THE SEMI-WEEKLY TBliUME 1
IRA L. BARE. Publlsbor,
TERMS, fl.25 IN ADVANCE.
NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
FOR THE BUSy IN
NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON
BE COMPASSED.
MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
Home and Foreign Intelligence Con
denied Into Two and Four
Line Paragraphs.
Washington.
Tho state department has decided
to await tho notion of European nu
tlons moro directly Interested ttian
tho United States In tho proflont war
between Italy and Turkoy, beforo is
suing n neutrality proclamation. Tho
document already has been prepared
(or Issue, but a restraining factor is
found In tho peculiar nttltudo of tho
Turkish government.
A decision by tho supremo court on
tho constitutionality of tho so-callod
employers' liability law of 1908 Is ex
pected October 16. Soveral casoa
raising tho constitutionality of tho
law woro argued last spring and have
been under consideration all summer.
Another anticipated decision con
cerns tho water supply In westorn
streams, It is tho enso of Henry
Schoddo against tho Twin Falls 1-and
and Water company.
Tho task of attempting to put an
end to all Inltlntlvo and referendum
legislation in this country was bosun
Wednesday In tho supremo court of
the United States. Counsol for tho
Pacific States Tolophono & Tele
graph company filed a brief attack
ing a law of Oregon bccaiiso it was
enacted by vlrtuo of tho Inltlatlvo
Imendmont to tho atato constitution,
which is alleged to bo In violation of
the federal constitution,
Attorney General Wlckorsham filed
a brlof In tho supremo court of tho
United Statos and began his fight be
foro tho tribunal to rinve tho principal
coal-carrying railroads and coal-owning
companies In tho nnthrnclto sec
tions adjudged to bo In violation ot
the Sherman anti-trust law, An en
tirely different attack was mado on
the corporations from that In Fcnn
lylvanla, whore tho government lost
In nearly overy point.
General,
The flag of Italy Is flying over the
forts of Tripoli.
The beer and cigar bill ot Senator
Stephenson was $30,000.
Violence marked the arrival of
itrlkebreakers at Now Orleans,
A proposal ot arbitration may be
advanced to Italy by Turkoy.
Mr, llooaevelt says It needed a bold
nan to start the I'anamu canal.
Mexico may have a new revolution,
timed against Madero,
Funoral services for Admiral Schley
trill be hold In St. John's church.
Flvo hundred thousand ncros were
disposed, of In tho Rosebud drawing.
President Tart was given a taste
at wild wost at Choyonno by broncho
busters.
J. O. Elliott of West Point was nom
inated as republican candidate for
congress In tho Third Nobraska dis
trict. The committee ot govornur'a Al
lien, Harmon and Hndloy made up
their brief In tho Minnesota rate
ease.
It will cost $120,000,000 to maintain
the United States navy and provide
for suitable increase In tho next lineal
year, according to tho estimates.
The commerce court Issued an or
der fixing OeUber 10 au tho dnto for
hearing of tliev application ot tho
transcontinental railways for an in
junction against the ordors of tho .in
terstate commerce commission,
The federal government brought
forfeiture suits against Nathan Allan,
of Kenosha, Wis., and John It. Col
Una of Memphis, Tenn., to rocovor
$185,000, the value of smuggled Jowela
and wearing apparol.
Provision for establishment of n
parcels post and transportation of mall
fey aeroplane hao boon made by Post
master General Hitchcock In his an
nual estimates of Post OfHco depart
ment expenditures submitted to the
Treasury department.
Thomas A. Eddluon, who returned
home by the steamship Amerlha on
September 28, becumo tho Idol of
Berllnora during his short stay thore,
veryono showing an almost comlcrtl
anxloty to catch a gllrapao of tho
great Inventor.
Following n rainfall ot almost six
laches St. Joseph wns visited by tho
most disastrous flood In Its history.
Ono man in missing, hundreds In tho
lowlands of South St. Jonoph, tho
packing houso district, are homeless
and prpporty damaged to tho amount
tt at least $'30,000 wan done.
Both tho Southom rnolflc and tho
louston & Texas Central railroads
practically declared nn open shop
when they made announcement that
shopmen on strike can rotum to work
Rny tjmo beroro Monday noon, Octo
ber A coroner's Jury at Oonvor hold
Mrs. Qertrudo Gibson Pattereop for
the killing of hor husband, Charles A.
