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e..: DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD 1 PALMER'S DONDUGT 10 UNDERGO QUIZ SENATE COMMITTEE CALLS Oil ATTORNEY GENERAL. HEARING WILLOPEN TUESDAY Alleged Hlnh Handed Methods Prac tlced by Head of Justice De partment to Be Aired. Washington, D. C. Attorney Gen eral Palmer will ho called upon to defend himself hoforo the Judiclury comtnltteo of tin sonato on chnrgoa of Ignoring and violating tho law in his administration of thu department of justice. Tho uttornoy general has been the subject of bitter complaints almost from tho moment ho assumed office, und has appeared a number of times hoforo congressional committees and lias issued a number of statements, nil explaining that his conduct in ev ery Instanco was based upon what ho regarded as his duty to tho public. So long as tho war spirit was domi nant In tho country no ono objected very much to tho high handed methods of tho department of Justice, except thoeo who suffered from them. Now It is felt that thero should bo Homo Inquiry) Into tho attorney general's conduct and tho satiate Judiciary commltteo has undertaken tho task. It Is rather significant that tho In vestigation should havo been asked by Senator Walsh, of Montana, a dem ocrat, and a strong supportor hereto fore of President Wilson. Senator Walsh presonted a roport to tho sonuto made by a number of lawyers calling attention to Illegal practices by tho department of Jus tice. Ho suggested that It bo re ferred to tho Judiciary committoo and that tho commltteo should tako what ever action seemed propor and dcslr nblo. Bonator King, of Utah, also a Democrat, came at onco to tho defense of tho nttomoy general, saying that tho mon who complained of his con duct wore roproBontatlvos of bolshe vlsts and anarchists In tho country who -woro trying to undormlno tho Amoricnn systom of government. Sen ator Wnlsh replied that "oven bol nhovists and anarchists havo cortnki rights under tho law which should not bo violated or Ignored by tho rep resentatives of tho law In Its admin filtration." Crime Renewed In New York. Now York. Two cases of homicide, numerous holdups, robberies and In- -nHnn....! tlllll ...i.l. .11. .....Pi. 1I nr l 1 l 1 I ivhon Now York wavo of crime appar ently broko looso afresh. Shot dur ing a fight, Edward Marklo, a clerk, died on roiito to u hospital. An uc quuintanco, Frank Uond, was arrest ed. An unidentified friend with whom ho had quarreled lay In wait for James Sullivan and shot him to death. The assailant escaped. Four of six men who ontored a homo woro captured after a fight with Wm. Iloyon, his wife und daughter. A policeman, at tracted by tholr shouts, clubbed the .four Into submission. Tho others fled. Residents of tho apartment house armed themselves with clubs and cup .turod a youth who Bald ho was John Robinson. Jlu was found hiding In the basement and was arrested on a bur glary charge. , Iowa Wife Found Dead. Algona, la. Mrs. Minnie Honjamln, 40 yoarB old, wife of L. T. Honjamln, for flftoun y,earu organist at (ho Con 'gregatloual church hero, was found dead In thu kltchon of her homo hero with hor skull fractured In four places. A blood-spaiteorod hammer was found a few feet from hor sdo. Her hus band, who is ten years her uonlor, is In tho county Jail charged with hor murder. Bandits Do Big Damage. Uuonoa Aires. Damage estimated at many millions of pesos has been caused by tho depredations of outlaws who are pillaging, burning crops and rauches, destroying agricultural ma chinery und killing and terrorizing In habitants at Santa Cruz. Dispatcher say those bunds now aggregate more than 1,000 mon. The outlaws uro said virtually to control tho whole Inturlor of tho torrltory as far as Chile, Pollcu uro said to bo helpless. Order of Camels Admits Women, Milwaukee, Wis. Tho first nation ul convention of the Order of Camels, founded a your ago to combat pro hibition influences, vot)id to admit women to inumbsiBhili. Thu program was enlarged to Include a fight against tho Sunday blue law and tho proposed antl-clgarot campaign. Obrefjon Receives Americans. Mexico City. President Ohrogon re ceived moro than nluoty, visiting ex cursionists from San Francisco at Cha pultopec custlu. In his address ho ex tended his "heartiest welcome to all foreigners who come to Mexico with good Intont and willingness to abldo by Its laws." Urge Philippine Independence, Lincoln, A resolution was Intro duced in tho Btate sonato recontly memorizing congress to grunt coin cide independence to the Philippines. READING THE TRACKS tf; sib.