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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1909)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IIIA U BARE, TubllBlior Terms: 1.25 In Advance. NORTH PLATTE NEOFIA3KA A Boiling Down of llio More Impor tant Crcnts Hero and There ! rnrrw Foreign. Tla-Hung-Tso, prosldont of tho board of Justice, baa boon appointed grand counsollor of tho omplro In buccosb to Chang-Chlch-Tung, do coanod. An imporlal edict Issued eulogizes Chnng-Chich-Tung, gives him poathumouu honors and promotes his throa sons. Tho Spanish camp, undor Com tnandor Gonornl Sotamayer, was tho object of a surprlso attack at C o'clock In tho morning by tho Moors. Tho ouomy vras ropulsed and shollcd until 0 o'clock. Tho Spaniards lost two men vroundod. Honry White, tho American ambas sador to Franco, has boon given a learo of nbsonco, and accompanlod by Mm, Whlto will Ball on Novombor 3 for tho United States, not to rottirn. Tho propnratlons for tho oxtonslon of Spain's oporntlons In Morocco, In .tolvlng tho Bonding of hoavy rein forcements, aro croatlng Increasing uneasiness In Paris, Mohammed All Mints, tho dopoaod shah of Persia, sallod from Anzall, on tho Caspian sea, on bin way to oxllo in Russia. .o Is oxpoctod to land at Potrorsk, on tho west nhoro of the Caspian. He will bo takon dlroct to Odessa on a special train. His moTomonts aro bolng kopt as secret as possible as tho Caucasus Is nwnrm Ing with Porslan revolutionists and at tempts at assassination aro feared. The English government has com pleted arrangomonts to tako over all tho coast stations of tho Marconi Wireless Tologrnph company stations, except tho Poldhu and Clifton, wulch the company retains for Its projoctod trans-Atlantic sorvlco. Tho govorn- tnont pays 375,000 for thoso stations and gats also tho right to use all ex isting pntonts and all Improvements made during tho next fourteon yoars, General. Hog-growera In central Now York aro obtaining unhoard of prlcos for this yoar'u crop Sovonty thousand acres of land un der tho Caroy act woro opened for entry In Montana. Number' ono was drawn by It. A. Carpontor of Oak Parle. Ill Goorgo f. Bowers, acting general managor of tho South Omaha plant oi mo Armour racing company, who disappeared n month ago, wan located at Fort Francis, Ont., by a roproson tntlva of tho company. Cofamandor Peary has formally no tified tho National Qoographla socloty of his accoptanco of its offor to ox amino and pass upon tho rocords of bis polar explorations. Notice to this effoct camo to Prof. Willis L. Mooro, prosldont of tho socloty, in a telegram from Commander Ponry In Now York, Aftor bolng In Jail flvo months charged with counterfeiting, John Preston has boen rolcaBcd on tho dls covory that tho alleged bad monoy is nil genulno. Nows roached Bristol, Tonn., from Abingdon, Va., whoro ho was In jail. A graud jury ordored his release Governor Hughes of Now York ro nowed his activity against raco track batting In his stato. Sovoral Indict monts will soon bo returned against prominent jockey clubs Tho governors of tho Dank of Eng land ralsod tho minimum discount rato from 2 1-2 por cent, to 3 per cunt This Ib tho first chango since April 1 last, when It was reduced from 3 por cent Tho health of Count Loo Tolstoi In again exciting appfohonslon. Ho faint od twlco aftor his roturn to Yasnaya' Polyana from his trip to Moscow. Ono fainting spell lasted tun mluulos. Tho aged author, aftor aovornl hours' rost, was ablo to undortako a short promenade. Henry White, ambassador to Franco, Is coming homo not to roturn Commandor Ponry has formally notified tho National Geographical bo cloty of his compliance with tho reso lutton of tho Bocloty urging Peary and Dr. Cook speedily to submit all tholr observations, notes and datn to a com potent scientific commission in tho United States, Miss Clara h. ClomonB, daughter of Samuel L. Clomons (Mark Twain), was married to Osslp Gabrllowltsch, tho Russian pianist, 'mo wedding took placo In tho drawing room at "Storm Flold," Conn,, Mr. Clomons' country homo, with Rov. Dr. Jos. H. Twltcholl of Hartford ofllclntlng. John Van Nortwlck, mllllonalro pa nor and miln manufacturer and owner . - - - . . . of oxtonalvo wntor powor rights in