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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUME IRA. L. DAUB), Publlsbor, TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE.T NEBRASKA 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 Art More or Less Concerned. Washington. ) To enable John Hays Hammond to carry out his commission ns Hpeclnl ambassador ot tho United States nt tho coronation of King George, Judgo Ilarnard Thomas, of tho district court, ordered the postponement until No vembcr of further proceedings In tho case of .lohn O. Bully ngnlnst Mrs. Hammond. Tho proposed treaty of arbitration by tho United States and Great Bri tain, upon which rests tho hope of tho English-speaking peoples for n per manent peaco between tho two na tions and which probably will bo a model for peaco pacts with other na tions, has reached tho stago whero it is to bo presented to tho lJrltlsh gov ernment for approval. Governor Shafroth, of Colorado, Is in Washington to protest to tho presi dent and the wnr department against tho abolition ot tho department of tho Colorado, with headquarters in Den ver. Even should tho heads of tho department bo maintained nt Denver tinder the now scheme ot organization It would moan an offlco forco ot only seven men, It was explained, The monetary commission has ex pended between June 5, 1001), and March 31, 1911, $207,130, according to figures submitted to congress by Secretary of tho Treasury Mao- Veagli In reoponso to a houso rcsolu tlon. Fornor Senator Teller and For mor Representative Bonyngo of Coi Pon nominate iy tno k d coBr08 h if. Blonnl district convention to succeed on creation havo $15,562 each.' drawn in salaries Seventy-sovon mail bags filled with Invitations to tho public to bid for Uncle Sam's now bonds left Washing ton. Every one ot the 23,000 national banks, state banks nnd trust compnn ies ot which the treasury has 'record will, receive ono of the official clrcu lars and bidding sltpB. The man who wants' to lend $100, $C00, $5,000 or more to tho 'government at 3 per cent interest can learn all the particulars by dropping around to see his banker. General, People of modest means are ablo to buy Panama canal bonds'. Hermofllllo, Mexico, was evacuated by the federals without a battlo. It Ib 'given out officially tlmt Diaz will resign before tho end of the month, The houso ways and means commit tee in Htlll debating tho question of free wool. Foreign diplomats at Moxlco City have taken steps to safeguard resi dents, President Taft sent tho report of the tariff board on paper-muking to the senate. legalizing cremation Earnings of express compnnles aro being scrutinized by tho interstate commerce commission. The Pennsylvania forest Arcs, check cd last week by rain, have begun to burn with renewed vigor, Tho Jail sentences of Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison was declared by the supreme court to be Illegal, Attorney General Wiokershnm brought suit at New York for the dls solution ot the alleged lumber trust, The general synod of the Roformed church ot the United States elected r, JamoB I, Good of pnytoti, Q,, presl (lent. President Taft formally nominatod to the senate Henry L, Stlmson, of New York, to bo Becrotnry of war, nnd C, S. Mllllngton. of Herkimer, to bo assistant treasurer ot the United States at Now York. President Taft withdrew from all lorras of disposition 2,550 acres ,ot land in Wyoming to bo reserved for examination and classification with respect to tholr coal vallio, A resolution urging Phllpplno nou trallty on tho ground that tho peoplo ot tho islands are being exploited by non-resident grabbers, was Introduced In the houso, Tho navy department made public the names ot tho lucky 88 out ot n class of IRC midshipmen who grndu ated from tho naval ncadomy in 1009, who, after two years' Ken service have managed to pass tho oxamlna tloHB that will entitle thorn to com' missions as ensigns. Thomas Davis was oxocuted In the Nebraska penitentiary for murder. Prof, Hebberd of tho