I'atterspn, a former Chicago broker.
Tho report ot tho statistician of a
Texas railroad soya that the money
paid out for personal Injury claims Is
about as much as the earnings on tho
capital invested.
President Toft was delayod by
Ithcavy.rafns In Missouri,
; Tho Santa Fo road wants an order
1 - . ,
on Nebraska rates set aside.
Tho democratic state convention ot
Now Mexico nominated W. C, Me
Donald of Carrlzozo for g'ovornor.
Food and money nro asked for
flood sufferers at Austin:
Tho finances of the country mado
a good showing in Soptombcr.
Petitions aro circulating for consol
idation of South Omaha with Omaha.
Construction of tho Burlington Dig
Horn Basin connecting lino has been
put off,
American securities at London
were quietly firm during the early
trading,
Tho Now York anBcmbly passed tho
Forrls-Blauvolt direct nominations
bill,.
Governor Wilson was In control of
tho Now Jorsoy domocratlo stnto con
vention. The United States Is not ready to
declaro neutrality as botween Italy
and Turkey.
Tho RuiBlan declaration of neutrali
ty Is being drafted. It will not bo is
sued for a week.
John D. Rockefeller has Installed n
tolegraph lino to his homo near Tar-
rytown, N. Y.
A count of tho dead of Austin, Pa.,
Indicates tho total fatalities will ho
less than two hundred.
High water did gTent damago in
Wisconsin, almost entirely destroying
tho town of Black River Falls.
Campaign managers for Senator
Isaac Stophonson admitted tho Wis
consin man was a good spondor.
Republicans aro prono to wnndor
from tho fold, but will return said tho
president In his Donvor address.
Among tho first class postofllces de
signated as postal savings banks, or
fcctlvo November 4, Ik Omaha, Nob.
Three-quarters of a million dollars'
damngo was dono by tho rainstorm
which owopt over northern Ohio.
Dr. B. Olnrk Hydo of Kansas City
positively will bo placed on trlnl n
second tlmo on Octobor 1G, on n
chargo of murdering Colonel Thomas
If. Swopo,
A movement to raise n halt million
dollars to build a nntlonal monument
In Washington to tho memory ot tho
womon of tho civil war was launched
at Now York.
Thcro was1 a "cheaper food" riot at
Warsaw directed against the Jows in
tho suburbs. Thrco Jews and two
Christiana woro wounded. Tho pollen
restored order.
Tho will of tho lato Mrs. Olo Bull
Vaughn, daughtor of tho lato Nor
wegian violinist, Olo Bull, wns lllca
with Judgo Ilobbs of tho New York
county probate court.
Tho body of William E. Curtis, tho
widely known writer of Washington,
who dlpd suddenly In Philadelphia,
was taken to Washington and burled
In Rock Cook cometery.
Bccaune alio rotuod to respond to
his Importunities to marry him, Er-
sklne Swnlker Bhot nnd perhaps fa
tally woundod Miss Mndolono Komp,
and then committed suicide at Rock
Island.
Despite ,tbo. advent of tho postal
savings banks, tho savings doposlts
In tho national banks aro Increasing.
From June 7 to Soptombcr 1 thoso
doposlts grow from $034,100,000 to
$051,300,000.
Edward Ellis and Walter Nowlan
ploadcd guilty In tho United States
district court at Davenport, la., to
charges of being implicated In tho
operations of tho Mnbrny gang of
swindlers. ,
Tho Burnsldo shops ot tho Illinois
Central railroad became open shops,
a formal notice poBted within the
stockades Informing tho workcra that
horcafter tho road will deal only with
tin Individual employes.
Plans for a $2,000,000 systom of
freight terminals In Minneapolis woro
announced by tho Chicago, Rock Is
land & Pacific Railroad company.
Two tracts of ground have boen pur
chased, tho largor comprising thirty
acres,
norry Wall, tho ono-tlnio famous
king of dudos Is about to Join tho
great and growing army of American
expatriates, Ho has given ardors to
a house agent to find htm nn apart
mont In tho fashtonablo quarter of the
Avenuo da BoIb do Boulogne, Paris,
Tho honor of filing tho first regis
tratton application at Dallas, In con
nection with tho Rosebud nnd Pino
Ridge opening fell to Hugh O. Mo
Gaffrey, assistant superintendent of
tho Plnkorton agency in Chlcn'go. Ho
signed tho slip at two minutes after
midnight.
