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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. BARB, Publish or, TERMS, 1.26 IN ADVANCE. fcORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA FOR THE NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON BE COMPA8SED. MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED Home and Foreign Intelligence Con densed Into Two and Four Line Paragraphs. Congress. Tho scnato foreign relations com mittee shelved tho Honduras loan treaty, Representative Henry Introduced compromises resolution for monoy trust Investigation. In tho senate agreement waB reached to vote on tho pending arbl tratlon treaties March 5. An appropriation for tho Savannah emancipation celebration will bo fa vorably roported In tho senate. Tho scnato finance commlttoo gave notice only oral ovldonco would bo considered In steel traffic hearings. A bill passed tho house requiring governments' cstlmato of cotton aero nge bo taken July 1, instead of Juno 1. Tho bill to glvo midshipmen upon graduation commissions an ensigns was favorably roported In tho senate Tho treaty with foreign nations to restrict circulation of obsceno litera ture was favorably reported In tho Bennte. President Taft transmitted a lotter of Secretary Knox giving sugar prices broad for ubo of tho sugar trust In vestigating committee Steel products manufacturers told Jho sonnto flnanco commltteo tho pro osod now Btecl tariff would sorlously Lffcct their business. Tho houso foreign affairs commltteo members will Introduco legislation to glvo Uio president added power to pro tect Americana along tho Mexican border. Investigation of tho Department of Agriculture drainage bureau was decidod upon as tho result of a hear ing on Florida EvergladoB drainage proposition charges. Representative Martin o! South Da kota Introduced a bill for a federal corporation commission of llvo mem bers to regulato tho affairs of Inter state corporations. Expositions committee of tho son nto ordered an adverse- report on tho esclutlon asking Latln-Amorican na tions to participate in tho San Diego exposition, In army appropriation bill debate In ho houso Representative Mann advo cated Increased appropriations for aeroplanes. An effort to lncreaso tho leroplnno appropriation from $75,000 to $125,000 was defeated. General. Major W. M. Logan, custodian of tho aiaolor National park in Mon tana, Is seriously ill. Bruno Tzachuk. a pioneer resident of Nebraska and ono tlmo secretary of. state, died at Omaha. Tho national oratorical contest of the lntorcolloRlato nrohlbltlon associa tion will bo held In Atlantic City July 0. Governor Aldrlch of Nebraska Is sued a statement favoring Thoodoro Rooscvolt for the republican presi dential nomination. Five hundred acreB of tho Clone gara ranch, a part of tho holdings of tho "Lucky" Baldwin estate, haa boen sold for $1,250,000. Loula D. Drandels, In an nddrcps beforo tho city club of St. Louis branded as a farce tho rocont dissolu tion of tho Standard oil and tobacco trusts. The Asiatic population of Hawaii Is Increasing at an alarming rato. Governor Clark of Alaska was bo fore the territorlca commlttoo and op posed tho AlaBka elective loglBlaturo and urged development of railroads and fuel resources. Little Goldlo "Williams, tho missing Grand iBland (Nob.) girl, was found brutally murdered In nn empty houso. Tho total number of convicts In tho Missouri penitentiary Ib 2,378, an In crease of fifteen ovor last week when tho record waB broken. Charles Powell, a negro, who ab eaulted and robbod a young white woman at Macon, On.., wob taken from ofllcorB and lynched by a mob. Stato Senator Thomas F. Grady, long Identified with Tammany Hall and known na tho silver-tongued ora tor of that organization, is dying at his homo in Now York. Tho illness of Representative George R. Maltby of New York, who now 1b convalescent, haa delayed tho final re port of tho house commltteo which Investigated tho sugar trust. For tho thno bolng, nt least, Mexl ran troops will not bo allowed on American territory. Viscount Steinlm Chindn, tho newly nppointcd ambuss from Japan to tho United States, arrived in Hono lulu,. Work on the groat fortress on Fla menco island which will guard tho Pacific entrance to tho Panama canal Is to begin at onco. Dalr & Crawford, ono of the oldest retail Jewolry firms in Philadelphia, filed a voluntary petition In bankrupt cy, placing their HablltUos at $134,090 and tuasetg at $47,419. ffl Senator LaFollctte has no Intention of withdrawing from the presidential race. Ex-senator Allen of Nebraska thinks Taft Is sure of republican nomination and that Harmon Is the only man with a show of defeating him. Great Britain and Russia are about to revise their