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HIE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IUA U DARE, ruhllalior Terms: $1.26 In Advance. NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA WS NOTES A Coiling Down of (lie More Impor tant Events Here and There Foreigni By n majority of 215, nftcr n brief but exciting Bitting, tho houso of commons recorded Itn claim to ex elusive control of tlio nation's purso n claim novcr boforo challenged In modern tlinos, Tho protocol with tho United States for tho rcfcrcnco of tho Alsop claim to King Kdwnrd for mediation was signed by tho government of Chllo. Tho cablnot of Premier (Jlolltto or Italy resigned. Tho mlnlBtorlnl commission which has been discussing with business men various mnttcrs of trade, has ap proved tho suggestion of placing n tnx of seven-tenths of ono cent on each pound of cotton grown In European Russia, Bokhara and Khiva. Admiral Togo, chief of tho general utaff of tho Japancso navy, rotlros from tho naval command and becomes n mombor of tho military council, Iio is succeeded in IiIh earlier ofllco by VIco Admiral 81r Goro IJuln. An Individual bollovcd to bo Insano and hnvlng an Imaglnnry grlovanco against tho war department, shot and Borlously wounded General Vcrand In Paris on tho Bteps of tho Hotel Con tinental. It was later discovered that ho h..d mado a mistake In his man. It la nlnotoon days nlnco tho Her rcra lino stcamor .Mnrla Ilerrera left Santiago, Cuba, with a cargo of cattlo, bound for Ponco, Porto Rico, where oho waB expected to nrrlvo November 11. Tho stoamor, however, has not been beard from nnd it la bclloved that sho was foundered. General. Flvo mora men wero ndded last wcok to tho bankers colony at Ft Lcavonworth penitentiary. J. P. Morgan has socurod control of tho Equlnblo LIfo society. Tho British houso of commons adopted a resolution of consuro of lords. Mexico will innlntnln n noutrnl nttl tudo In tho NIcnraguan rumpus. Tho nichard-Gloason bid for tho Jeffries-Johnson fight, to bo in Cali fornia, was accepted. President Tnft has taken stops to put tho Rod Cross society on a perma nent business footing. Congressman Illnshaw says Cannon ennnot bo elected spcakor nt tho bcs clon of tho noxt congress, Following n, chargo of murder nt St, Louis against Mrs. Doxoy of Colum bus, Nob., a requisition was Issued, Tho president will oxort nil IiIb in flttonco looking to changes In tho In terstate cohimurco net. Duke Karl Thoodoro of Davarla died from lcldnoy trouble. D. L. Wlncholl, prosldont of tho Rock Island, has beef! olectcd Presi dent of tho St, Louis & Sau Francisco road. Tho KnnBas stato treasury will rc celvo $25,000 cash, as an Inherltanco tax, from tho cstatu of James Clarke, a farmer In Marshall county, This 1b tho largost tax yut assessed against a Kansas ostato under tho now law. Tho KanBns Stato Agricultural Col logo 3-year-old Angus steor, King Ellsworth, won tho grand champion ship as tho best steer in America nt tho International Stock show In Chi cago. "Moro mon nro killed as tho result of playing football In ono yoar than nro killed in labor troubles," says John Mitchell. Prostdont Tnft Boon Is to recolvo n call from tho loglslntlvo committeo of tho Grand Army of tho Ilopubllc, for a conforeuco upon matters portalntng to pension legislation this winter, John Harvard, a nogro proachor, who had committed murder, was burned nt tho stako near Cochran, Georgia. According to nn oftlclnl dispatch from Bltlls, Astntlo Turkey, several small villages In that vicinity hnvo been dostroyed by nn earthquake Socrotary of War Dickinson advo cates changes in army affairs In an nual report. A strlko of switchmen Involving over two thousand men waB Inauguar ated at St. Paul, Minn. Sonntor Drown says tho lnsurgonts will bo in evidence at tho coming ses sion of congress. A Grocnvlllo (Ohio) man killed his mothor nnd a deputy shorlff, wounded two otliors and committed suicide. Souator Aldrlch says tho panla of 1007 cost tho country $2,000,uu0,0U0. Sec. Moyor has proposed swooping changes in tho navy, Attornoy Gonornl Wlckersham, Sen ators Elklns and Cummins conforrod on changes in tho Interstate conunorco act. Tho United States and Chile at