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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUMB
IRA. L. BAUD, Publtshor.
TERMS, L2B IN ADVANCE.
WORTH PLATTE.
NEBRASKA
FOR THE BUSY
NEWS EPITOME THAT CaN 800N
BE COMPASSED.
MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
Home and Foreign Intelligence Con.
dented Into Two and Four
Line Paragraphs.
Congress.
On Sunday eulogies wore pronounc
ed on the Into Representative Madi
son of Kansas.
Tho house agreed to tlio conferonco
report on the consular and diplomatic
appropriation bill.
Tlio senate passed tho Cummins bill
to permit appeal from tho tobacco
trust dissolution decree.
Tho scnato adopted resolutions
calling for comprehensive Investiga
tion of Titanic disaster.
Tho naval affairs commlttco agreed
to authorlzo $1,000,000 for a world
wide wireless system for tho navy.
President Taft's managers charge
unfair Intltnldutlon of federal office
holders by Colonel Roosevelt's sup
porters. Chairman Pujo of- tho money trust
Investigating commltco Introduced a
resolution asking for more power for
tho commlttco,
Tho houso considered Chairman
Pujo's resolution to extend power of
tho so-called "money trust" Investi
gating committee.
Tho senate adopted a Joint appro
priation or $1,500,000 for Immedlato
use In repairing lovees on tho lower
Mississippi river.
Tho scnato called again upon tho
attorney general for all correspond
ence on roorgnnlzatlon of tho Inter
; national Harvester company.
Representative Campbell attacked
Colonel Roosovolt as ono who "as
nailed ovcry man who ventured to dis
agree with him on any question."
'Representative Malby submitted a
minority report on tho sugar investi
gation, declaring beet sugar factories
were not controlled by the eugnr
trust.
Tho merchant marlno commlttco fa
vorably reported tho Alexander reso
(utlon calling upon tho president to
Invito nations to International confer
ence to establish steumBhlp lines on
the north Atlantic.
Tho resolution of Representative
Norrls of Nebraska, calling on. tho de
partment of Justlco for all papers and
Information In Its possession concern
ing tho charges against Judgo Arch
bald, of tho United States commerce
court, passed tho houso without do
bate General.
Thrco wcro killed In a tornado nt
Tonca City, Okl.
LaFolIetto predicts a deadlock at
Chicago and his own nomination.
Tho houso passed a resolution pro
viding for a thorough Investigation of
tho monoy trust.
Polltlolans nt Washington cling to
v tho belief that Bryan may yet enter
tho presidential race.
A Btato of anarchy is declared to
exist on tho wcBt coast of Mexlcq and
... Americans nro In danger. ,, -
Declaring tho lifeboats unsafe, 300
momborB of tho crow of 'tho Olympic
refused to go aboard at Now York.
Correspondence bearing on tho fall
ura to prosecuto tho International
Harvester company was madu public.
Senator Martluo introduced a reso
lution to send rovenuo cutters to tho
eceno of tho Titanic disaster to re
main a month In hopo of (hiding bod
ies Chung Mun Yew, tho old Yalo cox
swain, lias boon appointed minister of
tho Chlncso republic to tho United
States, according to u Shanghai dis
patch. Tho scnato judiciary sub-commltteo
unanimously favored tho nomination
of Rlchnrd Sloan for Arizona district
Judgo after investigating charges
agulnut him.
f Memorial services wcro held In tlio
American Presbyterian church at
Montreal for M. Hays, president of
the Grand Trunk railway, who was
drowned In tlio Titanic disaster.
Partial homo rule for Alaska, with
authority vested in tho leglBlaturo to
grant to women tho right to vote, was
approved by tho houso when it passed
tho bill for a local Alaskan govern
ment Becauso tho Western Union Tolo
Kraph company refused to pay Its tax
Assessment In tho statu of Idaho, tho
nBBiBtant attprnoy genoral, O. M. Van
duyn, hns authorized tho .Bolzuro of
tho company's property.
