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THE ALLIANCE HERALD T. J. O'Keefa, Publisher. ALLIANCE, NEBRA8KA. News in Brief After Bovon monthB of frultlcBB alttlngs tho session of tho Cuban con gross has closed. ' Three wero killed nnd flftcon wound ,ed in a fight with, brigands In a sub urb of tho City of Mexico. Francis O. Laddon of Stnatsburg, N. Y has boen appointed third sec rotary of tho American embassy at Berlin. Prlnco Honry of Prussia Intends to glvo up his rostdenco at the old cnstlo of Kiel for his now chnceau at Hera melmark. Tho wealthiest congressional candi date thla yoar Is said to bo Mayor An drua of Yonkore, N. Y. His honor's valuation is set at 130,00,000. At Mobile, la., Charles Harding shot his wlfo throo times nnd then turned tho pistol on himself, tho bullot pene trating the baao of tho brain, i A dispatch to tho Lokal Anxclgor from Mukden saya tho Eighth Russian Jarmy corps has arrived thcro and that (General Kuropatkln will roako new (Plans Immediately. ! A movement has been begun In Rnl clgh, N. C, for tho erection of a m6n jumont to United Statos Senator M. W. JUaeom.-who died recently. It will be placed In Capital square. - Frederick Douglas Morrison of Bal timore, recognized as ono of tho ablost .educators of tho blind In tho world, .died last Saturday from tho affects of an operation for appendicitis. Great Britain keeps hold on Thibet Uy proposing' to occupy Chumbl Val ley, tho key to tho country, until tho entire amount of tho 13,750,000 in demnity demanded has boon paid. British mllltury experts, aro of the opinion that tho bnttlo of the Shakho river has resulted In n victory for tho Japaneso and that tho RuBsInnn aro now returning north of tho Hun river. King Edward gave a luncheon nt Buckingham palnco In honor of Ad miral Jowell and other naval officers. Ambassador Choato, Secretary White and Attacho Stockton were also pres ent. Edward L, Barrett, solicitor of Now 'Mexico Binco 1889 and onco adjutant general of the torrltory, Ik dead at Santa Fo of pneumonia. He was born in Maine nnd went to Santa Fc in 1881. When Mayor McClollau of New York tried to register last week tho registrars Hid not recognize him and demanded his naturalization papers when ho told them he was born in Germany. Tho unexpired portion of the son tenco of confinement of General Pris oner Benjamin Ladyburlg. late prl vato of Compafly B, First battalion of engineers, has boon ordorcd remitted by General Wlnt. Tho decision of tho Nntlonnl Spir itualistic association, in convention at St. Louts, to nomlnato tho officers by ballot kept tho assembly in nn uproar for two hours. It was hnnlly decided to postpono tho election. Charles B Pfahler of Chicago re signed as chief clerk of tho depart ment of concsssiouB of tho Louisiana , purchaso exposition. Mr. Pfahler or ganized tho accounting system In use .at tho Columbian exposition. A Llao Yang telegram says tlfnt ac commodations for tho wounded nro tcxhaustcd. A servlco of hospital trains has boon orgnnlzcd to tnke the Jap anese wounded to Now Chwnng, where hospital ships aro In tho linrbor. Prof. Barrett Wendell of Harvard university has Balled for Europo to de liver, at tho Sorbonne, In PnrlB. during tho coming winter, lectures in Eng lish every week on 'America, Ameri can Ideas nnd Institutions." Frank F. Holmes of Chicago, In his report as secretary-treasury of tho National Association of Local Fire In surnnco Agents nt Its opening session In St. Louis, hints nj. further troublo in tho Cook County insurance case. Thero Is a slump In tho coko busi ness In tho Connellsvllle region. Ovens aro bolng blown out throughout tho region, tho yards contain thou sands of tons of coko and tho sidings nro filled with loaded cars with no destination. Mr. McCormack, tho American am bassador to Russia, called at the stato department to pay his respects to Sec retary Hay and Assistant Secretary Loomls. The nmbaBsador had satis factory reportB to mako regarding tho condition of RuBso-Amcrlcan relations. A Blight earthquako shock, travel ing from-northwest to southwest, was felt at St. Louis. The disturbance was recorded on tho seismograph In