The Busier County Republican D. M. AMSIJEIUIY , Editor BROKEk'QOW NEBRASKA CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OF LESSER IMPORTANCE. A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS National , Political , Personal and Othci Matters In Brief Form for All Classes of Rcadcrc. ' Washington. The commission appointed by Pros ! < lcnt Taft to inquire into the charac lor of legislation for the control o stock and bond Issues by rallroadi will have no report to make for some time. The total estimates for the Unltct Slates navy for the fiscal year 1911 12 to bo submitted to congress as i basis for the appropriation for tlm year , amounts to $120,010,059.21 which i $5,000,000 loss than appro prlatcd for the current fiscal year. Animals imported for breeding pur POKOS after January 1 , 1911 , must bi accompanied by certificates of the bu rcau of animal Industry that the anl mals are pure bred of a rocognlzet brood and duly registered In the for elgn book of record for that cstab llshcd breed. After a conference lasting through out the day between Secretary Mac- Vcagh , Collector Loob of New York , Attorney General Wickorsham and other officials of the Now York cus toms , no decision was reached as to the action of the government with reference to the customs frauds in woolens and linings at Now York. Representative James A. Tawney o ! Minnesota , chairman of the approprl atlons committee , believes it will be necessary to hold an extra session ol congress. "It is doubtful whcthei oven the regnlar appropriation bill can ho passed at this session , " said Mr. Tawney. Ho said it will take at least forty-llvo days to pass the regular appropriation bills. Railroad bonds lead the list of so curlUes hold by the banks of tlu United States according to figures prepared and made public by Lawrence renco O. Murray , comptroller of the currency. The total holdlngn o bonds , stocks and other securities bj banks In the United States are $1 , 723,000,000 and moro than ono-fourtl ยง 1,455,100,000 , arc railroad bonds. General. Officers of th a .rimerlcan navy won guests of the lord mayor of London Two reports arc to bo submitted tt congress on the Balllngcr-Plnchol case. Robert Pcnry says ho will not at tempt another expedition to , nntartlc region. Allen Becchcr was consecrated bishop of the Episcopal church al Omaha. Opposition to the proposed no navy was defeated in the Canadlar parliament. Business of the country is on a finr foundation although moving Just a little tlo bit slowly. Nebraska has 37G.33G children ol Rchool ago , between the ages of live and twenty-one. Census returnr. Indlcato that the United States has n population ol about 91,000,000 people. Two counties of Virginia voted Is sues of bonds aggregating 51.000.00C for highway Improvement. Suit haa been begun In the federal court of Now York to bring about the dissolution of the so-called sugai trust. Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy , founder of the Christian science church , is dead. An engine on the Denver & .do ( irando railroad exploded near Soldier summit , Utah , killing the engineer , liromnn and brake-man. Witnesses at New York were nn able to say foreign shipping interests maintained a lobby at Washington. Edward Arthur Smith , 53 years old n. brother-in-law of Secretary of State Knox , died in a taxlcjib on his way tc n hospital in PIttsburg. "Retire ? " exclaimed Senator Till- man , repeating an inquiry. "I shall not retire until they bury mo ; I have no idea of quitting the game. " Eugene II. Burr , of Now York , one of the members of Burr Bros. ( Inc. ) , recently raided by federal authorities was named an co-respondent in a dl vorco suit in which the plaintiff , James Harden , wao awarded an ab- Koluto divorce from his wife. A. E. Standon , of Chicago , went tc the little town of Elsberry , oM. , hunt ed up R. O. Sharp and paid him $000 , an amount ho had borrowed twenty- three years ago to go into business which proved unsuccessful. The note had long since been destroyed. The Brazilian naval revolt has been chocked by congress > oting to acceed to the demands of the mutineers. The question of which faction will control , the organization of the two houses of the Nebraska legislature is ono that is much discussed. The Australian steamer Goltla from Now Orleans to Trieste , with a valu able cargo of cotton arrived In Nor folk , Vn. , with n flro in her hold. The first Alaska overland mall of the year arrived in Nouio from Fair banks. This is a record for early de livery after the close of navigation in Bering sea. , fe With n population of G.328,531 , Illl nolfl Is the third state in the union , Crlppen , the wife murderer , left re quest that his rcinnlim ho cremated. Senator Halo doesn't look for mucli work by the short session of con gress. Congressman Tawney Is said to be opposed to fortification of the canal It is said ( hero will bo no ponnlon legislation at thu short session ol congress. j Over thirty million dollars nro to bo asked for river and harbor Im provements. Much of the red tape In various de partments of the postofTiccfl IB to be dispensed with. Secretary