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EPITOME OF EVENTS
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ARE SHORT BUT INTERESTING
Brief Mention of What It Transpiring
In Various Sections of Our Own
and Foreign Countries.
Congress.
The Jioiibo passed Panama canal
government bill, 20C to 01.
Tlio senate pcnsIonB committee re
ported annual appropriation bill car
rying $1G4, 500,000.
The house judiciary committee
continued its Investigation Into cbarg
?h against Judge Archbald.
W. I'. IJoland testllled before tho
houso judiciary commltteo investigat
ing charges ngalnst Judgo Archbald.
Senator Crawford spoko favoring a
constitutional amendment to fix termt)
for superior court judges to ten
years.
In the senate Senator Stone, in
speech, criticised tho methods of tho
republican presidential nomination
aspirants.
Senator Smith announced ho would
fllo Titanic Investigating committee's
report next Tuesday, when ho would
Bpeak on tho subject.
Senator Crawford Introduced a pro
posed constitutional amendment to
limit terms of federal Judges of Inferi
or courts to ten years.
Charges of official misconduct by
U. O. Valentine, Indian commissioner,
wero renewed before the Interior
department expenditures committee.
' In tho house, by a vote of 147 to
120 tho provision in Panama bill re
quiring no tolls bo charged coastwlso
vessels passing through canal waB re
affirmed. Tho Bennte finance commltteo
authorized Senator Smoot to report
adversely tho houso wool tariff rovi-
nlon bill and announco that a substi
tute measuro would bo framed.
Reports of tho majority and minor
ity of tho Lorlmer Investigating com
mute was submitted; majority up
holding Senator Lorlmor'a right to re
tain his seat; minority condemning
him. .
In tho house Representative Aiken
introduced resolution direction Sec
retary "Wilson to report circumstanc
es under which his son was appointed
to position with a Colorado irrigation
tompany. (
An agreement for n vote on Uie
metal tariff bill noxt Monday was nar
rowly missed in tho senate as the ro
milt of objections by Senator Hoyburn
of Idaho, following a lively tariff dis
cussion. General.
Presldont Taft 1b conlldcnt of Roose
.volt's dofeat.
Roosovelt and Harmon aro pro
nounced high men in Ohio.
Thcro is no adjournment ' yot In
Bight for congress. The senate is tied
up for u long time.
Georgo W. Porklns suggests that
all letters on prosecution of tho har
vester trust bo mado public.
Champaign wab selected for tho
Bcventoenth annual mooting of tho
Illinois Congregational conference.
Tho proposed amondment to tho
constitution providing for direct eloc
Hon of senators has boon mailed to
tho governors of tho states by Secre
tary Knox.
Experimenting to find ways to
maho a sano Fourth of July In Now
York attractive, Mayor Gaynor'a com
mltteo arranged u sample electrical
Wlsplay on Rlvorsldo drive.
A tight is on In tho Chicago board
of education to retire school toachors
and principals of advanced yearB.
They block tho education of thou
candfl of teachers, is ono contention.
Francis J McConnoll, president of
D Pauw unlvorBlty, GrooncaBtlo,
Ind., Is tho fifth bishop to bo elected
at tho prcsont nesslon of tho goneral
conforenco of tho MothodlBt Eplsco
pal church.
OfllcIalB of tho Schenloy (Pa,)
Distillery company, two of whoso
warehouses wero dcBtr6yod,ln ono of
tho most spectacular fires ever seen
In tho Allegheny valley, said the Iobb
would approximate $800,000.
At San Francisco, Joliu Martin,
millionaire clubman, was made de
fendant In a suit for $100,000 dam
ages filed by Edwin V. Ss$lth, a
-wealthy business man, who alleged
that Martin "Btolo" his wiro.
Word was received at Halifax by
tho White Star officials, that the
ateamer Montmagny had been unable
to find any moro bodlob from tho Ti
tanic disaster and that alio was re
turning to Hallfux.
