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TNE SEMI-WEEKLY TBHUME IRA. L. BARB, Publisher, TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA EP1I OF EVESTS GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES FRESH FROM THE WIRE. THE STORY IN A NOTSHELLkiVlrct,?n tho nurl,ngton Embracing a Condensation of Events In Which Readers Generally Ar More or Less Concerned. Washington. Justus Tyler of Grand Rapids threw down his nx In a Michigan lumber camp when President Lincoln called for volunteers and walked 300 miles over lco and snow to enlist In the Union army, and a government chock for $14 In payment of his hardships was mailed to him last week. Acknowledgment was mado that tho American Paper and Pulp Associa tion at times had ndvlred Its members lo curtail paper production o,no that Its purpose wda to educate the manu facturers to got nil they cculd for their product. Tho ndmlsslop enmo from Arthur C. Hastings, president of the association. Supervising Architect Taylor, of tho treasury department, told tho house committee on expenditures In that de partment that tho American jnstltuto .of architects has a price ngreement enforced on competitive building bids nnd thnt tho federal government was affected by It President Taft will stick to Boverly as a hot weather play ground unless congress selects a slto and appropri ates the money for an official sum mer white houso elsewhore. In n let ter to Governor Eberhart, of Minne sota, declining with thanks tho offer of a slto for n presidential summer homo nt Wayzata, on Lake Mlhneton ka, the president explained that con gress alono had tho nuthorlty to des ignate an official summer whlto house. William Jennings Bryan, during n brief stay In Washington hold a con ference with Representative Burton Harrison, of New York, Representa tive Hammlll, of New Jorsoy, and about 20 other politicians. Tho par ticipants in the conference would not discuss its purpose. General. Twenty-one contestants entered tho rt i k m f a a !J??"!M !"L W cratlc family 1b about as badly di vided as Itself. Before boarding a ship which will carry him to Spain General Diaz Is sued a warning to Mexico. Rev, Dr. Grant, of Northumberland, Pa., was found guilty of heresy by the Presbyterian assembly. At tho reciprocity hearing It was disclosed that many big interests fur nished means to fight tho bill, By direction of tho president, prl vato papors of tho stato "department! wore refused a houso committee. Price of wheat in Chicago pit went higher ab result of roportB of Hessian fly, grasshoppers nnd heat damage, Whlto driving a team across tho South Canadian river Mrs. George Glover and her threo children of Mel lettc, Okla., wero drowned. Mrs. Lovl Z. Loiter, of- Beverly, Mass., is to have a summer home built entirely of glaBR, which will bo ball-bearing and will revolve by slm ply pressing a button, In Now York, Mrs. Mary Piatt Par mele, authoress and historian, was run down 'and killed by a motorcyolo within a block of her home, J, D, Bren, cashier and accountant of tho stato university, was held up ' by three Minnesota highwaymen near the university nnd robbed of $13,800. He also lost his watch and his months salary. The Rev. Thomas Grieves, Method 1st, of Glens Falls, N. Y says ho will coll everything ho has and glva tho proceeds to tho family of Mary Ma glnn, who was killed by his auto. Grieves was held blamoless, Members of the house who are be- hind, the movement to land Speaker Champ Clark in tho whlto house In 1913 are becoming moro and moro satisfied with tho manner in which the boom Is "taking" throughout tho country, Attorney General Wlckersham sold i?!?0?