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Washington.
Special arrangements liavc ' been
mado by Postmaster General Hitch
cock for tho rapid transmission of
mall Intended for dellvcryi abroad' by
Christmas day.
Tho net Incomo of tho 202,100 cor
rorntlonn of the United States which
nro subject to tax under tho corpora
tlon tax law was I3.12C.470.000 for tho
year which ended on Juno 30,
Tho commission appointed by Presi
dent Tafc to Inqulro Into tho ehnrac
tor of legislation for tho control of
(stock and bond Issues by railroads
will havo no report to make for somo
timo.
Tho total estimates for tho United
States navy for tho fiscal your, 1011
12 to bo submitted to congress ns a
basis for tho appropriation for that
year, amounts to $120,040,059.24,
which is f5,000,000 less than appro
priated for tho current fiscal year.
a Secretary Bnlllngcr recently an
neuRced tho withdrawal from entry of
G44.O0O acres of coal lands In Mon
tana. Tho land llos between II1ob
City and Glondlvo. Tho socretufy
rIbo withdrew about 7,000 acres of
oil lands In Kern county, California.
Animals Imported for brooding pur
poses after January 1, 1011, must bo
accompanied by certificates of tho bu
reau of nnlinnl Industry that tho ani
mals aro puro bred of n recognized
breed and duly registered in tho for
elgn book of record for that estab
lished breed.
After a conference lasting through'
out tho day between Secretary Mac
Veagb, Collector Loeb of New York,
Attorney Gen oral Wlckorshnm ana
other officials of tho Now York cus
toms, no decision Was reached us to
the action of tho government with
reference to tho customs frauds In
woolens and linings at Now York.
Railroad bonds lead the list f se
Rurltles held by tho banks of tho
United States according to figures
prepared and made public by Law
rence O. Murray, comptroller of the
currency. The total holdings of
bonds, stocks and other securtles by
darks in- me united mates are iv
723,000,000 and moro than one-fourth
11,455,100,000, nro railroad bonds.
General.
Robert Peary saya ho will not at
tempt another expedition to antartic
region.
Alien Ilecchcr was consecrated
bishop of tho Episcopal church at
Omaha.
Michael Cildahy, founder of tho
Cudahy Packing company, died in
Chicago.
Business of tho country Is on a firm
foundation although moving Just a lit
tlo hit slowly.
Nebraska has 37G.335 children of
school age, between the ages of five
and twenty-one.
Census returns indicate that tho
United States has a, population of
about 91,000,000 people '
Two counties of Virginia voted is
Biies of bonds aggregating 11,000,000
for highway improvement
Vitnessos at New York woro un
able to say foreign shipping Interests
maintained a lobby at Washington.
Suit han been begun in tho toderal
court pf New York to bring about
the dissolution of tho so-called sugar
trustr
Tho question or which faction will
control the organization of tho two
houses of tho NobraBkn leglBluturo Is
one that 1b much discussed.
Facts and figures mudo publlo by
Labor Commissioner J. O. A. Hlller.
reveal that Missouri holds exceeding
ly high rank an a horticulture Btato,
having an annual product; on from Ha
gardens and orchards, worth, In round
numbers, 122,000.000.
Gov. Clark of Alaska declares In his
annual report against tho policy of
not working tho coal lands,
Tho total vote In Nebraska nt the
lato election wns 243,390, For gover
nor D.ahlman (dem.) got 107,700, and
Aldrlch (rop.) 123,070.
Tho Chicago Tribune, says that
Senator-elect Hitchcock of Nobraska
Is wearing tho mantlo that has fallen
from Brynn's shoulders,
Prlnco Honry of Prussia imp sent
an order to tho United States for an
even Hcoro of aeroplnnoR. Ho la said
to havo securpd two unknown makes
aeroplanes Invented by dreamers.
Tho Brazilian naval revolt has been
checked by congress voting to nccocd
to tho demands of tho mutineers.
A. D. Spear, formor cushlor of tho
Obcrlln National bank, .rated by Cas
Rio Ghndwlck of f 300,000" or moro, died
suddenly in Detroit.
