DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD
CONGRESS FACING
HEAVY CALENDAR
-M-
BUT
52 WORKING DAY3
MAIN TO CLEAR IT
RE.
CONGESTION ON SENATE SIDE
Action on Immigration and Farm
ers' Relief Dills Looked '
For This Week.
Washington, D. C Cragress will
start Us nfiw your work with a for
mldablo program for tho fifty-two
working days lomalning beforo alno
dlo adjournment March 3. Congestion
us usual is on the sonato side, house
uctlvlty being concentrated on com
pletion of thu appropriation bills with
tho sundry civil budget under debato
and the postofflce bill uwaltlng.
Tariff revision 1b to bo an Important
matter thlH woelc Chairman Pen
rose, of tho senate finance committee,
plans to roturn to the senate Boon,
after a years absence, and with his
committco begin consideration of the
emergency tariff bill passed by tho
house. Hearing on general tariff re
vision planned during tho extra uc3
Blon after March 4 will soon begin be
foro tho houBO ways and moans.
Tho senato forolgn relations com
mittee will hold a special session to
consider international disarmament.
They will take up tho request of Sen
ator Iiorah, republican, of Idaho, pro
posing a rouucBt on tho prosldent to
initiate negotiations with Great Brit
ain and Japan toward an agroomont
for a GO per cent cut in naval building
for a term of years. Tho committee
uIbo will consider a resolution by Son
ator Walsh, domocrat, of Montana,
proposing that tlip president be asked
to appoint an American roproucnta
tlvo to moot with tho league of nations
disarmament committco. Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, ranking dem
ocrat on tho comimtteo will ask to
havo Senator Walsh appear. Demo
crats urn disposed to favor Senator
Wnlsh'B plan.
Emorgoncy, immigration legislation
is to bo taken up by tho nonato Im
migration committco which will Login
hearings on tho house LIU to prohibit
virtually all Immigration for ton
months. ItopreBontatlvo Johnson, re
publican, of Washington, chairman of
tho houso immigration committee, 1b
expected to bo tho first witness.
Harding Conaldcrc Cabinet Selections.
Marlon, O., Cabinet appointments
wore dlsciiBsod by President-elect Har
ding again In a conference with Harry
M. Dougherty, his pro-convention man
agor. No annuncomont was mndo and
there was nothing to lndlcato how
soon definite selections would bo
made. Tho goneral Indlcutlua bus
Leon that thu nnmoa of two or three
mombnrB will bo mado known oarly
in tho now year. During tho Avook tho
nenator will continuo his canvass of
tho logiBlatlvo ultuatlon, with a view
to roduco tho army and navy appro
priations to the lowost point consist
ent with a safo dofensa policy.
Britain Seeks Alliance With Japan,
Paris, Tho negotiations for tho re
newal of tho Anglo-Japuneso alliance
aro profoundly important In tho Unit
ed Statea and China, for they Indicate
that at a tlnio when promising offorte
aro undor way to establish an entente
of tho English apoaklng pooplo on all
world questions, tho British foreign
offlco Is sccrotly negotiating an nlll
unco with nn Imperialistic Asiatic
powor which appears to Lo dlroctod to
ward tho United States.
Supremo Court Faces Larne Calendar.
Washington, I). C., Reconvening
the Hupromo court will face a calondar
of assigned cases which are declared
to bo uuusual both as to nuniLor and
public mtorost.
Eighteen caB03 nro listed for tho
first day, though slnco It will Lo "de
cision day" the chancoB are, argu
ments will not Lo heard In moro thuu
two or throo.
Elko Give Dlo Sum to Children's Fund.
Lob Angolos, Cal., William M. Ab
bot, of Sun Francisco, grand oxallod
ruler or tho llonovolont Protqotivo
Order of ElkB, announced horo tho
grand lodge of that order had sub
Hcribod $10,000 to tho fund of tho
Hoover committee for tho rollef of
the central European children.
Word Received from LoBt Aeronaut.
