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Hit itfll WEEKLY TRIBUnt IRA L. DARE, Publloher TERMS $1,26 IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA AAAAAAAAAAAAAA Coiling Down of tfic More Impor i tant Events Here and There Congreuc. Tho senate agreed to tho confer pneo on tho urgent dcflcloncy bill. It curries $150,000 to contlniio tho fight on foot and mouth disease. Tho prosldont votoed Uio bill pro viding for tho next con bum becnuso It Ignored tho eompotltlvo system. President Roosovolt has added nn other "Insult" to tho long Hat of griev ances congross trnanures ngaliiBt hint. Tho war department wants con gress to pass u retirement hill for civil employes of tho Philippine government and chargo the oxponso up to tho Filipinos. General Edwards of the bureau of Insular nffalrs np reared before tho houso commlf.oo 01 Insular affairs In advocacy of witch n measure. Senator Toller made an extended speech on Senator Bacon's bill quo tlonlug tho nuthorlty of tho president to withhold ofllclal papora from eon grcBB. Congressman Moiulcll of Wyoming In a speech In tho houso made a so voro attack on tho forestry service. Tho houso looked horns with tho senate on tho question of automobiles for tho Will to houso and refused to accept an amendment to tho urgoiit deficiency bill striking out tho ap propriation of $12,000 for that pur pose. Congressman Pollnrd of Nobraska inado an nrgumont for federal inspec tion of grain. Tho uonato has agrood to vote on tho Aid rich mibstltuto for tho Forakor bill February 23. Tho houso reduced tho appropria tion for balloon experiments to $250, 000. t A bill passed tho uonato to penult dralnago of Omaha Indian lands. Congressman Pollard uppoarod bo foro tho Interstate and foreign com morco committee of tho houso In bo half of his bill providing for tho stand ardizing of grain for export only. Tho uonato passed the house bill making hundredth birthday of Abra ham Lincoln a lojnl holiday, Sonator Gamble's bill providing for tho creation of a now land district nt Belle Fourchc, S. D, has passed both houses. Tho houso Incorporated an luuond mont In tho army bill appropriating $750,000 for oxporlmonts in aerial navl gntion. Organization of tho committee of tho next houso presents' u b'.g problom to loaders bocauBo of defeat for re election of chalrmon of n number of important committees and promotion of others, Hills woro passed by thu houso ex tending tho tlmo In which tho city of Burlington may construct u bridge across tho Mississippi at that point and creating n now land district in South Dakota to bo known as1 tho Bcllo Fourcho district. General. Tho California loglslaturo post poned for a fow days reconsideration of tho bill segregating Japnneso school children. About twenty porsons woro killed by n fltt.'in which extended from tho oast Tonnossco lino to tho Texas Panhandle Floods In Gormany havo bocomo alarming and tho Rhino and tributary stroamu are still rising. Roar Admiral Sporry approved Uio findings In the Qualtrough court martial. Czechs and Gormans had a collision in the Austrian parliament. Laud frauds In Oklahoma havo seriously Impaired land titles In cities in tho state. Expectation thnt tho govornment will carry out tho etirvoy plans of tho Salt creek valley In Nobrnska with out r.ny ohnrgo to tho paoplo con cerned has boon dissipated. Tho gov crnment will boar tho major part of tho cost, but about five hundred dol lars must bo contributed by tho peo ple in tho valloy or tho work will not bo dono. Tho Danish rlgsdag approved treat Jor of arbitration with tho United States, Norway and Sweden. Tho California houso passed tho separate school hill, aimed at Japan ese, tho worst of all, tho president nays. : Tho two Nevada senators aro not In sympathy with nntl-Japaneso legisla tion in that state. There is no Indication that tho Illi nois Bonntorlal deadlock will booh bo broken. Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma will not resign bocauso ho has boon Indicted. Senator Cummins Is an advoeato of specific, rather than ad valorem duties on imports. An increase in buttle eflloleucy has boon shown by tho Atlantic floot. Venezuoln ,-cfuB0d to sign tho pro tocol drawn up by Buchanan. The governor of Tennessee vetoed the bill prohibiting- tlie mnniifacturo of liquor In that stato, but It prob lj!Jy will bo passed over tjo veto.- The South Dakota loglslaturo passed a 2-cent passenger foro law. Tho state court has Issued a writ of mandamus to compel its observance, and tho federal court enjoins officials from enforcing it. Governor Haskell of Oklahoma and six other mcn woro Indicted by tho federal grand Jury at Muskogee on the charge of conspiring to obtain fraudulent titles to town lots, Grain receipts at Omaha market Increase over 2,000,000 biishols during January, 1909, as compared to samo month last year. ('barges of drunkoiinogs aro profor red against Captain Qualtrough of the licet now circumnavigating tho globe and ho will bo tried by court-mnrtlal. Tho Illinois legislature is still wroBtllng with tho senatorial matter without being ablo to mako a cholco. Homor P. Lcavltt, from whom Ruth Bryan Leavltt Is seokln? a divorce, makes public loiters in which Mrs. Leavltt urges him to stay in Paris and paint a grent picture, M. Loopkluo, former director of po lleo In Russia has been arroated on charge of high treason. Standard Oil company makos a proposition for a compromlso In tho suit in which It was ousted from tho state of Missouri. Honry Lair, promoter or tho white slave traffic, was sent to prison for two years and fined $2,1500 by the fcdornl court In Chicago. Foreign Minister Koniura in an nd dross to tho Diet declares Japun's policy Is for peaco and ho says untl Jap legislation will not lood to com plications. Thoro Is throo hundred thousand dollars in sight for nn Omaha unlvor slty If that city will rnlso $200,000. Tho Federal grand Jury at Musko gco Is expected to bring In nt least 300 bills Involving nbout twonty por sons In lot frauds. Tho Countess Do Lessops, widow of Count Ferdinand Do Lessops, pro moter of tho ship canals of Suez, Cor inth and Panama, died in Paris. Gompors Bays ho will not stop talk ing, notwithstanding court injunc tions. Prosldent-eloct Tuft is pouring oil on tho troubled political waters In Panama. Colonel Goothols suyB tho Panama canal will bo complotod by January HI, 1015. Tho lower houso of congross mot on Sunday to henr eulogies of tho llfo and public sorvlco of tho lato Con gressman Powers of Malno. Tho lower Iioubo of tho South Da kota legislature killed tho sonnto resolution for tho submission of woman's suffrago amendment. Tho California court of appeals In deciding a will caso holds that a man's divorced wlfo Is still his wlfo, al though ulio has remarried, Tho Burlington and Missouri Pa cific havo como to nn ngreomont about tormlnnl differences In St. Joseph. Oovonior Htighos in an address in New York Bald ho hoped to soo tho tlmo when legislators aro acountablo to tholr coiiBtltuontH only for tholr of ficial nets. President Roosovolt hns glvon his consont to tho placing of tho hoad of Lincoln on o'no of tho popular coins, Washington. Tho sonuto concluded consideration of tho District of Columbia appropria tion bill, carrying an aggrogato of about olovon and a half millions or dollars. A conforonco roport on tho urgont deficiency bill was ngreod to. It appropriates $12,000 for tho "pur ehaso, caro and malutenanco of auto mobiles for tho president," nnd $150, 000 to enablo tho socrotary of ngrl culturo to contlnuo to comhnt tho foot and mouth diseases lit horsoB nnd cat tlo. Rccommondlng that tho standard of tho different grades or cotton as flxod by thom bo ndoptod as tho ofllclal rlaBaincatlon of tho govornmont, tho commlttoo of export cotton clasBlfiors designated by tho socrotary or agri culture to nsslst him in establishing Biich a standard, havo mndo tholr ro port to tho latter. John Norrls, of tho Antorlcan Nows papers Publlshors association sont to tho houso ways and menus commlttoo, a letter wherein bo