THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. BARB,. Publisher
Terms: I1.2S In Advance
NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA
A Boiling Down of the More Im
portant Events Here and There
Foreign.
Mnurlco Henry Hewlett, tho novel
1st, has ontorod tho election fight with
n two column manifesto addressed to
"worklngtnen of England," In which,
describing hlmsolf ns ono of your
solves, gaining my livelihood by tho
work of my head nnd hnnds," ho re
minds the workers that thoy form tho
overwhelming majority of tho doc
torate, and can gain everything thoy
want by two strokes of tho pencil In
tho polling booth.
Tho first fatality In England to re
sult from a suffragotto disturbance oc
curred when Alfred H idson, a police
man, died from lnJurJos rocclvod dur
ing a riot outside tho Colllsoum on
August 10, last. Blr Edward Groy,
tho foreign secretary, was addressing
n mass mooting Inside tho building.
An attempt on tho part of a largo
body of suffragotten to enter pre
cipitated n riot, In which Hudson was
Injured Intornolly.
At Alexandria, Egypt, tho customs
tobacco stores containing tobaccoH to
tho valuo of nearly $5,000,000 was
gutted by flro. Plromon, assisted by
200 sailors from tho German cruiser
Froyn, succeeded In saving tho great
er part of tho tobacco, The loss Is
estimated at $1,600,000.
Estrada'B plcdgo for tho disarma
ment of Nicaragua does not disarm
tho world of tho suspicion that ho
moans to bo Its president.
General.
In far from good health and grlof
stricken at tho rocont sudden death
of his daughtor, Jean, Samuel L.
Clemens, hotter known ns Mark
Twain,- sailed for Bermuda.
Five war vessels of tho United
States will tako part In tho celebra
tion of tho first centennial of the In
dependence of tho Argontlno repub
lic nt Buenos Ayres about May next.
. Waltor LonBdalo, Dr. Frederick A.
Coo'b secretary, announced that ho
hnd rocolvcd n lottor froni Dr. Cook,
hut ho declined to give tho explorer's
Address.
On' nccount of floods Lob Angolos
was Isolated forty-olght hours.
A bill is pending In congress look
ing to tho promoting of rlflo practice.
At Bordeaux, Franco, Loon Do La
Orango, tho noted French aeronaut,
was killed while making a flight. Ho
fell with his machlno from n height
of nbout slxty-flva foot and was
crushod under wreckage.
Simeon Hudson, a convict, stole a
pint of wood alcohol In tho Nebraska
prison broom factory, drank It, and Is
now suffering lrom paralyzed optic
nerves. Ho is totally blind and tho
condition may bo pormanont.
At Georgetown, Ky., becauso ho
could not remember part of his ad
dress which ho was to deliver at n
banquet In tho ovoulng Judgo C. Vovls,
32 yoars old, committed suicide by
shooting.
Wllllnm J. Gaynor was Installed as
mayor of Now York with almplo cere
monies. Thoro was a throng as big
as tho mayor's ofllco would hold to
witness tho brlot coromonlal.
Study of forestry is to bo made
moro Bystomatlo In tho United States,
through the closer association of tho
echools of forestry and tho standard
ization of tho mothods of Instruction.
Tho. opinion at Washington Is that
tho president will soon break with
Spoakor Cannon over legislation. .
Darius Ogdon Mills, tho Now York
flnanclor and philanthropist, died at
his rural homo, Mllbrao, of heart
failure
W. A. Gorman, trafllo managor of
tho St. Louis, Rock;- Mountain & Pa
cific railroad, died after being 111
threo days at Raton, N. M.
.All records of production In this
country of coppor, reflnod load, spotter
and tungsten wero broken during tho
year which just closed, according to
a report of tho geological survey.
Mrs. Charles P, Taft of Cincinnati
has bought tho ball park of tho Phi
ladelphia National loaguo, for about
$250,000. She gives the ball club a
ninety-nine year lease on the park
with tho prlvllogo of buying it at the
end of twenty years.
In an opinion by Justlco Day the su
preme court of tho United States hold
to bo Invalid the ordlnanco adopted
by the city council of ihe city of Min
neapolis, Minn., In 1907, requiring the
Minneapolis Street Railway company
to selrfelx tickets for 25 cents.
