Nebraska Newspapers

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WILL FIGHT RULING
THE MILLERS OF NEBRASKA GET
TOGETHER.
MIW IN TRANSIT ORDER
Thers la Discrimination that Doet
Not Satisfy Many. other Makers
at the State Capital.
Members of tho southwestern mil
iars league and thirty-five Nebrnuka
minora met In Lincoln for tho pur
pose of furthering tho organization
which 1b to fight for a repeal of tho
mllllng-ln-transit ruling of tho Inter
state commerce commission, made
some time ago. Olllciala of tho mllllng-ln-translt
commltteo of the millers'
loaguo wore presont and tho alleged
vicious provisions of tho ruling wero
discussed at considerable length at
tho gathering. Ono result of tho moot
I -z -j tho determination of Nebras
ka millers to join millers of Texas,
Mlsbourl, Oklahoma and Kansas In
lighting the ruling.
Tho most Important discrimination
or the rule, according to tho millers,
Is the so called division of products
required by tho commission's order.
The interior miller can now send for
ward via ono line only as much flour
nnd as much offal aB can bo manu
factured from tho wheat rocoi ed over
that lino. Tho markets for flour and
for feed aro usually In different direc
tions, as far as stuallor milling Indus
tries aro concerned, and this results
In tho cancellation of a great deal of
billing to tho original point. Tho mil
ler at terminal points can forward 10Q
pounds or flour or offal on his in-billing,
a privilege which millers claim Is
of groat advantage to tho proprietors
of tho Industries at theso points.
Further the Interior miller is re
quired by the commission's order to
keop a separate record of his hard and
eoft wheat, white, mLxod and yellow
corn, white, mixed and red oats, etc.
This Is tho "color sohomo" and tho in
billing must bo representative of each
rarloty of grain. The terminal miller
who uses roshlpplng rates Is not re
quired to make any distinction be
tween tho different varieties of grain.
The Intorior miller Is required to
make a voluminous report dally to
each carrier with which ho does busi
ness. No reports are necessary under
the reshlpplng or proportional rates.
Further tho smaller miller must make
a deduction of 1 per cent, on wheat,
and varying por cents, on other grain,
for the loss in manufacture. No Buch
deductions aro provided for in tho re
shlpplng rates.
Cannot Locate Man Wanted.
Shorlff Hyora and his deputies have
been unablo to locate within the
county Julius Schlff, against whom
the county haB pending a suit for $1,
000. Schlff signed the bond of Grant
Hursh, who by tho terms of such was
required to appear at the October,
1911, term of district court, but did
not do bo. The bond was declared
forfeited at tho January, 1912, term
and on May 17, last tho county attor
ney brought sultHo collect the $1,000.
Since then tho summons has been In
tho hands of tho sheriff, but Schlff
could not bo found. Hursh was
charged with shooting up the court
room during a trial.
Escaped From Hospital.
Mrs. Mollle Peterson, an Inmate of
the state hospital for the insane,
wandered off tho grounds and was
later located at the Burlington station,
where she had attempted to negotlato
the sale of valuables to purchase a
railroad tlckot. She was returned to
tho hospital.
Woman on the Board.
The operation of a woman's suf
frage law in this state would permit
of tho appointment of a woman on tho
board of control for state institutions,
a move that would bo of advantage to
that board, according to Flqrenco
Waugh of tho state library commis
sion. The law creating this board
was voted on last Tuesday as a pro
posed constitutional amendment und
many of tho -people who aro Interested
in statu Institutions are so sure that
It v. HI be adopted that thoy aro al
ready beginning to talk ovor Its pos
sIbilltIeH."Thero is need of a woman
on huch a board," said Miss Waugh,
"JuK as thoro la need In any American
hoi" for a woman.
Petition to Intervene.
Charles B. Obermeyer has pdtltion
ed the district courC for permission to
Interveno in tho Farmers' & Mer
chants' receivership caso for tho pur
pose of establishing the validity of his
claim agalust the defunct company.
His claim la ono of those which was
not rocommonded for allowance
Nebraska National Guard.