Wisconsin, died nt his homo In Applo ton of heart failure T. P. O'Connor Is coming to tho United Statos to sook aid for tho Irish A monument to tho madnoss of "Mad Anthony" Wnyno, tho rovolu tlonnry general who led n successful attack against apparently hopolosB odds on 'Grout Britnln's Stony Point Glbrnltur 130 years nno. was dodlcated nt Rfnnv Pnint n y. nn ono of tho opening events of tho uu-atato Hudson- Fulton colobratlon. I CONDENSED I Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormlck has offored $1,000,000 toward tho Im provement of Lnko Michigan In tho neighborhood of Lako Forest, 111. Members of tho cabinet aro getting back to Washington to tako up rou tlno work. Falling from ono of tho upper floors of-a skyacrnpor offlco building In Phil adelphia, Ilobort Drodbury, aged CG yoars, mot doath In sight of hundreds of spectators. Lucius H. Blgolow, head of tho mu sic publishing firm of Dlgelow & Main, Now York city, died at his summer homo at Rldgovlllo, Conn., aged 72. Tho fishing schooner Cnldwoll IL Colt of Ponsacola port has boon selzod by a Moxlcnn gunboat off Prograsso and hor crow of eight men hava boon thrown In prison. Tho department of justtco Is prepar ing to fight tho cases against thoso porsons who by various moans ob tained from members of tho flvo civ ilized trlbos of Indians lands that un dor tho fodornl government's conten tion could not bo alienated. Albort Pulltzor, a brothor of Joseph Pulltzor, publisher of tho Now York World, committed sulcldo in vlonna. It was ovldont that ho mado doublo auro of death, for ho had first swal lowed poison, and then, standing In front of a mirror, had sent n bullot from a rovolvor through his right tomplo. Qovornor Hughos wns tho central figure In tho Hudson, N. Y., colobra- tlon. Socrotnry of War Dickinson will soon nrguo a caso on bohalf of tho Illinois Central road. Tho Omaha strcot ear troublo Is ovor and striico-urcaKora navo noon sont away. Revolutionists aro active In Para- quay, according to auvicos rocoivea at tho stato department from MlnlBtor O'Brlon. On tho stops to tho Hall of Famo at Now York unlvorslty an unknown man shot hlmsolf In tho head. Tho body was removed to tho morgue. Germans of Chicago eolobrated tho annlvorsary of tho landing of tho Gor man pilgrim fathers and tho founding of Gormantown on Octobor C, 1C83. Horbort Parsons, chairman of tho Now York county ropubllcan commit- ttoo, announced that all cheating In tho coming mayoralty contost In tho motropolln would bo guardod against. Tho picture of Martha Washington may bo placed upon ono of tho post- ago stamps of tho prosont sorics. A numbor of womon promlnont In tho Socloty of tho Dnughtorfl of tho Ameri can Revolution have rcquostcd tho postoluco department to tako such ac tion. It Is suggested that tho pro posed Issuo of tho 12-cont stamp odors an opportunity to do this. Aftor having pleaded guilty to burglary of a atoro at Woodblno, la., Mrs. Anna Llnd, ngod 25, mother of a 14-inonths-old baby, was given an lndotormlnnto sentence of ten yoars In tho ponltenttary Washington. A now counterfeit flvo dollnr allvor certificate has appeared in Michigan and other plncos, and tho sccrot sew tnn laniinfl n wrnilnf In tho nnhllc. Tho COUntorfolt boarB tho Indian "head, nni, , nf .., horinB f ioro. has tho signatures of Unltod States Treas urer Treat and Roglstor Vornon nnd la doscrlbed as having chock letter "2D" faco plato numbor 1242 and back plato number 802. Continued lmprovomont in tho In dustrial situation In tho United States Is indicated by tho reports of leading industrial commercial movomontB ro- eolved during August by tho bureau of statistics of tho dopartmont of commorco and labor. Unusually largo movements of soft coal, coak and Iron oro nnd largo shipments of lumber aro Indicated. Census Director E. Dana Durand an nounces Novombor 3 noxt as tho date for making n practical tost of tho qualifications of applicants for ap pointment nn spoclnl agents for tho collection of tho thlrtoonth census Btatlstlca of manufacturers and mlnos nnd quarries. Ulnnk applications may bo obtained now by writing tho bureau of tho census. Socrotnry of War Dickinson loft tho city for Dollomendo, Tonn., tho ,homo of his son, immediately upon rocoipt of a tologram