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MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
Home and. Foreign Intelligence Con
densed Into Two and Four
Line Paragraphs.
Waihlneton.
Determined to avoid giving any pro
text for foreign Intervention for
financial reasons, the Chinese govern
mont lma ordered nil receipts from
maritime customn, Including the 1901
boxer Indemnities, to bo deposited
with the- foreign banks to the credit
of China's foreign debtors.
Another movo looking to tho re-
lenso of Charles E. Morse, tho former
Now York banker, from tho Atlanta
Penitentiary was forecasted here by n
conference between Attorney Ocnrnl
Wlckcrabam nnd Morse's counsel, II.
8. Dougherty nnd T. B. Folder. The
nature of tho proposition was not dis
closed. The dangor stone In tho uso of steel
rails, as at present manufactured,
baa been reached, declared President
It. S. Bcllknap, of tho luterstato com
nerce commission In a report to that
tody. If heavy, high speed trains are
(o bo run In safety, Mr. Bellknap Ho
llared, a inoro scientific Investigation
Into rail defects must be undertaken
with a view to remedying the
trouble,
The Italian foreign office, In a mail
report received by the Italian embas
sy, makos counter charges of Turkish
Mutilation of Italian soldiers. It al
leges that In reconnaissances mndo
made November 7, by tho Italian
tropps beyond the entrenchments of
Tripoli, tho bodies of five Italian sol
dlerB were found; that one of thoso
bodies was naked; that nil tho unU
forms had been taken aw'rty from the
others and that thrco of tho soldlors
had been beheaded after death,
Gonsrat.
Hunters In Wisconsin have killed
2,000 deer since November 11.
The government is planning for a
campaign against the opium traffic,
Statisticians Have figured that
another decline in business will soon
be here.
A Wisconsin football authority says
the game Is honeycombed with cor
ruption, Okmulgee, Okl., adopted the com
mission form of government by a
large majority.
Tho Lorlmer commltteo will not
take up the perjury chargcH until the
main inquiry Is concluded ,
There Is a bitter row in the ranks
of dcmocratlo members of the house
tteel investigation committee,
Anthony It. Faust, manager of the
St. Loula restaurant, founded by his
father, whb declared lnnpe; " 1
In the first Installment of hla auto
biography Senator LnFdllette de
scribes characteristics of Hoed and
MoKlnley.
Guests at a hotel In Albert Lea,
Minn., had a narrow escape from
death vhen the hmisw was destroyed
by fire. One man was reeported miss
ing, but no body has been found lu
the debris,
At Illlledale. Mich., United States
Senator Coe I. Crawford, of South
Dakota, deKvered hla address In the
tntereuts of the republican progress
ive movement and of Senator La Fol
lette for the prealdency,
'Heads of all railroads operating In
Missouri, replying to a. request of Gov
ernor Hartley, have agreed gladly to
abolish - common drinking mips on
passenger trains, provlulng the State
Hoard of Health makes such request
formally!
Valuable coal land Ih the Evans.
toil, 'o., land district aggregating
2,670 aerea are tHVolved In a decree
cancelling patents Issued on thirty
four wtWIers' Additional entries, an
nounretl by the commlasloaor of the
general land ofAcfl,
HramllBK aeelallam as the greatest
aae6e of the age, Bird 8, Coler, dew
ecratlo caadldate far governor of New
York against Odell in 1902, Mid at
St. Paul that it the rcpubllo of the
United States "la to remain great asd
decent, socialism must be fought, un
ceasingly." AVHfrcd Stuart Sheldon-Dlckason,
alleged scion ef a noble Knglleh fam
ily, was bound over to the grand Jury
on the charge of stealing Jewels val
ued at 2,5 from Mrs, 01 ga von W.
