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B k ! I 1 Li i ik K l! I iv V I j ft h k M mi m I m ip t- HJ THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. BARE, Publisher TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. WORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS .WIDE AREA. GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT Includes What Is Going On at Wash Ington and In Other Sections of the Country. Congress. Senator NewlnndB introduced a ro Tlscd interstate trado commission bill. Senator McLean Introduced a bill exempting "factory smokers" cigars from internal revenue tax. Watchdogs of the treasury refused to permit of an appropriation for coast defense of Cape Henry. The- Houso Immigration commission decided to report favorably a bill bar ring Illiterate immigrants. Senator Dupont denied election corruption charkoa mado by Senator Jli'ed'B investigation resolution. In a special message President Taft urged congress to grant permission for an American officer to serve as an Instructor in Chilean army. 8enator Culberson presented a let ter from San Antonio, Tex., claiming that city was being used as a plotting baso of Moxlcan revolutionists. Sonator Stone Introduced resolu tion directing foreign relations com mitteo to make prompt Inquiry Into conditions on Mexican border. Senator Cummins spoko favoring general pension loglBlation. saying the government could tax wealth if necessary to provide revonuo. In the house tho nmondment to the "fortMcntlonB appropriations bill pro rldlns for tho government to manu facture lie own powder was defeated. British Ambassador Bryco explain ed tho BrltiHh legislative system to the house Judiciary comirflttoo in con nection with tho legislative bureau bill. Senator Hitchcock, speaking on IiIb resolution regarding Colombia, said tho cession of Panama from Colombia was a conspiracy approved by tho TJnltod States. Sonator Brlstow spoke against tho majority roport of tho sonata commit too exonerating Sonator StophenBon of tho charges of corruption In his election. Representative Hughes introduced A bill Incorporating Presidont Taft'a recommendations for an Industrial re lation commission to investigate In dustrial problems. Labor Lender John Williams of Pittsburgh told finance commlttoo of the senate any reduction In stool plato tariff would result in conflict between capital and labor. Senator Hitchcock prossod forward tho movomont for a sonato investiga tion of tho diaputo botwoon tho Unit ed StatoB and Colombia growing out of tho establishment of Panama as a republic. Ho introduced a resolution ' BBklng that tho president send to tho Bonato nil correspondence nnd com munications between United Statoa and Colombia. General. Supporters of Presidont Taft aro willing to pit him against Roosovolt. Colonol Roosovolt 1b casting about for n mnn'to manage his campaign. Rev. W. B. Loomis, a poraonal frlohd of Abraham Lincoln, 1b dead at Lone Rock, Wis. Groat Britain hnB acknowledged tho right of tho United States to fortify tho Isthmian canal. Tho ways and moans commlttoo of tho houso still is deadlocked on tho eugar turlff schodulo. CharleB Louis Loob, professor of Greek and former president of Tran sylvania unlvorolty, Ib dead. Tho house went on record as favor ing tho ndoptlon of tho eight hour work day on nil government work. Tho president nominated Charles A. Overlook of Arizona to bo Unltod BtatcB marshal for tho district of Arizona. Flvo of tho Bovcn railroad and steamship men indicted In Juneau, Alaska, Fobruary 15, for alleged vio lation of tho Bhorman law gave bonds for their nppearanco in court at Juneau March 15. Roprcsontatlvo Adamson introduced a resolution for inquiry by interstate commorco commission Into chargos that railway and shipping combina tions intend to use the Pnnnma cannl to Bottlo competition in freight rates. Tho nppearanco of a French duncor, daringly clad, nt n Sunday cafe chat ant, given by Mr. nnd Mrs. William Llttauer of Now York Ib Interesting (Washington society. John II. Marble, formerly of San Francisco, chief of tho division of proBecutloris of tho Interstate Com merce commission, hns been appoint ed secretary of tho commission to succeed Kdwnrd A. Mosloy, who dlod last April. Chairman Underwood aald tho ways and means committee had failod to find a substitute for sugar as a rovenuo producer, thoreby Indicating freo sugar was unlikely. President Taft declares tho time has not como for this country to bo economical at tho exponso of an ado quatc naval establishment. Tho plant of the Montana Packing company wna destroyed by fire nt Butte. The estimated loss Is $50,000. Tho senate is making ready to take tip houso tariff bills. Juarez, Mexico, Is still nn oocn port despite order of Madero. Eight hundred thousand