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1 "w THE 5EM1WEEKLY TRIBllftf IRA U DARK, Publisher. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NOTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES FRESH FROM THE WIRE. X' WIDE AREA IS COVERED EmftTMins Condeniatlsn M fcvente hi Whlsh Readers Generally Art Interested. Washington. The Spanish sonnto paused the bill prohibiting tho creation ot furthor ro llgtouB establishment. Jolm E. Oilman, commander-in-chief ef tho Grand Army of tho Republic, appointed tho court ot Inquiry ro oueated by PaBt Senior Vlco Corn- Mr. Bryan has been making some speeches In Speaker Cannon's Illinois district. Surprising gains by tho socialists woro mado In New York state. Congress meets tho first Monday .In December, tho session ending March 4th. Tho lower house of tho noxt con gress will havo a democratic majority of about forty. , DIx (dera.) woh elected governor of Now York, notwithstanding Roose velt's vigorous campaign. It Is figured at this time that Al- drlch's majority for governor in No braska will reach 25,000. Just for tho present Teddy has nothing to say about election results, but will bo heard from later. Secretary Dalllngcr blames his op ponents for tho tinsottlcd conditions regarding tho Alaska coal lands. Editor Hitchcock, for U. S. senator, has moro votes than nny other man on tho democratic ticket In Nebraska. Mayor Dahlman of Omaha, who mado tho raco for governor of Nebras ka, though defeated, is not cast down. Roosovclt has given notice that ho is going to tako a good rest. To al) callers word is handed out "nothing doing." Tho main building of tho Ontario Whcol company works, with all Its EDUGATIONAL WORK CTATE SUPERINTENDENTS MAKE , PLANS FOR MEETING. . . , WIDER RECOGNITION PLANNED X Purpose Is Id Go Arrange that Teacher of Merit May Go From One Place'' to Another. DI8CUIT SUIT HALTO. mandor John McElroy of thin city to inVestlxate charges which, it la al leged, wcro circulated against tho lot-1 contents, was destroyed by flro. Loss, tcr at tho encampmont of tho Grand $ 7D,ooo. Arm- hrild tit Atlantic City In Bon- Pros dent Taft wi havo a numuer or important mcasuros noioro me .tember". After A leavo ot absonco lasting nearly ton years during tho most of which tlmo ho was engaged in Arctic exploration, Capt. Robert E. Peary has returned to acttvo duty in tho navy department. For tho present the famous explorer Is to bo engaged M engineering export for tho de partment of Juatlco, in cases boforo tho court of claims, Involving con struction work for tho navul bureau ot yards and docks. Plans for an aerial military squad ron will bo presented to congress, the next congress and hopes to got action upon thorn without delay. Rov. Dr. CharleB Humnor Burch, arch-deacon of Richmond, Stntcn IB- land, has been elected bishop suffra gan of tho Protestant dloceso of Now York. Hitchcock, tho coming democratic senator from Nebraska, is a son of tho lato P. V. Hitchcock, who nlso sorved a term in tho United States Senate, Tho San Juan, Porto Rico, branch of tho Union Dank of Halifax, haB number of tho nlr machines to ho pro- boon merged with tho Royal Bank ot vldcd being loft by tho war depart- Canada. nient to the law makers. This was announced by Major Cenoral Leon ard Wood, chief ot atari of the army. Brigadier Oenurnl James Allon, chief of tho signal corps, In his report to General Wood, already has recom mended that twenty machines bo pur chased at onco for tho army. " Foretfln. A itorty of fifty Jesuits, the last or the members ot the religious orders, were expolled from Portugal, A dispatch to the Perls Petit Jour nal from Cerbere, near the Spanish frontier, says ,that n general strike has been declared in Catalonia and will be proclaimed throughout the whole of Spain within a week, The Explorer's Club In New York lias been notified that a Japanese ex pedition to the South Pole will leavo Tokle on November IS, The expedi tion will use a 200-ton vossel equipped with mils