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TIE SEN-WEEKLY TMNIE UU L 8AXB, PaMteheC. TMUU, (1.2 1 IN ADVAKOH tWftTH MATTE, . NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OP GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS tatlenal, Political, Personal ntl Other Mer In Brief Form for All Classes of Reader. Washington. Tho aonate by ft unanimous vote formally ratified President Taft's noti fication to Russia of tho termination of tho treaty of 1832. Senator Pcnroso presented a bill to provide for a six dojr week and eight tiour day and extra pay for ovortlrao for mall carriers In city delivery ser vice and clerks In first and second class pdstofllccs, OonfuMon over tha location of tho boundary lines In tho public lands In Congressman Klnknld's Nebraska dis trict led that member to introduco a bill In tho house to appropriate $100, 000 for a rcstirvoy of such lands. Discovery by tho congressional joint coramlttco on printing that "adultoratcd" paper had been used for years In tho government printing of fice lod to tho announcement of a complete now sot of government paper standards. Tho Cummins bill to give right of uppeal from the decree lu tho Ameri can Tobacco company reorganization case to the supromo court of tho Unit ed States was discussed in tho senate committee on tho Judiciary and re ferred to a committee. Tho supremo court of tho United States adjourned on Friday until Monday, January 8. Much of tho tlmo of tho Justices during pio recess will bo devoted to preparing opinions In cases. Subsequent to a call at tho White. houao by Vlco President Sherman wide crodenco was given to a roport that Mr Sherman does not dcslro to be tho republican candidate for governor of Now York. It further was reported Apparently on tho highest authority that unless his party dCBlred him to run again for tho vlce-prcstdoncy, ho would retire from politics March. 4, 1013. General. 3, C. Mabray told the story of bis llfo at Council Bluffs. Tho urgent deficiency appropriation bill, bb passed by tho flenato, was held up In tho houso. The senato by a unanimous vote decided for the abrogation of Uio treaty with llussla. Veteran of Cuba feel themselves nblo to dlotate to tho prostdont, and ceotnlngly havo succeeded. Ten woro killed and nearly a score Injured In a collision on tho Milwau kee road In Minnesota. Trado relations botweon tho Unltod Statea and llussln aro not ntfoctod by tho abrogation of tho treaty. Three were killed and eight Injured In a troljcjr collision on the Kansas City-leaven worth Electric line. Twonty-threo slicks of dynamite wore found In the homo pt a depart ment store owner at Los Angeles, Tho foreign relations committee re ported a resolution abrogating the RusbIsh treaty of 1832 on January 1, 2913. James K. Hsckett, tho actor, ana MlM Beatrice Mary Bcckley ot Lon don, Bngkiid, were married lu Mil waukee,' President Tatt has accepted an in vitation, to open tho twelfth Interna tional Association ot Navigation con gress at Philadelphia, May 23. A Johannesburg dispatch to tno London Express reports a diamond rush at Blocmhof, a farming district on the banks of the Vaal river. State department advices continue to Indicate feeling ot unrest In Cuba as a result ot the retention In office ot officials who signally opposed GUban Independence. Control of Uie Elgin Board of Trado Mssed Into the hands ot Chicago and Wiscoeelo creamery men, elected on a producers ticket, Charles Potter was elected president. Bert H. Franklin, formerly an in vciitigator employed by tho defense in tho McNamara dynamite cases, was brought before court tor preliminary bearing or, the eocoud bribery charge i:galnst him, The senate made record tlmo in adopting a .house resolution, Tho measure provided for the payment of tho salaries of tho members ot tho houso at enco Instead ot January 1. Tho entire proceeding covered Bixty seconds. Six carloads or 37,500 gallons ot a tomato paste used In the manufacture t. cateup were seized In Chicago by order ot United States