Warren S. Stone, of Clevoland,
Binnd chief of the brotherhood of lc
comotivo engineers slnco 1903, was
re-elected for six yoaru. But ono bal
lot was taken, and Stone had so many
of tho 701 votes cast that tho elec
tion was mado unanimous.
Two thousand tuombors of the
grand Iodgo and Robakah assembly of
tho I, O. O. F. met at St. Louis for
their annual convention.
James A. Peterson, of Minneapolis
announced his candldncy for tho
United States senate to succeed Sana
tion KclBon at the Soptember primaries.
Manager Dixon said the result In
Ohio made certain the nomination of
Roosovelt.
Tho Benato committee on commerce
reported favorably tho bill to permit
tho construction of a bridge across
tho Missouri river at Council Bluffs.
Tho British house of commons ad
journed to June 4.
Houston, Tox., had million dollar
flro In business soeetlon.
Tho Ohio contest will be fought
over at tho coming state conventions.
The Presbyterian general assembly
took a strong stand against the liquor
traffic.
Thero will bo an early report by
tho senate commltteo on the Titanic
dlsanter.
President D. B. Porry of Doano
(Neb.) college, died while traveling
in tho cast.
Secretary Hayward Is making up
tho roll call of the republican nation
al convention.
Tho houso voted agalnflt levying of
canal tollB on American-owned coasts
wiso steamers.
Roosovelt said thero would be no
compromise at the republican nation
al convention.
Senator Root of Now York will bo
temporary chairman of the republican
national convention.
Francis J. McConnell, president of
Depaw university, was elected n
Methodist bishop.
Senator Oliver Bald tho pending
metal revision bill was to tho liking
of the steel corporation.
President Taft sent to tho senate
tho nomination as rear admiral of
Captain Frank' B. Benttlo.
Predlcllion of Roosevelt domination
and a reign of mob law waB mado In
tho houso by Dies of Texas.
At Santiago, Cal., C. H. Tolliver and
wlfo wero murdorcd Saturday. Tolli
ver was a well known airship inven
tor and builder.
Robbors entored tho bank of Car
noy, Okl., and escaped with booty
amounting to about $16,000. secured?
by tho blasting of tho safe.
In Paris, COO Midinottea, as tho mil
liner apprentices are called, hava
formed a union for better pay, short
er hours and moro regular work.
John Wesley Hoyt, former terri
torial governor of Wyoming and for
tho last twenty years chairman of tho
national university committee, died.
Miners of district 13, comprising
Iowa and the north tier of counties in
Missouri, will vote May 23 on tho ten
tative agreement reached at Des
Moines.
Dr. T. F. Hondorson of Brooklyn
and W. O. Shepard of Chicago aro the
now bishops of tho Methodist Episco
pal conference olocted on the elev
enth ballot.
Tho federation of German Catholic
societies of Illinois elected ns presi
dent Dr. J, A. Bauer ot Germantown
and selected Decatur as tho noxt con
vention city,
Tho supremo cqurt of Missouri con
tinued tho application of tho Stand
ard Oil company for a modification of
tho Judgment against it until the
October term.
Mr. Roosovelt's comment on tho se
lection of Senator Root as temporary
chairman of tho republican conven
tion contains a significant referenco
to tho convention of 1884.
Tho Germnn relchstag passed to
tho third reading of tho bills Increas
ing tho Gorman army and navy. The
navy bill provides for an oxtra battle
ship squadron, with threo additional
battleships nnd two cruisers.
The Inexplicable fact that many
holders ot United StateB bonds fall
to present their Interest checks for
payment within nny reasonable per
iod, caused Secretary MacVeagh to
placo a limit upon tjia tlmo In which
thoso drnftn can bo caahod without
encountering delay.
Heavy losses by Japanese troopa In
Formosa occurred April 29, according
to mall advices brought by tho Awa
Maru. Working townrd a native
camp, tho Japanese forces wero am
bushed and the commander and many
mon killed. Another detachment sent
to Hak Ku also was ambushed.
