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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. BAKE. Publisher. TERM8, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NOTH PLATTE. NED BARK A EPITOME OF EVENTS GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES FRESH FROM THE WIRE. THE STORY IN A NUTSHELL Embracing a Condensation of Events In Which Readers Generally Are Moro or Lets Concerned. Washington. Thu Immigration commission fa vors Ynore rigid tests for the admis sion Hbf foreigners to tho United Slates. Tho United States supremo court hold that tho dismissal of counts ngiilnst F. Augustus lioln.o was too hasty. Jack Abnrnnthy, United States mar filial for Oklahoma, an appointee of President Roosovolt, enmo to Wash ington find handed hln resignation to Attorney General Wickersham. Charges have heon preferred against tho marshal, the nature of which could not ho learned. President Toft's recommendation In his niimiHl ltiesHrtgo to congress rela tive to the guaranteeing of through cotton hills nf lading has stirred up & furore among the cotton Intorests of tho south, They assort that tho president's Suggested plan would re null In it heavy tax upon this Indus try. Gonoritl Estrndn, tho provisional president of Nicaragua, shortly will Jssuo a decree inviting all Nlca ragunn exiles to return to their coun try. This Information reached tho Mate department In a telegram from Thomas P. Moffntt, American consul. Mr. Moffatt said tho political situa tion continues to Improve. Information from an elllciont, If not Absolutely nuthorltatlvo, soiirco Indi cates that President Tnft. has deter mined upou two now members of tho new court of commerce. They aro Judgo Charles A. Prouty of Vermont and Franklin K. I.ano of California, both of whom now uro mombcrs of tho Intcrstnto commcrco commission. Representative James A. Tawuoy of OlInncBOtn, chairman of the appropri ations committee, belloves it will bo necessary to hold nn extra session of congress, . "It is doubtful whothcr r.ven-Uiw J'C'gUlar appropriation bill can bo, passed at this session," said Mr. Tnwnoy. Ho said It will tnko Rt least forty-flvo days to paBs tho regular appropriation bills. General. Ofllcern of tht, American navy woro KuestB of tho lord mayor of London. Two reports are to ho submitted to 'congress on tho Balllngcr-PInchot case. , Mrs, Mary Raker G. Eddy, founder of tho Christian sclenru church, Is dead. No outward signs of mourning marked tho funeral services for Mrs. Jlnry tJa'Kor 0. Eddy. Emm 1J2 to 1G now cases of cholera Hppear dally at Funchal, Madarla. Forty per cent of these uro fatal. Tho form of decrco to bo Issued In the caso of tho Temple Iron company will bu taken later by tho court. All tho retiring directors were re flected at tho annual meeting of the stockholders aud policyholders of tho Kqultablc Life ABsuraucq society, Vice President Sherman has been chosen chancellor of tho board of re gents of tho Smithsonian institution, to succeed tho Into Chief Justlco Ful ler, The relchstng punned tho second itectlon of tho bill establishing labor chambers composed equally of rep resentatives of tho employers and of the laborers to sottlo labor questions. Eugeno II. Burr, of New York, ono of tho inembcrn of Burr Bros. (Inc.), recently raided by federal authorities, wna named as co-respondent in h di vorce Suit in which tho plaintiff, James Harden, was awarded an ab tmluto divorce from his wife. A. E. Stnndon, of Chicago, wont to tho ltttlo town of Elsborry, oM hunt ed up R. O. Sharp and paid him $G0Q, an amount ho had borrowed twenty threo years ago to go Into business which proved unsuccessful. Tho nolo had long since been destroyed. Tho French chambqr of deputies unanimously voted ah appropriation of $1,1GO,000 for thu relief of flood victims. Figures of tho Nebraska stnto rail way commission show that tho Rtato has had a healthy growth In trade during tho last three years. Representative Champ Clark, pro spectlvo speaker of the house, who presented Presldont Tnft with two