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    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. BARE, Publisher
TERMS: 1.25 IN ADVANCE
NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
SUMMARY OF NEWS
CONDENSATION OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS.
BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD
General, Political, Religious, Sporting,
Foreign and Other Events Re
corded Hero and There. .
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Political.
Judgo Taft nnd W. J. Bryan both
spoko in Syracuse. N. Y. tho namo
night.
Tho rnnnhllrnn rnncronnlnnnl com
mittoe estimates that tho next liousu
will contain 224 republicans and 1G4
democrats.
Mr. Tlrvnn wnnml iin fhn r.nmnnlirn
with a speech at Lincoln, hit) homo
town.
W. J. Bryan mado a speech at Al
bany, N. Y, Ho wan introduced by
former Govornor David B. Hill.
Unltod States Sonator Cabot W.
Lodgo said at national republican
headquarters thai ho estimated tho
plurality which Taft and Shorman will
recclvo in Massachusetts at 00,000.
Tho following statement signed by
Wllnm Hnyward, secretary, and F.
W. Upham, assistant treasuror,of tho
republican national committee, was
given out at republican headquarters:
"Wo aro informed that a porson of tho
namo of J, M. Bennington of tho stato
of Washington is representing him
Bolf ns an ngont of tho republican na
tional committee for tho purposo of
fiolicltlng funds nnd has written lot
tors soliciting contributions. Tho re
publican national commlttco has no
connection with Mr. Bennington; ho
is not n mombor of our committoo nnd
never has boon and has no authority
to solicit funds for this committoo.
General.
Qovornor Patterson of Tonnossoo
has announced that ho has sufllclont
ovidenco to convict nil mombors of
tho gang of night rldors that hung
Captain Rankin.
Speaker Canon, in answer to Moth
dlflt bishops, denies bolng responsible
for tho defeat of tho Llttloflold bill.
Belgium Is to assume sovorolgnty
over tho Congo which has boon an
noxed by treaty on tho ICth of No
vombcr. Thq treasury purchased 7C.000
ounces of Bllvor for dollvory at Now
.Orleans and G0.000 ounces for dollvory
at uenvor ni w.-i corns por lino
ounce,
Mrs. William Astor, wlio for thirty
years has boon rogarded ns tho so
cial lender of New York, died on tho
31st or heart dlscaso at her homo on
Fifth avonuo. For nonrlv four wnnkfl
Mrs. Astor, who was olghty-two yearn
old, lias been In n critical condition.
Tho, noxt national convention of tho
Wotnon's Christian Tompornnco union
-win Do noid in Omahn.
Modern Woodmen docldcd to mako
no effort to cstnbllBh n proforrod claim
for tholr funds in tho First Nationat
uank of Charlton, la.
Many nlrls worn lnlurcil nn n rn
oult of a flro In a ton-story building in
mo Cincinnati retail district.
Roth Brynn nnd Taft received tho
r election news in tholr homo towns.
Nicholas Tschalkovskv. the nntmi
Russian rovolutlonlst, Is released on
nan,
Tho cabinet of Bulgaria has nccopt
ed in princlplo tho demand of Turkoy
for compensation,
A substantial majority for Promlor
Laurler has been returned by tho oloc
tlouH in Canada.
President Diaz of Mexico, rumors to
N tho contrary, says ho Is not ready to
retiro .
A dispatch from Romo to a London
sows agency says tho popo has decid
ed that a special consUtory uhnll bo
held for tho nomination of now Amer
ican cardinals after the reorganization
of tho American dlocoso.
A damago suit Iiob boon started at
Louisville growing out of Kentucky
night rider outrages.
Miss Mary B. Cheok of Tobono, u.,
Is tho only regularly appointed woman
rural mall carrier in tho stato.
Mr, William Farron, tho votoran
actor, who has Just died at tho. ad
vanccd ago of 83, was tho third in tho
direct lino to bear what is probably
tho oldest namo continuously connect
ed with tho English stago.
Tbo government offers Bottlers a
chance to sccuro irrigated lands on tho
Bhosbonl ditch.
A receiver has been appointed for
tho Eg O-800 firm which rocontly
went Into bankruptcy.