Resolutions protesting against the
passago by congress of tho Dilling
ham immigration bill wore adopted at
a mass mooting In Chicago attended
by collego professors, olcrymen and
laymen. It was declared that if the
bill became a law, no political refugee
from Russia would bo safe from de
portation. Tho members of tho subcommittee
on arrangements for the republican
national convention adjourned In Chi
cago without naming a tomporary
chairman for tho convention. After
adjournment Socrotnry Hayward an
nounced that tho commltteo had do
elded to leave tho selection of a tom
porary chairman to Harry S. Now.
chairman of tho subcommittee.
Personal.
Presldont Taft will succeed himself
ub oloctlvo member of tho Yale cor
poration. Married KG years ago, Joshua Jonea
and hla wlfo died of pneumonia on
tho samo day at Pittsburg.
Enemies of Judgo Archbald are
accused of plotting to discredit him.
Jamos M. Lynch has been ro-eloct-ed
president of tho International
Typographical union.
Champ Clark has a solid delegation
from Iowa.
Wyoming republicans declnrod for
Toft and democrats for Champ Clark.
John Stovenson, a protege of Car
neglo, told how ho sold ateel proper
ties at a profit
Madame Corotta Found, who claim
ed to be tho smallest midgets in the
show world, was killed in a runaway
accident at Kankakee, III.
Representative Underwood, demo
cratlo leader, announced that the pro
gram for tho adjournment, Juno 15,
muBt' be carried out aa far aa tho
house waa concerned.
SOURCES
OF HER
PAS8ENGERS OBJECT TO CROSS
ING OF TWO TRACKS.
UNION PACIFIC IS OFFENDER
Railroad Company Alleges Only Safe
Method Is Used. Other Capital
Matters.
The rule of the Union Pacific Rail
road company compelling passengers
in Nebraska to get on nnd off of trains
on tho farthest track from stations
will soon come boforo the stato rail
way commission for adjudication. The
rule with oxceptlons at four or live
different stations, ia enforced and the
company alleges that It la the only
cafe way to operate a double track
railroad company. Complaints In tho
case allege that It Is the most danger
ous of methods and has resulted In
deathB. Passengers at stations aro
required to cross a doublo track In
front of an approaching train and get
on tho train from the side of tho car
farthest from tho station. No shelter
Is provided for passengers who await
tho approach of a train.
It Is admitted by the company that
the Bystem of announcing trains is
weak, but with this corrected thore
will bo nothing moro desirable.
A hearing has been held by the rail
way commission, written argument
has been filed by tho complainants and
by tho railroad company, nnd an oral
argument will be heard at an early
date.
The complainants are Edward Mwell
nnd others and William A. Stewart,
the latter living at Lexington. Other
stations aro interested but all com
plaints Involve tho same principle.
Tho complainants allege that the
Union Pacific Railroad company com
pels passengers desiring to board
trains, on trades farthest from the sta
tion In various towns along Its double
track road, to cross both tracks to
Bide farthest from deiot beforo its
trailn readies the station; that no
shelter Is provided on the far side or
tho tracks opposite the station to af
ford protection to prospective passen
gers while awaiting tho train they de
sire to take; that thero aro no lights
along tho tracks farthest from the
ctatlon along tho line.
Tho complainants ask that tho rail
road company be compelled to so op
erate Its tri'ins that passengers may
board trains or alight therefrom on
the side nearest the station, or fur
nish shelter, with heat and light, on
the far side of the double tracks op
posite tho main station or depot.
E. A. Cook for W. A. Stewart says
In his brief: "If this work Is not to bo
enforced at Kearney, Columbus and
Fremont, towns of no moro import
ance from a business staudiwlnt than
Lexington, then tho rulo should not
bo enforced at Lexington.