- 35-5 fcH w If P 4J CrmtT J &'- JJ i 'mZFJp' NO PEACE FOR ERIN Parley Between Premier Rev. O'Flanagan Off. and U. S. Steamer, Bound for Cork With Relief Supplies, Is Bearded by Britleh Force at Queenstown. London. Jan. 11. Conferences be tween the ltev. Michael O'Flnnagiin. acting president of tho Seln Fein, and Premier ffioyd George, with a view to bringing about peace In Ireland, have boon brokoi. oil' and will not he re sumed, says the Dally Mnll. Hoforo Father O'Klanagan returned to Ireland on Friday night he bad u long conver sation with tin; premier and the out come Is said to be described In olllclal quarters as "not na sntlsfactory as could be hoped." Pence negotiations have not alto gether broken down, the newspaper nils, nut Father O'Flanagan will not le a party to further exchanges, Queenstown, Ireland, .Ian. 10. On the arrival hero yesterday from New York of tlu American steamer Hono lulu, with a cargo of -provisions on board for the relief of the unemployed of Cork, the authorities placed an armed guard on the vessel. Notwith standing the protest of the captain the guard remained on the steamer when It proceeded for Cork. SHOOTS YANK IN THE BACK U. S. Navy Officer Killed by Jap at Vladivostok Complete Inquiry to Be Made. Washington, Jan. I.'l. l.Uftir. W. II. I.angilon, engineer ollicer of the Amer ican cruiser Albany, killed by a Jap anese sentry ut Vladivostok, was shot In (lie .back, it Is shown In an olllcial report from Hoar Admiral Cleaves, commander In chief of the Asiatic lleet, made public by Secretary of the Nuvy Daniels. The Japanese version Is that the lieutenant Hied at the sentry, that the sentry returned the lire, and the lieu tenant llred again, and then the sen try fired a svond shot and went to get the guard. The lieutenant said ho hud passed the sentry, who then llred, and lie returned the lire. The admiral says the wounds show tho lieutenant was shot In the back. CORK MAYOR IN DEFENSE Donnl O'Callanhan Clalmo Rights of Political Refugee for Entering U. S. Without Passport. Washington. Jan. lit. Formal claims to tho rights or a political ref ugee were made by Donnl O'Callaglian. lord mayor of Cork, who entered the country as a stowaway without a passport and wjiose ciiko Is before President Wilson for Until decision as a result of differences between the State und Lubor departments. The claim was presented to Secretary Wilson ut the Labor department by Judge I.uwlow, attorney for O'Cullu glum, and In whose custody he wan paroled soon after his arrival .Si this country. DID YOU GET EXTRA $3.23? Money Per Capita Increased From $55.89 to $59.12 In Last Year, Is Treasury Report. Washington, Jan. 111. For capita circulation of money In the country In crensed ?:i.L':t last year.. A treasury Ktuteineut shows that on January 1 there wus $(!.: UVi:m,7 18 In circulation, or .f.V.l.l'J per capltii, as compared with ?r,l)(!O.:iS'J,S0(l, or $rn.Sl per capita on Jutiuury 1, liiO. .' Portuguese Minister Dies, llerllu, Jim. HI. l.ainbertlno 1'enlo, rnrtupu'su minister in llerllu, died tif tor a brief Illness. Sheet Mill Workers' Pay Cut. Youngstown, O., Jim, II. Wages of Mieet mill I'nlon workers will bo re duced approximately 04 per cent tho next two mouths nun result of t(to bi monthly settlement between the manu facturers' organization and the men. Shots Fired in Teamsters' Battle. Chicago, .Inn. II, More than 100 shots were llred In u revolver Imtllo in front of the olllces of the Hustings Kxpross company, US 10 Kast Ninety fifth xtrcct, when rival teamsters at tacked employees of thtf (.ouipany. y-T&P ' CHICAGO DAILY NEWS U.S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Heavy Export of Wheat to Germany and Italy Demand for Flour Im proves Hog Prices Higher. WEEKLY MAItKF.TOKAM. (Ily I'. 