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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-02-01
University Removal Bill.

Practically the first debate OF the
session in the house occurred over the
Kirk resolution to appoint commit
tee from the house to meet like COM
mittee from the senate to investigate
jointly the merits of the minority and
majority reports of the board of re-
gents to move the state university to
the state farm. Kinks resolution has
been awaiting favorable opportunity
for several days. 1t was brought up by
its author. and at once Gerdes Of
Richardson moved an amendment.
His amendment was primarily to pro-
test OF the right of the speaker to ap.
point special committees. and second
to separate the investigating commit
tee from the standing committees of
finance and of universities which must
later act on the question of appropria-
lions. After considerable debate the
carried.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-02-01

See here. my dear sir! Didn't Z
tell you not to drink with your mealsf'
But. doctor. be reasonable. I have
to eat some time"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-02-01

Army Of Tslssrsphers.
The telegraph companies Of this
country employ about $4,000 persons.
This does not include the railroad
0orvic0I
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-02-01
Tax Collections.

Two bills having for their object the
collection Of taxes by special proce
dure we're introduced Thursday in
the house of representatives. One OF
them. H. r. No 159. by Quackenbush
is revolutionary in character because
It proposes to legalize the employment
Of private agencies for this purpose
The other. H. r. No. 16i, by McKis
sick, allows extra compensation to
county attorneys who bring, suits and
secure judgments against estates upoE
which the county realizes its tan
claims.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-02-01
Favors Constitutional Convention.

Favors Constitutional Convention.
The judiciary committee Of the SEN
ate met for the first time Tuesday
afternoon to consider bills. The COM
mittee decided to report for passage
s. F. No. Is. by Kemp Of Nance. a bill
providing for . convention to revise
the constitution and to submit q new
constitution to a vote Of the people.
The committee. while favoring this
bill. proposes to favor the submission
Of several constitutional amendments.
The constitutional convention is q
proposition that must be submitted
to q vote Of the people and II a con-
vention Is called its proposed consti:
tuition must again be submitted to o
vote Of the people.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-02-01

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other humors, cures all their
effects, makes the blood rich
and abundant, strengthens al
the vital organs. Take It.
Get IL today In usual liquid form -
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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-02-01
State Road Across Buffalo County.

StdSS H000 %CJ088 Buffalo V0Unty.
Buffalo COunty.-The directors of
the kearney Commercial club met
and by unanimous vote decided to
begin at once preparation for the con-
struction of a state road across Buff
falo county, to follow the route Sc
lected and mapped out by the county
surveyor. In the early spring a day
will be set for building the road. as
was done in the state of Iowa. each
road overseer will have instructions,
plans and specifications. and the
road will be constructed In that day.
Dawson county. which Is now much
interested in the good roads cam
paign, will probably follow up the
idea. connecting with and extending
the road from the west end of Buffa-
10 county across that county. Hall
county will probably do the same
thing, which practically insures the
construction of a good dirt road
across three counties of the state.
A Fairbury Plant Closed.
Jefferson County.-O. G. Collier,
principal stakeholder and manager of
the F'airbury Planning mills, closed his
plant. He gives as the cause his in
ability to secure money from the
banks for carrying on the business.
Want Agriculture Course.
Johnson County.-An effort is on
foot in Tecumseh to hold a one
weeks school in agriculture and do
nestle science some time during next
winter. These schools are being held
in q number of the counties of the
state. The state will donate 500 on
the expense. and the local agricultur-
lists will have to raise about $3.50
more.
Goden Wedding at Teeumseh.
Johnson County.-Mr. and Mrs. A.
w. Bufum. who have been residents
of Johnson county for over forty
years, will celebrate their golden
wedding on February z. Something
out Of the ordinary is going to mark
the celebration of the event. Mr.. and
Mrs. Buffum will have a public in
vitation printed in the local papers,
requesting all friends to be their
guests on the day in question.
Tie Vote on Exposition.
Cass COunty.-At a recent meeting
of the Commercial club of Platts-
mouth there was a debate on the
question Of the location of the Pan
ANA exposition. When the vote was
taken there was a tie.
Four Convicted Of Stealing Sheep.
Lincoln C0unty.-William George
Num-. William Jesse Num-. Andrew
Potter and Peter Egan. alias Peter
Spurgeon. we're convicted in North |
Platte Of stealing sheep and were
sentenced to serve thirty days in Jail.
Order by State superintendent.
Lancaster County.-State Superin-
tendent Crabtree has issued an order |
allowing teachers of rural schools to |
offer ninth grade subjects to stu. |
dents under the following conditions: |
Tue teacher must hold a first grade |
certificate or must have completed |
the work of a twelve-year school, the |
school must be properly equipped |
and the attendance must be small |
enough to allow recitations in the
higher subjects. This order is made
to meet a condition existing in many
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-02-01
A Eairbury Plant Closed.

