THE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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Information.
Foreign.
Twenty-two donth Bontcnccfl passed
upon political prlHoncrH wcro con
firmed at Bt. Petersburg by tho bu
premo mllltury court. Fifteen of
theso wore conylctod of an attempt
to eacapo from tho Irkutsk prison
when a prison gunrd wns killed.
Prlnco von Buelow's coalition of tho
consorvatlvo-llboral and radical par
ties apparently reached n fatal crisis
overi tho schtmo of financial roform.
In tho relchstug Horr von Normann,
tho c'ousorvntlvo leader of tho (loot',
Informed tho loader of tho natlonnl
llborals, Hen BasBormann, that tho
conservatives woro roform without
considering whore they would got a
majority.
King Victor Emutanuel reopened
tho Italian parliament with tho cus
tomary ceremonies. Tho king nnd
qucou, accompanied by the royal
princes, drove from tho qulrlnrtl to
tho sonato building, where they woro
enthusiastically grcotod by 400 depu
ties and 300 sonators.
There Is no likelihood of Emporor
William and Theodore Roosovelt
mooting' In tho Mediterranean In
April, as Mr. Roosevelt, on board the
steamer Admiral, will bo In tho neigh
borhood of Aden, at tho southern end
of tho Red soa, when Emperor Wil
liam goes on board tho Imperial yacht
Hohonzollorn at Venice.
In view of tho nsHortlons made In
tho British houso of commons thnt
Germany In tho spring of 1012 would
have Bovonteon wnrshlps, all of thorn'
of tho big gun typo, tho navy depart
ment nuthorlzos tho statement that
In .tho autumn of 1012 Gormany will
havo thirteen such vcssols,
Tlio govornmont of Greece Id still
probing into tho situation growing out
of, the recent riot upon Its subjects at
.flouh Omaha. Minister Cora Molns
mfcwat Washington has sont u personal
roprosentntlvo of tho kingdom to
Omahu.
General.
Georgo B, Cortolyou, ox-sccretary of
tho treasury, Was 'oloctcd preBldont of
tho Consolidated Gat? company of Now
York.
Denial was made that tho oil para
graph In tho tariff hill waB lntonded
to aid the Standard,
Near Honrlottn, Okla., twenty dep
uty sheriffs and n hundred nogroos
engaged In a pitched battle.
AuBtrla scorns bont on having a
brush with Sorvla.
Tho sonato will bo ready to roport
a tariff bill ab boou as the houso acts
on tho Pnyno measure.
At Oaxaca, Mox., tho rocont earth
quako cracked tho walls of tho ceme
tery, and oxposed tho bod I oh of tunny
victims of tho cholera opldemlo of
1851.
The Missouri house pushed tho 2
cent mlloago rato hook bill to en
grossment. Tho tnoasuro rcfiulrcs
railroads to soil mlloago hookB good
for COO, 1,000 and 2,000 miles nt n
rato of 2 cents a mllo.
President Tnft accepted an invita
tion to attend tho Mockleuburg cele
bration nt Charlotto, N. Q.
Gov, Dlckorson of Novada lutB
signed tho Tnllman banking act, tho
mining inspector bill, tho anti-gam
bllng bill and tho Juvonllo court bill.
E. II. Hnrrlman has gono to Pnso
Robles to tnko tho hatha at tho hot
springs. Ho Is bothered with rhoum
uIIbiu.
Thoro Is n movomont on foot to
consolidate tho cltlos of St. Paul and
Minneapolis as ono motropollo.
Tho Illinois loglslaturo Is still vol
lng without TOBult In tho senatorial
contest.
Portlnnd, Ore, Iibb n scheme for
placing nil saloons under one owner
uhlp.
Tho death Is announced at Berlin
of Prof. Alfred Messell, tho well
known Gorman nrchltect, (nged CO
ycarB.
Mrs. Plotro Lonlllard, Jr., wlfo of
tho tobacco mngnntc, tired of tho so
ciety swirl, Bitlclded In Washington
br nsnhyxlntlon.
Major Francis P. Fremont, Fifth
United Stntos Infantry, boii of tho
"Pnthllndor," Ib to ho dlBinlBHod from
.tho army nB a result of IiIh conviction
bv court-mnrtlal in Cuba on tho
charno of insubordination.
Much Ib now doing In a political
way in Nebraska, In view of tho noar
nnnroach of city and town elections.