Haskell, a society leader of Minneap
olis. In dofault of 94,000 ball he was
returned to his veil,
Mrs. Esther K. Abbott was elected
postmistress of Leroy, Kas., by an
overwhelming majority over her male
exponent, O. O. Kersey, and thux, It
Is believed, attained the distinction
of being the first person to outer- that
efflce by popular vote.
President toulii w". Hill of the
Great Northern railroad denied a re-,
Krt that be. Intended to fmlt the. rail-
www mwfiwvHf
The Good Koads congress came to
an end wINt wfcat many delegates still
eTfclared to be a division of opinion as
to noklns Ik government for federal
President Tnft Is now engaged In
wrltlmr his annual mensneci.
President Tnft may urgo a change
In treaties with Russia In his mea
sage.
Drinkers at Now Orleans envo nn
provnl of tho Aldrich curroncy plan.
Tho prosecution will be hold to nar
rower limits In tho second Hyde trial.
Persia has appealed to tho powers
to stay the greedy hand of Russia.
Tho Illvct nnd harbor nnnronrl
atlons thlu year will be held to a low
limit. -President
Cnccros. of the Domini
can republic, was killed by two ene--
mlcs.
A mnssacro of foreigners and
Mnnchus Is reported at Stan Fu,
China,
A. A .Hayes, general freight auditor
of the Atchison, Topcka & Santa Fo
railway, died at Topoktt.
Tho International Harvester com
pany has asked for a rohcarlng In the
Missouri order of ouster.
Wu Tine Frine hns warned foreign
era that tho bombardment of Nanking
may begin very shortly.
Postal savings banks will bo estnb
shed on December 20 nt Hebron,
lerco nnd Silver Creek, Nebraska.
The United States Stool corporation
contends thore Is no ground for con
tinuing the'houso commtttco Inquiry.
Crown Prlnco Gustavo Adolnh of
Swodon was operated on for appendi
citis. His condition is oulto satis
factory.
A now counterfeit S5 silver certifi
cate, crude Imitation, has appeared In
circulation nnd tho secret service
sounded an alarm,
In less than two minutes after tho
Are fllnrm lint! Knitnrioil at fit IIixIppm
school In Milwaukee, tho buildlntr hud
beo'u emptied of COO pupils.
Tho serious attention of tho nubile
has again been called to tho dononu-
latlon question in France by tho pub
lication of official statistics.
President Louis W. Hill of tho
Great Northern railroad denies a re
port from ChlcaKO that ho Intondod
to quit tho railroad business.
The Japaneso crisis, threatened by
tho finance minister's demand for
wholesale outs In tho budgot. prob
ably will be averted.
Hugo von Tschudl. ono of the best
known authorities on art In Eurono.
and Dr. Wilholni Jensen, the well
known Gorman author, died In Munich
Friday.
According to tho report of tho
Italian government thero wero 113
cases of cholera and, flfty-flvp deaths
in Italy rrom November C to Novem
ber 11 Inclusive.
Urging laws In tho interest of farm-
ors and the lightening of their burden
of taxation. Governor 'Judson Harmon
of Ohio addressed the uatlonal grang
at Columbus, O.
Frank Allen, arrested as a suspect
In Pekln, III., acknowledged to Sheriff
Fleugal that he 1s one of the men
wanted lu North Dakota for holding
up a Northern Pacific train lasbJuly.
Forty-seven carloads of c garottes.
valued at $1,000,000, have arrived at
superior, Wis., from the cast br way
or the Great lakes and will be shipped
to Vancouver. 1). 0.. for export to
China and Japan.
Susie 19, Presalcr. aged sixty-four, a
pension agent of Toledo. O.. wns ar.
rested by United States offlcors on an
inuictmont roturned In Aberdeen, S.
D charging her with fraud jn connec
tion with a land drawing In 1010,
wit Japanese Antarctic etfnodlHnn
aboard tlie Kalnan Maru,. which waa
rorceu, jo return to Sldnoy last spring
after reaching 74 dogrooB south, has
started on Us second attempt to reach
me south pole,
A quarterly dividend of to nor share
was declared by the director or Mm
Caluntet and Heda Mining company,
A new counterfeit fcG per sharo was
declared by he directors of the Calu
met and lleola Mining company.