Jefferson County.-O. G. Collier,
principal stakeholder and manager Of
the FairbuIy Planning mills. closed his
plant. He gives as the cause his in
ability to secure money from the
banks for carrying on the business.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-02-01
Goden Wedding at Teeumseh.
Tie Vote on Exposition.

Cass COunty.-At a recent meeting
Of the Commercial club of Platts-
mouth there was a debate on the
question Of the location of the Pan
ana exposition. When the vote was
taken there was q tie.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-02-01

Four Convicted Of Stealing Sheep.
Lincoln COunty.-William George
Num-. William Jesse Num-. Andrew
Potter and Peter Egan. alias Peter
Sturgeon. were convicted in North
Platte Of stealing sheep and were
sentenced to serve thirty days in Jail.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

Senator Lorimer Of Illinois faces an.
other investigation at the hands Of all
his colleagues.
For the first time In the history Of
the service. 1t Is said. the deficit In
the Postoffice Department has been
entirely wiped out.
The recent decision OF the Supreme
Court In the Standard Oil and Ameri-
can Tobacco cases will result In a
sweeping attempt to secure criminal
conviction OF violators of the antitrust
law.
Assistant Surgeon E. NJ. Brown. U.
s. ~. has completed an important Sc.
ries Of experiments which will make
1t possible for officers and men to live
al days. II necessary.
The proposed Democratic revision OF
the wool tariff-the Underwood bill
was unanimously approved by full
Democratic caucus twelve hours after
Il had been made public by the Ways
and Means committee.
Invitations to visit Colorado this
coming fall are being showered upon
President Taft. He has been invited
by the business and commercial or.
ganizations OF Denver to include that
city In his itinerary should he make
western trip. g.
Not less than $4,000 miles of road
were improved throughout the South
from 1904 to 1909. according to Logan
Walter Page. director of the United
States office of public roads. This
makes a total of improved mileage Of
42,28O. or 6.67 per cent of all roads in
the South.
Present indications point to this
years cotton crop as the largest the
country ever has produced. according
to government experts. The crop will
be greater by about 2.50O,0OO bales
than the average and larger by nearly
4OO, 900 bales than the biggest crop
the country ever raised-that of 1904.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
announced seventy.four more second
class postoffices, scattered in forty
one states as postal savings deposi-
tories in effect June 27th. Among
the number are Colorado City, Las
Animas and Loveland. Colo.
Th, government won sweeping
victory over the so-called tobacco
trust" when the Supreme Court Of
the United States held the American
Tobacco Company and its allied cor.
poratons to be operating in violation
of the Sherman antitrust law. The
trust Is held to be a combination in
restraint of tradc-a monopoly in VIC.
lation of the law-by the Supreme
| Court.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09
GENERAL.

Drinking liquor on trains except In
buffet and dining cars Is prohibited In
Illinois hereafter.
A Minneapolis. St. Paul & Sault Ste
Marie passenger train was wrecked at
Verges. Minn.. and two persons killed.
\ tornado struck PekIn. ILL.,, killing
two persons and causing property
damuge that will amount to thou.
sands.
Theodore Roosevelt was the prin.
cipal speaker at Newark. n. J.. at the
unwilling OF a bronze statue by Gut
zon Borglum Of Abraham Lincoln.
Fire destroyed the two nine.story
grain elevators and large mailing
house OF the Schrier Brewing Compa.
ny, At Sheboygan. Wis. LOSS. 100000.
J. D. Bren. cashier Of the University
OF Minnesota. who reported that he
had ben robbed by three men OF $1i..
900 near the campus. has been arrest.
ed and charged with embezzlement.
C!,al War veterans. 1000 strong,
sang John Browns Body" Marching
Through Georgia" and other wartime
songs as they led the great Memorial
Day parade in Chicago up to the poin.
of review.
Heat records for the year have been
broken in the southwest, highest TEN.
perature was reached at Pittsburg,
Kans.. where 1t was lO5. Other high
marks we're Joplin and Topeka, 81;
Oklahoma City. 95. and Wichita. "a.
Excessive heat was also reported from
northern Arkansas.
Resolutions which we're adopted at
the weekly meeting OF the Methodist
Minister'S Association OF Cincinnati
tondemning the courts for allowing
George B. Cox to escape prosecution,
may result in the arrest and punish.
ment of those ministers for contempt
OF court.
Running at fifty miles an hour.
westbound train No. . and eastbound
tran No l2 of the Burlington collided
head.on two. miles west OF Indianola,
Neb Dispatches from the wreck give
fourteen people killed and a score or
more injured. Passengers OF the train
declare that the list of dead will run
higher than this.
Judge Lovett of New York. repre-
sen ing the Hartman interests. con-
firr the rumor that Mrs. Hartman
will establish on the Pacific coast an
institution similar to the Carnegie
Pittsburg foundation.
Ore life was sacrificed and several
men were injured in the first 5OO.mile
race on speedway, won by Ray Har.
roun driving a Marmon car, at Indian.
apolis. in G hours Al minutes and 5
seconds. Seventy thousand people
were present.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09
Heat Prostrates Soldiers.

