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DAY'S EVENTS BOILED DOWN
Personal, Polltlevl, ForelQn and Other
Intelligence Interesting to the
General Reader
Washington.
Tho Joint resolution admitting Ari
zona and New Mexico to immediate
statehood, but withholding tho ap
proval of tho constitutions of both tin
til tho pcdplo havo voted pn tho pro
posed - amendment, passed tho houso
by a viva voco vote. No roll call wan
demanded on tho final vote.
Information as to what steps had
been taken for tho criminal prosecu
tion of IbCofllcers of tho Standard
Oil company under tho recent deci
sion of tho supremo court was do
manded of tho nttorncy general bx tho
eenate which adopted, without debate,
r resolution of inquiry offered by
Senator Pomorono.
Sonator Fryo, nftor forty-ono yearn
of continuous service In congress, loft
Washington for his home In Maine
locauRo of his falling health. With
his usual optimism, tho vonorablo
senator said: "I nm going back to tho
.Maine air, and u good vest will put
mo right ngaln in short order." Bon
ator Fryo, somo tlmo ago, resigned as
president pro tempore of tho senate.
Secretary Wilson, of tho depart
mont of . agriculture, declinod an In
vitation to bo tho guest of tho Ak-Sar-Dcn
on Mondny, Juno 12, tho date
on whioh the various official of tho
bureau of unlmal Industry of tho de
partment will hold their annual con
vention in Omaha. Dr. Molvln accopt
cd tho invitation, but tho secretary
cinld that ho would bo unable to visit
Omaha at that time.
A board of admirals, was appointed
to dlscharga tho disagreeable- annual
duty of selecting a number of naval
officers to bo retired in order to causo
a propor flow for promotion. ThlB
year tho board must causo fifteen va
cancies In addition to the five that
iiavo occurred In the usual courso
during the last year. The Hat will
he made uppf.flye captains,- four com '
manders, four lieutenant commanders
and two lieutenants. s
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General. ,
The first of tho postal savings bank
bonds will be Issued soon.
Bids for tho $50,000,000 of 3 per
rent Panama bonds aro coming in
lively.
Foreign diplomats at Mexico City
(ifrte taken steps to safeguard rem
Bents. , '
President Taft denied tho nppltca
Hon for pardon on behalf of Bankers
Walsh and Moreo.
Secretory MaoVoagh is accused of
reversing tho order imposing n 20 per
cont duty on creosoto,
Rivalry for tho governorship of dif
ferent Mexican states glvos signs of
causing possible strife.
According to tho Curneglo endow
went fund for international peace tho
world will bo educated in interna
tional law as to how tho law may bo
extended,
The Prussian diet passed the sec
ond reading of the government's bill
lornllzlng cremation,
William Carren, former manager of
a St. Louis theater, pleaded guilty to
charges of embezzling $22,000 of the
theater'H funds and was aontencod to
five years In tho penitentiary.
An, amendment by Senator Root to
the reciprocity agreemeut was op
posed, as llkoly to bo fatal,
Insurrectos are keeping up the
fight, apparently not knowing that
armistice has been declared,
La Follette declares tho Lorlmer
case must o pusuea out or. tno son'
xte at all hazards.
The Reformed church. Is not to be
hasty In effecting a union with Prcs
bytorlun denomination,
The general synod of tho Reformed
church or the United States elected
r. James I. Good of Dayton, O., presi
dent. Miss Knthcrlno Elklns, her mother
and brother, Stephen B. Elklns, woro
passengora on tho Knlsorln Augusta
(Victoria on routo for Europe. Thoy
were accompanied to tho Bhlp by "Bit
ly" Hltt of Illinois, MIbs Elklns
laughed morrlly when asked If sho
will bo engaged to young Hltt.
Tho Oregon-Washington ttallroad &
Navigation .company, a subsidiary of
tho Union Pacltlc railroad, has Bold
to Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Baring
Ilrothorn & Co. $2G,00Q,OQ0 first and
refunding mortgngo 4 per cont cold
bonds unconditionally guaranteed by
Ihe Union Pacillo company,
The minority of the senate com
mltteo on privileges and elections op
poeee any change Jn elections.
Martin Skow, a patient at tho state
Inna no asylum at Lincoln, Nob., Btran
gled Charles Brookman, a fellow in
mate.