Waltar Llspenard Suydnn of Now
York was grantod nu Interlocutory de
cree of dlvorco by Justice Clarke ot
the supremo court In tho suit fllod
against Ldulso Lnwreuco Suydan. In
tho docrco Mm. Suydara Is ordered
not to romnrry or uso tho Suydam'fl
name. Undor tho docreo aho mnjro
mimo her maiden name of White.
Personal.
John D. Rockefeller has contributed
$1,000 tor celebration of Columbus
day in Now York City.
Chairman Stanloy Bays tho houso
steel trust Investigating committee
will carry out Its program,. '
Chief Snlago, of tho onco powerful
Chippewa nation, died aged 11)8.
Prosldont Tnft at Waterloo, Iowa,
made n plea tor fuirnosa In dealing
with tho big business Interests.
President Tnft arrived In Omaha
eleven hours latu owing to Hoods In
Nebraska and Kansas.
Cardinal Gibbons statos his .opposi
tion to Bomo ot the political proposi
tions now boforo the people.
Dr. n. Clark Hydo of KnuRns City,
accused of murdortug Colonel
Thomas H. Swopo, will go on trial
boforo Judge E E. Portorllold on
October 10.
SUPPLIES OF STATE
PUrtCHASE OF GOODS FOB NE
DRAOKA INSTITUTIONS.
THOSE WHO WERE SUGCESFUL
Report df the Warden of the State
Penitentiary, Other Matters of
Interest at tho Capital.
Land Commissioner Cowlcs, State
'iYcasurer George. Attorney General
Martin and Secretary of State Walt,
members of tho board of nurchnse
and supplies, were In session for two
nays buying supplies for stato Insti
tutions. Evorythlne. from a cako or
Bonn to n hpilntnil. wn linntrM In.
eluding groceries and moat, for tho
next thrco mon.hs. All purchases
nro mado by sample, and tho senate
chamber Is filled with goods of ovory
description, which the state olllcera
nro supposed to examine boforo ac
cepting a bid. Governor Aldrlch.
who is a member of ;the board, nas.
uub uwi oner wim me oiner mem
bors and ho does not Intend to do so.
Ho believes tho other members are
moro In duty bound to buy goods lor
tho stnto becnuso thoy nre required
to par for the BUDiilIes out of state
appropriations.
The following arc accented bids
for tnoat and flour for stato Institu
tions: Norfolk IIo3nltnl for Insnne Moat.
Swift, $1,200.12; flour and feed, Sugar
City Cereal, $C0D.7S.
Eurkott Cured ments. Armour.
$1,025; fresh meats. Cndahy, $210;
Hour and feed, York Milling Co..
$045.35.
Inglealdo Meat. Armour. J1.C80.70:
flour, Hastings Milling, $2,722,50.
Mllford. S. & S. Homo Meals.
Armour, $443.37; flour, Soward City
Mills, $171.10,
Geneva Meats, Cudaliy. $21.13:
flour, Crete Mills, 880.00: J. E'.
Guthrie, $0.25. v
Mllford Industrial Meats. Armour.
$192.12; flour, Soward City Mills,
$147.75.
Koarncy Meats. RoblnBon & Mil-
'lor, $1,213.25; Hour, Kenrney Flour
Mills, $307.10.
Beatrice Moats, Armour. $885.92:
flour, Gooch. J472.7C.
Orthopedic Meat, A. Josscn, $130.
Lincoln Asylum McntB, Armour,
$702 flour, Crote Mills,- $1,778.64.
Penitentiary Meats, Cudaliy, $1,;
701.42; flour, Gooch. 801.
Report of Penitentiary Warden.
Tho report of the warden of tho
Btato penitentiary for tho month ot
Scptombor shows that there was but
ono escape during that time that of
Harry Neville. Tho prisoner, how
over, did not cscapo from tho peni
tentiary proper, but ho violated trust
by breaking faith with tho State
Board ot Public Lands and Buildings.
Novillo had been working as an elec
trician at tho penitentiary and tho
stato board becamo so smitten with
the class of Jobs turned out by him
that they allowed xm t0 g0 tu varl.
ous othor stato Institutions nnd work
at lilt) trade. For this they paid him
rogular wagos.