Woman Biiffrngo Bcorod its first vic
tory In tho houso, when, by a voto of
81 to 351, an amendment was adopted
assuring to tho Alaskan leglBlaturo
tho right to "modify tho qualification
of electors by extending tho oloctlvo
franchlso to women."
Tho Missouri supromo court con
tinued tho ouster enso of the stato
against thrco lumber companies to
tho October torm.
Representative Norrls of Nobrnskn
introduced a resolution dlroctlng tho
president to transmit to tho houso n
copy of any charges against Judgo
Archbald of tho cotnraerco court.
M
BlBhop Boshford of Peking believes
that tho Chlncno republic is firmly es
tablished. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley advocated be
foro tho Interstate Commcrco com
mittee a bill to rcqulro net weight or
food packages to be stamped thoreon.
Tho list or dead In the Illinois tor
nado Is placed at Boventy-two.
President Tuft, In a spirited address
at Boston, replied to criticisms of,
Colonel iltooscvelt.
Tho development of Alaska coal
fields was the subject of a conference
nt tho White houso.
A bitter Indictment of . Bruce Is
may was made In tho sennto by Ray
nor of Maryland.
Mr. Roosevelt mnde an extended ex
planation of his lKJsltlon In the har
vester trust report.
Speaker Clark, while in his office
suffered nn attack of lumbago and
later went to his home.
A body thought to be that of Georgo
W. Widcncr wuh found near the scono
of tho Titanic sinking.
In North Carolina Roosevelt said If
ho got the nomlnntlon he proposed to
break Into tho solid south.
The sennto will Insist on its amend'
merit to tho house resolution for elec
tion of senators by direct voto.
An unknown steamor, It was testi
fied, saw tho plight or tho Titanic, but
failed to stop and profrer aid.
The German government will make
no orilclnl protest agnlnst tho closing
or tho Dardenclles by Turkey.
Oniccrs, crow and passengers of
the Titanic who perished nro describ
ed as acting tho part or heroes.
A new tower replacing the ono
which roll ten years ago, was dedicat
ed with Imposing ceremony at Venice.
British Ambassador Bryce and Mrs.
Ilryco left Washington for Snn Fran
cisco, from whence they will sail for
Now Zealand.
William J. Bryan conferred with
senators nnd representatives regard
ing popular election of senators and
other legislation.
John Rodell, rormcr chler of tho
First battalion of tho Chicago fire de
partment and later chief at Omaha,
died In Chicago.
Herbert S. Hndley, the governor,
wob the leader or tho Roosevelt
rorces which triumphed In tho Mis
souri republican state convention.
Governor Herbert S. Hndley and his
rrlonds swung the Missouri Btato re
publican convention for Colonel
Roosevelt artcr a twenty-four hour
deadlock. )
Edmco Chnndon, a French girl, has
been mado assistant astronomer nt
tho Paris observatory. She has been
connected with the observatory for
four years.
Tho bodies or Colonel John Jacob
Astor and Isador Straus, tho million
aire merchant ot Now York, who lost
their lives In tho Titanic disaster,
have been recovered.
Interest In republican national pol
itics already at a high pitch In Cali
fornia, vvub intensified by tho arrival
or Senator La Follotte to begin a four
days personal campaign.
Tho body of Major Genoral Freder
ick Dent Grant, U. S. A., in Its flnnl
reBting place in tho military cemetery
at West Point. Tho Inst rites or bur
ial were very Impressive.
Sidney Phoenix, nged olghty-threc,
tho oldest Yalo graduate In tho west
in the ago or Ills class, and n prom
inent Presbyterian minister antl mis
sionary, died nt Minneapolis.
Chairman Norman E. Mack of tho
democratic nntlonal commlttco Issued
a call for, tho commlttco on arrange
ments for the nntlonal convention to
meet at Ualtlmoro Saturday, April 27.
Two Americans havo been Impris
oned nt Chlhuahnn, Mexico, slneo
March 1C, according to n messngo re
ceived nt the stuto department from
Marlon Letcher, tho American consul.
Roprosentatlvcs of soft coal miner
of Ohio, eastern Pennsylvania. Illinois
and Pennsylvania and of tho united
mlno workers of thoso states, havo
signed tlio wage agreoniont by the re
ferendum voto of tho minors.