luscious red 'apples, alBo gave two to Speaker Cannon. A clmngo in Roman Catholic church law has been promulgated by tho pope. Captain C. 11. T. Mooro was ap pointed by Secretary Moyer com mander of the naval training station' nt San Francisco. An engine on tho Denver & .,to Grande railroad exploded near Soldier miniiiilt, Utah, killing the engineer, fireman and brnkoman. Tho first Alaska overland mall of tho year arrived In Nomo from Fair banks, This Is a record for early do itvery after the, clone or navigation In lkrlng sea. The total corn product In Ohio this season was 105.512,2-15 bushelR. Congressman Tawncy Is said to ba opposed to fortification of tho canal. It is likely that tho holiday recess of congress will bo abbreviated this year. Francis II. Burr, former captain of tho Harvard foot ball tcarr, is criti cally 111, with typhoid fever In Bos ton. Jack Ahernathy, United Statos mar shal for Oklahoma, tendered Ills res ignation. Opposition to tho proposed now navy was defeated " lit' tho Canadian parliament , Plans aro on foot for nn attack on tho Validity of the twe-ccnt faro law In Iown and Illinois. Justice W. D. Heard of the Tonnes- sco supremo court dropped, dead In a hotel nt NaBhvlllc. President Tnft Is conferring with congressmen on coming appointments to tho supremo court. Announcement was mado of a gift of $100,000 to the John Hopkins uni versity endowment fund. Tho UalllnBer-Plnchot congrosslon- al committee gave tho secretary of the Interior a clean bill. Tho conservatives mode n supromo effort to eliminate tho recall from tho Arizona constitution, but failed. Eugeno R. Cox declares tho Chris tian Science church will contnud to run smoothly, notwithstanding tho death of Mrs. Eddy. Tho fourth division of the United States Atlantic (loot under commnnd of Captain Thomas B. Howard sailed for GravcRend, Englnnd. At Pnsslac. N. J., Charlos Joromo Coleman, former millionaire and mus ical celebrity, was found duad In his room, a suicide from gas. First Ofllcor T. Cheethan of tho Great Northern liner Mlnnosota was arrested by custom Inspectors on u charge of smuggling opium. , Tho stnto crop report Issued by tho state board of agriculture shows that tho total corn product In Ohio this season was 105,512,245 bushels. Miss Mary Holbrook, many years a missionary for tho American 'board in China and Japan, died Friday at the homo of her brother In East Haven, Conn. Tho board of directors of tho Hock Ing Valley Railroad company do clared tho regular semi-annual dlvl dent of 2 per cent on tho common stock. Senator Stoiic of Missouri was ap pointed to 1111 n vacancy on the sen ate. committee on finance created by tho death of Senator Daniel of Vir ginia. Senator Stono of Missouri has been appointed to (111 tho vacancy on thu sonata committee on finance,. created by the death of Senator Daniel of Virginia. Gifts aggregating $180,000 recently have boon mado to Columbia univer sity, according to nn announcement by tho trustees. The giver of $10o,- 000 is anonymous. On account of tho death of Chief Justlco Fullor who wob ox-ofllclo pros Idont of tlfo Industrial ponco founda tlon, which was to have been held on December J-t, has been postponed. ! aiming us ne leaned out ot an open window of tho Society for Sav Ings building ex-Common Pleas Judgo Conway W. Noblo, sixty-eight years old, ot Cleveland, O., fell seven stories to 'tho street below nnd wns killed. United States marshals seized 5,000 pounds of "canned eggs" shipped Into Chicago. United States District At tornoy Slnitim said that it test of one teaspoonful of tho substanco showed tho presence of 34,000,000 bactorla. Senator Elmer J. Burkett of Ne- braska, who has been moritloued In connection with tho presidency of n national bank In Washington, laughed at tho tdon that he Intended to be come n pcrmunent resident of wash Ington. Four men blow open tho Farmorn' bank nt Garden City, Iowa, with dy namlto, getting $1,800. A citizen named Ncsnnn waa awakened by the exploHion and "began tiring at1 the robbers with n