.Lletenant Frederick C. Test of the
regular army, Instructor inspector for
the Nebraska national guard, has been
directed by tho war dopartment to re
port by December ai a list of rifle
ranges used by tho guard and to re
port whethor or not tho ranges are
owned or leased, tho number of inlleB
from the homo station of tho organ
taatlon using them and other Informa
tion. On this report tho war depart
ment may base tho appropriation to
tK) given tho Nobraska national guard
for small arms practice.
JAILS IN NEBRASKA.
Secretary of the Board of Charltlea
Prepares Statement.
J. A. Piper, secretary of tho Btato
board of charltlos and corrections
has prepared a statement, as a mem
ber of tho committee on Jnlla and
lock-ups of tho American Prison as-
soclation which will bo formally sub-,
inltted at tho coming session of that
body, In tho statement ho gives a'
comprehensive Idea of the jails of till
state. Ho says In part: ,
"In Nebraska there are ninety-two'
counties and abou tolghty of thorn
hue county jails, tho most of which
accommodate ono or moro prisoners
during tho year. In not more than,
half a dozen of theso counties n'ro
there over 100 prisoners during tho
year. Douglas county, in which 1b
Omaha, metropolis of the state, con
tains one-eighth of our population, It
has oxtenslvo railroad and manufac
turing industries, a Uvo stock mar
ket and large packing Institutions,
which rank third In this country. Dur
ing the past year this city had ovor
2,200 prisoners In Its county jail and
In all the other county Jails together,
there were less than 3,000 prlsdners
during tho year, making a total ' ofi
about 5,000 prisoners in tho county
jails of tho state. In, asking for a
census or all tho county Jails on a cer
tain dato I found there wero about 250
prisoners hold on that date.
"From discussions by social sorvlco
clubs and conferences of charities and
correction and prison reform movo
montB a new cia is dawning upon us,
as to the const! uctlon of Jails along
sanitary lines. At least halt a dozen
counties In the state aro now consid
ering tjie proposition of erecting a
new jail.
"Ono of tho best maintained and,
beat conducted Jails In this state has
about 200 prlsonors during the year,
nlno ono yeat on a certain dato and
flfteon tho next, or nn average of
twelvo prisoners each day. Tho dep
uty sheriffs, or jailer's house Is In
tho center of tho building, with a jail
wing on either side. .This' gives an op
portunity for n classification of the
prisoners, separating hardened crimi
nals from young and flrst-tlmo of
fenders. This jail Is always found
bright and clean. Tho prisoners do all
the laundry and kitchen work, take
caro of the buildings, ofi tho large
lawns and flower beds In the court
house square and assist In janitor
work. I speak of this ono In partic
ular because I consider It one of tho
best regulated and best managed jails
in tho state.
"There are In this Btato also about
200 city Jails or lock-ups. Many of)
theso rcsemblo stalls or pens and aro'
provided with vory little, if any, ac
commodations for tho prisoners. As.
a rule, 20,000. prisoners aro thrown
into these places during tho year, a
large number of them being arrested
for drunkenness or vagrancy, and aro
held only a few hours, many of whom
aro tramps. The over-crowdod city
jail creates conditions oven moro ap
palling than those found in county
jails.
Opposes Primary Law.
G. W. Lindsay, democratic candi
date for the legislature from Webster
county, had printed at tho bottom of
his political cards the following: "Op
posed to the present primary law as
an unjust tax upon the taxpayers and
should be repealed."
More Room at Asylum.
. Land Commissioner Cowies reports
that tho old laundry building at tho
Lincoln ltiBano asylum has been fixed
up so that it will accommodate about
forty now patlonts which will help
considerably. Only patients will bo
received who nro 6t the moro violent
type and such as cannot bo handled
successfully by the counties whoro
thoy aro now being held awaiting tho
completion of the two new buildings
at tho institution.
New Guard Roster.
The adjutant general's office is at
work on a new roster of tho guard,
which, whon completed, will bo some
thing considerably better than ever
beforo attempted. It will bo a general
bureau of information regarding all
officers of tho guard.
Move for Big Armory.