last have roached final agreement as to tho terms of a protocol rof erring to King Edward for a definite Bottloment of tho colobratod Alsop claim. Twenty Japanoso woro killed and fifteen injured, soveral of them fatal ly, Jn tho wrock of a work train on tho Great Northern railway botwoon Vancouver and Now Wostmlnator. In a flro at KanBns City 140 horses wero burned to doath. I CONDENSED i 3 President Delano of tho Wabash railroad, is said to have been profcrcd the Chinese mission. Tho Iowa stock food law Is declared by Judgo McPhorBon in tho fcdernl court to bo nil right and BUfllcIcnt to hold wntcr. In tho United States court of ap peals nt St. Paul tho suntenco Imposed by tho United States district court of Nebraska upon mombers of tho No braska Land & Feeding company was afnrmcd. Tho defendants hnd been given both fines nnd Jail sentences and tho original Infliction will now bo carried out. "Thcro Is absolutely no foundation for tho report that tho Oregon Short Lino Is to relinquish control of tho Salt Lako division of tho Southern Pa cific," said President Lovett of tho Hnrrlmnn system. "I cannot Imnglno whoro or how tho rumors originated." CongroBS Is to bo assalicd by re form organizations within n day or so after it convenes. Governor Donecn of Illinois, It was in ado known recently, will postpone convening tho general assembly In special session pending tho outcome of the investigation of tho Cherry mlno disaster. Tho government faces important problems relating to channels and terminals in proposed waterways Im provement. Tho National llboral federation hns Issued a manifesto dcclnrlng action of tho houso of lords should bo repudiat ed by tho people. Tho government shows that thoro woro grcnt chances for deceit In tho Inquiry of tho alleged sugar frauds in Now York. Tho Nicaragua oindnl nt Washing ton waB given his passports and a scathing letter by Secretary of Stato Knox and diplomatic relations wero thorcforo sovcrod. The British houso of lords, by vot ing to rojoct tho budgot, havo precipi tated a crisis In Englnnd. An Ohio lumber merchant Bays ho overheard a plot to kill John D. Rocko follor. Secretary Wilson, In his nnnunl ro port, said tho past year had boon ono of grcnt prosperity for farmers. Representative NorrlB of Nobraska says It will bo useless to ask Speaker Cannon to resign. Judgo Charles Amldon, of tho Unit ed States district court of North Dakota, ndvocatcd tho oxocutlon of professional criminals nnd tho hopo losBly Insano in nn address nt Fargo. Tho court of appeals has granted Gompera and his associates a stay pending nppcal to tho supremo tribun al. Tho prohibition amendment was do fcatod by a largo majority In Alabama. Emperor William opened tho Reich stag by personally reading tho speech from tho throne. Jnmea Freeman Curtis of Doston, now United States district attornoy nnd onco Intcrcollcglnto golf champion of tho United States, bus been chosen nBslstant secretary of tho U. S. treasury. Spcakor Cannon, In n spoech nt KnnBas City, defended tho rules of tho houso. Congressman Carter of Oklahoma la critically III. Washington. Roprosontntlva Hitchcock of Omaha oxprcsses tho opinion that tho forth coming session Is going to bo tho live liest exhibition that congress hns given tho country In n long tlmo. Ho oxpcctB thcro will bo Bomothlng going on every minute and that tho lighting will bo forced from tho vory opening. Mr. Hitchcock Is disposed to take cspcclnl iutorcst in pressing for postal savings bnnks, on which ho hns long had n bill pending. President Tnft said ho onjoyod his Thanksgiving dlnuor bocnuso nc spcochmnklng hnd to follow. Despite tho Btnto guaranty lnw for stato banks In Oklahoma, many nppll cations aro pending at tho treasury department for o-gnnlzntlon ns na tional banks In tho now stato nnd ono for tho Gormanln national bank of Ponca City was approved. It is capitalized nt $26,000. A gng ordor nffcctlng tho furnishing of Information to any committee of tho houso or sonnto or any mcmbor of congreBB oxcopt n3 authorized by tho bend of tho department In which such olllclnl servos, has been promulgated by the prosldont. Socrotary or Stato Knox roturnod tho passportii of Follpo Itogrlguos, chargo