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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUHE IRA L. BAUD, Publlshor, TERMS, $1.$G IN ADVANCE). NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA tz NEWS OF THE WEEK COWBEN8ATION8 OF GREATER OR LEGSER IMPORTANCE. II BOIL OF EVENTS hrallonul, Political, Pergonal and Othor Matters In Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. Congress. The hoiiuo pnBsed a joint rcBolutlon continuing the national peaco com mission for two ycara. Tho Iioubo passed a hill appropriat ing $300,000 to equip army transports with lifeboats and rafts. Tho agricultural expenditures com mittee of tho houso was urged by Representative- Nelson to Investigate tho bureau of animal industry. Senator Cummins said ho would try to prevont early adjournment or re cess of congress until aftor tariff t'chcdules had been passed. Tho Titanic inquiry was reopened In tho senato, M. L. Farrell, news edi tor of a Wall street ticker, testifying regarding misleading reports. The houso passed tho bill empow ering tho president to Invito marl tlmo nations to conference in Wash ington to consider ocean travels. Representative Dyer introduced a bill to appropriate $30,000,000 for pro tection against floods along tho Miss issippi river und tributaries. Tho senato appropriations commit too favorably roportcd- a Joint rcsolu Von appropriating $1,238,179 for Mis sissippi nnd Ohio valleys flood Buffer Vs. Tho senato agreed to tho confer jnco report on tho general scrvlco tensions necessitating an nvorago In irenso of $22,000,050 a year for five rears. Chairman Pujo of tho so-called money trust investigating commltteo of tho house, announced that bnnks wero responding fully to tho commit tee's Inquiries. Senator Watson introduced an amendment to tho otccl tariff rovlslon lo nuthorlzo tho president by procla mation to admit free of duty any ar ticles for ono year. President Taft sent a message ap proving tho economy commission's plan for rotirlng government em ployes nt 70 years on annuities of Dne-hnlf their salary. Tho senato agriculture commltteo prdorcd fnvomblo roport on Senator Thornton's bill to provldo for emer gency crops on overflowed lauds in routh Mississippi valley. Tho houso ugrlculturo expenditure committee resumed investigation of North Carolina swamp lands devel opment and Wednesday will begin In vestigation of meat inspection sorv Ico. v General. Census reports Indlcato Increase In the number of Indians. Taft men wero overwhelmed by tho victorious Roosovelt hosts in the Kan sas republican convention. Methodists declared opposition to tho wearing ot denominational Insig nia In Indian school work. Tho houso Judiciary commltteo con tinued Us hearings on the charges against Commerce Judge Archbald. Tho spring wheat country of West ern Canada has been visited by a continuous rain and snowstorm, and it 1b estimated that farmors have boon benefited thousands of dollars. Tho ghqst of "Bookless Jerry" Simpson told his widow, a spiritual ist, thnt Roosovolt and Clark would bo tho presidential nominees and Clark would win. Tho state food investigation com mltteo BnyB that Now ork annually consumes 1,400,000,000 eggs and there are 300,000.000 eggs In storage. Harry Turvln of Now York, a 12-year-old hero, stopped n runaway horse about to dash into a group of children, and Ills reward was 10 cents Klvon by a stranger. Louisiana has approximately 17,000 persons made homeless by the ere vasso in tho Mississippi river lovoo at TorrriB alone, Of this number 12,000 are dopeiniunt upon tho bounty of tho United States government. Tho proposed incroasod rateB on tho plate and sheet metal from castor polntB to destinations In tho north Pacific states wero suspended by tho intcrstnto commerce commission from May 11 until September 7. Official recognition of Vincont Astor ns the now head of tho Astor family is contained lji Mayor Gaynor's an nouncement ot plans for tho reception of tho Gorman squadron, which will visit Now York this Hummor. Charges of uso of monoy in Mary land by tho Roosevelt forces brought n heated denial from Senator Dixon, Judgment against tho