THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA U BARB, PublUhor.
TERMS, L5 IN ADVANCE.
WORTH PLATTE, . . NEBRAOKA
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FOR THE BUSY HI
NEW8 EPITOME THAT CAN 800N
BE COMPASSED.
MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
Home and Foreign Intelligence Con
densed Into Two and Four
Line Paragraphs.
General. 1
President Tult ftivors cooporatlvo
banks for tho farmers.
iwo c,onvicts who cBcapod from
tho Wyoming penitentiary wero killed
by a posao of pursuers.
Thruo children aged 7, 5 and 3, of
Krunk Currish, burned to death at
Malbrlta, Saskatchewan.
Chicago police claim to havo a con
fession from Mrs. Conway that her
luiBhand killed MIbb Singer.
Latest returns show that the conser
vatives curried all tho provinces In
tho recent election In Cuba.
Allloa In tho Balkan states will de
mand tho fruits of victory In tho
event of defeat of Turkey.
Mrs. (Jrover Cleveland authorized
the announcement of her corning mar
rlago to ThomaB JoBeph Preston,
With the national campaign closed
(hero wdh a general exodus of political
lidora from headquarters In Chicago.
Tostlmony was given to show that
t forclgn-mado bullet killed Anna
oplzzo at the Lawrence, Mass., riots,
MUlera will fight tho mllllng-ln-transit
rule mado by tho Interstate
VJinmerco commission some tlmo ago.
Bulgaria has won a doclslvo victory
over Turkey, and belief Is expressed
London that tho war is about over.
According to tho reapportionment
tct of 1911 tho electoral college will
east 531 votes, of which 2G0 will bo
VicccBBary to elect.
MrB. Loulso Llndloff, clairvoyant
and tranco medium, charged with tho
poisoning of( her son, Arthur, may
know tho Jury'B verdict Monday be
foro night fall.
At Washington Juvcnllo court Judgo
Dolaccy prescribed "wash tub exor
clso" for a collego graduate who was
"too tired" to II ml work and support
his wlfo and-children.
When Governor Hiram JohiiBon
starts back to California ho will carry
with him a number of presents that
idmlrlng progrCDHlves havo given him
during Mb ten wookB' campaign tour.
.loo Davis and "Huck" Burdolff wero
wrested at tho vlllago of Blocker,
Okl charged with Implication in tho
robbery of n Missouri, Kansas & Tex
nB passenger train which was hold up
noar Wirth. v
Indications nro that tho Now York
and tho Mnro lBland navy yards will
divldo between them two big contracts
for naval construction that will glvo
employment to several hundred men
for a year or two.
Without announcing decisions In
cither tho hard coal trust, stato rata or
Union Pnclllo morgon cases, tho United
States Bupromo court udjourned after
handing down ono decision that in
tho nowBpnper law caBo.
Two of tho captured oIllcerB of tho
ntaff of Follx Diaz wero allot by tho
federal troops after being sentenced
to doath by summary court martial.
Tho oxocutlon was carried out with
absoluto secrecy.
Joseph J, McKonnn, desortor from
tho United StateB army, found guilty
of strangling1 to doath C-yoar-old Slg
rid Kckfltrom at Now York, wnB Bon
toncod to dlo In tho oloctrlo chair
during tho wook of December 9.
Premier Poincaro and TomaBBo
Tittonl, tho Italian ambassador to
Franco, signed an ngrcemont recipro
cally recognizing l'ranco'B right of en
tiro freedom of action in Morocco and
comploto liberty in tho government of
Libya.
The decision of tho arbitrators In
tho wago dispute between tho oastern
railroads nnd their locomotive ongl
neerB will not bo ready boforo noxt
week at tho earliest, la Indicated by
Chairman Van llisto of tho arbitra
tion commlBBlon.
Under tho planB of Captain 0, (
Marsh, U. H. N a draft of legisla
tion Ib being prepared for submission
to tho next session of congroBB for
the formation of a national naval re
nerve, to include nil of tho ox-nnvul
Bailors who can ho reached and other
mariners whoso services would be of
value to the navy in caso of war.
Prosldont W. H. P. Faunco of
Brown university will start from Now
York on a six monthB' tour that will
tako him around tho world. Ho plans
to go direct to Egypt and from there
will visit tho countries of Uio fnroast.