The six tickets for a quarter or
dinance at Minneapolis, Minn., was
declared Invalid by the supreme court
Director Durand has solved tho raco
problem so far as tho taking of tho
census is concorned.
Representative James M. Griggs of
tho second Georgia district died sud
denly at his home.
An Alaskan prospector denies
Cook's story In which he Is nlleged to
have been rescued from a bear by
Iho oxploror,
The United States government is
jSlruatlBfled with President Madjls in
Nicaragua.
CONDENSED
Secretary Wilson announced at the
Whlto House that ho will begin at
onco tho organisation of his forces
for tho purpose of making an Investi
gation Into tho whole question of In
creased cost of living,
Omaha Indians voted against pro
posed merger In a council held at
Walthlll.
Tho Scott expedition In search of
the south polo Is now assured, the
English government having promlsou
$100,000 towards tho $200,000 which f
tho ostlmatod expense.
President Taft Is still looking Tor
ward to a trip to Alaska late In Uiq
coming spring. He proposes to go to
tho far northwestern territory Imme
diately after the adjournment of con
gress. Tho first of tho automatic sugar,
weighing scales which the treasury
department contemplates Introducing
at Now York Is now ready for a tost
at Boston, where tho factory Is lo
catcd.
Tho shortago of freight cars for
the United Statos now totals 24,054,
according to tho latest fortnightly
bulletin of tho America Railway asso
ciation. C. II. Ackert, vlco president and
gonoral manager of the Southorn rail
way, has resigned and It Is announced
by President Flnloy that he will retire
from tho Southern on January 15.
President Taft sont to tho sonaU
the nomination of Captain Charles E.
Vreeland of tho navy to bo a rear ad
mlral. In Its search at Now York for In
formation about men "higher up" In
tho sugar underwolghlng frauds tho
federal grand jury hnd uoforo it Sec
retary Charles R. Heiko of tho Ameri
can Sugar Refining company.
Zolaya is on his way to Moxlco City,
where his stay Is Indoflnlto. Ho Is In
no sonso a prlsonor. In an intervlow
ho said Secretary Knox had boon un
duly harsh.
Charles Schmidt, alias Mlko Jordan,
who murdered Mrs. Teresa Barnhnrt,
with whom he boarded, gavo that
crlmo a sensational climax next morn
ing, when ho returned to Akron, O.,
and killed himself in front of tho
Bnrnhnrt home.
Darius Ogdon Mills,, ono of the
most wldoly known financiers nnd
phllanthrpplsti In tho Unltod States,
a ploncor of California and father ot
Mrs. Rold, wlfo of tho ambassador tc
Great Britain, died at his winter
homo near flan Francisco.
Nine persons aro dead and two oth
ers aro not expected to survlvo as the
result of eating ennned ponchos con
taining ptomalno poison on Sunday
night at Sawtelle, Cal.
War on high prlcen baa begun at
Washington by tho Institution of n
boycott against combinations.
Washington.
Representative Hitchcock of
Omaha issued a statement In which
ho virtually admitted that ho Is con
sidering becoming a cnndldato at the
primaries for Unltod States senntot
to Buccocd Senator Burkott. Mr
Hitchcock declined to make a formal
announcement of his caudldacy, but
his friends In tho houso dcclnro that
ho will do so nt a later day,
Efforts aro to bo made at the pres
ent session of congress to have that
body pass a law pormlttlng tho com
pulsory retirement of suporanuatod
government employes and providing
for pensions for such omployos. Sec
retary MacVeagu has Instructed Hor
bort D, Brown of his dopartment to
draw up a plan.
Officials ot the public health and
marlno hospital service In this city
aro congratulating thomselvos on the
fact that during tho last calondar year
thoro was a gonoral and marked Im
provement In tho public health condi
tions throughout tho Unltod States.
Docember'8 fiscal operations ot tho
national govornment showed a bal
ance on tho credit sldo tho first
time during the fiscal year 1900-10,
and tho first tlmo bIiico the Pnyno
Aldrlch tariff law went into effect
Tho recolpta aggregated $59,827,530
and the disbursements $57,713,790.
leaving n balanco of $2,113,7-11.
