THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. BARE, Publisher
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NF.URASKA
A Boiling Down of (he More Impor
tant Events Here and There
Foreign.
An empty balloon camo down near
Contl, and upprohonslon Ih felt for
tho three ncronnuts that sailed away
In tho nlrflhlp from Paria.
The lnteBt Intelligence from Germnn
Southwest Afrlcu says the dlscovorleH
of diamonds at LuderUz Hay nro
more Importunt thnn wna nt Ilrct
supposed. DlnmondB hitherto have
been picked upon the sandy deHcrt,
but nttotnptR to bore for water led to
tho finding or blue earth pockets
containing diamonds Hlmllar to tho
Klmberloy and other South African
stones.
At l-'rlcdrlchHliafen Count Zeppe
lin's airship made a successful (light
of twelve hours' duration. It went
first to Wnngon, In Wurttombori;,
nnd roturnod to Frlcdrichshfifen by n
different route.
Tho British torpedo destroyer IJlnck
wator wns sunk off DungonosB as a
result of a collision with tho steamer
Hero. Tho crow of 'the Illackwater
was saved.
Sir Alphonao Huffer, an English
nobleman, died suddenly at hotel in
San Antonio, Texas.
Uy tho bursting of n dyke at Cntan
zaro, twenty-two ilshermen were
swopt to sea. Eleven of them were
drowned.
It Is bollovcd nt Palermo that tho
names of tho assassins of Josoph Pot
roslnl, chief of the Italian bureau of
tho Now York dotoetlvo tarco, aro
known to tho inspector of tho ministry
of tho intorlor sent down from Home,
nnd that thoy hnvo been communlcnt
ed to Pronilor qiolottl.
ClmrloB ID. Mtigoon, former provi
sional governor of Cuba during tho
Jnst intervention of tho United States,
cnblcd to Gonoral ThomaB II. Parry,
wbo coinmnndod tbo Amorlcnn troops
loft on tho Island after tho with
drawal of tho provlBlonnl govommont,
congratulating him upon tho buccobs
ful termination of tbo military occii'
patlon,
General.
Tho Pnyno tariff bill passed tho
houso on tho 0th.
Ell Hltcbcock, Bocrotary of tho in
terior undor McKlnley and Hoosovolt,
died ill Washington.
Tho now Cuban minister, Carlos
Garcia Voloz waB formally received
by Proaldont Taft. There wnu a fo
llcltoufl Intorcliungo of friendly groot
lngs
Fifty thousand pounds ot govern'
. mont powder exploded at Wnyno, N
J., at tbo Duppnt black powdor mills
instantly killing ono workman and
seriously injuring Bovornl others.
Among tho nominations sent to tho
senate woro tho following from civil
!to to bo second lieutenants In the
coast artillery corps: Robert Elton
Guthrlo ot NobrnBka and Goorgo El
mor Nlklrk of Iowa.
F. Mnrlon Crnwford, tho novelist,
dlOd at Sorronto, Italy, Ho was born
in 1845. He had been 111 for somo
tlmo.
Moxlco City wna tho scono ot a do-
moiiBtratton for Proaldont Diaz.
Governor Shallonborgor's nlgnnturo
to Bounto lllo No. 100 afl'orda No
braskn tbla year tho novelty ot a non
iiartlsan Btato election,
Jules Lumbavd, the Inst ot tho three
Lumbnrd brothers, all great vocallstB,
la dying In Chicago,
President Taft will attend the meet
ing of tbo Yale corporation on .April
15,
A v Inter wheat avorngp ot 82.2 per
cent of normal against 1)1.3 a year ago
and ryo average of 87.2 agaliiBt 89.1
a your ago were announced In the
report ot tho department of agrlcu)
turo.
A statement ot tho treasury bnl
anccB in tbo general fund, exclusive
of tbo $150,000,000 gold roBorvo,
shows: Available cash balance, $132,
050,020; gold coin and bullion, $41,505,'
502; gold cortlllcntos, $17,707,700,
Mr. llryan is left olT tho list ot
BponkorB at tho Now York Jefferson
day dinner April 13.
