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1 I 1 THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE 4 IRA Li BABE, Publisher. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NOTH PLATTE. NEBRARKA EPITOME OF EVENTS GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES FRESH FROM THE WIRE. ) THE STOnY IN A NUTSHELL Embracing a Condensation of Events in wnicn neaders Generally Are jMoreer Lets, Concerned. , Washington. Plena for clemency, It Is reported, will bo mndo to tho department of Justice by tho indicted members of tho 80-called "bathtub tniBt" by their attorneys. Tho army appropriation bill, carry ing a total of $92,000,000, or $3,000,000 less than tho CHtlmntcs, will bo ready to report to tho houso on Its reas sembling In tho now year. Tariffs filed with tho Interstate commorco commission by the Kansas Clty'Southorn, tho Missouri Pacific, thoist. Louis & San Francisco, tho St. Louis, Southwestern and tho Texas & Pacific railroads, cancelling the through rates, with certain tnp lino connections, wcro Btlspcndcd by tho commission front January C, 1911, to April 15, 1911. When tho grand Jury now investi gating tho sampling of sugar at Now Orlimns1 finishes Its work, It will bo found that tho frauds ngnlnst tho gov ernment thero havo been going on for at least 10 years. This statement was mado by an official of tho Cus toms scrvlco, who said that all tho euspectod frauds would bo found in tho sampling of sugar and in tho po larlscoplo tests. Secretary MacVeagh's plan to stop coinage of gold and permit tho Bccro tary to issuo gold certificates against gold bullion and foreign gold promis es to becomo Inw nt this session of congress. Secretary MacVeagh has written a letter to Senator Aidrlch ouggostlng n bill, nnd Mr. Aidrlch has asked him to appear boforo tho Bcnato'o flnonco commttteo and ox-plnln-thq plan, fully. General. Friends of Justice Hughes still in sist ho Is a presidential possibility. Nebraska Is likoly to loso out In tho contest for tho circuit Judgeship. Fire In tho business district of Law ton, Okln., cnusod n loss of $125,000. Tho first democratic governor of thirty yenrs was inaugurated in Malno. How to run, n big canal la n prob lem that congress will havo to wros tlo with. Huntington Wilson, assistant secre tary of stato, will probably bo given a foreign appointment. Prosldont Tnft gavo approval to tho report of tho board of engineers on reclamation projects. Tho outlook now Is that no states will lose reproBontntlon in congress under tho rocent census. President Toft is anxious that leg islation nffcctlng business intorosts bo enacted nt this session. Everything wns smooth and tran quil In organization of tho Nobraskn legislature. John Kuhl was mado Kjponkcr of tho lower houso. Tho question whothor an nntl rato cutting clause- constitutes con spiracy was argued In tho supremo court. Frank. Clot ch has turnod over tho wrestling championship to Mahomlt and will back him against Hnckon Gchmtdt. "William 13. Coroy, prosldont of tho United" States Stool corporation, has resigned and It is probnblo ho will linvu no tticccssur. Tho Snn Fr"clsco American Rod Gross endorsement committee ap pointed by Prosldont Taft has doqlded to raUo $75,000 aa tho city's contribu tion to tho national ondowmont fund. Near Nowark, N. J., dotoctlvos ar rested Max Silver nnd David Clarlm and captured tho largost quantity of counterfeit coIiib ovor found In ono raid in tho history of tho socrot sor vice. Prosldont Tnft Is to bo tho chlof of mnny notable Bpeakora at tho nation al convention of tho nntloual tariff commission association, which Is to bo hold nt tho Now Wlllnrd hotel Jan uary 11-12. W. R. Hearst must either pay dam ages or prove to a court of law that lie cannot bo hold responsible for tho llro works explosion or election night, 1902, In which sovornl wcro killed or wounded. Two masked bnmlita entered tho office of tho AngoluB hotel in El Pa so, Toxns, and robbod tho safo of about $5,000 In cash and jewelry. Tho celrk nnd porter woro forced Into tho basonjent nt tho point of revolvers. A. -13. Konnard and wifo of Lincoln, Nobr., woro among paBsongors robbod In tho Overland holdup. Governor Eborhart in his inosango eaid thero woro too many boards und