tho weather bureau exhibit of tho Philippine government at the World's fair. The earthquake caused a tillght rattling of dishes In parts of St. Louis, but did no damage. A resolution disapproving of reci procity with Canada waB adopted by tho Vermont house of representatives without opposition. Fire destroyed the National bank building and threo ojher houses at Wells Point, Tex., entailing a loss of $80,000, Insured partially. Tho North Gorman Gazetlo of Ber lin prints nn oxpllcit denial o'f the statement contained In a dispatch from Pekln to tho London Times that Germany was Intriguing ngatnst China's acceptance of tho Anglo-Tibetan treaty. . . , ' THE ARMY FRONT ALONG WHICH THERE 18 8AID TO BE 8HARP FIGHTING. TROOPS HOLD OLD POSITIONS Rusdans Are Entrenching the Ground Recently Occupied by Them. They Aro Expected to- Resume the Of fensive Within a Few Days. MUKDEN Sharp fighting contin ueB along Jho front. Tho Russians are cntronchlng ground recently occupied by them. Whllo no pitched battlo has occurrod during tho last few days, tho two armies are kept In touch with ono an other, holding tho positions they oc cupied when the big battlo ended. There Is no ovldcnco that tho Russian army will rush north, as waB tho case after tho battlo of Llao Yang. In fact, tho Russians have another lino of de fenses to fall back on In tho ovopt that they aro forced out of tholr pres ent positions. During tho last few days thero has been frequont nrtlllory Are, occasional Infantry attacks and dally clashes be tween outposts and scouts. Unless tho Japanese tako tho Initia tive Boon tho Russians, It is expected! wlJl resumo tho offonslvo and en deavor to drive tho Japanese hack, for tho purpose of Insuring tho Bafcty of their winter quarters, which un doubtedly will bo north of Mukdon unlcsB a southward advanco is suc cessful. Another big battle Is expected short ly, as tho weather Ib already turning cold. It will be Impracticable for tho two nrmioe to winter In their present positions midway between Mukden and Llao Yang. Many incidents arc coming to light fihowln gtho bravery of tho Russlnn soldiers during their stubborn resist anco to tho Jnpanese ndvance nnd in their attempts to drive tho Japanese, lipck. The men fought night and day without rest and afterwards xworkod for hours carrying tho wounded to tho hospitals. When the Russlnn troops reenpturod Lone Tree hill they retook Bcvoral guns and a quantity of am munition which tho Jnpaue"8e had pre viously captured. They also took sev eral Japanese guns In addition. At tho conclusion of tho fight tho hill was covered with tho dead and wounded of both armies. Tho Japanese prisoners were treated by tho Russians with tho greatest kindness. At ono hospital visited by tho Associated PresB correspondent Japnncse pri vates woro found In their officers' ward. Tho army hospital corps and tho Red Cross societies did splendid work. Tho wounded were dressed nnd forwarded totho hospitals with tho greatest expedition. Th Russian conimlssnrlat also was admirably handled. Portablo soup kit chens wero most useful, going under fire to feed tiio men. ARIZONA POPULATION INCREASE Governor's Annual Report Says It Ic New Over 165,000. WASHINGTON Tho annual re port of tho governor of Arizona to the secretary of tho Interior sayB that the territorial population has Increased considerably and that tho total popu lation now Is between 1G5.000 and 170,000. It expresses n deslro on tho part of tho people of Arizona for state hood, but says: "Finding themselves confronted with a plan to"unito their territory with Now Mexico, the people of Ari zona havo protested vigorously and will continue to do so until they have defeated this lepugnnnt scheme. They would perfcr that their common wealth remain n territory indefinitely rather than bo joined with New Mexi co." Tho governor adds his belief that the merger would not be acceptable to tho mass of peoplo of either territory. Tho report says tho floating Indebtedness of Arizona, which on Juno 30,. 