Spokane shipper Joined with thn
Department of Justice and the Inter
state Commorco commission In an ap
peal to the supreme xourL of tho
United States jtrom tho recent ad
vance decision or the commorco court
In the Spokane rato caso.
Mme. Jerome Napoleon Bonannrin.
widow of a graudson of Jerome Bona-
parte, brother of tho first Nanolnnn.
and n granddnuxhter of Danlol wii.
ater, died In Washington after a long
nines, sue was seyenty-two years old
and waa born In Beaton. Manna.
chussetta.
At Chicago .Indite flnnrcfl A. (In
tor granted the indicted Chicago pack,
ers a delay Jn their crlmlnaLrlal un
til December 0 pending proceedings
for the defendants boforo tho Unltod
States aupreme court, Counsel for
tho packers will sock further dolav
when the federal supreme court re
convenes at Washington December 4,
when a motion for a stayi order will
be presented.
BHTHE IS B
URIED
REMAINS
OF WIFE MURDERER
LAID AWAY.
THE WORK DONE SECRETLY
Only Immediate Members of the Fam
lly and Eight Boyheed Friends ,.
Attend the Funeral. .
Richmond, Va. By tho grave of
tho wlfo whom ho murdorcd' July
18, tho body of Honry Clny Beattlc,
Jr., was burled In Maury ccmotory
shortly after sunrise Sunday. Thoro
was n brief service at tho rcsldonco,
attended only by .members of tho
family and olglit friends who served
an pallbearers, und then tho proces
sion moved through the silent streets
of South Richmond, Rev. John J. Fix,
who prayed with Beattio Just before
ho was lod into tho death chamber at
tho pcnltcntlury Friday morning, read
the service of the Presbyterian
church.
To guard against possible anoyance
tho exact hour of tho funeral was kept
secret until midnight and consequent
ly there wcro no crowds around ' the
Heattle. homo or cemotery. Police
wore on duty, but Uio hcarso and cov
en carriages bad .reached tho grave
before tho city was astir. When tho
burial was concluded II. C. Beattio,
sr., left with Douglas, .his eon, and
Hazel, his daughter, and two aunts of
tho murderer. The aged father's grief
was intense.
Tho pallbearers, boyhood friends of
Beattio, wcro aBkcd by hlra to serve.
Several of them had testified In his
dofciiBO at tho trial and one was his
best mwn when he and Louise Well
ford Owen were married, exactly one
year from the date he pleaded not
guilty of her murder in court, A
florist's wagon, completely filled with,
flowors, entered the cometery gates
ust after daylight, and the mound of
earth was hidden beneath chrysanthe
mums and Immortelles.
After It became known that tho
funeral had already beoti held a tre
mendous crowd visited tho cemetery.
Double ropes wero stretched around
the Beattio section, and two mounted
policemen lu addition to officers afoot
kept tho crowds back. Thero was no
disorder, however, and no attompt to
take away the flowors.
NEBRASKA IN DRIEK.
News Not of Interest from Various
Sections.
BANKER MORSE TRANSFERRED.
a Taken From Atlanta Prison to Fort
McPherson.
Atlanta, Cla. Charles V. Morse,
the New York bnnkor, Sunday ex
changed his baro cell at the federal
prison here for h more commodious
ward In the army hospital at Fort Mc
Pherson, The change was ordered by
Attorney General Wlckcraham, who
recontly made a special visit 'to At
lanta to investigate the condition or
Mr. Morse. Tho trausfor waa made
about 8 o'clock in the morning, Morse
making the trip of several miles in an
ambulanco, accompanied by Mnjor
Baker, chief surgeon at the fort.
Endangered By Forest Fires.