Tho first and probably the ino3t bril
liant of the formnl stato roceptlous
plannod for tho prosont Whlto House
soason was given by tho president
and Mrs. Taft In honor ot tho diplo
matic corps. Sorao 1,500 guostB in all
woro Invited. 'Mrs. Taft was prosont
throughout tho evening.
Senator Crawford of South Dakota
Introduced a resolution calling upon
tho department of commerce and la
bor to make an Investigation to as
certain tho reasons for tho exceed
ingly high cost of llvjng. Crawford
has boon In consultation with offi
cials of tho dopartment and they havo
asaurod him that thoy can furnish tho
desired information if congress
authorizes the investigation.
Pereonal.
It costs each person in mo United
Statos $1.05 a yoar for tiro protection
Gonoral William Booth, the foundei
of tho Salvation army, was granted, a
new trial In his effort to oust tho
American Salvation army.
Tho daughtor of Brot Harte has
boon granted a divorce.
Representative Norrls said with
holding of patronage would not cause
him to coaso his Insurgency.
George A. Stono and wlfo were for
mally charged with murder at Loa
Angeles.
The sending of a revenue outter
to search tor John Jacob Astor was
uphold.
An appeal has been made to Presi
dent Taft to Bottle tho switchman's
strike.
The attorney general of Nebraska
filed a suit to prevent the Burlington
and Union Pacific railroads from sail-
DISPOSITION IN CONGRESS
PACIFY INSURGENTS.
TO
PINGHDT HAS MANY FRIENDS
The General Question of Party Har
mony Uppermost In the Minds of
Prominent Representatives.
Washington, Tho present wcok
probably will decide whether there
will bo a prolonged conflict Involving
the president of tho United States
within the rank of republican party
in congress, Conditions havo been
tending in that direction for somo
time, but instead of adding to tho im
pulse tho dismissal of Mr. PInchot
apparently has had. tho effect of caus
ing a halt. It has prompted senators
and members to consider the pos
sibilities of a continuation of the con
'.rovcrsy, and present Indications are
of a moro pacific tendency than wero
thoso of a wcok ago.
There Is no denying tho fact, how
ever, that In somo rospocttho situation
remains critical. Mr. Pinchot has a
largo number of personal friends and
admirers In both houses of congress,
who would bo Inclined to tako up his
cause If favorable opportunity should
present itself nnd If they could do so
without endangering tho peace of tho
party and their own political welfare.
On tho ot.ier hand, many aro say
ing that tho personal fortunes of
Messrs Bnlllngor and Pinchot aro of
Hlo lmportanco compared to tho great
question of tho preservation of party
harmony, and thoso who tako thin
Wvlow aro urging tho necessity of pre
venting any sharp conflict in congress
on tho lines of difference botween tho
secretary of the interior and tho for
mer chief of the forest service Wheth
er the conservative counsel of this ele
ment shall prevail will depend upon
tho courso of events In congress dur
ing tho noxt fow days.
There is no doubt that tho investi
gation of tho interior department and
of tho forest Borvico will proceed
along the lines Indicated by tho Jones
Humphrey resolution; but It will bo
lompotont for tho investigating com
mittee either to broaden or narrow
tho inquiry.
Tho question will receive its next aa.
tontlon on tho floor of tho Benato, The
present situation 1b this: Tho houso
has adopted tho resolution providing
for tho appointment of Its members
of the commltteo by tho houso Itself,
rather than by tho spoaker, as was
originally provided. Without await
ing tho official notification as to the
action of tho houso, the senate com
mltteo on public lands has, decided, to
present tho resolution In such a
form as to authorize the soloctlon of
tho houso mombers by the speaker
Unquestionably this motion was taken
with tho intention of complimenting
tho spoaker and It will be reported
to tho senate.
Speaker Cannon, It Is said, feels'
that It Would bo Impolitic for htm to
take advantage of this condition nnd
override tho expressed order of a
majority of tho house, and It is prob
able, thcroforo, that tho senate will
take such action as will steer clear
of a controversy with tho house. It
is now said that tho spoaker hlmsolf
would prefer thnt tho house should
select tho committee.
INDIAN OFFICERS SUSPENDED. '
Secretary Balllnger Bounces Four as
the Result of Inquiry.
Washington Socrotary Balllnger of
the Interior dopartmont suspended
from ofllco Superintendent John D.