commissions in tho stato of Minne sota. Tho Biipromo court of tho United States sayn tho bank guaranty law of Nebraska, Kansas nnd Oklahoma Is good. ImmoiiBo reductions in freight rates havo boon mndo by tho railroads op erating in tho Rocky mountain region in accordance with ordorn from tho Jnterstato commorco commission. Tho army appropriation bill Is nearly rendy to report Iowa is full of candidates for tho Dolliver senatorial succession. Flvo men wcro killed in a train col llslon at Cheney, Wash, uary 1st. . Senator Elklns of West Virginia died suddenly at Washington. Action was begun at Now York to annul tho so-called steamer compact. Doth houses of congress adjourned as a mark of respect for Senator El kins. Reapportionment Is giving tho re publican leaders in the houso bo end of trouble. A Clovoland Judge says tho high cost of Jiving is responsible for most of tho divorces. Rhode Island has thrco candidates for United States senator and tho out look Is for n deadlock. An international railway commis sion for the United States nnd Cana da'ls practically assured. Secretary MacVeagh favors Issuing gold certificates ngalnts bullion in llou of tho nctual coinage. Trinity college, Durham, N. C, was visited by flro which destroyed tho Washington Duko dormitory. Convicted members of tho naval storns compnny have aBked tho su premo court to review their caso. If Senator Lorlrnor retains his scat It will bo only after several senators have expressed themselves freely. Assots of tho Washington-Alaska bank, now In tho hands of a recolver, nro $1,1Q0,000 and Its liabilities are $000,000. A reduction in tho freight rnte on cottonseed from points' In Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana to Memphis. Tcnn., is made. At Augusta, Me., Charles F. Johnson of Wntcrvlllo was nominated for tho United Stntos seunto to succed Sena tor Eugono Hale. Sonntor Lnfayctto Young declared himself in favor of tho ennctment of tho Oregon prlmnry law by tho com ing Iowa legislature. Gambling housos nnd kindred re sorts havo been ordorcd out of Gnry, Ind., as inonnces to public Bafoty and' public morals. Joro F. Llllls, whom John P. Cud- ahy cut with a knlfo March 5, Inst, retired os president of tho Western Exchango bank nt Kansas City. Tho grand Jury in tho Los Angolon Times explosion enso returned 22 IndlctmontB. All of tho Indictments chnrgo murder in connection with Mint crlmo. Refusal of tho Interstate Commorco commission to nssumo Jurisdiction of tho rnllways of Alaska was sustained by tho supremo court of tho District, of Columbia. Ono fatality out of 32,500,000 pas sengers cnrrlod by steam vosbcIb of nil classes plying to and from Phila delphia was tho romarkablo record mndo In 1910. Dr. Donnld M. Qnlllo. of tho Unlvor- slty of Illinois, wns olected president of tho Institute of Dental Pedagogics at ;tho sixteenth nnnunl convention In WnBhlngton. Wllllnra T. Wardoll, prohibition candldnto for mayor of Now York- In 1890 nnd for governor In 1900, wns takon III In tho subway Tuesday af- ternoon nnd died 15 mlnutcB Inter. Thlrty-flvo hundred mon employed na motormcn, conductors, olovatcd railway trainmen, station masters and Inspectors by tho Boston Elovnt ed Rnllway compnny received gold plccos aggregating $82,000. How to moot tho Inroads of west ern apples In mnrkots until now hold by eastern orcharding is tho main concern of tho New York Stato Frlut Qrowors' association, which is hold ing its tenth annual meeting. Lloutonnnt Governor Oglosby se verely criticised tho Illinois senate, whon ho found that not enough sen ators to make n quorum had re- mnlncd In Springfield, nnd that, as a result, no action was possible on tho election cnnvaBs. Tho Aotnn Indemnity of Hartford, Conn,, and tho Farmors nnd Mcrcnn Mid Inaurnnco company of Lincoln, Nob., havo boon bnrred from writing now business in Ohio on orders from Suporintondont C. C. Lnmert, of tho Insurance department, under ponnlty of revocation of their llcenso. Tho question as to how tho United Statos shall bo ro-apportloncd Into congressional districts In accordance with tho 1910 consus was dlscilessed with tho president "by Roprosentntlvo Crumpnckor of Indlnnn, chnlrman of the houso commlttoo on census. Mr. Crumpnckor thinks tho