Representative Stanley attacked tho
Roosovolt administration for alleged
favoritism toward tho harvester trust.
Tho house Insular affairs commlt
tco favorably reported tho bill pro
viding for Filipino Independence in
1912.
American men nnd women eat too
much nnd onjoy llfo too little, says
Paul Saundrny, a wholcsalo dealer In
fancy groceries, whoso homo is In
Paris and who 1b In California to pro
moto trado relations with the. United
States.
William Jennings Bryan waB best
man at tho marrlago In Philadelphia
or Mrs. Cntharlno Carlson or that city
to W. J. Dwyor, a nowspnpor man or
Washington, D. C. Tho lattor and Mr.
Bryan havo been irlenda for many
years.
Herman I Uracil field or Bay City,
Mich., who Ib held at Contorvllle, In.,
as a loproBy subject by ordor or Mich
igan state board or health, said ho
would spond $100,000 In efforts to pre
vent tho authorities sending him to a
leper colony.
Personal.
Robert Bacon, who recently resign
ed tho post of Amerlcnn ambassador
to Franco, Is on his way home.
Tho Oregon delegation Is Instructed
for Roosevelt.
A largo fund Ib bolng raised In Eng
land for Titanic sufferers,
RooBevelt and Tnft aro giving and
taking lusty political body blows.
Champ Clark's victory In Nebraska
gavo much encouragement to his
friends.
W. J. Bryan thlnltB a dark horso
will bo nominated by tho republican
national convention,
Dr. D. K. Pearson, 92 years of age,
died in Chicago. Dr. Pearson had
given awny moro than $5,000,000 dur
ing tho last years of his lire.
A FEW IRE BODIES
SEARCH DELAYED ON ACCOUNT
OF BAD WEATHER.
THE MCKAY-BENNETT IS DUE
Cable Ship with Bodies of 184 Identi
fied Dead About to Arrive in
Halifax, N. S.
Halifax, N. S. A wireless message
received Sunday from tho cableshlp
Mlnln which Is supplementing tho
work of tho Mackay-Hennett In search
ing for bodies of thoso who perished
In tho Titanic disaster, Indicates that
there Is llttlo hopo of nddlng to tho
ISO odd now on tho Mackay-Hennett
duo hero some tlnio Monday. Tho
weather has boon- bad, tho sea rough
antl bodies nro widely scattered. Cap
tain Decartoret of tho Mlnla believes
tho Mnckny-Bennett has picked up
nearly all obtainable. If his predic
tion Is correct, the bodies of Major
Archibald Butt, Mrs. Isldor Straus and
other prominent persons, not reported
an among the Identified dead, will
never to brought to port for burial.
A revised list of tho Identified dead,
compiled from wireless messngo3 re
ceived here nnd In Now York places
tho total number of Identified on tho
Mackay-Bennett at 184 and thoso on
tho Mlnla at eight. In all ton wcro
reported ns recovered by tho Mlnla,
but one unidentified fireman was bu
rled at sea, and the body of another
man In evening dress gave no cluo to
Its Identity except gold cuff links
marked "S. G."
Among tho eight bodies Identified
on tho Mlnla, none is that or a promi
nent person, excepting that of Presi
dent Hays of tho Grand Trunk, previ
ously reported as1 recoveced. Ho has
apparently not been transferred to tho
Maekay-Bennett and probably will not
reach hero until tho Mlnla arrives.
Vincent Astor and party arrived
hero Sunday In a private car and will
start to Now York with Colonel As
ter's hody as soon as it Is positively
Identified and encolllnod. Among tho
other arrivals was Isldor Unlzola, who
will search for tho body of Victor
Ponasco on behalf of Penasco's widow.
Senor and Senora Penasco were mak
ing a round-the-world trip. Sho is a
sister-in-law of Premier Canalejas of
Spain and related, to tho Spanish
royal family.
Everything has been arranged at the
navy yard for tho reception or tho
Mackay-Bennett with its cargo or
dead. Best advices aro that It will
dock at noon, hut tlio time cannot bo
fixed definitely.