"Sooner or later railroads will
learn to operate their roads In tho In
terests of tho people without having
to bo first driven to do it, a sort of
fatality seems to attend tho manage
ment. Thoy get into ruts and can
never be gotten out until they are
driven out by somo power having
authority to do that thing, or by gen
eral action of tho people expressed
through legislation or tho ballot,"
Smuggling Dope In Pen.
Mrs. Pearl Mullen of Omaha, wife
of a convict now serving an Inde
terminate sentenco in the stnto penl-,
tontlnry, waa caught attempting to
smuggle morphine Into tho coll occu
pied by her rolativo. Officials of the
prison had been awaiting the woman's
appearance for somo time following
lottera whidi thoy had intercepted.
Convicts Give Testimony.
Nino convicts from the state peni
tentiary testified in tho murder trial
of Thomas Davis, who late in March
killed a follow convict, John Strong.
All of tho convicts asserted on the
stnnd that Strong was a "bad" man
and had frequently made threats to
kill other convicts who had had slight
disputes with him.
Albert Prince Sentenced.
Albert Prlnco, convicted ot tho
murdor of Deputy Warden Davis or
tho Btato ponltontlnry, was sentenced
by Judge Albort J. Cornish of tho
district court to bo hanged at tho
penitentiary on August 30.
Douglas Man Discharged.
George Miller, sent up from Douglas
county on a charge of robbery, was
discharged from tho ponlteutlary, re
ceiving the maximum of good time,
serving nltogothor Bovon and a half
years. Ho had tho distinction of not
having a reprimand or a single nota
tion for Infraction of tho rules marked
against him.
Wilson Makes Inspection.
Dr. Wilson, Inspector of tho State
Board of Health, at the request of tho
Board of Public Lands and Buildings,
visited the Boys' Industrial school at
Kearney. He found tho plumbing In
two of Lho buildings In bad shape and
Eanltury conditions unsatisfactory for
that reason. Ho fears Unit unless
Bomothlng is done to remedy matters
thero may be an outbreak of typhoid.
Tho board has material to put in new
plumbing, but Is short of tho neces
sary funds to do the work.
THE BONDING RATES.
State Board Said to Have Been
Reinstated.
Attorneys uro now of tho opinion
that tho decision of tho supreme court
modifying Its opinion in the suit of
tho state ngalnst the American Surety
company has In effect revived tlio
state board created with power to
make maximum rates for bonding
companies.
In tho American Surety company
case tho court modified its opinion so
as to hold that insuranco is "trade"
or "commerco" within the meaning
of tho Junkln and Gondring anti-trust
acts. An attorny for a bonding com
pany ia quoted as saying ho believed
this modified opinion reinstates tho
law creating a board of three state
officers and authorizing the board to
fix maximum rates for bonding com
panies. Rates liavo been raised slnco
tho board wont out of business.
"I have received information," said
State Auditor Barton, "that tho old
board may now have power to act and
I shall call tho board together to
consldor the matter of taking action.
The board comprises the governor,
attorney general and state auditor,
the latter being at the head of the
state Insuranco department. Tho law
requires bonding companies to fllo
with the state Insurance department a
schedule of rates diarged by- them so
that tho board can see what Is being
done.
"The bonding companies" evidently
think the old Nebraska law regulating
rates amounts to something," said
Auditor Barton, "for members of tho
board have received an Invitation to
attend a meeting of bonding company
agents at Chicago, at tho expense of
tho companies. I have answered by
saying I would attend If I could bo
shown that there was any reneon for
sudi a meeting, or that any good
would come of It."
The Vote Canvassed.
State Treasurer George, Attorney
General Martin and Secretary of State
Walt met as a state canvassing boaid
and certified to tho world that they
had been legally nominated by repub
lican votes for re-election to the of
fices they now hold. State Auditor
Barton, another member of the board,
was present and joined In certifying
to tho list of nominations mado by all
political parties at tho primary elec
tion. Tho returns had been tabulated
and the canvassing accepted it as cor
rect. '
Stallion Registration Law.
