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HE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIUNE IRA L. BARB, Publlsbor, TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA FOR THE BUSY MAN NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON BE COMPASSED. MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED .r' Hem and Foreign Intelligence Xen ' densed Into Two ,antf Four Line Paragraphs. Washington. Nothing but speeches ftnnd- In the wny of tho couiploto success of tho Canadian reciprocity bill and wo nro working tho speeches off as fast as possible," nald Clinlrmnn Penrose of tho senate finance committee "I am sticking to u prediction mado long since that wo Bhall adjourn cither on July 29 or August f." An Inquiry Into AUska's industrial dovclopmont, second In Importnnco only to tho Bnlllngor-Plnchot investl Ration, will bo inaugurated by the Iiouro commlttoo o- expenditures In the Interior dopn-nont, according to altored pinna of. that committee. In stead of havln MIbb M. F. Abbott toll the story of tho famous "Dick to Dock" letter, tho committee will ox amino govrrnraont oulclals on general condltloua in the territory. Senator Hitchcock of Nobraska told tho tennto that tho farmers havo flttlo Interest In Canadian reciprocity. AIn ovory test that t hnvo mado for tho p'rpose of finding out tho senti ment of the farmers In my state," said tho senator, 'I have found that theVo Is an indifferonco as to whether the bill boenmos a law or is defeated. Of coureo there aro aorao farmers vho opposo tho measure, but I think kelr opposition Is so slight, when compared with tho sentiment through out tho state, an to bo almost neglig ible.' President Taft rovlowcd tho action of President Ilnycn in a pardon case in 1878 and extended oxccutlvo clom oncy to Joshua Wndo, a half-breed Choctaw Indian who has spont tho Inst 30 years in jail for a crlmo Against a woman. President Hayes in 1878 saved Wade from hanging and commuted his sentence to life im prisonment. The man is now old and feeble and still protesta bis innocence. President Taft ordered lilm released at once. The crime waH alleged to have been committed near Caddo, Indian Territory, General. There Is slight danxer of a clash between Germany and France over Morocco. Twlve were killed and 44 injured in a wreck on the Now Haven road at Bridgeport, Conn. Nicholas Murray Butler reslgnod from the board of directors of the na tional educational association. Perry C. McClanahah, hoad of the normal department of Highland Pork college, was elected Iowa stnto high school inspector. W. D. Slmttuc, aged seventy, former congressman from the first Ohio dis trict, was found dead In tho bath room of bis home In Madlsonvlllc. Fire of unknown origin destroyed Lowell and Franklin halls, mon'a and boys' dormitories at Highland Park college, Des Moines, causing a loss of over $60,000. . DetallH of the great storm on the Japanese coast June 20, were brought uy the steamship Kumerlc, Several nunureu lives were lost ana many Bhlpn destroyed. The senate will vote on the Cana rtlan reciprocity bill July 22, on the wool tariff revision bill July 27, on the ' freellBt bill August 1 and con grewlomu reapportionment bill Au gust 3. Because of seilous revolutionary movements in northern Haiti, which Is Jeopardizing extensive American In terestu, the United States gunboat Pe trel was ordered from Quuntauamo, uuoa. to capo uaiueu. Seventy million acres of govern most land 111 be thrown open to en try after an Investigation by fourteen government survey parties now in the field In North and South Dakota, Mon tana, Wyomlug, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah and Colorado. Htael Conrad a&d Lillian Graham who, on June , shot W. B. D. Stokes, the millionaire, of New York,, in their apartment, were held in $5,000 ball for the grand Jury on a charge of felonious Assault. An investigation of tho Brussels conferenco of steel men, which. It has been predicted, may bring nbout an International combination to control tho steel trade of the world, will bo undertaken by the department of Jus tlce. Beginning his speech