HE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. DARE, Publisher
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10RTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
A Boiling Down of the More Impor
tant Events Here and There
Congress.
A bill relieving Frontier county, Ne
braska, farmers ban been favorably
sported.
President Roosovolt vetoed the son-
Uo bill nuthorlzlrtg tbo Hecretary of
Ftho nuvy to mitigate or romlt tbu
penatlos of Iobs of citizenship Imposed
upon doBcrtorfl from tho nrmy nnd
navy. Tho objection 1b basod upon
Uho Infringement of tho executive's
power of pardon.
. For neurJy six hours tho Iioubo of
representatives (1Ibcubbc(1 tbo ulll
materially changing tho methodB of
! administering tho Panama canal zono
nnd constructing tbo canal. Amend
ments nlmoBt without numbor wero
aimed at tbo measure, but with ono or
two oxcopllons they failed of adop
tion, Secrotary Garfield sunt to congrcsB
today at tbo direction of the presi
dent tbo draft of a bill providing for
tbo dlflposal of all unallotted land In
tho Omaha Indian reservation In Ne
braska, The "inourgont" resolution amend
ing tho rules, presented in tho bouco
recently, was signed by twonty-nino
rcpubllcntiB, Including all from Ne
braska, and Hubbnrd, Hepburn and
Httugbon of Iowa. Judgo Norrls of
Nebraska, whoso nmendmont was
adopted by tho lnsurgout conference
In relation to curtailing tho power of
tbo Hpoakor as 10 tho appointment of
committees, said that bo did not look
for any action on tho resolution at
this session.,
An attempt will bo mndo at tho
ooxt session of congress to chango
tho Interstato "commcrco law.
Prcsldont Iloosovolt sont another
veto mossago to tho bouao. With It
ho returned without approval a bill
which would advnnco In rank Lion-
' '.onant Commander Kenneth McAlplno
of tho navy.
Representative Hall nppcared bo
lore tbo public lands commlttco of
Ibo bouso to advocnto tbo passago ot
x bill for tbo establishment ot a now
!nnd district In South Dakota, with
hoadquortors at Lobcau. Tbo com
mlttco of tbo houso baa ordored a
favorable report and this practically
tocurcB tho paEsago of tho bill by both
houscB of congiess nt this bobbIou.
Senator Allison of Iowa was oulog
lzod by mombors of tbo acnato at a
epoclnl memorial scBslon,
Tho bouso passed ft number of
amondmonts to tho national bank
ruptcy law.
Senator Nowlands of Nevada urgos
national loglslatlon to deal with tho
Jnpancsg, question.
Wednesday tho aenato and bouso
mot in joint session to declnro tbo re
mit of tbo presidential voto.
Senator Rurkott haB received com
plaints from attornoys In Nobraska
against tbo delay of cases In aomo
dlvlslono of tbo fodoral court by
reason of tbo law providing all Ibbuob
of a lawsuit must bo tried In tbo
division wboro they originate.
Tbo Bonato agrocd to tho confer
ence on tho urgont deficiency bill. It
cnrrlos $100,000 to contlnuo tho fight
on foot and mouth disease.
General.
Tho lowor bouso of congress paRsod
Ibo agricultural appropriation bill.
Tboro Is a belief In Washington
that Sonator Knox will docllno to bo
H member of tho cablnot.
Mombors of tho rural guard of
Cuba Indulged In a brlof mutiny.
Tbo now government of Turkoy Is
facing a crisis.
No fumlH aro nvallablo for tbo del
tmturod alcohol experiment station
proposod for Lincoln.
Chiefly for rest and recreation, but
!ncldontnlly with tbo purpose of exam
ining aomo ot tho Southern Pacific's
new linos, 13. II, Hnrrlmau left on an
extended trip to tho south nnd to
Moxlco,
More Ibnn DOO.000 children wore
present at tbo Lincoln momorlal serv
ices In Now York.