Body of Brandeis Recovered.
Now York. A wireless mesBago re
ceived by tho White Star lino from
tho cableshlp Mackay-Bennett an
nounces thatseventy-flvo bodies of
tho 219 found at tho scene or tho Ti
tanic dlsastor by the Mackay-Bennett
and tho Mlnla havo been Identified.
Tho body or Emll Brandeis or Omaha
Is among them.
Frand D. Mlllot, tho artist, who ac
companied Major Butt on his trip
abroad, Is among tho dead picked up
by tho Mackay-Bennett.
Kansas City Faces Deficit.
Kansas City, Mo. In tho lace or a
deficit estimated at $700,000 In tho
fonds or Kansas City, M. A. Flynri,
city comptroller hns said that ho
would not certtry any appropriations
or the now city administration until
thoVo Is money to meet them. Ho es
timated tho revenues for this year at
$2,500,000.
Titanic Investigation.
Washington. With tho definite ob
ject of showing the unwisdom of per
mitting wireless operators on snip
board to bo their own masters, tho
senatorial committee, looking Into tho
Titanic disaster, will on Monday en
ter tho Becond week of Its investiga
tion. Colorado for Clark.
Colorado- Springs. That Colorado's
twelve delegates to tho democratic
national convention will bo Instructed
for Champ Clark for president wqs
tho statement of party leaders of tho
Btato convention.
Bandit Shot to Death.
Paris. Bonnot,' tho leader or an or
ganized gang of automobile bandits
who havo boon terrorizing Paris and
the surrounding district for months,
and Dubois, a notorious anarchist
woro Bitot to death In tho most thrill
ing encounter In tho annals or French
crime.
The Smoot Bill.
Washington Tho Binoot bill to con
solidate all national parks and monu
ments under ono "bureau or natlonnl
parks," has boon reported favorubly
by a senate committee.
Fast Train In the Ditch.
Ft. Wnyno, Ind. Four men are so
seriously hurt they will probably dlo
and eight or ton others were badly
hurt when Wabash train No. 5, west
bound nnd known ub tho "last mall"
wont In tho ditch nenr Antwerp, O.
Tho accident was duo to spread rails.
Dr. D. K. Pearsons Is Dead.
Chicago. Dr. Daniel Kimball Pear
Bona, ninety-two years old, who In re
cent years gavo moro than $5,000,000
to small colleges, chiefly In tho mid
dlo west, died In this city.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News -Notes of Interest from Various
Sections.
Odd Fellows of Superior dedicated
their new hall last week.
Tho city of Hustings has ent In
$50,000 of school bonds to have them
registered.
Ccdnr Bluffs has voted an $8,000
Issue of bonds for the Installation of
an electric lighting systom.
Tho stato railway commission has
authorized tho York water company
to lssuo $40,000 worth of bonds.
A proposition to have all the rural
schools of Dodge county assemble at
Fremont on tho afternoon of May 25
for formal exercises Ib being enter
tnlncd, A special election was held In' Ce
dar Bluffs on tho proposition of bond
ing the village for $8,000 to Install an
electric light system. The bonds car
ried. Seventy-six seniors of Hastings
High school, comprising the lnrgest
class In the ihlstory of the Institution,
will receive diplomas at tho com
mencement. The contract for tho new public
school building at Harvard was let by
tho board of education to II. V. Bin
der of Oxford for $14,190, he being
tho lowest bidder.
John A. Woods, an Omaha con
stable, was shot and Instantly killed
by n Sicilian, whoso house he hnd en
tered for removing furniture that had
not been paid for.
Tho llttlo son of J. H. Davis of
Glenover, Gage county, was attacked
and bitten In tho leg by a mad dog.
The dog was killed and the head sent
to the Pasteur Institute at Chicago for
examination.
Tho Fremont hoard of education
has set May 14 as tho date for the
school election, when tho proposition
of issuing $125,000 in bonds for a now
high school will bo acted upon by the
voters.
