The Glister County Republican
D. M. AMSBERRY , Editor
BROKEN BOW , - . NEBRASKA
CONDENSATIONS OF THE MORE
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS.
BOTH AT
General , Political , Religious , Sporting ,
Foreign and Other Events Re
corded Here and There.
Foreign.
A score of miners were killed by
nn explosion In the Rhymney Iron
company's colliery in Glamorganshire ,
Wales. Manager Howen and two com
panions who attempted a rescue were
themselves overcome by the atfor-
damp and perished.
Sir Edmund John Monson , former
ly Hrilish ambassador to France , died
u few days ago.
Hans Grade , the German aviator ,
won the Lnnso prize of $10,000 by
flying two and one-half kilometres ( a
little moro than a mile and a half ) in
two minutes and forty-three seconds.
The competition was restricted to
aeroplanes constructed In Germany
by German builders propelled by ) Ger
man made motors.
The Korean patriotic league has Is
sued a circular expressing satisfaction
at the assassination of Prince Ho. It
says : "Now Is the time for our twenty
millions of people to secure their In
dependence ) . Ho Is dead. Ho brought
to our country the rule of the Japan
ese , and enslaved the people. His
selfishness has received Its reward.
His crimes were unpardonable and
what happened to him was a fitting re
ward for his trickery and Just punish
U ! inent from our country.
At Santiago , Chill , a great demon
k stration was held In memory of Gen
eral Jose do San Martin , a celebrated
Spanish-American general In the war
t for independence , whoso brilliant vic
tory at the Maipo April 5 , 1818 , virtu
11 * ally drove the Spaniards from Chill.
Thousands of troops and school chil
dren formed In procession and
marched past the statute erected h )
his honor.
A scene of great disorder was caused
at SL Petersburg , Russia , by the so
cialist Interpellation in the duma , de
claring unconstitutional the imperial
ukase , Issued September 0 , with refer
ence to military legislation. Secre
tary ZamyslovskI refused to read the
interpellation on account of its dis
loyalty. ,
General.
A colored organization of Alabama
Is contributing its mite toward build
ing the canal.
Prosperity has arrived , according to
the figures furnished by the depart
ment of commerce and labor.
Buffalo , N. Y. , suffered a $250,000
fire loss a few days ago.
Porters , cabmen and waiters are
not desirable for jurors , according to
Jury Commissioner William A. Am-
H berg , who testified In Chicago before
the judges who are Investigating al
leged irregularities in the drawing o/ /
venire.
Deep water crusaders are to camp
nt Washington this winter to Influ
ence congress.
Elections held on Tuesday reflected
little general political interest.
Doth Franco and the United States
are anxious to avoid anything In the
way of tariff war.
Prince Ito , assassinated by Koreans ,
was regarded as the leading states
man of Japan.
Oillclals of the Pittebnrg & Lake
Erie railroad have issued circulars to
their 3,000 laborers announcing that
when they draw their pay November 1
for October work they will receive
pay on a basis of $1,05 a day Instead
of $ l.r,0. ,
The iate Senator Patrick II. McCar-
ren , in his will leaves all his property ,
real estate and personal , to his aged
mother , Mrs. Mary McCarren. The
estate Is estimated at $50,000.
A dinner attended by about 500 per
sons was tendered at Philadelphia by
the Manufacturers' club , under whouo
auspices the visitors came to Phila
delphia.
Resolutions eulogizing Professor
Ferrer and condemning the officials re
sponsible for his execution in Spain
were adopted at a mass meeting in
Detroit.
A rumor Is In circulation at St. Pe
tersburg to the effect that the powers
have addressed a joint note to Russia
with regard to Manchurlan affairs.
The prices of vehicles , buggies , sur
reys and carriages are to be moved
up by the 4,000 members of the Trl-
State Vehicle and Implement Dealers'
association. This Is to bo done In
Bplto of the fact that automobiles are
getting cheaper every year.
A decrease In the number of cas
ualties on railroads for the year endIng -
Ing Juno 30 , 190D , Is shown by n re
port published by the Interstate Com
merce commission.
