THE SEMI-WEEKLY THHUWE
IRA L. DAUB, Publlahor.
TERMS, ?1.2B IN ADVANCE.
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA
FOR IHE BUSY MAN
NEW8 EPITOME THAT CAN 800N
DE COMPASSED.
MANY EVENTS JIBE MENTIONED
Home and Foreign Intelligence Con
densed Into Two and Four
Line Paragraphs.
Washington
Monslgnor Dlomede Fnlconlo bade
farewell to the capital, whore for
nine years he hns represented the
pope. Ho loft for Now York from
tv h euro he will nnll on the steamer
Kron Prlnzcss Ceollle for ltomo to o
raised formally to tho rank of car
dinal. Settlers on tho government Irriga
tion projects, who And they hnvo tak
en more land than they aro nolo to
meet the varlouB charges on, may re
linquish part of It and have tho pay
rnentB nlrcady tnndo credited against
the charges of tho retained part, ac
cording to a doclRlon by Secretary of
tbo Interior Fisher,
Secretary of tho Interior Fisher Js
itf the opinion that much of tho $400,
300,000 which It Is estimated le lost
ivnnually in American mining nnd
metallurgical Industries can bo saved,
whercforo In his estimates for tho
next fiscal year, submitted to tho
treasury department, ho asks for
$100,000 for mineral wanto Investiga
tions, to bo expended under tho direc
tion of the bureau of mines.
The government will not nppoal
from the decision of tho United
States circuit court at New York,
which approved tho plan of dlssolu'
tlon proposed by tho Amorlcan Tobac
co company, Whllo the govornmcnt
may ask tho supromo court to re
view the dcclslou at any tlmo within
year, it was learned that Attorney
General Wlckcrsham was not plan
ning to do so at this time and prob
tibly will not.
General.
licet sugar-raisers protest against
taking tho duty off tMclr product.
Many substantial gifts aro provided
In tho will of the late Joseph Pulitzer.
Tho court of commerce sustained
the legality of tho long and short haul
clause.
The supreme court of Missouri
fined and ousted the International
Hnrvcstcr company.
The United States supreme court
mado a, ruling in tbo - railroad grain
elevating cases.
Chnlrmun Stanley snyB thero nro
many hidden facts td comb out con
cerning the steel trust.
The government Is dissatisfied with
the low prlco paid for postal savings
bank bonds at Now York,
President Vanhlse of Wisconsin
university suggested a .national com
mission to regulato priced.
Tho president haH retumpil to
Washington, and will now got busy In
writing bis animal message. 1
On account ot hln advancing years,
(leorge A. Harris, I), D., LL, D. baa
resigned as president of Amherst col
lege. The ofllclnl count of voters eligible
to cast ballots in the city election at
Los AtigeleH on December 5, totals
192,197
Absinthe Is an. enemy, Dr. II. W.
Wiley Qf the f eijoralclijumlfltr; bureau
declared, whlcif'th'e Imrofoo'iT board
1h f.olng to tight.'
A dispatch from Macallan,' .in the.
state pi Slnulou, Mexico, mtys that
thirty former Inaurreoto spJdlora muti
nied because thoy had been paid uo
wages ,slnco September,
President of tho Fourth National
Hank of Now York, is nt tho bend. of
an extraordinary evangelical crusudo,
which Is being started In this country,
Brand Whltloclc, who was elected
mayor 'of Toledo for the fourth time
November 7, tiled with the board ot
elections a certified statement that he
did not spend a cent for cxponses dur
ing the campaign Just ended.
At 'foledo, O., Charlea 8, Kline, 40
yours bid, shot his wife twice, thou
turned tlm revolver upon himself,
sending - a-bullet . through,) his brain,
dying shortly nfterword. Uls wire is
In iv lutured.
The next move looking to tho vol
un. y tt.tiUiBHiatiou of tho Interna
tional Harvester company rests with
that corporation, Tho .negotiations
between tlio department of Justice and
the companny havo been tomporarely
nuspeuded, pending action by ottlelals
of the so-called harvester trust upon
tho department's objections to the
plan ot dissolutions submitted by the
representatives of tho i-oinpany.