British conl miners havo ceased work. President Taft is preparing for an extended speechmaking tour. President Mndcro of Mexico iays he has no thought of resigning. Both houses of congress Interested themselves in tho Lawrence strike situation. There was a mutiny of soldiers at Peking, nnd tho city was given over -to plllago and burning. Tho trust platform of Senator Cummins was embodied In a bill he introduced in the senate. Senator Cummins offered a bill de signed to strengthen tho anti-trust arm of tho government. Colonel Rooaovelt announces that ho will accept tho republican nomina tion for tho presidency. Arizona occupies tho distinction of having no federal ofllclal slnco her ad mission to statehood. Tho United States steel corpora tlo is described by an export exam iner as ono of tho bad trusts. Tho Third Missouri district republi can convention split and elected botli Toft and Roosevelt delegates. Tho department of Justlco Is Inves tigating tho moving picture business to ascertain is there 1b a "trust." Reduction of wages would rosult from houso steel tailff bill, labor rep resentatives told finance committee. Secretary Meyer Bays tho United States will soon sink to fourth placo as a naval power if congresB is not moro llbornl. Tho day of tho arrival of Secretary of State Knox In Nicaragua is to bo doclared a public holiday throughout tho country. Secretary Moyer was before tho houso commlttoo on naval affairs and urged that tho coal Holds of Alaska bo used by tho government. Senator Dupont of Dolawaro voiced a flat denial of tho chargeB against him in tho resolution introduced by Sonator Reed of Missouri. Representatives of shoo manufactur ers urged tho department of Justice to stand by Its civil criminal buUb against tho United Shoo Machinery company. Senator Polndoxtor advocated be- foro tho interstate commorco commit tee his bill for abolition of tho United States commerce court. Govornmont ownership of express proportlos and operation by Postofflco department Ib provided in a bill Son ator Qurdnor will introduce, gathered largely in tho Philippines and Central America, and valued at $10,000, haB left a local nursery In San Mateo, Cal., for England. Twenty yoars In tho penitentiary waa tho Bontonco imposed on Richard Palmor, In criminal court at Doa Moines, for tho thoft of two chickens. Ho confessed. Governor Hiram Johnson of Califor nia addressed Ohio's fourth constitu tional convention in advocacy of tho initiative, referendum and recall. Ho mado no political references. Ono hundred and seven govorn mont officials will lose free tele phones when tho appropriation com mlttoo of tho Iipubo rcportB the aup ply bill. An appropriation of $55,000 for tno protection of Valdez, Alaska, nnd tho ndjacont region from glacial Hoods was rocommended to the senate by tho commorco commission. Samuel Untormoyor told tho Inter state Commorco commission thero was open violation of tho anti-trust laws In tho acquisition of smaller rail roads by certain largo eastern ByB toms. Tho houso begun hearings on the bill providing for increased federal appropriations for tho aid of tho state agricultural colleges. Tho bill con templates an Initial appropriation ol 1500,000. Fifteen children of strlkors at Law- ronco, Mass., arrived in Washington and wero mot by Victor Borger ol Wisconsin, tho socialist representa tive. They camo to testify beforo the houso rules commlttoo of tho house. A roquost from citizens of Ogdon, Utah, prosonted to President Taft by RoprcHontntlvo Howell, urging tho government to Investigate tho strike of tho machinists on tho Hnrrlman linos wnB roforred to tho department of Justlco. Wlnfrod T. Dentson nn assistant at torney general, during nn nddress be fore tho third annual conforonco of tho "Western Economic society in Chicago, declared that freo play, bo long nB It Ib fair piny, should bo given competition and combination alike. Eleven women wero rescued by flremon during a mld-nlght tire which destroyed nn apartment building at 3449 Idlnna avonuo. Chicago. Eight of tho women, nil of whom wore In bod when tho flro wob discovered, wore cnrrled down extension lnddors from tho fourth story of tho building. Perionpi, Senator Dupont of Dolawaro may soon undergo Investigation. An Investigation of tho olectlon of Sonator Dupont may bo undertaken. Presidont Tnft again outlined Mb vlows on sane tariff legislation. Sonator Lodge, whtlo ho cannot Bupport Roosovelt, will not fight him. South Dakota La Follotto men havo oponed n campaign for tholr fnvorlto. Bryan Bald ho waB ablo to boo tho humorous sldq of tho Roosovelt can didacy. Governor Dlx says Folko E. Brandt has proven himself unworthy of a pardon. Federal officeholders with n leaning to either Taft or Roosevolt are advis ed to keep out of tho political