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Washington
Tho Stcphonson senatorial election
Investigating Bub-cpmmlttocs prob
ably will report to 'the full committee
just before Christmas holiday recess.
A bill prohibiting corporations from
making contributions in political cam
palgnB was Introduced by Sonator
Culberson of Toxos. Tho bill also
limits the contributions of individuals
to 15,000.
A plea for tle free uso by all na
tions of the completed Panama canal
Is mndo by John Barrott, director
general of tho jian-Amcrlcan union, in
a statement l tho official bulletin of
the pan-American union.
An appeal from the Persian people
to congress f tho United Slates for
bid and sympathy In their controversy
with Rusi4a, threatening tholr Inde
pendence, woo read In tho Iiousq of
representatives. It asked old consist
ent with P-wdd's dignity and lnflo
pcndcncc. Tho n-vtional anti-trust lcaguo local
branch Idoptod resolutions asking
for the expulsion from tho Stanley
commrUco, also from tho house ot
representatives, "those unfaithful rep
resentatives whoso proven collusion
and conspiracy with the stool cor
poration has been, established."
Sonator Drown of Nebraska accept
tl an Invitation from tho Maryland
peace society to mako an address at a
banquet to 60 hold In Baltimore,
February C, noxL Tho subject of the
(JddrosB will bo "Tho Constructive
Side ot tho Peace Movement.''
Tho first rodomptlon of postal sav
ing bnnk trends at par was inado when
CPoetmastor Genoral Hitchcock paid
$200 In cash for two $100 bonda Bont
from New York. Tho transaction was
made under the postal savings banVc
Nrtilch authorizes the withdrawal ot
10 per cent of the savings on deposit
for investment In bonds or other se
curities of the United States.
Qentrat.
Repeal of Canadian reciprocity Is
proposed In a bill by .Heyburn ot Ida-
bo.
The president's message on trusts
was well received by both houses ot
congress.
Senator Smith turned back to the
treasury $3,000 jp&y for senatorial
service while governor of Georgia.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
brvb there Ib too much waste be
tween the producer and the consumer,
The president and bis cabinet
wrestled with the Russian passport
question, but reached no conclusion.
Union Pacific now holds 66 per
cent, of stock of St. Joe & Grand Is
land after making big Increases dur
ing year,
Mrs. John L. Griffiths, wife of the
American consul general in London,
gave a reception to the society ot
American women In London.
There were 1,343 naval court-mar
ttals last year, according to the an
nual report of Captain Rohan u. uub
sell, judge advocate general.
A report from Washington stating
that tho Fori Asslnc-bolue military
reservation would be opened for entry
lias started a rush for that section.
The Persian students resident In
Switzerland have cabled an appeal to
President Tatt. asking him, In tho
same of humanity and liberty, to pro
tst Persia against foreign aggression,
Because he owed $30 he could not
avt oac-e pay to a friend he bad bor
rowed the money from, Adolpu isdel
baiter, a Bohemian, aged 2 years and
single, shot klmslf at Yankton, a. p,
German lwary authorities aro
glassing to build an aerial cruiser,
with a carrying pewr ot 300 persons
and a speed of fifty miles an hour,
Its gas capacity will ke 10,000 cubic
meters.
George Davidson, tor thirty years
bead of th United States coast and
eololcal survey or the PaclRo
coast and member of the prlclpal
geological Moieties of tho world, Is
dead, sged 8 years.
Coloftcl X. A. Hawkins, aged 68,
who, as a private In tho signal serv-
ice of the ualoa army was the nrst to
telegraph to Washington tho nows of
the cojanletlon of Sherman's march
to tho sea. la dead at Upper San
dusky. O. 1
Governor Thomas It. Marshall of In
dlana received the confessions ot the
McNamars brotkess as a vindication
ot tk charges that he bad aided in
the kidnaping of John J. MoNamara
at the time of his arrest la Indian
BpolU. .