Tho funoral of ox-Govornor Poynter
wns largely attended. His burial took
nlnco at Wyuka cemetery.
' Victor Emnnuel, king of Italy, mot
nud cordially welcomed ox-Prealdont
llooaovelt.
Ex-proaldent Roosovolt Bpont a fow
hours In Naples, being given n cordial
greeting.
Tho house rules commltteo lui3
fixed April 10 as tho date for a vote
on tho tariff bill.
Tho French tariff bill haB boon
amended nnd notable concessions
inndo to tho United States.
Rullronds ot Missouri hnvo been re-
istralned from putting u 3-cont fnre.
Tbo legislature of MtnuoHotn, with
but ono dissenting volco, pnssod re
solutions requesting representatives
of tho state in both housos ot con
gress to use their best efforts to Bee
that lumber Is put on tbo free list.
Paris newspapers poked fun nt the
CONDENSED I
mannorlsniH of Mr. Hoosuvelt.
Ex-Governor Poyntcr of Nebraska
wns stricken by henrt dlaenBO nnd
died suddenly In Lincoln Immodlately
after making a speech beforo tho
governor urging that ho sign tho day
light saloon bill. t
Tho country's trndo conditions nro
Rome bolter, but still irregular.
Washington womon expect much of
Mrs. William II. Taft an tho llrst lady
of the land.
The tariff revision, after all, will bo
downward, says Senator Aldrich.
Treating friends to drinks of
whiskey or beer on Sunday is a
violation of the law, according to u
decision bunded down by tho acting
Judge Krloger of Kontucky.
Hon. V. J. IJrynn urged tho Tcxna
legislature to pass a bank gtinrnntco
law.
The centenary of tho birth of Niko
lai VnsBolllovltch. Gogol, tho KuBsInn
novelist, Is being celebrated.
Special agents In tbo Held service
force of tbo general land olllco for tho
Investigation of alleged Innd frauds
In tho west woro appointed by tho
secretary of the Interior.
Mr. Roosevelt was given a kindly
welcomo when ho landed nt Gibraltar.
Edmund Pennington was elected
proaldent of tho Wisconsin Central
Railway company.
Ex-Governor Poynter, who died sud
denly In Lincoln, wbb governor of
Nebraska from 1890 to 1901.
Tbo Missouri house committee on
constitutional nmcndinouts voted to
report the statewide prohibition con
stitutional amendment without rccom-
mondntlnn.
Washington.
Rev. E. E. Davidson of tho First
Chrlstlnn church of Washington, who
Is charged with having contracted a
common law marrlngo with Miss
Laura Dunn Clark, daugbtor of n for
mer mayor of this city, nt tho Metro
politan hotel, St. LouIb, last Decem
ber, has resigned hlu pastorate. Mr.
Davidson denies bo entered Into any
sort of marriage contract with MIsb
Clark. i
Tho State collcgo of Washington
won the national competition cham
pionship for rlflo shooting, with 22
caliber cartridges, among tbo col
leges and unlvorsltlcB on their In
door ranges in tho contest last week,
that institution making tbo highest
scoro 910.
PrcBldont Tnft has won n Blgnnl
victory for tbo Phlllpplno IslandB In
tho nccoptnneo by tho Bonnto com
mittee on llnnnco of tbo provision ot
tho Pnyno bill for tho freo admission
of 300,000 gross tons annually of Flit-
Pino sugar.
In honor of Tokutnro Sakkal, com
missioner general, and Hikojlro Wnca,
commissioner of tho Toklo exposition,
who aro In this country In tho Inter
est ot tho Japanese world's fnlr, a din
nor was given nt tho Whlto house.
Tho fght for freo lumber wns lost
In tho houBo by tho norvo-wrocklng
vote of 174 to 170. Rut this 1b not
final nnd tho ndvocntos of freo lumber
nro confident thoy will win later.