Col. William Lamb, agod 7a, soldlor,
lawvor. ed tor. merchant and pollti
clan, died at Norfolk, Va, Ho was
best known b tho "Hero or Fort
Fishor."
Tfonsovolt unve notlco boforo lonv
lng for South Africa thnt it would bo
absolutely usoloss for nnyono to wrlto
to him during hlB absence
United Statos Senator Dixon of
Montana declares positively that tho
Flathead reservation will bo oponed
for settlement tho Inttor part of July
or tho first of August this year.
Mmo. Holeno Modjoska Is reported
KB gradually growing wonkor.
A balloon Journey from tho Pacific
to Atlantic oceans, across tho United
States, has been practically assured
for tho noar future.
Charles Stlutson Is dena as a result
of hazing hy follow students nt tho
White school In Indlnnnpolls.
Executive nnd legal representatives
of railroads operating In Missouri
will Immediately take steps to attack
at law tho 2-cont passongor fare lawn
of Illinois nnd Iowa,
Battling Nelson, tho llghtwolght pu
gilistic chnmplon of tho world, will
fight Jimmy Brltt in Australia sonio
tlmo noxt fall.
Rates from Buffalo to Now York on
grnln for export have boon cut from
5& to 4 cents per bushels. This re
duction follows a protest made by tho
Now York Prodttco exchange.
Tho growing tendency toward big-
gor and more formldnbln navies
shown by the leading nations of Eu
rope, and now by tho United States,
was denounced by Andrew Cnrnegk
at the International peaco festival.
Street car holdup men have again
commenced operations In Omaha.
Territorial onicors of Now Mexico
havo been ordered to stay nwny from
Washington unless thoy have busi
ness there.
If congress deslros the decennial
census tauou next year, Director
North of the census buronit wunts $1 1,
000,000 to defray expenses.
Tho Coopors, fnther and son, on
trial in Nnshvillc, Tctin., for killing
Senator Cnrmack, were found guilty
and sentenced to twenty years In tho
penitentiary.
Col. Fred I,. Jolt 7:, tho Kansas negro
editor, was declared Insane by tho
probate Judge of Shawnee county.
Former Representative James E.
Watson of Indiana, who lost his light
for the governorship, hnH boon offored
and has declined the governorship of
Porto Rico and tho ministership to
Cuba.
Five people were killed and a score
more woro Injured nnd many wero
overcome by an explosion of gas In
tho Snnnysldo mines nt Evansvllle,
Ind.
Chief Engineer Horscholl Main of
tho navy, retired, died in Washington,
aged' C:i years.
Waohlngton.
Sovoral Important changos affecting
tho porsonnol of tho lntorlor depart
ment wero announced by Secretary
Balllnger. Josoph R. Webster of Ne
braska was appointed nn assistant at
torney lp tho ofllco of tho secretary
at n salary of $2,750. Fred H. Bar
clay of Wyoming was promoted to bo
assistant attorney In tho ofllco of tho
assistant attorney gonornl nt $2,500
por annum.
Tho plan for tho consolidation ol
work In tho various navy yards form
ulated by former Secretary Nowborry
will bo uphold by tho prcsont admin
istration at least until It has been
thoroughly tested by oxporlonco,
Tho last romalnlng voatlgo of tho
Roosevelt ordor tnklng marines off
tho battleships and cruisers of tho
United Stntcs navy was owopt away
when President Tnft, after tho mat-
tor had been considered nt a cabinet
mooting, directed that an order bo
issued restoring tho murines to oxnet-
ly tho samo duties thoy had per
formed prior to tholr being ordored
aBlioro.
Tho now bank guaranty law of
Kansas was tho subject of n confor-
onco at tho Whlto houso today when
Senators Curtis and Brlstow of that
stato called upon Prosldont Tnft.
Tho attorney gcnornl Iiob asked
Wndo II. Ellis of Ohio to contlnuo In
his present position of assistant to
tho attomoy gonornl, and It waB of
ficially announced thnt ho had agreed
to do no.
Cuba will produco about 1,400,000
tons of Hiignr this soason wcathor. ac
cording to Consul Gonornl Rogors nt
Havana. Ho Ib Inclined to dlscrodlt
tho low oBtlmntoB of probable yield lit
tho crop, dcspltq tho fact that rains
In tho eastern half of tho Island havo
glvon tho bollof that tho sugar pro
duction would bo curtallod.