Allco RooBovolt-Iongworth handled
tho trowol nt a laying of cornorutona
it Grand RapldB.
Taft waa received with much core
inony on hlB arrival at Now Orleans.
Tho Nebraska. Bounto Voted to no
copt Carnoglo's pension fund for mil
vorslty profoBsors,
Tho Bonato passed tho bill rodu&
lng tbo Balary of tho secretary of
slato to $8,000 ft yoar.
Tho Nebraska Btato sonato author
ized tho unlvorslty regents to ostnb
Msh a school of citizenship whou thoy
deem It udvlanble.
Speaker Cannon refuses to const!
or a proposition to elect him United
Statos senator from Illinois.
An Oregon state sonator said Japan
was setting tho Idea that tho United
States was afraid of her.
Tbo body found burned In tho Ger
man legation at Santiago, Chile, was
not that ot tho Gorman mlnistor.
King Edward wus'nccorded tho un
usual honor of being made guest of
tbo municipality of Renin.
NEWS NOTES i
CONDENSED I
Representative Hepburn of Iowa do
clres the roportB that bo will with
draw from his contest agalnBt Senator
W. D. Jnrateson nro Ilea. He wlf!
flght to ft finish.
Thcro Is every prospect the postal
avlngs bank bill will bo put through
congress this session.
Prosldent Roosevelt has written ft
Jotter to Speaker Stanton of the Cali
fornia, houso, In which be soys pro
posed action of the California legis
lature will thwart efforts of nntlonal
government which In working to se
cure results desired by pcoplo of
tbo Pacific coast.
Distribution of Amorlcnn relief has
jcgun at Palml, Cnlabrla.
Tho necessity of wlroloss npparatus
on steamers was urged in a special
mossngo to congrcsB.
Tho minister from Pannma pro
tested ngalnBt tho Bpoech of Repre
sentative Rnlnoy of Illinois.
Robert T. Lincoln was an honored
guest nt Springfield, Abraham Lin
coln's old homo, and William J. nryan
dolivored tho principal address on
Friday.
Taft and Sherman woro formally de
clared elected president nnd vice-
president of tho United States.
President-elect Taft was tho guost
of tho citizens of Now Orleans nt nn
elaborate banquet. In the aftornoon
bo addressed a mass mooting of ne
groes'.
Ropresontatlvo Lovorlng charged In
the bouao that tbo charges of corrup
tion against Prosldont-elect Tnft, Wil
liam Nolson Cromwell nnd othors nro
tho result of a blackmailing plot by
which It was hoped to extort a largo
sum from Mr. Cromwell.
Aldormnn Joseph P. Kohout of Chi-
ongo, disappointed becauso bin ward
club refused to endorso him, commit
ted suicide.
Count Mldsuuo, JnpancBo consul
general, In a npeech at Now York,
said war talk doos not represent tho
real scntlmont of tho pcoplo of Ja
pan or tho United States.
Tho Indiana house pnsscd tho bill
repealing tho county option law.
Secretary Garflold wantH an addi
tional $100,000 to prosecuto land nnd
timber thieves.
Jerry Howard has a bill in tho No-
braaka legislature to sogrogato Jap
nnoso laborors In tbo packing housos.
Tbo Chlneso of San Francisco com
plain that tbo prcsldont discriminates
In favor of tbo Japanese
Sonator Raynor complained that tho
sonato had no power undor tho Rooso-
volt regime.-
Prcsldont Roosovolt In ft moflsngo
sont to congress glvos i roport of
tho country llfo commission.
Franco nnd Gormany havo entered
Into an ngreomont concerning Mor
occo. A spoclal from LlvIngBton, Mont..
says that n thoft, said to lnvolvo $50,
000, has boon discovered In that city,
and n largo numbor of conductors,
brakomon, onglncors and dromon of
tho Northorn Pacific nro nllogod to bo
lnvolvod.
