THE SEMI-WEEKLY TB1BBME
LHA 1 DABJ3, Publisher.
TBRM8, $1.25 IN ADVANCE.
WORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
EPITOME OF EVENTS
INERAL NEWS AND NOTES
FRESH FROM THE WIRE.
THE STORY IN A NUTSHELL
Embracing Condensation of Events
In Which Reader Generally Are
Mara ar Lets Concerned.
Washington.
Reciprocity with Canada, and a
faraefs free list, It was decided at
the democratic caucus will bo tho leg
islation taken up In tho order named
by the present house of representa
tive. The woolen and cotton sched
ules, according to prcsont Indications
will follow.
To prevent forolgn countries buy
lag second hand Armor and arms
which , have boea discarded by tho
United States, Representative Moore
ef Pennsylvania Introduced a bill and
also a Joint resolution requiring that
uch condemned arms or armor "be
Mutilated bo as to render them harm
less as Instruments of warfare or
Yiolea.ee."
President Tatt granted clemency to
three men convlctod of federal of
fenses, Thaddous I. Potter, of Port
land, Ore., convicted of complicity in
a conspiracy to defraud tho govern
ment of public lands and who had his
sentence of six months and a flno of
a&OO commuted a few weeks ago, to n
fine of $50 and costs, was rolleved by
the president from payment of tho
costs which amounted to $2,000.
Francla W. Taylor of Chicago, a
ml estate operator, who reecntly
was a member of the boanjb of aldor
aaea from the famous Twenty-first
ward, has been appointed prlvato
secretary to Secretary of the Treas
ury MaoVeagh, and will begin his du
ties April 20. Secretary MacVoagh,
Secretary of the Interior Fisher,
Secretary of War Dickinson and the
late Solicitor General Dowers lived in
the Twenty-first ward.
Two bills were Introduced In tho
house by Tlepretientattve Klnkatd of
Nebraska. One designates that tho
authorization of $25,000 for additional
otnee work in the omco of tho sur
veyor general fn tho Bundry civil
bill, passod during tho third session
of the sixty-first congress, bo made
immediately available for tho nocos
eary preparation of flold notes and
plats of reBurveys, Tho other 1b the
bill for relief of soldiers of the civil
war, the war with Spain and the
Philippine Insurrection.
General.
Senator Lafe Young has returned
to his Dcs Moines home.
Colonel Roosevelt says Illinois
needs a disinfectant slnco electing
Lorimer.
The government crop report caused
the price of wheat la the Chicago mar
het to go up.
The value of Nebraska farm landB
has more than doubled In the last ton
years, according to the census bureau.
Government troops after stubborn
fighting defeated tho Arab robots noar
Sanaa, In Yemon, killing moro than
a hundred.
The American Implement company,
Chisago, raised Its capital stock from
$10,000,000 to $50,000,000 and filed the
necessary certification with the sec
retary of state at Springfield,
Women are to be given an equal
chance in the poltco department of
Seattle In positions now held by de
tectivea, desk men and patrolmen.
A bill changing the date of presl
dentlal Inauguration ,i the last
Thursday Ih April ' ieea Intro
duced la thfv . jrbresentallve
Henry. -.--
Joha Hays Hammond has filed a
formal plea of not guilty in the suit
brought against hint by J. Sully for
$1,500,000 damages for conspiracy to
defame.
The budget comtulttoe of the Rub
elan Duma has approved Uio grant of
$76,000,000 for the construction of
warships 'and naval works for tho
Black sea.
Mrs. Logan A. Bwope, now In Call
fornla, says slio will return to Kansas
City for the trial of Dr. Hydo, but
will spend no more monoy for special
prosecutors.
Mr. LogUh A. Swope, now In Cali
fornia, says she will return to Kansas
City tor the trial of Dr. Hyde, but will
pend no more money for special
prosecutors.
Judge Walter H. Sanborn, senior
United States circuit court judge
Blulith Judicial district. In an axhaus
tlve opinion handed down decided tile
Minnesota rate case against the
members of the Minnesota state rail
road commission. .
Dr, 1), Clark Hyde, convicted of
murdering the Swopea at Kansas City
was granted a new trial.
