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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. BARB, Publlshon TERMS, $L2G IN ADVANCE. NOTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. EPITOME OF EVENTS GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES FREQH FROM THE WIRE. THE STORY IN A NUTSHELL Embracing a Condensation of Evento In Which Readers Generally Are t More or Less Concerned. Washington. Tho appropriation of $80,000 for Ir rigation Investigation was lncroasod In tlio houso to $100,000 by tho amendment offered by Representative CralK of Alabamn. Tho sonato passed tho bill appro priating $2,000,000 a year for tho pur chase of land for forost roHervos in eastern states and especially In tho Whltb mountains and southern Ap palachians. Unless relieved, 2,000,000 peoplo In China will dio of starvation. This is a calamity predicted by American Consul Gonoral Wlldor at Shanghnl In n cablegram received from him by tho American Natlonul Red Cross so ciety. Statehood for Arizona Is Impossi ble at this session of congress, for tho reason tlmt returns af tho elec tion held Fobniary 0 cannot bo can vassed and certified under thb law In time to reach Washington for ac tion by congress. Tho president sont to tho Bonnto tho nomlnntlon of Cadet Taylor or collector of customs at Omaha upon recommendation of tho secretary of tho treasury after careful examina tion Into tho charges- against him by Victor Rosowator or Omaha. Tho son kto may not .confirm. Personal rocolloctlons of Abraham Lincoln woro rolatod by Speaker Can non at a gathering In memory of tho martyred president. Ho refuted tho charge that Lincoln was not n Chris tian or a dod-fonrlng man. "Tho re ligion of Lincoln," said Mr. Cannon, "wan not nfllllatcd with nny church, but nevertheless ho was n rollglous man, doing all tlmt ho did for his country In preserving tho union In tho rust And foar of God." ' General. The Inltlatlvo and referendum was defeated In thp Kansas somite, 18 to 21. Senator Terrell of Georgia Ib' report ed us showing continued Improve ment. Glenn Curtlss, In an nfooplano, de scended nnd tascondod from tho ocean at San Dlogo, Cal. Tho houso passod tho bill to buy homos for Its diplomatic roprtisonta' tlves In foreign lands. By a voto of 107 to 10 tho Kansas houso passed tho Don Carlos Initia tive nnd referendum bill, Henry Richardson Chamberlain, London correspondent of tho New York Sun since 1892, died. Senators expect tho president to keep his word to call nn extra Besslon If reciprocity Is not passed. Tho directors of tho Standard Oil company of Now Jersoy declared n dividend of $1G for tho quarter, Tho contract for a loan of $10,000, 000 to Honduras by Amorlcan bank ers wad signed In Now, York, accord ing to announcement by tho state de partment' A resolution Instructing Kansas re presentatives and senators In favor of the Canadian reciprocity treaty was pawed by tho lower houso of tho state legislature. President Taft appointed Victor M. Locke of Antlers, Okln to be princi pal chief of tho Choctaw nntlon in Oklahoma In tho plnco of tho late Green McCurtnln. A resolution Introduced by Kansas representatives and senators In favor of tho Canadian reciprocity treaty WfiB passed by tho lowor houso of tho state legislature Tho Missouri sonata's resolution asking President Taft to call an extra session of congrosa to rovlso tho tur iff was passod by tho lowor branch of the general assembly. Juno 13, 14 and 15 havo been deft nltely decided on as tho dates for tho annual encampment of the- Jowa department of tho G. A. R., to bo hold In Muscatlno this year, Hearing tho indicted Chicago moat packers' plea before Judge Carpenter In tho United StatcB district court at Chicago to havo ' tho indictments quashed or abated closed. Decision J expoctcd Fobruary 2B. Thnt a total of I0C7.C58.84 of spe clal state taxes lovlod for 1009.10 re mains unpaid Is tho startling sltua tlon revealed by an examination of tho books of tho ntato auditor and etoto treasurer of Oklahoma. Elliott iNorthcutt, tho