to tho effect that tho young mnn was Buffering from a sorl' ous attack of heart failure Ropresontntlvoa of olovon govorn monts will attend tho tenth annual mooting of tho Association of Mill tary Surgeons of tho Unltod States, to bo hold horo. From the Unltod Statos will bo medical officers of tho army, nnvy nnd marine hospital sor vico nnd nntlonnl guard organizations It Is bellovod tho convention will bo tho most tmoprtant to this branch of medical profession hold In years. Personal. Harvard unlvorslty formally oponcd by installation of President Lowell, Tho Duchess of Aostn Is about to loavo Naplos for tho Congo and will spend tho wlntor In Africa for tho bonoflt of hor health. Street car strikers In Omaha have dotormlned to go on with tho fight Congressman Parsons of Now York hns thrown down tho gauntlet to Can non fnrcos. David Hill, who Buccoeded Charlo mango Tower as ambassador to Ger j i i . i, mnny, uruvuu on uio nncr ueorgQ arrived on tho Washington for his first vIbU to this country nlnco his appointment to tho post at Borlln, William Randolph Hearst again In tho raco for mayor of Now York. Prosldont Tnft ended a Btronuous period of dlnnors nnd spoochea by slooplng in tho mountains. Mrs. Josoph Sullivan Is tho first pollcowoman of Chicago. Sho was Bwom In the othor dny and Invested with all tho authority and privileges I given to spoclnl policomon of that city 8TOPPED ON THE EVE OF SAIL- ING FOR PEKING. REASON GIVEN FOR THE SAME Occasioned by Developments Involv ing tho Question of His Fitness For tho Position. Washington. Charles R. Crane's suddom, unoxpoctod nnd hlthorto mys- torlous recall to Washington by Boo rocatary of Stato Knox, as ho was at tho point of sailing from San Fran cIbco to assumo his duties as minister of tho United States to China, was occasslonod by developments Involving the question of Mr. Crano's fitness for that post This much Is known In well-informed quartora in Washing ton. Unlosn Mr. Crane la ablp to clear himself in tho eyes of Socrotary Kuox of nn accusation of a serious breach of what tho otato department regards as tho first prlnclplo of diplomatic discretion tho conforonco with his of ficial chief may result in tho abrupt termination of Mr. Crano'B connection with tho diplomatic scrvlco. Minister Crano arrived in Washing' ton Sunday aftornoon from his hur- rtod Joumoy across tho continent, re iterating his declaration of lgnoranco ns to tho occasion for his rather dra matic call from tho wntors' edge of the Pacillo, and dcollned to discuss tho matter in any of its aspects, be yond saying that while ho expected to bo hero sororal days, ho had re- Borved now accommodations for the transpacific voyago on tho steamer sailing from Snn Francisco on Octobor 20, a wook from noxt Wodnosdny. Tho otato department has in hand, It Is said, what it rogards as moro or less convincing' ovldcnco that Minister Crano, on tho ovo of his dopnrturo for tho far oast, became responsible for tho publication in a Chicago nows- paper of what tho department views as a most lndlscret discussion of tho nttltudo of tho United States toward tho two treaties recently negotiated botween China and Japan. This, tho dopartmont holds to havo boon tho moro serious bocauso that attitude is Btill undor confidential consideration, no decision having been arrived at Whilo tho speeches dollvored by Mr. Crano boforo tho Amorlcan Asiatic association nnd at n dlnnor given In his honor at Chicago, aro vlowcd at tho stato department as having been at best, unwlso and undiplomatic they had boen carefully considered aftor their dolivory nnd beforo Mr, Crano started for San Francisco, and although doproeatrcd wero not regard ed as justifying any change in bis plans, Tho Chicago publication falls, how cvor, in tho oyea of tho dopartmont, into a category very different and for moro serious, China nnd Japan early last month ontored Into treatios which contained provisions regarded by tho Btato do- nartmont no very Burnrlslnc nnd bob siuiy objoctionaulo to this govern merit. By thoso trontles Japan would socuro rights In Manchuria which aro hold by Bomo diplomats to be in dlroct violation of both tho lottor and spirit of tho Portsmouth treaty. China haa agreed in tho treaties now undor con