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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE UtA L. HAKE, PubllBhor. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE, NOTH PLATTE, NEOR&flKA EPITOME OF EVENTS PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO MANY 8UBJECT8. ARE BRIEF BUT INTERESTING Brief Mention of What Is Transpiring In V.'Ioub; Sectlom of Our Own and Foreign Countries. Washington. Assistant postmasters who hopo to bo transferred Into tho permanent norvlce of tho government under tho civil fiorvlco rocontly Issued by Presi dent Taft must first stand n rigid examination as to their offlclcncy. Captain Robert E. Peary, tho Arc tic explorer, returns to active duty in tho navy department on November 0 ns engineer export of tho department of Jiifltlco In cases boforo tho bureau of claims Involving construction work for tho naval bureau of yards and docks, A long lino of detailed questions to answer in connection with tho inves tigation of tho genernl increases In railroad rates has been forwarded by tho IntorBtato commorco commission to all tho railroads In tho offlclnl classification, western trunk lino, trans-Missouri arid Illinois freight ter ritories, The establishment of through routes and Joint rntes from Chicago, fit. Louis nnd other Mississippi river points nnd from Donvor nnd Puoblo, covering tho shipment of nil commodi ties nnd classes of frolght moving to points dn tho Novadn Southern' rail road from Chlcngo nnd Eastern points through Chlcngo is asked In a petition filed with tho Intorstato commorco commission. Some Idea of tho vnst amount of work that Is dono In tho government printing office annually can bo gain ed from tho figures Just completed from tho typo composition for last year. More than 3,000 tons of typo metal wero UBcd in ranking 1,003,809, 000 ems of typo of every description. If tho individual lines of typo wero placed end to end they would stretch out over a distance of 31,000 miles. Foreign. A dispatch from ParlB to the Lon don Dally Telegraph says a rumor Is current that a rovolutton has brokon out in Madrid. No confirmation of this rumor has reached London. The llrst case of yellow fovor ever known in Honolulu has been dls covered aboard the Japanese lluor Hong Kong Maru, which arrived there October 30 from Manzanlllo, Mexico. Tho now republic of Portugal is threatened with n military revolution. Tho Socond and Fifth regiments nu dreBBcd a round robin to Provisional President Braga declaring that they wore not granted tho promised promo tions nnd pensions for helping over throw tho monarchy. It la understood thnt tho now French cablnot, nltholigh it does not opposo tho principles of trades union ism, will proposo n law for enactmorit, declaring strikes by omployos In tho public sorvjeo nnd by Btnto employos to be illegal nnd providing n penalty for persons engngod in such move ments. Sonor Franco, ex-promler of Portu gal, who held offlco at tho ttmo King Carlos and Crown Prlnco Louis wore nssassiuated in 1008, tins been nrroBt cd on the chnrgo of nbuso of powor during his incumbency. It Is declar ed by the government that it did not Inspire the arrest of Frnnco, but that it was the result of nn investigation hold by tho Judiciary. General. Womon of Clncinnntl aok that they havo representation in the city do toctlvo forco. Glfford Plnchot says tho peoplo aro rebelling against tho present or der of things; Fourteen deaths duo to smallpox having occurred at Saglnnw, Mich., within a month. Iown farms in too last decado havo decreased in number, but their value has onormously increased. An American loan of t50.000.000 to tho Chinese government has boon consummated in New York. Governor Stubbs of Kansas was the star witness at tho Chicago in terstate commerce rato hearing. Tho directors of tho Pennsylvania Railroad company declared tho rogu lar quarterly dividend of per cent. Tho Urnguay revolutionary lendorn havo agreed to dlsperso nnd disarm, provided tho candidacy of Joso Bat tlo y Qrdomcz for tho presidency 1b withdrawn. Al. Llvlngstono, tho