1003. was $92,341, has been wiped out and A bnlanco of $20,849 remained In the general fund at the close of tho last fiscal yoar. Tho taxablo property In tho territory has gained $1,981,505 dur ing tho year. Tho total taxablo prop erty of tho various counties is $45, 0C9.545. Substantial progress In other directions Is reported. Russians Retake Shakhe Station. ST. PETERSBURG Shakho sta tion, or wHat Is left of it, has been recaptured by tho Russians, who will reopen It for railway traffic with Muk den. It is reported that tho Japanese made a furious attempt to take a wooded hill near Da pass. The firing began nt 11 o'clock and continued with rlflo and cannon through the night. This action probably was a part of an attempt by tho Japanese who wero already In possession of small hills In tho plain to rush tho center along tho foothills at the Shakho river. The Outlook In China. LONDON Bennett Burleigh, after careful inquiry Into the situation, ca bles tho Dally Telegraph from Shang hal that tho political outlook In Chlnn Is worso now than prior to tho "boxer outbreak In 1900." Widespread oper ations of secret societies, ho says, show a dangerous recrudesconco of anti-foreign feeling. Drilling of largo bodies of well equipped troops Is pro ceeding day and night in many dis tricts of southern nnd mtddlo prpv Inces nnd tho Chlnesw authorities aro buying military equipment. CAPTURE LONE TREE HILL. Jap's Driven From a Point of Great Advantage. ST. PETERSBURG Dosplto tho feeling of bitter disappointment over tho failure of tho Russian offensive nnd tho complete miscarriage of Gen eral Kuropatkln's plans, tho battle continues nnd his defeat docs not ap poor to bo so crushing and disastrous as tho Toklo telegrams led tho Rus sian public to suppose. Whllo tho talcs of death and slaugh ter have plunged the nation Into grief, and tho exact situation of Kuropat kln's army, especially tho loft, 1b not clear, but probably must be regarded as critical, It Is evident that the wild stories of a rout and of tho cutting off of a whole corps, etc., aro baseless. Kuropatkln Is still doggedly trying to stem tho tide and there 1b nothing but admiration for the heroic flguro of tho Russian commander personally directing tho fight to savo his batter ed legions. Indeed, the latest official dispatches almost rovlvo tho hopo that he does not consldor tho battlo to bo Irro triveably lost, as ho han personally launched attack after attack against tho strong Japaneso position on Lono Tree hill, south of Shakhe, at last carrying It by storm and obtaining aomo rovengo for tho losd of tho Third artillery brigade, by capturing eleven field pieces and ono machine gun. ( But whether this offcnslvcness of Kuropatkln was forced In order to ex tricato his flanks is not revealed, tho, war office affirming that It Is unablo to communlcato preclso information re garding wfial Is occurring oh the left. Everything proves tjant npt since tho tlmo of tho ancients, and ccrtala ly not within n hundred years, has the world witnessed such desperate light ing. The slaughter doubtless Is ap palling, but the war office contends that tho Toklo reports are Bxaggor ntcd. UNION PACIFIC'S REPORT Company Shows Net Earnings of Over Twenty-SIx Million Dollars. NEW YORK Tho pamphlet re port of tho Union Incific Railroad company for tho fiscal year ended Juno 30, last, issued, shows: Gross earnings, $55,279,231, Increase, $4, 204,042; operating expenses, $29,020, 007. Increase, $1,G80,723; net earnings. $2C.252,G24, increase, $2,517,319. After receipt of other Income and payment of total charges, there remains a sur plus for the year or $4,713,450, a de crease of $2.10,018. Tho report sets forth that owing to the decree In tho Northern Securities company suit the Oregon Short Lino has been unable to collect 'its North ern Securities dividends since Feb ruary 1, last. Thero wero sold during the venr $10,000,000 face value Union Pacific compauy's 5 per cent collateral notes matunng February 1. 