IIo mado his get-away whllo thus
employed at the school for the feoble
minded at Beatrice Thero ho hor
rowed a sum of money from a woman
employed, tool: a suit case bolongtug
to another employe nnd after striking
Land Commissioner Covvlcs for a loan
disappeared.
Superintendent Manuel Reports.
C, H, Manuel, suiwrlntcndcnt of tho
Kearney Industrial school for boys,
on his last visit to tho stato house,
reported tho cscapo of flvo boya frpm
tho Institution. Thrco of them havo
b'eon enpturod,
Place for Postal Bank.
PostmnBter Slzcr, after consultation
with nn Inspector from tho postoltlco
department roktlvo to tho placing or
tho postal savings bank at tho Lin
coln oulco, has decided that tho only
logical plnco for this bank, consider
ing tho crowded condition of other
parts of tho ofuco, Is In tho money or
der department.
8eeks to Oust Official.
M. S. Melnlsh, nttornoy for Henry
Morgon8torn of Nomaha county, has
filed charges with Governor Aldrlch,
asking for tho Institution ot nn oustor
suit against County Attorney Fred
Hnwxby or Auburn. It la alleged that
Hawxby has not boon diligent In tho
prosecution of a criminal caso.
State Fair Finances.
According to tho revised Ilgures of
Secretary Mollor of tho statu fair
board, tho last Btato fair added $11,
000 to tho Burplus ot tne association.
Tho total receipts woro $94,523.00 and.
the expenditures so far $82,100.73.
TherO nro about $1,000 of outstanding
debts, It Is bolloved, claims for
which havo not yet been presented.
Omaha School Case Argued.
Judge Steward of the district cpurt
hoard arguments on tho application
of Jnmcs 8. Stewart of Hastings ror
an Injunction forbidding SUob R. Bar
ton, auditor or tho stnto, from Issuing
warrants against tho $100,000 appro
priation authorised by tho last ses
sion or tho legislature for tho con
struction of another building for tno
mcdlcnl collogo nt Omaha. Tho mat
ter was taken undor advisement by
the court and will bo submltod, by
briefs,
CANK3 IN NEBRASKA.
Nearly Gcveniy-slx Millions Are On
Deposit.
Tho quarterly roport of atate banks
til compiled-by Secretary Rovso of
tho State Banking Board for the pe
riod ending August 31 shows that
there is nearly $70,000,000 on doposit
and an avorngo reserve of nearly 34
per cent. Tho Incroaso ovor the for
mor quarterly renurt la more thnn
$3,000,000, but only about $100,000
moro than tho roport of ono year ago
for tliersamo tlmo.
Includod In tho Btatcmont la tho
sum of $172,141.90, which la tho
amount set aside undor the provisions
of tho bank guaranty deposit law for
tno protection of the atate banks.
This guarantees the $75,000,000 and
moro which Is now on deposit.
Tho following is a consolidated ah
stract showing tho condition of lncor
poratcd and savings bnnkB now doing
nusinoss undor stnto laws:
RESOURCES.
uons .. $03,337,313.00
(Overdrafts 480,395.84
1 BondB, securities, Judg
ments, etc 037,010.40
Due from bnnkn nnrf
bankers 20,92,4,939.02
jxiuKiuK nounc, lurnuuro
and fixtures 2.574.918.C4
Othor real estato 203,212.90
Expensos nnd taxes
Pa'd .' lv049,352.04
nh 4,429,010.08
wmer nssois ........... -.44,592.84
Total $93,681,357.19
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock
paldln .. si2.70B.34n nn
Surplus funds 2,539,102.55
u ii u i vi ueu
Pf?flta, s 2,309,144.83
uiviuuiiuH un-
P?,d, 12,899.37
Individual de
posits ....40,205,378.44
Domand cer
tificates of
posit 0,584,090.03
Tlmo certifi
cates of de
posit 25,772,041.19
Duo to. banks
nnd bankora 1,958,730.95 75,580,840.01
Rediscounts ; 75.715.00
Bills pay- v
!o 200,100.93
Guaranty
funds 172,141.90
Total $93,081,357.19
Secrotnry . Royco, commenting on
tho report, said:
"This roport ahows a very healthy
and BatiBfactory condition of tho
banks of tho state. Tho nverago re
serve in avatlablo funds is nearly 34
per cent.