district Attor ney James II, Wllkerson on a charge that the substance contained decayed vegetable matter and was "filthy," Officials ot tho Turkish was office are circulating complaint that the Italian troops la Tripoli are using slum bullets. Governor Marlon B, Hay of Wash ington has declined to call a special nesetou of the legislature for the ea Wfltent of a preeldwtttal preference primary bill Twelve-persons, nearly all of them revolutionists,, escaped from Jails at Moxlcall. A Christmas present of $50,000 was voted to tho employes of tho Central TniBt company by directors of tho concorn. Both' houses of congress havo ad journed for the holidays. Tho houoo concurred In tho action of tho senate abrogating the treaty with ltussla. A ro-survoy of public lands In tho Sixth Nebraska district Is urged by Congressman Klnkald. Col. W. F Cody (Buffalo Bill) Is going to put In another season at tho show business. Tho urgent deficiency bill, carrying appropriation of $2,270,000, was pass ed in the House. Tho government, alleging an Illegal combine, has brought suit ngalnst tho Koystonc Watch Caso company. Bev Charles V T. Blcheson, ac cused of murder. Injured hlmsolf badly In his cell of n Boston prison. In a mcssago to congress tho presi dent said wool dutlea were too high, and revision should begin immediate Congressman C. O, Lobock of Ne braska will fllo as a candidato for ronomlnatton as congressman from tho Second Nebraska district. Twonty-llvo damage suits, aggregat ing $82,400, were filed against tho Bayloss Pulp and. Paper eompany ot Austin, Pa., and against President George C. Bayloss, From an authoritative- sourco It was learned, that the likelihood of any further ndvanco In prices by tho United States Btcol corporation la rathor remote. Suits In bankruptcy of tho Western Steol corporation, showing liabilities of $1,403,400 and assets of $7,330,905, woro filed In tho United States dis trict court nt Seattle. Amendments to tho articles of In corporation of tho Minneapolis & St. LouIb Railroad company havo boon filed, Increasing tho capital stock from $20,000,000 to $30,000,000. Tho will ot John R. Walsh, tho for mer Chicago banker who died early In November following his roleoso from tho Loavonworth penitentiary, was admitted to .probate. Tho Jowlsh Chronlclo Bays that tho loading Jowlsh Institutions In London havo decided to urgo tho abrogation of tho Anglo- Russian treaty, which dif ferentiates against tho English Jews. Edward If. Sinister, cousin or Morgan Shustor, treasurer general of Persia, Is In Now York, en route to Teheran from tho Panama canal zono. IIo is going to help the treasurer gen eral In his troublo with Russia. Twonty-threo sticks of high-power dynainlto woro found by a gardener burled In shrubbery at tho residence of Arthur Letts, owner of two of the largest department stores In Los Angeles. On or before July 1, 1012 Is tho time fixed for tho payment to China of the 3,100,000 pesos, as Indemnity for subjects ot that country maBsacred In Torreon by Moxlcans during tho recent revolution. Rose Eyttngo, at ono tlmo ono ot tho most popular leading women on the American stage, died on tho 21st at Amttyvlllo, L. I., from n paralytic stroke. Tho body will be taken to Washington for Interment. Captain Samuel II. Harper, C8 years old, mayor of Ottumwa, former state commander of tho Grand Army of the Republic, and twjco stato senator, dlod of heart trouble. Ho was cap tain of tho Forty-sixth regiment Unit- ed stftt08 colorcd tnfnntry during the Civil war, Twenty-five damtfco suits, aggregat ing $82,400, were filed against the Bayleds Pulp and Paper company ,01 Austin, Pa., and against President George O, Bayless, lndlvldualjy, to re cover for Iosbcs caused by the going out ot tho mill company's dam at Austin on September 30 last, At New Rocbellc, N. Y., character izing the nB as one of the greatest unrest and discontent which tho country evor know, Jacob Gould Schurman, president of Cornell uni versity, dltcumd conditions and pro posed remedies