Itockawoy, N. Y Tho missing
navy balloon A-5598 landed ten miles
northweat of Moobo Factory, Ont., De
cember H, and tho crow of throo men
Ib safe at a Hudson Day trading post,
uccording to a tologram received ut
tho naval air station hero.
Domb Damages Police Chief's Home.
Fort Dodgo, la., Tho homo of K. M.
Flattery, chief of pollco, was damagod
Ly a bomb, Tho porch wan blown
away, and windows broken, as well
as tho windows of nearby housos. Mr,
Fluttery was thrown from hiu bed.
Mule Kicks Man With Dynamite.
Unlontowu, Pa., Frank Polono, a
staLlo boss, found a stick of djyiumlto
und put It in his hip pocket. loiter
whllo working in tho ntablo ho was
kicked Ly u mule. Tho stable al
most was blown to pieces.
MISS JUSTINE JOHNSTUNE
mmmmmmm'
Miss Justine Johnstone, who Is se
lected by Paul llelleu, famous French
artist, ns "the most beautiful woman I
hnve ever seen," is shown here, not nil
"dolled up" for n. carefully posed pho
tograph, but in nn every-dny costume
and unstudied attitude.
POET FLEESJN PLANE
D'Annunzio Says Italy Is Not
Worth Dying For.
Agreement for Evacuation of Flume
and Ratification of Treaty
Concluded.
Flume, Dec. HI. D'Annunzio has
Issued a proclamation saying that
Italy Is not worth dying for. He an
nounces he Is leaving Flume by" air
plane. The agreement for the evacuation
of Flume and ratification of the llnpal
lo treaty verbally has been concluded.
Home, Dec. III. .Settlement of the
Flume question, bused on recognition
of the treaty of Hapallo, dlsbandmeiit
of D'Annunzlo's leglonnlres and gen
eral amnesty, Is expected following re
ceipt of late advices from the block
aded urea. The suspension of hos
tilities previously ordered has been
prolonged.
Negotiations for surrender are pro
ceeding with the municipal council of
Flume, to which D'Annunzio bus
ceded his powers.
Complete recognition of tho trenty
of Itiipnllo has been given by D'An
nunzlo's representatives at the Ah
binzzla conference with General For
rarlo, It Is Indicated In a report from
uonernl Cavlglla.
The report Indicated that Illcknrdo
Glgante, mayor of Flume, and Captain
Hostventurl, director of national de
fenso at the city, have accepted com
plete recognition of the treaty.
The truce was arranged during tho
night. Mayor Glgnnto and Captain
Hostventurl were tho spokesmen for
Flume, IVAnnimzIo apparently being
Ignored.
Venice, Dec. .'. RlgnorJnn Vul
sella Huccara, a well-known pianist
to whom D'Annunzio has shown
marked attention, went to Flume
some months ago, where they have
been awaiting the conclusion of D'An
nunzlo's dlvorco proceedings.
Doth have written freely to their
relations, and she is quoted us saying
she would not leave Flume, whatever
the fate of tho city, adding that she
preferred rather to be stabbed Ly the
enemy's sword.
HOUSTON GIVES BONUS COST
Secretary of the Treasury Says
Amount Needed Would Reach
$2,300,000,000.
AVnshlugton, Dee. LU Passage of
the soldiers' bonus bill would cost the
government approximately jfiyUHMKH),
000, Secretary Houston estimated be
fore the senate llnance committee con
sidering the soldiers aid measure.
The treasury secretary declared en
actment of the bill meant an added
burden In the way of taxes, reiterat
ing a statement made before the com
mittee last week.
Assuming that all of the men would
select one of the four optional plans,
Mr. Houston estimated the cost of
each of the plans as follows:
Adjusted service pay, ijt.'l 12,000.000.
1'isuruuco provision, $-1, 5:11.000,000.
Vocational training aid. Jfl.SSO.OOO,
000. Farm and home development, Si,.
8S0.000.0CO.
Names Envoy to Roumanla.