Lucy Ogorzolka, live year old child
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ogorzolka, liv
ing near Cambridge, was burned to
death as a result of venturing too
near a patch of burning Russian this
tles. Mrs. Alice Ramsey, mother of Char
les Morley, tho convict who is to be
tried for the klllng of Warden Deln
hunty and others, arrived In Lincoln
and will remain until after tho fato
of her son Is settled.
Stanton county was the first county
to report official primary election re
turns to tho secretary of state. Ono
county sent In returns but no dupli
cate list accompanied It as required
by tho secretary of state.
It will require the official count or
tho three counties to decide whether
ex-Representative R. II. West or Wood
River or Frank Harwood or Greeley
has received the democratic nomina
tion for senator for that district.
Ohris Schmidt, 6r., father of Chris
Schmidt, president or tho Blair Na
tional bank, i was found dead in a field
at his homo farm, about five miles
south of Blair. He Is supposed to
have died from a paralytic stroke.
Tho stato board of assessment and
equalization approved tho Interpreta
tion of Henry Seymour of the mort
gago taxation law in which it la hold
that real estate mortgages owned by
state banks aro not taxable against
tho banks.
The state, In buying canned fruit for
Its Institutions, specifies "20 ner cent
syrup" which Insures a. good quality
or fruit ir tho contract is complied
with. One Institution received some
goods for tho present quarter that
were quite destitute or sugar.
Exhausted by a night or work over
tho primary election ballots, Patrick
N. Gynn, slxty-threo years old, left the '
voting booth or tho Third precinct or
tho Fourth ward In Omaha shortly bo
fore 7 o'clock In tho morning wjth tho
bnllot "boxes. Carrying tho heavy load
Into tho office or the county clerk ho
reeled suddenly under tho weight.
Horry Drorskl ran to his assistance.
Ho had fallen to the floor nnd was
dead. '
Tho little town of Barney, to tho
north nnd wost of Peru, Is again con
fronted with tho possibility of having
to move. It has already moved twice
during tho past threo years, owing to
tho encroachments of the Missouri
river, and during the early part of
last week tho rapid cutting of the
river at that point again brought it
face to face with this Us long-tlmo
onomy.
Arbor day was established and
named by tho Nebraska state board
of agriculture In tho year 1872 and by
law was mado a state holiday In 1885
and Is now observed In thirty or more
states and Is a legal holiday In many
states. It Is not a national legal holi
day. Tho custom of planting trees
on Arbor day originated In Nebraska
and Nebraska was also tho first stato
In tho union to make It a legal stato
holiday.
Adams County. Through tho publi
cation of tho mnn's picture In a news
paper tho murdered of Sheriff Moody
of Rockland county, South Dakota, has
beon Identified by Deputy Sheriff Wil
son ns Bert Hudson, who lived at Hau
son, Nob., until two years ago.
At the office of tho ndjutant general
tlio loss of tho National guard by the
Omaha flro Is placed at about $20,000.
Thoro was complete equipment for
four compnnles.
County Treasurer Sommerglad of
Lancaster county has notified the sons
or tho into Wlllam McLaughlin that
thoro Is a shortage of $2,300 In tlio
office, which tlio representatives of
tho former treasurer are expected to
make good. Tho members or tho Mc
laughlin family, ns well as Former
Doputy Treasuror McCorralck, hns ox
pressed a willingness' to reimburse
tho county for any funds lost.
NEB Si
"RIZES OFFERED FOR LARGEST
YIELDS OF CORN.
fllE CONDITIONS AND RULES
Sontest In Which the Youth of the
State Can Become Competitors In
Corn Growing.
$700 In prizes will be offered for
ttrgest yields of corn grown by Nc
Sraska boys under tho following con
lltlons nndrules:
The Prizes.
The prizes are offered by the South
Dinaha Stock Yards company of South
)ninha, Neb,, tliroug'h trie Department
f wVgrlcultur.il Extension or the Unl
fersity of Nobraskn'at Lincoln.
County Contest.
