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Washington.
' Tho hearing of the testimony In tho
Larimer caso will begin Thursday,
Juno 22.
The Lorlmor Investigating commit
teo of tho scnato nppolntod ns coun
eel John Marblo of Washington and
John J. Henley of Chicago. Mr. Mar
blo for yonrH has been nttornoy for
tho Interetnto commerce commission,
whllo Mr. Henley was formorly states
nttornoy for Cooko county, Illinois.
An attempt to extend tho legisla
tive program of tho dcmorntlo major
ity In tho houuso at tho extra session
of congress fulled completely at a
caucus of tho democratic representa
tives. Tho result Is n reinforced de
termination of tho democrats to con
lino tholr legislative efforts at this
session to tho tariff.
in tho vlow of tho state department
thero Is no danger of tho friendly ro
tations of China and Mexico bolng die
7urbed ns a result of tho outrages
igalnst Chinese at Torrcon. Tho con
fident opinion 1b oxpresscd that
China's attitude will bo reasonnblo
find thnt Mexico will bo glad to do
justice .toward nil proper claims.
Aftor tho first of noxt month ocean
going vessels carrying morp than CO
passongors will bo llablo to a fine
of f 5,000 unless they nro equipped
frith wlroloss telegraph apparatus cn
pablo of transmitting mcssngea n din
tnnco of not less than 100 miles nnd
manned by an operator carrying a
cortlflcnto Issued by this or a foreign
government.
Tho Interstate commerco commu
nion granted to nil railroads nn ex
tension of tlmo from August 1 next to
January 1, 1012, in which to publish
their rates complying with tho com
mission's requirement thnt whero a
commodity rat ohas boon fixed be
tween points of production and
points of consumption, the same con
cessions shall, on ..application, be
granted to Intermcdlnto points.
General.
The Portuguese cabinet considered
tho question of mobilizing tho army.
The Canudlan reciprocity bill Is
ready for consideration by tho senate.
Itoosovelt and Morgan may bo sum
moned to testify In tho Btccl Inquiry.
The annual convention of the
American Hankers' association will
occur In New Orleans, November 21
to' 24 noxt.
Tho administration forcos suffered
a backset on tho waterways bill In
tho Illinois loglBlnturo nt the outset.
In response to nppeals from Iown,
nrmy engineers will undortnko to con
trol tho waters of tho MlaBourl river
at Sioux City to provont tho flooding
of that city.
Tho prosldont sent to tho senate
theso nominations: Assayor of tho
mint nt Carson, Novnda, Andrew
Mauto; surveyor general of Montana,
Jcromo Q. Locke
The Illinois grain dcalors' associa
tion adopted a resolution opposing
the plan of Postmaster General Hitch
cock to send trade Journals and mag
azines by fast freight instead of pas
senger trains. ,
The Chlneso minister slgnod tho
prospectus for the 930,000,000 Hu
Kwang' railway loan ns, a prollmary to
the Issue of bonds In Now York, Lon
don, Paris and Berlin.
Of fourteen applications by West
ern ahd Southwestern railroads for
permission to establish higher rates
for short than long hauls In tho same
direction, the Interstate commerce
commission denied elovon and granted
three,
A telegram from Chlhuhua says tho
eltuatlon there la Inexplicable Tho
federal troops refuse to surondor the
city and will not allow General Orozco
or any of his 5,000 InaurreotoB to
eater with their arms.
The government's lssuo of $50,000,
000 Panama bonds promises to bo so
successful that thoro will bo no
chance that any part of the proceeds
of the Isbuo may go to tho banks as
deppslts. '
Charles Davis James, nn export en
gineer, once head of tho engineering
department of Iowa university has
beon selected by tho Red Cross to
proceed to China to aid tho Ohlnoso
government in preventing tho great
periodical Inundations which have re
sulted In frightful famines.
Word wnB rocolved In Chicago from
New York that Mrs. Isaiah Roabaugh.