-r"n.?LoKe"?Btm -BnLa criminal proseouuon or trust mag- nnius wm oo UBueriBKUH. benaior uamoie or aouin unKota puts no faith In tho report that the senate may not confirm tho appoint- ment of J, D. Elliott, Brought together by tho friendly or flees of the United States, the com mlssloncrg of Haytl and San Domingo met at the. state department to nego tiate a protocol submitting tho long standing boundary dispute of the two countries to arbitration, Military field mass for the Spanish war dead wan celebrated in the shad ow of the Washington monument be fore fully 25,000 persons. President Taft, members of tho cabinet, the dip lomatlc corps and of congress woro present, rresiaent Tart is requested in a resolution IntrRdneod hv nnrmn. tlve Hubbard, of Iowa, to furnish the house with all Information relative to the Issuance of railway stocks and bonds which was obtained by the pedal committee of inquiry an pointed by at the direction ot the MXty-iru congrMi. Ex-President Dins does not Uko ibo idea of leaving Mexico. Mexican rebels of Lower California nro bent on a new republic. Robbers blow open the snfo In the poslofflco at Freedom, Pa., and es caped with $1,525 In money and stamps. Five children woro burned to death In n fire caused by an explosion at Utlca, Kas. Senator Borah's namq Is being men tioned In connection with tiio nomina tion for the vice presidency. President Taft Is coming west this fall, and Nebraska may bo Included In his Itinerary. Theodoro Roosevelt wns criticized by John W. Foster for his recent ut- tcrnnces on nrbltratlon. Drinking of champaign In public by members was ono of tho closing fea tures of tho Ohio legislature, President Taft is qulto confident reciprocity will pass tho senato If amendments can be excluded. There was a revival at Pittsburg of the circulation of petitions asking the recall of Mayor A. C. Graves. Mormon settlers In Mexico demand moro than a million dollars for dam ages sustained In the revolution. Testlrnony wns introduced nt Des Moines Implicating James O'Cnlla- ghan In the treasury robbery, Ono hundred members of tho Chi cago dental society began to Inspect tho tooth of public school children. Tho American Tobacco company was declared by tho supremo court to bo an Illegal comblno In restraint of trade. Ireland has n population of 4,381,- 051, according to tho census returns. This is a decrease of 70,284 In ten years. Minority Leader Mann has Im proved his standing with house Insur gents. It was announced thnt Emperor William, while at Buckingham palace, on May 10, has appointed King Gcorgo n gonoral field marshal In tho Ger man army. George Rees, vctornn printer and publisher and a ploneor Mnson -of Northwest Missouri, died nt his homo in St. Joseph, Mo., aged 78 years. Death was tho result of paralysis. Although several of the powers havo refused to support Russia's noto to Turkey with rcforonce to tho mobiliz ation of Turkish troops on the Monte negrin frontier, tho near eastern sit uation presents disquieting nspocts. Tho Inst $2,000 required to Insure tho erection In Des Moines of a monu ment to tho Into Senator Allison wns rocolvcd by State Treasurer from Gen eral Gronvlllo M. Dodgo. Having survived tho falluro of four flags, Mobllo may prosper' nnd grow more beautiful under tho present one, wns Presldont Tnft's mossago of fo celebration of tho 200th angary of Its founding, wenor zamocona Is tiro successor of Sonor do la Barra aB Mexican am bassador to tho United Statos. He resided in Washington during tho tlmo his father was Mexican minister from 1878 to 1882. 8Ir William Schwcnk Gilbort. tho British author and writer of comle opora librettos, died In London. Ho wns born In 1836 and was knighted by King Edward In 1907. Tho famous collaborator of Rlr ArH.- avnn mirtitaniv nf iinr ,itann ,,iin - j,i8 bath. Tho government hnB started a cro snda against what Assistant District Attorney Whitney says aro extensive frauds .In tho Importation of German cutlery. Josef Lnndosburg, un Im porter of cutlery, was arrested chnrg cd with undervaluing Gorman-mado pocket knives. James and Matthow White, fnthor and son, wero slain nt their homo nt Sac City, la. Clifford Wilson, nlBo of that city, is in jail, charged with tho crlmo, whilo a posso under tho direc tion of the sheriff, Is Boarchlng for an unidentified man, alleged to havo been with Wilson at tho tlmo of tho tragedy. In response to a resolution asking for Information on tho subjoct, Attor ney General Wlckersham sent word to tho houBo that tho department of Justlco has undertaken no criminal prosecution of the officers of tho Standard Oil company as a result of tho recent suprome court decision. Editor E, E. Cook and Attorney Charles J. Protzttinn, both of Colum- j... n . wr i,m.n.i nvr n , B,i jjry oharged wltu rotu8ln8 tQ t08tlfy beforo tho commltteo in tho brlbory charges mado against tho senators. Thoy gnvo bond and wero roloasod. Gonoral Diaz himself took command .1 , 1 . I . 