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K t-: & THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE - - IRA L. BARE, Publlshor. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA lEHS BRIEFLY TOLD INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS WIDE AREA. GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT Includes What Is Going On at Wash ington and In Other Sections of the Country. Congress, The senate naval affairs committee reported the naval appropriation bill providing for two battleships. Senator Kern In a speech arralngcd Senator Lorhner, charging his election was duo to corrupt methods. The secretary of tho navy asked for $05,000 appropriation for expense of the marlno expedition to Cuba. Tho Houso Judiciary commltteo In cxecutlvo session decided to under take a quiet Investigation of the "bocf trust." 8amuel Qompera urged tho house Judiciary commltteo to favorably re port Brantley workmen's compensa tion bill. Tho sonato 'territories commltteo ordered favorable report on amended house bill to create a legislative as sembly in Alaska. Tho senato Indian affairs commit tee recommended tho Gore bill to al low Apache prisoners of war at Fort Sill to return to Now Mexico. The Houso Merchant Marino com mittee agreed to report favorably to tho senato bill granting tho thanks of congress and medal to Captuln Ros tron. Tho irouso Interstate Commerce commission favorably reported tho Martin bill providing for ' nn eight hour working day for railroad em ployes. Senator Lorlmor of Illinois plana not to speak In dofenso of hla scat In tho sonato until practically all othor Bpeechcs on both Bides have been pre sented. Senator Williams Introduced n con current resolution to Instruct tho Mis sissippi river commission to proparo n plan to control floods in tho Missis sippi river. The houso adopted Representative Bcrger'o resolution directing tho Ju diciary commltteo to Investigate charges against Federal Judge Han ford of Seattle. Tho senato committee to Investigate 1004 and 1008 campaign contributions of national and congressional commit tees decided to defer taking up Inves tigation until July 1. Tho Iioubo agriculture expenditures commltteo continued Its Investiga tion Into dralnago division of tho De partment of Agriculturo, with En gineer J. O. Wright of Florida testi fying. The Iioubo wnys and .meanB com mltteo Instructed Chairman Under wood to introduce a cotton schedule tariff revision bill, Identical with that submitted laBt year comprising re ductions of from 26 to 40 per cent. Somo of tho democratic members of tho house commltteo on appropria tions aro strenuously Insisting upon tho elimination of tho $25,000 allow Rnco for tho president's traveling ex penses from tho sundry civil appro priation bill. General. Col. RooBovelt, nccordlng to returns, tv 111 have a solid delegation from South Dakota. 'Political brlgando" la Roosovelt's comment on tho outcome of the Ohio republican stnto convention. A voto on tho ousting of Senator Lorlmor is unlikely to take place un til after tho national conventions. Tho hearing of tho Archbald caso beforo tho houso committee on Judi ciary was concluded. At Budapest two girls resolved to fight a duel" aver a man whom both loved, but Bottled the quarrel by each mnrrylng her second, A series of throo-dny recesses of , tho Btinnto during tho two weeks to lio covered by tho republican and democratic conventions is probable , Tho lower house of tho Minnesota BBsombly adopted, by unanimous voto, a resolution ratifying tho amendment ' to the fedoral constitution providing for an Income tax. Tho houso Judiciary commltteo- vot ed to report favorably Uio constitu tional nmendment propoBod by Repre sentative Clayton of Alabama, extend ing inoro than one term. Souator Dixon, campaign manager for Colonel Roosevelt probably will take bis demand for 2C0 spectators' tickets to the national commltteo, na ' Chairman New of the subcommittee lias refused to allot them. l(j By reason of tho fact that 1iq has reached 'the ago limit for actlVo serv Ico, Rear Admiral Sidney A. Staunton was placed on tho retired list of tho navy, For tho past year Admiral Staunton has BoryednB.a member pf the general' board. t ' ' SOTWlPJiWWV VIP- Pah blU limiting, to eight hours j)or day, tho .3ntWnhnt&ff ifdiluneo hf Qontract ore on guverumcnL-worlc bo.BOiitlu celebrated tho one .huh; trlbuto to tho memory of tho only Dreuldent of the confederacy, Senator Nixon died In Washington on tho Cth. Tho Darrow defense has outlined Ho program In tho Lob Angeles trial. Impeachment proceedings were In augurated In tho Iioubo against Fed oral Judgo Ha n ford of Seattle. Roosevelt's plurality