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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TR1BUSE
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JUA. L. BARB, PubllBhor,
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HEWS OF THE WEEK
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LESSER IMPORTANCE.
A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
Ivatlonal, Political, Personal and Othsr
Matters In Brief Form for All
Classe of Readers.
Political Notes.
Woodrow WIlBon upoko at Buffalo,
Now York, Labor day.
Tho progressives won In California
by a narrow margin.
IowaiiH havo put a progressive
ticket In tho field.
Col. Roosevelt has stnrtod on a
political tour to laBt a inontli.
Democratic managers aro planning
n national business men's parade.
Governor Johnson, progressive can
didate for vice-president, spoke at
Lincoln.
Tho candidacy of Colonel Roosevelt
was attacked by Senator Sutherland
of Utah.
Roosevelt said Governor Wilson was
n tool In the hands of tho democratic
bosses. ,
Governor Wilson is to take a hand
In tho Now Jersey senatorial cam
paign. Tho Nebraska progressive party in
Btato convention endorsed tho repub
lican ticket.
Chnlrman HIIIcb insists that Roose
velt electors got off tho Pennsylvania
leubllcan ticket.
Missouri judicial candidates may
withdraw from tho ticket if required
to lino up for Taft.
Oscar S. Straus" wao nominated for
governor by tho Now York progress
iva stato convention.
Colonel Roosovclt marked tho div
iding lino between progressive and
reactionary votors.
Eugcno V. DobB, socialist candidato
for tho presidency, nddrcsscd a largo
crowd In Portland, Oro.
Thoro was no cholco in tho Ver
mont election and the legislature will
havo to sottlo tho matter.
Roosevelt, principal speaker at tho
Missouri progressive convention, as
sailed Wilson and Arohbold.
There waB no majority for governor
Jn tho Vermont election and tho leg
its lature will havo to dccldo it.
Qencral.
A largo throng at Lincoln, Nob.,
witnessed tho unveiling of tho Lin
coln stutuo.
President Taft mado a talk to fed
eral employes on making appoint
ments and tho civil sorvlce.
Acting Democrat Chairman McAdoc
Bees no prospect of tho presidential
election going into the house.
Governor Woodrow Wilson weighs
177 pounds, a gain of seven pounds
slnco the time of his nomination.
Tho United Statos Railway Mall
Service Mutual Benefit association re
elected John F. Bradley of Ttlanta,
Ga., president and W. S. Corning of
Chicago, Bocrotary-troasurer.
Governor Woodrow WIIboii intimat
ed that ho would probably tako part
In tho senatorial light in Now Jorsoy
In which formor United Statos Sena
tor JamoB Smith, jr., has again bo
como a candidato.
James 11. Brady, former govornor
of Idaho, for next president, and
Wichita, Kan., for tho noxt meeting
placo of tho TransmlsBisslppl Com
mercial congress, woro at tho Salt
Lako convention.
Charles E, Dant, a wholosalo lum
ber dealor of Portland, was tho only
witness oxamlnod when tho federal
Investigation into an alloged combina
tion of retail lumber dealers was ro
Burned at Portland, Oro.
Plans for a national Wilson and
Marshall business mon'a parado on
the same day and hour in ovory largo
I city from tho Atlantic to tho Pacific
woro made at tho democratic nation
al headquartorB in Now York.
Oscar S, Straus, former minister to
Turkey nnd formor secrotary of com
morco and labor in the cabinet of
'President Roosevelt, was unanimous
ly acclaimed tho nomlnco for gover
nor of tho progresBlvo party of New
York.
At Flint, Mich., In the presence of
hundreds of persons, fourteen-year-old
Chester Betts, was accidentally
caught by tho guy ropo of a balloon
nnd carried about 2,000 feet In tho
air boforo tho ropo untangled and
hurled him to his death.
Mrs. Frank Lankford and her thrco
children, John, 21 years, Mabel, 12
years, and Francis, 4 yoaru old, wero
drowned threo mlleB below Lansing,
Iowa, when their boat was upset In a
collision with a gasoline launch driv
en by a youngor Bon.
