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1A MOTTO All The News When It Is News. Sutc lUstoriccOSoncty VOLUME XVIII DAKOTA CITY, NER, FRIDAY, PECEMttEIt 10, 1901). NUMHEIt 15 DAKOTA COUNTY IB "I f "H T IUD) CURRENT HftPPEHIHGi FAITHFUL CHRONICLE 01 ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS. CUOWJ) WHITE IIOUSL wati.uways mi:x iiua: Ttir.iit iiu).ii;cts on takt. IKIrKiitea Also full on Micrmun, SM-akrr Cannon and S-nutor Kryc -Nino-Foot Channel from I'lttsburg to Cuiro Proposed. Assurances that stops of an impor tant character toward the develop ment of a system of waterways im provement In the heart of the country would be taken by the present con gress wore Riven by President Tit ft to delegations which he received in tlio east room of the White lloiiRe Thurs day afternoon. To perhaps 1100 com mitteemen, representing the Ohio Val ley Improvement association, the pres ident promlaed to brlnp what inlluonce he could in favor of the Improvement of the Ohio and later to the committee of COO at the New Orleans Iiikes to Gulf Deep Waterway convention he said that "something is doiife." and that the interest of those in connress who heretofore have turned a cold shoulder to the entire subject of wa terways improvement had been aroused. ' Mr. Taft expressed to the Ohio dele gation regret that ills remarks before the rivers and harbors congress Thurs day had cast a "wet blanket" or the convention, and said that he hied only Intended to help the nathorini; along by pointing out the practical method of accomplishing the object ilea I red. . The object of the iait of the Ohio valley delegation to the White Hon--was to enlist the president's support for a 9-fooc channel from Pittsburg to Cairo all the year around. Its spokes man was Alexander Dempster, of Pittsburg. The president's response to those in the delegation was most ete couraging. , MOW ATTAC K OX lilt. COOK. More Sensational Charged Against Kx ploror. Affidavits of two men asserting that Dr. Frederick A. Coos; hired them for $-1,000, With promiso of an addi- tlonal bonus of ? 5 ti 0 to one of them, to fabricate astronomical observations and calculations of latitude and longi tude fur submission to the Unhersity of Copenhagen, were published in the New York Times Thursday morning. ' The men who say they helped Cook In preparing records of a journey to the north pob George II. Dunkle. an insurance broker, and ('apt. August Wedel Loose, a seaman admit that their reason for making the affidavit.-; known to the public was that the ex plorer only paid them $260 for their work. dipt. A. W. Loose, the master pilot and navigator, whose affidavit stutini? that he had formulated a long scries of observations and data for Dr. 1'redcrick A. Cook at Dr. Cook's re quest since his return from the arctic region, was published Thursday, talk ed at his home in I'.rooklyn concerning the statements made in the aftidavlt. "I went to Dr. Cook." said dipt. Loose, "thinking that I might be of some assistance to him. but l never expected when I approached him to do such extended work as J have done. A short talk with Dr. Cook convinced me that he knew almost nothing about navigation, lie was ignorant of somu of the essentials of the science." sun iji'kxs ox IiAki: i:hik. Two liost. and I'ate of Thirteen is I'nkiio'ivii. Two men lost their lives and the fate of thirteen others Is unknown as a result of the burning of the steamer Tlarion near Point Pelee, In Lake lle, early Thursday. Six members of the crew were taken from the Clarion by the steam'-r L. C. Ilanna and taken to Cleveland, . They were rushed to a train and sent to Buffalo, the head ipiarters of the Anchor Line company, which owns the Clarion. According to the story of the sail ors, all attempted to leave the Clarion as soon as it wao ascertained that she could not be saved. Capt. E. J. Hell, of Ogdensburg, X. Y., and twelve other members of the crew took to the life boat. The mate was frozen to death. A vain elTort was mailo by the six sur vivors to ent r another lifeboat, one pallor fell