Major Charles II Devereaux, U. 3
A., was found dead in bed In his
borne on the Fort Thomas military
reservation.
Persons from all sections of the
country and of all creeds are contrib
uting to the Cardinal Olbbons memo
rial hall fund.
A 'bill was Introduced in the house
by Representative Hardwlck of Geor
gia, providing for the repeal of the
fourteenth amendment to the consltl
tutlon,
Pennsylvania eight-hour law haB
Veen declared unconstitutional.
Congressman Norrls was placed to
his satisfaction on houso committees.
Tho coftordam surrounding tho
wreck of tho Malno has been com
pleted. Judge William S. Kenyon was elect
ed United States senator by tho Iowa
legislature.
Moxlcau rebels aro accused of hold
ing Americans captive In a town of
Lower California.
W. S. Kenyon will not qualify as a
senator until the anti-trust prosecu
tions are finished.
II. U. Mudgo, president of tho Rock
Island, Is not ndverso to public con
trol of corporations,
House democrats havo dcoldcd to
revise tho agricultural schedule of
tho present tariff law.
A tornado which devastated Okla
homa and Kansas killed twenty-throo
and injured a hundred.
Dr. Gomoz, of tho revolutionary
tinta at Washington, Is moving act
ively for peace in Mexico.
According to tho court of commorce
Canadian reciprocity Is not affected
by the favored nation clause.
Tho house, by a voto of 29C to 10,
adopted tho resolution for direct elec
tion of United States senators.
If congress adjourns during tho
spring months President Taft will go
to Texas to watch tho maneuvers.
A bill has been Introduced in con
gress providing a "children's bureau"
for tho department of commerce and
labor.
Canadian reciprocity and farmers'
froo list bills were introduced In tho
houso on beohalf of tho democratic
majority.
The Nebraska railway commission,
has announced the physical valuation
of tho Rock Island systom In Nebras
ka to bo $10,000,000.
National negro democratic oxccutlvq
committee has called a convention ton
Indianapolis, May 17, to formulate
plans for tho 1012 campaign.
New Mexico lands, aggregating 570,-
004 acres, have been withdrawn from
all forms of disposition by Presldont
Taft on recommendation of Secretary
Fisher.
Tho story that General Hoctor Mac-
Donald, British gonoral, reported to
havo committed suicide years ago, Is
drilling troops in China is authori
tatively denied.
After a search of two years secret
servlco men arrested Harry B. Porter
in Denver and charged him with mak
ing the best counterfeit silver dollars
ever circulated In thlB country.
Mrs. Sereno E. Payne, wife of Rep
resentative Payne, father of the pres
ent tariff bill, is in a sorlous condli
tlon at her home In Washington, Buf
fering from nervous prostration.
M. Cruppl, In hU maiden spoech as
minister of foreign nffnlrs in tho
French senate, refuted the pessimistic
criticisms by Senator Aldon Gunn de
Vlllalno, who asserted that Franco's
foreign policy was decadent.
A Moxlcall (Mox.) dispatch says:
Goneral Stanley Williams hurled his
little battalion of robols against
Colonel Miguel Mayet's 500 main reg
ulars on the' mesa five miles south of
Mexican. Eighty Insurgents went Into
tho fight; 20 roturnod from the battlo
flold. 8celng his wife riding In a buggy
with William B. Hasan, a wealthy
flour dealer of Kansas City, In Inde
pendence Mo., John Bramhall, an at
torney and clulin agent for tho Metro
politan Streot Railway company, flrsd
twlco at Hngnn with a shotgun, His,
victim la dead.
Tho warden of the Wyoming poll-
tentlary has tondored his annual Re
port to Govornor Carey. It shows
there aro 251 convicts nt the state,
pen. This moans that approximator
one person out of every G15 persons.
In tho state is a convict, there being
about 155,000 Inhabitants in Wyom
ing. What secret service racr. bollove
was an extondod plan to nood tho
middle wost with counterfeit gold
coin has boon discovered In Kansas
City. M, R. Llttlo nnd Charles De-
Vaul havo been nrrestod charged with
passing counterfeit eagles nnd doublo
eagles.
