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THE SEMI-WEEKLY. TRIBUNE IRA Ij. BARE, Publisher. TERMS, $1.26 IN ADVANCE. NOTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA EPITOME OF EVENTS PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO M, MANY SUBJECTS. IRE -BRIEF BUT INTERESTING Brief Mention of What It Transpiring In y.-rlous Sections of Our Own and Foreign countries. Washington. Lands In Colorado. KnnsnB nnd No brnskn, vnlucd at millions of dollars, will bo tho stnko for which tho mil roads nnd Individuals In tho first named stato will contest boforo tho supremo court. A social ovont of Interest In naval circles took iilaco In St. Margaret's Episcopal church, when Miss Elsie Jarvls McLean, daughter of Captain Walter McLean, U. S. N., became tho brldo of Mr, Paul C. Patterson. A number of naval ofllcors wcro among tho attendants. According to tho annual roport of Surgeon Gcnoral Tornoy, tho general health of tho United States army has shown Improvement for several years. Tho non-effective rate, regarded as tho true mensuro of tho loss In ofll clency from sickness nnd Injury, was 41.48 per ono thousand In tho last lineal year as compared with 42,08 for 1008, 40.17 for 1007 and 40.79 for 1900. Dug doctortt of all sorts nnd from nil sections woro given a hoarlng nt tho department of agriculture tho de partment desiring to obtain tholr vIowb In regard to proposed rogula tlons under which Insecticides and fungicides nro to bo sold. Tho pure food nnd drug net of April HO, 1900, did not npply to Insecticides, bo a now law has been framed to provent their adulteration and misbranding. In a formal order tho Intorstato Comrnorco commission nnnouncod Its Intontlon to administer strictly soc Hon four, tho long nnd short haul pro vision of tho roconly nmonded lntor ptato comrnorco act. Tho order was tho outgrowth of n hearing held by (ho commlttoo two wooks ago on tho matter of tho application of Interstate carriers genorally for relief under tho long nnd short haul provision, Foreign. An ofllclal noto confirms tho an nouncement that an agreement has been reached betweon Turkoy and Franco far tho notation of u $30,000, 000 loan In Paris. . Tho Hinnll steamer Vnlorln, from floval, Ilusala, for Hamburg, founder ed In tho Iialtlo son. Four bodies hnvo boon washd ashore and It Is sup posed that tho w)iolo crow of slxtoon was lost. Tho Paris Potlt Pnrlslon claims that Spain Is on tho vorgo of n rup ture with Morocco over tho pnymont of tho Indemnity of 130,000,000 pos rites, npproxliuatoly $20,000,000, which Spain oxnotcd following tho success ful campaign ngnlnst tho Ittff tribes men in tho summer of 1000, and con templates dispatching forty thousand soldlors across to tho Iltft const to occupy Totunn. Tho Phlllpplno loglslaturo has con vened. In his mo8sago (Jovornor Gon oral Forbes congratulated tho govern ment on tho results of tho Pnyno Aldrleh tariff bill and Bays that tho llnancos of tho Phlllpplnos nro satis factory. Tho llscal yonr closes with a surplus In oxcobb of 91,000,000. George Fong, nllas Fong Ming 8ung, tho young lender of tho Chlnoso rov ohttlonary moyctnont, who In charged with nn attempt to nBBnsslnnto Prlnco Tsal sun, Chlnoso Bpoclul envoy, was hold to answer by Judge Mortlmar Smith In Oakland, Cal., and bound over to the. suporlor court on $5,000 bond. Tho formal chnrgo Is an at tempt to commit murder with a dead ly weapon. ?' General. Senator Ellclns Is seriously 111 at his homo In, West Virginia. Professor Woodruff of Coruoll tint verslty lu a speech cnllod Colonol UooseVolt nn unmitigated liar. Tho Nobol prlzo for medlclno has boon awarded to Dr. Albreeht Kossol, professor ot physiology at Heidelberg university. Walter Wollmnn. nnd pnrty woro picked up on tho ocoan, put on board ft British Hteumor nnd rofunvod to Now York. Stanley KotchoJ, champion middle wolght puglllBt of tho world, died nt Sprlngflold, Mo., txs a result ot being Bhot by Walter A, Kurtz, a rnuch hand, Thp cpntrovorBy ovor tho salo of tho Illo Qrnndo, railroad, recently bought by Wllllum C. Guy of St. Louis at a foreclosure sule, Is bollovod