AVashlugton, Dec. ill. The nomina
tion of Peter Augustus Jay of Hhode
Islund to be minister to Itnumunln wai
fcont to the senate by President Wilson.
Voto to Accept Wage Cut.
Fall Hlver, Mass., Dec. :u. The six
textile unions of the American Feder
ation of Textile Oporatles voted to
accept the wage reduction of 22V3 per
cent recently nifnouncod by the manu
facturers. Congressman Breaks Leg.
Washington. Dee. :. Uepresenta
tlvo D. H. Klnchvloe of Kentucky fell
In the corridor outside hiu office. In the
house olllce building ,u,il broke his
leg. Ho was removed to the casualty
hospital
OLVER CITIZENS
One Highwayman and Three
Residents Wounded in Ex
change of Shots.
FIVE ROBBERS ARE CAPTURED
Shooting Follows a Holdup of the Cul-
vcr State Bank In Broad Daylight
Money lo Recovered I, C.
Rail Bandit Slain.
Culver, Ind Doc. HI. In a pitched
battle on the main street of this 'town
during which a score of shots were ex
changed with llvo Chicago holdup men,
three citizens und two of tho bandits
were shot.
With the capture of the fifth bandit
at Knox-, Iiicl., the last of the live mem
he rs of the band was In custody.
Three of the robbers the men who
did the actual shooting were taken
before they could lieu from thu town,
whllo a fourth member of, the gang
was nabbed at llurr Onk, Ind., whence
he fled.
The throe men held In Culver gave
tho names of II. A. Fox, J. It. Burns
and A. Gilbert.
The fight and pursuit followed the
holding up of tho culver Exchange
bank, a private institution.
Approximately $7,500 in cash was
tnken by the bandits, but later recov
ered. Tho raid on tho bank occurred
shortly before noon. Thu bandits
drove up In a black and yellow tour
ing car. Two of them remained In the
machine. The others entered the
bank, which was crowded with cus
tomers and employees.
J. I. Sulne, a business man occupy
ing ofllces across the street from the
Lank, opened lire on the Landlt ma
chine with a shotgun. The pistols of
the holdup men spat tire In return.
Salne was shot through the mouth
and fell. Employees of the hank,
hastily arming themselves, ran from'
tho Lank and commenced shooting at
the bandits.
Word that the Lank had been held
up spread rapidly through the town.
Men swarmed out, armed with rifles,
shotguns and pistols. Before the
bandits could get their car under way
they were being subjected to a storm
of bullets and leaden slugs.
They replied as best they could.
Jacob Salne received one of their bul
lotrt through his Jaw. '
Chicago, Dec. 31. For the third
time within a year robbers last night
Invaded the New Orleans-Chicago fast
mail train of the Illinois Central rail
road, took possession of the rear Pull
man sleeper and robbed 125 passen
gers of $500 and Jewelry valued at
$1,500.
The robbers,1 both mere boys, were
captured shortly before midnight at the
Aroma Park station of tho Big Four,
four miles cast of Kankakee, Ly a
posse hastily organized Ly Tim Ilealy,
special agent for the lyinols Central
at Kankakee. One of the robbers was
seriously Injured In n revolver duel
fought with Special Agent John O'Neil
through tho closed door of a wash
room, where tho youth Jiad taken ref
uge. The wounded robber died shortly
afterward.
Tho prisoner gave his name as Joe
Scott, and said ills dead companion
was bis twin brother, Jake Scott of
Gieenville, 111.
DRY AGENTS RAID HURLEY
Seventy Arrests Made In Wet Wis
consin Town for Violation of
Prohibition Aot.
Hurley, AVIs., Dee. SO. Swooping
down on Hurley, "the widest open
town in the Iron range," -18 armed
federal prohibition agents from tho
ofllce of Prohibition Agent Frank D.
Itlehurdson of Chicago raided !1S of
the .IS saloons, arrested about 70 sa
loonkeepers and others within an hour
and seized thousands of dollars' worth
of moonshine and bonded liquors as
evidence.