Wifo of a farmer living near Klrkland,
111., is ono of tho eight heirs to n for
tune of 116,000,000 left by John Col
ter, a Now York real estnto specula
tor, who died iecenth
Senator Konyon called upon Presl
dent Tatt to urge remittance of the
fine of $5,000 imposed upon W. S. Har
lan, formerly of Audubon, la,, who
"was recently convicted of peonage In
Georgia and sentenced to eightoon
months la jail, that sentence bolng
commuted by the president to six
JBOHtbS,
A skating rink for tho blind has
recently been opened In Berlin city.
Senator Lorlmcr Is preparing to
mnko a vigorous fight to retain his
scat
London Is being gorgeously deco
rated for tho coronation exercises,
soon to take place.
Thfijpayor of Philadelphia will try
for tho place of Senator Penrose.
It In expected that the scnato will
voto on reciprocity about July 15.
Tho lino of battlo has been drawn
In the scnato on tho reciprocity bill.
A reduction in. the price of sugar
Is likely to como said the head of tho
trust.
Theso are reconstruction days In
Mexico and tho country Is rapidly re
turning to peace basis.
President Taft nominated Robert
W. Kemp as receiver of public mon
eys nt Missoula, Mont.
Manuel Bonllln took tho oath of of
fice nB Mexican minister of communi
cation and public works.
Concessions to foreigners will not
bo extended under tho new order of
things In Mexican states.
Secretary Knox has been sum
moned by the house- committee to ex
plain nn cxpendlturo of $5,000.
Araerlcn must tnko the lead for
world-wide pcaco declared Dr. Bcnj.
Kroholt of Lclnnd Stanford univer
sity. Directors of the Denver & Rio
Grando railway passed tho dividend'
on tho preferred stock of tho com
pany, '
A commlttco said to represent the.
Could Interests hnvo purchased tho
International & Great Northern rail
road nt receivership salo.
Thoro Is nn alarming Incr,cnso of tho
cigarette hnblt among boys nnd girls,
of Now York's public schools, accord
ing to Dr. John D. QunckcnbosB.
Tho enso of tho government against
tho Standard Sanitary. Manufacturing
company, the alleged' bnthtub trust,
was called for argument at Richmond,
Va.
With nn nlr of groat mystery, Wil
liam J, Hums, tho detectlvo In tho
Los Angolos dynamlto cnBe, sailed for
Europo on tho American liner Phil
adelphia. President Taft Is considering an
Invitation to speak at tho national
conservation congress which will
meet lato In September, probably nt
Kansas City.
Mabel Mosler, nn Atchison, Kan.,
woman, was convicted of engaging In
tho "whlto slnvo" traffic by a criminal
court Jury and sentenced to two years
In tho ponltontlnry.
Mary Manncrlng, charming and
beautiful, who has ended all specu
lation ns to her matrimonial lnton
by wedding Frederick E. Wadswdrth,
n Michigan millionaire
The sinking of an overcrowded fer
ry bont on tho Volga, near UgHltch, Is
reportod. Thirty persons were
drowned.
Announcement was rando thnt Miss
Ellon Fltz Pendleton, dean and noting
president of Wcllsloy college, had
been chosen prosldont of tho col
logo. A bill providing thnt every nows
paper must print In a conspicuous
placo tho nnmo of tho ownor or own
ers,! publisher nnd managing editor
was introduced by Representative
Darnhnrt of, Indlnna".
Thrco thousnnd, two hundred nnd
nineteen bodies of federal soldiers
burled In comotorloB In different parts
of Toxas are to bo movd to Plnevlllo,
La for roburlal In the national ceme
tery at that place.
Tho groat naval rovlow by King
Gcorgo nt Splthond, Juno 24, two days,
from tho coronation, will soo gath
ered together In full commission tho
largest numbor of vossols of tho
droadnnught class over assembled.
Most of thorn naturally will bo unite
of tho British navy, but tho United
States will bo roprosonted by tho
moBt powerful up-to-dato battleship
In tho rovlow, tho Dolawaro,
Drinking of champaign In public by
membors was ono of tho closing fea
tures of tho Ohio legislature
The formal making of plans to cele
brate the flftloth anniversary of Kan
sas as a state was commenced by tho
Topoka Commercial club. The colo
brutlon will bo hold this fall during
the Topeka state fair woek.