Formor Governor Hill of Maine, act
ing chairman of tho Republican na
tlonnl committee, announced at tho
Whlto Houso that tho headquarters
of tho committee In Washington
would ho abnndonod nftor this mouth
and contlnuod In Chicago with Secre
tary Hnyward.
In the distribution of committee
asslgnmonts among tho senators tho
woat gels a mensuro of recognition
-which nobody dreamed would go to
it, and a good deal of tho credit is
given to Senator iJtFollotto and Bur
kett. Porconal.
Ex-Presldont CaBtro of Vonozuola
Is on hla way to Bordeaux to sail
for South America.
John Nowton Drummond, million-
nlro tobacco manufacturer, died at
his homo In Alton, 111., of n sorlca of
apoplexy strokes.
It Ib likely that Prosldont Tnft will
bo asked to arbitrate In tho coal min
ora' dllllcultlcs.
Tho Nobraska delegation In con
gress Ib In a stow over tho demand
for free lumber from tholr constltu
outs,
Congressman Klnknld will urgo tho
rotentlou of duty on hides.
Wostorn senators are elated over
committee assignments.
. Wllllo Whlltn, tho kidnaped Sharon,
Pn boy was restored unharmed to
his fathor at Cloveland.
Director North wants $14,000,000
to tnko tho noxt consus.
Roosavolt expects to be gono about
flftoen months.
Chairman Payno Bpolto four hours
In explanation of his tariff bill.
W, J. Bryan wna 49 yearn old March
19; Lincoln democrats tonderod hint
a banquet.
FIGHT IIH INDIANS
CHIEF CRAZY SNAKE AND FOL-
LOWERS MAKING TROUBLE.
BLOODY BUTTLE 15 EXPECTED
Leader of the Aborigines to Be Inter
cepted in His Efforts to Reach
Tiger Mountains.
Oklahoma City, Okla. In a pitched
hattlo at Hickory Ground nt C o'clock
Saturday evening between n posso of
ilvo officers nnd twonty Crook Indians
of tho Snake clan, Officers Edwnrd
Raum and Herman Odom of Chccotnh
were killed. Frunk Jones and Wil
liam Carr, other members of tho
posse, escaped without Injury und fled
to tho settlements, whero tho news
of tho bnttlo was telephoned to Sheriff
Odom of Mcllntosh county.
Oklnhoma City, Okla. Chief Crazy
Snuko and 100 followers rotrented
before five companies of Oklahoma
mllltla Into Sunday night, thus defer
ring nn expected battle until Mondny.
Hastily setting lire to his topees
nnd tents, tho Indian lendor with his
mixed company of redskins and ne
groes fled front their blazing camp as
the troops advanced. Thoy took up n
strong position between the North
Canadian rlvor nnd Deep Fork creek,
nbout seventeen miles east of Henry
ctta, Colonel Hoffman, In command of
tho state troops, considered It unwlso
to push tho pursuit nnd engage tho
Indians In tho darkness. Accordingly
ho bivouacked his troops for the night.
Early In this morning, reinforced by 41
company of cowboys from nround
Lnwton, Okln., nil crack shots, ho will
lead his forces against tho Indians.
Crazy Snako ami his bruvoB will bo
offered a chance to surrender. If
they rofuso tho bnttlo will bo on.
Colonel Hoffman sent out numerous
scouts to wntch tho movements of
tho, ehomy nnd to glvo tho alarm If
thoy attempted tw fleo under cover of
dnrkncsB. Tho cotnmnndor planned
to allow his weary troops rest on tho
field during tho night unless tho In
dians nttcmpted to escapo to a
stronger position.
Tho mlllttn officers bollovo Crazy
Snako wants to reach tho Tiger
mountains with his followers beforo
engaging In n general light. That
tho old chief Is striving to stir tho
Creeks to nn uprising and strlko for
what ho conceives to bo liberty wns
evident from tho smoko of throo sig
nal fires on adjacent hills Just before
sundown. Old-tlmo frontlorsmon who
Insist thoy know what such thlngB
mean dcclnro this Is a sign which al
ways ushers In Indian trouble No
body Is wild enough to say tho old
chief will got anywhere- In his fnnnt
leal dream of ovorturnlng tho govern
ment, but certain It Is thnt ho lo try
ing and Just as certain that ho will
bo ruthlessly crushed If ho resists.