At New York In tho prosonco of
many women nnd children whom they
had rescued, twenty-four womon wcro
presented with medals for brnve -vork
In 1910-11. Mayor Gaynor In proaont-
Ing tho medals said tho Now York
flro and police departments word the
best In tho world,
Dravlng tho chilly winds and drlzs
ling rain and lmmouso throng, vnrl
ously ostlmatod from 150,000 to 200,
.000 stood In tho streets of Cleveland
and paid silent tribute to mo momory.
of Tom L. Johnson ns his body was
conveyed from the family npartmentB
to, the union dopot, en routo east for
burial.
Personal.
Congress, it is said, faces a stormy
session.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, for a time ser.
tously sick, Is rapidly recovering.
Tom L. Johnson, ox-mayor of Clove-
land, died after a protracted Illness,
Stephen Crawford, candidate for
mayor of Alton, 111., has deposited $2.
400 as forfeit It he falls to closo sa
loons on 8unday It oloctod.
Mr. Roosevelt has about completed
. i . . . A ,.. . . . . t , ,
Ills long in it iu vuu wi-Bi uuu norm
west Members of the Nebraska legist
ture got through with their labors on
the 10th.
Tho president may place the re
sponsibility of admitting Arizona on
congress.
Four leaderR of a black hand gang
In Newark, N, J., have been sentenced
to seven years In pruon.
Martin G, Breen, of the wholesale
liquor Arm of Breen & Kennedy, was
found dead in tne nauway or a Qinca
go apartment building.
10 RUN THE STATE
APPROPRIATIONS FO WENNIUM
$3,677,846.
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DONE
Two Special Levies In Addition te the
General for Conducting State.
Affairs.
Appropriations by tho legislature
this year is somo in advance of ap
propriations of provlous years. In
cluding tho levies and special appro
priations the total for tho blennlum
Js about $5,COO,000 or $2,800,000 a yoar.
This Is a total of 7 mills taxntlon on
$400,000,000 of assessed property.
Eliminating tho levies, tho stato levy
will bo 5 4-5 mills. As compiled tho
list of special appropriation, general
bills and Iovlcs is as follows:
Southwestern agricultural
school, Eastman $ 100,000.00
Completing room in state
house, llushco 1,600.00
Legislative salaries, Oerdcs... 80,000.00
Legislative expenses,- Qerdes. 20,000.00
Chadron nornml opening,
Clarko ana Kent 6,000.00
Purclmso of statues, McKIs-
slck 1,000.00
Orthopc.llo hospital deficiency
uaiiicia ,. D,VUU.UO
Wnynn normal buildings,
Unrtets EK.000.flo
Chadron normal heating- plant
Clarko 12,000.00
Peru normal library, Qunck-
enbnsh 12,000.00
Pure food deficiency, Swan.. 2,000.00
Recodifying' statutes commis
sion, iinrain ana auacuen-
bush 2o.ooo.oo
Marking Oregon trail, Bon
ham .... 2,000.00
rtcllef W. A. Phllpott, Oandy 3,000.00
Wayno normal sewer, Bartclu
nnd Kirk 16,000.00
rtellol Loulso nolltns, Mantra 600.00
State nld to weak schools, '
UuHhee 76,000.00
Orthopedic hospital paving,
JUCJIOIVIO 3J,VU
School for deaf water main,
Qrossmann 6,000.00
Kearney normal new wing,
Bailey 56,000.00
Deaf school deficiency. Shoe
manor , o.uuu.uu
Relief S. Hathaway. Nutzman 800.00
Hh stings asylum laundry.
rivnn zu.uuu.uu
Dllnd school heating plant,
Leldleh i 12.000.00
Omaha medical college,
urossman .. . , iuu,uuu.vv
District Judges' expenses, do
ncloncv. Clarko 4.000.00
School for deaf, now land,
uoimcs , iz.duv.vu
Tuberculosls hospital for In
digents. Dtishee 40,000.00
School for blind, land,
Lieiuign , ;:,uuu,uv
Lincoln Insano asylum, now
bulldlnirs. IJosnodsUy 100.000.00
Hotel commission, nulla 3,600.09
Auditor's vault. Kordgron.... 3,000.00
Indemnity for killing slander
ed nones, uoiotai u.uuu.uu
Oenernl claims 30.7fiR.97
General deficiencies 13!), 383.60
noneml maintenance ........ 2,422,040.00
General salaries 1,204,400.00
Grand total 14,617,046.67
Besides tho abovo amount, which
will bo raised by the general lovy,
thero wore passed two special lovjes,
ono of one-fifth of 1 mill by Cronin
for stato nld In building bridges long
er than 176 foot, and ono of 1 mill
by Koutouc for tho university. Thoso
will raUe approximately $900,000,
which will bring tho total to $5,577,-
G4G.57.