Chairman Mack lu a revlow of tho
political outlook nays Bryan will hnvo
301 electoral votes,
C. A. S. Blako, who bribed tho Juror
In tho Ruef enso, at 8an Francisco,
mado a sensational confession after
ho had been found guilty.
Methodist missionaries wero In ses
sion at Cincinnati to couslder means
of advancing tho catiBo In tho foreign
field.
Records woro broken In tho naval
target prnctlco at Manila.
Tho oxamlnor of tho Provldcnco
Savings Llfo Insurance company says
tho manngoment was extravagant.
8evon'coJi suffragettes havo gono to
an English Jail rather than give tljo
promlso to bohavo themselves,
Prince Henry of Prussia, enont sev
oral hours In tho air as tho guest of
Count Zeppelin, who mado an asccn
slon.Jn his remodeled nlrshtn.
Vlco President Fairbanks mado tho
address on tho occasion of tho unveil
lng of tho Btatuo of ex-President Har
rlson at Indianapolis.
Servian rnanrvnn linvn (mon rnllnd
out nnd King Peter has ordered 300
Maxim guns and 400 military auto
mobiles.
Minors of Charleston. W. Va.. harelv
escaped with tholr lives ns tho result
or rarest nrcs.
A. frcmt-ofriclal statement issued In
Berlin Bays Germany will not agrco
to discussion of nny subject in pro
posed international conferenco thnt 1b
objected to by Austria.
Tho Mllwaukco road announces n
faro of ono and one-third regular rato
to tho National Corn exposition, nnd
this is taken to mean tho Western
Passenger association Iiob taken ac
tion, and nil roads aro Included.
Tho emperor of Japan replied to tho
message of Presldont Roosovolt.
Chairman Hitchcock, In an Inter
vlow boforo leaving Now York for
Chicago, oxprossod himself ns well
pleased with tho progress of tho cam
paign. Tho Cnnadlan cloctlons resulted In
return of Sir Wilfrid Lnurlnr to nownr
for nnothor five years with a slightly
decreased plurality.
Washington.
"I Bunnoso Heavon holnod us to
Join hands firmly," said Japancso Am
bassador Takahlra with emotion, ns
ho discussed t'io visit of tho American
flcot to Japan. Ambassador Takahlra
had a short tlmo boforo rottirnod from
tho whlto house, whero he wiib tho
guest of President Itoosovelt nt
luncheon, and to whom ho delivered n
inessngo of thnnks from tho Japaneso
omporor Tor that which tho prcBldont
sont as tho floet dopartod.
Tho sunremn court of tho United
Stntes fixed January 4 as tho dato for
hearlnc tho argument In tho commndl.
tics clause cases, and gave directions
for tho consolidation into ono of nil
tho twolvo cases for tho purposo of ar
Kitment. Tho cases Involve tho consti
tutionality of tho clnuso of tho Hop
burn rate Inw nrnhlliltlntr rnllrond c.nm.
panlos from carrying commodltloB of
tholr own production.
Tho presldont will got busy on his
mossago ns soon as tho election Is
over.
President Roonovolt bait nnnolnted
Colonol Fred A. Smith of tho Eighth
Infantry, n brigadier general, to fill
tho vacancy caused bv tho retirement
of Brigadier General Philip Rondo.
Colonol Smith was born in Now York
nnd nppolntcd to tho military acad
emy from that state.
Treasury balances Oct. 23d woro as
follows: Avnllnblo cash halancos $1G8,-
084,147; gold coin and bullion, $41,294,
631; gold certificates, 137,950,700.
iiusincsH conditions throughout tho
country nro qulot nnd not much
chango !b oxpoctcd until attor tho
oloctlon Is over.
Foreign.
In order that tho nrnmlnnnt Amnrl
cans who havo takon paBsago on tho
Htoatnor Mongolia may learn tho ro
suit of tho oloctlon In tho United
8totcs, tho departuro of tho vcshoI
was Hold ono day nt Toklo.
Tho Chinese officials paid tholr
wolcomo to tho American floet.
Honrl Farnmn'B neroplano mado
n twonty mllo trip from Mourmolon
to RholrnB In twonty mlnutoB.
