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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA 1 BARE, Publisher Terms: 11.25 In Advance. NORTH PLATTB NEBRASKA A IJoiling Down of the More fni porlnnt Events Here and Tbcrc Foreign. Tho Obaorvntoro Itomnno nt Itomo prlntn n dispatch from Harrnr, a town of southeastern Abyssinia, saying it la roporlcd thnt King Mcnollk died Do combor 23, and thnt tho uowb was concoaled in ordor to nrold lntornal troubles. Tho now Turkish cabinet, of which Ilakka Boy Is grand vlztor, has been completed with tho exception of, tho ministries of public Instruction and ot pious foundations. Changes havo boon nindo only In tho ministries of war, marine and mines and forosts. Tho proposed Austrian cablnot of Dr. Lndlslaus Von Lukacs having failed to meet tho approval of 15m poror Francis Joseph, tho latter In an nudlcnco entrusted Count Khuen Von Hcdorvary with tho responsibility of forming a now ministry. Tho nuHslan foreign oulco lias taken no action on tho memorandum pro sentod by- tho United States govern ment relative to tho neutralization ot tho Mnnchurlan rnllroad, which has boon submitted. for a careful examina tion conjolntly-lby tho ministers of flnanco and. war. Tho ultimate attl tudo of Ilubsla will depend largely up on tho recoptlim of tho proposals by tho othor powers, and tho dovolop inonts In thla'innttor will necessarily consumo a great deal ot time. Dr. Frederick A- Cook'tf original nolo books havo arrived at Copenha gen and will bo examined, by tho com mittee Immediately. Hector Salmon- i son says, however, that tho Investiga tion will not niter tho committees judgmont. Ho has soon tho notebooks and Is still convinced that tho explor er's claim to tho discovery of th6 Polo is not bonafldo. General. . A no tli or trngedy ot tho sea has been written Into tho rocord of marine dls nstora on tho north Pnclllo coast through tho loss of tho Iron Bteamor Czarina. Fivo unidentified tramps woro burned to death in a wreck on tho Chicago, Rock Island & Pnclflc rail rond ten miles cast of Wlstor, Okln. Prof. Henry 8. Graves -of Yal, nowly nppolntcd national forester, ex pressed hlmsolf In favor of tho policy pursued by Mr. PInchot. Fifty thousand elk In tho Jackson Holo country In Ulntnh county, Utnh, tiro starving hecnuso they nro unable to got food through tho deopest nnd juoHt crusted snow In years. Lieutenant Daniel Shuan of tho Six teenth Infantry, who disappeared from his command at Fort Loavonworth, Kas., thrco months ago, was dropped from tho rolls of tho army. Eight Itockford, 111., factories, em ploying upwilrd of 1,000 men, closed on account of scarcity of coal. Tho bill against "whlto Blavo" trafflc wns passed by tho house J. C. Mabray nnd othor nllogcd mem bers of tho "big store" swindling syn dlcnto will huvo to stand trial undor tho Indictment returned against them last Beptembor by tho fcdoral grand Jury in Council Bluffs on tho chnrgo of conspiracy to uso tho malls fraud ulently. John R, Mulvano, In a paper boforo Jlio Kansns agricultural board, advo cated tho establishment of a contral , bank, Prealdcnt Toft appointed Henry S. Oravea to Buccocd Gilford PInchot as forester. Many govornmontnl reforms nro de manded In resolutions presented to tho National Ltvo Stock association for adoption. Pilbllc mon at Washington are wait Ing for tho next move In tho PInchot Dalllngor controversy. Blenching ot flour docs no good eayn Dr, Wiley, but Is employed simply to pleaso tho oyo. In ten years tho United Statos has exported nine billion dollars' worth of agricultural products. A ruling by tho supremo court grants tho Interstate coiumorce com mission greater power. Japan can see no good in the pro posed neutralization ot tho Manchurl an railroad proporty. Nebraska millers lock horns with Dr. Wiley on the subjoct of bleached flour. Census Director Durand says co operation of the people Is necessary to make tho enumeration a success. Former Queen Lilluokalanl of Ha waii, accompanied by a party of rela tives and frlondB, has arrived In Washington. Houorlug the memory of Albert Pike, the great exponent of Scottish Illto masonryi exercises celebrating the hundreth anniversary of his birth were held In Washington. President Taft Is accredited at tho capltol with a desire to put an end to the Internlclne war which threat ens his administration, A statue of General Lew Wallace was pinned la tli capital at WujoUlnir tna CONDENSED Treasurer Lindsay ot