Arndt Files Damage Suit.
Claiming that he was humiliated
and damaged In the amount of $25,000
Qoorgo Arndt, n North Lincoln mer
chant, filed suit in tho district court
against tho Burlington railroad and
Its throo dotectlvos, James Malone,
John Schmidt and J. Williams. Arndt
alleges that ho waB arrostcd by tho
dotoctlvcB on April 3 last on tho
chargo of having In his possession
cigars stolon from a Burlington
freight car.
Wood row Wilson to Speak.
Governor Woodrow Wilson of Now
Jersey. Is to bo tho principal speaker
at tho annual Commercial club ban
quet to bo hold in this city May 2C,
according to a tologratn received from
him.
State Loses on Land Deal.
A tolegrara to the board of public
lands and buildings from O. M. Roy
nolds. of Chicago, tho ownor of tho
land adjoining tho school for tho deaf
nt Omaha say that tho parcol of
ground for which tho loglslnturo np
proprlated purchaBO monoy to the
amount of $12,600 haB been sold and
that tho stato cannot now got in on
the doal.
The Trading Stamp.
That tho Houah anti-trading stamp
law which was passod and approved
during tho session of the legislature
Juot passed cannot rogulnto tho many
concerns now doing business in the
state, Ib tho opinion of numerous re
tail morchants In this and other of
the larger cities of tho state.
Lawyers Seek Positions.
The Hardin bill enactment provides
for nppolntmont of three barristers by
Governor Aldrlcn ror tno purposo or
recodifying tho Nebraska statutes.
Several applications havo already
como In requesting places on tho com
mission. Mombors receive a salary
Jackson Ready for Wortc.
Deputy Food Commissioner Jack
son, a democrat who assumed that
role under the present administration
contemplates changing of ofHco meth
ods and ways of conducting pure food
campaigns, two things which ho be
lieves will facilitate tho workings of
that department, It is intended as a
secondary consideration, also, that
thla will enable the most work to bo
done for the least expense, in the
hope Uiat the appropriation will suf
flee to keep Inspectors on the Job all
the time.
Telephone bill killed.
Governor Gives Eight Reasons For
Exercising Veto.
Governor Aldrich vetoed the minor
telephone bill, house roll 637, govlng
as his reasons the fact that tho hill
as it came to him, is deemed uncon
stitutional, is pointed out to have
been hastily handled during the last
moments and reflects telegraph and
telephone monopoly. Eight objections
are set forth, as follows:
I am vetoing houso roll No. 637, gen
erally known as the tolephono merg
er bill, because it contains the follow
ing objections.
First, it Books to control and monop
olize telephones and telephone busi
ness in existence under ono manage
ment Second, it would prohibit the organ
izing and operating of new compan
ies any plnco in the stato whero any.
othor company wns in existenco and
doing busncss.
Third, it abrogntes existing fran
chises, which 1b contrary to tho funda
mental law of tho land, and such an
act Id clearly rotroactivo, because It,
Impairs vested rights acquired under
existing laws.
Fourth, It Jeopardizes tho rights of,
tho minority stockholders of tho sell
ing companies and puts them at tho
mercy of tho purchasing corporation.
Fifth, it permits a morgor of two or
moro competing companies, and then
requires them after this 1b done to go.
boforo tho commission and get its
permission without in tho first In
stance getting tho right of tho com
mission to merge.
Sixth, It doos not delegate to tho
commission authority to provent such
a merger contract, for what is tho
difference after tho merger haH beeri
entered Into whether they have tho
permission of tho commission or not,
when the commission has no right to
prevent tho merger?
Sovcnth, tho provisions for physical
connection In section four Is permis
sive only, nnd compulsory in no sonBe,
becauso it requires tho consent of tho
ownors ns well aB tho approval of the.
railway commission.
