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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUTE
IRA L. BARB, Publisher,
TERMS, $L25 IN ADVANCE).
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK
COMPENSATIONS OF GREATER OR
UE68ER IMPORTANCE.
It BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
rntlenal, Political, Personal and Other
Matter In Brief Form for All
Claese of Readers.
Congress.
Senator Hoyburn blocked a move
ment to fix by unanimous consent a
date for a vote on all pending tariff
bills.
The houeo merchant marine com
mittee agreed to report favorably tlio
senate bill to rcgulato u&o of wire
less telegraphy.
Tho houso agriculture expenditures
committee- postponed indefinitely ac
tion on tho Nolson resolution to in
vestigate meat servlco inspection.
Tho senato Judiciary committeo do
elded to report favorably tho resolu
tion restricting presidential tonuro of
office to single term of six years.
Chairman Underwood called a con
fer of the ways and means committee
to consider whether a cotton tariff re
vision bill will bo Introduced at this
cession,
Tbe hoiiflo adopted, 237 to 39, a
Joint resolution providing for an
amendment, to tho constitution to per
mit the olection of United States sen
ators by direct vote of tho people.
Senator Chamberlain called upon
tho Department of Justice to begin
proceedings to cancel timber land se
lections of railroads and lumbor com
panies mndo In lieu of their forest re
torvo holdings. ,
J. W. IlurrougliB, a former federal
meat inspector, testified boforo tho
Moss Investigating committeo that
Philadelphia packers violated tho law
by rofuslng inspectors access to cer
tain pnrts of their plants.
Vice President Campbell, New
York, New Haven & Hartford rail
road, testified beforo Titanic Investi
gating committee that tho White Star
line's arrangements for special train
from Halifax included accommoda
tions for passengers booked on tho
Titanic.
Supported by all the progressive re
publicans, tho house passed the Clay
ton anti-Injunction bill. Every demo
rrat present voted for It, and tho re
eult was nnnounced to the accompani
ment of n remarkable demonstration.
Tlio legislation Is regarded as one of
the most advanced steps yot taken in
the Interests of organized labor
Plans for expediting legislation to
allow congrcsa to adjourn prior to the
national political conventions were
considered at conferences of leaders
of both house and senate. Tho house
loadora outlined a program that they
believed would conclude tho business
of tho house by Juno 15. Tho senate
leaders reached no deflnlto conclu
sion. General. i
President Taft eald on the result In
Ohio would depend Mb nomination.
Tho pension bill, Just signed by the
prsident, gives increases to 400,000 old
soldiers.
Chicago printers, after considera
tion, refused to Join tho pressmen in
their strike.
Martha Erlokson nnd Mrs. Bertha
Foglestad, Chicago's oldest twins, col
ebrated their 91et birthday.
Nebraska republican deelgatea to
national convention will travel with
out show of pomp or splendor.
Den Roltman, manager of Emma
Goldman, was given a coat of tar and
feathers by San Diego vigilantes.
Tho senato flnanco committeo order
ed a favortiblo report on tho Lodge
uubatitute for tho house sugar bill and
an unfavorable report on house excise
tax bill.
Of tho $400,000 left by William F.
Nowcombo, Cleveland's "millionaire
hermit," about 110,000 will go to a
fund to care for Uie poor of Black Tor.
rington parl45h, England, his birth
place. A new exploring expedition to tho
upper Amazon will leave Now York
early In Sopteember for a three year's
trip. Tho party Is under tho direction
of tho University of Pennsylvania and
Is led by Professor Algot Lango,
President Taft, acting on tho sug
ceetlon of J, W. Hamilton of St. Paul,
liaa Joined in a tnovomont to mako
general throughout tho country tho
wearing of a sprig of evergreen or a
knot of the national colors on next
Memorial day, May 30.
Majority and minority members of
tho Lorimcr committeo agreed to Mo
both reports on investigation May 20
and ngreed that a vote on tho case
be taken at this session of congress.