MIsb Annlco Dorothy Nixon, 22
yoars old, tho daughter of Richard B.
Nixon, finantlal clerk of the United
States senate, was drowned at Colo
nial Beach, Va., in a vain attempt to
rescuo nor swimming companion,
Franklin W. Wiseman, aged 20.
Ofllclal ordcra for tho dispatch of
Company I, United States Signal
corps, to El Paso woro received at
Fort RusBoll.
A private tolegram from Sebastopol
reports n mutiny of tho crews of tho
Black sea squadron, uccordlng to the
Constantinople corespondent of the
London Chronicle,
Tho women of Ohio failed on Tues
day in tholr effort to gain the ballot
according to early returns.
Mexican rebels havo surrounded
Cananea, whore many Americans aro
located at the copper camps, nnd an
attack Is Imminent
Tho businesB portion of MalHtono, a
town in Fergus county, Montana, wa
destroyed by fire.
Funds for circulating petitions for
the recall of Governor Oswald West
of Oregon aie boing sought in Port
land. ,
Mrfl. Anita Calvert Bourgcolso of
St. Louis, attorney, genealogist, bio
grapher and suffrage orator, will en
list as a campaign speaker for Wood
row Wilson.
Accompanied by Empress Augusta
Victoria, Emperor William celebrated
tho evo of Sedan day by attending di
vine service held in tho open air in
tho Tcmpelhofcr Fold. (
Tho International Association oi
Elcctrotpycrs in convention in Chica
go decided on a policy of arbitration
of labor troubles through national
committees In order to avert strikes.
Five unidentified men wero killed
and two Injured In tho wreck of a
Great Northern freight train near
Macon, Mont. All of tho men wero
beating tholr wny and wero riding In
a car of lumber.
Five detcctlvcB returned emptj
handed last night after following sev
eral false clueB as to tho where
aboutu of "Gyp tho Blood" and "Lefty
Louie," the two missing gunmen
wnntcd In the Rosenthal murder case.
Solomon Luna, millionaire banker
and sheep owner, for Blxteen times
republican national committeeman for
Now Mexico, wan found dead in n
dipping vat at his sheep ranch, sev
enty miles from Magdalena, N. M.
President Gomez sent a long apolo
getic cable dispatch to President Taft
in connection with the attack on Hugh
S. Gibson, the Amerlcnn chargo
d'affaires at Havana by Enrique Ma
za, a newspaper reporter.
Taking of testimony In tho govern
ment's suit to recover possession of
2,000,000 acres of land In western Ore
gon valued at $100,000,000, which tho
federal government gave to the Ore
gon & California Rallroud company
In 18CG, was resumed.
Shocking reportB of famlno and
sickness, brigandage nnd brutality In
tho rebel zono In Nicaragua, sent to
tho outsldo world by couriers, aro be
ginning to reach tho Stato depart
ment and aro boing referred to tho at
tention of the American Red Cross.
Tho Navigation bureau ofllcers
woro surprised Sunday to learn thnt
a woman wireless operator had been
discharged from tho steamer Mari
posa, on a transpacific lino on tho
ground that tho government wns op
posed to such employment of women.
Tho Minneapolis Civic and Com
mercial association appealed to tho
IntcrBtato Commerco commission to
correct what aro alleged to bo dis
criminations by a number of western
railroads against its commercial In
terests in favor of Chicago and St.
Louis.
Republicans of North Carolina camo
to tho parting of tho ways and two
stato conventions wero hold, ono by
tho supporters of President Taft and
another by tho followers of Colonel
RooBovelt. As a result of the clash
thoro will bo two electoral and two
stato tickets in the field.
Tho possibility of a great conflagra
tion threatens every big city In tho
country It wan declared by Richard L.
Humphrey of Philadelphia, a structur
al materials expert, at tho closing
session of tho International Associa
tion for Testing MatorlalB In New
York.
James B. McNnmara, serving a life
Bcntonco in San Quentin penitentiary
for murder in connection with the
dynamiting of tho Los Angeles Times
building, was operated on Tuesday at
tho prison hospital for appondlcltis.