The attorney general's office had
expected to try the case involving the
constitutionality of the stallion regis
tration law. Judge Paul advised tho
office ho could be at St. Paul to hear
it, but John L. Webster, attorney for.
Mr. lams, was busy in federal court
and could not bo present. It Is now
thought the case probably will not be
heard until the regular term of court
of Howard county, which meets the
first week In June.
University Buildings.
The state university now has three
buildings In the course of construc
tion. One of theso Is located In Oma
ha where tho first work toward tho
erection of the now medical building
la being done. Tho other two now
buildings are located In Lincoln, ono
at tlio state farm and tho other on the
city campus.
Fund Apportioned.
Stato Superintendent Delzell has
apportioned a fund of $3,193.31 to
counties in Nebraska within whoso
borders government forest reserves
are situated. There are 589,002.9
acrs In forest reserves In Blaine,
Cherry, Grant, McPherson nnd Thomas
counties. Tho amount of money each
county will receive Is as jfollows
Blaine, $33.90; Cherry, $GGG.3G; Grant,
$808.58; McPherson, $1,258.21; Thom
as, J41C.2G.
School Money Divided.
State Superintendent Delzell has
mado tho apportionment of the tem
porary school fund to the various
counties of tho state. The total dis
tributed is $342,015.5G and amounts to
90.8 cents per scholar, the school cen
sus showing 3G7.GG7 of school ago In
tho etato.
Shippers Seek Evasions.
Oil Inspector Husenetter reports
that somo shippers- of oil In barrols
are seeking to ovado the Inspection
law by unloading oil and turning It
over to customers beforo tho Inspec
tors get a chance to see it, the deal
ers taking out samples and holding
them for tho inspectors.
Sale of Automobiles.
Fifty thousand dollars a day is tho
estimated amount Nebraska people
aro paying for automobiles. Tho sec
retary of stato is registering fifty or
moro new machines each day nnd It Is
estlmatetl that $1,000 Is a low average
for tho cost of each. Now registra
tions nnd re-reglstrations combined
have averaged from 75 to 80 each day
since April 15.
Delegates Get Certificates.
Tho secretary of stato has been
sndlng out to dologntos olocted to the
respective national conventions the
certificates ot their election, and also
tlio certificates of tho national com
mitteeman. Want to Practice Medicine.
Fifty-six young men and women, In.
eluding two negroes, took an exami
nation boforo the secretaries of the
state board' of health. All aro appli
cants for licenses giving them author
ity to practice medicine In this state.
MOT HOLD PLftGE
SENATOR LORIMER IT APPEARS
MUST STEP OUT.
REQUIRED VOTES ARE LACKING
Son of Senator Says His Father Will
Not Give Up Scat Without a
Struggle.
Washington. Senntor Lorlmer ot
Illinois will .receive word direct from
hla friends in tho senate that they
cannot hope to save him in his fight
for the retention of hlB seat. While
it la not admitted that Lorlmer will
be urged to resign, it was said ho
might decide on that course.
Vice President Sherman left Wash
lngton Sunday night for Chicago. It
was said his mission was private bus
iness, but It waB rumored that ho
would see Senator Lorlmer and com
municate to him tho result of a poll
of the senate that has just been con
cluded. That poll Bhows:
Certain for Lorlmer, 40; certain to
oppose him, 39; doubtful, 1G. There
Ib one vacancy.
The attitude of the senators whose
votes are classed .ib doubtful has
given tho friends of Senator Lorlmer
much concern.
Although nenrly a week has gone
by since the poll was mado the Lori
mor supporters have not been able to
add one name to their list. Thoso
classed as doubtful have refused to
give the Lorlmer men any indication
of their Intentions.
Lorlmer men were forced to the
conclusion that the list of doubtful
votes was too large to give them any
chance to win if the case were
brought to vote. It was decided,
therefore, to submit the exact situa
tion to Senator Lorlmer.
