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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1910)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUItE IKA h. BARE, inibllshcr. TERMS, $1.2G IN ADVANCE. NOTH PLATTE. - NEBRASKA. FROM Ml POINTS EVENT8 OF THE DAV HELD TO FEW LINE8. DAY'S EVENTS BOILED DOWN Personal, Political, Forlgn and Other Intelligence Interesting to the Central Reader. Washington Sonor T)on Anlbal Cruz, envoy ox trnordlnnry and mlnlstor plenipoten tiary from Chile to tho United States, wbb stricken with heart falluro and died ten minutes later. Tho election on tho adoption or re jection of tho constitution for Arizona probably will be held by Jnnunry 15, 1911, and If adopted may bo In tho hands of tho president and congress for approval before tho end of tho present session. Tho calendar year 1010 Is going to bo tho banner ono for tho world's In ternational trado, according to tho bit rcuu of statistics. Statistics from practically every country show that both Imports and exports aro consid erably Krcnter than In 1909, Tho report of the Bnlllngcr-Plnchot Investigation Is still slumbering In tho houso cotnniltteo on agriculture Min ority members of tho Investigating comtnlttco nro threatening to demand n 'report, from the committee on agri culture so that n- voto on tho merits nf majority nnd minority vlows might bo obatned in tho house. President Taft is having tho draft f a bill prepared designed to carry Mit his Ideas its to tho collection ot tolls on tbo Panama canal. Ropro sentatlvo Mnnn of Illinois, chnlrmnn of tho Interstate commcrco commit tco whlcfc will deal with tho sub ject, hav conferred with him, nnd in U probability will introduco tho ad ministration measure. Tho reading wns begun In tho lower house of n bill for tho rovlslon nnd codification of tho postal laws. This provides for a practical reclassi fication of tho postal service nnd for the appointment of a director-general of posts. The latter would bo a per manent government official, being subject to dismissal , for cause only, tnd would be the practical manager of tho cntlro postofflco department. General. John D. Ropkefellcr has mndo his last glf t3k Chicago university $lf),- 000,000. ' ' Further 'revision of tho rules ot tho hottsft of representatives Is contem plate by the Insurgent members. 'f..o Illinois supreme court handed flown an opinion holding tho legisla tive primary election law constitu tional. , t Ambassador nnd Irs. Whltolaw field gave n dinner In London to tho admirals, captains and officers of tho American battleships. Samuel InBull, Chicago financier, who departed to spend tho holiday season in England, carried two tur koys with him tor his Christmas din ner. John R. Walsh's application for pardon Is marking time la tho de partment ot Justice, while a dispute over tho state ot his health Is being settled, Announcement is made that tho second international congress on child welfare will bo held at Washington, D C April 25 to May 2, 1011, under the auspices, ot tho National Congross nf Mothers. A postmortem examination of . .the body ot Mrs. . Charles P. McKonnn, who was, found, dead In her homo at Bt, Paul) showed that the 'woman had been murdered. Nebraska s making a hard' fight to rapturo tho place on tho Eighth clr cult made vacant by tho promotion of Judgo 'Vaiuloyrintor ,to tho United Hales supreme court. The measure locating tho porma' lent capital of Oklahoma nt Oltlalio ma City and .the resolution favoring tho northeast site for a capital loca tlon wero passc,d In tho uonato and it the house. Tho second International congress on child welfare will bo hold nt Wash' Jngton, D, C April 25 to May 2, 1911 tinder tho auspices ot tho National Congress ot Mothers, of- which Mrs Frederick Soltoff ot Philadelphia Is prcstdont. President Harry Eratt Judson of the University. CJucngo, made pub Ho tho lotter from John D. Rockofol Jor, In which the- latter mado suggos tlon as to how his last donation ot $10,000,000 to tbo university should rX spent. Religious . Instruction -. lu tho chief aim of university Ufa tho aonor provides for. Mexican Valley. The valley In which tho City ot Mexico Is situated is BOine tiO miles long by 40 broad and 7,500 foot above the sea level. It Is supposed that tho basin was formerly filled with water and several lakes still covor n part ot it. Tho site Is ono of extraordinary beauty and impresolvoncss. Why He Is Good. A good man Is ho who docs cront and goou things, though ho risks sverythlng by it. Nnrlus, John I). Rockefeller has given an other $10,000,000 to tTio Chicago uni versity. ! A London editor charged that war scares 'wero created by armamont mnlcers. l. After research It has bcofl fatt,i that McKlnloy's birthday occurs on tho 20th day of January. , A half-dozen firemen and as many policemen wero killed by falling, walls in a Philadelphia fire. ' Tho senate pasHed tho omnibus claims bill in tho fnco of vigorous objections of Senator Brlstow. ; President Tnft has authorized cabl net members to requlro longer hours of work by department clerks. There was an Impressive funeral service at Washington for Don Anl bal Cruz, tho late Chlltean minister. At tho conclusion of n six weeks' campaign nt Waterloo, la., Billy Sun day, tho evangelist, was given $7,800 by citizens. President nnd Mrs. Taft and mom bors or tho cabinet nttended tho fu neral of Don Anlbal Cruz, tho late Chilean minister. A fight will bo mndo by Roprcson tatlvo Ralnoy of Illinois to bring tho question of former President Roose velt's traveling expenses before con gress. It Is announced that negotiations hnvo been completed for tho amalga mation of tho Western Union Tele graph company and tho Anglo-American Cablo company, Twonty German army officers head ed by n major will bo selected from a number that havo volunteered to go to Brazil and give mllltnry Instruc tions to tho Brazilian army, News of another engagement be tween federal troops and revolution ists In Mexico wns given In a telo gram from Enrique Creel, Mexican minister of foreign rotations. In London It was announced that negotiations hnvo been completed for tho amalgamation ot tho Western Union Telegraph company und tho Anglo-Amorlcan Cablo company. At Springfield, Mo Alonzo Bryant, C3 years old, was Instantly killed at his homo when n folding bed In which ho and his wife Wero sleoplng, suddenly closed up. Ills neck wns broken. Christmas dny tho oldest, surgeon In tho point of sorvlco In tho United States nrmy nnd an old-time Indian fignter, m mo person oi oiouui .iu soph R. Glrnrd, chief surgeon of tho department of Texas, retired. Robort '8. Lovctt, successor to Ed ward H. Harrlman as president ot tho Southern Pacific and tho Union Pacific railroads, told tho railroad securities commission that ho wus in favor of federal supervision of ratos. Miss Alma Stanley, an orphan nnd a toachor In tho public schbolB at Atlanta, da., inherited $100,000 by tho terms of tho will of Mrs. Joso nhlne Abbott, her great aunt, Mrs. Abbott loft nu cstato valued at $750,' 000. By doing Its ownscnllug In Alaska, tho . United States govornmont has nrohted this year moro than threo times tho amount It over did in nny slnglo year when tho scnllng privil eges wore rented to a commercial .company. The location of tho Panama canal oxnosltlon In 1915 will bo settled so far as congress can settle It shortly after tho holidays rocoss. Tho com mltteo on rules decided to bring It to a voto by tho mlddlo of January, ut tho latest. Orders wero Issued at tho war do partment for tho transfer of Hrlgadlor Gonornl Frederick Funston to tho Philippines, whoro ho becomes com mander of tho department of Luzon. Ho is to be succeeded nt Leaven worth by Brigadier Conoral Potts. Dr. Clarke Gnpon, an original Ne braBka Bryan man. died whllo aslcop In a chair at Madison, Wis. Ho had been ailing for" somo weoks. Dr. Gn- pen wns CO, yelrs old and was widely known throughout tljo state and mlu die west ns nu alienist and export medical legal counsel, Henry F. Alen, 73 years old, an 'at torney and formerly