Ho will mako a Btudy of tho religious
uud educational problems In lndtu,
China and Jupan.
Tho amount of overdrafts In na
tional banks was lowor on September
4, tho date of tho last call, than over
before. Comptroller of tho Currency
Murray, who recontly urged nntionul
banks to eliminate overdrafts, mado
that announcement.
Lord Dcclcs won ten prizes nt tho
national dairy Bhow nt Chicago, with
an exhibit of ten cows from Iroluml
of tho Dexter-Kerry breed,
Edward II, Winter of Boston has
naked for n divorce, charging his wlfo
with wanting to earn her living and
doing her full Bhare of the work, even
after marring1
Frederick Vernon, one of tho leading
French engraverB, died at Paris, aged
fifty-four.
Tho conviction of Chnrles Becker
for murder In tho first degroo is a
startling event In American criminal
history. ,
The wheroabouts of tho Turkish
army 1b a matter of speculation.
Oormany Is said to bo aeeklng a
coaling station In an Island adjacent
to Chile.
Itelnhold Meyer, a- retired Lob An
geles banker committed suicide at
Chicago,
Tho price of Indiana crudo oil went
above tho dollar mark for tho first
tlmo In olght years.
Tho aerlous condition of VIco Presi
dent Sherman openti the poBsibllllty of
selecting a now candidate.
Tho mammoth government wlrelesB
plnnt, tho most powerful In tfco world,
has been completed at Arlington, Vu.
Fight thouHand dollars in pay
chocks woro stolen from a messenger
hoy and partly cashed at Minneapolis.
Stocks and jewels belonging to tho
lato S. W. WIIboii, valued at $105,000,
wero stolen from tho safe of tho Wil
son Lumber company at Fort Worth,
Texas.
Pat Crowe, kldnapor, was arrested
In Dos MolneB at tho request of tho
Qmuha police. Ho in wanted there
for breaking Jail while serving a short
aontenco for vagrancy.
Tho national committee) of the so
cialist party collected for tho present
campaign $12,735.18, according to a
statement Hied with tho clerk of tho
houBo of representatives by Treasurer
Brnnstetter.
At Alpena, Mich., tho fifteen school
teachers who threatened to Btrlko if
their wagcB wero not Increased, won.
Tho school board announced a alight
Incroaso at onco and promised still
moro money noxt year.
Tho will of David Lonely Bruce
Brown, tho automobllo race driver
killed near Milwaukee, places tho
value of his personal eBtato at $50,000
and over $50,000 real property. All Is
loft to hlB mother, Mrs. Ruth Bruce.
Brown of Now York.
Charles 13. Rush of St. Josoph was
elected president of tho Missouri Li
brary association and P. L. Windsor
of tho University of Illinois wns
names president of tho Illinois Libra
ry sosBlon at a Joint meeting of ,tho
tow associations held In St. Louis.
At Newark, N. J., tho grand Jury
oxonoratcd tho managers of tho Vals
burg' motordromo for criminal re
sponsibility for tho accident of Sep
tember C, when a motorcyclist and
his machine) plunged Into crowd dur
ing a raco and eight persons were
killed.
Tho Department of JiiBtlco has de
cided thoro Ib no ground for prose
cuting Robert O. Vnllentlne, former
commissioner of Indian affairs, on
charges that he carried whisky on an
Indian reservation during a tour of In
spection whllo ho waB at tho head of
tho Indian bureau.
Fifteen aviators wero killed during
October, according to tho rocord post
ed nt tho Aoro club In Paris. Among
them was tho first airman over killod
In battlo. Nicholas Popoff, HusBlan,
was killed October 30 at Adrlanople,
Turkoy, by Turkish sholl while scout
ing for tho Bulgarian army.
Ono of Prcsldont Taft'a cabinet of
ilcera will not voto for his chief Tues
day not because ho wants somo ono
olso for tho chief magistrate, but
simply because ho can't voto for any
body. Thla la Secretary of tho Interi
or Fisher, who dlscovored that be
cause ho had been so busy on his Job
ho ovorlookod tho matter of register
ing In Illinois.