AVorklng rapidly and quietly, tho
agents caught the suspected law vio
lators completely olT their guard and
effected their capture without blood
shed. The raid followed n wild night at
Hurley, during which liquor had been
sold at bargain rates, ranging from :t5
cents for moonshine whisky to 75 cents
for well-known brands,.
Ashland, Wis., Dec. HO. Shortly be
foro dark tho Hurley prisoners were
unloaded hero and, handcuffed each
to u government man, they wero
marched from the depot to the county
Jail, almost a mile away. Thero they
were taken before United Stjitcs Com
missioner AValter S. Kate find their
bonds were fixed at ninouutjs ranging
from $.100 to $2,000 each.
Fined $20,000 In Liquor Caseo.
Mays Landing, N. J., .i.m, l. Forty-seven
Atlantic City hotol and cafe
proprietors were lined nn iigtregnto of
$20,000 by Judge Hubert ll.'lngorsotl
in the county court here ot charges
of selling Intoxicating Ilquorj.
Pour Milk Into Rivers.
Kdwnrdsvlllc, HI., Jan. 1. De
creased consumption left a hrge num
ber of southern Illinois milk irodncers
without a market and trim sands of
gallons of milk aro being petrol Into
--rn and creeks dally.
LE613LATIE NEWS
NEW FACES IN LEGISLATURE.
Personne of Newly Elected Members,
Many of Whom Are Making Their
FlrGt Appearance.
Lincoln, Neb. About sixty per cent
of the recently elected stnto law
makers, who will meet here next week,
have never officially taken part In
legislative work before, and n great
many of them are practically un
known here.
All of them aro republicans, with
the exception of four O'Gnrn of
AVakefleld, Hock of David City, Oster
inan of Central City, and Iloffmelster
of Imperial. Following is the roster:
MBNATOICH.
n'B'- Member. Town
1 John Wlltse, Falls City.
; A I Sturm. Nrlmwka.
3 Henry Plcl(tt. Wnhoo.
4 John XV. Cooper. J. A. Davis, John W.
Hobblng, Charles 1.. Saunders, JUmU
, IlerKn, Omaha.
fi Albvrt II. Miller, Rlalr.
I. John O. Onnnon, Rosalie.
7 Otto Ulrlch. Wlnslur.
S thns II. Randall, Randolph.
0 V it. Ulan, Albion.
J? .; McOowan, Madison.
llll" - """be. Osceola.
U Jf- S, Nrvnl. Hewnrd.
13 G. H. Anderson, Lincoln; Chan. J,
Warner, Wavrrly.
J J Jacob F. Hnldcrmnn, Pawnee City.
JS-' c- Hnrrlns, Fnlrbury.
16 C J Watson, Fairmont.
17 Perry Itecil. Henderson.
JS P,e?rK C. Humphrey, Grand Island,
18 I.rlck Johnson, Hastings.
20 M. F. ltlrknr.l flnlH., l?n1j'
si'T',tl ni-own, Holdregc.
2 C71rirenco G. Illlss. Elm Creek.
23 William It. llutton. Mama.
24 Dennis II. Cronln. O'NolII.
ii- v- HooBland. North Platte.
SS ;,,." . "nsonsH, Grant.
27 H. K nusheo. Kimball.
2S James AV. (looil, Chadron.
it!U'iti:si:NTATivi:s.
D'st- Member. Town,
- P.T.: Gcn- w Heneker, Falls City.
2 Kills K. Good, Peru.
? J W. Armstrong, Auburn.
4 I.i-ncBt H. Glfford, Iwlston.
6 Alfred 1). Dowiri:. Vesta.
G II O McKee, Palmyra.
i H K, Frantz, Uncle.
J- . r?'1 k- Nutzmnn, Kehanka.
9 Allen Frazour, Ilellevue.
10 David JI. IScu-miin, Itobert C. Driicne
(low, George H. Dyball, T. 11. Dysnrt,
Hurry A. Foster. V. C. Hascnll, I. A,
Medlar, Hdw. W. Palmer, Wm. 1
Randall N. A. Robertson, HdJ A,
Smith, Jno. O. Yolser. Omaha.