overboard and was drowned in his efforts to launch the lifeboat. The men were forced to remain on the Clarion. Moil City I.:io Stock Market, Thursday's quotations on the Floiix Ciiv live stock market follow: Top lu eses, $5. '.10. Top ho;r-c. Cut In Coal Sitpp!;. . A f 1 ,00 0.00(1 i !i t in the appropria tions lor the supply of coal for the navy was r commended to the house naa! affairs committee Thursday in accordance with the geticr.il policy of reducing all government expenditure a A it l-t Kaiilbacli Dead. Tho death is announced of Hermann Kaulbai'h, the German artist, at Mu nich, lie was bora In that city in 1846. IILXI roil ItAKCKNY. Sheldon Indicted by Xew York (irnml Jury. George Preston .Sheldon, deposed president of the Phoenix Fire Insur ince company, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. who lies at death's door at his Green wich., Conn., home, wns Indicted for arceny in the first degree by the Brand ury of New York Wednesday for al eged misapplication of funds of the jompany, of which he vas the head :wenty-twn years. As Shvldon was not irrested and probably will not be un less his health improves radically,, the .ext of the indictment was not made aublic, but un official from the district attorney's oflico in authority for the itatement that th amount which Sheldon In accused of stealing Is $15. 000. According to this official Sheldon. It vas testified before the grand jury, Used the funds, or credit of the insur mce company, in stock markt trans actions through a New York broker ige firm and pocketed the profits. In tho meantime detectives will be lent to Greenwich to inquire Into the condition of the accused man's health. If they find he Is too ill (for trial no ittempt at extradition will be made, but he will be kept under close sur veillance. Sheldon is 64 years old and widely known in insurance circles. rX(;i:it of mohi: itioTixt;. Kteel Mill Trouble Assume IhinxorouM Plia-io. The strike of the Amalgamated As sociation of Iron. Steel and Tin Work prs agalns the American Steel and Tin Plate company, a subsidiary of the Cnlted States Steel corporation, which has been in progress during the last five months in the states of Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, is as mmlng serious proportions. Developments in the labor dispute Wednesday demonstrate the temper of the participants. A house occupied by non-union men at Struthers, o.. was dynamited and seven persons in jured; a soldier opened lire on a strik er at Bridgeport, O., without effect however; non-union men were severe ly beaten at New Castle, Pa., and the authorities at Wheeling, W. Ya.. and Martins Ferry, O., are preparing for trouble. Ivll.l.FK BY SP1UXG Gl'X'. Unique Method I'sed to Murder For liter lowan. H. A. Ash, a druggist, was shot and killed in his home In a manner which makes the murder unique in the his tory of Cody, Wyo. By the use of a clothesline attached to an old gun a trap vas Arranged insid' th cabin, such as is sometimes used by trappers to kill bears. A rope was attached to the trigger of the gun and the gun was discharged when Ash opened the door, the c harge entering his stomach. lie died two hours later. He was born and reared in Storm Iike, la. Big Horn county and the business men of Cody have offered a reward of $1,000 for the apprehension of the persons responsible for tha- death of Ash, who was manager of the Western Drug company. Pullman Hates Uemi-roel. The Oklahoma corporation commis sion Sunday ordered a reduction in Pullman sleeping car rates, effective January 1. The berth rate per night is reduced from $2 to $1.50, and the seat rate is cut about 40 per cent. Tho Pullman company has agreed to ac cept the new schedule. Search for Missing Man. The Chicago police were asked (.)iri-h for Clrnhum f' QIa. venif 23 years old. general superin tendent of a branch of the Republic Iron and Steel company at wol'ne, ill., who left his office November 13, say ing tjiat he was going to Chicago. Give (Jlrl lee Bath. The state board of regents started an investigation Into the hazing