Houston. Texas.-One OF the most
heartless and cruel endurance march.
ing tests has been Just half concluded.
and brigade OF 1000 OF Uncle Sans
men are recovering here preparatory
to the return hike: which--if made un.
der conditions attendant upon the
march from Galveston to Houston
will be without parallel In civilized
country. With the ambulances filled
to capacity and private conveyances
pressed into service to carry the sick
and footsore. and n record of more
than 800 prostrations. the first sepa-
rate brigade Of 1000 men. General A.
Mills commanding. struck camp at the
fifty.mile point on its 5OO.mile hike
from Galveston to Houston and re.
turn. With the temperature register
ing from 81 to log. the column OF
troops was stretched over a line OF
three miles. while ordinarily the
brigade would march In a one-mile
line. The scarcity Of water made the
men rebellious and officers were
hissed the moment their backs were
turned.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09
NEWS OF COLORADO POINTS

recently fell thirty-five feet in the
Blue Flag mine, died from injuries re-
ceived.
A movement is on foot to invite
President Taft to speak at Steam
boat Springs on his Western tour In
Septe
Preliminary steps have been taken
for reorganizing and financing the
Glenwood Hot Springs Company by
eastern capital.
Chas. Campbell of Cripple Creek.
charged with murder committed in
1903. was found guilty Of involuntary
manslaughter
According to the records at the
Colorado College. Colorado Springs
the past May was the hottest in
thirty-fcur years.
In District Court in Trinidad. three
horse thieves. Joe Mackley, Fred
Chaves and Juan Sanchez, were found
guilty by a jury.
Mrs. c. w. Cole. living near RoE-
gen, Weld county. took a dose Of
strycbnine by mistake. from the ef.
fects Of which she died.
Ed Mason, held at Steamboat
Springs on the charge of horse steal
ing at Hahn's Peak. escaped by set
ting fire to the county jail.
The commissioners OF El Paso
county have increased their subscrip-
ton to the International Dry Farming
Congress from $500 to $4,000.
Because the management refused
them half holiday. twenty women
clerks in the Kress 10-cent store at
Trinidad have gone on a strike.
Capt. H. D. Humphrey. United
States army, retired. professor Of mill
tary science and tactics at the Agri-
cultural college at Fort Collins. is
dead.
Garfield and Mesa counties are plan.
ming to use convict labor In extending
the automobile highway between
Grand Junction and Durango on to
Glenwood Spring.
Senator Guggenheim has requested
the Postoffice Department to extend
star route service from Longmont to
Estes Park, via Lyons. from June 18th
to September 18th.
The Colorado Good Roads Associa.
tion is preparing to inaugurate a
statewide movement Of publicity and
education. Headquarters will be op.
ened In Denver soon.
s. F. Harrington. a butter dealer In
Denver. was fined $1,000 and costs by
Judge Lewis in the Federal Court for
making adulterated butter. Harring-
ton pleaded guilty. The government
officers said he took butter SO old that
ut smelt up to heaven" and renovated
1t by means Of acids. - ,La,
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09

Rumors have reached London from
Paris that Emperor Francis Joseph OF
Austria had died suddenly.
ireland has a population OF 1881 .95l.
a decrease Of 76.S24 since the last cen.
sus was taken ten years ago.
Cloudbursts. accompanied by heavy
hail. caused great damage In South
Germany. Many lives were lost.
TIE Italian aviator Cirri. while max
ing an aeroplane flight near voghera.
fell ESQ feet and was instantly killed.
] Pierpont Morgan and several 9th.
er Americans were presented by Am.
bassador Reid to King George at u
lev'e held at st. James palace In Lon.
don.
The chief task confronting Francisco
!. Madero at present will be the selec.
tion OF the provisional governors OF
fourteen states In Mexico as was
agreed upon In the preliminary peace
negotiations.
The fortress on Tiscapa hill. Mana.
qua. Nicaragua. was blown up and one
hundred and twenty soldiers were
killed. All the ammunition In the fort.
ress was destroyed. 1t has been OF.
ficially stated that the blowing up Of
the fortress was due to political
plot. Many liberals. supporters Of
former President Estrada. have been
placed under arrest.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09
WESTERN.