The following prizes nro ottered
Joys in each county where a county
tontest is held under the direction' of
ihe county superintendent:
1st prize $10.00 in cash
!nd prize 5.00 In cash
Ird prize 3,00 in cash
State Contest.
The winners at the county contest
vlll compete for the state prizes. The
lastern division Is composed of nil
lounties east of a line drawn straight
louth from tho west western boundary
tf Knox county. The western division
s composed of all counties west of
'.his line.
Eastern Division.
1st prize $50.00 In cash
Ind prize 25.00 In cash
10 third prizes of $5.00
each 50.00 In cash
Western Division.
'st prize $50.00 in cash
rnd prize 25.00 in cash
10 third prizes of $5.00
each . . i 50.00 In cash
Thc Rules.
1. Boy must be under twenty-one
rears of age.
2. All the work must be done by
:he boy.
3. Acre must be measured, husked
ind weighed in presence of two dls
nterestcd freeholders, residents of
:ounty where corn Is grown. An af
Jdavit must be sent to county super
ntendent nnd a copy to superintend
nt of agricultural extension.
4. A complete) record must be sub
nltted on blanks furnished.
5. Ten ears of the corn (average
lelectlon) must be exhibited at tho
aunty contest.
C. The exhibits of the winners In
sach, county will be sent to the stato
:ontest nt Lincoln to compete for
Itato prizes.
7. Boy must exhibit at county con
test to entitle him to stato prizes, and
do county prizes will bo awarded
where there Is no county contest.
8. In counties where tho county
niperlntendent does not hold county
:ontest, growers are eligible to stato
prizes.
9. Entry Is free, but boy must be
in active member of a Nebraska
Hoys' club. Wrlto county superin
tendent for particulars. There is no
membership fee.
10. Do not wait to organize a club
m your locality now, but sign and
mail the coupons below at once. This
enters you for tho contest. Then go
'jo work and win the prize.
Send this coupon to C. W. Pugsley,
University Farm, Lincoln, Neb.
I wish to enter tho Nebraska Boys
2orn Growing Contest, and will com
ply with the rules. Please send Ex
tension Bulletin No. 5. Name
Age Dato
County Town
I wish to enter the Nebraska Boys
worn Growing Contest, and will com
ply with tho rules. Please send mo
Extension Bulletin No. 5. Name
A night fire in tho Cusack building
it Omaha caused a loss of $150,000.
State Fair Attractions.
Tho state fair board at a recent
aieetlng decided to add two features
:o tho free attractions, aoroplanes and
fireworks at night. The managers
think they have the finest lino of frco
ittrnctlons ever offered by tho fair,
leroplnnes, fireworks, the Cheyenne
Frontier day, wild west and Llberati's
band and opera company.
Will Pay Omaha Visit.
Tlio students In the engineering
college of the university will make
their annual tour of Inspection of
Omaha Industries May 3 and 4. Tho
visit will be under tho nusplces fcf
the American Institute or Electrical
Engineers.
Oil Inspector's Report.
Tho report for March or tho stato
oil inspector shows fees collected for
the mosth, $2,883.30; March fees un
collected, $GC6.70; collected from
back fees, $144.03; expenses for
March, $1,375,84. N
Normal Graduates.
A list of tho graduates or the state
normal schools or tho stato hns just
beon prepared under tho direction of
tho state normal board. With tho ex
ceptlon of tho Wnyno Normal school
graduates tho list comprises a total
of 137 names.
Cadets Going to Crete,
The annual encampment or the
university cadets will bo at Crete, May
14 to 18, Tlio tents will be pitched on
the Chautauqua grounds along tho
Blue river.
THE TAXATION LAW.
State Board Approves Mr. Seymour's,
Interpretation.
Tho state board o! assessment and
equalization "approved Secretary
Henry Seymour's Interpretation of
the Smith mortBago taxation law
which was passed at the last session
of tho state legislature? That part
which gave tho board most difficulty
related to the taxation of real cstato
mortgages held by banks. The Smith
act provides that the new laV shaU
not npply to corporations, the, prop
erty of which is not exempt from
taxation. Under tho general rovenuo
lawr. of tbe state bunks aro assessed
on capital stock and on real osate,
the value of the latter being deduct
ed from the capital stock and tho dif
ference assessed separately. Secre
tary Seymour decided that loans anc
discounts of banks being exempt
from taxation, real estate mortgages
should also bo exempt becauso tho
money loaned on real estato Is In
cluded In loans and discounts.