MncVongh favors a high er rate of interest for future issues of Panama canal bonds. The planting of Pacific coast sal mon eggs have proven successful In waters of New Hampshire. Foreign steamer companies are ac cused of combining to squeeze out American shipping Interests. The population of the state of Maryland is 1,291,450 according to the statistics of the thirteenth census. Hltchcoclr , ( dem. ) for senator from Nebraska , got 19,050 moro votes than Burkett , present republican senator. Following its Thanksgiving recess the supreme court of the United States handed down many decisions. Francis II. Lhirr , former captain of the Harvard foot ball team , Is criti cally ill with typhoid fever in Llos- ton. ton.Tho The Peruvian government has no Interest in any steamship line to bo established between New York and Callao. Eugene R. Cox declares the Chris thin Science church will contnue to run smoothly , notwithstanding the death of Mrs. Eddy. Mlsa Mary Holbrook , many years a missionary for the American board in China and Japan , died Friday at the homo of her brother in East. Haven , Conn. v A November without wind , precipi tation , or severe cold gave Nebraska farmers perfect opportunity to har vest the corn and make snug for the winter. Colonel Rnnsdell , sergeant-at-arms of the United States senate , placed orders for four new desks to bo oc cupied by the senators of Arizona and Now Mexico. Four men blow open the Farmers' ' bonk at Garden City , Iowa , with dynamite - namito , getting $1,800. A citizen named Ncssna was awakened by the explosion and began firing at the robbers with a shotgun. The rob bers escaped. W. P. Lotchworth , aged 87 , widely known as a philanthropist , is dend at Glenn Iris , near Portage , N. Y. With his death 1,000 acres of park , including the falls of the upper Geno- sco river , become by his gift the prop erty of New York state. Defects In the .administration ol the Now Orleans customs are to bo remedied by the treasury department as the result of criticisms which n federal grand jury made after Investi gating the Importation of laces and embroidery at that port. The congressional Immigration committee appointed In February , 1907 , to make n thorough Investiga tion of immigration conditions and practices ceased to exist Dec. 5. The appropriation of $125,000 carried with it a tlmo limit on the commission. T. B. Fitzpatrlclr. national treasurer of the United Irish League , cabled $10,000 to John E. Redmond , leader of : the Natlonnlists in the British parlia ment , for the furtherance of the cause. This make ; ; the total sent since the recent annual meeting of the league at Buffalo , $50,000. The total population of the United States , as revealed by the thirteenth census , Is expected to be announce by the census bureau on Deo. 10. Counting Arizona ami Now Mexico as states the totals for twenty-eight out of forty-eight states already have boon announced. The grand total for the whole country will be about 91- 000,000. First Officer T. Chcethan of the Great .Northern liner-Minnesota was arrested by custom Inspectois on a charge of smuggling opium. Seven business houses located in the business district of Petersburg , Va , , were destroyed by flro at a loss of approximately $500,000. For a time a hotel In nn adjoining block- In which a largo number of guests wcro sleeping , was threatened , but the firemen succeeded in confining thn fiames to the ono block. The loss Is partly covered by Insurance. None of the burned buildings was occupied at night and there was no loss of life. Personal. A brother of Madero says the revolt In Mexico has only begun. President Taft urged cabinet mem bers to slash in their estimates. Dr. Cook says a man cannot really toll if ho has found the north pole. Heads of the Cudahy department will remove from Omaha to Chicago. Descendants of John C. Calhoun are striving to secure his old planta tion. Benjamin F. Tlllman says ho has no intention of retiring from the sen ate. Prominent men of the country at tended a Mark Twain memorial at Now York. President Diaz for thq eighth tlmo wan Inaugurated us chief executive of Moxlco. President Taft told members of his cabinet they must make further cuts In estimates of expenses. August Beluiont testified before n legislative committee of his effort to kill the Now York anti-racing bill. At the ago ot 108 years Martha Gammons has been declared to be anne In the Howard county circuit court at Kokomo , Ind. COME COUNTIES SHOWN TO DE UNDULY FAVORED. SILL SEilTORt DISTRICTS Decided Growth in Population In Western Counties MIsceilnncoua Cnpitnl Matters. Adams , Cass , Otoe and Saline counties have the best of It , In the ap portlomnent of state senators of No bruskn , on the Usurps of population recently made public by the govern , inont. AdaniH hits one senator for 20,900 , Cass has one senator for 21 , ' MO , Oleo has one senator for J9.323 , and Saline has one senator for 17,800 Since the apportionment was made In 1887 , Adams gained only approxi mately 2,000 In population. Cass has gained less than 2,000 , Otoe has lost nearly li.OOO , and Saline has lost 3SI ) . Douglas county has