At Oklahoma City a storage house OF
the Oklahoma Cotton OIL mills burned.
LOSS. $130,000.
A freight engine on the Union Pa
cific, six miles west OF North Platte.
Neb.. blew up. killing three persons.
The watchword OF the United Pres
byterian church is "A million dollars
for missions and $4,000 souls for
Christ this year.
A large part, OF the business district
OF Snohomish. WASH. burned with
loss of $l5O.O0O. Thirty.five business
houses were burned.
J. ". Kendrick OF Chicago. vice
president in charge Of operation OF the
A:chison. Topeka & Santa Fe rail
road, has announced his resignation.
-Four persons were killed and one In
jured fatally at railroad crossing
near Rivers, CAL. in a collision be-
tween a Pacific Electric car and an
automobile.
Three men have been indicted al
Los Angeles on the charge OF haVine
deposited dynamite in the county
Hall OF Records September s. 1917
with intent to destroy It.
Gov. Colquitt of Texas has been put
out OF the Methodist church unless the
higher authorities or conference rules
with him that prohibition is a political
and not moral question.
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin. Artic explor
er, who is in Sacramento. Cal. an
nounces that, by hitching his ship to
an iceberg he expects to float over the
North Pole. starting in 1913 and get
ting back to civilization about 1917.
Laura Nelson and her sixteen-year
old son were taken out Of Jail al
Okema, Oklahoma, recently and
hanged from a bridge across the Ca
madam river The Nelson's were &C
cused Of killing Deputy Sheriff George
II. Loney.
After floating on log in flooded
stream for nearly twenty hours Mrs
Sallie Tripp. who with her mother
and two sisters was swept into the
Canadian river by a freshet. near Nc
Allester, Okla, was found in Gaines
creek, two miles above where that
stream cmpties into the Canadian
Mrs. Tripp was unconscious.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09
SPORT.

Phil schlossberg. champion of the
navy. and heralded white hope" and
Tim O'Neil of South Chicago. fought
to draw at Hammond, Ind.
Outfought. outpaced. outgeneraled,
everything but outgamed, frankie
Burns Of Oakland was forced to hoist
the white towel of surrender as the
gong rang for the beginning of the
seventeenth round Of his fight with
Ad Wolgast, lightweight champion.
Announcement was made from Ma.
tlonal league headquarters in New
York that Umpire Jack Doyle had
been temporarily relieved from duty
for not knowing the rules" the Off.
cial announcement runs-and that
Robert Emslie, who has been acting
as extra umpire, would for the present
take his place.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09
SIXTEEN THROWN INTO TUReU-
LENT WATERS OF THE
UTAH LAKE.
RESCUERS SAVE TEN
COUPLE WHOSE APPROACHING
MARRIAGE WAS BEING cELE-
sRATED AMONG VICTIMS.

Salt Lake City. Utah.-Six persons
were drowned in Utah lake when the
launch Galilee. In which sixteen peo-
pie were attending a party given in
honor Of the approaching marriage of
Miss Vera Brown and Edward b.
Holmes. capsized.
Among the drowned were the en-
gagged young couple and two other
children Of Capt. Frank Brown. owner
Of the launch.
All the victims Of the accident. lived
In Salt Lake City. Up until a late
hour, but one body. that of Miss Vera
body was taken from the water by
her father and lashed by him to the
mast Of the boat
The party left Geneva. on the east
shore Of the lake. at 9 o'clock in the
morning and headed west. About an
hour later the launch was struck by a
sudden sQuall, turned sideways to the
wind. and almost instantly all Of the
sixteen persons aboard were thrown
into the water.
The boat turned ovecr and over, rob-
bing the struggling people OF an op.
portunity to hold to 1t. Benjamin W.
Raymond's little son was the first to
sink. His father caught him and they
sank together.
Edward B. Holmes heard the scream
OF his fiancee and as soon as he could
locate her in the water went to her
aid. They went to the bottom clasped
In each others arms.
Frank Brown saw his other sister
struggling In the water and went to
her assistance. He was exhausted
when he reached her and she was com.
pletely worn out and had given up the
struggle. Her brother caught her. but
the chill Of the water had 30 benumbed
ths~Eoth that they were helpless and
IN tt-snooa,her.
su ~ Re is often of Provo. Utah.
WHO were trying out new sail boat.
were attracted by the cries Of the sur
vivors. who had finally succeeded in
laying hold OF the upturned Galilee
and went to their rescue as rapidly ms
possible.
They succeeded In saving ten per-
sons. who had been In the water an
hour end a half. All OF those res
cued were In bad shape when they
were finally taken off the wreck.
They were chilled through by the cold
water and nearly exhausted from cali
ing for aid and their struggles to hold
to the boat. which was being whipped
about by the wind.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09
HugsIns . "Gamb."