judgo of tho court ot claims, Jumped from tho win dow of lUa office on tho tenth floor of tho Mutual Life building at Buffalo, N. Y. Every bono In His body was broken, but bin oyeglnssesAwhlch fell j nearby,, were lutnet, and n gold wntch In his pocket wns runnluir correctly. uo-opornuon ueiwcon mo govern ment and tho fanners ot the couutry in breeding and raising horses suit able for tho cavalry nnd nrtlllery branches of tho military sorvlco wbb asked for by Quartermaster Genornl James 1). Aleshlro ot tho army and ofllclals ut tho Agricultural depart ment boforo tho houao commltteo on agriculture. - Personal. Congross lias adjourned tor the holidays until Jan, 5th, Doc. 28 both houses of congress ad journed to Jan. 5, 1911. Presldont Taft says our coast do- tenses nro In "good shUpo. Mrs. Bertha Mott, on trial at Oma ha for murder, was acquitted. uopresflniauvo uariuoiut onorqu n bill In the house to restore tho can- teon. Faith Helps. Faith In other pooplo helps. 'Any good man or woman you boltove in Is a soul tonic. Pessimism and cynicism aro pomon miasms ot a diseased per sonality. By them wo aro salt-Inocu lated with deadening gorms stupefy- log microbes, The Worth of a Name. "Why do you call that old plug ot yours which all tho courting couples btro for ft drlvo, 'AutoT'" Because ho la a sparking plug." S FINANCIAL 8ITUATION REPORT ED IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. WARRANTS ALL GANCELLEO Recommendation for the Acquire ment of Home Securities Being Offered for 8ale. State Treasurer Brian in his blon nlnl report to tho govornor says that all general fund registered warrants havo boon cancelled and no warrants havo been registered In this fund since Dec. 2, 1909, which moanB that thero Is no debt, cither floating or bonded, against tho general fund of tho state of Nobraska. The treasurer recommends that tho board of educational landn and funds bo given authority to dispose of $4, 099,300 of bonds of other states held as an Investment for tho state school fund If the bonds enn bo sold at par, In ordor to convert this monoy into homo securities which nro being of fered for sale. This would glvo the school districts and municipalities a lower rate of Interest on bonds is sued by thorn nnd would keep the tnoncy In Nebraska. Troaaurer Brian reports that no bonds of other states havo been bought slnco tho adoption of a con stitutional amendment giving the state tho right to Invest in school district nnd othor securities to bo designated by tho loglslaturo. Slnco Dec. 1, 1908, tho stnto board, through tho treasurer, lias bought $484,655;41 of school district bonds and by au thority of tho Inst legislature bought $8G8000 of municipal bonds nnd $430, 000 of co bon(ls .Tho total fees collected and turned Into the state treasury during tho last two years, ending Nov. 30, wns $843,775.91. Doc. 1, 1908, thero was in tho gen- ernl fund and tho redemption fund $10,GG0.43. During tho blonntum tho amount collected by Treasurer Brian for thcoo funds was (4,024,463.01, which, with the amount on bund, makes a total of $4,035,120.44. Ho paid out of theso funds a total of $4,740,084.52, leaving a total of $150,- 044.02 on hand. Nebraska Slights Itself. Legislative records In tho offices of tho socrotary of state show that tho stato of Nebraska has during tho last 20 years contributed moro than twlco as much to world's fnlrs and to othor expositions than It has ap propriated to provldo grounds, build ings and other Improvements for Its ovn stato fair, Tho total amount appropriated for tho stato fair slnco it waB permanent ly locntod in Lincoln xtcn years ago Is $118,000. Tho amounts spent lor Nebraska exhibits at expositions slnco 1890 aggrogato tho sum of $242,000. During tho snmo porlod, $97,200 has been raised and expend ed for tho stato fair by prlvato do nations nnd otherwlso than by leg islative appropriations. Tho comparative figures Wero un earthed as a result ot a telegram rccolyecl at tho secretary of state's oIKco from Frank L. Brown of San Francisco, a