d'affalrs of tho Nlcaraguan le gation with a lottor Bcnthlngly de nouncing tho Xolnyan government. Tho lottor Is doftnltoly declared to represent tho vIowb of Prosldont Tnft. CongreBB will turn tho light on tho water powor problom. Tho consular aorvlco is to rocolvo moro attention with a vlow to Its In croased ofllcloncy. Tho socrotary has appointed Wilbur J. Cnrr, chlof clerk of tho dopnrtmont of stato, dlroctor of tho consular sorvlco, a newly created ofllco. Personal. Control of tho Equitable has been secured by J. Pierpont Morgan. King Edward, through' tho forolgn olllco, formally ucooptod tho Invitation to net as arbitrator of tho Alson claim dlBputo betweou tho Unltod States and Chllo. Goorgo Foster Peabody, William Donn Howells, William M. Ivlns and Horbort Parsons aro all advocntoa of woman Bitffrogo. Tho cabinet session bluo penciled tho president's racssngo boforo It wont to tho printor. Walter Wollman calls Dr. Cook fraud, and says his claim to tho polo d scovory Is bogus. Cubans aro bocomlnc dlssntlRflnii with tho administration of President Gomez, ana want lum displaced. Dr, Cook, of Arctla famo, is said to be on tho point of a nervous break down. IS SESSION TO OPEN PROMPTLY AT NOON MONDAY. MESSAGE GOMES AT ONCE No Well Defined Program Arranged, Members Desiring First to Hear President's News. Wnshlncton. At noon Monday the first regulnr session of tho Sixty-first congress will bo convoned. VIco Pres ident Sherman will presldo In the sonnto nnd Spenkcr Cannon will wield tho gnvel In tho house. Tho heclnnlnc nf tho session Is re garded alwnvs with Interest, but there have been few sessions In recent years for which thcro has been bo little plan ning among tho members. Ordinarily Sneaker Cannon nnd Sonntor Aldrlch who speaks for tho majority of tho onnto. havo a program m mo boiMi nlng of a session, but this year they havo none: or. If thoy havo ono. they aro not talking about It. They nro waiting upon tho president. By com mon consent, apparently, nil nro hold ing bnck until tho president rocom- mondntlons enn bo received, ns they will bo on Tuesday, In his first nn nunl message. That his suggestions will ho ncted upon is too much to sny. But thoro Is a disposition to acconi modato him as far as can ho done. nnd thoro Is n determination tn lmnr IiIb intimations boforo entering upon nny onort at legislation nlong tho linos upon which ho has intlmnted a desiro to bo henrd. Even tho "Insurconts" nonnrnllv m. press n willingness to wnlt upon tho Whlto Houso bororo attempting to for mulnto n plan of action. Thin I n trim both In tho sonnto nnd tho house. Thoy manucsieu much Interest In tho forth coming mcssngo, but that until it is recolvcd thoy will ho unahln tn fnrm nny plans. They proclaim no fight against tho president, but some nt lenst of them nro avowedly irrecon cllablo in their nttltudo townrd Uio spenkcr nnd Senator Aldrlch, whom moy noiu responsible, tho ono for tho houso rules nnd tho otlmr fm- i,n Iff law. Unquestionably they will bo uumu irom in somo way boforo tho session growB very old, and it is not hoped by tho frlnmia nf .,. - - - v. i.uV WUl" in thnt they will oscapo criticism. Tho principal Interest In tho outlook centers In tho possibility of railroad legislation, nnd nil hnnds nro waiting with keen oxpoctnncy to seo what .ummonaauons, If nny, Mr. Tnft may make on that subject. Reprc8ontntIvo Mann linn iiiiia pared on nil theso points and will pre sont thorn ns soon as tho message Is received. Ho Is chairman of tho com mitteo which will havo tho measures in hand and will press them with vigor. Much Intorest is felt In thn Nl pnrncr. unn situation, but tho gcnoral disposi tion Is to pormlt tho oxccutlvo branch to donl with It without legislative In terference nt least In tho present stage. Congressmen generally express no npprohcnslon ns to tho outcome. Whllo tuo corporation tax provision of tho tariff bill waB undor considera tion during tho extra session, Sonutor Aldrlch expressed tho opinion that it might not bo of long llfo, but ho prob nbly will take no atcpB to nbrognto It until tho full effect of tho tariff as a rovenuo producer can bo nscertninou. All Land Men Included. Omnha. Tnoro wub somo