Tho Wyoming Btock growers' nsso
elation, representing practically all
tho cattlo-growcra of tho state, adopt
ed a resolution protesting to congress
ngalnat tbo removal of tho tariff on
hides. Tho resolution nssorts thnt in
vlow of tho high tariff on manufnc
turod leather goods, tho plnclng of
hides on tho freo list is an unjust dls
crimination ngnlnst tbo cattlo-growors.
Wrangling, confusion, captious oh
jcctlons, personalities nnd langungo
bordering on vituperation, mnrked tho
llrst dny's discussion of tho Payno
tariff amendment in tho houso of rep
roBontntlveB.
Tho llxlng ot rnton for tho now tariff
bill was begun by tho sennto commit'
too on llnnnco. Night sessions will be
hold by tho commltteo henceforth.
A decision has boon rendorod by
Commissioner Dennett of tho goneral
land olllco against tho Red Lands ir
rlgatlon & Powor company, n Colorado
corporation, In a euso Involving four
toon desert land entries nproxltnutlng
4,300 acres In tho Moutroso land dls
trlct of that state.
Personal.
Threo of the colonels on Gov. Shnl-
lonborgor'B Btnff hnvo resigned Blnco
ho signed tho dnyllgt snloon bill.
Chairman Pnyno snyB department
stores nro misrepresenting his bill.
Mr. Urynn nnd wlfo aro In ToxaB to
spend nemo days on their farm.
Dr. Cbarlea W. Eliot, tho retiring
president of Harvard university, has
dotlultely nnd finally decided that ho
cannot accept tbo tender of tbo am
bassadorship to Great Ilrltaln.
v President Taft sont In tho nnmo of
Judge Rlchnrd 13. Stone of Prescott tu
bo govornor of Arizona.
Mr. RooBCVelt and King Victor Em-
mnnuol met nt Mosslmi, Italy.
William Allen Whlto, editor of tho
Emporia Gaxotto, Is bojng boomed for
tbo republlcnn nomination for lieuten
ant govornor ot Kansas.
Judgo O. E. Uooo, defaulting clerk
In tho Kentucky Btato auditor's olllco
wns Bontoncod to eight yonra addl
tlonnl In prison. This makes his to
tnl sontonco thirteen years.
Tho Mexican minister to Russia has
requested tho government to send a
circular to Russian manufacturers nsk
lng for bids on new railroad construc
tion In Mexico.
President Tnft sont to tho sonato
tho nomination of Judgo Richard E.
Sloan of Prescott ns govornor of Ari
zona, vlco KIbboy, whoso term ex
pired. ,
Several persons claiming to bo tho
kidnaped Charley Ross hnvo bobbed
up In vnrlous partB of tho country.
Mrs. Herbort Ellsworth Gatoa, proal
dont of tho Nebraska Stato Socloty ot
.United States Daughters of 1812, has
boon appointed an ofllccr of tho nn
tlonnl cabinet.
Tho president of Nicaragua Is tbo
latest iiBplrnnt for a brush with tho
United States and other nations.
A LARGE REDUCTION
HOUSE CUTS DOWN PAYNE BILL
$20,0u0,0G0.
MANY CHANGES ARE EFFECTED
Lonato Finance Committee Will Have
to Provide Means for Making
Up Difference.
Washington. Tho estimates of tho
rovonuo which tno rnyno inrire um
will produce for the government hnvo
boon reduced nearly $20,000,000
through the amendments made to tho
inoasuro beforo it was passed by tho
house, nnd the senate finance commlt
teo will have to provide menus for
milking up this dlffcrcnco If tbo
original estimates nro to bo met. Tho
striking out of Bovoral countervailing
duty clauses on which no estimates
were mado probably will lessen tho
bill's productivonesB another $20,000,
000. Tho nmondmont taking off tho 8-
cent duty on a subtracted $7,000,000
from the estimated revenues. Tho
striking out of tbo countorvnillng duty
on coffeo nnd tho maximum duty pro
vision for n rate ot 20 per cent ml
valorom on coffeo coming from coun
tries -which do not glvo tho United
Stntca tho benefit of their most fa
vored nntlon clause, disposes of what
probably would bo $15,000,000 in
duties.