and auxiliary power and expects to be three years In making Us long Journey. Count Boni de Castellane, former husband of Anna Gould, now the wife ot his cousin, Prince de Sagan, has filed with the Vatican a formal peti tion asking the pope to confirm his civil dlvorco and grant him a church divorce, Count Hon), It Is said, is suing for tho hand of Miss Anna Mor gan, daughter ot J. P. Morgan ot Now York. Baron do Unrcrn StornBurg, corre spondent ot a Boml-offlelal Austro- Hungarlan news agency, was sen tenced by the appeal court to four years hand labor on the charge ot high treason, Baron Stornburg was arrested last June by the secret police after a search of hta apartments. The police slexed bis papers and the baron was plaeedi In confinement. General, General Allen laments the lack ot aeroplanes for the army. Prominent Mexicans say It ia Idle to talk ot a rupture with the United Statue, There Is a long list ot Now York democrats jvho aspire to tho coming vacancy in i the U. S. senate, A movement, la on to doprlva Jl, next speajcer ttie national house Carl Rohr, a dofaultlng bonk clerk ot tho National Union bank ot Wator town, N. Y., whoso alleged shortago Is 313,000, was arrested at Soattlo. Govornpr Shallonborgcr Issues hiB proclamation ot thnnksglving nnd says Nebraska, haa kopt stop with tho onward march of clvlo and industrial progress. Nebraska ranchmen who were In dicted by tho grand Jury on tho charge of conspiracy to drlvo out Bottlers, gave themselves up and aro out on bond, Republicans propoBo to get busy at the coming session of congress, which ends the- 4th ot March. Thoro is much thai Taft wants dono boforo tho democrats tnko hold. Mayor Gaynor said he would not favor a bill proposing to change tho power of appointing public sorvlco commissioners for the First district from the governor to tho mayor ot New York. It is feared that Solomon, a settle ment of a dozen housca on tho beach ot Norton sound, twonty-throo miles east of Nome, was wiped out by tho unusual tidal' disturbance which sent a flood In from the Boring sea. Assistant postmasters who hopo to ho transferred Into tho permanent sorvlco of tho government under thoi civil sorvlco recently Issued by Presi dent Taft must first stund a rigid examination as to their efficiency. ABbury Splcor, who has figured conspicuously in tho Breathitt county, Kentucky fouds for many years, was given a Ute-sontenco In tho state. penitentiary for tho murder of Nephow Anbury Fugato last spring. Twelve friends of the lata Itatje Sledenburg, a business man who died In Now York last October, aro direct ed by Jthft terms of his will, Just filed for probate, to oat a dinner costing (C00, or 141.00 2-3 a pinto, at tho ex pense of his estate. Vital questions concerning tho Is sues ot stocks and bonds by tho rail roads engaged In interstate com' .morce will bo investigated by the Railroads Securities commission, which will begin public hearings prob ably on November 28, Tho Now Mexico constitutional con vention disregarded tho advlco given by Theodore Roosevolt to make a Tho committee appointed by tho various stato school superintendents at a conferenco hold In Lincoln a year ago to draft n program and arrange for a meeting in Salt Laka City has mado Its report and is now sondlng out letters to tho educators urging them to attend this mooting. Tho com mittee is composed of E. C. Bishop, state superintendent of Nebraska; C. G. Schultz of Minnosota, and Harlan Updccraff of tho bureau ot education, Washington. Tho object of tho conference Is to arrange for a uniform certification of teachers and for reciprocity between the b totes. Tho following rulo, as tho result of the meoltug hold at Lincoln, has been adopted in respect to tho states ot Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska: . "Reciprocal relations on certifica tion will bo observed between tho states of Minnesota, Iowa and Ne braska as follows: Grades not below 75 per cent, on a Minnesota, Iowa or Nebraska' first grado