Major Charles E. Barrett, In chargo
of tho cothntlssnry, received hurry or
ders by courier to send supplies nnd
additional ammunition to tho soldiers
nt tho camp. From this It Is Inferred
thnt tho officers expect a long chase
boforo a fight.
Six mon havo been killed nnd a
dozon wounded sinco tho troublo be
gan Thursday. This Is tho official re
port, and It Is bclloved many tnoro of
tho nogroos and Indians woro killed.
Dr. I. M. Wallace of Dustln, Okla., who
wont to tho Hickory Hills with tho
troopors, declared moro than twonty
negroes woro killed Thursday and
Saturday, and woro glvon rudo burial
without coffins In tho vicinity whero
tho soldiers camped Sunday.
THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS.
Lower House Will Continue to De
bate Payne Bill.
Washington Tho activities of con
gross during tho prcsont week will bo
confined nltnoat exclusively to tho
consideration of tho tariff. Tho
houso will proceed with the consider
ntlon of tho Payno bill In gonornl de
bate, and tho hour of tho dally sit
tings will bo oxtonded, tho Bosslons
beginning nt 1 o'clock In tho morn
lng and ondlng nt night at 11:30 with
an Intermission for dlnnor botweon
0 nnd 8 o'clock. Tho Bonnto will not
bo In position to tnko tin tho bill un
til It Is pnssod by tho houso, hut tho
sonnto commltteo on llnnuco wjll con
tlnuo consideration of tho various
schedules of tho monsure.
Thinks Salary Too Much.
Washington. Roprosontntlvo Ed
wards (Ga.) Is tired of drawing $7,500
for ltlB sorvlcos as a member of con
gross. Ho Is willing to hold tho Job
for $5,000 a year. Acordlngly ho in
troduced a bill to reduco tho snlary
of members from $7,500 to $5,000.
Governor Cosgrove Dead.
Paso Roblos, Cnl. Govomor Sam-
uol G. Cosgrovo of Washington dlod
hero suddenly of might's disease.
Dr. Canfiold Critically III.
Now York. Dr. Jnnies. H. Canfiold
librarian of Columbia university, for
mor ohnncollor of tho University of
Nebraska and at times connected
with sovoral other wostorn unlvorsl
tlos, Is lit St, Luko's hospital hero In
a serious condition, suffering front
norvous Bhook and npoploxy, tho
results, It Is said, of n street car 110
cldont n fow daya ago. Ho Buffered
n slight Btroko of apoploxy after tho
accident and Inst Wednesday morn
lug was takon to St. Luke's, whor
ho suftorod nn othor stroke.
BE IN EFFECT
GOVERNOR AFFIXE6 HI8 SIGNA
TURE TO THE BANK BILL.
OPERATIVE IN A FEW MONTHS
Companion to the Depositors' Guar
anty BUI Accepted as It Comes
from the House.
The chairmen of tho enrolling nnd
engrossing committees of tho senate
und houso, Frank J, Henry nnd W. Z.
Taylor, submitted the enrolled bank
bill to Governor Shnllenberger for his
approval. In doing so those members
of the leglslnture nddreased the exec
utive on the theory of tho bill nnd ex
pressing to htm tholr appreciation of
what ho had done to mnkc tho guar
anty bill a good one.
Governor Shnllenborger utlswcred
brlofly and Informally as follows: "I
appreciate fully tho honor that Is inluo
In being given the prlvllego of sign
ing the bill. It has been a great
pleasure to see this promise of tho
democratic party being cnrrled out to
complete fulfilment. It is not tho
work of ono man, nnd does not rop-
rouent tho sagacity of any ono man In
the stnle. Rather the bill Is the re
sult of the wisdom and Judgment of
many men. I havo gono over its pro
visions, carefully, nnd urn glad to sign
It. First, however, I wnnt to go over
the sections. The bill Is bnscd on
tho broad prlnelplo that tho profit and
prosperity of banks are derived from
the depositors, and tho banker who
puts nsldo n portion of hla profits to
secure snfoty for tho depositor will
be amply repaid by tho Increased con
fidence tho public- will feel in his
institution. It Is merely tho principle
of Insurance carried Into tho bnnklng
business. I shall be glad to sign tho
bill, gentlemen of tho leglslnture,
when first I have gone over Its sec
tions."
Later on tho governor signed tho
bill, and In n few months it will go
Into effect.
