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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TR1BUME IRA L. BARE, Publisher, TERM 8, $1.25 IN ADVANCE). WORTH PLATTE, . . NEBRA8KA EPITOME OF EVENTS PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO MANY 8UDJECT8. ARE SHORT BUI INTERESTING Brief Mention of What la Transpiring In Various Sections of Our Own and Foreign Countries. Washington. Tho ncnnto hna passed tho Gamble 1)111 opening to agricultural entry 1,800,000 ucreB of tho Choyenno - In dlan reservation In South Dakota. About six persons In every 100,000 In the United States wero murdered In 1910. This cBtlmnto Ih made by Dr. CreoBsay K Wilbor, chief statistician of vital BtatlBtlcn of tho cciihub bureau. American ships would use tho Pan smn canal frco of cost, while foreign vessels would pay a charge not ex ceeding $1.25 a ton under tho tcrma of a bill Introduced by 8enutor Brad ley of Kentucky. According to cablegrams received nt tho atato department, Chinese prlncoa in Polling decided not to ab dicate, but to leavo tho question of tho form of government to a national convention properly called. Much satisfaction was expressed at tho bureau of Immigration over tho Incorporation of Senator Brown's nmendment In tho goneral Immigra tion bill providing for more liberal distributing of lnvmlgmton llteraturo. Promoters of fraudulent statements, who had obtained $77,000,000 from tho public, wero put out of business dur ing tho llscal year ending Juno 30, Inst, nccording to tho annual report of Robort S. Sharp, chief Inspector of tho postofflco department. Postmaster General Hitchcock has authorized tho preparation of designs and plates for sultablo commomorntlvo postngo Riamps for tho Panama-Pacific International exposition in 19K1. The opening of tho Panama cannl nnd ramo Important event In tho history of California will be represented In tho designs. General. The Folk-Clark light In Missouri has reached a bitter stage. Charges of fraud In Indian land sales Is being Investigated nt Minneap olis. 1 Italy Insists on her right to search Btonmers of friendly powers Buspcctcd of carrying contraband. Republican Loador Mann proposes an Incrooso of all district judges' sal aries from $0,000 to $7,000. Ruthorrord Page, making his first flight since receiving his license, was killed nt the Los Angeles nieot. Tho Fourth Oklahoma district re publican convention declared In fav or of Taft as ngalnst Itooaovolt. By tho terms of n bill passed by tho houso tho prosldont must naino en dorsers of candidates for tho Judic iary. So-called utrlkcbrcakcrs number ing 150 employed In tho Hurrlmnn lino shops at Houston, Tex., walked out. Hearings on tho Hughes olght hour labor law were begun boforo tho sennto cominlttoo of education and labor. Rov. Rlchcson, of Boston, under sentenco of doath for murder, has been expelled from tho Baptist church. Public lands commlttco favorably ropnrtod a bill making 118,000,000 acres of public oil lands available for agri cultural entry. Senator Goro of Oklahoma will ad vocato a federal appropriation of $10, 000.000 to $12,000,000 for tho next ten years to bo expended on roads. As tho days go by It appears moro nnd moro clear that tho nanio of RooBevolt Is to bo a complication throughout tho nomination campaign. General Pedro Montoro, who recent ly was Uio popular hero of Guayaquil, was shot by tho angry populnco, dragged Into tho streets and bohead cd and hurnod, Tho Franco-Italian Incident arising out of tho solzuro of tho French steamers Manouba and Carthago by Italian war vessels has boon settled satisfactory to both nations. Governor Woodrow Wilson enltl ho would sond to tho Now Jersey logls laturo a special messngo recom mending tho ratification of tho pro posed lncomo tax nmendment to tho fedornl constitution. Charles Burnsides, 43 years old, who has Bpont -moro yonrs In tho Knn Eas penitentiary than any other con vict, received a governor's parole. Ho loft at onoo for Ellsworth, Knn., where ho will llvo on a farm with his mother. Tho uso of firearms by municipal po llco throughout tho country was con demned In tho houso whllo nn