against the reciprocity bill, Senator La Follotto bitterly attacked President Taft. The Venezuelan government has positive news that Clprano Castro, the exiled president of Venezuela, ef fected a landing In the western part of Venezuela and has a following of 1,000 men. A telegram from Senator Robert I. Owen, received at Oklahoma City, announces tnal tIie mtenttato Com werce commission will issue an or der making effective emergency rates en cattlo shipped from Oklahoma to A Chlcngo Jury found Bvolyn Ar thur Seo guilty of abduction. Dr. H. W. Wiloy, ptiro food export, may bo given an opportunity to resign. Testifying boforo tho committee, Governor Denecn of Illinois denied he was for Lnrlmer for senator. Senator Ponroso snys reciprocity Is on tho high ronrf to passage. Tho Washington Star advises W. J. Bryan to continue his political agita tion. Yokklbery, editor of tho nowspapor Shchro at Constantinople, was nssas- Inntcd. Fires In tho forest country of riorth Michigan have wiped out two towns and perhaps otliocrs. Tho Fifteenth United 8tateB Infnn- try left tho maneuvers camp nt Fort 8am Houston for Fort Douglas, Utah. Mrs. Morgan J. Goldsmith of Clin ton Place, the Bronx, New York, wan killed In nn atitotnobllo accident near Capo May, N. J. .7. 8, Long, of Council Bluffs, la.. wns elected trcusuror of tho conven tion of the American Instructors of tho deaf at Delavnn, Wis, Willlnm Boochor, sentenced from Deadwood, 8. D., Juno 8, last, for sell ing liquor to Indians, died In tho fed- oral prison nt Leavenworth. Tho body of tho eighth negro wom an to bo murdered L Atlanta, On., In as mnny weeks by nn unidentified Jask-tho-Rlppor," was found on an unfrequented street. Soven buildings which housed places' of amusement wore dostroyed and probably 1,000 persons thrown Into panic at Columbus, O., by a flro In Olontangy park. Tho Gormnn cruiser Berlin will re lieve 'tho gunboat Panther at Agtullu, Morocco. Tho Berlin Is three times' as largo an the gunboat Punthor. Sister Mndollno O'Brien, for 40 years dlrcctorcss of St. Joseph's acad emy, Emmlttsburg, Md., and ouo of tho best known educators In this country and Cnnnda, is doad. Joseph M. Terrell will not return to Washington to servo ns Unltod. Stntos sonntor from Georgia and a nosltlvo announcement to thin effect. will bo iBsuod by Mr. Terrell In the noxt day or two. President Taft'n order transferring coal lunds nt Controller bay, AluRka, from the forest resorvo to tho public domain will bo tho subject of Inquiry by tho hoiiBo commlttoo on expendi ture In tho Interior department. Dlohon Frederick Footo JohnBon of tho .Episcopal mlBBlonary dlocoso of South Dakota nnnounced thnt ho would accept tho call extendod on May 18 to tho ofTIco of bishop coad- utor for tho Rtato of Missouri. Resolutions woro passed by 20 na tional, Rtnto and clonrlng house bnnk examiners, who mot in St Louis, ad vocating nn amendment to tho na tional banking net, to ompowor na tional banks to loan money ou real cstato security. Directors of national banks who fail to hold meetings frequently and who glvo other evidences of a lack of personal Interest In the affairs of their banks will hereafter llnd a na tlonat examiner overhauling their in stitution least four times a year. All tho Madrid papers print tho statomont of Brigadier General Will, lanr II. Blxby, chief of engineers, United Stutcu army, that he belloved that tho destruction of tho battleship Maine In Havann harbor was caused by tho explosion of Its magazines nud not by external forco. Thousands of head of cattlo havo dlod from heat, hunger and thirst op tho ranges in western Texas and In Pecos valley, .and the losses oven now nro estimated from $000,000 to $750,000. Unless generous rains fall within ton days tho louses will go a couple of million or more. Cuba is arranging to pay a tribute to the sailors whotto Uvea woro sacrl Meed in tho destruction of the battle ship Maine. President Gomez has Issued a decree ordering a special demonstration of sympathy through out tho republic as soon as Havana harbor gives up tho dead. That his wlfo has refused to keep house In La CroBso, saying