shotgun. ' Tho rob bers escaped. Defects in tho administration ot tho Now Orleans customs aro to be remedied by tho treasury department as tho result of criticisms which federal grand Jury mudo after Invest! gating tho Importation of lucon and ombroldery at that port. On tho ova ot the annual meeting of tho American Red Cross In Wash Ington, President Tnft, who Is pros! dent, received word that New York city has comploted Its subscription ot $500,000, apportioned to It on tho basis of 10 cents per capita populn tlon for tho $2,000,000 endowment fund ot tho society. Personal. Chnrlton, tho wlfo murderer, will bo sent back to Italy. Tho tltlo hold by Mrs. Eddy Is ex pected to dto with her Secretary Dickinson made a report of his recent visit to tho Philippines Benjamin F. Tlllmnn says ho has no Intention ot retiring front, tho son ato. No early notion Is expected In the house on tho Dnlllugcr-Pluchot re ports. Governor-elect Woodrow Wilson It tnklng a hund In tho Now Jersey son atorlal light. ., . Secretary MacVoagh submitted his estimates on what It will require to run tho government. . The remains of Mrs. Mary Bake Eddy will rest In Mount Auburn com otery nt Cambridge, Moss. TllO list or OllglUIOH uh suproiiH coKrt nppolntccs is narrowing dow and appointments may como soon Governor-elect Eugene X. Fuss ol Massachusetts announced that his re signation as a representative In con gross would tako effect on January E BT'ATE RAILWAY COMMISSION y FIGURES GROWTH. HREE MILLIONS IN FREIGHT Passenger Revenues Have Enlarged $1,000,000 Miscellaneous Cap ital Matters. Business in Nobraska is steadily on tho -increase, acordlng to figures conpHod by tho stato railway com mission. Indeed,, tJicBe figures show nattering increase; ueiwecn-uio years 1D07, when the commission be came a fact, and 1910 freight ship ments have Increased $3,120,979.02 nnd passenger rcvonucs $1,303, 145.58. he basis on which these results hnvo been obtained was tho business ecelved on Intrastato shipments, thus avoiding duplications, and both goods' received and forwarded In deal ing .with Interstate shipments. Tho total ' business done, pascngcr and frelgh'tj amounted In threo years' to i2B.131.152.22. Follawlnir is a summary of thu conimlBslon's facts: OnLnff. .S .12 1U .133 K7 s. 7.778.730.01 lOOfBJO, . 33.C40.28C.73 8,021,000.8.3 190!M. 30,035,113.19 9,141,881,59 Tbtfls.$ 102,598,533.79 $25,G41,C18M3 102,598,533.79 Grand totnl $128,131,152.22 'Mr. Crabtree's Appointments. Stato Superlntondotttieltict J. NV. Crnbuffo hfl&. annouhted his appoint ments, to tho next two years. Ho has not named nnd will not name an as sistant superintendent, because, bo says, ho does not wish to groom a man for his successor. G. A. Greg ory will bo glvon tho title, but Will contluuo as superintendent ot nornial training. Three or four subordinates will hold the same rank. Tho appoint ments nro ns follows: G. A. Gregory, reappointed Inspec tor of normal training In high schools. Miss Anna V. Day, Beatrice, assist ant. Superintendent A. II. Wnterhouse, Fremont, mombcr board of Inspec tors. Superintendent Fred M. Hunter, Norfolk, mdmbcr board of inspectors. Superintendent E. J. Bodwcll, Beat- rlco, reappointed member board of In specters. Superintendent James TC Delzoll, Lexington, Inspector of graded schools. Superintendent Clifford M. Penny, Blair examiner aud rural7 school isur porviBor. MIsb Jennie B. Adams reappointed head secretary. 1 Miss Ellzahoth I. Pollock, reap pointed stenographer. . Ruth Wheeler, Lincoln, stenogra pher. Efflo A. Denham, reappointed re cordor. . r Helen C. Matucwson, reappointed secretary on certificates. Mlnnlo Morrcll, reappointed stcn ographor. Smiths In the Majority. AnMnvostlgntlon rovcals tho fact there nro more people In tho city, according to tho new Lincoln direc tory, bearing tho name of Smith than any other cognomon. Date for Hearing Set. Tho railway commission has set December 21 ns tho day on which tho Independent Tolophono association shall appear in dafenso of Its appli cation to cut toll