At Now York Supronio Court
Justice Guy filed an order discontinu
ing tlio suit for absoluto dlvorco
brought by Mrs. Cecil Clark Davis
ngalnBt Iltchnrd Harding Davis, tlio
author. Tho action for dlvorco waa
filed, in November, 1910.
Speaking to a largo crowd nt Bow
ling Green, Ky Senator La Follette
declared h,e held tlio key to tho presi
dential nomination at Chicago.
At, ClilUlcothe, O., a largo crowd
stood In tho rain to hear W. J. Bryan
renew his attack iupon tho presiden
tial candidacy of Governor Judson
Harmon.
Mrfmtm IftrWf! MtaiiiagS
Colonel Roosevelt began his tour of
Ohio by declaring war on party bosses
and tho crooks.
Tho house paused the Joint resolu
tion providing an amendment to the
constitution for direct election of
senators.
Iowa'8 democratic delegation must
voto as a i;ulo for Champ Clark.
Ono now bishop Homer C. Stuntz
was elected by tho Methodists.
Colonl Roosevolt scored tho meth
ods of Taft men in Washington state.
Cincinnati carpenters who have
been on strike will return to work.
King Frederick of Denmark died
suddenly in Berlin. Ho was C9 years
old.
E. R. Itockwell, former editor of tho
Farmlngton, la., Herald, died of par
alysis. The Methodist conference voted to
retire Bishops Warren, Mooro and
Ncely.
Michigan sends an unpledged dele
gation to the democratic national con
vention. Governor Fobs has declined to in
terfere with tho deatli sontonco of O.
V. T. Rlcheson.
Tho coining international congress
of navigation will take cognizance or
tho Titanic disaster.
Prospects aro not favorablo for an
adjournment of congress prior to the
national conventions.
There was a stormy time at tho
meeting of tho house committee in
vestigating meat Inspection.
Colonel Roosevelt says he can
count enough delegates to give him
tho republican nomination.
Delegates to tho national republican
convention from tho Fifth Oklahoma
district were instructed for Theodore
RooEovelt
At Winnipeg, Man., although War
ren Conlaro, playing nt tho Orpheum
theater, dropped dead on tho stage,
tho show went on.
The figures for the 1910 census
show that Iowa had duly 1.7 per cent
of illiterates over 10 years old, where
as Nebraska had 1.9.
Tlio house foreign affairs commit
tee unanimously reported favorably
on the Sulzer resolution for an inter
national conferenco on cost of living.
Vico President Sherman signed the
Joint resolution for direct election of
sonatorB which must bo ratified by
three-fourths of tho states to become
an amendment to the constitution.
Tho National Anti-Third Term
league's petition to nmend tho consti
tution to prevent a third presidential
term, consecutive or otherwise, was
presented by Representative McCall.
Tho Porto Rico democratic terri
torial convention has elected six dele
gates to tho democratic natlonnl con
vention to bo held In Baltimore. All
aro Instructed for Woodrow Wilson.
Stockor and feeder rates on cattle
and sheep will continue nt the rates
prescribed In tariffs prior to August
14, 1911, according to a final order en
tered by tho interstate commerco com
mission. At Cleveland, O., files nently packed
In envelopes nro being received at
headquarters of tho fly-swatting cru
sade. Tho other day 107,000 flies wero
swatted and counted, for which $107
was paid.
At Tampa, Fla,, Mrs. Marie Morte
rollo, kneeling at the grave of her re
cently burled baby son, saturated her
clothing with wood alcohol and set
llro to horself. She died on tho way
to a hospital.
Tho hulk of nn old. Spanish ship,
loaded with zinc, has been uncovered
by dredges In tho Potomac river,
causing a disappointing scrambling
for "treasure." Tho vessel was sunk
before tlio revolution.
Tho Mississippi river commission
decided to expend up to $100,000 to
ward tho closure of tho Hymelln, La.,
crevasso on condition that tho prop
erty owners Interested shall contri
bute one-half of the expense.