Donvcr, Northwestern & Pacific railroad (tho Mo(fat road), for $1,!M0,G88 was on tterod. Business at Chicago apparently was moved with llttlo trouble by tho roll roads after tho freight handlers de clared a strike. At Plalnflold, N. J Augustus Moorn olosed his, butcher, (Shop becsauso of tho Increased cost of meat, saying Ills consclenco wouldn't permit him to rnlfio hit prices. Texas i del- Bryan charged nn nttempt was mndo to buy votes for Harmon. Leaders of oongrcBS contemplnto a recesB during tho national conven tions. Tho senate added eight millions to tho house rivers and harbors bill. Governor Harmon may devote a week In Ohio to answering Bryan. Tho will of Mary Eddy was sustain ed by tho New Hampshlro supremo court. Tho Irish home rule bill passed its second reading in tho houso of com mons. The house by a pronounced major ity voted to nbollsh the court of com merce. Senator CummlnB accused the pres ident of trying to coerco In tariff leg islation. Tho Methodist EplBCopnl church conforenco voted against n final court of appeals. Lax meat inspection laws was charged before a houso committee by a woman. Tho house labor committee ordered favorable report on Hughes Industrial committee bill. An ugrcement has been reached be tween house and senate conferees on tho pension bill. Tho possibilities of agriculture In Alaska are dealt with In a bulletin Is sued nt Washington. Secretary Ilnyward has cnllcd a meeting of tho republican national commltteo nt Chicago June C. Tho recall, Initiative and referen dum wero written into Duluth's charter by an overwhelming vote. Tho Missouri Kuprcmo court sus tained tho constitutionality of tho semi-monthly wage payment law. Tho senato Interstate commerce commltteo reported favorably on Son ntor Clnpp's bill of lading measure. Mayor Dahlman and the ticket ot Which ho was tho bead was victori ous In tho Omaha municipal election. Tho senate passed tho bill to permit $10,000,000 increase in indebtedness of tho Philippines over present $C, 000,000 debt. Tho bill for retirement of govern ment employes in classified service, except postmasters, was favorably re ported In the senate. Tho Hgures for tho 1910 censuB show that Iowa had only 1.7 per cent of Illiterates over 10 years old, where as Nebraska had 1.9. . Grips filled with potatoes and bot tled beer wero left behind by a man who cashed boguB checks aggregating $400 nt four Boston hotels. At Denton, 111., Night Marshal Wil liam R. Odom Bhot and killed 'Tot" Smith, whom ho was trying to nrrest and was probably fatally wounded by Smith. At Chllllcothc, O., a largo crowd stood In the rain to henr W. J. Ilryan ronow his attack upon tho presiden tial candidacy of Govornor Judson Harmon. At Mount Vernon, N. Y. William G. Vanderboest's will provided that ho bo stabbed through tho heart after tho doctors pronounced him dead, to pre vent burlnl alive. Italian citizens at Clovelnnd, Ohio, nro prepurlng to raise n fund for con structing a war aeroplane to bo given tho Italian army for use against tho Turks In tho present difficulty. Politics is absorbing tho attention of congress. Much of tho discussion, in both IiBuscb is being aimed at tho coming campaign and tho congestion of buslneBs'ln the senato Is largely attrlbutnblo to that cause. Arthur Wutts, chauffeur, of Chi cago, had been out ot Jail less than eighteen months following the death ot a woman under tho wheols of hiB nutomobllo when ho ran down nnd killed Edward K. RogerB. At WaukoBha, Wis., crashing through a window into tho homo 'of Judge Agnow came a carrier pigeon having attached to its leg a tng label ed "San Francisco to Milwaukee," Tho bird was revived and liberated. Tho second state convention to ndopt a platform nnd make nomina tions for Judges of tho supremo court and offices not tilled at the primary election will bo hold July 10 In Dea Moines, according to an announce ment mado by members ot tho state centrnl committee. Work on tho new $5,000,000 Union station In Knnsns City was suspended, when tho 2,000 union men employed struck becauso some of tho stone, used had been procured from nn Indiana company that employs stonecutters whoso