It was hold by tho Interstate com
morce commission that n prlvllogo
savoring of a gratuity can not bo or
dered continued by tho commission
unless the original granting of tho
prlvllego rested on some logal obli
gation, Mrs. Edith Culbertson, republican
candidate for superintendent of tho
Denver county schools at tho last
election, shot and killed herself nt
her homo in Denver. Mrs. Culbert
son loft a noto in which she evident
ly wished to mnko It clear the wound;
was sulMnlllctod. Her husband, Syd
ney M. Culbortson, told the police
that ho and hla wlto had quarrod,
Mrs. Culbortson was thirty-six years
old, and a graduato of Vassar.
Personal.
Tho now president of Mexico la 48
years old, '
Kansas now has all tho harvest
hands needed.
Madoro is ongagod In pacifying tho
country ns ho-movos along.
Tho romatnB of Carrlo Nntlon wore
burned at Bolton, Mo., bosldo her par
ents, It 1b said Ambassador Lano desires
chango from Mexico City to another
UOBt.
Senator Root says reciprocity bill
will bo passed July 1C,
Abdul Hamid, formor Turkish Sul
tan, Is said to bo insane
London reports Ambassador Reed
seriously ill at hla country estate;
from bronchitis.
Prosldont Taft has accepted honor
ary membership In the Touring Club
of America,
ROADS VALUE FIXED
CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS
AND OMAHA.
THE COST OF REPRODUCING
PhysicalValuation as Shown by Ex
perts. Other Matters at the
State Capital.
Tho valuation of tho Chicago, SL
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad,
as determined by tho Btnte physical
valuation division, has been mado
public and Is peculiar In that tho re
production vnluo aB found by the stato
Is slightly greater than tho reproduc
tion vnluo claimed by tho rnllroad.
Tho cost of reproducing tho road,
according' to tho state, Is $10,586,
882. The railroad claims a valuo of
$10,420,344, which is $1C0,000 loss" thnn
the valuo found by tho state. The
state, howover, finds that tho present
valuo of the rond Is only $8,728,930.
Tho rnllroad makes no return on tho
basis of present valuo.
Tho railroad did not attempt to In
clude brokcrago or discount In Its
bonds nor did It domand nllownnco for
tho adaptation and solidification of
roadbed. This last Item Is allowed
by tho state Tho formor Item,
amounting to 12Vd per cent of tho
ontlro cost, wns demanded by tho
Rock Island but denied ,by tho state.
Tho valuation as published shows
that the state used a multiple of 2.54
as applied to railroad real estate as
compared with ndjacont real estate.
Tho Rock Island, with which tho stnto
dlaagreed In this matter, clnlmed that
Its real ostato was worth three times
what adjacent property wasx worth.
In taking a somewhat lower multiple
in tho enso of tho Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha tho Btato and
this rnllroad have como near gottlng
together.
Michigan Man Likes Nebraska.
C. A. DlBbrow, formerly assistant
secretary of tho Commercial club at
Grand Rapids, Mich., was In Lincoln
on his wny to Hastings, where ho will
take the position of secretary of tho
commercial organization of iuat city.
Mr. DIsbrow declared that when ho
first landed In Neornska ho was not
very muci taken up with the outloo.
but after being In the stnto a few dpys
asserts that he knows ho will like It
Immensely.
Reltz Will Interpreted.
Tho will of tho lato Jonathan
Reltz of Lancaster county, who loft
an estate of $20,000, part of which
was to bo given to tho Lutheran
church board, has beon Interpreted by
tho court. His widow nnd thrco chil
dren w?ro to receive a certain share,
two-fifths of tho Incomo of the estnto
to go to tho widow during her life
time Threo fifths of the estate was
not mentioned or bequeathed by tho
terms of tho will. To settlo whother
or not trustees should hold tho In
como not mentioned tho, suit was filed.,
Court holds for tho widow.
Stato Fair Improvement.
Tho work of putting In a founda
tion for a now grand stand at tho
stnto fair grounds has been completed
nnd tho fair management which did
tho work Is waiting for tho Iron work
which 1b to bo erected on contract by
John Westover of Lincoln,
Asks Banks for Statistics.
Secretary Royso of tho Nebraska
stato banking board has asked, stato
banks for statistics for tho comptrol
ler of ,the currency bearing on tho
resources nnd liabilities of state
banks in Nebraska.