chnri?! flint tim International Paper company In pro- Homing us nrgumont for tho roton tlon of tho tariff on paper, had do Ilboratoly mlsronrosonted t mltteo tho amounts paid by tho paper cxmpany aa wages to paper makers. Surseon Francis O. Nash, who has boon on duty at tho Naval acadomv nt Annapolis, is to bo trlod by co'urt mnrtlnl in Wnshlncton Fohnmrv in on charges of having udmlnlstorod lm- propor troattnont to MldHlilnmnu Hnrry W. Stophonsoii of Nobrnska. Tho supromo court or tho Unltod Statoa rofusod to advance nn Mm dookot tho caso of tho Noblo Statu name of Noblo, Okla., vs. Governor Haskell and other momhnrn nf tim Oklahoma Btato banking board, Involv ing tho vnlldlty of tho Oklahoma bank guaranty law. Tho annual report of tho United States commlBBlonor of iintonta shnwR that thoro woro Issued during 1908 to citizens or Missouri patonts to tho number of 955, or ono patont to ovory 3,2C:i persons In tho state to nltlmm of Kansas 131 patents, or ono to ovory 3,388 persons, Pcr8ona. Judgo J. J. Sullivan tool; tho oath of oflluo nt Omaha ami nccoptod up polntinont its Justice or auproma court or Nebraska from Govomor Shullon borjer. ' First division of American battleship (loot under Admiral Sporry roaehod Gibraltar Sunday morutug. Samuel Gompors addrossod a labor mooting at Now York lu dofouso of hi attitude toward courts. Charles 13. Magoon, provisional gov omor of Culm, lu In Washington pre paring his final report. JAPANESE TROUBLES PRESIDENT SENDS ANOTHER MESSAGE TO CALIFORNIA. WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT Anti-Japanese Legislation WJII De to tho Fore by the Law-Making ndles. Saornmonto, Cal Antl-Jupnnoso leg islation will bo to the foro this week in both branches of the loglslaturo. Two resolutions drawn by Grovo L. Johnson of Sacramento nnd aimed at. the Island omporor's subject will bo subject of discussion In tho assembly Wednesday, ono already passed, seg regating tho Jnpaneso In tho public schools or tho state, and tho other, which was rorusod passago, empower ing municipalities to segregate In residential districts nil undoslrahle allons whoso nrononco might In tho opinion 'or boards of supervisors be Inlmlcnl to tho public health and morals or tho various communities nf focted. It Is the school bill thnt most deep ly concerns President Roosevelt, and botwoon this tlmo and Wcdnosdny, for which day It has boon mndo a special ordor of business to detormlno whether or not the vote by which It passed shall bo reconsidered, It Is expoetod thnt tho natlonnl authorities will throw additional light upon the subject. This Is supposed to be of nn oxtromoly Important naturo, showing tho truo sti.'.o of diplomatic negotia tions now pending botwoon Jnpnn nnd tho United States nnd rovoallntr to tho1 tho loglslnturo tho reason for Mr. Roosovolt's numoroiiB tolegrnms to tho governor urging postponement of rurtnor action on nntl-Japaneso legis lation. Governor Olllott said yesterday in San Francisco that ho lindorBtood Speaker Stanton had rocolvod a mos sago from President Roosovolt that ho was at liberty to mako public ir ho so desired. Mr. Stanton, who wont to Loh Angolos Friday night, rofusod to publish his correspondence with tho prosldont, but a tologram was ro colvod at tho governor's omco from Washington stating that the Roosovolt mossago might bo given out and As somblymnn J. P. TrnitBuo. ono or Stan ton's nontenants from Los Angeles, Issued tho rollowlng copy: Wh.-.t President Wired. "Washington, D. C, Feb., C Hon. Philip A. Stanton, Spenkor or tho As nombly, Sncrnmonto, Cnl. Ploaso ac cept tho expression or proround obli gation on behnir or tho American poo plo ns a whole ror tho high and patri otic Borvlcoo you aro ronderlng. T havo unlimited conndonco In the sane good Bouse and right mlndodncss of tho people or California. "I know that they appreciate that tho national government lu at this mo mont engagod In doing everything it enn to nchlovo tho ends that Caliromia has In vlow, whllo at tho samo time proBorvIng unbroken the relations or respect and good will with a great and rrlondly nation, and therorore I am sure that tho people or Cnliromla will nupport you In taking tho position you havo taken, which Is so omlnontly In tho IntorostB not only or tho American pooplo as a wholo, but especially or tho stato or Calirornla. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Mr. Transuo said that ho was not awaro of any other mossngo recelvod by Speaker Stanton from Prosldont Roosovolt. Ah tho tologram above quoted was dntod Fobnmry fi and Stanton mndo his appeal to tho as sombly Friday, February 5. It could not have been tho ono ho roferred to nt that tlmo ns prompUng him to tako tho noor and mako a personal appeal for delay on nntl-JnpanoBo loglslatlon. Tho sonato will take a fling nt the Japnneso Monday Immodlatoly artor tho reading or tho Journnl. Denman Thompson III. Now York.Nows was rccolved In local theatrical nlrclos Sunday that Denman Thompson, 70 years oid, tho votoran actor or "Tho Old Homo atond," is dangerously 111 or pneunio nla at his homo In West Swnnsoy, near ICoono, N. II. HARRIMAN MERGER HEARING. Taking of Testimony' to Be Com menced Tuesday. Cincinnati, O. Tho caso or tho gov. orninont against tho Union Pnclllc Railway company, 13. II. Harrlman and othors, called a year ago In the United States courts, to break up what Is clulnied to bo a niorgor or tho Harrl man linos, will bo honrd here Tues day, having boon transferred to Cin cinnati recently. Thlrly-tlvo witnesses will bo oxninlnod, It is mid. Oregon Interested. Portland. Oro. Tho doings of the California loglslnturo in regard to the Japanoso whllo rollowod with Interest In this olty, aro dlscuasod but little. Sentiment or nearly all classes is in favor of discouraging 'tho emigration or tho Japanoso . Pension for Ex Presidents. Wnsliilngton. -African hunts nnd magazine writing will not ho liocesr sary ua tho occupations of ox-prosl-donta or tho Unltod States If u bill In troduced by Roprosontntlvo Volstead of MInnosotu bo unacted. This moas uro provides u ponslon of $12,000 an nually for ovory president, after ho Junvo tho Whlto Houso. No dutloH will bo rouulrod of tho rotlrod chlor executive, but ir ho should be again oloctod to tho highest ofllco lu tho girt or Uio people his ponslon would ceaso during Ida term or ofllca BILL IS INDUCED INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM IN LOWER BRANCH. IS BY MILLER OF- CUSTER Some of the Provisions of the Measure Other Doings In the Nebraska Legislature. Miller of Cii8lor county introduced In the houso tho much talked about bill for a proposed constitutional nmondment providing for tho Initia tive and referendum. Tho bill pro vides that upon a petition signed by 8 per cent of tho voters of tho statu filed with tho sccletnry of state, ask ing for certain legislation, that officer shall Biibmtt tho question to tho vot ers. Tho potltlon mtiBt bo filed four months before tho general election nnd it shall contain a full text of tho proposed legislation, For tho reforondum It Is required that a petition slgnod by 5 per cent or tho voters or tho state shall bo filed with tho secrotary of stato within nlnoty days after tho adjournment of tho loglslaturo asking that tho law en acted ho set aside. Bills to bo passed upon by the poo plo Bhall havo for an enacting clause: "Bo It onnctctl by tho people of tho Btato or Nobraska," Tho governor shall huvo no power to veto any law onncted by tho people. Reciprocal Demurrage Bill, A reciprocal demurrage bill will bo drafted by a' Joint subcommittee or tho joint railroad commlttoo or tho legis lature to embody features that may bring closor relations between ship pors and railroads in Nebraska. This was decided upon after a session of tho Joint committee to listen to rail road exports. Demurrage Was dis cussed by Arthur Halo or Chicago, chlor of the bureau of statistics of tho American Railway association, car service department and formerly BUporlntondont or the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and