The president, la a resolution, was
.asked what countries had applied tor
free admission et their print paper
turn puip woou,
Andrew W. Mellon, multi-million
aire banker of Pittsburgh, Is suing
bis wife, Mrs. Otwa, McHulIoa Melton
Member et a Isadlag family c-f Dublin
Congress will not do much work
until after tho holidays.
The prosecution will bo held to ncr-
rower limits In tho second Hyde trial.
Clifford Plnchot says good republic
ans and good democrats look much
alike to him.
Two pension bills aro fighting for
right of way Jn tho liouso.
When congress opened nearly evory
member was In his scat.
Persia has mado an appeal for holp
from tho aggression of Russia.
Dotcctlvc Burns Bays J. D. McNaraa-
ra in his confossion told only part of
tho truth.
Chairman Gary, of tho stool corpo
ration, said his company was anxious
to obey tho law.
Mayor Aloxandcr wob re-elected In
Lob Angeles, largely defeating tho so
cialist candldnto.
Samuel Gompors said ho considered
tho penalty for the McNamaraa appro
priate to the crirno.
Assistant Indian Commissioner Ab
bot exhibits with pride corn raised by
mombcrs of tho Winnebago tribe.
A bond Issue for waterway Improve
ment was favored by tho rivers and
harbors congress at Washington.
Frank II. Morrison said Clarence
Darrow drew a too of fifty thousand
dollars for defending tho McNamaraa.
A gigantic conspiracy which will be
probed to tho bottom, Ib what Pros
ecutor Ford says of tho McNnmara
caso.
Tho battleship Maine was destroyed
by an oxploslon from the outside, ac
cording to the report of a naval
board.
At Lob Angeles sentence was pro
nounced on the McNamaras, James
I). to llfo Imprisonment, John J. for
fifteen years.
Loss enthusiasm marked tho open
ing ot tho first regular session of-tho
second congress than characterized
any of Its predecessors In tho last live
years.
Tho stato of tho lato Otto Rlngllng
of Darnboo, Wis., ouo of tho flvo
circus kings, who dlod Mnrch .31,
1911, has been appraised at $497,
232.32. Thirteen Insurrectionists, captured
at Halacho, Yucatan, aftor tholr com
panions had been routed by Mexican
troops, were shot without formality
ot trial.
In Bplto of tho efforts, of flvo United
States aonators, President Tatt do
cllnod to reconsider tho cases ot
sovon cadets recently dismissed from
West Point for drinking.
Local labor leaders at Salt Lake
aro bitterly aroused over tho Implica
tion that the McNnmara confessions
wore arranged with a partial purpose
of shielding men "higher up."
The American Society of Equity, a
farmers' organization, closed Us bos-
slon in Chicago by adopting resolu
tions asking President Tatt to remove
Secretary of Agrlculturo Wilson.
Dispatches from Toheran say Persia
is ready to enter into friendly nego
tiations with Russia with regard to
tho matters contained in Russia's re
cent ultimatum,
Tim flrttt radnmnllnn of ixistftl sav
ings bank "bonds at par was marie
when Postmaster General Hitchcock
paid $200 In cash for two $100 bonds
sent from New York.
A number ot witnesses wore examin
ed at Huntsvllle, Ala., In the case of
John W. Knight, on trial on live
counts charging fraudulent uso of the
United States malls and involving $0,-
Members of tho socialist party or
Lima, O., have demanded tho resig
nation ot Mayor-elect Corbln D.
Shock, who headed tho socialist ticket
this fall. Shock will not resign.
Physical valuation of all railroad
property In tho United States to pro
posed In a bill presontcd In tho house.
Abrogation of tho troaty with Rus
sia was advocated at a mass meeting
held at Now York.
Qeorge M. Ward, general manager
ot the Commercial Cablo company,
announced that the Commercial com
pany wduld adopt a rate of 5 cents a
word for deferred trans-Atlantic news
paper dispatches.
Mrs. Anna Gaffney Langley, tho girl
wife who shct and killed her husband
In San Francisco sovoral months ago,
alloglng that he had squandered her
earnings as n stenographer for liquor,
was discharged from custody.