sideration, that beforo extending tho prosont railway system In Manchuria, It shall consult Japan, nnd, prcsum ably, obtain its consent thereto. This provision Is rogarded as inharmonl ous with tho declaration of Jnpan In tho treaty of Portsmouth that it will not obstruct any measures taken by China for tho development of its cm plro. WELCOME TO GOMPER3. Royal Reception Planned for His Home-Coming. Washington. As a trlbuto to tho homo-coming from nbrond, Presldont Snmuol Gompors of tho Amorlcan Fed- oration of Labor, ono of tho most rep rosontatlvo gatherings of organized labor ovor assembled In this country, will wolcomo him. To slgnallzo his roturn arrangements woro comploted for n mammoth parade of organized labor and a reception in his honor. In tho parado, which Mr. Gompora will head, will be more than 30,000 laboring mon, Des Moines Wins Lower Rates. Soattlo Chairman Martin A. Knnpp announced a decision of tho Interstnto Commorco commission in tho suit brought by Greater Des Moines against tho Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad and othor lines. Tho commission donled n petition of tho railroads for a rehearing and ordered tho reduction of rates from tho At lantic seaboard to Dos Moines to go Into effect. K. C. Dry Goods Firm Falls. Kansas City. Tho largo wholosalo firm of Swofford Bros. Dry Goods Co. of this city was placed In tho hnndu of rocolvors as a result of disagree ments among stockholders, Tho as- sots and Unbllitlos aro not given. Magoon Back In Washington. Washington. Governor Chnrloa E. Magoon of Lincoln Ib In Washington nftor an extended tour of Europo, ho having taken tho baths at Nnuholm for heart affoction. Governor Magoon has glvon hlmsolf a year In which to got back to his old form after years of Btronuous work ho put In In tho trop ics. Mr, Mngoon oxpects to go to Moxlco shortly to seo his old frlond D. E. Thompson, Unltod States am bnssador to that country. From Moxl co Governor Mngoon will go to Call fornla for a short stay, NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTE8. in-i It Items of Interest Taken From Htrfl and There Over tho state. THE MIDWEST LIFE Officers N. Z. Snell nrcsiaem Dr. B. B. Davis, Omaha, .. .vlco-Pres. A. J. Sawyor secretary H. S. Frocmnn.... Trcasuror Dr. M. H. Evorctt... Medical Director C. R. Eastorday Actuary J. H. Mockett Jr....Supt of Agents Insurance In Force. Dccombor 31, 190C $ 659,000 Doccmbcr 31, 1907.. 1,152,250 Decomber 31, 1908. 1,453,218 September 30, 1909 l,815,3So Local Agents Wanted In every town In Nebraska. Liberal commissions aro paid. Wrlto tho Tho Box Butto county fair thin year wan a great buccosb. Richard Sncath, aged 18 years, son of Robert Sneath, n prosperous far mer living west of Ponder, was acci dentally killed by tho dlschargo of a shotgun. Th top of his hend was blown off. Tho grading for tho Unlori Pacific's doublo trnck from Kearney to North Platto la nearly comploted. Tics aro being laid from North Platto and tho brldgo worlcJa being pushed aa hard an possible. Governor Shallenbcrger haa ap pointed an delegates to a good roads convention at Columbus, O., Octobor 20 to 29, Dan Stephens of Fremont Mr. Longworthy of Seward and J. J. Dcrlght of Omaha. If you want to sell llfo insuranco for an active old lino Nebraska com pany wrlto to tho Midwest Llfo at Lincoln. A. E. Fisher, traveling salesman for lir J. Kinney & Co., cigar manu facturers of Hastings, dropped dead In front of nn undertaker's establish ment on the main street Apoplexy was the cause Mr. Fisher was 45 years old and lived here. Samuel Spies, a young farmer, com mitted suicide In Dodge county undor dramatic circumstances. Spies bo lleved his wifo had drowned herself In tho Elkhorn river, which flown a fow rods from tho houso occupied by the couple, nnd In a fit of remorso blow out his brains with n 38-callbcr pistol. President Crnbtrco delivered tho opening address of tho Peru Normal school year. In closing ho spoke especially on tho "school policy." Ho Bpoko in part as follows: "As I seo it our school policy In not to tear down, but to build up. It In not to dlscourago any worthy student enter prlso, but to encourage nnd develop." N. P. Miller, n prominent farmer living seven miles west of Adams, has mysteriously