SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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brilliant affair.
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mi Hnnrninrv 1 1 liciiriinif
number or dead In two dt
Italian cKIoh reaches 110,000.
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Merpont Morgan aont $10,000 for
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been looted at MobhIuu. The
branch of tho Uanlc of Italy bud
nnn nn nnnnu I llinrn iitwl nllint
had largo amountH.
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10 i;ie winow. ai ncr uoatu 1110
ty Ih to ho divided amoiiR throe
children,
1)8 Ml lllim will 1)0 WIIIHIIIIWII
flM day of tho year.
A largo number of convention of
agricultural mid Rlmllar bodies nro to
be hold In Lincoln, Neb., In January.
Tho Kantern Illinois road ban
The proposed Irish purchase land
law has been abandouod becaimo tlio
British Parllnnicnl had no titno to
consider It.
ICruptlon of Mount Etna ban added
to the terror cntmod by oarthquako In
poutliprn Italy.
An oarthquako at VIirIiiIii City,
Mont., put tho electric llfiht plant out
o.' conimlBslon.
Tho fool and mouth dlKeaso nmonK
Now York cattle l thought lo bo com
pletely radicated.'
nsked Hhlppors to cooporato In main
tattling a popular tariff.
I'resldont Hoosovelt nays the family
home Ih the best placo to care for
dependent children.
Mr. ltoonovelt Ih not opposed to In
creased salary for pioBldonts.
The New York produce and tho
Now York cotton exchanges will bo
the first ones Investigated by tho
commission appointed by Governor
Hughes to Inquire Into tho conduct of
the Now York exchanges.
President Hoosevelt has Issued n
statomont In which ho says ho can
not now Interfere In tho matter of the
sentence of the labor leaders becauno
tho case Is not through tho courts.
Prospects aro good for a resump
tion of friendly relations between the
United Statoff and Venozuoln,
dent of the, Mutual Reserve Ufo In
Ntirnnco company, Is dead from Inhal
ing gas In his homo In Now York.
Five members of tho Smith family
landed la tho board of aldermen of
Somorvlllc, Mass., last election day.
.lamos Corrlgnn, who has boon In
financial struggle with John D. Rocke
feller for years, dlod Saturday, follow
ing an operation for appendicitis.
President Cnstro knows nothing of
tho conditions In his home country.
China wants tho legation nt Wash
ington raised lo an embassy.
Tho president may return to his
first plan of reforming tho navy.
The order of Mayor McClellan of
Now York closing moving picture
machines was temporarily suspended
by Justice flaynor of tho suprome
court.
Twelve members of tho lower house
of congress have gone to Panama to
familiarize themselves with tho dig
ging of the big caunl.
A now Pompoll has boon unearthed
on tho plains of Arizona. It is by far
the most Important of tho nrchaelolo
gleal dlscoverlos that have yet been
made In tho United States, and prom
ises to enable scientists to throw
some light on tho remarkable peoples
who at one tlmo, In a romoto antiqui
ty, Inhabited tho far southwest.
Many arrests havo been mado of
Pittsburg councilman for grafting
and more aro to follow.
Washington.
Tho location In this city of ntatucd
of John Paul Jones and Commodore
John Harry, both of whom aro herald
ed as tho "father of tho American
navy" by their rospoctlvo admirers,
will prove a difficult task for tho spo
clal commission charged with that
duty.
Oormany's black, while and red Hag
will lly for several days from i local
htitol, which temporarily Is tho homo
of tho now Gorman 'ambassador to tho
United States, Count Joahonne Ilolu
rich von Hornstorff, who arrived In
this city from Now York last week.
He was accompanied by his' wlfo and
daughter and by several servants.
United Stntos consuls in China re
port that imports nro largoiy in
fluenced by tho fluctuatlona In tho
price of Hllvor.
Tho resignation of President Now
man of tbo'Now York Central Is taken
to Indicate Ilarrlmau has secured con
trol of that system,
Honor RnrWos, tho Guatemalan min
ister of foreign affairs, who was
seriously Injured In nn automobile ac
cident near tho Virginia end of tho
highway bridge, called at tho Whlto
HoiiRo and will snll for homo Decem
ber no.
The Chinese desire to havo their
dlplomatilo representatives hero rnlsod
to tho Importance of an embassy.
