complete absence of looting and of in
toxication and the quickness with
which the shattered city was cleared
of its dead and wounded.
The embargo against visitors was
removed Thursday morning. and cur
ious sightseers by the thousand poured
across the bridges leading from FL
Paso.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
Revolution Too Slow.

Lincoln.-ReX McDill, former Lin.
coin university student, has written
home that life with the Madero forces
on the Mexican border is too dull for
an American who is really seeking
excitement and that he has now re-
turned to FL Paso.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
Bio Bond for Road Building

Peking.--An imperial edict has been
issued authorizing the Hukwang loan
OF s30,OO0,000 for railroad construc-
tion in central China. 1t was signed
a year ago by fnanciers representing
the United States, France, Great Brit
ain and Germany. Despite provincial
opposition the amount OF the loan re
mains at $30000,000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
Killed in Runaway.

Osmond.-John Beltz, wealthy
farmer residing near Foster, was killed
in runaway. The front axle of his
buggy broke down and he was thrown
over the dashboard and kicked to
death by the frightened horses.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18

Washington.-The Joint resolution
providing for election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people,
which already has passed the house, is
10 be taken up in the senate and kept
before 1t until voted upon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
New Bishop for Lincoln.

Rome. - Announcement has been
made at the vatican that the Right
Rev. Mgr. j. II. Then, chancellor OF
the diocese of Wichita, Kas., has been
appointed bishop OF Lincoln, Neb, in
succession to the late Right Rev
Thomas Bonacum.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
REAL RIVAL Of D|Az
MADERo HAS A LITTLE GOVERN.
MENT OF HIS OWN.
JUAReZ MADE THE CAPITAL
Captured Border City Settling Down
to Normal, But WatehfuI Eye
Maintained for Possible
Outside Attack.
JUAREZ MADE THE CAPITAI

Jaurez.-After long conference
OF rebel chiefs, the appointment of the
following members of the provisional
cabinet was announced:
Minister of foreign relations-Dr.
Vasquez Gomez.
Minister of finance-Gustavo A. Ma
dero.
Minister of war-Venustiano Carran.
"a.
Minister Of interior-F. Gonzales
CARA.
Minister Of justice-Jose NJ. Pine
Suarez.
Private secretary to President Ma
dero-Juan Sanchez Azcona.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18

Washington.-It is indicated that
Secretary MacVeagh will call for popu-
lar bids on an issue of $50,0O0,OOO OF
Panama bonds in a few days.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18

Bradford, Pa-Forest fires have
broken out in the oil fields about here
and 1t is feared the loss of oil proper
" will be heavy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18

Sincerity transforms all things. Tho
greatest fault, If it is avoided in
loyal kiss, becomes a verify more
beautiful than innocence.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
Harsh.

Gerald-Coffee keeps me awake.
Geraldine-Me, too; l always drink
an extra cup when l know you are
coming to call.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18

Poverty is by common consent an
admirable training for mental and
moral perfection-in others.-Finley.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18
Job for Board of Pardons.

Governor Aldrich has saved job
for the advisory board of pardons. He
has decided not to take up the appli.
cation OF Mrs. Mamie Hutchinson of
Nuckolls county for pardon for her
self and her son, who We're convicted
OF numbering Eli Feasel, farmer for
whom Mrs. Hutchinson kept house.
The woman is serving a sentence OF
ten years and the son a sentence
of twelve years. A brother of the
murdered man proposes to resist the
application and the governor will de.
fer action till the board of pardons
comes into existence, July Z.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-05-18

The legislature failed to make a spe-
cific appropriation for state aid for the
building of bridges and since the dis
covery has been made 1t is said State
Auditor Barton will not draw warrants
on the treasury until the attorney gen.
eral or the courts decided that such
warrants shall be drawn. In any event
no part of the one-fifth mill levy can
be drawn out of the treasury until the
levy is made by the state board OF
assessment and until the money is col
Tested.
No more examination periods will be
the rule next year at the state univer-
sity. According to series of rules
| passed at meeting of the university
senate, class work will continue
throughout the year, and the final ex-
aminations will be given at the regu-
lar class hours, instead OF discontinue
! ing classes for an entire week at the
end of each semester as is now the
rule and scheduling all examinations
for this period.
| NlItuldllHS HdSbHlhtS, oH INC S''Sh-
day book plan, forms a new feature
at the Fremont public library.
State Accountant Tulleys has an
nounced the completion OF his four
weeks investigation of the accounts or
the Beatrice institution for the feeble
minded for the two years ending jan
uary 26, 1911. AS a result of his ex-
animation he found discrepancies
amounting to $l,39S.47 in the accounts
OF T. f.. Stewart, bookkeeper Of the
institute during the superintendency or
DR.. G. l.. Roe of Beatrice.
Fairbury will hold a special election
May l6 to decide the question OF
saloons or no saloons.
The secretary OF state reaped rich
harvest for the sale in automobile
registration fees during the month OF
April. He collected from that source
$l2,l9S,90 Soon his fee will be paid
to counties instead of to the state, II
the bill passed by the last legislature
can be so interpreted with all OF its
contradictions. The fee is not called
license fee in the old law because II
I IL were a license fee the money would
have to go into the state school fund
So the law makers call 1t "registra
ton fee,' and the money goes into the
general fund of the state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