1. !. - i l"V 1 , BT . 4r"l,",Beu " InrB forco of rob08. who th mor pr08ldont of Mexico was on his way f-0tn Max tan fl tv to Vera On riifinr tj,,. Wn offnro.i nn thn anm, mor cnptnl of tho United Statos when Commorclal club doslcnated a site of twenty acres, with adequate rail road faculties, to be presonted to Pres ident Taft for his homo during tho hot months. Personal. Thore Is rumoAttmt Senator Lorl- mor may resign, ' The Champ Clark presidential boom has been well launched. Presldont Diaz, immediately nftor resignation, sailed for Spain. In a Memorial day address Colonol Roosevelt said 1he laws aro outworn and should be changed. Rumors were Bpread of an attempt to aSSRSBlnatO MaderO. Madero will not go to Mexico City until new governors ot northern Mex ico have been installed. . Theodore Roosevelt would deal with trusts the same ab the com- . 1 lit I nirco commission neais wiia rail roads. THE B 5 M DISASTER CTORY TOLD BY ONE WHO WAS IN THE WRECK. VICTIMS COOKED BY STEAM Some Who Were Probably Not Dadly Wounded Lost ThelrwLlve 'In This Manner. 0. IT. Anderson, a mail clerk of this city, who was working on No, 12 the morning of tho. wreck with No. 9 at Jndlanoln, has been brought to hln home, where ho 1b confined by severe spinal Injuries. In telling of tho cas ualty, Mr. Anderson said: "Wo left McCook almost on time ' said Mr. Anderson. "Wo stopped for a cream can nt Red Willow, whero wo should have sidetracked for No. 0. Conductor Rank hnd no prders to that effect and so wo went on. Wo round' ed the curve just' this side of Red Willow nnd then tho crash camo. There was no warning at all. "I don't know how I got out of tho car. The first thing I know is that I was out by tho fence, but I must havo climbed out of the car, for 1 was not thrown out. My back was hurt, but In tho hurry and excitement I did not notice It much, I found my part ner, R. I). .Voorhees, almost unharm ed. Hot had been lying on a table Bgnlnst tho sldo of tho car, In tho safest position that ho could have picked. "Wo went back to the smoker of No. 0. Thcro had been six passen gers thero; only ono got out. He wns thrown through a holb in the roof and was found out by the fence, crazy from tho Bhock. I think ho wns Rob ert Anderson, but I am not sure. All tho others died. The enr was a mass of splinters. I don't believe thore was a single stick of timber over two feet long in the whole pile. But tho chair car of No. 9 was tho worst. It lay on Its side, not badly smashed, but with every window clos ed and tho doors shut. IiiBldo tho steam pipes had broken nnd thd etcnm was filling tho Interior like a boiler. Apparently tho engine had been running on full stenm, for the pressure must havo been way up. Tho steam Just poured from the brok en pipes Into that closed car and the people inside hnd no way to get out. "Several of thoso wo took out wero Btlll conscious. A number of them dictated statements to us to bo given to rolatlvos. One mnn, it was cither Hllsabeck or Shepherd, or Hoiaroge, died while he wus in tho middle or a "l J 2 us realized the horror of It so much then, for wo all had so much to do." Enrollment Shows Increase. According to n statement Issued by Registrar Harrison, of the State uni versity, tho collegiate enrollment of tho last year showed an lncreaso of 459 over that of last year. Tho pres ent enrollment is 3,475, as against 3,014. This, of course, Includes only a. part of tho total number of students registered In tho university, tho other being In tho various secondary schools, In tho school of music or