to have onded. Tho funeral of Sonator Dolllvor was held nt Fort Dodgo Thursdny. Scnntor Dolllvor, of Iowa, dlod sud denly at his homo In Fort Dodgo on tho 15th, after an Illness of nbut ono week. His death wns duo to dilution of tho heart. Insanity will bo tho dofonso of James J. Gallagher when ho Is tried for shooting Mayor anynor of Now York. Iteyuhr operation or Michigan Cen tral passenger traliiH through tho ro costly completed tunnel under tho Petrolt Iver, connecting this city vXk Windsor, Ont., hnvo bQgun. Dr. Crlppon testified In 1Mb own be half at tho murder trial In Iondon. Seventy-nine men gavo thtir lives to save Jho forests of tho west. Tho 'JaBt notablo spcudh b'r Dolllvor In the scnato was a defense of tho at titude of Insurgents. It Is ciiKRcsted that Assoclato Jus tlco Whlto of tho BUpromo court may uo eiovntcd to chief. Tho West Indian hurricane has hit Florida n fearful blow, causing loss of life nnd property. The Boston nnd Mnlno railroad will not Interfere in tho politics of tho stnto- hereafter, says Its prosldenL Tho intorntflto cntnninrrn mm nils flion mado nn order Hint tho long nnd short haul rule must bo ndhcrcd to. A Kcnlucklan who pleaded guilty to murder was tried, convicted nnd sentenced to bo hanged, nil In six tvi f M fll rn ' ' lUllllillJOt Rhodo Islnnd republicans rcnoml noted present stnto officers nud en dorscd tho administration of Prosl dent TnfL Tho validity of tho Cnrmack nm'nnri ment to tho Ilcnburn rnto law is be ing icsiou in tho United Stntos bu promo court. Tho government lias mithnrl7nil thn Spnnlsh minister nt LlBbon to enter into relations with tho provisional government. Announcement was mndo nf n elft or $250,000 by John D. Itockcfcllcr to mo mcaicrtl department of Western Reserve uulversltv. Ltllggl Lllchenl. who nssnsBlnnted tuo omnoror of Austria In laofl. com. tlllttod SUlcIdo In IiIh cell in thn iirln. on known ns 1'Evccho. Tho duty on lumber linnartml frnm Canada will bo waived bv tlin Tlnltnd StatoH In tho Interest of tho Minne sota forost-flro sufforcrs. United StntOH Senator Nolsnn W. Aldrleh, who, with tho members of his family, has been In Europo for n month, returned' last week. English bankers hnvn hit rend t. nr. tond tho porlod of negotiating cotton miis or lading under tho present sys tem from October 31 to December 31. Socrotury Of Stntn Ifnnit Iiiih rnlnrn. cd to hlB desk at tho stnto ilonurtmont after Hpondlng nearly nil summor nt his country homo nt Vnlloy Forge, Pn. Tho Missouri Pacific Railroad com pany wns fined from sin tn tir. .umii on four counts for vlolntlng tho bIx-toon-hour law In. tho federal court In St. Louis. Tho English novornmnnt linn Invito! Field Marshal Lord Kltchonor to bo- como a mombor of tho commlttoo on Imporlal dofonso nnd Lord Kltrlinnor hns accepted. Thb population of Omaha Is 12l.nni5. as compared with 102,Gr,5 In 1900 and 140.4C2 In 1890. Tho lncrenso from 1900 to 1910. thoroforo. Is 21.541. nr 21.0 por cent. Suporlor Jlldco Wnltnr HnnHvoll has ordered tho ompnnelllng or n special grand jury or thirty men to InVOKtlirnlfl thn A vnmnltli.. ,.t . 1 n...w ...w.uvitlfe UL mu JUJJ Angeles Times building. ' .John D, HockoreI)er has glvon to tllO Rockefeller Imitllllfn fnr innillnnl research an additional $3,820,000, unnging ins uonatlons to this Institu tion up to an nggregato ot $9,000,000. Thirty-six cigar factories out of tho thlrty-olght belonging to tho Manu facturers' nssoclntlon will open tholr doors nt Tnmpn to nil 'clgnrmnkors wilting to work on tho manufacturers' terms. 8ovonty.sovon men horolcnlly gavo tholr lives In their offort to subduo tho disastrous forest fires which rag ed In tho west during tho Inttor part of August, according to llguros glvon out by tho forest service .Joseph M. Huston or Philadelphia, nrchltcct or PonnBylvanla'H Btato copltol, was sentenced to Imprison ment Tor not loss than six months nor moro than two years In tho cust om ponltentlary nt Philadelphia. Tho twenty-first nnnunl roport of tho Groat Northorn railway says that Improvement in conditions during tho fiscal year ending Juno 30 last result cd "In tho largest earnings for, ono your ovor reported by tho company," Announcement wns mado nt Cldvo land ot i gift of $2G0,000 by John D. Rockefeller to tho modlcnl depnrtmont ot Western Resorvo university. Tho gift, which Is ii porsonnl onq, Is mado cohdltlonal on tho mining ot $760. 