nutomobllo speeder, was killed on tho Atlanta track whllo taking a practice spin. Melton Prior, tho British war cor respondent nnd artist, who saw sorv' Ico in twenty-four campaigns and revolutions, is dead. y Memorial services for tho Into Sen ator Jonathan P. Dolllver of Iowa wero hold in Wnshlngton In tho Foundry Methodist church. Tho Jqwjsh quarters in Shlrnz, tho capital of tho province of Fnrs, Per sia, havo beep sacked by Khnsgals. Kleven Jews were klllod and 5,000 are destitute. Mr. Drynn has been making somo speeches In Speaker Cannon's Illinois district. President Taft will bo furnished election bullotlns as ho Journeys from Cincinnati to Washington tho night of November 8. Thrco aviators mado successful flights around the statuo of liborty in Now York hnrbjr. FJro at Alexandria, Egypt, de stroyed several largo cotton sheds and, G.000 bnlos of cotton. Tho loss was' $1,000,000. Despatches received at Duluth say that tho steamer Langhnm wns burned in Laka Superior, but that tho crow was saved. Tho negotiations by a syndicate to sccuro tho controlling stock of the Cramp Shipbuilding company have been declared off. Tho Northern Centrnl railway stockholders havo approved of a lease of their road to tho Pennsylvania Rail road Company for 099 years. Nobles of tho Mystle Shrino from all parts of tho United Stntes met In Philadelphia to celebrate tho feast of Al Knlam, or Orlontnl thanksgiving. Qeorgo II. Rny, wealthy lumber man nnd banker, and former speaker of tho Wisconsin assembly, died at La Crosso after nllngerlng Illness. John J, Smytho wns sentenced to donth In Norfolk, Vn., for tho murder of his wife. BulletB Intended for Mrs. Smytho also killed a 12-year-old dnughter. Mrs. Edward H. Harrlman has formally given to tho Pnllsades park commission n deed to 10,000 acres of land in Rockland county for stato pnrk purposes. The financial panic in China con tinues to spread, according to advices brought by tho steamship Seattlo Maru. Twenty-seven of Shanghai's foremost Chinese banks have closed. Following an Investigation begun In 8L Louis tho intorstato commorco commission suspended until March 1 next tho dato of putting In effect tho ndvanco In tho rates of transporta tion. B. P. Congor of Dotrolt, son of tho head of tho United States weather bureau station there, wns placed un der arrest In Donvor on the chnrgo of forgery and working a confidence game. . Tho Nntlonnl City Evnngollcnl union of tho Methodist Episcopal church, holding Its eighteenth nnnu al conovtnion in Pittsburg, elected Hnnford Crawford of St. Louis as president. John T. Marchnnd, for several years tho personal roproBontntlvo of Prosldont Wlncholl of tho Rock Isl- land railroad, has been appointed nn attorney of tho Interstate Commerce commission. Chnrlos Webb Murphy, tho prcsl- dent of tho Chicago National Lenguo Baseball club, nays ho stands ready to glvo John T. Brush $30,000 for Christy Mathowson, tho star pltchor of tho Olants. After nn illness of loss thnn four days, Qeorgo A. Rasmusson, an in structor in tho Sioux City high school, died of Infantile paralysis. Ho was the third adult to dlo in Iowa of that disease. ' Tho hearing by tho London crimi nal court of appeals of tho nppenl of Dr. Hnwley II. Crlppen, undor sen tonco of death for tho murdor of his actroBs wlfo, Bello Emoro, wob post poned to Novcmbor G. Diroctor Durnnd of tho census bu reau l propnrlng a public statement regnrdlng alleged fraudulent census rotuniB In Fort Smith, Ark., and Great Falls, Mont., which will bo giv en out at nn early dato. Asbury Splcor, who has figured conspicuously in tho Breathitt county, Kentucky fouds for many years, was given n llfo-sontonco In tho state, ponltontlnry for tho murder of Nephow Asbury Fugato Inst Bprlng. 