Many of the bankers and attorneys
over the state held that the value of
tho real estato mortgages should bo
deducted from the capital stock, but
this view was not shnrcd by tho
board members who declared that
such a proceeding would leavo no
capital stock to be assessed In many
Instances.
For Observing Memorial Day.
A call for the veterans In the
Grand Army posts throughout the
state to fittingly observe Memorial
day, May 30, was issued by Stato De
partment Commander A. M. Trimble.
Memorial Sunday services will bo
held May 20. Attention is called to
provisions contained in tho general'
orders No. 5, 1912, from the national
headqua'fters.
The substance of these orders Is
that the bells bo tolled from 12'
o'clock noon unfJl 12:15; that Hags
be placed at half-mast, and thnt the:
comrades remain standing with un
covered heads during thnt period. It
is also ordered that in addition to the
reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg ad
dress, the orders of General John A.
Logan designating May 30 ns a day
for strewing flowers nnd "otherwise
decorating the graves of the com
rades who died in defense of their
countrj during the late rebellion,"
should ue read us a part of tho ex
orcises. York Bonds Issued,
The state railway commissioners
authorized the issuance of $40,000 in
bonds of tho York Water company.
Commissioners WInnett and Clarko.
voted yes and Hall no. Tho company
has a capital stock issue of $GO,000.
The bonds aro to pay off $20,000 or,
matured bonds, $1,950 or floating in
debtedness and the remainder for 1m-,
provements In the plant.
Spraguc Man Ends Life.
Fred Fratnouer of Sprague, Lan-,
caster county, was found dead back
of his house, hanging by a rope. He
had undoubtedly committed suicide.
Newspapers Are Commended.
Tho seed corn campaign, which
had for Its object the testing of seed
corn was tho greatest co-operativo
movement that has ever been at
tempted along agricultural lines"
says the Southwest Trail, a publica
tion with offices in Chicago. Nebras
ka has shown to tho world, what a
llttlo co-operation will do, and her
newspapers are certainly to be con
gratulated for tho fine spirit which
was manifested in the campaign.
Work Must Be Rushed.
Tho Board of Regents of tho Stato
university have decided that work
must be rushed on tho laboratory
building on the' medical campus at
Omaha. The building was delayed at
first by litigation and later by the
plans calling for a too expensive
building.
Codification Commission Works.
J. II. Broady 6r tho state codifica
tion commission Is now investigating
tho numbering of tlio articles' In tlio
stato constltuton of 1875. Tho differ
ent statute makers havo numbered tho
articles differently beginning with ar
ticle 14. Thus the supreme court In
referring to articles or tho constitu
tion sometimes cites a section that is
found to contain different subject mat
ter in different compilations of thoi
constitution. An anamination of the
original constitution in tho office or
tho secretary of stato shows that tho
secretary or tho constitutional con
vention ceased numbering the articles
niter article No. 2.
Wilson Makes Inquiry.
Dr. W. H. Wilson or the Stato
Board or Health has returned Irom
St. Edward and Archer, whoro ho
wns called to settle differences be
tween local physicians. At St. Ed
ward he found one caso of scarlet
fever and at Archer one caso of In
rnntllo paralysis. Both cases woro
quarantined and thero is no reason
to fear a spread of the disease.
Jews Seeking Land.
Another colony of Russian Jews
has written Labor Commissioner
Guyo about settling in Nebraska. The,
writer or tho latest letter is V. S.
Loubkov, and ho writes from San
Francisco. He says he represents
tho New Israelite Evangelistic so
ciety and that tho colony will bo com
posed of 2,000 families and thoy de
Hire to settle on farms, which thoy
deslro to purchnso largely on time..
Mr. Guye will write to this man and
get further particulars aB to what his
peoplo desire.
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