game, THE l US If CASE STATE TAKES DISPUTED SUIT TO . SUPREME COURT. LOST IN THE LOWER COURT Great Gains Shown In Farm Property -Other .Matters From the State Capital. The state has appealed from tho de cision of the district court of Burt county the case of the state against the FnrmcrB and Merchants bank of Oakland. At the time tho bank guaranty law wbb passed this bank was operating under a state charter, but tho law was hold up by an injunction issued out of tho supremo court. Beforo that case was decided and tho law actually operative the bank had changed to n national bank. Tho legislature had also passed an amendatory law providing that state banks need not pay Into tho guaranty fund for tho two years tho law had been operative, but this law did not exempt banks which had In tho mean time been converted Into national In stitutions. All such bankB wero sued by the state for the apportionment of tho guaranty fund and the Oakland caso was taken as a basis for litiga tion, the other cases to follow the ver dict in this. The stnto lost In tho lower court, which hold that tho amendatory law was discriminatory in that it took money from institutions which could never prollt by Its tormB and exempt ed those which could. As tho state banks had not been compelled to pay tho assessment, tho converted na tional banks could not be held. Gains Shown In Farm Property. Nebraska' farm property has grown In value from $747,950,057 In 1900 to $2,079,818,047 in 1910, according to figures Just given out by tho federal censuB department. Every county of tho state shared In this stupendous gain, chief of which was Custer coun ty, tho value of tho farm property thero being boosted from' $13,867,709 in 1900, to $52,3G5,9C1 in 1910. Clay county gained from $12,C71,7G3 to $37,384,271 in the ton years, Adams farm property loaped from $11,218,071 in 1900 to $34,35,033 in 1910. Cuming from $16,728,728 to $42,G5G,953, Gage county from $21,940,212 to $52,733,408, Hamilton county from $12,288,174, to S40.n40.lfl1. Knnx nntintv from Sll.t 921.81G to $3C,1G9,821, Platte county? from $10,380,208 to $42,151,323, Saline county from $14,439,139 to $27,8G9,407, Seward county from $14,237,283 to $38,004,351, York county from $14, 280,487 to $42,449,825 In tho Bamo pe riod. Porklns county mado tho largest proportionate gain during tho ten years' boosting, its values in that tlm'o Just 5G9 por cent over 1900. Farm property in that county was valued in) 1900 at $970,G10 and In 1910 at $6, 497,389. Remains Come to Nebraska. Mrs. Margaret Converse, who re cently died nt Tulsa, Okla., wus tho. widow of Joo Convorso, tho railroad bulldor, who onco lived in Lincoln, who, a quarter of a century ago, was known to all tho railroad kings of tho nation. Her body will bo brought hero for interment beside tho body of her husband, who died in 1890. Gets Extension of Time. Major JuHub Penn of tho Twelfth United Statosi infantry, who lias been nerving for Bo'mo time past as in structor for tho, Nobrnska National guard, haB received -an extension of timo and will remain In Lincoln until noxt September. Douglas Wants Release. Assistant Attorney Genor.il Edgcr ton has filed a motion In tho state su premo court to releaso Douglas coun ty from a chnrgo of $88.90, being tho cost of the printing of tho abstract of a brief In tho Erdmnn case. John O. Yolscr, attorney for Erdmnn, tiled the nbatract nnd expected Douglas coun ty to foot tho bill. Tho ropresonta Uvo of tho stnto legal department, however, moves tho court to dhnrgo tho bill to Erdman, under n provision of tho law that permits action of this character. ' Masons to Build. Lincoln Mnsonlc orders havo do oldod to erect a $100,00 tomplo on tho Bite of tholr present rooms, and con struction work upon tho building will begin Just ns soon as plans' can bo submitted and accepted. President of Sophomore Class. Don Wood of Oiuahn, . member of tho law class at the university, has been elected president of tho eopho moro class over Carl Nnglo, also of Omaha, member of tho engineering class,, Tho vote was 114 to 71. Reappralsement of School Lands. A roappralsement of moro than half of tho 245,000 acres of state school lands undor lonso In Cherry county has boon roportod to Land Commis sioner CowIob. Tho appraisement bus as yet noti been rovowed by tho board of public lands and buildings and whother nny changes uro to be mado Is not known. Most of tho land has been tnerensed in Its rontnl value from 60 to 7G cents nn ncro. Other scotlons of It has been doubled. Ono tract waB Increased from 15 coats an aero to S3 por acre. NEBRASKA SET PACE. First State to Require Agricultural Teaching. lnrgcly for the reason that a like at tempt was mado to compel the teach ing of music in the public schools. In tho senate Senator Miller