membership of tho house should bo Incrcnsod. Personal. A strlko of 90,000 railway employes Is threatened In Italy. Prosldont Taft la busying himself planning work for congress. Champ Clark favors a six-year Bin glo term limit for presidents. Thoro la a llvoly contest for the United Stntcs sonntorBhlp In Ohio, Senator Moses E. Clnpp will bo re elected by tho Mlnnosotn legislature Clothes do not mako the man, but thoy do mnko tho womnn, In tho opin ion of Miss Nenlo S. Knowles, of tho Iowa stnto agricultural collogo. Ex-Congrossmnn Dave Morcor says tho rank and illo of Japan roally want war with tho United Statos. Senator Henry Cabot Lodgo Is im ablo to read hla tltlo clear to another term from Massachusetts. Tho cstnto of Honry O. Hnvomyor, Into of tho American Sugar ReJlnlng company, Is appraised at $17,107. Josoph Q. Robin, tho Indicted Now York banker, swallowed a doso of poison JuBt boforo his arraignment. William F. Shoohnn, of Now York, mndo formal nnnouueoment of his candidacy for tho United States sen-nto. S DELIVERED BY GOVERNOR ALD- RICH TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY THURSDAY, i . JANUARY S, 1911. Stands for tha Best In Good Govern ment Is Pleased With Existing Conditions Makes But 4 Faw Recommendations. Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Senate ana iioubo, nnd wy Fellow Clintons; Wo are hero today In tho performance vi . ceremony provided by trio constitu tion Of the Htfltn nt Nolirntba Thin occasion, then, Is typical of tho fact that wo llvo In a stato nnd a. nation whose characteristic features aro love of order nnd law. Our country Is free, yet no man has a jam io uo a no picuses. in the inn rusrs of Do Tocqulvllle, we say: "In no country in (ho world does tho Inw hold so absolute a languajje as In Arnorlca." Our transitory periods, then, or our chnnKca In policies of government aro "' jimrneu ny souer and well-uc-nned purposes. Thero Is never an alli ance with thu turbulent passions of an archy. In a word, wo nro revolutionary fiaVOr. fit t llnmnitrnlln nlwn.ta A .1 UI , ' - ......."l UK III ITll j (1 .111. I I I 1 D leads us to nsscrt that theories of eco nomics nro embodied nnd set forth In the imiuurni 01 poimcai parties nnd henco n campaign of cnllghtunmeiit nnd educa tion Is Inaugurated. Nowepapers und public speakers begin a serious dlscus S!2n .,Tno Poplo become Interested. They listen, rend nnd gather Information and thoy think tho mntter out for them selves, Hoborly nnd quietly they go to the polls, register their opinions nnd con victions. And when the voto Is counted In nearly every lnstnnce, Amerlcnn his tory tolls us, that tho majority Is for good government nnd tho rights of so ciety. And this responsibility that the voter Resumes mnkes him ono of the rnarwiKorH of free Institutions, keeps tho fires of patriotism over burning nnd so makes It possible for tho peoplo to rule. No bettor Illustration of n campaign of education In to bo found than In the un selfish nnd patriotic nttltudo nosumed by the country press In tho campaign Just closed. A great debauching nnd o'orwecnlng brewery trust mndo nn assault upon tho vory llfo of our state. Under tho specious nnd deceptlvo plea of "porHonnl liberty" they nought to take tho government out of tho hands of tho people. Then It wns thnt tho country editor rallied around tho colors nnd sounded tfio tocsin of war, nnd hla buglo call reverberated through- urn ui mute una mo dormant energies or Nebraska's cltlzonshlp- were thor oughly aroused. Men and women of nil religious rreods nnd political beliefs re sponded nnd on November 8th they wrote. In living, burning words: -The peoplo must rulo; decent Kpvernrnent shall pre vail; debauchery ana" lawlessness shall fuel tho Btrong hand of tha law. thus am .NeuraiKa conm forth from that conflict nurlfled and enabled. Itor patriotism made stronger and more en during by tho ritual observance of tho fundamental principles of representative government. Tho peoplo decided also on November 8th last that thoy do not want this nrea. ent legislature to play politics. They did not permit n republican governor to have n republican majority In tho legislature. Neither did they give n democratic ma. Jorlty u domocratlo governor. And a