Already twenty-nlno states have ac
cepted Invitations and indicated their
Intention of participating in the flf
teenth international congress ot. hygl-
one and demography to be held in
Washington September 23-28, 1912.
The famous Intermouutaln rate cas
es In which the commerce court re
cently enjoined temporarly tho Inter
state commerce commission from on
forcing Its; long and short haul ordera
wad docketed In the supremo court of
the United Statos.
psrsensl.
Ortle McManlgal went before tho
federal grand Jury at Los Angeles.
Brigadier Genera! Edwards made
his report on Insular possessions.
Harry Orchard says the caso ot
Ortle McManlgal la similar to his own.
Samuel Gompers says ho la done
talklngr about tho McNamaraa for
time.
King Alfonso has rccoived a lotter
from the Infanta Kulalla asking him
to pardon her.
Andrew Ronar Law says home rule
in Ireland will be fought to the bitter
end.
Oongressatam Dan Stephens lias
turned back to the treasury 1,209
unearned salary,
Frank A. Morrison has accounted
for 'the expenditure of the bulk of the
MoNamara defease fund.
John A. Riley, aged 67, only brother
of James -WhHcomb . Riley, feh'e
"lloosier Poet," died at1 GreeafleW,
Ind.
DISREGARD TI LAW
LITTLE ATTENTION PAID
AUTO ENACTMENT.
TO
WHAT THE LAW SETS FORTH
Section Requiring Stops Near Lead
, Ing Street Cars Appears to
Be a Dead Lefeter.
Tho passage and enactment of the
McArdlo automobile law at the last
session of the legislature-mado sever
al distinct changes relating to tho
road operation of motor vehicles, but
from stories coming from various
parts of the stato eomo of tho most
striking points of tho now act are be
ing llttlo observed.
In the now law it Is sot out that
"when crossings an , Intersection of
streets within any city or village mo
tor vehicles shall not be driven at a
speed exceeding bIx miles an hour.
Upon approaching . nny placo where
passengers arc getting on or off
ntrcct cars overy person oporatlng a
motor vehicle shall bring it Ho a full
stop 'and shall not again start until
said street cars have started." Tho
latter phase of tho McArdlo law la tho
most universally broken In this city
and in fact la so generally passed up
by motorists that tho compliance with
this provision by a careful Lincoln
driver ono night caused a sturdy
guardian of tho law to declare with
eomo surprise that it was tho first
time that ho had ever seen that "sort
of a Btunt pulled off," When inform
ed that tho automoblllst was merely
complying with tho now stato law ho
declared that it was "a now ono on
him."
Tho closing section of tho new law,
whtcli Is the most exhnustlve act for
mulated In the legislature since- auto
mobiles have eomo Into tho present
wde uso, states that "nothing In this
act shall bo construed as limiting tho
power of local authorities to .make, en
force and maintain any ordinance,
ruin or regulation In addition to the
provisions of this act affecting motor
vohlclos."
Owners of cars pin their faith to
thlB section, declaring that because of
tho lack of local regulation in har
mony with that passed by the state
there is little reason for complying
with this particular phase ot the new
law. They aver thnt affirmation of
tho law by the various cUIob might bo
construed as being necessary before
they would po liable under that
statute, Tho contention Is made by
state officials, however, that tho law
Is upon tho books for enforcement
and that any other local laws which
might ho made in tho various towns
or cities of the state would in no wiso
affect tho McArdlo law, which was
put upon tho statutes In exactly the
same manner as any other enactment.
Food Commissioner's Report.
Tho semi-annual report ot State
Food Commissioner Jackson shows
that during tho past six months his
department has oxpended a total of
$0,231,44 in tho payment of salaries
ot Inspectors, transportation, tele
graph and tolephono charges, leaving
a balanco ot $19,039.41 In that fund.
