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MOST DREADED PART OF ATLANTIC OCEAN.

preservers did their work Of support.
ing their wearers In the water until
the ship went down. Many Of those
drawn into the vortex. despite the
preservers. did not come up again.
Dead bodies floafed on the surface as
the last boats moved away.
Band Plays a. Ship Sinks.
To relate that the ships string band
gathered in the saloon. near the end.
and played Nearer. My God, to
Thee" sounds like an attempt to give
an added solemn color to q scene
which was in itself the climax OF sol.
emnity. But various passengers and
survivors OF the crew agree in the
declaration that they heard the music.
To some Of tho hearers. with hus.
bands among the dying men in the
water and at the ships rail. the strain
brought In thought the words:
80, by my woes III be
Nearer. my God. to thee.
Nearer to thee"
women and children FIRST" was the
order In the filling OF the Titanic's s
lifeboats. How we'll that order was
fulfilled the list OF missing first and
second cabin passengers bears clio.
quent witness. "Mr." Is before almost
every name,
Chose Death With Husbands.
Mrs. lsidor Straus. who chose death
rather than to leave her husbands
side; Mrs. Allison, who remained be
low with her husband and daughter
and others who. In various ways were
kept from entering the line OF those
to be saved. are striking examples O,
those who faced the disaster calmly
To most OF the passengers the mid
night crash did not seem OF terrific
'orce Bridge pl'vers in the smokins
room kept on with thew gnme.
."c" Q" deck n NJ nnsitated Il
enter the swinging Nc oats. Tn,
glAFsY sea, the 81 rr' ~, the nb
seDce, In the first ipv ,"tes. OF ir
tersN cyci' oment g the iocl
ing tha' there wa O. @ slsb
" -. -'h"i 'ho-r ir.c TN,
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A PECULIAR DEATH
GEORGE eEEsoN PULLS THUMB
OUT ~ THE ROOTS.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What 10 Going on Here and Thsrs
That 10 Of Interest TO the Rsae
ere Throughout Nsbfasks
and Vicinity.

Grand Island.-Carl Book, q young
man employed in the filtering tank
works Of the Union Pacific shops
here, strangled to death in q peculiar
manner. His coat sleeve became
caught In the machinery and his
clothes were wound about his neck in
such manner as to bring death al.
most instantaneously. The clothing
stopped the machinery. and fellow
workmen discovered Books body.
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AS THE TITANIC WENT To IT'S GRAVE
wo gongs, a warning OF immediate

two gongs. a warning Of immediate
danger.
The crash against the iceberg which
had been sighted at only q quarter OF
Q mile, came almost simultaneously
with the click Of the levers operated
by those on the bridge. which stopped
the engines and closed the water.
tight doors.
Captain Smith was on the bridge a
moment later giving orders for the
summoning Of all on board. and for
the putting on Of life-preservers and
the lowering Of lifeboats.
Many Men In First Boats.
The first boats lowered contained
more men than the latter ones. as the
men were on deck first and not
enough women to fill them.
When. a moment later, the rush Of
frightened women and crying chill.
dren to the deck began. enforcement
Of the "women first" rule became rigid.
Offlcers loading some Of the boats
drew revolvers. but in most cases the
men. both passengers and crew, be.
haved in way that called for no such
restraint
Report Captain Shot seif
Revolver shots, heard by many
persons shortly before the end OF the
Titanic. caused many rumors. One
was that Captain Smith shot himself.
another was that First Ofncer Muir.
dock ended his life. Smith, Murdock
and Sixth OfIicer Moody are known
to have been lost The surviving Of.
ficers, Lightoller. Pitman, Bothall and
Lowe have made no statement.
Members Of the crew discredit all
reports Of suicide. and say Captain
Smith remained on the bridge until
just before the ship sank. leaping only
after those on the decks had been
washed away. II 10 also related that,
when cook later sought to pull
him aboard a lifeboat he exclaimed:
Let me go!" and. Jerking away. went
down.
life.Preservers Effective.
What became Of the men with life.
preservers Is q question asked since
the disaster by many persons. The
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Norfolk.--A tornado at O'Neil. Neb..
lifted his ten.year-old daughter from
the arms Of l.. B. Carey. while he was
rushing to a storm cellar and carried
her ten miles. She landed in q grove
practically unharmed. She was not
found until morning and had suffered
from the cold. Her clothing was torn
by the trees into which the tornado
had dropped her.
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Echo Of Blunt TRAGEDY.