conversations from five to three minutes. Chief Juctlce Goes West. M. B. Reese, chler Justice of the No braksa supremo court, left for Seattle, Wash., where on December 10 ho will nddross the Nobraska University club. Whllo In Soattlo tho supremo Judges of Wnshlngton will tender Judgo Reeso a dinner, which will he held on the ovenlng of Decembr 17, Application Denied. The application of tho Harvard Telephone company to deny further free swltuhboard sorvlco to patrous of tho Clay County Rural Telephone company has boen denied. Tho mooted point wns the construction ol a contract made between tho two companies or rather of two contracts. Insurance Fees and Taxes. The semi-annual roport of tho audi tor shows that Insurance fees aud taxes collected during the last six months amount' to $05,012.45. The suspended account Is also shown. In dicating whero the state lost $559, 007.19 through J. S, Hartley and a ltnl(-dozen defunct banks. Auditor" Report, State Auditor S'laa a. Barton has filed tho siunl-nnnual report ot his de partment with tho governor, tho re port relntlng entlroly to the number of warrants Issued and tho number paid, together with the expenditure of the fund that Is for Iho conduct of tho office Itsolf. This report Bhowa that, tho warrants paid in thu six in the six months amounted tn $1X52, 835.85; tho warrants Issued amount to -$1,499,513.15: tho amount ot war rants outstanding on Docembor 1 amount to $234,452.04, BUSINESS 1NGREAS NEW READJUSTMENT. Some Counties Shown to De Unduly . Favored. Adams, Cass, Otoe and Sallno counties have tho best of It, In tho ap portionment of stnto senators of Ne braska, on tho llguros ot population recently mado public by the govern ment Adams has ono senator for 20,900, Cass has one senator for 21, .'130, Otoo has ono senator for1 19,323, and Sallno has one senator for 17,800. Since the apportionment was niado In 1887, Adams gained only approxi mately 2,000 In population., Cass has- gained les3 than 2,00(1, Otoe has lost, nearly 3,000, nnd Saline has lost' 380. DouKlas county has three senators each representing approximately 60, 000 of population. Lancaster has two! senators, eaoh representing less than 37,000 people. The eighth district, comprising Ave counties, haa n senator for 40,000; and the new census shows a dcoroaso of population In tills district of about 10,000. Tho Fourteenth district has u senator for Its seven countlos, with a population of 47,000. The Twenty ninth district, comprising eight court tics, tins a senator for over 52,000 of population. .As was naturally to huve been ex pected tho main growth of population In tho last ten years has been In tho wostcrn counties of the state, nnd in tho cities of Omaha nnd Lincoln. It would appenr from ,tho figures given that a Just and rqultablo re apportionment as called for by both parties in -their platforms, would moan at least ono additional sonator for Douglas nnd several additional sonators for western Nebraska. This would mean, evidently, that tho very small districts mentioned should bo switched Into new combinations that would cut down the, preponderance of power they now have. Otoo and Cass together, nnd Adams and Saline, together, would havo as near tho av- orago population of tho present sen atorial population of tho" present sen atorial districts as could be handily figured. In the 'matter of representation In tho house, too, the western purt of tho stato Is not adequately treated under tho present apportionment. Whtlo somo of tho counties in tho eastern half ot Nebraska have suf fered n loss In population, It will ba noticed in the tables that, with rare exceptions, tho western counties have gained In substantial measure. Kearney Normal. Tho roport of President Thomns of tho Kearney normal and his recom mendations wero filed with the gov ernor. He asks that $55,000 being ap proprlatcd by tho last legislature has not been sufficient to build the build Ing. Of this $50,000 ho reports that $39,529.58 has been spent Tho ap propriation for salaries two years ago