Rear Admiral Sebreo brought to
Manila news ot cannibalism on the
Admiralty Islands.
Jack Johnson ( colored ) and Jim
Jeffries have signed up for a big fight
on or before July Gth.
There was nn enormous comparative
increase in exports during the montl
of September.
John BIgolow of Now York , former
United States minister to France , who
within less than a month will celebrate
his ninety-second birthday , has pro-
Rented Mount Airy , his dairy farm o !
400 acres , to the village of Highland
Falls , New York.
King Edward ban npoolnted a royal
commission to Inquire into the corull-
.tlon of the divorce laws , especially an
ithey affect the poorer classes ,
i Half n million dollars In Indian
funds Is Involved In tx treasury de
partment decision.
' Premier Asqulth announced in the
house of commons that on November
fe ho would move for the rejection en
tirely of the house of lords amend
ments to the Irish land bill.
. Leroy Foster , a young rural mail
carrier of Clay Center , Neb. , shot and
iklllud IncK Cox , a stenographer , and
committed suicide.
The proudest man In Itaca , Now
York , Is Charles A. Rycrson of 205
Third street , who became the father
of his sixteenth child recently. Mr.
Ilyerson Is 54 years old , his wife Is 48 , .
and they have been married about
twenty-nine years. Since that tlmo
eight hoys have been born.
There is likely to bo a wholesale re
lease of supposed lepers on an Island
of the Hawaiian group.
Congressman Fowler has sent a chal
lenge to Senator Aldrlch to debate the
central bank question.
The vacancy left by the death of E.
II. Ilnrrimnn in the directorate of the
Delaware & Hudson company was
filled by the election of Former Judge
Robert S. Lovett.
Modern Greece is apparently In
danger from the rapid emigration to
the United States on the part of the
young men.
The sale of the Christian stamps
furnished by the Red Cross society
will begin about the middle of Novem
ber , and It Is expected that several
thousand dollars will bo realized by
the Nebraska Society for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis.
Wm. Englo won first chance at the
Aberdeen land drawing. His chance
was worth $20,000. But Englo had
thought so little of his luck that ho
filed on some land in Tripp county ,
thereby losing his right to the Aber
deen land.
Daniel Edwin Hurley , an actor and
singer connected with the Dolly Var-
don company , New York , Insane over
religion , built n circle of fire on the
street and stood In the center of it
to burn to death.
Eight hundred speakers in New
York were busy a few days before
election.
Rev. Frederick II. Ward , pastor of
.ho Baptist church at Freewatcr ,
Ore. , pleaded guilty of bigamy and
was sentenced to five years in the
Washington penitentiary.
The Prince and Princess Kunl of
Japan have communicated through
Ur. Matsul , the Japanese charge
d'affaires , their thanks to the Amer-
can people for the generous hospital
ity which they received whllo In this
country to attend the Hudson-Fulton
celebration In Now York.
By the terms of the will of the Into
Dr. Levy I. Shoemaker of Wllkes-
larre : , Pa. , which was filed for pro
bate. Yale university is given moro
than $500,000 , to bo used in the med
ical department of the institution.
Washington.
With the school of aeronautics at
Dmnha , Neb. , closed for the winter ,
three of the officers who were In at
tendance have been ordered back to
their commands in other branches of
the army.
Frank Walley Perkins , acting su
perintendent of the United States
coast and geodetic survey , was sus
pended without pay and John J. Gil
bert , inspector of hydrography and
topography , reduced from $3,000 to
2$000 a year as the1 result of charges
of administrative irregularities.
Information has reached the state
department that the celebrated Alsop
claim against Chile , involving valu
able guano deposits and silver mines ,
to in a fair way of settlement.
Orders were Issued by the postofllco
department to all postmasters , railway
mall clerks and other postal employes
to keep a sharp lookout for mall mat
ter from or addressed to the Cuban
national lottery. The lottery has un
dertaken to exploit the United States
in violation of the postal laws of this
country , It Is alleged , and moro than
fifty communications to the concern ,
each containing money , have been
thold and the contents returned to the
senders.