mathematical department of tho Nowton (Mass.) Technical High school makes his pu nils figure basqball batting and field log averages to teach them inathoniat lea. The recall provision of tho Arizona constitution, to which President Taft objects, was discussed in the houso it Washington. Cqloa! Henry O. Solxas, a widely r known financier anu a director in many prominent industrial corpora tlon. committed suiclder l Now Mexican robels effected tho capture of many towns In tho state ot Stna- loa. A rolen of riot and pillage followed .tho capture of the town of Pachucn by Mexican robols. Secretary MacVoagh has asked bids on an Issue of fifty million dollar Panama canal bonds. Excesses on tho part of Irresponsi ble Mexican rebels are expected with tho declaration ot peace. It Is said reciprocity has mado Taft popular In tho cities, but farmers aro yelling "bloody murder." If peaco falls In Mexico the Invest ment of tho capital city nnd Chihua hua will start Immediately. An nmondmont by Senator Root to tho reciprocity agreement was op posed as likely to be fatal. ' Assuranco wdb given that tne Standard OH company will obey tho mandato of tho supremo court. Thero was cenoroUs criticism, niong fvlth prnlso, of tho supromfi court do minion In ihn Btnndnrd Oil case. Tnim n. Vnx of Olcnwood. Ia Wftg burned t0 ,oath nH wan at- tempting to klndlo a flro with koro- scne. Henry U Stlmson of New York was confirmed by tho senate to bo secre tary of war to succeed Jacob M. Dick inson. Ernost Heblob of Philadelphia, killed himself rather than yield to tho insistence of hi friends that ho Join a labor union. ' Tho BUDromo court decision in the 8tandnrd Oil case generally had boon discounted nt Paris and It did not af fect tho bourse. Tho resolution for tho federal in come tnx amendment wnB concurred in by, tho sonato. It has already passed the house. Every ono that baa money can get n chance to bid for tho new Panama bonds. They draw 3 por cent Interost. Congressman Longworth snys that at birth a man haB hla cholco betwcun a bald head nnd brnlns. HIb own choice, ho says, is apparent. MrB. Olivo ApporBon, ot Kokomo, InU., wlfo of Elmer Appornon, automg bllo manufacturer, dorannded $200, 000 alimony in her suit for divorce. Tho Wisconsin houso passed tno James woman . BUffrngo bill, wmcn contains n clause calling for stato referendum, boforo It goes Into effect. W. R. Greene of Audubon, la., has boon nominated by tho Ninth congrcs Former Congressman Walter I. Smith. At Sydnoy, N. S. W Bill Lang won his light with Jack Lostor, Tommy Burns' protege, in tho jslxth round. Lester broke ono of his wrists and was practicnlly dofenselosB. Daniel O'Rollly, former assistant district attorney nnd Inter attorney for Evelyn Thaw in her sensational suits, pleaded not guilty to a charge of revolving stolon property. Announcement was made by the In corporators of tho national McKinloy birthplace association that JoBoph G. Butloy, Jr., Youngstown, O., was elocted president. Four and one-half hours will bo cut from tho Chicago-Son Francisco time of tho Union Pacific-Southern Pacific overland limited enabling tno train to mako this trip lu G8 hours instead ot 72ft as horotoforo. An olght-uny noropiano moot sur passing lii value ot award, in varloty ot features and in numbor ot entrants any moot yet given In tho United States will bo hold In Grant Park, Chicago, beginning on August 1. At Wilmington, Dol., to provo that tho now $2,000,000 offlco building of tho pupont Powder company Is lire proof, tires will bo stnrtoa sitnuiia- uoously in several rooms nnd no at- thorn Only 88 of tho ICS raombora of tho naval academy's clas ot 100D passed tholr recent final examinations nftor tho customary two years' crulso and will bo commissioned onalgns in tho navy Juno 5. Postmaster General Hitchcock nn nounced tho designation ot forty-aoven additional postal savings banks, mak ing a total ot 170 slnco January 3. At Cambridge Mass., Mayor Barry haa mado arrnngomonts with tho Har vard Athletic association to allow the