000 nioro by tho university. Another chnptor was added to tho history or aviation when tho Fronch dlrlglblo balloon Olomont-llaynrd mndo tho voyage from Compolgno to Loudon In tho romnrknblo tlmo ot bIx hours, n Journoy requiring coven hourB by tho fastest express trains. Acting Sccrotnry of Stuto Alvoy A. Adoo, who has ridden ovor much oi this country and Europo on a bicycle without mishap, was Injured whllo rid ing In Washington whon ho nttempt ed to avoid running ovor n yellow dog; Personal. John E. Molssnnt gnlnod now famo as nn aviator at Now York. President Taft mndo an Inspection on conditions at EHIb Islnnd. Col. Roosovolt was unablo to ntteud the runoral or Senntor Dolllvor. Walter Wollmnn Iuib not given up tho Idea ot crossing tho ocean In aii airship. - Insanity will bo tho doronso or Jnmos J. Gollnghor whon ho Is tried for Bhootlng Mnyor Gnynor. Men accused ot Illinois Central graft nro Bhown to hnvo had big bank accounts, A proclamation of sorrow for Sen ator Dolllvor wns issued by tho gov ernor or lown. Tho Hinall voto on govomor by Massachusotta democrats puts Eu geno N. Fo8H slightly In tho lead. Both branches or tho Vermont log lslaturo unanimously voted ror tho re election ot United Stntes Sonator Cur roll S. Pngo. NEBRASKA FIRE W WHEN INSTRUCTION WILL BE GIVEN IN SCHOOLS. IT -COMES ON NOVEMBER 4 Sample Program Outlined by State Superintendent for Use Generally Throughout Nebraska. Tho first Friday In November. No vember 4, 1910, wJU bo known as flro day. Every teacher will be requested to glvo tho children some information about flro rlskB nnd what to do In enso or flro. Tho work of tho teach era will be systcmlzcd and aided through the uso of a flro prevention toxt book whloh has been prepared under tho supervision of Fire Warden A. V. Johnson. AUotit 10,000 copies of this book will bo distributed among tho teaencrs. "Flro day" has been fixed for No vember 4 by Stato Superintendent Bishop. On this day a progrum dovotcd to fire education will bo urged upon all of tho teachers, tho program outlined in tho text book bolng ns fallows: Each tenchor will arrango a pro gram from tho material at hand nnd oblnlnublo, nnd In accordance with tho facilities or tho school. Thcso points should bo kept In mind. 1. Program should bo Buch ns to sumuinte an interest in the stihJecL 2. Some helpful knowledge should bo- Imparted, 3. Tho progrnm should bo such that ench pupil will feol n personal responsibility In taking tho nropor precaution In his own homo Und In other places where there Is occasion for tho presence of flro or matorlals which might lend to tho production of flro. Spcclnl Invitations should bo given to school ofllcors nnd patrons to bo prosont "flro day." Tho program may lncludo the fol lowing features: Music, patriotic solcctlons. introductory reinnrks by tho teach er ns to tho origin of flro day and tho need of Its observation. Compositions by pupils on tho fol lowing subjoctn: "Tho uko nnd abuse of matches." "Use of keroseno nnd Inmpaj how to kindle a flro and how not to kindle a llro, otc." Story .of tho origin and results ot tho Chicago, Baltimore nnd other fires. Discussions by tho school on sub jects presented Jn compositions, and questions by tho tenchor which will brlpg out discussions. J heso questions should bo mndo so direct that any careless habits In bundling flro or flro material will bo brought to notice. Pupils will become interested in knowing tho safest und best ways of dealing with flro. Tho toxt book nlso includes short chapters on tho following subjects: rho extont of tho flro wasto, caroloss- ness with matches, tho safety match, when matches causo death, coal oil or keroseno lamps, kindling n flro, stoves for cooking and hontlng, fires from chlmnoys, stovoplpcs nnd smoke, sparks, tho ash heap and tho coal pile, danger from