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Washington.
Congressman Morris of NobraBka
la snld to favor tho tariff commission
measure
San Francisco Avon tho unanimous
voto of tho nonato committee on the
industrial exposition for tho Panama
canal oxposltlon.
Tho most valuable farm land In tho
United State is found In tho District
of Columbia, nccordlng to tho figures
given out by tho census bureau.
Thoso figures show that In tho Dis
trict of Columbia thero aro 214 farms
comprising 0,000 acres with a valuo of
10,301,000.
Congress may fall to act at this
session on tho bill to promoto Hob
ort E. Peary to bo a rear admiral.
Tho bill was reported on tho private
calendar, but consideration was post
poned. It is not likely that prlvato
bills will again bo taken up beforo
adjournment.
An appropriation of $125,000 to au
thorize tho.secrotary of agrlculturo to
exploro and Investigate In this coun
try for posslblo sources of potash, ni
trates and other csaontlnls of com
mercial fertilizers was incorporated
by tho house in tho agricultural ap
propriation 1)111.
Tho sonato concurred In tho houso
Amendments to Senator Cullom's bill
providing for tho erection in Wash
ington of nn appropriate monument
to tho momory of Abraham Lincoln.
Tho houso so amended tho bill as to
placo Senator Cullom nnd Speaker
Cannon on tho permanent committee.
Upoi the statements of Senators
Bourno nnd Chamberlain that Elmor
B. Colwoll, who was appointed during
the recess of congress to bo United
States marshal for Orogon, was per
sonally obnoxious to them tho sonato
committee on judiciary rojoctod tho
nomination. Colwoll Is now serving
as marshal,
General.
JJotectlvo Patrick J. Keoly of Chi
cago whs found guilty of perjury.
Tlioro was a Jlvo-hour battlu bo
tween Moxlcnn federals and robola at
kalata.
An oxtendod drouth which threat
ened tho wheat crop of woatorn Tex
as, was broken.
Every incoming mail brings to tho
state department tales ot distress
among tho Chinese,
Tho attorney for Jqhn R. Walsh
appealed to tho prosldont to oxpcdlto
the case of tiio Imprisoned bankor.
President Tatt gnvo warning to tho
sonato that if Canadian reciprocity
fallod ho Would call an extra scsston.
Q. A. Madcro, brothor of tho revo
lutionary leader, says that It Juarez
Is capturod all Moxtco will soon bo
In tho Insurgents' hands,
Edunrdo Suaroz Mujtcn, Chilean
mlntBtor to Moxtco, hns boon trans
forrcd to tho .post at Washington In
imccosslon" to tho Jato' Anlbnl Cruz
Diaz.
Tho Dos Molnos ProBB club receiv
ed an accaptnnco from Dr. Frederick
Cook, tho Arctic oxploror, ot tho Invi
tation to lecture In Dos Molnos, Feb
ruary 23.
A second dividend of 15 por cont
was declared to crodltors of tho First
National bank of Hillings, Mont.,
which failed last year. This pays 45
per cont of tho creditors' claims to
date.
Tho will of tho late Elznboth
Stuart Phelps Ward doylBos Uio bulk
of her estate, valued nit $90,000, to
her two brothers, Lawrcnco PholpB of
Atlanta, On., and Edwnrd J, Phelps ot
Chicago, s
In ono of tho most disastrous ex
plosions over recorded in Uppor
Michigan, ton mon mot Instant death
at tho plant ot tho Pluto Powdor
company in the outskirts of Ishpo
ralng. Ono man was Injured.
Tho national guard organization's
of California, Alabama, South Dakota
nnd Hawaii each will bo compelled to
drop ono disbursing ofllcer and tho
stato of Louisiana will havo to drop
four by a decision ot tho comptroller
of tho treasury.
Tho house has passed the bill In
troduced by Representative Kinknld
granting five years' extension of
tlrao to Charlos II. Cornell for tho
purpose of constructing a dam across
the Niobrara river on tho Fort Nio
brara river military rosorvntlon.
The houso passed tho bill to buy
homos for Its diplomatic ropresontn'
tives in foreign lands.
By a standing vote, Andrew Car
negie was olected an honorary mom
ber of tho Now York, chamber of
commerco.