Tho latost soiiBatlon rnnnrttid ran
Corning tho Duko of tho Abruzzl and
MIcsb Kathorlno Elklns Is that tho
couplq will marry privatoly nnd un
known to tho public In ordor to os
capo tho curiosity of tho crowd.
Tho1 second Bnuadron of American
bnttloshlp flcot reachod Amoy, Chlnn,
on Tiiursdny.
All tho suffrncottos with tho oxonn
tlon of two, who woro urrostcd during
mo (lisordors In nnd around thn Hnnun
of CommoiiB, woro nralgnod In court
nnd flnod $2(5 each. Thoy rofusod to
pay nnd woro consequently sontonced
oacn to ono month's imprisonment.
Tho potltlon of Count Boul do Cbb
tollnno for n modification of thn do
croo of dlvorco obtained by his wlfo,
who was Miss Anna Gould of Now
York, on account of hor subsequent
marriage to Prlnco Hollo do Sagon,
camo up In tho tribunal of tho Solno
nt Paris, but at tho roquost of tho
doronso hearing was ndjournod until
Novombor 4.
Tho British Aoro club haH nwnrdod
ita gold modal to tho Wright brothers
of Dayton, 0 for tholr romarkablo
achlovomonta.
Personal.
Henry Ilonnett. a Konltmlcin n who
wns badly boaton by night rldors, haB
nioa suit against a number or pro
mtnont citizens nsklng $100,000 dam
ages.
Oonoral GarlltiKton finds Cnionni
Goethals froo of tho chargo of favorit
ism In nwardlng tho Panama contract.
led" Burton, mombor of thn hnmi
that hanged Captain Rankin at Rool-
root Lake, Tonn., mado ft confession
In which ho Implicated forty men, ovor
half of whom aro already undor ar
rest. Mrs, Stovonu wns ro-olectod presi
dent of tho National Woman's Chris
tian Tompornnco union.
Hundreds of federal employes aro
leaving Washington for tholr homoa
to YOtO.
A nioniimont to former Presldont
Harrison was unveiled In Indlnnnn.
oils, Tuesday.
Thomas F. Rynn gnvo 20,000 to tho
Bryan campaign fund.
Tho flenrotnrv of stato of r-nWn.in
has been sont to Inll for dlsohnvl
order of tho district court In Donvor
regarding tho makoun ot the imiini
for oloctlon.
OFFICER SHOT
DOWN
PROMINENT CITIZEN OF WEEPING
WATER INSTANTLY KILLED.
POSSE PURSUE MURDERERS
Heroic Measures Likely to Be Taken
on the Malefactor 1 Over
handed by Hounds.
Wconintr Wator Suanor.tlnc
that
NlRhtwatchman G. A. Ralston
was
going to nrrost them ono of the two
men moi irnr in nn inn ro nnnr or tnn
Mnnloy bank, five mlloB from here,
shot and Instantly killed tho offlcor
auoui 5 o'clock Sunday nftornoon
Immcdlntelv tho community wna
aroused and every man who could bc-
euro n wonpon nnd a horso started in
Dlirsult of thn inurdorora: tho nhnrtfr
mado a fast ilrlvn from Plntlnmonth In
an automobile, bringing bloodhounds
with lllm: nflteors In Lincoln worn nn.
tilled to bring houndH nnd como hero
ns won as go to stations northwest
of hero In which direction thn tnnr.
dercrs wont after shooting Ralston.
J ho I'latto rlvor brldgos aro also bolng
guarded nnd tho man hunt has boon
taken up with bucIi vigor nnd deter
initiation that It secniB almost Imnos
Blblo that tho murderers enn escnpo.
Cbbb county Is a network of tele
phonos. Tho linen havo all boon busy
and the towns of Wabash, Elmwood,
Eanle. Murdock. Alvo. Smith 'rinml
Ashland, Loulsvlllo and others havo
neon notuied.