fifty pupils In tho local schools with tho best grades tree admission to Harvard's bascbull Karnes. After eight years in nn Arctla ice pack, a mossage dispatched by balloon from tho headquarters of tho Baldwin Zoiglor oxpcdltlou lu Franz Josof land In 1002 is now In tho hands ot tho orlglnnl Bonder, Evelyn Brlggs Bald win. Railroads oporntlng In central pns-i scnger association territory, including tho states ot Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, uro permitted, by an order issued by tho lntorstnto commorcu commission, to exact higher passen ger faros for interstate than for intra- stato buslnoBs whoro stato legisla tures or etato commissions hnvo es tablished a two-con t-a-mllo rnto. Personal, Democrats ot tho houso had qulto a sot-to over tno ruiea commutoo's powers, Tho contempt charges against Gom pers, Morrison anu Mitcneu may no revived, London Is tilling up with visitors tor tho coronation fosttvltlos. Hot weather 1b causing congress to couslder taking nn adjournment. Vico Prosidont Corral says tho res ignation of Diaz will bring no lasting peaco to Mexico. Tim Wnnhlncton Times thinks Nor rls Brown will havo a hard fight to retain hla sent in the sonnto. Mr. Brynn cays tho Btandard oil de cision is likely to rqvlyo tho wholo trifst Question, Emperor Menollk's grnlidson, Prince Lidjl Jenssu bus been proclaimed Em peror of Abyssinia, BOOSTING IN VALUES ACTION OF THE NORTH WE8TERN IN VILLAGES AND TOWNS. AS TO THE TERMINAL TAX LAW Object of Railroad In Putting Up Values. Other Matters at the State Capital. In its report to tho Stato Board of Assessment the Northwestern rail road has boosted Its values of prop erty situated in cities, villages and towns. Tho roportn filed by tho board doal with property to bo assessed un der the tcrmlnnl or local tax law, all of which is subject to valuation for tho purposes of local taxation. Tho local boards valuo tho property for purposos of local taxation, whilo tho Btato board values It for purposes of etato taxation. Tho terminal or local railroad tax law was originated in Nebraska by H. T. Clarke, Jr., who 1b now a member of tho stato railway commission. When he Introduced a bill for tho lo cal taxation of railroad property he was u member of tho house ot repre sentatives and lived In Omaha. The pc'oplo of Omaha wero very desirous of such a law becausa In Omaha there Is situated largo and vuluablo termi nals which had thorotoforo cscapod local taxation becauso they woro taxed for state purposes. Soon after tho terminal tax law went Into effect tho Northwestorn Railroad company began to report the valuo of Its property far beyond tho values, placed upon It by assessors. Now another Jump is mado by the re ports of tho compnny, in many cases tho incrcaso bolng from one-third to ono-half tho fomor value. When this Increase was first commenced by tho rnllroad pompany It attracted n great denl ot attention and was combatted by other railroad companlos in an In direct way. Now that somo of tho company's property is reported to the Btato board at doublo tho formor valuo, tho suspicion 1b aroused that the company had more foresight than other ralload companies in preparing for tho time when tho stato railway commission will plnco n valuo on all of tho physical property of railroad companloa in this state. Tho Btato board of asscsamont did little or nothing when tho Northwest orn road first bogan to report in creased values for tho purposes of lo cal nssossmont, but now that railroad ratea may bo based on physical valu ation tho board may tnko notice It is generally understood that any rnllroad company la willing to pay Increased taxes If It can gain tho privilege ot charging rates in accordance with property values. Verdict Cut Down. A verdict for $25,000 for tho loss ot n llfo in a railroad accident, has boon cut to $15,000 by Judgo Frost of tho district court. The Judgment was in favor of Lizzlo L. Wright, admin istratrix of tho estate of Otto Wright, tho latter having beon an engineer In tho omployo of tho Rock