Tho British parliament, just opon
ed by the king, will sottlo sdrao lm
portant questions touching tho Brit
ish constitution.
At least flvo cities will nppear by
delegations beforo tho book commit
tee of th Mothodlst Episcopal con
ference at next years conforonco, ac
cording to announcements.
Tho daylight saloon closing law
passed tho South Dakota senate by
a two-thirds vote.
Print pnper manufacturers aro
against the proposod reduction in
duty provided la Canndlan reciproc
ity. Canada will stand her ground for
reciprocity In tho face of tho mother
country disapproval.
Tho United Statos court of appeals
decided that Oklahoma's Jim Crow
law Is constitutional.
President Toft began tils campaign
Sor Canndlan reciprocity In an ad
dress, at Columbus, O.
Tho Iowa legislature killed tho
apodal primary election bill to sottlo
the1 senatorial struggle
President Taft Is well satisfied
with tho progress tho Canadian re
ciprocity tioaty is making.
Now York insurgents said thoy
would contlnuo their fight on Shoo
han if it continued until fall.
Champ Clark is opposed to any
stoto losing Its present numbor of
representatives In tho houso.
In an oxtended addross Ellhu Root
of Now York declared it tho duty of
tho senate to unseat Lorlmcr.
Probahlo failure of tho tariff board
bill hns caused renewed talk of tho
possibility of an extra session.
Tho plnguo is causing an avorago
of nineteen deaths a day In Cho Foo,
China, nccordlng to a cablegram.
Senator Cullom resents tho uso of
his namo in connection with tho ni
dged Illegal election of Lorlmor.
Tho chargo is mado the Moxlcan
federal troops fired on an American
protoctcd by tho Red Cross flag.
There Is proof that tho W. L. Scott
mnusoloum at Erie, Pa,., was entered
nnd tho remains of a woman tnken.
Tho Missouri capltol building at
Jefferson City was struck by light
ning nnd was completely destroyed.
Tho Impression Is growing deeper
arid doopor about tho capltol that an
extra Besslon of congress is likely.
A pouch of mall originating In Colo
rado nnd en route for tho cast was
stolen from a truck at Council Bluffs.
Tho amount paid by tho govern
ment to tho railroads for carrying
tho malls Is again being looked Into.
Postmnstor Gonornl Hitchcock fav
ors Increasing tho postago rata on
mngnzlnes from 1 to 4 cents a pound,
William Kohn, tho highwayman,
who terrorized St. Paul Inst Decem
ber, was sentenced to tho stato pris
on for sixty years.
It is said that If IS. II. Harrlman
had lived ho would havo had a rail
road around tho world. This was ono
of his groat ambitions.
Miss Allco Fleming, superintendent
of public schools ot Lntlmor county,
Oklahoma, was burned to death' In a
lira which destroyed her homo.
Tho wireless system which tho
navy department has boon establish
ing along the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts will bo oxtendod to tho Aleu
tian Islands.
Tho Texas and Pacific Railroad
company was bentonced In tho fed
eral court nt Now Orloans to pay a
lino of f GOO for violation of tho Sher
man anti-trust law.
Bocrotary Balllngor granted leavo
of nbsonco to Governor William J.
Mills, of Now Moxlco, who will bring
to congress tho olllclnl voto on tho
now stato constitution.
James K. Houghton, mayor of Ault,
Colo., died In Donver from ft self
inflicted wound, Mr, Houghton shot
himself when n dotoctlvo wont to ar
rest him on n chargo of forgory.
O. II. Mnrkhnm of Chicago has
boon olected prosldont" of tho Ocean
Steamship company nnd tho Central
Georgia railway. Mr. Marltham is
president ot tho Illinois Contrnl rail
way,
Tho board ot managers of tho Now
York produco exchange endorsed
tho reciprocal agreement with Cana
da as proposod by Prealdont Tnft
nnd recommended Its ratification by
congress,
An armed uprising ot Grook coal
minors nt Konllworth, Carbon coun
ty, Utah,, was suppressed aftor ono
man had boon killed, ono fatally
wounded and sovernl others slightly
hurt by flying bullets.
Tho Knnsao sonato passed tho res
olution to submit an nmondment to
tho constitution giving women tho
right to voto In nil elections by a
voto of 27 to 12. The resolution had
provlously .passed tho house.