doubt ns to whether all tho big lainl men- Richards, Comstock. Jameson, Triplet, Huntington, Todd nnd Hoyt wero In cluded, or lust somo of thorn, In tho decision of tho federal circuit court of appeals affirming tho ruling of tho federal district court lining and im prisoning these mon, but thcro Is no doubt now. Thoy nro nil Included. Zelaya Ready to Flee? Now Orleans, La. According to prlvnto roports received hero from Managua Prosldont Zclnya has mado all arrangements to leave Nicaragua on tho first Bteamor Balling from Cc rlnto. Tho roport Is not confirmed. Dlsliop Goodsell Is Dead. Now York. Row Dr. Dnnlel Ayres Goodsell, resident bishop of tho Me thodist Episcopal church, died Sun day nt IiIb residence In this city. Ho had boon 111 sovornl weeks nnd death followed nn operation for a carbuncle. PLEA FOR STATEHOOD, New Mexico Wants to Come Into the Union. Washington. Recalling tho fact that tho loading political parties dur ing tholr Inst nntlonal conventions pledged thomsolveB to stntehood bills, Goorgo Curry, who rocently roslgned tho governorship of Now Moxlco, In his nnnunl roport to Secretary Ballln gcr again urgoa his nld and inlluonco townrd obtaining stntohood for tho torrltory at Uio coming sosslon of con gross. Dlshop Stringer Is Missing. Edmontou, Albortn. According to advices brought down by northern In dians, Bishop Strlngor and his wife, two of tho boat known missionaries of tho north, havo perished Bomowhoro between hero and Dawson City, for which placo tho couplo started over land last Juno. Bishop nnd Mrs. Strln gor oxpoctcd to roach Dawson City In Octobor,.but nothing hns boon heard from thorn by trappers of voyngors for tho last two months. Bishop Strln gor and his wlfo havo worked umoug tho Indiana for yoars. HESS READY NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTE8. items of Interest Taken From Here and Thcro Over the State. Recent snowfalls and ralnB havo put tho roads of Nebraska In bado shape. York has a now Industry, that of making cement posts. Tho bank at Taylor has increased Its capital from $5,000 to $10,000. John Peatrowsky, a pioneer of Cum ing county, having lived therein over forty yoars, died laBt weok. Odd Follows of Humboldt havo pur chased ground nnd will erect thereon i building for lodgo purposes. Arthur Nichols of Odessa has been taken to tho Insano asylum for tho second tlmo. Tho Union Depot company of Omaha la preparing to Bpend $500,000 In en larging tho station. Citizens of Geneva turned out In strong numbers nnd reorganized tho Commercial club. Woodmen day at Broken Bow was inltc successful, but would havo been oottcr hnd tho weather been propi tious. Tho Union Pacific railroad received permission from the stato railway commission to put In effect n ono fnro r-to to Omaha on tho occasion of tho Nntlonal Corn exposition. Tho govornor will appoint thirty delegates to attend tho good roads convention at Topoka, Kas., Decem ber 15 nnd 1G. Tho meeting Is na tional In character. nton Christiansen of Omaha, n llfo prisoner In tho penitentiary for tho murder of his wlfo In 1902, has been paroled by Govornor Shnllenborger to his brother, C. Chrlstlnnscn, of South Omaha. Amherst schools closed on account of scarlet fevor. Thoro is nn epidemic of this malady in tho north part of Buffalo county and within a radius of ten miles from tho north boundary hardly n school Is running. Tho discovery of flro In tho labo ratory of tho high school nt HnstlngB by a group of high school girls, who promptly turned In tho nlarm, Bavcd tho $80,000 school building from de struction. H. C. Young, ti prominent farmor homesteader, living near Kimball, was killed by his own wngon running over him. Ho was on his way homo with a load of coal nnd It is supposed his cam ran nwny, throwing him under iho wheels. Judgment for $48,000 was confessed in federal court by tho North Platto Water Works company in tho suit In stituted against it by tho American Water Works company. Tho nmount was duo on work and material fur nished by tho plaintiff. Ira Baas, a young man about 24 years old, a former resident of Broken Bow, wns brought thero from Dunning suffering from n gunshot wound in tho brenst Ho keeps a hardware store