In an address before tho People's Forum. At Portland, Ore., "Mysterious Bll- iy tAinosj smiui. at ono ume a 1. ...nltn.n.nlnt.. ...tat fll,,- er, was shot and probably fatally wounded by A. B. Loomls, captain ot a river steamer. Tho shooting was said to bo the outcomo ot n series ot quarrels in which tho two men had engaged. Personal, Prostdont Tntt Is given credit at St, Petersburg for taqttulness. President Delano hopes to put the Wabash road on Its feet soon, Postofflco employes over tho coun try had to work Sunday on account oi the holiday rush, Chtnoso rebols aro In high feathers over tho virtual recognition ot their eauso by tho powers. Sonator Norrls Brown of Nobraskn addressed tho senate in support ot tho Sherwood pension bill, which re cently passed tho house. Attornoys for Chicago packers tried to have tholr cases dismissed. Senator Borah discussed "big bus! ncss" lu an address at New York. Secretary Knox says the Unltod States Is In a position to moot dls crimination ot other countries. Secretary Wilson beltevos desert basins can be utilised for the fortillz er industry, President Tatt says he- has reached the conclusion that people of the pre ent age are living too fast. Secretary MaoVeagh said there sfeoutd be no further lay In cur rcy reform LI ORDER A FOR FIRE PROOF BUILDING PUMPING PLANT. '; PERU ATIIELETICS PAY OUT Come Differences In the Matter Coal Weights. Miscellaneous State Capital News. Tho Stato Normal board recently In session took up tho .matter of replac ing tho water plant of tho Peru Nor mal, destroyed by flro some tlmo ago. It Is estimated a fireproof building for tho pumping plant will cost between $2,500 and $3,000 and tho executive committee ot the board was empow ered to advertise for bids and let the contract. Bids for a pumping engine rnngod from $535 for a twcntydiorne ipower gasoline engine, to $011 for a thirty-horsepower coal oil englno. The lotting of this contract also was left to tho executive committee. Tho athletic board of tho Peru Nor mat reported that It had wound up the season with all bills paid nnd $1.38 In the treasury, against a deficit of $300 last year, which had been paid out of current receipts and some- cash funds which tho board had granted permission to uso for this "purpose. Tho Peru Normal also reported somo differences In weights of coal between the echool authorities and the White- breast Coal company, tho contractor. On thirteen carloads thoro was- u chortago of twenty-six tons from blll-J cd weight, which neither tho railroad nor tho coal company was willing to etand, ono assorting tho wolghts were correct as billed and tho othor deny ing nny responsibility. Tho board do elded it woutd make tho coal company a proposition to split tho difference nnd pay for thirteen tons, tho com pany to loso thirteen. Tho otfor waB based on tho fact that there was some question about the accuracy of tho scales nt Porn, where a portion ot tho coal was received and wolghed. Reports from tho Wayno Normal Indicated that school Is growing at & gratifying rate. At the opening ot tho school year tho registration was less than 100 and today It Is 300, while an other 100 lo anticipated by tho open ing of tho next somoster. The new library and sclenco .building Is now enclosed and will be completed In about four months. Tho board also turned down the recommendation ot the teachers' com mittee, composed of litnto Superin tendent Dolzell, N. P. McDowell and Dr. Shollhorn, In the matter of a teacher of expression and physical culturo at Chadron normal. Tho teachers' committee has in tho past practically controlled thoso appoint ments, but other members ot tho board concluded It was tlmo they had comcthlng to say on uch mattors. Not Loup City Mills. Through an error of tho offlco, Stato Food Commissioner Jackson gave out that tho Loup City mills had beon prosecuted for selling short weight products. Tho roport should havo road against C, W. Benson of Litchfield, nccordlng to a statement given out at tho food commissioner's