Suffragists scored in the national
socialists' convention at Indianapolis,
when they amended tho section of tho
constitution pertaining to membership
In tho party to read "nnd unrestricted
political rights for both soxes."
State Senator Thomas E. Klnnoy of
St. Louis, who was reported to bo dy
ing from tuberculosis of tho throat,
rallied and his condition Is much im
proved. Klnnoy Is ono of the most
widely known St. LouIb democrats.
Premier Glollttl announced In tho
Italian chambor that General Amegllo
had surrounded and defeated the
Turkish garrison of tho Island of
Rhodes, which had surrendered and
had been accorded military honors.
Tho supreme court affirmed without
argument the Judgment obtained In
Nebraska by Ozro Oastlo for Injuries
received while working for the Mis
souri Pacific Railway company. By
so doing the court upheld tho consti
tutionality of the Nebraska employ
ers liability law,
Personal.
Wyoming republicans declared for
Taft and democrats for Champ Clark.
Enemies of Judgo Archbald aro
accused of plotting to discredit him.
Clorenco Harrow acted as his own
attorney in examining prospective wit
nesses for his trial.
Attorney General Wickcrshom ad
vised against any radical departure
from Judicial tradition.
Roosevelt carried eight counties in
Minnesota.
President Taft put hlB signature to
tho pension .bill.
No temporary chairman has thus
far been decided upon for tho repub
lican national convention.
Secretary Hlllos revived tho charge
that Oolonol Roosevelt forbid prosecu
tion of tho hnrvester trust
Ropubllcan party loaders will soon
gather. In Chicago preliminary to tho
convention.
John Grler lllbben has been inaug.
united fourtenth preBtdent,ofPrJncco-
toil tiolvorslty.
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HERE'S TIE FIGURES
That Record the Official Vote of
Nebraska.
ALLTHE COUNTIES ARE NOW IN
What Is Shown for President, Sen
ator, National Committeeman,
Governor and Others.
DEMOCRAT.
President.
Champ Clark 20,902
Judson Harmon 12,659
Woodrow Wilson 14,003
Senator.
Willis E. Reed 5,241
Ashton C. Shnllenberger.' 27,581
Robert F. Smith 3,001
W. H. Thompson 11,993
National Committeeman.
Charles 13. Fanning 15,138
P. L. Hall 20,590
Delegates at Large.
William J. Bryan, 31,209
Ignatius J. Dunn 24,014
G. M. Hitchcock 25,722
Oeorgo L. Loomls 27,208
Tom W. Smith 21,103
Fred Volpp 17,495
W. H. Westover 23,594
Govcpnor.
Richard L. Metcalfe 22,065
John II. Mooreliead 20,284
Lieutenant Governor.
Herman Dlera 29,110
Secretary of State.
A. T. Gatewood 15,275
J. W. Kelloy 18,983
Charles P. Whites-Ides 9,387
Auditor.
Henry C. Richmond 39,915
Treasurer.
George E. Hall 22,954
Floyd Seybolt 20,904
State Superintendent.
R. V. Clark 16,718
Ernest F. Monroo 10,227
John Speedlo 6,370
P. M. Whitehead .' 10,114
Attorney General.
Andrew M. Morrissey ..... 22,677
M. W. Terry 20,065
Land Commissioner.
William 11. Eastham 37,597
Railway Commissioner.
Clnrenco E. Harmon 12,425
Ben H. Hayden 6,740
Sam Hlnklo 3,346
Will M. Maupin 9,137
B. M. Simms 3,911
Edward C. Simmons 4,344
William C. Stamm 4,848
REPUBLICAN.
President.
Robert M. La Follette 16,713
Theodore Roosevelt 46,529
William Howard Taft ,.13,365
Senator.
Norrls Brown 33,156
George W. Norrls "...38,893
National Committeeman.
R. B. Howell 39,371
Victor Rosewater 1.. 27,957
Delegates at Large.