Eighth, tho first three Boctlons of
said act aro essentially a copy taken
from different places In tho railway
commission law and makes no new
provision whatever. So then this
much of said action is surplusage
and In fact it may bo said that thero
Is no new provision In this act that
squaroly protects tho rights of tho
public that has not nlrcady been pro
vided for in tho railway commission
law.
Much could be said to each ono of
thoso objections pointed out, but It is
unnecessary in a paper of this kind
to mnko a complete and elaborate ar
gument; but it occurs to mo that
there Is ono absorbing theme In this
measure, to-wlt, to tako tho necessary
stops for a general raise in telephone
rates. This must bo true becauso tho
ono central thought of this ontlro act
Is to mqrgjo into ono management or
under ono control all of tho tolephono
business of tho stato. It Is Interest
ing to noto thnt In many Btatos of tho
union whero tho legislature 1b in ses
sion a bill liko this or similar to this
has boon Introduced. It was turned
down In Ohio; It was passed In Indi
ana; and behind all of this movement
Is tho Plerpont Morgan syndicate
which owns and controls tho ontlro
Boll system of this country, togother
with tho Western Union Telegraph
system. If this effort of a gonoral
merger in all of tho states succeeds,
thon wo havo ono syndicate tho con
trol of all of thb modern nnd approved
mothods of communication, together
with tho substnnco, that Is the wires,
over which thoBO communications aro
transmitted. It Is Indeed a situation
that may well arouso to action tho
pcoplo of this ontlro state In a matter
thnt bo vitally affects thorn as this.
Bills Signed.
From Saturday to Monday Gov. Aid
rich signed forty-four bills, all of them
bearing dato of tho 10th.
More Pay for Legislators. '
Tho sennto agreed to the hous
amendments to Vollp's bill which pro
posed to create a four-year torm for
senators. Tho houso cut out this
feature and stood pat on Its action.
However, tho bill still provides for a
salary of $G00 per session for tho
members of both houses, double tho
present pay, and nlso limits the tlmo
In which bills may bo Introduced to
twenty days.
No Money for Library.
The effort of tho Nebraska Histori
cal society, In spite of persist
ont lobbying by agents of both
sexes, failed to land tho $225,000
which was to havo gone for a library
building. The senato library and the
records of tho Bocloty were to be
housed In this building.
The Governor to Recuperate.
Governor Aldrich has gone to Cher
ry county for a fortnight's sojourn
In the snml hills of tho northwest v
He accompanied W. J. O'Brien of the
states fisheries nnd Game Warden
Miller to Cherry county, all going In
tho fish car.
Appropriations.
Appropriations approximating $5,
000,000 were mado by the stato legis
lature during the session. When the
conference agreed Sunday on the
amount to be carried by the general
tnalntonanco bill, and both houses
adopted tho report, all the appropria
tion measures were complete. Accord
ing to the conference report, the gen
eral maintenance bill carries a total
amount of $2,684,000, an Increase of
nearly $360,000 over the total amount
agreed upon by the bouse.
TROUBLE IS COMING
BREAKERS AHEAD FOR DEMO
CRATIC HOUSE MAPORITY.
LEGISLATION IS TOO HASTY
lc Expected to Meet With Check, Be
cause Minority Intends to Fight
Tariff Reform.
Washington', So far in the extraor
dinary session of congress it has been
plain sailing for the well organized
democratic majority in the house of
ropresentatives.vbut in view of a
strong minority there are breakers
ahead.
Democratic loaders refer witn prido
to tho achievement Of passing the bill
for the popuiar election of United
States senators aad the campaign
publicity bill In two legislative days
and bringing before tho house the
Canadian reciprocity agreemont with
assurance Of Its gratification by an
overwhelming majority by tho middle
of this week.
To all these features of the legisla
tive program thore has been little op
position. The wonder of It, to tho ex
perienced observer, was the demon
stration of tho smoothly running de
mocratic machine.
But by what is to follow, the free
list bill, approved by the democratic
caucus and favorably reported by the
now commltteo on ways and means,
the rapid pace of legislative progress
Is expected to receive a check.