Attorney . General WIckersham
brought suit at New York for tho dls
solution of the alleged lumber trust.
French Minister of War Bortoaux
was killed and Premier Monls Injured
when, an aeroplany crashed Into
crowd near Paris,
Hermpslllo, Mexico, was evacuated
by the federals without a battle.
FROM MANY POINTS
Moxlcnn rebels effected tho capturo
of many towns In tho state of Slna
Ion. Andrew Carnegie and falmly snfled
for their summer vacation In Scot
land. Two resolutions wero offered In tho
sonnto to reinvestigate tho Lorlmer
election.
A reign of riot and pillage followed
tho capturo of tho town of Pachuca
by Mexican rebels.
Tho Christian Herald has forward
el $4,000 more for tho relief of Chi
ncso famlno sufferers.
It Is said reciprocity has inndo Taft
popular in tho cities, but farmers aro
yelling "bloody murder,"
Theodore Roosevelt was criticized
by John W. Foster for his recent ut
tcrances on arbitration.
Tho intcrstnto commerce commis
sion was instructed to tako Jurisdic
tion over railroads In Alaska,
Tho houso voted favorably on tho
resolution for admission, of Arizona
nnd New Mexico to statehood.
Tho Gideons, a rollgtoUs organiza
tion, last Sunday placed 1,400 frco
bibles In the hotels of Omaha. .
Tho birth rato In Now York City
for tho first three months oLtho yenr
was 28.11 per l;000, tho largost on rec
ord. Thoro was a demonstration at Mex
ico City bocnuso of tho delay of Presi
dent Diaz In tendering his resigna
tion. Miss Grace Dexter Bryan, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bryan, will bo
married June 7th to Richard Har-
greaves, of Lincoln. '
Tho Texas railroad commission has
fllod forfeiture of charter Buit ngalnBt
tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail,
way, alleging bankruptcy. '
Louis D. Brandols, who was Invited
to conduct tho inquiry by a houso
commltto Into tho affairs of the post
offico department, declined to servo.
ino countess uzocnnyi, lormeriy
Miss Gladys Vanderbllt, has given
$50,000 to tho city's poor In Budapest
In return for, tho city's agreement not
to lay streoticar tracks In front of hor
palaco.
Tho annual meeting of tho trans
Mississippi commercial congress sot
for September next, will bo held In
Kansas City, lnstoad of Oklahoma
City.
Announcement was mude that tho
Iowa City high school has won tho in
terscholaBtlo chamnlonshln of tho
United States Incidentally taking tho
John Jacob Astor cup.
Annlo Parros, nlnoteen years old,
was suffocated and a property loss
estimated at $300,000 was sustained
by flro caused by tho explosion of gas
In a dairy lunch room nt Pittsburg.
President Taft has slgnod a procla
mation establishing tho Colorado na
tions! park in Mesa county, Colo.
Anthony Howard Hunklo, well
known -for his Interest in muclslans,
died at Hot Springs, Vn.
One thousand dclogates attended
the fourth national" convention of tho
United Presbyterian men's movomont
In tho First Presbyterian church at
Pittsburg.
At Washington Miss Zelda M. Strik
er, an orphnn, aged 18, and strikingly
beautiful, wna married to Sadaoko FuJ
lta, steward on tho United Stntoa ship
Dolphin and old onoilgh to be her
fathor, Tho romance began In 1000,
whon tho bride was a little girl.
J, M. Prtrks. former ilnnnclnl secre
tary of tho Los AnaelcB Iron Workers'
Union, and Bnrt J, Connors, a former
Alaskan Ironworker, were -arrested nt
Lou Angolofl 011 a charge of. placing
dynamite undor the, halt ofs records,
which was wrecked ficro last Sep
tember. . '
Tho results bf exhaustive inquiry
Into tho stool trulii made by tho
bureau of corporations wilt not bo
available to the houso commltteo in
vestlgatlng the United States Steel
corporation unless Presldont Taft so
directs,
Lleutonnnt Colonel BoVorly W.
Dunn, Inventor of dunnlto, has resign
od from the army because President
Taft declined to grant him retirement
to continue his work with explosives.
Efforts woro mado tq avert a Btrlke
of tho firemen on tho Southern rail
way at a conferenco at. Washington
sotween officials of .the railway and
1'eprosentntlves of the .nineteen local
organizations of the brotherhood of
locomotive flremon.