of Miss Mattie Taylor, a student of the Fairmont state normal school at Fair mont, W. Va., who was given an Ice bath and painted red, it is alleged, be cause she rooted for the wrong foot ball team recently. Distillled Warship Kinks. The French battleship Iena. on which an explosion occurred in 1S07, killing eighty and injuring hundreds of others, sank Friday ' while being towed Into port. Gift for Cancer Inquiry. George Crocker's gift to Columbia university to be used for the Investiga tion of cancer, of which he died In New York, will amount at least to $1,500,000, according to tho terms of his will. After January 1. lfMO. football Is to lie barred from the public schools of .Ireater New York. This was derided by resolution at .1 me, ting of the hoard of education Wcilni : -day. Francis J. Iter ej pert that, be- hail York against 'A'ni. l-'iv nci.-co, t o- ; J 01, el. oonf.rmo-1 the Med :ai't in. ! 1 1. Vock, r, of' .'i.ioi-i lor ail Mrs. Sut-.iri Stewart, wife of I'a ..' n.i.iter Gi t: r-.l . tcuart, I'. S. re tired, of :' . .uth range, N. J., died in vVai'hltigtoii U'olo-i'l.i,.' i.t t!.o home pf Rear Admiral it-'n .v Dunlap, .vhere she was vlesitinir. Thirty-five pn: . r.-tc-rs opi a street ar were Injun d. n oie !;.':. ily aiol ( crlously, Y Jt: 'l-iy l iht wlf-n the r was struck by ;;n Inbiaiod penn- ylvaula pas.-.eiu'cr train at t';c South trvet vi'ossing in Indl u. ipolU, lnd. 1MU GASOMFTK.K IU.OWS UP. Ten Killed nml Many Hurt in Hum liurg, Germany. The explosion of two gas tanks It the so-called "Klelne's Ornsbrook.' on the Elbe front. In Hamburg, tier many, Tuesday afternoon, was fol loved by an extensive tire and Ing ot' many lives. The explosion was du to a leak In a new gasometer. Es caping gfts entered the retort house where it come In contact with th fires, causing n terrific explosion. large number of workmen were en gaged in rebuilding and enlarging th plant. Twenty-five of the men wen employed near the gasometer. They disappeared In a mass of flames which shot up to a great height. Firemen with apparatus appeared quickly on the scene, but they were unable to nppronch In large forc owing to the Isolation of the establish ment. Fp to a late hour Tuesday night ter men are reported dead and seventeen missing. It Is almost certain that al' of these are dead. Forty men w?n dangerously Injured, of whom several cannot recover. The tire gained rapidly and threat ened the old gasometer, containing 60,000 cubic meters. So Intense war the heat and so dangerous their posi tion the firemen were compelled to withdraw to a safe distance. A ter rific explosion Boon occurred nnd the tower became a mass of flames, which leaped hundreds of feet in the air. sending fragments of glowing coke far and wide over the city and harbor. After strenuous efforts the lire was got under control and the rescue work was carried on vigorously. There Is little hope of finding tho bodies of the missing. If they have been killed. as they would undoubtedly have beer incinerated. YOUTHS PXDIilt A II REST. Kansas City Police Believe They Have it Holdup Gantr. In the arrest of three youths aged 17, 19 and 21 years, respectively at Kansas City, Mo.. Tuesday night the police believe they have found the perpetrators of many of the numerous holdups that have taken place there lately. Two of the hoys, Ralph Cline and Louis Dye, were identified by a wit ness as the men who shot nnd killed M. A. Sp.ingler November 21. Spun gler was killed in his saloon during an attempted holdup. His son. Samuel Spangier. was shot In both arms. The other boy, Harry Shay, was Identified as the youth who accompanied Dye aiol Cllr.e on several holdup expedi tions. FAST TIME OX WHEELS: SMelnl Train on Xriv York Central In n Record Run. All eastbound records between New York and Chicngo on the New York Central railroad for trains carrying passengers were broken Tuesday by the special carrying Samuel Newhouse, of Salt Lake City, to New York on his trio to catch a steamer for Europe, win re a brother Is dying. Approximately the train traveled the distance