heating gas, danger from Christmas trees, electricity and llro protection. Tho buslnoss of tho flro commis sion Is to provent flros whore possible nnd to hunt out Incendiary fires. In tho work of flro provontlon" n genornl cnmpnlgn of education Is regarded ns effectual and tho lssuunco of tho toxt book lu connection with tho programs fb bo carried out In all schools on fire day" Is an attempt to make flro education n live subject. Dairymen's Association Meeting. S. C. Dassott. secretary of the Ne braska dairymen's nssoclntlon, writes as follows from aibbon: "At n meet ing of tho directors of tho Nebraska dairymen's association tho date tor tho twenty-sixth annual meeting or tno nsBoclntlon wns fixed for Jnnunry 18, 19, 20, 1911, at tho university farm, Lincoln. Tho following named por sonB woro appointed ns delegates to attend tho nnnunl mootlnK of tho Am- orlcnn dairy farmers' association to ho hold in connection with tho nation al dairy show at tho collsoum in Chi- CnCO OI1 Octnhnr !K. mill Plinrlna Hnrdlng, Prof. A. I Hncckor, E. M. i-ittio. J. K. Honoywoll, H. C. Young, Goorgo E. Hnskoll, Paul Hunter, Hen ry C. ailssman, J. S. Clark, David Colo." In Memory of Judge Lake. Tho supremo court hold sorvlces In memory of tho lato Judge Goorgo 1). Lnke, formerly chlor Justice or tho court, who died nt his homo In Oma- ha July 27. A commltteo annolntod by tho court, delivered addressos and presontcd resolutions. Lincoln Again Chosen. Lincoln was nEaln chosen 11R tllA place or holding tho annual mooting or tho Odd Follows and Robekahs. TWO CltlOS WOrO candldnten fnr tho convention, York and Omaha. More Time for Donahue. Tho Bunromo court has elvf.n r.htnt Donahuo or Omaha until tho next sit ting or tho court to answer tho com plntnt or tho attorney irunnrnl thnt i,, Bhould bo removed from ofllco for WIUU1 rntlura to enforcn thn iin..ni. Jaws In Omaha. EXTENSION OF TIME. Switching Rate Order In Effect November 1. Aftnr n linnrlnrr llm Ut.iU Tnf1. ...... - ....... n uiu twin; jiuiiwa commission decided to extend tho date when the Increased switching .fates to bo charged by tho South Omaha Btock yardB shall go Into ef- rcct. The order will take effect No vcmbor 1 Instoad of October 24. TTn dor tho terms of tho original order tho stock yards is authorized to Incrnnse tho switching rates. That portion or the order requiring tho railroad com pnnies to nay or "nbsorh" this mldl tlonal switching rato is being strenu ously resisted by tho railroads. Tho commission wns to have heard attor ncys for tho railroads, but thn mntnrl ty of tho roads asked leave to tiresont further testimony on tho question of nnsorption or tho chnrge. Tho roads also nlloKO that thov hrivn nnvop li mndo defendenats In tho case or tho proposed Increase In switching charges. Other tochnlcnl objections woro raised. Rather than permit tho Increased rates to go Into effect prior to a settle ment or the question as to who Is to pay tne incrcaso nnd to rcqulro ship pers to pay tho added chars nnd An. pond upon railroads to reimburse snippors, If It is Ann lv determined that tho railroads must pay tho charge, tho commission set aside tho cntiro order tcmporarl y and will hold n hearing October 27 on tho question oi niiBorption. Attorney Ransom for tho stock yards objected to extending tho date or tne enforcement of tho Increased ratoa ono week. Attornoy Ed. P Smith ror the Undlko Elevator com pany mado a brlor argument in sup port or the orlKinnl order. Ho paid tho grain market or Omaha was Rtnrt. ed only nrtcr tho railroads had op posed it by every means In their DOWCr. Uo said thn rn rnnrin tiro forrcd to haul crain thronch tn fihl cago rather than stop it at Omahn. Ho contended tho railroads absorbed an In-switching rnto of S2 a enr in China. go on grain shipments orlclnatlnirnnnt of tho Mississippi river and a charge oi $b n car on nil grain shipments originating on their lines west of tho Mississippi river, ir tho roads could absorb n chnrce or J2 at Chlcneo thnv could do tho samo at Omaha. Ho said somo or tho roads hnvo built tholr own switches to elevators In Omaha and switch grain