boomer for the Panama- Pacific exposition, which that city liopoH to hold In 1915. Contract Let. Tho Btnto board ot public lands and buildings has awarded the eon tract for wiring tho basement of tho stnto houso to tho Union Electrical compa'riy of Lincoln. Tho prco wa3 llxed at $404.10. . Automobile Bill Popular. Thn hill urnnnHPil li- Aiiillunn Wnlt wnlch puri)08U8 to raise tho' license fee ot automobiles to $5 instead ot tho $1 now charged Is looked upon with favor by somo of tho automobile men, especially slnco tho bill propos os to hnvo halt this feo go Into n fund for tho promotion ot good roads throughout tho state, C. R. Cope land when asked, his opinion on tho proposed bill replied, 'if tho money Is to bo used for tho Improvement ot tho roads in the state, I don't think tho nutoiuobllo men will offer any objection." Othor automobile men havo expressed the snmo opln ion. . . Office Rooms Crowded. Tho biennial shifting of depart mcnts nt tho state house to make room for otllcurH and employes ot thu loglslaturo Is undor way. Tho stnto houso la now too small whqn tho loglslaturo Is In . session. Tho taking ot rooms on tho third floor by tho enlarged supromo court will compol the loglslaturo to obtalu com mittee rooms In hotels down town. Address by Bishop Beecher, Bishop Georgo Allen Becehor ot Omaha is to deliver tho principal ad dress at tho state university charter day exorcises Fob. 15. Bishop Beoch- rr has accepted tho inlvtatlau of Chancellor Avery. Will Sell the Normal. Tho ownora of Fromont college a prlvato normal school, will, It is said, error that Institution-to tho stnto, and efforts nro to bo made by Dodgo county mombcra of tho legislature to pnus n bill for Its purchase NtBRASKATREA OUT TWO YEARS' EXPENSE. Amount that Stato Institutions Will Aclc for. What does It cost to run tho state Government for two years 7 This question, says the Stato Journal, will be put up to the stato legislature dun Ing tho coming session and tho sc ions must cut their appropriations accordingly. Estimates from tho var ious stato departments nnd Institu tions, compiled by Doputy StateB Au ditor John Shahan shows that the heads of institutions nsk for a total of $5,905,541.93, not Including the semi-annual apportionment of the stato school fund which Is distribut ed ns it comes in from school lands and interest on tho stato school fund. This school apportionment is dis bursed as It comes in nnd Is not counted as an appropriation from tho legislature, nlthough tho legisla ture must go through tho form of ap propriating whntovor school money is available. It goes to tho counties to pay tho expensos of the public schools. Tho heads of state Institutions nnd departments nsk for a total of $5,- 905,451.93 for a period of two years and tho legislature Is expected to glvo all that Is available, bo It docs not run above tho Income of the state. Of tblo grand totnl asked for $4,503,890 is chargeable to tho gener al fund, tho fund from which most of tho expenses of tho stnto are paid. Auditor Barton estimates the Income of tho goncral fund for two years at $4,075,502.21, which loaves $171,012, 21 on tho right side of tho ledger. This Is n better showing than Is usu ally mado becauso it has been cus tomary for heads ot departments to ask for moro than they really need In Iho hopo of getting what they ac tually havo to have. Tho total ostlmato of $5,905,451.93 asked for by stato departments and heads of stato Institutions for a per iod of two years Jncludo $397,400 for now Improvements, Two years ago tho total amount asked for was $5,270,981.71, Including $98,453 for now permanent Improve ments, nnd tho leglslnturo appropriat ed an amount almost equal to -the amount naked for in ostlmntos. It appropriated $5,203,754.19. This ap propriation did not Include tho usual and formal appropriation of funds to bo disbursed in tho form of tho semi annual school apportionment,, that appropriation never being counted aB an appropriation from the funds ot tho stnte. Male Stenographers Scarce. Tho