nowly nn pointed American minister to Nicara gua assumod his post. Frank Hotchklus, known to Yalo men for two generations ns tho offl clal in charge of tho grounds nnd buildings, dlod, aged 70 years, Jeroralah Shaffer, aged GO, ono of tho wealthiest farmers In tho vicinity of Somerset, Pa., was myBtorloiiBly enot nna kiilod near Ills home, Patrick W. Buaby, nbout CO years old, night watchman at tho state- houso In Lincoln, Nob,, was found dead, -whether from vlolonco or acol dent, Is not yet determined. There Is small hope for ship sub sidy at this sosslon of congress. Trioro was a sensational drop in pig pig tin at London on free offerings. General Navarro, at tho head of a thousand federals, marched Into Juarez. Periodical publishers mado a reply to tho statomont of Postmaster Gen eral Hitchcock. Tho contract of a loan of $10,000, 000 to Honduras by Amorlcan bank ers was signed in New York, Tho Now Haven chamber of com- morco passed resolutions unanimous ly approving reciprocity with Canada. Proceedings in tho lower houso of congross wero hold up nn cntlro day by a filibuster by Representative Mann. Tho directors of tho Philadelphia & Reading railroad company decided to increase tho capital stock by $25, 000.000 President Taft and Champ Clark declared themselves' In accord In speoches nt tho Pan-American con ference. Nicaragua lias been placed undor mnrtlal law by Presldont Estrada as a result of tlfb magazine oxploslon nt Managua. Mr. nnd Mrs. Hyman Dofkowlts and their flvo children wero killed by il luminating gas In tholr homo in hllndolphla. Fifty republicans from over No- braska organized a progressive re publican league In Lincoln and do- clarcd their principles. Joseph D, Rockefeller, cousin of J, , Rockc-follor died at hlB homo In D, South Rend, Ind. Mr. Rockefeller was born In Pennsylvania Federal Judgo Hough at Now York denied tho motion to appoint n guardian for Josoph G. Robin, tho al leged bankrupt nnd fallen banker. Ono loss contestant appeared beforo tho book committee of tho Mothodlst gonoral cottforenco in tho raco for noxt year's mooting, ns Chicago with drew. Tho daylight closing saloon bill, pro viding that saloons mtiBt not open boforo C o'clock a. m., nnd that they must closo by 7 p. m., was passed by tho Toxas scnato. Presldont Taft'a plan for Cnnndlan reciprocity Is extrcmoly likely to re cqlvo indorsement by tho Illinois legislature, dcsplto Speaker Cannon's avowed opposition, Sovoral hundred clorgymon in Chicago Btnrtcd a movement, further ed by the Chicago Christian En deavor union, to rollovo mall clerks nnd carriers of Sunday work. Tho will of. Richard L- Ashhurst, tho aged postmaster of Philadelphia, who mysteriously disappeared nt At lantic City on January 30, was filed In Uio office of register of wills. Under tho terms of tho treaty pro viding for tho arbitration of Uio Chamlznl zono case, tho United 8 tat os nnd Moxlco exchanged pre sentations of their respective ensos. Declaring tho proposed reciprocity ngroomcnt with Canada a moasuro of tho utmost value to both countries, tho Boston Root and Shoo club at Its annual banquet passed resolutions favoring tho measure Tho French government is not much intorosted In tho plan for re ciprocal trado rolatlons maturing bo- twoon tho two groat governments of North Amorlcn, whllo French export ers nro plainly npprohenslvo. Tho Tonnossoo house of represen tatives adopted a resolution urging President Taft to call an oxtrn ses sion of congross March 4, 1911, to mako an "Immediate downward revi sion of tho tariff on tho necessaries of llfo." Tho Intorstnto Commorco commis sion will begin n hearing ,ln Chicago on March 29 on 13 applications filed by trnns-continentnl railroads for ro llof from tho oporntlon of tho long and short hnul clnuso of tho new commorco law. A romarknblo petition was recolvcd by Postmaster Gonoral Hitchcock from cluzons of Fairbanks, Alaska, requesting the establishment in that city of a postal savings bnnk. Tho pe tition is twonty-four foot long nnd bears tho nnmos of many hundreds of