the Nebraska republican stnto committee favors re publican primaries to settlo tho scna torlal contest next fall. Representative James M. Griggs ot tho second Georgia district died sud donly at his home. No recount of tho .yoto for mayor of Boston will bo asked for on the part of the principal defeated candi date, Jnmos J. Storrow, If tho re vised ofllclnl roturns Bhow 1,145 plu rnllty. Tho names of ten cucccssful archi tects who havo submitted comparative designs for a $2,500,000 monument in Now York to Robert Fulton, wore mado public by tho Jury of tho Robert Fulton Memorial association. Aftor thirty-five years In tho govern ment Bervlco Mrs. Anna Ellzaboth Phllpott, within six years of bolng a centenarian, Is dead at her homo In Washington. Tho houso discussed tho army bill and refused to economize. Iowa will sond fifty-two delegates to tho world's Sunday school convention which will bo hold In Washington, D C, on tho dates of May 19-24. Tho opinion at Washington is thnt the president will soon break with Spoakor Cannon over legislation. TIvo war vessels of tho United States will tako part In tho celebra tion of tho first contcnnlnl ot tho in dopendonco of tho Argentine repub lic nt Buonoa Ayren about May noxt Walter Lonsdale, Dr. Frcdorlck A Coo'a secretary, announced thnt he had received a lotter from Dr, Cook, but ho declined to glvo tho explorer s nddross. Tho Scott expedition In search' ot tho south polo Is now assured, tho English government having promised $100,000 towards tho $200,000 which Is tho estimated cxponso. Sonntors Burkett and Brown rccom mended tho reappointment ot William P. Warnor to bo United States mar shal and Frank S. IIowoll to bo United Statos district attorney for Nobrnskn. Tho Russian foreign offlco hna Is sued n statement embodying tho mom ornndum of tho United Statos govern mcnt bearing on the neutralization ot tho Manchuran railways. Omaha's persistence nnd determ ined effort to establish a wool market has again won recognition In tho reso lutions of tho Natural Wool Growors association ndoptod In Salt Lake. Tho houso adopted a resolution pro viding for nn Investigation of tho in terior and forestry departments. An Investigation Into tho alleged domination of tho Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company by tho Fonnsyl vanln system bo fur no It affects freight shippers In West Virginia Is to bo made. Economists ngreo generally that high prlcos uro duo to Increase in gold supply. Washington. Fortifications for the United Statos and Insular possessions for tho year 1011 will coat $5,017,000, over two and a half millions less than "for 1010, it tho houso adopts tho rccommondn tlona of tho appropriations commlttoo. John C. Calhoun Is about to return to his former hnunts In the nntlonnl capital In tho form of a inijrblo stntuo It will bo erected as ono of tho South Carolinian" contributions to Statuary hall, which was occupied by tho house of representatives nt tho time- Calhoun was a inombor. Tho statuo will be formally accoptod March 12, next. Throo West Point endots havo boon found guilty of hazing and their dls mlseal will follow tho npprovnl ol tho Bontonco by tho sccrotnry ot war who la allowed no discretion In the matter. . Terming tho avowed policy ot economy ot tho Tnft administration as a "political oxlgoncy," which would not provo to bo nn economy in the long run, Representative Hay of Vir ginia mado an earnest plea against curtailing tho $1,350,000 appropriation for national guard onenmpmonts while tho army appropriation bill waa before tho houso. A pension ot $5,000 a year la duo Mrs. Grovor Cleveland according tc procodont, nnd Senator Root present ed to tho sonato a bill making tho grant Tho amount Is tho Bamo as waa allowed tho widowed wlvos of for mer presidents. A spirited trado contest betweon Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., wn brought to the attention ot tho Inter utnto commorco commission by the tiling ot a complaint against the Union Pacific railroad nnd ton othoi railway companies. It la nllogcd thnt tho dotendant rallroadB discriminate In tholr lumbor rates against 5maba and in favor of Lincoln, to tho great commercial dlsa vantage ot Omaha. Personal. Nathanlol F. Mooro, son of tho Rock Island maguato, waa found dead at a Chicago resort Congressman Hlnshaw says ho is pleuscd with tho present status ot in surgency In tho houso. Senator Charlos Dick Is now offici ally a candidate to succood hlmsoll in