Tho Australian steamorlGoltla from
Now Orleans to Trieste, with a vain-
able cargo of cottqn arrived In Nor
folk, Vft-i Willi n nro in nor hold.
For. tho extension of a rtilco at tho
Mare Island jiavy yard tho Navy do
partmenf. lias awarded tho contract to
the Thomson Bridge company of San
Francisco at Us bid of $102,300.
With n population of 5,328.591, Illi
nois Is tho third state in the union.
Crlnnen. tho wife murdorcr, left re
quest that his remains bo cremated.
Senator Jlalo doesn't look for union
work by tho short session of con
gress.
Nebraska has a jiopulatloa of 1,192
214, a gain of 11.8 per cent, sine
1890.
It is said thcro will bo no pension
legislation at tho short session of
congress.
Over thirty million dollars are to
bo asked for rlvor and harbor Im
provements.
Much of the red tape In various de
partments of tho postofflces is to bo
dispensed with.
Lack of scientific methods was
charged against railroad managers at
tho shippers' hearing.
J. A. Cudahy will soon leavo Oma
ha for Chicago to become head of tho
big packing comimny.
Secretary MacVeagh favors a mgn-
or rate of Interest for futuro Issues
of Panama canal bonds,
Tho planting of Pacific coast sal
mon eggs havo proven successful In
wators of Now Hampshire.
Foreign steamer companies nro nc
cuscd of combining to squcczo out
American shipping Interests.
Louis D. Brandels, who says ho can
save tho railroads a million dollars a
day, has been proffered a Job
Graco Rolph, the Ponder, Neb., girl,
says sho was not kidnaped by a Mcx
lean, but left of her own accord.
Tho population of tho state of
Maryland Is 1,294,150 according to tho
statistics of tho thirteenth census.
Hitchcock, (dom.) for senator from
Nebraska, got 19.G5G moro votes than
Uurkott, present republican senator.
Following its Thanksgiving recess
tho supremo court of tho United
Stntcs handed down many decisions
Tho lognllty of tho Nebraska, Kan
sas and Oklahoma bank guaranty law
is soon to bo argued In tho Btipremo
court.
Cardinal Sanmlnlatelll dtod nt
Rome. Ho was born at Radicondell In
1840, and wns proclaimed a cardinal
in 1901.
Tho Peruvian government has no
interest in nny steamship lino to bo
established botween New York and
Callao.
A November without wind, prcclpi
tatlon, or sovoro cold gavo Nebraska
farmers porfect opportunity to ban
vest tho corn and make snug for tho
winter.
Andrew Carneglo was showered
with congratulatory messages on his
Bovonty-thlrd birthday, which ho qui
etly celebrated nt his homo in Fifth
avenuo, Now York.
Governor Shallenborgor of Nobras
ka told Champ Clark bow to reform
tho next democratic houso by follow
ing precedent of tho democrats in Ne
braska legislature
Festivities woro hold In Panama In
celebration of Panama's lndopendenco
of Spain, which was gained In 1819 by
the republia of Colombia, of which
Panama formerly was a part.
John Wlndon of Randolph county,
Alabama, and Joe Wheeler of Carroll
county, Goorgln, wero acquitted of a
peonage chargo In tho United States
district court in Montgomery, Ala.
"Leavo tho cities and settlo on
farms," was tho burden of tho ad
dresses dollvorcd at tho annual con
vention of tho Federation of Jewish
Fnrmors of America in Now York.
Tho twonty-fourth case of typhoid
fever developed nt tho naval academy
when Midshipman K. C. Woodward
of tho ilrst class was admitted to tho
naval general hospital for treatment.
tho university of Nebraska was
again to tho foro at tho International
Btock exposition in Chicago. In the
slaughter tests the university was
first in one clasA and flrut and second
in tho other.
W. P. Lotchworth, aged 87, widely
known as a philanthropist, Is dead
at Glenn Iris, near Portage, N. Y.
With hl death 1,000 acres of park,
Including tho falls of the upper Gene-
sea rlvor, become by his gift tho prop
erty of Now York stato.