and wns examining somo firearms whan tho accident occurred. Socrotary Palno of tho Stato His torical society has received word that James Moonoy of tho staff of tho Amorlcan bureau of ethnology will bo proscnt nt tho nnnual mooting of tho socloty In Lincoln In January and will deliver ono or moro nddresses. Mr. Mooney Is ono of tho great authorities on tho North American Indian. Luiner M. Ovorstreot, a former York county boy, hns been promoted from lieutenant to lieutenant commander and nccordlng to Washington dls- patchos will hnvo chargo or command of ono of tho new dr'eadnaughts. Tho promotion was earned by reason of tho best record ns nn officer and best record at target practice. Many farmers In Gage county havo filed objections with County Attorney F. O. McGlrr with reference to tho nsslstnnt stato veterinarian charging fees for Inspecting dairy cattlo or cat tlo shipped out of tho county. Mr. McGlrr received a lotter from Attor ney General Thompson stating that tho charges wero mado according to law. Ed Burko of Kansas was arrested In Wymoro for bolng drunk nnd dis orderly. Ho waB arraigned In Judge Crawford's court on a chargo of re sisting an officer and placed under $1,000 bonds to awnlt his preliminary hearing. Before ho could bo brought to tho county Jail, however, Burke had picked tho lock of his coll and mado his cBcapo. James Brink, who leased what Is known as "musk rat slough," lying north of Lyons, now astonishes tho pcoplo when it comes to raking In tho shekels for his leasehold. What to them appeared as n Joko at tho tlmo ho lensed it Is now bringing him In n good incomo from tho Investment. Already, this early In tho season, ho hns takon ovor COO musk rnts from tho slough, for which ho waB offered 27 cents by nn Omnha man, and re fused to tako less than 30 cents. Thoro Is a dlsenso among horses In Antclopo nnd- ndjolnlng counties that Is puzzling tho vctorlnary surgeons. Tho animals that havo recently died In Antolopo county havo been consid ered vnluablo and a heavy loss Is ro ported to tho owners. Veterinary Surgeon Matthews was called to the farm of J. It. Nlchol to glvo troatmont to thrco horsos that had this unknown dtsonso. Ho administered medicine of various kinds, but In spite of his ef forts thoy died. Chattel mortgages aggregating $2,500 woro filed against E. R. Cud deback's garago In Fremont. Tho building Is also heavily mortgaged and thero nro Bald to bo soveral thousand dollars lu unsecured claims outstand ing nnd tho llnbllltlos aro consider- ably In oxcess of tho assots. Word was rocolved In Nobraska City of tho death of Mathow P. Smith at his homo nt Torro Hnuto, Ind., after bolng Blck but four days with pneu monia. Ho was In tho distilling busi ness with his brother. Fred B. Smith, at that pinco, and waa born and roarod in Nobraska City. WORK OF APPROVAL OF SCHOOLS NORMAL TRAINING. FOR A LARGER NUMBER THIS YEAR A Ruling Against the Bankers' Llfo Company Other Matters From the State Capital. Stato Superintendent Bishop has mado an announcement concerning tho npproval of high schools for nor mal training. Tho list Includes a to tal of 110 schools, of which 103 aro high schools and seven academies. Tho normal training law was on ncted by tho legislature of 1907. Dur ing the school year 1907-8 sixty-eight school8 wero npproved for normnl training, with nn enrollment of .1,200 pupils in tho normal training classes. During tho year 190S-9 eighty-six high schools nnd eight ncademles woro ap proved, representing a combined en rollment of 1.C00 pupils taking the course. For this school year the 110 schools npproved for tho work havo enrolled In their normal training clnsses a total of 1,850 pupils. In Mny, 1909, thcro wero grndunted from tho normal training high scIiooIb 775 pupils, who had completed tho regular high school course of study and tho courso In normal training. Reports show that of this number 575 of thorn nro teaching this fall. County superintendents nro enthusi astic ovor tho good work these young teachers nro doing in tho school room. Insurance Agents Are Out. Tho state insurance board handed out a ruling revoking tho licenses of tho ton ngonts of tho Bankers' Llfo Insurance company of