Although North Dakota has tho re
putation of bolng nn exclusively agrl-
cultrual state, a bullotln Issuod by
tho census buroau shows tho manu
factured products ot that stato In
1909 to have boon 119,160,000.
tho hlstorlo capltol building of
Missouri, burned last Sundny, was
erected In 1838 nt a cost ot, $350,000
and In 1887 remodeled at a cost ot
$25,000. While It was built ot stono,
tho roof was covorcd with much In
flammablo material which fed tho
fiiunos.
A copy ot tho Dally Congressional
Record tor ovory homo Is confumplat
ed In n bill Introduced by Sonator
Heyburn of Idaho. Tho bill provides
that tho record shall bo supplied nt'
tho rato of $1 per year and that all
postmasters may tako subscriptions
No postago la to be paid on tho Hoc
ord,
Personal,
Tho will of tho Into Mrs. Eddy has
been dcclnrod vultd.
Tho sonato commits recommond
4 cont postage on magazines,
Bocrotary of AgrlculturqWllson bo
IIovob In tho Canadian open door.
M'njor General Wood ndvlcatos
placing tho mllttla on pay basis.
Congressmen aro getting nervous
over prospects ot an extra session,
Doverldgc of Indiana firod tho open
ing gun In tho senate for reciprocity,
Lnfo Your 5, of Jowa has announced
hla candidacy for tho eonato in 1912.
US TO CAPITAL BILL
HOUOE REJECT8 REPORT OF COM
MITTEE 68 TO 38.
SOME CHANGE THEIR VOTES
Urged that Bill la Unfair to Lincoln
and Another Will Be Drawn and
Introduced.
V
Capital removal vas defeated on a
final voto Friday by 58 nays to 38
ayes. Tho roport of tho committee of
tho whole mado Wednesday Jn favor
of tho bill was revised bocauso a num
bor of members changed their minds,
nnd voted against the bill as an unfair
proposition. Tho voto to rocommend
ror pnssngo was C3 to 44. Nino mem
bers mado explanations ot their votoB.
Taylor of Hitchcock, Quackenbush,
BtiBheo, Evans, Stobblns, Baker, Col
ton, Wnltc and Bassctt oxplalned
their votes ni? a protest that their con
stituents did not want It passod.
An analysis ot tho voto shows that
tho vote against was mado up of six
toon wots and forty-two drys, and for
it of thlrtytwo wota and six drys.
Tho objection of unfairness to
Houso Roll 240 Is that under Kb pro
visions tho pooplo voto first on tho
proposition ot moving tho capital
west of ,tho 97th morldlan, that is
west of Lincoln, and then, if It is do
elded to movo It, all tho cities west of
thnt lino havo nn equal chance. Tho
opposition members doclaro that to
mako tho bill fair there ought to bo
no lino and that tho pooplo ought,
first, to voto on moving tho capital,
nnd It they dccldo that thoy want re
moval, then all tho .cities In the stato.
Including Lincoln, should havo an
equal chanco at it.
Princo of Hall, ono of tho leaders
In support of tho bill declarod after
tho voto that tho bill will bo changed
so thnt all objections on tho ground
ot unfairness will bo impossible and
then It will probably pass.
II. R. 240, tho bill dofoated, was
introduced by Bailey and twenty-six
otihcra. The accusation of unfairness
which wns first brought by the Lan
caster county opposition, Is based
upon tho fact that a lino Is drawn
along itho nlnety-sovonth meridian
and noytown oast ot that is allowed
to compoto for tho location. Balloy,
introducor of tho measure, said after
it was over: "Tho light had to bo
carried right hero Into tho cnomlos'
country and tho Lancnstor people
wero ablo finally to defeat ub by su
perior organization."
A now bill hftB been Introduced,
signed by Bailey of Buffalo nnl
Princo and Sink ot Hall. It provides
that tho question of capital removal
shall bo submitted In a regular elec
tion and If it Is carried ovory town
In Uio stato which can get a petition
signed by 500 citizens can enter tho
compotltlon. Then tho city receiv
ing a majority ot tho votes will got
tho scat of govornmcnt.
Changes In Albert Bill.