Regarding tho report that bo haa
been formally offered, tho presidency
or Prlncton university, Dr, J. M. T.
Finney of the surgical stuff ot Johns
Hopkins hospital said that it was
simply a matter of making upi his
Blind what to do,
The llrltlsh Columbia herring output
this year Is valued at $2,000,090. Tho
flah are salted, and most of, them sold
In Japan and China,, y , t ,
John W. Dudley attempted to walk
to the Larlvce farm, seven miles west
or Grand Forks and was frozen to
deatb. His body was found on the
jrarle, ' , i
Yuan Shi Knl has consented to be
come tho premier of China.
A regiment of American, troops will
be sent to a Chinese seaport.
Thirteen vessels of the Imperial
Chinese navy have gone over to tho
robots,
Tho government will not appeal
from tho ruling In tho tobacco case.
Attorney Ilanccy, counsel for Lorli
mer, said there was a conspiracy to
drive the senntor out ot politics.
Governor Harmon, In an address nt
Kansas City, complained of tho lack
of business nblllty of tho government
Herr Pletschlker, nn aviator, fell
whllo making n night ovor the Johan
nisthal field at Berlin, and was killed.
Tho postofflce at Horlck, la., was
raided by cracksmen nnd $300 in
money and stamps secured,
Humors circulated nt Washington
that Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
1b to resign nro regarded authentic.
On application by counsel for Mrs.
Ilussel Sngo her assessment for per
sonal property was reduced from
$5,000,000 to $2,510,000.
Increased dividends have been de
clared by the Hocking Valley nna
Kanawha & Michigan Railroad com
panies. Bight million persona nro In need
of Immediate relief owing to the fail
ure of tho crops in twenty Russian
provinces.
United State? Senator-elect Hoke
Smith,' governor ot Georgia, stated
ho would offer his resignation as chief
exccutlvo of tho state.
Tho Rov. C. . T. lllchcson of Bos
ton, will bo placed on trial on the
cargo of murdering Miss Avis Llnncll
on January 1G, 1012.
Boot sugar refiners have formed a
temporary organlznntlon to carry on
tholr tight to maintain tho tariff on
sugar.
With a note of bitterness, (Jcncral
Allen confesses Europe has outdis
tanced tho United States In army
aeronautics.
James Freeman, 7G years old, bas
been sontoiiccd to Imprisonment for
llfo at MurphyBboro, HI., for tho mur
der of his wife.
Tho seedless lemon, to produce.
which botanical cxpertB havo unsuc
cessfully labored for years, linn boon
discovered nt San licrnandlno, Cai.
Dr. Qcorgo Kdmund Meyers, former
ly of Washington, D. C, hna boon In
augurated head of tho Knnsns Manual
Training Normal school at Pittsburg,
Kan.
Tho contract for the new building
of tho bureau or engraving and print
ing was awardod to J. Henry Miller,
Incorporated, ot Baltimore, whoso bid
or $1,197,420 was the lowest.
Tho democratic house will attempt
to amend tho Shormnn anti-trust law.
Attorney Qenornl Wilkinson says ho
can find no ovldonco to support a
prosecution of cotton bears.
Announcement was mado that tho
supremo court of tho United States
Would tako a roccss aftor announcing
opinions noxt Monday, November 20,
until Monday, December 4.
Tho Mexican cablnot decided to
send a lnrgo forco of fighters into
Morolos and adjoining stAtos where
Emllano Zapata has beon waging war
with more or less success for several
months.
Now' York's streets have become bo
lltterod with piles ot garbago as tho
result of tho street cleaners' strike,
that Street Cleaning Commissioner
Edwards will begin' the use or disin
fectants. Tho famous old warship Nlpsfc,
which survived tho Samoau Uurrlcano
and which for many years has been
the prison ship of tho Bromorton
navy ynrd, has been condemned as
unsanitary.
Formal notlco of tho purpose of tho
Japanese government to appoint
Baron Chlnda ambassador to Wash
ington to Hucceed Viscount Uchlda,
Who was made minister ot foreign af
fairs, has reached Washington.
The method of choosing directors
and tho preponderance of, . banking
representation In tho 'proposed Aldrlch.
currency plan wero crltlclsed'hy Prof.