Thero was no one of the Lorlmer
Bupporters authorized to speak for
the junior Illinois senator, but it was
argued that he should resign and not
further uselessly embarrass his
friends In what they felt would be
a futile battle. It was argued further
that Senator Lorlmer should be con
tent to rest on his former victory and
tho fact that a majority of-the com
mittee which investigated the charges
tho second time had reported In his
favor.
Finally It was agreed that the only
thing that could bo done would be to
present the situation to the senator
himself. His health has been Im
paired throughout most of tho present
session and he has been unable to
remain hero to look after his own In
terests. It was thought that he might
bo Influenced to abandon the fight
on that account.
Chicago. William Lorlmer, Jr., son
of United StateB Senator Lorlmer,
said his father would not give up his
seat in the senate without a struggle.
Denial of a rumor that Senator Lor
Imer's resignation had been taken
back to Washington by VIco Presi
dent Sherman nlso was made by Mr.
Iorimer, jr.
"It is not likely that the vice presi
dent of the United States would
make a messenger boy of himself,"
the- son said.
Clapp Will Oppose Root.
St. Paul. Following a conference
by Ormsby McIIarg of New York, one
of Colonel Theodore Roosovelt's man
agers and contest export, Glfford Pin
chot, formor chief forester and lead
er of the Roosovelt movement In Min
nesota, Hugh T. tfalbcrt of St. Paul
announced that United StateB Sen
ator MoseB E. Clapp of Minnesota will
probably be a candidate for tempora
ry chairman of the republican nation
al convention at Chicago next mouth
In place of Senator Ellhu Root
Eulogy of Latta.
Washington. Tho late Congress
man James Latta of Nebraska was
eulogized in a special memorial ser
vice held by the houso of representa
tives. Tho speakers , wore Repre
sentatives Stephens, Norrls, Kinkaid
and Mngulre, all of Nebraska.
In Serious Condition.
London. Dowager Queen Louise of
Denmark, Is in a serious condition,
Bays a Copenhagen dispatch to the
Dally Mall. She has been removed to
Fruena Boge, suffering from nervous
shock.
Exports for April.
Washington. The monthly state
ment of tho Department of Commerce
nnd Labor shows tho total value of
oxportB for April to have been $17G,
100,000 as against $154,900,000 for tho
same month last year.
A Kind Judge.
New York. When Daniel Walsh,
arrested for stealing a ride on a
freight train, told Magistrate Kerno
chnn ho was trying to get to work,
the magistrate gave him fare.
Declared Not Guilty.
Cleveland, O. A verdict of not
guilty wnB returned In federal court
for tho eight wall paper manufactur
ers and Jobbers who wero tried for
alleged violation of the Sherman law
in conspiring in restraint of trade in
the conduct of their business.
New Order for Police.
Chicago, 111. The mounted police
men in Chicago public parks must
walk or learn to ride a motorcycle.
The commissioners have decided that
he has become merely an ornament.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notes of Interest from Various
Sections.
Over 200 men sat down to the an
nual banquet of the Hartlngton Com
nierclal club.
A mass meeting of the business
men of Morrill decided not to cele
brate on July 4.
Tho first cutting of alfalfa is
nearly ready to be harvested. The
yield will bo the largest ever cut.
It has been decided to remodol the
postofflce building at Lyons and
erect ono suitable for poatofflce, city
hall and fire department.
Mrs. S. T. Mitchell committed buI
cide at her home In York by hanging
No causo has been assigned for the
act. She wns about 70 years of ago.
Tho. remains of tho late President
D. B. Perry of Doano college arrived
from Battle Creek, Mich, and tho fun
eral, a simple service, was held Id
Crete.
John Freeze, who lives a quarter ot
a mile north of Prosser, la confined
to his bed with a fractured right hip,
the result of an encounter with an
angry bull.
Department Commander M. V. King
of the Nebraska division of the Grand
Army of the Republic has Issued hla
first order to posts throughout tha
state.