in 1" hours and 46 minutes, as against IS hours' which the Twen tieth Century limited makes. Bought by St. Louis Firm. At public auction In Austin, Texas. Tuesday the property of the Waters Pierce oil company was sold to S. W. Fordyce tu.d associates of St. Louis. Mo. The property of the Security Oil p i nipanv was bought by John Sealey, of Galveston, for SS5.000, and that of the Navarro Relinlng company, of Oort'k-a na, was sold also to Sealey foi 5750.000. Burglary lit Emerson. Burglars were abroad In Emerson, Neb., Monday night. They broke into the hardware store of lsenburg ,t Retcke and the drug store of Heiers dorf Bros. From the hardware store $200 worth of jewelry was stolen, and from the drug store about $25 worth of paper. TaR Re-Elected. President Taft was re-elected presi dent of tho American Red Cross late Tuesday, and presided for a time over tho fifth annual meeting of the asso ciation held in the memorial hall of the Daughters of the American Rev olt.tion In Washington. Financier's Son Robbed. William Astor Drayton, son of J. Coleman Drayton, financier, and nephew of Col. John Jacob Astor, was beaten and robbed while returning home from a social affair. He was picked up unconscious by a police. M.u . Boy Killed His Brother. At Lindsborg, Kan., Gilbert Llnds hold, the S-yoar-old son of John Litis hold, was ihot and killed by his 1.'!-ye.ir-old brother, Lawrence, because he did not out of bed Immediately win n c alled. The jury In the case of H. C;,v Pi ivo, the oil nia.;nate. ch.'iraed uita l.'.l.-ie eweatlug. rctai-vid a verdict ;it Au.s'lln. Tew, Tuesday of nut guilty. 1)1. tilcli Very Low. I "byali iars a.ietidinir former F. s. Senator '. H. I -i t i"i S i at Omaha, N o , report -d lcte 'I'm .-.day nb-bt that their i ..t' : t was very low and that h.s life v.is d spaircd of. Karl Wojclo. howskl r.nd Adam Pict::fak were arre.-ted and brought to Mil tvaukee , Wis.. T.. sday from Blamy, Mich., by a Milwaukee ((. tcctlve as iii.sim.tH In tho Hattio Zlnda Miirdir case. i " -h 'p ' ' -' '- ' NEBRASKA VI. Keirs of tlic Week , in Concise Form mmmm mmmm J' A'' 0K"i'''i'' 'i ' 'i BELI.EVtE-nAsriN;.S I'MON. College to Bo .Moved to West' rn City by Kjiiod. At an adjourned sest'.oti of Presby terian synod of Nehi iislta in Kearney Tuesilay for the purpose cf treivlifT nnd acting on a leport of th- com mission appointed to investigate the affairs of the college at Bellevu -and Hastings, the following resolution was tyloptert, which will -otiaolidate the two schools at Hastings: "Resolved. That It is the reuse of the synod that Pelievu college and Hastings college be united. That this united college be local, al jj. Hastings and shall bo the nynodical college and shall be known as H. llevue college or Rtteh other name as the board of trustees of the two Institutlo.is Minll determine. "That the board of trustees of Hast ings and Bellevue co';ei..es 'e author ized and directed as soon ns possible to take such action as may be neces sary for turning over the property of Bellevue college and the assumption of the debts of Iv lie', tie c ollege by the trustees of Hastings college. It shnll nlso he provided that the work being done at Bellevue college should net be discontinued before the- close of the present Bchool year." V ETER I X A R I A X WILL KILL COWS. Will Carry Out Duties in Omaha Herd That is Ami-till. State Veterinarian Jucklncss will go to Omaha shortly to kill some tuber culosis cows. Recently Dr. Jucklncss discovered some 21 cowj with tuber culosis In a dairy herd at Omaha. Six of these were sold to the packers and were made Into fertilizer. A second visit to the dairy farm showed that the owner was still selling milk from the diseased animals, though a pre tense was made that the mlllr was pasteurized. The state veterinarian, however, discovered that the pasteur izing machine wan out of fix and Jiud been in process of repair for a week. BODY For NO IX A CELLAR. Murder Kuspcvtcd In Dcnth of A. J. Brown, or Brunswick, The bodySu A. J. Brown? a na.r,nesi maker at Brunswick, was found In the