Papillion.-Sheriff Hyers of Lancas.
ter county. Chief of Police Briggs and
John G. Trouton of South Omaha were
arraigned in the Sarpy county court
at Papillion. charged with man.
slaughter as the result of the killing
Of Roy Blunt last month. All pleaded
not guilty and were held In $4,000
bond for preliminary.
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NEWS FROM THE STATE HOUSE.

State Treasurer George collected
$532.O0O in cash during the first three
months of this year. and collected
$457 900 the first three months of last
year.
Governor Aldrich as head Of the Ne.
braska branch of the American Red
Cross society has sent out an appeal
for aid for the sufferers living in the
lower Mississippi valley.
Chief Deputy Oil Inspector William
Husenetter was at his Office Thurs.
day for the first time in ten days, he
having been spending all of that time
in local hospital. Muscular Rheuma-
tism contracted while fighting the re-
cent high water in the valleys OF But
Ter county was the reason for the
state officials detention at the hos
pital.
State Engineer Price Is not so sure
that the owners of irrigated lands in
the western part of the state are 60
ing to receive as much benefit from
government water as at first ap-
peared. Secretary Fisher appeared
eminently fair in his discussion Of the
matter with Governor Aldrich and Mr..
Price. but put nothing in writing
which would outline definitely his
position.
An appropriation Of $500. 900 is to be
asked Of the legislature next winter
for the completion of the State His.
torical society's building. Of which the
basement and foundation Of the south
wing was constructed two years ago
on the site at Sixteenth and H streets.
When done the building will occupy
the entire block across from the capi.
tol extending from H to streets and
will extend half along the block to the
east.
A number of commencement ad.
dresses and for Memorial day have al
ready been scheduled for Governor
Aldrich. He will speak on Memorial
day, May 30. at Talmage. His com
mencement talks are to be at the fol
lowing places: Shubert. May Is; Dun
bar. May 16: Table Rock. May II;
st. Paul, May 21: Ansley, May 22; Al
lance. May 90: Grafton. May %:
Wayne normal May %.
Owing to the recent fire in the uni
versity museum, the state geological
survey will not be as comprehensive
this summer and the party which
usually leaves the fore part of June
will probably not begin work until
some time In July. An enormous
amount of work remains to be done
in the museum as result Of the fire
and all of the hrst month of vaca
tion will probably be spent by Curator
Barbour and his assistants in replac
ing the exhibits lost in the flames.
A new American fiag has been re
oeived at the once Of the superintend
ent OF grounds and buildings at thu
state university. and 1t is now adorn
ing the new Gag pole on top Of Uni
versity hall. The ensign will be II
evidence hereafter ON every day II
which school 10 in session.
Capt. Halsey q. Yates. Seventeenth
United States infantry. who has beer
commandant Of the state universit!
cadets for tho last three years, hsi
received orders assigning him to dut!
with the Thlrtieth infantry. now sta
] tened at the Preside. San Francisco
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Loses Thumb In Disc Machine.

Geneva.-George Beeson. black.
smith living here, got the thumb Of
his right hand caught in a|disc ma
chine at which he was working and
had 1t pulled of. the tendons being
torn asunder some close to the thumb
and others well up in the arm.
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A survivor says the crew acted with
great courage-but not with moro
heroism than was shown by John ia
cob Astor, jacques Futrelle and others
of the noted passengers who per.
ished.
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Open New Auditorium,

West Point.-The formal opening Of
he new auditorium at West Point
took place Thursday evening in the
presence Of the largest crowd ever as.
sembled at one place in the history Of
the city.
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The list OF survivors given out aftei
the Carpathia reached port did not
contain the name OF Arthur Ryerson.
formerly Of Chicago. although the
other members of his family were
saved. Miss Elizabeth Isham OF Chi.
cago Is not in the list of rescued. r.
g. Levy. Chicago 1eweler. was not ON
the Carpathia.
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Motor ReauIatIons h Iapan.