Fecllnc Is so Intense Hint nnlv thn
cool heads of the prominent business
mon in tho searching party will pre
vent a lyucning snould tho mon bo np
prehonded.
i no murdered nlghtwatchmnn Is ft
mombor of prominent famlllcB nnd hns
lived In Wcoplng Wntor almost Blnco
boyhood. Ho was a terror 'to ovll
doors and n very bravo man. Tho mon
who committed tho deed stopped nil
night nt tho Rlvcrsldo hotel. Thoy
registered as ChnrloB SoldorB and Ar
thur MuiiBtor nnd took breakfast
thoro, eating dinner Just boforo tho
muruor. They enmo hero looking llko
bumB, but left wearing good clothes of
a uanc coior nnd sort black hnts.
Thoy nro about flvo font Inn or ntnvim
Inches in height nnd ono was Bllghtly
stoopod. ono wolRhlnc nnotit ir,n
pounds, while tho other wnB thinner
anu weigneti about 140 pounds.
From tho hotol thov went nn thn
track to tho coal chutes and behind
thq cars Ralston met them and they
fired ono shot, killing him lnstnntly.
Ho foil on hlfl faco In tho clndors.
Tho section foreman hoard tho shotn
nnd Baw tho men running away. Ho
wont to Investigate and round tho
nlgjit watchman dying. ProvlouB to
going .up tho tracks Ralston waB talk
lng' with ft detective sont horn to Ionic
up tho Manloy bank robbery and tho
ueiccuvo loin mm to Koop an oyo on
those: men. In lesa than flfteon min
utes Ralston waB killed. Blood
houndB nro aUo on tho rond'hora from
Lincoln.
GhArloy Ralston Ib ono of tho best
known mon In central Casa county
and connected with prominent fam
ilies of Wcoplng Wntor. Ho had been
night watchman at two dlfforont
tlmoB, covorlng a period altogether of
nbout ton years. Ho Ib n brother of
Alfred Rnlston, formor butchor nnd
cattlo buyor.
Contracts for Army Supplleo.
"WnBhlngton Roconts contrncts
awnrdod by tho qunrtermaKter gon
oral's, office Include 0.000 tons of oats
to bo furnished by Scattlo and St.
Paul firms. Bids received this- week
Tor 10,000 tons of hay for tho Phllp
pines , hnvo been rojoctod becauso of
high prices nnd irregularity.
Catholic Census.
Now OrleaiiB According to tho cen
sus of Now Orlenns, which Archbish
op Glonnon of St. Louis has been
compiling for sovoral months, and
Which WnB mildO Dublin hnrn
loanB 1ms 181.G40 Cnthollc commutil
cnniB oui ot a totnl population
nbout 3S0.000.
of
CONSERVATION OF RESOURCE8.
Many Candidates for Congress Pledge
Support for the Movement.
Chicago Pledges of nctlvo support
of tho consovatlon of natural ro
sources movomont havo beon receiv
ed by tho ofllcorH of tho Consorvntlon
Looguo or Amorlcft from moro than
ono-thlrd of tho republican nnd dom
ocratlo cftiulldates for congress nnd
President Wnltor F. Flahor declares
that tho loaguo has ovory reason to
bo gratified with tho results of its
flrat national campaign. In addition
to tho slgnod declaration of support
which number 257, tho leaguo has re
celvod lottora and tolegraniB rrom n
considerable number nf
al candldatoB oxpresslng npproval of
policies ami nssurnncos of sun.
port. 1
Horsethlef 8hot by Sheriff.
Rapid City. S. D. T
thieves, named Harvoy and JoluiBon,
uscnpoii irom tno Jail at Oacomn In
Lyman county Wednosdnv ntii,t n,i
lator while boliiK ro.nrrntnii hv ti...
sheriff ono of tho malefactors wnB shot
doad. It Booms that Harvoy and
JohiiBon had Btolon team of horses,
wagon and harnoss at Dallas and wero
ovortakon by tho offlcors nnd placed In
tho Jail at Oacoma. With Ihn nlH fif n
stove llftor nnd some lumps or coal
tnoy pried nnd pounded a halo tl tho
roor or tho Jail and esenped.
NEBRASKA NEWS AMD NOTES,
Items of Greater cr Lesser Impor
tance Over the State.
Burglars visited Julian, getting bo
sides goods $125 In cash.
Douglas county will build a $1,000,
000 court house and nn $18,000 Jail.