Island road, Hp was killed in a wreck nnd tho widow brought Bult for $25,000. Sho was given n vordlct for tho full amount and tho company filed a mo tion for a now trial. Judgo Frost ruled that if a remittitur for $10,000 should bo filed, within ten days, tho motion would bo overruled; other wlso It would bo sustained. Charged With Taking Fish. Chief Gnmo Warden Miller has or dered tho arrost of Herman Lease ot Norfolk for, stealing fish, Tho real charge la taking fish unlawfully from public waters. Two Officers Go to Texas. Lieutenant Colonel W. Edmund Baehr of tho First regiment, Nebraska National Guard, of Omaha, and Cap tain Roy E. Olmstead, commundor of Company A, First reglmont, of York, hnvo been assigned by Adjutant Gen- ornl Pholna tr nttnnil thn nrmv mn, nouvors nt San Antonio, Tox., for two weeks. Tho two officers are to re port for duty at San Antonio on May 27. State Pays for Permit. Tho Btato ot Nebraska rofusod to pay for a building pormlt or to tako ono out lu Omaha a year ngo when tho now building nt tho school for tho deaf was built. The engineering de partment of Omaha ralsod consider able ot a rumpus about tho matter but tho state stood pat ana roiusea to tako out a permit. Last wook, how ever, a permit was takeu out In tho city of Lincoln for n coment garage to bo constructed on tho grounds of ot the exocutlvo mansion to houso the governor's new automobile, and tho stnto paid 50 cents fee for this pormlt. Senior "Sneak Day." Tho senior class ot tho stato uni versity colobratod tho annual senior "Sneak Day" and Jojrnoyod to Mil- ford, tho usual plnco for holding tho colobratlon, Only tho chancellor and members ot tho faculty woro advised as to tho day set apart, except tho se niors thomsolvoB. Various forms ot outdoor entertainment had boon planned by tho- committee In chargo, such as bnsebnil, races and other evonts. Besidos tho sports, tho se niors visited tho Old Soldiers' Homo at Mlltord. FOR STATE DANKERS. Board Prepares to Enforce Guaranty Law. Secretary E. Royse, of the state banking board haB sent out blanks asking state banks to report to him tho averago amount of dally doposlts for six months ending May 31, ex clusive of public moneys, so that ho may compute tho amount of tho as sessment to bo levied against each bank for tho depositors' guaranty fund. This Is to remain in tho banks but is subject to paymeht on demand of tho banking board. Hero is tho letter: Lincoln, Nob., May 15, 1911. To tho Cashier: I enclose herewith two blank forma upon which to mako a Btatomont of tho average daily de posits of your bank for tho six months ondlng May 31, 1011, exclusive of public monoy otherwise secured. Soo section -15 of tho banking act. Thcso statements must bo signed nnd sworn to by tho president, vico presi dent or cashier, and both forwarded to this offlco not later than Juno 2, 1911, ono of which will, bo returned showing tho amount of the assessment levlod against your bank, which amount shall bo net apart, kept and, maintained In tho bank to tho credit of a fund or uccount designated as u "Depositors Guaranty Fund,' pay ablo to tho stato banking board on demand. Sco section 40 of tho bank ing act. Whoro a bank does not have a suffi cient amount of not earnings to moot Its assessment tho shareholders must bo assessed In proportion to their stock holdings, as tho capital or sur plus Bhould not bo reduced for that purpose. With noticed to the banks of tho amount of this assessment will bo sent blanks upon which to mako a report of their condition, no required by soctlon 15 of tho banking act. Upon receipt nnd examination there of by tho stato banking board, certi ficates provided for In said section will bo Issued to such banks as tho board Is satisfied meet the require ments of tho depositors guaranty law. Certificates will bo withheld in all cubcs whero tho condition of tho bank Is such as to imperil tho integrity of tho guaranty fund. Banka must bo solvent beyond question beforo given a certificate. Very respectfully, E, ROYSE, Socretary