!., fVb;lt.w SP'Ick", Fontanellc.
J !!; -1'- wbter, Tekamah.
13 U alter Snndqulut, -Vntthlll.
JJ J- - Kendall, Ponca.
li i-,lu .oufa (democrat) Wakcdela.
If, . i, Anderson. Wnlusa.
;I.l?b,.'r.t IO""i. MnKiiett.
g iV- W Cole. NollBh,
19 N. M, Nolson, Pierco.
20 V. o. Williams, Cnrroll.
21 I.auritz I.aurltzcn, West Tolnt.
22 Henry Dehrens, Hermer.
23 Michael V. Hudy, Albion.
nl V. . M. dorian, Newman Grove.
2G I.d 11, Honre, Monroe.
20 C. F. n. Nleweddle, Lindsay.
27 Dan McLeon, Schuyler.
88 Geo. K Staats, Fiemont; M. A. Frost,
Uehllnp;.
23 A- .L-. Ulstrom, Memphis; R. H. Park
utnn.
30 Walter L. Anderson, J. RelJ Green,
Clark Jeary, W. R. Mellor, R. a
, ,, Mofoley, 1' A. Sommerlnd, Lincoln.
31 Irani: W. Acton, Harvey It. Kssman,
UentrWe.
32 J. A. Axtell. Fnlrbury.
2? i:..a- w- Westerhoff, Carloton.
34 .Milton Young, Plckrnll.
35 J Allen Murphy, Dorchester.
3G Herman F. lleckman, Utlca.
37 Henry Rock (democrat), David City.
38 Harry H turner, David City.
39 It. Q Douglas, Osceola.
40 Fred McFnrland, York.
41 Oeurce A. Williams, Fairmont.
42 C. H Kppcrson, Fairfield.
43 Peter Hakunsun, Falrleld.
44 Frank Andtrson, Aurora.
45 H. K. Goodrich, Nolson.
4G It. 1). ThouiDtHJII. Cowlen.
4" J. C. Gllmoro, Proeoer; It. R. Vane.
HaHtlngB.
48 John McCIellan, W. W. Rank, Grand
Island.
49 Theo. Osterman (democrat), Central
City.
50 D. Stephenson, Fullerton.
61 O. K. Leftwlch. St. Paul.
62 K. B. Wight, Wolbach.
63 W. W. liuthea. Kwlng.
54 Drnntley K. Hturdovnnt, Atkinson.
65 Oeor(,-o D. Cllzbo, Alnsworth.
66 D. L". Strong, Ord.
57 Goo. v Wolfe, Litchfield.
68 Fiorina Jacobs, liroken Dow; William
Lundy, Sargont.
69 W. T. Gould, Kim Creole; Charles Miner.
Ravenna.
60 Ernest Peterson, Axtell.
01 A. H. llyrum, Oloomlngton.
62 Goorgo M. Wallace, Orleans.
03 Harry Johnson, Holdrcge.
64 S. J, Franklin, Heaver City.
65 Kdwnrd D. Perkins. McCoolc.
C6 Waltor B. Votaw, Maywood.
07 J M. Deans, 1-cxlngton.
68 B. H. Davis, North Plntte.
OK W. F. Wood. Haigler.
70 Fred iloffmelster (democrat), Imperial,
71 Charles H. Reed. Logan.
72 HoiiJ. II. Mickey, Wood Lako.
73 Dwlght P. Grlswold. Gordon.
74 Goo. S. Snow. Chndron.
76 W. M, Harbour. Scottsbluff.
76 James A. Rodman, Kimball.
77 Larl llllllard. Roscoo.
13. It. 'Furcell of Broken How, as
chairman of tho state press associa
tion legislative committee has called
a meeting of that committee to bo
held in Lincoln, January 1 and U for
the purpose of outlining such legisla
tion as the association may desire. A
revision of laws relating to legal print
ing Is to bo urged by the committee.