certificate will bo accoptcd In tho Bubjccts that enter tho same grado or certificate In tho above named states. It is understood that this certificate must bo obtained through tho uniform stato examina tions In tho stato ot issuance. "Tho persons presenting such certi ficates will bo required to pans tho regular stato examinations in thoso subJoctB that aro not shown on tho certificates from other states but which onter Into tho certificate ot the state whoro application is mado for certificate." Tho introductory portion of tho lot- tor follows: You nro Invited to nttond a meeting ot tho chief education officers, to bo held at Salt Lako City November 17, 18 and 10, 1910. This meeting Is call ed as a result ot a preliminary con ferenco at Indianapolis last winter, followed by a mooting of a numbor of stato superintendents at Lincoln last Juno, to consider lntcrstato certifica tion of teachers. Those participating in tho gathorlng at Lincoln wero: Mr. IUggB of Iowa, Mr. Falrchlld ot Kan sas, Mr. Harmon of Montana, Mr. Bishop of Nobruska, Mr. Zellor of Ohio, Mr. Swauson ot South Dakota, Mr. Nelson ot Utah, Mr. Schultz ot Minnosota, and Dr. Updegraft ot tho United States Bureau ot Education. A number ot others sent letters Bhowing lntorost In tho movomont and express ing tho wish that a mooting might bo hold lator so as to glvo an opportunity for thoso to attend who wero unablo to como to tho Lincoln meeting. In viow of this tho superintendents pres ent nt Lincoln accepted tho Invitation of Stato Superintendent Nolson to meet later in tho year at Salt Lako City. Nebraska Municipalities League. Mayor Love, who Is pronldont ot tho Ioaguo of Nebraska municipalities, is Bonding a circular letter to tho mayors and couucllmon ot the cities and towns of tho stato with a popula tlon ot flvo hundred or ovor. The lot tor calls attention to tho meeting ot the leaguo to be held. In -Lincoln No vember 1G, 17 and 18, nnd urges tho towns to sond delegates to tho moot ing, National Company Prepares to Resist Weight Law. Tho prospects ot a suit by Chief Food Commissioner Mains against tho National Biscuit company, says the Lincoln Journal, for failuro to b'rarid tho net weight on packages ot food sold in Nebraska aro not any brighter than thoy wcro a few months ago. Tho legislature,, nearly two years ago, passed an actoHcquIro food packages to bo branded with tho not weight Tho National Bis .cult company, after a long delay, in dlgnahtly withdrew Its business from ,'NebnUka and for months. and months the people Of Nebraska ggt'along with tlfo crackers mado by the, Loose-Wiles company anu an umana uiscuu com tmnv. Finally tho National Biscuit company wandered back to Nebraska and offered its wares without taking tho palnB to pay any attention to tho act ot tho legislature Finally Mr. Mains, food commissioner of the tatc, mado up his mind to enforce tho stato law, but ho has not dono so up to date. For several weeks John Webster, attorney fbr the National Biscuit cpmpany,. County Attorney Tyrrell and Assistant Attornoy Gen- oral Georgo Ayrcs havo been trying to agree on a state of facts as a basis of a prosecution against the biscuit company, but no agreement has boon arrived nl. , First County Attornoy Tyrrell balked on part of tho stipulation pro posed by John L. Webster. Then steps wero takon to pacify tho county at- tho brunt of tho prosecution that the brount of tho prosecution that was to be, ho would havo his way about it- Mr. Tyrrell sat down and dashed off a page or two of stipula tion that suited him. This was sub mitted to Mr. Wobstor and another conforenco of the thrco attorneys was held. Mr. Webstor went back to Omaha to ponder ovor tho situation and ho soon reported that his clients Insisted on having certain things In tho stipulation that wcro loft out and on having certain things in tho stipu lation loft out. Now tho conferenceu botween the attorneys will begin over again. In tho mcantlmo State Food Commis sioner Mains Bays he Intends