organization Is not affiliated with tho American Federation of La bor. Applications from 480 admitted aliens and other residents of tho United States seeking Information rel atlvo to homes nnd employment wero rocolvcd during tho week ended April 27 lost, at tho New York branch of tho division of Information, bureau of Immigration and naturalization de portment of commerce and labor. Personal. Roosevelt will havo the delegates from Maryland. Congressmen havo no hope of ad journment boforo August or, Septem ber. Tho Hill lntorosts deny any Inten tion of cutting ore prices. Chicago editors worked on presses during tho pressmen's strike. Six delegates from Novada will bo for Taft in tho national convention. President Tnft sent to congress a mosBago offering a fedoral pension bill. Formor Attorney Gonoral Ronnparto says Roosovolt is corroct on tho Har vester trust dispute Rotlromont ot Count Paul Wolff-! Mottornlch from tho post of Gorman Iauiuaesuuur hi iajuuuu is oviiwuiih.uu. ly announced, Roosevelt hns tho solid egatlon, forty In number. REBELS AG MEXICAN FEDERALS GAIN VIC TORY OVER OROZCO. FIVE HUNDRED ARE KILLED Twelve Hours of Fighting on Plains Near Conejos and More Soon Expected. ,At tho Federal Front, Conejos, Mex. Twelvo hours of brisk fighting on the desert plains 300 miles south of the American border, between a force of 5,000 rebels under General Orozco and nn equnlly strong body of federals, under General Huerta, resulted Sun day in a decided advantage to tho gov ernment. Tho fighting began at daybreak and nt nightfall the sandy mesas between hero and Yormo, fourteen miles north, where the Inuurrectos wero gradually forced back, wero covered with dead and wounded. , Nearly 500 are believed to have been killed and wounded on both Bides. A courier reported that General Trucy Aubcrt, tho dashing federal command er, had boon shot dn tho leg. The rebels abandoned ten cannons and much ammunition In their retreat. General Joaquin Tollez, who had been stationed In tho rear of Huerta's vanguard, nt noon was sent around to tho eastward to flank tho rebels nnd cut off their retreat. Tonight federal hendqunrtcrB claim tho rebels nro completely surrounded and that the second day of lighting will prove equally declslvo. This town, occupied Saturday by the vanguard of tho rebels, was riddled with bullots, when tho fodernls gal loped Into It at sunsJet. Over to tho foothills to the north tho insurrcctos could bo seen retrentlng. General Huerta has been receiving many telegrams of congratulations on the outcome of the day's lighting. Should tho advantage gained Sunday bo followed by equal success Monday, tiro federal leaders are confident It will mean tho annihilation of the in surrccto army. Gonernl Huerta considers it prob nblo, however, thnt tho rebels will make their last stand at Escalon, their central base, fourteen miles to the north, where they havo built fortifica tions nnd trenches In tho last fort night. As they retreated the robels de stroyed soveral bridges, but tho fed orals wero equipped with pontoons nnd will not bo seriously affected. Scatter Flowers-o'n Atlantic, New York.- -Standing on tho bridge of the Gcrmanla in mid-ocean last Thursday evening, Mrs. J. 11. Lorlng of New York and London scattered armfuls of flowers on tho waters ot tho Atlnntic in memory of her hus band, who lost his Ufa on tho Titanic. When tho Carmanla, which reached port Saturday, arrived in latitude 41.1G and longtitudo 50.14, tho nearest position to where tho Titanic sank, Mrs. Lorlng, attired In doep mourning, stnndlng on tho brldgo, scattered tho flowers. Tho Campaign In Ohio. Columbus, O. From Monday morn ing until tho dawn of tho primary election, May 21, thoro is scarcely a crossroads station In this stnto so un important numerically that it does, not expect to entortaln at least ono presi dents possibility. Four seekers af ter tho nomination for tho presidency, President Taft, Colonel Theodore Roosovolt, Governor Harmon and Sen ator I.n Follctto, will tour tho state, while lesser lights, United States sen ators, cabinet momhero and depart ment heuds are ilgurlng on campaign ing. President Wires to California. Washington. Unable to cross tho continent to campaign In California, Presldont Tnft Sunday sent by tele graph, to tho men and women repub licans of that atato his arguments for support in .