Tbo Amorlcan battloBbln floot loft
Gibraltar for tho laBt lap of tho 45,-
ooo mllo trip around tho world.
Washington.
With tho approach of tho apodal
sosslon of tins congress from tho con
sideration of iv revised tariff actlvitlon
In rognrd to tho investigation of wood
pulp nnd print pnpor nro bolng re
nowod. Tho soloct commlttco on pulp
and paper investigation mot. It in
understood tho commlttco will rocom
mond a consldornbla reduction on tho
duty of choap print papor.
Ropresontatlvo Wntson of Indiana,
republican whip of tbo bouso, told tho
prosldont that tho bill admitting Ari
zona nnd Now Moxlco to statehood
will pass tho houso.
Tho bill to pormlt Omaha nnd Win-
nobngo Indians to drain their lands
pnBsod both houses. Sonator nurkott
Books to Bccuro denatured alcoho'.
still for Nobraska unlvorslty.
MIbb Marthona Harrison, grand
daughter of tho Into ex-President
Harrison and of tho Into Sonator
Alvln Saunders of Omaha, led tho
cotillion nt tbo faahlonnblo Chevy
Chaso club given by a party of danc
ing bncbolovs and benedicts,
Tho frlendB of Ropreseutntlvo. J.
F Royd of tbo Third Nebraska dis
trict will bo pleased to loam that,
his wlfo, who was taken III a wcok
after tbo commoncomont of tho pros
out congress, has now almost re
covered hor bcnlth.
MIbb O. L. Padgot of Laramlo,
Wyo has been appointed clork in tho
forest sorvlco at Ogdon, Utah.
Mobos O. McNaughton of Purling,
ton, In., baB boon appointed guard
nt tho Loavonworth, Kan., United
States ponltontlnry,
Personal.
President Roosovolt. Generals
Wright and Wilson, Governor WUroii
of Kontucky, formor Governor Folk
of Missouri and Bishop Galloway
woro Bpcakora at momorlal exorcises
on Lincoln's farm at Hodgenvlllo,
K.
Dr. Nntbnnlol S. ThomnB of Phila
delphia Iuib been elected Kptscopal
bishop of Wyoming.
Tho makeup of Tnft's cablnot 1b
still In tbo dark aud will so remain
until March 4. v
Woman BUffrago was killed in tho
Nobrnaka sonato by a small voto,
William H. Loavltt will come to
America to light tho divorce proceed
ings of his wlfo, daughter or William
J. Ilryan.
An effort will bo mndo to make Sen
ator Knox eligible to tbo olllco of
secretary ol Btato.
Tho numo of Franklin MncVongh Ih
connected with tbo treasury portfolio
In tbo Taft cablnot.
Sonator nurkott has uccoptod ui In
vention of tho Atlnntlo City Hoard ot
Trado to upenk boforo that body nt f
lmnquot on February 20.
AFFAIRS THIS WEEK.DRAFT OF BANK BILL
MUCH OF IMPORTANCE DOING IN
WASHINGTON.
ROOSEVELT SENDS MESSAGE
Prcaldent-Elect Taft to Confer With
Knox and Others Regarding
Cabinet Makeup.
WaBhlngton. Washington promises
to furnish the greater share of mat
ters of nows Interest this week.
Colonel Goethnls, onglncor in charge
of tbo Panama canal work, will ap
pear before tbo BUb-commlttoo of tbo
houso commlttco on appropriations.
Ho will bo questioned regarding the
ostlmatcs of tho Isthmian canal com
mission. Tho prcsldont will send to congress
a message regarding tho caro of de
pendent children and will confer with
prcsldont-olect Taft. Mr. Taft will bo
fnlrly busy during the wcok. He loit
Cincinnati Monday for Washington
whore ho will rccolvo tho roport of
tbo onglncera who wont to Pannma
with him.
Whllo In Washington Mr. Taft ox-
poets to confer with Sonator Knox
and with others rolatlvo to cnbluot ap
pointments.