Lincoln. Tho following Is tho form of tho letter sont out to tho ngonts under investigation by Auditor Barton, head of tho Insurance board: "By tho authority vested In mo by tho laws of tho stato of Nebraska, and ns I fully bollovo that your con duct ns an lnsuranco agent nnd the methods used by you In procuring business Is In vlolntlon of law and contrary to tho rulings of tho Insur ance department and against public policy, I hereby revoke your license No. ns agent of tho Bankers' Llfo lnsuranco company of Lincoln, Neb., dnted , 1909." Whllo tho action tnken 1b sweeping, tho twenty-eight affidavits introduced In ovldcnco boforo tho bonrd contained many suggestions of irregularities that the agents excluded under tho order for tho most part did llttlo to refute. Plans Issue of Stock. Tho nppllcntlon of tho Chicago & Northwestern Railroad company for authority to Issue $30,502,800 worth of common stock has been granted by tho Nebraska railway commission. Tho stock will bo Issued In tho form of 305,028 shares of common stock of. tho par value of $100 each. Tho stock is to bo issued for tho purposo of "constructing, Improving nnd equip ping Its rnllway," otherwise tho re quest filed with tho commission con tains no hint of how, when or In what ono or moro of tho states tho work is to bo done. Historical Society Wants Money.. Notwithstanding tho Stato Histor ical society gets an npproprlatlon of $15,000 biennially, It has Its solicitors out asking for money. Ono was at tho stato houso asking financial nld with which to print Borne report tho socloty Is to make and for which the solicitor said thero was no money nvallablo to pay tho bill. Requisition for Wife Deserter. Tho governor's ofllco Issued requi sition on tho stato of Iowa for tho ro turn to Nebraska of Albert Oliver. Oliver Is charged with deserting his wlfo nnd minor child, now living In Lancaster county. Ho hns been placed under arrest at Indlanola, la. A Raise In Wages. Tho Lincoln Traction company stockholders elected officers nnd In creased tho wages of tho motormon nnd conductors. Tho one-year men were raised 1 cent nn hour, making 19 conts; tho two, three, four nnd six year men were raised l'A cents. Cupid Gets Normal Teachers. Superintendent Thomas of tho Kearney Normal school roportcd to tho normal board that Mr. D. Cupid was playing havoc with his teaching forco and ho wanted nn injunction issued or somothlng done to hend him off. A number have been lost nnd others havo tho fever. Civil Service Examinations. The United States civil sorvlco commission announces tho following examinations to bo hold nt Lincoln nnd Omnha: January 25, stenograph or and typowrltor, all branches of tho oorvlcoj January 25, stenographer, departmental sorvlco; January 25, ypo writer for men only. An Unfounded Report. Tho story printed by an Omaha pa per to tho offect that W. J. Bryan and his brother, C. W. Bryan, havo been asking Governor Shnllonborgor to call an extra session of tho legis lature In order to eocuro tho passago of a resolution for tho submission of tho Initiative and referendum consti tutional amendment la not warranted. C. W. Bryan mado a denial of tho story when questioned in regard to tho matter. "Neither W. J. Brynn nor myself has aBked tho govornor to call a apodal sosoion," ho said. EDUCATION CALLS AN ELECTION. Governor Proclaims Regarding New Nebraska County. Governor Shnllenborger has issued a proclamation calling an election in tho now county of Gnrdon to bo hold January 10. Tho polls open from 8 n. m. to G p. m. Polling places shall bo tho Bnmo as at tho last gcncrnl election. At tho election tho locntion of a county scat shall bo determined nnd tho following officers chosen: County clerk, clerk of tho district court, treasurer, Judgo, sheriff, as sessor, surveyor, superintendent, thrco commissioners, nnd nil townBhlp and precinct officers, except those previ ously elected and qualllflcd In tho county of Deuel from which tho now county has been formed nnd whoso terms of office shall not havo expired at tho tlmo of tho election and whoso residence In embraced In tho HmltB of tho new county, shall continue in of Ico until their terms expire. Tho notice of election shall be