that sho did not desire to remain his wife longer because women will have tho ballot In Wisconsin soon, and that she then intends to run for governor, Is the husband's defense mado to auk of divorce begun In La Crosse, Wis., by Mrs. Prison W. Olson. Dr. William T. Hornnday, director of tho Now York zoological park, And a member of tho Campflre club, testi fied boforo tho house committee on expenditures in tho department of commerce and labor, that Secretary Nagol and Fish Commissioner Bower "tried to Buppross" him two years ago bocauso he Bought legislation to preserve- tho diminishing herd of seals on tho Pribllotf islands. Perianal. Senators this week will be busy with reciprocity. Congressman Mitchell, ot Kansas, died after a long Illness; Dissolution threatens tho unionist party of Great Britain. Tho condition ot John W. Gates, now In Paris, is reported ns un changed. Aviator J, C. Mara was probably fa tally Injured by a fall during a flight at Brio, Pn. Governor Dcnocn said while Lorl mor posod as a friend, he was in real ity faleo to him. senator Aa toilette proposes to tako up consldorablo tlmo in dls cusslon of reciprocity. Portland, Ore, was chosen by the grand lodge of tho Benevolent pro tective Order ot Elks as the noxt meeting place. Sensational charges against Attor ney Qeneral WIckerBhata wore made THE NEBRASKA HOG EXPERIMENTAL STATION TELLS AS TO HIS GROWTH. COST OF TIIE ANIMAL'S KEEP Valuable. Information for the Nebras ka Farmer. Other Matters- at the State Capital. Tho Nebraska Experiment Station has Just Issued Bulletin No. 121, on titled, "Growing Hogs in Nebraska.': This bulletin Is divided into two parts. Part I. Part I gives a summary of tho co3t of growing young pigs to the weight of SO pounds. The items of cost taken Into consideration Includo tho cost of keeping tho sow for nn entire year, charging for tho pasture and the grain cnten, both by tho sow and by tho lit ter, up to tho tlmo tho litter reachoa an average weight of 60 pounds, On this basis tho cost Is nbout $18 to $20 for keeping old sows, and $20 to $22 for gilts or sows fnrrowing their llrst litter. This cont Is pnrtly repaid by tho IncrcaBo In weight of yearling and two-year-old sows. After deduct ing tho valuo of tho growth of tho sows, tho not cost to be charged ugalnst tho pigs Is from $l to $12 por llttor when they roach tho SO-pound average weight. Tho averngo number of pigs fnr rowod In theao experiments was 0.8 pigs for old ows and 8 pigs for yoiing sows. Tho nvcrago number per llttor at tho close of tho experiment was G.C pigs for old sows and C pigs for young sowB, In tho test, 41 old sows nud 50 young sows woro used. Tho cost of reed charged up against each pig at SO pounds weight was $2.13 as tho nverago of all sows tar two yours. This makes tho cost or producing pigs up to 50 pounds $4.20 por hundred, which Is 'somewhnt higher than tho cost of gains after that weight, provided tho pigs aro occonomtcally fed nnd sold whon they reach about 22C pounds weight. To redtico tho cost of tho ilgurcB glvon In this bulletin, tho yearling and older sows woro kopt upon pasture alono during thp pasture season after, weaning their litters nnd upon rations of about ono-half alfalfa hay nnd one half grain during tho winter season. In winter, for each 100 pounds weight of tho maturo sows, ono and one-half pounds of grain was fed dolly; that le, lr ten sows weigh 3,000 pounds they would requlro 45 pounds of grain dally, with an equal amount of alfalfa hay fed either In racks or cut and mixed with tho grain. Upon theso rations tho sows gained 112 pounds each during tho winter Hcason up to fnrrowing time. The gilts required liberal feeding during tho summer on pnsturo and during the winter following. From .5 to 3 pounds of grain, gonorally corn, was fed for onch 100 pounds llvo weight of tho pigs whllo they wero on pasturo; that Is, 10 pigs weighing ,000 pounds received from 25 to 30 pounds ,of grain dally. Ten pigs weighing 1,500 pounds received from 38 to 45 pounds daily. Part II. Part II deals with the cost of grow ing pigs from weaning time, or about DO pounds weight, to tho time