& W. .Kemmeror qf Cornell university
In opening n'senslon on currency and
baking reform ot tho Western leco
uomlo society.
Mm. mivnhntti Atnlilanrt nf QvHnnv
N. 8. W In a letter lays claim to tho
land upon which Atchison, Kansas, n
city of nearly twenty thousand, Is
built. Tho land, she claims, was giv
en before the "Inilslana purchaso"
to David T. Atchison', ot whom sUo
says sho Is a descendant.
Immigration through the port ot
New York has shown falling off. In
the annual report ot Commissioner
of Immigration William Mills, for tho
year ending June 30, 1911, It Is stat
ed that during the period 149,042
aliens came luto tho country as com
pared with 786.094 tho previous year.
The validity ot hundreds of Illinois
marriages will be affected by tbo
decision of, the appplluto court ot
Southern Illinois, Tho court hold that
tho Illinois law forbidding tho remar
riage ot dlvorcod persons -within one
year could not bo ovaded by persons
going outside of the stnte to bo mar
ried and than returning to the state
to live, . - -s '' A
Personal. ; .,
Ten Chicago packers Wve been
placed on trial.
Suffragettes of London threaten
to renew tholr struggle. , (
,' Colonel Roosevelt denies ho Was
misled In tho Tennessee merger.
Secretary WlUon Is reudy to resign
us fcoon as his successor Is named.
In a statement tho district attorney
of Chicago Justified his prosecution
of the Larimer case,
Richard Crocker, one-time leader of
Tammany hall, came buck from Ire
laud tor )ls usual winter visit.
RULES OF IHE ROM!
SUPREME COURT SETS OUT
WHAT SHOULD GOVERN.
PASSING ON THE SAME SIDE
More Than Ordinary Care , Must Be
Used at Such Time, An Injured
t Boy Gets Judmegnt.
What tho rtlleu Of Hip l-nml nrn In
this state may be gleaned from a
perusal or the decision hunded down
by tho supremo court In tho . case
wncrein Harry Huchctt. an 11-vonr
old Omaha boy, recovered damages
from tho Alumlto Dairy company of
mat city.
Hackett nnd a boy friend woro rid-
ing bicycles along ono of tho streets
of tho utato'H metropolis. The high
way had been narrowed by tho erec
tion of a fence thereon, which had
been built to protect construction
work then uaarr wuy. Tho lndt at
tempted to pass one of tho defending
company's wagons. Hackctt's com
panion negotiated tho passngo Hafely,
but the plaintiff was not so success
ful. As ho was oven with tho wagon
the driver turned his team In toward
tho fence with the result' that a col
lision occurred. Tho' lad was severe
ly injured and later sued the com
pany for damages. Judgment was oh-
tnlncd in tho lower court and this tho
supremo tribunal affirm, with .Indues
Barnes and Fawcott dissenting.'
Ordinary Rules of Road.
Set out In tho oulnton arn tlin mi-
lowing rules which tho court declares
should ordinarily govern tho road:
The rule as to tho rlghtB of persons
driving in the same direction In n
public road or street and seeking to
pass euch other was that ordinarily
it Is tho duty of each driver to keep
the proper side of tho road, but this
is not absolute. He Is not bound to
keep his ade, but If ho does not do so
ho must use more care and keep a
better lookout to avoid collisions
than would bo necessary wero he on
the proper side.
In a narrow street he must not nn-
necessarily block the wuv or crowd
other travelers to ono side, and he
mutt use the highway In such a man
ner as not unreasonably to deprlvo
other travelers ot their canal rights
to the use of the street.
It Is Impossible to lay down a hard
and fast rule anullcablo (o all situ
ations which may arise in tho streets
of a city and even though a deviation
from the' rule of the road has taken
place tho question whether the de
fendant or bis servants have been
guilty or negligence, tor the planus
guilty or- contributory noullcrance Is
ordinarily one for the Jury to decide.
New Agricultural School.
Attbrney Genera! Martin and State
Troasur'dtGeorgo went to Curtis In
tumpaiiy wuu u. r. muter, state
building Inspector, to start work on
tho agricultural school. Secretary or
State Wat went to 'Grand Island
to oxamluc the repairs being made
at the soldiers' home.