was $82,000. Ho calculates In his roport tho expenditures of this na tliro for 'tho rost ot the blen'nlum. Peru Normal Report. The blonnnlnl roport of tho Peru Normal school has been filed with the governor. It shows that the manngers will have to ask for deficiency appro priations In somo departments, Inas much ns the (unds cannot hold out v Omaha Loses Convention. Omaha lost tho next meeting of the National Association of Food Com missioners becouao two states, Utah and Ohio, split their votes, according to Stato Chemist Redfarn, who re turned from tho New Orlenns meet ing. Duluth, Minn., gets the gather ing next yenr. Liable to Taxation. Creamorlcs are liable to taxation or tho manufacture of adulterated butter regardless of whether the adulteration occurs by uccldent or de sign, according to tho llndlngs of Judgo T. C. Munger In United Statos circuit court In directing a verdict for tho government in tho suit of the West Point Creamery contpnny. Fees Collected by Secretary. Tho semi-annual report of Secre tary of Stato Junkln shows the fol lowing fees collected by hln office during tho last six months: Articles or Incorporations, $9,040.05; notnry commissions, $389; motor vehicles, $0,780.80; marks and brands, $201.15; certificates nnd transcripts, $200.05; trado marks, $10; corporation per mits, $57,2G0.9n; corporation penal ties, $2,090; totnl, $77,211.55. The Socialist Vote. The totnl vote, for Wright, social ist candldato for govornor In tho lost election, was 0,279. Two .years ago Harbaugh recolved 3.009. The prohi bition vote this year for Lltch, onudl- unto for lieutenant governor, was- 1,032,' against 4,401 cast Tor Teeters two years ago. Penitentiary Report Tho report of thu penltuntlnry for tho month of November shows re ceipts ot $1,094.81. Of this Bum $527.31 was turned over to the stnto treasurer. Warden Smith sold $889.5." Worth ot wheat that had been raised Reduced Rates Granted, The railway commission bus grant ed permission to tho Nobraska Tele- phono company to reduce Its rates at Falrbury to ngrce with the rates charged by tho local company. It was brought out at tho hearing that tho Independent company charged $1.25 for telephones whore thero were mor than ten subscribers and $1.50 Whero there were, less than ten. But It appears that whero tlvo or- more persons wero subscribers with tho ex caption ot Increasing their number to ten, the lessor rata was glvcp. HEAD OF THE COURT WHITE, DEMOCRAT, NAMED AS CHIEF JUSTICE. V - NOMINATION. TO THE SENATE New Supreme Chief Juslce Has Par ticipated In Some Very Famous . , Cases. Washington. Assoclato Justlco White of the Unled States supremo court Is to bo elevated to the chief Justiceship of that-tribunal. President Tnft will send the nomination to tho sonnto Monday at noon. It Is expect ed tho two now associate Judges, to flu vacancies on the bench, also will bo named Monday. It .was reported, though neither con firmation nor denial was obtainable at ho White House, that President Tnft will nnme as nssoulate Justices Judge Willis Vandeventer of Cheyenne, Wyo.r now a fedornl Judgo in the Eighth United .-States circuit, and Josoph Rucker Lamnr of Georgia, a former Justice of the Georgia supreme court. It was alho roportcd, likewise with out confirmation, that tho new court of commerce will be named by tho presldont Mondny and will consist of: Mnrtln A. Knnpp ot Now York, at present United States district Judge of tho mlddlo district of Pennsylvania. William B. Hunt of Montana, now a Judgo of tho court, of customs up peals. Arthur C. Dcnlson of Michigan, at present Judge of the western district of that state. Julian w. .Mack, of Chicago, now Judgo of the nppollato court of tho First Illinois district. Mr. Mack Is a democrat. To fill the vac.Viclcs on tho Inter taslo Commerce commission In place of Chairman Knapp nnd former Sena tor Cockrell of Mlousrl, who retires on Dec. 31, It wns reported tonight the president will name D. H. Meyer of Wisconsin and- C. C. McChord of Kentucky. Justice Whlto was strongly urged