The NewsHerald NEWS-HERALD PUD. CO. Publishers PLATT9MOUTH, NEBRASKA ES A Bailing Down of the More Impor tant Events Here and There Foreign. An Individual believed to be Insano nnd having an Imaginary grievance against the war department, shot and seriously wounded General Verand In Paris on tho Bteps of the Hotel Con tinental. It was later discovered that lie had made a mistake in his man. It is nineteen days Blnce the Her rera lino steamer Maria Herrera left Santiago, Cuba, with a cargo of cattle, bound for Ponce, Porto Rico, where kIir wns expected to arrive November 11. The steamer, however, has not been heard from nnd it ia believed that she was foundered. The Invitation from tho United States for Oreat Br'taln to partici pate In an International conierenco with a view to regulating the killing of seals In the international waters of North America has been referred through tho colonial office In panada. The London foreign office learned Indirectly that Germany bad Informed tho state department of the United States that she had agreed to the terms by which the British, French nnd German groups of financiers were each to surrender a portion of their Khnres In tho Chinese railway loan In order to enable tho Americans to par ticipate. The more liberal section of the Trench eplseopnto. headed by Archblsh Ip Turlnnse of Hancy, are beginning to question the wisdom of tho mllitnnt lection which began tho formation of n league of Cntholic voters In tho com ing elections. Instead tho former ad vocate a broader union, which shall Include, with the Catholics, other con rervatlvo forces. General. Senator Brown says tho Insurgents will be in evidence at tho coming ees uion of congress. The president will exert all his In fluence looking to changes in the in terstato commerce act. President Delano of tho Wabnsh railroad, is said to have been profered the Chinese mission. A Greenvillo (Ohio) mnn killed his mother and a deputy sheriff, wounded two others And committed suicide. Senator Aldrlch says the panic of 1907 cost tho country $ 2,000.o0.0(i0. Sec. Meyer has proposed sweeping changes In the navy. Attorney General Wlckersbnm, Sen ntors Elkins nnd Cummins conferred on changes in the Interstate commerce net. After hearing Samuel Gompcrs Rpcak at Cooper union 200 members of tho Lndies" Waist makers union de cided to go on strike for shorter hours and higher wages. George Crocker, youngest son of tho late Californfa millionaire, Charles C. Crocker, Is slowly dying at his homo In New York from a malady said to bo a cancer. Bloodhounds proved so far unsuc cessful in running down the assail ant of Beventeen-year-old Myra Smith at Limn, Ohio, who was attacked In the streets, that there caino near be ing a lynching of tho wrong man. Tho gunboat Prlncton was ordered by the navy department to sail for Corinto, Nicaragua, to join tho gun boat Vleksburg, already at that port. Speaker Cannon, In a Bpeech at Kansas City, defended the rules of tho house. Serious rock and snowslides on the Canadian Pacific railway in tho Rocky mountains have compelled the cancel lation of all trains. The Great plains reconnolssance party of the United States bureau of soils, Is assembling at Victoria, Tex. During the winter work will bo dono along tho Gulf coast north of Corpus Christl. Ijow fares have been secured for the National Corn Exposition that opens in Omaha December 6th. Congress will turn the light on the water power problem. Heavy loss of life Is feared as the result of an explosion In a coal mine nt Onoura, Kukoko province, Japan. Fifteen men are known to hnve per ished, while 228 miners are entombed In the workings. Congress Is to bo assayed by re form organizations within a day or bo cfter It convenes. Governor Dencen of Illinois, it was made known recently, will postpone convening the general assembly in special session pending the outcome of the Investigation of the Cherry mine disaster. Congressman Do Armond of Miss eourl, who lost his life in a fire at his home, had served nineteen years In congress. The United States and Chile at last have reached final agreement as to the terms of a protocol referring to King Edward for a definite settlement of the celebrated Alsop claim. Twenty Japanese were killed and fifteen Injured, several of them fatal ly, in the wreck of a work train on tho Great Northern railway between Vancouver and New Westminster. In a fire at Kansas City 140 horses were burned to death. DENS l'lve members of family killed and two fatally hurt when trolley car hits an auto near Los Angeles. The government faces important problems relating to channels and terminals in proposed waterways Im provement Congressman Carter of Oklahoma Is critically 111. Rear Admiral R. R. Ingorsoll. a member of tho general board of the navy, will be placed on the retired list. James J. Hill has offered to give the Huron college at Huron, S. D., $50,- 000 of its endowment fund. '1 nomas Meagher.of Manila, P. I., son of tno Irish patriot, died oi pneu monia following an attempt to com mit suicide. Five miles of the Panama canal have been opened to navigation. This Includes tho channel from a point in the Ray of Panama. Steamships ply ing between San ranclsco and Pa nama nnd the west coast ports of South America rnd Panama are using this part of the canal dally. James Freeman Curtis of Roston, now United States district attorney and once intercollegiate golf champion of the United States, has been chosen assistant secretary of the U. S. treasury. Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter have returned from Europe. Customs frauds at New Yolk are not limited to the sugar cases. What appears to have been an at tempt upon the lifo of Daron Albert Rothschild of Vienna Is reported from Schlllcrsdorf, tho Rothschild hunting scat In upper Silesia. Oslerlzatlon of army officers to a radical degree was recommended to tho war department by General Leon ard Wood, In command of tho depart ment of the East. Ho wants an eli mination law enacted, so that officers above the grade of captain will attain grades on an average of at least ten years younger than at present. The Chilean government hns again announced its desire to subscribe to a protocol submitting tho Alsop claim to The Hague tribunal for arbitration, and hns deposited In London $1,000, 000 to the order of Tho Hague per manent court. Nicaraguan Insurgents are preparing for a final struggle. Lyman J. Gage, former secretary of- the treasury, was married at San Dl ego to Mrs. Ada Ilallou. Gago Is 73, his wife 35. Tower of revolutionists Is gaining strength in Nicaragua. At this writing, November 27, Presl dent Taft has not dono anything on his forthcoming message to congress It may be- many weeks before all bodies are removed from tho Illinois mine, wherein they were killed by blnck damp. Morgan Chambers, a negro, wns and Deputy Joe Camp at Median Miss., by n mob of 200 masked men and his body riddled with bullets. Washington. The forthcoming report of the spe cial naval board, of which Rear Ad nilral Swift is chairman, it is lie- clared, will submit recommendations to the secretary of the navy that will revolutionize the operation of Ameri can navy yards. Officials refuse to give any Idea of what the report will be, but experts are of the opinion that concentration will be the burden of tne report. Practically every small railroad In tho country carries tho LTnlted States malls at a dead loss, according to Ralph Peters, president of tho Long Island Railroad company, who called upon President Taft to pay his re spects. The appropriations made by congress for carrying tho malls, Mr. Peters declared, are utterly Inade quate and he stated that bo would take up the subject with that body this winter. "I shall cheerfully aid you In your proposed temperance movement In the army," promises General Frederick Grant, in command of the Department of tho Great Lakes, in a letter ad dressed to the Rev. Wither F. Crafts of Washington, Btiperlntendent of the International Reform Dureau. President Taft said he enjoyed his Thanksgiving dinner because nc speechmnking had to follow. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, outlining work mapped out for cer tain bureaus of the Department of Agriculture next year, said that a soil survey would be made of tho western part of Nebraska and Kansas In the development of a plan comprehending the survey of tho entire United States. Tho Interior department has with drawn from disposition, as containing water power possibilities, about 9.C04 acres of land along the Smith river in .Montana. This tract will be held in reserve pending action by congress, which Is expected to enact legislation, governing the disposal of power sites on the public domain. A portion of tho lands withdrawn are unsurveyed. Personal. alter Wellman calls Dr. Cook a fraud, and says his claim to the pole discovery is bogus. Cubans are becoming dissatisfied with the administration of President Gomez, and want him displaced. Dr. Cook, of Arctic fame, is said to be on the point of a nervous break down. Secretary of the Interior Balllnger has made his annual report. In a street duel with knives at Al lea, Ark., Miss Nora Owens was fat ally injured by Miss Stella Delk and died within a few minutes. It la thought that bodies of many men In the Illinois mine will never bo recovered. Six summary dismissals were made at the New York customs house. The general counsel of the Stand ard Oil company sees tho bright side of the court decision. Castro is accused of trying to fo ment trouble In Venezuela. HIGH