Benedict of tho five civilized tribes
ot Oklahoma and threo supervisors as
tho result of an Investigation which
has disclosed "a disgraceful condi
tion" affecting tho material and moral
welfare of tho schools.
Ab a result of tho investigation
which tho interior dopartment has
been carrying on for sorao time, and
which will be continued, other officials
of the Indian sorvlce may suffer a like
fato to that of Superintendent Bene
dict and the threo supervisors sus
pended already.
Taft at Methodist Church.
Washington. President Taft
on
Suuday attended tho Charles Nolson
Crlttonden memorial services at
Foundry Methodist Episcopal church,
where an address was made by Dr.
John Wesley Hill of New York. Dr
Hill is an Intimate friend of Mr. Taft
and accompanlod him on his famous
western speaking tour during tho cam
palgn of 1908.
Will Try for the Pole.
Berlin. Lieutenant Ernest H. Shao
kleton announcos that he has decided
upon another Antarctic oxpedltloa
Shaokloton has succeeded In gottlng
nearer to tho South polo than any
other explorer.
Balfour Has Opposition.
London. A. J. Balfour, tho leadoi
of tho opposition In the Houso of
Commons, after all will not onter the
now Parliament without a contest
At tho last moroont tbe' liberals have
nominated Sir Hugh Bell to oppose
hlra for his Beat for the city of Lon
don. Sir Hugh Bell has no chance ol
election, but the liberal party consi
dered that It might adversely influ
ence their prospects If both Mr. Bal
four and Mr. Chamberlain were re
turned unopposed. Parliament will
b formally dluolvxl ton .Monday.
NEBRASKA NEWS ANU r.U)E3.
Items of Interest Taken From Here
and There Over the State.
At Beatrlco Flrona Bertuca, th
Italian charged with tho murder of 11
year-old John PreuhB of Wymoro last
summer, wbb pronounced not guilty by
tho jury and discharged from custody.
Two hundred men and boys engaged
In a wolf hunt east of Tocumsoh. Four
wolvos Wore rounded up and killed.
Tho hunters covored twenty-five boo
lions of land.
Tho Briinlng farmers' instltuto and
ladles' auxiliary was held In tho opera
house at Brunlng. Tho showing in
tho grain department was well filled
with exhibits,
Tho coroner's jury which Invest!;
gated the death of Frank Allen, found
dead nt tho homo of his father, Pat
rick Allen, cast of Fllloy, found that
the cause of death was alcoholism.
E. 8. Conady of Peru was a suc
cessful contestant In tho corn contest
Instituted by a Batavl, 111., manu
facturing concern. Mr. Canady has
received a .draft for $15, lwth tho in
formation that ho was tho oxhlbitor
of the third host flvo ears of corn.
Tho annual boys' and girls' corn
anu domestic science contest was held
In Beatrice Tho exhibits wero dis
played in tho now high Bchool build
ing. A large crowd of children were
present from tho schools over the
county.
A suit has bcon commenced In tho
district court of Seward county by
Mrs. Magglo Gadcko by her attornoy.
L. H. McKllllp, asking damages In tho
sum of $20,000 against all four saloon
keepors of Soward and their bonds
men. Morgan Shlvely, stabbed to death at
San Gabrlol, Cal., was well known In
Lincoln, whero his parents and sister
reside. Ho was a student In tho Uni
versity of Nebraska and for Bevoral
years in tho railway mall service, run
ning out of Lincoln.
Portland (Ore.) dispatch: In a
rear-end collision between two
freight trains on tho Oregon Railroad
and Navigation company's lino near
Cascado, Ore, T. H. Carson, a cattle
man of Kearnoy, Nob., was killed and
a number of persons were Injured.
In keeping with tho law passed by
tho legislature restoring- tho grand
jury eystom for Investigating crim
inal cases, Judgo Dungan has an
nounced thnt a grand jury may be
called for Adams county during the
March torm of tho district court.
Tho 3-year-old son of Mr. Schmal-
dowsky of Grand Island, a photograph
er, becamo seriously ill and for a tlmo
his condition proved a puzzle to the
physician who was called. Later some
small pieces of chewed cardboard wero
found and tho mystery was cloared.