In tho extension departments. rhe num foer constituting tho colleglato enroll ment, are only thoso who nro taking four-year courses. Stewart to Resist Payment. Tho shortago of moro thnn $1,300 which wns found to exist nt tho school for tho feeble-minded Institution at Beatrtco and which was laid at tho door of Bookkeeper Thomas Stowart, which ho said ho would ropay tho state, promlsos not to bo paid without an action nt law. Stewart has em ployed an attorney and will resist payment. State 8chool Apportionment. State Superintendent Orabtrco has completed the apportionment of $375,- 080.34 between tho various counties of tho state, that amount being the soml-annunl apportionment of the stato temporary school fund to bo dis tributed for tho support of public schools. Shippers Want Relief. M. F, Harrington, as attorney for tho complainants, has filed a petition with tho state railway commission, asking that a transfer switch bo in stalled between tho Northwestern and I V. t T t ,1 I fl - .1 - . . A 11.1 "u f tho benefit of Bhlppers living In Al- blon and near towns in contiguous territory. Left a Windfall. A. G. Strntton, of Hnvelock, n sub urb of Lincoln, has been notified by attorneys of New York City that ho has been mentioned as ono of the holrs of an undo, Enou Strntton, of New York, who died in January, last, Mr. Stratton loft for New York to look after tho matter. Civil Service Examinations. Tho United States civil servico commission announces tho following examinations to bo hold at Lincoln, Grand Island, Norfolk, North Platte nnd Omaha: Juno 14, junior engineer, water resources branch, geological nurvoy; June 17, assistant In dry land agriculture male, department ot ag riculture; June 21, assistant in grain standardisation, male, department of agriculture; June 21, nautical expert. male, hydro-graphic office, bureau ot navigation, These examinations are open tn citizens of the United States. CURTIS THE WINNER. It Made Scat of New Agricultural School. Curtis In Frontier county will bo tho scat of the now agricultural school for which the recent legisla ture made da appropriation of $100,000. Tho State Board of Public Lands and Buildings, nttcr balloting thirty- tnree times, mnao tne selection, ino members were very bndfc divided and no town received more than two votes at any tlmo until tho cholco fell upon Curtis. Tho new school wob provided for in the Eastman bill, which appropri ated $100,000 for an agricultural school of secondary or popular In struction, to be located In southwest ern Nebraska, north of the fourth standard parallel and east of the ninety-ninth meridian. Tho school will bo built under tho supervision of tho board of regents, tno selecting ooaru naving notnmg to DO w,in control, ino nm pruviuci for tho construction of a school build ing nnd It Is likely that matters will bo gotten under way at once. Curtis was the last entry Into tho race for the now school. When tho bill wns being pushed in tho legisla ture, Holdredge was oftenest men tioned as tho sjte, but other towns were In the contest and bids wero re ceived from Culbertson, McCook, Dart- ley, Oxford, Cambridge, Alma, North Platto and Droken Dow. Curtis did not get into tho rnco until three weeks ago. Tho town has no dcflnlur site to offer, but on tho recent trip of tho stnto board to look at avallablo places, the members wero assured that the pick of tho land In the vi cinity of the town would bo at their command. Tho choice was mado on tho the ory that Curtis, which is on tho Stcr- llng-Holdredge branch of tho Burling ton road, Is located as nearly between different types of farm country as It Is (possible to find any town. The Committee to Meet. William Husenetter, chairman of tho republican state commltteo and state oil inspector, has issued a call for a meeting of tho state commit tee to bo held at the Llndell hotel In Lincoln, Friday evening, Juno 9, at 8 oclock, for tho purpose of apportion ing the delegates to tho state conven tion. Northrup Gets One Year. In federal court in this city C. F. Northrup of