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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIIUME IRA L. DAUB, Publlshor. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA FROM MANY POINTS EVENTS OF THE DAY HELD TO A FEW LINES. DAY'S EVENTS BOILED ODWN Personal, Politic!, Foreign and Other Intelligence Interettlng to the General Reader. Washington. Senator Norrls Drown, of Nebraska, will not bo Riven the chairmanship of the commlttco on territories. This was practically decided at a stormy meeting of tho senate commlttco on committees. 'Mrs. Charles W. Morso, wlfo of tho New York banker, now In tho Atlanta prison, has made a personal appeal to President Tatt for Information aB to tho status of tho petition for her bus band's pardon and has bcon Informed that Mr. Taft will make an announce ment In tho caso within' a few days. Claiming that tho valorization of coffee Is nothing moro or less than r gigantic Bclioino, in which nations nro Involved, to monopollzo tho pro duct, nnd fix tho prices of coffee, Rep resentative Norris, of Nebraska, npoko in tho houso for nearly two hours. Tho roported declaration of Ramon Corral, vlco prosldent of Moxlco, that Americans woro fomenting troublo in his country In order to forco inter vention has encountered tho disfavor of tho United States government. Tho etato department has called the mat ter to tho attention of Mexico. Tho taking of testimony In tho gov ernment's civil action against the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing company has been finished and tho caso will como up for final argument In tho United States court at Balti more within flvo or bIx weeks. Two circuit Judges and one district Judgo will review tho tentlmony which has icon taken boforo n master. Representative Collup of Indiana, a democrat, in n Bpocch in the houso vigorously assailed Postmaster Gen eral Hitchcock and tho postofllco de partment for "pernicious activity" In politics. "Tho postofllce department the greatest political machine con structed In this or any other country," Bald Mr. Collup, "and it Is openly ad ministered, as a political orgnnlzntlon." General. Tho tonuro of ofllco of Diaz will bo tho sticking point In peaco negotia tions In Moxlco. Representative Cox, of Ohio, favorB making tho Indopondonco of tho Phil ippines n party question. "Reciprocity with Canada must bo adopted now or never and must Btand or fall by Its own terras," sayB Presi dent Taft. News of tho passage of tho reci procity hill by tho house at Washing, ton wan recelvod with satisfaction by tho Canadian government. A bill changing tho dato of tho In auguration of tho president frorn, March 4 to tho last Thursday in April wan Introduced In the house. Tho wltolo Nebraska delegation, ex cepting Roprosontatlvo Norrls, voted In favor of tho reapportionment bill, which was passed by tho house. Democrats of national promlnonco will bo In St, Louis .Juno 1 whon a conference of lcadors" of tho party in tho northwest will bo held thero. . Mr. Bergor, BoclalUt member of congress, says: "Tho aonato has run Its course. It must 8omo day, as will the British houso of lords, yield to uie popular demand for Its reforma tion or abolition." A trunk filled with gold watch cases, valued at 20,000. consigned to a manufacturer in Chicago from Cincinnati houso, was Btolen from an express wagon in tho downtown streets of Chicago. Although tho corporation tax for this yenr la not duo until Juno 1, pay mente aro beginning lo turn Into tbo treasury. About $325,000 wao paid In March. The estimated total receipts for the year aro $25,000,000. Tho extont to which tho telephone has encroached upon tho tolegraph rb a moans of dispatching tralna in 1910 Is shown in a bulletin Issued by the lntorstato commorce commission, An Increase of 15,373 miles of rail road on which tho telophono Is used was shown. At Daytona,, Pla, "Bob" Burman cel. ebratod ltln 27th birthday by making new automobllo racing history at Day. tona beach. Ho clipped tho mllo rec ord down to 25:4 seconds and tho kilometer to 15:88 seconds, nud low. cred Barney Oldllold'a two-rallo world's record of 5G:87 seconds to 51:28. Poetmastor General Hitchcock la confident that penny postngo