8. IlUltKAU OF MAItKKTS.) WnnliliiKton, Jan. 11. Week omllng Jan uary S. CHAIN Thero was no regular troiid to tin) week's grain markets, prices lluctuatliiK from day to day. At tho end of tho week thero was heavy export busi ness, (Jenimny and Italy taking 7GO.00O bu wheat Kansas City reports hotter mill ing and good export demand, Minneapo lis reports moderate Improvement In Hour demand and fair demand for winter wheats nt about unchanged premiums. In ChlcaKo on tho Sth premiums of caBh Kraln ovor futures were: No. 1 red whoat, 31c to Silo over March; No. -J red, 3UC to 33c! over; No. 3 red, 15c to 2Se over; No. 1 iKsrd, Ha to lCc over; No. 2 hnrd, 13c to 13',io over; No. 3 hard. He to HVic over; new No. 3 mixed torn, cc under May; No. I m'xed, So under; No. S mixed, 10c under; No 3 white, fit- under; No. 4 while, So under; .Vo. B white, 10c under. Slnco December M) March wheat up 7'4c, at 11.73. .May com, c, nt "Iftc; Minneapo lis .March wheat up 714c, nt $1.09; Kim his City .March, So. nt ll.CS'A; Winnipeg .May, llTic, ta tl.'J2. F1UUT.S AND VEfiKTAnLRS-North-orn round whlto potatoes down about 23c at chlpiilng polntB at $1 to $1.10 per 100 lbs. ChlcaKo cur lot market down 25c to 30c, at $1.25 to $1.3.", nearly reaching season's low record of December 14. Huldwln npples down 23c to 33c per lirl, western New York shipping points, com mon Htonige closing at $3.63-3.75 f. o. b.; cold storago around $1.23; Baldwins, Yorks and Oreenlngs slightly lower, Jobbing MioMiiy ji to ji.ifi. Northwestern extra fancy Wlnesaps auctioned at $2.05-3.15 per box In Now York January 7. MAY AND n3Kl-Western hay. mar kets slightly llrmer for better grades bo causo of light receipts; low grades wonk. January 7-No. 1 timothy. Now York, $J; Chicago, $30; Minneapolis, $22 Impor tant Hour pnrtlucliig sections report Im proved demand for Hour and Increased production of wheat feeds Is expected this month. DAIltY lMlODUCTS-Slnco December 30 prices for 112 score butter havo declined markedly, dropping 3c at Now York; Cc, Chicago; 3'c, Philadelphia; lc, Iloston. January 'S prices, '.12 scoie: Now York, C3V4o; Chicago, 4:o; Phllailelphta. Me; Bos ton, f.lc. Very heavy cargo Danish but ter reported duo noxt week. .Tone of cieese market improved under slightly better , demand, ehpecially nt primary markets. Kurthcr Improvement looked for and this In In part supporting pres ent market. January 7 prices nt Wiscon sin primary markets about: Twins. 22'Ae Daisies, 23Hc; Doublo Dalslen. 23c; Log horns and Young Americas, 2.P.C. LIVE STOCK AND MEATS - Hog prices at Chicago aro about 33c to 50c per 100 lbs higher than a week nko. fleef Htoors selling above $10.50 wero about steady but olher steers. Including stockor and feeder grades, mostly 25-50c higher. Mutchar cows and heifers down 23-COc. at lambs and yearlings up $1 to $1.50. int owes up 75c to $1; feeding lambs up 25c to toe. January 8 Chicago prices: Hulk of hogs, $3.50-9.75; medium and good beof steers $9-11.50; butchers' cows, and heif ers, Jo-10; feedor steers, $1,501(9.23; venl cnlves, $11-12.25; fat lnmbs, $10.50-12.25: (n ''A !'"? . '"'". $'-".25; yearlings, $S,75. 10.50; fat owes, $3.75-5.23. RUSS SHIP IS TORPEDOED Vessel Carrying Soldiers to Trcblzond Opens Fire on Warships -Some Troops Saved. Constantinople, .Ian. 111. French de stroyers have sunk a transport Hying the red Hag and carrying soviet troop, presumably to Treblzond, It ,1s said In a dispatch received Itoie. Hie encounter occurred ten miles west of Novorosslsk, the French war ships attacking the transport despite the fact that It was escorted by a soviet flotilla. When the French destroyers came wllhln range, the transport op'iied lire, but Its guns were quickly sile. ced by shells from the warships. The tninspont wus then torpedoed by the French destroyer Sakalavo. The sinking vessel was steered to ward the coast and run