Reciprocity discussion, begun Satur
day, furnished an opportunity for the
minority leaders to intimate their In?
tcntlons and to make It clear that the
bill placing on tho free list manufac
tured articles in demand by the farm
ers will be fought as stubbornly as
any proposed democratic tariff meas
ures ever were opposed in congress.
The majority leaders realize tho bill
cannot bo rushed through, and they
aro preparing to meet tho assault up
on it in a prolonged debate
Chairman Underwood of tho ways
and means commltteo intends to sub
mit to the house tho commlttoo's re
port on the freo list, bill on tho con
cluding day of tho reciprocity dobato,
bo that it will bo over and be called
up the following -day.
The tariff debate, it is expected,
will begin at once, and It Ib tho hopo
of tho democrats that tho bill can be
put upon Its passage within two
week. Tho determination of tho mi
nority leadors to assail It from every
angle doubtless will result in keeping
the measure beforo tho house for a
much longer tlmo.
Tho minority members of tho ways
and means committee,. In considering
tho proposed freo list, voted solidly
against It, maintaining It was a hast
ily framed measure, 111 advised and
not Bufllcfently backed up with in
formation relating to the revenues
concerned. Furthermore, it was point
ed outthat tho tori board had not
boon consulted.
PEACE TALK IN THE AIR.
Madero's Army Reported In Force
Near Juarez.
Washington. Anxiety over develop
ments in Mexico endangering tho lives
and property of Americans near the
boundary line was plainly evident in
official clrcleB hore Sunday night.
Presldont Taft, until nearly midnight,
received bulletins at tho White House
from tho war department regarding
tho advance of tho federals upon tho
insurgent forces at Agua Prleta, but
retire confident that an attack would,
not bo mado beforo Monday. All
peaco talk Is In the air.
FORTY REBELS KILLED.
Heavy Life Loss, In Battle North of
Chihuahua.
Chihuahua, Mex. Forty or more in
surrectos were killed .and moro than
100 were wounded In a battle fought
between Sauz and Santa Clara can
yon, about fifty miles north of hero,
according to federal couriers. They
brought orders to have hospttal cots
ready for federal wounded. Tho fed
orals report five killed, but later de
velopments may change the figures.
Several women and children are be
lieved o be among tho killed.
Constitution for Portugal.
Lisbon. The cabinet has begun tho
discussion of tho project for a consti
tution to bo submitted to a constitu
tional assombly. The scheme providos
for a body which will consist of 235
mombers.
Says Prelates Are Lukewarm.
London. W. T. Stead, In a universal
peace meeting here Sunday, com
plained strongly of the npathy of tho
archbishop of Canterbury and the Ang
lican church toward the peace move
ment A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Head of Mexican Republic Wants Men
to Serve for Six Months,
Mexico City, Mex. A general call
for volunteer soldiers to serve for six
months was posted here Sunday. The
call Is made to all citizens between
IS and 45 years who desire to lend
their services to the country. The
pay is one peso (50 cents) a day, be
sides clothing .and equipment The
customary inducement of advance
ment In rank and pay to those who
prove worthy Is included.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notes ef Interest frem VarUv
Sections.
Fremont has a force of four 4ec
catchers, one -in each ward.
A branch of tho Nebraska Retailers"
association was organized in Platta
mouth. Ray, tho 6-year-old son of L B
Sluyter, of Clay Center, died from in
juries recolvcd by being rua over by
tho automobllo of P. B. J. Adams.
Burglars who entered Herman Pe
terson's clothing store iu Fremont
and stolo $500 worth of cloth fro Ha
tha tables of mon's suiting goods.
A petition is being circulated among
tho citizens of Fairbury for a special
election to be held May 9 to vote la
the issue of saloons or no saloons.
This question should havo been dlls
posed of nt tho annual election April.
4, but owing to tho radical "drys" it
was prevented from being put on the
ballots.
Tho Omaha public library, Nebras
ka Masonlo Home at Plattsmoutb,
and Pnlmor chapter of Royal Arch
Masons, located at Wilbur; are remem
bered in tho will of Captain II. E.
Palmer, of Omaha, filed for probate
by Francis E. White, Charles T.
Kountzo and Charles F. McGrew,
named executors in tho will.