Probable Purchase of Bonds
Providing bonds of other states now
held In tho Nebraska treasury can be
sold, tho bonrd of educational lands
nnd funds will purchaso $164,000 of
Richardson county drainage bonds and
nlso $60,000 of tho samo kind of se
curities from Dodgo county. Tho
largo sum boars 4 1-2 per cent Inter
est, whllo tho latter bears 6 per cent.
- Regents Reprimanded.
Tho board of regents of tho stnte
university reprimanded three mem
bers of tho faculty for lobbying during
the last legislature, although It did not
dlvorco any of thorn from the payroll
because of their disobedience of or
ders. Degrees to Students.
Tho Board of Regents of tho Univer
sity of Nebraska nt Its mooting grant
ed bachelors' degroo to 287 seniors.
New Dank Building Opens.
About 7,000 -people passed through
tho doors of tho new eight-story First
National bank building formally
opened to tho public,
Governor May Grant Paroles.
The supremo court In tho enso of
ohn C. Oweu, Borvlng flvo years In
the penitentiary, holds that the gover
nor may revoke a parolo without no
tice ot a hearing to tho paroled prison
er and may do sa for any reason ho
may doom sufficient, that his action ot
rovocntlon is tho exercise of a solo
discretion which 1b not reviewable by
tho courts. Owen's parolo was re
voked by Governor Shallenbergor and
he began habeas corpus proceedings
to gain his liberty, Tho application
was denied and the case dismissed,
COND ISSUE COMING.
Missouri Pacific Authorized to Mako
a Loan.
After a hearing tho Stato Railway
commission, represented by Commis
sioners Furso and Wlnnett, grnntcd
the Missouri -Pacific officials permis
sion to Issue $20,000,000 worth of
three-year 5 per cent, notes nnd half
,that amount of 5 per Cent, bonds to
serve as collateral security for the
notes. Tho $20,000,000 will be used
equally for the payment of floating In
debtedness and for Improvements on
Its lines. Whether nny part of tho
amount to be expended on Improve
ments will go to Nebraska waa not
given out by tho officials who were
here.
Tho Nebraska Railway commission
Issued an ordor August 0, 1909, auth
orizing tho Missouri Pacific to lssuo
$83,251,000 of stock in exchange for
capital stock of the consolidated lines
of the company.
In November, 1909, the commission
gave the Missouri Pacific nuthorlty to
Issue $29,80G,000 of 5 per cent, bonds
to run fifty years, $19,700,000 to be
used to defray Indebtedness and for
betterments and $5,300,000 to be used
to ncqulro a mortgage on the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern rail
road and $4,806,000 for extensions
and betterments.
It Is said tho Missouri Pacific pre
fers to lssuo short term notes nt this
time for $20,000,000 Instead of bonds
because of the difficulty In selling
bonds.
Information for Campers.
According to tho provisions of tht
Lcldlgh bill, passed with the emerg
ency clause nt tho lato session of tho
legislature, It Is unlayful for persona
to camp upon the hlghwny moro than
twenty hours nt a time unless they
have tho permission of the owners of
tho land adjoining on both sides of
the road, Furthor, the terms of tho
now law set out that no camp shall
bo mado within forty rods of nny
church, school house or house with
out the permission ot tho owners of
the proporty or trustees of tho school
or tho church. Tho bill nlso stipu
lates that no persons shall camp at
two places within five miles of oacli
other within thirty dnys. In tho net
tho term camping is defined ns put
ting up a tent, hut, making a fire,
stopping in n covered wagon nnd un
hitching tho horses to remain over
night. Tho period from sunset Sat
urday night to sunrise Mondny morn
ing is not included In tho tlmo limit
of twenty hours.
The Oregon Trail.
The passage of tho Bonhnm bill no
preprinting $2,000 of stato funds for
nsslstlng In tho work of mnrklng the
Oregon trail across the stato and
Which contomplntcd the raising of ad
ditional funds by civic, fraternal and
commorclnl organizations over the
etnto wns followed by resolutions
passed at the recent session of tho
Btnte press association, In which the
project wns warmly commended. It
Is believed this will glvo the matter a
desired Impetus.