Tho Albort public utilities bill, as
roportod from tho judlclury commit-
teo, has had Its "Indeterminate por-
anlt" clause amputated and also
that soctlon which required cities to
como to tho railway commission for
permission to acquire public eorvlco
properties. An emergency clnuso has
been addod and Uio phrases limiting
tho bill to oporatlon in nil cities ex-
copt-Omaha havo been strlckon out
Tho bill as It now stnnds clothes tho
commission with authority to mako
a physical valuation In all cltlos.
Big Day for Dills.
Slxty-slx now bills wero Introduced
In tho houso Friday, tho largest num
bor on any day bo far In Uio session.
Salary Raise BIIJ,
In tho Bcnnte, Senator Volpp's bill
to rnlao tho tmlarlos ot tho stnto ofll
cors, was sont to tho gonoral lllo.
Tho bill was nmoudod In tho commit
tee and now proposes a salary ot $7,
COO "for tho governor, tho same as In
tho original bill. Tho salaries pro
posed for tho auditor, treasurer und
attoriioy-gcnoral nro cut from f 5,000
to jh.ooo, and tho salaries of Becro
:ro-
?
tary or state, superintendent of pu
llo instruction and commissioner
publlo lands and buildings paced
$3,600 InBtoad of S4.000 as at first
submitted.
Ollla Grain Inspection Bill.
Sonntor Ollla will Introduco his
warohouBo and grain Inspection bill
this wook, providing that all olovn
tors or storehouses Bhall bo pubic
(storehouses nnd llxlng grain Inspec
tion and standardization of grades,
Tho bill makos all olovutors public
warehouses to tho extent that tholr
commercial doallngs shnll bo uniform
and thoy aro divided Into threo
classes.
Agricultural 8chool BUI,
Tho Eastman agricultural school
bill, ovor which tho houfao has had
such a prolonged controversy and
which has boon roscuod from defeat
repeatedly, wna passed by a majority
of 61 to 47, In tho lowor body.. Tho
fight has boon a prolonged ono and
Involved a reconsideration of tho bill
whoa It nppenrod to havo boen defi
nitely dofeatod. Tho measuro ap
propriates $100,000 for an agricultural
school oporated by tho state In Hoi
drege, and has boen booostod by a
vlitoroup S'hhv from tho west.
UY UNAMIMOU8 VOTE.
Initiative and Referendum Dill
Kcomended.
, By a practically unanimous voto
tho sonato Into Wednesday afternoon
recommended tho inltiatlvo nnd ref
erendum bill for passage. An
amendment by Skilcs was adopted
and a provision that mado It posslblo
to voto twice on tho samo racasuro
within three years if a 20 per cent
petition was ovulated for tho priv
ilege was stricken out
The bill as it stands embodies all
tho provisions that wero' wanted by
tho most radical of Its supporters,
with a 5 per cent petition for the
referendum and 10 per cent, for the
initiative.
When tho question of recommend
ing it for passage was put to a voto
a roll call was impossible, as tho ac
tion was taken in committee of tho
wholo and no division was necessary.
Following are provisions of tho bill:
It provides that the legislative
authority of tho stato shnll be vostcd
In a legislature consisting of a sen
ato and Iioubo of representatives, but
tho pooplo rosorvo to themselves
power to proposo lawo and amend
ments to tho constitution, and to en
act or reject tho samo nt tho polls in
dependent of tho loglslaturo, and al
so rosorvo vpower at their own option
to approvo or reject at tho polls any
act, Item, section or part of any act
passed by the loglslaturo.
Tho first power reserved by tho
people Is tho Initiative. Ten por
cent of tho voters of tho stato, so
distributed ns to Includo 5 por cent,
of the logal voters In each of two
fifths of tho counties, may proposo a
measuro by petition which shall con
tain tho full text of tho measuro pro
posed. Municipal and local measures
can not be submitted. Tho samo
measuro can not bo submitted often
or than onco In threo years.
Tho socond powor reserved is tho
referendum. Referendum petitions
against measures passed by the leg
islature must bo signed by 5 per
cont. ot the votors.
Appropriation acts ot tho legisla
ture can not bo referrod to tho poo
pie. Tho voto power of tho govornor
shnll not. cxtond to measures Initiat
ed by or roforrod to tho people.
Proposed law and constitutional
amendments, to bo approved, must
recelvo a majority of tho voto cast
on tho proposition, provided tho af
firmative voto 1b 35 por cont. of the
total voto cost at tho election.