for nothing. Whoro tho roads cannot build n switch nnd tho stock yards does so for them tho roads ought to bo mado to nuv thn switching charge. Any other plan would bo a discrimination against certnin elevators, and ir tho switching chnrgo la not nbsorbed by raldroads tho grain mnrket or Omaha must go out or business, Nebraska Cattle to the Front. Nobraskn cattle exhibited nt Mm Kansas City roynl stock show by tho university coHego or agriculture took eight promlums. Tho stnto rnrm ox- hlblt took five firsts, ono second, ono third, nnd ono fourth. Tho Knnsns City show rnnkn sornnd nnlw tn -Mm Chicago exposition In the middle west. , "Fire Day" In Nebraska. Stnto Superintendent Dlshon hns announced thnt tho first Friday In No voihbor will bo known ns "Flro day." On that day every teacher In tho pub lic schools Is roquosted to give pupils Information In regard to flro risks and what to do In caso of fire. A llro pre vention toxt book has been nroDared and distributed nmong teachers. As a Populist Nominee. Goorgo Sawyer or Cambridge, dem ocratic nominee for stnto senator In tho Twonty-nlnth district, hns obtain ed from tho supremo court n peremp tory writ of mandamus commanding Secretary of Stato Junkln to placo iris- namo on tho olllclal ballot as a nomlneo of tho populist party. Work of Confidence Men. K. W. Glllespio of 2730 Dudley strcot lsv another Lincoln man, who was picked for a dupo by confidence men. Ho hns received n lottor which purports to como from n distant rela tive who Is now In a French prison nnd who tolls a harrowing tnlc. Tho favor nsked of GlllQspIo is thnt ho for wnrd money to pay for tho transporta tion of n daughter of tho prisoner to this country. Colonel of Guard Retired. Adjutant General Hartlgan has Is sued un order retiring Colonel John AV. McDonnell ot Fnlrbury of tho No braskn National gunrd, undor tho pro visions of tho stnto law, Tho ordor pays trlbutto Colonol McDonnell's sorvlco us nn ofllcor of tho gunrd. Ask for Lincoln Charter. Mnyor Love received a lottor from O. E. Cook of Long Ilonch, Cnl ask ing for n copy of tho Lincoln chnrtor. Mr. Cook Btutcd thnt. Long Reach Is about to change Its charter so as to lncludo tho commission form ot gov ernment. Millers Meet. Twonty-flvo mombors of tho South Plntto Millers' club mot for an infor mal discussion of tho wheat market. Millers from ovor tho entlro Plntto valley woro In nttondanco. Health of the City. Health Ofllcor Hondo says tho health of Lincoln Is excellent at tho present tlmo. Thero nro but eight casos ot typhoid rover reported, n very light numbor for. this season of tho year. Othor years tho numbor of cases hnvo boon moro than doublo. 0 UNCLE SAM WILL FORM 8UCH AN INSTITUTION. . BANK EXAMINERS ORGANIZE f Divide tho Country Into Eleven Dls trlcts with Chairman In Charge to Direct Operations. WashlngtonA tentative system ot collecting credit Information for the boneflt of tho national bank exnmln crs with tho comnllatlon nnd check Ing up or the commitments or largo local nnd extended borrowers hnS been formulated by n committee of tno examiners who havo benn moot Ing nt the trensury depnrtmont. Every exuminer Hereafter will keep for hid own uso n completo fllo of all large nnu extended borrowers In hla dls trlct trom which lists- will be cent tc tho treasury department for summap ;zing. The machinery available by tho comptroller' or tho currency will be put to work to gather such credit In formation ns can bo obtained from na- tlonal banks and from state banks and trust companies located In states whoro thoro is already co-operating uetween tho federal nnd stato hank- Ing officials. The examlnors will not dlvulgo tho namo of tho bank whore a lino of credit Is found of nn extend cd borrower, their apeclnl reports giv ing tho totnl only of tho loans listed iiiese lists aro entlroly confidential. It Is not contomnlated that a com prchonslvo plan, which will guarantee tho nssembl ng of comnlcte credit in formation covering commitments in nil tho banks in tho United States is practical at this time. Nor is tho nnr, sonal relationship between thn liniiks