disappeared and searching parties which havo been looking for him havo failed to llnd any trace oi mm. Mr. Miner was a woll known political leader In that lo cality and his friends aro unable to explain his absence. Foul play Is feared. David E. Allen of Otoo county eolo brated his 80th birth anniversary by presenting each of his threo daugh tors with 1500 in gold. Mr. Allen camo to Nebraska City in 1857 nnd has slnco mndo it his homo. Ho owns eighty acres of land, which Ib nearly In tho heart of tho city and which ho has alwayB fought to pre vent It bolng mndo a part of the city nnd has succeeded bo far. Charles Johnson of Greeley was killed whilo returning homo from Spnuldlng. Ho fell from a load of woll tubing under tho team ho was driving. Ono of tho horses becamo frightened and kicked him in tho hend. Tho team then ran into a wlro fonco nnd became entangled in tho wlro. Tho body of tho doad man was found thoro a fow hours later by neighbors. Tho stato railway commission has Issued an order that tho Missouri Pa clflc Railway company bo directed to maintain an ngent nt the station of Glon Rock until January 1, 1910, at which time. In tho nbsonco of any material lncrcaso in business, and on proper showing being mndo, tho rail way company will bo given nuthorlty to discontinue tho service of tho said agent at Glen Rock. Tho company i i . . nnu iihkch icnvo m cioso tuo station. At Dnlton, eighteen miles north of Sidney, about dark an extra freight train going north on tho Burlington railroad ran Into tho rear end of tho regular freight train. A traveling salosman was fortunately notified in tlmo and proceeded to jump from tho trnin just In tlmo to nvold being hit Ills grip, upon which his head had boon resting, was literally torn to Bhrcds. The caboose and two freight cars of tho rogular freight wer"o smashed to kindling. In tho district court of Dodge conn ly juugo uouenuecK nnnueu down n decision suBtnlnlng tho judgment of tho county court in tho matter of tho Inheritance tax on tho DaVonport estate. Tho prlnclpnl question In volved was whothor contracts for tho salo of lands In Nobrnska which wore In tho possession of tho decendent nt his homo in Now York Btato woro taxablo In Nobrnska. Tho county court hold they wero not nnd Judgo Hollonbeck nfllrmed tho judgment Louis Brommolr, tho farmer of Sy. racuso who was kicked in tho atom ach by ono of his horses nnd who was takon to an Omaha hospital, died thoro from his Injuries. J, M. Proctor, doputy United States marshal, of Arlington, sorved n Bub poonn on II. J. Crapcnhoft to appeal as a witness In tho caso of tho United States against tho tramp who rifled Mr. Crnpenhofts' mailbox a fow weeks ago and abstracted a check thorofrom and was arrested whilo at tempting to cash It nt Blair. Thn caso will bo tried In tho United Btato district court at Omaha. T IS SMALL, HOWEVER, AND SOON BE WIPED OUT. CAN PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR Required to Be In the Hands of County Clerks Twenty Days Before Election. For the first tlmo slnco Juno 24 tho stato of Nebraska has an outstanding debt Last wook a dobt of 81,000 in tho form of registered Btato warrants nppearcd on Treasurer Brian's books. Thoro not bolng enough money In tho general fund or tho fund for tho re demption of outstanding warrants, tho treasurer had to buy tho warrants pre sented to htm by using trust funds, tho samo ns was dono for years prior to Juno 24, whon thero woro no war rants registered. Tho stato board of nssessinentjnade no levy for tho re demption fund when It mot during tho last summer becauco there was then no apparent ncod of It If county treasurers remit all that is duo tho Btato Treasurer "Brian belloves tho Btato dobt can bo wiped out by Do comber 1, whon taxes on tho now lovy will begin to como In. Tho Btato dobt was ovor $2,000,000 n few yoars ago. Election Proclamation. Governor Shnllonborgor has Issued nn election proclamation. If tho non partisan judiciary law had boen up hold by tho supremo court this duty would not havo been nocossary, but undor tho law as It exists tho gover nor Is required to Issuo a proclama tion and get it into tho hands of county clerks twenty days bcofro tho genorai election. Tho governors proclamation