1905; the pro ceeds were ucd In further advances to tho Southern Pacific company In the construction of or investment In now lines, In the completion or the steamships Manchuria and Mongolia and in the purehnso of other equip ment. BIG'MONEY ORDER BUSINESS Big Increase In the Domestic and In ternational Orders. WASHINGTON The total number oi money orders Issued by this gov ernment during tho last fiscal year passed the 50.000,000 mark for tho first tlmo Ir. history, as shown by the annual report or the superintendent or (he money order system. . Tho net revenue or the money order business was $2,528,103, an Increase or $288,494, as compared with the pro vlous flscnl yenr. The gross revenue was $3,620,070, an increase or $37G,282. The number or domostic orders Is sued was 50,392,551 aggregating $378, 778,488, and International money or ders Issued numbered -.208,314, aggre gating $42,550,150. The Issue or domestic orders in creased 4.45U.873 in number, nnd $25, 150,840 in amount whllo Internation al orders Issued Increased 294,195 nnd $7,312,215 respectively. JAMES CALLANAN'S PROPERTY. Must Be Converted Into Ca3h Within Five Years. DES MOINES Tho millions or do) lars or stocks and other property or tho Into James Cullannn must be con verted into casli within the next five years, according to the provisions or tho will which has been filed here. Mr. Callannn'8 wealth Is estimated at $5. 000,000 or $0,000,000. Ho owned er amounts or stock in Industrial com-. panics both local and national. Ho al so owned extensive Iron mines In Arizona and gold mines in other parts or tho west. According to tho will this must all bo sold and a considerable quantity orthe money wiJI bo deposit ed with the Iowa Loan and Trust com pany or Des Moines to pay annuities and carry out other provisions or the will. Release Causes No Surprise. ST. PETERSBURG Tho nowspa pors publish lull reports or tho trial by the r.dmlrolty council or tho case or tho British steamer Allanton. seiz ed Juno 10 by the Vladivostok squad ron, and her cargo, but abstain from comment on tho (council's annulment or tho Judgment or tho Vladivostok prize court. Tho decision eausos no surprise. Tho demand or tho owners of tho Allanton for indemnity for the detention of tho ship probably will havo to bo tho subject or negotiations through tho foreign offlco. AS TO OUR LANDS LAWS IN RELATION THERETO IN' NEED OF REVISION. SO SAYS THE COMMISSIONER The Present Statutes Were Enacted to Meet Conditions Which Have Passed Away Question of How Best to Take Care of the Grazing Lands. WASHINGTON "Tho land lawn of the United States need revision," said Commissioner Richards of tho gener al land offlco today. "Many of tho laws on our statuto books are mado for con ditions which existed twenty yeard ago, and quartor sections of land up on which homesteaders are'permltted to flic must glvo way to larger areas of land because tho best lands aro oc cupied. Tho forestry laws and timber and stone laws also need revision, and tho commission appointed by tho presi dent, consisting of Mr. PInchot, head of tho forestry division of tho agricul tural department; Mr. Newall, chief hydrographer of tho geological sur vey, and myself, expect to mako a re port to congress based on an investi gation and data now at hand. And yet all three of us find it hard to give this, subject tho attention It really de serves because of the duties of our several positions, which tako up all our time." Upon tho subject of tho opening of the Rosobud In Gregory county, South Dakota, Mr.' Richards stated that about! half tho lands had been taken under tho drawing at $4 per aCTC. On Nov embeY 8, three jnonthg nitJTr th"c tlmo r.t whieji nHTjlrav. mg occurred, the bcotfB will be closed for those enter lag r)n homesteads. After November 8 the land remaining may be taken at $3 per acre, that period extending for three months, or until February 8 of next year. After that date all lands romalnlnggAindisposed of may bo filed upon at $2.50 per acre for a period or rour years. Upon the termination or that period tho president is permitted to dispose or the remainder by salo under-the rules and regulations of tho secretary of the Interior. "A most excellent class of people entered Rosebud country during the opening of the reservation and draw ing for locations," continued Mr. Richards. "Many of them were people of fair means, otherwise they would not have been able to comply with the