"I think murder Is murder, whether
committed by the state in punishing
a crime or by a person in nnger or re
engo," said Mrs. C. W. Hayes, state
superintendent of moral education for
the V. C. T. U., who is starting a
movement to back a bill before tho
next legislature abolishing the death
penalty. "Letters have been sent out
over Ncbruskn to persons Interested
and I hope that sutllclent sentiment
will be aroused to make It posslblu to
pass this law this winter."
The budget for tho maintenance of
the University of Nebraska Is now
ready for the approval of the governor,
preparatory to Including It In his re
port for the legislature. The sum for
salaries Is given precedence In tho
amounts asked for. Next comes tho
fund needed for farm bureaus. Tho
request for building funds Is contin
gent upon tho legtslaturo being will
ing to grunt money for the purpose In
addition to what Is required for saN
arles and farm projects.
I'etltlons aro being circulated ask
ing tlio legtslaturo to pass measures
abullsblng capital punishment.
Dr. Harry Foster, representative
from Douglas county, Is enlisting sup
port for Ids proposal to have either
tho state or counties mnke bond Issues
to help tlnnnco farmers who face
bankruptcy because of falling prices.
At n conference concerning legisla
tive matters held with Governor Mo
ICelvlo at tho executive mansion, chiro
practors of tho statu discussed u
change In tho chiropractic law, Tliq
law as amended now requires tlireu
terms of nlno months each. Several
prominent members of the profession
desire to havo tho law changed to
three years of six months cuclx
RASKA NEWS
li! CONCISE FORM
State Occurrences of Importance
Boiled to a Pew Lines for
Quick Perusal.
The stnto normnl school nt Konrnev
bus added 7.8SU volumes to Its library
during the lust two years.
Douglas county commissioners will
open bids December 0 on n 1,000,000
road Improvement project.
The abstract 01' renorts of 1.000 stnto
bnnks shows n decrease of nearly ten
per cent In deposits for the quarter.
Itev. Charles W. Savldge, the
Omaha "marrying parson," celebrated
his 4,900th marriage ceremony last
week.
The broom factory nt Dcshlcr, em
ploying 125 people, has been tempo
rarily closed down, to Install new ma
chinery.
Frank Long of Alllnnce shipped two
cars of nice, fat cattle to tho South
Omaha market from Kuffalo, "Vyo.,
one day list week.
The report of the Department of
State hull Insurance shows a de
llclcney of $IX),7o4.7S for the year end
ing December 1, 10:20.
Mrs. Etta Durland, well known Nor
folk woman, Is dead, following fatal
Injuries received when she was run
down Ly un automobile.
Workmen thawing out n frozen
pipe In the home of S. M. Davis nt Te
cuinseh started a blaze that came near
destroying the building.
Martin Ilarman, a convict, pleaded
puilty before a Lincoln court to taking
part In a holdup on December 8 while
he was outside the penitentiary as a
trusty.
i'lie electrocution of Colo and Cram
mer nt the state prison last week, was
the llrst time that method of punish
ment has been used since its adoption
Ly the state.
Less than 5 per cent tho usual num
ber of fur-hearing animals In Nebras
ka are being trapped for their pelts
this year, according to buyers Vanil
state game ofllclals.
Future University of Nebraska foot
ball games will Le played on the
state fair grounds nt Lincoln. The
state fair directors have formally rati
fied this arrangement.
The Grand Island police force un
covered still In .active operation
In the former Cold Cure institute at
that place, which went out of business
soon after tho state went dry.
The majority of Nebraska farms are
still occupied by their owners. The
figures for last year are: Number of
farms occupied by owners, 60,420;
number occupied by tenants, 02,007.
A request that the people of Nebras
ka donate shiploads of corn for tho
starving peoples of Europe Instead of
money has been made to the governor
Ly Walter I. Towlo of Grand Island.
The Ited Willow county lied Cross
society has decided to give ,?500 from
Its fund for tho near east relief. The
local organization does not expect to
put on any drive for funds for this
purpose.