Adjutant Gonoral Phelps 1b drafting
a bill that will provide an appropila
tion sufficiently largo to build nn ar
mory to house the state's military
property. At presont this equipment
is stored In the basemcut of the capl
tol building in eight or ten rooniB
and Is subject to fire danger and loss
in other ways. AH goornment in.
spectors who have vlBlted Lincoln
have passod criticism on the manner
of storago and tho hazard to tho prop
orty. According to tho adjutant gen
eral's plan, an armory will bo built in
some city largo enough to support two
or throe military companies and whero
tho interest In the guard Is sufficient
to keep them up Here the state's
equipment will bo stored and pro
tected In proper manner
Adoption Decree Strands.
Persons who have adopted a child
according to tho form prescribed by
the statutes of tho state may not
havo tho decreo of adoption annulled
and sot asldo by tho county, should
thoy lator decide that tho boy or girl
thus made a member of tho family 1b
not as desirable as was expected at
tho time tho decreo was made. This
was the decision of County Judgo
lllsser In tho proceedings brought by
Honry C, Demareo and wife Uo sot
asldo tliolr adoption of Franklin
Qould,
FIRST REAL STORY
OF TURKISH DEFEAT
London War Correspondent,
Working in Disguise, Gives
the News to the World.
SULTAN'S ARMIES WIPED OUT
Forty Thousand Have Been Slain In
Fierce Battles, Almost All the
Artillery Captured, and Thou
sands Made Prisoners Com
plete Military Disaster.
London, Nov. C. Tho world has had
but 'meager dotnils of tho terrific
fighting botwoon the Turks and tho al
lied Balkan states. A strict military
censdrshlp, and tho fact that corre
spondents havo not been permitted to
accompany any of tho armloB In tho
field, havo boon responsible for keop
Ing tho world in ignorance of those
details.
Martin H. Donahue, war correspon
dent of the London Chronicle, In the
guise of a medical assistant of tho Red
Cross workors, witnessed tho terrlblo
battle in Thrace, resulting In ono of
tho most disastrous defeats known to
modern warfare. To escape tho Turk
ish censors Mr. Donahue sent his
story by automobile from Thorfu to
Constantinople, and from thoro by
boat to Constauza, Roumnnla, from
whero it was cabled to London. His
story of tho battlo Is as follows:
"Irrevocable disaster has broken
the Turkish urmy, It has suffered an
appalling defeat. This has been fol-
16wed by confusion nndji rout for
which there Is scarcely a parallol In
history a rout which in its Inter
stages degenornted into a wild panic,
a stampedo, which communicated It
self to tho wholo fighting forco.
"Ab I am writing this dispatch tho
army corps forming Abdullah Pasha's
splendid army Ho battered and deci
mated, and tho defenslvo lines havo
flod pell-mell beforo tho advancing
Bulgarians.
Defeat Is Like Sedan.
"It has been tho most comploto mili
tary disaster Blnco Mukden, tho great
est debacle since Sedan. Forty thou
sand men, tho flower of tho Turkish
troops, havo fallen, whllo Abdullah
Pasha himself narrowly escaped their
fate. Soventy-flvo per cent of his
artillery was captured. His men
Beemed to molt away like snow beforo
tho Bummer sun.
"After tho disintegration began it
Boon became general; brigades dis
solved Into regiments, regiments into
companies, and tho companies bo
came small groups until al cohesion
disappeared and the demoralization
became complete. By handfula tho
remnants of tho army havo found
their way back to Tchorlu, tho Bul
garian artillery cruelly harassing
them, mowing them down in thou
sands. "For a llko disaster ono is com
pelled to turn to Napoleon's memor
able retreat from Moscow.
"Tho Bulgarians, advancing in large
numbers, Btrongly aupportod by their
nrtlllery, speedily drove back tho
Turks, who retired in tho direction of
Lule Burgas. Throughout the terri
ble fighting tho superiority of tho Bul
garian artillery was pronounced. Tho
Turks wero unablo to stand tho raur
derouB flro and wlthdrow slowly.
"Tho gunners being dead and a ma
jority of tho horses being killed, tho
nrtllelry was forced to abandon gunB
to tho enemy. The Bulgarians, who
displayed extraordinary energy, press
ed forward, determined to mako tho
most of tholr advantage.
Shelled From Lule Burgas.