The Socialist Vote.
For the first tlmo In the history or
tho state there have beett moro social
ist than democratic votes cast In ono
of Us cauutlos. Tho county 'bearing
this distinction was Banner, tho voio
blng listed as follows In that county,
according to returns filed with tho
secretary of state: Republicans 114,
soclallstB 49, democratic 42. Banner.
howover, was not tho only couuty in
tbo state to show a decided Increase
n ho number or socialist votes cuBt,
There w.ere 'several others unwell,
i Stephen's Majority 3,9.45.-A-
COniDllcatioil of ofllulal roturnn
fronj the Third district shows that
Dan' Stephens defeated James Klllott
rorjpcongreHs by a majority or 22,653
votes against 18,008 ror KlIloL., The
total vote tills" year was 3.360 less
than last year. ' '
', The State Fair- Grounds,
.Tho flfato board or agriculture Is
making more ground available for ex
hlbltlon p'urposos and the comfort of
patrons of tho state fair by grading
down a hill north' of the'' Mollhe
Plow building. Tbo out s being ex
tended north and tho oarth removed
Is being carried east to the race
track,
Judne.Elect Hamer.
F. G. Hamer, supreme Judge-elect,
culled. at tho state houso, receiving
the congratulations, of friends and re
publicans. The Judge Is 09 "years or
ago, but Is still a vigorous campaign
er, h,la strenoua campaign not only
resulting In his election, but In un In
crease or five pounds In weight.
Permission to Op Business,
The Bankers' Ufe Insurance com
pany of Des Mnlpes, la has been
given permission to do business In
this state as a legal reserve company,
although membors'wlll be continued
on the assessment plan.
The Bryant Go Abroad.
W. J. Bryun and Mrs. Bryan will
nail from New York for Kingston,
Jamaica, whore they will visit tholr
daughter, Mrs. Ruth .Bryan Owen.
From Jamaica Mr. and. Mrs. Bryan
will go to Panama,
THE LATE ELECTION.
Return that are Official and Others
. that are, Unofficial. . ,
Seventy-six counties of the stato
have forwarded official returns of tho
late election to Secretary ot Stnte
Walt. The canvassing boards of six
other counties havo completed the br
llclat Count, but the figures havo not
yet been received by the stato official
In nine other counties, Including
Douglas and Lancaster, tho county
board hna not finished Its task.
With ninety counties reported, In
cluding the seventy-sir recorded nt
the secretary of state's office and six
other oRlclal counts reported to tho
newspapers, Hamer has n lcadof3,2G7
votes over Dean, high democratic
candidate for supremo Judge. Loup
and McPhcrson, tho two counties un
heard from, gave Fawcott a mujorlty
of 1109 votoB over Sullivan two years
ago, with a totnl vote cuBt amounting
to G80.
Unless the official count cuts down.
Hamer'B majority in Luncnster nnrf
Douglas counties, his lend in these
two counties will bo more than equal
to his final majority In tho cntlro
state. Douglas county, unofficial gives
him u majority of 3,021 and Lancaster
ono of 7G6. The sum of tho two, 3,787,
Is moro than his final state lead will
bo, estimated on tho vote so far re
ported. Hall's vote from ninety counties,
nine unofficial, gives him a lend of
tl.OSC over Harman for rnllwny com
missioner. Figures on State Ticket. ,
Following nre tho total figures
from ninety counties, povonty-slx of
which hnvo been officially reported at
Uie secretary of state's office:
Supremo Judge: f
Letton 102.C9C
Rose 100,841'
Hamer 90,713
Dean ; 93,IG0
Stark r 80,628
Oldham ., 8G.09G
Kaiiway commissioner: i
Hall 101,199
Hnrmun 90,113,
University regents:
Haller, eighty-nine counties.. 1(7,091
Lyrord, eighty-nine counties... 95,937
Knapp, eighty-nine counties... 84,830
Miller, eighty-nine counties... 84.9D5
Campaign Expenses.