Enters Gubernatorial Race,
John II. Morehcnd ot Falls City,
president pro tern of tho eonato at the
last session of the legislature and &
well known Southeastern Nebraska
business man, hns filed for tho demo
cratic nomination for govornor. Mr.
Morehead, since tho death of Lleuten
ant Governor Hopewell of Tekamah,
has filled that place, and during tho
absence of Governor Aid rich from the
Mate in September Borvcu as govern
nor for two days. .
Guard Inspection,
Adjutant Genoral Phelps of tho Noi
braska national guard has comploted
the itinerary ror Major Pullus A,,
Peun., United States Infantry, who
will mako the annual Inspection of
the Nebraska national guard for tho
war department. Tho Inspection will
begin January 12.
Expenses of Institutions.
Semi-annual roports from heads of
state Institutions now coming Into
the governor's offlco Bhow that (t
cost $149.30 por capita to support
members of tho soldiers home at
Grand Island for the six months
period ending November 30, while it
cost only $137.41 for each member ot
the state school for blind at Nebraska
City. Formorly tho cost of maintain
ing students at tho school tor blind
was larger than the cost at any other
stato Institution. Tho state reclaimed
$100 a year from tho general govornt
tnoiit for each old Boldler In state
homes.
Pool Files, for Governor,
Charles W. Pool ot Tccumsoh,
speaker ot tho house In the 1909 leg
islature, has filed as a democratic can
didate for governor, subject to the
April primaries,
' Hasaerty Born In Lincoln.
John J. Uaggerty, who was killed In
the Los Angeles Times oxploslon and
for whose murder James B. McNama
ra was sentenced to llfo Imprison-
stent, was born in-thlB city In 1886.
His father was track foreman for the
Burlington. -
CHANGES JUDICIALLY.
State
Dor Association Wilt
Recommendation's.
Maks
Tho Judiciary committee of tho
Stato Bar association, which will
meet hero tho latter pnrt of the
month, has prepared a tentatlvd set
of changes which they will refer to
the gathering In the hopo that they
may bo recommended to tho codifying
commission as suggestions for
changes In the state laws. The
changes; which aro largely tit' proced
ure, are under tho chargo of E. O,
Clemonts and T, J .Doyle of Lincoln.
Tho recommendations In brief as they
havo already been decided upon and
an they will bo discussed by the Stato
Bar association arc:
1. A revival of tho offlco of district
attorney.-
2. Reducing-' tho number of per
emptory challenges nllowed tho de
fense In all criminal prosecutions.
3. A vordlct In a criminal caso
shall not bo roversed or affected for
errors In the proceedings which do
not affect tho Interest of defendant
4. A Jury commission for Douglas
county.
5. An amendment to tho civil codo
to allow commencement ot an action
by personal notlco to adverser party.
C. To provldo by amendment that
In civil jury' cases a verdict from ten
members in district court and five In
Justice court shall bp binding.
On nil of theso recommendations
except tho one concerning the partial
Jury verdict the three members of
tho committee aro agreed. On this
latter Judge Kennedy has not coin
cided." Ho is at tho present time con
sidering whether ho will 'join with tho
othor two members in recommending
this chango of tho law.
Judgo Kennedy favors much tho
creation of a jury commission for
Douglas county, but tho other mem
bers ot tho committee, Lincoln men,
do not consider that Lancaster county
could Improve on Its present system.
That, Ib why tho recommendation re
fers only to counties having more
than 150,000 population. It is known
that tho statute revision commission
has It In mind to recommend a much
wider scopo ior tho Jury commission
system.
Refuses to Register Bonds.
State Auditor Barton refused to
register $50,000 worth of University
Placo school bonds and tho offlce.rB of
tho dlBtrlct have arranged to call un
other election to submit tho question
to the voters.
State Bar Meeting.
A. G. Elllck, secretary of the Stato
Bar association, has given out tho
program of tho Btate meoting which
Is to be held hero December 28 and
29, and asserts that besides the dis
cussions of the proposed changes In
tho civil and criminal codes a number
of Important papers will be read and
discussed. 1
Convict Labor on Public Roads.