nnu customers to bo Interfered with It is expected that tho knowlcdco that a hundred or moro men aro koeDine a constant check on tho borrowings will mako it extremely hnzardous for mo uisiionost individual, firm or cor porutlon to get money from tho na tlonal banks. The commltteo recommended that in addition to tho usual annual meetln of tho examiners' hold in each of the eloven districts, regular annual meet Ings of tho sovcrnl district chairmen bo held at some central point early in tho year. These meetings would con sldor conditions nnd mako nubile in formation as to tho credit rating and responsibility of those borrowers wnoso names might bo found on na per In moro than ono of tho cenornl districts nnd regnrdlng whom It might bo deemed ndvlsnblo to compare notes. CRIPPEN FOUND GUILTY. London Physician Convicted and Sen tenced for Murder. London. Dr. Hawloy Harvey Crip pen wns found guilty Snturday of the murder of his wife, Belle Elmore Crlppen, nnd wns sentenced to bo hanged Npvombor 14 or 1C. Sentence of death was pronounced In tho fol lowing words: "You havo boon found guilty or tho murder or Dollo Elmoro Crlppen, and tho sentonco or tho court Is that you ho taken from this placo and hnnged by tho neck until you nro dead. And amy tho Lord havo mercy on your aonl." This sentonco delivered shortly bo foro 3 o clock In tho nrtornoon, spoke tho doom or Dr. Hnwley Hnrvoy Crlp pen and marked tho conclusion or ono or tho most sensational murder trials ovor held In Old Bailey court. Crlp pen, nsked If ho bad anything to say, snld: "I still protest my Innocence.' PHILADELPHIA IS WINNER. Base Ball Championship Belcngs to 'Quaker City. Chicago. Tho baseball champion ship or tho world belongs to tho Phi ladelphia club ot tho American league They clinched tho big pennant fast Sunday, seven runs to two, tho Chi cago nationals and there was nono In tho big overflow crowd to Bny thnt they had not won it fairly and squar ly. Flvo games were played, and tho eastorn youngstors took four of them by outbnttlng, outfleldlng nnd outrush Ing tho veteran Chlcagoans. They "got tho jump" at tho start, and al though Chicago punctuated their progress with a defeat Sunday, It ly did not change tho situation n bit. Planning for Victor's Reign. Pnrls. Ex-Empress Eugenie, who s now In her olghty-flfth yenr, Is sell ng nil hor property In the country over which sho onco hold swny, In or dor thnt Prlnco Victor Napoleon, who s soon to wed Princess Clementine of Belgium, may have no dlfllculty In gaining possession of nil thnt belong ing to hor nttor sho pnsses nwny. Warning Against Flues. Lincoln, Nob. Flro Warden John son Issued a now bullotln warning pcoplo ngnlnst the dnngors liable to result trom tho uso ot noglected Hues, chimneys nnd stove pipes that are not spark proof. Another Aviator Killed. Douai, Franco. Captain Madlot, a military aviator, was Instantly klllod nt tho aerodrome hero Sunday. Cap tain Madlot was making his first practice flight at this course when the accident. 01 CREDIT BUREA NEBRASKA IN GRIEF. News Notet of Interest From VarloU Sections. Tho funeral of W. H. Cowglll was held at Holdrogo, and before tho day was ovor threo applications for die vacancy on tho railway commission wore recclvd. Fred Beck, who has boon In Jail In Falrbury for tho past flvo months charged With, nttemptlng to nsanult' n small girl, hns been released on $600 bond. It Is thought tho case will bo settled. Flghty-flvo frlonds and relatives gathored at the homo of A. R. Dod son, or a fnrm near Waterloo to cele brate with Mr. and Mrs. William Dod Eon tho goldon anniversary of their wedding. Mrs. Luolla Nnsh of Hastings re ceived Information of the death of her brother, L. C. Lund In a mlno acci dent nt Clarksvlllo, Colo. Tho homo of' tho deceased was, at the tlmo, of (lenth, at Butte, Mont. News has arrived In Wc3t Point of the death at Seattle, Wash., on Octo ber 15 of Paul Burklund, who, with three other young men met death in tho waters of Pugel sound. Tho young man wns formerly a resident of Cuming county, moving to Seattle Victor Wilsoh of Stromsburg hns filed n second