THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. DARE, Publisher TERMS! $1.25 IN ADVANCES NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA s OF NEWS CONDENSATION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS. BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD General, Political, Religious, Sporting, Foreign and Other Events Re corded Here and There. Political. Senator Scott, after a visit to Judgo Tnft, BayH ho lo confident tho president-elect 1ms plans for a progressiva nnd courageous administration. William II. Taft carrlod Missouri by a plurality of 1,026, according to tho tabulation of tho official roturns tnado by Governor Polk. Tho dofoat of Congressman I). L. D. Granger, domocrnt, for ro-olcctlon In tho First Rhodo Island district by,' William P. Sheffield of Newport, re publican, was confirmed by official can collation. Norman Mack sayn there la a doflclt In tho domocrntlc campaign fund, but nil bills will bo paid. A Savannah paper BUggCHts that tho democratic party run a southorn man for president lit 1912. Presldent-oloct Taft bollovoa rovlslon of tho tariff must bo thorough nnd mado In good faith. Ho Is necking light rognrdlng personnel nnd organi zation of next congress. Tho Amcrlcon Federation ofcLabor modified President Gompors' recom mendation regarding reslstanco to In junctions, but a vote on it was not reached. Governor Crawford of South Dakota has Dont an order to Plorro appointing Judgo Charles S. Whiting to tho mi prcmo bonch to All tho vacancy caused by tho death of Judgo Howard G. Ful ler. A campaign fund of $1,500,000, con tributed to the national republican commlttoo in tho recent campaign, will bo shown when tho list of con tributors is filed at Alabany, according to tho Now York Evening Post. Ex-Senator Millard of Nobraska may be In Taft's cablnot as secretary of tho treasury. President-elect Taft discussed polit ical affairs with Vico Presidentelect Sherman nnd William Ward, national committeeman from Now York. President-elect W. H. Taft declares that Secretary' Root meets his ideal ot a far-seeing statesman. Senator Halo at Washington says tho pcoplo havo not called for radical tariff revision and ho does not think It will bo given them. President Gompcra of tho American Federation of Labor said ho would go to Jail before ho would pay a fine in tho Buck's contempt case. Labor leaders who wore guests of Prcsldont RoobovoU suggested a num ber of changes in laws, several of which will probably bo Incorporated In his annual message. Tho stato board of Nebraska makes up total of assessment roll, iliowing valuation of $391,730,401. Tho Nntlonnl Corn show of Omaha will take on nn International aspect by tho presonco of delegates' from Mexico, Canada nnd Great Urltaln. Tho stato labor bureau of Nobras ka issues an ostlmato of Nebraska crops showing tho state has ample basis for prosperity. Roturns from Cuban elections Indi cate tho success of tho liberal ticket, headed by General Gomez, by a Llg plurality. President-elect Taft waif orator of tho day at tho dedication of tho mon ument to the prison ship martyrs at Brooklyn. Two counties of Ireland nro in n turmoil over tho question of licensing nn InBlgnlflcnnt Inn out on a country road. Tho federal court of appeals has do elded that tho American Tobacco com pany Is a combination In restraint of trade. REFORM IN GERMAN Y MINI8TRY RESPONSIBLE TO PAR LIAMENT SOON TO OPEN. THE EMPEROR IS IN CONTROL Advance Liberals Do Not Anticipate MUch of Importance From the ' Present Reichstag. Generar. . Explosion of n gas main undor n Brooklyn street engulfed workmen and men, women and children who. wcro on tho street at tho time, over