citizens of Fairbanks. Tho Canadian reciprocity amend ment had Us first actual ndvanco Sat urday whon tho commlttco on wnyB and moans roportcd favorably to tbo houso tho administration bill embody ing tho compact Prosldcnt Taft can got tho agroomont past congress If ho can forco a voto In tho senate this) session. Tho Now York Rockefeller Insti tute for mcdlcnl research announced that tho effectiveness of tho nntlmen Ingltls sorum had boon generally ac cepted by modlcal authorities throughout the world nnd that tha now romody had taken Us placo with vncclno,and diphtheria nntl-toxln ab "an improved r-incy ror tho protec tion of public health." Personal. British unionists will light the veto bill in parliament. Tho funeral of Archbishop Ryan was hold nt Philadelphia. Democrats In tho houso hopo the president will call nn oxtrn session, Tho Bryan plan of electing senators was adopted by tho Iowa legislature. Sonntor Brown, of Nebraska, ar gued In favor of cloctlou of ccnators by tho pooplo. Prosldcnt Taft sont In tho name of Cadet Tftylor to bo aurvoyor of cub toma In Omaha. Govornor StubbB private secretary says ho has proof of erookodnoss In tho KnnBnB legislature Joaquin Miller, tho "poet of th Sierras," Is In, a critical condition In n hospital nt Oakland, Cal. Henry Roujon, tno writor, was elected to thu seat of tho French aendomy mado vacant by tho death of Hcnrt Barbpux. THE PRIMARY LAWS ELECTION8 COMMITTEE HEAR AR GUMENT PRO AND CON ONE BILL IS RECOMMENDED Measure From Reagan of' Douglas for Setting Aside the Daylight Saloon Law. Tho houso commlttco on privileges nnd elections hoard arguments on tho open and closed primary system and ono bill was recommended for pas sago. Tho bill to bo reported for pasuago is a minor measure by Skcen of Nomnha, providing that polls in country districts shall remain open to I) o'clock to glvo farmers a chance to como In lato and voto. Tho speeches mado to tho commit tee woro by tho author of two of tho bills and P. L. Hall nnd John M. Do vlnb, Interested democrats. Mr. Do vino spoke of, tho wide-open primary, urging It ns a fair and wlso measure. Kvans of Adams, who has tho closed primary bill, spoko at length for his own moasuro. "A party cannot maintain Its party integrity if outsiders nro allowed to, como in nnd chooso a candldato for it," said he. "Thoro havo boon froquont situa tions where tho mombors of ono par ty, having no nocd to voto In tholr own primaries, becauso there was no contest, could go Into tho othor par ty's primary nnd voto to nomlnato tho weakest man. Thoy could not bo nccused of anything wrong from their standpoint becauso thoy believed that by ruining tho chances of tho other party and aiding thplr own man, they woro helping tho state. But such things nro absolutely against tho prlnclpjo of pnrty government" Setting Aside Daylight Law. For tho purpoao of sotting aside tho daylight saloon Jaw in all cities over 5,000 inhabitants, Reagan, of Douglas county, Introduced 8. F. 287. Tho bill provides that In nil cities having over 5,000 Inhabitants tho li censing authorities may extond tho closing hour beyond 8 o'clock, not to oxcoed tho hour of 'midnight, when petitioned by ovor CO per cent of tho otors of the city. Tho bill would ap ply to nil tho "third" cities in tho stato and to Lincoln, South Omaha nnd Omaha, but would not apply to any othor towns or villages. In many of tho places It would apply to It Is not; bolloved n petition of over BO por cent of tho voters could bo obtained. Tho bill docs not call for an election nor doos It go into dotalls as to, how tho names of voters shall bo. obtain ed or prcsontcd to tho llcorisln'g boards. Stock Yards Bill. Tho Ollls stock yards bill was ro portcd to tho houso, tho principal amendments mado In commlttco fol lowing: Tho Imprisonment ponalty for violation of tho net is omitted. For tho flrat violation a fine up to $500 may bp Imposed and up to $1,000 for tho Bocond violation. Stock must bo unloaded within nn hour and a half aftor reaching tho yards or tho yardago will bo