Joint agreement con cerning Persia. Tho houso army bill provides for a material reduction In cavalry strength. President Madoro has beon weighed In Uie balance, and It Is feared he is found wanting. W. J. Bryan is to bo the first wit ness called in the money trust Investi gation at Washington. Thirty-two indictments against al leged dynamiters were returned by tho grand jury at Indianapolis. Samuel Gompers reiterated his de nial that he willfully defied an Injunc tion of tho court. Lieutenant General Sir Robert Baden-Powell arrived In Chicago wltn a message of peace. The United Stntco is again called upon to keep a watchful eye on tho mnlcontents of Mexico. A system of wireless telegraphy In tho Philippine Islands wiro recom mended by President Taft. Testimony was given to show tho Swift group of packers had knowledge of tho system of margins. A reputed holy man is wielding, oc cording to tho duina, too great Influ ence with tho Russian court. Testimony of witnesses went to show that the minds of packers on prices were remarkably alike. Field Marshal Wilhelm von Hahnke, ono of the best known and most popu lar soldiers In Germany, is dead. A bill reducing from five to thrco years tho requirement for settlement on homesteads passed the senate. Tho health of Morse, the paroled banker, Is improving, and ho will soon go abroad for recuperation. At n Now York dinner Judge Gross cup and Gcorgo W. Perkins took turns in flaying anti-trust enactments. Tho senate finance commltteo de bated tho Hopbumo bill to repeal Ca nadian reciprocity, but took no action. Tho Iioubo resolution declaring against a third term for presidents was withdrawn without voto being tnken. President Tnft and Rear Admiral Walnwrlght will speak at n peaco mooting of tho navy lcaguo on Friday, February 23. Tho 1012 convention of the Amer ican bankers' association will be hold In Detroit In tho week beginning Sep tember 0. President Taft sent to tho senate tho nomination of Hal J. Cleve of Washington to be registrar of the land office at Spokane. Brigadier General Charles A. Whip ple, paymaster general of tho army, applied to bo placed on tho retired list under tho thirty-year Borvlco law. Thoro are 270 IndlanB entitled to allotments In tho White Earth reser vation for whom thero Ib no land, ac cording to testimony given by Agent Howard. Tho government brought thrco no tions Jn tho federal district court against the Erlo railroad for violation of tho slxteen-hour law in rolation to employes. Two nrmy officero mado an aero plnno flight in a war department ma chlno from Dooboritz, near Borlln, to Hamburg in two hourB and fifteen minutes. Flro at KansaB City almost com pletely destroyed tho Btock of tho Margolls Jewelry company at 1007 Mnln street, causing a total loss of nearly $100,000. Inaugural day In Arizona has been hanged from Monday, February 12, to Wcdnosday, February 14, according to a statement mndo by Governor Elect W. P. Hunt. Tho nomination of Former Gover nor Myron T. Herlck of Ohio to be ambassador to Franco was sent by Prosident Taft to tho senate. Ho will succocd Robert Bacon. Socrotary McVeagh announced thnt ho would appoint, boforo February 15. nn entirely now board to prepare BtandnrdB for testing purity of tea Im portations next year. Ono flroman was Borlously Injured and a loss of $300,000 wus caused whon flro destroyed a throe-story brick warohouso of tho Chlcngo Railways company at 3907-11 West End avenue. The Turkish cabinet decided to put into forco tho order for closing all Italian Institutions in Turkey, Includ ing private banks, insurance com panies and tho orphanngo of Scuttorl. Major Frank White, twlco govornor of North Dakota and who served with distinction In tho Philippines during tho war with 8paln, has announced his candidacy for congresB from tho Sec ond district. Charles H. Walters, former vice president of tho Mnnsfiold Rubber company and Interested In concorns In threo Btato, was arrested In Gallon, 0 on chnrges of larceny and omboz zloment aggregating $1G,G54.83. Personal. Prosldont Tnft feels certain of his ronotnlnatlon and reelection. PreBldout Madero will uso tho Iron hand In suppressing Insurrection In Mexico. Hon. J. B. Weaver, who recently died In lown, was 79 years old. General Canon, tho Italian com mander, huB left Tripoli for Italy. Dr. Edward Wllmot Blyden, tho fam ous negro author and lecturer, Is dead, JaB. J. Hill was Biimnioncd to testify boforo tho steel trust investigating commlttoo. Representative Pujo haa given as Biirnnco that tho monoy trust investi gation will bo undertaken. Representative McKlnley (111.) hna boen re-elected chairman of tho re publican congressional campaign committee. CELEBRATE OUR AGE NEBRA8KA IS FORTY-FIVE YEARS OLD MARCH 