William Tynor, Jr., had a narrow
escape from death in tho quick sands
of tho river near Peru. Ho and a
neighbor had gone out hunting and
In trying to wade across to a bar,
Mr. Tynor got Into tho quick sands
nnd was unable to got out He had
sunk to his waist when ho managed
to attract the attention of his com- ,
panlon, who was some distance away.
If the tlmo required by law Is Im
posed upon W. B. dlark, manager off
tho Millard hotol at Omaha, for each,
of the 135 game birds found In his
possession recently by Game Warden
Miller, that gentleman will have to
enrich tho coffers of tho state to the
amount of $675. Usually tho state
permits tho accused In such cases,
howovor, to plead guilty to having a
less number of tho forbidden blrda
than is actually found.
Frank Klmbnll, proprietor of a
laundry at Beatrlco, was killed and
threo companions Injured In an auto
mobllo accident threo miles south of
Beatrlco. Kimball was driving a new
car at a high rate of speed and when
tho machine struck a culvert, ho lost
control of It. The car ran against a
bank nnd rolled over twlco. Two of
his companions aro hurt lnternally
nnd may die. Kimball's neck wasr
broken and his head badly crushed.
Two men sawed their way tojlber
ty from tho county Jail at Nebraska.
City while the sheriff and his deputy
were at home having supper, being
furnished saws by parties on the out
side. Tho men wore Robert Walker,,
a colored man, who was serving a Jail
sentence for attempting to assault a.
young colored girl, and tho other was
Benjamin Goldsberry, who was given,
a year's sentence for assaulting
Charles Tlnsley with n knife. No ar
rests at this writing.
Word has been received at the ad
jutant general's office of the arrival
lnSnn Antonio, Tox., of tho two Ne
braska guard officers, Captains Ivor
Johnson, of Stanton, and C. R. Mc
Cormlck, of Nobrnska City, and their
subsequent placing with the Eight
eenth Infantry of the regular army.
The men wore recently detailed by
the war department, upon recommend
ation of Adjutant General Phelps, to
rcport at the maneuvers bolng con
ducted on the Texas border.
Tho board of educational lands and
funds will open bids this woek for the
$4,000,000 or moro of securities whlch-
wlll bo sold under tho provisions of
tho Potts reinvestment measure which,
was passed and approved during the
sesslon of the legislature Just closed.
From tho number of lnqurlos which
have come In during the last few
weeks it Is probable that tho blddlng"
on securities will be rather spirited
and will bring out a large field of In
vestors. Two golden weddings wcro celebrat
ed in and nenr Fairbury. Tho first
was at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. H.
M. Rich, several miles northeast of
Fulrbury, nnd was In the nature of tL
surprleo party. Monday noon, Just
beforo dinner, a lino of carriages
drove Into Mr. Rich's place. In theso
carriages were old friends and neigh
bors, who were coming with cooked
provisions to remind Mr. and Mrs.
Rich of the fact that it was the gold
en anniversary of their wedding. The
other golden wedding waB that of Mr
and Mrs. John Harris, of Fairbury.
William A. Tawnoy, a pioneer farm
er of Pierce county, took his life by
hanging himself to a rafter Jn his
granary, threo miles west of Osmond,
during a fit of temporary insanity.
Coroner F. G. Salter and Sheriff GofC
left Immediately fdr tho Tawnoy farm
on receipt of the news of the suicide
and an Inquest wns held which Bhow
ed that Tawnoy bad gone Into tho
granary, fastened a rope with much
care to a rafter and then Jumped
from a partition on which he stood
while adjusting tho rope, the fall
breaking his neck. He was a brother
of former Congressman Tawney, of
Minnesota.
Glen Elckmeler, 18-yoar-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Elckmeler, of near
Kearney, was found lying unconscious
In tho road a half mile from his homo
Iwth his head cut and bruised and the
bicycle he was riding bent and bat
tered. He is thought to be fatally
hurt.
Charlos E. Shepherd, formerly a
well-known Burlington man, and who
occupied tho position of trainmaster
of the Northern Pacific at Livingston,
Mont, died In Lincoln. The deceased
was 40 years old. He was born at
Ashland and bad been a railroader
the greater part of his life.