Stato Banking Board. Rock Island Engineers Appear. Chief Engineor J. B. Berry, of tho Rock Island railroad, accompanied by Assistant C. Sattloy, appeared boforo tho stnto railway commission n fow dnys ago to try to lnduco tho commis sion to lncrcaBo tho valuation of tho physical proporty of tho Rock Island in Nebraska from $10,723,372 to $13,- 131,180, tho latter bolng tho vnluation as found by tho compnny and tho formor being tho valuation as deter mined by tho physical valuation de partment of the railway commission. Lincoln Traction Company. Tho assessment schedule of tho Lin coln Traction company has boon filed In tho ofllco of County Assessor Mil ler nnd Is tho first return from any ot tho big corporations. Tho company places a total valuation on Its propor ty ot $1,465,297.52, which is $589,352.48; lesa than that fixed by tho board ot equalization last year. Tho total for 1910 was $2,044,050. Grants Application. Tho Btato railway commission has granted the application of tho Chicago & Northwestorn rallrond to withdraw Its rulo under which tho road absorbs Bwltching chargos on non-competltlvo business. First in the Race. Judgo Francis Hamor, ot Kearney, is the first formal entry in tho Judicial handicap to bo determined by party in tho August primary ballot as a can didate for Judgo ot tho Bupremo court on tho ropubltcan ticket. Death of Judge Pond. Judgo S. P. Pound, n Nebraska pio neer and a lending member ot tho Ne braska bar, dlod at his homo horo. Ho wbb 78 yeare old. Charges Embezzlement. Fred A. Corbln, postmaster at Rey nolds, appeared before United Stutes CommtsBlonor Mnrlay to answer to a chargo ot embezzling monoy ordoru amounting to $2,604. Ho gavo bond for $2,500 and was bound over to tho federal grand Jury. Requisition by the Governor. Governor Aldrlch has issued a re quisition for tho return of Goorgo Wallace to Holt county on tho chargo ot obtaining $400 on a forged check. Wallace Is reported to bo in Donvor. W. A. Slzer on Board. W. A. SIzor, son of Postmaster Ed- ward SIzor, ot this city, and for many yonra a rosldont ot Lincoln, has been nppolntcd a membor ot tho Wyoming Btato board of Immigration by Gov ernor unrey pi uuu state. Bookkeeper Consults Governor. T, IS. Stewart, who was bookkeeper ot tho stato school for tho fooblo minded youth at Beatrice undor tho Roo administration and who is al leged to havo been responsible tor tho shortngo ot $1,300 which occurred thdro, visited Governor Aldrich, After a consultation It was announced thnt tho bookkeeper would pay tho abort- ag0 in full aa indicntod by tho report of tho Btato accountant on tho books of that Institution. Stownrt eays he does not know how tho Bhortago on his books occurred. DISASTER IN FRANCE MINISTER OF WAR KILLED BY A MONOPLANE. SEVERAL. ALSO ARE WOUNDED Accident Occurs When Machine Plunges Into Group Gathered to , Witness the Start. Paris. Franco paid a terribio toll Sunday for Its magnfllcont endeavor to attain supremacy of tho air when a monoplane, tho driver of which had lost control, plunged into a group of members of tho cabinet, who had gathered to witness tho start of the, race from Paris to Madrid, killing the minister of ,wnr and injuring the prlmo minister, his son nnd a well known sportsman. Tho dead: Henri Maurice Bcrtcaux, minister of war. Tho Injured: Antolno Emmanuel Ernest Monls, promler and minister of the interior, Antoino Monls, son ot the promler. Henri Detusch do la Mourthc, the aged patrno of aeronautics, nutomo blllng and other sports. A largo number of tho other por- sons of noto had narrow escapes from Injury. Tho accident occurred on tho avia tion field at Issy les Mollneux, whero 200,000 persons had gathered to see tho start of tho race. Mr. Train was piloting tho mono piano. With him in .tho car was M, Bounler, a passenger. Neither ot thcso men was injured. Tho machine wnB wrecked, Mlnistor of War Berteaux was hor ribly mnngled. Tho swiftly rovolv- ing propeller cut oil his left arm, which was found ton feet away from tho spot whoro he was