Friendly relations aro resumed be
tween tho United Stntos and Vene
zuela. Presldent-oloct Taft will spouil only
about a week In Pannma.
Ways and means committee hi work
lug on maximum and minimum tariff
Rchoduleii and will hold dally sessions
until tho now bill Is finished. Roprc
sontatlve Clayton says tho position of
democuts must not be ono of negation.
"The boBt way to caro for dopend
out children Is tho family home," says
Piesldent Roosevelt la a lottor made
public calling u conference to bo held
In this city on January 25 next for the
dlt-cusslon of the problom of caring
for dopoudont children. With approxi
mately 150,000 youngsters comlnit
within that classification In the
United StntoH tho question has awak
oned tho interest of many leaders in
thought thtoushout the country. The
piosldont sunt bis letter to about ono
hundred prominent men.
Personal.,
Abraham Ruef, tho Sun Francisco
grafter, was sentenced to fourtoen
yearn in tin penitentiary.
Mayor Uahlnmn of Onmahn an
nounces ho will bo a candidate for re
election. Andrew Carnegie believes the Joint
stool; system wherein the laborer
sharos In tho profits of tho employer is
tho solution of tho labor problem in
tho world.
Docembe'r '-'8. President Roosevelt's
youngest daughter, Kthel, made her
formal bow to society.
A State Clnptot of tho Daughters of
181'J wan organized at Omaha. '
Presldont-elect Taft will dollvor a
message to tho wholo south at a
baiuuot at Atlanta January 1C,
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RETURNS TO ROME FROM THE
EARTHQUAKE DISTRICT.
A CONTINUANCE OF SHOCKS
Guards Having Difficulty In Protect
Ing Survivors and Treasury
In Ruined Buildings.
Rome. Having done all Unit it was
possible to do In tho districts laid
waste by the oarthquako the king and
queen of Italy are returning to Rome.
They litivo passed the last tour days
among the ruins of Sicily nnd Cala
bria, the king directing tho work ol
rescue and relief and tho queen inln
Isiorlng to tho Injured. There is a
feeling of relief !u Italy that their
majesties aro coming home,
Tho American ambassador, Lloyd
C, (Jrlscom, bah' appointed a commit
tee of Americans to which where In
trusted the work of utilizing .tho
money received from tho United
States to tho host, advantngo of tho
earthquake sufferers.
Doth at Mos8inn and Reggio the
guards aro having difficulty lif pro
tecting tho survivors and the vnst
treasuro In tho ruined buildings from
tho bands of thieves that aro swarm
ing everywhere. It Is reported that
six Russian sailors havo been shot by
looters at Messina and that sixteen
criminals havo been killed at tho
same placo within tho Inst twenty
four hours. Six hundred persons en
gaged In pfllaglng have been arrest
ed. In an engagement at Rogglo be
tween tho police nnd bandits two of
tho police wero killed.
Roportn still rench here of tho con
tinuance of enrth shocks, some suf
ficient to do further great damage.
According to these roports now
shocks yosterday nt Pellaro precipi
tated the entire population Into tho
sea, Including both the dead nnd liv
ing victims of the first quake.
Premier Olollttl received a long
despatch from King Victor Hmnia
nuel, dated Messlnn, saying that he
would leave for Jtomo. As to the con
ditions In the oarthquako district, tho
king said:
"I visited tho Calabria coast, south
of Reggio. I found Pollario literally
destroyed, but- Motlto seemb slightly
damaged,
"It has stopped raining. At Mess!
na tho municipal archives wore'
burned. Troops nro arriving nnd by
llttlo by llttlo order Is bolng restored
nnd tho public services re-cstnbllshod.
"As 1 luivo seen tho worst damagod
points nnd havo nrranged for tho
work of rescuo and ns tho wounded
requiring nttontlon aro diminishing
In number. 1 shall leavo 'for Romo.
With mo como minister of Marino
jUlrnbcllo nnd ox-mlnlster of Public
Instruction Oralando.
"I ngaln recommend to you tho
Isolated villages on the v Calabrlan
coast,"
Sunday, Tho king nnd queen ar
rived In this city tonight, coming by
motor enr from Naples. Tholr onrly
arrival was unexpected. Tho queen
looked tired ond depressed, but tho
king was energetic as usual.
FLEET REACHES SUEZ.
American Battleohlpo Arrive Two Days
Ahead of Time.