Tho companion to tho depositors'
guaranty bnnklng bill was passed by
tho sonato ns it enmo from tho house.
Tho voto was unanimous, thoro being
thirty-one votes for it nnd two mom
hers nbsonL This bill provides tho
mothod of re-chnrtering national
banks which deslro to glvo up their
national chartora In ordor to avail
thomselvcs of tho benoflt of tho guar
anty law. It also provides that when-
over by net of congress or hy ordor
of tho nttorney general national banks
shall bo permitted to participate in
tho state guaranty laws, national
banks mny pay their assessment nnd
participate on the samo footing as
stato banks.
Tho sonato has ordered 2,000 copies
of tho now banking law printed for
general distribution.
The Banking Bill.
Over tho protests of W. J. Taylor
of Custer county, who denounced tho
mensuro as having been amended to
suit tho national bankers, und as not
being tho law promised tho peoplo of
Nobraska by tho democratic party,
tho house concurred In tho senate
nmendmonts to tho banking bill. Mr.
Tnylor objected to tho reduction
mndo by tho sonnto In tho Initial lovy
against tho banks to creato tho guar
anty fund from ono-half of 1 per cent
to one-fourth of 1 por cent. Ho ob
jected to tho action of tho sonato in
striking from tho bill tho umondmcnt
adopted by the houso providing thnt
stockholders in n bank must own
othor property of cqunl value, and he
objected to tho decrease In tho re
servo to bo hold In tho banks from
20 to ID por cent.
County Option Killed.
Tho county option bill wns taken
up by tho houso, which had dodged
consideration of the mensuro for a
long time. Dobato was limited to
half an hour becnuso it was well
known that each member had his
mind mndo up on tho matter tmd de
bato was but wasted time. The bill
was voted on nnd defeated In com
mltteo by n voto of 53, no nogntlvo
voto being takon. When tho house
roso from commltteo of the wholo tho
result wns emphasized on roll call by
a voto of 52 to 39, nine members be
ing absent or not voting. Of these
nine n majority aro supposed to bo
opposed to county option. Thus tho
question was defeated.
Physical Valuation Bill.
Tho sonato refused to concur In
house umoudmonts to the physical
valuation bill nnd unless the house
changes Its position on this bill thcrq
promises to be a deadlock of goodly
proportions. A conforonco committee
consisting of Scnntors OIIIh, Miller
and Tnnnor wns appointed on tho hill
nnd as tho lattor two named men nro
tho sponsors for tho two charter bills
which tho houso mutilated and as Sen
ntor Ollts Is Introducer of tho physlcnl
valuation bill, tho outlook Is not good.
To Adjourn April 1.
An ngreoiuont has been renchod up
on tho date for final adjournment of
tho legislature, both houses having
ratified tho roport of tho conforonco
committee on Friday fixing Thursday,
April 1, as tho time. Tho outlook nt
tho prosont time Is that tho fiction
sanctified by generations of precedent
of stopping tho clock on tho final day
nnd running ovor two or threo dnys
later may bo dlsponsed with this year.
Thero Ib no telling, however, what
contingency may arlso to prolong the
sosalon.
SIN
THE HOUSE CONCURS.
The 8enate Amended Bank Bill Is
Accepted.
Tho bank bill as amended In tho
enato was concurred In by the houso
and goos now to tho governor for his
signature. Of that tho bill is assured
for In conference the governor said
that although the bill was not entirely
to his liking he was willing to take it
as tho best that could bo dono under
tho circumstances.
Tnylor of Custer nppenred as the
chief champion against udoptlns the
senate amendments to tho guarantee
bill. Opposed to him wore nil tho
house members of tho banking com
mltteo which framed tho bill. Taylor
had tho solid following of tho repub
licans save four who voted against
tho motion made by Taylor not to con
cur in the senate amendments on
threo sections. With them went nine
teen democrats who believed as Tay
lor did that the amendments he point
ed out wenkened the measure. The
voto on not concurring In the threo
sections ns nmended by the sonnto
stood 43 to 53 and they woro ndopt
ed as sent from tho sennte.