1 Americans who land cars in Eng landj for a four months' tour or less will no longer bo subject to tho pay ment of a license feo, und thoso from whom foes may havo boon exacted slnco May 1 last nro likely to havo thoso amounts rofunded. Application waB mado to tho super ior court In Soattlo by Stnto Food Commlsslonor Davlcs for an order to destroy a ton of turkoya nnd five tons of smelts, salmon, crab nnd lobsters, rocolved laBt Mny from n California llrm to be placed in cold storage for the fall trado. Tho supremo court of tho United States declined to consldor nt this timo tho action of tho- Oklahoma fed eral court, which Issued temporary injunctions ngninst tho enforcement of tho 2-cont faro and various frolght orders issued by stato officials. Personal. General Allen laments tho lack' of aeroplanes for tho array. . Many now nnmes havo been added to tho Carneglo hero list. In a speech at Clncinnntl Congress man Longworth proclaimed himself n progressive PreBlddnt James of tho Unlvortlty of Illinois complatnod that education al methods wero lagging. Robert Pottlt, nged 48, a formor National loaguo basoball playor.dlod at his homo nt Derby, Conn. Six promlnont Pacific coast men wero indicted Tor nn nlleged nttompt to steal Pnclflo const lands, Now Englnnd capitalists will In vest $800,000 to $000,0. j In n fine goodB cotton mill in Greonvlllo, S. C, Municipal elections throughout England nnd Wnlea shew a consider able growth in tho labor and social ist parties. William Smith, a native of Now York, famed ns nn impersonator of tho character of Undo Sam from his remarkable llkonesB to cartoons, died In a hospital in Tucson, Arli., at tho ago of 91 years, , STATE'S GROPVALUE LABOR BUREAU FIGURES IT AT $220,000,000. CBRN INCREASE IS OVER 1909 The Value of This Crop In Nebraska for 1910 Placed at Nearly ?8O,OOO,00O. "Desplto tho blue outlook In thn spring, and especially dnrlnir thn mi,i dlo of tho summer season, Nebraska ngnln comes tov, tho front with big crops ihls yenr," said Deputy Labor uommisRioner Maupln. "Wo hnVO JUBt Ilnlahr-fl nnmnlllnp mo crop statistics, and wo find thnt - . o tho nlno prlnclnal ntrrlculttirnl mna this year total approximately $220,- uou.ouu in valuo. "Tho corn croD of 1010 nmotintofl in 178,823,128 bushels, an Increase of 9,- 743,991 bushels oyer 1909. Tho valuo of this years corn crop is $87,877,340. "Tho winter wheat yield this vnnr was 80.C17.C35 bushels, a decronso rrom 1909 of 5,827,200 bimhels. Tho vaiuo of this year's wnent croD Is S3C- 65B.7C1. "Tho spring wheat vlold this vnnr Was 4.G33.G17 htlRhnlfi. -nn Innrnnnn nf CC4.CG2 bushels over 1909. Tho valuo or tho, spring wheat crop this year is 14,070,068. "Tho 1910 yield of wild nnd tnmo hay, not Including alfalfa, ws 2,111,- 394 tons, n decrease of l,14t,94G tons from 1909, which Is easily explained by tho unfavorable weather condi tions during tho season , when hay Bhould bo making Its best growth. Tho Increased nrlco. howovor. morn thnn compensates for tho Bhorter crop, tho vaiuo this year be nK $37,330,728. or noarly $8,000,000 more than last year. Alfalfa Crop. "Tho alfalfa cron amounted to 1.8G3.C81 tons, a decrease of R.BRO tonn from last year. This year's alfalfa crop is worth $28,205,215. 'This was Nebraska's banner oats year, tho total yield being 71,502,877 bushels, worth $17,989,C96. Last year's oats crop amounted to 59.053.479 bush els, "Tho rvo cron amounted to fl23.f.4S bushels, worth $493,559. "Tho barley crop amounted to 2.333.- 199 bushels, worth $1,073,271. "The potato cron this year la short. amounting to 3,330,198 bushels, worth si a busnei now and bound to go up. "Tho sugar .beet cron shows nn In. croaso of 120 por cont over 1909, tho production this year nmountlnir to 105,309 tons, worth $520,854. "Thoro wore 1.149.028 bushels of ipoltz. 154.018 tons of millet. 174.154 tons of sorghum enno and 18,042 tons of knfllr corn. 