The regulations for motor traffic in
Japan are neither long nor compli-
Gated In case Of a vehicle being in
the street in an unsafe state It is the
duty Of the police TO order It to stop
or TO allow IT to proceed only after
defects have been remedied
Speed is limited 70 eight miles an
hour, save in Yokohama, where the
speed limit is SIX miles. Motors must
not race. When cars meet they must
slow down. When a motor meets a
procession, funeral or fire engines
proceeding to fire, it must pull up
and take another route. Violation Of
these rules will be followed by fine
or Imprisonment. The regulations are
not quite so Draconic as they appear,
for the Japanese streets are very mar
row and abound in picturesque and
capricious turnings.
There never was time when PEG
pie appreciated the real merits Of
Chamberlain Cough Remedy more
than now. This is shown by the in
crease in sales and voluntary testi-
monials from persons who have
been cured by it. II you OF your
children are troubled with cough
or cold give it a trial and become
acquainted with its good quail
tiles. For sale by all dealers.
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MRS. SWEENEY. AGED ia,
ASKS LARGER PENSION.
shs Gave Sixteen Sons to the Union
Army-Now Poor and PsnniIess.

Mrs. Sarah Sweeney Of Jacobsburg.
Belmont county. o.. who Is ia years
old. according to authentic records. Is
an applicant for IN increase In pension
from 81 to 500 Il month. A special
bill In her behalf. introduced by Repre-
sentative Francis Of Ohio. is now IN
der consideration by the committee on
invalid pensions.
Mrs Sweeney's first husband was
Charles Brandon. soldier Of the Mex
icaD war She bore bin twenty-five
children. Upon his death she was
married TO William Sweeney. who had
eleven children. making a combined
family OF thirty-thTee children Six
teen Of Mrs. Sweeney's sons enlisted in
the Union army during the civil war
One son. John Brandon of Company
Fifteenth Ohio volunteers. died in An
dersonyille prison. He was her chief
support. and on account OF his death
she was granted pension Of s12
month.
Mrs. Sweeney is now in feeble health
and poor circumstances. according TO
the evidence submitted to the house
committee. She is almost helpless and
requires a constant attendant.
An oil painting Of the sixteen soldier
sons OF Mrs. Sweeney hangs in the
statehouse at Columbus. o.. as an ex-
hibit representing the greatest number
OF soldiers from one family to enlist in
the Union army from any state.
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DISTRIBUTION OF
RECOVERED
Committee Performing Work
Under Direction of War
and Navy Secretaries.

"AVING given honorable burial tC
the victims of the Maine disas
Il II ter and TO the hulk itself. the
authorities have begun the dis
tributon Of the personal effects and
pieces Of equipment saved from the
wreck for preservation as relics of an
important event In the history of the
country.
The secretaries of war and navy
are charged with the duty of distribu-
ting the relics. Nearly all of them are
at the Washington navy yard. having
been carried there from Havana by
the collier Leonidas and the scout cruis-
er Birmingham. The secretaries in
trusted the actual distribution to Colo
mel Edward Burr. corps of engineers,
q. S. A.. and Commander Richard II.
Leigh. U. S. N. These officers have had
the matter under constant study and
consideration for several weeks past
1t was soon established that the num-
Der and character of the relics will be
entirely inadequate to meet the food
OF Applications that have come In from
cities. organizations and individuals in
all parts of the country. The princi-
pal demand was for guns and heavy
pieces of ordnance for monumental pur-
poses
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Odd Pieces Only Available.

As a result the applicants. numbering
more than 1000. will have to be con
tent with odd pieces of the ships equip
ment-shells and armor, crockery, sill
verware. etc. The joint committee
already has allotted all of the principal
relics, and the secretaries of war and
navy have approx ed its action. By spe-
cial direction of congress the STEEL
mainmast of the Maine. with its fight
ing top, Will be erected over the graves
of the victims of the disaster in the Ar
lington National cemetery. Action in
that direction is suspended until it is
known how much money will be avail
able for the purpose after the Maine
cofferdam in Havana harbor shall have
been removed.
Also by direction of congress the arr
er turret of the Maine, with its two
ten-inch guns. has been given to the
city of Havana and is to be erected as
q monument in one of the principal
parks in that city. The other turret.
with its big guns. was blown overheard
by the explosion and now lies deep in
the mud of Havana harhor. 1t has
been abandoned. With the exceptions
mentioned the allotment Of all the rel
ics of the Maine has been left to the
special joint committee.
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She Knew Harry

Now, Harry. go to Smiths, the
grocer. and get a pound OF the best
syrup" said his mother, and she hand.
ed the young hopeful couple OF good
sized jugs. When the boy had gone
the Wears wife said:
You didn't tell him TO get anything
in the other Jug Is he going TO leave
it ar the shop?"
No. ma'am; he's going to bring it
hack here again
But why send two Jugs to get a
POUND OF syrup?"
Well, you see, it's this way. II he
has jug in each hand. ne can't go
dipping his finger in the syrup and
eating it as he comes along.
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What Texans Admire

Is hearty, vigorous life, according
20 Hugh Tallman, Of San Antonio.
I'VE find" he writes, that DR..
Kings New Life Pills surely put
new life and energy into person.
Wife and l believe they are the
best made" Excellent for stomach,
liver or kidney troubles. % cents
at all dealers.
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"PH0SSY Jaw" BILL,
II viii Relieve About 1000 Persons of
Danger of Phosphorus Poisoning.