also by A- W. Dick son, assistant superintendent of tho car sorvlco department of tho Burlington railroad of Chicago. Tho side or the Bheppors was pre coal dealers. W H. SMITH Secretary of the Nebraska Senate. Opposes Change In Pure Food Law. Tho Looso-Wllos Biscuit company of Omaha is opposed to nny change In tho puro rood law and it has mulled tho following letter to members of the Omaha delegation In tho houso: Wo understand that a bill has been Introduced under No. 222 which will modify tho existing stato food law In such a way that It. will glvo manufac turers outBldo of tho stato privileges ot allowed those located within tho stato. Wo beg to say that wo aro satisfied with tho puro food law now In forco and wo will appreciate it If you will voto against tho bill above referred to. Wo havo a largo Investment In the stato and trust that you will oncour ogo us by allowing tho puro food laws to remain undisturbed. Sunday Base Ball Still Dead. Schoelo of Soward lost out in an at tempt In tho Iioubo to got his Sunday baso bull bill recommended for pnss age. Schoole had denatured his measuro to tho extent that It pro vided that games could bo pluyod out Bldo of tho limits of u city, but It did not holy the mnttor. Constitutional Amendments. By a voto of 19 to 12 tho senate passed S. F, No. 15, by Tanner of DoiulitB, to glvo the governor tho right to doslgnato nowspapers In' which tho seorctary of stato shall publish proposed constitutional amond monts. This moans that this plo will go to democratic papors for a couple of years nt loast. Giving out of this patronage haa horotororo beou In tho Anti-Discrimination Bill. Sonator King's nntl-dlscrlmluatloii bill passed tho Bonato by a voto of 32 to 1. Tho bill was alined especially against the lino grain elevators and tho big creameries. It prohibits any company from paying dlfforont prices for tho samo commodity In different parts of tho state, lu ordor to oust uonio local independent company. It was charged that Hue olovutors would pay a vory high price for grain In localities whoro thore was an lndef pondont farmers' elovator, until thoy forced th Indopondent concern out LIQUOR REGULATION. A Measure that Ic Approved by Tem perance Workers. Senator Miller of Lancaster intro duced senate file No. 209, a bill that has been approved by temperance workers. Tho bill provides that coun ty boards may grant llcenso upon tho application of a majority of tho resi dent freeholders of tho town, If tho county is under township organization nnd If It is not under township organ ization then upon petition of a major ity of tho resident freeholders of tho precinct. The applicant must bo a man of good character and standing nnd a resident of the state. Tho prlco for n county license shali not bo loss than $500. Such board has no power to grant a llcenso in any city or in corporated village or within two miles of the same. In counties having 150,000 Inhabi tants tho county commissioners may grant or refuse llcenso within two miles ot nny city in the county. In all cases tho power to grant a llcenso shall bo subject to tho rollow lng conditions: When petitioned by not less than 20 per cent of tho qual ified voters of the county, as shown by the votes nt the last state election, praying that tho question of prohibi tion In tho county be submitted, said question shnll bo submitted at a Bpo clal election, which shall be called In ten days alter tho filing or such potltion and held not less than sixty days and not more than nlnoty dnys after filing of said potltion. Soveral petitions may bo joined togother and constltuto ono potltion. Ton free holders nre to verify on oath that they believe the Blgnnturo aro genuine. Tho form of the ballot shall bo "Against saloons In county," and "For saloons in county" with a square following each propo sition wherein tho voter may make a cross. Tho laws and rules of county and stato elections shall govern and tho expenso shall bo paid by tho same authorities that pay for county nnd state elections, Important