This becamo known Sunday, with tho
announcement thnt ho would recover.
C. W. Berlin, former land commis
sioner of tho Southern Pacific, testi
fying in tho Southern Pacific land
foreclosure honrlng at Portland, Ore.,
blamed tho Booth-Kelly Lumber com
pany for tho Hnrrlmnn oror of 1903
withdrawing 2,300,000 acres of tho
Oregon and California grant lands
from entry or sale.
Tho Panama-Pacific international
exposition, which will bo held In San
Francisco In 1915 to celebrato tho
completion of tho Pannma canal, will
bo ready on tlmo. This was the
positive assertion of ltB president,
Charles C. Moore. Aftor months
spent In preliminaries the perfected
plan has been adopted by tho direct
ors, and orders havo been given to go
ahead immediately.
Belmoro Brown, renownod for hi
ascents of Mount McKlnluy with
Prof. Ilcrschel Parker, underwent n
dangerous operation Sunday at Taco.
ma to savo tho llfo of a young woman
who was virtually a stranger to him.
Tho explorer heard MIsb Ethel Mad
don, a friend of ono of his neighbors,
was dying of nnemia. Ho volunteer
ed to undergo an operation for trans,
fusion of blood from his volno to that
of tho patient. Tho oporation occu
pied twelve hours and has beon pro
nounced successful.
Tho. American Red Cross society
allowed $1,000 for tho purchaso of
food supplies for tho suffering peoplo
In Nicaragua.
Personal.
Gen. Arthur MacArthur, retired ar
my offlcor, died suddenly In Milwau
kee. Woodrow Wilson 1b in favor of tho
public using school buildings for
meeting places.
Charges of horsey woro made
against Rev. J. C. Handy, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal church at
Mexico, Mo,
DISCUSS OE BUDGET
ACTION DEFERRED ON AMOUNT
TO. DE A8KED FOR.
PROFESSORS STRIKE A SNAG
Board Decides that Instructors Who
Desire to Teach In Summer
Without Pay May Do So.
Tho Board of Regents of tho state
University Informally discussed tho
budget which will bo presented to tho
legislature when it comes next Janu
ary, but deferred dellnlte action un
til a later day. No statement was
mado of tho amount of money which
tho university intends to ask tho leg
islature to appropriate.
University professors ran on a snag
in the matter of easy leaves of ab
sence when tho board of regentB pass
ed a ruling prohibiting them from ap
plying summer school service toward
leave of absonco on full salary.
Tho board adopted as Its policy that
horoafter any professors who desire
to teach in the summer session with
out remuneration may do bo, and
should tho question over arise of
granting leave of absence, such serv
ice will be taken into consideration.
President Allen found support
among tho board members against
charges arising from the suit of the
Omaha Structural Steel works, In
which statements were mado reflect
ing on th6 integrity of the president.
Tho company asserted in its suit that
undue Influence had been brought to
bear in the awarding of ono of tho
sub-contracts for a now college build
ing. Tho board directed that a letter to
this firm bo drafted outlining tho
board's attitude and tho results ot
Its investigations. This letter, when
drawn up and submitted to the mem
bers of tho board for approval, will
be given to tho press for publication.
Two claims against tho Omaha
Medical college appropriation wero
paid, ono for grading tho site of tho
new building and tho other for taxes
to tho city of Omaha.
Tho following ad Interim appoint
ments woro confirmed: C. W. Smith,
Instructor in physics in tho school of
agriculture: Harry E. Bradford, prin
cipal of the school of agriculture; L.
F. Seaton, adjunct professor of agri
cultural engineering; G. C. White, as
sistant professor of dairy husbandry;
Rachael E. Holmes, fellow in botany;
Mattlo Allen, adjunct professor of
education; W. J. Morrill, professor of
forestry; Alice Loomls, professor of
homo economics; Anna M. Olsen, ad
junct professor of homo economics; B.
F. Rnber, assistant professor of mo
chanicnl engineering. s
Tho following new appointments
wero made: Miss M. M. Hoxsey,
clerical assistant in agricultural bo
tany; R. K .Bliss, professor of animal
husbandry; Everett N. Bowman, do
tailed by tho War dopartmeut as com
mandant of cadets.