Convict labor on public roads lb
Nebraska as one of the solutions of
hotter highways was recommended by
Governor C. H. Aldrlch In the course
of an address delivered beforo 160
delegates to tho Nebraska State Au
tomobile association In Omaha
"There wouldn't bo tho slightest ob
jection that I know of to utilizing 300
or 400 men In stato prison on state
road work," declared the governor,
who said that by this method con
victs would not come In competition
with other Industries. Ho asserted
that conversations with governors of
Colorado and Florida, whoro the con
vict road-making ayBtora Is in vogue,
havo convinced him that Nebraska
can profit by their example.
Norrls in the Race.
According to word which reached
this city, Congressman George W.
Norrla will not withdraw from tho
senatorial raco but will stay In tho
fray and will oppose Sonator Norrls
Brown for tho republican nomination
for that place.
Bids on Curtis School.
Bids for the construction ot the first
building of the now agricultural school
which la to be built at Curtis, wero
formally opened in tho presence of tho
stato board ot public lands and build
Lings. Out of eight bids submitted on
tho main nuiiuing, tne loweBt was
that of Gould & Son of Omaha, and
the contract was awarded to this firm
at $57,150.
Metcalfe for. Governor.
A lotter urging Richard L. Metcalfo
ot this city to make the race for the
democratic nomination for govornor
la next spring's primaries, has been
forwarded from Omaaa to Mr. Met'
calte. The communication bears tho
namoa ot fifty-four Douglas county
democrats.
Industry at Industrial School,
Tho Industrial school for boys at
Kearnoy raised forty acres ot sugar
beets last summer and sold the crop
for $2,GG1,55, after deducting tho coat
of the seed. This la considered
good paying crop by Laud Commis
sioner Cowles.
Penitentiary Population.
Tho monthly report of Warden Del
ahunty ot tho state penitentiary
shows 4GG convicts were In that Insti
tution tho first ot November. At the
closo ot the month tho total was 4G8
Date for State Fair.
Tho Nebraska State fair tor 1912
.will bo held Suptombor 2 to 6, Indus
lve, according to plans mado by mem
bers ot the state falry board, who at
tended a meeting of state fair and ex
position managers at Chicago last
week.
SAFELY IN QUENTIN
McNAMARA DYNAMITERS REACH
CALIFORNIA PRISON.
TRIP IS WITHOUT INCIDENT
The Brothers rale and Cheerless,
Are Whisked Out of ties Angeles
In a'n Automobile..
San Qucntlri, Cal. Tho McNnmara
brothers on Sunday entered San
Quontln penitentiary, where James B.
Is condemned to spend tho remainder
of his life for tils confessed crime of
murder and whero John J., secretary
of tho International Association ot
Bridge and Structural Lron Workers,
Is sentenced to fifteen years' Impris
onment for dynamiting.
It was James B. who blew up tho
Los Angeles limes building October
1, 1910, with tho loss of twenty-ono
lives, and John J. who abetted in
wrecking part of tho Llewellyn Iron
Works In Los Angeles the following
Christmas day,
Tho men entered the prison, it Is
fairly authenticated, believing that
they hod achieved much for tho cause
of union labor and had been cruelly
mtBunderstood In their effort and tho
results they obtained. John- J. Mc
Namara, thoso who have talked with
him many hours say, donned his con
vict garb a devoted admirer of life's
llttlo slmplo kindly deeds and a firm
believer In tho pyschologlcal efficiency
of dynamite. James B, habitually be
lieves a good deal as his brother be
lieves, For themselves, tho men
would say nothing at all.
Whirled from L03 Angele3 on a
fat night train, the men wero taken
from It at Port Costa at sunrise Sun
day, put on a Httlo river steamer and
landed two hours and a halt later at
San Qucntin prison wharf on tho
shores of San Pablo bay. Tho shac
kles which bound them together on
the boat trip wero slipped off and
they tolled up the prison hill beside
Sheriff William A. Hammlll o Los
Angeles, county,
As thoxprlson clock struck 10, John
J. McNamara, preceded by Warden
John. Hoylo, stepped over -the thres
hold of the Jail door, with his brother
directly behind him.