Paying School Bills. '
Last week $235,000 was paid out by
tho stato treasury most of the pay
ments being on warrants Issued on
tho tomporary school fund, a fund
which Is disbursed semi-annually to
tho different counties for the support
of public schools.
Woodmen Circle Investigation.
Tho Investigation of tho affairs ot
tho Woodmen clrclo which was be
gun lnst week by Stato Auditor Bar
ton has been continued until June 26
in order that both Mrs. Emma B.
Manchester nnd Mrs. Elizabeth SearB,
tho principals in tho caso, may at
tend tho national convention of tho
order which meets at Rochester, N.
Y. Soveral Nebraskans loft the lat
ter part of tho week for the east
where they will attend tho nnnunl
gathering.
South Omaha Greek Riots.
Tho federal department of stato
has addressed a letter of Inquiry to
Governor Aldrlch regarding tho
Greek riots In South Omaha In 1909.
Claims for $248,000 damagOB have
been filed. The letter was roferred
to tho attorney general and ho will
communicate with County Attorney
English. Former Attorney Gonoral
Thompson wroto an opinion on tho
liability of tho Btato, saying thnt the
stato waa not responsible, as the city
and county woro clothed with proper
authority to control Buch matters.
After Vendors of Bad Eggs.
Deputy State Food Commissioner
W, R. Jackson has ordered the proso;
cutton of two farmers, Mark Fender
nnd Helraer Hansen of Bennett, be
cause they aro alleged, to have sold
eggs that wore bad. The order of
tho deputy food commissioner is the
carrying out ot his recently ndopted
policy that all persona who sell bad
eggs or who have bad eggs In their
possession for sale shall be prosecut
ed. Ho Intends to prosecute all of
fenders from the farmer to ho big
gest of wholesale dealers In the stato.
Agricultural School Site Selected.
Land Commissioner Cowlos, Attor
noy Genoral Martin, Secrctnry of
Stato Walto and Stnte Treasurer
Gcorgo woro In Curtis and. located tho
Stato Agricultural college campuB
and farm consisting of 463 acres,
twenty-two ncres of which is within
tho city limits nnd nil Improved. Tho
houses will bo removed to othor lots
by the city nnd vacated for tho col
lego park. Moro than 100 acres ad
jacent to Fox creek can bo Irrigated
it desired. The balance Is second
bench land and is a fine tract.
MINE IS SEARCHED
EXPLORER8 RECOVER ARTICLES
IN OFFICERS' QUARTERS.
AMMUNITION BOX IS FOUND
Bayonets Reduced to Rust as Result
of Galvanic Action Between sfeei
and Brass Case.
Havana. As tho remains of tho
battleship Malno gradually rise abovo
tho slowly lowering lovel of tho water
within tho cofferdam, tho first dis
coveries aro most Interesting.
A curious relic, of tho great disas
ter has been found. Tho explorers
recovered, plates and other china
ware In tho nmcers' quarters. Somo
pieces were Identified Inter na part
of the dinner ecrvlco of tho captain
and wardroom mess. All wcro In a
good stato of preservation and wo'o
found piled up as thoy had boon lfft
by tho stewards aftor tho last dinner.
In tho afternoon tho searchers
found on tho spar deck, adjacent to
the port turret, a smnll ammunition
box, such ns Is customarily distribut
ed about tho decks. This contained
a masB of six mllllmotro cnrtrldgo
clips for tho naval servlco rifle and a
number of short knife bayonets In
metallic leather covered scabbards.
Tho clips of cartrldgos woro well pro
served, hut tho steel bayonets wero
reduced to nlmost unldentlflablo mass
es of rust around which wero cling
ing shreds of leather sackings.
Tho disintegration of tho bayonotB
Is believed to havo been the result
of galvanic action between tho stool
and tho brass cartridge cases in tho
medium of sea water. This gives
rlso to speculation regarding tho ef
fect of galvanic notion on portions of
tho hull still under water, on which
depends grently the possibility that
tho hull may not retain sufficient
strength to warrant tho expectation
of floating out nny portion.