United States civil Borvleo commission announces that It has been unnblo to supply the demand fotjj mnlo Btenographors and typewrit ers In tho government Bcrvlco, espe cially at Washington, D. C. Young men who nro veiling to accept ap pointment nt an ontrnnco salary ot of $840 to $900 por annum have op portunities for nppolntmont. County Option Demonstration. Tho nntl-saloon league Is planning for a county option demonstration during tho coming leglslatlvo session. Tho ministers will bo nsked to sot asldo tho third Sunday in January to discuss tho Issue, and tho legislat ors, who aro opposed to county op tion, will bo asked to select two of their strongest men to debate tho question. A Non-Paying Road. The annual report of tho Omaha, Lincoln & Bcntrlco railway, (operat ing between Lincoln nnd Bothnny), shows that tho company lost $5.92 por day for tho year ending Juno 30, 1910. Tho road Is an oloctrlc Inter- urban, about six miles long, planned to reach Omaha and Ashland, but which has not built further than Bdthany. Tho chief owner of stock died whllo tho road was being built and construction baa not slnco been taken up, During tho year the total (earnings of tho rond wero $2G,C03.30, whllo operating expenses reached tho Bum of $25,7-14.24. Plnchot Is Coming. GlfTord Plnchot has been secured dolinltoly, It Is understood, .for tlc next meeting ot tho Nobrnskn- Con servation congross, which will be held, In March. Efforts havo boon mndo by nearly overy agricultural socloty and commercial club In tho stato, ono time nnd another, Jo got Plnchot to Nobraska for a speech, but they have failed. Automobile Tax Law. Addison Walt, secretary of state elect, has drawn a now automobile tax law, which ho believes will bring tho stnto a revenuo of about $40,000 a year. Under, tho present -law the revenuo Is less than a fourth vof this amount. Ills bill prpvldos for a flat nxot $5 on all nutomqb)lcs except moiorcycies, wniuu suau pay Tho feo Is to bo paid In lieu ot all stato taxes. Dealers In automobiles must take out pormltH nt $10 each Jt la provided that one-holf of the vcvonuo Bhnll go to tho general fund and tho other half shall bo paid to fdliptlos for road Improvement, the nppprtlonmont to bo on tho baBls oi the 1910 census. Humane Society Active. 'Tho Lancaster County Humnno so - . . ..... Lin., i... i. i , OlOiy will nnvu aiA uiub imiuuuutu It, t,ho next legislature, If tho present plans nro carried out. all deallno with u moro rigorous enforcement ol laws against cruelty to nnlmnls and children. Theso bllla aro already dratted, and aro In fact tho Bamo oli blllo which wero Introduced by the socloty two years ago and "died" Ir tho general slaughter towards tlu last ot tho session. They will bo In troducod early In tho coming bobsIoi with hope ot passage. HORROR IN CHICAGO FIRE CHIEF AND TWENTY-FOUR MEN LOSE LIVES. DISASTER FROM FALLING WALL Conflagration Starts In Morris Beef House and Spreads to Other Buildings.-. Chicago. Of tho twenty-llvo mon killed In a tiro nt tho stock yards Thursday by falling walls tho bodies ot 19, including that ot Flro Chief James Horan, hod been tnken from tho ruins at n Into hour. Tho list of dead includes tho chief, tho assistant chlof, two captains, llvo lieutenants, 13 city firemen, two prlvato llremen nnd n railroad employe. It wns many hourB nfter tho expan Blon of cold air within tho beef re frigerator ot Morris & Co.'s plant threw a wall on a sqund of men be foro tho bodies could bo released by a steam derrick. After an all-day fight against a flro that early Thursday caused tho death of Flro Chlof James Horan, Aflslstant Chief William J. Burroughs and 22 other firemen, tho exhausted fire lighters at night were still trying to subdue tho flames that burst out afresh In tho packing plant of Morris & Co. at tho stock yards. All tho fifteen men Injured at tho flro will recover. Tho lire broke out afresh at 8 o'clock at night, after It had taxed tho wtrength ot the llro department for sixteen hours. Acting- Flro Chief Seyferllch sent a gerierrtl call to out lying Btatlons for fresh men. These, aided by tho police reserves, contin ued tho fight on tho fire and tho search for bodies of tho dead. Mayor Busso spent ten hours personally di recting tho senrch for tho body ot Ohlof Iloran.