Albert contended that tho bill Is
not solf-executlng, but this was do-
,nlcd by Skllos. Tho latter admitted
that. Borne legislative net might bo
needod to provide for further dotails
of tho methods of submitting proposi
tions to a vqto of tho peoplo, but ho
assorted that If no such acts aro
passed tho bill Itself would bo solf
executlng nnd no further legislation
was noco8Bary to put tho Initiative
and referendum Into operation.
Cost of Guaranty Law.
Govornor Aldrlch has submlttod a
special mcssago to tho legislature In
which ho Incorporates n report ot
Socrotary E. Royao ot tho stato bank
ing board stating that an appropria
tion of $92,000 will bo necessary to
onforcb tho banking laws, including
tho guaranty of deposit provision, for
n period of two years. Mr. Royso has
mado Inquiry into tho operation of a
similar law In Oklahoma, to dotor
mtno stato needs.
Hospital for Epileptics.
Representative McArUle of Douglas
thinks Bonson a good location for a
state hospital for epileptics. A bill
for tho creation of such nn Institution
hns been Introduced. Ho believes
that such an Institution should be
located near a largo city.
Against Vehicle Use.
Among tho bills passod In tho son
ato was S. F. No. 55, which prohibits
tho ubo of vohlcles or conveyances In
gottlng votors to tho pqjlo
Claims Committee Awards.
Tho claims commlttoo has votod to
nllow C. O. Whcdoji 5,000 for his work
In defending tho bank guaranty law,
and has given Judge I. L. Albert, at
presont stato sonaior, $2,500 for his
work. Thero Is considerable feeling,
however, that tho two attornoys nro
entitled to equal compensation and
nn effort will bo mado to reconsider
this tontativo allowance.
Ryan's Safety Bill.
Senator Reagan's bill providing
safety appllnncos for mon building
high structures wo3 ordered en
grossed for third rending, dosplto ob
jections that It was unconstitutional
and Impracticable Reagan said that
tho bill wnn modeled after an Illinois
6tatuto which hnd been declared., con
stitutional by tho supremo court ot
that stato.
Base Ball Bill.
Tho Sundny baseball bill Is duo for
somo hard sledding, nccordlng to ro
port. It Is bollovod the governor will
veto tho measuro, and It Is hardly
probablo that It can over bo passed
ovor his voto.
Senators Kill County Option.
Tho county option bill was defeat
ed in the senato by a voto of 17 to
10. Henry Bartllng of Otoe county,
who hns boen doubtful, votod ngnlnst
t. Ia an oxplanntton Bartllng said:
"Whon I accopted tho nomination for
stnto sonntor I positively stated that
If tho county option plank was adopt
ed I would rofuse to stand on that
part ot tho platform.1' His explana
tion continued with tho statement
thnt tho voto in his county assured
htm that his constituents wero op
posed to tho county option principle.
FEiM CONGRESS
ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT REGARD
ING EXTRA SESSION.
DON'T WANT A SUMMER JOB
Idea of Working Thr6ugli the Hot
8eason'on Reciprocity It Not at
Alluring.
Washington. Mombers of conirrcBa
w
'nillfl H Vn trtllnll irk trnAw ... V. , V.
they are to ' bo permitted to break
ranks on March 4 and retire to tholr
homes for the summer or whethor
thoy must llnKer In Washlns-tnn for
an lndellnlte period to act upon tho
Canadian reciprocity agreement in
extra session. Something positive on
tno subject from tho White oubo
woud be especially acceptable.
Thero is somo foundation for tho
roport that President Taft is viewing
with entire comnlaccncv tho sollel-
tudo of mombers of the senate nn th
subjoct of nn extra session. Several
senators who feel thero is no chance
for tho approval of tho agreement at
tho present session havo found this
view is not Bhnred at tho Whlto
house.