Campaign expenso accounts of the
candidates in tho election are bolng
received nt the olflce of tho sccrotary
of state. So far the following have
filed accounts of their expenses dur
ing the campaign:
W. B.fRose, candidate for supreme
Judge, suys he spent $031.82. Of this
amount $400 was turned over to the
republican stato committee.
W. 1L Westover. fpr Judge Six
teenth district, democratic, declares
that he hnd no expenses. Mr. West-
o'or hnd no opposition.
George A. Day, republican candi
date lor Judge In the Fourth district!
$227.25.
Alexander C, Troup, candidate, for
Judge Fourth district, $100.
Bruno O. Hostctler, Tweirth district.
no expense. He had uo opposition.
Conrad Hollenbcck, democratic can
dldate for Judge, Sixteenth district,
$90.00.
H. M. Grimes, Thirteenth district,
$28.50.
Complaint Against Road.
F. B. Hunt 6t Burchard filed' n com
plaint against the Burlington railroad.
He alleges that tho train s6rvlcc at
Burchard Is Inadequate. He makes
no specific charges In his complaint.
Bart6n Files for Congress.
Silas R. Barton, stato auditor, filed
nomination papers ns, a candidate for
congress In tho Fifth district. Ho
tiled his personal request with the
secretary of state to havo his nauie
placed on the ballot to be Used at
o primary election April 15, 1912.
i State' Buys More Game' Birds.
Stato Game Warden' Henry V. Mil
ler Iiub, received 300 hen pheasants of
the Chinese ringnecH variety, ijhoy
will be placed with other game blrdB
In; the city park pf Lincoln. This
makes a total of three hundred birds
ofj this kind In the collection. Tho
birds were recently Imported from
England and were bought by the
game warden at Joffersbn pity, Mo.
Mr. Miller has been Informed that
most of the Hungarian partridges
liberated In the northern purt of Ne
braska have been killed. It Is re
ported that the men who bought and
paid for partridges at Long PJno una"
Valentine killed the birds themselves.
The men who planted partridges at
Gordon have protected the blrdB and
th'e cQvey has Increased to about 200.
Temporary Injunction Issued.
District Judge Stewart Issued a
temporary Injunction ugalnst the di
rectors ot the Union ' Fire insurance
company restraining them from hold
lngin special meeting for the purpose
of thu Issuanco or $100,000 capital
stock.
Winter Fruit Show.
Secretary Marshall i. or the stale
board or horticulture announces that
tbo winter fruit show ot the nssocla
tlon at the state farm stock Judging
building, January 1G to 18, will be the
largest ever held In the state. The
association is to occupy one-half of
the second floor and the corn Improv
ers' association i tho other half. The
fruit show will bo a box, show and a
demonstration will be given of the
western method ot packing apples.
There ale to be 1G0 boxes In the ex
blblt. '
SITUATION
REPUBLICANS UNABLE TO OP..
GANIZE STABLE GOVERNMENT.
Uli SHI IS LOSING- POWER
The Newly Appointed Premier Be
lleved to rjave Oeserted'People
Whom He was to Serve. .
Shanghai. -The BitUatiou In south
ern China Is becoming more Involved
each day. Tho republicans nnnnrnt
ly aro determined to Bccuro their in
dependence from the Mnnchu dynas
ty, but thero nro grave doubts or their
ability to establish n stable irovorn
ment In time to avoid tho conse.
quonces of continued 'dlaorg.. .Izatlon
and the absonco or revenue nnd a
competent administration.
Tho local organizations ner.rnllv
are preserving order. Shanghai la
tho center or business for the entire
Yang Tse volley, which Is stasnnnt
while tho military operations around
wu cunng nnd Nanking are proceed
Ing. Tho situation at Poklnc has lit
tle Influence on the rest of tho
country. j
The power of Yuan Shi Kal's name
Is waning, because It Is believed he
hns deserted the cause of the people.
The provinces which hnve declared
Independence nro organizing sepnrato
governments, but ench refuses recog
nition, of the responsibilities Incurred
by the central government. Nanking,
tho ancient cnpltnl. Is still firmly In
the possession of the imperialists,
thereforo the assertion of southern
supremacy Is not tnken seriously,
Evon tho reformers reconlcze the im.
portnnce of Nanking, and both they
and tho Imperialists aro directing all
their offortB to this Important center,
whore the result of a battle mav mean
either the end of the Mnnchu dynasty
or a serious setback to the revolu
tionary cause.