to win tho suit against tho biscuit company which is to bo mado defendant. Also in the meantimo tho biscuit company indicates that no difference what tho Nebraska supremo court may say about tho matter, tho com pany will tako tho caso to tho fed eral court and - ascertain whether or not the state ot Nebraska has power to lnterfcro with lntcrstato commerce and shut out a food product, just be cause tho net weight is not branded on ovory package. " Civil Service Examinations. Tho United States civil sorvlco com mission announces tho following ex aminations to bo held at Lincoln, rand island, Norfolk, NOrth Plana and Omaha: November 23, telegraph operator (male), navy yard; Novem ber 30, anaesthetist (female), Philip pine sorvlco; December 7, proparntor of fossils (malo), geological survey; inspector's assistant (malo), bureau of animal Industry ot tho department of agriculture; December 13, stenog rapher and typowrltor, departmental service; January 4, engineer in forest products (malo), chemical englneor in forest products (malo), chemist in for est products (malo). Hunting Is Not Good. Duck hunters returning from tht lakcB and marshes in various parts of tho state report that the sport thli fall is not up to tho average. Thoj say that on somo days tho flight has been good, but that for the groatet part of the time it has been meagoi and that tho birds wero wild and flew high. Suit Dismissed. i Judge T. C. Munger dismissed tho Bult of tho Buafflo. Specialty ,,company Against Nicholas Lawlor. Tho caso was ono involving an alleged Infringe ment of tho patent laws. of the corumlttoo appointing nowor. John J. 'Btnytke.jvaa sentenced to, "constitution easily amonded ami death in Norfolk, Va;, for the murder Udonted an article renulrlntt two- of his wife, Bullets Intended for Mrs. Srny the also killed a 12-yewr-old daughter. By order ot President Taft all thb Alaska oil ktsda wore withdrawn from settlement, thus putting thorn on the same footing with the coal lands ot Alaska, all ot which havo been with drawn. The federal governmout through tho Department ot Justice has la augurateu a movement to procure from the sunromo court ot tho Unit ed SU'toi an authoutlo doflnlttOn ot "What Ik Conspiracy' ns It rolatos to offenses against tho government Tho stato game warden ot Texas has Issued a license to hunt In Texas to William J. Bryan, who will arrlvo at his farm near Mission in tho lowor Rto Grande valloy November 22, Mr, Bryan will spend several weeks there, cultivating the land and shooting the ducks. There was an increase or 10 per cent in the postal revenue for tho (ls cal year ending in June. Acordlng to Chicago testimony there Is tho closost kind ot a combine in the bathtub business ot tho coun try. Crlppeft the wife murderer, will barely escape the gallows, though glyen a-toRdaya extension from the original day set for his execution. Anton (Schwartz, the millionaire brewer and pr evident of the Arm of Bernhelmer & Bchwartx, shot and killed hlmwlf m his apartments ia Central Park, Weet, New York. adopted an1 article requiring thirds of each houso to propose an amendment and a big majority ot the electorate to approve It is understood tnat the now French cablnot, although It does not oppose the principles of trades union ism, will propose a law for onactmont, declaring strikes by employes In the publto sorvlco and by state employes to bo Illegal and providing a penalty for persona engaged in such move ments, Lincoln Bank Clearings. Tho total clearings ot the Lincoln "banks for October this year shows an Increase over the corresponding month last year of 1517,623. Tho clearing totals for tho month also show an Increase ovor Septembor ot this year by $81,959,000 tho total for October 1910 is $7,244,988; for Octo bor 1909, $G,G97,4G5; for September 1910, $0,432,029. Personal, LaFollotto will bo re-elected senator from Wisconsin, Flvo of tho presidents cnbfnot of ficers went homo to voto. Senator Bovurldge ot Indiana haB been rotlred by tho