tho senate from Ohio. At Llboral, Mo., Henry Dormnn cel ebrated hlB 110th birthday, Ho wat born In Steuben county, N. Y. George Harris, prosldont ot tho Bur lington railroad, has presentod his resignation to tho board of dlrootoro, and It will lie accoptod, Flnkoluteln, tho would-bo robber ot New York, was found dead In a tunnol leading to thtt vaults. Representative Norrls has nn an tlclo In La Follotte'a mngazlno on the rulo of SpoaUer Cannon. Under the Nebraska" law tho assign anont of wngeB Is not legal and can not bo collected. President Gotnpers has accoptod an Invitation to peak ia Kaunas City I In ITebruary. WASHINGTON ACTIVE lively week in legislation 13 anticipated; INSURGENTS WILL BE ACTIVE Distensions Havo Spread to tho Senate but Lull Expected When In quiry Committee Is Appointed. Washington. No matter how Balls factory an arrangement Is mado for tho solectlon of tho joint commlttco to nvcstlgato tho Balllngcr-Plnchot con troversy, tho insurgent fight promlsoB to occupy a prominent placo In tho congressional situation this week. Dissensions between tho Insurgents snd regulars in tho houso hnve . occu pied tho center of the Btago for a fort night, although somo measuros havo been paascd. Tho bickerings have oven spread to the senate, and legis lation thcro hna been nt a standstill. That thoro will be a lull in hostil ities in tho houso as soon as tho Dal-ilngor-PInchot commlttco is nppolntcd 'b conceded, but thoso who nro nnx ious that legislation may prococd without delay aro not oversanguino ot tholr efforts to keep tho Insurgent l'ow In check. Thoy look for rcnowe'd out orcaks whonover any question affect ing tho Cnnnon rules is Interjcctod Into tho proceedings. Second In interest to tho discussion of tho battlo between the republican organization nnd Uio Insurgents in tho houso Is tho gossip in both branches of congress ns to what will bo tho fato of tho several administration bills to put into forco whnt aro now known as Tnft policies, as differentiated from Roosevelt policies. Theso embrace tho program for tho amendment of tho interstate commorco law, the Sher man nnti-truBt law, and carrying into effect mensures for tho conservation of natural resources, Llttlo opposition has been heard to '.ho administration measure for tho strengthening of tho lnterstato com merce act On nil sides It seems to bo conceded thnt some bucIi measuro as is proposed by Mr. Taft will bo en acted. Tlio Insurgents of tho senate expect to hold a conference at an early day to consider what is to be tholr attitude on the administration bills. In tho moantlmc tho sonnto committee on In toratato commorco will tako up "tho subject of amending the lnterstato commorco act at a meeting to bo held Friday, whilo tho Taft measuro will havo to, run the gauntlet of opposition in tho houso committee on Interstate nnd foreign commerce. Tho message of tho president bear ing upon tho question of enacting n voluntary federal incorporation law to pffsot the Interpretation placed upon tho Sherman anti-trust law by the Standard Oil company dissolution case, and a posslblo affirmation by tho flupromo court of that decision, has nitractcd llttlo attention In tho houso. Members of tho Bonnto Judiciary com' mlttoo havo read tho bill which Presi dent Tnft nnd Attornoy Genernl Wlc korahnm havo drafted, and will pre- Hcnt to tho senato through Senator Clark of Wyoming. Nino Deaths Due to Storm. Now York Nino lives were lost nnd six persons Injured In ono of tho worst Btorms that over visited Now York City. Tho total snowfall when tho skies cleared, waa 14 Inches, socond only to tho blizzard of 1899, wnon lDVfi. Inches foil. Crisis Crpated by Army. Madrid. Promior Morot announced his conviction that a crisis had been created by tho military ngltntlon against tho government. Tho A. B. C. declaros tho numbor of dlscontonded officers oxcoods 2,300, 2ELAYA 8ECURE IN MEXICO. Extradition by United States Impossl ble, Says High Authority. Aiken, S, C. In an lntorvlow former Sonator Georgo F. Edmunds of Ver mont, ouo of tho highest authorities on international law In Amorlca. iin clnrcd thnt In his opinion tho United Stntcs could Bcnrcoly domand tho extradition from Mexico of former Prosldont Zolaya of Nlcnrnuua. as Zo laya was guilty of no crlmo. Even had Kclaya personally executed Groco and Cannon ho BUggostod thoro would bo no roasonnblo lognl irround on which to domand his extradition from Moxlco, Diaz's asylum to Zolaya la not