1. LET US NOTE THE EVENT And Ait Upon the Governor's Procla mation Urging Exercises Appro priate to Our Admission. Governor Aldrlch has Issued a proclamation calling attention to tho fact that March waB tho forty-fifth anniversary of tho admission of tho Btate Into the union. The proclama tion Bets out that It camo Into tho union just after the close of the war, and that thousands of the participants In that struggle took advantage of tho free homes offered by the gov ernment, came hero and settled, add ing an element which has done much to make the state what it is. Ho points out that Nebraska Is second to none In point of general intelligence of its people, the peer of any agricul turally, a progressive of which all may Justly bo proud. "In view of these facts and In order thnt our people may bo reminded of the near approach of our forty-fifth anniversary, I have thought It wise, as chief executive of tho stato, to suggest that bb cltizenB of the com monwealth wo In Bomo manner ob servo tho occasion, for exumple, that tho schools take up the subject and ask ono or more of each schools to prepare and read a paper Involving the growth of the Btato In population, schoolB, churches, railroads, number of farms and amount produced, in stituting comparisons between certain dates as to numbers and values. "On Murch 1 next write a letter to some ono or more of your friends in other states telling them something of what you know of tho state's develop ment. Then, In this modest way, wo can observe tho day and help spread Important facts touching the re sources and progress of our beloved state." A Petition From Curtis. Tho town of Curtis has petitioned tho hoard of public landB and build ings for permission to take tho agri cultural school farm Into tho corpo rate limits. Tho objoct of tho town Ib to get certain private lands within tho corporutc limits, and to do this Bult will be necessary to take In tho Btnto land. Tho stato board has not acted, and It Is likely that tho peti tion will bo rejected. Will Enforce Insurance Law. State Auditor S. R. Barton has changed Ills mind about disregarding the stato law which prevents llfo In surance companies organized In Ne braska from writing health and acci dent Insurance. He litis announced thnt ho will enforce this law and will nlsp refuse to permit foreign life In surance companies to do business of this nature in tho state. Clearing Up Warrants. All except about $20,000 worth of tho registered stato warrants have boen presented to the state treasurer and been cashed under tho call of February 1. Holders of those . war rants might ns well bring them In and get their monoy ns Interest ceased on them the date of tho call. Primary Proclamation. Tho governor Is working on tho proclamation for the primary elec tion, which must be In the hands of tho varlouB county clerkB Blxty dayB before tho date of the primary. It will ho tho longest documont of tho kind ever Issued from tho cxecutlvo man sion. Petitions for Metcalfe. Two petitions reached tho secretary of state Friday asking thnt tho name of Richard Metcalfe be placed on tho primary ballot as a populist candi date for governor. Ono is from No malm county and tho other from Clay. Railroad Revenues Increasing. RoportB on file with tho Btate rail way commission show that tho total business transacted at Omaha has raised from $10,108,917 in 1908 to $11,045,238 in tho pnst year. The tick et sales on all roads at that place to taled $1,029,057 in 1908 nnd during tho past lineal year reached the high wa ter mark of $2,027,074. New Registration System. Tho now ByBtom of registration nt tho university, which was tried out laot week and which provides for tho conduct of classes whllo tho studontB are arranging for their studies for the coining somester, haa been voted a success by tho members of the fac ulty. Tho number of mtBtnkos In reg istration Ib said to have been mini mized by the new plan. May Attend Maneuvers. Members of tho Nebraska national guard of this Btato inuy bo given an opportunity to attend maneuvers at Fort D. A. Russell In Wyoming tho coming summor it present plans of tho war dopartmont are kindly taken to by tho offlcinls of tho Nebraska organization. The Nebraska military legions have boen nBkod to participate In tho maneuvers, and troops from Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado and Nort hand Scuth Dakota will also bo asked to attend and participate In its maneuvers. SEED CORN TRAINS. Prof. Zook, Corn Specialist, to Accom pany Them. Recognizing tho urgency of the seed corn situation in Nebraska, tho De partment of Agriculture nt Washing ton, D. C, has detailed Prof. L. L. Zook, a corn specialist in the depart ment, to visit Nebraska and accom pany