nground, a part of the troops and crew escaping by swimming. The French suffered no casualties. BIG GAIN IN ALCOHOLISM Cook County Hospital Figures Star tling More Than Six Hundred Patients in 1920. Chicago. Jan. 12. Statistics on al coholic cases ut the county hospital for 11)20. nuide public bore, proved startling to the exponents of prohibi tion. In 1011). when tho llowlng of the llowlng bowl was unnb.rvod, loTi cni-os of straight "alky" and seven wood alcohol victims were admitted, In dry 1D20 tho totals Jumped to the nliuost unbellevnble llgures of fir.' und 02 respectively. Sentence of Death for Rioter. Dublin, Jan. II. A sentonco of death bus been promulgated In tho case of Joseph Murphy of Cork, who was found guilty by 11 court-martial De cember 10 of bavins led un attack In Cork October S on tho military. Provides U, S. Rule on Coal Prices. Washington, Jan. II. A bill pro posing federal regulation for tho coal Industry und empowering thu Presi dent to llx prlcos and profits lu unse tf iimiit-t'OllPV up Kbni'lii.rit n,... li. .... (.. v .... n..-.,r - ..v....ttw Mil CI1I4V UuccU In tho senate. REPORT 01 PRISON RECEIVE MORE PRISONERS IN 1920 THAN DURING ANY PREVIOUS YEAR PENITENTIARY Is CROWDED Warden Dlames War and Automobiles for Many Crimes Committed Reformatory Is Recommended for First Offenders Lincoln More prisoners wero ad mitted to the Nebraska stato peniten tiary in 1920 than during any previous year. Three hundred and fifty-seven persons woro received at tho Institu tion during tho year, according to llg ures given out at Warden W. T. Fen ton'i) olilce. This exceeds by 07 the number of prisoners received during 1910, tho next highest year. Tho war, strict enforcement of the law and automobiles are blamed by Warden Fenton for the increase. .Many of the prisoners admitted during 1920 were sent up charged with stealing automobiles. Since the prison was established in 18G9, it has shown a steady increase In tho number admitted eacli year. When tho prison was comploted in ISG9 there was ono prlooner to be admitted. During tho next few months, 10 othors wero admitted. In 1870, the first year tho prison was open, 'J8 pris oners wero admitted. From that year until 1384 tho number admitted each 'ear was less than 100. Fiom 18S4 intil 1891, the number rnnged from "00 to 200 yearly. In 1891, the number lumped to 272, but foil back to less han 200 in 1S95. From 1895 until 1911, tlut number ranged from 1I1G to 223. The present population of the penitentiary is G50. Of this nunihor, all but four aro men. Governor McKclvio has recommend ed to tho legislature that funds be pro vided at this session for tho erection of a reformatory for llrst offenders. An appropriation of $150,000 for a re formatory was made by the legislature in 1913, but It was never built. The governor will include an appropriation for a reformatory in his budget, to be presented to tho legislature. Appropriation Bill Introduced Without waiting for Governor Mc KelviA to wind in tho budget for departmer. -.' and Institutional appro priations, Representative Morian of Madison county introduced a bill to provide $35,000 of additional funds for building, equipping and furnishing a combined kitchen, dining room und dormitory at the Norfolk state hos pital for the insane. If tho budget should include an item for that purpose, it will tako prec edence over Mr. Morian's bill. Tho new constitution says that tho legis lature shall not Increase any budget ltom except by three-fifths voto of each ehaivber. Governor Invited to Inauguration Governor McKelvio has received from A. 11. McClean, chairman of tho District of Columbia inaugural con mittco, a -personal Invitation to attend tho coronionlcs attending Senator Harding's inauguration as president on March 4. The governor plans to nccept. Welfare Bills Introduced Tho movie consorshlp bill and fifty two others proposed by tho children's code commission, In connection with Its program calling for appropriations totaling $359,000, and tho creation of a number of now state Jobs, aro now hoforo tho Nebraska