To ask that tho president recom
mend additional ponslon legislation,
Representative Phil Campbell of Kan
sas called at tho White houso, Mr.
rn,ni,n H..,wnrt , Gianni
that ho enforco tho bill adopted at "k V V""1 iiwmuiu ior iec
, int m.,.n,t .nrnnnwmi f , Wo mlndod to Mr. Pomorono of Lin-
G. A. R.
T. B. Fltzpatrlck, national treasurer
of tho United Irish League, cabled
$10,000 to John 12. Redmond, loader of
tho Nationalists In tho British parlia
ment, for tho furtherance of tho cause
This makes tho total sent since tho
recent annual mooting of the league
at Buffalo, $50,000.
Personal.
Dr. Cook sny u man canuot really
tell If he hns found the north polo
Heads of tho Cudahy department
will remove from Omnlui to Chicago.
President Diaz for tho eighth timo
was Inaugurated as chief executive
of Mexico.
Prominent men of tho country nt
tended a. Murk Twain memorial at
New York.
At tho ago of 108 years Martha
Gammons has been declared to bo
Bono In tho Howard county circuit
court at Kokomo, lnd.
A brother of Mndoro nays tho rovolt
in Mexico has only begun.
Prostdont Tnft urged cabinet mom
bors to slash in tholr estimates.
President Tnft told members of his
cabinet thoy must make further cuts
In estimates of expenses.
August Belmont tcstlllcd before n
legislative commltteo of his effort to
kilt tho Now York nntl-rnclng bill.
Major-Gcnurni Wood paints a pic
turo of unprepareduess for our
army.
Speaker Cannon nrrlvod In Wash.
Ingtpn ready for tho first and Biibso-
auout sessions of congress,
OUUI
SHFTS
CHANGE8 WILL t1AKE RED1S-
THICTING AN ISSUE.
WHAT LATE CENSUS SHOWS
With Reapportionment of the State.
Wettern Section Will Gain in
Representation.
Tho Lincoln correspondent of tho
Omaha Herald says-:
Tho redisricting of tho Btato with
referenco to tho representation of tho
various parts of the stato In the legis
lature becomes n live subject with
tho publication of the census of 1910,
showing a population of 1,192,214 in
Nobrnskn.
Owing to tho ifact that population
in this stato has moved to tho west
and north, so far as the farming popu
lation Is concerned, while tho centers
of population In tho cast havo drawn
from tho surrounding country much
of its population, the shifting of pow
er promises to bo quite considerable
The west has been building up for
twenty years, hns been taking what
It could get from tho legislature. Tho
rcdlstrlctlng will correct these de
fects and will rcduco the counties
that havo had too many roprescnta
Uvea to their proper basis,
Tho Sixth congressional district,
tho counties in which now have fif
teen members in tho house, aro on
titled to at least twenty-one, on a
basis of ono representative for each
11,922 people
In tho Third congressional district,
from which sixteen representatives
nro now ecnt, at least twenty and pos
Hlbly twenty-ono could bo sent hero-
after.
Tho Fifth district is practically sta
tlonary, the Second district gains at
IcaBt llvo members.
Tho gains of tho Sixth, Third arid
Socond districts must come out of tho
First nnd Fourth districts.
Tho basis of representation In the
senate Is moro striking than In the
lower houso, ns shown by tho returns
from tho 1910 cocsub. Tho proper
basis of rcdlstrlctlng for sonnto will
bo that of ono senator for eVery 30,
128 of population. This will rctnln
tho sumo number of mombors thirty
three, that there are now In tho sen
ate.
Tho western and northern pnrtB of
tho state havo shown great gains
These nro tho only parte of tho state
that will gain with the possible ex
ception of Douglas county, which will
probably gain one member In the sen
ate and possibly two.
Tho disproportion that timo has
wrought in the representation of the
sonnto is shown graphically in the
population of the Twenty-second and
tho Thirtieth Eonatorlal districts. Tho
formor, composed of Sallno county
nlone, has 17.8GG people while tho
Thlrtloth district, comprising fifteen
counties, in tho extreme western end
of tho state, has a population of G7,
049. Although having four times ns
many pooplo as Sallno county, tho
Thirtieth district has only one sen
ator.
Infantile Paralysis.