Tho board confirmed tho extension
of tho leavo of absence without salary
of Prof. C. W. Wallace Prof. Wal
laco has for the last three years been
conducting Shakesprearean research
es among tho archives of tho British
museum. Ho was expected to return
to tho university this fall, but early
in tho Bumrnor it becamo apparent
that without moro tlmo ho could not
finish tho work ho had under way.
Ho was accordingly given nnother
year.
Notarial Commissions.
J. II. Presson, record clerk at the
govornor's ofllco, has Issued 1,005
notarial commissions slnco Septem
ber 1, 1911. Of this number 180 went
to Douglas county and 107 to Lancas
ter. j Auto Fees Go to County.
yi apparent conflict in tho statute
regarding tho place of payment of
foes for tho registration of automo
biles lias been passed upon by Attor
ney General Martin. Tho statute ap
pcara to bo In conflict In that one sec
tion provideB for payment to tho coun
ty treasurer of the county where tho
owner lives, while another nppears
to requlro payment to tho secretary of
state In enso of transfer of ownership.
Tho nttornoy general holds that all
Buch fees must bo paid to the county
treasurer of the county where tho
owner lives and that In case of trans
fer of ownership tho ownor muBt pre
sent tho county treasurer's duplicate
rocolpt to tho secretary of stato
and the later will register the ma
chino without pay.
Infantile Paralysis Appears.
Infantile paralysis has appeared at
tho town of Nollgh, according to word
received by Dr. W. H. Wilson, In
epqetor for tho state board of health.
Ho has been notified that the opening
of tho public schools will bo deferred
on account of the disease.
Broadwell Suit Appealed.
Tho caso of Douglas county agnlnBt
Frank A. Broadwell, ex-clerk of the
district court ot Douglas county,
which sues for fees claimed due tho
county and not turned over by Mr.
Broadwell, was appealed to tho su
premo court last wook. Tho county
Bues on tho bond of Mr. Broadwell,
which waB Issued by tho American
Bonding and Trust company, for fees
covering four years beginning Janu
ary 4, 1900, and extending to January
3, 1904, which amounted to $41,525.82.
A L08S OF HORSES.
Strange Disease Is Carrying Off
Many Animals.
Moro than 500 horses havo died of
a Btrango disease In tho stato of Ne
braska within a fow weeks, according
to-reportB received at tho office of tho
stato veterinarian. Half a dozen ex
perts aro out trying to check Its rav
ages, and the stato department haB
ordered more men Into tho Hold. Tho
disease resembles fungus poisoning
and Is Bald to bo duo to the lato
growth of pastures following the late
summer rains. Horsos aro dying by
f ho dozen in a dozen scattered coun
ties. According to tho Btato veterinarian,
the horse afflicted with the disease,
appoare to bo normal In ovory way
except that it apparently loses its
reason within six hours after show
ing slgnB of being affected and la
dead within forty-eight hours.
At this writing no new complaints
had been received, but ovory effort
will be mado to gather information so
that the epidemic, if such it is, can
be stopped beforo it reaches largo
proportions. Complaints at present
have como from Franklin, Hastings,
Merna and ono or two other towns,
and InspectorB who havo Investigated
tho matter think it la caused by a
sort of fungus poisoning from tho lato
growth of grass caused by the rain,
which haB fallen abundantly.
Horses that havo been fed upon
dry feed do not seem to be troubled
by tho disease and It Is only thoBti
animals which havo been allowed to
feed upon green grass that havo been
afflicted.
A Merna veterinarian describes the
symptoms of the disease as follows:
Tho horso has an anxious look oi
expression and appears at the outset
to suffer a loss of appetite. It is not
inclined to movo savo when it has to,
and in ton or twelvo hours after be
ing attacked by the disorder It begins
to stagger around and to seek to lean
up against any convonient thing
which It can find. Its breathing is
practically normal, Its pulso Is nor
mal also and Its tomperature Is from
103 to 105.3 degrees. As time goes
on the animal gets moro stupid and
seeks to go through the fence, man
ager or whatever lies in its path. It
pays attention to nothing. Some
cases havo como from tho pastures
and others from tho harness. The
horses llvo from forty to sixty hours
usually and previous to death tho
limbs of tho unlmal tremble violently
and continually.