for promotion. Mi October last, Just as tho president was leaving the sum mer capital at Beverly, It became knbwn that he was seriously consld erlng his appointment ns chief Jus tlce, and tho fact was sent out In (lis patches nt the time. When ho was again In Washington, however, the Hughes sentiment grew stronger nnd nil. other candidates seemed eliminat ed from consideration. - As a member of tho supremo court it huB fallen to Jutlsce White's lot to participate In some of the most famous cases In the history of the tribunal. AlMioUgh a confederate sol dler and a democrat, he is said to probably hold the most clearly marked ed Ideas of fedorallsm of any ot the supreme court Justices. He wns with tho government In all of thtj so-called lnsulur cases, Involving the Philip pines und other Island possessions. POSTAL DEFICIT IS REDUCED. Annual Report of Postmaster General Hitchcock Made Public. , Washington. In the space of twelve months a reduction has been made In tho deficit of tho postoffice department of $11,500,000. nccordnlg to tho annual report of Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock. Willie a year ago the llscal records of tho postal sorvlco disclosed a defl clt of $17,500,000, tho largest In the history of the country, the excess of expenditures over receipts for the yenr ended June 30, Inst, amounted iO only $5,884,500. In commenting ou this reduction, Postmnster General Hitchcock says In his reoprt: "It Is most gratifying to report that this unprecedented reduction ' has been mudo without any curtailment of postal facilities, On the contrary tho service has been largely ex tended. German Soclallcts Warned. Berlin. Discussing International polltlca in the relchstng. Chancellor Von Bethmnnn-Hollweg warned the moro radical of the oxponents of eo clalism that they would be held to aceount for excesses resulting from tholr teachings. Third Navy Power. Wnshlngton. The United Statos closes another year In scond place among tho world's naval powers. Tho groat navy building race botwoen Germany and Groat Britain has not yet brought two ronuor country up to tho Unted States In the numlor of uultlcshlps afloat. Amelia Young Ic Dead. Salt Uike City. Amolln Folsani Young, widow of tho famous Mor mon prophet nnd leader, Brlgham Young, died ut her haute here Sunday Sho was 72 years old and her death was caused by paralysis. Peary Must Show Macon. Washington. Representative Ma con of Arkansas threntons trouble for Captain Robert E. Peary, tho arctic cxplotor, when tho question of honor ing him comes up on tho Hour of the house. Ho Is a momber of the naval affairs committee, which has before It a bill to mak6 Pbary a roar admiral In tho ' navy. ; Mr. Ilacon contends thero is no more proof that Peary dis covered the pole than Dr. Cook had to prove his assertions, nnd that It tho committee reports the measure he will tight It to the last. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notes of Interest From Varlou Sections. , Farmers of Nebraska larcolr havo ttie corn out of tho field and aro greatly rejoicing thereat. At McCook tho Burlington has called In the steel gangs .for tho win ter. Considerable heavier weight has been laid in, that' section of tho stnto last summer. In the case of Henllno & Ollgner, live stock firm of Kearnoy, against the Union Pacific railroad for dam ages on a tralntoad shipment of boss the district court awarded the plain tiffs $700. Sam Chllds. who recently attempt ed suicide by throwing hjmself lu frout of u fast moving Burlington trnln west of Hastings and who cam out of the scrape minus u foot, la likely to recover. Lincoln shippers will be represent ed at the hearing of Missouri -river rollroads before tho Interstate com merce commission scheduled ,for De cember 19 In Chicago. Secretary Whltten of the Commercial club nnd Attorney A. W. Field will attend the hearing on behalf of Lincoln Inter ests. Henry Lnu, ai old resident of SVal- Iter's Island and South Sioux City, and former merchant of tho latter place, wna brought, to