'Tho dounrtment did not tnko tho manufacturing statistics this year, having co-oporatod with tho govern ment census burcnu and thus avoid IllK tho duplication of tho work. Th aro plenty of evidences' nt hand to mow a noaitny lncroano of production over tho provlous yenr, and It Is safe to say that Nebraska's total mnnufne. tured output during the Inst year Is upwards or $250,000,000. Live Stock Gratifying. Tho llVO Stock flcuros for Him nrn gratifying. Tho total valuation for mo year is $174,983,050, "During tho period covered bv tho report JUBt completod tho grand, totnl Df Nebraska's output grain, hny, llvo stock, butttor. cues, noultrv. mlseol. Inneous crops and manufactured pro-' aucts win approximate $G80,000,000. I do not bollovo tho Btato has nvnt hnd a better year .taking everything as a wnoio," Deep Waterways Convention. Ono roquost from a Lincoln citizen, to bo appointed as a dolognto to tlo lnkea-to-the-gulf deep waterways con vention, to be hold in St. Louis on No vember 25 and 2G, haa boon received' by Mayor Love. Tho mayor iu author ized to appoint ton dologatos to attend tho convention. This bolng tho nuiu? her to bo sent from cities of between 20,000 and G0.000 population. C. H. Tedd of Elm Crook, Nob., has written the mayor that ho would llko to bo ap pointed a dolegato, but from tho ltf struotlbna rocolved Mr. Lovo Is of tho opinion that ho must appoint tho del egates from Lincoln. The Kidnaping of Miss Wood. In an effort to arouse tho United Statos Btato department to nn Investi gation of tho kidnaping of Miss Grace Wood, a former Nebraska ,glrl, who hns been a rosldont In Moxlco for tho past year, Senator Burkott wired Secretary Knox. Tho Nebraska sen ator urged that tho department look Into tho matter with all posslblo ox pcdloucy. Convict Attempts Escape. Elliott, a convict from Douglas county, who lacks four years of hav ing served out a flftoen-year torm for burglary, mado an nttornpt to escape. Elliott hud boon working ns a nurso In tho hospital which Sunday night contnlnod only ono patient, nn epllop tic. Ho sawed tho bars In tho door of tho hospital, making tho opening Hi tho door through which food Is passed large enough to got through. Whllo ho was doing this tho convict-patient throatoned to glvo alarm, but he quloted him with threuts. GREAT COIVJ STAT EC. Nebraska Stands Fourth In Production. tho Four states nro in a class by tliom- solves In producing corn this year, ac cording to an analysts of tho govern ment's crop roport for October, which has been subjected by th"o Bnrtlott- Frazler company to keen study These four states aro Illinois, Iowa,' Mis souri nnd Nebraska, which rank in totnl production of corn in tho or der glvon. All of them havo over 200,000,000 bushels of corn in tho fields this year. Kansas,, which is 18, 000,000 below tho 200,000,000 mark this year, is sixth in corn. Indiana is fifth with 193,000,000 bushels. Indiana nvorages 37.98 per acre nnd Illinois has n flat 37. Iown is 34.6, Missouri is 31 and Nebraska la 25.3. Kansas is only 20.5. Increased Production. Grain dealers say that tho report is right when It declnres that Increased production, tho wholo country consid ered, and decreased consumption In cattle feeding uses means that a low price level Is inevitable. On this subject thoBartlett-Frnzlor joport saya: "In four yenrB out of tho flvo pre ceding this consumption was prac tically tho same, the fluctuations In supply bolng equalized by correspond ing increases or decreases in final stocks carried over. Tho exception wbb In tho yenr 190G-07, when some thing like 250,000,000 bushels more wns used than during tho othor years under rovlow. Tho records show that this Increase in distribution was stimulated by the low rango of corn prices. May corn in Chicago ranging between 42 and 60 cents during prac tically tho llfo of tho delivery, tho greater part of tho tlmo' undor 45 cents. During tho last thrco years actual consumption wbb loss by about 250,000,000 bushols each year, and co incident with this shortened consump tion it may bo noted that similar rango of tho May option wns around GO conts or more." Woman's Club Meeting. , Tho delegates to tho stato mcotlnir of woman's clubs returned from Te- cumseh, bringing enthusiastic reports of tho hospitality received. Two Lin coln womon wero re-elected to nlnces on tho executive board. Mrs. H. M. Bushnell was chosen to sorvo another term as goneral federation socrotary and Mrs. H. C. Lindsay of Lincoln wns re-elected as vlco president for tho First district. Tho comploto now board follows:. President, Mra. T. J. Gist, Falls City; vlco president, Mrs. Margaret Stewart.