-tho presidential primary on Tuesday. Observe Memorial Day. Charleston, S. C Throughout North nnd South Carolina May 10 was ob served ns Memorial day In honor ot the memory of tho confodorato dead. In nil tho principal cities and towns business was to a largo degree sus pended. Motorman Pinned Under Car. South Hend, Ind. Samuel Culp, motorman ot a street car, begged by standors to take an axo and chop off his legs, after ho had been hit by his car and fatally Injured. Four Killed by a Cave-ln. Green Day, Wis. Four llttlo girls woro killed by tho caving In or a gravel pit near Black creek, In which they wqro playing. Threo of them aro daughters ot Frank Darth. Underwood An Easy Victor. Atlantn, Ga. Oscar W. Underwood's officially plurality In tho presidential primary of May 1 was 14,047, accord ing to tho count by tho state executive commltteo, Mr. Underwood was de clared tho choice of tho democratic party In Georgia. Rounding Up n California. Loo Angeles, Cal, Glfford Plnehot nnd Former Senator Albort J. Dover Idgo began tho last round of their California stumping tour Saturday In the orango belt. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notes of Interest frcm Varloui Sections. Omaha munlclpnl nffnirs nro now being managed under tho commission form of government. A delegation of eight men will rep resent the Lincoln Ad club at tho an nual convention of tho Associated Ad vertising clu'lra ot America to bo hold nt Dallas, Tox., May 19 to 25. Tho Farmers' & Merchants' bank of Benedict has received a charter from tho state banking board. Tho organ ization has a paid up capital of $15, 000. It Is Incorporated by R. It. Cop sey, C. A McCloud, J. R. McCloud and several farmers. Harm Shank who was last week convicted In the district court of Polk county on tho cnarge of arson was sentenced by Judgo Good to nn lndo tcrmlnato term In the penitentiary, from one to twenty years. Ho' has already gono to tho bastlle. State Superintendent Deizcll has notified county superintendents that tho first examination for city stnto certificates will be given May 17-18, under the supervision of county su perintendents, and will ho conducted in the same manner as tho examina tion for county and state certificates. Henry Hogobohl, a billposter for n circus, fell from a ladder nt North Platto and sustained Injuries, from which ho died at a hospital In that city. lie was assisting other mem bers of tho crow in placing a large banner, on tho sldo of a store building, when ho lost his footing and fell ten" feet to tho cement sidewalk, knocking him senseless. Commander Jerry Vance of Camp Leo Forby, No. 1, United Spanish War Veterans, Omahn, has received an of ficial communication from tho Navy department notifying him thnt tho camp's application for a relic from tho battleship Maine, wrecked In Havana harbor, has been granted and tho camp has been awarded a G-lnch shell. Tho Nebraska State Medlcnl asso ciation held its annual election in Lin coln. The following arc tho new ofilc era who will serve for tho ensuing year. President, I. N. Pickett of Odell; vice-presidents, W. B. Kern of Ingleslde and Q. A. Qulgley of North Platte; secretary Joseph M. Alkln of Omaha; treasurer S. Vonmansfeldo of Ashland; librarian; A. C. Stocker of Omaha. Sitting In his easy chair smoking and joking with friends at 10 o'clock at night, J. E. Howlnnd of Silver Creek died suddenly of heart disease. Mr. Howland had lived in Silver Creek for over forty years. Ho was born in Connecticut in 1843. As a boy ho went with Commodore Perry to Japan when that country was Induced to admit foreigners. Later he entered tho United States navy and fought during the civil war. The Dell Telephone exchange at Ashland will soon be a thing of the past. The final transfer of tho old Dell subscribers to tho new company, the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph company, and tho dismantling of the exchange was scheduled to take