twenty, it 1b bolloved, bolng kitted. Tho American Federation of Labor adopted tho roport of Prcaldont Gom pors after dobato of n day and a halt. Sovoral hords of cattlo in Pennsyl vania and Now York woro dostroyod by officials In tho fight on tho epidemic among swine. Charles Leonard, porter at tho Hen shaw hotel, Omaha, chocked a $40,000 powclry trunk to himself nt St. Jo soph, whoro l(o wont, was nrroHiod and confessed and tho valuables woro recovered within four hourH after tho deed. Otto Brnomor Grimm, lieutenant In the United 8tatcs army signal corps, dlod suddenly of hdmmorrhago In n drug storo at Long Bench, Cat. Mexicans who aro coming to tho Omaha corn Bhow uro unxlous to know what kind of clothing It will be nocos. nary to wear. Tho gorgorlon .of Potor Van Vlssln gon, tho Chicago real ostnto brokor, will roach $2,000,000, Ho was takon to Jollot to bogln hla sontonco. Frank Shorcllffo wilt bo placod on trial In Minneapolis next wook for alleged complicity In train robbery. Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Clovolnnd has announced that tils fortuno has boon swept away in Ills efforts to pro tect bis brother's estate. Ho will glvo u his big houso on Euclid nvonuo and sell his nutomobllos. Tho Invontory of tho estatq of tho Into Nelson Morris allows that ho had oxtonslve holdings In South Omaha. Wild BoanoB at tho palnco followed tho deaths of tho emperor and dow egor etnprons ot China. Illinois, Iowa and Nobraska vlo with each othor to boo which will lead at tho corn show. In tho United States circuit court of appeals nt New Orleans tho enso of tho Pullman company ngnlnst tho Toxns rnllrotul commission wns again dccldod in favor of tho Pullman com pany. Tho enso lnvolvod tho ordor of tho Texas commission ordering a re duction ot about 20 pur cont in Pull man car charges. The sontonco ot one yoar'a Imprison, mont admlnlstorod upon Charloa J, Hartlovo for dosortlon tram tho navy to marry a daughter oMho Into Sena tor Gorman has boon affirmed, Venezuela has completod prepara tions for tho threatened blockado ot her seaports by Holland. Tho Southern Paclfio railroad lias announced n roductlou of rates on shipments of lumbor originating in California, Nevada and Utah, It moots ratos recently mado from Oro gon and Washington points. Major General Duvall will Buccood General Weston In tho Phlllppllnos. Washington. That a special session of tho fifty first congress will be called soon after March 4 to tnlto up tho matter of tar iff revision becamo known positively when William H. Taft, president elect, Btntod that lo intended to call bucIi Besslon soon after his Inauguration. Tho temporary roll call ot tho houso of representatives for tho Blxty-firBt congress has been completed and pub lished. It presents a complata list of mombers of tho new houso as shown by unofficial returns, and gives tho politics of nil of them. According io tho publication tho next houso wilt consist of 219 republicans and 172 democrats, a total of 331, as against a total of 389 in tho houso during tho last session, or whom 223 woro repub licans and ICG democrats. Presldont-eluct Taft announces a special bobbIoii of congress will bo held as soon as practlcablo after March i for tho purposo of revising tho tariff. The chairmanship of tho Intcrstnto and foreign commorco, made vacant by tho defoat of tho votoran W. P. Hopburn of Iowa, who camo to con- gross twenty-six years ago, will, in all human probability, bo filled by James R. Mann ot Illinois, who has boon Hopburns lieutenant and who has special qualifications for tho plnco. President Roosevelt, upon learning of tho attempt mado on tho llfo of Francis' J, Honoy in San Francisco, sent