The new ?3G,000 Methodist church
Just completed at Lodge Pole was
formnlly dedicated last Sunday. The
building Is said to be one of the most
beautiful church edifices In that part
of the state.
Delegates to tho state volunteer fire
men's convention, to bo bold In York
January 18 to 21, can ride on all rail
roads In Nebraska where the fare is
more than ?1 for one and one-half faro
for the round trip.
Mrs. George 13. Norman, wife, of the
manager of a moving picture theater
at Hastings, nbrldu of six months,
was killed when tho car the was driv
ing collided with another machine
driven Ly itobert Smith.
The 1022 meeting of the Nebraska
State Teachers' association will be
held at Omaha, the first week In No
vember, according to the decision of
the executive committee, which met at
Grand Island last week.
Tho Farmers' Elevator at Peru was
completely destroyed by fire with 2,000
bushels of corn and oa'ts, and other
supplies such as flour, and feed. The
loss was complete, only the books from
the olllce being saved from the flumes.
Dean E. A. Burnett of the college of
agriculture at Lincoln has been noti
fied that tho Omaha chamber of com
merce stands ready to give financial
assistance to worthy students of agri
culture. Money will bo lent students
to enable them to continue In school
during the period of flnnncinl strin
gency. The Women's Public Service club at
Broken Bow bus started a movement
to establish a city swimming pool.
There are four aspirants for the
Job of United States district attorney
for tho Nebraska district. They are:
T. J. McGuIre and M. O. Cunnlnghnm
of Omaha ; C. E. Matson, present coun
ty attorney of Lancaster county, nnd
C. F. Snndull of York.
Dr. Charles Ilershnmn, an Alllnnce
physician, dropped dead In his ofllce
whllo treating a patient with nn
X-ray machine. Ills death Is attrib
uted to n congested artery In the
brain.
Frunk Lenlnger, a York county
farmer, sold to tho York Mlllim com
pany live thousand dollars worth of
corn at 50 cents.
Receipts of cattle at tho South
Omaha market last week were the
lightest seen there on a Monday in
many weeks, only -l.fiOO head being re
ported in, nguiust 10,700 head the
week prior.
The cnreless throwing of n lighted
match wus responsible for a serious
pralrlo lire near tho vlllago of Ames
which the farmers of the neighborhood ,
and the pooplo of Ames fought for ttvo
hours to conquer. 1
W. F. Cook, u David City restnurant
employe, was held up Ly two masked
highwaymen, who, ufter securely
Itttwllnrr lit,., .... ,...!. 1. 1.. 1 I
'..,.. .wft mil, u(,, luuii II !.- M',S, I'llll'Jl'M . "A
the restaurant, and carried olT tho'
contents of tho cash drawer.
Forty-five nurses at the durtrrilory
of the University hospital at Omnlui .
leaped or crawled In their night
clothes through windows to safety
when fire destroyed the building last
week". Six joung women were badly
injured. T.
John Carter, a former resldejt ot
Weeping Water, was trampled to
death by wild cattle at his ranch near
Haxtun, Colo. IIu had taken the cat
tle to the pasture and when he did not
return search was made and his body
found neur the gate.
The Nobrnskn Farm r.tiroau fed
eration, which Inaugurated an netlvo
membershlp campaign onfOctober !!,",
now has a total membership of ap
proximately 15,000 In the 17 counties
that have been canvtssed, according
to state headquarters "
J. H. Beveridge, city superintendent
of Omaha schoo' will be president of
too Nebraska State Teachers' associa
tion for the ensuing year, and other
officers nro: Vice president, W. II.
Mnrtln, Fnlrbury; treasurer, John F.
Matthews, Grnnd Island.
Nebraska City commissioners nt a
recent meeting passed nn ordinance
limiting the number of pool hnlls of
the city to four. This action was
caused by the application of a ninn
from Bethany who sought to estab
lish another parlor hi the city.