they aro taken from alfalfa pastures and put Into the feed lot. Soven hundred nnd ninety-two pigs aro Included In these tests, which cover several years' work. In,gonorn, those pigs wero fed loss than a full grain ration, most ot them receiving two pounds to 2.5 pounds grain dally for each 100 pounds iivo weight. Tho average cost of tho grain and pasture In growing theso pigs was $3,30 per 100 pounds. It will bo seen that this coat is lower than tho cost of producing the 50 pound pig, and it is also lowor than the cost of finishing the pig for mar kot after he la placed in winter quar ters. According to figures which will be presented in a subsequent bulletin. mo cost ot reeas per 100 pounds or gain with pigs In dry lota It $3.57 Dor hundred, figured upon tho samo cost for fued. an that used in Bulletin 121. This bulletin mny bo had free of cost by residents of Nobraska upon application to tho Nebraska Agrlcul- tural Experiment Station, Ltncoln. E. A. BURNETT, Director. Made Postal Depositories, The following banks havo been ap proved as depositories for postal bank funds In Nebraska; Blair National, Blnlr; Banking house of F. Folda. scnuyior; Farmers' National, York: City National, David City; Contrnl National, Koarnoy; Richardson Coun ty bank, Falls City;. First National, York Hank of Commerce. Haatlnrfl: iiarnino bank of Falrbury; Beatrice Btato bank, Beatrice; First National Falls City; First National, Falrbury. Federal Law Tax. Tho llrst prosecution of a Nebraska corporation for failure to rondor the report of Its business under tho pro vision or the federal tax law was started In tho Lincoln division ot tho federal court. Tho suit was filed by Assistant District Attorney Lane against tho Kregal Windmill company of Nebraska City. The bill of tho district attorney declares that the eptnpany bus willfully refused k to make tho report required by law ot its business for the yoar coding Decern bor 31, 1910. THE PARDONS BOARD. Meets fit Office of Governor Organizes. and Tho stato board of pardons and tho state prison board, composed of tho samo appointees, mot in tho offlco of Governor Aldrlch and organized, John O. Yclsor of Omaha being mado chair man of tho stnto prison board nnd E. G. Maggl of Lincoln chnlrman of tho board of pardons. Dr. J. R. Butler 1? the othor member of tho bonrd. Besides ndontlnc rules of nroccdure alid a form ot parole agreement, tho board signalized its entrance into of flco by pnrolllng Albert Abels, who was sont to prison from Nebraska City, to servo a thrco-yenr sentence for burglary. According to Prison Physician Sprndllng, AboU is In tho Inst Btagos of consumption. Tho doctor agreed to bo responsible for Abels. Tho man wns reported to bo niennco to the other prlsonors con fined with him, , Tho rules regulating applications for pardons and commutations nro lengthy. It Ib provided tho petition must bo mado In writing, addressed to the governor, but sent to tho bourd and signed by tho party under convic tion or othot' person in his, behalf. Tho petition must contain a brlof his tory of tho case, biography of tho prisoner, reasons for tho pardon, ar ranged In tho form ndopted by tho board. Description of tho crlmo, conviction and sentenco comes first. Under this head the board requires such Infor mation as ngo, birthplace, places ot residence, employment, names of em ployers, two closest frlcnd3, names ot members of tho family, with address es, occupations and ages. It Is pro vided that where information con cerns others than tho party under conviction it shall be furnished on a separate paper and not made public except under ordor of court. Other particulars under (this head ing aro education received and ,whero; whether over before convict ed of crlmo; if so, tho naturo und tho timo nnd place of the offonso und tho expiration of sentenco; whother previous application for rollof has beon mado, with the grounds and any correspondence relating to tho mat ter. This petition must bo filed three weeks In advance of tho considera tion ot tho matter and must bo ac- ompanled by statements from thu udge presiding at the trlnl and tho prosecuting