struck, tho back ot his headwas crushed in, his throat gashed and the wholo ot his left sldo cut nnd lncoratcd. Premlor Monls was burled benenth tho wrockago of tho monoplane. Ho was taken out as quickly as posslblo and examined by military surgeons, who found ho had sustained com pound fractures of two boneB, his face badly contused nnd thero wero bruises on tho breast and. abdomen. M. Deutsch nnd M. MonlB woro not seriously hurt. Among thofio who had narrow os- capes from Injury was M. Leptno, tho prefect of police M. Berteaux's body was placed In a closod automobile and escorted from tho Held by a squadron of dragoons with swords at salute, whilo tens of thousands ot persons stood uncover ed. An Intlmato friond of tho family communicated tho news of M. Ber teaux's death to his wife. PEACE OFFICIALLY DECLARED. Document Slgneed Pledges Cessation of Hostilities. Juarez, Mox. Officially doeslgnated representatives ot tho Mexican gov- comment and the revolutionists at. 10 o'clock Sunday night Blgned a peaco ngrcomont nt the customs house here Intended to end the hostilities that hav been waged in Mexico for tho last six months. Though covering only the principal points ngotiated thus far, tho agree ment practically records tho conces sion by tho government of thoso do mnnds which stnrtod on ovomber 20 Inst bv nn armed revolution in Mexico. Telegrams' announcing tho signing ot tho agreement were dispatched throughout Mexico to revolutionary and federal leaders alike. Squaw Man Shot on Prlarle. Lander, Wyo. Word was received hero that Lee Reagan, n squawman, Jiving on tho Shoshono Indian reserva tion, had been shot and klllu by his companion, Cal O'Neal, another squnwmnn. Tho two men had loft Fort Washahklo to round up somo cat tle. Killed a Chinese Banker. Laredo, Mex. At the end of n rope which hud beon tied around hla neck, Dr. J. M, Llm, a Chinese banker, wn$ dragged nround tho plnza In Torreon, Mex., until his body was a mass of broken bones and bleeding wounds. Nebraska Banker Dies Abroad. Redonda, Cal, James Forbes, vico president ot tho National Bank ot Anoka, Neb., who camo hero for hlB I health, died Sunday night. Mr, Forbes, who was 71 years old, Is sur vived by a widow und five children. Good Roada Congress. Birmingham, Ala. Dolegatos from 18 states aro gathering hero for tho fourth National Good Roads congress which wU convene .Tuesday. Presl dent Arthur. C. Jackson, of Chicago, was ono of tho first to arrlvo. Weather Bureau Investigation, Washington. Complaints by npple growers In the west that tho wenther bureau's forecasts cannot bo depend ed upon nnd that disastrous results to crops havo followed erroneous pre dictions form tho basis of tho decision reached by the house commission on expenditures on tho Agricultural do partment ot Investigate tlio weather bureau. Tho committee also will look Into charges mado by James Barry, former chief ot the cllmatological dl vision of tho weather bureau, agalust Its management. NEBRASKA IN CRlEF. Mews Notas of Interest from Various Sections. i Stanton will havo a colobratlon on tho 4th of July. 1 , ' . A now high school building for Sut ton. 1b under consideration. John Schultz wants $50,000 from tho Burlington railroad for tho loss of his young son. "Ia accordance with tho repent voto Lincoln Will now bo "wet," to tho ex tent of 25 ealoons. . , Wnndrnw Wllsnn rnnfoftRM nt Pnrt- land ho will not run away from presi dential lightning. Tho supremo court sustained tho contempt of court aontfenco of Presi dent Wilson of tho wirele38 telegraph company. Tho Wdmen's Christian association of Omaha aro making a canvass for $50,000 to liquidAte tho Indebtedness on their building. ' Tho Commercial club of Lincoln. during a trip through the western section of tho state, was given tho glad hand all along the line. Near Hooper, Marvin A. Papo, a boy, fell from a tree receiving Injuries that resulted in his death, A Fremont dispatch says that O. W. E. Dorsey, former congressman from mai district, is seriously ill nt Bait Lake, Utah, whoro