-who had been a lifelong f i lend. Insurance Inspectors said that the killing of tho chief nnd his men was not duo to an ammonia oxploslon, ns at first supposed, but to tho sudden expansion of cold air In tho beet warehouse. That, It Is said, caused tho four-story wall to fall as violently as though tho explosion had occurred within tho building. PERSHING TAKES COMMAND. Brigadier General Is In Charge of Army of Philippines. Manila. Tho army Is energetically pursuing tho rebellious Mnnobos tribesmen In Mindanao Island. Troops of tho Second cavalry are punishing tho ,pcrpetrntors of tho outrages on tho planters In the Davao district. Brigadier General Pershing, com- inandlng tho department of Manda nao, has arrived hero nnd assumed command of tho army ot tho Philip pines, ponding tho arrival of Major General Bell. Fourteen Firemen Killed. Philadelphia Thirteen known dead 12 firemen and ono policeman, nnd moro than 40 Injured, of whom 25 are Btlll In tho hospltnl, Is tho record ot Wednesday night's flro at tho leather factory of Daniel Frledlander, In this city. Herbert Minister to Mexico. London. Among the new diplomat ic appointments announced Is that of fllr Arthur .TameB Herbert to be mm ' ,stor t0 Mexico. Fire at Fort Dodge. Fort Dodge, In. Fire dostroyed the recently constructed cornmeal and nackauo department or the ureat Western Cerenl compnny's plant. Tho oss Is $50,000. Highwayman Robs Train. El Paso, Tex. The Sunset express, tho Southern Pacific through passen gor train from Can Francisco to Now Orleans, was robbed in the heart of this city nt 7 o'clock Wednesday night by a lono highwayman. House Membership of 440. Wnahlngton. A houso membership ot 440 Is tho smallest number undev tho census burcnu method of appor tionment that will result In not de creasing tho presont numbor of repre sentatives from any stato. Russia Expclls Student. . St. Petersburg. An ofulciul nn nouncoment says that tho govfern mont has dc.qldod to oxpell all stu donts inciting disorder at unlvcrsl tics, A strict censorship has been established. Mabraylte Under Arrest. Now York A man "whom postofflco lnspeotors describe n3 Lucius Hind man, alias "Honey Grovo Kid," an nl Icged member of tho Mabray clique wns locked up nt pollco headquarters Wholesale Roasting. i Eight oxen and nbout a dozen plKsj wero roasted whole at open fireplaces', In the main streets ot Stratfqrd-on-.j Avon on a recent Wednesday for thai statute fair, which has been beldj since Elizabethan times. .' Not a Mean Man. ( "Why do you argue with your wife? Don't you know It doesn't do you a b!t of good?" "Suro I do. But I ain't gov such a mean disposition as to dcprlrn her of tho pleasure." NEBRASKA IN. BRIEF. , News Notes of Intcr6sf from Varlbut Rcr.dnndA . V 1 Tho schools of Union, CaiSi County, were closed on account ot scarlet L fever. 4 ' Tho stationary onglneers of Fro mont have organized a local union under tho National1 Association of Stationary Engineers. t Governor Shallonberser Issuod re quisitions for tho return to Oklaboma of Noble' Bowleg and Prlnco Carolina, tv,t Indians of mixed Indian and ne gro blood. Stanley Hall, a young man residing near Lock Bluff, Cass county, was tnken Into custody and found to bo violently Insane. Ho was sont to the .Incoln asylum. Thurston county is having A lively County sent light. The citizens of Walthlll havo circulated petitions calling for a special election, to con- lder the proposition of changing the county scat from Its, proscnt location. The Incipient epidemic ot dlpthcrla, which started on tho college section northwest of Central City, Is prac tically stamped out, as all of ths cases previously reported are recov ered and no now ones havo nppeared. That business In general Is boom ing in Fremont is evidenced by the fact that