place May 1, but owing to some unforseen circumstances a few days' delay In making the change has been neces sary. The assessor of Webster county has propounded a question to Secretary Henry Seymour of tho state hoard of assessment, In which ho asks whether the opinion of the county attorney or tho attorney general should be follow ed In a taxation conundrum. Cattle marketed by a funnier of Webster county on April 1 and proceeds there from which were used to pay a mort gage aro claimed by tho farmer to bo an "offset" claim. Tho county assess or would not allow It and wants some enlightenment on the matter. The county attorney upheld the assessor, tho attorney general said the farmer was right and now tho question has been sent by Secretary Seymour back to tho state legal department for further Investigation. Hans Lass, a young farmer residing Blx miles northeast of Fremont, was struck in tho cheek by a atrny bullet, which plowed through two of his teeth and lodged against the teeth In tho other side of his mouth. Ho was at work in a Held near the river at tho time and lay for three hours be fore ho was found by members of tho family, who Instituted a search for him when ho failed to roturn to tho houso on time. He was unconscious all night. His chances for recovery aro good. Farmers all over tho state, says the Lincoln Journal, are crying for more help to push tho spring work. Most of them are from a month to six weeks Into with tho crops. In several countries tho country people are nsk- Ing their friends in tho cltlea nnd towns to bo on tho lookout for hired hands. Professional tramps aro not hired nnd skilled mechanics nro en gaged only on trlnl. Strangers seek ing work on the farms are usually hired for small periods. If they aro able to adapt themselves to tho work In tho fields, they aro often hired for tho summer. Trainod farmers are given tho preference. The Omaha cadet camp this year Is to be pitched at Blair. Tho monu at tho county jail in Oma ha, is said to bo of tho rottonest kind and tho county commissioners will In vestigate. Engineer Don Price of tho board of Irrigation, has returned to Lincoln, from Keya Paha county, where ho lot the contract for two state aid bridges over, tho Niobrara river. Tho brldgcb aro o bo of reinforced concreto and tho Lincoln Construction company ob tained both contracts, tho ono at Carnes being let for $14,500, nnd the ono at McCulley for $12,500. AS 10 AHIENTS ALL FIVE TO BE VOTED ON NEXT NOVEMBER ENDORSED DY DOTH PARTIES Even the Least Popular of the Amend ments Was Carried In Primaries by About Two to One. Five constitutional amendments, enys the Lincoln Journal, will bo pre sented to the voters this fall, each en dorsed hy both the great political par ties and each a part of their tickets, hence each havo tho credit ot all straight votes that may be cast by members of the party. Since usually nt least 25 imji cent of all tho votes cast at a general election aro what la known as "straight votes" tho ad vantage to the amendments by being endorsed at tho primary is not a small item. Although tho entire vote of tho state has not been reported to the secretary of state enough is known to nllow tho statement that the amendment which received least popular approval, home rule for cities of more than 5,000 population, was en. dorscd by about two to one, while the most popular, the Initiative and the referendum, was endorsed by llvo to ono or more. The provisions of the present laws of the state which allows a party to endorse an amendment at the primary and count it thereafter as a part of the straight ballot, Is a section In tho primary law passed in 1907. Some fear was expressed during the last legis lature thnt those hostile to the initla tlvo and referendum who sought to kill it hy mutilating it out of all ef fectiveness, would seek to repeal the provision of the primary law which will bo responsible for Its adoption in November. This was not done, and eo far as known was not openly con 6ldcred. Tho legislature of 1907 was not re sponsible for tho law which allows straight votes to be counted for an en dorsed amendment. An act was passed