Omaha was sentenced to one year and one day in the govern ment prison at Leavenworth, Kan., for the use of the malls with Intent to defraud. Northrun ODDearod and pleaded sullty to the charge. Criminal Charge on Stewart. Governor Aldrlch has instructed Attorney General Martin to start criminal proceedings against Thomas Stewart, the bookkeeper at tho school for the feeble-minded at Beatrice, who was found almost $1,400 short in his accounts. Requisition for O'Connell. A requisition Issued by Governor Stubbs for tho return of Dan OCon- t Kansas, who Is wanted at Hnn- nvnP nn hn'rhnrcn of tmnit rohhorv. wna received nnd honored by Govern- or Aldrlch. Labial Language .for the Deaf. Superintendent R. E. Stewart of the Deaf at Omaha has been conferring with Governor Aldrlch ns to the new method of Instruction which tfco last session of the legislature declared should be taken up at tho Institution. Superintendent Stewart Is not fa miliar with the now Up stylo, aB it Is called, and It Is thought may have to give way as head of tho school to someono acquainted with tho now method. Candidates for Regents. For regents, C. A. Knapp of this city and J. E. Miller have signified their Intentions, tho former on his own bohalf and tho latter at tho earn est and active solicitation of hlB friends. Numerous other names have been suggestod over tho stnto at tho, behest of friends nnd near friends, but so far no definite Indications as to tho maybe candidates havo been forthcoming. For railway commission' er, W. J, Furso, appointed by Gov, ernor Shnllenberger, Is Bald to bo well suited with tho place. Will Not Take the Tax, Secretary of State Walt refused to accept from the Rock Island railroad ', ,nrnHnn tnv 11T11,fiP rnt,Bt. a corporation tnx paid under protest. Tho rond failed to pay Its annual oc cupatlon tnx foe for 1909 and 1910. On this account a penalty of $10 was lovled and when tho road offered to make a payment of tho $420 tax duo desired to attach thoreto a pro test against tho penalty clause. As tho supreme court In 1909 gavo a de clslon upholding tho validity of tho corporation occupation tax the secre tary has no authority to receive pay ment under protest. After the Corporations. Attorney General Martin lfi after Nebraska corporations that have re fused to comply with tho occupation tax law of tho state. For violation ot this law, which forbids them doing business In the state after tho for feiture ot their charter, n fine ot from $100 to $1,000 Is provided as well as a Jail sentence or both. Occupation taxes to tho stato aro due In Septein ber, Charters are forfeited In No vamber it the law Is not complied with. Omaha has many corporations derelict MOT ON RECORD SENATORS WILL HAVE TO STAND AND BE COUNTED. PUNS LAID BY DEMOCRATS 8enator Stone Will Lead In the Fight . to Put Through the House Tariff Schedules. Washington. Senato republicans aro to be compelled to go on record on every phnso of tho tariff tjiat is nctcd upon by tho house, If democrats arc able to bring this about. It is. not likely thoy will bo compelled to voto on other schedules than thoso which tho house revises, but It Is certain at least they can not evade record votes on the schedules the houses passes on and sends up. Senato Insurgents fought hard for tho lowering of duties two years ago, nnd some of tho democratic senators Intend to see now whether they will adhere to the samo views, Senator Stono of Missouri will lend In the fight to put through tho upper houso tho tariff schedules that aro re vised In tho house. Ho will not, with out a contest, permit tho flnancoi commltteo to bottle up these meas ures. Ho will move to discharge tho financo committee from consideration of ench one of tho bills that it tries to bottlo up, This will precipitate a Jong dobate on ench. Tho houso has passed tho recipro city measure 'and tho free list bill.' It will pass a bill to reduco woolen du ties. It is not likely to. do moro than this, though thore has been some talk of cotton being taken up. Tho free list bill is now in tho finance