Tho report of tho atnto orthoepedlc
hospital directors, now In prepara
tion, will recommend that tho gover
nor ask tho loglslaturo to appropriate
monoy for tho Investigation and ex
termination of lnfantllo paralysis.
Wet Vs. Dry.
Spuerlntendont Paulson of tho Ant!-
Saloon lcaguo Is Bonding out letters to
members of tho legislature, both dem
ocrat and republican, In an nttompt
to get them to refuse to go Into pnrty
caucusos nnd to organize as a dry
rorco opposed to the wot forces.
State Contract Awarded,
Tho board of public lands nnd build-
lngs has uwurded the contract for con-
noctlng now bollors and now build-
coin, tho prlco being $2,920.
Inspect New Building.
Secretary of Stato Junkln and State
Treasurer Brian woht to Hastings to
Inspect n now $50,000 building which
tho state of Nebraska has paid for.
8tate Printing.
Bids for tho prlutlng of houso and
sennto bills during tho noxt session of
tho legislature woro opened nnd tho
bid of tho Stato Journal company
proved to bo tho lowest. For tho
printing of 500 copies of each bill tho
Stato Journal company bid $1.72 per
page; North & Co., $L00; Woodruff,
$1.75. On 300 bill titles tho Stato Jour
nal was lowest at .15 conts. North &
Co. 50 cents; Woodruff 3.7 conts. Bo
foro tho board of publlo lands and
buildings tho State Journal was low
est on a Hinall amount of supplies
that is to bo purchased before the leg
islature convenes.
Statue for Gen Thayer.
William T. Rlgby, chnlrmnn of tho
Vlcksburg national military park
committee of tho war department,
has written to Governor Shnllenber
gcr urging him to uso his lnlluenco
with the noxt legislature to obtain an
appropriation for the erection of n
portrait statuto of General John
M. Thayer on tho battlefield of Vlcks
burg. The chairman writes that slnco
the oloso of tho last fiscal year, June
30, 1910 that four additional portrait
busts and ton additional rellot tablets
have been provided for.
WOULD CHANGS LAWG.
Junkln Would Mako n New Rule for
Incorporations.
Secretary of Stato Junkln has pre
pared several recommendations to bo
submitted to tho coming legislature
regarding a change in laws which af
fect his department as well as the
hoard of educational lands nnd funds.
Ho recommends that tho law relating
to tho filing of articles of incorpora
tion bo changed so that tho feo charg
ed shall bo based on the "authorized'
capital stock. As tho law is now
neither tho authorized or tho paid up
capital stock is mentioned, so tho le
gal department of state held that tho
law should be interpreted to be the
"pnld up" capital stock. Until 1907
tho law provided tho fee to be based
on tho "authorized" capital stock and
when tho feo wns increased, by a cler
ical error, tho word "authorized" was
omitted, bo Mr. Junkln says.
In discussing the annual occupation
tux, which Is collected under n law
enacted laBt wlntor, tho secretary rec
ommends that tho fee bo a per cent-
tun based upon tho "paid up" and
"subscribed" cnpltal stock of tho cor
poratlon. Foreign corporations doing
business in Nebraska ho recommends
be required to pay only upon such pro
portion of their capital stock as their
property located or used in this stato
bears to tho total amount of their pro
pert)' and capital outside tho state
Mr. Junkln Joins with other mem
hers of tho board of educational lauds
und funds in recommending that tho
law providing for investments bo
amended so thnt state bonds held by
tho Btato treasury may bo disposed of
ut not less than par and tho money
thus secured bo reinvested In niunlcl
pal nnd school bonds of the state
Those stato bonds pay tho state be
tween 3 and 3V per cent, while tho
municipal and school bonds will pay
tho state from 4 to 4 Mi per cent nnd
ut tho samo time rcduco tho amount
of interest thnt has to bo paid by
thoflo who issue them. During tho
last year tho board has refused to
tako over $1,000,000 of these local se
curltlcs because of a lack of funds.