in 1901 "before a direct primary was oven considered, which gave political parties permission in state convention to endorse a proposed amendment and to have all straight votes In that par ty counted for It. Prior to that many amendments had been submitted by the legislature and all defeated he cause of tho clause In the state consti tution which required a majority of all votes cast In tho election to ho cast favorably on the amendment. A vote not recorded on the amendment was counted against it under this pro vision of tho constitution. In 1905 the legislature submitted an amendment to provide for the state railway commission. This amendment was endorsed by tho conventions of 1900 and In the fall of tho year the amendment was adopted, and at tho 'same time three commissioners wore elected, provisionally, that is, they wero to servo if tho amendment car ried. It Is charged by those who oppose the provision of the law which allows straight votes to ho counted for an amendment, that tho supremo court upheld tho makeshift in order that j tho salaries of tho members thereof might be boosted subsequently hy an other nmendment. History does not bear out this assertion. Tho constitu tionality of tho election or tho first three commissioners was tested In a friendly suit and decided hy the su premo court In February, 1907. In that oplulon tho court held that the counting of straight votes for an amendment as provided by law under certain conditions was not a violation of the constitution, t ' Total Vote of State. Returns from nlnoty-one of the ninety-two counties of tho state show that outside of tho missing county, Douglas, there was a total of 117,138 votes cast by all parties at the late primary election. Within tho neigh borhood of 12,000 votes still to be re ported it Is probable that the total primary vote of tho state will equal that or last year when a total or 128, C23 votes were cast by all parties. Pardoned Convict Marries. Tho state advisory board or pardons closed tho hearing or sixty applica tions for clemency, mo3t of them be ing application for parolo from con victs in the penitentiary. The only recommendation of the hoard acted upon by tho governor was the request ot tho board that John II. Sheare bo released. This was granted and when Shearer was 'brought to the war den's office ho was married to Miss Ollle M. Neusland or Randolph. Tho girl had in her nrmB a babe whoso existence was tho crauso or the prison or being In tho penitentiary. Extradition Refused. Governor Aldrlch has refused to ex tradite T. T. White, who is in Jail at Pender on the charge of child aban donment. Curtis L. Day, attorney of Pender, appeared beforo the govornor nnd presented a written agreement signed by Whlto and his wife, who lives at Deresford, S." D In which they agreed to llvo apart. White to pay his wire ?B0 a month from .Feb ruary 14, 1912, for a period of ono year, and somo other expeusos for Jior benefit, she to havo their household goods and a child then unborn. THE FRUIT OUTLOOK. Winter's Cold Did 3ut Little Harm to Orchards. ReportB to tho Stnto Horticultural society Indicate thnt with tho slnglo exception of peaches there will bo a good crop of fruit this year. Peaches, except in tho southeastern part of tho state, are said to bo badly dam aged and tho bloom is dead. Dlos soma of other fruits, however, show no Indication of injury from tho se vere winter or the frosts of spring. Trees which bore a heavy crop of ap pleB laBt year, however, do not carry a large amount of bloom, but what there is appears to bo healthy and there is plenty to set a fair crop of fruit even on these Plums, cherries and other fruits all promise a boun tiful harvest nnd no further damage Is anticipated from irost. Commercial orchardiBts havo done the first spray ing of their orchards and tho second ono will be due in nbout ten days. In tho north part of tho state In somo places Injury to some of the moro tender varieties of apple trees is re ported. It appears to affect tho wood, Immediately under tho bark on the upper side of the limbs) but it is thought that with a good season the' trees will outgrow the Injury, which is attributed to extreme cold. The Vote for State Senators. Republlean. District. Democrat. W. H. Klechc-1.. . . 