"By the afternoon tho Bulgarians
had shelled tho Turks out of Lulo Bur
gas. "Fortunatoly the inhabitants had
fled and the loss of Hfo among non
combatants was small. Having ef
fectually Bllenccd the flro of the Turks,
tho Bulgarians launched an infantry
attack, which stormed tho town at tho
point of the bayonot.
"Tho greater part of tho Turkish
garrison had already withdrawn, but
tho men of tho rear guard were
caught llko rats In a trap. The sol
dlors of tho fourth corps, although
thoy had beon without food for two
days, offered a stubborn but unavail
ing resistance. Thoy died to a man.
Sees Troops Slaughtered.
"Tho Turkish commnnder In chief
had watched the fight from tho holghts
near the village of 8atlkeul, due east
of Lulo Burgas As ho obsorvrd the
TurkJsh artillery and Infantry being
mowed down Ills face grew grave
The Turkish artillery had from tho
beginning been poprly supplied with
ammunition. Whnt it had was practic
ally expended In tho morning light,
and now many gunners stood around
tho empty Hmbor3 with folded arms.
"Unablo to reply to the Bulgarian
flro thoy awaited death, which came
swiftly, with truo Ottoman courage.
"Along tho wholo Turkish front tho
IroopB wero hnrrassed by a trrlbIo
Two of a Kind.
"Tho most Important question In
marriago la whether the young wom
en can keop house."
"Ono quite nB Important la whether
the young mon can supply tin- house
to keop."
The Real Kind.
"A girl don't know nor own mind
about marriage. First, it's jes and
then it's no."
"I bog your pardon. First, It's yes
ml then It's Heuo."
flro. As tlm wont on it became Bltn
ply n carnngo, mon falling in hundrodB.
Tho moralo of tho troops was com
pletely destroyed by tho appalling
shell flro. When night closed In on
tho decimated Turks it brought only
a short resplto to Abdullnh Pnsha'a
army from shot and shell. Tho men
badly needed slcop nnd food, but tho
Turkish commissariat was nonex
istent Chase Starving Turks.
"No food was thcro and sleep was
impossible, ns tho pursuing Bulgarians
woro endowed with retcntless forco
nnd enorgy. Turkish doad and wound
ed lay ovorywhoro and encumbered
tho ground In all directions.
"Surgeons woro fow nnd ambulances
absolutely none. Tho dead lay whero
thoy had fallen. Somo attempt was
mado to romovo nnd Biiccor tho wound
ed, but tho greater portion perished
mlsorably In tho bitter cold of tho
night.
"For nn hour tho retroat was In
good order, but subsequently, pressed
by tho mnBS behind, tho vanguard
speedily lost all semblnnco to an or
ganized army. Tho mon abandoned
hnversacko and rifles, all equipment.
"Two hours nfter sunrlso the Bul
garians obtained Information of what
was happonlng In the ranks of Abdul
lah Pasha's army and started In pur
suit Thenceforwnrd the retreat wa8
a disorderly rout. Suklzkoj was speed
ily occupied by tho Bulgarians, prac
tlcnlly without a shot being fired The
Turks' baggngo, guns, equipment nnd
all their, military stores fell Into tho
hands of tho Bulgarians.
Tries to Flank Bulgars.
"Tho only my of hopo throughout
tho long and bitter day of disaster
and death was obtained by tho par
tial success of the right wing, under
Mukhtnr Pnsha. Whllo tho loft wing
nnd tho contor woro being fiercely
assailed Mukhtnr Pasha, under tho or
ders of Abdullnh Pasha essayed a coun
ter attack. Tho Turkish right sought
to turn tho Bulgarian left nnd thcro
was desperato fighting botween Mukh
tnr Pasha's troops nnd tho Bulgars on
Istrnndja Heights until night closed
In.