attorney, or reasons fur nished for not having statements. Ro- ports other than nbovo to tho gover nor or advisory board 'by Judges, prosecuting attorneys or other of ficers will bo treated as confidential. Notlco of the application will set forth tho main particulars contained In tho petition and. the time of hear ing nnd will bo 'published. A .copy ot this notlco will bo nerved on tho prosecuting witness nnd tho state's attorney. Printed nnd brnl argu ments may bo mado by counsel for applicant. The Contract Let. Tho board of public lands nnd build Ihgs has let a contract for tho roctlon of nn addition to tho dining room of the instltuto for tho fooblo minded nt Bontrlco, to cost $2,275. New State University Building. Specifications aro bolng completed In tho office of tho superintendent of grounds and buildings at the state university for tho now $85,000 build ing to be erected nt tho state farm Addition to Postoffice. E. D. Ryorson of tho United States Troasury department was in Lincoln for a conferenco with federal ofllclalt regaraing tho spending $100,000 addi tion to tho Lincoln federal building. Registration Board Officers. At a meeting of tho stallion regis tration board H. R. Smith, professor ot animal husbandry in the univer sity, was elected president; A. Boo- strom, stato Veterinarian, was chosen vice-president; and Secretary W. R. Mellor of tho Stato Board ot Agricul ture was elected secretary. Uncle Sam's Realty Holdings. The federal government owns 9, 870.9 acres of unoccupied Nebraska land in the counties under tho Juris diction of the Lincoln land office, ac cording to reports Just compiled. Tills Is 1,661 acros more than waa listed as vacant lands in lost year's roport Tho Increase for 1911 la due to voluntary relinquishments. International Malls. Postmaster Slzer has received no tice of renewed attempts to enforce tho regulations governing lntornation al malls, with regard to tho importa tlon of dutiable articles through tho post. Strict prohibition of tho use upon tho address side of a letter ot any Btamp other than tho ' regular postage Btamp 1b contained In nn op der received by Postmaster Slzer. Counties Get Auto Funds. Now that nutomobllo license money goes to tho county where tho appll cant lives, county treasurers who havo boon holding applications havo begun to fllo them with the secretary of state. If applications were made prior to July 7 tho state would havo received the fee ot $1 each. Thu secretary of stato 1b still required to Issue the licenses, but the funds go to the different counties to be used for the improvement of roads. The see- retary of stato has received thirty' nine applications from Douglas, FAGE8 THE CHOLERA GOTHAM IN MDST .OF A THREAT ENED INVASION. FIFTEEN GASES IN HOSPITAL Public Charges Made Against Health Officer Doty of Allowing Employes to Endanger Health. Now York. Although tho cholera situation at quarantine! Is at present regarded by Dr. Alvnh H. Doty, health officer of tho port, as being wo)l In hand ho did not conceal his apprehen sion thnt Now York is "in tho very midst of a threatened invnalon of cholera." Tho quarantine department of ovory port in this country is facing a very Borious nnd onerous task during tho Bummer,'' nald Dr. Doty, "and it la not Improbable that many vessels ur rlvtng from Italy in tho noxt tow weoks will bring ono or moro canes ot tho disease." Today'8 official report ot tho situa tion shows there aro fifteen cases In Swinburne Island hospital, nnd four cases nymptomlc of tho dlseano. With- n twenty-four hours ono moro victim has died. Tho steamer Porugla ban boon detained and tho modlcal Btaff 1b preparing to moko bacteriological ex amination of the 284 persons from tho stcamor Moltko who aro now un der observation. It is possible Governor Dlx will be called upon to tako charge at quaran tine. Charles Dushklnd, attorney for tho immigrants, whoso charges against Dr. Doty aro bolng investigat ed by a commission, mado public a letter ho wrote to Judgo Bulger of the commission, suggesting tho latter call upon Governor Dlx to tako churga ot tho health officer's department. In a