re- puoucan governor will not permit this democratic majority to work nt demo erotic politics. The plain lesson of tho recent election Is: Frame nnd pass a few laws beneficial to nil the people, then adjourn and save tho. people's money. Lot us liopoMhntthlS -distribution of powor' between the two parties will werk out for the general good of tho entire state. Tho situation, after all, may bo loriuuaio. uecause wo meet here, In a sense not as republicans and democrats Bceklng a party advantage, by enacting laws to perpetuate one party or tho other In powor, but rather wo aro met on mat nigucr una greater piane, to-wit, as American citizens, to transact some, seri ous business for our fellows. And If we enter upon out- business earnestly and vigorously we will easily have nnlsliod by March 1st. This can bo accomplished If each mem ber Rocs seriously about his duties and turns n deaf ear io tho pernicious lobby ist. Hut It Is expect In it too much to hope for this legislature to oscape alto gether tho arts nnd Insidious wiles of inn corrupt loouyist. i ao not wish in this connection, however, to bo uminr. stood as being opposed to have business Interests properly represented by decent agents acting In a proper manner. Hut i uo say mai wncn mo county option measure und tho Inltlatlvo ami rfrrn. duin comes up for consideration. If the inamunrn oi mis legislative noay will co operate with me. tho liquor trust lobby will nnd the city of Lincoln too hot for their personal health. And I warn you now that thero Is already organized h powerful combination financed und backed by the brewery trust of this stato to defeat direct legislation. The recent election has taught them nothing. And I say to tho peoplo of tho several legis lative districts of this state, that If any ono of your representatives Is not acting right or Is supporting an Initiative and referendum measuro that hns a Joker In It or so framed ns to bo Impractical, that ho Is representing tho breweries and not you. Any prlvnto Interest that seeks to defeat county option nnd the Inltlatlvo and referendum ought to be held up to public Bcorp. If the recent election has nny ono lesson mure emphatic than an other, that lsson Is that the peoplo must rule, nnd ho who Is opposed to di rect legislation Is opposed to the people. All parties nro pledged to submit nn Initiative and referendum measure. Then thero can be no question about such a measuro going through. Hut there may bn serious doubts iia to tho proper kind of a law on this subject. Tho fact that wo aro nil pledged to enact such n law carries with It the promise to enact u fair, honest nnd effectlvo measure. One thnt In all of Its details will glvo the people tho benoilts of Its principles and virtues. And lit this mattor wo aro not left In tho dark ns to What should be done, for several of our sinter statea havo adopted this kind of legislation, and let us hope thnt no liquor Interest will bo strong enough to tmposo Impossible or Impractical conditions In the adoption of the. lriltla.tlvo and referendum, And hero NAUGUKAL ADORES HON. CHESTER H. ALDRICH permit mo to observe ihnt In voting amendments to our suite constitution: thnt u majority of those voting fdr or against said amendment should deter mine tho Issue and thus carry tho amendment He who claims to bo In favor of tha Initiative and referendum and at tbo samo time Is opposed to county optldn must fall to eltncr act In good faith or unaerswna tno initiative and referen dum. Wo are nil pledged to direct legis lation In Its brondeat and best sense. then how can wo refuso to enact a county option jneasure. which Is only one sman aetau in direct legislation. County option was the paramount Issue In tho recent campaign. Seventy-four out ot tne ninety-two counties decided that the people and not tho breweries should rule. Then by what right can you refuse to enact a oouniy optlon law? Let us hopo that you will not. The primary election law In theory and principle Is correct. In practice It Is a vast improvement over the old conven tion system, ,Tho Nebraska primray law, before It was tinkered with by the poll. tlclan. wan vnstlv better than It una nfter It boro their finger marks. In ono particular at least this law should