an net unfriendly to tho United States, ho declared. Indiana Banks Falls. Evansvllle, Ind. Tho Cltlzons Na tional bank ot this city will not opon for business Monday morning. After a mooting ot its diroctors, a notlco wna posted on tho front doors that tho bank was closed, but it was bo- llovod Its depositors would bo paid In full. President Taft'a Dills. Washington. President Taft'a bllla on various branches of conservation as prepared by Secretary Bollinger, woro discussed In a mooting ot tho houso commlttco on nublio lands. Which Chairman Mondoll expiated up on the roasonB for his declination lntroduco tho measures in tho houso Mr, Mondoll objocts to tho Bnlllngor bill for classification ot nublio lands aa entirely unfeasible. Somo of tho others ho regards aa lmnraeticnhin There are bait a dozen of the conser vation bills la lha batch. At the National Capital 1 Gossip of People and Events Gathered in Washington Ex-Senator Wilson's WASHINGTON, D. C Former Sen ator John L. Wilson of tho stnto of Washington was ono of tho most peppery members of congroas that ever sat in either houso. Mr. Wilson's reputntlon extends over both Bides ot tho capltol, ho having sorved in tho Fifty-first congress in tho houso as tho flrat represcntntivo from tho then now stato of Washington, nnd in 1895 ho was elected to the senate, whero ho served ono term. Mr". Wilson is now tho owner of tho Seattle Post-lntolll- goncer, nnd nt the samo tlmo is heav ily Interested In Washington stato In dustries nnd real -estate. Whilo in Washington recently, 'Mr. Wilson doltvercd himself of somo astounding facts with respect to tho Threat to Blow Up MEMBERS of tho United States sen nto showed moro than ordinary intcrost In tho roport from Chlcngo thnt a nowspnper In that city had re ceived n lotter from n man signing himself "C. Hodges," declaring ho in tends to blow up tho upper branch of congress with notro-glycorln. Somo of tho Insurgents are hoping that "C. Hodges" will put off tho pain ful oporntlou until thoy havo had an opportunity ot "surging." Senator Tillman Bays ho hopes to bo In South Carolina when tho blow off comes. "C. Hodges" wrote that physicians had given him but six months to live. nnd that at first ho had intended tak ing morphine to end his cxlstcnco quickly. Ho changed his plans, ho BAld, when ho rend an urtlclo charg ing that corruption existed In tho sen ate, and ho determined to blow up tho body with nltro-glyccrln and kill hlm self at tho same time. Tho letter follows; "To tho Editor in Chief: I nra going to blow up tho congress with nltro glychein. "My only reason for giving you this Peary and Family WASHINGTON. Commnndor Rob ert E. Peary, U. A. N who sledded jto tho north polo and back about a year after Dr. Cook of Brooklyn mndo tho trip on tho Imagination Limited, had an nrctlo cxporionco a tow nights ago within soven miles of Washing ton that was almost as bad In somo respects as anything ho experienced In latitude 00 or thereabouts. Aa a result of tho unlquo adventura tho explorer was Inconvenienced for several days. "I ab nod sure," ho told a friend, "bud 1 thlg I toog gold. By dozo Id all dubbed ub. Aid Id slddy7" Bound for Dinner Party. Commander Peary, Mrs. Peary and Mrs. Peary's Bister woro on tholr way to keonAn olght o'clock dinner engagement nt tho country homo ot Ralph P. .Barnard, son of Justice Job Barnard ot tho supremo court of tho District of Columbia. Tho taxicab In which thoy woro riding skidded, Servian King Wants WHERE ia Count Pablo Mysky Tro Bkaya, also known as Capt. Knr doft? Ho la supposed by hla friends in Washington to bo in Chicago tn tho Interest ot tho Karagoorgeovltch fami ly, which now alts on tho Sorvlnn throne, and Is planning to marry into money. A rich Chicago brldo for tuturo queen ot Sorvln would bo Just about what King Peter would like. Both sons of King Petor aro prepar ing to travol early in tho now year, and tho Itinerary includes n two months' stay in tho United States, unless tho agent's roport makes it In advisable. One of them will succeed to tho throne. Count Troskafti is a mysterious stronger, about whom Joke on New York resources ot tho stato of Washington and tho general nttltudo ot its pcoplo townrd tho question ot conservation. "Tho icsuo of conservation with ub is morely tho question of tho removal ot friction bolwcen tho national gov ernment and tho Btatc," said Mr. Wil son. "When Gov. Hughes of Now York camo out to seo our fair nt Scattlo ho mado