Tho geographical survoy has issued
a bulletin giving dorlvnttons of names
of American cltlos. Chicago, sayu
tho bulletin, is OJlbwa Indian "She-Kng-Ong,"-
signifying "wild onion
place," from a root form implying "a
bad smoll."
Presldont Taft has signod tho ' pro
clamation establishing the Harney Na
tlonnl forost In South Dakota. It em
braces 583,820 acres formerly con
tained In tho Blaok Hills forost and
58,727 acres takon from tho public
domain.
Pergonal,
Tho contompt charges agalnBt Com
pors, Morrison and Mitchell may bo
revived,
Viscount -Mqrloy moved tho second
roadlng of the veto bill In the house
of lords.
Tho announcement of tho nccesslon
of a now omperor of Abyssinia was
premature,
Tho Nebraska delegation voted as a
unit tor tho admission of Arizona and
Now Mexico.
It Is said friends ,ot Presldont Taft
aro figuring, on Sonator Cummins as
his running mate in 1012,
Portforlo Diaz resigned aa president
of Mexico, and his rouunclatlon was
accepted by congress.
Assistant Secretary of tho Troasury
Curtis assumes all blame for tho rul
ing on free entry of creosoto.
In a speech at London, Premier
Lnurler expressed amazement at the
oxpressed fear of, Canadian annexation,
I MUST GET BUSy
ATTORNEY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY
IS SHIRKING DUTY.
"EITHER ACT OR CET'"
Mut Get Busy or Be Replaced by a
Man Who Will Request to Don
ahue la BUt a Subterfuge.
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Governor Aldrlch sent a stinging
letter tg County Attorney English of
Douglas county in which ho states
that that official's sidetracking of tho
recen communication aont out by him
in regard ta the enforcement of tho
Alberts disorderly houso net doos not
meet with tho executive's' approval.
Ho furthor nays unreservedly that
unless proceedings aro Instituted nt f
onco ho will tako stops to fdrnlsh
Douglas county with an attorney who
wilt not hesitate to conform with his
Wishes In tho matter.
Tho letter goes to Attornoy Eng
lish In reply to ono rocolvod by Gov
ernor Aldrlch in which tho Omaha
man said Jig had rororrod tho Btato
oxi'cutlvo's communication to Chlof
of Police Donnhuo with a request for
Information of tho cxlotenco of housos
of lll-fama In tho stato's motropolls.
In his lottor Govornor Aldrlch says:
"I observo that you nay in your let
for that you havo transmitted to tho
chief of pollco of your city n copy
of your lottcr to mo und upon rccelnpt
of Information you will tako such
stops as tho ovldcnco Justlflos.
"Permit mo to say, Mr. English,
that I am calling on you as county
attorney in nnd for Douglas county to
onforco this one of tho Htatutes of
tho stato. It It had boon tho duty of
tho chief or pollco I would havo ball
ed upon him nnd not upon you,"
"I do not bollovn.ln French diplom
acy. If I did, I would bo tolerant of
evasions, subterfuges and equivoca
tions nnd In short, 'nnythlng to ovndo
a plain performance of duty. Chlof
Donahuo Is In no Way undor and by
virtue of provisions of UiIb stntuto
connected officially with your office
Govornor Aldrlch thon says that
tho statute Is not hard to enforco nnd
ho quotes from Its provisions to illus
trate to tho county offlcial that his
duty In tho case" is clear,
"So whon you rofor this mntlor to
tho Investigation of Chlof Donahue I
must plulnly say that you nro cor
talnlynot acting In good faith, and
do not Intend to enforco tho law If
you possibly can ovado It. I havo
doclded to seo to It that this law Is
enforced and I Bhnll tiso nil tlio moans
at my command' to seo that It Is done.