In South Da kota may reach 15,000. Congressman Hubbard of Iowa died suddenly In Sloux City. Tho Cuban government Is unable to control the situation, and American marines have beep landed. Lafayetto Young, tho veteran Des Moines editor, haB abandoned stand patlstn and Joined tho progressives. KIcctlon riots in Belgium have tak en on a revolutionary character. Georgo W. Clark was nominated for governor by republicans of Iowa. Several strikers and police officers wore Injured In a riot at Mlddlcton, Conn. House leaders declared that tho addition to the naval appropriation bill by to throw that meusuro Into a long conference. Ohio's fourth constitutional conven tion completed Its work and recessed until August C, the date set for sine dto adjournment. Provision for President Taft's tar iff board, which was eliminated In the sundry civil appropriation bill, was reported to tho house. Rowdy Bcenes marked tho delivery of Andrew Carneglo's rhetorical ad dress as lord rector of the university at Abordecn, Scotland. Tho senate commltteo on naval af fairs restored to the navnl appropria tion bill provision for two battleships, stricken out by tho house. ' Flvo men who control tho New York clearing houso aBsoclatlon con stitute, nccordlng to Samuel Unter moyor, the nation's money trust. Tho house voted 72 to 47 not to In clude In the sundry civil appropria tion bill the money necessary to con tinue President Taft's tariff board. American marines took first place In tho 300, 400 and G00-yord target matches nt the unnunl rifle contests with tho other legation guards at Poking. 'Representative Akin of Now York introduced a resolution asking that a special commltteo investigate Chief Willis L. Mooro of tho weather bu reau. Oscar Wenderoth of tho firm of Carrere & Hastings of New York, was Bolccted by Secrotary MacVoagh as supervising architect to tho Treasury department to succeed James Knox Taylor, who resigned. C. V. Stewart, chairman of tho stato democratic commltteo of Montana, is being boomed for tho nomination for governor to succeed Edwin L. Norris, who has announced his intention to rotlro at tho end of his term. Semi-official figures from Tuesday's primaries from thlrty-slx out of slx-ty-ono countleB In South Dakota give In round numbers tho following re sults: For RooBevelt, 25,000; for La Follotte, 15,000; for Tnff, 7,000. Senator Raynor, offering nn amend mont to tho pension appropriation bill, Increasing the pension of tho wlfo of Admiral Schley, paid high trlbuto to Schley and gave him cred it for tho victory nt Santiago. To prevent the production by mov ing pictures of tho Johnson-Flynn prlzo light July 4, the houso commlt teo roported favorablo tho bill of Rep resentative Rodenberry prohibiting tho shipment of lllmB between Btatos. Sovonty-two widows, sixty-two of whom lost their husbands In the Ti tanic disaster, hnvo already recolved or will recolvo nearly ono-hnlf of tho $150,000 fund raised by tho Red Cross omorgoncy relief committee, accord ing to tho chalrmnn'B preliminary ro port. Tho senate has passed tho demo cratic house motnl tariff bill, after adding amendments which ropeal tho Canadian reciprocity net and placo a duty of $2 a ton on print paper. Tho motnl bill reduces tho tariff on pig Iron. It now goes back to tho houso for concurrence. Thero will ho 204 contests for tho republican national commltteo to de cide In Chlcngo. Thero were 219 In 1008 and tho number was expected to bo largor this year, One hundred nnd seventy-soven of tho contests wero filed by supporters of Colonel Rooso volt, while twenty-seven wero for Tuft. President Taft granted nn uncondl tlonnl pardon to Wlllard N. Jones of Portland, Ore, convicted of land frauds In tho famous cases In which tho late Senator Mitchell of Oregon and Blnger Hermann, former commis sioner of tho general land office, wore alleged to have been Implicated. Personal. Alabama and Arkansas were put In tho Taft column. Congress expressed grief over tho death of Wilbur Wright. President Taft declared for public ity In hearing contest cases. Colonel Roosevelt says all he wants of tho republican national commltteo Ib justice, James J. Hill resigned as chair man of tho hoard of directors of the Great Northern. Senator Fall has boon ro-electod senator from Now Moxlco. Rhodo iBlnnd gave Clark, for presi dent. 5,172, And Wilson 1,530, Senator Kern Bald thero was a mass of morioy pnB8ed around at tho time of; Lorlmer'fl election, United tS,tates Senator Kcnyon won over Lafayello' Young' in tho lowo, pri mary. Senator, "jnwjt flD'f ho will servo as. flea eud6r8omcnt of tho West Vir ginia democracy. aYJtfuy"4ttW ?' SAKHA" im tWiW"'" &n Clonal convent.. . Champ GrarKV-recoivea tneiinquau GROWERS OF WHEAT A CONTEST IN WHICH ALL CAN PARTICIPATE. GO AFTER THE SILVER TROPHY The Individual Having the Highest Five Acre Yield Takes What 1c Worth Capturing. 