Work of the Stork.
Tho total number of births In the
stato between January 1 and July 31
of tho present year was 15,450, ac
cording to figures given out by Secro
tary Wilson of tho stato board of
health. Tho number exceeds tho
births for tho same period last year.
Pay for State Troops.
Tho payroll of the state troops at
tho recent Second regiment encamp
ment at Grand Island totalled $4,426.
All of tho money was forthcoming
from tho fedoral government and was
not backed up dollar for dollar by a
like amount from tho stato treasury.
Assessors Are Slow.
Only a few of tho fourteen counties
which failed to properly report data
for tho stato 1912 assessment roll,
havo replied to letters sent out by
Secretary Henry Seymour of tho as
sessment board, asking for tho infor
mation. Until this is sent in tho
grand assessment roll will be incom
plete. Danger from Glanders.
Tho stato votorlnarian department
waB exhibiting several pictures of
people who had been afflicted with
glanders contracted while taking caro
of horses Infected with tho same dis
ease. Efforts will bo mado to educato
tho peoplo along tho lino of tho dan
ger of contracting tho diseaso by
those handling tho animals.
Rule for Normal Schools.
Tho now rulo mado by tho stato
normnl board for all stato normal
schools is that a flat rate of $1 a sem
ester Bhall be charged for tho use of
books, Instead of a deposit of $3 and
tho rebato system. Tho singlo tax ot
$3 for lecture, athletic and other pri
vileges adopted by tho state board 1b
merely voluntary. If students de
sire to do so, they may buy tlcketa to
lecture courses and other privileges
as they need them as heretofore at a
total cost of about $7 a year. Tho
state normal board will meet some
tlmo in October for holding a busi
ness session.
Goods Not Yet Found.
Stato Food Commissioner Hansen
baa not yot found, trace of tho valu
ablo platinum cups which wero stolen
from tho laboratory of his depart
ment. 'Ho has written letters to deal
ers In this motal to look out for tho
stolen goods. In reply, ono firm said
it had received word of nine differ
ent robberies of tho same kind, all
committed by the samo man.
Receive Maine Relic.
Tho navy yard officials at Washing
ton havo sent to Adjutant Genornl
Phelps a powder tank which was
takon from tho wreck of the Maine at
the tlmo tho battleship was taken
from the mud in Havnna harbor. Tho
tank is about thrco feet long and nlno
inches in diameter and shows the ef
fect ot tho explosion. It does not
Bhow much effect from its long sub
mersion In the water only having an
occasional scaly crust on tho sides.
The relic will be presented to Span
ish war veterans in Lincoln.
AFFAIRS IN MEXICO
UNCLE SAM'S ARMY COULD MOVE
ON SHORT NOTICE.
THE RERELS CONTINUE ACTIVE
Officers Are Apprehensive of the Situ
ation but Hope There Will Do
No Intervention.
Washington. Intervention In Mexi
co and the possibility of Presldont
Taft calling a special session of con
gress to determine whether American
troops should bo sent across the line,
wore widely discussed hero by public
men and in diplomatic circles.
It Is known that tho government
has been prossed on many sides to
tako such a step, and various ac
counts of what influeuccB wero being
brought to bear and tho objecta
sought to bo accomplished aro related
among thoso Interested on both sides
of tho question.
President Taft and tho Btato de
partment, however, aro holding to the
principle that no such action should
bo taken without authorization ot
congress.
That American soldiers have been
sont Into China, or that American na
val forces now aro actively engaged
In Nicaragua without authorization of
congress should not bo a precedent
for sending troops to Mexico.
In China American missionaries
were besieged and in danger of tor
ture or death. In Nicaragua tho re
bels had shelled the American lega
tion and endangered lives of Ameri
can cities by bombarding an unforti
fied city, in violation of rules of inter
national law.
No such situation haB been report
ed In Mexico.