If It is nocossnry for mo to get a
now county nttornoy In Douglas coun
ty to enforce thU law, I shall tako
tho necessary stops to do bo ahd will
not hesitate to assumo this responsi
bility. This measure Is ono of tho
most Important to good govornmont
and to society that has over been
placed upon tho statute books of this
stato. It la indisputable that thesp
assignation houses nro tho headquar
ters of murderers, criminals, thugs
and thloves. When It Is necessary to
hold public mootings to proyido for
tho safety of life it soems to mo that
no official should for an instant hosl
tato to lend his most Energetic aid
In the performance of his duUfgu
Miiruers aro too common and
holdups too froquent to conduct tho
enforcement of this statuto along dip.
lomatlc lines for tbo purpose of' evad
ing a plain dutyk You and you alone
are callod upon to do your duty In
enforcing tho provisions of tho stat
uto In question, I shall hold you and
you nlono responsible for its enforce
ment. Now It's up toi you to say,
Yes' or 'No." "
Omahan Is Elected,
Dana Van Duson, of Omaha, was
elected edltor-in-chlot of tho State
Unlvorslty Cornhuskor for noxt year.
Van Duson's election was unanimous,
ho having for tho last year been
managing editor.
The State Guard.
Adjutant General Phelpa wont to
Osceola to muster in n new company
of the stnteiftuard. Tho company will
bo knownSiis, Compnny 11, It has
.been recruited by R. O. Allon, former
ly of tho rogular army. Tho com
pany will become a part of the first
regiment."
Y. M. C. A. Camp.
Plans havo been laid for tho annual
boya' camp of tho Y. M. C. )A. nt
King's lake, Valley, Nob., commencing
Tuesday, Juno 13, and continuing for
n period of ton duys. Tho camp has
boon named Camp Stephens In honor
of Superintendent W. L. Stophons,
who hue boon on the boys' work com
mlttoo for a Iftngor period of continu
ous service than any othor man on
the board of directors.
'Sportsmen's Association,
Tho 30th annual moot of tho No
braska State Sportsmon's association
came to a closo nftor ono of the most
successful three days' shoot over held
in tho history of the organization.
Whedon Gets Judgment.
Tho district court Jury which tried
tho ense of Churles 0. Whedon ugalnst
tho Citizens' Railway company and
tho Lincoln Traction company, re
turned a vordlct In favor of tho plain
tiff nnd asBosslng tho amount of his
recovery at $1,809.00.
8H0RT6N LIFE TERMt.
Some Interesting Figures on the Pen
itentiary. Tho last report of ponltentlnry con
ditions show that thero aro 420 pris
oners n't that institution, of which
number 20 are under sentences vary
ing from 10 to 40 years, whllo the
rest aro sent thero tor periods rang,
lng frorq six months to ten years.
Tho figures show that there nre of
that number 321 whites, 08 negroes,
0 Indians, and 1 Korean. Two whlto
and two negro women are Included in
the number. During the last two
years four wero received at tho In
stitution under tho death penalty,
whllo six convicted of first degree
murder have been Bent up for life,' as
well ns three who havo been con
victed of second dogroo murdor. Dur
ing tho btohnium, which closed under
Warden Sntltb, thero wero 31 prison
ers received, who had been guilty of
murdor. . Of this number 12 camo
from Douglas. County. Thirty-six men
Wero also brought in to servo time
for attempts to kill.
Whllo in chargo of tho penitentiary,
Warden Smith, nftor examining the
records, found a llfo sontenco in the
light of the past has meant only about
seven or eight years, and that tho
longest term served by any mnn sen
tenced for the remainder of his years
was only 15 years, This, desplto the
fact that many havo been sent to tho
Institution for life and mnny moro
for periods of from 20 to 35 years.
Tho penitentiary is almost self-
sustaining, ns tho books show. Tho
maintenance cost for tho last blcn-
nlum was' $130,000, of which $38,000
was for salarlos and wages, $G5,000
for clothing, food and medicine nnd
.$27,000 for coal. Tho earnings nro
put down at 1137,000, tho principal
items being: From contractors, $04,
000; farm products, $27,500; electric
current for other state buildings, $10,
000; gato recoipts, $2,500.
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Brokers Slow to Buy.
State Treasurer George has ox-
ponded nil of tho $600,000 received
for tho salo of bonus of othor states
with tho exception of $133,000. Ho
paid out the monoy for bonds issued
by Nebraska counties nnd cities. He
has JUst completed tho purchase of
$14,000 of Arapahoo refunding bonds
and $8,000 of bonds issued by the
tajvn of Franklin for.eloctrlc light.