The Chinese government has sent
forty-seven sHulcnts to American col
leges and universities in compliance
with the understanding with the
United States regarding the disposi
tion of the idoumlty remitted by this
government.
The Brownsville court of Inquiry
decided to visit Brownsville , Texas ,
late in November to hear any new ma
terial facts bearing on the famous
"shooting up" of that city on the night
of August 13 , 1900.
Ex-President Roosevelt has sent n
story of his exploits in killing wild
beasts of East Africa.
Personal.
Two hundred members of the Gom-
pors family held n reunion In New
York to do honor to Solomon Gem
pers.
pers.Colonel
Colonel J. E. Houston of the Nine
teenth infantry at Fort Bliss did not
finish the endurance ride of ninety
miles required by the Avar department.
Ho fell out nt the half way station
( and will now probably go before the
.retiring board.
The Minnesota congressman who
succeeded J. Adam Bode Is accused
of going over to the Cannon crowd.
At Now Orleans Speaker Cannon
uttered defiance to his enemies , the
insurgents , and declared the recent
'attacks upon him to bo "peanut poll-
tics" and "tommy rot. "
Two brothers were arrested nt Kan
sas City , charged with the murder of
the Van Royen family. One of them
has confessed that ho alone did the
deed.
Dr. Cook replied to detractors at
Hamilton , Mont. , and practically ac
cused Peary of instigating thoui.
TO COMPLETE NORTH PLATTE
IRRIGATION PROJECT.
THE TROUBLE OF IS. DALTON
She Aoks That the Governor Intercede
in Her Behalf Various State
Capital Matters.
Andrew Weiss , project engineer ,
filed u petition with State Engineer
Simmons , together with nn applica
tion for an extension of time In which
to complete the work on the North
Platte Irrigation project of the govern
ment. Five more years will bo re
quired to complete It and It may bo
ten years before all of the available
water can be turned over to the farm
ers. The United States government
is obliged to acquire water rights in
a state exactly the name as an Indi
vidual.
The application has been granted
by State Engineer Simmons with two
provisions : First , that water can bo
placed on the land as fast as possible ,
and second , that settlers who arc now
Irrigating their land from adjacent
streams shall retain their rights. Mr.
Simmons declares that settlers who
are trying to develop the country
should have every possible advantage.
About $500,000 Is available for the
work on the Nebraska-Wyoming
project during the next year.
More of Road Troubles.
Mrs. Siomer of Dalton , who some
tlmo ago wrote to the governor for
assistance In getting roads opened be
tween her farm and town , out In Mor-
rlll county , to save her the trouble of
opening gates , wrote again a few
days ago. The governor Informed her
how to proceed to get the county
board to declare the roads opened
and Mrs. Slemer has written that
the county clerk had Instructed her
to send In a check for $25 to guaran
tee the expense of viewing the pro
posed road and the commissioners
would get busy. Should the road bo
finally opened than the check would
bo returned. The law provides that
the party demanding the load shall
guaranty the cost of Inspection so In
case the road Is not opened the com
missioners may get their pay and ex
penses. Mrs. Slemer said she had no
$25 to put up. The office of the gov
ernor doubts If It will cost $25 to
make the Investigation and It Is prob
able the clerk will be asked by the
governor to explain just why the
woman should be required to put up
the stated amount of $25.
Better Service at Norfolk.
It Is up to the Pacific Express com
pany and the American Express com
pany to Install a Norfolk long distance
telephone In their joint office at Nor
folk. Such Is the order of the State
Hallway Commission Issued following
several hearings on the case. The
findings and the order of the commis
sion Is based on the Bartos act passed
by the late legislature which requires
public service corporations to provide
facilities for the benefit of the public
in the transaction of their business.
Present service Is Inadequate.
Improvement of Salt Creek.
Assisted by Congressman Magulre ,
farmers of the Salt Creek drainage
district have outlined plans for the
formation of a drainage district and
operations will soon begin. The chan
nel of Salt Creek will bo straightened
and the curves removed between Lin
coln and Ashland.
Permission Granted.
Adjutant General John C. Itartlng-
ton has received special permission
from the war department at Washing
ton to permit Lieutenant Colonel W.