three .senators , each representing approximately 56- 000 of population. Lancaster hus two Kcnators , each representing less than 37,000 people. The eighth district , comprising live counties , has a senator for -10,000 , and the new census shows a decrease of population In this district of about 10,000. The Fourteenth district has a senator for Its seven counties , with a population of 47,000. The Twenty- ninth district , comprising , eight coun ties , haa a senator for over 52,000 of population. As was naturally to have been ex pected the main growth of population in. the last ten years has been in the western counties of the slate , and In the cities of Omaha and Lincoln. It would appear from the figures given that a just and equitable reapportionment - apportionment as railed for by both parties In their platforms , "would mean at least one additional senator for Douglas and savcral additional senators for western Nebraska. This would mean , evidently , that the very small districts mentioned should bo switched Into new combinations that would cut down the preponderance of power they now have. Otoe and Cass together , and Adams and Saline , together , would have as near the av erage population of the present sen atorial population of the present sen atorial districts as could be handily llgured. In the matter of representation In the house , too , the western part of the state Is not adequately treated Tinder the present apportionment. While some of the counties In the eastern half of Nebraska have suf fered a loss In population. It will lie noticed In the tables that , with rare exceptions , the western counties have gained in substantial measure. Kearney Normal. The report of President Thomas of the Kearney normal and his recom mendations were Hied with the gov ernor. He asks that $55,000 being ap propriated by the last legislature has not been sufficient to build the build ing. Of this $50,000 ho reports that $39,529.58 has been spent. The ap propriation for salaries two years ago was $82,000. Ho calculates In his report the expenditures of this na ture for the rest of the hlonnlum. Liable to Taxation. Creameries are liable to taxation for the manufacture of adulterated Initter regardless of whether the adulteration occurs by accident or de sign , according to the ( hidings of Judge T. C. Mungor in United States circuit court In directing a verdict for the government in the suit of the West Point Creamery company. Fees Collected by Secretary. The Komi-annual report of Secre tary of Stata .lunkln shows the fol lowing fees collected by his ollico during the last six months : Articles or Incorporations , $9(140.0 ( ! > ; notary commissions , $389 ; motor vehicle's , $0,780.80 ; marks and brands , $201,15 ; certificates and transcripts , ? 20i.05 ( ; trade marks , $16 ; corporation per mits. $57,200.90 ; corporation penal- tics , $2 , ! )0 ) ; total , $77,24'4.r > 5. The Socialist Vote. The total vote for Wright , social ist candidate for governor in the last election , was 0,279. Two years ago Harbaugh received 3,009. The prohi bition vote this year for Utch , candi date for lieutenant governor , was 1.0H2 , against 4,401 cast for Teeters two years ago. Penitentiary Report. The report of the penitentiary for the month of November shows re ceipts of $1,094.8 J. Of this sum $527.31 was turned over to the state treasurer. Warden Smith sold $889.55 worth of wheat that had been raised Reduced Rates Granted. The railway commission has grant ed permission to the Nebraska Tele phone company to reduce Its rates at Falrbury to agree with the rates charged by the local company. It was brought out at the hearing that the Independent company charged $1.25 for telephones where there wore mor than ton subscribers and $1.50 where there were less than ton. But It appears that where liveor more persons wcro subscribers with the ex ception of Increasing their number to ten , the lesser rate was given. POPULATION SHIFTS. Changes Will Make Redlstrlctlng ar Issue. The Lincoln correspondent of UK Omaha Herald say : The rodlfctrletlng of the state with reference to the representation of the various parts of the slate in the legls laturo becomes a live subject will the publication of the census of 1910 showing , i population of 1,192,214 ir Nebraska. ' Owing to the fact that population lu this Hl.ile has moved to the west and north , so far as the farming popu latlon Is concerned , while the centers of population In the east have drawn from the Kurroundlng country mucli of Its population , the shifting of pow er promises to be quite considerable , The west has been building up for twenty years , has been taking what It could get from the legislature. The re-districting will correct these de fects and will reduce the counties that have had too many reprcsenta tivcs to their proper basis. The Sixth congressional district the counties In which now have Ilf- teen members In the house , are entitled - titled to at least twenty-one , on n basis ol' one representative for each 11,922 people. In the Third'congressional district , from which sixteen representatives are now sent , at least twenty and