Tho bond broker who Bought tho Cal
ifornia statu bonds declined to accept
$25,000 of the lssuo because tho bonds
wo.ro stamped not negotiable, bo that
tho total salo of bonds of other states
aggregates only $000,000. Tho total
amount offered for salo was $4,000,
000. Negotiations for tho salo of the
balanco of that amount aro progress
ing very Blowly, brokers offering
terms which tho stato board of edu
cational lands and funds rofuscs to
accopt.
Cups to Guard Officers.
Adjutant General Phelps has re
ceived nnd will present two bronze
cups to officers of tho Nebraska na
tional guard , for oxcellcnco in marks,
manshlp. Ono cup goes to Captain
Ivor S. Johnson, of Stanton, Company
B, First regiment, and tho other to
Captain Chris L. Andorson, of Nori
folk, Company D, First regiment
The State Fair.
Secretary Mellor, of tho stato board
of agriculture, is of tbo opinion that
If the other departments of the stnto
fair show up as well as the speed
department, the noxt fair will bo a
record-breaker. In tho early closing
races 233 horses havo boon named,
whllo tho highest number, over boforo
onterod was 187.
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Session Laws Early.
Secretary of Stato Walt Bays that
tho Gcsalon laws will be printed and
ready for distribution by Juno 15. The"
copy on the laws wna started to tho
printer ns soon as thoy wore deposit
cd in the offlco of tho secretary of
Btato. '
Douglas County Appeals.
Tho county commissioners of Doug
las county have appoaled to tho at
tornoy general from a ruling of State
Auditor Barton holding that the Stato
Is not liable for tho board of prison
ers botween tho time of tho bringing
in of a verdict by a Jury and tho time
fjf sontenco by a district Judge.
Douglas county has claims amounting
to $3,000 hinging on this. Attornoy
Gonernl Martin, following a decision
of Former Attornoy Gonoral Norrls
Brown, holds that the Btnte Is not
llnblo until prisoners aro Bcntoncad.
To Close Houses of Lewdness..
Govornor Aldrlch has on his own
Initiative started n movement to closo
nil houses of lowdnoss and assigna
tion housos In Nebraska. Tho laBt
legislature passed an act which la
now In force' authorizing tho closing
of all such houses on relation of a
courfty nttornoy or any citizen. Tho
govornor has notified tho county at
torneys of Douglas, Otoe, Platte, Hall
nnd Dodgo counties to, Institute pro
ceedings against such places, He
says It dovolvos upon tho county at
tornoy to enforco tho law.
Guaranty Deposit Law,
fStato banks which aro Instructed
tftKroport their avorago deposits for
Pjiorlod of six mouths bo that tho
amount of their assessment undor tho
guaranty of doposlt law may bo mado
have In many instances applied to
Secretary Royso for further Informa
tion. Mr. Royso has replied that
nothing must bo deducted from tho
doposlts oxcopt deposits otherwise so
curod and to Include In deposits tho
amount due from 'othor banks, also
tlmo, and demand certificates of do
poslt cortlflcd and cashier's checks.
LOB MY QUIT
RUMOR THAT HE WILL RESIGN
HIS SENATE SEAT.
STORK IS NOT CONFIRMED
Senate Devotes a Whole pay to Dls
cuuten of .Illinois Senator's
. , . Case.
Washington. m tho cloak rooms
of the senate Frldny there was much
discussion of a persistent rumor that
Senator Lorlmer might resign before
tho new Inquiry Is actually author
ized, to protect his friends from tho
attacks of thoso seeking to unseat
him. Neither his colleague Sonator
Cullom, nor any - of tho members of
tho Illinois delegation In the house,
would tfamlt'lhey had any knowledgo
of such nn intention on the part of
Mr. Lorlmor.
After devoting practically tho wholo
session to tho discussion of tho pro
posed reinvestigation of tbo election
of Sonator Lorlmer, tho senate ad
journed without' action, dotermlned
to procec ngaln with the question
at Its next sitting Monday.
Senator La Follotto concluded his
fourdny speech and announced that
yhon tho voting stage Is reached he
will so chango his resolution as to
provide that the senate shall elect an
Investigating commltteo, of. flvo from
among the now senators. Senator
Borah supported the La Follette pro
position, and Senators Balloy and
Dllllnghnm opposed It.