1 .... II. J. Garden K. II. Bartllnj.- L'. .Win. B. Banning J. K. P. Ooodfellow 3 H. i:. Placelc C. S. Saunders .... 4 J. K. ItoiiKnn N. I Dodge R. 13. Howell A. C. Panconst .. ,.J. II. Grossman J. M. AtcFitrliinil .1. M. Tanner P. Hanrmnnn R. 8. Horton George F. Wolz ... !R-rmnu Schnttger H. P. Slmmwny ... fi jvr. R. Wilcox Phillip Kohl 7 Philip Kohl T. T. Hlnkhtirt 8 J. jr. Tnlcott J. II. Kemp 0 James Grelu Dan Mcly-od 10 K. J. Hntl Fred Llud It Charles Kr'umback H. C. AVilllninson...l2 W. II. Smith H. V. HoiiRland ...13 0. II. Meier Peter Jaiihen 14 Jacob Klein John Henhty 16.. .Luther Ilonlinm R. J. Snlrk IK. Frank W. BartoH D. W. Raker 17 Joshua Cox J. B. Williams 18 R. II. West F. C. Currutlicrs ...19.... Will Rrooklov O. W. Hummel ...20.. W. L. Wossner George C. Junkln...21 J. M. Grnco T. Hermansen 22 Peter Wink W. S. Mnttley 23.... J. A. Ollls. Jr. D. M. Hunter 24,. I). A. Robertson Wnlt V. IIong1nnd...SR.... Howard Miles J. F Cordeal 2fi J. S. Whlto R. K. Rushee 27 Van Forrall Aoodruff Ball 28...B. A. Brewstej: Press Association Meeting. C. C. Johns of Grand Island, secre tary of tho Nebraska Press associa tion, announces that tho program of tho coming session of the association at Lincoln on June 3, 4 and 5 is near ly completed and will be sent out in a few days. Tho program will include all Ne braska speaikers. on topics pertaining to interest of the publishers of tho state. Among tho speakers will bo Clark Perkins of the Aurora Republic an, Arthur V. Shaffer of tho -Alma Record, Mrs. A. H. Armstrong of the Butto Gazette, S. R. McKelvie of the Nebraska Farmer, A. D. Wood of the Gerlng Courier, George W. Kelley of the Hartington .News, A. R. Ladd of tho Albion New!?, B. C. Potts of tho Holdrege Citizen, W. M. Maupln, A. L. Bixby of Lincoln, J. W. Tnmplin of the Tekamah Journal, C. C. Rose water of tho Omaha Bee, E. W. Huso of tho Wayno Reporter, E. M. Mar vin of the Dcatrico Sun, A. F. Buech ler or tho Grand Island Independent, Penn P. Fodrea of the Omaha Trade Exhibit, and others yet to bo as signed. The meeting will bo In tho nature of a good old newspaper gathering. Lincoln, on former oc casions, has taken care of the editors in a most entertaining and profitable way, and at the coming 'meeting will peavo nothing undone that will con tribute to the enjoyment of thoso who gather at the annual session. Aslstant Postmasters. The Nebraska stato association ol assistant postmaters Is to hold its an mini convention in Lincoln on June 5. The meetings will probably be held In tho federal court room in the post office building. Notices' wero sent out to about 225. Petitici for Owen bill. A petition to Nebraska representa tives in congress to favor tho Owen bill for a department of health in tho federal cabinet was circulated and freely signed by doctors attending the stato medical convention In Lincoln. State Institutions Cost. Land ComnilssionerCowles Is com piling figures on tho cost of the vari ous state Institutions sinco each of thom was establlfhed, both as to total cost and the expense per capita for tho Inmates. He says that on present figures Nebraska is getting off cheap, er per inninto than any of tho sur rounding 6tntes except Kansas and in that stato the figures are about tho same as here. Socialists Third Party. The soclnllsu; of Nebrasika now rank numerically as the third party in tho state, according to the figures at the state house showing tho voto polled at the recent primary, which was: Republican, 08,021; domocrat, 43,435; socialist, L4C2; populist, 1,041; prohibition, 579. State Will Sue. The board or public lands and build ingo contemplates instituting a suit against bondsmen or Contractor Mor ton of Sioux City, la., to recover $10,000, which tho state paid for a building at tho Norfolk hospital for tho insane. Captain of Cornhuckers. Ernest Frank of Grand Island was choson to captain tho Cornhusker football team for next fall nt a meet ing of tho members of this year's team. Frank has played halfback on tho championship teams. . V