Suez Tho United States Atlnntlc
ImtloBhJp fleet, completing two days
ahead of its Hchodulo tho next to tho
longest run of its world-girdling cruise,
arrived horo Sunday morning from Co
lombo, a dlstunco of 3,-HO knots, from
which place tho fleet sailed on Decem
ber 20. Tho loss of a seaman from
tho battleship Illinois, who fell over
board nnd was drowned, nu previously
reported, was tho only accident to mar
tho voyage from Colombo. The Illi
nois remained on tho scono to search
for tho sailor and Is a llttlo bohlnd
tho fleet. The stately array of battle
shins w.ir nn Imnresslvo sight. Tho
weather was splendid and the buy was
crowded with cruit, tho occupants of
which gavo an enthusiastic welcome
to the ships.
Army Tournament.
Toledo, Ohio That tho annual tour
nament of tho United Stntes army, de
partment or tho great lakes, will be
held in Toledo In June or July wns an
nounced by Conoral Frodorlck I).
(Irani Sunday. Flvo thousand troops
will take part.
Deep Watorwny Fight.
Springfield, 111. Tho deop waterway
project, involving tho expenditure of
?2(),000,000, will bo ono of tho most Im
portant mailers in nimii boforo the
Illinois general usHombly, which moots
next Wodnosdny.
Hot Fight Ahead.
Sacrnmonto That United States
Senator (leorgo C. Perkins will be ro
olectod by the California stato logls
laturo, which convenos next Tuesday,
Ih considered practically certain by
tho members of both houses who havo
arrlvod at tho state capital.
FLEET TO AID ITALY.
President Formally Tenders Use of
Battleships to Stricken Nation.
Washington President Roosevelt nn
nonnced that ho has sent two supply
ships with $300,000 worth of supplies
to Italy, that ho will aak cougresa for
additional aid and that ho has offered
the tiRo of tho bnttloship (loot to Italy.
Tho anuouueemont Is mado In a tele
gram made public at the Whlto House
which ho sent to Patrick McdowaH.
chairman of tho American Italian gen
oral rellof committed. Now York nil v.
II STATE CAPITAL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL
CITIZENS.
REPORT OF HEALTH INSPECTOR
Gives Record of Busy Year, Telling of
Many Trips Made and Much
Business Transacted.
State Health Report.
Dr. W. H. Wilson, Inspector for tho
stnto board of health, has filed an an
nunl report for tho year ending No
vombor 21, 1908, containing an Item
ized list of expenditures nnd trips
mado to various parts of tho state. Ho
made sixty-three trips, Borne of thorn
to tho cxtremo northwestern nnd
western parts of the state. Ho Bpcnt
12(50.30 for railroad fare. Tho total
oxpenso, Including his snlary or
$1,800 n year, was $2,17-1.38.
An appropriation of $10,000 wns
mado by tho last legislature for tho
Htato board of health. Of that amount
$li,'l00 was? appropriated by the board
for the expense of collecting vital
statistics, ofllco fumlturo and travel
ing expenses of ono Inspector. In ad
dition to tho slxty-thrcc trips nindc, a
largo number of contagious dlBoaso
disputes wero settled by telephone
und by letter.
In his report Dr. Wilson says':
"Manv calls have como In from over
Uio Htnte for aBBlstanco in tho matter
of Improving sanitary conditions, Im
nnru wnter. etc. Moat of such calls
had to bo declined from lack of funds
for traveling expenses, oIbo from lack
of Jurisdiction in such cases. How
over, advisory letters wero sent out
In each Instance and In this way fro
rmniitlv imnroved the situation. In my
ojilnlon, if the powers of tho board
wero enlarged and tho oxpenso fund
moro llbornl, tho Inspector might ma
terially assist In bettering the Hani
tary and health conditions of tho
state."
nr. Wilson hollovoH tho Ktato board
of health ought to have Jurisdiction
under the control of local boards of
honlth, Forty-four of tho sixty-threo
culm wore for tho Investigation of
small pox cases,
Statement of Bryan Volunteers.
Members of the Hrynn Volunteers
nro receiving a pamphlet containing
a complete financial statement of tho
officers of tho organization. Tho
statomont bIiowb n complete list of
tho membership who lin" uald all or
n part of tho $10 pledged, nmmgea
by counties. There is also an Item
ized list of expenditures.