the seed corn trains, which will tour the stato tho last week In Feb ruary. Prof. Zook Is deemed one of tho greatest corn specialists In the country and his visit to Nebraska at this tlfuo will not only be of profit to tho state, but also Indicates that tho urgency of the seed corn situation Ib recognized at Washington, where tho department, through Its systems of re ports, keeps in Intimate touch with every section of tho country. Arrangements will be mndo whereby Prof. Zook will bo enabled to Bpend part of this time with each of tho four trains, which will be sent out. The dates for the trains have been changed. Instead of starting on Feb ruary 19, tho start will be mado on February 26, one week later. The Burlington will run two trains, one Btartlng from Omaha and the other from Lincoln. The Northwestern will run one train, as will the Union Pa cific. Theso trains will be run under tho auspices of tho Department of Agri cultural Extension of the University of Nebraska. Tho speakers will bo under tho direction of Prof. C. W. Pugsley, head of the department. Prof. Pugsley Ib making up his as signment of Bpeakers, which will be announced soon. Tho list of speakers so fur Include twenty-two, four to a train. Thoso who have already been secured are. Chancellor S. Avery, of Nebraska university; Dean E. A. Bur nett, Prof. W. P. Snyder, director of North Platte Experiment Station; Prof. F. W. Chase, Prof. T. A. Klessel bacli, Prof. C. W. Pugsley, Prof. Irwin Hopt, Prof. C. B. Lee nnd H. J. Grnm llch, all of tho Nebraska Experiment Station. From the Farmers' Institute depart ment, theso will be detailed: O. Hull, of Alma, Neb.; E. P. Brown, of Arbor; J. D. Ream, of Broken Bow; Frank G. Odell, of Lincoln; A. E. Nelson, of Lincoln. These well known agricultural lead ers will also accompany tho train: S. R. McKelvie, Lincoln; T. F. Stur gess and G. W. Hervey and H. A. Ber eman of Omaha. An Omaha dispatch says: "From different sections of the state, the in formation hns come that some farm ers have an over-Bupply of seed corn and are willing to help out their Ne braska brothers, who are not so fortu nate. Tho Bureau of Publicity of tho Omaha Commercial club has received letters from the following, which state tho amount of seed corn they have for sale: Victor Hoffman, Neligh, 2,000 bushels; G. W. Fenersteln, Gerhardt, Neb., 1,600 bushels; Paul Peterson, Uticn, Nob., 3,000 bushels; A. B. Pat terson, Harvard, Neb.; W. H. Miller, Ft, Calhoun, Nob.; H. B. Davis, Logan, la., 50 bushels; T. W. Hill, Monroe, Neb., 1,000 bushels. These gentlemen stato their seed corn Is good. No price is put upon it nnd thoso desiring Beed corn can correspond directly with the gentlemen. A United States land agent was in Hyannls taking evidence In cases In which Is Is alleged several persons are not entitled to their homesteads. Albion Wants Union Station. Tho residents of Albion compluln to the railroad commission that the rail roads have not kept step with the progressive spirit of the capital of Boono county. The petition recites thnt Albion hns taxed Itself to provide water works, electric lightB and all other modern conveniences of city llfo, nnd that the railroads up to the present have maintained only tho Bamo antiquated facilities of frontier days. Will Meet In May. Tho Nebraska association of clean era and dyers will hold a meeting In Lincoln May 18, 19 and 20, according to action taken by the executive com mltteo of thnt organization. Tho asso ciation meets every four months and at present haB about Blxty members. Would Form Colony. A Jewish organization of 100 fami lies In Chicago has asked Labor Com missioner Guye of Nebraska to find a place in this stato where tho organi zation may come in a body and form a colony. To Look Over Irrigation. Governor Aldrlch Ib planning for tho near future a trip through the sec tion of tho Btato where Irrigation is practiced and will be accompanied by Engineer Price of the llonrd or Irri gation. Tho extreme dry weather of tho last two years has greatly stimu lated interest In irrigation in that por tion of tho state and especially In tho southeastern portions. The governor, boforo his return, expects to visit practically nil of tho irrigated section. Cold Weather Expensive. Tho coal bills for tho various stato Institutions for January have been re ceived and indicate that the severe woathor tho first hr.lt of the month cost tho state considerable mora than $1,000. Tho total exponded for coal in Janunry was $15,490.39, while in De comber the bills amounted to $14, 100.27, a difference of $1,390.12. These figures do not tell tho entire story, for thero la much less coal on hand now than on Jnnuary 1. The cold' spell found the state Institutions well