Pathetically Interesting was the dis
covery ot an officer's dress sword
found behind tho forwnrd port sldo
door leading from the officers' quar
ters to tho Bpar deck. This door was
found closed, but on being forced open
the sword was seen upright In the cor
ner. Tho Inference Is that somo offi
cer hastening to tho deck on the first
nlarm, and buckling on his sword as
ho ran, was compelled to abandon It
nnd escapo In tho rush of wnter over
tho spar deck. Tho bronze sword hilt
was well preserved, but only attached
by shreds ot tho sword knot to tho
blade, which was merely a ribbon of
rust enclosed in a black leather scab
bard. Tho only possibility of identi
fying tho sword Is tho chanco that
some officer may recollect having
abandoned tho weapon.
A- curious Indication of the slight
forco of tho explosion folt In tho af
ter part of the ship was an electrlo
bulb'lianglng Intact from tho roof ot
tho superstructure
Exploration of the Interior contin
ues to bo interrupted by masses of
mud and rubbish. Only tho clearing
of portions of tho roof ot tho aftor
superstructure has been complotcd,
showing the effects of tho flro on tho
charred oak planks. Other Indications
ot fire nro observed nround tho comb
ing of tho spar deck, supposed to be
adjacent to the gallery on tho port
side, In-which cooking utensils aro
-visible.
AVIATORS MEET DEATH.
Two Dead and One Seriously Injured
Soon After Start.
Paris. Fifty aviators took wing
early Sunday from tho aviation field
at Vlncennes on tho first stago ot the
European circuit race, which calls for
a flight to London and return with
stops at various places going and re
turning. Two of the aviators almost
Immediately after the start met with
tragic deaths and at least ono was
seriously hurt. Tho dead are:
Captain Prlncetau, whoso motor ox-,
plodcd In midair, flooding him with
gasoline and burning him to death.
M. Lo Martin, who dashed against a
tree, tho motor of his aeroplano crush
ing his hend.
M. .Gaubert, a former lieutenant In
tho nrmy, who wns entered In the
civilian rnco under the nnmo "Dal
ger." Ho was found lying senseless
near his machine In n wheat field
four miles from Vlllars-Cotorots, His
Injuries aro serious.
Battle With Miami Indians.
Wabash, Ind. The famous battle
of 1812 botweon the United States
troops and Miami Indians will be
reproduced hero noxt year. Tho bat
tlo was tho last engagement with tho
redskins In Indiana. Flvo hundred
men and women, including. 100 mV
ami Indians, still living hero, will
participate.
Railways Are Overpaid.
Washington. "Many of tho rail
roads of the country ofe being over
paid for transporting tho malls. I bo
llovo that a saving of approximately
$9,000,000 a year to tho government
can bo mndo without lnjustlco to tho
carriers by readjusting the pay on a
basis ot a 6 per cent profit to all rail
ways carrying the malls." Postmaster
General Hitchcock thus summarized
briefly tho results ot his investigation
Into tho cost ot railway mall transpor
tation under an old law that Is still in
operation.
.NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Noto of Interett from Various'
Sections.
Contracts have been mado for two
miles of street paving In Hastings.
Beatrice, among other towns iu Ne
braska, will got a postal bank.
Deputy Gamo Warden Frank Wolf,
mado an Inspection trip along two
miles of tho Blue river north of Desh
ler nnd destroyed flvo fish traps.
Tho Railway Board of Nebraska has
authorized tho Missouri Pacific rail
road to lssuo $50,000,000 bonds to pay
off Indebtedness nnd to improve the?
road.
s Secretary Mellor of tho stato fair
board has signed a contrnct with the
Wright brothers for the uso of their
typo of aeroplano nt tho state fair
this fall.
State Auditor Barton Is inquiring:
into tho legality of tho recent trans
fer ot tho Union Flro Insurnnco com
pany of Lincoln, a mutual company,,
to the Woodmen Fire.
T. R. Nelson of Omaha, who is serv
ing a ten-yoar sentence for second de
gree murder, haa filed an application
for n pardon. Thos mnttor will bo
heard beforo tho board of pardons
July 11.
Tho stato railway commission ha
authorized tho Nuckolls County Inde
pendent Telcphono company of Nol
Bon to lssuo $700 of stock, tho pro
ceeds to be used for new equipment
and now lines.