Tho president has met nil nesRlmU.
tic predictions with tho suggostion
that he is willing to trust tho ngreo
ment to a vote. Ho has uovor said,
for publication, that he would mil nn
extra session If such a vote Is denied,
but senators certainly have failed to
obtain assurances that iho woud not
do so,
The McCall bill to carry out the
provisions of tho Canadian agree
ment, having 'been reported to tho
houso front tho ways and means com
mittee, probably will bo brought up
Monday. Immedlato consideration
will bo asked. If an agreement to
that end Is opposed tho sunnortors
will ,seok a rule for tho limitation of
debate and Inhibition of the nmond
ment. In vlow of republican domination
of tho committee on rules, headed by
Representative Dalzell of Pennsyl
Vnnla Who. nn n. mnmlipr nt tlin wnva
and means commlttoo, voted against
uio reporting or tno bill, it may not
bo possible to secure a rule. At the
samo tlmo thero has been manifested
thus far no organized movemont to
tho prevention of a voto In the house.
The consideration of tho bllj, nev
ertheless, probably will result In one
of tho liveliest debates of tho ses
sion.
The democrats of tho houso nro
pledged to the reciprocity agreement
unuer the recent caucus action, al
though a handful of tho minority will
opposo the moosuro. belnc exempted
under the caucus rule which relieves
membors from being bound by tho
will of the party majority when such
action brlncH them Into conflict with
the expressed will of their constitu
encies.
A conferenco of democratic 'sena
tors hns been called for Tuesdnv. but
It Is expected an adjournment will bo
tnken until tho- houso has acted upon
tho agreement.
THREE STOCKMEN MURDERED.
After Which Their Bodies Are Hidden
In a Cave.
Alturns, Cnl. Details rocelvcd hero
of tho murder or'Harry Cambron, J.
B. Loxaguo, Peter Eramuspe nnd B.
Indlano, wpnlthy stockmen of this
county, whose bodies havo been
found nar Denlo, Nov., show tho trag
edy to havo been ono of tho- most
atrocious crimes In tho history of UiIb
region. Tho men wero unarmed, and
Intent on n peaceful mission at the
sheep cabps near Denlo, when they
wero shot 'down and stripped of cloth
ing and valuables. Their bodies were
concealed In n hidden cave.
For Prison Reform.
London. In pursuance to Winston
Sponccr Churchill's aspirations for n
reform In the prison systom, tho homo
ofllco announce tho creation of a
new body, to be aided by the states,
which shall devote itself to the re
claiming of discharged prisoners. Tho
central Idea of this roform Is the sus
pension of police supervision during
tho good behavior of tho ex-convlcts.
Tno new commission will bo presided
over by tho home secretary and will
co-ordinate sixty societies.
Aid For tho Chinese Sufferers.
Washington. So amonded as to
provldo an appropriation of $50,000 to
carry It Into effoct.-tho houso bill au
thorizing the use of army transports
for tho convoynnco of Red Cross sup
piles to tho Chinese fnmlno sufferers
passed tho senate
Baron Rothschild Is Dead.
Vienna. Baron Albort S. A. Roths
child, hend of tho Austrian branch
of tho Rothschild houso, died here.
Ho was born in 1844.
Sixty Chinese Deported.
San Antonio, Tex. Sixty Chinese
were deported from Texas Snturday.
Flvo were started from San Antonio,
another was picked up at Del Rio and
llfty-four waited tho coming of tho
prison train at El Paso.
Seattle Changes Mayors,
Seattle Mayor Hiram C. Gill, re
called by tho electors for alleged mis
conduct In ofllco, rotlred at noon Sat
urday without coremony nnd .George
W. Billing, chosen to succeed hlra,
took the oath ot offlce,
NEBRASKA 1W BRIEF.
Newa Notes pflnterest from Various
Sections.
H. L. Brooke, a ploneor of Boono
county) died last webk.
- A wolf hunt was hold nt Illldreth,
covering a wide area. Two ecalpa,
wore taken.
County Judge O'Hnnlnn of Wash
ington county tendered hla resigna
tion, the same being accepted.
William Hawcs, a young farmer
near Do Witt, accidentally shot him
self In the foot while out hunting.
Two of hla toeB were amputated;
William K. Ayres, former chief of
thp fire department of Kearney, and a
prominent business man, died at tho
homo of his brother after a brief Ill
ness. At a meeting of tho Buffalo County
Poultry and Pet Stock association in
Kearney it was decided to hold tho
next annual show tho second week la
January iiz. '
At tho .meeting of tho York school
hoard Prof. W. W. Stoner was re
elected superintendent for three years
and Principal Johns was elected for
another year.