statomont in reply to an inter view attributed by n morning paper to Judgo Bulger, Dr. Doty rovlowcd tho situation and pointed to the element of danger. "Tho statements attributed to Judge Bulger." Dr. Doty sayB. "aro calculat ed to alarm tho peoplo in the midst of a threntonod invasion of cholera that I feci Justified in making a re ply." "'What can Dr. Doty, health otncoi of tho port, mean when ho allows llvo men who havo been in dally contact with persons suffering from Asiatic cholera to come hero in tho samo clothes tlioy woro when among tho cholera victims and touch elbows with evorybody they moot? " 1b tho question propounded by Judge Bul ger, in tho interview. 'The facto aro Uiobo: Tho ftvs men referred to wero called na wit nesscs by tho persons in charge ot tho investigation and woro permitted by me to bo nbsent from duty at Hoff. man Island for this purpose. Cholera is not transmitted by clothing or by tho air, but by actual contact through tho mouth with discharges from the intestinal tract of tho cholera victims., Thero is, thoreforc, no dnnger what ever from contact with a person who has boen In the presenco of tho dis ease ADJOURNMENT IN SIGHT. All Legislative Paths Lead to Speedy Close of Congress. Washington. All legislative paths now lend to speedy adjournment of congreRB aftorAho voto on tho Arlzo- un-Now Moxlco statehood bill Is taken in tho senate on tho legislative day of August 7. Tho senato will be ready then, In all probability, desplto tho gonoral tariff revision threat of Sen ator Cummins of Iowa und othor in Hurgents, and tho house will not Inter pose any fresh legislation to disturb tho senate's program for winding up tho extra session, Only six days remain before tho fin al vote is reached upon tho Canadian reciprocity bill in tho senato. Its passago by a two-thirds voto of tho senato Is confidently predicted by senate loaders who havo seen many Important amendments voted down In tho last few days by majorities larger than they had vontured to'hopo for. Senator's Wife Burned. Lynchburg, Vo, Funeral services fny im Nni-nksn nhlallnlnm flwnn mother of United StnteB Senator Owen of Oklahoma and Major O. S. Owon, U. S. A., retired, of Washington, wore hold Sundny in St. Paul's Episcopal church and in Sprlnghllr cemetery. Mars la Recovering. Erie. Pa. J. C. (Bud) Mara, who was hurt whon ho foil with his aero- piano hero Inst Friday, Is rapidly re rnvnrinir. Tin sat un for several hours Sunday, and as he Is now out of dan ger, it is expected will bo nblo to leavo tho hospital In another week. Flyer Jumps the Track. Bradford, Pa. Tho Rochester and Buffalo Uyer on tho Rochester & Pitts burg railroad, went into tho ditch Sunday attornoon, whllo running on a straightaway track and seven of tho soventeen passengers wero injured. The wheols of tho tender left tho rails and tho cars followed, careonlng against an embankment which pro vented their turning over. Tho pas- gangers, aftor medical attention, were cent on their Journey on a special train. Officials ot tho road aro un able to explain the causo of tho wreck. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notus of Interest from Various Sections. Mamjgor Glenn of tho Lyric theater, Beatrice, purchased tho Auditorium clock of John Hcocock ot New Mexi co for $12,000. The- golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Samuelson, resld-" log thrco miles east of Davey, was cel ebrated at their homo by a family re union. Tho first exhibition ofi wireless tel egraphy ever mnde by tho United States navy department at a state fnlr Is to be shown nt tho Nebraska otato fair In Lincoln. Dundee, a suburb ot Omaha, Is llgur ing on putting in a wnter plant. Llttlo Harold Runyan shot himself in, tho mouth at Morrill, but vi.m no greater dnmnge, It Is hoped than that of having hlu two front tooth knocked out. Dr. Henry C. Victor, who lled In Lincoln recently, was ono of tbo old est practicing dentists in that city. Ho sustained a slight stroke of apc ploxy four years ago and since that tlmo lias been In poor health. Postmaster Shelley received notice from tho postofllce department thnt tho Falrbury