voters. Senator Dopow, in tho faco ot do- feat, says ho is tho happiest man in Now York. Hubert Latham circled tho city of Baltimoro in a twenty-flvo mllo flight A movoment is on foot among Ken tucky domocrats to havo Congro3s man-oloct Calob Powers unsoatod, Republicans have control of tho next Kansas legislature. In Nebraska the situation is directly opposite. Mayor Dahlman, late aspirant for governorship ot Nebraska, has gone to the Missouri Springs to recuperato. Chilean Minister .Cruse, en route for Washington, is detained at the quarantine station because of a case of bubonic plague discovered on the steamer, The Coming Teachers' Meeting. J, L. McBrion, chairman ot tho local committee of tho Nebraska stato teachers' association, will soon bo ready to announce tho names of tho chairmen ho will appoint of tho va rious Bub-commltteea to work In tho city. Thcso aro commltttios on pub Hclty, hotels and lodging, Information bureau, excursions to various points ot interest about tho city, nnd on tho recoptlon ot tho speakers. Presldont N. M Graham ot Omaha has sent to tho toachors ot tho state 15,000 cards, which aro to bo flllod out by thoso whodQstro rooms In Lincoln- reservod In advance. MAJOmiY IS H THIS 18 DEMOCRATIC LEAD LOWER HOUSE. IN GET FIFTEEN NEW SENATORS In the Lower House They are Assured of at Least- Two Hundred and -Twenty-Six Members. , Complexion of 62d Congress. Democrats elected 22G Republicans olectod 104 Socialists elected 1 Total 391 Majority of houso 19G Democratic majority In house.... 30 Completo returns on the election of representatives in congress lndlcato that tho democrats will havo a work ing majority of 30 In tho next houso. Chicago. Tho number of demo-' crnts elected to congross, according to tho latest returns, which aro of an unofficial charactor, is 22G. Tho re publican, representation will bo 1G4, or eight seats less than tho dotic crats now huvo in tho Sixty-first congress. Tho Eleventh Pennsylvania district, which is represented in tho sixty first congress by n republican, is In doubt. Tho Twelfth Pennsylvania district, also normally republican, is likewise doubtful. Absoluto confidence is not folt in tho returns or some of tho Wisconsin districts and it Is not lmprobablo that tho official flguros will change tho totals of tho two partlos. Complexion of Delegations. Tho following tablo shows that tho political complexion of tho various stato delegations in tho sixty-second congress will be ns indicated by tho returns received up to date. The make-up of tho sixty-first congress is also compared: G2d Con. Dcm. Rep. Alabama 9 ... Arkansas 7 ... California Colorado 3 Connecticut .... 1 Delaware ' Florida 3 Georgia 11 Idaho Illinois 10 Indiana 12 Iowa 2 Kansas Kentucky 9 Louisiana 7 Maine -. 2 Maryland 5 Massachusetts ..4 Michigan ...-.... 2 Minnesota 1 Mississippi 8 Missouri 13 Montana Nebraska 3 Novada Now Hampshire. .. Now Jeraoy 7 New York '23 No. Carolina.. . 10 North Dakota Ohio 14 Oklahoma 3 Pennsylvania . ..' 10 Rhodo Island..... 1 So. Carolina .... 7 South Dakota Tonnesseo 8 Texas 1G Utah Vermont Virginia 9 Washington . ... .. West Virginia... 4 Wisconsin 1 Wyoming Commissioners Must Appoint. Attorney Gonerul Mullon, being ap pealed to, gavo It as his opinion that tho county commissioners of Obey onno county must appoint a county Judge to fill a vacancy caused by tho death of tho elected Judgo. Tho deel slon Is In Uno with tho opinion ot At torney Genoral Mullen in tho caso of tho vacancy on tho railway commls slon caused by tho death of Commls- slonor W. H. Cowglll. Tho attornoy general hold in tho matter of tho rail way commissioner that vacancy must occur thirty days boforo tho general oloctlon to bo filled at an election, all ot tho statutes on tho subject being construed collectively. Ho so holds In the caso ot tho vacancy In the county JudgoBhlp of Choyonne county, Tho county board has no power to ap point, acordlng to tho attorney gen oral. Preacher Sues Newspaper. Tho Rov. James