basement of hla home Thursday. It Is suspected Brown was murdered and thrown Into the cellar. The top of his head had been crushed with som blunt instrument, and blood was found on the kitchen floor. Brown was a bachelor and lived alone. The mo tive for the- crime was undoubtedly ro bery. There is no clew to the as sailant. Fire ;:t Bridal Shower. A blaze that nearly resulted in a big lire occurred at the apartments of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Ilcrmoii at Broken Bow on the occasion of a shower par ty given in honor of a lady Soon to be married. In some way the flame from a candle set lire to the delicate drap eries of a present and in an instant the whole affair was ablaze. The flames spread quickly about th? apart ments; but the guests worked brave ly and by the time the department ar rived had succeeded in getting the lire under control. I'leii In Bar for Chamberlain. The attorneys for Charles M. Cham berlain, the ex-banker of Tecumseh, sprung a surprise in the district court at Beatrice by filing a plea in bnr, a porceedlng never befc.e raised in that court. Fntll the matter is disposed of the case cannot go to trial the sec ond time. It will take at least two days to argue tho question, and should the case go to trial before a Jury on the plea It may result in tho defendant's acquittal. Stale Ilns Bought Sc hool at Wuyne. The trustees of the Wayne normal school Wednesday morning notified the state normal board that they would accept the proposition made to them by the board for the purchase of the school by the board. The board's price is $70,000. I'ra ok Chamberlain I'n-e. At his preliminary hearing Tues day, on the c harge of shooting Miss Mae Austin, his sweetheart, with in tent to kill, Fronk Chamberlain was released by Judge pafford in county court at Beatrice. The court dis charged the prisoner for lack of evi dence. Cody F.tiiiii'.s Institute. In spite of a hl!:::.trj there was a number in :;ttelirtanc-e at the Institute mee ting In Cody Satur-i-iy. T'n :i year, in addition to the fibular :-.( ..-.lo.iii. there wa.i rrraned a very .-n-clit-il lc display of l inn proilue;i v. hii h preclums were offered by ti.e bus'- lleHS tlii'ti ll ml ether;;. May Char cl uhli .V - Hilt. Alfred May wac loogc.l in j..!l at Brattice lor a: nauUini; and beating hi. c slhter-la-law. .Mrs. Harry May. Tno alleged asviult occurrcj at the home if the latter. Wins Rhodes K liolar-hlp. In competition with f' other candi dates. Will Rii'ty, of Hastings, has successfully paused the stato exami nation for u Cc;ct1 Rhode:! scholarship at Oxford. ' ' ' STATE NEWS 'i'i ' H'' ''''''" HELD FOR GIRL'S DEATH. Lincoln Phslciiin I'lacecl I'ndcr Ar rest Monday Night. Dr. W. H. Johnson, one of t he lead ing phj sici ins of Lincoln, was arrest eel .Monday night, chanted with being rfFpontiiile for the death of Amanda Muelle r, a 1 f.-ye-ar-old girl who died a fi w day.i ago nt a local hospltnl. The arrest followed a coroner's in eio -!,! on the body of the girl, and a Verdict that he r death wns due to a criminal operation. An anonymous letter received Saturday by County At tornc y T re 11 ur-c-:tlng un Investiga tion of the case resulte d in the Inque st and arrest. Mlns Mu.'Mcr was thci daught r of a we ll known Lincoln tr.ivelirg man. BOMB nriti.p.D IN OMAHA. Explosion Occurs in Rear of n Saloon 'dlglil Dainu'e Done. Considerable maste ry surrounds an exploaion in the rear of Foley cV; Ry an's saloon In Omaha, which occurred early Monday evening, and the police believe It resulted from a bomb thrown from an upp-r story. Charles Fox, a fihoe salesman In a store locat ed In the Karbach block, was slightly hurt. The police ere investigating the explosion, but there l.i nothing to In dicate Its origin. Several windows were shattered, but no other li. perty damage was done. GOVERNOR CALLS DAIILMAV. Oinalm Major and Others Cited I'nclci PropoM'd Ouster Cn.so. Gov. Shiillenberger Saturday even ing is.eui'd an order citing Mayor Jus. Dahlman and the other members of the c imaha lire and police commis sion to