TROUBLE MEXICO MAKES SUGGESTION OF SETTLEMENT. POINTS OUT A 1Y OF PEACE Set Forth In Letter to Washington, but Nothing Received From Mexican Capital. Mexico City. A suggestion for a peaceful solution of the Nlcaraguau trouble has been made by the govern ment of Mexico to the United States. This was admitted by Minister of For eign Relations Ignaclo Marlscal. Mr. Marlscal said that no definite agreement had been reached up to this time and that he bad not received a reply to his letter sent to Washing ton about six days ago. Mr. Marlscal refused to discuss the nature of the suggestion In question, which, he said, was purely voluntary. At a late hour Tuesday night he made the following statement: "About six days ago I wrote a letter to Washington In which I made sev eral suggestions regarding a peaceful solution of the Nicaraguan troubles. No agreement of any kind has as yet been made up to this time. The mat ter rests purely in the form of a vol untary suggestion by the government." Mr. Marlscal is suffering from a throat affection and has not been at the foreign relations office for sev eral days. Despite his lllmss he at tended the presidential banquet to Ambassador Thompson, but remained only a short time. Washington. No announcement of the plan which Mexico is said to have proposed to the United States for a peaceful settlement of tho Nicaraguan trouble was made here. Assistant Sec retary of State Dilson announced no development of any Importance had taken place. Two Men Executed. New Orleans. It was reported hero by George S. Lacoya, a planter near Leon, Nicaragua, that Francisco L,3pl nosa, father of Rudolfo Esplnosa, for mer Nicaraguan minister at Washing ton, nnd of Emll Espinosa, one of the lenders of the revolutionary movement In Nicaragua, had been executed by order or Zelaya. According to La coyn, Esplnosa was siezed on his ar rival at Corinto from Washington, whero he had been visiting his son, was taken to Grenda and there shot WETS WIN IN ALABAMA. Prohibition Amendment Defeated by Large Majority. Birmingham, Ala. All Indications point to a majority of between 18,000 and 20,000 In Alabama against the pro hibition constitutional amendment Chairman J. Lee Long, who has been In charge of the fight against the amendment, claims that tho majority against the amendment will be fully 20,000. The early returns indicated a land' Elide against the amendment and sue ceeding bulletins fully bore out the enrly Indications. Jefferson county, In which Is Bir mingham, the largest city in the state, in spite of the fact that tho fight has been concentrated here, gave a major ity of over 1,000 against tho amend' ment. SWITCHMEN ON A STRIKE. Twenty-three Hundred of Them Quit Work. St. Paul. After fifteen days of ne- gotlatlng between the Switchmen's Union of North America nnd the joint committee of railroad managers rep resenting thirteen railroads of the northwest, a strike involving 2,300 switchmen became effective at o'cIock Tuesday night. The men are employed by the various railroads run- nlng west and north of St. Paul from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast and unless speedily settled will mean serious interruption to traffic. The first effect of the strike was a sharp bulge in the price of wheat in the Chicago grain market As the roads entering the Twin Cities and Duluth and Superior aro largely grain carriers from the west the prospect of a long Interruption to this traffic will mean something. Egan at Cook Hearing. Copenhagen. Rector Torp of the University of Copenhagen extended an Invitation to Dr. Maurice F. Egan United States minister to Denmark, to be present when the Nortn polar rec ords of Dr. Cook are examined. The Cook records are expected to arrive hero about December 6. Plan to Murder Rockefeller. Cleveland. Acting upon Informs tion given by a man who said ho over heard a conversation In which plans to assassinate John D. Rockefeller were discussed. East Cleveland police guarded Forest Hill, the oil magns'-'s home, all night Banquet for Thompson, Mexico City. American Ambass dor David E. Thompson, formally va cated the diplomatic office Tuesday to assume official charge of the affairs of the Pan-American railroad, which he recently purchased. A sumptuous banquet In his honor was given by President Diaz. The occasion as sembled a large number of Mexican officials, members of the diplomatic corps and their wives. Until the sue- cesBor of Mr. Thompson is appointed and arrives, the embassy will be In charge of First Secretary Bailey. CALLS M ELECTION GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS REGARD ING NEW COUNTY VOTE 10 BE TAKEN JAN, 10TH One of the Important Features of the Corn Show Soon to be Held In Lincoln. Governor Shallenberger ha3 Issued a proclamation