"On Wednesday tho full strength of
tho Bulgarian army was hurled
against tho Turkish left, it being tho
weakest point of tho ontlro defenslvo
lino. Abdullah Pasha's losses had been
enormouo nnd tho Bulgarians woro
determined to forco tho Turkish left
contor at any cost. In thla effort a
feoblo reply was mado by tho Turkish
artlllory, and efforts wero mado to
send munitions and provisions to tho
threatened flanfc. Tho transportation
was Inofllcjent, nnd no food forthcom
ing for tho'stnrvlng, rapidly dwindling
army fighting for Its life, fresh ground
was again and again conceded, and tho
First corps, which had beon holding
on grimly in tho neighborhood of Tuk
boj on tho northeast of Lulo Burgas,
was driven out early on Wednesday
aftornoon, Its retroat eastward strewn
with dead and dying.
"Disquieting news continued to
reach Abdullah Pasha from tho har
assed Second corps at Burinar Has
san "Its commander Implored Abdullnh
Pasha to send reinforcements and
ammunition, saying that ho had como
to his last cartridges, and his maga
zines wero empty.
Wounded Are Unaided.
"Tho ambulance wagonB hnd brok
en down, tho horsos being missing or
shot. Consequently thoso wounded
who could walk wero left to shift for
thomsolves, limping forward, UBuuIIy
with gaping shell wounds In tho hond
or uppor part of tho body. Soventy
flvo per cent, of tho wounded had boon
hit by shrapnel. This bears out elo
quent testimony to tho murderous
precision of tho Bulgarian artillery.
"In tho darkness of tho night, tho
Turkish commnndor pursued his way
toward Karlsolrlan, n small village ton
milca to tho southeast of his old head
quartors, In tho vain hopo of yet sav
ing his army by Btemmlng tho retreat
of tho conter.
"Abdullah Pasha may havo been ac
tuated by tho boBt intention, but his
action was tho worst possible step,
and It brought disaster. Tho climax
camo at throo o'clock on Thursday
morning. Whon tho TurklBh left wing ,
learned of the disappearance of Us
commander it needed little for tho
panic-stricken soldier to flro hlH rlfln
and shout 'Bulgarians coming' to
complete the confusion.
Army's Fate Settled.
"Chnos reigned. Tho general cry of
'Sauvo qui pout' followed. Tn the dark
ness of tho wintry morning tho wholo
army broko away and mado n concert
ed bolt for tho road leading to tho
rear. Horses, stores, arms, everything
was abandoned. Officers mixed poll
mell with tho men, nnd carried away
tho rear guard In tholr rush.
"Wednesday settled tho fato of Ab
dullah's army. His forco could no
longer light It had neither ammuni
tion for tlin guns nor food to sustain
the soldiers Their pitiable plight
brought to light ovory momont tlin hid
eous defects of tho Turkish nrmy or
ganization It had occupied tho cap
ital lines of. battlo with a grrnt flour
ish of trunipots, but It was ill pre
pared for tho Hurculoan tasV beforo
It of conquering tho highly trained
and efficient Bulgarians."
Economic Agility.
A kitton knows how to mancgo eco
nomically." "How do you mean?"
"Whon a kitten wants to mnf.o both
ends moot all she has to do Is to
chase her tall."
His Only One.
"What makes you think Blgelns
didn't get himself tho string of fish ho
bi ought homo?"
"I can always toll by tho catch in
his olce."
02e
Omoo:
VClLmJ'R P.-NESJBIT
3fjns
Now gold, old gold, dull gold and brlght
Qleamlng on tho jnnplo trees that stand
upon tho height;
Red gold nnd brown gold poured upon
tlio leaves,
Till they nro an tapestry that sways In
wonder-weaves.
Ts there nny other tlmo In nil tho year
at nil
Half no mnrvcl-flno as nre tho gqldan
dnyn of fall?
New Kold, old gold, gold robe nnd crown.
With a woodbine's scarlet sold to trnco
It up nnd down:
Qrnpo lenves glinting with a golden
bronze,
Flllgreed In silver gray In tho troity
dawns
Out ncross the ntuhbled fields tho quail
sends forth Its rail
Ufa 1 worth tho living In tho golden
days of fall.
Gold here, gold there, blitzing flno nnd
fnlr.
Golden spnrUle dancing through tho
golden-wlnoy nlr;
Gold buds nnd gold blooms whero tho
flowers stand,
Spicy-pungent with tho scent they fling
ncross tho lnnd
Golden md nnd golden fruit to hemp high
In tho hall
Nnture Ih ii Oreosui In tho golden days
of fall.
i
Dull gold, bright gold, old gold nnd now-
Qoldcn stars ns lnntcrns swing across
tho night's dnrk blue.