Tho statomont shows that a totnl
of $12,030.15 was collected by tho
organization, $11, -ICS having been paid
by members and $GG0.15 having been
received from miscellaneous sources
which aro shown. A total or $11,421.80
has been paid out,' In addition thcro
aro outBtnndlng bills for nearly $225.
Tho bcoks show a balance of $014,35,
but tho actual balance on hand Is
$559.35. This Is cxplnlnod by tho
fact that In tho cxcltcmont of tho
state convention $45 more wns booked
than waH received and a similar mis
take,' amounting to $10, was mado at
tho Denver convention.
Senator Volpp Has a Bill.
Frod Volpji, sonntor from the Tenth
district, has prepared n bill for tho
"organization and control of hanks
nnd tho protection of doposltors." Mr.
Volpp has sent, out copies of tho pro
posed bill and ho will offer It at tho
first session of the senate.
Discussing the proposed measure its
author gavo tho following features as
in his opinion of special Importanco:
"Tho law follows tho general lines
of our presont law, thus avoiding con
fusion.
"Tho changes that have been mado
nro In tho direction of moro rigid reg
ulation nnd control.
"The bill provides for payment to
doposltors of failed banks within
thirty days.
"Tho bill provides for 'depositors'
protective fund' and nowhere Is tho
word 'guaranteed' used.
"There is very little question of tho
constitutionality of tho various meas
ures. Wo force no bank, at ate or na
tional, Into tho protective systom, and
wo keop none in longer than thoy wish
to remain.
"I bollovo that a thorough Inspection
nnd a rigid control of tho bnnks under
tho plan I outline will provont fail
ures and that It mny be ninny years
boforo tho protective fund Is over
cnlled on for a dollar."
Three Guards Disciplined.
Warden Reenter had a enso of In
subordination nt the state penitou
tlary and as a result throe guards
woro discharged. Thoy woro, Thomas
Kokloy, Michael McNoal nnd Captain
Morgan, According to Warden Iiootn
or, the three men concluded tho days'
of tho wnrden wore numbered nnd
proposed to havo things their own
way.
The Convention Sensor.
Lincoln's convention season will be
gin early In tho yoar. Tho first ono
to tnko place will be the Lancaster
county good roads convention on Jan
uary I. ThiB mooting Is to bo prac
tically a state affair, as many mem
bers of tho loglslnturo, officials of dif
ferent counties, automobile donlera
and owners will bo present. Janunry
13, 11 and 15, as tho dates hnvo been
previously fixed, the Nebrasku Inde
pendent Telephone association will
held Its annual session In Lincoln.
1 Then follow others in February.
NEW 8 TATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
Wayne College Offers to Sell Out fop
$100,000.
Tho Nebraska normal collogo or
Wayno offers to sell to Uio stato build
ings and property valued at $150,000
for uso as a stato normal school for a
consideration of $100,000 in hand
paid. Tho proposition wll bo presented
to tho coming legislature. In tho past
when plnns for a now state normal
school havo been before tho leglBla
turo many of the strongest hearted
members of that body took to tho
woods. In tho present session Sena
tor Tom Majors, tho founder of tho
Porn stnto normal nnd friends of the
Kearney stnto normal aro oxpectcd to
Btand tho brunt of tho fight. Mr.
Majors wants un appropriation for a
new building nt tho Peru normal and
friends of tho Kearney school also
want n now building. Tho Kearney
men will show that Governor Shel
don cub their Institution out of nn ap
propriation two years ago, by his veto
power and that thoy need nnd de
mand a new building now. Tho friends
of tho Peru normal will present good
nnd sufficient reasons why a now
building should bo built at that stato.
Institution. On tho other side thc
northeastern part of tho stato will try
to convlnco tho legislature that It la
greatly In need of a ntato normal
school, ono not conductod for prlvnto
gain.
Alliance Wants Better Coal Rate.
The Commercial club or Alliance
has appealed to tho Interstate Com
merce commission to compel tho Bur
lington railroad to ceaso discrimin
ating agninBt that city In the mntter
of coal rates from Sheridan, Wyo. In,
its showing tho Commercial club sets'
up that the rate from Shoridnn to Al
liance, 333 mllea, on lump coal is $3
a ton nnd other coal $2.50; from.