"Doposlts have Increased ovor
$3,500,000 slnco the roport of Juno 1,
1911, nnd nu Increase of a llttlo ovor
$300,000 Blnco a year ago.
"Tho hlgh-watcr mnrk for deposits
In tho Btato banks of Nebraska, was
reached February 12, 1911). The roport
for that dato showed deposits amount
ing to $78,000,000.
"There is a guin of four In tho num-,
bor of banks reporting Juno 1, 1911,
and a gain of two slnco n year ago."
Petition Denied.
Tho petition of Flovd llnwll
bo adjudged u bankrupt wns dented
by Fcderol Judgo T. C. Munger. Raw
lings was part owner of a garage
which was defendant In n A nm n nn
suit following the death of Chris
Schavland, formorly Becretary or the
stnto board of enuallzntlon. Pnrt nf
the Judgment for $2,100 was assessed
against Rawllngs.
. Girl to Be Deported.
Lottlo ZacharlaB, a 10-yoar-old girl,
left Lincoln In company with an emi
gration agent, for Now York, whonco
Bhe will bo deported ub a defendant.
Tho girl enmo to this country with hor
father nnd was to have boon mnrrled.
The father died nnd tho marriage
failed. 'Tho fntlior left $7,000 to tho
girl, on condition that tho mother,
living In Leipzig, have tho ubo of it
for life.
Asking for a Pardon.
White Snnke, Long Tall and Fish
tall Lincoln nro among tho Winneba
go names attached to n petition bsk
Ing Govornor Aldrlch to pardon Louis
Priest, Bontonced to Bervo two yenrs
In tho penitentiary for giving liquor
to Peter Sharpback, another Indian.
Priest has sorved live months. Dis
trict Judgo .Graves has written a lot
tor also asking pardon for tho prls
oner. As to Cream Deliveries.
W. R. Jackson, stato food commlB
sloner, has issued tho following Btato
mont: Tho tlmo of tho year has now
arrived when tho cream dollvorles aro
much lighter than during tho summer
months nnd tho work of tostlng for
butter fat Is correspondingly lighter.
With tho crowdod condition removed,
It Is believed that testers will And
time to make accurate testa in most
ensos on tho dnto ot dellvorioa; thoro
foro notice Is hereby given that regu
lntion 59, which prohibits tho pay
ment for cream prior to tho day fol
lowing dcllvory, is suspended."
State Treasurer's Report.
Tho report of the stato tronsurer
for -tho month of Soptomber shows a
balance of $483,805 at tho colso of
business. This is $04,000 lens than a
month ago and noarly $160,000 less
thnn two months ago.
Road Files Report. '
Tho Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha railway has fllod Its report
with tho Stato Railway commission,
tho accounts showing that tho not and
gros3 Incomo of tho route havo In
creased for the year ending July 1.
1911.
much workon hand
UNITED STATE8 SUPREME COURT
NOW IN SESSION.
MANY CASES ON THE DOCKET
Eight Hundred of Them for Consider
atlon Which Will Require
Until May.
Washington. Tho supremo court of
tiio United States will conveno Mon
day at noon nftor a four-months' re
cess. It will remain in session until
the last of next May and will consldor
as many ot tho 800 cases now on tho
docket as tlmo will permit. An esti
mate has It that the court will dis
pose of about 400 cases during the
torm, but that about 200 additional
cases will bo docketed boforo next
Juno.
Tho memhora of tho court havo ar
rived with tho oxccptlon of Associate
Justlco Day, The illness' of Mrs. Day
has detained him in' Canton. O. Chief
Justice Whlto wns among tho first to
nrrlvo whllo Justices Harlan, MoKcn
na, Holmos, Lurton, Hughos, Vnnde
vnntor and Lamar returned In amplo
time for thooponlng term.
Urrllko pnst sessions, members of
tho court returned from their vaca
tions to moot duties other than the
rdlitlnO workfot thclr-ofllceB.
Chief Justlco Whlto and Associate
Justices Lurton and Vandevnnter ara
to complete their work, if possible, at
an early dato. of revising tho caulty
rules-of tho fedoral courts. At their
suggestion tho circuit Judges appoint
ed committees to recommend amend
ments to .tho rules, which generally
aro regarded ns having outlived tholr
usefulness. Some of these committees
are ready to submit their renorts.