calling an election In tho new county of Garden to be held January 10. The polls open from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Polling places shall be the same as at'the last general election. At the election the location of a county seat shall be determined and the following officers chosen County clerk, clerk of the district court, treasurer, judge, sheriff, as sessor, surveyor, superintendent, three commissioners, and all township and precinct officers, except those prcvi ously elected and quallifled In the county of Deuel from which the new- county has been formed and whose terms of office shall not have expired at the time of the election and whose esldence In embraced In the limits of the new county, shall continue In of lce until their terms expire. Tho notice of election shall bo published for two consecutive weeks preceding the election In a newspaper of gen eral circulation In the county, nnd by posting In a consplcious place at euch polling place at least two weeks bo- fore the election. Lincoln Has Corn Show. One of the Important features of the State Corn Growers' show, to bo held In tho Lincoln Auditorium Jan uary 17-21, will bo an exhibition of wheat. Up to date corn has always bad precedence in both local nnd hatlonal shows, but the Nebraska Millers' association, realizing the Im portance of wheat to tho state, has decided to assist in a movement to ward increasing its quantity and qual ity. With this end In view the mil lers have arranged to co operate with tho Corn association and have offered valuable trophy for the best ex hibit of wheat, to be given at tho an nual show each year. Much of the widespread interest In corn through out the state Is due to the efforts of the state association. It Is hoped that tho society will be as successful with wheat. In addition to the Millers' trophy several cash prizes for wheat ex hlbits have been offered. Tho Mil lers' trophy for sweepstakes, will bo b large silver piece of a special de sign mounted on an ebony base. The base will be hollow and a sample of tho winning exhibit will bo kept in it and shown whenever the cup is on display. The trophy will be formally presented to tho association at its annual banquet to be held In connec Hon with the show. After this It will be awarded annually. Majors Does Not Want It. A friend of Senator T. J. Majors has reported that Mr. Majors does hot care for tho appointment on tho old normal board to fill a vacancy In Ihe term of Mr. Hays of Alliance Which has expired. It was reported that a movement 13 being started In tho Third congressional district in favor of the appointment of Mr. Kohl a real estate dealer of Wayne. He Is a well known democrat and repre sented his district In a national dem ocratlc convention. A Fine Picture. Will M. Maupln, head of lib state labor bureau, has received a lino pic lure of the delegates attending the American Federation of Labor ron ventlon taken In a group at Toronto This picture is llfteen inches wide aw about sixty-five Inches long, and the face of every delegate can be plainly recognized, Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison, tho Indicted labor loaders, occupy prominent positions. Tho pic ture will bo placed in Labor temple. Union Pacific to Issue Bonds. The state railway commission held a conferenco with Edson Rich, at torney for tho Union Pacific Railroad ronipany, nnd Issued an order grant ing permission for the company to Issue $141,508,000 of first lien and re funding mortgngo bonds for tho pur pose of buying and constructing new lines, douhlo track, rolling stock, real estate, terminals, yards and shops. Governor Sells to State. Coupland, a special commlttecshrdl The state farm, through Regent Couplnnt, a special committee with power to act. has bought of Governor Shallenberger four shorthorns, raying therefore, $1,040. The animals will be used for instruction purposes. W. R. Patrick Resigns. Ex-Senator W. R. Patrick of Sarpy county has resigned from the board of trustees appointed to control tho state school for blind at Nebraska City and the state school for deaf at Omaha. Johns Dismisses Complaint. The complaint of John Johns of Constance against the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad has been dismissed by the State Rail way commission. John Johns alleged that the town of Constance needed a station, and it needed certain side tracks and a few other things which be alleged It was the duty of tho rail road company to furnish, bo he filed his complaint A hearing was had and testimony Introduced, after which the commission decided John Johns had failed to make his case. CASH FOR DAIRYMEN. Improvement in Method of Testing Cream. The Nebraska butter market Is, within 3 cents of the Elgin market, Instead of within 4 cents, the