Santa Monica, Col. -Joe Anchor, a
rancher, 'his wlfo and four children! which have been placed in tho state's
are bollovod to have perished and
many summer homes destroyed in a
forest fire in Topango canyon. Sev
eral hundred persons are making
their way out over tho almost Im
passable trails and are suffering greatly.
Personal.
Bird 8. Coler says the spread of the
socialist doctrine Is a real menace.
Col. Roosevelt is urged to .make the
race for president,
Suffragettes of Loudon threaten
to renew their struggle.
The trcasnrer of an oil company
was arrested at Pittsburgh.
General Reyes Is hold to be the dis
turber of peace in Mexico,
Former Senator John F. Dryden or
Kew Jersey 'died at Newark.
The U. 8. supreme court has ad
journed until December 4th.
Kngllsb. suffragettes are preparing
another onslaught en parliament.
Norman K. Mack say that Roose-
velt 1b an avowed candidate far the
Kesldency.
Mary Chamberlain, the victim of
tkV Kansas tarrlag episode, uid her
story to a erowded court room.
President at Episcopal Church.
Wnshlngionr-President Taft, who
usually attends All Saints' Uulturlan
church, bocauso Sunday was"peaco
Sunday, worshipped at the Episcopal
Church of the Bphluny whoro the
rector, Rev. Dr. II. R, McKim,
preach in advocacy of the arbitration
treaties now pending between tho
United States and Great Britain and
France.
Wreckers Blown to Pieces.
Cleveland, O. Six Florida wreckers
wero blown up Sunday while attompt
Ing to Becure a floating box of ex
plosive, part of the cargo of tho
steamor San Joachim, which went
ashore November 22 on the rocks of
Fort Atwood bay.
Ruttla Opposes Blockade, r
Paris. Russia Informed Franco
and tho other powers that It Insists
on tho netutrallty of tho Dardonolles
as provided by. tho treaty of London
In 1871.
Help Up by a Lone Robber,
Columbus, 8. C.A westbound At
lantic Coast Lino train was help up
by a robber who rlHcd the mall bags.
The robbery occurred within two
miles ot this city,
Paid for His Protection.
Chicago, Lewis Levin, a witness
before tho civil service commission,
which is investigating conditions In
the police department here, on Satur
day "testified 'tnat he had paid $400
for alleged protection en the west
side,
Package ef $19,000 Is Gone,
Winnipeg, Man. An express pack,
age containing $10,000 was stolen
from the oScea of the Canadian
Northern Expresa company at Region
on Friday Ust.
Tho Daughters of Rebecca have or
ganized a lodge at Scottsbluff.
Butler county will have n corn show
that will opcti nt David City, Dec. f.
Tho Peru normal quartot has gone
on tho road to fill a number of on
gagements.
The cornerstone has been laid for a
costly Catholic church to bo built in
Hastings.
The Fremont postofflco building,
overhauled and enlarged at a cost of
foO.OOO, Is now occupied
It has been arranged to hold a big
farmers instltuto with a display of
farm products In Havelock on Janu
ary 9.
At the stato conference of rcpubllo
ans In Omaha It was decided to hold
a Taft mass Incetlng at Lincoln De
cembor 19.
A night school has been established
at McCook for tho benefit of such
children as nro tinablo to attend tho
day school,
Tho city of Tecumsch is advertis
ing for bids for proposed public Im
provements amounting to $29,500, the
bonds having boen recently voted.
Tho Stnto Railway commission
granted to delay putting in effect cer
tain class nnd commodity rates from
Lincoln, Fromont, Omaha and Grand
Island to tho North Platte country un
til December.
County Survoyor Sanders declares
that a new high water mark In road'
Improvement hns been set in Dodge
county by tho work of the past year,
when tho expenditures for road Im
provement wero approximately $25,-000.
Thomas K. Etownrt, former book-
keeper at tho Instltuto for feeble
minded youth at Beatrice was acquitt
ed aftor a Jury had been out nn hour
and live minutes. Stewart was charg
ed with embozzlcmeut of funds of the
Institution.