1 Nebraskan will bo Interested In the 1912 five-acre hard winter wheat con teat, which Is open to every wheat grower In the state. Three yearB ago tho South Platte Millers' association donated a $200 silver trophy to be awarded annually by the Nebraska Corn Improvers' association to the wheat grower In Nebraska producing a 5-acro field giving tho highest yield per acre of god quality hard winter wheat. In addition to this trophy, tho Nebraska Corn Improvers' asso ciation offers $50 in cash prizes to be awarded aB follows: First premium, $20; Becond premium, $15; third pre mium, $10; and fourth premium, $5. The object of this contest is to pro moto the growing of mora and better hnrd winter wheat. Nebraska now produces 45,000,000 bushels of wheat annually, which Is three times as much as twenty years ago. During tho last ten years, wheat has averaged four bushels per aero more than dur ing any previous ton-year period. These Increases are duo chiefly to In creaBed ncreagc, the replacing of spring wheat with Turkey winter, nnd better methods of sowing, espe cially tho uso of the press drill. Tho Nebraska production of wheat can, and Bhould be, still greatly in creased. Thero is no better way of arousing interest than for the wheat growers of the stato to enter Into a friendly contest of this character. It will do much to call attention to the best methods of wheat growing. It costs nothing to enter. You aro in vited to register as a contestant by filling out the, following blank nnd mailing nt onco to T. A. Klssolbach, secretary Nebraska Corn Improvers' association, Lincoln, Neb. Here's How to Get In. Secy. Nebraska Corn Improvers' Association. Lincoln, Neb. Dear Sir: I wish to enter tho 5-acre wheat con test. My field Is located In Range.... , Section Town County ,. P. O Nnme....' Lincoln's Federal Building. Just how tho $25,000, which will probnbly soon bo appropriated for tho remodeling of tho federal build ing at Lincoln, Is to bo expended Is not yet known by tho officials at Lin coln. An architect visited the city Beveral months ago and mnde an ex amination, and ft wns said that $100,000 should be appropriated to put tho building In proper condition and enlarge It to handle the growing post office business. This plan contem plated remodeling the rooms on tho first nnd second floorB and also ox tending tho building to tho weBt for forty feet, making the extension full four stories. Grand Army Appointments. Department Commander M. V. King of Genova, Grand Army of the Repub lic, department of Nebraska, has ap pointed the following special aides-do-camp: J. M. Walker, post No. 22, Ohlown; W. II, Lee, poBt No. 151, Shlckley; J. K. Barber, post No. 7C, Eexeter; Joseph E. Spencer, post No. 129, Wlsner; M. J. Combs, post No. 284, Huntley; Judsnn Clark, post No. 77, Fairbury; Georgo W. Prather, post No. 131, Bloomlngton; Thomas notion, post No. 22, Genova. Omaha Gets Next Meet. Tho Nebraska Stato Press associa tion, nt Kb recent Lincoln session, de cided to meet In Omaha next year. The action was unanimous. Looking for Bad Eggs. Tho eye of tho stato food commis sioner's department Is at present fo cuBod on tho egg market. The Inspect ors report that eggs aro better than usual hecauso tho weather has been cool tlniB far this spring. Yot occa olonally many eggs of tho kind tho old hen sits on aro found on the mar ket. Application Granted. Tho Stato Railway commission granted tho application of the Chi cago & Northwester Railway com pany for authority to cancel tariff No. 41-1, local and Joint baggago reg ulations, nnd publish in lieu thereof tariff No. 81-5, with such exceptions to tho latter tariff us are referred to In the body of tho order. Under this order dogs may bo carried In bag gage cars not muzzled. Brewer on State Board. Georgo H. Browor of Omaha has been appointed a membor of the fltato Board of Health, His duties will begin July 3. A State-Aid Bridge. Tho contrast for tho Loup City fftatc-ntd. bridge has been awarded to jiri'o" ' Standard Bridge company of Qmpha, whose bid was $9,800. Stat? Engineer. Ij'rlco nnd tho couuty board awarded tho contract. Tho bridge Is to bo of eteel, 480 feet long, four spans and concrete piers. WORK FOR CONVICTS. Governor Has Plans for Their Em ployment. The proposition of "what shall wo do with our convicts," whjch has been troubling the governor for some time, seems to have been partially solved during the last week, says a Lincoln correspondent of the Omaha Bee, when a denl was