Tho cablnot gossip, which Is regard
ed nB tho most reliable, 1b that no
ono hnB boon determined upon for tbo
treasury portfolio.
Sonntor Knox and Frank H. Hitch
cock have been asked and havo ac
cepted tbo positions of secretary of
slate and postmaster general.
Ab to tbo othor places, unconfirmed
rumor with a fnlr norcontngo ot likeli
hood for corroctnosB, makes tho cabi
net nB follows:
Attornoy Gcnornl Mr. Wlckerahatn
of New York.
Secretary of War Mr. Wright of
TonnoBsoc.
Secretary of Navy Mr. Moyer of
Massachusetts.
Secretary of tho Intorlor Mr. Bal
linger of Washington Btato.
Secretary of Agriculture Mr. Wil
son of Iown.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Mr. Nagel of Missouri.
It Is tbo genoral understanding that
Mr. Taft wlshoB to fill tho .treasury
portfolio, either from IlllnolB or Ohio.
Should tbo appointment go to his own
state, it is llkoly that It will Tall to
Myron T. Horrlck. Tho scorning
tumult of candidates from IlllnolB is
regarded as militating against, rather
than for, that stnto's chances.
Mr. Taft also will consult with the
nresldont nnd others recnrdlnc bis In-
'augural spoech.
Luoltnnln Has Stormy Trip. .
Now York. Hold back for two
dayn by fog and heavy seas, tho Cu
tiard steamship Lusltnnln came to its'
dock Sunday aftor tho roughest voy
ago over oxporloncod by tho boat bo
tween boro and Liverpool. Six foot
of a starboard rail on tbo boat dock
was carried nwny by a boarding sen
laat Thursday. For throo dayB tho
Lusltnnln battled with tbo waves nnd
slow tlmo wns made.
Shercllffe Must Ga Back.
SC. Paul, Minn Governor Johnson
signed n. requisition of Govornor
Sbnfroth of Colorado for Frank Shor
cllffo, wanted In Lendvillo, Colo.,
wboro ho was convlctod of murdor.
Venezuela Claims Settled.
Washington Spoclal Commissioner
Ruchunan telegraphed tho Stnto de
partment that bo has signed a proto
col with tho Venezuelan govornmont
for tho sottlomont of tbo disputes bo-
tweon that country and tho United
Statos.
TAFT ENDS SOUTHERN TRIP.
President-elect and Wife Are Guests
of C. P. Taft at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, O. ProBldont-elect nnd
Mm. Tnft arrlvod In tholr homo city
from Pannma and Now Orloans Sun
day. Thoy will bo guests at the C. P.
Taft roaldenco until Monday, when
thoy will leave for Washington. Tbo
trip to Washington is Important, as
Its primary object relates to tho ro
port of tbo onglncors who nccom
panled Mr. Tnft to Panama. This
llkoly will bo glvon blin upon his nr
rlvnl tboro Tuosday morning. Ho will
tnko tbo docuniont to the Whlto
Houso, wboro It will bo tbo subject of
a conforenco with Prosldent Rooso
volt.
HARRIMAN BUYS RAILROAD
New Coal Line In Virginia Absorbed
by Union Pacific Magnates.
Knoxvllle, Tonn. It wns reported
boro that tho Hnrrlmau Interests havo
obtntnod possession ot tbu Clluchllcld,
Carolina & Ohio railroad. This is
tho lino Just completed from tho Vli
glnla conl Hold's, through Johnson
City, to ft connection with tho Sou
board Air Lino at llostle, N. C 208
miles. Train sorvlco will , bo eatnb
llsbod on tho road at once,
Liberty pell May Come West
Philadelphia Tho Interstato Com
morco commlb'Blon has granted ft por
mlt for tho free transportation of tho
Liberty boll and tv guard of Phila
delphia polleomon to tbo Alaska-Yukon
exposition at Seattle, Wash., nnd
it la probable tho famous old relic
will bo takon to tho far woat tho com
ing Bummor, Mayor lloyburn has ro
colvod a number of petltlonn from
soveral Pacific coast cities request
ing that tho bell bo nont west and
will recommend tho city councils that
tbo request bo granted.