- Tecumaoh: enrro. spondlng secrotary, Mrs. J. R. CnnI, Stolla: recording secretary. Mrs. Mnv. bello Corbett, Atkinson. Information Is Wanted. City Clerk Ozman. secretary of tho loaguo of Nobraska municipalities, haB written tho members of tho league to find out their attltudo on certain questions, among them, bolng a pro posed law which would exempt mun icipal bonds from taxation. Also whether or' not it Is bolleved that thoro should be modifications In the laws regulating tho expenditures of tho county commissioners of moneys received In tho road fund, bo that a part of such money may be used on tho streots of tho cities within tho tho streets of tho cities. Declined the Position. W. J. Furso. secretnry to Governoi Shallcnbergor, declined tho appoint mont of railway commissioner to fill tho vacancy occasioned by tho death of W. H. Cowglll. Governor Shnllen borger offered tho place to Mr. Furst and it was declined because tho soo rotary haa mado otjior nrrangementi which will koep him busy until nttei tho first of tho year. Mr. Thompson's Successor. Arthur Mullen. Btato oil insnectoi has ,beon appointed nttorney general to take the place mado vacant b; tho resignation of W. T. Thompson. iTreasurer'8 Monthly Report. Tho monthly renort of Stnto Trcas- uror L. G. Brian shows that ho had on hand October 1, in all fund3, $55G, 440.8G; receipts during tho ' month, $455,710; payments, $258,017.97; bal ance 'at this tlmo. $7G4,141.89. Tho ensh and cash items on hand amount to $22,271.59; cash on donosit. $731.. 870.30. Must Show Cause. Tho MisBouri Pacific has been nr. dored by tho state railway commis sion to appear Novomber 10 and Bhow causo why tho old schellulo for train service between Omaha and Pnlln City should not be resumed. Numer ous complaints nave been filed with tho commission. Ross Is Indicted. Jamos A. Ross was tho second man to appear In foderal court as tho re- buu or tuo rocent bobbIoh of tho grand Jury nnd furnish bond for his appcar anco In tho United States district jcqurt to nnswor tho charge of soiling liquor without having paid tho gov ornmont tax. Order to the Railroads. Tho stato. railroad commission Is sued nn order, wrltton by Chnirman Clnrko, insisting that tho railroads comply with tho order compelling thorn to absorb tho Increased switch ing charges which tho Union Stock Yards company Is authorized to make. Tho railroads pleadod that tho commission had not obtained Jurisdic tion' and that consequently tho com mission had no right to forco pay-' mont of tho lncrenso on tho railroads. Tho commission asserts that it did ac quire Jurisdiction. I PEACE AND PLENTY ADMONISH U8 OF OUR DUTY. PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION Chief Executive Dwells Upon Coun try's Growth, Good Crops and Other Causes for Thanks. Washington. Tho vigorous growth and progress of tho country ns reflect ed by tho records of population o.nd harvests and tho gcnornl conditions of international peace are things for which thnnksgivlng is principally duo for tho year 1910, acordlng to tho an nunl Thanksgiving day proclamation Issued by President Tnft. Tho procla matlon is as follows: "This year of 1910 is drawing to a close. Tho records of population and harvests which are the index of pro gress show vigorous national growth and tho health and prosperous well bolng of our communities throughout this land and In our possessions be yond tho seaB. These blessings have not descended upon us in restricted moasuro, but overflow and abound. They aro tho blessings and bounty of God. "Wo continue to bo nt poaco with tho rfst of tho world. In nil esscntlnl matters our relations with other peo plo aro harmonious, with nn ever growing renlity of frlendllnoss and dopth of recognition of mutual de pendence. It Is especially to be noted thnt during tho laBt year groat pro gross has been achieved in tho causo of arbitration and tho peaceful settle 'ment of International disputes. "Until now therefore, I, William Howard Taft, president