mads with Secre tary Mellor of the Stato Fulr board for the employment of a few of them In making Improvements at tho fair grounds. For somo time Governor Aldrlch lias been trying to study out some plan which would keep tho convlctB at work and at the same time not como In contact with union labor. Ho Is strongly opposed to any plan which will bring the cotjvlct Into competi tion with tho man who labors on tho outside. "In another year," said tho gov ernor, "I hope to have every convict who can bo trusted employed In such a way that It will bo better for tho i state, tho community and tho man himself. Tho stnto owns lots of land, and I propose to Inaugurate a plan to put Just aB many men as possible to farming. I have two objects In vlow In doing this. First, It will be a source of revenue to the Btate, and second, It will give tho convict a chance to learn a lino of employment whereby, when he has served his term, he can go out on a farm away from tho temptations of the cities, and find employment which will be beneficial to him and keep him out of mischief. "I want to see a system effected, too, which will separate the first termors and the younger men from tho old timers and the vicious. Wo ought to use every means possible to keep the young man who may have fallen under temptation in which there were extenuating circum stances from coming In contact while In charge of the stato with anything or anybody which would tend to make him worse. Wo should have a system which would make men of our convicts and not criminals. "This plan, I understand, has been In vogue in Florldn, Colorado and Oregon with success, and I would like to see it put into effect In Nebraska. Tho success of this plan will depend a great deal upon tho next legislature. A great work can bo done by our convicts upon the roads of Nebraska, but It will depend a great deal upon what means the legislature will pro vido for putting them to work. Will Not Be Inspected. Distllate, gas oils and fuel oils, which are Intended for power pur poses, will not be Inspected by State Oil Inspector HUsenetter. He bases his announcement on a decision of Judge LcbIIo of Douglas county that such oils may be used for fuel. Kero sene and gasoline will still be in spected, as heretofore. Demonstrate Apple Packing. Tho board of directors of the Stato Horticultural society at their meet ing at the Llndell .hotel decided to give a demonstration in npple packing at tho stato fair this fall. An expert packer will bo secured to give the demonstration. Boosting Girl Scouts. An organization of girl scouts, sim ilar to tho boy scouts, 4s to bo organ ized In Lincoln. Miss Clara A. Llse-tor-Lane, newspaper woman of Des Moines, who founded the order In 1910, Is In Lincoln to Interest people in the movement. New Well at Prison. Tho Board of Public Lands and Buildings visited the penitentiary and decided to put down another well at that institution. The water press ure has become B" weak that tho third tier of wells Is without its use and the Binklng of another well Ib neces sary, both as a precaution against fire and also for sanitary causes. To Inspect State Work. A commltteo to Inspect the public work under construction over tho en tire state has been appointed by tho building trades council, and this com mittee nfter tho tour of inspection, will offer a report to the central body that will be used next winter by the unions In an attempt to get legisla tion. Randall Prepares Placards. Fire Commissioner Rnndall has pre pared some cards of different descrip tions which will bo for distribution over the state for the edification of people who do not tako sufficient care with articles liable to start a blaxe. Colorado Tourists Coming. Tho train of Denver automobile tourists who will make an eighteen days' trip from tho capital city of Col orado to Chicago and return, will pass through Lincoln on June 28, accord ing to advices received by Walton O. Roberts, chairman of tho local recep tion commltteo. Meeting of Postmasters. Five hundred postmnsters of the state aro expected in Lincoln this week nt the three days' session of tho Nobraska Stato Postmasters' associa tion. All of these officials have been grunted leave of absence for tho event and nearly 80 por cent of tho 1,000 postmasters In the state have Indi cated that thoy would make an at tempt to attend. Tho sessions begin June 11 nnd conclude the evening of June 12 with a banquet. The fourth assistant postmaster general will be present. I ADMIRAL OSTERHAUS ORDERED TO GO TO HAVANA. A RACE WAR IN THAT CITY Negroes Being Goaded Into Violence Is the Information Received at the National Capital. Washington Tho Navy department, acting