PASBED UPON BY ATTORNEY AND
DEOLARED CONSTITUTIONAL.
AS TO GUARANTEE SECTION
Come Members Opposed to the Bill In
Its Present Form and Promise
to Make A Fight,
The Nebraska bank guaranty bill
has been completed by tho subconlmlb
too appointed to draft It. It hnB been
passed upon by Judgo I. L. Albert, de
clared constitutional, and Is now
ready for Introduction In tbo houso
and senate. Tbo Joint banking com
mlttco tniiBt pass upon It, however,
before It la Introduced.
Tho bill provides for tho lmmedlu'o
payment of depositors nfter a verifica
tion of nccountB, creates an Unlimited
guaranty fund, with 2 per cent tho
maximum levy In one year, substitutes
tho governor for tho treasurer upon
tho state banking board; provides for
maximum interest ot 4 per cent to bo
paid on deposits; provides for Incor
porated banks only; dooB away with
the receiver and substitutes a tntsteo
re-creates tho commercial savings
bnnk; provides for at least two bank
examinations n year, with stockhold
ers to qualify for doublo their stock,
It Is an overhauling of the present
banking law with tho guaranty section
added. Tho guarantee section Is as
follows:
For tho purpose of providing n
guaranty fund for tho protection of
depositors In banks, every corpora
tion, partnership, firm nnd Individual
engaged in tho business of banking
under tho laws of this state shall bo
subject to assessments to be levied,
kept, collected arid applied na herein
after provided.
Section 3!i. Within thirty days nfter
tho taking effect of this act and on
December 1, 100D, nnd on June 1 and
Dccomber 1 of each year thereafter
overy corporation bo as aforesaid en
gaged In banking abnll mnko n state
ment In writing, verified by tho oath
of tho prealdent, vice prcsldont or
cnshlor, showing tho average dally do
posits for the preceding six months
In tho rcspoctlvo banks of such corpor
ation, partnership, firm or Individual
and on tho first dny of tho month next
following tho date fixed for tho mak
ing and filling of such statements, tbo
State Banking board Bhull levy na-
scssments against the capital stock of
each corporation governed by the pro
visions hereof, as follows: Within
Blxty days from tho taking effect of
this act ono-half of 1 per cent of tho
nvcrngo dally balances, exclusive of
public monoys otherwise secured of
tho rcspoctlvo bnnkB as flhown by
tholr first statements of sugh bal
ances, required to bo filed by tho pro
visions of this section, On Janunry 1,
1910, one-fourth of 1 per cent of said
balances, as shown by tho said state
ments, required to bo filed on Decem
ber 1, 1909; July 1, 1010, one-fourth of
1 per cent of said balances, as shown
by Bald statements, required to bo
filed an June 1 of said year, aud on
January 1 and "Juno 1, 1911, and of
ench year thereafter ono-twontlcth of
1 per cent computed on said balances,
as shown by tho rcspoctlvo state
ments, required to be filed last pre
ceding such assessment.
Several momber who expressed
themsolves aro opposed to tho bill In
Ub present form nnd promise, If the
subcommittee Insists upon Introducing
it without chango, to mnko ft flght.
Ono section ot the bill not published
provides that all tho banks In tho
stnto which como tindor tho provisions
of tho bill shall bo examined imme
diately upon tho taking effect of tho
law, ThlB will necessitate tbo appoint
ment of nn army of examiners In or
der to get the work done In nny rea
sonable leu 2th of time.
Cuts Out Cholera Cure.