Others uro expected to Bend In their
recommendation soon.
Thoso rocommendntlons will bo con
sldered by the committor of tho pmirt
and n final lrnft of now rules propared
for promulgation by the trlbnnnl. Dur
Ing tho BUinmor Justlco Lurton snent
Borne tlmo In England learning directly
Impressions of tho English Jurists,
who recently prepared now equity
rules for tho courts of their country.
Bocnuso of tho abolishment on Jan
uary 1, 1913, of all circuit courts of the
United States, loavlnj? only tho dls
trict courts.1 tho-court of anneals nnd
tho supreme court. It will bo nocoa
snry to rovlso tho rules governing pro
cedure In tho sunremo court. It Is he.
Moved tho court will not nnlr tovThb
them to moot tho abolishment of tho
circuit courts, but It will modernize
them In many ways.
A long list of Important cases, sec
ond ouly to tho great Standard OH and
tobacco oases, will demand tho court's
attention during tho first month of Its
session. Threo casos Involve nlleend
violations of tho Shormnn nntl.t
law. Those are the suits against the
principal anthracite coal carrvlnir mil.
roads and coal owning companies and
against tho railroads operating tho
bridges over tho Mississippi at St
Louis. WIN8 AVIATION PRIZE.
Lieut. JHans Gerlcke the Successful
Man.
Kansas City. Mo. In wlnnlnir tno
James Gordon Honntt trnnhv In hi
Intornatlonalballoon race which start
ed from this city Thursday, Lieuten
ant Hnns Gorlcko, pilot of the Berlin
II, wns lost to the wor d for tho third
time. Tho Berlin II landed In tho wil
derness near Holcomb, Wis,, at i
o'clock Saturday mornlnir. thorobv
traveling seventy-five miles further
than It competitors In tho rncc. For
throe doys ho was entirely, lost to the
world.
Contractor's Body Found.
Clovolnnd. The body of Damns Pe-
Joau. 03 rears old. a woalthv nontrnp.
tor, was found In a now houso which
no wns completing on Clifton boule
vard. Ills skull had boon crushed.
Cnpt. Cook Resigns.
Washington. The reslKuntlon of
Captain Frnnk A. Cook, recently
court-martialed at Son Francisco for
conduct unbecoming an officer, has
been accopted by the prosldent, ltwas
announced at tho War dopnrtmcnt on
tho 0th.
Earthquake Recorded.
Washington. An earth shock, eatl-
mated'to have occurred at a distance
of about 2,500 miles from Washington,
was recorded at tho Georgetown uni
versity observatory.
Bomb In Chicago Bakery.
Chicago. Excitement was cnusod
horo by tho explosion of n bomb In the
rear ot tho bakury of Charles H.-u-hsi
on tho south side of the clty No ar
rests woro mado.
Observe Poet' Riley's Birthday.
Indlannpolls, lnd Tho first Kenural
obsorvanco of Jnmos Whitcomb m.
ley's birthday nnnlversnry was held
i-Yinny in ovory Indiana school. iff
recognition of tho honor, the "Hooslor
poet" iBSUca grootlnus to his children
friends.
In Hands of Women.
Topokn, Kan. The entire ndmlnl.
stratlon of .unnowoll, Kan., in the
hands of women appears now to bo
the plan of Mrs. Ella Wilson, mayor of
the town.
NEBKA8KA IN CRIC7.
News Notae of Interest from Varloua
Sections.
The Boatrlco board of cducattoa
has appropriated tho sum-'of $100 a
preliminary expenses toward tho in
stallation of a public playground tor
tho children of Beatrice.
Tho broom factory at Dcshlcr is in
stalling a set of platform scales and,
a power elevator. The larger amount
of broom cora now required by the
factory mado this step necessary.
Gnslav 'Anderson, United States
commissioner at Omaha, of national
prominence In Masonry nnd a pio
neer resident of that city, dlod sud
denly In tho Union station at Chicago.
The many friends and pupils ot the
Beaver City schools gave a reception
for Prof, and Mrs. W. T. Davis, who
leave for tholr new homo at McCook,
Mr. Davis havlnx been elected sunor-
lntcndont of schools at that place.
The belt from tho old school house
at Deshler has been rescued from tho
ecrap pllo and placed on a tower by
the new high school building. It now
colls tho children to school in the
Bamo tones that It called their fathers
and mothers beforo them.