appro priation for tho District of Columbia police authorizing tho purchaso of modern revolvers wiib undor discus slon. Sonator John Sharp Williams in troduced IiIb Mil for the regulation of corporations onguged in Interstate commerce. Ponding bills to Increnso tho pay and rank of nrmy aviators wero urged beforo tho houso cominlttoo on mili tary affnlrB by Major Qonoral James Allen. Former Governor Fort thinks Colo nol Roosevelt will soon make a state ment The supreme court declared rail roads must carry beer when tendered for shipment rogordless of "dry" ter ritory. Franco Is badly stirred ovor recent seizures of ships by Italy. Threo million votes In 1012 Is tho shibboleth of tho prohibition pnrty. President Taft nnnounced his bollof In tho loyalty of Postmaster General Hitchcock. Cyrus E. Woods of Grecnsburg, Pa,, wbb nominated by President Taft as minister to Portugal. Dr. Sun Ynt Sen Bays a republic in China Ib tho only logical relief from present Intolerable conditions. Horbort Knox Smith, In a report to tho president, sayB tho profits of the, steel corporation are excessive. William It. Hearst has accepted nn invitation to address tho general as sembly of Kentucky on Fobruury 14. President Farrcll, of tho steel cor poration, says It bus nothing In com mon with tho harvester company, S. S. Senimcs, eldest son of tho Into Admiral Raphael Semmes, of the con federate navy, died at Osceola, Ark. The minority momlerH of tho sen ate elections committee may oppose exoneration of Senator Stephenson. Tho postofflco department reports a large number of convictions of pro moters who used tho malls to defraud. Tho namo of Judge Hook, to suc ceed the Into Justice Harlnn, will probably bo sent to tho sonato this week. Tho Stnndard Oil company of Now York announced nn ndvnnco of twen-ty-flvo points In tho price of roflnod petrollum. Tho Indiana Ropubllcnn Kdltorlnl association nt Its business session In dorsed. President Taft and his ad ministration. Joseph Kcnyon, battalion chief in tho fire department, Chicago, was probably fatally Injured whllo speed ing to a fire. President and Mrs. Tnft gnvo tho second reception of tho winter nt tho Whlto house Tho judlcinry wore tholr spoclal guests. Mrs. W. E. Bailey of Chicago, wifo of tho general auditor of tho Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fo railroad, died nt Cnstlo Hot SprlngH, Ariz. Tho World's Chrlstlnn Endeavor un ion has boon proposed by Congress man W. L. McCnll of Massachusetts for tho Nobel pcaco prize. Governor Fobs sent a special mes sngo to tho legislature urging an Im mediate Investigation of tho strlko In tho textile mills In Lawrence, Mnss. Ilov. Alphonsus S. Donlon lias been nppolntcd prosldont of Georgetown university to succeed Rov. Josoph J. Hummel, who retires on nccount of 111 hoalth. Tho Ogdcn division of tho Union Pa cific railroad has boon abolished, and tho fiOO miles of rallrond from Chey onno to Ogden Is to bo known as tho Wyoming division. Scnntor Goro of Oklahoma Intro duced a Joint resolution for n Joint congressional investigation of tho presidential campaign funds of 1004 nnd 1908. Fourtcon cars of a Minneapolis & St. Isolds railway northbound frleght plunged through a brldgo ono mllo north of Ackloy, In., 250 feet to tho bottom of a ravlno. Six American built biplanes nrc carried by tho revolutionary army ad vancing on Peking, nccording to a cablegram received by tho Chinese press at San Francisco. Stato Foroster Cox of Minnesota hns called a meeting of railroad officials and forest rangers to bo hold nt Brain ord, February 10, to outline irphin for provontlon nnd protection ngalnst for ost fires. Colonel Chnrlos Norton, member of tho staff of Goneral Sherman through out tho civil war, a former member of tho Minnesota state eenuto and a pioneer of North Dakota, died nt Fargo. President Donrborn of tho Amorl-cun-Hnnwllan Stonmshtp company, bo foro tho interstate commorco commis sion, opposed government ownership of tho proixmcd steamship lino through tho Panama cannl. Congressman Klnkald Introduced a bill prohibiting tho use of telephone, telegraph nnd cablo lines for tho tansmlBslon