toloBrams to Mrs. Honoy nnd Rudolph Sprockcls, expressing his "horror und detestation" of tho deed Socrotary of tho Navy Victor H. Motcalf toudorod hla resignation to tho prcsldont, to tako effect Decom ber 1, on account of 111 health. Tho National Grango, PatronB of Husbandry, gavo n rccoptlon to O. H. Kolloy of Washington, D. 0., tho only surviving member of tho small group of mon who organized tho grange about halt a century ago. Borlln. Tho dobnto In tho Rolchstag on the motions Introduced by tho bo clnllstfl nnd radicals, demanding changes in tho constitution, with tho object of ranking tho chnncellor and ministers responsible to Parliament, aid giving tho solo power to tho Reichstag to dcclaro war, will prob ably begin on December 2. The do bato In, expected to last ono day, or two days at tho most. Tho advanced liberals, whoso aim is to convert the German political system Into a government responsible to Pur- llnmont, do not anticipate much from tho present Reichstag becauso In tho days whon feeling ran the highest tho party lenders would not agree to urgo oven tho simplest resolution of con-sure- or inquiry, Tho rndlcnls and so cialists count upon making their first great campaign in tho elections of 1912, unless tho houso is dissolved sooner. Tho power of tho associated mon archies forming tho German omplro is ontronchod in two principal ways in tho Bundosrath, which has equal legis lative powers with tho Rolchstag, and In the conservative and clorlcnl par ties, which havo, under tho ancient system of tho Reichstag doctoral dis tricts, tho means for holding tho ma jority In that body by about ono-tblrd tho votes cast. Tho Ilunclesrnth, which consists ot fifty-eight mombors appointed by tho sovereigns of tho states of Germany, oxcopt ono each from Hnmburg, Bre mon nnd Lubock, stands directly1 across tho path of a government re sponsible to Uio elected represent atives of tho pcoplo. Tho kings, grand dukos and prlncos who rule tho fed orated states, nlBO through ministers responsible to them alone, whllo will ing to unlto in limiting tho freedom of Initiative and Bpeech on tho part of tho king of Prussia ns emperor, aro ono with him In tholr determination to resist representative government. Fourteon votos In tho Bundcsrnth against any amendment to tho constl tutlon will Bufllco for Its rejection. Tho omporor, as king ot Prussia, nominates sovontoon of tho mombers nnd, as a conBcquonco, thero is no" possible chnnca for tho adoption of an amond mont without his consent. Carnegie on the Tariff Now York. A notnblo nrtlclo from Andrew Carnoglo dealing with tho tnrlff, will appear in tho fourthcomlng Docembor number of tho Century Mag' azlno. Tho Iron mnstor takes tho po sltlon that "Infant industries" no longer nood protection; nnd tho steel and othor Industries hnvo now grown boyond tho need of tariff protoctlon; that dutios on luxuries usod by tho rich should bo maintained, but that thoso on manufactured articles ohouUl bo reduced greatly, or nbollshod ou tirojy, whon no longer noodod. Foreign. Tho German Emperor takes tho po sition that his plodgo Is only a renf- flrmatlon of his oath of olfico and that ho has not changed his official rela- tlons to tho pcoplo or government In nny way. Roform edicts In China Indfcato that tho now administration will bo progrcsBlvo and modorn. Death of tho omporor Is said to bo duo to nurasth' eula and honrt trouble and that of tho downgor empress to apoplexy, Lack of unity among political parties in Germany make It ovldont that tho kalsor's concession to public opinion will not bo followod by Parliamentary govornmont. A resolution demnndlng amendment to constitution making