Is a probability of tho near future ns tho result of reductions in tho $17,000,000 postal deficit which oxlsted when ho took chargo of tho postofllco dopnrt mont A pica to allied unitarians to Btand forth and aid tho faith and to provide In Washington n "principal church" to correspond with tllo cathodralB in other denominations, wns made In re marks mado by President Tnft Sun. day In the regular sorvlce in All Bbul's Unitarian church, of which he Js u regular Attendant. Cholera situation Is again causing some uneasiness In Honolulu. A weevil has been discovered that works havoc in nlfalfn flolds. Tho "farmers' free list" finds favor with tho Nebraska delegation In tho lowor houso of congress. Mrs. Matusck, of South Omaha, kill ed her two children and then took nor own life. Senator Brown holds that tho In come tax amendment Is on tho vcrgo of adoption. The reapportionment bill In tho house provides for nn lricreascd mom borBhlp of 40. Senate regulars declined to rocog nlzo tho progressive republicans as a soparato organization. Tho steamer Charles Posal, oporat Ing between Manila nnd Corrcgldon, foundered In a typhoon. Committee assignments wcro made In tho senate, but tho progressives are far from satisfied. Ex-Spunkcr Cannon attacked what ho said was a plan to put n frco pa per bill through tho house. Plans wcro filed for tho construc tion In Now York of tho hlghosl building in tho world, 750 feet. Mexico sent a protest to London over tho landing of British marines at San Qucntln, Lowor California. Tho Wisconsin leglslaturo wants tho United States sonata to investi gate tho election of StophonBon. With the Mexican situation on his hands tho president has roaBon to be tbnnkful that congress is in session. Tho Missouri ouster suit against the beef packers was continued by tho supremo court until tho Octobo: term. Mrs. J. Elliott Langstaff, of Brook lyn, N. Y., will witnosB tho coronntlon of King George of England by special Invitation. Kago Adams, n wealthy planter llv lng near Holt, Fla., was ussasslnatcd from nmbush. It Is belloved tho kllF lng is the result of an old foud. Tho Now York assembly ndoptod tho resolution of Senator Roosevelt advocating tho election of United Statos senators by n dlroct voto of the peoplo. Plans wero filed by tho Broadwnj Park Placo company for the construc tion at Broadway nnd Park Place ol tho highest building In tho world. II will bo 65 stories. James Spoyer of tho banking firm of Spoyor and company, and II, I, Miller, receiver of tho Buffalo & Sus. quehnhna railway, havo been elected directors of tho Missouri Pacific rail way, An order recently Issued by tho Burlington, withdrawing tho Balo of all liquors nnd cigarettes on Nobraska trains, marks tho end of tho test caso tried on this law passed by the legis lature. PoatmaBtors of tho country aro to bo subjected to n rigid Investigation by congress. Tho houso committee on expenditures In tho postofllco depart ment has decided to act in response to a resolution to this effect. At St. Louis Mrs. Alma Janios wns arrested Boon nfter sho asked tho po lice to call at her homo and aid her husband, Leo James, who slid said was dying. The police found that James was dead, with two bullet holes In his head. D. W. Dlnsmoro, Implicated with Former Stnlo Printer Mark Sinter In tho alleged Ohio stato houso supply graft case, changed his plea to guilty whon it wnB Intlmutod that Slater would turn state's evidence, and was sentenced to a yenr In tho ponltcn- tlary. At Dcs Moines, Ia Dr. Harry D. Kelly of Council Bluffs pleaded not guilty to tho murder of Deputy Sher iff Cla'ronco Woolmnn of Council Bluffs nnd Edmund Storzlng before Judge Bradshaw In tho criminal divi sion of tho district court. "Revise tho ten commandments," urged tho Rev. Gcorgo A. Douglas, canon of tho Cathedral of St. John tho Dlvlno, New York, in tipenklng at the close of tho twenty-ninth congress of tho Protestant Episcopal church on "Tho Need for Prayer Book Rovlslon to Moot Present Day Conditions." President Taft, addressing tho open ing session of tho Twonty-ntnth con gress of tho Protostant Episcopal church In tho United Statos, said: "Wo havo no stnto church, becauso nil churches that nro working for