forfolted. For ovory hour that stock Is delayed beyond this time tho stock yards company shall, within 24 hours pay tho Bhlppor a ponalty of $5 per car, If tno claim b contested roasonablo attorney's fees must bo allowed the shipper. Salaries of Superintendents. Aftor debate tho senate recommend ed tho Tlbbetts bill, Increasing tho Bnlarlos of county superintendents. for third reading. Two amendments wero mado. Thanks of Bassett. Roprosontatlvo S. C. BnBsott ten dered his thanks publicly to his fol low mombors for tho voto of confi dence thoy gavo him last Monday, "r'or this publlo expression of your contldonco, ho said, "I nro inoro grateful than words cton oxpross. Al ways a man hna need of tho help of his frlonds, but occasionally thoro is pressing need and, such a crisis having como in any life, you came to my support with' a zeal, a loyalty, n unanimity which I can never repay. For Statewide Prohibition. Statewide prohibition is contem plated In a bill Introduced by Repre sentative Gait of Clay. Tho bill pro hibits all dealing in intoxicating li quors of nil kinds, oxompting- tho homo manufacture of, wlno and cldor and tho making of wlno for sacramen tal purposes. Clings to Capital Punishment, v Two bills abolishing capital pun iBhmont wero killed in tho Iioubo af ter a spirited debate For Governor's Signature. Tho Joint cpmmlttoo on ongrosscd an. enrolled bills roportcd that houso rolls No. Ill, 70, C9, s and 2G had boon prcsonted to Governor Aldrlch for his signature Attorneys Salary Bill. In commlttoo of tho whole tho houso killed tho county attorneys' salary increase mil ana nlso tho as BOBsor per schodulo'blll. Tho bill ex empting wages of heads of fnmillos up to $600 was recommonUed for pas- sago. PASSED IN THE 8EATE. Initiative and Referendum Gets Unan imous Vote. "Without a dissenting voto tho inltl atlvo and referendum bill, S. F. No. 1, introduced by Sklles of Butler, was passed by Uio scnato and has, now gono to tho houso for tho approval of that branch of tho legislature. Ev ery ono of tho twenty-olx senators present voted for the measure. Six members of -tho senate. Albert of Platte, Hoagland of Lincoln, Kemp of Dawes and Ttbbots of Adams woro absent on commlttco work In Omaha. Placek of Saunders county was th seventh senator absent Tho bill as amended In tho scnato provides for a 10 por cent petition to Initiate and a G per cent petition to refer. Tho samo provisions In tho bill as to tho Initiativo and referen dum nppllcs to tho constitution and to laws. Straight party votes nro not to bo counted for or ngalnst propositions submittod undor tho torms of tho bill. A mnjorlty of tho votes cast at an election Is all that Is necessary to carry a proposition submitted undor the bill, provided a proposition receives 3G per cent of, tho total voto cost at tho cloctlon. Whllo no senator voted against tho bill, Jnnsen of Gago nnd Varner of Johnson, said tho moasuro did not meet their npprovnl. Mr. Jnnsen said: Whllo this measure docs not meet with my full approval, opening in ray opinion, tho floodgates for obnoxious and unnecessary law-making, still obeying tho demand of my constitu ents nnd tho platform of, tbo grand old republican party, I voto ayo. Mr. Varnor said that whllo tho .1)111 has beon much improved by tho last amendment by Its author, he was still opposed to soma of tho provisions of tho bill and believed that its enact ment as a part of tho constitution, in Its prosont form, will provo of grcnt cr burden than benoflt to tho great masses of tho peoplo. of tho state More Time for Homesteaders. Hoagland of Lincoln secured tho adoption of a. resolution asking con gress to pass tho Klnkald bill which seeks to extend tho tlmo in which homesteaders will havo to pay for tho lands thoy hold under tho government reclamation act Tho re solution recites that settlors on the land undor tho government irrigation project in western Nohraska havo had poor crops, tho government first falling to supply wntor for their needs and that tho land will not bo productive until