bo put back where It was, to-wlt; No party nnouia do permitted to help nominato an other party's candidates. Our present primary law may havo to be overhauled, but with nil Its faults, It has had virtue enough to kill the political boss nnd smash tho cog-wheel of corrupt machine politics. Without doubt this law Is here to stay. In tho caso of largo cities, tho groat problem Is to let tho peoplo. and not a corrupt gang, run Its government. As matters now stand very often a majority s turned, by dishonest manipulation, Into a minority. City ofllcluls aro too often tho employees nnd sympathizing friends of breweries and brothels ana other kindred spirits. Wo suggest that mis legislature enact a law giving cities of live thousand or moro tho rlcht to adopt their own charters without going to the legislature for one. This makes It possltilo for cities Ilka O in aim. I. Inroln and othor towns to adopt such n charter as the peoplo want, nnd no charter could bo forced upon tho people ngalnst tho win oi me majority, unuor tins system officials would becomo tho employees of tho people und thus would bo brought about homo rule In tho truest and best sense. Wo suggest this without going Into detnll and hopo It will receive tho seri ous consideration of each member of this legislature As matters now stand, our present form of municipal govornment Is unbusi nesslike nnd works ngnlnst truo progress and checks tho best sldo of city life be cause tho best men of a great city mrcijr nro in its employ. Thero nro many other tnntters of Im portance that will or ought to como up for your consideration In this session, but wo shall reserve for some future tlmo their discussion, nnd if occasion re quires shnll from time to tlmo present them In tho form of a message to the senate nnd house. But on this occasion wo cannot refrain from discussing a few moro subjects of vital Interest to tho people or this stato. One of theso Is our stnto university nnd normal schools. There Is nn Impor tant problem for solution It) tho matter oi prpvuung room ror tne constantly ln- iieuBiiiK imenuunco at our stnto univer sity. Thero Is but ono thlntr to be con sidered, nnd thnt Is what is tho best thing for tha unlvers tv7 This Is a cold blooded business mattor nnd should only no ueciueu niter a cnreiui nna impartial Investigation, In tho long run no cost Is too great In pushing this magnificent scat of learning to the front. The election laws of our stntn ns tliiw apply to largo cities should bo amended In somo Particulars nnd renenled In others, Tho statute providing for a vot ing mncnino instead or preventing fraud Is an npt Instrument of it, and should' bo repealed. in tho recent election In Omaha elec tors presented themselves at the nolllne places with cards, said card3 telling tho Judgo of election how tho bearer should Vote Tho election tudso would work tho levers, and when through would tell tho alleged American citizen ho had voted nnd to get out and mnko room for an other government builder, or to speak accurately, government wrcckor. Tho rcg atrat on laws aro also sources of fraud, as Illustrated at tho last primary elect on in Omaha. The city clerk would attach his seal and name to certificates and hand out said certificates to agents, who would go out on tha streets, get his voter, fill In tho blank places and have his trusties ns witnesses. This Is ono method of preventing tho majority from ruling. In a certain ward in this metropolitan city thero was near ly Utree times ns many votes cast ns the census shows there wao male inhabitants in said ward. In tho mattor of selecting Juries In large cities tho present statute is wholly Ineffective and should be amended or re pealed and authority given whereby tho district Judgo or Judges could appoint a cOrrSmlealoner t6i select .Jurors and .thus destroy tho political and corrupt Influence in this regurd or wen Known unacsirame nnd dangerous citizens. There Is an issuo now before the en- tiro country concerning nn amendment to the Federal Constitution providing an Income tnx. And I urgo upon you tho Importance of ratifying tnat amendment. I also rcsDectru iy urge you to pass a resolution asking our senators to support an amendment providing for tho election of United