" WIN hfiIcse ABDUL TfOOO FcFsons o.
Danger of Phosphorus Poisoning.
By the passage in the senate of the
so called ''phossy jaw" biz, by which
prohibitiye internal revenue tax was
placed on all matches in the manufac-
ture of which white or yellow phos-
phorus is used. about 4.COO persons en-
gagged in the manufacture Of matches
in this country will be relieved of the
dangers attending the slightest contact
with this dangerous chemical
According TO an article in Every
body's Magazine. of the 1000 persons
working in the fifteen match factories
In America % ner cent Of the women.
50 per cent of the children and "A per
cent of the men in these factories are
exposed to the dreadful diseases at
tendant on working with phosphorus.
either 'phossy jaw or the form of poi
soning known as phosphorism.
The fumes of the yellow phosphorus
when inhaled dissolve with the saliva
and attack imperfect teeth, the gums
become infected. and the teeth drop
Oul- u Aeo4OoAS u TIC Jaw ocHC SetS
in which must either be removed by
surgical operation or a terrible and
Ioathsome death results.
Not only is there danger Of breath
ing the fumes of the phosphorus. but
the ever present menace of the poison
lies for the workers when they drink
water contaminated with the poison.
lack of care il washing the hands
when eating and the chewing OF candy
or gum while they are working.
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Mrs. VIM. A. Allen, Chacon, n.
Mexico. had so severe a cough that
it nearly choked her TO death. Mr..
Allen says; We tried many things
without helping her when by good
luck l got a bottle of Foley's Hon
ey and Tar Compound. 1t helped
her at once and finally cured her.
II is the best medicine We ever
used" B. B. Davis.
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PEANUT IS THREATENED.
Secretary Wilson Sounds the Alarm
Over a Devastating Caterpillar.


Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture gave out a statement 10
the effect that he is greatly worried
over the peanut crop.
Eaterpillars, according TO the ia
Their OF the cabinet" are doing 5000
900 year damage 10 n Sl5,OO0.OO0 pea
nut crop. and it is high time the ray
ages or this worm cease.
The blight IS killing the chestnuts.
HACK walnuts are almost extinct. nick.
ory nuts are growing scarcer, and now
comes the Indian meal moth. intent on
eating up the peanuts before they reach
the market
The secretary recommends steam
heating the peanuts in the warehouses
TO kill the caterpillars.
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A GOOD STORY WILL
BEAR REPEATING

The Mountain States
Telephone and Telegraph
Company has invested in
property $l,l5 for every dol
lars worth of stock issued.
1t has no bonds, no interest
charges. consequently, Its
rates are liz less than Its In
vestment actually warrants.
Had you ever thought of it
In that hghta
The only possible answer
to lower rates is a reduction
In operating costs. These
are now as low as careful
management will permit
without injuring the quality
of service. To give good
service. good rates are essen
tial. Good service and good
rates go hand in hand, and
are alike just to the public
and to the corporation which
has no water In Its stock
whick pays only honest.
reasonable dividends. Safe.
reasonable dividends are de-
served bya corporationwhich
has more actual property than
stock issued.
Repeating. The Mountain
States has Sl.l5 invested for
every dollar of capitalization.
Arguing in a circlea 4esl
but Its a true circle.
THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND
IHEGRAPH COMPANY.
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Il Kept little tablet with me at my
work, and every time counted a hun
dred strokes of the needle | made
mark" he said. ION my machine
found four and a half stitches were
taken at every stroke OF the pedal
That was forty-fire stitches TO ten
strokes. and so put down mark at
every tenth stroke"
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Awards TO Cities.