Taking out tho countervailing pro
viso for lumber nnd for potrolouni,
two amondmentB mndo by tho house,
moans n lost opportunity to increase
tho revenues by soveral million dol
lars, It Is estimated, Uy repealing tho
manufacturers' license tax for farm
era desiring to bcII tho loaf tobacco
which thoy ralso, tho houso has with
drawn considerable rovonuo undor tbo
lnternnl rovonuo law. A slight in
croaso in revenue may bo provided by
tbo Incroasod tax on Turkish filler to
bacco, pineapples and barley nnd bar
loy malt.
Tho Bonnto llnnnco commltteo ma
terially reduced many of tho schedules
of tho DIngley bill nB it paBsod tho
houso, but In order to lncrcaso tho
rovonuo producing power of tho
Pnyno bill tho commltteo will hnvo to
tako dlffcront nctlon with regard to
tho latter measure Tbo fifty or more
nmondmcuts, nil of which woro offered
by tho ways nnd meaim committee,
hnvo added a fow moro changes to
tbo Pnyno bill as compared to tho
prcBont tnriff law.
In 1807 tho sonato commltteo placed
a duty ot yh conts per pound on
hldos, which wua later changed to 15
per cent nd valorem, as It now stands.
Tho Pnyno bill, an It passed tho house,
llko tbo DIngley bill when it wont to
tho Bonnto, places hides on tho freo
list. Undor tho DIngley lnw, hides (
have produced n rovenuo exceeding
$3,000,000 annually.
CREEK INDIANS COMPLAIN.
Mulltla Arrect Full-Bloods Not Con
nected with Crazy Snake.
Washington, D. C Word wns re
ceived by Commissioner ot Indian At
fnlrs Loupp from Eufnulln Harjo, tho
bead man or tho Four Nations coun
cil, Baying that tho state militia, in
Ub attempt to capture mourners of
tho Crnzy Snako band who partici
pated In tbo recont outbreuks, wero
arresting fullblood Indlnns In no way
connected with tho Snakes or their
troubles, nnd nsklng that tbo federal
govommont provent tho further nr.
rest ot Innocent Crooka nnd domnnd
tbo release ot those already In cus
tody. Instructions hnvo been Issued
directing Agont Kolsoy ot Oklahoma
to protect Innocent Indians.
ARMY IN ITS FULL STRENGTH.
Recruited Up to Maximum First Time
In Eleven Years.
Now York. For tho llrst tlmo
since tho Spanish war tho United
StnteB army Is recruited up to Its
full strength. This fact was made
public boro with tho posting of nn
ordoi; signed by the adjutant genornl
of tho army, In which all recruiting
Is ordorcd temporarily discontinued,
oxcept In tho enso of tlme-oxplred
mon, to whom tbo prlvllogo of re-en-
llstment Is given.
Liberal Party Meeting,
Atlnntn, Ga. A call for n meeting
of tho nnttonnl cxoeutlvo committee
nnd stnto committees of tho liberal
party at St. Louis, Juno 20, was Issued
by Charles J. Mooro, chulrmnn of tho
nutlonnl oxecutlvo commltteo ot tho
party. Tho mooting, It wns announced,
will bo to dovlso vnys nnd moans for
bettor orgnnlzatlon and conducting
tho orgnnlzatlon for tho. next four
I
years.
No Agreement Reached.
Philadelphia. Despite many confer
ences, conditions with regard to
wngea In tho nnthrnclto coal Holds of
Ponnsylvnnln remain unchanged up to
this tlmo.
President Greets People.
Washington. President Tnft at
tended Eastor sorvlcea at St. John's
Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Taft
Is a luombor, Afterwards ho was
compolled to hold an Informal recop-
tlon on tho stops ot tho church.