the uplifting of men nnd tho spirit aro etnto churches within tho protection but not within tho guldanco or control of tho government." Senator Norrls Brown, of Nobras ka, boltoYcs that boforo any tariff legislation shall havo passed congress tho lncomo tax nmondmont will have been adopted. "If thlB proves the caso," said Senator Brown, "tho whole tariff situation will bo complotoly revolutionized. Tbo argument thai duties cannot bo reducod or wiped out because wo neod tho rovouuo, will no longer bo valid, Personal. Houso democrats havo an ambitious program of tariff revision. Victor Bergor offered a resolution In tho houBo to abolish tho senate. ' President Taft ploaded tho cause ot Canadian reciprocity In an address at a Now York dinner, Norrls of Nobraska la opposed to an Increased houso membership. Tho houso passed tho bill Increas ing Its momborshlp from 301 to 433. Norrls Brown 1b tho only progros slvo In tho sennto In favor of tho Can adian reciprocity bill. Rear Admiral Richard Inch, U. S. N., retired, dlod In tho naval hospl tal at Washington aftor cm extondod IJlllOBB. Mrs. Matthew T, Scott, of Illinois. wna declared ro-olcctod president gen- oral of tho Daughters of tho Amerl- can Revolution for tho next two xoam. RECORD ABSTRACTS RULES REGARDING SAME IN THE SUPREME COURT. WHAT ATTORNEYS MOST DO Regulation! In Accordance With Quackenbush Measure Patted by Recent Legislature. In accordance with tho provisions of tho Quackonbush bill enacted re cently nnd providing for tho abstract ing of records In tho state supreme court, tho following rules, among others, In relation thereto havo boon adopted by that body: In all cases tho nnrtv hrlnalnsr if cause inio mis court snail print and - - - lurnisu a compioto abstract or abridg ment Of tho record, with rnfernnpnn to tho pages of tho record abstracted. And where tho record contains tho ovldcnco, It shall bo condensed In nar rative form In thn nliRtrnnt. an an tn clearly and concisely prosent Us sub stance. Provided, that In felony cases whon tho question to bo answered la as to .the sufficiency of tho evidence, the abstract may refer to tho bill of eXCeUflotlH With or wlthnnl nholronf. lng tho same, as tho parties elect. sucn parta or tho evldenco ns boar upon other questions prosented must bo dlllV IlllHtrnf toil Thn nlillpnnt Bhnll contain a complete Index, nlpha- ueticaiiy nrranged, giving tho pngo whero each paper or exhibit may be found, with tho nnnicn nf thn tvlf. pessoa and tho pages of the dlroct, cross nnd re-dlrect examination. Tho abstract must bo sufficient to fully prcsont every error nnd exception ro lled UDOn. nnd It wilt tin tnlfnn tn (in nccurato nnd sufficient for.n full un derstanding of tho questions present ed for decision, unless tho opposite PartV Shall fllo n flirthnr nhatrnrt making necossary corrections or ad ditions. Such further abstract may be filed if tho orlglnnl abstract Is In- COmnlete or Inaccumtn In nnv nuK. stantlal part (Abstrpct In orlglnnl casos.) Tho rules horoln oBtabllshcd for printing abstracts shall nnnlv tn nil nno whoroln tho court is called on to ex erclfco orlglnnl Jurisdiction. In such caso tho plaintiff or his attorney must nrlnt nnri nnrvn ntioh nhntrntt n thn defendant or his attorney within 30 nys nfter Isbuo Is Joined, or, if evl- uenco is- mKen, within 30 dnya after evidence 1a rntnrniwl tn thin nnnrt and tho defondnnt or his nttornoy in uue manner, u ho aoom tho abstract or plaintiff imperfect or unfair, may, within 20 days thereafter print and servo upon tho plaintiff or his attor ney, such further abstract as ho may deem necessary. Abstracts will hn rimilrrwl to those rules In all cases filed In this court on or after tho 7th day or April, 1911, and also In all other casos In which the brief of appellant, or plain- tiff In error, nr nlnlnttfr In rmona nt orlglnnl Jurisdiction, Is not served and nieu on or beroro Juno 1, 1911. In all cases docketed in thin nmirt prior to Anrll 7. inn. nlthnr nnrtv may prepare and fllo abstracts of the recoru uncior those rules, in which Case tho CnUSn nhnll hn nilvnnriwl tnr hearing. Invitation to Governor. Governor Aldrlch received an lnvl- tatlon to doltvor tho commencement address at tho Ohio