appear before him December 1 1 and show ci:c.se why Attorney Gen eral Thompson should not be directed to lipvm ouster proceedings In the su prenie court under I he Sackett law to remove them from ofllce on the charge of non-enforeemeiit of law, particu larly the enforcement of laws against gambling and the Illegal sale of lntex baiting liquors. IVsl of Telephone Act. Tin- county, attorney of Madison county . has been instructed tex - lietgln prosecution against the Adams and Pacific Express companies for refus ing to comply with the orders of the railway commission Instructing them to Install an independent telephone In their ofllce at Norfolk. The case is to test the law. Rote I Clerks .Me e t. The annual convention of the Ne braska and Iowa Hotel Clerks' associa tion was held at the Hotel Loyal In Omaha Monday night, officers were eli'c teel as follows: President, E. W. Sherman of the lletishaw; vice presi dent, F. L. Rube!, of tm Paxton; sec retary, A. W. Gird, Hotel Reporter; treasurer, Paul Station, of the Mer chants. , To Iu-M'ct Omaha Companies. MaJ. E. 11. phclps, inspector of the National Guard, will be In Omaha De cember 20-21 to Inspect the compa nies at that place. Adjt. Gen. Harti gan is Koingtosce to it that every com pany comes up to the standard or be mustered out, so the Inspection by MaJ. Phelps will be a very thorough one. Tliroo Yours for Robbery. In the district court at Ponca the jury In tho case of Edward Bunze, charged with robbing Adolph Hennlg, of Concord, at ICinerson last summer, found Bunze guilty, and tho motion for a new trial was overruled nnd Bunze was sentenced to three years In peiilteritlaiy at hard labor. Stedcn GooeU Recovered. The pollen of Fremont gathered ttf four men who are believed to be about II. e cleverest bum h of shoplifters who have operated the re for some time. Stolen goods, consisting of women's gloves, mittens, pocketbooks, clothing and other articles were found, most of which were Identified by different merchant. Wagon Traffic Stops at Auburn. Traflic was almost completely sus pended at Auburn last wee k by storms. The bus and transfer lines kept up the bu.ilniss until Saturday, when the-y t.Loppcd Meeting trains. The mer elmiiM have stopped all delivery wag oiia and the e and feed yards quit d li . erili'V f. eel at. el fuel. Obje ct t') Dates, 'file Bi'i.i'il I o-rd of Fairmont has i n re m.I :t!oli takiiii? a positive l-'iid a"ain.st tie- dates of the State Te-ielo ra' as "ir ia t io!i, ln-ea usee they e on;. le t with school work. Ru luillc Woman l-.IIN Self. The- liii l, vi body of Mrs. John llav licit waa dlsooM-re d I'rlii i evening In the l ai n of b r home a fc w nill- a .out'.i.-ast of Riichilllc. Sim had ap parently han-.eel herself in a lit cf t"mporary Insanity. Nine carloads of Greeks have ar rived and will make tlu ir headquar ters in I'latisnioi Hi while- laying new heavy at e I rails on the Missouri Pa elite track from that city to Omaha. LINCOLNfVTr The state normal board expect.-i to Issue diplomas to all the graduates of the two normal schools who are now teaching on certificates Issued by the defunc-t board. The records of the present hoard show nothing of the graduates turned out last June', ns the other board steppe'd In and Isiai'-cl the diplomas. Should a teacher's cer'.'il cate be questioned, there- would be nothing to show In the records that the ceitlflcate or diploma had been issued. The matter was brought to the attention of the board by a grad uate who la now In anothe r state. Af ter considering the matter. th- board decided to Issue new certificates to all the graduates, permitting tin in to keep the others as a souvenir. ... How the various slit- institution, will be able to get through the u"t eighteen months without set-bins de' flelencies Is a predil-m that is now worrying the governor. The first semi annual report of the- heads of the in stitutions, tiled since the new appro priation became available1, sh uym thai In practically all of (h: institutions the expenditures are nwny beyond the amount that IihcI he-en net us-de fo: thedr maintenance for that period of time. The- cleliclc-riey so far has oe rurred In the summer men thf. f .n when the e-oal bills me paid and the added expense cif taking care of Ih- Institu tions through two winters is consid ered, the delle iciie y Is liable- to be large. 