For Just a fow mlnutos tho house'
stood for nn appropriation of $G,000
for tbo distribution of hog cholora
euro and then It killed tho bill by In
definitely postponing It. Killen nnd
Armstrong Insisted on fnvorablo ac
tion on tbo bill, but Taylor of Custer
wanted to know why tho money could
not bo paid out of tbo appropriation
for tbo Inst blonnlum. Ho mndo this
a motion and It was adopted, and then
tbo bouso Jumped onto tbo wbolo bllj
and butchered It. Tho death blow was
dealt while many woro trying to
speak.
Home Rule for Omaha.
Tho Omaha charter bill, with Us
omorgoncy clnuse, and providing for
homo rulo for Omaha, passod the son
nto by a voto ot nt to 1. Senator
Randal of Madison wnB tho only ono
to voto ngalnBt It, doing so because
frloudB bad asked It.
Will Use Carnegie Money.
Ry a voto of 25 to 8 tho sonato Iu
dorsod permission for unlvorslty pro
fossors to hnve tho bonofit of tho Car
ncglo pension fund, which provides
pensions for old nnd retired pro
fessors.
Snckett Law Stays on Books.
Sonntor Howell's effort to repeal the
sackett law fallod lit tho sonnto f
lowing a debate nf somn loni-M.
which soveral senators took occasion
to make Doukiib countv ilm lmti nr
numbor of Jests nnd tbo Dougla3 coun
ty members replied begging tho mem
bora In tho name of home rulo to dc
away wun mo measure. Aftor noon
adjournment when tbu bill was take
up again In committee of tho whol
mo senate witnout moro talk gave
tho quietus to the act. Tho houso has
already done the same thing.
GOT THROUGH THE HOUSE
Measure Dealing With Genoral Reve
hue Is Passed.
A bill of Utmost Importance on the
genernt revenue, that dealing with
the taxation of real estato mortgages,
passed tho houso by a voto of G8
to 21.
Several bills dealing with the name
general subject wero Introduced, but
that by Taylor of York was tho ono
BClectcd for consideration,
This bill, If It passes tho senate
and becomes a law, will have n tre
mendous effect upon the system of
collecting revenues of this state. It
is probably ono of tho most Important
and far reaching changes ever made
or over attempted to bo mado In tho
revenue system of tbo stnte. Tho
measure follows:
"A mortgnge, trust deed, contract,
or other obligation by which ft dobt
is secured on real estato situated
within this Btato shall for tbo pur
poses of assessment and taxation bo
deemed and treated as an lntorst in
tho real cstnte affected thereby except
as to railroads and othor quasi pub
lic corporations, In case of debts so
secured, the valuo of tho real estate
Affected by such mortgages, trust,
uecd, contract or other obligation,
less tho vnluo of such security, shall
bo assessed nnd taxed to tho owner
of such real estate and tbo value of
such security shall be assessed nnd
taxed to tho owner of such security1,
In the county, city, village or district
in Which tho real estato affected
thereby Is situated,
"Tho taxes so levied shall bo ft Hon
on tho real estato and also on tho
security and may bo paid either by
tho owner of the real eBtato or tho
owner of tho security. If paid by tho
owner of tho security, tho t.ix paid
upon tho real estato affected thereby
shall becomo n part of tho debt bo
secured. If the owner of tho real es
tate shall pay the tax so levied on
such security, it shall constitute a
payment thereon and as to the
amount of such payment ti full dlB
charjo thereof. If any such security
or indebtedness shall be paid by such
debtor or debtors aftor tho assess
ment of such Becurlty and before the
tax Is lovled on tho same tho amount
of such lovy may bo likewise retained
by such debtor or debtor nnd abnll
bo computed according to the tax
lovy for tho preceding year."
Woman Suffrage.