supplied. TO BE CONGRESS FACE8 A BIG WEEK OF BUSINESS. ALL EYES ON THE Tariff, Arbitration, Senatorial Elec tions, Agricultural Disputes and Other Matters to Consider, Washington. Congress will work this week with the tariff, arbitration treaties, senatorial elections and army and agricultural controversies. Republicans and democrats arc looking sharply ahead to the coming national campaign. Tho presence or presidential candidates on both sides of tho capitol lends keen Interest to tho Increasing congressional activity. Both parties in the house aro tilting for advantage, with nearly every move nlmed at tho effect on the polls next November. Tho problem In the senate Is the exact position which tho progressive Hank of tho republican party the balanco of power in tho senate at this and the recent extra session will assume when the test cornea on the steel bill and on tho other tariff revision measures which will bo sent over by the democratic house. Tho exoneration of Senator Steph enson from the charges of corruption in the use of $107,593 in tho primary which resulted in his election will be reported to the senate, possibly Mon day. Senator Heyburn, chairman or tho subcommittee, which conducted the inquiry, will make the majority re port. House democrats will caucus this week on the chemicnl tariff revision bill which would reduco duties on chemicals used in paints and for other common purposes, but raise the tariff on soaps, perfumes and other luxuries. But before the caucus the house is expected to dispose of tho army appropriation with its train of controversy over army revision and consolidation and following thnt the agricultural appropriation bill will be taken up. The senate finance committee will resume its hearings on tho house steel tariff revision bill on Tuesday. The hearings mny continue two weeks. The bill will be negatively reported by tho committee. The houso will bo busied during the week with its variety of investiga tions, Including tho Florida Evergla dest affair and the money trust by the banking nnd currency committee. Taft Headquarters Open. Washington. At a conference be tween Charles D. Hlles, secretary to President Taft, and Representative Wlllam B. McKlnley of Hlnois plans were completed for the opening Mon day of a Taft headquarters In a downtown- hotel. The headquarters will bo known as the Taft renomlnation bureau and Mr. McKlnley will assume charge as director. Wreck of Maine Floats. Havana, Cuba. The wreck of tho Maine floated free of tho mud Sunday night when water was turned into tho dam surrounding the wreck. Tho water within the dam Is about four teen feet below the harbor level at low tide. It Is the intention Monday to admit the water more rapidly, so that by nightfall tho wreck will be raised to tho harbor level leaving nothing moro to be done except to break tho dam and float out the ship. Deputy Warden Killed. Lincoln, Neb. As tho prison chap lain was about to pronounce the ben ediction at tho close of the Sunday morning chapel service at the stato penitentiary, Albert Prince, a negro under sentence for assault with in tent to kill, stabbed to death Deputy Warden E. D. Davis. The warden re ceived six wouuds, three of them se vere gashes in the abdomen. Davis died Sunday night at 11:45 o'clock. Roosevelt Gets Medal. Paris. Theodore Roosevelt, ex president of the United States and big game hunter, has been awarded the special grand medal of the Society d'Accimatlon. Halbert Switches to Roosevelt. St. Paul, Minn. Hugh T. Halbert, who resigned from the board of direc tors of tho Minnesota republican league following tho board'B endorse ment of Senator Robert W. La Fol lette for tho presidential nomination beforo the Chicago convention, an nounces himself for Roosevelt. New Ambassador on Way. Honolulu Viscount Stemlni Chindn, the nemly appointed ambassador from Japan to the United States, arrived on the liner Maru. He will reach San Francisco February 15. Acquitted of Murder. Sioux City, la Tho Jury in the case of Mike Dirsa, accused of killing his sweetheart, Knrollno Gribnuczuse, August 16, 1911, returned a verdict of acquittal. Tho Jurors deliberated fifty-six hours before reaching a ver dict. Fifteen Midshipmen Fall. Annapolis, Md. Fifteen midship men of tho fourth class of the naval academy failed In the semi-annual examinations and wore forced to re sign, loaving tho institution. 