Edmond Baehr , First regiment , Ne
braska Natioanl tiiiard , of Omaha , to
attend the United States army garrison
risen at Fort Crook. A limited num
ber of national guardsmen from the
different states is allowed by the gov
ernment to attend military post
schools and a money allowance is
made them In accordance with their
rank. Lieutenant Colonel Bnehr will
rorolvo an allowance of about $80 a
month for a school term limited to
six months.
Suggestion for Advertising.
General Manderson has written La
bor Commissioner Mnupin a letter ro-
gardlng the publication of a bulletin ,
Nebraska Resources. Enclosed with
his suggestions was a letter from
Thomas Crolgh , attorney for the Cud-
nhy Packing company , commendinK
General Mandorson for his interest In
securing for the labor bureau suffi
cient appropriations to more properly
advertise the state and Its resources.
Mr. Crolgh called the attention of
General Mandorson to articles being
published in the various counties of
the state. These articles , said Mr.
Crolgh , were good advertising for Ne
braska and the next bulletin Issued by
the department of labor should con-
fain the population of the counties ,
valuation of counties and per capita
wealth of the people.
Sharp Drives Good Bargain.
The general opinion among these
who seem to know about the Inside
of the deal whereby W. 13. Sharp got
possession of the traction company
and will make himself president of It
Is that the now syndicate of business
men drove a good bargain. A quan
tity of the stock was bought for $85
a share. Of this amount $25 was paid
in cash and a note given for the $ GO.
This note , which covered all the
money duo on all the sales , runs for
tnreo years and Is payable to n board
of trustees.
COURT MUST DECIDE.
Constitutionality of Corporation Tax'
Law.
The brief of the appellants In the attack - ]
tack on the constitutionality of the
corporation tax law has reached tho-
supreme court The case was filed In ;
the Lancaster county court by the' '
Mercantile Incorporating company of
Omaha. The Erie Iron works entered ,
the case as Intcrvenor , Judge J. J. '
Sullivan , candidate for supreme Judge ,
on the democratic ticket , being the nt-i
torney In the case. An effort is being
made to render invalid this law of the
recent legislature taxing corporations
a flat amount governed by their capi
tal stock , but not based directly on it.
In the Lancaster county district
court where the case was first brought
the law was held to bo good , and an' '
appeal was taken to the supreme
court.
In arguing the unconsttiutlonnllty.
of the law the appellant corporations
set fortli that the tax must either bo
In the nature of a license or a tax on
the franchise. It can not bo In the
nature of a license from the very
terms of the law. License presup
poses that the state will regulate. No
such regulation Is prescribed. License' '
moneys go to the school fund. Tho' '
tax under this law Is turned Into the
general fund.
The law says that such tax Is an
occupation permit. But the contest
ants declare that the right of levying
an occupation tax granted In section
1 , article 9 of the constitution , does
not Include such a tax as this law
calls for. It directs an occupation tax
on ad valorem basis , and enumerates
sixteen kinds of occupations that
might fall under the tax. Hence the
law can not properly be called an oc
cupation tax.
The section of the consttlutlon
granting the right to levy an occupa
tion tax reads : "The legislature shall
provide such revenue as may be need
ful , by levying n tax by valuation , so
that every person and corporation
shall pay a tax In proportion to the
value of his , her or its property and
franchise , the value to be ascertained
In such manner as the legislature shall
direct , and it shall have power to tax
peddlers , auctioneers , brokers , hawk
ers , commission merchants , showmen ,
Jugglers , inn keepers , liquor dealers ,
toll brldgo , ferries , insurance , tele
graph and express Interests or busi
ness , venders of patent medicines in
such manner as it shall direct , by gen
eral law , uniform as to the class upon
which it operates. "
t
Must Make Affidavit.