Hen McManlgal of Blair, ono of tho
railroad gang, fell rrom ft trestle nt
PI. Calhoun nnd broko nn tirm.
Any and nil danger of prairie flroa
In Deuel county has been checked by
flvo Inches of rain,
A commercial club has been organ
lcd at Sutherland with a membership
of over twenty-flvo.
James W. Shelley, n ploncor of Gago
county, passed nway last week lit his
GCth year.
Arthur W. Llnltm hf Athlon linn
been awarded tho Stcarnos fellowship
lu pharmaceutical chomlstry at tho
Michigan mlvoi-slty,
Tho general merchandise storo of
M. L. Bruco nt Monroe was destroyed
by lire. The building and stock wero
u total loss.
W( ilk m on wlln illalnnntltlil ntlil Inrn
away tho old Schurmnn building Id
Fremont cBtlmnto that while working
on tho building they killed close to
oo rats,
Tlirc. Fnlrbury merchants woro
victims of forgeries. Thoy woro
intmht for nmountfl rnnclncr from 235
to $30.80.' Tho man who worked tho
forgorlcs was known by tho namo of
Charles Miller.
Frank Kolouck, a Bohemian who
lives north of Sargent, was brought
n rtroknn ttmv nml tnltnn lirtfnrn Hiri
Inrnnlty board. Tho board ordered
him to bo tnkeli to tho lhiatlhcs Asy
lum.
WlillO John Murrnv wns cleanlnc
his rillo in his homo In Plattsmouth
tho gun wns accldontally discharged
and tho ball entered the head of his
two-year-old Bon. kllllne him almost
Inslnntly.
Farmers should all have telephones.
Wrlto to us and loam how to eet tho
best service for tho least monnv. Ne
braska Telephone Company, 18th nnd
Douglns streets, Omaha. "Uso the
Bell."
J J. Fee. tho man who tried to
oxftct n largo BUm of money from
Bunker Drako 6f Omnhn last spring,
died nt tho penitentiary last week.
Ho wns found dead in hla cell. Ho
woa 48 years of nno nnd was received
at tho penltontlary May 23.
Articles or Incorporation or the .No
brnskn Corn Produce company woro
filed with the county clork nt Beat
rice. This company Is capitalized for
$100,000 and will mnnufnnturn nil
kinds of cereals nnd other klnda of
food cereal prodtictB.
'yhe mystery surrounding tho mur
der and robbery whon thn lmdv nf n
man was round In tho Klobrnra river
near Valentino Is BtlU ns deep as ovor.
Although Bovernl peoplo who have
Bomo relatives missing havo lookod
nt tho body, no ono has yet boon nolo
to Identuy tho murdorcd man.
Nino tVnmnnt nnnnln wnn nut In
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the Tripp county drawing for lands.
3 J, Mater got No. 39 and J. H. Win
torstcen No. C8. Three others nlo
came under 700. Thn Inst nh llin lln
Is K. K. Hicks, tho Northwestorn
ngont, whoso number was up In the
U.UUU'B.
Tho oldest norson nttondlnc tho
York Sunset social, In which only
those 70 years and older nro eligible,
was Mrs. Mary Wlldman. need 00.
nnd tho noxt oldest wnB J. W. Popo,
a retired Methodist minister, aged 80.
Thoro woro nlnoty-nlno nttondlnc. nil
ovor 70 years.
Tho Nebraska Library association.
which closed Ita fourteenth nntinnl
convention nt HastlngB, elected tho
following officers; President. MIr
Ttmploton, Lincoln; first vlco prosl-
ueiu, Miss Smith, Beatrice; second
vico president, Miss Nowlaii, Hast
lngB: troaBiiror. Miss O'Brien. Omaha?
secretary, MIbb Sponcor, Falls City.
ab n Bcquol to tho dlvorco pro
ceedings started at Beatrlco sovoral
dayB ago by Eliza M. Erh against tho
Rev. Edmund Erh. tho lattor comoa
back with a S25.000 dnmacn suit
filed against Lnura McMastor nnd hor
husband, A. M. McMnstor. Mrs. Mc
MaBtor Is a daughter or Mrs. Erb and
tho roverond gontlomun charges that
tho dorendnnts havo nllonatnii hla
wire's affections and bo poisoned hor
muni tnnt sho has drlvon him from
bin happy homo.