legialature. Receipts Over Million Dollars Receipts of the Nebraska state treasury in December wero 51,732, 3S0.C.7 and disbursements ?1,415,240, according to tho monthly roport of StaKo Treasurer Cropsoy. During De comber, overdrawn accounts woro re duced from ?2,0S9,G31 to ?1,S34,1U2. with a cash bulanco at the end of the month of $998,370. Senate Selects Clerical Force The sonato commltteo on employe has announced that twenty-nine work ers hav been placed on the clorliul staff Including women at saiarlos of $5 and $6 a day, exct .t tho paged, who are to get $3 a day. Tho payroll will amount to $15G a day If all are working. Attacks Primary Laws Representative Douglas of Polk county has launched an attack on the direct primary as it now exists by introducing a bill that would bar from tho primary olectlon only thoso nomi nated by a stato convention, l'ach party convention takes ono preference ballot, and tho three IiIrIi persons run in tho succeeding primary. Reject Hospital Bltlo Illds on tho proposed now kltchon and dining room for tho Norfolk hos pital for tho Insane, which woro opened by the board of control, and which rnnged from $8G,000 to $111,. 000, not Including plumbing, heating or equipment, wore all rojectod be cause the board hail only $75,000 ap propriated to cover nil tho expenses of tho building and equipment. New Parole Regulations Not a man of tho 110 at tho Nebras ka penitentiary subjoct to parolo can bo roloasod without a formal hearing and notlco of It glvon to tho trial judgo, tho sheriff and tho county attor ney of tho county In which ho was convicted. Tho now constitutional amendment creating tho board of pardons and parolos so provldos, according to Sec retary of Stato 13. M. Atusborry, sec rotary of tho board, whose othor mom bora aro Governor MrKolWi an Attorney Goneral Clarence A Pi!, ER News of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska, OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS The community store nt Norfolk has been discontinued. A million dollar packing plant Is 11 possibility at Scott.sblulT. Ice a foot thick und of superior quality has been harvested at Loup City. Oinalm claims to bo the largest primary grain market in the United Slates. Last Tuesday's run of hogs, KJ.SOO head, was the heaviest receipt nt South Onuihn since May, 11)20. During the year 1020, Judge Hop kins, a York justice, Issued 1SI mnr rlago licenses und married llfty couples. The Episcopal church nt Arapahoe is building a new parsonage at a cost of S.'j.OOO. Seventeen applicants took tho civil service e.viimination held at Hebron last week. The Catholic Workmen's National liohemlan Society will convene at Omaha January 20. North I'latte olllcers found an Illicit still In wperatlon In a lank car on the railroad tracks nt that place. Plans for a church costing .$100,000 In a downtown district are being dis cussed by the orthodox Creeks of Omaha. A. IC. Kvnns of Columbus has been designated as a candidate for entrance examination at West Point to be held In March. Uoss Wickershap died at 11 Fremont hospital from 11 gunshot wood received In a light at Nlckerson as the result of a poker game. Lodgepole will have Sunday night moving picture shows begin an hour later than usual, so as not to conlllct with church service. Although the largest corn crop in years was raised in Sherman county lust year, practically none or it is be ing put on the market. Hastings carpenters and contractors are negotiating a new wage scale. The carpenters have expressed a willing ness to accept a reduction. Tho university of Nebraska has spent about $3,000 In fitting up the -ol-llseum on the fair grounds at Lincoln for use for athletic purposes. A bronze tablet as a memorlnl to Dean Monouh Reese, former head of the law college, will be placed In the law building at (lie university. Geneva citizens have organized a "Fifty Year" club, to which anyone having lived in tho county for llfty years is eligible for membership. O. A. Rystrom of Stromsburg was elected president of the Midwest Im plement Dealers association at