ministry responsible to tho Rolchstag will bo Introduced, but It will not com mand ovor ono fourth vote. Tho funoral of Grand Duko Alexis of RtiBsIa, uncle ot Emperor Nicholas who dlod horo November 14, took placo in Paris aud waB accompanlod by tho traditional pomp and coromony of tho Russian church. Count Bonl Is Btlll making an offort to socuro his chlldron from his former wife Anna Gould, but tho caso has boon ropontodly postponed. Stock Deal Halts. Now York. Dealings In stocks lait wook contracted to n dally avorago of but little more than 1,000,000 shares at tho Now York Stock oxchango, com pared with tho avorago of upwards of l.COO.000 sharos a day for tho wook procodlng. Coupled with this dlmlnu Mon In tho activity of tho markot thoro appears to grow up a dogroo of uncer tainty in tho prlco movomout in con trast with tho uniformly strong up ward movemont which had provailod slnco tho presidential elections. STATE LEGISLATURE COMPLETE ROLL OF UPPER AND LOWER HOUSES. THE POLITICS ANB RESIDENCE Complete Vote by Countlea for Land and Railroad Commissioner -Two Offices Very Close. CI. L. IT. Eastman, Franklin Dem. 62. Joseph Snyder, Alma Dem. 63. K. "W. Iloberta, Holdrege llep. 64. Mlsslnjr. 05. Fmnk Moore, McCook lion 66. E, 8. Cne, Btockvlllo .....Dem 07. Mlsslntr. Land and Railroad Commissioner. Following Is tho completo voto by counties Cowlcs majority over Eastham It, 1,903. Cowglll's mnJorUy over Wil liams is 551. Tho table: 6 All Now Quiet In China. Poking. Whllo nil Is quiet nt Po king, dotachments ot troops guard tho city gntos and gendarmes aro on duty at tho approaches of tho foreign lega tions. Tho government has not ceased to tako precautionary moasuros for tho revolutionists aro spreading all kinds of reports, which might net llko flro brands to tho spirit of unonBlness un derlying present conditions In Chlnn. Personat. Appnront Indlfforonco of Emporor William to public eontlmont in Got many Irrltntos tho pooplo greatly. indications irom Washington aro that Mr, Cannon will bo ro-oloctcd Bpnaker without much opposition. William D. Cornlsll, second vice prosldont of tho Union Paclfio railroad, dlod suddenly In Chic go. Forced by tho angry tldo of popular fcollng that swopt tho omplro from end to ond, Emporor William has yielded to tho nation and promised henceforth to conform himself to coif sHtutlonnl methods ot conducting tho pollclos of Germany, Attorney Roed of Madison, who BtnndB near to Bhallonbonser, Bays a bauk dopoBlto guaranty law and ro peal of tho county assessor law will bo main ploces ot legislation in Nobraska. General Gomez, liberal candidate for president, carried ovory province In the Island of Cuba, Democratic Expenditures. Chicago. Tho domocrntlc national committee received In all $620,044.77 nnd spent $019,410.00 during tho re cent presidential campaign, leaving a balanco on hand of $1,234. ii. So reads a statotnont mado public by tho offlcors of tho committee. 8heldon Abandons Special Session. Lincoln, Nob. Governor Sholdon has practically abandonod tho special Kosslon Idea. Ho Is concentrating his attention upon tho question of tho ap pointing of Judges, It Is bolloved he will nnmo two democrats and two republicans, TURKEY FOR WHITE HOUSE Following is tho completed roll of tho senate and houso In the Nebraska legislature: Members of the Senate. o 1. J. n. Cnln, Humboldt ..Hep. 2. T. J. Majors, Peru , Hep. 3. H. IT. Buck. Berlin Dem. 4. W. H. Banning, I'lattsmoutli. , .Dem. fi. Alex. Lnverty, Anhland Uep. C. K. K. Howell. Otnnlia Dem. Frank Hnnsom. Omaha ........ Dem. J. M. Tnnncr, .South Omnha. . . .Dem. 7. O. It. Thompson, WUner Uep. 8. Nick Fritz. Pender Duin. 9. J. D. Hatfield. Nelltrh Dem. 10. Fred Volpp. Hcrlbncr Dem. 11. C. A. Randall, Newman avo...ltep. 12. F. J. Henry. Schuyler Dem. 13. J. A. Donohoo. O'Neill Dem. H. K. L. Mvers. Newport Hep. 10. J. A. Ollls, Ord Dem. 1(!. Ik H. DeetH, Kearney Dem. 17. .T. IT. niihrman, Hoolus Dem. 18. H. T. Klnir. Oiceolit lion. 19. n. W. Fuller, Howard Dom. 20. J. Vi. Miller. Lincoln ...Dem. K. P. Urown, Lincoln Hep. 21. .Tnorob Klein, Tntrlco Dom. 22. F. W. Unrtos, Wither Dem. 23. Smith Ketehum, Clu-iiter Dem. 24. Horm.'io Dlers. drcHham Dem. 2r. J. M. Cox, llnmpton... Hop. 20. C. H, Uewe, Hod Cloud., Dem. 27. O, W. Tlbhettn, Hnstlntra Dem. zh. a. u, warren, Holdreva Hop. 29. J, C. Onmmlll, Btockvlllo Hep. 30. ij. u. iinymona. Bcott's niu(T..Hep, Members of the House. 1. II. A. Clark. Fnnlls Cltv Dem, Henry denies. Falls Cltv Dem Otto Kotouc. Humboldt.' Dem. 2. A. D. Barclay, Bookwolter Hep. TV. B. Raper, Pawnee, City Hep. 3. Fred Hector. Auburn Dom. 11. T. Hkeen. Ailburn Dom. . j. u. o'uonnon, Tcciimscli Rep. n. j. w, room, Tnntimitoli I Jem C. O. W. LcidtKh. Nebraska rty..Doni. IS. J. Stcdman. Nebraska City.. Dem. 7. a. R. Noye. Loulflvlllo Rep. ii. Hmmi. I'Jimwood Hen. 8. M. A. Hates, PlattsmouUi Dera il. J. M. Ontes, Papllllon Dem. 10. O. H. Bolnnd. Omaha Dem. "William nutt, Omaha Dem. J. I'. Cnnno lv. Omnlin. Dem R. H. -Holmes, Omaha Dem. .leremian Howard, ho. Omaha. .Dent, .T P. Krause, south Omaha... Dem. w. h, Hhoeinakcr, Omaha Dem w, F. Hloecker, Omaha Dem "W. P, Thotnnn, Omalm, Dem 11. IT. D. Rchoettcor. Fontanolla Dem 12. Ncls Johnfon, Oakland Rep. la. m. urillin. Teuamoh lion 14. VS. J. McVlcker, Fremont Dem. i: ijiwrence, Kremont Dem IS. Charles Orarf, llaneroft Dem 10. T. C. ITeffcrman. HubUard...,.Dem 17. Adam Pilfer, Btanton Dom, in. m. Hanerson, 1'onca nop 10. John Kuhl. Randolnh Dom 20. .T, r. Talcott. Crnftnn Dem. 21. Oeorico Fannot), NellRh Rep. 22. I. S. IlVRland, Albion Dem. 23. Ij, J, Younfr, Madison Dem. Z4. .lames oroiK. Onnna ,Dem. 2fi. .T, II. 'Weeins, Vullerton Dem. ziir w. a. nothsack. Bchuyler Hep. 27. F. I. Itadscll. AVahoo Hep. iranic uoiczai, wanoo Dem 28. John Dostal, David City Dem Joseph T.ux. DavlJ City Dom 23. C. A. Ritchie. Beward Dem, , Henry Scheete. Seward Dem 30. Cvrus Xllack. Hickman Rep, ii w. urown, Lincoln nep J. W. Illystono, Lincoln Hep C. E. Groves, Lincoln Dem Fred Humphrey. Lincoln Dem 31. John Chnb, WOber Dem, J. i. Hopodsuy. Wllbcr Dem 32. R. IT. neKolo, Reatrlce Hep, D. J. Klllen, Adams Hep, C. J. Mr-Coll, Reatrlco .nep, 33. v. O. Kills, Reatrlce Rep, 34. Wes Pickens. Fnlrbury Dom, 3G. Wllllnm Orubor, Hebron Dem 30. J. P. Thlcflson. Janson nep, 37. P. A. Murphy, Evoter Dem II. N. Swnn, Fairmont Dem, 38. D. W. Rakor, Benedict Rep A. P.. Tavlor, York Rep 39. Ii E. Wilson, Osceola Dem .40. J. O. Boelts, Central City Dem 41. R. "V. Boyd. Aurora Dem L, J. Evans. Aurora Dem 42, D. M. Nnttloton, Falrlleld Rep. o. m. iirouencic, iairueici ...... jjoim 43, A. II. Rowman. Nelson. Dem 44. H. F. Raines. Red Cloud Rep, in. i. u, i;noneriner. iiasiincs jJem 40. Erlek Johnson. Rnseland Rep, o. v. niim, uranii isianu iiem F. S. West, flnin.1 Island Dpm 48. R, M, Fries, Dannobrou Dem, 49. J. I,. Fofc-arty, Oreeley,, Dem. B0. II. R. Henry, O'Neill Dom, H. A. Allen, Atkinson Rep, fil. E. P. Sklllman. Alnsworth. , . . .Rep, C2. J. F. Carr, Hprlnsvlow Dem as. iui3Bincr. C4. B. K. Bushce, Kimball Rep r. t i ..... . s uu, ii. i. iiuiiD, uni .....uom CO. W. J. Taylor. Morna Dem E. Miller, Sarpont Dem 57, E. A. Brown. Loup City, .i ....Dom D8. O. W. Barrett, Shclton Rep, f. Armstronir, Elm .Creek Rep. r.9. H. T. WorthliiK, Overton Dem. CO, J. D. England, Axtell Dom. Bird for tho President's Thanksgiving Dinner Westerly. Tho Rhode