Forty-olght horses woro burned In
a tiro In tho Wostorn Transfer com
pany's barn nt Sioux City. Tho loss
Is $30,000, Mrs. La Plount nnd nor
baby, which was born tho day before,
woro In a bedroom acrosB an nlley
from tho blazo and woro nearly Biiffo
cated by amoko. Thoy wero not res
cued until tho window frames In tho
bedroom caught llro. -
From now on tho mon who onliat
for sorvlco In Undo Sam's army will
onllst for a porlod of Bovon years In
stead of four yeara aa heretofore.
Tlila Is In accordanco with tho long
term provision of tho now recruiting
law. Only four yeara of nctivo sorv
lco are to bo required, howovcr, aftor
which tho soldier who doea not caro
to re-enllst will bo transferred to tho
army reserve, without pay or allow
ance, but subject to recall at a mc
mont's notice.
Lnwronco O. Murray, comptroller
of tho currency, lssuod n statement
Indicating that tho resources of tho
bunks In tho United States, national,
Btato and prlvnte, aro tho highest in
history. According to reports of tholr
condition on Juno 14, tho comptroller
announced 25,000 of tho 29.000 of tho
banks in tho country show nggregato
roHourcos of $24,955,000,000. an in
cieaso of $1,324,000,000 over tho ro
Bources of 24,000 banks which mado
returns In 1911.
Personal.
Jack Johnson Is about to leave Chl
cngo, tho city becoming too hot for
him.
Methodist bishops, In session at To
ledo, O,, planned a campaign of pub
licity. Gonornl Monncal Is belleve-d to havo
won In tho presidential contest i
Cuba.
Tho story told by Explorer Stoffon
sou of a trlbo of blondo Esklmuux
has been fully corroborated.
A witness told how independent
plants wore acquired by tho Interna
tional Harvester company.
Sheridan Pitt Head of New York,
formerly United States consul at Tien
Tutu, China, died In Ixnulon.
Governor Hadley Is suggested fa
vorably as Mr. Shermun'u auccessaor
for the office of vice president.
GUARANTY BANK LftW
NATIONAL BANKER SAYS DAD
RESULTS NOT APPARENT.
ENACTMENTNOT FULLY TESTED
The Condition, So Far, Not Favor
able to Determining Complete Pro
tection for Depositors.
J. C. French, cashier of tho Stock
Vardrt National bank of South Omaha,
In reply to an Inquiry from tho Btato
of Washington In regard to tho guar
anty law of Nobraska haB written
that tho law has not brought about
some of tho bad conditions predicted
one that conditions under which tho
law baa been enforced havo not been
favorable to determining whether or
not tho law will afford to depositors
tho desired protection in tlmea of
trouhlo. A similar law Ib proposed in
tho stato of Washington, and bankers
of that state he.vo been seeking Infor
mation In Nobraska. Mr. French ox
presses hla vlo.v as follows:
"Whllo It Is truo that tho law haB
been in operation hero for the past
year or two, It haa been under condi
tions which havo not afforded an op
portunity for judging of Its practical
working or testing its merits In tlmo
of atreas. Nebraska Ib an agricultural
and livo stock raising state, and has
enjoyed for a porlod of yeara almost
untlnterrupted prosperity. In addi
tion, we feel that tho banking inter
ests of tho state at largo nro In tho
hands of men of character and experi
ence, aa well aa of moro than average
ability In I heir choBen profession. As
a result of this combination of fa
vorable conditions and careful man
agement no state bank has failed In
Nebraska in over live years, and only
one failure; ha3 taken placo In nearly
olght years. A good stato banking
law and a banking board of exception
al excellence havo materially aided In
making possible thla excellent allow
ing. "Viewed from tho standpoint of tho
avorago depositor, there la no , doubt
that any measure that promises to
him uddltlonal security meets with
his approval and commands hla sup
port, but tho writer haa always felt
that tho underlying principle Involved
In tho guaranty law Is unjust, un
Bound and Inequitable, and would fall
to accomplish tho desired results
should any general or widespread
trouble overtake tho banking business
of our state.