Tho monoy Invested in stnte bonds
Is between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000,
Mr. Junkln says tho Issuing of tags
to nutoraobllo owners, registering tho
machines and notifying tho owners
hns becomo such a task that It re
quires tho timo of ono clerk nnd,
therefore, ho has asked for an Increas
ed appropriation for his office to pay
for an extra clerk. Four years ago
thoro wero registered 1,087 automo
biles and now tho registrations num
ber moro than 15,000. The now regis
tratlons, outsldo of tho renewals, av
erage about 5,000 a year.
Inspection of the Guard.
Major Phelps of the adjutant gen-
crnl's office has completed his report
on tho Inspection of the Second regl-
ment of tho Nebraska National Guard,
Of 701 enlisted men and officers, 539
appeared at Inspection. This Is re
garded . as an exception ttonnl show
ing. Company G of Omaha mado tho
best showing, having but two nbsen-
toos at inspection out of a total of
llfty-slx men. Tho two were out of
tho stato at the time of inspection. In
spection reports on the First regi
ment havo not been finished.
Suggestions From the Governor.
In nnswor to a lottor from Congress
man Champ Clark of Missouri, Gov-
ornor Shnllenbergcr has replied, glv
Ing tho democratic leader several sug
gestions regarding tho plan of work;
of tho next democratic house. The,
govornor advocates naming commit
tees by n standing committee nnd giv
ing tho author of a bill the right to
suggest to which committee It should
first bo reported.
Governor Takes Last Jaunt.
Governor Shallenborgor loft for Chi
cago to attend tho mooting of tho Na
tional Llvo Stock association. From
thoro ho went to Louisville, Ky., to
attend tho annual conference of gov7
ernors.
Notice to State Auditor.
Attorney General Mullen has In ad
dition to notifying foreign corpora
tions to file with him an annunl re
port of their financial condition, noti-
Hod State Auditor Barton, who Is
agent for sovoral hundred foreign cor
porations, that ho must nlo n report
for his companies or be prosecuted.
Auditor Barton, ns agent, says ho is
An).. rn 1.nin nn.nnnntlnno tn
n? rrfnl , . ,T ,i T, - i,-T ,n
1 1 a " ST T lJ:
receive service in case of legal suits
panics which, have under a state law
mado him agent to rccelvo legal ser
vice
Republican Campaign Expenses.
Chairman William Huscnettor nnd
Troasurer Charles B. Anderson of tho
republican state central committee
havo filed their report with tho county
clerk, showing total receipts for tho
republican stato central committee:
Rocelpts, $7,102.80, Total expondl
turcs, $7,088.88. Balance on hand,
$13.92.
Court Orders Treatment.
Judge Frost of the Juvenllo court
ordered tho pareutB -of eight Gorman
Russian children afflicted with tra
choma to have tho children treated
by a compotent physician.
i'ohco iouri tiecora.
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records and finds that during tho first
dIx months of 1910 thoro wero 245 ar-
rests for Intoxication and during the
corresponding period In 1908 there
woro 329 arrests.
MRS, EDDY IS DEAD
FOUNDER OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
PASSES AWAY.
WAS FROM "NATURAL CAUSES"!
End Came Peacefully 8aturday Night
After Indisposition Extending
Nine Days.
Boston. Mrs. Mnry Baker Glovci
Eddy, hot "dlscoveror and founder ol
Christian Science." Is dead. An
uouncomont of the passing away ol
tho vcnorablo leader, which occurred
lato Saturday night at her home nl
Chestnut Hill, was made at the morn
ing service of tho mother church lr
this city Sunday
"Natural causes'" explains the death
according to Dr. Georgo L. West, a
district medical examiner, who was
summoned a fow hours after Mrs
Eddy passed away. Later Dr. West
added thnt tho moro Immediate cnuB?
was probably pneumonia.
Dr. West, who tilled out the death
certificate, made the following state
meat
"I was called to the homo of Mrs.
Eddy early this morning and arrived
there about 9:30. 1 was met at tho
door by Calvin A. Grye nnd others
of tho household, who directed ma
to a bed chamber on the socond floor.
Hero I met Mrs. Sargent.
"I found tho body of a woman about
90 years old lying on the bed, her
hands crossed over her breast. Tho
aco was somowhat wasted, but kind
ly. and in repose I talked with Mr.