Tho mcmbora of tho county board of
Hall county and the officers of Grand
Island are negotiating for the estab
lishment of u Joint emergency hos
pital, on tho poor farm, two miles
north of tho city. Tho noed of n
county Institution Iiob often bcen,felt.
mo largo barn on tho old W. A.
Poynter farm, southwest of Albion
was destroyed by fire. The farm Is
owned by Mrs. W. A. Poynter of Lin
coln and Is farmed by Charles 'Dalgh.
How the flro started Is a mystery. The
live stock was rescued with tho ex
ception of throe pigs.
Two of Ashland's leading ministers,
Rev. John D. Rico, rector of St. Ste
phen's Episcopal church and Rov. Vic
tor F. Clark, pastor of the First Con
gregational jchurch, have tendered
tholr resignations. Mr. Rico will re
move to Portland, Ore., and Mr. Clark
expects to take up work with Doane
college of Crete.
The Nebraska Woman Suffrage
league, in session at Lincoln, elected
officer, as follows: President, Dr. Inez
Phllbrlck, Lincoln; vlco president,
Mrs. Anna Kovandn. Table Rock:
recording secretary, Mrs. Ada Shafor,
Omaha; corresponding secretary, Miss
Mary H. Williams, Kenosaw; treasur
er, Dr. Emma W. Demaroo, Roca; au
ditors, Mrs. Frank Harrison, Lincoln,
and Mrs. Kate Chaplnhouse, Peru.
Chief Game Warden' Mlllor has re
ceived 100 Hungarian nartrldKes
THE OFFICIAL BALLOT OF NEBRASKA
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Table Showing How Ninety-Two Counties in the
State Voted November 7th.
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732 755
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Illnlnc 427
Donna 2fo6
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noya j 1152
Urown !i2S
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Hurt mi
Jlutlcr 3218
Cant 33is
Ceilnr 2710 1095 1126
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cjnorry 2141 m
Cheyenne 1133 M7
umy 3284
Oolrnx 2021
UmnliiK 2318
Ciwter 5123
Dakota hot
Dawes 1S82
DilWKOfi SW7
Deuol 367
Plxon asa 0J2
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177 155 11.1 110 213 117 196
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1235 1183 1292 1133 1091
297 395 363 419 401
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1411 1M1
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1930 2236
68 07
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913
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675
138
1430
204
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732 720 600
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Harlan 2060
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Jlowird 2030 730 739
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Klinlmll .516
Knox , . .3674
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Lincoln ...3082
'"Kan 377 i5
Loup 472 226
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MUCKniiH ,2819 128 13.59
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J!fln 6S7 271
PhelPS 2132 874
J'Jorce 738
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1264 1354
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988 1020 664 1302
1658 1671 2425 1747
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435 448 301 615
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765 76.', 636 J01
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ill TK1
linelt M Hii ' 1830 17a! 1770 Ii9 1912
iF.K 393 401 39.1 iKC MS m All nr-r
gS''7 M 15 1622 1571 1C02 1529 1649 1668 J5S3 1633 IMS 1352 1551:
g"'"1"', , 177o 683 692 674 698 6S6 GM 711 rv: Tno c-rl y! itr
KaundcN iJM inii i?JJ X?i -.zi? .)Si .Hi .If -i0? ..571 676
Hcottub
Soward
: .....m utj wis ut..i rjti 44 jn rju i7i tat r. inn jn.