When the list of delinquent corpora
tions who had not paid the tax ac
cording to the corporation tax law
was published no allowance was made
for these corporations which have a
capital stock and do not , under their
very nature , Intend to pay a dividend
or in any way act as profit makers
for the stockholders. It was assumed
that If there was a capital stock there
must he a profit-sharing intent. Many
corporations have since protested that
such was not the purpose of their
formation and they should not be
compelled to pay a tax. T4io secretary
of state is sending out bhinks asking
for an affidavit from the officers of
each such company that they were
organized for social purposes or be
nevolent purposes only and arc ex
empt from the operations of the law.
Attempt to Break Will.
A third attack has been made in the
supreme court against Ida "Wharton ,
the widow of the late George II. Boggs
of Omaha. The complainants are the
relatives of Boggs , who object to her
using Boggs' property. Everything
was willed to his wife wy Boggs aside
from a trusteeship , but she was also
given the right to remove , with or
without cause , the trustees. The
brothers and sisters of the dead man
declare that Mrs. Wharton has given
much property willed her to her second
end husband , and that the property
has yielded her an Income of about
$12,000 per year.
A Complaint Filed.
The Kendall-Smith Milling company
of Woodlawn has filed a formal com
plaint with the railway commission
asking that the Burlington bo com
pelled to reinstate Its former switchIng -
Ing charges between Lincoln and
Woodlawn , which It changed January
1 , 1907. The petition says that for
thirty-three years the charge has been
$5 a car between the two towns and
under the beneflcient rate the com
plainant has built up a thriving millIng -
Ing and feed business in the city of
Lincoln , the product coining from the
mill at Woodlawn. The changed rate
has changed all this.
At the Corn Exposition.
All summer the Nebraska experi
ment stations have been \ orklng to
have growing plants at the Katlonal
Corn xEposltlon that the visitors
might see just how the grains look
at various stages and compare tucm
to the parent plants at each season.
The exhibit is entirely In charge of
the Nebraska Agricultural college at
Lincoln and will bo supplemented by
n large collection of grains and grass *
cs from the state.
Complaint on Switching Rate.
The Kendall-Smith company of Lin
coln has filed a complaint against the
Burlington railroad , with the st to
railway commission because it has
seen fit to change its switching rate of
$5 a car from Woodlawn to 2 cents
per 100 pounds. This company has n
machinery manufactory at Woodlawn ,
and for thirty-five years it says in its
complaint the Burlington gnvo it n
switching rate of $5 n car. BUt re
cently it changed this rate to 2 cents
per 100 pounds , and this rate is re
garded as too high.
RETURNS ON THE STATE TOO
MEAGER TO DETERMINE.
HAYWARD CLAIMS A VICTORY
First Returns Show Democratic Gains
In Unexpected Places but With
Other Changes More PleasIng -
Ing to Republicans.
Returns at hand on the vote for supreme
premo judge In Nebraska are far from
conclusive.
One hundred and forty-seven pre
cincts In the state , outside of Douglas
and Lancaster , gave the following to
tals :
Dean 9,000
Good 9,037
Sullivan 9,807
Barnes 9,840
Fawcett 9,812
Sedgwlck 9,342
These same precincts In 1907 gave
Reese 11,000 and Loomls 9,500. In
that year Reese , republican candidate ,
secured a majority of 24,400 In the
state. These figures showed a net
loss to the republicans of 2,013 , or a
little more than 17 to the precinct.
Thirty additional precincts raised
these totals to Dean 12,208 ; Good 12-
214 ; Sullivan , 12,398 ; Barnes , 13,187 ;
Fawcett , 13,083 ; Sedgwlck , 12,150.
The 181 precincts computed above
gave in 1907 Reese , 14,307 ; Loomis
11,580.
Twelve additional precincts from
Cherry county gave the following vote :
Dean , 021 ; Good , 251 ; Sullivan , 259 ;
Barnes , 282 ; Fawcott , 280 ; Sedgwlck ,
280. These precincts in 1907 gave
Roosc , 305 ; Loomis , 255.
In contrast to these figures Douglas
county came in with a strong vote ,
and Lancaster showed the republican
candidates for supreme judge more
than 1,000 votes ahead of the demo
crats in 39 out of the 53 precincts.
Because of the various methods
nsed in making comparisons It was
difficult to compare computations. The
republican state headquarters used the
vote of last year , the State Journal
the vote on supreme judge in 1907 ,
while in Omaha both comparisons
were made.