R. Gettys ot Da vld City, has filed suit against tho Lincoln Dally Star for a 115,000 for llbol. Tho Rov. Gottys nsserts that ho waB libeled when tho Star denied his dofonso ot Chestor A. Aldrich. Ordered to Connect. Tho PlattQ County Tolophono com pany and tno Leigh Tolophono com pany have been ordored to reconnect their lines, which wore disconnected come tlmo ago by tho Leigh company. Donahue Files Answer. Chief ot Police Donahue ot Omaha, has filed an answor In supremo court denying tho allegations mado by tho state In the Information la quo war ranto. Ho donlos that he has been derelict In his duty In any way as charged. 1 15 1 9 8.' 2 2 1 10 1 10 8 3 1 3 1 2 3 14 2 7 2 21 1. 2 2 1 . 2 1 3 1 9 1 Gist Con. Dom. Rep. 0 7 ... e 8 NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. 3 .11 ' C 11 1 8 7 3 4 1 8 10 a 3 1 . 3 12 7 8 2 5 7 ;. 8 15 1 19 2 10 8 3 4 3 9 12 8 8 1 3 2 7 25 3 2 13 3 27 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 5 10 1 Totals 225 164 172 215 Socialist, 1; scattering, 5; vacan cics, 4. Doubtful. Outcome of Senate. ' Tho outcome of the United States aonato is now definitely settled. The republicans aro assured ot soventcen now senators, which, with thirty-four holdover senators, gives thorn a total of fifty-one. Tho democrats are sure of flfteon now senators, which, with twenty-flvo holdovers, glvcB thorn total ot forty. Census of New Hampshire. Washington. Tho population of tho Btnto of Now Hampshlro Is 430,572, according to statistics compiled from tho thirteenth census and made pub lie today by Director Durand. This is an lucreaso ot 18,984, or 4.G per cent over 411,588 in 1900. Tho Increaso from 1800 to 1900 was 35,058, or 9.8 per cent. Another Commerce Record. Washington. Anothor record has been established In tho commerce of tho United States. Exports of foreign merchandise for tho fiscal year of 1910 was tho largost on record. They wore valued at $35,000,000, an in creaso of $10,000,000 over 1900. Suit Against Telephone Company, Tho railway commission has In structed Attorney General Mullen to file a complaint against tho Nebraska Tolophono company on the charge ot discriminating In rates. Governor Sells Bull to Prison. T. W. Smith has paid out ot the cash fund at tho state ponltentiary $100 for a bull which he bought, at the publto sale of Governor Shallen berger last Octobor. The freight oh the animal from South Omaha to ttie prison was $7.76, Bryan Goes South Awhile. Lincoln, Nob. W. J. Bryan left Sun day evening for Te'xas and tho south orn states for an extended stay. Lat or In tho wcok Mrs. Bryan nnd mom bers ot his family will follow him and thoy expect to remain till spring on the Texas ranch. Candidate for Senator. Columbus, O. Atler Pomerene of Canton, lieutenant governor-elect, has announced his candidacy for the Unit ed States senatorshlp to succeed Charles Dlo ot Akron. News Notes of Interest FronvVarloui Sections. The Union Pacific rolling mills at. Laramie, Wyo., wero destroyed by fire. Governor Shallcnbcrgcr Issued tho annual Thanksgiving proclamation for Thursday, Nov. 24. So far this season 'G42 cars of cat tlo havo been shipped from Hyannis. Tho cars easily averaged $1,200. Corn husking has been renewed with Increased vigor now that tho political campaign is out of. tho wny' Tho various Btato officers aro at work on the biennial reports which will tell of tho business of their of flees to Nov. 30. A report from San Diego, Cal., tells of tho death ot Dorr HefTclman, 72 years old, a retired banker and busi ness man formerly of Nebraska. The Fremont Merchants' associa tion at a meeting voted to continuo tho organization for another year and elected officers to attend to its work. Georgo Vnllery, general manager of the Colorado .Midland, and a for mer Plnttsmouth boy, arrived in tho city In his private car. Ho was tho guest of his sisters, Mrs. T. P. Liv ingston and Mrs. Will StrelghL News has been received in Ne braska City of tho death of Chris Oolke, at Anadarka, Okla. Ho was