office. Barton to Make Speeches. Btato Auditor Barton has three speaking dates for the near future, all of them of a nonpolltlcal nature. January 1 -he will go to Sutton and detlver an address at the fraternal ral ly, January 2 to Hastings for Institu tional work for tho Workmen, and January 30 to Wilcox, where ho will speak before tho farmers' Institute Burkett On Roosevelt. Ex-Senator Burkett says: "Mr. Roosevelt told nio that undor no poo slblo clroumstanccs would he nllow his namo to bo used, nnd If necessary , ,., nomination I fcol Bure I , . , - that ho would got up In tho conven tion nnd positively decline Ho has told many others tho same thing, and tho emphatic way In which ho puts It makes It cortnln that that la just tho way ho fools about It." Friends of State Institutions. One-third of tho flscnl year for tho stato Institutions cxptrod December and with tho oxcoptlon ot the Nor folk Hospital for tho Insane all ot them had used up more than ono-thlrd ot tho available appropriations. A majority of thoni, howovor, aro near enough to that figure to convince the Board ot Public Lands and Buildings they will have no dlfllculty In staying within tho appropriations for tho year, Kearney Industrial school has usod tho largest percentage of Us Retires From Commission, Dr, H, J. Wlnnett, tho first long torm member of tho stato railway commission eloctod lu hl Btato, who3o term will expire- Dccembor 31 1912, will-not be n candidato for on othor term. What Caused the Trouble, Discovery ot two pipes carrying un derground polluted seopago into a lo cal city well la bcllovod to offer what may b a solution to tho epidemic of Intestinal trouble which has raged hero for somo time paBt. NORMA GAHDWQRK NEW STATE TAX LEVY. The Amount It Will 12,977,154.45. Raise Is Tho levy of state-taxes for tho can rent year has been apportioned among tho various counties of tho state by Secretary Henry Seymour of the stato board of assessment nnd equal ization. The total amount of money which will corne In through tho now levy wilt bo $2,577,154.45, against $2,000,039.06 raised by tho Btato levy of lost year. Tho Increase of $510, 461.39 1b for an Increase of over $3,100,000 In tho assessed valuation of the state over laBt year. Following Is tho table giving the lovy as assessed against tho varlour counties of tho stato: Counties 1011. 41,741.00 25,302.77 2,400.90 1910, 33,201.95 20,827.59 - 1,890.72 2,177.37 2,596.52 8,886.87 12,601.49 6,261.62 36,205.56 28,696.60 35,039.52 40,363.64 28,687,00 6,278,22 14,547.30 10,940.90 34,088.10 25,547.16 32,275.12 36,934.06 13,079.88 10.052.96 32,099.24 G.033.16 20,039.02 42,587.05 188,440.94 7,218.11 34,502.03 17,987.31 13,632.80 21,338.61 55,300,73 3,740.01 2,721.71 10,808.07 3,514.43 10,971,99 33,011.13 33,011.13 18,583.61 3,828.84 9,446.62 18,647.26 2,186.84 18,902.35 33,909.22 21,402.12 20,734.26 10.111.19 4,410.62 6,834.80 24.872.02 101,965.90 24,658.30 1,606.26 1,484.96 30,273.51 1,765.77 21,823.85 6.451,79 16,860.89 27,105.46 27,245.65 42,683.91 25,215.44 6,754.50 23,324.44 20.881.21 38.769.49 25,255.32 16,745.90 36,021.10 4,558.19 30,838.81 19,017;2S 47,044.96 8,359.02 35,028.10 12,420.30 13,807.53 5.77-5.02 19,122.86 28,620.77 2,413.60 10,034.22 15,308.15 26,110.67 22,387.50 22,135.26 2,676.65 39,544.25 Adams Antelopo . . Banner .... Blalno ..... 2,870.27 Boone 32,lfJ0.37 Box Butto.. 11,883.17 Boyd 15,401.00 Brown-,..,. 8,110.48 Buffalo .... 44,439.47 Burt 35,437.80 Butler ' 4,454.08 Cass 49.401.49 Cedar 34.80C.CG Chaao ..... C,4C0.18 Cherry ..... 18,302.44 Choyenno .. 13,764.17 Clay 42,072.08 Colfax 31,446.70 Cuming .... 39,645.50 Custor 45,342.15 Dakota ..... 16,053.50 Dawes 13,334.89 Dawson . , . 39,011.87 DOUOl 6.447.48 Dixon 25,280,00 Dodgo 52,646.04 Douglas ... 249.520.G3 Dundy 8,970.20 Flllmoro ... 43,115.93 Franklin ... 22,773,24 Frontier ... 10,474.50 Furnas 25,087.33 Gngo ...... 68,900.83 Garden .... 4,998.77 Garfleljl .... 3.7G7.2G Gosper .... 13,157.43 Grant 4,420.63 Greeley .... 13,351.24 Hall 40,712.35 Hamilton 40.712.3tT Harlan .... 