university at Athens, O., on May 15. ThU Is tho Blto of tho orlglnnl stato university, although, tho stato university Is now located at Columbus. Governor Aid- rich will be tho commencement ora tor nt tho Ohio Stato university on thn preceding day, May 14. Delegates to Rochester. E. J. Plorco of Holdrege. who ronro- scnted tho city mall carriers of ttint plnce nt tho stato convention hold hore- was made tho selection of tho convention as. dclogato to tho nation al convention of city cftrlore to bo hold nt Rochester, N. Y In August. This, It was eald at tho convention, cnrrlod strong possibilities of a vlco presidency for this state, nn honor which would bo of much credit to tho mall distributers or Nobraska. Laws Found Defective. Derocts havo boen round by Attor ney Gonornl Martin In two or tho laws which woro passed at tho recent ses sion or tho. legislature. Thoso aro the two assessors' measures. H. n. inn nnd 184, Tho rormer, which waa passed with the emorgency clauso, provides that precinct assesora shall bo elected In 1900 and every two years thcreartor, whllo tho other bill provides for the election ot bhcIi offi cers In 1012 and every two years thereafter. Tho discrepancy In the two laws, duo to their conflicting pro visions, will havo to bo met nnd ono of tho acta Invalidated, by roason of tho conflicting provisions In tho two. Both woro npprovod on tho same dny and thoro Is some doubt ns to which will go ou tho statute books. Richmond Susy on Journal. Chlor Clerk H. C. Richmond or tho houso or representatives haa rotalnod A. E. Howard to aid him In preparing tho houso Journal nnd the work Is bo Ing pushed with as much haBto as pos sible Nearly $29,000 for Wolf Scalps. Twcnty-olght hundred or the 4,470 wolf bounty warrants mado out In tho auditor's plllco havo boon mallod to claimants. Tho entlro drain on tho atnto treasury will bo a few hundred dollars Joss than tho $29,000 appro prlted for this purpose 7- POST, KING, DROADY. Trio Selected to Recodify Nebraska Laws. Governor Aldrlch mado announce ment of his appointment of Judgo A. M. Post, of Columbus, E. L. King, of Osceola, and John II. Brondy, of Lin coin, as memhors of tho commission which will recodify tho Nebraska statutes, according to tho provisions of tho QunckcnbuBh-Hardln bill pass ed and approved during tho recent session of the legislature. Each man on tho commission will receive a year ly salary or $3,000 and will report to tho next session of tho legislature. , Following Is the message of Govern or Aldrlch In making known the names or tho men ho has chosen: In the appointment or threo lawyers (o revise tho statutes, as provided for by tho recent legislature, I havo had a conferenco with the supremo court and advised with them ns to tho best thing to do under tho circumstanced. In selecting Hon. John II. Broady, son or tho lato J. II. Broady, Br., who was ono or tho JandmarkB In NobrnB kn and or that typo of a citizen and democrat who always stood for tho best In government, I was Influenced In taking this young man becauso of his eminent qualifications in this kind of work. Ho has boen employed by tho West Publishing company. Ho prepared a digest of tho New York stato laws and also assisted in a like work for tho stnto of Ohio. In selecting Hon. A. M. PoBt, ex-supremo Judgo, wo have In him a man who haa written somo of tho most clonn-eut nnd able opinions that havo been handed down by our auprcmo court. In fact, his opinions nro stand ing out In bold relief oh clear exposi tions of the principles of law ns ap plied to tho various economical and Hoclnl conditions existing In Nobras ka. Ills decisions aro neither being reversed nor modified. 