"I think that many of us were
apprehensive that tho adoption of tho
law would result In a largo number
of now banks being started by Irre
sponsible nnd speculatively Inclined
parties, but so far 1 am frco to Bay
wo have been agreeably disappointed
In this reapect. Tho secretary of our
Btato banking board, Mr E. Royso, in
his last report urged an amendment
lo tho present banking law, permitting
tho board to exercise its discretion In
grantlng'charters to applicants for
pew banks, whero In tholr judgment,
aftor full Investigation, tho field wiu
already adequately supplied with
banking facilities of tho right kind.
Such dl8crotIonury power would on
ablo tho board to bo of material ns
aistunco In protecting established
bankers ngalnat tho vory kind of dan
gerous competition which a guaranty
law without such a safeguard might
not only Invito but bring "about.
"In summing up I would say that
tho Nobraska guaranty law haB not
brought about some of the bad results
which wo most foared It would, aud
conditions havo not boon favorable to
determining whether or not It will af
ford to depositors the dealred protec
tion In times of trouble."
Nebraska Forest Reserves.
Two national forest roscrvea may
bo opoued In western Nebraaka early
noxt year,accordlng to Information at
tho Lincoln land ofllco. Tho land was
reaojved for purposes of forestatlon,
but tho oxporlmont of planting Jack
pine trooa thoroon wns unsuccessful.
Ono of tho reserves Is In Cherry coun
ty end contains about 144 squaro
mlleii of land. Part of this will likely
bo purceled out under tho now law al
lowing only 100 ncroB to each settlor,
while the balauco will llkoly be sub
Joct to homestead entry under tho
Kiuknld act.
Telephone Rates Settled.
A hearing on tho application of tho
Lincoln Telophono nnd Tologrnph
company to chango rates at Havolock
was settled amicably boforo tho Btato
railway commission. It was agreed
that tho proposed rates should bo
ostabllahod tor temporary purposes
and that anofher adjustment would
bo offoctod boforo tho ratea become
final. Tho lattor atop will be taken
after tho consolidation of tho two
systems In Lincoln takes place.
Guard Wants Reward.
T. J. Doody, formorly a guard at tho
penitentiary, wnB at tho Btato house
to fllo a claim for $50 roward for
turning an escaped convict, whom ho
arrested, over to Warden Mellck. At
tho governor's olllco ho was roferred
to tho warden. At othor pincoa ho
was roferred to tho governor's olllce.
Mr. Doody la, ono of the guarda who
was shot and wounded when Shorty
Gray nnd his two convict companions
used dyuamlto and shot their way out
sf tho penitentiary, killing three pent
tonttary officials In their way.
GREAT APPLE STATE.
Nebraska Orchards Veritable Mines
This Year.
Charles O. Humphrey, editor of the
Vcrdon Vedette, wns n caller at tho
office of the clerk of tho supremo
court, naya a Lincoln correspondent of
tho Omaha Bee, Mr. Humphrey la
one of the many Nebraska men who
are boosting Nebraska as the best ap-
pl state In tho country, nnd as an evi
dence of that fact had with him a
sample of the Ben Davis apple raised
In Richardson county. The apple
measured nearly a foot In circumfer
ence nnd was a beautiful deep red
color.
"I have just been tnlklng with nomo
apple buyers from Chicago and St.
Loula," aaid Mr. Humphrey, "and Uiey
told mo that the apples grown In Ne
braska, and especially southeastern
Nebraska, command better prices and
there is a greater demand for them
than any apple grown. The apples
raised In the celebrated Hood River
valley in Oregon, which for yeara en
joyed the distinction of being th beat
apple grown, do not compare In "flavor
with the apples grown In southeastern
Nebraaka.
"In Richardson county alone,"
continued Mr. Humphrey, "there has
already been shipped out noarly GOO
cars, and the shipping season la not
over yet. Ono of our heaviest apple
growers, A. J. Weaver, who has about
200 acres In apple trees, will realize
over $35,000 from his orchards. E. L.
Bowcn, another man who has an
eighty-acre orchard, will receive for
hla crop over $10,000.
"Somehow our Jonathan apples,"
said Mr. Humphrey, "havo n flavor
which no other apple-growing section
secma to hav. Our soil and climate
and our manner of looking after tho
orchards haa a tendency to give those
apples Just tho right kind of flavor
that makes them bo much desired.