terms laid down. These people will be n great addition to the South Da kota population, nnd cannot help but be good citizens. We have found many cases where people, after once look ing at the land, decided to go else where, and there are cases where por tions drawing low numbers have tailed to tuke advantage of their opportunity to Koltlo upon much vnlunble land. Of course, this number was small, but It showed that tho time between the In tention of filing and tho time In which to put up the money weeded out many Irresponsible persons nnd resulted in an exceedingly better class of settlers. "One of the geratest problems which confronts tho Interior department Is J.he question of how best to tako care of tho grazing lands of the country. Sometimes. I think that if we could lease these lands to cattle and sheep men surrounded with every safe guard for the government, that 11 would be a most excellent way of getting out or existing conditions. As civilization pushes onward the great public domain is absorbed and broad acres ot untillcd soil grow smaller every year. The cattlemen nnd sheep-, men. realizing this, drove their herds' rur nfleld, nnd ir tho government could obtain lease monov from these cattle and sheepmen it would not only glvo them protection, but bo adding to the treasury." JAPANESE PORT ARTHUR LOSS Camp Follower Says 50,888 of Mika do's Men Are Slain. CHICAGO A special to the Dally News from Che Foo says: "Accord ing to a camp follower, who has been for some tlmo with the Japaneso army now besieging Port Arthur and who Is at present In Cho Foo, hnvlng ar rived frpm Dalny, tho number of Jap anese killed beforo thi forts has reached 50,000. He says tho mikado's, men recklessly attacked tho strongest positions, mnking bola rushes In masses, the soldiers being stripped of their accoutrements nnd clothing. Tho result was that tho Russian machine gunsmowed them down. Ho also as serts that thore Is some talk among tho officer's and men that leads to tho belief that tho Japaneso mean to try. to carry the Inner forts this month. Gold Discovery In Colorado. DURANGO Colo. Tho reported dis covery of extensive bodies or quartz rich In gold and silver In tho La Plata range or tho Rocky mountains, west or this city, has created excite ment. Hundreds or men have gone to the locality nnd many mineral claims have already been located. Assays ob tained are said to run from $50 to over $2,000 to tho ton. No Information at Washington. WASHINGTON. Assistant Secro tary Darling said on Friday that, so far as ho was awaro, no advices had been received at tho navy department or tho reported skirmish between. United Statos marlnos and Panamans on tho isthmus, ir any dispatches have been received, the assistant secretary explained they In all probability would bo sent to the department and would not be delivered to tho officers until morning. At this time the navy has about 450 marines on tho isthmus. NEBRASKA THE NEW8 IN NEBRASKA. Lightning struck nnd badly wrecked tho houso ot Mr. Peterson. None or tho inmates wero Injured. Stoven Whlttecnr 1b on trial at Da kota City for alleged felonious as sault upon hiB daughter. Thero Is an unknown person In the irlcinlty of St. Paul who has a mania for setting firo to hay stacks. An alleged deaf and dumb man col lecting subscriptions for tho Ladies Homo Journal at York is said to be a fraud. The potato crop this season in the vicinity of Beatrice is the largest raised In that section for many years. Tho average prico per bushel Is from 40 to GO cents. In a hotly contested Bpcclal election tho proposition to bond tho town of Fairfield to the extent of $1,300 for tho building of a water works sys tem carried by a majority of ono vote. The doors of tho Pacific hotel at Norfolk, which had been closed to tho public for more than a month becauso of a disagreement between tho pro prietor and tho landlord, will again open In a few days. Two men in Hall county stole a load of pumpkins out of a farmer's field, and would have escaped but for their over greediness. They put ono pump kin too many on the wagon and broke it down. Beforo they could get clear of tho broken