alfalfa has beon grown upon it for tlireo years. Senate Must Hurry. Lloutenant Hopewell took occasion to romlnd tho sonato that longor and mora frcquont sosslons would havo to bo held if tho sonato expected to got very much work done boforo tho usual tlmo for adjournment Ovor forty bills nro now on general file In tho sonato waiting consideration. Relief for Insurance Agents. Senator Reynolds has attracted at tention by Introducing a bill repeal ing tho- act that now requires lnsur nnco agents to get a license to do business in tills state. Ho Bays that tho companies nro better qualified to pick and retain ngonts than tho In surance department No Raise for Employes. Senator Bartos was defeated in his offort to raise tho salaries of senato employes and his bill for. tho pur poso was defeated and shelved. Sen ator Brown's bill prohibiting mar riages betweon persons incapablo of a legal contrnct was Blatod for pas sng(.'. Cobbey Statutes' Bill. Tho senato passed tho houso roll C2, for tho purchase of 400 Bets of Cobboy's statutes at $9 tho sot, only nmcndlng ,tho bill so that tho secre tary of stato is directed specifically to whom tho statutes shall bo glvon. New Reapportionment Bill. A new reapportionment bill np poarod In tho sonato. It divides tho atnto into twonty-olght oenntorial dis tricts. Douglas county gets five sen ators nnd fourtoon representatives. Lnncastor county is loft with two sonajlors ns now and gets ono moro representative making Blx. All tho othor districts get ono senator each nnd all ono reprosentatlvo, excepting Saunders, Dodgo, Gago, Hall, Adams and Cuoter, which havo two each. Good Roads Measure. The Joint commltteo, appointed somotimo ago to draft a comprehen sive system of good roads legislation, plunged into tho problom. A Joint meeting was held with mombors of tho Nebraska Good Road , associa tion, nt which tho v1owb of that or ganization woro prcsontod. Senator Volpp Is chairman of tho Joint com mlttoo. For Farm Institutes. McKolvIo of Lancnstor pushod through commlttco his moasuro call ing for a $CO,000 appropriation for university oxtenslon work. Senate Is for Reciprocity. Tho resolution of Jnnson of Gago in- favor of Uio Canadian reciprocity treaty was passed by tho sennte. Favorably Recommended. Aftor a decided opposition from somo of thu farmer mombors of tho houso Roprosontatlvo McKolvIo suc ceeded In securing favorably rocom mondatlon by tho house for, his bill appropriating $60,000 for farmors' In stitutes and tho so-called "movablo school" of tho Btato Bchoool for agriculture A GALL TO FOLLOW EXTRA 8E88ION OF CONGRE88 UNLESS 8ENATE ACTS. THE PRESIDENT SO INTIMATES Hla'.Duty lo to Push Reciprocity Eith er In ThlB or-, the Following Extra 'Congress. Wnshlngton Tho i first nuthorlta tlve announcement that President Taft will call an extra session of con gress If tho senato falls to act on tho McCall bill, carrying into effect tho Canadian reciprocity agreement, camo Sunday from Mr. McCall himself fol lowing a visit at tho whlto house. According to Mr. McCall, tho presi dent fools ho Is under nn internation al obligation to summon nn oxtra ses sion, If necessnry, to secure action on tho reciprocity agreement. That ses sion would bo called Immediately fol lowing tho adjournment of congress at noon on March 4. Whllo it Is tho evident purposo of tho presldont to avoid an extra session by inducing sonatorsto act upon ,tho agreemont, it is the opinion of many that the statement has como too lato. Few senators prodlct that action will bo taken on tho agreement In tho sen ate nt this session, whllo some insist thoro will bo a voto. , With appropriation bills In a con gested condition, with tho Lorimer case ponding, tho permanent tariff board bill pressing for consideration, tho gcnoral service pension bill being urged by many senators, and tho re solution for tho popular election of senators coming up dally ns tho un finished business, it seoms tho V chances for. action on the reciprocity agreement nro slight Thero Is soma prospect that tho Lorimer case may