22,844.85 Hayes ..... 4,614.09 Hitchcock . 14,018.74 Holt 23,395.75 Hooker .... 2,905.62 Howard ... 23,781.53 Jefferson .. 42,084.69 Johnson ... 26,364.68 Kearney ... 25,703.10 "Keith 12,482.10 , Koya Paha. 5,407.27 Kimball ... 8,478.29 Knox 30,495.42 Lancaster ... 130,22.81 Lincoln .... 30,619.20 Logan 1,911.76 Loup 1,063.25 McPherson 37,302,72 Madison ... 2,263,88 Morrlck ... 27,067.25 Morrill .... .7,038.30 Nance 20,825.12 Nemaha ... 33,503.62 Nuckolls ... 34,000.14 Otoo 52,651.21 Pawnee . . . 31,261.95 Perkins .... 6,742.93 Phelps 28,180.13 Piorco ..... .24,839.17 Platto 48,078.15 , Polk 31,255.47 Red Willow. 20,455.23 Richardson 43,482.07 5,709.08 45,831.64 23,400.95 58.329.42 11,130.79 43,212.43 15,789.28 17,172.17 7,573.85 23.300.80 35,584.92 3,312.95 17,613.53 18,808.87 32,144.46 27.675.0G 27,065.42 3,430.88 .:'48,807.14 Rock Sallno Sarpy Saunders .. Scottsbluff. Sownrd Sheridan . . Sherman ... Sioux Stanton .... Thayer .... Thomas ... Thurston .. Valloy Washington Wayno Webster ... Wheeler ... York ....... Total ....$2,057,154.45 $2,000,693.00 Labor Bureau Busy. Tho stato labor bureau Is bus) these days finishing up the compila tion of crop'Statistics. Mr. Guyo hopes to bavo the figures ready to give out in about two wcoks. Tho roport this year will bo much more complete tlinn .heretofore In addition to crops it will contain figures on tho amount of idle land, as well as that under crop, In each county In the stato. Tho fig ures, ho says, will surprise" most pco of -Nebraska land which Is now ldlo and non-productive. The Ruling Appears Wrong. Secretary of Stato Walt's stand that candidates for president or vice presl dent undor tho new preferential law In this stato could go upon the prl mary ticket only upon tho presenta tion ot a petition bearing at least 3,000 mimes tho samo as for delogato-nt-largo to tho national convention Is wrong "according to tho Interpretation ot tho law by Attorney Gonernl Mar tin. Ho enys that the petition need contain but twenty-five names. Agricultural Board Meeting. The annual meeting ot tho Ne braska etnto board of agriculture will bo hold at the senate chamber, Lin colli, Tuesday, January 16, at 2 o'clock p. m. At this meeting will bo considered tho revision of tho pre mium list, rules and regulations, the olectlon ot officers, membership and such other business as may legally come boforo said meeting. Presidents of regularly organized live county ag ricultural societies, which have filed their report prior to this meeting, are ex-offlclo members of tho board. ACCEPTS THE TERMS PERSIA YIELDS TO THE DEMANDS OF RUS-SIA. ' SISTER WILL- BE DISMISSED His Administration of Persian Fi nances Had Been Displeasing to Russian People. London. Persia has yielded to the demaad Of thft ftl1R.dan ultimatum that W. Morgan Shuster, aa American wno nolas the post ot treasurer-general In tho Persian government, bo dismissed from the service. The Russian ultimatum also calls for tho payment of an Indemnity, Which is to reimburse Russia for money expended In sending an armed expedition .Into Persia to enforce her demand. Mr. Shuster's administration of Per slan finances has boen displeasing to Russia from tho start, and when he caused the seizure of property belong in to the bt other of the former shah, over tho protest of tho Russian vice consul. Russia at first demanded an apology, and when thlB was forthcom ing called for tho dlsmtseal of Mr. Shuster. This has finally hoen ac ceded to. Tho Persian charge d'affaires at St. Petersburg called at the JRUsslan for eign offlco to announce officially his governments decision to abide by the terms or the ultimatum. Up to n late hour tonight, however, no public an nouncement had been made at Toho ran of the. recession ot Persia from .tho etnnd aho originally took against tho demands of the czar's ministers, oven In tho faco of threatened aggres sion. Tho delay In making public the fact that sho had yielded to the Rus sian demands waa probably through foars of tho results of