wagon they were cap tured. (ieorgo Washer, near Cayuga, a farmer living near the Union Pacific tracks, wns horrified when, his do brought home a human hand. Tt wa's a left hand, and bore tho appearance of having seen hard work, and had evidently bc6n ground off three inches above the wrist. At the Ursulinc Sisters' school In York, Julia Smith, from Whitman, Neb., died from Brlght's disease. She had been removed to Mrs. Flick's home, where every care and attention was given her. The mother Is expect ed and tho remains will be sent to Whitman for Interment. A misplaced switch sent the engine and ore fnr of n t-ni" i-..i-. m, yard at Kearney on the Callaway branch ot tho Union Pacific into tue ditch. Tho drivers on the locomotive were burled to tho axles In the mud, but the engine remained upright. The passengers were considerably shaken up, but no one was injured. At Chadron, the alleged robber, Frank Woods, was given his prelim inary hearing and was bound over to the district court in the sum or $2,000. This Is the man whom Miss Mne Johnson claims robbed her of. $4,000 on August Vi last. A large roward was offered for his arrest and Deputy Sher iff Mote has just returned with him from Arizona. No.,iostimony was of fered for tho defense. The eighth and ninth grades or tho Fi-th schools were closed the other day on account or tho resignation or Proressor George R. McDonald who decided to leave tho service of the board of education. The primary teacher, Miss Champion, at tho meet ing of the board, declared that the professor paid her decided attentions and even went to tho length of salut ing her upon her cheek against her will. The second sensation of one week In York county waB tho kidnaping of llttlo John MacKeo, son of Mrs. Spaulding. proprietress of the North York hotel at York, who was divorced from Mr. MacKee and Is said to have been given tho custody of their 7-year-old son. Johnnlo wns on his way to school nnd his playmates noticod a team stop and a mnn get out and forcibly carry Johnnie to tho ouggy, when ho whipped up tho horses and drove south. They were overhauled and arrested. W. P. Everingim, of North Loup, who, during the past five years, has built up an immense busines In grain, seeds and popcorn, has sold out his en tire plant to I. j, Manchester or Ord. By overruling tho demurrer filed by tho Knnsas City & Northwestern rail way In a case Involving tho validity or tho Ramsey elevator law tho supremo court practically. declares tho law con stitutional. The case was one wherein tho former elovntor company or Vir ginia asked tho court to compel tho railroad company to lay a sidetrack to Its elovator. The railroad filed a de murrer nnd this has been overruled. It Is now thought that the new Ne braska state hospital ror the Insane at Norrolk, which' has been in course of construction slnco last spring, will bo ready for occupancy about Janu ary 1. Tho rour buildings aro prnctlc all finished from an exterior view point and tho rcmnlnlng three months will be required for plastering, plumb ing and tho like. By tho first of tho year it Is thought that tho patients whose homos are In northern Ne braska can be transferred rrom tho Lincoln and Hastings asylums to this place. The grocery store or C. W. Gillette at Ellis, was entered by burglars who mado away, with one dollar in change, taken rrom tho postofllco cash draw er, and $10 worth of stamps. San Rafael do Mlnas VIeJas, tho .largo Mexican ranch, comprising 48, 000 acres, owned by D. E, Thompson, has been leased to a syndicate for a .period of ten years, through W. J. Robinson of Lincoln. The ranch Is one of tho richest sections of the stato of Can Luis PotosI, on tho Orange river, among the foothills of tho Sierra Madro mountains. STATE NEWS 1 INDIANS ARE ON THE STAND How the Wards of Uncle Sam Are Swindled. WINNEBAGO INDIAN AGENCY Testimony that the O'Connors, bank ore Homer, havo got Indians pension checks from the postofficc, endorsed the name of the payee without au thority and applied the money rtn notes given by the one to whom tho check wan drawn was tho sensation or tho morning session or tho Inquiry court here. Joseph