Mr. La Follette said ho hnd been In
fluenced to lntroduco his resolution
for special commltteo on Inquiry fol
lowing tho Illinois Investigation. Now
investigators had been provided" for
because he believed that tho question
should go to a committee riot handi
capped by a previous decision.
Tho noxt Investigating; committee,
ho folt, must havo tho confidence of
the people, which he did not believe
tho old stnndlng committee on privi
leges and elections would have. The
public, ho said, would consider tho old
commltteo packed from tho beginning,
oven as has bcert charged In connec
tion with tho Illinois Juries in prose
cutions growing out of tho case
Mr. La Follotto said It he were a
member of tho " old commltteo he
would not consent to servo on tho
new one, bocauso ho would not feel
capable of, an Impartial Verdict.
Mr. Bailey said that all the demo
cratic sonators desired n now investi
gation, ho himself favoring It, be
cause of tho discovery of new evt
dence. Ho said tho public sontiment
against Mr. Lorlmer was not well In
formed, bocnuso It had been shaped
by ifowspaper expression rather than
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Dy rcauing 01 xno leaiiiuon.
Saying there had been no Investlga-
tlon by a special commltteo on an
election caso since tbo creation of tho
commltteo on privileges and elections
In 1871, Chairman Dillingham, of that
committee, expressed confidence that
If tho Investigation should be placed
In its hnnds It would present such a
report as would command the respect
of tho senate and of the. country.
Sonator Borah advocated a special
commltteo In tho Interest of disinter
ostcdness.
Congress May Control Levees.
Washington. Tho Mississippi river
commission Is empowered and direct
ed In u resolution introduced by Rep
resentative Brousard, of LotiBlana, to
investigate tho report aB to the advls
ability .of congress taking chargo of
tho lovee system of the Mississippi
river to old and Improve navigation
of tho river and to prevent inundation
of tho Mississippi valley.
Breaks All Heat Records.
Toledo, O. Heat records hero for
the last 30 years wero broken Friday
when the mercury roached 03 do
grees.
Raised Bank Notes In West.
Washington. Ono dollar United
States silver certificates mado over
into $20 nntlonnl bank notes have
boon found circulating In somo west
ern states. Tho latest specimens wero
found In Helena, Mont.
Chief of Police Suspended,
San Francisco, Cnl. Chlof of Po
llco Symour was susponded by tho
board of pollco commissioners, pond
ing trial on charges of conduct unbe
coming nn officer, Captain of Detec
tives E. R. Wall wn3 appointed act
ing chief.
Herbert Anstead la Dead.
Ogdensburg, N. Y. Herbert An
stead, a well-known woodworker of
Lincoln, Neb., dlod suddenly at the
Erwln hotel at Canton, N. Y noar
here Friday night, Anstead came to
Canton about two weeks ago to sottlo
up tho affairs of his father.
DIAZ SKIPS OUT.
Takes a Vessel at Vera Cruz and Sail?
South.
Mexico City, Mox. Private tele
grams rocelved hero Friday report
tho arrival of Gonernl Diaz at Vera
Cruz at 3 o'clock In tho afternoon. Ac
cording to thoso advices, ha boarded
tho Yplrangn, nig Hamburg-American
boat, at night. Tho Yplrnn'ga Is due
to sail south to Coutzacoa Saturday,
Sho will return, to Vera Cruz apd sail
for Europo Wednesday,
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
New N6tos of Interest frorrt Various
Sections.
A strangor appeared In Ptattsmouth
and worked oft somo worthless
checks, making hla getaway beforo
tho fraud was detected,
Chatting with his wire whllo wait
ing for brookfrtst, Smith Ilillinrd of
Platte Center passed Instantly from
apparently perfect health to his death
from apoplexy.
Tho Great Westorn Sugar Boot com
pany nnd other beet growers In the
vicinity of McCook "shipped in a largo
company of Japanese to work in tho
beet , fields about McCook, whero
About a thousand acres of sugar beats
have been planted.
Recently the Unltod States govern
ment advertised extensively for man
ufacturers to bid on a certain style
mattress; every mattress maker In
tho country had an opportunity td'
place his bid and most did, but It bos .
Just been nwnrded to tho L. G. Doup.
company of Omaha. This Is a regu
lar yearly occurrence and It mrikes
tho sixth year that this firm has of
fered tho lowost bid and secured tho
contract.