Tho news that President Taft con
sidered tho situation a grave one, and
has given thought to tho expediency
of putting It up to congress, is expect
ed to bring out tho usual crop of re
ports ,of troopB under orders to move
and plans completed by the general
Eta ft of tho army for campaigning in
Moxlco.
Tho general staff has complete
plans for any such emergency. Should
It arise, somo war department offici
als could wako up at night, and llko
Von Moltko, at tho outbreak of tho
Franco-Prussian war, send to tho tele
graph wlro in a moment a sheaf of or
ders that would put an army a-horso
and a-foot in battle array.
So it ia perfectly proper to say tho
war department 1b ready to lnvado
Mexico at a moment's notice, but it is
no more ready to invado Mexico than
it Is to repel invaderB from acroBB tho
ocean. It has standing orders with
tho principal railroads and steamship
lines by which it can begin moving
an army within twenty-four hours.
A Motor Crash
Nowark, N. J. Eddie Hasha of
Waco, Tex., holder of several world's
records for motorcycle racing, plung
ed over tho rail of the course at tho
new Nowark motordomo into a crowd
lato Sunday afternoon, causing tho
death of six persons, including him
self, while six are dying and thirteen
aro badly injured.
Tho only two of tho six dead posi
tively identified- up .to a late hour
wero Hasha and Johnny Albright, a
Denver motorcyclist, whd was riding
third In tho race. The other four
dead were boyB and young men
nmong the spectators
Five thousand epectators were wit
nessing tho finish of a four-mile free-for-all
race when the daring Texan
rider, doing ninety-two miles an
hour, took his fateful plunge.
The New Battleship.
Washington. The new battleship
Pennsylvania, tho only one author
ized by congress nt tho last session,
will bo fully as large as tho great
battleship which the British govern
ment baa just ordered, according to
plans of the naval general board.
Wilson Out Against Smith.
Sea Girt, N. J. Governor Woodrow
Wilson, democratic presidential nomi
nee, declared against Warner J.
Smith, jr., a democratic candidate for
United States senator from New Jor
soy, an office which he hold during
President Cleveland's second ad
ministration. Bernhard Zlehn Dead.
Chicago. Bernhard Zlehn, said to
have been one of the foremost authorities-
of the country on musical
theory, died at his homo hero Sunday.
His Money Melted.
Chicago. Thomas Ballard, a farm
er, kept 500 $20 gold pieces in his
corn crib, which burned, and tho
money was melted Into an entact sol
Id mass.
Tells All He Knows.
. Preston, En. Thornna Coupo,
New York Elks' club clerk, who saw
tho Rosenthal murdorors fleeing, and'
aftorwardB camo to Eugland, because
ho wns afraid ho would suffer for
"knowing too much," haB sunt a
sworn statement of nil he knowa.
Watching for Cholera.
Washington. Surgeons havo been
warned to oxamlno Immigrants for
cholera carriers, until the outbreak
In southern Sardinia and Italy and In
Blerut, Syria, subsides.
NEBRA8KA IN BRIEF,
Nearly CO.OOO peoplo attended the
cUto fair on the third day.
School opened Monday at Alnsworth
with a total enrollment of 278, oi
which G4 wero In tho high school.
Tho Flllmoro county fair assochv
tlon and the business men of Geneva
have employed a professional dec
orator to beautify tho streets and
business fronts during tho fair.
Mrs. Lcona JoncB, a bride of but a
few days, was shot in tho neck with
a rifle ball at tho hands of a lad
named Moore, who stopped at tha
Jones farm, four miles west of tho
soldiers' home in Hall county. Tho
shooting was entire accidental. The
wound Is an ugly, but not a serious
one.
Lloyd Bemls, who haa been employ
ed on tho plledrlvcr crew on the Bur
lington this summer, was badly Injur
ed at Burchard. The chain on the
plledriver broke nnd fell on him while
working nbout the machine. Three
deep gashes wero cut in the top of his
head and ho waa knocked unconscious
by the force of tho blow.