brief with tho stato railway commission In support of his demand that tho ratos on crude and fuel oil In Nebraska b'o lowered. He asserts that tho proposed rates arc reasonable ns compared with other rates on similar commodities. Quito n llttlo indignation exists In Beatrlco among the pports as n re sult of Mnyor Rutherford's edict thnt ho would stop tho Johnson-Jeffries pictures of tho Reno fight from being shown nt tho Lyric theatre. Whether or not the mayor can do this remains to bo scon, as thero Is no ordinance in this city against showing pictures of prizo fights. several years' ago with a brother. Tho following officers were elected at tho meeting of tho stato assembly of Rebekahs held In Lincoln: Eliza beth Roynold or Chadron, president! Margaret Holcomb or Broken Bow, vlco president; Fanny Dobow or Co leridge, warden; Emma L. Talbot ot South Omaha, secretary; Mary E. Studt or Omaha, treasurer. Miss Ethel Bovorldge, an employe In tho Barclay restaurant at Platts mouth, whllo drying her hair before an electric fan was called from her task, and In reaching over to shut off tho fan, her hair becamo entangled In tho blades. Thp hair becamo wound around tho fan 'so tightly as to stop It. Her screams of pain quickly brought nsslstnnco and tho fan was shut off. Hay Springs suffered a disastrous fire. Following Is a list of tho build ings burned,: Livery barn owned by Charles Schubert, los3 $3,G00, Insur ance $700; Commercial hotel owned by Fred Kuchera, loss $2,500, Insur nnco $1,500; pool hall, loss .$1,500, no Insurance; restaurant, Ibss $1,200, no Insurance. Some or tho guests ot tho hotel had a nnrrow escapo from be ing burned. The Plattsmouth Commercial club Is much Interested In tho location of tho new rifle rango for tho govern ment. Congress has appropriated $25,000 for tho purchase of a rango In tho stato, and a committee or board has been solootod to Investi gate the situation. President Falter of the Commercial club has secured nn option on n lurgo tract of land north or tho city, and this has boon offered to tho board. Tho police department or Grand Is- land will stop tho Illegal salo of liquor by means of clubs organized almost solely for that, purpose. James Bell, n negro, whoso place, tho Anderson Political club, wns rnlded a week ago, seems to have felt con fident that he could resumo business and his placo has boon raided for a second offense, and several cases of beer and receptacles containing stronger liquor seized. As a result ot tho largo pneumatic tiro on his automobilo exploding and upsetting his runabout touring car while en routo from Jansen to Fair bury, "Billy" Groves, a well known editor of that city, Is lying at his homo with n fractured skull. Thomas Riley, tho man who was ar- rested by Detective Malono of Lincoln on Busplclon of being ono or tho men who robbed tho bank at Lorton attor blowing up tho sure, Is being hold for Detective Malono on n bond of $500, but is still In Jail In Nebraska City. bernces in momory of Juduo George B. Lake, former Judge of tho supreme court, were conducted In tho presence of tno court nt tho stato house in Lincoln. Judge Lako. who died July 27 at his homo In Omaha, came 10 isaprasKa in 185C. Ho was Judge of tho supremo court In 18CC, under tho first constitution or Nebras ka, when tno three Judges acted also as district Judges. Ho was olocted Judge or the supremo court under tho present constitution and in all served slxteon years under both constitu tions as a judge or tho supreme court and left his impress on tho jurlsnru- donce of tho stato of" Nebraska. John Coflleld of Nebraska City, linq or late been greatly annoyed bv tho noise mado by the bee3 which havo swarmed under tho weather boardlnc or his home. Ho had tho siding re moved trom tt(o houso und sccurod Iirty pounds or honoy and two hives or bees. In district court at Falrbury. Ham- Gray pleaded guilty to tho chargo ot grand larceny and wna sontenccd to servo fourteeu mouths nt hard lnbor In tho state ponltentlary. Gray was arrested In tho spring of 1909 for p forlng pigs and chickqns from Jeffer son county farmors.