Tho bill ns it goos to tho governor
makes no chnnges In tho composition
of tho banking board front what It was
arranged by tho commltteo. The board
Is Btlll to bo composed of threo 1:1cm
bors, tho governor, tho nttorney gen
eral and the auditor. The governor Ib
to hnvo practically all tho power of
direction nnd nppolntment. He Is
ronlly to bo the bourd per so. This
was dono because the democrats
would not trust the two republicans
who must of necessity bo members of
tho bonrd. The entire board Is to hava
control of what banks mny bo desig
nated as depositories of that portion
of tho reserve of banks not roqulred
to bo maintained as actual cash on
hand. Banks In towns of 0110 hundred
or less may bo formed with only $10,
000 capital stock, banks in towns of
100 to 500 enn have not loss than $15,
000 capital stock, In towns 500 to 1.000
not less than $20,000, In towns of
1,000 to 2,000 not less than $25,000
capital, In cities of 2,000 to 5.000 not
less than $35,00, in cities of 5,000 to
25,000 not less than $50,000 capital,
and in cIiIcb of 25,00 to moro popula
tion not less than $100,000 capital
stock. All this must be paid up. This
is less drastic than tho orlsinnl bill,
but is more stringent than tho prosont
banking law, A majority of directors
in any bank must rcsldo In tho county
whero Bitch bank Is located or In
counties adjacent thoreto. Each di
rector must own stock In an amount
not Iobs than $3,000 if tho bank has a
$50,u00 capital and not less than 4
per cent If n Bntallor bank. Tho di
rectors may not borrow tnoro than
20 por cent ench of the amount of tho
capital stock, and tho nggregate loans
to directors shall not exceed 50 per
cent of the total capital.
Each stockholder must bo liable In
tho sum of his stock and that much
moro for the debts of tho corpora
tions. This Is the present law and Is
tho requirement of tho Institution. A
stockholder need not prove before In
corporation that ho owns ns much
property outside banking Btock ns he
holdB that commodity. Indeed he need
not own any othor property than Ills
bank stock. Ho must, however, provo
that ho Is a person of integrity nnd
financial standing to tho satisfaction
of tho board before any charter may
bo issued. Tho assessments may not
exceed one-fourth of 1 per cent for
each six months until July 1, 1911, un
less thoro Is an emergency call nnd nf
tor that dato only one-twentieth of one
per cent each six months.
Final Adjournment Not Fixed.
After tho sennto committee on final
adjournment reported March 30 as
tho dato agreed upon, somo of tho
senators decided tho day was too
early, and although the roport had
been adopted, the Bonnto reconsid
ered its action and loft tho matter
undecided. Tho houso concurred In
tho roport.
Orthopedic Hospital for Omaha.
Senator Ransom presented a propo
sition to tho BCttato flnanco commltteo
for the appropriation of $15,000 to
buy a slto for nn orthopedic hospital
Tor Omaha to bo a part of tho Stato
University School of Medicine ostnb
llshod thero. Ho told tho commltteo
ho had a pledge of a gift for tho con
strucllon of the hospltnl that would
not be less than $50,000, tho same to
bo avallnblo as soon as tho slto was
secured.
Ready for Governor.
Among measures now ready for
Blgitaturo aro:
Depositors guaranty bnnklng bill.
Publicity of campaign contributions
bill.
Anti-lntlmidnllon bill.
Reciprocal law amendments bill.
Elective precinct assessors bills.
Bill permitting natlonnl banks to
re-chnrtor undor Btnto laws or tnko
advantage of tho stato guaranty law.
Physical valuation bill.
Omnhn homo rule charter hill.
All theso bills havo either been
pnssed by both houses or aro so far
advanced that tholr Immediate pas
sago is assured.
Important Bills Acted Upon.
Tho houso concurred In ilio sonnto
nmendmenta to tho Skeen bills for
tho election of precinct assessors.
Tho hills provldo those officials shall
bo elected overy two years, beginning
with noxt fall, and shull In cities
number ono for ench 4,000 population.
County assessors tiro loft ttnehnngod.
County bonrds aro to dlvldo a county
into districts for nsscsEinent. Undor
n soparato bill provision will bo mndo
for nssossment of ronl estato overy
two years Instoud of overy four ytars
but this has not yot gone through.
NEBRASKA! BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED OPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Tho "wots" nnd "drys" nro lining
up nil nlong tho Nebraska line.
Tho city of Lincoln has won Its dol
lar gnti suit.
High water In Sheridan county de
stroyed a number of bridges.
Work on the new opera houso nt
Beatrice will be started April 1.
Fire nt McCook destroyed Gannls
general merchandise store.