of Buffalo county offered tho amendment to the 1'owlor Wll and It was again defeated In tho committee of the whole, and for the same reason as in the house. Senator Miller then made a personal plea to the senate to adopt tho amendment. In substance he stated that the amendment had received the unanimous endorsement of tho State Board of Agriculture and of tho Dairy men's association; In addition It was endorsed by Dr. Charles E. Besscy ol tho State university, by State Super intendent Fowler as well as by a host of farmers throughout the state. Then the senate adopted the amend ment, the house concurred and It be came a part of the school law of tho state. Tho law as amended gave the teachers of the state until July, 1902, to comply with its provisions. It was at once realised by those in terested thut text books relating to tho elementary principles of agricul ture nnd suitable for use in rural and graded schools would be needed. At the roquost of Superintendent Fow ler, Dr. Charles E. Bessey, professor of botany; Lawrence Bruner, profes sor of entomology, and G. D. Sweezy, professor of astronopiy, all of the University of Nebraska, prepared the copy for a text book entitled "New Elementary Agriculture for Rural and Graded Schools," and tho same was published, being first Issued in 1903. Permission to Purchase. Tho state railway commission has given tho Lincoln Telephone and Tel egraph company permission to pur chase the Seward Telephone com pany under tho provisions of the mer ger agreement which was effected some time ago between the independ ent and Bell interests In this state. Tho Seward company is valued at $100,000, and will bo purchased with somo of tho money accumulated through the sale of stock, permission for tho issuance of which was given about two weeks ago. Claim Disallowed. The board of public lands and buildings has refused to allow the claim of Mr. McAlplnc of Lincoln for extra work in repairs of pipes and setting stokers at tho institute for fee ble minded youth at Beatrice. The bill for $900 extras will not bo allowed until further information is received "by tho board. Contract Awarded. A contract fnr n. tunnel tn pnTinpp.t tho kitchen and two main buildings at tho Hastings asylum was awarded. Rclmers, Kauffman & Co. of Lincoln will construct the tunnel; which is to be 1,500 feet long, 7x8 feet, with ce ment lining and track for a car on the floor, for $10,555. Joseph R. Lehincr of Omaha is to do tho wiring for $173 and Cooper & Cole Bros, of Lincoln will furnish tho material for tho heat ing apparatus for $1,166.09. The tun nel is to bo used for conveying food from tho kitchen to tho two buildings occupied- by patients. Suit Dismissed. Tho suit of the United States against Levi C. Anderson of Rulo was dismissed, it being a civil action and a settlement having been effected, An dorson purchased u horsd-of an Indi nn named Frank Doroin, who resides on tho Sac nnd Fox reservation. He paid the Indian, but the title to tho horse was vested In the federal gov ernment, tho government merely buy ing such nnlmnls for tho use of the Indians while the ownership does not puss to thorn. The government brought suit to recover tho vnluo of tho horse and Anderson paid, making twice payment for the one horse. Up to Dr. Wlnnett. City Attorney Foster haB decided ho will take no notice of the protest made by tho Central Labor union of Lin coln against (Dr. Wlnnett of tho rail way commission sitting In Judgment of tho street railway caso. Ho says he can find nothing in the law which would Justify his making the protest and It was purely a question up to Dr. Wlnnett whother he will participate in tho hearing. Commencement Address. Prof. Charles E. Morrlam of Chica go university will deliver the com mencement address nt tho state uni versity Juno 13. He will take for his topic "Citizenship." Prof. Morrlam was a candidate for mayor of Chi cago at tho last election. To Pass on Commission Law. Tho supremo court will announce a memorandum opinion in tho suit In stituted to test the law providing for a commission form of government for cities of over 5,000 inhabitants. A written opinion will bo filed later by tho court. . w- Medical College Law, Tho Omaha medical college law will be submitted to the Btate su promo court March 8, according to tho call issued, Dr. S. J. Stewart of Has tings is applying for a writ of Injunc tion provontlng Auditor Barton from honoring warrants on the $100,000 ap propriation. Tho contention is mado that tho law discriminates In favor of the nloiuithlc school of medicine as against all others, and that it violates a statutory provision which sets out that all buildings shall bo near tho state capital. WHAT TEDDY WROTE SAID IN 1911 HE WOULD NOT BE A CANDIDATE. THE LETTER IS MADE PUBLIC