Tho reformers do not concent the
tromendous strain upon their financial
resources In conducting the campaign
against Nanking nnd maintaining
their position at Wu Chang. The'fnll
or Nanking will possibly mark tho
real commencement of the final act
or the drama, but evon thon entire
unity may bo impossible. The out
come or tho attack, which the reform
ers are preparing to make on Nad-
king Is problematical, but If the im
perialists elect to remnln behind the
wnlls. It probably will become a
question Of siege and starvation.
Neither side hns nn overabundance ot
rood supplies,
TWO BIG BATTLESHIPS,.
Plans for Which Will Be Laid Before
Congress. '
Washington. Rough plans for two
hugo battloshlpB will be laid before
congress when It convenes. The pro
jected, typo nre to bo of 30,000 tons
displacement, armed wjth ten four-toon-Inch
rifles, ench nearly seventy
foot long, with broad Uclts of the high,
ost type of hardened armor and with
steaming capacity enough to carry
thorn back nnd forth across the Atlan
tic. It is In this point ot coal endur
nnco that the American battleship will
excel these of other nations.
President Taft III.
Washington. President Taft Is Bar
tering rrom n severe could, which con
fined him to the White House Sunday.
His condition although not alarming.
Is such that his physician, has ordered
him to takp caro of himself. As a re
sult tho president cancelled his" en
gagement for Richmond, Va., Monday
where he was to have addressed Vie"
National GOod Roads cdngress. '
Morgan Spills Church Money.
Noi'V York.-'-J, Plerpqnt lorgan
tripped Jn church Sunday, and, falling
to the floor, spilled the contents, of
the collection plate, which ' was piled
high v!th money. Thb banker was
Uninjured.
Mother of Eight Is.Slaln.
St. Louis, lo. Mrs. Kate Ncary,
mother of eight children, was slain by
hor husband with n hammer, John T.
Neary, plasterer, followed tho murder
with an attempt upon his own life.
, Reporters Wilt Be Barred.
Richmond, Superintendent Wood
ot the stnte penltontlary announced
that reporters would not be admitted
tq the dpa,th chamber Friday ,yy,hon
llonry Clay Beattio, Jr., (a electrocut
ed for the murder of his wife.
Accused of Being a Horsethlef.
Boise, ldnho Marlon Klrkpatflck,
a handsome young woman of twenty
two, is under arest here on the ebarge
of being a daring horaethlef. She is
2G years old.
Under a Continual Menace.
El Pobo, Tpx,-FIftyfour. refugees
from Torroon, Mexico, who arrived
hero on the 19th, say al lforelgners
will get out or Torreontoday or to
morrow' as they are under continual
menace there, despite the retention ot
tuq garrison.
Says Company It Bankrupt.
St. I-ouls, Mo. Judge Smith Mc
Pherson, or the United States circuit
court, on the 16th, Issued a signed
order adjudging the Lewis Publishing
company bankrupt.
NEBRA8KA IN BRIEf.
News NoUt of Interest from Various
, Sections. -
?. frf "W j b"
Samuel Waller, aVplonccr or 'Cum
ing county, died Inst week.
State Auditor Barton has nicer for
eongrossfrom the Fifth district.
Th niagiilflcent now Catholic
church at Alllanco has been dedi
cated. A good roads banquet waa hold In
Beatrice and wna attended by nearly
300 good roadH boosters.
A farmer residing south-cast or
Hastings has harvested over 100 bush
els of walnuts this year.
According to official figures, Dan
.Stephens, candidate for congress, car
ried the Third district by 3.94G.
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. J. Bryan of Lin
coln hnvo left for Jamaica, where
they will visit their daughter, Mrs
Owen.
The new passenger Btatlon of tho
Burlington nt Grand Islnnd hns been
thrown open to business. It is a finely
appointed structure.
Flro destroyed tho general store of
Wnhl & Co., at Memphis. Less than
$300 worth or tho Btock was saved.