States senators by popular vote. I call your attention to tho fact that the nntl. treat law In Its oresent form is wholly Inadcquato and should bo amended. Wo suggest nn amendment Imposing a flno upon the saloon keeper or bartender who Dermlts tho treating to bo done, as Judgment foil the first offense. And upon conviction oiya seconu,oiieiisu ui unuwing treating then In that' case tho llcenso to be revoked. A procedure should In this regard bo also dovlscd so that delays would be Impossible and appeals havo u speedy hearing to tho end that the law may bo effective. The saloon keeper Is the man who derives tho profit from treating und he uiono suouiu uo responsi ble. The stato library is conceded to uo one of tho most valuable In thu country, yet wo uio caring for It as though It weru so much Junk. The state nouso aunng tno sessions oi thu lculBlnturo Is crowded to the extent of seriously Interfering with business. As has.'nlready been observed, wo should provide for a new fireproof library room, ana uiso u piece lor mo buihuiiiv tuuri. This could be done by going on with tho building to bo used by the state hlstoricul society. With theqe observations necessarily brief and Incomplete, let me urge upon HilH law maklnir body the Importance of noting patriotically and fairly. Your re- BponslDlllty is inuceu greui, imu wu snould remember that laws aro tho In dex of civilization. A state thus classi fies Itself by tho laws its adopts, nnd by tho lax or rigid way It enforces those laws. Oood lawB nnd their enforcement aro the safeguard of the homo, nnd of every legitimate business; thoy aro the only sure promise of eftfo and stable pi og ress. Buch laws Impartially enforced uio beneficial both to the lawless anu tno law abiding. And It is tho duty of tho law abiding to use every means within their power to roduco tho number of tho i.iwIdhh to a minimum. A most solemn obligation then rests upon every loyal cltlr.cn of tho stato, to demand Just and Impartial laws; to stauu iiko a uiurauar for their enforcement; and to encourage thoso olllclals who are spcclllcally en trusted with enfoiclng them. Nebraska Is a progressive stato. Tho people have placed It In that column mid thoy will never recall that verdict. Tho peoplo want n progressive nnd business like administration. They want tho of ficial nets of every public sorvant to bo open to inspection, 'iney want no gruii. Thoy want every legitimate enterprise to bu encouraged. They want tho business or every stato Institution to bo skillfully administered. They want a Just and oqultnblo taxation. They do not want thu people's inonoy wasted In unneces sary expenditure. This body will bo called upon for largely Increased appro priations. Every Item nnd request Bhnuld be scrutinized with tho closest enro. I recommend that wo bo generous without being extravagant, and that wo bn economical without bolng parsimoni ous. Tho business or tho stato should be bu conducted on tho most approved busi ness principles, nnd all appropriations shou'd bo mado with this In mind. CU ESTER II. ALUHICII. IHE PANAMA GANAL IT MAY BE FORTIFIED SAYS MR FO RAKER. . ' RIGHT TO POLICE WAS GIVEN Ex-Senator Describes How Treaty Was Made and What Understand Inn Was Reached. Wnshlngton. A contribution do signed to clarify tho confused sltun tlon which has arisen over tho right of tho United States to fortify tho Panama canal was submitted by for mer senator Fornkcr of Ohio to Pros tdent Taft, who mado It public. Throughout tho period in which tho Hny-Pauncofoto treaty wns negotiat ed and ratified Senator Forakor ad vised with John Hay, thon secretary or Btato, and madd mnny of tho Bug. gestloii8 which woro Incorporated in to tho treaty preserving to this gov eminent tho right to tnko such means ns It deemed necessary to protect tho canal property and shipping without specifically authorizing fortifications Sonator Foraker'a letter to Presl dent Tnft roviows tho acts of tho sennto In connection with treaty mak lng with England nnd laws passod subsequently to tho ratltlcatlon of the existing Hny-Pauncofoto treaty. Tho letter tolls of tho ratification of a treaty by tho nennto Dec. 20, 1900, which was rejected by tho British government. Whon it wns presented to tho Ben