'They nro standing out as nbeoluto precedents. His rnmlllnrlty with the statutes from cover to covor. Ii la well known Indus try, his keen analytical mind and his absolute Integrity mnko him nn In- valuablo man for this kind of work. And In solectlng Hon. E. L. King. of Osceola, wo havo a practitioner of many years of experience, a mnn of high legal attainment, and integrity above reproach, who stands for clean things at all times, whoso Judgment and familiarity with tho statutes nnd our Bupremo court decisions mnko him n valuable acquisition to this kind of n commission. Then, by having In combination two such men ns Judgo Post and Senntor King with a man of tho peculiar tal ents of J. H. Broady, the author and mnn of details, It seems to mo that we will get a revised edition or our statutes that will bo lnvaluablo to this state. Neither Judgo Post nor Senator King havo mado opllcatlon to mo for this position nor talked to mo about It. Many other eminent lawyers wero considered nnd mnny of thorn wero In tho class with theso chosen, and It would havo been very easy to havo selected men probably Just as strong as these. Judge Cobbey, tho nuthor or Cob- boy's Statutes, was eminently quali fied for this placo, but his tlmo 1b protty well taken In gottlng out his new statutes and this would necessar ily have Interfered with his work on tho commission. Pardon Board Appointed. Governor Aldrlch appointed John O. YolBor, of Omaha, Dr. J. S. Butler, of Superior, and E. G. Maggl, of Lin. coin, to net In tho dual capacity or a board or pardons and to dotennlno tho sentence or prisoners under tho Indotermtnato sontence net. Both measures wero passed at tho recont sosslon or tho legislature and tho ap propriation for-tholr existence was in sorted in tho genornl malntonanco bill. Just who of tho threo will bo allotted tho ono, two and three year terms haa not yet boen fixed by tho governor. Tho board will act upon pnroles, lndotermlnato sentences and applications for pardonB. Those mat ters it Is thought will compel fro- xjuont meetings nnd though tho gov ernor nlono can Issue pardons, it Is thought that much of tho detail work connected with that will bo lifted rrom hla Bhouldera. Pay ror tho threo members or tho board 1b provided ror nt tho rnto or $10 per day, for sorvico upon each board. State Fair Grand Stand. A contract has been lot to John "Wcstovor for $7,800 to erect forty-two Bteollieama at the state fair grounds, forming tho supporting structure on tho now grandstand. This part of tho oxponse will bo paid from tho sur plus or tho stato fair board. Tho 315,000 appropriation from tho legis lature will be used In putting In the seats. Marking Oregon Trail. Robert Harvey, Mrs. Oreal Ward and C. S. Palno, who wcro named aa commissioners of tho Oregon trail fund appropriated by tho recent ses sion of the last leglslaturo, havo hold tholr flrBt meeting and will push tho work along as fast as possible. Coun ties through whoso boundaries tho old trail ran will bo asked to set aside funds for tho furtherance of tho cause. Favor Pension System. One of tho principal pieces of busi ness nttonded to in tho thlrtoenth an nual convention of tho Nobraska As sociation of Letter Carriers hold bore, was passago of a resolution adopting tho Gouldon plan or ponslonlng or civ 11 sorvico omployea. Kemble Seed Inspector. B, C. Kemble, of Lincoln, a demo crat and at presont an omployo In tho couuty treasurer's office, has been ap pointed by Governor Aldrlch na Bted Inspector for tho food, drug and dairy department. Ml 0 Z BANGOR, MAINE, SUFFERS GREA7 CONFLAGRATION. ONE-THIRD OF CiTY BURNED Thousands of Persons Are Homeleti arid the Question of Helping Them Is a Serious One. Bangor, Mo. One-third of Bangor ii in ruins, thousands of persons aro homeless nnd n proporty loss esti mated at $0,000,000 wob sustained na tho result of n conflagration which raged for hours Sunday night. Start ing In a hay shed on Broad street, tho ilro swept along Brond nnd Ex change streets through tho heart of tho city, leaving residences, churches. schools, business blocks nnd nil the public buildings, with tho exception of tho city hall, a mass of smoking ashes. For many hours tho firemen, assist ed by men and apparatus rrom other Malno cities, battlod against the blaze before they conquered It. Dynamite proved of llttlo avail. Buildings woro blown up, but tho flames easily loajiod the chasms thus mado nnd It was not until tho wind, which had been blow ing iilmosta gnlo during the night shifted and n light rain fell, that thoro was any indication that the firemen would win.. Cheered by the help from this un expected quarter, the flre-flghtlng forces wero concentrated near the cor- nor of Hammond and Central streets, nearly two miles