differen tial which has ruled for years. Dur ing the next year this means $250,000 for the Nebraska farmers. The efforts. )t tho Nebraska state pure food com mission to get absolutely correct tests of the butter fat percentages have brought this nhout. Elgin is tho butter market of the world. Tho Nebraska buyers, In pur- hasing butter, have paid 4 cent3 un- er the Eliiin market for butter fat rhis margin Includes freight and other losses. In the latter one of the Im- portant items la dishonest, careless or ncompetent grading by tho local test- ?rs. l.mclency in cream testing iius shaved the margin 20 per cent, and his difference now goes to the butter. fat producer. . The difference of 1 cent a pound has proved a formidable item. Duwng 1908, 37,111,000 pounds of butter were hipped. A difference of 1 cent a iiound on this means $371,410. A juarter of a million dollars in in- reused returns to dairymen Is re garded as a conservative estimate of the saving. Food commissioner Mains has been working for several months on the cream testing proposition. The Im provement in testing methods has been rapid, and since the beginning of the term of Governor Shallenber ger, the system has been entirely re volutionized. The testing Is now a science. False grading is punishable ly a heavy line. Testers r,'ist prove their ability, nnd they lose their per mits if they are caught making mis takes, House Journals Printed. A half dozen copies of the house journal. compiled by the Hon. T. Cone,- chief clerk of the late houso of repre sentatives, have been received by the secretary of state and It Is not near Hnm fur the mt Fonslnn tn convene The Journal contains 1.1(17 pages; the r,lot,irPi nf tho RtntP officers, officers end members of tho legislature and as a new feature a record in tabulated form of every official act of every member of the legislature during the session and a tabulated record of every bill Introduced. Tho table refers to the page on which ever; motion was made regarding each bill. There i another table in the book whicn gives the epitomized title of every bill together with it3 number. At least 300 of the journals will be bound In heavy cardboard with leather covers. The book Is much smaller than those of previous sessions and the paper on which It Is printed Is of better quality. Mr. T. Cone has made it pos sible for anyone to secure the official record of any members with little trouble. Nebraska an Apple state. Nebraska fared well at tho national horticultural congress at Council Bluffs, Secretary C. G. Marshall of the state horticultural society, assisted by Clyde II. Barnard, made a display for the Nebraska society that placed Ne- braska in the front rank as a fruit crowing state. For general display by any state, the Nebraska society took second premium, $130 in cosh, Iowa w as first In general display only defeating Nebraska because It had a larger number of variety of apples. The Nebraska state horticultural society was first and won a $300 silver loving cup for havin? the best display bv anv state horticultural society. It was also lirst in the most artistic dls- nlav and won a nold medal over such competitors as Mnlnnd. Virginia and North Carolina. The latter state was second In artistic display. On Its display of home orchard col- lection of aimles. Nebraska was first nnd won a silver lovlnc cun. School Compilations. Mate Miperinienueiii . jjibuij-. was back In his office after an absence of several d:fcs out over the state. At ine present time no is coiiipmu a ni or me scnoois oi me hihib uavm normal school brandies, mere win be more than n hundred Nebraska schools In the list, Water Bonds Registered. Tho city of North Platte had the state auditor register water bonds by the republican candidate, that city to the amount of $100,000. A cornhusker unknown at Tender State Treasurer Brian promised lnf,t was killed south of thnt place by the summer to buy these bonds for the northbound passenger train. The en state as soon as he had sufficient glneer says he stepped Into the track funds on hand. The city still depends Just In front of tho train. The upper upon the state to make the promised purchaEC If possible. Is Out for Congress. G. L. Shumway of Winter Creek precinct. Scott's Bluff county, has filed his name as a candidate for the democratic nomination Tfor congress- man in the Sixth district of Nebraska Mr. Shumway filed his name with the secretary of state together with a re celpt from the treasurer of Scott's Bluff county for the $10 filing fee Commission Slow to Act. Because of the failure of the State Railway commission to report the name of Adna Dobson to the attorney gcneral for Investigation as to his right to recelvo a pass, as reported by the Burlington railroad, Mr. Dobson has been