pos sibly twenty-one could be sent here after. The Fifth district is practically sta tionary , the Second district gains at least five members. The gains of' the Sixth , Third and Second districts must come out of the First and Fourth districts. The batls of representation In the senate Is more striking than In the lower house , as shown by tl.c returns from the1910 census. The proper basis of rcdistrlcting for senate will bo that of ono senator for every 30- 128 of population. This will retain the same number of members thirty- three , that there are now In the sen ate. ate.The The western and northern parts of the state have shown great gains. These are the only pnrtK of thn state that will gain with the possible ex ception of Douglas county , which will probably gain one member in the sen ate and possibly two. The disproportion that time has wrought In the representation of the senate is shown graphically In the population of the Twenty-second and the Thirtieth senatorial districts. The former , composed of Saline county alone , has 17,800 people , while the Thirtieth district , comprising fifteen counties. In the extreme western end of the state , has a population of 07- 049. Although having four times as many people as Saline county , the Thirtieth district has only one sen- ator. Inspection of the Guard. Major Phelps of the adjutant gen cral's office has completed his report on the Inspection of the Second regi ment of the Nebraska National Guard. Of 701 enlisted men and officers , 539 appeared at Inspection. This is re garded as an exception tional show- Ing. Company G of Omaha made the best showing , having but two absen tees at inspection out of a total of fifty-six men. The two were out of the state at the time of Inspection. In- spectlon reports on the First regl mcnt have not been finished. Infantile Paralysis. The report of the state orthoepedlc hospital directors , now in prepara tion , will recommend that the gover nor ask the legislature to appropriate money for the Investigation and extermination - termination of infantile paralysis. Wet Vs. Dry. Spucrintendent Poulsen of the Anti- Saloon league is sending out letters to members of the legislature , both dem ocrat and republican , In an attempt to get them to refuse to go into party caucuses and to organize as a dry force opposed to the wet forces. State Contract Awarded. The bpard of public lands and build ings has awarded the contract for con necting now bollors and new build ings at the Beatrice Institute for fee- bio minded to Mr. Pomerenu of Lin- rain , the price being $2,920. Inspect New Building. Secretary of State Junkln and State Treasurer Brian wont to Hastings to Inspect a now $50,000 building which the state of Nebraska has paid for. State Printing. Bids for the printing of house and senate bills during the next session of the legislature were opened and the lId of the State Journal company proved to bo the lowest. For the printing of 500 copies of each bill the State Journal company bid $1.72 per liago ; North & Co. , $1.90 ; Woodruff. M.75. On 300 bill titles the State Jour nal was lowest at 35 cen s. North & 2o. 50 cents ; Woodruff 3.7 cents. Be- tore the board of public lands and juildlngs the State Journal was low- ist on a small amount of 'supplies : hnt Is to bo purchased before the leg- slature convenes. Statue for Gen Thayer. William T. Rlgby , chairman of the Mcksburg national military park 'ommltteo of the war department , ms written to Governor Shallenber- ; or urging him to use his influence with the next legislature to obtain an ipproprlntlon for the erection' of a Kirtralt statute of General' John M. Thayer on the battlolleld of Vicks- nirg. The chairman writes that slnco .ho close of the last fiscal year , Juno (0 ( , 1910 that four additional portrait nists and ten additional relief tablets lave been provided for. CLEAN DILL ACCORDED SECRE TARY BALLINGER. PICTURED AS A MODEL MAN Majority Report of Congressional Committee Declares Him Inno cent of Charges Glavls Is Censured. / Washington. The Uallinger-Pincho Investigating committee , after eleven months' work , has made Its final re port to both houses of congress. In the opinion of seven republican mem hers a majority of the committee , Secretary rotary Balllnger "honestly and faith fully performed the duties of his high office with an eye single to the pub He Interest. " In the opinion of four democrats Mr. Balltnger "has not been true to the trust reposed in him as secretary of the Interior and shouli bo requested by the proper authorities to resign. " Both reports , with the independent report of Representative Madison , re publican , also adverse to Mr. Ballin- ger , were offered in the senate by Sen ator Nelson and in the house by Rep resentative McCall. Their presenta tion followed a meeting of the ful committees. The democratic members , led by Senator Fletcher of Florida , agreed to this method of getting the report be fore congress , after their motion to substitute their own report had been rejected in the committee. As to the conduct of Mr. Glavls In the long period in which the Alaska coal claim cases were under his- con