The vote received on regent was In
complete and difficult to make an es
timate from , but in Omaha it was
claimed the republican regents had
been elected by a strong majority.
Lurton May Be Appointed.
Washington. A letter has been re
ceived in Washington from a Nash
ville , Tenn. , politician who Is a close
friend of Justice Lurton , and of For
mer Secretary Luke E. Wright , declar
ing that it may be set down as set
tled that Justice Lurton will be ap
pointed to the supreme bench. The
information Is regarded as peculiarly
reliable , so far as It has to do with
the Impression which Judge Lurton
and Secretary Wiisht entertain.
Judge Lurto.i probably Is closer to
President Taft than anybody else now
In public life. The story goes that
Mr. Taft wanted President Rosoevolt
to name Judge Lurton to the supreme
bench instead of Justice Moody ; but
Mr. Roosevelt would not do it. It was
Judge Lurton who first introduced
Secretary Taft and General Wright ;
and in the present juncture , according
to the advices from Nashville , Gener
al Wright is looking after the inter
ests of Judge Lurton in the judicial
matter.
The information , therefore , may be
said to come directly from both Judge
Lurton and General Wright , that they
are confident of tiie appointment. They
think , moreover , that the appointment
will bo made immediately after Presi
dent Tai't's return from his trip , In
order to prevent the possibility of a
long and embarrassing consideration.
Prison Looming Up.
Washington. The district court of
appeals Tuesday affirmed the decree
of the supreme court of the District
of Columbia , adjudging President Sam
uel Gompers , Secretary Frank Morri
son , of the American Federation of La
bor , guilty of contempt of court in the
Buck Stove and Range case.
Chief Justice Sheppard dissented
from the opinion of the court on con
stitutional grounds.
The court hold that the fundamental
Issue was whether the constitutional
agencies of government should be
obeyed or defied. The mere fact that
the defendants were the officers of or
ganized labor in America , said the
court , lent Importance to the cause
and added to the gravity of the situ
ation , but it should not be permitted to
Influence the result.
Hurt Riding the "Bumpers. "
Central City , Neb. While riding the
"bumpers" on a through freight oh the
Union Pacific1 Tuesday morning , a
young man giving his name as Chas.
Allen had his foot crushed by being
mashed between the bumpers. He was
taken to the rooms above the Y. M. C.
A. building. The young man claims
Iowa as his home , and has every ap
pearance of affluence , wearing two or
three rings sot with diamonds , and
having other articles of Jewlery in his
possession.
Japan Keeps Its Promise.
Peking. The Japanese-Korean residency -
dency was withdrawn Tuesday from
Chientno In fulfillment of an agree
ment reached between Japan and
China , September 4 , last , and which
recognizes Chientno as Chinese terri
tory , from which the Japanese mili
tary forces then held there for the pro
tection of Japanese and Korean inter
ests should bo withdrawn. Japan has
established a consulate general and
two branches in Chlcntao. China has
opened offices of maritime customs ic
the district.
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items of Interest Taken Fro.n Hero
and There Over the State.
Many farmers , on husking their
corn , are finding the yield hotter than
anticipated.
Butte's now opera house , erected at
a cost of $11,000 , is now ready for
business.
Hutnboldt had five diphtheria cases ,
but at this writing nil are progressing
satisfactorily.
Nebraska Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution had a two days' meet
ing In Beatrice , elected officers and
transacted other business.
Eastern parties are inquiring of Tecumseh -
cumseh If the city would like to have
a canning factory. Sure , says Tecumseh -
cumseh , if conditions are all right.
Daniel M. Behrlngcr of Johnson
county has sold his 240 acre farm ,
southeast of Tecumseh to T. C. Boy-
Ian of RIverton , la. , for $125 per acre ,
or $30,000.
Ross Hofeldt , a farmer , 39 years old ,
committed suicide at his home about
two miles south of Elkhorn by shootIng -
Ing himself. The act Is supposed to
have been due to despondency.