Another apple that wo raise down
there Is the Grimes Golden. I could
ahow you snmples of these apples
which aro so clear that you can hold
them up to the light and they seem
to be nearly transparent. They have
a pleasing flavor which, somehow,
no other section gives them ajid they
almost seem to dissolve In the mouth.
"Men who own these orchards havo
a richer gold mlno right at tholr door
than tho Klonldke ever produced, nnd
It does not need the hard work and
the privations of an Alaskan climato
to develop It."
Mall Clerk Goes Wrong.
According to Information received
by Assistant Chief Clerk Charles A.
Beach of tho Lincoln division of the
railway mall service, Rudolph H. Mil
ler haa mado a written confession of
stealing letters from the mall on hla
run between Aurora nnd Sargent. In
this, It Is said, he admits having
stolen letters during tho last three
months, saying that ho was In finan
cial difficulties and was tempted and
fell. Miller has been In tho service
for twenty-three years and his repu
tation has always been of the best
until his recent trouble. Ho was
taken beforo the United States com
missioner at Grand Island and bound
over to the grand jury.
Addition to Penitentiary.
The number of guests at Warden
Mellck's Institution at Lancnster was
increased last week when Deputy
Sheriff Wright of Douglas county
brought three prisoners down from
Omaha for stays behind the big gray
walla. Tho crowd contained a white
man nnd n colored man and woman.
Bonds Registered.
Hownrd county court houso and Jail
bonds to tho amount of $75,000 havo
been registered by tho state auditor.
The bonds wero offered to tho stato
for sale many months ago and aro
now near the head of the list. Tho
state is now short of funds and may
not bo able to accept the bonds for
some time.
Postal Savings Bonds.
Application for postal savings, bonds
which aro to be Isaued January 1,
must bo made boforo Docembor 2, ac
cording to a bulletin just Isaued by
tho postmastor general and sent to
tho various po3tal banks. By making
audi application, tho depositors In tho
postal savings banka may exchange
their deposits, In whole or in part, re
ceiving In return United States regis
tored or coupon bonda. Tho bonds
como In denominations of $20, $100
and $500, and will bear Interest from
January 1, at tho rato of 2 1-2 por
cent., payable semi-annually and re
deomablo at tho pleasure of the gov
ernment after ono year from the date
of issue.
Extradition Asked.
Extradition papers havo been asked
by tho govornor of Kansas for Jacob
Now and Grover Welch, wanted for
burglary In that state and auppoaed
to bo in custody In Jefferson county,
Nobraska Tho mon broke Into a
store and t6ok clothing, suit cases,
otc, amounting to nbout $185.
Irrigation Matters.
' Labor Commissioner Guyo nnd Stato
Engineer Prico hnve returned from
Bridgeport, where they wore- In at
tendance at the annual meeting of tho
stato Irrigation association. Mr.
Guyo was Interested in having action
taken looking to the prevention of nn
increase In prices for land which ho
BnyB takos placo when colonists are
sent to western Nebraska. Plana were
mndo for listing Billable lands with
the secretary of the state Irrigation
association A fee of f0 cents will be
charged for this.
IHE TURKS RETREAT
TO LAST FORTIFICATIONS OUT
SIDE THE CAPITAL.
PORTE APPEALS TO POWERS
A Bulletin Is Isoued Practically Ad
mitting Defeat and Asking for
Intervention.
Constantinople. Tho Turkish army
Ib retreating to tho lust line of fortifi
cations outside tho capital. This was
announced in tho firBt bulletin admit
ting dofeat in the great battle, which
the government Issued.
The porto haa applied to the pow
ers for mediation with a Mew to the
cessation of hostilities, and for tho
negotiation of peace. Application has
been made to the embassies here and
by circular to the Ottoman represen
tatives in the European capitals.
Tho fighting on Saturday south of
Lulo Burgas was of the most murder
ous character. Tho Turks offered a
Bplendld resistance, but were finally
overwhelmed by the Bulgarian artil
lery flro. This was terrific and com
pelled the Turks to withdraw to tho
last lines of Tchatnljn. There the
Turkish troops Intend to 'make a su
premo offort to save the capital.
Reports placo the Turkish Ioes at
moro than 20,000 killed anil woundel.