plain white cloth and the vest is cut
into these latter day eyes of ours
most peculiar style. For buttons,
pieces of gourd, dried and cut out,
were utilized and covered with the
checked home-spun.
At Mrs. Hills death, the vest be-
came the property of her daughter,
Mrs. Blalock, of this state, who died
sixty years ago, when it became the
property of her daughter Mrs Sarah
Seaman, known and loved in this com
munity as Grandma Seaman" And
so it comes to pass that cotton that
first peeped up from Carolina soil in
1850, and was spun and dyed and
made by patient skill and care, into
vestment rich and rare" is now al
eloquent tribute to the thrift and &C
complishment of the matron, The
mother and the housewife of 1850.
The women of that age bore fruit
They were the mothers of our moth
's. .ad the grandest, greatest subj
most creature God ever made, was tn
southern woman Just before tn
war" May her seed never run out.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

line will be let within a few days
The plans call for line from Meri
dian east via Causeyville, Blanks
town, Yantley, Ala. and Pennington,
to Myrtlewood, and will traverse one
of the richest timber sections in Mis-
sissippi and Alabama and will give
lumber another outlet from the inter
ior of this state to a deep water port
at Mobile.
The work calls for handling about
10000 cubic yards a mile. The maxi
mum grades will be one per cent and
the maximum curvature will be four
degrees. The company will construct
a forty foot bridge across the Tombig
bee river. The line will greatly add
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

senators shall be made uniform in
each of the three divisions.
A comparison of this apportionment
with the new Federal census shows
that it is quite easy to make an equit-
able apportionment hereunder. based
on the present population. 1t is furth
er stipulated that the house shall not
contain less than 100 representatives
nor more than 1873 representatives,
and the senate less than 80 nor more
than As senators.
In the opinion of veteran lawmak-
ers. the two branches of the legisla-
ture are quite large enough. In fact,
it is apparent to any person who has
Witnessed the proceedings Of the low
err house that it is a rather unweildy
body and half the members have nc
INTELLIGENT conception of what is goina
+ Oh when the body is in session.
Strange TO say. section 256 OF the
constitution has been utterly ignore.
t,. aaitaers of constitutional ravis
foe and they appear to be in com
pIete ignorance of it's existence as
part OF the organic law.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

Mrs. Sarah Seaman Sends Mans
Vest Made in 1850 To
Exhibition.

Mrs. Sarah Seaman of this city, has
sent an interesting relic to the State
Fair at Meridian, as a loan for exhibit
ton. 1t was a mans vest, made in
1850. by a Mrs. Hill, in South Caro-
lima for her husband, the grandfather
Of Mrs. Seaman.
The cloth is as well preserved alter
au these 1851 years, as a piece OF pres
emit day cloth after y months; it is
not even yellowed by age 1t is OF
beautiful home-spun cotton, woven by
dert fingers of those early days.
Seated at her wheel the matron
after carefully carding the cotton
wove the cloth, and then fashioned
still with her. fingers, the garment
for her husband to wear. Tradition
! in the Seaman family does not tell
but it must have been for some i'm
portant occasions that his carmen
was fashioned, for the front parts o
the vest are Of pink and white check
ed cloth, Mrs. Hill using herbs an'
roots to dye it. The back part Is o
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

ter, make a new apportionment of
senators and representatives.
The lawmakers did not take ad-
vantage of this clause in the organic
law after the Federal census of 1900,
but there is nothing to hinder the
body from making a new apportion-
ment based on the census of 1910, ana
it can be easily accomplished by the
legislature without going to the trou-
Bile of amending the constitution.
The same section divides the state
into three divisions. provides that the
northern division shall never have
less than "a representatives and the
middle and southern divisions less
than forty-four representatives each;
chat any reduction in the number OF
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