Tho llttlo follow was saved.
Tho seventy-two entries In the sin
gle ear contest at tho Washington
county corn show wero judged and
tho ear entered by Martin and Nurro
won first, Bocurlng tho Ed Matthlescn
fsilver trophy valued at $40, suitably
engraved, and $5 In cash offered by
tho Dixon Real Estate company.
Tho annual report of tho county re
corder of Otoo county shows that dur
ing tho last year there was a decrease
of tho mortgaged debt of tho county
of $65,4tti on farm and villngo prop
erty. There woro 130 mortgages filed
of tho valuo of $500,870.28 and 131 re
leased, valued at $506,870.28.
Edward Brouhard, son of II. Brou
hnrd, prcsldont of tho Bank of Beaver
City, committed suicldo by shooting
hlmsolf in tho breast with a target
.rifle. His lifeless body was found in
tho hay loft of tho barn. Ho was a
deaf muto and is supposed to have
brooded over his misfortune till life
had no charms for him.
O. R. Johnson, Alfred Bnrnes and
James Horn havo been bound over to
tho district court ot Adams county
by County Judgo Button In tho sum
of $300 each, tho first for trial on
tho charge of grand larceny In a hotel
and tho others for trlnl on tho chargo
of cluckon stealing. County Attornoy
Hnrtigan will ask for a penitentiary
sontonco for each man convicted.
Forced Into n cab and driven to tho
prescribed district, 16-year-old Ralph
Craig was compellod by his fathor, Ad
rian Craig, a prominent Norfolk farm
er, to spend a night In dobauchory.
Tho fathor was drunk. At 2 o'clock
in tho morning thoy drove homo, after
having visited several places. Tho
boy told his mothor, who swore out
complaints for wholcsalo arrests of
womon, as well as hor husband. Thoy
all patd fines.
Konosha (Wis.) dispatch: Judge
Josepli R. Clarkson, formerly ot
Omaha, has resumed tho practlco of
law hero. After having boon missing
from homo for several weeks In mid
summer, ho was found working as a
laborer at Savannah, 111., having for
the second tlmo lost a sonso ot his
personal ldontlty and with a passion
for physical exertion. Ho then wont
to work In a button factory here, but
recently tired of his work.
Doputy Sheriff V. G. Schneider of
Kansas City, Kas., arrived in Lincoln
for tho purpose of taking into custody
O. F. Soltz, a Lincoln boy accused of
ombozzlomont by a Kansas .City scales
company. Soltz professed his Inno
cence and Indicated ho would return
to faco his accusers without tho for
mallty of requisition service.
A now modorn hotel Is ono of the
prospects that Albion has under con
sideration. Henry A. Schneldor, Plattsmouth'i
new postmaster, has entered upon hli
duties.
Tho council of Omaha Indians,
which held an all day session at Walt
hill, after listening to explanations of
fered by govornmont officials coverlna
tho proposed merger of the agency
with that of tho Wlnnebagoes, adopted
a resolution protesting against th
change and threatening to domand
their patents at once If the nlaa If
ft carried out
SOILS OF NEBRASKA
CHANGES EFFECTED BY CULTI
VATION OF THE SAME.
EXPERIMENTSTATIQNBULLETIN
Results of the Analyses of Many
Samples of Nebraska Soil Taken
at Different Depths.
The Nebraska Experiment Station
has just lBsued Bulletin No, 111, on
titled, "Changes in tho Composition of
tho Loess Soils of Nebraska Caused
by Cultivation."
Tho bulletin Is Issued, as a prelimi
nary answer to tho often asked ques
tion: "To what extent has the fer
tility of the soil of Nebraska boen de
pleted and what will bo tho result of
tho continuance of tho'- 'present
mothods of farming?" Tho analyses
reported In the bullotln Indlcato
wherein the chief changes In compo
sition havo taken placo during tho
past thirty to fifty ycarB of cultivation
and also wherein the most rapid
changes of tho futuro aro to bo ex
pected. The term "loess," while still moro
or loss unfamiliar to the farmers, will
gradually become well known to them,
aa It 1b tho name of tho deep, uni
form, stono-froo, heavy loam Boll
which covors nearly all tho southeast
ern half of tho state.