n speech in which ho said that wo of tho west would probably bo sur prised to know that tho stnto ot Now York had set nsldo 1,000,000 acres ot land for a forest reserve. It fell to mo to roply to tho speech of tho gov ernor nnd I told him that wo wero In deed surprised that anybody In tho Btato of Now York would lot that much got aw&7 from him. Then I told tho governor that if tho forest resorvos of tho stato ol Washington were placed sldo by oldo in ono contingent body ot land tho entire Empiro stnto ot Now York could not only bo put down in tho mlddlo ot It, but a man could walk around tho boundaries ot tho forest reserve and still bo unablo to seo tho boundary of tho stato of New York." the U. S. Senate information is that I do not wish to in jure or kill innocent people- . "Don't think my opening remarks aro a joko or threats emanating from n diseased Brain. I mean business, as you will find out later. "This dishonorablo body called tho United States senato has plundered tho public long enough, and it's time something was done to learn thorn n lesson ono thoy will remombor for somo tlmo to come. "Tho physiclanB inform mo that I can only live about six months as I am suffering with incurable Internal trou ble and nothing will savo me. "I intended taking morphlno nnd ending my cxistenco until reading nn article giving "tho history of tho son ate and Its corruption. "It determined me to chango my plans on self-destruction for tho tlmo being and plot how I will wipe out tho gang of grafters and also end my miserable lifo also. "1 havo secured enough nitroglycerin to blow up h I, nnd God holp tho so-called detectives who try to stop mo. "I know tho people won't appreclato my sacrifice in their behalf, but later on they will say that my act was a Just punishment. "Thcro is no use of going into de tails; I loavo this to your Judgment, uso it ns you seo fit. "I will not wrlto you again, but wait for results, that aro going to happen. "Yours, "C. HODGES." Dug Out of a Drift bucked n counlo of times, and honned off the road Into a six-foot snowdrift. Tho chauffeur managed to keop his seat, but tho Pearys Involuntary as sembled in ono corner of tho vehicle. "HeavenBl" thundered tho oxploror. Ho nlso mado further comments that escaped reproof during tho excite ment. "Thla seems quite natural and home like," ho ndded, without noticeable cnthuBlaBm. "I observe that. wo aro in latitudo 7.50, longltudo 8:15 p. m. You folks sit hero whilo I conduct a relief expedition of ono." Whereupon tho commandor, al though In evening garb and wearing low-cut patent leathers, started off across country in tho direction of tho nearest light Tho next day ho intimated tn nasal tones that it waa ono of tho meanest trips he over made. Ho plowed and wallowed through drifts of snow that sometimes reached his knees, somo tlmos his vest, nnd, on ono memorable occasion, his shoulders. Tho explorer knockod at aovoral doors beforo ho arrived at tho hoa pltablo homo of Mr. Barnard, whoro Tho work of digging out tho tnxl cab took moro than an hour, and tho Pcnrya and tho other gueatB eat down to a dried up olght o'clock dlnnor nt half paat ten o'clock. an American Heiress Washington's ultra-exclusive sot has boon talking. Upon his appearanco hero ho was believed to bo a Bocrot agent for somo Balkan nation. Now it turns out that King Petor commissioned him to come tn thla country and report what opportunity jub iwo sons mignt uavo toward mnk ing an alllanco with Amerlcnn girls. Servla does not mntntnln n iiintn mntlo representative in Washington, nnu inis may nnvo mado tho count business difficult to transact. Itn well supplied with funds by tho houso of Morgan, Ilarjea & Co., tho Paris branch ot J. P. Morgan & Co. A rODOrt that tho Hervlnn nrlnnna want to marry American girls reached wasuington last spring. Czar Nlch olaa. Emncror Francis Josonh nm King Georgo of Greeco tried nn allianoo for tho sons of King Poter, out nono or theso would consider nn alllanco with any princes to whom mey woro individually related. This la why tho prlnco wUl sock cwirry merely toouoy. to FIRES IN NEBRASKA SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY OG CURBED IN 8IX MONTH8. REPORT OFT HE STATE WARDEN State Auditor Stands Pat On Order Promulgated Relative to Insur ance Agents. Tho report of A. V. Johnson, stato flro warden, for tho period botweon July 2 nnd tho first of tho year, Bhowa thoro has been 05C fires during that tlmo. Of that numbor 202 woro In Omaha, 41 in South Omaha and 103 In Lincoln. Thirteen woro reported ns of incendiary origin nnd twonty-one suspicious. Tho cnrolcss uso of inatchca was reported to havo boon tho cauao of 75 per cent ot tho fires. Tho following shows tho vnluo ol property Involved, insurance and loss causcl by Arcs during tho Inst six months: Vnluo ot buildings $5,940,2:10 .Vnluo of contents 2,031,074 insurance) on mmJings i.