Sheridan to Dcadwood, 330 miles, on,
tho rata is $2,25 on lump nnd $2 on,
other coal, from Sheridan to Omaha.
740 miles, on lump tho rnto is $3 and
on other coal $2.50.
Trouble Over Treasurer's Bond.
Tho fight between bonding com
panies for tho privilege of Blgnlngi
Stato Treasurer L. O. Brain's ono
million dollar official bond may bo-
pomo so florco that tho treasurer will
be obliged to make a canvass among-
his friends for n personnl bond. The
latter course will take some tlmo and
trouble, but It will save tho stnto a.
premium of $5,000 which is paid ovory
two years .for a guaranty company'
bond.
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Charters for CItle9.
City attorneys from Bocond-clnss
cities woro hero to talk over amend
ments In tho charters of theso cities.
These were C. 13. Abbott ot Fremont,
W. F. Button ot Hastings, A. H. Kidd
of Beatrice nnd T. H. Pollock ot
Plnttsmouth. Thoy will probably hold
n sories of conferences boforo It Is.
tlmo to tako up tho chartor for theso
cities nnd arrlvo at an agreement
which will bo satisfactory to all.
Omaha Telephones Reduced.
Omaha gets a Now Yc;r's present jl
from the Nebraska Tolophono com
pany In tho sliapo of n reduction in
rates. Residenco 'phonos nro re
duced 50 cents a month, while tho dis
count Is reducod from $1 to 50 conts.
Reductions of $C a year nro also made
on two pnrty lino telephones.
Bryan to Join the Eagles.
William J. xiryan will bo Initiated
into tho Order ot Eagles hero this
week and tho local aorie promises to
havo u big tlmo over tho event. Col.
John J. Ryder, president of the Eagles,
telephoned Invitations to all of tho
grand officers nnd ho expects somo of
them to nttend. A banquet will fol
low the Initiation.
Deputy Treasurer Resigns.
Honry Lehr, doputy stnto treasurer,
has resigned. His resignation Is to
tako effect January 7. Stato Treasur
er L. O. Brian has appointed his son,
Frank Brain, nged 22, to tho vnenncy.
Young Mr. Bruin has been omployod
in tho treasurer's ofllco for ono year.
E Silllck Gets a Pardon. E
Jesse C. Silllck of Omaha Is a free
man. Governor Sheldon issued n par
don to Silllck. Whllo n convict In tho
stato prison ho escaied somo years
ago two months boforo tho expiration
of his time. Since his escape ho has
Berved soveral years in tho army andi
has an honorable discharge.
Pardon Asked for Pumphrey.
Miss Anna Pan of Omaha has a
sweotheart confined In tho pcnlten
tlary and she has asked Governor!
Sheldon to pardon him. Tho man In
tho case is Charles Pumphrey, con
fined for life for Uio .murder or in
Chlnamnn In Omnha.
State Press Association.
At a meeting of tho executive com
mitteo of the Nebraska Stato Press as
soclation it was doclded to hold the
next mooting- of tho association nt
Grand Island. Fobruary 22, 13 nnd 24.
Tho program has been only partially
mnpped out.
Capitol Building Dangerous.
Stato School Suporintondont Mc
Brien notified Commissioner of Lands
and Buildings Eaton that ho regarded
tho east wing of tho stnto capltol
building criminally dnngorous, nnd thnt
It would bo n monnco to sofoty to per
mit tho coming inaugural ball to bo
hold In the hnll of tho houso of repre
sentatives, which Is located in tho east
wing, The board of public lands nad
buildings accordingly will not permit
tho ball to bo held thore and it will
probably bo In tho sennte hall or somo
other safo placo
ASi IN BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SVBJEGTS10UCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Ex-Sonator Millard of Omaha has
purchased a $G5,000 residence.
Reports have reached Miller from
the outside that a bank was robbed nt
that place, but these reports are
wrong. There has been no bank rob
bery there.
Central City Is preparing to make a,
strong bid for tho proposed Odd Fel
lows homo which Is to bo located,
iiomowhoro in tho state soon nftcr thei
first of Fobrunry.
Over $0,000 has been rnlscd In the
$8,000 fund for the purchnso of an
abandoned convent property nt Hast
ings for a girls' academy, which the
Dominican sisters propose to estnbllsh
If tho property is deeded to thorn.