Tho bulletin gives tho rosults of
tho analyses of many samples of-soil
taken at different depths from tho
surfaco inch to tho sixth foot. It also
shows tho composition of tho surfaco
Boll of pralrlo fields compared with
that of adjacent long cultivated Holds
the history of which Is known.
It would appear from tho analyses
that tho only form of plant food that
has as yet shown a diminution suf
ficient to be dotccted by chemical ana
lysis is nitrogen. Tho only import-,
ant soil constituents, whether used
as plant food pr not, that havo de
clined appreciably after thirty to fifty
years of cultivation, aro tho nitrogen
and tho organic matter. These twp
constituents fall and rise together.
They decrease rapidly in amount from
tho surfaco downward. Accordingly
tho washing away or blowing away ot
tho surface soil will make tho soli
poorer in these constituents. Tho
greatest losses In tho past, have been
caused by washing or blowing. Tho
content of tho other forms of plant?
food Is rathor higher In the subsoil
than in tho surfaco soil and, accord
ingly, 1b not injuriously affected by
tho removal of surfaco soli.
To maintain the supply of nltrogon
and organic matter, It will bo neces
sary to prevent tjip, removal of sur
face soli by wind or water In so'ar
as possible. Further, tho burning of
Btrnw and stalks should bp avoided
and all barnyard manures should, bo
returned to tho land. Even if these
precautions bo observed there will bo
a steady decllno In tho cultivated
Qleda unless legumes (clover or
alfalfa) bo grown or tho produce of
other fields bo fed nnd tho manure ap
plied. By growing clover or alfalfa
tho nitrogen and organic matter may
bo Increased at tho samo tlmo that a
profitable crop Is obtained.
Residents of Nebraska whoso names
aro not on tho Station mailing list
may obtain this bulletin freo of cost,
by applying to
E. A. BURNETT, Director,
Agricultural Experiment Station,
Lincoln, Neb.
Prof. Wilson Strikes a Warning Note.
In a talk before tho freshman law
class of the stato university Prof. II.
H. Wilson of tho University of Ne
braska Law college faculty declared
that largo cities In which universities
aro located are a menace to the edu
cation of tho young Amorlcans who
attend those Institutions; that they
offer too many sources of amusement
and ontortalnmont which enervate and
enfeeble tho young blood. Tho large
city offers too many ploasuroa for con
sistent study by tho college students
who live in It; the small town gives
tho best college atmosphere, and as
a result produces the best college
graduates.
Big Day for Treasury.
More monoy was paid into tho state
treasury recently than on any ono
day so far as tbo office forco romem
mombors. According to Mr. Forbes,
bookkeeper, It wns tho banner day in
tho history of tho treasury. The total
amount collected was $101,483.86.
Object to Grain Rates.
The Omaha grain exchange has
filed a complaint against the Union
Pacific and tho Burlington railroads,
with tho State Railway commission,
alleging discrimination In grain, rates
In favor ot Kansas City.
Tho ico crop Is fine everywhere In
tho state and much of it is being gam
ered.
Pardons bv Governor.
During" tho past year Governor Shal
lonbereer has tissued pardons or com
mutations to seven convicts In tho
atnfn wonltrtnHnrw. This In th'ft small
waw A. . . j -
est nrrmber of convicts that has been
lot out In ono yoar by any oxecutlvo
of the iktato within ten years at least
The governor has adopted, tbe .policy
ot lnslcllnK unon the county attorney
and district Judge who tried the con
vict endorsing the application for par
don or- commutation, and also that
there shall i eomo now condition
arising which, rould justify clemency.
FEE3 DURING MONTH.
Amount -Received byUhe Secretary foil
December.
Secretary of Stato Junkln rocolvool
a total of $30,661.86 in fees during the-
month ' of December. Tho nmount
usually received is $3,000. Of tho
amount received during December,
$25-000 was fees paid under protest
by corporations who thought tho
stand u show of beating tho stato cor
poration license foo provided for by.
tho last legislature In tno King bill.