Hlncmann, an In dian, declared that this had been done in the caso or his own rather who gets a check for $17 pension every quar ter. He testified also that on a loan of $25 he had to give a note for $36, due In three months, which Is an Interest rate of 125 per cent. Green Rainbow, ono of the leaders of tho tribe, declared he had been of fercd a team of horses froo or charge by tho O'Connors if he would not testi fy before tho inspectors. Witness also declared an attempt had beon mado to Intimidate him at the point of a gun hold by Harold O'Conner in the O'Conner bank Into giving up somo money ho had on deposit. Jacob Russell, another Indian trad er, testified that the fact that a ring of Homer and Emerson morchantK snapped up the Indians' pay checks at the agency, prevented him from collecting money honestly duo be causo tho Indians would have no money left after escaping from the whites. Claims of traders that tho Iudinns are unfriendly to Father Schell's cam paign for reforms In the conditions surrounding them were refuted when representative men of tho tribe ap peared before Inspctor Wright to testi fy. ' ! Tho taking of notes for double thf sum of money loaned, tho salo or horses for $500 when tho animals wero not worth $25, the use of coercion In tho matter of securing pay checks, the loaning of money to buy whisky and the purchaso of liquor in saloons openly were some of the thing3 testU fled to. ,n tf NEBRASKA SCHOOL LANDS. Thero are Less Than Four Hundred Acres Not Under Lease. According to the records in tho office of Land Commissioner Follmer, there aro at this tlmo only 381.88 acres or school land not under lease in the state out or a total or 1,940,000 acres. This land can be leased by application to tho land commissioner's office. Dur ing the last Tour years thero has been leased about 54,000 acres and about 120,000 has been re-leased. The enact ment of the Kinkald law and tho Ir rigation work being carried on, has made a demand for school land and this accounts for the numerous appli cations received lately, the applica tions being more numerous than tho land commissioner's office could sup ply. The land Is situated as follows: Cherry county, seVi ' bwU 3G-25-38. 40 acres; Gago county, lots 1 and 9 In block 4 and 5, nw4 1G-2-7, 3 acres; Kimball county, lots 1 and 2, in noU 1G-12-59, G9.52 acres; lots 3 and 1 in se',4 16-12-59, G9.36 acres; Perkins county e nw4 and n& swVi and 8WV4 sw'i 36-11-35, 200 acres. Co-nperatlon on Statlotics. R. W. Durham or the department of statistics or the federal government is making a trip through the stato in vestigating the labor employed in the penitentiary and other penal institu tions. Ho will co-operate with the labor bureau or statistics and it Is expected this cooperation will result in much more accuracy than hns heretofore ob tained. Sutton, Creamery Burns. SUTTON Tho Sutton creamery was completely destroyed by fire. This Is the second time this creamery has been destroyed in like manner. It was built In 1883 by a stock company and burned In 1SS7 and rebuilt the samo year. The loss will be about S5.000. Horsethleves Are Busy. NORFOLK Horso thieves in and about Norfolk havo boon doing a rush ing business lntely. Several fine ani mals have disappeared and none of" them recaptured. Bloodhounds have been put upon the trail of a number of thorn without .success. Girl Injured In Accident. McCOOK Miss Martha Shears, liv ing a few, miles southwest of McCook, waB thrown from a horso, severely rracturlng her leg between the hip and knee. She was dragging herself home in the darkness, when found by a member of the family. Woman Looko for Recreant Spouse. BEATRICE A woman giving the name or Mrs. Elliott was hero look ing for her husband, whom she claims deserted her at Falrbury. Sho stated that he left her at a hotel ;:t that place and alter disposing or ho house hold goods ho loft town. Elliott was hero Thursday with a woman namud Davis, and the coupje loft for Lincoln on an ovenlng train the same day. When Mrs. Elliott wns so Informod by Chler Ashonroltcr Bho loft for tho capital city to s.eo If she could locato her truant, husband. t-1