committee, and that commit tee purposes to keep it thero. Tho wool bill In duo tlmo will bo sent to tho same committee and be pigeon holed. Senntor Stono will move to dis charge the commltteo from consider ation of each of theso bills. Tho re sulting struggle may prolong tho ses sion greatly, U may bo Into August, or oven September. Stone and other democrats Intend to put it up to" tho Insurgents. They purpose to do this especially on tho wool schedule. They Intend to repre sent to tho country thnt the demo cratic bill for a revision of tho wool schedule Is substantially what Dollver and other senate Insurgents contend ed for in 190J nnd, if the Insurgents rofuso to support it, then they will as sail tho Insurgents for Inconsistency and cowardice. It Is certain, however, that some of tho insurgents.both In tho houso nnd senate ore going to support the demo cratic bill revising the wool and wool en duties. Just how many will do so Is unsettled. MORE POSTAL BANK8. July 1st the System to Be Extended to First Class Offices. Washington. Postmaster General Hitchcock has decided to increase tho extension of tho postal savings sys tem from 100 to 150 offices a week. with at least 1,000 depositories "deslg nntcd by July 1. This will bo a world's record In tho number operated within so short a tlmo after estab lishment. On July 1 the system Is to bo ex tended to first class -offices In tho large cities, only second class post offices having been designated so far. Fifty additional postofflcos wero deRlgnnted Saturday as depositories, making a total to date of 450. They will bo ready to receive deposits on July 1. Bismarck, N. D.; Norfolk and Superior, Neb., and Carroll, la., are Included. First 'Army-Built Aeroplane. San Antonio, Texv Tho first nrmy- built neroplane In this country made two successful flights at tho drill grounds at Fort Sijm Houston. A. J. C. Sowden Dead. Boston. Mass. -Arthur J, C. Sow' den, nged 77, governor of the Nation al Society of Colonial Wars, nnd ono of tho leading laymen of tho Eplsco- pal church, died hero Sunday. Col. Stoll Dead. Choyenne, Wyo. Colonel Walter R Stoll, tho woll known western criml nal lawyer, died suddenly at his home In this city at 3 o'clock Friday morn' Ing of heart failure. The Wool Tariff. Washington. Tho wool tariff rovl slon bill will bo reported favorably lo tho houso when It convenos Tuesday, tho ways and means commltteo so de ciding. Thero was a strict party vote on tho bill, fourteen domocrats ap proving and seven republicans voting agulnBt it. Duty on American Animals. Washington. Tho customs court has given n decision which promises to bring customs collectors even moro unpopularity than heretofore, TrenS' ury officials declare it will entangl tho government lu end ot disputes un loss congress amends it. Threo words In ono Bectlon of tho Payne-Aldrlch law have been construed to mean that any American-born animal, once taken out of this country must pay duty to return. It Is held that the law applies to all animals from pet poodles to draft horses. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notat of Interest from Various' Sections. Tho railroad disaster near McCook will cost tho II, & M. $250,000. A hall storm In tho vicinity of Chadron did considerable damage, All along tho Nebraska line tho crop outlook Is ot tho most promising character. Memorial day In Nebraska was observed from ono end of tho state to the other. Tho elovator at Genoa was burned, nearly 20,000 bushels of wheat being destroyed, Tho roster of Grand Army dead In Wyuka cemetery, 'Lincoln, shows 453 burled thero. Preparations nro going forward In a number of towns for fitting celebra tion of Indopondenco day. Mr. and Mrs. James J. Mason ot Buffalo county celebrated tho fifty fourth anniversary of their marriage, Both aro over eighty years of age. The farmers In tho vicinity of Sur prise, held a meeting to organize a farmers' elevator company. A tem- . porary organization was effected. The town now has two elovators. Mrs. Lena Fceklng of McCook and H. H. Culbertson of