several business Arms havo tried to get larger and bottor quar ters, but nothing Is tp bo had. Moro. business buildings are needed in that city. Tho supremo court filed an opinion affirming the sentence pronounced In tho district court of Seward county against Ebcnczer W. Johns for steal ing ten hides. The Boutenco wa9 two and oiie-hatf years In the peniten tiary. Complaint was filed In- county court at Kearney by tho Fnrmors' Elovator company ugalnst tho Omaha Elovat or company, charging the defendant company with unfair discrimination n the purchnso of wheat, com, oats" and other grains. Robert Hedges, n. 20-yonr-old young man of Tecumseh, suffered an acci dent In tho Burlington yards. In company with another young man ho was beating his way homo from Okla homa. Ho attompted to board a fast freight and in some way his left foot got caught under a wheel. Ono toe wns cut oft and his foot waa badly mangled. Damages amounting to $1,2Q0 are- demanded by Homer C. Smith in an answer filed In tho Lnncaster dis trict court to a suit brought by Cor nelluB Mornn, a Havolock butcher, to collect a meat bill. Mr. Smith de clares that tho meat was sold Nov. 10, 1907; that It was wholly unfit for uso and that Its c6nsumptlon result ed In the Illness ot five persons. It is almost an assured fact that tho Central Nebraska fall fcBtlval will bo made a permanent fcaturo In Hastings on broader linos than last year. Secretary Trltes has mallei cards to all tho stockholders, on. which was printed tho questions as. to whether tho festival would bo mado permanent or whether the treasury balance of $1,010.10 would be refund ed to tho stockholder. Tho stnto railway comminslon has declined to rulo on complaints of stock shippers that railroads require attendants accompanying shipments to remain on freight trains to tho point of destination. Some shippers get oft freight trains when ncarinK the point of destination and ride tho balanco of tho way on a passenger train. In such cases tho railroads re fuso to glvo free return tickets. Although tho financial failure of Contractor John Neptune of Aurora may havo somo effect oil his other en terprises, it will make little differ ence in the work of construction on the high school at Broken Bow. It Is understood that Noptnno had aov eral other big contracts on his hands nt the time of tho falluro, but tho Broken Bow undertaking was too far advanced and suffered little In con sequence. Petitions asking that the postofflco In Central City close on Sunday ex cept between the hours of 9 and 10 In the morning, were presented at the various churches in that place. ttorney Gcnoral-elcct Grant, Mir- tln, now deputy attorney gonoral, has decided that John Anson of Omaha Is not eligible to membership In tho stato soldtors' homo nt Grand Island, because ho la neither a soldier of tho rebellion, Spanish-American war or tho Philippine war. He sorvwl In tho Second Infantry, company B. United States array In 1894 and 1S95. Mr. Martin believes tho applicant is eligible to a federal homo, but not a Nobraska home. Mayor Lovo of Lincoln rocolvod a lotter from Captain Albert Graves, gommandlng tho battleship North Dakota, Informing him that Walter John Smith, of Lincoln, has been do clnred a deserter. Tho mayor Is urg ed to cooperate with tho navy de partment nnd to urge Smith, If he re turns to Lincoln, to give hlmsolf up to the nnval authorities. If tho sailor surrenders at tho recruiting office, It Is said, ho will not bo considered guilty ot desertion, Chief Game Wurden Gollus, who has made a trip to Cass county on account ot a rumor that quail wero being kilted out of Benson near Rock Bluff, returned with the report that ho could find no hunters possessing dead quail. , According to tho printed bulletins ot tho stato labor bureau, just Issued, Nebraska this year produced 781,923,- 28 bushels of com, 71.5C2.877 bush 31b of oats, 45,151.052 bushols of vliqat, 2.333,199 bushols of barley, UG2.4G8 bushels of ryp, 188,081 o'ns of alfalfa.. 3.111,094 .bushels ol iotntoes.