Road Bill, Tho joint committee on highways Is preparing a bill that is Intended to bo In harmony with Senator Laverty's bill for state Btipervlslon and state aid In road building. Tho committee Is revising Laverty's bill, but in addi tion it will introduce a bill of lta own to crcato the ofllco of coitnty high way commissioner. Sonator Ban ning ot Cass, chairman of tho sennto commlttoo on highways, says it is de sired to havo a county highway com missioner who shall appoint a deputy for each road district. Tho deputies shall bo responsible to the county highway commissioner and that officer shall answer to tho county for tho work undor his control. Tho county highway commissioner Is to bo tho county surveyor or somo other suit ablo person. Congress Memorallzed. Senator Howell's resolution, mem ornll.ing congress to expend $500,000, 000 for tho Improvement ot water ways, rivers and harbors in this coun try, nnd for the construction of re servoirs for Irrigation, was passed by the senate. Favor Taxation of Mortgages. The houso recommended for pass age tho bill by Taylor of York to tax mortgugos on real estate, after a bard fight against tho bill by Brown ot Lan caster, Clark of Rlchurdson nnd Mc Coll of Gage. Sink's Bill Recommended. Tho railroad commltteo decided to recommend John Sink's fifty-car trala bill for passage, but It Is doubtful If Mr. Sink will recognlzo anything more or tho bill than the number nnd en acting clause. It was not nny snap Judgment, that which the railroad commlttoo took, when It decided to simplify tho bill. It was after four long, vcary sittings that final notion was taken. In the first plnce tho bill Is not to bo a llrty-car train bill at all, but a Blxty-flvo car train bill. In tho second plnce tho bill ns amended will provide Hint tho railway commission may re move this limitation whonovcr In its Judgment tho rcmovnl of tho limita tion is In lino with bettor train ser vice. City Comptroller Bill. Tho senate passed tho bill which re peals tho act of tho last loglsloturo making tho county comptroller ex officio city comptroller, In cities of tho metropolitan class. The Commission to oC.ntrol. Stoockor of Douglas county would place In tho hands or tho Stato Rail way commission practically comploto control ovor eovry public franchise corporation In Nobraska, and to that end ho bus introduced II. R. 239. It provides that no corporation operat ing under a franchlso shall extend that franchlso or oxorclso nny of Its rights without first having rotnlncd tho consent of tho railway commls slon. No corporation operating under a franchlso shall ussicm. transfer or loaBo, nor shall It mako any contract or agreement affecting lta frauchlso. Advertising Amendments. Tho bill Introduced by Senator Tan ner or Douglas county, providing that tho governor shnll Instruct tho sec retary or Btato In what uowapapcrs to luK'Oi'llun Uio nniiuwlttiniitu ,i .. .. l lu con- situation, passod tho senate, tho com- tilttntl rvik .1.11 miuvu iw.wu ui lujiuunuuiiu, against It nmkiiiLr tho voto nf in t io ! " ' ' w w i, i l WUM this bill which tho republicans so bit- nn iy cuiiiuaiuii in uio committee ot tho whole, bocauso tho secretary of stato who has dono this in tho "last fow yenrs is a republican, whllo the governor 1b a democrat. nil BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS, ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Pollt leal and Other Matters Given Duo Consideration. Dr. G. L. Roo assumed his duties ns superintendent of tho fcoblo minded youth nt Bentrice, succeeding Dr. Os born. Louis Werner, appointed ste ward, also resumed his dtitlca. At a recent mooting of the carpon tors' union of Nobrnska City It was decided to adopt a now schedule of wages. Artor Juno 1, 40 cents per hour will bo demanded. Fnrmerfl should all havo telephones. Wxlto to us nnd loarn how to get tho best service for tho least money. Nebraska Telephone Company, 18th and Douglas streets, Omaha. "Usoi Uio Bell." Dr. M. D. Baker of Tildcn, broke his ami In attempting