Is dated October 1, but pending tho receipt of printed copies it was not announcod. Tho proclama tlon is very brief ns follows: Undor and by vlrtuo of the author Ity vested in mo by tho provisions of Bcctlon elovon (11) of chapter twenty- six (2G) of tho complied statutes of Nebraska for the year 1909, entitled 'clectlono," I, Ashton C. Shnllenbor ger, governor of tho stato of Nebraska, do hereby Issuo my proclamation do claring that on Tuosday, tho 2d day of Novombor, A. D. 1909, there! will bo an election hold at tho usual places of voting In said Btato for the election of tho following officers, towit: Threo judges of the supremo court; two regonts of the statu university; ono regent of tho state university to fill vacancy. May Investigate Railroads. Tho Btato railway commission may bo forced to investigate tho books and records of eomo of tho railroads that aro in federal court objecting to tho enforcement of tho 2-cont faro law, tho Aldrlch commodity rate law and tho anti-pass law and other rogula tory acts passed by tho legislature of 1907. If this step la necessary tho commission will employ an expert ac countant and empower him to employ a largo forco of nccountants to in' vostigate records and accounts for tho purpose of gathoring ovldcnco to moot tho testimony introduced by tho rail way companion. C. W. Hlllman of Louisville Ky.. who did Bimllar work in Minnesota, held a conferenco with the state rail way commission In regard to such pro posed work In Nebraska. Tho com. mission mayomploy Mr. Hlllman as its chief nccountant in chargo of tho proposed Investigation of railroad ac counts. Wreck in Burlington Yards C. E. Snfford, fireman on a Burling ton switch cnglno, died as n result of injuries received in n wrock In tho Burlington yards. Burlington pas Bongor train No. 9, heavily loaded with Ak-Sar-Bon passengers, crashed Into tho switch ongino, which was on tho main lino whon tho pnssongor train entered tho yards. Hundreds of poo- plo woro jarred, thrown to tho floor of tho cars or hurled brafc Into tholr I . . Beats. Tno excursionists wore nrenar- jug io icavo me conencs ana wero crowded in tho nisles when tho crash came. Tho crew of tho switch engine, with tho exception of tho fireman Jumped. Stafford was pinned botwoen tho engines and was terribly bruised and scalded, The "Nebraska" Figurehead. Secretary C. S. Paine of tho Stato Historical society has rocolved word that tho figurehead from tho battleship Nebraska has boon shipped from tho Now York navy yard and will nrrlvo in Lincoln within a fow days. This figurehead was Bocurod for tho hlstor leal society through tho efforts of Con gressman Klnkald and It will bo held by tho socloty as a permanent loan from tho fcdernl govornmont Tho figurehead is no longer used on somo of tho battleships of tho navy. Tho ono from tho Nebraska wolghB 4,050 pounds. It was shipped from tho navy yard last week. Complaint Against Express Company, taiiuro to provide sufficient fnclll tics for tho prompt transportation of shipments delivered to It Is tho basis of a complaint to tho Btato railway commission lllcd against tho Adams Express company by tho Lincoln Com merclnl club, acting for tho Appol Mor cnntllo company. Tho chargo Is mado that while tho business of the express corporation has Increased 20 por cent within a year or bo no moro wagons havo been put on to tako care of It nnd no nttompt Is being mndo to boo that shippers rccelvo proper attention S IB THE WHEAT FIGURE8. Nebraska Crop Estimated at 00,000,000 Bushels. RlMUMrn romnlled by tho fltnto la bor bureau show that tho total pro duction of wheat In Nebraska this year was 50,370,000 bushols. This Is almost oqual to tho banner yenr, 1902, whon 50,500,000 bushols woro pro duct!, nnd n little In excess of tho yield of 1901, when tho total was 50,200,000. Tho labor bureau roport shows n production of 46,500,000 bush els nf winter wheat this year aud tho yield averaged 20.13 bushols to tho acre. Tho government report gives thn nvnrntrn vlnld at 14.9 bushels. A total of 3,870,'000 bushols of spring wheat was raised, tho averago yioia being 14.99 bushels to tho aero. Tho total yield of wheat In Nebraska last year wan 43,840,000, according to tho Btato labor bureau. Thoro woro 41, 000,000 