Oold-gllnts and gold-gleams upon tho
clouds by day
And nil tho world Is rolling down a shin
ing golden way.
Is thcro nny other tlmo In nil tho year
at all
Half so mnrvel-flno as aro the golden
days of fall?
No Sleep for Him.
Tho man has takon an overdoso ot
morphine.
Soo, thoy aro exorting ovory effort
to keep him awako.
Thoy Blap him with wot towels, yot
ho closes his eyes,
Thoy prick him with pins, yot his
snores come regularly.
They pinch him and punch him and
pound him.
Still liio head falls calmly ovor in
sleep.
Hold, who Is coming?
It Is tho neighbor.
Oh, Joy, tho man la saved!
"Horo," crloB tho nolghbor, "make
him hold thla baby for a whllo."
Ready.
"Is this car ready for fall and win
ter Bervlco?" naka tho railway man
ager. "Yes, air," says tho shop boss. "Wo
have varnished It ineido with a nice,
amclly varnish that acta llko gluo und
won't allow tho windows to bo raised.
Wo havo tightened all tho ventilators
so thoy won't open nnd have fixed tho
heating plant so that flvo minutes
iftor tho car la loaded tho varnish
will smell llko fury, ovcrybody will
bo to wajm nnd It will be Irapoaslblo
lo get any fresh nlr."
"Just Among Friends."
Dear Sin
Allow mo to Buggest that you work
this Idea into a good Joko:
Brown I Beo thnt tho bandB that
play tho park concerts will not play
any moro ragtlmo.
Jones Yon. And thoy aro going to
stop playing nagtlmo at tho racos nnd
lagtlmo at tho election colobrntlons.
Thla ought to mako a funny Joko,
tf properly handled.
CONSTANT READER.
i i i
A Tender Point.
"What got you into trouble with thla
policeman?" demanded tho Now York
iudgo.
"Just trying to nsk him a civil
nucptlon, your honor," snld tho visitor,
"nothing moro,"
"What wa9 that question?"
"I Just nsked him when tho next
official murder would ho dragged off,"
Poetry and Prose.
Poetic Bridegroom I could sit horo
forever gazing Into your oyoa and
listening to tho wnsh of tho ocean.
Practical Bride Oh, speaking of
"wash," that romlnda mo, darling;
wo have not paid our laundry bill
yet.
m
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Tho oloctlon is over, and now foi
business nil along tho lino.
A now depot is a forthcoming ln
provomont for Shubort.
Corn husking Is now in ordfcr. Iq
BOtno places tho yield la good; Iq
others not up to expectations.
Wllllnm nnd Sldnoy Bolchor, implo
mont dealers of York, havo filed suit
in county court against tho York Gad
and Electric company for $668.70.
Choyenno county waB tho first Ne
braska county to roturn its ofllclal
oto to tho socrotary of state. II (
showed no material change from ths
unolllclal voto published previously.
Halloweo'n pranks will cost tho city
ot Lincoln botweon $400 and $500 bo
catiBo of tho destruction of crossings
and tho cost of replacing thorn.
Tho Doshler Light and Power com
pany is flsurlng on extending its oper
ations to neighboring towns nnd will
also supply light and powor to farm
ers on its cnblo linos.
Tho flour "war" botweon tho groo
ms and mills of York nnd otho" Ne
braska cities haB ondod. Tho prlco of
flour Jumped from 85 and 00 conts A
Back to $1,25 to $1.40.
lrank C. Greon, for thirty years a
paBSongor conductor on tho Burling
ton railroad, tho laBt Bovoral years of
his sorvlco boiug botwoon Omaha and
Lincoln, died nt his homo In Lincoln.
Among othor Hallowo'on tricks por
potratcd In Wnhoo, a largo sliado trco
at tho cornor of tho Saundors county
national bank was sawed down and
loft across tho pavomont, Tho treo
wbb about thirty ycarB old.
II. B. EmmonB, manager ot tho tolc
ph6nd oxchango at Crab Orchard, was
kickod in tho abdomon by a vicious
horso and his condition Is such that
tho attondlng physician holds out lit
tlo hopo for his rocovory.