to "crank" his au tomobile. He was Immediately taken to the hospital, where Dr. Campbell waited on him. Both bones of tho right nrm were broken. Professor Phillips of the depart ment of forestry of tho uuivorslty has tendered his resignation aB momber of the university athletic board, and it has been accepted by Chancellor Avery, P. II. Blakonshlp, Burlington ngont at Blue Springs, has mysteriously dis appeared and no trnco of him can be found. Ho left homo at 12 o'clock at night with it friend, Intending to go to the station for an express pack age nnd nothing has boon seen of him since. A three-span bridge across Pigeon creek on tho Omaha road betweon Winsldc and Hosklns burned and tied up traffic between Norfolk and Sioux City. Passengers and mall woro transferred. Tho cause of the flro Is unknown. Tho Dempster plant of Bcatrlco has received COO orders for windmills from points in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri nnd Iowa aB a result of tho lato blizzard. Tho plant is working day and night at present to fill tho orders. Tho Northwestern depot nt Dakota City, was broken Into but nothing of much value was taken by the burglars. About twenty-five cents In pennies nnd eight dollars worth of rebato checks Is all that Agent Pranger missed. "Salmon niado me ill," wroto Elmer Zook a row minutes boforo he died a . lonely death In a houso on his farm a fow miles from Auburn. Finishing this brief statement ho dropped back on a canvas cot and peacefully suc cumbed. In district court at McCook, Bell Hall, MInnIo Brown nnd Ruth Barry, three keepers of dlsroputablo resorts pleaded guilty to selling liquors ille gally and woro fined $250 each and costs, amounting in each caso to ovor $300. William Hughes, living olght miles uortheast of Humboldt, dollvered ono hundred and ninety-eight hogs on tho market in that place. Thirty-two teams woro used lu dollvorlng tho hogs. They nvcraged about two hun dred and sixty pounds. Tho general merchandise storo ot Henry J. Bauor at Gllead was robbed. Entrnnco was gained through tho roof of a stock room In tho rear of tho storo. About $200 worth of Jowolry and cutlery and somo dry goods aro mlsslnj. An Inquest was held by tho coroner on tho body of a man found near tho railroad track west of Powell eight miles west of Falrbury. From papora found on his porsqn it appears that ho was E. B. Ellis of Denver, Colo., and that ho was an olectrlclnn. A very successful and interesting farmers' Institute was held at Ogalla la. M. J. Leonard of Bertha was president, and C. E. Phillips of Glen roso socrotary. Among tho loading speakers were O. Hull of Alma, Pro fessor Hunt of Syracuse, Miss Rowan of Lincoln. Tho meeting was undor the auspices or the University or Ne braska and tllO Otrnltnln fn rmnt-o In. BtltlltO. John W. Macklo of Ausil n. Minn has bought a ono-hair interest in tho Tocumseh Mill & Elovator compnny with George E. Hotchkin. or Tecum seh, the presont manager or tho plant. nu. .uucKio is an experienced miller and for tho pnst fow years has beort managing throo mills, ono nt Aimtin ono nt Red Cedar, and ono nt Dodgo Center, Minn. Mr. and Mr.' John fi. Wnn.i livit,., couple or miles north of Tablo Rock received a mossago tolling or tho denth or their son-ln-lnw, Harry Wright, who umea instantly in an accident In the railroad yards in Greon River, Wj'O., nt Which lllnco tin wna n tl,. switchman ror the Union Pacific rail. V, "'"a8 11 wlf0 nn throo small children. Tho Hardy bono mill, locntod just east or Kearnoy. was burned. The mill was not runnlnc nmi i, o..- - - ...... v.v or the fire Is unknown, unless tramps aot tho flro. Tho machinery waB bad- ij uamageu, and tb0 fertilizer and food alorod In tho mill wna nil A s atroyed. llio residents of Hooper nro much Interested In tho Blngulnr colncldonco in that tho wrecking of tho now school building by the wind recently happened just one year ulmost to tho hour after tho building it replaced was destroyed by flro tho twenty seventh of January last' year. .ft , ' . r v. V