Flro which broke out early in the
morning In tho Wunderllch & Hnvllk
garugo at Lincoln destroyed automo
biles and supplies to tho ntnount or
H2.000 and damaged tho largo build
ing, belonging to tho senior mombor
of tho firm, to the oxtcnt of $8,000.
Prof. F. S. Wolfe of Lincoln has
been elected ns president of the Au
rora Commorclnl college to Bucceect .
Prof. Watonpaugh, who has moved to
California. Prof. Wolfe Is a graduate
of tho Kansas Wesleynn university,,
and lato of tho Wayno Normal school.
Flag day was fittingly observed at
ShuborL Tho members of tho Stellai
Grand Army of tho Republic and Wo
mnn'B Relief corps held a meeting la
tho grovo nt the schoolhouse. After
a social dinner hour a short program
was given, consisting a flag drills nnd
rending. Editor J. L. Dalby gave the
principal address.
Sheriff Sevier arrived at Beaver City
from Nelson with Charles Loroy and
Cummins, who aro charged with burg
larizing tho house of Ben Bailey at
Edison. They woro arrested nt Su
perior with alleged stolen goods In
their possession. While In jail at
Nelson, It 1b said, they planned to
shoot Sheriff Sovler.
W. A. Brokaw, who was injured nt
Ruby by being struck by a train, died,
from his Injuries. Mr. Brokaw was:
walking toward tho depot, nnd after
passing, -between two freight cars
which cut off his view up and down,
the track, ho stopped onto the main
track Just in tlmo to bo struck, by the
train. The board of public works of Fre
mont Is trying to work out a plan to
insure tho payment of accounts duo
tho city municipal plant without go
ing into court. At a' meeting the
board devoted soveral hours to the
problem. Tho board found many un
paid bills owing by parties who have
lqft tho city without arranging for
tho payment of tho water and light
bills.
A Fez (Morocco) dispatch says:
Victor Swanson of Aborvllle, Neb., a
missionary of tho Gospel Missionary
" union, whose general office Is at Kan
sas City, Mo., arrived here safely
from Sofroo, whore It had been re
ported he wns being kept a prisoner
In his own homo by Moroccan tribes
men. He brought no nowB as to the
whereabouts of Goorge C. Reed of
Weeping .Water, Nob., tho secretary
of tho Moroccan mission of tho Gos
pel union. Mr. Reed sought refuge In
the mountains outside Sefroo when
the rebelllouB tribesmen attacked the
town.
The stnte board ot public lands and
buildings returned to Lincoln from
Curtis, whero the membera accepted
a plat of 463 acres for tho agricultural
school. They also fixed on the loca
tion of tho building. At Kenrney the v
board decided to accept tho proposi
tion of a private concern to furnish
light nnd power to the Industrial
homo for 5 cents per kilowatt.
The house of W. B. Green, a farm
er, throe miles south of Beaver City,
was burned with its entlro contents.
Tho Greens had been away from
home at a camp meeting for threo
days. The flro, it Is believed, was ln
condlary, the tracks of a man who en
tered tho house and those, ot a horse
which ho had ridden, aro plain to be
seen.
Fred Stlllmnn, a young farmer liv
ing north of Holbrook, was killed In a
runaway. He was driving In from
work in, tho field with a four-horso
team and In passing nn automobile on
tho rond the horses became frighten
ed nnd stnrted to run. Stlllman, who
was dragged about 100 yards, when
tho horses In making a turn threw
him 'against a fencopost, fracturing
the sldo ot his hel,
D. Struvo, a Fremont saloon man,
Is tho victim of n bogus chock man.
Ho was. stuck for $25 on a bad check
during the rush hours.
Deputy Stato Food Commissioner
W. R. Jactson has ordered tho prose
cution of two farmors, Mark Fender
and Helmer Hansen of Bennett, be
cause they aro alleged to havo sold
eggs that wero bad, The order of tho
doputy food commissioner Is tho car
rying out ot his recently ndopted
policy that all persons who soli bad
eggs or who havo.bjyl eggs In their
possession for salo shall bo prosecuted,