of orders Involving "fu tures" In cotton and grain whoro actual dellvory Is not contemplated. No basin for negotiations for ponco botween Italy nnd Turkoy which are likely to have any prob ability of success hns been found, al though the work of tho European diplomatic chancellories hns boon carried on nctlvoly both at Constan tinople nnd Rome. Personal. Genornl Bernardo Iloyes will not bo shot for Inciting a rebellion. Tho 200th anniversary of Frcdorlck tho Groat was celebrated at Berlin. Alton B. Parker blamea Colonel Itoosovolt for starting agitation lend ing to tho demand for Judlcinry recall. President Tnft bus nccepted tho In vitation to nttend tho St. Patrick's day dinner of Iho charitable Irish so ciety of BoBton. Premier Yuan Shi Kai Is said to bo In grnvo personal danger. Jack Johnson asplrea to wrost tho wrestling championship from Gotch. Mr. Bryan bolloves that no man ought to have u third torm of tho pres idency. Secrotary of tho Intorlor Fisher nnd Postmaster Genornl Hitchcock are going to view tho Panama cannl. Mr. Bryan has given out nn editor ial defondlng Woodrow Wilson for his break with Colonel Hnrvey. Commissioner of Immigration Keo fe says there 1b a cunning ovnslon of exclusion laws by the uilueso, llll IHSPEGTION TRIP GOVERNOR PLANNING TO LOOK OVER IRRIGATION. WILL INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS Deputy Labor Commissioner Guye Will Make Some Recommendations of Public Interest. Governor Aldrlch Is planning to make nn inspection trip Boon ovor tho section of tho Btate whero a consider able portion of the Innd Is under Irri gation ditches. As bend of tho Irriga tion board ho has been urged for Bomo tlmo to mnko nn Investigation of conditions on which to base recom mendations to the legislature nnd also that ho might net with first-hand knowledge on iuestionB coming beforo tho board. I'OBslbly some other members of tho board may accompnny him and during a portion of the time at least Adju tant General Phelps will bo with him. There tiro soveral matters in connec tion with the guard In that portion of tho state which ho deslros to Inqulro Into. Tho governor will stop off at Kimball, Sidney nnd possibly somo other places along tho mnln lino of tho Union Pacific, then go to ScottB Bluff county nnd that section of tho state, returning by way of tho Northvo3tern line, making stops to dcllvor nddrosscs at Inman nnd Wlsncr. Deputy Labor Commissioner Guye has mado IiIb report to the governor nnd In It there nre somo recommenda tions of considerable Interest. Tnklng up the question of land, he recom mends a law to romody tho great waste by taxing InndB on their fertil ity value, regardless of whether thoy nre cultivated or not, thoroby, ho holds, making It more prolltublo to Im prove hinds than to permit them to Ho idle. Ho nlso urges organized effort to evolvo menus for developing oach sec tion of tho state nlong tho most proflt nblo linos for each particular oectlon. For this purposo Mr. Guyo has ob tained permission to use tho senato chamber for a stnto-wldo conference to further tho project. He has wrltton numerous letters to commercial bod ies nnd other persons nnd organiza tions which might take an intorcst In such a move and reports receiving many encouraging replies. No Seed Appropriation. Food Commissioner Hnnson, when nsked whether his department would take notion on tho soed question In this Btnto said tho bureau was charged under tho law with such duty, but tho failure of tho legislature to make any impropriation for tho work left tho bureau helpless bo far aB doing any thing rcgnrdlng tho low germinating power of tho seed corn. He said that without money, so far as tho buroau could aid, Incidental to its other work, It would do so. Files for the Senate. 