Parson Johnson had been caught
husging one Of tho finest ''ews" lambs
of the congregation who happened to
be q very popular young lady and Il
created quite stir In the church. So
"Brudder johnson" was brought for
trial.
"You have seen these great pic
lures. suppose. 20 you know dat dc
great sheperd am always pictured
wild lamb In his arms" said "Brud.
der" johnson.
"Yes. sab. pahson, dat am so." ad-
mitted Deacon Jones.
Den. Brudder Jones, what am
wrong in de sheperd Of this flock
having q lamb In his arms?"
This was too much for Brudder
Jones. 90 he proposed that the people
have . called meeting that afternoon.
After the point was discussed at the
afternoon meeting the following reso-
luton was made:
Resolved. Dat for the future peace
Of this congregation. dat Dc next
time Brudder johnson feels called ON
to take q lamb oh do flock In his
arms, that he pick out ram.lamb."
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09
Governor Signs Pistol Bill.

Denver.-Governor John F. Shafroth
signed the bill passed at the recent
session OF the Legislature. compel
ling purchasers OF revolvers to regis
ter with the dealer from whom the
purchase is made and providing that
dealers keep complete description
OF those purchasing firearms together
with statement regarding the use
to which the weapon is to be placed.
Heavy penalties are provided for fail
ure on the part OF dealers to keep
such registers and for the making Of
false statements on the part Of pur.
chasers.
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09
Minor Mention.

Minor Mention.
Palisade Is to have a new city hall.
Pueblo's Western League baseball
season has opened.
Frank Webb. who was gored by a
bull at Pueblo, is dead.
The Delta National Bank has moved
into its new $4,000 home.
Mrs. Hatty Grew OF Austin com.
mitted suicide by taking carbolic acid.
The Union Pacific will commence
running trains into Fort Collins July
1st.
A movement has been started to
erect a Masonic club house in Den.
yer.
Fire destroyed the refreshment
stands at the Zoo park at Colorado
Springs.
Denver Is to have a festival of the
Mountains and Plains the last week
in September.
The Colorado branch Of the Ameri-
can Poultry Association will meet In
Denver In August.
Postal service on the Aguilar-Linn
route has been increased from six TO
twelve times a week.
Odd Fellows Of northern Colorado
have organized the Northern Colorado
Odd Fellows Association.
Joseph Parino. a miner. was instant
ly killed In the mine at Oak Creek.
by falling under a moving car.
Mrs. w. J. Leaning OF Evans will
lose the sight Of one eye as the re-
suit of an explosion Of gasoline.
The Uncompahgre Valley Water
Users Association has invited Secre-
tary Fisher to visit the valley in July.
h, Roy. Sollers Of Cripple Creek. who
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09
Secures $1oo. 900 Gypsum Mill.

Hotchkiss.-A deal has been com.
pleted between George o. Harper. a
Milwaukee capitalist. and the ranchers
in this vicinity for the construction
OF a $35O,OOO railroad which will be
run from the Maher country to this
cit yfor the purpose Of opening up rich
gypsum claims along the Gunnison.
river In Red caiion and starting In op.
Grafton a new 100000 gypsum mill
here. The deal as It stands will mean
The Ordway new era., 1911-06-09
Rio Grande to Add Another Trai,

Rio Grande to Add Another Train.
er.-Announcement is made by
the Denver and Rio Grande Of an ad
ditional train between Denver and
Salt Lake City and San Francisco. to
be inaugurated June 18th. On that
date new fast train will be added
to the present service, and the run
ming time will be reduced two hours.
On the same date the Western Pa.
cific will add to its service a second
daily train over its line between Salt
Lake City and San Francisco. with
through Standard and tourist sleeping
cars on both trains between San Fran.
cisco and Chicago in connection with
the Denver and Rio Grande.