ono of tho pioneer settlers of Otoo county, and was 06 years old. Ho leaves a wlfo and eleven children. Two accidents occurred from corn shredders operating In Gago county. Wlllard Armstrong, of Rockford, lost two fingers and Enrl Eman, 17 years oid, had his hand so badly crushed that most of It had to bo amputated. Farmer Duff was hold up by foot pads at a lonely spot on a road lead ing out of 'Omaha and rolleved of $264. He stopped at a roadhouoe, took a drink and exhibited his wad. A short tlmo after ho had no wad to exhibit. At a tax sale in Otoo county held by tho county treasurer, it was found that ha had but two small pieces of farm lands and several town lots to dloposo of. Tho tares on all other real cstato had been paid up to the tlmo for the sale. Tho Jury in tho district court at Tocumseh, after being out several hours, .returned with a vordlct ot not guilty in tho case of tho Stato of Nebraska against S. H. Murphy, Mr. Murphy being charged with running a bucket shop. Mr. Murphy has bcon tho agent at Tecumseh for H.- E. Gooch & Co., of Lincoln, a commis sion firm. A request was filed with Governor Shallenberger asking for tho remov al of Sheriff J. E. Campbell and County Commissioners J. H. Rltchlo nnd W. P. Filbert ot Hitchcock county. Tho request was filed by a law, firm. It Is alleged these officials liberated W. F. Woody from tho county jail, whoro ho waB Imprisoned to servo out a fine of $1,500. Tho restaurant and confectionery owned by Swan Johnson at Ragan, was robbed. A hundrod dollars was taken from tho cash drawer. Ono part of tho restaurant Is dovoted to Jowolry, but none of that was miss ing. Thero was no mark Bhowing that tho intruder had broken in. Tho 1 doors wcro either opened with n 1 koy or tho money takon as tho pro prietor was closing up. Thoro Is no clue. i Mrs. L. Sullivan, of Now York City, stopped ovor In Broken Bow on her. return from tho sand hills. Sho had in charge her three motherless grandchildren,, known in Blalno coun ty ub tho Thorpe children, the where abouts of whom has been n myBtory to tholr eastern relatives for somo time. They wero brought west ono at a timo during tho lost year and a half by their father and stepmother, who returned cast a short timo ago, leaving tho littlo ones to' shift -for thomselvcs as best they could. Homes have been found for all ot thorn. Governor Shallenberger announced the appointment of W. J. Furse as railroad commissioner. Mr. Furso wbb thto governor's private secretary. E. R. Arrlson, a farmer from near Pnlmyra, went to Sidney, Ia., to visit with his brother and while thero became violently insnno. Ho will be placed In tho asylum at Lincoln. The Nebraska National guard Is to havo ollvo drab uniforms. This is a real achievement for tho guard, and is made possible by tho transfer of $4,000 ot tho federal funds available for ammunition toi tho supply fund. This has nevor been dono boforo, and several havo said that such a trans fer was Impossible. Adjutant Gen eral Hartigan took tho matter up with Colonel E. M. Weaver, chief ot tho division ot militia aaftirs, and has received a statement saying that re quisitions from tho governor will bo charged to tho supply account to tho extent that tho ammunition fund is not exhausted. Ollvo drab uniforms will cost about $15,000. Tho $4,000 transfor will allow tho adjutant gen eral to purchase theso uniforms with the money now in tho troasury and to have a sufficient fund left for emer gencies. Tho stato railway commission Is sued an order compelling tho Platte County Tolophono company nnd the Leigh Independent company to re connect their lines and to afford their patrons the samo Interchange ot scrvlco that was available prior to Juno, 1908. Walter A. Phllpott of Tecumseh, haB brought a suit for damages ngalnst tho Btnto tot Nebraska In the Bum ot $5,000. Phllpott was an em ploye of tho Lincoln asylum. While engaged In feeding a corn cutter at the asylum his hand was caught by the blades ot the cutter end cut off.