11. II. Bartllng of Nebraskn City has filed .is a candidate for tho stato senato from tho Second district, comprising Cass and Otoe counties. Mr. Bartllng was u member of the upper houso at the last sesssion and whllo there won much notoriety through tho Introduction nnd cham pionship of a Sunday baseball bill. University Professor Resigns, Dr. B. W. Van Hlpor, professor nt Nebraska Wcsloyan university, has resigned his position hero nnd will accept a similar place nt tho Univer sity of Boston. He will go to Germany for several months' study boforo tak ing up active dutloa nt the Massachus etts Institution. Favor Parcels Post. Tho farmers of Nebraska are alto gether In favor of tho establishment of n parcols post, nccording to an swers to Inquiries sent out by tho rural life commission. A largo num ber of letters havo been mailed out by tho commission ns a means of as certaining conditions nnd needed re forms on farms In Nebraska. Flies for Congress. W. F. Stoocker of Omaha filed as a candidate for congress from tho Second district, subject to tho action of tho democratic prlmnrleH. .Mr. Stoocker was nt ono time a member of tho lower houso from Douglas county. Dig Business by Express Companies. Tho totnl revenues received by the if our lending express companies of the stnte on business transacted In No brnska for tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1911, amountod to $3,014,845, nccording to reports Just filed with the state railway commission. Of this amount $1,197,070 roprcBonted Intra state business. Show Seed Corn. The show seed corn on oxhlbltlnn during tho weok of organlzod agri culture at tho state farm toated 77 per cont nccording to Prof. Pugsley. Tho tots resulted In a Bomewhat hot tor showing than hud boon oxpectod. Owing to the eunly drouth nnd Into rains together with tho early frost it was estimated thnt tho best of tho corn could not test much moro than (10 or 05 por cont. Tho tost of 77 per cont Is much lower than what seed corn ought to test, howovor. Good coed com ought to show 90 por cout. PURE SEED GROWERS. An Organization of This Kind Has Been Formed. During tho sessions of organized ng rlculturo In Lincoln a now organiza tion, to bo known nB the Nebraska Pure Grain and Seed Growers' asso ciation, was formed. The members pledgo themselves to maintain n high standard of puro seed production. Not only will nil seed planted orlglnato from a puro variety, nut every year n special seed plot of not less than ono acre of the differ ent grains will bo conducted on each farm, from which nil foreign grains will bo removed. In this manner puro seed production will bo Insured. Ef fort will bo made on tho part of tho members not only to improvo tho quality of tholr grains, but also tho yielding power through breeding methods. From tlmo to tlmo tho department of experiments agronomy of tho ex periment station has dovcloped supe rior strains of the different cerenls and hns turned them over to the farm ers of tho state. But thero has never been any way of keeping In close touch with the growers nnd tho seed could not be kept puro for any length ol tlmo. All such Improved seed will now bo turned over to this nssocla tlon ns soon ns It has been fully proved to bo superior and tho members ngreo to keep It pure. A skilled Inspector Is appointed by tho head of tho experi mental agronomy department, who will plan to visit nnd Inspect tho fields of tho members each year and report on tho purity of their grain. Represen tative samples of ench man's grain will nlso be sent to the secretary's of llco for Inspection. Purity, soundness and gormlnntlon tests will bo mnde of all such grains. A provision Is mado that grains which rcndlly wind fertilize, art corn, must bo grown far enough from ench other to Insure freedom from crossing. Tho superiority of such Improved cereals may bo Illustrated by tho act ual Increased yield which farmers out In tho state obtained thlB Inst year from several strains of pure bred Turkey red winter whent. During tho last ten yenrs tho averago yield of wheat In Nebraska has been five biiBh els higher than the nverage ylold of wheat during any of the previous ton yenr periods. This has been duo chiefly to, tho Introduction of Turkey red winter wheat and tho use of tho press drill. Knowing tho superiority of Turkey red wheat, tho experiment station undertook to still grenter in crenso its yielding power by breeding, and in 1902 this Improvement wus commenced. For nlno years certuin puro strains of this