Rate Hearing Postponed.
Jefferson City, Mo. thu hearing of
tho Injunction suit ngalnat tho eigh
teen Missouri railroads to provent
tho threatened Inoronso of passengor
rates to tbroo conts a mllo hns boon
deferred for several days.
DISPOSES OF BILLS
ALL IN GOVERNOR'3 HANDS
ALLY ACTED UPON.
FIN-
TWO GENERAL BILLS VETOED
A New System of Fees In District
Clerk Offices Throughout Nebraska
Now In Effect.
Tho last of the bills In his hands
wore dl8p6scd of by Governor Shnl
lenherger hint week. Hcsldo tbo two
gcnoral bills which ho vetoed, ho
signed eight remaining, vetoing out
of tho maintenance appropriation bill
items totaling $73,000.
TIicbo included two dupllcnto appro
priations for experiment stations In
the western portion, of tho Btnto
which aro provided for In special ap
propriation bills already signed. Tbo
principal veto mado was that of two
Items providing n total appropriation
of $40,000 for tbo proposed Btnto his
torical society building at Lincoln.
Tho total appropriations for tho
coining blcnnlum will amount to $3,
907,023.14, an Increnso over tboso of
tho pnst blennluni of about $400,000.
This Is less than tho estimated ox-
ponscB of tho Btnto as tabulated by tbo
stato auditor by $1,300,000, nnd is
within the estimated receipts of the
stnto for tbo blennluni by nt least
$2,500,000.
Tho estimated receipts hnvo been
placed nt $0,054,000 In round mini
bors, and tho present legislature has
ouactcd laws which will bring In
rovenuo to tbo stnto in various
amounts to totnl nt least $250,000.
Tho King bill for lovylng an occu
pation against corporations will bring
in upwards of $150,000. Tho additional
bank examinations required undor the
bnnklng law vyill double tho fees from
that Bourco. Tho now oil Inspection
bill lncrcnses those fees. Another
largo sourco of rovenuo Is contained
in tho bill creating n stato flro com
mission, which provides for n tax of
ono-hnlf of 1 per cent on tho gross
premiums of flro InBuranco companies.
Putting tho clerk ot tho supremo
court and tho Tlbbots bill, providing
for nn Increased too from foreign cor
porntlons which maintain resident
ugentB, bring In still moro revenue.
Of tho IncrcnscB Bhown In tbo np
proprlations this year tho necessary
additional salaries for judges of tho
supremo court, tho nddltlonnl amount
given tho university nnd tho monoy
expended In normal schools and for
nddltlonnl equipment nt tho present
normals, together with tho extra ap
proprlations for nld to wenk school
districts and normal training in high
schools, mnko up moro than tho in
crenso over two years ago.
In vbtolng tho $40,000 provision for
n stnto historical society building tho
governor said:
t'l think thero nro two good reasons
for not signing it. Ono is that tho
stato Is much moro In need of a now
cnpltol than of such n building ns tho
ono contemplated. Tho other Is that
I do not consider It good business to
attempt tbo construction of n $G00,-
000 building with small appropriations
llko $25,000. Tho presont capitol.
am Informed, cost between $300,000
nnd $400,000, nnd the historical build
ing Is designed to cost nearly twice
as much. In my opinion It would be
hotter to put tbo money into a wing
ot a new cnpltol."
Signs Pure Food Law.
After consulting with tho attomoy
general as to Its provisions, tho govcr
nor finally Blgncd houso roll 480,
which nmends tho presont puro food
law In tho matter of stnmplng net
weights. Tho governor had hoped
that an opinion of tho supremo court
would bo hnnded down In tho Swift
case with reference to tho branding
provision of tho law ot two years ago,
but this mny not come for nnother
two weeks.