Rock Island. ILL.,. ventilator cowl;
Fort William Henry. Bristol, Me, an
air port cover; New Mexico Military
institute, Roswell. y. NJ. powder
tank cover; Gloucester. Mass, shell;
Ravenna, o.. a silver vegetable dish,
Conneaut. o., an air port cover; Akron.
o., a powder tank; jefferson. o., a
silver dish; Warren. o.. boat fitting;
South Bend. Ind: an engine brass;
Kearney. n. j.. ten inch shell; Ligo-
nier, Ind, q powder tank; Muskegon.
Mich. bunker plate; Oakland. Cal.
a torpedo port facing: Army and Navy
club. Washington. table two parts;
Meriden. Conn.,. shell; Ann Arbor.
Mich, bunker plate and piece of
silverware: New Brunswick. n j..
shell; Little Rock. Ark. a ships block
or fair lead; Deadwood. S. D., shell:
Norwalk. o.. two pieces of chinaware
and silverware: Provincetown. Mass.
a hundred pounds of scrap brass and
copper; Hannibal, Mo-. an air port
frame; Tilton, y. H., bunker plate;
Los Angeles, Cal, ventilator cowl;
Amigo. Wis. piece of silverware ard
two pieces of chinaware; Cattaraugus.
n. Y, a powder tank; Jersey City. n.
J., she'll.
Other pieces of equipment have been
allotted TO many other organizations
and 10 relatives OF the victims
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Personal Effects Restored.

| Among the personal effects to be re-
stored TO survivors of the disaster or
the relatives of the dead are the fol-
lowing:
To Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee.
U. S. N. retired. who commanded the
Maine. two belt buckles. sword and
hilt, shaving mug. walking cane. bicy
Gle lamp; Medical Director L. &. Henne-
berger. U. S. N. a shotgun. two bronze
statues. belt and buckle, u vase.
clock. Il flatiron and pipe; Command
er George F. W. Holman, U. S. N, re-
tired. Il pair of epaulets: Major A. ".
Catlin, U. S. NJ c.. ten chessmen. part
of watch. tobacco pouch and sixteen
keys: Pay Director Charles NJ. Ray,
U. S. N. magnifying glass, a jawel
box and a bath brush: Lieutenant
Commander J. II. Holden. U. S. N,
parts of bicycle; Lieutenant Com
.lander Arthur Gresham. U. S. N.
sword hilt and part of scabbard: Lieu
tenant Commander A. Bronson. q. s.
~. sword hilt and part Of scabbard
and watch; Rev. John p. Chadwick.
a priests outfit. consisting of twenrs
articles. and Il collection of shells; T.
II, Merritt OF Council Bluffs, Ia. tbroth-
sr of the late Assistant Engineer u.
X Merritt. two swords. epaulets. u
cane. belt and buckle. a rapier and
parts Of watch; Ienkiu h Jenkins Of
Baltimore tbrother of the hate Lieu
tenant F. w Jenkins, sword. a pipe
and six brass buttons.
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Private Car For Parties.

A luxuriouSly lifted private car for
the use Of bridal ana theater parties
is maintained by the company which
controls London's street railway sys-
TEN.
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32,937 STITCHES IN COAT.
Kansas City Tailor Keeps Count as He
Sews on Garment.

Kansas City Tailor Keeps Count as He
Sews on Garment.
While the season was still slack in
the tailoring business a Kansas City
tailor took time to count the stitches in
the last coat he made. He found 23,-
500 machine stitches and 9,131 hand
stitches.
The coat on which the count was
made was a four button sack. thirty
two inches long. and single stitched. A
frock or evening coat or double
stitched street garment, Of course.
would require many more stitches.
Here is the classification Of the
stitches:
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Proposed Monuments.

The city of Key West. Fla, Is allot-
ted big steel turret cover, which was
saved in fair condition. The city will
utilize it in the erection of Il monument
in one of the parks of that city. a guam
tity of scrap brass ard iron being in
tended for use as tablets. \ monu-
ment is to be erected in Pittsburgh to
Lieutenant L. W. jenkins. native of
that city, who was one of the victims
of the disaster. For use in that mon
ument the committee allotted tor
pedo port and tube. fifty feet of brass
railing and a quantity of scrap brass
and iron for tablets. The city OF Red
Oak. Ia, home of Engineer D. R. Mer-
rift, another victim of the Maine, also
will build monument to the men,
DRY of that officer. An allotment of
two ten-inch shells. two six-inch shells,
an air port cover and fifty pounds of
scrap brass and iron was made for that
purpose.
Many interesting relics have been al
lotted by the committee to naval mu-
seums and institutions. Others are re-
served by the government for exhibit
ton in public buildings.