Worm About 81 Feet

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FREQUENT desire to clear the throat,
caused by the dripping of mucous
from the head into the throat, call
and We will start you on tho road
which leads to good health by the use
of his wonderful Quaker Remedies.
The reason Quaker works wonders
is that it cleanses the system, heals
that membrane and purifies the blood
and by so doing, cures the cause OF
your trouble. Quaker Extract sells
S1.O0 a bottle or for $3.50, for
$500. Oil of Balm 25 cents bottle
or for s1.O0. At the Owl Drug
Store, Front and Main streets.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05
CLAUSE IN LAW
JUST DISCOVERED
Provision is Made For Equitable
Representation Without Change
in the Constitution.
Special to The NelOS
Jackson, Miss, Oct. 5.-Advocates

Special to The Ne1DS.
Jackson, Miss, Oct. 5.-Advocates
of a convention to revise the Nissisip-
pi constitution, and especially those in
South Mississippi who have bee"
clamoring for more ade1u0e
sentation in the legislature from
section Of the state, viii doubles be
amazed to learn that it Is nal -..a--
sary to revise or amend III. rsH.-
law in order to secure d new .apor-
tionment Of senators and repre- anta-
tives.
The South Mississippi clamor has
been more or less incessanr for the
past five or six years, or ever since
that section of Mississippi comwenc
ed to show a heavy increase in popo-
lation. and the leaders have seeming
ly never realized that they can GET
the relief they are clamorina for with
out tinkering with the constitution
Section 256 of the constitution pro
vides that "the Legislature ma"- %
the first session after the Fe"e
sus of 1900, and decennially thereaf
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

Meridian, Miss, Oct. 5.--The Meri-
dian and Memphis Deepwater railroad
company is now carrying on con
struction work with its own men on
the proposed line from Meridian east
to Myrtlewood, on the Louisville and
Nashville, a distance of about SO
miles. An officer of the company
writes that the contracts for the con
struction of the eastern end of the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

been at the Owl Drug Store. he call
ed and explained his case. He felt as
if there was no hope for him. but said
that he was willing to try. He pur-
chased bottle of Quaker Extract and
after taking a few doses 10 and be-.
hold, what happened? He expelled a
monster tapeworm, put it in a bottl9
and brought it to the drug store. He
is the happiest man in Hattiesburg'
Remember. this was accomplished
without sickness, pain, dieting or loss
of sleep or one minutes work. Now
anyone wishing to be more thorough
" convinced, may call on Mr.. Blake
7O6 Atlanta street, or the Owl Drug
~
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

An occurrence that will startle the
world. Mr.. J. S. Blake, who resides
at 706 Atlanta street. Hattiesburg, has
been suffering the agonies and tor
tues of almost death for many years
knowing that he had this monstre
parasite sapping the very life blood
from his body. He would have bllhd.
dizzy spells, had a ravenous appetite
at times, smothery spells and bad
taste in the mouth, would have a pc
culiar sensation and feeling in the
stomach at times; he tried every
treatment and known remedy that ne
heard Of, but got no relief when re
heard Of the Health Teacher who had
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05
MONSTER SNAKE KILLED.

j. A. Clark, a farmer living six
miles south of Hattiesburg, was in the
city yesterday afternoon and reported
the killing of a monster rattlesnake
i'm his field by his son e. p. Clark. yes
rerday morning The Clarks were
blowing at the time and the RATHER
was soon dispatched. The snake
measured $ feet TO inches and had
twelve rattles
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

TO the facilities in handliu- ..uJcr.
coal. cotton and agricultural PRECINCTS
through two states.
Under the name Of the Meridian
and Memphis,a line is to be built from
Meridian, northwest via Philadelphia
or Union, thence via Carthage and
Kosciusko to Winona or Grenada,
about 100 miles.
The company will also erect 500
foot bridge across The Pearl r.vr.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1911-07-13
CHANCERY LAND SALE

By virtue of decree of the Chancery
Court of Putnam County, Tennessee,
in the case of T. V. Robertson, Admin
istrator. VS.. Mollie Robertson ct al, on
Saturday, the 9Th day of August, 1911,
at the courthouse door in Cookeville,
Tenn, will sell to the highest bidd. r
the following described tract of land,
tO-wit:
Situated in the 4th Civil District of
Putnam County, Tenn, containing about
IS acres:
Bounded on the east by William Coop
er; on the south by Thos. Simpson; on
the west by Will Randolph; and on the
north by the lands of the Eastland heirs.
TERMS OF SALE
Is per cent. cash will be paid on the
day of sale, balance on credit of six,
twelve snd eighteen months and notes
with good securities required; lien re-
tanned for the purchase money.
This 5th day of July, 1911.
V. E. BOCKMAN,
28-4t; Clerk and Master.