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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.