published for two consecutlvo weeks preceding tho election in n nowspnper of gen eral circulation In tho county, and by posting in n consplclous plnco at each polling plnco at least two weeks be fore tho election. Lincoln Has Corn Show. Ono of tho Important fontures of tho State Corn Growers' show, to bo hold In tho Lincoln Auditorium Jan uary 17-21, will bo an exhibition of wheat. Up to date corn has always had prcccdcnco in both local and natlonnl shows, but tho Nebraska Millers' association, realizing tho im portnnco of wheat to tho state, hns decided to assist in a movement to ward increasing its quantity and qual ity. With this end Jn view tho mil lers havo arranged to co-opera to with the Corn nssoclntlon nnd havo offered a valuable trophy for tho best ex hibit of wheat, to bo given at tho nn nual show each year. Much of tho widespread Intorest In corn through out tho stato la duo to tho efforts of tho stato association. It Is hoped that tho society will bo as successful with wheat. In addition to the Millers' trophy several cash prizes for wheat ex hibits have been offered. Tho Mil lers' trophy for sweepstakes, will be n large silver plcco of n special de sign mounted on nn ebony base. Tho base will bo hollow and a samplo of tho winning exhibit will bo kept in it nnd shown whenever the cup is on display. Tho trophy will bo formally presented to tho association at its annual banquet to bo held In connec tion with tho show. After this it will bo awarded annually. Majors Does Not Want It. A friend of Sonator T. J. Majors has reported that Mr. Majors docs not caro for tho appolntmont on tho old normal board to fill a vacancy in tho term of Mr. Hnys of Alllanco which has expired. It wjls reported that a movement Is being started In tho Third congressional district in favor of tho appointment of Mr. Kohl, a real estate dealer of Wayne. He is a well known democrat and repre sented his district in a national dem ocratic convention. A Fine Picture. Will M. Maupin, head of tho stato lanor bureau, has received a lino pic turo of tho delegates attending tho Amorlcan Federation of Lnbor con vention taken in a group at Toronto. This picture is fifteen inches wido and about slxty-flvo inches long, and tho face of every dolegato can bo plainly Tccognlzed, Gompers, Mltcholl and Morrison, tho Indicted labor loaders, occupy prominent positions. Tno pic turo will bo placed In Labor temple. Union Pacific to Issue Bonds. Tho stato railway commission hold a conference with Edson Rich, at tornoy for tho Union Pacific Railroad company, nnd Issued nn order grant ing permission for tho company to issue $141,598,000 of first Hen and re funding mortgage bonds for tho pur poso of buying and constructing now linos, double track, rolling stock, real estate, terminals, yards and shops. Dr. Carr Released. Dr. E. Arthur Carr has rocolved a clean bill from tho federal grand Jury. Complaint had boon filed ngainst Dr. Carr becauso ho had opened mall ad dressed to Dr. Sward, secretary of tho stato board of health, legislated out of existence. Dr. Cnrr was secretary of tho now board. Tho grand Jury called Dr. Carr boforo It and after questioning him failed to briug in a truo bill. Governor Sells to State. Couplnnd, a special commltteeshrdl Tho stato farm, through Rogent Couplant, a apcclnl committeo with power to net, has bought of Govornor Shallcnbcrgor four shorthorns, paying thoroforo, $1,040. The animals will bo used for Instruction purposes. W. R. Patrick Reslcns. Ex-Sonntor W. R. Pntrlck of Sarpy county hns roslgned from tho bonrd of trustoos appointed to control tho otnto school for blind at Nebraska City and the stato school for deaf at Omaha. Johna Dismisses Complaint, Tho complaint of John Johns of Constnnco ngnlnst tho Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad Iiob boon dismissed by tho Stato Rail way commission. John Johns alleged thut tho town of Constance needed a station, nnd It needed certain side tracka and a fow other things which ho nllogcd It was tho duty of tho rail rond company to furnish, so ho fllod IiIh complaint. A hearing was had nnd testimony introduced, after which tho commission docided John Johns hod fallod to make bis caso.