vnrloty havo been worked with In tho wheat nursery nnd tested out In field plats. Finally, after five years' testing In Hold plntB, sev eral strains had proved their supe riority over tho original wheat. These wore Increased and sent to fnrmers scattered over nineteen counties, who, by careful testing, compared the yield of tho now whent with their own seed In yielding power. New Cadet Regiment. A now endat regiment Is to bo formed nt tho stnte farm. Tho six com panies have heretofore been drilled us ono bnttallon, but will now be divided nnd will constitute ono trglmcnt. Tho commandant bus Issued a call for ap plications from the nsplrnnts created by the change. Investigate Typhoid Situation. Chnncellor Avery has mado a thor ough Investigation of tho typhoid fe ver situation in tho state university, which he reported as follows: "Thero are lndsed ninny cases of typhoid fe ver ntnong tho students who nre at tending the university, but by fnr tho groater mnjorlty of tho students who arenot well are suffering from pneu monln, la grippe or very severe colds. Thoy havo not typhoid nor nre thoy likely to havo It, but are 111 through tholr own negligence In tnklng enro of themselves," Shirley Martin Goes Home. Tho woman who, under tho name of Shirley Martin, was airrested a fow days ago while wearing mnn's clothes, left Lincoln In company with her hus band, John Nelson, of. Lake City, In. Slnco her urrest nnd ro'euso, on prom ise to don feminine attire, the woman had beon working In a local restau rant. Elected Officers. Tho breeders of Bed Polled cnttlo met nt agricultural hall at tho stato farm nnd elected officers for the en suing year. L. L. Wiles of Plattsmoutb was elected president; Thomas Leon nrd of Boaver Crossing, vlco prosl dont, nnd Elliott Davis of Lincoln, socrotnry. Filed the Taft Petition. Prosldont Taft's nume wns filed ns a candidate for tho republican nomina tion undor tho Nebraskn presidential primary. Tho petition nsklng that his namo bo plnced on tho ballot wiib signed by forty Onuilin men nnd wns presented by Franklin A. Shotwell of that city. Northew8tern Buys Equipment. Tho Chicago & Northwestern Hnll road company hns asked tho Stato Hallway commlBBlon for authority to outer Into a $10,000,000 equlpmont agroomont. Tho purpose of tho agree mont, ns Indicated by tho namo, Is tho purchase on time of rolling stock nnd other equipment for the lino giving n noto nnd mortgage on tho equipment ltsolf to securo payment. Tho permis sion already has been granted by the stato of Wisconsin nnd probably the same action will be taken by Nebraska. INEnRilPRit PROBABILITY THAT DEMOCRATS WILL BECOME DIVIDED. UNDERWOOD OPPOSES INQUIRY While Chairman Henry of House Rules Committee Asserts Proposed Investigation Is Imperative. Washington. Inquiry into tho "mo ney trust" has become ono of tho most Important problems beforo tho democrats of tho house of representa tives and with a difference of opinion existing among them as to tho wis dom of such nn Investigation ns pro vided in the resolution of Representa tive Llndborgh of Minnesota. Repre sentative Henry of Texas, chairman of tho rules committee, took the posi tive stand that tho inquiry was im perative. In a statement urging his colleagues to vote with him to "turn on the light" Chairman Henry assumed lead ership of what may develop Into a sorlous pnrty fight beforo the question Is settled. It Is known that Represent ative Underwood, tho majority leader, and others nre opposed to saddling any moro Investigating committees upon congress at this time, but whether pressure in this instance will bo strong enough to convince them that It is tho duty of the party to delve into tho secrets of Wall street fluanco remains to be seen. It Is probablo the matter will not bo settled until tho house democrats havo fought out the Issue In confer enco. Speaker Clnrk, Mr. Underwood and others declined to discuss the state ment Issued by Representative Henry, In which ho positively declnred that tho party could not decline to prose cute tho proposed Investigation. Representative Martin W. Little ton, though not a member of the rules