Tho ehlof point Involved In thnt
case from tho stnrlpolnt of tho puck
ors wna tho question ns to whether
their bnnia, wrapped In papers, could
properly bo designated pneknges. If
tho decision hinges on this point
alono, lltle light would bo thrown upon
tho mooted question with reference to
tho law Itself,
Tho govornor Is not at all satisfied
with tbo provisions ot tho now lnw. Ho
snld that so far aB ho could see thoy
wcro Just nbout aa ambiguous as tbo
statute for which thoy aro substituted
First Municipal Bonds for'State.
Stato Treasurer llrlan contracted
for his llrst municipal bonds jib nn in
vestment for tho pormnnent school
fund. Tho bonds wero Issued by tho
city of Albion for tho orcetlon of a
city hall and for tbo construction of
an electric light system nnd amount
ed to $18,000. Thoy will net tbo Btato
416 por cent Interest. Tho bonds ar
optional at tbo ond of tbo yonr. Thoy
aro considered a good Investment for
state monoy.
Chosen Secretary.
13. O. Simmons waB choson sccro-
tary of tho Stato Hoard of Irrigation
by tbo bonrd, composed of Govornor
Shnllenberger, Land Commissioner
Cowlcs and Attorney Goneral Thomp
son. Ho rocelved tho votes of Gov.
Shallonborgor nnd Attornoy Genornl
Thompson, whllo Mr. Cowlcs voted
for Adna Dobson, who for oiglit years
has hold tho position. Mr, Simmons
formerly lived in Central City, where
twenty-five years ago hu was principal
of tho public schools, no also served
us county surveyor of Merrick county,
FEE8 IN DISTRICT COURT.
New Order of Arrangements Will
Greatly 8lmpllfy Matters.
A now systom of fees In tbo district
dorks offlco went into effect Wednes
day, overy county In Nobraskn being
nffected by tho bill which was signed
by the governor. The new order of
affairs will greatly simplify mnttcrs
nnd will enable the county commis
sioners through comptroller or nuditor
to know each day what and where tho
clork's ofllco Btanda. The fees hero-
after charged litigants will 'bo na fol
lows:
Docketing cause, $2.50.
Filing, petition, answer, cross-peti
tion, petition In Intervention, Inter
pleader, Indictment or information,
$2.50.
Filing amended or substituted plead
ing, demurrer, motion, nffldnvlt, tran
script for nppcnl, reply or other paper
not otherwise provided for (except
praecipes, depositions, mandates, re-
colpts for fees, exhibits In foreclosure
cnBcs and flies from lower courts In
appeal cases), each 50 cents.
Entering names In general Index
and doing nil necessary Indexing, each
nnmo 25 cents.
Isaulng, llllng and entering return
of summons, subpoena, order of at
tachment, order of replevin, notice, ci
tation, commission, warrant, writ,
cnplns, order of nrrest, or other
mcsno or final process not otherwise
provided for, $1.
Issuing order of Injunction, man
damus, restraining order or other or
der of court, 300 words or less, $1.
And lor 100 words or part thereof
additional, 10 cents.
Taking, filing nnd recording bond,
undertaking of recognizance, Includ
ing Justification of sureties, $1.
Issuing execution or vend! entering
return nnd filing jmpers return nnd
filing papers returned by sheriff, $2.
Isaulng order of sale, entering re
turn nnd filing papers returned by
sheriff, $5.
Impaneling Jury, administering
oaths, filing instructions nnd excep
tions thereto, Jury nnd witness lists
and verdict to bo paid by tho plaintiff
before Jury is impaneled, $3.
Filing, docketing nnd indexing
transcript of Judgment, for Hon from
other court, $1.
Tnklng acknowledgment of deed
or other Instrument, 60 cents.
Taking affidavit, administering oath,
certificate or seal not otbcrwlso pro
vided for, each 25 cents.
Making completo record for each
100 words, 10 cents.
Jinking transcript or copy of re
cords, filings or any other papers for
first 100 words, 25 cents.
Each lOO.words addltionnl, 10 cents.