1 DIM NEBRA8KA IN BRIEF. News Notas of Interest from Various Sections. Two religious revivals aro on at Ansley with much Interest 'mani fested. Swift & Company's Ico houso near Ashland Is filled to its capacity wltb 125,000 tons. Tho home of O. E. Lelghty In Plntts mouth was burned to the ground wltb all the contents. Tho funeral of Editor Donovan nt Madison was largely attended, all bus iness houses being closed. In Cuming county fifty thorough bred Duroc-Jersey hogs were sold at an average price of over $80 a head. Robert B. Graham, pioneer Ne braska legislator and former mayor of Lincoln, died last week in his seven tieth year. I. N. Miller of Wymore waB ar raigned in federal court at Lincoln and pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiring to defraud the govern ment of land. Tho governor has honored a requisi tion from Iowa for the return of H. L. Closson from Ewing, Neb., to Ham ilton county, Iowa, on the charge oX passing a forged check. Tho special referendum election for tho purpose of authorizing the city council of Stanton to buy a steam, plant for tho city electric light plant will be held some time this month. The executive committee and the trustees of Hastings college at a meet ing appointed Dean Martin Remp of, tho department of education and phil osophy acting president for the re mainder of the college year. Tho deputy sheriff of Otoe county has caught two suspects and is hold, ing thorn at Nebraska City. It is thbught they are the ones who held up tho Burlington agent In Johnson county and robbed the depot at Te cumseh. Dakota City held a successful farm ers' institute. Besides tho state speakers the local management se cured some of the best local men nnd stock raisers from Iowa to talk to the farmers. The exhibit of corn was smaller than usual. Reports have come In from various parts of the state that tho stallion and jack examination law, enacted at the last session of the state legisla ture. Is not meeting with the hearty endorsement of all the farmers and owners of animals in thq state. The trial of Dr. H. M." Swigart of Hastings, charged with performing a criminal operation, has been put over to the May term, showing having been made that the defendant is physically unable to be tried at this time. Swi gart's bond for $2,000 has been ex tended. Mrs. Blanche Lapsley, who was ar rested, In company with her husband, som time ago In Texas while on their honeymoon trip on tho charge of ut tering and passing a forged check of $200 on tho First National bank or Beatrice has instituted divorce pro ceedings against her husband, who is In Jail in Beatrice awaiting trial in the district court. Little Goldlo Williams of Grand Island was spirited away by an un known man on promise of buying her something, and after much search her body was found in a vacant house, where she had been murdered. The community is m;ch excited over tho horrible outrage and vigorous efforts are making to apprehend the murder ers. The governor, haB offered a re ward of $200 for his capture. Wlllard Doane, Insurance commis sioner of Utah, and Commissioner Mc Coy of the Montana insurance depart ment, were in consultation with Aud itor Barton relative to the impending1 investigation of the Bankers' Reserve Life Insurance company of Omaha. Details of the proposed examination were completed and it waB decided to have tho work done by an Illinois actuary firm instead of by H. E. Wolf & Co. of New York, first proposed for tho task. James Pearson has filed as a demo crat and populist candldnte for the legislature from the Sixty-sixth dis trict. Ho resides In Gosper county. County Attorney Tucker of Cherry county was a caller at the state exec utive office, bringing word from Judge WeBtover that tho latter desires to have a representative from tho state's legal department for the grand Jury Investigations which will be held there as a result of the conviction of four ranchmen for the murder of Charles Sellers laBt year. A. Bostrom, state veterinarian, haa mado a report to the governor which shows something of the work done by him during the year. Between Janu ary 11, 1911, and July 7 of the same year, his department condemned and killed twenty-six glandered horses and mules for which tho owners re ceived no compensation. Since the latter date, when the appropriation for tho purposo became available, ho has killed fifty-nine horses and nine mules for which tho state paid $5,451.43. Ho reports tho state as a rule free from contagious animal dis eases, and good progress being mado in eradicating them. Joe Edmondson, formerly county Judge of Hamilton county, was brought to tho penitentiary to servo a term for embezzling funds belong ing to minors for whom ho was act ing ns administrator. Chicago dispatch: Mrs Oscar Har mon has filed suit for divorce, claim ing that she und her husband are first cousins, marriage of whom Is unlaw ful In this state. Oscar Harmon, she rays, la a eon of James Harmon of Wayno, Neb. They married hero In 1898. Harmon recently sued J. W Ithooda for $25,000 for alllenatlng his wife's affections.