bo disposed of Wednesday, following a speech which Senator Lorimer will make In his own behalf, but thoro Is no apparent likelihood of early votes on any of tho Important measures. Opponents of tho reciprocity agree ment in the Benato nro viewing with complacency, not to say satisfaction, tho congested conditions. The de mands of tho public business nro such that a voto on reciprocity can bo avoided easily without tho nppcar nnce of a llllbuster. Tho bill probably will not bo report ed out of tho finance committee beforo Thursday at tho earliest At that tlmo thero will remain only seven nnd a halt legislative days of tho present Besslon. Mr. McCall also mado the announce ment that tho president would voto any tariff legislation passed by tho democratic house and approved by a nearly democratic sonato If that should bo necessary to maintain tho republican party's protectlvo prin ciples. A LULL IN THE FIGHT. Long Filibuster Temponrrlly Asldo In the House. Washington. A truce entered into shortly beforo 4 o'clock Sunday after noon brought tho long filibuster In tho house against tho omnlubs war claims bill temporarily to an ond. The agreement was reached follow ing an intermission of throo hours devoted to memorial BorvlceB and eulogies to the lato Senator Clay of Goorgla nnd tho lato Ropresentatlyo Brownlow of Tennessee. These services, occurring at mid day of Sunday, seemed to put tho houso combatants In a more peaceful frame of mind. A recess was or dered until 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing, when tho fighting will bo re sumed. Plot to Recall King Manuel. LlsbQn. -Tho Mundo reports that tho authorities havo discovered a, secrot mooting place where a con spiracy has been hatched to over throw tho republic nnd recall King Manuol. 472,937 Tennessee Negroes. Washington. Tennessee's popula tlon Is composed of 78.31 per cent white peoplo, 21.05 por cent 'negroes and .04"'per cent other colors. Of tho stnto's total population of 2,184,789, tho whlto people number 1,711,650 nnd tho negroes 472,987. Carnegie Gives $100,000. Coponhngon.--Androw Carncglo has offered to establish a hero fund of $100,000 In Denmark. Tho foreign offlco already has expressed Its grntl tude for tho proposed gift. Jumped to Ills Death. Chicago. W. T. J. Plummor, a real ostato doalor, Jumped from tho elov ontli floor of tho Chamber of Com morco building and was Instantly killed. How Funds Are Obtained. Washington. Tho Periodical Pub lishers' nssoclntlon mado public a let ter explaining tho nature of tho funds raised by tho magazines to oppose tho Increases on seconu class man matter. Tho letter says a commlttco of tho nssoclntlon on llndlng "a enro- fully arranged program to -railroad tho mnsuro through congress, rcquost od somo of tholr Now York peoplo to sol'.clt contributions from publishers to buy advertising spneo In dally pa pora to ndvertlsontpo facts to the peoplo." NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notes of Interest from Various Sections. Broken Bow's now high school was dedicated with appropriate ceremon ies. Tho Young Men's Christian asso ciation of Fremont is malting an ef fort to clear up an old Indebtedness. Chnrles E. Van Court, a formor Omaha boy, met death at West Bad en, Ind., by falling from a fourth story window. An Omaha mall carrier has brought. charges against Postmaster Thomas In that city, An investigation will b had by tho powers that bo. Tho winter wheat crop In Nebraska will bo up to tho average, according tp reports gathered from members of Iho Nebraska brotherhood of thresh er-men. Louis Slahn, n bachelor about CO years of age, was found dead In tho livery bnrn in Blqomfleld. A coro ner's Jury concluded that tho deceas ed camo to his death from alcoholism. Tho Union Stock Yards company of South Omaha Is negotiating for a bond Ibsuo of $2,000,000 nnd contem plates tho establishment of many per manent improvements to tho big plant On account of tho resignation of a rural mall carrier on route No. 1, run ning out of Plattsmouth, a civil serv