6 Lincoln business men are just How interested In a proposition te adver tise the town as u place- for invest ment. A man from the east '.vas there and spoke at tjte Commercial e lull and suggested the way to boom the town Is to ndveltlse In sum" national newspaper or publication, spending lieridlng !vfig!:es- at least $1,000 a month. The tlon seems to have met with c very generous Indorsement. though the raising of the money has not yet been started. No one' has yet stiggest-d spending that $1,000 a month with the local newspapers, but that prob ably will be discussed before th money Is actually spent. Wailcer Smith, corporation clerk In the oflice of the secretary' of state, li busy checking up the corporations which paid their occupation tax on the last day. ulloucnd .them by law. Af oen as possible he will prepare a" list of the delinquent corporations and present them to the governor and they will be proclaimed out of business Several corporations have telephoned the office- of the see-retary -"if state asking If there is some way they can pay up the tax and be reinstated. The answer in all cases has been that It will neiw be necessnry for these cor porations to flic- new articles of Incor poration. " The promise of the Burlington to permit anyone to ride on freight trains will not sufllce. Th Burling ton must come before the railway commission December 11 and s.lmw cause why it took off of its time- table certain freight trains since- Vprll. l!H".. The commission lately received a let ter from General Counsel Kelly ,sn ing General Manager lloldrege hnel I.s sui'd an order permitting people to ride on freight, trains and asking if that would be suffUI-nt to cause a dis missal of the case. It - was .uuwered us above set out. . The receipts in the office of the sec retary of state for the last six months surpass any lornier period, so far as anyone around tho state house r. members. The total receipts amount ed to $177,001.47. This was dlvidocT as follows: Articles of Incorporation, $130,195.32; notary commissions, $180; motor vehicles, $4,232.85; brands, $234; certificates, $30.15; corporation permits, $ :I9.1 U0.85 ; pen alties, $2,010; trud marks, $6; other sources, $1. The state normal board next year probably will print one big catalogue containing the course of study for the normal schools In place of a publica tion for each, school. Nxt year the board expects to have four normal schools under its control and for that reason the printing bill will amount to considerable. By publishing a course of study for nil of them tho board ex pects to rut down its printing bill con siderably. T. J. Tooley, of Anseltno, has be n appointed a memh-r of the state- nor mal board to take the pla.-e uf 1 1. W. Hays, of Alliance, who. e term expired last June. The new lueiel.cr Is a banker at Ancrlnni and l.as represent ed Ciiater county in the legislature and ha.; tw i.-a i , i enmity supc rin- ti lid.'iil. Mr. Toole y will be- cli. ih'e to go with tin- bo-ir.l em its trip to lo .'ate th" new net ni.tl si l-ool. . A. V. Johnson, fire warden, has I.s sued his ni-ah bulletin in hl3 cum nalgn to educate- the people of Nc . Task. i not to have fin s which destroy iiu.iiiicss bona, s, dwellings' and other be P- i-ty. Ilia latent bulb-tln calls at tention to tho carelessness of people we.rkliv with atoves and furnaces and tho cli-.ir;botiou of ashes. Ilo urges these people to be careful and not pile hot ashes next to same place thut will catch lire. AMERICAN PENSIONS. Th United States takes mor lib- ral oar a of Us soldier, and. sailors. their wives, minor chlldrea end de pendent rfilallvee than doe any oUmm1- country in the world. Up to June 30, 1 90S. the disbursement for pensions t-nonnted to the great sum of $3,75t,- 10S.K10, ss follows: Civil War 3,533.a93,026 Wr of the Revolution (e;,t.t 70,000,000 War or IS 12 45,604,605 War of Mexico 40,876.87.1 War with Spain 22.503,635 ngttlar establishment .. 