of tho UnlteU States of America, in acordanco with the wlso custom of the civil mugl Btrate since the first settlements in this laud and with tho rulo estab llshcd from tho foundation of this government, do appoint Thursday, Novomber 24, 1910, ns day of national thnnksgllng and prayer, enjoining tho peoplo upon that day to meet In their churches for tho praise of Al mighty God nnd to return heartfelt thanks to him for all His goodness and loving kindness. "In witness whoreof I havo hereun to set my hand and caused the seal of tho United States to bo affixed. "Dono at tho city of Washington, this, the fifth dny of November, in the yenr of our Lord, ono thousand nine hundred nnd ten, nnd of tho Independ ence of tho United States, tho ono hundred and thirty-fifth. By tho presl dent, "WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. "ALVIE A. ADEE, "Acting Secretary of State." PENSION RATE INCREASES. Number on Rolls Decreases by Twen ty-Five Thousand. Washington. Whllo tho number of pensioners on tho rolls 0i tho United States decreased during the last fiscal year by moro thari 25,000, tho average annual valuo of each pension nt tho close of the year was slightly more than $2 greater than a year previous ly, when it was $1G9.82, according to tho annual report of James L. Daven port, commissioner of pensions. Of tho 921,083 pensioners on the rolls at tho closo of tho last year, 89,828, or nearly 10 per cent, reJde In Pennsyl vania. Ohio was only GOO behind, fol lowed In order by New York, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Massachusetts and Michigan. Nevada is lowest with only 453 pensioners. THE EMPIRE STATE. Both Parties Are Claiming About 1,00,000 Majority. New York. Notwithstanding tho oft-repeated assertion that argumonts advanced in the closing hours of the campaign have little Influence on tho vote, tho Sunday beforo election day found both party candidates hum ming with activity. Tho republican candidate for gov ernor gavo out a last nppeal to vot ers, summarizing tho speeches ho hns scattered from tho great lakes to tho sound. Tho democratic candi date guvo out two counter statements ono brief reply from his home at Thomson, and another Issued from democratic stato headquarters here. Both parties claim tho state by 100, 000 majority. Drops Dead In Pulpit. Santa Clara, Cal. Tho Rev. II. H. Clapham foil dead in his pulpit in the Episcopal church hero Sunday morn ing while- reading a psalm to his con gregation. Senator Taken III. Bowling Green, Ky. United States Senator W. C. Bradley ontorcd n hos pital hero and whllo his condition Is not thought critical, ho will be un able to travel for sovcral days. Mrs. Crlppen Near Chicago. Philadelphia. Bello Elmore Crlp pen, for whose death Dr. Ilarvoy Crlppen Is to bo hnnged on Tuoaday In London, la declared to be alive in this country by Francis Tracy Tobln, a lawyer In this city, according to nn Interview which tho Philadelphia Press will publish on Monday. Mr. Tobln doclarcs ho "has received let tors from thoso who havo seen her" nnd says ho knows "that sho Is liv ing and In hiding in this country, not a great ways from Chicago." 11 DAY HANKS NEBRASKA. IN URIEF. News Notes of Interest From Various Sections. Agitation Is on at Hastings for building n first-class hotel. Word was received in Nebraska City of tho (loath of Mrs, Herman Fasfl at Minneapolis, Minn., whore Bho hns beon for somo tlmo for hor health. - ' T. J. Current, of Hlldreth, lost h'la nutomobllo by fire. Chancing to look outdoors ho discovered the fire, and; rushing out, began to 'cut away the fence to keep tho flro from the hpUBo. While so ongnged the gaso line tank exploded and he was ' ser iously burned about tho face und loft band. Tho car waB dnBured for $400. Adjutant General Hartlgan added two more guardsmen to tho number to bo tried by court-murtlal. Tha noweat recruits are; Verne Baroch and Byron Stowell, both of Company G, First regiment, located at Gonovn. Tho former is charged with being absent without leave and tho latter with disobedience of orders and