the an nual business meeting at Omaha. Frank Delbrldge a convict at the statu prison, committed suicide by hanging himself to the upper bunk lii his cell with a pair of suspenders. A crowd so big that no hall at tho state farm would hold It, attended the opening session of the Nebraska Fhrm Rureau Federation at Lincoln. Richard Debuse, 10 years old, a student ut the Omaha Central High school, Is thought to he the youngest high school student In the United States. J. R. Parker, a Reatrlce pioneer, was found dead in bed one day last week, by ids aged wife. It ix supposed his death was the result of heart trouble. Rev. Henry II. Martens of Lodgepolo was entertained by members of the congregation, who, In honor of his -Ifith birthday, presented him a sack of sil ver coins. The municipal skating pond nt Osceola Is now in operation and thronged with skaters from over tho entire county. The pond Is electrical ly lighted. I'lill Aitkens of Lincoln has been elected president of the University golf itfenclntlnii. Walton Itolierts, an other Lincoln man, was elected secro-lary-trcHHurcr. Leonn, "year-old daughter of .Mr. Mini Mr. Andrew Jensen of O'Neill, was scalded by falling against a pall of boiling water at the Jensen homo mid died a few hours afterward. More than 200 pupils marched down lire escapes to safety when teachers at the Sacred Heart Junior parochial school at Omaha sounded the lire drill after lire was discovered on the roof of the building. Firemen extinguished the blaze with slight damage. A red fox was captured and killed In a circle hunt held near Adams. About 17.r men Joined in tho round up. It is the tlrst of this species seen In this section In years. At a mass meeting at North I'latte, called by the ministerial association, It was decided by a vote of 12(1 to 10 to start legal action to bar dancing In the school nudltoiiiim. Colorado capitalists aro milking ar rangements to develop the clay de posits recently opened up near Wy more, and which are said to lie Ideal for the manufacture of brick, tile and pottery. More than ?1 0,000.000 was spent for education of children In Nebraska during 1020, according to tho bleunlul report of the state superintendent of schools. This was an average of $02.75 per child. Thero uro 1.S.701 teachers In the public schools, of which only 1.0SI aro men. It. J. Dunham has been re-elected president, und Kveretl Rucklnghain re nniued vice picsldent and general manager of the Union Stock Ynrtls ut Omaha. Mr. RucklnKUam has been a director of the coiuimny foi 15 years, nine of which he has servil as vlco resident and general mnnacer CORKK ITEMS Irwlti Wloemnn, a 10 ynr old boy, was shot through tho arm whin lie challenged the entry of a hurglnr Into the home of his parents nenr Wood river. Suniiiel Jacobs, 8(5, oldeit Odd Fel low In Nebraska, died nt Omaha Int week of Illness Incident to old age. Mr. Jucobs hud lived lu Nebraska llfty flve years. A fourteen-rooin residence property, valued at !?:!0,(i()0, has b.jen purchased by n board of eighteen truclces among Omaha Masons to provide a home for needy boys. Two hundred and seventy Webster county fanners were entertained with a program und oyster supper at Red Cloud the other evening by a local farmers' union. J. R. Northcutt of Nebraska City celebrated his ninetieth birthday an niversary last week by skipping rope und engaging In a few other minor titlilellc exercises. C. II. jfiiistafson, for the past seven years president of tho Farmers' Co operative Educational union, wns re elected to the office nt the recent ses sion of thai body. More thai: l."0 "lonesome folks" of all ages, creeds and stations, looking for friendship of the "right sort," met in the Unitarian church nt Omaha and organized a "(Jet Acquainted" club. One of the hist acts of the Midwest Implement Dealers' association, before It closed Its convention at Omaha, was. to adopt live little Armenian orphan nnd donate ?:!00 for their support fv n year. Compared with 1010 there wasT largo falling off In live stock receipt ut tho packing house centers Utrough- oui uie united States. This ,wns ap s. 