12.C30.94S Indian Wars 9,355,711 Unclassified 16,393,5M Total pension menu pay $3,731,108,810 Adding the payments In 1900 fl3cal year about $156,000,000 and tho pay Allowances during sickness after dis ablement and before discharge, it Is safe to say that the total disburse ments far pnsdons and care have argely exceeded $1,000,000,000. .The latest report of the Commis sioner of Pensions (June SO, 1908.) shows 951,637 names on the roll, to whom was paid In 1908 fiscal year a total of $152,959,537. By residence the distribution was: Number. Ain't paid. United States ...946,509 $152,126,644 Insular posses sions 131 21,420 Korelgn coun tries 5,017 811.473 Totals 951,687 $152,959,537 In Ave States of the Union tho an nual disbursements for pensions ex- reed $10,000,009. These are: Number. Uec'd in 1903. Ohio 93,941 $13,961,291 Pennsylvania ...93.3S3 14.120,18(1 New York 81.167 12,905,147 Illinois 66,680 10,597,892 Indiana 58,018 10,291,100 Other States receiving from $1,000, 000 to $8,000,000 a year are: Cali fornia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mas sachusetts, Michigan, - Missouri and Wisconsin. Pensioners living abroad are scat tered over sixty-three countries, but are chiefly (50 and more) resident la, Canada (2,651), Germany, Ireland, England, Mexico, Scotland, Australia, Switzerland, France, Norway, Sweden tnd Cuba. KorrlKn-Ilurn ropulntteu. The total number of persons of for eign birth living In the United States in 1900 was 10,460,000, forming 13.7 per eent of the total population, while In 1890 the persons of foreign birth formed 14.8 per cent of tho total pop ulation; in 18S0, 13.3 per cent; lu 1870, 14.4 per cent; In 1860, 13.2 per cent, ind In 1830, 9.7 per cent. four noted thoroughbred stallions have dtetd during the past few weeks in Kentucky, Salvator. JJen Stroma, St. Bluisej and Sir Dixon. It la said that Sir Thomas I.ipton has at hist reaohed an agreement with the New York Yacht Club regarding the conditions under which another race for America's oup may be sailed In 1911. The death of Dan Stuart, known to the sporting fraternity as "the squarest sport," recently occurred In New York. Stuart was CS years old. He promoted the famous Curbett-Kltzslmmons bat- " tie in 1897. Catcher Spencer, who was with the St. P.ul club of the American Associa tion the latter part of the season, and who belongs to the Boston Americans, has been traded by Manager Patsy Donovan to the New York Giants. It la hardly possible that Sam Iltl dredth will race anywhere this winter, it being his Intention to rest up his en tire string' and have them well pre pared for next summer's campaign. He bus partially made arrangements to pay a visit to Uuenos Ayros for a rest and vacation aftar his strenuous sea son. While the trottln-horse branch of the breeding Industry la more than holding itn own in this countre, it la milking tremendous strides in at least throe of the European countries, Ttus sVa, Austria and Italy, and Id attract ing Increased attention In England, Germany and Belgium. John Aiken, at tho wheel of a Na tl'Jtial "forty," lowured another Ameri can truck record at the Speedway at Atlanta, (.la. In a furious drive of twenty niiloa, In every moment of which ho was closely pressed, he set a new mark of 10:12-73. This ia 0:11:04 better than Barney , UUfirld's record at Indianapolis. Tho death of Hamburg Belle, 2:0Hi, the world's fnutest trotter, recently oc curred at Thoinusville, (la., where tho famous mare had been shipped for the wlutc-r. Pneumonia attacked her on her Journey and he died soon after reaching fci'r. destination. , The entire weight of the Yalo'team, as ft seems picked to meet Princeton ' and lUrvurd. will bo 2,056 pounds, ac cording to otHcl.tl statistics, an aver age of 14 10-11 pounds per man. Tho welshi of the Yale line from tackle to tackle la 1,020 pounds, un uvcruge ot 404 pounds pur man.