The following bulletin has been Is
sued by the Porte:
"The fortunes of war are variable
and it is not always possible to bo
successful on all Bides. A people who
acceptB war must submit with resig
nation to all Its conBe'qunces. To
overlook thla obligation Is to fall in
one's duty. Consequentlj., while It
would be unwlso to unnecessarily bo
proud over victories, it likewise would
bo Incorrect to be alarmed at want of
success.
"For Instance, In the present war
with the four federated states tlie Im
perial troops aro defending themselves
with succesa In the environs of Scu
tari and Janlna, but the eastern army
In the neighborhood of Visa and Lule
Burgas felt obliged to retire to. the
lines of defense at Tchatalja! In
order to facilitate a Riiccessful ele
fense it haa naturally been decided to
avert all efforts to safeguard the in
terests of the fatherliind."
Last Appeal by Roosevelt.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. At the end of
tho hardeat campaign of his career in
politics, Colonel Roosevelt Sunday
made a final appeal to the voters of
tho country on behalf of tho progres
slvo ticket. Except for two speeches
Monday. In his home county ho had
ended tho struggle wlilcu ha8 kept
him hnrd at work since ho threw his
hat Into tho ring last spring.
Convicted of Kidnaping Americano.
El Paso, Tex. Charged with kld
naping two Americans on American
soil and delivering them to a foreign
army Is the unique charge of which
Ramon Nunez Btands convicted. The
Jury of a district court here lato last
night recommended a sentence of four
years.
President Leaves for Home.
Now York, President Taft left this
city shortly aftor 8 o'clock Sunday
night for Cincinnati, where ho will
cast his vote. He held conferences
with National Chairman Hllles and
State Chairman Barnes, his last 1912
campaign talks with leadera of his
party.
Hadley for Vice President.
New York. Eighteen out of twenty-four
mombers of the republican na
tional committee who have notified
Chairman C. D. Hllles of. tho cholco
of a vice presidential cnndldato to
ceed the lato James S. Sherman favor
Governor Hadley of Missouri.
General Healy Dies.
Chattanooga, Tenn. General Rob
ert W. Healy, ono of the wealthiest
business men of Chattanooga, dropped
dead of heart disease in Mb apart
mentB here. General Healy was born
In Chicago, October 22, 1S3G.
Election In Cuba.
Havana. Returns from Pinnr Del
Rio show that the conservatives have
carried the province, aaaurlng the
election of General Mario Menocnl ns
president.
General O'Reilly Is Dead.
Washington. Major General Rob
ert Maltland O'Reilly, former surgeon
genaral of tho United States army,
porsonal physician and Intimate
friend of Prealdent Cleveland, died
here Sunday of uremic poisoning.
Twins United In Death.
Chicago. United by death as c'.l
aa by birth, Genovloo and Joannette
Wiley, twins, two months old. were
Friday morning found dead in their
cradle.
New Ship Channel Open.
Detroit, Mich. With tho booming
of guns and the blowing of steamship
whistles tho Livingston channel from
tho lower Detroit river luto Lake
Erlo was formally opened to eom
morco and a lloet of fifteen esse!s
paused through.
Roosevelt Sues an Editor
Marquette, Mich. Suit for $10,000
for libel was filed by a Detroit attor
ney, nctlne for Theodore Roosovolt,
against George A. Nowutt, t-dltor of a
paper.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF;
August Wllkenlng of Nobranka City,
.ho left his family and was realdlna
alone, committed suicide by shooting
himsolf in tho honii He was 7C yearn
Tho flbor conduit for tho new olec
troller lighting syBtwn at Beatrice
haa arrived and tho work of laying It
was 8tarted. This conduit should
have been received eovoral weeks ago
and the delay has caused tho city
commissioners to postpone tho repay
ing of tho buBtneus diEtrict until next
spring.
The contract has been let for th
building of the now court, house at SL
Paul, Howard county, fon $72,535, in
cluding plumbing, heating, wiring and
furniture, Tho bond issue was $75,000
and a number of business men of St.
Paul are pledged to tho people of1 the
county to meet nny expense over that
figure
II. T. Oxnard, who founded the beet
sugar business in Nebraska nnd sev
eral other western states and who
still retains an Interest in the factor
ies, was In Grand Island. He said he
waa pleased with the present season's
work Tho factory in recent yeara
has had much less difficulty in the
matter or adjusting Kb affairs with
the glowers.