The railway commission has
authorized the Burlington to publish
a rate of 3A ccntB a hundred on
brick from Fremont to Lincoln. This
Is now the rate from Lincoln to Fro
mont.
Tho Nebraska Experiment Station
has just issued Bulletin No. 129, on
"Results of the Douglas County Cow
Testing Association." TIiIb bulletin
may bo had free of cost by residents
of Nebraska upon application to the
Agricultural Experiment Station, Lin
coln, Neb.
During a heavy storm a small
twister swooped down on the farm
home of G. W. Brown residing on the
Patterson farm between Central City
and tho river, spreading devastation
through a section of the buildings
about thirty feet square, demolishing
hen houses and killing a large num
ber of chickens.
Tom Davis, the half breed Indian
boy confined In the Nebraska state
penitentiary, committed no crime
when on March 29 ho drew from hla
pocket a keen edged knife and cut
the throat of John Strong, a fellow
convict, according to tho verdict of
tho jury, returned In district court
at Lincoln. Davis was charged with
murder and the jury' verdict read
"not guilty."
There are now five prisoners in
the Gage county Jail, all of whom it
convicted 'of charges pending will be
sent to the penitentiary. Henry
(Deacon) Burroughs and Ed Price
aro awaiting trial on the charge of
having stolen sugar from a freight
car. Talt Taylor was brought from
Odell charged with grand larceny;
Charles Milier was bound over on
a charge of stealing a quantity of
eggs.
P. H. Peterson, county attorney of
Knox county, haa written the attorney
general, reciting that a considerable
portion of that county is occupied by
tho Ponca and Santee Indians, whose
lands are not taxed. He wants to
know whether when these Indians
sell heirship lands and invest the pro
ceeds In improvements on lands not
taxed under tho law the improve
ments are taxable; also whethor
when heirship lands are sold the
money is taxable, like the cash of
white men.
Washington dispatch: Among tho
delegation from Nebraska bound for
European shores who have stopped
off In Washington for sightseeing aro
Mr. and Mrs. vm. H. Fried of Fre
mont. Mrs. Fried is a sister of Con
gressman Lobeck They left for New
York and will sail on tho Mauretanla
bound for Paris. W. M. Mason, re
tired farmer from Columbus, is an
other. He is going to England and
Walen.
Tho annual commencement exercis
es of the Fairbury High school wero
held In the opera house where forty
five young men nnd women received
diplomas. This Is the largest class in .
the history of tho Fairbury school.
Tho sale of tartar emetic Instead of
cream of tartar In the drug store of
Alexander Matthews of Callaway is
said to have caused the death of Mrs.
Etta L. Moses. Later tho widowed
husband obtained judgment for $1,500
against the drugglsL Tho defendant
has appealed tho case to the state su
preme court, declaring that John
Chrlstopherson, tho clerk who sold
the drug, had no authority to do bo
and was not acting as his agent.
Governor Aldrich received a formal
report from Warden McCIaughry of
tho Leavenworth federal prison rela
tive to conditions at the Nebraska
Btato penitentiary. Tlio federal official
visited Lincoln May 10 and, at the
request of the Nebraska prison offici
als, sent tho formal report. Major
McCIaughry urges that better means
for lighting flrea bo secured at onco
nnd that a new kitchen, dining room
and hospital bo built ns soon as pos
sible. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hanson of Fre
mont received a telegram from Dead
wood, S. D., announcing the death of
their son, Arthur Hanson, a well
known Fremont boy, who is a Fre
mont High school graduato and Span-lsh-Amerlcan
war veteran.
Tho now German Lutheran church
built at Moorehead at n cost of nearly
$2,000 was dedicated last Sunday. A
sermon in tho forenoon and one In
the afternoon, both In German, and
an English sorvlco In the evening
all of which wero well attended, con'
atltuted tho formal opening of the
beautiful edifice.
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