ato It contained n provision ngalnst fortification nnd thero was much crit icism of Secretary Ha;' because of tnni tact, tho convontlon wns amend ed In accordance with public Bontl ment and after sovero criticism of Mr. Hay were renewed. Mr. Hay was greatly disturbed by tho nttltudo of newspapers, and Sen ator Foraker said ho received a call from him ono Sunday morning nnd "ho seemed distressed nnd dls. coUrnged." Ho showed Sonator For aker a letter from Lord Lansdowno Indicating that It would not he worth while to mako an effort to negotiate another canal troaty unless provision was mado therein for tho settlement of tho pending controversy between tho United States and Cannda. Mr Hay regarded such a treaty as impos. alblo nnd thought It barred further progress with respect to tho cannl. Drifting Into a general discussion of tho whole subject, Senator For- aker nnd Secretary Hay, It appears, agreed that It would bo Idle to un dortnko to secure tho ratification of any treaty that flatly prohibited fort! llcatlon by tho United States or In volved this government In any obllga tlon to consult any other power re gardlng protection of Its own proper ty. Senator Foraker suggested sev eral changes from tho convention which hnd been rejected by Great Bri tain, nmong thom now matter, nnd somo transpositions that would Boftcn tho effect. REVOLUTIONISTS HOLD RUATAN. Honduran Rebellion Has Not Yet Reached Mainland. Washington Tho lslnnd of Ituntan, off tho-coast of Honduras, 1b held by tho Honduran revolutionists, accord ing to cable advices received at the stato dopartment from American Con sul Dawson nt Puerto Cortez. Tho United Stntes gunboat Tacoma Is In vestigating. It Is evident from tho dispatch that tho revolutionists havo not begun their work on tho main land. Tho Hornet Is reported nt Run tan. Nearly Embalmed While Living. Schnectady, N. Y. Owing to a to!- ophono message Edward Ghevalloy, proprietor of a road houso near hero, camo to his senses Just In time tp prevent nn Albany undertaker from ombnlmlng him. Che valley had been 111 for somo time nnd Saturday his condition became worse. His mothor was called on the telephone In Albany nnd was told her son was dying. Mrs. Chovnlloy, misunderstanding tho mes sage, thought her son wns dead nnd sent tho undertaker to tho house. Elklns' Son to Hold Seat. Charleston, W. Va. Davis Elklns, son of tho late United State3 Senntor Stephen B. Elklns, will bo tho succes sor to tho vacancy caused by tho death of his father for a few days that will olapso pending tho election of a sonator by tho legislature. Landslides Follow Earthquake. Tashkent, Russlnn Turkey Further reports from the earthquake zono In dicato that tho damage to Przhevalsk, in tho territory of Semlyetchnsk, was comparatively slight, but that many lives were lost through InndBlldes on tho ronds to. that place. Some Silk Statistics. WaslllllKton. Mlllldv of Hin TTnllml States soonis to ovlnco a particular desire for silk, and from figures cited by, tho bureau of statistics of tho de partment of commorco nnd labor her wordrobo Is ovldentlv well RtnMfn,i Tho Importations of silk In 1010 ex ec thoso of any onrller amounting In round figures, according to tno report, to 25.000,000 pounds, valued at J70.000.000. From this, tho report, says, tho mills of tho United States will turn out moro than 1G0, 000,000 worth of llnlshed products. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notes or Interest from Various Sections. Fremont recently hnd a $4,000 flro. Flro destroyed tho shoo store of J. M. Ilernstern, Ileutrlco, tho loss be ing $15,000. The town of Virginia, fifteen miles east of Beatrice, was visited by a flro that burned $8,000 worth of property. Goorgo Gardner, a farmer living six miles north of Maywood, was found dead In a pasture. Death was duo io heart failure. Irrigation problems and their solu tions will be presented at tho Omaha land ahow by a striking scenic ex hibit, A horso buyer from lied Cloud was on tho streets of Franklin buying horseB and mules. Ho purchased 3& unlniala ut $130 per head. Tho stato railway commission is Bucd an order demanding railroads In tho stato to put crude oil In this stato In class D. Tho order Is effec tlvo February 2. Charles