ho 1b now living. At a Bpeclal election hold In Millard tho proposition to voto bonds in tho aum of $10,000 for a water plant car- rlod by a largo majority. Fielding Toalson, n farmer living near Columbus, la dead from heart dlseaso Induced by digging the gravo of a relative. Toalson returned homo exhausted, but apparently In good health. A few hours later his mother found him dead in bed. Gamo Warden Loaso has ordered tho arrest of Herman Lease of Nor folk for taking llsh unlawfully from public waters. Lease was employed to transfer flBh from bolow tho dam at Norfolk to a point above. It Is said that ho kept somo of tho llsh thus seined. Printod copies of tho amotidedgnmo laws of this stato have been received by Game Warden Miller and will bo distributed by him free of cost on ap plication. The last legislature put the "universal license" Into, effect and thero aro other Important changes in tho law. MrB. Joe Moss, of Amherst, Is dead and her little daughter lies dangerous ly ill with her leg broken in' two places and three other peoplo aro more or less seriously Injured, tho re sult of nn automobile wreck at Am herst when a machine became unman ageable and ran down hill. Dr. C. P. Fall nnd Carl Shaffor, or Beatrice, aro planning tho construc tion of a large dam on tho Bluo river a tnllQ and a halt from Hong In Gago county, and expect to develop water powor for tho purpose of generating electric current for use In Beatrice and elsewhero In the vicinity. Tho county commissioners ot Rich ardson county have let tho contract for building a macadamized road 112 roda long In Ohio township to Charles Helneman, for 2,794. Tho work will bo under the-supervision of h govern ment expert. This will bo tho first permanent roadwork undertaken la tho county. A similar road was built several years ago across, tho river bot. torn east of Auburn and proved to bo a big success. The horse stolen by tho men who two weoks ngo mado an attempt to rob I tho bank at Ragan has been returned to its owner, having appeared at tho barn of Charles Long In Holdredge, without harness or buggy, which have not yet been found. It la thought tho vehicle is somewhero in tho city, as It is much moro likely that the ban- fitB would leave the rig In town than In tho country districts. Tho appear anco of tho horso hero naturally leads to the theory that tho would-bo robers drove hero and, abaandonlngr me narso ana ouggy, go out, ot town. by train. Tho Columbus Journal, oqe of tho oldest papers In Nebraska, has been sold to the Tribune of the same city. Merrick county peoplo aro enthusi astic for good roads and aro contrib uting liberally to this end. Tho Omaha and Denver Good Roads association was formally organized at tho big road convention held in Holdrege. Fifty-three ofllclal dele gates representing thirty towns woro present and thero wore 'moro than a hundred unofficial representatives or towns nnd villages' in the convention also. Kearney county alono sent 3T auto loads of peoplo. Rov. Dennis Brooks Lake, an old tlmo circuit rider of tho Methodist church, died at his homo in Auburn,, aged 07 years. Ho has preached in almost every school houso in Nomaha. and surrounding counties during tho last 35 years. As a rulo ho has been assigned country nnd village charges and these were the ones he liked best. His permanent hovao haa been on n. farm five miles north of Auburn, al though much of tho tlmo his assign ments required him to reside in dif ferent places In tho surrounding coun- tlCB. In lirio with tho other improvements. Broken Bow is this spring placing $8,000 worth of water main exten sions. Secretary Royso, of tho state bank ing board, has construed the, section of tho bank guaranty law relating to bonds for employes of banks as di rectors only and not mandatory, Ho has received lottera from many bank ers Indicating that surety bond com pauieB havo stated that employes must furnish bonds. Whonover bonds, aro written they must bo filed with tho secretary ot tho stato bunking: board. ..Yort.