Rov. J. W. Jenkins, rnetor nf thn
Flrat Episcopal church In Chadron ror
BovornI yoars, was aurprlsod by being
asked to nccopt tho appointment or
clmplnln or tho stnto lllilnntrlnl Hphnnl
ror boys nt Koarnoy. Tho appointment
wna announced to him while In Kcnr
ncy lasr wook attending tho atnto
Episcopal conforenco. Un hn nni
reached n decision.
Dr. Georgo E. Honl on nnil fnmllv
nnd J. II. Ball nnd family of Frlond
havo roturnod from n flvo wcekB out
ing 111 uorthwoBtorn Colorado nlsn
viHltlnnv Salt Lake Cltv nn.i nint.
Thoy spout threo VPnU-l nn n liu.it.
lng trip with Homer Goff, n ramous
guuio or aiockor, Colo, and shot n
largo cinnamon bear, sovoral wim.
cats nnd two deer.
A grUOSOlllO find. In 'thn Rlinnn r
n human leg, was turned over to Cor
oner Colo by Jack Govlor, n rarmer
living rourteen miles northeast of
Broken Bow. Tho affair Is shrouded
In mystory.
from Lincoln to Nebrnska points
Bhould bo lowered or rnlsnii nr inrt
Just bb thoy nro, according to tho
particular points or vlow or tho sov
oral speakora. it is nllocpd
lumber dcnlora that thoro Is n dis
crimination In lumber rates favorable
to Lincoln.
to arguo why tho rut OR nn IttmVtn
" . ttt Mul
from Omaha to Nobruaki points, pr,
TIE STATE CAPITAL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL
CITIZENS.
MORE STATE FAIR BUILDINGS
Secretary Mellor Gtarta Campaign for
Stock Pavilion and Grand Stand
on tho Fair Grounds.
Will Ask For $100,000.
Secretary W. R. Mellor of tho Btdle
board Of ngrlcuturo Ib planning to ask
tho next Icgtslaturo for f 100,000 for
n largo stock pavilion on tho stnto fair
grounds. Tho board of agriculture lu
now gathering Information relatlvo to
tho cost and slso of a building suit-
nblo for thnt purposo, An approprlii
tlon of 1100,000 will bo needed It ft,
building similar to ttloso Used 111 other
wcBtOrit mates Is erected, Secretary
Mclldr also desires to start h now
Btccl grand stand ror tho track, but
Is not posltlvo that tho loglslaturo will
bo nsked to appropriate money for
tho stand. A llvo stock pavilion Is
greatly needed, tho llttlo structuro
now UBcd for that purpoBo being too
smnll and is now used only for show
ing horses, Thd ciittlo woro shown
Ih a tent at the lafit falf,
Missouri spent $70,000 for It stock
pavillbh hnd Mlhnesottt paid $110,000
for tind without scats. A stool grand
btand of reinforced concrete construc
tion, mado In accordance with tho lat
est plans, with n Beating capacity of
12,000, would cost $150,000.
The Iowa Btato board'wants to build
n larger stock pavilion nnd a steel
grandstand. Secretary J. C. Simpson,
accompanied by President Cameron
of tho Iowa board, took an achltcct
with them on a recent trip to examine
structures at tho Michigan ralr
grounds, and tho Canadian national
exposition at Toronto ahd examined
h steel grandstand it Belmont, M. .,
Secretary Simpson, writing to Secre
tary Mollor, Bald:
"I think tho Nobraska Btato ralr
has a groat ruturo. I havo hoard much
compllmonta'ry montlon mado or your
ralr rrom oxhlbltora and visitors alike.
With tho growing- attondnnco which
you hnvo at your ralr, It would bo my
opinion that you would want a stand
Boating capacity at tho present tlmo
or rrom 8,000 to 10,000, nnd left In such
a way that you could add to It later.