tho public an nouncement Mr". Shuster 1b still without formal notico of his dismissal. He is resolute In declaring that ho would havo noth ing to do with tho negotiations and would only recognize their right of the national council to dispense with his services. Tho oxact form of Persia's reply Is not yet known, but from tho latest nows recolved from Tohoran It would eeom that the cabinet has overridden tho wishes of the commission which' the national council appointed to doal with the matter. It is not probablo that there will be a withdrawal of the Russian troops In Persia while disorders auch as those at Tabriz aro occurring. . . Penrose on Taft Philadelphia. Senator Penrose," In an Interview here, predicted tha; President Taft would be renominated without ser!ou3 opposition. He said" that so far as he haa been able to as certain, "thero 13 no great amount ot sentiment In this etato for tho nom ination, of Senator La Follette or any othor repubMcan of tho "progressive school." Rev. Sheldon Resigns, xITopoka, Kan.The Rov. Charles C, Sheldon, author of "In His Stops," nnd many othor books, resigned tho pas torate ot tho Central Congregational church of Topokn, which ho has hold for twenty-three years. Ho will devote himself to a tour of tho world, visit;, lng missions and" Young Men's Chris tlan associations, Mother' Asks for Her Salary. Chicago, 111, MrB. Mary K. Patter- son, mother of Charles A. (Chick) Patterson, for whoso murder ills wife. Gertrude Glbaon Pattersonv was ac- quiteu m Denver, has asked tho schojl board Sot her salary during the time sho attended tho trial ot tho wlfo In tho western city. President Railway Surgeons Dead. Mobile, All. Dr. thett Goode, presdont of tho American Railway Suregony association, 55 years old, died hero ot Brlght's disease. Ho was dean of tho medical department ol tho University ot Alabama. Virginia Vote Sellers. Knoxvlllo, Tenn. Judgo 8koen ot Leo county, Virginia, on Thursday is sued a proclamation In which ho In vited all who Bold their votes In the recent election In that county to ap poar boforo tho court, confess and ac cept tho minimum lino. Missouri Convicts Paroled. Jefferson City, Mo. Governor Had. ley gave Christmas paroles to four men Bervlng sentences for murder. Prosecute the Coffee Trust. Washington, It Is Intimated that tho department of Justice will begin prosecution In PhlladolDhla next wpok ot American members of tho giant lirazuiau coffeo valorization combine Rates' Temporarily Suspended. Washington. Advances In rates on grain nnd grain products, proposed by tho Chicago, Rock Island St Pacific railroad and Its connections west of the Mississippi river, to become ef fectlvo December 20, woro suspended by tho interstate commerce. Lawyer Found Guilty. Los Apgeles. Fred H, Thompson, a criminal lawyor, prominent In south em California, was found guilty of having accepted $16,000 from Orlando AKOfre, a clerk in tho po3toflico. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News NotM of Ihterest from 'Varlou Sections. . A Nebraska born woman, 61 year of ago, Mrs. Augusta Thomas, died at .Hebron last week, The" farmers' institute at Beatrice cfosed after a very successful session of tli ree .days. Thomas Smith of YorJc-wlll fllo as democratic candidato for governor, subject to tho action of tho primaries. Tho Stato Railway commission ap pointed Arthur B. Allen, secretary of tho commission', to succeed Clark Perkins, who resigned to look after his business at Aurora. Dr. I. C. JiUnger and. August, Berg man of Eagle recently made a deal whereby they traded 4"80 acres- of land for 250 head of horses. Harry Wcstovor, ownor of drug stores at Fremont and Schuyler, died suddenly while visiting his wife, a patient In an Omaha hospital. Heart disease was tho cause of his death Announcement was made tliat W. J. Furse, late a member of tho etato jail way commission, would tako an active Interest in tho Harlan County Nation ol bank at Alma on and after Jan. 1. Gcbrgo Ingram wao arrested at Omaha, and brought