Allen W. Field 26,979
Don J. Love 40,654
J. J. McCarthy 36,567
Nnthan Morriam ; 36.027
E. II. Perry 24,062 j
II. H. Sackett , 36,936
R. B. Schneider .....23,594
John L Webeter 27,574
Governor
Chester H. Aldrich 4 48,981
Jesse S. Newton 23,673
Lieutenant Governor.
Martin L. Fries 15,607
L. W. Hague 10,000
Samuel Roy McKelvlo 27,268
I A. Varner 12,162
Secretary of State.
Addison Walt 61,197
Auditor.
W. J. Blair 11,341
Isaiah D. Evnno 14,703
WJlllam B. Howard 26.471
H. A. Wobbert 12.118
Treasurer.
Walter A." Goorgo 40,103
Franklin C. Hamer 28,198
State Superintendent.
James E. Dolzell 38,001
G. W. Whitehorn 25,904
Land Commissioner.
S. a Bassett 10,324
Frecl Beckman 16,497
Clarence C. Bo-slaw 7,263
Henry Howard 10,628
W. L. Minor 9,923
Wilbur S. Walte 11,075
Attorney General. .
Grant G. Mnrtln 58,834
Railway Commissioner.
William Colton 15,542
Marshall T. Harrison 16,723
C. L. Hedlund 11.804
II. G. Taylor 19,491
State Cash Coming In.
Cash in tho state treasury Is gradu
ally increasing and thero is no prob
ability now that Treasurer George
will be compelled to cease cashing
state warrants, which appeared prob
ablo a month ago.
Seeking to Get Worklzer.
Senator Drou'ii has promised to as
sist the university authorities In ob
taining the assignment of Captain
John C. Worklzoro as commandant or
th" cadets for tho ensuing year. Work
Izer was onco commandant hero and
was taken away on tho expiration of
his limit of detached, duty.
Term of County Commissioners.
Members' of ,tno code rovlslon com
mission nro receiving letters from
over the stato indicating many coun
ty commissioners aro contemplating
a test of tho question whothor the
law provides for a three or four-year
term for that office. Tho flies of tho
attorney general's office show that
during Mr. Thotapson's term tho same
discovery wiaa mado by County Attor
ney Ross of Merrick county and he
asked for an opinion on the question,
but, uo action was ever taken on the
question to test It In tho courts.
Tfc.1. i'l""1 mmmumim -v-rans,
COHN RcUUlMtMfcWra.
Particularly A6 to the Needs of
Moisture.
Tho Nebraska Experiment Station
has just issued Bulletin No. 128, on
"Studies in Water Requirements of
Corn." A brief report is made on re
sults secured in past years, which
have heretofore been published. '
ReBUlts indicate that the bcBt
growth is secured when tho soil con
tains about CO per cent of the water it
could hold if saturated. Soil that is
too wet gives decreased yields. It
was also found that the amount of
water required from day to day by
growing corn vnries with weather con
ditions, and in very much tho same
way bb evaporation from the surface
of a tank; also tho greater the leaf
area the greater the water require
ment. In 1911, corn was grown in two
grecrihouses, In one of which the air
was dry, just ns the natural outsido
air. In. tho other tho air was artific
ially kept humid. The plant required
twice aB much water to make a pound
of dry weight in the dry greenhouse
ns it did in the humid greenhouse, In
dicating that in a dry climate like Ne
braska the water requirement for
growing crops is very high as com
pared with a humid climate. It was
found that in the year 1911 it took 345
pounds of water to make one pound
of dry weight in corn, while in 1910 it
took only 250 pounds. This was duo
to the fact that the air was much
drier in 1911. So even with equal
rainfall, in certain years the water re
quirement is very much higher than
in others.
Soils of three degrees of fertility
wero used, and these, same soils were
each fertilized with sheep manure In
a second series. It waB found that the
more fertile a soil tho less water re
quired to produce a pound of dry
weight, and that the adding of manure
decreases the water requirement ex
cept in the most fertile soils. This
would Indicate that manuring soIIb
low In fertility will give a greater
yield for a given quantity of water,
but if the soIIb are sufficiently fertile
the addition of manure will probably
have little or no effect. This bulletin
may bo had free of cost by residents
of Nebraska upon application to the
Agricultural Experiment Station, Lin
coln, Nebraska.