The first round on tho wotnnn sut-
frago bill was fought out In tho house
and suffrage won, the bill being
placed on the general file for dis
cussion In committee of tho whole
nfter a vigorous effort to secure Its
indefinite postponement. The nntl
suffragists were put completely to
rout, preferring to withdraw from the
field rather than stand the test of u
voto. The bill under consldoratlon
la that of Jerry Howard of South
Omnhft which provides for the sub
mission of a constitutional amend
ment making "all persons" Instead
of all "male persons," with the
usual exception of age, Imbecility, In
sanity and tho like, voters. Tho Ju
diciary committee recommended tho
bill to the general file and Fries of
Hownrd opened tbo attack on tho bill
by a motion to indefinitely postpone.
A dozen speeches woro mado on tbo
bill nfter which Mr. Fries withdrew
bis motion. ,
Primary Bill Recommended.
Tho sonato committee on privileges
and elections has recommended the
Ollls primary bill for passage, with
amendments and this probably will,
bo tho party primary bill. Tho
measure provides tbo primary shall
bo hold tho second Tuesday In Au
gust and for tho open voto and rotat
ing ballot, overy voter bolng confined
to his party column, howovor. Pre
cinct committeemen nro to bo elected
at tho primary In tbo samo manner
as party candidates, instead of being
solccted by tho county candidates
as nt present. County committees
will meet and organlzo tho second
Snturduy after tho primary. At tho
samo tlmo thoy will elect delegates
to the state convention. There will
bo ono delognto from each county
which cast loss than 5,000 for tho
party candldato for governor and one
for each 5,000 or major fraction
thereof. Tho stnto convention will
meet In Lincoln on tho first Tuo3dny
In Soptombor, thus glvln; the dele
gates nn opportunity to nttond the
stato fair.
Miller's Divorce Bill.
Senators Miller's dlvorco bill aimed
to prevent emigrant divorces and re
quiring two years resldenco In tbo
stnto before a plaintiff may accuro
a dlvorco for a cauao of action nrls
lng outside tbo state, and ono year's
resldenco for cause of nctlon arising
In tbo state, was recommonded for
passage.
Peddlers Out of Business.
Roprosontntlvo Sink of Hall has a
bill to put all manner of peddlers out
of business, snvo truck farmers. His
bill, provldos that all pcddlem of
medicine, groceries, tlnwnre, hard
ware, rugs, Intoxicating liquors and nil
kinds of merchandise) shall pay n
monthly llcenBo of $100 in tho county
In which thoy peddle.
Pnslnnn for Disabled Firemen.
Senator Ransom's bill nrovldlnc a
tbo ncntlonlui ot disabled firemen
was recommended for passace by tho
aennte commlttco of tho whole. It
nrovldoa that any llromau permn
nently or temporarily Injured In tho
service shall recelvo ft ponslon of $50
u mnntn.
School Tax Levy.
Tho bill providing for a school tax
levy of 40 mills Instead of 25 mills.
which was Introduced - by Senator
ltnw.oll,, wnu passed by tho scnato by
ft voto Of 23 to a.
Bfiinnw
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Tho Burlington road 1b building ft
substantial addition to Its passenger
depot in Aurora.
a row nwnod bv O. C. RasmusBcn
of Oakland gave birth to triplets tho
othor day.
August Swanson a well Known
Vnrif ennntv fnrmer. sold last, week
a corn crop from forty acres which
roturndd him $37.G0 per acre, or a
total of $1,504.00. ,
fi:ml Armv rests gencm.iV nnueu
with tho pubic Kihools In celj'nutins
t,e Lircoln anil.orbary
C. D. Sherman, formerly at Kear-
. - Y .1 V.
noy, hnB moveu to uoisc,. iuuuu,
where bo will engage In tito lumoer
business.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Monotte. former
ly of Omaha and now of Los Angeles,
Cat, have mado a gift of $6,uuu in
cash to tho new Y. M. C. A. building
of tbo formor city.
For tho abduction of a lG-ycar-old
girl, tho daughter of Aaron Dormaii
of Shelby, D. Horner was sentenced
to five years In tho penitentiary
after pleadln? guilty.