Former President Talks Freely of His Prospects and Gives Reasons for Entering the Campaign. Washington. Colonel Roosevelt'B denial of stories sonC from Washing ton that tho Taft administration had reason to believe ho would not bo a candidate for tho republican nomina tion against tho president and his statement ai Oyster Bay Saturday that Secretary of the Navy Meyer and Secretary of War" Stimson "could not have said he would not be a candi date," caused to bo made public hero a letter written by Colonel Roose velt, Juno 17, 1911, denying reports current at the time he would support Mr. Taft, which concluded as follows. "I have expressed myself perfectly, freely to a number of men in this matter, always to tho samo effect; telling you, for instance, personally, nnd those who wero with you at lunch at my houso, and telling Gifford Pin- chot, Jim Garfield and Congressman Madison, and Billy Loeb, and Secre tary Moyer and Secretary Stimson all alike, Just exactly what I have said, always, that I would not be a candi date in 1912 myself, and that' I had no Intention of taking any part in tho nomination for or against any candi date. Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Says He Heeded Call. OyBter Bay. Colonel Roosevelt's own viows of the present political sit uation and his reasons for entering tho campaign wero explained by him Sunday. As he trudged along the country road from Oyster Bay village to Saga more hill, on his way home from church, the former president talked freely of his prospects, and briefly stated that his rwason for entering into n political campaign as an active candidate was that men who share his political beliefs convinced him they needed an effective leader. As to the prospect of victory Colonel' Roosovelt expressed the opinion that on a popular vote he would be tho choice of his party by a big majority. How far this result- might be modified by tho interposition of the machinery of politics he was unable to say. Colonel Roosevelt said he supposed a great many persons would not be lieve It, but that he had not wished to enter tho fight. "So far as a personal victory is con cerned, I don't care," he declared. To Quiet Title to Railroad Lands. Washington. Senator Nonis Brown hns presented to the senate the peti tion of citizens living along the Union Pacific railroad in Nebraska calling on congress to quiet title to their landB 'ylng adjacent to tho roadbed of such railway. The contest is over the width of tho right-of-way. Under tho original grant by congress the Union Pacific waB given four hurled feet, but the company has, until .Ithin re cent years, treated tho grant as car rying therein but two hundred feet, and have reserved only that much in their deeds to settlers. The amount Involved according to the estimate of W. A. Prince, attorney for the settlers, is about two and one-half million dol lars. Mr. Prince presented to tho house committee tho side of the set tlers last week. Looting by Chinese Troops. Tien Tsln. Rioting of a serious na ture took placo here. The outbreak had been feared and precautions wero taken as far as possible to prevent residents from harm. Between 9 and 10 o'clock the soldiers mutinied, sot flro to a number of buildings 'and then began looting from houso to house. They wero Joined by tho rabble. Shops and banks In all tho Important streets wero looted, and some of them woro wrecked. Rock Island Lays Off Men. Davenport, la. An order which is said to apply to every shop along tho Rock Island system went into effect when 50 per cent of the employes In repair shops wero laid off. Location of the Big Fight. Salt Lake City, Utah. Jim Flynn and Jack Johnson will meet in a twenty-round bout for the heavyweight championship of tho world at or near Wendover, Utah, on July 24. This was announced by persons financially in terested. Express Rider Dies In Want. Chicago. Robert liaison, 72 years old, widely known a generation ago aa "Pony Bob," dlod in want hero. For yearB ho was famed as a pony ex preBB rider and Indian fighter. Commended for Bravery. Washington. In a letter to Senator Hitchcock, Secretary of tho Navy Meyer commends David C. Patterson, son of D. C. Patterson of Omaha, for ability displayed when the vessel Dixie, of tho United States navy, sprung a leak in Pacific wnterB. Suffragettes on Rampage. London. SuffrngetteB made several violent demonstrations in various narta of London. Ono woman fired a rovolver ehot through the window of tho colonial offlco, but hurt no one. NEBRA8KA IN BRIEF. News NoLs of Interest from Varloui Sections. J. C. Wharton, the new postmaster at Omaha, has entered upon his duties. Fremont's water plant has proved a money maker $15,672.71 to tho good for tho year. A flro at Croton destroyed a livery barn and blacksmith