under Instructions from tho Stato department, Sunday night order ed Admiral Osterhaus to proceed forthwith from Key West to Havana with ono dispatch ship and one other ship. Theso orders wero issued by tho Stato department after tho re ceipt of a dispatch from Minister Beupre reporting that conditions In Havana and suburbs of i tho city has assumed tho character of a raco war. It is probable that Osterhaus, be sides the dispatch ship, will take his flagship, the Washington into Cuban waters. Minister Beupre's message said con ditions in and around Havana had been menacing since Friday night and that Saturday night thero wero anti negro demonstrations of large pro portions by irresponsible elements and that thero were clashes in overy quarter of Havana and vicinity. He roported that the negroes were being goaded Into violence and that retalia tion might have disastrous conse quences. Americans and other foreign ers and many Cubans, ho said, wero very apprehensive nnd desired the Bonding of an Amorlcan war vessel. Tho Stato department has decided to leave entirely to Rear Admiral Usher, commanding the fourth divi sion of tho Atlantic fleet, the disposi tion of tho American marines who are to bo employed as guards for foreign owned properties in eastern Cuba. That officer communicated to the Stato department through tho. Navy department an abstract of the reports ho had recolved from the naval and marlno officers scattered throughout Oriente and told just where each de tachment of marines had been sta tioned. It is felt that being on the scene and an olficer of much experience In such matters, Admiral Usher should bo given a frqo hand to deal with de velopments without delaying to seek authorization from Washington in caseB requiring action. He will, of course, be expected to consult tho Stato department where questions of policy aro involved. An appeal for protection came from Paracoa on tho north coast of the is land, Americans and Norwegians join ing in tho application for guards for their plantations. As tho gunboat Nashville is nearly in Nlpo bay, Cap tain Davis, its commander, will be commanded to extend necessary pro tection. A Protest From Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, N. Y. Tho republicans of the country were called upon Sat urday night by Colonel Roosevelt to protest against tho action of the re publican national committee in ruling on tho contest for seats in tho na tional convention from tho Ninth Ala bama district. Tho colonel served no tice on his opponents that, in his opinion, the party aB a whole would repudiate a nomination if it wero ob tained "In defiance of justice." Statue of Columbus Unveiled. Washington Christopher Columbus was enrolled in the American repub lic's hall of fame Saturday. In tho shade of the capltol a majestic me morial fountain, wrought around an heroic statue of tho discoverer of the new world, was dedicated. The president of tho United States pronounced tho country's eulogy upon tho Intrepid sailors who toro tho man tle of mystery from the unknown At lantic and revealed a continent. President Has Narrow Escape. Old Point, Va. The presidential yacht Mayflower, with President and Mrs. Taft nnd party, and their dis tinguished guests aboard, narrowly escaped n collision early today with the steamer Northland of the Nor folk and Washington line, not far7 from Point Lookout, where the Poto mac river empties Into Chesepeake bay. Mack Announces Meeting. Buffalo, N. Y. National Chairman Mack announced here that a meeting of tho committee on arrangements had been called for Thursday, Juno 30, at Baltimore. Thugs Dressed as Women. New York. Thugs dressed as wom en attacked Mrs. May Bernhoimer at her homo in a fashionable uptown npartment houso nnd robbed her of gems worth $10,000. Army Changes. Washington. Tho name of Cap tain Peter W. Davidson, Sixth Infan try, Is placed on tho list of detached officers, and tho name of Captain Harry D. Mitchell, infantry, is re moved therefrom and he Is assigned to the Sixth infantry. Alaska Volcano Is Active. Cordova, Alaska. Volcano ashes aro fnlling thickly over this city, showing that the heavy cannonading heard in tho mountains was the noise of a volcano la eruption. CUBAN 1 NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notes of Interest from Various Sections. Edgar proposes to celebrnto th Fourth In first-class wny. Fremont has tho plans prepared for a $125,000 school building. The attendance at tho editorial con vention in Lincoln was the best ever. Kearnoy-Belolt railroad. The number of signers legally required to sign tho petition for calling the election wero easily secured and It is thought tho