Trophy Cup for Publishers.
Tho Nebraska publisher who brings
to the coming of the Nebraska press
association in Lincoln on Juno 3-4-5,
the best display of commercial print
ing produced In his own office will
carry home with him a beautiful sil
ver, trophy cup, suitably engraved,
which will bo presented) by the secre
tary of the association, C. C. Johns.
This cup is a very large and hand
some affair and many of the Nebras
ka publishers have indicated their
willingness to compete for it. Among
tho late additions to the press asso
ciation program is an address by Ger
rltt Ford of the Union Pacific rail
road on "Railroads, Automobiles and
Airships."
Trust Company Articles.
The conservative Trust company oi
Lincoln has filed Its articles with tho
stato auditor and deposited $15,000 of
securities with that officer In' compli
ance with law. The company has jus
changed Its name to the above title
from the Conservative Investment
company nnd amended its articles to
enable It to carry on a trust con
pnny business.
Corn Crop Outlook.
Traveling men who have been It
tho western and southwestern see
tlons of the stato say crop prospect
have not been so bright for years. Id
tho Republican valley vegetation It
not as far advanced as In the centtral
and eastern portions of the state. But
thero have been good rains In this
section and conditions on the farm
aro flourishing.
Official Train to Baltimore.
An official special train to accom
modato democrats and their friends
who desire to attend the democratic
national convention at Baltimore, haE
been arranged for, This train will
leave Lincoln and Omaha Saturday
evening, June 22, over the Burlington
railroad, and from Chicago to Baltl
mire over the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road. Pardon for Hess.
Tho governor has decided to grant
a pardon to Oron Hess, who came to
tho penitentiary October last on con
viction of embezzlement. He was con
victed In Howard county before Judgo
Paul and tho judge slgnB the applica
tion for a pardon.
Winter Wheat Outlook.
"L. B. Fuller, the governor's private
secretary, is back from a visit In Wnu
nota. He says that ho never saw as
flno a prospect for winter wheat any
where or at any time as thero Is now
in that section of the state. The grain
Is up knee high, even In stand and
height and exceptionally good color.
Lindsay Reappointed.
Tho judges of tho supreme court
liavo reappointed H. C. Lindsay re
porter and librarian of tho court and
Victor Seymour as deputy.
Amendments Endorsed.
Returns from tho primary show that
all of tho proposed amendments to
thfc constitution received tho endorse
ment of all tho parties except tho pro
hibitionists. This party voted down
an endorsement of the home rule for
cities, and Increased salaries for legislators.
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TAFT IS SATISFIED
HOLDS HE HAS ROOSEVELT
SURELY BEATEN.
TEDDY WOULD WRECK PARTY
President Issues a Statement of At
tack and of Congratulation to
the People.
Cincinnati, O. In a most bitter and
Bcathlng denunciation of Col. Roose
velt, President Taft Sunday night de
clared that "Tho certainty of his de
feat for the republican nomination
must bo a source of profound congra
tulations to all patriotic citizens,"
nnd asserted that his predecessor In
the White House would wreck tho re
publican party If lie were not chosen
by tho republican national convention
and compared Mr. Roosevelt to Louis
XIV of France, who said, "Tho state;
I am it."
The attack was in the form of a
statement. In it President Taft said
in part:
"On Thursday last I gave a state
ment to the press in which I said that
with 520 Taft delegates then elected
to the convention, and with tho Im
mediate prospect of tho election or
enough to exceed the necessary 540,
tho success of the cause of constitu
tional government seemed assured.
Tho delegates elected since that time
have confirmed this conclusion.