Tho Wahl stock wrta valued at $8,000.
The Young .Men's Christian associa
tion boys will conduct a Junior Chau
tauqua at Seward next summer, and
have begun making attractions. They
havo leased the opera houso lor a
gymnasium for a term of threo years.
J. Rock Williamson of Humboldt
has been recommended to tho commander-in-chief
or tho Grand Army or
tho Republic ror nppolntmont as alder
do-camp on his statf. Tho appoint
ment, Is an honorary position.
Governor Aldrlch, who last week
returned from the Transmlsslsslppl
congress nt Kansas City brands the
meeting ub a fake and an affair made
up of dolegatcs appointed for tho pur
pose of getting appropriations for
Kansas City nnd the "Missouri and
Mississippi rivers.
Tho present value of tho North-
western, railroad in this state, accord
ing ta figures announced by tho rail
way commission, is $31,3GG,8D3.40.
The appraisal has Just been complet
ed under the provlrfons or the physic
al valuation net nnd Includes l,2G3.(i
miles or track.
Tho old M. & O. Trelght depot, Io-
cated lu tho eastern part of Blair,
and used by McCormlck & Koopmttn
ns a warehonse for tho storage of ap
ples, whs burned to tho ground. In-,
surnnco or $1,000 wan carried on the
building nnd contents, which wlll not
cover tho loss.
Nlnetly-slx citizens ot tho city or
Plattsmouth presented a petition to
tho city council asking that a frani
chlse extending for twenty years, be.
granted tho Plattsmouth Water .com
pany on the terms of tho proposition
which wns made by Mr. Weat of the
water company some wcoks since.
Tho grand Jury, formally charged
with the genornlly duty of Investigat
ing the conditions In Hall county
with reference Jo law enforcement
Inade a report, having. Investigated
tho public Institutions, and part or its
finding hns been mado public. Indict
ments were returned against four
prisoners In tho county Jail.
Stato OH Inspector Husenctter . has
received a lettor from, State Inspec
tor Tpznr pf Spokane proposing n
winter meeting ot all state oil Inspec
tors In the United State's for tho pur
pose of discussing means to obtain
unifqrm inspection laws throughout
tho country. It Is proposed to hold a
meeting at Los Angeles in February,
The winter fruit show .of the State
Horticultural association will be held
at tho stock Judging pavilion on the
state fair campus January 1G to 18.
The fruit show will be a box exhibi
tion, according to the plans of Secret
tnry Marshall, and npplo growers par
ticularly will attempt to show visitors
that Nebraska has as great possibili
ties, as a commercial orcnarelng area
as any other stato In the country.
Merle Huttenmuler, tho little son
of J. A. Huttehtnaler, a farmer or
Gage county, was probably fatally In
ured while leading a mule, Ale be
came entangled In tho rope In some
manner and wbb dragged a, hundred
feet. His leg was splintered nnd he
received Internal Injuries wblchvwlll
likely provp fatal. v
A meeting of veterans of the civil
war residing In Nebraska has been
called for the puposo of considering
pension legislation now dn the tapis,
Th,o meeting will be held In the Grand
Army nan at Lincoln jsovemner ys
Senators Hitchcock and Brown have
beeq Invited nnd, the members of con
gress from this stato have also been
asked to be present.
Cliadron was selected ns the. point
nt which the first short course for
northwestern Nebraska was held.
Ideal weather, a pood number pres
ent started the Institute In the most
gratifying manner, Added numbers
and increasing Interest marked nil
classcu during tho week. The men's
section averaged 1G0; . the women's
scctjon registered over 300, Grain
testing and potato Judging demonstra
tions wore given.
Seuretnry of Stat? Walt has dis
covered that primary day In April,
1912. comes on Friday. Ordinarily the
primary election like the general' elec
tion Is held on Tuesday. The date or
tho presidential primaries Is Frldhy,
April 19.
Chase county went democratic with
largo majorities this year. Miss Leo
cla Fletcher, present county superln.
tencient or schools, la the only w ih.
llcan candidate elected, the only Tkn
djilato reelected ror the third time
and the only woman holding office in
me county,