"Ab you probably know, tho stock
pavilion oh our grounds Is much too
small for 6Ur purpose, nnd If building
nt tlilfl tlmo there tiro milto a fow
changes which Wo would mako In tho
construction. Each or tho Btock build
ings which wo have erected slnco ours
ban been Improved upon. Our build
ing Is an exact reproduction of tho
ono on tho Illinois stnto fair ground3
and was bult tho following year. Next
Missouri built onot then Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Indlana'nnd Kentucky at
Louisville. I think tho pavilion on
tho Indiana Btato ralr grounds at In
dlanapollfl is probnbly tho most per
roct or nny that has beon constructed.
It cost them In tho neighborhood of
$100,000 to $110,000. Our building wnB
built In 1902 nnd cost nbout $46,000.
Tho outsldo dimensions aro 17Cx225,
tho ring being 120x170. Tho main
thing wo havo to complain or In our
building Is that tho seating capacity is
not hair largo enough. Wo contom
plato at some ruturo dato adding an
other 100 feet In the length of this
building, -taking down tho outsldo
walls and rebuilding them to Increase
tho seating capacity."
Andreas vs. Jensen.
District Judgo Stewart rendorod
Judgment In tho caso of Fred Andreas
vs. Louis JciiBon et nl. Andreas is
tho man who furnished tho cut stono
for tho Tomplo building and Jensen
was tho contractor who built tho struc
ture. Plaintiff sued for $7,063.07, less
tho amount of freight which had been
paid by defendant on stone, nlloglng
that Jensen had railed to pay him that
balnnco duo on material furnished In
compllnnco with Tho contract between
them. Jensen In his nnswor set up tho
allegation that ho had boon grently
damaged by delay in delivering tho
stono and specified tho different ways
In which ho had sustained damago.
Judgo Stowart finds that thoro Is duo
tho plaintiff from tho defondant tho
aum or $4,09B.C8 and that thoro waB
duo tho defendant from tho plaintiff
on tho various Items eat nut in his
cross potltlon tho sum of $1,434.50;
that thoro Is therefore now duo plain
tiff from defendant tho sum of $2,CG1.
18, with Interest amounting to $325.99,
making a total of $2,987.17.
City Attorney Wants Help.
City Attomoy Stowart Is anxious
for tho elty council to glvo him nn
othor nsBsltnnt whoso solo duties will
bo to look nttor the police court busi
ness. It wnB expected tno matter
would bo decided by tho council, but
It wasn't. In fnct, tho proposition Is
bolng generously opposed.
Talk of Commlnslon Plan.
Lincoln is much Impressed with the
proposition of having a city govern-
mont by commission and an enthu
siastic mooting of business men wnB
hold to discuss tho matter. Several
delegations havo boon to Dea
Moines and other places nnd brought
back roporta favrnblo to tho commis
sion plan. A mombor of tho Dos
Molnos commission govornment was
tho guest of honor at tho dinner nt
tho Lincoln hotel and told ot tho sat
isfactory working of iQ, plajt at tho
Iown capital,
THE TUBERCULOSIS EXHIBIT.
It Will Se Shown In Lincoln for About
Ten Days.
Mr. W, h, Casporof New York city,
who has charge of tho travelling tu
berculosls exhibit Is In Lincoln with
h(B exhibition. This will bo put 111
placo at 1215 O street, tho room sup
plied for tho purposo by Mr. J. E.
Miller. Tho exhibit is tho property of
tho national association for tho study
and prevention of tuberculosis nnd Id
loaned to tho peoplo of Lincoln for
'about ton days. It will open Friday,
October 30t and bo opon from 10
o'cock In the morning until 10 o'clock
In tho evening except Sunday, when
It will bo open from 2 to C p. m. No
admission fee Is charged. A number
of speakers hnvo beon Invited to tako
part In tho ovonlng program. Govor
nor Sheldon, Senator E. J. Burkctt,
Mayor F. W. Brown, Dr. Wlnnelt, Mr.
A. R. Talbot nnd othora in tho city
httvo boon asked to speak. Dr. S. R.
Towno of Omahn, Dr. A. S. MaiiBfoldo
of Ashland, Dr. E. O Sward or Oak
land, Dr. L. M. Shaw of Osceola, Dr.
R. 0. McDonald of Fremont and others
nro nlso expected to bo present nnd
tnko part. Tho city of Now York hnn
Just appropriated $20,000 out of tho
city treasury to bring to that city thd
tuborculosls exhibit which was a part
of tho recent tuberculosis congress In
Washington.