Itev. D. It. Dungan, first president of
Cotner university at Lincoln and for
moro than 50 years prominently identi
fied with the Church of Christ In this
and other middle western states, is
dead at his home in Glendale, Calif.,
according to word from that place.
The federal government is tnklnj
care of Charles Young, the leper vic
tim who escaped from confinement
near Battle Creek some time ago and
created n sensation when ho stated at
Washington that he was helped to es
cape by officers of Madison county.
W. F. Thlchoff has been appointed
general manager of the Burlington
west of the Missouri river, to succeed
George W. Holdrege who resigned af
ter fifty-one years' service with tho
Burlington. Mr. Thlehoff assumes his
new post January 1. Ho has been as
sistant general manager.
Miss Helen M. Davidson, a formei,
Omaha girl, has returned from Europe
and Asia, where she engaged in social
welfare work, visiting the ruins ot
ancient cities nnd having a thrilling
experience when fired upon by bandits
at Ephesus, Asia Minor.
Buffalo county hns made formal ap
plication for state aid to construct n
new bridge across the Platte river
near Kearney, to cost 100,000. The
river is now spnnned by a series of
fivo wooden bridges, all old nnd in
dnnger of Lelng carried away Ly lco
pr high water.
Nemaha county commissioners nro
of the opinion that a new survey of 1
the counties bordering on the Mis
souri river in Nebraska will add con
siderable' territory to this state. Ac
cordingly they have made arrange
ments to have the state engineer as
sist County Surveyor T. C. Daugh
erty in a survey. '
The development of fruit growing
will constitute one of the most Im
portant nnd Interesting programs of
the week of Organized Agriculture, nt
Lincoln, Janunry '.i to 7. Tho Nebras
ka State Horticultural society has ar
ranged a three-day program covering
ninny of the more Important phases
of that industry.
Irrigation in Scotts Bluff nnd Morill
counties hns Increased the value of
land 10,000 per cent, according to a
late report of It. H. Willis, chief ot
the burenu of Irrigation to the State
department of public works. Land thnt
formerly was a drug on tho market at
$2 to $5 an acre is now valued at $200
to $500 per acre.
The 550 inmates of the state prison
were tendered a big Christmas "feed"
Ly Warden Fentou. The menu con
sisted of baked chicken, mashed pota
toes, brown gravy, bread and butter,
coffee, celery, pickles, cookies, pump
kin pie, lemon cake, apples, oranges,
candy nnd cigars. The holiday spirit
permeated the Institution.
The annunl meetings at Lincoln of
the Nebraska farmers' organizations,
scheduled for January 3 to 7, probably
represent tho greatest single gather
ing In America of men nnd women In
terested In ngrlculturo. Between 5.000
and 10,000 persons nnnunlly attend
these meetings. Twenty or more or
ganizations or societies, some of them
more than a half century old, hold ses
sions from two to four days In length.
State association of county agricul
tural agents, home demonstration
agents nnd boys and girls' clubs will
meet In annual convention nt Lincoln
December U0 to January 2.
Alex Negonka, Indian of Genoa,
Neb., graduate of the Indian schools
at Lawrence, Kas. ; Chllocco, Okla. ;
the Shoshone school at Washakie,
Wyo. ; Genoa, und of the University of -.
Nebraska, holder of a II, A. degree, "
has enlisted as a prlvato soldier for
duty at Fort Omaha., He speaks ten
Indian languages, English, French,
German and Spanish fluently, and Is au
expert carpenter and machinist.
Harry A. Bralnerd of Lincoln, ex
president of tho State Press Associa
tion and oue of the oldest printers in
the state, sustained serious injuries i
when lie wus run down by au auto a
few days ago. Hu Is still feeling tho
jOfl'octs of un operation In a hospital,
wnero nis eyoMgur. was pariiany re
stored after two years of total blind
ness. Women of tho Nineteenth Century
club of Kearney hnvo prevailed upon
the board of education to appropriate
$300 toward a fund already avallablo
which will Lo used In hiring a school
nurse for that place.