to Nebraska City to answer to tho chargo ot wlfo deser tion. This is tho second Utah ho has been arrested on tho tamo charge. Carl Helman was arrested in Beat rice for obtaining money on a worth less check from tho Stato BanJs at Wyuuore. Ho'll have to give an ac count of himself In the district court Governor Aldrloh said that he would be a candidato for th.o nomina tion for governor a second tlmo. He will fllo a 'personal request to havo hb namo placed on the primary bal lot Clarence Cain waa arrested la Lin coln suspected of being implicated In the robbery of Klein's etoro In Beat rice. A suitcase containing elx pairs of pantaloons was found in his poosos slon. Requesting Governor Aidrlch to ap point a Judgo in Cherry county thor oughly to probe tho Sellars case, citizens of that county have, sent more than 300 petitions' to tho chief execu tive's office. Dr. J. T. Doran, a vetrlnary "sur geon of Beatrice, arrested on a ohnrgo ot indecent conduct, pleaded guilty and wea fined $5 and caste, a total of, $9.80. A sixteen year old girl waa the complaining witness. Richard Memotb, ono of itho well known young 'farmers of Lake town ship, Hall county, fell dead at tho uviuv vi dun: u jjuuiviiiitit.. waii3rirji was watching a com shredder work. Heart malady was tiio cauee. A etato milk Inspector has been In ' Nebraska City and tho word ttias now gone out that all dairymen must raise tho standard ot their products and keep their stables in better condition or prosecutions will bo started. WhlHo shelling corn at tho Evcret Blanchard farm, four miles northwest of Friend, Carl Johnson, a young Danish farmer, was caught in the fly wheel of a gasoline engine and ret celved Injuries from which ho died. Tattlo Hoyt of Falrbury committed suicide by- drinking carbolic acid. She drank tho poison in her own home and then ran to the ihomo of her sis ter, Mrs. James, who resides near her, whero eha wont into convulsions and died a few moments later. Tho coro ner wns summoned, but decided that It was not necessary- to empanel, a Jury. Mrs. Hoyt leaves a blind hus band nnd four grown children. In Judgo Raper's court at Auburn there wcro two pnnoa on ntntutnrv charges, which resulted in convic tions. Ono was the state against Sayers and tho other was tho stato agalnst Bohllng. The latter was a caso between cousins. The defendant took the. girl to Kansas City,, where they" wero .married, but sho being under ago tho mothor filed the complaint. Captain Charles F, Brewster of Company O. Nebraska National Guard of Beatrice has resigned. Doputy United States Marshal Hen- sol last week ousted John Parsons of Rulo from a tract of eighty acres of land which ho had leased from an In dian Woman near Rulo. It Is illegal for Indians to lease land until after tho twenty-year trust has expired, unlesB approved by tho secretary of the in terior. Tho Farmers' institute in Beaver City, with a fairly good attendance and splendid, speakers and splendid Inter est, was shown in tho various subjects, but especially In tho good roads and dairy and poultry topics, Tho subjects of corn and hogB and alfalfa was shown In a practical and entertaining manner, A trained nurso was gagged and $1,000 in cash and n $25 watch woro stolon in tho homo of Peter Wcedlun, one and a half mllea east of Axtell. Miss Helmau, a trained nurso, who was in tho houso at tho time, was found gnggod near tho Methodist church in Axtell. Sho wns first cbior oformed nnd then gnggod. Nebraska teachers who taught school In tills stato a scoro or moro years ago and who are &U11 engaged In tho profession will hold a banquet In tho Llndol! hotel, Lincoln, January 16, noxt. Tho banquet is tho result of a conference of several prominent educators of tho state, In reply to a question from county assessors Assistant Attorney Genernl Frank H. KJdgorten has written an opinion holding that county assessors who3o terms wero extended by the legislature one year must qualify again within ten days after the expira tion of the regular term In January.