In five minutes James B, McNamara
had become convict 25,314 and John
J. McNamara was number 25,315.
They were .measured for Jail clothing,
photographed in two positions, given
a carbolic tinctured bath, put Into
stripes, Bhaved and cropped and re-
DhotoKraohed within an hour and
turned over to John Murray, lleuten?
ant ot the yard, who- took them to
coll No. 18 In a etoneftler looklng;out
over tne prisoners -upper yara,
great flower garden.
Cell No. 18 adjoins the tier of cells
whero condemncdVmurderers are kept
and tho balcony outside is cut off by
little gate.
Further down, tho row, toward the
other emk Is tho cell of Abraham
Ruof, who Is serving a fourteen-year
sentence for bribery In connection
with tho so-called San Francisco graft
cases. Ruof Is In cell No. 3. Cell No,
11 ot the tier Is Henry Dalton, for
seventeen years assessor of Alameda
county anl recently convicted of ac
cepting a bribe offered, according to
tho ovldcnco, by a public service cor
poration at Dalton's solicitation.
Republicans Will Protest.
Washington. A conferenco ot about
twenty-flvo members of the republican
national committee will be held here
Monday to protest against tho old
threat to reduco southern representa
tion In Republican national conven
tions. Wipe Out Government Forces.
Merlda, Yucatan, Mex. Of a force
of about 150 Btate guards, mostly Ya-
quia Indians, which engaged a band
of Roylstas, estimated at between 400
and Sunday less than a dozen escaped,
according lo meager information.
Irrigation Congress.
Chicago. Salt Lake City was named
as liort year's place ot meeting ot the
National Irrigation congress, and Unit
ed States Sonator Newlands ot Nova-
da was elected president.
Throws Self From Skyscraper.
Now York. Tho man who somer
saulted from tho dome of tho World
building to death on tho sidewalk Wed
nesday was identified Sunday as
Prlco Lewis, said to bo tho first feder
al spy ot tho civil war.
Alton Train Is Derailed.
Hlgglnaburg, Mo. Chicago & Alton
railway passenger No. 21, known as
tho "red flyer," was derailed near
Alma, ten miles, from here. Several
passengers wore Injured.
Conscience Contribution.
Washington. For tho first time In
months the treasury department re
ceived a "conscience" contribution
when a one-dollar note, enclosed In
an envelope postmarked Springfield,
Mo., was returned to tho national
fund without explanation.
Semi-Annual Tobacco Census.
Washington. The Cantrlll bill, au
thorizing the taking ot a semi-annual
tobacco census under tho direction of
the census bureau passed tho house
oa the 8th.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notts of Interest from Various
Sections, ,tMxii
Republicans of Nance county hnv
organized a Taft club.
Bx-Govornor Nance of Nebraska
died in Chicago inst woek.
Ashland's city council has passej,
a resolution ordering out all nlotl
machines. . ,,. .
The Nebraska rural life commission
has decided upon .visits to FremoaC
Norfolk and Broken Bow in January. '
Michael Donnelly, one of the old-?
locomolvo onglneers In tho employ ot
tho Burlington railroad, died at his
homo In Lincoln.
William V. Allen, ex-Unlted State.
senator, says that better results 'can
bo obtained by a chango In tho pres
ent method ot selecting jurors.
William Sailor was found guilty 'of
assault on a young girl who lives
north of Campbell nt tho sosslon of
tho district court In Bloomlngton.
Victor Rosowatcr, republican- nav
tlonal committeeman for Nobraska, (s
In favor of the commltteo giving peri
mission to those states which desire
to do so to hold presidential primary."