Island Tur koy, which Horaco Voho will Bond to tho president, nccordlug to his onnunl custom, to grnco tho tablo of tho Whlto Houso on Thanksgiving day, wont on tho execution block Monday It Ib tho best ot a lot of chostnut-tod birds which havo boon aolccted and specially reared ns caudldatos for tho distinction and wolghs twonty-Blz pounds. o u it ii 2,244 1,402 75 ISC 1,544 050 8S0 C02 2,401 1,171 2,082 2,301 1,678 338 978 7G8 1.899 1,295 1,720 2,912 092 72.1 1,875 368 1,061 2,034 15,279 384 1,982 1,309 824 1,583 2,962 348 620 93 1.077 2 2n0 l&99 1,120 274 625 1,746 99 1,432 1,683 1,114 1.101 30t 344 115 2,002 7,353 1,338 149 170 145 1,859 1,045 87C 1,601 1,507 2,363 1,091 251 1,179 1,088 2,508 1,263 1,259 2,240 319 2,180 1,042 2,553 638 1,982 703 935 455 812 1,600 122 727 1.014 1,422 1,035 1,291 248 1,941 Adams 1,976 AIHCIOPO . .. 1,CQ4 Banner 1C9 lilalno ..... 224 Hoono 1,602 Box Butte... 014 Boyd 971 Brown 603 Buffalo .... 2.543 Burt 1,880 Butler 1.418 uag 2.50 1 Cedar 1.040. Chase 401 Cherry 1,085 Cheyonno ,. 913 Clay 1,910 fwOirnx .... 1.J32 Cumlnir .... 1,274 Custer 2,762 Dakota 744 Dawes 828 Dawson .... 1,721 Douol 517 Dixon 1,260 ijcuko 2.4 20 DoukIbh ..,.14,477 Dundy 487 Filhnoro ... 1,705 Franklin ... 1.089 Frontier .... 1,115 Furnas 1,418 Gtifto 3,777 Garfield .... 319 Gosper 491 Grant 99 Greeley .... CS3 linn ....... 2,25'J Hamilton .. 1,039 Harlan 1,097 Hayes 373 Hitchcock .. C39 Molt 1.643 Hooker 102 llowar.l .... 971 Jefferson . . . 2.07G Johnson .... 1,306 Kearney ... 1,020 Keith 308 Kcya Paha.. 420 Klmbnll .... 218 Knox 1,808 Lancaster .. 8,226 Lincoln .... 1,573 Logan 144 loup 241 McPherson . 240 Madison .... 2,127 Merrick .... 1,154 Nanco 1,005 Ncmahn .... 1.G31 Nuckolls ... 1,500 Otoo 2,251 1'iuvneo .... 1,482 Pcrklna .... 258 Phelps 1,443 Pierce 1,062 Matte 1,493 Polk 1,143 Red Willow. 1.275 Richardson . 2,141 Rock 473 Saline 2.0S3 Sarpy 939 Saunders ... 2,333 ScottsblufC .. 795 Seward .... 1,928 Sheridan ... 720 Sherman .... 777 Sioux 611 Stanton .... 7S7 Thayer 1,730 Thomas .... 101 Thurston ... 891 Valley 1,040 Woshlncton. 1,000 Wnyno 1,274 Webster .... 1,422 Wheeler .... 237 York 2,257 Totals . .123,880 120,977 128,940 129,491 Total voto In tho nlnoty counties: Sheldon 126,073 Shallenberccr 132,960 Hopewell 127,705 Garrett 127,503 Junkln 128,480 Oatowood 126,726 Barton 132,224 Prlco 127,010 Brian 130,944 Mnckay 127,555 Bishop 130,835 Abbott 127,008 Thompson 131,643 Floharty fl!6,871 Cowles 128,880 Eastham 126,977 Williams f28.940 Cowgill- ,...129,491 Final Figures on Hlnshaw. Hlnshaw. Gilbert. York 289 Hamilton 113 Gago 829 Soward 27 Saline 76 Tlmvor 24 . . . Jefferson 463 Saunders I'lllnioro Polk Buter 2,010 1,088 170 222 1,601 640 982 602 2,535 1,895 1,404 2,514 1,626 410 1,063 903 1,938 1,139 1,271 2,888 746 798 1,752 621 1.237 2,454 14,064 488 1,773 1,100 1,127 1,432 3,704 300 490 99 681 2.205 1.083 1,140 371 042 1,575 110 905 ,1,9S0 1,392 1,043 307 431 219 1,831 8,203 1,490 147 243 245 2,111 1.108 1,077 1.G59 1,532 2,279 1,515 265 1,438 1,142 1,501 1,188 1,192 2,157 470 2,183 940 2.350 807 1,959 732 793 62.3 784 1,731 101 884 1,065 1,018 1,282 1.428 238 2.279 EBB IN BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROMi VARIOU8 8ECTION8. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON; ,-a & cTte n 5 2.287 1,445 07 16C 1,602 740 870 616 2,661 1,181 2.144 2,348 1.72S 311 97S 772 1.930 1,289 1.746 ; 2,753 702 774 1,925 377 1,147 2,653 16,720 385 1.991 1,303 820 1,623 3,090 359 642 93 1,092 2,311 1,655 1,161 271 624 1,763 92 1,468 1,741 1,111 1,181 300 326 118 2,165 7,612 1,431 155 162 145 1,895 1,086 921 1,600 1,613 2,389 1,114 253 1,288 1,035 2,509 1,303 1.370 2,231 323 2.141 1,053 2,003 C24 1,976 702 920 456 823 1,088 121 735 1.040 1,415 1,096 1,292 Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. Both are Disgusted. Republicans nnd domocrats alllra, cannot help being disgusted with tho lying tholr hidobound party organa havo dono during tho past campaign. A paper whoso proprietor olther holds a fedora Job or Is looking for ono, cannot bo deponded upon to tell the unbiased truth nbout politics and oven somotlmes about otner things. Why Bhould your report about dally affairs bo colored to suit tho selfish Interests or desires of tho man who happonB to have his money Invested Ia newspaper machinery? You havo aj right to havo pure nowB as well as puro food. And also, why not puro advertising? Tho paper goos Into thor home and Is road by your chlldron. You aro trying to keep tholr minds clean and would raise a row if you. found an Immoral or impure book In tho houso. Why not gunrd what thoy1 read in dally papers ns carefully?! Tho Lincoln State Journal columns aro tho best ovldcnco of Its cloanness. A wholo lot of advertising Is found in.' other dallies that Is kept out ot the Lincoln Journal. When you tako tho Journal you pay only for your own paper as it has no deadbcats; no bad. bills. Everybody pays In advance and. overy paper is stopped when tho time Is out. It's a co operative plan, ovory item of waste being eliminated and. you got tho benefit. Lincoln is your capital and Tho Journal your paper. Total 1.821 Hlnshaw's not majority, 851. NEBRASKA NOTES. Shallonborgor's plurality In Douglas county is 2.6C3. Mr. Bryan's plurality in Douglas county wns approximately 1.G00. Goyornor Johnson of MInnosota has canceled his speaking date before tho Y. M. O. A. of Lincoln. James Darton, a young colored man, shot nt his wife nt Kearney with n Blnglo barrolcd shotgun nnd, four shot took effect. Tho wounds will not bo fatal. Fred W. Ashton, defeated for con gross In tho Fifth district by 20 ma jority, may contest tho oloctlon. Qovornor-oloct Shnllonbergor'a ox ponso account shows ho spent $264.75 lu tho campaign. Paul Folblokorn, a brick mason, who wns working on th now school building at Pllgor, foil from tho sec ond story window to tho ground. Ho was badly brulsod, but no bones wcro broken. County Attornoy Graham in tho dis trict court of Dodgo county dismissed tho caso against PasQiicl Crlstlnno, who was charged with tho murdor of Tony Gcnova. A fairly largo movemont of corn may bo looked for In tho course of tho uoxt fow wookB, nccordlug to tho statements of Omahn grain men. Ono commission man returning from tho wostorn part of tho stato doclared that thero Is a groat amount of grain ly ing In wlro cribs in tho flolds nnd that ft will avorago woll as to quality. Tho county of Kimball has register ed $5,000 high school bonds, Issued un der tho now high school law enacted by tho last legislature. Kimball coun ty is tho first In tho state to Issuo such bonds. James Svltok, tho 15-ycar-old son of Anton Svltek of David City, whllo at tempting to mount a west bound Union Pacific freight at tho stock yards, fell undor tho train and both logs wcro sovorod below tho knecB. Majorities of congressmen-elect In Nobraska nro as follows: First dis trict, Maguiro, C35; Second, Hitchcock, 2,575; Third, Latta, 1,907; Fourth, Hlnshaw, 85G; Fifth, Norrls, 20; Sixth, K.nkuld, 2,584. Governor elect A. C. Shnllonborgor haa said ho will appoint Dr. W. M. Baxter of Prossor in tho placo of Su perintendent Kern of tho Hastings In sane asylum, and will namo N. C. Ab bott of Tokamah superintendent of tho lustltuto for tho blind at Nebraska City. Be True to Your Own Ideals. I would rather live on tho most desolate crag shivering, with