H. F. Carson, superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon league, has filed a petition
with Governor Aldrlch asking that
Sheriff Felix McShano of Douglas
county be ousted from office. In the
petition Superintendent Carson states
that Sheriff McShano haB wilfully
negleeted to do hla duty, that he has
connlveei In law violations and abetted
In the violntiou of laws that ho wan
sworn to enforce.
Dates for the Nobraska Cmintry
Life congress, as the several conven
tions are designated, aro set for De
cember 1(5, 17, 18 and 19, at Omaha,
This Includes the Farmers' congress.
Farmers Co. Operative Live Stock
Shippers, Nebraska Creamery asso
ciation, Nebraska Grange and Ne
braaka Farmers' union. All are sep
arate and distinct organizations, but
meet at the same time.
Fromont grocers, by an agreement
partially signed up, will endeavor to
bring tho merry war on flour prices to
a close, ut least as far as Fremont is
concerned. Swamped with orders for
flour at a dollar a sack, Fremont
grocers have been working overtime.
They say tho flour market for six
months has been practically ruined
and that they have mado no profit.
One Fromont mill ran all day Sunday.
It had sold over 5,000 sacks In one
day.
Labels on country school houses
showing whether or not they are up
to the standard is an Illinois device
which promises to be taken up In this
stato If advocates of the plan havo
success In laying their Ideas before
the next session of the stato legisla
ture. Under this plan schools are In
spected as to grounds, sanitation, wa
ter supply, ventilation, library, build
ing and heating and qualifications of
the teacher.
of ago and came to tho city from Ger
many some ten yearB ago. He leaves
a widow, four sons and two daughters.
William Reed of Nemaha county,
:onvlcted of assault and battery upon
White Goings and ordered to pay a
fine of $100 hns appealed to the su
preme court. He and Ms wlfo and
Sylvia Reed and Georg Merchand
were defendants In tho lower court.
The others were found guilty of as
sault with intent to do great bodily
harm, but have appealed.
The Burlington Railroad company
""t out over Neboa 350 bushels of
a choice new variety of beardless win
ter wheat, tho average of which was
sixty-two bushels per aero this year.
As an experiment they placed five
bushels in each locality selected.
Through the. Influence of R. H. Mon
roe, the local agent nt Sargoant, five
bushels wore secured and planted near
the depot. It was planted Octouer 10
and the soil being in perfect condi
tion It came up without delay and Is
now looking line and In good condi
tion. Rev, Brooks and tho members of
the Hastings First Methodist church
gave a banquet to tho aged people of
that Hastings city. The Fraternity
hall, where this "sunset social" waB
held, was appropriately docorated. In
the north end of the assembly hall
was a largo booth and canopy. This
waa decorated with ahoaves of grain
with autumn leaves all about. Hang
ing on the wall in the background
wua u large painting representing a
sunset vlow. There were 161 "Sun
Setters" present. This la the sixth
of these socials.
The Union Pacific track crrew laying
(ho rails on tho Hastings to Gibbon
cut-on" reached the Platto river about
C o'clock in the evening, says a Shel
ton dispatch, and as soon as the last
rail was spiked a long blast of the
engine whistle could Ikj heard for
miles. The track laying crew started
from tho main lino at Gibbon tho fore
part of the week and have now com
pleted the road to the river, a dis
tance of about seven miles. Work on
tho bridge across the river will com
mence at once but it will probably be
six weeks before It Is finished.
H. H. Coleman, county (it-sr-ssor of
Sheridan county, was found dead In
the engine room of tho Nye-Schnelder
elevator at Rushvllla Mr. Coloman
waa a joung man and leaies a wlfo
and three children
A bovonty-foot drop in a ronstruc--
elevator in Urate- M. E. church at
Lincoln caused the death of twelvo-joar-old
Robert W 8chaer son of
Mr. and Mrs. It. W. Schaepe. As the
hoavy platform apt down the partly
finished eloeple of tho new church a
large Iron.wheel followed, striking tho
boy's hip and Inflicting injuriw which
reunited In hlo dea'b