trol as special agent of the land office the report declares he had sufficient time and abundant assistance to make the Held examination which ho had demanded. Nomination Goes to Senators. Washington. The president has sent to the senate the nomination of W. T. Thompson , formerly attorney general of Nebraska , as solicitor of the treasury. Mr. Thompson took up his duties in the treasury department during the recess of congress. His ap pointment was agreeable to both Ne braska senators and It is expected that he will be speedily confirmed. Bonfire of Ice Cream Cones. Kansas City. Ten thousand ice cream cones were burned here in a bonfire in the rear of the federal build ing In fulfillment of an order of Judge A. S. Van Valkenburgh of the federal court. The cones were confis cated last summer , under the pure food law , having been made in Oklaho ma and shipped hero for sale. Wendllng Asks for New Trial. Louisville , Ky. Attorneys for Jo seph Wendling , convicted December P. of the murder of Alma Kellner and sentenced to life Imprisonment , have filed a motion for a new trial. Nine teen reasons for a rehearing are given , chief among them being an affidavit that one of the jurors had formed and expressed an opinion before the trial Leaps Into Molten Metal. Barnsville. In sight of fifty fellow workmen , Pharlcs Kendall , a mould er's helper , leaped Into a cupola of white hot metal at a foundry here. The man's flesh was entire con sumed and only the bones recovered. Kendall had been separated from his wife for several years. To Boom Southern Commerce. Washington. The executive com mittee of the southern commercial congress met in this city to complete the arrangement of a program for the great southern commercial rally which it is proposed to hold in Atlanta next March. By Lamplight With Military Honors. West Point , N. Y. Brigadier General - al Wesley Morritt , U. S. A. , ( retired ) , twenty-first superintendent of the U. S. military academy , was buried hereby by lamplight with the military honors of his rank. And It Stljl Goes Up. Omaha. Meat is 'higher. An In crease of 1 cent a pound in the price af the cheaper cuts of beef and pork Is announced by the packers , and the chances are that it will continue to 50 up. Glover Arrives at Boston. Boston. George Washington Glover if Lead , S. D. , the son of Mrs. Baker U. Eddy , founder of the Christian Sci jnce church has arrived hero to at : end the funeral ot his mother. With the Weather Five Below. Yankton , S. D. The farm home of Dscar Eugen was burned to the ground Monday night. In a tempera- .uro of five below Eugen and his , vlfe , with their baby were compelled o walk barefooted in scant night : lothes through the snow to the near- : st neighbor a quarter of a mile away. Justice Bcnrd Dead , Nashville. Justice W. D. Beard of he Tcnnpsseo supreme court , dropped lead in the Hermitage hotel hero. Yours for uni formity. Your * for great est leavoning' ] power. Your * for never failing results. Yooro for purity. Your for economy. Yours for every thing that goes to make up a strictly high grade , ever- dependable baking powder. That is Calnmot. Try U once and note the im provement in your bak ing. See how much moro economical over the high- priced trust brands , how much better than the cheap and big-can kinds. Calumet is highest in quality moderate in cost. Received Highest Award World'o Pure Food Exposition. wanted In every town. Anoppor * tunlty to earn bigmonuy , ISxclUBlro territory. Mo cxpcrloiica necessary. NOT PAGE FROM A ROMANCE Conversation , However , Reads a Whole Lot More Like a Scene in Real Life. "And so your fatber refuses to con sent to our union ? " "Ho does , Rodolphus. " The sad youth swallowed a sob. "Is there nothing left for us , then , but an elopement ? " said he. "Nothing. " "Do you think , Clementine , that you : ould abandon tbis luxurious homo , forget all the enjoyments of great svealth , banish yourself forever from pour devoted parents' hearts , and go west with a poor young man to enter i. homo oft lifelong poverty and self- Icnial ? " i "I could , Rodolphus. " , The sad youth roao wearily and cached for his bat. "Then , " said ho , "you are far from Jeing the practical girl I have all ilong taken you to bo. " And with ono las $ look around on .ho sumptuousness that some day ho lad hoped to share , he sobbed and said farewell. Browning's Magazine. The Way to Find Him. "My wife and I are going to spend a 'ow months with her people at Strong's Corners , " said the meek little nan , "and I want you to mall your pa- ) er to me " "Yes , " said the clerk , "what's your lame ? " "Well er to make sure , I guesa rou'd bettor address It : 'Mary Strong's lusband , Strong's Corners. ' " Ancient City Modernized. Tarsus , the ancient city in Asia Ml- lor , where the apostle Paul was born , s now Illuminated by electricity. The lower is taken from the Cydnus river , rhero are now in Tarsus 450 electrio itrcet lights and about COO incandcs- : ent lights for private uso. With Creamer or With Milk r With Fruit. Savoury Wholesome Economical "The Memory Lingers" Postum Cereal Co. , Ltd. , Battle Creek , Mich.