cominlttoo which Is considering tho resolution, expressed opposition In tho Inquiry after n conference with somo of his democratic colleagues. "I nm opposed to tho Inquiry such as Is proposed by Mr. Henry," Mr. Littleton said. "If this plan were fol lowed a panic might ensue. Why would It not bo better to ndmlt thnt there Is a money trust, If such exists, and then set about securing legisla tion to remedy the evil. What good Is to bo accomplished by an Investiga tion based on tho mere claim of some mnn that there is such a trust. An Inquiry such aB Is proposed certainly will create unrest among tho people." MOB KILLS f1vEGENERALS. Leaders In Ecuador's Latest Revolu tion Lynched. Guaynqll, Ecundor. A mob on Sun day broko Into tho Quito penitentiary in spite of a double gunrd and lynched GenornlB Elroy, Alfaro, Fla vio Alfaro, Medardo Alfaro, Uuplano Pnez and Manuel Serrano, prominent revolutionists. With tho putting to death of Gen oral Elroy Alfaro, former president of Ecuador; his brother, General Flavlo Alfaro, former minister of wnr nnd commnnder-ln-chlef of the revolution ary forces; General Medardo Alfaro, who Is believed to havo been a brother of tho other two Alfnros, and Goner nls Paez and Manuel Serrano, tho loading HghtB In Ecuador's latest rev olution havo boon Bnuffed uto. Omahan Killed by a Buffalo. Omnha. Nols P. Anderson was gored to death by an infuriated bull at Rlvervlew park shortly after 11 o'clook Sunday morning. He died within nn hour after ho was attacked by the enraged animal. Tho beast camo upon him ns ho was digging a holo in tho ground. Truce Ends In China Nnnklng. Tho nrmlstico which has been In oporntlon for several weeks expired Sunday, but no definite stops havo beon takon for Us renew al. Both sides aro now waiting' Drifting on Big Ice Floe. Helslngfors, Finland Nino hundred lishormcn nro. drifting on a gigantic Ico floe between Nnrva and tho Pltka paiiBl Islands. The mon nro not in im minent danger unless a storm breaks from tho north. Thirteen Go Down In Boat. Cairo, 111. Twelve papsongers and tho ferryman aro believed to have been drowned two miles south of hero nt 3 o'clock Sunday, when a row boat In which thoy wore being brought to this city from Birds Point becamo lost In the Ice Jam. Hitchcock Entertains for Tafts. Washington. Postmaster General Hitchcock entertained nt dinner Fri day night In compliment to Prosldent nnd Mrs. Taft. A fow from the of llclal clrclo wero present. The Latest In Millinery. Chicago. Advanco copies of tho now spring hats for women show them to range upward from eighteen to twenty Inches. All tho trimming points upward In a peculiarly trucu lent manner and nnglo and thero are no brims, or very slight ones. Argentine Opens War Door, Buenos Ayres. Diplomatic rela tions between tho Argentlno Republic and Paraguay havo been broken off and tho Argentlno minister at Asun cion has returned from his post. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. iji News NotM of Interest from Various Sections. Thoro will bo no grand Jury for tho, Gago county term of court thnt oponB' February 12th. Miss Edith A. Lathrop, county su perintendent of schools of Clay county and lato president of tho Nebraska State Teachers' association, fell nnd broko her arm. Formal possession of the Bell Tclo phono company's property by the Lin coln Telephone and Telegraph com pany will not bo given to the latter until February 1. Land Commissioner Cowles has re turned from Kearney, where ho wont to open formnlly tho tuberculosis hos pital. Thero aro now threo patients In tho hospital. Applications from fifteen moro have been made. Omaha Indians held n trial council' ut Mncy and nominated Francis La Flescho, Daniel WobBter nnd Thomas McCaully as a commlttco to go to Washington nnd present a petition for a revision of certain regulations. Wayne Knox, n young farmer living fourteen miles south of Broken Bow, had part of his hand torn off by catch ing It In tho gearing of a gasoline corn sheller. Ho was cleaning the oil cup of the machine, when the accident occurred. Tho supremo court nfflrmod tho sen tence of Charles Graham, convicted In