from the start of tho blaze, and thero tho spread of tho flames was checked at midnight. But whllo tho rain and the shifting of tho wind to the east saved the rest or the city, it only nded to tho discom forts of tlie-.thousands who had seen their homes go up In flames and who vero huddled together in the streets. Tho burning of churches and public buildings left many of the unfortunates without shelter. Threo lives are known to have been lost, although tho names of none of the victims are known. A fireman was Injured by a railing wall and died on the way to the hospital; an unidenti fied young man was crushed to death when one or tho churches collapsed, and an eldorly man from Brewer, who had crossed, tho river to watch tho fire, also was buried beneath falling debris. Neither of tho city's nowspnpors was burned and both will-publish as usual Monday. llarly reports told of the burning of the News, but the flro did not reach that building. Tho Com mercial also was out or the flro zone. Tho problem or tho housing and foedlng of the destltuto must bo met nt daylight and will bo a serious one, for tho ubuoI places of refuge In such disasters aro In ruins and thero Is hardly an eating house, bakery or other store whero food can be secured lett standing. Already offers of help havo been received by Mayor Mullen, but tho proffered aid cannot bo ex pected to arrivo In time to prevent suffering. THE PEACE PROGRAM. Leaders Spend Much Time Formula lng the Same. El Paso. Tox. In n low adobe houso upon which Uio sun beat fiercely, tho loaders of tho Moxlcan insurrection, political - and military, snt for four hourB formulating a plan to bo pre sented to tho fcdoral government through Its penco envoys. At tho conclusion of tho conferenco. Francisco I. Mndoro, Jr.," president of tho provisional government, an nounced the election bv ballot of Dr. Francisco VnBquez Goinoz. Francisco Madoro, Sr., and, Senor Joso Pino auurez as mo peaco commissioners or tho' revolutionary party. Republican Employes Leading. Washington. An exodus of republi can employes of the houso or repre sentatives began Saturday and this week many more who have been fix tures for years at tho capltol, will re ceive notlco or removal. In nearly every branch or the house aro em ployes packing up tholr personal bo- longings and preparing to depart. Women to Sell Liquor, Boston. Tho Chilton club, on or ganization composed entirely or soci ety women, situated at Dartmouth streot nnd Commonwealth avenue, has been granted a llconso to sell liquor, according to tho members or tho li censing board. Ten Chinamen Starve. San Diego, Cal. Ton Chinamen aro on tho northwest sholter island, 18 miles rrom this city, marooned by smugglers. Up to noon thoy hud been ton days without wutor and practi cally with no food. Two aro dying and another Is delirious. WellG-Fargo Company Rich. St. Paul. Minn. Concerning thn tn. vestlgntlon of the Wolls-Fargo Ex press company, Attornoy General George T. Simpson Introduced evl denco to show that tho company en Joys rn earning capacity equal to that of any other company In tho Tlniti Statos. With a proporty Investment of not moro than $5,000,000 and assets of $33,000,000. of which $28,000,000 Is Invested In stocks and bonds, mort gages, notes, Joans and doposlto In banks, the company la nnylnir 10 cent dividend. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News NoUa of Interest from. Varloue Sections. Tho body of Mrs, Tfombly, of By. rncuso, who dlod in Arizona, where she went for her health, was brought back for burial. Aurora's now Carnegie library wa? formally opened to tho public recent, ly. AH afternoon and evening the handsomo building was thronged with Aurora citizens. MrB, Anna Do Mars, of Omaha, wna elected representative from Nebraska, to tho meotlng of tho supremo hlvo of tho Ladles of tho Maccabees, which will bo held in Atlantic City in July. A man giving tho namo of "John Doe of Omaha," was arrested by Shlckloy, of Lincoln, tho local gamo warden and, with tho help or tho stato gamo warden, wna convicted of killing four ducks out nf Ronnnn TTn paid a flno of $10 and costs. Flro, resulting from nn autombbllo explosion In which two cars woro de stroyed, gutted