A new bnnk Is scheduled for Redi
Cloud with a capital stock of. $25,000
paid up.
Wm. Nightengale, Omaha, aged 25.
quit by the carbolic route. He had
of lato been much addicted to drink.
John Roby of Hnll county shot nt a,
cat. killing the same, but the bullet
sped on and likewise took tho llfo of a
colt.
Mrs. M. M. Falk, n resident of West
Beatrice, gave birth to triplets, all
boys. They weigh 8, 7 and 0 pounds,
respectively.
Stolln, tho (i-yenr-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Richie of Mitchell,
waB run over and lnstnntly killed by
a car In the switch yards.
Miss Rachel Falrchlld has been re
elected superintendent of tho schoolrt
nt Spencer, with substnntlnl Increase
In snlary.
Mr. Klngsburry, tho well-known,
horseman of Auburn, has moved to
Nobraska City with his largo string
of fast horses and will trnln them on
the now track at the city park.
Work has been begun on tho laying
of tho brick of the first story of tho
postolllce building nt Grand Island,
the foundation nnd basement being
complete.
The man held In Valentino for inur--dor,
named Storey, appeared before
tho county Judge and waived prelimi
nary and wna bound over to district
court without ball.
Herbort, the 12-ycar-old son of Geo.
Helmlck, living two miles south of
Stella, shot himself In the foot with
a 22-callber rifle with which ho wan
playing.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. VanLoer arrived
In Tecumseh from Sheridan, Wr.
with the romnlns of their 4-year-old
son, where he was drowned In at
tempting to secure his hat when It
was blown Into the stream.
Tho Grand Island Banking company,
one of the oldest us also one of tho
strongest stato banks in Nobraska,
has decided to nationalize. It has n
capital of $100,000, a surplus of $50,
000, and deposits of nearly $700,000.
All things are ready for tho county
convention of Sunday school workers
of Custer county, to begin on April
21 and to run until tho evening of tho
22d. The session will be held In tho
Presbyterian church In Broken Bow.
Alva A. Randall, son of A. P. Ran
dall of Clay Contet died nt their
farm home six tulles southeast of Clay
Center, as a result of ajt Injury re
ceived by being thrown from a horso
In December. Deceased was 29 years
of age.
An EI Reno (Okln.) paper Is author
ity for the statonient thnt a number
of well-known Nobraskans have lo
cated In that city and expect to do
business on a largo scale. They havo
organized the Conservative Loan com
pany. Ben Grandstaff, hauling hay for S.
P. Alderman, near Bassett, with u
four-horse pony team, Ijas tho record
of hauling tho largest load of hay in
that vicinity. Ho had a load weigh
ing 11,570 pounds. Tho not hay
weighed 9.C70 pounds.
Mr. nnd Mrs, David Brlon of Ewlng
celebrated their sixtieth wedding nn
nlvorsary, all of tholr children being
present to help celebrate tho day.
They wero married in Pennsylvania
and came to Nobraska thirty yeara
ago.
Mrs. Peter Sanders of Grand Island.
the wife of a painter, old-tlmo resi
dents of tho city, committed suicide
by shooting herself in the mouth.
Mrs. Sanders hns been in poor health
for several years and despondency
wns the cnuse of tho act.
Peru claims tho oldest notary pub
lic in point of service of any Nebras
ka city or town. Mr. D. C. Colo of
thnt plnco recolved his first commis
sion four years beforo Nebraska was
made a state and ho has kept It lit
force continuously since thnt time.
A Jury lit district court of Washing
ton county rendered a verdict in favor
of Flossie Plotorff, a girl or 14 years,
against William Wilson, a merchant
or Arlington, for $10,000 nnd costs.
The girl was driving a horso on hor
way to school, when Wilson attempt
ed to pass her with his automohllo on
a high and narrow grade. Tho horso
scared and threw her out, injuring
her.
Victor Lang, a well known Beatrice
man, who recently disposed of his
business, and wns preparing to take
a trip to his old homo In Austria
when ho discovered that ho was not
nn American citizen. Ho wns prepar
ing to make out an nppllcatlon for
passports.
Unfair discrimination against the
country elevators in favor of tho tor
mlnnl elovntor companies Is nllegcd
In tho cuso of H. Gund & Co. of Blue
IIIU against tho Burlington. This l$J
the complaint heurd by Speclnl Exam
lner Brown of tho Interstate com
merce commission.
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