Ex-governor Sheldon and family,
accompanied by a governess, left for
bo governor's Mississippi plnmntiou,
where they w II make a stay of s;v-
o-al months before returning to Ne-
braaka.
Horman Taylor, a prominent stock
feeder residing a mllo south of Plain
view, perished In tho blizzard which
raged there recently. He. went out to
card for his stock and evidently, be
came exhausted.
During n fight nt tho Harder lc
Victor Peterson and John Smith.
Smith pulled u gun and shot at
Peterson, one bullet striking him in
tho forehead glancing upward and out
making ti dnugorous wound.
Charles E. Benson of the firm of
Ronson & Meyor of Omaha, died In
tho Union Pacific depot at Kearney.
Ho had Just returned from a trip to
tho Callaway branch attending to
loan business for the company and
went from his hotel to the deiwt. ,
Paul Rlackcnship, the Burlington
ngettt at Blue Springs, who so mys
teriously disappeared sometimo ago
and who It was feared had mot with.
foul piny, has been beard from nt
Ogden, Utah. His wife at Blue Springs
received a telegram from him statin.;
that he was all right.
Marshal Mnyflcld found several
sacks filled with brass hidden be
hind a cobshed half burled In a clump1
of bushes In tho north portion of
Louisville. Tho brass Is supposed to
havo been taken from tho engines of
John M. Jackman's mill, which waa
blown to pieces during tho receut
storm, and from the railroad care.
Mrs. S. Hulflsh of Harlan county
met with quite a painful accident.
Whllo sewing on the mnchlno ono
of her fingers whs caught by tber
needle, which passed through tho en-
tiro finger, breaking off In tho bone.
A physician was called, whoso ef
forts to extract tbo ncedlo wero un
successful, and Bho was compelled
to go to tho hospital at Elmwood.
Jess Lako of Edgar was pretty bad
ly shaken up In a runaway. He was
helping Lincoln Stnyncr haul lumbor
when the team became frightened
nnd started to run, nnd as is usual
on such occasions tho neckyoko camo
down and Lako was thrown off tho
load, and ono limb was badly hurt,
thoush It Is thought no bones wero
broken.
In tbo curcs against Albert Thomp
son and Rev. Jeromo Emanuol, pastor
of tho Christian church of Aurora.
who wero tried In tbo pollco court,
tbo chargo being fighting, Thompson
was judged guilty by Judge Rose
and' fined $5 and costs, amounting to
about $12 in nil; and tho mlnistor r
wns acquitted on the ground of self
defense. Ab Mr. and Mra. E. V. Colson are
planning to leave Oakland In tho
near future, for tholr now home at
Lodge Pole, Nob., a company of tholr
relatives, forty-flvo In number,
Bwooped down upon them nnd tool;
possession of their home for an old
fashioned surprlso. A goodly lot ot
eatables bad been provided, and
theso were disposed of with "picnic"
relish."
H. C. Smith and F. M. McElweo of
Franklin wore called to tho country,
and returning to town came very
near freezing. When thoy got within
two miles of town their team re
fused to como farther against tho
heavy wind. Smith wnB compolled to
lend tho team all tho way In. Ho
lost his hnt and tho storm was bo
bad ho waa compelled to lead tho
team walking backwards. Ho had a
close call from freezing to death.
After a vigorous debate In which
W'fi question or cost was brougjit
forth as tbo most aerlous considera
tion the bill appropriating $200,000
for tbo establishment nnd mainten
ance of a building twine plant at tho
state penitentiary was recommended
by tho house committee of tho whole
or passage. , '
A tiro broke out In tho mercantile
storo of Armstrong and Ward at
Rushvillo, and completely destroyeifV"
the Btore building of H. C. Dale- fur
nlturo Btore of J, m. Grubb; 'store
building of M. P. Musser and that ot
, Douald Brown.
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