Secretary of Stato Walt rofusod to
rosorvo seats in the. houso of ropro
Bontattvoa for tho Douglas county
representatives until tho said repre
sentatives havo producod tliolr cortl
flcntoB of oloctlon.
Tho lid on pool hall attondanco by
minora In Koarnoy Ib cxpoctod to ba
scrowod down tight as tho result of
tho action of tho board of education
In passing a resolution asking tho
mayor and city council to vigorously
enforce tho pool hall ordlnnnco.
J. W. McKIssIck of Beatrice who
was oloctod Btato roprosontatlvo ovor
Charles P. Schwcr of Hebron by a
majority of 590, has announced him
soir as n candidate for speaker of tho
houso nt tho next session of tho leg
Islaturo. McKIbbIcIc Is a democrat.
That it costs tho county money to
Invostlgnto tho record of an ofllclal
for Irregularities was brought forcibly
homo whon R. R. Horth, of the law
Arm of Ryan & Horth, Grand iBland,
filed a legal charge of $324.40 with tho
county board of supervisors of Buffalo
county for his fees In tho caso of tho
suporvlsors vb. F. M, Hollowoll coun
ty Judgo, whon ho assisted 12. B. Mc
Dormott, Buffalo county attornoy, In
tho investigation of tho county Judge's
ofllco rocordB and charges.
A dlfichnrgo from tho military ser
vice of tho stato has beon Issued by
Adjutant Gonoral Phelps to First
Lloutonant Lucius R, Hammond, com
pany A, signal corps, at Fremont. Tho
officer has boon absent from his
homo Btatlon for moro than twolvo
months, nnd for this reason Is sub
Joct to discharge, Gonoral Phelps
has been unablo to got into commun
ication with tho absent otflcor.
Tho Nobraska library association,
m sosslon In Lincoln, olected ofllcors
as follows: II. C. Lindsay, state li
brarian, prosldont; MrB. Elizabeth
Smith, Chadron, first vlco prosldont;
MtBB Elva Groof of Fremont, second
vlco prosldont, and Miss Blancho
Hammond of tho Omaha public libra
ry, Bocrotary-troasuror. Reading
lists for tho libraries of tho state
woro discussed by Miss Mndollno Hll
(Is of tho Omaha public library and
MIsb Zora Shields of tho Omaha high
school library.
Thomas Wolfo, prosldont of tho
First Nntlonal bank of David City, has
sent a letter to each farmer In But
lor county urging tho organization of
farmers' cluba in tho various pre
cincts to moot onco a woek during tho
wlntor and discuss subjects relative
lo tho betterment of conditions In gen
eral. Ho suggests as subjects to be
gin with sood corn selection, conser
vation of tho fertility of tho soli, and
:ho good roads problem.
Tho Nobraska Hlstorial society haB
oocn grunted tho privllogo to put a
glusB caBo In tho rooma of tho Com
tnorclal club In tholr now building In
Lincoln In which oxhlblts of historical
Interest In Nobraska will bo displayed.
This exhibit will bo changed from
tlmo to tlmo by tho society. Tho caBo,
which Is to bo eight foot long, two and
i hnlf foot wldo and six foot high U
to bo finished In wood of tho Bamo
color as that employed In finishing
tho Interior ot tho, Commorclal club.
Shorldnn County. II. E. Coleman,
jounty assessor, was found dend in
tho onglno room of tho Nyo &
3chneldor Elovator company at Rush
rillc. A Norfolk dispatch Bays that three
(Ocal democrats aro already scramb
ling for tho poutmostorshlp, Ono got
Congressman Stephens out of bod at
Fremont at 4 a. m. to urgo his claims.
Ono peculiar turn of tho, oloctlon re
mlted In Buffalo county, whoro T. N.
HartBoll was elected county assossor
by n special ballot in response to u
petition asking that tho ofllco might
so abandoned. Tho voters docided in
favor of tho petition. Oplulons vary
vhothor the asaoBsor thus will got to
iorve tho term to which ho was clock
ed or whothor tho ofllco will bo aban
doned noxt January.