Tho Teachers Meeting.
Th'o locdl dompltteo of tho stato
tdaehors' rtsodlatlon Is urging tho poo
plo of Liricoltt to opon tholr homoa to
the threo thouBaild visiting teacliors
who will bo hero this WOoki Mrtny of
theso cannot bo nccomm'od.ifcd at (tin
hotols. In n notice sent out thn ennt
mltteo says: "Tho reputation of mlf
city for hospitality demands thnt
every visiting member of tho associa
tion bo provided with suitable ac
commodations within convenient
reach of tho places of meeting. In
caring for so many many persona
within so Bhort n tlmo. very deflnlto
plans must mo mado In order to pro-
vent confusion."
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Suit Against Burllngto1,
Mao L. Rowlcs, administratrix of
tho estate of Youcl P. Husted, de
ceased, has brought suit In district
court against tho Chicago, Burlington
& Qulncy Rollroad company nsklng
damages In tho sum of $2,o6o. Tho
petition of plaintiff alleges that on tho
24th day of Mnfch, 1908, Hustod wna
struck by a Burlington train at tho
grado crossing In Burnham and In
stantly killed nnd his horso, buggy
and harness destroyed. On tho north
Bldo or the crossing tho railroad runs
through a doop cut, bo thnt It Is Im
possible for persons approaching tho
crossing to boo trains coming.
The Tecumaeh Theft
Dotoctlvo W. A. Bently, who Is in
vestigating tho theft of tho banking
books from tho sheriff's ofllco nt To-
cumBeh Just prior to tho dnto of hear
ing tho Chamborlaln caso In Beatrlco,
telephoned that ho had secured Infor
mation concerning tho toam that took
the books from Tccumsch and that tho
team had beon traced to Beatrlco.
Whether ho haa secured tho names of
tho driver of the team and his helpers
In loading tho box of books Into tho
wagon Ib not related. Johnson county
has offered a reward of $500 for tho
arrest and conviction or tho thieves,
and other rowards havo beon offered. ,
Passes for Employes.
Annual passes aro now Issued to
employes of tho Union Pacific who'
havo served tho company long and of-,
flclontly, and to tholr families. Thoso
who havo been In tho servlco ten to
flfteon years get such passes, restrict
ed to certain distances. Thoso of
longer Borvlco got privileges to rldo
nronortlonatoly loiiKcr. Theso tako
tho placo for thorn of trip passes ob
tained on requisition. Issuing those
tmssoa was crantcd tho other day, llrst
as n concession to requosts of tho
conductors.
Carried Many People,
llonorts of tho flvo nrinclnnl trac
tion companies in Nobraska Bhows
that thoy carried 50,821,522 peoplo
during tho year Just passed. Tho
business wns distributed as follows :
Omaha & Council Bluffs company, 41,-
!C1.634: Omaha & Southern Interur-
ban, 412,279; Omaha, Lincoln & Beat
rice, lntorurban, 397 272; Cltlzons
railway. Lincoln. 1.702.327: Lincoln
Traction company, Lincoln, 7,084,010.
Newspaper File Contribution.
Tho nowspapor dopartmont of tho
stnto historical society bus received
from Judgo M. B. Davis of Beatrlco,
a completo file of tho Beatrlco Repub
lican from January 9, 18GG to Feb
ruary 0, 1892. Tho llloa form n val-
uablo contribution to tho Gago county
nowspnper flies already with Uio his
torical Bocloty.
Nebraska Litigant Successful.
John W. Long or Loup City, Nob.,
tolegrnphod rrom Llttlo Rock, Ark.,
that the federal court had decided In
favor of n Nobraska litigant, Jonnlo
S, Rawson, who $0,000 of securities or
tho county or Ashly. Under tho lawa
or Arkansas tho county judgo who had
called In tho securities ror relsau'o
doclarod nil tho bonds void that wore
not roturnod to htm. Mtb. Rawson
proved In court that alio had not ro-
celved notlco by publication or other
wise. Tho county Judge's record bolng
raulty, Mrs. Ransom won.
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