shop. Ono man was seriously burned. The woman's club of Omaha favors putting the name of owners on build, lngs that are used for questionable purposes. J. H. Lohman of Creto has accepted tho cashlershlp of tho German Na tional bank of Hastings and will move his family to Hastings about March 1. Governor Aldrlch lias issued a re quisition for tho return of J. O. Cap pel from Shelby county, Tennessee, to Omaha, on the charge of forging 8 check for a small amount. Tho state orthopedic hospital at Lincoln, which was established a few years ago, has gradually grown until thero are now ono hundred crippled children in the institution. Tho smallpox scare in David City has entirely ceased. There aro no new cases and those who had the dis ease had it In a very mild form. Tho most of tho quarantines are lifted. The Union Pacific seed corn special visited Grand Island on schedule time and from sixty to 100 people heard the lecture by Mr. C. Hull. Quite a number of these were business men. As Tracy L. Graham of Platts mouth, a fireman in the employ of tho Burlington, was going to the round house to get on 'his engine, ho was run over, receiving injuries from which he died. Some old seed corn brought to the pure food department at Lincoln from Creto Is showing up tho best of anything yet tested. It was put into the sand tester and is showing a high per cent of germination. Upon petition by thirty-six citizens of Beatrice, the city council will sub mit tho license question to the voters at the coming city election, and Beatrice will again witness a fierce fight for saloons. County Treasurer Wood of Hamil ton county received $6 by way of con science money. The letter accom panying the money was signed "A Taxpayer." It stated that the writer had cheated the county treasurer's office. Rev. Ezekiel Evans of York county celebrated his 83d birthday anni versary by inviting his numerous friends to his home to take part in the celebration. Mr. Evans is one of the oldest ministers of the county in point of service as well as years. Omaha friends are rejoicing at tho receipt of information that Matthew C. Brush has Just been elected to the second vice presidency of the Boston Eleyated car lines, a position created for the purpose of keeping him with that corporation. Only ten years ago Brush was wiping engines at tho Union Pacific roundhouse in Council Bluffs. H. E. Babcock of Columbus com pleted his filing in the office of tho state board of irrigation for 4,000 cu bic feet per second of water from the Loup river forthe purpose of furnish ing power for, nn immense electrical project. If the work in view is com pleted it will cost $6,400,000 and fur nish 36,408 horse power for the de velopment of electric power plants to bo distributed along the Pliftte river. Sheriff Fischer of Oto county ar rested Elmer Gra, 21 years of age, who has been camping in a tent in the northern portion of the 'county, charging him with robbing the home of Walter Olsen, a farmer near that place. On searching the tent tho sheriff found a wagon load of stolen goods, which had been taken from the school houses and other pluces, and a large amount of goods that were taken from the Missouri Pacific depot at Nehawka. Peter Montensen, state treasurer of Nebraska from '1902 to 1906, and pioneer of Valley county, died at Ord last week. A potato war was on among Lin coln merchants as a result of which the consumer got his tubers much cheaper. Washington dispatch: Sen. Brown received from the Omaha Typograph ical union a petition asking for a federal Investigation of strike condi tions at Lawrence, Moss. Ho intro duced it In the senate, together with a resolution from tho Omaha printers Union urging higher pay for pressmen In tho government printing ofice, nnd protests from citizens of Furnas county against Sunday legislation In the District of Columbia. Word was received from Ne,w Al bany, Ind., stating that tho American Automobile company, which recently moved its plant from Beatrice to that point, was In tho hands of a re ceiver. Tho cars manufactured by tho company woro invited by C. Charles Jones of Beatrice, who, with his brothers, N. E. and Carey Jones, went to New Albany with the com pany. H. F. Grabort and wife, living eight miles east of Broken Bow were seri ously Injured In a runaway while re turning home from a neighbor's, whore they had been spending the ovening. In a sharply drawn contost between a number of dealers on one side and owners of stallions and farmers, to gether with dealers, on tho other, tho Nebraska law requiring tho Inspec tion of stallions was upheld in a meet ing at Grand Island by a vote of 29 to 15 In tho main, but amendments pro- I posed nnd a better administration of tho law demanded. ftowMto " ntrrt.i mkmmmmmm &&& & -.tfX ?. i" 'l- T-'