all tho warm wraps of falsehood stripped off gazing after unfound truth than sit, comfortably on hmoro inhnblted spots, where othors aro warm In a faith which Is truo to thorn, but which Is falso to mo. F. "W". Robertson. Natural Growth of New York. After eliminating tho Immigrant In-crenso- to tho population of Now York City, It Is growing annually 05,800 by natural acrbtlon. Nebraska Notes Richard Vlttle of Nobraska City is-, circulating a paper asking for appoint ment to tho position of gamo warden. It Is reported that many cattlo In. Gago county nro affllctod with tuber culosis. Tho second reunion of Spanish vet orans will bo held In Omaha next. April. A district Sunday school convention', will bo hold at Poole Decembor L' and 2. Quito a largo number of farmers In Gardnler township, Buffalo county,, nro losing hogs from cholera. Tho village of Mitchell by a voto of) 83 to 4 voted to issuo bonds to the amount of $18,000 for a system of wa torworks. Tho caso against C. S. Dopass, an, insurance agent arrestod in Beatrice October 20 on tho charKO of writinz a. l,8? j Pollcy of $2,000 for John Claro without' urst outaimng a ceriiucate, was caueu: in county court. Farmers should nil havo telephones'.. Write to us nnd loarn how to got tta best service for tho least money. Ne braska Tolophone Company, 18th and' Douglas streets, Omaha. "Uso tho Boll." Tho county Judgos of Nebraska will', attempt to secure legislation next win-i tor to correct several faults which theyi And in tho statutes covering matters' which camo undor tho Judlsdlction oft their court. To that end nn associa tion has been organized with Judge Carrlco of Kearnoy county as pres ident and Judgo Roper ot Butler coun ty as socrotary. A monument weighing 30,000 pounds; will mark tho spot near Niobrara,, whoro Nowell Knight and elovon other' Mormons, perished In tho cold winter of 184C-7. The monument was built In Fremont and It has Just been shipped! to Niobrara to Jesse Knight, who Is a', son of Nowell Knight. Tho death of tho twelve Mormons was duo to ex-'; posuro and privation. W. H. Woods ot Omaha spent a day or two recently in the vicinity of Fort Calhoun searching for Indian objects in Desotatownshlp. Ho received vnlu ablo aid from William Haas, tho famlU ios of tho lato Charlos Soltz and La zarus , Bergcous. From- Mr. Crulk-. Hhanks and Editor Osterraan of tho Blair Domocrat ho received a valuablo Btono hntchot for tho Uobort F. Glider collection. Tho Biipromo court recently heard argument on motion of R. Mead Shum way for a rehearing. Shumway was convicted for murdering Mrs. Martin of Gago county nnd the supremo court affirmed tho death sentonco and sot October 30 last as tho dato of execu tion of tho Judgment. The court later set the date of execution for January 8, ponding argument on a motion for a-, new trial. The now date of tho death, sentonco Is ono day aftor Govornor elect Shallcnbergor takes his seat is: governor. If tho court refuses toi grant n rehearing tho condemned mam will havo an opportunity to appeal toi two governors for a pardon or commu-. tntlon of sontence. Jumes Barton, a young colored manv shot nt his wife In Kearney with slnglo barreled Bhotgun and four shatij' took offect. Tho wounds will not bo fatal on account of tho dlstanco from tho weapon. From present Indication local grain men at Lincoln say thoro will bo a noticeable shortngo In production of wlntor wheat In 1907, Grain reports-, show that thero Is a world wido drouth which willaffoct tho Bupply of this grain to such an oxtent that tho. prlco which is now high, being about $1.03 a bushel nt Chicago, will cllmbi to $1,25 before tho atlvanco stopB. is 172 73 707 970