"Mr. Roosevelt's speech at Cleve
land shows him in such a light that
the certainty of his defeat for the re
publican nomination must be a source
of profound congratulation to all
patriotic citizens who can now seo
the utter wreck ho would have mado
of the party If nominated, and tlio
great danger to -which tho country
would have been exposed had there
been any chanco of his election to a
third term.
"Mr. Roosevelt says that he Is In
tho republican party and If the repub
lican national committeo In passing
on the credentials of delegates for tho
preliminary roll in the convention
shall hold to bo unfounded his many
flimsy contests ho will decline to
abide by the judgment of those having
authority. Tho Inferenco from this
is that he will bolt tho convention be
cause a' duly constituted republican
national committee shall, after u Ju
dicial Investigation, refuse to seat his
contesting delegates. If his edict is
to bo heeded, then the holding of any
convention at all is perfunctory and
superflous.
"Tho arrogance of his statement
that he is tho republican party and
that failuro to comply with his views
and wishes puts those doing so In the
attitude of bolters, finds no parallel
in history save In the famous words
of Louis XIV, "Tho state, I am it."
Farmers of Six States Organize.
Minneapolis. At a meeting hero of
tho secretaries of Farmers' Grain
Dealers' association in Minnesota,
North and South Dakota, Nebraska,
Illinois and Iowa, plans were complet
ed for th formation of a compact or
ganization to embrace 150,000 farmers.
Strike Order Not Issued.
Clilcaeo. A general strike order,
which was expected to bo Issued by
officials of the International Brother
hood of Railway Freight Handlers,
was not put forth. Whether a general
strike will be called next week is
problematical.
Miners Return to Work.
Wllkesbarre, Pa. By a vote of 323
to 64 anthracite mine workers In con
vention ratified tho agreement entered
Into by their subcommittee with tho
coal operators and ordered the 170,000
men and boys employed in and about
the mines to return to work.
Lands Near Heart of City.
Chicago. F. T. Fish, an aviator,
wa.s arrested (or landing his machine
in. Grant park, near the heart of the
city. An ordinance prohibits the land
ing of an aeroplane, baloon or other
air craft in any park or highway
without a permit.
Tuberculosis Serum Found.
Chicago. In a paper prepared by
Dr. Karl von Ruck of Asheville, N. C,
and read beforo tho Chicago Medical
society, he announced that ho had dis
covered a serum, which ho believes
gives Immunity from tuberculosis.
Horse on the Governor.
North Adams, Mass. By an error
Governor Foss appointed as associate
medical examiner of this district Dr.
Homer Bushnell, who has been dead
three years.
A Well Planned Plot.
Cambridge, Mass. To carry out a
plot against the sophomores, Beatrice
Van Slyko, Wellesley class president,
was nailed into a drygoods box and
shipped as freight.
Two Men Accused of Murder.
Rapid City, S. D. Tho grand Jury
returned Indictments against F. M.
Gago and Henry Andrews, charged
them with the murder of Bert Morri
son In "November, 1911. Morrison's re
mains were found in a burned claim
shack, near Canyon Lake,
Love's Labor Lost.
Now York. Mrs; J. T. Martin, wife
of a broker, found her "lost" gold
clgarot case in tlio folds of her gown,
after tho police had searched for it
two hours.
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NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notes of Interest from Various
Sections.
Tho Independent Telephono com
pany has Its linemen engaged in re
building Its line from Kearney to
Odessa, n distance of nino miles.
Postmaster Joel Eaton has re
ceived word from Washington that a
governument postal savings bank will
be established in Lortqn Juno 1. -
"CropB never looked better'l'n"the
western part of this state," said Su
perintendent Blgnell of tho Burling
ton. They are better than In tho east
ern part"
The local telephono exchange or
Rushvlllo was sold to the Leflang and
Warner interests and made a part of
tlhelr general system which covers
the entire northwest part of tlio
stato.
Mayor Houston of Nebraska City
has instructed the city attorney to
draft a new ordinance, under tho new
commission form of government, rais
ing the price of u saloon license to
$1,500 from $1,000.