Enraged because of his wife's al
leged contemplated action for a di
vorce and tho fact that aho refused
to llvo with him, Steve O'Donnell of
Omaha entered her room In a houso
next door and destroyed with sul
phuric acid her bedding and clothing
and tho clothing of their 5-year-old
son. Tho loss- is said to be $500.
Grant Bailey, the 2-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Bailey, ono mllo
west of Osmond, Is dead as tho re
sult of losing both legs by being
caught by the sickle bar of a mower.
Another son of Mr. Bailey was mow
ing a field of millet, and the baby hid
In the field, unknown to tho elder
boy. Both legB wero severed at the
ankles.
Martin E. Kenney, labor foreman
for tho Rock Island, barely avertod
death when hit by a switch locomo
tive in the Fairbury yards. Mr. Ken.
ney was picking up a hose for the
purpose of watering a passenger train
and did not observe a locomotive
coming up from behind. He was
struck in the back by the pilot and
thrown violently against tho ground.
On thousand nnd five notarial com
missions havo been Issued from tho
governor's office by J. H. Presson,
record clerk, slnco September 1, 1911.
Ono hundred and eighty were Issued
to people In Douglas county and 107
to Lancaster county people. The
commissions are issued for a term of
six years and each commission brlngB
to tho state a fee of $1.
Tho case of the state against Dr.
F. W. Wildman of Blue Springs,
charged with practicing veterinary
medicine and dentistry without a li
cense and advertising himself a.
such, was called In Judge Ellis' court
at Beatrice, and dismissed on a
nolle pros, filed by the county attor
ney. Tho case was tried recently
In Justice court, and the jury failed
to agree on a verdict.
Frank A. Broadwell, formerly clerk
of the district court in Douglas
county, has appealed to tho supremo
court from a judgment for $9,000 ob
tained against him by the county. Tho
county brought suit for the recovery
of $11,525 fees, which it was alleged
belonged to tho county and not to
tho clerk of the court. Mr. Broad
well alleged he was entitled to re
tain a portion of the fees In dlapute.
Casea of hog cholera are, aays a
Deshler dispatch, reported in various
parts of Thayer county and prompt
compliance with tho law will help in
checking the disease. Paragraph 587,
section GO, page 128, of the ldll com
piled statute of Nebraska reads aa
follows. "Tho owner of any swine
which shall die from disease or sick
ness shall havo tho carcass of tho
samo completely burned on the prem
ises where the animal died within
forty-eight hours after death. Any
person violating this section shall bo
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof be fined in any
sum not to exceed ten ($10.00) dol
lars. A sensational romance coupled with
tragedy occupied the attention of
county court, at Fairbury, tho liti
gants being Emll Kujath and Ed Her
man. Kujath alleged that his nephew,
Ed Herman, was paying improper at
tentions to his daughter, and waylaid
and assaulted him. Herman had him
arrested and the caso taken into
county court. F. L. Rain prosecuted.
After listening to a number of wit
nesses Judge Boylo decided that Ku
jath was guilty and fined him.
Tho Burlington weekly crop report
shows a constant Improvement in the
condition of corn. Hot weather and
sunshine during the sevon days cov
ered by the report has advanced tho
crop rapidly towards maturity. Early
corn 1b beginning to dent and thin
meanB that the hardening or ripening
procesa Ib going on. Over 50 per cent
of the ground intended for seeding
winter wheat has been plowed. Tho
crop sown will bo the largest In many
years. Dry weather, while a great
help to corn, has caused somo dam.
ago to pastures. A big apple crop
nnd an averago potato crop is ex
pectod. Tho production of sugar
beets will bo very large.
Just before tho close of tho Thay
er county instituto at Hebron last
weok tho students surprised Superin
tendent A. T. Holtzen by presenting
him with a handsome rocking chair as
a token of esteem.
At the eleventh hour the Tecumseh
Hchool board finds Itself without a
complete teaching force for the com
ing year. Miss Greta Dunlavy of
Bloomlngton, who had been secured
as ono of tho teachers In th6 High
school and who had accepted tho
place, finds that Bho cannot como to
Tecumseh. Tho board is looking for
a teacher to complete tho force.