Governor Shallenborgcr has ap
proved the re-election of Captain Ivor
S. Johnson and Second Lieutenant
William N. Noris of company n , First
regiment , Nebraska , national guard , of
Stanton.
William Wlese , a boy of 13 years , liv
ing three miles southeast of West
Point , has raised one acre of corn
under the direction of the State Board
of Agriculture , the yield of which Is a
little more than 113 bushels.
Attorney John Patterson , jr. , of Cen
tral City has just returned from a tour
of the south and Old Mexico where
he went to look up several big land
propositions. During his stay In the
south he purchased 10,000 acres.
Indiana will exhibit at the National
Corn show. The exhibit Includes the
many features of crop and soil work
presented nt the Indiana state fair ,
together with a large display showing
results of experimental work.
A large barn on the Martin Fritzen
farm in aGge county was destroyed by
fire. A valuable team , several hun
dred bushels of grain and farm Imple
ments wore consumed. The loss is
placed at $2,000 , with no insurance.
Nine years ago J. W. Bennett moved
to Fullerton from York county and
purchased a farm of 240 acres one
mile east of that city paying $40 per
acre. lie sold the farm last week to
R. G. Clark for $100 per acre.
According to the report of the state
treasurer , the balance in the state
banks and in the state treasury Octo
ber 31st amounted to $573,304. This
is an Increase of $21,000 over the bal
ance last month.
C. R. Johnson , the colored barber
who admitted ho wrote suggestive let
ters to little Lizzie Miller , n fifteen-
year-old girl , was driven out of Fre
mont by the county officials , who be
lieved It unsafe for Johnson to re-
main. > f
'
Gov. Shallenbergerarrived / home *
from his Southern trip in time to vote.
Near Creston Mr. Bookman's young
est son was accidentally shot by nii-
othther by while out hunting. His in
juries were quite serious and grave
doubts are held for his recovery.
Caught between the bumpers of two
freight cars , Charles Allen , a tramp ,
who was stealing a ride , had his foot
badly crushed , and was taken off a
Union Pacific freight train at Central
City.
City.The
The annual boys' and girls' Indus- Jk
trial contest and corn show under the 4
auspices of the county schools , will be
held In Tecumseh on Saturday , No
vember 27. Prizes are offered for corn
and work of all kinds the girls of the
school engage in.
Leander Wilson , a farmer residing
ten miles northeast of Beatrice start
ed a fire in his potato' patch to burn
off the trash and before the flames
were subdued they burned forty-five
acres of corn averaging twenty-five
bushels to the acre.
Postmaster S. D. Cole of Wymore
has been Informed that punch mail
service will be installed by the govern
ment on the now trains , Nos. SI and . - * * '
SO , to be installed by the Burlington
between Wymore and Lincoln Octo
ber 31.
Mrs. Foster of Oklahoma , coming
up on the Missouri Pacific railroad ,
lost her pocketbook out the car win
dow near the Nemahn river. Leaving
the train nt Falls City she returned to
the place where it was dropped and j
was fortunate in finding It where it
fell.
Two young women who arrived in
Lincoln to solicit money for an or
phans' home In Kansas City were re
fused a letter by Mayor Love. He said
he considered the young women too
far away from home for that work ,
and besides Lincoln had all it could Ado -
do to take of its own orphanages. J
The Chicago & Northwestern rail
road has received permission of the
State Railway commission to Issue
bonds to the amount of $20,102,000.
Some time ago this road received per
mission from the state of Wisconsin
, to issue bonds to the amount of some
' $30,000,000 and about one-third of this
amount has been Issued. Now the road
[ intends to issue the other two-thirds ,
'giving ' a mortgage on its property in
'this ' state.
! Religious services in a saloon , with
1 singing by handsomely gowned wo-
'men to accompaniments played at a
portable organ , were a new feature
In the spectacular revival meetings in
Hastings.
A collection of swine bones will
form a part of the Nebraska exhibit at
the National corn show. This is a
queer display but it shows something
of the most practical sort for the
farmer the effect of the various ra
tions when fed to hogs , what corn and
alfalfa will produce in the way of
bones ns compared to the bones pro
duced by feeding other rations