5? C," 7 6" "I 583
3J5. 1 W 3" 383 310 333
uo. ;il lem Iiitti WW IIM) TJW Ml fit I unx
A & HS i5 . ' s I & m iSS & ,&
Slicrmnn 1541
S'nuton 1378
Tlmyor , 3K1
Thoman 343
Thurston 1850
Xpnpy ,.,3010
wnsnington 2156 1133
jy.a'n.0. 1929 906
wuoiter 2754 1026 1238
..iit-oior 459 J05 -201
or" 3S90 1022 1974
539
606
374
514
1474
130
618
816
662
690
3S0
613
1581
131
687
942
1161
949
J?f2 3308 1RW 1353 3687 "28 127S 1S7
131
674
039
1153
913
1228
1W1
1S37
147
702
bC5
f5
745
1141
170
-107
637
C!0
912
647
1001
165
108
C33
742
903
664
971
15C
152
718
910
1136
100 147
712 OSS
788 1117
937 1211
73S ftf.7
1102 1324 1210
Ml 164 201
Totals
1642 14S5 1614 1970 1491 1963
148 110
696 1
WS - 737
1122 903
990 683
1193 1011
196 161
1938 1517
98
834
754
90S.
670
967
. . .Q9T274 97601 103186 10096,-, 47Sfl 86.M9 S6711 lft-6 M501 1(r?t innrn. ,f ZZZ
- o. Hock and Pierce countlca not Included in tho total vote: 1
Advance In Frelaht Ratei.
An advance ot from 3 to 9 cents Jpor
hundred weight on nil merclinndUo
freight shipped from Atlantic seaboard
to Lincoln will be effective January
J, ae a result of the order of tho in
torajato commerce commission re
Bcindlng Its order of December 20,
1009, In the Burnham, Hanna, Hunger
rato, case.
collection of wild fjamo. Tho state
will endeavor lo propagate the Hun
garian partridges and then distribute
them in portions of the state where
they will bo protected. Several years
ago several hundred partridges of this
varloty wore dlstrlbutetd In tho north
ern part of the state, Most ot them
are said to have been killed by tho
people who bought and liberated
them, but at Gordon tho flock that
waa protected 1b reported to have In
.creased to 200.
The Stato Dur association will meet
In Lincoln city December 28 aad 29.
.This year's annual meeting will
close with a banquet on 'the evening
of tho latter date. Cblof speakers at
Mio gathering will bo John II. Atwood
of Kansas City on "Tho Stato as a
Hate Maker,' Jesse U Hoot on "The
Other Sldo or tho Shield" and Paul L.
Martlu or Omaha on "The Trained
Lawyer."
State Hume .Warden Miller has been
Informed that the buck deer seen near
Sterling, Johnson county, went north
and crossed tho Platte river near the
state fisheries at South Ucnd and thea
started oast along the banks of the
, river, Ho believes It was tho mate
ot tho doe shot and killed near Wahoo
several wcoks ago.
A few days ago while Thotnna
Lily of Ulchurdson county was shell.
Ing corn for a neighbor, ho broko Mb
let. Something had gone .wrong- wtlh
the clutch and he kicked at It, and In
this way was caught. An examina
tion by doctors showed It to be too
badly ninnglod to be set, and it was
and It was therefore amputated just
abovo tho knee.
The vpstry of Christ's Episcopal
church of Central City has extended a
call; to the Itev."j; Franklin Long, at
praseat pastor of fit. Ann's parish In
Chicago. He Is very highly recom
4meuded, and the local vestry Is very
anxious to secure him.
Feurteon homesteaders under the
Lincoln laud office jurisdiction have
applied for permission to make final
proof In the past month. Included in
the number was an application from
Greeley county, a mere or leaa unuau
at circumstance because ot the scar,
city ot available homesteads la that
county at present,
State .Anti-Saloon League.
The annual meeting of tho Stato
Anti-Saloon Jcaguo was hold here be
hind closed doors. Out of thlrty-flvo
trustees of the league, twenty-five
were present. Discussion of tho work
of the past year featured tho moetlng.
The election of offlccro for tho com
ing year resulted as follows: S. K.
WnrrlcU, Alliance, prealdont; J. M.
Guile, Lincoln! vlco-presldcnt and
treasurer; J. W. Hilton, Cotner, secretary-Nil.