Tho Commerotal clubs of nil towns
"on tho South Platto lino of tho Union
Pacific railway west of David City
held a meeting nt Osceola for tho pur
peso of taking up the matter of se
curing better train service. Thoro
was n large amount of discussion, and
much tlmo was takon up with tho
subjoct nnd with preparing n perma
nent organization of tho business in
terests of tho South Platto country.
Officers wero elected.
Owsloy Wilson, tho well known Lin
coln pntent lawyer who died recently,
was ono of the most famous hunters
In the Colorado mountains when lio
was a young mam For years ho was
In chargo of hunting parties and
spent his tlmo shooting doer and oth
or wild gamo for tho Deuvor market.
Mr. Wilson sottled in Lincoln 10 years
ago, and,, studied law. Ho has been
a practitioner for 1G years, specializ
ing Jn tho patent branch of tho pro
fession. He lias handled a number
of cases for Nebraska Inventors.
Secretary Royso of the state bank
ing boaAl has Issued a lettor In reply
to inquiries from state banks ns to
What itema should bo Included when
making up reports of average dally
deposits. This ropprt is required
from tho banks for tho six months
ondlng Juno 1, so that tho amount of
the guaranty tax to bo levied against
each bank may be computed and cor
tlflcd In time to mako tho first levy
July 1, the latter date being that set
by the legislature. '
The epidemic of smallpox which has
been raging In, Lincoln and the sub
urbs during the entire winter and
spring Is gradually falling off, accord
ing to tho health officer. Thoro ore
still a considerable number of cases
but the officers, think they see a grad
ual falling off. For some tlmo moro
pooplo havo been released frdm quar
antine and from tho pest houso than
thero has been now cases developed.
' Lano Fremont, an Omaha Indian,
comraltttcd suicide Just inside tho
Burt county lino. Sheriff Phlpps,
Coroner Gllkerson and County Attor
ney "Clark wero called to tho sceie
of tho tragedy, about two miles northwest-
of Decatur. Fremont, who waa
a well-educated Iwllan, having been
a studont at Carlisle had bcon going
at n rapid pace of late.
Doputy Food Commissioner W. R.
Jackson has lssuod warning in the
form of a bulletin Uiat ho will prose
cuto any person who Bells bag eggs
and to this he adds that dealers who
desire to avoid the penalty must can
dle all eggs purchased. The penalty
Is a flno of from $50 to $500. Tho
bulletin Is tho beginning of a cam
paign which Food Commissioner Jack
son Intends to wage against bad eggs
and people who sell thoin or offer
them for salo,' Ho assorts that it is
unlawful for the' fanner, merchant or
other dealer to sell or offer for salo
bad eggs. -
( Thb late generous rain In Nebras
ka was bndly neodod In some sec
tions. James Short of Calgary, Canuada, a
member of a law firm and solicitor to
tho crown and a lot of other things,
proposes to sue the state of Nebraska
regardless af tho consent of either
branch of tho legislature of this state.
His grievance1 is that tho county of
Keith or the stato of Nebraska, owes
him $100 attorney's fees. Sheriff. Eu
gene Beal of Keith county, has tried
to Intercede with the state of Nebras
ka to keep Its credit good Jn for
eign countries, but thus far ho baa
failed to collect tho mopey which Mr.
Short says he Is short.
An old man named Hnjek of Buffa
lo county, aged 70 years, was so badly
Injured in a runaway at Rockvllle, 14
miles Kouth of Loup City, that ho died
soon after. He had his skull frac
tured, loft log broken and was other
wlso bruised about tho body so that
death was only a matterj of n few
hours. He was at Rockvlllo helping
a son build n houso and was nt tho
yards after a load of lumbor when
tho team became frlghtoned and ran
o-way with the above results.
Mathew Gering as attornoy for Mrs.
O. E. Wanderholm filed in the dis
trict court of Cass county a petition
for damages for $15,000 against S. M.
Sndlo, n flremun of tho Burlington
road and tho Burlington itself, for
tho killing of O. E, Wanderholm on
January 24, this year. Mr; Wander
holm, who was nt that time the en
gineer of tbo pumping station of tho
Plnttsmotuh Wator company, was go
ing to his wprk, and on account' of a
blizzard he had to faco, was unable
to hear the approach of a train run
ning late at a htgh rato of speed, waa
struck and killed,