Frye, 'Mrs. Eddy had boon In error
about n week and pnssed away very
quietly.' Mr. Fryo described tho
symptoms nnd, spoke of an Inflammn"-
tlon of tho chest, which led me to
tho conclusion that pneumonia had
been tho contributory cause of death.
Tho news of Mrs. Eddy's death was
mado known simultaneously by Judge
Clifford P. Smith, tho first reader of
tho mother church, at the close of tho
morning service nnd by Alfred Far
low of tho Christian Sclenco publica
tion committee, in n statement to the
press.
According to Mr. FotIow, Mrs. Eddy
passed away at 10:45, Saturday.
"Sho has been indisposed for about
nine days," said Mr. Farlow, "but had
been up and dressed, nnd as lato as
Thursday transacted somo business
with ono of tho officials of the church.
She took her dally afternoon drive un
til two days before her going. Sat
urday night she fell quietly asleep
and those around her could nt first
hardly realize that she had gone. Her
thought was clear until the last and
sho loft no final message.
"No physician was in attendance,
but sho had the assistance of the stu
dents who comprised her household.
"With her at tho time of her depar
ture were Mr. Calvin A. Frye, Mrs
Laura E. Sargent, Mrs. Ella S. Rath
von, Rev. Irving C. Tomlinson, her
corresponding secretary, William R.
Rathvon and her secretary, Adam H,
Dickey.
"No arrangements regarding the
time or the placo of her. burial have
been decided upon. It Is well known
to her household that sho believed
In simplicity on such occasions and
in compliance with this knowledge it
Is expected the service will be private
and of a slmplo nature, probably con
sisting of prayer and readings from
tho Bible, with some brief selections
from the Christian Sclenco text Book.
ROOSEVELT WILL TELL
The Why and Wherefore of Late
Election Results.
New Haven, Conn. In a letter to
Colonel Isnac M. Ullman, president ol
the Now Haven Chamber of Com'
merco, before which former President
Roosevelt will speak on the night of
Decombor 13, Colonel Roosevelt says
that at tho dinner lie will inn'to his
first public statement as to the causes
that led up to tho recent pol .il up
heaval nnd will go into detail In ox
plaining them.
Seats for New Senators.
Washington. Colonel Ransdoll,
senate, placed orders for the four new
of Arizona nnd New Mexico.
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Wendllng Wants New Trial.
Louisville. Ky. Attorneys for Jo
seph Wendllng, convicted of the mur
der of 8-yenr-old Alma Kellner, and
sentenced to life imprisonment, will
lllo a motion for a new trlnl.
Gen. Oliver F. Wood,
Baltimore, Md. Brigadier General
Oliver F. Wood, U. S. A., retired, GG
years old, died at tho John HopklnB
hospital following an operation ior
acuto Btomach trouble.
Navy Department In China.
Poking. An importnnt step hns
Just ben taken by China to expand
nnd I in i eaao the efficacy of her army
and navy. Tho throne hnB Issued
edicts creating n navy department
which un to tho present has- consist
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lino coiuiuui oi mum unw- ...v
fecen y paid an ext.e Ivo visit to
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NEBRASKA IN BRIEFS .
News Note of Ini'e'rest From Various
Sections. " ' .'
Tho land offlco at Choyentto win bo
removed to Omaha.
. Tho cattlemen sentenced to im
prisonment' for Illegarferi'clns of, pub
lic lands, will servo their terms . in
tho Jail nt Hastings.
Two carloads of stato farm cattlo
w.cro shipped to tho Chicago llvo
stock ohow. They woro beauties and
will probably carry oft somo tof tho
prize?. 1
At Omahn. Al Schultz, automobile -
chauffeur, who ran over and killed1,
Browcr Krug Bomo mouths, ago, was
convicted of manslaughter. Scntorico
has not been pronounced.
Tho proposition to vote bonds In
tho sum of $57,000 for a water plant -
at Wymoro was carried by n majority
of 345. Bonds for a now lighting plant
nlEo carried by a majority of 28G.
Through failure to pay their cor
poration tnx a number of Omaha com-
panics have forfeited their charters.
The Inst day on which delinquent cor
poration taxes and penalties could be
paid was Nov. 30.
Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Clcland, pio
neers' of Buffalo county nnd of Kear
ney, celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary and It was attended by
every linmedlnto mombor of a large
family of sons nnd daughters.
Tho Franklin County Farmers' In
stitute will bo held In Franklin Feb.
14 to 19. There will bo addresses by
Prof. L. W. Chaso of tho University
of Nebraska, C. Q. Marshal, secretary
of the Stato Horticultural society, and
several local speakers. A seed corn
Judging contest nnd n horso Judging
contest will be fenturcs.
Mro. Anna Jaspers, nn aged woman
of Nebraska City, started home after
a visit with somo friends nnd wander
ed down on tho Missouri Paclllc
tracks and fell off a bridge across
North Tablo creek, a distance of somo
forty fceL Sho received Injuries that
It Is thought, owing to her nge, will
prove fatal.
Tho question of dividing Custer
county will bo before the people
again next election. For twenty-llvo
years this question has been agitated
nnd It !n 1ip1Iovo.i1 will novor ceaso
until tho county divides. A county
division lines convention is called to
meet at Mernn, Dec. 9, to take action
in tho matter.
Fred H. Flannagan, of Omaha, 90
ycara old, cannot remember ovor hav
ing had a sick day In his life, nnd at
tributes ins romist ncaitn ami auvanc
ed years to the fact that ho has been
accustomed to eating and drinking
whatever he took a notion to and.leav
lng out tho "worry. He is nn incessant
smoker and Indications are that, In
his case fit least, no 111 effects coma
from uso of tho weed. .
Tho two automobile parties in pur
suit of tho young farm hand who stole
a team in the western part of Sarpy
county gavo up the chase and return
ed. Tho team was followed to near
Stanton, where tho trail was lost A
reward aggregating $225 is offered
for the capture of tho thief and tho
return of the team, buggy and har
ness.
An experiment in sheep feeding has
proven profitable to Frank Brlck'neli,
a farmer near Springfield. Brlcknell
bought 1,000 head of sheep in poor
condition about six weeks ago and
turned them out on Ills fnrm. They
fattened rapidly and when shipped
last wqek made him a profit of nearly
$1 per head above expenses of hand
ling nnd feeding.
If tho people residing In tho west
ern part of McPherson county have
their way, the old, forgotten county of
Arthur will bo resurrected nnd be put
on tho map again. This county exists
In legislative records, but it has not
had n separate existence. The peti
tion for Its revival is signed by four
teen people living in tho western part
of McPherson county. This county
will bo the ninety-third in the state if
tho petition Is successful.
Henry Grafe, the wealthy farmer of
North Branch precinct, Otoe county,
who was thrown under n load of lum
ber by hlB team, which bocamo frights
ened by the passing of nn auto, died
from his injuries.
Governor Shallenbergor has re
ceived a. petition from a largo number
of taxpayers asking for tho issuance
of a proclamation formally organizing
tho county of Arthur. Arthur county
was formerly on tho map, but It
gradually disorganized. Tho petition
sots out that the territory to be In-
eluded in the new county Is inhabited
occupy the. west portion of McPher-
son.
State Trensurer L. G. Brlnn'B report
on tho condition of tho state treasury
nt tho close of November business
shows a cash bnlanco of $G01,290.2G In
tho treasury and stato depositories
and nn Investment of $8,8C3,G90.02 in
tho four trust funds. The recoipts
during tho month havo been compara
tively, light, the balance decreasing
from ovor $754,000 to $C01,000. A lit
tle moro than $90,000 has been ndded
to trust fund Investments during tho
month.
Thomas Dolan was arrested at Ly
ons on tho chargo of forging n check
and drawing $500 from the bank at
Craig.
Paul Wayham, of Beatrice, was ar
rested at Wymoro and lodged In Jail
on tho charge of shooting a valuable
shepherd dog belonging to Henry
Buss, ,a fnrmor living northwest of
Beatrice.
Bids for rebuilding tho Swedish
Luthoran church at Axtcll, which wuh
destroyed by fire on Juno 8, Woro
opened nnd the contract awarded to
Algot LurBon, The Btructuro must bo
completed by Juno noxt.