'Ibis AVtis np niore pvfinounced parent at umalia, but elsewhere. ine most terrific blizzard In the recorded history of Nebr:J;ku occurred thirty-three years n; January 12. Scores of lives were lijst and the dam age to cattle and other live stock wds tremendous. .' Mike and Roman! Tlerney, who plead guilty to .charges of stealing thirteen dozen shirts from a box car near Valley, were sentenced to three years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. The body of an unidentified man was found In u box car at Chappel. A search by the coroner and sheriff re vealed only a number of old Jack knives, table knives, forks and spoons, all apparently worthless. Attorney General Davis has filed a brief in supreme court defending the right of the juvenile court in the carry ing out of the objects for which it was created, to try and sentence adults without calling in a jury. During 1020 there wns shipped from Hay Springs 1(30 cars of cattle, 170 cars of hogs, llfty four cars of wheat and 100 cars of potatoes. Conservative estimntes or the value of the foregoing shipment would be over ?SO0,00O. Mrs. Evelyn I'rless McElhaney, con victed of murdering Earl II. Anderson at Alliance and sentenced to HO years In the penitentiary, Is now an Inmato of that institution and -bus been as signed to the laundry department. Workmen of Nebraska suffered 2.", 027 accidents during the two-year period ending January 1, according to the biennial report of Frank Kennedy, secretary of the State Department of Labor. Of these accidents 7S were fatal Fifteen hotels nnd ballrooms at Lin coln have compiled with the rules nnd regulations adopted by rorty-one fra ternities, sororities and other organiza tions of the state university In 11 fight against "high pric s," which tho students cluinied were being charged. The judge, superintendent of schools, county attorney and treasurer of Franklin county, have moved their of llces from llloomlngton to Franklin, whither the county clerk, sheriff and assessor preceded them soon after the recent election by which Franklin was declared the county seat. At the meeting of the Nebraska Ter ritorial Pioneers at Lincoln last week, the following officers wore elected: J. ('. F. McKesson, Lancaster county, president; C. E. Adiims, Douglas, vice president; George II. Hastings, Saline, vice-president ; Minnie P. Knolls, Lan caster, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Henry Fontenelle, eighty-six years of age, widow of the- youngest brother of Logan Fontenelle, last chief of the Oniabii tribe of Indians, appeared before the opening meeting of the Nebraska state historical so ciety at Lincoln and 'presented that organization with a gold necklace set with brilliants, which had been given to her by Peter A. Sarpy when she was twelve years of age. The necklace wna In hand-bag covered with beads, the work having been done by Indians. Inability to collect on Its customers' notes Is given as the reason for the closing of the doors of the First Na tional bank at Chappell, pending ac tion of the national bank examiner. A motion picture machine Is oper ated one night a week to exhibit edu cational films and better class enter tainment features to the grade school pupils nt Geneva. Omaha's total grain receipts during 1020 were (52.275.(500 bushels, and Its shipments were 51,021,100 bushels. The elevator capacity Is 10,(500,000 bushels, and Its milling facilities l,r00 barrels of Hour dally. "Shoot to kill, take no chances," aro tho orders issued by Sheriff Condlt and Chief of Police ((rentier to olllcers and members of the police department at Fremont, in nu attempt to clear that community of thugs and hold lips. .lames Rurton, 01 years old, of Mny wood, recently enjoyed the novel ex perience of eating u portion of cako cooked by his groat-grent-grand-daugh-ter, Ruth Towue, 8. Ruth Is ono of the llfth generation of the futility. A church for children only has been established at ScoUshhjff. One hundred and forty five children attended th nni'iilirg services. v m 1 Jf n 1 1 1 n -