bushols of winter wheat and. tho averago yield per aero was 10.99. Tho total ylold of nprlng wheat was 2,840,000 and the averago yield per 8ocro was 13.98 bushels. New Station for Madison. Tho good offices of tho ntato rail way commission havo been used to got tho Union Pacific Railroad com pany to build a now station at tho town of Madloon and now ox-Sonator W. V. Allen, who started tho agita tion, desires tho board to do what It can to got ns largo a stition ns pos sible ono that will bo adequate for twenty-five years. In compllanco with a recommendation Blgncd by Railway Commissioner Cowles recommending a now station tho road has promised to build, but somo elevator firms who aro occupying tho right-of-way by auf- foranco of tho road aro slow In re moving tholr buildings to now loca tions bo that tho road can havo room for tho proposed improvements. To Dissolve Merger. County Attornoy Tyrrell began pro ceedings beforo the stato railway com mission, tho object and purpose being to dissolve tho mergor of tho Lin coln Traction company and tho Citi zens' Railway company, which wn3 consummated February 3, last; tho cancellation of all stocks and bonds Issued subsequent to such mergor; to compel tho company to render better service and treat tho public and its omploycs with moro consideration nnd to bar It from transacting any other business than that provided for in Its charter. Commercial Clubs Has Surplus. A Burplus of nearly $5,000 In the treasury of tho Lincoln Commercial club was shown by tho annual cash statement of Secretary Whlttcn laid boforo tho directors. Threo years ago tho organization was struggling along under serious handicap for lack of funds. At ono time It was neces sary for some of the loading mombera to glvo their personal notos at a bank for $1,500 to pay tho curreqt oxpenses of tho club. During tho last year tho genorai fund has been swelled about $2,760. Contributions to tho conven tion fund mado during tho last year aggregated In tho neighborhood of $7,000. Somo firms which derlvo dl roct benefit from conventions held hero havo not so far subscribed to this fund, but it Is hoped to sccuro them, ns well as others which indi rectly profit from tho gatherings hold In Lincoln. Charges Against the Police. With Mayor Lovo, Exciseman Harp ham and Exciseman Powell as judges County Attorney Tyrrell attempted to drlvo homo charges of graft and ex tortion filed soveral weeks ago ngainst Chief Rlckard of tho Lincoln police forco nnd City Dotectlvo Ma lono. Tho county attorney alleged that several weeks ago officers from tho sheriffs department attempted to mnko nrrestsin tho lowlands and that tho polico interfered. W. A. Bontloy, supposed to bo a county dotectlve, was thrown Into the city Jail and In tho excitement somo of tho alleged roundcrB escaped. Tyrroll filed charges with tho excisemen ngainst tho officers. Appointment by Governor. Miss Mattlo Allen of tho Whittlor public school wns appointed a mom bor or tho stato board of Inspectors which has in chargo tho enforcement of tho child labor law an It relates to compulsory attendance at school. The appointment was mado by Gov ernor Shallenbcrger. Millers Want Transfer Switch. Tho railroad commission bognn tak ing testimony In tho complaint of Wells, Abbott & Nloman, a milling company of 8chuylor, which wants a transfer Bwltch put In thoro botween tho Burlington and tho Union Pacific. Landls Will Not Contest. Harry Landls of Seward, who was In tho city, Bald that ho would ac copt tho refusal of tho Bccrotary of stato to placo his namo on tho official ballot this fall as a candidate for stato university rogont and will not start a mandamus proceeding. This loaves Frank Hallor of Omaha without an opponent New Rule In Effect. Financial relations between mom. hers of tho faculty and students of the University of Nebraska woro" cut off by a rulo that wont into effect last week. From now on all monoy paid for Instruction, books or supplies by tho studontB must go through tha handB of tho treasurer of tho univer sity. This rule wns adopted last spring by tho board' of regonts In or der to ByBtomatlzo tho finances of th unlvorslty and protect professors from accusations of mlsuso of funds overcharging students for .books or