Provided' that no feo Bhnll bo
charged for services rendered in nuy
habeas corpus caso and that all
rules, orders, procedlngs, findings,
judgments and decrees of the court,
nnd nil verdicts nnd spoclnl findings
of tho Jury, mnndnto nnd orders from
tho supremo court and from tho fed
eral courts Bhnll bo entered upon tho
Journal of tho court, indexed and
noted upon tho docket, with charge,
nlso sheriff's returns.
Endorsed Daylight Saloon.
Lincoln typographical union, provl
oua to tho governor's signing of tho.
bill, ndopted tho following:
"Lincoln typographical union No.
200, organized for tho purposo of fos
tering fellowship nnd brotherhood nnd
Bhleld from aggression nnd temptation
tho Isolated toller; to aid tho destitute
and unfortunnto; to dovolop and stlm
ulate, by association nnd soclnl uplift,
sobriety nnd those kindred Instincts
of humanity, which most highly adorn
truo manhood; to defend tho weak
befriend tbo friendless and encourage
belter citizenship and in nil charity
lnculcnto lessonB of morality nnd
sobriety nmong mon; applauds any
stops toward tho curbing of tho drink
hnblt. and especially endorses tho
provision of sennto fllo No. 2G3. Whero-
nB--Our motto for humanity 'eight
hours for work, eight hours for rest
and eight hours for tho material ben
eflt of tho soul and body,' Is, nppllc
ablo ovon to tbo drink habit and we
npplaud tho effort of tho Nebraska
loclslaturo toward tho eight hour
day."
Changes In Sleeping Quartera.
Because of tho passago of tho puro
bakery law Introduced In tho legls
laturo by Senator Randnll a lot of
poopIq probably will have to rear
rango their sleeping quarters in this
state. Section 7 of tho bill rends as
follows: "No person or persons shall
bo allowed to llvo or sleep m any
room of n bakery shop, kitchen, din
lng room, confectionery, creamery
choMo factory or place where food Is
prepared, used or sold.'
Signed by Governor.
Against tho protests of delegations
ot Fremont peoplo who fought tbo
bill to a finish, Governor Shallon
bergor signed tbo mcasuro providing
for tho purchnso by tho stato of tho
Wnyno Normal school and appropriate
lng $90,000 with which to pay for it
Fremont sent n delegation to urge tho
govornor not to sign tho measuro
Wayno wna equally active in insist'
lng that ho approvo it.
Mutual Hall Case.
A now turn In tho receivership caso
of tho Mutual Hall Insurnnco society
has dovelopcd In tho nnswers of
number of defondnnt policy holders.
who claim that tho alleged fraud of
tho officers of tho Bocloty Invnlidat
ed tno whole nttomptod orgnnlzatlon
ot tho society, consequently that thero
nevor wns nny offoctlvo orgnnlzntlon
and that tho policy holders cannot
bo hold Hablo for tho dobts of tho or
ganlzntlon. Tbla clnlm Is mndo by
nlno Thurston county policy holdors
who nro among thu 400 defendants.
NEBRASKA
IN BRIEF
NEW8 NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
A druggist nt Hordvlllo got n flno
of $150 for "blind pigging."
For the first tlmo In eleven years
Kearney hns gono dry.
Evnngellsts have invaded Humboldt
for a series of meetings.
The wintor wheat outlook In tho vi
cinity of Table Rock la said to bo fine.
James McDowell dropped dead nt
his home in Falls City. He wns 81
yenrs old.
Mr. nnd Mrs, Ross of Richardson
county celebrated fifty years of wed
ded life.
Omaha's city election occurs Mny
4th. Tho present mayor (democrat)
Is a candidate for re-election,
Presbyterians of Poncn will rebuild
their burned-down church, destroyed
Fobruary 13.
Tho next annual camp-meeting ot
tho Nebraska AdventlstB will bo held
In Hastings In August.
Tho Wnhoo ofllco is selling so mnny
postage stamps that It expects to got
a Bccond class rating July 1st.