The board of education of York
has issued a notice calling for a spe
cial election for the purpose of vot
ing on the proposition of issuing
$80,000 in bonds for the erection of
three ward school buildings.
Burglars entered ' the hardwaro
and furniture store of J. T. Swann &
Son, Auburn, nnd mado away with
several 32-callber revolvers, some car
tridges, about fifty pocketknlves,
somo razors, scissors and spoons and
a small amount of money.
At the annual meeting of the Y.
M. C. A. reports wero submitted
showing that the association mem
bership at present is 522. The mem
bership ran highest after the cam
paign last fall, reaching 750. ReportB
from various branches showed a sat
isfactory condition.
At Norfolk, mistaken for a burglar,
Policeman W. J. O'Brien was shot In
the leg by V. St. Claire Mitchell, a
traveling salesman. Two prowlers
had been seen in tho neighborhood
and Mitchell had been appealed to by
tho telephone for aid. Ho started out,
not knowing the police had arrived.
When he saw two men in the dark he
opened fire, shooting five times.
Governor Aldrich will deliver the
commencement address at the univer
sity of Omaha June 4.
Detaild plans were presented at
Kearney by J. W. Weaver and Arthur
Jenkins, English capitalists, to not
less than 200 of the leading citizens
of the city in the first public meet
ing called to consider their plans to
finance a north and south road to be
called the Dakota, Kansas & Gulf
railroad.
On May 30, Louis H. Stelger of
near Fairmont, is to appear before
Judge T. C. Munger of the federal
court and be sentenced to pay a fine
of $500 or go to jail for thirty days,
this being the penalty to bo meted out
to him for misusing the United
States mails by sending an obscene
letter to a young woman residing in
Fairmont.
Tho supreme court has given the
attorney general permission to file an
application for a writ of mandamus to
compel the Omaha street railway
company to file reports with the state
railway commission under the physi
cal valuation law. Tho company
must file an answer by June 17. It
alleges that tho railway commission
has not authority to value street rail
way property.
One of the strongest programs
that has ever been arranged for the
Nebraska State Sunday School asso
ciation will feature the annual meet
ing of the association, which will bo
held In Omaha on June 18, 19 and 20.
Tho committeo on program has secur
ed W. C. Pearce, director of the
Adult Department of the Internation
al Sunday School association; J.
Shreve Durham, head of the Home
and Visitation Department of .the
samo organization; Mrs. A. A. La
moreaux of Chicago and other promi
nent educators to make addresses.
At Auburn William Brooks, a labor
er, was seriously if not fatally injured
while assisting in moving a house.
Brooks was adjusting tho trucks and
was working underneath tho build
ing when in some way the props
gave way and thee building came
down upon him, pinning him be
tween it and the ground.
The state board of assessment has
sent out to the various counties the
certificates of tho Pullman company's
assessment. The basis is the Bamo as
last year, viz. $12,500 for standard
cars and $S,000 for tourists. There
was a slightly larger number of cars
In use In 1911 than In the year pre
ceding and the assessment is there
fore a little larger, being $125,085 for
1912 and $124,869 for 1911.
Tho stato board of pardons Issued a
pardon to David Newell, sent up for
two years from Thurston county for
giving whisky to an Indian. Newell
had served six months. The sentence
of Alnslle Wilson, sent up from Cass
county for breaking and entering, was
commuted to take effect at once. Wil
son was serving threo yeare and was
received at the prison December 22,
1909.
Railway Commissioner Hall will go
to Plainvlow to take testimony in tho
matter of a complaint which asks tho
commission to require tho Northwest
ern and tho Burlington railroad com
panies to build a union depot at
Plnlnvlow.
Tho monthly report from Superin
tendent C. B. Manuel of the state In
dustrial school for boys at Kearney
shows that three boys escaped from
tho institution during the month of
April, eight wero received, oight wero
parolod and pardoned and there was
a total of 198 inmates of the institu
tion at the close of the month.