Tho average salary of Plcrco hlEh
Bchool teachers In schools on tho unl
cerslty accredited Jlst Is $08 per
month. Tho average salary of tho
thirty-soven graduated class 1911 of
the Peru normal who hold high school
positions Is $74 per month.
The new Christian church nt Hum
boldt, which has been under construc
tion during the spring and summer.
Is noarlng1 completion. The bulldmc
Is of preposscs3lvo appearance and Is
a model for comfort, beauty and con
venience. A sheriff from South Dakota was in
Arapahoo In pursuit of two men who
committed a murder thero a few
weeks oko. Parties answering tho
description wero thero several days
trying to sell somo horses. They
passed on south.'glvlng out tho state
ment thnt they wero going to Kansas.
John Dern, former Fremonter, has
refused to accept the nomination for
mayor of Salt Lake. Mr. Dern ex
plained to tho business men's commit
tee thnt hio duties as a member ot
the state board mado it Impossible for
him to consider running for tho ofllco
although his election seemed certain.
Flvo boys escaped fronf the Kear
ney industrial school according to a
roport mnde by Superintendent O. B.
Manuel. Ono of the trustees was a
doorkeeper. Ho fled and let four or
his companions out with him. Three
of tho boys wero captured at PloW
anton, twenty miles north, tho next
day. Thoy had tramped all night.
The other two havo not been founa.
Joe Nlsley, a young man 25 years
of age, had a narrow escapo from
drowning 'at Livingston. Ho and his
two brothers -were dipping hogs on
their farm south of Lexington. His
brothers went to a melon patch ana
when thoy returned found Joe In tho
dipping tank unconscious. The tank
was full ot dip. Two doctors were
called, and pumped over ii quart or
dip from him. Doctors say thero Is
a good chanco for his recovery.
Twenty or moro officers of tho dif
ferent associations comprising tho
association, known as organized agri
culture, met at tho Lincoln office of
Secretary Mellor of tho stato board
or agriculture and selected an execu
tive commltteo which will proparo a
program and make arrangements for
tho annual meeting of tho association
in Lincoln, beginning January 15.
Amos S. Eager is tho first' man in
Lancaster county I to reclster tho
name o his farm homo. Mr. Eager 1b
tho owner of an eighty-acre home
stead In Rock Creek nroclnct and he
hnB christened . It "Spring Grove."
Last Week ho registered this nnmo in
the office of tho cotmty clerk, in nur-
suanco of a law enacted bv tho last
legislature. No otner person in the
county can now call hla.or hcr homo
Spring Grovo.
Three national banks I n Unrnln
are to bo depositories for nostnl rv.
Ings bank funds according to Infor
mation received from thn nnatnfnnn
department. Notices rolntlvo to the
amount of bonds roqulred to guaranty
mo uepo8its wore roceived by tho
First National nnd the Nntlnnnl nnnir
of Commerco and tho City Natlonnl
expects a Blmllar notification within
a few days. Tho Central National did
uot.npply for tho deposits.
The South Omaha live stock mnrknt
broke all records for tho month nr
Sentomber. with totni
month of September nt tho closo of
uusiness September 29, 1911, of
015,088 head, ns coraparod to Septem
ber, 1910. tho nrOVioUB rnpnr.l Ran.
tembor, with 018,723, an Increase of
1.365 head. Octobor, 1910, was the
heaviest month in tho matter of
shoop receipts in tho history of th
mnrkot, with n total of 047,752 head.
bo mat it win bo seen that In the
month of Soptember, 1911, receipts or
Bheop only lacked 32.GG4 of nnnniinn.
tho largest rocelpts for any ono
month In tho history of tho South
Omaha stock yards.
Conductor McGrocor. whn
the Burlington railway tor over
twenty years and went to Now Mexi
co bocnuso of his health and took to
ratslng Angora goats, is back to Ne
braska City becauso tho altitude was
too high nnd hla health was falling,
Comparatively little fruit hn. i,,L
put up by Fremont housewives this
61-uBon, uuo 10 tno nigh price of sugar
say dealers. Against nlnoteen car
loads of peaches solii
the fall of 1910, When prices Identical
wim inoso cnarged this season pre
vailed, only six cars wero sold ' In
1911,