Dakota City by n constable of South Stbux City and hold for examination as to his sanity. It Is thought that after in carceration for a few doye he will be all -right again. A baby just born was found frozen to death by David Garrison three miles north of Lexington. He re ported thu case to the authorities. Dr. Rosenberg went out and examined the child. Tho dead body was found in the middle of a field with no cloth ing around it. No clue of tho person who did the deed Is reported. Seven bend of horses aud mules belonging to L. H. Page Son wero run down by nn eastbound Burling ton freight near Friend. Three wero killed outright, two had legs broken and must be killed and two were In jured. Tho stock had-escaped from n nearby enclosure and crossing a cat tle guard came upon the track. Charles Sherman, -on trial at Beat rice on n charge of having picked the pocket of Thomas H. Coleman, & farmer living north of Beatrice, was found guilty by the Jury and wius sen tenced by Pudge L. M. Pemberton to three yenrs' labor In the state peni tentiary. The crime for which Sher man was convicted occurred July 27, upon the day when tho Barnum & Bnlley circus visited Beatrice. Complaints against eleven Oniahit concerns charging violation of the state lire protection law, which re quires lire escapes on all buildings two or more stories in height, have been prepared by County Attorney English, under direction of Will M. Mnupln, deputy stato labor commis sioner, nnd will be filed In the county court us soon as Mr. Maupln can come to Omaha nnd sign them. Lincoln grain dedlers are of the opinion that the recent snow hud a two-fold effect, it Is a good thing for tho wheat crop, but on the other hand It hus operated as a handicap to the farmers who nre trying to get their corn harvested. The Nobraska. corn crop Is estimated to be about six weeks late and although the har vest Is now nearly completed, the snow storm will delay the stragglers still more. A Jury awarded Herbert B. Steven sou $500 In his -suit for $5,000 against Milton S. Booher. postmaster and business mnn of Pleasanton. A short time ago Mr. Booher struck Steven son, who wns entering tho telephone offico of which Mr. Booher Is proprie tor. Someone nnd called up and threatened Booher, nnd when Mr. Stevenson, who is a morchant of merchant of Pleasanton, entered the offico unexpectedly, he was mlstakn for the man who hnd mado the threat. Tho plan to drain the large area of swamp land that lays 'Ave miles west of Dakota City has been progressing smoothly nnd the supervisors of the drainage district nro nbout to ask for bids for ditch construction. Isadoro Sltzman and Louis Keezer recently convicted of the murder of Mlko Genu at Cedar Creek, were brought to Plattsmouth to receive formal sentence. Considerable time wns spent In hearing arguments re garding a new trial. The motion for same wns overruled and tho prisoners wore sentenced to life Imprisonment In the stato penitentiary nt Lincoln. Watson Wolfe, rural letter carrier, was found dead last week at the gate to his homo on the Bollevuo road, about half a mile south of the Omaha limits. Hesldo him was his overturned buggy nnd a few feet away was the horse waiting patiently for his mas ter, frozon stiff In the snow. How be met his deuth Is a matter of surmise, but it Is hupposed that tho horse In Its hurry to get into the barn made a sharp turn, Jerked the whel on the buggy and threw Wolfe 'against a tree alongside which tho dead body was discovered. -M. R. Thorp, who has been secro tay of tho board of education for the past two years, has resigned. He Is deputy postmaster and the govern ment objects to nny of Its employes sorvlng moro than . one master. The Hamilton oounty com growing contest and girls', cooking and sewing contest hold In the court bouse in 'Aurora wbb, In spite of the cold weather, n great suooos. Tho attend ants crowded to overflowing the dis trict court room to hear the speaking nnd tho music rendered by the Auro ra orehe3tra. There' woro uwre than 300 displays.