ice examination was' held at tho post oftlca)to 1111 tho vacancy. Thoro woro six to tnko tho examination. A stato organization of the different motor and automobllo clubs Is to bo formed In Omaha, whllo tho Omaha Automobllo show is in session. Tho Omaha Motor club has been working on tho matter for somo time. A commlttco from Arnold has re quested tho Commercial club to meet It in conference at Broken Bow In or der to nrriro at somo definite conclu sion in regard to tho proposed rail road between that placo nnd Arnold. Notice was served by Trunnt OfD- cor L. 12. Hacker on Fremont tobacco dealers that unless they discontinued selling material from which clsar- ettc3 can bo mado to Fremont high school boys, ho will filo a complaint in court. Tho Farmers' Elevator company oJ Cortland held Its annual meeting, which was attended by nearly 1,000 pooplo. Reports and routlno busi ness wero disposed of. At noon a big dinner was served In tho town hall frco to nil In attendance. Tho United States civil servlco commission announces tho following examinations to bo held nt Lincoln, Grand Island, North Platte, Norfolk and Omaha. March 4, animal hus bandman' (mnlo), bureau, of animal Industry, department of agricultural March 15, assistant plant pathologist (mnlo), department of agriculture. It is posslblo that tho chargo of murder In tho first degree may bo filed ugalnst Mrs. Henry Stehr, of Norfolk, In connection with tho death of her llttlo throo-year-old son, Kurt, whoso feet frozo off a few weeks ago, causing his death. Stehr has been bound vover to district court without bail on this charge, and Mrs. Stehr is now in custody. John C. Owen has begun habaes corpus proceedings in Lancnster coun ty to determine whether tho govern or has a right to revoke a parolo without notlco or stated cause. Owen was sent to tho penitentiary from Hninilton county In 1909. Governor Shallenberger paroled him last Sep tember. "Within a month tho parolo was recalled. Ho Is now In prison and seeks his liberty on parole. Theodore M. Stanlslcs, convjeted of complicity In the burning of tho homo of Roy Wllscam, at Lincoln, was sen tenced to seven, years In tho peniten tiary today. When asked If ho had anything to say boforo sontenco was pronounced ho launched Into a vitri olic denunciation of Wllscam and his wife, who wore tho principal witness es ngalnst him, and made a piteous plea for clomoncy, Stanlslcs Is a wealthy man. In response to a telogrnm received by Governor Aldrlch Dr. W. H. Wil son, state health Inspector loft for Coznd to Investigate tho Bmallpox scare at that place ' Prof. Charles William Wallace of tho Nebraska university may bo hon ored by tho English parliament, ac cording to word brought from London by MIsb Mary L. Sullivan, an Omaha , school teacher, who has just returned from a sojourn in England. Miss Sullivan says that a bill has been In troduced In parliament, recommend ing that Prof. "Wallace's Shakespear ian discoveries bo investigated and glvon official recognition If shown to bo doservlng. A delegation of six business men from tho Koarnoy Commercial club met with the county commissioners and discussed tho building of a trans county road, tho survey and staking to bo done by tho county surveyor nnd to follow tho most feasible and direct route from tho eastern to tho wcetcrn boundary of Buffalo county. In tho enrly spring a day will bo do elded upon and this road will bo built, of uniform width, grade and depth of gutter, on that ono day. Whllo In his room preparing to go hunting Harold Borggrcn, of Aurora, accidentally shot himself with a shot gun and was Instantly killed. Ho was 19 years old, the son of Henry Borggrcn, who Is ono of tho cointy commissioners of Hamilton county. Qponlng,of tho lotters written by Prof, F. J. Phillips, of Lincoln, prior to his sulcldo, threw no additional light upon tho cauao or tho tragedy, according to statements made by Mrs. Phillips nfter reading tho lot tors. Mrs. Phillips says that no cause other than ill heulth is given for her husband's despondoncv