tho Inrcn twn.Hfnrv brick Hvcry barn of Henry Ikmnns in west point, all tho horses and car riages being Bafcly taken out In Unto Silas A. Holcomb, former governor or Nebraska and formnr Judge, made an argument In supromd court while sitting In a chair. Judge Holcomb has suffered much from rhoumattsm. McCook won tho navy dobato with Beaver city hlnh school at Bnnvnr City. Subject, "Resolved, That the policy or Maintain tho Navy at Its Presont Strencth Is Pi-nfomhin to Substantially Increasing It." Mc Cook affirmed. Frank Stevenson, ono of tho trunk les nt tho Stato Industrial school at Kearnoy, attempted to cscapo nfter having beon detected with tobacco. Ho hid In tho barn and could not bo located and In tho night escaped. Ho vns captured nt Miller. Henry Webb, n locomotive fireman or Falrbury, Is laid up with a frac tured shoulder. Mr. Webb was en deavoring to ehnko tho grates on n largo mogul freight engine nt DoWItt whon tho bar camo off or tho rigging and collided with IjIh shoulder. Loland Hunter, agod 22. son or W. L. Huntor or tho eastern Dart of Dun dy county, was thrown rrom his horno. tho animal kicking him on tho right leg after ho wna thrown, fracturing both bones of the log about eluht Inch- es above the ankle. At tho college chanol in Wavno. a reception was tendered to Hon. P. H. Kohl and Hon. Henry Unrtola by tho Commercial club and tho colloco faculty as a mark of their apprecia tion or tho efficient work douo by theso gentlomen in tho recent legls laturo. Tho city council aDnoInted j. 8. Poloy and J. B. Cunningham, ox treasurer of the county, to overhaul the book"s"of the Aurora Electric com pany to ascertain If possible If thoro Is any reason for tho recont rise of tho prices of electricity, and also to dlscovor whether or not tho stock of tho company Is watered. Tho encnmninont of tho stnto ctiarrf will be held somewhere within ton mllea of Omaha this summer. Tho military board, In session In Lincoln, decided to recommend the abandon ment or the Ashland camp to Govern or Aldrlch and decided that It should Instead bo held somewhere near Omaha. ' Threo suspected bank robbers caught In tho undergrowth along tho Platto river arter a chaso by.sovornl posses aro still in tho Hall county Jail and may bo kept thero for safe Keeping instead or being token to Au rora, tho county Boat of Hamilton county. In which county tho crlmn was committed. Ono of tho mon has been identified aB Arthur Gray, who served ton years for robbing a bank at LyonB. Whllo playing with a small colt on his rathor's fnrm, Rlloy Bates, 11-year-old son of Fred Bntos, a promi nent Btoclunan of Custer county, wna attacked by a vicious maro and near ly killed. Tho boy had gono up to tho colt nnd was petting It when tho maro mado a quick rush and grabbed him by tho shoulder. Thon she wheoled nnd commenced kicking, tho hoofs caving In tho chest and shnt. terlng tho upper part of tho Jaw. Silas J. Alexnnder, a resident of Lincoln Blnce 1879 nnd Becrotnrv nf state for one term, died In nnnvnr or henrt troublo. Mr. Alexander had beon 111 for somo tlmo and about tho first of tho year went to Denver tn live with a nephow. In nn effort tn regain his health. Ho was CG years or ago. Mr. Alexander was a promi nent member of tho G. A. It. ami served as commander of tho depart ment of Nobraska for two tcrma. Tho Bale of tho $525,000 Cnllfnmin bonds purchased rrom the state by W. H. Hnlsey & Co., or Chicago, was completed last week, tho bonds bolng delivered and tho monoy being placed to tho credit ot tho stato nt thn Pirct Natlonn bank In Lincoln. Thoro will uu nu luiiuui iiurciiuBo oi ioca,i secur ities by tho board or educational lands and fondB. however, for some tlmo. Tho school board of Homer haB decided to add anothor year to tho high school courso, making It an 11. grndo school. Kllpatrlck Bros, havo thn for doublo track work to hn flnnn In Nebraska by tho Union Paclflo this summer. Thoy startod work Monday with moro than 1,000 mon. Tho con tractors promlso that trains may be run ovor tho doublo track linn Rnnt 1. Grading bus been going on for n unon umo on mo Job nnd surveyors havo been working for tho last month Now, however, tho real worir nf th contract will begin,