-tjs.imb Insurance on contents 1,G76,S08 l.os.i to lmlldlnirs 201.860 Loss to contents. 308,205 Insurance compnnlea who are re quired to pay tax to support tho fire wnrdon'B department paid in n total ot $7,89G.95. Tho department expended $4,021.49, of which $3,099.0G was for salaries. State Auditor Stands Pat. State Auditor Barton is rccolvlng numerous protests on his ruling that beforo licenses will bo issued insur ance agents It will bo necessary for tho agents to fill out a blank, card showing how much business they havo written during tho preceding year, tho amount ot oxporlonco thoy havo had and othor information by which tho auditor will bo ablo to detcrmlno whether tho applicant Is a bona fldo insuranco agent or Ib simply taking out n llconso in ordor to securo n ro bato from tho insuranco company as suming his risks. Tho nuditor Informed ono company that it brought about tho order Itself by reason of tho fact that It gave to certain persons with a lot of proporty to lnsuro a commission ns agent, Which permitted the person to securo a rebate without violating tho law. At tho samo tlmo tho person getting such commission would wrlto no other in suranco. Tho nuditor has refused to chango his ruling. Births In Nebraska. During tho year 1909 tho number of births in Nobrnskn was 23,6517 against 22,943, and tho deaths last year wero 10,365, against 9,591 for 1908. Tho increase in tho number of deaths is duo to tho largo number who died of spinal meningitis. f Cookery for School Girls. Stato Superintendent E. C. Bishop has issued a bulletin for tho Nebraska school girls interested .in domostlo science. It contains an elaborato courso In tho art of cookery. Tho outllno ot lessons was originated and first used by tho York High School Girls' Domestic Science club. Tho work was dono at tho homo of tho pupils. Tho results wore such that tho follow ing year tho board of education fitted up a domestic sclenco laboratory, on- gaged a special teacher and estab lished a regular domestic science courso of study. Wants Depot at Union. Charles Graves of Union has filod n complaint against tho Missouri Paclfla railroad with tho State Railway Com mission nsklng for a now depot at that placo. Mr. Graves said tho depot thoro would seat twolvo persons nnd usually tho room wns bo full of foul air that it was hardly posslblo for' persons to remain in It. Liquor Case Docketed. Tho supremo court granted permis sion to tho nttorney general to docket tho caso Involving tho right of tho Burlington and Union Pnclflc roads to sell liquor on tholr dining cars In Nebraska. Chance for Prisoners to Study. At tho annual mooting of tho Ne braska Prison association tho roporta of tho officers, Judgo M. B. Rceno, president; Dr. M. A. Bullock and Cap tain W. M. Glfford, superintendents, nnd A. E. Davisson, Bocrotary-trons-uror, woro read and approved. Tri butes wero paid to Dr. G. W. Martin, who died July C, 1909, by Judgo Reese nnd Judgo A. S. TIbbetts. A momorinl to Dr. Martin was ordered mado a part of tho annual roport A commit too wan appointed, consisting of Gov ernor A. C. Shallonberger, Warden T. W. Smith and tho members of the committee on visitation and dls chargos, for tho purpoBo of Investigat ing tho feasibility of extending to the prisoners Tli tho penitentiary a chance to tako work ln correspondonco schools so that upon their releaso thoy may havo means ot livelihood that will cnnblo thorn to rojoln tho ranks ol good citizens. Arrannlna for the Teachers. Somo of tho work of arranging the program for tho annual Stato Teach ers' association, to bo held noxt No vember, Is already bolng arranged. Presldont N. M. Graham of tho asso ciation will bo In tho city soon, where bo will meet tho presidents ot the various sections of tho teachers' asso ciation in a conference looking to ward the arrangement of tho varloui programs, Mr. Graham has already mado arrangomouts to havo Rev, Frauk Crano of Chicago present to do liver a aories of lectures In thn n RRfv 1 elation at tho various sooalons next fall