bonds will carry. Lightning struck tho heavy copper gilded cross on tho tall spire of tho new Catholic church in Falls City and did damage to tho amount of about $400. At Holdrcge a dozen buildings oc cupied by business concornB havo been condemned by a deputy stato firo commissioner, and owners or dered to raze tho structures. Tho city council of Franklin has called a special election, to bo hold July 2, in order to voto on tho prop osition of a $10,000 bond issue to aid in the construction of tho proposed The proposition put up to the vot ers by tho Bchool board of District No. 12, York county, to vote $80,000 bonds to build and repair the school buildings of York was defeated 585 to 123. At Wahoo, Judge Good sentenced Thomas -McCarthy for criminal as sault, to ninety days in tho county jail, ten days on bread and water, and taxed him up with all the costs of tho trial. Flro destroyed the North mill at Crete and did damage amounting to $35,000. Tho mill building, valued at $25,000, was totally destroyed, and the contents also lost, were estimated as worth $10,000. Pearl Mullen of Omaha, tearful and penitent, confessed to Justice Ste vens that she had smuggied dope to her husband, Joo Mullen, a convict at tho state penitentiary, a short timo " ago. She was fined $25 and costs. The Nebraska Retail Liquor Deal ers' association in annual convention at Hastings elected tho following of ficers: President, A. H. Koop, Lin coln; vice president, Joseph Shrlnek, David City; treasurer, Hans Peterson, Omaha; secretary, Henry Keating, Omaha. Frank Hrock, a farmer living near Barneston, Gage county, was brought to Beatrice by Sheriff Schiek. Mem bers of the Hrock family reported to tho sheriff that the farmer had gone violently insane and had threatened to take the lives of the rest of tho family. ' The Chadron summer normal school opened with an enrollment of 160 and thirty in the model school. Ono teacher beside the regular faculty is in attendance, J. Williams Adams of Galesburg, 111. Need of the Chadron normal hns certainly been proven by Its first year's experience. The Minden Edison Light and Power company has appealed an in junction suit to the supreme court for the purpose of preventing the city of Minden from issuing $15,000 of light bonds. The company obtained a temporary injunction, which was dis solved, and the case ordered dismiss ed by the district court. Ham V. Allen will deliver the com mencement address to the graduates of Fayette college, Fayette, la. Sen ator Allen graduated from Fayetto college over forty years ago and this is his first visit to his alma mater. Nebraska editors, in session at Lin coln, selected Omaha aB their next meeting place. At the annual meeting of tho Amer ican Federation of Musicians, which waB held in Omaha, $1,000 was st aside from the funds of the associa tion for the survivors of tho musi cians who went down on the ill-fated Titanic. In addition, it wns decided to start a series of musical entertain ments throughout tho United States, the proceeds of which will go to tho relief fund. In this way it is hoped to raise $25,000 for the widows and chil dren of the musicians. Group six of the Nebraska Bankers' association held its convention at Crawford, The town was turned over to them, about seventy-five bankers attending from different parts of tho state, Omaha being represented by about fifteen bankers. The annual assembly of the Ne braska Yearly Meeting of Friends came to a close at Central City last week. In many ways it was tho most eventful and profitable since the or ganization of this yearly meeting flvo years ago. The chief Interest cen tered around the effort that would be made to lift an indebtedness of $10,000 against Nebraska Central col lego. This was accomplished. The MuBonic fraternity, in session at Omaha, selected the following offi cers: Grand master, James R. Cain, Stella; deputy grand master, Alpha Morgan, Broken Bow; grand senior warden, T. M. Davis, Beaver City; grand Junior warden, Samuel S. Whit ing, Lincoln; grand treasurer, C. E. Burnham, Norfolk; grand secretary, FranclB E. White, Omaha; grand chaplain, George A. Beechcr, Kear ney. Farmers of Lancaster county re port that Borne of their npplo trees wore unable to enduro the strain put on them by the dry weather and tho heat of last summer. Threo or four trees will bo found dead in almost every orchard. Prof. R. B. Crone of Esthervllle, la., haB been elected president of Hast ings college to succeed Dr, A. E. Tur ner, who resigned three months ago. He has had' seventeen years in edu cational work, tho last fourteen as superintendent of city schools at Fonda, Tipton, Washington nnd Fort Dodge, la. 1