A man named Brlco who said he
lfved In Scotts Bluff called at thopf
flco of the secretary of state and an
nounced his Intention to fllo ns can
didate for congress la tho sixth dis
trict ;
James II. Foloy, a long time resi
dent in Grand Island and well known
throughout that portion of tho Btate,
is In a serious condition as the result
of swallowing a tcaspoonful of formal-'
dehydo by mistake. !
Four miles north of Stanton, Mr,
Ackles got Into an altercation with'
his two farmhands, Allen Ayrcs and
Lauranco Mllstrad, Ackles wus Bit on
tho right elbow with a neckyoke,.
which shattered the honei ot his right
arm.
. Dr. Wilson, inspector of tho state,
board of health, has received wordj
that C. E. Sowers of Bloomflcld has
been arrested for practicing modlclne.
without a license. Dr, Carr, one of,
tho secretaries of tho board of health,', .
went to Bloomflold to testify ns a wit-1
ness. I
Tho action of tho postmaster gen
eral's department. In ordering postof-(
flee clerks to disband their organiza
tion known as the national federation!
of postofflco clorka will not affect tho
men employed In tho Lincoln offlco'
for tho reason that nono ot the Lin
coln men belong to the organization.!-
Clerk Harry C. Lindsay of the su-,
prcmo court of Nobraska. has been.re-i
quested to furnish additional infor- ''
malon, for biographical sketches of)
Nebraskans whoso names are in tho
biographical congressional record, a
publication printed in 'tho year 1903.
The book covers the perfod from 1774 ; -to.
1903. . ..' .
D. W. Hoyt, commandant of.thV
soldiers' home at Grand Island, has'
reported at totaP.of9 408 'inmates -ortho
home, not counting the families,.'
thirty-three employes, and throe per-
sons in the families of .tho officers.:
During the six months ending No-:
vomber 30 there was oxpended at thei
institution, $41,438.52. The per capita '
cost was $149.30.
Thrco years ago tralnloads of No-;
braska hogs wero being shipped to thei
north Paclflo coast. The Portland
Ore., Hog Market Itepprt says of ,
last wook'a situation there: ".Further'
declines in the hog market, as In
dicated hy tho closo last week
Were checked by tho light receipts
slnco Saturday. For tho first time In
several weeks a four-car shipment of
Nebraska stock was received Wednes
day. Packers' needs have been amply' -supplied
by home-grown product for
a month or two, but thero are not
enough hogs left In tho country to.
maintain the same steady liquidation
here, and the trade la looking to an
Improvement In tho mid-winter mar
ket, a condition that may or may not
come about."
Stato Oil Inspector Husenottor. has -reported
,tho collection ot $4,059.95
grosB fees for tho month of October
and $95.90 uncollected.
William O'Brien, building contract- ""
or ot Aurora received a broken log
and severe cuts about tho head and
ehoulders when tho scaffolding on
which .ho was working fell with him.
Secretary Whltton of the Commer
cial club has received a lotter from
Thomas H. McDonald, stato highway
engineer of Iowa, accepting an Invita
tion to be in Lln&oln during the meet
ings of organized agriculture next
month and. apeak on tho subject of
good roads.
Tho board of public lands and
buildings decide to inocnlato 200 of
the 400 inmates of tbo Instltuto for
feebleminded youth at Beatrice in the
hope of preventing typhoid fever, Tho
sorum used will coat 40 conts for each
Inmate. Twenty-llvo employes of the
Institution havo already used tho ser
um. Tho board awarded a contract
for a now water plant to tho Demp
ster Manufacturing company of Be
atrice, tho total bid being $5,551.00. '
Tho David City steam laundry and
an adjoining tailor shop woro burned
to tho ground last week. Tho blazo
started In tho laundry, owned by Mr.
ticnoonaver, wno was luung a
rrnen.
lino iron, when the gasolino, running
ovor
the
sides
of the tank, caught
Are.
About 350 corporations lost tholr
charters Novombcr 30 by falling to
pay tho annual atato corporation oc
cupation tax, but as most of them aro
already defunct organizations and as
any of them can be reinstated "at their,
own request, tho forfeiture meana llt
tlo or nothing.
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