Stanton county hns mndo n start on
Ub county fair for 1909, having named
tho days upon which it will bo held.
Cupid was unusually lazy In Jeffer
son county during March, only eleven
licenses being lBSued for tho entire
month.
Now tnnt burning of rubbish accum
ulation of tho winter has commenced,
fatalities begin to come in. Ono child
thus far has been fatally burned.
For signing tho dayllgt saloon bill,
Gov. Shnllenberger Is being roasted in
some quarters and lauded in others.
It's nbout a stand-off.
Thero wero wnrm fights in many
towns in Nebraska at tho lato elec
tions over tho liquor question. Vic
tories wero nbout oven.
July 1st tho daylight saloon bill be
comes operative. And think of the
sweltering nlglita with not a drop ot
beer to drink after 8 p. m.
W. L. Pnyno of Lansing, Mich., wns
burned to death and W. P. Eelder and
F. L. Miller, Btockmen, wero Injured
In a wreck on the Union Pacific nt
Fremont.
Tom Reynolds was nrreatcd In
Plnttsmouth nnd taken to Glenwood,
In., a few miles distant, to fnco tho
charge of assaulting a young girl. May
ho get slnchod good nnd hard.
Southwest Nebraska teachers had n
fine meeting nt McCook, with nn en
rollment tho last day of 555. Mnny
ablo papors and discussions wero In
evidence.
The hny barn of tho Union Pacific
at Grand Island, with a capacity of
200 tons, caught flro from n switch
engine nnd was totally destroyed, to
gother with, 150 tons of prairlo hay.
Tho first purchnso of municipal
bonds by the state was mado April 3,
when State Treasurer Brian bought
heating nnd lighting nnd city hall
bonds of tho city of Albion, nggregat-
lng tho sum of .$18,000.
York hns no snloons, but n "window
peeper seoma to be steadily doing
business there. As ho continues to
oludo capture, the only thing for tho
girls to do Is to "pull down tho
blinds."
Tho Fremont board of education
voted to mnko tho minimum salary
for teachers In tho high school $75
per month. This means a ralso at
oneo for threo members of tbo fac
ulty.
Automobiles nro getting so num
erous in Nebraska that farmers with
fractious teams aro kept busy dodg
ing them. Runnways are of frequent
occurence and damage suits galoro
will bo In tho courts in duo time.
A very substantial building boom Is
now undor way at Albion, somo of tho
larger operations being a city hnll, a
city gas plant, n tolophono exchange,
tho remodollng on nn extensive scale
of tbo First Nutlonnl bank building
and the largo and modem residence
of Robert Hutchison.
While n burglar was cpncealed In n
closet ndjolning ,tho room, nn employe
of tho Updike elevator nt Arlington
sat for nearly an hour in tho ofllco.
When tho latter left, tbo burglar re
sumed operations, breaking open tho
snfe, securing a quantity of stnmps
nnd a revolvor.
R. F. Crosby, a piano tuner, was ar
rested In Goring, the charge being
mnllclouB injury. Tho piano owned
by Rev. D. A. Youtzy wns tuned by
Crosby and bo wns paid tho stipulat
ed price for tbo job, but for somo
reason ho demanded nn nddltlonnl fee
of which wns promptly refused. Un
dor Bomo pretenso he got nccess to
tho piano and unstrung it. It cost
him $14 to square matters wttli the
court.
Tho board of education of Grand
Island adopted rules for tho oxamlnn
tlon nnd elimination from tho public
schols of nil pupils and teachers af
flicted with tuberculosis, Tho teacher
Is to report all cases to tho medlcnl
examiner.
Miss Kiitharlno Rogers, n Norfolk
school teacher, flagged a train with an
umbrella nnd saved a horse's llfo. Tho
horso's foot waB caught In a frog on
tho track. Miss Rogers ran dovyi tho
track waving her umbrella at thu
oncoming train, which stopped long
onough for tho horso to bo extrlcnted
by meanB of n pickax.