Nearly $70,000 wns collected In feos
unden that bill slnco tho act went into
ertoct, including $26,000 paid undor
protest The supromo court has up
held the law and corporations that
did not pny November 30 will lo9ei
their chartors. About 4,000 different
corporation on tho books of tho secre
tary of state aro shut out and a list
of their names will bo forwarded by
tho secretary of stato to county
clerks. A fow corporations nppear not
to have heard of tho law, though tho
dally newspapers have frequent ac
counts of it from tlmo to tlmo slnco
last April. This 1b taken as proof!
that newspapers havo llttlo or no In
fluence and thnt they nre seldom read.
Tho following fees woro collected by.
tho secretary of state during Decern
bor. For filing articles of' Incorporation,
$2,127.40; notary commissions, $89; i
motor vehicles, $170; brands, $24; ccr-'
tlflcates and transcripts, $46; corpora
tion permits, $24,745.40; penalties,
$3,400. Total, $30,661.86.
State Treasurer's Report.
Stato Treasurer Brian has complet
ed his report for tho month of De
cember It shows that ho Is account
able for $502,250.42, and thnt ho hnsw
nil but $6,963.33 of that nmount In
Btato depository banks. Tho stato.
trust funds Invested arc as follows:
Perm., school $7,676,654,72
Perm. un!.... 195,885.12
Ag. col. endow 509,724.45
Nor. endow. . 77,405.86 $8,459,640.1B
Bonus $8,243,651.25
G'n I'd warnts 27,030.80
Unl fund.... 188,952.10 $8,459,640.1
Feed for State Wards.
According to tho reports of the vari
ous stato Institutions filed with tho
governor and compared with tho con
tracts on fllo with tho Board of Pur
chase and Supplies, there Is a total ot
'221,936 pounds of sugar, 1,113,770
pounds of flour and 42,850 pounds ot
coffee consumed by tho 3,502 inmates.
Tho institutions represented In the
computation aro those Institutions,
only which are under tho control ot
the Stato Board of Public Lands nnd
Buildings.
Tho BUgar avcrago for each porson
Is 63.38, pounds.
"New Order of Business,
Hereafter insuranco agents will,
havo to mako application to tho statoi
auditor for licenses to do business..
This Is a change from tho old wny of!
doing business when the Insurance
companies simply sent In tho names;
of the agents and the licenses woro;
granted on their application.- Tho
agents will be compelled to answer
certain questions, among them being!
one tolling of tho amount of Insur-j
nnco ho has wrlten during the Inst!
year and also whether ho intends to
devoto his tlmo exclusively to the In
surance business.
Must Bo "Shown."
The Mlneapolls & Omaha Rallwny.
company will bo required to show tho
railway commissioners by what au
thority it has assumed to raise rates
on carload lots of llrao to points
north of Omaha. Falling to furnish a
satisfactory explanation prosecution,
may begin.
Wants Better Rates.
Tho Union Stock Ynrds company of
South Omaha has applied to tho State
Railway pommlsslon for an order to
Increase Its rates charged for services
rondebed tho rauroads doing business
within Its yards.
Wants Better Service,
Tho people of Funk aro after tho
Burlington railroad to get a train or
two moro to stop thero occasionally.
They filed a complaint with tho Rail
way commission setting out that
though four trains go through tho
town daily n two drpptlons only ono
train In each dlroctlon stops.
Inspection of Companies.
Cantalh John W. Heavoy. Elovonth
United States Infantry, Fort D. A.
Russell, will begin tho Inspection of
the companies of tho National Guard
of Nobraska, January 12, at Croto.
Captain Heavey will bo In Omaha
February 7, 8 and 9.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad com
pany has filed with the secretary ot
state copies ot the proceedings ot tho
meetings of the auxiliary lines, which
wero recently merged into ono com
pany. This action was mado neces
sary by tho demand of tho Now York
bankers, who are to finance tho now
organization or float tbo loan.
Rowe Beats the Ico Trust.
Superintendent Rowo ot tho Inst!
tuo for tho fceblo mlndod has stored
In his Ico houses at the Institution 400
tons ot Ice at a cost of about 10 conts
a ton or $40. Tho Ice is twelvo inches
thick, and before tho winter la over
pr. Rowo expocts to put up at least
300 tons moro, and his total cost he
ftguros will not bo more than $60. All
of tho Ice was secured from a croek
which belonds to tho Institution. Dur
ing the last yoar Dr. Rowo has dis
tributed 300 wagon loads of fertilizer
u the institution land.