P. Carson, Lincoln, superin
tendent, nnd Thomas Darnell, also ofc
this city.
In Supreme Court.
Bccauso in hfa absonco tho church
p.cuplo went ahead- and built a struc
ture Bomewhat more costly than ho
had nt first thought they would, Fran
els G. Keens, a Kearney man, Is fight
ing in supreme court n decreo of tho
district court which doclnred that he
must pay a $3,000 contribution.
Indorsed the Socialists.
Tho Initial session of tho Nebraska
Woman Suffrgo loaguo Indorsed the
action of the national socialist party
In Its efforts to secure tho adoption of
an amendment to the fedoral constitu
tion providing for granting tho ballot
to women.
' Nebraska Railroad Ernlngs.
The railway commission hns com
plcted a report of the business doue
by all rallroadB at all alatlons In No
braska Tor tho year ending Juno 30,
1911, The business dono by all rouds
at Omaha during tho flscalyear was
$U,04;6,2;i8,iM. Tho business dono nt
South Omaha amounted to $0107
C33.87, and that at Lincoln, 13,39c'-
Requisition Honored.
A requisition for tho return of J. A.
Gregory to Sduth Dakota on the
chargo of grand larceny has been hon
ored by Governor Aldrich. Gregory
waB arrested at Omaha with two
horses In his possession which he la
charged with stealing.
Business of the Railroads.
Compilations made In tho statisti
cal department of the rallwaytcom-
mission, ln-ehargo of U, q. Powell,
show that tho volume of business
dono by all roads in NebrasUn was
grnator for tho year ending June 30.
1011, than for tho preceding fiscal
year. For tho year 1911 all roads in
tho btnto did a businesa amounting
to $55,094,300.63 and for the preced
ing fiscal year tho business was
$53,725,40UG. These figures have no
reference to "earnings" of the, roads,
but merely show the volumo of busi
ness, being a summary of the btiBl
ness of every station In the state.
A Jury Commission.
A Jury commission of the clerk of
the district court and an appointee ot
the state Is ono of several changes
which will bo submitted at tho next
session of the legislature by the
statute revision commission.
Prlmarlas on Friday.
Officials at the state house have
figured out that the primary next year
will fall on Friday, April 19. The pri
mary election, according to law, is to
be held forty-five days prior to the
first Monday lu June,
New Plumbing Recommended.
, At a meeting ot tho Board or Public
Lands and Buildings Governor Aid
rich urged that all tho plumbing at
the Institution for tho feeble minded
at Beatrlco bo replaced In the hopo
of checking the epidemic of typhoid
fever there.
Silk Thieves Caught.
Fillmore County. Threo Btrangers
who were trying to soil silks and furV
In Fairmont wore arrested by Sheriff
Ashton on suspicion. W, h, Taylor of
Exeter, Nelf, identlllod somo of the
goods as having been taken from his
store.
Carload of Postal Cards.
Tho Lincoln postotlTco received a
carload of postal cards for Its sub-,
agency. This shipment consisted of"
4,132,000 postal cards, of a value of''
$13,540. It contained the following'
cards: 3,820,000 No. 4, ordinary ontfY
cent postnl-cards; 90,000 No. 5, white,
postul carda printed In red Ink, onov
cent each; 220.000 No. G, ono-cent '
double, reply postal cards; 2,000 No."
7, two-cent International postal cards.
State Tubercular Hospital.
The Board ot Public Land und
Buildings Informally discussed ap
pointments nt the stato tubercular
hospital, but took no action. Slate
Treasurer George . proposed the ap
pointment of a man and his wife, ono
to be a farmer and the othor house
keeper at a total salary of $100 n
month. Thore are thirteen acres of
land surrounding tho building, most
of It being In alfalfa. Tho board de
elded not to pay more than $75 a
month to both the farmer and house
keeper and the discussion stopped,