As n result or tho wholesale bur
glaries In Fremont, the police are
rounding up "undeslrnblo" citizens,,
and deporting them, under penalties
of vagrancy charges upon their being;'
seen again in tho city.
Farmers should all have telephones.
Write to us and learn how to get the
best service for tho least money.
Nebraska Telophone Company, 18th
nnd Douglas streets, Omaha. "Use.
tho Bell."
Governor Sheldon has commuted
the sentence of J. D. Adklns of Omaha
from flvo years to three years, slv
months and eighteen days, which re
leases him December 31. Adklns wns.
sentenced for statutory assault. He
Is G4 years old. m
Prof. George Carrlngtoii, county
superintendent of public instruction
of Nemaha county who wns a candi
date before tho primaries for the
office of stato superintendent, has
tendered his resignation, to take
effect on tho first of January, and will
movo to Lincoln.
While out hunting about one mllc
north of Plattsmouth W. D. Messcr
smith heard tho report of a gun nnd
soon after saw a large gray wolf,
which ono of tho other hunters had
partially filled with shot, Jumped the
fence, and make a straight lino for
him. "Posy" fired nnd the wild ani
mal feel dead.
O. W. Brandt, a brnkemnn on a
southbound Burlington freight, was
killed near tho coal chute in tho Bur
lington yards at Oakland while coupl
ing cars. Tho first attempt to couplo
the train failed and In adjusting tho
couplings for a second attempt in
somo way Brandt was caught between
them, tho coupling penetrating his
abdomen, mangling him torribly.
On complaint filed by Miss Blanche
Udey, Bert Hnynes was arrested on
tho chargo of assault. Both parties
nro well known-In Ncllgh. Tho prelim
inary hearing was held before County
Judgo Nelson and whon all tho ovl
donco had been heard, tho judgo
bound tho young man over to tho dis
trict court in tho sum of $500.
John Innermnn, from a ranch south
of Johnstown, wns in Alnsworth to get
somo mcdlclno fbr his horses. Ho
sayB thoro Is a disease among tho
horses In his neighborhood rcsombl
Ing swamp fever, which is a puzzlo
to nil. A horse will bo walking nlong
apparontly all right, nnd shortly, tho
cars will commence to droop and In
a few hours tho nnlmal is dead.
A housobronkor entered tho homo
of Frank Mooro nt Millor, betrnylnu
his presenco by a light, nnd was dis
covered by Mooro as ho returned
homo at a lato hour. Citizens sur
rounded tho houso to prevent escape
and tho sheriff wns telephoned for.
On his arrival it was discovered that
tho thief had outwitted tho watchers
nnd escnped. No booty wns secured.
Dr. IC Koonz, a woll known dentist
ot Alliance, was arrested at. Bridge
port on a complaint charging him with
nssnult upon a young woman pationt.
Tho ehnrgos nro of a most revolting
character. The victim Is In n critical
condition. Tho offenso was commit
ted in tho dentist's operating room in
a public rooming houso. It Ib charged
tlmt tho young woman wns drugged
The stnte railway commission will
havo a gonornl round up with tele
phone ofilcors from all ovor tho stato
on Jnnuary 15 for tho purpose of
gathoung a lot of mlscollnneous In
formation with roferenco to some of
tho dotnlls of tho tolophono bUBlness,
the service rondored by them, meth
ods of classification of subscribers
and systom of accounting.
Socrotnry of Stale Junkln has ro
reived a lottor from tho Union Pa
cific railroad regarding thnt $50,000
fco supposed to bo duo tho stnto from
tho railroad on account of tho ndop
tlon nnd nmendments to the articles
of Incorporation of tho road, which
undor tho law must bo filed with Uio
sccrotary. The railroad hns tho mat
tor undor consideration and Its dcn.
slon In tho matter will bo known
shortly.
City Clerk Brnttou nnd City Attor
ney Button of Hastings, are preparing
a measure for submission to the legis
lature providing for registration of
voters in Hastings and other cities of
from 7,000 to 25.000 population after
tho manner of that now provided for
Lincoln and Omaha.
Henry Llnenbrlnk, a young man re
siding wost of Callnway, thinks that
ho has broken nil corn husking
records In tho stato for this season,
During b'.x continuous days of husk
ing Mr. Llnenbrlnk nvornged just 105
bushels per day. or husked (!30 bushels
in tho six days.