postofflco has been de signated for tho establishment of a postal savings bank, nnd tho new en terprlso will be installed August 1. Mr. W. H. Zentz, who lives a few miles north of York, roports that ho threshed from a field of lltty-four acres 1,323 bushels of wheat, bolng an average of twenty-four and ono hnlf bushels per acre. W. M. Davis has resigned tho city marshal's Job in Broken Bow upon re quest of Mayor ledwich, and W. M. Rlckel has been appointed to All tho vacancy. Davis' resignation was asked for because ot neglect of duty. Tho body of Gus Hornbloom wns found in tho granary on his farm, three miles Bouth-east of Osceola by neighbors who had been hunting for him for come tlmo. lie- had climbed tho stairs leading up tho outsldo nnd tied a vopo around his nock having been hanging for two or three hours whon found. Because tho supply of grain nnd livestock in Dodgo county Is at tho lowest ebb readied In several years the valuation ot personal property in tho rural districts, as shown by the annual report of County Assessor Henry Oberman to tho etato board of equalization, is lowor by many thou sand dollars than last yoar. O. Peterson, a bacholor ranchman living near Harrlsburg, set a trap to catch tho thief who had been pilfer ing from htB homo during his nb senco and Sam Bonson, a 15-year-old boy who walked into It, is dead. Peterson arranged a gun lnsldo tho door with a string attached to tho trigger nnd - so pointed) that any one. entering tho houso would receive tho charge. Dr. W. D. Gibbons and Postmaster Jool Eaton ot Lorton, fourteen miles southwest of Nobraska City, wero severely and perhaps fatally Injured in an nuto accident two and one-hair miles- from Nobraska City while they wero returning to their homos. The machine was running at a high rate of spoed when tho drlvor lost control and It ran Into a roadsldo hedge turn ing turtle forty yards from Uie road.' A novel incident happened at Ra venna. Ralph Horrlck, a small boy, went fishing in Beaver creek near the Burlington bridge, accompanied by hl constant companion, a superannuated and almost toothless bird dog. Tho boy hooked an olght-pound catfish, and after quite a tussle, had It near tho bank In tho shallow water. The old bird dog Jumped Into tho water, seized tho fish and dragged It up on dry lnnd. Over 100 pppllcatlonB for pardon or prtrolo nre on file with tho stato par don board. Tho board has so far used a day for hearing each case. The ex pense per case is $60. Tho tost of hearing 100 cases at this rato will be $0,000, whereaB tho appropriation for tho board for tho btonnlum is only $4,000. After tho appropriation Is ex hausted, it Is expected that tho board will eXpediato Its work, possibly hear ing two or three cases in the course of n day, , A ploneor mlnistor of Nebrnska, tho Rov. Edward J. Robinson, died at his homo in Sheridan, Wyo, Two weeks ngo ho suffered a slight ntroke of paralysis, and from that tlmo fail, cd rapidly. Mr. Robinson was born nenr Schenectady, N. Y., September 13, 1835. He camo with his family to Nebraska In 1879 and began tbo es tablishment of a home on a farm In Sarpy county. Spontaneous combustion was the cause allegod to have started a flro In a bunk car standing in tho Missouri Pacific yards In Plattsmouth, which consumed itaud another which was partly loaded with cement. A gang of Italians occupied tho enr, but on account of the extreme heat thoy had transferred .their sleeping quarters to tho freight house platform and wero not In the car. at the time of tho starting of tho fire. Stnto Englnoer Prlco is of the opini on that a few irrigation ditches will havo to bo shut down boforo tho sum mer is over. Lack of water in a few instances will compel the shutting off of tho supply of eomo of tho later appropriations of water from the North Platto river, Thrco merchants of Beaver City and one nt Hendloy woro arrested by tho dairy and sanitary inspector for having decayed eggs In their posses eion. Thoy were fined $50 each. Al bert Martin, a farmer who sold eggs that aro alleged to bo spoiled, was also arrested, but has not been tried. to a house committee.