Arrangements havo been made by
Methodists In York for district lay
men's convention to meet In York
March 23 and 24. It is estimated over
200 delegates will attend.
Tho Soward Commercial club held
Its annual election last week. Tho
meeting was well attended and a
spirit was manifest to do somo actlvo
pushing during the coming year. John
Zlramerer was elected president
Tho homo of Amos Evans of Otoo
county wns burned and while tho
major portion of tho furniture was
saved, the houso was ruined. Thero
was a small amount of Insurance on
tho house, but none -on tho household
goods.
Tho Culbortson irrigation ditch, tho
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western Nebraska, has boen sold by
United States Senator Buckloy of
Connecticut to Chicago parties for
$125,000. The senator took in tho
property some years Blnco at a baga
telle figure.
Abe Vaughan, who was tried In tho
county court ot Otoe county, and con
cerning whom tho judgo withheld Mb
decision until looking Into tho caso
further, as tho prisoner was charged
with burning a bridge 'belonging to
the Burlington railway, near Minors
vllle, has beon bound over to the dis
trict court.
A very peculiar law question has
ooen rniseu in xne county court or
Otoe county by tho heirs of Martin
Reich, who have filed a petition for
tho readmlnlstratlon of his estate be
cause tho notices In the first admini
stration vbre published In a Germnn
newspaper. This Is tho first time thla
.question has been raised In tho
sounty.
Tho nnnual Corn Show and Farm
ers' Institute under tho auspices of
tho county organization, closed at
Stromsburg after a most sucessful
threo days' session. Tho program
consisted of lectures, Interspersed
with vocal and instrumental music.
Tho average attendance of the nine
session of the instltuto was In excess
3f 500.
Tho twentieth annual session of tho
Burt County Farmers' Instltuto closed
at Lyons after two days of work In
which tho fanners wero exceedingly
IntoreBtod judging by tho attendance.
Tho cooking demonstration brought
out scores of women and school girls,
nnd was tho really unlquo feature of
tho Instltuto and is sure to bring out
n good attendance at tho next annual
gathering.
Mrs, Julia Tomplln, widow ot tho
late Rev. Franklin Templln of Nebras
ka City, died- at tho homo of her
daughter, vMrs, Volncy Street, In that
city, 'nged 92 years. Mrs. Templln
was born near Philadelphia, Penn.,
July 1C, 1819, and In 1830 her fnther
moved to tho "great west" and resid
ed In Indiana for a number ot years,
arriving In Nebraska City, wher.o sho
has slnco mado her homo.
A telogram waB received In Fair
bury, telling of the death of C. W. Pe
terson In a hospital at Lincoln. Peter
son is tho Rtfck Island, lineman of that
olty who was struck by an eastbound
Rock Island passenger train botweon
Hallnm and Clatonla, February 1.
Th'e Mlnden weather observer for
tho government, Joel Hull, has just
published n report of tho rainfall from
1S78 to and including 1910 for Mlnden
and vicinity. The average rainfall
for thoso thirty-threo years was 30.G4
lnchos annually. Tho larger portion
of this moisture comes during tho
growing senson. Tho yenr 1910 was
third from tho lowest, the avorago be
ing 1853, and 1894, tho famous dry
year, was 1C.43.
A largo and enthusiastic attendance
ot the peoplo of Morrill and Sioux
county convened nt Morrill. A farm
ers' Instltuto was organized with tho
following ofllcers: J. G. Woodman,
presldont; C. W. Scovlllo, vlco presi
dent; J. Elliott, secretary; William
Molluo, treasurer; John Heinz, W. L.
Minor and P. Bakor, executivo board.
Prof. Burr of the North Platto sub
station, President-elect Woodman and
Prof. Knott delivered addresses.
H. M. Grimes held ono of tho short
est sosslons of district court over held
In Cheyonno county. lie granted a
few motions In equity, dismissed a
few listeners and granted n dlvorco
to Orpha Taylor on grounds of deser
tion. Tho next session will bo
April 24. ,
Teachers at tho Instltuto for the
Deaf of Omaha .nro threateonlng to go
on a Btrlko or leavo unless more pay
Is provided by tho present legislature.
As tho matter now stands the women
teachers get a maximum ot $75 a
month for nlno months in tho year,
and two men teachers ant $125.