dis orderly conduct. Tho committee of twenty-five busi ness men of Kearney appolntod by Acting Mayor Hoxlo to tako up tho hospital proposition had an enthus iastic, meeting and drafted articles of incorporation for a new organiza tion to tako ovor tho old institution, which closed Its doors owing to a lack of funds with which to meet current expenses nnd pay .off tho mortgage of $1,100 outstanding against It. An Aurora dispatch says tho fa mous Walsh estate has been settled. Judgo Corcoran held a special term of court, and tho caso, which haB bofin dragging nlong for three years, was settled. Flvo of the heirs are to havo one-third of tho estate, and twelvo other heirs nro to shnro equally in tho other two-thlrdB. Tho estate amounts to about $130,000. Walsh died throe years ago, and left no di rect heirs. From Rock Island hendqunrtcrs, saya a Fairbury dispatch, comes tho nnnouncement of a new division su perintendent for tho Nebraska divi sion. It la said that C, L. Brown, who has been Bock Island division super intendent nt Fairbury since March, 1900, will bo transferred to Des Moines, In., nnd will hnvo Jurisdiction ovor tho Dos Moines Vnlley division of tho Rock Islnnd lines, with head quarters In Des Molnos. Several now buildings are in pros pect nt Hastings. St. Cecelia's Cath olic church has levied an assessment of $42,000 on tho congregation for tho erection of a new house of wor ship. Tho Presbyterian congregation will reconstruct Its burned building. Tho city is negotiating for a slto for a now city hall and building opera tions may bo started within tho next year. A number of business build ings will bo started In tho spring. John Frey, William Strelo and wlfo, nnd M. M. Warner and wlfo attended a big reunion of tho Frey genoratiou at Pondor, there bolng over 100 pres ent. "Grandma" C. H. Frey had Just returned from a ten weeks' visit at her, old homo In Pendor and tho chil dren, grandchildren and friends want ed to colebrato tho event. "Grandpa" E. If. Frey is ono of tho earliest pio neer settlers of Nebraska and was sheriff of Cuming county many years. Threo hundred farmers attended a mass meeting in Pleasant Valley township, Dodgo county, for tho pur pose of discussing tho Interurban project of the Nebraska Transportai tlon company. Baker, of the company, and other promoters explained a schemo by which tho farmers who would subscribe $25 for tho preliminary survey, would be ro warded with coupon tickets good for $25 worth of transportation on tho lino when It was built. Tho farmers, however, did not generally accept tho proposition. Frank Cumnock, orgnnlzer of tho Natlonnl Association of Retail Mer chants, addressed a meeting of tho merchants of Beatrlcef and it was de cided to orgarilzo a local branch of the stato federation of retail mer chants, Fred Lake was accidentally shot fcy Julius Oldham, a playmate, whllo tho boys wero practicing with n 32-cnllbre rlflo near Wood River. Tho bullet entered tho thigh, but no arteries were severed nor wero thoro any bones broken. Tho wound will not be fatal. In a complaint filed by tho Brad Bhaw Telephone company, nn Inde pendent organization. uEalnat thn No braska Boll Tolophono company, It la nlleged that tho Bell company Is fur nlslilng freu telephones nnd free ser. vlco to tho following named parties living north of Bradslmw: Henry Dorsey, C. Manson, John MaiiBon, Charles Detloff. N. A. Turnhiill. UVml Weber, fllacob Weber and others, In formw cnaoB tho stato railway com mission hns Btoppcd this kind of dls- crimination, Com husking la now on all along the Nebraska line, tho urontn.ot aim. culty being .scarcity of help. Tho Nobraska ConErocat onnl rnn. forenco held Its thirty-fourth nnnunl meetlnc nt Norfolk with n Inrcn nt. tendnnco of ministers nnd dolncnios Tho opening session wns hold in tha Fwt CongroKallonal church, whnn tho conference sermon was preached ny F. T. Rouse, D. D., of Omaha. ROV. M. A. BullOCk. D. 3.. of Mnnnln Is moderator. According tq tho an nual reports tnero nro 200 Congrega tional churches In Nebraska with 17, 000 members,