Lancaster county of wife abandon ment. Graham was released after con viction on his promlso to provide for his wifo nnd when bo fnlle-d to do so was brought Into court and sentenced. Special trains with Instructors from tho Nebraska university agricultural station and other lecturers who under stand crop Improvements aro tho pro ject of tho grain men nnd others for crop Improvement In Nebraska. Above all their aim 1b to see that seed corn Is sown this spring that will grow. Omnha will bo the place of meeting for noxt year's annual convention of the Nebraska Bottlers' nssoclntlon, nc cording to action taken at the sessions' of that organization in Lincoln. Offl-i cers elected for tho coming year are: President, Carl El wick of Lincoln;' vice president, Chnrlcs Marr of Frc-j mont; secretary-treasurer, James SI1-, ver of Superior. Harm L. TJadon of Auburn was not successful In attempting to havo the federal court enjoin Ellen Helllman, his former sister-ln-lnw, from prose cuting a suit for collection on a $9,200' noto ngalnst tho former. Judge Mun ger hns issued a memorandum opln-i Ion lu which he decreea thnt Mra.j Hellman has nmple romedy at law; and thnt sho may prosecute her claim.! Announcement wab mnde at tho' 3tato executive offlco that tho gov-! ernor would mnko a trip through tho, Irrigated section of western Nebraska, In about a month. Ho will start Feb-' ruary 20 and will visit nt Kimball, Sidney, Bridgeport, Morrill and ScottB bluff. He will n.'so go to Crawford nnd Chndron on tho way homo and will likely ndd stops nt Inman nnd Wlsnor to his present itlneary. Apropos of tho Washington dis patches saying tho government is tryv ing to grow sugar beet seed at home, Alex Flck of Omnha, who handles seed, estimates that for tho two fac tories In Nebraska at Grand l3lan4 and ScottBbluff, about $30,000 Is spont a year for seed. The seed Imported produced by seven yoars of careful breeding nnd testing for each lot. The first yenr tho beet Ib grown, tho next it is planted for n seedling and then follow tests and retcsts for sugar pro ductiveness. Tho first case against corporations for falluro to llvo up to tho now cor poration tax law onacted by congress recently, wns filed In tho Lincoln di vision of tho federal court today. Tho case Is that of tho United States against tho Nomaha County Fanners Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance company of Auburn. Tho action was brought upon information given by the commissioner of intornnl revenue. Tho typhoid situation In Lincoln Booms now well under control. Whllo crossing tho Union Pacific ynrds In Kearney on his wny to his onglno In tho Birrllngton roundboiiBO, J. C. Salisbury, engineer on tho Au rora line, wns struck by a switch en glno and soverely bruised. Progress mado In various parts of tho district of tho central nnd north ern union conferences of tho Seventh Day Adventlst churches was reported upon nt tho session hold nt College View. The distribution of literature of tho denomination camo in for special mention, ovor $2,000,000 worth of books being sold throughout tho world during the past year. This Is a largo increnso over provlous years. County Attorney Frank L. n.iln of Jefferson county succeeded in Indict ing two Insurance solicitors in that county and caused them to pay big fines. Mr. Italn filed a complaint ngnlnst Elmer E. Stnllcup of Hebron nnd Victor Palm of Hastings, chnrg lng thorn with soliciting nccldont In surance In Jofferson county without first procuring n license showing thnt tholr company was authorized to do business In Nebraska. Arrangements aro being mndo for tho erection of a tebernacJo at Al liance Tho building will bo used In March when Oscar Lowry Ib to con duct a series of rovlval meetings. It is to bo a permnnant structuro nnd $900 hns nlready been guaranteed toward Its cost by business men. At Wnlthlll, Ed Bellvlllo of Herman lo3t nn ear, tho orgnn being bltfen off by Joo Dillon of Council BJuffs, la. Dillon nnd Bollvllo woro quarro'.Ing ovor a debt and camo to blows, tho latter seemingly gottlng tho better of It, until his ear camo In contact with his opponent's optm mouth.