placed in a very embarrass- lng position. The report of the Bur- lington showed that ho had received a pass to Madrid. Mr. Dobson said ho has never received any pass from tho Burlington or any other roatl since the anti-pass law became effect- lve. IB IN BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTERE8T FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. i ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. The corn yield in Taylor county hns given a boost to land in that vicinity. One hundred citizens of Genoa met and reorganized the commercial club, An industry for the manufacture of cement posts has been put In at York. Company K of Wymore has been reorganized by Major Hollingworth. Tlie nati0nal corn show at Omaha openg December (ith and continues un- til the 20th. Owing to bad weather the first an- nual Modern Woodmen log rolling at liroken Row was not well attended. Mrs. Charles Boudegard of Hamil ton county, died from the effects of carbolic acid swallowed through mis take. A fine showing of Aberdeen-Angus cattle were shipped from Red Willow county to the Chicago Live Stock BU0W. Tho Corn Show In Nebraska City was a success in every way. bx- hlblts were more than double those ot the previous year. The government exhibit at the Na tional Corn Show was tho first to be put in. Most of the showing conies from the Seattle exposition. Religious revival services are being held In a number of Nebraska towns aud others will get busy in the same direction in tae near future. Fred T. Robinson, a Lincoln barber, shot and fatally wounded his wife and attempted to tako his own life at Beatrice. He is thought to be In sane. William, the ten-year-old son of B. A. Richards, a ranchman of Hillside, forty-live miles north of Ogalalla, was ""-'u ? UU1US urusgeu aim kickuu by a broncho. During the past year the Omaha Child Saving Institute has placed six ty-two children In homes for adoption, according to the repotr submitted by Superintendent A. W. Clark. Edward S. Miller, whose corn mills were burned in Beatrice, states that he will rebuild the plant provided the city council will run a water main to the structure. Arthur Nlckols of Odessa was taken to the asylum for Insane at Hastings, he having become violently insane. This is the second time Nickols has been confined In that institution. The annual exhibit of tho Nemeha Valley Poultry association closed at Adams after a three-days run. About 400 birds were on exhibition, and the show was ono ot the best ever held. John Mandcry. a former saloon keeper of Tecumseh, was accidentally killed by the discharge of a shotgun which he had between his legs, as the team he was driving tried to run away. Burlington passenger train No. 14 ran into and killed L. C. Brant, when about three miles west of Dawson. Brant was flagman for a dirt train working out of Dawson nnd was Bent ahead to nag the passenger. Leo Lung, proprietor of the Chinese restaurant In Grand Island, and Miss Lulu Amsler, a white girl of Omaha, were married in Cheyenne, and have Just returned to Grand Island to re- side, 'ine two allege mat tney have been acquainted ror two years. U li. snepnera oi Arlington, a pio- neer business man and prominent cit- Izcn and United States commissioner to AiasKa unuer me into rresiuent McKlnley, died at the home of his (laughter, Mrs. ruuer, in Arlington, last week. The Union Pacific has secured per mission rrom me state railway com- ,. nnd ,pflin(1ni, mortcaen hnnrto Thft mnnpv win tn ,. ne8i nmke tcnB,ong and impr0ve. m0nts, Governor Ehnllenberger has ap pointed Charles C. Ellis of Sterling adjutant of the soldiers' home at Grand Island. Mr. Ellis was the dem ocratic candidate for county treasurer 0f Johnson county at the late election and was defeated by W. C. Redfield, part of his body was so badly mutl- lated that he could not be recognized. In his pocket was a quarter and a husking pin. An accident which culminated in the death of the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nelson at their home In London precinct, Nemaha county, occurred recently. The child was play ing In the kitchen with a toy wagon and wa8 backlng along tne floor wlth It and watching It, when he backed and fell Into a bucket of scalding The dedication of Wayne's hand- enmn nnrl mnrlf-rn hleh school blllld- ln tnni. n,.Pft ,nst -aeu attended by limhPr citizen of Wavna and vl8itor8 Irom abroad, A re8olutlon urging congress to es- tabllsh a natlonai paric 0n the home. Btead of tne Iato Daniel Freeman, iocated ix mne9 west of this city, has been unanimously adopted by the city councn. a special council committee of tnree wln bo named to present the council's action to Congressman E. H. njD8baw and urge upon him tho ad- ylsabllity of pushing his till to secure the desired recognition