Pumphrcy, sent to tho pen itontlory for lifo for killing Ham 'Pak, a Chinaman In Omaha, has had his term commuted to soven years by tho governor. William Reynolds of Bloomlngton, while hunting on tho Republican riv er, shot nnd killed a Great Northern cr homed owl. Tho bird hns been mounted. Colonel P. L. Fuller or Grnnd Is land bought and shipped out of Albion a very valuable car of horses. For llvo teams ho paid tho top prlco of $4C3 per team. Lucltia H. Denlson hns been recom mended for postmaster of Crcto by Congressman Hlnshaw to fill tho va cancy caused by the death of tho lato Postmaster Wells. Tho Power plant of tho Callaway Electric Light nnd Power compnny caught flro from n stove, and boforo tho flame3 could be extinguished tho building was gutted. Mayor Mllo3 of Hastings has di rected tho pollco to Investigate a de vice said to bo In uso In Beveral places of business in connection with tho salo of candy. Sheriff T. W. Carroll left Alma for Philadelphia to deliver Morritt H. Pryor to the naval authorities there. Pryor Is a deserter from tho navy at San. Francisco, having deserted last amy. Granvtllo Smith, a young farmer liv ing six miles southeast of Fllley, wna lodged In Jail on tho charge or steal ing $200 worth of Inn robes and horso blankets from farmers' buggies. Beginning with the new year, a sys tem of medical Inspection has been Inaugurated In tho Columbus schools. A physlalan for each school will look after the various buildings. Charles J. Blllerbeck, son of Mayor Dlllerbock ot Osmond, committed sul- cldo by shooting hlmsoir through tho tomple with a Colts thirty-eight. Ho was despondent ovor ill health. August ICrallman. a German farmer living southwest of Craig, who suf fered a sunstroke last summnr hn developed Insanity nnd been removed to the hospital at Council Bluffs, la., for treatment Work on tho Stromberc now Hlc-h school building has been susnondni! Tor tho winter, as good work cannot bo done during tho cold weather. Tho work has reached tho second story and will bo pushed to a Hnlsh na snnn ns Mio weather will permit.- This dispatch comes from Wash ington: A threo-naco lottnr tn tho postofrico department was Inscribed by a young woman in Nebraska on closing u two-cent stamp. Sho ex plnlned thnt sho had received years ago n letter on which tho stamp nau not uecn cancelled. Sho used tho stamn again and lior has been troubling hor ovor slncn. tip. contly, sho was turned away from her nomo by hor father because sho had Joined a certain church, Desiring to llvo an "honest and holy lifo." hi felt that Bho must return to the. gov ernment uio stamp she had dishon estly used. W. M. Maupln was elected nresl- dent of tho Nebraska State Federa tion of Labor on tho closlnc dnv of tho convenMon qf tho organization at Havelock. W. H. Chrismnn of Omaha wao olected socrotary-'treaBurer. During a blizzard which struck tho vicinity about Callaway, hundreds nf quail woro either smothered or froz en. In pevoral instances coveys of trom uttecn to twenty ot the birds woro found In compact bunchoa Ilfi. less. By delivering a now bond ami ngrcolng to have tho work completed by January 1, 1912, tho Standard Drcdgo company, which Is digging tho cutoffs for Uio Elkhorn river drainage district In Dodgo county, mado poncp with the directors. At Hlldreth word was received that Oscar Dahms, whoso homo is two nnd ono-Iinir miles west of Bluo Hill, was attacked by n male hog and dunenr. ously Injured. Ho was driving tho animal past a pon of hogs whon it oocamo enraged and, turning, sunk Us teoth Into his leg, Jhst below tho thigh. Flvo largo gashes, renulrlnsr eovornl stitches each, was tho result. fecrloim complications may result Former Adjutant Genoral John C, Hnrtlgnn has romoved his fnmllv ami household goods from Lincoln to Fnlrbury nnd leased n homo. Mr. Har tigan will continue tho prnctlco of law with E, A. Wunder. An Important lneotlnrr of the nrnir. on Bow Commercial club was hold In order to take eomo action on tho es tablishment of a packing plant at that place. Edward Snyder, a capitalist nnd packing plant promoter of Kansas City, was present and outlined tho work necessary tD equip a plant that would meet the domands of tho Im mediate country ndjacont to Custer. E). -j.