Brlmfleld, 111., both Injured In tho Burlington wreck at Indlanola, died at Cambridge. This brings tho death list up to eighteen. . Governor Aldrlch announced the ap pointment of R. D. McFaddcn of Hast ings as stato hotel inspector, In this appointment tho governor deferred to tho wishos of tho-traveling men's association. The proposed rlver-to-mountnln highway across Nebraska la now com pletely plotted from Holdrego through to Omaha and for almost the entire distance from Holdrego west to tho state line. Sheriff Bauman of Dodgo county sold at mortgage foreclosure sale 540 acres of land In Maple township, lying west of the former town of Lcavltt. Ono tract of 320 acres brought $20, 000 and tho other tract of 220 acres $12,000. At a luncheon of tho members of tho Beatrlco Commorclal club it was unanimously decided that tho com mission form of government is what Beatrice wants at this tlmo and it was resolved to petition for nn elec tion ns soon ns tho law goc3 into ef fect, July C. Jerry Hauffman, who with his wife and son met death in an automobile grado crossing accident near Los Angeles, was well known In Nebras ka, having relatives lu Lancaster county and having lived In Kearney for four or five years. A daughter, aged thirteen, was fatally injured. In its first formal meeting at Lin coln tho rural life commission took a decided stand for an active inves tigation of farm and community llfo In tho stato. Plans outlined for the commission nnd its advisory commit tees Indicate that a comprehensive set of recommendations will follow In Its wako. Gov. Aldrlch was at the Grand Island soldiers' home Memorial day. In his address he expressed the opinion that with the shade trees and tno wnlks and tho flowers nnd tho vast lawn In tho summer, and tho well con structed and heated and furnished building in the winder, together with tho broad acres for tho home farm, tho soldiers' homo of Nebraska pro vided every comfort. The state, he said, paid for maintenance along the lines of plenty nnd good quality, In fare and clothing, and ho pledged his attention to the task of seeing that plenty and good faro continued to bo, ob It now clearly seemed to be, pro vided. The remains of Perry Mitchell wero brought to York county from Colora do for burial In Lincoln Creek ceme tery, northwest of York. Mr. Mitchell was working In a Colorado town nnd got caught In some of the machinery, his head being crushed in such a manner as to cause death. William T. Leahy, engineer of pas senger train No. 9, that was wrecked near Indlanola, lived In Lincoln. He leaves a widow nnd several children. He was one of tho oldest engineers in tho service, having entered tho em ploy of the road In 1888, moro than twenty-thrco years ago. Ho was con- Blderod a very careful runner. Governor Aldrlch has appointed Mrs. Mrs. M. D. Cameron of Omaha a momber of tho board of trustees that controls tho stato school for deaf at Omaha and tho state school for blind at Nebraska City. She will suc ceed C. R. Shorman of Omaha, re signed, Mrs, Cameron Is president of the woman's club of Omaha. Tho United Commercial Travelers of Nebraska, in session at Grand Isl and, olocted officers as follows: Chas. W. Hlnzle, Omaha, grand counselor; Paul B. Trueblood, Grand Island, grnnd Junior counselor; Samuel F. Eraklne, Norfolk, grand past counsel or; F. E. Coatsworth, Omaha, grand secretary; Henry A. Fritz, Columbus, grand treasurer; H. E. Moss, Hastings, grand conductor; W. H. Boney, Lin coln, grnnd page; Androw Randklev, Norfolk, grand sentinel. John Tucker, county attorney of Cherry county, was caught with Mrs. R. M, Faddls In her sleeping apart ments at 2 o'clock in the morning by Mr. Faddls, Dave Hancock and a Kan sas City detectivo who, with Mr. Han cock, has been working on tho case for some tlmo. Tucker wob placed under arrest. Some farmers have harvested the first crop ot alfalfa, and the early cut ting has been heavy, In some Instanc es yielding an unusual amount o hay. The crop, also, has grown rapidly and the cutting has been earlier than usual.